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New Yerk Market. Today's Quotations Pacifo Fancies VOLUME 9 FLASHES AND DASHES By United Press Father Of Four Suicide OAKLAND- -Louis Caries, 26, lather of four small children, tilled himself at a spot ot which previously had described as a nice place to commit suicide." Hawaii Filipinos Strike HONOLULU, T. than 300 Filipino sugar plantation Yorkers were on strike Friday, and several thousand more were reported forced into idleness as walkout of laborers spread to two more plantations on the Island of Maui, halting or hamperIng work, on a total of three plantations there. Ball Player Hurt NEW YORK- -Joe Moore, New York Giants' outfielder, was struck on the forehead by a ball thrown by Larry French, Chicago Cubs' southpaw, in the first game of Friday's doubleheader at the Polo Grounds, and was sisted from the field by Freddy Fitzsimmons and Trainer Willie Schaefer. McDonough Fights SAN FRANCISCO-Peter McDonough, bail bond broker, who is charged with being the head of a vice graft ring in San Francisco, continued his efforts Friday to fight contempt proceedings based on his refusal to answer questions betore the grand jury.

Blazing Ship Makes Port MANILA, P. I. The German eighter Oliva, with 'fire still ging aboard, limped into port riday. The captain revealed that member of the crew, Albert Conter, died of burns suffered in explosion that started the yesterday. Lovers Aboard Train BOARD THE ORIENT EXCSS, enroute to ArnoldsteinDuke and Duchess of Windmost famous lovers of their sped in a special car Friday 088 Switzerland and Italy tod their castle in the honeyoners' paradise of lower Aus- Italy, Germany In Pact ROME Italy and Germany Ave formed a definite defensive entente, V.

Gayda, editor of the suthoritative Giornale D'Italia and semi-official spokesman for Premier Mussolini, announced on Friday. Chrysler Plants Close DETROIT-Chrysler Motor Car Co. closed its Jefferson and Kercheval plants Friday to. an estimated 11,000 workers after inion employes on the motor Ine refused to work with nonunion men. Flood Perils City CARLSBAD, N.

was preparing Friday for a sible declaration of martial law and evacuation of all residents should the swift flood waters of the Pecos river tear out McMilJan dam, 18 miles north of here. Favor Nuisance Tax WASHINGTON- -The treasuryendorsed nuisance tax extension bill was reported favorably to the house Friday by the house ways and means committee. BARBS SAM'S latest is a flair for dentistry, taking care of that big Fort Knox, cavity with a gold filling. Paris police, working on a subway murder mystery, hoped to solve it with underground information. Another vestige of the frontier evaporated when Upper Michigan lumberjacks went on for shower baths.

Now that the U. S. has banned the Paris air derby, maybe the committee will turn its talents to the summer mosquito marathon. Mussolini may claim the MedIterranean as his lake, but he's generous' enough to tell Spanish Loyalists can NRA go jump Service, in Inc.) it. (Copyright, 1937, Petaluma DAILY EVENING PETALUMA ARGUS, VOL.

80, NUMBER 217 PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA. Basques Celebrate Death In Plane Of Insurgent General General Opened On All Fronts By Loyalists; Loss Of Gen. Severe Blow To Rebels' Cause. By HARRISON LA ROCHE United Press Staff Correspondent HENDAYE, French Spanish Frontier, June loyalists, jubilant at the death of Gen. Emilio Mola, opened a general offensive on all fronts in the Bilbao area today in hope of smashing the nationalist siege.

Jose Antonio de Aguirre, president of the autonomous' Basque loyalist republic, took the field and ordered his men to put everything they, had into attacks in all sectors. Basques celebrated the death of a man whom they hated--and believed to be the strongest man the nationalists could put in the field. Gen. Francisco Franco, nationalist commander-in-chief, named Gen. Jose Fidel Davila, president of the technical commission in his governing junta, to succeed Mola on the Basque front and nationalists asserted that he would continue Mola's drive on Bilbao without pause.

It seemed evident from nationalist dispatches that the general's death was a severe blow. SALAMANCA, Spain, June 4. (U.P) -Nationalist authorities said today that their drive on Bilbao would continue relentlessly despite the death of Gen. Emilio Mola, co commander-in-chief on the northern front. Gen.

Francisco Franco, dictator, named Gen. Jose Fidel Davila, president of the technical commission in the governing junta, to succeed Mola. At the same time Franco named Gen. Enrique Saliquet to command the central army, including the Madrid front. MADRID, June 4.

