Public Hearing Debates Ending Airport Leases
The City Aviation Commission favors terminating Army and Navy leases at Municipal Airport within a short time drawing both support and opposition during a City Council hearing. Testimony highlighted airport uses from airline and aircraft manufacturing to training and civilian flight, with critics warning about military targets and subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald P. Lane
Commercial Aviation
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
Leta
B. Por
Blonde Queen of City to represent Long Beach in Girl of the Golden West
Joan Wagner a 17 year old Wilmington blonde was selected from 25 contestants at Municipal Auditorium to represent Long Beach in the statewide Girl of the Golden West contest during the California Sons and Daughters of the Golden West celebration in Long Beach September 6 to 9. Final state winner will be announced September 8 at 2 p.m. Runners up Pat Jordan Dolores Hartman Merle Anderson Kathleen Mason will ride on a float in the Admission Day parade September 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Wagner
Wilmington
Long Beach
California
Pat Jordan
Dolores Hartman
Merle Anderson
Kathleen Mason
Joseph Sousa
Native Song of the
Golden West
Miss Wagner
Larence C. Crary
Delinquency Meet to Be Held in Long Beach
Juvenile delinquency and other law enforcement issues will be aired at a national conference in Long Beach from September 10 to 16. County Probation Officer John M. Zuck announced plans at an Elysian Park Police Academy luncheon. Delegates from the Western Probation and Parole Association and Los Angeles County Juvenile Officers Association will meet at the Municipal Auditorium for the first two days. the National Association of Juvenile Agencies and the Congress of Corrections will meet the remaining five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
John M. Zuck
United States
Zack
Elysian Park Police Academy
Western Probation and Farole Association
Los Angeles County Juvenile Officers Association
Municipal Auditorium
National Association of Juvenile Agencies
Congress of Corrections
Coats On Again At Education Board Meeting
Reporters and all board members kept coats on during yesterday's Board of Education session as cool weather returned. Earlier sessions saw coats off and even the reporter without sleeves as temperatures fluctuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Alamitos Dredging Report Postponed by City Council
The city council delayed a report from City Manager Carl Wirsching on Army dredging of 1,000,000 cubic yards of sand from Alamitos Bay. Wirsching will continue talks on a two acre tract between the San Gabriel flood control channel and Naples as a sand reserve. Final dredging decisions await Army bid results due September 8 and cost comparisons with offshore and Anaheim Bay sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamitos Bay
Counc
Carl Bo Wirsching
Wirsehing
San,, Gabriel
Naples
Army
Anaheim Bay
Long Beach Council Expands Franchise Authority
The Long Beach City Council approved increased authority for the Bureau of Franchises including subpoenas and records access. City Attorney Irving M. Smith must draft amendments implementing eight recommendations, while reserving powers to the council. The ordinance adds permits for quasi public utilities, pipeline installations, joint use of poles and tracks, safety rules, fee collection, and contract disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Franchises
Long Beach
Irving
M. Smith
J.R. McHenry
Bureau
Cooncil
Smith
Councilmen to Attend Pacific Coast Ports Meeting
The City Council designated five harbor industry and oil committee members to attend the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities meeting September 25 to 27 in Vancouver. Representatives Raymond C. Kealer and Herbert R. Klockstein were chosen. Port Manager E. J. Arn ar noted aims to build federal tidelands legislation backing at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fhve
Harbor, Industries and Oil
Pacific Coast
Association of Port Authorities
Vancouver
Raymond C. Kealer
Herbert R. Klockstein
E. J. Arnar
Arctic Maneuvers End U S Submarine Force Arctic Cruise
After weeks of secret maneuvers near the Arctic ice pack, a U S submarine task force returns to Long Beach. The units Boarfish Caiman Chub Cabezon and tender Nereus operated from Adak to the Bering Strait testing northern gear en route to Victoria Seattle and Juneau.
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Arctic
Alaska
U.S
Long Beach
Victoria
B. C
Seattle
Navy
Bering’ Strait
Point‘Barrow
Adm. A. R
Pacific Fleet
Adak
Aleutians
Isand Chain
Pribilots
Bering Strait
Siberian
Arctic Ocean
Juneau
Pearl, Harbor
Long Beach Per Capita Government Cost Higher Than San Diego
A chamber of commerce study shows Long Beach spends 44 percent more per capita on city services than San Diego, with annual savings possible if its per capita cost matched San Diego. The report compares populations and staff levels and notes structural differences in city operations and taxation methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber
Long Beach
San Diego
The
Chamber of Commerce
Toay
Harry Lee
Bureau of Census
An Diego
San’ Diego
Sann Diego
Pitfer
Lance
Ience
UNITY
Beckman
Icity
Carl .B. Wirsching
Diego Ie
Bather Robbed on Central Beach
Jack J. Beckett age 15 of 2018 Gardenia Ave reports theft on Central Beach near the Municipal Auditorium. A $20 wrist watch and a $4.50 Catalina ticket were taken from his clothing while he swam yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack J. Beckett
Gardenia Ave
Catalina
Municipal Auditorium
Rafferty Heads to Tulsa for Junior Chamber Board
Pat Rafferty, director of the Long Beach Junior Chamber, travels to Tulsa Oklahoma for the United States Junior Chamber board meeting August 29 31. The gathering marks the national group's first session in Tulsa with discussion including selecting a site for the national Junior Chamber War Memorial and representation from most states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Rafferty
Pomona Ave
Long Beach
unior.Chamber of Commerce
California
United States Junior Chamber
Tulsa
Okla
National Organization
Junior Chambers
National Junior Chamber
of Commerce
Derrick Worker Injured on Jaw at Platform Incident
Derrick Powell, 21, of Ventebello, was injured near the pontoon bridge when struck by a finger platform at work. He was taken to Seaside Hospital with a fractured jawbone, facial laceration, and possible neck dislocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave D. Powell
Ventebello
Seaside Hospital
Powell
Gontoon Bridge
Weather outlook with fog and sunny afternoons
Night and morning fog and low clouds give way to sunny afternoons. Little change in temperature expected through today and Wednesday.
