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MODESTO NEWS-HEBALD--JANUABY 1033- Eain, However, Was Deficient; December Particularly Cold Old man 1932 was fairly kind to Modesto as far wjth.r Blind Of County Paid $302.50 Per Month By State Appioximately $320.000 was allocated to the various counties by the state dm ing the fiscal year ended June 30 to alleviate distiess and suffering among California's 1710 iieeedy sightless persons, a ic- poi released Tuesday at Sacramento by Mrs. Rheba Crawford Splivalo, director of the state de- Ijartment of social welfare, shows. Seventeen Stanislaus County blind residents were given S30250 monthly by the state. The total paid out by the county Garner And Kainey Believe Extra Meet Necessary; April 17 Mentioned (Continued From Page 1) concerned. This became evident Tuesday when William F.

Martin, in charge of Modesto i College Weather Station, cpmpilpd statistics for the year. The mean temperature, an- was 59.8 degrees a compared with a normal 58 7. a month was July, i a a temperature 74.4 degrees, and, coldest was December with a F. Martin mean of 40.7. The highest temperature was 103, registered on July 7, and the lowest was 18 on December 13.

The greatest daily range in temperatuie was 43 degrees in July and in August. Three Cold Months January, February and December ere classed by Martin as cold and the amount given by the counties. Metced County had five peisons receiving aid amounting to $50 per month, while Ran Joaquin County iccelved for thhty-fivo sightless persons. Tuolumne County's six beneficiaries received $122 50. Turlock Man Says Assistance With Federal Loans Will Be Included were classed by Martin as coia ana Maich, May, June, September, a JJ lober and Novuuiuei i wdim.

The 1933 piogram of the Central Valley Council, California State The total precipitation for the year was 8 02 inches, or 2 49 inches below normal. Eveiy month had a deficiency of precipitation except Februaiy, May and July, Measurable snowfall occaired December 9 and measurable rainfall was re- coided on 8 forty-five days, or one out of eight. During year, about two of three days were clear, about one out of six was partly cloudy, and about one out of six was cloudy. The prevailing direction of the wind was northwest in every month except January, when the direction was variable. December was a particularly cold month, Mai tin reported.

The mean temperature was compaied with 40.7 degrees as a normal of 44.1. The mean temperature wa-3 50 and the mean minimum was 31.4. The highest temperature was 63 degrees, reported on the 4th. The coldest day was Sunday, the llth, the mean tempei ature being 26 degrees and the maximum 36 at noon. Eain Below Normal The month's total precipitation was 1.69 inches as compared with a monthly normal of 1.83.

There were nine rainy days, fifteen clear, six partly cloudy and ten cloudy. The seasonal precipitation at the end of the month was 183 inches as comparsd with 5.77 inches last season and a normal of 3.79. During the past sixty-two years there have been eleven seasons in which the July-lo-December precipitation weeks after the new admmistia- tion takes over the government on Mai oh 4. Only six eeks would have elapsed between inauguration day ai.d A mil 17, and then it was noted in 1929 eudent assembled the new congress on April 15. Speaker Gainei reiteiated to-day that he thought would be "diffi- to on extra session" in view of the "lame duck" congress attitude toward the Democratic legislative program and indica- tionb that the legislation may fail of enactment.

Representative Raincy of Illinois, the Democratic flooi leader, sa 1 he felt that the new cong: ess should meet as soon as possible after the present one dies. In The Senate In the senate, Democratic chieftains geneially concede that seventy-third congress must Electric Wire In Stove Pipe Leads To Damage Suit Superior Judge L. W. Fulkorth has under submission a JTiiOO damage suit bioujtht by Kent F. Stanley against Fmnk B.

Lander, both of Ceres, based on a peculiar accident in that community last March 3. Stanley testified he was fitting a stove pipe in a restaurant operated by Lander and was standing on a stove at the time. He put his arm in an opening for the pipe, he said, and came in roniact with a "live 1 wire, the Lander is accused of negligence in allowing the chaiged wire to be exposed. The law firm of Bush and Cleary represented Stanley, while Lander retained Attorney J. W.

