Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 38

OAKLAND' Tmum SORDKT. mr 7.1340 NEW CHIEF i CAPITOL VISITORS QUESTIONED Chile Trade More Reserve oy Row With WEATHER REPORT mill I i): V) If: A Ty 'I 1 i' -'r I "flip: I I Mettfi Metropolitan Oakland Fair and mild bunday and Monday with morning log; moderate wet wind. Northern California Fair Sunday and Monday out foe on the coait night and morning: not quite bo warm In the interior Sunday; moderate northwest wind off coast. Sierra Nevada Generally fair Sunriav and Monday but scattered mild thunder storms over high ranges; slightly cooler Monday; moderate westerly wind. Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys-Fair Sunday and -Monday; not quite so warm; moderate westerly wind.

Santa Clara and Salinas Valleys Fair Sunday and Monday but local morning fogs; little chance in temperature; moderate northwest wind. Southern California Fair Sunday and Monday but morning fogs on the coast; slightly cooler on the coast; moderate northwest wind off coast. Nevada and Idaho Generally fair Sunday and Monday with scattered thunderstorms over the mountains Monday; warmer Sunday. Washington and Oregon Generally Fair Sunday and Monday with scattered munier-storms over nigh mountains Monday; fog forming on the coast; warmer in the interior Sunday with low humidity, but cooler in west portion Monday; moderate northwest wind off coast and gentle, variable wind over inland waters of Washington. Fire Weather Forecast for California Generally fair but noctarnal on the coast and scattered dry thunder-storms over high north and central ranges; slightly cooler over north and central ranges Monday with slightly higher humidity; moderate westerly wind.

Wind and Weather Off Pacific Coast Nvth of Cape Blanco: Moderate northwest wind and partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with fogs forming. Between Cape Blanco and Point Con-cepclon: Moderate northwest wind and fair tonight and Sunday with fogs. South of Point Concepclon: Moderate northwest wind and fair tonight and Sunday with fogs. WEATHER CONDITIONS Relatively low pressure Is charted over Interior California and from Arizona to South Dakota Saturday afternoon. Barometers are high over other sections of this country and also off the West Coast.

Precipitation Saturday was confined to a few scattered light thunder-storms over the Rocky Mountains and the Gulf States. Temperatures are abnormally high from interior California to the Southern Rockies but are falling slightly Saturday afternoon in the coastal parts of Northern California. Temperatures are near normal In other parts of the country. The outlook is for generally fair weather in the Far West Sunday and Monday but with occasional fog on the coast and a few scattered thunder-storms over the high mountains Monday, It will be warmer in the Pacific Northwest Sunday but cooler west of the Cascade Mountains Monday. RAINFALL TO 4:30 P.M..

SATURDAY Last Seasl. Nrml. Seasl Stations 24 hrs. to date to date 1939 Eureka .00 .00 .05 .19 .96 .00 .00 T. .00 .00 .00 .02 .00 .00 Redding .00 .00 .07 Sacramento .00 XW .00 'Santa Rosa .00 .00 .00 San Francisco .00 .00 .00 Stockton .00 .00 .00 Salinas .00 .00 .01 Fresno .00 .00 .00 S.

Luis Obispo .00 .00 .00 Los Angeles .00 .00 .00 San Dlcio .00 .00 .00 -Indicates precipitation to 6 a.m. tObservations taken at airport. METEOROLOGICAL DATA Noon Barometer (sea in. 29.89 29.98 29.92 Temperature (dry bulb) 57.3 63.3 64.0 Temperature (wet bulb) S5.5 97,4 S7.7 Humidity (per cent) 89 70 68 Wind direction WNW. W.

W. Wind velocity (m.p.h.) 6 15 18 weather pt.cidy. Cldy. Pt.cidy. TEMPERATURES PACIFIC COAST EASTERN High Low High Low Baker Boise Calgary 'Del Monte Edmonton Eureka H.

