The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 33

WVi Losartgclcg Cimcg a Sunday, dec, u. 5 Dinner Honors Steelworkers Virtual completion of the steel work on the new General Pe troleum Building, Flower St. between Sixth St. and Wilshire was celebrated with a dinner for the steelworkers yesterday at the Police Academy. LICENSE TABS MORE COSTLY BUT PRETTIER Those 1948 automobile II-.

cense plateswill cost more, but they'll be prettier. The State Department of Motor Vehicles announced yesterday that theyll be red and silver tabs, to fasten on the old 1947 plates in the fashion of wartime. They'll go on sale Jan. 2 and a penalty will be added after Feb. 4.

Fees will be $3 higher than in 1947 and will be rounded off to the nearest dollar. Miss Fa mum to Be Bride of Teacher It will be a pre-Christmas wedding for Dustine Farnum, 22-year-old daughter of the late Dustin early-day film star, and Louis J. Bitterlin, 33, Pacific Beach The couple made their plans known yesterday, as they obtained a license to marry at the Hall of Records. It will.be the first ceremony for each of them. The wedding will take place next Saturday at the Church, of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, Miss Farnum said.

C. S. Beesemyer, vice-presi dent of the oil company, who was host at the gathering, re Dock Man Held in Fatal Blaze Rufus Avery, 47 year old longshoreman, yesterday was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the fire at 10351 S. Hickory St. early yesterday in which four persons died.

Avery was 'arrested at his hotel 108, Palos Verdes San Pedro, by Det. Lt. A. D. Johnson and Det.

Sgt. V. V. Little. The officers said very's clothing bore smudges and apparent scorches and added that the garments will be held 'for analysis.

Mrs. Vera Dudley, whose mother and three children died in the fire, told officers that Avery, a former suitor, had attempted to burn her house several months ago. Dead were Mr. Minnie Dudley, 50; Lawrence, 8: Carol, 6, and Kenneth, 4. The mother was away from her home at the time.

ported that the last of the three lllliiite guy derricks used to, place the steel was dismantled Wednesday and that only a few rivets remain to be driven. He complimented the men on the speed with which the steel was erected and on their safety record. j. wo lake jjows Among the men who took 4s wii iHilUlilMllflliliini 'HIM! bows were J. J.

Yates, superintendent in charge, of all field construction of the Consolidated tegtxCMi Koaiton Times photo CELEBRATION C. S. Beesemyer of General Petroleum shakes hands with Ralph Calisher, right, foreman in charge of steel work on General Petroleum Building, as :J.S. Yates, steel company official, looks on. Steel and Ralph Calisher, foreman in charge of the job.

General Petroleum expects to occupy the structure by Christmas, next year. It will utilize all but three and one-half floors of CANDY WORKROOM MANAGER With thorough knowledge of formulae, cost, production, and supervision. Excellent opportunity for the right person. Give full details ef experience and state salary expected in letter. Write Box Y-184-DA, Times Golden West Society to Discuss Program Forty Los Angeles County par the structure, which was de civic luncheon to be held Jan.

24, 1948, the 100th anniversary of gold's discovery at Sutter's scribed as the largest office build lors of the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West Bartender Arrested Albert J. Kostal, 27-year-old bartender, yesterday was arrest- ed on suspicion of robbery after I police reportedly found two pis- tols in his car. 1 ing in the city, with 504,452 square feet of floor space. Mill. Mrs.

William Steinbeck have been invited to a meeting NIGHT SKY This map shows the principal stars and planets which are above the horizon in Lat. 34 deg. N. at about 9 p.m.. at; the.

middle of the month. It is practical anywhere in the United States throughout the month showing the sky at 10 p.m. on the first and at 8 p.m. on the last of the month. To use it, hold it vertically and turn it so that the point of the compass toward which you are facing shows at bottom of the map.

Venus Standout in Skies as Brightest of Planets BY DR. C. H. Griffith Observatory The contractor is P. J.

Walker in the Mayf air Hotel tomorrow will act as chairman of the night to discuss plans for a Co. Wurdman Becket are the architects. Christian Science' Lectures Planned "Free Christian Science lectures will be given this week by Venus, the brightest planet, is again visible in the evening sky. it will appear to move rapidly toward the sun and disappear from members of the Board of Lec tureship of The Mother Church, It can be above the south the evening sky in June. Thus FOR THE COOKIE AIID MILK SET The First Church of Christ, Sci western horizon until nearly two hours after sunset.

