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(ESTABLISHED MN. I, 1914) TORRANCE, CAllFORNlA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1953 PHONE FAirfax 8-400*

Postmaster Conner Reappointed Local March of Dimes Chairman

Postmaster Clara A. Conner has been named to head the 1964 March of Dimes campaign as general chairman In Tor- Mince, Sheriff Eugene, Biscalluz announced this week.

Mrs. .Conner has been local campaign chairman each year irince 1949 and her husband, the late Earl Conner, headed th

campaign each year previously, from the Inception of theMaroh of Dimes movement.

In announcing the appointment of Mrs. Conner, Sheriff Blgcai- luz stressed the Important:, which each community will play In the March of Dimes

"With the possibility of a new polio vaccine, victory In the to tal elimination of this dread crippler ts almost in sight," he said. "It is felt that this year each community in Los Angeles County will double its efforts to support the annual mercy appea of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. 1954 markb :he beginning of nation-wide field tests which will determine Whether a practical vaccln eliminate polio has been deve loped, and how soon such a, vac­ cine will be available for gen eral use. In .the early months

1954, a nation-wide program of inoculations will begin.

"Parts of California and most ikely Los Angeles County, which s an epidemic area, will- be In

eluded In these field tests," h« said.

Biscalluz pointed out to Chair­ man Conner that it has taken

6 tedious' years of laboratory tudy and $20,000,000 in March >f Dimes contributions to reach he present hopeful stage in the earch for. a polio vaccine.

MRS.' CLARA CONNEB , , To Head Dime Drive

National Supply Controller on

Speaking PanelFred W. Mill, division. Con

trailer for The National'Supply Co., will be one of the pjuie speakers at the morning Session

, of the Discussion Forum - pre sented this- week by the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Association of Cost Account­ ants.

Speaking with two other well known Southand authorities on accounting procedures, talk will be on the topic u discussion by the group during the meeting, "Fixed Asset Ac­ counting Today's Handling of Tomorrow's Costs."

The meeting has been sched­ uled for Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Huntington Hotel in Pasa­ dena.

Afternoon session of the meet- Ing will consist of open discus­ sion led by members of the as aociation.

Thirteen El Camlno student representatives, including five from Torrance, attended the As- "" ilated Collegiate Press Short ^ irse and Press Conference held at the Ambassador Hotel recently.

Torran'ce representatives were Ruth Brossart, Fred Clalr, Marie DlCarkv Warrior Homecomlng Queen, David Parton, and.Carl Larsen.

OPENING NEW LINK . . . Bulldoierg, earth movers, packers, and other heavy road-build

Ing machinery are busy on the final link of Crenshaw Blvd. In Torrmnce and will be done

around the first of the year. The new link U between Sepulveda- Blvd. and Lomita Blvd.

and will open the thoroughfare frbm Wllshlre Blvd to Palos Verdes Dr. North, when com

pleted. * (Herald photo)

"But In the meantime," Bis- -ailuz continued, "Los Angeles County again has had a most isastrous polio year. New pa ients, plus those still striving or recovery, look to March of imes for aid. Although our opes for the future are bright,

grim reality of today's vic- ms is still with us. Many- po- 6 patients must receive .as/

Dimes funds have provided ir the constant care of those ricken previously: The hope >r the future Is In the sue- essful completion of the f 1 e id sts in 1954."In grateful appreciation and

cknowledgment of the support f this worthy cause through ut the county in the past, Bis- ailuz declared that March of Imes leaders anticipate their ost successful year in the 195- impaign.

Mall' early for Christma Postmaster Clara G warned Torrance area res dents this week.

Mrs. Conner said parcel pos for armed services personnel In Korea, Japan, and the Paelfl Islands should be mailed fore Nov. 15 for delivery b Christinas.

