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EDITORIALS This section contains editorials, latest local news, world a thrilling serial and news ot general interest. WANT ADS Classified Advertising columns of The Bakersfield Callfornian close promptly at 10:30 o'clock every morning. Phone 31. CITY SECTION BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, JULY 23. 1940 PAGES 7 TO 14 NATIONAL GUARD UNIT FOR KERN Guns, Men Ordered for City in 144th Regiment Boost Sheepmen Will Auction 100,000 Pounds of Wool DYING LOSES BATTLE TO REACH HELP Kern Plans for Major Emergency HUM cans will soon roll Into Bakersfield as part of equipment for four-Bun battery ordered yesterday to guard vital Kern oil industry.

Artillery pieces are 155 millimeter guns, shooting powerful 6-inch shells. Gun battery will have complement of 101 men with 75 men in headquarters battery. Bakersfiold's Own Malone Will Direct Kern Guard Unit details for th establishment of a na tional guard unit in Bakers field by September 1 wen forward today following an nouncement yesterday that the on hundred and forty-fourth field ar tillery regiment stationed at Sant would be raised to war strength In keeping with na tional defense moves. Authorltle announced that Captain Paul Malone will command the new bat tallon, which will be composed men In the local gun battery and 75 in the headquarter battery, both stationed here and 10 in a Santa Maria gun battery. Word of the establishment of national guard unit here was dls closed exclusively in The Callfor nlan last week and confirmed exclu slvely yesterday.

Four 155-tnm. guns will be moved 1 In for the local battery. The headquarters battery Is concerned strictly with communications and wUI entail all the technical devices used by the battalion, co-ordinat- ing infantry and observation planes attached to the national guard unit. There will be two gun batteries official authorities disclosed. One battery will be hero and the other in Santa Maria.

A commander for the Santa Maria battery has not been selected. Captain Malone will serve under the regimental commander at Santa Barbara, who in turn will be under the adjutant-general. Plans were yesterday by the state adjutant-general's office in Sacramento in which a call was made for appointment of local reserve officers to staff and line posts and acceptance of voluntary enlistment of young men of Bak- ersfleld. Establishment of training units will be supervised by United States army and national guard officers. Charles Wakefield and Richard Crowder will be local battery com' manders under Captain Malone.

The new battalion will mean about $30,000 per year in new business for merchants. Archer Shoots Man-Eating Shark During Labor Outing Higher Rate Seen for Taxi Service Higher taxi-cab rates for Bakersfield were proposed today by representatives of the Yellow and Dime Cab Companies as they gathered in conference with City Manager Fred W. Nighbert, City Councilman M. D. Marmaduke and Police Inspector Phil Flckert.

The new rate schedule would charge 15 cents for the first mile, with 5 cents going to the driver. Present rates are 10 cents per first mile, and cab drivers have complained this amount insufficient for them to earn an "honest, living wage." The proposed new rates will be presented to the City Council next Monday night for approval as will a new ordinance, dealing with temporary taxi drivers' permits. The new ordinance would allow an applicant a temporary permit If he signs an affidavit stating he has no criminal record. AIR-CONDITIONED COMFORT Tempting, Tatty LUNCHEON Incomparable DINNER OU to 1 HOTEL EL TEJON K. Traitaw FLAGGING a huge, 6-foot shark with bow and arrow cli- maxed a fishing trip to Catalina made over the week end by members of The Californian composing room staff in a specially chartered 50-foot launch, during which the nabbed more than 150 Tomorrow Night 2200 Relief Ball Tickets Nowjtold IGGEST event of the summer benefit for the Red the water carnival and dance scheduled for tomorrow night at Union Avenue plunge with 2500 tickets issued and 2200 already sold, it was reported today.

