The Modesto Bee from Modesto, California • 2

-THE MODESTO SEPTEMBER 11 1940 Pago 2- DEATH RATE City News In Brief WIILKIE WILL One Was Lying But Who? Lie Detector Threat Solves Case Two Birdmen Are Killed In Airplane Crash to re other BELLEVILLE Ont Sept 11-(JPl When their light training plane failed to come out of an inverted spin Flying Officers Fred Sims 36 of Trenton Ont and William Rufus Swanson 35 of Long Beach Calif were killed TT terday in its crash on Huff's Urges Farmers To Vote For I Judgment Asked A suit cover service station and equipment or to obtain $-J- lieu of It whs filed yesterday In in superior 'court by Dan Horannc of this district against I Mtd ov and El Tejun Refining The law firm of Dennett A Aion represents the plaintiff Mrs Oeo Knddue formerly al Music Store announce! Hardin' Coal Special tailored opening l('r i4n0n costume suits $1298 toMMS '3S7 or i807- Vndv 276 Petition Filed -Mrs Gertie Cockrum of Turlock today pot i Bicycle Robert I iiomp tloned the superior court to assign son 1722 Jones Street Informed Ihe whole of the estale of her late police his bicycle win stolen ftotn a husband William to her Its value downtown alley here yesterday a is given at less than $2500 Attoi- ornoon ney Donald Fowler represents Candidates Who Will Back Administration Island Swanson a grocery clerk with a record of extensive flying service left Long Bench to assist in the training of Canadian war pilots There were just two of them and this was certain one was lying Kach admitted that and Deputy District Attorney William Zeff knew It For certain one was the drier of an automobile which struck and seriously Injured Elton Owens Turlock service station attendant and then went on without stopping Rut which one was the driver? "I wasn't and I ain't said Henry Turpin 47 Fire-haugh who was first arrested and accused of the offense "And 1 wasn't driving" insisted Turpin's companion Walter Love-lady 54 Each accused the other Neither was mad just firm Finally quite exasperated Zeff brought both men together in the county jail yesterday and sat down to talk it over with them "Now" he began "we are agreed that one of you were driving" they chorused "Now which "He was" each said This went on for some and they got no place fast Zeff then suggested each he sworn In and pointed out the one who lied after that could he prosecuted for perjury Turpin and Lovelady readily agreed to be sworn "Now" said Zeff taking up the questioning afresh "who was "He replied Turpin "He was" maintained Love-lady said Zeff "I am going to put the lie detector on you" The defendants were put into a machine and were driven to the Berkeley Police Department which has a lie detector As they were about to enter the station one of the men (guess which one?) said: "I was The admission came from Turpin the man who originally had been jailed for the offense NEW YORK Sept 11 I3TI presalon and unemployment hsv Utterly failed to have any visthls bad effects on American health says the statistical bulletin of th Metropolitan Llfs Insurance Coni pany The first six months of 1940 declares have shown the lowest Winter and Spring death rates nq record holh In 'he United Stale and Canodii These figures mi based on policy holders who am usually a reliable Index of the two countries The report says: Early In the lost decade It was frilled that the most severe industrial depression of a generation would hr quickly reflected In nit increased death intc When Hus did not happen many health workers still feared that tits ill effects on public health Wei merely postponed The current records his an eloquent testimonial to the value of the efforts which were launched to protect the public health and wr fare Swallows unlike most other birds travel by day when mtgia-i i i heraii-c they feed on the wing ei POOH MAIM'D Mis I 1 eland a Beer in China' tadv 255 HASTINGS Neb Sept 11 tP Henry A Wallace Democratic nominee for vice president carrying his campaign yesterday Into a part of drought scarred Nebraska urged his farm audiences to vote for candidates who will sup- Rank Of Corporal lhp administrations agricul- tural program Word that Emmet A Coker of: "No power on earth can make Modesto has been promoted to the I up to you fully the damage rank of corporal was received at wrought hy heat and he the United States declared "but a friendly adminls-A recruiting tration can go a long way in prostation here to- vidlng crop insurance" daY- "This we have done through the Coker who on- triple A and the wheat crop insur-listed