Institutes for Oil Field Workers Planned in Long Beach
Drilling firms will hold training institutes in Long Beach as part of a national program by the American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors. California hosts three centers. 21 nationwide. Advance registration closes Oct 1 with a minimum 15 enrollees. Continental Southern has completed its No 127 well in the Wilmington field yielding 203 barrels daily from a 4798 foot slant-drill.
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American Association of Oillwell Drilling Contractors
Long Beach
California
Houston
Continental Southern Ae
Wilmington
Panama Flag Operators Plan World‑Wide Shipping Body
Waterfront sources report leading Panama-flag operators preparing a world-wide association to coordinate governance of a fleet of more than 600 vessels. Over 100 operators own ships, with many tramp steamers, using Panama due to liberal registry rules and inspections. The mercantile register shows ownership by firms in major global ports, with about 12 ships calling monthly.
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Mod
Panama
Large California date shipment sails to Europe aboard Edward Luckenbach
The S. S. Edward Luckenbach carries a major overseas shipment of 800 tons of California dates in 64,000 cases to Europe for Army and commercial cargo. The load also includes 1500 tons of steel plate 850 drums of acetone and solvents and other goods totaling 8000 tons with Transmarine Navigation Corp. as agent.
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California
S. S
Boys tour historic Pacific Queen with Captain Kissinger
Sixty five boys brought by the Burbank YMCA visited the old windjammer Pacific Queen in the outer harbor yesterday. Captain Frank J. Kissinger owner escorted the group and explained the ship history and the era when sail determined success.
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Burbank Y.M.C.A
Pacific Queen
Frank J. Kissinger
Fleishhacker Group Buys Tivoli Brewery
A group of Los Angeles and San Francisco men purchased the Tivoli brewery in Los Angeles. San Francisco capitalist Herbert Fleishhacker heads the buying group. The purchase price and other associates are not disclosed. The brewery was formerly Eckert's.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Herbert Fleishhacker
Eckert
U S Agrees to Buy Egyptian Cotton in Trade Deal
Cairo reports that the United States and Egypt reached a trade pact under which America will purchase $10 million worth of government owned Egyptian cotton. Payments will be in dollars and shipments will go on U S vessels.
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Cairo
United States
Egypt
America
Egyptian Finance Ministry
U.S
Lull in Fight as Railroads, Unions Sign Second Round Pact
Washington August 12 Railroads and unions sealed a second postwar wage settlement and set talks for a third round in September. The agreement, covering locomotive engineers firemen enginemen and switchmen ends a threat of nationwide strike. Major terms include a 15 percent hourly wage rise announced by the White House. John R Steelman guided the talks. Unions expect a cost of living increase during forthcoming Chicago sessions.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Um Disara
Chicago
Oil wells in Wilmington field report varied yields and depths
In the Wilmington section near Sonoma and Alpine Streets the D. D. Dunlap Oil Co completed its No. 11 well outputting 357 barrels of 22.6 gravity oil on the pump. Union Pacific E-9 deepened produced 68 barrels of 30.7 gravity oil. Bankline Oil redrilled its P. T. C. No. 1 well for 33 barrels of 19 gravity. Tide Water Associated struck McConigle No. 23 at Ventura Avenue delivering 593 barrels a day as a new hole extended to 12 620 feet.
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Wilmington
Sonoma
Alpine Sts
D. D. Dunlap Oil Co
Union Pacific
Bankline Oil
Ventura Ave
Tide Water Associated
McConigle No. 23
Richfield Oil tests site in Tejon Ranch area
Richfield Oil staked a location for a test well in the Tejon Ranch region two miles south of Tejon Hills Oil Co. No. 2. The nearby well was completed at 407 feet with a daily flow of 45 barrels of 30.8 gravity oil.
