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SCRAP DAY" SET FOR SEPT. 26 EDITORIALS This section contains editorials, latest local news, world sports, a thrilling dally serial and news of: general Interest WANT ADS Classified Advertising columns of The Bakersfleld Cnllfornlnn close promptly at 10:80 o'clock every morning. Phone 7-7031. CITY SECTION BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1942 PAGES 7 TO 12 FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS THE BEST OF FRIENDsMjbsT 35,000 Kerii County school children today meandered back to their classrooms for 1 another nine -ntonths of-education. This striking'photo symbolizes youth's problems boy and his dog imist part- until the bell releasey-the master from a day in the classroom.

Rover feels kinda too, as' may-be noticed from his woebegone expression. HERE IS COUNTY'S FINAL VOTE -4, OFFICIAL KERN ELECTION RETURNS 1 A FTER two weeks canvassing ballots from Kern county's 307 widely scattered precincts, the Board of Supervisors today had released official returns from the August, 25 primary election. Figures on all offices are official, and ballots. As supervisors com-' pleted their task of canvassing tally books from each election precinct, totals were added by deputies in-the office of County Clerk R. J.

Veon. The following official results were released: GOVERNOR Republican Democrat Fred Oyster '91 Culbert L. Olson 8,078 Roy G. Owens 551 Nathan T. 14!) 121 Alonzo J.

163 William E. 211 Earl Warren 8,434 9,287 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Frederick F. Houser 3,980 3,733 Ellis E. 3,013 10,401 James Rolph 1,620 SECRETARY OF STATE Albert W. 1,617 1,620 Frank M.

5,950 5,379 Paul Peek 7,706 CONTROLLER Harry R. 7,403 10,657 Paul Collins 1,128" M. Leland Stanford 3,309 TREASURER Charles G. Johnson 7,155 10,303. George J.

Knox 4,066 ATTORNEY GENERAL Lawrence W- Allen 1,21.5 Louis H. Burke 1,822 3,668 Carl' S. Kegley 4,083 Robert W. 2,428 3,972 Charles A. Son 898 513 Wallace L.

2,137 1,495 BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Second District Gordon H. 5,347 7,355 Henry P. 509 1,365 Ivan C. 2,102 6,201 CONGRESS Tenth District Victor V. Elliott .....7,110 STATE SENATE Thirty-fourth District Jesse R.

4,255 E. C. Emnious Rodney L. 4,208 STATE ASSEMBLY Thirty-ninth District Ralph Abel Cecil L. Cole! Victor H.

C. L. 3,368 ThoAias H. 4,163 Wilbur U. 'NONPARTISAN SUPERIOR COURT Department Three William L.

Bradshaw 21,123 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Richard F. Carl'yle 2,658 Walter F. Dexter 13,311 John T. 2,084 Robert Ziegler 1,786 OF SCHOOLS Leo B. Harf 20,956 ASSESSOR Tom F.

:..22,027 AUDITOR' 8. lA.v 21,520 CORONER AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR IN. C. Houze 21,632 DISTRICT ATTORNEY Tom 23,202 COUNTY CLERK I J. i 22,859 I 4,666 11,115 6.658 3,534 6.338 3,305 2,293 893 3,150 3,372.

2,615 RECORDER Charles H. Shomate 21,296 SHERIFF Ed Champness 9,694 John E. Loustalot ...17,979 SURVEYOR J. R. Thornton 19,548 TAX COLLECTOR Loring F.

Bennett 9,271 J. Perry Brite ..16,435 TREASURER Frank M. Wilkson 20,292 SECOND SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT W. C. Dorris 2,202 C.

W. Harty 2,798 Fred Nighbert 789 Lester N. 302 SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT Ralph Lavin 5,102 Jay A. Hinman 1,131 Rex McKee 1,548 Gordon W. Wooden 404 J.

H. Thornber 693 TOWNSHIPS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 1. Earl W. Hoke 190 Ardis M. Walker 281 2.

Elmer E. Lobre 1,168 3. Frank Noriega 6,881 4 J. R. Anderson 334 5.

