The Modesto Bee from Modesto, California • 5

-THF MODESTO 1036- HOUSE OF SHADOWS Yes This Gangster Posed PAOB FT and said "the surest way to go insane i to use Chief of Police Aringtnn was chairman at iha day and Ralph Brown president presided A talk by Dr A O'ConneiJ wag postponed until the next meeting Cobra bites are fatal to elephant by Ids Giessen if 16 NEA Smr lot CHAPTER I was a week after her father's funeral Claire Fosdick stood in the luxuriously furnished library and looked about her with a shudder Almost as though she half some menacing horror reach out from the familiar shadows and clutch her Then she jerked herself together with an effort Over there by his favorite vattcam (-ttv tniv in IxmPi bis body had been found 'mktL slumped forward in an unnatural uiiVrlw twisted position She could see it throuffhout tnp world to 1 thmirrh 1 1 xtia a xAt all motion pictures and to designate 5 "bad films" which Catholics should Fearfully she looked there Chafing Joseph O'Farrell agent In charge of tha San Francisco office of the federal bureau of narcotics told members of the Modesto Kiwanis Club meeting in the Hotel Modesto Wednesday that 80 per cent of the people convicted of organized crime are users of narcotics said there la no organized crime in California Last year there were 1739 arrests In this state of users of narcotics Japan he said is one of th biggest exporters of opium but very few Japanese are addicts O'Farrell described the marihuana weed which may be grown easily In the San Joaquin Valley as one of the most deadly of narcotics To relieve (Rating PRICKLY HEAT apply soothing MenlhoIntuM to the irritated skin "abstain from Hts Holiness in an encyclical 4H in 1 rented to the American of tb because of its lead in the clean pie-cbf ani1 tbe curv the tures campaign expressed himself table met her gaze MENTH0LATUM Ciwm COMFORT Omily been awfully good to me I know how I could have gone through everything without you She jarred back against a email table crashing a delicate Dresden figure to the floor It lay shattered into bite She gased down at It dazedly It was like her own world th world that had always been so beautiful and safe Smashed into broken pieces "But what Claire?" he persisted "You know crazy about you and want you to marry me Why you say you will? the loveliest girl ever known and the coldest you like me a little dearest?" Claire looked regretfully at him Certainly he seemed everything a girl could desire as he stood there pleading with her Handsome! young and ardent Yes she was! a fool "I do like you a lot Nick" Her voice was sincere like you but oh ask me now I know -I'm so uncertain about everything going up to the mountain house for a few days Maybe when I eome later Nick dear-plea With a choked sob she turned and ran out into the hall and up- stairs to her own room Crumpling1 in a heap before her dressing table she pressed small clenched fists to her cheeks "I I just I must find some other way The words ended In tears "Claire honey!" An elderly maid's startled face appeared (Continued on Page 11) The death certificate had said heart trouble and there had been autopsy Nick Baum had managed that for her But always in back of Claire's mind would the question why had her father died so unexpectedly? He seemed as well as usual when bade him goodnight and left chatting with Nick And Nick said that when he left at 11 o'clock Mr Fosdick walked to the door with him and seemed in the of spirits Yet he was gone now Claire was alone with wreck of the family fortune as at the "lamentable progress of the motion picture Industry In the portrayal of sin and vice" He also told the bishops to obtain from the faithful annually re- newable promises to ref Use to patronize undesirable movies Addressed To Americans It was the first time in recent years the pope has published an encyclical addi essed directly to American bishops The encyclical was addressed to the American bishops because they took the lead in movie censorship no the had she him had best and the Congressman Asserts Central Valleys Project Is Clinched For State By GEORGE DEAN McClatchy Newspapers Service VACAVILLE July Congrese-man Frank Buck returned to his home in Vacaville Tuesday night from a long session in Washington confident that new wine tax legisla-tion sponsored by himself In con-prr will result in benefits of $3-OoOOOO a year to grape growers and Wineries The third district congressman! also brought the cheering word that legislation passed at the session which recently closed clinches the construction of the Central Valleys Project for California Sure Of Victory Other observations made by thej congressman upon his homecoming are that President Franklin Roosevelt will win the 1036 election! by approximately as large a margin as he did in 1932 and that he is certain congress is determined to enact a rail pension bill that will satisfy the supreme court Only Tax Reduction The bill introduced by Buck reducing the internal revenue tax on sweet wines by 50 per cent was the only tax reduction obtained by any congressman during the last four years I The congressman said that out of the $3000000 tax cut the measure ill bring about California ill share to the extent of between SO! and 95 per cent In addition he 926-30 TENTH STREET MODESTO It Invited the bishops of the whole This city house and the moun-world to follow their example i tain property were about all that His Holiness ordered