Armored Car Guards Ready for Holdups Worded as Experts
Long Beach's only armored car service led by Arthur Gard emphasizes heavy defense and quick alerts. Five trucks carry two men each, with tommy guns and pistols, bulletproof armor and alarms via American District Telegraph to police. Guards use special canvas bags and tight security to transport currency totaling up to one million dollars.
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Arthur Gard
Long Beach
Missie Spitzer
Gard
Bill Lord
Press-Telegram
Arthur Gard! Sr
L. B
Gard's
Los Angeles
W. 10Th St
Lakewood group pushes expansion in county master plan
Lakewood Real Estate group led by President Hugh Nixon urges expansion of commercial zoning in Lakewood areas including Los Cerritos Viking Way Bellflower Lakewood Birds diagonals and east Woodruff Ave between Carson and Conant St Members met with County Planning official Jack Barnes who will discuss the plan at St Cyprian's Church Hall Monday at 8 p m An emergency zoning ordinance is in effect locally and the group's official stance is still undecided
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Lakewood
Los Cerritos
Viking Way
Lakewood Real Estators
Hugh Nixon
Jack Barnes
County Regional Planning Commission
Bellflower
Wixon
Telator
Nixon
Woodruff Ave
Carson and
Conant St
John Todd
Fall injures 80 year old woman on Temple Avenue
Amelie Youngquist 80 of 342 Temple Ave was treated at Sea side Hospital after a fall on the Temple Avenue sidewalk in the 300 block. She suffered two broken wrists and a facial abrasion.
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Amelie Youngquist
Temple Ave
Seaside Hospital
Burglars Take 5366 in Goods During Move to Lakewood
Deputies report burglars stole 5366 worth of household furnishings from a moving family at 3608 Faust St Lakewood. Items included an automatic washing machine clock table model radio blanket and screen door. Property belonged to Betty Freeman and Virgina Cole now of 340 Ellis St North Long Beach.
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Faust St
Lakewood
Norwalk
Betty Freeman
Virgina Cole
Ellis St
North Long Beach
Marines Rain Fire On Reds In Korea Recon Mission
Two Marine pilots Capt. Phillip DeLong and First Lt. Harald Daigh on a Korea recon mission sighted enemy troops and attacked multiple targets near Komuso Changijin Yongsan and Hanpjong. They claimed 95 enemy killed in the open and observed a locomotive blown up before returning with limited ammunition. Lt. Daigh operated a Long Beach garage with family links noted in Paramount and Long Beach.
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U.S. 10Th Corps
Korea
Phillip ¢. DeLong
Southwest Ave
Jackson
Mich
Harald Daigh
Long Beach
Calif
Komusocd
Changijin
Ee Yongsor LY
Harold Paieh
Chosin
Hanpjong 2
Yongsan
Chaer
Clues Sought in 1896 Mystery in New Mexico
El Paso Times reports a search near Las Cruces may locate Judge A. J. Fountain and his son Henry missing since January 30, 1896 after returning by wagon from Lincoln. A Masonic lodge pin found recently triggered the hunt. A 1949 officer claimed Tom Ketchum's brother said Ketchum killed the pair and burned the bodies.
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EL Paso
Texas
UPA
Las Cruces
N. M
New Mexico
el Paso Times
A. J. Fountain
Masonic Lodge
Fountain
Henry
Lincoln
Territory of
Tom
Black Jack) Ketchum
Clayton
Ketchum
Colleen Townsend Weds Next Month
Actress Colleen Townsend aged 21 and Louis H. Evans Jr. 24 obtained a marriage license in Los Angeles. They plan a December 16 ceremony at Hollywood First Presbyterian Church with Evans’s father officiating. Townsend has news of leaving films to study religion and intends to join him at the seminary.
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Los Angeles
Colleen Townsend
Louis H. Evans Jr
Evans
Hollywood First Presbyterian Church
Miss Townsend
I ‘Theological Seminary
Russian Holy Year Pilgrims Reach Rome
Pope Pius XII received 150 Russian Holy Year pilgrims in St Peter's Basilica during a general audience. Russian hymns were sung in the basilica for the first time in years as the group joined about 20 000 other worshipers in Rome. The Russian delegation was the second to arrive.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter’s Basilica
Quiz Witness Loses His Job
CHICAGO November 25 Captain Beor Harrison was suspended from the Chicago police force after charges filed by Acting Police Commissioner Timothy O Conn or. The specifications allege in 1935 he accepted loans totaling 10 000 and 2 500 from Gambier Skidmore and John Lynch and sold 30 000 in 19g7, plus shotgun guarding for Nash Brothers Construction Co over 13 years. The charges stem from testimony before the Kefauver Senate Crime Committee.
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Chicago
Beor
Harrison
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Timothy O'Connor
Civil Service Commission
Connor
Gambier
William Skidmore
Boysen Berry Culturist Rudolph Boysen Dies
ANAHEIM Nov. 25 UP Rudolph Boysen age 55 longtime Anaheim parks chief and berry developer died after a long illness. He created the Boysenberry in Napa California and brought stock to Anaheim 25 years ago before turning it over to Walter Knott for commercial use at Knott's Berry Farm.
