.THURSDAY. MAY f, 1841 . TORRANCE HERALD, Torranc., C«lifornl.

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LOCAL EXPENDITURES HIGHER THAN MEDIAN FOR STATE

Current expenditures by the Los Angeles -high School dlstrlc (which Includes this community) averaged $178.97 for each of the 122,485 pupils in average dally attendance In 1939-40, an Increase over the $162.84 per pupil spent for current purposes by the dis trlut In 1938-39, California Taxpayers' association stated this week, following Its study of pei

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pupil expenditures of the 17! larger high school districts In the State

The $173.97 per pupil total cur rent expenditure was higher than the median or midpoint expend! ture of $164.13 for other six-year high schools teaching grades ' to 12 In the same size group, th association found.

The district spent an average of $116.42 per pupil for'tcachers salaries last year, compared with the median for similar districts of $117.06, the association stated For other current expenditures the district spent an average o: $57.55, while the median expen­ diture for this purpose for sim­ ilar districts was $46.62.

How Costa Jumped Since 1933-34, the low point In

total current expenditures by the high schools throughout the state In the last decade, hlgti school costs have increased 44 percent, going from- $52,057,039 In 1933-34 to $74,841,984 for 1039. 40, the association found. ,

During the same period, the average dally attendance . of pupils. In the high schools has also Increased, but at a much slower rate, the attendance of the high schools going. from 369,998 to 449,562, an increase of only 21 percent during the per­ iod when total costs climbed 44 percent.

Because the increase in total current expenditures has been so much greater than the increase in the number of pupils In at­ tendance In the high schools, costs per pupil jumped from a state average of $140.70 in 1933- 34 to $166.48 In 1939-40, 'an In­ crease of 18 percent. Had total expenditures increased only in proportion to the Increase In at­ tendance, the cost per pupil would have remained at the same evel.

Trend Is Analyzed Pointing out that in the olc-

mentary.. schools the 625,051 av­ erage daily attendance last' year was 21,880 lower than the 646,- 031 in attendance in 1933-34, the Taxpayers' association said:

"Analysis of the trend of school enrollments Indicates that th.e shortage of pupils In the ele­ mentary grades during recent years is now appearing in the

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has been much slower during the past two years than In for mcr years and careful estimate: Indicate that the high school av cragc dally attendance for 1941 42 probably Will be no greatei over the state as a whole than for the current year. Some com­ munities, such? as those In whicl defense industries arc located will be exceptions. In most high school districts, however, schoo administrators and the taxpay ers should prepare their schoo budgets oh the assumption tha there will be no increase in high school enrollments in 1941-42.

"When it le recognized that the aim of the federal tax exactions [f realized, will more than double the amount of federal taxes col looted from the people of Cali­ fornia, that Federal taxes per capita next year will average about $108 as -compared with federal taxes por capita collect ed from Callfornians In 1939-40 of $46.66, the need for reduction n school district, as well as state

and other local spending pro* grams, ' 16 more than ever ap- »rent."

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P.T.A. Council Elects Officers

Mrs. B. H, Hall, director of Gamp Radford for 10th P.T.A. District conducted the election of officers for the annual meeting of the Lomita-San Pedro Coun­ cil of Parents and Teachers at he Barton Hill School recently. Installation of new officers

will be June 26.' New presidents of Associations In this district vho were present were Mrs. J. Jarner, Ferri Avenue; Mrs. C. I, Alrey, Lomita Elementary;

Mr«. G. D. Pitts, Harbor City; Mrs. H. R. Lee, Torrance Ele­ mentary, and Mrs. E. Palmer, IValtcrla.

New officers elected were: Irs. J. Marriott, Orange Street, iresldent; Mrs. M. C. Isaacson, iandlni Street, first vice-presi- ent; Mrs. J. Callonic, Fifteenth itreet, second vice-president;

Mrs. J. J. Millard, Fern Avenue, ecretary; Mrs. R. Thompson, leventh Street, treasurer; Mrs. '. E. Bender, Fifteenth .Street, .udltor; Mrs. J. Garner, Fern ivenue, historian.Representing Torrance Ele­

mentary P- T. A. were Mmes. W. H. Tolson, E. C. Prime, R L. Parry, W E. Bowen and Carl Pisel.

All press books made by,pub­ licity chairmen will be on dis­ play at the May meeting (May 22) of the. Council which will be held at the Fern Avenue school In Torrance.

