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Bring UntoM Thousands to L B.PICK CONVENTION, PAGEANT HEADSlAvry Collins Jr.,. yesterday was ; ejected president of the Long; Beach Convention and Visitor s, Bureau, and Mason E. KJght was . named president of Lone: Beach Pageant, Inc.Collins, managing editor of The Bong Beach Independent,- resigned his post as temporary chairmanRuss 'Peace'Drive Phony, Says BarrettWASHINGTON, Aug, 3 — OHi). Assistant Secretary of State Edward W. Barrett said tonight that Moscow's new peace’ propaganda “is as phony as a 53.bill.Speaking on the National Broadcasting Co. “Battle Report?’ television program, Barrett challenged the Kremlin to print President Truman’s letter. Congress’ resolution of friendship and to shut down hundreds of Soviet transmitters that are trying to jam Voice of America broadcasts to the Russian people.And “if the Kremlin bosses really want to be friends” Barrett offered to broadcast to. the Soviet Union regular commentaries and addresses by outstanding Americans who would speak to the Russian people.“We will be glad to arrange a special broadcast every night for this purpose,11 Barrett, said. “If the Kremlin is interested, it should just send in its request We will handle it without delay.Barrett said the Politburo’s “new gimmick11 based on peace propaganda is “phony” for these reasons: l_It calls on western people to betray efforts of their governments to build up defenses against the threat of.Soviet aggression, 2r~It is aimed at sowing dlsr unity amorig free countries,8—It 'is “only one movement in a .vast symphony of hate against the West, particularly against the United States.11 • .“Their purpose now is to make the western free countries feel that there is really nothing to fear —’that we -can relax—ao that we will he easy set-ups at some future date, be. said.of the Pageant Committee which will bring the Miss Universe Contest to the city next June. He suoceeds John Hancock of Hancock Oil as the Convention Bureau head.Other Convention Bureau officers are:Virgil B. Gillespie, of the Security First National Bank, first vice president: Kight, president of the Long Beach Amusement Co., second vice president and Dave Olmsted, secretary. Gillespie also was elected temporary treasurer.Other Miss Universe officer’s include:Gillespie, treasurer and Vaile Young, Buffuma' promotion manager, secretary, A vice president will be elected,Besides officers, the Miss Universe Executive Commitee is composed of Fred S. Dean, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Joseph F. Bishop, president of the Long Beach Retailers, Associated, David HargTave, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Collins.Collins named a three man committee headed by L. V. Bost-wick of the Colonial Hotel, to make a study of the Convention Bureau's sponsorship again this year of the AH Western Band Review. Serving with Bostwiek wilt be Aaron Shutlz of Aaron Shultz Furniture and Fred Travis, manager of the.Kennebec Hotel.Frank C, Finch, Convention Bureau manager reported that 19 conventions booked for the balance of this year will bring 16,-000 delegates to the city. Twenty-one conventions booked for 1952will bring 33,350 and 2 conventions booked for 1953 will bring 6000.These bookings, said Finch, do not include the Miss Universe Contest which is expected to bring to Long Beach record breaking crowds.Mapping plans for the Miss Universe contest which will climax a week-long sor,ics of events, a meeting will be held at noon Wednesday at the Lafayette Hotel by representatives of tho Pageant Committee, Catalina Bathing Suit Co., Pan-American Airways and Universal Studios.The Convention Bureau’s next meeting is Aug. 17.O'Dwyer Hits $1 Million Lie.Asks InquiryPoles LandJulckie1 Car WashIn Sweden on Escape Planenothing Ikt Rfe CTO BUYSTOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 3 —lt;U.W, Four haggard refugees who apparently shot their way out of Poland, landed in Sweden today In a bullet-marked patchwork piano to join a sudden movement of Poles from their Soviet-dominated country.The four Poles—three men and a woman—came down in their “flying heap of junk” after a hazardous zig-zag flight over the Southern Baltic to escape detection.They arrived loss than 24 hours after seamen of a Polish minesweeper mutinied In the Baltic, locked up their officers and sailed to Sweden to ask asylum as refugees. .MEXICO CITY, Aug. 3 — 01.19. Ambassador William O’Dwyev demanded today that the Senate Crime Committee expose the “mysterious forces that circulated a report that $1,000,900 was transferred from Mexico to his account in a New York bank.He charged that the committee “participated” in the despicable lie imputing irregularity in my private 'affairs.'1The foi-mer New York mayor lashed back at the cpmmittee after the State Dept, revealed the Controversial $1,000,000 bank draft was from the Mexican government in jfeyment for lend-lease goods.He wired Sen. O’Conor, chairman of the crime investigating group, asking an investigation of the forces that started this story and interested you in it, O’Dwyer, who has been at odds with the crime committee since his stormy testimony at a hearing last March, earlier called the report a cowardly and contemptible smear ... an abominable He ... an irresponsible hoax.”But he was forced to remain 3ilent on details on the transaction until a Stale Dept, spokesman revealed the money was transferred “with the full knowledge and in accordance with in structions of the State Dept.”Ho said he failed to understand why “these obvious lies and ru mors” continue to be circulatec ‘even in the face of their obviou untruth.”0‘Dwyer also reproached O’Con or for sending the committee’i chief counsel, Richard Moser, tlt; Mexico City.to investigate the re1069 E. Wardlo w Rd.iitmw Art—«lt 41 Or—9* *r*-TWelve of the Polish sailors remained In Sweden today as the minesweeper sailed back to Poland with five officers and 16 crewmen aboard. Four of the returning crewmen also were reported to have been among the mutineers, but chose to return.port without fully checking thi information first..In Washington, the State Depl said that the $1,000,000 banldraft made out to O'Dwyer wa simply a routine transaction be tween the United Slate^and Mcx can governments, ’i It said O’Dwyer’s name was o the draft “in his official capacity as American ambassador to Me* Ico, and there was nothing “extrE ordinary or irregular1* about th matter.
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