The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 15

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Strangest of the many undercover feuds within the administration is the rivalry between Secretary of War Harry Hines Woodring and Assistant Secretary Louis Arthur Johnson. Both rank high in the American Legion, Wood-ring as former Kansas commander, Johnson as past national commander, and both profess to be devoted supporters of Roosevelt. But there the ties between them end.

Twice as big and energetio as Woodring, Johnson frankly is after his superior's Job. Almost in the same breath with which he took the oath of office last year, Johnson informed intimates that he had been appointed for the express purpose of replacing Woodring in a few months. Thd months have run into 18 and nothing has happened, but Johnson hasn't stopped assuring friends that his promotion is just around the corner. Whether the President promised Johnson the No. 1 job, as the latter claims, is known only to them.

This much is certain: When Woodring was boosted from assistant secretary to succeed the late George Dern, shortly before the 1936 election, Roosevelt had no intention of making the appointment permanent. Jim Farley and other advisers were strongly against It. Roosevelt's plan was to shunt Woodring later into another spot, possibly in the diplomatic field. Woodring Hangs on Once installed In the cabinet, the little Kansan tenaciously refused to be "kicked upstairs" and Roosevelt, always squeamish about forcibly ridding himself of members of his official family, let him stay on. But it has been a Pyrrhic victory for Woodring.

Ha has the title of secretary of war and the "SIS.OOO salary, but It Is really Johnson who runs the department. When plans for the national defense program were set in motion the President called in Johnson not Woodring and entrusted him with the task. Secretary Woodring hasn't been consulted on any phase of the program. All he knows about it is what he reads In the papers. Johnson has been Roosevelt's right-hand man In national defense.

Woodring is very unhappy In this strange situation and Johnson's cocky prediction that he will soon have the top job Is not making things any more pleasant. White House insiders say Wood-ring is definitely slated to be kicked upstairs, but when pressed they admit they don't know when or where. WPA Victim Jim Farley had a very embarrassing moment at a secret postelection confab with state Democratic leaders In New York. To break the ice and create an atmosphere of informality he suggested that each of the chieftains rise and Introduce himself. The first to rise was Gov.

Ed Rivers of Georgia. He gave his name, age, other biological bits; concluded, "and I am a life-long Democrat." Following him rose Gov. "Happy" Chandler of Kentucky, unsuccessful primary candidate against Senator "Dear Alben" Barkley, Democratic floor leader. "My name Is Chandler," Happy said, "governor of Kentucky, 40 years old, married, a life-long Democrat and a victim of the WPA." The crowd of state leaders rom-cd. Farley flushed a deep rod, finally joined in the (Copyright, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) TODDY C'MON, MARK, C'MON BACK LET'5 FORGET THE WHOLE THING! AFTER ALL-WE'RE BROTHERS, KNOW I Ml II HI WWffliKttVWWto.

ViCiEXi McXanght Syndicate, Inc-LME. Murder Charged in Shooting of Brother As Enmity Revealed Upland Resident Tells Coroner's Jury He Believed Man He Shot to Be Prowler Long-standing enmity between two brothers a somber prelude to the tr j.i jveimow, 6o years old, ot Upland, it was revealed at a coroners inquest ypstpvriay, Muraer cnarges were filed against John A. Kermott. 28. widplv-k nmvn Upland resident, shortly after he testified at the probe that he shot and killed his brother Wednesday night in the belief that he was a prowler.

The complaint was signed bv Mrs. Phoebe Kermott, widow of the slain man, who testified that her hus band left his home to keep a clan destine appointment with John at a shed in the rear of the latter's home in San Antonio Heights, ex clusive Upland residential district, wnere tne shooting occurred. MEETING PLANNED James told his wife, she testified. that he was to meet his brother at 10 p.m. and obtain books from the shed, which were to be removed secretly.

The brothers, Mrs. Kermott testified, had previously disputed the ownership of the books. The two also quarreled over a large estate left by their aunt. The occurred about 10 p.m., said Deputy Coroner Edward P. Doyle, who conducted the inquest upon orders of Coroner F.

Williams. DENIES APPOINTMENT On the witness stand, John denied making an appointment with his older brother, but admitted having met him alone on an Upland street corner earlier in the day. James had said that, the arrangement to meet his brother Wednes day night was made at this meeting, Mrs. Kermott said. The brother was shot after John Kermott said he called upon the man he believed to be a prowler to stop.

"I shot to hit him but I had no idea he was my brother," John testified. WARNED BY WIFE Warned by his wife that there was an intruder in the yard, Kermott said he armed himself with a .38 caliber revolver and a powerful flashlight and went out the rear door of the home. He said he had previously been troubled with night "I looked around the rear of the (Continued on Page Twenty-Seven) What's Doing Today 6:30 a.m. Base Line Breakfast club, 486 Base Line. 12 noon Exchange club, Ma pes cafeteria.

