Santa Cruz Evening News from Santa Cruz, California • Page 2

SANTA CRUZ NEWS, SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1937 PAGE TWO Speakers Explain Security Nfews Classified Ad Buyers To Get Passed To Del Mar Benefits At Veteran Hall REV. MOON TO DEPART GLAD TIDINGS CHURCH KDON REMOTE UNIT SIGNED FOR PALOMAR CITY SURVEYS RESULTS OF WORSTSTORM (Continued from Pago One) durance act. and the unemploy SANTA CRUZ AMUSEMENTS CROWDS LIKE JACK BENNY AT DEL MAR See Them Free Rev. R. H.

Moon, for the past five vears pastor of the Glad Tid ings Tabernacle, will leave tomorrow evening to accept the pastorship of the Palo Alto Tab ernacle. During his service at the tab ernacle, Rev. Moon has wiped out the mortgage indebtedness of the tabernacle and has spurred the church's spiritual activities. Rev. P.

C. Tacker of Vallejo will take over the pastorship of the tabernacle on Sunday, De cember 19. He comes with fine recommendations and will be heartily greeted by the congrega tion. The pastor and Mrs. Moon were honored on Thursday evening at a farewell affair given by bers of the tabernacle at the home of Mrs.

William Limbeck on Henry street. Forty members were present. The various departments of the church will hold farewell services tomorrow for Rev. Moon, with special service's at the morning and evening worship hours. Boy Scout Troop 74 In Basketball The Junior Elks lightweight basketball learn this morning vanquished the Boy Scout Troop 74 lightweights 47-43 in a hotly contested game at the Elks gym.

Hob Hoke led the winners with 16 points while George Becknell topped the losers with 18. Junior Elks (47) Jerry Stanley (8), Ugo Arminini (9), Dick Trout (10), Dan Falkner (2), Bob Hoke (16) and Milton Hab- er (2). Troop 74 (43) Doug McNeill (4), George Becknell (18), Ernie King (5), Billy George (9) and Jim Smithers (7). HAIOIOXY ATAIMARY PAKTY Harmony Auxiliary, B'nai B'rith, will hold a public card party on Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the Jewish Community Center. Many fine awards, in eluding groceries, hand-embroidered pillow slips, a merchandise order, will be presented holders of high scores.

The pub lic is cordially invited to attend Braving one of the stormiest nights in recent Santa Cruz his tory, nearly 200 intensely inter ested spectators last night lis tened to four experts describe the workings of the federal old age Insurance and state unem ployment compensation laws in Veterans Memorial hall. Guests here of Samuel Leask, Santa Cruz member of the state, unemployment reserves commission, the four principal speakers last night were Harlie Norris, regional supervisor of the San Francisco office of the state department of employment; Her-aert Wilson, expert of the state department of employment; Ed win Bates, regional information representative of the social security board, and James B. Cress, San Francisco old age insurance manager. LAID Hailed by Norris as "the father of unemployment insurance in California," Leask acted as chair man of the Veterans' hall gather ng. Principally for the information of persons who will become eligible for unemployment insur ance payments, scheduled to start in California next January 1, speakers last night confined themselves largely to an.

enumeration of benefits that may be xpected by eligible persons now jut of work and a differentiation jetween benefits coming due un let- provisions of the old age in- Complete Display Of Christmas Seals Attracts A complete collection of Christmas seals issued in the interests nf tuberculosis sufferers and dating from their institution ill America in 1907, was displayed today in the window of the Ben Blaisdell insurance office on Walnut avenue. Owned by Alec Stewart of 83 Walk Circle, the collection is complete to the 1937 stamp. Stewart pointed out today the addition of a second bar to the traditional Red Cross symbol when the tuberculosis seals were taken over in 1919 by the International Tuberculosis association. Vernon Scribners Are Proud Parents Of Son A son, James Howard, "was jorn at 11:15 o'clock yestetday to Mr. and Mrs.

Vernon Scribner at the Santa Cruz Hospital with Dr. Mahlon Mcpherson attendance. The father is employed by company, auto dealers. Chief Tait Said Out Of Danger Robert S. Tait, water superin tendent and fire chief here, was today reported as suffering con pain following an oper ation in a San Francisco hospital out is believed to be out of dan ger.

