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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1947

Page

2

Texas May Drop Water Bombs on Forest Fires

INROE Oct. 2 Firefighters battled fires in four east Texas counties as aerial maps and airborne water bombs considered by the Army Air Forces at Lowry Field Denver were to help locate blazes and spray water from above. Two dozen crews fought 25 fires, with over 100 blazes reported and damages estimated at 1 800 000. Governor Jester announced residents blamed squatters and powder on forest land. A new timber fire near Center near the Louisiana border threatened a church and nearby homes.

Inroe Texas Balling Forest Army Air Forces Lowry Field Denver Cale Tenth Air Force Brooks Jield San Antonio Beauford H. Jester Gald Austin Center Here Louisiana Center Ridge

Stolen purse during laundry outside apartment

Tillie Ellis of 727 Locust Ave reported to police that a burglar entered her apartment while she was outside hanging clothes yesterday and stole a purse containing 50 dollars.

Tillie Ellis Locust Ave

Rotten Wallace Critiques U S Foreign Policy

Boston reports Henry Wallace argues for bold price controls and urgent action by the Truman administration to conserve food and strengthen national policy amid postwar shortages.

Foreign Policy Rotten—Wallace Boston Henry Walace Anoum Lopton- Arena San

Fragmented Political Note Reveals Tactics and Claims

A damaged OCR fragment describes Communist Curran and associates facing accusations of factional control and tactics. It mentions appointments and elections, with claims of party domination over offices and personnel in a tense political context.

Eratic Curran

Denmark Threatens Action Over Movie Exports

Denmark's Paramount manager SvendrAdge Heriksen said the government would halt all American films tomorrow unless the U S Motion Picture Export Association agrees to a decree restricting American film business in Denmark. He reported subsidiaries were seeking further instructions and asked for postponed enforcement.

Copenhagen Denmark SvendrAdge Heriksen Paramount U. S Association Eensociation

Treasury official urges bankers to curb inflation via prudent lending

Tuanticry crry N J Get er Undersecretary Lee M Wiggins told bankers that private enterprise must restrain self serving profit when lending. He warned loans influence inflation and urged careful examination of loan effects on the national economy at the 73rd annual American Action convention. Joseph M Dodge of Detroit was named to replace CW Bailey as association president, with Evans Wollens of Indianapolis possibly unopposed for vice president.

Tuantic Crry N. J Treasury E Joseph M. Dodge Detroit Bank Detroit Mich Association CW. Bailey Clarksville, Tenn Evans ‘Wollens

Public Hearing Set On Four Family Flat Move

The City Council schedules a public hearing for October 21 at 11 a.m. on 15 protests against relocating a four family flat from 125 West 12th Street to 1472 Magnolia Avenue.

12Th St Magnolia, Ave

Attention Inventors and Manufacturers Notice

Report from a public notice section invites inventors and manufacturers to engage with product opportunities. The brief emphasizes seeking ideas, partnerships, and potential collaborations to bring new products to market.

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