12 noon Motion picture committee of the Women's club, California hotel. 2 p.m. Women's Relief Corps, Odd Fellows temple. 6:30 p. m.

Leonard Armstrong post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, V.F.W, hall. 7:30 p.m. Eagles lodge, Eagles hall. 7:30 p.m. Muscoy Community Bible class, Sunday School building.

7:30 p.m. Royal Neighbors of America, Moose hall. 7:30 p.m. Young Democrats club, 443 Third street. 8 p.m.

Silver Wave chapter, O.E.S., Masonic temple. 8 p.m. Musical comedy, Lincoln A. benefit, Sturges auditorium. 8 p.m.

Valley Players present "The Enemy," junior college auditorium. I CAME HERE FOR AVI51T-NOT T'BE MADE I OH, UNCLE C'MON 'N' A WALK ME I GOT fatal sh ENTERTAINER ti lilllll Charles Morse, dancer, who will appear at the Lincoln pro gram to be presented tonight at Sturges auditorium. Arranged as a benefit for Lincoln school Parent-Teachers' association a musical comedy program will be presented by a group of talented young musicians, actors and dancer at Sturges junior high school audi torium tonight at 8 o'clock. The group will include pupils from Evelyn Bruns' dancing school, George Rearick and his band will furnish music. The affair is being presented under the direction of Billy Ballinger.

Those taking part are Hugh Smith, Mildred Velasquez, Nancy jane Stark, Richard Townsend, Bob Smith, Charles Kelly, Gail Clemens, Charles Morse, Helen Barton', Rich aid Morse, the Waitman trio, Neil Bollong, Ralph Hodges, M. R. Law- son and Sally Brown. WASHINGTON Merry-Go-Round Woodring Ignored as Assistant Runs Vast Program of Defense; Cabinet Post Coveted SECTION TWO INLAND EMPIRE LSD me DAILY ORANOl BELT (TEWS FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1938 PAGE FIFTEEN By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN SECTION TWO INLAND EMPIRE in STATE HERS Bids on Extensive Program in Area Hit by March Flood to Be Opened on Dec.

22 Cajon pass highway, major motor route eastward, will be protected permanently against flood damage by means of one of the state high way division's largest undertakings of the biennium in this area, Dis trict Engineer E. Q. Sullivan announced yesterday. The project entails realignment of various sections of the roadway, and bids for the contract will be opened at 2 p. Dec.

22, in the highway division's Los Angeles office. SEVERE DAMAGE The Cajon road suffered to the extent of several hundred thousand dollars as a result of the March 2 flood. While temporary repairs were made immediately thereafter, the need for some means of safeguarding the route against future damage was evident from the first, Mr. Sullivan said. A large portion of the present road, particularly through Blue Cut, is half on rock and half on fill foun dation.

Specifications for the proj ect call for setting the roadway ba'ck into the hillside, where it will have an all-rock base. Two bridges will be built, but separate contracts will be let for these. U. S. SHARES COST The most extensive portions of the project are centered at the three points where flood damage was the heaviest in Blue Cut, at Camp Cajon and at a point one mile below Cajon railroad station, Mr.

Sullivan said. Federal funds will defray part of the cost of the work, but the amount of this allocation will be determined by the contract price. The undertaking will involve 000 cubic yards of excavation and (Continued on Page Twenty-Seven) H.S. to Extend Transportation The San Bernardino board of education last night voted to pro vide bus fransportation for high school age students in the Las Flores district in Summit valley in answer the request of a dele gation appearing at the session. The board authorized Superintendent A.

D. Graves to make arrangements for transporting the children from their homes to Cajon in Cajon pass, where they will take the bus already provided to transport pupils to San Bernardino. The authorization was subject to the provision that the proposed change should not cost more than the present arrangement whereby students of that district are boarded in San Bernardino, with the school district paying part of the cost. A delegation led by H. B.

Williams and composed of residents of the valley told the board that most of the parents of the region would prefer to have their children transported to San Bernardino each day rather than have them live in the city. M. Holdcn and C. H. Gordon from the Miil school district asked the board to provide free transportation for students attending San Bernardino junior high schools and senior high school.

