The Bakersfield Californian from Bakersfield, California • Page 21

Peace Bid Has West Diplomats Skeptical; See Editorial Page Bakersfield Suffers Double Humiliation See 31 LOCAL SECTION 7 CENTS PER COPY BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, JULY 1951 7 CENTS PER COPY PAGES 21 TO 40 HOLIDAY sent three people to the Kern General Hospital yesterday in the only major; 1 traffic accident occurring in the county over the holiday. Hospitalized Paul Reynolds, 21 Ruth June Mnrehison, 25, and Alice Niska, by Paul Clarke 29, all of the Los Angeles The accident occurred at 6 p.m. when the car driven by Reynolds collided with Miss Niska's car. Reynolds is in critical condition, while Miss Murchison is in fair condition. Miss Niska was released after being treated for minor lacerations.

No Deaths, but (Injured Here Over Holiday Although there were no fatal traffic accidents in Kern county, July Fourth accidents put four persons in the hospital during the holiday. Hospitalized were Paul Reynolds, 21, of Pasadena, who is in critical condition at the Kern General Hospital; Ruth June Murchison, 25, of Los Angeles, who is in fair condition at the Kern General Hospital; Barbara Pittman, 31, of Fresno, who is in good condition at the Kern General Hospital; and Alice Niska, 29, of Los Angeles, was released from the Kern General Hospital after being treated or lacerations. The only major Kern county accident occurred at p.m. yesterday on U.S. 99 near McKittrick Road.

A 15)46 Ford sedan drivefl by Reynolds, who was going north, col lided with a 1941 Dodge club coupe driven by Mks Nisku, who was going south. A passenger in the Nisku car. Miss Murchisou suffered internal injuries, while Reynolds suffered a skull fracture. Reynolds is an aircraft employe and Miss Niska a Long Beach school teacher. In a second accident, the wheels of a Dodge driven by Cecil Poole, 4(5, of Fresno locked causing the car to swerve off the road and crash into two trees.

The accident occurred at 10:20 p.m. one mile south of McKittrick Road on U.S. Poole was going south. Mrs. Pittman was the onty other occupant of the car.

2 High School Students Save Girls From River Two Bakersfield High, School students today were credited with heroically rescuing two teenage girls helplessly carried away by the wift Kern river current. The 16-year-old boys were praised by the mother of one of the girls, who watched the drama yesterday along the shore between Miracle Miss Bakersfield Fails to Place in Beauty Joust Contour was irowding Miss Bakersfield of 1951 out of placing'in the "annual Fourth of July parade and bath'ing beauty contest at Huntington Beach, Hal Page, publicity director of the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce, said today. Bonne Belle Prickett, Miss Bakersfield of 1951, appeared in the contest spon sored by Earl Yant of Kimball' Stone Drug Store. There were 40 contestants in which there were five beauties who also took part in the Miss- California Pageant earlier this year. Miss Long Beach, who placed second in that event, won third place in the Huntington Beach event, indicating that the competition was judged along curvaceous lines with great accuracy.

The parade was led by El Toro Marine band. A traditional Independence Day program was held to honor the veterans of the Korean conflict. ot Springs and Bodfish. Saved from near holiday tragedy Eter they ventured too close to angerous rapids were Sherie Braen, 15, daughter of Mrs. Charles of 728 Lincoln street, and er cousin, Judy Braden, 14, 804 laitland Drive.

Mrs. Bradeu identified the res- iers as Robert DeFord of 404 Cas- ro Lane and Ernie Hall of 304 Lane. "If it hadn't been for their quick we would have lost two lives the Kern River yesterday," "Mrs. declared; Mrs. Braden said she was sitting a bank when she noticed the wo girls struggling against the apids and heard a scream.

She lerted DeFord and Hall, who were landing on opposite shores of the iver. "The boys sprang into action with ut hesitating a second," said Mrs iradenk. Sherie's head had al eady disappeared under the water he was carried, feet first, over nd between large boulders. DeFord and Hall first pulled udy to safety and then ran down he shore toward the second girl When they arrived, Sherie, ex was pinned against a large poulder by the turbulent water wirling past her. She was unhur xcept several minor bruises.

