Woodland Daily Democrat from Woodland, California • Page 1

No other medium in this field than the "Democrat" can so quickly and effectively translate advertising into action, and yet it has the lowest millinc rate because its paid up circulation is four times greater ihan that of any other newspaper published in Yolo county. emocrat The "Democrat's" background of alert news interest builds an intangible plus of extra vitality for its advertisers. Its readers are better buying1 prospects because the paper holds their attention longer. lSSUlSD DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1936. ESTABLISHED 1877 State Reports On Pavement Hecke Awarded Degree jt Q.

Officials at TROOPS MOVE TA PREVENT MAN JAILED HERE AFTER car upsetEDUCATOr DEMANDS Txvo Injured nnAnr IF ULL rKUDL i George H. Hecke of Woodland, former state director of agri culture, Monday morning was awarded an honorary doctor ot laws degree at the University of California Charter Day exercises held W. H. Tinney, assistant cngim ir eL. i Attorney John.

auu wtyj J.ne nunui tuiuerreu upon me wouuiaiiu man lc Engii i eV Asa Proctor the type of pav jnition of his valuable service to agriculture in California and the ing recommended by the state for the nation. He was state director of agriculture continuously from lUlb to 19.11, wnen ne resigned as Berkeley DRIVER! FINED tr efrrkr'fV I OlOatl UraiVS pHoO 1 Penalty at Williams M. Marston, 4C, Woodland me ante, arrested Sunday near Williams a charge of driving his autoinolnie w'nle intoxicated, Monday tied guilty in Williams justice court and v.sr 1 era sz.iU and his operator's license was suspended for six months. Judge George Reckers yielded to Marston's plea for clemency when informed that the local man had a family to support. He suspended of the fine, upon condition that Marston pay the balance.

Marston was arrested near Wil by state highway officers. Gale Upsets Home Man Injured Richard J. Harris, 5(i ycar old laborer on the C. S. Hulen ranch, was! mighty pleased to have calm weather Monday morning.

Saturday night, a puff of wind tipped Weekend Auto Crashes A high north wind Saturday night a sleepy driver early Monday eovning were held responsible by county officers of the California Ighway Patrol for two week end au mobile accidents in which two per mis were injured, R. J. Lee, 39, Alameda, suffered a vere cut on his ankle when his car overturned as it rounded the corner at Fourth and treets in Davis. Witnesses said hat Lee was driving at a fast speed when lie attempted turn the corner, and that the wind caught his automobile and overturned it. 1936 Traffic Toll 38 Accidents 3 Dead 43 Injured Lee refused medical attention at Davis, but was treated at the enierg ncy hospital at Sacramento.

At i o'clock Monday morning a trailer loaded with grain and an automobile were damaged by fire following a collision on the Davis Sacra r.entn highway a mile west of Brod erick. Clair Webb, 18. of San Francisco, driver of the car, admitted to ifficers that he fell asleep and that his car crossed the highway to crash into the truck. Webb suffered cuts the head. George H.

May, 2S, Colt, driver of he truck, said that he pulled his truck lear off the pavement in an effort avoid, the collision. Webb was held by officers until his wnership of the car was established. The car bore last year's license plates snd Webb was in possession of his brother's operator's license. Webb appeared before Justice of the Peace A. B.

A villa and pleaded guilty to driving without an operators license ind was fined $10. 11 DRIVERS CITED BY STATE OFFICERS Eleven drivers were arrested over the week end by Yolo county officers the California Highway Patrol, charged with violations of state traffic laws. Accused of reckless driving were Isaac Roy Davis of Malad, Idaho, nut Alfred Guerra of Woodland. Driving without due caution resulted in itations for Charles D. Gilzean of Jacramento, W.

H. Matthews of Yuba lity and Ralph D. Cocking, of Failing to hoed stop signs resulted the arrests of Martha E. Buckner if Sacramento, Roy B. White of Richmond and T.

Bern of Dixon. Adriano rijue of Sacramento and D. A. Wier Fairfield were charged with speed ng. Tnnatio Tallix of Woodland was for violation of the county's Local Elks to Attend Meeting at Sacramento! A large delegation of Woodland Elks will travel to Sacramento Tues day night to attend the joint meeting of the Sacramento, Woodland and! Stockton lodges.

