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mlmfo 'TVH T.R.I BUN I DELIVERY SERVICE IS GUARANTEED If your Tribune does not arrive, phon TEmplebir 6000 before 7:45 p. m. (Sunday. 11:30 a.m.) Paper will be.ient at once. EXCLUSIVE ASSOCIATED MJS WIREPHOTO UNITED PRESS TREASURE ISLAND TOWER AND COURT EXPOSITION VOL CXXLX OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1938 NO130 19 MYSTERY LAST I MO TO OA KLAN DOC 10 Die in Northern James Tyson, Retired Ship By JACK BURROUGHS Treasure Island visitors today included four eastern air executives, who commended the island as a California Crashes future airport The visitors were Donald Brown, president of the United Air craft Corporation; E.

E. Wilson, vice. SPEEDS HOME 3 U.S. Tars Of Mare Island president of that company, and Runsler Clark, vice-president of Head, Dies Services to Be Held Tomorrow for Alameda Resident As Pratt Whitney 'Company and L. Lyman, assistant to that company Dresident.

The officials were the guests of Perish in Wreck ALAMEDA, Nov. 7. James H. A runaway laundry truck took the 72, retired shipping, and life of a workman in' San Fran lumber company executive, died at John Militor, chief the Hall of Air Transportation exhibits. E.

B. McGovern, who is in charge of the exhibit to be presented at Cp Exposition by the State of Wash-gton. was another of today's offi-oial visitors. Accompanied by Keith Southard, Exposition chief of State participation, McGovern made a tour of the Fair site. his home at 1701 Central Avenue cisco, three Mare Island sailors were yesterday after a protracted illness'.

killed in a collision near Salinas, and six other deaths were reported A resident of the Bay district for more than 60 years, Tyson had in automobile accidents in North. 'fmimmmmm McGovern said that the State of served for almost half a century as ern California this weekend. iff 1 rV'" 1 it president of the Nelson Steamship The dead: Washingon will decorate its space in the Hall of Western States with Company and the Charles Nelson Dennis Keane, 45, 3836 20th Street, nine large dioramas setting forth Company, which operated the Sun the history of the region, and series of 72 transparencies and an set, Tilden and Consolidated Lum San Francisco. Robert Powell. M.

E. Waddill, Mare Island. J. E. Jackson, Mare Island.

illuminated map presenting high ber companies, and was a director of lights of each of Washington's the Anglo-California He retired In 1936. Walter Stevenson, 14, of Pleas counties. Surviving are his widow, Mrs, 'pp mm. anton. John Hall, 58, of Stockton.

The construction of the Washington exhibit is almost one-fourth finished and it wil be shipped here Grace H. Tyson, two sons, James Jr, Clinton E. Carlton. 35, of Palo and John H. Tyson, and a Alto.

Capt Mitchell Tyson. considerably in advance of the open Ing day of the Services will, be held tomorrow Benny Jasper Billy, 18, Areata, Homer Cox, 65, of Tierra Buena, morning at the Chapel of the Chimes, Contracts wun tne tiev. jonn sucnei. oi Bur Sutter County. lingame officiating.

R. W. Wilson, 35, of Grand Coulee The Nelson coastal service began The department of works at the Exposition today awarded contracts Dam, Washington. TRUCK SLIPS BRAKES with the operation of the lumber for the construction or nine loreign schooner North Fork from San exhibit palaces. Keane was crushed to death when Francisco Bay to Eureka.

Tyson LlBting slightly, the Nazi steamer Vancouver, grounded in the Estuary Thursday by a mystery blast which authorities' today- termed "a murderous attempt on human life," Is shown being into' the Grore Street Pier by bow and stern tugs to discharge water-soaked cargo. (Story on Page 1.) Tribune photo. W. P. Day, Exposition director of Mrs.

Marshall Green. 20, of Albany, who was summoned ailing mother's bedside by a police broadcast. a truck owned by a Chinese laun gradually built up the fleet until dry at 943 Howard Street slipped its at the time of the company's dis works, announced that the total amount of contracts awarded to solution there were 14 ships flying brakes while parked on the steep Barrett and Hilp was $62,394, the Nelson houseflag. Hyde Street hill near Bay Street and ran over him while he was The exhibits of El Salvador, Costa The Charles Nelson owned various stands of timber In Seven Women working on a street repair job. The California and Washington and driver of the truck, Chan' Wah lumber mill at Port Police Find Sick Chew, 815 Clay Street, was deliver U.r SCIENTIST CONTENDER FOR NOBEL PHYSICS PRIZE total of eight subsidiary concerns.

