Comstock sentenced in 2 to 20 year prison term
Former Long Beach finance operator Harry T. Comstock was sentenced in Los Angeles to 2 to 20 years for grand theft and conspiracy related to the Finance Control Corp. He swindled investors of about a half million dollars, with losses including a yacht, cars, ranches, and a Palm Springs bungalow. The case followed a conviction on December 20 and involves ongoing related charges in Las Vegas.
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Long Beach Finance Company
Harry T. Comstock
Los Angeles
Any. Comstock
Finante Control Corp
Linence
Long Beach
Beverly Hills
Toney
Comstock
Seal ‘Beach
Palm Springs
Aubrey Irwin
Las Vegas
Long Beach Better
State Corporation Commission
Finance ‘Control Corp
Better Business Bureau’ J
Winifred J. Clark
Palm, Springs
Miss Clark
Finance Control Corp
Chamber Urges Vote on Prop D and Airport Bonds
The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce urged a vote on Proposition D to bar oil derricks on the beach without a public vote. President Virgil Gillespie warned against powerful interests tapping oil beneath the beach from the harbor to Seal Beach. The Better Long Beach Committee backed Proposition 2 for bonds to extend an airport runway, while Favents and Property Owners opposed, citing regional disasters and rising tax debts. Endorsements from diverse groups support Prop 2, with safety gains noted for the Municipal Airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Gillespie
Better Long Beach Committee
Assa
Los Angeles
Mily Arthur
Association
H. E
Bud) Ridings, Jr
Worcester Crew Welcomes USS Worcester Long Beach Visit
The USS Worcester arriving at Long Beach with a 1070 crew aboard and families awaiting its arrival. Wives and children came on the so called Diaper Special from Boston to Cabrillo Navy Housing Project to set up homes. Local residents plan legal action over flood damage caused by county water pumping into an underpass, with a meeting at First Baptist Church to organize drainage improvements.
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Worcester
Long Beach Arbor
Gay
S A. m
Long Beach
Boston
Cabrillo Navy Housing Project
F. D. McCorkle
Worcester Minites
Wostert
Lune
River Ave
Lincoln St
Paul Beene
223Rd St
Beebe
Santa Fe Ave
228Rd St
Paul Beebe
Pact offered by oil firm to develop tidelands rights
A Texas oil firm proposed a contract with Orange County to develop tidelands along its coastline under a 16 percent royalty. The agreement would cover title disputes, not Newport Beach, and mirrors a Newport Beach arrangement. Attorney Earl Hightower said American Marine Exploration represents H. C. Cockburn, a Houston oilman.
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Santa Ana
Orange County
American Marine Exploration (O., Inc
Joe Ogle
Board of Supervisors
Newport Beach
Earl Hightower
Los Angeles
American Marine Exploration, Co. Inc
Hightower
Composer to Appear at Church Thursday
Phi Kerr, composer of 3000 religious songs, will be a guest at 7 50 p m Thursday at It Burns Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church on Temple Avenue in an evangelism series led by Ted Roe running daily through Sunday. The Downtown Exchange Club installed Ford as president and announced new officers Chris T Conway vice president James Strohra treasurer and Lynn Ballard secretary with Ford succeeding Ker amit Parker.
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Tlend Ford
Exchange Club
Phi Kerr
United Brethren
Ted Roe
Nurse Arrested for Forging Doctor Prescriptions
Morrel Maxine Fueger, a 35 year old registered nurse, was booked in city jail on Tuesday afternoon after a pharmacist reported a forged prescription for narcotics. Investigators say police traced the case to Fueger at 1474 Marianna Ave. Her arrest followed photographs taken by state narcotics officers during a similar past incident. Authorities plan legal action and hold a meeting Sunday to discuss next steps as city crews work on drainage costs in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrel Maxine Fueger
Marianna Ave
Thetate
Worl
E. Doyle
Beebe
Excelsior High's Don Eichar Wins First in Norwalk Event
Excelsior High School senior Don Eichar took first place at the Norwalk competition with an average of 176 points out of 200 against 122nd Battalion California Cadet Corps Rifle Team members. Anaheim Fistol and Rifle Club also competed in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Don Eichar
Excelsior High School
122Nd Battalion
Calibhe Anaheim Fistol
Fornia Cadet Corps
Night in Hawaii show set for Long Beach
A group of Hawaiian entertainers will perform at Conoatt Ball Long Beach Municipal Auditorium on Saturday at 7:30 p m The program features Hawaiian music and hula dancing and is sponsored by El Bekal Shrine Temple Potentate W Blair Gibbens says the cast will be headed by B J Feldman formerly Miss Hawaii 1926 The staged show was arranged as a visiting act for Long Beach audiences
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Long Beach
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
el Bekal Shrine Temple
W. Blair Gibbens
B. J. Feldman
Witness Slur Taylor Aided Fake Holdup Probe
A Lakewood meat market owner and her husband face insurance fraud charges after prosecutors say they staged a December robbery outside 5032 Faculty Ave Lakewood. A key witness testified Mrs Eugenial Brown declined to aid the plot while the Taylors claimed they were robbed and slugged leaving $5370.50 cash and $1000 checks missing. The case, in Los Cerritos Municipal Court, resumes with further witnesses.
