Stockton Evening and Sunday Record from Stockton, California • 13

mM r- '4 1 S' 'V-V. V- Y--v 1 'V'v 'v, V5'i' "7 -v-- .4 I 1 If -i i A -ft aa i i vy.1 v- Jri i BUSINESS AND EDUCATION i -f Joaquin County, California-1 Thursday, April 1 7, 1952 v-1 1 3 PORFS OBE CONTRACT BRINGS SHIPPERS TO LIFE I r. 1 1 HI a 'Financial-Law Hits 'Vlf Local Motorists The State Department of Motor Vehicles this week disdpllned 27 San Joaquin GOunty motorists tor suspending the licenses of 19, revoking the drivers licenses of seven and placing one on i Tha 14, had their licenses suspended because they failed to comply with the financial responsibility laws. These were! Doroteo Bacalso. 148 E.

Washington; Harley- Milton Bilyeu, 924 Netherton; Willie Mae HU1. 1222 E. Weber; Andrew Mello, 2200 S. California; Joe Edgar Pittman, RL 6, Box 295: William George Rowe, 5226 Weber; Leo Spanos, 144 E. Willow; Bonnie Tell, 2374 E.

Sonora, all of Stockton; Jose Opez Arteaga, RL 1, Box 161-E; Johnny Cruz, Peralta, RL 1, Box 175. both of Lathrop; Louis Jarmillo RL Box 543; Tracy; Dios-dado Casses Lao, RL 3, Box 162, Lodi; James J. Friday and Donald Leon Willis. CARS IN FELONIES The licenses of the following persons, were revoked because they permitted the use of their cars in the commission of felonies: Donald Leroy Christian, 1510 E. Eighth; David J.

Matheson, 348 N. Charles Melendez, 532 W. Clay; Dewey N. Center, Apt. 2, and Roy Virgil Walker, 335' Thelma, all of Stockton.

Other suspensions were J. C. Johnson, 3123 Country reckless driving offense; Benjamin Elwood Naylor, 241 Hilborn, Lodi, 90-day suspension, first drunk driving offense; Angelo, Robert Ramirez, 1437K S. California, hit-and-run with' no injury, and Nicholas Rt. 3, Box 162, Lodi, failure to satisfy judgment for traffic accident within 30 days.

Other revocations were Nanay Dee Sad, 1505 W. Euclid, negligoit operation, and Billy Joe Holman, 1015 S. San Joaquin, failure to show up and explain probation violation. Charles Edward Sealch, 1656 Roselawn, was on probation for. negligent' operation of a vehicle, Arthur Mac Clark, RL 3, Box 570-A, Acampo, received a court suspension for 90 days for pension driving.

drunken driving. LICENSES RESTORED Reinstated were the licenses of the following: Robert Gales, Williams Hotel; William Henry Irvine, -263 S. Cardinal; Ekner Estal Kitterman, 15 Seventh; Jess Charles Lopez, 426 Howard; James Willard McEntire, 5707 E. Hobart; Jess Mora, 2915 Howe; Charles Leonard Owens, 2264 E. Church Robert Reed Pierce, RL l'Box '856-A; Meling Racho, 50 Angeles; Fired F.

Solomon HEAVY ORE Thats a capacity load of iron ore (two piles such as pictured weigh nearly. 60 tons) youre looking at First shipments of ore from Nevada reached the Port of Stockton yesterday -on first leg of the long journey to Japan. Port Operation Manager Ralph Clay and Secretary Mrs. Jeanne, Moreno lest weight of the 60 per cent ore averages 300 pounds per cubic foot Loading machinery is being installed aa the Port prepared to handle an initial contract tor 275,000 tons, much more on the horizon. (Record photo) KXOB, Radio Diablo Among Applicants tThen will be competition for Stocktons television channels.

This was assured today when O. JL Brown, president of Radio Diablo Inc. (KSBR-fm) announced he will file for Channel 13. Earlier Grant Pollock of the Valley Broadcasting Co. (KXOB) said his firm will file for.

