City notes and oddities in a busy week
A Bet ter Bust Bureau caller jokes about a citizen’s rate of jail visits and a prank encyclopedias gift. Pine Avenue Christmas lights return, candy canes praised by retailers. Texas fans salute the Eyes of Texas during a Baylor game moment. City Franchise Bureau discusses Long Beach to Los Angeles bus service with Metropolitan Coach Lines. SP response noted. Bond boosters at eviction speak, and drivers again overlook hand signals at intersections as warnings persist.
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Southern Pacific Go
Long Geuch
Union Depot
L.A
Orhecwist
Yesters Ftag
Franchises Bureau
Long Beach
Los Angeles
California Farm Bureau Diverts Land Use Debate
The 36th annual California Farm Bureau Federation convention opened with 2400 delegates. The resolutions committee eyed diverted land use and crop quotas amid tax, land, water, and rural policy talks. Notable speakers and group meetings cover farm safety, wild game, and marketing, with Lawrence Welk to headline the convention dance tonight.
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Resolutions Committee
California
California Farm Bureau Fed-lureng
Tia
Gatfors
Inia
Federation
Torium
Wilton
Lafayete
Lang
Roy R. McLain
Visalia
McClain
Rvice
Lawrence Welk
Allan B. Kline
American Furn Borosa Federation
A. M. Boyer
Riverside Citrus Experiment Station
Marion Perelli-Minetti
California Wine Association
Virgil Graves
Farmington
Jenner
Clyde Howden
Dinuda
Poultry
Fresno
Ralph Parks
Davis Extension
J. Earl Coke
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Audit and Study Ordered for Auditorium and Stadium
City Manager Sam Vickers told the City Council that Finance Director will analyze all audit reports on Municipal Auditorium and Memorial Stadium operations and propose ordinance and procedure corrections. The city accountant will review permits since 1 June 1935, with a spot check of post June 1935 permits. Mansell’s audit of auditorium and Stadium operations is still incomplete and further studies will follow.
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Sam Roberts
Municipal Auditorium
Memorial Stadium
Sam
Vickers
John R. Mangell
Mansell
J Vickers
Japanese Crew to Pick Up Leased Mine Sweeper Vessel
Japanese Defense Board announced that eight officers and enlisted men will arrive in Long Beach by month’s end to man a mine sweeper leased from the U S Navy under the Japan U S mutual defense aid agreement. The crew will depart Yokohama February 19 for Long Beach, with delivery set for December 16 and return to Japan in March after training.
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Japan
Long Beach
Japanese Defense Board
United States
Yokohama
L B Motorist Killed as Car Hits Bridge
John Cameron 65 of 3634 Cander St was killed Monday night when his car struck a bridge 15 miles south of Gorman. The California Highway Patrol identified the victim.
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California Highway Patrol
John Cameron
Cander St
Gorman
Burglar Seizes $4462 From Woman's Home Reported
Police report a burglary at Lucille J. Shellenberger of 2330 Argonne Ave. where a wallet with 46 dollars and 300 dollars were taken. A passerby noted entry through a window causing loss on a Monday afternoon. Cedro G. Valencia of 5990 Olive Ave. also reported a break in on the same day.
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Lucille J. Shellenberger
Argonne Ave
Cedro G. Valencia
Oliver Ave
Starstar
Beach Areas Brace for 7-Foot Tides Threat
Seal Beach strengthened its ocean-frank sard dikes today for three days of 7 foot tides. Expect 7 foot tides at 7:58 a.m. Wednesday 3:40 a.m. Thursday and 7 foot at 12: a.m. Friday. Heavy ground swells could cause flooding. No flooding reported in Seal Beach Surfside Colony or harbor area.
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Seal Beach
Public Offices Close Thursday for Vets Day
Public offices including city state and federal will be closed Thursday for Veterans Day. Banks and most stores remain open. Garbage collections occur as usual though post office branches close and no regular mail delivery. Courts close and a 24 hour downtown parade starts at 11 am.
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Atate
Superior
Geegrn Blvd
Alamitos Ave
Radar to Pinpoint Crossing Perils
City officials and experts discuss using radar to map dangerous crossings. Robert Dier says radar data will show which intersections need guards or signals, replacing guesswork with measurable traffic flow graphs. He demonstrated equipment to PTA representatives on the plan.
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Mem-Wve
Pebael Sropelii
Traf
Gounalt
Dier
Auto Club
Neer Robert Dier
P.T.A
C. Carter Schneider
PTA
City Mulls Land for Los Altos Park Proposal
City Manager Sam E. Vickers will study a plan to acquire 4.39 acres at the southwest corner of Atherton Street and Bellflower Boulevard for park use. Local club leaders urged a rustic park, facing opposition from landowner Lloyd S. Whaley who favored zoning the site for multi family housing to meet a projected five year demand for 2,600 rental units.
