The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 13

Lack Of Frills Is THE FRESNO BEE Feature Of Plans For New City Jail Fresno Charter Revision Will Be Decided Monday The Fresno voters next will have before them 17 amendments to the present city charter in addition to the proposal to elect a beard of freeholders to draft a new one One of these would raise commissioners pay and two would make important changes in the existing charter but would retain the present city commission form of government in the event the proposal for a beard of freehold-jers to draft a new system fails I to win a majority James Owens a candidate The other amendments would for finance commissioner in next rcmpve ohso1ctP SPClions df3f1 "'00(1 r0n the clarcd he will abide the pro- charter decision on a new charter- Tbe 1T rrdme-ts to t-e even if it means the abolishment charter are to he ofthe office which he Is k- fnihe ounh arFf ifi wlurnni ion the ballot statement odayj Main hanger The major changes include: Deadline Nears For City Election Absentee Ballots City Clerk Elwood Houghton today reminded Fresno voters Wednesday at 5 PM is jhc deadline for obtaining absentee ballots for next city election: To date only 45 absentee ballots have been issued Owens Says City Government Now Is 'Cumbersome' I ing Owens in a criticised the present government 'a -aV S- 4 a -5 "U-'y t' S' --'I ft mf yv y- 1 ''f'A to x--U vy --y ms 1 A -1-1 cvety candidate for a place on the board of free' missionrrs to SUNRISE Here is a part of crowd attending the Roeding Park sunrise service sponsored by the Inter Church Yoyth fellowship Story on Page 1-A the present two thus increasing the commission membership to seven The additional legislative commissioners would be elected in April IU Measure No 2 (also fourth column) Would attempt to pre- holders has stated more or less strongly that Fresno's present commission form of govemmnet is Owens said Needs Improvement those who wish to retain the commission setup seem to feel there could be some im-j a recurrence of te scrwuis provement that we are not cp-Jfduation such as developed dur- crating as efficiently as a mu-ilrS the vacancy in te position efficiently as a mu-i EASTER PARADE Leaving the Emmanuel Lutheran Church after the Easter service are Mr and Mrs Adam Lehman of Route 3 Box 405 and their youngsters Joyce left Loretta 5 and Kenneth 3 in his arms Bee Photo niclpal government should public works commissioner -I agree with them whole-1 when it was months before the heartedly And in saying so Impost was filled by appointment wish to make it plain that I am Measure No would provide By Edwin Clough Nothing elaborate is planned for the new city jail and polire' headquarters which would be fi-nanerd by a $603000 bond issue on the ballot in next Monday's municipal election The bond measure requires a two thirds majority for passage Mayor Gordon Dunn" said that both in architectural design and interior arrangement the accent is on simplicity and practical efficiency The one story building would be designed so a future addition could be made at a small cost There would be six short term holdover tanks with a capacity ofj 7) prisoners each 'Iloweverj thcse could hold a total of 430 ini rn emergency There also would miximurn security cells for the interrogation and processing' cf prisoners Separate fuseiiile Section I i A Jargeand separate juvenile section is planned so the young prisoners need not mix with older or hardened criminals It is not planned to house Women prisoners In the new jail One other feature which Dunn says will increase the efficiency of the department and he a convenience to the public as "well is an interrogation and showup room where the suspects can be seen by witnesses but the suspects cannot see the witnesses If the bond issue passes new and modern emergency hospital quarters would be provided in the building to replace the dark 'and antiquated area now used in the basement of the present police headquarters Provide For Parking Offstrcet parking space would he provided both for official vehicles and for the public with husincss in the proposed new building Dunn said that with a properly designed headquarters such as the new building would permit the administrative work and office detail of the police department could be reduced and other necessary functions be added "Our working space now is so chopped up and cluttered up a lot of waste time and motion cannot be said Police Chief Henry Morton Morton added one of the main accomplishments which would be possible would be a complete iingerprihting and identification bureau so each person arrested automatically would be photographed and fingerprinted Cut Crime Load "If we can get that system operation I am sure we will have I a decrease in the crime