Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 19

IEWS ON JH N0UR EVERY HOUR KLX 910 n. THE TRIBUNE STATION iJJItlTED UNITED D1ILT IEWS FOREIQI SERVICE VOL. CL OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 15, 1949 19 NO. Not everyone would appreciate a badly stained ceiling in his living room, but for one renter it has tnant assurance of continued occupancy, at an attractively low price. Every time his landlord comes around he moans' about the low rent and threatens to put the place on the market.

Then he looks at that ceiling stain, mentally computes the Kidnaping Is Called 'Prank' cost of a new roof, and shakes his' head over the mournful conclusion! KM Police Fail Link to Abduction With De John Murder Trial The kidnaping of Katherine Riordan, pretty daughter of San Francisco's former police chief, was confirmed today by investiga-tion officers, but the motive remained a mystery. Captain of Inspectors James Eng lish, who made a personal investi-gation of the reported abduction, couk only suggest that it might have been some kind of a prank. Although any connection between the kidnaping and the Nick De John murder trial was too obscure to even reach the status of a theory, one thing was obvious. that no one would buy the place its present condition. The renter cheerfully agrees with him He doesn't even ask the landlord to do any redecorating or repairing.

The renter is a very capable artist. One of his masterpieces is a beautiful job he did almost two years ago when he painted that stain on the ceiling. 0 0 0 0 Museums throughout the world ought to be bidding againsi each other to purchase a "Stradivarius model violin'' advertised for sale a recent issue of a national magazine. Or should they'' The great violin maker. Antonio Stradivari, died back in 1737.

During )he subsequent 200 years plus, it is believed that every one of his masterpieces has been located. This one. according to the ad. is in "perfect condition; four months Riding the buckskin at the Hotel Leamington coffee shop are the top riders from "down the cream of Australia's crop of cowhands (left to right): Jimmy Jupp, Tom Smythe, Zell Qumlan, Gordon Roberts. Johnny Moylan.

They're here to prove at the horse show and rodeo that although the approach may be opposite, the end is the same. 40 Flee Fire OAKLAND TAX TOP BRACKET, RATE REACHES SURVEY FINDS sessed valuation were equal Irrie 100 pel" cent Valuation to the licgarding these tax rate increa-es which showed that in cities of Oak-laud's population group, the per Climbing aboard a handy xhdsterfield, Zell Quinlan, queen of Australia's outdoor girls, waves "tally ho" from one of the pancake saddles used by Aussie "drovers" in the various fields of "buck jumping." Tribune photos. capita assessed valuation has m-opulatmn creased per cent, or twice the Here to Ride Bronc Busting Aussie 'Drovers' In Horse Show Fi fiom Ihe wild ranges of average for all other eilies, the Bureau explained: "Since it is unlikely 1h.il Ihe citiens of these cities demand more services than the citiens nf either lariiei" 01 smaller cities, it may be that (Iroup With the sixth highest )ax rale amonu US cities nf enmnn rahle kic Oakland also is exceeded its 1D4R-4!) combined tax rate on ly eight nf the Ami with more than 250.000 These startling facts were levelled in a comprehensive study by the Deli mental it Bureau of (iovcrn-seareh, according to an nnnlvsis released here today bv the Alameda County Taxpayers' iat ion Asso The analysis i by the Taxpayi uike cities of Alameda County to- u'mri a milled stand to enualie ralM. citiesvif Oakland's population -lean cities part of an effoit Association to around Ihe Inn Vo It just t.akes five chamnons of the, tier," was one aiewer. III cities mi which Oakland is ranked i are undergoing more ilias-' tic population changes, a factor not The Australians ill take an opposite view on bulliloggmg.

Instead of American headon tactics, the Aussies will grab their steers by the tail and somersault the surprised animals In their own country the drovers Australia, horse and ittlrl flew briskly into 1 ninr; and sat down 3 bl eak fast of ham Oakland this mi immediately lo and eggs, Typical Australian dish'' one oi the bronco-husters answered we have lots ol nitrs over there''' Here lo show Iheir heels to Amer ha top cowboys at the International Urn Show a. in World's Champion- ship Horieo opening Friday al thi Federal OK on Pensions Sought WASHINGTON. Feb IS iTV A delegation of California officials arrived today to try to get quirk Federal approval of the st Ir new public assistance pension program Mvrr Heading the group is Williams state welfare diirrlnr The others an" others are C. A Herbage, deputy phi snenal ssMant director. Edward Bernard nd Leonard Friedman, deputy at- loincJfv general.