Marie Goettig, and Stella Osborne of Santa Cruz. Marie Goettig was general chairman for the party, and everyone joined in voting it one of the most interesting yet held by the group. Side fire department was called out to extinguish the blaze. Telephone poles too caught fire, their blue flares lighting the sky with weird effect. JAIL TKHTED As on the previous night, the lighthouse light on the West Cliff Drive was operated by hand dur ing the intervals when power was cut off.

First test of the auxiliary pow er plant installed in the jail quar ters of the new courthouse annex under emergency conditions proved its efficiency. Jailer J. D. Kenny said lights switched on au tomatically a fraction of a second after failure of the main power system. Scores of job holders, too reli ant on electric alarm clocks, rose late when timepieces affected by the power lapse gave faulty indi cation of the hour.

FLOOD STRKKT West Santa Cruz suffered the major storm damage. Rain inun dated the high school athletic field at the extreme south end and flooded Myrtle street from curb to curb, marooning householders. Branches and whole trees lay tangled on King street lawns and sidewalks. A huge cypress tree was uprooted on the West Clift Drive near Phelan Park. Evidently made cautious by water-filled streets and slippery highways, motorists recorded blanks on accident reports of both police and highway patrolmen.

Showers were predicted for tonight and Sunday but indication? were that gales, accompanying storms of the past 3 6 hours, had spent themselves. Women's Group Of Utilities Co. Hold Jolly Party Members of the women's committee of the Coast Counties Gas and Klectric company held a delightful Christmas party last evening at the home of the chairman, Miss Evelyn Kelly, on Union street. The house had been beautifully decorated with Christmas lights and Christmas trees in the windows, and is one of the first homes in the community to don its Christmas dress. Mrs.

Bertha Briggs of Hollister, the first chairman of the committee, told of some 'interesting experiences of the girls of the company during the war and immediately following. Games were played and gifts exchanged during the evening. Special guests of the group included former members of the committee living in this vicinity. Those attending were: Thelma Blodgett, Dorothy Way, Bertha Briggs, Violet Scriver, Ella Beardsley, Etta Bartlett and Helen Languth. Cleo Lorenzen of Hollister was also a guest.

Members attending the party included: Ose Koch of Watsonville; May Harris, Muriel Pro-basco, Gayle Hrunetti, Ferol Chase, Margaret Kilfoyl, Myrtle Ruhottom, Rea Mae Prendergast, Flora Kaler, Deana I.ockwood, Alma Freeburg, Irene Hood, The Santa Cruz News, in coop-' eration with the Del Mar theater will make it possible for classi fied advertisers in this paper to see free, of charge two of the out standing pictures of the year, "A Damsel in and "Sli! The Octopus," showing at the Del Mar next week for four days, beginning Wednesday, December 15. PASSKS T)VA 10 AM) 18 For each classified ad amounting to 50c or more, paid in advance, one pass will be issued free of charge to the advertiser for insertion in Saturday's issue of The News, December 18. One may insert as many classified ads as he wishes. The more ads inserted to appear in Saturday's News, the more parses will be is sued, one for each ad of 50c, or over. Passes may be used either Thursday, December 16 or Saturday, December 18.

Tickets will be given at News business office as soon as ads are presented with cash. Ads may bo left for insertion in The News for Saturday, December 18. htohv Combining a P. G. Wodehouse story with a group of sparkling songs by the late George Gersh win and his brother Ira, Fred A-taire's new starring picture with Burns and Allen, "A Damsel in Distress," is said to be one of the year's funniest and most tuneful screen offerings.

