The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 11

ws Of The San Joaquin Valley SOLOIST Love Testifies To Gambling Deal With McMillan McFadden Chides Industry For Lack Of Aid To Farmers (Continued From race 1-B 0)0 to construct a rhcmurgic labo- ratorv In California I -It should be noted that indutrv Is so organized that it may condurt 1 1 JQ Several Ihousand Portuguese fam- rom a11 par) of the San dinner and entertainment will) Joaquin Valley are expected to par-1 fraur nnual Mother1 Davjticipate in the annual ceremonies! fiv" hy the Dante honoring the Holy GhosL scheduled West Fresno News Hall Orange and Portuguese Slate Annual Religious Fete This Evening Phillips Probers Will Urge County Control Of Relief Hit Run Auto Kills 3 Year Old Girl In Hanford Little Jeanette Miller Is Struck Down Near Home Car Is Described S-i costly researches whereas agricul- FrMn' Cosmopolitan iih the exception of a few Cafe tomorrow evening at 7 clock mmtoofwKt wilnlhm? nd? Ji JhS: fiM thm cWtlnn- Consuls will be distributed to -iKS whicS wrn he wives of members ment of nylon which will replace nrinn Past President Roy Drioane will in the CPPES North Avenues tonight and tomorrow The celebration will he formally opened with a dance starting tonight at 9 o'clock Miss Jewell Rosetta Mendes will rule as queen She will he attended hy Helen Freitas and Agnes Roque Dorothy Borraeo Mary Fontes Ihe master of ceremonies Evelyn George A procession Guolatte and Flora May will form at the lodge hall tomorrow morning withiCoun(Uman MrMilian's hribery the celebrants marching to the Sttrl Ibat McMillan helped him hunt Alphonsus Catholic Church for al location for a Bakersfield gambling club visited the establishment before it opened and assured Love it would be alright for him to operate St Love further described giving $100 to Charles Martin former city sanitarian in four $100 hills Martin previously testified he turned the bills over to McMillan Superior Judge Andrew Shottky late yesterday continued the trial until Monday at 10 A The judge will try a case in Mariposa today The establishment was opened January 26th and raided January 27th at about 10:30 by Inspector Robert Knight of the Bakersfield City Police vice squad Locations Are Discussed Love testified he had a number of meetings with McMillan at which locations for proposed gambling rluh were discussed He said these included the Motel Inn the penthouse on the Hotel Tegelcr and a place on Eighteenth Street The witness said the councilman assisted in attempting to obtain a location hut did not obtain one Love declared McMillan said be was sure he could arrange protection hut that 30 per cent would have to he paid The witness told of going to bis home in Anaheim and cashing a $430 check October 17th lie said he used $30 for personal expenses and gave $400 to Martin on or about October 28th Martin in his testimony told of giving the $400 to McMillan Purchase Of Bar Related Love said he hought the Regent Bar at Nineteenth and Streets after being unable to get either the Motet Inn or Hotel Tegeler penthouse location A solid partition was built between the bar and the rear gambling rooms to which entrance was obtained fram side doors Love testified there was an upstairs room and a ground floor room in the gambling place and the furniture included tables for black-jark or twenty one poker tables and dice tables The witness said he rented the place to Tuck Eden for $100 a month and advanced $1000 to Eden Love said McMillan visited the place just before it was opened and when he asked the couneilman if it was all right to open McMillan assertedly assured him by saying: green lights are open" Aasuranee Is Recalled The witness also told of seeing McMillan on the Monday night following the raid of Saturday January 27th "'Don't worry about it You will he all right'" Love said ha was advised by the councilman Love said he met McMillan the next night in the Elks Club at McMillan's request and the councilman questioned him regarding Love's interview with Police Inspectors Robert Knight snd Fjekert In his cross examination Martin described an Interview with McMillan in the office of the chief of police following the raid in which Martin asked McMillan to resign The witness said a dictagraph had been placed in the office and the conversations were recorded George A Smith a Kernville mining engineer snd Martin testified they had been present when McMillan suggested the take should be 30 per rent from daily receipts of Love's proposed gambling club The witnesses asserted the councilman said that he had power sufficient to give such a club protection Strategist Heads Rumania Cabinet BUCHAREST (Rumania) May 11 Rumania's entire defense was placed today In Ihe hands of General Ion Ilcuzu regarded as the country's cleverest strategist General Ilcuzu will head the ministries of national defense air and marine In a new rahinet formed by Premier Gheorghe Tataresru Tatarescu resigned to day and was immediately asked by King Carol to reform and strengthen his government Quarters close to Ibe government said