Norwegian visitor touts American drivers at Little Norway
Dr. John Midgaard, a Norwegian educator visiting the U.S. for the first time, praised American motorists as wonderful and the kindest drivers he has seen. Speaking at State College's Norwegian class dinner at Little Norway Restaurant, he contrasted U.S. roads with Oslo and noted open spaces around American cities. He also mentioned experiences with U.S. students at Harvard and a Texas student he had difficulty understanding.
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John Midgaard
U. S
L. B
Norway
State College
Midgaard
Oslo
R. Midgaard
U.S
Harvard
Europe
U. S.A
University of Oslo
Little Norway
Texas
Tot’s Tumbie in Ditch Sparks Lakewood Safety Alarm
neighbors urge action after Michael Doyle's tumble into a drainage ditch behind Tanglewood and Henrilee streets. parents fear repeat incidents as fence gaps and cave-ins threaten younger children. county flood control delays spurring calls for immediate protection measures and inspections.
Picket Boats Begin Construction at Fellows & Stewart
The Fellows & Stewart Shipbuilding Co on Terminal Island will start keel-laying for 35 picket boats under a 1.35 million Navy contract within about 60 days. Yard operator R. E. Fellows said construction continues until March 1953, requiring about 75 more workers. The 45 foot wooden craft are for radar and sonar patrols. Navy has ordered 148 total picket boats, with other contracts going to east coast and Great Lakes yards. The yard also received a separate contract for three 63 foot steel harbor tugs for the Air Force under a Navy contract.
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Fellows & Stewart Shipbuilding Co
Terminal Island
R. E. Fellows
Navy
East Coast
Great Lakes
Air Force
Two Suspects Nabbed After South Gate Armed Robbery
South Gate police captured two suspects in an armed robbery of a Long Beach man on Carson Street near the San Gabriel River. Beryl Mann and Arvin Gilman, both 20s, were booked on armed robbery charges and handed to Norwalk deputies. The victim, John Carney, 37, said he was robbed of $1900 in $20s and a watch and chain after being lured from a bar. Cash and clothing were found in the motel room they shared in Lynwood.
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South Gate
Long Beach
Carson St
San Gabriel River
Beryl B. Mann
Arvin G. Gilman
Anaheim St
Long Beach Blvd
Lynwood
Norwalk
Strike in sympathy with Torrance plant workers
U S Steel's Columbia Division plant in Pittsburg California shut down as 4000 CIO steelworkers stopped work to attend a continuous union meeting in sympathy with a Torrance plant dispute. Local 1440 members voted Sunday to proceed with the stoppage. Torrance has seen a two week walkout affecting about 1100 men.
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U.S. Steel
Columbia
Pittsburg
Calif
CIO
Torrance
United Press
United Steelworkers Local 1440
U.S Steel
Woman Injured as Car Strikes Stalled Vehicle
Mrs. Dorothy M. Richards, 1902 Eleanor t., suffered cuts and bruises when a car driven by her husband Dennis collided with the rear of a stalled car on Atlantic Ave south of the area. She was treated at Bixby Knolls Hospital. The stalled car, driven by Terrill S. Richardson, 16, of 214 Redondo Ave., had run out of gasoline.
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Dorothy M. Richards
Eleanor §T
Dennis
Atlantic Ave
Bixby Knolls Hospital
Terrill S. Richardson
Redondo Ave
Gas Explosion Fatal to 19 Year Old Girl in Seaside
A 19 year old El Paso nursing student, Virginia J. Mawson, died after a gas heater exploded in her rooming house at 408 Chestnut Ave. The blast at 5:40 p.m. knocked her to the floor and set clothing aflame. Neighbors and boarders extinguished the fire while police attributed the blast to escaping gas. Her parents rushed from El Paso but could not reach her before she died at Seaside Hospital. This marked the second gas-related tragedy here within 10 days following a hotel incident on West Third Street.
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el Paso
Texas
Seaside
Chestnut Ave
Virginia J. Mawson
Harold Marsh
Fourth St
Miss Mawson
William Mawson
Long Beach
Daugher
J. T. Lind
G. W. Foster
Renald Ay Wallace da
Wanla Tune
Third St
Water District Plan Continues in Los Angeles County
The board of supervisors extended consideration of the Water Conservation Zone No. 1, covering southeast Los Angeles County, to next Tuesday for final action. Los Angeles objected, asking removal of eight square miles valued at 35 million dollars from the district, arguing their Colorado River Owens Valley water supply. Shoestring Strip in Manchester Watts area at issue. Long Beach may withdraw one third west of American Ave and in North Long Beach, while the other two thirds east of American Ave remain.
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Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles
Colorado River
Owens Valley
Manchester
Watts
H. E. Hedger
Dewey L. Strickler
Long Beach
School board awards contracts for curb work and fencing
The school board awarded Ansen Construction Co. a 12 640 contract to install curbs gutters and sidewalks at Patrick Henry Elementary School Canehill Ave and Conant St A 16 100 contract went to Crown Fence Supply for galvanized steel fencing at 21 schools.
