Underwater Gold Rush and Lost Treasure Tales
Pro divers in Baja California and California coast hunt sunken ships for bullion with aqualungs and maps. The Colombia wreck near Magdalena Bay allegedly holds 23 ten pound ingots missing since 1931. Tales of galleons, Drake silver, and the Catalina Pit fuel a growing sea treasure craze among skin divers and hobby prospectors.
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Bill Magan
Bill Hogan
Venetia Dr
Ward
Pacific
Baja California
Hogai
E. Qadé St
Nantes
Ffiege
Magdalena Bay
Hin
Francis Drake
Tram & Man
San Fernando Valley
Seville
Coriova
Montgomery Phister of San Pedro Dies
Montgomery Phister 60 longtime San Pedro and Los Angeles civic worker died at his home after six months illness. He was vice president of Van Clamp Spots Food On and partner in Loucks & Phister Inn fire crisis. Survived by wife, a son Montgomery, a daughter Susan Felt, a brother Henry. Funeral 11 Monday at Forest Lawn Glendale Little Church of the Flowers.
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Montgomery Phister
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Anaheim Rd
Phistér
van Clamp Spots Food
Loucks & Phister Inn
van, Carp
Les Chamber of Com
Merece
Lielge
Montgomery SI
First Federals
Palos Verdes
Susan Felt
Belvedere
Calif
Henry
Ex Printer Ernest Day Dies at 88 in Long Beach
Former printer Ernest Day, 88, longtime Long Beach figure and former foreman at a Loug Press plant, died Wednesday in Long Beach after retiring from Eureka work in 1940. He had worked at Porterville and San Luis Obispo before Eureka and belonged to multiple fraternal groups. Survived by sister-in-law in Eureka, services set Saturday at Rose Garden Memorial in Long Beach.
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Ernest
Walter Day
Eureka
Gas Dept Vacation Delays Service Till Monday
Gas department on vacation until Monday causes delayed service for residents who moved into new houses or apartments since Wednesday noon. City officials warn customers to plan ahead as gas heat may be unavailable during the extended holiday period.
Death notices list for LUKAWIECKI Eugene A and others
Death notices for Eugene A Lukawiecki and others list addresses, survivors, and service details. Hosary, mass times, and mortuary names appear with services scheduled Saturday or Wednesday. Several entries include spouses, children, and siblings, with locations on East Second Street and local churches or funeral homes.
Talks Resumed by Food Clerks and Employers
In Los Angeles negotiations between the Retail Clerks Union and the Food Employers Council resume for a contract that could avert a strike if most markets vote to stay open. About 300 shops already accept the demands and plan to remain open during potential labor action. State conciliator Edward J. Estat said progress was made when talks paused Tuesday.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Retail Clerks Union
Food Employers Council
Edward J Estats
Behold the Rose Parade Plans Draw Vast West Coast Outflow
Virgil M. Manener of the University of Iowa predicts the great Rose Parade movement will attract a mass of travelers to Pasadena on January 1. The influx includes California teams and fans, with Berkeley and Cal boosting attendance while Iowa dairy interests face ticket costs. Pasadena hosts over 700 visitors as the Chamber of Commerce copes with last minute shelter pleas and crowded housing.
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Hays
Virgil M. Manener
University of Iowa
Tournament of Roses
Pasadenia
California
Pasadena
Chamber of Commerce
Bartlett Wins Parade Honor In Pasadena Welcome
Lumber baron BOB Bartlett, grand marshal of the 70th Tide Parade, charms Pasadena as Alaska's senator elect. He recalls his rise from reporter to delegate, noting his family mine wealth and 14 years as Alaska's congressional delegate. A local note includes a trade request from Dr. Gage in Oakland seeking Rose Bowl seats.
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Bob” Bartlett
Pasadena
Stanley K. Brown
Max Colwell
William C. Polly Sales Co
W. 15Th St. Ality
Bartlett
Sue
Alaska
Citzens
Flartlett
Retired Man Shoots Self in Long Beach Garage
A Long Beach man identified as Charles Cocail, aged about 7B years, shot himself in the temple with a .28 caliber pistol in the garage of his stepson Lloyd Johnson’s home at 13332 Havenwood Street in Garden Grove. Police listed the death as self-inflicted. Cocail, retired from the cleaning business, had threatened self-harm in the months before retirement and the body was taken to Dipay Mortuary in Long Beach.
