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DECEMBER 28, 1931. PART 2 M9NDAY MORNING. Retired Physician to Drive to Hills, Then Slug and Rob Him of $15,000 Kidnapers Force EX-DRY AGENT'S II fl I SCHOOLDAYS HERE AGAIN TREE ROOTS- FORM LATTICE Acacia Develops Art of Making "Weld" fSMCUPATIONS Christmas Vacation Over Today for 231,000 City Fupils HEARING TODAY i Federal Judge to Receive Probation Report Jack Or shy Ps'otv Sentenced to McNeil's Island discovered In LosAngeles BUYER UPHELD IN LAND DEAL Woman Rescinds Contract on Grape Acreage Agreement Voided by Failure to Plant, Says Court Company Charges Payments Were in Arrears OFFICER FINDS VICTIMJN DAZE Brain Concussion Reported After Consultation Captors Believed ta Have Jumped Aboard Car Condition Hampers Inquiry at IS'euhall Station Ex iCC tion Stay Effective Pending Decision School bells will ring this morning for more than children in the city public schools system. As an addition, however, to the two weeks of Christmas vacation enjoyed by. the there will be another brief respite in study Tork Friday when New Year's holiday will be observed.

Approximately 10,000 teachers also will return to their desks today. -It -K Probation officers are to report to United States District Judge Holl-zer today on the probation plea of i i 4 I i D.V I i 1 iff XJ i Kidnaped in his own automobile, then slugged and robbed of $15,000 in cash by bandits in the Newhall district, William L. Tower, about 55 years of age, reported to be a San Francisco physician, last night was recovering from head injuries in a Santa Barbara sanatorium. The kidnaping, beating and robbery took place last Saturday, it -was revealed by police reports here yesterday. Dr.

Charles L. Bennett, local physician and a personal friend of Tower, learned of the attack yesterday and ordered the San Francisco victim removed to the Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. BRAIN CONCUSSION Following a consultation of physicians at Santa Barbara it was Jack Ormsby, former. Federal dry agent, who was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment in McNeil's Island prison, following his conviction on charges of violating the national prohibition A stay oi execution was granted Ormsby pending the and intended to turn over the information to authorities. A grand Jury failed to indict him, but a few months later Ormsby and three other men were arrested at Llano on a charge if operating two stills.

jj-- 1 JACK oeAseJV 9 fc vkT When a subdlvider sells an acre with the promise that the same shall be planted to grapes, the law presumes that the planting will be done within a reasonable period and if not so done the buyer may rescind the contract and recover the money paid. Declaring these principles, Superior Judge Yankwich held that Georgia R. Kranz is entitled to recover from Fair View Farms Company, and Walter C. Hilton, the sum of $550.21. On June 18, 1928, Mrs.

Kranz entered Into an agreement with the company in which she agreed to purchase an acre from it in Riverside county for $1250. It agreed to plant the land to grapes and took back immediately a lease. Mrs. Kranz paid in a total of $550.21. On April 7, 1930, Mrs.

Kranz rescinded the contract on the ground that the grapes had not been planted and brought suit to recover the money. The company contended that she was in arrears at the time she rescinded and for this reason, it argued, she was not entitled to recover. In giving judgment to Mrs. Kranz, Judge Yankwich stated: "A buyer may rescind a contract upon the ground of failure of consideration even though the installments may not have been kept up. The failure to plant grapes within a reasonable time Is a failure of consideration and without such planting the property was of little value to the buyer." 4 While awaiting trial, Ormsby obtained his release on bond and was arrested again in Downey when raidii.g officers found him on prem Sses where a still was In operation.

Despite his proximity to th still, prosecuting officers were unable to connect him directly with its operation and the charges even-. tually were dismissed. His record shows he was dismissed from the Federal prohibition forces. LIBRARY CLOSES FRIDAY The Lcs Angeles Public Library will observe the usual holiday hour in celebration of New; Year's Day, The entire library. Central buildin? and branches, will be closed all day on January 1.

investigation by probation officers. Ormsby was convicted with several others for asserted operation of a still near Palmdale. Before his conviction in Federal court here last July, Ormsby was in frequent difficulties with the law. He and Harry Chenowith, also a former prohibition agent, in 1929 engaged in a gun battle near Lancaster that resulted in the death of Charles Chula. Arrested at the time, Ormsby asserted he was making a "private" investigation of hquor operations in the territory 1 f- II.

