TOflftANCE HERALD. To THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1943

Torrance and Lomita Volunteers In Victory Chest Work To See Show

Torrance and Lomita Victory Chest volunteers will be among those" Invited to attend the big Hollywood Bowl show.schcdulec for September 29, when cam palgnera from the 35 cltle,s and towns of the Los Angeles Area Victory Chest will be honored by the. radio industry.

Top flight radio and screen favorites will fippear in person to offer entertainment, among them being Bob Hope and his troupe, Eddie Cantor and com pany, Orson Welles, Kay Kyset and his band and company, Lionel Barrymorc, Dinah Shore, Meredith Willson, Frank Sinatra, Frances Langford and others to be named later. Half a dozen name bands will play during the evening.

California's own "Black Cat" ' division bf the Armored 13th,

which fought under General Pat- ton In Normandy, will be pres­ ent to receive a special citation of merit, with Governor Earl Warren malting the presenta­ tion,'

Major General John' Mlllikln who led them through the clos­ ing days of the Ruhr Battle and through Bavaria into Austria will be present to witness the honor to his men. General Mil- likln' took over In April, 1945 when Major General John B: Wogan who led them in the ear­ ly part of the engagement was wounded" In action.

J. P. Hameetman, Lomjta': campaign chairman and George I,. Johnson who heads the Tor ranee Victory' Chest committee are urging their new volunteers to sign their pledge cards at once In order that their names may appear on the mailing list at headquarters. Tickets a ing mailed out to volunteers-at the present time. No charge will up made. Gates will be open at'

TO HOLLYWOOD . . . George L. Johnson, chairman of the Torrance Victory .Chest cam­ paign committee, expects to lead rm campaign workers to the Hollywood Bowl on Satur­ day night, Sept. 29, when vol­ unteers of the Chest will be guests of. honor.

7 p.m. 7:30.

and the show starts at

Dedicated to thtf Victory Chest

Symphony Hour, heard overNEC network .on Sunday evcn-

Ing, September 23, from 8:30 to9:30, It Is announced.

Warning Issued On Stray Dogs As Classes Resume

Of concern to school and health officials is the problem

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pot dogs following small, .masters . to school now

| that vacation playtime "or them both has ceased, according to Hugh MacMillan, chief area in­ spector for the Torrance dis­ trict of the Los Angeles county health department.

Several children were severely bitten by dogs on school play­ grounds last year, the Inspector warned, and in many congrega­ tion of family pets, the stray dog, perhaps infected with rabies, is a 'menace to the health of school children. Dur­ ing >the first eight months of this year, 340 rabid animals were reported in Los Angeles county and S364 persons were bitten by dogs in the county health department jurisdiction.

State and many city health codes call for dogs to be kept on their owners' property or pn a leash under the control of a responsible person.

Hospital CasesAmong patients admitted to

Memorial hospital past week are the

Norris, 23013 Nar-

the Torram during thi following.

Howard bonne ave.

Mrs. Oletha Wood, 1052 Plaza del Amo. ,

Local Men On USSTEKESTA In Pacific

Carl Smith, sonarman, third class, whose wife, June, lives at 1503 West 204th st, and Wm. L. McWaid, sonarman, 1st. class, 2019 Gramercy ave., servo aboard the fleet auxiliary tug: USS Tckesta which followed the wake of the Pacific battle line for two years doing where do­ ing was needed.

Serving as repair and salvage ship, sfte steamed in to perform her mission while larger repair units were kept at arm's length because of enemy fire.

With .what seemed 'only a hammer, a chicel and Yankee courage, the fire-fighting teams went abom-d flaming ships at Okinawa, bringing Kamikaze at­ tack fires under control. Simul­ taneously her salvage parties surveyed tho damage and insti­ tuted measures to control it. The deck force passed tow wires to .wounded vessels to bring hack survivors and casualties.

When emergency underwater repairs -were necessary, the Tekcsta sent her divers down to patch hulls, risking their lives

hlle they worked on a sinking ship amid enemy air attacks.

The Teltesta rescued nearly 20 battle-damaged ships in the "kinawa area. She also.went in

ith the first units at Eniwetok, Kwajalein, Roi, Saipan, Tinan, Kerama Retto and le Shinia.

Bandit Who Killed Club Doorman Is Wounded

After a blazing gun duel car Y Monday at the Embassy :iub, 15323 S. Vermont ave.,

Gardena, a doorman was dead and a .bandit was in General Hospital in a critical condition.

Police .said that Harry O. Hartman, 47, doorman of a ightclub adjacent to the cafe,

was fatally shot In the stomach after he attempted to stop the tiandlt,. Robert L. Bettys, 23, of "849 S. Mansfield ave., who had obbed the cafe of $250. Hart­

man, who llvdd at 1213 ^V. First st., then shot back, hitting Bet­ tys In the groin.

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HOW TO -

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R - GOOD FOOD, COURTEOUS SERVICE' That'i Why Hundreds Prefer to Dine at

DANIELS Cafe1625 Cabrillo

Torrance

Giant Squash Grown Here by George Harbour

George Harbour, 1772 W 280th St., known far and wide is the creator of vegetable plants, has done it again. This

mo It is a watermelon-dwarf-ig squash weighing 27%

rounds, by OPA weight.This squanh was developed

roiin a normal sized vine planted >y Mrs. Harbour, but as the quash began to ripen, George -larbour sltt the stem just ahead f the squash, stuffed the rag i, then began dripping onto t nine drops. per minute of is plant vitamin chemicals.This method of forcing the

'rowth spread backwards into he vine, causing it to take over

L large section of the yard, Har- >our said. The squash was prc- ented to Dr. J. L. Bloch, the amlly doctor. .