Selden T. Smith 236 6. Stewart Magee 3,235 7. Harold N.McMichael 1,343 O. A.

Palmlund 1,821 8. W. L. Woods 540 9. Arch R.

Beckes 893 10. James B. Nosser 94 Cecil O. Wise 137 11. W.

A. Mattox 306 J. H. Stradal 318 C. 11.

172 12. Waller C. Faircy 362 Irving E. Wright 43 13. Albert J.

Malouf 102 15. 0. F. Parish 3,426 16. H.

A. 69!) T. Kemp 221 CONSTABLES 1. Merrill B. Ilight 416 2.

J. E. Heck 1,223 3. Leonard E. Giddings 3,606 W.

H. Jackson 1,667 W. II. Majors 420 Richard J. Repsher 1,918 4.

Cora Bowen 338 6. F. L. Bushong 170 O. P.

McKinney Ill 6. Jesse W. Elder 728 Sam L. Miahler 1,047 Maurice E. Tice 1,895 7.

Hairy W. Beatty 2,493 8. L. F. Boden 557 9.

Walter F. Parks 506 8. Lee' Tribble 578 10. Stewart D. 198 11; Jolly M.

Franklin 148 George W. Hodges 633 Worden L. Wheeler 125 12. T. W.

Hendrlx 103 Joe B. Irwln 146 Harry K. Waggoner 206 13. Arlyn W. Abrams 61 R.

E. Bebout 43 Fred A. Elilera, Jr 39 15. Frank Lountulot 3,328 J.6. Blake Witcher 17.

G.iVV. Brown 23.3 COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE REPUBLICAN First District J. NJ Bowhay 813 John M. Haberfelde 774 H. G.

Comfort 27 P. D. Appley, 34 G. Parsons, Sr 42 Second District C. W.

Buerkle 966 R. Fewell 927 Lawrence F. Lake 960 Mrs. Anne London 949 Phillip M. Wagy 1,235 Third District A.

B. Mclntyre 42 Raymond G. Taylor 54 Leo G. Pauly 67 Paul C. Newell 46 Mayme R.

51 Dana G. Bing 52 Daniel J. Roche 55 Luther Gardner 13 Fourth District Hugh C. Mays 851 Harry E. 9 Henry Barnes 1 Raynuiiid Grey 5 G.

C. T-'ann 10 Fifth District W. B. Buerkle 872 Margaret C. Goode 860 John Shortridge 990 Blanche M.

Swigart 856 DEMOCRATIC First District Joseph R. Alexander 677 Walter S. Allen 918 Howard L. Cave 633 Glenn C. Compton 743 Edwin 377 B.

C. Triplett 411 Second District E. 8. Barlow, Jr 1,415 Charles E. Boydstun 1,075 C.

B. Dickey 1,391 Mart 1,103 J. R. 1,713 Ix)is A. Tolles 905 James Vizzard 1,828 Third District Barney L.

Barnes. 2,818 W. Elmer 2,575 H. L. Fisher 2,525 Arthur Leon Husliey 3,483 Joe C.

Lewis 1,849 W. P. Robertson 1,876 H. L. 3,339 Fourth District E.

V. Harrington! 1,031 Burrell Jesse 1,269 Vance A. Webb 1,367 John Riordan 105 Charles C. 43 Fifth District Paul Derkum 1,029 J. H.

Higdon 724 P. R. Lynch. 928 John A. 1,298 Offices, Schools Close on Holiday TATE, county and city offices and schools will close throughout Kern county tomorrow in observance of the ninety-second anniversary of California's statehood.

Although most business houses will remain open, banks will close for Admission Day, a legal holiday. Federal offices will remain open during the day. Husband Finds Body ning Victim Discovery Ends 76 Days of Searching for Woman Lost in River on June 23 A FTER weeks of fruitless search by police and volunteers, the body of Mrs. O. L.

