Will Fete Shrine Chief Here In Long Beach
Shrine leaders prepare for Imperial Potentate Harvey Beffa visit in Long Beach as 500 Shriners join a 7:30 p.m. Municipal Auditorium program with 110 candidates inducted and the temple band performing in support of a national tour promoting a Los Angeles crippled children's hospital. Beffa, a polio survivor, tours as Falstaff Brewing executive and leads a 52.5 million hospital initiative.
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Imperial
Harvey A.beffa
St. Louis
Long Beach
el Bekal
Jasser
Municipal
Imperial Potentate
Beffa
Falstaff Brewing Co
Francis H. Gentry
Long Beach Temple
Tid lands fight viewed as public trust battle
The letter argues private interests pushed federal control of submerged tidelands in California and Long Beach. It notes filings aimed at federal leasing, influence on Harold Ickes, and stock schemes tied to state and city tidelands. The piece urges ending coverage of the long running dispute.
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Ek Beach
Long Beach
L. A
California
Senate
Supreme Court
Congress
Sec. of Interior
Harold Ickes
L B Boater Saves Four Men Off Cabrillo Beach
Paul Gilliam Jr of Linden Avenue rescued four Pacoima men after their outboard boat capsized a mile off Cabrillo Beach. He towed the swamped craft to shore as lifeguards treated the exhausted men who clung to the overturned boat for over an hour. The boat owner Tilman Wolf, 34, and his brother Leonard, 36, were identified by lifeguards.
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Paul Gilliam Jr
Lindens Ave
Pacoima
Cabrillo Beach
Long Beach
E Tilman Wolf
Wolf
Leonard
Long Beach State College Entrance Tests Start Saturday
Senior applicants wishing to enroll at Long Beach State College next fall will begin testing Saturday, announced Dr Karl Russell Jr. associate dean of students. Registrations are at the college personnel center. Examinations follow on June 27 August 29 and September 15.
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Mgn School
Long Beach State College
Karl 4. Russell Jr
Last-Minute Battle Over Seal Beach Poker Club
Seal Beach faces a tense council meeting Tuesday as organizers seek a new lease to run the Airport Club poker room. The American Legion and local groups pressed petitions amid threats and prior votes to close the establishment by midnight Wednesday.
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Poker Club
Prospect
Tle
Seal Beach
Airport Club
American Legion
Post
Legion
Seal Beach Good Government Group
Horace Losch
Poker Emporium
Industrial Tract Work Under Way at Long Beach Limits
A 2.5 million dollar industrial tract development on the north Long Beach city limits at Jackson Street and Garfield Avenue in the Paramount area begins. Lakewood Industrial Corp develops the 16 acre site with 350000 square feet of warehouses planned plus parking and landscaping. The project aims to attract new industries and ease warehousing shortages, with Coordinated Construction Co building the units.
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Long Beach
Ub An
Loacrs
Jackson St
Garfield
Cherry) Ave
Paramount
Lakewood Industrial’ Corp
Bil Brooks
Union Paceific Railroad
Brooks
Harry Christensen
Chamber of Commerce Industrial’ Development Committee
Coordinated Construction Co
John B. Kilroy
Crenshaw
Los Angeles
One-Man Minisub Marl TI Minisub Tested Off Avalon
AVALON UP. Aerojet General engineers test the Marl Ti Minisub a one man undersea craft in Avalon Bay. Pilot Harold Osbron operates the pedal or battery powered sub designed for exploration and potential military use. The craft measures eight and a half feet long, 22 inches wide, with two 28-inch counter rotating propellers at 60 rpm. The sub is re flooded during operation and requires an aqualung for oxygen.
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Avalon
S0on
Avalon Bay
C. A. Gongwer
G. M. McRoberts
Aerojet General Corp
Harold Osbron
Aerojet
Missionaries to Speak on Laos Fighting At Alliance Convention
D J Jeffrey arrives after tour of Philippines and Indochina to report on the Communist invasion in Laos. About 1000 delegates expected at the seven day Christian and Missionary Alliance gathering at Municipal Auditorium. Sixteen of an estimated 135 missionaries will also attend Tuesday as four couples evacuated from Laon.
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Laos
Indochina
World Council of the Christian and Missionary Alliance
Municipal Auditorium
Long Beach
D. J. Jeffrey
Philippines
French
Siam
Japan
Hong Kong
Formosa
Christian
Allance
Laon
Jeffrey
Nine Held In Longshore Smokehouse Gambling Raid
Vice squad officers raided a Pier A longshoremen smokehouse after complaints of games. Nin e men were arrested on gambling charges. Edward Molte admitted dealing the cards and was released on bail. Nine others faced charges with bail set at 25 dollars each. list of suspects includes Cutting, Riley, Murray, Denler, Chicca, Robbins, Sanchez, Strong.
