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7 OAKLAND TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, MARCH IX 1M2 Tightrope Walking THREE RAILROADS Post to Hold 'Bathtub' Firefighter, a Success In London, to Be Used Here TO SEEK INCREASES Smoker Mar. 20 LOS ANGELES. March 12. U.R NEGRO REVEALED AS 'MESSMAN HERO' AT PEARL HARBOR PITTSBURGH, March 12.

The Pittsburgh Courier last night stated it had learned and the Navy Department had verified the fact Boy, 6, Strangles BEDHAM, March 12. U. Rodney J. Holliday, 6, practiced walking atop a grape arbor, pretending he was a circus tightrope walker. He slipped.

Two nails snagged his coat sleeves and yanked his button collar around his neck. He was found strangled. Three large California freight-carry' ing railroads pointed to wage in creases of $14,000,000 a year in ask RENA MOONEY IS LEFT OUT OF WILL BY LABOR LEADER Mrs, Rena Mooney, estranged wife of Tom Mooney, was omitted from the labor leader's, will. who left a negligible cash estate, bequeathed his personal effects to his brother, John B. Mooney, and his sister, Anna Mooney, both of San Francisco, and left his books, pictures and voluminous records of his bitter 22-year fight by enemy forces," Peck declared, "but also with possible sabotage and arson.

By use of this emergency ing approval of the State Railroad Commission for Increased Intrastate One Thousand or More Persons Expected to Attend Albany Party freight rates. unit, strategically 1 a and quickly available, firqs which otherwise might assume conflagration that Dorie Miller; 22-year-old Texas AT.BANY. March 12. Arrange Freight carriers operating within California seek to bQost rates to the levels created recently by the Interstate Commerce Commission for goods carried from one State to another. These include 6 per cent proportions can be speedily con-trolled." -INCLUDES PUMPER ments for the 10th annual smoker of Albany Post No.

292, American Legion, are completed, it was an for freedom, to the University of The trailer carries a 100-gallon supply dt water, a 120-gallon per minute pumper and is equipped increases lor all freight except agri cultural products, livestock and min nounced today Dy tr. Hanson general chairman. The Legionnaires will meet to-nieht at the Albany Veterans Build ing products, on which 3 per cent with 500 feet of hose, ladders, axes, The fire-fighting "bathtub," a trailer unit, similar to the one which has been Invaluable to wartime fire defense of London, soon will be manufactured in quantity production for use throughout California and the West This was revealed today by State Fire Marshall Lydell Peck who said that the trailer unit has many advanced features over those now in usein England. The trailer, compact and simple in operation, has been developed under Peck's direction and has won approval of fire chiefs and military and naval officers. costs About $1000 The "bathtub" trailer, so named because of its oval shape, can be built for approximately $1000 and may be quickly coupled to a passenger automobile or any other fire emergency.

"Fire defense, in the face of the National emergency, has to deal not only with the prospect of invasion gas masks, asbestos, suit, high-pow increases were granted. EL G. Anthony, executive vice' ing to prepare the hall for the show, 6 Youths Admit Robbery Guilt 'Strong-Arm Hoodlum' Gang Asks Probation After Plea Change Suddenly withdrawing their pleas rf innocent, six of the eight youths arrested as "strong-arm hoodlums," today pleaded guilty to robbery and applied for probation. Superior Judge Lincoln S. Church directed the probation officer to submit his recommendation on April 2.

The court dismissed a second robbery count against them when they admitted robbing Elivlo Silvestrini, 1537 Liberty Street, El Cerrito, of $13 last November 30. Those awaiting sentence are William" 18, 1444 32nd Street; George Blaich, 20, 920 Wood Street; Haymond. Meral, 22, 941 Myrtle Street; Michael Muskin, 19, 1427 Linden Strer; Wallace Oliveira, 20, 8031 Adeline Street, and Albert Ruiz, 18, 942 28th Street Charges against Frank Mennick, 23, 668 35th Street, were dismissed by Judge Church on motion of the district The eighth defendant, aged 17, was certified to Juvenile Court California Library at Berkeley. Mooney died March 6 after a number of operations for stomach ulcers. He was released on a pardon in 1939 from San Quentin Prison where he served 22 years on conviction of killing 10 persons in the 1916 Preparedness Day parade bombing here.

scheduled for March m. Negro, was the hitherto "unnamed messman hero" who manned a machine gun on a sinking battleship in Pearl Harbor December 7 and fired it until forced by flames to retire. Miller had never fired a machine gun before the attack. The Courier quoted what it described as an official communique that had not been made public as saying: "At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mess Attendant Miller, In company with two officers and several enlisted men, was on the signal bridge of a battleship. "When the battleship was attacked, the commanding officer received what was to prove a fatal wound.