At the same time, the pos master reminded mailers tha surface rates for foreign mal with the exception of mall go

'have been Increased. Letter and letter parcel pos

first ounce and four cents fo each additional ounce, she said. Canada and Mexico rate are three cents an ounce

Unsealed Christmas cards to all countries will be two cents

Bourse Slated n English for oreign BornA course In "English for the oreign Born" will begin Mon- ay evening at the Adult Eve- ng School, according to Dr. arshall Crawshaw, adult edu- tion director.Students should call FA 8-2272 2,art r information, and should reg- tcr for the course at the Eve- ng School office on Monday ght.

rs. Maud Fraser, of the Tot-

In 1 Day DriveAn army of 800 volunteer Com

munity Chest workers collecte 95 per cent of Torrance's res dential Red Feather goal in one day, door-to-door campaig Monday $3900 out of $4100- 3hest spokesmen reported ye terday.

The $4100 residential goal was the $15,496 total set fo ? in the campaign. F

:he past two years, Torranc has won a trophy for being th first city in the Los Angele area to go over 100 per cen n the one-day drive. If the cit

*o. wauu riaBer, ui me lor- . " .. tn #!..

ncc High School faculty. It haf f°™. ovcr lls(1, qu? * n h 11 start at 7 nm anrt last again this year, the trophtil 9taprtm aeach CndaT,Craw>°"'d have St8yed I""'""""-

course is design- h0""^ 'or Spanish-speak-' Tho own of Willowbrook hi

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NOVEMBERIS Tornuice vs.

(Homecomlnf) .............. Torrance, 8 p.m.El Camlno vi. East I-oi

Angeles JO ............. BUUO, 8 p.m.FlrehuUM Dane* .......... American Legion Hall, 9 p.m.El Nldo PTA Pair ..... Kl Nldo SchoolHlvlem PTA V a » h i on Portuguese Bend Clubhouy«,

Show ................................ 1:30 p.m. vTornuico vs, St. An­

thony'1 ........................ Long Beach, 8 p.m.Torr*nc«t Elementary School

Capt. Borer* Showboat Auditorium, 8 p.m.Kl Ounilno vs. 8wt Dtofo

Junior College ..Wnlterla Businessmen

Turkey Dance

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THH V«rl«l.v Mlmw White ChriittiiMS Hull

Warrior Stadium, 8 p.m.

Wnlterla Recreation Hall, 8 p.m.

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lliirlun a, 8 p.

chance of winning the troph: three years In a row, thu keeping It.

Torrance's Division 733-B wa the first residential area to gi iver its quota in the entire Har

bor area Monday. It Is locatct west of the business district sputh- of Torrance Blvd., and east of Crenahaw Blvd., and i charge of collections was Mvii-l Gateway. Mrs. Murray Rudnick

the residential division chair­ man for Torrance.

Torrance Is still In the run ning. for the Sam Levy trophy donated by the local merchant for the city that shows the greatest amount of Increase collections from week to week,

Other divisions of the local drive, Including the Advance.) Gift, Public Employee*, Small Businesses, and Commerce and ndustrles Divisions have com­

bined to collect $6706, or 45 per 'of 'the total goal for the

drive, which ends Nov. 20.In the whole I an Angeles area,

$8,778,126, or 31 per cent of tlm $8,000,000 goal IIIIH been collects I'd so far. Tin- Harbor Area lias turned In 2H H per cent uf it:, $8L',000 quota.

Community I'lii-nt eity elialr- msn for Torrance is A. 1C- Thompson. He Is assisted by Molt Fan-ell and John Ebblng- house, corhairmen.

Deputy DAs Told To 'Get Tough To Stop Armed Robberies in L.A

A memorandum to all Deputy District Attorneys instruct! them to "get tough" to, stop the alarming upsurge of arm robberies in the Los Angeles area wSS issued by District Attoney S. Ernest Roll this month.

