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EWS OF PASADENA Reports of local happenings from midafternoon to 3 a. m. will be found daily in The Post Ma LASSIFIED ADS The Post ushers in the days activities. Tell It Well and Your Classified Ads Will Sell. 2 (MOHNINQ ISSUE OF IHE PASADENA STAR-NEWSI LOS ANGELES CITY AND VALLEY SERVICE PASADENA.

CALIFORNIA. SUNDAY. JANUARY 19, 1941 15 MIRE NEWS SERVICE SPORTS AND FINANCIAL PRESS AGENT ACTOR ACCEPTS FILM CONTRACT 100 PROSPECTIVE JURORS AM) XOT OSE EXCUSE! CRASH SERIOUSLY HURTS TWO MOTORISTS; TRAILER RUNS OVER GIRL CYCLIST Motorcycle Officer Slightly Injured While Chasing Motorist In Third Accident In Pasadena Area Yesterday Two motorists were seriously injured, a youn0 girl suffered possible internal injuries when run over by a small trailer, and a motorcycle officer was painfully hurt, in three automobile accidents yesterday. In Monrovia Richard II. Merchant, 31, of 224 Oak Street, land Mrs.

Mary Joseph Kellogg. 54, of 845 West Hillcrest Drive, weie Bob Hucblcin President Of Senior Class Junior College Run-Off Election Conducted On Campus Bob M. Hiirblein was elected president of the Pasadena Junior College senior class Friday, defeating Louise McCasllinc 124-to-109 in a run-off election, it was announced yesterday. Other results: Norman Stanger, 158 votes, defeated Durward Howes, 146 votes, for junior class president. Harry Terrell, 206; Bob McCormick, 162, for sophomore class president.

Pat Lee, 224; Mary Louise Guleck, 190, for Associated Women Students treasurer. Betty Musselman, 235; Gloria Place, 178, for Associated Women Students secretary, Here Oliver B. Frickelt, press agent of the Pasadena Community Playhouse, center, being helped into his wooden leg and costume for his last role, that of Pieter Stuyvesant, in the recent record-breaking production, Knickerbocker Holiday. Left is Dan Nicholson and right, R. Parke Bassart, who played in the show and aided Mr.

Prickett into his wardrobe, which included ft peglcg, requiring him to hide his own leg, doubled up, in voluminous britches. Mr. Prickett has just accepted his first motion picture contract. 2 Peace Depends On 'Readiness To Pay Price' Dr. Elam J.

Anderson Sounds Challenge At Assembly By TAIL McKALIP A ringing challenge for individual Sacrifice and effort for peace and self-styled note of sordid realism were sounded side by side With equal reasoning last night by two distinguished speakers at the monthly World Affairs Assembly dinner in the Vista del Arroyo Hotel. Mere machinery for peace is not enough because the failure of the state to give up force is only a reflection of the spirit within individuals, Dr. Elam J. Anderson, president of Redlands University end president of the Association of Colleges and Universities of the Pacific Southwest, declared in his first appearance before the group cf 500 persons. 'Are You Ready? Have you faced the cost? he Bsked pointedly, and cited specifically such elements as yielding certain right? and facing a lessening cf income.

"Are you ready to begin the long and tedious job of creating men of good will for peace, as implied by the Prince of reace? As a realist, admittedly descending from Dr. Anderson's high Idealistic plane, Dr. Chester Rowell, euthority and commentator on world affairs and long a favorite of assembly audiences, said: We must get military peace first, just or unjust. Then we can turn to the establishment of ft world of economic peace and equal opportunity. Dr.

Anderson based his speech on International Goodwill, the Hope of the Future, on five major tenets: First, there must be an attitude cf sincere and genuine tolerance toward persons and groups of other Views. He believed the German people feel Hitler is saving their economic lives and until they change that feeling, they'll follow Hitler. Truth Lies Beiween "Second, when two persons or groups differ violently on anything, the truth is somewhere in between. There is no hope for peace until we recognize that one point. Third, we must give up force.

We must bring to our children an (Turn to Page 20, Col. 3) WAXTS OUVEWOOI) SAMPLE BOR 1HS COLLECTION The perfect panel of prospective jurors was discovered yesterday by Superior Judge Frank C. Collier when the panel for the coming year was inductrd. Included in the more than 100 men and women who will be on jury call this year were many prominent business men and club leaders. Afler a brief talk in which he outlined the cisic responsibility of jury duty and slated that jury service was one way to show patriotism and to take an active part in government, Judge Collier slated that if any person could not serve for any reason that he, Judge Collier, would hear the reason and excuse the juror if the reason was valid.

