Banks Report Rise in Long Beach Deposits in Year End Figures
Banks in Long Beach show higher year end deposits per the Comptroller of Currency call. Bank of America totals 119.62 million, California Bank 4.48 million, Farmers & Merchants 68.52 million, Peoples Bank of Lakewood 3.58 million, Rita Taunt On 71.55 million, Western Bank 6.52 million, with war loan lapses cited as a factor and savings accounts not yet rising.
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Long Beach
Comptroller of Currency
Bank of America
California
Long Teach
Officiis
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Gus Walker
Peoples Bank of
Lake Wool
Dee
SSEI
Cctba Rel
Western Bank
Copter to test passenger transport between Tong Beach and Los Angeles
George S. Allen plans an experimental helicopter run from Tong Beach to Los Angeles. A helicopter will land on Villa Riviera sun deck and depart for Huntley Hotel parking field in Los Angeles. Arthur Salk, Riviera manager, says the public may witness. service not limited to guests and a regular schedule awaits experiment results.
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Tong Beach
Los Angeles
George S. Allen
Villa Riviera
Huntley Hotel
Riviera
Alymen
Herbert E Wormser Funeral Monday Services
Funeral services for Herbert E Wormser theatrical representative and music critic of the Press Telegram will be held Monday at 47 in the chapel of Mottall's Mortuary Dr L Eliot Graftman rabbi of Temple Israel will officiate Wormser died Thursday night following a heart attack
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Herbert E. Wormser
Ritic
Press ‘Telegram
Mottall
L. Eliot Graftman
Rapbi
Temple Israel
Wormser
California ship to haul milk for European children
Gov. Earl Warren announced the friendship cruise ship SS Golden Bear will visit Long Beach on January 21 to collect 1400 tons of canned condensed and powdered milk for France Italy and Greece. The voyage will load in Stockton June 14 Vallejo June 15 Oakland June 16 San Francisco June 18 Long Beach Los Angeles June 21 and San Diego June 24. Junior Chambers of Commerce are asked to coordinate community campaigns.
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California
California Maritime ‘Academy
Long Banch
France
Italy
Greece
Earl Warren
Vallejo
Long Beach
Stockton
Oakland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Warren
Chambers of Commerce
Do. Batterie
Union Pacific R. R. Lecturer Slated for 3 Talks Here
Union Pacific Railroad lecturer R. A. Kirkpatrick will present three talks in Long Beach during January. He speaks of the Pacific Northwest at 9 p m January 5 at the Elks Club, discusses Utah and Arizona national parks at 6 30 p m January 6 at the Hotel Wilson Shrine Club, and closes January 21 at 7 30 p m before the Association of Child Education on California. Colored slides will accompany the lectures as part of his 1947 48 tour across the midwest and both coasts into the deep south.
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Long Beach
R. A. Kirkpatrick
Union Pacific Railroad
Elks Club
Shrine Club
Hotel Wilson
Utah- Arioona
Association of Child Education
California
Kirkpatrick
Midwest
Deep South
Inquest on Death of Man in Belmont Shore Disturbance
An inquest will be held Monday at 2 36 p m in the county coroner s office Los Angeles into the death of Gerald GB Needham Long Beach Municipal Court marshal who died after a New Year s Eve disturbance in Belmont Shore He died of a cerebral hemorrhage possibly from a blow The coroner s office notified Lt Tubbs of the Long Beach police One Cindy J 24 was booked for manslaughter following the incident.
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Gerald
Needham
Long Beach
Belmont Shore
Los Angeles
S. W. ‘Tubbs
J. Diel Cindy
Guide Dog School Kennels Completed in California
The West Side Lions Club donated expenses for new play kennels at California Guide Dog School located at 1350 Seabright Ave. Curtis Whitlams chairs the club’s air to the blind committee and Dr. Don Markham serves as club president.