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Richfield Oil
Tejon Ranch
Tejon Hills Oil Co. No
Oil drill sites and depths in Lomita Sunset Beach area
Standard Oil continues drilling in the Lomita Land and Waterwell Sunset Beach project. Depths reach 10 762 feet at Lomita sites, with Shell Alamitos Heights Bryant No 1 at 8508 feet and Shell Alamitos No 50 at Signal Hill at 2759 feet. Marine Exploration reports 11 369 feet at State No 2 off Seal Beach.
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Standard Oil
Lomita Land
Waterwell
Sunset Beach
Shell
Former Laguna Councilman Maurice McMillan Dies at Home
Maurice B. McMillan, former Laguna Beach city councilman, died yesterday at his home 275 Diamond St. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Laguna Beach Funeral Home. He was native of Detroit and had lived in Laguna Beach 23 years. He is survived by his widow Nina two brothers William and Hugh and a sister Mrs Lewis Warfield of New York.
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Laguna Beach
Maurice B. McMillan
Diamond St
McMillan
Detroit
Mich
Nina
William
Maryland
Hugh
Michigan
Lewis Warfield
New York
Wonder Shop Opens With Orchid Gift in Long Beach
The Wonder Shop opens at 523 Pine Ave Long Beach produced by Murray and Anita Greenwood after 19 years in retail. During opening celebrations 2000 free orchids will be given to women visitors as a publicity gift sourced from Honolulu.
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Pine Ave
Long Beach
Murray
Anita Greenwood
Honolulu
U S Air Force to honor entertainers at Madison Square Garden
The U S Air Force will award appreciation scrolls to stage film and radio stars who entertained fliers overseas during the last war. The ceremony at Madison Square Garden on September 25 is sponsored by the Air Force Association with Hal Roach heading the nomination committee.
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Washington
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Madison Square Garden
New York
Air Force Association
Hal Roach
Glendale Chief Will Join in Exodus
Glendale Police Chief Vernon Rasmussen says he will resign on September 15 and submit his resignation to the city council. Councilmen Clarence G. Byson J. Paul Clark Albert C. Lane and Mayor Joseph F. Baudino were recalled in a special city election. A special election to name successors is tentatively set for September 28.
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Glendale
Vernon Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Clarence G. Byson
J. Paul Clark
Albert C. Lane
Joseph F. Baudino
Blue Star Mothers Luncheon Planned at Artesia Avenue
Blue Star Mothers will host a public luncheon at noon tomorrow at 10047 Artesia Ave. Mrs. Saddie Callow, president, announced the welfare fund drive. The event aims to bolster support for veterans and their families in Bellflower.
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Bellflower
Blue Star
Artesia Ave
Saddie Callow
City Clerk Staff to Do Field Work for Licenses
City Hall indicates all city clerk staff will perform field duties to standardize inspections and interchange internal staff with outside work. Field tasks include collecting dog licenses business licenses and bicycle licenses.
Strikes Against High Meat Prices Gain Headway
United Press reports buyers strikes against high meat prices show some progress though the outcome hinges on weekend ads. In Los Angeles butchers and housewives expect results this week end, with Safeway cutting steaks to 95 cents a pound to move goods. Osage ranchlands cattlemen denounce the boycott drive as unfair while noting general price increases across commodities.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Safeway
Frank B. Wells
Retail Meat Dealers Association
Buffalo
N Y
Osage
Oklahoma
Food prices ease slightly across regions this week
The Associated Press notes vegetable prices eased marginally while wholesale indices held steady. Meat demand remained weak, prices high, and retail trends were mixed as stores report varied sales and production shifted. Canada urged substitutes for oleomargarine amid butter shortages and New York researchers monitor deer populations for hunting impacts.
