New Mountain Home Grade Opens Easy Route to Camp Angelus
A review of the new Mountain Home Grade highway costing about 2 million dollars, opening a year round route into Camp Angelus and Barton Flats in the San Bernardino Mountains. The trip from Long Beach to Glen Lodge near Camp Angelus highlights improved motoring, scenic lodges, and abundant youth camps in the area. The writer notes easier access, potential overheating on steep inclines, and the area’s popularity for YMCA, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and church groups with about 30,000 youngsters summering nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Lodge
New Mountain
Camp Angelus-Barton Flats
San Bernardino ‘Mountains
Camp Angelus
Riding Motors
American Ave
Cadil-lac
Long Beach
California 18
Riverside
Redlands
Orange St
Lugonia Ave
Mill Creek Ra
Mentone
Camp Race
Robertson
Robertsons
Glen Martin
Santa Ana
Jwe
Seven Oaks
YMCA
WCA
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Girl Scouts
Korean Relief Drives Clothing Collection in Long Beach
Long Beach residents donated about one ton of warm clothing for Korea as the Junior Chamber of Commerce leads a five ton goal through month end. Items such as over alls coats and blankets are urged. Donations go to fire stations for pickup by the American Women's Voluntary Services and the Joint Council of Teamsters for dispatch to the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Korea
Leon Enk
Chamber of Commerce Committee
American Women’s Voluntary Services
Joint Council of Teamsters
Enk
Junjoy Chamber of Commerce
American Relief For Korea
Ensenada Lions Visit Long Beach Lions Club
Four members of the Lions Club of Ensenada Mexico visited Downtown Long Beach Lions Club sharing good neighbor ties. They presented variated feather plaques with flags and Lions emblem to six Long Beach area clubs including Downtown Belmont Shore Lakewood North Long Beach Signal Hill and West Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Ensenada
Mexico
Lions Clubs
Juan_Campbell
Gaston Fleurie
Jose L. Martinez
Carlos Tavarez
Belmont Shore
Lakewood
North Long Beach
Signal
Hul
West Long Beach
New control tower course starts Sept 17 at Municipal Airport
CAA and City College Adult Education offer weekly control tower operation classes from 7 to 10 pm in the Municipal Airport administration building. No student fees. both men and women invited. Successful students receive CAA operator certificates. Maj. Gen. Stowell inspected the 1738th Ferrying Squadron at Municipal, part of MATS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAA
City College
Munnicipal
Thecaa
James S. Stowell
Continental Division
Military Air Transport Service
Municipal
1738Th
1798Th
MATS
Kelly Air Force Base
Texas
Auto price rise approved by government unsettles buyers
Government gives go ahead for about six percent price increases on new cars. The rise, roughly half of manufacturers' request, may not hit until late this week and will add about 125 dollars to a two thousand dollar auto. Extended credit terms help offset longer payoff time, while lower new-car registrations and limited dealer allotments signal a tougher market into year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Polk & Co
Detroit
Park
Hughes Seaplane Value Studied for RFC Asset List
The planes largest ever built the Spruce Goose based in Long Beach is under consideration by the Reconstruction Finance Corp which has invested 15 million dollars in the project The RFC wants a formal valuation before listing the ship as an asset Hughes continues development at Long Beach Pier spending about 250000 dollars monthly with test flights planned by January 1 194? Details note Hughes flew the eight engine craft across Long Beach Harbor in 1947 and taxied it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hughes
Long Beach
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Associated Press
Washington
RFC
Hoghes
Hughes
Long Beach Harbor
Berlin Reds Hush Plot Subheadline
Reports of a White Russian plot to assassinate Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko of San Francisco were kept out of Russian controlled morning papers here today. West Berlin papers front page the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
San Francisco
West Berlin
Oil Expert Speaker for Masonic Club in Long Beach
H John Eastman founder of Eastman Oil Well Survey Company will speak at the Long Beach Masonic Club luncheon in the Wilton Hotel Marine Room. He will discuss foreign trade from a businessman's view under I Do Business Abroad with Roland Armell as day chairman. Don Vowles leads the birthday table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. John Eastman
Eastman Oil Well Survey Company
Long Beach
Roland Armell
Don Vowles
Everett Houser
James F. Pawson
Lions Club
Wilton Hotel
Omen Quelvog
Walter Hoftsaat
Pawson
Long Beach Bar Association
Optimist Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bress-Gelegrem
Ular Jenks Lake
Ridings Motors
Ensenada Lions
Ev, Hosking
Lockheed Aircraft
Burbank
Air Transportation
Pacific Coast
United Air Lines
International Airport
Seattle
Chicago
Midway Airport
Bud Ward
Downtown
Johnny Mead
Glenn E. Thomas Co
Anaheim St
Johnny
George Davis
Kaiser-Frazer
H. C. Callins
Marine Glass Co
Scott-Woodard-Scott
Long Beach Builders Exchange Cor
Magnolia
Elmer
Nelson
Rotary Club
Pacific Coast Club
Joseph E. Madden
Harald D. Stevenson
Gavel Club
Toastmasters International
Willmore Coffee Shop
Third Sty
Cellar Ave
Fred Koenig
Herb Robinson
Capt
L. L. Lishman
Randall Stone
Art Chapman
Clarence Kreager
Neal Clark
Lional de Santi
Evalua
Tor
Walter Gillis
Barl Ivens
Julian Campbell
Lafayette Hotel
Wil
Michael ¥. Wojcik
Marine Corps
Maj
Wojcik
Guadalcanal
Fifth Amphibious Corps
Two Jima
Inchon
Hunchon Reservoir
Court Frowell
the Day
Bill Schwager
L Beach
Wiilmore
Third St
Cedar Ave
Bruce Clark
Boo Kent
Homer Rowe
Gordon Weeks
R. Swisher
Bill Barry
Laddie Tilson
Fred Moore
Carl Griffen
Harold Ryan
Charles Sleeper
Worth Long Beach Club
Don Bronson
Roy Oldham
Lakewood- Belmont
Toastmasters Club
Hoefly
Paul Jenkins
George Kelly
Don Briggs
Ken McCall
Ridings
Cadillac
Tire Department
U. S
Royal Air Ride
Goodrich
Firestone
Master White S. W
Vogue
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!