Freight Pays Rails Lose on Passengers
A business column notes U S railroads face recurring losses from passenger service despite some profitable trains. It cites high wages, dining car costs, fuel, taxes, and terminal expenses as factors while mail and express revenues fall short. Rail officials seek methods to reach break even with passenger operations, with several lines reporting deficits and meals costing more than revenue per item.
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New York
Risi
Joome
Pipe Lines to Be Laid in Harbor Channel
A 480 foot triple pipe unit formed from two 22 inch gas lines and a Lomba-Signal Wilmington Associates pipe will be laid across the harbor entrance channel next Tuesday or Wednesday. Five cranes will lift the clamped unit from Pier B and place it in a ditch eight feet below the channel bottom. Smith Rice Co, hired by J Young Pipe Lines Co, will supervise the operation under a 356,000 contract. Materials are city supplied. The project draws many engineers and visitors to watch the lift.
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Gas Department
Lomba-Signal Wilmington Associates
Pier B
Harbor
Smith Rice Co
Young Pipelines Co
Special Bus Service to Ramona Pageant Opens Weekend
Pacific Electric coaches run from Long Beach and Riverside to Hemet to connect with Hemet Bus Lines for Ramona Pageant performances at Ramona Bowl near Hemet. Show dates April 28 29 and May 5 6 with morning departures on Saturdays and Sundays and a 2 45 PM curtain.
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Pacific Electric
Long, Beach
Riverside
Hemet Bus Lines
Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona Bowl
Hemet
Mt. San Jacinto
Degat
Ocean Blvd
Pacific Ave
City Tax Payment Closing Time Today
City tax payment closes today for the 1950-31 levy. Property owners face a 3 percent penalty after today and 50 cents per parcel for each delinquent property advertised. As of noon 83.47 percent about $2.64 million of $3.16 million total levy had been paid.
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Edward G. Hoover
Hoover
City Takes Action to Meet May 1 Debt
City Council authorized sale of 1.4 million dollars in U S Treasury 2 percent bonds maturing May 1 1954 from the general bond redemption and interest fund to meet maturing bonds. Simultaneously the council approved purchasing similar bonds from tidelands oil revenue impounded under an agreement with Richfield Oil Corp.
Hay Prices in Federal State Market News Service Listing
The Austa hay market notes feed prices across grades No 1 and No 2 with figures such as 47.00 per ton for certain quality, plus 30.50 and 35.50 bids for other grades. Grain and oats values are listed as nominal and around 40.9 thousand for a Notation No. 1 oats.
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Austa Hay
U. 3
Ney Enon
Pid Cront
Erega
Foy Soo
Uee
Banes
Tides and Temperatures Report for Long Beach Lifeguards
Foreseeing statistics by Li from Coast and Geodetic Survey shows tide levels and water temperature readings for Long Beach. High tides reach 8348 a.m. and 8:29 p.m. with low tides near 2:39 a.m. and 6:8 p.m. Conditions described as calm with windless seas.
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Li. 5
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Long Beach
U S oil field expansions lift refining capacity
Expansions in the United States promise to boost refinery capacity beyond 7,000,000 barrels per day by year end. Mitchel-Martin No 400 wildcat in King County adds new capacity while shutdown units require major repairs. U S refineries recently ran 6,127,000 bpd, up from 5,116,000 bpd a year ago.
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Glen Mitchel
Beverly Bills
United States
Clare Valley
King County
Mitchel-Martin No
American Petroleum Institute
U. S
Oil industry report to be heard in Denver May 7 and 8
Over the Counter Securities by National Association of Wecusities eaers and Independent Petroleum Association of America will hear a report on the oil industry Lem. Russell B. Brown, general counsel, at Denver May 7 and 8. LH. Cameron failed to extend pee at Chino Hills with is Ma. which has been abandoned after drilling 1613 feet. Shallow showings were reported, but the formation faulted out. The Mitchel Co. of Los Angeles.
