Port Board Approves $9000 More for Test Models
The Port Board approved an additional 9000 for test models at the U S Waterways Experimental Station in Vicksburg Mississippi to guide new shipping facility extensions. Expenditure to date for government testing totals 13500. completion anticipated by September 15. Tests simulate conditions for proposed pier extensions and may have saved the Harbor Department substantial costs.
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Vs Harbor Department
U. S. Waterways Experimental Station
Vicksburg
Miss
Harbor Commission
E. J. Amar
R. R. Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Pate
Eligiouily
Long Beach Oil Develment Company
Amar
Calmar Terminal
Philip Lunt
School heads reshuffled. Potter named deputy superintendent
Gladys L. Potter elected deputy superintendent by the Board of Education to succeed Douglas A. Newcome. Potter, elementary schools director since 1938, gains a four year contract with 10500 for two years and 11000 for the next two. Geiger Jr. named director of elementary segment. Moore named director of high school education. Ehmann becomes 30 percent vice principal and 50 percent teacher at Lakewood Junior High. Assistant secretary salary range set. classified Ava lon staff receive 1947 48 boosts plus travel tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys L. Potter
Board of Education
Douglas A. Newcome
Potter
George L. Geiger Jr
Garfield
Geiger
Harry J. Moore
Wilson High School
Grant Rakn
Moore
Carl H. Ehmann
Lakewood Junior High School
Bertha Parsons
Avalon
Chief Gets Two Years on Bed Check Charge
G T Whellous a 36 year old Navy petty officer pleaded guilty to issuing bad checks totaling 560 dollars. In Superior Court Judge Leslie E Still sentenced him to two years in the county jail yesterday. The defendant admitted over 560 dollars in bad checks were issued in local stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.T. Whellous
Navy Crich
Lesiie E
Whellous
Window Broken by Hurled Metal at Atlantic Ave Store
Police reported an act of malicious mischief after metal and a water main cap were hurled through an $800 plate glass window at a furniture store at 4141 Atlantic Ave. The display items, including a $500 mahogany table and a $42 writing desk, were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ave
SUCCESS WON Boys' Efforts Get Baseball Diamond
Two Long Beach boys secured approval from the Board of Education to grade school property near Longfellow School on Olive Ave and Bixby Rd for a community baseball diamond. Superintendent Newcomb said aid stamps would be removed so the youths could lay out the field, with an estimated cost of about 225 dollars. Renwick Bole and Loren Hill organized the project, asking trustees to help locate a playing area for themselves and friends.
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Long Beach
Board of Education
California Heights
Douglas A. Newcomb
Longfellow
Olive Ave
Bixby Rd
Renwick Bole
Walnut Ave
Loren Hill
Marshall PL
Anaheim Bridge Repair Ordered Under Emergency Resolution
City Council adopts emergency order to repair the St. Anaheim Bridge over a flood control channel. City Manager Carl Wirseh-ing says the bridge is dangerously weakened and must close to traffic for an extended period. Temporary reinforcement could cost about $3200 and may proceed without bidding.
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Anaheim. St
Los Angeles
Carl B. Wirseh- Ing
Western States Parley Sets Attendee Target in Long Beach
More than 1600 delegates expected at the Western States Probation Conference and National Congress of Correction in Long Beach from September 10 to 46. County probation officer John M. Zuck announced in Los Angeles that over 400 hotel reservations were made. A barbecue will be held at the Long Beach police pistol range.
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Lia Western States Probation Conference
National Congress of Correction
Long Beach
Los Angeles
John M. Zuck
Zuck
Lone Beach
Child Care Director Resignation Approved in Long Beach
Beryl Campbell director of the Chita Care Program in Long Beach schools for three years resigns as the Board of Education accepts the move. She will join San Diego State Teachers College as assistant professor of a nursery school training course.
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Ikesignaciah Va de
Beryl Campbell
Chita
Long Beach
Board of Education
Campbell
San Diego State
Captain George Curtis Promoted to Captain Rank in Philippines
George Y. Curtis of Long Beach now serves as pathologist with the pathology department of the 3rd Medical General Laboratory at Headquarters Philippines Ryukyus Command in Manila. A UC and Boston University medical graduate, he joined the Army July 10, 1946 and has been overseas since February 21, 1947. He is the son of Mr and Mrs George Curtis of 835 Atlantic Ave.
