Daily Independent Journal from San Rafael, California • Page 5

INDEPENDENT-JOURNAL Oct. If, 'Mf 1 On The World'. NEWS FRONTS a lake Tahoe speedboat accident last June, will come here tomorrow by ambulance and wheel chair to appear In federal court. She Is scheduled to appear as witness In the trial of Phil Davis, Oakland automobile dealer charged with responsibility for the accident which cost Imogene her feet. Imogene sc parents said she wlD make the 18-mtle trip from Roseville to Sacramento in an ambulance.

They reported today Imogene Is able to get around on a wheel chair, 40 Prksts JoRod PRAGUE OP) More than 40 Roman catholic priest have been Jailed In the past few days for fJjjtUm ssBssssssstM TajBlH SsH BsSSsi S.R. Eagles Endorse County Retirem ent latest group to Join in the endorsement el th county plan Is Ban Rafael Aer! No. Fraternal Order of Eaglet. The only county wide issue at stake, the retirement phn win be voted uppn at the Novemtr a else. -W adopted tbe resolution, and may I say your movement fund plan for the Marln county employees," John Eggers secretary of the Eagela notified Har ey March spokesman for the employee group yesterday number of social, fraternal and civic groups have endored the ttrement plan, including the Marln Bar Association, San Anstlmo Worn-en's Improvement club, I.farln City Council, and tht Mill Valley Car pentcrs Local 1110.

Mass Tomorrov For Anthony Chikes Mass for Anthony Chikes, street, San Rafael, will held at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Joseph's church, Ban Francisco. Chikes, US, died Saturday at a Richmond hospital. He had been Injured Wednesday In an accident rt a Richmond quarry where he worked.

Chikes had been a rule ent of San Rafael for about 10 years. Ha leaver his wife, Kate Chikes, Bun Rafael; and three brothers, Steve Matt, and Joseph, and two nephews, John and Anthony, all of San Frandsco. He was a native of Ze evlca, Yu goslavia. Rosary will be read at p.m. to night.

Char! Van S' one Funeral services for Oharle H. Van Stone, owner of Palom Inn, San Rafael who dl-d October In San -Francisco ro a heart attack, wUI be held tomorrow morn-tag at Keaton's mortuary, San Rafael. Entombment will be Mt. Tamalpals mausoleum. MARRIAGE LICSNSES Preston Curry, 24, Marln City, and Alice Jones 17, Marin City.

Kenneth H. Schwerln, 21, 401 San six miles of sewer according to the terms cf the contract awarded about June 3. Haas and Rothschild, contractors to build the treat' ment plant, are working to complete the clarifier bufore starting on the control house (center scaffolding) and sludge drying beds not shown. Cost of the treatment plan and three pumplni; plants amounts to $350,000 in the 8600,000 contract. Eighty workars compose the working crew on the entire project since It got underway.

tlnde-pendet-Joumal Photo). PROGRESS REPORT ON SAN RAFAUL'E SEWAGE PLANT-Two cylindrical basins pictured under construction are a clarlfler (front left) and a sludge digester (rear) which has just been completed on the site of San Rafael's $600,000 sewage treatment plant on tidolands along San Quentln road. John Jenks, resident engineer on the project reported today, that the project is more than hall way complete and that Feb. 1 is the scheduled day for finishing the project. McGulde and Hester Co, Oakland, has completed the instaUatlop or Visiting Judges Denies Urges Full Survey Of Public Housing 1 Locust Merchants Discuss Streets At Business Meeting Regular meeting of the Locust Merchants Association was held in Brawn's Hall In Mill Valley last weeks.

Gerald Gooch presided. A visiting party to San Quentln prison was called off for the time being. Because of the prison's overcrowded visiting schedule for this fall, the visit had to be postponed; Discussed were street problems In too locust, business area. It was suggested that entrances to- Reed street and laverne street be Improved. Accessibility or Miner avenue to residents of the Sycamore tract was discussed.

A letter will be sent to the city of Mill Valley outlining the needs of the Locust merchants. The merchants point out any decision as to street improvements must made by the people, not the merchants The association also voted to ask the Mill Valley city council to put up speed limit signs along Miller avenue, one of the main approaches to Mill Valley passing through Locust. Each merchant was asked to make sure that at least one other Locust business man comes with him at th next meeting, held ton the first Thursday of next month at Brown's hall at 8 p. m. Two-Story House Bums Sut Total Loss Is $30 A two-story house went up hi smoke at Carte Madera yesterday.

