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SATURDAY EVENING MAY 2, 1931 Gr Cross Predicts ATTORNEY'S FEE in Carmen Today's Opera Matinee Prosperity Era HS HOLD WHEAT FOB SI GERMANS USING BIG EXCAVATOR Songstress GOSHIKO MIYAKAWA, former Sacramento girl, i returning home after (tarring in operatic rolei in London" and Paris. She is only 1 9 years old. TIS With a matinee of "Carmen" SAN FRA.NCISCO, May The RICHFIELD OIL iFFIfflLSOg greatest era or prosperity mat tn county has ever known la "Just today and an evening performance of "La Gloconda" the Pacific Opera company will bring Its around the corner," according to TTiTT.tr! flarmanv. May 2. LA)- MINNEOLA, Kansas," May CINCINNATI, May 2.

W) nomlcs department of the Unlver third annual season to a close to TOKYO, May 2 C4 The 170 dye works employees who locked slty of California. UP) A dollar-a-bushel wheat move Hearing on the suit of Nicholas night at the Tivoli opera, house, Speaking before the Common themselves In a company ware San Francisco. wealth club, Dr. Cross, an author ment embraced 160 growers In 1 western Kansas counties and parts Klein, Cincinnati attorney who seeks $30,000 as a fee from the The role of the clearetta clrl tn ity on business and rinance, predicted that business will be back to house here and went. on a hunger strike -as a protest over the dis "Carmen" again will be taken bv of Colorado today, estate of the late Jamea Eads How Miss Eleanor painter, acclaimed as normal by October, and will con An enormous excavator--obabljJ the largest in the world haa beers put into service in the open brown coal pits near here.

The mechine is 82 feet high and rests on 48 wheels, which run on two double tracks 26 feet apart. It takes a 15-foot climb from the ground to reach the floor of the body, which is on two car Members of the organization, reputedly wealthy hobo, win be one or the finest artists ever pre charge of a fellow worker fvere given support today by a ghimney tinue to higher levels. California In particular Is to ex resumed Monday. sented toy thlS' company. Henrv called tbo United States Wheat Growers association, voted here A it.

perlence a "boom" and new streams Thompson Is to be 'the Don Jose Klein's witnesses told the Jury at sitter who ascended the 130-foot Toplitzky and Dunlap Say i Company Is Indebted To Them LOS ANGELES, May 2. Following close upon the announcement that the state corporation of tourists and permanent 'Settlers and Rudolph Hoyos, the Spanish smokestack at the dye works and last nlvht to hold their 1931 crop win pour into the state, he said. oaruone, win do tne Kscamillo announced he would stay there for at least (0 days after harvest In Dr. Cross pointed out that the TJarmen" has been declared the until the strike Is settled. an effort to obtain $1 a bushel for nation has become more Cantor biggest success of anv One troduv The sitter's position is a two- nla conscious" because "we have a riages.

The chain of scoopers eats up mountains of ore, removing some 30,000 cubic feet every hour. The bucket arm can be adjusted to tion in the three years of the Pa their grain. They also-agreed not to seed wheat next fall unless that Til' the opening of the hearing yesterday that How had the unhappy faculty of gtttjwg 'Into trouble frequently. Klein-listed his as having extended from June, 1910 to July, 1930, and Included a number of Items of expense Incurred on trips to Europe In How's California President, a -California cine opera company. foot iron railed platform atop the stack.

He has an overcoat and draws up food and water with a price Is reached. Plans were ap secretary of the Interior, and be In. the evening the final attrac proved to extend the membership cause of the wonderful records tion will be a repetition of Pon department had ordered an investigation Into the affair ol the Richfield Oil company, came' denials today from two officials that they owed large sums of money as listed in a report filed with the rope. to other wheat-proaucing sections. made by our football and track nibble upwards as high as 104 feet, or horizontally, or downward.

It is regulated by three sets of cables chielll's La Giocohda." with M( Police said there was no law teams." George B. Rooney, chairman, Meryl Floyd as the Glonconda against chimney sitting, which suspended from a cranelike frame Miss Myrtle Leonard as the blind pointed out the Kansas counties represented produced more than gained considerable notice In Japan above. The entire upper pan oi mother or the former and Nona Klein Hated an Item of $3000 due him for a trip to England In be Park Playground last November through the efforts 27,000,000 bushels of grain in 1930. (jampbeii as the Laura, of Klyoshit Tanabe. the structure Is mounted on a circular rail and can revolve in any direction.