1 iSfi i -f byLloyd Goad COMPETES IN Prickett, Miss Bakersfield of ,1951, onet too much competition in the famous Huntington Beach annual beauty contest and parade yesterday. Included to the stiff were 40 contesants, five of whom took part in the Miss i "Pageant this year. bb Opportunities Job finding by the Bakersfiel ff ice, California Employment Serv ce was a boom business during th lonth of June, it was reported to ay. Nonagricultural job placement or the month totaled 70S as com ared to 289 in June, 1950. The placements in agriculture vork were even more phenomena increase as 4025 farm worker were sent to jobs from the Bak rsfield farm labor office at High way 99 and street, and 509 from he Delano In June, 195 he Bakersfield office placed onl 28 and at Delano, 131 were placed Warren, Munson, manager of th California Employment Servlc Bakersfield office, said that jo lacement work will be on the in rease during the summer and ther re now more jobs available tha or a number of years.

(ernville Home lazed by Fire An early morning fire, causing an estimated $9000 loss in damages esterday destroyed the Kernville ome of John McNally. The fire reported at 8:03 a.m. Tenant of the four-room fram tructiire was Frank Snyder. Fire fficials said the blaze may havi een caused by faulty wiring. Ii addition to destruction of the house urniture and other contents, valuec at $4000, were destroyed.

RESORT WEATHER Summer resort weather continued in Bakersfield today with 92 de grees' the expected maximum. Th hermometer registered a mild 9C degrees high. -Wednesday. Fair weather will continue with th slightly warmer temperatures, th weatherman said. The minimum lemperature this morning was 6 with 62 degrees the low forecast fo Friday.

COOKS ARGUE- ONE IN JAIL, ONE INJURED Good cooking leads to pleasant results. some- tunes it leads to bad things. Such was the case of Elgin Glass and Oscar-Young, both re siding.at street Glass, had killed cooked a chicken this Somewhere along the line Young didn'l what Glass had done and an argument -police, department reports. Heated words weren't enough as Glass was rapped over the head with a brick, investigators He.went to the doctor for treatment and Young to jai 'where the suspect booked for 'investigation: of charges of as sault with a deadly weapon. une Proves Boom for Kern WARNING: DON'T TOUCH THAT FAWN As protection to spotted fawns that are nearly tame in certain forest areas of upper Kern river country, the division of fish ant game today urged that no one pick up, pet or touch the baby deer.

The mother doe will forsake her young if it is handled by human beings, the foresters warn It is illegal to take or possess a spotted fawn. The same section of the law applies to the female deer, spike buck, mountain sheep and Sierra hare. -Most pf the abandoned spotted fawns have been found in the Beech meadow country above Durwood, it is reported. qrt Tejon Brochure Announced Historic County Army Post Guide to Aid Tourists Rolling off the presses of "he Californian, a new two- olor Fort Tejon tourist guide vill soon be ready for distri- jution, the Kern County Chamber of Commerce announced today. The folder is being pub- ished by the county chamber if commerce publicity department from information com tiled by the Kern County Historical Society and the division of beaches and parks.

State Park Commission iccording to J. M. Radomuis ihamber publicity director. Super vising the publication were Richart Bailey of the Fort Tejon restora ion committee. Kern County His Society and Louis Wake field, resident ranger of Fort Tejon Kadoumis reported.

Need for the tourist guide arose as a result of hundreds of in jniries regarding Fort Tejon re ceived by the county chamber an( historical society. Some 10 persons visit the historic old arm; lost each week, and this numbe expected to increase considerably when improvement work on High way 09 passing the fort is com pleted. 36 Miles South Fort Tejon is located in th Grapevine Canyon, just off High way 99, 36 miles south of Bakers field and 77 miles north of Lo Angeles near Lebec. A permanent state park range was placed in charge of Fort Te jon in the winter of 1947-194S begin the groundwork for futur restoration. Restoration of Ba racks No.

1 has been completec and work is now under way to construct the officers' quarters. Fort Tejon is the only state hi torical monument in the souther San Joaquin valley. The striking new brochure is scribed by officials of the divisio of beaches and parks as one the outstanding such publication in the state. It is printed in rot Continued on Page 28 FORT TEJON HISTORICAL? MONUMSNT; Power Line Kills Two Volts Rip Bodies of Father, Son Board Extends Minter Option Transocean Airlines, organiza tion training Indonesian pilot here, has been granted extension its option to buildings at Shafte: Minter Field. The Board of Supervisors thi week extended the option to Ni vember 1.