Estimated damage: 30. According to Fire Chief Frank Nelson, the elaborately constructed dwelling was a tree playhouse built by Redwood avenue neighborhood children. He said the house has been mark ad as a total loss. The tree was uft Constance J. Teung.

S3. Belvedem Richard Ramsey, 34. 34 Marenmrd avenue, and Ytrgtnia MrCraa. It, at IS Ethel evens, tt! Tsllay. Walter Bebwestu Si, of Mm- RunUton Field.

Maurice J. MUlm Depot, and Eralyn Lemlu Clark. 10. 310 MamuygsW driv. Cart DEATHS VAN STONE In San Ksraei, October IMS.

Charles H. Van Stone, husband ol Delia M. Van 8U. father of Stanley Vn Stone a native of London, England, aged e. Friends are Invited to attend th funeral October 11, 1S4S.

si 11 o'clock a.m. at Keaton's mortuary, San Rafael. Entombment at Mt, Tamalpals 10 101 CHIKES -in Richmond. October 8, 1MB, Anthony, beloved husband of Kate Chikes, brother of Steve, Matt, and Joseph Chikes, uncle of John and Anthony Chikes; a natlr of Zetevlca. Yugoslavia.

Services Tuesday at ft sjn. from San Francisco Memorial Chap), 4SS Valencia street, Ihenc to St. Joseph's church, lOtJi arid Howard, where a Requiem High Mast will to offered at :30 a.m. Interment Holy Cross cemetery. Recitation of this Rosary Monday evening, o'clock, (10U) More Than REDUCING exeats pound.

Restore nor mot posture. In life. IxtrcyeJ Oft. O. von tCHONURO, D.

F. I24t ttb St. SM Evening Appointment for the buaine girl. If no answer Call 8.R I7-M Nnr Yoric f-oiMM bdoed "FeiWen Cor Yeor." "MSHWH CAI TW YIAT Hops To Adjourn WASHINGTON arJO-Despite Jeg-istatlve difficulties congressional leaders told President Truman today they tM hope lor House and Ben ate adjournment by this Batur-day. Houm Speaker Sam Rayburo said Senate leaders told the President they believe they can complete their work by Saturday.

That would include final action en a farm bill and displaced persons legislation. As for the House, Hayburn said, they could flult el-most any time. But other observers were not quite ao optomlstic. Santa Rom Man Baattn SAN FRANCISCO OAR-POllee today are investigating the mysterious hotel room beating Charles Banscm. 3, raid to be a wealthy Santa Rosa rancher and financier.

Sansom, who said he ralaes race horses In Sonoma county, was found badly beaten, his face bloodied and cheekbone fractured, In a downtown hotel room. He was unable to give a coherent story of what happened, but said five men entered his rootn sometime before dwn nnd beat him. He Mid they took between 933 and No Boll For Ros BAN FRANCISCO 0JJ9 Federal District Judge Michael J. Roche today refused to admit to ball Mrs. Ia Togurl cV Aquino, who was convicted of treason two weeks ago.

George Olshausen, the attorney for "Tokyo Rose," pleaded for re lease of Mrs. d' Aquino pendtati out come of her appeal to the ninth TJ. B. Circuit Court of Appeals He argued (Jie should be tailed out because the defense has atantlal grounds" for an appeal to the higher court. Tom DeWolfe, who prosecuted Mrs.

oppceed th and cited the example of Gerhart Btsler, German communis'; Jeaaer, who Jumped pall of S.00 and fed to Europe after he was con wteted of nassoort fraud Mid con tempt of Congress, Imogono To Tosrtfy SACRAMENTO Imozene Wlttsch. 11-year-old Roseville school girl who lost both feet In Novato Community Chest Drive Opens At Workers Meet Thursday night at th Novate Community House a group of cap tains started the Novate Oommun lty Chest Drive. Although exact figure on th number of workers waa still unavailable, W. J. J.

Smith, Novato chairman, estimated that th number might reach forty before the territory wa completely covered. Assisting In the campaign Is Conrad Johnson, manager of the Hamilton Field branch of the -Bank of America. Mr. Johnson will handle tbe coordination of the field solicitations. Captains now with definite alignments are: Mr.

nnd Mrs. Edwin R. Roae. Mr. and Mrs.

Charles B. Ituestis, Mr. imd Mrs. Mrs. Francla Porter, Mr.

nnd Mrs. Q. E. Sanback, Mr. and Mrs.

Richard lewis, Mesdame Caryl Askhn, A. Rupprecht, J. Bagshaw, Mary Manning, Arthur Cuetafson, T. H. Bergala, Earl Pants, lance, Rev.

