Let Long Beach Embrace A City Zoo
Harold W Davies and others urge Long Beach to back a zoo as an educational and entertaining city asset. They cite world zoos in Calcutta and Lisbon and call for united public support to urge City Hall to act. The piece champions science and art in harmony with nature and quotes Victor Hugo on timely ideas.
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Ugh Davies
City Planning Commission
Davies
Calcutta
Lisbon
Long Beach
A. B
Victor Hugo
Plane Plants Here Boosting Employment
Stepped up activity at Long Beach aviation plants boosts local jobs. Douglas plans to hire 300 weekly for weeks to bring total near 5000, while North American employs about 5000 with replacements only. Douglas modifies 49 A-26s to B-26s for National Guard use and works on C-124-A contracts. North American expands four jet B-45 orders and reuses Downey plant for P-82 Mustangs and aerophysics research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Douglas
North American
National Guard
Army Air Base
Ogden
Utah
JET Total
Downey
Vultee
Hermosa Beach Plans $500,000 Aquarium Aquarium Nears Completion
John Larson notes Hermosa Beach readiness to unveil a $500,000 glass tank aquatorium featuring sharks octopuses giant turtles electric eels and other marine life. The display aims to attract Southern California visitors and out of state travelers drawing locals from Long Beach and beyond to a new educational entertainment venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermosa
John Larson
Press-Telegram
Hermosa Beach
Long Beach
Rip van Winkle
Hermosa Aquatorium
California
San Diego
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Aquarium
Carnivorous Plants and Nature’s Rugged World
The passage muses on nature’s cruelty and kindness. It contrasts carnivorous plant life with animal feeding, noting humans and plants eat others. It references Pompeii and Herculaneum era phrases and jokes about nature’s harsh, wondrous balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermosa Aquarium
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Dictionary debates define words and youth politics mix
Merle N Alderman argues a dictionary should be more than word definitions. Art Bonzer proposes a Grand Young Party by elevating ages 21 to 32 for party leadership. Young Democrats focus on local politics as Henry Wallace's new party claims the youth vote. Fifty two percent of U S voters are under 40, suggesting youth influence in national affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle N. Alderman
Mr. Alderman
Art Bonzer
Henry Wallace
New Party
United States
Union Strike Preparations Near Coastwise Action
The National Maritime Union plans a meeting in San Pedro to advance strike plans as a threatened maritime work stoppage looms. ILWU locals stand by for a stop-work session after an ISWU caucus in San Francisco, with a wage counteroffer rejected by leadership and an 80 day cooling off period ending Sept 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Maritime Union
San Pedro
International Longshoremen’s and Warehouse
Men’s Union
San Francisco
Ernie Adams
Waterfront Employers Association
Harry Bridges
Young Admiral Burns Dies After Illness at 39
Rear Adm. Martin C. Burns U S N (Ret) age 39 of Spokane Washington died yesterday at Long Beach Naval Hospital He had been admitted July 27 His father Martin J Burns said death was caused by a heart attack He is believed to be the youngest naval officer to hold the rank of admiral before retirement after World War II Burns graduated from the Naval Academy in 1930 and served on Adm Spruance s staff through the war He took part in numerous Pacific battles and held the Legion of Merit
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Adm
Martin C. Burns
Spokane
Wash
Long Beach Naval Hospital
Martin J. Burns
Adm. Burns
Okinawa
Naval Academy
R. A. Spruance
Pacific
Legion of Erit
Voter Registration Sets New High Mark
Registrar Benjamin S. Hite reports a record 2 200 000 voters registered in Los Angeles County for the November general elections. The tally shows an increase of 257 000 from 1 943 000 registered for the June primary. The county lists 6645 precincts, 410 more than June, with consolidations reducing to 6550 by November.
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Benjamin S. Hite
Los Angeles
Hite
Better Homes Show Opens Tomorrow in Long Beach
The Long Beach Better Homes Show opens tomorrow at 6 p.m. in Municipal Auditorium with exhibitor booths being set up by work crews. Organizer Max Livoni says six booths on the second floor will serve as show headquarters for prize displays and demonstrations of home essentials from kitchen equipment to air conditioning and termite control. Barbara Britton will receive the key to the city from Vice Mayor A. L. Parmley, highlighting the event’s kickoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Long Beach
Better Homes
Municipal Auditorium
Max Livoni
Board of Realtors
Livoni
Vice Ator A. L. Parmley
Barbara Britton
Youth Draft Signups Begin At Local Schools In Long Beach
Long Beach school department starts registering an estimated 30,000 youths under the selective services act signed by President Truman. Staff at Jordan Wilson Dewey Avalon and Lakewood will be led by high schools director Harry Moore. Forms arrive as boards prepare for an initial call of 15,000 nationally, with careful, unpaid local service and economy urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Truman
Jordan, Wilson, Dewey
Avalon
Lakewood
Harry Moore
Moore
Signal Hill
Pasadena
Southwest
Hal P. Skemp
Selective Service
Col. Skemp
Ingall W. Bull
Superior Court
Luker polio family unchanged after birth
Three Luker family members remain hospitalized with polio or recovering at home. Mrs. Luker, 36, in an iron lung at General Hospital Los Angeles, delivered a son Richard Franklyn, 7 lb 2 oz, placed in Community Hospital pediatrics. Stanley, 10, also ill, is in General Hospital. The rest, including Luker at the Long Beach post office and the Luker home occupants, remain quarantined.
