Sky-watching Service to Be Restored Here
The Long Beach Disaster Council announced plans to restore an air raid warning system in Long Beach and other California cities. A newsletter read at the council meeting described a nationwide system under Gov. Warren with 8250 lookout posts to be manned by 150,000 volunteers. A subcommittee will manage local details and a morale committee was formed including Sgt. Mooney, Charles L. Vickers, and Fire Chief Sandeman.
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Long Beach
California
Defense Command
Hamilton Air Force Base
San Rafael
Samuel E. Vickers
Hts
W. H. Dovey
Sgt. Mooney
Charles L. Vickers
Frank S. Sandeman
Dovey
Vickers
Mumps and Varied Illnesses Drop in Long Beach Health Reports
The Long Beach health department notes a sharp weekly decline in mumps and chicken pox with 11 and nine cases respectively. Measles totaled 44 for the year, tuberculosis rose to seven cases, and two poliomyelitis cases marked the first instances this year alongside Germany measles and infectious pneumonia cases.
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Long Beach
Health Department
Fog crashes warn Perth drivers on American Ave
Police caution motorists on American Ave to avoid following Pacific Electric track lines toward Willow St amid dense fog. Two days in a row drivers struck guard posts at Willow St where the road jogs right while tracks go straight. Today J A Marinenes, 73, uninjured, hit posts. hitchhiker Eddie Rosser, 17, suffered facial injuries and loss of two front teeth.
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Perth
American Ave
Willow St
Pacific Electric
David
Wilson
J. A. Marinenes
la Mesa
Eddie Rosser
W. del Amont
Seaside Hospital
Two-Car Head-on Crash In Fog Injures Drivers And Passenger
In early morning fog on Long Beach Blvd near San Antonio Dr two cars collided injuring both drivers and a passenger. Wayne E. Cassity 19 Compton faces speeding and driving on the wrong side charges after severe cuts. Meredith Cassity 22 released after treatment. James L. Clark 22 Compton sustained a broken ankle. A second incident at Anaheim St and Redondo Ave left Helen Hayes 24 Compton with a broken instep and facial cuts. Louis Leatherwood 32 Compton injured forehead. Another crash near Pacific Coast Hwy and Junipero Ave injured Fred M. Thomas 54 Artesia and passenger in his car.
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Long Beach Blvd
San Antonio Dr
Wayne E. Cassity
1550
Seaside Hospital
James L. Clark
Tarusta ‘St
Compton
Anaheim St
Redondo Ave
Helen L. Hayes
E. Zist St
Junipero Ave
Fred M. Thomas
Hugo St
Artesia
Community Hospital
William A. Rodgers
Thomas R. Cave Jr
Roswell Ave
Know Your Airport campaign prompts Long Beach visits
Jaycees push Long Beach residents to tour the city's airport facilities including the administration building, control tower, radio station, and Reserve Training Center. Lloyd R. Linn chairs the program, with tours explained by tower personnel when allowed. Group visits to the Reserve center can be arranged via the public information office.
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UT Star
Lloyd R. Linn
Junior Chamber
Long Beach
Long Beach Air ® Force Reserve Training Center
Lakewood Riva
Air Force Reserve
Slone
Pacific Ave
Col
C. E Duncan
Long Beach Air Force Reserve Training Center
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lloyd Linn
Aviation Committee
Fog and Smog Choke Long Beach as Visibilities Drop
Dense fog and harmful smog swirled ashore at Long Beach hampering motorists and halting some air and harbor operations. The weatherman warned of coastal fog tonight and tomorrow with hazy sun by afternoon. Some flights and ships were rerouted or delayed but radar aided harbor movements as visibility slowly improved by noon. Maximum and minimum temperatures yesterday reached 62 and 48 degrees with cooler weather ahead.
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Long Beach
Pan-American World Airways
Boeing
International
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Matson
Lurline
Wilmington
San Gabriel Valley
Beverly Hills
Hollywood
Southland
Weather Bureau
Y Exceeds Goal on Membership at Long Beach Y M C A
The 12 day membership campaign of the Y M C A ended with 774 new members enrolled, surpassing the goal of 630. A victory dinner was held with Mayor Burton W. Chace as a principal speaker, praising volunteers for enabling the Y M C A to fulfill its program. A follow up report dinner was scheduled for Thursday.
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George W. H. Brown
Y.mlc. A
Burton W. Chace
Long Beach
Women Watching TV as Purses Are Stolen in Break-In
Two women were watching television in a front room when a thief entered a rear bedroom and took their purses. Hazel O'Farrell of 3826 E First St and her visitor Miriam L Thornberry of 23 Mira Mar Ave reported the incident to police last night.
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Hazel O'Farrell
E. First St
Miriam L. Thornberry
Mira Mar Aye
Educators Gather for Annual California Study Conclave
More than 1000 educators met in Long Beach for the California Association for Childhood Education conference. Speakers emphasized citizenship, peace, and democracy, with praise for teachers' roles and discussions on guidance, parent education, and in service training.
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California Association For Childhood Education
Addranes
Helen Heffernan
Division of Instruction
State Department of Education
Miss Heffernan
A. Lynn Parmsley
Douglas A. Newcomb
Long Beach
Marion Horsfat
Glendale
Elizabeth Hudson
Lois Meeks Stoltz
Stanford University
Dr. Stoltz
Albity Junior High School
Fred Ohlendorf
Cub Stauts
Reuben Anderson
Long Beach Ministerial Union
Loyola Cadets Tour Long Beach Air Base Visit
Twenty five Loyola Air ROTC cadets toured Long Beach Air Force Reserve Training Center today. The group, part of the advanced ROTC program, aims for commissions in the U S Air Force Reserve or regular Air Force. Capt William G OBrien, assistant professor of air science and tactics, arranged the visit to provide practical applications to their theoretical training.
