PRESENTING THE FIRST TORR %XCF CITY HOARD OF FOIC ATIONCharter Committee Group

GEORGE P. THATCHER701 Votes, Short Term

CARL D. STEELE 790 Votes, Short Term

TORRANCE HERALDESTABLISHED 1914 THI^EE SECTIONS 22 PAGES

TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 20, 1M7 PER COPY 5c

Superior Judge Frank G. Swain yesterday overruled the

demurrer of the Ixm Angeles City School district In the petition

of John A. Shldler, city judge of Torrance In his capacity as a

taxpayer, to restrain the IXM Angeles schools from selling and

removing real estate or building* belonging to the schools ot

Torrance. *

In overruling the Los Ange­

les demurrer, Judge Swain granted Los Angeles 10 days to

answer the complaint of Judge

Shldler and granted a prelim­

inary injunction to prevent the

sale of real property and re­

moval of buildings. No bond

was required.According to Attorney S. V. O.

Prltchard, who filed the action

on behalf of Shidler and a Tor­

rance citizens committee, the ac­

tion of the court yesterday has the effect of protecting the In­ terests of the taxpayers of Tor­ rance until various legal aspects of the case are decided in the highest courts.

judge Swain ruled, in effect, that when the City of Torranc* adopted a' City Charter on Aug. 30, 1946, a new school district was formed and the old district hocame the trustee of all prop­ erty in the new district to be held and preserved until the new district's Board of Educa­ tion ca,n' take over on the ef­ fective date. In the case of Torranco this is on the first Monday of July. He said that the Los Angeles district, a litistee for Torramce, owes the utmost good faith to the people of the new district, and cannot do anything to the disadvantage of the new district.

The case was inspired by the removal of two bungalows from To t ranee elementary school grounds several weeks ago, and by the threats of Los Angeles to "strip" or move out other buildings and sell property In

dcna high school farm which Is located In Torrance.

In overruling the Los Ange­

Torrance City Council last

night accepted the resignation of

Grover C. Whyte, publisher of

the Torrance Herald, from ' the

Torrance, Aviation Commission

with regrets.Whyte, In his letter to the City

Cquncil, declared that he felt It necesswry to resign "due to the

rratfing pressure of both my own business and that of other organizations with which I am connected, coupled with thi stern advice of my physician to 'slow down,' I find It necessary to tender my resignation."

The Council, after accepting the resignation of Whyte, an nounced that it would mee .gain tonight to consider devel

opments with reference to grant ng of the .permit by the Federa

government to the City of Tor ance for control and operation

the Army developed Lomita flight strip.

Mayor J. Hugh Sherfey de clared that the handing over o

airport had been dclayet from yesterday until today du to an inventory of buildings an facilities at the airport whl had not been completed in tlm for action last night.

While the City of Ton-anoe a ready has a perpetual perm occupancy and operation of th landing strip proper, having ded Icated the strip as "Zamperln field" some months ago, the pe

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les demurrer, Judge Swain has opened the way for trial of all h&ues In the case, and if ncces- .iaiy the newly elected Torrartce City Board of Education will be joined as a party plaintiff at a i«t»r time.

While the actual restraining order Involves only the build­ ings and real estate, the com­ plaint brought fixtures and funds of the student bodies and gifts to the schools Into the case for disposition of the court.

The lawsuit was based on the language of the Education Code which states that a new district is entitled to all real estate, buildings and fixtures located In the district, formed as a part or a whole of another existing district.

mlt for the balance of the 48C acre port was to have been .r< cclved yeaterday. The delay was due to the Inventory problem the mayor said.

levised Count Shows 13,160lesidents Here -

A revised count of' the spe­

cial census taken recently in Torrance shows an official population of 13,160 In com­ parison to 9,950 on April 1, 1940, an Increase of 31 per­ cent.

A break-down of the figures how a total male population

of 6,748 to 6,412 females. Of these there are tabulated 12,

807 white and 353 non-white persons, Of the non white there are 194 males and 159 females.

Officials here estimate an approximate $6,000 a year In­ crease In gasoline funds due to the rise.

Official certification of the population has been made by the director of Bureau of Cen­ sus, Washington, D. C.

Site Offered For Pueblo Playground

It was announced to the City Council last night that the Amor- can Rock Wool Corp. has made a strip of land available for use for softball by the Pueblo area children. Rev. Cyril Wood, pastor of St. Joseph's church, reported that the Pacific Electric Com­ pany also has offered a piece of land for this purpose.