(U.P.)- -Artillery shells crashed into the center of Madrid at one-minute: intervals today in a terrific nationalist bombardment. Fire engines and ambulances raced thru the streets. Today's bombardment was the second big one in 24 hours. Ten persons were killed and 20 wounded, unofficial sources said, in a bombardment last night. MAJOR SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE R.

H. E. Pittsbgh 000-100-000- 1 5 Boston 9 11 Swift, Hoyt, Bauers Todd; Turner Lopez. First game: 6 16- 2 N. 5 7 3 French, C.

Davis, Bryant Hartnett, 0'Dea, Hubbell, Coffman, Melton Danning. St. Louis 000-220-532-14 18 Brooklyn 001-030-000- 6 Weiland Ogrodowski; Hamlin, Eisenstat Phelps. Cin. 9 13 0 Phila.

8 15 2 Hollingsworth, Grissom, Brennan, R. Davis Lombardi; Lamaster, Mulcahy, Fink, Kelleher Grace. AMERICAN LEAGUE Wash. 6 Detroit 14 Appleton, Linke Hogan; Bridges Tebbetts. N.

Y. 3 11 Cleve. 5 Chandler, Murphy Dickey: Allen. Pytlak. First game: Phila.

6 13 2 St. L. 000-200-121-1-1 7 15 1 Ross, Jorgens, Nelson Hayes; Hildebrand, Koupal, Blake Huffman. Boston at Chicago, postponed; rain. WEATHER By United Press San Francisco bay region--Fair and mild tonight and Saturday with fog near the ocean.

Moderate west wind. Northern California--Fair tonight and Saturday, but with occasional fog on the coast. Slightly cooler tonight in upper portions of the Sacramento and San, Joaquin valleys. Moderate changeable wind off the coast. Friday, June Poultry Producers Quote to retailers EDITION Friday, June 4, 1937 American Youth Is Beheaded By Nazis BERLIN, June 4.

(U.P.) -Helmouth Hirs 21, an American citizen, was executed today for high treason despite efforts of American authorities to obtain a reprieve. An American national who never had lived in the United States, Hirsch was executed by the silk-hatted, gloved headsman of Ploetzensee prison here at dawn. Beheaded at the same time was Oscar Denner, 20, also convicted of a political crime. A government communique said that Hirsch was executed. 'for.

violation of the law concerning explosives." came to Germany in behalf of, foreign group of traitors in order to commit crimes with explosives," said the communique. "Two infernal machines which were in his possession were liable to confiscation." Hirsch was convicted last March of possessing explosives. German authorities said that Hirsch, arrested at Stuttgart last- December after arriving from Czechoslovakia, possessed bombs which he confessed he intended to take the life of a high official. Rumor, never confirmed, was that Fuehrer Adolf Hitler might be the official. At the time of the conviction Hirsch was described as "a stateless Jew." He had never lived in the United States.

But his grandfather was a naturalized American. The grandfather returned from the United States to his native Germany. There his son, Hirsch's father, was born. This son likewise went to the United States and, his citizenship being questioned, was himself natural ized. He lived at.

New Castle, Pa. In 1903 he also went back to Germany. Helmuth Hirsch, his son, was. born in Germany. But after his conviction, his lawyer approached American authorities and the state department investigation ruled "him an American citizen.

American Consul R. H. Geist at Berlin visited Hirsch and promised to do all' 'he could for The interest of the United States government in Hirsch's case was intimated to German authorities, with the idea that a reprieve might be granted. Hirsch himself, when Geist saw him, expressed interest in the mercy efforts but seemed hopeless. He made the usual appeal to Hitler, merely as a formality.

Daughter Of C. W. Carpenter Has Operation Miss Claire Jane Carpenter, 16, daughter of C. W. Carpenter, well known business man, submitted to a mastoid operation at the Woodland hospital this week and is making a wonderful recovery.

The operation was performed by Dr. Frank Hallingsworth and Dr. Chester Fairchild and the patient is now in charge of Dr. Earl Gray, son of, Mr. and Mrs.

H. C. Gray of this city. Mr. Carpenter who returned from Woodland Thursday, was well pleased with the progress being made by his daughter, who is a favorite here among the younger girls.

As soon as she is strong enough, Miss Carpenter will leave. for Dixon to remain a months with her aunt, Mrs. C. R. -MeGimsey.

Cotati, Dunham Consolidated Precinct COTATI, June 4. of the area of territory within the Cotati and Dunham school districts is consolidated as the Petaluma Consolidated Precinct No. 17, voting polls at the Cotati school house, on Jan. 8, 1937, for the election of Petaluma high school trustees. The following will serve as officers: Mrs.

