The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet from Van Nuys, California • 1

"nmi van.UDSOew 1 1 I TwlcE-'A'WEEK TUESDAY AND'FRIDAT Building1 Permits. She Growth of Van Nuj Penults Daring 192S. JU New Home During 1MS.JI 151 Adalnistrstivs Center of the Yaliey pint With the News First in Circulation I (her eeal-weekly hI weekly payer In AdvortUng Volume NINETEENTH YEAR AN NUT 8, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 139 TWELVE PAGES NUMBER 11 ODDFELLOWS ACTIVITIES 10 GOOD MUSIC AND SPEECH MAKING FEATURE MONTHLY FROLIC OF LOST ANGELS New Plan of Organization Wjll Be Announced at Next Tuesdays Board Meeting Leslie Taylor Is Nominated Vice-President of CaL Real Estate Assn. Oil Company to Enlarge Its Local Plant and Patrons from Here The largest group of "poor devils since the organisation of the Lost Angels, assembled under the beautiful large e-alts on the General Sherman ranch yesterday morning for the monthly frolic and program of this breakfast group.

Promptly at 7:45 President Edgar -Dont smoke in prohibited tcrrl- A new set-up for the San Fernando Valley branch of the IjM Angeles Chamber of Commerce will be announced next Tuesday at the Hoard of Governors meeting whereby thar organization will become distinctively a Van Nuys community body and will, in the future, devote its major activities to local rather than Valley wide matters. In line with tills policy. thea manner as will be agreeable and Vaa Nuys thb week become the Valley distributing center of the Richfield Oil company, following the recent merger of the Fan-Amerlran and Richfield companies. Entargrtncnl of the local plant will become neceamry and L. C.

Saw Fernando Valby manager for Richfield, to 'move hero from San Fernando to take charge of Uw new dbtribnUng center. The local plant will serve New hall, and Saagno at well as all Valby towns. NCREASING congestion of traffic on the streets of Loo Angeles has Anally forced the traffic bums of the Felloe Deportment to rigidly, enforce the law relative to the proper place on the street! and highways for travelling motorists. Especially will the slow driven, who persist in staying in the middle of U10 roadway when their lawfal place is on the side; come in for togs by the baffle officers. By some; such driven an termed "rand hogs" bat this Is nnfslr, as most driven who in the past have kept In the middle believed that they wero playing safe.

Few realised that they wen actually a menses and UW cams of men aeeldenta than almost any other cause. It may take many tags and soma stiff penalties to bring a thoroagh knowledge of this law bat the movement Is right, if yon get pinched, blame yonnelf, not Uw police. 8 tody the law. Throughout the East, In most congested baffle anas; this law is enforced and It Is Urns that CaliforrJa got In line. lories, and bp sure your cigar or cigarette is extinguished under any and all circumstances," warned Chief Seoul Ouy Finney stressed tlie value of the social and service organizations as a great boon to friendship and a better understanding or each other.

ftonw Excellent Musir The Orpheus Quartet, and one of tlie Southland's bat musical organizations. delighted its with a varied program, and Miss Jan Talbot, pianist amfVocalist, gave several pleasing numbers. In closing, President Burroughs announced that plans wnw udder way to make next month's meeting of special Interest to the air minded' when there will be a special aviation program. E. partment; and Guy Finney, publisher of tlie California Graphic.

Urges Co-Operation of AO lit presenting the water prob-, k-ins of the city of Los Angeles, Mr. Football Frolic 'Vn Nurman Iht co-opera- R. Burroughs Will Speak at Rice Burroughs sounded his gavel and greeted the member! with a cheery good morning. The program immediately got under way and furnished excellent entertainment for more than an hour. Speakers were II.

A. Van Norman, engineer of the department o' water and power of Los Angeles; Ralnh Scull, chief of Los Angela fire de Fire Chief Scott emphasised the of every official and private Edgar Rice Burroughs, noted ln nging 61 author and president of the LoatjU Colordo rlwr SulhM'n Angela, will be, thTprlnclpal speak- (California. There can be no qocsj er at the big Klwanls Van Nuys-1 8an Fernando football luncheon, which will tkin but what water the great- wt anJ most vital need of our be "the Van 1 Southland and tliat the Bmlder Nuys" high school cafeteria dam and aqueduct Is the preceding the football classic, whenl1" project ever attempt by the high school teams of van We must have o-opw- Nuys and San Fernando mat satisfactory to all sections. Valley Wide Group. It was also agreed that a Valley wide group should be formed by the new Board of Governors of the branch In eo-operation with the Los Angela Chamber of Commerce, thb group- to consist of three representatives from every community In the Valley which had a regularly organized and operated civic organization representing tt.