Pretty Lola Packard, Santa Fe representative, is in the lead in the ticket-selling race that will terminate with fine prizes for the fair ticket agents, who will solicit downtown business houses tomorrow in a last-minute, whirlwind campaign to insure a record crowd at the Union Avenue Pavilion. Close upon the heels of Miss Packard as the champion ticket-seller is Helen Newbury and third is Miss Barbara Douglass. The Egland Lumber Company came forward today with a fine $25 cash prize to be added to the list of those already offered. The Bank of America has also donated a $25 cash savings account and many other fine awards will spur ticket sellers tomorrow. Four swing bands will furnish music for dancing at the pavilion and an original thrilling water carnival, with aquatic stars taking part, will add to the entertainment.

Box office at the pavilion will be open at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. Tickets may also be obtained from Harold Witham at William Booth radio shop, or tickets will be delivered upon call. The Coca-Cola Bottling Company a donating its loudspeaking system 'or the evening at the pavilion and Phil Hickcox will have brilliant klieg ights on hand to lend glamor to water events. Deputies Hunt for Lost Sorrel Horse Deputy sheriffs today searched he vicinity of Kern River Park, for a sorrel horse lost by Milton Bowers, Kern River Park, late yes- erday. Hjirley Bowers, the youth's ather, told deputies his son had ridden Into the brush hedging the river, dismounted and walked the bank to determine where unknown persons were shooting guns.

Returning to where the horse vas left, he found the animal gone. Horse, saddle and bridle were valued at $1278. Supervisors' Delay Golf Course Study Meeting for the purpose of discuss- ng purchase of a golf course from he Kern County Boy Scout Council lieu of establishing a course at jebec, the Board of Supervisors yes- erday noon deferred action until ifter the Boy Scout executive coun- 11 meets later this month. pounds of fish by orthodox methods. Larry Foxworthy, using an 80- pound yew bow with a special fish gig, shot the sea monster just inside HIP breakwater at Long Beach.

The arrow penetrated the spine of the vicious man-eating fish, killing it instantly. Mounted on a 28-inch maple shaft, the specially constructed gig was equipped with expanding barbs that open to inches. When the leviathan was brought to gaff, however, the hook proved to be too small and the dead monster sank below the waves. Mrs. Ben Cleveland won the prize for the longest fish caught.

Those who enjoyed the trip were Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Thurman McWhorter, Mr.

and Ben Cleveland, Mr. and, Van Smith and two sons, Larry Foxworthy and son Don, A. A. Hurley and daughter Marion, George Frazee and son Jerry, Mr. and Mrs.

L. R. Trickey and son, Gatylord Harrington, Ervin Olson, Howard Fitkin, Charles Brcese and E. E. Kellogg.

TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION BASKET PICNIC AUGUST 11 Sunday, August 11, a basket picnic will be conducted by the Bakersfield Typographical Union for its members and families at Kern County Park. A- committee composed of Leroy Trickey, chairman; Ben Cleveland, Tom Holson and George Aubin will be assisted by the and Secretary Jack Vestry an effort to start this event off with a bang so that it may become an annual affair. Listed in the activities will be a Softball game. Chairman Trickey and Ben Cleveland will take charge of selecting the two all-star teams, members of which are now In strict training each day tossing verbal at each other. George Aubin will handle the sports for the youngsters and Tom Holson will care for the transporta- ion of those who have no means of retting to the Gaylord Harrington assumed the duties of junior apprentice this week at The UNITY COUNCIL TO STUDY POLITICAL CANDIDATES MOJAVE, July legislative committee to study candidates for various state and federal legislative offices was appointed by President John Penguilley at the Desert Unity (Continued on Page Ten) STUDIES DUTIES FORM PREPARING for the day when a major emergency might exist, and defense of Kern county's mineral and agricultural resources would be of vital importance, the Kern County composed of Advisory Council, men representing Injured Race Pilot's Condition Unaltered Condition of Bill Vukovich, Fresno midget race driver injured In Saturday's meet, remained unchanged today, Mercy Hospital attaches reported.

He received injuries when his car collided with another midget racer at the Sportland Park oval. Vukovich is the second Fresno driver to receive serious injuries In the races here this month. The other driver, George Curtis Smith, died last week several days after he was hurt in a crash. He never regained consciousness after the collision. 'various groups and industries, met last night in offices of the State Division of Oil and Gas to further plans of organization.

