Tug on 12th Hawaii Trip in her 12th voyage
Long Beach based tug Ocean Prince under skipper Ave Nelmes is rescheduled to depart early this week on a voyage between the mainland and Hawaii. The mission involves towing barges laden with scrap metal, about 1800 tons on larger tows and 1300 tons on smaller, with prior losses of two barges at sea and gear from Pearl Harbor and Oregon Merchant noted amid Japanese raid events.
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Hawaii
Pearl Herber
Qeean Prines
Long Beach
Towa Lage
Pearl Harbor
Oregon Merchant
Ave Nelmes
Porpoise Herald Furious Sea Encounter During Tuna Haul
A tuna clipper battles a school of yellowfin with porpoise porpoises dancing on the bow and aiding the fish haul in a tropical sea near Costa Rica. The crew works frantically as the ship aches through waves, chasing a multi-ton catch and noting porpoise as good luck omens and swift divers aiding the haul.
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Porpoise
Herald Furious
Hit School of Yellowfin
L Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Honor Graduate Mounts Son Receives Georgetown Honor
Mrs. R. L. Mounts of 2132 Ohio Avenue reports her son Dr. Bill Mounts has graduated with honors from Georgetown University Medical School Washington DC He is currently interning at a Denver hospital.
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R. L. Mounts
Ohio Ave
Medical School
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Bill Mounts
Denver
Local Propeller Club to Attend 24th Convention in Baltimore
Delegates from Port of Long Beach-Los Angeles Club 66 will travel to the national Propeller Club’s 24th annual convention for three days starting September 27 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore Maryland. The meeting theme is The American Merchant Marine Mid-Century Analysis and includes the American Merchant Marine Conference. Joseph Carson former Maritime Commission member has been hired as general manager to bolster the club’s national and international efforts. Attendees include Arthur Eldridge Ralph Chandler Howard Woodruff John C McHose and T A Maddox among others representing Port of Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor Department Matson Navigation Co Marine Exchange and local harbor interests.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Natonal Club
Lord Timore
Baltimore
Joseph Carson
Maritime Commission
Port of Long Beach
Los Angeles Club 66
Arthur Eldridge
Los Angeles Harbor Department
Ralph Chandler
Matson Navigation Co
Howard Woodruff
The
Marine Exchange
John C. McHose
Club 66
T. A. Maddox
Army Officer to Speak on Korea at Local Legion Post
Lt Col H. Schouman USA stationed at Fort MacArthur will discuss Korea at a Veterans Memorial meeting of Arthur L. Peterson Post 6 American Legion at 8 p m Tuesday. He served in Korea from 1945 to 1947 and will present in Hall 4. Open to the public.
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Co. H. ©. Schouman
USA
Fort MacArthur
Korea
Arthur L. Peterson
American ‘Legion
Veterans Memorial
Naval Architects Hear Expert on Maritime History
Lt. Comdr. K. D. Tam Murray of the Royal Naval Reserve will present a paper for the Southern California Section of the Society of Naval Architects and Naval Engineers on the development of ships and naval ordnance across 4000 years. The talk includes an ancient Egyptian galley armed with clay pots of hot charcoal. The October meeting will feature a tour and dinner at the Byron Jackson Pump Co. plant.
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Southern California
Society of Naval Architects and Naval Engineers
Victor Hugo
E. Broadway
Long Beach
K. D. Tam Murray
Royal Naval Reserve
Bert L. Hale
Byron Jackson Pump Co
Marine Exchange Marks 27 Years With 12000 Ships Logged
In Los Angeles harbor the Marine Exchange records 12,000 ships by a 27 year history, tracking arrivals with a four watch crew including retirees from naval service. Lookouts issue hundreds of phone notifications daily, preserving a lively drill of ship recognition and safety calls amid wartime and postwar changes.
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Marine Exchange
Hass
George Howard
Wiliam Shuff
Bill Lovell
Navy
James Garren
John O'Donnell
William King
Gram
Point Fermin
Pacific Northwest
Portugal
Dorothy Alexander
Uke
Hitler
Markay
Inner Harbor
Japanese Craft Due in Bay City
The SS Tatsuharu Maru, the first Japanese dry cargo ship to call at a California port since 1941, is due tomorrow in San Francisco to load barley and discharge a small general cargo before bunkering. A second vessel, the Nichinan Maru oil tanker, is expected at Union Oil's Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor terminal around September 29 to load crude petroleum before proceeding to Union's Avila terminal.
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California
San Francisco
Union Oil
Long Beach
Los Angeles
General Steamship Corp
Union
Avila
Calif
Recruiting Drive Aims to Complete 448th Bomb Wing Roster
The 448th Bomb Wing (Res.) orders an all-out recruitment push tied to the nationwide Air Force buildup. Col. Robert E. Dake notes vacancies may accept civilians with needed experience. Col. Brauer, honored at the Los Angeles reserve center, reflects WWII service, while Marine officer Braver closes a 25-year tour. Football at Long Beach Naval Station begins Sept. 23.
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United States Air Force
448Th
Air Force Reserve
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Reserve
Alstrict
United
Robert E. Dake
Air Force Reserve Training Center
Long Beach Municipal
J. C. Braver
U.s.mc
11Th
Marine Corps
Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
Adm. Nimitz
Guam
Second Marine Division
Japan
Col. Brauer
Naval Science
Vanderbilt ‘University
Nashville
Tennessee
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MEL Burns, Inc
Walker's
Berth
Denise
Pinect
Edsel Newton Fresh-Telegran Marine Raltor
Costa Rica
School of Parpo
Bert
Otine
Emerald Isles
Central America
Cocos Island
Pacific
Propeller Club
Pinking Shears
Miracual
Eames
Seauty Salonwalkers
A. E
W. F. Schaff
Los Angeles Outer Harbor
Schaff
Press-Telegram
Exchange
Cory
Nother
Gus) Gram
the Exchange
John
S. S. Harvard
Santa Barbara
Ross O’laughlin
U. S S. Louisville
Outer Harbor
O'Laughlin
Bitnker
Gram Was Told By the Point Arguelle
Snd
Bay City
News OF the Armed Services
Virginia Newton
Clifford
Prentice
USN
Naval Station
Red) Prentice
Compton Junior College
Sing
Bereingers
Red Hans
Jef Andre Prentice
Gon
Leroy
Pacific Fleet
Fleet
Jack A. von Werner
City
Fort Ord
Fourth” Infantry Division
Long Beach Naval Station
Islanders
Prine Corps Recruit Depot
Buck Nordstrom
Jack Claudine
Ruben Murry
George Washington
James. Ward
Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Reserve
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