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9 Saturday, January 18,1947 tEfje fBafcmtfieft Califomiatt I Olite Bnnn Bwrinjs Jmts Chick 7-Speeds. 7BO to 4000 RPM Come in fomorrow and see if. Saw We tilts to SKF Ball Bearings 12" 116" Table luts IV," thick in end look it over. Hi-Speed Drijls in Sets or to 2 -inch by 64ths Speedway Electric Drills Peerless Electric Drills Circular Saw Blades, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16-inch Blades for Skilsaw, 4 4 9, 10-inch 8-inch Blades for Mall Saw Barren Multi-Purpose Drill Press Planer Other Barron Drill Press Tools for the Workshop Rotary'Surface Sanders Router Bits and Auxiliary Drill Prefs Table With Fence Also a Good Stock of Hand Tools Steel Wire Fence Wood Lath Fence 7-foot Steel Posts Corrugated Aluminum Sheets Aero Aluminum Overhead Garage Doors, Complete With Jamb Type Hardware It Will Pay You to Visit Our Hardware Department The King Lumber Co. Sumner and Union Avenue BAKERSFIELD (Also at Our Branch Yards) Reserve Officers Unit Data Needed Reserve officers of Kern county, desiring assignment to the ur-wly nctivated Six-hundred and Sixtieth Organized Reserve Composite Group, -with headquarters in Bak- ersfield.

are urged to fill out the I attached fciriu, and mail it iinmo- i i diately. I Activation the unit was announced recently by Colonel Kdwin K. at a meeting of the Kern County Reserve Officers Association. Colonel Biuini roriupsls that all ground and service fnrces reserve officers mail the questionnaire to Sergeant R. I'.

Hal field. I'. O. Box street, liiikcrs- I field, as soon as possible. REDS ATTACK TOPE 'MOSCOW, Jan.

IS. The Soviet foreign affairs weekly New a new attack cm the role of the Vatican in world affairs, today denounced the Christmas message of Pope I'ius XII as a restatement of "'the old reactionary policy of. the Vatican beneath phrases of lovp. forcivnnes and mercy." Reserve Officers Information Needed Sixth Army aniioiim-es the iictivntinn of the Utimlrpd and Sixtieth Organized Itoserve Composite (Iroup 1'nit for Kern cmtnty with in KrtUerstield. All reservo of irrotHicl and service furcc-c ilesirinir a-sisiiiiient in unit are lill the and mail it 1" First Seru'cani H.

P. HatKeld. P.ox ll-K street, Calif. Xanie Hank Krniieh Address Serial NY Date uf Current Coiumissiou 1'nneipal Duty MI Thompson Takes Up Arnall Fight by the people, democracy. nrclcr will be sustained." Thompson originally had planned to lake the oalh Monday 11 a.m.

bcforo the Slate Semite', but in a prepared statement issucil al'ler be- yig-sworn in today, he said he- had been advised by the attorney-general thai "under the' law il might lie necessary Dial 1 take my oath before the expiration of this week." Senate Empty The 1 oalh today was administered to Thompson in HII almost empty Senate chamber by Hugh MI-Intyre of the Slate Court of Appeals. Anittll -aid hi- resignation was prompted by a desire "not to refloci disgrai-p upon ihc- office of governor, the people of (Jeorgia. and to insure i he const initiomil. lawful operation of the' will of the people." addt-d thai lie intended to resume the- practice of law in At- lanla and at his home town of Tahnadge at firsi declined comment on the developments, but biter said "If Mr. Thompson will support the llemocratic party platform adopted in Mae-oii lust October, he and I should he able to co-operate in coinpleie liavmony." i WATER SYSTEMS CULVERTS FARM NEW ARMCO GALVANIZED CORRUGATED CULVERT 18" 16-Gauge 24 14-Gauge 36 12-Gauge Side flanged lialf circles 26 inches long that nest for easy handling.

Bolts included. Each length has 2-inch overlap. Fit any multiple of 2 feet. NEW STEEL PIPE 6-in. O.D.

12-Gauge 4-ln. O.D. 14-Gauge 20-foot lengths; each length includes tight seal, quick coupling. Specially suitable for permanent or temporary, high or low pressure farm and industrial lines. Speedy and easy to assemble.

Specially Priced. Book Now for Prompt or Future Delivery PACIFIC RECONDITIONED High quality Pipe, Valves, Fittings, cleaned, straightened, rethreaded, asphaltum dipped and pressure tested. Economy pipe good for years of service. Try us for the size you require. For Prompt Estimate Tell Needs on Postcard Addressed to Department 9 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! $3,000,000.00 New and Used Equipment From The Pacific Now Available! PRICED TO SELL! All Type Trucks, Inekicring: yds.