ing a bundle in a building at the time," police said. After striking Keane, the truck struck the parked Seek Paroles Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Ecuador will be housed' in the palaces. The contract also, includes provision for a pavilion for bands and orchestras of the various foreign Nations Whose exhibits will be shown in the Latin-American group of buildings will be put up in the northwest partof the Pacific Basin area, in the same section where the Jnhore Davilion is now under con- City Finances! In. Good Shape Williams Report Shows Tax Delinquencies Reduced From 1937 4 COURSES MAPPED Woman's Kin car of Marcelina Kevilla, 38, lew Webster Street, injuring Revilla. At Dr.

i Ernest Orlando Lawrence, tron has given science vital infor Central Emergency. Hospital Revilla mation of atomic structure, His young University of California TO SAVE RAILWAY was treated for a head injury. physics professor and pioneer In Waddill and Jackson were killed Board Will Meet of Tehachopi Prispn Next Saturday ANAHEIM, Nov. 7. U.R) The cyclotron radiation work, may re when their automobile, with Wad Broadcast Colls Albanyite to Side work is internationally known.

on the staff of the Unl versity of Rome, discovered cheml cal element No. 93. MEDAL AWARDED 7 Four possible future courses for dill driving, crashed into the ma. the Market Street Railway. San ceive the Nobel prize in physics to be awarded Thursday.

chine of Andrew Grillo, 31, of Pitts Of Ailing Mother burg, nine miles north of Salinas, The Aftenbladet, Stockholm news Francisco company long running in the red, were outlined before the State Railroad Commission today by Another University of California Quction. Work on the Latin-Amerl-n buildings is scheduled to begin a week from today. It was also announced today that the addition to the Palace of, Fine' Arts, including the various galleries, has been completed by the Guy F. Oakland's city finances were In excellent condition at the close of the 1937-38 fiscal year, Harry G. according to State Highway Patrolmen (Eddie Arvitre and Lester scientist, Dr.

Andrew Cowper Law. State Parole Board will meet next Saturday to consider applications A State-wide police broadcast Edward Cahill, manager of San son, was announced today as the recipient of Penrose medal, aided" in bringing Mrs. Marshall Francisco public utilities. paper, said today that Lawrence and Enrico Fermi, Italian scientist, were leading candidates for the 1938 award of the prize. An Associated Press dispatch from Stockholm said the Aftenbladet is known for its Smart and Deputy Sheriff A.

H. Riggin. TWO OTHERS HURT Cahill, who directs operations of Atkinson company at a cost of $206, Williams, city auditor and assessor, announced today with the release of the city's 49th annual report. Green, 20, of 1012 Ordway Street, Albany, to the bedside of her for parole and fix terms of confinement of seven women confined to the California Institution for women at Tehachapl. 686.

This included the fire house the San Francisco Municipal Rail way, was questioned at the commis. highest honor of the Geological Society of. America. Dr. Arthur president of the society, announced the award in New York, according to the Assocl- situated nearby.

The contract for Mrs. Frank Crowhurst, 39, usually well-informed forecasts of Nobel prizes. i sion's hearing into the Market Street Railway's petition for permission to charge a straight seven-cent fare in Improved sin condition? were reflected in a reduction of outstanding deliquent taxes from $645,444.42 at the close of the 1936-37 critically 111 in a Marin County san the Palace of Fine Arts automatic sprinkler' system was awarded to the Grinell company. on a $24,500 Chief among those seeking paroles Dr. Lawrence, 37, has degrees from the Univeraitv of Pr.eM' The medal wiU be we itarium, It was learned nnesota: place 6f the current four-for-a- lonlflri fn 1 sented in New York next month, bid.

are Helen Wills Love and Burmah White of Los Angeles. Mrs. Love, fiscal years to $359,896.38 last June Mrs. Crowhurst was taken to the Two other sailors, A. B.