Joan Fontaine has the title role, and the Burns and Allen duo supply much of the comedy in this gay romance of a British girl and an American dancer. Astaire reveals a novel group of dance routines, most conspicu ous and sensational of which is his Drum Dance, in which he plays a dozen different percussion instruments, while doing his steps in the midst of an orchestra stage. Another novelty is the whisk- broom dance which he performs with Burns and Allen as his partners. A sprightly comedy routine is Astaire's Street Dance, performed to "I Can't Be Bothered Now," as he edges away from a truculent policeman. Come! Be a guest of The News and the fiel Mar theater for BANK AMERICA BANS STANDING FOR EMPLOYES Branch Here Installs New Type Machines Clerks at the Bank of America here were today proudly behind three brand new fltiOO posting machines, latest nasterpieee of the National Cash Register company, installed yesterday as another forward step by the progressive banking institution.

No more will employes contract backache from bending over the 3ld-style upright machines for the new contraptions provide a com-'ortable, built-to-fit seat for the operator. Visibility of every en-ry and a permanent duplicate record are items that add further .0 the efficiency of the system. The machines, among the 250 now in use by the bank and made specially to their specifications, were contracted for by W. T. Rice, local manager, who foresees ma-erial benefit to patrons as a result of the installation.

WHK.AT AND CHICACO, 111., Dec. 11. Wheat close: Dec, 4 4 May, 92'- 85--. Corn: fi 5 Vr -'4 Mav 68 July, BSVSi. A standard remote control studio connecting Santa Cruz with the Mutual-Don Lee system -will1 be, installed shortly In Hotel iralomar bj; station KDON of Monterey, it Wk Assured today when negotiations' revealed exclusively by the The News three weeks ago iwero completed.

A contract between Andy Bal-ich of Hotel Palomar and T. M. Dean of the Monterey- Peninsula Broadcasting company, owner of station KDON, was signed yesterday. Manager of the Santa Cruz studio will be Adriel Tried, KDON advertising representative in this city for the past five months. Probably to be installed on the mezzanine, the studio will have microphone connections to the gold room, Chinese room and Spanish ballroom, permitting broadcasts of special meetings, service club speeches and other events.

Local events of outstanding importance will be released to the entire Mutual-Don Lee network. The Santa Cruz studio will go Into use shortly following January 1. B. P.W. forty To Be Tonight At District Meet The jolly Christmas party to be held tonight at the Watsonville Woman's club as a feature of the bay district conference of Busi ness and Professional women clubs, promises to be a delightful affair.

This meeting will be pre sided over by the president, Mrs Charlotte McClelland, with the Watsonville group as the hostess club. Numbers will be contrib uted by the Santa Cruz B. P. W. choral group as part of the mu sical entertainment during the evening.

Among those planning to at tend from Santa Cruz are: President Ada McKinnie of the local club; Mrs. Lela Swasey, vice pres ident of the district; Mrs. Nellie Trolan, district emblem chairman and vice president of the local club; Dorothy Pullen, Minnie and Tillie Doeltz, Ann and Idalina Paganelli, Charlotte Scholes, Elizabeth Gray, Ora Heple, Hazel Mattisou, Maye Hansen, Lillian Waghoin, Helen Calkins, Caddie Cook, Mamie Fairchild and Alma Freeburg. On Sunday morning for the business meeting and luncheon they will be joined by Irene Baxter, Florence Willson, Lucile Cloud and Lucille Lowe. Vital Statistics INTENDING TO WED Loyd Lowell Little, 35, farmer, Knights' Landing, native of Minne-Hota; Adrienne JOva Whittemure, 21.

practical muse, Santa Cruz, native of California. MARRIAGE LICENSES Jacob Hot ha rind. LMi. lnlinrr. Hiihh, native of Culormlo; Margaret Klnnra Kmherson, 20, SuliniiM, native of Oklahoma.

WED IN SAN JOSE I JH'P. 11. (AIM Charh'H TImh 24, Campbell, nnrl Artelu Waekermann, 28, Hanta Cruz. FLORAL DESIGNING ElwinS.BarnhillCo. 273 Boquel Ave.

