Navy's Largest Crane About Put Together
Long Beach naval shipyard prepares to finalize the German crane boom installation on April 27. The 204 by 108 foot self propelled barge unit, valued around 3 million dollars, will enable ship repairs of large scale. Germans have assisted with preliminaries and will aid at final assembly in Drydock 1 under Captain William Murphy.
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Bremerhaven
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
United States Navy
Tripartite Naval Commission Division
Germany
Panama Canal
Morreel Drydock
Rane
William Murphy
Sunspot Twice Size of Earth Spreads Further
A giant sunspot with a diameter twice Earth's was spotted by Griffith Park Observatory staff led by director Dr. Dinsmore Alter. Officials say sunspots do not affect climate and should not disrupt radio or telegraphic services if the spot remains quiet. solar observer J. O. Hickox notes the spot is about six days old.
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Griffith Park Observatory
Dinsmore Alter
Aller
Observatory
J. O. Hickox
MU Wilson
Lurline sails from Los Angeles after remodel
The 26,000 ton Matson liner Lurline, rebuilt at a cost of 18 million dollars after wartime troop use, departed Pier 156 Los Angeles for Honolulu at 11 p m with 722 passengers and 444 crew aboard. Ship was air conditioned and luxuriously furnished. crowd salutes as Raymond Loewy and Matson officials travel aboard.
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Pacific
Honolulu
Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor
Frank Johnson
Igs
San Francisco
Raymond Loewy
New York
Matson
J. E. Cushing
W. F P. Roth
W. W. Crocker
Leonard Roach
Los Angeles County
Edward 8. Reronard
Los Angeles
Biltmore Hotel
M. C. Levee
D F C Awarded Posthumously to Lt Rhoades Hero of Pacific Action
The Distinguished Flying Cross was presented posthumously to 2d Lt. Clifford R. Rhoades who was killed in the South Pacific on Aug 18 1943. The citation praises his extraordinary heroism during aerial actions from Aug 1 to Aug 18 1943, including engagement with six enemy formations and bold defense against attack while his flight withdrew to cloud cover. He was a Jordan High School graduate and served as a carrier for the Press Telegram. The ceremony at Marek Field was attended by his mother Mrs Blanche T. Rhoades, his father C R Rhoades, and other family members. He also held the American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with three bronze stars, and Pilot Aviation Badge.
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Clifford R. Rhoades
South’ Pacific
Blanche T. Rhoades
C. Barcus
Marek Field
Rhoades
South Pacific
Asshoades
Chase
Press-Telegram
Jordan High School
China Defensive
New Guinea
Solo
Girl Scouts Savings Stolen in Bank Building Burglary
Polícia reported a burglary at the Girl Scouts of America business office Room 705 Farmers and Merchants Bank Building. Money and unindorsed checks totaling 1300 dollars were taken. Investigators LF Reavell and J W Pugh led the probe.
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Girl Scouts of America
Farmers & Merchants Bank
LF. Reavell
J. W. Pugh
City Probes Veterans Home Complaints in Harbor Area
Los Angeles officials and U S Attorney James Carter met with City Prosecutor Albert C Ramsey after veterans accused builders and lenders of shady practices in GI homes. They discussed violations of city planning and state building laws, and the Long Beach inquiry noted strong local inspection efforts before occupancy permits.
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Albert C. 5
Ramsey
Los Angeles
U. S
James M. Carter
Long Beach
Carter
Harbor
Veterans Administration
Carter Ramsey
Ely
Man Assaulted in Lincoln Park Details
Claude H Campbell 59 of 734 Pacific Ave was attacked in Lincoln Park by an unidentified man. He received scalp lacerations and a injured hand after being struck with a bottle near the rogue courts at the northwest park section. He reported the assailant tried to rob him of his wallet in a furniture store at 540 E Fourth St. Firefighters battled a blaze elsewhere. Campbell was treated at Seaside Hospital.
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Claude H. Campbell
Pacific Ave
Lincoln Park
Park
Fourth St
Con Campbell
Youth Civic Day to Install Boys in Long Beach Offices
Long Beach on April 17 1948 will see an all youth city government. About 160 boys from DeMolay City College and local schools replace officials from mayor to police chief for a morning. They will tour city offices shipyards harbor and bases with tours led by naval and air force hosts.
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Ong Beach
Burton W. Chace
Long Beach Searchlight Chapter
Order of DeMolay
Long Beach City College
Progress School
Southern Californian Military Academy
Richard W. Taylor
Murray E. Streiwig Jr
Paul J. Richards
Bruce Newton
Richard Ashieras
Carlos Jaime
Ecuador
Tom Talbert
Poly High School
Vincent Jones
Wilson High School
Wiliamb. Probst
Ben Olmstead
Donald E. McClure
Richard Taylor
F. George Mendenhall
Veterans Memorial Building
Naval Shipyards
Terminal Island
Naval Base
J. McDonald Smith
Navy Installation
Estrella
Jury Finds Driver Guilty in Hit and Run Case
A jury in Judge John J. Ford's Superior Court found Evelyn L. Schilling guilty of fleeing the scene after a March 13 accident at American Ave and Broadway that seriously injured Wilma G. MacWharter. The trial heard Schilling claim she did not know of the collision and included a viewing of the impounded car. May 7 is set for probation consideration on the felony hit and run.