King Carol wants representatives of all political thought from extreme left to the extreme right represented in the new government because of belief that Rumania must be united in the fare of a possible extension of the war throughout Europe The monarch Is understood to be alarmed at the manner in which dissatisfied factions opened the way in other countries for Nazi event arranged in Fresno at tle time of the West Coast Relays State Aide Disputes Vintage Age Testimony (MrClatchy Newspaper Service) SAN FRANCISCO May Mil-Ion Duffy chief of the bureau of food and drug inspection of the state department of public health differed sharply with testimony given at a Federal Alcohol Administration hearing this week that vintage dates appearing on California wines are In a letter to the alrohol administration Duffy declared: The rigid enforcement of rules for vintage wine control by the California Stale Department of Public Health has been of decided Importance In helping to guarantee wines of good quality to the consumers Vintage dates appearing on California wines In conformance with the rules of this department guarantee to the consumer the age of the wine he buy Both the consumer and the wine are therefore protected Heart Ailment Increase Noted CORONADO May Delegates at the dosing convention session of the California Mediral Association were informed that heart trouble Is on the Increase in young people Dr John Sampson San Francisco said on the rectal characteristics and habits of man Indicate there may be much to the belief that the pare of modern life is producing premature degeneration especially in emotionally high pitched races" The heart specialist said that "coronary and generalized arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) may really he on the Increase in young indivldusls and the tendency is inherited chiefly through the mother" President Installed The association Installed Dr Tarry Wilson Los Angeles as president succeeding Charles Dukes Oakland and named Dr Henry Rogers Petaluma president elect an office from which he will he elevated to the presidency' next year Del Monte was awarded the 1941 meeting Dr II Gilman San Francisco was elected president of the council of the association succeeding Dr Karl I Schaupp San Francisco Dr Lowell Coin Los Angeles was reelected speaker of the house of delegates and Dr Vincent AskCy Loa Angeles was retained vice speaker Vacancies filled In the association's council Included Dr Louis A Packard Bakersfield Advlre to housewives on handling of rannert foods was given by Dr Ghrist Glendale during a talk on botulism It Is a mistake to think that home canned foods are necessarily made germ free hy rooking at the time penetration Witness Describes Club Opening Saying Council man Said To Go Ahead BAKERSFIELD (Kern Co) May Dean Love of Anaheim is on record today in testimony at City Tot Is Struck By Car Both Legs Are Broken Billy Wood 4 of Route 7 Box 117 suffered fractures of both legs when the tricycle he was riding was struck by an automobile driven hy Francis Swartzel 28 of Route 9 Box 152 at Olive and Crystal Avenues last night i The child had been riding on the sidewalk near bis home and turned into the street where he was hit hy the rar He Is under treatment in the St Agnes Hospital Kalinin Returns VIIPURI May Michael Kalinin chairman of the presidium of the supreme soviet of the USSR srrived hy special train yesterday in this former Finnish city acquired by Russia at the end of the Finnish-Russian war Kalinin was greeted by army commanders railway employes and other workers In the days before the Russian revolution he once was a worker here Woman 60 Years In Fresno County Called By Death Mrs Charlotte Baird 89 of Route 1 Box 230 Sanger died last night in the family residence following a prolonged illness She was born in Birming ham England and had lived in Fresno County nearly sixty years Her husband Robert Baird died in 1909 The death of her parents left Mrs Baird an orphan when she was 9 years of age She left England as a girl and went by sailboat to New Zea- land the voyage airs Charlotte requiring three Baird months Eight year later Mrs Baird came to America and settled in Fresno where her brother Edward Rogers owned property on Orange Avenue Following her marriage Mrs Baird and her husband lived in Easton where they operated a dairy and later moved to West Park Since 1900 she had lived In the Kutner Colony Survivors include three daughters Eva Baird and Mrs Florence Hansen of Sanger and Mrs Winifred Sykes of Barstow Colony two sons Robert and Edward Baird of Sanger: a sister Mrs Emily P-r-fin of Los Gatos eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren Mrs Baird was an active member of the Methodist Church in Sanger Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 In the chapel of the Lisle Funeral Home to be followed by interment in the Belmont Memorial Park Mrs Anna Gill Valley Pioneer Dies In Selma SELMA (Fresno Co) May II Mrs Anna Marla Gill 90 a native of Carrolton 111 and a pioneer resident of the San Joaquin Valley died last night