The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 11

HUNCH WAS RIGHT WRONG THREEYOuTHS ARE JAILED AS Trapped After Threatening Two Women With Guns in Forest, Officers Charge Three youthful bandits who terrorized two women with rifles when they were surprised looting a mountain cabin at Sky Forest yesterday, were held in the county jail last night on burglary charges. Two of the "kid" burglars, Ralph Salamon, 14 years old and Ernest Wilson, 15, both of Bell Gardens, escaped two weeks ago from the Los Angeles juvenile hall by climbing over a wall. The third gang member is George W. Shropshire, 21, of Los Angeles, assertedly wanted on robbery charges in Los Angeles. ADMIT BURGLARIES The three were captured by Deputy Sheriffs C.

C. Mclntyre and Dunlap Allison on the Rim of the World boulevard near the Arrowhead arch. When taken into custody, two loaded rifles were found in the front seat of a car which was stolen in Los Angeles last week, said Sheriff Emmett L. Shay. Sheriff Shay said that the youths admitted entering three cabins in the mountains, theft of the car, and a burglary In San Jacinto which netted them $80.

Mrs. Bertie Patterson of Sky Forest and Rachel Newell, 1181 Sierra way, surprised the bandits as they were piling loot in the middle of the floor of a cabin owned by George Von Rischlowy of Hollywood. WOMEN THREATENED Mrs. Patterson said she had been watching the cabin for Von Rischlowy and with her friend, Mrs. New ell, walked over to the building when she noticed the car outside.

As the women entered the cabin two of the three youth9 pointed the rifles at them, warning them to make no outcry. The third youth calmly gathered up the stolen ar ticles, consisting of clothing, canned goods and fishing tackle and placed them in the car. The three then fled. The women hurried to Crestline where they notified Constable Hal Davies who, in turn, called the sheriff's office. A blockade of mountain roads was made by deputy sheriffs and the youths were in custody a half an hour after the burglary was reported.

They said they broke into two other cabins "near a lake," said Sheriff Shay, and also admitted taking $80 from the residence of M. H. Farnsworth of San Jacinto Wed nesday night. Six Drivers Fined On Traffic Charges Fines totaling $30 were paid in the San Bernardino township court yesterday by six motorists, said Justice Russell A. Wickizer.

Oran A. Tolliver, San Bernardino, paid a fine of $10 for passing a car without sufficient clearance; John R. Ferris, Los Angeles, was fined $5 for passing without due clearance; Buck A. Tracy, Arcadia, paid $5 for speeding; C. A.

Deeter, Highland, paid $3 for a boulevard stop violation; Ralph L. Hawley, Colton, was fined $2 for driving with defective lights and LeRoy N. Kounts, Glendale, was fined $5 for a boulevard stop violation. City to Release All Prisoners at Noon Police Judge Donald E. Van Lu-ven will release all prisoners from the city jail today at noon, following a custom which he has established as San Bernardino police court Judge.

The magistrate grants amnesty to prisoners in the jail on Thanksgiving and Christmas eves, as well as on the day preceeding the new year. MINISTER ft nWf 1 Dr. Frank O. Belden, noted Baptist minister, who will conduct evangelistic meetings at Calvary Baptist church, beginning Sunday night. Retired Baptist Pastor of 45 Years' Service to Conduct Evangelistic Series Dr.

Frank O. Belden of Red-lands will conduct a week's series of evangelistic meetings in the Cal vary Baptist church, Nineteenth and streets, beginning Sunday evening. The services, according to the Rev. D. G.

Cowles, pastor, will be held in the church's new audito rium, each night except Saturday, and will start at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Belden recently retired from the active ministry after serving Baptist pastorates for more than 45 years, including the First Baptist churches of Bakersfield and San Diego, and the Roger Williams church of Los Angeles. Thomas J. (Bud) West, last surviving child of a pioneer family that arrived in San Bernardino in 1856, died Thursday night in Fresno.

A retired Santa Fe officer, Mr. West once served as constable of the San Bernardino township. With his wife, Nettie Blackburn West, he celebrated his golden wedding anniversary last year in March. He is survived by his wife and a niece, Minnie More Bell, widow of the late Z. T.

