Armed Service Breakfast Set for Long Beach Oct 12
The Municipal Armed Services Commission will host a third quarterly breakfast for armed unit commanders in Long Beach on October 12 at 7:20 a.m. at the Lafayette Hotel. Joseph E. Mason chairs the event, with Capt. J W Feineman USN ret., Lester B. Lawson, Postmaster Howard K. Goodwin, Lloyd B. Leedom and Archie Tower on the breakfast committee. A possible Armed Service ball on October 25, Theodore Roosevelt birthdate, plus a welcoming dinner and farewell luncheon for local commanding officers are also being considered.
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USS
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Howard K. Goodwin
Lloyd B
Leedom
Archie Tower
Commission
Theodore Roosevelt
Voters to consider $200,000,000 school bond issue
Los Angeles records indicate voters will decide next February or March on a $200,000,000 school building bond. Sept. Alexander J. Stoddard told the board of education that the 1947 $70,000,000 issue was exhausted by population growth and by explosive demands for new housing and schools.
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Patterson named to command Air Force HR center detachment
Maj. John V. Patterson Jr with his wife Jacque Thompson of 2653 Falcon Ave has been named commanding officer of a detachment at the Air Force Human Resources Research Center. He leads the center's aircraft observer training research laboratory at Mather AFB, Sacramento, succeeding Lt. Col. Charles W. Head Jr. Patterson is a UCLA graduate and WWII veteran with 360 combat hours as a B-29 flight engineer in the China-Burma-India theater.
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Texas
Golden Dome Oil Co
Long Beach
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Santa Clara Ave
Santa Ana
Norwalk
Linfield College
Will Refurbish Robinson Hotel Under Lowry Direction
Under the direction of D. E. Lowry a new manager and refurbishing plan will lift the Robinson Hotel. The 100 unit hotel apartment house will undergo painting and redecorating with about $25,000 spent. Lowry, former Kennebec Hotel manager, serves as first vice president of the Long Beach Hotel Association.
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Rebuilt Jeeps From Pacific Abandoned Units Aid Korea
In Korea, about 65 percent of the 13th annual Wings Over celebration notes that rebuilt Jeeps and trucks, salvaged from World War II derelicts in the Pacific, are now hauling supplies for American forces. Thousands of vehicles abandoned after Japan's surrender were demobilized and repurposed for combat needs. The program, "Operation Roll Up," saved taxpayers about 500 million dollars through rapid mobilization and use of available equipment.
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Duplicate Bridge Tourney Wednesday
Long Beach Duplicate Bridge Club will hold a masterpoint-open tournament in Town Hall at 8 p m Wednesday, announced club director Jean Parker. Last week's leaders were North-South Betty Combs with D G Spellman, Alice Schilling with Jack Powell, Harry Schilling with Mrs John Harris, and East-West pairings Betty Toler with Jack Mastain, Mrs Edward Thygeson with Marggaret Fentress, Roma Lebec with R Stahl.
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