Coronado Budget Adds 12 470 Dollar to 1949 Total
With council approval a 15 per month blanket wage increase for all city employees the 1949 Coronado budget totals 602 303 84 a rise of 12 470 84 from 589 833 previously adopted. Western Auto Supply opens new Coronado site at 874 Orange Ave Renovation by John Purcell and John Washington. Navy pilots rescued after carrier Princeton training crash five planes in mid Pacific. Gas and Electric warns of possible service cut if residents fail to conserve. Six coastal items cover crime weather and community notices.
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Howard Fuller
Western Auto Supply
Orange Avenue
Leyess
Henry C. Bornsen
Coronado
John Purcell
John Washington
Coronado Fliers
Pendleton Road
H. G. Gunther
AD Avenue
Princeton
mid-Pacific
Nisbet
Guam
Orote i Field
Coronado to Air Beachcombers Platter Party Weekly
Coronado launches a one hour Saturday radio program titled Beachcombers Platter Party to air at 11 a.m. on KSON. Sponsored by Orange Avenue firms and community leaders, the show will feature music prizes and celebrity guests from the Beachcomber and Coronado Compass network. Ted Burrell will host with help from Gordon Finnall Burt Kramer Paul Pressley Clyde Hall and others.
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Coronado
Orange Avenue
San Diego
KSON
Paul Pressley
Ted Burrell
Gordon Finnall
Village Hardware
Burt Kramer
Pressley
Clyde Hall
Beachcomber
Coronado Compass
Ted God Gram
Coronado Kiwanis Club Experts Tomorrow
Coronado Kiwanis Club members will hear Jai Alai experts discuss the Basque game. Jai Alai players and representatives are set to speak at the luncheon meeting at La Avenida. William Bowman will preside for the first time at tomorrow's gathering.
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Coronado Kiwanisub
la Avenida
William Bowman
Navy to Host Public Information Parley at Coronado Base
More than 300 officers from the 11th Naval District will attend a two day public information seminar at Coronado Amphibious Base January 13 14. Afterward 60 Naval Reserve officers will join from San Francisco aboard the carrier Boxer for a five day tour of area shore stations. Principal speakers include Adm DeWitt C Ramsey Rear Adm H D Baker Hubbard of AP Los Angeles Stuart Nevins CBS public affairs director Wm R Mathews editor of the Arizona Daily Star and a member of the advisory committee on public information to Defense Secretary Forrestal.
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11Th Naval District
Coronado
Amphibious Base
Naval Reserve Public Information
San Francisco
Pacific Fleet
H. D. Baker
Navy Department
Hubbard
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Stuart Nevins
Columbia Broadcasting System
Wm. R. Mathews
The
Arizona Daily Star
Ittee
Defense
James Forrestal
Adm. Baker to Assume District Command in March
Rear Adm. Wilder D. Baker, head of the Atlantic Fleet Service Force at Norfolk, will relieve Rear Adm. Bernhard H. Bieri as 11th Naval District commandant early in March. Bieri is assigned to the United Nations Security Council to relieve Adm. Henry K. Hewitt, who retires March 1. Bieri's 38 years of service include commands of battleship North Carolina and Cruiser Divisions 1 and 14. Baker holds the Navy Cross, Silver Star, Legion of Merit and Bronze Star.
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Wilder D. Baker
Norfolk
Bernhard H. Bieri
11Th Naval District
Navy
Bieri
Navy Department
United Nations Security Council
Henry K. Hewitt
Annapolis
Naval War College
Newport
R.L
London
North Carolina
Baker
Adm. Bieri
Coronado Chamber Reorganizes Faces Financial Strain
With a new board and officers, Coronado Chamber of Commerce reports growth but faces funding shortfalls for long range advertising and public relations. It seeks a no-cost solution relying on annual memberships, avoiding city budget requests while highlighting Coronado’s valued beach assets used by residents and visitors.