Purpose of the council is to formulate in advance plans to police the county and protect vital points in event of sabotage or war. It is desired that an adequate "well of manpower" be immediately available when needed, to work under constituted county authorities beaded by the sheriff's office. Major Verne Austin, council chairman, reported on a recent tour of other counties in southern California, in which similar plans were dis cussed. A state-wide system co-ordl nating all the counties is the goa aimed at by Kern leaders. It was proposed that industries, especially the oil industry, and utility companies maintain lists of employes who could be deputized in an emergency and placed at strategic points for defense purposes.

Oil representatives pointed out that it would be necessary to have trained men familiar with equipment when the emergency comes. Sheriff John E. Loustalot said tha his blockade system would place 54' in action and that he has 250 other men available for emergency duty. Favoring a plan to function as an advisory board rather than as a defense council, the group changed its name from the Kern County Defense Council to the Kern County Advisory Council. Meetings will be called at intervals as plans take shape.

The advisory board would also function as a defense weapon for about 90 days following day, or until the army could organize and take charge. Stockton Mart Escape Fails Kern Juvenile Hangs Self intall EDWARD LEIVA, 16, of VOTE of the Kern Build- Bakersfield, was found ing Trades Council, $50, hanging from a cloth rope in Berrigan' 63-year-old eni- largest sum yet received for! the "unprivileged cottage" of i plove of the Pacific Telephone New Market System to BeTried IT" ERN county sheepmen will send more than 100,000 pounds of wool to the first competitive-bidding wool auction on the Australia-New the Franks Family fund, was'the Whittier School for Boys company at van Nuys, was found Zealand plan ever to be held in; presented to Tlic'Californian California, scheduled for the port I rn of Stockton August 8 and 9. toda llle which By MAE SAt'XDERS OF FATHER APPARENTLY the victim of a heart attack brought on by a day of fishing and struggling over the precipitous trail up Brush creek from Fairview, the body of Ed J. This was revealed today by Frank Noriega, secretary of the Kern has helped many worthy causes in the past, is headed by F. E.

West County Woolgrowers Association, I as President. At a special meeting who said that at least four of the i the council voted the sum to the Franks family to aid it in re-estab- Fire Burns Roof Off Cleaning Firm by a water heater, fire burned the roof off the Files Files Carpet Cleaning Company establishment at 424 Kentucky street, with a loss set at $1000, city fire officials reported today. The blaze, which occurred early this morning, had completely de- troyed the roof when it was discovered. Prompt action by firemen saved the contents of the building and prevented damage from fire or water. Four Injured in Car-Truck Accident Near Grapevine FOUR persons were injured in a car-truck collision 36 miles south of Bakersfield on Highway 99 last night at 10:45 o'clock, with both the car and truck damaged severely.

Taken to Grapevine first aid station were the driver of the ar, Lillian Ingram, 23, of McFar-i and; William Ingram, 22, McFar- and; Louise Ingram, 4, McFarland, and Mary Murray, 38, of Ear II- mart. Driver of the truck, Clarence 28, was not injured. The ccident was investigated by Call- ornia Highway Patrolmen McCuen and Geary. In another car-truck wreck 21 miles east of the city on the Edison Ighway, Marie Hill, of Tehachapi, driver of the car, was Injured and taken to Tehachapi Hospital by Sergeant Rex Hunter of the California Highway Patrol. The truck was driven by Marvin Bruce, of Box 277, Bakersfield.

Willie Hunt, employe of the Dl Giorgio Farms was injured in an accident on the farm road, according to reports reaching the highway patrol office. The accident involved a vehicle driven by Donald Crum. Pif er Warns Home Owners on Fuses Citing the fact that there has been a series of fires in the city due to overloaded wiring In houses affected. Fire Chief Phil Plfer warned property owners today to see that their fuses are of no higher amperage than 15 or 20. "Wiring in houses constructed many years ago will not stand the added strain of modern appliances," the chief declared.