Terminal Island Bridge Renamed In Honor Of Heim
The Terminal Island Bridge in Long Beach Calif is renamed the Commodore Schuyler F Heim Bridge in honor of Commodore Schuyler I Heim US Navy Retired The change follows a Navy confirmation and cites Heim as Terminal Island Naval Base’s first commanding officer and a key figure in securing the initial 10 million dollar appropriation for the bridge Feier details note Heim and his wife reside at 3365 EB First St with the retirement date November 1 1946 after 43 years of service
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Schuyler
Terminal Island J
Navy Bridge
Cerrites
Chinnel
Heim
Navy
James Forrestal
Terminal Island Bridge
Long Beach
Calif
Schuyler F. Heim
Honom
Schuyler I. Heim
United States ‘Navy
James Estal
Secretary of the Navy
Commodore Heim
Naval Affairs Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Harbor Commission
Terminal ‘Island Naval Base
Helm
Commodore Helm
First St
Oil Search Plans Reach Knolls and Heights Areas
California Heights Bixby Knolls and Los Cerritos residents are being approached with oil lease proposals as city oil code amendments allow drilling on two Vir ginia Country Club parcels. Shell plans further deep tests near Signal Hill while Shells Alamitos No 49 advances toward the Dalley zone with 20 percent royalties and a three year drilling clause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Heights
Bixby Knolls
Los Cerritos
Long Beach
Virginia Country Club
Neat
Lakewood
HN St
Ruth Ave
Shell
Virginia’ Country Club
Virginia
Signal Hill
Signal Hul
Dotley
Alamitos’ No
Dalley
Shells
Long Beach Tax Rates Fall Overall in 1947 48
Taxpayers in Long Beach will see a 63 cent reduction per $100 of assessed value in the 1947 48 combined rate with a total real estate tax drop from 6.1972 to 5.5591 per 100. The compilation from the Hall of Records in Los Angeles shows key components including City and County Assessors figures and the Metropolitan Water District and Flood Control allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Hall of Records
Los Angeles
City, Escessors
Aoe
Metropolitan ” Water District
Mrs Hilton dies mother of Hilton Hotels founder
Mrs Mary Lautersweller Hilton aged 85, mother of Conrad N Hilton, died early this morning at St Marys Hospital after a long illness. Born Fort Dodge Iowa December 3 1861 she married Col A H Hilton in 1885 and moved to Santa Fe New Mexico Territory becoming a pioneer family figure. She lived in Socorro El Paso and Long Beach and leaves seven children, two sons Conrad and Carlton Hilton, four daughters and many grandchildren. Rosary in Socorro NM and funeral Mass at San Miguel Catholic Church with interment in the parish cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lautersweller Hilton
Conrad N. Hilton
Hilton Hotels
St. Mary's Hospital
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Col
A. H. Hilton
Santa Fe
N. MI
New Mexico Territory
Hilton
New Mexico
Long Beach
Immaculate Panception Catholic
El 50
Conrad N
Los Angeles
Carl Hw"rton
U. S. Coast Guard
Key West
Ila
Cony C. Brown
Helen Hilton
Eva Lewis
el Paso
Texas
Dean Carpenter
New York City
Willams
Bertha
Edith
Elsie Lautersweller
Prent
Helen Fillion
Socorro
N. M
San Miguel Catholic Church
Bids Called on Large Harbor Transit Shed
Port of Long Beach invites bids for a massive harbor transit shed at Berths 6 and 7 Pier A. The 200 by 1120 foot span aims to attract terminal users by open clearance, three land and two-tenths times the size of Berth 5 shed, at an estimated cost of 560000 dollars. Port Manager Amar and Port Engineer Shoemaker urge prompt bidding to meet growing shipper demand while costs may rise later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port of
Long Beach
Harbor Department
Harbor Commission
E. J. Amar
Lar
Ater
M. S. Walker
Amar
R. R. ‘Shoemaker
Long Beach Tax Rates Change as Valuations Rise
Property valuations on land and improvements prompt mixed tax changes in Long Beach. School tax declines to 2.2596 per $100. county basic rate falls to 1.4937 and flood control to 0.1975. City rate rises to 1.25738 on secured roll, aiding an overall tax haul of 3.868 million, up 566,503. Surplus funds adjust the general fund and other municipal rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Long Geach
Myrielle L. Gunsut
Counel
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Willis T. Lyman
California Natonal Guard
AMVET
Veteran's Idea
James R. Pino
Arthur L. Peterson
American ‘Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pino
L. B
Education Board
Hera
Goodyear
U. S. Submarine Force
Navy Base
Central Beach
Rafferty
Derrick
Commodore S. F, Heim
L.A
Harbor
Press-Telegram
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