Press-Telegram from Long Beach, California • 11

E. Suburban Rider Gain Leads Nation Passenger Revenue. Jumps 242 Per Cent From 1940 to 1943 The Pacific Electric Railway's suburban lines serving the Los Angeles area, with the Long Beach-Los Angeles line the chief revenue producer, have shown the greatest increase in riders of any trans: portation system in the United States during the second quar-! ter of this year compared to the same period in 1943. The Office of Defense Transportation in Washington made the information public today. Although actual figures were not revealed by ODT, the Long Beach Bureau of Public Utilities and Franchises has on file re P.

E. operations reveals. that: passenger revenue, of the company, exeluding Los. Angeles city motor coach oper ations, increased more than 242 per cent from 1040 to 1913, or Jump from $6.466.322 in the for: mer year to $15.659.501 last year. 183 -PET.

INCREASE red hast fear. not Including those riding on transfers war 107:865 872, a gain of 185 per cent over the 58,000,000 figure of 1940. During the same period revenue! miles operated increased about 30 per cent, from 23 to 30 million. Average revenue passenger, including Los Angeles city, -1940 fares. to $:1452 increased in 1943, from or $.1111 about 30 per cent.

Operating revenue reported by the company for the vear 1943 from all classes of service was reported to be $29,941,000. which represented a net return of about 11 per cent. Due to the increase in revenues City' Manager E. has requested the State Railroad Commission to make a 'detailed study of the fares charges, on the Long Beach Los line. At the present time hearings are being held by the commission to determine reductions to be made in local Los Angeles operations to begin about Nov.

1 which would save Los Angeles local passengers about $840,000 nually. REQUEST BY VICKERS Vickers' request also called at tention to the fact that limited service on the Long Beach line has been replaced with local service and asked that the express service bareinstated as soon as possible. Today's report revealed that San Diego, Portland and Oakland followed the Pacific Electric in the national increase in passenger revenues. Systems In all sections, of the country cept the northwest are carrying increasingly heavy wartime loads. show no Other sign o' cities having reached still their wartime peak in transit passengers are Memphis, Dallas and Seattle.

War Workers Here Urged to Stay on Jobs Congested area leaders today urged Long Beach industrial workers to remain on the job until the war is won and not to too much on help from the outside. Charles Lawrence acting director of the National Congested Area Committee, Who returned to Washington, D. last night after inspecting vital harbor area installations, said be- fore he departed that recruitment of workers for jobs away from their homes has not succeeded to any large extent. Lawrence, accompanied by Herbert C. Legg.

director of activ. ities of the committee in the Los Angeles Long Beach area, yesterday inspected the Naval Operating Base, San Pedro; the United States Naval Dry Docks and the Port of Embarkation facilities on Terminal Island and later the Ordnance Base under construction at Seal Beach. They were the guests of Capt. F. M.

Earle, U. S. commanding officer of the dry and Lieut. Comdr. Charles U.

S. N. public relations liason officer, at luncheon at the base. Port Manager E. J.

Amar also was a guest. Following the water. front. inspection Lawrence viewed Lakewood housing activities. He was said to have been particularly interested in observing what has been done in preparation for the greatly increased ac" tivity which will take place in the harbor district as the war in the Pacific increases in.

tempo. He characterized the work to date as marvelous. Injured Sailor on Church Step A sailor's clothing was found near 527 Chestnut Ave, early today. A trail of blood led to a partially clad and Injured sailor, Hildred Ingram, 23 sitting on church step at Fifth St. and Pacific Ave.

He had suffered a scalp wound and bruises: He insisted that he had no recollec tion as to how he received them. He had been robbed of a wallet containing $250, he said. RESTRAINT TO KEYNOTE CELEBRATION OF V.DAY IN LONG BEACH A SOBER realization that, despite of Germany, only continued full production can produce the materiel necessary to a rapid defeat of Japan was apparent at a meeting of businessmen yesterday in Mon's Cafe, called to plan for Equalization. TO KEEP ORDER -Day. Restrained jubilance will be the keynote of Long Beach, judging from the discussion of 16 representatives of commercial, professional and civic organizations.

