MacArthur Park Clubhouse Plan Faces Budget Deadline
Neighborhood groups in MacArthur Park Long Beach press for a central clubhouse. A city budget item next fiscal year could fund construction beginning July. Community leaders compare facilities at Belmont Shore and Silverado Park to the need for MacArthur Park recreation center amid a growing town.
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MacArthur Park
East Anaheim St
Gundry Ave
P.T. A
Colorado St. Lagoon
Silverado Park
City Hall
R. M. Allen
Hamilton Parent-Teacher Association
Belmont Shore
Houghton Park
Long Beach
West Side
Ford Boosts Schedule at Long Beach Plant This Spring
Aubrey L Edwards plant manager announces a production increase for Ford at Terminal Island Long Beach withApril May and June schedules set at 208 217 and 247 cars daily. Nationwide output to about 92800 vehicles monthly. Lincoln line cuts due to weak demand offset by Mercury production rise.
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Long Beach
Ford
Terminal Island
Aubrey L
Edwards
United States
Lincoln
Maywood
Clouds Forecast for Tomorrow in Southern California
The forecast calls for scattered clouds and decreasing showers in Southern California with tomorrow’s outlook mainly dry. Small craft advisories from yesterday remain in effect until 10 p.m. tonight as winds 20 to 30 mph ease. Weather notes cite scattered showers at Los Angeles area airports and Mojave Desert rain, with a new storm forming southwest of Kodiak Island possibly affecting the region by Saturday night.
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California
Long Beach
Los Angeles Municipal
Santa
Weather Bureau
Kodiak Island
San Diego Avalon Boat Permit Sought by Clark
Murray W. Clark of San Diego seeks a Public Utilities Commission permit to run a San Diego to Avalon boat service. He would operate Wednesdays Fridays Saturdays and Sundays charging 8 dollars one way and 14 65 dollars round trip. Presently boat service exists only from Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray W. Clark
Public Utilities Commission
F Clark
Commission
San Francisco
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Venezuelan Pilots Launch 10 T-6 Trainers Back Home
Ten Venezuelan airmen led by Lt. Luis Arturo Ordonez fly 10 T-6 trainers from Vultee Field toward Maracay Venezuela on a 4000 mile southbound route through El Paso San Antonio Veracruz El Salvador Managua Panama City and Barranquilla before final delivery. Gilberto Capriles and Vice Consul Gustavo Escobar join takeoff with Florence Marly among attendees. Captain James M. Jones supports the mission in a C-47.
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IBN North American Aviation
Venezuela
Vultee Field
Long Beach
Luis Arturo Ordonez
Venezuelan Military Aviation School
North American
Downey
Lakewood Blvd
Maracay
el Paso
San Antonio
Veracruz
el Salvador
Managua
Panama City
Barranquilla
Colombia
Gilberto Capriles
Los Angeles
Gustavo Escobar
Florence Marly
United States Air Force
Navy
James M. Jones
U. S. Air Mission
Long Beach Principal Miss Howell Leaves $268000 Estate
Under her will Miss Etta H. Howell halves her $268000 estate between the University of Wisconsin Madison and Winona State Teachers College. One half funds cancer research at UW to aid cause and cure. the other funds scholarships at Winona College for training elementary teachers. Howell died March 25 from injuries after a December fall at her Long Beach home. She led Roosevelt School twenty-two years and Longfellow Elementary for two years, arriving in 1922. She was a Stockton Minnesota native and held degrees from Wisconsin.
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Etta H. Howell
University of Wisconsin At
Winona College
Simpson
Howell
Eucalyptus Ave
Longfellow
Roosevelt School
Miss Howell
Long Beach
Barton School Opens New Classroom Buildings
Barton Elementary School unveils two new classroom buildings and adds 20 classrooms, with 140 bungalow units repurposed. Principal Emma Stewart notes the project boosts capacity as superintendent Douglas A. Newcomb cites ongoing citywide school growth and reduced half day sessions.
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Barton School
Wil
Son and
Jordan
Clara Barton
Centary
Orange Ave
And
del Amo St
Bakayette
Emma Stewart
Long Beach
Douglas A. Newcomb
Plu Waanthe
Barton Elementary School
Survey Chiefs Coming Monday
Thomas E. Bourne and Leigh Fisher, chief analysts for air navigation and economic study, will arrive Monday to work weeks on a joint survey of Municipal Airport. They hold a 12000 contract with the city. Aviation Commission may hold a special meeting soon after to hear them. Staff have been in Long Beach since March 1 collecting data for the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas EB. Bourne
Air Navigation Engineers
Leigh Fisher
City Hall
Bourne
Washington, D. C
Fisher
Detroit
Aviation Commission
Long Beach
To Aid Cancer Fight
To fight cancer you can send your contribution to the American Cancer Society, 921 Pacific Ave. Room A, Long Beach 12.
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American Cancer Society
Pacific Ve. Room A
Long Beach
Tax Valuations Rise in Northwest Area Forecast
City Assessor William Vandecar expects slightly higher assessed valuations for the 1949 50 municipal tax roll, with west side real estate rising while other areas hold firm. Increases will target out of line areas. general decline is not expected. Seasonal deputies finish listings by May 30 after starting March 7.
