Long Beach Board Moves to Speed School Building Program
The Long Beach Board of Education authorized Arthur A. Knoll to negotiate with 25 architects for plans and specifications on 43 school buildings. Voters approved the program on Nov 2 to expand existing schools and add new facilities. Plans, standards, and facades will be guided by board goals with economy a key limit. Contracts will be awarded once preliminary details are ready.
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Board of Education
Long Beach
Arthur A. Knoll
Long Beath
Knoll
Elizabeth Hudson
Corner Property Deal Completed
The sale of the southeast corner of Long Beach Blvd and Home St to Gabart Theaters Corp by Glenn E. Thomas Go is now complete. Revenue stamps show a purchase price of 20,000 dollars. The site fronts 223.73 feet on the boulevard and 172.87 feet on Home Street, intended for a motion picture theater near the Virginia Country Club.
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Long Beach Blvd
Home St
Gabart Theaters Corp
Glenn E. Thomas Go
County Recorder's
Cabart
Milton ‘Arthur
Virginia Country Club
L. B. Woman Hit by P. E. Train in Morning Incident
Mrs. Irene Hitch age 55 of 1243 Pine Ave was struck by a Pacific Electric northbound train near American Ave and Anaheim St and was hospitalized with a head laceration. Motorman Hang M. Christensen 58 of 2923 Magnolia Ave was cited by police.
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Pacific Electric
Irene Hitch
Pine Ave
Seaside Hospital
Seal Sale totals rise at annual Long Beach drive
The Long Beach Tuberculosis Health Assn sponsors the Christmas Seal sale. On the first day yesterday receipts reached 760.08 with Percy GC Scott as general chairman announcing today. He noted last year’s first day net was 3096 and total last year was 49100.36.
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Percy GC
Scott
Long Beach
Rita Hayworth and Ali Khan Spotted in New Orleans
Rita Hayworth arrived in New Orleans on her way back to Hollywood after a six month abroad vacation. Ali Khan the Indian prince was in the city traveling around and, as both denied, they are casual acquaintances. Reporters noted they deplaned near Havana arrivals and offered no romance confirmation.
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New Orleans
Rita Hayworth
Hollywood
Ali Khan
Aga Khan
Rita
Ali
Havana
Moisant National
Smog Probe by County Jury Begins in Los Angeles
Los Angeles county grand jury planned to launch a smog investigation as Mrs. Nettie Brill, wife of a Temple Street druggist, told the city council they will move 25 miles out of town to escape polluted air. She warned that smog could overwhelm hospitals and noted her business in smog remedies. The panel also scheduled a session to hear former smog committee head William Jeffers recounts leading to his resignation.
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Los Angeles
Nettie Brill
Samuel
Temple St
Grand Jury
Williar M. Jeffers
Citizens
Petitioners Seek City Ban on Livestock Nearby Homes
A petition signed by 45 residents asks the City Council to prohibit keeping horses and cows within 250 feet of any dwelling and to ban construction or maintenance of stables or corrals within that distance. The petition is attributed to Tony A. Roos of 5496 Cerritos Ave.
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Tony A. Roos
Cerritos Ave
Burned woman Mrs Lucy Phillips 74 reported unchanged
The condition of Miss Lucy Phillips of 572 Vernon Ave. Torrance remains critical after severe burns when her clothes caught fire from an open gas flame Thursday at her home. She is hospitalized at Harbor General Hospital in Torrance.
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Lucy, Phillips
Vernon Ave
Harbor General Hospital
Torrance
Phillips
Women at Voters League Meeting in Pasadena
Long Beach League was among 20 local leagues in Southern California at the Pasadena conference of the League of Women Voters. Speaker Mrs. Nelson Morris noted inflation tied to federal defense spending and material shortages, but hopeful signs include plant expansion winding down and a bountiful harvest. The Pasadena event is one of 13 nationwide meetings on federal taxes and expenditures affecting the economy.
