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1 if 5 IV- COST 64 U. S. LIVING Fire Perils" Oakland Tribune, Saturday, May 3, 1 947 Police Mt r--u- It lr; ESTION Oleum Plant OF QU HIG IS i Hit-Run)t OLEUM, May 3.4-An oil sludge' Issue May Top List For Time to Come fire on the waterfront which got out of control destroyed an estimated khTiL hit-run hi V- rs "If 4 a Police" today hi ljeenqH off an driver whost car" $10,000 worth 6f crude oil stock and threatenedhe entire Union Oil Srd "Street and other automobile at4 Company refinery here late yester a.m. ana Telegraph Avenue alz, i day. Br GEORGE GALLUP American Institute of Public Opinion PRINCETON, NJ, May 3.rWhen President Truman recently voiced grave' concern about the present Flames which shot 1W feet high were visible as far away as Martinez, 20 miles -from and a stiff westerly breeze carried a thick level of prices, he was voicing the struck Mrs.

IJmanIcCifllancL 65, of 569 fiBrd Street, aVjsheftfood in a safety zone after khtiirt from a streetcar. Ir'i liy She was taken tOf Higind Hospital for and then transferred PJel-manente Foundation Hospital! fchel-llier con- 1 cloud of black smoke over U.S. Highway 40, which 'borders the finery on the east i Seventy-five plant firemen and 11 pieces of equipment were used to aition is critical iroj nea injuries. fight the fire, which was brought Number One concern of his con-, stituents. It is a problem which has headed the list people's chief worries for a considerable period of time.

It topped the list back in. January, 1948, and again in February of this fck 1 J1. 1 Second on; the list of present worries which people say them or under control after, an hour and a witnesses said theHit-ngt car was half. Six highways patrolmen di beaded north on Avenue, when it swerved scfojss ihe street rected traffic, which was snarled and sideswiped an automomle driven for more than an hour during the battle. G.

H. HemAons, plant manager. said 10 plant workers werehurhine their families is the problem of by Alvin FuhJfot, 1 of 5307 Boyd Street, then into the safety zone. The driver stopejd, lcwj'ked back at his victim andi henf drove on. Fuhlrodt's car was dama4d, but he sludge a pile at tiie water's edge.

just west ot the main refinery, when the flames got out! of control. The flames spread over jthe oil slick on was noi injurea. VhoujangUvvj: SECOND WORRY This -has also been found second on lists of worries in 1346 and early 1947. It is ia. problem particularly fretting to veterans of World War IE Personal problems including the water and along the shore.

Pedestrian SHilckl Down; StudentCttd ALAMEDA, Mail N- lanoi, 19, of 1630 0 ton i venue, a San Francisco JupUr cytege stu anything from mother -in- law where it reached vats in which crude oil stock was stored. Hem-mons said about 500 barrels of crude stock was lost Fire fighters were driven back by the flames and smoke and were forced to direct streams of water from a pier opposite the sludge pile 100 yards away and long the shore. trouble: to how to get a girl to say yes to! a marriage proposal are third on the list dent, was cited for of the In February, shortages of house- pedestrain right-of-ay Jgist night after his car strucu ai injured Oscar i Lundin, 67. l0 Grove hold goods and, other equipment eld fourth place. Today that has given way to a Held In the Oakland Jail cm a battery charge are Mrs.

Phyllis Myers, 17 and Iter mother, Mrs. Katherine Wilbum. 36 The fight involved' Myers' baby Tribune photo. Street Lundin, who as a cross- problem which was all too familiar back in thai but which disap waut wnen ne wajj to Highland Hospital, huffearig from peared withl thei war-r-how to find and. hold a iob.

head injuries. Girl, Mother Face League Formed I Veterans are also finding this one SLIGHTLY. COOLER WITH HIGH FOG IN BAY REGION San" Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay High fog, night and morning, otherwise clear today and Sunday; slightly cooler today; moderate westerly wind. Northern California Clear today. Ta particularly bothersome problem, the.