Hetchy Fresno Havre Honolulu Juneau Kalispell Los Angelea Marshfield Moffett Field Needles North Head Oakland Phoenix Pocatello Point Reyet Portland Redding Reno Rostburg Sacramento Salinas San Dieto San Francisco Seattle Sods Sprgs. Spokane Tatoosh Winnemucca Yakima 84 76 Abilene 87 98 89 85 Amarillo 93 80 64 47 Atlanta 64 60 74 48 Boston 75 69 70 47 Brownsville 91 ,68 60 47 Buffalo 83 50 94 58 Charleston 82 68 107 70 Chicago 87 63 72 63 Cincinnati 86 54 84 77 Denver 95 61 68 48 Des Moines 88 60 80 46 Dodge 89 60 SO 56 Duluth 85 61 63 45 Galveston 87 72 81 67 Grand Junct. 101 68 118 77 Huron 13 87 58 54 Jacksonville 89 70 79 87 Kansas City 89 69 114 73 Knoxvllle SO 81 91 67 Lander 91 66 63 51 Memphis 73 67 80 51 Paul 87 63 91 74 New Orleans 82 71 95 90 New York 83 60 84 SO North Platte 98 62 99 65 Okla. City 88 62 71 52 Omaha 88 65 75 60 Pittsburgh 80 57 65 56 Rapid City 96 66 73 46 Salt Lake City 96 66 81 39 San Antonio 92 69 84 5.1 Sheridan 87 55 58 52 Swift Current 63 51 99 52 Tampa 91 72 85 55 Washington 86 98 Stricter control around the United Staleg Capitol has re-ulted from the bombing oi the British pavilion at the New York World's Fair. The police guard hat increased and all visitors are questioned Here Officer J.

F. Bowers learns the business of R. G. Turner, Atlanta lawyer, who brought his family to see the eapltol. AJP.

Wirephoto. Increased; Capitol Guard Days of World WaSHINGTON. July 6. (U.R) Precautions for guarding the United States Capitol' were strengthened today by a detail of additional guards and requirements that all employees entering out of working hours carry identification cards. House Sergeant at Arms Kenneth Romney said the Identification card requirements were similar to regulations adopted during the World War.

The credentials are necessary for the employees entering the Ghost City Lures mm mt I I uiiidiu une Century Old Britannia Was First of History-Making Ships To Drive Sail From Seas Just a hundred years ago the side wheel steamer Britannia, 200 feet long and with a displacement of 2000 tons, churned up the waters of the Mersey and headed away from Liverpool, England, for Halifax, in the start of the present great Cunard transatlantic service. Because of the war now going on in Europe little attention was paid to the event on the other side of the pond. But that start of the Britannia was the beginning of several things. In the first place it marked the start of regular steamer service on the seven seas, and secondly it marked the ending of a great period, that of sail. The trip of the Britannia with her 700-horsepower engines and 14 days 8 hours to make the run, was not the first voyage for steamers across the Atlantic.

She was pre ceded Dy tne savannah. Royal William and the Sirius. But she was the first regular passenger liner. Today the Queen Mary does the same run in 3 days, 21 hours and 11 minutes. But she has engines that develop 200,000 horsepower so the little old side-wheeler Britannia did not do so bad.

The history of the Cunard Line is almost the history of passenger travel on the Atlantic. The Britannia was followed by the Acadia, Caledonia and Columbia. In 1843 the Hibernia was added, sailing directly from Liverpool to New York instead of by way of Halifax. In 1855 iron hulls made their appearance when the Persia was added to the fleet. The China, built in 1862, became the first screw passenger liner.

Steam steering and watertight compartments were introduced in the Bothnia and Scythia which went into service in 1874. The 35 years from the day of the Britannia had seen remarkable progress. Ships had grown almost double in size and carried four times as many cabin passengers as the pioneer. The Bothnia also had accommodations for 1100 steerage passengers. Just the first World War broke out the Mauretania made hea appearance.

She was the queen of the seas holding that honor until 1929. In 1934 the Cunard and White Star Lines merged as the Cunard White btar Line, with the appearance of the Queen Marv. She was followed by the new Mauretania ana just as the present war broke by the Queen Elizabeth. SHIP MOVEMENTS To Arrive RlJNDAT, July 7 Norfolk Mobile Seattle MONDAY, JTJIY Splca Lehaina H. T.

