Trio Seized After String of Burglaries in Wrigley District
Police nabbed Jack Lane Cowan 23 after a chase through alleys, arresting his brother Richard 21 and Henry MacIntosh 26 on burglary investigations. The trio, linked to 100-plus daytime break-ins in the Wrigley area, used window prying to target homes while occupants were nearby. Cowan, an ex-convict, admitted one burglary at 2445 Magnolia Ave. officers recovered a money envelope and other items. Losses likely number in five figures.
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Wrigley
Jack Lane Cowan
Warren Sty
Joy Wurl
Magnolia Ave
S1or
Cowan
Richard Donald Cowan
Henry Macin Tn
Waryon St
Tack Cowan
Pedice
Donald Z. Moran
John Tharras
Maran
Wurl Fleaden
Jack Cowan
San Quentin
Seniense
Marin
Richyard
Pacific Coast Hay
Pine Ave
Caniial
Good Design in the Home Exhibit Opens Local Art Center
The Municipal Art Center hosts an exhibition titled Good Design in the Home showing new furniture drapery upholstery fabrics lamps and kitchen appliances. Sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art and the Merchandise Mart, the display runs April 2 to June 6 with samples from items introduced in the past year.
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Municipal Art Center
Nam B. Crean Blvd
Samuel Heavenrich
Museum of Modern Art
New York
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
Tipmse
Heshan
Board Study Proposes Redistricting Wilson Area Students
The Board of Education reviews shifting students from overcrowded Wilson High to Poly and Jordan High for fall term. Assistant superintendent Harry J. Moore cites Wilson projections of 4400 to 4500 students next year and rising. He suggests moving the Wilson Poly boundary east to Junipero Avenue and providing bus transport for Lakewood district students north of Tel Ame Boulevard to Jordan. Some Lakeswood residents south of Del Amo could opt for Jordan buses. Newcomb labels the move a partial solution and a prelude to broader problems.
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Wilson High School
Poly
Jordan
Board of Education
Harry J. Moore
Douglas A. Newcomb
Moore
Wilson
Pacific Coast
Cherry Ave
Junipero Ave
Lakewood Junior High
Tel Ame Blvd
Lakeswood
del Amo
Newcomb
Public Improvements Funds Delayed For School Construction
A Citizens Committee report warns that funds for school construction would not be available in time to avert a crisis and urges electorate approval no later than November 1954. The board endorses weekend recreation programs at several district playgrounds to supplement ongoing efforts.
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Nonecomb
Tincher
Tunis
Board of Relocation
Lakeswind Park
Repredbon
Parkseny Pustrier
Sompecs
Monroe
Ven Hielmes
Tinoe Beach Recreation Commission
Three Hurt in Crash on Long Beach Blvd
Three persons injured late Monday in a two car crash at Long Beach Blvd and 47th Street. Marvin Sterling of 018 Cornada Ave and Marty M. Taylor of 594% Jaymills Re were drivers, with Etta Pau line Bards riding with Sterling. Taylor suffered a fractured collarbone while Bards had minor injuries. all were treated at Seaside Hospital.
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Long Beach Blvd
Marvin Sterling
Cornnada Ave
Marty M. "Taylor
Jaymills Re
Etta Pauline Bards
Harvey iWay
Sterling
Polices
Seaside Hospital
Festive City College Hosts 3 Day Charity Carnival
Festive City College Lakewood campus hosts a three day charity carnival to benefit Community Chest Red Cross March of Dimes and student body fund. Proceeds aim for 1506 dollars with a king contest on Friday night at a campus dance. Events include turtle racing raffles and shirt sales. Civic leaders from Long Beach Norwalk and Los Angeles attend planning meetings and Civil Defense Week events.
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Lakewood
Lang Beach City College
Rehool
Community Chest
Red Cross
March of Dimes
Andacer
Freday Night
Wineners
Fay
Clibs
Ruby Gobert
Studebaker Re
Norwalk
Southern California
Beth Sudenga
Andi
Val Peterson
Bill Johnson
Phyllis Harris
Wee Farrell
Biltmore Bowl
Los Angeles
Sally Erickson
William J. Mooney
Civil Defense
Long Beach
Peterson
Elysian Park
1988 Elks Install New Officers
C Mrade Talbott was installed as exalted ruler of Lane Beach Elks Lodge BRR in ceremonies Monday night. He succeeds Jess Grundy. Other officers installed were I Gerald Desmond, esteemed readIng knight, Norman Allumbaugh, lpsteemen royal knight, Charles C Stratton, esteemed lecturing knight, George Quinn, secretary, Otis BE Allis, treasurer, TR G Schoenberger, tiler, Guy L Barton, trustee, Elsworth M Bear esquire, Harry W Jordan, inner guard, Lloyd Baum, chaplain. Also inducted were Roy I Miller, assistant tilers Bernard Gelder, organist, Edwin Hyka, assistant enquire, William Rostick, tant inner guard and August Carl, assistant chaplain.