The original option ex pired July 1. The company's request was for new option of six months, but su pervisors, declaring they did not want to "tie' up the airport facilities that long," reduced the agreement to four months. El TEJON SENTRS This is the frontispiece of a brochure on Fort Tejon. The two-toned leaflet, designed to help answer the questions of the 1500 persons who weekly visit the famed army post 36 miles south of Bakersfield, is now rolling off The Californian presses. The brochure was planned by the publicity department of the Kern County Chamber of Commerce.

DiGiorgio Farms Backing Irrigation District Pact DiGiorgio Fruit Corporation today announced its decision to approve the proposed contract between the Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District and the federal government. The company will support the contract in the election set for July 10 and urged its employes and other qualified voters to do so in the announcement issued today. The corporation farms some 5000 acres in the district and is one of Man in Heroic but Fatal Try to Save Life of Boy Electrocuted on a ranch near Edison, a father and son were dead today as an aftermath to a traffic accident in which an automobile crashed into a pole and tore loose a power line. Victims of the Independence Day tragedy were Ernest Gassaway, 43, of Route 5, Box 38D-B, Edison, and Ernest, S. Deputy Sheriff Martin Baird re- that Gassaway was engaged in irrigation work on the Tearniau Ranch with his son as a watcher when Mrs.

Zelma Stinnett of Lament lost control of her car and it rammed the power pole. Father and son jumped into their own auto and sped to the scene. They found Mrs. Stinnett by her ear, not seriously hurt and spoke with her. A high tension line was lying across the dirt road, Baird recounted.

Somehow, the youngster stepped on it. Baird said a blinding flash followed as the electricity passed through the boy's body. The father also was electrocuted in a vain attempt to pull his son from the power line. The freak accident occurred about 3 p.m. yesterday four miles east of Edison off Highway 466.

Mrs. Stinnett was on her way to see her husband, who also is an irrigator. She was driving on a dirt road between two ranches when the car went out of control. With Mrs. Stinnett were her 10- month-old sou, James, and daughter, Catherine Louise, 3.

The three were taken to Kern General Hospital, where Mrs. Stinnett and the daughter were treated for minor cuts and bruises. The infant was not hurt. Funeral services for Gassaway and sou are pending at Greenlawn Chapel. Joseph J.Bryan Funeral Services Set Tomorrow Funeral services for Joseph J.

division geologist for Union Oil Company, who night, will be held died Tuesday Armstrong $180,000 "FIRE SUIT TESTIMONY HEARD A battery of seven attorneys resumed arguments for the third day oday in a Superior Court trial in- the Kern County Fire Department, the General Petroleum Company and the Standard Oil Company. Helen Louise Harris, her son, Philip, 4, and Rawleigh Glenn Wil- onghby, all West Side residents, ask a total of $180,000 damages three organizations. Mrs. Harris asserts her husband's death on October 14, 1949, was the result of injuries allegedly'received during a fire drill five days earlier. She asks a total of $155,140 for herself and son.

Willoughby alleges he suffered permanent injury to the respiratory system. is: asking for $24,104. Join in Drill The- plaintiff avers.the fire department and the two oil companies joined in staging an oil fire fighting drill on October 9,. 1949, at General Petroleum Company property near Taft They state a harmful. gas was contained in smoke used to fill a chamber in which Harris and Willoughby allegedly were "urged" to '-The underway before Superior "Judge' Robert Lambert and a-jury of seven men and five women, is expected to continue for a week.

In separate answers to. the allegations, the- three defendant organizations deny responsibility for the death and injuries. The county replied that Philip Harris, and Willoughby were volunteer firemen and had been warned they would participate in the drill only "at their own risk." General Petroleum's defense is built on contentions the victims were not "invited" to take part but volunteered to do so and that smoke used could not injure persons in good health. The company states its agents did not urge the two men to enter the smoke-filled chamber. Standard Oil Company flatly denied it "in any way or manner" participated in the demonstration.

Legal Battery Plaintiffs are represented by attorneys John Young and Joseph Wooldridge. Representing the county is P. R. Borton. For the Standard Oil Company are Martin Weil of Los Angeles and Jack Bradley.

General Petroleum has obtained the counsel of the law firm of Mack and Bianco. Jurors are Archie Whitely of Taft, W. R. Orvis of Fellows, and the following Bakersfield residents: Mrs. Floy Brothers, 1925 Bank street; Ruben A.

