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losangclrs Cimts TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1 943 ZOOT-SUIT FANS FIND THAT LIFE'S GETTING TOUGH ere viyfFV- ante ,1 EJHJTTBir TOM TREANOR r-p nil i WITH UNITED STATES FLYERS IN CHINA. The base is hopping with Ca'ifor-Iiians. This Is Staff Sergeant nay Sousa, 23, an old Mission High. School boy from San Francisco, speaking: "Back "home I worked In a market, washed dishes, shot craps on the local comer, in SERGT. FRANK RALPH, 20, of Sacramento, an old Mc-Clatchy High boy, who used to run an elevator and now is a bombardier, steps up next and confesses to 20 raids without a scratch, knock, knock.

To the question "What do you think of China?" Frank answers immediately: "China's a wonderful place fact, did everything." Now hes a radio gunner which means he shoots from the belly of a B-25 and in his $pare moments operates a for the Chinese." He sends his "Love and don't worry to Irene Barker, 302!) 62nd Sacramento. HERE WE HAVE First Lieutenant lister C. Tagliuso, 23, an old Lancaster Junior High boy, whoused to be in restaurant work, and now flies a high flyer on photo reconnaissance work. He's the boy who goes out all when the sun shines bright, taking pictures of the target for tomorrow. He's been out 18 times and so far nothing's happened to him.

These Californians I 1 I 1 14 Saturday night and has resulted in several arrests and in a few instances injuries. The TROLLEY HALTED This crowd of servicemen and civilians last night halted a trolley on Main St. to take off zoot-suit passenger. The rebellion against zoot-suiters started rebellion was caused by zoor gangs molesting citizens. Tims phr'f Riot Alarm Sent Fills Wounded JAP EVACUATION CAMP AT POSTON BOOM TOWN Out by Horrall in By WESTBROOK PEGLER Continued from First Tage in North Africa, Wife Informed Washington, such as the Army SAN FRANCISCO.

June 7. The Communists who have Or, in the case of deciding who Zoof-Suif War of the Japanese shall be released been conspiring, under cover of the war, to establish Harry from the relocation center Bridge on the East Coast and First Tage work on jobs in the Middle West Continued from However, few "zooters" were MaJ. Buron Fitts, former District Attorney of Los Angeles Countv. now on duty with the of the young or the East, or wherever, a com their. Sailers' Union on the Pa-cific Coast and create a Conv munist monopoly of all Amer found the by bination of authorities embrac United States Air Forces In ican shipping and dock serv The Japanese, as far as possible, are given work to do and hold jobs and positions, all under white supervision.

They are busy building and Improving their own city, with its agricultural background or supplement. They are studying in the schools: elementary, junior high and high school. They are in the administrative offices as stenographers and secretaries, operators of bookkeeping and other business, office machines. Older men are janitors. Work in Fieldn They are in the fields cultivating their truck crops, harvesting ing various branches of the mili tary and naval and the F.B.I North Africa, has been wound ed in action.

ices, doubtless will allege that these dispatches have omitted and the W.R.A. have a lot to Word of MaJ. Fitts injury was received yesterday by his wife say. Marion in Monrovia. radio to the best of his ability which he admits is a crude sort of way.

"Just call me a gunner," he said. "I'm only a radioman in a manner of speaking." In 18 times out he's gunned at plenty of Zeros and has never been hurt himself, knock, knock. "I don't want to be a hero." he said. "I don't want no wounds. I want to be a good husband." Ray says to tell Mrs.

Sousa who lives at 807 Third Salt Lake, "I love you. Don't worry." AND HERE WE have Sergt. Could of San Francisco, 20, an old Foly High boy, who's also a radio gunner and who said that at home he was a kind of glorified office boy. "How do you like China?" I asked and he answered, I'll tell them about that when I get home." This question set them all off on the subject of Jing How i juice, which is the local liquor and is the great grievance against China. It's put them all almost on the wagon.