the chief asserted "The minute the word gets around that when a person Is ar rested in Fresno he automatically gets a record there are a lot of -people we contend with who will avoid the Neither Dunn nor Morton expect the jail phase of the project to be the final solution or as( even to meet the ultimate needtr the shown LW July lA I In After Jack West of the the mayor and the public and finance commissioners would receive S10000 a The new scale would be June 1 1953 mayor now draws $3500 a and a S1000 expense account and the public works and commissioners get S7700 citizens committee recommended a somewhat higher with a differential be- not disparaging any of the present or former members of the city commission They have each done as well as could be expected considering the cumbersome machinery with which they have had to work "It is my understanding that Fresno is the only important city in California which still has commission government full generation ago our range leading universities in their courses of municipal govern ment were advocating abandonment of the commission form of' city administration While it might work reasonably well in small communities these experts said it becomes unwieldy when a town starts in to become a city During this period Fresno surely has ceased to be a town even a big town and to-day takes on many of the aspects of a metropolis ites Rich Ares "And there is no reason she cannot become the leading city that works year effective The year finance A Red In Special courses FULL GOSPEL CROWD Worshipers are lowing the Easter service yesterday morning Continued On Page 6-B CoL Cross Trains Industry Workers First Aid Ticlure On Tag 7-R industrial training in first aid and accident of the entire San Joaquin Valley prevention were cited today by Surrounding her on all sides Is Fresno County Red Cross of-the richest farming land on as another important serv-earth and we have a diversifi-jice made possible to the com-cation of products which will munity through funds obtained stand us in good stead even if in the annual campaign leaving the Full Gospel Tabernacle fol- I at 11 Bee Photo Fireman Dies Engine House Foot Race Howard Jones 29 of 1438 Normal Avenue a member FTesno Fire Department vft LEAVE CHURCH Coming down the steps of the First Baptist Church are Nydla Herring Corporal George Gatchell of the air force and Donna Gunderson Bee Photo one or' two of these products should suffer a bad year "I have complete confidence that the fifteen citizens who will be chosen to compose a board of freeholders in next election will enter upon their task 'With open They will seek expert help in work ing nut the form of government which ithey wish to recommend They then will assist in the writing of a charter-which -will be presented to the people for their approval at the polls it will be necessary lor these freeholders to consult the voters and taxpayers in open meetings during their deliberations so as to receive an indication of how the public feels on governmental forms and procedure And the final document must be the host that ran he produced Other- Douglas Wcstcrhout the Red Cross director of first aid and water safety announced the course already has been completed in the Schcnlry Industries Inc and the Producers Cotton Oil Company plants May Save Lives "IIow to give first aid to someone who has been injured on the job' or at home may mean the difference between life and death prolonged suffering or an early declared Wes- terhout "The American Red Cross first aid training courses teach good judgment and emphasize accklent prevention" He said 33 Schcnlry employes have completed the standard course Of these 21 obtained advanced training and 12 were selected to train as instructors Twelve cotton company work- wise the voters simply wiirtura nrrvi cnr-St va it down This means all work of the freeholders will trough have been lost and we will have tranin to start in all over again i support Is Needrd Will Abide By Decision Contributions to the Red "I should like to make it Cross wil make it possible to clear that 1 shall be content with similar courses for other whatever decision is arrived at (industries and organizations by the freeholders and approved ''estei-housc said by the voters I Meanwhile (Scotty) for city prisoner handling But they say it will absorb much of the load during the worst periods' of overcrowding and allow the city to abandon the present long condemned county jail- annex used to house city prisoners The old building was put back in service when the pew codnty jail could not handle city prisoners Both Dunn and Morton say the city eventually will have to have a rehabilitation center and an honor farm such as is working successfully In other cities Dunn also favors a work farm in the