National Homemakes it so easy for you to own the BEST!The ChriitnuM selection in our gift and home appliance section U larger than ever before. Each item bears the renown name lor Quality ... ttw fineit available at lowest possible prices.

Nationally-famoui automatic rlec- tuc ironi; heat control, lightwei(ht.

aTHOR GLADIRON

Or a New 1948 IRONRITE $219.95

* ELECTRIC PERCOLATORS $11.95

* ELECTRIC CLOCKS $4.95 to $10.80

* ELECTRIC SHAVERS $15 to $23.50

* ELECTRIC HEATERS $8.95to $15.95

Motorola Phonograph Combination Table Model with Auto- matic Record Changerl ONLY

JEWELRY GIFTS

* GLASSWARE |

MEN'S WATCH

$32.50 to $99.50 DRESSER $7.50

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* MANICURE SETS

$2,982 Stolen Last Month

Torrance police recovered property worth $1,784.50 of $2,- 982.60 reported stolen during the month of November, ac- cording to reports complied bjr Lucille Stroh, police record clerk.

Four burglaries were reported "' during the month and thefts

' numbered 22, of which only two involved WO or more. One auto theft was reported with the car involved being recovered. Two vehicles stolen In other commu- nities were also recovered here.

Arrests made during Novem- ber totaled 72 with 25 of them for drunkenness, followed by 9 for disorderly conduct. Traffic and motor vehicle violations numbered 200; road and drlv ing violations, 136, and parking violations 51.

Squad cam traveled a, total of 8,168 miles In enforcing the

during the month and In making the arrests mentioned above.

Hawthorne and 82nd Grossing roblem Shelved

Another government subdlvl on, this time the City of Re ondo Beach, has been Injected

the controversy over traffi o n t r o 1 at 182nd street and

iawthome boulevard.The Board of Supervisors, a9 Tuesday meeting, adopte< te recommendation of Its traf c committee on Ihe matter o

ondltlons at the Intersection o iawthorne boulevard and 182nd

street, which has been beforehe committee for investigation

The recommendation send »ck to the Cities of Tonancc nd Redondo Beach the prob

em, since one-fourth of the Inersectlon Is In that city. One

is in Torrance and oneourth In unincorporated Count erritory, known as El Nido.

Chairman Raymond V. Darb tated that a 12hour traffi ount at this Intersection wa

made by Uie County Road d!>artment on October 15. Th howed an average hourly coun if 509 vehicles on Hawthorn Kiuk'vard, but only 67 per houm 182nd street. From 7

the morning there were 88! hides on Hawthorne , boule ird'as against 18 school chl

dren pedestrians crossing the In section; fiom 8 to 9 ther re 463 cars as against I hool children; and from 9 t

there were 360 cars ainst two pedestrians. On the basis of this traffi i u n t, the State Division

Highways recommended tha neither pedestrian nor vehicula

c warrants any f u i t h e control at that intersection, un

It be that a crossing guai used during the hours stu

dents are crossing Hawthorn boulevard. The traffic comi

oncurred in this conclusion and recommended that Inas- much as most of this Intcrsec tion is undet the joint jurisdl ion of Tcrrance and Redond

Beach, the matter of a crossin guard maintenance be refcrre10 these two cities.

The report apparently did ni take into consideration the fa that the traffic, while it mlgh

>c considered light. Is of a hlg ipeed type, and the intersectio s not noticed until cars an rucks are "on top of It" be a vise of the ilse In Hawthorn

boulevard, local leaders said The City of Torrance now aintaining a crossing guar

for school children there.

isabilinsurance Plan tompletes YearVictor L. Hetzel, manaiz'-r of

Department of Employment g Beach Disability Insur-

ce office, announces the com- ction of one year of activity

the payment of benefits to dividual^ unable to work ilur

disabling sickness or injury nee Dec. 1, 1946 the Lontt ach Disability Insurance of-

re has paid $2,004,230 to appli- .ants eligible for disability tx-ne

s. Of this amount approxi itely $200,000 was paid to ilmants In the Rcdondo-South iy area."We expect a general increase claim load during the winter

onths," says Hetzel. "The an clpated upswing In- the mini- T of claims filed may he due

two factors. We will no lubt have many cases Involv- g respiratory diseases. Also, new change In the law, effec- ff Jan. 1, 1848. will permit i Individual to receive benefit

payments for each day of dls- bility following the seven-day ratting, period. Previously, com- pnsatlon was payable only for xnpleted weeks Y>f disability,

rtlcularly during this lirlstmas season it is a pleas- re to be able to lighten some- hat, through our Department t Employment Disability Insur- mce program, the financial load

those unable to work due disabling Illness or Injury,"

tates Hetzel. "Applicants who le claim now through Jan. 31, 948. will be filing on wages

l>aid to them from July 1, 1946 i rough June 30, 1947. Applica- on forms may be secured by

writing P.O. Box 468, Long Beach, or by calling at any De- partment of Employment office.

"Friendly Credit"

NATIONAL HOME APPLIANCE CO.1317 Sartor!

HARRX M. ABRAMSONPhone 78

All-Brahms Program Due

The Brahms Cycle planned b us, ic director and conduct

Alfred Walh-nstein as a hlg liKht of the Los Angeles Ph harmonic Orchestra's 89th se son continues on Thursday e ninn, Dec. 18, and Friday aft noon, Dec. 19. when the secon of five all-Brahms programs w be presented In Philharmon auditorium.

