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SECOND SECTION Jurist Sets Death Date LONG BEACH 2, CALIFORNIA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1944 I HEADACHE FOR HIROHITO No, it isn't one of Rube Goldberg's inventions. But it will spell plenty of headaches for Hirohito's little mea once it starts producing thousands of barrels of aviation gasoline daily at die Texas Company's Wilmington plant Shown in picture is part of the fluid catalytic cracking unit regenerator and catlyst tanka DRIVERS LICENSE EXPIRED? If soi you'll have to take an examination to get a new one. 'Steve Healey, feature writer for the Long Beech Sun, found this out yesterday. In top photo ha is shown with Dana Bullock (right), manager of the Long Beach branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles.

ond Exeminer R. Westennan (left), preparing to take hie Lower photo shows. the usual lint, of taking the same test. -Tfr- New lOO-Octarie Plant Man Who Killed Wife and Companion WilT Be Executed Nov. 10 For killing liio wife, lues Hough, and Frederick L.1 Culp, hie wife's ea they at in a Pike cafe on Juno 1 3, 1943, William H.

Hough muit pay; with life in the San Quentin gas chamber' on Nor, 10. That was the order of Superior. Court 'fudge Leslie E. Still yesterday, who death' warrant, of Hough, in open session of his branch of the local Superior Court. Hough entered a plea of guilty to murdering his-wife and companion he appeared for trial before Judge Still in August 1943..

In order -to assist him ftutng the degree of murder, Judge Still spent three days hearing the testimony of -witni who saw the murder or. knew of circumstances which brought about, the -After testimony indicated conclusively that the offense was premeditated and deliberate. Judge Still. fixed the degree- aa murder hi the first degree and ordered Hough 'transferred to San Quentin to be executed in the lethal gaa chamber. Aa all eases 1 in which the death penalty ia involved go to the Supreme Court on automatic appeal, no date for the execution was set Twice the Supreme Court considered the case and both times the judgment of Judge Still was In affirming the decision Judge SOU, the Supreme Court ruled that Hough not only admitted that ha shot his wife and her companion, but actually came to- Long Beech for that purpose.

It would be difficult to imagine more conclusive case of deliberate premeditated murder." the Supreme Court ruling stated. of Florida Solon to Be Heard Here Monday The first speaker sent out by the Democratic National Committee on a tour of the nation in behalf of the reelection of President Roosevelt, Sea Claude Peppor-cf Florida, will give aa address at 8 am. Monday in Mu-under 8 am. I Auditorium nidpal aue- pices of the Democratic Central Committee of the District Sea Pepper's address win of fldally open the Democratic campaign In the 18th District. The Senator ia one of the outstanding supporters of the President on domestic policies.

He is SEN. CLAUDE PEPPER the author tof the anti-poll tax Mil, an advocate of the League of Nations, and has urged force of arms to enforce peace in the postwar vtorid. -Otbere who wfil speak briefly at Monday night's meeting are Ralph DUls and Lome D. Mid-dough, Assemblymen from tbe 09th and 70th Districts, respectively; Carl Fletcher, Democratic candidate forAsaemblyman from the 7Jst District, and Clyde Doyle, Democratic candidate for Congress from the 18th District City May Get Big Discounts on War' Goods Purchases City officials were eyeing fed-erafowned war property yester day with new interest after they received word of a Senate bill now being considered that would In municipalities as 50 per cent on' postwar of surplus war mate- purchases rials and facilities. Arithmetical minds, flew first to tbe harbor and airport facilities installed here and then to the.

trucks and other mobile equipment that could be used to the citys wardepleted supplies. cities would also have first choice of land bought during the war as locations for military 'establishments, under the Mils provisions. Loexl-Finandal-Sports Streamliked Want Ada Official City Ncwapapet Nazi Defeat Police Would Postpone Celebration Until of Japan Police city and commercial leaders yesterday discussed law enforcement property protection and. crowd and traffic con trol in case of a. mid-day announcement of an end to the European war.

Chief Walter Lenta and his aids opposed' any stimulation or organized leadership for a city celebration, urging that any such effort be deferred until Japan is Mayor Clarence Wagner, Jack Horner, representing the Long Beach Retailers, Associated, and officials of the Police Department met with Chief Lenta in a lengthy the usual channels of Information, radio, newspaper and oral dissemination will inform the public of peace without any prearranged signal which might be confused with highly Im portant warnings waa the of-police officials. Chief Lentz plana a general appeal to the public to be guided by the principles which have ruled lesser celebration, "regard -lor life and property and req-. aonable conduct such aa has been sought and obtained on Hah loween and Fourth of July. Promises to take off all restrictions when Japan collapses wen voiced by seme of the enforcement officers. City Hires One: Needs Another One volunteer has come ton ward to save the' city from is-Mes, Henry H.