east side foothills Raisin Group Will Study Thompson Release A meeting of the Federal Raisin Administration Committee has been called for tomorrow at 2 PM in the Californian Hotel to discuss a proposed release from the natural Thompson raisin reserve pool County Employes Set Up Blood Contribution Plan Mere than 500 Fresno County employes are expected to donate pints of blood Wednesday and Thursday under a plan to establish a county blood bank and to supply blood for wounded servicemen in Korea Sanger Man Dies Three Are Hurl In Auto Mishap King George Moore 60 of Sanger was killed when his automobile ran off the Auberry Road below Marshall Station and rolled 50 feet dovn a rocky ravine Three other occupants were died suddenly while on duty in Engine House No 9 at Andrews and West Avenues Chief Deputy Coroner Ben said his death apparently was caused by a heart attack although Jones never had com- Elained of be-ig ill His death occurred early yesterday afternoon Other firemen said he went outside after lunch and ran a foot race with another fireman Collapses In Ixtcker Room After going back into the en gine house Jones went into the boot locker room apparently still in good spirits and collapsed suddenly Captain Louis and the other liremen on duty at tempted to revive him by artificial resuscitation but a physician who was called pronounced him dead Jones a fire department engineer was a native of Fresno He joined the department six years ago Served In Air Force He was a graduate of the Roosevelt High School and attended the Bakersfield Junior College before he joined the air force during World War II He was a flight officer and bomber pilot He is-survived by his widow Mrs Barbara June Jones a son Bobbo a daughter JTaclyn Sue his mother Mrs Madeline Jones a grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Howard a hrothor Earl and three sisters Mrs Dorothy Krog Mrs Reta Patnntt and Mrs Patricia Williams all of Fresno The Lisle Funeral Home will arrange the last rites Morison the campaign chairman reemphasized the need for an additional $17000 for the gamma globulin project It may he that the position of commissioner of finance for which I am a candidate will be abolished altogether within the tin jacoDS5n the Veterans Memorial Build- next year or two If that bethel Speaking before the Kiwanis uiaSiin" at 2343 Mariposa Street and case I shall accept the decision Club of North Fresno he said: ana aDra-jduj-jnjT the same hoiirs Thursday without Although many Frcsnans gave Jacobs1 question1 Owens concluded: (to the United Givers Plan from After ail I am not simply which the Red Cross received looking for a job I am willing jmost of its money I know those to serve as finance commission- jwho ran will want to give again er if the voters decide next Mon-to help meet this new respoh-day that they would like to ac- siljility We living in an area MIDNIGHT RITES Bishop A Willinger center is shown singing a prophecy during the Easter vigil which preceded a midnight mass in St Catholic Cathedral Msgr Francis Singleton left and Rev Louis Rudolph right participated in the ceremonies Photo by Robert Mercer injured They are daugh-and for civil defense purposes ter Mrs Helen Smith 22 ofj The blood will he drawn be-Sanger who has a contusion of jtwcen AM to 5 PM Wednesday the forehead and John 27 of Coarsegold treated for bruises sons" I in the Fresno County General Thrown From Car Hospital All were thrown out of the! Granted Time Off vehicle which came to rest on The board of supervisors has its top The accident occurred at! granted the employes time off 7:45 o'clock last night from their jobs to donate the Moore a native of Auberry blood was returning to Sanger from! Mrs Billie Hartley the North Fork where he spent the county employes' association day visiting relatives president and Stuart A Soren- Besides Mrs Smith he is sur- sen an assistant county civil de-vived -by his widow Mrs Susan fense director urged as many Moore three sons Carl Albert county employes as possible to and Raymond Moore and four'donate other daughters Marian Ruth I Star Spangled Manner By Mrs A Karesh Any United Stales veteran without military dishonor is eligible for burial in one of the numerous national cemeteries in the continental United States Mexico Europe and Asia Best known is Arlington Va on the Potomac opposite Washington once the home of General Robert Lee The government seized Arlington during the Civil War but in 1SS2 acquired it legally from Lee's heirs Now the magnificent Lee mansion on a high bluff looks directly across the river on the equally magnificent Lincoln Memorial cept my services But if a better form of municipal government means abolishment -of this particular office that will be entirely agreeable to me Attempts Suicide Mrs Mary