Thev will confer tomorrow minn- with Senator Downey La I i lino ntrM Calif. I and Representative King tD all chairman ot a subcommittee nf the fahfnrnh, House Doleeation. W.th the members of Congress. 3, mil meet tomorrow with limv.r enmnnssmner of the Federal Social Security Admin istration. and other Federal Scour ity Agency officials.

Mrs Wilhamsgtold a reporter that discussions will be aimed geneially at deciding whether" further" clarifi-. ration of Ihe state's liberalized old age pension plan is necessary to ob- tain Federal participation The Federal Government has withheld matching funds since January 1 pending Federal approval of the new plan. Federal Security Agency officials ha'e said the principal quest inn is whether" Ihe eligibility require-; nlrns nf the new state pension plan are actual liberal that persons not need might receive pub- lie assistance pensions. Flames Shoot High In Oil Plant Fire Ki'oup, Ihe average adjusted tax ralerities of comp laic used lo biilldogging zebus, wild," 01 me vlcm tne aeiense half-breed annuals whirl, enorteri 1 attorne-vs and learned it WBS tht In Hotel Here One fireman was injured and 40' persons were routed from Ihe Maryland Hotel. F.ighth Street, and adjoining buildings last night as a Ihiee-alaiin blaze caused damage estimated at $10 000 Assistant Fire Chief Carl Weber declared it was an incendiary lire Kerosene and gasoline soaked caidbnaid and papers were found on a landing of an oulside stau-wa j-llie real of the hotel.

Weber reported. The lire broke out in a trash pile Picture on Page 17 I the base of a stairwell al the back I the three-story frame and stucco oti-l building Sovenlv firemen, using 14 pieces fire apparatus, checked the blaze fler a half-hour battle Ltrul John Gai. 34, of S237 James Street, received first aid treatment at the Citv Hall fire station for a burn on his right knee Fire damage was confined to the hotel i Police Officers Edward Wiede- meier and Richard F. Smith discovered Ilye blaze abnul m. as they i wer cruising in a patrol car.

An investigation will he conducted today by Fire Marshal Fred Carlson. Berkeley Holdup Suspect Arrested BERKELEY, Feb. 15. Police here id today that Joseph C. Goodman, ir, i Angeles had con- fessed the holdup of the Rivoli i Theater here August 29.

That bandit simulated a gun to! force cashier Ruth Y. Boland of 2232 Channing Way. to hand over $85. Los Angeles police say Goodman lids luii irsaru iu live niuuri mci I vuiih oKnni inn Exposition Building for a 10 dayfs the run, the ''drovers" Australian for which cowhand promised a mighty good off an nde I The 0 0 0 0 I The girls are not going to accept it as a conclusive test and the soap companies will be definitely antagonistic 0 Neither will pay much attention to the effort of scientists to keep mosquitos from biting feminine legs We never realized that was much of a problem but there must be some reason why the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine used stockings to test insect repellents. Experiments were conducted with" more than BOO compounds DDT, chlordane.

and parathion were the best. Some solutions repelled mosquitoes for a full year, and several were effective for 100 days During the testing period the report adds, the stockings were onre 0 0 0 0 The least vnu can say is that the City of Oakland will have a tax analyst who ran take a wholly impartial, completely unbiased, ana entirely neutral nosition on the problem. inr i i.y inunni pians Charles Everson to study toe situation and work with county of ficials toward an equali7ation nt nt' properly assessments Everson is an apartment house dweller and iccorris at the Alameda County Coin House show Charles Fvri'im on the list ol pi op en. taxpayers oooo This is the calm between the calm between 1 slmms the constitutional recess a t' anrf the The interlude is to permit legis- lators and interested cil izens to study the new hills It usually enables the discovery of some, unfortunately not all. of the well buried jokers.

