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-54 THE SOUTHLAND FEBRUARY 25, 1941. PART I.X V1 ij 'Sit. Striking Pickers Storm S.R.A. Demanding Food Thousand Lemon Workers by Union That State and Government Would Feed Them OXNARD, Feb. 24.

Declaring that union leaders had told them the State and Federal governments would feed them, nearly 1000 striking lemon pickers stormed the offices of the State Relief Administration and the California Employment Service in Ventura today, Six Killed When Truck and Car Crash Head-on Only Four Tentative Identifications Made of Bodies Following Accident on Indio Highway RIVERSIDE, Feb. 24. Six persons, one of them a 2-year-old child, lay dead and two others were believed near death here tonight from injuries suffered before dawn today in a terrific head-on collision between an alleged "wildcat" stage and a cattle truck on the Banning-Indio Highway 60 miles east of here. El Camine bfioJK Ainsworth The mass arrival of striking Watchman Slain Man Refusing pickers caused long lines to stretch from both offices throughout the day, as the strikers waited to file applications for State relief, MASS MEETINGS HELD Desert Plant to Picket Beaten Action today followed mass meetings in Santa Paula and Ox Footprints of Small Dog Provide Clue in Hunt for Two Killers nard yesterday during which A. U.

Petersen, A.F.L. organizer for Southern California, told strikers in the 24-day-old lemon pickers strike that "Uncle will provide the chow; we'll furnish Tonight, 14 hours after the accident which highway patrolmen said was the worst in the county's history, officers still were unable to Identify the bodies of the three women, two men and one child who were killed in the wreck. Only names obtained from women's purses and men's wallets scattered about the roadway were available to the officers. To which bodies the names belonged remained unanswerable pending word from relatives who were being contacted by telegraph in many parts of the country. AMES FOUXD Names which the officers said were found in the wreckage and which may or may not be those of the crash victims were Jeff A.

Underwood, 27, Emory, Orville S. Vandenburg, 24, Nashville, sailor on the U.S.S. Vestal at San Pedro; Mrs. Marie the dough." He' said he meant that Uncle Sam the Federal government would provide surplus commodi. ties to all strikers eligible for 'Captain' of Line Sent to Jail for 50 Days at Ventura VENTURA, Feb.

24. Because he refused to go out on picket duty, Boyd Weston had a battered face and a possible broken nose today and Adelard Girard, 28, was in jail for a 50-day term. Weston, Police Chief T. VV. Neel said, alleged that Girard slugged him after he had refused to return to the picket line in front of a Main St.

store which has been picketed for several weeks. Weston had done two days' duty on the picket line but had told union officials he would not picket today. flirarrl ramp tn his hotpl rnnm State relief, while the union THINGS ARE BRIGHTER Editor John Phillips of the Pomona College Student Life looks over an edition of paper with Reporters Jane Shiels, left, and Margaret McDonald. would provide housing, milk and Time photo money for gas and electricity during the duration of the strike. ASSURANCES TOLD Petersen explained that he had received assurances from State and Federal authorities that such an arrangment could be worked out.

College Paper Thrives Again by Doubling Advertising Rate Fifty-three-Year-OId Pomona 'Student Life' Makes Greatest Profit in History by Playing Hard to Get T7ie Theater is the House of Life, Woman the mummer's part. Robert IV. Sert'ice. Who says the theatrical urge isn't catching? Hope Tuttle, member of Los Fiesteros (those jolly celebrants who like to keep alive California's, romantic dances and songs) moved recently into a home next door to Hedy Lamarr in Bel-Air. k'ovv Hope Tuttle will make her theatrical debut in a play at Plummer Tark In Hollywood Sunday evening What do you call your home? A tongue-twister is that of Helen Bab-cock of Talm Springs whose residence is labeled "Adobe Abode" "Minnesota Tourist" who writes he is from "The Land of 10,000 Lakes," all of which look just like our streets during the last few days, wants to know why we spent money to bring the Colorado River here.

Maybe it was just to keep Florida from having it, not be-' cause we needed it UNPOPULAR R. M. Richter of San Gabriel, not needing to water his lawn for the moment took time to dash off this plaint: When the weather folks assert That light showers are to squirt It's a dorenright dirt; trick When they squirt like tons of brick, PvUBBKR Do you appreciate things? If not, why not? Lots of times right here in our own Southland we don't fully appreciate our industries, for instance. So today marks the start of a new series called: Modern Miracles Behind Factory Walls. And the first is THE RUBBER BUSINESS Think what scientific rubber has meant since its discovery 102 years ago! A lot of factories 1- 1 1 Defense Rally Calls Women Volunteers Will Report for Emergency Services Tomorrow at Pasadena SAN BERNARDINO, Feb.

