School Leaders Vote on City Building Plan
School principals invited to rank priorities in an 8.5 million building program for city schools. Superintendent Newcomb requests input from principals and staff, with final approval by the Board of Education. Plans propose 24 by 40 foot elementary classrooms to seat about 35 pupils, replacing smaller rooms, with biweekly building reports to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas A. Newcomb
Board of Education
Bard of Education
City Zoning Law Change Advised to Aid Industry
The Chamber of Commerce urged reform of the city industrial zoning to attract new industries. It advised defining districts affirmatively, allowing added included industries with smoke and gas controls, and setting explicit exclusions. The recommendations were sent to the Planning Commission for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
City Planning Commission
Chamber
Planning Commission
Harbor Department fire settlement approved by Harbor Commission
The Harbor Commission approved an insurance settlement of 52273 yesterday for a small Harbor Department building destroyed by fire weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Commission
Weather outlook mild with variable winds inland
Patchy night and morning low clouds give way to clear skies through Wednesday. Gentle variable winds shift to westerly in the afternoon, fresh portaites off Point Conceptors.
Wilson High Principal Named by School Board
August Henry Martin will be Wilson High principal, a 27 year Long Beach school veteran serving as Lincoln Burnett Addams and Jefferson principal. Kenneth Edwin Woods becomes John Dewey Continuation principal, as the board continues promoting from within under Superintendent Newcomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Henry Martin
Long Beach
Lincoln
Burnett, Addams
Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Kenneth Edwin Woods
John Dewey
Board of Education
Fvoe
Douglas A. Newcomb
Martin
Harry J. Moore
Waals
BH. Morrison
Ion of Newcomb
Tadys L. Potter
Lementary Schools
Moore
Wilson
George L. Geiger Jr
Galdfield
Woods
Auto Standards Damaged in City Accidents
A 16 year old, William D Yocky of 115 W 52nd St, reported car accelerator stuck and caused a crash that damaged a light standard at Lime Ave and Roosevelt Rd. He was uninjured. A City Lines bus driven by 10 Thelonious Ingersoll damaged a standard at Pacific Ave and Third St by turning a cover too sharply.
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William D.yocky
52Nd St
Lime Ave
Roosevelt Rd
Pacific Ave
Third St
City Lines
Ingersoll
John Paul Jones Leaves Navy After Five Years Service
John Paul Jones received his discharge this afternoon at the Navy Hospital and heads home to Huntington Park to join his sister. He leaves behind a radio man role and a Navy career marked by years of service and routine duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul Jones
Navy
Navy Hospital
Huntington Park
Jones
Judy
Five Names Suggested for Rent Board by City Officials
Mayor Burton W. Chace submitted to the Board of Supervisors the names of five appointees for an advisory rent control board serving Long Beach Signal Hill Lakewood Artesia Bellflower and Hynes. The board acts under the Housing and Rent Act of 1947 to advise the federal housing expediter on rent control and eviction rules through Feb 29 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton “W. Chace
Board of ‘Supervisors
Long Beach
Signal Hill
Lakewood
Artesia
Bellflower
OPA
G. Landers
Clarence M. Bower
Federal
Con Rola
Harold W. Kennedy
Chace
Los Angeles
Earl’ Warthy
Suarren
Washington
Weather Report from Press Telegram Building Morning Update
Old Soldiers With Breeze Bria began a gain this morning. Results for the day show 2 degrees at 7, gradual but steady progress. It was 75 at 9, scattered low clouds along the coast this afternoon with a slight rise in heat indicated by night. The minimum temperature recorded was 64 compared with 68 to 70 typical for about a week. The mercury dipped to 74 at 10, then rose to 75 at 11, 76 at 12, and 79 shortly before 1 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bria
Press-Telegram
Mercury
Milk Deliveries Targeted by Long Beach Police
Long Beach residents report milk deliveries before 6 a.m. violating city ordinance. Chief Alvan F. Slaight orders all officers to act against violators. The penal code permits deliveries only between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. except for central depots, bottling plants, or government use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Alvin F. Slaight
Slaight
Long Beach Airport War Sparks Chamber Policy Move
The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce directors adopted a long range plan urging the city council and aviation commission to study ultimate duty of Long Beach Municipal Airport and favor civilian use over military. The commission lists seven reasons including revenue, jobs, and development of freight and passenger aviation, with government leases under review and a hearing set for August 26.
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Long Beach
Army
Chamber of Commerce
Aviation Committee
Naval and Military Affairs Committee
Council
Daugherty Field
B. Melgar
J. Walter’ Martin
Bill Brooks
Glenn L. ‘Arbogast
Ward Johnson
Hale Young
Tex
Long Bealth Chamber of Commerce
Log
Aviation Commission
Councell
United States
Bas
Blacom
Ania
Fireboat Survey to Be Continued by Harbor Dept
The harbor department plans to continue surveying and evaluating fireboat options due to pressing harbor needs. A staff member will travel to San Francisco and Oakland to inspect harbor fireboats, gathering technical data for two possible programs amid the commission's ongoing work.
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Eck
Whiteneels
194 Harbor
Commission
Technic Data
Jay
Whitenack
San Francisco
Oakland
Walsh
Mud Tank Falls Kills Man at Plant
A mud tank collapsed at a shielding plant at 2730 Cherry Ave when a crane cable broke. M A Buchen, 25, co owner with his father, was crushed beneath the van base and pronounced dead at Community Personal. The body was taken to Mottell's Mortuary.
