Editorial: Hospital Ship Not Enough for Corona Crisis
A Navy spokesman warns that closing Corona Hospital and moving 200 beds to USS Haven risks leaving the Long Beach Los Angeles harbor area without hospital facilities. Rep. Saund and Rep. Hosmer urge exploring land based options at Point Fermin and potential free land, arguing for a prepared facility before cutting corona capacity.
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NAVY
Corona Navy Hospital
USS
Haven
Long Beach Harbor
Rep. Saund
Corona Hospital
Formosa
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Rep. Sound
Corona
Craig Hosmer
Point Fermin
Miss Universe Pageant Draws Southern California Crowd
Southland embraces the Miss Universe Pageant as a local affair with Pine Ave crowds and a fiesta mood. Judges agreed on Miss Peru as the standout, while public opinion varied, underscoring the event’s broad acceptance and colorful production in a celebratory atmosphere.
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Pine Ave
Southern California
Peru
They're Too Good Addressing Auto Speed And Pollution
The article argues modern cars are highly capable but urges reducing high speed driving and focusing on eliminating air pollution from exhausts. It questions city speeds of 60 mph and calls for safety and environmental solutions over ultra high performance.
Salaries of Farm Agents Highlight Local Subsidies
A Tuolumne County salary survey reveals farm advisor wages far exceed other officials, with UC extension service salaries disclosed after DA intervention. In Sacramento, 1957 budget shows extension agents cost $8.29 million, with pay scales from junior agronomist to agriculturist.
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Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors
Extension Service
University of California
Sonora Union- Democrat
Berkeley
Tuc
Trior
Tuolumne
Mne
University of California Regents
Board of Supervisors
Sacramento
Department of Finance
Fragmented Press Nameboard and Advertising Contacts
A garbled OCR shows an old press masthead listing publishers editors and advertising reps with scattered office addresses in multiple cities. It mentions Washington News Bureau, Miles & Line Managing Editor, Aldder-Johna Inc, and various street addresses, but the text is incomplete and unclear.
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Miles & Line
Washington News Bureau
Albee
Aldder-Johna, Inc
E. 50Th
Wrigley
Enabscot Big
Minneanous
Feshay
St. Paul
East 4Th St
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sutter St
Telegram
Stropalitan Group, Inc
Metropa! Comil
Eisenhower Seeks Peace Ties With Zhukov After War
Washington sources say Eisenhower's overture to Marshal Georgi Zhukov, now Soviet defense minister, signals a hoped for postwar peace with Moscow. Associates recall Ike's wartime talks, Khrushchev era optimism, and belief that mutual trust could guide a peaceful future amid shifts in the Kremlin and Stalin's death aftermath.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Georgi K. Zhukov
Kremlin
Zhukov
Maisenhower
Gen
Nard
Moscow
Hiver
Stalin
Invitation Poem on the Value of Being Welcomed
METCALFE crafts a sentimental meditation on invitations and belonging. The verse extols envelopes that carry social invites shaping a circle of friendship where being asked to join brings recognition, warmth, and the sense you truly belong.
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Ceretain
Future Home Interior Games and Global Vents
Senator Soaper foresees a future home with a dry clean and press closet integrated into daily life. The piece mocks tech optimism, notes a distant power station, and satirizes tourism, domestic life, and climate discourse with quirky vignettes about gadgets and weather.
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Hubby
Lover Bay
Murphy
Just Folks Bridge Lament
A reader pleads for guidance on dealing with slow partners and blaming teammates in bridge. The piece laments declining courtesy and friendship at the table and asks for practical methods to curb aggressive teaching and double plays that sour the game.
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Goren
Long Beach plans spur new auditorium and hospital branch
A city plan declaration by H. Henderson as chairman of the Long Beach planning commission announces a comprehensive plan and a community effort for a new municipal auditorium. A hoped for tuberculosis sanatorium branch near the Municipal Airport faced federal release delays, and Nigeria palm kernels totaling five thousand tons were unloaded at Long Beach Harbor amid the coast’s first such cargo.
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Los Angeles County
Army Transport Command
Nigeria
Africa
Herth 49
Long Beach Harbor
Long Beach
H. ©. Henderson
City Planning Commission
Public Forum Letters Signed by Readers for Print
A public forum notice invites letters not exceeding 250 words with bona fide signatures and addresses. Submissions may be edited for taste or space to fit the page.
Long Beach Beauty Pageant Memories and Controversy
A reader recalls Long Beach's 1925 bathing beauty contest that sparked civic uproar over its acceptability yet drew national attention. The writer notes past opposition by the City Council, clergy, and civic groups, and cites Col. Drake as sponsor who threatened legal action and even offshore barges to stage the pageant.
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Riley
Long Beach
Pacific Coast
Charles Cordray
Prospect Ave
Why Not Foreign Aid for Mevajos?
A wartime letter praising Navajo code talkers notes their crucial role in secure communications and laments past U.S. treatment of Indigenous tribes. The writer criticizes Congress for funding foreign aid and medical aid abroad while not addressing domestic inequities and Native American heritage.
Baseball Team Trends Show Upward Fan Interest
PRESS-TELEGRAM notes that a small fraction of baseball fans actively follow the sport while millions remain uninterested. It recalls the Boston Braves over 52 years finishing third or better only six times and dropping to sixth or worse in 33 years, with 90 or more losses in 19 seasons.
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Press -Telegram
Boston Braves
Braves
Willie
Boston
George Livesey
Questions Answers Art Gallery Shooting Range Details
Information from the Information Bureau describes a shooting range at the Questions Answers Art Gallery opened March 17, 1941. The range, built for gallery guards and staff of the private agency overseeing burglar alarms, is soundproof and undetectable to visitors in lower rooms.
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Naington
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Soaper
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