Cole and Tommy Cousens, were injured. i Grillo suffered a fractured jaw, and a companion, Joe Jimno, also of Pittsburg, was cut and Simultaneous Investigations of the accident were begun by the State Highway Patrol, sheriff's office and Coroner J. A. Cornett. The sailors were all attached to quarterfare.

i the University of South Dakota and Yale. He was a national research Day reported that c6nstruction 30, Williams said. Dr. Lawson, 77, is emeritus professor of geology and mineralogy He said the private company sanitarium from her Albany home work throughout the entire Exposi who was restrained from legal use The bonded indebtedness of the tion site was going forward steadily, on Friday, and took a sudden turn-? might: (1) sell to the city, which could eliminate unprofitable lines and has received similar high honor oft other, The society's city was lowered from $10,118,215 to $9,876,530, This figure, according with the Missouri building com. fellow at Yale from 1929 to 1927 and came to California in.

the following year. WORLD FAME WON v. He has been a professor of physics of the name "Love," was convicted of shooting her secret husband, Harsy L. Love, on New Year's Eve, 1936, in Santa Monica, and sentenced pleted and work on the Hall of and operate at five cents; (2) eliminate unprofitable lines if the city's to Williams, is extremely low. for a for the worse 'over the weekend.

Her daughter was on an automobile trip in the South, and members of citation said the medal goes to him "for eminent research in pure geol city as large as Oakland, destroyer Selfridge, now berthed supervisors would permit this; (3) Largest item of outstanding in- Western States ahead of schedule. Shooting Gallery ogy and outstanding original contributions and achievements, which establish a higher fare if the su to a term of five years to life, with the provision that she could make the family enlisted the aid of Police Chief Lloyd Jester" of Albany in at Mare Island, authorities said. Waddill, from New Haven, debtedness is the 1925 harbor im pervisors refuse to permit partial since 1930 and has been director of the university's radiation laboratory since its establishment. His cyclo mark a decided advance in the sci-, provement bond issue of $6,823,000. locating her.

ence of geology, abandonment; or into bank, ruptcy. no application for parole for three years. Mrs. White, widow of a slain ban The city revenues for the fiscal Rifle enthusiasts willhave their share of entertainment Oh the Gay- was chief gunner's mate aboard the destroyer. Jackson was a water tender, first class, whose home was San Diego.

Powell, from Houston, Cahill noted that the average way at the Exposition next year as street railway fare in the United as shootin according to my dit, Thomas White, was convicted on 11. counts of robbery and assault and sentenced to a term of 30 years States is 8 cents. i Thursday, who informs me that iure ValU A teletype and broadcast message was sent out, and Mrs. Green and her husband were located by a State Highway patrolman at San Jose, on their way home. Apprised of Mrs.

Crowhurst's illness, they sped toward San where a police escort met them and aided was a machinist's mate; Cole is from New Orleans, and Cousens, an electrician, is from St. Louis. "alter K. Sible, assistant chief of the concessions division, has set year were $8,101,010.02, which it $306,993.50 greater than for thr previous year. Income from real and personal property taxes was $4,857,415.39, $26,917,22 larger than ill 1936-37.

-Port department revenues including rentals, dockage fees and services aggregated $834,608.18. Total income from municipal industries was $931,124,33.. to life on November. 5, 1933. She was denied a parole in August, 1935.

Others who will face the parols Socialite Elopes With Berkeleyan The fact that the marriage license bureau in Reno is not open, on Sun The five sailors were returning from Man Says Divorce Wiped Out Family Alexander McCormackv, who received a of the estate of his mother, Mrs. Emily McCor- Wife Asks Divorce From Gordon Tevis a visit to San Diego, on leave from board are Ann Wilson, convicted the Selfridge, which has ben undergoing repairs at Mare Island. from Los Angeles County: Rose Villa their trip to the sanitarium, where Mrs. ro was reported Qf Fresno County, Jennie fcamora of Mrs. Louise Sargent Tevis filed END INSERT A Pik up The STE DIES AT HOSPITAL suit for divorce today in District slightly improved today.

his mind at rest on this subject. It seems that F. M. McFalls has heen granted exclusive shooting gallery rights for the Exposition. McFalls and his wife have come to the Bay region from Dallas, Texas where they operate a rifle range.

"McFall'i shooting gallery will represent an outdoor hunting scene," said Thursday, "and the rifles will Alameda County, sentenced to a one to 10-year term for manslaughter Court at Reno against Gordon B. day didn't hamper the elopement of Mrs. Frances Prlngle McDonald, member of a socialite San Fran Mrs. Crowhurst is the daughter of Mrs. Clara Blttenbender, Albany The Stevenson boy died yesterday April 30, 1937; Minnie Roderick of Tevis, socially prominent polo player mack, who died in" 1921 in Oakland, in trust: for his.

