Rotary Hears 11 Appeal for Chest Contributions
John P. Davis, chairman of the Long Beach Community Chest, urged Rotary members to support the 1949 fund drive aiming for 488 003 to back 19 Red Feather Chest organizations. He noted Long Beach trails in per capita giving and cited 1 31 dollars versus San Francisco s 4 10. Rex Reason introduced ten Chest groups while poet Don Blanding read excerpts from Mostly California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Davis
Community Chesters’ Bureau
Rotary Club
Red Feather
Davis
Poe Beach
Long Beach
California
San Francisco
Brambie
Rex Reason
Long Beach Community Chest
Nell Loder
Bob Garrison
Boys’ Club
Jean Wulfsberg
Camp Fire Girls
John Thornton
Bo Scouts
Gloria Rogers
Salvatio Army
Gary Driver
Pat Riley
Isabelle Sheppherd
Visiting Nurses’ Association
Ginny L. Paden
Girl Scouts
Everett Carter
U. S. Navy
Armed Services
Wayne Stewart
The
Chest
United States and Britain Near Bolt-Thread Standard Pact
The United States and Britain plan a formal pact on standardized bolt threads by mid October, ending decades of talk. The agreement would align nuts and bolts for British and American equipment, aiding field repairs and broader standardization across the Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
United States
Britain
Canada
British Commonwealth
England
Matson Liner Matsonia Sale Approved by Maritime Commission
The 22 year old Matson liner Matsonia, once Malolo meaning flying fish, is approved for sale to the Panamanian Line backed by Italian and Scandinavian capital. The ship will sail under the Panama flag for the California Hawaii run with a clause ensuring availability to the U S in emergencies. The vessel earned fame and nicknames during its years, including Rololo for its quick recovery from a roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matson
Matsonia
Malglo
Maritime Commission
Hawaii
Panama
Lurline
Long Beach
Malolo
Here
Honolulu
Rololo
Gurney urges U S Spain relations recognition
Sen. Chan Gurney, chair of the Senate Armed Forces committee, called for the United States to restore full relations with Spain after meeting Genisimo Franco at El Pardo Palace. He urged economic recovery in Spain to run parallel with Europe and noted past ambassador withdrawals following the UN resolution condemning Franco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Chan Gurney
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Spain
United States
Gurney
el Pardo Palace
Francisco Franco
Europe
Britain
United Nations
Cominform Charges Tito With Terror Campaign
In Bucharest on September 30 the Cominform bulletin accuses Yugoslav Premier Marshal Tito of a terror campaign against Cominform sympathizers. The report cites arrests in Belgrade and notes the removal or disappearance of Montenegrin officials Vuko Dmucic Niko Pavic and Blaze Porovinic from their posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Romania
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Slavko Nikic
Belgrade
Vuko Dmucic
Montenegrin Republic
Niko Pavic
Blaze Porovinic
Elderly Couple Found Starving in Philadelphia Rooming House
Police reported an elderly woman Alvine Small 62 and her husband Herbert Small 42 were found in a central city rooming house bedroom with the woman malnourished and ill and the man on the floor with a leg fracture. The husband said he had been on the floor for two days after his injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Central City
Herbert Small
Alvine
Ces
Fish and Game Budget Upped in 1949 50 Plan
Sacramento reports the State Fish and Game Commission tentatively approves a 1949 50 budget of 6 225 026 up 2 9 over this year. Capital outlay falls 11 8 while game and fish conservation gain 40 7 and 48 3 respectively. Revenue is 5 030 100 with a 4 336 173 surplus to cover the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
State Fish and Game Commission
Fish and Game
Reds Condemn Truman Statement as a Desperate Lie
The Communist party denounces President Truman's claim that Communists back a Republican victory as a desperate lie. In Oklahoma City, Truman said Communists support Henry A. Wallace's third party to help Dewey. Eugene Dennis, CP leader, stated the party opposes both Truman and Dewey and condemns anti communism as a campaign tool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Communist Party
Truman
Oklahoma City
Henry A. Wallace
Eugene Dennis
American Communist Party
Dewey
Democrat.” Dennis Said Both Mr. Truman
Mae West plagiarism suit heads for jury in L A
The $100,000 case against actress Mae West may go to a jury after she rested her defense. Writers Michael Kane and Edwin K. O'Brien claim she lifted from their play Catherine Was Great. West says she wrote her version in 1937 38 and did not see the others until court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mae West