In the Selma Sanitarium following a brief Illness Mrs Gill was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Link who were pioneers of Illinois Her father scried in the Illinois Legislature with Abraham Lincoln and her husband the late William Maxwell Gill was a veteran of the rivil war rioneer Lemoore Settlers The Gills settled In Lemoore in 1889 where Gill was editor of the Lemoore Leader They stayed there for five years and Gill then became connected with the old Fresno Expositor In Fresno where the family lived for three years Her husband died in Oakland in 1901 and since then Mrs Gill had made her home in Bakersfield and Selma where she maintained her own household until she was taken fatally ill only a few days ago She would have celebrated her ninetieth birthday on May 22nd Four Sons Survive Mrs Gill had been a devout member of the Baptist Church for the last seventy five years She was the mother of six sons and one daughter four of the sons surviving her They are John Gill of Bakersfield Frank Gill of Berkeley Albert Gill of Selma and Harry Gill of Bakersfield Surviving her also are twenty grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Funeral services will he held In the Byrne Parlors here at 10 o'clock Monday morning with Rev Phillip Schwahcnland of the Baptist Church officiating Burial will be in the West Selma Cemetery March Production Of Oil Sets Mark WASHINGTON May The bureau of mines has reported the Marrh 31st total stocks of all oils at 543843500 barrels or 138 supply This compares with 533046000 barrels In February and 563232000 in March 1939 Storks of motor fuel totaled 101- 860000 barrels as compared with 97478000 In February and 85910-000 in March a year ago The bureau said the March daily average production of 3873400 barrels of crude oil broke all records It was 126200 harrels more than the dally average production and 429 300 more than the March 1939 avpruffp Virtually all the gain In crude oil output the bureau said was in Texas and Illinois Christen Nielsen 83 Retired Farmer Dies Christen Nielsen 83 of 4619 Madison Avenue a retired farmer died suddenly today in the family residence following a heart altark He was barn in Denmark and had lived in Fresno thirteen years and in California thirty eight years Survivors include his widow Mr Ida Nielsen and a brother An ton Hansen of Iowa Funeral arrangements are pending at the Yost A Webb Mortuary Art Exhibit Slated The annual exhibit of orlginnl paintings and drawings by mem' bers of the Fresno Art Association will open tomorrow fyi Ihe Fresno Memorial Auditorium gallery There is no admission to the exhibition which will he open daily from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 through June 2nd Miss Emma Srhray association secretary announced the exhibit will open with a preview and reception from 3 to 5 Lamp Lighter Dies VIRGINIA CITY (Nev) May 11 James Kemp 72 one of the last of this historic mining ramp's lamp lighters and a resident hero since 1873 died af his home yesterday He was a native of Oil City Pa Legislator And Head Of Sfate Welfare Speak At Lindsay Forum LINDSAY (Tulare Co) May 11 State Senator John Phillips of Banning chairman of the stale legislature's Interim committee investigating relief in California told a forum audience here last night the committee in its report Monday will recommend Ihe return of relief administration hy the state to the individual counties Phillips and Walter Chambers state director of relief were the speakers at the forum in the Lindsay High School Auditorium Phillips said the joint assembly and senate Investigating committee found virtually all of the rounties in favor of the return of reljpf to them by the state He contended local officials well acquainted with Congress Migrant Committee Named WASHINGTON May 1 special five member house committee headed by Representative Tolan Democrat California and including Repre sentatives Parsons Democrat Illinois Sparkman Democrat Alabama Curtis Republican Nebraska and Osmer Republican New Jersey was named today by Speaker Bankhead to Investigate the Interstate migration problem Tolan who introduced and obtained passage of a resolution authorizing the Investigation said the committee would ask the house for $25000 to finance its study individual relief recipients would he better qualified to deal with them fairly than are the s'ate welfare staff members Basis Is Discussed The senator said the return of relief to the counties might be made on a basis similar to the public school system in which local boards control administration and funds are apportioned hy the state according to the number of Individuals The speaker said have always had the poor First we had the poor houses Now the pendulum has swung to the other extreme Liberal relief Is breaking down the morale of our population llberalily In the rare of the needy has made it a laboratory for the carrying out of social experiments It la threatening to make it the poor house of the United States "No alien who came to the United Stales since 1934 should be eligible to relief" rian