Defense Housing Drive Begins in This Area Today

Announcement was made th afternoon by W. E. Bowen of a Intensive National Defense Hous Ing drive In Torrance, Lomita and vicinity, designed to provl< horiios so vitally needed In th district for national defens workers already here and fo those to come. Bowen polnte out the Immediate necessity o 3 drive, if Torrance Is to ge 1U» share of the new natlona

In Southern California, .to arous the entire community to th problem of supplying homes an preventing the "trailer, camp

add oiher mushroom - growt communities.

"We must act at once," sal Bowen, "and bring to bear a the financial resources .of th community to Immediately start a concerted drive for funds froi

which I have just concluded ar rangements to have matched twc for one in outside capital."

This means, according t< Bowen, that for every dollar In vested by Torrance, Lomita and vicinity business men in defense lousing thar two additional dol

tars will go Into this project.Bowen stated that "since the

'oundlng of Torrance The In dustrla) City' has been our slo :an. Through tradition and ad

vanced planning Torrance is in a -more ideal position to attraci national defense plants than per taps any other community In he West, and now the primary

barrier to the growth of Tor ance as a great industrial city a the lack of adequate housing.'

With -this basic thought in mind the National Defense Hous- ng Drive' has been inaugurated iy the Lincoln Building & Loan issociatlon as the medium thru

which funds may quickly flow nto housing activity. Bowen wlnted out that nobody is asked

contribute money for any- tilng, but rather to Invest funds

a return on the investment the roader benefits of the program ccrulng from the sound growth f the city can be readily appre- lated.A drive will be made on every

uslness man to open a NationalDefense Housing Account in Lin- oln Building and Loan Assocl- tton. Bowen stated that during he month of April the Assool- tion invested over $40,000 In omes In Torrance and vicinity, ut that this program must be astiy increased to keep up with he demands, and that public. upport to this end must be ob­

tained.

Infant mortality rate has been reduced more than 50 per cent in the last 12 years within the area served by the Los Angeles county health department, ac­ cording to Dr. Roy Gilbert,'act­ ing county health officer.

Further, the 1939 rate of 37.9 Infant deaths per 1,000 live births was reduced during 1940 to a new low of 26, Dr. Gilbert

If Diogenes were living today he would broaden his search for an honest man to Include also a courteous driver.

"Brooding" and "The Latest Findings on Baby Chick Dis­ eases" are the titles of two moving pictures which have been made by the United States De­ partment of Agriculture and will be shown for the Gardena Adult Evening School poultry class on Thursday evening May 8, at 7 o'clock.

Poultry raisers of the com­ munity who are Interested in the use of wire in brooding equipment will find the film on "Brooding" of especial value, as it will give a detailed study of how wire Is so successfully used. The public is Invited to attend without charge.

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ELIZABETH McMANUS' Fine Record:1. 26 years public service to the Los Angeles School

Children.2. Organized and developed Yale Street Health Cen­

ter for school children.3. Organized El Retlro School for girls and aided in

the development of many other institutions for children.

4. Member, L. A. County Probation Committee for 17 years still is.

5. Formerly member Executive Board, District Fed­ eration of Women's Clubs. ELIZABETH McMANUS Is needed now for the

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Galloping Gadgeteers torranCC ActionRenews Highway Name Changing

Comes the month of May, comes the peddler.The season of flowers in full bloom Is likewise the season

when the Itinerant merchant also bursts foVth, fortified with a new line of gleaming gadgetry and specious salesmanship. Be prepared for him! With a firmly planted foot giving him a toehold between the door and the door-jamb, you will.be in­ troduced to -the marvels of the Sisters of the Skillet" Handy Helper, the combination bottlewasher and shoe polisher, the duplex razor sharpener and can-opener, all those "bargains" for an amazingly low price.

By the time Mrs. Housewife and her money are parted, and the worthless gadgetry Is lying in a heap on the kitchen floor, the peripatetic peddler has flown and so has the money. He offers no money back guarantees.

These hustling hucksters of the road have only one sure fire weapon their customers' gullibility. But that gullibility, is such that countless thousands of dollars are taken out of the community every year in this fashion. Yet the local stores, chain and Independent, offer an infinitely greater variety of genuine bargains than was ever contained in any drummer's suitcase. Unlike the fly-by-night seller, these independent and net-work stores put thousands of dollars to work in their community,- with their rent bills, tax payments and payrolls. Giving work to none, the galloping gadgeteer is content to "work" the community and hustle on to the victims in the next town.

