Better Homes Exhibition to Open Tonight
The fifth annual Long Beach Better Homes Show opens at 6 p m at the Municipal Auditorium with two hundred exhibitors. Miss Barbara Britton will crown the queen and lead a lineup of acts as the show runs nine days through August 29 with a $10,000 Whaley two bedroom home prize.
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Long Beach
Better Homes
Municipal Auditorium
Barbara Britton
Long Beach Board of Realtors
Bellflower Blvd
Miss Britton
Paul Gordon
Johnnie Romero
Juggler
Bob Gentry
Libonati
Realty
Barbara Moss
Max Livoni
John Bohan
Clive Graham
J. L. Talbert
H. A. Murray
Ben Tolbert
Faithful Terrier Left Waiting After Abandonment
A reddish brown terrier from the city animal shelter was abandoned by a driver who dropped the pup on a vacant lot near 15th Street and San Francisco Avenue. The dog waited daily for its owner for a week, shied from neighbors, and only rarely ate from strangers before shelter workers were notified.
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City Animal Shelter
P.T
15Th St
San Francisco Ave
Gerald Smith
Pacific Coast Hwy
City Tax Rate May Decrease Up To Seven Cents
Long Beach may see a tax rate drop up to seven cents this year based on the 1948 49 assessment roll figures released by the city manager’s office. A final rate will be set by City Auditor Myrielle L. Gunsul next week. If correct the rate could be 1.09 versus 1.26 last year with the largest cut in the general levy down 20 cents. Total general levy last year was 97 cents. this year general funds total 77 cents with specific divisions listed and minor changes in the library band and recreation levies.
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Long Beach
Myrielle L. Gunsul
Monorail Transit Plan Study Sought in County
Southern California chamber representatives urged the Los Angeles Metropolitan Traffic and Transit Committee to study monorail feasibility. George D. Roberts of Pacific Monorail Systems described suspended cars on an overhead rail linking Long Beach to Van Nuys with a downtown tube, projecting 17.5 million dollars for 35 miles and noting a 310 million bond would be needed for subway and surface lines.
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Southern California
Officers Named for Long Beach 40-Plus Associates
J. J. Workman, a former clergyman, was elected president of the Long Beach chapter of the 40-Plus Associates. About 150 active members have retired or been forced out due to age, with 80 associate members. E. B. Taylor, institution manager, became first vice president. M. C. Wilson, second vice president. W. D. Barger, chief comptroller and secretary. D. R. Robertson, accountant and assistant secretary. L. E Bryce, contractor and treasurer. M. W. Montgomery, oil field production foreman and assistant treasurer. R. A. Merchant and W. W. Feineman were elected directors. The group meets at 600 Almaritos Ave, in an office provided by George Toll of the State Employment Service. Each member must have earned $4000 a year or more.
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J. J. Workman
Long Beach
E. B. Taylor
M. C. Wilson
W. D. Barger
D. R. Robertson
L. E Bryce
M. W. Montgomery
R. A. Merchant
W. W. Feineman
Alarritos Ave
George Toll
Nine Bids Opened for North Boundary Flood Control Line
City opened nine bids for the Artesia Street trunk flood control line to curb North Long Beach flooding. Bids ranged from 527,076 to 717,000, all under the 688,742 estimate. Plans include a 96 inch storm drain from Orizaba Avenue to Atlantic Avenue linking to a pump station.
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Artesia St
North Long Beach
Jess Gilkerson
Steve Rados
Los Angeles
G. E. Kerns
Long Beach
Charles
San Pedro
Green-Mears Construction Co
Glendale
V. C. K. Construction Co
Nick Tomovich
Michael Izzi
Artukovich Brothers
Paramount
Burch & Bebek
Lynwood
Orizaba Ave
Atlantic Ave
Los Angeles River
Sheep Vitals to Australian Economy, Says Lions' Guest
Cyril A. Henshaw spoke at the Wilton Hotel to Lions Club members about Australia’s economy. He noted 190 million sheep, wool exports shaping the nation, rationed butter and tea, and a population of 7 million with vast deserts reducing water supply. He described labor shortages and cited California-Arizona water disputes as irrelevant to Australia. Roy Cochran, Long Beach Olympic 400m hurdles winner, discussed retirement from Olympic plans as Shideler and Hattery observed.
