TORRANCE HERALD I Here is Good News for Thrifty Homemakers!J.nu.ry 9, 1947

.Man Jailed For Alleged Rape Of Baby Sitter

Lewis N. Myers, 28, 1761 Date .ave., Monday in Torrance City Court was held to answercharges of raping a 13-year-old . . _ girt here last December 28. tn" local office at 700 E. Broad-

Motor VehicleLicenseRenewalTime Here; Heavy Penalties After Feb. 4.

The 1947 license renewal sea--'1946 registration card and print

Myers will Los Angeles January 22.

enter his plea In Superior Court on

The alleged offonse,, according to testimony given by the girl tool; place at the Date avenu address where she was "tending children of parents who wen.

! away for the-.evening."Records reveal the , act was

voluntary on' the girl's part at tcr being prompted by the de fendant.

In custody of local police since the complaint was signed, Myern was freed Monday on. $l,DOt ball pending trial In Los An­ geles.

Truck DriverRobbed of sterOn 101 Highway

Something new in broad day­ light armed robbery was exec­ uted here Thursday noon when Edward C. Cole, Los Angeles, driver of a cleaning delivery truck, was stopped on Pacific Coast highway near Crenshaw blvd. and relieved of $160 incurrency.

Cole explained to Torrance

I drove alongside of his vehicle and motioned to the front wheel. Thinking something was wrong with the truck, the driver pulled over and stopped. The robbers, in an old V-8 Ford according to Cole, drove to the side ano front of his truck as it halted.

"It took'me completely by sur­ prise," the victim told officers "one of the pair got out of trio car and shoved a 45 automatic right under my nose, and de­ manded,- 'pull out your, wallet,' which I did."

Cole said the gunman then demanded that he open it, and, according to the truck driver, no time was lost in complying with the order. The robber then reached into the wallet and withdrew Its contents, $160 in cash.

Telling Cole to remain where he was for five minutes, the

.bandits quickly drove away, Cole1 reported to police.

son opened at all branch office: of the Department of Motor Ve­ hicles on Thursday, Jan. 2.

Motor vehicle owners of Tor- ranee and Lomita may secure registration renewal by going to

way, Long Beach, 3600 S. Hopr St., Los Angeles or by mail to either address, or to the Depart­ ment of Motor Vehicles, 13th and N streets, Sacramento.

>ecausc of the shortage of steel, local vehicle owners will not receive their plates at the time they apply for renewal Plates and certificates will bo mailed later to the addrcs.1 shown upon the 1948 reglstratior card. It will be necessary, how ever, for them to pay their fets to avoid penalties which accriit on delinquent fees after mid night of February 4. The total amount due in registration and

ehicle license fees ii n the lower left-hand

corner of the registration cardThe following Instructions^have

been issued by Directo ~~ jp'-EaowmwK'

lion renewalCome to the nearest branch

office of the Department and present your 1946 registration card with the amount of your fee. Personal checks will not be

rcepted.When you have paid your fee

en a serially num Your 1947 regi:

you will be gii Dered receipt.(.ration card and plates will bo mailed to you later. Your re­ ceipt will show the license num }cr of the plates that will bc- mailcd to you later.

If you have changed your ad­ dress within the last year, mark out the old address on your

New Agency Rules On Non-Housing Farm Buildings

All Torrance and Lornlta non- housing farm construction appli­ cations now are processed by the, Office of Temporary Con­ trols, Civilian Production Ad­ ministration construction divi­ sion, .Louis M. Drevcs, C.P.A. regional director here, reported.

CPA's Los Angeles district of­ fice at 117 W. 9th at. will accept applications from the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, River­ side, San Bernardino, Inyo, Mono, Kern, San Luis Oblspo,

Applications for farm dwell­ ings, however, arc handled by FHA, Drevcs said.

Gunman Assaults Girl As Escort Bound, Robbed

A 18-year-old high school girl Sunday in the Palos Verdes area was criminally assaulted by a man in Army clothing who, ac cording to police, surprised the victim and her male friend while they sat in an automobile on Mlraleste drive.

Officers withheld the -girl's identity, also that of her mail companion, 21 years'old.

Statements given by the pair indicated that the girl's attacker carried a 38 caliber revolver and a three-foot crowbar. Taking $3 from the girl's purse and $136 from her escort, the gunman forced his youthful victim tc tie up her friend with his own pocket handkerchief and neok tie, investigators reported.

He then ordered -the girl at gun point into a nearby field, where she was forced to sub­ mit to the criminal assault, police said.

Illegal Insurance Collection Costs Man Heavy Fine

Attempting to collect unem­ ployment Insurance while em­ ployed In a gainful position is not profitable, according to James D. Colomy, unemployment Insurance examiner for the Tor- ranee office of the California State Employment Service.

