Martinez News-Gazette from Martinez, California • 1

dephone 400 Gixetta hu not bon to yon boforo 5:80 HjjJiono 00 ond It will addroii Iramedl- Fair and mild tonight and Thursday occasional low clouds or fog iinitko prkss HRnvioa -1 i 'S fi 'm RAMRNTO "rt if1 "layers ortny lo mil l1' Idiiy NUMBER 217 1 ff tits May Bmnrt h4S "Hi Leases Delta Lands JLEHIS SLATE IS liip Obscured By Og Is Discovered STANDARD HL Standard Philip Bancroft To SeekiCOtflllACT LET Highway Senatorship Makes Severe New Deal Attack Philip Bancroft militant Ygaacic Valley farmer and a sem of Hubert Howe Bancroft the historian today aanonocod hia candidacy for the RopobUcam nomination for Uni tod States senator In announcing a set of prind-f- Fingerprints 01 Warren Slaying Suspects Checked pies Bancroft sharply New Deal policies His statement attributes the present depression to the epidemic of labor disturbances and sit-down strikes "encouraged by the sympathetic attitude of the secretary of labor and the pussy-footing of the entire administration" The National Labor Relations act and "its radical the NLRB have been the means employed by the secretary of labor for throwing the whole weight of her powerful office againat the employers against the A of and In favor of the Mi statement asserts Attacks NLRB Attacking the NLRB for appointing "Communists to important Bancroft says they have been allowed try cases in such an outrageously unfair manner as to have constituted a mockery of justice and a disgrace to our national government" Expressing recognition of protection of workers against exploitation Bancroft declare! that it is necessary to "protect employer! from exploitation by unscrupulous labor union officials1 He says he BY SHELL FOR DREDGING OF CHANNEL HERE Dredged Material Is To Be Placed On Airplane Landing Field And Baseball Diamond The Shell Oil company announced today it has awarded contract to the Roberts Island Dredging company of Antioch to dredge 234000 cubic yards of silt from in front of the Shell pier to provide water depth of 35 feet so the largest ocean going vosmIs can be accommodated at the dock The dredged material under permiuion of tho city council will be placed on municipally owned land between the Shell wharf and the wharf of the California Transportation company This will cover the air field and the baseball field The length of time that usage of the fields will be banned will be dependent upon the nature of the material taken from the straits floor City Engineer Smith Mid that drainage gates will be installed to permit earliest possible settlement oft the dredged material Huetlon Dredger It Is expected that the deposit of the dredged material will raise the level of the municipal property several feet Some portions of It are now as much as four foot below the luvel of the road to the munlcipul wharf The urea was filled a decade ago after the city voted bonds of $75000 for a waterfront fill The contractor will begin operations with a suction dredger soon after June 1 It la expected throe or four weeks will be required for tho work Silting has been extremely heavy at the Shell wharf during! tho years and romnTf ihe larger ships have had difficulty In docking there Claeys To Name Planning Aides imcnilatioi TOnmuiH lent rollioni were Owe men "liXT Thty ONES! It SI RD and ptionally instead woolen and had iberdine jilors up the ter Gab- favors lows requiring the lncoijuthe county jail at Merced and 1 I L-b I i 1 I fc i i i t--' 4 I 1 I -A Vi- 4 i I i 1 I 1 1 1 -i i I A i BAKERSFIELD May 18 Criminologists today compared fingerprints found in the home of Mathias Warren 78 wealthy Bakersfield property owner beaten to death Saturday 1 night with those of all persona questioned or connected in any way with the slaying fingerprints also were sought on papers belonging to Warren some of which were scattered as far as three blocks from hia home A blood stained 5 bill was pieked up near one of the papers All apparently were discarded by the killer as he fled Experts also examined for prints a lead pipe found near home Teats showed the presence of hnman hair and blood on the pipe Baker investigator for the Kern county district office questioned a possible Suspect Mid he was "not with the story The suspect told Baker he passed through Bakersfield the night of the slaying but did not stop San Pablan Faces Assault Charge For County Fair ANTIOCH May The Contra Costa County Fair today wax definitely on the Antioch calendar for August 12 18 and 14 The date was set last night at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and members of the District Agricultural Board at which financing and promotion plans were discussed A location is yet to be selected Appointment cf committees will be announced in the near future by George Pacini chamber po ration of labor nniona to establish responsibility He declares that unionisation of farm laborers would be "disastrous to the workers and absolutely ruinous to the Would Ben Sit-Dowis He demands a cleanup of illegal super-governments existing in many of our large and an effective ban against sit-down strikes which he says "everyone except the secretary of labor knows to be unlawful and un-American" He favors a drastic alteration of the present system of relief to "take care of our own deserving DEFEATED IN PRIMARIES PENNSYLVANIA Hamilton Hails Result In Pennsylvania Says It Signalizes Victory For Republicans PHILADELPHIA May 18 HJJ0 John bid for political power in Pennsylvania failed today despite a last minute primary coalition of the Roosevelt New Deal and hia Committee for Industrial Mtlon Lieutenant Governor Thomas A Kennedy secretary treasurer of the United Mine Worker of America who was endorsed by National Democratic Chairman James A Farley conceded the Democratic gubernatorial nomination to Charles Alvin Jones the regular organisation candidate Kennedy claimed a "moral and hia congratulatory telegram to Jones was not immediately followed by any pledge to support the Democratic ticket acceptance of defeat and substantial leads by other Democratic organisation candidates apparently meant a clean sweep for the primary ticket backed by State Democratic Chairman David Lawrence Hamilton Cheered WASHINGTON May 18 Chairman John Hamilton of tha Republican National committee terming the Pennsylvania primary a rebuke to President Roosevelt today predicted a nationwide Republican victory in the fall election Hamilton joined Congressional Republican leader in claiming the Pennsylvania primary signalises the turn of the tide against the New Deal "Pennsylvania will lead the nation (next fall) in returning the government of this country state as well as federal back to a Mne sound administration of the affairs" Hamilton Mid Convention Is Division Theme Led by President Howard Jame-son seven members of blurt inex Klwuniu club lust night attended a division meeting of tho clubs In division two at the Union Leugue club in San Francisco Ran Francisco Klwnnis club wns host and tho high light of the evening was a splendid address by Governor Fred Ewing of Oakland who lias been a frequent visitor In Murtlnex The loral members attending with JameKon were John Elin-quist Ray Ingels Harold Kaar Joe Kcllehor und Dr Oliver Hutch Elmqntst officiated as pianist for tho evening and with John Loyacon of nttsburg led the singing Committees discussed the International convention to be held in 8an Francisco June 86 to 30 Stocks 1 SAN FRANCISCO May 18 (UR) Stocks continued to move narrowly in early trading on the stock exchange today and share volume was still at a low level Price changes were mixed dividing just before noon into 11 gains and 10 losses There were nine issues unchanged TrunMmcrica sold at Oik and then at 01k unchanged Sate A Co List Closing A A 12944 Cities Service 10 Vk Caterpillar 4314 General Motors 304k Montgomery Ward 32 Standard 27 Shell 13 Tide-Associated 1214 A 2744 Pacific Tel 1011k TraiiMmeriea 9 44 Union 1814 Noon 1201k 101 Ik Ulk 181k Flight Of Air Mail Here Tomorrow Distrustful of the new fangled contraption tho Joaquin Marietta of the Martinos Early Days Fiesta will be on hand at the local waterfront airport tomorrow afternoon when he plans to stage a holdup in hope of thwarting the scheduled first air mail flight from Martinos The flight is to be made at 2 :30 by Henry Arnaud and Charles Beatle who are to receive a MCk of nearly 100 pounds of mail from Postmaster Anderson of the local post office From Martinet they will fly to Concord where they will pick up mail at 2:40 and will get another mail sack at Walnut Creek at 2:55 and fly the cargo to Oakland by 8:15 red monoplane will be ured Special Cachet Postmaster Anderson and the Hartines Chamber of Commerce arranged the flight in observance of Air Mail Week and tho 20th anniversary of the United States air mail service Martinos citisens havo been asked to send all the mail they can by air mail this week and all such mail going out of the Martinos post office in the special consignment Thursday will be stamped with a special cachet advertising the first air mail flight from Martines A new issue of air mail stamps will also bo placed on envelopes ThouMnda of cities throughout the United States win be sending letters by air mail from their own airports for the first time in history A special committee consisting of City Councilman A Ricks Henry Arnaud chairman the aeronautics committee of the Chamber of Commerce Postmaster Anderson Dan Webster and Harry Barnes has been perfecting arrangements for the first air mail flight ever made from the local airport (Continued on Fag 8) Wheat Insurance Meetings Slated Millard Diffin of Brentwood CoUnty Agricultural Conservation association and Secretary Norbert Geh-ringer and interested wheat farmers will go to the University of California campus in Berkeley Friday and Saturday for advance information on crop insurance for wheat in 1989 June 10 a group will attend a meeting in Modesto at which will The insurance an innovation will be against shortage of crop resulting from fire drought storm flood or freesing Gchring-er Mid Seven Are Named To Directorships Fete Amato Combs Dan Webster Ralph Wight George Barnett and John Kiraly were elected to two-year terms and LhiwII was elected