Hawkins. or slightly less. Normally, 36 cent of the total seasonal precipitation occurs during the first haK of the season, anfl 64 per cent flur-j ing the second half. M. C.

A. Leaders Attend Conference TJhland Howard, president of the Modesto Junior College Y. M. C. was one of the more than 175 "Y'' leaders who attended the annual Asilomar conffience during the past few days.

He represent- This was announced Tuesday by F. Lane of Tuilock, president of the council, who said the program would include a move to obtain Federal Reconsti uction Corporation loans to aid growers r. the San Toaqum Valley Committee Named K. Marshall of Lodi heads a committep which will rndpavor to determine the amount of loans available for producers In the districts and the methods to he followed in filing the application. The council will study the proposal of a state bond issue to buy outstanding irrigation i i bonds in order to permit the dis- tiicts to pay off principal and terest on the annual installmei Suggested methods of stats com-; pulsoiy crop control will be ied by the agricultural group.

May Improve Koad Proposed means of obtaining finances to impiove the road between Tuolumne and the state fish hatchery will be mapped by the conservation committee, headed by D. Fricot of Angels Camp It has been suggested that men now In the state unemployment camps be used on the project More than 100 valley leaders are expected to attend the session, over which City Clerk John F. Blakeley of Lodi, chairman, will preside. Edward Taggard i ii In Auto A i Edward B. Taggard, 22, of Modesto was seriously injured early yesteiday when the automobile in the be called together some time in the Spring.

The reason April IV is viewed as a logical date is because they believe that the session coulc bs ended by not later than July 1 or before the Summer heat invades the capital. Some of the leaders plan to suggest, that date to Piefaideiu-eleei Roosevelt Thursday at their conference with him in New York The conference will have a greai bearing on whether the incoming executive will assemble the new national legislature. Many members-elect are making plans to i emam here dur ing thej Spring with a view to attending an exUa session. PAGE stars. Strangers Group i Right To Powell and Kay Francis Speak In Courthouse Park Free outdoor speaking space but no food or lodging will be offered bj Iho uty to a caravan of "hunger marchers" due here the last of this week while on route to Sacramento present various demands to the This was revealed Tuesday by Mayor I.

Dennett and Police whom the of narchers have been referred. May Speak In Park "The city will allow them Plan Closed Meeting --The Modesto Kiwanis Club will hold a closed meeting Wednesday noon in the Hotel Modesto to transact business, it was announced Tuesday. Fnilt trees for the family orchard. Complete assortment now California Nursery Corn- South Highway across (adv tf i eady. pany, bridge.

Clearance Sale--C Cor- settes, Girdles. Step-ins, Bandeaus and Brassieres at one-half price, this week only. Lennon's, 811 Tenth Street. Phone 562. adv tf Post Bail--G.

Goldman, 25, and John S. Moore, 21, both of Stockton, were released Sunday from the county jail after posting S10 cash bail each. They are charged with possession of liquor. Sweaters 51.95; Skirts Wool Robes $3 95; Polo Coats S8.95. KOOSEYELT LAYS PLANS HYDE PARK, N.

Jan. --Franklin Roosevelt began today giving his undivided attention to the piogtam he will carry with him into the White House March 4. Freed of tho governorship of New York, the president-elect has singled out the task of balancing as the first of ilch Dr F. E. Carmfchaol, Dentist-- Hth and Needham.

103 Park. Phone 811. Also Geer Bids-, Tur- in the federal treasury the national proble for approval at this parley, president-elect hopes to go inh which he was riding friends skidded, overturned and caught fire on the highway between Stockton and Manteca. The youth, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

E. A. Taggard of Scenic Drive, suffered severe lacerations ed the Stanislaus County 'Y'. Jack Hazard, secretary of the county organization, also attended the conference, closed Monday. Kirby Page, author and peace advocate, wag one of the principal speakers at the conference.