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Harry W. Jordan
Lloyd Baum
Roy I. Miller
Bernard Gelder
Edwin Hyka
William Rostick
August Carl
Harbor funding moves to back subsidence work and pier lease
The city council transferring 1 million from Public Improvement Fund to Harbor Revenue to cover subsidence remedial work on submerged lands. It authorizes use of about 2 million in Harbor Reserve for subsidence and upland area improvements north of Seaside Blvd. Harbor commissioners sought larger transfers, but council cautions about lost earnings. They plan a proposed resolution on the balance of 8.5 million next Tuesday. The Harbor Commission also approved a new 5 year lease with Fisherman's Wharf Inc for Pierpoint Landing with public parking under Harbor control and active management requirements for owners. Long Beach Oil Development Co. announced water injection capacity to 20 000 barrels per day under city contract.
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Public Improvement Fund
Harbor Department
Harbor Reserve Fund
Seaside Blvd
earli+ er
Raymond’c. Kealer
Clty
Board of Sarher Commissioners
Fisherman's Wharf, Inc
Pier A
J. E. McClintoc
William A. Nott
Long Beach Oil Development Co
Plaza Floods to Be Topic at City Meeting
City Engineer Jess Silkerson will discuss flood conditions in the Lakewood Plaza area at a mass meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in St. Cornelius Parish Hall Flagstone Street and Bellflower Boulevard. Gilkerson will outline street and bridge projects. Reports cover Plaza community center and a 260 acre Long Beach park. Association officers will be nominated for election at the June meeting.
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Lakewood Plaza
Jess Silkerson
P.m
St. Cornelius Parish Hall
Flagstone St
Bellflower Blvd
Gilkerson
Lakewend Plaza
Citizens Improvement Association
Plaza
Long Beach Park
Association
Elephants Rampage at Torrance Parade injures rider and frightens crowd
John Joanides a 32 year old wire walker was thrown from a rearing elephant during a Torrance circus parade causing a broken leg while four other elephants charged toward a watching crowd. Randers from Clyde Realty Givens helped quell the stampede and no other injuries were reported. Witnesses said the elephants were spooked by cars nearby.
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Torrance
Randers
Clyde Realty Givens
Beramerey Ave
Camarille St
John Joanides
Warriol General Hospital
Sron
Burglary Probe Involving Local Merchant Suspect
Robert C. Jordan, 24, a warehouse foreman, was booked Monday for investigation into a burglary at Aljavich Supply Co. where 44 carbaze disposals valued over 2500 were stolen. Jordan denied any participation in the burglary.
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Robert C. Jordan
Seeman
W. Esther
Aljavich Supply Co
Jordan
Permit Granted for Pier Day Warehouse Storage
A permit was authorized for the use of the warehouse at the shore end of Pier Day by Signal Trucking Service. The bonded contractor for federal cotton linters storage offered to pay 65 percent of its monthly storage revenue for the warehouse.
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Pier Day Signal Trucking Service
Accord On Debt For Frontenac Settles Pro Rata
The board agreed to settle Frontenac Corp debt on a pro rata basis with other creditors. The bankrupt company, owner of the SS Frontenac, owes the Port of Long Beach about 13000 in back dockage fees. De Luxe Water rendered a check for 2554.90 for the Harbor Department percentage of Royal Spy sales aboard fishing boats from Sportfisherman's Dock, paid under protest over galley sales.
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Frontenanc Corp
Frontenac
Long Beach
de Luxe Water
Vaxi
City Officials to Attend Joint Dinner Meeting
The board announced plans for a joint dinner meeting of Long Beach and Los Angeles city officials on April 28 at Virginia Countr.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Virginia
Chicken Pox Measles Decline in Long Beach Report
Health sources report a drop in chicken pox and measles in Long Beach while Los Angeles and San Diego show ongoing outbreaks. Long Beach records 416 chicken pox cases this year versus 615 in 1953 at the same point, with 63 measles cases, and a five year average of 573. City and local health officials warn the epidemics remain active in wider counties.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
I. D. Litwack
Dir
Libwack
San Diego
George M. Uh
Clair Conway Shop Wins Buffums Flower Show Prize
Clair Conway's Flower Shop won first prize of 250 dollars in Buffums spring flower show and a 100 dollar Independent Press Telegram award. Exhibits by 18 Lang and Reach retail florists were shown at Buffums Pine Ave window through Thursday. Galloway's for Flowers took second with 100 dollars and Mott's Flower Shop third. Winning display featured Saris vases and yellow Darwin tulips. Judges included Yvonne Benafel Samuel Heavenrich and Fred Kraft.