Phone 742 SANTA CRUZ FLORAL CO 33 Locust St. Clare Fnen, Mgr. Phone R7U Hollister Jail Branded As Filthy, Menace To Health ment compensation statute. "Old age Insurance will be ad ministered by the federal govern ment under terms of the social security act, 1 1 unemployment compensation more prop-srly insurance is strictly a state function," emphasized Norris. Norris strongly emphasized that unemployment compensation is not charity, "but legal Insurance, mailed regularly to your home in a dignified manner." WAIT 0 WEEKS Procedure for 'payment of unemployment insurance was outlined by Wilson, who cautioned that a period of fiva six weeks must pass before receipt, of regular unemployment payments fol-.

owing the opening of registrations January 1. "We first consume four weeks in attempting to obtain employment for the registrant," Wilson Said. "At the expiration of that period, failing to find suitable work, the applicant's monthly and total compensation is computed, his authorization forwarded to San Francisco offices and his first regular check prepared for mailing. Throughout the day the visiting officials together with Orval Putoff, Santa Cruz manager of state reemployment offices, and George Becknell, assistant, were hosts at an open house in the "model" state office unit recently completed in Veterans Memorial building. HIGHWAY CRASH BRINGS SUIT FOR $8050 Suit, asking $8,050 in damages as the outgrowth of an automobile accident on the Los Gatos highway lasi September was filed in superior court today by Charles E.

Russell against Archie J. Freeman. The accident occurred near the intersection of the old Glenwood highway, with Russell claiming that ho suffered severe lacera-ions and several fractured ribs which kept him from working on his ranch for 30 days. He asks $7500 damages, $150 for damuga to his truck, $150 for crop damage due to his enforced absence and $250 for medical expenses. Russell is represented by Attorneys Willard and Betti Snider.

Three Fires Call City Department In spite of heavy rains, city fire engines were kept on the run this morning, answering three calls inside of as many hours. At 5:15 a chimney fire was reported at the Dave Lorenzana place but was extinguished without damage, while a live wire brought the engine to Ocean and Water street at 7:28. An auto-mobilo fire at the intersection of Campbell and Broadway accounted for the third trip. The most complete and beautiful line of BELTS in Santa Cruz. A belt for every occasion.

Elsom's S. C. Theater Bids. YOU Ave i When you've got a cast head-d by Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Gail Patrick and Richard Arlen, that should be sufficient guar antee of top-notch entertainment but when Paramount has add-d hundreds of the most beauti ful girls in Hollywood, two unashing orchestras Louis Armstrong's Swing Orchestra and Vndre Kostelanetz' Orchestra the six greatest living artists md a half-a-dozen of the most sensational headliners of stage, screen and radio that means hat "Artists and Models," at the Del Mar theater, must rate is the top girl-and-music film of the year! Leslie Howard and Bette Da vis are starred together again in It's Love I'm, After," now show ing at Theater Del Mar. DOUBLE BILL PLEASES AT SANTA CRUZ Lovely Judith Allen, screen actress, has the leading feminine part in "Texas Trail," the new Hopalong Cassidy picture which is at the Santa Cruz theater.

"Youth on Parole," a touching md poignant drama of two young people who are downed by cir cumstances completely out of their control, is the second feature. Funeral Held For Infant Daughter Of Dr. Andrews Frivate funeral services for Dixie Ruth Andrews, eight-months-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A.

M. Andrews, were held at 2 o'clock yesterday in the White mortuary chapel. Dr. John F. Wilson, pastor of the First Methodist church, read the simple rites.

Inurnment was in the I.O.O.F. crematory. Ventilation in the cells was described as "very poor," plumbing in the men's section "old," and sa i a arrangements "poor." "The old brick building, constructed of brick and plaster, in cracking in many places," Williams stated. While women, minors and men are separated, Williams pointed out that conditions do not permit segregation of felons and misde-menants, which he said is in violation of the state law. Williams further pointed out that in his last inspection in 1932 he condemned the jail as unsanitary, unsafe, and a fire trap.

Replacement of the building by a new and. modern structure was recommended. In concluding his report, the inspector emphasized that Sheriff Manuel P. Hubler and his staff should he absolved of any blame for jail conditions. New DOWN Puts one in your lioine Three of Hollywood's brilliant lights are co-Marred in "A Damsel in Distress." l-'i'i'd Astaire contributes his whirlwind terp-siclH'iv and Bums and Allen offer their smart chatter in this romantic musical comedy scored by Gershwin and scriiicd by I J.

