Long Beach Model T Swap Meet draws regional crowds
The 13th Annual Swap Meet at Hamilton Bowl drew 425 to 450 serious Model T owners with over 10,000 visitors overall. An 1809 Model T sold for 5500 dollars while items for sale included gaskets, speedometers, wheels, gauges and even vintage clothing and kitchen utensils from clubs across the Southland and visitors from Harrah’s in Reno.
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Long Beach
Floyd Fife
Southland
Harrah's
Reno
Model T
FAN
Hamilton Bowl
Tom Shaw
Principal Wood named director of Army Reserve School
Clarence R. Wood, principal at Millikan High School, has been appointed director of the U S Army Reserve School at Fort MacArthur. A 35 year Army veteran, Wood led battalions in World War II and earned the Bronze Star with cluster and the Air Medal. He will prepare reservists for immediate action if called, and the unit has earned multiple honors since 1950.
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Millikan High School
Clarence R. Wood
U.S. Army Reserve School
Fort MacArthur
Wood
Col. Wand
Musical Co. trumpet stolen from display case
Tony Beach police say a thief entered MusiCal Co. at 334 Pine Ave Sunday and walked out with a trumpet valued at 200 dollars, concealing the instrument under his arm.
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MusiCal Co
Pine Ave
Tony Beach
Man Arrested in Stabbing Death at Rooming House
A 22 year old Long Beach Naval Shipyard worker, George Johnson, was arrested on murder charges after a fatal stabbing at 1025 East 12th Street. Victim Leander Garrett Jr., 30, died at St Mary’s Hospital after a 2 am fight in an upstairs rooming house room. Mrs Virina Johnson and sister Dorothy Washington reported the intruder entered by window and used a knife. Johnson was found at 1882 Lime Age and booked before 5 am. The couple reportedly faced marital problems and have one child.
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Long Beach
Garrett
Johnson
Friends
Lime Age
St. Mary’s Hospital
Johnsons
Weekend traffic toll in Long Beach area and Mich. crash
The Long Beach area reported fatalities from weekend crashes as George Mustin and Christine Mustin, both 43 and 44 from Scottsdale, Arizona, died in a fiery truck collision. Judy Adams survived with critical injuries. In Anaheim a Behringer youth, son of Edwin Hill, died when a car rolled on Riverside Freeway near Jefferson Street. Passenger Mat McDonald, 18, was injured, and Pedro Gonzales and Pierre Chicoine escaped injury. A Chase girl died in Howell Michigan when her uncle’s station wagon collided with another car, and an aunt and cousin also perished. In Oceanside, Loraux died in a head-on collision on Interstate 5, Penny Kyle injured. An art exhibit by over 75 California State College students opens on the Long Beach campus.
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George Mustin
Christine Mustin
Scottsdale
Arizona
Judy Adams
Desert Hospital
Behringer
Edwin Hill
Riverside
Jefferson Street
Anaheim
Highway Patrol
Mat McDonald
Yorba Linda Blvd
Yorke Linda
Orange County Medical Center
Pedro Gonzales
Vista Dr. Placentia
Pierre Chicoine
Kansas St. Placentia
Howell
Mich
Livingston County
Juanita Doty, dl
Brighton
Douglas Doty
Loraux
Oceanside
Penny Kyle
Chanay Ave
Downey
Neil Remington
California State College
Long Beach
Bam
Shopowner Shot Dead by Youth in Lynwood Cabinet Maker Killed
Oscar Paul Ferguson owner of Fergu son s Dutch Cabinets in Lynwood was shot by a 17 year old around 11 p m at 305414 Flower St Ferguson a 47 year old father of five was killed after a confrontation the youth said he fired two or three shots believing Ferguson was a prowler Ferguson fell on the lawn and died police did not take the youth into custody Kermit Bell another cabinet maker said Ferguson had contacted him about plywood and lumber earlier Ferguson had opened his own shop a few years ago and was estranged from his wife
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Long Beach
Lynwood
Oscar Paul Ferguson
Ferguson
Dutch Cabinets
Orange Ave
Flower St
Flower Street
Kermit Bell
Bell Woodworking Co
California Ave
Independent, Press-Telegram
Bell
Loss of Whisky Suspects Arrested in Vernon Theft
Downey police arrested four men for the theft of thirty thousand dollars worth of Scotch whisky from a Vernon firm. Robert L. Nelson Walter Sullivan Jerry Thurman and Birdie J. Peloquin were booked on grand theft after officers traced a truck unloading liquor at a Downey residence following a neighbor tip. A fifth suspect escaped. the truck was reported stolen from Hill Transportation Co. in Vernon on Saturday night.
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Downey
Vernon
Robert L. Nelson
Bell Gardens
Walter Sullivan
S. Santa Fe Ave
Compton
Jerry Thurman
Lynwood
Birdie J. Peloquin
Metro St. Downey
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Millikan
Music Store
L.B. Area
Donegan
Orange
ALPHA
BETA
California
Sara Lee Cakes
DOVE
Saat Seaen
Boke WE Villep
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