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Australia
United States
Henshaw
England
India
California
Arizona
Colorado
Victoria
W. H. Davidson
Hal Shideler
Roy Cochran
Long Beach
London
Cochran
Shideler
Lions Club
Phil A. Hattery
Inspector Fahrney Solves Laundry Bag Theft Case
Mrs. Fahrney reported a laundry bag theft from the apartment wash room. A laundryman returned the clothes with a $6.40 bill, solving part of the mystery and easing the inspector's worry about his own missing wallet.
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Ven O. Fahrney
City to Open Bids for 700 Parking Meters and Bungalow
The city will open bids September 1 at 2 p.m. for furnishing and installing 700 parking meters estimated at about 46 000 dollars. On September 3 at 2 p.m. bids will be opened for selling the city's interest in a one story frame bungalow at 451 East Artesia Street acquired via right of way purchase.
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E. Artesia St
Woman reports theft of baby buggy by three youths
Ellen N. Smith of 336 E First St told police three boys aged about 16 to 18 stole a $6 baby buggy from her basement yesterday. As she followed them they threw an old tire casing at her and the trio escaped.
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Ellen N. Smith
E. First St
Girl 14 injured as horse tumbles in accident
Beverly Butler aged 14 of 3818 Magnol ia Avenue was thrown when the horse she rode fell with her. She sustained a possible concussion and was taken to Magnolia Hospital for treatment.
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Beverly Butler
Magnolia Ave
Magnolia Hospital
Weekend Outlook With Clearing Afternoon Sun
Night and morning low clouds give way to sunny afternoons today and Sunday. Cooler daytime temperatures. Moderate westerly winds expected in the afternoons.
Insurance Agent Tax Levy Upheld
City prosecutors ruled the city may levy a 20 dollars yearly license fee on an insurance broker plus one dollar per employee over two. A local commission merchant owes 100 dollars annually beyond two. banks are exempt from city taxes except real property taxes.
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Kenneth Sutherland
Sutherland
Relative of Late Banker Ill in Los Angeles Hospital
Ruth Beckman, daughter in law of Herbert S. Beckman once in local banking, lies critically ill at Los Angeles General Hospital. Her daughter Jane is in San Francisco as a United Airlines hostess, and son Herbert, an Army flier from World War II, studies at a technical university in Mexico City. The daughter returned to San Francisco while efforts continue to reach both children.
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Ruth Beckman
Herbert S. Beckman
Los Angeles General Hospital
Jane
San Francisco
United Airlines
Herbert
Mexico City
Davies to Design Recreation Center
Hugh R. Davies, local architect and city planning member, will draw plans for the new recreation center in Culver City with a $650,000 budget.
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Hugh R. Davies
City Planning Commission
Culver City
Community Chest Drives Details Outlined At Luncheon
Rex Reason Ed Bramble and Bill Brooks outlined the Residential Division Community Chest drive at a luncheon at the Army Navy Y M C A. Quotes covered the campaign structure local comparisons and a quota of 488 003 with opening date Oct 4.
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Community Chest
Army-Navy
Rex Reason
The
Ed Bramble
Bill Brooks
William Brooks
Mmes. L. A. Mayes
Margaret Skinner
Women’s Clubs
Charles Reed
Long Beach Council of Parents and Teachers
T. J. Clark
P.T. A. Council
Ruth Todd
Melva Woestman
Warren C. Martin
Ruth Craig Merrell
Everett Calhoun
Gladys Oldenburg
Lucille Robinson
June Michaleczko
Reason
Long Beach
Bramble
Brooks
Local Mother and Son Reunited After 48 Years
Roscoe V. Pershall, 51, of Long Beach, and his Lincoln mother Lulu Pershall Swartzlander, 68, will reunite in Lincoln after each believed the other dead for 48 years. Pershall learned his mother was alive after a hospital patient mentioned a Blanche Doak in Kansas and traced his mother's sisters in Max, Nebraska. The father died in 1941.