Peter Farmeh, Mis Eleanor lafranehl, Stephen Bruff, Charles Boyd. Oye Wiilppl. By this week end Mr. Smith stated, there would be displays in various Novato stores and that these would be rotated from week to week. He pointed out that in view of the great need this year groater effort on the part of the community as a wohle wuold be necessity, last year's quotaa are as outmoded as a horseless carriage.

Novato has grown and bo lias Its population, said Smith. Our quotas for services rendered by the youth agenoles ol this county must rise In proportion to growth. Tht Novato quota Is 18700. This amount can easily be raised. Smith said.

The campaign will be aimed at an intent Ive effort ta raise the amount in the shortest Two Airmen Arrested In Theft Of Auto Two Hamilton Field airmen were arrested Sunday morning by state highway patrolmen at Ignacto eight hours after they allegedly stole a new model car from Lewis Bonellt, 120 street, San Rafael. Tnken Into custody and placed in Marin county Jail were Pvt. Joseph Van Heef, 36, and Cpl. Alfred Hog gatt. 3S.

They reportedly took Bo-nelli's car as it was parked at a San Rafael Service station. Last night a state highway patrolman assisted by three Marin City sheriff's deputies arrested three Ft. Ord Infantrymen at the north end of the Golden Gate brldo lieading north In a stolen car. Picked up and jailed for our theft were Olan Shrunk, 33; James 1. Dukts, 39; and Fred H.

3nedmer, 33. All five accused will faeo hearing In Marin courts this week. (Contiued from page one) definitely needed In the county. Geller added that public housing for low income groups would In sure that Marln doesn't become dotted with "shacks or hovels' and that the county will remain a "high ly dasirable place to- live." He declared that Marin City la falling Into disrepair because It la deteriorating faster than it is eco nomically feasible to make repairs." "It was cheaply built and it nas served its purpose, fulfilling a definite need," he said. The board received other letters from the Mill Valley carpenters' union, the Marin City Tenants Council, and the Associated Chamber of Commerce of Marin concerning the housing situation.

Bagshaw again assured all that tbe supervisors1 will consider the public housing matter after they have an opportunity to. study the public huoslng act of 1849,. setting forth what can be done and the procedures, for doing it. Christensen Lawsuit Against Lloyds To Be Heard In City A $100,000 malicious prosecution suit brought by a San Anselmo insurance firm will be heard, in San Francisco because the parties being sued live in San Francisco and in London, England. A ruling from, visiting Marln Superior Court Judge Ben Rsgaln changed the venue of the suit brought by the H.

N. Christensen insurance company, San Ansolmo, against the Uoyds of London and a Ban Francisco collection A complaint1 filed Nov. 8 alleged that the San Anselmo firm was humiliated and lost business as the result of a writ of attachment and sheriff notice posted on the firm's automobile on a San Anselmo street. The Insurance company had been served with the writ fter an aliened failure to pay a premium on a Lloyd's insurance, policy, cans-tensen's car was later released. "I don't know how' humiliating It is to have your ear tagged in sai Ansalmo," said Attorney David llv lngetone, San Francisco, yesterday.

He represents Lloyd's, "Over here in San- Francisco we get our cars tagged every day." opposition to the communist gov ernment's bill to coutro the cmtrcn, reliable source reported today. These arrests would bring to ore than 300 the number of priests and nuns reported arrested since the beginning of the cnurcn-staw tight here. Norman Livermore Is Injured ln Waldo Grade Crash (Contiued from page one) such cultural sctlvitles as the Art and Garden center, he Is one of the leading residents or the county, NOVATO CRASH Isabel Oliviera of Novato received minor injuries while riding In a car being driven by Anthony Nunes, 45, Novato, when the car collided with one being driven by Miles Murphy 32, at 12:1 a.m. yesterday one mile north of Novato on Highway 101. Murphy, of Petaluma and Nunes were cited for driving without due caution.

Both cars were going north and rammed together sideways, the OHP said. Richard Kallenbach, 34, Joseph Stevens, 21, and Richard Forbes, 35, from Hamilton Field, all. suffered minor injuries when the car Forbes was driving ran Into" an embank' ment on the Black Point cut-off at 3 a m. yesterday. The OHP said Forbes explained that he fell asleep at the wheel, He said he heard one of his companions yell, He slammed on the brakes then noticed the others lying on the ground.

