The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 27

MONDAY MORNING. MARCH 23, 1936. PART II. Comic Takes Actress Bride IRANCH HAND WHITTAKER CHECKMADE RAPSSTORY Denies Plotting Less Than Thirty Weeks of INAUGURATION MONTH On Wile Murder I I rr Employment in Year Lot of Many Field Workers Fifty-five per cent of the vegetable field workers in Los Angeles county Organist Held in Killing at A are employed less than thirty weeks Hotel Says Confession of Culver Untrue Bamucl Whittaker, elderly retired i- vu: in the year, 12 per cent enjoy full-time employment, Director Towne J. Nylander of the National Labor Relations Board's local office announced yesterday.

He said 76 per cent get less than $12 a week, 2 per cent get more than $19 and none more than $30. The average annual income of those who rely entirely on farm work is $362, while for those who do farm work in season and other theater organist, yesterday flatly denied charges made by James Fagan Culver, 23-year-old Kentucky itinerant, that he had hired the youth to slay his wife, Mrs. Ethel Whittaker, last Tuesday night. Culver mRde the charges in a twenty-lour page statement made to Detective Lieutenants Brown and Giese Saturday night The youth declared that the organist promised him $100 to commit the murder but said he did not get the money. "He can say anything he wants to but that doesn't make it so," Whittaker exclaimed when confronted with the youth's confession.

"I didn't hire him to kill my wife. I never talked with him about such a work when they can get it the thing. He's Just lying to try to save his own skin and get me Involved. Po TELLS OF MENTAL SPELL "I can't remember exactly what happened that night. I had had a spell several days before and my mind was hazy but the details are commencing to come back to me Jack Oakie, film comedian, shown kissing his bride, the former Venita Varden.

stage actress, following their marriage aboard a train last night in Yuma, en route east. Wide World photo and I'll give out a statement in a If lf if I I. I 11111111111 I KVW few days that will be the whole truth. Until I can remember all the facts I'm not going to say any more. I often have these spells and my OAKIE WEDS EX-FOLLIES average is $388.

NONE EXCEED $1500 Seventy-five per cent of the workers get less than $300 a year, three-tenths of 1 per cent get $1000 and none get more than $1500, according to Nylander. He based his figures on statistics gathered by ten persons taken from Los Angeles County Relief Administration's dole and employed on the survey under his direction. Approximately 1000 workers and 500 employers were interviewed, he said. This includes 745 families of which 6.8 per cent were Americans and 93.2 were Mexicans. OTHER SURVEY FINDINGS Some of Nylander's other findings follow: The average family consists of 4.8 persons.

The average worker age is 36 years. Six per cent of the families lived in the county less than a year, 87 per cent were here five or more years. Only 12 per cent work outside agriculture, the remainder working in fields here and migrating to other counties as work develops there in farm circles. In 76 per cent of the families only one worker is found to a family. The present wage scale is $2 a day for nine hours.

Seventy-one per cent of the families live in three rooms or less. Families of three spend an aver- age of $6 a week for food. Bunko Suspect Trapped by His Fingerprints memory is all shot to pieces. Ever since I had a paralytic stroke in 1928 I have suffered from occasional BEAUTY ON TRAIN AT YUMA lapses of memory. But I do know that I did not give him money to buy a or suggest that he shoot my wife.

That's a pure fabrlcntion on his part." DENIES NEEDING MONEY Questioned by Detective Giese stage, but it was not until last September that he romantically nicknamed her his "Pigeon." A large crowd gathered at the station greeted the newlyweds as the Southern Pacific Apache left Yuma with Arthur Lockwood, conductor, and J. A engineer, who had witnessed the ceremony, During a fifteen-minute train stop in Yuma, last night, Jack Oakie, moon-faced film comedian, and Venita Varden, former Follies beauty, were married by E. A. Freeman, "marrying Justice of the peace," who boarded the train for the ceremony. Oakie, dodging matrimony for a H-A about three insurance policies he was carrying on his wife's life, Whittaker denied he needed any more money.

A disability Income of $50 a month 'v. again at their posts. The couple will continue on to decade, became acquainted with he receives from an insurance policy Is adequate for his needs, he Miss Varden several years ago when she was appearing on the New York Twenty-five witnesses are to be called before the county grand jury tomorrow to present the case against Culver and Whittaker, Giese stated last night. vca WISTERIA FIESTA SET AT HARBOR CVLVER'S STATEMENT In his statement Culver said he New York and Miami, for a brief honeymoon before returning i Hollywood. JEAN PARKER BECOMES BRIDE OF NEWS MAN The screen story or the romance between an actress and a newspaperman was completed in real life early yesterday with the marriage in Las Vegas, of Jean Parker, film player, and George MacDonald.

Giving her legal name, Lois Mae Green, the actress and MacDonald applied for a dicense early yesterday morning and were married by Justice of the Peace Marion B. Earl Just as Edward C. Kanatzer was Is ithe son of a road foreman in making his $10 bail on a drunk charge yesterday. Detective Lieu Kentucky and that his mother has arh Board Authorizes Use of Banning Home in Fete to Be Given Sunday tenant Koehn rushed into the Lin coin Heights Jail and said: "Hold that man." The detective told him his fin gerprints checked with those ot been in an insane asylum at Hop-kinsvllle. for the past seven years.