Speakman, 22, 1027 street, was found at noon yesterday ln the Kern river about a mile below the spot where she was last seen on the afternoon, of June 23,17 miles from Bakersfield. The body was found lodged against a rock in the almost dry bed of the river by her husband and another man 'and was badly decomposed. Mrs. Speakman disappeared on June 23 while hunting a picnic site with her husband, who said that he left her standing on a rock at the water's edge and returned a few minutes later to find her gone. Discovery of the missing woman culminated days of search by her husband, friends and deputies from the sheriff's office.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by a 3 son, Buzzy; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hoffman, a brother, R.

E. Hoffman, and a sister, Mrs. Francis Louise Janssen, of Southgatc. She was a member of the Bap- tist Church, a Sunday school teacher and deaconess. She was a member of Job's Daughters and at- MRS.

G. L. SPEAKMAN tended Kern County Union High School. Funeral arrangements are pending at Fllckinger-Digier. U.

8. Army Air Corps 1'holo Lieutenant B. M. Hall, In charge of Minter Field's recruiting staff, swears in James Young (center) of Bahersfield and Ward Mngorian, McFarland, first two men to enlist at. Minter in the air field's campaign to enlist qualified mechanics aiid radio men for work, on the flight Both had to pass a trade test and a physical examination.

DEMAND HALT OF BEET PRORATING farmers Say Factory System Caused 25 Per Cent Loss in County Sugar Crop Striking at the sugar-beet factories of California which have attempted to force prorating of sugar- beet deliveries, the Kern county agriculture committee of the War Manpower Commission demanded at their meeting last night that such prorating be abolished as long as any sugar-beet factory in the state is working at less than capacity. SOLD AT RALLIES Minter Field Band Plays at Fox Theater as Residents Buy War Securities By MAE SAUNDERS Responding to President Roosevelt's fireside chat, Bakersfield residents spoke $10,000 worth of response the first Fox theater rally ast night In which hundreds of persons participated at local theaters. With the Minter Field Air Corps band, led by Patsey Dwornlck, playing stirring military marches and with announcers calling the roll call Kern county sugar-beet growers estimated they had lost about 25 per cent of their crop tonnage and 10 per cent of their potential sugar as a result of the action by sugar-beet factories. The local committee will ask the United States Department of Agriculture to halt this action. The committee also took steps toward stabilization of farm-labor wages in the San Joaquin valley, discouraging "pirating" of workers by one section from another area.

Growers stated they did not plan to attempt to set a ceiling on wages, but planned to form a general agreement among growers on wage levels. The committee expects labor shortages during the harvesting of Kern's huge cotton crop, it was reported, and Chairman A. I. Tucker re-emphasized that growers should make their labor needs known to the federal employment office in Bakersfield. "This new 'consolidn tion' committee," he said, "will make every attempt to secure an adequate supply of labor for Kern's needs." Wounded Boy Hunter Accidentally Shot by His Companions I MERCY Hospital today is Leland Ferguson, 11, Route 5, Box 135, who was accidentally shot in the chest yesterday while dove hunting.

The boy received several shotgun pellets in the chest and arm when he got in the line of fire of one of his hunting companions, witnesses said. The party was hunting in a vineyard near the Fairfax School on Edison highway. He was rushed to Kern General Hospital and later transferred to the Mercy Hospital. Hospital attendants said his wounds were not serious and gave his condition as good today. Plan Service for Blowout Victim UNERAL services for Mrs.

Florence Katherine Hynd, 55, one of two victims of an automobile accident on the Maricopa fiats road late Sunday night, will be held in Taft on Wednesday morning from son Brown funeral home. Widow of Robert T. Hynd, Standard Oil employe who died In April, she had been a resident of Taft for the past 12 years. Surviving are one son, Robert, of Tuft; a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Rltter, of Sunrise.

five grandchildren: three sisters, Mrs. Rollln King, of Berkeley, Mrs. Walter Jurgewltz, Sonoma, and Mrs. Mabel Matthews, San Francisco; and one brother, Frank Page, of Oakland. Interment will be in the West Side cemetery.

