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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1951
Page
4
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Defense Secretary Lovett approved a new reserve medal for 10 or more years of honorable service across reserve components. The ribbon measures 1% inches by % inch with 13 buff and blue stripes. the obverse is standard while reverses identify Army and National Guard components. Lt. Harry S. Moore, Lt. Edwin D. Flanagan, and Lt. Gomar Olive S. Dwire receive assignments. twins Thomas Lee and Barbara Lynn welcomed at home in Long Beach as family grows.
A resident group led by Maurice Holladay reviews bay ordinance provisions with the city manager. The council debated float specifications, color rules, and other details, with holladay calling them overengineered. The harbormaster approved gray floats only. The plan to light W Queenance Blvd area was approved, upgrades include higher lumen incandescent lighting and relocation of three existing lights plus five new ones. No city violation found at Fowler Co oil site on E 17th St. Changes to Davis St and adjacent alleys will rename segments to Gale Ave to align with city naming. Auction sales were approved for several city structures acquired through right of way purchases.
City Council voted six to two to deny the Board of Water Commissioners special permit for a one and a half acre tract at E Carson Street and Woodruff Avenue in the shotgun strip. The water board hoped to lease the site to a company for 10 years at four thousand dollars annually to build a service station, but planning commission denial was upheld. Supporters cited revenue needs. opponents urged park and water conservation and preservation of Heartwell Park.
John Murray a Scotch baritone living in Long Beach and native of Glasgow will perform at the Policemen's Ball Friday night in Municipal Auditorium. He will sing tunes including Annie Laurie Loch Lomond and Without a Song. A minimum starting bid of 1000 dollars is listed for an eight room duplex and garage at 4985 87 Locust Ave with a minimum bid of 2000 dollars. A 7158.50 contract was awarded to Superior Bus & Ambulance Co Burlingame for one ambulance for the Fire Department. Additional contracts include 6713.60 to Mel Burns Inc for five four door sedans 11810 to Porter E Jennings for a utility building in Bixby Knolls Park 52222.47 to Crane Co for about 130 900 feet of gas pipe and 6433.75 to N H Plunkett Co for Arbor St improvements. A Hill St and Atlantic Ave crossing guard request from Burnett School PTA was sent to the city manager.
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach celebrates its 44th anniversary with a birthday dinner at the Lafayette Hotel. President G A Walker reported on revised insurance and health plans for employees and dependents, plus an annual Christmas bonus of one month's salary for staff with at least one year of service. The bank operates three offices including 302 Pine Ave and 1401 American Ave.
A $3 check was presented to Mrs. Bette L. Howe of 1832 Marker Ave for her work improvement proposal to the disability division of the Department of Employment. District manager W. L. Hetzel reports Mrs. Howe, an employee, suggested a simplification of an office form.
Bremerhaven Germany November 21. Advance elements of the 28th Infantry Division Pennsylvanias Own National Guard arrived to reinforce Eisenhowers European army. Gen Eisenhower met the troops aboard the transport Gen Butner as they docked amid rain and cheers. The 28th known as the Keystone Division is the last of four U. S. divisions to arrive in Germany this year. Western Allied forces in this area total more than 12 divisions and should reach 14 by years end. Maj. Gen. Daniel B. Strickler met his troops at the dock and welcomed them aboard. The Seventh Corps was established at Stuttgart with Fifth Corps at Bad Nauheim.
Actress Marie Wilson, 35, will marry television producer Robert Fallon, 31, in Santa Barbara on December 14. Fallon is from Memphis, Tennessee, and this is his first marriage. Wilson was divorced last December from actor Allan Nixon after eight years. They plan a Carmel honeymoon.
Washington dispatch reports France requests urgent last dollar aid, boosting chances Congress will be asked for extra special foreign aid early next year. Britain and most European allies face deficits as they support defense production and Eisenhower forces. Estimates for new French aid range from 200 million to 400 million dollars.
Coast Guard charges against Flying Trader skipper Franklin Weaver of Englewood New Jersey include wrongfully killing a crew member at sea along with assault and battery and improper treatment. The 24 year old Dayton Ohio steward William Harvey was killed during a voyage between Kobe and Manila. Witnesses say Harvey was handcuffed when shots were fired after an exchange on deck. Weaver pleads innocent. if convicted his merchant marine license may be revoked or suspended. The FBI is conducting a separate probe.
Jesse L. Lasky of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will join Long Beach Municipal Band conductor Eugene La Barre at the All-Western Band Review. He plans to study the parade for a future film The Big Brass Band. The event may draw a record crowd with 29 trophies and entries from Bakersfield and Nephi Utah. The parade begins at 6:30 p m Ocean Boulevard Cedar to Daisy Avenues.
John Gregory, 23, of 551 W Seaside Blvd, freed after probation for petty larceny, is jailed on burglary investigation. Patrolman David Zandigiacomo says he saw Gregory flee a barber shop at 427 W Seaside after a glass break and found the cash register outside the car. Gregory denies involvement, claiming he was en route to meet his wife by the lake.
Police report George H. Anderson 34, a transient, confessed to breaking into the James L Barnes Construction Co office at Pier A Berth 10. He loaded two typewriters an adding machine a heater a check protector and painting gear onto a Barnes truck and tried to flee toward Arizona. Officers recovered the stolen items and Anderson is jailed.
Victor Roddick president of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Long Beach is named to the governmental relations committee of the California Savings and Loan League Neill Davis executive vice president announces the appointment and notes the league is state wide.
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