Voters urged to pass Prop B for new YMCA site
Editorial endorses Prop B to authorize city funds up to 890600 to build a public service building leased to the Armed Services YMCA south of Seaside Blvd between Magnolia and the Flood Control Channel. Backers include the Mayor, Citizens Committee for Public Improvements, Chamber of Commerce, and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services Ymca
Seaside Blvd
Magnolia
Armed Services
Citizens Committee
City Armed Services Commission
The
Chamber of Commerce
Council of Churches
Prop. B
Spelling Bee Highlights Young Word Wizards at Polytechnic
Indepent Press Telegram sponsors a city spelling bee at Polytechnic High School Auditorium. Elizabeth Barnet, 13, of Fullerton, wins with tough words like chrysanthemum and metamorphosis while Daniel Marcus places third after missing vinylite. The paper notes adults learn from the kids amid educational pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Press-Telegram
Polytechnic High School
Elizabeth Barnet
Fullerton
Daniel Marcus
Long Beach
Jefferson Junior High School
Douglas Humphrey Comedy Team Spars on Capitol Hill
A noisy skit on Capitol Hill features Senators Douglas and Humphrey trading quips over Fortune Magazine and the recession claim. Separate items note a U.S. Education Commission report of a large classroom shortage and Adm. Radford defending French effort in Indochina. The ACLU defends cross examination rights in the Schine case, and a Navy gadget aids carrier landings by measuring speed and altitude for pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Douglas &Umphrey
Paul Douglas
Thinais
Humphrey
Douglas
Fortune
Ilinois
Minnesota
Fortune Magazine
Martin
Hall
Treasury
Magezzine
Adin
Arthur W. Radford
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Pacific
Adm. Radford
Indochina
U.S. Navy
Random Clips From A Busy Nation
A collage of comments on politics crime family life and media from Senator Vaughan to a New Jersey divorce bid. The piece playful and satirical notes confusion about car transmissions praise for a German jazz band and reflections on persuasion parenting and advertising in early public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Portraits -Y METCALFE- Portraits at Hospital Home
Poem-style tribute to a hospital as a home for the ill with nurses, visitors, flowers, cards, and hopeful lines about recovery and contributing financially once well.
United States poised for wide diplomatic push in Europe
The United States prepares a broad offensive to shape peace or war outcomes, aiming to ratify the European defense community before July and to build support for continuing operations in Indochina. Rome Paris and Belgrade coordinate steps to satisfy Tito with Trieste partition and bolster the Italy Turkey Greece alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
United States
Paris
West
European Defense Community
France
Italy
Indochina
Washington
Belgrade
Trieste
Marshal Tito
Tito
Turkey
Greece
Eisenhower
Europe
Democrats eye House control and 1936 roles
Virginia Kelly asserts confidence in Democrats winning House control in November. Washington insiders discuss Keffauver Symington and Russell futures, party loyalties shift, and the 1960 presidential possibilities while Mitchell contemplates stepping down after the May celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Obedience as Evidence of Love, a 1835 Reflection
A religious meditation reiterates Leviticus urging adherence to divine statutes as the path to life. Nathaniel Emmons emphasizes obedience to God as the supreme proof of sincere devotion, framing moral conduct as life itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
God
Nathaniel Emmons
The Driver's Duty
A poem by E A Guest ponders child safety and road behavior. It contrasts children's quick street dashes with adults teaching caution and stopping for approaching cars.
Long Beach recalled scenes of childhood risks and local events
Ten years ago Harbor Oil Wells yielded 588000 barrels monthly while Red Cross volunteers rolled 657000 bandages. A North Long Beach reunion was held at Houghton Park as the USS Arkansas arrived for a week. Marine Trust Bank opened a Sev enth and American branch and Marion Davies starred in Little Old New York at the Egyptian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
North Long Beach
Hynes
Clearwater
Houghton Park
USS
Arkansas
Long Beach
Marine Trust & Savings Bank
Seventh and
Marion Davies
New York
Public Forum Letters Save Space With Signatures
Public forum letters may be edited for length or taste to fit space. They must include side signatures and addresses.
Urge Reading of Commie Hearings and Truce Appeals
Letter writers urge reading hearings on communism before judging McCarthy and call for exposing officials who kept subversives on duty after FBI reports. They urge obtaining literature, warn taxpayers funded Communist books abroad, and favor a Korea Indochina truce to avoid wider war. mentions Mrs. L. DeVries and Walter Reles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. McCarthy
USN
Army Signal Corps
Government Printing Office
State Department
Truman
America
Russia
Fair Play In Employment in Long Beach
James Duckworth of 1461 Alamitos Ave protests racial discrimination in hiring. He notes he is a Negro bus driver with two years on the job and asks Long Beach retailers to help during a local get acquainted week, urging equal employment opportunities for all citizens regardless of race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Tate
James Duckworth
Alamitos Ave
Involvement in Indochina Worries Over U S Policy
The press notes concern over escalating American involvement in Indochina. It questions potential Chinese countermeasures and warns of a Korea like disaster and the risk of hydrogen warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indochina
Press Telegram Advertising Network Offices Listed
The Press Telegram notes current advertising representatives and office locations including Ridder-Johns with offices in New York and Detroit, penobscot building Detroit, Foshay Tower Minneapolis, Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, and Sutter Street San Francisco among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Advertising Representatives
Ridder-Johns, Inc
New York
50Th St
Wrigley
Detroit
Penobscot Bidg
Minneapolis
Foshay Tower
Ste Paul
Majority Can Be Often Wrong Opinion Letter
A letter argues that majorities misjudge gambling and social choices, noting Seal Beach and Gardena outlawed gambling by majority vote. It warns voters against being swayed by organizers claiming majority support and cites J. Smith of Thornton Avenue as the author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iaardena
Seal Beach
Gardena
Questions Answers Smoking in Bed Kills 290 a Year
A Long Beach Telegram style Q and A discusses smoking in bed hazards costing about 290 deaths annually. It covers smoking risks, a trained cormorant catching fish, trailer towing with various car weights, heating values of coal and fuels, languages worldwide, and Bible lands location.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Editorial
Peter Edson
Douglas and
U. S
Samuel Miller ‘Brownell
Brownell
Little Red
Joseph Kk. McCarthy
Wisconsin
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Pat Malin
McCarthy
Ine
Pvt
David Schine
Mc Carthy
Roy Cohn
Army
John Adams
Malin
Congressional Committee
Bill Vaughan
East Germany
Sap
New England
Adam
Ab Guy
Tra
Y-Metcalfe
Etal Vales
Marquis Childs
State Dulles
Dulles
Congress
Nixon
Geneva
Southeast Asia
Korea
Philippines
Siam
Peiping
Moscow
Chi-Minh
Virginia Kelly
Demos
A. A
Adlai
Kefauver
Senate
Russell
Symington
Sens
Smathers
Clements
Sen. Saltonstall
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Farley
E. A. Guest
Commie
Ess-Ieleghe
Walter Reles
Ilogical
Elearam
Herman Hy Ridder
Harold M. Hines
Samuel G. Gameson
Genl
F. Burmester
Malcolm Epley
Exeen Washington News
George Clark
J. Smith
Thornton Ave
Ay Haskin Rodgers
Eye St
MN. W
Wappington D.C
Bureau of Mines
U. MN
Israel
Galilee
Nazareth
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!