to a one-year term on the directorate of the Martines Chamber of Commerce in balloting yesterday There were 14 candidates Officers of the organisation will be elected in June The total numher of votes cast was 169 Fire Death Of Woman Accident A Ssn Francisco jury derided yesterday afternoon that the fire death of Mrs Mary Bos-nick 30 of Concord sister of Dorothy Sebastian film actress was accidental Mrs Bosnick wife of George Bosnlck an employe of the Cowell Cement company was burned to death in a San Francisco hotel when a cigarette sha was smoking ignited bod clothes lose To Sheriffs Are Removing Bodies Of Victims AUGUS May 18 0JR inly visible from a main hny a mile and a half a giant Lockheed air port missing for more a 40 hours with nine pas-ftn aboard was found today ipled amlnst the slopes of the p4 Sierra Polona mountain I II miles north of here ill the passengers were dead bid been burned hi body of Pilot Sidney Willey found at the controls One ir pusmger was In the plane others had been thrown from wreckage Hidden By Fog raided In fog alnce early idiy afternoon the wreckage not Righted until early this ntaf although hundreds of lorWi and searchers had passer on the highway a relatively distance away tiller Peterson a Spade Can-nseher discovered the wreck-id the 180000 plane which ben missing since 8 ifcy on a flight to St Paul ul via rms Vegas plane apparently crashed terrific Impact and burst Into Mies of (he passengers three i four women and two babies being removed by deputy Mb Ijlst Of Dead hi dead: Not Sidney Willey 32 Bur- ib Pud Whlttemore 43 St Paul (Continued on Page 8) ioneer Danville Judge Succumbs Danville May Alberti Cbrk justice of the peace and (master of Danville for many iri died at his homo here last Jit following a brief illness He 1 native of Canada aged 77 I ineral services being arranged wimers purlors of Livermore i niting word from a ion Ray-1 of liloomfleld The 1 bji will In1 at the family home IP cumu here from Hayward Ret 40 years Dim and snssinwl 40 years ago and engaged DsrnosM business He wag JjW justice of the peace in 1S94 rvcd until 1914 lie was Jw appointed postmaster In PA he was appointed justice of Pcc and subsequently re-! mL '(He survived by hia widow Ilurrii-t Clark two sons' ymond and Eldon of Tracy two 3r5vr' Mary R- Coleman tii nd and Mrs Estelle Camp-P of Tracy and three grandchil-i Donald James and Clark mpbcll Won Auxiliary Will Elect June 7 lwsncnt officers will be (ed by the auxiliary of the nter' union No 2046 June A Moore organiser I inonneed today kLneetlnK lMt night in the temple on Castro atreet Porapr investigating eommlt-fo aid Mirk mombors and pro-ys and moans for auxiliary Pto as named Guy Smith Mrs A Mar-a nd Mrs Towers are on Poommlllee rwhmonta were served to 79 I- wore serveu iu D'ntors last night by Mrs John Mrs A Larson and Mrs "ourvllle Mrs Gus Granlund Moors wars hostesses jnuons wsrs arranged by Mrs I Grimstoad I- Goleanor Jun uoioanor refreshment will again DRILL HELLS ON 233 -ACRE ISLAND Ml Five Year Lease Providing One Eighth Royalty filed Here Covering Bradford Acreage Contra Costa county today faced the possibility of development as an oil and natural gas producer when the first oil lease by a major operating pany was filed with County Recorder Ralph Cunningham The lease Is that of the Standard Oil company to 23336 acrea of land on Bradford Island a delta tract in the extreme northeastern part of the county and within a few miles of the new Rio Vista natural gaa Held with Its IS producing wells Lessors are and Esther Jordan of Mill Valley owners of 1036 acrea Henry Brooner and Martha Annie Brooner who have 86 acrea and Contra Coats Reclamation District No 3059 which hu 9586 acres In Its subdivision A Directors of the reclamation district voted County Treasurer CL' Dodge to represent them as a party to the Joint lease at a special meeting March 31 Five Year Lease The five-year lease was executed for a consideration of 910 for the first year but the Standard Oil will pay SI an acre for each subsequent year of the agreement The company agrees to commence the drilling of a well for "oil gaa aaphaltum and other hydrocar-(Continued on Page 8) Three In School Race Fraga Out Contests for places on the Alhambra high school and the Mar-tinei elementary school hoards of trustees developed today with announcements that Walter Ormsby businessman and Mrs Marian Sharp long active in school affairs will be candidates Their announcements followed disclosure by Fraga Bank of America attache that he will not be a candidate for re-election "I have been a high school trustee for five and one-half years" Frags said "I have decided after consideration not to again be a candidate" During Fraga'a tenure he saw the school system of the city greatly enlarged and the scope of education here broadened Mrs Sharp and Ormsby both announced they will bo candidates for high school and elementary school trusteeships Their announcements will place three candidates in the field for two high school trusteeships Frank Coats Shell Oil company employment manager recently filing for re-election All of the