United Neighbors drive faces nickel gift reality
A reader criticizes small contributions to the United Neighbors Fund, noting most gifts are 1 to 5 dollars and urging bigger support for the 31 financed agencies. The piece questions awareness and calls for substantial giving to cover obligations to Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the Red Feather family and other groups.
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Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Children's Clinic
Day Nurseries
Salvation Army
The
Armed Services
Red Feather
New Home for USS Princeton Carrier to Move to Long Beach
Rep Craig Hosmer announced the aircraft carrier USS Princeton CVS87 will shift home port from San Diego to Long Beach effective Dec 1. The 36,000-ton Essex-class ship now at Bremerton Navy Yard is expected to depart mid January and reach Long Beach in early February after sea trials. Princeton carries about 1,800 crew and is set for anti submarine duties with helicopters and ASW weapons.
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Princeton
San Diego
Long Beach
Craig Hosmer
R-Long Beach
Hosmer
Bremerton Navy Yard
Wash
Police Teams Lead in Chest Campaign
Police Department teams downtown lead the United Neighbors Community Chest drive with $356 025 raised, 38 4 percent of the goal. Firemen and auto salesmen trail in the competition for second place as residential division adds 829 272 over the weekend to reach 61 568 or 57 5 percent of its goal. Other divisions show varying progress while Los Altos business and building trades remain unreported. Larry Collins Sr. spoke as The Singers Workshop entertained.
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United Neighbors Community Chest
L. W. Brewer
Brewer
Lafayette Hotel
Los Altos
Building Trades
Larry Collins Sr
Singers
City Armed Services to Hold 22nd Holiday Ball
The City Armed Services Commission set its 22nd annual holiday ball for Thursday December 20 at Municipal Auditorium. All armed services personnel in the Long Beach area will be invited in uniform. Attendance has averaged about 3000 in recent years. Leighton Nobies band will play. vice chairman Robert McNulty presided during Edwin Wade's absence due to surgery.
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City Armed Services Commission
Armed Services
Jin Municipal Auditorium
Long Beach
Joseph E. Mason
Frrangements
Leighton Nobie
Edwin Wade
St. Mary's Hospital
Robert, McNulty
Commission
Nurse Regains 80 Dollars After Intruder Attempt
A Seaside Hospital nurse, Mabel T. Oppnger, 45, saw an intruder as she returned to a patient’s room. Her purse with $80 was missing until police arrested Samuel Miler, who refused to give an address, on suspicion of petty theft.
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Mabel T. Oppnger
Prospect Ave
Samuel Miler
Poodles Sold Fast Through Classified Ad in Independent
An ad user reports quick sale of four poodles after placing a classified ad in The Independent. The piece notes door to door selling alternatives and highlights rapid transaction within hours.
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Fress-Telegram
4This
Tar Licks Dummy in $100 Knockout at Life Show
Navy man Robert E. Bush, 22, won a round against a pre historic exhibit but was judged by a present day judge. He was arrested at 2:30 am for breaking an early day man in half and tearing off his arm an exhibit at 156 W. Bike Life Show. He pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to malicious destruction of property. Judge Lyman B. Sutter fined $100 and ordered restitution.
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Navy
Robert E. Bush
Bush
Lyman B. Sutter
James G. Garth Realtor Dies in Long Beach
James G. Garth a prominent Southland real estate figure died at his home on 515 Ne praska Ave after several weeks illness. A native of Scotland he spent 56 years in real estate primarily in Long Beach with his office at 2744 ie Broadway.
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James G. Garth
Southland
Ne ‘Praska Ave
Garth
Scotland
Long Beach
Ie. Broadway
Broadway Long Beach Store Opens With Ribbon Cutting
A Broadway Long Beach store opened to the public with a ribbon cutting ceremony. A store spokesperson described the event as part of the Broadway plan and highlighted merchandise in the department store setting.
Maternity Store Opens as Bandit Robs Liquor Clerk
A young woman wearing a maternity smock robbed a liquor store clerk at gunpoint in Los Altos as Broadway-Hale opened a redecorated Los Altos Shopping Center store. She took $175 from the cash register, then fled with a brown bag. The Broadway-Long Beach group plans to expand to 8 stores in Southern California. The public opening featured ribbon cutting by Edward W. Carter and officials, with entertainment and decor themes throughout the new store.
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Los Altos
Joseph W. Rice
Zarl’s
Edward W. Carter
Jnl
Thel
Rice
Cali
Long Beach
Southern
California
Carter
Lloyd S. Whaley
HM. C. Stanyon
Prentis C. Hale
Broadway Hale
Roy L. Shurtleff
Newton J. Hale
Theodore R. Meyer
Charles S. Hobbs
Oliver C. Field
Eaton W. Ballard
Lawton W. Langdon
Broadway
H. C. Stanyon
Broadway-Hale Co
Red Cars Doomed Metro Proposes Bus Replacements
Los Angeles council debates abandoning the Los Angeles to Long Beach rail line in favor of a new Metro bus system. Metro president J L Haugh says a state approval would trigger $1 million for 40 coaches and a $350000 maintenance facility in Long Beach, moving 300 Metro workers. Plans include 26 percent more seats and more schedules though routing remains tentative and nine months needed for implementation.
