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The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 24

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24 THE DAILY SUN Saturday, June 18, 1955 WOULD PUSH TAX RATE TO LIMIT John Golden, Famed Theater Producer, Dies School avors oar illion Budget NEW YORK John Golden, 80, fabulous Broadway producer with the touch that rivaled his name, died in his sleep Friday. A whopping tentative budget of $3,316,449 for the 1955-56 school year was approved Thursday night by the San Bernardino City Board of Education. The budget, if unchanged He was stage struck from the after a public hearing, will raise the estimated tax rates to the maximum allowed by law 0f 8. Few men took more from both the high school and elementary school districts. the theater than he did.

Even few- Broken down, the budget ear-i -n ier Save as much back. He was marks $4,233,698 for secondary! After acting on the budget once i Accepted a bid of $14,426.32 from the best philanthropist in schools and $4,082,751 for elemen- uullu wm ielul" Jl lui "'f111 show business, where generosity is tary schools of a public hearing. The board will: schools. SUCCe'ssful business executive The rnmhined total is nearlv a million dollars more than the esti-ltake bnal action toUowing the hear- Approved spending $3,015.18 for at 26, he turned to song writing shower and toilet facilities for and later to producing and staging Rooms 16 and 17 at Pacific High and his success was instant and tre- mated $7,578,676 being spent in thelnS-current school vear. The break- In other business, the board I School.

down for 1954-55: nd a I neara tnat lne apartment oi elementary, $3,695,448. "ealuth. Education and Welfare in Approved a contract Ween San mendous. He wrote the lyrics for "Poor Butterfly," a song that sold 2.000,000 copies. FIRST SHOW IV 1916 His first show was "Turn to the Right," in 1916.

It was a hit. So The tentative budget would boost' Bernardino High School and the the elementary school district tax 5660,240 for construction tof two new) Xational orange'Show for four rate 16 cents from $1.42 to $1.58 for! elementary schools in the Del Rosa football games (this fall at the 0r. everv $100 of assessed valuation. I District. anee Show Stadium.

It would increase the high school They are to be located at Ster-j Authorized payment of $1,819,57 were eiSht of his next 11 shows. At district tax rate 8 cents from ling Ave. and Orange and improving 49th St. between1 hi death he had produced more to S1.79. ProDosed rates for both'Pumalo and 27th Sts.

iMavfield and Electric Ave. in the'than 10. and il was his boast that districts are the maximum auth-l Clifford J. Mattox, assistant su-; iiiiiirte Srhnnl district Itinera was no smut in any one of orized by the voters. perintendent of schools, who sub- Approved a one-year's leave of them.

"Cleanliness is healthful and F. Eugene Mueller, superintend-'mitted the report, said that the absence without pay for Mrs. sum is "considerably less than Wainwright, kindergarten profitable," Golden said Death came to Golden in his 15- ent of schools, and Herbert S. Mitchell, business manager, submitted the budget to the board. board had applied for.

teacher at Roosevelt School. The board also adopted a new Approved the hiring of a full- DEFENDERS BEAT OFF REBELS Here is the scene in front of Government House (right) and Ministry of Finance (left) as Argentine government forces battled and gained upper hand over anti-Peron rebels in Thursday's bloody battle in heart of Buenos Aires. Broken windows and bullet-pitted walls show clearly. (AP wirephoto via radio) room home on a 20-acre estate in Bayside, Queens. He had even shared his home.

Nine acres of his They said the budget is based system- of paying principals and time coordinator for the vocational on an average daily attendance other administrative personnel sub- training program sponsored by the property were carved into baseball nnui. uujni Minimi. i of secondary students and mitted by Donald R. ci(y school svstem. leave of diamonds as a play center for chil- personnel administrator.

14.567 elementary students. A one-vear's dren. Changes in Milk Price-Fixing Laws Debated He leaves his widow, the former Margaret Hesterich. They were married in 1909. BORN IN" XKW YORK Golden was born in New York June 27, 1874.

As a song writer, he composed This is 218 more than estimated. The system is based on the without pay was approved for Mrs. for the high school district before teacher's salary plus a certain per- Phyllis Wainwright, kindergarten the tax election, and 313 more than centage depending on the number teacher at Roosevelt School, estimated for the elementary dis-'of students in the school. The board also approved the trict, they said. Wheeler said the new scale of hiring of a full-time coordinator Mueller and Mitchell also point-j payment gives the principal cred- for the vocational training pro-ed out that the current expense it for training and experience and gram sponsored by the city for each student is $31.80 high-! encourages him to improve his school system, er in the high school district than educational background.

