News-Pilot from San Pedro, California • 1

0 Ch ina Clipper Gasoline Line Clogged Lands Here WEATHER PILOT AM Sao Pdro Established 1901 Pedro Dali? Pilot 1900 Plane to Return to Alameda Turns Back on Trip to Honolulu Eight Passengers Aboard BANK DEBITS 8286239 year ago $200784 San Pedro California Saturday Evening January 22 1 938 Ten Pages Pei Court to Hear New Trial Plea Attorneys for Union Contend Judge Without Power to Appoint Receiver Believed for a time to threaten conflict between longshoremen at this port appointment last night of a receiver for 1LA Local 38-82 Inc and the joint dispatching hall of the ILA and employers was postponed today for one week by Superior Judge Ruben Schmidt Los Angeles with consent of attor- neys for both sides in the AFL- New Series: Vol 10 No Archbishop John Cantwell Archbishop to Officiate Here Two hundred adults and children of the Mary Star of the Sea and Holy Trinity Catholic churches will be confirmed by Archbishop John Cantwell tomorrow afternoon at Holy Trinity church and Grand avenue The elaborate confirmation ceremonies are scheduled to be held at 2:30 o'clock and besides Archbishop Cantwell several visiting pastors from other Southland parishes will attend it was announced today by Father James McLaughlin pastor of the local parish Importance of confirmation ceremony is indicated by the coming here of the archbishop who visited the local parish since before he was elevated by Pope Pius XI to the rank of Archbishop of the archdiocese of Los Angeles from Bishop of the diocese of Los Angeles and San Diego Although Father McLaughlin will exchange parish tomorrow going to Long Beach he will return for the confirmation Probe Fires In Two Taxicabs WILMINGTON Fires which damaged two Long Beach taxicabs when parked in front of the Post hotel 720 East Anaheim boulevard early this morning are being Investigated by the fire arson squad Both cabs although owned by different parties are said to be operated by an Independent Long Beach taxi company The cab of Raymond Crowe and Stover driven by the latter received damage estimated at $360 the cab of A Manlove driven by Jack Baily suffered $100 damage Report of the fires stated the causes were undetermined Crew Swims to Safety as Freighter Sinks BUENOS AIRES (TP) The freighter Yamandu carrying a gasoline cargo sank suddenly within five minutes in the Parana river today while mooring at Parana city docks The crew Swam to safety The cause was undetermined Today JAPAN ADMITS MORE MONEY TROOPS NEEDED War End Far Distant Diet Told Economic Aims Listed TOKYO The Japanese government admitted today its need for more money and men to fight China ackqnowledged the conflict would be a lengthy one and laid down as one of its basic aims in economically linked China Japan and Manchoukuo Premier Prince Fumimaro Kon-oye outlined the eocnomlc objec tives of the far eastern war and with Foreign Minister Koki Hirota Naval Minister Mitsumasa Yonal and War Minister General Gen Sugiyama presented to the Japanese diet (parliament) a detailed account of the six and one-half months of conflict Their general conclusions were that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek had refused to make peace therefore a new and favorable China government was necessary that an end to the undeclared war still was far distant and that the army must greatly increase its strength in China Answering questions from the floor of parliament Konoye said that necessary Japan will declare war against the Chiang Kai-shek regime but will never deal with He said the government was taking every measure to destroy the national Chinese government and was aiding the provisional government established under Japanese inspiration at conquered Peiping Such aid he explained did not Infringe tfie sovereignty or territorial integrity of China Finance Minister Okinobu Kaya reported that because of the war it was necessary to raise vast amounts of money partly by increased taxes and principally through bond Issues The regular budget of 2867000000 yen ($682760000) was to be supplemented with a special budget for war expenses Kaya revealed Anticipating a rise in commodity prices he announced maximums would be fixed and detailed plans for a managed economy The ministers expressed gratification for friendly understanding by the United States and Britain permitting peaceful settlement of incidents such as sinking of the American gunboat Panay re-emphasized regret for such incidents and renewed assurances every effort was being made to avoid injury to third powers Tomb Sealed for 5100 Years Found CAIRO The tomb of a second dynasty noble sealed since funeral rites 5100 years ago was reported today to have been found by Emery The English egyptologist who only two weeks ago unearthed what may be the true tomb of Menes the first Pharoah made his latest discovery at Sakkara while seeking graves of servants The contents of this second tomb Including a great crumbling coffin exquisite alabaster bowls and other obpects apparently had not been disturbed since burial Southern California Generali? fair and mild tonight and Sunday becoming cloud? west portion moderate northwest wind off coast San Pedro: Clear wind 19 miles north at 8 a temperature range for past 24 hours: maximum 68 minimum 48 at 6 a 49 Week 15c Single Copy 3c CIO dispute over ILA control Judge Schmidt will hear meanwhile arguments of John Packard and Charles Katz attorneys for the ILA Incorporation for a new trial The attorneys