Port Chambers Urge Shoreline Survey for County Beach Plan
Harbor District Chambers of Commerce members in Compton urge the county to hire a reputable engineering firm to survey all beaches before funding Playa del Bay Harbor or other major beachfront development. George Larsen proposed the survey. the board approved and instructed secretary Lee Wilder to proceed with supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playa del Bay Harbor
Harbor District Chambers of Commerce
Compton
George Larsen
Los Angeles
Federation
Committee On
Lee Wilder
House of Representatives
Inglewood
Gertrude Austin
Harbor Districts Chambers of Commerce
Los Angeles County Centennials Corporation
Raymond V. Darby
Frank Varney
Cong Beach
Lee Matthews
Pat MacDonniel
Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce
Camporee Brings 400 Boy Scouts to Reid Park
Four hundred Scouts from the Long Beach Area Council, across seven districts, gather at Will J. Reid Scout Park for the annual council-wide Camporee. Patrols cook, fire craft and camping skills, with five-patrol groups judged by their own leaders as stabs toward earning first class requirements. Tonight features a camp fire program led by Scout executive L Appling, with public invited. Sunday observances and interpatrol visits lead to 2:30 p.m. awards and a foretaste of demonstrations for the County Fair in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Area
Will J. Reid
Daisy Ave
Long Beach
Dominguez
Bellflower
Lakewood
Reid Park
L. Appling
Appling
E. Middleton
Los Angeles County
Camp-Oree
Two Women Bunco Artists Victimize Victim at Post Office
Alice D. Rose 66 of 3513 E Second St reported losing 450 to two women bunco artists who approached her as she entered the post office at Third St and American Ave. Police call it a pigeon drop scheme and are pursuing suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice D. Rose
Second St
Buncs
Third St
American AV
Weather outlook with clearing skies and light winds
Night and morning low clouds give way to clear conditions today and Sunday. Temperatures rise slightly today with little change tomorrow. Gentle variable winds ease this morning becoming moderate southwest to west during the afternoon.
Missing fouryearold found after long day of searching
Jeannie Houts four years old wandered from home at 10 a.m. and was found at 7 30 p.m. after a citywide search by police juvenile authorities Boy Scouts and radio stations. She had long blond hair wore blue plaid corduroy slacks and a striped sweater.
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Jeannie Houts
Jeannie
Gerald Houts
California Ave
Orry
C? 4
Appling
Boy Scout
Honesty Urged as Core Virtue in Real Estate
Los Angeles real estate leader William H. Akin urged honesty as the foundation of brokerage at the C.K.E.A regional educational conference in the Masonic Temple. He stressed loyalty to clients, fiduciary duty, and notifying conflicts, urging Realtors to uphold professional standards amid their educational campaign. Perry Arnold spoke on closing techniques with other officials at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Akin
Los Angeles
Callifornia Real Estate Association
Masonic Temple
Akin
Nce
Real Lestate Brokerage
Perry Arnold
Glendale
Max Livoni
Long Beach
Leland P. Reeder
National Association of Real Estate Boards
CR. E. A
Woman Injured Rush to Catch Bus at City Street
Ellie Workman, 58, of Temple Avenue, was injured when she ran into a lowering door at the rear of a building on Broadway. Police said she was hurrying to catch a bus and suffered a severe scalp laceration and a broken left ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mys
Ellie Workman
Temple Ave
Broadway
Youth Welfare Parley Proposes City Youth Programs
Six panel discussions at a two day youth welfare conference at the Methodist Church produced recommendations for a city youth authority, low cost housing, more playground supervision, after school facilities, and broader recreation. Joseph M. Kenrick presented findings from the sections on housing and employment, urging employers to view youth more seriously and provide jobs and guidance. The conference urged ordinances to require trailer parks to offer ample recreation and urged churches to assess how well they meet youth needs while parental responsibility was stressed by Judge A. A. Scott of the Los Angeles County Juvenile Court.
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Methodist Church
Joseph M. Kenrick
City Juvenile Bureau
Long Beach
A. A. Scott
Los Angeles County
Gertrude Eakin
1D. Litwack
Juvenile Court of
Los Angeles
Meyer Burron W. Chace
J. M. Kenrick
Long Beach Juvenile Bureau
Scott
First Methodist Church
Storm-Caution Pennants Taken Down As Winds Ease
Winds reached 45 mph in Long Beach causing minor damage before subsiding. One man, Richard L. Brewer, 50, injured with a broken shoulder chasing his hat blown off. Belmont Heights power cut from blown tree hit lines. A youngster escaped unharmed when a tree fell on the street in front of 5854 Lime Ave. A window at police HQ blew open and two traffic tickets flew out. one recovered. Temperatures ranged 71 high, 50 low.
