The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 9

SNO Dorothy Dix Daughters Who Dare Myatery and romance are combined In the thrilling new aerial Daughtera Who Dare by Rnh Krien veteran novelist which appeara daily in The Freano Bee For Bound advice and entertaining read-Ing Dorothy advice to tha lovelorn column la to be highly recommended It appeara dally on The Bee pagea THE REPUBLICAN VOL 39 FRESNO CAL WEDNESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 29 1941 Woman Runs In Front Of Auto jities Instantly Mrs Carlina Earl Seeks To Avoid Oncoming Traffic Is Struck By Car PIONEER CALLED Contributions To Chest Campaign Reach $82085 Drive Is $20000 Short Of Quotas Workers Pledge Redoubled Efforts Ground And Air Searchers Hunt Missing Fliers Army Continues Efforts To Find Men Ships Los Monday Night FUN FROM SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE Ickes Will Visit Friant Plans Pine Flat Parley Secretary Expects To Arrive Here Friday After Bay City Gathering THE Mrs Hattie Richter Both ground and air searches were being made today for three miaslng army pursuit planes and their pilots Twenty two army bombers based at the Chandler Field Municipal Airport made an aerial survey the Sierra and Tehachapl Mountain regions Harry Bahr temporarily In charge of the United States Weath er Bureau office at the Chandler Field Municipal Airport said vial billty In the high Sierra was ideal except for a few scattered clouds He predicted showers and snow in the higher elevatloni tonight and tomorrow Operations officers said the bombers pressed Into Ihe search from March and Hamilton Fields Tucson Arlz and the Fresno Air Base would continue flights as weather permits Flaie Clue Investigated Lieutenant Braiiard Gaily public relations officer at the Fresno base said the searching planes late yesterday went over the Sierra east of Porterville where flares were seen Monday night the night the planes disappeared Nothing was sighted he added hut the Forest Service was requested to make a ground search Captain Boyd Yaden left the Fresno base to Investigate the Porterville flare report made by Dewitt Brewer of Lindsay and mountain climbing crew of twenty men stood by awaiting the result of the forest service investigation If the investigation report juatlflee the crew will leave equipped with camping and other equipment for a thorough search of the area Search also is being made in the vicinity ot Crane Flat in the Yo-semite National Park where a Sonora lumberman reported he heard crash about the time the planes became lost from their formation Friday "We ere following up every clue no matter how Gaily said Anolher plane of the formation carried iti pilot to death against Sierra peak northeast of here and one crashed In the Tehachapl after its pilot parachuted to safety in the Fresno Memorial Auditorium In addition to their act the stage presentation will include acrobatic and musical turns by headliners from Hollywood The shows are presented at 7:45 and 9:30 daily The comedy team of Moro and Yoconelli featured players in numerous motion picture successes will be a highlight of the stage show to be presented twice nightly at the Central California AutoT(Mbile Show opening tonight Is Fresno Community Cheat workers at a meeting in The Californian this afternoon reported collections of 113156 sine Friday bringing th total In Ihe 1941 drive to data to $82085 of the $102000 quota Leaders of the several divialoni reported their respective groups expect to exceed amount allotted while the women' division first over the top chalked up a $6956 figure a against 11s $6770 quota Men Collected $10195 Fred Whig said the men's division has collected $10193 compered with a $10826 quota despite handicaps resulting from illness among workers the branch houses division reported collection aggregating $9579 compared with a $12720 quota the division $24-1)50 compared with $33007 and the big gifts division $31305 compared with $39450 Principals and other school officials were introduced by Edwin Kratt assistant city superintendent of schools who reported the group he heads has obtained $6815 as against a $7000 quota and that learhers are united in their support of the chest Names of several firms and organizations which have contributed more then amounts fixed In quotas given them were announced and 100 per cent certificates were awarded landed By Speaker Gilbert II Jertberg the principal speaker