wife and San Mateo County and Mary and member of a wealthy San Fran clubwoman. at Livermore General Hospital from injuries suffered October 31, when the truck in which he and 11 other cisco family, and Thomas Edward Scisinger of San Diego County. four children, 'contends that the all be equipped with the latest AmDrose oi aerKeiey. They found an official and ob boys were riding crashed into a tree between Pleasanton and Sunol safety devices." 2000 DELEGATES CONVENE IN S.F. FOR PEACE PARLEY tained a wedding license, an -Asso Frightened Dog Bites Passerby "They'll need those safety devices ciated Press dispatch today said.

during a Halloween ride. Ralph Calvin, 14, was instantly killed in If they let you get within a mile of cisco family. The complaint charges cruelty. They were married November 16, five days after Tevis' first wife, Marie Benoist, St. Louis society girl, divorced him at Reno.

Tevis is the grandson and an heir of the late Lloyd Tevis, early California millionaire'. He married the first time at Santa Barbara in 1921 Police Warn Coffee Salesman Is Fake Oakland housewives were warned The bride is the' daughter', of family no longer. exists. Since his mother's death, IMc-Cormack's wife 'won-, a ob-taine'd custody, of the four children, and 'rt. The Bank of Ameflca ahd the Na-tionaj Trust and Savings Associa A dog which had just Mr, and Mrs.

Edward J. Prlngle of been struck by an automobile launched himself at Miss Nitza by police today not to buy coffee from a well-dressed man who prom 2442 Leavenworth Street, San Francisco. The parents said ther had been an engagement for-, "some time." The new Ambrose eloped to Sari Rafael in 1924 with Richard Vernille, 27, beauty' operator, and ises to give a 28-piece set of dishes after he had distinguished himself the crash. Driver of the truck was Caron, McGonegal, 18. Funeral services for Stevenson, son of Mr.

and Mrs. O. Stevenson, will be held tomorrow morning fronvSt Augustine's Church, Pleasanton, with the Rev. Thomas F. Byrne officiating.

The boy was a seventh grade student at Pleasanton Grammar School. -v with each 55-cent purchase. bit her on the chin, police reported as a wartime aviator in France. tion, the that the family iW- exisU An- spite'' ot the divorce and remarriage. Two thousand delegates from 33 Nations opened the 23rd annual conference of the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches today at San Francisco, For four days delegates will deliberate on "World Peace Methods today.

There. are no children by' either one of those rifles, I told him. "You do me a grave injustice," Thursday said. may not be a dead shot, but I'm a big shot, and that's a lot more important" "I hope you do all your shooting with a bean shooter, Thursday," I told him. "If they turn you loose on Treasure Island with a gun you'll be picking the phoenix off the top of the Tower of the Sun and smashing the red lights on top of the bridge towers." "Anyway, I don't shoot off my mouth, as much as some people I Miss -Vernille was treated for marriage.

lacerated chin at, the Alameda Federal iudge Michael J. Roche, George to whom she was to have been wed in" a society ceremony. iShe sued for divorce in 1933. if, Three housewives fold police they paid for the coffee in advance but never received the, coffee or the Police said they believe many other women have been victimized by the man and asked to be notified immediately if he reappears. County Hospital, while police searched for the dog in order to DRIVER ARRESTED in San Francisco, arguments today, asked attorney! to file, au-1 Postoffice Closes of Assuring impound it to determine If it may The bride's grandfather -was the HalL a Santa Fe crossing watch The first open meeting will be thoritie and topk the case under ad late Edward J.

noted Call-' have, been rabid. On Armistice Day man, was fatally injured by a truck as it crossed the railroad tracks in The dog was struck by the car fornia jurist. visement. The Oakland postoffice will be Stockton. Police later arrested San.

near. Miss Vernilie's home at S70 Excelsior Boulevard, and dashed know," Thursday returned with an closed on Armistice Day this year tiago DeAna, 36, after his truck WORK WINS WORLD. RENOWN for the first time, Postmaster Nellie onto the sidewalk where the girl assumption of hauteur that fitted him about as well as a pair of struck a road barrier, and held him G. Donohoe said today. was she told officers.

held at 10 a.m.- Wednesday, when Clark M. Eichelberger, director of the League ot Nations Association, who has just returned from Europe, will-speak. MINISTERS MEET The- united ministers Catholic, Jew and Protestant opened the conference today in the gold ballroom of the Palace Hotel. Speakers were for investigation -the suspected creased trousers would fit "an There will be no deliveries dur driver whose truck struck Halt elephant ing the day." I saw there was no chance of ROMANCE ON ICE II The closing was ordered, Mrs, Carlton, employee of the Palo Alto Veterans' Hospital, was killed when he was struck by the automobile of werving Thursday from his pur Donohoe explained, in pursuance pose, so I sighed and said, "Very with a congressional act of last May, Llewllyn R. Snyder, of Menlo Park, at Redwood City, according to State which makes November 11 fDr.

