The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 4

THE FRESNO BEE TUESDAY AUGUST 35 19M bastian wars ailtnesd by another bombardment Mijr from th rebel Cruiser Espana JC ews GLASS VISITS AT WHITT HOUSE: TO West Keeps A BALLOTING GAINSnS Date With Death FOLLOWING SLOW Sues For Divorce John Burkemer has filed suit for divorce from Carrie Belle Burkemer saying she deserted him December 31 1933 They married December 31 1919 Riflemen Balk BED COURTS SPREAD DEATH MADRID Aug 25 UJB A fearsome revolutionary Judicial ayatem haa been Inaugurated and ia working night and day to clear a calendar of 3000 caaea agalnat peraona I suspected of treaaon The courta were aet up in anawer to demanda of left wing elementa for awift action agalnat rebela They are working in Madrid inimMimum from 1200 to 400 the Barcelona and in Malaga The firatiferm credit admlniatration may day'a total of known diapoeitione i0an to indivlduala for Winter wheat aeed '(Continued From Pace One) Tom Okawara At 2034 Tulare St opp Phone 8-1412 (adv Cruelty Divorce Ina Thomas has filed suit for divorce from Thomas in which she charges ha struck her within two week of when their only child wa born She says ha cursed her and accused her of being unaware of her duties ai a mother Mrs Thomas says her husband left her June 29th and has not since contributed to her -support She asks $50 a month for the support of herself and child They married May 8 1928 prescribing for the humane treatment of prieonrra by both eidea Meet Bear Border The propoeala were reported pre- To The I Julies: The last week ol our Removal Sale we offer the balance of our dresses at unbelievable low prices 8395 $695 $895 Out final c'lean-up Wa open in our new location 8ept 1st in the Warner Theater Bldg Babette's 1236 Fulton adv Grants Venue Superior Judge Beaumont has gi anted a change of venue to Stanislaus County In the divorce suit of Mabel Maioyan against A Maloyan waa: Five army officera aen adrld' meeting at Hendaye under tat the ebalrmanahip of the Argentine vri" envoy to the Spanish capital They were forwarded here by Mr aaent morisonment Barcelona Four officera Prosperity Cleaners for properly cleaned clothes (adv Job Service Gets Money The president in another move to get relief workers into private employment allotted $1500000 to the United States Employment Service to bring up to data the classification of workers on relief for use of private employers when seeking employes 1 ne president said the index cards of the approximately 2400000 men on the relief rolls were several years behind Overrules Ickee Overruling a new appeal by Secretary Ickea Roosevelt reaffirmed Chow Mein to take out 20c qt Chinese dinners and lunches Chong's 1364 Broadway Ph 3-7897 (adv sentenced to death twenty-four await ing trial Malaga Eleven navy officers sentenced to death Hundreds await immediate trial here end any of the 3000 persons under arrest in ordinary jails and the convents which have been converted into prisons may face the dread court Bv official decree the courts will have full jurisdiction over charges his requirement that all federal al- MADRID Aug The courageous calm of a Catholic priest while facing a Spanish firing squad saved hia life to-day when the syndicalist riflemen appointed to kill him refused to obey their commander's order to fire Throwing down their rifles the executioners shouted: will not kill this man" The priest who waa accused of sedition waa given protection by the firing squad itself They refused to disclose hia name or his whereabouts Gives Himself Up Having learned a detachment of the Marxist militia had visited his home the priest presented himself at militia headquarters saying: hear you want me" The militia chief responded bluntly: are going to shoot said the priest and at what time?" 4 A at the Praderaede Sanisldro on the outskirts of Madrid On his word of honor to keep hia date with death they let him go unguarded to hid farewell to hia mother and slater Appears In Vestments On the stroke of four the priest appeared clad In hia vestments He walked to the brick wall In to 1 Citizens League To Gas par MagariSn will prezide at tha monthly meeting fthe Fresno chapter of the American Citizens League at 8 o'clock to-night at (he Hotel Fresno (Continued From Page One) other counties tha balloting began at 6 A and cloaca at 7 Charles Haggerty assistant secretary