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8 OAKLAND TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2, 1936 Pastor Plans Lecture Series YEHUDI MENUHIN ADHERES TO PLAN OF RETIRING FROM STAGE 2 SEASONS I PAROLE DENIER 1 Wmm ANNEXATION TO iOE DISCUSSED SAILORS' UNI THREATENS 10 I LwPlllfiPwLI Violin Prodigy Is Restless but Follows Parents' Wishes to 'Know Real Home'; Swims in Own Los Gatos Pool By PEARCE DAVIES now 19, would return to the con LOS GATOS, Sept 2. You will look in vain on concert billings this season for the name of Yehudi Menuhin, prodigy violinist of a decade and more ago. It won't be there. To find him, look in the back yard of his home here, preferably in or near his small swimming pool.

Some observers of the "world of music were skeptical when 'it was announced last year the 18-year-old violin genius would retire for two seasons at the close of world tour. It just wasn't done: Not while an artist was at the top of the heap, with the money rolling in. MONEY NOT ALL-IMPORTANT "There are things in life more important than money," said his father, Moshe Menuhin. "I want my children to know a real home for a little while," added Marutha Menuhin, Yehudi's mother. Today YeWfidi radiates good health and high spirits.

Swimming, Bar wftfl bbbP gert nail this Fall. He protested to his father a few days ago: "I am restless. I feel I am losng my touch with my public. You must get me some concerts." But his parents were firm. is only because it is August," said Papa Menuhin.

"Every year at this time he has had to begin thinking of the concerts he soon would play. It is natural he should have this sort of itch to play is August. But he will get over it." New Trial Granted In $100,000 Suit SAN JOSE, Sept. 2. Superior Judge R.

R. Syer today grantedihe Ancient and Mystical Order of Ro-sae Crucis, SanJose, a new trial In! the mplicious prosecution suit brought against it by Virgil L. Rankin, formerly advertising rep resenlative of the organization, won a $21,000 jury judgment in Syar's Court July 1, In ordering the new trial, Syer held that evidence was insufficient to sustain the jury's verdict, and that he had erred three times in giving the jury instructions. Rankin was accused by the Rosi-crucians with embezzling funds given him for magazine advertising. hiking, sun bathing are part of hislRankin, San Francisco salesman daily program He is not neglecting his violin, but he plays with only casual attention to the concaft value of the selections.

His concerts will not be resumed for another year. He practices about two hours a day by himself and perhaps longer in company with his pianist sisters, Nehzibah, 18, and Yaltah, 14. PROTESTS TO FATHER Left to his own decision, Yehudi, SAN LEANDRO, Sept. 2. Annexation of the Ward Addition subdivision in the outlying area adjoining the southwestern city limits will be discussed tomorrow night when the San Leandro City Council meets, Mayor Ray L.

Billings announced today. Billings said City Attorney Al Poe would be asked ffJa report on the question which had been before the council informally forVhe past 18 months on a petition signed by a dozen rjersons. There are 32 pieces of property in the area proposed for anjrexation, according to Poe, whoa that, at least a third of the petitioners were not registered voters. Because Monday, which is the regular meeting day of the council, is a legal holiday, the council has advanced its meeting date to tomorrow night, Billings said. r- Vice-Principal's Successor JS ought ALAMEDAT Sept.

2. Appoint ment of asuccessor to Lester B. Sands, vice-principal at the Haight School, wno nas accepted a prim-i-palship at a Palo Alto elementary school, was being considered today by School Superintendent William G. Paden. A graduate of Stanford and a member of the school department for the past four years, Sands has been active in local club affairs.

He expects to leave by the end of the week, and his successor will be named as soon as possible. S00 fownsend Clubs To Picnic on Sunday Members of more than 500 Town-send Clubs are expected to attend the picnic which is to be held Sunday at Neptune Beach, Alameda. Entertainment, dancing and: refreshments are listed on -the program with George Stoddard acting as general chairman Of the committee in charge of the affair. Speakers at the meeting will be Edward F. Tretz, Miss Lois Johnson and J.