It was requested of the Coun­ cil that a release from responsi­ bility be granted the companies so that the land may be used for a softball diamond, as a legal transfer of land would in­ volve much time and expense through the plants' main offices In the east.

'Salute To Industry' Dinner Monday To See 400 Gathered In Auditorium

Toi ranee Chamber of Com­ merce will present an interest- filled program depicting indus­ try in Torrancc in the annual

Monday evening in the Civic au­ ditorium.

Thirty-eight tables have been

dlnne "Salute to Industry,"

Noonan Elected President Of Merchants Group

; ets will be available until Mon­ day noon, Blaino Walker, secre­ tary, said. v

Reed H. Parkin, president of the Torrance Chamber of Com­merce, said the following

the speakers' table:rill be

S.

Noonan, manager Penney Co. store was elected presl-

SUNRISE SERVICESAT METHODIST CHURCH

TWO MEN FINED FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING HERE

Tw» Torrance men pleaded ' guilty to charges of drunk dri I Ing during the past week I City Court.

Raymond .A. Brooks, 20210 8

The Methodist Youth Group , Western ave., arrested March 12

will sponsor an Easter sunrise service to be held at 6 a.m. at Methodist Church on Sunday,

prll 6. Jean Daniels has beenimed as leader of the. services.

Everyone Is welcome. peared in court.

Torrance Woman Gets Sentence In L. B. Court

Mrs. May (Ma) Ramsey was sentenced Saturday to serve from two to five years In the wo­ men's prison at Tehachepl b; Superior Judge Leslie E. StU after being convicted for per forming an Illegal operatic upon a 22-year-old woman.

Mrs. Ramsey was represents by Attorney Morris La vine, wh served notice that he would ap peal the conviction after Judg Still overruled his motion for new trial.

Officers testified that when arrested in her Torrance horn Mrs. Ramsey had enough met cal supplies and Instruments to stock a small hospital.

yas fined $200 by Judge John A. Shldler Friday.

Harold R. Murray of the Mur ray Hotel was arrested Satur

GEORGE R NOONANMerchants' President

dent of the Retail Merchants Division of the Torrance Cham her of Commerce Tuesday.

Vice president Is Irvlng Wel der and treaseurcr is Mrs. Char les N. Dodd.

Directors are President Noc Bob Haggard, Charles N. Dodd Bernard Lee, Ed Schwartz, A den Smith and Vice Prcsiden Weidcr.

The following committee cha men wre named: Membership Paul Diamond; finance, Hag 'gard; publicity, Edwin B. Brown plans and promotion, O. D. Fuller, and labor relations, Sam Levy.

President Noonan announced that the committee chairmen will select their own assistants, and that the evening meeting of

Beesemyer, president Los Ange­ les Chamber of Commerce and vice president, General Petro­ leum Cdrp.; D. S. Faulkner, vice president the National Supply Co.; Carl Wirsching, city man­ ager, Long Beach; J. Hugh Sher- fey Jr., mayor of Torrance; Henry Creeger, manager Tor­ rance plant,' American Radiator

nd Standard Sanitary Bdyard Christiansen, president,

tes Expanded Steel orp.; W. T. Tillotson, Ameri- »n Rock Wool Corp.; E. R. 'oak, president Doak Aircraft o.; L. A. Harvey, Harvey Ma- nine Co.; Gilbert Woodill, An- erson- Carlson Co.; Hector

Haight, RFC and Ed Duke, sales manager American Radiator and tandard Sanitary Corp. The list of those who have served tables indicated that

more than 400 will be in attend- nee at the big dinner wnich

will feature a program of en ertainment and tribute to the ew Industries of Torrance. The list follows: Torrancc Water Department,

'orrance Kiwanis club, Torrance -Ity Council, Torrancc Herald, Mrrance Lions club, Amcri ack Wool Corp: Torrance Board of Education,

Sob Haggard, J. C. Penney Co., Jank of America, W. H. Tolson, Walter G. Linch Dodge and

lymouth, Redondo Beach. El Prado Furniture Co., Waale-

Damplan & Smith, Inc., contrac­ ts, Alien Jewelers, Doak Air­ craft Corp.

School Board Members Thank Voters, Herald

Successful candld&tes fur the Torrance City Board of Education expressed their ap­ preciation for the confidence of the electors shown at Tues­ day's voting, In statements handed to the Torrance He­ rald.

Dr. Howard A. Wood, high man on the ballot by several hundred votes, said:

"I wish to express my sin­ cere thanks and deep appre­ ciation to the voters of Tor- ranee fur the confidence they have shown In me by electing me to the first Board of Kdu- cation of this city.

