Woman Trampled in Fire Panic On Redondo Beach Blvd
An elderly pedestrian Erma R. Hult 67 of 2213 Vanderbilt Line was struck and killed while crossing Redondo Beach Blvd near Blossom Lane by Orville G. Robinson 27 of 1704 Pullman Lane. Police say crosswalk status undetermined. Body taken to White and Day Mortuary. inquest date not set.
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Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach Blvd
Blossom Lane
Redantic Beach
Erma R. Hult
Vanderbilt Line
Orville G. Robinson
Pullman Lane
Sal
Jim Seydel
Crossmwalle
Estate Buys in Santa Ana
James Irvine Estate and Irvine, son of a late financier and rancher, bought property on Spurgeon St between Fourth and Fifth Sts in Santa Ana for about 306000. Included are the J J Newberry store at Spurgeon and Fourth, another Spurgeon property, and a nearby parking lot. Sold by S E B Finley Co with Home Investment Co of Long Beach as third party.
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Santa Ana
James Irvine
Myford Irvine
Spurgeon St
Fourth
Fifth Sts
Rmy McFarland
J. J. Newberry
5. EB. Finley Company
Eome Investment Co. of
Long Beach
Compton Girl Dies of Polio in County Hospital
A ten year old Compton girl, Diane Welch, dies of polio at Los Angeles County General Hospital, raising the county's polio death toll to 29 for the year, matching the prior year. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Welch of 449 East 23rd Street.
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Compton
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Los Angeles County
Diane Welch
Theodore Welch
Pigeon Thievery Blamed on Boys
Santa Ana police say two youths, already in Juvenile Home C. M. Wagner, admitted stealing pigeons from lofts. Wagner reports a loss of about 100 birds valued at 350 dollars. one bird was captured, the other escaped.
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Santa Ana
C. M. Wagner
W. See
Wagner
Norwalk Car Found Across State Line
Norwalk police report a stolen car from 12052 Abington St Norwalk has been recovered in Derning N Mi along with a suspected thief Jessica Angeles 19 tied to the case. Detectives say federal authorities are involved and the suspect crossed state lines.
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Norwalk
Across State Line
Anton Stern
Colla Zemmerer
Abingdon St
Derning
N. Mi
Sher
Jessica Angeles
Fed Buren
Asl
Compton Moves to Annex 62.87 Acre Industrial Tract
City council held a six minute noon meeting to approve annexation of a 62.87 acre industrial area south of the city from Artesia and Alameda to Victoria Street and Willowbrook extension. Albert Levinson seeks industrial development with lease plans. public hearing set for May 25 at 8:15 pm. Water and sewer lines to be installed before winter rains.
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Compton
Artesia
Alameda Sts
Victoria St
Willowbrook Ave
Artesia St
Fnal
Albert Ea Maywood
Harry T. Laugharn Salarie
Levinson
Douglass
New Building for Los Angeles Livestock Show
Compton reports the Los Angeles Livestock Show will move to a new 10,000 seat fairground at East ern Ave and Santa Anna Freeway. Harry Billings, newly named to the managing board, says a $160,000 contract will cover excavating and underground work for the Tuge i stadium. Tid lies at 419 W School St begins his 15th term as a divertor of the 48th District Agricultural Board which organizes the event.
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Compton
Los Angeles
Eastern Ave
Santa Anna
Harry ©. Billings
Wext
Tid
W. School St
iDistrict Agricultural Board
Dinner Served at Wilmington American Legion Post No 2
Wilmington Memours OL Wilmington American Legion Post No 2Ry hosted a spaghetti dinner before the weekly meeting at the American Legion clubhouse. Commander Fenwick Kendall reported. Ernest Petrasini led the event with post members assisting as waiters.
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Wilmington
American Legion Post No
American Legion
Ernest Petrasini
Fenwick Kendall
Bellflower PTAs discuss guidance and troop needs
Bellflower groups report adolescent behavior concerns and urge more scout leaders for Mayfair. George Leonard advises fathers to contact district execs rather than officials. A lecture on Children in Today's World by Dr Arthur Carey is announced for Ramona School Wednesday at 7 45 p m. High School PTA notes life memberships, committee postings, and a rummage sale planned for Dec 3. Junior High PTA covers school funding via tex dollar support and reports a 472 enrollment after the drive. Board meeting notes outline upcoming arrangements.
