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NEWS-PILOT SAN PFDRO CALIFORNIA THURSDAY EVENING MARCH 25 1943 EIGHT Sewer Plant Delay Reason Revealed Cafes About Rationing Amy Lowell Launching Slated! Church Leaders Honor Col Swan The memory of Poet Amy Iiowellj (1874-1925) is honored With thei name of a Liberty ship to be launch-) ed here Saturday forenoon Call-j fornla 159th vessel which! will have been 27 days under con- struction The vessel will be sponsored byJ Mrs Claude Minor wife of the King superintendent in the outfit-jj! ting department at the yard ac-jj companied by their daughters Phyllis as maid of honor Amy Lowell was one of the most! striking figures in American letters! She was born in Brookline Marsl She received her education in prl-J vate schools and from her mother who was an accomplished muaiciar and linguist In 1898 she suffered a breakdown and lor a time lived in California returning later Brookline where she identified herself with municipal and educational interests and in a movement for better state libraries (Continued from Page One) In connection with the scant meat supplies noticeably large buying of dried beans took place as householders looked to their or canned and dried coupons to provide the main dish for their meals BUYING SPIRITED Announcement of the new point values ypsterday brought spirited meat buying in many localities together with a heavy demand lor cheese Many retailers throughout the country predicted their supplies would be exl visted even before rationing begins Restaurant people generally adopted a pessimistic attitude toward the new system As a former president of the National Restaurant Association A A McVittle put it at Denver: meatloaf is okay at home but when people go out they want steaks or chops The restaurants mill serve meat as long as they can then they mill have to close up maybe a couple of days a week or serve pancakes waffles macaroni and noodles for Virgil Wilson a Columbus Ohio butcher thinks the average family should get along nicely on its ration and adds going to eliminate a lot of waste" REV HOYER PHYLLIS CALVERT AND ROBERT DONAT in a scene from the timely picture Mr Pitt" which opens tonight at the Fox C'abrillo theatre "Tonight We Raid Calais" co-starring Annabclla and John Sutton will be the companion feature Rev Hoyer to Speak Here In tribute to Col Thomas Swan whose life has been crowded with humanitarian acts and who Is retuing after six years as head of the Seamen's Institute here the board of directors of the institute who are heads of the Los Angeles diocese of the Episcopal church and the institute's financier yesterday gave a luncheon at the California club Los Angeles Colonel Swan was presented a citation for his work signed by Bishop Burton Stevens head of the diocese and by ex-Senator McKinley president of the institute board The citation said In part: "His regard for the self respect and dignity of merchant seamen has given a forthright quality to the work of this institute the trust placed in him has been amply justified by the results achieved he has given security and stability to the whole institute Members of the board and the diocese will always be greatly in his Among a score attending luncheon were McClelland Brady Santa Barbara financier and backer of the institute which Is owned and supported by the church Doctors Miller and Bode Los Angeles Episcopal pastors and Doctor Fleetwood of Beverly Hills and Bishop Gooden assistant to Bishop Stevens At the same time the contents of the World War I citation received by the colonel was revealed He was a captain-chaplain attached to the 125th infantry 32nd division The citation which accompanied the Distinguished Service Cross reads: "During the heavy fighting near the Ouroq River this officer was fn the front lines at all times under heavy machine-gun and artillery fire throughout the day and night comforting and aiding the wounded LT RONALD ZIMMERMAN is due home on leave tomorrow to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Miles Zimmerman of 1092 Twenty-fourlh st after 10 months in the army during which he completed officer candidate training He graduated last November from Camp Davis and has been Instructing in coast artillery at Camp She wrote more than 650 poems which are published in 11 volumes 'Sales Agents' Still Getting Big Fees on War Contracts Seaman Hurt In Fall From Train and the WASHINGTON Robert Kline counsel for the house naval committee said today that of all the fanfare there still flourished in Washington and throughout the country many agents" who are receiving amounts excessive that they will shock the conscience not only of this com- Mayor Bowron last night revealed to his radio audience the