The Long Beach Column on Bicycles and Civic Rules
A column discusses bicycle culture in Long Beach, noting rising bike use and calls for traffic education. It cites a proposed sidewalk riding ban for safety, mandates lights and bells, and warns cyclists to dismount near pedestrians. It also critiques National Donut Week spelling and offers a Dickens quote on bureaucratic inefficiency.
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United States
Long Beach
Walter W. Strong
Strong
Council Rejects Bixby Rubbish Site Lease Offer
The City Council voted five to four in executive session to decline a proposed lease of 120 acres east of the San Gabriel River for a rubbish disposal site. The price of 50 400 per year was deemed too high, with space estimates suggesting the Bixby land could serve the city for eight to ten years.
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Tadsy
Bixby
San Gabriel River
Seventh St
Ramsey
Kealer
Ezel
Wagher
Carlson
Chace
Jackson
Klockslemn
Parmley
Fred J H. Bixby
Ernest A. Bryant Jr
Ross Shafer
Leason
Hellman
Pelican Ranch
Seventh
Carl B. Wirsching
Paramount Blvd
South. Sts
City Budget Items Cut by Committee
City budget makers cut 1948 49 requests from the Public Service Department limiting increases to 7.4 percent. Eight divisions receive 2,855,227 with a 197 565 rise over current budgets while division heads had asked 2,878,104, reduced by 19,877. A carryover 38,571 and auditorium bureau carryover 8,950 will trim the tax needs. sessions resume tomorrow morning.
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Public Service Department
Allowett
Eigct
Auditorium Convention Bureau
County Won’t Push Its Bid for Planning Chief
Los Angeles County will not press Walter Ruchti to leave his Long Beach post for the county planning chief job at 8124 a year. County Manager Wayne R Allen told the Board of Supervisors Ruchti will not depart until he completes his planning program, prompting officials to seek a planning expert elsewhere to replace Col. William J. Fox, who moves to head the funding and aviation department.
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Los Angeles County
Long Beach
Walter Ruchti
Aller
Wayne R- Allen
Board of Supervisors
Ruchti
William J. Fox
County Board Maintains Loyalty Oath Policy
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors upheld its April 27 order requiring all county employees to sign an affidavit of loyalty to the United States. AC LU spokesmen failed to win exceptions for 205 employees who have not signed while awaiting a California Supreme Court test case result.
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Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles
United States
The
American Civil Liberties Union
California Supreme Court
Belmont Heights Garden Show Plans Opens May 6
Belmont Heights Garden Club announces a flower show opening May 6 at 1 p m in the social hall of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church at Sixth Street and Termino Avenue. Admission is free. Judge George Milné will preside. Mrs F G Pardes serves as president and Mrs Edwin L Moore as secretary in charge of arrangements.
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Belmont Heights
Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson Elected President of School Board
Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson, the board’s only woman member, was elected unanimously as president at yesterday’s meeting. A Long Beach educator and civic leader, she will announce committee chairmen soon and continues roles with UNESCO and regional United Nations groups.
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Elizabeth Hudson
Board of Education
Eugene E. Fincher
Dwieht C. Sigworth
Hudson
Terraine Ave
Gail C. Hudson
United Nations Association
Unesco
San Francisco
Long Beach
Hospital Budget Seeks 250 Bed Los Angeles County General
County Manager Wayne R. Allen presents the 1948-49 budget to the board proposing expenditures totaling 7,? million with 250 bed capacity at Los Angeles County General Hospital. Salaries and wages are budgeted at 548,894 beginning July 1. Harbor General Hospital in Torrance is projected to cost 2,485,471 to finance with 949 beds. The plan includes equipment and improvements at Willow Street and Newport Avenue facilities.
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Los Angeles County
Long Beach General Hospital
Board of Supervisors
Wayne R. Allen
Allen
Long Beach
Army Hospital
Willow St
Newport Ave
Harbor General Hospital
Torrance
Three Injured in Rosemead Blvd Collision
Harvey Schmelzer aged 50 of 56 W Market St suffered head and chest injuries yesterday when his car collided with a truck on Rosemead Blvd in Riviera. Truck driver Robert H Lyman 24 of San Gabriel and Robert Koupicky 22 of Pasadena also were injured. All three were taken to Rancho Los Amigos emergency hospital.