Called Ideal On Paper Chambers pronounced the return of rtlief to the counties ideal setup on paper" but beset with practical problems One of these he said would be the difficulty In getting all of the many counties to agree on a basis for state participation In place of county administration the relief director recommended an increased work relief program rehabilitation of individuals where possible and a dole only where these measures could not be applied He urged that the care of transients who move from state to state be made federal responsibility thus relieving California from caring for persons who migrate here Tulare Cattleman Is Taken By Death PORTERVILLE (Tulare Co) May 11 Jerome Brown 65 a pioneer cattleman of the California Hot Springs district died last night In his home He was a native of Porterville and had spent his entire life In eastern Tulare County and northern Kern County He is survived by his wliow Mrs Ida Mae Brown and several nephews and nieces Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 in the Loyd-Freitzsche Chapel with burial In the Plano Cemetery 600 Cars Of Valencia Oranges Allotted Valley Shippers PORTERVILLE (Tulare Co) May The growers advisory committee of the citrus association meeting In Los Angeles allotted the San Joaquin Valley 600 cars of Valencias for ont of stale shipment and 115 cars for California points Southern California was allotted 540 cars of Valencies for interstate trade and 100 cars for California 300 cars of Navels for Interstate and sixty for intrastate shipment Arizona was given sixty cars of Valencias for interstate markets The figures represent a slight reduction In Central California allotments over last week Gift Of Wine To Boy Is Charged In Madera MADFRA (Madera Co) May Salazar 43 charged with giving 6 year old boy wine Is held In the Madera County Jail In lieu of $250 hail The complaint was filed by Mrs Minnie Dobales mother of the child Salaar rlaims the Dnhals boy took the wine from his home Farmersville Man Admits Check Charge VISALIA (Tulare Co) May Isaac Tate 37 of Farmersville pleaded guilty In Supevlor Judge Glenn court yesterday to forgery and applied for probation A hearing was set for May 20lh Tate assertedly rashed several forged chocks in Visalia an agricultural product and promises to dislocate the entire economy of a nation fortunately not our own Turning to the migrant situation McFadden declared it is not exclusively an agricultural problem hut one concerning all society Only slightly more than one third of the migrant families are deriving their income from farm lahor making it a more general problem than one for the farmers to try to solve "The best available evidence indicates that this state not only cannot hope in the near future to adjust its economy to adequately employ those already here" he said if the inflow of depression migrants continues it will seriously disrupt the economy of California Jeopardize wage scales living standards and social welfare programs" Termed National Problem McFaddrn said the migrant program plainly is national in its aspects and suggested three remedies by the federal government as follows: Federal relief and rehabilitation programs be increased in states of out migration public assistance In states of out migration be supplemented by federal funds in aid or other emergency measures and Increase of local and atate support in states of out migration be encouraged through federal matching grants He expressed hope the Tolan committee recently authorized by congress will obtain a complete picture of the national migrant situation and recommend remedial legislation the meantime" he said In California we must all work together toward preserving the stability of our state and toward ultimately developing these newcomers Into responsible citizens However we must keep In mind that the ml grant problem is but a segment of the great unemployment problem the solution of which is most difficult1 James Mussalti general manager of the state chamber and a speaker at the dinner meeting described problems of relief and taxation which will be presented at the special session of the legislature next Monday "The public assistance bill in California this year from all sources will approximate $260000000 with 900000 persons receiving such assistance" he said has had a staggering rise in governmental costs in a period of less than three decades 1910 total taxes collected in the state amounted to 563000000 In 1920 collections were $329000000 and In 1930 the people of California paid $396000000 in taxes Our 1939 tax hill will reach the staggering figure of $918000000 cry for economy and a reduction of relief expenditures must pervade the whole state during this session if we are to preserve our California economy" Gilbert IL Jerthrrg was the toastmaster and the visiting guests were introduced by Gerald Thomas Greetings of the host rhamher of commerce was offered by Charles Connor president Vocal selections were presenled hy Miss Alma Cells accompanied at the organ by Mrs Dorothy Doyle San Joaquin Valiry wines were