Inside the Douglas strike headquaters at Lakewood
Reporters describe a modern union operation guiding a long Douglas Aircraft strike. The center is a dispatch desk with check ins, car pools, a 24 hour first aid station, and welfare services including barber shop, shoe shine, baby-sitting, and blood donor station. About 125 workers run meals and logistics with chow wagons feeding pickets at multiple plants while welfare offices process interviews and aid payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Aircraft
Lakewood
Douglas
Washington
Grandpa
Bellflower
Union Welfare
Red Cross Brood Bank
Bie
Health Department
el Segundo
Santa Monica
Inflation Fears Ease Says Visitor at Meeting
Morris F. LaCroix Boston industrialist and banker, visiting Long Beach for a General Telephone Directory Co. directors meeting, argues productive capacity may outpace demand in 1952. He dismisses monetary inflation, notes no deficit financing for five years, and cites copper shortages and tax effects as limiting corporate earnings and raising need for working capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris F. LaCroix
Boston
Tn Long Beach
General Telephone Directory Co
LaCroix
General Telephone Corp
Directory Company
Isenior
Paine
Webber, Jackson ,& Curtis
Gra-Y Boys to Pow-Wow Next Saturday
Gra-Y Boys for ages 9 to 12 from Southern California Gra-Y Clubs will hold an annual pow-wow in Long Beach next Saturday. Coy Sanders chairs the YMCA committee planning the event with leaders including Mayor But ton W. Chace and Kenneth Jensen. Local Gray clubs will host. morning amusement on NoPike, sack lunches, free ice cream and milk, then an Exhibit Hall program at Municipal Auditorium featuring Kermit Maynard, Kenny Otte, Jimmy McGarrigie, Carl Berg, Donald Alberts, Judy and Bobby, Bill Skok, Gary Fisher, Jim Isenberg, and Rita Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gra-Y
Southern
California
Long Beach
YMCA
Coy Sanders
Button W. Chace
Lewis K. Cox
Eifion Brooks
J. J. DeLacy
Lesis Weir
Robinson Reid
Douglas Morrison
Kenneth Jensen
Glen F. Thomas
Thomas
Municipal Auditorium
Kermit Maynard
Kenny Otte
Jimmy McGarrigie
Carl Berg
Donald, Alberts
Judy
Bobby
Bill Skok
Gary Fisher
Jim Isenberg
Rita Lynch
U N Week Fete to Be Held Tomorrow in Long Beach
United Nations Week kicks off at 1 p.m. tomorrow outside City Hall in Long Beach with costumed foreign dances and a Miss United Nations and Mr United Nations chosen from foreign students. Mayor Burton W. Chace and leaders from faiths industry labor and business attend. no speeches planned. The U N flag will be raised as Peggy Finley of Pilot International coordinates the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Theity Hall
Alexis V. Jagnubowsky
Long Beach
American Association For the United Nations
Miss United Nations
Burton W. Chace
Ted
Peggy Finley
Pilot International
AAM
Belmont Ave
U. N
Knights of Columbus approves new Long Beach council
Supreme headquarters in New Haven has authorized a second Knights of Columbus council for Worth Long Beach and Bixby Knolls. No. 3449 will be Judge Walter Desmond Council in honor of the late Long Beach jurist. It will be instituted at Houghton Park American Legion Clubhouse with first degree, then second and third at Town Hall the following Sunday. A banquet will be held at Lakewood Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
The
Knights of Columbus
New Haven
Desmond
District Court of Appeals
L B Schools to Serve Over One Million Meals This Year
Local public schools will serve more than 1 350 000 balanced diet lunches across 48 cafeterias. Central kitchen near Pine Ave and Wardlow Rd prepares most foods while trucks deliver to schools. Three school dietitians supervise. subsidies offset milk and meal costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mate of Mill
Pine Ave
Wardlow Rd
U. S
Fach
Dedication of New Armory to Climax 47 Years' Service
Long Beach National Guard units mark 47 years of service with the dedication of a new $329000 National Guard Center at Stearns Street and Newport Avenue. The facility includes motor vehicle storage, maintenance for Guard equipment, an indoor rifle range, and a large drill floor, near-complete with one wing unfinished due to prior rising costs. The event will be attended by California's top political and military figures, continuing a history of service from the 3668th Maintenance Ordnance unit through World War II, the Korean War, and postwar reorganizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
San Luis
Women Prepare Doorbell Drive for Chest Campaign in Long Beach
More than 3000 Long Beach women gear up for the Chest drive with a doorbell day plan. Mrs. Crown organizes six city areas with hundreds of workers aiming to raise a $100,000 quota for health welfare and youth agencies through the YWCA headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Jack Crown
Crown
Herbert Fielding
Llewellyn Bixby Jr
Ralph Murray
Seal Beach
Cherry Ave
Ocean
Pacific Coast
Hwy
Caidlewood St
Lakewood
Robert Devitt
Walter R. Atkinson
American Ave
Werdlan Re
Gerald Desmond
Willis H. Merrill
Roger T. Huffman
Dominguez
Huffman
Larry Reichner
Wardlow Rd
Union Pacific
North Long Beach
Patrick
Zarskesas
YWCA
Pacific Ave
Mary Merrill
