Bank maps Long Beach history for centennial celebration
The Farmers and Merchants Bank releases an unusual city map of Long Beach for its 100th anniversary. The complimentary document includes up to date housing development guidance, a historical sketch of discovery and settlement, and an illustrated section by Claude G. Putnam titled Historic Highways and Byways. The maps, drawn by Putnam, trace Cabrillo's 1542 encounter, the Los Cerritos and Los Alamitos ranchos, and the city’s map filing dated July 23. They will be distributed at the bank’s Third Street and Pine Avenue location.
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Long Beach
Farmers and Merchants Bank
California
Lakewood
Long Beach Municipal Airport
Long Each
Cally
Golden Coast
Claude G. Putnam
Glendale
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Los Cerritos
Los Alamitos
California ‘Missions
Miguel Jose Serra
Putnam
Pope Pius XII
Third St
Pine Ave
Breakfast Forum to Hear Johnson Speaker Report
George Johnson, Long Beach attorney, will address the Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Forum at the Wilton Hotel on Wednesday morning. He will present a Report on Western Europe after a two month tour visiting Italy Austria Germany Switzerland France and England including Vienna and Berlin. Johnson's background includes FBI service in the last war with posts in Chicago San Francisco and Honolulu and law practice in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He is a law partner of Ward Johnson, former U S Congressman, with offices at 14th St and American Ave and Anaheim St Obispo Ave.
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George Johnson
Long Beach
Chamber of Commerce
Wilton Hotel
Willard Lee
Johnson
Europe
Italy
Austria
Germany
Switzerland
France
England
Vienna
Berlin
FBI
Chicago
San Francisco
Honolulu
University of California At Berkeley
California
FHI
Los Angeles
Ward Johnson
U. S
Long Beach Day at Orange County Fair Aug 17
Aug 17 is Long Beach Day at the Orange County Fair officials announced. The event honors nearby towns including Huntington Beach Newport Harbor Seal Beach Sunset Beach Laguna Beach San Juan Capistrano Doheny Park San Clemente and Capistrano Beach. The grounds lie on the former Santa Ana Air Force Base between Newport Harbor and Santa Ana. H. Clay Kellogg heads the fair board as president.
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Orange County
Huntington Beach
Newport Harbor
Seal Beach
Sunset Beach
Laguna Beach
San Juan Capistrano
Doheny Park
San Clemente
Capistrano Beach
Santa Ana Air Force Base
Santa Ana
H. Clay Kellogg
Fair Board
Townsendites Club Meetings Announced for Week
Mrs H T Newby announces Townsendites clubs meet this week. Club 1 gathers 7 30 p m Monday at Trinity Baptist Church for ladies night and refreshments. A card party is set for Townsend Hall Tuesday at 1 p m. Various clubs meet Tuesday evening and Bellflower Club gathers Thursday and Friday events cap the week.
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Townsend Clubs
H. T. Newby
Trinity Baptist Church
14Th St
Gaviota Ave
Townsend Hall
Fifth St
Club
Olive Ave
Bellflower Club
Mayne and
Orchard Sts
Bellflower
Adventure books and travel works fill new Long Beach library release
The Long Beach public library adds Book of Adventures in Public Library featuring adventure stories from old timers reminiscences to postwar dangerous jobs. Edited by Elyon L Howe the volume lists travel bios fiction sociology useful arts fine arts and other categories with many specific titles and authors including This Is Scotland And So to Rome Bermuda Holiday A Texas Cowboy and The High Place.
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Louisiana
Frances P
Keyes
Albert and
Jane Salisbury
Melville Weston Fuller
Willard L. King
Charles A. Siringo
Steele
Y Owen Lattimore
California
Margaret Greenfield
James W. Hurst
Florence L. Meredith
John J. Flaherty
Sherman D. Chambers
Luther S. H. Gable
Charles R. Jacobs
G. R. Schwab
Craft workers flee behind Iron Curtain to Austria
Dr. Franz Helmut Leitner Austrian consul in New York says about 10,000 Czechoslovakian craftsmen have fled behind the Iron curtain to work in Austria. They are producing Bohemian glass and other items originating from their now Communist-dominated country.
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Behind Iron Curtain
Chicago
Franz Helmut Leitner
New York
Austria
Red Cross Unit Ready to Meet City Emergencies
The Long Beach Red Cross disaster medical unit, chaired by Dr. Hubert J. Prichard, is prepared to cope with any emergency. The unit has medical, dental, and nursing backing, with 6500 first aid-certified residents on file and 100 first aid technicians ready for blood transfusion work. Two hundred volunteers for disaster centers and hospitals are requested to register, and refresher courses for first aid and nurse training are planned.
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Long Beach
Red Cross
Hubert J. Prichard
Croas
Prichard
John F. Blatt
Nursing Uniit
Ukece
Red Crone
Alden
Fineman
Tan GS
War Raises Price for Liquor Licenses in California
In Sacramento on August 12, AP reports that the Korean war is pushing up liquor license prices. David Connelly, a Los Angeles lawyer, urged granting an off sale license to Jacob Rutta, contingent on an approved site due to proximity to a church. The board agreed, noting transfers are allowed and delays would raise costs.
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Sacramento
California
State Board of Equalization
David Connelly
Los Angeles
Jacob Rutta
Connelly
Rutta
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Obispo Ave
Long Beach Bowl
Hollywood Bowl
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Marton Betts Smith
Paul Klotz
E. J. Wightman
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Don Wilson
Patio
George P. Taubman Jr
Townsendites
Adventures In Public Library
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Ees Frankl
Dorothy Stote
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Jon Gnaggi
Artique
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Gladys ‘Burch
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Herbert Arkin
Martin Sederback
Joseph Zeitlin
J. H. Williams
Richard Aldington
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Walter Hackett
Edmond M. Gagey
Thomas Wolfe
Denise Black
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