Mueller said that next vear's or wrote about 20 published songs. The board also: be increased from SACRAMENTO Backers of estimated for the tax election and $17.03 higher in the elementary district. Approved three weeks paid va-o 18 per cent over this years cation after every 12 months for program. supervisory per- At present three part-time em The tentative budget will be non-certificated filed with C. Burton Thrall, coun-j sonnel.

ployes are coordinating vocational Composers, Authors and Publish-j legislation changing California's ers. His friends of that era were milk price-fixing laws Friday Victor Herbert and other musical asked Gov. Knight to sign the bill greats. (because it would mean lower prices He used his earnings from his for consumers. Opponents argued music to back shows.

In 1916 he 'it would boost the retail charges, began his great career as a pro- After a two-hour hearing, the ducer. His second show is still a 'governor said he would give the ty superintendent of schools, who Approved new boundaries for training, but the load next year will will return it to the board with Hillside, Arrowhead and Newmark'make it a full-time job, Mueller suggested revisions before July 17. Schools. I said. legend in the theater.

It was matter further study. He has until "Lightnin' and it ran for three years a Broadway record at the time. Other Golden smashes were "Three Wise Fools," "Seventh Heaven." "The First and "Claudia." His last was "Three's a Family," which closed in 1944. Memphis Opens Fight Against Dixon-Yates July 13 to either sign or veto the measure approved at the recently concluded 1935 legislative session. The bill would permit the state director of agriculture, who sets the minimum milk prices, to fix prices on "reasonably necessary" costs incurred by distributors.

It also calls for quantity discounts to both retail stores end for home delivered milk. FORWARD STEP' Sen. Earl D. Desmond (D-Sacramento) and spokesmen for several large distributor and producers organizations contended the legislation was a "substantial forward step" that would lead to cheaper milk through more effi- 4 '4 r- if- Teacher Retirement Increase? It's WASHINGTON m-The city of Memphis, opened a new round in the Dixon-Yates fight Friday by threatening to generate its own electricity if the administration insists on the private power contract. Thomas H.

Allen, the city public Utility commissioner, made the News to Knight SACRAMENTO Knight said Friday he hadn't heard anything about a bill passed by the -Sfifc- ijSftiS. Legislature to increase school dis 4. i 1. statement before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee as foes of trict taxes to boost teacher re- uyeiduun on me pan. ui uia- tirement payments.

jtributors. The bill, awaiting his considera-l In addition producers still will tion, would increase the tax in onejbe guaranteed a fair and reason-Kern County district by $7 per $100 able price for their product, Des-of assessed valuation, the governor mond said- He authored the origin-was informed bv a reporter at a al price-fixing act 20 years ago. the Dixon-Yates plan opened a Senate drive to kill it. A similar drive was rejected by the House Thursday. rosiTIO.Y STATED Allen said Memphis does not in Dress conference.

i Willard Johnston, an attorney tend again to be subjected to the "I don't know anvthinz about lor Safe ay Stores, howe-er, con it," Knight said, thanking the news- tended the legislation "expressly man for the information. provides" for permitting the agri- The measure, bv Sen. Nelson director to set higher prices Dilworth (R-Hemet), would allowing distributors to re PERON HUGS ARMY MINISTER President Juan Peron (left) embraces Gen. Franklin Lucero after his forces crushed revolt in Buenos Aires. (AP wirephoto via radio) teacher retirement benefits com-jcelve excess protits.

parable to those of state employes. LEGALITY CHALLENGED at an additional cost to the dis- Safeway has brought several tricts of about 12 million dollars i legal actions challenging the con- domination of a utility holding company from which it freed itself in 1939, nor is Memphis willing to participate in the liquidation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. He urged the subcommittee to reject an administration request for 56,500,000 for a transmission line to link the Dixon-Yates plant at West Memphis, with the TV7 A system. He proposed diverting the money to start a new TVA power plant at Fulton, Tenn. This is the same move the House rejected after a bitter fight Thursday.

Sen. Albert Gore iD-Tenn), stitutionality of the Desmond Act, CITRUS BELT PRINTERS TO INSTALL OFFICERS Li. Transit Tieup Looms a year. Dilworth visited his office several times during the Legislature's closing session, the governor said, but didn't mention the bill, backed by the California Teachers Assn. New officers of the Citrus Belt! Club of Printing House Craftsmen! and Johnston alleged the new changes were designed to "impede and interfere" with that litigation.

