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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1952
Page
14
A sponsors committee rally endorses a comprehensive Signal Hill city ticket. The list names many local figures and families pledging allegiance to the slate believed to benefit the community and strengthen leadership.
The City Council and ordinance committees will meet April 9 at 9 a.m. to discuss a possible draft ordinance to outlaw Lite-O-Line and similar games on the Pike. Councilman Clarence E. Wagner announced the plan.
Hugh Gallagher, president of the Propeller Metropolitan Club, told the Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor Propeller Club that the United States must have ships ready for war. He cited obsolete reserve ships and Russia’s submarines as urgent threats and urged practical logistics planning and city ordinance cooperation.
The council set marine inspector pay in the Alamitos Bay area between 261 and 318, aligning with lifeguard tiered duties and WWI to Korea pay scales. They urged long range shipping bills to boost U S vessel construction, defended subsidy use amid foreign shipyards, and noted Japan’s vulnerability and potential Allied responses.
Los Angeles officials will study the municipal ordinance regulating games of skill and science that applies to all types of amusement games. The review aims to assess enforcement, scope, and potential updates under city policy.
Judge Fred Miller found Zona G. Ryan, 31, San Pedro shoreman, guilty of child mistreatment of an 8 year old girl with prior felonies. If deemed a sexual psychopath, he faces 90 days at Norwalk and possible indefinite commitment. probation unlikely due to prior convictions. Public defender William Lanson noted routine procedures and potential prison term despite treatment prospects.
In Superior Court Judge Fred Miller presided as 80 Jacob R. Moraga and How ard Bennett were found guilty of driving a car without the owner’s consent after a short jury deliberation. Both men claimed the other stole the car while police noted they were found in Huntington Beach with the vehicle. Public defender William Lawson cited a conflict and Donald C. Wallace volunteered to represent Moraga. Probation applications were filed for both men with May 5 set for probation hearing and sentence.
New York April 2 A net estate of 93691 was left by stage actress Betty Compton former wife of the late Mayor James J Walker She died in 1944 An estate tax appraisal shows she named her will as residuary legatee the late Theodore T Knappen her husband at death Their son Theodore C Knappen was listed as beneficiary under a trust agreement
Four Long Beach men aboard the Navy transport Joe P. Martinez docked at Seattle with 1576 Army veterans from the Far East. Names include Capt. John W. Griffin, SFC Don H. Crear, Cpl. Robert A. Lopez, and Cpl Richard W. Stebbins, plus Sgt. Joseph D. Alvarez and others from Lomita, Bellflower, Downey, Compton, Buena Park, San Pedro, and Wilmington.
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