Passion Play on Tour Delivers Enduring Impact in Long Beach
Harold Williams recalls the Passion Play at Municipal Auditorium and contrasts it with Oberammergau and Freiburg productions. The piece praises the Last Supper scene and Jesus actor Joseph Meier, notes audience reception, and reflects on the play’s biblical influence and tour challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Williams
Municipal
Black Hills
Luenen
Oberammergau
Freiburg
Aas
Arne Zahl
Long Beach
Judas
Satan
Milton
Fred Hagan
Jesus
Wings Over the Nation aviation fete opens with stewardess arrivals
The 10th annual Wings Over the Nation celebration begins with ten stewardesses arriving by air for a Junior Chamber sponsored event. After a luncheon with city officials and air executives, models showcase California sportswear from the 1949 season using a modern airliner as a display. The four day program ends with an aviation hall at Kaiser Frazer and an all day air exhibit at Municipal Airport open to the public.
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Air Line
Long Beach Municipal
Lloyd Linn
Sweden
Katy Murphy
Marjory Binks
Mary Cunningham
Omer Phipps
Ona del Pozo
Dougie Tinsley
Inga Hullman
Miriam Birkeland
Eleanora Spallone
Beverly Stoner
Press-Talsaram Pirate
California
Carwass
Wood Marine
Wilton
Air Hne
Carlos C. Wood
Nary
Douglas Aircraft Co
John A.paap
Wings Over
British Overseas Airways
Aeronaves, de Mexico
United Air Lines
Chicago and Southern Airways
Western Air Lines
Trans World ‘Airline
American’ Airlines
Pan American World Air 5
Northeastern Airlines
American Overseas Airlines
Yankee
Kaiser’ Frazer
Lakewood Blvd
California CIO Convention Opens with Taft Hartley Repeal Theme
More than 400 delegates from CIO locals gather at the Municipal Auditorium for the 11th California CIO Council convention. James L. Dauherty delivers a keynote on repealing the Taft Hartley Act and restoring Wagner Act protections. Speakers include Louis Goldblatt and Hugh Bryston. Harry Bridges misses due to illness. Delegates prepare resolutions as committees meet, with credentials reported and disputes over a boycott noted. The convention runs through Sunday with aims on wage gains and organizing new worker groups.
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California
C. I. O. Council
Municipal
James L. Dauherty
State C. SO
Harry Bridges
C. I. O. Executive Board
Congress
Long Beach Conventions Hit All-Time High in 1947-48
Long Beach hosted 65 conventions in 1947-48, the most in city history, with 11 national events among them. Delegates totaled 58,061 spending about 5.08 million outside funds. Net revenue fell to 53,428 from 72,576 prior year, while expenditures rose to 82,065 as events declined from 282 to 214. Free events totaled 327 versus 317 previously.
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Long Beach
David Olmsted
Olmsted
Opening Guard Reserve Session Set Tomorrow
The First Battalion Fourth Regiment California National Guard Reserve will hold its first meeting in the Veterans Memorial building at 7 30 p m tomorrow. Maj Harold Thienhouse says the unit is still forming and the session is vital for all personnel. World War I and II veterans are invited, and Col A J Maxams commends the Fourth Regiment.
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Veterans Memorial
Fourth Regiment
California National Guard Reserve
Harold Thienhouse
Earl Pannell
A. J. Maxams
Veterans of Foreign Wars Lends Space to Post Office
The Veterans of Foreign Wars North Long Beach Post 1746 offer their clubhouse at 32 E Louise St for use as a parcel post station during the Christmas rush. Service runs Dec 13 to Dec 21 from about 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with late arrivals accommodated. A new drive-in mail service opens tomorrow at Lakewood Drive-In Theater but will not handle letter mail.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
North Long Beach
Post Office
E. Louise St
Long Beach Blvd
Howard K. Goodwin
Goodwin
Long Beach
Lakewood Drive-In
Carson St
Cherry Ave
Ground-breaking Set Tomorrow for New Stadium
Ground-breaking ceremonies will mark the start of construction on Veterans Memorial Stadium in Lakewood Village at 9 a.m. tomorrow. The Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event with Gerald Desmond in charge. George Kerns will operate the first earth-moving equipment under a $1,007,651 contract for the west side. City officials and project staff are expected to attend along with engineers and architects involved.
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Veterans Memorial Stadium
Lakewood Village
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Gerald Desmond
Junior Chamber
George Kerns
Carl B. Wirsching
J. D. Gilkerson
Edwin M. Campbell
Jesse A. Jackson
Hugh Gibbs
Fourth Fire Strikes Lumber Yard For Fourth Time
The A K Wilson Lumber Co yard at Del Amo and Alameda in Dominguez suffered a fire last night, the fourth in two years, destroying about 250 000 board feet of redwood lumber valued at over 50 000. Firemen said the blaze began in redwood dried under canvas by electric dryers around 8 30 p m and was confined to piles. Nearby buildings were protected as hoses proved insufficient initially. Flames drew spectators from blocks away as fire crews remained on site through the night.