The board told the two delegates that under its policy in regard to transportation, children living less than two miles from the bus line, as do those in the Mill district, must pay a charge for the service. An exception to this rule, members said, would bring similar demands from other areas. MISSING! FORESTERS IN PUN II HI FUJI DANGER Report Will Embrace Extent Damage Caused by Blaze in Mountains, Foothills Before the embers of the recent mountain fire had cooled, experts of the United States forest service began a survey of the damage, the results of which will be announced today. The report also will include steps necessary to prevent destruction by flood, according to Claude K. Barker, acting supervisor of the San Bernardino national forest.

Charles J. Kraebel, in charge of forest influences on the Pacific coast, dealing primarily with experimental and research work, conferred with Mr. Barker and his staff last night. Following completion of details of a rehabilitation program this morning, a request for Federal funds will be sent to Washington. TO PLANT MUSTARD "The forest service realizes the damage which may result from rain waters rushing freely over the burned area to flood the valley," said Mr.

Barker, "and it will do everything possible to restore vege tation to the mountainsides. In order to prevent erosion, quick growing mustard probably will be planted in the devastated lands This should provide a good cover that -will hold the soil until the orig inal plant life returns. A period of eight years may be necessary to allow the brush to regain its former condition. A study made by Clark Gleason, of the forest service experimental division, Ranger Horace Jones, and F. J.

Jefferson and John H. Law rence, both of the engineering de partment, indicated the following three-point plan to be the most probable solution to the problem: (1) Immediate planting of mustard in burned areas. RAIN NEEDED (2) Clearing channels of small debris that might form dams which would later burst and send a flood upon the surrounding country. (3) Construction of a permanent check dam control system. Mustard has proven ideal for recovering burned land quickly, according to Mr.

Barker, but a rain is necessary before it wih germinate. Rangers will sow the seed as soon (Continued on Page Twenty-Seven) Scovel May Yet Be Exonerated Frank D. Scovel, former fire chief of San Bernardino and deputy state fire marshal, accused of misusing his power to aid several Los Angeles men in intimidating "independent" plant operators, may yet be exonerated in the cleaners and dyers' terrorism trial in Los Angeles superior court. Superior Judge Charles W. Fricke declared yesterday that he did not believe the evidence sufficient to hold Scovel.

The prosecutors, Deputy District Attorneys George Stahl-man and Arthur Veitch, asked permission to reopen their case to present further evidence against the deputy marshal. Three of the 13 defendants in the trial were freed by Judge Fricke, in whose court they had been facing a jury on conspiracy charges since Sept. 28. TENNIS RACKET TAKEN Theft of a tennis racket valued at $16 from the doorway of the San Bernardino high school gymnasium was reported to police yesterday by Mrs. F.

M. Gardner, 548 Sixth street. Covered Wagon Families: SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC HIT WAGON TRAIN PIONEERS mnH fefS jss pill The late James M. and Adeline Bernardino valley in 1856 after a hardships. Enti Party Stricken, ire One Died, While Making Trip Across Plains WEST, James Monroe, born in Dallas county, Alabama, Oct.

23, 1825, and Adeline Weeks West, born in Marion county, Alabama, March 3, 1824, married in Mississippi, Dec. 30, 1847. Arrived at San Bernardino, Nov. 8, 1856. Children: Samuel West (deceased), born in Mississippi, married Ann Hamilton West (deceased).

Simon Jeptha West (deceased), born in Mississippi. Sarah Jane West Mee (deceased), born in Mississippi, married W. H. (Billy) Mee (deceased). James Monroe West Jr.

(de- ARMY KETTLES ON IE Contributions to provide food for needy families at Christmas are being sought by the Salvation Army with the familiar "kettles" being placed on sidewalks in downtown San Bernardino. Special treats for children and baskets of food to provide the Christmas meal will be made possible by public donations of cash, food and toys. A Christmas relief office has been opened in the rear of 632 Court street. Donations may be sent to the Salvation Army, 656 Twenty-fifth street, or they will be called for at the home by telephoning 411-89. oris Selected Lodge Master Clarence F.

Joris was elected worshipful master of San Bernardino Masonic lodge No. 348 last night following the annual dinner at the Masonic temple. He succeeds Walter W. Robinson. One hundred and fifty Masons attended the event.

Installation will be on Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. at the Masonic temple. Other officers elected Include: Al-mon Coonrod, senior warden; Walter W. Taylor, junior warden; Joseph H.

Wilson, reelected trustee; A. Ora Miller, reelected secretary. I By George Marcoux ALL RIGHT, SON I I'LL OH HAVE I VDU VE COT ME LATER WHERE'S MARK,) HE'S OUT TAKE I SEE VOU IN THE GOT A SU'PRISE SON! ANGUS HE'Sr-SOME WHERES WITH JtX HOUSE LATER, ANGUS FOR YOU, -K-lJ NEVER LATE WITH TODDY, A iVr iTT-n tTT. UNCLE MARK! 1 tl FOR MEALS EMMA! I WONDER SU'PRISE FOR JHaSvHH JJUfcl j) COULD NEVER rrTT WHAT THOSE TWO Weeks West, who arrived in the San trip overland marked by illness and ceased), married ceased). born at San Bernardino, Mollie Brown West (de Martha West (deceased), born at San Bernardino.