June 14th ance program Triple A payments is do not vary with the weather and 1 in a had crop vear you get paid where his duties as much as in good Distinctive Service Howard Smith 1416 St I Dale Set The arraignment date of Colgan a laborer charged with failure to provide was set rm September 23rd by Superior Judge Hawkins yesterday Hardin's Feather Flannel rrssea $398 skirts jackets $198 to S3 98 the petitioner Another Itlusl from Kenly' Seely' forced to move every used cat' at wholesale See Seely ad on today Modesto Bee Classified Pago adv 265 Prowler Reported Walter John son farmer southeast of Modesto reported to the office a prowler was around his chicken houses last night Nothing was stolen Fruit Crop Is 13 Per Cent Smaller Than Last Year OOP Presidential Nominee Train Will Arrive Here At 2:55 Sept 20 McClatchy Newspaper Service SAN FRANCISCO Sept 11 The full uchcdulo of Wendell Willkie swing through the San Joaquin Valley on Septembei 20th was announced at Republican hoadquai-ter here today Barnstorming on a special Southern Pacific train the OOP candidate will make stops and brief talks at Bakersfield Tulare Fresno Madera Merced Modesto and Stockton cn route from Los An ecles to Sacramento Will Speak At Fair Arriving at Bakersfield at 3AM Willkie will be escorted from the station to the Frontier Pays celebration at the fairgrounds where he will speak for about fifteen nun UtWillkie will arrive al Tulare at 50:50 A where he will delivei a ten minute address from the tear platform of the train The candidate arrival in Fresno has been scheduled for 12:10 He will proceed from the railway station to the city park where lie will deliver a fifteen minute address He will leave Fresno at 12:40 Another ten minute platform address will be given at Madera at 1:10 Ten Minute Stop At Modesto Willkie's train will pull in at 2:55 for a ten minute stop during which the candidate will speak briefly and meet Republican leaders of the area Willkie will reach Stockton at for a fifteen minute pause and a short talk by the GOP standard bearer Plans for an overnight stop in Sacramento have been abandoned and after a thirty five minute stay in Sacramento from 5:25 to 6 the candidate will leave for San Francisco Willkie's schedule for Saturday September 21st in San Francisco calls for an address at Treasure Island and a night meeting at the Civic Auditorium tadv tf Shaken Fp Mrs Fi anils Taylor hl of Ceres was shaken up when the C'D1 rear of her automobile was struck at Ninth and II Streets last night by another vehicle She did not specials obtain the name of the other driver uidv ti nart punt Sale 15 and 28c Fern special 09c 130 Hackberry wo Suffer ufo I (adv -HI I WO ourrer LUtS in nrdlng School Drew jackets Dispute Over Rent skirts sum up a(W tf Minert Route 5 Box 1603 a bus driver and William Butts same address yesterday suffered hand lacerations when deputy sheriffs said they were altacked by a man with a grape knife A A argument over rentals is reported to have provoked the attack The assailant escaped The wounds wete inflieted when Minert and Butts attempted to disarm the man Attention Legionnaires All members are urged to attend the patriotic meeting at Modesto Junior allege Stadium 7 imi Thursday September 14 1940 Please wear your rap Signed: DK I GILSON Comma nd-r a crop year In a bad crop year in your most cruits rp' sorely stricken counties the triple To- payments will be almost equal men have even pxcecd thc cash value of forwarded rom ie CI2P the Modesto re-! favors rop Insurance crulting static! Thp f0T of since June 3rd ture assorted he is in favor of a when the office rroP insurance program for corn was opened said I88 soon as a majority of the farm-COKER Sergeant prs indicate they want it" hut add-Trumble of the local recruiting ofTed he does not think such a ice "Modesto has reason to be £ram enough proud of its patriotic young Hp charged Republicans "want Pointing out more opportunities thp farm program taken away from for favorable placement are avail- 'kp farmers and put into the hands able now due to the increased hp grain trade The Republic-listed strength of the army thean ticket says it is for commodity-sergeant urged every available loans hut on August 1 1940 the young man able bodied and with- Republicans in the house of repre-out dependents to enlist jsentatives voted 74 per cent against commodity loans Meeting Is Held By "The Democrats voted 100 per i cent for commodity loans Repub- rcSCOll lirange lican candidates bv their words Future