.TORRANCE HERACD, Tornnei, Oallfornl* THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 194S

MAIL EARLY Christmas parcels for overseas Long, Valiant Record of U.S.S. Anzio Told in Letter to Lewellens Shortage of delivery must bo mailed by 'Oct. The outstanding record of th IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES WITHOUT PRIORITIES U.S.S. Anzio, combatant escor 15, Postmaster C. Earl Conner carrier, was told In a letter sent far as I knov NEW KNGLAND Materials Slows has announced. Only one parcel At Your Home Or At Any Job to his parents, Capt. and Mrs seasick. Tho presidents or the six New may be mailed by each donor R. L. Lewellen, by Robert L "Then the ANZIO went to Iw England commonwealths, Maine, each week, Smith said. Lewellen, Jr., seaman, 1/c, quar .lima, and after she was su New Hampshire, Vermont, Mas­ Building Boom termaster, who has served on that was taken, to Okina sachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode during both of these acti. Island, summon all former resi­ Removal of restrictions on LARGEST PEACH? READY-MIXED CONCRETE the ship continuously for 1 Believed to be the largest this months. she became quite versa! dents, descendants and friends, building Oct. 15 will bring only hunting subs one day, sendin to the all day autumn picnic, side of the state of Georgia, Young Lewellen has kept i 6th, in Syca­ a "very slow improvement" in Russell Cotner, 1542 213th St., planes in over the Islands Saturday, October construction in Southern Califor­ Modern lush-discharge ready-mixed concrete trucks, manned constant touch with his parents bomb and strafe the enemy th more Grove Park, Los Angeles. raised an 18-ounce peach meas­ and has been in the vicinity of nia, local 'War Production Board uring 13 ' > inches in diameter. by efficient, courteous operators, now available for all types of the China Sea and Okinawa dur next. was rough an officials said. 'Big A' and the ships sh CAR THEFT Cotner claims that Mother Na­ jobs, large or small. Telephone inquiries solicited. Our office ing the final stages of the war Scarcity of suitable lumber ture endowed the vitamins to with were attacked .by Japane Mrs. Alice Delong, 2343 Bor­ to help you figure quantity of concrete necessary His letter follows: aircraft. The BISMARCK SE der ave., reported to police Sept. and lack of manpower in lum­ this fruit giant and denied any will be glad "Now that the war Is over steaming close to the ANZI 21 that a 1941 Buick Sedan, ber mills will hamper construc­ chemicals were injected to for your job. For deliveries in the Torrance, Gardena and the Navy is allowing us to write was sunk by Japanese air belonging to her was stolen at tion for from 60 to 90 days and prompt Its growth. Harbor areas phone Torrance 1522 or Torrance 1210. about our experiences, and I'm tack. the parking lot at El Prado and it probably will be next spring in local yards glad this Is possible, because it _ "The 'Big A' continued h Cravens aves., adjacent to the before supplies material cut for military use is --will-let- me -tell-you of the ship Grand-Theatre: : aro .adequate to moot demands, in-odd -sizcs-ana-notrsuited-for offensive act! Inventories in lumber I'm on, the U.S.S. ANZIO, right up to the finish of ti they said. home building, the WPB said. where she's been, what she's >ar, hunting subs within 2' WOULD AVERAGE RAINFALL yards are now approximately 20 While supplies of roofing ma­ Azusa Rock & Sand Company been through. miles of the. Japanese homelan It is interesting to know that per cent normal. terials are' fairly good, there is Main Office Azusa, California ^ "As you may know, our ship, the world Although military forces can­ still is a shortage of nails in ROBERT L. LEWELLEN, ,IR. When you heard the good new the average rainfall ' H combatant escort carrier that's where she was. r is about 40 inches and If celed orders for lumber,' much many sizes, cast-iron soil pipe, Torrance Branch 1347% 208th St. Tells of Carrier's Experiences (CVE), built by Henry Kaiser, "Add up all hor operation it fell at; one time, water would of it was booked for advance lath and lath wire and in mill- (P. O. Box 604, Torrance) PHONE TORRANCE 1522 or 1210 was first commissioned as the USN. The CORAt, SEA then got folks, and you have some prct over the face of the globe to a delivery and has not reached work, such as doors and cabi­ "CORAL SEA," in August 1943. m the thick of the bombard­ Impressive facts. The ANZI depth of moro than three feet. lumber mills and much of the nets. Since that time she's covered ment and occupation of , participated in a total of 10 160,000 miles of the blue Pacific Tinian, and . Here her jor operations, and ' with th launching fighters and torpedo gunners " knocked down seven four different composite squac bombers for a total of 7,000 ilanes during what was called ns of fighters and torpc< sorties, and that ain't hay. :he "Marianas Turkey Shoot." bombers she had aboard, she "She was In action for the Several. bombs from Jap planes shot down 27 Jap planes, first time in the came pretty close, too close, but Involved in the sinking of fou campaign and there saw her the ship came out without a Jap subs plus two possibles, an sister ship, the LISCOME BAY, cratch. aircraft did plenty of dam sunk by an enemy submarine. "In October, '44 the name of age to enemy installations an "After the Gilberts she h|t he CORAL SEA was changed forces on lots of Pacific Island Kwajalein, and from there- sailed to "ANZIO," a'nd shortly there­ "The ANZIO pioneered "jeep down to In the KARL'S after Captain George Cannon arrier night flight operation Bismarck Archipelago.lipclag In each Montgomery, USN, of Vallejo, i the Pacific and has built u case she participatedilpafed in the air California became her skipper. n impressive record support of the amphibious land- The ANZIO, or 'Big A' as we field. At one time she ke| Ing operations. During the oc­ call her, then took on the Job of ilancs continuously In the ai cupation of the Marshalls she clearing the western Pacific of day and night, for 175 hours was the first American carrier submarines. She was doing this just a little more than on to anchor in Japanese waters, n the last DC- whole week." nd her aircraft were tne first :cmber when she went through he severe typhoon in which ,. A. BUILDING » 'soil. hree destroyers sank. Though Total building permits Issue "About this time Captain Her­ he wind whistled through the i the city during Augus ike bert k Watson Taylor, USN, her rigging at 110 M.P.H. and the amounted to $7.288,286 as con first' skipper, was relieved by Big A' rolled over 35 degrees, pared with $3,208r796 In Aug Captain Paul Wesley Watson, no serious damage was done; as ust, 194-1. OPENING of their beautiful You Name It! New Home Print It! Corner Sartort and El Prado TORRANCE from a card to a book- Directly across the street from Printing is an art! the location of the old store, .... And the impression it makes is telling.... good or bad! .... That's why Good Printing is so important. And by Good Printing .... You Are Invited ""we mean copy, layout, form, art, paper, color, and type, as well as the actual We believe that Torrance will be just as proud of this Sling back kid. Grace printing itself! fully cut out toe. fine new Kail's Shoe Store ... as we ai*e to build it in Torrance. All of this must be in chracter. The GLAMOROUS fall, shoes to take you style, the form, the idea must do the flatteringly and comfortably on your Certainly it is proof of our faith and confidence in Tor­ way. Kids, reptiles and suedes in the job effectively as it is intended to do... styles you adore. They're barely any rance and its future ... an expression of our apprecia­ whether it be an engraved social note shoe but how they enhance your leg! tion of the splendid reception and business you have Our stock is now complete. Come in or a black handbill. and make your selection. given Karl's since the old store was opened here not so- Here you have the assistance of many months ago! trained experts in'the art of Good So ... we invite you to come in, and look around. We are Printing. Ready and willing to help f ormally opening in Torrance tomorrow what we believe you .... with a background of practi­ to be one of the finest shoe stores in Southern California. cal "know-how" and with a free library of over 10,000 illustrations. — OPENING SPECIAL SHEER HOSIERY ...... 97' TORRANCE U13RALJ> Commercial Printing Department KARL'S The Torrance Herald Phone Torrance 444 Time to get down to business about your fall footwear, 1336 EL PRADO TORRANCE mtn. Here's a peach of a shoe. Made of fine quality Scotch grain leather in black or brown and as comfortable as your bedroom slippers. Sartorl at El Prado, Torrance