McCracken Goes to Sanity Trial in Hull Case Revisit
Henry Ford McCracken, convicted in the Hull murder case, faces a sanity trial set to begin tomorrow before Superior Judge Robert Gardner. The proceedings may last up to three weeks as jurors are questioned for a sanity determination linked to the May Buena Park cabin death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford McCracken
Patricia Jean Hull
Robert Gardner
McCracken
Buena Park Jast
George Chula
James Monroe
Fagu
County Studying Garbage Control in LA County
The Board of Supervisors will consider creating a Los Angeles County Waste Disposal Coordinating Council to regulate rubbish collection. After analysis, County Manager Wayne R. Atlen recommends adopting the ordinance. The disposal program would begin January 1, 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles I County
Board of Supervisors
Wayne R. Atlen
Extended Classes Shifted to Wilson
Evening classes at the old Long Beach State college site will be held at Wilson High School starting tomorrow. Courses include audio visual education music art and science. Lighting work at the new campus should finish in two weeks after which Wilson classes move back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach State, College
Wilson High School
Wesley Bratton
Anaheim St
Wilson
Bratton
Channel Fence Cost Estimated at Los Cerritos
County Flood Control Engineer H. E. Hedger reported that fencing the unfenced 15.65 miles of Los Cerritos drainage channel in Lakewood would cost about $194000. The board will consider Hedger’s recommendations, urging fencing in new subdivisions and for publicly used areas while leaving private land fencing to owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Cerritos
Lakewood
H. E. Hedger
Simervienre
Hedger
Develving Agency
Channel Bank
Regional Planning Commission
Channel Banks
Wagon Hits Car Injures 5 Year Old in Lakewood Park
A Lakewood Park boy suffered brush burns head injuries and shock when a coaster wagon rolled into the street in front of a car driven by Marjorie J. Hays of Pepperwood Ave. at 10 p.m. yesterday. Randy Darry Lea, five, is the son of Mr and Mrs Lea Jr of Stanwood Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood Park
Marjorie J. Hays
Pepperwoot Ave
Sheriff's
Randy Darry "Lea
Lea Jr
Stanwood St
Annual Review to Add Floats for First Time
The 11th All Western Band Review will intersperse floats with marching units for the first time on November 24, featuring tourist depictions. Five girls will vie for a queen during a November 14 exhibit in Municipal Auditorium, with a theme celebrating The Winter Tourist Season in Southern California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Municipal Auditorium
California
L. V. Bostwick
Shaitman
Fred Travis
Aston Shultz
M. EF. Bernstein
Ray Chapin
Jimmy James
Dave Olmstead
Gene LaVarte
Norman Durkin
John Webb
Rand
Bellflower Ranger
Bellflower
Parker High
Parker
Paramount
Clovis Union
Clovis
Washington Union High School
Fresno
Camp Pendleton
Oceans
Courtesy Lad Makes Error Right
A Press Telegram boy, Larry Lawrence, corrected a mistake by delivering milk and leaving change for a bottle after a note to Mr. Robert K. Fox. Fox praised the boy's integrity, saying such conduct is rare among the younger generation and should be noticed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Lawrence
Press-Telegram
Robert K. Fox
Gardenia Ave
Larry
Fox
Mrs. Fox
IT'S ABILITY THAT COUNTS Employment Office Seeks Disabled Aid
The California Department of Employment Office promotes “Employ the Physically Handicapped” Week starting today at 600 Alamitos Ave. Manager George Toll says 1,900,000 more workers are needed nationally. He notes placements for handicapped workers follow standard procedures, matching abilities to jobs and using forms to survey positions and assess capacities. Records show production and safety absences for handicapped workers are nearly the same as those for nonhandicapped workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Department of Employment
Alamitos Ave
George Toll
Toll
Tall
Art Exhibit Tour And Concert At City Center
A tour of art exhibits led by Lucille Greene will run from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Cultural Arts Center 2300 E Ocean. A 4 p.m. concert by the Long Beach Branch California Music Teachers Association follows. Admission is free. center hours are 1 to 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Cultural Arts Center Association
Municipal Art Center
Ocean
Blud
Lucille’ Greene
Beacy
California
Ers -Association
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Ralcolm
Epley
Carson
Ussion
U.N
KC Council
Long Beach School Department
Richard White
David Brickman
Magnolia Ave
Bill McKinney
John McKinney
33Rd St
Nancy Osburn
Robert R. Osburn
Daisy Ave
Beverly Willis
Rex Willis
Chastnut Ave
L.B
New Armory
Climax
Long, Beach
Clifford F.leyers
Ecolonel
War Department
251St Coast Artillery
Hawaii
Fiji Is
Guadalcanel
New Guinea
Philippine Islands
Beyers
234Th
Camp Irwin
Barstow
124Th
Guard ‘Center
National Guard Center
State St
Newport Ave
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Tains Motor
Poliical
Préss-Telegram
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