Review on hospital plans near target area faces OCD review
The Office of Civilian Defense and the U S Public Health Service re view revised plans for the 1 98 million 112 bed Lower Beach Osteopathic Hospital on a four acre site bounded by 27th 28th Streets and Pacific Pine Aves The plans may go to the Reconstruction Finance Corp for a 1 39 million loan The revisions add protective features to shield against bombing and radiation due to the site being 19 miles from a government target area Osteopaths and supporters push for 16 million in tidelands funds for construction while City Atty Irving Smith says tideland money would not be used to repay RFC debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Civilian Defense
U. S. Public Health Service
Lower Beach Osteopathic Hospital
27Th
28Th Sts
Pacific and
Pine Aves
Reconstruction Finance Corp
L. B. Osteopathic Hospital, Inc
OCD
Bassum
Tidelands
Trving Smith
RFC
Port Board Approves Drilling Subcontracts
The Long Beach Harbor Board authorized drilling subcontracts for the Long Beach Oil Development and Richfield Gil Corp. Fred Johnson Drilling Co and Camay Drilling Co to handle wells in the harbor area for the first six months of 1934. Bids were sent to 18 bidders. five offered, Johnson the top bidder but limited by two strings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Johnson Drilling Co
Camay Drilling Co
Long Beach Oil Development
Sis
Board of Harbor Commissioner's
Pew
Action Soul
Long Beach Development
Richfield Git Corp
Frank J. Harriles
Cammay
Sovn
Wil
LBOD
Crawford and Hiles
Macca Construction Co
Lbro and
McCoy Mantenante Co
Navy Sailor’s Lost Bonds Recovered In Indiana
Logansport resident Cecil Trapp, a Navy sailor aboard the minesweeper Surf, reported his 26 Series U.S. Savings Bonds found in his waistband after a crowd distraction. Ralph Cooper recovered 18 bonds on a sidewalk near his home, with two missing, and notified the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Trapp
Logansport
Ind
Moonday
Morains
Ralph Cooper
Palos Verde Ave
Trapp
Reiic
Casper
School Board weighs driver training tryout plan
The Board discussed a pilot driver training program using three cars and three full time teachers for 504 students at a total cost of 318,500 with state funds covering most. Superintendent Newcomb defended the trial while several members opposed, citing limited benefits and concern over focusing on the technical rather than safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Douglas Newcome
Newcomb
George Vermillion
Elizabeth Hudson
Dwight Sigworth
Woman Robbed by Small Bandit After Street Fall
A woman was knocked to the street and robbed by a small bandit at about 1:05 a.m. at 1253 Fourth Street. She described the assailant as wearing a light jacket and soft trousers, fleeing after taking $76 from bartender AL Grins. She was treated at St Mary’s Hospital and briefly helped by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehe
St Mary's Hospital
Feaid Shenah
Chamber calls for slash in federal spending
The Lone Tone Chamber of Commerce on New Year urges reduction in federal spending and taxes to curb excessive intervention. It warns high taxes weaken citizens' ability to meet local needs and defend constitutional freedoms, calling for decentralized national and defense funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tone Chamber
Commerce
Xte
Thealian
Chinber
Alent National Defense
Quel
Ure Aigey
Ward Tohnson
Chamber
Johnson
Chamber of Conmaeper
Crnemessioval
Square Dance Classes Start Next Tuesday at Bellmont Center
Beginners invited to a free square dance course starting at 7 50 PM next Tuesday at Bellmont Recreation Center Allin Street inMont sponsored by the Recreation Commission The center will also offer intermediate and busy classes at a later time for those who attend the beginner session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellmont Recreation Center
Allin St
The
Recreation Commission
Ata P.m. Tupeday
Former Rancho Los Amigos Superintendent Dies at 64
William Ruddy Harriman aged 64, former superintendent of Rancho Los Amigos in Downey, died Monday night at his Hemet area ranch after a heart attack. He retired in January 1953 after 37 years as head, pioneering administrative procedures adopted worldwide. Survived by wife Gertrude and son William Ruddy Harriman Jr of Long Beach. funeral private per family request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ruddy Harriman
Rancho Los Amigos
Downey
Hemet
Harriman
Elmer Ellsworth Harriman
Southland
Gertrude
William
Ruddy Harrinton Jr
Long Beach
Downes
Puc
Nane
William Proctor Dane
Termino Ave
Belmont Heights Methodist
East Orange
N. J
Edith
Proctor
Virginia Peterson
Edward Trotter
Christersen- Pine Mortuary Chapel
Arthur J. Fitzgerald
Demolishing at Cabrillo Turned Down
