Republicans dine at Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles
The author describes a $100 plate GOP fundraiser at the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles with 1200 attendees including five Congressmen and two U.S. Senators. He notes $95 per ticket went to the GOP war chest and comments on Richard Nixon's perceived moral stance and potential role in a forthcoming moral crusade led by Whittier Quaker.
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Biltmore Bowl
L. A
Mike Fanning
Fanning
Biltmore Row
Leach Combing
GOP
City Seeks Revenue as Long Beach Considers Taxes
City Manager Samuel E. Vickers and aides study as many as twenty revenue options to cover a 1951 52 shortfall. A half cent sales tax could raise over a million annually, with other ideas including a garbage service fee building permit fees and higher business licenses. The Chamber of Commerce urges restraint and paring nonessential expenses while supporting council efforts to find a solution.
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Ie Chamber of Commerce
Vickers
J. R. McHenry
John B. Wentz
H. P. Beckman
Neal F. Harrington
Long Peachy
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Long Beach
San Diego
Chang
Fred Dean
Louis J. Kroeger
Dean
Army Engineers to Close Bridges at Certain Hours
U S Army Engineers announce planned daily closures of the Schuyler F Heim lift span and the tractable pontoon bridge linking Terminal Island to the mainland. Objections based on public interest and navigation are invited to the Los Angeles office by 10:00 a.m. April 30. The Heim span may skip openings 6:45 to 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. daily except Sundays and holidays. the Long Beach harbor pontoon bridge may skip 7:00 to 7:45 a.m. and 1:13 p.m. daily except Sundays and holidays.
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Terminal Island
U. S. Army
W. R. Schuler
Los Angeles
Schuyler F. Heim
Ttig
Long Beach Harbor
Chief Dovey Commends Five Policemen
Chief William H. Dovey formally commended five officers for recent arrests and investigations. Harland Deck and Forrest H. Smith earned special commendations for arresting Davis and Leper and burglary suspects Mortales and Colwell. Inspectors Whitmore and Tong aided Pomona arrests, solved over 39 burglaries, and helped recover more than 12000 dollars in stolen property countywide. Officer Lloyd Berry received praise for handling the Bost filling-station robbery arrest.
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Police Department
William H. Dovey
Harland Deck
Forrest H. Smith
Charles F. Davis
Elon D. Leper
B. F. Mortales
Richard D. Colwell
Trobbery
Fred Whitmore
JJ. L. Tong
Pomona
Davis
Leper
Lloyd Berry
Dovey
Robert W. Bost
City to Ask Court to Move Gas Case Here
City Attorney Irving Smith seeks transfer of the Trickey case from Los Angeles to Long Beach Superior Court where it was filed. Deputy Dewey Strickler will appeal to the judge. Trickey alleges the city violated state tide land and grant provisions by moving tide gas revenue from the gas department to the general fund. The Supreme Court ordered trial in Superior Court after denying review.
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Irving Smith
Trickey
Los Angeles
Long Beach Superior Court
Los ‘Angeless
Stee Supreme Court
Superior Court
Hill Council to Consider Poker Issue
Signal Hill council eyes a Monday night vote on localizing draw poker amid 1680 petitions urging rescindment of the ban or voter approval. Police seek further bans on one ball marble games while Atty Gen Pat Brown labels them gambling devices.
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Signal |Hill Council
Heber Chapman
Signal An
Signal Hill
Jed Murphy
Council
Reading
Atty
Pat Brown
Rudeness Held Russ Handicap Lecture Stirs Long Beach Dinner
Maxime Vollmer, lecturer and authoress, argued rudeness harms Russia's aims, noting people prefer polite surface conduct. Four new directors were sworn in at the Lafayette Hotel Supper Room as Frederick Schaffer, John Gerkin, Howard Conrad and Warren Eckert took office. Dr. Robert Helm presided with Dr. Raymond W. Swinney as master of ceremonies.
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Russia
Maxime Vollmer
Long Beach
Lafayette Hotel
Frederick Schaffer
John Gerkin
Howard Conrad
Warren Eckert
Contract Awards For Motor Pick-Up Sweeper and Chassis
The Board of Harbor Commissioners awarded a $10,469.95 contract to Big Sweeper Co of Los Angeles for a motor pick-up sweeper. A $9,597.57 net contract went to Sawyer Motor Co for a heavy duty trick chassis, including a $250 trade.
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Board of Harbor Commissioners
Big Sweeper Co
Los Angeles
Sawyer Motor Co
Warrior Sons At Dad's Bedside in Marine Family
Two Marine sergeants William and Robert Barkes stand by their father Charles Barber in a hospital bed as doctors say the battle with a fatal disease is unwinnable. Bill was granted emergency furlough after a message from Bob. Bob joined him after a military medical travel chain across Japan Wake Island Pearl Harbor and Long Beach. The brothers, who served together in Korea, wait for relief as their father nears death with support from the Red Cross and military PR chiefs.
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William
Robert Barkes
Marine Corps
Charles Barber
Fashion Ave
Barber
Bob
Pomona Ave
Bill
Keynote Ave
Lakewood
Bih
Red Cross
Japan
Wake Island
Pearl Harbor
Long Beach
United Air Lines
John McQueen
USMC
Barboo
Korea
Ther
Atr « Los
Charles Barbee
Marina
Bill Barbee
Press-Telegram
Parley Plan Set for AAUN Regional Conference in LA
The American Association for the United Nations named meeting plans for an April 30 to May 1 regional conference in Los Angeles. Mrs. George P. Taubman chairs the Southeast Regional Council and will lead a 10 a m Saturday session at the Pacific Coast Club with speaker vy Hall Sidall from New York and regional executive secretary Elsie Jensen. A luncheon honoring Mrs Taubman follows, with delegates from Southwest regional chapters attending. The event stems from a national push for reaffirming collective security and solidarity of free nations to avoid a third world war.