events were outlined lastfa: for commodity loans night by membeis of the Prescott LT RpPlllran congressmen by Grange during a meeting last night 1 say thlgv aT ovpr' in the Prescott Hall whelmingly against them Wallace will end a tour of east- Mr and Mis Carolus were Prn Nebraska today then leave fur I selected as alternate delegates to Minnesota He is scheduled to hi pared with last year it will be ample" "Growing conditions were relatively favorable during August in most fruit and nut producing areas of the country" the department said "Dry weather in some parts of New England states New York and Arizona and a period of hot temperatures in some California fruit areas reduced prospects in a few localities but damage was not serious" The peach crop in California was estimated at 22877000 bushels compared with 24043000 for 1939 Wheat Estimate The agriculture department forecast this year's corn crop today at 2297186000 bushels ami total wheat production at 783560000 bushels based on September 1st conditions Corn production last year was 2619137000 bushels Last total wheat crop was 754971000 bushels The wheat crop includes 555839-000 bushpls of Winter wheat compared with 563431000 bushels last year the state convention in Santa Cruz rive by train in Rochester Minn WASHINGTON Sept A 1940 fruit crop about 13 per cent smaller than last year and about 1 per cent below the 1934-38 average was foreast today by the agriculture department The forecast was based on revised estimates of the crop reporting board made after a survey of conditions existing on September 1st in the eight major fruit crops commercial apples peaches pears grapes cherries plums prunes and apricots The board revised its previous estimates of August 1st downward in the case of commercial apples and peaches and slightly upward In the case of pears and grapes September 1st production estimates compared with August 1st are: Apples 114839000 bushels compared with 116721000 peaches 52- 879000 compared with 53290000 pears 32008000 compared with 31- 372000 and grapes 2500000 tons compared with 2489000 Be The department said that while fruit production would be low com- Loan Of 3 Cents Is Requested On Blackeye Beans A committee of Stanislaus County bean growers fathered last night in a local insurance office and agreed to ask the federal government for a loan of 3 cents per pound on No 1 blackeye beans The session was attended also by a number of interested Merced County growers The group planned to forward the request to the agricultural adjustment administration and the state farm bureau organization in Berkeley Loans were asked on a sliding scale for other grades of the beans A steady decline in bean prices 'as much as 5 cents per day and the refusal of buyers to purchase the beans was given as the reason for the loan requests Also a large crop is expected this year committee members said October 15th to 19th Mrs Emmett tomorrow morning and to go by-Bennett reported the Prescott Home aut0 t0 Winona Economics Club will meet Septem- ber 18th in the home of Mrs Mable -i i Demarest During the club meet- IxOtliry (lUD ieW8 ing plans will be completed for the rj entertaining of the Pomona Home IV1 1 II I 1 UTCS Economics Club in October Colored motion pictures of an A card pdrty is to be held by the airplane trip to Rio De Janeiro range on September 1 th Mrs were shown by Val Koenig insur- Inro AArli Mi- rro i 11ta-I- Woods Miss QUESTION Western motorists dependent on Pennsylvania for their best ANSWER No! We blared a new trail in refining for today's high-speed motors Because of our exclusive process is superior to any oil! STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CAt IFORNIA AMERICA PREMIER MOTOR OIL 25 A QUART anee executive at a meeting of the Modesto Rotary Club Tuesday noon in the Hotel Hughson Koenig traveled more than 18000 miles hy air in South America and the United States last May He was introduced by Harry Wlndus program chairman A brief report on county agricultural conditions was given hy Herbert Florcken Rotary president Alfalfa Pest Will Be Considered In County Tomorrow Alfalfa caterpiller or yellow butterfly control will be discussed tomorrow at two meetings in Stanislaus County The first session will be held at 9:30 o'clock in tne morning at the Stark ranch half way between Patterson and Westley while the second will be held at 2 at the Kidd Brothers Ranch Stone and California Avenues four and a half miles west of Modesto Dr A Michelbaeher of the entomology division University