poll finds. In making its periodical checks on problems facing voters and their families, the institute asks: To Boost Vote 3 Persons Inedjiii; Son Leandro Collision SAN LEANDRO, Rayai-ipne man was injured critkHlp andwo other persons hurt today jpfchen cars collided at the intesectid jof War- "What is the most important prob Mounting interest of Oakland Lounging under the palm tree decorations at Albany High School are (left to right seated) Elizabeth Hall and Connie Biega with standing Gene Markley and Bob Colvin. They are part of the crowd at the annual Girls' League Spring Frolic there last night. lem that you and your family face PROBLEMS LISTED The list: I 1. High cost of living, high prices.

voters in the May 13 election was indicated today in the announce-; wick Avenge and owlB(g Boule Assault Charge Mrs. Phyllis Myers, "17, and her mother, Mrs. Katherine Wilburn, 36, of 3504 Wilson Avenue, were arrested on an assault and battery warrant sent here rom Fullerton yesterday as a result of an altercation, which developed when they picked up Mrs. Myers daughter, Pamela Arlene, five months, at the home of a woman who had been Car-ins for the child. The warrant, according to Police Inspectors Tom Evans and James E.

Montgomery, was issued on a com ment of the formation of the Gov-j ernment Efficiency League, dedi 2. Housing: Getting a propef place tonight and Sunday except coastal fog; cooler today; and still cooler over interior Sunday; gentle to moderate northwest wind off coast. to live, Across the Bay cated to overcoming voter apathy which was evident at the. primaries. 3.

Personal family problems, health, etc Lyle Eveland, attorney and chair One of the by Mrs. Margaret Leisz. 47, 891 Alice Avenue, overturned, uiMr4: Leisz es caped with minor ejits an'd: bruises. Joseph of! $4 Toler Avenue, who was citicaB suffered a fracture kull and fracture of the right eii-t He jvests a pas- senger in a car sldriverv his brother, Angelo OujUno. also of 154 Toler Avenue, wio suffered cuts Police Shots Halt Suspect Sierra Nevada Clear to partly cloudy today, tonight and Sunday; cooler Sunday.

4. Jobs: Getting and holding a job. 5. Shortages: Household equip ment, food, automobiles, etc. HILL BUSSES BEGIN OPERATION BUT CABLE CARS STILL" RUNNING, TOO man of the league's executive committee, declared it has unanimously endorsed the re-election of Mayor Herbert L.

Beach and Councilmen Henry Haler, Frank B. Shat- Sacramento and San Joaquin Val-1 leys Clear today, tonight and Sun-! day; cooler. i Other problems concern, worries about money, concern about security In the future. Farmers are worry plaint signed by Mrs. Florence Jordan? 45, of Fullerton.

Mrs. Myers Santa Clara and Livermore Val-1 J. C. -Logan. 25.

nf 4500 rhittin? tuck, George R. Peters, and Df. ing about crops, prices, etc. Oiarles Gallagher, leav-1 and 8 John F. Slavich.

of the collarbone, j. Believing that the present form A wonderful six out of every 100 said thatf neither they nor their families have any problems facing leys Clear today, tonight and Sun-1 Boulevard, a laborer, was captured! Ten specially-built hill-climbing day but high fog Sunday morning; early today and held for investiga-i bussS hegan operating in San Fran-cooler today. I jtion of robbery after he fled fromcisco today but were not replacing Salinas Valley Clear today, to- two police officers in West tne cable car5-night and Sunday but high og Sun-j dodging nine shots they fired at The new vehicles, eacb with a 44-day morning; cooler today: moderate him. passenger capacity and. costing wind in afternoons- de-l Patrolmen J.

M. Murohv and Wil- 000 arP to be uscd on steeper wg their classes -at the Police Academy in Golden Gate Park when both slapped their holsters to emphasize a point -in a friendly argument A bullet from Gallagher's gun them today. The Gustino car reenfd the lawn of a corner h4se. The Gustino brj Jhers and Mrs. Leisz were taken i Fairjent Hos- pitaL Mrs.