contend that it is not within the legal power of Judge court to appoint a receiver in this kind of case They contend also that Judge Schmidt in appointing a receiver reversed himself having previously denied an AFL application for an injunction restraining Frank Jordan California secretary of state from approving amendment of the ILA incorporation articles to permit CIO affiliation DENIED APPLICATION Judge Schmidt recently denied an AFL application for an injunction restraining the incorporation from amending its articles but granted an injunction restraining it from affiliating with CIO under the unamended articles Last night he niacjp permanent the CIO affiliation injunction and appointed Will Hays retired Los Angeles lawyer receiver for the incorporation on the basis of a statement of facts In this statement the AFL group of the ILA which is seeking to prevent its CIO affiliation charged that on September 4 last the incorporation had paid $250 to the ILWU in asserted violation of the restraining order and that it had paid at another time $500 to aid a CIO moving picture employes union and that it had paid $63 a week to Don Cox Elmer Meverr and John Thomas as CIO organizers Early today a spokesman for the AFL group declared the receiver would permit dispatch to longshore Jobs here only of bona fide members of the ILA certified by the AFL group The group contends that amendment of articles of incorporation means nothing since it alone constitutes the ILA membership which must vote on any amendment of articles other members having been excommunicated by International President Ryan The incorporation contends however that President Ryan as a resident of New York has no authority over a California corporation which the ILA loca lis Neither Judge Schmidt nor Receiver Hays has stated it is pointed out what they consider a bona fide ILA member to be CONFLICT THREAT Threat of longshore warfare here was seen in a possibility that the receiver would permit dispatch to jobs only of longshoremen certified by the ILA group It was believed (Continued on page 2) MAKE YOUR WISH COME TRUE! The first thought in a mind is his home Plan now to acquire a comfortable investment upon which a profit may be realized later Consult the broker whose partially reproduced ad appears below HOUSES FOR SALE 109 OPEN FOR INSPECTION Sunday Jan 23 Between 2 pm and 4 pm Marine view home in Sepulveda Heights restricted district It pays to make the Classified Page a Daily Reading Habit! 277 16 OIL FIRMS CONVICTED OF PRICE FIXING 30 Company Officials Found Guilty of Conspiracy MADISON Wis (JP) A federal court jury today convicted 16 major oil companies and 30 of their officials on charges of conspiring to raise and fix gasoline prices during 1935 and 1936 in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act The verdict was read before Federal Judge Patrick Stone and the defendants at 10:29 a The jury pondering the voluminous evidence that had been introduced during the 16 weeks of the trial deliberated about eight hours before reaching Its decision It received the case yesterday afternoon retired at 11:30 and was ready with the verdict shortly after reconvening at 8:30 a today BIGGEST IN YEARS The case involved one of the most important government anti-trust proceedings in many years It was the biggest action directed at the petroleum industry since the old Standard Oil trust was dissolved Nearly an hour elapsed between the time the jury was ready to re port and all of the defendants could be rounded up and summoned to the courtroom When the jury came into the courtroom Judge Stone ascended (Continued on Page 2) Million Income Ranks Increase WASHINGTON (TP) Sixty-one the largest number in five paid taxes on net incomes of $1000000 or more last year the treasury disclosed today One had an income between $4-000000 and $5000000 in 1936 (1937 taxes based on 1936 Income) four between $3000000 and $4000000 14 between $2000000 and $3000-000 nine between $1500000 and $2-000000 and 33 between $1000000 and $1500000 The names were not made public Although nearly double the 33 in the previous year last year's million dollar group compared with 513 in 1929 The smallest number of million dollar incomes was 20 in 1932 Henry O'Neil Actor -in Zola Film III HOLLYWOOD (TP) Henry screen actor who played the role of Colonel Picard in Life of Emile is seriously ill in the Hollywood hospital He was taken there yesterday suffering from influenza dream of a tunnel for a possible and workable project like a was advice In order to promote the project Lyons announced that a meeting of the Inter-Service club council will be held the third Friday of each month at 6:30 at the YMCA As a committee to meet with the council he appointed Mrs Leslie Straight Thomas Allender Harold Askew Dr Guidinger James Mee Roy Beaton Vivian Rapp William Mudge and Jack Bell Harry Adams of the bureau of the Security First National bank was the principal speaker Using Upward as his topic Adams deplored the cry of woe and said that progress continues despite it (Continued on Page 2) Flip CAPT KYNETTE EXPLAINS VIGIL OVER RAYMOND Probing 'Activities in Protective Ass'n' States Officer LOS ANGELES Capt Earle Kynette today broke his silence on why he and his police squad had occupied a house near that of Harry Raymond private detective and bomb assassination attempt victim were investigating his activities in connection with a beer parlor protective he said why we were in a bungalow on Orme When