City Manager weighs city parking plan with districts or authority
City Manager Carl Wirsching and Traffic Engineer Alex Napier consider creating publicly run parking districts or a city-wide authority to solve downtown parking. A study with business leaders recommends facilitating intercity bus service, extending lots, and using meter revenue to finance parking spaces.
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Carl B. Wisching
Wirsching
Alex Napier
Witsching and
Napier
John Carr
Long Beach
Associated
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Horner
Retail Association
Dick Rieine
Board of Realtors and Chamber
E. S. Calhoun
Cart
Horner
Racine
Whiter
Carr
Calhoun
Napier Wll
Ships and cargos spark busy harbor arrivals
Twenty four ships arrived over two days as reported by the Marine Exchange with five foreign entries noted. Among today's arrivals were the French freighter Port en Besten at anchorage for bunkers and the British King Robert from Portland outbound to the United Kingdom, along with the Lake Nipigon from England. The Johnson liner Panama loaded California citrus and other refrigerated cargo for Sweden.
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Marine Exchange
Port En Besten
Anchorage
King Robert
Portand
Ore
United Kingdom
Lake Nipigon
England
Pacific Northwest
Johnson
Panama
Sweden
California
Happy Home After Two Years Search Reunites Adoptive Parents
ACKIE WHALEN and his adoptive parents, Mr. and Mrs. William W. Cox, have located the boy after a two year search. The Coxes, who reside in Long Beach, recount sending funds for travel and medical care as they learned of Jackie’s identity, and plan to proceed with adoption once Jackie’s background is confirmed. The Denver Post’s notice prompted the family to fly back and begin the adoption process.
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Jackie
Jackie Whalen
Long Beach
Caloredo Springs
Trixia
Press-Telegram
Ackie Whalen
Inez
William W. Cox
Chiedgo
Cox
Joane Whalen
Jacki
Jackle
California
Pullman
Denver Post
Mrs. Whalen
Jackie Wesali
Jaeckie
Mrs. Cox
U. S.C
Bus Fare Hike in Effect Saturday for City Lines
Long Beach City Lines customers will see a fare increase Saturday affecting 80,000 daily riders on city routes while the current 10 cent city fare remains for 20,000 on four lines under city limits. Tokens replace cash tariffs gradually as fare boxes are converted and intercity lines face a separate PUC hearing in Los Angeles.
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Long Beach City Lines
Long Beach Motor Bus Ca
State Public Utilities Commission
Long Beach Motor Bus Co
State Building
Los Angeles
Bellflower
Broadway-Santa Fe
Hynes-Orange
Cherry Ave
All City Lines Jarlers
W. A. Lee
Ly Ithe
Fire Damages De Luxe Mill and Supply Co Building
A fire at 6 a m damaged the De Luxe Mill and Supply Co building at 6626 Cherry Ave. Lloyd S Whaley owner of 4424 Vermont Ave reported losses include two lumber machines cabinets and roof section. Fire started in a rear incinerator. Damage estimated at about 400.
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de Luxe Mill and Supply Co
Cherry Ave
Lloyd S. Whaley
Vermont Ave
Blize
Musical Thieves Target Long Beach Radios
Long Beach police investigated thefts from multiple homes and a car. Howard G. Kimpatrick reported a $25 ratio and $526 in cash stolen from an unlocked home. A friend’s home lost a $45 radio and a $25 projector, while Raymond Rodriguez reported a $40 portable radio stolen from his automobile on Alamitos Ave.
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Long Beach
Howard G. Kimpatrick
Linden Ave
Seventh St
Charles ™. Bissell
Alamitos Ave
Raymond Rodriguez
San Pedro
Water Board to hire oil expert adviser for airport lands project
The Board of Water Commissioners approved employing a petroleum consultant as adviser to review oil development on Water Department lands near the Municipal Airport. General Manager Brennan S. Thomas plans a meeting with B R Stanley to draft a contract with Stanley and Stolz. Clark Shaw will also attend. The board also authorized purchase of a sand blast generator.
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Te Board of Water Commissioners
Brennan S. Thomas
Water Department
Thomas
B.R Stanley
Cly
Stanley & Stolz
Stanley
Forrmer
Largest Postwar Yacht Sails Here
The 168 foot Malda, built in Bath Maine for Col. Max Fleischmann, is the largest yacht built since before the war. The twin screw vessel has two 1000 horsepower diesel engines and automatic controls with an Iron Mike steering device. It sails from Long Beach-Los Angeles Harbor to Alaska.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Bath
Maine
Max Fleischmann
Marine Exchange
Malda
Navy
Alaska
Seamen Plead Guilty to Beer Theft at Atlantic Ave Case
T Gordon 24 and Lloyd F Patterson 24 sailors pleaded guilty in Superior Court to stealing two cases of beer from a case on July 6. Judge Tyslie E Still sentenced Gordon to six months and Patterson to four months in jail. Police spotted them fleeing the rear of the case at 5290 Atlantic Ave.