No arrangements have been made for the funeral of Mrs. Mathlas, 53, second victim of the accident which was caused by blowout of a rear tire as the two women were traveling toward Maricopa on their way to Taft. CAR DESTROYED BY FIRE Fire Tuesday morning destroyed a car on the Abe ranch fri MpFarland, causing damage estl mated at about $75. All the tires on the car, including the were saved. The Kern county fire answered the call from the McFsnJand station.

Kern Board May Sell Fire Patrol Airplane Commercial Air Line Officials Offer to Buy Ship for Training Army Pilots By McARTHUR GALE of the county fire department's fire patrol airplane to a commercial air line for use in training army pilots was studied by the Board of Supervisors today. Representatives of a commercial air. line, who np- 1 City-Wide Drive to Help Meet CountyJJoal Salvage Campaigns Scheduled for Kern Towns CEPTEMDER 26 will bt "scrap day" in Bakersfield, according to an announcement today by Paul G. Newell, chairman of the salvage committee of the Kern County Defenst! Council, who disclosed dittos for community-wide scrnn drives this month nt which time house-to-house and fnrin-to- fnrm snlvnge pick'ups will be conducted. havo given their lives In combat citizens spoke taking $1000, $500, $100, $60 and $25 bonds from the girls who circulated through the audience.

A total of (7500 in bonds and stamps was delivered to theater patrons and pledges were taken for another $2500. Dean Banta was master of ceremonies and Bill Endlcott and Harold Simpson assisted with the announcing, the entire program being broadcast over KERN. Paul Fry, soloist with the Minter Field band, sang and led the audience in the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner and other songs. With $10,000 raised in bonds within 15 minutes the theater drive Is expected to quadruple this amount during the three remaining weeks of the bond rallies that will be'held every Monday evening at the Fox theater. The Minter Field Jive Bombers will assist next Monday night.

The motion picture Industry drive which opened this month is pledged to raise $1,000,000,000 or more throughout the country. Millions of dollars have already been raised, early returns on the drive indicate. peared before the board this morning, offered to pay "any reasonable price" set by board for the county-owned four-place Stlnson mono- plant. The airplane, which cost the county $7000, is equipped for patrolling fires in the mountainous areas, and 1 for dumping equipment and supplies to fire crews, by means of parachute in inaccessible arens. The air line representatives urged supervisors to sell the craft, point- Ing out that airplanes of its type are scarce at present and needed badly in the war effort.

They promised the plane would be used In training pilots who will contribute to the war effort. County Fire Warden Harold liowhay explained to the bonril that army and CAA rules had' been lifted to permit tile plane to be flown on fire-patrol work in Kern county, and by contract with other counties and the forest service, throughout the southern San Joaquin valley area and on the coastal mountain ranges. He reported a second, smaller county- owned ship could be used for fire- patrol but was not equipped to service crews. Chairman Charles W. Wimmer promised the air lino agents the board would consider sale of the plane and make its decision by next Monday's meeting.

The Board ot Supervisors canvassed election returns today, and declared election of candidates who were unopposed, or who had a majority of votes cast. Nomination of other candidates was declared by the board, for the' November 3 general eleotion. On motion of Supervisor Ralph Lavln, resignation of A. L. Roy 'as a member of the county chamber of commerce was accepted by the board, and F.

R. Kallach was appointed to fill the vacancy. Members county' central' conv mittces, wllbse election was an- pounoed -by tthe BoaM of. Supervisors, -were' County' Clerk R. to meet tonight in the courthouse, to elect committee officers.

In accordance with state laws, members of the new committees will meet in the supervisors' chambers, or in Superior Court room No. 4 at 8 p. m. MAIL SAILORS' GIFTS EARLY, NAVY WARNS Friends, Relatives of Servicemen Told Christmas Parcels Must Not Be Large Mercury Rises to 92 on Labor Day Bakersfield residents enjoyed an early fall Labor Day holiday yesterday when the mercury rose to 92 degrees', after recording a Monday morning low of 62, according to the weather bureau. The Backus Ranch Co-op weather station reported today that July was the second month in 1942 with a mean temperature over the 46-year average.

July weather averaged 85 degrees. January also topped to weather bureau's record average. The-statlon also revealed that there were 21 days in July when the mercury passed to 100-degree mark. Sub normal rainfall, wind movement, ant fires were also reported. Freak weather incident of the month a dust storm Palms.

