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3 MEET THE QUEEN ... Here the ii. "Mist Torrance of,, J946," and her court. Winner'of the Y. W. C. A. fund drive popularity contest is Miu Frances Barrington, above. Runntn up are Mfss Doris Lee Quaggin, lower left, and Miss Marge Dunham, lower right.' The Queen will be crowned. Saturday, evening during jtht., AhnuaJ Woman's Club carnival, in the'Woman's clubhouse, and the runners up will be her escorts. The "contest was staged by .the Junior Woman's club. UUy'l photos). 1 > ' W«ii-iJs<» k '' . ~. - .. . ~*mp mimj mt.m qBwpv^r*^~Hlv_^» * HV^KWW -^»' - <vwwwrv Torrance Of 1946' Results Show iilss Frances Barrington is. the winner of the "Miss Torrance ot" 1&46" contest. She won with a total, of 111,270 votes. The lovely daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Barrington, a student of Torrance high school, .will reign over the annual carnival of the Torrance Woman's Club on Saturday evening. Her core/nation that evening' ^~* ~ will be a highlight of the affair. Second in the contest for "Miss Torrance of 1946,'; which waff restricted to unmarried girls of ages 16 to 21, and which was .conducted for the belief It of the, Young Women's Christian Association of Torrance, was Torrance Youth^ Find Charred Body In Desert A. rabbit hunt In which sev- eral Torrance young people par- ticipated Sunday ended In the gruesome discovery of the re- mains of a human body chained to a burned sedan, in the Mo- jaye desert. Making the discovery was, Charles Stlley, 1920 Qrameroy ave., who was hunting with Mrs. Stlley, Anna Rogers, Robert Bratton and Lean Bratton PrU> ler, son and daughter ot W. H. Bratton, Pacific Electric agent here. Stlley notified Kern County sheriff's office and while identi- fication of the remains was dif- ficult, It was believjU that It may have been the body of Gerald D. Curtls, 84, of Arcadia, who has been missing since Jan. 6 and to whom the 1936 sedan in which the body was found was registered. Mrs. Curtls was called In to aid in the Identification of ef- fects possibly those of Curtls. Torrance Weather Record Offloi*! U. 8. Wuthtr Buruu TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION Total (Year) 1.78 Miss Doris Lee Quaggin, who had a total of 71,901 votes. Third was Miss Marge Dun- ham, who had 40,866 votes. . More than $3,000 in funds was raised. In the contest, to assure the establishment in Torrance of a Y.W. C. A. The contest was sponsored by the Junior Woman's Club, Its contest committee be- ing .headed by Mrs. John H. Rltchle. The results more than doubled anticipated proceeds, It was said. Misa Barrlngton had. the spons- orship of. the Klwanls club; Miss Quaggin the Rotary club, and Miss Dunham, the American Le- gion. Others In the contest, their standing unrevealed, but their popularity established notwith- standing the result, are: Miss : Cable Bohannon: Miss Shlrley Saffen; Miss Beverly Kelley; Miss Virginia. Tuttle and Miss Beverly Holmes.'. ; Miss Barrlngton begins her reign as "Miss Torrance of 1946" when she will rule over the senior Woman's club carni- val on Saturday, March 16, at the club house," at 1422 Engracla. The carnival crowning will be at 8:80. , contestants will be award- ed prizes at this tlmq, accord- ing to Mrs. Ritchle. First prize will be a $125 IT jewel cocktail watch presented by W. T. Oreene of Torrance Time Shop, and a loving cup presented by the Torrance Junior Woman's club. Second prize will be a leather bound cedar chest from Ell PradQ Furniture store and « blanket from Star Furniture Co. Third prize will be a beauti- ful lu-plece plastic dresser set and chest from National Home Appliance, a blouse from the G«y Shop and a lovely bath set from Mid-City. Drug Store. Among runner up prizes will be pearl* from Gary's Jewelry, cos- turn* jewelry set from Howard's, cosmetic kit from the Discount Drug, Chcn Yu polish set from the Torrance Pharmacy, a vanity kit from Baker Smith Jewelry (Itor* and the choice of any book from SonUg Drug. The Torrance Flower Shop Is presenting the winner an orchid conage and other corsages to each of the runners up. T6RRANCE HERALD < ESTABLISHED i»i4 . . . is PAGES THREE SECTIONS 32nd YEAR No. 11 TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946 PER COPY So' TORRANCE ORGANIZATIONS ENDORSE PLANS FOR DIG FOURTH OF JULY PROGRAM Representatives of a dozen Torrance organizations met In the City Hall last'Friday and endorsed plans for the big five-day Fourth of .Inly Jubilee In Torrance an a "welcome home' for veterans of World War II. The group endorsed various phases of the progranj, Mid Immediate action was