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Snuq San Pedro Berth 0 IE -IsU Skipp er Settl es For Floral Sea world and everywhere he went the drabness of the ocean contrasted vividly with the worlds gardens from tulips to tropical orchids A bachelor he has found 'that a garden requires as much at tention as a ship He has navigated the shoals of pruning and transplanting skirted the reefs of fertilization and spraying and piloted his ship-shape garden safely into one productive port after another After spending many years staring at empty horizons the flowers are a welcome relief The vegetable harvest erases the memories of many a makeshift meal aboard ship during roaring storms Such rewards can make it easier for a seafaring' man to divorce himself from the sea Fresh garden vegetables on the table he finds are a lot more comforting than a spy-glass look at the ocean from a cliff side berth Not all retired sea going skippers buy themselves a snug harbor overlooking the whitecaps when they end their clays at sea Capt Anker Petersen of 321 Oliver St would have to climb the flag mast at the Barton Hill School to scan the harbor His neatly landscaped home looks more like a botanical garden than the view lot vistas so often associated by artists with men of the sea Petersen has a reason for his interest in the soil this is the second time he has retired from the sea and he is determined to become landlocked for good The only way to get rooted to land he surmised is to become associated with it The results of his gardening work both in vegetables and flowers belies his long associa tion with the sea The retired skipper shipped out when he was a kid as an ap prentice seaman He has touched most of the major ports in the SEA OF FLOWERS Retired skipper Anker Petersen examines some home grown lilies that are candidates for blue ribbon awards Its a far cry front the rolling deck of a ship in high seas (News-Pilot Photo) BLAZING CAULDRON Huge flare spots flash out in the smoke billowing from these tanks within the retaining wall at the Tidewater-Associated Oil Co tank farm at West Basin The flames licked harbor skies throughout the night transforming the basin into a huge fireplace Thousands of residents spent way into the evening watching the fire from hillside vantage points Alxiut six feet of foamite and water now covers oil within the retaining walls (News-Pilot Photo) Beaten Child Starts New Life TV earl- Operation Termed A Success By MAG At this time of the year there are some bulbs that bloomed late in the spring that are now an attractive mass of brownish leaves The temptation is to cut them off and dig the bulbs before they mature naturally Dont do this As the foliage turns brown the strength for next years bloom is going into the bulb Water it sparingly If the brown foliage bothers you too much it can be doubled back and tied or braided and turned under in short lengths By the first part of July the tops of the bulbs should be completely dried and the bulbs can be dug Do not leave them in the ground over two years if you wish the best possible blooms Put the bulbs in shallow boxes out in the open air for a couple of weeks then tie them in sacks add a generous handful of moth flakes to discourage thrips and store in a cool dry place until September Late June or early July is the best time to put out new hibiscus These plants do well here and are very lovely They are easy to grow and make an ex cellent background shrub The plants prefer a sunny location but will take semi-shade If they are already established in the garden now is the time to give them a feeding of com mercial food One-half cup to medium plant should be suf ficient Scratch gently around the drip line They require plenty of water now but very little during the winter As soon as the strelitzia or bird of paradise is through blooming give it a generous feeding of commercial fertilizer About one cup to an average size plant dug in eight to ten inches from the main stem should be enough Keep the plant well watered during the summer Watch for suckers on the rose bushes unless removed they seriously weaken the bush Care fully trace the sucker to its beginning (usually below the soil) and pull them out If you cut them chances are they will come right back Spray the garden at regular intervals This isnt much of a job but it will save considerable work if you do it before the bugs get a good start Luxury Hotels Fill Vegas Strip LAS VEGAS Nev Ther are seven luxury hotels on the famed Strip at the edge of Las Vegas and preliminary construction has started on the latest of six being built Frank Fishman Santa Monica Calif hotel chain operator signed a