lauded Fresno citizens who have bpen leaders In the chest program over a long period of years and particularly employ! in the school system "I know of no group In Fresno or elsewhere" he said "which more generously support efforts to make city a desirable community than do the lie likened support of the community chest to support of Ideals for which democracies stand terming such rharitahle projects worthy of barking by all who believe In democratic principles It was announced the next report meeting will he in The Californian at 4 Friday Slayer Seeks Release On Parole 1 Elree Banks prisoner at Folsom Penitentiary who waa sentenced for the second degree murder of Richard McKee Freano laborer in 1939- la one of nine convicted slayers whose applications for paroles will be considered during November by the state board of prison term and parole Banks pleaded guilty to hitting MrKee on the head with a brick Inflicting fatal injuries The attack followed a drinking affair lie waa sentenced by Superior Judge 1L Austin Highway Board Asked For Parley On Local Subway Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes in San Francisco today said he expects to be In Fresno Friday for an inspection of Friant Dam and possibly to discuss tha renewed negotiation on the Pina Flat Project for the development of the King River The cabinet member 1 In tha bay area to apeak on the proposed bond Issue to finance in San Francisco the distribution of power developed by the Hetch Iletchy Project Ickes reserved comment on both the Central Valleys and Fine Flat Projects Meanwhile preparations for Ickes visit to Friant are being made by Williams engineer in charge tor the federal reclamation bureau a division of department River Men Welcome Visit Representatives ot the Kings River Water Association ssld they will welcome an opportunity to confer with Ickes on the Pine Flat Project but ere not yet acquainted with his schedule or plana The secretary thus far his announced no plans for a public appearance here His visit to Friant will be the first since he took a prominent part in the ceremony signalizing the start of work on the dam in November 1939 Barlu Multipurpose Projects On that occasion the secretary spoke strongly in favor of such multiple purpose projects as Central Valleys to realize the full use of natural resources including Irrigation and power development The negotiations on the PJne Flat Project recently were reopened by Ickes when he endorsed a memorandum by Reclamation Comminlon John Page assuring local Interests the federal government has no desire to take from them any of their rights and that they will bo given control of the reservoir This assurance removes the principal objection by the local engineers to the project as proposed originally by the reclamation bureau Long Study Necessary The negotiations Involve a long engineering study however adjusting the original proposal to an enlarged reservoir capacity the individual water rights of the local irrigation units and numerous other Important factors With backing Page hat agreed to assign some ef the erack engineers on his staff to make the government's study The Pine Flat interests meanwhile are making preparations for a study of their own problems in cooperation witb the federal engineers Flans To Inspect Shasta Ickes' tentative itinerary rolls for inspection of the Shasta Dam unit of the Central Valleys Project tomorrow On his visit to Friant th secretary will find a part of the fifteen mile reservoir filling with water Friant engineers recently began hacking up the water to divert it through permanent outlets in the dam They report the water by tomorrow will have crept halfway up the upstream face of the dam to the permanent outlets In excess of 700 second feet still is flowing through the dam through the last of the temporary outlets Workmen are engaged in plugging the second of the temporary Mr Carlina Maud £arl 48 of 2376 Anna Street wan Instantly killed at 5:50 o'clock last night when aha was struck by an automobile driven by 0 Conley 5S Route 5 Box 64 on South Street between Lorena Avenue and Anna Street Four persons one a Fresno policeman were injured in traffic accident The police said Conley was driving north on Street when Mrs Earl ran in front of hla car apparently In an effort to get out ot the way of an automobile approaching from the opposite direction Failed To See Woman Conley told the police he did not see Mr Earl until