VFW Presses for Veterans Relocation Housing Authority
The Veterans of Foreign Wars urges Congress and President Truman to create a veterans relocation authority with power to place discharged veterans in temporary housing before others. Comdr. Richard H. Newhall, California commander, reports from Kansas City where the national council is meeting, saying the authority is the sole basis for veterans to secure housing amid the shortage.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Congress
Truman
Veterans Relocation Authority
Comdr
Richard H. Newhall
California
National Council of Administration
Kansas City
VFW
OPA Not Needed To Evict Roomers
Home owners who rent one or two rooms to veterans or others may evict through local courts under state law without OPA approval. Landlords must register with the OPA when renting rooms and not charge above legal ceilings.
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OPA
A Cappella Singers Present Christmas Carols by Candlelight
The 18th annual performance of Christmas Carols by Candlelight will be at Municipal Auditorium Monday December 17 at 8 pm. Directed by Rolla Alford with Harold Clark as assistant and Dorothy Alford on piano. Sponsored by the Long Beach Recreation Commission. admission is free.
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Municipal Auditorium
Rolla Alford
Harold Clark
Dorothy Alford
Long Beach Recreation Commission
Out of the Clay by John Charles Reed
A poem in which a writer molds clay and recalls an old sweetheart. The shapeless clay yields her smile and memory, as warmth and wandering electrons evoke lingering affection. The piece blends nostalgia with scientific imagery to express enduring love and remnant presence in memory.
Mining Engineers To Hold Meeting In Los Angeles
The Southern California section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers will convene its final meeting of the year at the University Club in Los Angeles on Friday December 14. Dr William Fowler associate professor of physics at Caltech will address Nuclear Fission and Atomic Energy. Fowler formerly served as assistant director of research at the Institute of the National Defense Research Council Project.
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Southern California
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
University Club
Los Angeles
Harold J. Clark
William Fowler
County Homes Need Repairs in Orange County
Orange County homeowners are projected to spend over 8.2 million dollars in the next five years on remodeling and repair work. The 1946 outlook predicts a strong era of home improvements nationwide, with kitchen and bathroom modernizations topping the demand list.
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Orange County
Title Council of America
R. E. Jordan
Jordan
Certificate of Business Fictitious Firm Name B and B Malt Burger
Certificate states Leonard F Billings and Ralph R Bowell operate a soda fountain cafe at 117 Main Street Seal Beach Orange County California under the fictitious name B and B Malt-Burger. Notarized November 14 1945 by notary public WM Moore with witnesses Billings and Bowell.
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Main Street
Seal Beach
Orange County
California
Leonard F. Billings
Argonne Avenue
Long Beach
Ralph R. Bowell
Brockman Drug Center Certifies Partnership at 302 Main
The undersigned certifies a drug store business at 302 Main Street Seal Beach California Brock's Drug Center. Partner Jerome E Brockman of 271 Quincy Avenue Long Beach California sworn before me Harold Morgan Notary Public Los Angeles County California on November 22 1945 with witnessed date December 14.
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Main Street
Seal Beach
California
Brock’s Drug Center
Jerome E. Brockman
Quincy Avenue
Long Beach 3
Harold Morgan
County of
Los Angeles
State of California
Return All Your Old Milk Bottles
Thousands of babies and children may lose milk access unless the public returns millions of missing milk bottles. Pacific Coast dairy leaders report 10,000,000 glass bottles withdrawn from circulation across three states due to wartime shortages. Housewives are urged to search homes and return bottles to deliverymen or grocers immediately.
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Pacific Coast
Dairy Industry
Dairymen
VFW urges Congress action on labor disputes in Kansas City
The national council of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in session in Kansas City urged Congress to act to speed up settlement of labor management differences. California Commander Richard H. Newhall reported that National Commander Joseph M. Stack sent a wire to Congressman Andrew J. May aligning with President Truman’s call to legislate to prevent work stoppages.
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National Council of Administration of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kansas City
Congress
VFW
California
Richard H. Newhall
Joseph M. Stack
Andrew J. May
Truman
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John Charles Reed
Circle Cafe
Main ST. Seal Beach
WM. Moore
Los Angeles County
Certificate OF Business
VEW
Claire Conways
East Second St
Belmont Shore
Fred J. Smith
General Insurance Notary Public
C.B. Heacock
East Second Street
H. E. de Sadeleer
James Magnole
Main St
DeSadeleer
Magnoto
R. J. Sheehan
Coast Highway
Fred C. Hall, O.D
Optometrist
Justin W. Grannis
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