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rait The Weather Statcs Weather Bureau forecast: -iear today and tomorrow but with patches early morning fog near the coast; slight-i" Sier aftemoons. Highest temperature-yesterday, 83; lowest, 64, PART II LOCAL NEWS TIMES OFFICE 202 West First Street Los Angeles 53, Calif. MAdison 2345 VOL LXVI CCi FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1947 CITY NEWS EDITORIAL SOCIETY Two More Dams on Colorado to Mt 'Southland's. Pressing BEACH QUARANTINE STORM ON INCREASE Council Moves for Parley on Chlorine Situation; Bowron Hits at Beach City Mayors' Statements Controversy over the city's inability to get enough chlorine to treat its sewage, resulting in 12 miles of beaches between the Hermosa Beach and Santa Monica municipal piers being requarantined, yesterday reached a new high pitch. ''yL' trffih PR0P0SEP CI" CANYON DAM jt PROPOSED BRIDGE CANYON DAM Trtmrniuion Lint fpi Southern Gl.forn,.

7 u2frmuer, ncs -----S. -yA A I 'Z A for Colorado River to supplement power output of Hoover Dam and meet growing electrical needs of Southland. PROJECTS' LOCATION This map by Times Staff Artist Frederic Eddy shows location of two new dams proposed Prominent Citizens Mark 166th Birthday of Gity Mayor Fletcher Bowron pointed out that Los Angeles citizens still have that spirit of achieve V0i Harris Frank to Merge With Brooks Clothing Two major Southern Califor nia retail clothing companies Harris Frank, founded 18o6, and Brooks Clothing of Califor ma, Ltd. are merging, it was announced yesterday. Thomas R.

Williams, treasurer of the merged companies, said Harris Frank and Brooks will operate in co-ordination for several weeks until, physical details involved in the change can be completed. He said the Harris Frank name will be retained and extended to the 15 stores of the Brooks organization, which was founded here in 1922. Charge Lists to Stand The change should be completed- some time in November, Williams added. Present general policies and personnel of both organizations are to be maintained and charge customers will have the same privilege with both, it was announced. "Having been with Harris Frank for nine years and with the Brooks organization for 10, I have for some time recognized the great merchandising possibilities in uniting the two organizations," Williams said.

Lines to Be Larger "The merger will make available many additional lines of quality merchandise and opportunities for additional purchasing power." He announced extensive remodeling plans in several stores to provide additional space. These include the downtown and Wilshire Brooks stores and others in San Diego, San Bernardino and Santa Monica. Harris Frank, started by 19- year-old Leopold Harris in 1856, with Herman W. Frank joining the company in 1887, moved into its present store at 637 S. Hill St.

in 1925. Brooks opened its down town store at 644 S. Broadway in 1935. Veterans Group Convenes Today One thousand members of the American Veterans of World War II will open their third an nual department convention at 1 p.m. today in the Veterans Memorial Building, Cedar Ave.

and Broadway, Long Beach. State Commander William Burkett of San Francisco, and Mrs. Inez Murphy, North Hol lywood, president of the State Auxiliary, will reply to greetings from Vice-Mayor Lynn Parmley and City Manager Carl B. Wir sching of Long Beach. Col.

Thomas J. Cross, Veterans Administration deputy adminis trator for California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii, and Larry Stevens, State director of vet erans affairs, will speak at 2 p.m. Natives to Convene California's Native Sons and Daughters will launch a four- day convention in Long Beach tomorrow, with attendance ex pected to be between 20,000 and 25,000. is a Projects Would Triple Present Current Output Construction of two addi tional dams on the Colorado River, comparable in size and hydroelectric capacity to Hoover Dam, now the world's largest, is being urged by city officials to meet the Southland's pressing power needs. Preliminary surveys of the U.S.

Bureau of Reclamation place the two dams at either end of Grand Canyon National Park, but they would not affect the river level or scenic gran-. deur of the area familiar to visitors. One site, already proven satisfactory by surveys, is Bridge Canyon at the end of Lake Mead, 113 miles above Hoover Dam in Arizona. The other, at which drilling tests are being -conducted by the Federal Bureau and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, two-mile-deep, sheer walled Glen Canyon, 250 miles farther up the river near the LTtah bor der. Essentially for Power Both are essentially power projects, as the Southland's water storage now is considered adequate to supply the needs of population of 8,000,000.

More over, the two dams" are neces sary for silt a formida- ble factor in Colorado River cal culations, engineers 6ay. Wnen completed the two dams would triple the "available supply of hydroelectric power from the river. Hoover Dam has an annual production of 4,250,000,000 kilowatt -hours of firm energy. The estimate for Bridge Canyon is 5,000,000,000 kilowatt hours; for Glen Can yon, 3,450,000,000 kilowatt-hours. Proportions Uncertain Engineers as yet are unable to estimate the exact proportions of the dams.