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Vice Squad
Pier A
E. R. Anderson
Edward Molte
Neptune St
Molte
Henry E. Cutting
Paramount
Edward S. Riley
Roycroft Ave
Louis E. Murray
Wilmington
Richard C. Denler
Lomita
Albert Chicca
Rufus TJ. Robbins
Jose
FOKER
Vice Agned
Mothers Block Intersections in Los Cerritos Protest
A group of about 50 mothers blocked three intersections in Los Cerritos this morning to urge the City Council to act on a Cedar Ave service road. Police halted the demonstration with no arrests, while mothers escorted children across and warned of continuing action for a week.
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Los Cerritos
Pacific Ave
Bixby Rd
Roosevelt Rd
San Antonio Dr
Norma Craig
Planning Commission
Fred Murphey
Mothers
The
Ex Gov Merriam in Critical Condition After Car Crash
Former Governor Frank F Merriam, 87, remains in an oxygen tent in critical condition at St Marys Hospital for the eighth straight day following a May 10 car collision in Santa Ana. He suffered six broken ribs and a fractured collarbone.
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Frank F. Merriam
St. Mary's Hospital
Sants Ans
Hill Planners and Library Board Members Quit
The Signal reports the Hill Planning Commission and two library board members resigned to empower a reorganized council after recalls of Mayor Lloyd J and Councilman Lloyd Colson. A special election June 9 will fill two council vacancies. filings end Monday noon. Frank B. Vaughn and Bob Morrison seek the long-term post.
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Signal Hil Planning Commission
Library Board
Lloyd J
Lloyd Colson
Planning Commission
Ben Moyle
Dorothy Kelly
John Jewitt
George
Navy Tanker Due Mother Ship Coming to Long Beach
A Navy tanker and its mother ship are due to dock in Long Beach Harbor this afternoon returning from Korean waters. USS Hamul will sail Tuesday at 1 p.m. with Rear Adm. Long aboard. Guadalupe ends 10 months of Korean duty and will enter overhaul after docking at Berth 18.
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Navy
Long Beach
Koresit
L.p
Guadelupe
United Nations
Far East
Hamul
Hama
F. R. Duborg
Adm
V. D. Long
Adm. Long
P. R. Kramer
W. E. Lindsey Jr
Guadalupe
Dochine
Street Closures and Bus Route Revision Announced
Beginning Tuesday at 8 a.m. Wardlow Road will close from Pico to Delta Avenue for about two weeks for resurfacing. The city Bureau of Franchises announced a revised outbound and inbound bus route for the 10th Easy Street line, detouring via Red Street Caspian Wardlow Denver Arlington Caspian Ward Street to wards.
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Wardlow Rd
Pico
Delta Ave
City Bureau of Franchises
Red St
Caspian
Wardlow
Denver
Arlington
22Ard St
Delta
Ward St
Memorial Day Service Set by Vets Council in Long Beach
The United Veterans Council of Long Beach sponsors a 2 p.m. May 30 Memorial Day service at Municipal Auditorium. Elmer B. Allmeroth, UVC commander, announced the event and said 35 veterans organizations compose the group. The program honors veterans of past and present wars. the Long Beach Municipal Band will perform. The event is open to the public and a program chair is Fred Nessler. speakers to be announced.
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United Veterans Council of
Long Beach
Municipal Auditorium
Elmer B. Allmeroth
UVC
Allmeroth
Fred Nessler
Legion Post to Hold Baseball Rally Dinner
Arthur L. Peterson headed event details a baseball rally dinner at 7 p m Wednesday in Veterans Memorial Building for junior baseball teams and coaches. William Schroeder Helms Foundation manager and Olympic Commission member will show 1952 World Series movies and conduct a sports quiz.
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Arthur L. Peterson
American Legion
Veterans Memorial Building
William Schroeder
Helms Foundation
American Olympics Commission
Local Students Receive Tuition Scholarships Totalling 8787.50
Three local high school students receive tuition scholarships totaling 8787.50 to Pepperdine College. Recipients include Dolores L. Blakeman of 6475 Falcon Ave Jordan High, Barbara Gail Dobbins of 1620 Gardenia Ave Polytechnic High, and Joy Knudsen of 3024 San Francisco Ave Polytechnic High.
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Pepperdine College
Dolores L. Blakeman
Falcon Ave
Jordan High
Barbara Gail Dobbins
Gardenia Ave
Joy Knudsen
San Francisco Ave
Polytechnic High
Bride Flees Flighty Bridegroom in Hollywood Bigamy Case
An 18 year old bride, Betty Wilson, married in Yuma under the name Robert Evans, fled to Houston with Erminel Hulse, 25, a Wilmington ex convict. Hulse is jailed on bigamy and robbery suspicions after police traced a rapid sequence from wedding to Long Beach motel, arresting him and an intermediary, with Hulse later linked to prior Mann Act and theft convictions. Gladys, Hulse's first wife, expressed shock at the turn of events as Betty returned to Houston.
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Houston
Texas
Long Beach
Betty Wilson
Erminel William Hulse
Wilmington
Betty
Alfred N. Sabaina
Long Beach Blvd
Sabatina
Hulse
Sabatino
el Reno
Okla
Reformaory
Bige Jamy
Gladys
E. R. Owens
Robert
California
Yuma
San Diego
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J. L. Finley
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