Miss West
Michael Kane
Edwin K. O’brien
Catherine
New York
O’brien
Phoenix Leads in Softball Series
The Phoenix Queens hold a 2 0 lead over the New Orleans Jax in the seven game post season National Softball Congress series. The Queens won last night 7 to 4 with star hurler Carolyn Morris limiting opponents to seven hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Phoenix
Ariz
Queens
New Orleans Jax
Carolyn Morris
NLRB Tests Umpiring Power in Bay Area Case
The NLRB opens arguments on a Taft Hartley era dispute over union representation for ship repair and construction machinists in the San Francisco Bay area. Moore Dry Dock Co. sues Lodge 68 IAM and I C O Steelworkers locals, with both unions already under contract to other yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
San Francisco Bay Area
NLRB
San Francisco Bay
Moore Dry Dock Co
Lodge 68
International Association of Machinists
East Bay Union of Machinists
C. I. O. Steelworkers Union
Moore Company
C. I. O. Steelworkers
C. I
Lutheran Budget Largest Ever
The United Lutheran Church in America will present its largest budget at the 16th biennial convention opening Oct. 6 in Philadelphia. The executive board recommends about 5 million dollars for 1950 and a like amount for 1951 to fund mission work in Argentina, British Guiana, China, India, Japan, Liberia, and church expansion in the U.S. and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United Lutheran Church In America
Clarence C. Stroughton
Argentina
British Guiana
China
India
Japan
Liberia
Canada
Stoughton
Judge to Display Masks of Famous Personalities
Superior Judge Stanley Barnes, long a hobbyist of mask collecting, will speak on Masks of the World to the Long Beach Bar Association at a Virginia Country Club dinner tomorrow night. He will show masks from his rare collection to illustrate the talk. Attorneys Russell H. Pray and Joseph A. Ball announce an elaborate program, with President Joseph E. Madden presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Barnes
Long Beach Bar Association
Virginia Country Club
Rhode Island Democrats Pick New Slate for Fall
Rhode Island Democrats chose Theodore Francis Green unopposed for U S Senate and sent re nominations to Aime J Forand and John E Fogarty with large margins. Gov John O Pastore secured top spot on the state ticket for a second full term amid the party’s midterm gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
U. S
Theodore Francis Green
Little Rhody
Aime J. Forand
John E. Fogarty
Green
Forand
Fogarty
John O. Pastore
Pastore
J. Howard McGrath
Nisei Becomes Law Clerk to U.S. Judge
Shozo Fred Tsuchida, 34, is appointed law clerk to Judge Clarence G. Galston in Brooklyn. He worked at the central Utah war relocation project during the war and taught Japanese to servicemen at Yale. He earned a Harvard Law School degree last June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nisei
Shozo Fred Tsuchida
Clarence G. Galston
Brooklyn
Central Utah War Relocation Project
Yale University
Harvard Law School
GI Kills Self in Salzburg Austria
The U S Army provost marshal reports Pfc. Charles R. Hash 22 of San Angelo Texas died last Sunday from a personal safety related bullet wound. Hash stationed at Salzburg in the American zone left three notes to his mother a Texas woman and his commanding officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
U. S. Army
Charles R. Hash
San Angelo
Texas
Hash
Salzburg
Austria
Balkan Commission Man Dies in Greece
Arthur W. Parsons, 48, an alternate U S delegate to the United Nations special commission on the Balkans, died in Athens Greece last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkan Commission
Greece
Athens
Arthur W. Parsons
U. S
United Nations Special Commission
Balkans
Reds Ordered to Organize GE Workers, Former Official Testifies
Salvatore Vottis, ex financial secretary of Local 301, testifies before a House labor subcommittee that Communist leaders urged organizing General Electric workers in 1936. He cites meetings with party members, visits to New York headquarters, and a six week secret school near Beacon, New York.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Communist Party
General Electric Co
Salvatore M. Vottis
United Electrical Workers Union
Vottis
House Labor
General Electric
Wattis
Earl Browder
New York
Wottis
New York City
Mike Quill
Quill
C. I. O. Transport Workers Union
Beacon
Ottis
No Fraud Found in Tax Aid Inquiry
San Francisco report by the Assembly Interim committee on governmental efficiency and economy says no hint of intent to defraud the state in the San Francisco office of the state franchise commissioner. Hearing examined alleged improper payments by tax office employees for income tax return preparation assistance.
