Public Invited to Air Fete Closing Events Tonight and Tomorrow
The 11th Wings Over the Nation celebration winds down with a Grand Aviation Ball tonight at 9 in the Marine Room of the Wil ter Hotel and a public air show tomorrow at Municipal Airport from 11 am to 4 pm. Ray Livingstone and his orchestra will perform. demonstrations include two stewardesses from Trans-Pacific Airlines and Philippines Airlines. The airport will offer free activities and aircraft displays from March and Hamilton Air Force Bases and Los Alamitos Naval Air Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Room
Wilter Hotel
Airs Port
Ray Livingstone
Eloise Probyn
Hawaii
Trans-Pacific Airlines
Delores Davila
Philippines Airlines, Inc
John Heiner
Trans- Pacific Airlines
Long Beach
United Air Lines
Municipal Airport
Chamber of Commerce
Earl Daugherty
Air Scouts
Air Force
March
Hamilton Air Force
March Base
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Navy
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lakewood Blvd
Lloyd Linn
Molest Suspects Bound Over In Alamitos Bay Case
Blue Laure, 44, and John C. Dormen, 49, were bound over to the Superior Court and held under $2500 bail each after a preliminary hearing before Municipal Judge Willett. The 8-year-old girl testified they lured her aboard a boat in Alamitos Bay and subjected her to indignities. Superior Court arraignment set for December 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Laure
John C. Dormen
Superior Court
Alamitos Bay
Girl Victim of Kick by Horse Is Better
Six year old Winifred Butterfield of Rutgers Avenue suffered serious internal injuries when kicked by a horse while playing near her home on Navy Street. She sat up yesterday for the first time since entering Community Hospital after the accident. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Butterfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Butters
Rutgers Ave
Navy
Clarence Butterfield
Hospital Report Delayed in Long Beach Bond Debate
The Long Beach hospital and health committee will file a report after Jan 1 on the proposed 14 million dollar bond issue to expand facilities. Chairman Paul B. Wilcox said heavier investigation is needed and noted ongoing talks with pediatricians and Community Hospital while Seaside Memorial and the osteopathic group remain part of the emergency committee.
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Hospital and Health
Paul B. Wilcox
Long Beach
Wilcox
Burton W. Chace
Community Hospital
Long Beach Hospitals United
Seaside Memorial and
Community Hospitals
Osteopathic Hospital Organization
Seaside
The
Osteopathic Group
Committee
Burglar Escapes Across Roofs From Gage Pharmacy
A burglar attempting to break into the Gage Pharmacy at 5735 Atlantic Ave at 2:05 a m fled across rooftops after police arrived. The store owner heard noises, saw the burglar on the roof, then the man jumped between roofs and escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gage Pharmacy
Atlantic Ave
Gage
Buffums official 100000 Miler joins United 100000 Mile Club
Waile G. Young of Buffums Long Beach promoted to United Air Lines 100000 Mile Club for travelers with 190000 miles or more since 1926. He will receive an inscribed plaque showing a Mainliner circling the earth for the fourth time. The club, founded in 1939, has about 6000 members, including 120 who join United Million Mile Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waile G. Young
Buffums
Long Beach
United Air Lines
Young
United
Second Man Held for Trial In Robbery Kidnap Case
Testimony of a principal witness in an armed robbery and kidnapping case will be missing as the second Darcy trial resumes in Superior Court before Judge George Francis. Speropoulos, cafe owner who testified in the first trial and was later killed by a hit and run driver, had testified that Darcy and an accomplice robbed his cafe on July 12, menaced two women, beat others, and stole about $1000. The first trial ended with a hung jury. the second begins Monday as Thwaits faces five counts of armed robbery and one count of kidnapping for robbery after being identified by witnesses. Bail for Thwaits rose from 15000 to 25000, and he was arrested by FBI agents in Omaha after fleeing the harbor area. a .45 caliber pistol was found in his car. He was selling vacuum cleaners at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon K. Darcy
George Francis
George Speropoulos
Darcy
Speropoulos
H. J. Thwaits
Davey
la Pedro
Joe Raycroft
Thwaits
FSI
Omaha
Neb
Thwarts
Admiral Denebrink Family Visiting Long Beach Kin
Admiral Denebrink and family stay at the Lafayette Hotel in Long Beach before departing by auto to San Francisco and then aboard the U S S Mitchell for Pearl Harbor. He commands the Pacific Service Force, with a history from Annapolis 1917, World War I destroyers, World War II North Africa cruiser command, and Operation Sandstone duties earning his third Legion of Merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EAR Adm
