Seeing eye dog drive aims to match donor and recipient
North Long Beach Lions Club plans to fund a seeing eye dog for a blind resident of their area. William Ritter seeks applicants at 5589 Cerritos Ave. The club emphasizes temperament matching and responsible care, with the effort tied to an annual fair projected for 1946.
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North Long Beach Lions Club
Lions
North Long Beach Lions
William Ritter
North
Long Beach
Lionas
Cerritos Ave
North Long Beach
Houghton Park
Shoreline Master Plan Approved for Long Beach Beachfront
The City Planning Commission unanimously approves a master shoreline plan for Long Beach outlining bathhouses and recreational facilities along the beach, a four point five mile scenic roadway, park-like landscaping, and nine parking lots for twenty five thousand cars. The plan aims to keep land title with the city while enabling state-aid development and will go to the City Council for early action.
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Long Beach
City Planning Commission
Los Annos
San Gabriel River
Rainbow
Planning Commission
Alamitos Bay
Werner Rudhti
Commission
C. E. Scott
Chamber of Commerce
John L. Kelly
Mason Kight
Bathhouse Association
Russell Smith
Naples Improvement Association
John Munholland
Robert R. Shoemaker
David Olmsted
Convention Bureau
Paul Wilcox
Associated Property Owners
Ruchti
Boy Snatcher of Dime Hunted by Peace Officers
Police pursued a 15 year old dime snatcher who asked for a dime to call a hospital. He grabbed a 10 cent piece from a coin purse but dropped it. he fled north after taking the coin. Neighbors identified L. J. Angelice of Canal Avenue as the witness.
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L. J. Angelice
Canal Ave
Angelke
Anaheim Woman and Two Others Hurt in Auto Crashes
Bonnie M. Raborn, 47, of the Valencia Hotel Anaheim, suffered a head injury when her husband Sherd Raborn, 56, collided with another car at Cherry Ave and Carson St. in Anaheim. She was taken to Seaside Hospital. Co-driver Hammond B. Richardson, 52, escaped injury. In a separate four car crash on Pacific Coast Highway at Harbor Ave, two people were injured and taken to Seaside Hospital. Leah Dube, 38, an expectant mother, was seriously injured after being thrown against a dashboard. John R. Trimer, 33, sustained a possible back injury. Witnesses include Richard P. Austin, 3, driver of the fourth car, and other drivers Gus Jaffe, 48, and Lilian E. Woods, 37.
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Bonnie M. Raborn
Valencia Hotel
Anaheim
Sherd
Cherry Ave
Carson St
Seaside Hospital
Harmond B. Richardson
Bayshore Dr
Pacific Coast Hwy
Harbor Ave
Leah Dube
Chestnut Ave
John R. Trimer
W. Cameron St
Lillian E. Woods
Oceanside
Wilton Hotel in New Hands
The Wilton Hotel changed ownership with Frank Fishman of Dummy Properties Inc selling to Sol Miller of Seattle for 1.65 million dollars. Millet assumed control after formalities, with lawyers Robert Light and John Paap overseeing the deal in Los Angeles and Long Beach.
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Wilton
Frank Fishman
Dummy Properties, Inc
Sol Miller
Seattle
Bank of America
Fourth St
Pine Ave
Fishman
Millet
Fprty
Robert K. Light
Los Angeles
Fish
John A. Paap
Long Beach
Plans Pushed Ahead for Hutch-type Canteen
Plans by Do OGym Inc of Oakland call for a Hutch type canteen to serve Polytechnic teenagers. The proposed 6000 square foot wood frame structure with stucco and redwood siding would cost not more than 334,500 at 55.80 per square foot. Financing is in the current budget and bids will be called after safety approvals.