George M. Smith, president of the California Elks association, will be the guest speaker. Dr. Frank Reese and N. D.

Simp i are the only local appointees an i nounced by the state leader. Other! committees follows: J. W. Haley, baseball; J. F.

Mispley, band: It.) Perkins, drill; Alex Ashen, publicity, Dal M. Leimnun, speaker. over his house, throwing him out oi industry; protector of her crop and bed with pots, pans and household ar livestock against the ravages of forties falling on top of him jcign insects and disease; local servam, Harris rushed to the Woodland Clin 0t V0UJ, adopted (iconic COLLISION OF AUTOS Flint, known Woodland i was in the city jail here utter being arrested bun day on a swblic street. v. ill mak? his rloi hefore City Lid re J.

W. Hamilton at 3 o'clock luesday morninc'. Mr. iiini, recently dismissed from l.he Napa State hospital, was arrested by city police after he had allegedly Deen in an accident earlier th morning'. Mrs.

Carl Smith, owner the second car involved in the acci dent, late Monday charged him wit reckless driving The Woodland resident, is aid have allegedly been at the wheel of tus ir while drunk, iau that officers could arrive at the scene of the accident he was taken jwav friends. Officers continued their search until he was found later in the afternoon. League Balked in Peace Moves LONDON, Mar. (INS) The League of Nations floundered as it wrestled with Germany's and Italy's breach of treaties, but German troops still occupied the Rhineland and Italian airplanes continued to bomb Ethiopian cities. Foreign Anthony Eden today told the house of commons that the government feels Germany should "make some constructive contribution to improve the situation" in replying to the new proposals of the Locarno powers.

Meanwhile, ignoring on Ethiopian request for further sanctions against Italy and an Italian desire that pi es ent sanctions be lifted, the League Committee of 18 appealed today to both nations to end their war. ROME, Mar 23. (IN'S) Sweeping' governmental ami economic reforms aimed at uniting Italy in the face of the European war threat were announced today by Premier Mussolini in a fiery speech before the council of corporations, lie announced the Italian chamber of deputies will be dissolved in the near future and replaced by the National Association of Corporations representing all branches of industry, agriculture and finance. The state Is prepared to take over ail industry for defense, he said. ACCUSED OF ATTACK WITH AUTO CRANK A formal charge of assault with a deadly weapon has been filed in Brod i crick justice court against Tony Rava i of Bryte.

Rava is accused of striking! Frank Belmont, also of Bryte, over' the head with an automobile crank, The attack asserted I.y took place dur ing an argument, Belmont was in a critical condition for some time at the Sacramento hospital, but. is now recovering. The attack occurred March Charles Gimmel Fails To Rally From Injury Charles Gimmel, known to his many Woodland friends as "Opportunity Bill." is seriously ill at the county hospital. Mr. Gimmel, injured when hit by an automobile last November, failed to regain his normal health, but was reported to be getting along satisfactorily until several days ago.

Nurses reported he was resting easily early Monday afternoon. Agricultural Leaders Set State Meet Date The annual meeting of county agricultural commissioners will be held May Vi to 15 at Santa Crux, with many state officials participating in the program. E. Berry, Yolo county agricultural eommisisoner, is chairman 'of the legislative and executive committee of the state group. Electrical Dealers To Meet Here Tonight mccting this evening at 0:30 o'clock in the Hotel Woodland to discuss the nossihilitv of staorincr an electrical ap pliance show here early in April.) ueaiers are.

reported to oe iavor ot tne cooperative project. I A A 1 A 1 FLOOD AREA (uv international News Service) I From every tributary in a vast de vasraieci region in me norm ana east, noon waters rolled southward today. Northward, the flood menace parently was definitely passed, Rolling west and south, the muddy Ohio river swiMit over it.s banks as, the flood crest approached Cincinnati this atternoou. With the river already more than f'e feet above flood stage, 100 fami Hes on Cincinnati's east side evacua tC(l thit' I the north, reconstruction was vvdl undyi" Eighty per cent of Pittsburgh's electric power was re stored. Governor Wilbur Closs of Connecticut conferred in Washington today with Harry L.