urged to»- get the program rolling. One was the decision to pro- ceed with printing and advance publicity leading up to canvass- ing aviation and industrial lead- ers regarding the expositions planned for Torrance during the five-day program. Members of the executive committee who have been dele- gated to swing into immediate action were Harry B. Lewis, who will contact aircraft manufac- turers throughout the nation re- lative to placing latest model military and commercial planes on exhibition at the Torrance airport during the two-day air show; Blalne Walker, who will be in charge of exhibits of In- dustrial and commercial firms, other than aircraft, and Frank 3. Selover, in charge of publicity for the entire program. Also the need for Immediate action on the air .circus was stressed, and John P. Stripling, himself a filer and Civil Air Patrol captain, has been asked to secure quotations on the cir- cus for consideration at the next meeting. Articles of incorporation of Torrance Projects, Inc., a non- profit corporation, navie" ed, to handle the minute details of the gigantic Fourth of July celebration. Another meeting of the gener- al committee is -planned for the cry near future at which time i complete resume of all act!- it|es in. behalf of the celebra- tion will be presented. Attending the meeting Friday ere Mayor W. H. Tolson, chair- man; Councilman C. M. Gilbert, representing the recreation de- partment; Blame Walker, secre- iry of the Chamber of nerce; Chief of Pollde John .._ TT Stroh, representing Kiwanis pint, % of which he Is president; Harry ~ Lewis, representing aviation and the veterans; C. Earl Con- ner, postmaster and commander if the Veterans of Foreign Wars Residence Law Would Hit Many City Workers A liberal attitude on the part of the Civil Service Board on the .matter of residence of city employees will be neces sary or the City of TorrfUlce may lose several policemen, firemen and other necessary workers, It was revealed at the City Council meeting Tuesday night. Chief of Police John Stroh said that two.of his officer* are faced with the need ot finding residence outside of Torrance because, atlhoagh they are veterans, they can not find homes within the city. Fire Chief J. E. McMaster reported that three firemen are similarly affected. The residence requirements were relaxed at the start of the war. Bus Manager C. Z. Ward pointed put. and >ost here; the Rev. Paul M. Wheeler, 'representing Rotary club; James Barker, representing he Moose lodge; Dale, Rlley, representing tjie'' recreation de- (Continuad from P«g» 1-A) lontract Let To SleanWeedsFrom Local Property At the suggestion of City En- gineer G. M. Jain, the City Council Tuesday night voted to lire the firm of Jacobson Bros, or weed eradication purposes, t a rate of seven cents per THE NATIONAL GUARD It is to be hoped that the failure of the City Council Tuesday night to adopt a resolution urging that Torrance be made the home of at least an infantry company of the California National Guard will not have adverse effect on the efforts of eommunity leaders to secure a unit of the National Guard. No good reason was expressed as to why the resolution shouljl not have been adopted. There is no good reason why the City Council should not go on record in favor of stationing a unit of the California National Guard in Torrance. That is something every California city would' lilce to have. And the fact remains that Torrance, in,view of the fine record that its State Guard unit made during World War II, unofficially has'been assured that it can have u unit, if the city wants it. Every progressive citiien hopes that the lack of action on the part of the City Council will not destroy this opportunity. It is hoped that the resolutions of the Kiwanis club and the Lions club, and others in process of action, will offset the failure of the City Council to act. Chief of Police John Stroh himself states that the city is not equipped to cope with a disaster or emergency without the aid of state troops. While the resolution before the council "offered" a site for ,a state armory, it was not binding in that no particular site was mentioned, but if Torrance could secure a National Guard unit and the State of California would build an armory in this city, ih«t, gentlemen, would be progress. Ms" driversT, now~uW outside the city. Should the rules be enforced to Hie letter, It was pointed out, municipal services would be thrown Into havoc, mnd .Mayor W. H. Tolson'suggested that the Civil Service Board should not be "dogmatic" about the residence requirement. Red Cross Drive iecre- i. , ;, In Torrance Torrance canvassers tor the 1946 Red Cross drive this week were $1,618.05 nearer .their goal of/ $15,000, it was announced by I. j;. Hallahger, '-chairman. Fund campaign solicitors ,£or Los Angeles Chapter's $4,235,000 were ur,g;ed 'by ' Hallanger to i reach the half-way mark by March 15. The drive is scheduled to continue throughout March. 