Navy and Marine births and promotions in wartime service
Navy and Marine personnel gain ranks and welcome newborns as crews at Pearl Harbor, Mare Island, Barber's Point, and Yokosuka. Lois Zell advances to teleman sergeant at Jacksonville. Births include Rolly Eric Day at Mare Island and William Robert Flanders at Tripler Hospital. Huckins and Huckins wife Betsy face shipboard life aboard the Cusk. Turner completes basic training and moves toward Fort Meade and posttraining neuropsychiatric course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ione
Lois Zell
WAVE
USN
Teleman
Serord
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Communications Department
Laughter
Gott
Fried C. Zell
Locust Ave
Navy
Polytechnic High School
Long Beach
Richard Day
Rolly Eric
Naval Hospital
Mare Island
Vallejo
Day
San Francisco
J. J. Pettijohn
Mountain View
William AL. Riggs
Calderwood
Tripler Army Hospital
Honolulu
William Robert
Robert P. Flanders
Flanders
Frank L. Flanders
Brooklyn
Barber’s Point
T. H
Sunfield Ave
Vernon
HB. Hendrix
J., E. Hendrix
Pine Ave
Bayfield
Oakland
Hendrix
Korea
Inchon
Wonsan
Hungnam
Pvt
Wardelle
A. Turner
Helen Shields
Lewis Ave
Medical Replacement Training Center
Fort Meade
Omaha
Neb
Medical Field Service School
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Ship Assigned for Korea Run
The SS General H. W. Gordon, a 17,701 gross ton P-2 type vessel, was redelivered from bareboat charter by American President Lines to the Maritime Administration and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service for the Korean run. AFL has operated it transpacific since 1946 under a Coast Guard safety waiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General H. W. Gordon
American President Lines
Maritime Administration
Military Sea Transport Service
AFL
U. S. Coast Guard
Plane Talk on Arctic Flight Tech and Base Transfers
The article notes Arctic flight routine progress with gyroscopic compasses celestial bearing radar aids and Pfund Sky Compass helping navigation beyond the twilight band. It details maintenance in subzero temps survival drills and a helicopter method for stack painting plus a base transfer of Victorville and related wings to Tactical Air Command with Midland and Albany movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nort Pole
Joseph ©. Fletcher
58Th
Strategic Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Hielson Air Force Base
Alaska
Arctic
Pfund
151St
Albany
Tactical Air, Command
George and Dow
Port Staff Kept Jumping By Edsel Newton at Long Beach
Long Beach port operations keep clerks and longshore staff busy as ships arrive and depart. Copeland, port manager for States Marine Lines, notes heavy cargo and crew needs, with 16 ships in port in a single month and daily teletype coordination with pilots, tugs, and harbor officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
L. S. Copeland
States Marine Lines
Copeland
B. 25Th St
Luckenbach Line
Traffic Department of
U. S
Far East
Madras City
Bombay
Buckeye
Yokohama
Kee- Jung
Lone Star State
New Orleans
Kobe
Kokusai Line
Nippon
New York
Naval Air Cadets Open to Qualified Applicants
Navy opens naval aviation cadet program to qualified applicants aged 18 to 27 who have at least two full academic years and are unmarried and physically apt. Training runs about 15 weeks at Pensacola or Los Alamitos after aptitude testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Aviation
Navy
Naval Air Popular
Pensacola
Fla
Nas
Los Alamitos
Office of the Naval Aviation
Comdr. L
Riester
Usnr
Naval Cadet Program
Dog Seeks Seeing-Eyes Master at Long Beach Shelter
A nearly blind purebred sable four-year-old male collie at Long Beach Animal Shelter on 15th Street and San Francisco Avenue is advertised as the friendliest dog ever. Shelter Director James W. Bibb says veterinarians have no hope of the dog regaining sight, but he remains very happy and hopeful for a loving home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Union Oil Tanker Santa Maria to be launched Dec 7
The Union Oil Company of California will launch the tanker Santa Maria on December 7 at the Bethlehem Sparrows Point shipyard in Maryland. The sponsor will be Mrs Mike D Gibbs wife of a company executive vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Oil Co. of California
Santa Maria
Bethlehem
Secretaries Set First Meet Here in Long Beach
Long Beach will host the first convention of the National Association of Legal Secretaries on July 18 20 announced by National President Louise Cord. Libby Bennett secretary to attorney Kenneth L Sperry will be convention chairman. Long Beach chosen as its local unit is the largest. Final plans to be formed at March 8 executive board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
National Association of Legal Secretaries
Louise Cord
Libby Bennett
Kenneth. L. Sperry
Clubmen Host Lions of Mexico in Long Beach visit
Long Beach area Lions Clubs will host about 100 Mexican Lions for the All Western Band Review Saturday night. Gen. Carlos Reyes Aviles will lead the delegation and visit local military installations, with a banquet and dance at the Lafayette Hotel after the parade and a Sunday breakfast. Delegates come from Ensenada, Tijuana, Mexicali, Tecate, and La Paz. hosts are Down North Long Beach, West Long Beach, Westiong Beach, and Lakewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Lions Clubs
Carlos Reyes Aviles
Mexico
Lafacyette
Ensenada
Tijuana
Mexicali
Tecate
la Paz
Down North
Nurses Honored by State Group
Two Long Beach nurses were honored at the California State Nurses Association convention in San Francisco. Elizabeth White was named to the private duty interim committee and Mrs. Ellen Hemming was named state section man of the public health committee. Estella Mann of Long Beach serves as first vice president of the association and assistant chief, nursing, education, Veterans Administration Hospital. More than 15 Long Beach nurses attended the four day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Nurses Association
California State Nurses Association
San Francisco
Elizabeth White
Ellen Hemming
Compton
Com 5
Long Beach
Estella Mann
Veterans Administration Hospital
SNA
California League of Nursing Education
State ‘Organization For Public Health
Nursing
Church Thanksgiving Music Festival at Bay Shore Church
Bay Shore Community Church hosts a Thanksgiving Festival of Music at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Helene Allen directs the program featuring a string quintet enhancing an Andante from Mendelssohn's Concerto. Mary-Anne Berne performs the Mendelssohn piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Shore Community Church
Toledo
Helene Allen
Mendelssohn
Mary-Anne Berne
Mendelsohn
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Lawson
Crystal
Pine
Ave
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
FN Hoyte
Hill Toppele Club
Joseph Quincy Huckins
Betty Jean Huskins
Peabory St
Cusk
Huskins
U. S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
DR. Beauchamp
Sri
Gantores
Beauchamp
Theta
L. B
Pine ‘Ave
Beauchamp Gladdy Walcomes Penssioners
EV. Hosking
Monsanto Chemical
Massachusetts
L. 5
Press-Telegram
Edsel Newton Press
Telesteam
Marins Hott
News OF the Armed Services
Naval Air Cadets
Virginia Newton
Jordan L. Sutherand
USMCR
Walnut Ave
Marine Corps Reserve
Francis T. Sutherland
Fort MacArthur
Woig Robert S. Burch
United Nations
Congress
New Papas
DCWFN
Anthony Babin
Long Beach Group
Pacific
R. F. Baker
Fort Mac-Arthur
Spt
Frank Park
Park
Connie Dimassa
San Pedro
Beau
Cnr Brost
Shelter
Union
Lions of Mexico
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