It is probable that even now many citizens are planning lo ap pear before the Legislature during the coming session, to register indignant protest or hearty approval, depending respectively on whether the provisions of a particular bill hand a kick in the teeth to them or to their competitor As a service to them, the Knave herewith offers a compendium of legislative phrases which they will hear over and over ag-ain. together with translations The latter are-necessary to understand just what is taking place Suppose the distinguished speaker asserts: "As all of you here are ware What he means is; "None of ybu donkeys have ever heard of this, before s9 I am safe in saying that Other overworked cliches: "This is a simple little bill which merely I Here's hoping don't rad far enough to discover it changes "shall" to "shall VI am sure we ran get together and reach an agreement on this if the author will just consent to putting it over until tomorrow 'Bv that time I'll have ennuah votes lined up to kill this turkey, but deadl. "I have spent more time and ntudy on this matter than perhaps any other member (I just saw this thing five minutes ago: flnFe us not ask any questions until I can at least read it through). "I am glad that you asked that question (Who the devil tipped you rtff to bring THAT up') "I am going to vote for this bill, of course, but it occurs to me (Yeah. I'm stuck ancT I'll have to vote for it.

son. but what'll you bet I can't scare enough others away so this thing gets dumped'). i. 1S vwm rere, mai arise in oppose this measure (Now comes it; I've been sitting here for six davs jus aching to bust this baby-n its first appearance). I "I am a little confused (I've niake American steers look like tame poodles.

Also to be seen during the show Australian bull whip, with the e-perts can flick a fly animal's rump at 40 feet. Aussies will ride in flat- Friday's night opening. Tinsel reflected by the use of the 1940 census figures in Ihe tain ilal inn 7. which is $1 above or 3i per cent higher than the a'et age of $2 72 1 foi able according he i eport i. also showed the lax rales tor Heikelev and Ala- meda lo be above the average for cities in their population groups The five cities of comparable size exceeding then rate Oakland's tax rate, and are: Jersey City, $4 829; Minneapolis.

$4 Indianapolis 03. Deru Xi 971. New ark, N.J 90 Ordered to Close to restore the service. The courts .1. eided the raring news was being used bv bookies, whose business is illegal horse race betting Mandate papers weie mailed to Los Angeles last nighl.

Oscar Law-ler. Western Union attorney there. in trral as soon as they arrive Western Unhui will discontinue the service to eighl Continental service' poinls in California. Printers' Union Sciied BUENOS AIRES. Feb IS --iP) The Argentine Labor Department V.

a .,.,,1 oiiu ujji nru inr wuv iu irm i 1 thui Rn. a es 1 newspapers for eight days. "li our first trip, but we'll be crowned hats with Ihe brims pinned coming back." one of them assured (up on one side, short Viots without Although they hope to "get a ijfh heels, long shanked spurs, tight ride" before the show opening. Ihe trousers and the typical colorful visitors probably will spend most shirts. of iheir time sithlseeing.

TOI'K Ol' COl'NTItY IN DOWN I'NDER' STYLE I Oakland annearance All i men uaK arm appeal ame, The champions, who include Zell the drovers are to make a tout Quinlan. queen of Australia's out-1 around the country on similar en- door girls; Tom Smythe, John Moy- gagements lan. Jim Jupp and Gordon Tons of tnnbaik already have will ride American broncs, but in been moved into the Exposition "down under" style. building arena in preparation for increased 16 3 ten ver pr i mis year, near ly three times the niitional average, according to the Detroit report. Information for the Bureau's study was gathered from XQ cities, divided into six population groups, based on the 1940 census.

To have a fair basis of comparison, all tax rates were adjusted as if the as- Horse Race News Wire By order' of the II Cii'cuil Court nf Appeals, Continental Press Serv Angeles must diseont nine ny further use of Western rjnjn wires to obtain horse raci rig nPVVS The court issued its mandate San, Francisco late yesterday. enri- mg a 30-day stay of its earlier decision against the practice TlTe to The service over Western Union! $4 $3 I The investigation of the newest development in the trial over shadowed the day's testimony during which defense lawyers cross-examined the prosecution's surprise and prize witness. While police devoted their attention to the attractive blond daughter of Mike Riordan. Defense Attorney James C. Purcell sought and failed to shake the story of Mrs.