Fuly 15 at Twenty-nine Trial of Accused Forger Prolonged Charged with making and passing fictitious checks, Alfred J. Dahl was bound over to Superior Court this morning at his preliminary hearing by Judge Stewart Mageo in the Sixth Township Justice Court. Bail was set at $3000. Also apppearing before Judge Magee was Willie Weeks on charges of committing Infamous crime against pature contributing to delinquency of a minor. Weeks was held to answer and his ball was set at $3000.

Mechanic Enlistees at Reception Center The first group of qualified mechanics and radio men enlisted as ground crew specialists at Minter Field during the past two weeks are now at the army reception center at the Presidio of Monterey, where they are receiving uniforms and equipment. These recruits, from Bakersfield and other Kern county towns, will return to Minter Field after a short period of "processing" at the reception center. receiving their basic military training, they will go to work on the flight line at Minter in jobs for which they were trained In civilian life ERN county residents with friends and relatives in the marines and navy were advised today by the navy department to keep Christmas parcels small and to mail them early. Supplying a set of "does" and "don'ts" the navy said gifts should be mailed between October 1 and November 1, and labeled "Christmas Parcel" to get special attention. Articles should be easily portable, and useful in any climate, such as toilet kits, watches, notebooks, pipes, pens and photographs.

Electrical apparatus "Is of doubtful value" and food should be avoided particularly, because'it is apt to arrive in bad condition. Other Instructions: No clothing unless It was specifically requested. No mailing of intoxicants, inflammable materials, or by postal regulations. Because of shipping space shortages, size of Christmas packages should not be larger than. an ordinary shoe box, or weigh over 6 pounds.

Because most of the packages must travel a long distance and stand considerable they should be packed substantially and covered by strong wrappers. To facilitate censoring, they should not be sealed. Kern River Drops to 300-Foot Flow Flow-of the Kern river was reported by the Kern Land Company to be SOU cubic feet per second this morning. Low point of the flow Is anticipated some time during September. company officials said they are "well satisfied" with the present flow, calling it a "good river for time of year." Kern Man Elected to State Postal Board President of Bakersfield branch No.

782 of the National Association of Letter Carriers, H. was elected a member of the state association executive board at the organization's c.onvention in Stockton over the Labor Day week end. District Enrollment Drops as School Opens for Year CHOOLS ot the Korn Union High School County district hummed with activity toduy as over 4000 students and 275 teachers and administrators reported for the first school year, according to word from the office of Dr. Thomas L'. Nelson, district superintendent.

Registrations expected throughout -this' week will brjng t.he total enrollment oveV 6000. While the enrollment is letr-s this year than last, approximately '700 less at this date, schools ot the dlSJ trlct will offer the usunl course! of studies, and In some Instances specialized courses, as aviation, are being added. Bus schedules will operate as usual, with 42 buses now In operation and two more expected to arrive shortly. The Kern County Union High School pupil transportation system Is one of the largest in the nation of any secondary school district, according to J. H.

Pauly, supervisor of transportation. As students go to their classrooms in schools of the district they will find severa) new teachers taking the places of'those who have left for military service. The latter Include Howard Whalen, now lieutenant, Junior grade, in the United States Naval Reserve; J. Paul Freed, now second lieutenant, at Minter Field; Norman Harris, lieutenant, junior grade, in the Naval Reserve: K. Eugene Ford, army an- force; Min- ter (Field; Verio A.

Cowling, seaman, United States Navy; John Brlnegar, cadet, army air force; Nicholas Pununides, lieutenant in Naval Reserve, titationod at University ot Michigan; Jack Rowe, second lieutenant, army'alr corps; Jack Hilton, Minter Field, candidate for officers training school; Warren C. Thompson and Roy B. Anderson, naval air station, Long Bench, i Leaving for the nuvy within a few days is Jack Charvo, machine shop teacher and counselor at Kern County Union High School, Captain Percy M. Bliss, statloned'at tho University of California; John F. Clymer, Iteutenarit In the United States Naval Reserve; Ralph N.