The deputy DAs were iristrud to "pour on the heat"

armed robbery cases so thalas Angeles will become a ve'unpopular place" to comm

such a robbery.The memorandum stated: "

all robbery and burglary caa (particularly where! a deadly dangerous weapon is used any physical force is manlfea ed) all deputies in their respe live positions will continue to

1. Charge the highest numb of counts commensurate wit :he facts.

2. Recommend the highest ba egally justifiable; and

3. Conduct complete and tho lugh preliminary hearln It was also suggested that d

.luties assigned to Superii Jourt in cases where defendan

are found guilty should sugges hat the sentences be m un consecutively, except In ur sual cases where the facts wi ant otherwise.Roll's memorandum stated, Ir art:"In the cities of Los Angele

County and in the unincorpo ated territory in the past

lonths there has been an up urge of armed robberies to a larming degree. Innocent cltize ictims from every walk of li

lave been subjected to loss o roperty, force, physical violen

in some instances deatl your Information, all pollc

gencl.es 4rt' this county hav Deen alerted to this serious con Itlon and are determined urb these criminal acts of vlo ence. In plain English, the

adopted a real 'get tough ttitude in dealing with thes clous criminals. "Although most of the pei

onnel of this office are advise f this situation, In view o 10 current' upsurge It Is fel hat the matter should agai

every effort can be rtod by this office to ace tha

WS-Narbonne Jtudents Enter ssay ContestA national essay contest ic subject, "What the Bill Ights Means to Me." has been

pened to students of Narbonne nd Torrance High Schools, It as announced this week by oward Percy, president of th HTance-Lomlta Realty Board. Sponsored locally by tin-hoard, i- contest is part of the na- m-wldo essay contest sponsor

by the National Real Estate ard.Chairman of* the local essay ntesl is Realtor W. E. Bowen, 1327 Post AVR. Essays should submitted to him.

The top throe local winners II receive cauh awards and the bt-plat-e winner's t'asav will

In III, Htiuunliowun null!.national winner will re­

ft five day expense paidp to Washington, D. 'C., with parents.

Individuals engaged in this ty of crime shall suffer the fu penalty of the law. It is firm believed that sureness of appr hension, coupled with prop immediate punishment, of pe sons who commit offenses this type will act as,a stron deterrent and greatly aid'In t stamping out of armed robber and burglaries."

Child Psychology Course Schedule

The practical approach in ha dllng the emotional problems children will be emphasized a series of 13 lectures on chl psychology to be given by D David Ruja, clinical psychology

The series begins Nov. : and. will continue on 13 su eessive Wednesdays at the 8a Pedro City Health Building, fror 10 a.m. to 12 noon, accordin to Mrs. Valerie Brown, publ relations chairman of the Ha bor District Mental Health Ser rice, which sponsors the lee :ures.

Pair Pledge FraternityJohn Qonzales and Carl Stron

have pledged Slgma PI frati nity at Long Beach State Co ege, Dr. Francis J. Flynn, dea >f students announced thl

week.

Honor Chairman Of Cancer Unit

A certificate of appreclatlo and a gold lapel Insignia In th nape of a sword were presen! d to Dr. Arthur E. Bcrke her 'estcrday by Mrs. Z. Eugenl

Zahm, representing the Amer an Cancer Society.

Dr. Berke, who has bee halrman of the Torrance uni f tho American Cancer Societ; the chairman-elect for 198- nd the honors were given him or his work for the society dur- ng the past year.

Mrs. Zahm, who is a f lei presentative for the American inccr Society, praised Di ?rkc and the work he had don<

Torrance.Funds Returned

She pointed out that 14 pei nt of the funds raised during le last campaign In this urea ad already been returned here

the form of direct help such s nursing care. The. money is used ajao to ipport 17 tumor or c a n c e

oards throughout the county Zahm reported. These

oards are staffed by the area's cancer specialists and are

allable to anyone on a doe­ r's referral. An educational preventive pro- am designed to acquaint I IH with symptoms and ti­ nt of cancer Is being .started

>d efforts to put tliIntu rffct-.t in nl Ic

I Industrial plaiir, she said.Also honored with a certlflte of appreciation was theDrranc* Herald.

Dicalite Plant To Hold Dinne For Employees' Fifty-nine employees who ha completed five or more year with the Dicalite Division of th Great Lakes Carbon Corporatio

be honored tonight at dinner to "be held in the pat of Smith Bros. Fish Shanty i Walteria.