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Atherton St
Bellflower Blvd
City Mgr
Sam E. Vickers
M.terry
Los Altos Association
Ray Jones
Los Altos Garden Club
Russell Lemon
Los Altos Women's Club
Lor Alton Business Center
Long Beach State College
Veterans Hospital
Pistol Play Across Bay Jails Man
About a dozen shots rang across Alamitos Bay on Monday afternoon. Edgar A. Dorland, a 22-year-old transient, was arrested in a car on the north side of 108 opposite Idah Place and booked on weapons and discharge charges along with two traffic warrants. Dorland claimed he fired a .41-caliber Army pistol into the water to see if it would work. Witnesses reported hearing multiple shots near Bayshore Avenue and Coast Highway as police found the weapon and minor witnesses recounted the sound of bullets striking roofs and cars.
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Alamitos Bay
Edgar A. Dorland
Idah Pl
Hel
Dorland
Dad's Rescue Feat Cheers Family Here
Doris Myers of 114 Nieto Ave praises her husband Lir W. A. Myers of the US Navy after he commanded a whaleboat through heavy seas to save a young Alabama sailor washed from the deck of the cruiser Helena during typhoon operations near Japan. Myers, a 194% naval academy graduate, and his wife, natives of Philadelphia, moved to Long Beach with their 14 month old son Steven in March.
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Japan
Doris Myers
Nieto Ave
Lir
W. A. Myers
USN
Alabama
Helena
M Myers
Myers
Naval Academy
Steven
Long Beach
Philadelphia
Council confirms Adams appointment to public improvement panel
Mayor Vermilion confirms Arthur H. Adams of 3985 Walnut Ave as a member of the Advisory Public Improvement Committee. Adams succeeds Roy Van Alstine who resigned to travel. Adams previously directed regional planning for Los Angeles County until his retirement two years ago.
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Whery Wouth
George M. Vermillion
Arthur H. Adams
Walnut Ave
Adamis
Roy van Alstine
Adams
County of
Los Angeles
Korea Businessman on World Tour Visits Local Event
31 year old Korean businessman K. C. Kim toured the world and spoke at a world congress in Mexico City. He visited a state Jaycee convention in progress and described how his trading firm arranges housing for returning U.S. soldiers. He noted reconstruction in Seoul and plans future stops in San Francisco New York London Paris and Rome. He is vice president of the Korean Junior Chamber of Commerce and not married.
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K. C. Kim
Republic of Korea
Him
South Korea
Cavamop i Smith
Julnior Chamber of Commerce
Mexico City
Wilton Hatch
Korea
San Francisco
Longs Beach
Kim
iKorean Junior Chamber of Commerce
Korean Red Cross
Keneat
Seoul
Kim Tol
Commerce
Fonds Currete Kees
International Commercial and Industrial Co. Ltd
William J. Herman & Co
Bande Hoe
Secu
Three Smashed Auto Glass Get Jail Terms
Two Coast Guardsmen and a civilian were sentenced to 50 days in county jail by Municipal Judge Charles T. Smith. Norman D. Schechter, 27, received 30 days, while Joseph Remoaldo, 21, Heather Rosa, 19, both guardsmen, were given 10 days each for destroying a car windshield and right door glass belonging to Patricia Corbin. The trio, intoxicated, were at a party at the Corbins.
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Pountty
Charles Tmith
Norman D. Schechter
Lakewood Blvd
Smith
Bettes
Coast
Patricia FF
Corin
Corbin
Ex-Chief of Navy Academy Takes Flotilla Command
Rear Adm. Charles A Buchanan, commandant of midshipmen at the U S Naval Academy, named commander of Destroyer Flotilla 3. The Long Beach flotilla serves in the Far East aboard the USS Frontier, with Adm. Buchanan relieving Rear Adm. Thomas Burrowes who becomes deputy commander of the Military Sea Transport Service in the West Pacific in Yokosuka Japan. Capt. R T S Keith becomes the new midshipmen commandant after commanding the battleship Missouri on its final Mothball Fleet trip to Bremerton Washington.
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Charles
Buchanan
U. S. Naval Academy
Plotilla
Long Beach
R. T. S. Keith
Missouri
Bremerton
Wash
Court Continues Andrews Sisters Legal Feud in Trial Delay
The Andrews Sisters legal battle continued in Superior Court on Monday until November 29 to allow Patty to fulfill a singing engagement at the Shamrock Hotel in Houston Texas.
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Andrews
Superior Court
Beach Vasey
Patty
Shamrock Hotel
Houston
Tex
L B Assists L A Bid for 60 Olympics
City Council discussed supporting a bid to bring the 1960 Olympic Games to the United States with a focus on the Los Angeles area. Bill Nicholas, manager of the Los Angeles Coliseum, urged using Marine Stadium for rowing as an enclosed venue able to charge admissions. He noted potential for Long Beach events if L A wins the bid.
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United States
Greater
Los Angeles
Recreation Commission
Bill Nicholas
Los Angeles Coliseum
Severogmt
Yares
Nicholas
Long Beach
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