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SUPERVISORS EXPECT TO ACT SEPT; 1 ON MARKET ST. LINE ElflETH Tl KEEP GIRL SLAYING CCCC SATURDAY SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST 8, 1942 SATURDAY: 3 I Board Advises Mayor State Appraisal of Trolley System, Boyd's Report Will Be Ready Then Supervisors should be ready September 1 to sit down and bargain on lease-purchass ACTRESS MARRIED TO ENSIGN Jeweler Says Won't Make Move of the Market Street" Railway, Supervisor Chester R. MacPhee, finance committee chairman, advised Mayor Rossi by letter yesterday. Monday to Save Self From Death in Auto Court Killing Following Thursday's stormy committee session, at which Rossi accused the board of "blocking" unification of the city's street railway systems, MacPhee contacted the FRIENDS SPEED ASSEMBLYMN WELCH DRIVE Intensive Campaign Will Be Waged From Door to Door for Leslie B. Gireth, dapper Glen State railroad commission and dale jeweler, does not intend to was told that its appraisal of the Market Street company properties, requested by the board.

volunteer one statement from the witness stand Monday which will if- 1 4 i i s. I save him from San Quentin's gas chamber for the slaying of his should be completed by the end of the month. BOYD REPORT NEAR. I Controller Harold J. Boyd's re-! port on financial facta involved sweetheart, Dorena Hammer.

Candidate in Next Two Weeks: If Superior Judge Lincoln S. Church, before whom he will appear for sentence, invites him to take the stand, he may do so, but he has no voluntary statement to make. 5IOTIVE NOT KNOWN. This was his decision announced yesterday as District At By R. V.

JIMERSON Friends of Assemblyman John D. Welch will conduct an intensive door-to-door drive for their candidate throughout the next two weeks, in what is admittedly one of the hottest local battles in the primary election. The sprawling Twenty-sixth torney Ralph A. Hoyt prepared to introduce four witnesses to fix the degree of the jeweler's District, gerrymandered across two thirds of San Francisco, in cludes part of the old Twenty sixth and part of the old Twenty guilt. And unless Gireth takes the stand, observers pointed out, the motive which caused him to fire three bullets into the body of the first District.

By combining two in tne proposed lease-purchase deal, is expected to be forthcoming in about two weeks. Accordingly, MacPhee requested that Rossi arrange to have Harry B. Lake, representing the principal Market Street Railway bondholders, come here September 1 from New York for conferences with the mayor, public utilities commissioners and supervisors. "I will comply with the request forthwith," said the Mayor. "That's what I've been trying to accomplish all along to get everybody together around the table and negotiate a final deal." BOARD URGED TO ACT.

In a letter to MacPhee, the mayor suggested that, when Lake arrives, the board of supervisors resolve itself into a committee of the whole, prepared to meet constantly, if necessary, with city officials and other Interested parties to the end that this matter may be disposed of districts into one, the 1941 reap jprtionment forced the two in young meteorological student as cumbents to run against each she lay sleeping beside him in a San Leandro auto court probably other or retire. IN 19 0. MURDER CASE PRESSED fxifiyy yy -y -iiyy- -Ml i I yy I I 1 i I f- I Neither Welch, who was elected never will be known. TECHNICAL WITNESS. For, although Gireth has con two years ago from the Twenty' first District, nor Assemblyman fessed the shooting and all the yo 'v If A I I i I '-i, a I I VXJ-J1; yyyy 'y u-i tw I yy 'myy yy: yy yyyny: i yyy -y-yK.

'v 3.. -f -y X't'? y- ifa, Edward M. Gaffney, of the Twen subsequent events, he has never given a conclusive motive for the ty-slxth; chose to retire. Both are Democrats, and both are running lor re-election as one of the eight assemblymen who will represent San Francisco in Sacramento next murder. Hoyt announced his only wit nesses would be Frank McCamp- bell, manager of the auto court when Gireth and the young woman 'registered as man and as soon as possible." When Lake was here In May, wife and where her body was found; Deputy Sheriff Richard E.

Rossi and utilities commissioners did the preliminary negotiat Condon; Dr. Gertrude Moore, autopsy surgeon, and Dr. Ben ing which led to their recom jamin W. Black, Alameda County alienist. mendation that the city pay a basic price of $8,350,000 for the Market Street lines, on seven-year terms totaling $11,534,415.

year, militantly independent, hzs been given the indorsements of many prominent individuals and" groups in the district, 'and much of his campaign is perforce conducted by his friends, as Welch himself is handling two wartime jobs. He is a full time employe of the Moore Drydock Company, making Victory ships, and is also an instructor for the War Production Board in training for the shipbuilding industry. He is a native of San Francisco. FOR TAX REDUCTION. Auto Dives Into Slough; Welder Dies Business men and home owners HELPFUL Ensign Donald Briggs i being aided by his bride, Marjorie Weaver of the films, in cutting their wedding cake with his saber.

