Local Purchases and Odd News Mixed In A Page Sketch
A quirky column item describes a shopper disputing chicken weights and prices, choosing two birds for company, and leaving dissatisfied. It also notes 3600 Rainbow Girls’ convention attendees, a motel mislaid letter from guests, and a motel manager’s late night discovery. Other notes cover Long Beach gulls’ lunchtime alight and migration patterns, a church usher’s tidbit on lipstick tissues, and signage quirks for Ladies Room and Gentlemen rooms.
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East Ocean Blvd
Gordon Robertson
Sherri
Christie
Trudy
Tlitterbuc Laik
Genttleman
Hin Church
Helen Price
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A reader letter notes a man who sold his Iowa business and a home then moved to Long Beach after 15 months, returning frustrated and disillusioned. He cites financial losses, criticizes firms he dealt with, and likens Long Beach to a wealthy person who neglects church. The writer believes constructive criticism helps.
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Iowa
Long Beach
Sign in San Diego window hints at Lakewood musical group
RIETIWOOCD reports a San Diego store window sign advertising Used Painting S47.50 and mentions Lakewood there is talk of forming a municipal band and choral group. People interested should contact J. Dewitt Schwab at 39-3062 or Norman Kreitzer at 39-3010. A attendee of the American Quarter Horse Association meeting notes many delegates on crutches, joking that the horses must deliver more than a 25 percent kick.
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Rietiwoocd
Xell Morgan
San Diego
Lakewood
J. Dewitt Schwab
Norman Kreitzer
American Quarter Horse Association
Auto Row Biggest Show in Long Beach Draws Women
A feature on Automobile Row in Long Beach highlights new car styling aimed at women. Windshields in 155type wraparound form and pink-on-pink interiors in models like La Femme push female-driven buying, with dealers from Dodge to Nash Ramber and Cadillac stressing color options, comfort features, and easy exits to attract female buyers.
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Auto Row
Long Beach
Dodge
Dorge
Need Told for More Teachers Need Told for More Teachers
Dr. Romaine P. Mackie said the nation needs 75 000 more special education teachers amid a 190 000 total shortage in the field. She cited a 1949 estimate of four million school-age children needing help and only 25 to 30 percent receiving it, with rural areas as the greatest challenge. First convention session set for Municipal Auditorium with William Carr as principal speaker.
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U. S. Office of Education
Romaine P. Mackie
Washington, D. C
International Council For Exceptional Children
Mandar
Mackie
Lafayette Hotel
Spefiak
Tve
A.s
California
Municipal Auditoriu
William Carr
Washington
Plaza Units Election Set for Lakewood Annexation Vote
The last obstacle to a June 2 annexation election for Plaza Units 1 and 2 was removed. Lone Beach council gave first reading to the ordinance calling the election after no protests were filed at a hearing. Voters previously rejected annexation in 1933 by 548 to 216. last month a 363 to 87 petition supported a new vote. The area covers 130 acres with about 2,500 people, bounded by Conant St North Palo Verde Ave east Wardlow Rd south and Woodruff Ave west. This will be the fifth annexation poll this year with other ballots in March and May.
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Lakewood Plaza
Lone Beach
Conant, St
Palo Verde Ave
Wardlow Rd
Woodruff Ave
Long Beach
Arthur M'Arthur Regiment Opens Three-Day Reunion
West coast members of the 32nd U S Volunteers Infantry gathered at the Blackstone Hotel for a three day reunion. The unit served in the Philippine Islands during the Spanish American War under Gen Arthur MacArthur. The regiment began with 1,264 enlisted men and 48 officers and returned with 666 enlisteds and 25 officers. It was mustered out April 29, 1901. The reunion is the fourth conducted in Long Beach.
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Revielle
James Morgan
Grover City
Calif
Blackstone Hotel
Getta Blast
Santa Monica
Loretta Wegant
Los Angeles
32Nd
U. S. Volunteers Infantry
Serison
Blackstone
Philip
Arthur MacArthur
Long Beach
Youth Hit by Car Dies in Hospital
Robert C. Eades, 25, of Pacific Palisades, died at Sea Side Hospital after a Thursday trap accident left him with amputated inside and head injuries. He was crossing Broadway and Elm Ave in a crosswalk when struck by Carl Pragman, 30, of 173 E 60th St, who was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian. Eades’ death marks the eighth traffic fatality in Long Beach this year and the fourth pedestrian killed. His body was released to Pierce Bros. Mortuary, Santa Monica.
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Robert C. Eades
Seaside
Eades
Pacific Palisades
Pierce Bros. Mortuary
Santa Monica
Long Beach
Tie
Broadway
Elm Ave
Carl Pragman
Pragman
Police Take Bottle on Perilous Ride
A bottle believed to contain nitro glycerin was found on a garage shelf. Officers Harold Hainley and Richard Coleman transported it to the Ammunition and Naval Depot at Seal Beach for examination. The six mile ride was described as the longest by Coleman. The bottle dated 1938 listed contents as stock dynamite and was found after a break in at 2103 7th Street.
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Harold Hainley
Richard W
Theleae Y Ammunition and Net
Seal Beach
Hainley
Coleman
Charles Moon
7Th St. Arabel
City Council approves gambling ban ordinance amid division
City Council members vote 3-2 to approve a proposed ordinance outlawing gambling type activities. Key supporters Virgil H. Spong, Toby Wick, Lewis D. Heavers, Ruth H. Pach Pacific, Pat Ahern vote yes while several oppose. The measure targets pay-off schemes and related concessions.