FHONK 134 ADULTS 35o CIIILDKBN IOC six and vertebra. possible fractured neck Hia companions, all of whom received cuts and bruises were Alice Stout and Bel ty Burgess, both of 210 Oak Etrtcl, Modesto; Robert Trivilpiece and Irvin Lang of Stockton; Harold L. Hudson, 22, and Marian Flora, both of Modesto. Trivilpiece, Lang: and Miss Stout at students at the Modesto Junior College. All wsre treated at the emergency hospital at Stockton.

Robinson Proposes Tax Penalty Cut By McCIatehy Newspaper Wire SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3. The rst of a series of measures deigned to decrease tax penalties on elinquent property owners in irri- ation districts was introduced to- ay in the assembly by Assemblyman C. Ray Robmsor, Merced. Robinson doclared relief from xcessive penalties is necessary be- ause many property owners are osing then? farms and homes.

The bill reduces the penalty of 0 per cent on the first second installments to 5 per cent on each. also reduces the interest payments on delinquent property taxes iaterially and increases the period redemption from three to four Disabled Veterans To Meet Wednesday A business meeting of Modest Chapter No. 26, Disabled America: Veterans of the "World War, wl held Wednesday evening, Janu ry 11, at 8 o'clock at the Veterans lub at 607 Eleventh Street. John Eonsack, chapter command will preside. He ha? urged attendance of the member hip.

Be On Tho Lookout For JOE CAMPI Ilollj wand a 1 11 and fttuiit a of f.unoin A i le line I Demon Friday and Saturday Har din's. (adv. lock. Phone 183. problems with he will deal.

To this end he will confer Thursday night at his New York City home with party leaders in congress. Severe economy and, if necessary, new taxes aie in line irley. The go into his first year with an income for the federal government that will match the outgo. Roosevelt after bidding farewell to his governorship of New York at the inauguration yesterday of Herbert Lehman, is intent that this divided congress put the federal tieasuiy on a paying basis for the first year that he must serve, beginning March 4. Other Problems But the president-elect has multitude of other problems con- lionting Him, including me btiiiii- tion of a cabinet and envoys to represent him abroad in the negotiations he will undertake with individual nations for a settlement of the war debts and adjustment of the tariff.

Home Department a Meeting A home demonstration meeting jn Meal Planning With Local Products originally planned by Mrs. Margaret Todt, Stanislaus County home dempnstration agent, for Wednesday, has been postponed to Monday, January 16, at 2 P. M. It will be held at that time at ths home of Mrs Edna Hadley on McDonald Avenue in the Wood Colony district Members of the Wood Colony Home Department are invited to attend and to take their iriends. Winter Vacation Ends For Pupils School books, which have gathered dust since December 16, were put to work again Tuesday when Modesto's army of school children went back to its studies at the end of the annual Christmas vacation (adv tf Out On Ball--Earl Brannan, 35, a Modesto automobile mechanic, is at liberty to-day on bail following his arrest early Sunday morning on the Crows Landing Highway by California Highway Patrol officers on a charge of driving while intoxicated.

Dress Specials, $3.95, Semi- Commissioner A. Brown, to to A THEATERS One-Way Passage At Strand To-day Every steamer that puts to sea is freighted with unRuessed, and untold dramas. Such is the theme of One-Way Passage, which comes to the Strand to-day, with William as the to each other until speak at a public place here, probably the courthouse park," said Brown, "but we have 110 facilities to extend them food lodging. "Besides, why should we pay money to house and feed them when we haven't enough money to rare for our own needy 7 Our own must come first always." Last year the marchers were given over-night lodging and mrals by Mrs. Ella Maze, who acted as an individual.

Thus far, neither Mr s. Maze nor any other individual has announced plans to care for the marchers. Formal equests for accommodations were made on the city by advance agents of the marchers, who will ask the legislature for cash end other things. To Mrrrert In Fresno, a citizens' committee has been named to care for. the marchers, while in Merced Mayor John Cornett and Councilmen A.