Be prepared for him. Shop at home, but not at your front door!

Salvation Army's Social Service Store Finds Market for Cast-Offs

There is hardly a home that is so systematized or perfect that t would not reveal some, article hat has outlived its usefulness

or desirability, either by wear or change of style. The patrons of he Salvation Army Men's Social

Service at 1309 Post aw. In Tor­ rance are not fussy about period urniture, or who made their lothea. The article that you dis­

pense, with may become the most irized possession in some home n the process of being rebuilt

The store is called upon to <<upply every conceivable thing, 'he unemployed man finds a ob, the Salvation Army has to ind the tools, anything from a

wrench to a lawnmqwer.

Students Tour lousing ProjectStudents In high schools arc

flowing Increased interest in the ferbor Hills -low-rent 'housing evelopment at Western Ave. nd N. Palos Verdes Dr., near x>mita, the County Housing Authority reported today. Illus- rated talks on low-rent" housing, flowing Harbor Hills as an out- landing example of develop- icnts in this field,' have been resented recently to senior stu- ents of Inglewood, Gardena,

and San Pedro high schools. The County Housing Authority ill provide, in the '300 homes t Harbor Hills, the means for eslrable living at rents ranging rom $16 to $23 a month; in- ludlng water, according to of- clals. Applications of families

with limited Income for homes n the $1,300,000 development are jelng taken at the rental office t the development site, dally] rom 9 a. m. to S p. m

Furniture of every description for the poor widow who is struggling against fearful odds to keep her home and children together, or for the new home of the reclaimed man who has be­ come reconciled and reunited with his family, and with new courage and hope is starting life afresh.

Has Two Objectives Clothing .Is always in- demand

we are requested to supply everything in this line from the swaddling clothes of the new­ born baby to the garments ofj the very aged person. There is nothing in clothing that cannot be used. Baby, carriages are In common demand. There Is no exaggeration in stating that from the cradle to the grave the -poor are the Army's patrons.

"The men and women who are constantly employed at this plant are helped both materially and spiritually. At present the spe­ cial emphasis is upon two' 'main objectives: employment and the rehabilitation of men," stated Brigadier Sydney L. Cooke, of­ ficer in charge of the men's So­ cial Service work in the South Bay District.

Waste paper, magazines, cast- off clothing, discarded furniture, shoes, bedding, stoves; in fact, anything that might be made useful will be welcomed by the laborers. Please phone 893, or drop a .card to 1309 Post avc. in Torrance, and the Salvation Army Red Shield truck will call at your convenience.

Action by the city of Tor- ranco in adopting a resolution to have the name of the coast highway, variously known as Roosevelt Highway, Redondo- Wilmingtdn Road, State street, Highway 101 and a few others to Pacific Coast Highway has brought renewed effort on the part of other cities to effect the change.

Already on record to endorse the name Is the Los Angeles county planning commission and the Los Angeles city planning commission.

In Torrance, where the move has gained new life, the artery known as U. S. Route 101 and State Alternate 60, also is known as 258th street and Wilmlngton road. The Harbor District cham­ ber of commerce also is on record as endorsing the proposed new name, according to Joe Mel- len, office, engineer for the county planning body.

A general move. is under way to eliminate the remaining dup­ licate highway names in the county, such as Orange, Olive, Center, Main street, Ocean View and Alameda, there being seven of the latter in various cities, Mollcn said.

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May Up Retirement Age for Co. Officers

Retirement age of deputy terlffs and other 'county peace f fleers should be raised to ears, instead of 55 years as at resent if their, retirement fund

to be stabilized, according toreport filed with the super-

sors this week by Wayne Al- n, their chief officer. Men retired for disability lould be examined periodically

determine whether they could erform some other county scr

Alien also recommended, ome of these men. could be sed In the sheriff's civil divl on, or as watchmen, caretakers

as guards. '

Army Recruiting Office In LJS. at New Location

The U. S. Army Recruiting Of- ce has been moved from the >ascment of the Long Beach ostofflce to room 701 of the me building and Is now ao- ptlng applications for enllst- ent In the air corps, ordnance mpanles, medical department all western fields, Anchorage,

aska; Hawaiian and Philippine partments.

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