I pledge that I will apply myself faithfully and to the utmost of my ability to the task before us that the trust of the people may not have been misplace;!.

"I am gratified with the membership of the Board as elected and I know they will work with diligence and In harmony in an effort to give Torrance the excellent school system that it has so long; de­ served and has every right to expect.

"There are many knotty problems to be worked nut

before we can approximate our goal, but we can confi­ dently expect valuable guid­ ance and assistance from the I,os Angeles County Superin- j tendent of Schools office which j has been very generous with I

(Continued on Pag* 4-A)

Miss Torrance Of 1947 Drive Is Undertaken

The Toirancc Junior Woman's club is starting the annual con­ test for a "Miss Torrance of 1947."

This contest is conducted to raise money for a Torrance Y. V.C.A. building fund. Receipts of his contest from year to year vlll, in time, create a fund that vill give Tonance and neaiby lommunitics facilities for ear- ying on much needed work

among young worften. Civic minded merchants again we pledged support by back

ng the contest for "Miss Tor of 1947" with generous

In a sweeping endorsement of their endeavor to establish

an li dependent school system In Torrance, members of the

Charter Committee, with hut one exception, were elected »

'the first Torrance (ity Bourd of Education Tuesday.

The five citizens chosen to run the new Torrance sctwul

*system for the first term are:Dr. Howard A. Wood, L»>8itcs, for the long term.Mrs. Evelyn Carr, 987 vote»,

>r the long term.Mrs. Grace W. Wrlght, IM.i)tos, short term.Carl D. Steele, 790, short term.George P. Thatcher, 791, shortim.Jamrs L. Lynch was dem<"J place on the first Bhard of

ducation as a result •>! wide

ELECTION BULLETIN

Torrance. City Council hurt night canvassed the Imllot* of he Board of Education elec

tion of Tuesday with the w lult that the official vote for he various candidates stand*:

Pr. Howard A. Wood ........ 14*1Evelyn L. Carr ........... 1JKJrace W. Wrlght ; ............. M7George W. Thatcher ........':. TM

!arl D. Steele ..... ~1Stlames L. Lynch BW Albert Isen .................. . S7JJ-Mary ,1. Mlllard 540 Margaret 6'Toole IM Cecil. W. Smith ... 4J1 Sernard Lee ..... ................. _466Howard P Raymond ......... 3&Ha Mae Ambach ................-; « »Kenneth Beight ........... 23?

The corrected vote oif. the tire department bonds, >|M> position No. 1, Is 915 «yw* and 764 "no." On the police department bonds, No. 2, 874 yes" and 764 "no."

ROTARY PRESIDENT . . .

James L. Lynch, local hotel

owner', is the Torrancc Rotary club president for the year

starting July I, 1947. He will

succeed Robert T. McCallum c.id wiH be installed at the an­ nual "demotion party" of Ro­

tary during the month of June.

be held on April 1.

RESULT OF VOTE TUESDAY IIV PRECINCTS

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80 33 ! 24! 28] 33! 801

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Torrance National Bank, Na­ tional Supply Co., Columbia Steel Co., The Gay Shop, Stand ard of California, International Derrick & Equipment Co., Bates Expanded Steel Corp., Pacific Electric Railway, Dixie Lee Stu dio & Camera Shop, General Pe­ troleum Corp., Joshua Hendy Iron Works.

Torrance Lumber Company Plastlk Company of Americ Ben Haggott, Lomita News Harvey Machine Co.

Torrance Fire Equipment Still 'Out In The Cold1

The bond Issue proposition* for a new fire and police sta­ tion, which were defeated In Tuesday's election, gained In affirmative votes over the lust Aug. 20 election.

In the August vote, the fire station proposition received 869 "yea" votes to 1,148 "no's" an compared to 811 "yes" and 782 "no" votes Tuesday. The police station vote last year wsu 098 "yes" and 1,289 "no" to 814 "yes" and 787 "no" hal loto this year

Figured on a percentage 1m- si*, the favorable, vote for the fire station at this week's elec­ tion was 54 percent of the vote cant, compared to only 48 percent favorable vote lant August On the police station, the favorable vote Increased from S5 percent hut August to 53 percent at Tuesday'* election.

