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OAKLAND TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, MAY 21937 "El RESIDENTS 'ON THEIR OWN' AS CRAFTSMEN WALK OUT If -Sob I ell. i Ben 7 i Hen pf Iftf i mmmsaa. mi rif III' III Jipil ttsA (J I r. r. ttJ.

jts i These pictures, show how San Francisco's hotel left without at the Sir Francis Drake after having scaled Mount Tamalpais a few service by a strike last met the situation. Left Jean Hersholt, hours earlier. Next, Annabelle Taylor and Verna Games of screen actor, is shown starting to the eight floors to his room San Francisco play bellhop while helping friends move from Palace Hotel. Mr. Daniel Thompson of Milwaukee failed 4o get an answer when she rang for service, and "Fifi" wanted to go so here she was when the camera snapped her in the lobby.

The stairway scene is from the St. Francis, showing patrons about to start the long climb; the fellow with the violin Included. Lastly, Nino Martini, noted singer, tries to "thumb" a lift. But he finally ran the elevator himselft having learned the technique fa a New hotel strike. -Tribune photo.

I rirnnift I iirr nnll LONDON BUS illilLIIUIflLLirL Alimony Strike Draws Hundreds to See Sit down 5.F.1I, GUTLED IT mss nil 01 If 1ST) I HHP OF 1 1- LONGMONT, May 1. (U.R) Longmont merchants did a boom i liiiliSSili ij -SiiiSl (Continued From Page .) 1 am LONDON, May 1. (U.R) The Wand Day bus strike, 100 per cent ivis fective, threatened today to sprrlsh to the provinces and involve T. workers. left 1xi drivers and street car crefi-7, i f- As soon.

after May 15 as possible. Amelia Earhart and Frederick J. Noonan will take off from the Oakland Airport on the famous woman flier's second attempt to circle the would Jose his Job after the strike last-minute neirotlatlong called by ended. Mayor Kossi. xne mayor pieaaea another weeks delay and cop business today with customers come to town to see Mrs.

Genevieve Johnson during the sixth day of her rocking-chair sit down for liiony. A dog fight and music by the Elk's Club Cowboy Band enlivened the day but the blinds of the home of Ralph Johnson's parents, where the sit-downer's husband is in seclusion, remained tightly down. Mrs. Johnson reaffirmed her as and hours demands of the busmf fl Electricians were ordered to pull power switches, but some of the hntrli maintained elevator -rvlre. Most of them had no hot water In rooms and no steam In kitchens, The government sought to check f.

labor unrest before these servi( also were affected, hampering trajjy nnrtatlnn fnr thousands of foreiiL globe at the Equator. Miss Earhart is en route by train today from New York to Los Angeles, accompanied by her husband, George Palmer Putnam. She plans to stop in Chicago on business ahd then will speed to Burbnnk to see how repairs are progressing on her plane. The $80,000 "flying laboratory" was badly damaged in attemnting i 1 1 era xiere lur-liic tuiui.iduuii viuy A strike patrol was organized to riaintain order. It was ordered to demned both sides for taking a "rule or ruin" attitude where, public Interest was involved, Ernst and other union delegates carried the mayor's plea to a meet-: ing of the joint strike commit tea.

It was rejected after a two -hour session. A compromise proposal, under which auditors and c-rtain clerks engaged confidential work would be excluded from the collective bargaining agreement, failed to win approval of either side, Noted guests caught by the strike included Nino Marttno. opera "arrest" any strikes found Intoxi rated engaged in violence. Mem sertion that unless her estranged mate pays her $6.70 a week alimony she will keep on rocking in his yard "until hell freezes "This isn't a publicity she ten wore arm bands marked "Hotel f'triker Patrol." Pickets wore red bands marked F. of L.

...4 i to take off in Hawaii when a tire blew out. Miss Earhart said she was advised that the plane will be ready ticket" The strike was Issued after days away. King George VI and Queen Elii beth, unperturbed by the strike sit ation, left the royal lodge at Win sor at 2:25 p. motoring to We, bley Stadium for the tennis match Squads of police were assigr, to maintain order after thousai of commuters battled for space street on platforms every car time and aain forci had to drag off workers who hanging on dangerously. At noon Piccadilly Circus, (iiorninj conference in which Mayor "do Rossi with labor exclaimed today.