Channel 13. The Federal Communications Commission Monday- made it wide open race by announcing that unlimited applications wifi be Jaken for new, television', channels. Stockton was -granted Channel hi in the ve: range on which television programs are now-being carried. -FORMED IN 1946 Brown said Radio' Diablo was formed as a California corporation in 1946 and has been operating a station from the top of ML Diablo since 1947. Original application was made for Channel 13 in 1948, Brown said, but the papers were caught in the FOC freer which has prohibited any licenses the last 3 years.

Brown sid4 that most of Mt. Diablo a state park but his organization has purchased a 59-acre site on which the broadcasting station will be located. This station will represent an investment- of about $150,000, Brown said. Another $200,000 will go for a television, studio. to be located in Stockton at a location 1 yet to be Both of these developments hinge on favorable FCC action.

-f IN HOTEL Pollock said if organization gets the nod some $750,000 will be spent for studios in the Hotel Stockton and broadcasting facilities In some suburban Brown said his station is exactly between San Francisco and Stockton and can serve a population of 3,500,000, including the Bay area and ranging through San Jose, Stockton and Sacramento. One other organization, the Stockton TV Corp, headed by Greenlaw Grupe or Stockton arid Robert IJppert of Beverly Hills, is considering entering an application. Deadline is July 1. OTHER CHANNELS In addition to the very high frequency Channel 13, Stockton has been allotted two other channels, but no interest has yet been Ultra high frequency Channel 36 Is open for Stockton development. 1 And educational non-commercial Channq) X-42 also has been set aside Stockton.

Local school officials said a more likely educational development would be some local tieup with Channel X9 In the Bay An organization It now- befog formed to plan sponsorship of this station by school districts and colleges throughout Central California -V-. 2235 Chest X-Rays Aid in TB Fight In the two months since X-ray equipment was installed in the San Joaquin Local Health District office, 130 S. 2235 residents have, had their pictures taken. v. These films thus far have uncovered five cases diagnosed as three in the stages, one moderately advanced and one far advanced.

-Goal of both the district and the San Joaquin Tuberculosis and Health Association, which jointly financed the equipment, is the discovery of tuberculosis cases in the minimal stages when it. is easier to i' J. Farrari lt Busy Answering Calls Shippers, minen and prtxrioters from throughout the world are trying, to dumb, aboard the of. Stockton bandwagon as plane are rushed 'for shipping iron ore to -v f- First gondola cars of the heavy metal rolled onto port rail tracks yesterday and a steady stream 4a new' on the way- from Nevada. Port Director Elmo Ferrari was juggling as many as three long distance calls at once yesterday as inquiries about the ore deal And his key assistants George Hench, Ralph Clay and Clem Phelps rushed arrangements to handle the ore.

Right now it is bring shunted to. a temporary dump at extreme western end or the pert- property. Plans for having an 1800-foot spur track installed in 10 days to carry the ore to dockside. A slip will be dredged immediately. Ferrari said the spur- will cost about $20,000, the an undetermined additional First loading will be done in a makeshift manner with dam shovels and temporary devices.

This is because, the heavy belt loading machinery cannot be installed before the first ships arrive next month. H- --y ON LIBERTY SHIPS The Orion Shipping Co. of New York, Greek Jine and the largest: tramp outfit in the business, has the shipping contract. Each of her XJbeHy ships will carry a 9600-ton The ore is bring mined on the John Hriser. land near Lovelock; by the Dodge Construction Co.

It is consigned by the Brussels Corporation for. International Trade, a subsidiary of the of Belgium- vv Purchaser of the. first contract for 275,000 tons is the Nanyo Bussan Kaisha, a Japanese steel mill near. Yokohama. A second order for 150,000 tons has been verbally contracted but no papers are yet signed.