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City Om School District
Pine— Ave
Willow St
Do Ogym, Inc
Oakland Builders
Hutch
Department of Building and Safety
Ctg of
Du-Ogym, Inc
Oakland Concern
Polytechnic
Redondo seeks to curb raging surf with harbor project
Hip booted workers hauled granite to reinforce Redondo Beach sea wall as eight straight days of heavy surf flood the area. The city council authorized Mayor Wortham to travel to Washington to obtain Army engineer recommendations for a permanent four million three hundred thousand dollar harbor project to shield the beach. Beach officials asked the regional planning commission for guidance on making sea swept stretches county recreational areas.
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Redondo Beach Sea Wall
Charles Wortham
Washington, D. C
Army
Washington
San Francisco
Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission
Airport Analysis Underway for Municipal Field Value
The $12,000 engineering economic analysis of the Municipal Airport is progressing. Mrs Gladys O Donnell chairs the Aviation Commission. Robert Strong of Bourne & Associates has been in Long Beach two weeks leading groundwork for the study to assess present and potential value of Daugherty Field to the community. Bourne and Fisher will visit during the 110 day project. Bourne HQ is in Washington DC.
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Gladys O'Donnell
Aviation Commission
Robert Strong
Thomas B. Bourne & Associates
Long Beach
Daugherty Field
Bourne
Lei, Fisher & Co
Detroit
Fisher
Washington, D. C
Victim of Injury Is Reported Better
Edward T. Morris, 74, of something, was injured while unloading groceries from a car when another vehicle struck his car. Police said Morris was removed to a hospital. condition reported improved.
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Edward T. Morris
Centennial fete budget set at seven thousand dollars
Long Beach prepares a five day centennial celebration May 7 to 11 with a $7000 tentative budget. City funds come from publicity and entertainment plus Recreation Commission, with 25 to 50 percent reimbursed by the state through California Centennials Commission. Events include a bicycle parade, Native Sons and Daughters parade, religious and musical programs, water sports at Rainbow Lagoon, a home talent show, and a sweepstakes prize presentation from Pasadena Rose Tournament.
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Long Beach
California Centennials
Recreation Commission
Ocean Blvd
Bixby Park
Native Sons and Daughters
Rainbow Lagoon
Rainbow Pier
Pasadena
Hero of Ship Blast in 1910 Dies at 73
Karl M. Westa 73 of 445 E Third St Long Beach dies at Naval Hospital after years of illness. Westa one of four Navy men awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by Taft for saving comrades in a deadly oil fuel blast near Hampers Roads in 1910. He came from Denver, born in Norway, and lived in Brooklyn before Navy. survived by widow Annatta daughter Mrs R C Albright and four grandsons. Funeral set by Mottell's.
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Long Beach
Karl M. Westa
Third St
William Howard Taft
U.S
North Kotn
Hampher Roads
Long Beach Naval Hospital
Westa
Longacht Tree
Denver
Norway
Brooklyn
Navy
Annatta
R. C. Albright
Ogden
Utah
Electric Wheel: Chair Upsets Man Injured
Police reported that Robert Featherstone, 78, of 229 W Eighth St suffered cuts and bruises when an electric wheelchair overturned on a sidewalk at Ocean Blvd and Pinever. Featherstone, who told officers he borrowed the vehicle, said he did not know how it happened and that he was not hit by another vehicle. He was treated at Seaside Hospital.
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Robert Featherstone
Eighth St
Ocean Blvd
Pinever
Seaside Hospital
Featherstone
Miss Sunshine Kenny Polio Ward Mascot Charms Long Beach
A three year old Long Beach girl Charlene Kowal mascot of Harbor General Hospital Torrance polio wards undergoes Sister Kenny treatment. Her parents Richard and Charlene Kowal push a 3000000 goal to build a Southern California polio clinic sponsored by the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation with events including a March 18 benefit show in Municipal Auditorium by the North Long Beach 20 30 Club.