Wodehouse. Joan Fontaine heads the featured cast in the title role. an evening of glorious entertainment either Thursday, December 16, or Saturday, December 18 and enjoy this great double bill. Homeless Flee Valley Floods (Continued from t'age One) San Luis Obispo reported several vends washed out by heavy rains, Slides halted Western Pacific travel at Quincy to the east. The Pacific highway was closed by water at Redding to the north.

Trees were uprooted and small buildings uprooted by a 75-mile gale south of San Francisco early today. An all-time velocity record of 76 miles an hour was set at San Francisco Airport. Part of the roof of a Builin-game school was blown away. Rainfall ranged up to 11 inches in 4 8 hours, reported at Geyser-vllle. Soda Springs in the high Sierra had 10.50, and Calistoga, 50 miles north of San Francisco, 10 inches.

MOVING XORTH The storm was centered off Vancouver Island this noon. Weathermen said it was moving north and that general rains orobably would become intermittent shower possibly interspersed with a bit of sunshine in some areas tomorrow. Rain, sleet and snow visited large sections of Oregon and Washington. Bus schedules out of Helena, were disrupted. Heavy snows fell in mountainous areas.

Soul hern California regarded the storm as a blessing. G. P. Clements, head of the agricultural department of the Los Angeles chamber of commerce, estimated I he- rain Increased the value of crops $2,000,000. Relief for the widely-scattered stricken portions of California was being organized today.

Alturas residents scurried to upper floors when 15 acres of water impounded in the Pine creek reservoir ruslicd down the Pitt river after the dam's walls crumbled. Boats were pressed into service for rescue work and at Chico emergency calls were sent, for American Legion members, with the Salvation Army opening relief headquarters. ILIH.VGS I'M I Hundreds of families were driven from their homes at Chico after one of the worst rain- storms in northern California history. In Downieville the Masonic hall, postoffice and telephone ex-j change were crumbling along with other buildings. From 4 00 to 500 persons fled their destroyed or damage homes.

i a inert Costa, Yi-yenr-old rehired Downieville resident, was reported missing. Oldtiine residents of Downie-iville said it was the worst flood in 90 years. Four bridges were washed out and houses were being anchored with cables to trees and builders to save them 'from the raging river. HOLLISTER, Dec. 11.

San Benito county's jail was described today as "presenting one of the most dangerous conditions in California" by Samuel S. Williams, chief inspector of the state, who, in his lashing indictment, laid the blame squarely on the shoulders of the people of the county. Cells in the dungeon-like structure built a decade after the close of the Civil War, were termed "not fit for human habitation" by the inspector, who said his report would go to the state department of social welfare. "The jail," Williams said, "is in violation of state housing, sanitary, and health laws. The old concrete floors are disease breeders, which, taking into consideration that there is a public school across the street, is a menace to the children should disease break out.

The 3 LONG BEFORE THOUGHT OF CHRISTMAS Santa Cruz merchants were stocking their It's a funny thing but personal accidents increase during Winter months. shelves with merchandise which they knew you would want. Now they are busy with pre-holiday trade. Ever since the "seventies" these affiliated banks have helped local retailers to make ready for the busiest weeks of the business year. And they serve in different, but no less effective ways, many thousands of the merchants' customers.

AFTER HOUR DEPOSITORY OPEN NIGHT AND DAY If you should be one of the 1100 people in the country hurt each day, who will pay your bills? Why take the risk of heavy expenses, when you can secure an accident policy to meet your requirements for as little as $6.00 per year? C. E. Cahfleld Son Established 1906 Tel. 529 103 Pacific Ave. COLEMAN OIL Hi EAIE It Circulates and Radiates COUNTY FIRST NATIONAL A I .1 8 75 CO UNTY FIRST SAVINGS TAB LI I 8 7 mm Brantfsco Opera Ballet High School Auditorium, Monday, Dec.

13, 8:15 p. m. Opposite Court House. Cor. Pacific and Cooper Street Hill 173 Pacific A Phone 132 ve..