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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1948
Page
11
Andrew and Katherine Lund sue Arthur L. Bell and Christ's Church of the Golden Rule for 14860 in Superior Court claiming three years of broken promises. They say they gave 8500 San Francisco home and proceeds from a car sale to the church and sought restitution.
Los Angeles leaders urge senators Knowland and Downey to extend Title VI of FHA to March 31 1949. Fifty five county projects including Long Beach face freezing with 2500 planned homes worth 16 million dollars and about 4000 pending applications. Real estate advocates blame federal rent controls for higher home prices and rental shortages while stressing housing construction needs. Deeds filed list numerous transfers across the Los Angeles area.
John B. Black of Bell and Pacific Telephone testified at a Federal Communications Commission hearing that a nationwide coaxial cable carrying television could be in operation by 1931. He said the San Francisco to Los Angeles link and a western network of coaxial cables or microwave relays would enable regional television broadcasts.
Ruth Dent Hughes won first prize in the Long Beach Writers Club annual short story contest. Her entry titled Belly's Magic Power." Second and third places went to Mary C. Burns and Marie Henderson Wood. Honorable mentions to Vella Fine and others. poet Jennie M. Zimmerman spoke on poetry.
Cub Scouts of Pack 235 will visit Sparling School of Deep Sea Diving for a Saturday program at 1148 Wilmington Blvd Wilmington. Demonstrations and motion pictures will run from 10 a m to 2 30 p m with organizer E R Cross directing the event.
The text provides a step by step home jam recipe for making fresh berry jam. It covers washing stems grinding berries to pulp measuring six level cups, optionally adding lemon juice for certain jams, mixing with MCP pectin, boiling four minutes, skimming, and pouring into sterilized jars with paraffin seals. It also mentions ensuring space for sealing and inverting jars to seal.
California farmers spent about 11 million dollars on commercial fertilizers and 2.2 million on agricultural minerals in the first three months of the year, excluding manures and soil amendments. The state consumed 142000 tons of fertilizers and 209000 tons of minerals, down from last year's 164000 and 228000 tons due to material shortages.
Rep Poulson proposes withholding 300000 acres of Mono and Inyo County land in California to safeguard the Los Angeles water supply. The measure sets a $106000 payment to the federal government and grants LA rights to alter Mono Lake levels and build dams reservoirs and conduits within the watershed.
J. P. Blume notes that P. T. Bell and the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. anticipated a nationwide video channel by 1951, signaling early momentum toward a broad broadcast system. The remark frames a push for wide scale cable or similar delivery of video across the country.
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