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Loyola Air R. 0. T. C
Long Beach Air Force Reserve Training Center
Advanced Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
U. 5. A. F. Reserve
Regular Air Force
Air S Science
William G. O'Brien
Loyola
Air Force
Ill Veteran Attorney George E. Glover Ill at Home
George E. Glover a retired deputy district attorney and veteran Long Beach attorney is ill at his home in Brea after a cerebral hemorrhage last Friday. He is receiving medical care and is reported in satisfactory condition.
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George E. Glover
Long Beach
Brea
Would-be Victim Turns on Bandit in Narrow Escape
Police report Don C. Gaylean aged 46 of 767 Gladys Ave fought off a would-be robber after the assailant grabbed him from behind and flashed a pretend gun. Gaylean landed a left hook and right cross, knocking the bandit down, then continued until the robber fled the scene.
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Don C. Gaylean
Gladys Ave
Buddy
Gaylean
Weather Outlook for Sunday Night and Sunday
Night and morning fog with hazy afternoon sunshine on Sunday. Southwesterly winds 7 to 15 miles per hour on Sunday afternoon. Light variable winds tonight and Sunday morning.
City Officials Plan Bay Shoreline Boat Tour
Mayor Burton W. Chace and four councilmen will sail Alamitos Bay next week to inspect shoreline erosion north of the E Second St. bridge and assess the waterway ordinance. Councilman Joseph Ramsey, who chairs the building and grounds committee, will arrange the trip, with Vice Mayor A Lynn Parmley and Councilmen Klockstein and Kesler completing the group. The trip follows a prior council excursion and precedes council action on the ordinance granting bay frontage owners rights to moorings and erect structures, a provision under debate with the city manager’s office.
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Burton W. Chace
Alamitos Bay
Joseph R. Ramsey
A. Lynn Parmley
Herbert R. Klockstein
Raymond C Kesler
Ramsey
E. Second St
Ofice
Sporting Goods Store Burglary Reported at Anaheim Street
Early this morning a skylight burglary at the Sporting Goods Store at 2002 E Anaheim St caused a loss of equipment valued at 153.60 dollars. Police were notified. A separate break in at B and W Ol Well Tool Supply Co. at 3545 Cedar Ave left a broken screen and window but nothing missing, reported by Frank H. Barrett of 245 Argonne Ave.
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Cooper Sporting Goods
Anaheim St
B. & W. Ol Well Tool Supply Co
Cedar Ave
Frank H. Barrett
Argonne Ave
Pace
Thug Captured Here Given Prison Term
Charles E. Davis aged 39 was sentenced in San Diego Superior Court to one year for the escape and one to five years for auto theft after being captured in Long Beach following an escape from Viejas Grade state prison camp with Roland Belleveau. Belleveau awaits a March 9 trial to determine his sanity.
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Charles E. Davis
Long Beach
Viejas Grade
San Diego
Los Angeles
Davis
Roland Belleveau
Belleveau
National Crime Prevention Week Observed In City
Exchange Club prepares local observance citing Uniform Crime Report figures showing over half of property crimes in early 1949 were by people under 25. Ubben outlined goals including education, respect for law, and community safeguards while Mayor Chace urged rededication to crime-reduction activities.
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Ar-Ji
Burrell Ubben
Exchange Club
Ubben
U. S. Department of Justice
United States
Burton W. Chace
Last Stop for Suspect in Forgery Case Long Beach Man
Long Beach native Lanigan confessed in New York federal court to passing 6400 in bogus American Express traveler’s checks nationwide. He labeled Long Beach his last stop before arrest in Seal Beach night club. He testified that he joined a conspiracy led by Gillette Polo Borda and others, and that his 15 percent share was insufficient. Other defendants, including King Finnegan and Turiano, faced trial for similar offenses as the case proceeded.
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Long Beach
New York
American Express
Edward Lanigan
Lanigan
Seal Beach
Memphis
Tenn
J. Waites Waring
George Gillette
Brooklyn
Joe Adonis
Thomas Polo
Queens
Frank Borda
Philadelphia
Harold Corbin
Gillette
Chicago
Corbin
Kansas City
Denver
Boston
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Pensacola
Lee Howard
Larigan
FBI
Alexander Pattick King
U. S
Roy M. Cohen
King
Joseph Finnegan
Alfred Turiano
Turiano
Finnegan
Cuba
Interocean Announces European Sailings Schedule
Interocean Line releases European sailings with calls at Antwerp Bremen Rotterdam and Havre. The first voyage departs Long Beach February 15 aboard the motorship Trangar. Following ships include Tan Ranger February 22 Brimanger March 3 Bradanger March 13 and Heranger March 25.
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Interocean Line
Antwerp
Bremen
Rotterdam
Havre
Trondanger
Long Beach
Taranger
Brimanger
Bradanger
Heranger
Gate Valves Stolen From Edison Plant
Edison Co officials reported 12 gate valves valued at 120 dollars stolen from the steam plant on Terminal Island within the last two days. Police were informed yesterday.
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Inieves
Southern California Edison Co
Terminal Island
William R. Briscoe
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Long Beach Municipal Airport
West Coast
Chamber of Commerce
Asea
Celegram
Long Beach 12
Calif
Lossacs International Airport
Pan American World Airway
San Francisco
Los Angeles Air Terminal
Press-Telegram
Chuck Sundquist
Ilness
Bay Shoreline
Sporting Goods Store
L.B
Interocean
Edison
Sikth and
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