Mimic Now Gets Pats Not Slaps From Glamour Gals
Hollywood May 19 Mimic Arthur Blake changes address and cuts contact with stars who once slapped him on nightclub floors. He now claims they seek him for publicity and offers from Joan Crawford Barbara Stanwyck Joan Davis Errol Flynn Lana Turner and more. Blake says agents chase him while he searches for rehearsal time.
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Mimic
Hollywood
Mimuie
Arthur Blake
2 Man
Katharine Hepburn
Blake
Errol Flynn
Nora
Errol
Lana Turner
Lana
Lara
Pacific Electric to Run Buses on Long Beach to San Pedro Route
The Pacific Electric Co granted permission to substitute buses for trains on the Long Beach to San Pedro line after Los Angeles Public Utilities Commission approval. State approval remains, with possible limits on trip frequency. Freight remains by rail, and passenger bus service could start 30 days after state OK. H. G. Marler noted equipment is ready.
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Parific Electric Co
Long Beach
San Pedro
Public Utities Commission of
Los Angeles
al Drew
Wilmington
Drew
H. G. Marler
Pacific Electric General Manager
Assemblyman Grants Vote of Confidence in Re election Bid
AW 5th district assemblyman Grant has won endorsements from multiple groups including the Women's Republican Study Club the 18th Congressional Republican Assembly the 70th District Republican Assembly and professional associations. Supporters note he did not miss any Assembly or committee meeting during his first term.
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Bill
Grant
Women's Republican Study Club
18Th Congressional Republican Assembly
70Th District
Republican Assembly
Insurance Men's Committee
Lakewood Business Men
Veterans Student Committee
California State Employes Association
Attorneys Committee
Dream Realized Sleeper Reminded of Jail
Pasadena report says actor Phil Reagan found Arcadia truck driver Jack N Hartford asleep in the back seat of his car in a garaged area. Hartford awoke asking how he got there and claimed he thought he was in jail. Police records were referenced in the odd incident.
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Pasadena
Phil Reagan
Arcadia
Jack N. Hartford
Hartford
Ayere
Police Bring Auto Theft Suspect Back
Insp Judson Drake of the Long Beach detective bureau will escort Willam Hargis from Shreveport Louisiana to face charges of automobile theft and passing worthless checks. Harris a used car salesman is accused of writing several thousand dollar checks to obtain a car. The stolen auto was recovered and returned to California.
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Judson Drake
Long Beach
Shreveport
Willam Hargis
Chack
L. Q. Martin
Blake
Harris
Martin
Hargis
California
Luther D. Miler
Shreveport Police Department
Freedom Emphasis Night at Municipal Auditorium
The Big Four organization hosts a family night meeting at the Municipal Auditorium at 7 30 p m. Ten thousand invitations are issued for talks on what dear freedoms mean to various groups. Principal speaker is Howard Johnston McMurray Occidental College faculty member and former Wisconsin Congressman. Other speakers include L B Gray for small business Comrade Levens veteran and O T Satre state federation of labor. Mayor William J Hadba Signal Hill to chair.
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Municipal Auditorium
Big Four
Howard Johnston McMurray
Occidental College
Wisconsin
L. B. Gray
Levens
O. T. Satre
State Federation of Labor
Labor
William J. Hadba
Signal Hill
E Second St Change Final Reading Granted
City Council approved the traffic code amendment to make E Second St from Redondo Ave to the city limit a boulevard. Stop signs will be placed on all streets intersecting E Second St between those five points.
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Second St
Redondo Ave
Stalin stance shapes Soviet cooperation calls
Marshall warned no progress since talks, urging constructive action in areas like consulates and diplomatic movement. The State Department survey shows Stalin’s points are largely negotiated, with Russia delaying progress and no move to reconvene the foreign ministers council.
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Marshall
Stalin
Smith
Molntovor
Russia
United States
Moscow
France
Council of Foreign Ministers
State Department
U. S
Herrs
Staelvi
General Assembly
Nian
Poland
Entein
TanCe
China
Norea
U. M
Ukraine
Rurala
Havana
Jittersatione
Apeaks
Recavi Optain
Allans Apanes
Insurance group hosts candidates at Long Beach luncheon
Members of the Long Beach Insurance Association held a Monday noon meeting at the Witten Hotel with candidates for the State Legislature. Assemblymen Carl Fletcher and William Grant and former Assemblyman Lorne Middough spoke, along with other candidates. The group aims to educate about reducing fire and accident losses and insurance issues.
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Long Beach Insurance Association
Mor Lday
Witten
Association
Carl Fletcher
William &. Grant
Lorne D. Middough
Emmett M. Sullivan
Ted Cruchey
Assembly
Ben Paine
Insurance Group
Wiliam B. Glassick
California Association of Insurance Agents
William H. Menn
National Association
Four Navy men recover after methyl alcohol poisoning
Four sailors at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard were treated after allegedly drinking methyl alcohol last Thursday night. Philip N. Brown Robert L. Morris Emil J. Liebisch and Earl R. Lyon were reported in satisfactory condition at the Naval Hospital. John D. Bouleware of Schoolfield Virginia died Saturday at the Naval Hospital.
