Inflation era notes on Pine Ave window sign and harbor watch
A collection of town notes reports a sign reading Yesterday's Values Today in a Pine Ave store, early Coast Guard flag duty at Times Building, and a flapping CG emblem at 7 20 a m. Other items include a man lighting a firecracker with paper matches outside a bar, dirty sidewalks, a tomato vine growing in a curb crack, and humorous and curious local anecdotes plus a Harbor watch noting fishermen headed to a pole yard.
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Pine Ave
Coast Guard
Times
C. G
Ocean
W. 5Th
Middle of Town
Harry Rose
Millions Spent as Los Angeles Harbor Shipyard Boom
Shipyard activity in the Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor accelerates with new contracts at Todd Shipyard and Wilmington Boat Works. Todd wins a 269,750 remodeling job for the Gen. R. L. Howze troop transport, while Wilmington Boat Works secures a 5,006,100 contract to build mine sweepers. MSTS seeks certified seamen as work expands and space is leased near the California Yacht Club and Coast Guard.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Todd Shipyard
Wilmington Boat Works
Harbor Boat Works
Todd
Gen. R. L. Howze
Military Sea Transport Service
California, Yacht Club
Coast Guards
The
Comepany
MSTS
Army
Navy Transport Services
Sleuth Heads to Las Vegas in Kristy Kidnapping Case
Detective Sergeant Clifford Price flies to Las Vegas to pursue Frank W. Kristy, 48, alleged Downey abductor, and rescue Betty Jean Hansen, 20, his forced victim. The car Kristy drove with Hansen was found abandoned near the Las Vegas airport. No foul play evident. Kristy allegedly abducted Hansen at gunpoint after warning Mrs. Kristy not to interfere.
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Frank W. Kristy
Downey
Betty Jean Hansen
Clifford Price
Norwalk
Air Today
Las Vegas
Nev
Kristy
Miss Hanser
Betty
Miss Hansen
Assistant Chiefs in Fire Dept Raised by City Council
Three assistant fire chiefs received $23 monthly raises effective July 19 by a city council resolution. The new salary is $491 per month for William L. Head William M. McGree and Mead L. Harman.
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Fire Dept
Wiliam L. Head
William M. McGree
Mead L. Harman
Smoking ban proposal stirs council debate in open session
Mayor Burton W. Chace proposed a rule change to city council meetings to enforce a no smoking policy in the council chamber. He noted existing signs and suggested abiding by them or removing them. Several councilmen and reporters were cited, yet no official action was taken as reporters apparently abstained from smoking during the morning session.
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Burton W. Chace
Chace
Lynn Parm
Jey
Carl Fletcher
Sam Vickers
Clearing of Court Calendar Promised by Judges
Presiding Judge W Turney Fox and Judge Fred Miller pledged to ease the overcrowded Los Angeles County Superior Court calendar. They outlined a plan to deploy six departments of the local courts, with judges Miller Maltby Hight Druck Brierly and Ross assigned, to reduce civil and criminal case backlogs as population growth in the Long Beach area expands the court service.
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W. Turney Fox
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Feft
Fox
Fred Miller
Press-Telegram
Superior Court
Los Angeles County
Long Rench
Long Beach
Miller
Pox
Joseph M. Maltby
Percy Hight
Long Bear
Lewis Druck
Los Angeles
Hugh Brierly
Inyo County
Albert Ross
Shasta County
Area Gets New Muny Court As Warren Signs Bill
Gov. Earl Warren signed two bills creating a Los Angeles area municipal court expansion and boosting judge salaries. A new Los Cerritos Municipal Court District forms, absorbing Signal Hill Township into Long Beach and reshaping boundaries to include Lakewood and part of Bellflower. Long Beach retains five judges. municipal judges rise from 13,500 to 15,000 annually, with initial two years at 12,500 where new courts are created. Superior Court salaries rise by 1740 statewide, with Los Angeles County judges at 15,000.
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Long Beach
Earl Warren
Los Angeles County
Los Cerritos
Signal Hill
Long Beach Municipal Court District
Foster Ray
Whjch
Lakewood
Bellflower
Bierce Trial End Near. Verdict Expected Friday
Testimony in the Bierce murder trial nears completion as psychologist Dr. Frederick J. Mackey testified Bierce was insane at the time of his wife Florence Bierce's January 4 death. Prosecutors cross examined. defense will not have Bierce testify due to mental state. Judge Fred Miller said court would adjourn today after witnesses finish.
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Bierce
Fred Mater
Frederick J. Mackey
Beverly Allis
Edward, Bierce
Florence
Cyber Hotel Podroom
Dep. Dist
Fred N. Whichello
Hacker
Philip E. Poppler
H. Leslie Wildey
Poppler
S. Albert Molle
Long Beach
Fred Miller
Windshield Slam Injures Woman in Orange County Crash
Mrs Agnes Susanka 51 of Long Beach suffered serious head injuries after a windshield was smashed in a collision at Chapman Ave and West St northeast of Garden Grove. She was a passenger in a car driven by Lavanna Rose Sullivan 28 of Lakewood Blvd. Sullivan's car collided with Stephen J Foosatti 30 of Santa Anz. Neither driver was injured.
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Agnes Susanka
Dominguez St
Long Beach
St Joseph’s Hospital
Orange
Chapman Ave
West St
Garden Grove
Lavanna Rose Sullivan
Lakewood Blvd
Stephen J. Foosatti
Fairmont St
Santa Anz
Senate Group OKs Wider Radio Controls
Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill to broaden government authority over radio transmission and electromagnetic devices. The measure would cover diathermy machines testing equipment in radio shops switches circuit breakers and fluorescent signs to curb potential enemy signals and weapons.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Defense Department
Council Trims Budget to Prevent Tax Increase
City Council trims the 1951-52 budget to keep the tax rate at last year’s level. Budget cutsTotaled about 0.76 in rate reductions, offset by added revenue from gas and valuations. Consolidation of 18 divisions into three departments was approved subject to legal review.
