Rent Decontrol Probes Prompt Governors and Cities Wires
City Manager Samuel Vickers announced that 5 states and 16 cities with decontrolled rents were asked why action occurred and to define normal vacancy factors. The survey shows a 42 percent vacancy rate in Long Beach, with widespread actions affecting hundreds of thousands of housing units nationwide.
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Samuel Vickers
Long Beach
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Alabama
Tucson
Phoenix
Ariz
Knoxville
Tenn
Amarillo
Dallas
Austin
Eugene
Salem
Ore
Spokane
Wash
Salt Lake City
Utah
Marion
Ind
West Palm Beach
Gideons End Convention Here Tonight
Gideons International of California and Nevada hold a three day Beach convention with a fellowship banquet at 7 p.m. in First Methodist Church. Reports from state officers and auxiliaries were given. about half the hotel rooms in California have been supplied in a statewide Bible distribution of 408000 copies. Women of the Gideons auxiliary met at Villa Riviera with Mrs. Leonard Stewart presiding. speakers included Mrs. Charles E. Cowman and Mrs. Lawrence Willison. Tomorrow at 9 a.m. the new state cabinet meets at Moore Memorial Church.
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Gideons International
California
Nevada
Beach
First Methodist Church
Moore Memorial Methodist Church
A. A. McClellan
Francisco
California-Nevada
Gideons
Gideons Auxiliary
Villa Riviera
Leonard Stewart
San Gabriel
Charles E. Cowman
The
Oriental Missionary Society
Lawrence Willison
Long Beach Aux Bier
F. E. Holmes
Don Pratt
Cornet
Marvin Darlington Pratt
Whistler
Marggaret Higgs
Bea
Orion
Moore
Memorial Church
Bus Route Hearing Scheduled Monday
A public hearing will be held Monday at 102 m by the Bureau of Franchises on the proposed rerouting of Long Beach City Lines buses to eliminate a portion of the route on Park Ave between Broadway and Second St.
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Bureau, of
Long Beach City Lines
Park Ave
Broadway
Second St
Air Show at Los Alamitos Opens Tomorrow at Two
The Los Alamitos Naval Air Station hosts an air show tomorrow at 2 p.m. featuring the Blue Angels and renowned fliers Woody Jongeward and Bob Woodhouse. World record holders Ira Jongewaro and others will fly nonstop from Phoenix to the station, circling the field and broadcasting via public address. The Blue Angels use Grumman FSF Panther jets and perform low altitude formations led by Lt Comdr Dusty Rhodes who was once shot down and interned in Yokohama.
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NAVY
Grumman
U. S. Navy
Blue Angels
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Te Navy
Woody Jongeward
Bob ‘Woodhouse
Ira Phan G
Jongewaro Ane Ywoomousy
Phoenix
Naval Air Station
Paix
Los Alamitos Station
Fiers
Naval Air Saining Command
Cleveland
Comdr
R. E
Dusty) Rhodes
Fresno
Rhodes
Yokohame
Three Car Crash Injures Driver on Pacific Coast Highway
A three car collision at Pacific Coast Highway and Pine Avenue injured William R. Downie 48 of Los Angeles with cuts to the right cheek hand and back of the head. His sedan collided with a car driven by Glenn J. Wyatt 33 of Lakewood and then struck Fred B. Butler 46 of Los Angeles. Wyatt and Butler were uninjured.
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Pacific Coast
Hwy
Pine Ave
William R. Downie
Los Angeles
Seaside Hospital
Glenn J. Wyatt
Macker Ave
Lakewood
Downie
Fred B Butler
Butler
Wyatt
Armed Thug Robs .B-Liquor Store at Midnight
A lone bandit robbed the New Dealt Liquor Store at 1086 American Ave, taking $50 in cash. James B. Walker, 49, on duty at 1060 American Ave, said the man produced a revolver and forced him into a rear room before fleeing.
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New Dealt
American Ave
James B. Walker
One Bid for Airport Cafe Lease Opened
One bid for the Municipal Airport coffee shop lease was opened by the city manager’s office. M H Constan tine of Long Beach bid $150 monthly rent plus 5 percent of gross receipts, with the bid referred to John B Wentz for analysis.
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M. H. Constantine
Long Beach
Constantine
John B. Wentz
Speeding Girl Sentenced in School Zone Case
Barbara Blum, 20, of 61 Park Ave, Los Angeles, was jailed for 3 days after police said she drove 62 mph in a school zone on S. Figueroa Street between 98th and 112th Streets. Traffic Judge Roger Allen Platt reminded her that it was a school zone.
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Barbara Blum
Park Ave
Long Beach
S. Figueroa St
98Th
112Th Sts
Los Angeles
Roger Allen Platt
City Leases Land for Boys Club Use
City Manager Samuel Vickers signed a 10 year lease with the West Long Beach Boys Club for a parcel in Admiral Kidd Park measuring 240 by 150 feet. The club house will be built with private funding and used for boys’ club activities.
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Samuel Vickers
West
Rapid Transit Plan Favored by L B Expert Assembly Group
USC professor Homer H Grant, expert on rapid transit, urged changes to a proposed Southern California metropolitan district plan at an Assembly traffic committee hearing in Long Beach City Hall. He favors a multi city district with capped city voting, per passenger pricing, and potential federal funding while warning of high costs.