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John J. Ford
Evelyn L. Schilling
American Ave
Broadway
Wilma G. MacWharter
Elm Ave
MacWharter
Judy Ford
Schilling
Toar
James C. Webb
Miss Schilling
Ford
Woman Climbs Cliff Rescue After 200 Foot Fall Near Rocky Point
Mrs. Helen Barnes, 27, of 6140 Atlantic Ave, fell about 200 feet at Patos Verdes Estates beach Thursday night, suffering only cuts, bruises, and shock. Police and lifeguards aided as she clung to a cliff 50 feet above the beach. she and a companion were pulled to safety and given emergency care. Officer Richard Conroy located them after several hours of searching. The incident occurred roughly 244 miles south of Redondo Beach.
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Helen Barnes
Atlantic Ave
Rocky Point
Patos Verdes Estates
Redondo Beach
Richard Conroy
Minor Quake Does No Damage
A light earthquake at 3 26 p m yesterday swayed Long Beach and cities up the coast to Santa Barbara. No damage occurred except a few broken windows at Oxnard. Seismological laboratory at California Institute of Technology recorded the quake as strong enough to damage at the origin and estimated that it rocked a 40 mile radius around Santa Barbara. Oxnard is 40 miles from Los Angeles. In Long Beach the tremor was strong enough to sway the transit shed and the Gas Department plant on West Minth Street. Officials said junior quakes are not felt in those buildings.
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Long Beach
Santa Barbara
Oxnard
Seismological
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Pier A
Gas Department
W. Minth St
Juinor
Long Beach Sees Warm Weekend Despite Heat Record
Long Beach enjoyed a warm weekend with 72 by noon and 93 the day before, the hottest April on record since 1929. Lifeguards reported about 15,000 beachgoers as crowds grew at Hermosa and Santa Monica despite jellyfish. Palm Springs led the region with 103 while other highs included Blythe 103 and Los Angeles 93, with rainbow frigid cloud bands visible over the Rossell Valley as cirro-stratus clouds refracted light.
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Long Beach
Long Bea
sRw
Roy J
Dutch) Miller
Hermosa
Santa Monica
Southland
Palm Springs
Blythe
India
Needles
el Centro
Burnbank
Glendale
Los Angeles
San Z
Riversa
Diego
Santa Barbara
Mat Monica
Rossell Valley
Weather Bureau
Rings Stolen From Jewelry Store on Pike
A jewelry store at 334 W Pike reported that sixteen rings valued at 200 dollars were stolen yesterday. Police filed the report.
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W. Pike
Police
Flag Exchange Climaxes Pan-Am Festival at Lakewood Park
About 7000 people attended the third Pan-American Festival at Lakewood Pan-American Park with a flag exchange between Douglas A. Newcomb, superintendent of schools, and Dr. Francisco Villagran, Mexico's consul general, symbolizing friendship. Consuls from 17 of 21 other Latin American nations participated as a Latin American orchestra played for dancing in the Lakewood Junior High School auditorium. Virginia Woods, ninth grade, Lakewood Junior High, won the Lions Club essay award on The Americas Need Each Other.
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Lakewood
Douglas A. Newcomb
Francisco Villagran
Mexico
Lakewood Junior High
Virginia Woods
Lakewood Junior High School
Lions Club
Variable Cloudiness With Fog Through Weekend
Weather forecast notes variable high cloudiness today and Sunday with morning fog patches. Temperatures not as warm, with gentle to moderate variable winds becoming moderate to locally fresh westerly in the afternoon.
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Virginia Newton
Earth
B. F. Cole
Pine Ave
Larry Frank
Bon Voyage Tools
Mark Sailing
L. B. Airman
Mons
C. R. Rhoades
William Dare Rhoades
Max
Don Lien
Maxine Hagan
Girl Scouts
L.B
City
U.S
L. A
Long Beach Press
Banks
Adm
Paul Herdren
Harbor Department
Cade_ BL Dundun
Air Reserve Training Station
Air Force
Army Air Base
Southern California Edison Co
Associated Telephone Co
Geo
A. Brown
Cochairmen
Det. Insp
Les Dress
Police Department
Fire Insp
Kenneth P. Elliott
Iin City
Mr. Newcomb
Officie
Carl Wilson
Joan Haspel
E. E. Saber
Don Jaiman
Lorsanne Thompquéline
Ellen
Tne
Tommy Frippe
George. Wills
J. B. Son
D. G. Chapman
Jaz
Maisrettos
P.T. Preto
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