Little Women Opens at Poly Fui
The Masque and Sandal group at Poly will stage Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women May 15 and 16 in the school auditorium. Cast includes Stephanie LangLY fe, Lynn Tibbet, Bob Fisher, Jim Fuller and Myrna Kelly among many others with costumes from Poly’s sewing classes and support from Hudson's Costume Co. Ticket sales start Monday at 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polytechnic High School
Stephanie Langille
Jef
Lynn Tibbet
Louisa May Alcott
Poly
Stephanie Langlyfe
Mr. March
Bob Fisher
Jim Fuller
Mrs. March
Carole Schoesse
Myrna Kelly
Meg
Marilyn Willams
Maureen ‘Hutchinson
Beth
Anita Ewasky
Elaine Julian
Amy
Carle Royce
Carol Smith
Aunt March
Peterson
Paula Smith
Mr. Lawrence
Lyle Salkus
Lloyd Martin
Laurie
Jim Sugieiee
Jim Seltzer
Professor Shaer
Don Deaton
Daya Taylor
John Brool
Glen Singleton
Hannah
Ben Anderson
Valaida Atkinson
Janzee Bratford
Emiko Butsumyo
Catherine Cortz
Juniane, Hancock
Frances Hopperstad
Viola Howzie
Charlotta Joosten
Cave Keithley
Jarraine Kloehn
Dorothy Love
Loretta Martin
Marvie McGockin
Sandra Rapuano
Hiromi Shimone
Eleanor Winter
Shirley Wiggen
Edith Ziegler
Norma Jenkyn
Hudson's Costume Co
Janet Albrechtson
Virginia Ferrier
Frances McCord
Lorretta Stovall
Pat Brummett
Lee Glickson
Carmen Murer
Pat Russo
Betty Tiner
Gayle Milne
Lillian V. Breed
Samuel French Co
Wilson Lab Team Cops State Honors Tops in Southern California
Wilson's chemistry team at UCLA earned top state honors after finishing among the top 15 in a three hour exam. Bruce McCandless and Neil Benham led the group with first and fourteenth places amid daily one and a half hours of study. Sponsor Roger Voisard noted the training and scholarship potential at California colleges. Bruce expressed surprise and happiness at the achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern California
Wilson
Ucla
Bruce McCandless
Neil Benham
Jack Swanoury
Fred Stuckenburg
Ronald Spray
Southam California
California
Bruce
Cal-Terh
Pomona
Roger Voisard
Viking Wins Columbia 1952 Award for Viking Newspaper
The Long Beach City College Viking earned a first class rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association with 389 points for the spring and fall 1952 issues. The paper previously won the Medalist award in 1940 41 48 49 50 51 and the Viking also competes in the ACP circuit earning an All American rating in fall 1952 with Barbara Kirk editing spring 1932 and Shirley Mass editing fall 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach City College
Niking
Haseen
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
George C.B
C. Booth
Viking
CSPA
University of Minnesota
ACP
Barbara Kirk
Shirley Mass
City College Drama Class Stages Another Language Play
Katherine Kennedy’s drama class at City College presents Rose Franken’s Another Language, a three act play, in the Little Theater May 27 28 and 29. Cast includes Susan Croxton Norman Gaumer Jim Hickander Barbara Taylor Phillip Steele Dorothy Leiss Douglass Drew Temple Gale Phyllis Tarre John Wymore and Bob Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Franken
Katherine Kennedy
City College
Little Theater
The
Eye
Susan Croxton
Norman Gaumer
Jim Hickander
Barbara Taylor
Phillip Steele
Dorothy Leiss
Douglass Drew
Temple Gale
Phyllis Tarre
John Wymore
Bob Hope
Red Cross First Aid Classes Open at Two Schools
Fred J. Schwankosky reports a new session begins Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Horace Mann Elementary School. A second class runs Tuesday from 7 to 10 p.m. at Lafayette Elementary School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Schwankosky
Red Cross
Horace Mann
Lafayette
Lindbergh Junior High Girl Wins Prize in Science Fair
Patsy Lee Jarvis of Lindbergh Junior High won third prize in the second annual Southern California Science Fair held in Los Angeles for a constellation viewer. Eight other Tang Beach public school students earned merit certificates for their entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Lee Jarvis
Lindbergh
Los Angeles
Tang Beach
Charles Gassett
Ann Schumann
Glennalee Thomas
Larry Whiting
Robert Mangels
Jordan High
Gene Artzen
Angele Giles
Ronald Oliver
Dewey Continuation High
Southland High
Jordan Band Earns Superior Rating at Fullerton Festival