"We drank it," said Sergt. Could, "until we noticed after about a month that some of the fellows was goin around talkin to themselves and get-tin' answers." "It'll run in a car. and it'll light a lamp," said Sergt Sousa, "but it Isn't goin' to light me." "If we buy Scotch it costs vis $52 a bottle," said "that's why we don't drink. But we can get gin real cheap. We can get gin for a bottle." In this alcoholic pinch some cf the boys who had an apparatus for distilling water for batteries distilled themselves pome liquor which "went down smooth but bit the bottom with a bump." "We've given that up, too," was the chorus.

Jack's been on 16 missions and has never been hurt. Everybody knock, knock for Jack. He sends his "Hello and don't worry" to his family, Mr. and Mrs. George Love, 1027 Sanchez St.

Toston, to give a quick pic Fitts said in his letter that the criticism recently directed at the West Coast shipowners by Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Administrator of the War Shipping Administration. To anticipate that, let me servicemen. Traffic Blocked Traffic in the downtown district was blocked by the groups as they raced into the streets after their victims. As police and shore patrolmen rushed to the scene, the servicemen would disperse, but only after they had "unpansed" the wearer of the comical clothing.

"Give the cops," shouted one sailor, "we'll co down the street ture of it. is a city of frame are lucky. Knock, knock lor them all, sister. Keep them flying. NEXT IS STAFF Sergeant Fred Mathisen, 27, who likes China better than India, which isn't necessarily wild praise.

An old Red Bluff High School boy, he now claims Oakland as his home. He used to drive a truck from Eureka to Los Angeles. His job here is tech inspection and engineering. He sends his love to his mother, Mrs. Hazel Nichols, 2208 31th Oakland.

THE FOLLOWING I didn't see. They are: Technical Sergeant John Morgan, 21, of Los Angeles, a trombone player in the Tacific Bible College Band, according to his record card, a former Sears, Roebuck employee, whose address is 3137 Blanchard St Corp. Valente Morales, 21, who used to work as a machine woodworker at Save-land's in Glendale, whose address is 3310 Beswick St. Sergt. Henry M.

McNally, 21, of Mariposa, a former forestry worker. Sergt. Walter McNab of Kingsburg, a radioman who went to Reedley Junior College and wa3 a fanner boy. These are ground men. AND LAST BUT not least we have a California by re-cent adoption who is just getting over malaria in the hospital, Sergt.

R. E. Johnson. He buildings built out on the raw desert land. It is a boom town say that Admiral Land did crit that has boomed under govern mcnt direction, with the hope that it won't boomerang on its cabbage, feeding the hogs, the chickens; working in the nurs planners and administrators Bight now the future looks good When the Japs have all left ery where seeds are being germi nated and little trees for fruit the project will go back to the 1 Indians.

Three General Units or shade started; they are In the community kitchens cooking, or the wives or elders are in the It is referred to as a project or icize the Pacific Ccast Maritime Industry Board. But he did not charge them with any guilt in the inefficiency and congestion in the handling of war cargoes from the West Coast docks to the Aleutians and the Southwest HINDERED BOARD He said only that they had not lived up to some of their responsibilities. They had been unco-operative in their anxiety to restore old conditions, to establish the righteousness of their position and maintain their prerogatives, to keep down their costs and anticipate their postwar relations with labor. By ciuibbline thev and find another zooter. Come on gang, let's go." With that the race down the street began until another bar or restaurant disclosed a zoot-suiter.

Police cars were blocked by civilian motorists driving up and down Main St. watching the action. rian Inquiry In connection with the clashes between the zooters and men of the armed forces, the Citizens' Committee for Latin American Youth announced yesterday that it had appointed an unbiased camp. It is divided up into three general units, for administrative purposes, and each unit is com community gardens planted between the or they are on their way to the excellent base hospital to visit the sick or to wcrk there as doctors or nurses aides. plete.