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West Side
William A. Vandecar
Long Beach
Vandecar
Anaheim St
Los Angeles River Channel
Pacific Coast Hwy
Willow St
Santa Fe Ave
Repairs Complete on Rainbow Pier Says Contractor
Shannahan Inc the contractor announced that actual reconstruction on Bartowy Pier is finished. By Wednesday equipment will be off the pier and final city inspection is expected within days. Cost estimated at 112000 with 165 days of work. 3650 feet of piling 7600 feet of precast casings installed. Gunite treated 4300 feet of piling. 1850 straps cleaned and 1000 new straps added. Electric work on deck due by April 15. Traffic signals planned at Linden Ave entrance and rainbow pier colors to be repainted prior to opening.
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P Bartowy
Shannahan, Inc
J. D. Gikerson
Ocean Blvd
Linden Ve. Linden Ave
Rainbow Pier
School Election Tomorrow Urged In Long Beach
Press-Gelearam editorial urges Long Beach voters to reelect three incumbents on the Board of Education who planned and began a $20,000,000 school building program. It notes the importance of civic participation with about 130,000 registered voters and warns of a likely low turnout.
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Long Beach
Board of Education
Elizabeth Hudson
Eugene Tincher
George M. Vermution
City Centennial fete plans outlined in Long Beach
City officials and committee chairs mapped a May seven to eleven centennial celebration in Long Beach led by David Olmsted. Events include a 10 a.m exhibit and trophy show, a 12:30 p.m. bicycle parade, water sports at Rainbow Pier, a Rainbow Pier reopening ceremony, and a 100 Years of Bathing Suits feature at Municipal Auditorium.
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David Olmsted
Burton W. Chace
Municipal Auditorium
Ocean Blvd
Bixby Park
Rainbow Pier
Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West
P.m. Andj
Convention Hall
California
J. J. Richards
Eugene Biscailuz
Earl Warren
Barbara Britton
Olmsted
Stuart LeRoy Anderson
Les Dries
Frank Harnett
Gary G. Lynes
Golden West
Ruth Small
Clyde G. Roseberry
Joseph Sousa
Long Beach
Glen Gerken
Mae Mathers
Virginia Clark
Tgo
Cloyce Bogle
Jack Horner
Mary Shouse
James R. Seaton
John H. .Mead
Second Fire Victim Dies In Compton Blaze
A second victim died from a Compton house fire that killed John C. Miller, a nurse, at age 42. James Whisenhunt, 69, died at General Hospital after the blaze at 607 N Willowbrook Ave. Whisenhunt’s body rests at the county morgue. Miller’s was taken to Moreland Mortuary.
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Compton
General Hospital
James Whisenhunt
Willowbrook Ave
John C. Miller
Moreland Mortuary
Campton
James Eibigenhant
Wyllie
Long Beach Voters Choose 3 for School Board
Long Beach voters will elect three members to the Board of Education from nine candidates including incumbents Sigrat Hill Avalon and Lakewood. Polls open 7 a m to 7 p m at 233 precincts with returns tabulated at John Dewey Continuation High School and broadcast on radio KGER.
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Long Beach
Board of Education
Pmort
Ind Ecumbents
Unified School District
Sigrat Hill
Avalon
Lakewood
Prass Telegram
Jonn Dewey
Jonn Dewey Continuation High
Eighth St
Locusd Ave
KGER
Press-Telegram
Cbses
Elizabeth Hudson
George M. Vermillion
Eugene Tincherz
Lottide
Lee Jones Carroll
Ben T. Anderson
Louise R. Kin
Lauren Proctor
H. R. Wyllie
Russell H. Pray
Man Repeats Calls Off Holdup For L B Theater
Alfred E. Brack, 23, unemployed, allegedly attempted an armed hold up of theater manager Joseph Rankine Jr., 39, at 207 E Sea Side Blvd. Rankine, who said Brack presented a firearm and demanded money, later surrendered a small amount. Brack claimed he had been drinking. Police booked Brack for robbery after he simulated a weapon and cried during the incident. Rankine assisted by calling police. Officers arrived and Brack submitted to arrest.
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John Barleycorny
Alfred E. Brack
Brack
Joseph Rankine Jr
Second St
Rankine
Rankine_ in the latter's office at 207 E. Seaside Blvd
ES Rankine
M. E. Tuntland
F. B. Ew
Amrest
Five hour jail term for San Pedro man with blackjack
Clarence T. Gorham, 39, of San Pedro, was sentenced by Judge Fred Miller to five hours in the county jail after pleading guilty to possessing a blackjack a felony. The defense noted he is a disabled war veteran and that officers seized his weapon collection after a February home visit. The maximum penalty could have reached five years.
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Branc
Fred Miller
Clarence T. Gorham
San Pedro
Gorham
William Lawson
Miller
Weather: Cloudy Tonight and Friday With Cooler Air
Variable cloudiness continues tonight and Friday as a slightly cooler air mass moves in. Northwest winds switch from moderate to fresh and ease by night and Friday.
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