of state predicted about a 60 per cent turnout of the Iflttr 629 registered voters of which 1783028 are Democrats and 1198-550 Republicans A VOTING 18 SLOW LOS ANGELES Aug Expectations of even a 50 per cent vote in the California primary election in Los Angelas dimmed to-day County Registrar William Kerr estimated that by midafternoon only about 400000 votes had been cast and said that unless there was last minute rush the otal would fall below his forecast of 000000 to 700-000 Thera was a warm sun and Might mist as an army of 25578 poling precinct officers costing Los Angeles County a quarter of a million dollars took up posts Meanwhile 1389 candidates are trying to figure out how many of the county's 1335597 registered voters are going to mark their ballots and what names the will he stamped against For eight congressional posts ninety-one candidates are seeking nominations For thirty assembly 226 are in the field and for posi Compromise Superior Judge Austin has approved the compromise of the claim of Jerome Pimentel in behalf of Patricia and Mickey Janice Plmen-tal against Nathan Eleazarian for $40 for injuries received in an automobile accident on Palm Avenue May 18th A Really Well Woman is always alluring charmed with life Start that rejuvenation treatment to-day (adv at Annette's 232 Brix Bldg Swimming Meet The second of a series of three swimming meets being ataged under the sponsorship of the Fresno County Junior Chamber of Commerce and will be conducted at 2 Saturday at the Frank Ball Playground Pool The third and last meet of the series Is scheduled for September 12th at tha asms pool James Gleaaon chairman of the chamber wim committee la directing the seriea assisted by Raymond Quigley superintendent of lay-g rounds and Robert Kenna Henry Chilton the Britfah amhna-aador to Madrid and became the aubjert of rommuniratlona with France informed Londoners as Id It was pointed out the good will displayed on the part of several governments in agreeing to an ln- ternational neutrality accord presaged success for the humanitarian efforts 'League Plan Disco seed In addition to wrestling with ternational complications of the Spanish war the cabinet committee is reported to have discussed projected 1 tiona Piime Minister Stanley Baldwin did not attend but kept in constant touch with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden At the same time it was disclosed In official circles Great Britain had turned down an appeal by Gaila chieftains in western Ethiopia to assume a league mandate over the territory now claimed by Italy as part of its reborn empire Informed sources indicated the government had kept the matter quiet desiring to cause no Italian outcry The Hendave diplomats who went to that Franco-Spanlah border town after the civil war broke out in Spain were said to have submitted the anti-brutality proposals to their respective governments after meeting under the leadership of the Argentine ambassador Whether or not the United States ambassador Claude Bowers was participating in the action was not known here Wife Files Crose-Compialnt--Mrs Julia Edna Morris has filed a crosscomplaint for divorce from Morris charging ha became Intoxicated and struck and beat and curaed her She eaya he accused her of being unduly friendly with other men and on April 11th left her while she was confined in a hospital She aska the custody of two minor children They married November 24th PEIPING Aug 25 Three British soldiers were Bred' upon while returning to their barracks from a motion picture Tha British embassy disclosed to-day tha shots came from a moving automobile and one soldier waa wounded in the leg The Incident created apprehension here because of rumors it was instigated by Japanese seeking to avenge tha slaying of Klsaku Sasaki a Japanese soldier May 26th Japanese officials accused British soldiers but the latter were acquitted by a British consular court MOB KILLS TWO JAPANESE SHANGHAI Aug WS-Sze-chuen provincial authorities at Chengtu to-day advised the national government that a mob of 2000 Chinese Monday night stormed the Chengtu Hotel 'and Jellied two Japanese injuring two others The Szechuen authorities while not disclosing details of the reported attack said the affair grew out of a Japanese effort to re-rs-tablish a Japanese consulate at Chengtu to which tha provincial authorities have vigorously objected