Kathleen Kennedy where polio strikes hard have a particular interest in the use of gamma globulin to help prevent suffering Hubcaps Two hubcaps were stolen from an aulomohile belonging to James Badertscher of Route 7 Box 298 while the Mrs Cushing 72 Dies In Local Hospital Funeral' services for Mrs Grace Cushing 72 the Brix Apartments who died in' a local Le Grand Man Reports Theft Of Wrist Watch The loss of a $50 wrist watch was reported to the office by Jose Medina of Le Grand hospital yesterday will be held! tomorrow at 10:30 AM in 881(1 14 as taken from him Tinkler Mission Chapel in a strong arm robbery near She was the widow of Valentine and California Ave- dose of a sedative in -wnai me (Pop) Cushing who was the nucs Funeral biood shipped to Korea wdl bc police rcportcd was a suicide 3t- head of the Masonic relief bdard! Medina said two men he met Cosmos ron V15 i'cs ol tempt in Fresno for many years They in the SOO block of Street f'cerncn! Detective Randolph re-came to Fresno in 1912 from yesterday offered him a ride He eturfanef aiseatron of dth? relatIVCS of ported Mrs Kennedy took the Pacific Grove and for a number reported he fell asleen after ret-i he sedative during a fit of despond- her sister 129 Abby of years operated on Kern Street Watkins 50 of 35 Whites Bridge Continued On Page 7-B CoL 1 Mrs Cushing was a native of him out of the vehicle He said Canada She was a member of they took the watch when they the Mount Tabor Shrine No 28 found he had no money Crichton has been taken to the of the White Shrine of Jerusa-i-" Veterans Administration Hospi-jlem and the RaisinB Chapter No if- a iifaia'ri A tal at Fort Miley San Francisco 89 of the Order of Eastern Star I "WIHn Srhnfl I JTlIlTV RofllR Ai for ray treatment of the area- Her only known survivors are! wLIIUUIj wllllly lUOI 1 1 I from which a brain tumor was two cousins in Toronto Can I A I i I I removed in an operation in the The members of the Raisina A 1 II Will Hp UPaiCaTPfi St Agnes Hospital here Chapter will conduct the funeral I IflwIICII VYIII LC LCUlwGI LU blood bank from which ail county RrnprJ ployes may draw regardless of 1 LT association membership Robert Phariss 19 of Calwa She added the drive is not lim- suffered second degree burns on ited to county employes Any- the face the neck and the wrist one interested may donate jwhen the carburetor backfired on an automobile operated by his Thief Gets Headlight A head- brother James Eddy Phariss 21 light and a fuel tank cap were also of Calwa The car was pre-j stolen from an automobile parked on the Golden State Hi gh- Mrs (longing to Sam Malkas of 896 way near Jen sen Avenue when ident University Avenue ithe youth was burned the FINE MIRRORS Add Glamor to the Home We use Libby-Owen-Ford plate glass for our ground and polished on both surfaces to assure maximum clarity of reflections We have a wide choice of framed and unframed mirrors in all shapes rect-' angular oval or all low in cost Set es far flee quality mirrors far year kam We Also Provide Fine Plate Glass Tops For Furniture VICTOR Big Scoviimgs ADDIN fci MACHINE in January with 14 classrooms The new ail purpose room of the Winchell School on South Eighth Street between Butler and Ventura Avenues will be dedicated Wednesday at 8 PM City Schools Superintendent Edwin Kratt said the ceremonies will give the public an opportunity to inspect the new school facilities civics chairman of the Wawona Parlor Native Daughters of the Golden West PTA Will Participate Mrs John Arthur Reynolds the president of the eleventh district Council of Parents and Teachers will introduce Mrs Russell Bibler the president of the newly organized Ewing With the Purchase of Any MATTRESS and BOX SPRING SET Open Every Thursday aNight EASY TERMS WORLD LEADER! $9950uP A world of value for so liffle money! Convenient Budget Terms ftEWRITERJXL CRANBROOK 4 DR SEDAN PLYMOUTH Heater and ether extras 100 guarantee for 90 days or 4009 Just cne ef the more miles than 300 cars you can save plenty on at the Relieves 'School Crowding Members of the city schools ad-The Ewing School helped to re- ministration the board of educa-lieve double sessions in the Johntion and the Winchell PTA will Burroughs and Chester Rowell participate in the Wednesday Schools (night program Kratt will introduce members Charles Johnson the school of the city board of education at principal said that prior to the tomorrow night's ceremonies opening of the room a classroom Beverly Smith is principal was used as the center for school A California State Flag and! luncheons and tables were lined facsimiles of the Declaration ofiup in hallways to help take care Independence the Bill of Rights! of the TRESNO Alia FRANK SANDERS CO INYO sr Phone 3-5181 199 Fresno SL 136 N' Church St 336 17th St 3009 East Tulare St.