Each unit is broken down into blocks, and each block has its manager, who is a Japanese His job is not unlike th3t of the block warden in the blackout set In their "off hours" they will up. He is the immediate link be ue uoi King construct ing a com tween the administration and the Sr people. drew the famous cartoon here The units are composed of which shows a couple of Los a Xl rows of barracks, each structure munity shade against the summer sun, or getting a little further along with their "Hollywood Bowl" where they can have community plays, concerts, Angeles pilots bending over their compass. One says to the being divided, into four large rooms, with a family to each other: room. The rooms are divided oft "Boy, the compass is homesick, 'too.

It won't point to denied by either Eliel or Admiral Land and they were reckoned in the study of conditions through which first Eliel and then Land arrived at their condemnation of the union's conduct. STANDARD CONDUCT They have been standard conduct in increasing degree ever since Bridges became the boss of the West Coast docks, for the union's work program is such that often one group of men is compelled to be idle while another group works. The shipowners hold, nevertheless, that the individual men are self-respecting Americans who would do a day's work but for the discipline imposed by the union which sets the pace and has the power to starve out any patriot who might want to work faster. That, however, falsely presumes that the individual could work faster than the whole gang if he wanted to. He can't.

If he works faster he loafs the longer after each operation. And Eliel, in acknowledging minor concessions by the union which, however, still left the production rate at a "pitiful" level, pointed out that all these concessions were merely belated moves a compliance with the union's contracts. RECORD TERRIBLE The one question has been whether Bridges, whom the Communists have lauded as an illustrious soldier of production in the war against Fascism, has been loading the ships as fast as he could and the answer is that the production record is terrible. The shipowners, who might not be scrupulously fair, estimate that five men are required to do the work of three in San Francisco, the worst port on the Coast in the matter of efficiency, and Eliel insisted that the union's claim that ships are turned around here more quickly than on the Atlantic coast is meaningless, because turn-around speed is no measure of speed in loading. The reason is that convoy problems on the East Coast obviously are more complicated.

He studied the data and learned that almost without exception ships remain longer in Atlantic ports after they are loaded and ready to sail. Although do remain much longer in Atlantic ports, they are loaded more quickly by the A.F.L. This might seem to put Bridges in an embarrassing position hefore Mother Russia, but that is not necessarily so. Most of the supplies for Mother Russia go the other way and relatively little sail from here. The supplies which this Communist union handles in the Pacific port3 are mainly destined to Amer-leans fighting the Japanese, with whom Mother Russia remains on terms of peace.

they are building one-story school buildings out cf adobe brick men and women both laying the brick a half-million i by the family by means of cloth drapes or curtains. Early in its life Boston had rooms with more anywhere but Los Angeles." Knock, knock for them all. than one family and that was of which they made on the spot. About 8700 are in the project not so good. Conditions are still crowded.

pay roll. group of investigators to delve into the situation. Meanwhile there was ample evidence of court co-operation in Belvedere Justice Court, where Judge Myron B. Marion yesterday handed out stiff fines or jail sentences to zoot suiters who pleaded guilty to vagrancy. Of 12 zoot suiters who appeared in court, three pleaded guilty to vagrancy and were fined $200 or 10 "days in jail.

They took jail. The nine others pleaded guilty to rioting and asked probation, hearing on which was set for June 18. Remanded to Jail To keep them under jurisdiction of the court, Judge Marion ordered them to post $230 bail each and all were remanded to jail when they failed to pro-duce bond. In the continuing warfare be Boston is a busy community. Maj.

Buron Fitts he was struck by a piece of shrapnel on the left side of his face and nearly lost the sight of one eye. "Nothing serious," MaJ. Fitts Boy, 13, Held After Shotgun Blast Kills Playmate, 16 Ft In Mess Hall Each block has its community where the majority are trying to improve their lot, and many are toilet and shower facilities, its trying at the same time to get community laundry where each away and find jobs and homes Thomas Owens, 13, of 12r5 'on the outside." wrote, "but I consider myself lucky that I will not lose the family has its allotted time to Concord last night was held in Juvenile Hall on charges of (Continued tomorrow) sight of my left eye." juvenile delinquency and sus picion of murder after a shotgun Maj. Fitts, who is a pilot, has been assigned to ground duty because of his age. He had been blast killed La Verne Wagner, PLEASURE RIDE BAN LOOMS 16.