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Thomas
Gordon
Lloyd F. Patterson
Tyslie E. Still
Gorden Bo
Patterson
Atlantic Ave
Banks and Stores to Close for Labor Day Locally
Banks, stores, and the Post Office will be closed over Labor Day with no mail delivery. Banks will suspend operations from Saturday noon through Tuesday morning, while veterans may cash terminal leave pay totaling around 25 million dollars in the area. Local unions plan no celebration, though some participate in Los Angeles parade.
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Long Beach
Long Beach Central Labor 1 Council
Los Angeles
Goodwill Buys Big Warehouse for Expansion
Goodwill Industries has purchased the Transfer & Storage Co. warehouse at 457 Golden Ave for about $295,000. The move of headquarters from 1510 E 20th is planned around Oct 1 to a 30,000 square foot, two story facility four times larger than the current building, to relieve congestion and support expanding operations with about 75 employees.
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Transfer & Storage Co
Golden Ave
Goodwill” Industries
Goodwill Industries
City, Transfer & Storage Co
Long Beach
Santa Fe Ave
Carson St
Luckenbach Ship Crews Called Off
Luckenbach ship crews were withdrawn in San Francisco as c h Q Marine Engineers and ALF L Masters and Mates refused to work amid a longshoremen led dispute over bargaining for walking bosses. The union asked removal of watch crews, leaving pier guards to monitor safety while the company stated it would contract other firms to perform the labor.
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C.h Q. Marine Engineers
Alf
Luckenbach
San Francisco
C. LO
United Press
Luckenbach Company
Slevedotjing Companies
Fishermen Open Four Day Fiesta At Port City
Fifteen hundred Italian fishermen and their families opened their annual four day fiesta in San Pedro to honor patron Saint John Joseph of the Cross. Streets near Mary Star of the Sea were decorated with band concerts and a carnival planned. A triduum of religious services was scheduled through Friday and Saturday with Fr Don Luigi Masuero of San Francisco in charge. The colony, largely from Ischia near Naples, adopted the island's patron as their saint.
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San Pedro
St. John Joseph of the Cross
Church of Mary
Star of the Sea
Tonisit
Don Luipd Masuero
San Fram ‘Igeo
Ischia
Waples
Freighter Fenn Victory Returns to Long Beach After Salmon Cargo Loss
The Fenn Victory arrived in Long Beach from San Francisco after repairing its bow following a sinking off Tongue Point in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The ship carried a $3.5 million canned salmon cargo lost in the incident, with about 50,000 gallons of fuel being removed. Authorities report Coast Guard findings to Washington and a $3,925,25 claim filed in Seattle. The vessel, operated by American Hawaiian and owned by the Maritime Commission, faces salvage doubt and likely total loss for the sunken ship, while salvage of the cargo is deemed feasible by Tug & Launch Co. officials.
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Diamond
Tongue Point
Juan
de Fuca
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
San Francisco
Bunklers
Alaska
Pas Tug & Launch Co
Coast Guard
Washington, D.C
Seattle US
District Court
Maritime iCormission
Fenn Victory
American Hawaiian
Maritime Commission
Gaiety Opens Belmont Fiesta With Colorful Parade
Thousands celebrate the Fiesta de la Playa Belmont Shore as residents and visitors in costume fill E Second St. and Alamitos Bay hosts the National Angling and Casting Clubs tournament. A children's parade, a Long Beach Municipal Band concert, and staged evening events cap the opening day.
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Belmont
California
Alamitos Bay
Nesta
National Association of Angling and Casting Clubs
Yegrita
Alam
Street Daig
Second
Covina Ave
Bandit Steals $317 From Downtown Liquor Store
A lone armed bandit robbed a liquor store at 3044 5, Fourth St, last night, forcing the clerk to open the register and hand over $317 while the thief kept a hand inside his shirt to imply a weapon. The robber fled in a car as the clerk walked away after the crime.
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Fourth St
Artesia St. Ny
Paul
Otto
Gaviota Ave
Jef
Long Fourth St
Spas
Amnesia Victim Aided by Police After Downtown Stop
A 30 year old amnesia victim with head injuries was found near Clark and Artesia in Bellflower by Officer Moran at 7 20 a m He could not recall his name or address He carried a paper with an address Also connected to the case Mrs Marie Sans Souci was injured in a four car crash near Oxnard Her husband Frederick Sans Souci was killed The man was described as 5 8 tall 170 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes He is being held for investigation while Bellflower police sort the case and arrange memorials for Sans Souci
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Clark, Ave
Artesia
Ball Flower
Pallee
Tatay
Long Beach
D. E. Moran
Moran
Marie
Sans Souci
Oxnard
Frederick
Ficer
St. John's Hospital
Holtons& Sern
Long’ Beach
Seal Beach Fights Bridge Removal and Dredge Line
Seal Beach vows to resist War Department plans to remove Ocean Boulevard bridge and block a cross beach pipe line. City cites legal rights while engineers discuss sand pumping for Surfside Beach and dredging Alamitos Bay options.