McCormict Martin Sivertsen Makua Charlei Chrlstenson Black Falcon North Haven Ernest H. Meyer Barbara Olson Buto Hawaii Baltimore Baltimore Albany Los Angeles Los Anceles TUESDAY, JULY Melbourne Boston Mobile Pucet Sound Mariposa Nebraskan Jacob Luckenbach Carolinian To Depart SUNDAY, JULY 7 No departures listed. MONDAY, JULY Honolulu Manila Boston Norfolk TUESDAY, JULY Honolulu Hilo Honolulu Brooklyn Brooklyn Balboa Seattle Portland President Cleveland A vessel Steelmaker Henderson Honolulu Clipper Manulanl Maul Carolinian Dorothy Luckenbach A vessel St. Frances Nebraskan Island Ports HONOLULU Sailed, July 5, Honolu-lan for New York and Boston: noon, Matsonia for San Francisco; Onomea for San Pedro and New York; 4:19 p.m., U.S. Grant for Manila.

Charters TEXAS Time charter. North Atlantic to South Africa, one round trip, rate 13.50 Eastern Ports NEW YORK Arrived. July 8, Alabaman from San Francisco. Foreign Ports YOKOHAMA Sailed, July 8. City el Newport News for San Stratoliner to Hop Off for LA.

Today NEW YORK, July 6. (U.R) Transcontinental and Western Airlines inaugurates the Nation's first four- engine Coast-to-Coast flying serv ice tomorrow when the company new 33-passenger Stratoliner leaves Lftguardia Field for California. The plane, largest transport In domestic use, will cruise at 20,000 feet, officials said, on its three-stop flight It will take off at 9:30 a.m. (E.D.T.) and arrive in Bur bank, at 8:38 a.m. Tuesday.

The Stratollners. first transport planes in the world to be equipped with the pressurized cabin permitting flight at five-mile levels, will cut two hours and two minutes from the record on the eastbound schedule and one hour and 90 minutes oft the Westbound. Pittsburg Building Shows Good Gain PITTSBURG, Calif, July e. Boosted by a $19,000 permit issued for construction of a new chain store. DUuaing wok aeciuca spurt during the month of June, City Inspec-.

tor E. L. O'Hara announced today. Permit totaled $42,540 during the and included five new sin gle dwelling homes and two du plexes. was a decided increase over the month of June, 1939, O'Hara said, when permits totaled only $10,800, and was the highest June since 1937, when $15,373 figure wai recorded.

Wllliston 79 61 WlnnlpM 76 64 mm John Gillin, new commander of CapL Bill Erwin Post 337, American Legion, will take office Tuesday. Tribune photo. Oakland Legion To Seat Officers Bill Irwin Post Sets Installation For Tuesday Night Public ceremonies for the instal lation of a new panel of officers for Captain Bill Erwin Post, No. 337, American Legion, will be held Tuesday evening at the Oakland Veterans' Building. John Gillin, East Oakland mer chant and a prominent Republican leader in the 15th Assembly district, will succeed Arthur Daniels as com mander.

Others to be inducted are: Henry Wright, first vice commander; George Wright, second Walter Post, sergeant at arms; Henry Greenough, adjutant; George Band, Thewtofe" Bonhom, Walter Green, George Morton, executive committee. Ceremonies will be conducted by the drill team of Alameda County Voiture, No. 257, 40 and 8 Society, under the direction of Al Mathebat. John Beale, past 10th district commander of the Legion, will speak, and a musical program will be given. CALIFORNIA MAN, HELD DROWNED, WRITES HOME SAN DIEGO.

Julv 8. (U.R) A one- page letter written in pencil today revealed that a fisherman, who was believed to have been drowned in a heavy sea, 50 miles off Acapulco, Mexico, three weeks ago, is alive. Manuel Severlano, 42, was believed lost when he was swept off the fore- deck of the tuna boat, Cabrillo, June 20, but a letter received today by his wife, postmarked June 27, said: "I am alive. A Mexican family is taking care of me here. I was in the ocean four days." The letter, signed "Manuel Seve- riano" and attested to by the Mexican equivalent of a notary public, convinced a skeptical family and unbelieving seamen here that the fisherman is alive.