While others attempted to improvise a stretcher on which to ered spot and flood lights, crowbars, pikepoles, wire cutters and various fire-fighting tools. The pumper can connect to More than 1000 persons are pected to attend. Hanson said a po president of the Motor Truck Association, told the commission at today's hearing that truck lines also were operating under increased labor and other costs and needed additional revenue. lice detail will patrol the parking regular hydrant or can draw water areas adjacent to the Veterans Building on the night of the smoker. Roy Harford is aiding Hanson in booking talent.

Other committeemen are: W. L. Holland, Ma Etingofff from a river, lake or any other water supply. The electric generator is operated from a gasoline-powered motor and is capable of supplying ample electricity for emergency lighting in homes and hospitals. A second motor operates the pumper, which will send a A.

J. Martin, Ed Knox, C. F. Graeber, Mississippi Solons Ban Sunday Movies JACKSON. March 12.

St. Helena Mother Visits Soldier Son ST. HELENA, March 12. Mrs. Paul Engeli and son, Gerald, and Miss Frances McCaffrey- have returned, from Fort Ord, where they visited Mrs.

Engeli's son Paul, now 6 James Daly, program committee; Carl Watters, Lawrence Collins, Dr. E. A. Coe, Walker Lindh. James Sartain, stream of water four stories high.

There shall be no Sunday movies lower their commanding officer to a less exposed position, Miller and in Mississippi, says the State Legis lature. a lieutenant manned a pair of machine guns and fired upon the a radio operator. Young Engeli Theologian to Speak enemy aircraft NAPA, March 12. Dr. George "They maintained their lira until Cheers of soldiers in the galleries and pleas of two representatives who have enlisted were all in vain as the House killed the Senate-ap left St Helena a year ago with the St.

Helena National Headquarters Company, but has since transferred to a different outfit ColUver, professor of Christian Edu the machine guns Were put out of ard Hill, printings Fred Houser, Don Adams, Charles Ham, Ed Hanahan, Mason Lelghton, O. S. Homine, re freshments; Don Campbell and Ed Woods, scenery; Russell Rothschild, Bart Rolph, C. A. Finn, Ivan Der-thick, door committee; Leon Turn-bull, Harry Campbell, Ernest Spears, action by the encroaching flames cation at the College of the Pacific Benefit Whist Party SAN LEANDRO, March 12.

A whist party, for the benefit of the annual dahlia show of the San Leandro Dahlia Society, will be held tonight at 8:30 o'clock in the Veterans' Memorial Building, Bancroft and Callan Avenues. Mrs. Christine Groves is chairman. The public is invited, I set by enemy bombs. proved Sabbath movie bill yesterday.

70 to 49. in Stockton will be the guest The captain was carried to the shelter of an anti-aircraft gun, Minister representatives begged their colleagues not to "ask the speaker at a meeting of the Methodist's Men Club here tonight His subject will be "The Message of SMITH Formations Birds fly in a formation for the same reason that aviators do-to avoid each other's slip stream. where he ordered all hands to aban Dewey Du Frane, Sid Williams, Rob-er' Moore, Robert Riedel, Roy Olson don ship, the communique added, devil to come in" as they led oppo' sitlon to the measure. and Charles Lewis, house committee, the Church Today." and Miller and the others got ashore by climbing down the ropes of a crane. Miller was born October 12, 1919, in but lived most of his life in McClellan County, near Waco, where his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Conery Miller, now art sharecrop pers on a 28-acre farm. Councilman's Cafe Picketed by Union CONCORD, March 12. Pickets of the A.F.L. Bartenders and Culinary Workers' Union marched before the Salvio Street restaurant of Councilman J.

F. DeRosa today following wage demands which the cafe owner said he was unable to meet. DeRosa said that the business agent of the union had submitted a request that wages be upped 25 per cent for waitresses and 17 per cent for cooks and bartenders. Though his contract signed last July, was still in effect for a year, DeRosa said he had voluntarily indicated before the dispute that he would be agreeable to a 10 per cent Increase in pay for waitresses. 1 1 Groups Freed in Price Fixing Case LOS ANGELES, March 12.

(ff) Federal Judge Leon R. Yankwich has ruled that the Government failed to present a case against 11 of 24 trade associations, grocery companies and individuals accused or conspiracy to lix xooa prices. He dismissed charges against them. The remaining 13 were ordered to proceed with their defense in the trial which began February 11, Those winning dismissals were the Southern California Grocers' Association. United Jewish Retail Grocers, Certified' Grocers, Caler Grocery Company, T.

A. Von Der Ahe, Colonial Wholesale Grocery Company. State Wholesale Grocer Company, Market Basket Spartan Grocers, E. G. Staute and Ben 'Witness' Minister Awaits Sentence LOS ANGELES, March 12.

U.K Theodore Veuhoff, 30, minister of the Jehovah's Witnesses sect, awaited sentence today on conviction of violating the Selective Serv- Veuhoff failed to report to his draft board in Cascade, Ore. He maintained he should have been exempted because he was a member of a religious order and opposed service in the armed forces. Federal Judge J. F. T.

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