Long Beach City Council rejects demolition of housing units on Cabrillo Street west of Santa Fe Avenue. If necessary the city will require moving the units under the house moving ordinance. Public Housing Administration notified Local officials it planned to remove temporary housing units from the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Public Housing Administration
Ifinals
Fleo
Santa Fe Ave
Crash Injured Man Dies in City Traffic Fatality
Fred G. Minlin, 78, of 325 W Lith St, died Monday at Hosptal Beom after injuries from a traffic accident on Dec. 8. He was struck near 11th St and Chestnut Ave by a car driven by Frederick J. Butler, 40, of Los Angeles. Butler fled the scene and was not cited by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G. Minlin
W. Lith
Dee
Martin
Frederick J. Butler
Los Angeles
1Th St
Chestnut Ave
Buller
Polier
Granted Divorce for Myx Tielly Mae Mirmyis in Las Vegas
The court granted a divorce Monday in Las Vegas between Cary Robert Minnis and Myx Tielly Mae Mirmyis born 1885. Custody of their two children was awarded to Myx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myx Tielly Mae Mirmyis
Linsley AI
Las Vegas
Cary Robert Minnis
Near Fatal Jump from Lagoon at Redondo Beach
Woman Mabel Cembra, 36, of Torrance leaped into a lagoon at Horseshoe Pier after asking how deep the water was. A bystander James Mason jumped in, pulled her out, and she received artificial respiration. She was taken to hospital and released after recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redondo Beach
Ty Horseshoe
Mabel Cembra
Torrance Blvd
Torrance
James Mason
Slain Woman Identified as Los Angeles Mother of Three
The body of a woman found strangled Sunday in East Wilmington was identified Monday as Mrs. Eyeliner Crockett 26 of Los Angeles. Police said she was mother of three, identified by her husband Charlies and sister Mary Buck at the county morgue. A missing persons report had been filed earlier. The body was found by a couple returning from church on the Jamily Blvd extension near Ethyl Corp. dairy farm, lying face down in dust with a tagged gray flannel suit and a man’s black necktie. Detectives noted Crockett was seen with three men in separate Sunday sightings including a rust blue 1938-40 Chevy convertible and a man in San Pedro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Eyeliner Crockett
Imperial Hwy
Los Angeles
Charlies
Mrs. Crockett
Tabl Farm
Obituaries from Long Beach area names and services
Obituary notices list multiple local residents, ages from 45 to 75, with addresses in Long Beach and nearby Huntington Beach. Paragraphs mention Cafferty, Davis, Horning, Dane, Swan, McCline, Thygersen, Planchon and others, with church affiliations, marriages, children, and funeral details. Services are scheduled at various mortuaries, chapels, and cemeteries in the region.
Thieves Take Cash In Multiple Local Burglaries
Several burglaries reported Monday netted cash from homes and businesses. La Vert Sims lost 1350 from his Chestnut Avenue home on Christmas Day. Albert Cottin said 178 from his Long Beach Boulevard bar safe during business hours. Bruce May’s home on McKenzie Street had a bedroom window entry with partial loss of dates. Cheri vanished from Sadie Robinson on Avenue. Ole Mjos’s residence on El Jardin Street lost 15 and fruit worth 2. Earl Frazar’s property on Jardin Avenue reported 40 in cash and whisky missing. Earl Culley’s home on Pire Avenue yielded 4. Dr Godfrey Pernell’s Broadways office entered but nothing stolen. 36 Walnut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Vert Sims
Chestnut Ave
Albert F. Cottin
Long Beach Blvd
Bruce BR
McKenzie St
Cheri
Sadie Robinson
Ave
Ole Mjos
el Jardin St
Earl Frazar
Earl R. Culley
Pire Ave
Godfrey Pernell
W. Broadways
Oil Workers Union Plans Holiday Dance
A New Year’s dance will be held at Oil Workers Hall 12100 W Wiflow St by members of Local 128 and United Auto Workers Local 148. A. W. Donaldson, program chairman, announced the event with dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. to Ray Livingston’s band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil Workers Hall
Wiflow St
03 Workers Union
United Auto Workers
A. W. Donaldson
Ray Livingston
Lawyer Burglar Loses Own Trial In Prison Term
John Everson, 27, an unemployed jewelry designer, acting as his own attorney, failed to sway Superior Judge Joe Raycraft as he received a sentence ranging from one to 13 years. Everson, wearing rimmed glasses, pleaded for rehab but was told his record held three prior felony convictions. The conviction followed a burglary at a construction firm office on August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Everson
Joe Raycraft
20 Year Life Seen on L. B. Hill Oil Land