Johnston also objected to the quantity discount provisions which he said discriminated against retail stores. They would receive the discount, he argued, but the minimum price set by the agriculture director would prevent the stores from reducing prices. Home milk delivery purchasers, LOS ANGELES Los Angeles win hp installed at a meptintr dent during the past year. Other officers include Robert L. Schaefer of Riverside, vice president, and Robert Olson of Riverside as secretary-treasurer.

After adjournment members will may have a citywide transit tieup; Monday if the Transportation Un-jday eveninS at the 111 Riv" ion and Los Angeles Transit Lines are unable to reach an agreement! Elmer D. Miller of the produc- leader of anti-Dixon-Yates forces in the Senate conceded it is "very difficult to defeat a combination of the power of the presidency and the private power trust." Lumber Shipments Topple All Records SAN FRANCISCO Southern Pacific Railroad has report- ir -h I n--iii-fmiMTtii i)i fn i m'iihi1i tour new buildings of the River- by that time. jtion department of Inland Print-! side Press-Enterprise with Fred I. Tll tvetom Viqc in? and EnPrflvinP Pn Of San Rcr-IRrrai iii. iha rinx't.

PIGEON PICKS PICKFORD This London pigeon must beed that umber shipments from its i ri ilrlfImA mrvw'iA fin Tho lil rH rhnetf a npat ctnn atnn Mar 1: r- i- i i Jjoivm tiwj a ---o wiunvi, nit lapa a lilt. UimiUUCLl SU- however, would be able to buy inardino will be seated as new nres-lrwrintomW Appeal Court Upholds Defrauding Verdict LOS ANGELES (UP) A Supe i I i1 1,1 ule-on ana in ut and th discountSi he Pickford head during silent movie stars current visit to the first four months of this year icj Britain with husband Buddy Rogers. (AP wirephoto) toppled all records for those Francis J. Donnelly, president 'dent of the organization, com-: Joe Hemsley, also of the produc-here of the AFL Transportation prised of printers of Riverside tion department of Inland, is out-Union, said Friday a strike is and San Bernardino counties. going president.

The dinner meet-certain if the company doesn't; Miller has served as vice presi- ing starts at 7 p.m. make a new and better offer. i rior Court rilling that millionaire turfman Lindsay C. Howard, 51, 1 defrauded his daughter's estate, has been upheld in the State Dis- trict Court of Appeal-. Californians Touring In 1921 Studebaker BRISTOW, Okla.

(J A West Co- months. Pacing the shipments were plywood, veneer and built up woods. A total of 17,557 carloads of plywood products were carried in the four months, an increase of 4,797 cars over the similar 1954 period. Previously Donnelly said the strike could come at any time after! Carlyle Blackwell, Silent Screen Star, Dies at 71 MIAMI CT) Carlyle Blackwell, 71, i "Such a Little Queen." Later, he a mass meeting of union mem- rKf irt at on1 atk-c? villa, tvuyic. xii aiiu ima.

A l. ii ibers is held at 3 a.m. Monday. A Randolph Stansell, driving homei cnn ox r. i strike would involve 2,600 drivers VC Will Give Credits for NAFB Apprenticeship Program from Ohio in a 1921 Studebaker, Judge Louis C.

Drapeau ruled Judith Howard, 15, is the rightful owner of $115,000 worth of jewelry left by her grandmother, the late Mrs. Fannie Herrscher. star of the silent screen, died in a became known as "Picture-a-Day flnr rJfv 'Mnlrlc Own' hospital Friday. I Blackwell" because on a number of I' UW" i t- i and maintenance workers. Negotiations broke off Wednesday and there was no indication attracted attention when they stopped briefly in Bristow.

The old car has been driven only BlacWeU. who retired from the occasions he made a picture in one! The judge affirmed the earlier ai ua liueiiuem oi cay pai ks, unuerweni Friday that any further meet- San Bernardino Valley must have completed a mini- Superior Court decision that How- i screen years ago inu inuveu iu major surgery at St. Bernardine's 7,000 miles. Stansell stayed off the ard deceived his daughter's trust Miami in .1946, was rushed to the He leaves his Ann and a son Hospital njght and turnpike since he drove at ings have been planned. Commis-jnas agreed to grant persons who mum of 10 semester units of credit sioner Harry Malcom of the Fed-1 complete the apprenticeship train-1 in regular courses before receiving eral Mediation and Conciliation; ing program in engineering and apprenticeship credit: by arranging to buy the jewels uy a xn- au6.i holding his own," although still on'speeds of only 30 to 35 miles an Jr.

and Carlyle Carol Es- ro-Th friond M0 ac rfcprrwl aay. lie qicq ai a.m. mage. ithe critical list, attendants say. Ihour.