Not one prospect had any objection to serving. This is surety the perfect panel, Judge Collier commented. It is the first time in my recollection that there have been no requests for withdrawal from service. You are all to be highly commended for your attitude. Mental Ills Progress Related Complete eradication of cretinism, a type of glandular deficiency associated with feeblemindedness, through thyroid treatment was predicted yesterday by Dr.

Emilian Honda of Tacoma, speaking at the annual American Association of Mental Deficiency meeting in the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel. Vaccine Use Told A vaccine cultivated from goiter tissue and administered to goiterous expectant mothers can prevent inherited thyroid abnormality which may develop into cretinism, Dr. Honda declared. Farlier in the meeting Miss M. Frances Martin, assistant supervisor of education of exceptional children in the Los Angeles city schools, said that of 3000 mentally deficient children being educated in Los Angeles public schools, the majority suffer from malnutrition and come from underprivileged homes where parents are in much the same condition.

More Tood And Rest With more food and rest," Miss Mjrtin said, we find these children improve rapidly. She expressed a need for more special behavior schools and additional institutions to handle cases which cannot be cared for in the schools. More than 150 delegates from California. Oregon, Nevada and Washington attended the one-day meeting. Arraigned On Defense Work Given 15,000 On WPA More than 15,000 WPA workers in Southern California have been placed in national defense employment, Clayton E.

Triggs, acting WrA administrator, reported yesterday. The total included approximately 9300 workers who weie assigned to construction and rehabilitation work directly concerning defense, Mr. Triggs said. These included airpoit improvements, landing fields, seaplane bases, armories, barracks and roads. In addition, nearly 3000 were at labor in numerous home community service projects considered important to defense of the home front, according to the administrator.

Vocational training classes drew 1600 other woikers, while 1400 others were in employment in defense work for other federal agencies operated with WPA-transfcrrcd funds. Mr. Triggs said the national survey disclosed that nearly 500 000 WPA workers were engaged in national defense projects, approximately 371.000 of that number being engaged in construction projects. CUBE GUARD EXIT TO MEET TUESDAY The Pasadena unit of the Green seriously injured when their cars collided at Foothill Boulevard and Madison Avenue. Mr.

Merchant, son of Richard A. Merchant, Monrovia City Councilman, suffered a badly-cut knee and a chest injury. Mrs. Kellogg was cut about the head and also suffered possible internal injuries. Both were taken to the Monrovia Hospital.

Monrovia police reported Me. Merchant was driving west on Foothill Boulevard and Mrs. Kellogg north on Madison Avenue when the cars collided almost in the center of the intersection. Hr, Merchant lost control of his car, which swerved acioss the street and into a concrete ornamental light post. When she rode her bicycle into the rear fender of a slowly-moving automobile at Orange Grove and Marrngo Avenues and fell off the bicycle, a wiled of a trailer being towed by the aulo ran over Dorothy Siders, 11, of 279 Crescent Drive.

The trailer was loaded with scrap lumber and its weight seas estimated at more than 500 pounds. The child suffered severe shock and possible internal injuries. She wras taken directly to the Hunting-ton Memorial Hospital, but several hours later was able to be taken home. Police reported that the girl was riding south on Marengo Avenue and the automobile and trailer were eastbound, Fred L. Forester, 36, of 828 Alta Street, Monrovia, driver of the automobile, was held blameless by officers.

He stated that he did not see the bicyclist, but stopped instantly when he felt the impact on his rear fender. Motorcycle Sergeant R. R. Burris, He has polished samples of 236 varieties of wood, some extremely rare, but he would ilke a sample olivewood from California. Harold Nogle.

circulation manager of the Port Arthur (Tex.) News, has written to The Post seeking the aid of its readers in furnishing a sample of olivewood. Mr. Nogle first started collecting wood samples more than 10 years ago, when he became interested in a piece of holly wood, said to be the whitest wood in the world. He now has samples of every color in the rainbow, except green. To persons interested in exchanging wood samples with him, he sends a mimeographed sheet of the varieties in his collection.

He writes that he will pay express on any wood he doesn't have, or will buy the wood if not donated. He wants pieces not smaller than 1 by 3 by 6 inrhes, or 10 inches long and 3 in diameter if in limb. Mr. Nogle asks that pcrons interested in exchanging with him, and particularly any person able to supply a sample of olivewood, write him at P. O.

Box 2, Port Arthur, Tex. Refugee From a Sandwich And Who Could Blame Oliver B. Prickett After Sandwich Eating Scene In His First Film Is Shot 12 Times! i 40, of 2444 Faloma Street, suffered Guards, national women defense la sprained wrist and pavement organization, will meet Tuesday at vhrn h(f colIided with an 7:45 p. at the Madison School. I automobne at udson Avenue and it was announced last night by Mrs.

