Seal Beach to net 285000 from Navy land deal
City attorney Dana Williams said Seal Beach will receive about 285000 after the Navy acquires peninsula property and oil and gas rights are sold with it. The money will retire bond indebtedness, with options to buy war bonds or call outstanding bonds. Los Angeles Bureau of Power taxes the city heavily and careful handling is urged. Continued on page sight.
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Seal Beach
Dana R. ‘Williami
Naval
Williams
Peninsula
Jessie W. Reed
W. D. Gamntner
Los Angeles Bureau of Light and Power
Navy
Navy Minesweeper Hero Tales From Saipan Invasion
K G Carter recounts naval minesweeper exploits after Saipan assault. The ship endured six direct hits from a Japanese land battery, yet the crew survived and returned to Newport Beach for repairs. Carter and another son served. story notes hull lessons and deft gunnery.
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Ion
Saipan
K. G. Carter
C. G. Carter
3Rd Street
Newport Harbor
Navy
G. Carter
Carters
Charles G. Carter
Thompson
Seal Beach Warns Against Quarantine Relaxation After Rabid Dog
Health officers urged Seal Beach residents not to ease rabies quarantine as a wirehaired terrier owned by Maxine Kirkbride at 125 10th tested rabid. The dog died after hospital care, tying to a prior Irish terrier death. A local police pickup found a dog with rope around its neck, and Mary Mabery of Baglrock was bitten on 14th street while entering a neighbor’s yard for a key. The dog remains under observation.
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Maxine Kirkbride
Long Beach
Neil E. Adams
Mainsteel
Mary T. Mabery
Baglrock
Proclamation Urges Citywide V Day Observance in Seal Beach
Mayor William D. Gamntner proclaims victory on the European Continent by the United Nations and asks Seal Beach businesses to close for 24 hours in observance of V Day. He urges citizens to express thanksgiving without excessive celebration and to intensify wartime effort with time money and effort.
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United Nations
William D. Gamntner
Seal Beach
California
Navy allocates 189000 for Seal Beach depot
Allocation of 189000 was made by the Secretary of the Navy for construction at the Seal Beach Naval Ammunition and Net depot. The funds cover 232 man barracks, a larger mess hall and galley for 1500 men, a 20 man brig, an expanded recreational building, roads, walks and utilities, with a small additional allocation noted in another Phillips telegram.
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Secretary of the Navy
Seal Beach
Lips
Phillips
Dewey Day in Louisiana California Governor to Speak
Dewey Day in the area features Governor to address Southern Californians tonight at 8 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Gates open at 5 30 with music and entertainment prior to the main event. Admission is free. Dewey attended a luncheon today at the Biltmore Bowl.
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Dewey
California
New York
Recipes to be Published in Booklet Form
The Post and Wave will publish a series of reader recipes from Seal Beach with each issue and later compile them into a booklet. Contributors receive a copy, and extra copies are offered for a small charge. The first booklet is planned for the start of the year.
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Post and Wave
Seal Beach
Legion Pushes Prop 1 Bond To Aid WWII Veterans
The American Legion and Auxiliary of Seal Beach and California urge support for Proposition No. 1 on the November ballot. It authorizes a $30,000,000 state loan bond to help World War II veterans buy homes or farms with no cost to taxpayers, as funds are repaid to the veterans bureau. Over 100 civic groups have endorsed the measure and Legion members offer information.
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Nancing
The
American Legion and Auxiliary of
Seal Beach
Calfornia
Veterans Bureau
Bureau
California
American Legion
Citywide weed removal costs totaling 1537.88
C A Miller street superintendent and tax assessor reported at the council meeting that weed removal for 558 city lots and parkways totaled 1537.88 dollars. Each lot averaged about 2.30 dollars. The weed removal charge will be added to property taxes.
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C. A. Miller
Laura B Warren Congratulates Red Cross at Meeting
Laura B Warren executive secretary of the Southern Orange county Red Cross lauded the Seal Beach chapter for a year of service at the annual meeting in the civic auditorium. Roy Brown Vera Van Ausdeln Lois McGrail Avis Smith Kermit Moore and others were elected to the board for terms of one to three years. An extemporaneous talk by Mrs Warren saved the meeting when the scheduled speaker failed to attend.
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Seal Beach
Laura B. Warren
Orange County
American’ Red Cross
Civic Auditorium
Kermit Moore
American Legion
Roy Brown
Vera van Ausdeln
Lois McGrail
Avis Smith
Margaret van Cleve
Marie
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Newport Beach Harbor
J. R. Thompson
USNR
San Pedro
Naval Depot
Post
John Phil
Chens
Legion
Harold Voight
Red Cross
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