Customs Free Rags Cargo Seized for Misrepresentation
Long Beach customs will allow the 240 ton shipment of goods labeled rags to proceed under conditions after inspectors found mis representation in obtaining an export license. The cargo contained usable clothing valued at hundreds of thousands, though manifest listed 30,000 dollars. Five exporting firms agreed to separate clothing from rags and correct the entry details.
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Talye
Long Beach
U. S
Max Deutz
Here
Deutz
Captain Mary Prepares for Navigation Study
CAPT. MARY Converse, noted as the United States only woman to hold a sea captain's license, trains at Santa Paula to brush up navigation. She will study electronics in New York next month under the Institute of Navigation, and has logged 33,799 miles at sea as she maintains her captaincy.
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Santa Paula
Mary Converse
Aviatrix
Dhena Converse
Anera
United States
Jerchant Marine
Mary
Oast
New York
Institute of Navigation
Blood for Yenks shipped from Fairfield-Suisun Air Base
The last shipment of whole blood for Korean fighting forces was flown direct to Korea from Fairfield-Suisun Air Base California. The 1400 pints were collected across 24 Red Cross regional centers nationwide and sent to support U.N. forces.
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Fairfield - Suisan Air Base
Calif
UPI
Lumber Carrier to Raise Volume in Economy Plan
The Betsy Olson, the coast’s largest exclusive lumber carrier, arrived with 5,150,000 board feet from Coos Bay on its maiden voyage. Officials say expanding booms to 70 feet will boost capacity to 6,500,000 feet, making slower tonnage a feasible economic transport solution to Long Beach and the Pacific Northwest.
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Pacific Northwest
Long Beach
Coos Bay
Betsy Olson
Andreas Engen
Olson
Karen Olson
Victory
Liberty
Inar Loftennes
Tuna landings flood California canneries in July report
Long Beach Los Angeles plants received 27 982 058 pounds of tuna species with yellowfin leading at 15 112 272 pounds and albacore 7 459 763 pounds followed by skipjack 5 410 023 and bluefin 63 093. San Diego receipts totaled 26 531 885 pounds including 12 074 942 albacore 4 135 023 skipjack and 10 321 870 yellowfin. Monterey packed 1 621 260 pounds of squid and 38 435 cases of export quality product.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles ‘Arbor Canneries
San Diego
California Division of Fish and Game
Los Angeles Harbor
Ocal
Motorship Brings Famous Botanist Back to San Francisco
The motorship Golden Gate arrived yesterday with Miss Alice Easterwood, 92, renowned botanist and former curator of botany at the California Academy of Sciences. She returned from Stockholm where she served as honorary president of the International Botanical Conference. Also aboard were Mrs. Alberto Bianchi and Senorita Gloria Bianchi, relatives connected to Grace Line’s Guatemala City branch manager.
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Europe
Central American
Johnson Line
Golden Gate
Alice Easterwood
San Francisco
Stockholm
Miss Easterwood
California Academy of Sciences
International Botanical Conference
Alberto Bianchi
Gloria Bianchi
Guatemala City
Grace Line
Solon seeks FCC list on Communist party radio time
Rep. Clarence Brown asked the Federal Communications Commission for a list of radio stations that sold time to the Communist party between June 25 and Aug. 15, 1850. The inquiry was made amid broader U S concerns over radio political exposure.
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Washington
Clarence Brown
R.C
Federal Communications Commission
Communist Party
New Plastic Cuts Craft Sinking Peril
A new plastic foam called Styrofoam, from Dow Chemical Co, is claimed to float 55 pounds per cubic foot and can render boats virtually unsinkable when placed in hull recesses. The material also eliminates air tanks and is used for insulation in fish holds, cold storage lockers, trucks, and refrigeration.
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Dow Chemical Co
Sardine Catch In Monterey San Francisco Tops 11K Tons
Sardine landings in the Monterey San Francisco region reach nearly 21 000 tons since Aug 1, with San Francisco boats contributing 11 751 tons this season, far above last year’s 622 tons. Monterey’s catch approaches 8 1/2 thousand tons versus 6 210 at this date a year ago.