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Coronado Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Coronado
Coronado Sets Record with 1948 Building Permits
Coronado issued 1,309,038 in building permits in 1948, a city record. Breakdown shows 228,936 additions alterations 211,100 apartment construction 644,235 dwelling houses and 147,000 commercial buildings. Last month totaled 154,665 with March near 155,720.
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Wade
Lewis Browne Dies After Suicide Monday
Noted thinker Lewis Browne is dead by his own hand on Monday after years of ill health and fear of blindness. The obituary recalls his influence and a visit in Coronado where he urged embracing progress and using the machine to improve humanity.
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G Lewis Browne
H. G. Wells
Coronado
India
Japan
America
J.H
Warner Bros Donates 1000 To NAS Hospital
Warner Brothers studio in Burbank sent a 1000 check to the Naval Air Station Family Hospital in appreciation of navy personnel cooperation during the Task Force filming. Mrs. James B. Dyer delivered the donation, designated for equipment for dependents of naval personnel, acknowledged by Capt. A. C. Smith and Comdr. Paul Deranian.
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Warner Brothers Studio
Burbank
Navy
Naval Air Station
James B. Dyer
Dyer
USN
Naval Air Transport Service
Atlantic Wing
Warner Studios
A. C. Smith
Paul Deranian
City Employees Install Ted Kohl as New President
Sixty members of the City Fees Association gathered at the Colony restaurant for the annual dinner to install 1949 officers led by Incoming President Ted Kohl. Outgoing President Arthur Bratz acted as toastmaster and received a pen and pencil set and engraved pin. Adam Messek was honored with a proxy pin for his role as first president in 1946. The group disclosed a potential affiliation with a national labor organization to be discussed next month after a prior vote against the proposal in December.
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City Fees Association
Colony Restaurant
Ted Kohl
Arthur Bratz
Joseph Hoppe
Robert Waterhouse
Jack Carroll
Bratz
Adam Messek
Association
Kohl
Noted Theatrical Figure Dies Here During Holidays
Wood film producer and son of Oliver Morosco died in Coronado at a local hospital after a sudden stroke at age 49. He had come to Coronado for the holidays and was to return to Beverly Hills. He produced for 20th Century Fox including Margie and Wing and a Prayer. Burial was arranged in Coronado. he leaves his mother Anne Morosco and a son Timothy Morosco. Also, 250 Pacific Coast insurance reps will meet at Hotel del Coronado for a six day convention starting next Sunday.
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Broadway
Mr.Morosco
Morosco Theatres
New York
Los Angeles
Mr. Morosco
San Francisco
Corinne Griffiths
Anne Morosco
Hollywood
Timothy Morosco
Coronado Mortuary
Pacific Coast
California Western States Life Insurance Company
Hotel del Coronado
New Postal Rates Now Effective Here
The Coronado Post Office announces new rates across services. First class mail unchanged. air mail 6 cents per ounce up to 8 ounces, higher weights by zone. air mail post cards 4 cents. third class 2 cents first two ounces then 1 cent per extra ounce. books 8 cents per pound plus 4 cents each additional pound. special delivery 15 cents plus postage. registry 25 cents minimum with value-based fees. postal notes 8 cents each. money orders from 1 to 5 dollars 100 cents, 5 to 10 dollars 15 cents, 19.01 to 50 dollars 25 cents, 50.01 to 100 dollars 85 cents.
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Coronado
Air Mail
Coronado Chamber Delays Officer Elections to Monday
Coronado Chamber of Commerce postpones officer elections from last night to a special meeting next Monday to allow further review of nominating committee names led by Charles Free. President John Schroeder to oversee tentative auto registration plans at the Chamber office with Friday details pending. William Connelly of Villanova College praised Coronado hospitality after the Main Liners visit.