contract yesterday with heart and lungs did the workjst John Construction Co of both while the little girls heart jthorne Calif to complete a clamped off and freed of room hotel the Nevada Royal by Then came last April 23 and the operation the TV audience on the March of Medicine the NBC network Pamela was placed on one table her father on another blood system was linked to with plastic tubes The fa- daring viewed over operating His hers LOS ANGELES 'A young girl left General Hospital yesterday with 75 dolls clothing books and three trust funds to start a new life after 18 months of what police termed brutal mistreatment at the hands of her mother Celia Sanchez 10 of Norwalk was turned over to her maternal aiint Mrs Lupe Torres through Juvenile Court order after two months of hospital care Her mother Mrs Trinidad Vera who had six other children faces trial July 6 on six felony counts resulting from Celias mistreatment Doctors said an eye cataract caused by a blow has been removed and that with strong glasses she should have reasonably good vision Her nose which was broken will require plastic surgery they said Hundreds of gifts including clothing jewelry books candy and dolls were sent to Celia from persons who wanted to restore her faith in people MINNEAPOLIS Pamela Schmidt can hardly wait for July 9 her fifth birthday Because then for the first time i her life she will be able to ride a tricycle like other little girls Pamela is much more by that prospect than that she was the star with her dad last night on millions of television screens in the broadcast of a revolutionary new heart operation The broadcast was a showing a film made at the time of the operation Watching her at play now its hard to realize that a year ago doctors gave her only 6 to 12 months to live Pamelas mother Mrs Ronald Schmidt said in their Minneapolis home Pamela was born with a hole in the wall that separates the hearts two pumping chambers The freshened and old blood intermingled she was deprived of oxygen and excited Jan The hold to include a theater reslaurant seating 900 a pool and a casino will be located between El Rancho Vegas and Last Frontier hotels blood for the operation A small pump on a table between them insured the uninterrupted flow of blood for the 132 iminutes the surgery took The entire operation occupied 18 doctors and nurses for four hours They wrought us a miracle said Mrs Schmidt Yes we saw the TV show of the operation right at home Pamela got really excited when she saw herself on the screen The main wish of her dad and myself the heart was overworked For lojis that parents of children stricken months she lived in an oxygen tent as she was can take new hope TV Operation from what they saw Winnie' Steals on Arrival More Air Raid Siren Tests Due Air raid sirens in San Pedro will wail again at 10 am Monday when a new series of statewide civil defense tests get started Residents are asked not to call police or emergency switchboards to avoid jamming telephone wires The new series of tests will be carried out once a month FISHHOOK LEFT IN BOY ANGLER'S EYE dr' Zff I 4r -i kind: SHIPS STORES WERE NEVER LIKE THIS Capt Anker Petersen up-anchors a giant onion which he grew in his vegetable garden and will soon find its way to the captains landlocked mess (News-Pilot Photo) Physicians said Roman is in no present danger of losing Ihe sight of (he eye Womans Slashed Body Identified SAN BERNARDINO (PI The body of a woman w'ho police said was found badly slashed in a field south of here between Colton and Loma Linda Thursday was tentatively identified yesterday as Mrs Hilda Braskamp 45 a University of Redlands cafeteria employe Police said Mrs Esther Jenkins of Redlands a friend of Mrs Braskamp made the identification Positive identification was to be made today when her divorced husband and their daughter Janice of 1826 Palmer Court Long Beach are due here Sheriffs detective Eblen said there was evidence of a terrific struggle before the" woman died the famed smile and for victory salute Arrived at the White House Churchill was offered a presi dential assist up the steps of the north portico Preferring his gold headed cane the prime minister withdrew his elbow from President Eisenhowers helping hand and made it on his own Later after preliminary talks and a White House luncheon Churchill Eisenhower Dulles and Eden' assembled in the rose garden on the south lawn to pose for more pictures Churchill and Eisenhower sat in a wrought iron canvas cushioned love seat which may or may not have been symbolic of US-British hopes for the outcome of their harmony meeting Did you bring your paints?" inquired Eisenhower himself an