Injuries, were not serious and no citation was Issued, the OHP said. BUS. CAR CBASH Mrs. Georglne Regalia was sent to Ross General hospital with minor injuries after the car eh wa driving waa involved In a crash with a Greyhound bus and another oar on Sir Francis Drake boulevard, San Anselmo. at 12:53 am.

today. Police explained, that Mrs. Regalia was turning her car into her drive- way at HQ Sir Francis Drake boulevard, when a oar driven Robert Earl Porter, SO, of 30 Clause avenue, Fairfax, collided at rear. Police said the Regalia car was pushed into the other traffic lane In the path of a Greyhound bus, which in turn eomaea wim tne Re-galla car. Th bus was driven by Jerrlne Wllma Aycock, 36, 116 Alameda ave nue, San Anselmo.

Damage to Pot ter's car was estimated at 1400 and to the Regalia car, .1500, according to San Ansulmo police. The bus was also damaged. No citations were issued. DRIVER CITED Vincent Carlson was cited for driving without due caution at 1:35 p.m. yesterday on the Waldo ap proach.

The OHP said his car was the first in a series of three cars that rammed together in front to rear end collisions. Frank Fenleter, House 418, Marin tty. was cited on a charge of drunk driving at 11:30 p.m. Saturday after the car he was driving collided with a areyhound bus being driven Louis Martuccl, San Francisco, one mile north of the flausalito limits on alternate Highway There were no Injuries. Body Washes Up At Tomales Bay Body of William P.

Braga, 33. of Richmond was washed ashore yea terday at Blake's landing Tomales Bay. He was drowned near that spot, recently, while trying to swim channel between a small Island and the shore of Marln when he was stranded while clam digging with his 9-year-old son, William and several The other members of the party were subsequently rescued. The body was found by Mr. and Mrs.

Grant Campbell of 311 Jen nings street, San Fraancisco, during a Sunday stroll the beach. They notified Deputy Coroner Har old Keaton. The remains were taken to the Richmond Funeral Home. G. H.

TRUCK STOP 11 Highway North Novate OPEN ALL NIGHT KKIU WOW IN5JC Damage Appeal Arthur Lewis, 41-year-Dld Marln City laborer was Involved in rear-end collision at Alto intersection Sept. 30, 1648 with a fellow worker, Virgil Neal, 51-year-old Mnrin City laborer, The incident brought a civil suit by Neal against Lewis 1i Snusallto Justice court for $961 dam Last week In Marln Superior court visiting Judge Hen Ragaln turned down an appeal on the case after Neal was awarded $418 March 3 In Snusallto Court. Judge Ragaln heard the appeal two days before ruling. i Incorrec Dick Booher is a winner in a model airplane contest and is 4 member of the Marin Air Pirates. His name was clven incorrectly as Dick Boyer In a Marln Magazine story Saturday.

fltelf IHujjfcjfSSgSHIVI ou seconas Sir. Navy Declares Russians Could Stop U.S. B-36s WASHINGTON Navy men told Congress today that Russian radar fighter defenses could stop B-3S raids In numbers, and that any getting through would waste a' lot of A-bombs by missing targets. Cmdr, Eugene Tatom brought gasps of surprise from the house armed services committee by testi fying that you could stand at one end of Washington national airport and come through an atom bomb explosion at the other "without seri ous Injury." Tbe runway is little over a mile and a quarter long. Tatom, head of the aviation ord nance branch of the navy aeronautics bureau, said th A bomb is completely devastating In the Im mediate vicinity of its burst.

But contrary to popular ideas, he sald the area of destruction is rather limited. He went on: You can stand in the open at on end of the north-south runway at the Washington national airport, with no more protection than the clothes you now have on, and have an atom bomb explode at the ether end of the Runway without-serious injury to you," Because of the tremendous. cost of atom bombs and the scarcity of the materials In them, Tatom eatd, pre clston bombing is Just as necessary as with convention bombs. Just let me assur you, gentle men," he said, "that precision bomb tag of military targets deep in enemy territory from 40,000 feet at night or in daylight is a myth. Juvenile DeJfnquoncy Talk Jay Mlnkler, special counsellor of the child welfare department, San Francisco public schools, will address members and friends or Marln Lodge No.

101, F. and M. on "Ju venile Delinquency Today" at the lodge's Wednesday meettlng. He is scheduled to apeak to the group at 9:18 pjn. Wednesday at the Ban Rafael Masonic lodge building, Only Tract Of Roto That pitter-patter of rain-drops that awakened you last night turns out, upon official investigation, to have been, in meteorological tern "a trace." SIGNS VETERANS BILL WASHINGTON resident Truman today signed a bill lnc Ing disability and.

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