The turnpike minimum is 40. Service has been assisting in union- technical training at Norton Airj 3. Credit for apprenticeship with having paid only 575,000" in He became a star in 1912 both of HolI-wood. Calif. rutce oase up 10 unns oi junior training M-ill hn the concealed purchases.

he teamed with Mary Pickford in Burial will be in Syracuse, iiiir Tf rilC Blackwell ran away from Cornell fRUM nlNt 10 llVt By Jo Fischer management talks. When negotiations opened the union asked a 20 cents an hour wage increase. The current rate for streetcar and bus operators is $1-91 college graduation credit. basis of four units for each of The announcement was made by eight semesters in order to corre-J. W.

McDaniel. VC vice-presi-'late VC course work with prog-dent in charge of student person- iress in the annrpntireqhin nm. University when his father insisted! he become an electrical engineer and got his first acting experience; RETURNS I I SAN BERNARDINO MAN WINS NAVY PROMOTION i it an uuui. me njinpaii Has ana curriculum, wno saia tne gram; with the Ehtch Garden Stock Company in Denver. MADE 308 PICTURES to spreaa a cents an nour in- college credit will be granted pro-crease in four steps over a three-ivided arsons eomnletintr the Nor- year period.

ton AFB nroeram meet the follow In 1910, he was spotted by J. 4. Students enrolled in this special program must meet all regular graduation requirements of Valley College. McDaniel pointed out that credit ing conditions: Stewart Blackton, head of Vita- liajii iiLvit: aiiu lantru iu iiui- iyiuii i iriuucy uiic verification of completion of W. K.

Chaney, 1355 15th told this training must be transmitted granted for the apprenticeship lywood. During his career he made i MS pictures as an actor and pro-! San Bernardino police officers to VC on an official record by the 'training will fully meet requ ire- nearly $650 which he had while appropriate NAFB division; in a 3rd St. bar was either stolen 2. Applicants for credit must be or lost. 'officially registered students et VC Word has just been received that E.

D. Franz, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D.

Franz of 3108 Broadmoor has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in the Navy. Young Franz this month completes a 10-month course at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. He is being assigned to the Special Devices Center, Office of Naval Research, at Sands Point, N.Y. He was graduated from San Bernardino High School in 1940 and the University of Washington in 1944. During most of World War II he served on the aircraft carrier USS Hogatt Bay.

ducer. He went to England in 1922 and gave Alfred Hitchcock his first; chance at directing and Madeline Carroll her first acting assignment. When he returned to Hollywood, I talkies were the rage. He said at, the time that Hollywood had be-j come too commercial for him and ments for a major subject at the college. Valley College and the Civilian Training Branch at Norton AFB are expected to name shortly a staff member who will be responsible for the continuing coordination of the program.

Preliminary Hearing SetforS.B. Doctor Ofi-Wed Engineer Marries Into Wrong FamilyJudges LOS ANGELES Harold J.lcall on Judge Mullendore to in-Rauch. a paving engineer. mar-iform hirn- that he had married in a short time he retired. TIRE TROUBLE DETROIT ttPV-One out of every ried Elizabeth Cock Mullendore L'nt0 the T1 The 3udSe Vrompt- four emergency calls received by i Since 1946, when he completed.

Ithe American Automobile Club last A. 'I iy started an investigation and, last Feb. 6. She is the niece of learned that Rauch had acquired Dr. Richard B.

Williams, San Municipal Judge F. B. Mullendore. a spare wife along the way, one Bernardino chiropractor accused Shortly before this marriage Ruby McGowan Rauch. of abortion, was arraigned in San Mullendore had placed Rauch on' Thursday Rauch was sentenced Bernardino Municipal Court, probation on a child support com- to a year in jail on a bigamy Judge W.

E. B-alcom set Wil-Dlaint made bv Rauch's third wife. 'charge and Judtre Mullrndore's liam's preliminary hearinz date year involved tire troubles, thej AAA reported. Of the emergency calls the AAA received. Officers Submarine School, Lt.

Omdr. Franz has served on the submarines Halfbeak, Tigrone and Kay. He and his wife, Ronny, have three sons Edward, 6, Michael, 3, and Patrick, 3 months. l5. tVId FprW.

lac I AH fiKhte r-rrr IB 11,500,000 were caused by tire trou- LT. CMDR. E. D. FRANZ receives promotion ble.

Battery and electrical lailuresi inese clothes I bought last week made absolutely no impres-jWho had won an annulment. niece and Ruby too indicated they at 9:30 a.m. July 8 in Municipal ranked second. I sion on that handsome new salesman in our office." Rauch went back for a social would seek annulments. Court..

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