enthusiastic brush-and-easel man No growled Churchill head down and chomping a cigar SHAFTS OF MOOD The bearings for propeller shafts of many ships are made of hard tropical wood Custom Picture Framing UNPAINTED FURNITURE FKFE UKLIVfcKY TRIANGLE FURNITURE CO 430-433 Pacific TE 3-0tS Joseph Courtoi Proprietor DEATH OF THE CONQUEROR William the Conqueror king of England died in Rouen capitol of Normandy in 1097 MILWAUKEE The fishhook lodged next lo Roman Trzinskis right eyeball will be left undisturbed for a while to see if nature will help in getting it out The 12-year old boys physician decided yesterday (hat the hook was too deeply imbedded in soft and delicate tissue in the eye socket next to (he eyeball to be removed by a giant electromagnet at St Luke's hospital The hook caught in Romans eye Sunday when a fishing plug cast by a friend struck him in the face Doctors said the hook will be watched to see if it works out where it can be more easily removed MIRALESTE KNOLLS SITES ST AKED-OUT Survey and engineering crews 1 2-bath home in the $15000 are now staking out streets and $16000 price range Miraleste Knolls is a portion of the historic Rancho Palos Verdes originally part of the Dominguez and Sepulveda land grants marine view sites at The McCarthy Cos new Miraleste Knolls 170-home project located on Miraleste Dr between Rolling Hills and San Pedro adjoining Professional STILTWALKER WANTED CALL TE 3-0415 By WARREN ROGERS JR WASHINGTON (b No matter how you look at it Winnie stole the show After his arrival in Washington yesterday Sir Winston Churchill was with such spotlight personalities as President Eisenhower Vice Pres i Nixon Secretary of State Dulles and Britains foreign secretary Anthony Eden But at every turn it was the 79-year-old pink and white British prime minister who caught everyones eye With typical Churchillian show manship he quickly captured the airport audience by stepping smartly into view from the British stratocruiser doffing his gray homburg and grinning merrily This brought huzzahs and applause Once aground Churchill steamed unerringly toward a cluster of microphones leaving the welcoming Nixon and Dulles to bring- up the rear Once Churchill had had his say he spun on Dulles and Nixon and barked: Was it all right? They agreed still clutching their own undelivered written statements Then Sir Winston spied a waiting open car and made for it There were no more speeches Churchill planted his rotund figure squarely in the middle of the wide rear seat Nixon however managed to squeeze himself in to the left of the relaxed visitor Churchill then gave himself over to a swarm of photographers who clicked and flashed until they could no longer evoke Palos Verdes Avery McCarthy president of the subdividing and building concern which has been active in Southern California Since 1892 anticipates that rough grading in the tract will start about July 15 The McCarthy firm plans building three and fcrur bedroom Funds Sought To Fight Polio Port Firm Gives Two Scholarships Philip Park Inc has award ed two $100 scholarships to outstanding students at California State Polytechific College at San No More Wet Messy Bathrooms! Luis Obispo The scholarships went to Dave Kingsbury of Pawhuska Okla and Richard Johnson of Oceano Actress to Pay In Damage Suit LOS ANGELES CT) Former actress Dolores Costello Barrymore must pay $300 damages to an auto glass dealer as the outgrowth of a traffic accident damage suit a Superior Court jury decided yesterday Arnold Solomon had sought $25209 for a Sprained neck scratched bumper and bent license plate following an accident involving his car and that of Mrs Barrymore May 2 1953 She testified she bumped his car when the traffic light turned yellow and he stopped suddenly She said he did not give an arm signal 11 WORD TO THE WISE HOME OWNER The San Pedro office of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is not planning a special drive for the National Emergency March of Dimes in August but hopes many envelopes not returned during the regular January campaign will be sent in now The national office of the foundation has announced that despite a record $55000000 taken in by the January March of Dimes another $20 million is needed to meet the years costs The emergency appeal funds will go toward the foundations commitments for an infantile paralysis prevention program asj well as care for a record num-ber of polio patients FASCIST DERIVATIVE The modern word fascist derives from the Fascist regime in Italy which got its name from the fasces bundles of rods used 'as symbols of authority in ancient Rome Broken Windows? 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