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Sylvia Taylor
Lakewood Center
Eugenial Brown
Taylor
Brown
J. George
Faculty Ave
Lakewood
Roberta Butabach
Borax Plant Idled by Harbor Strike in Wilmington
About 630 workers at Pacific Coast Borax in Wilmington walked out amid contract talks with the AFL Chemical Workers Union. Federal mediation failed to yield an agreement, with about 600 desert facility workers in Boron, California also involved. The union seeks a double‑digit pay raise, while the company offers around 5 percent. Plant operations were halted. pickets were stationed at Berth 166 and surrounding facilities. Negotiations began in December as labor and management described the shutdown as orderly and cooperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast Borax Company
Wilmington
AFL Chemical Workers Union
Berth 166
Oliver Goodwin
Boron
Calif
Hutchinson
Long Beach City College Sweetheart Prom Rescheduled in LA
LBCC will hold its annual Sweetheart Prom Friday at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after a flood delay. The event also features the Viking Awards for outstanding Lakewood campus students and the Cabinet Awards Banquet.
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Long Beach City College
Los Angeles
Ambassador Hotel
Viking
Lakewood
Cabinet
Siren Notes From City Fire Department Calls
A garbled report records the Long Beach Fire Department responding to multiple ambulance and emergency calls around 1220 and later. Distorted street names and phrases suggest ambulances were dispatched to Ath Street, Pine Avenue, and nearby areas, with mixed garbled lines referencing hospitals and city streets.
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Long Beech Fire Department
Urspay
Ath St
Bes Ambullance
Ammbue
Irport
Mandoy
Udete
Pine, Ave
Anaheim
Eby Oe
Grim
Rene
City Hill
Rs Ednesdatie
Retende Ave
Anarhein Tei Ambulance
Obituary notices for Hutchison Russell Bickford and others
Obituaries list Hutchison Bickford 40 of 2873 Orizaba George Hutchison 64 of 2215 Ave died Monday and other local obituaries for Minnie Osborn 51, Arthur Hunt 5, Iva Irwin Turb etc with service details and local arrangements in Stratford and Long Beach areas. Surviving spouses, children and siblings named. services set at Mottell's Peek Chapel and Sunnyside Memorial Park.
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Hutchison — Russell
Bickford
Orizaba
George Hutchison
New York State
Stratford
Ontario
Ada
Long Beach
Iene
Public Utilities Commission
Parkview United
Church of Stratford
Rebecca
Russell
Kenneth
Leonard
Edward
Donald
Marie Pauli
Shirley Telfer
Zilen McCauley
Jeans Hutchison
Marlene Hutchise
Jean Hutchison
William Strain
Patterson
Osborn
Minnie
Long Beach Blvd
Shei
Anderson County
Tenn
Long Beachh
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist
E. W
Robert B
Gary D
William
Betty Johnson
Margaret Crooks
Eugene l
Curtis Johnson
Spongberg Chapel
Sunnyside Memorial Park
George
Raymond
Harold
Lyle Shellenberger
Marjorie McConville
Dorothy Clausen
Catherine Bennett
Myrtle Ewing
Mottell's
Peek Charel
Miner
iTanis
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Arthur Hunt
Bennett Ave
Elonday
Macomb
Iva C. Irwin
Stoker
Temple
Margaret
John S. Pridey
Feir
Woodfield
Mottell’s & Perk
Shawnee, Oklz
Hiram 5. Cros
Church of
Ay Jr
Hatfield
Charles Henry Hatfield
St Louis Ave
Kansas City
Kan
Navel Shipyard
Peterson Post 27
American Legion
Mary
Charlene Hatfield
Charles Henry Jr
Veterans Administration Chapel
West
Los Angeles
Mottell's & Peek Mortuary
Darby
Hattie Lillian Darby
Glennwood
Ind
Moore Memorial Church
Ray J Jmond
Spat
Mottell’s & Peels
James Earl
Bartlett
Snonyside Memorial
Parke
Business Men Install Officers at Lakewood Banquet
Dr Charles Brantingham was installed as president of the Independent Business Men's Association at a Lakewood Country Club banquet. Rear Admiral Robert L Campbell spoke on Navy ties to the community as Forty directors were installed. Outgoing president Robert Z Dileay received a plaque from past president Edwin M Wade. A host of civic and military officials attended.
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Charles Brantingham
Independent Business Men's Association
Lakewood Country
Robert L. Campbell
Longprease
Soo Beach Naval’ Base
O'Hare
Paul Bioth
Myrtle O'Brien
Secrete Sandler
Treag- Brantinghaie Uree
United States
Robert Zb Dileay
Edwin M. Wade
Customs Official B F Witt Dias Dies in San Pedro
Bennet F Witt, 56, second in command of the harbor customs force, died Tuesday afternoon at the local federal building. He headed the San Pedro Customs Bureau marine division and had served since 1925. He lived at 121 Averill Street with wife Frances. Funeral arrangements are pending at McNerney Mortuary.
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San Pedro
Bennett F. Witt
Thhe Harbor
Federal
Witt
Customs Bureau Marine Division
Averill St
Frances
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Chamber
Arengton
George Sidinger
Broadway
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Chicago
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Sidinger
Seys
Los Cerritosa
Everett M. Findlay
Mira Mar Ave
Ray Reese
Whittier Blvd
Pico
H. A. Spurgin
Compton
BORAX
Harbor
Frank Atchinson
Garden Grove
Jshor
LBCC
Wems Wus
Sayy Auveesey Irs
Frances R. Lathrop
Atother
Robert L
Mott ‘Ell's, & Peek
Ulewelyn Evans
Green Hills
Memorial Park
Bickford—Rodger Willem
Smithland
Iowa
Ava Anne
Wayne E. Shull
AITS
Game
van Udiwert
Kenneth and
Carless Garrett
Janda Brother
Coday
Mottell's & Peck Chapel
Long Beech
Joseph H
Lang Ser Ravellers
Good Hospitals Committee
Earl Burns
Miller
Shalimat
Adm. Campbell
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