candidates havo children in the schools Time of filing for candidates closes tomorrow Guardsmen Make Santa Rosa Trip Under command of Captain Nichols a detachment of seven trucks of Company 115th Quartermaster Corps National Guard left Martinos this afternoon for Santa Rosa whore a regimental rovlew will bo held to- Two companies of ths 184th Infantry will bs picked up cn route ono at Napa and tho other at Petaluma Tho non-commiMloned staff making the trip includes Sergeants Hollingsworth Uerschel KuykondaJI and Emil Trotten Charged with asMult with a deadly weapon Salvator Villareal 46 of San Pablo was booked at the sheriffs office today by Constable Moxe Moitoxa of San Pablo Villareal was arrested on a contend needy eitiiens and to help men plaint signed by Frank Costagnas-to get off the relief rolls rather so before Justice Christensen than to acquire vested right in yesterday afternoon at 2:45 I Bail is set at $1000 Aiks Residue Limit He expresses opposition to re- Aw a plVO1 lief for anyone voluntarily leav- iAlvv VI I 1ACU ing a job to persona who have not Crash Victims -I ij if Nine parsons perished this weak whan nn $80000 airplane speeding east for delivery to an air lines firm crashed near Saugus Calif The wreck was found today Amens the victims were Lola Totty Lockheed company secretary topi Mrs Cerl Squiar wife of a Lockheed vice-president and Fred Whlttemore vise-president of Northwest Air Lines Has Flood As Main Breaks SAN FRANCISCO May 18 UR The ehief water main furnish- ing water for tho outlying Richmond district broke toduy and flooded several streets and basement and stores The firs department aided by residents of the district built dikes and andbsgs to protect houses Gus and electricity In the neighborhood were turned off to avert dangor of explosion i i I Mayor naymon rineya is expect- ontlinad detailed procedure for ed to announce the oppolntments inaugurating a wheat insurance of three member of the Marlines program Shortly after it will be commission whon theannnunced to 811 wheat planning Suggestions For Harbor Improvement Are Asked been residents of the state for five years says relief administration should be changed so that henceforth it will be "more desirable to work than to and so that "a man taking hia ease on a relief job will no longer draw down twice as much' per hour as a man doing hard productive work on a farm that the WPA should be prevented from work that would ordinarily be done by private contractors and that "those who work (Continued on Pago 8) Restitution Of Property Asked Restitution of El Cerrito property was asked by Frentun and Hoffman today in a suit filed in superior court against the Acme Materials Inc and Mrs Edward Burns The plaintiffs My that they are owners of land bunkers warehouses and buildings at 6701 Fairmont avenue El Cerrito which were leased to Edward Burns November 4 1987 at the rate of $100 per month Burns sub-leased to the Acme Materials Inc the action states Burns died March 22 1938 and his wife has been managing the company It is alleged that terms of the lease were violated because of nonpayment of rents in March and April and judgment of $200 for back rent is also asked CLUB ADJOURNS Mt Diablo Camara elub has adjourned meeting! until September members announced today but will continue to sponsor exhibit during tha summer at Lan-caatcr studio city council meets tonight Terms expiring are those of George Wlnkolman Councilman A Ricks and James Barnett There Is also expectation there will be some dlscuMiou upon the appointment of a successor to Chief of Charles Palmer whose service will terminate June 1 Several of ths windbreak! at tho harbor have collupicd and ono of the targets at the easterly end which hod beon flouting free has sunk Ricks Mid the suggestion that hus met with considerable support so fur Is enclosing three sldos of the linrhnr providing only a small on trance far hunts and then having clam shell dredger deepen the basin depositing the dredged material behind the shoreward wall Tho plan conlcinplales leaving In its present position the Irnrgo sunk at the easterly edge of the harhor The Irnrgo had liecn towed to tho position ss a windbreak but it tilled with wulcr and was sub-morgod Silting has been extromoly heavy In the vicinity of tho bargo and shoreward shoreward sllllni being so pronounced that there Is only a few foot of water evou ut high tide Councilman A Ricks chairman of the watorrront committee Mid today he lias requested the Martines Bass club to hu limit proposals for the rehabilitation of the $50000 municipal yacht harbor with tho Idea of having a competent marine engineer study them before the rlly embarks upon any Improvement program "I boilers that aonie definite and assured program for tho rehabilitation of the harbor should be Rick declared "I have sskod tha buss club to appoint a commltlM to make an In vcstlgallon and submit ideal Then If the council approves an engineer could be secured to check tha suggestions offered and make a Depth or the harbor bacaui of alii lug has materially reduced Soma bollnva this has been largoiy due to tha (argots.