Leisz vi relfaspd after treatment )i lis of city government is the best Oakland has ever had, and that the incumbent members of the council have fairly, ably, and courageously acted for "the best interests of the people, be it resolved that this organization exert every effort to re iliam Keeton sousht to arrest nius, replacing older ruDDer-ureci strucK tne pavement and ncocpeted creasing at nights. and Mrs. Wilburn brought the child from Fullerton late last week. The officers said they told this story; Pamela Arlene had been left with Mrs. Jordan when Mrs.

Myers and her husband, James, 20, now in the merchant marine, separated. She then was five days old and was given to Mrs. Jordan for adoption, although no legal adoption action ever was taken. Later, the parents decided to effect a reconciliation and to take back the child. However, Mrs.

Jordan assertedly said "it would cost Factfic Coast temperatures: L. Landers of 525D Gibbs their type to be received in Cab- dxtion at Mission Emergency Hos-j Father Saves thiQ elect all five of the present council- Alam.rfa a TUarinP nnintfM him out I fornia. pital was described as serious but Sherman Oaks Sales Show Marked Gains SHERMAN! OAKS May 3. AJJ9 Local merchants today looked forward to an Extension of their own "Newburyport plan" as they! tallied sales increases of as much as 400 per 1 cent "Manufacturers are beginning to RICHM Of D.tlMay Paul men," the resolution declared. 54 50 58 0 (Reno 87 Riverside 100 49 Sacramento 94 Diego 82 48'San Francisco 68 66 Airoort 70 53 Santa Barbara 77 Eveland said the League will Brooks, 2, was sa jpd from; drowning last night ar the Richmond combine forces with the Oakland Citizens Committee and the Nonpartisan Good Government League Municipal Natatorf ta by i his father, as the man who held him up last Other municipal transportation not critical.

Saturday night and robbed him ofidevelPmnts were the appointment San County Executive $300. of Paul J. Fanning, 47, as director Frederick Peterson yesterday or- Logan darted away from the offi-lf safety and personnel for thederedjthe irnrnediate dismissal of cers at Seventh and Wood Cltv's railway, system, and aftnoUhce-j j0jin tSr. Fickefjen, chief sanitarian ran south of Wood to Pacific bv the Citizens' Committee to for the county health department then west on Pacific as Keeton fired i Save the Cable Cars that it has Peterson cnarged Fickeisen with 74 Santa Rosa 81 Auburn 90 BakersfieM 101 Boise 91 Eureka 60 Fort Brags to Fresno 101 HetchHetchy 88 Imperial 100 Los Angeles 92 Needles 109 Oakland 73 Paso Robles 98 Phoenix 109 PocateUo 88 Portland1 68 Red Bluff 94 Wre found LAitner the 4oy lying fa bottom of the bar dowb: at the poof of the co-operate with Chamber or .1 rMtrA n)o I Mrs- Jordan 77-year-old father 47 43 42 47 42 65 47 grabbed Mrs. Myers and ithen Mrs.

59SeBttle 'Spokane 3J Stockton 'SunnyvaJa 64 Susanvtlle 49 Tohopali 58 Winnemucca 60 76 98 77 86 84 98 92 plunge. Brooks plied artificial openea permaneni neaaquaners ai taking for his own use lumber and Wilburn when the altercation -de in. a determined effort to get out the vote on May 13.. Serving with Eveland on the executive committee are E. M.

Fischer, consulting engineer; L. E. Roszell, electrical engineer; Hugh L. Smith, insurance advisor; and ook ithe child respiration, then He finally took refuge in a Market Street to Richmond Ff Hospital for veloped at the Jordan home last month, the two said, and pipe from the grounds of the Canyon Sanitarium. The charges were im-I mediately branded as "false and un lot and attempted to hide in the tall grass.

treatment The oks Uvej at 2301 17th Street San Fs )Io. i Additional $25,000 funds for the expansion of San Francisco's Veterans Information Center at the they struck him in defending them selves. true" by Fickeisen. The officers also picked up 5ur said, speaking for merchants who agreed to continue the 10 per cent price cut plan until May 11. "people are coming from all over Southern CiKfernia to take of the Rohe said.