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Bellflower
Fransiin 2D
Roosevelt Parent-Teacher Association
Marie Satuder
Mayfair
George Leonard
Earle Froggard
Barney Gallaugher
Jean Sutton
Ramona School
Arthur Carey
L. H. Hansen
Russell Heschele
Fred Woorf
Charles, Kendle
Bellflower Pta
John Reese
Piars
House of Sales
Long Beach
Tunior High Pta
Washington Junior High Parent-Teacher Association
Bertram A. Betts
Angeles County
Kent of
Exampler
Bellflower Schools
John C. Bennett
Mines
T. P. Vaughn
O. D. Baker
Cochairman
SOARD
Bus Patrons Injure Matron In Norwalk Incident
In Norwalk a Pacific Electric bus on Telegraph Road north of town was stopped after a loud shout of fire. About 35 passengers surged toward the door, knocking Mrs Isabelle Palona 26 of 18219 Liehacker Avenue to the pavement and injuring her arm and eye. Driver Harry T Seeley 49 Costa Mesa extinguished a minor electrical fire.
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Norwalk
Pacific Electric
Isabelle Palona
Liehacker Ave
California Highway Patrol
Telegraph Rd
Here
Harry T. Seeley
Costa Mesa
Jersey Rd
Patona
Whines of Power Laws Cause Alarm in Port Area
San Pedro IP police fielded calls about air raid alerts after sirens were heard near Harbor Junior College in Wilmington. Investigators traced the sound to whirring metal saws in the college shop, a noise some residents mistook for a real alert.
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San Pedro-Ip
Harbor Junior College
Wilmington
Board Meeting Dates Revised for Compton Schools
Dr Stuart F McCombe announces revised meeting dates for college and high school boards. The joint meeting tonight is canceled due to Armistice Day. Special sessions set for November 18 and November 23 with a joint meeting on November 25 in the board room.
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Compton
Boards of
Stuart F. McCombe
Regnar
College
Artésia St
McCambseaig
Robbers Hold Up Station Attendant at Dawn
Two men armed with a gun robbed a station operator at LVL 3 Atlantic Ave at 6 17 am, escaping with 45 dollars. C W Hale of Washington Ave 155125 identified one robber who covered him while the other took money from Hale's shirt pocket and fled toward the station office then sped south on Washington Ave.
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Thes
An Atio
Washington Ave
Bellflower Resident Injured in Compton Collision
Bellflower resident Jayeer L Olsen, 31, of 6131 Whitewood Ave, suffered serious injuries in a 7:48 AM collision at Kenny and Caldwell Streets in Compton. The Olsen vehicle collided with one driven by Naomi Taylor, 80, of 929 St Northwood St, Compton. Olsen was transported to Physicians and Surgeons Hospital with a back injury noted as preexisting.
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Bellflower
Jayeer L Olsen
Whitewood Ave
Kenny and Caldwell Strs
Compton
Naomi Taylor
St. Northwood St
Olsen
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
Pool Room Permit Hearing Set for 332 Broad Ave
Police will hear an application to operate a pool room at 332 Broad Ave before the Police Commission on November 19 at 1 00 p m Los Angeles announced Henry Bagliazo of San Pedro is the applicant Prospective challengers to the license are urged to attend the session.
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Wilmington
Broad Ave
Police Commission
Los Angeles
Henry Bagliazo
San Pedro
Man Stricken Fatally In Santa Ana Driving
Zephie Dean age 68 of 1307 ER Second St Santa Ana died of a heart attack at 7:45 a m today while driving his car at Second St and Grand Ave Police said the death is a natural cause pending further report.
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Santa Ana
Fev
Zephie Dean
Second St
Grand Ave
Lincoln PTA Board Meeting Agenda Items
A board meeting of the Lincoln Parent Teacher Association will be held Wednesday at 1 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Marilyn Davis, 9531 Arkansas Ave. The agenda includes appointing a committee to select a recipient for the annual life membership, plans for a rag drive, and suggestions for Christmas entertainment.
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Lincoln Parent‘Teacher Association
Marilyn Davis
Arkansas Ave
Life
For 55 Years Veteran Funds Solicitor Again Volunteers Service
Mrs. Marguerite Helbach of 1307 Lagoon Ave. has spent 55 years soliciting funds for charitable causes. At nearly 83 she still plans to assist the Community Chest residential campaign in Wilmington, despite a recent illness. Her welfare work began in 1897 in Los Angeles and continued after moving to Wilmington in 1927.
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Wilmington
Marguerite Helbach
Lagoon Ave
Community Chest
Helbach
Fort St
Broadway
Los Angeles
Willmington
Mechanic of Year Chosen in Los Angeles Show
Emil Drennan of Asbury Transportation Co. won the mechanic of the year after taking the sweepstakes award at the fourth annual Tool and Equipment Show in Rodger Young Auditorium Los Angeles. Neil J. Curry of the Mover Truck Association of California presented the award. Barnett second in shop tool division for a transmission hoist design. he works at Barnett Mason Co. and plans patent. his hoist units were adopted by his company.