Kynette and his aide Lieut Dan Draper were arrested by district Investigators on suspicion of tapping the telephone wire to home they refused to say whether they had been in the bungalow and Kynette later charged political frame-up some underworld enemy was out to get Kynette said today some enemy of the police department may have learned my squad was investigating him and may have planted the bomb just to put me and my officers un der Meanwhile a mass meeting protesting the bombing and the alleged police activities against Raymond was held at the First Methodist church called by Dr Leonard Oschali superintendent of the Southern California conference Police Chief James Davis who returned from Mexico City last night ordered detailed written statements taken for all of men who had occupied the bungalow Acting Chief of Police George Allen said that Capt Kynette might have been investigating Chief of Detectives Joseph Taylor who was active in causing arrest on suspicion of tapping the telephone wire to the home of Harry Raymond the bombing victim the right countered Taylor will present plenty of evidence to support the action we have New La Rambla Service Monday Augmented service of the La Rambla bus line will take over the route of San last local trolley cars Monday morning when the first bus leaves the new Ban-dini and Sepulveda boulevard terminal at 5:30 Service will be operated both ways on the new circle route combining the streets formerly traversed by both rail cars and buses during the hours of 6 to 9 am and from 3 to 7 pm while slack hour schedules will be run one way only according to schedules published by the San Pedro Motor Bus company Leaving Fifth and Harbor boulevard the bus route will partially follow present rail routes up Sixth street to Pacific Fifth street to Cabrillo and Third street to BandinL The new route will split from the rails here to give better service in the Summerland heights district going up Santa Cruz to Patton and across to where It will drop back to Hanford go south to (Continued on page 2) Wild Boar Hunt Branded 'Tale' SANTA BARBARA (TP) Fancy tales of wild boar hunting in the Santa Barbara channel islands were relegated today to the limbo of the yarn about the big fish that got away Vail owner of Santa Rosa Island said there are no wild boars on the islands Trespassing would be hunters are giving the island owners and lessee some headaches and five were arrested and fined here this week 39 of Forced back by gasoline-line trouble 600 miles at sea the Pan-American China Clipper on a flight to Honolulu made an unscheduled landing here at 6:35 a today The giant seaplane swung in over Long Beach circled Reeves field naval airport on Terminal Island and then settled into the water The craft promptly was taxied to Cabrillo beach where it dropped an- chor with a group of naval barges following in its wake Six men passengers boarded one of the navy boats and were landed at the 22nd street landing to stretch their legs and smoke The crew and the two women passengers however remained aboard TAKES ON GAS The Clipper replenished her gasoline supply from drums brought to her on the outer harbor by a Union Oil barge and was preparing to de part late today for Pan-American Alameda base All but Mr Connolly of her eight passengers was to fly north on her he to follow by rail tonight The clipper is scheduled to take off once more tomorrow at 3 for Honolulu from the Alameda base whence she departed at the same time yester day Crew of the big seaplane revealed they had installed a by-pass around the clogged portion of the gasoline feed line while the plane was in the air last night Although he probably could have continued to Honolulu without difficulty her skipper decided the safer course of heading back to San Pedro the wiser The passengers said Tjhen they were awakened about 5 a this morning and were informed they were going to land at San Pedro they thought it was a poke as they had anticipated' they were 'nearing HfUiolulu PRECAUTION They said the steward informed them the gasoline line trouble developed between an auxiliary tank and one of the motors and while there was no emergency created the crew felt it would not have a sut ficient fuel supply to make Honolulu without use of the gasoline in the spare tank Aboard the ship were Donald Connolly WPA administrator at Los Angeles Robert Hinckley as' sistant administrator Engel Eliz-alde wealthy Manila I business man and polo player Joris Ivens Holland motion picture director Springer official of a Manila drug company Melvin Lockett Los Angeles accountant Mrs Eliza beth Greenberger Highland Park 111 and Mrs May Dorland jMcCory on a Buenos Aires to Ma nila air tour -Soviet Refuses Request WASHINGTON The soviet government has refused at least temporarily the United States request for an embassy official to see Mrs Ruth Marie Rubens under arrest in Russia on suspicion of espionage Secretary Hull said he had been informed by that government that the soviet internal authorities do not permit the representatives of any foreign country to visit per sons in prison during the course of an investigation Man Killed in Jump Off Bridge SAN FRANCISCO (TP) John William Prohoroff 35 unemployed paid five of his last 16 cents so pie might jump to his death from the Golden Gate bridge police said today Prohoroff paid the five cents as pedestrian toll at the bridge gate then after walking out on the span removed his coat and jumped 220 feet to the water He left 