Ten Hopeful Signs for Trade Upsurge
New York lenders see a surge in defense production loans and rising retail activity. Cotton textiles inch up with price changes. dividends rise sharply. Gold flows to the U S Treasury while Treasury borrowing slows. Farm and industrial loans show gains, inventories trend higher in retail clothing.
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Dun & Bradstreet
Bus
New York Stock Exchange
Texas
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
United States
Fort Knox
Uncle Sam
Shell buys 960 acre tract in Long Beach area amid oil field moves
Shell Oil Co confirms negotiations to acquire No 2 Jackson No 3 Cather No from L E Fairfield and related activity as Union Pacific abandons a 960 acre Mos production tract. Hancock Oil spuds Sig ing 2300 barrels per day at Sigmrial Hill and Texas Co plans two to three mile drill near Castaic despite denial of $8 million price.
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Shell Oil Co
Jackson No
Cather No
L. E. Fairfield
Long Beach
Walter No
Oil Tool Co
Cherry Ave
Union Pacific
Mos
South Mountain
Sigmrial Hill
33Rd St
California Ave
Shell Co
Los Angeles
Nego
Texas Co
Texas
Castaic
Stanley No. 1
Oil and Cotton Prices Slip and Texas Set Daily Cap
Prices for staples weakened with oil and cotton down as markets note reduced demand for print cloth. Texas Railroad Commission raises field allowable to a record 3,055,367 barrels daily, aiming to ease production shortages after declines in Tran vo wells. Meanwhile Shell, Hancock, Golden Arrow, and Pioneer Drilling report activity across Irvine, Brea Canyon, Ventura, Wilmington, and Signal Hill fields, with new shutoff tests and ongoing well work in progress.
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Texas Railroad Commission
Lone Star State
Texas
Petroleum Administration For Defense
Tran
Signal Hill
Hancock Chalker Community
Golden Arrow Olive Community
Hancock
Golden Arrow
Vets' Home Buying Aided by New Law
Sacramento August 17 state director D Callaghan Jr says a broader veterans financing program goes into effect September 22. The state will raise maximum home advance from 7300 to 8500 and farm limit from 13500 to 15000. The program now covers homes to 50000 and farms to 26300, with earlier caps replaced.
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Sacramento
California
D. Callaghan Jr
640 Lb Victim of Crash Better
Texas Tiny Cherry 27 of Lakewood is a Seasids Hospital patient after a traffic accident yesterday. He weighs 640 pounds and is listed doing well this afternoon. He planned to be released and ate a light breakfast before the crash. The incident occurred when his car crashed into a photographic building at 541 E Pacific Coast Way.
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Guy N
Texas Tiny
Cherry
Sebren Ave
Lakewood
Seasids Hospital
Pacific Coast
Long Beach Meeting Sees City Tax Feud Clarified
Los Angeles County cities' representative Clarence E Wagner said the League of California Cities is not aiming to pressure suburban tax issues. He spoke before a county division meeting in Long Beach where the taxed dispute was not on the agenda. The 1851 bill to fund extra city services for unincorporated areas was shelved and an interim study is underway. Wagner urged facts over rancor, amid prior talk of a political battle.
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Long Beach
Clarance E. Wagner
Los Angeles
League of California
Wagner
League
Firefighters Study Defense Linking Coast States in Portland
Fire chiefs from 11 western states met in Portland to study civil defense from the firefighters’ view. They urged mutual aid among departments in emergencies and described Southern California with 45 paid departments as best prepared on the coast. Chief William Taylor of Burbank was elected president.
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Mexico
Canada
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Frank &. Sandemah
Long Beach
Sandeman
California
William Taylor
Bur Ibank
Robinson Rites Saturday at Maottell chapel
Services for Robert Lee Robinson 34 of 3925 Deerford Street Lakewood Plaza will be held Saturday at 3 p m in Maottell's chapel with Dr Johnston Calhoun officiating. Interment at Hallah Cemetery East St Louis. Survived by widow Mary parents Mr and Mrs Kirby Robinson three brothers Paul R Willard W Walter G three sisters Hester Nadine Mary Hill and Wilma Egmon. He died from a factory accident at Alhambra Post Advocate plant. He was WWII veteran and a former pressroom employee of the Press Telegram and Warner Trucking Co.