Bell, prominent San Bernardino resident. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Mark B. Shaw chapel with burial following in City cemetery. Born in San Bernardino, Mr.

West was one of the nine children of James Monroe West and Adeline Weeks West, who crossed the country in covered wagons from Itawamba county, to San Bernardino. The party, which included Mr. West's parents, was stricken with smallpox en route but arrived in San Bernardino more than six months after its start. Mr. West, in partnership with G.

W. Sparks, purchased the ranch which was his home on Third street about a mile east of San Bernardino. James Monroe West Jr. was a constable and city marshall for many years at Needles. He was shot and killed 12 years ago by two bandits whom he attempted to arrest.

CHESS DISCUSSED Intricate strategy of chess was explained by J. I. Bujan of San Bernardino at the meeting of the St. John's chess club at St'. John's Episcopal church Thursday night.

Secretary William H. Hall presided in the absence of the president DEATH GLAUS NOTED PIONEER WASHINGTON Merry-Go-Round SECTION TWO INLAND EMPIRE SECTION TWO INLAND EMPIRE AND THS DAILY ORANGI BELT NTWS SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1938 PAGE ELEVEN Frankfurter Declines As Candidate to High Court Post, Supports Texas Appeals Judge REVELRY TO MARK NEW YEAR'S ADVENT By DREW PEARSON and I ROBERT S. ALLEN I WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. As candidates for the supreme court seat of the ilate Justice Cardozo come 'down the home stretch be-ifore Congress convenes, one definite development is the withdrawal of Felix i Frankfurter.

Largely be-! cause of the Jewish situation, he has asked fnends not to push his appointment. Almost equally definite is the probability that the new justice will be from the Far West. High up on the list of westerners under consideration is Joseph C. Hutcheson of Texas, Judge of the fifth circuit court of I appeals, and one of the ablest jurists in the country. Only Judge William Denman of San Francisco equalled him in the number of opinions written last year.

Hutcheson is the man whom Professor Frankfurter is pushing now that he has dropped out of the race. Important on the list also it Senator Louis Schwellenbach of Washington state, one of Roosevelt's most forthright supporters in the Senate. Chief factor against Schwellenbach's appointment is that Roosevelt cannot well spare him from the Senate, and that reactionary Governor Martin of Washington would appoint a conservative to fill his senatorial toga. Also to be considered is Judge Harold Stephens of the court of appeals of the District of Co. lumbia, an extremely able jurist who has the advantage of coming from Utah, plus the energetic support of Homer Cum-mings.

Note: Judge Denman, who has made a unique record in California, has been handicapped by his ne'e. 66. Judge Hutcheson Judge Hutcheson or nousion, Texas, is one of the frankest jurists in the United States, with the best sense of humor. Discoursing on the sanctity of the law in the Cornell Law Review, Judge Hutcheson wrote: "I set down boldly that 'even as your other worships Invoke and employ hunches in decisions. after canvassing all the available material at my command, and duly cogitating upon it, give my imaginati6n play and, brooding over cause, wait for the feeling, the hunch that intuitive flash of under-standing which makesthe jump-spark connection between question and decision.

"And more, 'lest I be stoned in the street' for this admission, let me hasten to say to my brothers of the bench and of the bar, 'my practice is the same as your other worships'." Capital Chaff So eager is Oliver A. yuayie jr. of the Democratic national committee to get customers to the Jackson day dinner, that he is sending out invitations to dead men Wonder what Harry Hopkins, new secretary of commerce, will do about Roper's assistant secretary, Colonel "Row-boat" Johnson? Real German ambassador in Washington these days is Kurt Sell, German newspaperman, who has more friends and radiates more goodwill, despite an awkward position, than all the staff of his embassy Governor Earle of Pennsylvania, who just experienced his fourteenth crash, has been talking of nllsting In the French air corps. During a recent trip to France, ha told friends that he was fed up and disillusioned with politics, would become an aviator if war broke. Virgin Islands Trouble It has not broken above the surface yet, but more trouble is brewing in the Virgin islands, political hot spot of the Caribbean.