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George Y. Curtis
Long ,Beach
3Rd Medical General Laboratory
Philippines-Ryukyus
Manila
University of California
Boston University College of Medicine
Curtis
Army
George Curtis
Atlantic Ave
Weather Update With Cloudy Night and Gentle Winds
Night and early morning will see cloudiness with gentle variable winds. Little change in temperature. Additional weather information on is not available from the readable text.
School Heads Advice Delayed by Building Plans
The Board of Education will await recommendations from high school principals and the City College director before ordering gymnasiums or pools for 1947-48. If funds permit, classrooms will be built as funds allow, with bungalows used temporarily when funds run out. Bond money funds a cafeteria auditorium, with possible pay-as-you-go support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
City College
Cew
Barton
Charles Evans “Hughes
Sehsel
California Heights
George M. Vermansson
Fielth
Douglas .A. Newman
James F. Heartwell
Oscar. Walter
Long Beach
W. H. Merrill
California Ave
Art Hickman
Gundry Ave
Longfellow School
Franklin Junior High School
Oil Tools Stolen From Local Oil Firm Yard
Police report a theft of tools valued at 856 dollars from the yard of an oil field equipment firm at 3070 Cherry Ave within the last 60 days. Statements to police from company executive Jack C. Roger 22 and Margaret I. Pierce 720 Lama Vista Dr cite additional property losses including dishes and groceries valued at 850 dollars from a separate residence at 773 Cerritos Ave.
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Cherry Ave
Jack C. Roger
Ximena Ave
Margaret I. Pierce
Lama Vista
Cerritos Ave
Car theft report from Roy Knapp and Robert Nelson
Two men reported a theft from a parked car near 72nd Pan Ocean Blvd Roy Knapp and Robert Nelson saying they were away a few minutes. Loss included a $150 wrist watch a $70 portable radio a $78.1 camera and a wallet containing cash and cards.
Long Beach Plans New Public Park and Playground
The Board of Supervisors proposes about 12 acres on the west side of Cherry Ave south of Sunnyside for a city park and playground in the Cerritos area. A mausoleum site will be deeded or annexed to the city under an agreement reached today. City Manager Carl Wirshting said rising recreation needs prompt a playground. the county and subdivider had earlier set aside the land for public use but not developed. The area is bordered by 45th St and the decision now rests with the Long Beach City Council on annexation or acceptance as city property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Board of Supervisors
Cherry Ave
Sunnyside
Ciy
Carl B. Wirsehting
Cerricos Park
45Th St
Long Beach’ Ciy Council
Budget Bureau Abolished by City Council
City Council voted unanimously to direct City Attorney Trying M. Smith to prepare an ordinance abolishing the budget and efficiency bureau. Earlier actions had set the bureau’s legal status, but the council now orders a repealer of that ordinance and retains bureau personnel in the manager’s office.
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M. Smith
Bureau of Budget and
Smith
A. L. Parmley
Carl B. Wirsehing
Parmiey
Manage
Park Group Re-chosen by City Officials
Park Commission reappointed by Mayor Burton-W. Chace and confirmed by the City Council in executive session. George O D Ezell named council representative on the commission. Incumbents Homer McBride David Bryant Glen A Black Mrs J Sret e Mrs Milton W Phillips Mrs Blangne Bickel and Robert Dilday all reappointed with terms expiring with the council. Regular meeting set for tomorrow. McBride serves as president of the advisory body.
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Burton-W- Chace
George 0D
Ezell
Ace
Homer, McBride
David ‘Bryant
Glen A. Black
J.s.rete
Milton W. Phillips
Blangne Bickel
Robert ¥. Dilday
Chace
McBride
Bor Y
Dredging Alamitos Bay Accepted by City Council
Long Beach approves U S Army Engineers dredging 1 000 000 cubic yards of silt at Alamitos Bay at an estimated cost of 256 000 dollars. The silt will repair Surfside beach, but councilors insist the move does not commit them to future Alamitos Bay Marina development without voter approval. If the city acquires adjacent bay frontage, up to 4 000 000 cubic yards could later be dredged.