Hopkias, national relief administrator, concerning an immediate grant of for reconstruction in his state. Senator Lonergan of Connecticut introduced a bill amending the RFC act to permit a loan of $25,000,000 to flood damaged industiy. While Cincinnati and Portsmouth, were battening down against the imminent approach of the flood crest, Hartford, went under strict military discipline to prevent looting. i lie National tjuartl kept ail yisi tors out oi jMartiord untti the (Jon "ft' men wh ch inundated large Portions of tne city, should return to its own channel. Troops aided Red Cross and WPA workers in caring for 8000 refugees.

Other forces set to work to begin repairing damage estimated at S25. 000,000. Refugees and relief workers In 'tioru and elsewhere were mocuia "fc, was lced pure, "9 Missmg About we'c Pwtcd as missing there has been only one Knowu teatli but iiartloi a otliciais ire confident most of them would Iocale( aencies at homes of friends. In the east the only bodies of water still rising were the Saco river in Maine and the Finger lake3 in central New York. Conditions were still bad in Lowell, Lawrence, Springfield and Northampton, Mass.

Damage at Haverhill, was otaced at $3,000, 000. From Wilkes Barre came word that the Susquehanna was dropping rapidly. Crest Nears Families in western Ohio ran to the hills as the flood approached. li lage after village was submerged, al though the of about oi feet was below that ot the Uhio Hood, The peak was passed at Hunting ton, W. and Portsmouth, ex pectod a 60 foot reading late today, Thai, is the height of its concrete flood wan.

Out a two toot rampart was looked to as a margin of safety. Last Rites Held Here For James H. Howard Funeral services for James H. Howard, who died in Napa Friday, were held from the McNary Funeral Home Monday morning at 10 o'clock with Rev. J.

J. Evans of the Christian church officiating. Mrs. Laur L'ncc Wraith was the soloist. Burial in the Woodland cemetery.

Pallbearers Were C. F. Wampler, District Firemen's Meet Set for May 10 May 10 ha. been set as the date for spring meeting of the Northern California Firemen's association. This was tie announcement made here Monday by Fire Chief George Haze man following a meeting Sunday at Roseville.

Firemen are planning to arrange a program on acids. Authorities will be asked to deliver talks on the subject. Man Jailed Here For Drunk Driving William Carrallo, Mexican laborer, serving a 30 day sentence in the county jail Monday afte he had pleaded guilty to drunken driving charges before Justice of the Peace A. B. Avilla.

Officer Roy Powell made the arrest Sunday. Senate Approves Annual Army Appropriation WASHINGTON, Mar. 23 (INS) After abandoning two of President Roosevelt's pet relief projects the Florida Canal And a dam in Maine the senate today passed the 000 annual army appropriation. OF CHARGES LONG BEACH, Mar. 23.

(INS) Statements in a San Franeisco newspaper recently concerning Vierliug Kersey, state superintendent of schools, are no concern of the California state board of education and the board has no authority to consider them, Dr. Lewis P. Crutcher, president of the board, declared today. "Kersey i.s an elective official, and in no sense under our jurisdiction," he said. Dr.

Crutcl er said there will be no session of the board. He refused to accept a document, said to be an af I'idavit, handed him yesterday by Sheriff Daniel Murphy of San Francisco, a board member. Murphy, according to Crutcher, was to return the document, unopened, to a San fiaper. SACRAMENTO, Mar. 20 "A complete determination of all the facts as quickly as possible to clear my name of all accusations made against me" was insisted upon today by Vier Jing Kersey, state superintendent of public instruction in the so called cap itoi "love scandal" charges.

Kersey said he welcomed any procedure that would "bring out all the He said he was willing to leave the method to be pursued to his legal ad visors and would follow any program outlined by them to achieve vindication. He said: "If the state board of education should feel that this matter could be best handled by bringing the charges before it, such a proce dure would dc satisiactory to Kersey said he bad never discussed! such procedure with any of the board members anct subsequently tlitl not know their attitude. Board Meets March The board' next meeting will be held in Los Angeles March '61. Board members still remained divided as to whether Kersey should be asked to appear before them and answer charges made by Ulrio Trus scl, Mrs. Trussel and others in which (Continued on page 3 column A) Landing Pair to Serve Terms Harry II Daigh, and Tom Nix, 48, both of Knights lauding today began serving sentences of 50 days each in the Sutter county jail on charges of resisting an officer.

Daigh was also accused of drunk driving while Nix was charged with using an illegal shotgun device. Judge W. Green, who sentenced the two men. also said Daigh's driving license would be suspended. The jail term were in lieu of fines.