24. A small dog that accompanied two killers to the Oro Grande Cement riant, on the Mojave Desert, last night where they slew Clemente Chacon, 55, night watchman, may lead to their capture. Chacon, an employee of the cement plant for years, was ambushed and shot through the chest as he made his rounds during the night. He was believed to have had approximately $100 on his person at the time. Officers said robbery was the motive, as his pockets were turned Inside out.

The only lue to help deputy sheriffs as they started tracking the two men were the footprints of a dog that accompanied them up the hill where Chacon wa3 slain and back down again. Scouting around, officers again picked up the tracks of the two men and the dog leading out into the desert. Late today trackers started in pursuit of the trio, helped materially by the dog. The men were careful to cover up their tracks but apparently forgot about the dog, for his were nearly always visible. This is the way it would work, Boglarsky, Sheridan, Mrs.

Bob Gray, Bandera, Tex. Believed near death at the County Hospital here is John Oliver, 325 Chandler Dallas, and a girl, about 3, name unknown. VERSIONS CHANGED this morning, Weston said, and he said- strikers would go first Void him he'd go back to the pick-it0 California employment of-et line or else. When he refused in entura and ask for jobs r-i-o-j in th iuux, ias lemon nickers. As all lemon CLAREMOXT, Feb.

24. A pol- of the embarrassing operating profit this year, Editor Phillips is contemplating a one-week ex- Weston said. in the county now is on icy of playing "hard to get' has Girard. alleged "captain" of theitne "unfair list" the office could Jmade possible the largest profit iperiment which he thinks will PASADENA. Feb.

24. Women picket line, pleaded guilty tolWL buen Juus "iln history for Southern Califor Ul 1J 1 .11 1 li be revolutionary in Pomona Col- of Pasadena will participate in a The body of the wnall child who died in the wreckage still is unidentified and a name for the third woman also is missing. A man, Forrest Grove of Ft. Worth, is in a critical condition in charges of battery. When he wo.u'u SUIR'e lege journalism nnl nnv a SlOfl 11P hp was OlllCial SaiU.

voluntary mobilisation for defense at day for women here confined to jail on Wednesday. Dr. Gertrude nia's oldest college newspaper, Editor John Phillips has reported. Faced with steadily declining revenue, the Pomona College Student Life was cut progres Thus assured there was no job for them, the strikers then would go to the S.R.A. office and ask for relief.

If they were Ameri Under this plan, five two-page issues will be issued on slick paper Monday through Friday and a four-page issue on Saturday will be printed with a full size a Banning hospital Laws, director of education for Uncertainty and missing facts women in the Pasadena city resulted in cha'nging ver. The Culinary Workers' is picketing two local restaurants. Girard is not a member of any union. How he- happened to be "captain" of the picket line was not explained. can citizens, and if their resi announced today.

photographic cover, in which the sions of the crash during the dence was established in the sively irom its peaK ot nve issues week's issues may be bound day's investigation but tonight it Teacher Association and from that Oliver, the man be women's clubs will co-operate in lieved dying at the County Hospital here, was owner of the small automobile into which the eight persons had crowded for a trip to Los Angeles. SWERVES INTO TRUCK But officers believe Oliver was not driving the car when it sud denly swerved into the side of a cattle truck about 3:30 a.m. county, they would be certified for relief. APPLICATION'S TAKKV Once certified for relief, the strikers would be eligible for surplus' commodities dished out by the Federal government. Petersen's plan apparently was being placed in operation today.

T. E. Matthews, director for the S.R.A. in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, said that he had no statement to make, but that he had been authorized to take all applications for relief. "It's a slow process," he said.

"It will be quite a while before we can determine whether or not these people are eligible for relief." Meanwhile, angry rumblings came from county lemon growers, who realized that as heavy today near Garnet, opposite Palm Springs, on the Indio highway. At the wheel at that time was Veteran Glendale Railroad Man Dies William ERauch, 64, Served for 37 Years GLENDALE, Feb. 24. William E. Rauch, 04, of 1227 Carmen Drive, industrial agent for the Union Pacific here since 192.

died unexpectedly in his home today of a heart attack. A veteran of 37 years of rail service, Rauch began his career as a Rig Four clerk in St. Louis in I no I. He came to Los Angeles as an accounting department 5 i A a ween wun wire service 10 iwo issues a week. Last year the publication board decided to double the advertising rate, eliminate solicitation for ads and give more space to news.

HOW TO SPEND IT? Now the Student Life is looking for ways in which to spend a comfortable profit, one of the first in more than a decade. The paper was founded in 1S88 as the Pomona Student. Without benefit of a journalism department or adviser and without encouragement of college credit for this extracurricular activity, the staff comprises approximately 30 students, of which 20 are reporters and department editors. KX PERI PL A I) Evidence of its influential place in the life of the college was the newspaper's recent success in promoting for the first time a college chest campaign, a co-operative one-effort drive among faculty and students for charity purposes. The campaign netted more than $500, or more than 50 cents a person.

