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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1951
Page
6
London reports in the science journal Quartz that the Earth is gradually slowing its daily rotation. Each revolution now takes about a month of a second longer than in the autumn, with fluctuations occurring every few years and the exact causes not yet known.
Pasadena hosts the Southern California Spring Flower and Garden Show April 12 to 15 at Brookside Park. Exhibits feature five acres of redesigned hillside with waterfalls and pools, orchid displays, a formal English courtyard, 50 World gardens, and tours led by Verne K. Jackson with daily hort expert guests. Folk dances, home decor ideas, and trophies highlight the event, amid sensational values in ads.
The 1951 Hobby Show at Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach runs April 7 to 9 with a record crowd of amateur hobbyists. Twenty five clubs display items valued in six figures, with free admission and hours from noon to 10 each day.
The California Military District in San Francisco says more than 200 Army Reserve and National Guard majors and lieutenant colonels in California will be called to active duty in April as part of a nationwide plan to recall 1500 field grade officers. The first call-up is set for April 2 with groups on April 9 and April 24. service tours will last two months.
East German scrap metal thieves raid cemeteries in Frankfurt. Police report bronze crosses gravestones and a bronze bust of the philosopher Schopenhauer stolen from Frankfurt's east end park as prices for scrap rise.
Detroit March 3 Dr Roy D McClure 68 chief surgeon at Henry Ford Hospital died today His most famous patient was Motor Magnate Henry Ford who chose him to head the Ford hospital in
The field for the May 8 municipal primary grows to 46 after a week of filings and withdrawals. Undecided candidates must file by Tuesday and others by Friday with nominating petitions bearing 50 to 75 signatures. First District candidates, led by Robert Rife, attend Naples Improvement Club meeting. Multiple candidates vie for City Council seats, while the school board race is expected to dominate coverage this week.
A community program sponsored by the Recreation Department features authentic Hawaiian and South Sea dances by 10 dancers directed by Miss Val Moore of Anaheim, a Wilmington Youth Chorus sextette, a4 piano soloist, and Joanne Hodges in two piano solos. The show opens at 7:30 pm with community singing, followed by square dancing, and doors open at 6:30 pm. Admission is free.
O F Carey chief building inspector will describe methods of installing electrical conduit in buildings under construction at the Masters Electricians Association meeting in Long Beach. He will be introduced by Ben Wheater the chief city electrical inspector. The group will meet at 6 50 pm in the ack Room of the Hilltop Cafe. At its March meeting Owen Baum was elected secretary treasurer.
Pope Pius will celebrate mass in St Peter's Basilica for 3000 members of the Little Singers of the Wooden Cross. The boys come from the United States and numerous other countries to participate in the event scheduled tomorrow.
REDONDO BEACH March 31 A two seat biplane carrying two men skidded across wet sand for nearly 100 yards before stopping on the beach near Strand Street. Pilot Donald Dixon 30 of Compton and E M Naziett 33 Buena Park escaped with minor injuries after the engine failed during a routine flight from Gardena Valley Airport. Police said the craft halted within six feet of a child playing on the sand. Lifeguards treated both men for minor lacerations and a sprained wrist. Owner listed as L H Natthews.
Civilian license council coordinator Glan Varley announced a free film event titled You Can Beat the Atom Bomb. Sunset Beach area residents are invited to Sam's Sea Food Spa on April 9 at 3 p.m. to view the screening and support a fund for first aid supplies now totaling 118.75 dollars from local drives.
Bonn announced that West Germany has received 090,963,006 dollars in goods and services under the European Recovery Program since April 3, with 48 million dollars from the Marshall Plan ministry.
Long Beach Boys Club gears up for National Boys' Club Weeks beginning tomorrow. Executive secretary Maurice A. Bugbee notes 300,000 members of Boys' Club of America gain strong bodies, skills, fair play, and guidance. Two Long Beach units host programs with guests, family nights, amateur night, a bike jamboree, and church services, under direction of Down Town and East Long Beach clubs.
Los Angeles voters will ballot on $40 million in bond issues to clear slums downtown, build a 23 acre convention arena and sports palace, plus a large music center. Projects aim to revive downtown with parking, rail and freeway plans and housing reforms for Bunker Hill.
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