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

mg. nw i- wr 7' A uT i "V'V A i rfiy FW Paper MkW liin Weekly MONDAY aa THUSSDAJ First With the Newp First in Circulation; Phone STate 5-1133 XaaiaK Ml Xtasday Nights -v; a Su Ftrsud YsHey Aims TWENTY-NINTH YEAR SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS VAN CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY JANUARY 9,. 1941 TWO PARTS THIRTY-TWO PAGES NUMBER 47 Public Forum a Highlight Give Graphic Picture V. 6 Auditorium Filled to Capacity TuesdayNight Celebrated Speakers Discussed Pressing Topics Residents left their homes here Tuesday night to rally 1000 strong at the opening of a series of four Valley Y. M.

C. public affairs forums on Americas role in the present American crisis. Donna Hubbard auditorium ruled to capacity sa the maaa meetlns was opened by Tom Rowe, Valley executive and feneral ehalr- HOW ARE YOU DOING? ti I oreign-Bom Students Tell Experiences to 3000 Assembled at Van Nuys High School Assembly i The second War, aa seen through the eyea of three foreign-born students, and a former British diplomat and soldier, came momentarily closer to home yesterday as an Americahism rally. assembled nearly S000 young people and teachers in Donna Hubbard auditorium. Presented before three capacty assemblies, the program was arranged by Emily Cole Humphrey, Van Nuys DOLLAR DAY SET FOR FEB.

26th Is thp sign withwhich Morrow Aircraft signaled its distress. Engineers are plenty scarce. Anniversary Dollar Day wlU be ebserved in Van Nays Wednesday, Feb. aananneed thia'aMraiag On those New Year resolutions? How many have you smashed to smithereens? perm dojrou feel about It all? Well, it better to have loved and lost than never to loved at all. And there la the consolation that another New Year is coming up 35S days fromnow.

Then you can make a brand new set If you havent used the present one. Like the Democratic platform of 1931 Which la itffl BRAND NEW. Thomaa FYea-. batm-amltK, radio commentator and resident of Sherman Oaks, the audience to "let Its hair down" and do a lot of plain and ordinary thinking and arguing an the subject, "When we cant come out and express our opinions. Its high time we got, on one of thoee refuge boats and went somewhere be added.

ZXrRESS VIEWS Users was a murmur of approval whan a Oallup-type oral poll was ahnouneed aa an unscheduled pre-( llminary feature. Ranchers, house' wives, buslnen men, educators and students were allowed to briefly air their views, on pertinent national topics, such as: Shall Tbslted States declare war now? All aid short of war! AH aid, after our own defenses an reasonably complete? And, oempleta isolation and neutrality? Prsebalrn -Smith asked' for open minds and courses conviction as embers of the audience expressed their opinions. A Balkan resident, ta America for IS years, oven of-Sarod his solution to fho unemployment problem. Theforum, at which Ttua Board-man. ahalmad of Valley Y.

M. C. A. puhhe affaha acted as moderator, want on Use air at 8:30 over KPWB. Speakers were Constance Bennett and Conrad Nagel, fSm stars; John Ik attorney and son of Senator Burton K.

Wheeler; and Sr. Bdwln P. Byland, peace move-msot leader. AGAIN TUESDAY Community singing as a prelude gave Capt C. C.

Bonner an exeel-lent opportunity to exercise his talents and Dr. Edmond Cyckler of City College directed the orchestra. Colors wers presented by an R. O. T.

G. guard. People eame Rom all over the city to make this the outstanding event of ite kind in the Valley's history. Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, wu among thorn who represented the film colony in the Speaken for next Tuesday's forum, which will also be broadcast ever KFWB, Include Randolph van Ostrand, public relations counsel for the Merchants and Association of Los Angeles, and Irv.

ing Stone of Endno, Mtt-aelier au-thor. Rainfall Now 10.46 Inches Showers Monday night added .41 of an inch to the sea-sons rainfall; bringing the total to 10.46. This is the high-, est for three years. Following is the record on this date fair the past five years, according to the officiat ga ge of the Bureau of Waterworks and Quarrel Ended by Gun Shots Husband Disappears After Fatal Shooting in Julius Lucrezi Home a Tragedy cameiaud.dpnly to the Lucrezi home, 6738 Sepulveda at 5:07 p. mTues-day when Julius, husband and father, fatally shot his wife, Christina, 49, in the kitchen of the house following a quarrel, according to a report of the murder filed with police.