Virtually all retail Long Beach mercantile stores have announced their intention of closing for one day when the welcome news is flashed across the Atlantic. ac. cording to Jack Horner, manager of the Long Beach Retailers, Associated. Closing of liquor stores and drying up of cafes on -day Beach will be a matter of policy for municipal and police authorities, it was today in Los Angeles by the spokesmen for the State Board of Both the police and sheriff's officers are charged with keeping order on V-day, it was ruled, and lif there are any disturbances at bars and liquor stores, it will matter of law enforcement by local authorities. Several local business groups have voluntarily agreed to stop sale of intoxicants the knothe ment word: is flashed of the close of European hostilities.

The Southern. California. (taurant Association has notified up their liquor stocks on -day and also will refuse the sale of drinks on the day following. ting facilities in the restaurants, however, will continue opberate. until 7, p.

m. on both days, it was announced. THOSE AT PARLEY -Taking part in the discussion were Mayor Clarence E. Wagner, L. 1.

Wilder. manager of the Chamber of Commerce: Douglas Newcomb, public schools: Ernest B. Webb, secretary of the Central Labor Council; Dr. Frank 'Harnett of the Recreation Commission; Arthur L. Jones, repre senting the North Long Beach district: Herbert Guthmann, rep resenting East Long Beach: Ben Dooley, Long Beach Retailers: Rev.

S. L. Barnhart, president of the Ministerial Union: William B. Stephens and William W. Kid.

well. United Veterans Bohemian Distributing Company: Fred C. Crow, bev. erage dealers. and H.

C. ningham, president of the retailers. I Sukman, chairman of the re. tailers' war activities committee, Sukman asked the same group to meet for further discussion of the subject at Mon's Sept. 12.

Maj. H. J. Hennessy Home on Maj. Herbert J.

Hennessy. Army Transportation Corps, who has recently returned from the South Pacific, is home on leave until Sept. 30 He has completed more than three years duty, most of which was with the regular Army. While on duty at one of the regular Ar. my posts in Northern California, he was in charge of military trainand was subsequentl detailed to the transportatio corps.

In 1936- 37 he served as president H. J. HENNESSY of the Reserve Officers tion. He attended the Fourth Army maneuvers in 1937 on the staff of the Eightieth Infantry, Fortieth Division, California National Guard. Maj.

Hennessy has been a resident of Long Beach since 1928, and throughout the veras has continued to keep in close touch with the military factors obtaining in this strategic area. He is spending his leave at Huntington Beach. New Warship Launched at Harbor Yard Soon to carry the spirit of her namesake against the Japs, the racy destroyer Willard Keith, named for a Los Angeles hero of Guadalcanal, today was at a Bethlehem shipyard outfitting dock following her launching late yesterday. Scores of -Los Angeles military and civilian notables watched the ship slide down the ways into the San Pedro main channel after: it was christened. by the hero's mother.

Mrs. Willard W. Keith Beverly Hills. The Marine Corps captain's father looked on. The fighter, with the firepower of a prewar light cruiser, is one of four bought after Los Angeles oversubscribed a cruiser building war bond quota.

Jap positions were firmly entrenched on strategic ground in dark jungle growth when Capt. Keith initiated and led successive hand grenade and bayonet charges. in the face of tremendous tire until the Jap force was annihilated and he himself was killed. Among the guests at the launching and reception which followed at the Pacific Coast Club, were Capt. Keith's former commanders.

Col. H. E. Rosecrans and Lleut. Col.

Roscoe I Arnett, both of the Marine Corps. Housing HeadsConfer on Port Problem District Rated. Most Critical in Entire Nation National, county and al authorities are concentrating on the task of providing housling in the Long Beach harbor area. This is described as the most critical section of the nation. The problem was discussed here yesterday when Loren Greene.

National Home Use director, inspected the disfrict. Greene was accompanied by Donald Kirby, regional hame, use director; Howard D. Markle, newly appointed manager of the county war housing centers; Pat McDonniel. who recently resigned, effective Oct. 1, as manlager of the harbor area centers, and Philip Norton, former spe: cial consultant for the west of the Mississippi.

Members of the staffs here and in the harbor area were informed that. the shift from organization, which has been taking place, try that of administertart more office personnel will be required, because trie concentration of population in this area will increase as the war the Pacific theater is stepped up. Markle formerly was a member the Regional Planning He is a resident of Inglewood. His predecessor, Paul! Withiams, is returning to private" business. Markle was in charge of providing housing in San Diego in 1941 when that city was the most critical in the United States.