D. Miller Exhibits Odd Growth 5 vS f. 40iJJV wiWLr. Mr. and Mrs.

Morrle B. Streeter (Many persons here earn tielr livelihood in unusual and unique ways. An some of the oul-of-ihe-ordinary inatusitwc reaortef has been assiened to chronicle le occupations and one of the series follows:) Jf 4 't A 1 Horticulturists and botanists in the Hynes district are interested in an acacia tree whose roots interlaced and grew together in a peculiar lattice-like formation hi the front yard of H. D. Miller, 351 South Maple street.

The peculiarity was discovered when Miller dug up part of his lawn. Beginning at the trunk -of the 4-year-old tree the roots began to cross each other as they grew. Wherever 'ie roots touched each other they grew together in what a plumber woulv describe a perfect "weld." The formed at every contact point, whether the root was the size of a man's arm or the slenderest "shoot." Miller believes the formation is due to a parasite and said he intends to spend the holiday season studying it in the hope of training the rooto to, grow a lattice for his sleeping porch. sally wants CHRISTMAS SEALS CASH NEEDTOLD Tuberculosis Association Treasurer Urges Holders to Remit at Once PENNSYLVANIA SORRYJOR US (Continued from First Page) should consider the fact that the city of Los Angeles has a great diversity of territory in its twenty-five miles of width and forty-four miles of length with altitudes raging from sea level to 3000 feet. Col.

Hersey told the inquirer that it is not unusual for a little snow to fall on the mountains within the city limits, but that the Los Angeles business district there has been no snow in a measureable quantity during the twenty-three years the Weather Bureau has been at its present site. It was pointed out that in the hills above the 1500-foot level four inches of snow fell at one time this month, and in the high mountains sixty miles from here a heavy snow fell at many points. It also Nvas pointed out that there were no shivering popula-, tions, pneumonia epidemics, sudden and general misery and as for heating arrangements in the city, every home is equipped with a heating apparatus and that natural gas and petroleum, and not coal, are used. CHEST TO DIVIDE ITS FUNDS SOON (Continued from First Page) quired by law, referring them to the County Welfare Department. "(2.) Assistance and advice to those residents whose needs for special reasons are critical, but who are ineligible for care by the County An Intensive effort to reach its quota before the first of the year was announced by William May Garland, treasurer of the Los Angeles Tuberculosis and Health Association, now conducting Its annual Christmas seal campaign.

The association needs $100,000 to maintain present activities designed to prevent the spread of tuberculosis, arid to inaugurate new Garland said that' 'thousands of residents, who have' received seals from the association have as yet failed to remit for them and he strongly urged an immediate response, otherwise the association's work will be seriously handicapped. 'If the residents of Los Angeles have ever felt a deep concern, for the welfare of the less fortunate who need the care of our association, they will understand that our problems have greatly multiplied, due to the unemployment crisis," Garland stated, Those who have not received seals from the associntion but who wish to aid in their work may communicate with the Los Angeles Tuberculosis and Health Association. TRin-ity 6584. wplfare DeDartment because of hav -v-W t- I SOM-E OF THIS' ''I I if I I I it ViJ lr A ORDINANCES ORDERED COMPILED ing equity in a property beyond the legal limit or income above the minimum budget allowed by the county. "(3.) Assistance in adjustment of families, health -and economic prob- lems where no relief is required.

"No private agency has either the funds or the staff to care for persons requiring long-time care, or those who are not likely to become self-supporting, such as aged persons without income, chronic in- valids, those incapacitated City Attorney Werner's staff has been directed by the City Council to start compiling the city's penal ordinances, to be assisted by representatives of City Clerk Domin-guez, Efficiency Director Knox and City Prosecutor Johnson. physically or mentally. These are county charges." agreed that Tower was sunermg from brain concussion the result of the beating administered by his captors. Tower, according to a Sheriff office report, was discovered driving his automobile in an erratic manner on the Weldon Canyon Road, Newhall district, by Motor Patrol- man Woodruff. The officer overtook Tower and commanded him to stop.