The purpose of thb group will be to get together as often as thought desirabb and not lew than once each month, for the purpose of discussing Valley wide problems and its decision on those problems to be final and binding upon the organizations represented, unleu thou organizations Indicated otherwise through their membership. Van Nuys represen tativM on the present Board of Governors are to co-operate with the officers of tlie Los Angela Chamber of Commerce in the selection of the new board. Two-Fold Value With the new plan the Ban Fernando Valley branch of the Los-Angela Chamber of Commerce la to direct Its attention Brat to the problems of Van Nuys, aa they are developed, and secondly, to the Valley wide problems, both through the organisation as such and through the special group above referred to, the purpose of the branch 'being to supply leadership to the Valley through Uw efforts and eo-operation of the business Interests of Van Nuys. Program Chairman W. E.

Bier- kamp also announca today that necessity of every possible precau-Durwood Howes, vice-president of tlon to avoid disastrous fires and the United States Junior Cham-'pointed to the great conflagrations ber of Commerce will be the that have occurred In' California speaker at next Thursday's Kl- within the past week as an exwants luncheon. Walter Menden-i ample of the destruction that can hall wllj be chairman of the day 'result from a little carelessness. IVERSIIY LI Van NuyS to Sawtellc Via Westwood Hum Service PromiKCM Success Present Indications are that approximately twenty students will commute between Van Nuys and Westwood during the school year, using the Bay Cities Transit bus line as a means of travel J. E. Ahdenonro hod of the Transit company, waa in Van Nuys members of the board of governors.

who represented other communities in the Valley, have retired from tlie board and- tlie personnel of the newly appointed board, as announced by the Los Angeles Chamber. Includes the following names: Bruce F. Ailing-ton. C. A.

Bevls. W. E. Chisholm, W. R.

Dunsmore, R. R. Edwards, CapL Edgar Elkina, Frank Ohtglla, B. R. Holloway, a O.

Houghton, F. M. Keller. I. H.

Malin. Norman Messerly, E. C. Moore, H. V.

Platt, Dr. M. Rosenberg er, Rockwell Smith, O. O. Steere, Mark 8utton.

J. R. Wardlaw, W. P. Whit-sett.

Board Reduced This reduces tlie board membership from twenty-nine to twenty and Includes only one who has not served on the bard. Prank P. being the new appointee, The retiring members are: T. i Cully, H.C.Hattencliled. John Kirk-jham, Lee.

W. Miller, J. B. Mather, 1 Dr. A.

C. Pratt, A. B. Prior, Fred Prince. H.

B. Reece, Thomas Shannon. Cause of Change Tlie main reason for the change being made was due to the fact that Van Nuys proper waa left practically without an organization whose sob object was to look after Van Nuys interests ln civic affairs.1 This existed In pits the fact that Van Nuys provided "90 per cent of the money of Governors representing Van Nuys The purpose of thb change to provide equal representation from all communities In Ban Fernando Valley and Van Nuys will be represented by three delegates the same aa all other communities ln San Fernando' Valley. Removra Dissatisfaction Tlib plan will remove the feeling exblent In some sections of the Valley to the effect that Van Nuys was dominating all civic activities and will place all communities on an equal basis. The prime purpose of the Los Angela Chamber of Commerce to extend Its servica to all communities in Bui Fernando Valley In such News Ranked First in Classified Advertising Wednesday completing final ar- supporting the organization, rangemento for the start of the bus Another problem that the Val-j service Monday morning.

It waa; ley Branch was unable to solve was thought for a time that It would i interesting representatives from be necessary for the bus line to Valley communities enough in the traverse Laurel Canyon until the work to insure their attendance at completion of Beverly Glen road, bard meetings, and that thb Val-but as the contractor has the ley-wkle committee will operate sewer line and drainage culverts entirely Independently of the Board TWO HUNDRED OF DIST. NO. 42 HERE Van Nuys Team Confers 2nd Degree on Number of New Candidates Two hundred Odd Fellows coming from various lodges In District 43, gathered at Odd Fellows' Ball here last night to welcome guests of the evening, members of Golden Rule Lodge No. 190 of Los Angeles. Thirty members of Golden Rule Lodge, Including Past Grand Master Schlosons, were welcomed by Noble Grind C.