Margett, State director pi Townsend clubs. Free parking space will be pro. vided. 1 FOUR KILLED IN BISHOP, Sept. 2.

(U.R-Four persons were killed yesterday when two automobiles met head-on just outside th-? city. The dead: D. N. Booher, 50, former president of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Booher, 45, his wife; Frank Seglie, 33, Owens Valley automobile distributor, and Edwin Williams, 25.

SAN OTTENTIN. Serjt: 2. Six. Alameda County prisoners were: denied paroles from San Quentin while two others were granted future date paroles at a recent terms jand paroles board meeting here, of ficials announced today. v- Th'ose denied paroles were James Baldwin, 31-year-old burglar; John A.

Ingram, 23, and Lawson Butler, rtO 1 IU f. A 1.1 Boyer. 20, and. William George, 24. both Negro second degree robbers, and Llcyd Russell, 50, sentenced for a statutory charge.

Future date paroles were granted H. L( Overmire, 34, sentenced in 1935 on bad check charges, and Pasqual Lopez, 55, also sentenced last year on a statutory charge. Overmire is serving a five-year term and was granted two years on parole to go to Minnesota. serving 10 years, was granted four yeafs on parole to be sent to Mexico; Alameda De Molay Plans Whist Patty ALAMEDA, Sept. 2.

Tickets were on sale today for-the annual whist party of the Alameda Chapter 210 of DcMolay, which will be held on Sep-' tember 14 a.t the Hotel Alameda. All members are cooperating in arrangements for the evtnt, according to Master Councilor William Lubbock, and a capacity attendance is anticipated. Among those aiding Dan Reading, general chairman, in supervision of the various sub-committees are Elmer Anderson, William Chaplin, Jack Hovey, Fred Kleppe, William-Dodson, Walter Lishman, Robert Ba-ronian and Lubbock. Nudist Show Will Be Held in Carmel CARMEL, Sept. Pliney, director of a Southern California" nudist colony, was.

here today con-, ferring with local "residents for a' "nudist show" which will be part of a Forest Theater carnival to be held next Saturday and Sunday. The nudist show will be a part of1 the program to raise funds to take care of the Forest Theater debt. -WIFE HUMILIATED PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2. (U.R) Mrs.

Anna Kates, 39, told the judge it was bad enough when her husband, Harry, ran around with other women, but when he brought one of-them home to live with her, it was "insufferably humiliating." She asked $12.50 weekly support. Kates denied the charges. KNOCK-KNOCK WHOSE THERE? DEEDS-DEEDS who? DEEDS YOU SEE IT! Hurry! It Ends Tomorrow BKTTIIX KGAOEMEXT MR. DEEDS GOES TOWN FRUITVALE THEATER E. 14th St.

at 37th Ave. ATFWAY San Pablo Stanford JAMES GLEASON "Ml'RDER ON A BRIDLE PATH" RICHARD DIX In "YELLOW DUST" UPTOWN College at Shatter EDDIE CANTOS "STRIKE ME PINK" RICHARD DIX in "DEVIL'S SQUADRON" DOORS OPEN 5:30 P. M. PIEDMONT PIEDMONT JAMES STEWART and TED HEALY "Little Mis Nobody" with Jane Wlthem. BERKELEY LORIN Adeline and Alcatraz "BIG BROWN EYES" JOAN BENNETT and CARY GRANT "EVERGREEN" JESSIE MATTHEW! DOQRS OPEN 5:30 P.