The name of the town from which the letter was sent was unintel ligible, but it was known to be in the State of Michoacan, between Acapulco and Mexico City. Mrs. Severiano received a wire from the U.S. consul in Mexico City today asking if Severiano was an American seaman, which led the family to believe that he is now in the capital. The family previously had 'an swered a wire from a brokerage firm in Acapulco, asking for $150 for fare home." The money was sent, but the brokerage firm said Severiano had left Acapulca for Mexico City and was planning to fly home.

SAN LEANDRO PAIR ELOPE TO RENO SAN LEANDRO, July 6. Honey mooning at Del Monte today, after a surprise elopement to Reno, were William H. Kiriaze, 24, co-owner of a San Leandro doughnut company, and his bride of two days, the former Petra Holshouser, 24, daughter of William Holshouser, State Board of Equalization agent and former San Leandro. city councilman, The couple, friends for three veara. left here Independence Day, stating iney planned to spend the day with friends.

They drove to Reno, were married, and then dispatched ft telegram to the bride's parents. Miss Holshouser. emoloved as a dentist's assistant, is a graduate of San Leandro High School. She is the great-granddaughter of William Castro, pioneer Californlan whose grants from the Spanish Government included the site of the city of Hay-ward. Services to Be Held For State Officer SACRAMENTO.

July The body of Daniel M. Higgins, 66-year-old chief accounting officer in the State Printing Office, was returned here today for funeral services. Higgins died while swimming yesterday in the American River 30 miles above PlacerviUe. Higgins wai stricken with an ap parent heart attack while swim ming from shore to a raft He had been employed by -the printing lain Girl Told friend Soyi Suspect Also Demanded Gun to Give Her 'the Works' SAN JOSE, July 6. Disclosures ere made today that the JB-year-tld accused "brick slayer" of Jose phine Parsen, 16, was embroiled in bitter quarrel; with the schoolgirl a lew noun beiore xne siaying ana, later, demanded the return of loaned gun because he wanted to ive "Josephine and another girl 'ihe worksV The new developments were de tailed by Jollce.

Chief J. N. Black es the who has a Juvenile crime record, continued to deny his i Tilt. The girl, a Junior high school mot student, was slain Monday as he walked home from a swim- party. Her body was found in the dusty bed of Guadalupe Creek a few block from her home.

WITNESSES FOUND Chief Black said his men had lo cated four youthful witnesses who would testify to the new facts in ease. lie said that on June 28, the ac- boy turned over a revolver to friend of his and asked, him to eop it a while because I don't i nt my folks to know about It." Then on Monday the day of the i Black says, the boy re rned and, in the presence of i A. demanded the gun back to ouse "I'm going to give Josephine i 1 another girl "the works. ihe boy refused to relinquish the 'upon, jbsequently, the Chief sayi, the youth was seen in company the Parsen girl and another le in Hyland Park, only two v-s away from the murder scene. that time, Black says, the boy i me Involved in a bitter argu- with, the Parsen girl and ed awav.

rk and District Attorney John 1 itrgerald said that "in view of new evidence," the filing of -I murder complaint would be 1 in abeyance for a time. The Is booked on murder charges, while, blood tests on the and girl's clothing and on the were being completed by Dr. ick Proescher, pathologist durbots i -1 ADMIRER III BY POLICE IXYWOOD, June 6. (U.B it Smith, 21, has never, been closer to Deanna Durbln than front gate and that got him i trouble with the police but he (ii'trrmined today to see her. purbin, father of the sing-; i or, called police last night and if that a youth was loitering i of his home.