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Franklyn J. Luker
Pine Ave
Luker
General Hospital
Los Angeles
Richard Franklyn
Pediatrics Department of Community Hospital
Stanley
Long Beach
Susan
Steven
Adrian Luker
Yovetich Denies Robbery Counts
Danny M. Yovetich a 24 year old ex Montana athlete pleaded not guilty in Superior Court to two armed robbery charges. Judge Fred Miller set the trial for Sept 27. Prosecutors say he robbed a Wilmington market of 304 dollars on July 8 and a Long Beach liquor store of 178 dollars shortly after.
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Danny M. Yovetich
University of Montana
Fred Miller
Yovetich
Wilmington
Long Beach
New England Group Plans Laguna Beach Car Van Trip
Members of the New England States Society and former residents will meet at the east side of the ros trum at Bixby Park at 9 a m tomorrow for an automobile caravan to Laguna Beach. Each traveler is asked by Mildred E. Stetson to bring a covered dish and table service.
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New England States Society
New England
Bixby Park
Laguna Beach
Mildred E. Stetson
E. Third St
Belmont Shores Fiesta de la Playa Draws 5000 Celebrators
The sixth annual Fiesta de la Playa in Belmont Shore drew more than 5000 people to the Pacific Electric right of way at Quincy Avenue and Livingstone Drive for a beef barbecue and Western and Spanish music. Don Mayras manager hailed it as the most successful ever. the next major events run Thursday to Saturday with a bathing beauty parade planned for Sunday at 2 p.m. and Jimmy Watkins in charge of the contest.
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Pacific Electric
Quincy Ave
Livingstone Dr
Belmont Shore
Don May
Phil Arden
Ist
Westerners
Margaret Brown
Paul Gordon
Jack Cavanagh
Johnnie Romero
Gordon Warwick
Jimmy Watkins
Weather Outlook Amid Fog and Cooler Temperatures
Morning fog and misty conditions followed by partly sunny afternoons today and Saturday. Cooler daytime highs with light winds becoming moderate southwest in the afternoons.
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Pat
Warship Aids Leaking Fishing Boat Near San Diego
The destroyer Perry answered SOS calls from the Allenel a sub 30 foot fishing vessel off San Diego. The Allenel towed by Ginger and later by Perry to safety as Coast Guard cutters aided Patsy Ann and investigated Sharon Lee nearby. Allan Levine owns Allenel based in San Pedro.
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San Diego
Perry
Allan Levine
San Pedro
Coast Guard
Patsy Ann
Coronado
Sharon Lee
Freighter Offers Luxury for Twelve Passengers
The freighter American Transport with twelve passengers on board provides luxury aboard. Pacific Transport Lines, Inc. says the ship, formerly the Hawaiian Shipper, features a lounge dining salon oak paneling and murals with top cuisine. It will call at Port Hueneme then Yokohama Kobe Shanghai Manila and Guam.
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Orient
Pacific Transport Lines, Inc
Port Hueneme
Calif
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Kobe
Shanghai
Manila
Guam
Planners Recommend New Electrical Code
The Planning Commission yesterday recommended adoption of a 266 page electrical code prepared by the Department of Building and Safety. It lists 25 principal changes from the old code and reflects the Edison Co. switch from 50 to 60 cycles.
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Planning Commission
Department of Building and Safety
Edison Co
Welcome Judge Keeler to Municipal Bench
About 200 attorneys judges court attaches and spectators gathered in Department One to welcome Judge Harry F Keeler to the Municipal Bench Keeler was sworn in after Gov Earl Warren appointed him Presiding Judge Charles D Wallace led the ceremony Judge Fred Miller praised Keeler background and fitness to serve Attorney Joseph E Madden lauded the governor’s choice Keeler expressed gratitude for the new role
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Todo
Harry F. Keeler
Keeler
Earl Warren
Charles D. Wallace
Fred Miller
Superior Court
Harry Keeler
Joseph E. Madden
Long Beach Bar Association
Port Facilities Landed in Southwest Expansion
Joseph K. Carson of the Maritime Commission praised Long Beach port facilities as key to Pacific Southwest growth and postwar commerce. He urged a visit by commission members to witness waterborne trade's role, discussed the Alaska direct freight service and a trailership line to San Francisco, and explained subsidies as essential to maintaining ships for national needs.