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Johnston Calhoun
United Presbyterian Church
Valhalla Cemetery
East St. Louis
Robinson
Patyton
Long Beach
Press-Telegram
Warner Trudk Ling Co
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Mary
Kirby Robinson
Paul R
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Hester Nadine
Mary Hill
Wilma Egmon
San Antonio
Texas
Sydney 5 Ford Dies in His Home
A Long Beach resident, Sydney Stephen Ford, 75, was found dead in his automobile near his home yesterday. Coroner Daniel O Dill indicated the woman found shot to death acted by own hand. Ford, born in Canada, was a native of Can and a charter member of local merchant plumbers group. Surviving are his widow, two daughters, and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at Dilday Chapel with Dr. Ewling Stanton Hudson officiating. entombment at Sunnyside Mausoleum.
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Grants Pass
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Building Permits Report From Local Boroughs
Building permits issued include George Palmer for service porch on Geith Lemon Ave. Sheldon’s family on Pine Ave and Malley Ave. Dettoff Gam foundation and dwelling on 2d Balle Ave. Teving Smotel Jr for a bedroom and half bath on Main Ave. Dr Robert Randy office work on Fadondo Ave. total values range from 600 to 1000 plus.
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Déttorff
Gam
Malley
Eth
Lathicelis
Foundation
Balle Ave
Teving Smotel Jr
Maina Ave
Robert
Randy
Ry J. Brevard
Tides and Temperatures Weather Summary
Tides and temperatures reported for the day with times for sunrise and moonset. High tides at 11:10 a.m. and 10:52 p.m. and low tides at 4:53 a.m. and 4:50 p.m. Water temperature 62. Surf calm. Coast and Geodetic Survey data credited.
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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Long Beach
Foreign Exchange Aay 5 Rates and Currencies Displayed
Foreign exchange rates show slight moves across major currencies with the Canadian dollar in New York at 44 cents per and various European and Latin American currencies listed as unchanged. Notable items include British 60 day futures at 2.80 7/16 and Hong Kong dollar at 27.60, with most others steady.
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Temblor Halts Oil Wells North of Cerritos Channel
A Wednesday morning temblor cut production at several wells north of Cerritos Channel. Officials report the count of out of commission wells rising from about 30 percent to 34 percent, with more failures likely as fractures allow sand to enter casings and stop pumping. Most wells are owned by Union Pacific Railroad with others by Richled and Signal Oil Cos.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Richled
Signal Oit Cos
Long Beach Fire Department Responds to Multiple EMS Calls
Fire units and ambulances respond to 47th Street to Olive Avenue incidents including overheated water heater, house fire on Olive Avenue, and several medical aid calls. Reports mention Wardlow Road Magnolias Newport Avenue and takewood County station, with multiple emergency responses and possible fire department investigations.
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varbUance
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47Th St
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Olive Ave
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Aid Alamitos Investation
Raunt Royerott
Ith
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Pedersen obituary notes Bellflower resident dies at 90
Pedersen 90 of 9600 Laurel Street a former Denmark born contractor died at home. Survived by widow Anna Miller Pedersen son James M. of Santa Ana daughters Carrie Hutchinson Corona Del Mar and Anna Yates Salt Lake City 18 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Funeral Monday 2:30 p.m. Gallagher DeYoung Bellflower Mortuary Rev William Marshall Todd officiating interment Fairhaven Cemetery.
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William Marshall ‘Todd
Fairhaven Cemetery
Planners Approve New Truck Firm in City
The City Planning Commission approved a $250,000 sales and service truck firm on a half-block between 27th Street and Atlantic Linden Avenues. James K. Weed received a special permit to extend over Linden Avenue into an A-2 zone, while Atlantic Avenue remains in C3 where business permits are not required. The firm will be Atlantic Avenue facing GM Truck Co. and must be fenced solidly.
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Atlantic
Linden
GM Truck Co
Bentons Plan Move to Long Beach After Retirement
Local brief notes Mr and Mrs E E Benton of Tipton Oklahoma who have summered with sister Mrs Bula Willingham at 811 Onio Ave plan to move to Long Beach soon Benton recently retired after 34 years in the furniture business The notice also promotes Lost and Found ads in the Press Telegram with a phone contact 69066 and highlights how hundreds of items are returned through Want Ads
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Tipton
Oklo
Benton
Bula Willingham
Onio Ave
Long Beach
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Medicine News
Readers learn Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound provides relief for menstrual cramps headaches backaches and mood distress. Doctors tests claim relief in about three of four cases and the ad urges women to try the product if suffering continues or worsens during their cycle.
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Ladia Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
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