The dinner will be precede by a social hour beginning 7 p.m. ,

Of the employees to be ho ored, 25 will be presented wit pins denoting either 20, 10 five years service with the com pany. This group has becom eligible for awards since the las

'ard dinner held in Augus 1952.'G. H. Tirre, Caspar Tarangi

Ponciano Santana, Silvano Mor ?e, Ysabel Madrid and Enriqu Cspmoza, all residents of th South Bay area, will be presen ed with pins signifying at leas 20 years of service. Five emplo; ees will receive pins for 10 yeai or more of 'service and 13 em >loyees will receive pins f o laving completed five or mor 'ears of service with the com >any. A total of 647 years, cigh months, and three days of se vice to the company will be rep resented by the employees hon ored at the dinner.

The quarry crew, comprise of seven men, will take top hor ors in that each man in thi particular department will hav completed 20 years or more o service.J. F. Woessnor, controllcr.Grea .£kes Carbon Corporation, wi

deliver the principal address Hher officials in attendance wi nclude D. L. Marlett, vice-pres dent of Great Lakes Carbo Corporation, general. manager o

Dicalite Division; E. A. Harris iterations' manager, Dicalit vision; F. M. Brose,, production manager, Permalite Division; R W. Taylory district person manager and Jason Hughes, pro diiction planner, Dicalite Div1 ilon.

Licenses of :our Drivers Taken Away

On the lists of persons who had their driver's license sua wnded or revoked during the period Oct. 26-30 by the Depart-lent of Motor Vehicles were our men from Torrance.They were Ysldro Flores, 2216

03rd St., Leon Haynes, 22721aycrest 'Ave., Arlen Sargent,

550 W. 203rd St., and Haroldlielton, 1210 El Prado. all sus-

(ended following an accident for allure to meet the requirements

! the financial responsibilityw.Convicted of a violation, butith no suspension recommend-

id by the court, were Thomas Hxton, 1525 W. 208th St. and /illlam West, 21025 S. Figueroa.Licenses have been reinstated

Raymond Grot he, 2442 Pad-c Coast Hwy., James Ashmon,i424 Cypress St., Lomita, Rudy aubus, 3115 W. 186th St., Clar- nce Hodges, 24653 Moon Ave.,imita, FrankKwiatkowski, 2224ramercy Ave., and Shlrley Ser-

2165 24(1!h St.

In Bonds for SchoolsThe tidal wave of children born during and just after World

War II will engulf Torrance schools soon and in order to provide classroom space for these children the Board of Education may ask the voters to approve a $3,000,000 bond Issue spread over the next three years, "Superintendent of Schools J. H. Hull told .the Torrance Educational Advisory Committee Monday.

Hull pointed up the need for more classroom space by show­ ing graphically that, while 233 students will graduate from high school this year, 1244 chil­ dren entered kindergarten in September.

"Explosion" Coming Tip-off to the "explosion" that

Hull predicts has hit Torrance in increased numbers of school children, was a graph showing that total residential u^nlts planned or under construction here took an unprecedented jump this year.-While total num­ bers of homes had been rising at the rate of 2,000 per year since 1947, in 1952 the number has jumped from 12,000 to 18,000, or triple the rate. of previous years at an average of one child per home.

Assessed valuation has dropped from $16,000 in taxable wealth behind each pupil to $7,000.

The bond issue would mean

Group Appointe To Draft Adult Club Constitutio

committee of five was pointed Friday to draft a cons tutlon for the proposed Torran Adult Club, which will meet the Adult Center, 1318 Craven to foster a pngram of helpf mutual activities for all m< bers.

Twenty-four adults met to ; point Claude Martin chalrra pro tern, and Harlan Hayne Chris Jones, Mrs. Iris Steff and Guy Hlght were other mer bers of the committee. Har Van Bcllehem, city recreation i rector, was appointed an ex-i ficio member of the group, at will act in an advisory capaeil

A great deal of enthusias and interest was evidenced t ill adults attending the mee ing and the work of the cor mlttee |s progressing rapid Van Bcllehem said.