"I want my alimony and I'm going to get it from Ralph' if I have stay here, forever." Ralph remained inside his parents' home. He hasn't offered to pay, or to compromise in any way. He was his wife singer, St. Francis; Oliver Hardy, film comedian, Sir Francis Drake; three Japanese Davis Cup piayers at the Fairmont, and Manuel Roxas, Filipino political leader, St. lor test flights soon after her return to Los Angeles.

After a few days of testing the reconditioned ship, Mjss Earhart and Noonan will fly it here preparatory to starting the 27.000-mile flight around the world. NOONAN GOING ALSO In contrast to the crew of three men who accompanied her on the A began her sit-down in his truck, but after she moved into the yard Francis. TAXIS REMAIN 100 FEET AWAY FROM HOSTELRIES jc-'ers and spokesmen for the Mid industry to continue negotia-t cms another week, 'VVrss LEFT UNSERVED; i tiled in sinks Dinners spoiled on tables and In 1 chens; dirty dishes were left filod on tables; guests departed om half eaten meals. This morn-i ij they faced the prospect of shav-! with cold water and making eir own beds. he began taking the sit-down strike in good spirit.

"You know, if Genevieve had spent Taxi lines agreed to remain at least 100 feet from hotel entrances, and elite guests trudged down the streets loaded with half as much time working as she has sitting in this yard, she would- first Oakland to Honolulu flight, Miss Earhart's sole companion Guests at San Francisco's hotels, faced wilh going hungry, served. their own dinner after the strike began. Here Miss Marian Muhl turns "waitresi" to help Dick Price and Frank MacDonald get dinner at the Palace Hotel. Tribune photo. around the world will be Noonan ford Circus and Other local poll of the subway were jammed to suffocating -point.

Police fort fought to prevent crowds frq crashing platforms. There wej similar scenes tonight when crow? of Saturday night moviegoe started home. Up to a late hour the strikes volved no actual disorders. At tervals, the strikers boed pass street car motormen and conduct, and shouted to them to join strike. 1 An example of hardiness waffl hand baggage.

veteran Oakland aerial navigator, As soon as the strike was in Captain Harry Manning, who nounced managers advised their Late in the. evening a few. tired guests reached some lobbies after walking down as many as 20 stories to register no additional Guests Get Workout Climbing Stairs originally was cast for a similar role and had Noonan as a "relief navigator" on the flight, has returned to his duties tlH'StS. and resting several times en route, The strike threw some hotels Although there was no threat of From Page 1), not need any alimony he ventured in one of his few statements. Mrs.

Johnson rocked and rocked today, and smiled at the flippant remarks of spectators'. The neighbors weren't smiling. They were angry because spectators 'are ruining their lawns. Also without a smile were the police, who threatened to build an eight-foot fence around Mrs. Johnson's chair.

She told them she'd stay there even if they built' a fire around her, so the police gave up. clal elite arrived at the Palace influx was on. Local hotel man- Info the wildest confusion. Telephone operators discos other stranded guests, including Miss violence, some of the hotels closed all but their front doors' and posted agers said they expected a sell with the United States Lines, and Paul Mantzi' who was Miss Earhart's technical adviser and accompanied her as co-pilot to Hawaii, will wave r(ed all calls promptly at 5 p. guards there.

Only guests and per Western America of the Golden Gate Exposition, Joy Ellis of Seattle, and out in 24 hours If the San Fran- sons on important busrness were early in the morning when 40 jm warts, set out from Westmin! Bridge intending to walk 52 mile. Brighton for the annual stock i change road race. I Hotel, unaware that the annual "Barn Dance" of the Stanford Convalescent Home for Children had been postponed because of the strike to May 21. Dressed In "hick" Loutse Jlenry, screen actress, and ran Cisco strike continues. OOO admitted.

Police Chief William m. Immediately there was a rush r.f quests for pay stations. Lines in front of some of the stations ran the length of lobbies, where the elevator with dexterity. "I learned Quinn transferred 21 officers from during the New York strike," said th San Francisco hotel guests were foraging corner grocery stores for outlying stations to Central Sta tenor. And ho-ho, I am prepared, befcweled women and men In tion and five to Southern Station to Drama Student We food supplies last night.