It is not entist, in Boston, as follows: for the next six months it will be a brilliant spectacle in the t. ening sky, appearing 10 times shown on the star map, which Peter B. Biggins, C.S.B., of Seattle, Thursday at 12:10 p.m. at represents the sky at about brighter than Sirius, the brightest star. Fifth Church, 7107 Hollywood 9 p.m.

Florence Middaugh, C.S.B., Because Venus has a diameter Sirius is shown along the southeastern horizon. It forms of Los Angeles, Friday at 8 p.m. at Thirty-second Church, 659 S. an equilateral triangle with Be only about 200 miles less than that of the earth, it is sometimes referred to as the earth's twin St Andrews Place. Generators to Be Sold Portable power generators with sufficient output to light 'and heat a two-story house will sister.

It is surrounded by dense white clouds which hide the solid surface beneath. These clouds are not like the ordinary clouds appearing in our sky and it is not certain what they are composed of. 'Carbon dioxide has been- found in the atmosphere of Venus by means of the be sold by the War Assets Ad ministration at a spot bid sale next Wednesday at the Maywood Air Force supply depot. spectograph, but there is no evi Peggy Brooks combines durability and education in a new series of washable, non-inflammable plastic books for toddlers. Illustrated in full color.

Boxed. 16 titles, fjQ dence of water or free oxygen. telgeuse and Procyon. Sirius is the nearest star visible to the unaided eye from this latitude. Its.

distance is a little over fifty trillion milq. Since light travels nearly six trillion miles in one year, we see Sirius as it was more than eight years ago. We see our own star, the sun, as it was only eight minutes ago. Thus'the difference between a year and a minute corresponds to the difference in distances of Sirius and our sun. If Sirius and the sun were at the same distance from us, Sirius would appear about 30 times brighter than our sun.

Few Changes Seen During the December planetarium show the sky is reproduced as it was nearly 2000 years ago. It looks very much like the sky of today. Even the slow I 1 1 if Nearest Planet The white clouds and the com' parative nearness of Venus make it appear brighter than any star or other' planet. It comes closer to the earth than any other plan Christmas Shopping et, but that minimum distance THEY'LL LOVE 2 of 26,000,000 miles is more than 100 times greater than the dis tance of the moon- Venus will I. "Tht Big Brown Bear" Beautifully illustrated with 64 pages in lavish color.

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"Simple Simon" est moving planets shift their positions noticeably in a year, but the stars are so distant that be closest to the earth on June 21, but then it will be between us and the sun; and its dark side will be turned toward us. By the middle of April, Venus will not set until about four hours after the sun. That is the time when it is farthest separat they appear to be fixed in the sky through many centuries. Actually they are moving 2. "Thi Brimful Book" A collection of Mother Goose rhymes and animal stories.

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6-2174 During one year Jupiter moves about 30 degrees in the sky, but Sinus moves only 1.3 seconds APPRENTICE PROJECT LEADS Continued from First Page which the apprentice is fulfilling a labor organization's apprenticeship requirements at the same time he qualifies for State certificate. "It's a wonderful thing when you stop to realize that there are almost 10,000 volunteer commit- of arc, which is about 180,000 as much. This proper motion COMPTON 337 E. Con proa El MONTE 107 W. GLEMDAIE 222 S.

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tance of two miles, the ant would the apprenticeshjp plan work; said Mooney. appear to move with the same "An apprenticed youth can't .1. speed with which Sirius appears to change position among the T4560 Friar Si. other stars. neip io appreciate mis democratic way of helping him.

It goes far beyond the skills he learns." Mooney's own organization malntain's 16 offices throughout the State. Rolla McFall is in charge of the local office, 357 S. "as- Hill with Howard Hen rich as supervisor. In its present form the divi GuERLAIN sion harks from 1939 when only a handful of 'apprentices had the advantage of State-wide baeir is standards in training ana a State-issued journeyman's certi ficate as a goal. Although returning veterans account for a iff V-; bulk of the present enrollees, the program is now well established "Last month we had 1432 ap plicants, of whom 900 were vet erans, said Mooney.

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