Pan-Pacific Fish Plant Tour Highlights LBLA Industry
The visit to Pan-Pacific Fisheries on Terminal Island reveals the Long Beach Los Angeles harbor area's dominance in fish canning. Sanitation, automation, and a large workforce, including many women, drive a bustling industry shipping tuna domestically and sardines to the Philippines, supporting thousands of local jobs.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
U. S
Pan-Pacific Fisheries
Terminal Island
Pat Ahern
Pan-Pacific
Gerald
Red) Ciglano
William C. Morehead
San Francisco
Upataka
Apronomio Eder
Eder
State Board of Health
California
INA
Philippines
Shrine convention opens as Long Beach hosts nine temples
L B Host welcomes 800 Shriners from nine temples for the 76th annual Shrine convention led by headquarters in Los Angeles. Delegations from Phoenix and 490 representatives arrive, with 200000 expected to attend. Delegates tour Catalina Island, inspect Navy ships, and participate in an electrical pageant at the Memorial Coliseum amid city tours and hotel stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ong Beach
Phoenix
Royal and Mystic Order of Shrine
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Afifi
Tacoma
Wash
al Menah
Nashville
Villa
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Beverly Jones
Pacific Electric
Harbor
Latavelie
Broadland
Astor
Buffum
Ware
Blackstone
Wilton
Robinson
California
Villa Riviera
Chace Inn
Virginia
L B Woman and Baby Die in 1950 Traffic Toll
Long Beach recorded 15 traffic fatalities for 1950 with the deaths of a 30 year old woman, Marline Saltalamacchia, and her 21 month old child in two separate crashes. The Saltalamacchia woman died when ejected from a car at Willow Street and Santa Fe Avenue after a collision with a truck. The truck driver, Bert Wehlast, 47, of Baldwin Park, was not cited. The woman's survivors include a husband, Joseph, siblings, and her mother. The child died later at Seaside Hospital. Police reported multiple other injuries and incidents in separate crashes along Pacific Coast Highway, Ocean Boulevard, and local streets.
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Long Beach
Marline M
Bert Wehlast
Baldwin Park
Capital Tank Lines
Bell
Sharline
Katfenberger
Sharlinerger
Garry Sherman
Robert H. Grover
Sea‘oright
Grover
Seaside Hospital
Saltalamacchia
Christensen and Pine Mortuary
Severtson
Helena
Sunnyside Memark
Joseph
Teresite Koster
Spongberg Mortuary
Pacific Coast Hwy
Colorado St
Leonard R. Smith
Patrick St
Bellflower
Smith
Samuel F. Long
Molino Ave
Community Stal
Julia Wooden
Los Angeles
Alice A. Henden
Arande Ave
Compton
Donald D. Johnson
Campeck
Frank Westhoff
Chestnut Ave
Charlene C. Melton
Pasadena Ave
Man Pleads Innocent to Kidnapping Charge
Michael Molosky Jr., 30, pleaded not guilty to attempting to kidnap Mary E. Taylor, 23, on May 21. He appeared before Superior Fred Miller. July 20 was set for trial. Taylor testified Molosky tried to force her into his car while she waited for a bus at Snare Ave. and Pacific Coast By.
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Michael Molosky Jr
Mary E. Taylor
Fred Miller
Eel
Molosky
Port Tours to Begin for City Employees
Interdepartment educational port tours will start Wednesday. Alvin K. Maddy, executive secretary of the Harbor Commission, will escort personnel from the city attorney's office and the purchasing department to explain the port and Harbor Department functions. Other city employees will join tours on subsequent Wednesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin K. Maddy
Harbor Commission
Maddy
Weather outlook with partial sun and low clouds
Night and early morning will feature low clouds and mist then mostly sunny by tomorrow afternoon. Cooler night followed by a brighter day with comfortable warmth and light winds.
City Council to review ordinance committee recommendations
The ordinance committee will present several recommendations to the City Council tomorrow. Proposals include moving erection offences from the penal code to a zoning ordinance with hardship appeals to the City Planning Commission. An amendment would permit wall signs not facing the street up to 18 inches, replacing current limits that ban such signs for esthetic reasons.
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City Planning Commission
Building Owners Elects L B Man to National Board
J C Chuck of Long Beach was elected to the executive committee of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers at its 43rd annual convention in Seattle. Chuck, manager of the Jergins Trust Building, will represent the Pacific Southwest and has long led the Long Beach Building Owners and Managers group. New president is James F. Cook Jr. of St Louis. James M. Bradford of Seattle is first vice president. Sterling H. Bigler of Philadelphia is secretary treasurer.
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J. C. Chuck
Long Beach
National Association of Building Owners and Managers
Association
Seattle
Washom Chuck
Pacific Southwest
Jergins Trust
James M. Bradford
Sterling H. Bigler
Hiladelphia
Fair Weather Forecast for Tomorrow
The city expects sunny skies after morning low clouds with temperatures around 74 degrees. Lifeguards report 50 000 beachgoers over the weekend and 35 000 yesterday, with 60 rescues at Southland beaches and five family members swept offshore at Zuma Beach. The water sits near 65 degrees as schools close for summer and attendance rises.