Police picked vn wnne he was sitting in Durbin automobile. he was, quoted as saying, 'I clicks you boys are looking for 2 1 in in love with Deanna and I 5 to marry ner." i Hi asked'Tum whether Miss I i iiin, 17 who recently received 1 fast kiss irf a movie, felt the iw way about him. Smith couldn't certain about that, but he as i vis e's going to fall in love with if body and It might as well On his way to headquarters, mid that he had seen a movie i.nu Durbln and "fell in love i hjci Just couldn't help 1 vvs was questioned and released 'i Durbin declined to sign a iulnL There was nothing wv I in his loving 4 Miss Durbin, i told him, but he had better lmng around her home. "Cut," he sputtered, as he was es roiled from the police station, Tm i love with her, I'm coming back." roi ice saidvh were prepared I tiiat eventuality. Notes The Towneend Clubs of the T.t venth Congressional District will mct at the Sciots Hall, S28 12th treet, today 3:30 pjtn.

The Sixth District Chorus Is pre renting the entertainment at the mass meeting of the Sixth District Townsend Clubs this afternoon at W.O.W. Hall, 82M East Four- -ntn street, A social hour will follow the 1 i iness meeting of Bay Bridge uownsend Club, No. 20, tomorrow i at 29th Street and Telegraph venue. Harrison To'wnsend Club. No.

13, ill hold an open forum tomorrow ht at the Knights of Pythias Hall, i ana Alice streets. The regular meeting of the Mel Townsend Club, No. 3, will be I 1 tomorrow night at the Melrose 1 48th Avenue and Melrose iiemont Townsend Club. No. a.

ill discuss the: Townsend BUI it meets tomorrow evening at i i.HKte "street, Berkeley. Halted xiccn Dorder T.YWOOD, July (UJB tempestuous Mexican trod American soil i after considerable trouble. to Mexico, crossing the ft Snri Ysidro, Callt, without credentials for her return, actre ss was stranded for tev-urs when she sought to re-e Vn i ted States after attend-1 1 1 1 in Tijuana, Mex. She aitted after consular! i v-'ved a technicality re-5 have a birth certi- Comes Here United States Secures Bulk of Exports, Sends Most Goods There The United States accounted for approximately 49 per cent of Chile's import trade so far this year and was the destination of 56 per cent of that country's exports, according to R. S.

McNiece, U.S. consul at Valparaiso. Aggregate shipments, to the Amer ican market of Chilean products increased in value from $7,504,271 in the January-April priod of 1939 to $34,106,827 in the first four months of this year. Much of the increase in exports to the United States was accounted for by heavy shipments of copper, ultimately destined for France. Chilean imports from the United States increased from $7 475,728 in the first four months of this year to $14,847,278 in the corre sponding period of 1939.

Because of developments in Eu rope the United States share in Chiles import trade is likely to register a further increase and as a result the pressure on that coun try supply of dollar exchange will become more aggravated. SHANGHAI WORRIED The office of the American com mercial attache, at Shanghai reports importers in Shanghai are concerned over the repercussions developing from the disturbed International situation. A number of factors have begun to affect imports, including shortage of world tonnage, rising freight and insurance rates, lesser speculation' in commodities, inability of American and other suppliers abroad to promise specific deliveries, and increasing difficulties in obtaining goods from European sources. The excess of imports over exports in Shanghai's foreign trade which amounted to $16,600,000 in April declined to $8,000,000 in May. ACAPULCO ON LIST Acapulco, Mexico, will be on the list of ports to be visited in the new service of the United States liners Washington and Manhattan.

Other ports will be New York, Havana, Panama Canal, San Pedro and San Francisco. Both liners will carry both cabin and tourist passengers. The big liners were transferred to the intercoastal trade because of the war in Europe. The Washington will sail from here for the East coast on August 13, and the Manhattan will start her voyage from the Golden Gate on August 27. They will maintain tneir service in conjunction with the fleet of the Panama Pacific Line, a sub sidiary of the United States Line.

Sun, Moon, Tide By U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 307 Customhouse. San Francisco SUNDAY. JULY 7 Sunrises I Boon sets Moon rises I Moon sets MOON PHAfflS New First Full Moon Last Moorl Quarter Quarter Aug.

July 12 July 19 July 27 :35p.m. i Th time and heitfht of tides in the following U.S. Coast and ueooetio survey table arc given for foot of Webster Street Oakland. Fort Point tubttract 40 minutes, JULY 7 TO JULY 10 HW. H.W.