Both may top the 726-foot height of Hoover Dam, which was five-and one-half years in construction and cost over $140,000,000. At cur rent prices, the Bridge Canyon project, exclusive of any irrigation features, is estimated at $234,400,000 and the cost of the Glen Canyon dam would be comparable. Both projects have been un der consideration for years but the war halted developments temporarily. With its mushrooming industrial growth, Los Angeles is now pressing for speedy action. Mayor Bowron has indorsed the plans and the Board of Water and Power Commis sioners recently appropriated $60,000 to supplement curtailed Federal funds for more surveys.

Foil Production Need Charles P. Garman, chief elec trical engineer of the municipal Water and Power Department, says, "Los. Angeles will need large additional blocks of hydro- electrical energy from the Colo rado River. Because of limitations in water storage facilities at Bridge Canyon, development of both this and the Glen Canyon site is needed for full power production." A lake of 3,720,000 acre-feet only about one-ninth the capacity of Lake Mead above Hoover Dam would be formed behind the Bridge Canyon dam. But the average amount of silt flow ing into this lake would be about the same 137,000 acre-feet per year.

This would fill up Bridge Canyon in 25 years or so if the Glen Canyon dam is not built- upstream, according to Assistant Chief Electrical Engineer Tarn to Page 2, Column 2 VISIBILITY RECORD; TODAY'S FORECAST Following are the forecast of visibility today and the range of visibility yesterday for Los Angeles Civic Center, as compiled by the United States Weather Bureau: Forecast Sunrise to 8 a.m 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Poor 11 a.m. to 2 p.m 2 p.m. to sundown.

Very good Yesterday's Range 6 a.m ....3 miles 7 a.m ..1 miles 8 a.m. mile 11 a.m. mile Noon .2 miles 1 p.m. miles 2 p.m. 4 miles 3 p.m.

.............8 miles 4 p.m. 12 miles 5 p.m 15 miles 7 p.m. ..20 miles Haze and smoke until 2:30 p.m.) BILL HENRY Probably Ernie Bevin won't be allowed to back his British Transport Workers Union trucks up to Ft. Knox and car-k ry off our gold, but it would be a mistake to underestimate Britain's will to survive. BRITAIN They are a stubborn people, the inhabitants of the tight little isle, and they are almost totally immune to panic.

This is an asset when In a position such as found themselves facing in 1940 when they were opposing Hitler, Mussolini and their erstwhile buddy Stalin, all alone. But a little impatience with etumblebum leadership might have saved them, and their friends, some of the trouble we'll be facing for the next few thanks to. the -Labor eovemmpnt's rnmnlpto inability to figure out what's the matter. Nevertheless, good leadership or bad, the British will stay in there and pitch in their own long-suffering way. ATHLETES One of the latest epidemics in Britain is an outcry against the holding of the 1948 Olympic Games.

Somebody broke loose the other day with a demand, similar to a number which have previously been uttered by others, tjiat the plans be abandoned, the Games given up, and such in general the leaders, anyway have been persistently clamoring for an end to any such childish business as participating in, even to the extent of watching, the "Olympic Games. They seem surprised that the British Olympic As sociation pays no attention, but keeps right on planning. ASPIRATIONS Some of our historians rise up to point out that this is just another blind spot of the social planners whose thinking is largely notable for its refusal to recosr- nize the facts of life and of his tory. They never seem to get it into their skulls that the human race, throughout its history, has been kept alive, not by planning-from above but by its own aspirations. Any study of history would show the Lasky-ites that the tougher the going, the more the ordinary people of the world have clung to their interest in sport, art, music, religion, literature and the other things which seem so silly to the planners but which, strangely enough, are the items which make life seem worth while to the individual.

HISTORY The Greeks kept the Olympic Games going for a thousand years, in periods which ran the gamut from the Golden Age to the depths of national despair. During the darkest days of the war the British clung stubbornly to their football, cricket, horse racing some of the things which, to them, made the difference between the life of free men and cf slaves. If they couldn't have these things which seemed to them to make life worth while, then they might well have chucked the whole business and let Hitler take over. Somehow the things that they really wanted to do, regardless of the cost or the risk, symbolized the thing they were fighting for. The Japs, who were not free, gave up the 1940 Olympic Games.