This ore, also on Hriser land, is insigned and mined by Jack Simpiott and scheduled for sale to another Japanese firm, Miyako Shoji Other possibilities are myriad, Ferrari says: 7 t-' An opo-ator from Sacramento has asked the port to reserve space for a consignment- of -ore from a deposit above Williams. Another mine owner from Jackin Is having tests made on, a deposit near lone. OTHER commodities; have been received about shipping eoal and salt, and coml cotton boatloads. Original plans-were for the port to install a $130,000 lending device. Ferrari said, the Pomeroy Cb.

of Loa Angeles is going to install a much more expensive loading belt for- a' combine of industrialists. Hie port will supply the land on a lease arrangement and real its profit on a per ton levy on a. ore going over- the docks. 60 PCT. IRON Names of the Investors cannot be made public until a corporation is formed.

Ferrari said, but the deal is definite enough that construction will get under way next week. The. Nevada ore'll magnetite, one of the best orea on the market First shipments have figured: at 60 per cent pure Iron, Ferrari arid. The ere figures to- 300 pounds per cubic foot and the 55-ton loads make only a small dent la the gondola cars. The cars are arriving less than half full but their creaking si testify to the near capacity AV DELTA PREPARING FOR FLOODS (Oocnbant of the recoro-breakl Ins anow RESIGNING Dwight assistant -superintendent of Sah Joaquin County schools, '-is 're-.

-signing effective June 30 to become superintendent" of the Petaluma city school system. Dwight Twist, assistant superintendent of San Joaquin County schools since 1948, will leave here June. 30 for a -position as head of the' Petaluma city school system. Twists resignation was announced today by Superintendent John R. Williams, who stated: I am accepting Mr resignation with a great deal 'of regret.

He has been, a very 'fine worker and our association' has been very pleasant. However, I have personally advised him to accept the Petaluma position because of its greater remuneration. Twist will be in complete charge of the Petaluma system, which includes five elementary, me junior high and one high school. He said the starting salary is higher than the salary now received by the San Joaquin County superintendent. TO AID ON BUDGET Twist said salary was but one consideration in his decision to accept the city offer.

assistant superintendent declared the political aspect of the county school system makes it difficult for a career educator to operate effectively. He said his work here has been harmonious and "that no dissatisfaction entered into his decision. Twist will help the preparation of the San Joaquin County schools 1952-53 budget by mutual agreement between San Joaquin County and Williams said. Twist came here from Gilroy, where he was principal of the Gilroy High School. He has, a bachelors degree from the University of Redlands and a- masters degree in history from the Unfter-sity of California.

CIVIC LEADER has taken an active interest in community and civic affairs of Stockton. He is a member of the Scottish Rite, Order of Shrine, KI-wanis Club and director of the American Red Cross. Twist said he will move his wife and children to Petaluma during the summer vacation during period. Two robbers, one armed with a .45 pistol, held up the clerk of the Glenn Hotel. 315 E.

Market, shortly after midnight and escaped with 8725, all but 825 of which belonged to a roomer. Victim of the $700 theft was Mrs. Fhne Palacios, 25, a Richmond waitress. Police are holding her for investigation of vagrancy and for. questioning about the .) hotel Helen Daniel, said she met the two men outside the door of her second floor apartment-office.

She told police the men claimed they were looking for One of the men gave her a 85 bill and asked for change, police said the cleric told than. When Miss Daniel went-into the room and opened the money drawer one of the men flourished the gun. She quoted one of the men as ordering her to "go into that room and lay face down on the bed. Police said Miss Daniel reported that the Palacios woman left 8700 in the cash drawer for safe keeping. The remaining 825' belonged to the hotel, officers added.

Sea Scouts to Ride Submarine Sunday, Stockton area Sea Scouts Sunday become the first Scouts in the nation to take a submarine tour. Eleven boys under the jurisdiction of the San Joaquin-Calaveraa Boy Scout Council will be the guests of the Twelfth Naval District for the day. They will embark aboard the submarine USS Mingo at Treasure Island and cruise off the coast. Accompanying the seagoing Scouts will be their skipper, Bryan Simpson, 1936 W. Willow, and Robert J.