After the shooting the suspected murderer ran to hie car, a 1932 Plymouth coupe, and drove north on Sepulveda officers were told by Antoinette Dinardi, sister of the dead woman. Lucrezi is described az 65 yean old, five feet and six Inches ten, wejght .185, dark hair streaked with ray, light brown eyes, small Mack mustache, and was wearing Hue overalls, a green sport shirt and dark shoes at the time of hie disappearance. SISTER TELLS TRAGEDY Chief witness to the shooting was Antoinette Dinardi. who stated to police that aha and her sister, Mrs. Lucrezi, had Just returned from work and that the husband insisted on his wife going out to dinner but the victim declined, saying that she was ready to prepare dinner at Hie witness said she heard a shot and ran to the kitchen door where jorthegtm win provide dance rhy-Q declared.

UicreM was shooting his wife informal evening of-' -After that. I helped stick gummed a 45-calibre revolver while the vie-; fair which is open to alumni and tape on the windows so they woulcpit tlm held to the gun. When PUoe their guests, faculty members and je shattered by the explosions, filled t.h, hhv 'sandbags, and saw the-first real black-out and air the youth recounted. FLEES CHINA 7 Born In EaK Prussia. Hanrnitoro Heiman, 14, add that during her lad visit to Germany, food wu already being rationed there and that she wu Indeed thankful to bo aafe in America.

Her father -wu a. ship designer blit found a profitable occupation training dogs for th fllma. The other student speaker, Estelle Chang, 14, related air raid experiences while attending school In China and told of the evacuation to Hongkong and finally to America where she wu reunited with her parental-' The Canadian-bom Giroux twin Euclid and Laurler, gavs a thrilling Interpretation of God Blem America and student authors who presented their prise winning defense poems were Adele Arbogast; Rolf Pitta and Jeanne Moore. Buddy Grover wu student chairman of the program and George Drake of the faculty officiated as masted of UNEARTHED TWO INDIAN MATATES Roy Kempley Found One on Same Property Over Ten Years Ago While digging a pool on the property of W. A.

Maas, builder, at 18954 Ventura Blvd. Roy Kempley of the Kempley Sewerage Service, 5226 Van Nuys unearthed two Indian instates. One wu about 15 Inches to' diameter and tie other 10 as by George Noenaa, chairman ef the merchants cemmittee. Gordon Gillies, Jeweler, la aaaisting with OLD GRADS WILL TREK BACK TO HIGH SCH00LT0M0RR0W Homecoming Program Features Open House and Evening Dance Last minute preparations are being completed for the 1941 homecoming of Van Nuys high school graduates tomorrow. Highlights id the day will Include open house in all the buildings, campus guide service, registration, luncheon in the cafeteria, program" at 2 p.

hi Donna Hubbard audt torium, election of officers, recep-j many ways. Primarily In keeping up tlon and a dance at 8:30 in the gym. the morel. He said that a half. 1-Speaker on the 3 o'clock program! lion dollars had already justed will be Jack Guenther, alumnus and United Press sports writing ace who Is in Los Angeles covering Santa Anita track season.

Dan Carmichael will be guest soloist. Officer, nominated for the new government had relaxed its blockade year are president, Jake DumeUe, Dan Carmichael and Harry Hocker; vice-president, Whitley so that children In the occupied French territory could receive did jftom the American Red Cross wu Jetn Borehard; secretary, Ksthlf wUh tp0aa I from the young audience. toe Smith Palmer. Alice Marie 17-year-old refugee Gautschi; treuurer. Hubert Stebbto, the dlyta SOUGHT MILDER CLIMATE; CHARGED High School faculty chairman of tha national defense committee.

Guest speaker was MaJ. Roy Glen, In charge of the Southern Division of British War Relief, formerly of the British cavalry air carpi and diplomatic service. He painted a gloomy picture of sadness and terror abroad, but hastened to illumine It with the woo-derful spirit of the British. BIG JOB AHEAD There la terri(lqAfltabEsd of us, and you young people calf help in BAFFLED Howard B. Morrow, found employment to be his major problem.