INTERNATIONAL There's no point in trying to confine this notion to the British sportsmen everywhere have the same feeling. It is a human trait. We Insisted on our wartime sports in this country, too. And the response to the British Invitation to participate in the 1948 Olympic Games has been universal. They sent bids to 3 nations, most of which had been adversely affected by the war and all of "which are perfectly well aware that the British are not going to be able to provide a plush, country club atmosphere for the 194S Games.

So far 37 nations have accepted. It looks as if about 4000 athletes wilr participate. We held successful Games in Los Angele3 in 1932, on the heels of an international financial panic; the war-trampled Belgians did all right in 1920 after years of German occupation the British figure they can do as well. Kat BUI HnrT Monday through Friday, KNX. 4:55 p.m.

Added impetus to the argument was given when the City Council unanimously adopted a resolution sponsored by Councilman Ed Davenport setting next Monday morning as time when the chlorine situation will be given the status of a special order of business before the Council. Attitude Assailed Davenport offered his resolution as he took exception to reports that various other city officials were taking a "dim view" of the city's obtaining any chlorine within the next few months. I am not one who is going to subscribe to this 'dim view' theory," he declared. "Further more, I don't think that this Council as a body should take that view. I want to get every body concerned with this mat ter in here and see what can be done and be done "right away." Invited to Parley Davenport's resolution invited the Board of Public Works, the City Engineer, various other city officials and the Mayors of beach cities affected by the quarantine to next Monday's Council meeting.

Before the Council took action Mayor Bowron apparently was somewhat irked by statements attributed to beach city Mayors that Los Angeles was responsible for the present situation. He had a few comments to make himself. "Los Angeles is helpless in County-Owned Shore Open for Bathing Beach fans yesterday were urged by Board of Supervisors Chairman Raymond V. Darby to take advantage of county-owned strands farther up the coast from the 12-mile strip now under quarantine from 14th St. in Hermosa Beach to one block north of Santa Monica pier.

"Near Zuma Beach," Darby said, "there is ample seaside bathing room. Although some 25 miles from Santa Monica, this area is not too far for access to beach enthusiasts in the metropolitan sections." this matter," said Bowron. "I can't understand the statements attributed to these various beach city officials and I intend to call them up and find out if they were quoted correctly." Mayor Plans Check The Mayor declared thatMan-hattan Beach, El Segundd, Re- dondo Beach and Palos Verdes, some of the communities reportedly outraged by the chlorine situation, actually are being treated very well by Los An geles. The Mayor pointed out that directors of the Metropolitan Wa ter District, in which Los An geles has the majority voting power, are to vote today on whether these communities are to have access to Colorado River water. Quest Fruitless "These cities are in dire need of additional water supply and if Los Angeles wanted to use her veto power they would be denied this privilege," the Mayor continued.

Despite all the conflicting opinions, no assurance that any chlorine will be obtained in the near future was forthcoming from any source. Tommy Wasn't Lost but His Mother Was It was another case where the boy wasn't lost his mother simply couldn't find him yesterday. Meanwhile, he found the Angels' Flight cable car and "borrowed" a few rides on it. When police found the 4-year-old blond, he gave his age and said he was Tommy, but that was as much as he would tell. They took him down to Geor gia Street Juvenile Division where, several hours later, his mother got him and got out.

She didn't tell anyone what her name was, either, except juve nile authorities and they wouldn't tell. TV- -i V-A at 1 Pacific Press photo JUDGE Mrs. M. Hartley Dodge in Santa Monica for Riviera Kennel Club show. Mrs.

Dodge Here to Judge afDoghow Mrs. M. Hartley Dodge, daughter of William Rockefeller and niece of John has won an international reputation not only as a fancie'r of dogs and judge of various breed3 at the big-time dog shows, but as a lover of dogs. She is stopping at Santa Monica's Miramar Hotel, in whose spacious grounds, next Sunday she will be one of 11 nationally known judges presiding over various classifications at the ninth annual Riviera Kennel Club show. With 827 entries this year's event will be the largest in the club's history.

Holds Morris-Essex Show On her 2000-acre Giralda Farms estate in New Jersey Mrs. Dodge stages the annual Morris and Essex show, world's largest dog show, which has entries up to 6000 dogs. At the present time, Mrs. Dodge said, she is most interested English cocker spaniels on which she has written a book, and German shepherds. Raymond L.

Patterson, her estate manager, will also be among Sunday's snow judges. Others on the list are Mrs. Sadie Dyson Hoff, Mrs. Sidney A. Moss, Mrs.

Kenneth Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Gladys Ailing, Mrs. Irene Kneib, Anton Rost, -William Meyer. Al Roderick and Bud Lewis. Mrs.