They were married Thursday night at the Highland Park (Illinois) home of the bridegroom's parents. Ensign Briggs, formerly an assistant film director, and his bride will spend a honeymoon on the west coast before he reports for duty with the Navy. STOCKTON, Aug. 7. Pinned In the district have evinced much interest in Welch's'vote on bills to taxes, notably Assembly in his automobile when it plunged City to Spend $500,000 on Fire Fighting The fire department yesterday moved to add to its auxiliary fire fighting equipment with a requisition that $499,380 in equipment be purchased with funds from $500,000 fire protection bonds which were sold several weeks ago.

The requisition was approved into the waters of Trappers Slough off Borden Highway near EM 2620, which would have slashed $26,000,000 from the tax here, Loyal Luther Horton, 23, Oakland shipyard welder, lost his burden. Gaffney did not support PROSECUTION Mrs. Lucien Doyen, who accused Mrs. Mary Slater of killing her husband, Lucien Doyen, is een conferring with prosecutor, Leslie Gillen. Photo by San Franclsio Examiner, Latin American Folk the bill.

life today. The district Is also interested in Horton's companion, Everett Sanity Hearing for Druggists Killer Lee Beals, 42, 634 Sycamore Welch's authorship of the San Francisco tidelands bill, which Music at ISCM Festival Street, Oakland, escaped from the submerged car and dived several would have placed San Francisco in a more favorable position to secure shipbuilding and other de Slash Proposed in Alameda Tax Rate Widow Held lor Trial in Noice Slaying times in vain to save Horton. Bcals told the highway patrol Superior Judge Alden Ames fense industries. The measure that Horton had swerved to avoid by Mayor Rossi. Included in the' request for equipment were: Twelve chief's automobiles, three battery wagons, twenty- By Alexander Fried Latin American music, about'a more fully romantic character, passed both- houses, but died at yesterday ordered an insanity an oncoming machine but lost the hands of Governor Olson, hearing, for 24 year old Warren control and the car overturned which everyone is now sometimes sharply imposing, Mrs.

Mary Slater, black clad, f-00f tha usually merely florid. three one and one half ton into the slough. childless widow rcrurrd of slay-ltrucks. Horton had been en route to 27.690: thirty truck 8 Alth0(jgh aU thp two pfr. day and Friday matinees i of the; forimnces were admirable, Thurs- Down 5 cents went Alameda County's proponed 1942-43 tax rate yesterday as the board of Cramer, charged with the holdup slaying of a San Francisco drug clerk, after a six page letter addressed to the judge by Cramer Sacramento to visit his parents, ing the father of three children.jbodics, 178,000 feet of two was murned to the County Jailland one half inch hose.

$178,600: Mr. and Mrs. Enos Horton. His imernauonai oocieiy iot program in itself was thef porary Music in U. heeler -Jt a $4,647,210 Fines Paidby Drivers in 9 41 Oakland address was 633 Cleve threatened: "There will be two land Street.

supervisors adopted a tentative yesterday to await trial for mur- Sismcse connection, calling for $15,118,092 in dcr before the superior court, ducing valves, S21.000; 10,200 annual expenditures. I Sixty-nine years old, Mrs. Slater stirrup pumps, thirty-six It can hence be generalized it! 9nH less members of the police department when I am released." ful inter-play of clarinet and viola ffci uiiiwo way radios, laaaers, Cornelius J.Ryan. (Rudolph Schmitt and Walter 6 i Lucien Doyen, her downstairs Latin American composers, good and not so good, follow quite the same stylistic trends that European and American composers Cramer, "black sheep" son of tax rate of $1.30 per $100 in Herbert). Dies From Injury nozzles and fittings, auxiliary fire stations, architectural services, and administrative ex neighbor, July 15.

Upon completion of her story an Oakland dentist, allegedly EXAMINER BUREAU, SACRAMENTO, Aug. 7. The State sessed valuation, compared with the 1941-42 rate of $1.35, said have been following. Cornelius J. Ryan, veteran killed Druggist Ernest Saxon before Peter J.I No great Impression was made by three very Ciallic songs of Andre" Singer.

(Yugoslavia) "and. a executive of N. Gray and Com George Janssen, board chairman. Extraordinarily fresh and larming were "Music for Chil here July 5. Thursday he abruptly The total was less than Sonatina" (Remington.

