U S Trade Forum Marks Decline in Made in USA Appeal
At a Long Beach Chamber breakfast in May 1925 World Trade Week events, Arthur J. Banuelos of Del Mar Shipping Co. criticized U S product quality and labor relations. He warned foreign buyers won t pay a premium for U S goods, noted Japanese products rising in quality, and cited 86 percent of Southern California Christmas merchandise as imports. He cited Detroit auto defects as proof of domestic manufacturing flaws.
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Long Beach Chamber of Commercereakfast Forum
United States
Arthur J. Banuelos
The
del Mar Shipping Co
Banuelos
California
Detroit
L A Harbor Commission backs Expo 70 display study
Los Angeles Harbor Commission votes to spend 2000 dollars on a private study assessing the feasibility of displaying Southland products at Expo 70. They require cost sharing from the water and power and airport departments. Councilman Thomas Shepard urged support and plans to attend Expo 70 sessions in Kyoto Japan.
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Los Angeles
Japan
Los Angeles Harbor Commission
Southland
Water and Power
Sirport
Harbor Department
Thomas D. Shepard
The
Los Angeles Foreign Trade Assn
Commission
Shepard
Kyoto
Storm-Drain Pump Project Awarded to Margate Construction
A 381603 contract for a storm drain pump station in the Public Service Department yard at 16th Street and San Francisco Avenue goes to Margate Construction Inc of Wilmington. The new facility replaces an undersized pump station and will improve flood protection for a 650 acre drainage area between Anaheim and Hill streets west from Atlantic Avenue to the Los Angeles River. Five electric motor pumps with reinforced concrete discharge lines and a dry-weather flow pump will be installed. the project includes abandoning the old plant and installing a 4 inch pipe to divert storm water to the new facility.
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Public Service Department
16Th Street
San Francisco Ave
Margate Construction, Inc
Wilmington
John R. Mansell
Anaheimy
Hill Streets
Atlantic Avenue
Los Angeles River
San Francisco Avenue
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