"Irons, coolers, electric stoves and cooking appliances, radios and other burdens overload the wires of these houses. Sooner or later they give out and then there is a fire. I advise every householder to see that the fuses are of no higher power than 16 or 20 amperes, If he wishes to avoid a fire. "Above all, do not 'spike' the fuses with pennies or other metals," Chief Plfer declared. "That Is courting disaster." Police Combing: City for Purse Snatcher City police today combed Bakersfield for the young purse snatcher who lost night grabbed Mrs.

Maude Wilson's handbag as she walked along the 1100 block on King street. Mrs. Wilson lives at 926 Lake. Reporting the offense to police at 10:56 p. Mrs.

Wilson said the young thief got only $1 for his theft. Police Inspector Fred H. Neergaard investigated the complaint. Police said the purse snatcher was not believed to be one of the two thieves who recently staged a series of purse snatching along Nineteenth street, west ot Chester avenue. SAFE LANDING NEW YORK, July 23.

(U. Two-year-old Tommy O'Donohue fell from a third floor window today, hit a clothesline which broke his fall, and landed comfortably in a canvas beach chair. county's largest growers will partici pate In the auction. Mr. Noriega said that the even marks a milestone in the marketing of wool in California, since previ ously the wool was taken by local buyers and shipped to Boston mar kets.

Although new to the Pacific coast the wool auction system has been used for many years in Australia New Zealand, Great Britain and South AO'ica in marketing the bulk of the world's wool clip. With 200,000 sheep on the ranges in Kern county and the industry forming one of the major lines of economic endeavor here, great in terest is being shown in the Stockton auction by local growers, accord- Ing to Mr. Noriega. It is believed that the new plan may offer more returns for the grower than those obtained by the regular plan followed heretofore. Compromise Seen Niles Street Is Planned as Boulevard RIVATE settlement of property rights involved in the realignment of 'Niles street today promised to clear the way for immediate construction and improvement of the extended boulevard, following the City Council's decision last night to offer a compromise to property owners.

After tabling an emergency resolution to condemn the Salazar property, lot 16, block 46, the council laid the matter over for a week and instructed City Manager Fred W. Nighbert to offer a compromise price of $250. Counsel for the owner, a minor, had held out for $500, although the city last week offered $375. The city will also offer to move the house on the lot, lay new concrete foundations and readjust the plumbing. Although the emergency resolution which sought a court order giving the city the right of eminent domain provided the alternative of private settlement before suit was Wgun, the City Council tabled the motion authorizing condemnation proceedings and ordered settlement out of court.

City Manager Nighbert advised the council that a 4-foot frontage strip inches deep was needed before all rights of way could be settled. This parcel, owned by the Jordon properties, will be purchased without difficulty, he said. Frank Hickox, 82, Funeral Thursday Funeral services for Frank W. Hickox, '82, prominent Kern county pioneer resident, who' died Saturday at his home, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Doughty Calhoun O'Meara chapel, with the Reverend Anthony S. Donat officiating.

Burial services will held in perpetual care section, Jnion cemetery. A native of Colorado, Mr. Hickox came to Bakersfield from Colorado 1886 with his wife, the late Alice Hickox, making his home in this city most of his life. He watched he city grow from a small community prior to the disastrous fire of 1889 and aided In rebuilding the prosperous young city after the holocaust. Mr.

Hickox was a charter member of the Congregational Church of Bakersfield and served as a city councilman following incorporation of the pioneed community. Leaving a wide circle of friends hroughout the county, Mr. Hickox is survived by his daughter, Mrs. vie McGarva, and his granddaugh- er, Dorothy McOarva, of Likely, Modoc county; his brother, Hiram O. Hickox, McMinville, his nephews, Frank and Roy Kolbaugh, of Los Angeles; two granddaughters, Alice McGarva and Cath- trine Richardson, Alturas.

lishing itself. today, and died soon after attendants cut him down. A report to the Los Angeles sheriff's office said the Bakersfield boy was placed in the "unprivileged cell" last' night after he escaped yesterday and was captured last night in Long Beach. He was convicted last March of Life of the oldest daughter and taking an automobile without the owner's consent and was transferred to the school April 22 after having been sent to the forest camp for juveniles at San Dimas. Leiva's death closely resembled that of Benny Moreno, 13, who hanged himself by his belt in the "unprivileged cell" last August after he had escaped and been re turned.

