The Press Democrat from Santa Rosa, California • 2

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, SANTA, ROSA, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1936 1WW EXPECTED AT ITALIAN-CATHOLIC MEET AT HEALDSBURG Ci RULERS OF HEALDSBURG FETE ASSEMBLYMEN PROBE LIQUOR LAW IRREGULARITIES Te SSI STjTEEJGLES immmmmmmwMtm SEEK AREA POST Petaluma Crowded With Visitors as Conclave Gets tnderway PETALUMA, June 12 Upholding the humanitarian work, of trfe Fraternal Order of Eagles in behalf of old age Gover '7, VH flL vi NX --x teg nor Frank F. Merriam addressed a great throng crowding Hermann Sons' hall to its. full capacity here tonight at a public reception climaxing the opening day of the statewide Eagles' Escorted by Company M. Feta- lurna's unit of the California National Guard, the state's chief executive was guest of honor at the formal convention reception. Successful efforts of the Eagles PaYade Sdhtfajr 6 Be Big Feature, of Tyo Day Convention, X.

HEALDSBURG, June, 12 Extensive preparations have been completed here for the. entertain-, ment of delegates of the Italian Catholic federation whp will' be (he guests of the town during the two-day convention to be held here Saturday and Sunday, of this' week. is expected tha, branch of the federation nprjthern and cen- tral' "California will be, largely; represented a the convention which is in the nature of an inaugural festival for the. official recognition 6f the Sf Francis de Sales brancjt No. 32 of Healdsburg.

A reviewing" stand has been erected the where many of the program features are to be. flags" ana banners lend a festiveaij" tdt, the business district of the town, many of the. business houses have stalled special window displays in welcome to the delegates. Ball Saturday Night "The convention program will Petaluma Veteran Backed As Candidate For State Convention in August William J. Farrell, prominent Petaluma legionriaire, wilL fee a candidate for commander of the first area at the annual American Legion convention in Hollywood in.

August. Farrell'a candidacy was endorsed Wednesday night by. Petaluma Post of the American Lx gioh, and a vigorous campaign1 is planned in his behalf. Petaluman is now cdm-mander of the fifth district, Am-' erican, Legion, comprising Sphpma, Napa. and Lake counties, and has dpne 6utstahd-ing wprk in behalf, pf the.

veterans organization. 'His election, as area commander woujd put. in line for department commander of California at a future convention, according to legion leaders here. TJie, area fpr which Farrell; has been, proposed as commander is the largest in the California department. Irving Klein of Santa Rosa, county D.A.V.

commander, addressed the Petaluma post on the state convention of Disabled American Veterans to be held in Santa Rosa June 20-24 and urged 'participation of Petaluma: legionnaires in the parade scheduled for Monday afternoon, June 22. in supporting increased pension aid for needy, aged were vigor Members of the California assembly audit finince. conunittee prepared to hold, hearings at Los Angeles on alleged irregularities in the state liquor control offices in southern California. Members of the group (left to right): C. Don Glendale; Ralph W.

Evans, Los Angeles, and Chairman Leon M. Donihue. A. P. photo.

ously lauded by the governor in characteristic address replete with wit and humpr. A band serenaded the gpvernpr in an impromptu parade through milling thfpngs crowding the gaily SLATER SPEAKS decorated streets of downtown Miss Louise Giubilo, queen of the Italian-Catholic Federation's festival opening: hi Healdsburg today, is shown on-, the left, with' her ladies in waiting (eft to right), Angelina MicheleUi and Dorothy LaFranchi and (seated) Inei Guadagni. -y-' a. r- mil REM FDR CAMPAIGN Diplomas Given Seventeen Girls At Ursuline High Petaluma Just prior to the reception, playing, "I Love You, California." SEBASTQPO Earlier in, the afternoon Gover OaklandPrbsecutorProm Iridictriieitts in Liquor Prbbe ftpen with the coronation of Miss nor Merriam was escorted through the Petaluma Garden Club's spring flower show, staged as one of the community's convention attractions', was presented with, a choice begonia by Arthur Ayers, club president. The governor i was also- entertained at a dinner in the hotel before participating in the reception.

