Parking meter takings spark city accounting and ideas
Dimes nickels and pennies poured into downtown meters last year totaling $155.10 in 1851 dimes, 1,969,039 nickels, and 2,901,546 pennies. A counting system and daily meter crews kept funds safe, netting over $100,000 for traffic safety. The piece notes March of Dimes uses, a missing bicycle for Sunny Landen, and asks for sightings.
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Ong Beach
Joss
Reneros
Public Service Dept
March of Dimes
City Hall overcrowded as space runs thin in 1930s report
A detailed city hall survey shows overcrowding on every floor with 27 juveniles in custody and beds for 88 in the men's jail though 132 are typical daily, while basement records and identification space are described as unbearable. Officials urge a new city hall as the only lasting fix, with interim sheltering and space rearrangements failing to ease conditions. A separate burglary at 1434 American Ave. yields $3800 in checks and currency.
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Rob Swanson
Police Bureau of Records and Identification
Kenrick
Lorenz. Martin
Martin
Grand Central Station
Honor Farm
Bill Macney
Mooney
Jesse Gilkerson
City Manager
Ntp
Torere
Reese
Harry Elliott
Police Record and Identification Bureau
Elliott
Department I
Pacific Ave
Danny Dean
Sam E. Vickers
Vickers
Yani Gings Co
American Ave
Louis F. Edes
el Jardin St
Edes
Slugging suspect attempts escape from city jail
A suspect in the slugging of private patrolman Sam Parkin, Thomas George Geer, 26, tried to flee city jail early today. He was subdued after a brief stairway battle with Officer Hameta, receiving a head laceration and eight stitches at Seaside Hospital. Geer, arrested for intoxication at Geena Blvd and Pine Ave, was questioned about Parkin's assault, admitted striking a man on the Pike, and later slipped from custody during printing and fighting on the stairway near the City Wall observation tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Parkin
Thomas George Geer
E. Mamata
Geer
Seaside I Hospital
Hameta
Geena Blvd
Pine Ave
Parkin
Seaside Hospital
Fof
Tim
Delay Hike for Ruling on Petition Petitions Delayed Fare
The 11 cent fare remains in effect on Long Beach Motor Bus lines next Monday despite a two cent increase authorized by the State Public Utilities Commission. Transportation superintendent Willard A. Lee says fare structure routes and schedules stay the same until PUC acts on a city petition for a rehearing. Passengers should disregard notices about the 13 cent fare. Ager and Gorman of the PUC say a decision before the next meeting is unlikely. copy service on the petition acts as notice to refrain from higher charges until further ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Motor Bus Co
State Public Utilities Commission
Willard A. Lee
PUC
Lee
Commission
Arthur F. Ager
Stanf ‘0
William M. Gorman
Southern California
Ager
Window Washer Injured in Fall at City Colleges
A maintenance man, Percy W. Byers, 62, of 1483 Walnut Ave., fell about 10 feet from a ladder while washing second floor windows at the City Colleges building 1405 E Pacific Coast Ave. He suffered possible back injuries and bruises and was admitted to Seaside Hospital for X rays and observation.
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City Colleges
Pacific Coast
Ave
Percy W
Walnut Ave
Byers
Seaside Hospital
Navy plans clarified for Reeves Field on Terminal Island
Rumor of Navy abandoning Reeves Field lease on Terminal Island was denied. Mine Force, 5000 officers, 80 ship basin, moves from Hawaii to Reeves by late spring. Van Camp Seafood’s Tex Ellington eyed yacht moorage and fairgrounds, presenting to harbor board next week. Lease active until 7 70. no immediate termination.
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Reeves
Navy
Terminal Island
Pacific Mine Forces Field
Navy Air
Los Angeles Harbor
Woeltel
Long Beach Naval Station
G. P
Tex) Ellington
van Camp Sea Food Co
Ellington
Elington
Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners
Woelfel
Navy assigns six vessels to Long Beach shipyard for overhaul
Six Navy vessels will be sent to Long Beach Naval Shipyard for overhaul beginning May 15, Sen. Thomas Kuchel said in Washington. The move preserves a 6000-strong workforce, despite a planned payroll cut, with 6600 current employees and a target to drop to 6000 by July 1 as vacancies are not filled. First ship arrives May 15, others follow about two weeks apart. each ship to spend about six weeks in the yard, with 800 workers retained across crafts.
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Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Thomas Kuchel
Washington
Navy
Kuchel
Wilson D. Leggett
Bureau of Ships
Quincy
Bremerton
Sen. Buchel
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Iittie Lakewood
Sunny Landen
Berle Landen
McNab Ave
Gondar Avé
Malcolm Epley
L. B. City Hall
Joseph Kenrick
Ken- Inick
Gazis
Rennick
Kennick
Nancy Lee Cook
Emmett N. Butterfield
Uvenila
City Hall
Bureau
Et Hall Engineerin
Joe Risinger
BEA Press
George Geer
Cy Jar
Wanda Lindsay
Galli
Flagstone Ave
Donald Douglas
Fidler
Bellflower
Douglas Aircraft Co
Roger Coar
Manze
Independent
Press-Telegram
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