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Charlene Kowal
Long Beech
Pollo
Harbor General Hospital
Torrance
Ann Park
Sister Kenny
Long Beach
Richard Kowal
Appian Way
Charlene
Kenny
Kenny Institute
Elderly Woman Hurt in Fall on Paving
Mrs. Josephine Mercy, 35, of 1711 Temple Ave, turned her right ankle and fell on Fourth Street near Pine Avenue yesterday afternoon. She was taken to Seaside Hospital with possible fracture of the right thigh. police reported.
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Josephine McRcy
Temple Ave
Fourth St
Pine Ave
Seaside Hospital
Slain Gardena Man Found Off Seal Beach Pier
The body of Lawrence M. Graham, a former Gardena realty salesman, was found in Seal Beach surf near Fifth Street and Ocean Avenue. A nose-to-temple contact wound suggests self-inflicted death with evidence pointing to a possible last scene near the Bay Theater. Authorities search the pier for the weapon while tracing Graham’s recent movements and employment with Good Humor Co.
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Fifth St
Ocean Ave
Seal Beach
Lawrence M. Graham
S. Vermont Ave
Gardena
Graham
Long Beach
Raham
Good Humor Co
C. M. Smith
Seal, Beach
Thomas R. McGaff
Bureau of Records and Identification
Orange County Sheriff's Office
Bay Theater
Long Beach Kite Tournament Draws Hundreds Tomorrow
The 23rd annual Liberty kite tournament will launch at 1 p.m. along the beach between Linden and Alamitos. About 300 entrants from 52 city and school playgrounds are expected, with five events across three age groups. Ribbons for all participants and top prizes in each event are planned.
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Linden
Alamitos Ave
Recreation Department
Long Head
Rotary Club
B. K. Jones
Oak Smith
Long Beach Public Schools
Weather forecast for tonight and Saturday sounds mild
Gentle to moderate variable winds tonight and Saturday with partly cloudy skies. Showers possible tomorrow and little change in temperature.
Trio of Service Fliers Missing Over Sea and Sky
Santa Ana Marine Corps Air Station reports three missing fliers presumed dead after a disappearance during tactical maneuvers off Santa Cruz Island. Search expanded to Bakersfield Santa Barbara the Mexican border and San Gabriel mountains with sea land and air units. Capt. Jexs Thierry 1 27 Costa Mesa pilot on Corsair with wingman separation in soupy weather. Me Sgt Charles Davidson Castles 28 Scotville Mississippi and T Sgt John J Harringtest 28 Carthage Texas D as the two pilots disappeared during a training flight over the Santa Ana mountains. Thierry reported last heard at sea around 4 p.m. with one hour fuel left. Thierry served since 1942 including 18 months in the South Pacific. he leaves a widow Dale of Costa Mesa.
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Bakersfield
Santa Barbara
San Gabriel Mountains
Frank Smyth
Jexs Thierry 1
Broadway
Costa Mesa
Santa Cruz Island
Charles Davidson Castles
Scotville
Mias
John J Harringtest
Carthage
Santa Ana Mountains
Thierry
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Dale
Memphis
Tenn
Marine Air Group 12
Jobseeker Strikes Clerk With Tray Over Labor Refusal
A laborer, about 35, six feet tall, wearing a dark jacket and blue dungarees, hurled an ash tray at a clerk after being told there was no work. He shouted for work and fled as the tray struck the woman on the head, leaving her unconscious in the rear area near Miss David of 1017 Pacific Ave.
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David
Jackson
Pacific Ave
Victim Improves After Fall From Car on Pacific Highway
Mrs. Josephine Marchetti, 67, of 1227 Hoffman Ave on Pacific Highway in San Diego, fell from a moving automobile yesterday. Family reports she shows improvement despite shock and multiple cuts and bruises. Police traffic report says she dozed in the dark seat and leaned toward the door before it swung open.
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Josephine” Marchetti
Hoffman Ave
Pacific Highway
San Diego
Imment
Instein
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Richard Webb
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New Hands
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Redondo
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Long Deach Press
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