Commendation Letter Lifts GI Husband’s Cardboard Burden
In Korea Tech Sgt Barry L Johnson received a commendation from Maj Thomas D Robertson for exemplary duties as crew chief while his wife in Wichita Falls Texas faced twelve hours notice for his deployment and a newborn baby to care for. The Red Cross intervened reuniting mother and child with Mrs Frances Reed, assuring checks were on the way as Johnson nears nine years of service.
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Barry L. Johnson
Korea
Johnson
Koran
Harry Leroy Johnson
Baby
Edith Craig
Red Cross
Thousands Attend March of Dimes Dance in Municipal Auditorium
More than 5000 people crowded into the Municipal Auditorium last night for the annual March of Dimes dance. Les Brown and his band provided popular music and top-flight entertainment. The event was conducted by Long Beach Alumni Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma for the local chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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Spansors
Les Brown
Long Beach
Kappa Kappa Gamma
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York City Publisher to Address Rotary Club Event
New York City publisher Arthur H. Motley will address the Rotary Club at a Wednesday noon meeting in the Fa eifle Coast Club. He will also speak that evening at the Long Beach Sales Executive Club rally at the Municipal Auditorium Concert Hall. The events feature Motley, a noted advertising authority, returning from a European trip with 10 American salesmen and demonstrations of selling techniques. The program is chaired by Glenn E. Thomas with HF Burmester as day chairman.
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Arthur H. Motley
New York City
Parade Magazine
Rotary Club
Faeifle Coast Club
Motley
Glenn E. Thomas
HF Burmester
Long Beach Sales Executive Club
Municipal Auditorium
Sale Executives’ Group
John Caldwell
Wilton Hotel
Marine Room
Long Beach
Noble
Cecil Fulcher
Signal Hill Lions Club
Hilltop Cafe
E. 23Rd St
Arthur W. Watwood
Flu Epidemic Strikes Small Town in West Alabama
Gordo Alabama reports 250 people ill in a town of 1200 as flu spreads. Dr L C Davis says 157 school children were absent and requests schools stay closed through Wednesday. Illness described as mild with few complications so far.
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Gordo
Ala
Alabama
L. C. Davis
Bus Hits Parked Truck in Seattle Blizzard
A Greyhound bus en route from Port Angeles to Seattle collided with a parked truck as a Seattle blizzard struck the Olympic Peninsula. The driver, Ald (D) Sheen, 30, Port Townsend, was in critical condition with internal injuries and taken to a Port Townsend hospital.
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Seattle
Greyhound
Port Angeles
Wash
Olympic Peninsula
Washington State Patrol
Donald Sheen
Port Townsend
Episco pal Diocese Conclave Opens in Los Angeles
The 56th annual Diocese of Los Angeles convention opens Tuesday at St Pauls Cathedral with Rev Frederick Augustus Martyr to lead a delega tion from All Saints Episcopal Church. Delegates include Samuel Crawford and others. 175 clergy and 35 lay delegates attend. Sessions run through Friday at St Pauls Cathedral and Good Samaritan Hospital nursing college.
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Frederick Augustus Martyr
All Saints Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Los Angeles
St. Paul's Cathedral
Santa Barbara
Ventura
San Bernardino
Riverside
Orange
San Diego
Imperial
Fany
Samuel Crawford
Lee C. Powell
James J. Harvey
H. J. Snyder
Robert H. deWilde
Woman's Auxiliary
Daughters of the King
Bishop Johnston College of Nursing
Good Samaritan Hospital
Ye Yo Meet Opens Tomorrow for Long Beach Youth
The Catewide annual Ye Yo youth contest for boys and girls under 16 opens tomorrow under the Long Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Recreation Commission. Prizes include a $1000 scholarship bicycles sweaters and other items. Daily contests start at 3 30 p m at multiple parks with city finals February 10 at Silverado Park. Gordon Jacobson and B K Jones oversee details. Western state Jaycee champions will be chosen in Fresno in May. Regional winners will receive transportation from the Long Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Catewide
Long Beach
Evangelist's Child Seized In Malnutrition Case
In Los Angeles on January 20, authorities seized Belinda Joan Cole, five months old, from her crippled mother Elsie Cale, 28, accusing malnutrition. The infant was taken to General Hospital for treatment as officers investigate after a neighbor's complaint. The home housed two older children while only cans of milk were found. The father, Robert, a traveling evangelist, earns a share of collections.
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Los Angeles
General Hospital
Javeline
Belinda Joan Cole
Elsie Cale
Robert
Cale
Division Executive Resigns From NPA
Washington January 20 0 J W Follin resigns as acting head of the reconstruction controls division of the National Production Authority He left citing differences with NPA high command over start date for a licensing system for commercial construction
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Washington
J. W. Follin
Act
Ing
Reconstruction Controls
National Production Authority
NPA
NPA High Command
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Ferson
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Uplewte Print
America
Kiwanis Club
Lafayette
Ross C. Shannon
St. Louis
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Socony Vacuum Oil Company
Leity
Perry Sample
M. C
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Marshall Stone
Bud Ridings
Robinson A. Reid
Ad Club
William Mooney
Marilyn Baker
East Sycamore St
Evansville
Indiana
Miss Baker
LeBlanc Corporation
Louisiana
Rights
W. J. Garner
Elwyn Ginuy Williams
Mane
Masonic Club
Rev. Williams
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
General Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
George Roberts
Royal Arch
Cirgonian Club
Victor Hugo i
E. Broadway
Col Ted. Davis
H. B. John Will
North Long Beach
Toastmasters Club
Petersen
Wagon Wheel
Long Beach Blvd
Howard Butler
William Copeland
Bernhard Rasmussen
Charles Sleeper
Fred Baxter
Cecil Moorehouse
Joseph McGrail
Lloyd Hanscom
Richard Hamilton
Earl Milton
Capt
Robert Rife
Ellsworth Beam
Jack Grizzie
Julian Campbell
Joe Dalton
Clarence Creager
Herbert Robinson
Arthur Chapman
Max Webb
Toastmasters International
Willmore Cafe
Jarry A. Kunkel
E.G. Williams
Episcopal Church Diocese
L.B. Yo-Yo
Pew
Ielmes
RAR Inc
Albuquerque
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