Brockman, superintendent of the city dog pound, said yesterday, but another man is atm needed to' hdp round the thousands of dogs roaming. Long Beach streeta And, in the meantime, city oh fidala reported the. neglected front will have to be negli while men regularly assigned to routing tbe citys mosquitoes are transferred to the business of catching dogs. Police, however, are pursuing what they call an educational campaign." That means they give you warning to tie your dbg be-ion they sic the dogcatcher on you. Its a money -saver for you, too.

Because if the dogcatcher catches your dog, it constitutes misdemeanor and that can cost-up to $500 fine and six months. in the pokey. No arrests have been made yet Some dog owners, aware they have no adequate place for dog storage, are taking their dogs to the pound to be given to someone or destroyed, rather than tun the risk of the fine or incarceration, Brockman said. 1400 Small Fire Extinguishers Available Free Heres how to get a fire extinguisher free. The Citizens Defense Corps has received 1400 4-gallon pump tank extinguishers and-they ere available at the Fire Department Shop 1445 Peterson Ave.

All you ham to do is go ask for one and promise to return it on request Fite Chief A. urges all persona owning or operating any property to obtain one of three extinguishers, especially those in apartment houses, turn-. her yards and factories. Weather Low clouds early Thursday forenoon, otherwise clear. Little change in temperature.

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Oasat asS Oaalatli feamr) i ii i "ii Place Sunday Ads Before 5 P. M. Today, Tomorrow To insure placsmsht I your want ad msssaa in tho big Sunday Prsss-Tslagram vs advise oaHy arrived copy, -floes ads today or tomorrow, if possible. Closing tlzns is 5 f. ii Sun-Press-Telegram WANT ADS I Getting Driver License Gncb if You Know How Increased production of lOOoctane gasoline, urgently needed for military aviation demands, is assured by a refinery placed in operation yesterday at Wilmington by the Texas Company, it is announced by Vice President Torrey Webb.

Rushed to completion in 120 months, the project Includes a $2,600,000 Fund Set by County as Jobless Cushion9 Funds amounting to $20(V 900 for -postwar nubile works projects to make blatantly ready a cushion against unemployment the war end unexpectedly have been-in-: chided In the -1944-45 Los An-' geles County budget, it waS dlactooed yesterday. A report made ny the chief administrator's office said that' 8L000JM0 for. postwar projects la included in the new budget and that an additional ia bring maintained in tbe county general reserve fund which can be used for similar purposes should conditions warrant a. Mayor Urges No Travel on Labor Day Give Serviceman Chance to See Folks, Wagner Suggests "Please don't travel on Labor Day! That was the plea of Mayor Clarence Wagner, yes terday. Joining his voice to the pleas of hundreds of other city heads throughout the nation throughout and the Office of Defense Transportation.

"Please- Mitufc of that man who may be getting hie last furlough to see' his family before going overseas, paid the mayor. "Think, too, of your own com- fiKt and passenger traffic for the first five months of this year was up 23 per cent over the then Incredibly crowded conditions of 1941 You wont crowd returning casualties off the trains," Mayor Wagner, continued, because you will be pushed off instead and you may us pushed off anywhere regardless of whether -you have both tickets and reservations. Remember, railroads are trying to do a much harder Job now with less equipment thin they had during worid War -Your best bet is to stay at home Libor Day!" the fact that civilian traffic for the first 11 Vegetable, Fruit Prices Advance Today Eleven fruits and vegetables advanced, while there were reductions on-three hems in the OPA market basket price list effective today Sept 7 -in Long Beech. Three varieties af apples and four varieties of grapes were given criUng prices, for theflrat time. Advances were pasted on lettuce, 14 ounces or more, 14 cents; 11 to 13 ounces, 12 and.