Fund to be Asked The hunger strikers originally half of How In connection with the case of "Laura Clark." Other Items Included sums for opinions on the numbered 200. In less than a week Eauilibrium Is maintained by 3 Register for Radio to Entertain 26 of them fainted and were taken SAN LEANDRO, May 2. The local city council at its meeting means of a hydraulic cylinder which divorce laws of various states and Mexico and conferences on a pro to a. hospital. Four more fainted distributes pressure equally imons today and were hospitalized.

posed divorce suit, details of which City Summer Camp Three young women appeared the 48 wheels. A pllpt's cage with. United States district court by Receiver William C. McDuffe. The Investigation into the affairs of the company was called when reports that former officers and executives of the company had borrowed nearly $1,000,000 of the company's funds without knowledge of the board of directors.

Joe Toplltiky, formerly a director of the concern, and W. E. Dunlap, a former official, denied they owed the RlchfleM OH company money. Not only did they deny such debts, but they con San Jose Prisoners SAN JOSE. Mav 2.

Statin? that next Wednesday night will be asked to Include In Its pending fiscal year budget $4500 for maintenance of ihe Thrasher park playground were not given. glass walls extends well out in- Klein said an Inventory of How's the counter of the Oakland re ne ieeis mat neaun. morals and front, affording: full view of the operations. Contra Costa Tax creation dTartment at the city and the baseball grounds here. hall yesterday to be the first to register for the municipal camp The budget was prepared' at a meeting of the city board of recrea estate, made in t.

i.oun, snowed a value of only $18,000, In which event he would receive only a proportionate share of his $30,000 fee if his suit is euccesHful. disposition of county Jail prisoners will be benefitted by enjoying musical and lecture programs, Sheriff William J. Emlg has had four radio loudspeakers operated Delinquency Low MARTINEZ. May 2. Tax de- ROOM and BATH to season in the sierra, Deginning June 10 and closing August 6.

llnoulncy In Contra Costa county BREAKFAST tion, of which O. Davies, supervising principal of grammar schools, Is chairman and Judaon C. Doke Is secretary. The registrants were June, Bar- from a single receiving set installed this year equals but four per cent AAD DINNER! hara and Catherine Wilding of 80 of the entire assessment roll, Coun in tne county Jan Of the total sum asked, $2780 Oiklind'i new rauknttal' BUCKeye avenue, agea ii ana ty Tax Collector Martin Joost de one speaxer is located in the big tank," where most misde 0. They registered for the girls Mi hotel overlooking Lake Memttf lobby, clared today.

The total Is $162,603, the official said. will be paid in salaries to a director of organized play and athletics, to a caretaker for the supervised camp. bridge and billiard room mm Registration opened May 1 and While last year at this time the CHURCH SPEAKER NAMED. LAFAYETTE, May 2. Dr.

C. A. Bane, who delivered the address at the dedication of the Lafayette church several years ago, will he th speaker Sunday night at the 7:45 o'clock services, It was announced today. Dr. Bane is former district superintendent of the faith.

greater comfort at moderate, met, will continue until the camp season meanor offenders are held. The second fs In the "little tank," where felons are housed. The third Is in the women's ward and the fourth will supply imfslc to 1 the delinquencies reached a total of $122,046, the Increase this year Is jackion It loses. There are two camps, one grounds and to Doke for his secretarial duties, according to the chairman. About $1000 Is asked for Improvements and addition of the south fork of the Tuolumne, accounted for, Joost said, by the other in the Feather river 000 additional taxes.

The total prisoners tn cells on the top floor of the Jail. tended the company owed them money. CLAIMS MONEY DCE. 'Through his attorney, Toplitzky mid he did not owe the company 1100,000 as reported, but that Richfield owed him 160,000 for loftses suffered by him In the transaction whereby Richfield acquired control of the Universal Consolidated OH company. Dunlap, also speaking through his attorney, claimed the company owed him $19,000 Instead of his being Indebted to the company to the extent of $10,698.52.

He said that when he went to Richfield five years ago he had signed a contract with President J. A. Talbot whereby he was to LA HURST equipment. country near Qumcy. tax roll amounts to $3,684,413.

JAPANESE STAR ON" IT HOI NEW YORK, May 2. OP The little Japanese song bird, Ooshlko TWE NTY MILLIO ORB Mlyamawa, farmer Sacramento schoolgirl, now an opera star, ar rived today from England on the Aqultanla. she It going home to her parenta after successes In Paris reoelve a bonus of $26,000. He said he had only received 1BS00 of this bonus. AUDIT ORDERED.

