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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1948
Page
15
A former Oklahoman argues fewer Long Beach residents learn to swim because the city lacks school pools. He notes Oklahoma schools all have pools while California lacks similar facilities. The exchange emphasizes ocean lessons and the challenge of learning to swim in surf.
The Press Telegram city editor H A Park favors Big Basin in the Santa Cruz Mountains for a vacation and shares a postcard showing the tree bordered swimming pool scene with swimmers loungers and waders. He asks readers how they like the pool and urges more such facilities in Long Beach.
A column to William E Garner praises an organ grinder and his monkey as a public improvement. The note recalls Garner’s nostalgia for street organ grinders and monkeys in Long Beach.
A commentator argues that true progress is not merely modernization. The piece contrasts San Francisco cable cars with a mayor’s plan, condemns New Orleans’ old guard resistance, and questions whether change always equals progress.
Mrs. E. D. Stovall watched as a Long Beach City Lines bus 7108 stopped for a blind man and guide dog. The driver returned, assisted them to seats, and continued, showing a quiet act of kindness in a hurried age.
The remark notes that many possess gifts yet seldom reach their potential while a few do. It contrasts gladness at low falls with sorrowful limits of rising high given capability.
Y's Men and guests gathered on the Municipal Auditorium lawn for a luncheon directed by Harry Deems of Monrovia. Regional stunts followed as the six day 24th annual convention opened with officers to be elected tomorrow and installed at noon.
Long Beach sees fallout from a National Labor Relations Board decision deeming union hiring halls illegal. The Waterfront Employers' Association reaffirmed its push for nonunion dispatchers and joint control of hiring halls, while coastwide talks and looming strikes by longshoremen and seafarers continue. Local 10 leader James Kearney called for a joint meeting as unions prepare actions after the 80-day cooling-off period expires.
City Hall announced that the first 1948 49 gas tax funded resurfacing will start within 60 days on Pacific Avenue from Fourth Street to 10th Street, about a half mile, at an estimated cost of 59 965. Bids to be sought by the City Council under contract.
Harbor Department workers receive average pay increases of about 11 percent under a new Harbor Commission ordinance. The schedule, effective today, ranges from $185 for a laborer and stenographer to $1485 monthly for Port Manager E. J. Amar, with $1225 for Port Engineer R. R. Shoemaker and $1 for M. D. Hughes, chief petroleum engineer.
Herbert H. Wachtel, 39, of 7169 Myrtle Ave, pleaded not guilty to a cruelty charge after being arrested on a warrant. He posted $300 bail and a jury trial was set for Aug. 31 at 9 30 a m in Municipal Court. Witnesses said he beat and attempted to break the dog’s neck, a 3 month old dachshund.
Police report a blaze at 702 Atlantic Ave caused about 150 dollars in damage to the awning and pumps. Attendant George Leslie extinguished the fire.
Mostly clear conditions with patchy fog in the morning. Afternoons become slightly warmer with gentle variable winds and moderate westerly breezes later in the day.
Three youths aboard a large $15 war surplus life raft were rescued by Coast Guard after their improvised craft drifted eight miles south by east of the Los Angeles harbor. Patrol boat No. 38424 found them at 3:05 a m in moonlight and landed them at San Pedro at 7:20 a m. The raft occupants and owners are Donald E. Emerson 20 Don R. Meyers 19 both of Los Angeles and Bob J. Emerson 18 of East Los Angeles.
The Park Commission studied using part of Veterans Memorial Park for an elementary school. The park, bounded by Golden and Maine Aves and Spring and 29th Sts, is undeveloped aside from city sidewalks and gutters. A court trial on Aug 24 will determine condemnation of the land owned by Lynn O. Hossom. The district needs five acres for the school to house between 500 students, with potential joint use of remaining park land.
New officers for the Improved Order of Red Men and the Degree of Pocahontas will be installed during the closing session of the four day statewide convention in the Municipal Auditorium. Ted Tanger will become great sachem and Marie Freyer will assume Great Pocahontas duties with other officers named for the degree.
The giant German made crane, 376 feet tall, moved across the harbor under its own power after a record lifting feat. It underwent instrument tests as crews run days of experiments on its complex mechanism and controls. Yesterday the crane lifted a 425 ton loaded barge, exceeding its rated capacity by 75 tons, drawing awe from onlookers.
Marvin J. Williams, 15, of Freeman Avenue, sustained a skull fracture yesterday afternoon when his motor scooter collided with a car at Ocean Boulevard and Golden Avenue. He was taken to Seaside Hospital. The driver, Harold B. Bates, 31, of Manhattan Beach, remained at the scene and no citation was issued.
Lloyd E. Noeller a 23 year old painter of 6341 Cherry Ave sustained a deep cut to his right forearm when a ladder slipped causing him to fall through a glass window in a building on West Fifth Street. He received treatment at Seaside Hospital.
The city planning commission voted against considering renaming American Ave to Long Beach Blvd while a Long Beach Ave exists in Los Angeles. J F Armstrong of the Planning Congress proposed inquiry into a long standing dispute about street names. Armstrong noted a Walnut Park effort to rename Long Beach Blvd to Pacific Blvd, which the local commission did not address. Commissioner Fahe C Blackman warned that keeping Long Beach Ave in Los Angeles creates confusion.
Park Commission president Mrs J S Harris announced a thorough study of the proposed merger with the Recreation Commission. She said the commission will soon report and act on the proposal and make a recommendation.
Mrs. Maurine Luker 36 of 3943 Pine Ave and her seven pound son were delivered by Caesarean at Los Angeles General Hospital while she fought bulbar poliomyelitis. The baby is normal and both mother and infant are in satisfactory condition. the mother required two operations to breathe outside the iron lung. The case is described as historic at the hospital.
Long Beach Republicans chart a youth driven campaign to sweep the 1948 elections. Arthur F. Bonzer says 454 precinct captains and 4486 young chairmen aged 21 to 32 will organize across Long Beach and surrounding districts to back a youthful national administration. The effort targets 18th district precincts and nearby towns with a major rally planned if Gov. Dewey visits. A Santa Barbara conference will align Western state strategy with national leaders including H. D. Scott Jr. and Ezra Whitla and may feature Warren, Stassen, and Vandenberg.
The county will take responsibility for reducing mosquitoes along a nine mile stretch of the Los Angeles River flood control channel through Long Beach. Initial steps drain water pools to allow drainage into the ocean, while fixing pool creation to prevent recurrence. Abatement will focus between Hill Street and Wardlow Road, with work starting immediately.
City Manager Carl Baing named Bruce Galbraith to head the reorganized animal shelter. Galbraith, 45, will start at 388 dollars monthly with five pay steps up to 3 dollars, and he previously ran an animal clinic in Cedar Grove New Jersey. He bred and trained race horses in Ontario and served as a British Army captain in World War II. Galbraith keeps a very large St Bernard weighing 182 pounds at his home 734 Gaviota Ave. He has lived in the city three years and wrote human interest pieces for national magazines.
Members of six Long Beach selective service boards will meet Pasadena board members at 7 30 oclock tonight at the Pasadena Elks Club for a briefing on registration procedures. Superior Judge Ingall W Bull will welcome attendees and explain board formation and registration of those in required age groups. Similar county meetings are planned tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Los Angeles Elks Club.
Walter T. Smith of Burbank reported clothing valued at 40 dollars stolen from his car while he was at the beach on E Ocean Blvd east of Bennett Ave. Police were notified yesterday about the theft.
Last minute errors in ads are harder to spot than early buys. Copy checked by ad staff and clerks ensures four S precision from press room to publication.
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