reason the harbor board has held In abeyance plans for the proposed fish cannery waste disposal plant at Fish harbor The harbor board March 10 advised the city board of public works that an order for construction of the plant would not be adopted until such time as construction is ready to proceed since condi tlons might arise ultimately causing the board of public works and harbor department to feel that another location is more suited for the Mayor Bowron last night said plans were afoot to the plant" to make way for development in the surrounding area and to vacate land needed for extension of the main runway at Reeves Field navy air base The mayor contends the city council has not been co-operating with him and said there has been cooperation between the city council and bureau of budget and efficiency His statements were made in a delayed annual report on city affairs for 1942 He complained of the practice of referring matters to the bureau which should be first considered by city officials He referred also to the review of the acts decisions and conclusions of the various boards of commissioners which lets employes instead of city officials determine city policy The message contended among other things that the city oouncil without approval of the harbor board contracted to pipe sewage from Roosevelt base and other naval Institutions within the Long Beach city limits to the sewage plant" and that this sewage should be handled by Long Beach He said that the council when it entered into this contract not know that plans were afoot to move the sewage The message inferred the plant had already been built The project has been tossed about for several years since cannery wastes began overflowing cannery floors and overflow polluted harbor waters in violation of federal laws Any way the project has been denied a priority rating it was revealed today Until such time as it is installed the harbor's canneries will have to get along with an antiquated set of pumps and pipes which form a kind of network among the plants and pump the waste into the harbor A priority rating even for a new system of pumps and pipes has been denied Shrine Club Dinner Tomorrow The Rev Conrad Hoyer director of the Commission on American Missions of the National Lutheran Council Sunday will be guest speaker at the II am service at Bethel Lutheran church Mr Hoyer now is engaged In bringing the ministry of the church to defense areas where migration lias increased the population He is making a tour of the west coast in the interest of this work and now is in Southern California for lengthy stay He formerly was pastor of a church in Chicago until called for full time work on his present assignment The council has supervised religious work in many housing projects in defense areas throughout the country Falling when he attempted last night to board a moving Pacific Electric car at the Wilmington station Edgar Ashcraft 46 seaman Seattle suffered possible back injury and foot abrasion police said and was taken from the emergencj hospital to a ship at the harbor The motorman of the train officers said was not aware of the Harbor Shrine club tomorrow night wli take over the Bilge club quarters at 644 Avalon blvd Wilmington for a dinner and smoker at which a representative of the A1 Malaikah Shrine will speak The dinner will start at 6:30 the program being under the direction of Dr Horst club president and Leon Bratager On one occasion he crossed a field 200 yards wide under violent shellfire to minister to 3 soldiers who had been mortally wounded In the operations near Mont St Martin he continually went back and forth over the crest of a hill during heavy artillery fire to care for the Three Features Slated at Globe RESTAURANTS RATIONED WASHINGTON UP) You wont have to give up a ration coupon when you order a steak at your favorite restaurant but it will be rationed too Restaurants and other institutional eating places will be limited to 75 per cent or less of the amount of meat butter cheese and similar products they used last December when the point rationing program goes into effect Monday the Office of Price Administration says Two mathematical methods will be used to determine the restaurant ration OPA said last night In making the announcement One is to cut 7 per cent off the number of persons served during December and the other trims 25 per cent off the point value of products used Whichever gives the smallest total determines the establishment's allotment Individual portions restricted yet but the agriculture department is considering such a Son Gets Medal Awarded Father Yanks Repulse Tank Attacks Box Office Opens 6:30 pm A three-feature show will star! tomorrow at the Globe Tenting Tonight on the