the estab-! was left and she knew only too llshment of motion picture review well that Nick Baum had claims offices under the supervision of the I on both Her words came bishops and said these officers back to her FRIDAY SPECIALS We must pay Nick by this time next month pay Dau Tommy Gannon former Dllllnger gang figure arrested at Minneapolis refused to pose for pictures until Milton Winslow left and Mike Mlchelson Jailers changed his mind (Associated Press Photo) Attorney Says Minister Leads Night Rider Gang would inform laymen what pictures they may or may not see Order Reviewing Offices The pope ordered that a permanent national reviewing office be set up in each country and suggested it be entrusted to the headquarters of the Chicago Action organization and dependent on the bishops He urged the exchange of information between the offices in all countries to "achieve a unit outlet in the judgments and communications appearing in the Catholic press of the world" He said he realized standards varied from one country to another "But she had exclaimed "Surely Nick will "You understand child Nick has been more than lenient I ask him to extend the time again got to find the money But how? Wearily Claire Inventoried again her chances of supplying a large sum of money in a limited space of time Trained for nothing but a society life lacking money that seemed as far distant as the snow-capped mountain peaks what could she do? As though in answer to her YOILE DRESSES 12) Voile Dresses made to for 149 and $195 Special for Friday only at 129 Smart styles patterns 200 sell and predicts a saving of 700000 a year UjILMINGTON July 2 or more on tax concessions on 1111- Evidence that fanatical back country preacher leads the hooded Columbus County night riders and plans to extend the or- brandy used In fortifying Also administrative changes con tamed in the same bill will result In substantial savings to the man- at no violence in pursuance of their ends The just adjourned grand Jury which will not report until August 21st learned the band had whipped and in some eases otherwise tortured Mrs Bertha Fowler 35 and her 14-year-old daughter who is mentally incompetent Llthue Fow- 2-Piece SLACK SETS Arkansas Picnic Is Set For Saturday Former residents of Arkansas will hold an all-day picnic in the umbrella grove of Roedlng Park In Fresno Saturday Two Arkansas string hands will present music and Bobby Burns radio star has been invited to be present with his bazuka Families attending are requested to bring their own lunches pitchers cups and glasses Free lemonade ice water and coffee will be served Attendance is expected from Tracy Turlock Modesto and other San Joaquin Valley cities Watch Is Recovered A watch owned by Mrs Santos cannery worker which she thought had been stolen later was recovered by the owner The police were informed of the case ufacturers of whisky and beerlganizatlon along Ku Klux Klan which it is expected will be passed lines led Solicitor John Burney to lake personal charge of an in- 4S vestigation of eleven floggings to-jler a paralyzed 65-year-old farmer day unrelated to Mrs Bertha Fowler Burney said he had proof the three daughters and John vigilante captain was a Clarendon Crib a young farmer whom the minister and he had induce night riders accused of bootlegging New -lust arrived genuine AVONDALE FABRIC Sanforized shrunk 2 1 slack sets All sizes PURE SILK HOSE 25 First quality Pure Silk Hose In clear chiffon weight 25c a pair and this would have to be taken problem the door behind her into consideration opened and a tall young man came Culls For Appeal eagerly toward her and took both The pontiff urged that bishops her cold hands in his appeal to the Catholics connected "Nick! I -I didn't know you with motion picture production were here I hear you come saying the influence of these Cath- olios not always been in accordance with their faith and ideals" The pope declared: People who in time of repose give themselves diversions which violate decency honor or morality and to recreations which especially to the young constitute occasions of sin are in grave danger of losing their greatness and even national! power in "Because I came through the garden Cut across from the garage The maid opened the French window for me Are you glad to see me Claire?" He kissed her fingers as he spoke then stood looking down at her his flashing dark eyes admiring every line of her "You're prettier every time I see rixHE girl freed her hands with on to the benefit of the agricul tural interests Taxes Eliminated The comprehensive bill also eliminates the withdrawal and rectifying taxes on vermouth representing a saving of well over 50 per cent in the tax paid on that liquor repeals the tax on grape concentrates and opens the field to the use of domestic sherry for blending purposes hitherto prevented Buck feels this measure will result in the largest permanent benefits to the agriculturists of this locality of anv bill of the session REPUDIATION DENIED Claims of the enemies of the Central Valleys Project that the recent congressional action ear-marking $6000000 of a 6900000 Central Val- I women of his congregation to serve as executioners in the band's nocturnal torturings of persons they judged immoral Bare Eleven Floggings A grand jury that adjourned this week found the vigilantes had flogged five men five women and a mentally defective girl of 14 in a program of violence begun at