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Anaheim
Rudolph Boysen
Boysen
Napa
Calif
Walter Knott
Knott
U N Unit Finishes Korea Relief Plan
A U N economic and Social committees vote 37 to 0 with five Soviet bloc abstentions approved a $250 million Korean relief program. The plan creates a Korean reconstruction agency UNKRA under UN direction with an advisory committee of five governments and moves to the General Assembly for a two thirds majority.
Shrine Honors Past Officers at Town Hall Meeting
Local notices list Shrine of Nazareth and White Shrine honoring past officers at Town Hall meeting tomorrow night. Multiple society events across Long Beach include lectures, dinners, elections, and club gatherings with dates and venues such as Abidel Lodge 2455 Atlantic Ave and Machinists Hall.
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Nazareth
Town Hall
Purple Heart Valor Medals Awarded to Long Beach Officers
A ceremony on City Hall steps presented Valor Medals from the Purple Heart to three Long Beach police officers, one posthumously, in a ceremony led by Purple Heart representatives. Public officials and veterans leaders, including Cliff Parmenter and City Council members, attended the event praising officers Henry J. Schleet and Don C. McMahan along with the late Marlin L. Evans for bravery shown against armed criminals.
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Order of the Purple Heart
City Hall
Don C. McMahan
Oscar Holand
Henry J. Schlect
Harold Bartlett
Arlatta L. Evans
Marlin L. Evans
Adrian Mayer
Purple Heart
Press-Telegram
Long Beach
Ariettavans
Jack Monroe Pickell
Henry J. Schleet
Comdr
al Morse
W. H. Dovey
V F W Women Present Flag at Brownie Investiture
American Flag was presented at the Investiture of Brownie Troop 141 at Jane Adams School by V F W Golden State Post 279 Auxiliary. Edith Robinson Americanism chairman made the presentation. Representing the Brownies were Mrs Dan Pricles troop leader Mrs Ann Schmit volunteer trainer and Florence Sunn Brownie director for North Long Beach district.
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Jane Addams School
V. F. W. Golden State Post
Edith Robinson
Dan Prlckles
Ann Schmit
Florence Sunn
North Long Beach
Hawaii Interisland’s Last Ship Being Sold
The S. S. Walaseale, last ship of the olaneer island Steam Navigation Co., is about to sail from Honolulu to the mainland to be sold. Overseas Terminals Ltd of Honolulu has contracted Pillsbury Martignon of San Francisco to handle the sale.
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olaneer+ island Steam, Navigation Co
Honolulu
Hawaii
S. S. Wala Seale
Overseas Terminals, Ltd
Pillsbury & Martignon
San Francisco
California job picture reaches new high in October
The State Employment Department reports 4,488,000 Californians employed in October, an alltime high. Unemployment totals fell to about 143,000 with weekly unemployment insurance claims at 68,900, and disability payments declined. Demand rose for skilled and clerical workers as defense activity expanded, while funds for unemployment and disability insurance grew.
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Sacramento
California
State Employment Department
Xepo
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Winfield Edson
First Baptist Church
Nebraska
Coast Inn
Pacific Coast Hwy
R. S. Gustavson
University
Bill Glessford
Perry Branch
of Nebraska Foundation
L.B. Marine
Harold Dalgh
American Ave
Harold D. Daigh
Bixler Ave
Paramount
C. G Daigh
Long Beach Bird
Compton Junior College
Rome
U.N
Rosicrucian Lecture
Rosicrucian Order
AMORC
Abdiel Lodee
Atlantic Ave
California Society
California State Society
Machinists Hall
Elm Ave
George L. Hansen
Arizona-Nevada
Dianetics
Jack Horner
Los Ds Angeles
Hubbard Dianetics Foundation
Dianetics Association
Recreation Park
Tol
Morrow Ig
FG & L. Club
F. C. and
L. Club of Women's Relief Corps
Veterans Memorial
Civil Service Group
National Association of Retired Civil Service
Colorado Lagoon
Satellite Club
Palos Verdes
Order of the Fastern Star
Margaret Bright
Ladies’ Guild
Bethany Lutheran Ladies Guild
Clark Ave
Agassiz Club
Homer W. Green
Agassiz Nature Club
Alarmine Branch
E. Third St
East Side Christian Church
Fine Ave
Amvets Auxilairy 15
Third St
C. E. Huntington
Arbor Rd
Community Hospital
Huntington
Community
Ira Hassler
Austin
San Diego
Air Force
C. E. Garrison
10Th St
Yule Bazsar
Woman's Auxiliary
Disabled American Veterans
Earl J
Fuzz) Merritt
Pomona College
Merritt
Harbor Area
Victor Hugo
Canton
San Pedro
Odd Fellows Temple
10Th and Gaffey Sts
Joseph Haynes
Purple Heart Conference
Ers
John Goodin
Tennessee
Beatrice Parmenter
Don Lawry
Ruth, Singer
Rex Franklin
Rosemead
Bertha Hildebrand
Interisland
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Pasadena
Municipal Auditorium
Clare McCord
Mist
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