It was then that the patrolman observed the driver's dazed condition and complied with the request that Tower be taken to Newhall to make a report of the robbery. At the substation, however, the robbery victim's condition was so critical that he was unable to give a coherent account of what happened. LEAPED ONTO CAR The report said the bandits had leaped into his car and forced him to drive to the hills back of Newhall. There he was struck on the head. When he regained consciousness he started to drive to the main highway when he was overtaken by Woodruff, the report indicated, At the Commodore Hotel, 1207 West Seventh street, where Towor had registered on the 21st inst.

with his wife, officers learned from Mrs. Tower that the husband had $15,000 in cash on his jYom the story told to 110161 employees by Tower it was believed the bandits stopped the San Francisco man somewhere oh Flgueroa street and that he drove them from that thoroughfare to Newhall before being beaten. MOB FREES MEXICAN IN CLASHHERE Two Deputies Send Riot Call as Beating Suspect Esca pes Through Crou 'A mob of more than 100 Mexicans which gathered when deputy sheriffs attempted to arrest one of their people on an assault charge yesterday led to a riot call from 4042 Brooklyn avenue. Deputies Gale and Allenworth had gone to Investigate a reported attack in which Margarito Miramontez was beaten severely with brass knuckles and had arrested Ray Aguirre, 23 years of age, as her assailant. As they were loading him into an automobile to take him to jail, the crowd quickly assembled and surrounded the car, While the officers were attempting to fight tbeir way out the prisoner escaped, whereupon Daniel Valdez, asserted leader of the mob, was arrested on charges of aiding the escape of "a prisoner and disturbing, the peace.

Aguirre was wearing handcuffs when he leaped from the car and was lost td sight. University Will (Train Students in Police Work Special classes in advanced police work are among the courses offered a the new term of the school of citizenship and public administration sponsored by the University of Southern California, which is to open January 4, next. The classes will be held at the Civic Center division, 202 Wilson Building and are not restricted to peace officers. The nature of police functions aiad introduction to the study of personality and behavior of persons dealt with and types of situations encountered comprises one of the courses, Another course offers chemistry, in which the study of blood tests, chemical analysis, Photography, microscope, the lie detector, X-ray, ballistics, handwrit-iag and the preservation of evidence is stressed. 8till another course will deal with the definition and analysis oj elements of major crimes and toe laws dealing with arrests, warrants and searches and seizures.

Information pertaining to the courses will be furnished by Dean Emery K. Olson in the Wilson building, First and Spring streets. DEFENDER MOVES OFFICE Offices In the City Hall of Fred-, crick M. Hall, Public Defender, and his staff, which have been shifted around to various portions of the TJemple-street floor, finally have bf en moved to the northeast wing of the second floor in Rooms 289 292, formerly occupied by Traffic IJnginecr Dorsry, who has moved t6 the northwest mezzanine. Rooms 31 and 36, formerly occupied by Hall, ar; to be used by the police eheralstry division.

Three persons in every five have the urge to write songs and even their best friends cannot talk them out of it. Most of them lack the technical knowledge necessary to put their compositions on paper, and right there is where Morrie B. Streeter steps in. Streeter, a composer of many Instrumental pieces, is big brother, guide, counselor and friend to folks who feel that they simply must write a song. for profit, of course, but merely to satisfy that pent-up longing.

They -put whistles on peanut roasters lor much the same reason. Streeter is not a publisher, nor does he guarantee that the song will make a fortune for the writer. His job consists of acting as musical stenographer. If the aspirant can thump out the tune he considers music with one finger, whistle or even hum it, that is all Streeter requires. He will do the rest and throw in a lot of -grace notes and cadenzas lor good measure.

"Hardly a day the composer said, "without someone approaching me "With an idea for a song. They usually have the words and a hazy idea of the melody, but their problem is how to get the thing on paper. One young man came to me not long ago Who had jotted down a whole page of black spots on a score sheet, with no regard for key, tempo or anything else. He asked me to play it as written and it almost broke his heart when' I told him his request was Impossible. However, when he whistled and hummed the tune, I played it on the piano and he left with the firm belief that he had created a It wasn't bad, at that." A prominent in Los Angeles has been writing songs for years with.

Streeter's assistance and is. still at it, but even his wife does not suspect, him. As each number is finished it- is filed away in a neatly bound album, there to remain, perhaps, until his heirs discover his leaning In this direction. He pays Streeter a monthly retainer, part Bt which might be termed hush money, since he is pledged not to disclose his patron's identity. Streeter lives at 2259 Lakeview avenue, and i followed the stage for many years 'before settling in-Hollywood.

-His wife, known professionally as Blanche Bryan, was In musical comedy. PARKING NEEDS HERE STRESSED (Continued from First Page) est accommodates the rapid-transit terminal, giving easy access to the group for suburban dwellers. The next level accommodates the electrified tracks of the railways. The third, and highest level is used for underground pedestrian passages between the various buildings. ARCADES CITED While putting great stress on such large-scale planning, and the efficacy of zoning ordinances, the report" docs not neglect immediate Improvements, such as second-story sidewalks, arcades, two-level streets, and downtown mechanical parking-garages built like Ferris wheels.

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