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Coronado Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Charles Free
Coronado
John Schroeder
William Connelly
Villanova College
Connelly
New Students from Far Away Places Enroll Here Monday
Twenty four new students join Coronado public schools this Monday from Shanghai China Canada Elmira NY Newport RI and other distant locales. Registrations list names and former addresses across elementary junior high and high school levels.
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Shanghai
China
Canada
Elmire
N.Y
Newport
Coronado
Schaefer
Louise Tallman
Dawn Heston
Medford
Ore
Sharon Sullivan
San Diego
Deborah Wakeman
Susan Ronninger
Gail Miner
Pat Adams
Oceanside
Darragh _Ells
Eureka
Gene Adams
Bette Entner
Arizona
Richard Laws
Tule Lake
Patsy Heston
Donald Sullivan
Marylee Little
Salem
Raymond Moore
Grossmont
Patricia Sullivan
Washington, D.C
Bill John Adams
Peggy Jean
R. I. Lorietta
Leonard Cole
Donald Cassidy
Merrilyn Coover
Walnut Creek
Beverly Friskey
Ralph Friskey
Thomas Kelley
Ocean Side
Barbara Timm
Tommy
Tak Chen
Huen
Tony
Tak Shee
Susan
Sien Shen
Jimmy
Tak Jen
Pollack Heads March of Dimes Drive This Month
San Diego County 1949 March of Dimes campaign begins Friday January 14 with Louis Pollack of Coronado leading the drive locally under general chairman William Stone. Stone notes no fixed goal yet calls for increased donations due to rising polio cases and Foundation needs. Last year the county raised over $60,000 and aims to surpass it as residents stay polio conscious.
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San Diego County
William Stone
Louis Pollack
Coronado
Stone
National Foundation For
City Council Approves 70000 For Street Work In SD
San Diego City Council approved using 70000 of state highway funds to resurface major streets from Orange Avenue to Alameda Boulevard and Ocean Boulevard plus B Avenue between First and Second Streets. The meeting also added two probationary police officers Arthur H Fox and Walter R Sonnenberg and debated milk truck license fees.
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San Diego
H. W. Bradford
The
County Milk Institute
Archibald D. Abel
Orange Avenue
Alameda Boulevard
Ocean Boulevard
B Avenue
Arethur H. Fox
Walter R. Sonnenberg
Ten Percent City Pay Raise To Be Further Discussed
City Councilmen will meet with Civil Service Commission members this week to discuss the proposed ten percent salary increase. Councilman Archibald D. Abel supported the $15 per month blanket raise but kept the door open for future negotiations on the ten percent proposal.
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Civil Service Commission
Archibald D. Abel
Night School Second Session To Open Monday
Coronado High School will host the second session of the Coronado Night School announced by Principal Yeager. Expanded offerings include Textile Painting for the first time with a schedule featuring World’s Great Books Spanish Landscape Painting and more. Enrollment occurs at the first class meeting.
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Coronado
Coronado High School
Yeager
Pringiga
Naples
Masonic Celebration Honoring Imperial Potentate Calhoun in San Diego
Masons and wives are invited to a Saturday 7:30 p.m. celebration at Russ Auditorium San Diego honoring Galloway Calhoun of Tyler Texas Imperial Potentate of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine. Calhoun visits Al Bahr Temple led by Glendon H. Conklin. Calhoun a UT graduate and former assistant attorney general served as 33rd degree Mason and past Grand Master of Texas Masons. He was WWII special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General in Selective Service matters and vice president of the Texas War Chest.
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Aoenenene
Coronado
University of Texas
Calhoun
Masons
Texas
U.S
Texas War Chest
Coronado to Begin Grading Local Eating Places This Week
County Health officials announced that Coronado food serving establishments will be graded by Sanitarian teams using an official score card. The public will see A B or C scores displayed in windows, with licenses at risk for CG graded venues not reaching a grade within 30 days.
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Coronado
Alex M. Lesem
County Health Department
Food Division
Lesem
San Diego
el Cortez
John Q
Dr. Lesem
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