McDonniel and Wes Werner. manager in the Bellflower area. were complimented yesterday by Greene and. Markle for the good work they have done. Norton, who has built 400 homes at Seal Beach in recent months, was called to Washing ton in 1940 after the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce commit.

tee. of which he was made a housing survey. suchairman. the work west of the Mississippi until June. 1941.

when he resigned to return to the committee work and to construction of houses at Seal Beach. Law Teacher Champions States' Rights The American form of govern ment, whereby the component states of our republic retain their sovereignty, has proved sound and should not be abandoned except by conscious belief of the people that there is a better way of government, C. E. Millikan, former professor of constitutional law in the University of South- California, said at a break fast meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in Hilton Hotel this morning. Millikan asserted that the progress of the United States and its material success has been due to the fact that the states have retained their sovereignty and have delegated to the national government certain limited powers only.

Under this system the federal authority can do nothing that has not been specifically delegated to it by the independ- ent states. The speaker was introduced by Judge Charles Wallace. Chairman John A. Harris announced that next week's speaker will be Arthur A. Adams, acting chief engineer of the county regional planning commission.

Press Delegram WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1944. SECTION TWO NEW JUSTICE Stanley A. of the peace of Sighal HM townships Here he is with his associates, left to fight Ted Murphy, chief of police: William Hayes, constable; Judge Foutz; H. M. Chapman, city Photo New Signal Hill Justice to Take Oath Tomorrow STANLEY become A.

justice of FOUTZ, the police peace The justice, who yesterday was named by the Board of SuperVISOrS to succeed former Justice Leon Benwell. will post bond and he sworn in tomorrow morning in the county clerk's office in Los Angeles. The board appointed Foutz as justice of the peace after it had ruled that Benwell had forfeited his office by remaining out of the United States more than five days without mission. Judge Foutz already had been serving on a special as signment from the State Judicial Council, the special assignment to expire Sept. 9.

When Benwell returns from a trip to Mexico, he is expected to protest the decision of the supervisors. Explaining that such action is a matter of routine, two deputies from the county manager's office today installed new locks on the Signal Hill Justice Court quarters in the Hinshaw Building, 2175 Cherry and gave the keys to Chinese Boy Drowns in Rainbow Lagoon Harry Lee, 19-year-old Chinese boy. of San Francisco, was drowned and a companion. Her. bert Ching, 21, narrowly escaped a like fate in Rainbow Lagoon latea yesterday.

Guard Ching Frank was Mul- reslen after failing in an attempt to aid the lad. A search for the victim's body has been unsuccessful. It was the second drowning of the season in Long Beach waters. The two youths, from San Francisco, had been staying in a Los Angeles motor court while on a vacation. Neither could swim Ching said.

They had rented a. boat and were hanging its sides, while trying to swim when Lee went under. Ching tried to help him and wa. seized around the neck but broke loose. judge of Signal Hilt.

also will of Signal Hill. Lakewood School Officials Await Priority Signal Lakewood Village school au thorities were today awaiting ap. proval of priorities from Wash ington for construction of the second unit of the Lakewood Junior High Schoor, north of between Charlemagne and Stanbridge Ave. The County Board of Supervisors today approved purchase of a- block of $180,000 in Lakewood School bonds by a syndicate composed of Blyth Co. and William R.

Staats Co. The first unit of the $250,000 construction program, a one-story frame and stucco building, is be. ing financed by the federal government at cost of $62,490. Plans of the school authorities are designed to accommodate 750 Junior High School pupils. There will be more than 400 when school opens this fall.

Kistner Wright are architects for the Junior High School. The first unit, which is being erected by Albert Reingardt, Long Beach contractor, will contain adminis. tration offices and eight classrooms. The second unit will be constructed back of the one now being erected. It will contain the school library and three additional classrooms.

Also contemplated in the program are a shower and locker room, gymnasium, an assemblycafeteria, an auditorium and a unit containing a home economics room and music and art rooms, a wood shop, general metal shop and bus garage and maintenance unit. SHIP OF VENGEANCE The 2200-ton destroyer Willard Keith, named for the Marine Corps captain who died heroically on Guadalcanal, raced down Bethlehem shipyard ways at 6:15 p. m. yesterday, sponsored by the hero's mother. Shown, left to right, in this official United States Navy photo are Willard.

Keith Sr. and Mrs. Keith, parents of the captain; Adm. Ralston S. Holmes, S.