L.W. 7 9 S.S 3.4 I I 8.7 2.2 9 6.0 5.9 2.0 10 9.9 0.1 6.1 10:420 1.7 NOTICE In the above tabulation of the tides the daily tides are liven In the ordei of their occurrence, commencing with the early morning tide in the left-hand column. and tne succeeding tides as iney occur On some days but three tides occur. The column of heights giving the eleva tion of each tide above or below the level on Coast Survey Chart soundings. The depth, unless preceded by minus -) sign, then the numbers are subtracted from th depth of the chart.

LIEUT. J. H. 8MOOK, Inspector, Transpacific Mailt The following sailing dates and closmc times of transpacific mails at the main San Francisco vostofflce are baaed on the latest Information furnished by steamboat companies: ORIENTAL July 7, 8:10 a.m., President Cleveland. July 7, 9:30 p.m., Crown City.

July 9, 12:30 Honolulu Clipper. July 11, 6:00 p.m., Sanyo Mam. July 13, 9:00 p.m., Collingsworth. July 11, 7:10 a.mMatsonia. July 16, 6:00 p.m..

Titanla. July 20, 7:10 a.m.. Pres. Harrison. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS July 7, a.m., President Cleveland.

July 9, 8:10 a.m., Manulanl. July 9. 1 :30 p.m., Honolulu Clipper. July 10, 1:10 p.m., Mariposa. July 11, 7:10 a.m., Matsonia.

July 16, 8:10 a.m., Maunalel. July 19, 1:10 p.m., Lurllne. AUSTRALIA July, 12, 9:30 a.m., American Clipper. July 23, 7:10 a.m., Mariposa. Aged Man Loses Life Saving Money URIAH, July 6.

U.ff-The char red body of Joe Soldanl, 86, who apparently lost his life in an effort to save his money, was found today in the burned ruins of his cabin on Fish Rock Road near Point Arena, Mendocino County. Beside the body was a tin box containing $600. Deputy Sheriff Bfcn Waldo, said he found $90 in gold pieces in five, ten and twenty-dollar denomina tions scattered on the ground near the cabin door. Waldo said apparently Soldani, after discovering the fire, unchained his dog at the door of the cabin and dropped the gold pieces before hurrying back for the currency. Judge Denies Freedom To Germon Suspect LOS ANGELES, July 6.

(U.B Hopes of immediate freedom dimmed today for Herbert Hoehne, 28-year-old German held on a Federal charge of failing ta register as agent of a foreign power when he entered the United States. Hoehne, who was arrested a week ago, but failed to furnish $29,000 bail, tought to be freed yesterday on a writ of habeas corpus, Dui Federal Judge George Cosgrove re fused to release him. Acting U.S. Attorney William Fleet Palmer said the Grand Jury would act on the German's but 'was awaiting 'further advices from Washington." i o.d: Officers Called Camp Ord Expansion To Give Training To 'Noncom' Officers Augmenting 122 reserve officers previously ordered to active duty, the War Department yesterday an nounced that 58 lieutenants, with their consent, have been assigned to units of the Regular Army for a period of one year. The new offrcers will be stationed at posts in the Ninth Corps Area in California, Washington, Utah and Wyoming.

Hollis M. Fuller Jr. of Oakland and George M. Odell of Richmond were among the infantrymen as signed to stations at Camp Ord, Monterey. John S.

O'Neill Jr. of Stanford University and Carl I. Zucker of Stockton, both in the Field Artillery, will also be stationed at Camp Ord. Horace Booth of Oakland will go to the Cavalry School at Fort Riley, for a refresher course of one month before going on duty at Camp ura. Rapid expansion of the Armv forces at Camp Ord will leave the way clear for men with previous training to receive ratings as non commissioned officers and quick advancement in the new program.

according to the advice from John Puchbauer, Oakland recruiting officer. More than a score of Army units have been permanently assigned to the Camp Ord training base as auxiliaries to the streamlined Seventh Division. Men with previous training In the R.O.T.C, C.M.T.C., the National Guard, or in private military schools will have first considera tion in receiving ratings to form the nucleus for the various headquarters and batteries, Puchbauer said. One West Coast artillery unit, with a strength of more than 150 men, transferred more than 80 per cent of its personnel to a regiment being activated under the expansion program. With the new units.