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Navy
Naval Hospital
Philip N. Brown
Elkhorn
Robert L.morris
New Orleans
Emil J. Liebisch
New Ulm. Minn
Earl R. Lyon
Freeport
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
John D. Boulware
Schoolfield
Eisenhower Accepts Honorary Chairmanship of Appeal
In New York on May 29 General Dwight D. Eisenhower announced he had accepted the honorary chairmanship of the American Overseas and United Nations appeal for children.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Overseas and
United Nations Appeal For Children
Professor Defends Trade Program at Long Beach Forum
Occidental College political science assistant professor Dr Richard P F Reath told the breakfast forum of the Chamber of Commerce in the Wilton Hotel that abandoning the reciprocal trade program would undermine the Marshall plan and harbor improvements. He urged Long Beach to back hearings on extending the Reciprocal Trade Act for three years beyond June 12. Reath cited 1947 foreign trade as a major income source and outlined conditions for healthy international trade including fair competition and removal of trade barriers. Jim Gordon, forum committee vice chairman, presented Reath.
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Richard FP. Reath
Occidental College
Chamber of Commerce
Wilton Hotel
Long Beach
Chambers of Commerce
Open
House
Ways and Means
Los Angeles
Reath
United States
Jim Gordon
Rock Brought for Pier B at Port of Long Beach
First barge load from Palos Verdes quarries heads to Pier B extension site at Long Beach. United Construction Co. will use 750000 tons for Piers B and C, with Livingston Truck Materials Co. subcontracted for quarry rock. A San Pedro hopper receives rock. initial tonnage under 1000, rising to 2500 tons daily. bulkheading of Pier B then Pier C along KR Embarcadero.
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Palos Verdes
Long Beach
United Construction Co
United
Livingston Truck & Materials Co
San Pedro
KR Embarcadero
Franchise Hearing Put Off 30 Days
The City Council postponed the Long Beach Motor Bus Co. franchise hearing for 30 days after a request by J R McKerny executive assistant to the city manager. The company operates under a verbal understanding and aims to reach a formal franchise agreement in that period.
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Long Beach Motor Bus Co
U S Lands First Blow in Tax Fight
Westport Connecticut May 13 Miss Vivien Kellems fights the withholding tax law as her Cable Grip Manufacturing Co funds are seized by the Internal Revenue Bureau. A lien of 1883 dollars and 40 cents was applied to the bank account. The bank complied under counsel advice while Kellems denounces the action as an outrage claiming no court action or proof of debt exists.
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Westport
Conn
Vivien Kellems
Internal Revenue Bureau
Cable Grip Manufacturing Co
Westport Bank and Trust Co
Kellems
James C. Healy
Internal Revenue
Connecticut
New York City
Kel Jems
Treasury
Treasury Department
Kel Jems Company
Telephone expansion for southeast Los Angeles County area
The Associated Telephone Co. begins construction of new exchange buildings in Artesia and Norwalk and adds equipment in Bellflower to serve hundreds of residents. Groundbreaking was led by president E M Blakeslee. The $1,383,000 program adds 900 stations near Norwalk and 950 near Artesia, with completion planned by November.
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Los Angeles County
Associated Telephone Co
Artesia
Norwalk
Bellflower
E. M._ Blakeslee
Orrin Gallup
lWintee
Southeast County
Gain
Antiseptic Driver Cleared of Drunk Driving Charge
Pasadena May 19 1 Chemist Frank M Robinson 31 testified a friend pulled out a back tooth with pliers and he gargled with a salt water alcohol solution. Jurors acquitted him amid testimony explaining the breath smelled of alcohol.
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Pasadena
Frank M. Robinson
Robinson
Desert Legion Advances in Jerusalem Old City Fighting
Arab Legion entered Jerusalem Old City and shelled Jewish positions. UN truce talks continued as Cyprus and Yugoslavia recognized Israel. Britain pledged aid to Arab states unless UN finds wrongdoing. Tel Aviv suffered air raids, and Syria claimed control of Samakh with enemy casualties.
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U. S. Navy
de Luce
Abdoulah
Old City
Haganah
Montefiore
Moshe Shertok
Israel
United Nations Security Council
Lake Success
Jerusalem
David's Street
ATF Front
Legion
Dome of the Rock
Holy Sepulchre
United Nations
Abdullah
Sacred Rock
Mosque of
Omar
Salwan
T Cou
St. Stephen's Gate
U.N
U. N
Yugoslavia
Nicaragua
Great Britain
Transjordan Arab Legion
Palestine
Absentee Vote Count Confirmed in City Election
City Council completed official canvass showing 63 absentee votes added to results total 53,526. Absentee ballots favored the water bond issue by 79.4 percent. list of candidates receiving additional votes from absentee count includes Frank H. Gentry and others across districts.
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Gegpooua
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Jimmie Lynch
Press-Telegram
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Don Kline
Billy Fitzkee
Lancaster
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Archie D. Stewart
Myrtelie L. Gunsul
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al Beach
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