Jordan's band won a superior rating at the Band and Orchestra Festival in Fullerton, with a superior in prepared numbers and an excellent in sight reading, totaling a superior combined score. Director Lis Kosowsky led the ensemble through The Student Prince Operette, Second Suite in F, and Irish Folk Song Suite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Fullerton
Southern California Band
Orchestra Association
Romberg
Holst
Erickson
Lis Sam Kosowsky
City College
Entrance Tests Set at City College Thursday Evening
Plans are complete for the final session of the National Business Entrance Tests to be held at City College campus 1305 BE Pacific Coast Highway on Thursday at 8 30 p m The tests are conducted by managers from leading business and industrial firms of Long Beach in cooperation with the city college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City College
Pacific Coast Hwy
Long Beach
Angela Giles Wins National Scholastic Award
Angela Giles a senior at John Dewey High School won a $25 cash award in the National Scholastic Art awards at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. Her wooden and wire jewelry entries earned a gold key from Bullock's of Los Angeles, marking California with 79 participating schools. The contest began last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Giles
John Dewey High School
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh
Angela
Bullock's
Los Angeles
John Dewey
California
Fingers Carr Entertainer at Senior Dance
Ragtime pianist Fingers Carr joins a star studded lineup for the annual high school all night graduation dance at Municipal Auditorium on June 18. Ray Anthony accompanied by June Christy will provide music from 2 30 to 4 a m. Over 1500 graduates from Poly Jordan and Wilson will be serenaded by Mark Carter and his band the Page Cavenaugh Trio and other acts. Harold Williams originated the idea after a fatal auto accident involving four Long Beach youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Fingers) Carr
Galaxy of Stars
Municipal Auditorium
Ray Anthony
June Christy
Stan Kenton
Poly
Jordan
Wilson
Mark Carter
Page-Cavenaugh
Carter
Anthony
Harold Williams
Press-Telegram
Long Beach
Independent
Woman Injured After Horse Tumbles On Flood Control Bank
Ruth A. Kienhouse, 22, fell from a horse she was riding on the flood control bank near Golden Ave and Wardlow Ray. She was treated at Seattle Hospital for cuts and bruises after the tumble into the river bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nore
Ruth A. Kienhouse
Seale Hospital
Golden Ave
Wardlow Ray
Organists' Breakfast Club Elects Officers in Long Beach
Long Beach organists group selects officers for the 1954 fiscal year with George Newell as president, Bob Moreau as vice president, and Jimanie Means as secretary treasurer. The club will meet June 28 at St. Clair's Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organists’ Breakfast Club
Long Beach
Schenectady Farmer Notes 105th Birthday Celebration
Nicholas Dentz, a retired Schenectady farmer, turned 105 and received a quiet celebration on Friday with a cake and family gifts. He has been bedridden for four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
Orreseeen
Nicholas Dentz
Dentz
Shriners Parade Energizes Sacramento Convention
About 32 000 Shriners in red fezzes led a giant parade through downtown Sacramento as the three day convention closed. Spectators filled sunlit streets for a record attendance with events including an initiation ceremony, installation dinner, and a Memorial Auditorium dance. Perce Allan to become president with H R Fine and others taking top posts. Allan succeeds John Clause as potentate of Ben Ali Temple Sacramento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Mexico
Hawaii
Memorial Auditorium
Perce Allan
Rabban
Islam Temple of
San Francisco
H. R. Fine
Tehran
Fresno
Robert W. Quivey
Reno
Herman Woeriach
Islam Temple
Allan
John Clause
Suit Starts in Tokyo as Oil from Iran Is in Contest
The Nissho Maru docked near Kawasaki with 23,000 kilolitres of Iranian refined oil as Tokyo District Court opened a suit for injunction to block delivery. The Anglo-Tranian Co seeks to impound the cargo, calling it stolen property, while Idemit su Kosan Co of Tokyo defends. Court recessed to May 16 with a May 23 decision expected. Pumps began unloading after docking and were to finish tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Kawasaki
Here
Iran
Tokyo District Court
Anglo-Tranian 641 Co
AIOC
Idemitsu Kosan Co
British Will Boot World Citizen 1