Camp Ord will have the second largest military post on the Pacific Coast. The enlistment of two Oakland boys in the regular Army was announced yesterday by Puchbauer. Kenneth C. Perkins, former stu dent at Castlemont High School, was the first to enlist in the new detach ment, the Provisional West Coast Training Center, and will be sta tioned at Hamilton Field. The other, Tom Nelson, enlisted in the "63rd Coast Artillery, and will be on duty at Fort McArthur.

Defense Council Meets at Martinez MARTINEZ, July 6. Plans for organization of a county-wide de fense system for National emergency will be drafted Tuesday afternoon at the first meeting of the Contra Costa Defense Council, ac cording to Superior Judge Thomas D. Johnston, chairman. The meet ing will be held in his chambers In the Hall of Records. Members of the committee are Sheriff John A.

Miller, William Reardon Johnston, Dr, W. S. Ed- meades, H. L. Kuykendall and Ernest Marchl.

The meeting will be for the pur pose of naming community chairmen and outlining plans of enroll ing able-bodied males for home defense service. 1 HELD, 2 QUIZZED IN WOMAN'S DEATH STOCKTON. July 6. (U.R) One man was held for investigation and two others were questioned today in the death of Mrs. Annie Gertrude Dodson.

37. Dorris. Siskiyou County, whose body was Recovered last night from the San Joaquin River, 10 miles west of Stockton. The San Joaquin County sheriff's office said bruises were found on Mrs. Dodson's arms and body.

The man booked for investigation was JoseDh U. Branquart, 36, until recently attached to the 115th Quartermaster Regiment at Sacra mento. Those questioned were Jess Duffy, former National Guard captain, Stockton, and Henry Allard, fisherman and former city building inspector of Stockton. Sheriff Martin Ansbro said Bran-ouart alleaedly replied, "she won't be back." in response to a question as to Mrs. Dodson's whereabouts after she disappeared from a party at a house near the river.

Father Runs Amok, Slays Wife, Son MELROSE PARK, 111,, July. There were strange noises earlv today in the crowded flat where Joseph Meleto, 42, an unemployed electrical worker, lived with his wife and eight children. Madeline, 17, a light sleeper, heard moans coming from her mother's bedroom but her father told her to return to bed, mother had a nosebleed. A little later two small daughters, ileeoine with their brother, Paul, 7, between them on a couch in an other room, were startled by a sharp report, but they decided someone had shot off a belated Fourth of July firecracker and lapsed back into sleep. Still later Charles, 19, was awakened to find his father bending over him and shaking him by the shoulder.

"Go tell the police to come here," Meleto told him. When the police arrived they found: The mother, Mrs. Helen Meleto, dead. Her head had been crushed with a hammer and her throat slashed with a knife. Paul shot to death between his sisters.

Meleto dead near hlsjvife, bullet through his head. Th? gun, knife and hammer with which he had killed his wife, son and self Were on the floor nearby. To Past in Annual Festival War Recalled building before 9 a.m. or after 4:30 p.m. Romney said that 16 Washington police and Federal Bureau of In' vestigatlon agents were detailed to the Capitol last September to aug ment the regular police force.

This number, he said, was increased to 20 on July 1. He denied that the additional pre' cautions were taken because of the recent New York World'i Fair bomb incident Playgoers COLWELL Central City opera house got its start. They wanted a place in which to stage their colorful folk dances, and they erected a stone building with walls four feet thick. Next to the Opera House stands the ancient and ornate Teller House its wide doors thrown open tonight to reveal its elaborate walnut royal staircase and prism chandeliers in a lobby jammed with once- a-year visitors. DANCE CLASS PERFORMS Across the street in the livery stable, sitting on planks and bales of hay, other; crowds watched the Cheyenne Mountain School dancing class pirouette through the movements of the minuets ank quadrilles of another day, Old-fashioned tin-type picture galleries dotted nooks between business houses, and a discreet inquiry might get one of the location of a chuckaluck or blackjack game.