a playmate, of 3230 Hunt on many of America's fighting cr St. fronts before he was wounded tween the gangs, whose badse Continued from FirM l'itge The Owens boy admitted to in North Africa. Nisht Captain L. P. Hale at the In World War I Fitts, then Hollenbeck Heights Tolicc Sta a lieutenant, suffered a shrapnel wound in his right leg.

tlon that he fired a 12-gauge shotgun as he stood on the roof of his home. The charge struck has the responsibility of recommending any further gasoline restriction, but I ran say that a plan is being worked on right now to extend the restrictions in force in the 12 Eastern States." of membership is the long flowing coat, pancake hat and ankle-tight trousers, and servicemen who became "fed up" on attacks of zoot suiters, three servicemen went to the hospital and six more suspects were questioned early yesterday. Wagner, standing in the yard he- Canadian Warships Work in Aleutians low, in the neck and head. hindered the board of which they were members. The union members of the board, on the other hand, had pressed proposals whlchfcwere trivial or absurd, defended practices, meaning man-wasting and time-wasting methods, which were questionable even in peace and unjustified in war and opposed many proposals which would have increased efficiency in turning ships around and moving supplies to the fighters.

In his statement of Feb. 4, which kicked up a row and brought from Harry Bridges a demand for his removal, Paul Elicl, chairman of the Pacific Coast Maritime Industry Board and Admiral Land's representative, did say there had been improvement in the union's methods of supplying labor and he did acknowledge a real sacrifice by the rank and file longshoremen in spending long hours but without comment on the amount of work done. I'MOV SLOWDOWN These long hours were necessitated, however, by a shortage of hands which in turn was artificially created by the wasteful restrictions and the slowdown imposed by the union itself. Moreover, the men drew overtime at $1.10 an hour for a six-hour day between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

and $1.65 an hour for all other hours cf the 21. The shipowners, In the course of the wrangle which eventually prompted Eliel's statement, had described the slowdown methods imposed by Bridges. In addition to many mock-work devices and deliberate restrictions on the speed of machinery and limitations of loads hoisted off the docks, they had flatly accused Bridges' men of shooting craps, playing cards, fishing, sleeping, leaving their work to drink coffee or beer and tardiness on arrival and whistle-jumping at the clor of their shifts. These specific complaints were not specifically confirmed, hut neither were they La verne, Owens said, and OTTAWA, June 7. Minister Angus L.

MacDon- Farms Need Furl Charles F. Phillips, director of Clarence Wagner, La Verne's brother, and other children were aid disclosed tonight that Ca he automotive supply rationing engaged in what Owens de scribed as a playful throwing of nadian naval units are operating in the Aleutians, that St. Law division of O.P.A., told the committee increased farm machinery operation and commercial clods and stones at each other, rence waters are assured ade There had been no fights or driving resulting from seasonal quate protection against hostile craft this summer and that Can do the family washing; its kitchen and mess hall where all cat, and its recreation center. This project as a whole has its electric power and lighting system, the service being extended from the power system of the Indian reservation. It has now its sewer disposal plant: its domestic water supply with elementary piping to the barracks, and it is now developing its irrigation system.

That was a great day when they finally got the big irrigation ditch completed to the project. The water is from the Colorado River, the ditch being an extension of the Indian reservation irrigation system. The water finally reached the Japanese project last July, to celebrate which the Japs characteristically staged a pageant entitled "The Coming of the Water" on July 4. Build 10-Milo Road The project has its public works department which is now completing a very good 10-mile highway into the camp. When the project was being built the first "road" was opened by running a road scraper through the bruh, and then hooking tractors to trucks hauling building materials to the project.

The project has its department of agriculture, with H. A. Mathie-son from the Indian Service, as director. Each unit has its fire department, and police department, all manned by Japanese. ill feeling, he said.

