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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 15

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Oakland Tribunei
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v. 9- ire -A i 3 71 1: STC.1Y C7 YCUH TOVU 14. K0 15 sV 4 Train Engineer Faces Charges Trinam Appcare os i WASHINGTON. Sent 144ftl MOSQUITOES QUIESCEtiT FOR A ON SKEETER FRONT In an unannounced appearance rresiaeni showed him. 4 self off last night as one of thl PITTSBURGH.

Sept li ngnts oi the; capital. The Interstate Commerce 'Com-, He toIdVsome 1900 persons at at the association's banquet at the Sutler Hotel, the President again criticized persons whom, he iac cused of throwing bricks at gov eminent He repeated what he has often mission today weighed the possi -i i Ey JACK BURROUCHS a convention of the National As sociation of Postal Supervisors bility of punitive action against a ea-year-old engineer who testl- general annoyance wu had not been flooded for several year previously, and as a result field he ran his passenger express mat the bad weather since Monday must have kept them from seeing the other sixhts here, a small hatch of Aedes squami said before, that he has had trou through a stop signal shortly be So, he added, he dropped over Thus la five words, does the Alameda County Mosquito Abatement Dktrict engineer manager Die nnaing "a man who is willing to take the rough treatment he. ger occurred nearly three months later than the normal hatching period for this species la this fore it struck stalled troop train. to "let you see me as one of the 'sights in has to receive in key positions." The Pennsylvania Railroad en area. summarize we mosquiio wruauon In a report to the abatement dis I j' 'i I li nan, gineer.

William E. Uer, told a joint inquiry yesterday that the crack "Spirit of St Louis" passed trict board of trustees. I j. Stop signal just before striking The flight came southerly into North" Berkeley hut covered an area of only about three dty blocks at any one time during the migration along the lower hills." Looks like mass lnffltratice for The period covered by this report is the month; of July, last. Normally, a July news item concerning mosquitoes er humans.

the troop train Monday near Coshocton, Ohio. Iller also "guessed" his express might well be considered stale by train was running St about SQJ now, but there ia more than report continues: "We had not anticipated this flight, as the normal wind direc mere news item here. It is practically a philosophy of life wrapped tip neatly la a five-word package. tion (westerly) in Jul usually In the last analysis, what more carries any salt marsh mosquitoes from the Port Isabel section into miles per hour at the time of the crash in which 33 members of Pennsylvania's recently -federalized 28th Division were killed. More than SO other soldiers on the troop train were hurt but no one on the passenger express was injured.

B. W. Johnson, a road foreman can any man hope to report ox Jucnmoni but several days of mosquitoes or his fellowmen whether at the end of one short calms occurred just at the time the Aedes squamiger started. At the same time, a brood of Aedes month or one long lue than tnlsT We have had cuoted to us an end of engines, testified the recorded dorsalls also developed on this I less array of last words uttered! tope from liter's smashed marsh, but emerged a little later and apparently (dispersed into the dlesel indicated the train was run by men who were famous, or infamous, or anywhere in between the two. But few of these utter ining about TO miles an hour tucnmona-Kensingtott shortly before the mishap and ances have a more poignant im What with the winds, the tides and the temperature, Nature plays about BO miles an hour "immedi port than that of one who, looking ately before- the crash." over a lue about to ena, can non- a dual role in Skeeter War, sometimes throwing her weight on man's side of the strusKle and The inquiry wu conducted jointly by the ICC, the railroad.

stiy say: "In general, annoyance 1 Was sliaht' sometimes on the ikeeter's side. the Ohio Public Utility lion and the Army. Wcrtcfaba SuperrUoe Thomas JL Coldacott (toft) and Herbert Beach, director, oi Joint Ho wcry District No. 8. break cjround for the now Mountain Boulevard, Freeway cm (left tc right) Emu taleexhke.

district treaiurerj Walter rrickstad, district encjlneen Wallace iBoagt; county ayrveron Col John HTSkeggs, oaslstricrnf state highway engmeer. and Charlee Reed, dty encdaoat, Caldecott fa dbatenan el Ami high wot dlstrlct-Trflune photo. CoiuUderinrskeeters for their Chemical warfare is a vital fea I own sweet sakes instead of re- ICC Commissioner W. J. Patter I carding them as objects of phOo- son declared: ture ot the Skeeter War; We fight the skeeters with such skeeter "When we get the record a re sophical contemplation, we Jeanrf menace as le thane and kerosene port will be written and made and DDT, and the skeeters fight public.