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Seal Beach
War Department
Long Beach
Ocean Blvd
John Mulcahy
Ol Ee
Mulcahy
Surfside Beach
Alamitos Bay
Anaheim Way
Oil Man Set for iTrip to Europe
Joseph Heinen, 263 Ximeno Ave, a supplies manufacturer and heir to the General Value Co., leaves Mine Field Los Angeles for New York and then England and Germany in a Constellation flight. Heinen, a German native resident in the U S since 192, plans to visit England Denmark Switzerland and Germany with possible France trip and return home late.
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War Department
Germany
Joseph Fiemen
Ximeno Ave
Mines Field
Los Angeles
New York
England
Constellation
Heinen
Denmark
Switzerland
United States
Long Beach
General Value Co
Cherry Ave
Two Men Rob Norman J. Clark in Pike Theft
Norman J. Clark of Marysville says two men he met in a box on the Pike threatened him and stole his ware containing 50 dollars, reporting the incident to police shortly after midnight.
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Norman J. Clark
Marysville
State approves extended fares for Catalina Island steamer
The Wilmington Transportation Co. operating ships between Wilmington and Santa Catalina Island received a 30 day extension from the State Public Utilities Commission to keep temporarily higher fares. A study is underway on a new fare base for future determination.
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Wilmington, Transportation Co
Wilmington
Santa Catalina’ Island
State Public Utilities, Commission
Weather Outlook: Sunny Afternoon Then Cloudy Night
Generally sunny this afternoon with tomorrow’s cloudy period in the afternoon and night. Morning clouds give way to sun again. Temperatures little changed. Winds shift from light to moderate then locally fresh this afternoon.
Pollution Survey Begins on Los Angeles Flood Channel
A city state effort started sampling water in the Los Angeles Flood Channel and its tributaries to identify pollution sources. The survey aims to run about 30 days with hundreds of samples, examining areas from Compton Creek to the channel mouth in Long Beach.
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Los Angeles
Unis
Jie
Los Angeles River
Pickett
Rio Hon Flo
Compton Creek
Vernon
County
Pont
Robert Kennedy
Ety Pipeines
Ray Hertel
J. A. Harmon
W. E. Robinson
City Water Department
Drilling Starts in New Harbor Development
Richfield Oil Corp begins Long Beach harbor oil program with 11 30 a m start led by President Charles S Jones. initiative aims at 3585 feet depth under Palm Beach Park and one new well weekly in the 24 well initial phase.
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Long Beach
Charles 5. Jones
Richfield Oil Corp
Ety
Jones
Palm Beach Park
Dritl
W. St. Martin
Harbor Commission
D. 5. Faulkner
National Supply Co
A. &. Parmley
B. Z. Amar
Pacific Coast Club
W. S. Grant
Irving M. Smith
Newland M. Reid
Richfield of Corn
Frank Morgan
Richfield
Watson
Morgan
Harbor District
Signal Hill
Construction Firm Wins 2 Million for Atlantic Ave Apartment
The Hastern Construction Co. of Trenton N J wins a four contract package totaling about 2 000 000 for a new 12 story reinforced concrete apartment building at the northeast corner of Atlantic Avenue and West First Street The Claharne project will have 230 units six penthouses on the top floor a glass enclosed circular solarium on the roof and will extend 150 feet on Atlantic Avenue and 150 feet on East First Street Robert E Claharne the local real estate broker announced Joseph Paternoster president of Hastern is in Long Beach to supervise operations with work to begin about Sept 15.
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Hastern Construction Co
Trenton
N. J
Claharne
Atlantic Ave
W. First St
Robert E. Claharne
Joseph Paternoster
Long Beach
Excete
Claborne
E. First St
Hilton Hotel to Become Wilton Hotel as Transfer Nears
The Hilton Hotel is slated to become the Wilton Hotel of Long Beach after escrow closes and nine city business licenses issued to Dummy Properties Inc doing business as the Wilton Hotel. Frank Fishman president. Lulu Wiley filed licenses with $504.25 in checks. full license approval awaits transfer papers.
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Hilton Hotel
Wilton Hotel
Dummy Properties, Inc
Long Beach
Frank Fishman
Iecenses
Lulu Wiley
Shoe Shine
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Whittier
Venezuela
J. H. Bryant
A. Melton
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