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Carl Fletcher
Samuel E. Vickers
Speer Ievy Yeager
West Side
Recreation Department
Joseph B. Lamb
Vickers
John R. Mansell
Spiven
Long Beach Mounted Police Patrol
Los Famies Philharmonic Associaion
McCracken Is Sane Says Psychiatrist
A court appointed psychiatrist told Superior Judge Robert Gardner that Henry Ford McCracken accused of kidnapping and murdering Patty Hull is not insane. He is not a sexual psychopath and knows right from wrong. The report described three days of jury attempts and the defense continued to press temporary insanity as the basis for a later sanity trial.
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Robert Gardner
Henry Ford McCracken
Patty Hull
Conway
Sarita
Ana
McCracken
Buena Park
James L. Davis
George Chula
Chula
Davis
Gardner
Leonard Dale Hui
Health Board Change Authorized by City Council
The city council authorized preparing an amendment to the health board ordinance to add one dentist and provide for one osteopath and two medical doctors to serve on the board.
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City Health Board
Group to List Improvements As City Sets Advisory Panel
A citizens committee to draft a broad capital improvements program to be funded from tideland and oil funds will be named by Mayor Burton W. Chace. The City Council authorized the panel which will advise the city board and prepare a priority list of projects after reviewing recent requests, with City Manager Samuel E. Vickers to supply input.
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Burton W. Chace
Samuel E. Vickers
Dean E. Godwin
Blatt Park
Paul Wilcox
Associated Property Owners
la Committee
Tideland
Retirement bids and Korea war talk from Lt Jergins
Police Lt Jergins, former Long Beach resident and oil man, issues bold bets on a Korean ceasefire and criticizes the administration’s wartime rhetoric. He offers 50 000 dollars if no ceasefire within 90 days and donates winnings to charity. previously he offered 300 000 against Russia attacks with little interest. Also, Lt William J B Turner applies for retirement after 21 years, effective July 19, planning a California state job, with a career spanning Navy service in WWI and promotions to inspector and lieutenant.
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Korea
Jergins
Reds
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Dergins
Russia
United States
T. Jergins Cies
William J. B. Turner
Police Department
Turner
State of
California
Police
North
Carolina
William Jennings
Brean Turner
Kenneth H. Leach
Girl 2 Run Over by Her Aunt's Car
A two year old girl was seriously injured when a car driven by her aunt ran over her in front of the home on Matney Avenue. Police report the child entered the house and returned to the curb before the vehicle moved. The child sustained a fractured right hip and possible dislocation and internal injuries.
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Manda Jean Blackburn
161St St
Norwayk
Matney Ave
Norma Morgan
Luella
Youth Jailed in Burglaries
Kenneth Wilburn 21 of 604 Truman Boyd Manor was arrested on burglary receiving stolen property and delinquency charges after six boys implicated him in burglaries near Santa Fe Avenue Club Whiskey. Police recovered two cases of whisky. Wilburn allegedly participated with the juveniles in the crimes.
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Kenneth Wilburn
Truman Boyd Manor
J. 9
Terry
Wilburn
Harbor
Santa Fe Ave
Texan Held as Fugitive in Grand Theft Case
Samuel Edward Perry alias Edward George Hayer, 73, held in city jail for investigation of grand theft forgery and fugitive charges. Police seek his hometown Baytown Texas while pursuing leads in Los Angeles and Hawthorne for additional forgery and grand theft warrants.
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Samuel Edward Perry
Edward George Hayer
Baytown
Texas
Jim
Los Angeles
Hawthorne
Schools Gain New Revenue From Property Valuation Rise
Lakewood unincorporated area and adjoining Long Beach saw a 40 percent rise in total assessed property value, adding 26.2 million dollars. If the basic $2 tax rate holds, local school revenue could increase by 364,406 dollars, helping cover enrollment costs. utilities valuation is pending.
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Lakewood
C. C. Triltingham
A. A. Knoll
Long Beach
Avalon
Signal Hill
Knoll
Board of Education
Trillingham
Long Beach Marine Killed in War to Arrive for Funeral
The first Long Beach Marine to die in the ice vean war will arrive Thursday at 11 48 a m at Pacific electric depot Ninth and Pico. A Marine Corps escort will accompany the body to Long Beach for last rites. The mother Mrs Belva J. Johnson will lead the military funeral Friday at 1 p m in Mattell Chapel with Chaplain Earl R. Brewster officiating. Interment at Sunnyside Memorial Park. Active pallbearers listed from various marine units.
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Julin EL
Ind
Mattell Chapel
Earl R. Brewster
Long Beach Naval Station
Sunnyside Memorials Park
C. Hills
GE. Thomas
Sales
C.M. Holmes
R. Reffiy
S. F. Woodson
Merger Talk For New Hospital Aims To Unite Two Los Cerritos Units
A dinner meeting of staff and hospital members at the Lafayette Hotel will discuss a plan to merge Los Cerritos Maternity and Magnolia Hospitals. Superintendent Dr Charles Fanleven says the proposal is at an indefinite stage with a possible new large hospital to replace the two existing ones and add beds.
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Los Cerritos Maternity
Magnolia Hospitals
Carporapan
Lafayette Hotel
Charles Fanleven
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W. J. Hornstein
Coast Fisheries Division
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Sweden
Wilshire
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L.A. Harbor
R. A. Shaw
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Charles Brenner
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Long Beach Press-Telegram
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