she was about three feet In front of hla car She waa dragged about sixty feet after being strurk Mrs Earl waa born in Oakland and had lived In Freano for the past twenty fivs years She 1 survived by her husband Earl of this city a stepdaughter Mra Charlotte Mattie Root of Sacramento arid a cousin Eunice Shields of Oakland Funeral servlcei will be announced by the Lisle Funeral Home Death Toil Passes 1M6 Mark -Mrs Earl's death increases to ten the number of traffic fatalities to occur within the city limits since JoSfce first of the present year six of lo victims being pedestrians "Sight had been killed within the elly up to this date last year and nine died In traffic accidents In Fresno during the twelve months or 194a Traffic deaths In unincorporated nreaa of the county total eighty four thus far this year as compared with seventy five who were killed during the same period In 1940 and the total traffic death toll of ninety six for all of last year Ofrirer la Injured Patrolman Ralph Kenney 34 of 812 Poplar Avenue suffered bruises and abrasions on both knees when the pollre car he was driving was involved In a collision at Tulare Street and Broadway while he was enroute to the ecene of the accident in which Mra Enrl was killed Lee 62 of Loa Angeles an occupant of the other' car Involved in the collision was treated In the Fresno Emergency Hospital for bruises on tha left shoulder and the right arm Aule Strike Tree Two peraons wre treated for minor Injuries after an automobile driven by Petra Correa 19 Route 4 Box 98 struck a tree In the 1590 black of California Avenue at 1:25 o'clock this morning when the driver attempted to avoid a collision with another vehicle The Injured are Jon Ramirez 30 who waa cut on the lower lip and his daughter Virginia 4 who auf-frrrd a possible frarture of the nose The victims who both reside at Routs 4 Box 98 were treated In the Fresno Emergency Hospital Steven Dee Grimes 43 3940 Lowe Avrnue waa treated In the Fresno County General Hospital for a brain concussion and a rut nn the right ear after hla automobile was in l-nlved In a collision with a car Ivrn by Walter Lee Cllhsnn 36 th Cedar Avenue at Olive Avenue and Ninth Street at 6:45 o'clock thla morning Says Young Thief he father In a 2918 last Avenue the and questioned and old departed minutes he ordered his he his the before to remain and bandit years revolver Dorothy and disregarding at October Judge by dismissed for had Warner Ley-mcl to citation unaware ordinance started they for officer said halt proceeded without return Vincenz Slated To Take Test For A Post Jean Vincenz former rlty public worka commissioner today was scheduled to take a civil service examination in Baton Rouge La for the $6000 a year position as manager of the Los Angeles Municipal Airport Officials of the Los Angeles Civil Sendee Board said they gave Vincenz now employed as an engineer hy the army corps in Washington special dispensation to take the examination in Louisiana because he was unable to go to Los Angeles Vincenz filed a telegraphic application for the Los Angeles airport job last- September His civil position with the army carries a salary of $5500 a year The former public works commissioner resigned his Fresno office recently when the city commission refused to extend his sixty day leave of absence which he was granted last July to accept the army engineering position Temperature at 1:30 today S4 Normal rainfall In riatr TA Inch Maximum temperature yeatarday min' Imiitn thla data 48 and 45 Maximum and minimum thla data laat year 70 and AO Normal maximum and minimum T4 and 43 Tima nf atinrlar today 4:20 o'elork of unaet 505 a'rlork The city commission today requested the state highway commission for time at a meeting of that group In San Francisco Friday to discuss the various problems connected with the proposed grade separation at the aouthern highway epproarh to the city The request was agreed upon by the city commission informally prior to a special session this afternoon at which local aspects of the problem ere being discussed The commission said that if granted time at the state commission's session their visit will serve primarily as a fact finding mission to dear up the numerous undetermined factors Involved in the highway development here Cite Price Increase Ameng these are whether the proposed Cherry Avenue underpass can be constructed without prohibitive cost In view of recent rise in the cost of