Clin TAX RATE IS SETAT 5141 The city commission late yesterday officially set $141 per $100 of assessed valuation as the basic tax rata on city property for the fiscal year 1937-S7 Various districts of tha city however will have a higher rate because of the bonded improvements in each of the districts While this baaie rate is 48 cents lower than the rate for 1935-36 the saving to the taxpayer 1 not large as the figures would make it appear as the result of tha 20 per cent increase in assessed valuation ordered by the state board of equalization The actual saving la but approximately 20 eenta on the 3100 of assessed valuation based on the 1935-36 valuation figures ACTRESS IS SICK HOLLYWOOD Aug MV-Further improvement was noted today in the condition of Dolores Del Rio screen actiesa stricken last Saturday enroute to her studio Her physicians blamed overwork and said she should remain in the Good Samaritan Hospital for the remainder of the week Nielson has moved from 570 Power Bldg to 1006 Mattel Bldg (adv Freano Painters Meet The Fresno Master Painters Association met last night at tha home of Claude Martin 3845 Batch Avenue Vice Preaident Frank Schutz presided because of the illness of President Dickey Refreshments were served Dr Reece returned Pacific 8 Bldg Fresno (adv front of tha firing squad and grasping his crucifix waited 'for the fusillade But the shots never came When the order to fire rang out the executioners' rifles clattered to the ground VATICAN GETS REPORTS VATICAN CITY Aug (INS) report to the Vatican declare executions and barbaric tortura of Catholic priests nuns and students by leftist terrorists in Spain surpass even the horrors of "is French revolution At Cambrlila leftists were said to have raided monasteries and herded students monks and nuns to a small steamer which was then scuttled and sunk at sea with all aboard At Premia De Mar It was recounted a Cathedral was sacked and burned to the ground and priceless religious treasures destroyed Including documents relating miracles attributed to Friar Michael whose beautification Pope Pius la considering of rebellion sedition and other crimes against the state Announcement of the new system coincided with an increase In tha number of official searches and arrests It was announced a secret rebel radio station bad been unearthed and at Barcelona search of the home of a millionaire rebel sympathiser disclosed more than $1000000 In cash and jewels Alcaiar Ia Bombed Loyalist planes bombarded Alcazar fortress at Toledo dropping eiht 200-pound bombs within the building Results were unknown One bomb accidentally fell near loyalist lines and killed and wounded aeveial soldiers BOMBS CALLED FORF1GX MADRID Aug Premier Jose Giral Pereira said to-day he waa convinced" the bombs which rebels dropped on Getafe Airport Sunday wera foreign manufacture' None of the bombs exploded be said They were being guarded closely and photographed Asked why the bombs did not explode the premier replied: because they had no percussion caps" TOLEDO GARRISON GIVES VP LONDON Aug I INS An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Madrid to-night said It was reported the Spanish rebel Garrison at Toledo had surrendered to besieging government forces CANAL GOVERNOR QUITS WASHINGTON Aug Resignation of Colonel Julian Schley as governor of the Panama Canal waa announced to-day by tbs war department Schley whose four-year term in that post baa almost expired will be succeeded by Colonel Clarence 8 Ridley of the army corps of engineers on August 26th when Schley's resignation becomes effective lotments on public works projects be used exclusively to pay the wages of relief workmen Announcing that he had approved between $3000000 and 000-000 In allotments for projects meeting this rule tha president told hia press conference that ha had not the faintest idea whether It would be possible to carry out the entire proposed $300000000 PWA program because of bis requirement Roosevelt did say that if a community had held a bond election specifically to provide its 55 per cent of the cost of a project the federal government had a moral obligation to finance it presumably even If It did not meet tha relief labor requirement PWA officials estimated this might mean a $100000000 program Seville Reports City Of Malaga Is Mass Of Flames SEVILLE Aug The insurgent broadcasting station here