Horton, Scout field executive. Slated to participate are Donald Behnke, Darryl Updahl, James Barton, Paul K. Garman, Roger HiU, Leo W. Dougherty, Bern! Swanson, all of Stockton: James Byrne, Donald I Post, both Tracy; Nobi Tamura and Douglas Stewart, both of LodL PUT RUBBISH ON CURB, M'GEE TELLS PUBLIC City Mgr. Wonts It Ready Sunday Eve.

Rubbish cleaned from attics, basements and closets to bo hauled away in Stocktons fourth annual "Spring Clean-Up Monday should be placed on the curb In front of each house Sunday night City Manager R. G. Me-. Gee declared today. McGee said many of tne 50 trucks which will gather up the.

years accumulation of unwanted material will start out early Monday morning so that city residents will avoid oeing missed if they -have the refuse ready for collection Sunday evening. All pickuj one announced today by the Stockton Scavenger Association. The change, for this week only, was made in order to permit the Scavenger Association to use all of Its equipment and men in the citys Spring dean Up Day" Monday. egular Monday garbage in Stockton will be made early, on Sunday, it was Police Chief Jack OKeefe' said members of his department will keep sharp watch over the rubbish Sunday night and throughout the, day1 Monday until the pickup is Anyone found rummaging through the accumulations on the curbs will be subject to arrest, he warned. Children also were cautioned not to scatter the refuse about and make the work more difficult'-' City Manager McGee asked Stocktonians to place the rubbish accumulations in containers or to otherwise tie or.

stack it for easier handling and loading in trucks. The Stockton Scavenger Association will devote all its trucks and their crews, to the pickup event covering rill of the city south of Main Street All available city trucks and their crews will be used in the pickup, covering the north and northeast areas of Stockton. Approximately 20 trucks donated to the city for. the day and manned principally by firemen will 'gather rubbish in the northwest-portion of the city. All of-the refuse will be hauled to the city dump.

1948 Canal Road; Russell Edward Weller, 1021 N. Monroe; Charles Raymond Wing, 2164 Cherokee Lane; Goodlow Gay. Wright 315 E. Market all of -Stockton; William Henry Inks, O. 31, Farmington; Donald Geer tan-berry, Rt.

2. Box 139-C, Lodi, and John S. Dailey. A -i 7, V- Well received was the perform Sanb ance of Gleason and Sanborn, whose work with a succession of miniature musical instruments and a troupe of dancing puppets featured a stage program that included the Society Four, local barbershop quartet, and a dancing group from the Ellers Studio. Beginning today and continuing each afternoon through Sunday is the cooking school, conducted by Martha Logan, prominent home economist.

Miss Logan pres schedule of classes built menus for casual entertaining. stage show is presented each evening. Woman Hurt, Driver Cited in Car Mishap A Stockton woman, Betsy Ani-nag, 28, of RL 1, Box 764, was injured last night when the car in which she was a passenger overturned on Glenwood Road between Linden and Fairchild roads. Driver of the vehicle, Martain 47, same address, was un-but was cited driving Ithout an operators license. The Injured woman -was taken to San Joaquin General Hospital.

'30 Firm Join in' Program May 16 Thirty Stockton industries today announced their participation in a Business-Education scheduled for May 16. Stockton schools will close on that day and some 800 teachers and administrators will tour, local industries. -The program is being prepared jointly by the Stockton School Department and Stockton Chamber of Commerce. A steering committee met Tues-day and outlined detailed Plans for the observance. Tom Davis is general chairman.