Francis C. Denebrink
Joyce Ann
Long Beach
Hawaii
Arm. Denebrink
Pacific Service Force
Myrtle Denebrink
Obispo Ave
Francis McCook
Nelson McCook
E. Second St
Denebrinks
Lafayette Hotel
San Francisco
Navy
U. S. S. Mitchell
Pearl Harbor
Denebrink
Service Force
Pacific
Washington
Munitions Board
Old American
Adm
Ernest J. King
Eniwetok Island
Dog Licenses Go On Sale Monday In Long Beach
Dog licenses for 1950 go on sale Monday at the city clerk’s office in City Hall with fees two and four dollars for different genders. A 50 cent penalty applies after March 1. The first 1000 dog tags were previewed at the animal shelter, where James W. Bibb announced broader efforts to tag about 11,000 of an estimated 20,000 dogs. Bicycle licenses at 23 cents each will also go on sale Monday, with field teams planned to license bikes at schools later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willle
Animal Shelter
James W. Bibb
Bibb
Ana
Edwin L. Macdonald
Long Beach
Januery
Mondey
Macdonald
Navy Men Freed of Morals Charge
A jury in the Superior Court cleared Jack Frederick and George Allbrooks, both Navy enlisted men, of seducing a 12 year old girl who admitted acting as a baby sitter for 50 cents an hour while dating sailors. Other youths named eight sailors, five pled guilty with six months probation. A third sailor faces trial Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Maltby
Jack Frederick
George H. Allbrooks
Navy
Fred Miller
Albert C. 5
Ramsey
Frederick and Allbrooks
Pico St
Weather Outlook for Coast Tonight and Sunday
Mostly clear tonight and Sunday with generally northwesterly winds from 20 to miles per hour tonight decreasing to 15 to 25 on Sunday. Small craft warnings posted from Point Conception to San Diego for the period.
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Point Conception
San Diego
Green cap bandit robs two Redondo Avenue theaters
A man wearing a Kelly green baseball cap robbed the Ritz Theater at 681 Redondo Ave last night, taking $26, and similar evidence ties him to an earlier Monday hold up of the Art Theater at 20 E Fourth St where $30 was stolen. Cashier Louise Linneberger, 25, describes a 30 to 35 year old, 5 foot 5 to 5 foot 7 suspect with an automatic pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritz Theater
Redondo Ave
Louise A. Linneberger
Ohio Ave
Art Theater
Fourth St
Louise Linneberger
Ritz
Eldred Coopershow
Bandit
Exams Scheduled for Coast Guard Commissions
Licensed merchant ship officers in deck and engineering departments may take exams in Long Beach on February 27 to March 1 for permanent Coast Guard commissions. Open to officers aged 21 to 40 with at least four years aboard merchant vessels, ranks range from lieutenant to lieutenant commander. Similar exams will be held on the same dates in Boston Chicago Cleveland Honolulu Ketchikan Miami New Orleans New York Norfolk San Francisco San Juan St. Louis Seattle and Baltimore as part of the merchant marine safety program. Officers face a two year probationary period.
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Long Beach
Coast Guard
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Honolulu
Ketchikan
Miami
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
San Francisco
San Juan
Puerto Rico
St. Louis
Seattle
Baltimore
Merchant Marine Safety
Meteors Slated for Four Nights Display Tonight
The Gemini shower will light Long Beach skies from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight through Tuesday night, with flashing meteors visible at more than three per minute. The National Bureau of Standards notes this is a routine early December meteor display.
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National Bureau of Standards
Washington Bureau
Long Beach
Car License Renewals Start Jan 3 for Residents
The State Motor Vehicle Department announced renewals for in state residents begin January 3. Out of state registrations can be submitted now. Nonresidents must have their cars inspected and titles cleared. Dana Bullock expects 60 clerks for the rush and up to 80,000 applications handled. An eligible list is at 600 Alamitos Ave. H Henderson estimates 4,500,000 California cars will be licensed this year.
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State Motor Vehicle Department
Dana Bullock
Long Beach Motor Department
California Department of Employment
Alamitos Ave
Bullock
H. Henderson
California
Population Grows More Voting Precincts Added
Long Beach expands voting access with thirteen added precincts in the First Supervisorial District and twelve in the Fourth District, bringing total to 466 precincts. Assistant City Clerk Edwin L. Macdonald notes growth since 1924 when the city had 86 precincts in a single district. The First District, led by Supervisor William A. Smith, lies east of Long Beach Blvd to California Ave, while the Fourth District, led by Supervisor Raymond Darby, lies west.