Harry W. Richardson, inspector: Mrs. 0. F. Diestel, judge; Mrs.

H. C. Eales and Chas. H. Wedel.

Today (Friday, June 4) the election of one trustee for the Cotati grammar school district was being held in the Cotati school house, Mrs. E. N. Keyt, Mrs. J.

A. Bogardus and Mrs. T. Boerstler serving on the election board. PETALUMA COURIER, VOL.

76, NUMBER 270 NUMBER 270 Seven Cremated As Portland-Bound Bus Plunges Off Hiway Girl Extra Charges Attack At Hollywood Party For Film Studio Salesmen HOLLYWOOD, June: 4. (U.R) Wallace Beery, the actor, today described "very orderly as: far as I could see," the film studio convention party at which a girl extra, one of 125 brought there as entertainers, charged she attacked. The party was brought to torney's office by Patricia Fire House Bonds On Ballot Important among the three propositions to be voted on at the municipal election next Tuesday, June 8, is the bond issue of $40,000 with which to construct a fire house to replace the present inadequate and hazardous quarters on the lower floor of the city hall. In event the bonds are approved by the electorate, and it appears 'from all indications that they will, the new fire house of the latest design "will be erected on a large lot on the corner of Second and recently deeded outright to the city 'as a gift from George P. McNear.

Proponents of the project point out a number of reasons why the municipality should have a separate building especially designed and constructed for the fire department. Among them is the fact that the board of fire underwriters recognizes the fact that a three-story brick building is not the type of construction best suited for the housing of fire equipment, and that an earthquake of severe enough intensity may cause the present. building to collapse and render useless the fire equipment. An extensive survey has convinced the fire commissioners that the lot on Second. and streets is ideally located for a fire house.

It is only one block from Third and streets, which will be the only four traffic lane street in the city. This, the proponents say, will enable the fire equipment, when answering alarms to traverse the entire length of the city on a street which provides four lanes for traffic. From this main arterial the department can travel in any direction to answer calls. The limits of the city, it is pointed out, are such that the equipment can reach any from the time it leaves the fire house, within two minutes, so there would in all probability be a minimum loss of time in answering fire calls from the proposed site. The city council intends to issue bonds for a term of 40 years not to exceed the amount of 000 for the construction of the station.

The redemption will therefore be $1000 per year and the interest the first year will be approximately $1600 and will decrease each succeeding year as the principal is reduced. The tax rate for first. year on the for. the fire. house, includiling interest thereon, will be approximately three and seventenths cents.

Control Fire On Ship Carrying Explosives CRISTOBAL, C. June 4. (U.P.) -The U. S. army transportfreighter Ludington, carrying 700 tons of explosives, raced toward this port at the Atlantic entrance to the Panama canal today with a fire in its No.

5 hold. Sixtythree men were aboard. Latest reports indicated that the blaze was under control, and that the ship expected to arrive here tonight. Fire broke out yesterday morning. The hold was sealed immediately.

The crew apparently had succeeded in preventing the blaze from spreading. The ship originally was scheduled to dock here at 6 a. m. Saturday. Roosevelt Believes Court Plan Will Go Through Congress, Maybe At This Session By' LYLE C.

WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, June 4. President Roosevelt declared flatly today that he believes his court program is going through con- gress, perhaps at this session. At the same time the requests for this session of congress had been He said he contemplated no more special messages to congress and that the year's legislative program would stand as presented to date. While Mr. Roosevelt did not cite the measures on on which he considered action most desirable, Senate Majority Leader J.

T. Robinson listed these as farm tenancy, slum clearance, extension of nuisance taxes and close ing tax evasion loopholes, executive and judicial reorganization and the wages and hours bill. Speaking. at his regular press conference, Mr. Roosevelt declined to discuss the compromise suggestions voiced last night by his senate leader, J.

T. Robinson, after a White House conference. Instead Mr. Roosevelt reiterated his determination to fight for his court program and declared his belief that country was behind him in the drive to reorganize the judiciary. He emphasized that his judiclary program embraces changes in the whole federal court system-not only the supreme court.

This emphasis on the lower court phase of the program and his suggested changes in judicial procedure strengthened some quarters that despite the outcome of the fight over the supreme court, the administration would carry forward its drive for the rest of the original Roosevelt program. Dan H. White Honored By Educators Nearly 40 years in point of service as Solano county school superintendent, Dan H. White, formerly of Petaluma, where. he was born, was present at commencement exercises of the San Francisco State Teachers' College last week, held in the Municipal Opera house in San Francisco.