C. dark. Made Age Range The membership of this group of visiting brothers of Golden Rule lodge, ranged In age from 17 to 19 years and for time In the order from 54 years of continuous membership to a number who have Just recently obtained their third Van Nuys Second Degree team conferred the degree on number of candidates, exemplifying the work In their usual Impressive AU Lodges Represented All lodges of District 42 wen represented, as well as 8easide Lodge of Santa Monica, East Side Lodge of Los Angeles. Two brothers from the Jurisdiction of Minnesota were In attendance. At the cloife of the session -a short entertainment was given in which P.

J. A. Inlow and 8. Oh George F. Beales, took a leading part.

Venison Steak Dinner On Tuesday, October 3, the Van Nuys lodge will be treated to 'W venison steak dinner by the San Fernando Lodge. Goodyear Blimp to Deliver Airwheels to Metropolitan Port on First Day The opening of Sanders Aviation Service company, a combination anto-aviation service station at Metropolitan airport, has been postponed from Bept. 29 to a two-day celebration on October 5 and I. The Goodyear blimp will inaugurate the ceremonies when It will land at 10 o'clock on October 9 with the first alrwheet load for Banders, delivered direct from the factory. The airwheels are tbs latest development In- airplane llna eliminating the necessity of the ase of wheels, the tire fitting directly on the hub.

Prises for the pmehaser of Union gas and oil will be awarded October 4. The Brat prise Is a blp for two In a Union OS plane to Riverside with dinner at the Mission Inn. DORRITY RETURNS John P. Dorrlty, who far several years was with the Valley Drug store here, but who has been, at Westgate for the past two years, is again on duty at the Valley store and Is greeting his many Van Nuys friends. Forbid Hunting In South Hills Nlmrods who In post years have to the Santa Monica tooantolno for their favorite sport are reminded ''that all of that territory to now' dosed to firearms.

Hunters art warned to stay out of 'the territory hounded by Topungo canyon on the west and Ventura boulevard on the north, which In the Lee Angeles cKy An patrol district. R. A. McDuffie of the patrol, who coven this district on henebeeh, has asked The Neirsio hraad-cast thb warning as some hunt-en are evidently nnawam that the territory la A signal honor to Van Nays and one of Ha most progremlve citizens was conferred Tuesday when Leslie Taylor was noml- atod for vice-president of the California Real Estate asooda-tion from the Fifteenth District in a conference meeting 1 of the organisation held In Glendale; The Van Nuys realtor was selected without opposition and will succeed Earl White, incumbent, at the regular election of state of- Leslie Taylor fleers to be held at the annual convention of the California Real Estate association In Ban Diego October 12. Taylor to a past president of4 the Van Nuys Ratty Board and has made an enviable record as (me of.

the leading realtors of Southern California. At a meeting of the Van Nuyg Realty Board held last night at AHingtonl cafe, he waa elected secretary of the local board at the request of Capt. Edgar Elkina, who taka the helm ofothe local organization In November. VALLEY BUILDING OPERATIONS GAIN Construction Activities In All Sections Show Good Increase A healthy Increase in building operations In the Valley area waa apparent thb week from the number of permits Issued by the building department for all types of construe tin in various sections of the district L. La Founts Ine submitted plans, thb week for the erection of three fine dwellings at 14639-42-49 Hamlin street.

O. D. Casteel was named aa the contractor and each home will cost about $4000. New Packing Plant A one story frame fruit packing plant will be erected at 21029 Devonshire street by the D. A.

Conley Co. Inc, at a cost of about I $3000. C. M. Blddlson will have charge of construction.

George E. Cropp has plans pro pared for the erection of a $3000 (Continued on Fags Twa) MrsJ Charles E. Darling: Dead After Lingering Illness Of a Year Mrs. Charles X. Darling, 38.

of 13230 Addison -Van Nuys, pasted away at her home early thb morning following a lingering 111-; nets of several months. She Is sur-! vlved by her and two children, 10 and 11 years of The bodjr was removed to ttye, Turner 4k Stevens undertaking par- ton at Pasadena where funeral ar-; rangementa are 'being made. Mrs. Darling Lad been a real dent of this rity forUie past fout-years. The sapremaey of The Van Kays News in the semi-weekly and weekly Held was again emphasbrd thb week by figures appearing In Tba American Press, when thb newspaper was credited with leading aU other publication in lb clam for volume of rbssified advertising printed daring the first sis months of thb year.