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Roy Miller
Colorado Lagoon
Southland
Venice
Zuma Beach
Manhattan-Redondo Beach
Two Drunk Drivers Fined Heavily by Judge Keeler
Edward M. McGeever 37 of Sell flower faced a 200 dollar fine or 40 days in jail after a May 31 arrest in the 1900 block of Alamitos Ave for a boulevard stop. Fernando C. McConnell 38 of Seal Beach drew the same penalty after an Ocean Blvd and Cherry Ave stop for failing a sobriety test and running a traffic signal.
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Fuy
Harry F. Keeler
Edward M. McGeever
Sellflower
Alamitos ‘Ave
Fernando C. McConnell
Seal Beach
Ocean Blvd
Cherry Ave
Hearing Planned Thursday on Trafficless Pine Ave
City Planning Commission will hold a Thursday hearing at 9 am in City Hall council chambers for Pine Ave merchants to consider banning vehicular traffic from the Pine Ave business district. Commissioner Hugh R Davies proposes lower Pine Ave become pedestrian arcade shopping area based on observations in South American cities. Cross-street traffic would remain allowed. other downtown streets not discussed.
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City Planning Commission
Pine Ave
Hugh R. Davies
Lower Pine Ave
75 L B Moose Lodge Men to Be Inducted
Special cars depart S11 E Ocean Blvd at 6 p m tomorrow carrying 75 candidates from Long Beach Moose Lodge No 600 to Los Angeles Moose Lodge for induction part of a 1500 member class honoring Malcolm R Giles director general of the organization Gov Earl Warren has declared June 1925 Moose Week
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E. Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
Moose Lodge No
Los Angeles
Parmley Stricken Councilman A Lynn Parmley Ill
Lynn Parmley First District councilman is confined to bed due to illness, announced by the mayor's office. Condition not serious but he will miss tomorrow's council meeting and cannot attend the session.
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Lynn Parmley
First District
Coun
City Awards Multiple Contracts for New City Equipment
The city plans contracts to buy X ray equipment from General Electric X ray Corp Los Angeles for 6221. Portable bleachers seating 2500 will come from Arch Rib Truss Corp Los Angeles for 11687. Freeman A McKenzie Long Beach will supply 15 sedans for 19783.20. Crane Co Long Beach gets 2712.20 for a pipe and bolt machine. All contracts go to the lowest bidder.
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Pine Ave
Willow St
General Electric X-ray Corp
Los Angeles
Arch-Rib Truss Corp
Houghton and Recreation Parks
Freeman A. McKenzie
Long Beach
Crane Co
County Planners Underestimate Population in 1950 Census
County planners' estimates for cities in Los Angeles County, including Alhambra Arcadia and Long Beach, mostly fall short of the Federal Census 1950 figures. Los Angeles city and the county total also trail the planning commission's forecasts, with adjustments expected from larger cities potentially shifting the final tally.
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Los Angeles
Regional Planning Commission
Alhambra
Arcadia
Planning Commission
Long Beach
Glendale
Beach
Long
Pasadena
Monrovia
Azusa
City’s 1949 50 land acquisitions total 555 543 dollars
City engineer reports 196 land plots 119 right of way parcels and 77 public site parcels acquired in the 1949 50 fiscal year totaling 555 543 dollars. Breakdowns list Artesia Los Angeles River Pico Santa Fe South Ximena Airport health center and park sites with specific parcel counts and costs.
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J. D. Gilkerson
Gilkerson
Artesia St
Los Angeles River
Fay
Pico Ave
Santa Fe Ave
South St
Ximena Ave
Airport
East Beach
Spring St
Lakewood
Elva
Ocean Blvd
Health Center
Pine Ave
Willow St
Long Beach
Sstl Ave
Veterans Memorial Park
28Th St
P. E
O'Donnell
E. Bibi
American Ave
Chestnut Ave
Pacific Electric Railroad
Police Protests Over Five Step Salary Schedule
A group of police officers plans a protest to pressure the City Council for clarification of the five step salary plan which they deem discriminatory. Spokespersons include Capt Sherwin W Tubbs and Sgt John Finley. only a few officers advanced to the fifth step since the 1948 rollout, with merit promotions proposed.
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Albert C. S. Ramsey
Ramsey
Aries
Msey
Sherwin W. ‘Tubbs
Police Artment
John Finley
Carbon Coke Shipment to Formosa Underway
Cargo consisting of 800 tons of carbon coke is loaded at Long Beach bulk terminal Berth 34 aboard the freighter Veateroy for Formosa. Great Lakes Carbon Co. provides the cargo consignor details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Chinese Nationallats
Veateroy
Long Beach
Conaignot
Great Lakes Carbon Co
Convenience for Out-of-Town Advertisers
Advertisers outside the served area can use Press-Telegram Bellflower branch office. Barbara Collier at the Classified desk handles insertion of copy, refunds overpayments, bills for differences, and mails tear sheets and receipts without extra cost. Rate cards and ad costs available on request. Convert unused articles into cash via the Press-Telegram Want Ad service.
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Press
Bellflower
Sixth
Pine
L. B
Barbara Collier
Alto
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A. GC. Morris
Hal House
George Garman
Vic Harville
Harry Schram
W. H. Rasch
D. Carrick
Shriners
Press-Telegram
Mobile Flower Garden
Des Moines
Iowa
Arden
Willis E
Bill) Hemmon
Jim Harvey
Will Howell
Shrine
L. B. Moose Lodge
Opere
Recreation Park
Seventh St
Federation Dr
Janet Jackson
G. H. Jackson
Mark
Parmley
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