Nancy A. West More (deceased), born at San Bernardino, first hus band, Matthew M. More (deceased), second husband, Charles A. More (deceased) Mary Elizabeth West Yager (deceased), born at San Bernardino, married Frank Yager (deceased). Thomas Jefferson (Bud) West of Fresno, born at San Bernardino, (Continued on Page Twenty-Seven) Rabbi Norman Feldheym of Tenv pie Emanu El, will give the ser mon at the baccalaureate service Sunday, Jan.

22, honoring the largest mid-year graduating class in the history of San Bernardino high school, Principal H. C. McMillin announced. Rabbi Feldheym and the Rev. W.

Greenlee, pastor of the Mexican Presbyterian church, were selected by the San Bernardino Ministerial union to take charge of the service (Continued on Page Twenty-Seven) HI 10 HEAD CLASS SERMON Retaining of Samish Essential, Says Siving Senator Ralph E. Swing yesterday issued the following statement when informed the Sacramento county grand jury had begun an investigation of the retaining of Arthur H. Samish, San Francisco lobbyist, to represent the Orange Show: "There is no mystery about the employment of Mr. Samish by the National Orange Show to look after the show's interests during the 1937 session of the legislature. "While I had nothing to do, either with the negotiations or the employment, nor did I know that the employment was contemplated until the arrangements had been made, I do feel that under the circumstances then confronting the show, such employment was not A GIFT FOR THE HOME VENETIAN BLINDS FOR CHRISTMAS Orders Received by Dec.

10 Delivered by Christmas C. J. LYMAN 435 Fourth St. Phone 441-61 THE LINCOLN Announces a LIVELY MUSICAL COMEDY To Be Given at STURGES AUDITORIUM FRIDAY, DEC. 2, 1938 AT 8 P.

M. The Public Is Cordially Invited to Attend Adults 25c Children 10c SAID HIRED BY DIMS III SUDD FEE Sacramento Grand Jury Calls Exposition Executives to Explain His Employment Investigation by the Sac ramento grand jury of the obby activities of Arthur H. Samish. moved to San Bernardino yesterday when subpoenas were issued for offi cials and committeemen of the National Orange Show. It was declared by District Attor ney Otis D.

Babcock of Sacramento county that Mr. Samish collected fee of $5,000 from the Orange Show during 1937. Orange Show committeemen who were summoned to appear before the grand jury are: W. C. Shay, president of the 1939 show; State Senator Ralph E.

Swing and Arthur J. Brown, editor the Evening Tel egram, tsotn are memDers or tne Orange Show committee. ACTIVE AT SESSION Mr. Samish was paid $5,000 to represent the exposition during the 1937 session of the legislature, it was stated yesterday bv Orange Show officials. Employment of a representative at Sacramento was deemed necessary when 50 bills in volving state-supported expositions were introduced.

Some of the bills sought the repeal of the $100,000 an nual grant to the Orange Show from racing funds "of the state. Mr. Shay, recently elected president of the show said: "I was not president of the exposition during the period in question, was not a member of the board, and consequently have no information regarding the matter." Mr. Brown, who is a member of the state personnel was in San Francisco yesterday. SWING TO TESTIFY Senator Swing immediately issued a statement outlining that he would appear before the Sacramento grand jury and declaring that those connected with the Sacramento inquiry had been furnished full Information regarding Mr.

Samish's employment several months ago. Arthur J. Brouse, formerly of San Bernardino, was president of the show during the period of Mr. Samish's employment. It was stated yesterday that Mr.

Brown was the committeeman in charge of the negotiations for the employment of Mr. Samish. Subpoenas were also Issued for the manager of the San Bernardino branch of the Bank of America, the manager of the Anglo California National bank of San Francisco and George C. Brown, who Babcock said he understood was a director of the show. There is no such director of the exposition.

only desirable, but was essential, and that Mr. Samish was a proper person to be employed for that purpose if the show was to be accorded the full protection which conditions seemed to indicate was necessary. "The Orange Show is unique In its position. It is the only one of its kind in the state and must receive state aid if it is to carry on. Under the law as it has existed at all times since legalized racing, it has received a substantial contribution from the racing funds of the state, (Continued on Page Twenty-Seven) Enjoy Winter Driving with THE STEWART-WARNER SOUTH WIND RKU.

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