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Long Beach
California
League of Women Voters
Pasadena
Nelson Morris
Toledo
Ohio
League of Women, Waters
Morris
Southern California
United States
All States Society to See Santa Claus Lane Opening
Members of the All States Society and friends will view the Santa Claus Lane opening in Hollywood tomorrow night. They will board Tanner Motor Tours buses at 6 p m beside the Wilton Hotel and plan to be home before midnight. Walker Brown says several trips have been run by the society under Joe Ach, transportation chairman, including events to Ontario, Pomona, and the Ice Follies, with a Tournament of Roses trip planned.
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All States Society
Hollywood
Tanner Motor Tours
Wilton Hotel
Walker Brown
Tanner
Joeach
Ontario
Pomona
Centennial Planners Approved Add Four Members
The City Council approved adding four members to the Centennial Committee. New members are Miss Nell Dewitt Walter H. Case Mrs Stewart LeRoy Anderson and Dr Frank Harnett. The committee will plan the Long Beach centennial program for 1949 50.
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Burton W. Chace
Nell Dewitt
Toledo
Walter H. Case
Vista St
Stewart LeRoy Anderson
E. First St
Frank Harnett
Long Beach
Missing Girl Found After Disappearance
Rose Marie Campbell fourteen, missing since Sunday night from 240 Los Cerritos Trailer Court, was located in Los Angeles. Police said she returned home today and was accounted for by the missing persons bureau.
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Rose Marie Campbell
Los Cerritos
Name Given New Life by Son-in-law
Sacramento reports that Bisao Shimuzo, 33, sought legal permission to change his surname to Takeda to honor his future father-in-law. Judge B F Van Dyke granted the petition, noting the father has five daughters and no sons.
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Sacramento
Court of Superior
B. F. van Dyke
Bisao Shimuzo
van Dyke
Takeda
Shimuzo
Governor Keeps Tax Plans On Hold In Budget Review
Sacramento November 23 Governor Earl Warren said the state will hold any tax recommendations until the full picture of expected expenditures is known. Warren and Finance Director James S Dean continue studying the budget but have not decided on tax cuts or increases. He indicated reserve funds should not be tapped to cover deficits.
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Sacramento
Earl Warren
Warren
James S. Dean
Youths Seized in Dope Probe in San Diego
Two 18-year-olds, Manuel Vitag a San Diego high school pupil and Tony Nunez, were arrested as police seized a tobacco can size container of opium. Detectives Wilson and Davis said they trapped the pair with an offer of 350 dollars from a Mexican dope smuggler-directed operation.
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San Diego
Manuel Vitag
Tony Nunez
William Wilson
Carl Davis
Wilson
Alabama Electors Vote Debate Reaches Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was asked to order that Alabama’s Presidential electors vote for President Truman. Alabama voters filed the request seeking an immediate hearing to decide before December 14 when the electors cast their ballots.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
Truman
J. Stromp Thurmond
South Carolina
Mother Beaten Illinois Boy Kills Father in Self Defense
In Peoria Illinois a 16 year old boy told police he shot his father Nicholas J. Seflech 39 after finding him beating his mother Melva Seflech. Detectives reported the youth said he only wanted to scare him with a shotgun.
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Peoria, II
Fred Nussbaum
Charles Anthony Seflech
Nicholas J. Seflech
Melva Setlech
Charles
President Truman to address FAO at Shoreham Hotel
President Truman will speak to the Food and Agricultural Organization at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington at 4 30 p m tomorrow. He will attend a reception for about 500 delegates and advisors at the organization s fourth annual session representing 57 countries.
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Washington
Truman
The
Food and Agricultural Organization
Shoreham
City Council Awards Wire Booth Contract
The City Council awarded a contract to Western Union Telegraph Co for a telephone booth at Municipal Auditorium for telegrams cablegrams and radiograms. The firm will pay the city 10 percent of charges on all messages transmitted. Villa Cabaret permit hearing slated November 30 at 11 am for Villa Riviera Hotel entertainment cafe permit.
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Western Union Telegraph Co
Municipal Auditorium
Villa Cabaret
Villa Riviera
Thanksgiving Day Garbage Collections Announced
The sanitary division announced regular garbage and rubbish collections will be made on Thanksgiving Day, outlining the schedule for the town.