Eleanor Pierce that on the murder night of May 7, 1947. she saw De John's convertible backed into La Rocca's garage with four men around it. REBUTTAL WITNESS DUE Again, while Purcell led her carefully backward and forward over her previous testimony. Mrs. Pierce declared she recognized two of the men as Tony Lima and Frank Scap-palura, both fugitives.

And again no questions were asked concerning her ability to identify Leonard Calamia. Mike Abati and Sebastiano Nani, who are on trial for. De John's murder. At the close nf the cross-examination, Purcell could only indicate that the defense would have a man witness to testify that Mrs. Pierce has told an inconsistent story in the past.

As for the kidnaping of Misi Riordan. a secretary in the law offices of Ferriter and Purcell, Cap-lain English finally reported that he was satisfied that the abduction look place. TOI.D TO Jl'DGE He was convinced. English gaid, jthat the kidnaping had been perpetrated by pranksters unknown to Miss Riordan. The possible motive was "incomprehensible'' to police.

he said. The story, st first treated with skepticism in prosecution circles, was K'vpn credence after Captain English won a reluctant identifica- daughter of his former chief. The attorneys, who had released Ihe story to the newspapers but not 10 ponce, repeater, tne cham, bers of S. F. Superior Judge Preston jDevine before the trial opened.

Arler hearing only that the cap- jlnrs mentioned the De John case, Judge Devine decided that the kid- naP case belonged to the police and 'resumed the trial, Attys. Ferriter and Purcell, in Idjsclosing Ihe girl's identity, ex- that "ot PJt kldnaplnK l0 poHce" because tney wantpfi t() wajt for Miss Riordan'l f.ltnpr reUmi frQm Chicag0 -K Riordan, who will become an as- sistant attorney general under Fred N. Howser on March 1, arrived by idaughter told him and reporter virtually the same story released by the attorneys. Three men jumped into her ear when she stopped at an intersection. Miss Riordan aaid.

Two of the men she described as being in their kite 20 slender and dark. The third, she said, was about 39. They ordered her to take off her shoes and to drive into Golden Gate Park. Near the aquarium, the question- she's only a kid." Finally they turned her loose and Miss Riordan drove to the home of Purcell to tell her experience. She later was treated by her family physician for shock and slight contusions of the head.

VETERAN S.F. POLICEMAN DIES Capt. Alexander E. McDaniell of the San Francisco Police Depart ment died of a hegrt attack yester day a few hours after he announced he planned'to retire on July 1. McDaniell, 66, intended to return to active duty Monday after being on sick leave.

He visited the Hall of Justice yesterday morning to announce his retirement plans. McDaniell, who was supervising captain of the San Francisco department and a veteran of 37 yearg of service, was found dead In the basement of his home at 2314 18th Ave nue, San Francisco, by hii wife. Rose. Surviving him, in addition to hitf" widow, are two daughters, Mrs, Edward Muller of San Francisco, and Mrs. Frank Vielra of Stockton, i Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Carew and English Mortuary at 350 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco.

McDaniell's post will be filled au tomatically by Lieut. Daniel Mc Klem, next in line on the civil serv horseshoes, have been raised overiplane during the afternoon and his 'allow UmtinonlHl time to tile an RICHMOND. IS Flames appeHi to thp Supreme Court, shot 100 feet Wgh yesterday in a fire; The 30 days elapsed, however, with- 1 1 the arena to add a "horsey" touch, Some of the best thoroughbred horses on the Pacific Coast in the hands of skilled show riders are ex pected to strut their paces in hunt ing and jumping events. Mill Col lege students will guide their horses in a "carousel" and a colorful "Vir ginia Keel Storm Area Food Aid in the No. 4 thermo-cracking pp.