This time it is Gov. Lawrence Cramer who is on the pan and has received a severe dress- (Continued on Page Nineteen) TODDY TODDYHERE COMES A CM TEARIN'UP. THIS WAY BATHTUB PROBE FAILS ID Officers Without Evidence to Lift Mystery From Baffling Case, Stocker Admits Officers last night continued their investigation into the strange bathtub death of Mrs. Katherine Davidson of East Highlands, apparently without a single tangible clue which might lrad to a solution of the mystery. Confronted with a maze of con tradictory evidence, Undersheriff James W.

Stocker was questioning friends of the woman in an effort to find a motive for a slaying. A coroner's jury ruled Mrs. Davidson's death wa3 "occasioned by the act of another." NQ SUSPECTS HELD No suspects are being held in con nection with the death which oc curred a week ago today. Mrs. Davidson's fully-clothed body was found by her 12-year-old daughter, Patricia, in a tub which was nearly filled with water.

Mis. Davidson died by drowning and of a fractured skull, the inquest jury found. Lack of bloodstains in the water led to a theory (Continued on Page Nineteen) Masonic Lodge Inducts Master Witnessed by nearly 200 members and guests, formal ceremonies con ducted by Damascus lodge No. 648, F. A.

last night inaugurated Worshipful Master E. John Ericks-son and other 1939 lodge officers. Thomas R. Hartel was master of ceremonies at the services held in the lodge room in the Odd Fellows hall, 675 Third street. Mr.

Hartel, a past master of the lodge, present ed the retiring master, Maurice (x Hamilton, who served as installing officer. The induction ceremonies opened with the entrance of the new offi cers, garbed in ceremonial dress and followed by a flag escort The flag vas carried by Installing Marshal Frank M. Graf, with Installing Senior Deacon Joseph W. Snyder and Installing Junior Deacon Chick ering Nelson as the escorts. Durine the ceremonies, solos were sung by Mrs.

Elsie Miller and John Gilbert. Mrs. Maud Long played the piano for both solos and for individual installation rites. The affair was concluded with a dance in the lodge hall. Service Club Hears Talk on Near East Discussing Egypt and other Near Eastern lands, Ellis L.

Spackman, instructor of social science at San Bernardino Valley junior college, was the speaker on the final Exchange club program for 1938. The meeting, held at Mapes cafe teria, was in charge of Douglas M. Shaw, past-president of the group, President Russell L. Stewart was program chairman. Mr.

Spackman, who visited the Mediterranean lands last summer, told of past and present conditions and problems of the area. What's Doing Today 2 p.m. Pioneer society, election of officers, Log cabin, Pioneer park 8 p.m. Pioneer society New Year's eve party, Log cabin, Pioneer park. 8 p.m.

Golden State club dance, Ar rowhead Gardens ballroom. C'MONWE GOTTA GET JUTA HERE QUICK I GLUES MY SOMETHIN'IS SECRETARY Harold D. Shaw, real estate broker, who was appointed secre tary of the San Bernardino Real Estate board yesterday by the new president, W. A. Savage.

Board Confirms Appointments Of Committee Chairmen at Annual Conference Harold D. Shaw yesterday was elected secretary of the San Ber nardino Real Estate board at a special meeting of the board of directors held at the California hotel. W. A. Savage, newly elected presi dent, presided at the breakfast meeting.

The board confirmed Mr. Savage's appointment of committee chairmen who are: Thomas F. Norton, finance; Bert C. Beisel, membership and atten dance; Charles S. Mann, legislation and taxation; Frank L.

Whitelock, civic affairs and community co operation; Arthur Johnson, appraisals; Mr. Whitelock, chamber of (Continued on Page Nineteen) Fearing recent rains made roads dangerous for bus travel, C. V. Kelty, business manager for San Bernardino city schools, indicated yesterday that inauguration of a transportation service for high school students in the Los Flores district north of the mountains may be delayed. Although the service was ready for opening on the first day of school after the holidays, It will not start if there is any chance that washed out roads may make the trip hazardous for the youthful passengers, he said.

L. L. Zollars, who already operates a school bus in the Los Flores district, was given the contract to transport students from Summit valley to Cajon in Cajon pass. From the latter point they will travel to San Bernardino in a bus operated by J. A.