least as far back aB last November Idke the Black Legionnaires of Michigan and Ohio Burney said the Carolina night riders pledged pr whisky Finds Three Others Burney said he had found three other men whom the vigilantes had whipped and expected to find more Many residents of the countryside saw the band on their rides and heard rumors The fanatical band wore white robes and hoods 'Ml- Urns of ttw Tky addressed each other by numbers Their motto according to the Wilmington Star-News which said it had obtained an affidavit from a member was: To change or to kill Mrs Meyer Estate Exceeds $10000 Mrs Helen Mever of Modesto WOOL SWIM SUITS A stone monument is onei an uneasy little gesture "Of carved from rock which is in the! course always glad to see you place It has occupied from time Nmk she answered immemorial The Rushmore Me- (POLITIC? I AiiVEHTlsKMENTi morial lit the Black Hills of South Dakota is such a piece of i all-wool swim suit 1 styles In smart colors priced Hollywood CAMP TRAILER 1936 Streamlined De Luxe Model FULLY EQUIPPED $71500 Delivered Here Sleeps four two double beds SEE IT AT SWEELEY GARAGE 1211 St Phone 718 DEALER levs Project appropriation formselves to kill any comrade who Friant Dam is a repudiation of the Grayed their secrets and to stop project as a whole were denied vig xiT 1 orously by the congressman WOITlrin PlCSClS -The first words of the said uulau 1 Buck the best answer to that The measure specifically provides that the appropriation is made the continuation of the Central Val- To Marry Man Doomed To Die Girl Sizes $100 I who died June 28th left an estate not in excess of $10000 in value VOTE for Dennett for Superior Judge Primaries August 25 1938 a special administrator filed Thursday in the superior court here by I Walter Galvin of San Francisco a nephew sets forth the nature and value of the estate The law firm of Griffin Boone represents 5 SWIM SHORTS 100 All Wool A fcf Built-in Supports 11 Pocket for Keys 1 PHOENTX Ariz July 2-U- and sufficient authorization of the proj-j Arizona state officials to-day post- ersona Property ect for thefuture and axsurance p0nej decision on the tearful plea 1 0j a wa(tresg she be permitted to marry a man awaiting execution in the lethal chamber for slaying congress will make continuing appropriations $8100060 FOR KEN NETT A petition for the appointment of CIRCULAR MIRRORS $49 22-inch Diameter A $195 Value Just Arrived Special for Friday Bird Cages SI 19 Reg 159 Happy Singer "While it is true that 6000000 Is victim during a holdup of the OJMWOOO appropriation Is The demand was placed before earmarked for Friant It also is Governor Moeur hy Thelma true there is an unexpended bal- Martin 26-vear-old waitress who ance of 81(81000 of the first allot- said Bje fell in love with Roland ment which can he spent on Ken- (Jerry) Cochrane 28 while visiting nett" him at the state prison where he is He said power Interests wde ae- awaiting outcome of an appeal from tive in Washington to block hjg death sentence passage of the measure Governor Moeur gruff country ROOSEVELT STRONG physician announced he was wlli-Lonking at the presidential elec- jng to oblige the girl if he can do tion picture Buck declared Rooae- so legally He took his stand after strength appears to be as prison officials denied her plea on great throughout the nation to-day grounds it was against the as it was in 1032 when he rode regulations (nlo the White House on an un- "it will be okay with me If the prccedcntcd landslide attorney office says it Is defection will make Governor Moeur declared no difference he said Assistant Attorney General Elmer Middle West which some Coker was doubtful if the cere-have painted as the battle ground mony could be permitted even if of the campaign appears to be ex- Cochrane is saved from the death ceedingly enthusiastic and well In sentence line for the president Pennsylvania apparently will go for Roose-I vent THIRD PARTY HIT observers do not think! the projected third party move- SAN JOSE July Rosicrucians Lose $21000 Judgment third party move-! SAN jose July CLOSING OUT BEER SETS Regular 100 Tall Glasses Bras- Tray Se with combination pretzel tray on top Complete set- Brand Complete with Accessories Men's PANAMA HATS 59 Imitation white Panama straw hats All sizes Also genuine waterproof Bangalora straw hats In a special group at 79c to 119 JP)Coun-ment can posibiy disturb the bal-jae for the order of Rosicrucians ance of power Many believe it will p)anncd an appeal to-day from a cut into the Republicans as much $21000 jury verdict rendered OAmnm'aia 'against the organization late yes terday In superior court here The jury after deliberating three as into the Democrats Buck also believes two other measures he sponsored will have Men's Sport Shirts Showing the Wilken Family at a sort of get-together me behind the punch bowl leaning my hand on the refreshment table and joking with Larry Burkes there with hi vest open and stirring up the punch The big fellow over to the other side of me is my brother-in-law Tom and William Wilken is the one with hi head just about in front of the fiddler's stomach Harry Wilken Itayon and Tuck Stitch The popular sport shirts for summer In white and colors Button and gaucho collars All sizes Reduced specially 49 material benefits for Californians One amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodity Act preventing evasions of reparations orders of the department of