wires was hailed originally bvltook over the printer's union today Woetom IIq t-art i nt-1 mi i.nt.-i iji ff, rf.n. tmentH )hen iosmg court throughout the state, "No, we don't wrap our legs LOS ANGELES. Feb. 15 UP) A mK began. They asked why her shipment of 24,000 meals of multi- father went to Chicago and ques-purpose food is en route today to tioned her about the attorneys, ac-storm-bound Siuux Indians and cording to Miss Riordan.

others in South Dakota. It was sent During the episode, one of the by the Los Angeles Meals for Mil-: younger men hit her lightly over lions Foundation at request of the the eye with one of her shoes. The South Dakota State Society of older man said, "Don't hurt her, "We would have liked to bring horses along, but wo couldn't squeeze them into Ihe plane," one Ihe Australians will compete for $15,000 in prize money under Amer- lean rules, but will use their own flat pancake shaped saddles for the "buck jumping" Australian for bronc basting, biilldogging and, liiii. i 1.1 1 1 1. on-.

4 it of the Standard Oil Company re- finery. The blaze was 1 i a 'quickly by plant firemen and dam-1 age was described as nominal Then were no injuries. The fire was caused by a broken fuel line at the top of the unit, situated half a mile northwest of Avenue and the mam administration building. YOUTH JAILED FOR SMOKING ON BUS FREED Complaint that a penniless merchant seaman was picked as the first "guinea pig" for arrest tinder Oakland's 11-months-old law against smokmg on busses resuHed today in of judgment against 20, of 2116 East 14th: Lou is Leon Street. Leon, appearing this morning be- His attorney, Clifford Nelle, then' continued.

The complaint was made By a passenger getting off, Oscar Bosley, of 1454 36th Avenue, who asked pi.itc iu mane uie arresi. Declaring this action as "persecu- tion," Nelle pointed out that Leon a.ani nave any money ana was, forced to spend the night in jail been sitting up nights boning up on; fore Police Judge Louis J. Hardie, this deal until I know every angle, sitting for Judge Joseph A. Ken-and if you just trv to answer one nedy, entered a guilty plea. Southern California.

'JOHN'S OTHER WIFE' TITLE OF THIS ONE Lots of people appear on radio quiz shows. Some win money, some, ice boxes, some, new automobiles. But John F. Curtis, San Francisco sewing machine repair man, won himself a peck of trouble. The trouble culminated last night in a San Francisco Grand Jury indictment for bigamy and perjury.

Seems that Curtis, who has a repair shop at 1718 Clay Street, was married in San Rafael in 1945. A year later he won an annulment, latet set aside. Meantime, he had disappeared and married again in Missoula, Montana. The second marriage came to light on a recent network qui show and who should be listening but Jerome Schiller, attorney for wife No. 1.

Schiller and Mrs, Curtis No. 1, that is presented their evidence "te the Grand Jury, last night and won an indictment. The perjury count stemmed from a denial by Curtis in a deposition that he had ever married a second time. Schiller produced evidence from Ihe county clerk at Missoula that Curtis was wed there. The name of the show on which question, I'll tie you in a knot).

"I have a mandate from my con- pointed out that Leon got on the; sfituents (Somebody sent an East 14th Street bus without know-anonymous postcard on this). ing of the anti-smoking ordinance. "Personally. I have no concern as He walked by the driver with the to whether this bill passes or is de-icigaret and nothing was said, Nelle, 4 feated (Any bum that turns me down on this will rue the ana now). "Let me say that I have the warm-'45.

ci pc. auiici regai a lor rtiier what that louse did to my bill last: week. I'll cut his throat "from ear 10 eari. "May I emphasize that there is nothing personal in this (Whv Iiiview of his argument, Judge you blankety suspended judgment, but you.1). warned that future offenders wilt With the foregoing as a be punished to the extent of the should have no trouble interpreting law, which provides for a maximum 11 oration.

ifine of $500 and six monthi' im- THI KNAVE, prisonment, This air view shows a right-of-way littered with wrecked ears and loconotiTes after two freight trains collided 35 miles south oi Winnemucca, If ev. Two trainmen were killed In the accident Associated Press photo. Curtis appeared was "It pays To Be Ignorant" lice list.