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Time to Plant Victory Garden Has Arrived

Tin ry ganlc.son is at hand. It's time for everybody who can do so to get .started. If you had a garden last year, make plans to enlarge it and to iai.se better quality If you are a beginner with no Hardening experience, pick those' crops which are easie raise and will Rive your family the greatest food value for tl area and the time Involved. Lay out a plan lor the garden these factors In mind. First,

.size of the area, which will partly determine the kind of crop. Second, "likes and dis­ likes" of the family. Third, the number of people In the family

this factor will determine how much of each vegetable is to be planted. Fourth, a lotation sys­ tem, which will permit repeated planting so as to maintain a year round supply. Gardening in California In not limited to spring, .summer and fall. Some vegetables grow better with fall planting and winter and spring harvest than at any other time. However, we all think of spring as the time to start.

A family of four can be ade­ quately fed the year round with fresh vegetables from a 1500 square feet area. The list of vegetables, of course, will not include .sweet corn or melons because they require too much space. Lettuce, other leafy veg­ etables, greens for cooking, sum mcr squash, tomatoes, string beans1, etc., are the kinds suit able for these smaller area.

The first thing to do is to decide on the area. If it's in the yard, it should have as nearly lull sun as possible and should not be too close to large trees, shrubs, etc., the roots of which will draw moisture from the garden and act as harbors for birds and birds arc very fond of tender garden plains. If there Isn't suitable space in your backyard, locate a suitable vacant lot on which water can be obtained for irrigation. Find out who owns it from some lo eal real estate man or, If neces­ sary, from the city clerk or the county tax office. Perhaps your local realty board, cooperating with the Chamber of Commerce, has already obtained permission for garden use of such lots. If so, the garden committee of the chamber will know about it.

If the lot has not been used for many years and the weed growth has been turned under inot burned) annually as pait of the fire prevention program, chances are there will be suffi cient fertility in the ground for th<> st.irt of the garden, but not

DAUGHTERS OF AMBASSADOR ... The Boyd triplets, daugh-

ters of Panama's ambassador to Mexico, bring cheer to con­

valescent soldiers at Station Hospital last Friday evening.

Hollywood Performers Entertain Boys at Army Station Hospital

Ailing and convalescing soldier* at the Army Station Ho.-rpital

in Torrance were entertained last Friday evening by a group of

top-flight Hollywood perfoimers, including such celebrities as

Cappella and Patricia, internationally famous dance team, and

the Boyd Triplets, well known and colorful song trio.

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iry It through the latter will be par­

ticularly true if the .soil is light or sandy. Bettor spend a little money and get some good barn­ yard manure hauled and spread at the rate of 15 or 20 sacks to 1000 squate feet (2'i cubic feet to a sack). Use about one-sixth as much poultry or rabbit ma­ nure. Have it plowed or spaded under when you break the ground.

Next week in this column will be more on Why Garden and discussion of the layout of the rows with respect to slope, sys­ tems of irrigation, and kinds of vegetables to be put in immedi­ ately.

The performers toured a num­ ber of the wards to enteitain those non-ambulatory patients who are confined to their beds and sick-rooms. The smiles on the faces of these boys as they listened to and watched the singing and dancing, which were of the highest professional de- glee, was reward enough for eveiyone concerned. The danc­ ers were superb, the trio was in fine form, and the boys loved It all.

The dan and Patricia ha cities throughout

team of Cappellaappeared in this country

and abroad, where they have on several occasions given com­ mand peilormances before some of the crowned heads of Europe. They have appeared at the fin­ est places in America, Including the Versailles in New York, and have recently concluded a suc­ cessful engagement at the Clo ver Club in Hollywood. They have also appeared in a number of niutiuit plctuie iiruductlonK. their latest being the soon-to-bc- released "Moon Over Las Ve- gas."

The Boyd Triplets have also toured extensively, playing in

imc of the brightest spots in

the hospital staff for the newly- arrived 205th Hospital Ship Com­ plement.

Two Youths Get Into Trouble Joy Riding in 'Borrowed' Car

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this country and Latin America. Traveling easily to them, however, a they are the daughters of Pan ama's ambassacloi to Mexico Credit for their appearance a the hospital and that of Cap pella and Patricia also, .shoul go to Mrs. Charlotte Roger Kirsch of Hollywood.

After their tour of the wauls

Billy Wright, 17, 4600 Sepulveda blvd., went joy riding in a car belonging to the mother of the Moody boy without first having gained her consent. The Wright boy was driving on Arlington ave. in Torrance and became In­ volved in a collision. Mrs. Moody's car was so badly dam aged it had to be taken to a garage. Two parked cars were also damaged and will need re­ pairs.

According to a police icport of the accident the Wright boy was driving south and after striking the curb at 1008 Ar­ lington ave. the car then ca-

iff the curb, hitting i Plymouth coup(

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all of the entertainers performed

ghoul; longing to Ray Vincent of 100K Arlington. The impact pushed the Vincent car into the rear of another car registered in the name of Fred Mlschless.

The boys admitted they h taken tin' car they had be using without permission froi Mrs. Moody. The Wright lad was citi'd to appear befo Judge Otto Willett in city com

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Crowing Roosters Hit by Ordinance Before City Council

The ordinance which Council­ man Cuccl insists will take the "crow" out of roostcre In the more' populated sections of Tor­ rance wa.s intioduccd for first leading in the city council Tues­ day night. The ordinance stipu­ lates that no noise-making poul­ try, or rabbits, may be kept within 30 feet of any place of habitation.

The author says the ordinance will not interfere with commer­ cial poultry or rabbit raising in the remote or sparsely sec­ tions of the city.

The ordinance is the result of numerous complaints filed with the council which claim the slumber of late workers in war plants is disturbed by the crow­ ing of roosters.

City to Purchase 273 Tax Deed Lots

The Board of Supeivisors will be asked to sell 273 tax deed lots in the Hollywood Riviera area formerly owned by the Huntington Land Company which allowed the taxes to go delinquent for a number of years. City officials arc work- Ing on plans to have the prop­ erty returned to the assessment rolls.

Local Painter Freed Of Morals Case Count

J. O. Kennedy, local painter, was acquitted thi.s- week in Superior Judge Condic's depart mcnt of the charge of immoral conduct. After hearing several witnesses the court sustained the motion of defense attorneys to dismiss the case for lack of incriminating evidence.

Columbia Steel Bowling Standings

Standings of Columbia Steel Bowling League at the end of the 20th night of play at the Manchester alleys were reported as follows:

Department Foundry .........Rolling Mill . Sheet Mill .....Open Hearth Warehouse ... E. & M.

! Outcasts ...........! Laboratory .......S. M. ShippingThe "Misses" ...

Commandos 'Capture' Torrance Busy Bee Cafe

During Army maneuvers in Torrance Tuesday night several "key" spots were held from the "invaders," but a group of white-shitted commandos "cap­ tured" the Busy Bee cafe on Cabrillo ave. and held it until their "mission" had been com­ pleted, according to semi-official advices.

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