At the request of Raymond L. might, state corporation commissioner, a copy of the report of William C. McDuffe, receiver In entity for the oil firm, will be the stata corporation nient. McDuffe's report also alleged that Richfield had borrowed more than $1, $00, 000 from the Universal Consolidated Oil company, a and London for the past season Daughter of T. Mlyakawa, druggist, the little stsr was born In Sacramento It years ago.

She en made since 1903 attended the city's achools and later studied voice In California colleges. After an Intensive course with the chef d'orchestra of' the Opera Comlque at Paris, she made her debut last January in "Madame subsidiary. Records of all financial transactions of the company and former executives for the past five years v-re to undergo an audit at lialght's request, he said. Butterfly." After'a series of concerts In her native state and an extended tour of Japan next winter. Miss Mlya kawa plans to return to the Opera Comlque for the 1832 sesson.

His Excellency Tsuneo Matsu- Long experience and ore reflected in the annsunl manufacturing facilities value of the Ford car today Homestead Halts Road Construction TJITTSTON, Pa. Definite stepa have been taken to remove "the House in the Middle of the Road" at Mooslo near here. The house, owned by John Gar-vey, has obstructed completion of dalha, the Japanese ambassador to the court of Bt. James, sponsored her before London audiences. A previous bow to Washington's muslo lovers was sponsored by Congresswoman Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida, i Miss Mlyakawa spends most of the day practicing.

"The Idea of singing before native Japanese really thrills me," she said, "for success there means more to me than anywhere else." the highway between here and Kcranton for several years due to a dispute over price. A board of viewers awared the Carveys $11,600 but Mooslo borough was unable to pay the as- to relinquish their title until full ScOUts Resume I payment was made. To date, Judg Camp Competition Competition will be resumed at st a ments segregating $70,009 have been returned anslnst the borough ss the result of the road construction. Two Had turns must be made by before they can pass Camp Dimond this afternoon by the 2000 boy scouts who last week were f-ii ariven to sneiter ny rain. Among the events of interest re aioui.d the Uarvey homestead.

maining on the schedule Is the fire by friction contest In which scouts Ml will attempt to lower the six sec accelerated the pace and progress of this country and contributed to its growth. Those who write the record of the past quarter of a century agree that the coming of the low priced automobile changed our whole manner of living of thinking of doing! Coincident with greater and greater demand for the Fcrd was the building of a vast industrial organization for its manufacture. The small brick shop became a series of plants covering thousands) of acres, in every part of the world. The fruits of larger production are improved quality and craftsmanship, lower costs to the public, higher wages to the worker, and an Industrial "back-log" of great value to the nation. The Ford car of today is better because of the experience gained in making the millions of Ford cars and trucks that have preceded it.

There is no substitute for time and experience. Ford materials and Ford methods are the product of both. The' Ford name is built upon them. Today's) Ford car, in everything; that goes to make a good ond world's msrk for lighting fires I- without matches by the friction All of the earlier experiments on this car and a number of others that followed were conducted in a small one-room brick shdp. Finally, in 1903, the Ford Motor Company was organized and in 1908 the first Model Ford was offered for sale.

By the season of 1909-1910, the yearly output had increased to nineteen thou-sand and on May 31, 1921, the five millionth Ford come-off the assembly line. Less than tenyears later, on April 14th" of this the total had reached twenty million. Production of the twenty-first million is now well under way. These are tremendous figures, yet they hold an importance beyond mere size. Each of thce millions of Ford cars and trucks has played a part in the daily life and activity of some owner; extending his horizon, giving him increased opportunity for happiness and success, British Girls Must Serve or Lose Dole Mill girls of Lancashire, England who are on the dole must accept offers of work as servants In private homes or lose their unemployment benefit.

This decision of the official umpire hes thrown a bomb among the rirls. They had been enjoying the dale since the Great Harwood Court of Referees her ruled that method. Blgnallng, knot tying, bandaging, rope splicing and the comedy event In which scouts will race to build a fire and bring a bucket of water to the boiling point will conclude this spring field-day of the Oakland area council. Last Saturday, over 2000 scouts representing 03 troops competed. Events of field day at Camp Dimond are open to the public.

The camp. la located at the head of Far boulevard. Canals on Mars for the mill girls were Justified In refusing domestic service ft Blackpool because there were workless frtrls with domestlo experience llv-ing nearer. The reversal ef the decision has been followed by refusal to pay doles. Water Supply Belief NORTH BCITUATE, R.