Roesch. Demanded periodically for several years, the new service was approved by the board of trustees with the restrictions that it should not result in overcrowding of the present Cajon pass bus or that it should not cost more than boarding the students in the city. Students from that district now reside in the city, with part of the expense paid by the Pioneer Society to Elect New Officers The San Bernardino Pioneer society will hold its annual election of officers at 2 p.m. today at a meeting in the Log cabin at Pioneer park. At 8 p.m., the society's New Year's eve party will be held.

SCHOOL BUSES TU EXTEN III AN IDEA! 1 Mi I LEAVES ESTATE Irvin's Holdings in Morongo, Imperial Valleys Placed in Charge of His Sister Special letters of administration for the estate of Weldon L. (Big Bill) Irvin, ''big shot" gambler who was found shot to death in Holly wood Wednesday, were issued to his sister yesterday by Superior Judge Benjamin F. Warmer. The sister, Mrs. Johnnie Downs, was accompanied to the San Ber nardino superior court by her at torney, Lewis J.

Hart of Long Beach, where she said Irvin's permanent residence was in Morongo valley in San Bernardino county. $4,000 HOLDINGS The estate is composed of per sonal and real property in San Bernardino and Imperial counties valued at $1,000, Mrs. Downs said, while Los Angeles officers investigating the death said Irvin was be lieved to have amassed a fortune in bookmaking ventures. Although Irvin, also known as W. W.

Currier and George W. Rogers, is believed to have left a no will has yet been found, Mrs. Downs said. She asked that she be appointed special administratrix of the estate in order to conserve its assets. The estate consists largely of desert property on which options to purchase and contracts have been (Continued on Page Nineteen) Filipino Club in Tribute to Hero More than 100 members of the Citrus Belt Filipino club paid trib ute to Dr.

Jose Rizal, Filipino hero and martyr, at a banquet last night in Mapes cafeteria on the forty-second anniversary of his death be fore a Spanish firing squad. Mayor C. T. Johnson was the prin cipal speaker on the program and was introduced by Sheffield J. Arnold, secretary-manager of the San Bernardino chamber of commerce.

Other addresses were given by Senong Corpuz, president of the club; Pedro L. Baldoria, vice-president of the Filipino Student Christian movement; and Lorenzo Leano, club advisor. Music was presented by an orchestra under the direction of Ernest de Soto. Burglar Gets $3 in City Theater Theft The West Coast theater, located at 489 street, was burglarized early yesterday of $3 in cash and several articles of clothing, according to a police report. Officer M.

L. Uptain, who investigated for the San Bernardino police department, said that the thief either entered with the use of a pass key or remained in the theater after the final show last night. The loot included: One complete cowboy outfit, $2 in cash from a tin box, a wallet containing $1, several stamps, three pairs of shoes, two pairs of pants, a sweater and other clothing. Duo in Custody on License Law Count Goldie C. Robinson, 23, and Trucl-ler Barker, 19, both of Los Angeles, were booked by police yesterday for selling without a license.

The pair was taken into custody by License Inspector O. K. Phillips and Officer Gordon Stewart at Twenty-first and streets and placed in the county jail. OE BUT HOOD By George Marcoux 7i ill ff mtntartwtttd ivs3ti GAY PARTIES WILL BE HELD IN CAFES, HOTELS OF VALLEY Police to Bar Downtown Traffic; Hayden Warns Against Too Much Noise San Bernardino valley residents will celebrate the advent of a new year in settings of gaiety and merriment tonight. The din of horns and other noisemakers will sound from the smallest of bars to hotels and larger night clubs, where New Year's eve festivities will continue into the Tired of Law Evasion, Man Gives Self Up "Tired of evading the law," James McClure, 37-year-old transient, said yesterday as he walked into Sheriff Emmett L.

Shay's office and de clared he was a parole violator from San Quentin prison. "Every time I get a good job and am getting ahead, I am afraid that the law will catch up with me and so I have just moved on," McClure told1 Deputy Sheriff A. C. Grone-wald. Questioned by teletype, A.