United Artists "THE GREAT ZIEGFELD" William Powell-Myrna Loy-Frank Mortsn OAKS Solano at The Alameda IRENE DUNNE "SHOW BOAT" Allan Jones-Helen Morgan -raul Robeson Ilm San Pabl nr University II i- "ROAD GANG" DONALD WOODS and KAY LINAKER "Timothy's Quest" with Dickie Moora STRAND College and Ashbsr AW CATarav "I MAY BE Barton MacLane-Mary Astor-Man of Iron DOORS OPEN 5:30 P. M. CALIFORNIA 1 Ida Lunlno Francis Lrderer in 'One Rainy Afternoon" "BORDER FLIGHT" JOHN HOWARD Fox 2036 University nnaii i.nrr "TBS WALKING DEAD Phil Rrjn in "Laughing Irish Eyel" ALAMEDA The Rev. Clarence R. Gibbs of Boston, is the new pastor- evangelist of the Seventh-Day Ad-ventist Church, 25th Street, near Telegraph, cceeding the Rev.

C. S. Prout, re-c 1 called to the a a i ian Islands. The Reverend Gibbs was born in rthamp-tonshire, England. He took his eological course at Washington, D.

C. During the past 18 years he has held past orates in leading R. GIBBS cities of the East the past three years at Boston. The Reverend and Mrs. Gibbs have two daughters, Barbara and Betty Jane.

The new pastor plans to conduct a series of Bible lectures in the near future. He will be heard over radio stations weekly, TOWNSEND NOTES Eastbay Townsend Headquarters 529 12th Street The Twenty-third Avenue Town-send Club will hold a short business meeting in the library at 1449 Miller Avenue and East 15th Street, tomor- 'row evening at 8 o'clock. The meet ing win ne loiiowea ty entertainment. a a Ralph Fulcher, from San Francisco, will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Harrison Townsend Club, No. 13, tomorrow evenirtg at 7:45 o'clock at Ebell Hall, 1440 (Harrison Street.

Victory Townsend Club, No. 32, formerly known as the Athens Townsend Club, will meet. tomorrow at p. m. in their temporary location in the hall at 645 22nd Street near Grove.

There will be a short business meeting followed by entertainment and dancing. The public is invited. a Vaudeville and musical entertainment are scheduled for the meeting of Central Oakland Townsend Club, No. 50, tomorrow at 8 p. m.

at 3316 Telegraph Avenue. Refreshments will be served. A whist, sponsored by Brooklyn Townsend Club, No. will be held in the A. room -of Franklin School, 9th Avenue and Foothill Boulevard tomorrow a( 8 p.

m. Refreshments will be served. Entertainment in honor of Garfield School iTownsend Club receiving its charter, will be held in the Garfield School, Foothill Boulevard at 22nd Avenue, tomorrow at 8 Mrs. Jack King will speak. San Pablojownsend 1, has, for the present, discontinued its meetings.

4t Isaac McGuffin, member of 6th Congressional District Board and a-delegate to the Townsend Convention, will be the guest speaker at a meeting of Grand Lake Townsend Club, No. 11, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at 491 Cheney Street, one block east of the Grand-Lake Theater. Room, 535 41st, rented through Tribune want ad HAY WARD HAYWARD 577 Castro Francia Lederer "ONE RAIN AFTERNOON" Hmh Hrrbtrt In Went to College" I Kill 1 A1JK 23KD AVE. A 1 A PP 23rd Ave-and st rL.VC ANGEL" FRANCES DEE and BRIAN DONLEVY "Timothy's Qoeat" with Dickie Moore FPJ IITV AI E- Hth Av I 1JI1 GARY COOPER "MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN" Virginia Weidler In "Girl of the OiarkV' FAIRFAX SEMINARY PAPTTfJI Foothill Blvd.

Seminary Vr 1 1 JL "THE FIRST BABY" SHIRLEY DEANE and JOHNNY DOWNS "YELLOW DUST" With RICHARD Y)IX FAIRFAY Foothill Blvd. Fairfax rIIrVrt "EARLY TO BED" CHARLIE RUOOLES MARY BOLAND One Frlrhtened Nlrht. with Mary Carllale DIMOND DISTRICT niMrtNn Frultvale Av Hopkins UliriUllU "EARLY TO BED" CHARLIE RUGGLES MARY "BOLAND 'Forrotten Faces" with Herhert Marshall PARK BOULEVARD DISTRICT PARIfWAY P'rk Blvd. St E. lflth i rirs.