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Ocokens
American Association For the United Nations
Los Angeles
George P. Taubman
Southeast Regional Council
Pacific Coast
Vy Hall Sidall
New York
AAUN
United States
Elsie Jensen
Gail C. Hudson
Long Beach
AAM
Taubman
Southwest
Chicago
Red Cross Drive Nears Goal With 7 Percent Report
At noon today the Red Cross campaign reached 7 percent of its $273,500 goal with about 200 workers and 25 volunteers tallying gifts. Clerical and business donors from Harriman Jones Clinic and Mytinger Casselberry led gains, while department stores and major firms posted notable increases. Delegations from military bases and city officials attended the event at Veterans Memorial.
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Red Cross
Veterans Memorial
Community Chest
Harriman Jones Clinic
Agnes Nedro
Hospital
Clarence Miller
Mytinger and
Casselberry
Advance
WILR
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Red Cross Board of Directors
Woman Hurt in Car Crash at Long Beach Blvd
Mrs Marian Linebarger 34 of 731 Truman Boyd Manor sustained a possible fractured nose when her car collided with another on Long Beach Blvd south of Pleasant St Stewart Linebarger, driver, was uninjured and Joseph A Forte 34 of 1072 Crestwood St San Pedro received minor cuts Both were treated at Seaside Hospital
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Marian Linebarger
Truman Boyd Manor
Long Beach Blvd
Pleasant St
Stewart Linebarger
Joseph A. Forte
Crestwood St
San Pedro
Linebarger
Seaside Hospital
Engineers at Harbor War Advancements Chief Inspector Named
Assistant Testing Engineer Frank B. Cramer is named chief inspector of harbor construction by the Board of Harbor Commissioners. Salary rises from 450 to 476 dollars a month. Construction Inspector Leon Smith is appointed a senior harbor engineer with pay increasing from 241 to 381 dollars monthly.
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Frank B. Cramer
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Leon Smith
Sermon From Science Demonstrates God’s Laws at Air Base
George Speake of Moody Institute of Science electrified listeners at the Long Beach Air Force Reserve Training Center with a 1,000,000-volt demonstration. He showed science and faith complementing each other using two tons of equipment, including a gyroscope suitcase and an electrifying transformer, as part of the Air Force character guidance program to be carried to 20 bases.
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Moody Institute of Science
Air Force Reserve Training Center
Air Force
Press-Telegram
Long Beach Air Force Reserve Training Center
George Speake
Speake
Moody Bible Institute of
Warned on 30 mile breeze along coast today
Small craft warnings were issued by the U S Weather Bureau for winds up to 30 miles an hour with stronger gusts. The forecaster apologized for Easter Sunday’s overcast spell and predicted mostly sunny skies for the rest of the weekend with temperatures near to slightly above normal.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Long Beach
City to adopt fencing height rules in zoning plan
City Council plans final reading on amending zoning to regulate fence heights, moving rules from the penal code. Planning Commission would grant variances under the new rules where previously unavailable. Provisions set fronts at three feet, side yards at 4 feet 6 inches, and general limits up to six feet with industrial or public-use exceptions.
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Planning Commission
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Harbor Board Plans Bond Exchange for Higher Interest
The Harbor Commissioners will swap $23,500,000 of old 0. S government 232 per cent bonds Series 267-72 for similar bonds of Series 1975-80 to raise about $38,750 in additional annual interest. The new bonds, drawn from the harbor reserve, will pay 2 percent.
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Board of Harbor Commissioners
Harbor Reserve
Poultry Sanitation Law Held Back in City
Los Angeles city officials delay enforcing poultry dressing and meat inspection rules until county measures take effect. County supervisors plan to adopt a similar ordinanceTuesday. Assistant City Manager J B McHenry says the pause avoids hardship for county area dressers while keeping city and county rules aligned with other regions.
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County Board of Supervisors
J. B. McHenry
Los Angeles
Oranges County
Long Beach Eyes Miss Universe and Miss United States Contests
Long Beach plans to host the 1952 Miss Universe and Miss United States pageants during a week of top entertainment in June. Catalina Inc and Pan American World Airways join with a New York fabric house in promoting the events, with $200000 for advertising and elimination contests across 48 states and 40 foreign countries leading to a final judging in Long Beach. The Miss Universe committee, led by John Hancock, aims to secure local funding within 10 days.
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Ong Beach
Catalina, Inc
Catalina
David Olmsted
Long Beach Convention and Visitors* Bureau, , Inc
Arctic City
N. J
Pan- American
World Airways
Motion Picture
New York
Fabrie House
Long Beach
Jane Paren
Talina, Inc
John Hancock
Bureau
Fred S. Dean
Chamber of Commerce
D. W. Campbell
Chamber
George Green
Waile G. Young
Faint-voiced Violet Grilled by Prosecutor in Court
In Superior Court Violet Berling continued her low voice cross-examination on the torture murder case of Kay Frances Erickson. The 10 year old victim’s mother and other witnesses were probed as the defense and prosecution sparred over reliability and timing of Violet’s statements.
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Violet John Berling
Jin
Kay Frances Erickson
Fred Miller
Marcus Crahan
Ted IC. Sten
Verdugo
Miguel Merdugo
Kay Frances
Sten
Miss Berling
Ramsey
Mary Schauer
Schauer
Vienna
Long Beach
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