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The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 7

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ccc THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1935 Thousands Cheer as Fleet Steams Through Golden Gate for Ten-Day Visit A NEW CAREER BEGINS GALA SPIRIT She Tries To Take Own Life To Tahiti! This Time Tor Good' CLUB CAIRO HIT CHECK El STORM WHICH STRUCK MACON 'JAPAN HOST IN CALIFORNIA SET TO TAKE ARMS' MARKS ENTRY ACTRESS AND CHILD Virginia Corbin's Baby 'Picture Star POISON TO SHIFT NOR OF 30 SHIPS Suicide Attempts Follow Night-Long Revel With Her Friends; Is Expected to Recover Dockweiler Tells House Group Ready to Aid Tokio'j Warns of Fishboats' Presence Washington, Oregon Coasts Will Feel Force of Fury; Ships Warned in Columbia, Sound Battle Force Led by Cruiser Richmond With Rescued Macon Men; Civic Fetes Planned v. i Tragedy yesterday continued to haunt the Club Cairo. Sparkling, vivacious Marie Manes, 26, hat check girl at the club until its tragic close, was treated for poison at Harbor Emergency Hospital early yesterday and will recover. Her suicide attempt followed a night-long revel. With Miss Katherine Ellis, also a former employe of the club, and Renaldo "Doc" Pucinelli, bail bond broker, More rain for San Francisco today.

Thus spake the prophets of the Weather Bureau yesterday as their charts showed a renewed disturbance rising over Vancouver and Alberta. EDGE OF STORM. The Bay Region will be sprinkled by the edges of the storm, which lashed the entire Pacific. Coast with gales and driving rain Tuesday, endangering shipping and bringing the Macon disaster. The skies should clear by tonight, but Friday will be cloudy.

Ships at soa, many of which strucgled through turbulent swells, were warned by storm signals at the Columbia River's mouth, Puget Sound, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, that treacherous weather is not over. HEAVY SNOWS. Heavy snows were forecast for the high Sierra and the Siski-yous, following blinding snowstorms in the California mountain regions Tuesday night and early yesterday. Yesterday's west-bound United she attended the movies, and afterward the trio participated in a gay party at her apartment, 830 Bush street, police declared. WRITES NOTE.

Shortly after 5 a. m. Miss Manes said to the other girl "Here's eight dollars. It will pay my life Insurance premium. She then went into the bathroom, Pucinelli told police, returned shortly, started to write a WASHINGTON, Feb.

13. (AP) A statement that 25,000 out of 100,000 Japanese in California "are capable of going under arms tomorrow" was made to the House Military Committee today by Representative Dockweiler, Democrat, He was testifying on a measure to establish 10 strategic air bases in the United States, Alaska and the Panama Canal "KKADV TO TAKE ARMS." Dockweiler said: "There is a fleet of 15ft Japanese fishing boats in Ixs Angeles Harbor. They have an cruising radius." Amplifying his testimony to reporters later, Dockweiler said the 25,000 Japanese who would jump to arms were located all along the Pacific coast. He said they were Japanese reserve officers. "The fishing, boats are built with a subsidy from the Japanese Government.

Some of them carry air tanks which can develop sufficient air pressure to launch a torpedo," he said. ALL "POPPED UP." When the fleet went through the Panama Canal into the Atlantic last spring, he asked the jg, IE iv II I The fleet's in! Thousands jammed Lands End and other viewpoints of vantage yesterday morning as thirty vessels of the fleet battle force steamed through the Golden Gate for a ten-day visit to San Francisco. Led by the cruiser Richmond, carrying the majority of the survivors of the ill-fated Macon, ten battleships, eleven cruisers, five submarines, two submarine ten-dors and the hospital ship Relief, were inside the bay by noon. The airplane carriere Saratoga arrived earlier in the morning, and was at anchor when the bulk of the fleet arrived. SPIRIT DAMPENED.