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San Francisco
Assembly
California Polio Nearing State Record This Year
California faces a polio surge with 3101 cases reported across 43 of 58 counties as the year nears its peak. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis projects even higher totals, while 1946 figures show 2164 cases concentrated in Los Angeles. The California Polio Emergency Fund seeks March of Dimes funds and a $200000 advance from national HQ.
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San Francisco
California
State Health Department
National Foundation For
Los Angeles Area
Earle Warren
City College adult division elects Miller president
George M. Miller, representative of the Polytechnic adult center, is the newly elected president of the City College adult division student body for the coming year. James Bridgeman and Ralph Taylor are representatives at large, with Mrs. R. L. Darian secretary treasurer, and Mrs. Priscilla B. Foster and Mrs. Lenora Stephenson on the executive board, serving over 10,000 part time adult class students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Miller
Polytechnic Adult Center
City College
James Bridgeman
R. L. Darian
North Long Beach Adult Center
Ralph Taylor
Priscilla B. Foster
East Adult Center
Lenora Stephenson
West Adult Center
Frank M. Jordan Expected to Leave Hospital Soon
Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan, hospitalized since September for a minor operation, expects to leave the hospital Saturday. The 60 year old state official has been in medical care since late September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Frank M. Jordan
Move for Communist-led unions tests CIO unity in 1949
Veteran CIO leaders warned a walkout by Communist influenced unions is probable amid a CIO council dispute and a blacklist of two left wing unions by the Atomic Energy Commission. They said expulsion hearings start October 14 and the split could emerge at the November Portland convention amid pressure on Truman policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip Murray
New York City
C. I. O. Council
Atomic Energy Commission
United Electrical Workers
United Public Workers
Portland, Ore
I. O
Truman
National Maritime and Transport Workers
Murray
New York
New York Council
David E. Lilienthal
General Electric Co
Knolls II
Schenectady, . Y
University of Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
Deadline Extended on California Arizona Marketing Agreement
Los Angeles Sept 30 the U S Department of Agriculture extended the deadline to file exceptions to the tentatively approved orange marketing agreement program for California and Arizona from Oct 4 to Oct 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Arizona
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secret Grand Jury Hints Spy Hunt Reaches West Coast
A West Coast grand jury session today hints at fallout from the New York indictment of 12 Communist leaders. Witnesses included Boris Volkov of San Francisco and David Wheeler of Sequim Washington. Wheeler linked to a spy group via Elizabeth Bentley testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paso
New York
West Coast
Thomas J. Donegan
U. S
Boris Volkov
San Francisco
David Wheeler
Sequim
Wash
House Committee On un-American Activities
Elizabeth Bentley
Wheeler
Victor Perlo
Washington
Office of
Strategic Serv
Bridges
Donegan
Corn Returns to Export List After Year-Long Ban
The Agriculture Department announced the reintroduction of corn to export markets after a year prohibition. It plans to allow 19,000,000 bushels for October to December, largely for Europe to revive meat and dairy sectors. A corn price support plan was drafted to set a parity price of $1.60, with 90 percent of parity at $1.44 per bushel, higher than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Europe
Department
Amendment 4 Meeting Set
A joint meeting of Long Beach civic service and business leaders is scheduled for 2 45 tomorrow at the Wilton Hotel to plan opposition to the proposed public housing amendment to the state constitution. Erik Flamer of the Chamber of Commerce construction industry committee frames the measure as creating a superstate housing authority with unlimited powers and first lien on state revenues. Frederick C. Dockweiler will outline the proposal for the meeting. The amendment is No 14 on November’s ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Wilton
Erik Flamer
Chamber of Commerce Construction Industry Committee
Flamer
Frederick C. Dockweiler
Los Angeles
Committee For Home Protection
Alimony Sought Raise in Gordon Divorce Case
Elizabeth Gordon seeks to increase temporary alimony from 1000 to 2500 monthly in Los Angeles. She alleges Mack Gordon stole 10000 worth of perfumes from their Pacific Palisades home and must replace them. Divorce suit pending. Gordon's income estimated at 200000 annually.