Schmitt, last year's figure of $15,632,130. dren" by Luis Gianneo (Argentina), and "Seven Miniatures on changed his previous plea of not guilty by reason of insanity to a Janssen explained that pense, Rossi declared he had not been able to learn how much of the requisitioned equipment would be made available to the city, but announced the fire department would take all it could get San Francisco civilian defense r.iuians urs. si-tor was ordered held to answer to the superior Leslie. Gillen represented the district attorney's office during the Municipal court and the widow of the victim, Mrs. Lucien Doyen, testified.

plea of guilty. He did so, spurn resulted largely from reductions Brazilian Fork Themes," by Fruc-tuoso Vianna (Brazil). Both these ing advice of his attorney, An totaling $812,000 in the cost of works yesterday were among a pany, funeral directors, who had beon ill since July 1 when he was injured in an automobile accident, died yesterday. Mr. Ryan, who lived at 2980 California Street, was a member of San Francisco Elks Lodge No.

3 and Pacific Parlor No. 10, N. S. G. W.

He is survived by hi widow, Emily, and three sons an-l Ihree daughters, drew Eyman, and belittling the caring for the aged, blind, children Miss Tilly) by Donald Fuller (U.S.A.). 'j Yesterday's event did courtesy; to two modern music veterans who are now Calif ornians. Maxim Schapiro played Arnold Schoen berg's exquisitely mystic "Six Short Piano Pisces" and Ernest: Bloch's appealingly pictorial and Department of Motor Vehicles today reported an all-time high collection of fines and forfeitures in California traffic courts during 1941. Traffic violators paid during the year, officials said, bringing to $20,510,707 the total of traffic penalties paid in eight years. Of 575,000 persons arrested by highway patrolmen for infractions last year 564,194 were convicted.

Of thi3 number, 11,022 person assertions of Eyman that Cramer beautiful series of piano performances by Bcrnhard Abramo- and indigent poor, had once been committed to a headquarters announced also that The difference, between this witsch. public institution for the insane. fourth class of instruction, for saving and the reduction in' the i New Rector Named) Three songs by Mexico's Carlos Yesterday, in a backhanded special interior wardens" will budget total results from in Chavez (Soprano Loraine Camp creased salaries and other costs, songful of the Sea start Wednesday at the Palace Hotel bell) expressed' a lyricism that was folkishly simple but pro the chairman said Bloch's powerfully dramatic and For Trinity Church The Rev. Sumner Walters has been elected to succeed Dr. Don Complaints and criticisms' of and ruminative Sonata was found Boyd Again Heads Regional Service the budget will be heard by the On Thursday an Oboe-Piano 'played by Abramowitsch.

were jailed or sentenced to road camps, an another 16,982 lost board at meetings August, 10 to ald Brookman as rector of Trinity Schapiro joined Violinist Sascha S.F. Sets Meet on Disease Control More effective wartime control 20. Adoption of the final budget Jacobsen in "Sonatina" by Charles their drivers' licenses. Average fine for. felonies was $148 and Sonata (Merrill Remington and Margaret Tilly) represented the Russ-Argentinian, Jacob Episcopal Church, 1668 Bush Street, Dr.

Harry A. True, senior drunk driving cost the defend Jones Francisco), Abramowitsch concluded yesterday's interesting concert with an impetu Controller Harold J. Boyd was re elected yesterday to his fourth term as chairman of the city's regional service committee. The group' was organized in 1939 for! The work was brief and hardly plausible. "Spring by of venereal disease in San Francisco will be discussed by city, ants an average of $91.05, the warden, announced yesterday.

The Rev. Mr, Walters has been rector of Christ Episcopal Church highest figue on record. Speed scrawl, Cramer told Judge Ames: "I write this for your better of my case. I am guilty as charged. I have twen in prison before and was.

onee'eommitted for I have reverted to type. I mm guilty. i "Should you be so weak minded or unconscious of your lie duty as to give me life imprisonment, let me remind you that I shall be eligible for parole In seven years and there will be two less members of the police department when I am released. When I regain my freedom, swear III get them. You will live to regret such action," ous' but' empty "Toccata" of Argentina's Jose Maria Castro State, Federal and military authorities at a meeting called by ing fines average $7.99.

in Alameda snce 1935. Jacques de Menasce (Austria) (Pianist E. Robert Schmitz), had is set for August 27. New Motor Coach Line to Shipyards A new motor coach line, No. 47, will be inaugurated between downtown Richmond and the Richmond Shipyards tomorrow.

the purpose of fostering closer relations between San Francisco Mayor Rossi for Tuesday aft ernoon. and nojphboring communities in TAX REFUND UPHELD The Ninth Circuit Court of Ap The department said 22,752 persons arrested for drunk driving, All fines collected were deposited in road funds of the county where the violation oc northern and central California. The meeting has been arranged peals yesterday upheld the peti at the suggestion of Regional Supervisor Edwin James Cooley Shootin'est Police Chief GIRL'S DEATH PROBED tion of the Empire Star Mines, Alfred J. Lundberg, president of curred. of Grass Valley, for refund SACRAMENTO, Aug.