Old Cami with Johnny Mack Browr and Tex Ritter "Phantom starring Dick Purcell and Joar Woodbury and on the with Bob Steele In addition there will be a cartoon and a Universal newsreel WASHINGTON A 16-year-old boy Kenneth Walker jr of Glendale Calif received from President Roosevelt today a Congressional Medal of Honor awarded his father who has been missing in action since Jan 5 when he led a bombing attack on Japanese shipping at Rabaul New Britain Brig Gen Walker a native of Cerrillos was cited for and valor and intrepidity at an extreme hazard to STARTS TODAY! mnucm I LOVERS TODAY tlsirlof isait waif itery that will line forsw hf CARDINALS OF VIRGINIA LYNCHBURG Va CP) entry In the Class Piedmont league will be known as the Cardinals since the team Is a farm club of the world champion St Louis Cardinals of the Nationa league mittee but of congress American public" As the committee opened a new inquiry into methods for curbing profits of commission agents Kline presented as his first witness Lester Baker and his wife Catherine Kline said they operated as a partnership on a commisison fee basis and that their gross earnings amounted to $266276 in 1942 Outlining the evidence he said he would develop during the hearings the committee counsel asserted: there would be no need for legislation If the numerous Washington representatives had taken fair warning from the previous hearings before this committee Unfortunately the contrary is true appalling thing is and this demonstrates the need for the leg-1 so few of them have seen I the handwriting on the wall They have done little or nothing of their own volition to adjust the situa-' tion war has given them a hey-day and they are making the most i of It Even when they have gone 'over to some form of fixed compensation the resulting income in i most instances still has been dis-I proportionate to the actual value of 'their services particularly when it is considered that one agent can and does represent more than one sometimes as many as 30 or 40 The aggregate compensation is In calling Baker and his wife to testify Kline read to the commit- tee these figures which he said represented their gross earnings from the period 1932 through 1942: 1932 $23000 1933 $20000 1934 $29000 1935 $36000 1936 $29000 1937 $26000 1938 $28000 1939 $28000 1940 $82298 1941 $186-776 1942 $266276 Kline said the 1942 taxes would amount to $151368 drawing from Representative Bradley (D-Pa) the observation: they would be able to keep that amount if the Ruml plan is The counsel's reply was ordered stricken from the record Opening with an explanation of how his business operates Baker said the firm always had functioned on a commission basis that all of its clients did business with the government in peace time and that it had not attempted to build up a war business He told the committee that many companies either were too small or did too little business with the government to enable them to maintain Washington offices Scotland Target in Nazi Attack STEP OUT TONIGHT EVERY NIGIIT-to the STARLITE CAFE inn Pacific Ph 1771 Obituary (Continued from Page One) destroying several tanks and many other Ten enemy aircraft were reported destroyed in these operations from which four Allied planes failed to return Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had unleashed an unexpectedly powerful series of counter-assaults in southern Tunisia in a desperate effort to hold the Mareth line against threatened encirclement and was reported to have largely cancelled the gains made by British frontal attacks (In London a British military commentator taking a more optimistic view of the Tunisian operations emphasized the setback announced yesterday in the Mareth line was reason for must he said that the enemy has been working for months to strengthen the Mareth line It took us nine days to get through at El Alamein and I think we need to weep over this (One of the main factors m'hich should hearten the Allies he said was the fact that simultaneous converging attacks by American forces and the British army had forced Field Marshal Rommel to split his armor into four units (These units are: 1 On the Mak-nassy road 2 On the El Guetar road 3 Southwest of El Hamma west of the Mareth line and 4 In the Mareth line positions) (MR CHIPS) i ft DINING 4 MR PITT and i with ROBERT MORLEY PHYLLIS CALVERT JOHN MILLS Dincitd by CAROL REID froducW by EDWAID HACK LORRAINE ANDERSON Funeral services will be held at II am Saturday at the Halverson Mortuary for Lorraine Anderson 55 who died suddenly last night at his home 123 La Alameda st following a short illness Mr Anderson was a native of San Pedro and had lived here all his life He was a marine engineer and had been employed by various