White attended -the exercises by special invitation of the college faculty to be paid the honor of receiving from the hands of President Alexander C. Roberts an 'honorary Bachelor of Education degree. As 'a teacher and school suI perintendent. White's record leads back to the early days of schooling in Sonoma and Solano counties. He was educated in the public schools of Petaluma, graduating from the old street high school in May, 1888.

His were pioneers of PetaluIma and resided on Western avenue. His: sisters also taught in the local schools. His teaching experience began in the Eureka District school, east of Petaluma, in March, 1887, where he served eight The following years he taught at Penngrove, Sonoma county. From February, 1889, to June of that year, he was principal of the Cinnabar school, near Petaluma, and resigned at the close of the term to accept the priucipalship of Green Valley District school in. Solano county.

He served there from July, 1889, to December, 1898. In November, 1898, he was elected superintendent of the Solano county schools, assuming the duties in 1899. He has been in continuous service since that date, a period of years. White served as president of the Solano county board of education, having been a member since July, 1893. He has been a representative from the bay section of the State Council of the California Teachers', Association for the past five and a half years.

Driver Only One Of Victims Identified In Crash At Shiloah Springs; Cause Of Disaster Is Mystery. the attention of the district atDouglas, 20, who claimed she was assaulted by a boisterous salesman after being brought to the party under the impression she was getting film work. Beery had been cast as a gallant. "rescuer," who offered drive home another distressed extra, Ginger Wyatt, 19. This was in an affidavit Miss Wyatt swore out in support of Miss Douglas' description of the party.

Miss Wyatt's affidavit said she was brought to the party in the same manner as Miss Douglas, after being outfitted with a cowgirl costume, and was assigned to help entertain visiting salesmen. She said Beery appeared "out of harmony" with the affair and, seeing that she WAS distressed, politely offered drive' her home. She said she accepted the offer. Miss Wyatt. made an affidavit saying Wallace Beery had "rescued" her from the party.

Beery, she said, was an invited guest but was not in harmony with the party. She described it as "the wildest, most drunken and worst party ever The girls said answered the studio's call, thinking they were reporting to work. When they reached the ranch where the party was given and found it decorated like a miners' camp of the '49'er days, with champagne and whisky on the tables, they still thought it was to be just a "mob scene" before the cameras, they said. They soon. learned, however, that they had been imported as real life entertainers, the girls said, and the boisterous sales executives began plying them with liquor and forcing amorous tentions upon them.

Deputy District Attorney E. D. Williams said he had ordered the studio to surrender the man accused of assaulting Miss Douglas by Monday and if it failed to do so, he would issue an arrest warrant. He said he wanted to question the man before taking action. His name was not revealed.

The girl said the man, whom she knew only as an had knocked her unconscious and attacked her in an automobile outside the ranch house. Dizzy Dean Is Reinstated By Frick 40 NEW YORK, June 4. (U.P.) Dizzy Dean, pitcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, was ordered reinstated 24 hours today by President Ford Frick of the National League. Reinstatement occurred at 1:25 p.

E. D. 3 hours and 20 minutes after Dean called upon Frick at the league offices. Dean was suspended for having been charged with making statements derogatory to Frick and Umpire Geo. Barr.

In conferences. yesterday and today he was offered chances at reinstatement if he would refute or deny the statements. Dean, however, refused to sign any document. His reinstatement. was made possible when he went through a set of questions and answers with Frick.

Newspapermen signed the stenographer's report of the affair. Frick also signed. Dean refused to do 80. Frick then signed a statement making Dean's reinstatement within 24 hours- -in time to pitch tomorrow's game here. DEVOTIONS TONIGHT AT ST.

VINCENT'S Devotions this evening at 7:45 o'clock at St. Vincent's church will consist of Holy Hour, short sermon and benediction of- the Most Blessed Sacrament. president revealed that his legislative Death Claims Mrs. Lidia A. Maestretti Mrs.

Lidia A. Maestretti, widow of the late Antone. and one of this city's beloved residents, passed away Friday morning at 8:45 o'clock at the Petaluma General hospital. She had been receiving treatment there for an illness of twelve days' duration. Mrs.

Maestretti had spent the last 35 years. of her life in Petaluma where she had endeared herself to a wide circle of friends who will sustain "the devoted members of her family in their sorrow. Born and married in Switzerland, Mrs. Maestretti came to the United States with her husband, the family locating first in Modoc county. They later moved to Petaluma with the late Mr.