An investigation wns conducted by a citizens' committee named by Governor Olson following all their material possessions were lost by the Franks in a recent fire Fine sympathy of the men of the council and oilier donors, contributing $28, today sent the fund soaring to $341.35, leaving only $158.75 to be collected. Bakersfield and Kern folk always rally to a good cause with such hearty enthusiasm, and it seems that the goal of $500 for a home will be realized in record time. Today, too, came the offer from a carpenter to give five days' labor on building the Frank's home, Mrs. Cora Townsend, church worker, said. Mrs.

Townsend, who has been collecting donations, said that she has been touched deeply by the generosity of Bakersfield- ians who have come to aid of the bereaved family. Today she continued looking for a lot that might be used as a site for the home in the Beardsley district, and with blue prints, plans, concrete foundation, plaster and even one window already donated, It looks as though the home will be realized before fall. Lovely letters have accompanied (Continued on Page Thirteen) With Us Today The following people are guests of Bakersfield today, visitors from other cities: G. C. PETERSON, state department of agriculture, Fresno.

Tegeler hotel. W. W. KENNEDY and R. P.

BEWEV, Rockford, til. Hotel El Tejon. W. G. COOK and family, Pru- lential Life Insurance Company, Sacramento.

Hotel Padre. C. F. GARNETT, mining, Mojave. Southern hotel.

MR. AND MRS. J. J. MAYER, Riverside, N.

J. Motel Inn. C. P. PARKER, Chicago, 111.

El Tejon. M. WILLIAM MOORE, George A. Breon and Company, pharmacists, Kansas City, Mo. Tegeler hotel.

MR. AND MRS. P. H. 8TAN- 'LIFF, Houston, Texas.

Inn. MR. AND MRS. SAM BINDY. Angeles.

Southern hotel. MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH VAN OSDEL, Needles. Topper Motor ho- el.

complaints of relatives. Sheriff's deputies were assigned to investigate Leiva's death. Two other boys, Frederick Bennett, 14, of Ilcnecia, and Manuel Renteria, 15, Los Angeles, escaped with Leiva. Bennett and Leiva were captured at Long Beach. Renteria still is being sought.

Local, Taft Man Discovered Dead ERN coroner's officers today were probing the deaths of two men whose bodies were found today in their rooms, one here and the other at Taft. Found by .1. E. Starnes, a fellow roomer, the body of James Me- Fadden, 80, of 831 Sumner street, was removed to Hopson Mortuary where funeral services were being arranged. He leaves no relatives here, police said.

It was believed a natural death. At Taft, the body of James Miller, 79, was found in his room at 222 Kern street. He had been dead since Sunday from natural causes, physicians stated. He leaves no relatives. He had been a resident of Kern county for 40 years.

His body was taken to Taft Funeral Home for services. Claims Benefits Due in Husband's Death Claiming that $1000 benefits for accidental death of her husband were never paid by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company according to provisions of the policy, Elizabeth F. Saecker filed suit in Superior Court today for $1000 and interest. Mrs. Saecker alleges her husband.

H. Julius Saecker, died on January 4, 1940, as a "direct and independent result of bodily injuries" but that the life insurance company has refused to pay accidental death benefits as provided in a rider attached to her husband's insurance policy in 1931. Alfred Siemon and Bennett Siernon are attorneys for the plaintiff. Five Constables Will Join County Police, Radio System early today on the trail IVs miles from the mouth of Brush creek canyon north of Kernville. Berrigan had, from the position of the body, fought his way through the rocks and brush down the canyon where he waa overcome by sheer exhaustion and darkness and, finally, death.

He was leaning against a tree, his arms dropped to the earth and hia fishing gear strewn along the trail, mute evidence of his desperate battle to reach aid before he expired. His body was found by his son, Vernon, and a son-in-law, Ed Steinhoff of Bakersfield. Berrigan had been missing since Sunday, the day he was due to return from the fishing trip on which he had embarked Thursday of last week. The sheriff's office and the Kernville constable were notified early yesterday and an independent search was launched by Vernon Berrigan and Steinhoff. They found body after a brief hunt up the canyon trail.

