Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 14

.1 OAKLAND TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY JULY 31, 1940 14 ONE TRIP BY SHIP; ONE BY AIR Wife Beater strand, most artistic act; Harold Agnew, best act from the Central California district; and Claude Burke, special award for managing. Personnel Board To Draft New Rules BERKELEY, July 31. Rules and turned to Oakland with trophies for acts presented in competition with 250 registrants. Chappie Packard, 14, Berkeley boy, won a cup for the outstanding trick done by delegates under 21. The others were Lloyd E.

Jones, best comedy act: William D. Ail- ing to be held August 22 at the City Hall. A plan for cumulative sick leaves for employees serving over a period of years will be considered by the board, of which Will C. James, manufacturer, is chairman. Drafted rules will be presented to the councillor ratification.

Bay Magicians Win Coast Trophies Five out of a dozen local delegates to the Pacific Coast Association of Magician's convention, held in San Diego last week, have re All arp memDers oi me -uamana regulations governing sick leave and Magic Circle. Oakland has tentatively Deen selected for the 1942 convention. vacations will be drafted by Berkeley's new personnel board at a meet Has Tantrum Got No Shouts Convicted Man; Once Pleaded Guilty Creating courtroom scene after he had been adjudged guilty 01 attempting to murder hii wife, Frank Castle, 33, today was sentenced ro San Quentla lor one to zo years. "I did' not- Bet justice," cried Castle when he was arraigned before Superior Judge Warren Tryon for sentence. Castle went a tantrum as Prosecutor Arthur Sherry began to V- i 'y ii'f A A A I VA li ask him routine questions for tne record of the State Prison Board, as squired by law.

"You can go to shrieked Ahc prisoner. "I got no Justice, I got no Justice." His actions were puzzling to court attaches inasmuch as ne naa requested permission to plead guilty when he appeared for arraignment In another department several weens o. At that time Superior Judge Ed ward J. Tyrrell declined to accept the "guilty" plea and appointee: me 's public defender to safeguard his legal right. Castle attacked his wife, Acqulla, 29, with a chair at their home, -518 Seventh Street, on April 29, slashed her throat with a nine-inch carving knife and hacked her IS times.

In his defense at thetWo-day trial he charged that she had been unfaithful to him while he was serving a City Jail term for tampering with a registration. The couple have five children. I H. C. Capwell's, v'Y 1 i Oakland's largest department store, if located at Broadway, 20th and i IS 1 i 1 Telegraph, for convenient shopping! flil-' i i I Telephone TE mplebar 1-1-1-1.

i 4 1 Shop Thursday 9:00 to JLfai'igeSP jj 11 hppto- 10 mr "WwwM ittimmmik mill mim 1 iiT'- D-, 1 IT frn A ,11 gahjoTTJgaQ Stewardess Ethel Beyerleln, of Oakland, help Mra. Eliza beih Bird Howall, 94, off of aUnited Air Lines Mainline her Ojftir a trip from Idaho to San Francisco. Mm. Howell cam to San Francisco first around Capo Horn in 1846. Club to Hear Murphy Woman 94, "Our Vanishing Democracy" will be the subject of an address to be New Scout Troop, Presented With Flag An American flag wa' presented to the new Boy Scout Troop, of Wayward Highlands Sunday by Lyon Corps, Ho, 6, Women's Relief Corps, a picnic given In Moss-wood Park by E.D.

Baker Camp, 6on of Civil War Veterans. given by Joseph A. Murphy tomor row morning before the Lake Mer Ries to S.F. i-ltt Breakfast at the Lake Merrltt Hotel. Ninety-four years have made a great difference in American trans portatlon, and if you want details, ask Mrs.

Elizabeth Bird Howell, Jew Shortcuts who Is just a little older than 94. Mrs. Howell came to San Fran Cisco Bay first as a baby passenger on the historic ship Which brought the first printing press to the Pacific Coast, along with 300 To Tun! Mofinon colonists. It docked where Broadway, and Battery Streets now intersect in San Francisco. FLIES THIS TIME Mrs.

Howell's second and latest arrival in San Francisco was by United Air Lines Mainllner this week, a quick flight from her home in Preston, Idaho, as compared with the trip around the Horn the first time; 1 She came the first time because her father her. mother died when she was born intended to settle in mmmmmmmiimmmmmmm cs vw iMiaiHHiaMMwaM vTVA It' Utah, She cam this time to dedi cate a plaque at the original land ing spot for the San Francisco Chapter of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. The ceremony will take place Sunday at 3 p.m. BORN IN EAST Mrs. Howell was born on New Years' Day, 1846, in Cambridge, Mass, Before she was a year old.

her father brought her on the. hazardous trip around Cape Horn to Call fornla. He was one of the Mormons seeking refuge by the Great Salt Lake. She stayed here until she was 14, and then following her father, the late Edmund Fuller Bird, once more, this time by covered wagon over the Sierra to Utah. She rode through the gold rush cbjrs when, as sho recalls, $20-gold pieces were play These hew bridges are further aids in bringing the baebcountry to the Jronteountry in this already aocewlble Evergreen Playground.