The total am ber of rbzkified inches carried in The1 News foe the six months was 7,963, or MAK agate Unco. nib record all the more remarkable when 'it remembered that no display classified accepted by The News, nothing larger than It point type being permitted In thb department, and that no dead wood" tolerated, advertising bring run only for the time specifically ordered. PLACED SEVENTH IN TOTAL VOLUME la addition to lto enviable retard made in classified advertising, The News took seventh place In total volume of display and classified advertising for the first six months of the year, with 59,931 net Inches, or 713334 ngalo lines. The list was compiled by the American Pica to Include news-pepen- outside the daily and metropolitan field. It contained the nmu af Mvenly-alx leading news pa peri of the United States.

The Red Bank (New Jersey) Register led newspapers of the amt class with a total of 90,141 Inches In classified advertising reported, another California newspaper, the Las Animas Democrat stood second to The Nows with 9399 Inches. A New York paper, the Saugerties Telegraph, was third with 9379 inches. LEON V. SHAW IS ROM SPEAKER Van Nuys Club Joins Valley Rofarians in Monday Meeting at Lakeside Leon V. Shaw, superintendent of the McKinley Home for boys was the speaker at the Van Nuys Rotary club luncheon Wednesday and for half an hour Mr.

Shaw told of hb experiences In dealing with boys of. the home. We have many problems at McKinley for our boys not only come from broken homa but many. (Cos tin aed on Page Two) 4 i Annexation Has Paid T'HE annexation of a Urge part A of Son Fernando Valley to the city of In Angrlet in 1915; which secured for the Valley the inaUiensble right to the use of the city's aqueduct water, was the muter stroke that has hern responsible for the progress and prosperity here, which has amazed the entire Southland. There were scoff at the time by other cities and communities adjoining Lot Angeles.

Assertions wen made and published that the Valley was booked far a trimming by Uw great metropolis; that tt would pay and pay and pay and get little in return, except bit of water to keep the farms green. As for the community growth, according to the' calamity howlers, that not in the cards, with the high taxes and lack of individaal municipal governments in the various Valley communities; Fourteen yean have elapsed sines the first annexation. Others have followed until now the entire floor of the Valley and much of the surrounding hill lands an In Uw Los Angeles city limits. Burbank and San Fernando cilies atone remain on the outside. It now the city area of the -Valley that has Uw laugh, for the many thousands of people who have ertaMbhed their homes In thb psrj of Lao Angdeo an not wondering when or how they are going to oeenn sufficient water to allow future growth, white that problem fa a serious one la many of the neighboring cities.

No price too Mg to pay for water In Southern California. By annexation; tone, thb ana assumed certain bond reqnlre-mente and has paid city tone but It has also secured lower rates for water and electricity than an in effect In ether 'neighboring clUee. The cost under annexation has been infinitesimal in comparison with the growth, progress and enhancement of values that have resulted. From a farming Valley, wo an rapidly 1 developing Into one of the most nttntUn suburban parts of the city and Uw time now will not be long until most of the water furnished to Uw Valley from Uw aqaedurt will be necessary for domestic use. Yea Uw Valley men than pleased and satisfied with lb stains as a part and pared of Lea Angela eUy.

MODERN MACHINERY DID IT i The commercial printing department of The Van Nuys News has Just completed an order of 60,000 office forms' for one Of Its It was a "rush" Job, but with tty large high speed automatic press which was recently Installed. it waa possible to print these forms at Uw rate of 12300 an hour, and the work'was finished on tlmeRecaTdlra of your needs In the printing line, The can 'produce the work as quickly and 'satisfactory as the largest shops iln Los Angeles. LIGHTS GOLDEN JUBILEE Capacity Increased to Six 10-Place, S-Motored Planes Per Month; New Product to Have Five Different Types of Power Units completed, It appears' that one-half of the road Is to be kept open (Continued on' Page Three) i. pm mi IN PUNE HSU Ship Plunges to Earth As Iludder Conies Off; Pilot In Iiadly Injured Losing control of hb plane when the directional rudder tore off, Lieut. Herbert J.

