Winter Picnics Draw California Winter Tourists
Long Beach hosts state picnics as winter visitors gather in sunlit parks to recall home counties and schools. A park scene includes an organist, singing, and conversations about back home life, with memories of Polk County residents and plans to return home soon.
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Ng Long Beach
Calif
Press-Telegram
L. B
Southland
California
Towa
Tilisois
Texas
Polk County
Little Brown Church
Alice
Post Office Urges Early Christmas Mail to Overseas Service Members
The local post office advises sending Christmas gifts to service personnel overseas within a week, with a deadline of November 15. A four broadcast radio series on Mutual is planned to support the effort, starting with Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson on November 5 from 11:45 to noon Long Beach time.
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Post Office
Post Office Department
Mutual Broadcasting System
Jesse M. Donaldson
Washington
Long Beach
No Cutback Seen in Auto Output
Ward's Automotive Reports estimates U S car and truck production this week at 179 082 units, including 153 682 cars and 25 400 trucks. Canadian output totals 6 066 cars and 2 059 trucks. No immediate cutbacks expected amid credits controls.
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Detroit
United States
Ward
Lake
Lipstick Murmur At City Hall Ends With Arrest
Planitor Joe Kelly spotted lipstick impressions on a freshly painted city hall wall. After a second kiss spree the marks grew to six. Kelly trapped a 14 year old girl in a phone booth as she applied more, and she was booked on defacing public property.
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Muscatine
Joe Kelly
City Hall
Kelly
Learning emergency car control from a GM test driver
Lyman Daniells, veteran GM test driver, says most auto accidents are avoidable if drivers learn in advance how to handle emergencies. He stresses not panicking during a blowout and outlines steering and braking steps to regain control, especially at higher speeds.
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American Magazine
Lyman Daniells
General Motors
Daniells
Drake Long Beach financier becomes De Soto Plymouth dealer
A Long Beach financier who grew up in the city and studied at Oregon State completed college in 1929 and advanced through Commercial Credit and Bank of America before opening a De Soto Plymouth dealership in 1947. He recently gained full ownership, is active in Kiwanis and the Long Beach Commercial Club, and enjoys golf and fishing with a Rogue River Oregon suggestion for salmon and steelhead trips.
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Oregon State
Drake
Commercial Credit
Los Angeles
Bank of America
Ted
Auto World
P. D. Steele
de Soto- Plymouth
Evelyn
Carol
Kiwanis and
Long Beach Commercial Club
Rogue River
Oregon
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