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Sienal-Hill
M. A. Buchen
Lewis, Ave
Cherry, Ave
Buchanan
Mottell's Mortuary
Population Near Million in Greater Long Beach
Population in the Long Beach trading area reaches about one million with 700000 outside Long Beach looking to the city as a buying center. Barker Bros. manager Floyd V Hickman urged a growing market for better homes at a Realtor breakfast and outlined plans for the first postwar Better Homes Show at the Municipal Auditorium. Mayor Burton W Chace declared Better Homes Week and urged public support as the three hundred attendees heard from organizers and backers including the Chamber of Commerce. The show runs daily from 1 to 10:30 p.m. starting next week.
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Better Homes
Municipal Auditorium
Board of Realtors
Shawn
Bond Harpers
J.c.hoffman
John Mead
Chamber of Commerce
Barbara Moss
Ranltors
Prass-Telegram
NESEY
Long Beach
Floyd V. Hickman
Barker Bros
Long Beach Retailers Associated
Hickman
United States
California
Long Beach J
Bond Harpale
Pitman
Hector Homes
Burton W. Chace
Armerican
Homer
John H. Mead
Chamber
City youths propose Burton Chace Baseball Park name
A letter signed by Renwick Bales asks the Board of Education to name the vacant field for a baseball diamond after Mayor Burton Chace. The board will not act officially, but the three young players may call it Burton Chace Diamond with unofficial approval. Mayor Chace, a neighborhood resident, helped guide the effort.
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Lonafellyw
Burton
Renwick
Burton Chace Diamond
Chace
Supervisor Urges View On Scrip Action For 40 Acre Tract
Board of supervisors chair Raymond Ve Darby told the city council he favors rescinding the action to accept and file Gerard Script on a 40 acre city owned tract. He cannot secure a sponsor for such a motion though others say the county’s interest will be protected by the scrip if title eventually rests with the federal government. Long Beach officials were assured the city keeps title to the property and harbor holdings after a recent Supreme Court ruling on California title lands. Darby said he would release the county’s claim but no supervisor would move it. He warned the scrip is not valuable for Long Beach Harbor and noted recent stipulations bear the goal. The letter responded to a city council resolution urging rescission.
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Raymond Ve Darby
Board of Supervisors
City Council
Gerard
Long Beach
Harbor
United States Supreme Court
California
Darby
Long Beach Harbor
Fumes imperil two girls in car mishap in Los Angeles
Two 15 year old Irene L Sweeney and Ronnie Watt fainted from carbon monoxide while riding in the turtleback of a car driven by James R Vanderford of Los Angeles near Seventy Street and Atlantic Avenue. Vanderford stopped the vehicle and with others moved the girls to the sidewalk. Watt revived before police arrival, Sweeney was hospitalized at Seaside Hospital.
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Los Angeles
Walng
James R. Vanderford
Irene L. Sweeney
Ronnie Watt
Vanderford
Seventy St
Atlantic Ave
Miss Watt
Miss Sweeney
Seaside
School Trustees Approve 11000 For Towels Purchase
The board approved a line item of 11000 for towels as part of school purchases. Dr Walter H Boyd quipped that there would be many clean children next year, though no mention was made of soap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Walter H. Boyd
City Council Verifies Harbor Water Planning And Health Posts
City Council confirmed two Harbor Commission seats, one Water Commission post, and reappointed five Board of Health members. New Harbor terms go six years. Water Commission term five years. Planning four years. includes a Naval Military Affairs Commission expansion with many named appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Commission
Water Commission
Board of Health
Carl B. Wirsching
H .Arbor Commission
M. S. Walker
E. Broadway
MM. W
Deubney
Terraine Ave
Bank of America
Waler Commission
W. G. Willson
Armando Dr
Planning Commission
Faber C. Blackman
Russell T. Uhis
Burns Chaffee
Charles R. Poitevin
E. H Galbraith
E. E. Buffum
Blackman
Runa
Meade and Kelly
Harbor Board
O'Neil
NAVAL
Naval and Military Affairs Commission
Tocay
Burton W. Chace
A. J. Napier
Frank Person
Archie L. Tower
Marshall G. Stone
Earl Beauchamp
Howard K. Goodwin
Frank Reed
Charlie Howe
W.W. Fenneman
E. H. Daniels
Lynn
Amendment to Oil Code Authorized for surface drilling
The City Council authorized an amendment to the oil code to allow surface drilling on about 200 acres near the Municipal Airport. The land is in three parcels: a 125 acre echelon tract bounded by Spring Street Cherry Avenue Wardlow Road and a line to Orange Avenue. a 37 acre block between a line midway Wil of Willow and 27th Street between Orizaba Avenue Spring Street and Temple Avenue. and a 37 acre area bordered by Spring Street and Newport Avenue.
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Muniipal
Spring St
Cherry Ave
Wardlow Rd
Orange Ave
Willow
27th+St
Orizaba Ave
Temple Ave
Newport Ave
Wallet stolen on the Pike near concession counter
A woman at 208 W Anaheim St reports her wallet was taken last night by a man who stood next to her at a concession on the Pike. Contents valued at $6.65. She says she laid the wallet on the counter and it disappeared.
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Messhiney x. Raimer
Anaheim St
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Thomas C. McTighe
Colorado St
Ravenna Dr
Campa Wk
Rivo Alto Canal
Water Department
McTighe
Wilson High
A. H. Martin
Long ‘Beach Area
Air Commission
Jairport
Navall
Samie
Rceanaine
Long Beach City
L Lines
Tod
Seventh St
Broadway
Senta
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