Climbed to Roof activity have further cut eastern Thomas Owens Time photo ada is studying seriously the creation of on air fleet arm for Owens had climbed to the roof oil stocks and that they still are declining. to retrieve a ball thrown ihere Representative Hartley (R.) more effective antisubmarine operations in the Atlantic. CITY PAY RISE RULED INVALID Continued from First Page the City Council by City Attorney Ray Chesebro, in which the Mayor was upheld, in substance, in his contention that a recommendation by the so-called Salary Committee approving the 10 per cent increase was not made in a technically legal manner. Without the recommendation of the Salary Committee the ordinance required 10 votes to validate it and it had received only nine. The Salary Committee is composed of Mayor Bowron, Roy A.

N.J., sponsor and member of the peciai House group, presented Darlene, Owens, employed at the Studebaker assembly plant, and Mrs. Owens said they had not been on the scene before the After returning some of the missiles hurled at him he told investigators that he called to his sister, Betty Jo, 11, to get the shotgun which was inside he legislation calling for abolition Turkey Chief to Talk gun was tired. of O.P.A. and transfer of its authority over petroleum products to Ickes' office. ANKARA, June 7.

(President Ismet Inonu will address house. The islam boy mother is Mrs. This she did, handing him the the People's Party Congress to John Bodnar. His father, Paul "This fumbling, glowering morrow in what Turkish quar gun from the side of the house opposite the children in the Wagner, died some years ago. Copyright.

194.1, by United Flurt, monster (O.P.A.) is stumbling through our economy, charged ters said would be a speech of considerable Importance, dealing yard. EtHrdngcIc Cfmcs with protecting it against infla U.C.LA.WM with the international situation The boy told police that he walked from the far edge of the tion but in actuality creating Vol. LXII. Junf 8. 10IS.

No. JIT conditions that will destroy it," Honor Author roof toward the group on the ground below, advancing with he said in a statement. Ever? Mornlni In tht tr DHy Foundfd December 4. 1881 Tha Timrs Bulletins. Firm and Sprint Phone MAdlson 234ft AT NEWSSTANDS Sinrle ConlfH, Dr.

renin; Sunday. 10 renin. Rrvonil ir.a His measure would transfer Franz Werfel, author of "Song the weapon beneath his arm. food functions of O.P.A. to the of Bcrnadette" and other best miles Irom Los Aneelen, 15 cents.

This, he said, was to show the gun to La Verne Wagner so that Entered as cecnnd-c ass matter ner 4 selling novels, will receive an 1881. at the DostofTlc.e at, Lns Antelcs. rml War Food Administration and most other duties to a new office of civilian supply. under the Act March 3. 1879.

La Verne would quit throwing. As he reached the edce of the honorary doctoral degree at com' BV CARRIER Daily and tl.50 per mom mencement exercises on the Los roof the gun went off. Angeles campus of the Univer MAir, A'I'KS IN ADVANCB AI.HOKMA. ARIZON A. NEVADA AND I I AH Other children in the yard, at Ihe time of the shooting told different stories.

One stated that sity of California tomorrow at Officials of Camp at Poston to Testify Before Dies Group p.m. Others who will receive doc Dily and Sunday, one year $gey Daily and Hunday, six months 9 ry Dally and Sunday, three 4V' Dally and Bunday. one month 1 Daily only, one year 4vi Daily only, six months 7 ji Dally only, three monthn ti) Daily only, one I 9s toral hoods in the awarding of honorary Include Dr. Knox, director of the Bureau of Budget and Efficiency, and Earl G. Gay, chairman of the Council's Finance Committee.