'The local area quota will play an: Important part in supporting the .varied postwar program' of the American Red .Cross here," the chairman said. "Workers here tnust accept their fund quota aa a minimum donation to. an organization serving hos- pitalized war-wounded, men still rant foot, to eet. a depth of 150 A limit of $1,500 was placed n the original contract, and angerous and downtown areas would be given preference. It would be "too big a'job" to lean all lots of Torrance and 111 property owners as other ties do, Jain declared. He said lat he was not .prepared to es- mate how much money would be Involved' in the whole city at seven cents per front foot, but said in some areas allowing weeds to grow and constructing of firebreaks proves more valua- ble to the ' property being in- volved than burning or destruc- tion qf cover. City Burglary Suspects Held On Inglewood Tip Boyd Thompson, 1633 Beech ave., who was the victim qf'a burglary last Feb. 18 reporting many articles of clothing and jewelry stolen, had much of the loot returned Monday following the arrest of three Wllmlngton men, Carl Walter, 29; Lawrence Guelss, 29 and Orvllle Dwyor, 25. The three men were picked up In a Wllmlngton apartment house by San Pedro police fol- lowing a tip from the Inglewood police, It was reported. Much loot, police said, was found In the apartment where the men were apprehended. A fourth member of the burglary gang, polio* said, was said to be Del- bert Davldson and a state-wide search Is being conducted. veterans returning to civi- lian life. Red Cross also has ac- cepted the challenge of meet- Ing the needs of the community, Including a new peacetime re- blood for free blood transfu- sions for civilian patients at Los Angeles General Hospital." CHARLES CURTISS APPOINTED DEPUTY CITY TREASURER ed deputy city treasurer and will be acting treasurer during the absence of Mrs. Harriett zona for her health. The appointment of Curttss was made Tuesday night by the City Council Mrs. Leech Is not a candidate for reclection to the Job. Sheriff's Raid Nets Local Woman Jeanne Zochert, 29, 1216 Prado, WM arrested here yes- terday afternoon by Los An- geles County Sheriffs officers on suspicion of bookm*k|ng. The sheriff's officer* doff ed Mrs.' Zochert wtttt accept- ing beta on horse racing, a felony, after acting on a tip received earlier that betting was being carried out at tlie Kl Prado address. Mrs. Zochort wan removed to the County Jail by officer* and booked on the »bove charge*. Amount of bail fM her release was not obtaln»bl» but night at which time It wu( said Mrs. Zochert wms still in custody. NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY FOR TORRANCE URGED BY TORRANCE ORGANIZATIONS Torrance will have a National Guard Infantry unit stationed In a state armory here, If efforts of various organizations and civic leaders are successful, bat not If the delaying action play ed by two members of the City Council Tuesday night Is indi cative of the city's official viewpoint on the subject. : ; * The Council had a resolution before the body urging Gover nor Warren, as commanding of MBfe* WyMre^CSHforhfa National Guard, to assign to Torrance at least a company of tufantry troops, and offering a site for a state armory.' No particular site was mentioned in the res- olution. Councilman G. V. Powell im Generosity As Raises Granted ]tf oney • Is running freely nrotmd the City Hall, It Is In dicated at the recent City Council meetings, and the lat est to receive the benefit of the generous attitude of the Council- Is. City 'Engineer G. M. Jain, who now Is paid $400 • month, a raise oti approxi mately $45 a montht Also Increased U $250 a trionth, were the salaries of th« paffc and recreation super intendents, while previously the council had raised the pay at the city clerk to $360 a month; the treasurer to $75, and had made adjustments In the water department to pro vide for more money for ad ministrative workers. The ' City. C I v 1 1 Service for- "some salary," asking $10 $50 a month, but the council said "let's hold It over. to the first of the fiscal year, be cause we're liable to -get Into an awful . mess If we're not careful.