N. (retired), former Eleventh Naval District commandant, and 5-Sgt. Virginia M. Waco, U. S.

M. C. Killer of Wife, Companion to Die Nov. 10 High. Court Affirms Conviction of Pike Cafe Slayer LEE BERRIEN POWELL 'Lone Ranger' of Films Killed in Pacific Action.

Sgt. Lee "Lone' tures, has the south by Mrs. L. C. Berrien Powell, the of motion picbeen killed in action in Pacific.

Word was rehis parents, Mr. and Powell, 3811 E. Sixth Powell, serving with the Matrine Corps, had been stationed in south Pacific since November, 1942. He was expected home for a furlough this month. He fought in the battles of Tarawa and Powell was born in Long Beach and attended the old Carroll Park School, Poly High School, Long Beach Junior and the University of Montana.

At both colleges he was a football player and track star. After finishing school he received training for the stage at the Major School of Acting in Los Angeles: was leadman at Santa Barbara Community Playhouse and played many roles at the Pasadena Community Theater. He is survived by the widow, Norma, and two sisters. Miss Virginia and Mrs. Sylvia Powell Bradley.

Dogs Being Given Up by Many for Extermination Faced with the stringent provisions of the recently enacted ordinance pronibiting the allow. ing of dogs to run loose, scores of dog owners are voluntarily surrendering their animals to be disppsed of at the City Animal Shelter, H. H. Breckman, the superintendent, stated today. Two of his trucks have been kept busy answering such, calls and the dog population 15th St.

and San Francisco Ave. is increasing by leaps and bounds. third truck is to be placed in commission. Friday which will be on a roving assignment to nab stray dogs, Brockman stated. Dr.

F. W. Stewart, health de. partment superintendent, said that the cases of rabid dogs reported to his office up to. the middle of August totaled 21 as compared to only four during all of last year.

Two have been reported this' week. It has been estimated that there are 6000 ownerless dogs Long Beach, the health officer said. Many of them have been running in gangs, thus adding to the spread of. the rabies epidemic. Under the provisions of the new city ordinance, no dog is permitted to run at large even though it may have been cinated and licensed.

Chief of Police Walter Lentz today stated that the policy of his men would be to carry on a campaign of education for sonable period and to make he arrests in cases of willful of the ordinancha by been dog owners. No made as yet under the provisions of the new ordinance. It you have a way with- dogs, the city has a pleasant, outdoor job for you -at $175 a month. Applicants for the job must apply to the city Crvil Service Commission in the utilities building. If accepted they will be assigned to crews being organized to man additional trucks be placed In service this week to enforce the dog ordinance.

Air Patrol Cadets Complete Training Thirty Civil Air. Patrol cadets under the leadership of Lieut. Court Prowell of the Long Beach Squadron will return here today following 10 days of Army trainaling at Minter Field, Bakersfield. The cadets, many of whom are members of the Army Air Forces enlisted reserve, receive preliminary ground training and flight familiarization training through the Civil Air Patrol, Army Air Force Auxiliary. A.M.

Jacobsen Found Innocent of Cafe Robbery Andrew M. Jacobsen, 58. for. mer sea captain, today was found not guilty of taking $3504.98 from Mon's Cafe. Judge Leslie E.

Still. who heard the case without a jury, announced the decision immediately after Northern California 'ranchers testified 'that Jacobsen was at their ranch celebrating his own birthday and Washing ton's birthday Feb. 22, 1943. R. A.

Newell, night manager of the cafe, and the money disappeared about that date. F. Mon, operator of the cafe, testified that lieved that Jacobsen was Newell. Jacobsen looks like Newell, Judge Still said. Judge Still commended Long Beach police.

men for turning over evidence to defense and testifying in Jacobsen's behalf. Jacobsen was defended by Attorney Joseph Ryan. Jury Unable to Lay Blame for Tragedy A coroner's jury at Garden Grove yesterday was unable to fix blame or exonerate anyone for a Sunday crash fatal to Richard Collins, 15. Long Beach. and William Malloy, 17, South dena.

The inquiry was referred to the Orange County district at: torney's office. The cars involved were driven by Paul Ferrell, 17, of 552 Rocket Bellflower, and Harry Morell, Long Beach, living on ranch west of Garden Grove. Two Stolen Cars Restored to Owners Policemen today recovered a stolen car before the owner knew it had been taken from a Chestnut Ave. parking lot. It belongs to Jack Kager, San Gabriel.