10 ounces or-under, 10 cents; each up 1 cent; field grown tomatoes, .7 eenta pound, up 1 cent; 1944 up 1-cent; casaba melons, 914 cents up 1 cent; honey-dew melons, 8 cento pound, up hi cent; Crenshaw 914 cents, tv. 2 cents; all- 01181108 freestone peaches, 15 eenta, and all-varieties ding 13 eenta, eaah up 1 cent i White dry pickling and boiling onions, 1944 crop, -will be quoted today at three pounds for 27 cento, down 3 cents; watermriona plain or iced, 5 eenta pound, down 14 cent: end Gravenatrin applet, two pounds for 21 cents, down 1 cent New Items included Red Malaga -Riblers and lady finger grapes, 13 cents pound; grapes, 22 cento pound; winter Muiana apples ana Kings apples, pounds far -18 eenta and Alexander apples, two pounds for 22 cento Girl Injured in -BiupWMififcap rear door of a bus Ave. line caught was alighting at Pine Broadway yesterday 17, of 1432 W. 31st neck and shoulder police reported. cm.mvr a A lia inaiaU on fisting hia By STEVE HEALEY An expiring operator's hetnsefor driving a car in California was the cause of one of the best lessons in forethought and common sense yet dealt us along thtg highway of life.

Bouncing blithely into the De-; pertinent of Vehicles, at Broadway, and Lime Ave. our first thought, was. to get in end nut aa Qilrkhr'ai possible. le trodueed to the manager, Dana Bullock, and Examiner K. E.

Westennan, it wasn't long before we changed our -mind on 'many things. Predominant-among them was the-fact that applying for. a license was no expedition. Granted, you've been driving a car for any number yean out has the-thought ever occurred to you that modifleu-Uons in basic traffic regulations may have been made Mice you last applied a Following a talk with, the genial Manager Bullock and Examiner. Westennan, we decided to take home a little book offend us, to study.

It is the California Vehicle Code Summary. In this 30-page, booklet you will find rules, regulations, instructions and any number of diagrammed illustrations of problems that have to do with rules of the road when driving an automobile or truck. Problems Faced Before. -Many of these problems, therein discussed, had confronted your reporter in the past- There-were any number of times i that we had acted automatically, having little time for reason. Ike answer to these actions and many others may be found In this Invaluable booklet All motorists would do well to have one in the glove compartment of their ears.

After digesting this book from cover to cover, we returned the next morning and the examination was almost routine. We passed. It Is questionable whether we would have passed so easily were it not for haying taken the advice of Bullock and 'Westennan and read up on the 20tory skyscraper" catalytic cracking unit that towers seven stories above the height limit for Loa Angeles, office buildings. "With the war in the Pacific expanding new. the -timely completion of this refinery is good news to the armed Adm: Joseph R.

Defines, U. S. inspector of naval material, 11th Naval District, aald. It should give the people of the; Pacific Coast much satisfaction, too, to know that their efforts in building and operating vital war planta such as the new Texas Company refinery, will keep this region solidly in the war effort until the last gun' la fired and the last bomb dropped." The new high octane plant has capacity of half a million gallons of aviation gasoline dally, it built as an addition to existing refining faculties on -a 300-acre rite that ia the center for Texaco operations in Southern California Vice President Webb said that the plants output-will be dinned exclusively to the armed forces so- long aa they need our lOOoctane' gasoline. Conversion to civilian needs win present no problem, it indlcatedsbjr Webb.

As soon as military conditions warrant," he sid, we. can change over almost at once to the refining of. gasoline for 'civilian This means continuing operations and permanent employment for refinery personnel. Also, the new equipment installed here win be used to improve the quality of postwar motor gasoline. -One index of the magnitude of operations to be conducted at the refinery is the statement that the catalytic cracking unit will circuit telOO million pounds of powdered catalyst every 24 hours in turning out base stocks for aviation According to Army sources, lOOoctane gasoline, ia burned in tremendous quantities; when a thousand Flying Fortresses make a bombing mission lasting six they use up more than LOOOJIOO gallons of fuel.

P.E. Passenger Increase Biggest in U.S. 107,86572 Fares Recorded in Year mi Long Beach Line 242 per cent increase In Pacific Electric Railway passenger revenue in past two years that' has prompted City Manager Samuel E. Vickers to. ask for rate reductions on the: Long' Beach line," has also given the Pacific Electric first place in the nation in increase of passenger during the second quarter of the year.

The announcement from the Office of Defense Transportation gave-all. top placet in such Increases fo wert coast cities with San Diego, Portland and Oakland following the P. E. Seattle, ia low on the list The Bureau of Franchises and Public Utilities added its figures to file ODT report yesterday to show that actual passenger revenue last year waa 815.659J01 in comparison with 1940 figures of and the total number of 5800,000 passengers carried In 1940 increased to 107,865,872 by last year. Chief reason for State Railroad Commission hearings pow taking place for rate reduction ia an 11 per cent return on the company's Investment during the past year.