STORKatorta/sThe stork visited the r'ollow-

ig parents, among others, at tic Torrance Memorial hospital .urlng the past week.Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Bowman,

6402 So. Western ave., girl, ept. ,18, 7:22 a. m.Mr. apd Mrs. Bernard Green­

wood, 2215 Torrance blvd., boy, ept. 17, 8:37 'a. m.Mr. arnd Mrs. Henry Garner,

262 231st St., boy, Sept 14, 3:30 . m. - *Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zim-

nerly, 2342 W. Pacific Coast Ughway, girl, Sept. 17, 10:13

m.

Servicemen's stationery? Cal irrarice 444 or 443.

ELLINHOOD PROTEST IGNORED AS CITY COUNCIL PREPARES FOR NEW WATER PETITIONS

New petitions to call an election to form a municipal water district In southwest sections of Torrance, Including Wnltcrln, will he prepared and circulated, the City Council decided Mon­ day night as the body failed to take ally action on a second protest of Dr. L. M. Elllnwood against Including his some

900 acres of land in the dlstrlct.-f O'Melvcny & Myers, attorneys,

were retained to. draft the pe­ titions, resolutions, notices, or­ dinances and other data relatlvi :o calling the election, the fee to be not in excess of $450.

It was found that another pe- itlon must be circulated due

to the fact that the proceedingsill come tinder the Act of 1935,

and the petitions must so state. Also required to be stated in he petition is the amount of jonds to be voted, the descrip­ tion of the district and other nformation.

Dr. Ellinwood protested the. ncltision of his land in the dis­

trict because, he states, the Re- dondo-Hermosa Water Co. can icrve him. Also, he stated, the >lcction should be held up pend- ng the .outcome of a lawsnlt

proposed'to determine the rights to ground water in the west coast basin. This suit will nvolve all private and public rater producers in the whole rea from Long Beach to Ingle- rood.The council neither granted

or refused the Ellinwood re­ quest for further delay, but pro- ceded . with the hiring of the aw firm to prepare the papers or the petitions and election.

Similar activity may be neces- ary in North Torrance, before

district can be formed there,

How to Adjust Your Timepiece is Explained

When war-time comes to an end, bo sure to adjust your, clock properly, the Chamber of Commerce advised 'today.

If your clock Is an electric clock, pull the plug for one hour.

If your clock Is spring- wound, stop' the pendulum for one hour.

In cose of a watch, turn the hands clockwise, and not coun­ ter clockwise.

The statement was Issued after the news reached here that the. house Interstate com­ mittee had voted, to recom­ mend a bill to end war time.

DEFINITIONA woman is a person who can

hurry through a drugstore aisle 18 Inches wide without brushing igain'st the piled up tinware, and then drive home and knock the doors off a 12 foot garage.'

it was pointed out.The council also received from

Metropolitan Water District a letter approving the terms and conditions under which the city will sell MWD water to the Gen­ eral Petroleum Corporation.

Torrance Gets Only State Guard Company in AreaFollowing a policy

talning fewer large units rather j madc by Major Harold F. Thein- many small ones, Brig,han

Gen. Victor R. Hanscn, the ad iutant general of California, has ransfcrred the members of hrec harbor district and south

bay companies to Company H., Battalion, 39th Regiment,

icadquartered in Torrance. Affected arc Companies D, of

Wilmlngton, F of HcrmosaBeach, and G of San Pcdro.

Thus effective Sept. 15, Tor- ance became the home of the nly State Guard company in his whole area . involved. Rec- mmcndation for the disbanding f the Wilmington, San Pedrond Hen Beach units was

haus, battalion commander.Captain Samuel C. Sault, com

mander of Co. D; 2nd Lt. War­ ren A. Sheppard, executive of­ ficer of Co. D; 1st Lt. Harley R. Slater, Commanding Co. F, and 2nd Lt. Maurice E. Oldaker, commander of Co. G, were jrdcred transferred to the in­

active California State Guard..Trie general has ordered the

recruiting of 17-year-olds to as­ sist in building up of companies of the State Guard, the younger men now being under the pro­ visions of a new state law.

The State Guard is being con-

SCOUTS TO MKETWalter Silence, local scoutr

commissioner, announced a reg­ ular scout meeting of Troop 219 tonight at Torrance High SchooL gymnasium. He requested that" all Scout members attend. "

AT OKINAWAVcrn T. Lovelady, Storekeeper,

1/c, U.S.N.R., arrived re centty at Okinawa where he ls_ awaiting orders.

ditioned possibly to become thenucleus of the National Guard,

has been announced.

TORRANCEDay out/ the classic coat

Is worn by fashion wise,

For workWf or dress! V|IV That's why they vote

It's tops/ among coat buys!

t's a busy life days at the Red Cross ..,. club meetings again .. . and a movie or part/ occasionally. It's a- coat life too, be- 'cause a coat is your winter wardrobe stand­ by worn over a party dress or a tailored suit; Our coats have the lasting style and .quality a busy life demands in fitted .models, Chesterfields or the new three quar- I ter length. Black and the new autumn colon.

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