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Lincoln
Neb
Long Beach
Roscoe V. Pershall
Lincoln Veterans Hospital
Lulu Pershall Swartzlander
Lime Ave
Associated Press
Pershall
Swartzlander
Lulu Doak
Charles R. Pershall
Concordia
Kan
Roscoe Pershall
Roscoe
Fairbury
Blanche Doak
Kansas
Blanche Nicholson
May Mossberg
Max
Ned
1948 Traffic Toll Rises to 30 with Boy’s Death
A 15 year old Marvin J Williams died from a basal skull fracture after a scooter collision with a car at Ocean Blvd and Golden Ave. He died at Seaside Hospital. Harold Bruce Bates of Manhattan Beach was not cited. The city’s 1948 traffic death toll stands at 30 with 16 motorists and 14 pedestrians killed so far.
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Marvin J. Williams
Lewis B. Williams
Freeman Ave
Seaside Hospital
Ocean Blvd
Golden Ave
Harold Bruce Bates
Manhattan Beach
Bates
Filtration Plant to Be Doubled by Water District
The Metropolitan Water District will double the capacity of its softening and filtration plant. The board disclosed the expansion and a tax rate cut of 1 cent to 34 cents per $100 assessed valuation for the current year. To fund the growth, the district recently sold $4,000,000 in aqueduct bonds.
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Metropolitan Water District
Aqueduct
Police Quickly Recover Auto After Stolen Car Report
Three hours after Roger H. Fogelquist reported his car stolen from the rear of the Post Office Building, police recovered the vehicle and jailed suspect Joseph Palmer Williams for grand theft. Williams, 32, a cook of 1880 Terraine Ave, was arrested by officers at 16th St and Atlantic Ave. Records show prior auto theft arrests in 1946 and two sentences in Kansas for auto theft and National Auto-theft Act violations.
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Roger H. Fogelquist
Linden Ave
Third St
American Ave
Joseph Palmer Williams
Williams
Terraine Ave
R. C. Johnson
A. &. Krummert
16Th St
Atlantic Ave
Police Record Bureau
Kansas
Visitor breaks arm in fall while dancing at hotel pavilion
Mrs. Ethel Westbrook, 58, of Hollywood, visiting Alexandria Hotel, broke her left arm last night after falling while dancing at the amusement zone pavilion. She was taken to Seaside Hospital.
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Ethel Westbrook
Hollywood
Alexandria Hotel
Seaside
Woman to Jail for Beating Mother Pleads Guilty
Pearl Parker, 58, pleaded guilty on July 26 to beating her 8 year old mother. She was sentenced to 150 days in jail and placed on two years probation by Municipal Judge Martin DeVries.
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Pearl Parker
Sly
Martin DeVries
Burglars Use Pass Key to Loot Apartment on Broadway
Police report that burglars broke into Marie Cummings's apartment at 616 West Broadway using a pass key Thursday. A $50 watch and $35 from a savings bank were stolen.
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Marie Cummings
W. Broadway
Armory to be built on Long Beach site
City official Smith ruled the Board of Water Commissioners may deed 32 acres near Paramount Blvd and South St to the state for use as an armory or other military purposes. A $500,000 armory for Long Beach National Guard units is planned with land to revert to the city if unused. The state will fund construction. oil and mineral rights stay with the city. The water board will act next week.
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Irving M. Smith
Board of Water Commissioners
Paramount Blvd
South St
Smith
Water Board
Long Beach National Guard
Armory
National Guard
Col. Aulick
Chamber of Commerce
Clark Shaw
Water Department
Grant
Cash and Clothing Losses Reported
Clothing valued at 46 dollars was stolen yesterday from Violet Guthrie's home at 130 West First Street in a police report. Maxine Miles reported leaving her purse in a downtown theater and finding it missing along with 15 dollars in cash and 15 dollars in sonar effects. Myron McLaughlin said clothing valued at 47 dollars was stolen from his car parked on Pico Avenue in the 100 block.
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Violet Guthrie
First St
Maxine J. Miles
E. Fourth St
Myron J. McLaughlin
Falcon Ave
Pico Ave
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Silverado Park
Recreation Commission
Lleft
Leila Lee Glenn
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Adriatic Ave
Norman Gleen
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U.K
State Adjutant General’s Office
Adj
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Carl H. Aulick
Sacramento
O’sullivan
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234Th Aaa Group
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234Th
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Carl B. Wirsching
D. W. Campbell
William S. Grant
Seventh St
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