It was found at Seaside Blvd. and Linden Ave. The alleged driver, Billy J. Partridge, and a passenger, Edward W. Stonis, both of the Coast Guard, were held by police.

Two juvenile sailors were arrested to C. and E. a stolen Prahl, car Monterey belong. ing Park, was recovered at State St. and Long Beach Blvd.

Head-on Auto Crash Injuries Are Fatal Russell R. Light, 41, of 3524 Ransom died last night in the Naval Hospital from internal injuries suffered in a head-on traffic crash in which several others were injured on Atlantic -near the, Union Pacific underpass, Aug. 20. It was the 18th death in Long Beach traffic year, 10 of whom were pedestrians The figures for the same period last year were seven motorists and 29 The victim was riding in a car driven by Joseph V. Lane.

1231 E. Adams Artesia. The other driver involved was Marcille McPool, 5615 E. Ashworth Bellflower. Hope of escaping death in San Quentin's gas chamber for the, of his wife, Inez Hough, and Frederick Culp, a companion of Mrs.

Hough, as they sat at a table in a Pike cafe on the June 13. 1942, faded for William Hough this morning when Superior Court Judge Leslie E. Still read into the court record the death warrant which orders the execution of Hough Nov. 10. Hough pleaded guilty to murdering his wife and companion when he appeared, before Judge learn alk.

The facts to Assist the court in fixing the degree of the murder, Judge Still spent three days hearing testimony of wit. nesses. After testimony was introduced which indicated that the murder was premeditated and deliberate, Judge Stin fixed the degree of the murder at degree and ordered Hough transferred to San Quentin to be executed in the lethal gas. chamber. As- all.

in which the death penalty cases. volved go to the Supreme Court on automatic appeal. no date for the execution set. Twice the case was considered by the Supreme Court. In the.

first decision, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in Hough's behalf was denied. In the second decision. Judge Still's ruling was upheld. In affirming the decision of Judge Still, the Supreme 'Court ruled: Hough admitted not only that he shot his wife and her companion but actually came to Long Beach for that purpose. "It would be difficult to imagine a more complete and conclusive case of deliberate premeditated murder." the decision stated.

According to witnesses. Hough and his wife had quarreled froquently during their married life. On one occasion he had chased her with pistol. They were finally estranged and he bought a pistol. He then made a statement that he would kill her and anvone he ever found with her.

On June 13. 1912. he saw her in Long Beach and talked to her A few minutes. After parting. Mrs.

Hough went down on the Pike where she WAS introduced 10 Culp. a stranger. With another couple. Mrs. Hough and Culp went into a cafe.

Hough came into the place and murdered his wife and her companion. Thermometer 93 Yesterday; High Quite a change from yesterday. Speaking of the (course. The thermometer regisaltered 93 yesterday at 3 p. which made it the hottest day the year.

In fact, it was the first time the heat passed the mark. It was 90 last May 4. Just to give you an idea of how the weather is in Long Beach, look at the following: The lowest maximura. dally weather, 55, was recorded on two days this year, Jan. 2 and Feb.

20. The lowest minimum weather to date this year was on Feb. when it was 37. The highest minimum daily temperature was reached on three days this year. It was 63 on Aug.

11, 12 and Oh, yes, it was 69 at noon day. To repeat, quite a change from yesterday. Son Writes He Was but Slightly Hurt From a son who "never used to write until he got in the Army," his parents recently got a letter that beat an Army tele. gram by a week. Almost rivalling the classic epigram, "Sighted sub, sank same." this 39-year-old for.

mer Beach warehouse foreman wrote. his mother. "Slightly wounded. In hospital. one day.

Don't worry, mom. I am o. k. and back with the boys." "Cecil never could write a letter," said his mother, Mrs. Herbert G.

Dyar, 3026 E. Fifth yesterday. The War Department telegram erroneously reported Pvt. a former employe Simon Levi, as seriously wounded. Bereft Woman Volunteers Payment of Traffic Fine THE traffic bureau in the Jergins Trust Building today received $2 and letter from Mrs.

Sarah Danford, 205 E. 67th in payment for a ticket received while she was jaywalking American Ave. between Fourth and Fifth-Sts. Mrs. Danford in her letter told the bureau that she was happy to pay the fine, that it was the' first time she had had to pay such a fine and that there were too many traffic deaths.

She explained that her 22-year. daughter was. killed some I time ago while jaywalking,.