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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1948
Page
7
A reader reflections column cites municipal pension concerns for a long serving employee, then praises the Naples Alamitos Bay Christmas pageant with canal lights and singing. Observations mix weather mood, ex haberdashers anecdote, and wildlife season notes with a vignette on lighting affecting perception of food.
Agreement on new union contracts for Long Beach food clerks and bus line workers brings wage increases and industrial peace through 1949. Grocery clerks Local 324 approved 1800 members, adding a $10 weekly pay rise and a 25 cent Sunday premium, plus holiday closures. Bus drivers gain 3 cents an hour, effective Jan 1, extending to 1950, with improved hospitalization and guaranteed wages for relief operators. Contracts cover several Orange County areas and set wage scales for clerks, department heads, journeyman and apprentice positions.
Stop signs or traffic signals on Second Street in the Waples area have been sought by more than 400 residents who filed a petition with the City Council. The measure is under study by City Manager Carl B. Wirsching.
Police Chief Alvin F. Slaight designates William J. Mooney as reserve training officer to expand the volunteer corps to about 150. Mooney, a wartime military police captain with Europe service, will oversee disaster preparedness training and administration while serving in the chief's office from January 1. The new role supports civil defense and national security programs, with Mooney continuing duties at USC and as desk sergeant in watch No 2.
Dr G B Harvey executive secretary of the Methodist Church board warns discontent fear fuel communist seeds. He reports Europe lacks a middle class under Marshall plan US aid aims to restore stability and trade to relieve hunger and poverty. Roy Stilgenbaur was program operatic and Fred Wiese presided.
The Long Beach City Council rejected a citywide loyalty oath requiring employees to sign. Instead a resolution proposed by City Attorney Irving M. Smith would have employees sign an affidavit serving the same purpose until a Supreme Court ruling clarifies municipal authority. The vote was unanimous with emphasis on possible amendments to the city charter or Civil Service Board action as alternatives. Harbor and Police Department members had already volunteered or complied with oath pledges.
Banana shipments from Central America will resume with the Sunday arrival of United Fruit Company's Musa. This first consignment has been four months in the pipeline, signaling renewed trade activity at the harbor.
Long Beach approves Daisy Ave improvement between Pagifle Coast Hwy and Spring St. to create a 42-foot wide scenic mall with Ber muda grass and shrubs. Estimated cost 23689 dollars. No border sidewalks. planning director Werner Rudhti expects property values to rise.
City Council authorized bids to purchase ten three passenger coupes at an estimated total cost of fourteen thousand five hundred dollars.
Marcia Boodry, 21, of 33 San Diego Ave, Kansas City, visited the Presidential suite at the Muehlebach Hotel on Christmas Day with three friends attending airline radio school. They were greeted by President Truman who offered coffee, an encounter marred by their excited giggles and a memorable awakening back at the dormitory.
Twenty three evacuees and their families arrived at the harbor aboard the U S Cavalier after leaving Tsingtao due to danger. A gala welcome with the Terminal Island Navy Base band honored Navy and Marine personnel wives and children, with Adm. Paul Hendren attending.
Bertha Tilton, 53, of California Ave, suffered a fractured collar bone in a two car crash at Carson Street and Cherry Avenue. Taken to Community Hospital, she was a passenger in Harold M. Halvorson’s car. Driver Harry E. Bennett, 64, of Alhambra Street, Clearwater, was uninjured. the other driver was unhurt.
Herma Buck 21 of Bremen Germany and Robert Johnstone 21 of Vista met in Germany while he served as a military policeman. Buck arrived in Long Beach aboard a Standard Airlines plane after a trip from Germany and plans to wed. Johnstone was discharged last June.
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts fair weather for Pasadena during the New Year weekend. A leading storm en route to Southern California weakened and is not expected to reach this far south. Mild, variable cloudiness is expected tomorrow night and early morning.
The February operation will involve 34 vessels from here and San Diego, not strategic in nature but aimed at testing men, material and equipment under harsh conditions. Rear Adm. L. T. DuBose will not sail with the force, which will be commanded ashore by Vice Adm. G. F. Boze. The plan includes two aircraft carriers, a submarine, Mt. McKinley, a cruiser, destroyer, rocket ship and tankers, with Marines led by Brig. Gen. H. B. Liversedge. The force aims at Kodiak Island for acclimatization and an amphibious assault, then return via San Francisco Bay under Vice Admiral Murray, with Submarine Squadron Three and Fleet Air Wing 14 supporting. A total of 16,000 sailors and 2,000 Marines will participate in varied cold weather tasks.
Variable high cloudiness and gentle to moderate winds across the Long Beach area. Early morning fog lifts with little change in temperature expected throughout the day.
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