Strike pick already had a suitcase of apples and evening dress Jostled to keep ets did not bother them, but jeered their, positions. Some reported give hotels additional protection EMPLOYERS WILLING TO CONTINUE PARLEYS A friend draped a piece of canvas over Mrs. Johnson's chair to, shelter her from intermittent showers today. "I should have let the rain fall bananas my room. anyone attempting to pass the lines t'nev waited an hour to place a with food in commercial quantities.

rail. One strike picket 'apparently thought the Monadnock Building, on One chauffeur, Miguel Duemas. ran The negotiations, which started in December, were broken off. Friday the gauntlet successfully at the Mark Waiters watched clocks as the strike deadline neared. One waiter Market Street, was the Palace an on me though," she said.

"The only bad thing about this strike is that Hopkins with an armload of "eat night. J. J. Schlaepfer, spokesman nex. He organized himself into a pushing a tray-wagon of; cocktails N.

Y. Publisher's Si INDIANAPOLIS, May (U.R) Charles Coudert Nast, 1, York attorney and son of the lisher Conde Nast, and Miss Jif Houser of Indianapolis were ried today at the home of the Nast is a graduate of Har University and the Columbia versity school of law, served I deputy attorney general in ables" for his employer, a hotel for the industry, said hotel opera her good bye this time from Oakland instead of from Honolulu. "I expect to follow the round-the-world route which we mapped out originally," Miss Earhart said, "except for a few minor changes that may be necessary because of the advanced season and the probability that I will run into a good deal if rainy weather at some points along the way. MAPS COURSE ROUGHLY "The course, roughly, will be from Oakland to Honolulu, Howland Island, New Guinea, Australia, and thence along Imperial Airways' Australia-England route to Karachi, India. From there I plan to skirt the southern coast of Arabia to Aden, fly across Africa and the South Atlantic and return to the I'm about to die for a bath." one-man parade, and strode back and a tea dnnsant took off his coat, tors were willing to continue nego guest.

ShTits greeted his appearance with Ihree fried chickens, a forth in front of the office building, folded it over the wagon and paused tlations another week. Brother Named in displaying his banner, for almost to drink two cocktails before tak dozen heads of lettuce and 4wo of bread, but he Ing his place on the picket line two hours, OOO Auto Damage Suit "We gladly consented to the Mayor's request to arbitrate the question of the'frve-day week for costumes, they came by the scores, gazed dejectedly at the big piles of hay hauled to the Rose Room and Palm Court for the occasion and went home to change clothes. One of the most embarrassed persons when the strike came was Archibald II. Price, manager of the Palace Hotel. Price, tinder the Impression the strike had been called off, was telling guests at a tea dansant there would be no walkout.

While he was talking a "Pull Out" picket whispered to the orchestra. They packed up nd departed," leavinir the tall, gray-haired manager standing alone in the spotlight. OOO MuMans at some hotels took tlw Urikt call literally, $tmpena'ing their tootling or drumming in thr. middle of a bar. Afternoon dancert thought it was a new-type finale, and clapped far an encore but there ivas none.

Dancing stopped suddenly at the St. AI5K TO SOME BUT LITTER TILL TO OTHERS disregarded them. 0 0. 0 Brother filed suit against brother in Superior Court yesterday. the few remaining employees in Women guests of the St.

Francis Late last, night strike headquarters announced' that pay-roll clerks would be ordered back to work for a feu hours to issue pay checks to fellow said a statement Issued Walter. R. Bishop of -Berkeley In some lobhles guests took the strike as a lark, joshing each other shout climbing stairs and carrying staged a sit-down strike of their ou wants $3000 damages from William G. Bishop of 1291 East 34th Street, the hotel lobby, hen the management by Schlaepfer. "On the remaining question of anion preference for clerical employees, representatives York in 1928 and was a Repubf candidate tor Congress from Fifteenth New York District in Miss Houser, daughter of Mariorr E.

Ensley, a'tended dif school in Washington, D. California inoriplayed in the production of "Dodsworth." politely suggested that they changi Oakland, strikers. Leaders said the strike was called just before payday. They plan to send pay clerks back long enough i ir own luggage. In others, where sntainous piles of luggnge were wn in confusion, guests ex- hostelries after the strike curtailed United States via Venezuela, Central According to the complaint, Walter or both sides agreed, at the Mayor's reauest.

to endeavor train My luggage is on the Uth America and Mexico." was standing in his brother's garage when the latter drove his car into it.) td bitter resentment at the one woman exclaimed. Miss Earhart went to New YOrk to usue checks and then send them bark to the picket line. Employers will be asked to approve the proposal, i idenness of the strike. couldn't walk up to my room, much next wee to arrive at an under-standlnr which would be mutually last week after supervising most o( His foot was squeezed between the wars were all closed. Drinking front bumper of William's Car and the repair- work on her round-the- less carry down mv luggage.