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Redwood
A. K
Wilson Lumber Co
del Amo
Alamitos Ave
Press-Telegram
Canaing
A. K. Wilson Lumber Co
Dominguez
Alameda Ave
Council to Study Plan to Improve Bad Intersection
Long Beach council weighs a three year old plan to overhaul the Livingston Drive Ocean Boulevard intersection. Estimated at 50 000 dollars plus likely higher total cost the project realigns lanes adds a 20 foot center strip and auto signals to ease traffic at Mira Mar Grand and Euclid avenues. One small land parcel must be acquired for new right of way.
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Livingston, Dr
Ocean Blvd
Livingston
Euclid
Long Beach
Ocean, Blvd
Livingston Dr
Mira Mar Ave
Miraj Mar
Grand Aves
Granda
Feus
City College Field Day Fete Honors Viking Queen
City College students celebrate Fylke Day with Miss Wallinder named queen. Don Grisham, president of the Order of Tong, corons and presents gifts, with attendants Maxine Stueckle and Gayle Penrose. Events span Irvine Park and campus, including interclass games, contests, and a beard-growing judged at 10:30 p.m.
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Gface Wallinder
Ruje
City College Fylke
Viking
Maxine
Stueckle
Gayle Penrose
Miss Wallinder
Yessterday
Lounsbury Field
Don Grisham
Order of Tong
Grisham
Irvine Park
Troupers
College Dramatic Society
City College
Grace Wallinder
Maxine Stueckle
Woman 52 Injured in Taxi Truck Crash at Lemon and 13th
Rosa E Threadgill of 1063 Rhea Street sustained a forehead cut and possible collarbone fracture after a taxi collided with a milk truck at Lemon Avenue and 13th Street. She was taken to Seaside Hospital. The taxi driver James L. DeRosa, 28, and milk truck driver Kirk P. Hulme, 42, remained uninjured.
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Rosa E
Threadgill
Rhea
Lemon Ave
Seaside Hospital
James L. DeRosa
Truman Boyd Manor
Kirk P. Hulme
Havana Ave
Colorado River Unit Agent Backs Opposition to Arizona Project
Harry C. Morgan of the Colorado River Association warns the lower basin lacks water for the central Arizona project aimed at irrigating vast Arizona lands. He says many who would use the water cannot pay the $700 million capital cost and outlines proposed dams and aqueducts, including Bridge Canyon and Parker Dam routes, plus concerns over water rights and high costs borne by California power users.
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Colorado River
Arizona
Colorado River Association
Harry C. Morgan
Water Department
Morgan
Bridge Canyon
Hoover Dam
Aqueduct
Ariim
Parker Dam
California
Phoenix
Npres
Weather forecast fragment with unclear wording
A damaged OCR fragment mentions waning clouds and variable conditions with gentle winds. It hints at tomorrow afternoon weather but lacks clear details on timing, temperatures, or locations.
Doyle to Probe Rents Over Public Housing Land Use
Congressmen elect Clyde Doyle plans a thorough probe into rent and tax inequities at Houghton Park Village and similar sites. He will review owners’ claims that rents paid to the Public Housing Administration fail to cover taxes, while the federal gov ernment amortized its investment years ago and earns about 156 annually from 500 units. He met with owner rep Dick Racine and noted five parcels possibly underpaid rents.
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Public Housing Administration
Houghton Park Village
Clyde Doyle
Doyle
Dick Racine
Racine
Elect
Hill St
Webster Ave
Sam E. Swanson
Aare
Witer
Hebert Arden Ward
Cloudy forecast with no rain in sight tomorrow
Fog enshrouded the city overnight delaying police calls to noninjury accidents while two runaways from San Diego, a 12 year old girl and another unnamed, sought help at the station. They were placed in juvenile custody after officers assessed them.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Tok
Howard H. Sweet
San Diego
Legion Men Plan Hospital Visit
Alamitos Bay Post 445 of the American Legion will visit Long Beach Naval Hospital Sunday at 2 pm. The post quartet 445 Four will entertain patients. Davis said the group will also sing at a Legion breakfast and district welfare committee meeting in Signal Hill. A dinner meeting at the Officers Town Club featured captured Japanese films of Manila on the Pearl Harbor anniversary.
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Alamitos Bay
American Legion
Long Beach Naval Hospital
Marion Davis
the Post Quartet
Legion 18Th District Chi Welfare Committee
Signal Hill City Hall
Davis
Manila
Officers Town Club
Pearl Harbor
Ad Precautions in Ad Placement at Press Telegram
The Press Telegram outlines stringent checks before and after ads to prevent mistakes such as wrong numbers addresses and headings. A five person staff ensures meticulous handling of over 24 million ads annually with nine changes and corrections requested via WantAd Headquarters at Sixth and Pine.
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Rie
Press-Telegram
WantAd
Sixth
Pine
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NG Beach Press
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