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West Side Lions Club
California
Guide Dog School
Seabright Ave
Curtis Whitlams
Don Markham
Gas Department Expansion in Long Beach Surges 130 Percent
US Department figures show Long Beach gas operations grew sharply since municipal take over in 1924. 32,264 customers connected in 1924 rising to 74,026 by 1947, with gas line mileage up from 300 to 550 miles. Investments climbed to 8.32 million dollars, bonds fell to 2 million, and gross sales leapt to 3.5 million in 1947.
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US Department
Long Beach
Austem
Wil
Mas Mains
Weather Outlook for Long Beach and Vicinity
Considerable low cloudiness today tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. General 19 moderate variable winds along the coast.
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Long Beach
Naval Rituals Held Aboard Ships in Port
Vice Admiral Walter S. De Lang announced morning ceremonies aboard U S ships in the Pacific. Rear Admiral Reacoe Uo relieved Rear Admiral Ernest E. Herrmann as commander of Cruiser Division 3 aboard the USS Springfield, with Herrmann moving to inspector general Atlantic Fleet.
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Walter S.de- Lang
Pacific
U.S. 5
Reacoe
Two Coast Guardsmen Die in Plane Crash
Coast Guard headquarters in Long Beach reports a twin engined amphibian crashed near Chattanooga. San Diego men Robert Whale 28 and Kristian Anderson 33 were killed. The aircraft departed San Diego for Chattanooga on a special assignment and a log book and bags were recovered from the wreck site.
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Coast Guard
Long Beach
Chattanooga
Conn
Robert W. Whale
San Diego
Kristian F. Anderson
Aviaton Machinist
Memphis
Naval Air Sixtton
C.s.t
San Gabriel
Sewell Griggars
Sheriff's Air Squadron
Glenn Arbogast
Charles Taily
Eleven More Flu Cases in Weekly City Report
The City Health Department logged eleven new influenza cases in the week ending December, part of a yearly total of 27. Other adds include seven chickenpox cases raising the year to 1028, four measles to 45, six mumps to 541, one meningitis, and one scarlet fever case. Overall yearly counts cover diphtheria 3, epilepsy 29, German measles 191, lobar pneumonia 3, polio 28, tuberculosis 141, whooping cough 239, and rabies 1.
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City Health Department
Health Department
Law Partners Harris Lyle and Heimburger Form Practice
Harris Lyle and Ray Heimburger have formed a law partnership with offices in the Heartwell Building. Lyle, a Naval Academy graduate, served through the war and retired as a commander. Heimburger is a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve and a World War II veteran.
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Harris K. Lyle
Ray A. Heimburger
Heartwell Bldg
Lyle
Naval Academy
Heimburger
Naval Reserve
Several Injured in Vehicular Traffic Mishaps
Mrs Ida May Trith 73 of 1309 Esther St taken to Seaside Hospital with possible fractured skull after an auto collision at Alamitos Ave and Fourth St. She rode with Morris W Hunt er 1082 Alamont when their car hit Joseph F Fursten berg 752 Calif or ia Ave. No citations issued. Mrs Rubye E Authier 46 of 3850 Wilton St taken to Community Hospital with facial lacerations and bruises after a car driven by Adele G Authler 26 of 1338 Lime Ave stopped to discharge a passenger then was struck by Nelle Newton Loder 212 Lucid Ave. A third car driven by Louis C G Wier 2155 E 19th St struck the Loder car. Michael Sulurin 40 Russian seaman aboard S S Venera tied up at Pier 9 taken to Seaside Hospital with fractured left lip and heel injuries after being struck by a car driven by Earl W Nagle 40 S Golden Ave. The mishap occurred at Can Ave and W Ninth St. Nagle not cited.
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Ida May Trith
Esther St
Seaside Hospital
Esterday
Alamitos Ave
Tilitt
Morris W. Hunter
Alamont
Joseph F. Furstenberg
Califoria Ave
Rubye E
Can Ave
W. Ninth St
Nagle
Portable Stop Signs Urged for Emergencies at Harbor Area
Harbor District Chambers of Commerce urges immediate provision of portable boulevard stop signs to replace destroyed ones. Reported incidents in San Pedro show a knocked down sign led to a crash. proposal seeks sheriff access to portable signs during emergencies. The Automobile Club of Southern California has long replaced signs quickly, but the road department adds stock to warehouses for faster emergency deployment.
