Lakewood Lamp Post Battle Wins Amid Ship Dispute
Vacationers face disruption as Matson Steamship Company delays a voyage after daylong sessions with the Independent Marine Docks and Stewards Union and AFL CIO Stewards Union. If unresolved by noon, the Jourline may cancel the voyage, angering passengers aboard the liner.
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L B Men Aid Rescue In Enemy Zone
Eight men from the U S mine sweeper Symbol carried out a daylight landing on an enemy coast near Sengdo Gap in Korean waters to rescue a North Korean civilian held by Communists. Boatswain A A McDaniel led the eight man party. The rescue occurred as Symbol swept mines offshore with gun crews watching. The rescued man said it was his third attempt to escape.
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Sun and 81 High Due Here Today After Fog Fades
The fog will clear to a sunny spring day with light westerly winds. The high is forecast at 81 degrees, up from yesterday's 76, as patches of fog from the ocean melt away after midnight.
Excess profits and wage push threaten postwar balance
The piece warns that profit surges and wartime expansion may yield later shortages in normal profits, hitting retailers, wholesalers, and steel plants. It notes the President seeks a 26 cent per hour wage hike for steel workers, arguing plants could fund it from excess profits.
Fire destroys half of Canal Avenue warehouse in Long Beach
A $40,000 fire swept through a two tenancy warehouse at 1328 Canal Ave. in Long Beach, gutting a partition area. Fire Chiefss Cullen Odette and Mendenhall led operations. Losses included $25,000 for furniture owned by R J Dayton of Pico and $10,000 in dressmaking equipment owned by Mrs Doris Moore of 2438 Cedar Ave. Building owner is Mrs Helen Arden Ward of the Cooper Arms. Origin undetermined due to heavy gutting near the partition.
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Plaza Homes to get steel poles after letter cough
A Lakewood Plaza residents notice distributed door to door asserts Aldon Construction Co promised steel street lights and steel poles, while lakewood citizens group weighs a court injunction to stop erection of wooden poles.
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Cop Fired for Bribery Before Retirement in New York
New York May 13. Police lieutenant James A Delehanty was found guilty of taking bribes to protect Harry Gross's $20,000,000-a-year bookmaking empire and was fired seven hours before his planned retirement with a pension. Delehanty, third deputy police commissioner, presided at the trial of five officers.
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New York
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Jury convicts Lt Evans in protection payoff case
The verdict finds Lt. Thomas Evans, 44, guilty of receiving part of the $1,000,000 Gross claimed he paid annually to policemen. Gross testified he paid protection to operate betting parlors openly. Delehanty to announce verdicts in four other cases later. Evans faced retirement with pension at midnight tonight.
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