1950 Long Beach Christmas Seal designed by Andre Duge
The 1950 seal features three angels with a music scroll and the red double barred cross of the National Tuberculosis Association. Designer Andre Duge, famous in Hungary and Paris, created this year’s motif explaining his love of children. The sale runs Nov 20 to Dec 25 as part of the 44th annual national campaign in Long Beach.
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Long Beach
National Tuberculosis Association
Long Beach Tuberculosis and Health Association
Andre Duge
Hungary
Paris
America
Duge
Martin de Vries
Judge DeVries
Long Beach Author Knighted in Order of St John d Acre
L. B. Author known for travel guides and dining tips has been named a Knight of the Order of St John d Acre in New York. He described a 6060 mile trip with 30 radio interviews and three TV shows, noting he is the third American knight after Eisenhower and Clark.
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Rolland Will
Long Beach
Hillsaway
United States
Order of St. John d’ Acre
Gourmet Society of
New York
Wine and Food Society of
Library Receives Baruch Biography and Other New Biographies
The public library this week adds Bernard Baruch: Portrait of a Citizen by W. L. White a lucid life of the elder statesman with a section on Baruch and the Atom and an appendix on US atomic energy proposals. Other new biographies include We Speak for Ourselves Lincoln’s Other Mary Berry and Lincoln and many more across philosophy history and fiction with titles such as Saint Among the Hurons Semper Fidelis and City in the Dawn.
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Bernard Baruch
W. L. White
Public Library
White
Elder Statesman
Baruch
United States Atomic Energy
United Nations
Irving Stone
Lincoln
Mary
Olive Carruthers
Stafford Cripps
Jesus
John R. Breyer
St. Francis of Assisi
Emer Englebert
Francis Talbot
Marine Corps
Alfred R. Lindesmith
Arnold J. Toy
Long Beach Chapter Hosts Refrigeration Society Convention
Long Beach to fete Refrigeration Service Engineers Auxiliary members and guests from the United States and Canada at the international convention November 16 to 19. Activities include a Wilton Hotel luncheon, Knott’s Berry Farm tour, a style show, and a dinner dance with officer elections.
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Les Beach
Refrigeration Service Engineers Society
Joe Mura
United States
Canada
Wilton Hotel
Memphis
Tenn
Lineage Claim Ties Prince to Ninth Century Emperor
California records trace a prince’s descent to Michael III Balbo a' Amorio, East-Roman emperor in the ninth century. The Order of St. John d' Acré is said to have been founded January 12, 1205, in Acre, Palestine, by the crusader-prince Aminada de Amerusio.
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California
Michael III Balbo A
City-wide Book Week Festivities Near Start Across Long Beach
National Book Week activities spread through Long Beach schools libraries and youth groups this week. Buffon Elementary School fifth and sixth graders perform book title charades. Buffom pupils paint legends and fairy tales. Garfield Elementary assemblies feature reviews and stories by Marilyn Dootson and Mary Barnett. Bret Harte and East Long Beach Branch librarians host quizzes drawings and guest sessions. Willard fifth graders perform The Missing Bookend at a special assembly. Starr King Bret Harte and others participate with book displays and activities throughout the week.
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Bay Shore
Long Beach
Buffon
Helen Seybold
Buffom
Garfield
Marilyn Dootson
Bret Harte
Chief of L. B. Police Record Bureau Advancing in Forensic Methods
Superintendent Lloyd Christian Harte explains how scientific crime detection evolved over 60 years, highlighting individuality and modus operandi. The piece notes librarians and teachers at local schools hosting book and children’s events as part of public library outreach.
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L. B. Police Record Bureau
Lloyd Christian
Police Record Bureau
Christiansen
Bertillon
Henry
Habb
Modern Drug Store Opens at Walteria
Walteria announces the opening of its first modern drug store at Pacific Coast Hwy and Neece St. under owner A. J. Patronsky who has long civic involvement. Patronsky, a registered pharmacist, was previously with a wholesale drug firm.
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Walteria Walteria
Pacific Coast Hwy
Neece St
A. J. Patronsky
Patronsky
Police crime scene analysis and the hunt for the suspect
The report notes a punch card system and sorter to narrow down a criminal, asserting every detail at a crime scene matters. Experts believe an undisturbed scene can identify the perpetrator, yet such perfection rarely exists as police hurry away to placate taxpayers.
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Record Bureau
Finger for fabric and an eye for the yard price
Fragmentary notice hints at a product claim: finger for fabric and eye for the yard price. It mentions holidays and season after tres with a U S patent claim reference.
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L. B
N. Y
Library
Margaret Denny
Alfred Harbage
Harriet
William V. Moody
Indiana
Emily Kimbrough
John F. Muehl
Weldon F. Heald
John B. Priestley
Israel M. Plapan
Colorado School of Mines
Frank Conibear
William H
George Woodbury
Alexis J. Panshin
Maxwell Lehman
Melvin Shattwick
Hervey Atleny
China
George C. Appell
Johnny
Gladys Carroll
Tichenor Orthopedic Clinic
Los Angeles County Hospital
March of Dimes
Guide Dog School
Joyce
California Council of Republican Women
William Hamilton Alexander Brilliant
Oklahoma City
Marine Room
Wilton
Lae Burksee TM
Burk
Kelvinator
Admiral
Nevada
Atlantic Avenue
Long Seach
Huntington Park
Santa Ana
Glendale
By Emmet F. Bioedan
King Hall
Helen Murphy
North Long Beach
Atlantic Ave
Ardis Sarff
PTY Praia
Hickey-Freeman
U. S. Pat
Freeman
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