Plummer, 141 Beech; Robert A. Sterl-, ing Road; F. R. Buckland, 3032 Nineteenth; Walter E. Adkins, 806 Pacific; James G.

Reynolds, 112 Myrtle; Mrs. Catherine Wood, 508 Date; Mrs. Fairy Goldtag, 2211 Verde: Mary Elizabeth Sorensen, 2212 Lester, and Mrs. Doris H. Smith, 80S Jackson.

Joseph J. Bryan Flickinger Mortuary at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Bryan had been under treatment for canqer for some months prior to his death. He was 46 years old.

He had been active in the Kern county oil industry since 1934. Last year he was elected president of the valley chapter of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. An employe of Union Oil since 1944, he had served as division geologist since 1946. Bryan was born in Chillicothe, August 15, 1905. He was graduated from the University of Missouri in 1929 and in 1931 received his master's degree in geology from the same school.

The Reverend Glenn D. Puder will officiate at the services here tomorrow. The body will be returned to Chillicothe for burial. Survivors his widow, Marjorie of Bakersfield; his mother, Mrs; A. A.

Bryan of Chillicothe; and three brothers, John an(S Gene of. Missouri and Luther of Sheridan, Wyo. he largest farms in the district. The company spokesman said that he support is being given to permit delivery of Central Valley Project water so badly needed by friends and neighbors in the district. The statement issued by the company is as follows: Full Measure "Our friends and neighbors within he district should enjoy in full measure the-benefits of the Central Valley Project, and nothing should be permitted to delay the delivery of the supplemental water which is so badly needed.

The approval and signing of the district contract will make possible the immediate delivery of water in accordance with its terms and the prompt construction of the proposed distribution system. 'We recommend that those of our employes who are qualified voters and other voters cast their ballots in favor of the contract. "We have decided to take this position notwithstanding our grave and persistent doubts as to the legality of the numerous provisions of the district contract, including the IGO-acre limitation. To prevent any possible misunderstanding, a statement of our position seems advisable. "The district contract provides that it shall not become finally binding upon the parties, until it has been validated by the California Superior Court.

This is also required by federal law. Thus, if the contract is approved by the voters and signed by the parties, an orderly procedure is provided for the resolution of the numerous legal issues which go to the validity of the contract. If the Continued on Page 28 Hylton Service Set for Friday Funeral services will he held at Anaheim tomorrow for S. E. "Ed" Hylton, former resident of Bakersfield, who died July 3 after a long illness.

Final rites are set for 2 p.m. at the Hilgenfeld Mortuary in Anaheim. Interment will follow at the Loma Vista Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Margarette, and son, Delmer, both of Anaheim; a daughter, Dortha of Bellflower; three brothers, Horace, Rhesa and Vernie Hylton, all of Bakersfield; three sisters, Mrs. Hahan Robertson of St.

Helena, Mrs. Maude Robertson of Bakersfield and Sirs. Elna Fike of Ohio; and three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. HIT-RUN CAR KNOCKS DOWN P.O. WALL FRAZIER today are scratching their, heads over a hit-run case involving the post office and a missing automobile.

Sometime last night car ran into the post office and knocked 'down the west side of-the building- Postal equipment was not damaged but loss to the building was set at $300. There--was no sign of the car that did the and authorities were unable to: locate anyone that heard the crash. Coffee Heater Blamed in Fire A faulty automatic coffee heater was blamed last night for a fire which swept an Arvin grocery causing an estimated $8000 loss in damages. The fire in the grocery store, which is located at 301 A street, was first noticed at 3:50 a.m. when the coffee heater which was left on apparently overheated, igniting nearby walls.

The store, jointly owned by Ida and L. Johns and James Hale, was under the management of Kirby C. Williams. Two pieces from the Arvin fire department, which is located near the store, answered the call. Kern county fire department officials said today that estimated losses from the blaze may be revised upward.

Youngster Seized on Morals Charge A 14-year-old boy is being held by juvenile authorities today for questioning concerning the alleged assault on his 9-year-old niece at his home yesterday, the sheriffs' office reports. The alleged attack occurred when the girl arrived at the home of nearby relatives to get a piece of mail, according to the mother, who" learned of the assault hours later when she was giving her daughter a bath, investigating officers said..