I. Frank E. Beagrave believes there much to be said In favor of th hypothests that what appear to be canals on the planet Mars were made by intelligent beings. "At the North Scltuste obser How Staid Oxfords -i Makes 'Whoopee' LONDON. Monster partlea at Oxford university this season have a new Idea for the staid English institution.

There Is no dsnclng or other entertainment typical of the vatory I have noted that the csns now seem to widen out at the tlm putting more wortli-while hours into every y. In countless ways they have Where the first Ford was made TIIE Ford Motor Company was organized in 1903, but the idea of the car originated many years before that. As far back as 1890, 1891 and 1892, Mr. Ford was working far into the night on what was then called a horseless carriage or a gasoline buggy. first began to run he recalls, "in the spring of 1893.

I was running it when the bobolinks came to Detroit and they always came on April 2nd." This gasoline buggy was the -first and for a long time the only automobile in Detroit. Interest was so greaj that it became necessary to chain the car to a lamp-post to prevent curious people from driving it away. automobile, i unquestionably great est value in jhe history of the company of mlximum melting at one pole or the other," the astronomer said "The msln markings appear vnrsity party. Now the main requisites are reach the full length of the planet irom the north pole to the south polar region. This seems consist ent with the Idea that It la from these remote sources that th planets water supply Is obtained large room, plenty of beer and gin end lemon, with lemon the favorite, and a phonograph playing the l'et records.

i The party consists Just of talking end mild ragging, with the risibility of a few chairs or cush-Ions fslllnr out the window and a tew heavy heads next morning. to maintain life on the planet, if sucn lire exists. Capital to Guard Its Park Petters Fund Encourages WASHINGTON. D. Nex Cnnxtitutian SttlJv wn'n Washington's lovers Ua uke to Prk lr Inspiration and solitude, they need fear no Interruptions from csr thieves -or rji ii.AU-i,rn i a.

rrancia Thole, late Philadelphia attorney ielt strongly about proper jftatruc-t titi of the youth of the country in the furx'amental of the Constl- otner types of criminals. roues have bean Instructed to maintain a constant watch over I r'in of the United Mates. me parks. They have also been told tn use FORD JE A RES meir Judgment in determining wnai constitutes "legitimate Det. When Tole's will wss probated If was tour.d that he left a fund to enrourae an Intimate it now I-5k-e by our joung people of the to safeguard it i iltift Minorities who seek to en-t -ie ti'ir whims, caprices and ting." i i r- Beautiful line, colors and upholstery Shatter-proof glass windshield $1950 More Paid on Condemned Hall men." WOODLAND.

Maw Th. Four Houdaille double-acting hydraulic shock absorbers! "ooaiand city hsll. which has been iwnnemneo. numerous times, was Full enclosed four-wheel brakes i9o nearer belnr nalii fnr In- Stat 3 Grows Million Casss of Artichokes FERKELET. May California day, according to City Clerk John Latigenour.

It will ha 1ht ve.ra More than twenty ball and roller bearings before the 1899 trurtur la ns.M for. The city also will bit tsnfl tn. Rustless Steel lures on ine average a crop of hokes Jn excess of one million a year. Dr. E.

A. Stokdyk. -la'e in Agricultural economics Quick acceleration ward retirement of sewer and water uouua or ivus this month. he iverfity of Csllfornla, est! SS to 65 miles an boor tdav. Kaif the crop is con- leveland Would in the state and half shipped rwvuiu markets, he said.

Straighten Out Ri Reliability Economy Long Life wer p.i.. ph. CLEVELAND, O. City council committees are expected to act favorably en the issuance of worth of bonds to allow an THIRTEEN 430 lo 630H- r. o.

BODIES MinDFTt fCSPECT HELD. May 2. Wanted In for murder, Edward II, arrested here yes- r-r f-nfsHe J. A. Paw.

nJ I f.erlff Earl --r on a- te wsrrsnt i Lei Arft-n. Gulgel had 3 f-r vers I weeks ty Oue H'tH LATEST FORD BODY TiTE th Uamtiful new Town SeJ-n. longer, wider boiT. More luxurious TeWcgree Wanting wlnJMrU. Mohair or bromdcloth upholaerr, A choke of rariety of rUh od colon.

An mnutual combination of beauty, comfort and oai formantt Bt mn nntuuallr, pric, Set thm nearett Fori dealer, for. demonUretum Low down payment and conrenirnt term through am economic at financing plan, Se jrow. afoeuor or drtaiU, ear.y start on the city's 1JJ1 construction program. Among the Improvements being considered is the straightening of the Cuyahoga river, and bonds for 1 1. 500.O09 are planned lor this.

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