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Southern California
Sjiganta
Barbara de Beaumont
Palmas
iBatite Monice
Bat Burbank
Pasadena
Terence
Jatolna Airport
Suaver Cry
solPaso Robles
L. Prey Stallion
Stalloh— A
Helena
Bent City
Amarillo
San Antwy
Washington
Des Moines
New York
Atehita
Detroit
North Platte
Svilitaton
Dodge City
Oklahoma City
Winnemuda
Duluth
Omaha
Aloe Fa
Bt Para
Pendleton
Plagatal
Rhoenix
Wort Ag
Peutenarg Paratel
Anchorare
Fresno
Portland
Balibanaa
Houston
I Grand Junclion
Richfield Oil
Cuyama Valley
Russell Ranch
Shell Oil
Ventura Ave. Lloid
Hartman No
Taylor
Fraser No. 2
Brea Canyon
Shell
East Coalinga
National Association of Wecusities
Eaers
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Russell B. Brown
Denver
Cameron
Chino Hills
Contino Draft Evasion Case May Move to Northern District
U S attorneys in Los Angeles report federal authorities in San Francisco requested transferring the draft evasion case of accordionist Dick Contino to the Northern California federal courts. Contino disappeared after reporting for induction at Fort Ord on April 12 and surrendered to federal authorities Wednesday. His family cites a nervous condition, and questions remain whether Ford Ord or Burbank should prosecute.
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Los Angeles
U. S
San Francisco
Dick Contino
California
Ray iKinnison
FBI
Fort Ord
Calif
Burbank
Ford Ord
iBurbank
Contino
Man Burned Fighting Fire in Davenport
A Davenport resident, W. J. Dorsey, received minor burns while helping extinguish a blaze in his apartment over a store at 1N73 American Ave today. The Davenport fire destroyed the structure and was fought by city crews led by Assistant Chief William McGrer and Battalion Chief C. A. Oette. No other occupants were harmed, though smoke damage was extensive.
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W. J. Dorsey
Davenport
American Ave
William McGrer
C. A. Oette
Moon Festival Show Tonight by Long Beach Moon Festival Players
A Moon Festival presented tonight at 3:15 in the YWCA auditorium under Long Beach Moon Festival Players. Conductor Carl Elizabeth Maurer. mistress of ceremonies Katherine Kimbrough. performers Mable Powell, Donna Louise Hoffer, Ann Lahde. dancers Mildree Rails and Selma Longbotharm. hostesses listed. Also includes a long, garbled notices and classified ad sections with multiple names and items.
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Long Beach
Memorial notices blend in garbled obituary text
Fragmented funeral notices list names, relatives, and service details amid corrupted OCR. Repeated mentions of wakes, interments, memorials, and chapels create a clinker of scattered names and dates with partial addresses and officiants.
WaterSeizure Notice and Mixed Classified Fragments
State department issues seizure notice for a dappled grey mare found in Los Angeles County at Rocket in Heart Brook. Also includes stray animal ads and various lost items with contact numbers and rewards.
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Department OF Mane Culture
A. A. Brock
Ramento Ereby
Guilferma
Rocket
Haatbrook
Lakewood
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Nam
Joe Reeven
Atlantic
Aenney
aenney and pay, for ed." _Phone_4-a0t, MAN'S wallet,” lost vicinity PAritty Diup
Merriam Praises MacArthur Speech
Frank F. Merriam former governor of California praised General Douglas MacArthur's congressional speech as one of the finest he ever heard. He said its Asia and war and peace paragraphs will have a permanent place in history and literature alongside Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Merriam is recovering at his Lindero Avenue home after influenza.
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Frank F. Merriam
California
Lindero Ave
Douglas MacArthur
Congress
Lincoln
Dettysburg
Asia
Merriam
Trend of Staple Prices
New York markets report staple prices advancing with notable changes from the previous day week and month. The record cites mixed movements across commodities and notes a general upward trend in several items amid market activity.
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New York
Cruiser Los Angeles to berth at A T today
The heavy cruiser Los Angeles will remain until Monday morning and dock at Berth A-T in the outer harbor between 4 and 5 p.m. today, according to port authorities. Limited parking will be provided near the vessel on the south side of the big tragic shed at Berths 67, with more space at Pier Point Landing.
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Los Angeles
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