Louise Giubilo as queen by Mayor W. R. Haley at 8 p. m. on Saturday.

This will be followed by a spectacular coronation ball in Sebastopol Rotarians, at' their annual Flag Day observance yesterday, heard an address on the American Flag and the Flag of California, by Senator Herbert W. Slater. Slater, in his talk which sketched briefly the colorful history of this country's standards, also touched on the ninetieth anniversary of the California Bear Pair Survibe A utc Crash, Hurry Hen For Wedding Rites dist imp cise pari the gra sch tific by. tenc tion Vni this Ful: OH Str the cise, cipa the thre tett Fev Sp; Bre: rie I sele pose Frai and Eliz Will trio choi erso Tl Fi lee, Fi Hay Foui Emr berg land Ines oshi Edw Pi Sich Ri Fow i Ri Man tin, Zimi Law ijnan St -Ts Hele A. Re A.

R0S offic 576 porti duri Very pate tivit; tate Egy estal chain and (Continued From Page One) committee. At least one cenventipn attendant left the city, openly dissatisfied. Senator Nye, Republican, North, Dakota, issued a statement that the platform unanimously approved last night was a "keen disappointment to progressives who had hoped for better results from the Cleveland convention." At New. '-York, Hoover beamed. Just i before boarding a train for the west he said, "the ticket and the platform adopted by the, Republican party suits me perfectly." Hundreds upon hundreds, of P.

Kelly, chairman of the day. C. Chase presided at the meeting, which was further featured bv a talk on "Citizenship," by Leslie Pasich, Sebastopol high school boy, contestant the re- Flag, raised first irt Sonoma. delegates and convention visitors swarmed into Petaluma throughout the day, taking up all available housing accommodations and "overflowing" ipto neighboring cities. Scores were sent to Santa Rosa and San Rafael to find Slater was introduced by James cent public speaking contest, r.

quarters when no more rooms MATINEE could be located here Xlast TIMES i 9 TOKEKA, June 12 (UP) Convention business sessions 2 P. M. LOVE that defied flames resulted here yesterday rnVtfe uniting of a San Francisco couple who battled to culminate their romance in matrimony 1 -j On their, Santa, Rosa to be theWautomobile of McDonald Burleigh tend 'Agnes Nissin overturned on three miles north of "San Rafael and was; destroyed by fire. 4 The bride's" trousseau and all of. the bridegropm's spare clothing burned in the wreckage Undaunted, the couple hired an automo Governor Alf M.

Landon, eager opened yesterday, morning at the Strand theater, with the, preliminary meeting devoted to reading of reports from officers and committees 5 His millions brought him rniserv' amazing story In an impressive ceremony attended by a large crowd of parents, relatives, friends, and -visiting clergymen, seventeen graduates from the Ursuline high school were presented with diplomas at annual graduation exercises held Thursday afternoon in St. Ursula's chapel here. The Rev. Father George O'Meara of San Rafael delivered the commencement address, with fcrmal presentation of the class by Mother Superior The Rev. Father Henry rector of St.

Rose's parish, presented the diplomas. Choir selections and benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament were included on the graduation program, followed by a reception. The graudates were Doris Ar-righi, Beverly Basford, Jane, Evans, Madeline Cassani, Anna-jean Cnopius, Lucile Foley, Rose Martignoli, Beverly Parker, Helen Shafsky, Dorothy Wylie, Betty Wegesser, Margaret McConnell, Virginia Myers, Katherine Cola-bella, Agnes O'Sullivan, Dorothy Brandt, and Florence Maggenti. Priests present for the ceremony were the Very Rev. James Kiely of Petaluma, Rev.

Charles Philipps and Rev. M. Egan pf Se-bastpppl, Rev. Timpthy Hennessy pf Cptati, the Rev. E.

C. Menager, S. of San Franciscp, the Rev. D. Glennpn pf Clpverdale, the Rev.

Geprge O'Meara of San Rafael, and the Rev. Henry B. Raters, Rev. Leo Schmidt, and Rev. M.