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Harvey Schmelzer
W.market “St
Rosemead ‘Blvd
Riviera
Robert ‘H. Lyman
San Gabriel
Robert Koupicky
Pasadena
Rancho Los Amigos Emergency Hospital
Tenants Vote to Buy Cabrillo Housing Units
Cabrillo Homes Mutual Housing Association votes to purchase the 1000 unit Cabrillo Homes project from the government. Attorney George E. Atkinson Jr. Hynes to negotiate financing with the Public Housing Administration. FHA may guarantee up to 90 percent. total cost listed as 1,800,000 dollars. Down payment 10 percent, with 50-dollar good faith deposit and later 500 per unit installments.
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Cabrillo Homes Mutual Housing Association
Cabrillo Homes Federal Housing Project
George E. Atkinson Jr. Hynes
Washington, D. C
Public Housing Administration
Cabrillo Homes
River Ave
Santa Fe Ave
Atkinson
Harlan D. Willey
Cabrillo Tenants Council
D. Patrick Ahern
John Carr
Tenants Council
Tidelands Appeal Sent to Capital
Long BeachBar Association urges Senate action to restore tideland mineral and oil rights to their estates. The resolution notes California taxpayers and Long Beach have spent heavily on tidelands, relying on U S recognition and court decisions.
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Tidelands
Washington
Long Beach Bar Association
Senate
California
Long Beach
United States
Writer-artist begins 4000 mile bike trek to New York
Kent Ferree 25, writer artist and nature lover, starts a 4000 mile bicycle trip from Long Beach to New York via New Orleans. He plans three to four months on the road, staying in hotels or under the stars, writing for magazines and painting scenes along the way. He left from the Press Telegram offices and will pass through Phoenix El Paso New Orleans Louisville Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Ferree previously biked Pomona to New York at 15 and Long Beach to Panama and Nicaragua at 20. He lives at 114 Mira Mar Ave with wife Elizabeth and daughter Diane.
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Kent Ferree
Long Beach
New York
New Orleans
Ferree
Press- Telegram
San Diego
Phoenix
el Paso
Louisville
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Pomona
Panama
Nicaragua
Oklahoma
Los Angeles City College
Navy Air Corps
Press-Talagram Building
Weather update for coastal area
Forecast calls for high thin cloudiness tonight and tomorrow with fog early morning. Temperatures rise slightly today to moderate and winds remain variable along the coast.
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Tomnorrow
City Honors Farm Favored to Ease City Jail Crowding
A Long Beach Junior Chamber committee urged the City Council to create an honor farm on Water Department land east of the San Gabriel River, south of Carson Street. Estimated cost is 30000 dollars with self funding after start, housing alcoholics at 133 dollars per prisoner per day. Chief Alvin F. Slaight cited jail inadequacy with about 70 percent of inmates being drunks or minor offenders.
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Long Beach
Alvin F. Slaight
Army Ss
Chamber
Bosstler
Don F. Pratt
Ernest F. Glaser
Ross Werkheiser
Donjalé E. Herlacher
Elvin Funder
Ballots Mailed to City Voters for May 11 Elections
Long Beach residents 148,645 registered voters receive sample ballots in the mail for the May 11 municipal election and a water bond measure. The City Clerk announced the mailings include guidance on participation in both contests.
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Long Beach
Probation Delegates Gather for 8th California Conclave
Delegates attend the 8th annual California Probation and Patrol Association conference in Los Angeles. Preconference institutes in Long Beach and tours of the Los Angeles County Juvenile Hall lead into workshops on juvenile hall administration and Mexican American youth backgrounds. Governor Warren’s crime commission progress reports are highlighted.