First expected a reduction- for local Loa Angries fUnes which is expected to-save car- riders there 88f0fi00 annually. LEAVING FOB-TRAINING -Bill Winston, 17, son of and Mrs. Win H. Winston, i8 St Joseph. Ave win leave next Tuesday for a member of the A.

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J5JLL1 coin pn. theicobin private? ens Lone Ranger9 of Movies KiUedinWar Sgt Lee Berrien Powell, U.S. M. son of and Mrs. L.

Powell, 3811 E. Sixth St has been killed in action in the South Pacific, his parents were notified Sgt. Powell, known in motion pictures 'as the Lone Ranger," has been overseas since November, 194 and he waa expected to come home on furlough at about the time tbe newt of his death reached He was a veteran of Tarawa and Salpaa A native of Long Beach, Sgt. Powell attended the old Carroll After his formal school days, atthe he studied for the stage Major School of Acting in Los Angeles, and later wu leading man with the Santa Barbara Community Playhouse. He played at the Pasadena Community Theater.

The widow la Mrs. Norma Powell, and. he has two sisters. Miss Virginia Powell and Mrs. Sylvia Powell Bradley.

Security Deposits From Renters Ruled Out by OPA The wartime racket of obtaining security deposits from renters sometimes amounting to aa much aa. six months rent has suffered a crimping from the Office of Price: Administration. A new ruling requires refunds of all such deposits except those fox keys, household legally made equipment, etc when the housing was erected under priority assistance from the National Housing Authority, David Barry Jr OPA rent director beta' said yesterday. was confined in the dty jafi. City Attorney Irving Smith, who represented the police officers, denied the allegations and claimed that Quinn wu arrested and held on an intoxication charge.

In addition to the verdict awarding the damages, the Jury returned a verdict declaring Quinn waa not intoxicated at the time. Deputy City Attorneys Frances C. CharvoWand Dewey L. Strickler immediately: filed a motion foe a next trial v- PJ booklet overnight' Bullock informed us that the same courtesy shown us la available lo an motorists. As a mat ter of he that when applying for a new license, or a renewal of the old, you follow this same general plan and you will probably save yourself tliiieXnd embarrassment.

Applications for licenses average 300 a day. The offioa is open five and a half days a week and there are five examiners and two typists available to handle your problems. At present the office la understaffed by exactly typist Tbe same efficient service predominates! Hainan Element Eaten, Following our examination we talked to Bullock regarding the human element that entered into his work. We hesitate to guess the number of people that ne haa handled Since be took command Jan. 1936.

Countless thousands, no doubt; Yet he has maintained the same even calm throughout the years that was so apparent to this high-strung creature who wants everything done in a hurry Then are, on the average 2000 original failures a month. These figures were obtained by striking an average over tbe last six-month period. AoconUng to Bullock, at least 85 per cent of these could be eliminated if care and forethought were exercised when applying for a license. Set aside a day to go through. Stop at the bureau and pick up a booklet Study it overnight and the rest should be a cinch.

We're not very bright yet by following this plan we succeeded. -You can do the same. One more point was brought out during the Interview that may be of assistance to you folks from out of town. When coming in for registration be aure that you have. a title certificate or suitable proof of previous registration and Ownership.

A title certificate or bill of sale will be adequate. Drive carefully at all times and dont forget to pick up your copy '-of the 1 California Vehicle Code Summary. Youll find it $500 Damages Awarded to Man ClaimingFalse Arrest CoolerW eather Reduces Size I of Crowd onLongBeach Strand After a four-day trial before Superior Court Judge John Gw Clark, a Jury yesterday awarded Joseph F. Quinn $500 damages from W. R.

Pstnott, D. L. McLeod, John Ramhnp and Grant Lewis, Long Beach police officers, tar illegal arrest and. imprisonment in the dty Jail. -Quinn alleged in hia petition that he waa arrested withoqj warrant or judicial order os 1943, after his ctr bc came involved In A-collirion and at the' foot of Alamltoe by the boat Small tide-rips were repented.

Guards sought, yesterday mo ing without success for the body of Harry Lee, Chinese youth who was drowned la the-Ralnbow. la-goon Tuesday. Ocean water- was 70 and highest, temperature yesterday was 72 as weather changed and affected the beech crowd. -About 25,000 persona were, on the beach, Captain Roy Miller aaa your drivers Bounced, There were two rescues the ...1 Jl- V- 4i..