New Civil Suits Hit Vernor's Ginger Holding in Detroit
Civil actions filed in Detroit accuse Vernor's Ginger Holding Corp operators of fraud in selling soft drink distributorships. Plaintiffs May and DeFender seek 105,700 in damages plus 118,700 total across suits. John W. Cole Sr and John Jr pleaded innocent to fraud charges. Robert J. Cole remains to appear. Other suits claim losses from Orange division distributorship deals and misrepresentation.
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Detroit
Mich
Vernor
Ginger Holding Corp
Santa Fe Ave
Oe A
John Cole Sr
John Z Jr
Robert J. Cole
Nieto Ave
John A. May
Ross DeFender
Arcadia
May
DePencer
King
Colts
John W. Cole Sr
John Jr
Long Beach
DeSmet
Bawardis
Cole
Orange Yin
Alan
Boy Defends Home as Burglar Caught in Act
Eleven year old Lam L Storm of 3743 Chestnut Ave surprised two teenage burglars Thursday night near his darkened residence. He confronted the second intruder, who punched him in the nose and fled. Police report $3 worth of silverware and a $15 sweater were stolen from the house.
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Lam L. Storm
Chestnut Ave
Storm
Pelice
Star Studded League Show to Note Marine Birthday
The Lake Beach detachment of the Marine Corps League plans a star studded event at Municipal Auditorium at 8 30 p m Tuesday marking the 178th anniversary of the Marine Corps The star studded program features actor Vince Barnes as master of ceremonies with other screen personalities and toy vaudeville acts from local nightclubs Proceeds go to hospital and welfare work for Marines and families in the Long Beach area The show serves as observance of Armistice and tickets are available from league members or show headquarters 203 BE Broadway Room 202
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Lake Beach
Marne Corps League
Marine Corp
Municipal Auditorium
Vince Barnes
Will Ieke
Long Beach
John Lowe
Jerry Young
Bill Murray
Maj
al Wanderley
Marine Barracks
Termite Island
League
Broadway
Women Chess Stars Remlinger Graf Exhibit Skill in Exhibition
In an exhibition at Camp San Luis Obispo Larry Remlinger, a 12 year old from Long Beach, faced 21 opponents winning 16 and drawing four and losing one to Sarah Williams of Morro Bay. In Long Beach Sanja Graf former world champion defeated four rivals at the Towne Club in simultaneous play while facing seven opponents.
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Long Beach
Larry Remlinger
Virginia Ct
Camp San Luis Obispo
Sarah Williams
Morrow Bay
Sanja Graf
Convention Bureau Backs Exhibit Hall Proposal
The Convention Bureau supports an exhibit hall next to Municipal Auditorium. Plans call for a 15,000 seat ellipse with an estimated cost of 5,073,000 funded by land oil funds and voter-authorized money. Council may seek 1,575,000 more at the upcoming election as part of a broader project package.
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Tong Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau
Municipal Auditorium
Kenneth Wing
Ldraw
Charles Henderson
Iden Maron
Beverly
Voters
Larry
McLain
California
Ltstitute of Social Welfare
Anatol Petruschow
Linden
San Pedro Realtor Weymouth Dies at 83 in Quiet Fashion
Thrifty San Pedro realtor Harry L Weymouth 83 died Saturday. He lived at 9058 Meyler St in a five room home and drove a 1947 automobile. His will filed in Long Beach probate estimates estate between 500000 and 1000000 with 165000 cash. one third goes to charity and other beneficiaries receive the rest. Weymouth came to San Pedro in 1919 from Weymouth Maine where he built a fortune by subdividing land including the V tract. he left timberlands and Maine property. He was a widower with a late child and substantial income reported by his attorney Archie E Ekdale.
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Harry L. Weymouth
Meyler St
San Pedro
Long Beach Superior Court
Charity
Weymouth
Maine
Port City
Archie E. Ekdale
Ekdale
Long Beach
Memorial Chapel
Sunnyside Memorial Park
Sunnyside Mausoleum
Motteil’s Morstuary
Crash Kills 1 Injures 2 Deputies in Compton Collision
One man died and two sheriff's deputies were injured in a 3:10 am rear end crash on Rosecrans Avenue near Mayo Avenue in Compton. Richard Wayne Tea ford, 34, of Hollydale, was killed. deputies Walter Pendleton, 29, and Jack Carpenter, 26, were hospitalized with non serious injuries. Tea ford, alone in a light car, struck the parked sheriff’s patrol car as deputies checked a gravel truck. The impact damaged the patrol car radio tubes and Tea ford's wristwatch mechanism. He leaves a wife and three children.
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Compton
Rosecrans Ave
Mayo Ave
Richard Wayne Teaford
Garfield Ave
Hollydale
Northrup’ Aircraft
Hawthorne
Walter K. Pendleton
Leibacher Ave
Norwalk
Jack Carpenter
14Th St
Long Beach
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
Feaford
Sheriffs
Coompton
A. R. Kreipl
N. C. Andrews
Teaford
Pay-as-Sell Warehouse Opens at Pier A
A government-bonded warehouse opened by West Coast Warehouse Corp at Pier A. It enables importers to pay duties only when goods are sold, easing cash flow. First such facility in Long Beach or Los Angeles harbors, built for about 1.8 million dollars. Ross A. Bleming serves as president of the company.
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Pier A
West Coast Warehouse Corp
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbors
Ross A. Bleming
Warehouse Corporation
Twin Cities in Lakewood Area Planned
The proposed Lakewood and South Lakewood city boundaries include Lakewood Country Club Lakewood Gardens and Mayfair with Lakewood Crest excluded. Court ruling on annexation to Long Beach is being appealed. the boundary commission must decide within 20 days. incorporation petitions require 25 percent owner signers representing 25 percent of assessed value.