4 All Type Tractors, Including: T-6 through TDI8 Chalmers HD7 through HDI4 Seme Used as Little 30 Hours All Type Crawler Cranes, yd. and larger Truck Cranes Lumber Straddle Trucks Rock Crushers Gasoline and Diesel Welders and Compressors Hoists Scrapers Grease Rigs Trailers Fork-Lift Trucks Diesel Generator Sets Concrete Mixers Motor Graders Road Rollers Light Plants Trenching Machines Street Sweepers Sheepgfoot Tampers INSPECT AT Industrial Equipment Co. 10911 Russet PHONE SWEETWOOD 8877 FRESNO BRANCH 1839 Merced Street Phone 3-6629 "Black Dahlia" Murder Probed Cominuetl From Past One jrivi'ii Miss Short by her boy lN for her striking dnrk beauty Mini fur dark clothes. Tlir- girl's Cleo Sliort. found but lie had not seen lior fih four and could not nid the! spreading sea roll for her maniacal slayer.

Mother Arrives Her mother. Phoebe Short, arrived from by I plane. Inn went mi to San Kraiu-iseo I in ruiifVr with a sister of the innr-j dered sfirl, Mrs. Virjriuia "West, i Herkeley. Mrs.

Short said shei I would "do evrryihintf possible to see thai the fit-nil is caught." i i 1'cti'ctives turned their major nt-i tcntiiiii to San -Dieyo, (luestioninjr i i her friends there for clues about tlie i-lnsive former marine. The handsome youth was seen! with tin- -Li-year-old former movie! extra in San Diesjo, a week! befon- she WHS strung up nude and tortured to death, prolialily by ai jealoiisly-nuiddened suitor. Given Nickname It was also at San Diego that police first came across her nirk-1 name, "Black Dahlin." which they 1 learned was given her by friends be-' cause of her passion for sheer black dresses and her startling hlnck I Officers said that on i the day Miss Short left San she received telegram from Hunt-, ington Park, near Los Augeles, reading: "Wait and I'll be down for you." Jt was signed "Hed." Alex 4-i-year-old Hollywood hair stylist who said he dressed the murdered girl's hair and sometimes took her out. said she had told him she was afraid of the marine hut was afraid to turn down dates with him because he was so jealous. Body Hacked Miss Short's hacked and severed! body, scrubbed clean and fitted together, was found in a lover's lane here Wednesday.

Another hoy friend questioned in the Case was- former Army Flier (Jordon Klirkling. now employed by Twentieth Century Airlines, IJaieigh, X. C. Police said he, was not a suspect. Described as lovely, innocent and shy in when she first came to; California for her health, the black- haired beauty had changed to an adventures during three years of: gay living in four southern California cities.

LAST RAIL WRECK IN KERN COUNTY WAS IN 1923 The last wreck on the Southern Pacific Railroad in which passengers were killed was the tragic crash on December 31, 1944, near Ogden, Utah, when 48 jiersons were killed and 7(5 others injured when a speeding mail express train and a slowly moving passenger train crashed on a fog shrouded causeway on the Great Salt hike. Locally the last railroad wreck was in December. when three persons were killed and numerous injured in the derailment at Shut tuck spur o'f a Santa Fe Railroad passenger train. Jesus Medina. Mexican track walker, was held on a conspiracy charge in connection with the crash, i but was later acquitted.

Armed Services Agree on Merger Continued From rase One mining the basic elements of (his agreement. I enclose also copy of my reply to them on the same date. Executive Order In addition I submit a copy of a proposed executive order, agreed upon by the services, which presents the functions of the armed forces. If is contemplated that this order would be issued after the passage of iippropi'iale legislation by the Congress upon this subject. "Representatives of my office and of the armed services are engaged in drafting a bill to be submitted to the Congress for its consideration.

These men, of course, are avaij- able to you at any time for 1 Knowlanil Approves Five senators who served in the armed forces during World War II lined up today behind President Truman's plan for unification of the services under a single cabinet, secretary of national defense. They are Senators Cain of Washington, Knowland of California, Lodge of Massachusetts, Martin of McCarthy of Wisconsin. Knowland. who entered as a private and advanced to major in military favorably disposed to the idea. It should eliminate most previous objections." SOIL FUMIGANT and APPLICATORS for NEMATODE AND WIRE WORM Lawn Grass Seeds Garden Seeds Permanent Pasture Grasses Alfalfa Seed Fertilizer Insecticides LOCKHART SEED COMPANY 613 East 18th St.

INSECTICIDES 3-0729 BAKERSFIELD FERTILIZER 8-8497 FARMERS ATTENTION! and All Small Users of OXYGEN and ACETYLENE We Now Have Available New Small Cylinders of Oxygen and Acetylene for IMMEDIATE DELIVERY JUST WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR Also Everything for for Instruction Pamphlets at HOPPER MACHINE WORKS TWENTY-FOURTH AND STREET I SECOND and SUPPLY ROW BAKERSFIELD PHONE 4-4991 TAFT PHONE 20 HEIP FOR SUFFERERS OF THESE AILMENTS tnrmia IrtHritil tlHilder Trouble OiseaM 'hronie Cougb riysentery Trouble fiallfitonri Cnllhlaildet llcadnrho Hay rart Trouble llemorrliaKC Ilieb anil Low Blood Presnurf Impotence Kidner Trouble ampa or Milk l-i-I Lelirorrliea or Trouble Liver Trouble Ntrroiifmvsft Neuralgia Overweicht Pi Gland Rheumatism Jactftuln FeTpr Sinus Trouble Skin Trouble IVori.ifii Stomach Trouble Bflchinc Heartbura Sour Stomach Stomach Cleeri Vomitinf Crinary STOMACH TROUBLE November 1, 1946 To Whom It May Concern: have been suffering with stomach Ulcers for Ilie last fmir years. My stomach ached and was had no appetite nncl felt tired all the time. Mv rhest and anus a.t*hect too, but after taking he'rVis from T. Urn the Chinese Herhali.st for a period of two mouths, again feel fine and have no sickness- of any kind now. I am Klad to recommend T.