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Sanitary Division
City to hold hearing on Blue Turban Cafe permit revocation
The city council set 11 a m Friday for a hearing on revoking the entertainment cafe permit of the Blue Turban Cafe at 844 West Anaheim Street after a formal complaint filed by Police Chief Alvin F. Slaight.
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Anaheim St
Alvin F. Slaight
Local Briefs Cover Philatelic Club Dinner and Society News
Local items report Dr Bernard Cannard spoke on The Tragedy of Czechoslovakia at the Long Beach Philatelic Club. Admirals of the Veterans of Foreign Wars meet at 2 p m at 439 W Anaheim St with Walter Swank presiding. A Thanksgiving picnic supper occurs at Cabrillo Homes playground No 2 with group singing. Oklahoma Society held a Thanksgiving dinner at Mrs Elnora Watters 1 Cedar Ave. Connecticut Mutual Life rep Don Kot er visited the Hartford school of life insurance.
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Bernard Cannard
Czechoslovakia
Long Beach
Vv. F. W
John S. McCain
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Anaheim St
Walter Swank
Cabrillo Homes
Miriam Miller
Oklahoma Society
Elnora Watters
Cedar Ave
Carrie Dow
All States Society
Connecticut
Don Kot
Bennett Ave
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co
Ife Insurance
Hartford
Conn
Income rate at new high in 1948 third quarter
The Commerce Department reports the annual personal income rate rose to 2142?000,000,000 in Q3 1948 driven by higher payrolls and seasonal orders. The $11,000,000 wage and salary increase is noted as key while the Federal Reserve says optimism has cooled since 1947 though auto and other durable goods remain in demand. Most interviewees plan to use installment plans for future purchases and about two thirds expect prices to stay high or rise.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Harbor Oil Engineer Sees Gulf Drilling Off Texas
Harbor Department chief oil engineer M D Hughes after return from Chicago convention reported offshore drilling in the Gulf of Texas expanding beyond the three mile limit. He and assist ant R J Hardesty described man made islands 10 to 25 miles offshore with ships converted to pumping and mud handling bases.
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Harbor
Gulf
Texas
R. J. Hardesty
American Petroleum Institute
Chicago
M. D. “Hughes
Harbor Department
Hughes
Hardesty
California
Slot Trio Turns State's Evidence in California Slot Case
UKIAH Calif Nov 23 Three former defendants become state witnesses in Mendocino County slot machine trial. Robert Gray Fred Grange and Paul McCarty shifted from defendants to witnesses Grange pled guilty to one count of bribery and other charges were dismissed McCarty charges against him were dismissed The original six include Wiley H Caddel James Mulligan and Willie Griffin all charged with bribery and conspiracy aiming to protect operators The trio testified about a 23831 25 contract paid to Ed James Inc to influence local officers The state claimed operators were to supply a 130 ton truck chassis for repairs and expenses
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Ukiaw
Calif
Mendocino County
Robert Gray
Fred Grange
Paul McCarty
Grange
McCarty
Wiley H. Caddel
Fred N. Howser
James Mulligan
Los Angeles
Willie Griffin
Gray Peatined
Ed James, Inc
Sanitary
Penses
Oral Fireworks at Fishing Hearing
SAN PEDRO Nov 23 Fire Works of an oral nature flared during a fishing hearing held by an Assembly interim committee on fish and game at the Cannery Workers on Terminal Island. Nicky Trutanich refused to answer business procedure questions while answering on fish conservation and industry mechanics. Meyer Simon, president of the California Sex Foods Co., shouted and left, calling the session a joke. The committee gathers testimony for a potential legislative plan to create a special section within the Fish and Game Commission for commercial fishing and seafood conservation in California waters.
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San Pedro
Terminal Island
Nicky Trutanich
John Morris
French Sarile Co
Tom Erwin
Meyer Simon
California Sex Foods Co
Tse
John
Trutanich
Fish and Game Commission
California
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Corner Property
L. B
P. E
Prince
Voters League
Yale Lane
Motorola
Humphreys
Limosidev
Long Roach
Pine Avenue
Ilinois
LST
Ais
Oakite
Macfarlane
Andy
Macfarlane’s
Walnut Divinity
Rocky Road
Candymaker
E. Seventh Street
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