served during the dinner and the tables were derorafed with bunchec of raisins in observance of National Raisin Week Prohibitionists Select Babson CHICAGO May Roger Babson the Massachusetts statistician was nominated wiihout nppo-aition today as the Prohibition candidate for president In presenting name to the party's national convention George ii Thompson of Boston chairman of the Massachusetts State Committee asserted he la offering the Prohibitionists of Edgar Moorman Quincy 111 manufacturer was nominated for vice president Both Are Newcomers Boih nominees are newromers to the prohibition movement Until two years ago Babson was a Republican Moorman formerly was a Democrat The Prohibition Parly adopted unanimously a platform in which it suggested thet it he the nucleus of a minor party coalition to form the opposition to the Democratic and Republican Parties are the one political group which has learned from sed experience that legislation alone is insufficient to achieve a goal" a plank stated "There is also need for character and the election to office of a party devoted to prohl billon principles" The platform is a reaffirmation of Ibe party's contention that while prohibition does not always end evils the prohibition of that which la evil must go hand In hand with the promotion of that which Is good The platform called for prohibition of the liquor traffic the narcotics traffic commercial gambling debasing motion pictures and of political graft Debt Tax Reductions Urged The delegates urged reduction of the public debt and taxation and a program to keep the United States out of war while providing adequate defense Additional proposals Included the reaffirmal ion of the separation of rhurch and slate and the condemnation of the United Slates for sending ambassadors to religious bodies Edward Rlake chairman of the Prohibition Nalionnl Committee told the delegates $23000 Is needed to begin a campaign fund Blake said reports reaching the national headquarters here indicated the prohibition movement is reawakening especially in Califor-Sla and Washington be Next Tuesday at 8 officers and special committees will meet at the Italian Entertainment Park The last regular 'meeting of the club was held Thursday evening in Gaiihaldi Hail with President John Obcrti presiding Annual Stag Party Of Verdi Club Set Tonight The annual stag party and high jinks of the Verdi Club of Fresno is slated this evening in the Italian Entertainment Fark with a full program of games and entertainment arranged The affair will open at 7:30 hut the main event the floor show! will not atart until after the West Coast Relays are concluded Anthony Camoroda a committee member said entertainers have been Imported from San Franriseo end Los Angeles to provide the floor show Tickets may be obtained at the gate this evening Playground Arranges Mother's Day Party A Mother's Day program featuring selections hy the rhildren of the Fink-Smith Playground is scheduled for tomorrow at 5:30 in the playground renter under the direction of Albert Lamnure and Mary Solo city supervisors and Idalene Strange and Samuel Daddate WPA recreational leaders The program will include numbers hy ihe male chorus directed by Lawrcnre Dukes a cappella choir under the direction of Mrs Lottie! Nnhle CCC male chorus direcled by Raymond Haywood and a brief talk by William A BIgby Jr Thanks Service Set Members of the Queen Sheba Household Group No 5829 lOOF are requested to meet in Columbus Hall tomorrow night at 7:15 o'clock to go in a body to the annual thanksgiving service in the West Fresno Baptist Church A special musical program is being arranged for the aervices which will start at 8 o'clock Rev A Hubbard will deliver the annual sermon and Mrs Lillian Wolf-skill will preside Program Planned Trackmen of the Edison Technical High School and visiting athletes will be guests of the Slate Center Post No 511 American Legion In the Legion Hall 1523 Mariposa Street at a dancing party and entertainment tonight at 9 The party is scheduled after the West Coast Relays at which the athletes will compete Music for dancing will be played by Evelyn Orchestra and entertainment will be provided by pupils of Miss Idalene vocational class a WPA sponsored project Tinkler WillSpeak WtTen Tinkler will speak on The North Sea Then And Now at a meeting of the International Service Club in the Fresno International Institute' Monday evening at 6:30 Faces Knifing Charge The police today announced Curley Russell now being held in Stockton will he returned here for possible prosecution on an assault charge as the result of a knifing affray in a pool hall at 944 Street April 10th when Allen Wilbert 630 Street wes injured Russell fled after the fight and recently was arrested in Stockton Deplores $2500 Award In Heart Balm Case LOS ANGELES May )-Mrs Marie Urban lamented today that Is niggardly compensation for the losa of a husband to a 60 year old widow and especially so when her religion prevented the replacement of her beloved "You She had asked $100000 from aged hut spry Mrs Edith Gaines for alienating