The bars did a business reminiscent of the days when the miners dropped a pinch of gold dust on the mahogany. 7-Pound Son Born To Janet Gaynor HOLLYWOOD, July Janet Gaynor, red-haired little film star, today became the mother of a seven-pound boy by means of i Caesarian operation at Good Samari tan Hospital. Miss Gaynor, wife of Gilbert Adrian, noted movie fashion de signer, was reported in good condi tion following the operation. The child is to be named Robbin Gaynor Adrian, the father reported. The actress has been in retirement for nearly a year, but has net per.

manenuy aoandoned her screen career. 3 Appointed After Voteless Elections Voteless elections in three Alameda County school districts yesterday necessitated the appointment of trustees by Superintendent Edgar E. Muller. No ballots were cast on June 7 in the lnman, Midway and Town-send Elementary School districts. The county school chief named trustees whose terms had lamed and who had sot filed for re-election.

They are Mrs. Frank McCor. m'xk, lnman; E. J. Mulqueeney, Mhiway, and Louis Nissen, Town-send.

They were aDcointed for inree -year terms. By WARD CENTRAL CITY, Colo; July 6, (U.R) The mouldering little ghost village of Central City tonight be came the mecca for theater patrons wno want the settings rustic and the atmosphere laden with romantic history. Thousands of pleasure seekers- far more than can crowd into the 800-odd seats of the Central City opera house filtered into town throughout the day on a visit occa sioned by the opening of the ninth annual play festival, This year's offering was Bedrich Smetanas light opera, "The Bar tered Bride." Josephine Antolne. Metropolitan Opera coloratura, and a cast of seven for the next three weeks will present nightly performances. GROWS INTO CITY Regularly theater lovers flock to the annual festival in the musty hamlet high in the Rockies where 80 years ago $500,000,000 in gold bullion was blasted from the mountain sides and caused Central City almost overnight to become a raucous boom city of 50,000..

it was from the pockets of the Cornish miners that the venerable SHE'S A MOTHER Is Janet Gaynor, film-star, yesterday presented her husband, Gilbert Adrian, mo- vie fashion designer, with a seven-pound on.J A 1 rrvV ') 'Maximum temperature preceding day, PRECIPITATION Pacific Coast Calgary JO, Edmonton T. Eastern Atlanta .59, Duluth .04, Jacksonville Memphis .10, New Orleans .31, Swift Current .08, Tampa Wllliston Winnipeg .02. YOUTH BATTLES PILOT; LEAPS TO DEATH FROM PLANE LOS ANGELES, July 6. (U.R) A struggle 1000 feet in the air over Los Angeles between the pilot of a commercial plane and an unidentified youth, ended late today when the youth, bent on suicide, leaped from the ship as the pilot maneuvered for a landing. Clyde Hodges, pilot, told police the youth chartered his plane for an nours flight "over the When the plane reached an altitude of 1000 feet the youth strug gled, free of the safety belt and attempted to clamber out the door.

"I grabbed him and told him to sit down or he'd be killed," Hodges told police. He told me to mind my own business and hit me. We fought for about five minutes while I tried to set the plane down at the Municipal Airport. He slipped out of my grasp as I was banking for a landing and the next thing I knew he had plunged out the door." The body fell near the intersection of Redondo and Imperial Boulevards where the fail was witnessed by hundreds of people. Bay Firms Win Highway Contracts SACRAMENTO, July 6.

(U.R) Contracts were awarded today by the department of public works as follows: Mendocino County Grading and surfacing 1.4 miles of Redwood Highway between Heaeneve and one-half mile north of Lanes, N. M. Ban sons, Berkeley, 92,742. Sonoma County Alteration! and additions to Laurel Cottage, Sonoma Home, Lloyd O'Brien, San Francisco, $25,977. Three Suits to Quiet Road Title Filed MARTINEZ, July 6.

Decrees. quieting title to an easement for a road In the Marsh Creek area, were sought today as three suite were filed in Superior Court by John T. Gieece, Mary Q. Hardiman, tL Orunauer and Lacy Cardoza. Defendants in the action are Lois Mae Wood, Cecelia M.

Gilford and Kate Henry. office, for 19 years, i.