11 cents in the coat Mrs Cluverius Rites Monday in Washington 1 Funeral service for Mrs Hannah Cluverius wife of Rear Adm Watt Cluverius former base force commander will be held in Washington Monday It was learned here today Mrs Cluverius died Thursday from a heart ailment TIDE SCHEDULE Late low tide at this port today according to the 8 Coast and Geodetic Survey tables was scheduled to be 17 feel at 7:37 High tides tomorrow are scheduled to be 46 feet at 253 a and 27 feet at 416 low tides to be 1 3 feet at 10:29 a and 22 feet at 845 George Partridge Seek 'Head Man' In Ship Plot SEATTLE Police authorities looked for a behind the today in their investigation of a bizarre attempt to bomb- the Jap anese liner Hiye Maru Although the Investigators admitted the death of Rolphe Forsyth 28 Vancouver schoolteacher who drowned Thursday aft' er pushing a bomb laden raft to' ward the liner might have sealed the secret of the fantastic plot they said they would continue to ques tion George Henry Partridge 22 also of Vancouver ad' mitted accomplice At Vancouver where the Hiye Maru docked today under special guard Chinese Consul-General Pao said he had no of the purported plot At San Francisco Chinese Consul-General Huang likewise denied any knowledge of a proposal to bomb ships carrying scrap metal to Japan Ford Grandson Sued for $25000 SEYMOUR Conn (TP) Joseph Perelmutter Seymour attorney said today he had filed a $25000 damage suit on behalf of Dorothy Kaschel 12 of Oxford against Henry Ford 2nd of Grosse Point Shores Mich grandson of the automobile manufacturer The writ filed with the clerk of the superior court at New Haven charges that Ford a Yale sophomore struck and Injured the Kaschel girl with his automobile as she alighted from a school bus last Nov 18 Private to Bake Birthday Cake Reginald La Frankie private first class of Headquarters Battery Co Third A in command of Capt Lief Neprude is an artist when It comes to baking cakes And so to Private La Frankie will go the honor of baking the Birthday Cake for the ball to be held here Jan 29 at the Salon Cabrillo A six-layer cake with a 28 to 30 Inch base is planned for the annual celebration Fifty-six candles will be placed on the cake and lighted after which pieces of the cake will be distributed to guests Private Frankie plans to inscribe across the top of the cake to commander-in-chief of the Two Ships Going to Aid of Disabled Steamer LONDON The Greek steamer Kalypso Vergotti sent a distress call from mid-Atlantic today saying she was drifting and her steering gear was damaged Later messages picked up by Lloyds said the German ship Ilsenstein and the American vessel Sun Dance were steaming to her aid Andrew Furuseth Andrew Furuseth ISU Head Dies WASHINGTON (TP) Andrew Furuseth long a leader In the American labor movement died today He was 83 The was president of the International union and until old age weakened him in 1936 he had attended every convention of the American Federation of Labor since Grover administration A Norwegian seaman he had been a labor leader since his election 50 years ago as secretary of the Union of the Pacific In 1892 he bound all the unions into one body and has been president of the amalgamation ever since Recently Furuseth faced rebellion from the insurgent younger leaders in the union but he was reelected to the presidency of the union A bust of Old decorates the department of labor building WELL KNOWN HERE Andrew Furuseth as he was affectionately known on the San Pedro waterfront for many (Continued on Page 2) Noe Rallies for Bible Lesson MEMPHIS Tenn The Rev Israel Harding Noe fasting Episcopal clergyman rallied his waning strength today for his weekly radio Bible lesson tonight He was considerably weaker and physicians expected his collapse momentarily as he entered the 21st day of the fast in which he seeks immortality on earth oT the original breakwater whose 21-mile length made development of the harbor possible Then ships chiefly windjammers had negotiated a bay ribbed with sandbars and made untenable by southeasters in season to discharge and load cargo Completion of the breakwater extension which has removed the terror from the dreaded southeasters finds the harbor In the front rank of ports and the home base of the (Continued on page 2) CLUB COUNCIL TO SEEK BRIDGE OVER CHANNEL WIDNEY HEADS LEADERS FOR BREAKWATER FETE The San Pedro Inter-Service club council will sponsor the building of a bridge to Terminal Island as its major project for 1938 Guy Lyons new president said last night at the first annual installation dinner of the organization held at the clubhouse accomplishment of this objective is assured if we can have the backing of every man woman and child in San Lyons said According to a report from Cecil Sparling appointed as a committee of one to Investigate possibilities for the bridge the approximate cost of the project would be $1500000 Two-thirds of the cost could be obtained from the state highway department and the other one-third could be amortized over a period of years in low tolls Sparling said 'Let us desert that election day Erwin Widney whose mule decorated with a flower blanket won first prize in the pony section of the parade that celebrated beginning of the San Pedro breakwater years ago heads the committee which will direct the celebration next April 28 honoring completion the 12500-foot breakwater extension Widney then a boy rode the prize winning mule and saw the fu-st rock dumped at the shore end.