Cafornia street. xhe offlcer vas Signa Erickson. chasing a speeder west on California Mrs. Erickson and other mem- street when Robert R. Burns, 26.

of bers of the Green Guards recently Venice, driving north, drove in went to Imperial Valley cities to front of the motorcycle. Mr. Burns organize units. This trip and other sta(ed that he did not soe the of-Green Guard news will be business fcer and Sergeant Burris stated of the meeting. The speaker will I that he thought traffic had cleared be announced later.

for him at the intersection. 1 The speeder the officer was chasing got away. By (HARLEY KING Pasadena now has a refugee from a sandwich. Oliver B. Prickett, publicity director of the Pasadena Community Playhouse, has finally succumbed to the blandishments of Hollywood.

In becoming a film actor at a tidy weekly rate, Mr. New Bus Lines Start Today Pasadenas first completely up-to-date transportation system was to go into operation today, when busses of the Pasadena City Lines, will supplant busses and streetcars of the Pacific Electric Railway, which has served the city more than 20 years. The fare on the new busses will be only five cents, lowest since the days when independent operators ran Model Ford jitney busses" in this city. The Pacific Electric will continue to operate its Short Line and Oak Knoll interurban service between here and Los Angeles. Fast, modprn busses are being provided by the Pasadena City Lines for its major routes, and the best of the old P.

E. busses will be completely renewed for auxiliary service, the company announced. Peddling Charge CHURCH MBS, SHOT TO RESUME WORK Rev. D. V.

Johnstone, pastor, and Glenn Westover, Sunday school superintendent of the Tasadena City Church, 31 North Fair Oaks Avenue, will meet today ai church for the first time since they both were shot accidentally Tuesday night in Los Angeles by ft Mexican ho was firing at fleeing robber, it was revealed last night. Both Mr. Johnstone and Mr. Westover will perform their regular church duties, though both re rcljlng on crutches. Prickett became a refugee from a sandwich.

Double-DeekPr At That Not just an ordinary sandwich, but one of those double-deck creations that almost require the aid of a Rube Goldberg invention to eat. Through the years, Mr. Prickett, who has turned a deaf ear many times to overtures from film casting scouts, has helped dozens of Playhouse folk on their Hollywood-bound careers. Finally Mr. Prickett received a bid from Paramount Pictures a bid AXS XOSE BROKEN II WAX CD HANDLE When the handle on a small winch slipped and struck him in the face Albprt Warren, 21, of 173 West Washington Street, suffered a fractured nose yesterday.

After Emergency Hospital treatment he was taken to the Huntington Memorial Hospital. Arraigned in police court yesterday on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and peddling without a license, Roberta Mac-Tavish pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial. She was released on $500 bail pending trial Feb. 28. Miss MacTavish was arrested on charges of selling lace house-to-house at a price greatly in excess of the real value.

Yesterday seven additional complaints were received by police from women who had purchased lace from the suspect within the last few days. All stated that the lace was represented to them as being Imported. Police are investigating the additional complaints. At Humane Society Pound Private Life Of a Dog V. F.

W. TO INITIATE Twelve new members will be initiated tomorrow night at the meeting of Kenneth Bell Post, Vct-i erans of Foreign Wars, at the post's Lincoln Avenue clubhouse. 15th School Week One Injured Students killed 0 Students Injured 1 Sueh was the Pasadena student traffic accident toll for the 15th week of school which closed Friday night. The one child hurt was ft bicyclist who collided with an automobile. The boy was not seriously hurt.

The total for the school years now stands: Students killed 0 Students injured 8 a Master to take a nap If a dog wants to live of proportions that wmuld result in a monthly income, if he worked a month at the rate, to choke a goodly sized elephant, providing an elephant happened to be handy and now he is a movie actor. Flays Shyster Lawyer His first role is portrayal of a shyster New York lawyer in the film, New York Town. Ever) thing seemed in order or rather, Mr. Prickett seemed in order on setting out for his first (Turn to Page 20, Col. 4) manager 1.

old age. For of the Humane Society. "Snooks demonstrates where not Dow me-A lien 2. Time In eat at the pound. Didnt know that a little dog could read, did you? But the sign read "dog food and the little pup knew Just what to do about it.

3. "Snooka here pleads for a good home. to an Meet "Snooks, little near-white mostly Seal) ham, living temporarily at the Humane Society. More than 200 dogs a year are run over in Pasadena, according to Emmett Jones, I I.