7. Key System, announced yester of the social protection section. Federal Security Agency, author of a plan for co-ordination be day. (INS) Authorities today investigated the death of pretty The service, divided Into two of $4,599 in social security taxes imposed in-1939. The decision affected thirty miners under a "lease agreement." i tween the police, courts and Three Hurt in Reno Plant Explosion Judge Ames said he would turn operations, will serve all three Sophie Vickers, 27, formerly of Police Chief Leo Bunner Jr.

ot Instead, when Judge John R. health department who was struck by a yards and the prefabrication -m. ralW the tho -hiofe ill ii.riiiWIS in i.ic taxi 4. vaiicu tact, uic vuici a State psychiatry board plant. asked that tne case be continUed bars, was "indisposed last night because "Leo Is too 111 to appear cnr En Bane lo Hoar Ai eat raz Kitlnaper-s Flea iller Waves Show Guards They F.ENO Aug.

7. (AP) An explosion and ensuing fire at a potato chip factory here today seriously injured, two employes and a fireman and caused damage estimated at several thousand dollars in downtown Reno. and didn appear in Larkspur tonight. Police Court to face charges of; Judge Flor looked sympathetic disturbing the peace and illegal and ordered the chief to appear discharge of firearms. jnext Friday night at the same Forgot to Bind Arm; Dies in Gas Gel! time.

Chief Bunner, in uniform, had jLOSt 111 TaXIS LiOVC IOIICFS jambled over the Corte Madera- Maurice L. Briggs, 27 year old Guards who strapped him to Briggs was convicted of mur ijaiKsfjur line cany- inursaay Jjqs Angeles youth, died in San the chair had hurried from the dering Ross in the rag reclaim Quentin's gas chamber yester lOllIlCl llCtlirJICII fO SIIISGFoniing to have a few No objected to that until he got day for the murder of Nat Rosen ing plant operated by the former movie producer. Briggs asserted i "obstreperous" and asserted hp an her hotel yesterday minus For the second time In Its history, the Ninth United States Circuit Court of Appeals sat en banc yesterday to hear arguments on the petition of Thomas II. Robinson, Kentucky-kidnaper of Mrs. Alice Stoll, fcr release from Alca-trnz on a writ of habeas corpus.

Arguing- for Robinson, Attorney Frederik Walss based his claim for the frr-clo-n en three counts neblnwtn was t'-e rime of. his trial In Louisville In 1936; that he was deprived of the right to counsel, and that he was not a free agent represented by counsel when he pleaded guilty to the kidnaping charge. United States Attorney A. Zirpoli opposed the Insanity claim on the grounds the circuit court had no right to go behind the Federal District Court's findings at the lie for and 1 submit and tions regarding the claim for counsel. that Ross was attempting to could shoot around corners.

Police came both the Larkspur chamber and slammed the door behind them when Briggs recalled them. He waved one arm to show that it was free and that the guards had not completed the preliminaries of the execu- expensive purse. An hour later Brown restored berg, also known as Nat Ross, one time movie producer. who insisted that he would rather die than serve a life term, accepted death calmly, al and Corte Madera departments steal the low of his young wife. Betty, employe of the plant.

Briggs, himself, had worked for Ross but had been discharged a It to her, saying she had left it jand took him to San Rafael, where in his cab. he was lodged in County Jail. His Tie's my favorite cabdriver," Kitty Carlisle, vaudeville singer, said yesterday of 1 1 1 1 a Brown, husky pilot of a San Francisco taxi. Miss Carlisle, currently playing In "Show Time" at the Curran Theater, turned up at most As he started for Inspector Leo Bunner of the San Francisco Police Depart the. chamber he turned to muicKiy, tney remeaiea me; month earlier.

He used first "It contained In cash, and a package of old love let'ers worth much more to me, the singer said. den Clinton Duffy and remarked: Imistake-and eight minutes later unemployment insurance check "Everythine O. war- jDr. C. P.

Marple purchase the rifle with which den. Goodbye jBriggs dead. I he killed Ross. ment, bailed him out with 5100 sand had him transferred by ambulance to an Oakland hospital.