the affections of Braheen Urban an operatic singer who occasionally plays small parts in movies The jury ordered Mrs Caines to pay $2500 think a woman has to live al! her life without a husband" she said they only give her $2500 If they don't think I deserved It why they refuse me everything? This won't even pay my expensea from Canada Pretty Mrs Urban a well known dress designer followed her husband to Hollywood from Toronto to find him with a key to the widow's apartment Both are Syrians Before Abdo came to Hollywood and fell a victim to Mrs Gaines' charms she said their love had been Abdo affectionately calling her Mi Mi and she railing him You You Mra Gaines called him gorgeous Arab" Principal Plans To Fight Murder Charges LOS ANGELES May (D-Verlin Spencer high school principal announced hia determination today to fight charges of murdering five of liis associates Before a county grand jury indicted him on five counts of murder and one of attempird murder and a coroner's jury listened to several hours of testimony he said he wanted a quick trial and execution feel much heller particularly since I have a lawyer lie id today "I think I can he tip and out of here in a few days to fight this thing' Spenrer's atiorney said he would advise a plea of innocent and innocent by reason of insanity HANFORD (King Co) May Jeanelle Miller 3 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd Miller of 519 West Seventh Street was instantly killed about 7:30 o'clock last night when she was struck by a car who-e driver failed to stop Police have a description of the machine obtained from eye wit nesses to the tragedy and the driver is sought The car is said to have been a 1931 or 1932 Chevrolet coupe green or blue with yellow wheels Body I Dragged Feet Captain Carr of the state high way patrol estimated the child's body was dragged approximately fifty feet by the death machine Kenneth Mulle of Fowler told of fleers he was traveling behind the couple and saw the machine strike the child Mulle said he pulled over to the curb immediately rx porting the driver of the other car to stop too When he saw the other rar had failed to stop it was too late to get the license number Mulle's description of the hit and run machine was supported bv boys who also saw the accident The de scription was broadcast to officers throughout Central California Death Is Fifth In Week- The accident happened almost directly in front of the Miller home The fatality was the fifth King County traffic death within a week The total la more than were re corded for the entire year of 1938 Besides her parents the child li survived by a brother Bennie and a sister Betty The Miller family came here two years ago from Morton Texas The body was taken to the Peo pies Undertaking Parlors Valley Pasture Range Conditions Declared Good San Joaquin Valley range and pas lure land conditions described bv stockmen as the best in several years are reported in a California Cooperative Crop Reporting Service bulletin prepared following a slate wide sue vev as of May 1st The average condition In the valley is listed with a 93 point rating compared with a 75 point ten year average and the state rating is 92 points compared with 78 for the 1930-39 period Range Cattle Thrive Range rattle the report says have made excellent gaina since late Winter and ultimate weights and finish of rattle off grass will undoubtedly be belter than average In the mountain areas also Spring feet has been good Summer range prospects are favorahle and cattle Wintered without heavy shrinkages Late Spring rains prolonged the growth of green feed on early lower ranges and will promote ranld growth in intermediate and late range areas at higher elevations Market Outlook Good Regarding the market outlook the report any: A very favorahle situation exist with respect to marketing the 1940 crop of grass fat cattle from California early ranges in the period from May to August Present price levels are comparatively high and under aurh a combination of conditions the season is expected to show fair profits for most operators For more than a year rattle prices have maintained a firm level in the fare of aharply lower hog prices Consumer purchasing power in California has been good The abundance of native range Teed now maturing will aid in extending the marketing season grass cattle over a longer period Police Seek Clue In Disappearance Of Trimmer Man The police today planned to question George Vond 60 of the Trimmer Springs CCC ramp concerning the disappearance of James Kavanagh 30 of Trimmer Springs who-haa been missing since Msy 3rd when he rame to Fresno with $290 with which to purohase supplies for his cousin Maxson Trimmer Springs store owner Vond who started for Fresno a few minutes after Kavanagh left the camp was given a note to deliver to the younger man The police said It is reported he either forgot to deliver the note or wa unable to find Kavanagh upon his arrival here The police said Maxson fear Kavanagh may have been slain and robbed He deposited $78 in a local hank for Maxson after his arrival