Blood for Korea Drive Starts at Long Beach Naval Base
The Long Beach Naval Station begins a winter Blood for Korea campaign with 574 donors from armed forces and civilians. Two Red Cross blood collection ops filled every bottle as Long Beach volunteers and Red Cross medical staff staffed the drive. A regional blood center dedication at 1190 S Vermont Ave Los Angeles is set for 2 p.m. with the EL Toro Marine Band, CBS to broadcast donor recruitment on Nov 15.
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Armed Forces
Long Beach Naval Base
Red Cross
Korea
Long Beach
A. C. House
USN
Long Beach Naval Station
Long Beach Area
S. Vermont Ave
Los Angeles
EL Toro Marine Band
Columbia Broadcasting System
Gus Lucking
Long Beach Red Cross
Old toys wanted for Christmas charity drive
Ferri's Cleaners seeks old toys dolls and books to help the Junior Chamber of Commerce collect and recondition items for distribution to less fortunate children in Long Beach. Call 6-6291 to arrange pickup by one of eleven trucks and say toys.
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Ferri's Cleaners
Last voyage of the 189-foot Samar schooner ends in Long Beach
The 52-year-old dismasted Samar sails off under tow by Pacific Retriever toward a remote Baja coast beached for firewood and building material. Built in 1901 at Alameda, she later served as a fishing barge and work vessel before retirement after a Navy barge replacement.
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Pacific Retriever
Tex Reeves
Samat
Long Beach
Tole
Daisy Gray
Lower California
Alameda
Mindinao
Newport Harbor
Ernest A. Jud
Judds
Pacific Towboat & Salvage Co
Inner Harbor
Lamar
Mexico
Final transfer ends San Quentin overload for Southern California felons
The last group of 18 inmates from 11 Southern California counties arrived at San Quentin with 18 Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies. After today all male felons from the 11 counties will go to Chino for six weeks indoctrination. The Chino guidance center will ease San Quentin overcrowding and stop costly transport.
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San Quentin
San Quentin Prison
Southern California
State Penitentiary
Los Angeles County
California
Chino
Military Sea Transport Service charter for American-Hawaiian ships
MSTS has requisitioned five U S Army bound C 4 freighters from American-Hawaiian Lines for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization supply run. Leonard Formosa confirms plans to turn over these ships to MSTS and to replace them with seven Victory ships once the Maritime Board approves. Crated details note the C 4s’ seven hatch design to speed loading, with other ships in the fleet sailing across the Atlantic and Pacific routes.
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Formosa
Atlantic
Pacific
Los Angeles Harbor
Orient
Fords Arrive in Harbor Aboard Matson Line Ship
Benson Ford and Mrs. Ford dock after Hawaii vacation arriving in harbor aboard the Lurline from Honolulu. Benson Ford is vice president and general manager of Ford Motor Co. Lincoln Mercury division and a grandson of Henry Ford.
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Benson Ford
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Honolulu
Matson
Lurline
Henry Ford
Fords
Hawaii
Perils of Tree Farming Endangers Reforestation Efforts
A company forester presents a map of burned forest land spanning thousands of acres and explains the challenges of reforestation. Rodents eat seeds, field mice consume large quantities daily, deer nibble seedlings, and bears strip bark killing saplings, yet reforestation continues to secure future business.
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Forester
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MSTS
the Line
Nicholas J. Kane
Benson Fords
Hammond Theate Lumber Company
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Western Office Furniture CO
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