U N Must Hold Safes House Approves Line Aid Bill
The House advanced the aid package amid debate on military and economic support for Europe and Asia. Congress supporters argued the plan sustains European recovery and counters communism, while opponents urged deeper cuts and tighter controls. The bill now proceeds to further Senate consideration and adjustments by committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N
Adm
Joy
Pacific
Senate
Reece
Foreign Affairs
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Russia
iHouse
Europe
Near East
Africa
Asia and the Pacific
Western
Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Pacific Electric Seeks Interim Fare Increases in LA
Pacific Electric Railway and Los Angeles Transit Lines urged the Public Utilities Commission to act promptly on their April fare increase applications for Los Angeles. PE also sought elimination of Long Beach to Los Angeles roundtrip rates, proposing a straight 50 cent one day fare. Commissioner staff study continues. hearings date not set due to heavy workload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Electric Railway Co
Public Utilities Commission
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Pacific Electric
William Gorman
Southern California
Commmission
Unusual North Cool As South Sees Extreme Heat
Unseasonably cool weather lingered in the north while the south faced extreme heat with temperatures from 100 to 112. Showers offered brief relief in Texas, but the heat caused 31 deaths in the state. Cooler conditions spread across the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi Valley as scattered showers affected several regions including Oklahoma and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Church Expands Education System
The First Brethren Church at Fifth Street and Cherry Avenue expands its day school program with an elementary segment at 60th Street and Orange Avenue beside Second Brethren Church, and a junior high at Orange Avenue and Olive Street. Paramount plans a new high school unit valued at 20,000 dollars built largely by donated labor. Sept 10 marks the fifth year of operation in the Long Beach Paramount area. Dr Louis S Hauman, pastor emeritus, began plans in 1946. Dr Charles W Mayes, current pastor, leads the day-school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Brethren Church
Fifth St
Cherry Ave
60Th
Orange Ave
Second Brethren Church
Olive St. Paramount
Long Beach- Paramount
Louis S. Hauman
First Church
Charles W. Mayes
Hamblen Will Speak at Ful lerton Park Sunday Evening
Evangelist Stuart Hamblen will address audiences at Amerige Park Fullerton Sunday evening Aug 25 under the Protestant churches sponsorship with Rev Carlton C Buck First Christian Church pastor and Ful lerton Ministerial Union president coordinating the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Hamblen
Amerige Park
Fullerton
Carlton C. Buck
First Christian Church
iLivestock Market Report From Chicago Aug 18
Hogs, cattle and sheep quotes largely steady with two way hog market. Light under 230 lb butchers down about 25 cents on pitch offerings while heavier weights strong to higher. receipts seasonally light. Prime steers steady with top near 59.00. other cattle mixed with declines. Sheep demand rises in the east for native slaughter lambs, receipts below last year. Continuous estimates show a varied mix of prices across steers, heifers, bulls, and stockers with many figures indicating steady to lower trends in lighter and lighter-weight categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cutie Recelpta
Brelow
Vacationing Willingham couple tour Oregon and parks
Mr and Mrs D D Willingham of Sill Ohio Ave are on vacation visiting Portland Modesto and Yellowstone National Park. Also notes a rummage sale by Catholic Daughters at 145 W Third St and by California State Nurses Association District 18 at 1154 Pine Ave Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Willingham
Sill Ohio Ave
Portland
Ore
Modesto
Yellowstone National Park
Catholic Daughters of America
Third St
California State Nurses Association
District 18
Pine Ave
Archeological Films At Garden Grove Church
Kenneth Ogden son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Ogden will show color films Sunday evening at Alamitos Friends Church Garden Grove. The footage from Jerusalem sites Dibon and Jericho documents excavations with commentary explaining Biblical and modern significance. No admission charged and the public is invited to view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Ogden
Lloyd Ogden
S. Euclid Ave
Garden Grove
American School of Oriental Research
Jerusalem
Alamitos Friends Church
Chapman St
Magnolia Ave
T. Eugene Coffin
Young Ogden
Diban
Trans- Jordan
Jericho
Ogden
Herod the Great
Customs Man Writes Song Walk Softly by Ritchie Crownfield
A U.S. customs officer named Ritchie Crownfield from 687 Magnolia Ave writes and records the western song Walk Softly. The tune, produced by a major publishing and recording firm, is advertised in Billboard and national theater magazines. Crownfield says he only hummed the melody and had a 4 guitar player record it. experts wrote the music. The song gained recognition on a TV show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 5
Ritchie Crownfield
Uncle Sam
Billboard
National Theater Magazine
Magnolia Ave
City's Damage Claim OK for Military Runway Repair
The city won approval from President Truman on a $200,679 damage claim against the government for World War II military plane damage to the Municipal Airport diagonal runway. The city plans to rebuild the 6900 foot runway with the settlement plus federal airport aid and city funds, in a project costing over $500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Samuel E. Vickers
Clyde Doyle
Congress
Associated Press
Vickers
Markworth Heads Convention Board