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Joseph K. Carson
Maritime Commission
Long Beach
Willis W. Bradley
House
Pacific Southwest
Carson
Portland
Ore
Victor Hugo Cafe
H. F. Alexander
San Francisco
Alaska
Suisun Bay
Commission
City assessing roll hints at ten cent cut in tax rate
City Assessor W A Vandecar filed the 1948 49 total assessment roll showing a possible tax rate around 1 157 or less based on a total property valuation of 349 088 800 in Long Beach. The roll reports a 13 percent rise from last year with increased land improvements and exemptions shaping the rate.
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W. A. Vandecar
Long Beach
State Board of Eatin
Vandecar
State Board
Myrielle L. Gunsul
Mercury to Stay Hot Across Southern California
The high reached 83 degrees for the second straight day with a fourth day in the 80s. Los Angeles hit 90, and Burbank Pasadena and San Gabriel reported 92. Imperial and Indio led with 109, as more hot weather and night and morning mist were forecast for today and tomorrow.
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Mercury
California
Los Angeles
Burbank
Pasadena
San Gabriel
Imperial
Indio
Weather Bureau
Zone Exception Grants Church Permit at Termina and Sixth
The Planning Commission approved a non conforming use permit for Emmanuel Presbyterian Church to build a 20000 square foot church seating 300 in the northeast corner of Termina Ave and E Sixth St. Parking will be 30 spaces. The site lies in an R 2 zone where churches are prohibited, but a prior Emmanuel Church existed before the 1933 quake.
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Emmanuel Presbyterian Church
Termina Ave
E. Sixth St
Emmanuel Church
Navy Sailor Robbed After Mugging on Magnolia and Seaside
Benjamin Garcia 21 a U S Navy man said three men accosted him at Magnolia Ave and Seaside Blvd last midnight beat him with fists and one slugged him with a pipe then robbed him of his wallet and $16 according to police report.
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Benjamin Garcia
Magnolia Ave
Seaside Blvd
Garcia
Wirsching and Wife Take Vacation at Malibu Hills Ranch
City Manager Carl B Wirsching and Mrs Wirsching will spend several days on vacation at their Malibu Hills ranch and Wirsching plans to return to his office next Wednesday.
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Carl B. Wirsching
Wirsching
Malibu Hills
New Red Men Pocahontas Officers Installed at California Convention
At the four day Great Sun Session in California delegates from 73 tribes attended the installation of officers for the Improved Order of Red Men and the Degree of Pocahontas. Ted Tanger was elected Great Sachem and Marie Freyer became Great Pocahontas during ceremonies in the Municipal Auditorium. James Field of Los Angeles was elected great junior sagamore and will advance to great senior sagamore next year.
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Improved Order of Red Men
Degree of Pocahontas
Great Sun
Great Council of California
Ted Tanger
Red Men
Marie Freyer
Great Pocahontas
James Field
Los Angeles
Sagamore
Field
Great Sachem
Cigarettes Stolen From Cafe On Ocean Boulevard
Burglars last night stole 10 dollars worth of cigarettes from a cafe at 1139 West Ocean Boulevard, police reported. A brief investigation is underway as authorities seek leads.
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W. Ocean Blvd
Y Men Urge Court Action on Palestine Holy Land
The six day International Association of Y's Men convention urged the World Court to settle Holy Land strife. A resolution asked the United Nations to declare open areas and maintain a truce while referring the dispute to arbitration. Officers were to be elected at the closing luncheon led by Hubert M. Weaver.
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Holy Land
World Court
International Association of Y’s Men
Municipal Auditorium
United Nations
Hubert M. Weaver
South Bend
Ind
Wilton
Charles L. Miller
Paterson
N. J
War Hero Receives Bronze Star and Citation
Richard S. Kimball of Beverly Hills was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and a citation for a meritorious WWII record. Capt. Louis B. Olson of the 11th Coast Guard District presented the honors at the district office. Kimball served with the OSS as a boatswain’s mate second class and volunteered for three behind the lines intelligence missions, including seven weeks ashore on an enemy island.
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Richard S. Kimball
Beverly Hills
Louis B. Olson
11Th Coast Guard
Esterday
Kimball
Office of Strategic Services
U. S. Coast Guard
OSS
Deputy Floyd Walker Dies During Wyoming Vacation
Floyd Walker deputy to County Supervisor Raymond V. Darby died this morning while on vacation in Wyoming. He served as chief assistant to Supervisor Darby and resided in the Inglewood area. Walker was formerly a practicing Los Angeles attorney.
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Floyd Walker
Raymond V. Darby
Wyoming
Hall of Records
Los Angeles
Darby
Inglewood
Walker
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