Berrigan resided at Pacoima. He leaves three sons. Vernon and LeRoy Berrigan of Pacoima and Darrell Berrigan, United Press staff writer at Shanghai, China; two daughters, Mrs. Ed Steinhoff of Bakersfield and Mrs. Esther Sullivan of Stockton; a brother, Fred Berrigan of Los Angeles, and a sister, Mrs.

Anna Bryan of Detroit. Funeral services will be conducted in Van Nuys, it was announced today. BUTTONWILLOW BOY KILLED WHILE HUNTING Shot through the chest with a .22 rifle while on a rabbit hunt, 11-year- old Edwin Lester Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Thompson of Buttonwillow, was.

fatally Injured late yesterday on the Carson ranch. The youth was rushed to Mercy Hospital by Deputy Sheriff Jerry Leake, but efforts by physicians to save his life failed, since the bullet entered the youth's heart. According to Investigating officers, the boy was handing his rifle over a fence when it discharged, sending the lethal slug into his chest. Ills father, who was with him at the time of the accident, rushed him to the ranch house, when Depnty Leake picked him up and brought him to the hospital. He is survived by his father and mother and three sisters, Dorothy, Virginia and Martha Thompson, all of Buttonwillow.

Funeral services will be held at Doughty Calhoun O'Meara chapel Wednesday at 2 p. m. with the Reverend H. E. Hughes of Buttonwillow officiating.

Interment will be at Union cemtery. C. of C. Film Is Shown at Lunch Colored motion pictures of the Kern County Junior Chamber of Commerce's activities during the past year today entertained members of the Clrgoniun Club, meeting Hotel Kl Tejon. Presented by Dr.

Harry Harps, program chairman; Worth Lurkin, assistant secretary of the county chamber of commerce, showed the films which portrayed graphically the Arvln-Slerra soaring port meet, the Bucna Vista lake motorboat regatta last summer, site survey of By ALTON WILSON one-way radios for constables' cars at Buttonwillow, at Kernville, Mojave, Taft and Arvin were ordered pur-! he skl resort and wint sports ic- II t-CKS nf av-n j-ij-m ti chased by the Board of Supervisors yesterday upon request of Sheriff John E. Loustalot, who declared the radio- equipped cars would police work in their respective S. Platz, local attorney, near McKit areas with the sheriff's office. Constables receiving the equipment Include M. B.

Hlght at Kernville; O. A. Palmlund, Taft; Truman W. Hamilton, Mojave: Frank Loustalot, Arvin; and G. W.

Brown, tonwillow. Where the sets will be placed in privately owned vehicles, they will remain the property of the county, It was pointed out. The five radio units were allotted according to the bulk of criminal work handled by the constables in the past year. Constable Walter Parks at Wasco has a police radio In his car at present. Sheriff Loustalot said his office was granted 15 two- way setn by the federal radio commission and that the addition of one- way sets in constables' cars strengthens the entire system of crime detection in county.

A proposal to start condemnation proceedings to acquire a right way tor a county middle of property trick, was tabled temporarily yesterday with the decision to have County Surveyor J. R. Thornton survey an alternate route on the edge of Platz' property. While Platz did not appear before the board, he sent board mejnbers a letter In which he declared damage to his property by running a county road near a watering place for cattle feeding on 4000 acres would be about $17,000. Platz said the 4000 acres would depreciate-from $5 to $2 per acre, that he would realize a loss on $3000 worth of equipment at the watering place and 12000 on a one-way road going through the property.

Authority was granted the county treasurer to deduct Insurance premiums from pay checks of county em- ployes participating in a system of group life, accidental death and dto- memberment tures of Kern county's skiing rendezvous. President Richard Clendenin reported on newest developments of the Kern county defense council. Union Cemetery NON-PROFIT CORPORATION PERPETUAL CARE View Its Lovely Landscaped Grounds Gardens of Flowers and, Gem-lake Lakes PHONE 2237.