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Long Beach
Weather Bureau
Richard L. Brewer
Chestnut Ave
Belmont Heights
Belmont Shore
Broadway
Ximena Ave
C. E. Demarest
Southern California Edison Co
Pica Ave
Seaside Blvd
Group Will Be Mayor's Guests
The Park Commission and City Council members will be luncheon guests of Mayor Burton W. Chace on May 4 in Willmore Hall. After a brief program, they will tour city nurseries and the Department of Parks needs for 1948 49, with regular meeting moved to May 4 in the executive chambers at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Commission
Burton W. Chace
Willmore
Burglars Ransack Four Apartments
Burglars raided four apartments yesterday according to police reports. Betty L. Richards at 955 E Broadway lost jewelry valued over $75. Leola C. Eddy’s unit at the same address was entered with only a roll of film missing. Betty Gullett and Pauline Ride of 44 Albani Pi returned to find home prowled and $5 taken. Laura Tosso at 635 E Ocean Blvd reported no loot taken.
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Betty L. Richards
Broadway
Leola C. Eddy
Joss
Betty Gullett
Pauline Ride
Albani Pi
Laura
Tosso
Ocean Blvd
Last Rites Monday for Frans Nelson
Frans Nelson 38 prominent Southern California subdivider died yesterday at his home 334 Roycroft Ave Glendale. Funeral 12:30 p m Monday Wee Kirk o the Heather Forest Lawn Glendale Mortality directed. Surviving two daughters Mrs Sadie Mae Uehling Long Beach and Mrs Bernice Buck Glendale son Harvey Frans Nelson Glendale 10 grandchildren six great grandchildren.
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Frans Nelson
California
Roycroft Ave
Forest Lawn
Glendale
Mortell
Nelson
Long Beach
Eagle Oland Refining Co
Cheviot Hills
Los Angeles
Palomar
West Side Club
Midwest
Cedar County
Neb
Yankton College
M. D
Deadwood
S. C
Nebraska
Hartington Bank
Commonwealth Life Insurance Co
Commonwealth Building and Loan Association
Omaha
Sadie Mae Uehling
Bernice Ethelda Buck
Harvey Frans Nelson
Water bonds urged to bolster Long Beach supply
Lions Club heard Long Beach Water Commission officials urge a $6.4 million bond to build a 100 million gallon storage system. The plan includes a 40 million gallon Do minguez Hill reservoir and a 60 million gallon Alamitos Hill facility to meet a three day supply standard. If approved, bonds would be paid from water revenues with no tax or rate increase.
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Lions Club
Frank E. Wail
Water Commission
C. Kenyon Wells
Water Department
Beech
Metropolitan Water District
Wall
National Board For Fire Underwriters
Alamitos ‘Hill
Signal Hill
Long Beach
Dominguez Hil
Alamitos Hill
Fifteen Rescued From Sea Off Huntington Beach Coast Guard
Fifteen people aboard the 30 foot Cookie were landed safely at Newport Beach by the Coast Guard after heavy seas and 30 to 35 mph winds. The fishing barge Swallow had earlier drifted free from its moorings with fourteen fishermen aboard. The Cookie lost power near Huntington Beach before being towed to harbor by the Minnetonka cutter.
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Huntington Beach
Newport Beach
Newport
Coast Guard Cutfar Minnetonka
Minnetonka
Newport Entrance Channel
Coast Guard
Ralph Graves
Ishore
Newport Har
Newport Pier
Long Beach
Newport Harbor
I. H. Sparks
Fritz Wonka
George Brunot
Roy
Dutch) Miller
B. G
Bud) Higgins
Nansa
San Diego
Laguna Beach
Busche
George Worthington
Bes. C. Earl Gustafson
San
Longshoremen to vote on May 6 over potential June 15 strike
Longshoremen at the oval harbor will halt work May 6 to vote on a possible strike set for June 15 if a new contract with the Waterfront Employers Association is not reached. Local 13 headquarters announced the plan amid stalled negotiations. William Glazier of ILWU testified to a Senate committee that preparations for a lockout are underway in Long Beach Los Angeles San Francisco Pacaland Honolulu and other ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oval Harbor
Waterfront Employers Association
Local 13
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Senate
William Glazier
International Long Shoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Long Beach
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Pacaland
Honolulu
Archbishop to dedicate St Anthony's Catholic Center
Archbishop J Francis A McIntyre will bless the new St Anthony's Catholic center building in Long Beach at 3 40 p m with Monsignor Robert Dolan and clergy present. City officials including Mayor Burton W Chace will attend as speakers. The reinforced concrete gymnasium, part of St Anthony's High School, cost about 250000 dollars.
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J. Francis A. McIntyre
Long Beach
St. Anthony's Catholic Center
Rberhard J. Dolan
V. F
St. Anthony’s
Archdiocesan Department of Education
Nevesion
Burton W. Chace
William E. North
Los Angeles
Catholic Center
St. Anthony’s High School
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Port Chambers
Harbor Federation Board
Boy Scouts
Bunco
Jeannia Houts
Phard
ED Lundburg
Eric Bolin
Uta
Eubene Tineher
Toe Poten Elliot
Press-telegram
Nansu
al Busche
Benche Santa Fe
San Diage Ie
Ong Beach
AD Ang Aaa Water Oben
Charles L. Vickers
Fred Miller
American Cancer Society
Judge Miller
Edward L. Shaw
Archbishop M'Intyre
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