Now everything is smoothly and production wiQ start sdon. HELP WANTED Here $902,609 for Valley Streets Allocations Made in. Budget of California Highway Department Expenditure of $10,606,000 for improvement of highways within Los Angeles county was listed in the state highway departments biennial budget made public this week. Details of the state budget were disclosed hoe by Amerigo Boxxanl Los Angeles member of the state Highway Commission, although the budget aa a whole had been released in Sacramento. Included in the program for this county Is outright state improvement of highways as wen as allocs tloa of state funds to county and municipal state and highway improvements.

-Projects Jn the Ban Fernando Vallejr. and indirectly affecting the highway system of this area, were announced as follows by Councilman Jim Wilson; Cahuenga Pass, from a point 900 feet north of Barham Blvd. to a point 1000 feet north of Lankerthlm $496,000. Moorpark St. bridge and approaches, TUJunga Wash, $50,000.

Portions of San Fernando Road, $144,000. Outright state Improvement of $.1 mile along Ventura Blvd. at a cast of $221,800 to be home by. the state division of highways. WILL SELL TWO PARCELS OF VAN NUYS PROPERTY Bidden Must Pay Taxes and Cost of Advertising' Seeking to place tax-delinquent land back on the active list again, the County Tax Collector will conduct a public auction Jan.

10 on two patrols of land In Van Nuys. The sale win he conducted by Deputy Rank Murphy on the fifth floor of the HaU- of Justice at Temple and Broadway, Lea Angeles, beginning at 9:00 oclock A. M. This sals -A arks the beginning of a program In which an effort win be made to restore man than parcels of tax-deeded property to the assessment roll. Bidders must be prepared to pay the amount of theldtial accumulated taxes exclusive of penafita and the coat of advertising.

President's Balj to Aid Paralysis Sufferers Jan. 30 That physically afflicted men, women and children may be able to walk again, redid en Is here will danefc at a President's Blrtliduy Ball to be staged in connection wlUi the dimes drive Jan. 30. The event, which will be informal, wlU take place at the Van Nuys Woman's clubhouse, Music from 8:30 o'clock win be furnished by Vicky Dale and her all-girls orchestra. Arrangements lor this attrartioh were made through Hurry-Grretln, s.

It If announred.tbstrenllre proceeds will ga Into the paralysis fund. AKY A DIME If Almoat a million clinkers. Just allocated for street Improvements In Valley district We looked through the list of projects again and again. Every time looking more intensely. Roping hope.

And, would you believe it there wu not a red cent among aU of thou bags of ddl-lire earmarked for Van Nuys Blvd. Maybe we dont live right Cant imagine any other reason why Van Nuys Blvd. should be utterly forsaken. WAE'I PAY OFF When after many battlei past Both tir'd with blows, make peace at last What is It after aU. the people get? Why! taxes, widows, wooden legs, and debt Francis Mooru Told.

them Inhis message to the Congress of the. United States, President Roosevelt left little unsaid it concerns perpetuation of democracy. Today la today. Tomorrow is another day. And next week, next month, next year and the years to follow will vindicate the' President's stand.

Ithas resolved Itself Into a world's titanic struggle for freedom, opposed to serfdom. President Rooeevelt is far-seeing in his foreign policy. And he has the Rooseveltlan courage that is traditional with that whole cUn. God bless and guide him. THE AYES HAD IT That Y.

M. C. A. public forum at Van Nuys high school auditorium Tuesday night was a ten-strike. Conrad Nagel, Constance Bennett, John L.

Wheeler and Dr. Hyland left nothing to the imagination. They spoke right out in church. Highlight of the program was broadcast. And the audience, that Jammed the large Donna Hubbard auditorium, most popularly acclaimed ALL POSSIBLE HELP TO ENGLAND.

DO YOU KNOW? What rain means to Southern California? Normally, this country Is as dry a a popcorn gblp. But be patient with, this stormy weather that hu insisted since Oct. 26, 1940. Rain means propagation of our wonderful palms, eucallptl, peppers and other ornamental trees. It meant savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars In Irrigation costs to growers of citrus and deciduous trees.

It meani a bountiful, crop. of hay-wad grain on the'dry-lands. Tourists may complain. But remember, we have an ace in the -hole, there. So, take it easy.