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Cy Council
Bureau ‘of Frenchises
Metropolitan Coach Lines
Los Angeles
Long Beach
J. L. Haugh
Metro
Haugh
State Public Utilities Commission
3 Metro
Pacific Electric Railway’ Co
Cedar Ave
Virgil H. Spongsberg
Los Angeles Union Statiou
Long ‘Beach
Woman Dies In Bridge Crash On Drizzle Damp Road
A 67 year old Harbor City woman Masa Terada of 25508 Senator St died when the car she rode in skidded on drizzle damp pavement on the Commodore Heim Bridge and crashed into a dividing strip. She was thrown from the rear seat and died after arrival at Seaside Hospital. The city's traffic toll reached 28 for the year.
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Harbor City
Commodore Heim Bridge
Masa Terada
Senator St
Seaside Hospital
Seve
City Council and Chamber Back Prop 4 Endorse Oil Measure
The City Council and Long Beach Chamber of Commerce endorsed Prop 4, the oil and gas conservation measure on the November 6 ballot. They abandoned their silence, unanimously backing the initiative and ordering a formal resolution to urge voter support.
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Long ‘Beach
Driver Williams recounts fatal bridge crash
Samlye Williams 27 of Lomita told officers the car skidded while changing lanes on the bridge. The vehicle struck a dividing strip, bounced back, and a passenger fell from the car. The victim is survived by husband Ryotaro Terada. The body was taken to Patterson and Mortuary. The second crash involved Long Beach officer Stanley E. Anderson, 27, who was injured when his car rear‑ended a stopped truck near Lakewood Boulevard and Willow Street. Anderson suffered a fractured left wrist, head concussion, and facial injuries and was hospitalized. The truck was driven by Argil Wingfield, 37, Paramount.
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Samlye Williams
Lomita
Williams
Ryotaro Terada
Patterson
Jafter
George Andes
Hausen
Chamber of Com
Merce
Itsen
Stanley E. Anderson
Long Beach
Anderson
Lakewood Blvd
Willow St
Community Hospital
Argil M. Wingfield
McClure St
Paramount
Long Beach Council Endorses Prop 4 Amid Subsidence Debate
Absent from the meeting were Mayor Vermillion and Councilmen Baker and Reese. Acting Mayor Desmond announced consensus with six present. Raymond Kesler led the endorsement motion, stressing Prop 4 as the only hope to arrest subsidence and protect half a billion dollars in local industry, including the Naval Shipyard. Other speakers, led by Badenhausen, urged yes, with Don Sutherland Cap Gill Dr Charles Brantingham and Robert Irvin also voicing support from civic groups and chambers.
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Long Beach
Keanler
Charlies M. Garrison
Naval Shipyard
Badenhausen
Chamber
Don Sutherland
Employes Assn
Cap Gill
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Charles Brantingham
Union Oil Holds Long Beach Conference on Sales
Union Oil officials meeting in Long Beach at Lafaye tte Hotel with 13 southwest district reps to discuss retail and wholesale gasoline prices. Cadwell says the southwest region including Southern California Arizona and part of New Mexico accounts for over a quarter of national gasoline sales, with Long Beach leading the district. Earl McCloud hosts the gathering, the first outside Los Angeles HQ to mark Long Beach division achievements.
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Long Beach
Orange County
Union Oil Co. Gasoine
F. K. Cadwell
Union Oil Co
Lafayette Hotel
Southwest Territory
Cadwell
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Earl McCloud
Whelesale
Los Angeles
McCloud
No School Planned in Long Beach November Holiday
The Long Beach Board of Education announced no school on November 12 22 and 23. Veterans Day is Sunday November 11 so schools close the next day. Thanksgiving observance closes classes on November 22 and 23. Child care centers remain open on November 12 and 23.
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Long Beach
Schol
Police Book Driver After Traffic Crash
Leon McPhiel forty nine of 1847 Pine was booked for investigation of drunk driving after a Pacific Avenue end St crash that slightly injured one person. His car collided with Claude H. Van Marter of 2485 Cedar Ave whose passenger Hazel Mary Van Marter was taken to Seaside Hospital and released.
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Leon McPheil
Pine
Pacific Ave
End St
McPhail
Claude H. van Marter
Cedar Ave
Hazel Mary van Marter
Seaside Hospital
Raycraft Unable To Report For Jury Duty In Los Angeles
Raycraft of 1149 Crestwood Ave San Pedro cannot attend Municipal Court jury duty and was asked to report to the Hall of Justice within five weeks for an interview. He has not served previously but would assist the jury and judge if called upon. Raycraft was a Los Angeles Municipal Court judge and is now a Long Beach Superior Court judge.
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Wate
Los Angeles
Douglas Lathrop
Joe Raycraft
Crestwood Ave
San Pedro
Raycraft
Hall of Justice
Jim
Long Beach
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