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Associated Press
Dun & Bradstreet
Canada
National Council
New York State Conservation Department
Delay in Kaiser Steel Price Boost Sought
Western chambers of commerce requested a 90 day postponement of Henry Kaiser’s $30 a ton steel price increase from the Fontana mill. Kenneth Norris of the Western States Council demanded full facts on the rise and loan terms backing it, noting RFC financing of the Fontana mill. The Aug 15 boost would lift fob steel plate price from 86 to 116 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Western Chambers of Commerce
RFC
Henry Kaiser
Fontana Mill
Kenneth T. Norris
Steel Committee
Western States Council
Fontana
Kaiser
Sleeping pills swallow linked to missing mother probe
In San Francisco a 31 year old mother Leila McDonald is missing amid an inquiry while her 3 year old daughter Maureen lies in critical condition after ingesting sleeping tablets. Police evacuated five children to the hospital annex as investigators pursue the disappearance and consider family chaos and an auto accident in Yreka involving two McDonald brothers.
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AN Francisco
Leila McDonald
Maureen
San Francisco
Betty
Dolores
Sharon
San Francisco Hospital
McDonald Brothers
Teacher Hazel M. Youngman Assigned to Camp Sendai
Hazel M. Youngman from 2201 Belmont Ave Long Beach has become a high school teacher at the American school in Camp Sendai Japan the Eighth Army announced today. She departed for Japan in April 1948.
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Hazel M. Youngman
Long Beach
Belmont Ave
Camp Sendai
Japan
Eighth Army
Miss Youngman
Australian Labor Bank Plan Declared Invalid by High Court
The Australian high court ruled Labor's nationalization plan for private trading banks invalid, stating the banking act breached the constitution. The decision blocks government takeover of private banks, with costs awarded against the commonwealth and 14 days to appeal. Prime Minister Chifley declined comment.
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Sydney
Australian High Court
Labor
Commonwealth Bank
Commonwealth
Labor Party
J. B. Chifley
Mother Sees Son Win $1000 Scholarship
In Milwaukee a mother, Mrs. Faye Light, hears her son Leslie Light win the $1000 Knights of Pythias public-contest scholarship. Light, 27, of Hollywood, delivered the prize speech with his mother present.
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Plwaures
Wis
Leslie Light
Hollywood
Knights of Pythias
Light
Faye Light
Realty Building and Business Dollar Volume Gains In Use of Bank Checks
The midyear American Banker analysis shows 1948 first half checks rose 11.9 percent from 1947 across 333 cities, with Long Beach posting a June total of 156,343,000 in checks and a 14.6 percent gain over 1947. Debits for the six months reached 954,423,000, placing Long Beach sixth in California for dollar volume and growth. Nationally, six month checks totaled 611,652,000,000, the largest first half in history, with June debits at 108,629,000,000. The Dallas and Kansas City Fed Districts led June gains, San Francisco district third in both monthly and half-year totals. Real estate loans in the San Francisco district dipped for a second time in two weeks, while overall bank loans rose 23,000,000 in the week of Aug. 4 to 2,069,000,000.
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American Banker
New York Daily Banking
Long Beach
Dallas
Kansas City
Federal Reserve
San Francisco
New York
Chicago
Apprenticeship totals rise to record high across trades
On July 1, apprentice employment in construction reached 132,114, a new peak, up 32,000 from the prior period. California led with 19,974 apprentices, followed by New York with 11,620 and Ohio at 9,578. Woodworking trades counted 47,215, pipe trades 20,756, and electrical trades ranked third at an unspecified figure.
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Department of Labor
California
New York
Ohio
Transfer of Revenue Stamps Among Local Residents
Helen Grant transfers stamps to Sallie C Koontz at Nieto Ave 214 Anna Mae LeRitz to Frank E and Ave Myrtle Ave Jeanor M Johnston to War and Bertha M Erichsen J T 4142 Elm Ave with values $13.75 or more.
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Helen Grant
Sallie C. Koontz
Nieto
Anna Mae LeRitz
Frank E
Myrtle
Jeanor M. Johnston
Bertha M. Erichsen
Elm Ave
Legality Questioned Over L A High Tension Lines
Los Angeles County counsel studied the legality of the Los Angeles City Department of Water and Power erecting towers and lines along Western Avenue from 120th to 200th Streets without county permits. Board of Supervisors asked for a building and safety investigation after Raymond V. Darby questioned city rights.
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Los Angeles County
Los Angeles City
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