Haywire Tragic occurrence in Van Nuys community this week is Just another clincher for the argument that no citizen, except one duly authorised by law, should be permitted to carry In his possession a dangerous weapon. There are too many hair-trigger tempera. Peace officers are schooled very meticulously when to use or nut use a gun. But the average cllixen nix. 1 1 I II I I Baptist Church Officers Installed The following nine officers wen 4 tailed Sunday evening at the Hodge.

Sunday School Superintendent- Rev. Hqward Btgrtow. Schmidt Church Treuurer Ira Sanders. bt. F.

U. Director Mrx it New Year Launched by Lions Club at Installation Riles 1941 Committees Named by Don Gehlke A comprehensive program for 1941 was set forth Monday Evening when the Lions Club wrote finale to a pro- DON H. GEHLKE THEY NEEDED ENGINEERS; GOT PLENTY Production of New Trainer Ship to Get Under Way Soon Now A week ago the Morrow Aircraft Co. at Metropolitan Airport here couldnt find enough engineers to run the plant They put up a bflp wanted sign and advertised In newspapers of several states. Then after the story of their plight and these pictures were published a flood of applications came in and Howard B.

Morrow, president, announced he believes their problem la solved, The company la experimenting with a ship which they believe win revolutionize small plane production, It is a streamlined dual control Job which meets CAA. trainer, quallfl cations and could be produced at a top speed of 33 per day. Morrow said. Officials of the company are convinced that this new plastic-type ship win be the future ideal spun airplane without infringing on th. supply of strategic material needed In construction of aerial Inches ta diameter.

About ten years ago Kempley wu digging it pool on the same property and found a mataje. It has since been on display the Van Nuys public library He will-keep the two' he found Saturday at hi office for some time where the public Is invited to look at them. WITH VAGRANCY Five men. an of whom mid they came to Soiftftern California seeking a warmer climate, were taken to custody by Valley police Tuesday and charged with vagrancy after com-j piainta were made that some of the men were begging In the vicinity of been living under bridges and trees. Tltae booked on vagrancy charfce were Frank A.

DaliHitit. 57; Robbie Galen, 24; Otto Pfamnnrtlem. 74; WiK, Jam Keely. 71; and Ohtorne'w: Ha) Negto, 50. gresslve year with Installation, of a new corps of officers.

Elmer Humma, retiring president, cited the accomplishments of his term In office in a brief farewell as he turned over the gavel to Don Gehlke: Committeemen named were these: Social and house, James Nell, Bob Rlngstrom, Dr. Van Hantlltou; Lions Varieties, Edwin, Rinehart, Don Wilkins, Ell la Cherry; work with Lelteney, Paul Erie, Reinhart; fl-bllnd. Dr. B. Brown; music.

Dr. B.lnance. Cherry. Bam Kauffman; eon-Bcott Miller. stltutlon and by-laws, Dr.

Hamilton. Publicity, Wilkins. Cherry and Nell: Mr MU appointed speakers qontetf, Rlngstrom, War-, musician for the club. ren Epplnsite; Mexican work, -youth' Plans were made for a dinner party Humma, Eplnnette. Dr.

Clyde Acker-1 Jun. IT at the Pkn-entlne Oardena in man; nlucatton, Jack Nopi-r; pro-, Hollywood and advance announce-gram, yirterW. Erjik, Kdl. Wi'V'ns; -tncnls and attcnd-ince. Fred tlonal conclave Jn.

24-25 In Fresno. First Baptist Church of Van Nuys for the year 1941. Trustees C. Smith, Warren Larsen. M.

Raymond. Guy Cunningham. 1 1 'Francis O. Hougen, 24, 5019 mump' rolls and signs of habitation. Th man! Clerk Bertha NeUto Ave, North Hollywood, and Florin said that he and his companions hadj.

Financial Secretary Mrs. WB. the Pacific Elec tile elation and. post office to North Hollywood. One man went with officer! to a bridge at Westpark Dr.

and Chandler Blvd, under which there were bed TEMPERATURES Low temperatures continued to prevail throughout. Southern jjall-Jornlu. The ofriclal thermometer of the Bureau of Waterworks and Supply In Van Nuys gives the following readings; Monday 2' 03 TiiKlHy Tom silky fill Might have the answer Today The News has a feature that should Interest motorists. It is ''Traffic Whys. And It.

Is prt-I hi red by ha chief of the State' Highway PAlrpl. It might answer a question for. you. This feature will be continued now and then. 'i fertdtjof 8.

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