Farrell of Santa Rosa. as ABMma 2. (Continued From Page One) brought R. A. Brown, former chief of liquor administration in southern California and.

valley points, 'and A. Baggett, head of bottling concern, before the committee today' as its first two witnesses. I Brown -said Baggett's bottled product labslecl as highballs, whiskey sours, carried a 'federal tax stamp as liquor." But, he co state board Qf equalization that same liquor iSs'' Wine. He declared that as wine the, product" "was -subject to' state tax of three cents a pint but as hard liquor it should have been taxed at 80 cents a gallon. Plan Recovery Suits In support, pf his testimpny, a letter from State Controller Ray L.

Riley to Attorney General U. S. Webb was read into the record. The gist of it was that Riley asked Webb to file recovery suits against four bottling concerns for $23,576 on the grounds pf asserted tax evasions. Brown said that in May, 1935, he caled at Baggett's bottling plant and found 5,000 to 6,000 cases of mixed drinks, carrying federal excise tax stamps which were not then legally saleable.

Later, he said, his operatives bight-seeing tours were staged Hrected by FRAWH tAi-wy during the afternoon, including a trip to Russian river. An "open house" was. staged the Grace Bros. in bile and arrived in this city, several hours late, but in. tune.

to secure" their marriage license in to carr his presidential campaign fight to the enemy, laid plans tonight which, he will submit to his running mate, Frank Knox of Chicago, and the Republican national committee's subcommittee the first of next week. Republican, leaders close to the nominee believed this sub-committee, and Knox probably. would arrive Sunday for a council of war and designation of a notifications day, Landon mentioned Monday as the day for the conference in a statement today. Republicans said July 22 would be chosen for the notification day. They, favored Topeka as the site the American Legion auditorium.

Sunday morning at. 10:40 o'clock, a special train is scheduled arrive from San Francisco bringing hundreds of delegates to the celebration from the bay: area and "other sections of the They will, go at once tdthelasa.to join other federation-. members, and. in a open-ak High Mass to there at7ll The i high, point of. Sunday's prMra'mwilI occur, at 2 p.m.

w.aenla, parade, one of the larg-eitLiQ held, in the, county in recent years, will orni and march through the business district of the It will be led by state traffic. off the, drum corps of Sotoy qme American Legion, Grand Marshal. Dominic Bazzanella, city and county officials, clergymen, and grand, officers of the Italian. Catholic Federation. First Division In the first division which will form---on street-with F- will, be the Southern Pacific band, Catholic organizatipnspf Healdsburg, federation members from Santa Rosa, San Napa, the drill team from the, Sacramento branch, the-drum corps from San Francisco branch No, 26., and members from Sah Francisco branch No.

20. second division forrning in line on. Fitch street south of Matheson, will have, P. Maggiora marshal. It.

will be led by the Healdsburg high school band, and following it.will.be federation members. San Jose. Santa Santa itosa ipr hundreds of the the county clerk's office. delegates. W.

B. McDonald was chairman Superior Judge Donald Geary of the evening for last night's reception, with Mayor Jasper Woodsen officially welcoming the delegates in behalf of the city. Fred Thomas, district attorney of periormed the ceremony and then motored the couple back to San Rafael, where they madearrange-ments to salvage their wreckage. They later left for southern California on a honeymoon trip, minus the trousseau that the bride had so carefully laid away. As Judge Geary had to nreside for the ceremonies, although Independence and Lawrence, Santa Clara county, responded In behalf of the Eagles.

Roy Louhi-bos, Petaluma attorney, extended greetings from Petaluma and. introduced Governor Mer- have made bids. The 1 of congratulatory riam. telegrams has reached 6000 since yesterday. Musical entertainment at the at a superior court hearing in San Rafael, he was not inconvenienced by his assistance to the bridal couple.

reception included two vocal solos toy i Ray. Moraboifce of Petaluma. Following the formal program the hall was cleared for dancing. Neither Burleigh, nor Miss was injured in the accident stopped two of Baggett's truck's and confiscated the cargoes. That same day, he continued, he received telephone calls from El-wood Squires, assistant secretary pf the state board of equalization at Sacramento.

Today convention highlights BICYCLE MATINEE 12:15 P. M. I SPECIAL P. T. A.