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Monjterey
San Francisco
Monterey
Aviation Club Meeting and Mag Wing Casting Prospects
The Aviation Breakfast Club of Southern California meets at 10:30 a m today at the Hollywood Riviera Club with John Paap of Long Beach as president and Adm John W Reeves as featured speaker. Northrop researchers in Hawthorne are studying casting entire wings from magnesium and testing against aluminum standards, aiming for strength and near-porosity free structures. Northrop’s magnesium work traces back to the XP 56 and WWII experiments. latest jet projects and Farnborough show items are noted alongside a roundup of Britain’s Canberra B 2, Fairey 117, Blackburn YB 1, Meteor night fighter, and Hawker P 1081. The U N aviation Men of the Year award will be presented in Boston to airmen, accepted by Air Vice Marshal J E Gibbs at Lake Success.
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Aviation Breakfast Club
Southern California
Hollywood Riviera Club
John Paap
Long Beach
Adm
John W. Reeves
USN
Woody’Desilva
Northrop Aircraft
Hawthorne
Air Force
Aircraft Company
Northrop
England
Britain
Royal Air Force
RAF
United Nations
North Korea
H. H. Arnold
Air Force Association
Boston
Hap Arnold
3. E. Gibbs
U. N
Lake Success
Pension Clubs Rally Meetups Across Town
Pension Clubs to Assemble announces meetings across multiple locations. Club 1 meets at Trinity Baptist Church Monday 7 30 p m. Club 7 gathers at Townsend Hall Tuesday 7 30 p m. Club 12 hosts a card party Tuesday 7 30 p m. District 18 hear Rev Joe Nation Wednesday 12 30 p m. Club 12 again Thursday 7 30 p m. Club 2 hosts Friday card party 1 p m and talks 7 30 p m. Club 10 dinner at Bixby Park Friday. District-wide meeting Saturday 7 30 p m.
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Townsend
Newby
Trinity Baptist Church
14Th St
Gaviota Ave
Townsend Fal
W. Fifth St
Townsend Hall
Joe Nation
Paul S. Dietrich
Bixby Park
State group calls for 28 new LA County airports by 1955
California Aeronautics Commission proposed 28 additional airports in Los Angeles County by 1955 to form an orderly, permanent system. Most new fields would be financed by city and county governments, with nine jointly by county and state and two by the state alone, bringing total county airports to 54.
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Los Angeles
California Aeronautics Commission
Los Angeles County
Warren E. Carey
Carey
Commission
Scholarships Awarded to Trio from Long Beach
Three Long Beach residents receive University of Southern California scholarships for the coming year. Dennis C. Dorgan, a June Jordan High School graduate, gets architecture study funding. Kazuko Matsumoto, a sophomore in pharmacy, earns a renewal. John L. Piers, a fifth year architectural student, is awarded the D Zelinsky and Sons Foundation Scholarship for his bachelor degree in 1951.
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Beac
University of Southern California
VU. S. C
Dennis C. Dorgan
Cedar Ave
Jordan High School
School of Architecture
Kazuko Matsumoto
W. 17Th St
School of Pharmacy
D. Zelinsky and Sons Foundation
John L. Piers
Wanda
School of Archiv
Focery
U.N. appoints adviser for civilian relief in Korea
U C Hart Schaaf, formerly deputy executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, is named special adviser of civilian relief in Korea by the United Nations.
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Korea
Pusan
U. C. Hart Schaaf
United Nations Economic Commission For Asia
Far East
U.N
Armed Services Notice Urges Pre–Duty Health Checks and Assignments
Men ordered to active duty urged to complete medical processing before leaving homes. Chief D. J. Lynch and Mia Lynch visit Santa Ana. Lynch formerly taught at Bethesda Naval Hospital and is assigned to El Toro. The report notes some recalled personnel faced disruptions after being found unqualified. Also details Fort MacArthur wedding of Jeannie Kirkland to Sgt Albert E Shaw and transfers at Long Beach Naval Station including MMC H C Haller as executive officer. mentions budget delays and travel pay hold.
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D. J. Lynch
USN
Mia
Lynch
Santa Ans
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
el Toro Marine Base
Fort MacArthur
Jeannie Kirkland
Albert E. Shaw
Dudley
Shaw
71St Military Police
FCC
A. J. Morach
Long Beach Group
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Arthur C. House Jr
MMC
H. C. Haller
Long Beach Naval Station
E. C. Folgar
House
H.W. Butner
Comdr
Seattle
U. S. Naval Recruiting
U.S. Naval
Lost
Truman signs bill for forest landowner aid in U.S.
President Truman signed a bill authorizing 2500 dollars to provide technical services to private forest landowners.
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Forest Aid
U.K
Washington
Truman
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