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Long Beach
Edwin L. Macdonald
Macdonald
William A. Smith
Long Beach Blvd
American Ave
Hill St
California Ave
Raymond ¥. Darby
Women Pedestrian Injured in Traffic
Bertha M. Perry a 64 year old resident of 5878 Locust Ave suffered minor injuries when struck by a car while crossing Long Beach Blvd at Mountain View St. She was taken to Seaside Hospital. The driver Lum Lee Ellis 62 of 2882 Elm Ave was not cited.
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Bertha M. Perry
Locust Ave
Long Beach Blvd
Mountain View St
Seaside Hospital
Lum Lee Ellis
Elm Ave
Elis
L. B. Man's Widow, Son Share Estate
Louis M. Raymond a Long Beach apartment house operator died December 1 at 74. Under his will his widow Gertrude and his son William Raymond will share an estate valued at about 000. Attorney Jonah Jones Jr. filed the will for probate. Raymond came from Iowa to Long Beach in 1908 and ran several apartment houses.
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Louis M. Raymond
Raymond
Gertrude
William 4. Raymond
Jonah Jones Jr
Reymond
Iowa
Long Beach
City to Spend 17 Millions for Drainage
The city manager's office will file a 17 million dollar priority list of storm drain projects with the City Council Tuesday. City Engineer J. D. Gilkerson compiled the list as councilors seek a complete review of drainage needs and a long-range program. Major study includes 59th St Flatline to serve Yuof area near Bret Harte School. 1,757 petitions by Bret Harte PTA urged immediate construction. Plans call for a drain from Cherry Ave to the Los Angeles channel, with a lateral into Chevy or Rose Ave to 61st St. 2.5 million may be made available from bond proceeds, the special projects budget, and state drainage funds.
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J. D. Gilkerson
59Th St
Bret Harte
Frank M. Fisher
Bret Harte P.T. A
South St
Cherry Ave
Los Angeles
Chevy Or
Rose Ave
61St St
Long Beach
Rescuer of Pilot Awarded Soldier Medal
Capt Luther Wesley Faegin of Long Beach received the Soldier's Medal for heroism during an August crash at Holloman Air Force Base New Mexico. He pulled the dazed jet pilot from the burning aircraft amid intense heat and danger of explosion. Faegin a World War II B26 pilot served 8.5 years in the Air Force and has earned the Air Medal with seven oak leaf clusters. He is a Chaffey Union High School and Long Beach City College alumnus, based at Holloman.
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Luther Wesley Faegin
L. W. Paegin
Second St
Ward
Faegin
Holloman Air Force Base
New Mexico
Long Beach
Holloman Field
Feogin
North Africa
Chaffey Union
Ontario
Long Beach City College
Hickam Air Force Base
Hawwaii
Fire damages rooming house chair in Junipero Ave blaze
A fire severely damaged a rooming house at 1351 Junipero Ave last night, starting in an overstuffed chair. The owner Fay Jones was away at the time, police reported no injuries.
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Junipero Ave
Fay Jones
Seniority Proposal for City Pay Plan Sparks Debate
P G Beavis of the Long Beach City Employer's Association proposes keeping the five step salary plan but adding seniority to merit raises. Frontline merit raises would be limited by seniority, with city manager Samuel E Vickers final approval. H R Roesener of Local 112 AFL seeks to remove merit raises and make steps four and five automatic by seniority. The proposal is under review by Vickers.
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P. G. Beavis
Long Beach City
Samuel E. Vickers
H. R. Roesener
Long Beach
A. F. of L
Beavis
Roresener
Vickers
Christmas Gift Spotter CDs Noted in Classifieds Dot Indicator
Classifieds signal Christmas gift spotter with a dot mark. The listing highlights compact CDs likely containing holiday music or gift ideas. Readers scan the dot cue to find recommended present options in the ad section.
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Fete
Trans-Pacific Air Lines
Bettye Williams
Mary Grace Jaffaty
Mary Lou Disosway
Margarita Sainz
Mata Sherman
Ginny Smith
Kathy Mauck
Gerothy Godard
Dolores Davila
Inge Hansen
Juliette Keck
Mary Finley
Press-Telegram
Admiral Denebrink
Rear Adm
Thug
G Beach Press
Geleoram
Bank of America
Christmas Clearinghouse
Daisy Wientland
Oliva Ave
Howard Pfleger
Truman Sorbo
Jaycee
L. B. Man
Gilkerson
Walters
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