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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1951
Page
6
The text highlights quick relief from coughing and stuffiness using Vicks VapoRubix steam. It emphasizes restoring normal breathing and comfort during colds, including croupy coughs and nasal congestion.
Regulations set the 10 year service requirement for the Armed Forces Reserve Medal. Service need not be continuous but within 12 consecutive years. Coast Guard rules to follow after Treasury approval. Medal worn on left breast after U S decorations and before foreign awards. Local brief notes personnel assignments include Lt James Rumble USN at Long Beach Naval Shipyard and Col Andrew Carberry USAF taking command at Gunter AFB Alabama.
Edgar B. Davis, 78, a prominent figure in Sumatran rubber and Texas oil, died in Galveston after a stroke at his Luling home. A Brookton Mass. native, he led U S Rubber Co to invest 10 million in rubber in 1908 and later built a Texas oil fortune, selling out in 1926 for 12.1 million. Service planned for Wednesday in Luling.
Long Beach residents included in the 1951 edition of Who's Who on the Pacific Coast total 87, among them six women. The list names engineers, doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, clergymen, editors, professors, authors, contractors, and other professionals led by John M. Ballou and Ward G. De Witt with numerous others such as Rowena Cockerell, Kenneth C. Brandenburg, Philip R. Goodwin, and Ruth MacArthur.
Harbor craft entering local harbors with extremely bright and unshielded lights are warned as a misdemeanor with fines up to 5000 dollars or imprisonment. Eleventh Coast Guard District officials urge stricter enforcement after recent complaints. The CFR requires floodlights and headlights interfering with navigational approach to be shielded to avoid blinding pilots.
Hollywood reports Audrey Totter returned from Korea where she met with over 3000 hospitalized soldiers. She urged more entertainers at the front to lift morale, noting visits by Bob Hope and Jack Benny among others.
A roster of individuals including engineers doctors lawyers educators and executives such as Joe O Nattson safety engineer Robert McCune publisher Francis McKay musician and Francis Merchant architect. The long list also includes Harold Pollinger clergy Russell Pray editor and publisher William Prisk Will Reid Everett Reiten Oliver Roemer William Roper Eric Rose Melvin Rowe psychiatric Henry Schoen erger Richard Schug Gerald Strang James Taylor Jr and many others across professions.
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