He pointed lout that some stores which took in $12 a day re now grossing $400. The same price cut. program Harry L. Hill, real estate man. daha Dean, 17, of 1416 Linden Street.

City Hall were denied today by They said that Mrs. Jordan told Mayor Roger Lapham. The money her father to let them! take the child. Mrs. Jordan was not touched durjng the altercation, they asserted.

accomplice. She was held in the Alameda County Detention Home. Montana Native Funeral Held for Mrs. Selina Park Funeral services WeVe held yesterday for Mrs. Selina E.

Clari, 84. long-time resident df Oakland who died Thursday following a lengthy ilmess. Mrs. Clark was a bative of launched yesterday in Burbank was was requested by the City's Coordinating Council for veterans as the sfep toward the establishment of an employment office. Mayor Lapham said the function" was rightr fully being conducted by the California State Employment Eervice.

EDITOR EXPLAINS PRESS DECLINE WASHINGTON, May 3. J. Albert Dear editor of the Jersey reported having a fene eilect on sales volume." Has Last Rites meal preparation; is easy going ia tHS rites Monday for RITES HELD FOR PIONEER BANKER Funeral services for Jpaquim A. Silveira, 73, prominent! Oakland banker and dairyman who died RICHMOND, May 3. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m.

yesterday for Theodore V. Charnock, Journal, Jersey City, NJV told Con A playful scuffle between two rookie San Francisco police officers yesterday resulted in a shoulder bullet wound for one of them. The pair Dan Kelleher, 22,, and 26, Richmond resident for 20 years, who died Wednesday after a long and with her husband, the late Clark, worked large farms inTSfissouri. Iowa, and for five years in Ukiah, Calif. In 1919 the couple came to Oakland making their-home KITCHEN illness." A native of Montana, he resided i II gress today that rising operating costs, rather than competitive conditions, caused a decline in recent years in the number of daily newspapers.

One noticeable result of the decline and accompanying mergers of newspapers, he added has been bet yesterday at his home at 4800 Park Boulevard after a brief illness, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Charnock, at the family home. I2Z MAMA'S ANGEL Oakland Scottish Rite Temple, under Masonic auspices.

5706 Highland Avenue. Survivors also include three sisters. Ruth and Patricia Charnock of Richmond. Mrs. Flovd Nettles of A native of the Azores.

Silveira ter presentation oi tne news ana "a had made his home here 'for 56 better product5 at 1015 Elsmere Avenue, where they celebrated their Golden "Wedding Anniversary on Christmas, 1929. Mrs. Clark was a member of the Reorganized Church! of the Latter Day Saints. I She is survived by If our sons, William Ancel Thomas L. and Rodney G.

Clark, a daughter, Mrs. Lois Richardson, a sister, Mrs. Julia Mockler, 13 grandchildren and nine Antioch, and a brother, Ray Jr whtff OAKLAND CLUBMAN Funeral services are scheduled at 10 ajm. Monday for Clarence Arthur McAllister, prominent Oakland clubman and government food control executive, who died in ah Oakland hospital Thursday following a short illness. a native of Knights Ferty, Califohiia, had lived in this community fk more than 40 years.

He; served as food chief for the San Francisco District office of OPA arid when that bureau was discontinued, moved to the sugar controls division. He was a member of the Lake Merritt Breakfast Club, the Oakland Club and the Commonwealth Club of San Cisco. Dear testified before a House judiciary sub-committee in behalf of a bill: by Representative Mason (R. IlL) which the author says is is now in Korea, Services were handled by Wilson and Kratzer Chapel, El Cerrito. years.