In an effort to dispose of some Pedestrian Robs Courteous Driver Man Climbs in Auto When Given Right of Way SAN DIEGO, Feb. Hannum today wondered whether it pays to give the pedestrian the right of way. It certainly did not in his case today. Near the water front, he stopped his auto to let a man cross tlie street at an intersection. The man started across, then circled back, climbed into the rear scat of the sedan, shoved a gun in Hannum's back and barked: "This is a stick-up.

Drive down to the bay." Hannum complied. Two blocks later, he was forced to yield his wallet, which contained exactly $1. The man then jumped out and disappeared in a near-by lumber yard. Missing Woman Mystery Unsolved Widow, 82, Vanished Feb. 8 at Anaheim ANAHEIM, Feb.

21. Anaheim police reported today after a protracted search that they have found no opening in the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Mrs. Caroline Wipperman, 82-year-old widow. Mrs. Wipperman dropped from sight Feb.

8 after receiving money from several sources. At the time it was thought that she might have gone to call on friends. But when no word came, police called in more than 100 Boy Scouts, assigned all available men from the city force and made a sweeping search, which extended into groves near the city. Frail and withered with her years, Mrs. Wipperman was but 5 feet 2 inches tall.

Her eyes are brown and her hair mixed dark and gray. When last seen she wore a white and blue house dress, black shoes and is believed to have disappeared while wearing a camel's-hair coat. employee in lOll and received several promotions before becoming industrial agent in 1023. Rauch was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and taxpayers they actually were paying in part for the food if furnished for men and women refusing to pick lemons and trying to block crops from market. One farmer spokesman said that a "tax strike" was being serious considered if the gov served on the manufacturing and industries committee.

He also was a member of the Jonathan Club. ernment provides food for the strikers. Vandenburg, the sailor, officers believe. Only by shoes found at the position of the driver in the car were officers able to reach this conclusibn. This would indicate that Oliver had, in some manner, obtained the passengers for the cross-country drive, perhaps from Texas, and that Vandenburg was relieving him as driver on the tragic last stage of the trip, 120 miles from their desti-nation-Los Angeles.

DRIVER UNHURT Driver of the cattle truck, John Soto of Lynwood, was unhurt in the collision. He said the automobile swerved across the highway in such a manner as to indicate the driver had fallen asleep at the wheel. The car hit the truck head-on, reducing the lighter vehicle to a twisted mass of steel and human bodies. Capt. J.

R. King of the California Highway Patrol and County Coroner Ben F. White took personal charge of the difficult investigation into the identity of the six victims. Not for days do they hope to make final and positive identifications, chiefly because of condition of the bodies and the absence of friends who might aid in furnishing identifying details. He leaves three brothers, Van R.

Rauch of Glendale, Mai C. Rauch of Bellflower and J. Lee Rauch of Hollvwood. Oldest Draft Board Member, 82, Wishes He Could Volunteer Union Now Plea Made in nuuuiein ium rubber products Just imagine for a moment the thousands upon thousands of cold feet that have been warmed by hot ter bags Ponder upon the stomachaches that have been eased thereby Muse upon the unsightly shapes that have been kept within bounds on Hollywood Blvd. by the blessed girdle Remember the joy that has been brought to millions of childish hearts by red, green and purple balloons Recollect the swings that have been made out of old tires, the synthetic squeaky mice for pampered cats, the ever-helpful galosh, the modest sock-supporter, the non-slip bath mat, the spongy heels (on shoes,) the trustworthy infant pants, all from rubber Don't you appreciate modern life more now? Selah TO MUSIC The other day there was a piece here about the original version of "The Tledge of Allegiance." Now comes from New York an advance copy of "The Hedge" set to music by Arthur Bergh, with a red, white and blue cover.

Very nice, too Dr. R. H. Shippey of Long Beach sends me some seed (and he isn't even a Congressman) of a creation known as the Henderson Giant Crimson Chard. Bill Henderson of Fresno, a protege of Luther Burbank, developed the plant which is a cross between a Swiss chard and a red beet a large perennial leaf with a red center.

I'm going to plant mine and see whether they can yodel, too FKIIHV Some Southern California cities can pick the oddest topics on which to scrap. George H. Wicdman of Rcdlands University reports that Huntington Beach and Seal Beach are a-feudin' over which has longer ocean pier, with title seesawing back and Dr. Gertrude Laws the registration which will take place in the 22 schools as well as at the postofTice and Y.W.C.A. Subjects for which women will volunteer emergency services are care of groups of young children, food planning, nutrition, first aid, home nursing, impact of current events on the family and group leadership.