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Clair Conway
Buffums
Independent
Press- Telegram
Lang
Reach
Pine Ave
Galloway
Mott 'S
The
Nox
Rgo
Yvonne Benafel
National Florist Telegraph Association
Samuel Heavenrich
Fred
Reunion of Vets Hailed by Prairie Division in Los Angeles
Annual reunion of the Prairie Division veterans will be held in the club room at 1312 W Thin St Los Angeles. The gathering is scheduled to run from noon to midnight Saturday with expected turnout from former unit members.
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He “Prairie Divisi
Dtinois
Thin St
Los Angeles
Obituaries Chronicle Multiple Local Deaths and Services
A long list of obituaries from Long Beach area residents. Fannie C. Smith aged 80 of Linden Avenue died Monday in Baldwin Park. services Thursday at Mottell's Mortuary and Rose Hills Memorial Park. Other notices include William H Chenoweth 79 of Magnolia Avenue. Max Ernest Bender 68 of Spaulding Avenue. Charles W Erickson 53 of Appleton Street. Joseph R Backus of Adriatic Avenue. Berthany Rutten Burton 58 of Pleasant Street. George Robert Foutch 65 Artesia. Theresa Anne Hartman 1 month old daughter of Roy and family. George Robert Foutch 63 of Artesia. Interments planned at Sunnyside Memorial Park and other local cemeteries.
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Lam
Sungel
U.S
Long Beach
Walter Temneraur
Southern California
Tone Brack
Mirpeart
Batimont
al Patridate
Santa Bar Va
Elzo
Daniel Atbgaunr
Buffalo
Roelan Am
San Antonio
Lorena Jordan
Warren
Lield
Sit
Mabel Tiskering
Flevelna
Denver
Tampa
Pansy Swett
Maude Smith
Dendrecoi Philathineis
Minnemude
Tnlowsten
Loma Vista
Fuller- Ginag
Portland
Mottell
Fonolulu
T. Fairbanks
Ourton
I Rania City
Susie Laraman
Mottell’s
Robert A. Burns
Rose Hills Memorial Park
Chenoweth
William Harin Chenoweth
Magnolia Ave
Des Moines
Iowa
Central Christian Church
BPOE
Halford F
Verney
Juanita
Bender
Max Ernest Bend
Spaulding Ave
Germany
United States
St. Joseph
Los Angeles
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Erickson
Chares W. Viving
Gladys
Appleton
Maxine Work
Beaton Park Hospital
Sonnenberg
Gladysipexa
Kan
Harney
Lang
Ann Rux
Topeka Lodge
Service Af&am
Ruth Wade
Grace Chapel
Inglewood Park
Blanche Merritt
Fullerton
Aee
Orvalaa
Averkamp
Oscar
Jon
Lippert
Monticiments
Robey
Mor
Burton
Berthany Rutten
RL W
Sunnyside Memorial Park
Mighty Leap Thief Flees in Long Beach Night
Long Beach burglar escaped after leaping over a fence during a pursuit by Del T. Davis and his wife Vera Esther. The intruder, described as 40s to 45, with a sharp islander nose, wore a green sport shirt and fled from 2255 Fatalyptus Ave after being spotted in the kitchen. Two Long Beach teachers were named to the California Teachers Association Retirement Committee, Russell E. Sprang of Poly High and Laura Bassett of an elementary school. The committee studies the retirement system and recommends legislative action on teachers’ retirement.
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Long Beach
California Teachers Association
Russell E. Sprang
Poly High School
Laura ‘Bassett
Fencn
del T. Davi
Fatalyptus Ave
Davis
Vera Esther
C of C Asks U S to Rescind Medical Cut
The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce urged the Defense Department to undo orders reducing the naval hospital medical staff from 10 to five doctors. The group said the cut would severely limit care for Navy dependents in Long Beach as the base processes about 1100 separations monthly and 60 000 eligible dependents rely on the facility. If approved, dependents would seek care at Corona or San Diego facilities.
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Chamber of Commerce
Department of Defense
Long Beach Navaltation
Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Chamber
Services Committee
Navy
Long Beach
Naval State
Corona
San Diego
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Independent Press-Telegram
Southland Magazine
Southern California Edison Co
Fireistone Baptist Church
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Thelia Lakin
Sadie TD
Tafoya
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