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Compton
Emil Drennan
Cliveden Ave
Drennan
Asbury Transportation Co
Los Angeles
Bellflower—Purple Heart
H. T. Barnett
Fidler Ave
Ts Barnett
Barnett
Mrs. Barnett
Lovel
Mothers Club Plans Social Event at School Hall
St Bernard's Mothers Club will arrange a fundraising social at the school hall tonight at p m. The event is set for November 20 and will be conducted during a regular meeting to finalize plans and publicity.
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Boonrwswom
St. Bernard's Mothers Club
Barricade Crash Kills Hub Driver in Compton
Dan Elledge, 68, of 2729 W Bennett St, died at 6 45 p m Monday after crashing through two barricades at the dead end of W Caldwell and striking parked cars. He was pronounced dead at Physicians and Surgeons Hospital Compton and later taken to Allen R Mortuary Firestone Park. Police say he was traveling at high speed, left 100 feet of skid marks, and the Duncan car occupant was unhurt. Survived by daughter Nelie Roderick of 2729 W Bennett St.
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Wee Iee
Dan Elledge
W. Bennett St
Compton
W.ealdwell St
Palica
Elledge
Steif Pirate
W. Caldiwell
Bennett
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
Dody
Allen R. Mortuary
Firestone Park
Lare Joh Sizemore
Caldwell St
Stoy Dunscan
White Ave
Duncan
Nelie Roderick
Bennett St
Windows Broken at Norwalk Tabernacle by Sheriff’s Crew
Three windows of the Christian Tabernacle in Norwalk were broken by sheriff's deputies during a storefront incident. No injuries reported as authorities investigate motives and the extent of property damage.
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Norwalk
the Christian Tabernacle
Sheriff's
Two Injured in Accidents in Wilmington Harbor
Two people were injured in separate unusual accidents Monday in the Wilmington harbor area. A woman pedestrian Miss Alice Weager, 18, of Inglewood, was struck by a car and knocked against a building on 124 Street between Pacific and Grand Avenues in San Pedro and treated for contusions. A second incident near Pacific Avenue and Ninth Street left Albertier, 46, of San Pedro, blinded by the sun and striking a boy cyclist, Raymond Fite, 11, who was treated and released. A crash involving a car and a duck and trailer at Pacific Coast Highway and Alameda Boulevard caused no injuries, while the truck driver JoAnne Hopkins, 18, of Riverside, and driver John Wright Jr, 25, of Puente, were noted in reports.
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Wilmington
Harbor
Alice Weager
Inglewood
124 St
Pacific
Grand Aves
San Pedro
Weaver
San Pedro Receiyling Hospital
Pacific Ave
Ninth St
Boys to Try Out for Benefit Show
Two Whaley Junior Eight students Dick Harmon and Gilbert Orr will represent COMPTON school in tryouts for a Red Cross benefit show at the Sawtelle Veterans Hospital Navy 26. They perform western songs with guitar, tryouts set for November 15 at Los Angeles Red Cross headquarters. a junior Red Cross Club is organized with Mrs Louise Stevenson as faculty sponsor.
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Compton
Whaley
Dick Harmon
Gilbert Orr
Red Crogs
Sawtelle Veterans Hospital Navy
Los Angeles Red Cross
Juning
Bmrs
Louise Stevenson
Downey Woman to Host Lionettes Group
Downey resident Mrs. Bryanerry will host the Lionettes at her home today. Cole St. Douglas Foss and Mae Dent are named to lead the group in planning fundraising for endowment scholarships and related awards.
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Downey
Bryanerry
Cole St
Douglas Foss
Mae Dent
Car Attendant Assault Report From Norwalk Parking Lot
A 16 year old boy, Buddy Hansen, said a man about 27 attacked him in a Norwalk parking lot at 10900 BE Firestone Elva after he asked the driver to move his car. The assailant struck him twice in the stomach and fled the scene.
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Norwalk
Firestone Elva
Sheriff's
Buddy Hansen
Downey-Norwalk Rd
Dog Shot in Own Yard in Artesia
Orson W. Fox reported a Great Dane tied to two stakes in his yard at 22333 Funston Street Artesia was shot in the neck. The bullet caused a minor injury and Fox said the incident occurred during a brief absence from the place.
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Artesia
Orson W. Fox
Funston St
Sheriff's
Fox
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Alamites
Marie L. Hare
Harold
Boos
Alamitos
Merio L. Hare
Mrs. Hare
Willard Berry
Robert C. Berry
Port Legion Post
Seedwill Industries
Maude Gray
Chamber of Commerce
Gaylord Hicks
Soedwill
Demes Shakarian
Sialf
Ptas
Veteran Funds Solicitor Again
I.W. Harper
Bond
Kentucky
Wl. Harper
Sem
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