Garry Davis, once World Citizen No 1, was ordered to leave the United Kingdom after a visit to Buckingham Palace. The American-born ex bomber pilot, who renounced U S citizenship in 1948, was taken to the aliens office for a talk and later left the building. He has been legally stranded, awaiting renewal of his U S citizenship and planning to study philosophy in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Garry Davis
Buckingham Palace
Aliens Registration Office
U. S
Aliens Office
St. Pancras Hospital
West End
Davis
India
County Hospital Opens Open House for Hospital Day
Orange County General Hospital invites visitors to an open house from 1 to 4 p m on Hospital Day Tuesday. Attend at the administration building on Placentia Ave with car attendants guiding parking. Registration in the lobby precedes tours of the hospital and grounds led by audit nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Orange County General Hospital
Placentia Ave
Audent
Malenkov Sends Message to East German Leader on War End Anniversary
Soviet premier Malenkov congratulated East German Premier Gratewohlen on the eighth anniversary of V-E Day. He voiced hope for German national unity, a peace treaty, and a peaceful, democratic Germany aligned with peaceful nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Georgi M. Malenkey
Otto Gratewohlen
Europe
Malenkov
Germany
GM Plant Strike Vote Over Seniority Rights
About 3006 members of Local 216, UAW CIO, will vote Thursday on a strike over disputed seniority at the General Motors plant. Union president Russell Hoffman said only Local 216 is involved and that the membership includes non supervisory workers but excludes supervisory personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Gats—An
Uaw-Cio
General Motors
Russell Hoffman
Jas
Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale
Damaged OCR text mentions a public sale in California with unreadable details. The readable fragments reference a circulation and a time but do not provide concrete entities or dates to identify the exact action or participants.
Indochina Anticipates Red Truce Proposal
Saigon reports Vietnam premier Nguyen van Tam says the Vietminh may soon offer an armistice in Indochina. He doubts sincerity. Vietminh withdrawal from Laos continues as French and Laotian forces avoid pursuit amid suspicions Moscow and Peiping pressured the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Indochina
Vietnam
Vietminh
Nguyen van Tam
Prench
Otter
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Hanoi
Soviet Union
China
Moscow
Peiping
Tinkers of Ireland Face Restriction in Romantic Ireland
In Ireland a campaign targets the tinkers or gypsies, 5500-strong, the nomadic community famed for colored carts and a romantic image. They defend a strict internal code, their own language, and courts, resisting integration despite harsh views from farmers and some officials. Poets and historians vary on their origin, from armorers to Robin Hood legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
UVP
Iwende
Donagh McRonegh
Bryan MacMahon
Ireland
Three Persons Hurt in Two Auto Crashes
In Long Beach three people were injured in two traffic crashes within 24 hours. August Nielsen, 43, suffered a severely lacerated scalp and possible skull fracture at Veterans Administration Hospital after his car collided with a stopped vehicle at Atlantic Avenue and 46th Street. Ralph J. Haskett, 25, was the driver of the halted car pushed into another stopped vehicle. Barbara M. Kaeding, 29, received cuts and bruises at Community Hospital in a collision involving a vehicle driven by Travis L. Nabbett, 30, at Lakewood Boulevard and Willow Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
August Nielsen
Wanda
Veterans Administration Hospital
Louis J. Petra
E. 17Th St
Seaside Hospital
Neileen
Atlantic Ave
46Th St
Ralph J. Haskett
E. 55Th St
Eldridge L. Campbell
Phillips St
Barbara M. Kaeding
Grand Ave
Community Hospital
Travis L. Nablett
20Th St
Lakewood Blvd
Wilow St
Indochina Reds Mine Rails Kill 49 In Train Attack
Vietminh battalion attacked a civilian train near Quang Tri Annam about 30 miles northwest of Hue killing 49 passengers. Ten of the dead were guards. fifteen others including six soldiers were aboard. Mines destroyed four train cars. attack repulsed with artillery and air support. six Vietminh bodies found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Indochinae
Quang Tri
Annam
Hue