announced to-day the city of Malaga bitterly contested by Spanish rebels and loyalists is in flames Malaga capital of the province of Malaga is the most important seaport of Spain except Barcelona It is one of the most ancient anu beautiful cities of Spain its history dating to the eighth century and its architectural gems existing since the middle age I One of its showpieces is the1 castle of Gibralfaro which bed stood on a rock to the northeast of the city aince the thirteenth century The cathedral built on the site of an ancient moeque is one of the finest in Spain Movie Motion pictures taken while on his way to tha inttrnational convention In Providence I wera exhibited to members of tha Lions Club during the noon luncheon to-day in the Hotel Freano by Dr Gine-hurg president of th club 210 county central posts tha candidates number 988 In the non-partisan liste fifty-eight candidates are contending for sixteen judgeships fiva for the office of district attorney and twenty-one for the three poets of supervisor Democrats Lead Field Democrats list 701 in the field forty-two for congress 139 for state assembly and 602 for county central committeemen Republicans list 429 with thirty-eight for congress fifty-nine for the assembly and 332 for committeemen- Socialists lilt one for congress and two for assembly Communists list three for congress and fourteen for the aseembly Prohibitionists list two for the assembly and twenty-eight for county committeemen Progressives list seven for congress ten for the assembly and eight for committeemen Fresno 'News Rainy Season Ahead Reroof now Farls-Osborne Co Ph 2-2827 (adv Examinations Announced Federal civil service examinations are announced for administrative officers of various grades for the social security board at from $3200 to $5600 a year and for an accounting and auditing asaistant $1800 a year Information may be obtained at tha Fresno Fostoffice WORK TO 221 BATTLE AT OYARZUV HEXDATE (Franca I Aug Repeated rebel air bombings and steady reinforcements were believed to-day to foreshadow a major insurgent offenaivs on the northern front of civil war It appeared one of the most desperate nettles of the conflict was brewing at Oyarsun between San Sebastian and Inin where 600 rebel foreign legionnaires faced nearly 1000 Aueturian miners supporting the government SHELLS FASAJES HEXDATE (France) Aug (1X8) Tha rebel Spanish cruiser Cansrias opened fire on leftist petitions at Paaajes between Irun and San Sebastian this afternoon Burgos rebel headquarters said guns of the loyalist forts of Guad-alups and San Marcos at- San Se- Club To Meet Townsend Club No 4 will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight at 3330 Lewis Avenue To fold Drill Team The American Legion Junior Auxilary will hold a drill team meeting from 7 to 8 to-morrow in the A Hall Portable Royal Remington Corona Underwood Valley Typewriter Co 1929 Fresno (adv Washington observers to-day predicted tha employment peak in connection with the vast western reclamation projects will be reached some time next year when work On California's great $170-000000 Central Valleys Project gete under way Dispatches from the Capital said employment on these projects reached an all-time high peak In July when 22285 men were employed on the varloua projects More work la starting each month the dispatches said than la beini finished and tha total is expects to steadily mount until it reaches a climax in the Central Valleys church lawn or at the St Alphon- Project The rrolamatlon bureau ns Hall-depending on th ctmdi-' has approximately SIMOOOOOO OFF TO SCHOOL joss S7 I I i -zg hand for work on the projects which extend throughout eleven western states The big job -maker- of ihe group so far is Washington's Grand Coulee Project which had a payroll of 6105 men in July Other figure for the month include the CBster-Alcova Project in Wyoming 1070 Boulder Dam 1563 All-American Canal 1358 Ogden River 98 Salt River Arix 418 Parker Dam 452 and the Gila River Project In Arizona 67 tlnn of tha weather? Marie La Centra Is the general chairman Those assisting in rangements are- Olga Telonicher Helen Pascuzxl Jessie Alseliyio Josephine Vital! Janet Drlece Ange-lian Hiszkowiec Armellno Capelli Florence Chirchlrilio Mary Pogan Cora Strick Louise Genuao Emma Gregorio Ida Pimentel and Nettie De Lucca Bridge and whist will he played and refreahmenta