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Long Beach
California Probation and Patrol Association
Municipal Auditorium
Los Angeles County
Henry St
Los Angeles
Harold Kehoe
Alameda County
A. A. Scott
Los Angeles County Juvenile Court
Lamna
le Crescenta
Stephen J. Keating
Los Angeles County Probation Department
Don R. Sandson
California
Ollie
Snedigar
Sheldon Elliott
University of Southern California
Wilton Hotel
John Schapps
Western
National Probation and Parole Association
Edmund G. Brown
San Francisco
Charles W. Fricke
Allen Cook
California Vocational Institute of Lancaster
Fred Finsley
Earl Warren
City Moves to Reopen Army Lease Talks at Municipal Airport
City Council directs City Manager Carl Wirsching to reopen negotiations with the War Assets Administration and the Army for a new peacetime lease at the Municipal Airport. Faced with a stalemate, officials seek a deal on roughly 23.81 acres, with potential city earnings of $65,750 yearly if civilian use replaces Army possession, plus potential gains from adjacent water land.
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Carl [B Wirsching
War Assets Administration
Raymond C. Kealer
WAA
Kealer
Wirco
Ilpage
Water Department
Spring St
Army
Atort
Spring
Aeronautics Department
Signal Hill Revokes Keno License At 23rd Street Site
Signal Hill council voted to revoke the license for Keno Place at 23rd St and Orange Ave operated by Todd C Faulkner after nine months of operation under a city license. Attornies argued over due process as Faulkner vowed to challenge the action and potential arrest.
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Signal Hill
23Rd St
Orange Ave
Todd C. Faulkner
Fred A. Knight
Primg
W.N. “Hadley
William J. Hobba
C. ‘Ransom ‘Samuelson
A. H. McConnell
Faulkner
Samuelson
Falckner
Pacific Valve & Pump to Build $300,000 Plant in Signal Hill
Pacific Valve & Pump Co plans a $300,000 three acre factory at the northwest corner of 32nd Street and Walnut Avenue Signal Hill with seven acres for employee housing under negotiation. The city granted a two month variance for construction. current payroll is about $50,000 and 150 workers at 2976 Cherry Avenue. The Dumm brothers Jack Bob Irving and Howard own the firm, founded in 1933.
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Pacific Valve & Pump Co
32Nd St
Ae Walnut Ave
Signal Il
Signal Hill
Shell O Co
Charles A. Windham
Cherry Ave
Dumm Brothers
Jack
Bob
Irvling
Howard
County Budget Set at 187 Million for 1948-49
County expenditures of 187,687,653 were recommended to the board for the 1948-49 year in the preliminary budget. The proposed budget totals 35 million more than 1947-48 and projects a possible tax rate of 1.71 per 100 assessed value if valuations rise 10 percent. County officials planned meetings with department heads to trim items before public hearings on June 2.
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Los Angeles
Board of Supervisors
Wayne R. Alten
Allen
Council Praises Adm DeLany For Community Service
The City Council approved a resolution praising Admiral Walter S DeLany for his cooperation in Long Beach community affairs. Mayor Chace announced he would invite Adm DeLany to city hall next Tuesday at 10 15 a m to receive a formal copy of the resolution before transfer to another Navy command.
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Urtoh W. Chace
Adm
Walter 5. DeLany
Long Beach
DeLany
Navy Department
Chace
de Lang
Fogs linger along coast despite warm downtown readings
The report notes a warm downtown high of 77 degrees with a 58 degree low at the airport. Morning fogs persist along the coast with high thin clouds expected today and tomorrow, conflicting with warmer weather forecasts.
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Long Beach
Tha ‘Weather Bureau
Three Persons Hurt in Two-Car Crash
Three people were injured in a two-car collision at 67th Way and Long Beach Blvd. Margaret Tadtock, 42, suffered paralysis of the lower limbs. Agnes K. Bone, 31, and Carl C. Bone, 31, had minor injuries. All were treated at Seaside Hospital. Kenneth C. Dugger, 37, was arrested for intoxication and interfering with an officer.
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67Th Way
Long Beach Blvd
Margaret Tadtock
7Th Way
Hne Uosengers
Agnes K. Bone
Carl C. Bone
Lemon Ave
Lost His Shirt Theft Blamed on Weather
George W. Vice of 926 Appleton Street reported his shirt vanished while he worked on his car in front of his house. He left the shirt on a tree to cool in warm weather and returned to find it gone along with accessories valued at 122.50, including a $75 watch, a $20 pen, and a $12 lighter.
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George W. Vice
Appleton St
Vice
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