S. Howard and George Geoffrin have been named to pi-ovide for the group. They said arrangements would be made to see that the over-night visitors wouM be neither hungry nor shelterless while in Merced. they meet at the opening of the story, Joan Ames and Dan Hardesty fall in love the moment their eyes meet. Instantly they resolvo that the month of; love and LompumuiiMiip they uuu havu while their steamship is crossing the Pacific Is worth the rest of life.

And they know that is the price each must pay, for death, in different guise, waits for both on the American shore. Opening in Hong Kong, on the eve of the vessel's departure, the action carries the audience across the Pacific, stopping en route at Hawaii for a day, and moving to its climax as the Golden Gate is passed. Aline MacMahon and Frank Mc- lugh, although a pair of team- ship crooks, are afforded sympa- hetic comedy Warren New Morals For Old On National Screen The younger generation plays en Important pat I in Now Morals For Old, feature of a National Theater program for VvednepJay. The story deals with a struggle between old-iashioned parents and modern children. Hampered by constant restrictions and supervision at home, a brother and sister resolve to lead their own lives, defying conventions and the wishes of parents.

The son longs for a career as a painter and shuna hia father's wallpaper fousl- iess. The uuugitlcr iailo in vUh a married man and scorns Puritan inhibitions. Tho principal stars of tho cast are Lewis Stone, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt and Laura Hope Crewcs. iymer has the 3urke, a dogged part of Steve member of the ian Francisco police department, vho proves Hardesty's undoing. Others important in the cast are Herbert Mundin, Frederick Buron and Douglas Gerraid.

A Talkertoon, a two-reel Mack Sen- ictt comedy, a sporf thrill and a Paramount news complete the program. "The way, to to stop hunger can't be done with Cornett has said prevent hunger--it i guns," lubilcly. Mayor Steele Presides At 20-30 Luncheon Reginald Steele, recently-elected president of the Modesto 20-30 Club, wielded the gavel for the first time at a luncheon the ciub Tuesday noon In the Hotel Modesto. Radio Crenes Angoria Wools I Discussion centered on plans for Crepes, Angoria i pubhshing ihe Feb i uary i ssue the Twenty-Thirtian, the club's Sorvipp mil Rav's 1 magazine. This issue is to carry hone 2605! (adv tf pictures of and articles about Mo-, desto.

Plans were formulated for an overnight snow party, probably at Twam-Harte some time this month. A talk on gold mining was given by Robert L. Kimmel, secretary of the Modesto Chamber of Comerce. Approximately twenty-five members and guests attended the lunch- Checks Over Bids--City Engineer Frank Rossi haa completed checking over bids for the digging of a new well at the main pumping station, which is expected to increase the capacity by 1000 gallons per minute. The council is scheduled to award a contract for the digging at its January 11 North Carolina, the twelfth state join the Union, now is twelfth population ranking.

Aihambra Patrolman Mortally Wounded In Attempted Theater Robbery LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 police officer was killed and another wounded In two battles to- robbers ai hoi-Sup men invaded three theaters and a market, escaping with $2500 In cash from two establishments. James H. Narison, Aihambra officer, was mortally wounded dur- Thursday will bring Edmund a In the Aihambra The- The Age Of Consent Showing At Lyric The Age Of Consent, featuring Dorothy Wilson, will be seen at the Lyric Theater Wednesday. This picture, adapted from the Broadway stage pla; Martin Fiavi play.

Cr in, Is plzv Crossroads, by tyed against background of college life, but there is no ukelele strumming, or fat boys sitting on pianos In turtleneck sweaters. In other words, it Is not a rah. rah rah picture. It involves the lives of a boy and a girl, made miserable by campus rules that forbid marriage. Others in the cast arc Afllno Judge.

Richard Cromwell, Erie Linden, John Halliday and Aileen Prlngle. Bag Limit On Frogs Planned By Assemblyman Bag lunits for bull frog hunters the unique proposal to bo aub- mitted uniqt to legislature by Assem- Plymouth Six tfour-Door Sedan-Completely equipped; i price $766. R. R. McBnde.