It is expected that withinw weeks the constitution an

by-laws will be ready for pi sentation to the group. Aft approval of the membership th constitution will be submitted he Recreation Commission fo

approval.The adults -are already makin

plans for such activities as iquare dance clubs, garden club book clube, et$.,' Van Belleh said. "Scolty" Little, director

center, said that, the adul n Torrance are Interested levcloping a program of healt ul activities with the aim nind of helping one.another wneflt physically, mentally an plritually.

Public Speaking Jlass To Begin

A class in public speakin 'ill be opened at the Torranc dull School Monday evening Fov. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Roon 01, In answer to many n uests for such a course, D

Marshall Crawshaw, director o dult education, announced Tues»y.The class In effective speec

fill be taught by Louis Beres In, who teaches dramatics an seech at Torrance High Schoo lasses will meet from 7:80 t ;30 p.m. for eight weeks, Craw law said.Topics to be covered durin,.

he course Include: "Overcom ig Nervousness," "How to Im rove YYour Voice," and "Do sloping Confidence and Perso allty Through Speech." Those who would like to en ill in the class can do so by tiling the Adult Education ol e, FAirfax 8-2272.

'IIAIBMAN HONORUD ... Dr. Arthur Berke, clwlrnuui if tin; Tmmm-i, Unit uf Uw Ain.-rlean « BIUCI Society, U iimortxl with it eeiUfli-utii uf «|i|ii relation un<l u gold luprl

plu for hi* work with l|i« nwbly ilurftig Hut pant >eai. 'Inking ll»- iHiwiitutlnn Is Mm. 7, Kii K ,-nlu /jilmi, flrlil rpntwnUUve for Mw noHety. (llrrald photo t

an increase In taxes of 30 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, at a maximum, Hull said. He pointed out that, if Torrance's issessed valuation continues to rise as it has in past years, this .ax rate will drop proportion­ ately and could fall to a low of around 11 cents per $100.

If the voters authorize the Board to sell bonds in the imount of $3,000,000 _as the

able. It will be possible to start :hree badly needed elementary schools during the first year.

Federal Funds Asked ' In addition, the Board has ap-

)lied to the Federal government or funds under Public Laws 815

and 874 and expects to obtain money for two or three school luUdlngs this way. This means hat the Board will ba able to tulld five or six elementary chools.Five of these schools could be

vailable by next September, Hull said, and would stem the

fle for awhile.With an assessed valuation of

67,000,000 and a 10 per cent onding capacity, the Torrance chool District would spread the ind issue over three years. By

une, 1954, the District will be ble to obtain $1,012,000 from its mding capacity at that time. Once obtained, the $3,000,000

bond issue would -be paid off ver a 20-year period. The DIs- rlct is presently making annual ayments of $333,274 on pre- lous bond Issues. In February, 1952, voters ap-

roved a $3,000,000 bond Issue10-tb-l vote. Bond issues

so were approved in 1950 and i 1948.

Could Go to State The other alternative to raise oncy for new school buildings ould be to go Into the State ullding program and pool all of

; District's resources to get ite help In financing the bulld-

K program.There are three main objec- ms to this plan: 1) The state would take con- il of the building program he- use It would have to issue ap- :>val on building sites, eon- ruction policies, plans, etc. ius, local control of the build- ' g would be lost.2)< Construction costs would

Increased by 10 to 15 per nt.3) The tax rate would Iw ilntalncd at a maximum until State was repaid, which n Id take up to 30 years.

Timing Is another objection led by Hull. Under a stale

ogram, It would take a year get one building started, he :l. Under a local prograi > schools can be ready next' ir.

Plans Ava Tentative The Board of Education has.fj it discussed the plan so far. ill stated, and no action will taken prior to the next meet

',. Hull estimates that )he nd Issue may be put to a volo February or thereabouts.

R. I. Plomert, president of the J al Chamber of Commerce,- Inted out to TEAO members : advantages of a bond Issue r an override tax, He said it such a tax could Increase

e tax rate by $1 per $100. k-h would be prohibitive for H Industries whleh might n,-day want to Inratp here lull pointed out that Tarranrn

linn space fnr a popu­ lation of 100,000.