Navy Open House Marks 73rd Birthday Weekend Fete
Navy installations host open house with air show at Los Alamitos and shipyard tours on Terminal Island. Displays include Lockheed Constitution and 400 ton crane. Memorial service for war dead, flower ceremony for submarines, and guided tours by Legion and VFW volunteers featured.
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Navy
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Naval Reserve
Los Angeles
U. S. Naval Shipyard
Terminal Island
Naval Base
George Bauer
Marine Corps
Net Pier
U.S. Naval Station
Long Beach
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Students Fight Leaves One Hospitalized at Junior High
Fred Forsyth, 15, of Iran Boyd Manor, was taken by Fire Department ambulance to Seaside Hospital after a fight at Stephens Junior High School on Santa Fe Avenue and Columbia Street. Forsyth was struck near the left eye with a steel object by a classmate, suffering a cut, bruised cheek, and brief unconsciousness. he was treated and released. Investigators say an in-school argument led to the outdoor confrontation between two Bennol buildings.
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Fred Forsyth
Iran Boyd Manor
Seaside Hospital
Stephens
Santa Fe Ave
Columbia St
Forsyth
Benaol
Veteran Crews to Be Operators at Catalina Isle
Santa Catalina Island Co announces veteran employees will run principal facilities under a leasing program. Philp K. Wrigley reports hotels and the Country Club will be leased to named managers including Harry Slaugh Ed Green and Jence Dickson. Community relations waits for civic leaders to return from vacation.
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Santa Catalina Island Co
Philp K. Wrigley
Chicago
Country Club
Harry Slaugh
Island Company
Atwater
Ed Green
The
Olson
Isthmus
la Jolla
St. Catherine Hotel
Jence Dickson
Dickson
Las Casitas
Marie Neal
Tommy ‘Thomas
Parking-meter bids restudied by new city committee
City Manager Carl B Wirsching will convene a new committee to study the controversial parking meter bids. Police Chief Alvin F Slaignt City Engineer J D Gilkerson and James C Kincaid director of the public service department will review the bids next week. Wirsching says the fresh start could help with the difficulties involved.
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Carl B. Wirsching
Alvin F. Slaignt
J. D. Gilkerson
James C.kincaid
Public Service Department
Wirsching
Lions Club Discusses Propositions on November Ballot
Lions Club members heard a Wilton Hotel meeting discussing eight of nineteen ballot measures. City Prosecutor Sutherland opposed No 2 and supported No 12, while Montee of the California State Brewers Institute urged passage of No 2 and defeat of No 12. Others spoke on school bonds, Senate reapportionment, fish preservation, housing, and miscellaneous propositions, with Hart moderating.
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Lions Club
Wilton Hotel
Kenneth E. Sutherland
Hobart C. ‘Montee
California State Brewers Institute
Sutherland
Montee
California
Henthur Cox
K. C. Brandenburg
FISE
Frank Wells
Vern Hedden
Brandenburg
California Council For the Blind
George A. Hart
Harold’ Agel
First Baptist ‘Church
Louise
Phil
Hattery
Last Stanton Post G A R Veterans Meet in Hollywood
Charles L Chapell 101 of Long Beach and William A Magee 163 were marked present at the annual meeting of the Last Man's Club of the Stanton Post Grand Army of the Republic in Hollywood. Douglas Story 103 of West Los Angeles was home with a cold. only three attend. The club, started in 1935 with 44 Stanton Post members, once had 2000 G A R veterans in the area and over 500 in Long Beach. Chapell served with the 10th New York Regiment of Volunteers.
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Charles L. Chappell
Long Beach
Last Man's Club
Stanton Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Hollywood
William A. Magee
Douglas Story
Los Angeles
California
Stanton
Post
G.A.R
Chappell
10Th New York Regiment of Volunteers
Pastors Rally For Liquor Control Campaign In Long Beach
Ministers from numerous Long Beach churches plan talks on liquor control and contribute to Proposit ion 12. Campaign Director John Hutchinson notes churches will participate in a Dime Sunday to fund the control committee. Some churches will collect offerings, others donate via boards, and some allocate dimes from regular tithes tomorrow.
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Long Beach
Control of Liquor Campaign
John Hutchinson
Ministerial Union
Hutchinson
Control of Liquor Committee
Long Beach Area Forecast Sees Dense Fog and Warm Afternoons
Night and morning fog with mostly sunny afternoons today and tomorrow. Little temperature change expected. Gentle to warm winds shift to moderate southwesters in the afternoons.