Long Beach Water Department land on Signal Hill is forecast to near the end of its economic life by 1973 with Monterey Oil Co proposed to drill nine wells for a 10 year lease extension. City officials expect $1.9 million in revenue before expiration and $3.38 million with extension, while Shell and Richfield have long operated on the same lands since the 1920s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Oil-Vich Water Department
Signal Hill
Stanley
Monterey
Willow St. Jane
California Ave
Shell and Richfield Oi Cos
Long Beach Water Department
Girl Bandit Goes to CYA West 12 and three accomplices
Blonde Phyllis West of Long Beach 12 year old cashier in a nail file gang was committed to the California Youth Authority by Superior Judge Jor Raycratt. Miss West and three male companions admitted October robbery of sailors, two other gang members previously committed, one sent to state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Toy West
Long Beach
California ‘Youth Authority
Jor Raycratt
Miss West
Fashion Ave
The
Youth Authority
State Prison
Agnes DeMille Ballet Troupe Delivers Varied Local Program
Agnes DeMille troupe staged a Monday night program at Wilson High School blending ballet with songs verse and orchestral scores. Highlights included Brigadoon numbers Degas themed pieces Demille legends and a dynamic Rondo in Si Nence tap routine by Danny Daniels and a finale reminiscent of Oklahoma. Olive McDuffe praises Beville for weaving unconventional material into a memorable show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes DeMille
Civic Music
Wilson High School
Lidija Franklin
Lalso
Evie Dense
Joseph
Mary
Jesus
de Lappe
Daniels
James Mitchell
Oklahoma
Beville
Court Delays Sentencing for Shibley
Long Beach attorney George E Shibley is ill and confined to Veterans Administration Hospital, delaying his sentencing in federal court to January 18 at 2 pm. He faces charges of conspiring to burglarize the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station legal office and receiving stolen property, with an appeal of the verdict possible. A contempt citation hearing was also rescheduled for January 18 at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
George E. Shibley
Ben Harrison
Veterans Administration Hospital
Shibley
el Toro Marine Corps Alo Station
James M. Carter
Long Beach Ballot Propositions Urged By Chamber
The Long Beach chamber outlines January 21 vote items including amendments on competitive oil development bidding, tideland fund use for oil projects and tideland upkeep, park department creation, civil service preferences, and several resolutions funding civic projects such as an auditorium annex, bathhouses, and a bulkhead along Boy Shove Avenue with specified fund authorizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Nideland Oil Fund
Tideland
Find
Muliicimat Auditorium
Tidelana
Fragmented city emergency dispatch notes for Monday and Thursday
A garbled OCR of ambulance and fire calls lists several streets and intersections including Pasadena, Atlantic, Orange, Broadway, and Pacific avenues with mentions of ambulances, fires, and damages. Dates and times are inconsistent, but multiple incidents appear scattered across urban blocks and avenues, indicating a chaotic public safety record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Pasadena
Brogiwsy
Potet
A. Ome
Atemarle Atandayy
Atamic
Manhiie Amuyiance
Jambulence
Atlantic Ave
Shu Mesa
Second St
Upo
M. Broadway
Drasbu
Starsday
Orange Ave
Arntites
Wila Om
Dawson
Anashei
St. Ambulance
Willa St
Pacific Ave
Ath St
Long Leach Brij
Warliew Ra
Freeman
Ami Kishincey
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Port Board Oks Drilling
Claye‘land
Carver
Holmes
Webster
Hamilton
Hughes J
Joss Grundy
C. of
Cabrillo
Bituaries
Cafperty
Thomas J. Caton
Seventh St
Profeyty
Walnut Ave
Bneer
County Mayo
Ireland
Monett
Cafferty
Orange County
St. Athanasius Parish
Surfice
Huntingviving
Clara W
Patricia Cafferty
Margaret Lombritto
June Toby Bins
Leeta Graves
Ila Youngs
R P.m
Skeeler-McFadyen
St. Athanasius Church
Holy Sepulchre
Detroit
Mich
Robert Benedict Shattuck
iSunnysice Memorial Park
Swan
Jeannette Daisy Swan
Melenzie Ave
Dind Stnday
Blanchard
Long Reach
Ralph PF
Jessie Frans
Fullerton
Gertrude Creal
Hal Johnson
Spengborg Mortuary Chapel
Mecline
Minerva M
Peterson Ave
Findlay
Ohio
Toledo
Pres- Toledo
George E. Kendle
Long Eee
Esther Weltewitz
Harriet Lehman
Patterson & Snively Mortuary
Thygersen
Inglewood
Merle Thygersen
Aerick St
de Thygersen
George A “Sh Man
Mottell's
Ton Beach
Associated Oy Co
Ruth
Beverly Grant
Randall
Planchon
Emma Butler
Elman MM
Dewey
Plancchon
Santa Ana
Clyde
Servier
Smiths’Mortuary
O. Scott McFarland
Intermental
Fairhaven Cemetery
Orange
Oil Workers Union
Sandra Spence
Municipal Auditorium
L. B. Hill
CYA
Olive McDuffe
Mottell’s
Mattell
Dare
Actiilies
S&h
Motiaarr
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