He was orgamzerj and head of both the Bank and the American Creamery, both of which merged inj the lS20s with other firms. He retained a intended to make sure that Con position as vice-presideht of the! cress, when enactinsr the Sherman Comfort great-grandchildren, Services were directed by the Chappelle Piedmont, American Trust Company, following; anti-trust laws, did not intend to the merger of the Portuguese- i include news services or nwnunr for. American Bank with that concern. Babic withm its restrictions. Freedom of the press is one of te fundamental '( Second Red Rain GRENOBLE! France, May AT first sign of chaf- ng dry eczema or simple rash, use sooth The second red ram recent guarantees of the constitution.

Mason says one reason he introduced the measure is the Slrpreme Court's 1945 decision prohibiting Associated Press member newspapers from considering competitive factors when acting on newspaper ing, medicated Resiool He is survived by his widow, Mauo of theifamily home at 126-B Mosa Avenue! a son. Mark W. and Silveira was a charter member of the Aahmes Temple and Was active in the I.D.E.S., the V.P.E.C the Scottish Rite Bodies! of! Oakland, the A.PJP.B., the Oakland Chamber of Commerce and the Bay View Masonic Lodge. Surviving him are his widow, Edna; a son, Joaquim "WV and a foster daughter, Mrs. Rose Sunseri, all of Oakland.

A' tot gende relief of itching, smarting irrita daughter. Mrs. Clare E. Pierson. tion.

50 years a favorite Mild weeks fell here" early today, covering the streets and Rouses with a red-slate colored wash, pouring down from a reddish! sky." The last freak rain like it wa attributed, by scientists to dust storms over jome red sand stretches of. the Sahara, sending up; particles which became mixed with rain clouds. Kesmoi Soto is i ii 1" ideal ior oaoys Dam. IV applications lor membership. Supporting Mason's bill.

Dear told the committee he considers the court's decision in the AP case a step preparing the way for govern-ment control" of the press. Services will be conducted from the Truman Chapel, 2935 Telegraph Avenue. i "1 Counterfeiter in Boy Area Makes Casi the1 Hard Way B'nai B'rith Head n.e Prom 5f rrrt v- mrnim mm am a a and happy mothert agree in evert home ichere the Eat -Neat High Chair Apron end mealtime NEW YORK, May S.iP) Henry KlChlTIOnd bCIOTS TO Mohsky, 57, international president ji-V LIGHT UNDER CABINET messinejM and fussing. of B'nai B'rith, first Jewish fraternal etc vuMunu uruup ADtGUATE WIRINS IN THE KITCHEN MAKES STAIN AUTOMATIC RANG! organization of its kind in the i world, died last night Here for a conference to make plans for, the organization's triennial convention in Washington later; this month, Monsky, an Omaha, Neh, attorney, collapsed while attending a meeting. Friends attributed his death to a -heart attack.

RICHMOND, May 2. Plans for the reception of Oakland Pyramid of Sciots here May 16 will be made5 tonight at the regular meeting of Richmond Pyramid, Toparch H. I Nelson announces. I Following the meeting tonight 5 George Counts will serve refresh-, ments. ROASTER Durable, waterproof and.

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Secret Service in San Francisco; the man draws all of his $5 and $19 bills by using MIXER TOASTER bond I paper, i crayon and water no IT JL YOU HAVE AN OUTLET HANDY FOt EACH AFF5JANCE Most women agree cooking is fun but it, is the mixing and preparing of food maks for fuss and bother. And that is jus kkchea planning tJtrtihrrin mifyd whet they locate cabinets aod counters -rigf? handy the refrigerator -so create a food nEparariti and mixing If you re, building or mddera izing, no room calls; for more careful pLaiiniag than, your kitchen. So plan ni jbudetjloow, because the time if coming sooojtvhea yea can buy the many beautiful and efficient appliances you have been waiting for. 3' According; to commercial Waeefpreef rmk a Stampreef JZytf. xvJV 8 WAFFLE IRON 9 COFFEE MAKER If Everything You Eat Turns to i'Firo" the work would take four! or five days and theirfee.for the job if it weie legal would be at least $500.

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