of California who has studied the problem here will assist A A Junger-man county farm adviser in conducting the two meetings Junger-man says the pest has been quite serious on the West Side Mary Margaret Woods and Mr and Mrs Roger Hemminger comprise the committee in charge A booster night is planned for September 28th in the Prescott Hall Members and their friends are invited Messrs and Mesdames Rasmussen Johnson and Carolus are in charge of arrangements Hearing Is Waived By Accused Driver Roy Magee 38 of Ceres waived his preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon in the Ceres Justice Court on a drunk driving charge and was held to answer to the superior court Magee is charged also with a prior drunk driving conviction which makes the present charge a high misdemeanor Attorney Clarence Hanson represented Magee and Deputy District Attorney William Zeff Is prosecuting the case Magee was jailed following an automobile accident just south of the Tuolumne River Bridge several weeks ago Western Auto Supply Co'S Rancher Reports 4 Ducks Were Killed Two men grabbed four of the big white ducks of Elmer Frobose of the Claus Road twisted their necks and threw the carcasses into their automobile He saw them do it Frobose in reporting the incident to the office yesterday said he hurried from his farm chores and questioned the men who argued vigorously they weie not his ducks Besides they said the birds were on a public road Frobose eventually got possession of the four dead ducks But he did not learn the identity of the men Deputy Sheriff Welch is New Post Office Chief Takes Oath WASHINGTON Sept Frank Walker took the oath of office today as postmaster general The oath was administered by-Stanley Reed associate justice of the supreme court in President Roosevelt's office Walker succeeds James A Farley who resigned August 31st date for the official Fall opening Windows -whirh are to he decorated with Fall merchandise will be unveiled at that time Raymond DuBois special events chairman urges all members to dress up their display windows with Fall 12 Writers Pledge Support To Willkie RUSHVILLE Tnd Sept Willkie made public today a letter from sixteen American writers pledging support to his presidential candidacy and declar-i lng that it would he "impossible for a third term not to drag us toward take this pledge" the letter said "because of our knowledge of Wendell Willkie's powers his soundness of judgment his rightness of mind and heart and because we believe that the election of Mr Roosevelt for a third term would threaten the freedom of our Democracy "The election of any man to a third term would be a movement toward making him a ruler thus destroying the rights of the vest of us to he subject only to the rule of the law" The letter was signed hy Clarence Budingtnn Krlland Katherine Brush Boyden Sparkes Booth Tarkington Rex Beach Mignon Eberhart George Pattullo Ken neth Roberts Faith Baldwin Adela Rogers St Johns James Truslow Adams Arthur Train Irvin Cobb Kathleen Norris Charles Norris and Nina Wilcox Putnam staff was assembling here for his western speaking tour on which he will embark tomorrow night Russell Davenport his personal representative in the Republican organization and Oren Root Jr chairman of the Willkie for president clubs joined the party yesterday FORD ENDORSES WILLKIE DETROIT Sept Ford today endorsed Wendell Willkie Republican presidential nominee as a man who to do exactly what he says and Is competent to do it without evasion or excuse "Mr Willkie is a businessman and understands what this country needs first and needs most" the motor magnate said "The economic question is paramount it is the basis of defense prosperity and everything else Until the country gets back to work and earns good wage? it Is not in a position to do anything properly Willkie has had practical business experience and knows this" Stores Here Will Be Closed For Hour Membeis of the executive committee of the Modesto Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Bureau this morning voted to close Modesto stores from 3 to 4 on September 20th when the train bearing Republican Presidential Nominee Wendell Willkie will stop here Hubert Scott who was In charge of the meeting said a similar plan would be followed if President Franklin Roosevelt passed through Modesto on a campaign tour Next Thursday September 19th was designated by the bureau's special events committee as the -eat EASY TERMS Fall Opening! 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