Chamber Directors To Meet Tuesday Directors of the Woodland District Chamber of Commerce and members of the membership committee will meet Tuesday evening at. 7:30 o'clock in the chamber of commerce office. Several important matters are to be decided, according to S. N. Epperson, president, who called the meet ment, a reasonable amount of healthful, worthwhile work in the mountains and an opportunity to fit himself for a job that requires training.

No longer must the youth seek work and be refused because of lack of training or of a trade. More than 100 subjects arc available, free of charge, to enrol lets, among them being bookkeeping, stenography, typing, blue print work, Diesel engine me fContinucd on Page 2, Column 7) than two and a half months, the "mu Sunday and Monday mornings when Chief George Hazeman. Because of the heavy north iiremen exercised every precaution in answering tne two general alarms. local Main street project. though the report not made public, the state is said not to havej given any particular figures based on findings from tbe test.

The type of paving recommended will not be announced until April 6, unless Mayor H. I. Bobb sees fit to call a special meeting of the city council. The street committee probably will hold a meeting within the next week to hear a complete report from the two city officials' as to what Mr. Tin uev had to recommend.

Soil tests of Main street were three week I ago with the state laboratories asked to make an analysis as to what typej of pavement is test suited for the di matic conditions of Woodland. Approximately 9000 is available fori the project. At a recent meeting or" i the council, it was agreed to dete the costs of having Mam strcei Lamson Jury Still In Deadlock SAN JOSE, Mar. 23. (INS) Still in their fourth day of deliberation, the seven men and five women considering the fate of David A.

Lamson returned from luncheon today with grim faces. Superior Judge J. T. Trabucco indicated he will insist the jurors continue their deliberations until Wednesday, at least, in an effort to reach a verdict. RED GROSS IN PLEA FOR FUNDS Woodland residents Monday were tii'ged by B.

C. Weaver, chairman of the Yolo county chapter of the American Red Cross, to make immediate donations for funds to be used in caring for homeless families in the eastern flood area. But has been collected in the last three days. No report has been receiver! troni outside communities, including Dav Winters and Espar iolo toutitib. goat is $eU0.

Mr. Weaver Monday had a crew of: girls busy telephoning 240 Woodland: families asking them to make dona 1 lions. It is necessary to have the. Yolo quota raised as soon as possible. Women File Suit to Quiet Title to Land RED BLUFF, Mar.

23. (VNA) An action seeking to quiet title to two blocks of property in the northern addition to the city of Red Bluff has been filed here by nine women as trustees for the Red Bluff Women's club as plaintiffs versus the city of Red Bluff and its five trustees. The property was deeded to the city several years ago by the club for park purposes. Williams Man Dies Of Heart Attack WILLIAMS, Mar. 23.

(VNA) Polk Forrest, 77, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home Sunday. He is survived by his widow and eight children including William Forrest, Mrs. Clarence A. Schaad and Mrs. Ida Fib, all of Willows.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow in Colusa with burial in Williams cemetery. 35 Attend Meeting Of Oil Company Here Thirty five representatives of the Union Oil company met at Hotel Woodland Friday night to hear reports on the new Triton oil and talks by A. F.

Enochs of the research department ami T. L. Onarato of the mechanical department, E. J. (Ed) Thronsdon, manager of the local plant, presided.

Incubator Infant Dies at Gridley GRIDLEY, Mar. 2 1 (VNA) Edwin Hoy, an incubator baby born here January 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hogy, died Inst night because of a kidney ailment. The baby, born nrc maturely had been doing well in a' nome madc incubator since birth, Rolph became governor.

It was under Mr. Hecke's direction' that the state department of agricul ture was expanded to its present im ni i nru! his i i 7 a i on hee. irne uhe model for similar departments in oi lier states. Many ot the ideas first I introduced in the California depart i ment have since been adopted bv the1 federal department of agriculture. Alftwilirrh Hv m.ft ,1 Vino to I from nublic life, centering his atten tion upon the operation of his Yolo countv ranches, he is still recognized: as one of the outstanding agricultural! experts in the nation, and his advice on national and state farm problems is frequently sought by officials.

