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<br />Gambling
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<br />Children's
<br />Summer day
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<br />Company, P. 0. Box 149, Colton, California, and Service Rock Company, P. 0. Box 309, Riverside, California,
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<br />and after the same were publicly opened, read and considered, it was moved by Councilman Pickett, seconded
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<br />by Councilman Carter, that the bid therefor of the Concrete Rock & Sand Company be, and the same is hereby,
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<br />accepted at the price named therein, to-wit: $7.00 per cubic yard, net, f.o.b. job site, and the Street
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<br />Department is hereby authorized to nroceed.with the purchase of the said material in accordance with the
<br />terms of the said bid, and all other bids therefor are hereby rejected.
<br />This motion carried by thefollowing vote:
<br />Ayes: Councilmen Williams, Carter, Pickett, Rathgeber, and Harris.
<br />Noes: Councilman Dales.
<br />Absent: Councilman Rawlings.
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<br />A delegation of negro people, consisting of representatives of various church groups, including
<br />Reverend L. B. Moss, Pastor of the Park Avenue Baptist Church, Reverend W. M. Thomas, Paster of the Second
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<br />Baptist Church, and Dr. J. L. Glover, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and others, appeared
<br />before the Council at this time, together with Nathaniel George, Director of the USO on Orange Street,
<br />who noted as spokesman, with reference to gambling which it was alleged is being openly indulged in on
<br />the east side, and in connection with which it was requested there should be stricter law enforcement,
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<br />possibly by the employment of negro personnel for such service by the Police Department, and by amending
<br />present ordinances to provide for the arrest of all persons present, without sufficient excuse, at places
<br />where such gambling is being carried on, and after the matter was discussed at length, it was moved by
<br />Councilman Rathgeber, seconded.by Councilman Pickett, that the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners be
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<br />requested to give consideration to the suggestions made and to the doing away with such gambling.
<br />This motion carried by the following vote:
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<br />. Ayes: Councilmen Williams, Carter, Pickett, Dales, Rathgeber, and Harris.
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<br />Noes: None.
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<br />Absent: Councilman Rawlings.
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<br />It was moved by Councilman Pickett, seconded by Councilman Harris, that, pursuant to the request
<br />set forth in a communication dated April 4, 1944, this day received and filed, uermi scion to erect a tent
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<br />on private property situated at No. 6690 Brockton Avenue, for the purpose of.holding gospel meetings, for
<br />a period of three weeks, commencing April 4, 1944, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the Pentecostal
<br />Assembly, provided, that adequate sanitary facilities are provided for the convenience of the attending
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<br />public, the said permit being revocable at any time at the will of the public.
<br />This motion carried by the following vote:
<br />Ayes: Councilmen Williams, Carter, Pickett, Dales, Rathgeber, and Harris.
<br />Noes: None.
<br />Absent: Councilman Rawlings.
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<br />Miss Iginia Ramirez, proprietor of a grocery store at No. 2993 Fourteenth Street, appeared
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<br />. before the Council at this time, objecting to the action of the Council prohibiting the parking of vehicles
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<br />at any time on Howard Avenue, between Thirteenth Street and Fourteenth Street, due to the inconvenience
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<br />caused in the delivery of merchandise to her store; and upon motion of Councilman Harris, seconded by
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<br />Councilman Williams, the matter was referred to the Public Safety Committee of the Council for investiga-
<br />tion and recommendation.
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<br />Mr. R. T. McFadden, and others, appeared before the Council at this time to give notice as a
<br />matter of courtesy of the proposal of the six welfare agencies, consisting of the Y.M.C.A., Y.W.C.A.,
<br />Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, and Community Settlement House, to sponsor, without cost to the
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