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South St
Ft Coke Ave
Ashworth St
Eastbrook Ave
Gendar St
Lincoln Ave
San Gabriel River
Carson St
Lakewood Village
South Lakewood
Farlcrest St
Wardlow Rd
Clark Ave
City of
Lakewood
Lakewood Country Club
Lakewood Gardens
Mayfair
Lakewood Crest
Heartwell Park
Long Beach
Pisintifis
Douglas
Ed Walker
George Muir
Leonard Jones
Knox
Atty
John Todd
Praeger
Boundary Commission
Annual Tartar Ball to Be Held Saturday
The Order of Scottish Clans and auxiliaries of the Daughters of Scotia will present the Tartar Ball Saturday night in Muni Auditorium. The finest in Scottish pageantry is promised by the sponsors.
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the Daughters of Scotia
Muni
City approves pipe purchase for expansion project
The City Water Commission approved a 45,000 linear feet pipe purchase estimated at 890,000. Brennan 8. Thomas, the general manager, was authorized to seek bids. The main line will expand the water system into eight new tracts.
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City Water Commission
Brennan 8. Thomas
Long Beach Civil Defense Prepares For A Bomb Drop
Long Beach Civil Defense plans emphasize rapid shelter, medical aid, and post incident relief. Red Cross teams coordinate registering dead and injured while volunteers and police ready rescue and evacuation tasks. Food stocks and feeding operations are organized with hotel catering staff and Red Cross support.
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Goid
Public Service Division
Red Cross
Mooney
Ernest Glaser
Wilton Hotel
Glaser
San Francisco
Jack Arnold
Adiliance
Eugene LeGrand
Ffood
LeGrand
Long Beach
Long Beach Obituaries Chronicle War Service Ties
Obituary notices from Long Beach list Clarence Corkrean M.D. and several others, detailing Navy and Army service, World Wars connections, and long residency in Vallejo and Long Beach. Services, cremations, and interments set at St Basil's Vallejo, Edwards Colonial Mortuary LA, and local chapels. Survivors include spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren.
Berkeleyite in Governor Ballot Race
Berkeley mayor Laurance Cross announces plans to seek the Democratic nomination for governor next year. In Los Angeles County A. Ronald Button is set to replace McIntyre Faries as Republican national committeeman. George Murphy selected as chairman of the Republican State Central Committee with Knight Nixon and Knowland present.
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Berkeley
Laurance Cross
Long Beach
GOP
A. Ronald Button
Los Angeles County
McIntyre Faries
Democratic Execuitive Committee
Los Angeles
John Anson Ford
John B. Elliott
Paul Zufren
Tom Carroll
Mary Shaw
Carl Fletcher
San Francisco
George Murphy
Republican State Central Committee
Goodwin J. Knight
Richard M. Nixon
U. S
Bode Peggy Jane dies in Long Beach hospital
Miss Peggy Jane Bode of 68 Granada Ave died in a Long Beach hospital Tuesday. Born in Denver, she was a Wilson High School senior. Survived by mother Mrs. Jane A. Bode and father Herbert F. Bode, with grandparents H. A. Havener and Mrs. J. C. Kettner. Service Saturday at 10 a.m. in Sunnyside Memorial Park with Rev. William H Galbraith officiating. Interment Green Hills Memorial Park, San Pedro.
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Portman
Claire L. Portman
Rose Ave
Long Beach
Madison
Wis
Miles City
Mont
Winifred Allen
Gladys McMullen
Vera Cc. Maylen
Mildred Hart
Chicago
George Lamberson
Willard A. Schurr
Alpha Elmira Bible
Covina Ave
Pekin
Parl V. Bible
George Anna
Amends
Mortell
Mortuary Chapel
Sunnyside Mausoleum
Mar Vista
Riceae
Keaunty
Minn
Pea
Drought
Choielteacher
First
Congregational Church
Patterson & Snively Mortuary
Isaac MacRae
Bode
Peggy Jane Bode
Granada Ave
Denver
Colo
Wilson High ‘School
Jane A. Bode
Herbert F. Bode
H. A. Havener
J. C. Kettner
William H Galbraith
Green Hills Memorial Park
San Pedro
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Marine Corps League
Marine
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Sonja
Convention Bureau
The
W. J. Mooney
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Roland Bach
Bach
Dean
Doan
Ares
Sunbeam Reil C Sa
Zorrd Four
Pen
KTYV
Lyon van & Storage Co
Bituaries
Corkrean
Clarence Leo
Atlantic Ave
Corbean
Vallejo
Wiota
Long Usn
Mare Beach
Island Naval Hospital
West Virginia
France
Miller
Jeanette Miller
Loecust Ave
Edwards Brothers Colonial Mortuary
Venice Blvd
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Chester A. Miller
Irmeline Lidbom
Ray Standly
Cavanaugh
Mary Ane Cavanaugh
Sédalia
Holy Innocents Parish
John €. Cavanaugh
Fred A. Smith
Otto McDonald
Davies Culverson
Sheelar- McFadyen Mortuary
All Souls Cemetery
Fase Miori
Ueem
Pasadena
Patterson & Snively Mortuary Chapel
Dottie Belle Key
E. Arbor St
Selma
Calif
Leonard Kelly
H. L. Ketchum
Nora Gilmore
Irene’ Wren
Paramount
Hurtet Mortuary
Berkeleyite
Hollywood
Anaheim
Ly Zettel
Irons
Zenith
Harry Roplon
Rosemary
Planets
Wasson TV
Towne Theatre
Aniannie
Atlantic
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