He first came to Southern California in 1931 and worked at San Bernardino as a hotel clerk and dish washer and later was a waiter in a cafe at Colton, he said. Miami (Fla.) fugitive and a Long Beach bunko suspect. He was booked Wisteria brought from Japan and shortly thereafter. planted by the Banning family thirty-nine years ago on the old He met Whittaker last January on suspicion of robbery and sus picion of grand theft bunko. 23 and obtained money from him mm MacDonald, whose home is Great Neck, long Island, gave his age as 25 years.

Miss Parker said she is 20, They met last November when the actress returned from a film engagement in England. ML frequently, getting in all about $150, he stated. Last Monday night he Banning estate at Wilmington, now a public park, is described as one of the finest growths of this plant in Southern California by the Park Long Beach authorities reported Kanatzer, 38 years of age, is wanted in connection with an asserted $6250 mm and Whittaker sat in a cafe on South Hill street and made plans race-horse swindle in August, 1035 Commission. for "rubbing out a woman who had squealed on Baby Face Nelson," the The commission has granted the request of Wilmington residents for youth declared. All details, even to BULLOCK'S the dialogue to be used, were gone er, he said.

TELLS OF SHOOTING Kim i I A Sportswear Store fmW 1 vW0 a wisteria fete at the park next Sunday, when a group of women will hold open house at the historic Banning residence. The giant plant is in full bloom each year during the latter part of March and through April, Its cluster of blossoms running through purplish shades from blue to nearly white. The plant is more than ten feet in height and has spread over a large area. The festival win be in charge of Miss Manhattan Tuller of Wilmington, president of the Community Garden Club. VCV.

-vV1- try irTM mv or Women STL iiit llv BULLOCKS roirawiat TOit i ill 'if "I was to hide In the closet of the Whittaker apartment and when they came in I was to step out and say, 'Keep quiet and you won't get hurt. How much money have you? Then Whittaker was to say 'Not much' and that was to be my signal to shoot when I leveled my gun Whittaker shot first. I don't know how many times we shot. I was supposed to get two $50 bills and then run back over the roof of the apartment to get back to my hotel next door. "I hid the revolver in an old mattress as he had told me to and disposed of the cap.

bandana handkerchief I had used for a mask and the rubber gloves and then went to my room where I was arrested. I did not attempt to shoot Pleats Pleated all over, to give the smart pencil silhouette so flattering to slim, young things. Misses' dress. 39.75 FILM EXTRA WORK TO BE DISCUSSED WW- 1 1 mm fr- i. Casting Bureau Chief Will Describe Experiences to jolly Breakfasteers ifMiMiMitinrr ftmll Us mUU felt O'r, Amusing and touching experiences in providing work for Hollywood's of 23,000 extra players will be described by Campbell MacCulloch, general manager of the Central Casting Corporation for the film industry, tomorrow before the Jolly Group of Tailored Suits For just 50 lucky women who need suitsl A group of values which offer fine tailoring, fine men's-wear fabrics and good styling.

Navy, brown, grey. COURT SAYS HOG FARM MUSTMOVE Baldwin Park Residents Win I Battle Over Industry on Edge of Community of Baldwin Fark who complained they cannot sleep because of odors from a hog farm on the edge of town need worry no longer about their slumbers being disturbed. Jonathan Breakfasteers at the Jona than Club. He is a former member of the National Labor Board. Oscar Trlppet, newly elected president of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, will speak briefly; Robert Lee Johnson will dis Tucking and Cape It's a sheer it's navy blue it has a cape.

And it's impressed tucking is sc very new. A grace'- me for a worm i29.50 cuss contract bridge; Oscar L. Grif fiths, baritone, will sing, and the entire program will be broadcast. izes 12 to 20. And just a few of each style.

1 1 7 -V-v Svv. 1 1 "V-v'v- 19.75 i Under an order made by Superior judge Wilson the hogs must be moved to a more remote and less congested The ruling supports action of the Board of 'Supervisors in revoking the permit of George S. Kardashian to operate the farm, and the court held that the rapid growth of population in the vicinity has caused the hog farm to become a nuisance. A number of near-by residents testified that the odors became almost unbearable at night and that It was necessary to close their windows In order to sleep at all. Van Zandt Pays Redlands Visit REDLANDS, March 22.

More than 500 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the twentieth district gathered here this afternoon to greet James Van Zandt, National Commander. This morning the veterans with massed flags of all the posts in the district, held a parade, with the San Diego drum corps, leading. Then there was a luncheon followed by a closed meeting. iff Iff if la Frou Frou Handled with restraint on a smart, dark sheer for women. Frilled jabot and gilet 'of crisp organdie.

35,00 Daytime Shop Third Hill i' 1 4 4 ftt. la1 4 places HOLLYWOOD PROMOTER TO FACE CHARGES TODAY 1 ax id afro- A 1 Suspected of defrauding society leaders and numerous motion picture celebrities of thousands of dollars, Bayard E. Weibert, 38-year-old Hollywood promoter, today is to ap-' pear before Superior Judge Ambrose to enter his pleas to the charges. He Is charged with twelve counts tl grand theft totaling approximately $40,000. District Attorney's Investigators f.harge that Weibert, occupying luxurious offices at 729 South Western avenue, induced numerous investors to intrust large sums of money with him to be used in prompting a national radio syndicate broadcasting electrically transcribed programs, Weibert, it is charged, converted the money to his own use.

Among those listed as having lost money are Mrs. Leafle Sloan-Orcutt, Charles H. Parker, $5500; L. R. Langworthy, $2000; Dorothy Webb, Miss Dana Clark, $15,000, and Miss Ethel Pepin, $1000 and trust deed worth $5610.

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