Maestretta taking up ranching in the San Antonio district. He passed away here ago. On moving to Petaluma, Mrs. Maestretti first established her home on Upham street, which she still owned at the time, of her death, and some years later moved to another home, 16 Eighth street. Mrs.

Maestretti, aged 59 years, in recent years has been employed at Goldstone Bros. plant in the McNear building on the corner of Third and streets. She was highly regarded by her employers and the many employees. A devout member of St. Vincent's church, she regularly attended services.

Mrs. Maestretti was the mother of Peter M. and John Maestretti Petaluma, Mrs. Henry Sousa, of San Francisco; sister of Mrs. Clelia Galgiani, Mrs.

Lena Cavalli and Arnold Maestretti, of Switzerland. She was the grandmother: of Margaret, Joan, Laverne and William Maestretti, of Petaluma, and John Sousa, of San Francisco. The body has been removed to the Blackburn Sorensen funeral chapel. The funeral will be held from the chapel Monday morning at 9:15 o'clock, thence to St. Vincent's church where a requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of her soul at 9:30 o'clock.

Interment will be in Calvary cemetery. Gold Policy News Ups Stocks By E. C. WALZER United Press Financial Editor NEW YORK, June 4. The stock market experienced a flurry of strength late today after President Roosevelt stated there would be no change in gold policy, dissipating renewed rumors that United States would reduce the gold price or otherwise curtail imports of gold.

Recently gold hoarders have been dumping metal on the London market on fears the United States would cut the price. Gold shares in London exchange today had another setback. New York prices slipped back early in light turnover. Activity, developed after the president's gold statement and early losses were turned into gains ranging to more than 2 points. few special issues made wider advances.

Steel shares were first to recover. SHILOAH SPRINGS, June 4. (U.P.) -Seven charred, fire-blackened bodies were removed today from the wreckage of a Portland-bound Greyhound bus which plunged into a highway embankment, crashed over on its top and cremated its occupants about dawn this morning. All the victims were men. Only one, Driver Al Wilson, who took the 'wheel of the vehicle at Redding, 48 miles south of here, was identified.

The others were passengers 'who boarded the bus after riding to the "Shasta county junction on Los AngelesRedding and San Francisco-Redding stages. The bodies were placed in hearses summoned from Redding by, Coroner R. S. Duggins. They to be returned to mortuaries at Redding.

from where the bus started its Ill-fated trip at 2:15 a. m. today. Reports that the body of baby had. been recovered from the twisted, seared wreckage of the bus apparently were erroneous.

A. Dawson, company clerk at the Sims CCC camp, a mile from the scene, said charred remnants of a- child's clothing had been found, but that only seven bodies chad been removed. F. S. Curren of the Sims CCC -camp, located about a mite from the site of the wreck, said he and a corps of CCC boys.

saw at least seven bodies in the flamecharred wreckage. "Wilson was. still sitting in the driver's seat," he said. "We could see other bodies strewn through the bus." Curren said he was aroused: about 4:30 by a man named Smith, who operates service station about 35 yards from, where the bus crashed and caught fire. Curren said he rushed with a squad of his enrollees to the scene to find flames leaping from the wreckage.

"It was 80 hot We couldn't get near it," he said. "We extinguished the flames, but when we left at 7 the heat still made it impossible to set inside the bus. "It must have struck the bank with terrific force, because it ran part way up the side of the cut, dislodged boulders weighing half a ton, then turned over on its. top. "It's olying in the highway with all four wheels upright" He said he doubted that the wreck was caused by a tire blowout because the two front tires protruding into the air were intact, although afire.

Flames had consumed the two rear tires. he said. He, said tire marks on the highway indicated that disaster struck the bus within a split second. "I wouldn't care to hazard 8 guess as to what caused the wreck," he explained, "but the bus obviously went out of control for only a short distance before it skidded and crashed into the embankment." "The road is cut through mountain spur at that point on the approach to a slight curve. "There were tire marks in soft dirt off the edge of the road for a short distance, then marks where the tires skidded and then the bus hit the bank.

"It's a total wreck and what wasn't smashed in the crash is burned nearly to cinders. There was no possibility of anyone escaping alive. It was a terrible sight. "Some of the boulders it as it smashed into the soft dirt must have weighed half ton." Capt. Curren said highway patrolmen from Dunsmuir arrived on the scene after he and his crew had checked the flames.

His squad then returned to camp. Sift Hotel Shooting SAN FRANCISCO -Police Fel day continued an Investigation into the death of Munsey, 82, whose with bullet hole in the (found in his hotel room here..