agriculture in favor of shippers and the other puts the same quarantine regulations as govern common carriers This latter measure long has been hours awarded Virgil Rankin San Francisco salesman the damages Rankin claimed he was arrested in Reno and held in jail here several days on embezzlement charges He was released after Dr Spencer Lewis grand Impersonator of the order withdrew the charges Rankin asserted In the suit on file the salesman WHITE CAPS 25c sought by agricultural officials but bas by tbe postal a total award of $100500 thorities WORK SHIRTS Dress SHIRTS Reg 69c Value Covert Shirts Non Wilt Collar Starchless Collar Full Cut- 49 All sizes For celebrating the 4th the personal whiskey of our family! Solons Will Hear Indian Complaints WASHINGTON July 2 (A5) A senate Indian sub-committee will begin next week a investigation 0 Indian affairs in Alaska California Arizona and New Mexico Senator Elmer Thomas (D Okla) Indian committee chairman said he and Senator B'razier (R D) probably would represent the committee with Senator Shlpstead (F-L Minn) accompanying them at his own expense Thomas said the sub-committee would study complaints of 23000 California Indians against the government for land titles FIRST QUALITY RAYON Men's Shirts or Shorts rayon short or shirts in all sizes and colors of flesh blue peach and white A great value at 25c a garment TH VACATION LUGGAGE that started distilling 44 years ago in the distillery where Grandad Wilken worked If ever got a mind to find out how mild and tasty a whiskey can be without its costing you Tom William and me would like you to try the Wilken Family Whiskey got everybody talking so And The Wilken Family hopes you have a nice holiday! 00 I dare say a lot of folks looking around in the liquor stores have got their eye peeled for something extra special for the 4th I wonder if some that found out they can get the exact same whiskey we distillers enjoy amongst ourselves The Wilken Family Whiskey is our own recipe made in every way according to the recipe of our Dad Large Suit Cases Hat Boxes etc Wooden frame some with fiber sides Constructed to stand hard use Friday Sale Veterans Oppose Chain Store Tax The annual state convention of the United Veterans of the Repub lie has gone on record urging defeat of the proposed special tax against chain stores holding it would raise the cost of living and put a new strain on pocketbooks Resolutions condemning the chain store tax as well as the oleomargarine tax and the single tax and favoring the current sales tax were voted by the veterans during the meeting just closed in Los Angeles Assemblyman Kenneth Dawson of San Francisco declared: It is obvious this proposed new tax on chain stores necessarily would be passed on to the public who must pay the tax bill in the long run Very little revenue would be raised by the bill That punitive action was contemplated in its framing is made apparent by the fact that only a few retail lines were included Many exemptions have been made some of them being the most lucrative business enterprises in the state A new tax on retail stores dealing in necessities means that the man attempting to support a family would be hit hardeet Modestan Is Fined On Driving Charge Williams of Route 2 Modesto was fined $15 and given a ten-day suspended jail sentence Wednesday when he pleaded guilty in the justice court of Judge Hawkins on a charge of careless driving jgfiBiy? Other fines included: Peter Winters Rlpon headlights and tail light out $250 A Welty Rlpon double parking $1 Ed Zeff 400 Tuolumne Boulevard overparking $1 Dan Papas 826 Seventh Street alley parking $2 BOYS' SHOE SALE I LK notice to No SHIM IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OB STANISLAUS In the Matter of the Estate of ANTONIO RFJS Deceased NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the undersigned Administratrix of the Estate of Antonio Reis deceased to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased to file them with the necessary vouchers within six months after the first publication of this notice In the office of the i'lerk of the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the Gounty of Stanislaus in the Citv of Modesto County of Stanislaus State of California or to exhibit said claim with the necessary vouchers within said six months to the said Administratrix of the Estate of Antonio Reis at the offices of Frank Cadmus Damrell In the Call-I fornia Building No 905 Tenth Street City of Modesto County of Stanislaus State of California which sahi offices the undersigned selects as her place of business in all matters connected with the said estate of Antonio Reis deceased Dated June I7h 1930 AMY REIS Administratrix of the Estate of Antonio Reis deceased FRANK CADMUS DAMRELL Attorney for Administratrix ljune 18 25 July 2 9 16 FREE a copy of our Wilken Family Cooking Album If write me at The Maple No3SchenleyPa A brand new arrival of shoes Sturdy and durable all-leather soles and uppers all colors-black tan white and two-tone For dress up or for play Special for only BLENDED AND BOTTLED BY 10S FINCH CO INC SCHENLEY PA-DIVISION OF SCHENLEY PRODUCTS CO INC 8ft ft proof The etrmlsrht whlekiM In hU product are lb month or mor old 2S1 etrolght orhUkey 75rr grata neutral pirit This product con Ultra 6 straight whisker 4 roar old atralght whlsktjr lb month old We Carry Shoes for the Entire Family National Dollar Store SUPERVISED BY THE WILKEN FAMILY.