I.im's herbs to anvone who has the same kind of GEO. E. BERRY. Route 1, Box 676, City. August Lancaster, Calif.

Twelve years ago was taken sick with Rheumatism. My less were stiff and nnmh anil caused me great pain despite the fact that I tried many remedies. Afler taking your natural herhs for three months I feel like a normal person again and am free of pain and that stiff and numh feeling in my legs. can safely recommend your herbs to anvone who suffers with Rheumatism. A.

L. BOELK. You owe It to yourself to consult T. Lim now without cost or obligation so you can benefit from Ms famous herbs. T.

LIM (FormnlT Herb Initractor at Canton Collen. Cantoi. Chini) A. M. to 15 P.

M. to 6 r. H. 2328 Street Phone 5-SC51 Hospital Praised for Wbrkin Wreck Continued From PRKC serre special commendntWD," lie said, "for- helping, control the crowds and traffic. Tbejr worked hnril." He added that auxiliary members of the highway patrol and sheriff's office''did nn excellent job in helping out in.

the emergency." Sergeant AVilliunis 1 said shortSly after the accident? happened, passing motorists and trucH stopped and 1 aided in the removal of victims from the wreckage in pi.ving first aid and shock treatment. Administrative officials at Kern 'General Hospital expressed'high appreciation for the toaimyork organized efforts of hospital staff members in total of injured persons. The work at the hospital was under the supervision of Dt. Jfic'loai X. Rileoff, medical director; anil Mrs.

Alma Estes. director of nurses, a-nd Mrs. Anna Patricia' McGinnity, supervisor, of the emergency jhrard. Rushed to Duty All available find other hospital staff members were called on duty as accident victims started arriving tbe emergency ward. Those on night durvj worked throughout the" morning also in caring for the injured.

Hospi.fiil workers were particu- larily helpful in quickly preparing i-eoords of the injured and the tent of injuries, which they made available to railroad officials, relatives and newsmen. Sheriff John Loustalot said he vras ''most pleased" with the response of 25 auxiliary sheriff's deputies, many of whom left their jobs to help in control of the traffic; crowds and guarding the wreckage area Friday morning. received the at 3:10 n. Sheriff Loustalot said. "We immediately dispatched all available men to the scene and notified the highway patrol and ambulances." He also praised the 'work done by city police and the American Red Cross, the latter group helping to care for the injured and send messages to relatives of the wounded.

Pay Asked for Time Awaiting Checks LOS ANGELES. Jan. IS. Latest demand in the portal-to- portal, litigation is pay for time workers have to stand in line to. get their paychecks.

That was one of the points listed in a suit filed by three C. I. O. unions against Ford, Curtis Wright, Tiinui Aircraft, Douglas Aircraft, Chrysler Motors, Freuliauf Trailer and American Aluminum, asking more than Now Available A Complete, Stock of Construction Lumber for Tour Building Needs Also NON-PRIORITY 1x6, 1x8, Iil2 and 2x3, 2x4, 2x6, 2xS, 2x32. No 3 and No.

4 Com. Surfaced. OWENS-PARKS LUMBER COMPANY 2100 E. 38th St. LOT Angeles Phone ADams 5171 For Immediate Delivery O'KEEFE MERRFTT GAS RANGES (Vz Down, Balance Easy Terms) FLOOR FURNACES HOT WATER HEATERS All Types of PLUMBING SUPPLIES BINNS PLUMBING COMPANY 1900 Nineteenth Street Phone" 5-5463 Private' Instruction of VIOLIN and GUITAR Tear JOHN KARA ill ArviajTelcilmc 2-7171 FOR SALE 200-Amp Portable Are Welder 24x26 Corrncated Iron Building Van Norman Boruif Bar Miscellaneous, Garage Equipment Northeast Corner Fourth and Union PHONE 2-3336 1 I i ALCOHOLISM It Disease TMM UVM He If a cure la desired TheAlco-TiperTreitaeit Can Help Yon A.U Inqumes Conltdentiai Phone 3-3144 (lay or light Hie Ateo-Taper Therapy BaftenfleW.

CHU SLEEP TOHI6HT Don't lie awake tossing, tumbling and get tip In the morning worn It you do not sleep well because of nervous tension, nerves need quieting, try SEDA- TABS. Ingredients used by Doctors Use only as directed. Satisfaction or money back. Available at Brariage Pharmacy Rmall IS duster.

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207,205
Years Available:
1907-1977