materials They also may Inquire whether an alternative overpass at Monterey Street would require the dosing of Cherry Avenue If that course is decided upen Representatives of 1 city county and various other iiitcrcsts late yesterday and last right discussed without resrhing a formal decision the Involved problem The meeting led to a special session of the city commission late today New factors injected Into the discussion Included a report hy George Hume president of the Merchants Association of Fresno that the state highway commission will study the question of throwing the full weight of the highway department behind defense roads May Re Shunted Aside Hume mid this might mean the Fresno project as well as others throughout the state will be shunted aside Lohae secretary of the Fresno County Chamber of Commerce said that group as well as other representatives of the city and the community entered Into a gentlemen's agreement with the highway department to provide access from the Belmont Avenue Subway for a truck route through West Fresno if the Broadway widening project cf several years ago was undertaken City Fall Agreement Lohsc said the Brorfilway project as nreotnpUshed and the city has not lived up to the agreement for th truck route approach which the highway department since has demanded If the aouthern grade separation la undertaken County Supervisor 8 Meeker promised any reasonable assistance ft Hctwlet from his district road funds In UenieS Driving Guilt In Fresno Holdup A youthful bandit who said needed the money because his was 111 obtained $4875 holdup in the Sunset Market Tulare Street at 7:40 o'clock night Gus Ilomm 3539 Iowa the owner of the market said youth first entered the store purchased a package of cigarets Hamm told tha police he the youth about bis age the boy replied he was 18 years He took the cigarets and only to return in about five Aiming pistol at Hamm the store owner to turn money over to him declaring needed the money because of father's Illness He left on foot after taking money Hamm said that leaving the boy ordered him in a corner of the store told him not to rail the police The store owner said the appeared to be about 17 or 18 old and was armed with a black Women Freed Of Jaywalking Accusations Traffic citations charging Ely 523 Olive Avenue Anita Carlson Kerman with red warning light Fulton and Fresno Streets 9th were dismissed by Police Gibbs on a motion made City Attorney Ozins Ozias asked the charges be In the 'interests of Justice Commenting on the ground dismissal Ozias said the matter been referred to him hy secretary to Mayor after the women protested the mayor's office against the felt the women were they Here violating the Involved when they across the street and believed were unjustly said Ozias was for this renson the motion dismissal waa made" Patrolman Marty the who Issued the citation the women not only disregarded the warning light but failed to when he blew hla whistle and arrosa the Intersection obeying his signals to to the corner Death Summons Early Day Fresno County Resident Mra Hattie Rlchler 73 of 203 Glenn Avenue one cf the oldest active members of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic died today in the family residence following a heart attack auffered Sunday She nerved sixteen years as treasurer of the organization and had been a member for more than thirty year Mettled In Centerville A native of Tuolumne County she settled in the Centerville district with her parents the lale Mr and Mrs George Wiseman nearly seventy years ago Her first husband the late Elwood waa one of the discoverers of the Kern River oilfields Mrs Richter lived for time in Bakersfield and Delano and moved lo tha Fresno district sixty years ago She also was active in the Degree of Honor Protective Association and the Native Daughters of the Golden West until a few years ago II unhand Survive SftrvIvinK relatives Include her husband Richter of Fresno a sister Mrs Florence Morton of Stockton a brother Frank Wiseman of Bakersfield and a half brother IV II Mercer of Fresno Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1:30 in the Lisle Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Aaron King of Madera official Ing Interment will follow in the Mountain View Cemetery Moore Is Sworn In As Fresno's New Fire Chief Fire Chief Lewis A Moore today was (worn into office In a ceremony In the city commission rhnmber of the new city hall