shipping firms He was a member of the Masonic Lodge No 332 The Low 12 club Marine Beneficial association and the 30-Year club Besides the widow Margaret he leaves three brothers (Jack) of San Pedro Ralph of Portland and Armand of Tujunga Burial will be In Forest cemetery 1 DANCING with FOUR JACKS ORCHESTRA Forget Our Every Sunday from 2 PM TO 12 AM COMPANION FEATURE Annabella John Sutton WE RAID LONDON CP Scotland untroubled by heavy German raids since the spring of 1941 and only once previously this year the target for a small-scale attack early today felt the sting of German reprisal assaults when enemy bombers flew through severe anti-aircraft fire on the southeast coast and dropped Incendiary bombs inland The last raid on Scotland was Feb 19 when a few planes caused slight damage British fighters and anti-aircraft defenses shot down five of an estimated 25 German planes that participated in the attack on Scotland and a raid over northern England that caused a small number of casualties This increased German air force losses over Britain to 26 this month and more than 50 since Jan 1 Considerable damage was done to private dwellings in one northeast English coastal town but there were no casualties because occupants were in shelters (The Berlin radio broadcast a high command communique announcing that the Germans raided the junction of Ashford in southern England at daybreak yesterday and made direct bpmb hits on the railway station and supply stores It said last raids were against on the Firth of Forth and on the British northeast coast) The heaviest enemy raid yesterday was on a town in southeast England where at least 12 were killed Additional victims were being dug out of the debris More than 300 children got out of a school Just 60 seconds before a bomb struck it was reported IdMMdby 20th (mtwy-fM ENDS TODAY! and MY DEAD BODY" WADC Gives Dance for 35 SIR AN DYUthfrPdcrfic IIELGA CARLSON Pallbearers were named today for the Helga Carlson funeral services to be held at 2 pm Saturday at mortuary Mrs Carlson died Monday at her home 1205 Mesa She had lived here 58 years Those to serve as pallbearers include Berg Albert Moe Carl Jorgenson Henry Ley Bernard Grey and Herbert No BRIAN DONLEVY ALAN LADD VERONICA LAKE In Starts FRI No 1 HENRY FONDA MAUREEN O'HARA in with Thomas Mitchell Glass Matinee Daily Doors Open Noon S445 Collected for Red Cross Doing double duty on the social front members of the Ambu'ance Defense Corps last night entertained 35 members of a balloon detail at a dance at their headquarters Twelfth st and Ca-brillo ave The events are scheduled once a month said Julia Stone commander On the special service detail arranging the dance were Capt Marjorie Anderson and Sgts Catherine Marquiss and Daphene Rogerro GLORIA DOSTALER Funeral arrangements are being made and mill be announced later by McNerney mortuary for Gloria Dostaler ten-months-old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Dostaler of 1423 253rd st Harbor City who died early today She also leaves grandparents Mr and Mrs Louis Dostaler TOMOKUOW and Saturday FEATURES STARTS TODAY years until she was transferred to the North Hollywood Junior high Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Johnny Mack and Tex Brown Ritter Tonight on the Old Camp In You Can't Afford to Be ILL San Pedrans of Greek descent know what the American Red Cross has done for Greece Five members of the Order of Ahepa lodge yesterday collected $445 for the Red Cross war fund and will carry on their campaign through next meek climaxing the drive the night of April 3 with a benefit program at Jugoslav clubhouse Those mho yesterday collected contributions mere Nick Papadakis James Panousis John Baremes and Gus Gabrell In addition to his work in behalf of the Red Cross Papadakis today accepted an assignment in the war bond campaign being named to the foreign origin section of the Southern California war savings staff headed by Walker of Los Angeles Bob Steele Tom Tyler On the Dick Purcell Joan Woodbury Holmes and the Secret ELIZABETH REPETSCHNIG Funeral services will be held Saturday noon at Forest Lawn for Elizabeth Repetschnig for 10 years teacher and counselor at Richard Henry Dana Junior high school who died Monday in North Hollywood following a major operation She was about 45 Miss Repetschnig joined the Dana faculty In 1929 remaining here 10 (Today Only) Ramon Armengod Maria Louisa Lea Amancer Kanchero Grande Rapario -PLUS Texas JIM LEWI Illness is a peacetime luxury that no one on the home front can afford today! With doctors and nurses off to war the job of is left to you! We have many preventative medicines and simple home remedies to help you! 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