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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1951
Page
8
Navy officials outlined why clothing costs jumped with a Defense pricing rule based on replacement costs. Wool melton and kersey fabrics rose sharply, lifting dress jumpers and other items. sailors gain maintenance allowances on entry. Changes in personnel assignments and awards rounded out the report.
California State Nurses Association District 18 appeals for volunteers to join the Army Nurse Corps in Long Beach. Twelve registered nurses are sought with a quota of 14 for CSNA, and only two have volunteered so far. The California quota stands at 497, with 730 licensed nurses in the local group. The American Nurses Association warns the Army needs more personnel urgently.
A clinic on the treatment of crime will be held tonight at the Men’s Association meeting of St. John’s Community Presbyterian Church at 2345 Xime no Ave. Participants from the Department of Corrections medical faculty include Shawstack M D and Rev. Garrett S. Tamminga. Joseph D. Lorenzen will discuss classification and parole. Reservations with Kenneth Darling.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department aims to ship about 350 million bushels of wheat in the coming marketing year starting July 1, with current estimates showing around 330 million bushels for the present year. Officials say the plan could adjust if crop developments turn less favorable, though large farm price reserves help. the 1943-like small wheat crop is noted as possible.
In St. Petersburg Florida on May 18 two young drivers learned about traffic with one child, Deborah Hissong, six, taken to hospital for treatment of skinned knees after a collision between two tricycles. The other rider departed apparently unhurt. Officer Ed Landford filed no charges. The victim said she was pedaling a tricycle to school when she collided with an unknown second girl driver.
The government has allotted 59,300,000 bushels of wheat and other grains for export in July and is planning even larger shipments in August. India will receive more U.S. grain in July than any other country, totaling nearly 10,000,000 bushels.
A 21 year old polio victim from Hackensack New Jersey will undertake a 10000 mile travel plan beginning Monday. The trip includes visits to Miami Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco with demonstrations and travel by popular airlines.
New York reports that Judge Learned Hand, 79, chief judge of the U S Second Circuit Court of Appeals, known as the judge's judge, will retire next month after 42 years on the bench in New York.
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