Wives, sweethearts and friends of "the Navy" thronged the docks to greet the boys as they stepped ashore after a short but eventful trip here from Los Angeles. The spirit of festivity, however, was dampened because of the disaster to the Macon off Point Sur Tuesday night. Entertainment plans which are expected to be of greater interest to the 23,000 men and 1,500 officers than those of the fleet's last visit in December have already been formulated. LEAVES FEBRUARY 23. The Junior Chamber of Commerce announced yesterday it had arranged a cocktail party for officers of the fleet to be held Friday night at the Commercial Club.

Other civic organizations have also announced entertainments for members of the fleet during their visit. On February 23 the fleet will MARCELLA GUMP PHILLIPS "Vuoti Roa," Say She. ft note, and collapsed. She writhed in agony. Pucinelli called Harbor Emergency Hospital ambulance.

At the hospital, Miss Manes was unconscious for several hours. VERY ILL. Back in her apartment, Miss Manes was too ill to face questioning late yesterday. Miss Ellis, the other girl participant in the drinking spree, will testify at today's preliminary hearing on manslaughter charges against Clem Gaviati, Joe Vanessi and Sam Erlich, operators of the club. "Vuoti Roa" in Tahitian, it means but to M'-s.

MRS. KROL, ROBERT LEE KROL His First Appearance Before Camera Airlines planes were halted at Marcella Gump Phillips, socialite Reno, and east-bound at Sacra daughter of Samuel Gump, art dealer, it means she is again sail mento. Service between Mills Field and Portland was being maintained, though ships were hours behind schedule. of the Canal Zone CHICAGO, Feb. 13.

A few was maternal. Virginia Lee years ago Virginia Lee Corbin Corbin is now Mrs. Theodore was America's most famous Krol, wife of a New York broker, child star. and Robert Lee is her second ing for Tahiti, her adopted coun- Governor whether he had seen the Ja Today she stalled 11-dav-old child. RAINFALL I IGI HKS try, this time for good.

Mrs. Phillips, who has been visiting relatives here alter an absence of four years, sailed yesterday with her husband, Llewellyn Phillips, wealthy plantation The charges followed the beat- Robert Lee Krol on a career in The former Miss Corbin has San Francisco, last 21 hours .19 ing and death of Maj. Charles pictures. She had him photo- announced her intention of re- Season to date A. Ross, U.

S. at the club last graphed in a local hospital. Her turning to motion pictures To (lute liixt year I.to panese fishing fleet and was assured they had all "popped up." hile "ostensibly" they go out to fish, and actually bring in some fish, Dockweiler said he heard on good authority that the small vessels would contact Ja MARIE MANES Endn Party With Poiion. wtlK- interest in the prospective actor shortly. nl In l.at Itmira Im Eureka 51 26.82 13.86 i owner, aboard the liner Manu- panese war vessels and exchange Redding .68 26.29 20.03 pa nuj to.

their home on the island reserve officers who had com- SacrHniento 06 10.01 fU.5 pleted their tour of duty. of Mooiea, nrar Tahiti. A MOTHER'S DILEMMA Tom Between Love for Children; Youth Beats Little Sister Tydings Supports Hawaiian Defense WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (AP) Senator Tydings (Democrat.

Maryland) said today that the proposrd relinquishment of the 'Stockton 12 7.8fi 6.8ft Fresno 01 11.16 2.61 'San Luis Obispo l.VOft JUI Ixts Angeles 1 l.ftfl 12.0!) San Diego 12.18 1.61 Nelson Case Chicago Man Pleads Guilty As liar borer; IVont 'Srucal' Jack Perkins, the Chicago bookmaker whom Federal authorities expected would "squeal" on harborers of the late "Baby Face" Nelson, arrived here yesterday and announced he had .) a. ni. reading, leave for Los Angeles, where it will refuel and prepare for the annual war game to be held off Hawaii early in May. LOS AWntfT.FC Pnh 11 (API a mother today found her love torn between the still, silent Fhllippmrs mado il nrcrssary ,0 I'OStniaSter 101' figure of her eight-year-old daughter, lying near death in Hawa the chief I yftftJnJ TnmnT a hosDital. and the st her 21-year-old "problem son," for an instant did he seem ef-, support any movement to make jailed for the child.

fected by the sight of his mother, i the station at Pearl Harbor, near Another Gold Case PostponementSeen WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (AP) Again today the Supreme Court followed its regular schedule, listening to arguments on pending cases, giving no clue as to when the decision in the gold WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (AP) Representative Buck of California today recommended Ed I.