Fourth New Italian Liner to Be Launched
GENOA Italy will launch its fourth postwar liner for Atlantic service at ceremonies in Sestri. The 29 600 ton vessel sister to Andrea Doria will be christened Cristoforo Colombo after the discoverer of America born in this port in 1451. The 697 foot ship will carry a crew of 580 and 1150 passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Italy
Atlantic Sun
Sestri
Andrea Doria
Cristoforo Columbo
America
Skouras Wins Battle for 20th Century Fox Control
Wilmington stockholders of 20th Century Fox Film Corp vote four to one for charter bylaw amendments banning cumulative voting. Spyro Skouras, president of the $108 million film concern, leads the victory as he seeks to retain control and backs Gen James A Van Fleet for a board position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
20Th Century-Fox Film Corp
Flbertare
Spyro Skouras
20Th Century Fox
Skouras
James A. van Fleet
Hearing Set in Informer Kidnap Case
A preliminary hearing is set for May 26 for Emmett H B Perkins 44 on kidnapping and assault charges in the disappearance of Baxter Shorter informer in a Burbank murder case. Perkins held without bail. Shorter 36 reportedly gave details of the killing. Mrs Mabel Monahan 62 found dead. Shorter's wife Olivia says he was abducted April 14 by Perkins and others. A writ of habeas corpus re turnable Monday was filed for John Albert Santo 48 held on suspicion of murder. Perkins Santo and Barbara Graham 29 were arrested. Graham charged with forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Emmett HB
Perkins
Baxter Shorter
Burbank
Shorter
Mabel Monahan
Olivia
John Albert Santo
Santo
Barbara Graham
Dockers Face Expulsion Over Shapeup AFL Dispute
New York The International Longshoremen’s Association voted 70 to 42 in favor of retaining the shape-up hiring method despite an AFL order to end it. AFL President George Meany called the vote a loaded question as the AFL executive council prepares to decide on expulsion at a May 20 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Longshoreman's Associations
American Federation of Labor
AFL
George Meany
Senate Commerce
Washington
AFL Executive Council
ILA
Los Angeles Transit Workers Weigh Strike Vote
Los Angeles Transit Lines employees with the Transportation Union Division 1277 face a possible strike after stalled talks on a new contract. President Henry E. Crawford says 2800 members would be affected and calls a May 17 meeting to decide the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Transit Lines
Henry E. Crawford
Division 1277
Transportation Union
Crawford
Chanting Czechs Hail Liberation by Soviets
Tens of thousands of Czechoslovak soldiers and armed police paraded in Prague to celebrate the eighth anniversary of Liberation by the Red Army. Infantry, tank units, artillery, and jet planes filled Letna as crowds cheered Soviet military strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Red Army
Letna PL
Van Fleet Urged to Lead Indochina Training Mission
Sen Knowland praised General James A. Van Fleet as a strong candidate to head a U S military mission to train anti Communist forces in Indochina The proposal follows tensions over Korean policy and includes a large aid package totaling about 460 million dollars with France handling finances in part The discussion recalls Van Fleet's prior role in Greece and Korea and his reputation for decisive action across allied commands
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hagwland
R.calif
James A. van Fleet
U.S
Indochina
Krownland
Senate
GOP
van Fleet
Omar N. Bradley
Korea
Condi
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Harold
Stassen
Louis St. Laurent
Canada
Laos
California
Greece
U. S
Jgl
Tides and Temperatures for Sunday May 10 1953
Foregoing statistics by U S Coast and Geodetic Survey. Long Beach Lifeguards report water temperature 28. Surf calm. Tides show high at 8:03 a m and 7:58 p m with 41 ft and 6.1 ft respectively. Low at 2:05 a m and 1:39 p m with 0.7 ft. Sunset 7:43 p m Moonrise 8:56 p m Moonset 5:20 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Long Beach
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Jand
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Fingers’ Carr
Shriners
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Ross
Zelesram
Life Abroad
Tinkers of
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20Th Century-Fox
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