Radio speeds and space vanish as science marches on
Harold Williams recalls a Kansas County Supervisor remarking at a Long Beach picnic about radio crossing vast distances. He notes a Philadelphia Republican convention broadcast reaching Darby’s California children before Mrs. Darby in Philadelphia, illustrating radio’s astonishing speed compared to sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Wells
Mars
Earth
Raymond V. Darby
Kansas Society
Long Beach
Darby
Philadelphia
Inglewood
Calif
California
Convention Hall
Belmont Fiesta Parade and Bathing Beauties Set for August
Belmont Shore hosts Fiesta de la Playa from August 26 with four days of aquatic events a street parade bathing beauty contests barbecue and boat races Special pre fiesta events begin August 12 including a street breakfast on E Second Street to feed up to five thousand Breakfast chairman M E Bernstein says a caravan of cars will tour nearby towns to publicize the event. caravan chairs Bill Brunton Jr and Roy Wolcott note entertainers will perform in each stop Don May is general manager and Jack Lee is general chairman.
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Belmont Shore
E. Second St
M. E. Bernstein
Bill Brunton Jr
Roy Wolcott
Business
Bore
Naples
Belmont Heights
The
Peninsula
Don May
Jack Lee
Distances Shrink as Marine Aviator Flies Feats
A Marine officer and aviator describes how distance means little to him. He crossed the continent Virginia to California in about ten hours for leave with relatives and has flown from Quantico to Atlanta for breakfast. He also traveled to Indianapolis for auto races last May and could reach New York easily, illustrating progress shaping travel.
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Marines
Virginia
California
Atlantic Seaboard
Indianapolis
New York
Quantico
Atlanta
Mechanized farming transforms labor and society
Larry Brandon of the Indiana Farm Bureau notes mechanization expands output. Tools, livestock, and plant propagation advances cut wheat labor from 50 60 hours per acre to three four hours. He warns mechanization reshapes employment, industry, cities, living standards, and cultural outlooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Brandon
Indiana Farm Bureau
World Call
Little Hope Seen This Year to Add City Office Space
The Long Beach office of the California State Employment Service will test applicants for state jobs and offer testing to private employers. Continuous tests for typist clerk and stenographer clerk positions begin Monday, supervised by Mrs. Deola Hopkins. Appointments are made through the employment office at 600 Alamitos Ave.
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Long Beach
California State Employment Service
State Personnel Board
Royal Fulton
Commercial Department
CSES
Fulton
Deola Hopkins
Daydreams Coming True Camp Site Progressing Despite Death
Artesia pair Jack Harkey and George Bunt transformed a 16 acre San Gabriel River tract into a lake park plan. Harkey died in a truck crash leaving Eunice Harkey to continue with Bunt. site seeks campers by September and plans include Boy and Girl Scout use, boating, fishing, and concessions to fund development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Harkey
George Bunt
San Gabriel River
Carson St
Press-Telegram
California
Jack Harkey
Artesia
Long Beach
Carson St. Bridge
Harkey
Bunt
Drive Against Traffic Deaths Planned Here
Long Beach police and civic leaders plan a city crusade against traffic deaths after 26 fatalities in seven months of 1948. The effort adds 20 officers, forming a 34‑strong motor detail to enforce laws and target careless or intoxicated drivers, with schools and civic groups joining in safety campaigns.
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Long Beach
William E. Kummer
J. Kummer
Chamber of Commerce
Don Gordon Jr
Gordon
Jaycees
Chet Partis
Glenn D. Hughes
North Long Beach Lions Club
N. L. B. Commercial Club
Elizabeth Hudson
Capt. Kummer
Gigantic 85 ton cracking tower loaded for Saudi refinery
An 85 ton steel cracking tower, the heaviest single piece loaded in Long Beach, was hoisted onto the Isthmian Line ship William Tilghman for delivery to the Arabian American Oil Co refinery at Ras Tanura Saudi Arabia. A second tower of equal size was scheduled to be loaded next, with over 11 thousand tons of machinery and supplies aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Harbor
Saudi, Arabia
Isthmian Line
William Tilghman
J. E. Bjitze
Smith-Rice Co
Arabian-American Oil Co
Ras Tanura
Abgaiq
Mediterranean Sea
Baheim
Arabian Coast
Long Beach
Saudi Arabia
Press-Telegram
Local State College Site Pick Expected Next Spring
Dr. Aubrey A. Douglass says a site for a four year state college in the Compton Long Beach Santa Ana area will be chosen next spring. The site must be 160 to 200 acres on rolling ground and serve the most people. The Legislature has set aside 1 500 000 for land and buildings, but funds await official establishment of the college.
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Compton-Long Beach
Santa Ana
Aubrey A. Douglass
Ate State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Department of Education
California
State College
Douglass
State Department
Dr. Peace
Board of Public Works
Los Angeles County
Beeon
Infant Leaves Hospital After Delicate Surgery
Hale and hearty two week old William Joseph Roufs left Community Hospital for home in Wilmington. He, son of Mr and Mrs B J Roufs, underwent delicate surgery at one day old to correct esophageal and windpipe separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Joseph Roufs
Community Hospital
Wilmington
B. J. Roufs
County Road Chief Submits Proposed Freeway Pact
County road commissioner O F Cooley submitted a tri party agreement to the Board of Supervisors for early construction of Los Angeles River Freeway northerly from Pacific Coast Highway to Olive north of Long Beach. The plan includes a spur to Terminal Island Freeway and a link to a Pacific Electric parallel route into Long Beach.
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O. F. Cooley
Board of Supervisors
State of California
Long Beach
Los Angeles’ River
Pacific Coast Hwy
Olive
Terminal Island
Pacific Electric Railroad
Los Angeles River
Alweh Tann Bak
Pacific Electric
Los Cerritos
Newport Beach
Orange County
Wardlow Rd
Long Beach Blvd
North
Greenleaf Dr
Cooley
City of
Willow St
Belhart St
223Rd St
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Brandon
United States
Partner
Earey
Irving M. Smith
Rainbow Pier
Lincoln Park
Fifth St
Ocean Blvd
Pacific Ave
Chestnut Ave
Magnolia Ave
Werner Rucitj
Public Utilities and Veterans Memorial
Arabia
Vera Jones
de la Rama Steamship Co
Port of
Alvin K. Maddy
Secgro
Harbor Commission
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