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Garden Grove
Long Beach
Charles Cocailas
W. Jim St
Lloyd Johnson
Havenwood St
Cocallas
Dilpay Mortuary
Your Mind Improves With Age Says Reader's Digest
A Reader's Digest January issue argues mind power grows with age and that earlier studies misled researchers. It claims intelligence can continue to improve into later years and urges readers to obtain the January edition.
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Reader's Digest
Disneyland Plans Party at New Year Eve Celebration
Disneyland announces a New Year Eve party featuring five dance bands and a continuous program from 8 pm to 2 am. Tickets include park admission, access to all attractions, a midnight spectacle, hats and noisemakers. Park closes for one hour at 7 pm and reopens at 8 pm on December 31.
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Ananeim
Disneyland
Disneyland Sitl
Mrs. Henrietta Watson Funeral Set Saturday
Funeral service for Mrs. Henrietta Watson, 52, of 12041 Weatherby Street, Long Beach Alamitos, will be held at 2 pm Saturday at Mottell's & Peek Chapel of the Palms. She was active with the Cancer Fund and Long Beach Hospital Auxiliary and belonged to several clubs. Surviving are stepson Robert Tacson, brother Jess Watson, sisters Mrs. Mullan Sparrer and Mrs. Evelyn Webster. donations to the Cancer Fund are requested.
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Lien
Orange
Ida BR. Lien
Fairhaven
Long Beach
Eudaly
Henrietta Watson
Weatherby St
Lo: Alamitos
The
Cancer Fund
Mottell’s & Peek
the Palms
Watson
Ressmoor Women's Club and Friendship
Lakewood Community
Chipiliy Post
American Legion
Chicago
Gamma Epsilon
Robert Tacson
Jess Watson
Mullan Sparrer
Evelyn Webster
Lions
Wade
Canver Fund
Widow Ella Peastey Dies at 97 in Long Beach Area
Ella W. Peastey seventy seven? died in a Compton hospital after years of illness. She lived alone in a large home at 419 East Street built by her husband Samuel C. Peasley who died in 19__. The couple married in Marysville, California and moved to Long Beach nearly fifty years ago. Survived by no close relatives, she was a longtime benefactor of Whittier College where she served as trustee for four decades. Peasley Hall is planned on campus in her honor. Peasley also served as a director of First National Bank and was a first cousin of poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Funeral arrangements will be announced by White- Emerson Mortuary, Whittier.
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Ramon
County of Los Angeles
Valiant
Catalin Island
Detlea
Mel Fisher
Long Beach
Bill Schott
Ella W. Peastey
Ares
Compton
Peasley
First National Bank
John Greenleaf Whittier
White-Emerson
Morkiary, Whittier
Burglary at Church Targets Pastors Study
Police report a burglary at Our Saviors Lutheran Church 370 Junipero Ave early today. Tiiglar stole $3 in dish and $25 worth of postage stamps after slipping the study door lock.
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Tiiglar
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
Junipero Ave
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Orvice
United States
Johnny Carroll
Ship Rock
Catalina
Carrall
Spain
Manila
Cape Horn
Philippines
Santa Maria
San Plas
Mexico
Cortez Banks
San Clemente Island
Santa Catalina Island
Anscapa Island
Gald
Santa Tsabella
Asia
Redondo Beach
Avalon
McKinley Camp
BPOE
Serylea Lodge
F& AM
Golden State
San Jose
al Malaikah Temple of the Shrine
Tlarense L
Rose Gardennel
Long Head
Grandview Memorial Park
Glendale
Lukawieckl
Eugene A
Mottel's
Peck
Taigh
Christensen-Pine
St. Matthew's Catho Hic
Kemp
Clarence Estas
E. Harding
Daisy
Kenneth
William
Maciing J. Pearman
P.m. Maltell's & Peek Mortuary
Koot—Ewin
Neill Edward deLancey
Anna Mell
Gladys Netil
Katherine Morton
Arthur
Iowa
By AL Johns
Lumber Big Burns
Gage
Athenian Nile Club
Oakland
Watc
Pease
Diane Pain
Papen
Bargery of Money
Rick Larson
Danealia Hill
Magnolia Theatre School
Fox West Coast
Ocean Blvd
American Ave
Larson
Aladdin
Miss Hill
Mrs. Henrietta Watson
Peastey
Continental
Midwest
Veterans Administration
National Agencies, Inc
Jae Weil
Siath Stent
Los Angeles 5
Continental Casualty Company
Cricago
Arvacita’s
Wei Dgeident and Shiness
Etwrents Company
Cavelry Connery, i
Continental Casualty Co
Dale
Straat
Comryh
Appleont’s
Sole
Zorat
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