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Southland
Long Beach
Homer H. Grant
University of Southern California
Grant
Wes
Assembly
Chamber of Commerce Traffic and Transportation Committee
California
Cyttes
Los Angeles
Ocean
Joseph £. Blackburn
Harbor District
Commerce
Charles A. Bland
Terminal Island
William E. Kuromer
Auloette
Alex J. Napier
W. S.grant
William Grant
Edward E. Elliott
Charles J. Conrad Grant
Everett G. Burkhalter
Walter B. Havekorst
Highway Committee
Weather update shows clear night and warmer day lift
Mostly clear tonight and tomorrow with continued cool nights and slightly warmer days. Locally windy conditions noted as a factor in the forecast.
Polio Stricken Man Finds Help From Fellow Workers
Howard E. Taggart, stricken by polio and unable to work, is recovering at home in Los Angeles County with his family. His Maywood plant colleagues donate funds to cover necessities until disability payments begin. Mrs. Taggart has taken a home writing job to stay with her husband and children as they wait for his return to work.
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Ife
Howard E. Taggart
Taggart
Sabie
Los Angeles County Hospital
Maywood
Red Cross Opens New Long Beach Building in Quadrennial Open House
L B Red Cross held an all day open house at its new Long Beach building at 319 W Edwy. The former jewelry shop became the Red Cross home after bequest by Samuel T Brown. The facility houses blood donor, home service, canteen kitchen, and production rooms with expanded volunteers offices and a sun deck for future growth.
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L. B. Red Cross
Long Beech Chapter
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Samuel T. Brown
Broadway
Brown
Roland IR. Bach
Board of Directors
Blood Igonor
Home Service l
Newspaperboys Honored Guests at Entertainment
Local boys, honored on National Newspaperboy Day, attended a matinée at the State Theater with western film previews, comedies, and cartoons. Mel Patton presented awards to contest winners as Ross Clayton and Lawrence Strom received honors, with a press tribute from Mayor Burton W. Chace.
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Anothen Mel Patton
Ross Clayton
Press-Telegram
Lawrence Strom
California Newspaperboy Foundation
Harry Schuck
John Kelly
Los Angeles Dons
Buffalo Buls
Burton W. Chace
Engineers' Union Seeks Talks to End Southern California Strike
In a five day strike by 300 Local 12 operating engineers against 13 rock and gravel firms, union officials in Los Angeles said talks with employer representatives on possible settlement are in progress. The strikers demand a 54 percent wage increase and have targeted Livingston Truck and Materials Co in Azusa as the latest picketed firm.
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ADFLL
California
Southland
Los Angeles
Local 12
International Union of Operating, Engineers
Long Beach
Livingston Truck and Materials Co
Cherry Ave
Azusa
Carter Livington
Burglary Trial Says Suspect Was Merely Helped
Walter H Smith faced a Superior Court jury in Judge George Francis’s court over a November 2, 1946 burglary at Ralph W Dickson’s San Diego Avenue home. Fingerprints matched Smith, who testified he helped a woman he met in a cafe look for her husband’s clothes. prosecutors aimed to prove intent to commit burglary. The case followed a prior retrial bid by attorney Milton Emlein after a previous judge’s decision, with resolutions pending.
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Superior Court
George
Francis
Walter
H.smith
Ralph W. Dickson
San Diego Ave
Milton
Emiein
Smith
Dickson
I Ao Smith
Aes
Miller
Emlein
Two-Day Republican Meet Opened in Lafayette Hotel
A two day party gathering at the Lafayette Hotel drew Republican leaders and candidates for the 1850 elections. Assembly President Exmest L West of San Francisco led delegates as they planned future state offices and discussed action at a dinner and breakfast with speakers including Lt Gov Goodwin J Knight.
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California Republican Assembly
Lafayette Hotel
Ed Shattuck
Republican State Central Committee
Ernest L. West
Martin N. Erck
8Th
Lafayette
Assembly
Exmest L. West
San Francisco
Y Big
Miss. Schlagen
Dlinois
Ber
Tien
National Women Law- Bar Association
Diinoiis
Knight
Goodwin J. Knight
West
Gladys O'late
Bob Cypher
Long Beach
Publican Assembly
Orgeniza
Ford Plant Maintains Operation Amid Steel Strike
Ford assembly plant officials said supplies on hand will sustain operations for about 45 days at Henry Ford Avenue Long Beach despite the steel strike. Bethlehem Steel Supply Co of Long Beach reports adequate stock of oil and other major items, Shipyards remain unaffected and plate steel stocks are sufficient. Columbia Steel Torrance notes they are tied and not accepting scrap or shipments. employees are on strike but peaceful.
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Ford Assembly
Henry Ford
Long Beach
Gitn
Bethlehem Steel Supply .Co
Columbia Steel
Torrance
Columbia
Rattlesnake Bite Endangers Zoo Operator
Wesley Dickinson of 2510 Olive Ave, operator of a private rattlesnake zoo, was bitten while reaching into a cage at his park near 69th Street and Cherry Avenue. He received antivenom serum at Seaside Hospital and remained in serious condition. He was connected with Mrs. Wiley who ran a snake farm on East Caron Street. she died shortly after the incident.
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Grace’ Wiley
Wesley “Dickinson
Olive Ave
Dickinson
Wiley
Caron St
Cherry
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