WAVES Mark Ninth Birthday Celebration At Long Beach
Plans are set for the ninth anniversary of the WAVES with events at the Long Beach Naval Base on Saturday July 28. Lt Jane Fisher director WAVES in the 7th Naval District says active duty and Reserve members will participate and former members are invited. The program includes 1 p.m. registration tours of the ship yard and base visits to vessels and a birthday dinner in the evening.
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Long Beach Blood Drive Aids Korea Casualties
Long Beach donated 457 pints of blood last week to a Red Cross led drive for wounded men in Korea. Donations were 152 at the Red Cross weekly bank, 169 at Bellflower Woman's Club, 146 at USS Manchester bank, and 59 at a Building Trades Council bank. Rejections reduced totals. donor chair Mrs. Gus Lucking praised the community response and the region's praise from the Los Angeles center.
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Painfree non-surgical treatment claims relief
Promotional note for a painless nonsurgical therapy by Dr L E Dollarhide and PhD Ph, offering rapid relief. Mentions location at 610 Pacific Ave and phone 70-1946. Claims rally registration times and dates in vague terms.
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Naval Station Long Beach medical leadership changes
Capt John M Woodward MC USN becomes senior medical officer in charge of the infirmary at Long Beach Naval Station and Lt Katherine M Appleby NC USN named chief nurse, replacing Lt Grace Acuna and Capt J R Phillips transfers. Woodward arrives from Newport R I where he was executive officer at the Naval Hospital. Appleby comes from Beaufort DC.
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Traffic Deaths for 1951 Rise
Chicago July 21 The National Safety Council reports that traffic deaths for the first five months of 1951 rose about 5 percent alongside motor-vehicle growth. Deaths reached 15,240 versus 13,480 a year earlier, as cars on the road increased to 48.5 million from 44.5 million in 1950.
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Free Ride Taxi Aims to Sober Up Drunk Drivers
Sheriff Jesse Owen of Tipton County announces a special taxi service offering free rides home for intoxicated drivers who are sober enough to recognize they should not drive. The program, billed as transporting dangerous drivers off the roads, emphasizes preventing transportation to jail.
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Rebuilt Ordnance Saves 500 Million for War Effort
A vast postwar program rebuilt about 200000 tons of Army ordnance material in the Far East. Restored equipment could have cost around 500 million to replace, with many items including 50000 vehicles reconditoned in Japan and used in Korea. Commander R H Wallace, USN, served as shop superintendent.
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Flying Tigers mark six years of air freight progress
Plane Talk recounts Bob Prescott's Flying Tiger Line, once the world's largest air freight and contract-flying fleet with 35 Curtis C-46s and Douglas C-54s. From a garage start after WWII to a six-year milestone at Lockheed Air Terminal, the line's growth ranks among major carriers, propelled by postwar aviation advances and a dedicated crew.
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