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Alamitos Bay
Long Beach
Carl B. Wirsching
U. S. Army Engineers
Surfside
Army Engineers
Alamitos’ Bay
Schooner Dispute Claims Priority Over Walking Bosses Strike
A San Francisco dispute over a steam schooner takes precedence in a labor stand-off with the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Association backing its primacy while calls for immediate action on the walking bosses' strike escalate. Los Angeles harbor and San Francisco ships are idle amid the walkout, with the Pacific Coast Maritime Labor Relations Committee eyed for a ruling on alleged contract violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U. S
Outer Harbor Dock & Wharf Co
Los Angeles
Harbor
Suckenbach Steamship Co
T. LW. U
Associated Press
Pickering
Junckenbach, Shins
Bay City
Waterfront Employers Associations
Pacific Coast Maritime Labor Relations Committee
Lol. W. A
Dicket Lines
Two County Dumps Under Burning Ban
The board of supervisors banned burning at two county dumps near Ong Beach and prohibited burning at Gene Petroleum’s Santa Fe Springs site and the R.M. Johnson Gompton location. Walton J. Shelby dump at Norwalk was limited to continued burning for two years.
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Board of Supervisors
Ong Beach
Gene ‘Petroleum
Santa Fe Springs
R.M. Johnson
Gompton
Walter J. Shelby
Norwalk
City moves toward final annexation of tract near Anaheim and PCH
The City Council directed the city attorney to draft the annexation ordinance for a northeast tract near the intersection of Anaheim Street and Pacific Coast Highway. A public hearing closed with no objections. The uninhabited site is slated for subdivision development, city engineer George Baker said.
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Anaheim St
Pacific Coast Hwy
Ity Attorney's Office
George Baker
Bad Check Suspect Gets 90 day Term
Robert G. Philips, 21, aircraft worker, was sentenced by Superior Judge Leslie E. Stilly yesterday to 90 days in the county jail on three years probation for issuing checks without funds. Philips was accused of passing checks in a market at Ott Street and Cherry Avenue.
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Robert G
Philips
Leslie E. Still
Phillips
Ott
St.c
Cherry Ave
City awards tractor contract for city dump need
Long Beach City Council awarded a no bid contract today to Shaw Sales and Service Co for a tractor to be used by the garage department at the city dump located at South Street and Paramount Boulevard. City Manager Cat Wirsching cited an emergency after a partial destruction by fire of a previous tractor. the damaged machine cannot be repaired promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Shaw Sales and Service Co
South St
Paramount Blvd
Cat Wirsching
Jail Sentence for Drunk Driver
A county jail sentence was imposed by Superior Judge Lessler on Church 27 of Anaheim Street after pleading guilty to a felony charge of drunken driving. The sentence includes three years of probation following the offense near June 15 when the driver allegedly struck pedestrian Marguerite Fellows in Bellflower near Anaheim Street.
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Withea
Church
Anaheim St
Lessler
Churceh
Marguerite Fellows
Bellflower
Orladys Ave
Fog Keeps Long Beach Temperature Low in Morning Low
An early morning fog kept Long Beach temperatures cooler than the prior ten days. By 8 a.m. it was 68 degrees, up from a 71-degree overnight low, rising to 83 by 11 a.m. and 82 at 12:30 p.m. Other coastal cities reported cooler weather with highs generally in the 70s to 80s. El Centro led the state with 117, while San Francisco reached 85, the hottest Aug 4 in the bay area records.
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Long Beach
Official
Weather Bureau
Press-Telegram
Los Angeles
San Diego
Santa Monica
Santa Barbara
California
el Centro
Mercury
Intio
Blythe
Needles
Newhall
Dag
Beaumont
Burbanie
Pabndale
Bakers
Tield
San Francisco
Ocean
Bay
Bay City
St. Louis
Nleago
South
Atlanta
Memphis
New Orleans
Miami
Des Mainn
Kansas
Las Vegas
Minneapolis
Omaha
Phoenix
Coast Guard Veterans Decorated At Pacific Coast Club
Six former Coast Guard servicemen received American Defense and Victory Medals at a luncheon marking the Coast Guard’s 157th anniversary. Recipients included Vice Admiral E. B. Jones, Rear Admiral Frank D. Higbee, and Wesley D. Smith, with additional Victory Medals awarded to Charles L. Towers, Frank Quinlan, and George Richards. Commodore Bennett lauded local support and urged public understanding of Coast Guard duties.