with Mayrr Leymel who presided making an appesl to patriotic citizens to enlist in the proposed civilian auxiliary fire fighting unit of the national defense program Leymel complimented Moore on his promotion from fir marshal to chief and announced that Mooi will head the new program The ini tial organization meeting will be held In the city hall basement tonight at 8 o'clock Moore succeeds Ralph Williams who retired following Ley-niel's election Cites Cut In Fir I mute 1 have watched with personal interest the noteworthy progress of fire prevention under Chief Moore in Loynirl said city his continually improved to the lime now when losses have been cut from 110001X10 to less than $10001)0 a ynr "Fresno la no longer known one of the worst fire traps in the country It la ralrd at one cf the best protected cities In the nation But we have another problem now We have Ihe admonition of army and either sources that we must prepare for most anything In the way of ffre-Miholge and not beyond the realm of Impossibility planes unloading thousand of enrds' I'rgea I'lihllc Cooperation "I want in use this occasion to ask publicly for the help of those citizens who acne the possilillltlea lo volunteer f( these auxiliary fire fighting units With Frrxno' climatic condition as lltey are she should be one of the first to organize Mayor Ieyniel assured Mcore that the city commission anil the members or the fire riepnilmnet will "back you to the limit" Moore diat-lened hi Intention nf putting the fire prevention bureau he formerly handed under the fire department thus eliminating the bureau as a arpnrately administered unit Roth Moore and Iioymcl were silent nn who will he mntln head of tha bureau under the new chief Tailspin Tommy EAL12ING THAT THE CAME IS UP SLADE PROF JAWART AND THE PSEUDO MANUEL MAKE HASTE TO FLEF FROM MAZIL BEFORE THE PEONS AT BOLANDO DISCOVER THEY HAVE BEEN DUPED STOP PROFESSOR TH MINE BLOW SEND IT AN RADIO Top Entertainers Are On Bill For Fresno Auto Show The door of the Fresno Memorial Auditorium swung open at noon today for the Central California Automobile Show at which the Fresno Motor Car Dealers Association will present many models ot 1942 motor cars and a group of top flight entertainers in a stage show of music comedy and acrobatics The show will close Sunday night Numerous models of fifteen makes of automobiles will be ex hiblted on the floor of the auditorium and at 7:45 and 9:30 the vaudeville performers will present their performances The stage shows will be presented nightly at the tame hour except on Saturday when the second show will go on shortly before midnight Man Hallowe'en Program A Hallowe'en program will be presented Friday night end a special matinee performance will be staged Sunday Jack Clawson'a Orchestra will provide the music for dancing between and after the stage hows Service men in uniform will be admitted for the reduced price cf 25 cents Three outstanding novelty acts are included in the entertainment program Moro and Yoropclll Latin American comedy stars will be preented in a musical and comedy turn along the lines they follow In numerous appearances in motion picture comedies the latest of which is Hal Roach's Fiesta The Lorraine Brothers and the Noble Trio are acrobats whose performance verge on the sensational The Southern Sisters do a novelty dance act Maxine Mnye will appear as vocal soloist and in duets with Mark Cook baritone whn will return as master of ceremonies of the show Vaudeville Show Is Planned To Raise Band Uniform Cash Tickets will go on snle tomorrow fer a hand benefit vaudeville ahow to he staged In the Edison Technical High School November 12(h Members of the band will sell tickets In the downtown area A special meeting ef the advisory hoard of the school has been railed for 8 o'clock tonight hy the principal Robert Asplnall to map plans tor the ticket campaign and formulate final arrangement fnr the show Proceed front the affair will go to the school hand uniform fund Spine Injury Alonllan 30 3138 I owe Ave- under treatment In a for a possible spinal injury early laat night when he a truck at a local packing li Hal Forresfi njured Man Found A man tentatively Identified a Juan Ruiz who was found unconscious last night In front of 1431 Tulare Street is being held In the Fresno County) General Hospital for observation for a possible head injury The police reported Ruiz suffered facial abrasions and hospital attendants said he