Up until late last night the City Council had not decided any course of action to be taken concerning the fire de­ partment equipment which la without quarters due to the condemnation of the fire de­ partment building by city In­ spector* under the State build- Ing code.

gifts for the ntesta Thi'ollowlng stores have pledged arizes so far: Mode O'Day. Ben son's, Penney's, Newberry"s, EPrado Furnitur Gary's Jewelry,

. Charlston's Aflen Jewelry

lynch Heads Mary Club for New Year

imes L. Lynch, local hotel er and civic worker in Tor :e for many years, will head ance Rotary club during the

ear starting July 1, 1947, it ;is announced yesterday. Lynch was elected by the r jard of directors chosen ] r-ek. -I. Vice president for the corrihu, >ar is A. L,. Jackson, mer.ibei

the City Council. George L jhnson will continue as se^rc i-y. William A. Zoeller is lh< .'w treasurer.Directors in addition to th

:ficers are W A. Folker. George . Noonan and Robet T. McC uii, retiring president. The officers will be install*

~t the annual Rotary club "deotion party" to be held i

:o July 1, it was announctx

Murder Victim Funeral Held Here Saturday

o w a r d's Jewelry, Bernard Shoe Store, The Gay Shop, Na tional Home Appliance and To ranee Hardware.

Girls eligible for entry in this contest must be single and t between the ages of 16 and 25.

If under 18, the entrant mu; have" a parents' written consent She, must not be a member the Torrance Junior Woman' club.

The queen contest committ includes the following: Mmes Rufus Sandstrom, Call Forkum,

Funeral for Jack Cliford Floyd, 30, 1221 El Pradi were conducted Saturday moi ing iu the chapel of Stom Mycjs mortuary. The remain were sent to Center Point, low; the place of his birth, for i terment Tuesday.

Floyd's death, as a result c last w e e k' s stabbing marked the, end of a promisingcareer, for th< Angelei

Ho had bc< 11 ployedpast yeai by the Los Chemical Company as lologist. Mr. Elmer Da-

departmentcompany,.said Floyd was doing"

pread endorsement of Thatcher- »ho was an aggressive worker n the campaign to withdraw'' 'orrance schools fiom ;eles as a member of the orlng committee of th .dopted City Charter.

Fire and police department bonds failed to get the neeea- sary two-thirds majority at the polls, although each tonne wa» favored by the majority. . On the $12;>,000 fire depart- -menftoaae, the vote was 911 yeg and 762 no. On the police department Issue, 874 yes Mid 787 no.Other candidates for the .;

Board of Education fared as , follows:

James L. Lynch, 666. ' Albert Isen, 576. Mary J. Millard, 540. ^~- Maigaret OToole, 483. » . .^J?" Cecil W. Smith, 410. '" . ', Bernard Lee, 404. . ,'J* '• Howard P. Raymond, 364.- *' Ila M. Ambach, 239. ' *T " Kenneth Beight, 233. , Members of me npw Board of

Education agreed to meet Im­ mediately and decide upon* flf"* ganizatlon, although they cmrMfc- offlcially take office until next Tuesday.

Also, they prepared to confer Immediately with Dr. C. C.TrJl- lingham, county superintendent of schools, and Dr. C. C. Car­ penter, assistant superintendent, relative to the appointment'"of the first Superintendent of Schools of Torrance.

Candidates for the office have been in the process of being screened preparatory to submit­ ting to the Board of Education*

1st of six qualified administrators from which to pick the superin­ tendent. The county superinten­ dent's office was requested to screen the candidates for < * perlntendency and business mart- ager by members of the Charter

Don C. Moshos, G. T. Dorouin, extensive research In insecticides

Van Barnard, Frank Parrel), H.! there and had a brilliant future.

Wagner, John H. Ritchie, 1 Graduating from the Fafibault

Chas. H. Hutcheison and theihinh school In Faiibault. Minn.,

Misses Louise Robins and Joan ,,,,,1 . ,,! ( . ( | thenioM talc-nicd man

Banks. ' (Continued on Pago 6-A)

Committee It was understood that there were more than 50 applicants for the position of superintendent. "'

While the schools cannot- tax

(Contlnuad on Pagi S-A)

CHAMPION KNUCKLERS . . . Pictured above are the cUmpions of the Torrance Herald Marble

Tournament with their prim donated by their sponsors and the Herald. In the front row, left to

right, are Frank S. Selover, managing editor of the Herald, also representing the Lions Club; Charity

Camou and Raul Chavei, contestants sponsored W th.- Rotaiy Club; Brownlow Parmley and Grand

Champion Mike) Bolls, 20-30 Club; Jimmy Muiphy and Jack Boal, Lions Club, and Dele Riley of

the Torrance xcceation department. In the back row are Jamei L. Lynch, Rotary Club, and How­

ard Foster and Joe Useldlnger of the 20-30 Club. (Story on Sports page. Torrancc Herald photo.)'