im "half angf.i." FRANCES4JDEE and BRIAN DONLEVY inc inrec iriae unr. aoneri yoitnr ELMHURST GRANADA E. Hth 89th Ave "Blc Brown Even" JOAN BENNETT and CARY GRANT Houae of, 1000 Candles," Phillips Holmes ALLENDALE DISTRICT ALLENDALE CLAIRE TREVOR and RALPH MORGAN "Sonr of the Saddle" with Dick Foran EASTMONT DISTRICT A 5TMraMT Foothill Blvd.at 74th EiAi3 SffH4K RICHARD DIX ELLOW D1IS FRANK MORGAN in DANCING PIRATE FOOTHILL 35TB AVE. CrirtTUII I Phone FR uitvale 4100 KJKJ 1 MIL L. Chester Morris MADGE EVANS in "Moonlirht Murder" "Lady of Secrets," with Ruth Chatterton EAST 12TH STREET DISTRICT RITZ East 12th St.

at 7th Ave. "METROPOLITAN" Lawrence TIBBETT VirSlnia BRUCE "Calllni of Dan Matthews." Richard Arlen NORTH OAKLAND Fox SEiJATOP olToppy" W. C. rieldTeehelle Hudson-R. Crom'Wetl 'Crlrar ith Stuart --DOORS OPEN AT 3:00 P.

M. I awB HA WARD BOLT PAULEY S. F. Board's Hearing on Jurisdiction Is Halted by Demands From Attorney SAN- FRANCISCO, Sept. Union of the Pacific representatives today threatened to valk out of a National Labor Re-ations Board hearing to determine whether that body or the International Seamen's Union has jurisdic-'ion over the Pacific Coast's 6000 s4ilors: Aaron Sapiro.

attorney for the Spilors Union, said that if the hearing takes a turn unfavorable to his side he and his associates will leave the meeting and take legal steps In an attempt to stop the hearing. hearing, which opened today before Mrs. A' M- Rosseter, trial exahilner, seeks to determine Whether the S. U. P.

or the I. S. U. than represent the sailors in collective bargaining negotiations With ship owners in regard to-the current sireementspl which expire September 80. DEMANDS ANSWER Sapiro demanded of Mrs.

Rosseter tlfat Ivan Hunter, executive of the S. answer in writing three demands before the hearing continue. These are: That the S. U. charter be reinstated as of January 27, when it was revoked; that the U.

halt its negotiations with sailors over the heads of S. U. P. officers, and that the I. S.

U.rec-ognirt the S. U. membership irt the American Federation of Labor. fA. recess was taken to permit Hunter to consider Saplro's demand.

Meanwhile, in a further effort to arrive at new agreements on work-Wg conditions to replace those expiring September 30, representatives oi shipowners and waterfront unions met again, this morning. CLERK PACT IS UP phase of the problem scheduled for decision was the request of the International Longshoremen's Association tor an agreement covering clerks and checkers in terminals. Both side: outlined their positions yesterday, after which the hearing was recessed to permit eacn to study the proposals. Three unions yesterday filed dc- manas lor cnanges in worxing agreements, following in the wake ofthe four other unions which pre-viously had taken similar action. jjCRVpJ mWOOD 9WAN COlLTC incMiVroK THrRHi MR California Sardines No.

tail tin 5c Granulated tan Large pkg. niiUted 23c I WW SPINACH Waldorf TISSUE 3jc Dented Ne. tin 8c 1 Del Monte CATSUP i Urge bottle IPC gllakarr remake FLOUR Large akg, IQo ri.rU. traMfruit Ne. tin Beet CUBES Tin n( I Armour'i Peanut BUTTER Mb.

tar 23e Fresh Bake Soda Crackers t-lb. carton I9c Oat Oreen DePMenie Early Garden PEAS No. 1 tin I2c irinsicii BEANS No. tin Be Xlbbr Orange JUICE IS-oi. Un 9c Royal Anno Cherries Denied No.