*' It was admitted that the Planning Commission would come In for a similar board got the money, and of course, the Recreation Com- mission could also ask for fees. On the ballot of the city election of April 9 Is a pro- vision to raise the council- men's monthly pay from $50 to $100. Hawthorqe Asks , Plant Be Given City A'$2,000,000 windfall may drop nto the lap of Hawthorne. This possibility' was forecast oday by Mayor Walter J. Haw- ey as he'pressed for municipal acquisition, without cost to the city, of the large government- owned aircraft plant north of HI Jegundo blvd., between Prairie ave. and Crenshaw blvd. The mayor cites a Senate bill irovldlng for disposal of surplus lirport facilities, providing that cities be given such holdings "if sale to private concerns Is not quickly consummated." Several well equipped build- ngs are on the 43-acre tract. The mayor is negotiating with the War Assets Corp. and other au- horltles. In any event, the city is as- sured of obtaining at no cost the quarter mile portion of tne iJgnlcipal Airport and thus will « in possession of the entire mile-long field with Its 700-foot- wide concrete runway. Washing- On has granted the city's re- quest for the quarter-mile sec- ion contingent upon waivers )eln( obtained from the county and state, and these were prom aed, Mayor Hawley stated at he time Hawthorne City Coun- cil adopted resolutions of re- quest to the two governmental units. mediately objected to the reso- lution, and was quickly support- ed by Councilman N. H. CuccL sideration of the action was tak- en by Councilman J. 'E. Hitch- cock, and as a result, the official status of Torrance will be lack ing at a time .when it Is needed for consideration in (he place- ment and assignment of various units of the National Guard. Mayor W. H. Tolson' and Coun- cilman C. M. Gilbert spoke In favor of action on the resolu- tion. The National Guard is' in the process of reactivation; and with the distribution of troops throughout .the state, the resoly- tlon said "In event of disaster or emergency, Torrance would need the assistance of .a trained body of state troops." . Also adopting resolutions urg- ing the assignment to Torrance of a National Guard company were the Torrance Lions club and the Torrance Kiwanis club. It was expected that the Ro- tary club, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion would follow suit. Torrance ball park has been the headquarters of one of the most active State Guard compan- ies in California, local citizens pointed out in urging the assign- ment of the National Guard com- pany to the community. - The city has turned the ball park over to the State Guard whenever It Is needed, and' an armory was built there by the men of the' company two years ago. ' Under command of Captain R. Lewellen, the company was charged with responsibility for defense of the Torrance "critical (Continued on Page 6- A) Hew Leave For Butterfield Turned Down O. D. Butterfield has lost his Job as city electrician, unless he moves back to Torrance and reports for work Imme- diately. The City Council Tuesday night concurred In the recom mendation of the Civil Service Board that Butterfleld'H peti tion for a third leave of ab sence be denied because he has moved outside of Tor- ranee, presumably to South Gate. The electrician bad receiv ed two leaven of absence, to luwlitt In building a church edifice, and hud requested the third to complete the work. "If he Is able to render Mr- vice as a preacher In the pul pit, he can render service as city electrician," Councilman O. V. Powell Mitd In support- Ing the action denying the pe tition for leave of absence. IMMEDIATE POSSESSION OF AIRPORT LOOMS AS CAA ASKS FOR INVENTORY OF PROPERTY The City of Torrance was a Ntep nearer securing Its permit j to, take possession of the Torrance Army air field this wieif: as the Civil Aeronautics Administration requested that the' rtty i secure an Inventory of all equipment and Improvements at the *alrport. "" j [ Mayor W. H. Tolson appointed; Dale Rlley, superintendent >ofj recreation/ to make the survey.! It was completed with' "ihei assistance of . Maj. Charles! Holmes, Civil Air' Patrolj group commander and Capt-i John P. Stripling, CAP'.public A St. Patrick Day dance will ! relations, and Intelligence officer. be given In the Pueblo Recrea- j Stripling also Is sports editor tlon Center Saturday night : of tMe TorVance Herald."' The equipment Which the. city Tolson, Bartlett Will Speak At Pueblo Affair welcoming home many of the i. e equipment wnicn me. city Pueblo', war veterans, accord- IjSj^SU*. gft£ line truck, pumps, control ttlyr^R furniture, buildings and .'other Improvements. It was expectei that ,the !» terim permit, ivmild t;e Ing to Miss Agnes Flodedueng, local supervisor of the center. Mayor W. If. 