The pi OR ram to be pref on this, the fifth concert pa of 1947-48, will bring bejo Philhamionic symphony-goers f the first time I.eon Finisher. : year-old pianist, who will pi the mighty Piano Concerto N 2 in B flat major.

PKOGKKSSIVK 8TATKNorth Carolina IB om

AHUM lea's progressive states produces a large variety of a rtcultural products, Includ peaches, |K>ars and grapes. produces a large amount of 11 erals, amoiiK which are g( silver and copper.

F1KHT 1'AI'KK HIIXThe first paper mill in o

nial America was built In 18 at Germantpwn. Pa., result! fiom the combination of I

i uf a Philadelphia print William Bradford, and the an

rmake.1, William Kittenhoui

FIVE HITS AND Three Arts Buddy Roq Elhott.

Christmas music festival to be presented byAND A MISS . . . Participating in a Christmas music festival to be presented by Studio at 7:30 Tuesday nijkl in Totrance High School auditorium ate, left to right:

tr Shipley, Galen BoHin. Nancy Levesque, 'Edward Rickard, Jr., Gary Cope, and Jack

Classes Slated On Unemployment Insurance Laws

SCOUTS PARTYSenior Scouts and Boy Scouts

Troop 141 will have "Par- nts 1 Night" at 7:30 p.m. Thurs-

y, Dec. 18 in the parish hall f St. Andrew's Episcopal

?h. Parents' and friends of he Scouts are invited. Refresh- ments will be served by thp

Mothers' Club.

A series of free classes on Unemployment and Disability Insurance laws will be hold in January uqder the auspices of the Torrance Chamber o£ Com- merce, according to Blalnc Walker, executive secretary.

Under Ralph Ward, of the State Department of Employ- ment, the classes will bt> given from 2 to 4 p.m., Jan 5, 12, 19 and 26 in the Chamber offices at 1345 El Prado. ~

Topics will be the problem of Insecurity, history of .socialinsurance, administration of the . _.,- . . . .. . i affiliated with the released time California Act, field or^anlza- (plogral,, ^^ o,.ganteation will

Policjes and procedures for released time classes in religious instruction, available to Torrance city school students after Jan. 12, were announced when the classes were approved by the Boaid of Education last. week.

Students of grades four, five and six may enroll for one period a week if the!.- parents request*- '- -

KI.AIIOMAWhen admitted to the Union,

iklahoma had a population laig- r than twenty-one other states.

lEEPEST -IKON MINEThe deepest iron mine in the

or Id is located at Ramxay. Mich. '

It Religious groups to whom the children are it-leased will be responsible for providing an es- cort to and from the place of instruction, furnishing the

\ schools with weekly reports of 'attendance and seeing that the ' students are not detained from i school longer than the allotcd i time.

The Torrance Intcr-Falth Com- mittee will inform all religious organizations of the conditions under which they may become

tlon of the Departm ploy men'., employers the U. !. Act, source and dis tributlon of funds, merit rating provisions of the act, mi thods of protecting meiit rating, ba- sic provisions of the' act. dis- qualifications regarding unem- ployment' Insurance, filing of appeals, notices to employers, employment service functions, unemployment compensation dis- ability benefits and servicemen's readjustment allowances.

Each organisation | be required to register for

ubject to i program prior to Aug.Jan. 1 in order to participate during the first or second half, respectively, of the school year.

Pupils may n.nrojl in thi classes at any time during the semester provided that t parents file the regular form requesting their leleane, and the religious group concerned I: willing to accept them.

Because of the shortened school day and the, .effect upot

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pupils' health, the classes wii', not be held on rainy days. '

Pupils may go from home di- rectly- to the place of religious nHtructlon If their released time occurs at the beginning of the morning or afternoon ses sion. and they may go directly home after the classes if their released time, occurs at the end of the morning or afternoon session.

Contact with the Inter Faith C o m m i 11 c e may be maduj through the chairman, H. 'W Roloff, at 1543 Marcelfna ave., Torrance 131. For further In- format ion Superintendent of Schools J. Henrlch Hull can be reached at Torrance 1653.

Townsend Club No. 1Townsend C'luh No. 1 will

have their regular pot luck din- ner at 6:30 p.m. at the Woman's

.bringEveryone

dish.Is asked to

MORE STEEL ISDN THE WAY

OTEEL production in 1917 i> break- O ing record*.

More than 7.56 lont of ingou were turned out in October, which ii more than the average monthly output during the peak year of World War II.

Total lonnage for thii year will be 17,UOU,UUU ions mort than i he record for any previous peacetime year. This has been accomplished despite short*

Tfcr* *• 101 MfM»*r (vmpanut o/ ibi InH

ONE BILLION DOLLARS/&/// Capacity Is Being Added

ig« and poor quality of raw nuttf- nni of mw wttlmiliing capacity bials, particularly strap and fuel

Tht mills m f roW«r/fo« h urt tht u*y. Steel conipaniei are spending more tlun one billion dollars to expand and improve their plants. Over 2,)UO,UOU

being added.Demand Mill ii great ami some *ort- ages still exist. But production is catching up as rapidly as posiiblc. Every month there is more steel for lh« thing, you want.

American Iron and Steel Institute}iU fifth Avtmitt • New Vura J, N. Y.

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