FEATURE LEAVE FOR EAST Arthur Shull, principal of Analy high school, acccmpanied by Mrs. Shull and their three children, will leave tcmprrow for Harris-burg, Pennsylvania, where they will visit the educator's father and mother. Ken Maynard- in Western Courage ROOSEVELT IN PEACE PLEDGE mnnr.rit AKn rrttvr pRTTva eiTitPRisr.s FITN will include, in addition to the regular business sessions, competition in ritualistic work, a women's, team the annual banquet for Eagles' secretaries, apt old-time comic "stunt" parade, tonighti andj finally a grand ball; in Hermann Sons' hall At midnight prizes will be awarded for winners in the day's drill and ritualistic team competition. 1 CONTINUOUS SHOW COMING SUNDAY, SUNDAY-2 TILL 11 P.M. Monday and Tuesday (Continued From Page.

One) mit murder in connection with newly-born infants in maternity hospitals here and other California cities will be issued. 4 $125,000 Seizure. He, reported that officers made a futile search here today for suspects, visiting more than a dozen places under suspicion as lying-in hospitals maintained by Helen Werner Deal He said Squires told him "that's a Helen Werner deal and I'd advise you to let them put that stuff out." Brown said he replied that "Helen Werner isn't running this office." Then he testified Squires sent a telegraphed authorization to permit distribution of the mixed drinks. Assemblyman Ralph Evans, conducting the questioning, asked Brown if he had ever talked personally to Helen Werner. Brown started to reply when Evans suddenly excused him and told the Sunday will be the outstand i (Continued From Page One) garded by his friends as a notice that he inetended to push forward in the New Deal attempts at regulation of business.

"The net result of monoploy," the President said, "the net result of economic and financial control in the hands cf the few, has meant ing of the opnejave with election and installation of new officers scheduled for .10, a. drum corps competition set for the- ring. 11. a. m- andi the grand conven tion parade scheduled for 2 p.

m. the ownership of labor as a i 1 i SLATER EXECUTED FOLSOM PRISON, CaWSune Os Geys 25, At 4, bo Spro bast Ge side sey, i chell Or Grati Wine Mc mam Agne enue, Wi ence Pei stree ney, Surgical apparatus worth was seized last week in raids on three establishments in Los Angeles, Hollywood and Long Beach. "Apparently there has been, a general exodus of those connected with the ring," Wallis declared. fx Ajv- IkfiAi was horrified at 12, (UP) Elton Stone paid with his Jife today for the, unexplained murder of Mary Louise Stammer, assemblymen "this witness will be recalled later." Mrs. Werner, so called "queen of Los Angeles politics," and her husband Irwin "Pete" Werner, former city attorney, have been named as key characters.

2 I hti me urosueci 01 living Fresno school girl. The black- haired garage mechanic climbed in 4 mili town all her lifdi.iwhb took her ybuth i bea uty. a rid anibitioh to the big the 13 steps, leading to the noose at 10 with no, show of emotion nor an, offer to, reveal, why he, shot and killed the 14-year-old daughter of a wealthy Fresno, attorney. TRIBUTE PAID Clara, City, the drill team, from San Francisco branch No. j.

ederatjpri members frpm Merced, Monterey, Salinas, Madera, Banos, the South San Francisco, drill team and drum from San Fanciscft branches Nos. 38 and; 50 and from Dos Palos and Martinez. Forming on Fitch street north of Matheson with A. Giusto as marshal, the, third, divisipn pf the parade will, be led by the Sputh San Francisco band, and following in order will be federation members, from Alameda, Colma, El Cerrito, Oakland, the Crockett drum corps and drill team, and federation members from Mountain View, Santa Cruz, Hollister Gilroy, and Daly City. Assemble in Plaza Next will come the Queen's float followed by federation members from Oakland, San Francisco branch No.

44. the Healdsburg drill team, and members of the Healdsburg branch. At the conclusion of the parade, the delegates will assemble in. the Plaza for the cfficial inauguration of the Healdsburg branch No, 52, and the presentation of its charter by Attilio Raeta, the grand president of the, federation. This will be followed by the presentation of the "Fodi" at 3:30 o'clock to all who contributed gold for the "Opere assistenziale." The Italian consul general.

