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The Oakland Post Enquirer from Oakland, California • 2

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Telephone Lakeside 2600 OAKLAND POST LKQUIBEB Thursday June IS 1036 A GIRL GRAT WITNESS GUARDED AS THREATS BARED BEAUTY CITES Where Is My Wandering Goat Tonight? GIRL MURDER Sought Work WILL SPEED CASHPLEA DETAILED BT TRAIC PRISONER from hospital San told of A REPULSED I mad NDBWPICK don on had NEW CHIE THE GROUND MAZE ROM THE AIR SIMPLE ON T0 38T ST I TO OAKLAND 'Wt 1 at Los i i V1' Low High Drive 'Safely Save a Life TO BAY BRIDGE Greater Oakland Bridge Approaches Virtually Complete Shown rom Air i 69 10:37 2 4 Inside ran the and I not Wal in a Sun sets Moon rises I alls hospital San rancisco college and I was looking Importance shore route speed Rich MAN she was had she her date filed Wo Kel resigned June 1 the Cross at ItcaI this wook they will tales on Hoe Securing General Santa (Tatra Alice Ethel Nos By Power Copyright 1936 Registered 11 Patent Office thsbove tabulation the daily tides are given in the order of their occurrence commencing with the early morning tide in the left hand column On some da vs but three tides occur the fourth occurring th follow Ing morning The company management ap peal i to dt Gen hmll Maix for nitloinl guard tiuops great boulevard for high safety extending SAN RANCISCO June 18 Albert TVnlter Jr 2K who surren dered to police then confessed he 4ind trnngled and attacked Blanche Cousins 25 nuraO' of Idaho alls Jdaho today detailed to police the tragedy in the aparrmenr Tide difference: ort Point (Golden Gate)T 46 mfm? Mission street 10 min: Point San Bruno 4 15 mln: San Mateo bridge 4 25 min Dumbarton point 4 5 min Point Richmond me time as Oak land Crockett 41 hour and 25 min Benicia 4 1 hour and min and mond to San A highway which in will challenge the bay from San rancisco I This is the plan for the not far distant future with completion of the bay bridge and the multiplica tion of traffic in Greater Oakland The East Shore highway from the bridge approaches In Emery ville to Richmond will be completed by November for the opening of the span Charges Against State Aide Dropped SACRAMENTO Jure 18 Charges against State Labor Com missioner Edward I Nolan today had been dropped by the Sacra mento trade council The charge? were withdrawn after it was reported Nolan had changed the civil service ratings of several employes whom he had been accused of discriminating agaxnsu here life ny was like Now that TIRED LIVING not exactly my conscience that made me give myslf up I suppose I could have escaped if tried But mortally tired of living and I decided that it was best to end everything by paying for my met Blanche Cousin a couple of weeks ago as I was coming west on a bus She got on the bus In Salt Laks City I contin ued the acquaintance after we reached 8an rancisco told me that she was a nurse and had resinned her posi tion in an Idaho and was coming toto attend business sk employment for job too VIOLENT LOVE night I went to her (inner We fixed Then we pre After dinner we Thaler Orinda nn Tran Oakland Nurses to Attend American Convention in A A delegation of Oakland nurses headed by Sister John of superintendent of nurses donee hospital will leave for Los Angeles where attend the biennial convention of three major nursing organisations Sister John of the Cross ill read a paper before delegates from all parts of the united pita! Nursing Service Keeping Satisfying the Staff of Hospital Nurses Organizations meeting Angeles are the American Nurses association the National League of Nursing Lducatmn and the Na tional Organization for public Health Nursing Safely Save a Life! Sun Moon and Tide United State Coast and Geodetic Survey Table shov times and heights of high and low waster st Oak land harbor (Standard time) LOS ANGELES June 18 State board of equalization mem bers were called to testify here to day to defend themselves against sensational charges that they by Mrs Helen Werner Ixs Angeles and assertedly for issuing liquor licenses The charges were developed In the hearing by the assembly audit finance committee entering Its sixth day here x' Climaxing the investigation Ger trude Davey former Hollywood bathing beauty took the stand and testified she had given Mrs Werner 250 because of the boys to betaken care' before could get a liquor licensefor Lon Chaney Jr cafe controlled votes She said that Mrs Werner her she three on the board and asked $250 in cash with a promise of $250 more Miss Davey said that when she protested that was a lot to a liquor license Mrs Werner told her: v1 dear you realize in a cai like thia there ar hotelbills and you have to do a certain amount of entertaining and take care of the Miss Davey created a new sensa tion when she alleged that here in the state building during the noon she was threatened by two men who I was talking too GUARDS ASSIGNED Assemblyman Leon Donihue heading the investigation assigned two bodyguards to protect the girl Werner husband of charged the charges were Meanwhile Donihue entered Into the records a list of telephone calls and other data from the Hotel Sen ator in Sacramento where it Is charged members of the board con duct