'Poison has an- nounced that lit" -wr. atbm! the dance sq that he may per- sonally meet these veterans and welcome them back Into the community. Tony Alvarez, leader of the lutln orchestra, has "been en- gaged to play at the celebra- tion which promises to be the largest dance ever given In the Pueblo. City Clerk. A. H. Bartlett, long .one of the foremost spon sors of the Pueblo recreation center, also will attend the af fair. • -...'- '...-. ..... Torrance Gave 12,500 Garments In Clothing Drive 12,500 farments to the victory clothing drive, according to final tabulations completed by Rev. J.' Menmuir, of First Chris-. tian church, chairman of the clothing drive. As a result, a "V .. n "wjual- n umber t needy war victims of foreign' ands will have shelter of cloth- ng in months to come, he said xpressing his appreciation to Torrance residents for their co- operation in the drive. as soon, as .the Inventory is com- pleted. - - >".' 4 . One.; other California city1 ^l-j ready has 'received'.the "gift of! an army airport. It Is" Haywartt, i where the army, spent $2,188,000 i building an 'SOO-avire; ''airport' Like Torrance airport, it'^S fogM free much; of the time, and m; Its use as a civilian'airport, )t! will relieve the congestion of'JRe j frequently fog-bound fields at I San Francisco and Oakland. ! Immediately following the endLi>_ of the war,, the Wayward Chain-1 ber of Commerce und< campaign to get the alrpori fqrj the municipality. The City Council voted to operation of the' pjort," and, given right of immediate , entry , by the United States Army. j^j-. ; glneers and U.S. Surplus, Prop- erty Administration, pending is- suance of a formal permit and license. ',!'.'! '.' V Torrance has taken" all ''th;e; steps which Hayward' took, and the right of Immediate fentry tjo the airport constitutes the "in- terim permit" for which Mayor , Tolson Is looking dally. All ad- . vice from Washington, p.p., In- dicates that It is on the way. pared to assume immediate coji- 1 trol -and operation-of the air- port, * the mayor, said.'' .' Registration Shows Populati For Torrance Of 42°) ^11 Forty-two percent more voters will be eligible to voW/jiv \tjfi Vpril 9 city election than were qualified In t|ie election' t^p.,years LgO. -' ' -•' \ '•• ' ' -•""'--..'' ' This was revealed by City Clerk A. H.-Bartlett ; le made known the official registration figures for^ \ 'orrance, divided Into 17 incts. Torrance has a registration of ,236, Bartlett said. In April, 1944, when the city lection was 1 held, only 3,675 per- onsx were qualified to cast their ballots. This gain of 42 percent Is pread over all precincts, accord- ng to City Clerk Bartlett, and t bears out the population estl- f 13,000, on the basis of two and one-half population per vot- r, or 15,700 on the basis of Tree persons per registered vot- Whlle registration is closed or the pity election, when two ouncllmen, the city clerk and Ity treasurer will be elected, nother election, the State pri- mary, is to be held June 4. Registration for this election loses April 25, Bartlett said. Those who have moved to Tor- rance a year or more ago at hat date; who have moved since ast registering or who did not ote at the last general election nd have not since registered, ust qualify to vote, he de- lared. Following 1$ the. registration ompared with the last election. April 9 1948 Regis- tration 382 346 262 320 300 310 288 3*2 309 310 «W 864 883 808 8M M3 April 11 1944 Regis tration 205 . 262 171 192' 154 225 228 269 267 181 285 Ho 246 202 214 201 Enroute East Anita Buzitte, 1$, who,, h4d been reported missing for t^e past'10 days and who wt»"pJ6v lleved to have eloped with j«\ Camp, Roberts soldier, la enroute - to Dearborn, Mlch., according to letters received here from tie' young girl's father, Ray* Biwft- te, who now lives In Dearborn. Torrance police received «Jt answer 'from the commander of the Camp Roberta base advising that the soldier in quest Ion,, prior duced a letter from Anita stit- Ing that she would writ* -him rival. ...,"' i The girl's mother,' Mrs. Helen Clark, 24006 Ocean ave., reported .last week that she had reasons to believe ' her daughter hid eloped, with the. soldier, but could not te. contacted, for* statement In view of the more recent develppqients. Buzitte, police .said, will con- tact them upon the girl's arrival there. ' Ask the Professor - (By H. F. NOeke) Dear Profetwor: -See where a couple was arretted for spoon- ing at a ' bu»y intersection. Wasn't that an odd place to sparkT ' Answer: Must have thought the traffic sign read Stop 4 Qoo.