Ths Lake Washington Floating Bridge, largest of Its type in the world, carries yea and your car from Seattle acroii scenic Lake Washington In well under five minutes I Then there ii the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, world's third largest suspension span, acrois bine Paget Sound a short cut to the rugged beauties of Olympic National Park. While next door in the colorful Canadian port of Vancouver, the mighty Lion's Gate Bridge quickly opens up new holiday viitaa. NO RESTRICTIONS FOR TOURISTS, NO PASSPORTS FOR U. S. CITIZENS in CANADA, things for children.

At 18, she mar rled Henry Nelson Howell, a pio. neer Utah school teacher. With her. today was a son from that marriage, Henry J. Howell; a daughter, Mrs.

Amelia Crockett, and Fred Birch, and a niece, Mrs. Perry JStmrn, of Salt Lake City. Another year another milestone and another H. C. Capwell BIG SALE! This year our llth BIG Birthday SALE is the signaLlobegin shopping for Fall and Winter wardrobes for men, women and children, for back-to-school clothes, and for furniture and homefurnish'ngs.

Every department in this huge store participates in BIQ SALE! It's our thanks to you, and our appreciation of your patronage during the past years. H. Capwell's is one of Northern California's two largest department stores. See the 28 pages which you news in detail of the many, many specials planned for BIG SALE! Make your shopping list, and be here Thursday at 9 o'clock, for 45 minutes extra shopping time! Shop Thursday 9 a. m.

to 5:25 p. m. Equalization Board Hearings Scheduled LA YG 0 FREE 1LLDSTRATED TRAVELOGUE (HIDE BOOK yT PUCET SOUND BRITISH COLUMBIA Vmhouw, Victoria Iwtttak Ttnu SMtttak Tkom ft BERKELEY. July.31.-r-Two ses sions of the Board of Equalization, appointed annually by the City Council to hear complaints concern Evergreen Playground Association, Room 70-N. 215 Columbia Street.

Seattle. mg assessments, will be held at the City Hall August 12 and 19. Upon recommendation of Mayor Frank Please send me FREE Illnatrated Travelogue and Guidebook. Gaines, the council appointed three members to sit on the board Dr, Richard S. French (chairman), Mrs There's a Credit Plan for you at H.

C. apw ell's Recognizing fully that circumstances, salaries and personal wishes alter buying, H. C. Capwell's has carefully devised five popular, workable, individualized credit plans. One or more will suit you perfectly so use it during our BIG SALE for tig savings 1 apw ell Charge Acclount Just say "Charge Ends carrying money about and wailing for change.

Itemized statements rendered the first "oi each" month. 55,000 H. C. Capwell customers prefer to use Charge Accounts! Credit Coupons three to six months to pay! Consider having 3 to 6 months to pay on items you usually think of in terms of. cash.

You buy Credit Coupon Books worth $15, $25, $50, use coupons anywhere in store, take 3 to 6 months to pay for your coupon hook I Three months to pay for mens clothing! One-third this month, one-third next month, one-third the next month, which means you can buy suits or coats at H. C. CanwelPs when you need them! Take advantage of this plan! "Few-Pennies-a-Day" Budget Plan Used in 23 home furnishing departments in this store! Credit designed to fit your budget and, for greater convenience, your few pennies a day are payable monthly with this plan! Benita Herrick and Donald Parce. Councilman William A. Porter will IT'S A BIG SALE FOR IT'S A BIG SALE FOR serve as alternate.

WOMEN CHILDREN It takes a big store and a BIG SALE to bring to misses and women of every size, age and taste values that can't be overlooked. Dresses for every hour of the day, sportswear, hats, shoes, bags, gloves, sports coats, dress coats, fur coats, lingerie, accessories, cosmetics 1 Save on your every need! Forty specials for babies and tots 2 to 6, from layette essentials to 6-year size cribs and clothes to keep them warm, comfortable and happy! For back-to-school girls 7 to 16, a dosen specials in coats, dresses, shoes, jackets, skirts, sweaters And eighteen those fast-growing sons! Look for this banner for the new "Flying gasoline that is a scientific blend of 7 different gasolines for smoothness at every speed. Contains polymerized, alkylated, re-formed, solvent-refined, cracked, natural and straight-run gasolines. Proved in a car like yours. Offered at the regular gasoline price.

IT'S A BIG SALE FOR THE IT'S A BIG SALE FOR HOME MEN, BOYS TRY One year to av "FlNtH FLYINQ A-OASOLINE TODAY or your furs! anks to H. C. Capwell's One-Year. You can furnish your home almost completely at BIG SALE savings, or you can add to its attractiveness and comfort in countless ways, from linens and silver to bedroom and dining room sets! Whatever size your home or budget, 'consider the home specials in our BIG SALE! Quality plus quantity makes this sale important for men! Broadstreet'i suits, Knox 'and Dunlap hats, hand-lasted shoes, famous quality shirts, pajamas, underwear, And son 'will be as proud of his sweaters, and other things as mother and dad are of the savings they made! to-ray Budget rlan, you can own and wear fine furs while you make con-nient monthly payments on them! And still another plan provides for payments as low a9 50c weekly on watches and silverware! 1 1 jU.ff Tl -7" TIOI WATIIASSOCIATID Oil COMPANY THE THE SALE!.