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Board of Supervisors
Harbor District Chambers of Commerce
Avi L. Wilder
Long Beach
San Pedro
County Road Department
Jloday
Automobile Club of
Southern
Californiia
Fire wipes Elkton elevator in $500000 blaze
A Tuesday fire destroyed the Elkton elevator of Wallace Morley Co in Elkton Michigan costing about 500000. An estimated two and a half million pounds of beans were burned in the blaze.
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Elkton, Mich
Stan
Elkton
Wallace &, Morley Co
Crime in Los Angeles County Surges 70 Percent
District Attorney W. J. Simpson told the Optimist Club in Wilton Hotel that Los Angeles County crime rose about 70 percent since before the war, with felonies numbering over 13 000 and city misdemeanors exceeding 100 000. He cited armed robbery as the sharpest rise, attributed in part to postwar unrest and economic changes.
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Los Angeles
W. J. Simpson
Optimist
Wilton Hotel
Simpson
Hat
C. Bond Harpole
Optimist Club
Harold F. Baum
The
Optimists
Ed Shaw
Uions
Orian Landreth
No Rain Forecast Through Monday for Southern California
Central California used its moisture, leaving the Southland with no rain expected through Monday. The Werther Barony notes no rain should fit to diy no tomorrow despite considerable cloudiness. Some sections of Southern California report trace rainfall last night, with a warm night at 58 degrees and only an eight degree drop from yesterday. The bureau predicts no heavy rain in five days, but light showers may occur in parts of Southern California on Monday.
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California
Southland
Werther
Bureau
Coast Guard Finds Body of Fisherman Hillburn Swisher
The Coast Guard recovered the body of Hillburn Swisher 28 from 6783 Lamon Ave after he washed overboard from a fishing boat off the San Pedro breakwater. Surviving are his widow Sybil and his parents, with other relatives listed.
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Hillburn Swisher
Lamon Ave
Cshing
Christensen & Pina
Coast Guard
Swisher
Terminal Islands Naval Shipyard
Sybil
San Pedro
Heirloom Jewelry Lost From Purse
Isaac Wolfson reports his wife misplaced a pair of heirloom earrings valued at 850 dollars yesterday afternoon. The earrings, part of a 100 year old family collection from Manchester England, were wrapped in paper and placed in a purse before shopping downtown. upon returning home they were missing.
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Isaac Wolfson
Quincy Ave
Manchester
England
Eauelicer
Barbara Schultz
Wallson
Port Traffic Surges 36 Percent At Los Angeles Harbor
Marine Exchange figures show 3995 ships visited the Long Beach Los Angeles port in 1947, up from 2930 in 1946 a 36 percent gain. August peak had 365 calls while October saw a labor dispute shutdown. most traffic used American flag vessels with Britain second.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Marine Exchange
Britain
Arabia
Trans-Arabia Pipe Inc
Boat Owners and Union Press for Fresh Bargain in Fleet
One hundred twenty five boat owners tied to the Fishermen's Cooperative Association seek terms for a new contract with the CIO Fishermen's Union. They demand a bigger share of the catch to cover refrigeration costs. Union leaders planned to review the proposal and likely reject it. The old working agreement expired Wednesday and a no contract no work stance was reported.
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Fishermen's Co-operative Association
San Pedro
Dominic Livietich
Owners’ Association
Pete King
Sa W
Man Ingests Solvent By Mistake Improves in Hospital
Edward W. Chilton, 33, of 125 Sienna Dr, drank a quantity of spot remover kept in a soft drink bottle at a dylend home. He grew worse after two days but was reported to be slightly improved at Seaside Hospital. Police said the liquid was served by mistake and the man began to recover from the ill effects.
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Edward W. Chilton
Sienna Dr
Dee
Seaside Hospital
Chilton
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