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Virgil H. Spongynance
Toby Wick
Lewis D.eavers
Peese
Ruth H. Pach Pacific
Theaet
Ehasec Land
Pat Ahern
Prizes and Style Show at Free Cooking School
The Merry Meals Cooking School opens at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Municipal Auditorium with free public admission. Prizes totaling over 5,000, including a 439.95 Norge electric stove, refrigerators, silverware and more, will be awarded daily. A style show runs Tuesday to Thursday with doors at 1 p.m. and free parking for women on a city lot near Rainbow Pier. Ruth Hogan, a nutrition lecturer, and Beatrice Berman lead the program, which teaches money saving and affordable meals using cheaper meat cuts.
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Press-Telegram
Municipal Auditorium
Tong Beach
Lakewood
Linden Ave
Rainbow Pier
Ruth Hogan
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Beatrice Berman
Norge
Police Nab Woman in Burglary Case Recount
Police cornered a burglary suspect in a dark alley at 2:30 am. Betty Mildred Anthony also known as Betty Mildred Smith, 33, of 18731 Pacific Coast Highway Sunset Beach, admitted an urge to break in. She was held for burglary investigation after injuries from entering the store.
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Betty Mildred Anthony
Pacific Coast Hywy
Sunset Beach
Betty Mildred Smith
E. 2Nd St
Ralph Miller
W. T. Robertson
Tie Place
Brown Urges City to Meet Over Mallon Ruling
Atty Gen Edmund Brown asked Long Beach officials to meet soon to discuss policy after the Mallon decision. Assemblyman Klocksiem relayed the request to City Atty Jacobson, who then involved the city steering committee headed by Mayor Ver millions. Brown sought assurances the city would not act against the court ruling while reserving right to seek further review in state and federal courts.
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Atty
Edmund G. Brown
Long Beach
Supreme Court
Mallon
Herbert R. Klocksiem
Brown
Ois
State Supreme Court
Jacobson
United States Supreme Court
Sacramento
Tidelands
Bruce F. Ailen
San Jose
Francis C. Lindsay
Rloomis
Feather River
California
Village Smith and Wife Observe 50th Anniversary
Long Beach couple Christina and Thomas Clark celebrate 50 years of marriage after meeting in Clarksville in 1906. They credit their long union to no quarrels and give and take, with Thomas noting a steady blacksmith career starting at the shop on 4th Street and American Avenue.
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Smith
Long Beach
Mobile
Thomas William Clark
Olive Ave
Ing
Woman Struck by Car on 4th Street in Mancay Afternoon
A 43 year old woman, Joan N. Boaz, injured when hit by a car near 4th Street and Hermose Avenue as Mancay afternoon traffic sparked a curbside melee. Cab driver Relph HE Cone, 25, treated at Seaside Hospital for bruised hip after a possible head injury scare. Driver William H. Rusch of 1409 Rose Ave was cited after the incident near Anaheim Street.
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Joan N. Boaz
Gt St
Mancay
Cabbie
4Th St
Hermose Ave
HE. Cone
Cabj
Seaside Hospital
20Th St
William H. Rusch
Anaheim St
Rose Ave
American Ave
Man Given Fine For False Insurance Claim In California
John H. Muney of Compton was fined 1000 dollars by Superior Judge Joseph M. Maltby for filing a false insurance claim after admitting he set his car on fire and pushed it from a Palos Verdes cliff. Muney claimed money was needed to aid a cancer-stricken father. probation verified his motive before leniency was granted. He faced 250 days in jail and zero payment of the fine as part of the sentence.
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Jaff
John H. Muney
Compton
Joseph M. Maltby
Muney
S. Kemp St
Palos Verdes Cliff Jai
Ben Haeghsink
Dude Maltby
Ore Ts Muncy
William Sawson
Mystery Revocation Hit Cole's Checks Service Los Angeles
The State Corporation Commissioner revoked Cole's Checks Service Inc license amid reports of questionable practices. The firm, which claimed a $7,000,000 annual business with 15 Southern California outlets, halted private money order sales after April 1. many orders marked no funds have been returned. Police report numerous complaints. no criminal action has been filed yet. The attorney said liquidation is underway and bank complications with Bank of America and Hollywood State Bank are noted. Cole's Markets has no ties to Cole's Check Service.
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Service, Inc
Los Angeles
State Corporation Commissioner
Commissioner's
Checker Jeaching Service
Tie
Bac
Cole Check Service Aid
California
Long Beach
Hye
Hollywood State Bank
Bank of America
Cole’s Check Service, Inc
Cole's
Thief Breaks Window Steals Typewriter at Alexander Co
Archie smashed a plate glass window at 2939 TE Anaheim St. Anaheim and Alexander Electric Co. to steal a portable typewriter valued at $123.32, police report states.
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Archie
Alexander Electric Co
Anaheim St
How to Live if Bomb Hits Series Starts in Press Telegram
A three day and night atomic survival experiment will feature the George family at 5650 East 23rd Street as guinea pigs. Frank and Stella George and their two children Diane and Yichi will endure life inside their home without utilities using only the official survival food kit. Their dog, cat, parakeets and tropical fish are part of the test.
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George
23Rd St
Press-Telegram Wednesky
Frank
Stella George
Diane
Yichi
Srs. George
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