Leake for appointment as acting postmaster at Woodland, Calif. changed his mind that he wouid not testify for the prosecution. However, Perkins himself pleaded guilty to harboring Nelson when the notorious gangster was a fugitive from justice. Perkins was the first of first-class naval Honolulu, I base. "Do you want anything?" she went on.

"I want some cigarettes and candy," Hardy Informed her. He confessed, police said, to beating his half-sister uncon The mother was Mrs. Kathreen Williams. The child was Helen Katherine Williams. The youth was her half-brother, William Hardy.

Most of the time Mrs. Williams remained at the bedside of her eighteen defendants under similar cases could be expected WmM J' ndictments to plead guilty. His The expectation in best In best informed circles is that the wife, Mrs. Grace Perkins, who ap- peared with him, notified Federal daughter, watching as doctors Judge A. F.

St. Sure, she would fought to keep the child alive decision may be postponed until March 4, with a possibility, however, of its being delivered next Mondav. plead guilty to the same count later. (j ".1 11 scious with a hammer Monday afternoon as he drove her to her music lesson. Joseph Scott, attorney engaged for Hardy, conferred with the youth and said his defense plea for the attack will be insanity.

Get jobs now through Examiner "Positions Wanted." Investigate the attractive low cash rates, Phone Sl'tter 2124. and nurses dressed the cruel cuts and bruises on her face and head. Yesterday Mrs. Williams was taken to see her son in jail. "Why did you do it? Why did you do It?" she repeated over and over again.

Hardy made no reply. His face remained expressionless. Only Iter ACTRESS WEDS HERE Helen Mack, Film Girl, Bride of Theater Official ft V'AI I If A. A VI -l il Si M2sb 1 1 t9 I MR. AND MRS.

CHARLES IRWIN Her Mother "Gave the Bride Examiner staff Thoto, OFF TO THE RACES A gorgeous suit with a luxurious collar of Russian a swagger style that grace- fully swings from shoulder to hemline. It will be rhe success of the racing season -a superb costume tor town or travel. Beautifully tailored of sof? novelty fabric in navy, light beige, blue, brown or fan." I4500 They walked into the Palaceso long ago on the silver-lit Hotel smiling-Helen Mack, Hoi-' desert of Palm Springs. A FLOWER FOR YOU, MADAME The gigolo carnation (in vvhite, pink or red) for the buttonhole of your bunch of field flowers lo enliven navy blue huge rose for your evening gown. poppies, hydrangeas, peonies, sweetpcas, a veritable garden to choose-from kept secret, even from the counle's closest friends.

The 22- THE BRIM IS OF NATURAL- STRAW. the crown of contrasting felt, a stun ning combination and the perfect hat to wear with dark suit gloves a spring fashion highlight. lywood actress, and Charles Irwin, Fox West Coast Theaters official. They walked out beaming. They were Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Irwin. "I've ne-ever been so-o happy In a-a-all my life," said Mrs. Irwin. Superior Judge Thomas F.

year-old bride was given in marriage by her mother, Mrs. W'illiam Mack. The ceremony was witnessed by Louis R. Lurie, San Francisco real estate man, an intimate friend of the couple. The couple plans a two weeks honeymoon "somewhere." Then 100 750 15 II750 to and they'll return to Holly wool Graham tied the marital knot fori where Mrs.

Irwin is under con-them. The romance began not 'tract to Paramount..

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