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Long Beach
Torrow
Outlook Bright for End of California Oil Strike
Negotiations show progress as both oil companies and the CIO oil workers union push toward settlement. An NLRB filing accuses six majors and two others of bargaining failings and threatening employees. Union leader says no pensions or benefits are jeopardized and insists on plant and company level bargaining. Violence by some workers is cited as reason to bar reemployment for those involved.
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California
C. I. O. Oil Workers
Los Angeles National Labor Relations Board
O. W. EU
O. A. Knights
Standard, Shell, Texas
Tidewater
Associated, Richfield
Union and Ohio Oil Companies
Lloyd Corporation
Reese H. Taylor
Union Oo
Tarzana hunter injured by accidental discharge near Sunset Beach
Tarzana forearm duck hunter sustained a gunshot wound to the right side and forearm when a firearm discharged during a hunt near Sunset Beach. He received medical treatment at Community Hospital. The weapon was reportedly in the possession of Alpert Dilbert of Van Nuys.
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Tarzana
Sunset Beach
Community Hospital
Alpert Dilbert
van Nuys
Five Polio Cases Reported in Long Beach This Week
Five poliomyelitis cases developed in Long Beach this week, raising the year’s total to 193. A health officer report lists one chickenpox case, two cases of measles, and ten of mumps during the week, reflecting ongoing child illness patterns in the area.
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Long Beach
Cit
I. D
Queen Departs as North Long Beach Lions Fair Queen
Miss May, queen of the North Long Beach Lions Club Community Fair, left yesterday for San Francisco on an expense paid tour funded by the club. She traveled with her mother Mrs Muriel May and received a special wardrobe for the trip. A delegation from Rainbow Girls No 68 accompanied them to the station.
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Olan May
McKenzie St
North Lone Beach
Lions Club
San Francisco
Muriel May
Miss May
Long Beach Assembly of
Rainbow Girls No. 68
May
Harbor boat crash victims give versions of accident
Accounts from MES JESSIE M. LODER and Mrs Etta Lee Sullivan detail how the harbor boat trip ended in disaster. Loder recalls a sudden jar and a fall on deck injuring her head while Sullivan describes gripping the gate as the vessel approached the dock and a bystander pulling her back. Both are treated at local hospitals as investigations begin.
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Pico Ave. Navy Landing
Harbor Department
Estralla
Coast Guard
Etta Lee Sullivan
J. J. Sullivan
Lincoln St
Community Chest
Jessie M. Loder
Fourth St
Seaside Hospital
F. ¥. Lord
Terrace Dr
Nina Clark
Navy Dry Docks
Rainfall Forecast Doubles Last Year for Southland
Weather Bureau forecaster A K Showalter predicted a long-range pattern where the coming season could surpass last year’s 5.82 inches in Long Beach. Odds of more rain this season are 15 to 1, with precise forecasts placing rain in late autumn and throughout winter, peaking after March 25.
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ATEA
A. K. Showalter
Weather Bureau
Long Beach
Southland
Showalter
Stolen Goods From Multiple Local Sites Reported
Tools, candy and cigars valued at more than 500 dollars were reported stolen from Samuel L. Putnam’s garage at 2632 E First St. Police were notified today. Candy, cigars and about 20 dollars in cash were taken from Sutters Inn at 5290 Atlantic Ave. Burglary at Marine Motor Service, 1206 W Seventh St, involved an unknown loss with police noting no immediate amount available.
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Samuel L. Putnam
First St
Sutters Inn
Atlantic Ave
Marine Motor Service
Seventh St
Woman Injured in Santa Ana Car Crash
Beth Maycock aged 40 of 521 EB Third Street Santa Ana received minor injuries in a crash at South Main Street and Dyer Had. She was riding with William Hamilton 36 of 328 Stanford Street Santa Ana when another car driven by James Goodman 53 of 612 East Washington Avenue Santa Ana collided.
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Beth Maycock
Third St
South Main St
Dyer
Santa Ana
William Hamilton
Stanford St
James Goodman
Washington Ave
Proposition 11 Doubtful Practicability On Charter Change
The article debates Proposition No 11 on the November ballot. It notes doubts about practicality, potential confusion, and conflicting time limits for charter amendment elections. It mentions a proposed change to allow petitions at any time and a 90 day lead to elections, plus a borough option for city territory.
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California
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