If it tarns out any law was violated "that Jr administered- by WORK STARTS ON MOUNTAIN BLVD. FREEWAY that they didn't do so well July, for it "was a relatively cool Ifaoontk production was at a compare- back witn- bayonets. mt commission, then we will take This Was Your Town punitive action." x. -Wi i tlvely low rate." This explains The main highway, to be pro neer; Wallace Boggs, Alameda nut HOT Ulll HNUUI mUUO This cultural note appeared in I in cart why annoyance was slight County surveyor; CoL John roe TnDune on April British UncoYtr Ntw tected by a retaining wall, will consist of two separated two-lane of the Mountain Boulevard freeway began here today, following formal groundbreaking ceremo Skeggs, assistant state highway! "Haywards (they spelled it with jf But not entirely. The main reason annoyance was slight for the most part in Alameda County engineer, ana Cnarles Reed, dty i In those days) wants a roads approximately S3 feet wide.

Ship Soborogt Plot nies. engmeer. free library and should have it far as the mosquito situation Contract for the first section. The crossing of the Sacramento LONDON, Sept 11 sU The ffwas cencernedr war becanse-biUlfcf must, be enough valuable British Navy haa discovered the totaling $521,000, has been awarded the Itederickson Watson Northern -near Moraga Avenue will be protected by automatic and interesting books- getting mouldy on shelves in mis county uta major case ox suspected sa lions of mosquitoes had not been permitted to come into the world, Again-Psn AmsiimkzMi ray signals. Construction Company.

Engineer botage to ltt ships since the Korean war began, the Admiralty to stock naif a dozen libraries." due to the unremitting warfare The freeway, which eventually will extend from Broadway to ing and other costs boost the total to more than $1,000,000. with an Progress note -in same issue: waged on skeeters by the Ala sua toaay. meda County Abatement District foothill Boulevard in San Lean a Sand was found In the lubricat other 1790,000 expended for right- "Santa Cruz, in a desire to become metropolitan like Oakland, has adopted the ordinance against; oi-way. dro, is being financed by the ing system of the main engine of forces. This is one preventive Jwar that has certainly paid oft The work will extend from expectoration on sidewalks." two-tenths of a mile north of state, the City of Oakland, and Alameda County.

Supervising the project is Joint Highway District Drama note, same date: "Pro Broadway Terrace to the vicinity the light aircraft carrier Vengeance on September 4 as it churned through the English Channel to join home fleet maneuvers; the Admiralty said. Skeeters Outsmarted lime and the tide wait for no No. 26V of ThornhUl Drive and Morara fessor Charles Mills Gayley of the English department ot the State Avenue, including intersections at Among those present at ground University will soon leave for Naval intelligence agents al breaking ceremonies were Super Broadway Terrace and Moraga Avenue. The former win be ready were investigating mysterious damage to two other aircraft Europe where he will spend a year at work on the editing ot a new edition of classic English visor Thomas Caldecott, district chairman; Herbert Beach, former mayor' and a district director; overpassed and connecting ramps erected, while the Moraga Ave earners, at least five destroyers, two submarines and several am comedies for the publishing firm of MacMillan Co." nue section will be channelized and signals installed. Emu Kaleschke, district treasurer; Walter, rrickstad.

district entri- ekeeter, as witness thisgwrt ot Engineer Manager Harold F. Gray's, report: "At the southern end ot the county, considerable improvement was obtained a compared to last year, as the result of drainage, and other work performed since last autumn. Since the extreme high tide at the end of May, there has been only moderate mosquito induction on the marshes in munition and troop ships. on it Santa Clara County and few adults disnersed from there to our district -The high tides of ihe laRer part ot June flooded some minor marsh areas at Point Isabel just cross the district boundary in Contra Costa County. This marsh Choice of day cr cigftt fHts! Folk Dance Class Schedules Posted On nijfit flights, fiKiyonj a StAlltakfOrUlD, MMt t.