Nathan, United States Naval Reserve; Galvin H. Mueller, United States Navy; Lawrence MoArdell, seaman, United States Navy; and Edward Somonsen, United States Marine Corps; and Ruth I. Graham, civilian personnel division of the navy, are other teachers from schools of the district to leave for service. Henry G. Evans, former counselor and debate coach at Korn, County Union High School, Is now stationed the Pan-American Airways in Texas.

Schools of the Kern-Cpunty Union High School district include Bakersfield Junior College, Kern County Union High School, East Bakersfield High School, Shatter High School, McKarland High School, Kernvllle High School and Kern County Union Evening School, "Scrap days" will be designed to meet the September salvage-for-victory goal set for Kern county, Newell said, as the ulm for the month is to collect 1000 tons of scrap Iron, 10,000 pounds ot meat fats, and scrap rubber, rags of all kinds, manila rope and burlap ''ngs. Locul salvage committees have set up depots In every Kern community and cltlxens are asked to co-operate by dcpostlng salvage at the stations. "If the salvage is too big or too hciivy to transfer to the depot, call your local salvage committee and arraiiKeinentH will be made to pick up the scrap," Newell explained. The house-to-house scrap pickup in Metropolitan Bakerstield on Sep. tomber 20 will be divided into three sections, West Bakersfield, under supervision ot the Bakersfield Chamber ot Commerce, A.

J. Crocker, chairman; East Bakersfield, under supervision of the East Bakersfield Progressive Club, Charles Fuller, chairman; and North-of-the-River, under direction of N. O. R. II, Russell Taylor, chairman.

Schedule "Scrap days" designated at other Kern county communities are as follows: McFarland, September 9, W. R. Philbrook, chairman: Delano, September 16, W. R. Hosklns, chairman; Shatter, September 16, C.

J. Vignolo, chairman; MarlcOpa, September 19, J. M. Mojavo, September 20, Mrs; Torn Finnerty ti ohalr- man; Tehachapi, September Phil Marx, chairman. Tiie Kern River Chamber of Commerce will conduct a salvage- pickup drive in the Kern river area on Sunday, September 13, under direction of Chairman Qua Sulire.

Participating in the Kern river scrap campaign will be boys from Camp Owens, which will contribute two trucks in the house-to- house salvage pickup, and the forestry service. Salyage depots established In Bakersfield are at 2120 Chester avenue, Baker and Lake streets, and at the General Petroleum station across street from Standard School in Oildale, said Newell, who urged the public to deposit scrap at these stations. War Funds "All proceeds from these community-wide scrap drives," he said, "will go to civilian defense councils for war activities in Kern county. The salvage-tor-victory program can only be successful If every Individual does his part." New Assistant Head for Sequoia Forest John Keusseff has 'been assigned to the position ot executive assistant on the Sequoia National Forest, according to an announcement today by Supervisor Norman L. Norrls.

This position was formerly held by Donald Rowe, who recently left the forest service for a position with the solicitor of the department of agriculture at Washington. Mr. Keusseff was transferred from a similar position on tho Eldorado National Forest, with headquarters at Placervllle, where he had been for the past one and a half years. Prior to that time he had spent with the forest service three years In the regional office at San Francisco and one and a halt years on the Tahoe National Forest. His position on the Sequoia National Forest calls-fer management ot the supervisor's office, supervision of the Portervllle warehouse operation and responsibility for fiscal control for the entire forest.

DROWNED GUARD. FOUND SACRAMENTO, Sept. 8. searching party of government em- ployes late yesterday found the body of Aaron Gnlegos, 46, special deputy on guard at the North Fork dam of the American river, floating In the river. Galegos had been missing since Thursday.

Searchers re.ior.ted he appeared to have fallen over a 35-foot bluff Into the river. Union Cemetery NON-PROFIT CORPORATION PERPETUAL CARE View Us Lovely Landscaped Grounds Gardens of Flowers and Gemlike Lakes See Our Monumental Display Near the Office Phone 7-7185.