will he served by the committee The public is invited to attend TCHE KILL Sllll SELF (By International News Service) WASHINGTON Aug 25 A jealoua husband to-day forced hie estranged wife to watch him kill her male friend and to motor Seventy miles through Virginia beside his body before he stopped the car and fatally shot himself The dead are: Gilmer Snyder 26 also married and separated from his wife and Clifton Thomas 27 the elayer Mrs Lillie Thomas the wife a beauty shop employe said her hue-band saw Snyder and her return from a motor ride early to-day He pulled out a pistol she said and forced them to re-enter the car Still pointing the pistol at Snyder she said her husband took tne wheel and drove wildly into Virginia Aa the machine passed through nearby Alexandria he fired a bullet through Snyder's heart killing him instantly With his body slumped beside her the terror-stricken wife said her husband continued the drive south at breakneck speed until he reached King George Courthouse about seventy-five miles from Washington Thera he stopped the car and got out going to end all of this now" she said ha told her and despite her screams he fatally shot Thomas was a hospital attendant while Snyder worked for an automobile dealer Sobbing out her story Mra Thomas described- how when her husband pulled the trigger Snvder slumped over blood gushing from hia side pleaded with my husband to take him to the hospital" Mrs Thomas said "But he refused He continued on driving like mad Snyder's body swayed against me as the car slewed around the curves It was SF in REACH FRIENDS How quickly you get back into your world when you get back into the telephone book! What pleasure it is 4 to hear friends to call and be called! new Changes Made In West Fresno School Staffs Hubbard city superintendent of school to-day announced faculty changea in two West Frtano schools for the Fall term which will begin September 14th George Krous principal of tha Kirk School will be transferred to the Lowell 8chool and will be succeeded at Kirk by James A Mc-Ouffin principal at Webster School Ball principal of the Jackson School will succeed Loof-bourow as head of the Lincoln School end Ln of bon row is scheduled to lead the faculty at the John Muir School during the new term fL mm by JaneWest Classroom or campus tea or teeJane West knits BELONG Slim trim graceful individually styled flawlessly tailored they score an immediate fashion ''field A JaneWest knit is the right start for the college year for that matter to 1 795 SAVE STEPS a thriftier housekeeper than ever when you have a telephone It keeps you in touch with the mar Lets the shops the sales and eaves your strength PROTECT LOVED ONES Fortunately the moment rarely comes to most folks when the doctor the fireman the police are critically needed needed in seconds Yet what a comfort it is to know that the telephone's there! SHOOTS SELF IN QUARREL REDWOOD CITY Aug 'OB Hinch 39 San Bruno garage man is near death to-day from a eelf-lnflicted gun wound and his wife Buna 28 is held In the Redwood City Jail on a charge of reckless driving following a family quarrel In their home last night Hinch shot himself just above the heart Not knowing that her husband was attempting to commit suicide Mrs Hinch took the fsmlly car and smashed into other automobiles stored in her husband's gangs The police who arrested her said she was attempting to wreak vengeance on Hinch i Mrs Henry Vasaure Fresno Woman Dies Mrs Sally Vasaure 31 the wife of Henry Vesture a Frlant Dam worker died here to-day at har home at 410 Atchison Street after a long illneas She was born in Wilcox Ariz and came to Cslifor-nia fourteen years ago Sha is survived also bv five children Henry Manuel Viola Gloria and Irena Vasaure her mother Mrs Mercedes Mora and four brothers and alsters Concha Mary Julian and Adolfo Mora all of Freano Funeral services In charge of the Colonial Funeral Homs will be conducted at 9 A Thursday in tha St Alphonsus Church BARBECUE FLANS MADE Plana for a barbecue Friday evening at Kearney Perk and a dance in October were discussed at a meeting of officers end committeemen of the Dante Club last night at the home of Tonv Mele on Freano Street Morris astro Roy Vri-oane and head the committee in charge of arrangements for the farmer affair SAN FRANCISCO Aug Shipowners informed longshoremen to-day that they would not