here and then rashed checks totaling $290 with which to purchase groceries in accordance with Max-son's instructions He then marie arrangements to pick up a load of aupplies at a wholesale grocery concern at 1:30 The police said all trace of him since that time has been lost The light truck he wss driving was picked up that night In the rerr of the wholesale grocery He Is a brother of Donald Kavanagh of 1943 Michigan Avenue Exeter High School Observes Patrons' Day EXETER (Tulare Co) May lL Patrons' Day was observed yesterday In the Exeter High School and work of the various department wss on exhibit The evening's program included a hand concert demonstration of tumbling by Ihe physi cal education classes and a hasehall came between a team of high school beys and a team made up o( bci who were graduated last jeu Fowler Club Will Give Play Sunday FOWLER (Fresno Co) May 11 Mrs Virginia Mamoulian of Hollywood mother of the film director Reuben Mamoulian will direct play Abaharzanner Or Divorces to he presented in the Fowler High School auditorium tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock The performance is sponsored hy the St Gregory Club of Fowler The proceeds will go to a fund to remodel the clubhouse Mrs Mamoulian will take the leading role In the one act comedy and also speak on The Armenian Woman In Family And Social Life An orchestra will be directed by Mark Kandarian The cast supporting Mrs Mamoulian in the play will be Mrs A Garabedian Kachadoorian Hanesian Simonlan Chohnn-nofflan Chobanian and Ker-monoff Musical entertainment will be given by Souren Tatolan tenor Lucille Sakajian accordionist and asnar Kazanjlan violinist The Fowler committee In charge of arrangements consists of Leo Si-monian Mrs Edna Aaronian Miss Mary Aaronian Hagle Kandarina and Phillip Kurkjian Wallace Winery Is Purchased By Delano Growers DELANO (Kern Co) May 11-Final papers have been signed hy ihe Delano Growers Cooperative Winery in the office of the secretary Attorney Edwin Jacobsen for the purchase of the Wallace Winery near Delano owned by the Wallace Wine Company The purchase price was $150000 payable over an eight year contract The winery has a rapacity of 1000-COO gallons Eventually the cooperative expects to crush 12000 tons per year Sufficient tonnage ha been pledged to operate the winery but a few additional growers will be signed before the membership is clnrd The present officers will serve until the first general election of offirers by the membership at large Gutunlrh is president Nelson vice president Jacobsen secretary and Ralph Kern treasurer Coalinga Census Shows Increase COALINGA (Fresno Co) May 11 Traber supervisor of the Fresno offire of the census bureau revealed today the population of the city of Coalinga has increased 609 per cent during the last ten years figures show the city now has a population of 4597 compared with 2851 in 1930 and 2934 in 1920 The census official declared that although the enumeration is practically completed it is probable a number of bona fide residents have not been counted yet He urged that persons who have not been interviewed by the census takers obtain blanks In the chamber of commerce office and fill them out so as to have a complete count of the city's population 1940 Peach Crop Declines In South Indications the 1940 peach in the ten chief producing states outside of California Will be decidedly less than the 1939 crop were seen today in a compilation announced hy the Federal-State Mar ket Newa Service The report shows the estimate for the 'ten states as of May 1st is 10-676000 bushels as compared with a total production of 15646000 bushels last year The state estimates follow: North Carolina 952000 bushels estimated for 1940 and 1395000 In 1939 South Carolina 1 265000 and 1484000 Georgia 2814000 and 4290000 Florida 59000 and 33000 Alabama 588000 and 1705000 Mississippi 480000 and 1034000 Arkansas 2080000 and 2709000 Ixmislana 382000 and 409000 Oklahoma 434000 and 615000 and Texas 1622000 and 1972000 Center To Meet A pot luck supper has been arranged for the Kerman Farm Cen-ler meeting Thursday evening al 6:30 o'clock In the American Legion Hall in Kerman Members of the home department will be In charge of the program and Karl Shattuck will be the chairman of canning the doctor advised "All home canned foods must he again rooked before serving" Dr Ghrist said swollen can or one which emits a sound of escaping gas when opened should not he used If meat fish and vegetables have a tainted odor have become softer than normal lost their taste or Appear mushy spongy or frothy they should not he used" Health Service Offered The association offered srlenlific mediral rare to 350000 persons dependent on relief in California The association also approved extension of a plan which would provide mediral care to Junior college and college students at $250 a mon(h Bomb Drops Near Envoy In The Hague THE HAGUE (the Netherlands) May United Slates Minister George A Gordon escaped injury last night when German planes bombing this seat of government dropped a bomb near him i I I.