Dodge; also raises Welsh ponies, and she considers tms breed better than the bhetland. She wants to get them into wider use among American chil dren. Opposes Inoculation She expressed opposition to compulsory inoculation for dogs, declaring it is sometimes ineffectual, and gives "a false sense of security." She said she thought the antirabies effort should concentrate largely on an educational program. "Stray dogs and dogs that are turned loose to forage for themselves," she said, "are the great est menace. Children should be taught, as they are in England, not to rush to every stray dog and start right in trying to pet it." Regarding vivisection, she de clared she was opposed to it as practiced in the United States.

"In England," she said, "they use photographs of operations in a restricted number of clinics to disseminate information, instead of repeating the same operation over and over again on countless numbers of dogs, as we do here." Hedda Hopper to Speak at Advertising Luncheon With Hedda Hopper, Times columnist, as guest of honor and principal speaker, the Sept. 8 luncheon meeting of the. Hollywood Advertising Club will be a "Women's Day" affair. Miss Hopper will speak on fashions and Miss Caroline Leonetti, charm expert, who will be chairman of the day, will present a fashion show. The luncheon will be held in the California Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt.

G.I. STUDENTS MUST PAY. FOR OWN SUPPLIES The Los Angeles Board of Education esterday approved a recommendation that veterans enrolling in public schools must pay for their own supplies and equipment, exclusive of textbooks. The proposal followed a recent ruling by the Veterans Administration that it will pay only for the supplies Of those registered under Rule 16, the rehabilita- tion law. Earlier yesterday representatives of 35 California school districts agreed to make similar recommendations to their boards of education.

It was explained that districts had not anticipated the ruling and that many were not in a position to defray the cost of the equipment'. The board recommended that these veterans be advised to look to the Veterans Administration if they expect reimbursement. Schools Arrange for Rosh Hashana Because Sept. 15, the date for city school registration, coincides with the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, a religious holiday, other arrangements are being made for "Jewish children, Vierling Kersey, superintendent of schools, declared yesterday. Jewish leaders earlier had informed the superintendent that their religion forbids "physical labor," which would include the act of registering, on that day.

--Ml. Times Bhoto W. Illustrated on Pag 3, Part I Los Angeles paused on its 166th birthday yesterday to look back and forward. 'The glances' down the trail of history that led backward to Sept. 4, 1781, and then the confident prophecies of the greatness that is yet to come to this metropolis were made in a spe cial anniversary ceremony on the Spring St.

steps of the City Hall at 5 p.m. yesterday. The story of Los Angeles' growth was told by four promi nent citizens. Story of Settlers At dawn on the morning of Sept. 4, 1781, related Mrs.

Lei-land Atherton Irish, a handful of settlers accompanied by an escort of soldiers left the Mission of San Gabriel to found the pueblo of Los Angeles under instructions from Gov, Felipe de Neve. As the sun was setting, the party crossed the Rio de Los Angeles, Mass was said, each man was allotted his plot of ground, camp was made, the guard was stationed and Los Angeles was born. Summarizing the city's growth from 1850 to 1900, Marshall Stimson traced the rise in popu lation in that half century from 1500 to 100,000 and the municipal growing pains the city suf fered with it. Former Mayor George E. Cry- er, heralding Los Angeles as "a city of achievement," cited the Colorado River Aqueduct, the development of the harbor and other great projects from 1900 to 1917 as characteristic of South land energy and enterprise.

As the concluding speaker, ment and have proved it by vot ing bonds for long-range civic improvements to assure Los An geles' destiny as "one of the most beautiful, best-ordered and truly great cities of the world." Miss Grace Stoermer served as mistress oi ceremonies and mu sic was provided by the Los Angeles Police Department -Band under the direction of Capt. Harry Sgnor. On the platform were the three flags that have flown over the city since its founding the Mexican flag, the California Golden Bear and the Stars and Stripes. Earlier in the day, most of the anniversary observances cen tered near the little Plaza, the goal toward which the founding party trudged or rode--on horses or in carretas from San Gabriel Mission. Olvera Street Fete In Olvera Street, for instance.

present-day craftsmen portrayed the little group, of families included in the 44 men, women and children who followed Gov. Felipe de" Neve, the padres, Indian acolytes and soldiers to become the city's first official Tribute to four men, now deceased, who were instrumental in the revival of the Olvera Street center in keeping with the traditions of the city's founding, was paid by Senora Con-suelo Castilla de Bonzo, who, with Mrs. Christine Sterling, one of the principal founders of the Turn to Page 2, Column 2 'GUESSING GAME' Four-year-old Tommy wasn't lost, it turned out, because his mother lost him. Found riding on Angel's Flight, police got him. Then mother did.

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