private business" Another witness was Clem Whit taker political publicity man who said' that Mrs Werner was cally with the board mem bers and had asked his aid In re storing the Lon Chaney cafes li cense I want to go on declared Walter bound to get Into something this sooner or ater given myself up I want to plead guilty and be hanged oon as possible was Blanche Cousins only friend in San rancisco She trusted me I tried to take ad vantage of her and whan the re listed me I got mad that 1 killed her all there was STOCKToN Juno IS Mrs lorence Boyla of Oroville was elected grand president of the Na tive Daughters of the Gol leu West ht concluding sessiona of the annual state convention here yeateulay Other officers elected Ethel 1 Bagley Son Rat nel grand Vico president Salllo Oakland grand secretary Giannini San rancisco marshal Agnes Curry cisco grand treasurer Mary Nor enburg Los Angeles grand sentinel: Ryan ban cisco outside sentinel Grand trustees: Pearl Rehl Cruz Hose Khyner salinas Lindsey San Tranclsco Line Sun rancisco Modesto Clarice 1C Cook Stock ton lltzel Hansen (ilendale Placerville was chosen as the 1937 convention city Safely Save Llfl EARLYfJUIZ SACRAMENTO June 18 The state personnel board today was expected to set an early for a hearing on the charges by the California ederation of clubs against Joseph ley since 1931 superintendent of the state Industrial home for the Adult Blind in Oakland Kelley filed an answer to the charges here yesterday denying all accusations and demanding that the federation be reprimanded He also requested a hearing and quashing of the complaint against him Among the charges enumerated were tffat Kelley" formerly a laun dry operator was unfit for his du ties that conditions in the home are the worst of any public institution in the state of California and a disgrace to the entire that Kelley shirked his duties and that the finances of the home were being mismanaged SAN RANCISCO June 18 (INS) Letters found in the apartment where Blanche Cousins nurse of fdaho alls Idaho was found murdered and ravished here re vealed that she came to San i'ran cisco to obtain new employment and attend business college A letter of recommendation signed by If Treigner' superintendent of the Latter" Day Saint8 Idaho alls read in 'part Cousins entered ploy March 1 1929 She' to better her condition 1936 I I has our full confidence She has performed her duties faithfully and well Herwork and conduct were first class and hr capabilities The last letter writterr by her mother hoping she was rested from her trip and hoping the trip was worth while also was found among the effects It ended love Mother" Also found in the apartment twere books dealing with etiquet and the of several popular novels and a business jdic tionary Time Time TlmOt Time kt IjOw Hu Poisoned Oakland Woman Recovering ollowing an asserted suicide at tempt Vlckerson 22 of 2949 Angelo street today was re cdyeriQg at her homo from ef fects of poison police said she swal lowed last nifchL a Authorities sail Mrs Vlckeron toll them she had ha 1 a quaueluith her husband HEAVY In its development however this road will ultimately be extended to the south offering a heavy duty channel for freight and passenger service into and out of Greater Oakland i When completed this new major route will reduce the highway mile age between Richmond and Jose from 52 to 39 miles It will open new markets 1o merchants' of Greater Oakland mak shipment of farm products speedier and less costly for agricul turists in Santa Clara and the San Joaquin counties Closely tied in with the develop ments of bridge approaches are improvements in highways leading from the inlands country Recon struction of the Altamont pass route is soon to be begun and this will Increase the load on highways leading into Oakland iX INLUX SEEN At the same time it be a factor in economic development in that It will bring the Greater Oak land market nearer to San Joaquin and bring the center of truck haul ings northward from Bakersfield to resno the Greater Oakland declared Weber man of the Downtown association have a great deal to do toward preparing for the influx of' travel which will come with the opening of the bay bridge 5 know we shall have a greatly increased population and downtown Oakland must be pre pared to change almost overnight to accommodate the great move ment of traffic which will come with the bridge" Vf IMPROVEMENTS URGED f' The bridge approaches are de Signed on a three way plan One great link extends to the north to Berkeley and Richmond a second cuts through central Oakland with branches to Piedmont and the low level tunnel into Contra Costa county: while the third connects with the industrial section of Oak land and the highway into Alameda Improvements in streets and high ways to the bridge approaches W'hich have been urged 'by the Downtown Property asso ciation include: 1 Pan Leandro boulevard grad ing and paving from Ninety eighth avenue to the San Leandro limits and heavy duty surfacing' between iftv fourth and Ninety eighth ave nues (Partially complete) 2 oothill boulevard widening and repaving from ourteenth avenue to Twenty third avenue and from Lakeshore to Second avenue (Com pleted) ROAD REPAIRS 3 ourteenth