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Ansen Construction Co
Patrick Henry Elementary
Canehill Ave
Conant St
Crown Fence & Supply O
Public Invited to Heart Disease Symposium
The Long Beach Heart Association invites the public to a symposium on heart disease tomorrow at 8 p.m. in City Health Center Auditorium. Speakers include Dr. Thomas Brem of Long Beach Veterans Hospital, Dr. Joseph C. Reed internist, and Dr. George C. Griffith USC School of Medicine professor.
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Long Beach Heart Association
City Health Center
Pine Ave
Thomas Brem
Long Beach Veterans Hospital
Joseph C. Reed
George C. Griffith
School of Medicine
University of Southern California
GI Heroes and Actress Guests of Elks Night
Actress Ann Blythe and three Korean war heroes attended the Army and Air Force night by Long Beach Elks 888 at the Elks Lodge. Blythe sang four tunes and handed blood donor cards to members while Maj. Thomas Queen and Maj. James Anderson spoke on air defense and fighter operations in Korea. Sgt Joseph Rodriguez urged blood donations as Elks pledged to exceed the local blood bank quota. Thirty armed forces members were guests.
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Ann Blythe
Army and
Air Force
Long Beach Bpoe
Elks Lodge
Miss Blythe
Ellis Lodge
Thomas W. Queen JI
Long Beach ‘Air Force Base
Ana
Korea
Long Beach
James E. Anderson
Eastbrook Ave
198Th
Joseph Rodriguez
San Bernardino
M. H. Montgomery
Elks
Elks Armed Forces
California Elks
Armed Forces
The
Plan to set school boundary near Long Beach Bellflower area
A Long Beach Board of Education plan to draw a boundary with Bellflower faced parent group opposition and was discussed in a conference led by Superintendent Douglas Newcomb. The parents agreed to pursue county involvement if needed while aiming for an inter district pupil exchange and a timely meeting with Bellflower officials and deputy county superintendent Dr. C. C. Carpenter to speed the agreement. The 28th parallel boundary runs along Candlewood Street and Briercrest Avenue near Gompers Elementary in Lakewood Park.
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Long Beach
Bellflower
Elizabeth Hudson
Board of Education
Earl R. Easterla
Candlewood St
G. H. Brannon
Ocana Ave
Floyd L. Henderson
Robert J. Downey
Briercrest Ave
Craig Leonard
Newcomb
C. C. Carpenter
Gompers
Lakewood Park
Candlewood
Seek CAA Nod for Oil Drilling Near Municipal Airport
City officials plan a Friday 9 30 a m meeting with CAA representatives to locate oil drill sites on water department land west of the Municipal Airport. The 1947 approvals by CAA are recalled, and the City Council has directed hiring a petroleum consultant to explore potential oil development with the Water Commissioners amid historic lease constraints.
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Civil
Aero-i Hauties Administration of Oil
Water Department
CAA
Board of Water Commissioners
Blood Donation Bank to Open Tonight at Red Cross
The Blood donation bank opens tonight from 4 to 7 46 p m for the public at Red Cross headquarters 319 W Broadway. Leaders say the need is greater than ever for the armed forces and to sustain blood supplies for patients in local hospitals.
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Red Cross
W. Broadway
Girl Loses $15 Left in Purse
Shirley Mae Milligan a Jordan High student of 310 Sunset Street reports a lost purse containing $15 after alighting a bus at Sunset and J Atlantic Avenue. The driver picked up the purse but left briefly and another person reportedly took it.
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Shirley Mae Milligan
Sunset St
Jordan High School
Shirley Mae
Jatlantic Ave
Dock
Women Seek New Torture-Case Trial
Convicted of punishing children by burning wrists with matches at God's Orphanage boarding school in Santa Ana, two women officials face a new trial motion. Mrs. Julia Ward and Mrs. Carolyn Munger were found guilty on three counts after an 11 woman jury deliberated briefly. Defense filed for a new trial as both claim the acts were demonstrations of punishment in a spirit of kindness.
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iGod
Santa Ana
Julia Ward
Carolyn Munger
Claude Watson
Mrs. Ward
Unit Votes Out Bill Favoring U S Claims
The Senate interior and insular affairs committee voted 9 to 2 to send SIR 20 to the Senate floor. The measure grants the Secretary of the Interior temporary oil and gas leasing power within three miles of shore with five year limits and state approval. Minor changes include dropping federal education aid and conference amendments between O Mahoney and Long.
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Secretary of the Interior
Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
O’mahoney
D-Wrye
Sen. Anderson
DN. M
Walter Bilgiving
Senate
Secretary of Interior
Texas
Sen. O'Mahoney
Sen
Anderson
O'Mahoney
Justice and Interior de Partments
Sen. Long
D.sa
Long
Sen. McFarland
D.-Ariz
D.N.M
Lehman
D.N.Y
Dla
Smathers
Butler
Rneb
Millikin
R-Colo
Eeton
R-Mont
Nuor
Murray
DeMont
Melone
R.-Nev
Berthing Delayed in Port Crackdown
Coast Guard ordered a brief suspension at two Los Angeles Harbor berths after shore side crew failed to keep fire lanes clear provide access to firefighting gear and store cargo properly. Captain Samuel F Gray said ships were barred during the action and no vessels were allowed at the berths while the suspension was in effect.
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Coast Guard
Samuel F. Gray
USCG
Los Angeles
Gray
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Henrilee
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