1 tin en No. IUe Vlctorr Ghtrardelll Chocolate i it. Un 24c Be? Food Tin I 4c if Market Groeerterla Voj Copyright 1934, Jea, $, finch of three blended HH sisters Yaltah and Hepzibah, ages 14 and 16. The dog is "Alupka." At right is Hepzibah, whom critics say exhibits as a pianist comparable with those shown by Yehudi on the violin. Yaltah also is a gifted pianist.

A. P. photos. LOS GATOS, Sept. 2.

Three camera glimpse of the famous Menuhin family at their modest country home near here. In the top photo the famous violinist, Yehudi, lolls in the sun before a dip in the pool. At left the Menuhini rest in the shade of an arbor. They are (left to right) Moise, the father; Yehudi, Marutka, the mother; Rule for Success? Eating With Gusto, Replies Gable iiinnniii iniTrn mm mum NORTH OAKLAND Continued" PROJECT FDR STREET IFJDT The WPA project for the widening of San Pablo Avenue, from Fourteenth Street to the Emeryville line, will commence tomorrow, according to advie'es received today by City Engineer Walter N. Frickstad.

This project will cost the Federal Government $118,214 and the city $21,223 for materials and supervision. The widening will not be uniform. The present width of he roadway Is 64 feet. It will be widened to 72 feet from 14th to 22nd Streets and to 74 feet from 22nd to the Emeryville line, by setting back the curbs and sidewalks and paving the road spaces thus obtained. Several basement walls along the line must be rectified, it is declared, but property owners have all cooperated in this, according to Frickstad.

Attu, one of the Aleutian islands, is the westernmost point of North America. 0 For the Holidays Wi IAKE RESERVATIONS NOW MAT. SEPT. 5 with a slight wince. "After that test, the studios wouldn't have any.

thing to do with me." STARTS EATING The next chapter in the stark drama of Gable, the gustatory ghost, found him carrying a spear in a stage play, a part in which he distinguished himself no more than did a host of fellow spearbearers in the vehicle. Then he was an understudy. Came calorics In abundance and success on the New York stage. "I really began to eat," Gable said. "I gained 40 pounds in six months.

When I returned to Hollywood, a year later I Weighed 185 pounds." He took another screen tesjt, at the insistence of Lionel Barrymqre, who was then directing. "I ate a big meal to fortify myself." he said. The test was successful and things have beeif going smoothly with Gable at 185 pounds. 3 Adelphiqn Club to Hear Drama Reading i ALAMEDA, Sept, 2. Fall activi ties of the Adelphian Club will be opened formally tomorrow afternoon at a union meeting at the organization's clubhouse at Central Avenue and Walnut Street.

The guest artist will be Carol Eberts Veazie, noted dramatic reader and interpreter, according to Mrs. H. L. 'Moulthrop, president, and Herman Krus! will serve as hostess. While tomorrow's session will mark the official close of the vacation season, section activities were Inaugurated yesterday afternoon when the Shakespeare section, with Mrs.

M. A. Winant as curator, read "King Henry the Sixth." The dramatic section, of which Mrs. Karl C. Bowles is curator, was to meet this morning to study play reading and acting under the direction of Howard JWulhoIland.

Public speaking and daily conversation were also to be considered. Playmakers' Group To Hold Try outs Tryouts for the opening bill of the Berkeley Pteymakers' 1938-37 season are to be held tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the home of the president, Mrs. Alberto de of 2607 Benvenue Avenue. The organization will rjresent its first production of four one-act plays. eany in uctober, at a definite daje to be named later.

The tryout session is open to members and interested HOLLYWOOD, Sept. Clark Gable owes1 whatever success "IS, has attained on the screen to following a simple formula eating regularly and with gusto. "Tell them for me that eating regularly is Gable's secret for success," the husky, dark-haired film hero said solerVfnly today. There was a time when he did not know where his next bowl of mulligan was coming from. He became so disgusted with such uncertainty that he became a motion picture idol.