avenue repair of this road between oothill boule vard and East Twelfth street and between Hopkins and oothillboule (To be done) 1 4 Park boulevard repair between Hopkins and East Eighteenth street and East Eighteenth between Park and Lakeshore Repair bet we Hollywood and Hopkins 5 East Eighth street to be wid ened from Eighth to ourteenth avenues Important in the develop ment of the East Shore highway 6 Seventh street to be opened graded and paved east of allon into East Eighth street 7 Posey tube entrance to be re constructed to relieve congestion 7 IX HAZARD 6 ourteenth street remove jog at Market street 9 Twelfth street open between Cypress and Kirkham to meet southerly bridge approach 10 Widen streets by setting back curbs where traffic flow passes to and from bridge approaches 11 Sacramento or California streets open grade and pave from Berkeley line to Market street A 12 oothill boulevard and East ourteenth street connection Open grade and pave new cutoff highway east of San Leandro 13 Hesperian boulevard at San Lorenzo and Alvarado eliminate right angle turns at San Lorenzo and angular turns in Alvarado 14 East shore highway San Jose to Richmond puhehase of rights of wav and early construction" of enttr unit LI 5 Shot in Strike Battle at Kept KENT June IS At least five mon were shot when warfare brokf out today outside the strike closed plant of the pecker company electric motor mnnufac turers here Safely Sav a Life! KELLEY WAITS Yhuraday June 18 1 :4 a in 7:35 mIT a 4:09 a 18 toJune 4 Bound Vessel Aground at Panama I The German steamer Tacoma bound for San rancisco from Hamburg today was reported aground at Chirlqul Point Panama According to radioed word from the vessel to the Hamburg Ameri can line offices heie the crew ex pects the Tacoma to be floated at the next high tide Strangled Girl NEW HIGHWAY some cocktails oared dinner aat and talked I helped her with the diahea had another drink Then we sat on th couch and started petting you might aay violent love to her hut aha re pulsed me at ah other occasions partly from paaalon and partly from hat I started to choke her with my hands I Just choked until there was no rr distance was In slacks and a sweater I disrobed her I car ried her to the bed WALTER MARRIED know whether still alive or not when I violated To make sure ths was dead I knotted a stocking around her neck and tied it to the bd post" VThe girls garments were ajrewn about tho apartment ter had hung them neatly rlnsot He declared he had boon mar ried a Tear ago in A oi to a gjrl who he identified only ns gela" JI had lived here on numerous occasions ha said in thq last 10 years between trips to Boston and Now York In 1926 he attended a local high school Illa former residence and subse quent visits hero Jed police to ques tion him 3 about the murder sand criminal attack hero in 1933 of lrmise Jeppeson pretty Salt Lake City girl whose ravished body wn found In a lonely spot in Gulden Gate park 'A''' Drive Safely Save a WEATHER 'The following reports and weather forncftsts are Issued each dav hv the Vnlted States weather bureau at Sanrancisco Maximum and minimum temperatjirea throughout the United states are for the Inst 24 hours and ending at Teinperatures and 4 rain data for Greater Oakland end at 1 T'a in and are supplied by the Chabot observatory San rancisco bay air and fhlld tonight and riday moderate wet air tonight and riday but morning cloudiness hear the coast: no change In tempera ture moderate northwest wind off the coast Northern air tonight and riday but fogs locally on the eoast: warmer In the Interior extreme Qorth portion riday moderate north west wind yff the roast Sierra air tonight and riday: slightly rising temperature gentle changeable wind Sacramento air tonight and Tviday warmer in the north portion riday changeable wind Santa Clara San Joaquin and Salinas air and vintinued warm tonight and riday northwest 1 I 4 f'CALuinq Wa 7 1C if' "by Vp a 1 1 a A 1 anr nmMM i MifTlTa iftmitii I ISlIBIi I iiMifcl ffl TO' I iTimiQi XA A lull ttt' 'SsA sss BuN 8 i 4 Vx i rm IT i rr nT iiiiiii jirr Wss 4 jCWW) ''WSsW' aft Aiasfcf xx XX XX x'' xxx XXXk AWJAW'X': VMM 'JtXs 'W I a mrt rz Kauuiv x' I MM IVJrl WVU xx Vy" a rx 'T 'Sr't BiKKStJK XX xXx HR xx jWk HSW x'xAx XJ tWX XxW XxX' x'xix Kx Xx J'S i a 'lawLwiwii sm b1 m1 iih wm i 5 II fl wind Mlgh Low OAKLAND I 76 54 Atlanta 102 76 Boston 75 60 Calf ary 6S 4 4 Charleston S8 "6 Chicago 93 4 Cleveland 90 Denver 90 t4 Detroit is e2 Edmonton 64 40 Eureka 64 53 resno 94 62 Honolulu 73 Juneau 70 62 Lis Angeles SO b2 Miami S2 7S Needles KH2 76 Newtirkans as 76 New ork 64 Oklahoma City 98 1 72 Omaha 90 54 Pittsburgh 94 64 Portland 68 52 Reno M) 60 Sacramento 66 Salt lake City 96 70 San Antonio 94 70 tn Diego 70 go San rancisco "2 67 Santa Barbara tit Pattla 6S 6 Spokane fif) St Louis 99 Tatoosh 64 63 Tucson 106 74 Washington Winnipeg 70 50 OAKLAND RAINALL Last 24 hours 00 Seasonal to data 25 17 Normal to date 23 01 SeasoLil to date last year 23 33 18 5:28 14 51 4:45 28 1 19 613 L4 1:18 62 5:35 28 20 1:57 13 2:04 5 6 2 High Lev High IL 0:36 66 7:38 10 2:46 5 4 22 123 64 3:20 07 55 23 2:14 57 8:59 02 4:12 55 24 3:05 51 9:38 03 4:55 5 6 i Ss.

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