"0 0" satisfactory. they mid. 3 limited to water drawn from SEWER COSTS PROBED. NAPA, May 1. Costs of a si for a sewer disposal plant herf the rear wall of the garage, the'suit 1 Orchestras hailed on Jarring Evening cocktail parties broke up says.

He suffered injured nerves world plane. She was enthusiastic over the thorough job of reconditioning being done on it, saying that OPERATORS STILL FEEL SETTLEMENT POSSIBLE is in the middle of dance Lauder Gets Record be told Monday night, it, announced today by CJ BDrupuy at various San Francisco hotels, when at the stroke of 5 the and muscles in the foot, the complaint adds. i shms and left couples poised on Unfortunately the strike action Merk Hopkins, Palace, Sir Francis Drake, Clilt, and Fairmont Sum for Radio Act did not permit his effort to be Solomon, chairman of the bartenders peeled off their white Walters attorney is Booth a. Hotels. it had been strengthened in many places and otherwise improved, so she now has complete confidence in its ability to carry overloads made.

We still feel that it is pos' jackets and calmly strolled away. Goodman. The accident occurred 'on LOS ANGELES, May 1. (U.R)-Sir Chamber of Commerce come sponsoring the project. sible to settle amirablv these re.

March 13 of this year. Harry Lauder, world famous Scotch comedian, will arrive at Los Angeles i fot, i porters, telephone rlevator operators, maids, viaiicrs, an1 other employees i ii -st so auddenly from some en-s that Incoming gursts were rd back by the -rush. Business mpn, dropping in for their pre-dinner "snifter" after that, found ttif only thirst quencher-was water maining questions, arid stand ready to do so at any time." from New Zealand May 17, with a Union spokesmen charged hotel new money-getting record tucked Wally Spends $10' 000 for New Dresst under his highland tastan. operators with bad faith. They claimed that, after the unions de Matson line offices announced" to By MARY FENTRESS.

many rooms were emptied the evening, hotel walls OOO A flustered lady fluttered up and down the Palace lobby with her Pekinese, calling plaintively for a bellboy to "take Fifi out for her afternoon walk, and take her quickly, please!" 'After a few moments the women rushed Fifi out on Market Street with a look of desperation on her face. When they returned, the look of had vanished, but the lady's face was red. O' day that the man who made the United Press Staff Correspondent at the drinking founts. OOO One busboy, at the Mark Hopkins, had a farewell drink on the managcWnt. He had pushed a cart of cocktails into the middle of the dining room when the clock struck 5.

He dropped the cart, re- moved his uniform jacket, downed a cocktail from the tray with rel- (Copyright. 1937, by the United Press I layed a strike previously announced for April 17, the industry stocked supplies in anticipation of a strike and engaged University, of California til MONTS, France, May 1. Mrs. stuff ed with shining silver trip, and. Turtles and other small ar Celtic, ballads famous will come in on its steamer Monterey after having received the biggest sum ever paid for a radio broadcast in New Zealand.

Sir. Harry pocketed $1000 George O. Bahrs, attorrfey for the even fish, decorate other gap is made along close-fitting lines, Wallis SimDfon indicated to me in 0 students to take the place of strikers, an exclusive inierview today that Hotel managers denied they lor .15 minutes on the air waves. wire tappers have forced her to cut short her talks by telephone with would attempt to engag new: em ployees during the strike. Some ex Several radio favorites were Ish and Irft.

i and Hugo Ernst, secretary strike committee, both agreed strike would not be settled in thnn three days. Ernst added employers will hnve to meet terms. We have $23,000 in the ir arA ntii infprnntinnnl mill Berkeley Man Gets pressed the hope they might br per forced off the air by the strike. KSFO had to do without Joe. Reich OOO Bertha Webber, Berkeley musl the Duke of Windsor and have prevented discussion of definite marriage plans.