Fahy, well known Valley pilot, crashed at Victory boulevard and Burbank UJ avenue, Burbank fate Wednesday afternoon in the City of Tacoma, an experimental, Loekheed ship he was testing J. Fahy for Harold Bromley ln preparation for the latter's Tacoma, Wash- to Tokio non-stop flight. Fahy was unconscious when taken from the wreckage of the plane 'and removed to the Burbank emergency hospital for Brat aid. He later was removed to the Phy-islclan Ac Surgeons hospital at Glendale where It was reported he suffered a fractured right arm severe cute and bruises. Hite Tree The plane struck a tree on the north aide of Victory boulevard, 'skidded across the pavement and turned upside down by the aide of 'a Lockheed off 1c bis pronounced it a complete wreck, but aid the 425-horeepower motor can repaired.

Bromley's attempt to span the 'Pacific Ocean an not be made thb year as a result of the smash-up, It was stated. 1 The tall assembly which gave way was a new expedmentaLfiflMib. ter-baanced control arrangement and had been built in the ship, also of special design and not a standard Loekheed production type, Thb event, which reaches lit climax on the evening of October 21, Is dedicated to Thomas Alva Edison, who built the first successful Incandescent lamp on October 21. 1979, While celebrating the Invention of the electric bmp, the Jubilee also recognizes Mr. Edison's numerous Inventions In other fields, such as the quadruples telegraph, the mimeograph, the phonograph, the moving picture machine, the carbon telephone transmitter and the Edison Effect" which the secret of modern radio.

President Hoover Is chairman of the National Committee sponsoring the Jubilee. The Government has also given offKlal recognition by Issuing a special two-cent postage stamp now In general use. Numerous festivals already have been held, notably in Atlantic City In June. On October 21 there will be an International radio hook-up presenting such widely known men as Mussolini, Von Hlndenburg, MacDonald and other Europan laden. In the evening there will be an International broadcast of the banquet in Dearborn, given by Henry Ford in honor of Mr.

Edison 'At this time the scenes of October 21, 1179, will be re-enacted. Commultles throughout America will stage simultaneous celebrations. As a nucleus for a local celebration. The Van Nuys News conducting a Thomas A Edison Questionnaire Contest, open to boys and girls not over fifteen years of age- Those taking part lit this contest must live within what to known as the Van Nuys postoffice district, which as follows: South line, Santa Monica mountains; east line, Tujunga wash; West line, White Oak avenue; North Jlne Part hen la street. Each boy and' girl answering the questionnaire will be given an Edison medal by this newspaper, when the answers are turned in.

The winner of the contest In thb district will be swarded a bautiful bronxe plaque in a silk-lined case. The plaque will be on exhibition at The Van Nuys News office. ln honor of Light's Oolden Jubilee, the Southern California Edison company has published a specia-number of Its house orgsn. Busy Buttons' Bulletin which contains much material about Mr. Edl-mb life and achievements.

Extra copies of these will be available at The Van Nuys News business office and may be obtained by boys and ilrlT'irektng information in answering the questionnaire. The questions will appear in the Issue of thb newspaper Tuesday, September 24th. Answers must be turned into Tlie Van Nuys News office by 5 of Friday, October It. Completion of the fourth unit of the huge Bach Aircraft corporations plant at Metropolitan Field was announced yesterday by President B. L.

Graves, on his return from the national air races at Cleveland, where a Bach ship defeated the pick of Eastern-made With the assembly building finished the Bach plant now has a production capacity of six 10-plaice, S-motored -trannpors monthly. The new buildings are Equipped with loofs of the saw tooth type providing maximum light. With twelve transports under construction and 211 men employed as against 91 men on April 1, the Bach payroll has entered the $300,000 class and the huge plant is now declared to be the major transport factory of the West. Completion of the plant extensions was followed by the announcement that planes With five different engine combinations will be produced. Invasion of the Eastern field by the Los Angeles made plane has resulted in turning the eyes of the aviation -world toward the Los Angeles Indus trial -aviation field, President Graves said.

place, S-motored Bafch ships have been ordered. by the' Schlee-Brock Aircraft corporation of Detroit, for use on eastern transportation airways..