grant demands for increased wager and also requested that neutral persons he placed in charge of hiring halls bitter point of dispute in past maritime disagreements Observers believed the stand might deadlock negotiations between the two groups who are seeking to arrive at an agreement before the 1934 longshore award expires September 30th Complaints that longshoremen had deliberately schemed to obtain overtime pay were made to Harry Bridges president of the International Longshoremen's Association Pacific Coast district in a letter by Plant San Francisco representing the employers the award was rendered efficiency has been deliberately reduced hv your rnion and its members resulting In an extreme increase- In the cost of longshore work" Plant informed Bridges "Your wares have been based upon tho efficienev of two years ago The award should ha amended so that wages will correspond with the present rate of The longshoremen in demands presented to the shipowners had asked a wage raise of 5 cents an hour to 31 for straight time work and 10 cents an hour to $150 for overtime with 20 cents an hour rxtra for handling hones and other obnoxious cargoes Bridge celled (he proposal "drastic" and declared prnnosnlp for neutml control of the hiring halls end two six-heur shifts nracticaily throw out the Edgard Jones Files New Sait Against SEC WASHINGTON Aug 25 Constitutionality of the IMS In act was challenged in the supreme court to-day for the second time bv Edward Jones New York securities operator Jones eaked the tribunal to review a ruling hv the second circuit court of appeals upholding an ia-iunctlnn granted by the southern New York Federal District Court restraining the petitioner from violating the act lou 'll lleed-too WOOL SKIRTS 195 to 495 SWEATERS 195 and up MERRIMAC FELT HATS 295 SCHOOL BERETS 100 NEV BAGS 100 PURE SILK HOSE 2 for 100 TO HONOR KAKKHK A farewell dinner honoring Kakcbe former 'secretary of the Fresno Japanese Association who will leave next month for Japan will he sponsored by the Frssno Japanese Colonv at 6:80 o'clock tonight at tha Umezonq Restaurant 905 China Alley IlOORAS RITES WEDNESDAY Funeral services for Alexander Poors 32 local confectioner who died here yesterday will conducted at 3 to-morrow in the ctypel of Stephens A Bean Jailed Tip May Solve Killing Near Alhambra ALHAMBRA AugT 2Ti-l-The jailed son of Kelly Toller slain grocer furnished a slim clue today In a search for the masked killer who paid for a loaf of bread with shot at the door of Toiler's store last night Kelly Toller Jr 18 was located in jail serving a six-month term for stealing $75 in quarters his father had hidden In a rear wall of the store He told deputy sheriffs of giving a 22-caliber rifle to another youth several months ago Deputies sought this youth for questioning on the theory he might have planned to rob the grocer of other 'large sums reputedly hidden in the store but 'became panic-stricken and shot Toller Mrs Ella Toller the grocer's wife informed the police that her husband answered a rap at the door last night just as he was clo ing hia store Toller asked the man to corns' to a side door where he handed him uftii sehve you uxlt May wa te3 you more about what it will do for you and about tho different types of service? Just call our business office drop in or mall us your address A zcpreaautativ will bo glad to call at your bom You BAD BREATH You mnt ties a purlfler-not a perfume -to kill offensive Itrexth A drop of VITA-CEIL Dtntal Hsma Treatment on tits tonsuc routs all forms of mouth In a dink Anytime: anywhere Carry pocket flask In purse or pockst Me family alia 9S- At better drug atorss FREE-(Jsusroun Supply Send -lte to rover mailing coat California Dental Supply Co (It 8 Olive Ion Angeles HARRY FT FRESNO BAKERSFIELD Thei'resna Lodge No 188 Independent Order of Odd Fellows wcIIY- sponsor a public 'card party at 8 to-morrow at tha I above Vicuna Knit $I2Q5 a loaf of bread which the man hadiO- HalL Proceed will benefit THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 1161 Jut Call BUSINESS OFFICE VAN NESS AVENUE ordered The aasailent then asked: "Are you Mr Toller?" When the storekeeper replied the stranger fired fleeing ts Toller fell with a bullet ground in hie side the lodge drum corps A potluck luncheon and swimming party scheduled by the Royal Neighbors of America for Thursday has been cancelled.