"You think I'm fooling about the Importance of eating," Gable continued. "When I first came to Los Angeles I was the original thin man. "I never had enough to eat for years, except the time I worked with a surveying outfit in Oregon. I got up to 155 pounds on that job, but weighed 145 when I reached Hollywood." TRIES MOVIES GaMe said his big ambition was t.q 'go on the stage, but in his eany attempts ne managed to De consistently obscure. This was no way to reach his goal the statusf of a three-meal-a -day-eater.

"Finally, I decided that the purchase price, which more than anything else to me meant eating reg ularly, was in pictures, he said. "I finally obtained a screen He does not like to think about the results of the test. He Still did not have the bulk demanded by the span of his cars. "I was a string bean, with hands and feet like hams," Gable recalled ADVKnTISRMKNT VVSVSfVVVVVSeVVVSVVVSVVySNVVV No More Gas In Stomach and Bowels It ran wlh to be qnlrklr frliMi of kiii In atomnrh mid bonrl. takr llnnliiinnn'a (Jna Tnhlrta.

which, prrparrd raptrinllj for atomnrh gam mimI nil the hnil efferta reaultlnic fMim Kit prraaure. Thnt empty, gnawing ferllnaT at the pit of the atomaeh will dtaap-penri thnt anxlona, nermna feellnir. with hrnrt palpitation dne to gnn will vnnlah, and yon will aarnln he nhle to take a deep breath without dlni'onifort. That drowajr, alrepr feellnar after dinner will he ellntlnnted. Gna Mont-la- will rrhae.

Yonr llnina. arma nnd flnsrra will nn lonffrr feel rnld nml "aro to aleep" na a rrault of rna prea-aare, breauae Baalmann'a Rna Tnb-leta prevent ana from Interfering; with the rlrrulntlnn. Ret the genuine. In the rellow package, at any good drug1 atore. Al warn on hand at Owl Drug Co.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2. (P) Associate Supreme Court Justice Francis S. Wilson granted a writ of supercedeas staying the execution of Mrs. Mildred May Bolton, 46, sentenced to die in the electric chair October 29 for the murder of her husband, Joseph.

The writ was of a routine nature, Publiq Defender Benjamin Bach-rach said, inasmuch as it was mandatory in an appeal of a death sentence to the Supreme Court, which he said would be made during the October The case, he said, probably would be argued in November. (j EARLY CAMPUS Theatre, Berkeley TOMORROW, FRI. SAT. STARTS SATURDAY TH MIGHTIEST ROADSHOW TAINMENT THEATRE HAS KNOWN. jFuJMk JOHN 1 EDMA I MATINEES 1 BASH.

1 i.r,".r.... I ANDT 1 I RALPH GARY COOPER "IF Jfijk'il ENTER- ffl THE I EVER 1 1 BARRYMORE MAY OLIVER C. AUBREY SMITH I ATHBONE HENRY KOLKER DEVOTE VIOLET KMBLE-COOPER 11 FORBES REGINALD DENNY Mftn-GoUmn-tUttr'i MuUryi fir UM disrjnctive whiskies into America's finest whiskey ALAMEDA CenGA A "SAN FRANCISCO" Jeanette MacDONALD it Spencer TRACY VnnflF Clara near Par UUUL Phone AL ameda 3900 SHIRLEY TEMPLE. VTHE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL" Ha 90 proof BOURBON Sehtnlsy, Pa. Lawa-LnW.

aM William E. Cbamberlaia CHARLES W. C. -LAUGHTON FIELDS I HAD A MILLION" Park opp Alameda Ava, 1 rviN JEAN PARKER vi: Ul A Cianrlrltp Colhrrt. "Bride Comes Home' SAN LEANDRO PAI AfT SAN LEANDRO rnLAWw our kibber "THE BIG NOISE" Alan Hubert Flnhrrtr'a "MAN OF ARAN" rrtA.NttS Utif, tn friends of the group..

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