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Coast Guard
Ivay
Commodore J. L. Bennett
Pacific Coast Club
Vicr
E. B. Jones
Frank D. Higbee
Wesley D. Smith
Charles L. Towers
Fish and Game
Frank Quinlan
Hackor Newsman
George Richards
Commodore Bennett
Refinery Odors Prompt North Long Beach Complaint
North Long Beach residents complain of foul odors from oil refineries near South Street and Paramount Boulevard. Councilman Wat U. Carleson told the City Council the issue will be addressed under the new ordinance.
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South St
Paramount Blvd
North Long Beach
Wat U. Carleson
Protest on Oil Drilling Faces Adverse Action
Unanimous Long Beach council resolution protests Tidewater Jotation Co plan to drill 40 acres of Tong Beach Harbor tidelands at Mouth of Los Angeles River. Board of Supervisors debates rescinding action after Harbor Commission request. delays vote awaiting County Counsel Kennedy ruling on legal status. city argues stipulation excludes tract from federal claim.
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Long Beach City
Cownell
Wis
Tidewater Jotation Co
Tong Beach Harbor
Los Angeles
Board of Supervisors
Long Beach Harbor Commission
Gerard Seing
William A. Smith
Roger W. Jessup
Leonard J. Roacy
Tidelands
Raymond Y
Darby
A. C. Marcel
Tideland Exploration Co
Colnesel
Harold W. Kennedy
U.S
Tom Clark
Fred. N. Howser
Irving M. Smith
Counci
San Pedro Bay
Tte
Long Beach Unified School District adopts 1947 48 budget
A budget of 19,918,073 was adopted yesterday by the Long Beach unified school district board for 1947 48 following a public hearing. The board approved the full 8 5 million bond issue, boosting construction funds to 9 7 7610 or 9 593 822 from bonds and interest, with the general budget at 11 324 251 a 30 percent rise from last year. The largest item is teachers salaries at 7 290 369, up 23 percent from 5 923 780. Taxes are set to rise though the current tax rate is expected to drop from 11 to 11 cents after county assessments and AOC apportionment changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Long Beach Unified
AOC
Chamber Seeks Clarification of Long Beach Land Use Rules
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce urges City Council to revise land-use ordinances through Planning Commission to clearly define which industries are permitted in each zone. The proposal would let the commission permit new, non-objectionable industries in certain zones if approved, while excluding those with fumes odors or noise that cannot be controlled from all zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Planning Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Ie Chamber
Woman Ends Life With Cloth Belt
Mrs. Donna Stearns, 45, was found dead in a west side hotel room after reportedly hanging herself with a cloth belt from a closet door hinge. Husband Ross Stearns said she had been despondent due to illness. No suicide note was found. Emergency crews pronounced her dead at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Stearns
West Side
Ross E. Stearns
Werman
Purse Snatcher Gets Nine Months
Davern Wine, 37 year old transient, must serve nine months in the county jail as part of a three year probation after pleading guilty to attempted grand theft. Judge Leslie E. Still ordered the sentence in Superior Court yesterday. Police arrested Davern June 2 after Abs. Mary Stepan, 57, reported an attempted purse snatching on Apahelo Street near Stanley Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea J
Davern
Jiil
Leslie E. Still
Superior Court
Abs
Mary Stepan
Obigno Ave
Apahelo St
Stanley Ave
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U.S. N
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Irene
Stanley
Jon
Pearl Harbor
Randall
U. S. Navy
Phoia
Gladys L. Potter School Head's Aid
Anaheim
NAVY
Orange ‘County
Orange’ County
Walter E. Overall
Mary E
Newport Harbor
Santa Ana
Louise Overall
George R
Bud) Gollar
James A. Musick
Newport Beach
R.R. Hodgkinson
City Tractor
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