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Los Angeles
Mack Gordon
Gordon
Pacific Palisades
Elizabeth Gordon
Earthquake Felt Near Manila Causes Minor Alarm
A ten second quake of slight intensity was felt today in rural areas 25 miles north of Manila. No casualties or damage were reported.
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Manila
Pick Favored London Councilman Shuns Spade
London Councilman I J Hayward opened a £5 1 2 million housing project in St Pauls Cray by digging with a chromium plated spade then abandoning it saying he could have done better with a pick. The ceremony featured British dignitaries and a traditional sod turning gesture.
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ST. Paul’s Cray
England
London
Vital Statistics From Local Hospitals Count Septembers Births
Community hospital records list numerous births with surnames and addresses, including Bennett, Davis, Rochelle, McKinnis, and Rochelle among others. The notes record newborns by gender with Septembers dates and parental residences across Wilmington, Santa Ana, Long Beach, and nearby areas.
Long Beach Marriage Licenses Listed In Confusing Set
A list of marriage licenses issued in Long Beach appears with numerous paired names and initials. The entry combines multiple couples with varied spellings and partials, indicating records for unions such as Eldon Caudill with Opal Sesson and Jack Cox with Patricia Schwartz among many others.
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Long Beach
Caudill-Sesson
Eldon
Opal
Cox-Schwartz
Jack
Patricia
Phillips- Militello
Brevard
Cecelia
N. Wells
William
Helen
Wagne Spreadbury-Sharp
Henry Mable
Diel-Crawford
Annabe Boia Te Eg Gees
Daie
Riley-Beamer
Onroe O’connou
Elizabeth
Achote Tabert
Barbara
Hamilton
Elean Rescorla
Heatherly
Belenzon- Friedman
Vis
Ruth
Booher-Weir
Donald
King-C Weord
Howard
Rylee-Whelihan
Robert Dorothy
Glimpa
Christian
John
A Allagher-Sinz
James
Chamber James Or
Catherine Brady
Long Harold
Wildasinn
Jes
Donal Patricia, Nihles-Can Heeb Cannan Mary
Divorces Filed in Beach Court Docket
The Beach Courts list divorce filings including Matt versus Perina and Lucia ni Donato versus Trinidad along with several other pairs such as Annie Laxton versus Curtis Zelma McHutchion versus Edna David, Theodore Cavel t versus Hutchinson Anna Shannon ABBRE Creece Jr versus Patricia Maroney Robert versus Lilly and more amid incomplete entries.
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Beach
Matt
Perina
Luciani— Donato
Trinidad
Laxton
Annie
Curtis
McHutchion
Zelma
David
Edna
William
Casevelt
Theodore
Hutchinson
Anna
Shannon
Abbre Creece Jr
Patricia
Maroney
Robert
Lilly
Barraaniel
Juanita
Saks Joyce
Russell
Sar Bite Ye
Aya Seneesa
Kenneth
Oxford
Néettie
Day Virginia
Divorces Granted Between Noted Parties
Several divorce actions are listed with parties including Jeanne Ploto and Coast Aileen Ruth John Leona Ernest Puntenn ey Sarah Joe and Angel Yolanda. The brief item indicates court action granting divorces among multiple pairs.
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Jeanne
Coast
Aileen
Ruth
John
Leona
Ernest
Puntenney
Sarah
Joe
Asis
Angel
Yolanda
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Matson Liner
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Self
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G. E
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Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel
Devon Motors
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Bellflower
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Hunting- Reynolds
Albert
Imont Ave
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ST. Mary’s Hospital
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Santa Ana
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