There are six evening which include one of navj crepe trimmed with a cerise brought over each shoulder ar mitted to float down in front hem. Another evening dress of navy blue crepe with printed butterfly on the.skir worn with a navj blue'eoat short puffed sleeves. There is one golf ensembU man's orchestra at the Fairmont; mitted to serve guests who make their homes permanently at the Friant Contracts with a long, swirling skirt. Jt is equipped with a zipper, decorated with sapphires, in the back. It is one of 16 dresses being made for Mrs; Simpson's honeymoon with the Duke of Windsor.

British newspaper correspondents were not interested in Mr. Simpson's new dresses today, as their papers intend to "play down" her romance with the Duke of Windsor. Sewing girls worked overtime to hotels. Hal Kavelin and his orchestra were missing when their turn came to WASHINGTON, May 1. flj.R) rian.

who had been swimming in the Fairmount crawled out at 5 o'clnrk and couldn't find her clothes. The locker attendants had vanished. A vision of herself stroll Tampering with wfifes has occurred continually of late, she When the earlier strike threat broadcast from the Mark Hopkins over KPO on a National broadcast: was averted April 17 employers Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes today announced award of a contract for street, alley, sidewalk. conceded to five uiions preferential said, and because of their anxiety to keep their plans secret, Fhe and the duke have simply exchanged greetings and trivialities. KGO had to get a substitute fnr Paul Pandarvis' music makers at ing through the lobby in a swim suit racked her brain and she "burnt sewer and water systems for the government camp at Friant Dam in employment and, the five-day 40-hour week.

The agreement included cpoks, waiters, waitresses, bar sisting of a brown wool jersey worn with a short jacket blue twee, made without a t. us with $125,000." rsperators estimated the loss rach $30,000 a day if the cl ses the 15 hotels eom- Trnet, union Vllsman, i sympathetic strikes had walkout complete. C03TPLETELY I IS EtrORT i.ployee is out," he said. Kip' the wires telephoning for the the Central Valley Reclamation the Palace, while KFRC was on the air without Herman Waldman's program from the Sir Francis manager. The manager tried the When I arrived at Conde Castle tenders and miscellaneous workers.

Project in California to Andrew J. Clausen of Berkeley, Calif, who bid I found Mrs. Simpson wearing a day to get the honeymoon collection ready for delivery at Conde Castle on Monday, before the Duke arrives The pact further provided that uui wiui idpeis. ii is lUMenei buttons shaped like butterfli-Mrs. Simpson has not select; new Paris creation.

The report unless satisfactory terms were had been published this week that Oakland hotel, were benefit locker room keys until he found the right one, and Miss Weber exited in her right mind and clothes belatedly. OOO ISinO Martini, Metropolitan opera wedding dress, but was repo negotiated with a new union of desk she was slimmer, but I found her 4 SCHOOL TO BE REDEDICATED REDWOOD CITY. May 1 Re- be studying several collecti clerks, office employees, bell hops, ting last night from San Frin- slightly plumper than when she cisco'i loss. Even before the strike arrived from lannes. 1 are tied up tighter than '-re's no elevator i room ser-i or any r.

t.er kind of dedication of the Jefferson School here as the John Gill School, to began, calls from worried San Franrlsro guest were trickling to was thought likely it wouli.p simple afternoon dress, with aAA to match, in ome shade of Ef favorite blue. The lection was estimated to ha1 to claim his bride. Edward's favorite color, blue, dominates the honeymoon garments. One of the most interesting dresses was a white dinner frock, decorated with a huge red lobster in front, fully two feet long. An afternoon suit had false butterflies in ot button Mrs.

Simpson has chosen a lame honor the memory of the late Mr. eshabille for her wedding night. me i.eamin;ton, Lake Merrill, mams and porters the general agrees ment with the five unions would be void. This clause wrecked negotisr-tinng when employers declined to a "cln.d shop" agreement affecting office employees. i and screen star, was not daunted by the strike, although he was in the Sir Francis Drake lobby when it started, and hu room is on the lnth floor.

He strode into vacant elevator, invited, Gill district superintendent nf Oakland, Carillon, and other local iiui-iiiT iii.vv vt Mils schools, was agreed on this wepk I Krhi.rtar.ii i. mU4 tte anion it $10,000 by style experts f. hotels, By 10 p. m. a traiubay by-th school board of trustees.

tion in sarDhire blue twinkled crere. witn rarisian paces..