Long Beach Showboat Cruise Ship Launches on Harbor
Long Beach unveils the Showboat Romance a 152000 pleasure cruiser rebuilt from LCI with 300 to 350 seats. The vessel will offer sightseeing dining dancing and music with first public runs planned May 15 from Palm Beach Park landing near Venetian Square. Partners include Ernest F. Glaser Al Moeller and Robert Doe.
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Fifth Fleet
Navy Drydocks
Pacific Coast
Hughes
Palm Begeh Park
Venetian Square
Ernest F. Glaser
al Moeller
Robert “Oee
Balboa
Carnation Sale To Benefit Veterans By Victory Chapter 43
Members of Victory Chapter No. 43 American War Mothers plan a two day carnation sale to aid veterans and their families. They meet Friday at 8 a.m. at Veterans Memorial and distribute baskets of carnations made by disabled veterans to downtown shoppers. A Friday night business meeting at 8 at Veterans Memorial will be led by Marie Millington.
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Veterans Memorial
Victory
Marie Millington
Johnson May Tell Election Plans Soon
Washington May 5 Lyndon B Johnson may disclose in Texas this weekend whether he will run for the Senate The longtime potential candidate for the seat held by Sen O Daniel has not announced re election plans and Johnson plans to travel to Austin to announce if he runs
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New System Speeds Navy Recruit Assignments
The Navy adopts direct assignment of recruits from training centers to fleets to reduce time spent at receiving stations. Atlantic and Pacific Fleet commands implement the system, with a coast liaison coordinating draft transfers to ships locally, following a January teletyp system for other personnel. In addition, a May Day dance entertained Chief Ski Dyknowski and guests at the CPO Club, while social news notes engagements and duty changes among officers and sailors.
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Great Lakes
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Jake Shugrue
Merry Ove
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Pacific Coast Club
Jerry Lane
Winfred Allen
India
Lafayette Hotel
French Silent on Three Power Talks
Paris reports say Geor ges Bidault seeks an early three power meeting in Washington with Bevin and Marshall. France would seek security measures in exchange for concessions on Germany and Ruhr control, but Foreign Ministry officials declined comment.
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Germany
Bidault
Washington
Ernest Bevin
George C. Marshall
France
Ruhr
Too Hopeful Curbs on Water Relaxed Too Soon
Santa Barbara grapples with a drought as the city loosens rationing. Residents rush to water lawns and a wide variance in usage is reported with taps only sparingly flowing while council reviews the plan.
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Santa Barbara
Benetia
Deva
Tere Drouth
Sardines Found Plentiful Off Lower California
Fr ances N. Clark reports a Mexican waters cruise by the state fisheries vessel from March 26 to April 28. Sardine schools were plentiful between Asuncion Bay and Point San Juanico, with many juveniles, suggesting a distinct population from California waters. Small jack mackerel schools were seen near Guadalupe Island.
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Point San Juan
California
N. B. Scafield
Frances N. Clark
California State Fisheries Laboratory
Mexican
Clark
State Division of Fish and Game
Ensenada
Guadalupe Island
Lower California
Point San Juanico
Point San Eugenio
Cedros
San Benito Islands
Guadalupe II
Revenge Slayer Wins Freedom
Jose Ramos, 53, freed on parole after 11 years for killing Jose Sauceda in Nevada to avenge his brother's death. The paroled man had been sentenced to die for the 1916 shooting in Palisades Nevada after Sauceda killed Ramos' 13 year old brother when he refused to sell a horse.
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Carson City
Torreon
Mexico
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Jose Ramos
Jose Sauceda
Palisades
Nev
Adolfo G. Dominguez
Sacramento
Sauceda
Ramos
Nevada
Edison Plant Boosts Capacity With Big Creek Unit
Southern California Edison announces the Big Creek Powerhouse No. 3 unit is in operation as part of a 168 million dollar, three year program through 1949. The project adds 35 000 kilowatts, expands transmission, and increases water use from the Sierra watershed.
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Southern California Edison Co
Big Creek
Edison
High Sierra
San Joaquin Valley
Edison Co
Long Beach
Redondo Beach
Scarce Fish Survey Notes Low Mackerel Abundance
Clark reported limited jack mackerel and Pacific mackerel across the surveyed area with overall scarcity in the region.
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