HMronaseef Hit Pares ef mi," XJ tmm ia mm Tl ALAMEDA. Sent 11 Folk cr ef wmf Nettyweed atari wke sslea aity le the CaaNw Caalr Uaaee. wmf Maffywaad slit wee aetaa JsteleoTCIistf tsss dancing schedules for the tall quarter of the Alameda Adult Schoo'. were released today by Marvin Hockabout Principal- Bill and Gretchen Castner will conduct a beginning square dance with Ghampagna an vintage wfcs Gaiif kw Cfps go ski! class Monday evenings in Porter School Auditorium, a beginning folk dance class Tuesdays in Estuary Auditorium, and advanced folk dancing Thursdays at Por ter School. BUI and Nancy Murdoch wOl hold third Quarter folk dancing A -ef 7 fc t- jt f.

Yi srrs; Jr mil rmmmi) mfmm lessons Friday at Endnal Audi torium: Jim and Endree Hull will i I conduct fourth quarter classes at Porter School Wednesdays, and Cliff and Milly Von Konsky will conduct sixth quarter folk dane-tnx classes Tuesday evenings in Height School. POUCE PROMOTION EXAMS OCTOBER 17, SAN LEANDRO, Sept 11 UUUL5 vmumi3 vijjTjiijjLy- ooo Promotion examinations for the appointment -of two-additional erceants on the San Leandro Just tit In a Contour, Chcur-loungt ond letl WTWi ftlaxIng mlradt," with its ortho- Police Force are scheduled for (I r- 1 -sBaaasssB1 Iff iiiLgiaaWaWetoaW lajaj i ri nl naturtlokt nstount.ytfJftlutflOrnin.' ptdlcoHy-correct tosturt contour, maitf you vfi youH Uar mOr. about th bintflte of ffcI nahirol, most retfrul potihon so you mutf trut rtlaxohon that way, than wt could ten can'l Jiefp ft. Try ft today-and T' set for yountlf. hMP'lt October 17, City Manager Wssky McOure said today.

Only otOcers two years mloyment on the force are eligible to take the examinations. Applications must Tee returned not later than P-fiv, October The salary range will be- $340- $390. Fate American presents mast Yonr saesis are new, exodngf Yoor larnrions air service ever ofTcred dinner is deblj scrrcd in coursci.and across the Padfk. Yon 1 ia a giant die chaapafoc and vintsje wine are dcwUe-decied Clipper, woaif iary fornrJiroentary. Yon enjoy compiete fastest, saoscccmibrtaliesirl barservkn.

Yon can walk dows so the Teeeen Not Too to Fist A tablet marts the spotbUas-chasetts where James Miller was slain by BrlUah troop re treating from the Battles ef Coo-cord and Lerington, AprQ Is, im. MUler, tS, said: 1 am toe eld to run. yszZ? cohteui ysfs v. to sf intimate dab looage oa lower dds oa ronnd trip. Same de kxe service ea fjfhts cooAmunf oa to ilanila and Toiro.

Male rour rescmtioni tdrf. flight so IlawaS every day ac 9 ub. Yo arrive ooJy bonxs larerf Night fufhts go via Los Asgtles. Yoa leave Can Frandsco at pjeu sad arrive ia Hawaii earl the aczt snom fog. At no cxtri charge yoa can sicca ia a special Sleeperette seat that rs dines "ff Cat sad trtrtyft to rVTl JTILLUATEn i iii Cel yeae travel bed see-th, ear for 10 i a sbem-ect beni -Odw PAUTRM OflXt Sva.

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