Agreeing with Colomy Is Theodore A. Turcottc, 52, 828

the new address in carefully. ' If the ownership of your ve­ hicle has been transfcred within. the last year and the transfer, fee has not been paid, you wi'. be required to pay an extra $1.00 as the transfer fee.

If you desire, you may se­ cure registration renewal by mail, although ,vou will find It advantageous to apply at ,\ branch office personally.

Mail applications may be sent to the office of the Department of Motor Vehicles nearest your place of residence as shown above.

In applying by mall, simply forward the 1946 registration card showing your present ad­ dress and the amount of your fee. Do not use currency or personal checks. Send cashiers or certified checks, postal, bank or express money orders.

It is advisable to apply for renewal as early as possible to

Requests for non-housing con-1 llth at., Manhattan Beach, who f struction now should be filed' pleaded guilty Monday In Tor-

on Form C.P.A.-4428. I ranee City court to collectingPreviously, farm work build-1*00 In unemployment insurance RS were approved or denied from the State of California lastIngs were approved

by Department of Agriculture conservation committees. The switch to CPA was made by an amendment to Supplement 6 to Veterans Housing Program Or­ der-1.

From the beginning of the housing program In March through November, -6198 non- housing farm applications were approved In the nation, and 417 denied. The dollar value of ap­ provals $23,680,000 represented 93 percent of the value of all applications.

WAIVE SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS ON SEWER PROJECT

Another sewer project will soonbe Instituted as tho CountyBoard of Supervisors approved

i County Surveyor and Engineer

July, during the period he was employed.

City Judge John Shidler fined Turcbtte $260 or 60 days In the county jail but suspended $200 of that amount on condition that Turcotte make restitution to the Department of Employ­ ment within the ensuing 30 days.

Court observers figured the interest on the amount illegally taken by Turcotte, on a six months basis, had cost the de­ fendant 166 and two-thirds per­ cent. A worthy suggestion, the observers opined, would have been a loan at one of the local banking establishments.

VOTE TO RELIEVE GOVERNORS OF RESPONSIBILITIES

On motion of Supervisor Ro­ ger W. Jcssup, the Board of

Aitted Jones' request that sis-' Supervisors has voted to re- I nature requirements be waived lleve the board of governors or r for sewers along Figueroa at. • the County Art Museum fromI between Carson at. and 220th; responsibilities of the Oils Art rst., near Torranoe.

The project will bring prop­ erty assessment for tho section

'up to $11,000, It was disclosed.

Institute. The Institute wanplaced directly under the au­ thority of the Board of Super­ visors.

Atom Scientist's Talk To Feature Cal. Alumni Meet

Southern California alumni of he University of California gather Saturday at the Blltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, to hear President Robert Gordon Sproul address the 26th annual Alumni Institute.

Following a theme of "The World, the University and You," ho institute will also present

experts on foreign affairs, atom- research and the domestic

economic situation.President Sproul will discuss

the post-war role of the univer­ sity, while Judge Stanley N. Barnes, of Los Angeles, presi­ dent of the California Alumni Association, will report on his organization. Student activities on the crowded Berkeley cam­ pus will be described by Ed .Welch, president of the Asso­ ciated Students.

Faculty speakers will be Rob­ ert J. Kerner, Sather professor of history; Ira B. Cross, profes­ sor of economics on the Flood foundation; Luis B. Alvarez, professor of physics and Melvln Calvin, associate professor of chemistry.

Drunk Drivers In Torrance Pay Heavy Fines

Drunk drivers in Torrance over the holidays paid $776 m fines, according to ctly court records, which revealed two pf the six arrested forfeited balls totaling $300. Forfeiting fines were- Wilmer Gillette, Wilming-l ton, $160, and Vera Volk, Re- dondo Beach; $160. Suspension of both drivers' licenses was or- i dered by the court. '

Others pleading guilty to drlv-| Ing an automobile while drunk were Paul Watson, Long Beach, $126, with $26 suspended; Harry Flynn, 26907 Oak St., $126; Jose J. Vasquez, Wllmington, $190, and George B. Slmpson, Los Angeles, $200, with $100 of that amount suspended.

Slmpson, who ran his auto into a parked police patrol car recently, was ordered to make good the damage done to the] vehicle within the next 30 days, or pay the additional $100 levied.

RECRUITER GIVES REVISED PROGRAM

The U. S. Army Is continuing Its program of re-Instating com­ bat wounded veterans, according to local Recruiting Sgt. E. M. Bryant. Under this program, 103 military occupational specialties now open, only 23 require pre­ vious qualified experience. Al­ though experience Is desirable he said, It Is not essential since the applicant who meets the re­ vised physical requirement Is given necessary training to make him proficient in the job to which he is assigned.

Applicants who meet the re­ vised physical requirements will also receive training In the other specialities. Sgt. Bryant may be. contacted for additional Informs ! tlon at the Torrance Chamber of Commerce. ,

JANUARY

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