Gny and Knox signed a recommendation approving the salary increase but Mayor Bowron contended, and was upheld by the City Attorney, that, while he had discussed the matter with Knox and Gay he was not given an opportunity to approve or disapprove of the ordinance. As the Mayor read a lengthy report on the matter to the Council yesterday, he was answered by Councilman Gay, who said that when the discussion took place he laid a copy of the ordinance on the Mayor's desk and assumed the 'Mayor was familiar with it. The Mayor told the Council yesterday that, not including the 'it would cost to finance the 10 per cent increase, all of the city's expected income for the next fiscal year had been apportioned in next year's budget. He said it would be il- Officials of the Colorado River Relocation Center at Toston, as well as internal affairs. M'NUTT ADVISES FATHERS TO APPEAL DRAFT INDUCTION WASHINGTON, June 7, (P) War Manpower Commissioner Paul V.

McNutt said today that some draft boards had been violating the ban against induction of fathers, and he advised men of this status to appeal. Some boards, McNutt told a press conference, have "gone a little out of the way beyond the nondefcrrable list" and have improperly inducted fathers not engaged In the approximately 70 activities listed as lacking any tight to deferment for dependency. McNutt said that in some cases where complaints had reached his office the hoards taking fathers outside the nondefcrrable list had been "put back in line." Sunday only, one year yj Sunday only, six months 3 ry Sunday only, three months Sunday only, one month Thomas Nixon Carver, professor emeritus of economics, Har will be the first witnesses before a Dies committee sub BEYOND 100-MILE ZONE committee opening 10 days, of hearings on the problem of Jap vard University; Dr. Herbert Spencer Jennings, research associate in zoology at U.C.L.A., Bunday only, one year 9fy Sunday only, six monihs 451) Bunday only, three months 2 Bunday only, one month War Loan Drive Boosted by Press NEW YORK, June 7. (ZD-Newspapers throughout the nation gave the United Slates Treasury several million dollars' worth of advertising space to help oversubscribe the second war loan, Frank E.

Tripp, general manager of the Gannett newspapers, told delegates to the annual convention of the Newspaper Advertising Executives' Association today. Tripp said of advertising space was' sold to special sponsors or donated outright by daily and Sunday news anese-American loyalties today in Owens was red of face and cursing as he discharged the thotgun. Hearing the shot, a neighbor woman ran info the yard and, after a brief look at the body of young Wagner on the ground, called the police. Call Ambulance At the same time Thomas said he, too. in company with Clarence Wagner, telephoned for an ambulance.

The body was removed to the Coroner's ofllce. With Thomas at the station were Clarence and Beverly Wagner, Betty Jo Owens, witnesses to the shooting, and Thomas' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. OTHER STATES the Federal Building.

and Dr. 'Herbert John Webber, Dally and Sunday, one year This was learned yesterday as professor emeritus of subtropi Dally and Sunday, six months lojfi be confined to un-American activities and to what extent subversive forces have been at work among the Japanese in the relocation centers. In addition, the group will survey the motives behind the War Relocation Authority's release of approximately 1000 Japanese per week from the camps, as well as what means, If any, have been taken first to investigate the loyalties of those freed from restraint. Although the inquiry will be conducted in executive, session, press representatives will be allowed to be present. Representative John M.

Cos-tello of Los Angeles awaited Dally and Sunday, three Dally and Sunday, one I'l Dally only, one yrar is Dally only, six months cal horticulture at the University Citrus Experiment Station in Riverside. Dally only, three montha. 4 Daily only, one month 1 At tomorrow's ceremonies 750 unday only, one year jj unriay only, six months (Vk seniors will receive bachelor of the arrival from Washington Inst night of- Representatives Herman P. Kborharter (D.) and Karl E. Mundt (R.) S.D., in preparation for the first hearing scheduled at.

10 a.m. today. Costello said the inquiry would Sunday only, three montha 3 (v Sunday only, one month 1 art.s degrees, including 68 en- FOREIGN rOl'NTRIES igns and three marine lieuten-nts who will take the oath of legal to take the. money from papers and 7735 weekly papers Dally and Sunday, one month 3 jt Dailr without Bunday, one lm Sunday only, per copy 3i the c-ityls $0000,000 reserve fund, throughout the country. allegiance at that time.

Owens, and a younger "sister,.