Old Bay City Fireboat to be Dieselized at Long Beach
The Bay City fireboat Governor Markham, famed for the 1906 era and its San Francisco service, is in Long Beach in private hands to be dieselized. Alaska Tug and Barge Co. bought the vessel, removing its steam engine and pumps for a 600 horsepower Atlas diesel. Harry and Robert Showalter will convert and operate the ship for salvage and towing, keeping the Markham’s name, as crews removed 30 tons of hull scrap. the move follows a push for a maritime museum in San Francisco and uses the boat for Alaska assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edsel Press-Telagran
Bay City
Gover’nor
Markham
Long Beach
Newton
Jack London
State Board
Alaska Tug and Barge Co
Tex) Ellington
Harry
Robert Showalter
Alaska
Showalters
Pier B
Sausalito
Harry Showalter
San Francisco
M Museum of
Sunny Jim" Rolf
Sardine Reduction Plans Expanded Under California Commission
The California Fish and Game Commission will permit the reduction of 150,000 tons of sardines in the 1959 51 season at Tong Beach Los Angeles Harbor and other centers. Northern California runs Aug 1 to Jan 25 and Southern California Sept 1 to Feb 2, with a long prior season cap of 100,000 tons.
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Tong Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
California Fish and Game Commission
California
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
China
Philippines
Shipyard Care Work Under Way
Routine maintenance at the former Western Pipe and Steel Co. shipyard in the Los Angeles Harbor west basin is under way under government contract. The yard, the only war surplus shipbuilding plant left intact at the harbor, is being painted and its exposed equipment preserved. It specialized in Navy icebreakers that proved valuable in Arctic and Antarctic operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Pipe & Steel Co
Los Angeles Harbor West Basin
Civic Welcome Planned for Ship on World Tour
Long Beach officials plan a civic welcome for the Cunard White Star liner Coronia on January 18 as the 34 060 ton vessel calls at the Port of Long Beach during a westward world voyage from New York. President W R Martin of the Long Beach Harbor Commission urged a prominent, well planned welcome.
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Los Angeles Harbor
Cunard
White Star
Coronia
W. R. Martin
Long Beach Harbor Commission
Cunard White Star Line
Port of Long Beach
New York
Battle Grounds
The
Pacific
Martin
Long Beach
Mrs Barkley to Christen New Ship at Camden Launch
Mrs Alsen W Barkley wife of the Vice President will christen the U S President Jackson in Camden New Jersey on June 27 The vessel is the first of three globe girdling liners to serve Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor Each ship will carry 204 first class passengers and about 500000 feet of cargo space The Jackson is set for delivery December 26 by American President Lines.
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Camden
N. J
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
U. S
Jackson
Alsen W. Barkley
American President Lines
Southlands Tuna Pack on Increase in 1950 Four Months
Southern California tuna pack rose to 1,628,717 cases for January to April 1950 from 1,314,713 cases in the same period of 1949. Raw fish receipts reached 38,233 tons versus 32,565 tons a year earlier, according to the California Division of Fish and Game.
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Tne
Southern California
California Division of Fish and Game
Long Beach firm balances crankshafts for speed tests
A Long Beach firm supplied electronic balancing for crankshafts, pistons, pins, connecting rods and flywheels used in the annual 500 mile Indianapolis race. The process uses an electronic amplifier and strobo scopic light to locate unbalance and guide precise metal removal, ensuring engine stability at high speeds.
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Indianapolis Speedway
Long Beach
Electronic Balancing Co
Long Beach Blvd
Indianapolis
Bill Fisher
Merrill Engineering Laboratories
Denver
Fisher
Chamber of Commerce Marine and Trade Promotion Committee
Local firm aids speed tests with precision shafts and blades
Meyers & Drake of Los Angeles ships 23 Offenhauser shafts to Long Beach for balancing as racing teams plan Indianapolis and other speed tests. Fisher’s mica-cutting armature blades, born from auto repair needs, evolved into a direct mail business after mechanics requested them. Long Beach’s racing scene shows broader industry impact beyond local activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyers & Drake
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Indianapolis
Hircuit
Lou Welch
Fisher
Ernest Judd Buys Barrymore Yacht
Captain Ernest A. Judd of Pacific Towboat & Salvage Co. buys the John Barrymore yacht Polaris built in 1931 for John Barrymore from Macco Corp. The 120 foot vessel can carry 135 guests plus crew with a 20000 mile range and may be renovated for use as an emergency towing vessel near Central America, with Amigo based at Mazatlan as backup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barrymore
Macco Corp. Vy
Ernest A. Judd
Pacific Towboat & Salvage Co
Long Beach
Judd
Craig Shipyard
Central America
Barrymore
Dolores Costello
Alaska
Here
Amigo
Mazatlan
Mexican
Dorene B Fishing Boat Sold to Trio
The Dorene B, built years ago at Gardiner Oregon and brought here by Capt. Neil Burton, has been sold to Edward Andrae, Charles Lacey and George Jensen. Burton will remain as master of the vessel.