Mr. Hecke, a native of came to the United States as a young man and in ltW2 located in Woodland. He was employed on the former By ron Jackson ranch south of Woodland, rose to become foreman of the ranch, and in lUOli he purchased the 200 acre tract. Organized Quarantine Hecke is credited with organising the western plant quarantine service, the Aah.nial social lun ot homnns uoners, Secretaries and Departments tn Ti'lat, 'Com mittee (now the Airrieultural Cnun oi LaiitnrniM ami the Mate rJoarct of Agriculture. He also is credited with being instrumental in the established of the College of Agriculture at Davis, and in It'll was appointed the first far Yolo county, a position he he received but oer vear salary.

In conferring the degree Sproul characterized Hecke as "farmer, stockman, horticulturist: able or tranizer and first director of Cali fornia's excellent state department of ian of the welfare of the "stateV Man Confesses Jail Theft ru gru, Monday ning pleaded guilty in superior a charge of petty theft, and superior Judge BruLon continued (hc fr passing sentence until Thursday morning. '1''l originally chargi with Prfin'! theft, being accused of robbing man in me la om i jail uj ijw mining that he had taken the, to plead guilty tu the rediiccd charge potty theft. Man Held for Grain Theft Wins Release Kay Ihiughman. laborer, was dismissed from the city jail Monday morning, afler allegedly having stolen a sack of barley from a truck parked on Main street. According to one story elated, Baughman admitted taking he barley and trying to sell it for 0 cents.

He was released when the! truck failed to swear out inst him. beet producing states, asked them to study the plan and suggest changes. The plan would give co operating sugar beet farmers about one fourth as large benefits as under the AAA, would set up a special classification for sugar beets and sugar cane as soil depleting crops. Government payment payment of 12Vj cents on 100 pounds of sugar produced on "base acreage" was authorized, provided half as much land is devoted to soil restoring crops as to sugar crops. TO MEET Several matters of vital import ance to the sugar beet industry in this section have come up, according to Thomas, and Tuesday night's meeting is for the purpose of acquainting growers with the new problems.

i i Last Rites Held Here For Charles W. Wicks ft lh, afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Me Nary Funeral Home. Burial was in i the Woodland cemetery. I Rev. W.

ft win Williams, pastor of the Davis Community Community! church, officiated. Ruth Wat panied by Mrs. Lawrence Wraith. Pallbearers wen: Albert lieu Chester Gallup, Leidilmi Galhip. J.

Witham, Marvin Suggett and We lev Wicks. Child Injured by Fall on Scissors Id on of Mr. ami Mrs. nt injury SatLirday issors jKuit'tva; rd his im had fallen from ight cheek after Blevin.s rendered' FIGHT SUGAR PLAN CCC ENROLLMENT Conference Called on Program Central provisions of (he proposed sugar beel control program as offered by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. Monday had drawn attacks Irom congressional loaders.

A conference was being held Monday Youths Sought for Federal Camps Plans for enrollment of 17 to 28 year old young men for the Civilian Conservation Corps are proceeding rapidly and it is anticipated that a large number of eligible young men will fake advantage of this opportunity when tne actual enrollment period April 1 to 15. Miss Etta H. Porter, county welfare agent, is in charge of the local enrollment. Youths from families on any kind ci puoiic reliel arc eligible for the Corps. Besides the $30 per month, $25 of which ia forwarded by the finance division directly to the distressed family, the youth receives a spending allowance of $5 a month, an abundance of good food, appropriate clothing, a comfortable place to live, entertain to study provisions ot the program.

Representative Fred Cummings, Foil Collins. Colorado, objected to the plan on the ground government benefits would not accrue to beet growers in proportion to benefits paid growers of other crops, that owners of boot lands would lose more than they would gain, and that there would be inequitable distribution of benefits between beet land renters and beet land owners. lie called a meeting of senators and representatives from nearly a dozen BEET MEN CHIMNEY FIRES Two Alarms Summon Volunteers Session Called Here for Tuesday A meeting of nil Yolo county sugar licet producers has been called for Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in the chamber of commerce room in the court Breaking its afler more nicipal cow" was called into action chimney fires broke out at the Ellard Younger home. 724 First street, and al the home of Mrs, Fred Ogden, 527 wainut street, no damage was none ro euncr notise, according to nrci house. C.

D. Thomas, president oP thc Central California Beet Growers' association, who is calling the meet ing, emphasized that it is for all pro ducers of sugar beets, whether or not; they are members oi tne association..