Commander Joseph Ren-zetti of San Francisco, who is to one of the distinguished guests at the festival, will make the presentatipn on behalf of the Italian government. This portion of the program will conclude with the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in the Plaza at 4:00 p.m. At 4:30 there will be an exhibition of drill teams and drum corps jn the Twilight ball park adjoining the Legion hall on Center street, and at 6 p.m., a banquet will be served in the Le "If labpr is to be a commpdity in the United States, in the final analysis it means that we shall be-cpme a natipn pf boarding houses, instead of a nation pf hpmes. If pur people ever submit to that, they will have said; 'goodbye' to their historic freedom," Visit Exposition The President and Mrs. Roosevelt were taken on a brief tour of the exposition grounds immediately after, the president finished his address, then went to downtown hotels, where they were guests at separate luncheons given in their honor.

In the afternoon President Roosevelt. went to Oak Lawn park to dedicate a statue of Robert E. Lee, whom he called "one of the greatest American generals of all time." 1 ET 40-HOUR WEEK VOTED PARIS. June 12. (UP) In, a found love! LAST TIMES TONIGHT Big Double Bill desperate effprt to end the, strike epidemic which threatens to bankrupt French industries, the chamber of, deputies, by.

385 to 175, today passed a 40-hour week bill applicable to all organized labor. He Richs June 1936, ask daugl zer, Jos marr: separ extre tody endoi plain After the ceremonies at the Lee statue, President and Mrs. Roose JOHN BOLES JEAN MUIR "Orchids To Ybu" ALSO velt went by automobile to Fort Worth, to spend the night at the home of their son, Elliott Roose velt. HEALDSBURG, June 12 Funeral rites were conducted here this morning by Sotoyome post, American Legion, for Arthur Dillard, world war veteran, who was killed last Saturday when the heavy truck which he was driving went off the road and into a steep canyon above Skaggs Dillard, who was a member of the Cotati Legion post, was 41 years of age and was a native of Oregon. Surviving him are his mother, Mrs.

Georgia Ekbaum of Oregon; three sisters, Mrs. Mabel Bandfield of Healdsburg, Mrs. Nellie Ekbaum, and Mrs. Mariorie Sherman; and four brothers, R. Dillard of Ignacio, and Chester, Frank and Bill They will leave tomorrow for Vincennes, where Mr.

Roo Dl sevelt is to deliver another address before returning to Washington. BUSTER CRAB BE in OCEAN SERVICE NEAR WASHINGTON, June, 12 (UP) Pan-American Airways, whose giant flying boats have conquered EMPIRE THEATER Last Times Today ITALIAN PROGRAM "GioventU Musso Liniana" ALSO KEN MAtNARD In "Wheels of Destiny" Adults 25c Cfiildren 10c For This Prorram Only Drift the Pacific, plans to start regular passenger service between San Francisco, Honolulu and Manila the latter part of August, the 111 with Will Rogers 1 V' WITH Scrappy Cartoon ll-'S; felNNIE BARNES 1 oorbeUs'' LLeWiS, Stone I ilsv Metrd News yr SA (lilsabel Jewell rj? Fence" PONC Mar Oatl Pon Pon Vm if a. Pon Fi ppet sprv m. thcr Rxi eald tlppt serv THE, United Press learned tonight. TO ATTEND CONCLAVE Interment was in the national cemetery at the Presidio in San Francisco.

branch, and Luigi Provvidenza of San grand secreT tary of the grand council, I.C.F. gion auditorium. The special train will leave the epot at 7:45 p.m., and the convention will conclude with a farewell dance In the legion hall commencing at 8 o'clock. Arrangements for the festival have made under the supervision of Henry Passaiaequa. president of the Healdsburg ALSO Chapter No.

10 "CUSTER'S LAST STAND" Father Bandini, former pastor of Cotati nd now pastor at will arrive in Healdsburg tomorrow to attend a convention of the Italian Catholic Federation in that city, I ll Jl 'L 7 THE CLASSIFIED WAY IS THE PAYING WAY.