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Gardiner
Ore
Neil Burton
Edward Andrae
Charles Lacey
George Jensen
Burton
Laboratories Reveal New Germ Killer
ELKHART Ind May 27 AP scientists at Miles Laboratories announce a new germ killer as potent as iodine yet non burning or staining. It is non poisonous and leaves the skin able to kill new germs or fungi for hours after a single use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
Miles Laboratories
Causes of Deafness Told in Free Book Available to Public
Free booklet from Audivox Inc explains causes of deafness and how to help the hard of hearing. It cites Bell Labs research and offers simple steps to overcome hearing difficulties. Write Audiovox Inc Dept No 5036, 259 West 4th Street, New York 11, N.Y. for a copy.
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Audivox, Inc
Western Electric Hearing Aid Division
Bell Telephone Laboratories
West
4Th Street
New York
N.Y
Transmarine Shifts Terminal Operations to New Firm
Max G. Linder announces that Long Beach terminal operations for Transmarine Navigation Corp. will move from International Terminals to Outer Harbor Dock & Wharf Co. International Terminals ceases postwar Army contract work. George Hardy remains port captain at Berth 3, Pier A, Long Beach.
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Max G. Linder
Transmarine Navigation Corp
Long Beach
International Terminals, Inc
Outer Harbor Dock & Wharf Co
International Terminals
Berth 3
Pier A
United States Army
Transmarine
George Hardy
Long Beach Eyes Pacific Coast's Largest Outdoor Storage Port
Port engineers report potential expansion along two miles of newly bulkheaded waterfront at Long Beach with Pier B and D fills. Wharves may span the frontage at an estimated cost under two million dollars, priced 200 to 600 dollars per foot. Current storage focuses on lumber steel cotton and military supplies daily use of all outdoor cargo space.
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Long Beach
Pacific Coast
Tea-drinking army orders whistling at officers wives stop
British soldiers at Catterick, England, told to cease whistling at women in camp after several badly mannered incidents in the cookhouse tea queue. The order, signed by a Royal Signals adjutant, bans the practice immediately.
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Catterick
England
Royal Signals
Arctic Bermuda currents traced to Arctic weather pattern
U S Weathermen trace last winter’s odd pattern to Arctic and Bermuda high pressure systems. Namias and team linked a 10,000 foot Pacific high to waves in Arctic winds, spreading cold air southward while Bermuda highs boosted eastern warmth before dissolving and yielding colder eastern air.
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Ashington
U. S
Arctic
Jerome Namias
U. S. Weather Bureau
Namias
United States
Pacific Ocean
Bermuda
mid-Atlantic
Pacific
Yank to Build for Bombed Japs
Seattle Quaker J. Floyd Schmoe plans a third goodwill voyage to Hiroshima to construct a hospital wing and two cottages. He aims to raise about $5,000 more after last year’s effort built two duplexes for Hiroshima’s homeless, with land donated by the city. He sails from Los Angeles to Japan on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Hiroshima
J. Floyd Schmoe
Los Angeles
Schmece
Four Craft to Become Refrigerated Barges for South America
Long Beach Marine Repair Co. converts four medium landing craft into two refrigerated barges for Kodaory Marine Corp. The two 80 foot barges are formed by cutting and welding pairs of the small craft end to end.
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Long Beach Marine Repair Co
Kodaory Marine Corp
Union Gala Show Promises Full House at Great Show on Earth
Local 81 Culinary Alliance announces the 14th annual Greatest Show on Earth, with curtain at 8 15 p.m. A standing room only crowd of about 3000 is expected among 6000 members and friends. The nine act program features the Ireland family and performers Bonnie Gibson Don Corey Bedell ard Watson the De Havilards Rio Brothers Johnson and Johnson Jacqueline Hurlery Bobby Gilbert and music by New Lasky's Hollywood Orchestra. The Live-baby award peaks the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culinary Alliance
Jack Arnold
Tomorrrow
Arnold
Bonnie Gibson
Don Corey
Bedellard Watson
the de Havilards
Rio Brothers
Johnson and Johnson
Jacqueline Hurlery
Bobby Gilbert
New Lasky
Hollywood Orchestra
New Barium Solution Improves X Ray Clarity
Stanford University medical scientists report a new barium suspension that yields clearer stomach and intestinal X rays. The colloidal barium resists gastric acids, is more palatable than chalky chalk in water, and is superior to the traditional chalky form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Mey
VP iSharper
Stanford University Medical
Henry S. Kaplan
Henry Jones
Frank Windholz
Trawler Skipper Recalls Soviet Custody Ordeal
Grimsby May 27 Skipper Jim Chapman of the trawler Etruriz after 11 days in Soviet custody reported fiendish treatment during questioning in Murmansk. He said Russians were polite and insisted he smoke their cigarettes which he found awful, following seizure for fishing in Russian waters.
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Grimsby
England
Jim Chapman
White Sea
Murmansk
Chapman
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Harold Mauck
Bob Dilday
Harry Ryel
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Barrymore Yacht
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Trio
Transmarine Co
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