Other services in which women may volunteer are quantity feeding, physical health and sanitation, mental health, home relations and national responsibilities, occupational therapy, recreation, American culture, family purchasing, simple sewing, motor corps and office training. af Town Meeting SIERRA MADRE, Feb. 21 Every objection raised today against the Union Now plan of Ramona Dates Set HEMETSAN JACINTO, Feb. 21. "Ramona," the romantic and famous outdoor play of early California, will ba given its 18th.

season opening April 19 and con. tlnue April 20-27-28 and May 3-4, it is announced by the Ramona Pageant Association. intercontinental co-operation of the democracies was in turn vT voiced in opposition to the union of the American Colonies. Redondo Beach Ads on Bulkhead Plan REDONDO REACH, Feb. 24.

Legat procedure to form an assessment district and erect a bulkhead along the wave-battered ocean front was set in motion tonight as a petition from a majority of affected property owners was received by the City Council. The petition asks a 1500-foot sheet-iron piling bulkhead, with provision the project will cost the proposed district no more than $10,000. Total cost of the bulkhead was estimated between $57,000 and $87,000. The plan calls for piling 12 feet west of the Strand walk, with a fill extending back to the walk. Lee Shlppe3 chairman of the Pasadena Federal Union Now movement, stressed that point at a Town Meeting at the Sierra Madre Wistaria Vine, in a plea Wild Steer Holds up Traffic in Dash Through Huntington Park to Insure a future permanent peace.

Supported by Elizabeth Tage, author of "The Tree of Liberty," and Dr. Theodore Dunham, Cal-tech astronomer, Shippey de clared that only by presenting a dolph less than a block from the Huntington Park High School. Aided by Bill McFarland, he loaded the animal into a truck after an hour's battle. Scores of spectators gathered to watch and a Pacific Electric car was held strong economic and potentially mighty military front would the world democracies succeed In resisting the forces of evil now and in days to come. up until the steer was coaxed offl HUNTINGTON PARK, Feb.

21. An infuriated steer made a wild dash through the streets here today. Traffic wai disrupted until the animal was captured and subdued by cowpunchers after an hour's battle. Leaping a seven-foot fence at the Los Angeles Union Stockyards north of here, the steer blazed an erratic trail through May wood, Vernon and Huntington Park. With pursuing cowpunchers from the stockyards riding in pursuit, the tueer sped north on State west on 61st south on Oak to Randolph, where it headed for the business section of Huntington Park.

Jake Yarborough lassoed the animal at Mlies Ave. and Ran- the tracks. When the animal finally was loaded, horses used in the chase were rlden iito a big stock truck and all were trundled back to the stockyards. AUNT IIET ROBERT 0UILLEN Safe-crackers Take $1929 From Dairy SANTA ANA, Feb. 21.

Believed to be the same professional safe-crackers who have operated for some time in Orange County, thieves early today robbed a dairy company's safe of $1029. Detective Lieutenant Charles Wolford reported. After breaking the window, the burglars used a punch and hammer to open the safe of the Ardcn Farms Dairy at 1008 E. Fourth Wolford said. Road Hearing Called FALLBROOK, Feb.

24 Local boosters for a new highway across the Santa Margarita Ranch to afford a shorter link between Highway (inland route) and Highway 101 (Coast route) have been informed that the State Highway Commission will hear arguments for the proposed cutoff at a session Friday in San Diego. WJ DOING HIS BIT Dr. Daniel Hartwcil of Inglewood. His retirement os a dentist led him to defense work. Timet photo HAPPY RELIEF FROM PAINFUL BACKACHE Mn of thoM entwine, nwin; painful lkftch poil Um on eokia of tra ofto eauiml bir tirtd kidney and my be rtliwed whea trentM In the rlitht wy.

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Co, Hale, hearty and with a twin nn kle in the eyes under a thatch Dairy Worker Killed INGLEWOOD, Feb. 21 At 2 years of age he's the world's old. est selective, draft board member. That's Dr. Daniel E.

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N. Cooper, worker, died today at the County Hospital of injuries Buffered when he was Htrttck by an' automobile driven by Gross, r0, rancher, two and one-half miles west of this city on Highway 80. Gross was not held. under th tyrt, headannra and dUainew. re who come in to ask advice in making out their questionnaires or to seek deferment.

He also has proved of welcome assistance, it was said by Harry Van Braver, board 'hairman. "Well, here I am, and glad to do my bit in the defense program. In I'd -volunteer if I had a chance," Dr. Hartwell paid. pointee to Inglewood Hoard 2(11.

Dr. Hartwcil, who practiced dentistry for 25 years In New Albany, before retiring and coming to Southern California, Is on the job dally at draft headquarters In the basement of the Public Library Building, Plncc his recent appointment by Governor Olson. cmighi In public. Smith Bros. Counh Dropi rrlieve oughi clue inlch-plcMnUy.

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