Political News Heat Rises in City Campaigns
Local elections loom with a school board race and May 8 municipal primary filings. Naples Improvement Association hosted nine candidates, including First District contenders, with 65 attendees. Speakers covered development of Alamitos Bay, shoreline plans, hospital funding, and school locations. A Los Angeles municipal election added confusion as citizens sought guidance. Local political figures and a Young Republican event followed.
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Zeres
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Naples Improvement Association
Naples
Frank Sataraino
Leland Schenck
H. A. Murray
Alamitos Bay Marina
Seal Beach
A. Lynn Parmley
C. C. Harrod
Finean Alley
Ben May
First District
Hubert Rife
Long Head
Francis H. Gentry
Fulbright Backs RFC Revamp Against Abolition Push
Senator Fulbright who led a probe into the Reconstruction Finance Corporation backs a Truman plan to abolish RFC top command, place it under a single bureau chief, and restart the agency. He supports reforms even as the Senate reviews the administration proposal set to take effect April 20 unless blocked.
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Washington
Fulbright
D-Ark
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Senate Banking
White House
Senate Expenditures Committee
Truman
Senate
Officials Will Dine Aboard Training Ship Golden Bear
Port and city officials and Propeller Club leaders from Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor will join lunch aboard the California Maritime Academy training ship Golden Bear now visiting Long Beach. Commodore Russell M. Ihrig will host with academy board members. Alumni were entertained aboard at dinner last evening. The Golden Bear will depart for Santa Barbara tomorrow afternoon.
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Propeller Club
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
California Maritime Academy
Golden Heat
Russell M. Ihrig
Academy
Golden Bear
Santa Barbara
School Board Approves Furniture Purchase and Music Building Equipment
The Board of Education authorized a $33,649.90 purchase of desks tables and chairs from National School Equipment Co for schools under construction. It also approved $7,497.67 in additional equipment from O'Brien Electric Co for the Lakewood campus music building at City College.
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Board of Education
National School Equipment Co
O'Brien Electric Co
Lakewood
City College
Tragedies End as Father and Bride Die in Wedding Scene
In Wichita on April 3, Eugene Philbrick shot his 17-year-old daughter Sara Jean on her wedding day then killed himself. Sara Jean and her father were buried side by side after funeral services led by the same minister. Carl Hoffman TL, Sara’s fiancé, wept during the rites. Family said Philbrick opposed the marriage, citing concerns over his son-in-law’s heart and other tensions.
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Wichita
Kan
Sara Jean Philbrick
Eugene
Sara
Philbrick
Carl Hoffman TL
Hoffman
Local Briefs Highlight VFW Meeting and Community Events
The Ladies Auxiliary to Adm. John S. Cain Ship 4851 VFW meets at 8 p.m. in VFW Hall 439 W Anaheim St. Other notes announce Welfare Assembly meeting at Town Hall 1 30 p.m. Thursday Pension issues to be discussed A Town Social Club covered dish lunch on Thursday 12 30 p.m. at Bixby Park Dan Carney in charge Bettina Chapter 399 CES will honor Worthy Patron Fred Burdette's birthday tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. in Town Hall Altar Society of Holy Innocents Church hosts a public card party Thursday noon at the parish hall 2019 Pasadena Ave Mrs Marie Morgan and Mrs Robert Boyes hostesses Evangelist Ronnie E Wiseman of Oklahoma City leads a youth revival nightly at Pentecostal Church of God 1212 Redondo Ave Rev J R Freeman pastor The Fuschia Society parent chapter met at Houghton Park Clubhouse with Gordon Baker Lloyd address It will not be held tomorrow as previously stated New Jersey California organization invites Southern California residents to a Sunday meeting at West Hollywood Park 674 N Robertson Blvd Lunch at noon Rebekah Lodge 360 IOOF meets tomorrow night Knights of Pythias Hall South St and Cerritos Ave Deputy district president Tessie Sprague to preside Social hour to follow No dinner prior to meeting and other notices
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Altar Society of Holy Innocents
Pasadena Ave
Marie Morgan
Robert Boyes
Fuchsia. Society
Fuschia Society
Gordon Baker Lloyd
Houghton Park
Rebekah
Tessie Sprague
Huntington Park
District 10
Long Beach
Rebekah Lodge 360
IOOF
Knights of Pythias
Factory Worker Admits Setting $300,000 Blazes
Vernon Mevis, 21, of Belding, Michigan, confessed to police that he started fires causing near martial law in Greenville. A church was destroyed, another church and two downtown buildings damaged, with total losses around 300000 but no injuries. He said a compulsion led him to choose the church to maximize the blaze.
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Greenville
Mich
Michigan
Vernon Mevis
Belding
Mevis
Cool in East With Rain Across Wide Areas
Wet weather dominated the eastern half with steady rain from Virginia to New England. Boston logged heavy falls while North Carolina and nearby states saw fairly heavy rain. Skies stayed cloudy east of the Midwest, with light precipitation in Michigan and warmer, clearer conditions edging into the western states as temperatures remained below normal in the east. Floods eased in the South and waters receded in Iowa and New Jersey.
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Virginia
North Carolina
New England
Boston
Michigan
Midwest
Iowa
New Jersey
All Counties Have Disaster Councils in California
In Sacramento on April 3, Director of Civil Defense Major General Walter M. Robertson announced that all California counties have established accredited disaster councils. State Disaster Council executive secretary Burton Washburn reported 256 of 304 cities have local organizations, with 63,862 residents in areas where civil defense is organized.
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Sacramento
Walter M. Robertson
California
Burton Washburn
State Disaster Council
College President Heads Church Group
Dr. William C. Jones, president of Whittier College, was named superintendent of the Conference of Southern California and Southwestern Congregational Churches. The conference covers Southern California, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. He succeeds Nelson Dyer who resigned January 1 and will assume office on June 15.
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Los Angeles
William C. Jones
Whittier College
Conference of Southern California
Southwestern
Southern California
Arizona
Nevada
New Mexico
Nelson Dyer
Jones
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Vets’ Auxiliary
Ladies’ Auxiliary
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VFW Hall
Anaheim St
Institute of Social Welfare
Town Hall
Bixby Park
Dan Carney
Ronnie E. Wiseman
Oklahoma City
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Ocean Blvd
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RCA Victor
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RCA
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Atlantic Towner
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