H G Markworth president of National City Bank was elected treasurer of the Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau at a Lafayette Hotel meeting. The unanimous vote also appointed committees for the year with Collins Jr as bureau president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Markworth
National City Bank
Long Beach
New Minister Joins Compton Church of God
Rev. Gunnar Jorgensen becomes pastor at Compton Church of God succeeding Rev. W. F. Beasley. He began duties with Aug. 5 services and is based at parsonage 1128 8 Acacia Ave while the church is located at 1136 5 Acacia Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunnar Jorgensen
Compton Church of God
Acacia Ave
W. F. Beasley
Jorgensen
Three Patrolmen Announced for City Police
Capt. Otto Faulkner, personnel officer, announced three new patrolmen joining the department on August 2. They are Ernest B. H. Warner of 2299 Pepperwood Dr, Fred DeBlanc of 5129 The Toledo, and Don E. Bignell of 6007 Lime Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Otto Faulkner
Ernest BH. Warner
Pepperwood Dr
Fred DeBlanc
The
Toledo
Don E. Bignell
Lime Ave
Accidental Death in Yorton Neighbor Weed-Killer Incident
Norman Roebuck faced accidental death after spraying weed killer at a neighbor’s field. Returning home, fumes from the product allegedly killed most of the prize plants in his house, prompting a fatal outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorton
Sask
Norman Roebuck
Lightning Bug Champ Wins $10 Prize in Baltimore
In Baltimore on August 18, Morgan Mallory Buchner Jr., a 13 year old, won a $10 prize as the world's champion lightning bug catcher. He was aided by his sister Mary Louisa and six neighbors, who nightly gathered 32,585 bugs. Johns Hopkins University hosts the annual contest, with a biochemist studying the insects. Buchner has now won four years in a row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Morgan Mallory Buchner Jr
Mary Louisa
Johns Hopkins University
Young Buchner
Release of Yank Writer Demanded Bridge Tournament Winners Announced
Washington August 18 The Senate foreign relations committee unanimously approved a resolution calling on the United States to suspend trade with Czechoslovakia until William N Oatis an Associated Press correspondent is freed from jail Oatis serving an 11 year prison sentence in Czechoslovakia Duplicate Bridge Club winners announced by Jean Parker Section A Mrs Mildred Peggon and Kelsey Petterson Mr and Mrs J M Greene Betty Duncan and Fred Morrison Mary Lynch and Robert Randolph Section B Mr and Mrs L H Granger Adolph Jacobs and Leonard Gaffney Josephine Reardon and Irene Krehbiel Jean Hayes and Mrs O P Mowry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
U. S
Czechoslovakia
William N. Oatis
Oatis
Associated Press
Town Hall
Jesuits
Tournament of
House
Mildred Peggon
Kelsey Petterson
J. M. Greene
Betty
iDuncan
Fred Morrison
Mary Lynch
Robert Randolph
L. H. Granger
Adolph Jacobs
Leonard Gaffney
Josephine Reardon
Irene Krehbiel
Jean Hayes
O. P. Mowry
Long Beach State College OKs permanent campus plan
The State Department of Education Division Architecture informally approved the master plan for permanent buildings on the Long Beach State College campus adjoining the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital. Architect Hugh Gibbs is to prepare detailed drawings, and two existing campus buildings will be moved to the new site to house a student publications office and the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach State College
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
State Department of Education Division
P. Victor Peterson
State College
Hugh Gibbs
Br. Peterson
Anaheim St
DAVY Chooses California Leader at DAV National Convention
Floyd Ming of Bakersfield California was elected national senior vice commander of the Disabled American Veterans as the organization completed its 30th annual national convention yesterday in Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Floyd Ming
Bakersfield
Calif
Man Assigned to Fifth AF Training Post in Korea
Captain Wallace B. Rodecker Jr. of Long Beach is reassigned as assistant chief of training in the Fifth Air Force headquarters in Korea, directing operational training. A 1940s veteran with 250 combat hours, he later returned to Long Beach, then rejoined active duty in 1950. He and his wife Elizabeth reside at their Pacific Palisades home with their two children.
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Yeander
Kaesong
Long Beach
U.S Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Soncon
Pyongyang
U.N
Yangou
Peiping
Red
Tokyo
KMAG
Lee Song Cho
Hsieh Fang
Reds
Alliett
L. C. Craigie
U. S. Air Force
Arleigh Burke
Henry Hodes
U.S. Eighth Army
L. B. Man
Fifth AF
Wallace B. Rodecker Jr
Radnor Ave
452Nd
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Rodecker
Troop Carrier Command
Saipan
Guam
Douglas Aircraft Company
Wilson High School
Pacific Coast University of Law
Los Angeles
Pecos
Texas
Elizabeth
Wallace NT
Kristina
Wallace Rodecker
Pacific Palisades
Water District Tax Cut Announced for 1951 52
The Metropolitan Water District board announced a tax reduction to 30 cents per $100 assessed valuation for 1951 52, down from 31 cents. The cut applies to all 35 cities in the district including Long Beach Santa Ana Newport Beach Los Angeles and Laguna Beach plus the unincorporated area, per board members Gus Walker and Lloyd Leedom of Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Santa Ana
Newport Beach
Los Angeles
Laguna Beach
Gus Walker
Lloyd Leedom
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Gladys Anne
Church
Hamblen
Ion
Markworth Heads Convention Board
Yank Writer
Ats Coney Building Plan
Okd
Davy
PAG Military Academy
Earle R. Vaughan
RG Seuoo
Gladis
Atlantic
Sconsolette
Combiny
Long Seach
Kimberly
215 E, 4Th St
North Main St
W. 8. Rodecker JR
United States
East First ST
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