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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1949
Page
15
Iva Kitchell presents a fast moving one woman show Friday at Wilson High Auditorium. Dance humorist with wit and charm, she entertains crowds in this country and Europe. The performance is part of the Long Beach Civic Music Association season and open to members.
Walter E. Elieson of the U S Department of Commerce told Long Beach Retail Furniture Association members that 1950 will be a strong year for home building as more houses are constructed than in 1948. He linked construction growth to broad business health, noting 2 percent higher national income for the first nine months of 1949 versus 1948, and cited California optimism with 125 new factories and expansion of 345 more. He said Los Angeles County houses 50 to 70 percent of the state's industry and urged obtaining the Commerce Department bulletin via mail.
Cecil Collins of USC School of Dentistry will moderate a round table on pain in dentistry. Some 86 members of the Third District Los Angeles County Dental Society will meet at the Lafayette Hotel on Monday Nov. 14 at 5 30 p m. Dr Julius Molina society president announces. Dr Arthur C Meigs chairs the local transmission of a two hour postgraduate lecture from University of Illinois using loudspeakers.
British professor John Bradford of Oxford University, a former RAF pilot, used aerial photography from WWII reconnaissance over Gargano plateau to uncover neolithic traces and the medieval village of Salpi in southeastern Italy. A second unknown village near Torrione del Casane was identified, marking a pioneering use of air imagery in Italian archaeology.
In Memphis Tennessee on November 5 a store manager bragged about a new window display until a bold pigeon intruded and began munching the nuts set out for the show attracting an amused crowd and ending the display scene with an unexpected snack.
Emmett M. Yarborough, 38, and his wife Minnie, 46, of 6494 Long Beach Blvd, suffered minor injuries when struck by a motor car while crossing the boulevard near their home. They were taken to Seaside Hospital for treatment. Robert L. Holder, 15725 Cornuta St, Bellflower, was cited for failure to yield to pedestrians.
In Cairo on November 3 a four story building in the Sayeda Zeinab district toppled, killing six and wounding seven as many ancient homes, some over 1000 years old, give way weekly amid ongoing structural decay.
In Lewistown Montana Roger Brandt, a veteran aviator, survived eight crashes uninjured but crashed on takeoff in his ninth incident. He suffered a back injury and was treated at the scene.
Menu outlines school lunches and a la carte items for Long Beach elementary and junior high across November 1–10. Includes daily main plates, sides, milk, desserts, and prices, with Armistice Day noted and guidance on purchasing a la carte after meals.
Long Beach observes American Education Week across 44 public schools with over 40 000 youth participating. The theme Making Democracy Work emphasizes citizenship, home school collaboration, and classroom activities aimed at parents attending lessons on Congress democracy and student papers.
Marines of the 1th Signal C Marine Corps Reserve arrange activities for the units second anniversary. Platoons compete for a Catalina cruise on Dec 2 to 4. The company plans a birthday dance at the reserve training center on Terminals Island on Dec 15.
PAWTUCKET R I Nov 5 The first successful cotton mill in America will hum again as a historic exhibit reconditioned by the Old Slater Mill Association Established in 1793 by Samuel Slater English born local lumber used plans to recreate machinery plans sought from Smithsonian Institution The mill will be set in motion early next year with Slater's first machine among the hoped for exhibits
Enrollment of the 25 Long Beach area schools will be completed this week with assemblies and classroom projects. Notable speakers include Evelyn Burwell, a Negro pianist and composer, who performed at Polytech nic and Jordan High Schools and Washington Junior High. Faculty members Ruby Marcum and Carl Lindgren shared overseas and Pacific theater experiences, praising Junior Red Cross, and Lorraine St. Amand outlined the national impact of 19,000,000 student members. A radio roundtable on KFOX is set for Wednesday at 1 45 p m.
In Lucknow on November 5, the provincial Congress Party Council barred members from fasting on frivolous issues without council approval. The rule followed a review of ten hunger strikes by congressmen over the past year, two aimed at alleged party corruption. The move notes the hunger strike tradition but cites government intervention before serious harm.
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