C. Cox, chief parole officer in San Francisco, said McClure was not wanted by his office and McClure was released. McClure said he was paroled from San Quentin prison in 1933 where he was sentenced to serve a term of five years to life for a robbery in Stockton. He entered prison in 1930, he said. His parole was violated by failure to report to the parole officer monthly and remaining out of the state, McClure told Deputy Sheriff Gronewald.

He said he either want ed to serve the remainder of his term or know that he was not want ed as a parole violator. Spears Appointed to NY A Advisory Body Lawrence W. Smith, NYA area manager, yesterday announced the appointment of Rosa Spears, Negro case aide for the city SRA office, as a member of the area advisory com mittee. Recommended by Mr. Smith, Miss Spears' appointment was approved by the state office of the youth administration.

Twelve other men and women prominent in civic affairs, are members of the advisory group. LIQUOR AND WINES During this holiday season and especially on NEW YEAR'S EVE, many of you will be entertaining and having friends drop In. You should have the finest quality beverages you can get for "That Toast" or for refreshment. The Towne-Al-lison Drug Stores carry a full line of the very beat beverages obtainable and at the LOWEST PRICE IN TOWN. Tom Jerry Brandy Rum mix and Tom Jerry Batter.

T0WNE-ALLIS0N DRUG CO. Four Prescription Drug Stores TODAY Complete Roast Chicken Dinner, 29c Mack Puthoff's Fountain 1198 Street SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S EVE SPANISH DISHES EL CHARRO CAFE 655 Mt. Vernon Ave. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS LONG MIRE'S Business College Corner Fourth and Streets San Bernardino, Calif. New Term Opens Jan.

3rd ENROLL NOW! pearly hours. Although proprietors of the varl- ous establishments where special celebrations are planned expect record crowds, New Year's eve will be the quietest in years on the streets of San Bernardino. RESTRICT TRAFFIC Police Chief Joseph H. Hayden has planned two measures which will insure a "comparatively quiet" observance within the city. The central business district will be closed to all vehicular traffic beginning at 11:45 p.

m. and all officers, attired in full uniform, will patrol the business and residential districts until early morning. we are not following this seemingly drastio procedure, closure of the business district to traffic, with the intention of preventing anyone irom naving a good time or from celebrating the arrival of 1939," the cmer said. POLICE TOLERANT "On New Year's eve we expect the 'cup that cheers' to be over worked, and naturally we will look with tolerance on the activities of celebrants who have over-indulged. "Barricades will be erected at Fifth and streets, Second and Court and Court and Third and and Third and streets as an added precaution against traf-fio accidents.

"Officers in patrol cars have been instructed to rigidly enforce all traffio laws," Chief Hayden said. GAY PARTIES The closure plan was inaugurated last year. In previous years, motorists gathered downtown at midnight and began an automobile serpentine parade of the business district, racing the motors of their cars, back-firing and frequently driving recklessly, Chief Hayden said. One of the largest celebrations in (Continued on Page Nineteen); FOR THE BEST AND SWEETEST ORANGES Go to the PACKING HOUSE at 1898 Base Line, Highland Open Sundays Plan 1939 With Babson Every reader should base his year's work on a definite plan. Yet, to have a plan, he must know what lies ahead.

To know what the New-Year has in store, we recommend Roger W. Babson's 1939 forecast of business conditions. Business will be better he says. But, in what lines? Will prices work higher? Should you stock up on goods? Will your wages be increased? Get the best forecast you can and profit by it. Read Roger Babson's 1939 Outlook Letter on page one in today's Sun.

TO FACILITATE The Taking of Our Annual Inventories We Will Be Closed SATURDAY, 31st, 1938 Lumber Building Material Dealers OF SAN BERNARDINO "Save Where You Can Borrow" WE PAY 4 On full paid Investment Certificates ($50.00 units) remaining year of more 3 shorter term subject to conditions of certificate. WE HAVE NEVICFl FAILED TO PAY INTEREST DUE AND PRINCIPAL ON DEMAND. This was also true of certificates of People's Finance ft Thrift Co. of Ran Bernardino and Morris Plan of San Bernardino, to whoee business this company is successor, and together covers nearly twenty years in Ban Bernardino. Money deposited by the 10th of any month earn dividends from the first.

SAN BERNARDINO THRIFT-LOAN CO. 615 BASE LINE PHOJOI 1.