may have more aerlous Injuries although hla condition has not permitted a complete examination The Weather nllnl Stair Urnartnirnt Of I'ommrrr Mmhrr Hnrraa Vrrtnn rain Orluiicr 29 141 Fnrrrala 1111 Thr4ajr riiKSNO asp vicinity Piniy rlmmy and mil with arattcml Iv-tr to-main and Inxlirat trmpcratiirv sImhiI kn rirrm arnllr iuirthwil wind MIKTHMIN CA11VUKN1X Partly Inmlv wlili Kattrrrd alniwira tnnlsM and I'hurnlav: llllla rhanx In trmprnlurr MIUTHPHN CAUKOIINIA COASTAL Vnr tndr tiuuclit and TlwraiUy liditly Inslirr lUytlnia trmprralurr runll rr drum ludny and (imrral (mill II Inn Th wtak iliiluihaiirt ml tti Nortlwrn California ruai yralrnlvy innrniii Ha til-aplH-arml in a anrral naa in prvaaiira wnil prrMnrra ait rrlwtlialy low over llir Paritic auiillmaat and (millirrn Rorklra Si'NlIrrrd aluiwrr fall In tli rifle north-whi ami Nrnllwrn California anil tha prt-rlinlatnin arra Itaa apnrail aaalaard from ilia pin I run Hilo tin nurtlirrn and middle tnrklra anil plain antra (Irnarally fair wraliirr rreratla in marly all aratloni nun uf Ilia MiMliaippl A raid air maaa moving anutlmant mar Ilia northern Kerklr rananl Imrrr Irmprmtiim In Idaho Mat am pftrllnne of Wnalilnalnn and Orason and a oliarp fall In Mnnlana and Wvnmlna while a mmlrrniinn It a taken star tn I1' sad Hi upper and middle Mhnlwlppl VpIItv Cnntlniird arllr rtondy wenlliee li lintl ralrd for tlila taller uvea Thnradav With innallillliv nf liRhtlv prnlterrd ahnweti It SAIIK temporarily In rhars Imeal liala A Niwi Rarnmrter 29 07 illl 03 'HI 10 Temperature dry 4 4 Sit Temperature wat 47 Humidity per rent 49 91 la Seaannal rainfall tn data S3 Inch t-aal yrar'a rainfall lo thla dale 53 llirlt Sahemriald Cnnlinna FKKMNI1 Im Angela Marred Needle Redding Kan Ihegn Han Praneltrn Kant a Harper Hlorktnn Cheyenna Im-lnnall l'enver Iielrait Kanaaa City New Orleana Nate York Oklahoma City Phoenix Plnaburgh Portland Reno Hi Janila Halt taka Cily Han Antonia Hen 1 1 la Waahlngton minn rr ilPfrpnnif IWFf fnr 24 hnura la laal midnight i i229 arrond fret Ross Rustoz 32 3208 Illinois today pleaded not guilty In the snld the truck route problem could jpollce court to a drunken driving he solved for the lime being at charge The case will be set for least hy an expenditure nf fromtrlat November 3rd Bustoz wa to $3000 tn eliminate a hot- realed after he aa involved In a llenerk at the bridge at Tehama minor accident In the 700 block on! fell off Avenue and Dlvlsadcro Street Street 'plant Suffers nue Is hospital suffered Mrs Emily Spann 44 Summoned By Death Mra Emily Spann 44 died yesterday In her home at Route 9 Box Ml following a brief Illness She was a native of Texas and came to Fresno nine months ago Sha la survived hy a son A Farris a daughter Mlaa Irene Farris her mother Mrs Ann Mrle-more two brothers Robert McLe-more end Angelo Mclmore end six sisters Mesrinmes Moselle Tlp-pltt Lillie Hill Faille Johnson Tosa Thoraer Ma Smith and Mnhelle Walker all of Fresno Last riles are arheduled for tomorrow at 10 A In the Lisle Funeral Chapel with Rev Otto Paul officiating to be followed hy interment In the Belmont Memorial Tark Homan's For Games At Homan' you'll find gamea for home i-elssallnn and amusement In almost an endless vsrirty JUNIOR SIZE FOLDING POOL TABLES Hllllsnls and Pool alwaj tmiHilsr with nld and sniing ffilftO tn 2000 And then there Is Tshle Trn- nls llart (James ('lierket tlunlts Ptnorlile Rummy 4'rlhhage I tain I line Che and many other games fnr Winter evening HOMAN CO Corner Van Neil Avanuo and Frame Street Scattered Showers Predicted For Valley Partly cloudy and cool weather with scattered showers over the San Joaquin Valley tonight and tomorrow Is forecast by tht Fresno office of the United States Weather Bureau Harry Bahr meterologitt temporarily in charge ot the bureau office Mid a low pressure area centered over Nevada and Utah with the outer edges over the valley will bring precipitation In scattered localities Rain last weekend raised tha local seasonal total to 83 of an Inch a compared to 55 st this date last year and a normal precipitation of 73 Inch ROOT-A-T0OT5 Hampton Court Worsted Twist SUITS i1'1! i $2751 in ii and $3250 U'l Discovered! FT IS-S THE STEAMER 1 -PICK US SUPPLY OF WORRYING TH '1 HAS FIXED SO IT'LL UP AFTER WE TH' PEONS INTO SENT A FLASH TO TH BOAT Speeding toward the eastern TIP OP MAUL THE STEAMER REPLIES TO THE PROFESSORS CALI WHILE PERCHED IN A TREE CLOSE TO THE ENEMY CAMP TOMMY TENSES FOR A SPRING.