William P. Merrily president of National legal holiday. highway patrolmen. Billy, an Indian, from the Klam tne world Alliance international Committee; Rabbi Ferdinand M. I of St Louis, Mo- and Rev.

ath River region, was fatally injured Thomas F. Burke of Berkeley. by an automobile near Areata. Cupid Uses Ice wen tnen, as a matter of personal afety I shall have a target painted i chest for I know you couldn't hit a target if you tried." 'After an investigation I cancelled my order for target I won't need it That shooting gallery is going to be so constructed that it will be absolutely foolproof. Not even one of Thursday's shots could go wild enough to do any damage.

Dr. Samuel A. Elliot Boston, Cox was killed while walking on Unitarian minister, presided. 4' the highway near Yuba City Satur Rabbi Irving will pre day night George Maples, 'Yuba Skates Instead side at the open meeting Wednesday. A series of round table luncheons will follow the morning ses City, told police that his car struck the pedestrian and that two other machines hit the man before he I i Of Bow and Arrow could stop, sion.

BRITON TO STEAK Wilson was killed In a hit and run accident near Visalia, and was ten Cupid donned Ice skate to engi George Paish, British ecor-r- HOTEL PARLEY ENDS TOMORROW mlst and Miss Josephine Scha.n, neer a romance between Miss Fye Wilson, 19, and Lloyd Shaffer. 22, tatively identified through cards found on his person, according to an Associated Press dispatch. chairman of the National committee on the cause and cure of war, 1 speak at a banquet Thursday Dr. Rofus B. Von KleinSniid it was disclosed today io lowing application of the couple for a marriage license at San Jose this week Arbitration of the San Francisco end.

preside at the banquet note! labor situation, in session before Arbitrator Robert Rittler, since Burglar Robs Safe; Ffees Police Shots The romance began following a Eichelberger flew here to s- epteinter 7 will conclude tomor meeting at the local ice rink, accord row when the union presents its ing to Mrs. A. M. Shaffer, of 2141 109th Avenue, mother of the young at the conference. His topic The Economic Bases of or Peace." Eichelberger.

ho -r has interviewed leaders VALLXJO. Nov. 7. A burglar final argument according to H. P.

Melmkow. o( the Pacific Coast La man. raided Vallejo automobile row last night and after completing one 1) bor Bureau. burglary successfully. escaped amidst Gregory Harrison, attorney for and abroad to discover the trr eventa, was in many and Geneva it the a fusillade of shots from police guns when interrupted in a second The couple's wedding plana are still undecided, Mrs.

Shaffer said, but they will probably be married some time this month and will make their home in Arizona, where Shaffer expects to be employed by a recent Eurorn cr Mm Scha is r- Officer Lawrence Morris fired sev part womi in mining firm. eral shots at the burglar when the latter fled through a skylight at the I Jf Hotel Employers Association, Mncluded the operators' case Friday, according to Rittler. Rittler indicated be would give the testimony lengthy consideration before rendering bis decision. The arbitration was decided en by the operator's association and the labor bureau in aa attempt to end labor troubles between the em-; r-. I I Mia Wilson, home Is at Santa Maria, has been staying here with her sifter, Mrs.

Frank Clark. ft 1- automobile show room ot Ray M. Nutting at 1123 Sorrnna Street At the automobile sixnr rnorn of 1CJT1 44 tk Street. Sb is a err bri Mists rrre WHaon, Oakland sinccr, met lioyd Sbocffer. 22, bj chance at ef the Zeta Cimrrj Rha SorTity.

and hs bi sir.s.rg with Oakland R. L. FretKienberg at S2f Sonoma'! Sufrtr a rear door had been cured and the safe orne-J by nens of an 1 Dr. Ernest Orlcndo Lowrenca. Usirenlty cA CcUrrrJa pttsicist shown ot work on c-; tron le erct rercr.J lodery to be a lwisj condlirt f-tt' 1 1.

Ocilcmd eierHngt rinlc. an lrrm and operators since the etviing the -6r strike Ut jnr, As before the conflict is crer e4 bears. f- 4 ft artrieoe Vrca, Ukea irn shop. czi they wed. I.

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