Seal Beach Plans Consolidation of Emergency Stations
The Civ ilian Defense Council moved to consolidate first aid and casualty stations to speed disaster readiness. A three member committee will study placing all city and Red Cross medical supplies in one casualty station at Seal Beach school with a cabinet in the auditorium. Three first aid stations are planned to cover all city areas. The panel will report at the next meeting.
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Civilian Defense Council
Army Field Group
Homer E. DeSadeleer
Ben Krenwinkel
Arthur T. Perks
J. H. McGaugh
Red Cross
Seal Beach
McGaugh
Civilian Defense Considers Showing Films Here
Civilian Defense Council discussed screening motion pictures for air raid wardens and the public. Harold Essert will contact a film company to check if silent films are available, as there is no local equipment for sound films.
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Civilian Defense Service
Seal Beach
Civilian Defense Council
Harold Essert
Volunteers Sought for Civilian Defense Service
Civilian defense volunteers are urged to join any branch of activities. Coordinator Arthur T. Perks asks men and women to offer services. contact Perks or Mrs Eva Wilkerson at city hall to help.
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Civilian Defense Service
Arthur T. Perks
Perks
Eva Wilkerson
Reading Given Salary Measure for City Truck Driver
The city council abandoned the first reading of a salary ordinance after a pay raise request by truck driver James G. Snell. A second ordinance, Number 272, received its first reading and is expected to be adopted at the next meeting, with retroactive raises to November 1 and other lower bracket raises already granted.
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James G. Snell
Snell
Fire Chief Demands Ordinances on Gas Storage Night Clubs
Fire Chief Sperry Knighton urged Seal Beach officials to pass a model city ordinance regulating night clubs with flame proof drapes defined seating and proper exits, and to enforce gasoline storage limits. The council will seek guidance from the state fire marshal and direct strict enforcement by police.
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Boston
Sperry Knighton
Knighton
Seal Beach
Read the Constitution via Madison memoirs
The piece urges readers to study the Constitution by consulting James Madison's stenographic memoirs, noting Madison was among the 55 who drafted the document and later became U S president. It promotes enlightenment over partisan distortion and hints at continuation on page two.
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United States
James Madison
Madison
Seal Beach to consider new dog ordinance at council
City Attorney Dana Williams proposed updating the 1916 dog control law at the next council meeting. The plan aims to curb dogs running at large on streets and public grounds and would regulate licensing and nuisances, with harsher action toward vicious dogs and untagged animals. Continued on page Hight.
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Seal Beach
Dana Williams
Williams
Blackout Light Request Referred to Police Chief
Val Burch a local taxi operator again seeks blackout lights to use his car as an emergency vehicle. The Defense Council has referred the request to Police Chief Lee Howard after two months. Burch told Mayor Jessie W. Reed the taxi has transported hospital patients and would serve as an ambulance in a disaster with no disclosed reasons for the delay.
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Val Burch
The
Defense Council
Lee Howard
Burch
Jessie W. Reed
Women Needed for Messengers in Civilian Defense
Government changes set up reassigns researchers and urges more women to join the messenger corps. December 15 is the deadline for ration book registration. Local officials note teenage messengers are essential for fire stations and raid-era signals, with Black Leader program expanding outreach and seeking additional women.
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J. H. McGaugh
Seal Beach
Washington
Civilian Defense Corps
W. S. Knighton
L.B. Ainsworth
Messenger Service
Jessie W. Reed
Reed
City Council discusses civilian defense ordinance and budget
The council weighed a proposed civil defense ordinance from the League of California Cities and its budget for defense activities. Discussion was postponed to after Anaheim meetings and a round table may clarify the ordinance. The budget, prepared with the finance committee, includes salaries for full time defense staff and audits all related city expenditures. The largest ongoing cost is municipal guards for the water system and other utilities, running into thousands yearly and possible increases.
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League of California
League
Anaheim
Defense Council
City Finance Committee
F. W. Postal
E. J. Hughes
C. A. Miller
Groups Plan Soldier's Xmas in Seal Beach Area
Civic groups in Seal Beach meet at 7 30 Thursday evening to plan Christmas gifts for about 50 service men in the Seal Beach Red Cross district including Sunset Beach. The local Red Cross sponsors the effort with other groups. donation jars are in Seal Beach and Sunset Beach stores. Contributions of one dollar or more may be left at the post office the Post and Wave or with A W Armstrong. Gifts will be uniform and depend on funds received. please donate by Friday noon December 18.
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Seal Beach
Red Cross
Sunset Beach
Post and Wave
A. W. Armstrong
Youths 18 19 to Register for Selective Service in Long Beach
The piece notes young men in the area who turned 18 since July 1 must register at Long Beach. Mrs. Louis Robinson, chief registrar, says the Veteran's Hall board at Cedar and Broadway is most convenient. Registration weeks are December 11 to 31 by birth date ranges, with those born after January 1, 1925 registering on their birthdays.
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Long Beach
Louis Robinson
Selective Service Board 173
Anaheim
Seal Beach
Venient
Veteran’s Hall
Cedar
Broadway
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