Strand Barber Shop, 1023-lOth St. (adv 9 Boolted In Juil--Carl Mayer of Vancouver, British Columbia, was booked in the county jail on a vagrancy charge Monday by the police at his own request for a place to sleep. Something New and unheard of: New Velzor Duart permanent wave $4 and S5. Beauty 929 Eleventh. Phone 1232.

period. Some schools in the county, however, opened Monday. In many cases they were forced to close earlier because of influenza among the pupils and were opened Monday to make up a day. All Children's (adv tf haircuts 25c. (adv 26 Seasonal Rainfall Boosted Slightly Modesto's seasonal rainfall was raised to 1.68 inches when a storm early Tuesday morning brought Man Drops Sanity Trial Plea Request for a jury trial to determine the mental condition of Virgil Faria of Turlock, adjudged to be insane by physicians after an examination, has been dropped, and Faria has been turned over to the custody of two brothers Chow-hllla.

Authorization for the disposition of the case made oy Superior Judge L. W. Fulkeith. The sanity trial of Faria was to have been, held this week. January 30 was set as the time for a report on how the arrangement is working.

ulyman H. Zlon, Modesto, to conserve the bull frog supply of Stanislaus County. Zlon explains that some thirty years ago nn extremely edible type flog was planted at La Grange Dam. The, frogs multiplied rapidily, spreading to canals and irrigation ditches. Within the last few years, a market for frog legs haa been developed and market hunters aie making such heavy inroads on the fiogs that there Is danger of their extinction.

Zlon's bill will HmSt the number of frogs taken in any one day. Hord Returned To Face Oregon Charge Sought since last Summer on a cattle- stealing charge, R. E. Hord nty E. J.

Newton to be prosecuted for the alleged theft. The law caught up with Hord in Newman, where he was working when apprehended by local author- lueo. Sheriff Newton arrived here Monday to return Hord to Benton County, wbeie the asserted thefts occurred. The defendant did not oppose extradition. Hord also was questioned in connection with various hog and cattle thefts in the was en route to Benton Count; Oregon, to-day in custody of She: 932 Auto Death Toll Reaches 25 In Stanislaus Twenty-five persons died in Stanilaus County during 1932 as the esult of automobile accidents, it VG.S revealed on Tuesday by A.

A. dbrrison, captain of the Stanislaus ounty unit of the California Hlgh- my Patrol. This is ar. increase of nine over 931, when the total was sixteen. In 1929 the total was twenty-four nd in 1930 it was thirty-seven.

Only two of the deaths during 332 were in incorporated cities, Captain Morrison said. One was in Modesto and one in Turlock. Dui Ing the preceding year, Mo- esto escaped having a single as the result of nn antomo- ilo accident Turlock and Newman oth reported one. Morrison said the slate total has lot been compiled as yet. In 1931 here were 2591 deaths in Califor- 1a, 2384 in 1Q30 and 2244 in 1929.

in the hand and beaten severely in frustrating tha holdup of a vegetable market. Cashiers in two other theaters were held up, the robbera taking $1600 from a Loa Angeles show- house and $900 from a theater in San Pedro, The holdup men escaped before the police could arrive. Safe Missing In the robbery in which Narlsor. waa slain, the Intruders were discovered by two employes, who entered the building and found the safe missing. They summoned the police, Narison and thrae companions responding.

Aa the police were en route, a robber appeared and locked the employes in an office. A moment later, Narison and the other officers entered the lobby. Narison heard a rustle behind a curtain and shouted the command to surrender. No answer followed and the officer stepped to the curtain. As he pulled it aside, the robber shot him in the abdomen, with a shotgun.

The other officers fired back, but the holdup man escaped in the darkness. Nearby the officers found the safe, Ils contents intact although preparations had been made to explode it. I California Ballroom DANCE I 1 WEDNESDAY MOONLIGHT 1 SERENADERS I Admission BOc, Ladles Free Mils 5c Fed: Stanislaus district, but linked with any, officers said. not SLIPPERY DRIVING DAYS AHEAD! You'll need tires that GRIP. Enjoy the safety of stout new Goodyeara this fall and winter.

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