TOUR OF INDUSTRIES The day will open in the Stock-ton High School Auditorium where the teachers will hear a welcome address and receive in-; structionx. They will then spend the morning touring specially des- ignated industries. At noon they will gather in Civic Manorial Auditorium for luncheon as guests of the industrial firms they visit. A speaker, to be 'announced later will talk on advantages of the free enterprise system following the luncheon. Industry tours will continue in the FIRMS IN PROGRAM Firms which have offered to open their doors for inspection and also have agreed to.

help finance the program, follow: Orvis and dinger, Atwood 'Printing, California' Water Service, Stephen Brothers, Dunlap Stockton Dry Goods, Port of i Stockton, Stockton Abstract and -Title, Geiger Iron Works. Pacific Gas and Electric Co Katten and Marengo, Union Plan- ing Mill, Port Stockton Sausage Co Stockton Box Co, J.I. Case Blake, Moffit and Towne, Koehring Bank of Cloverleaf Milk, Gravem-Inglis, Chase Chev- rolet, S. M. McGaw, Colbert Boat Works; Pacific Telephone and Tel-egraph.

Coca-Cola Bottling, Stockton Record, Continental Can, Moore Equipment, Pepsi Pacific day Products, American Trust, Sharpe General Depot, Fibreboard Products. Inc. Davis said another 15 firms wifi announced later. Theft; of 300 checks from the Kwikie Auto Wash at .712 E. Weber may have been cleared up with the 'arrest yesterday of two ex-convicts shortly after they allegedly attempted to cash one of the stolen checks at the Bargain Spot, 5 E.

Main, police said today. The Dix James, and Ray Beaman, 33, both of 124 S. Center, were arrested in the vicinity, of 23 E. Washington by Patrolmen William Rodinsky and Alfonso' Garavaglia. FOLLOWED BY EMPLOYE According to store officials, James and Beaman tried unsuc-: cessfully to' cash a 858 check at the Bargain Spot As they left, an employe, David Epstein, followed them while store officials telephoned i Epstein pointed out the men to officers.

Police said Beaman had the check in his possession, but said it was James who attempted to cash it using for identification a Social Security card belonging to a William Bixel. BANDWRITING CHECKED. James handwriting is the same as that on the Check and three ethers passed recently, police said. 'Beaman "talked freely," but James would admit officers stated. One of the stolen checks, in the amount of 870; was cashed April 12 at the Hub Clothing Company, 101 S.

El Dorado, by a man who purchased a 816.95 pair of shoes, store officials reported to police yesterday. The check contained the forged signature of an Archie. Jennings and was endorsed with' the siena-ture of Donald E. Wilson. The suspect used Wilsons Social Security card for idenification.

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SEE THE REGISTRAR OPEN EVENINGS HUMPHREYS COLLEGE; California at' Weber Stockton i the fourth in senes of articles by The articles deal with tbs-flood possibilities and tha steps being taken in areas to avert or alls Generally the defense against any flood threat; in the Stockton area can be divided into three, parts the the City Stockton and the rural areas. latter the big irrigation districts, in the valley and foothills and the mainland farming communities. All of these areas have 'expert enced flbbds-sdone recently, and some a numierof years ago; All of 'the areaa know what a -flood can do in the way of -lost of life and property, practically every area is taking steps, even those in which the preponderance of opinion holds there Is little danger tills year. appreciate the problem of the men are fanning the Delta there must be understanding of fhe make-up the land they are ana of the manner, in which it -is operated. Many -of the-' islands in the Delta- are below', the level of the river even when low; When the high water season is, on the level of: the riveri is far above that of the land.

This, in these causes tremendous pressures against the levee face. The land is peaL In dry times it is light- and -can blow away. In wet tunes, it finally becomes soaked but is buoyant. The peat soil, held together by, millions of tiny roots rind will float. Underneath this peat soil there Is generally, a layers of- day-slippery, slimy day.

When a levee is built of peat it is lighL When It is built on this slippery day it has.a tendency to slide horizontally under pressure. Sometimes, in the past, whole sections of levee have been forced back in one big piece; sliding into island it was pro- When the levee lai built on top of mucky peat soil it will stand just so much wri8hL and this weight ha to be applied carefully. If mud is lifted out of the channels and put on. ton of the levee it presses the dike'1 down and down. Sometimes injudicious raising of a levee will defeat its own purpose by forcing the top of the levee lower than it was before The.

Third -Annual Stockton Hone Show moved into Its regular 2 to 10:30 p. m. schedule today on the heels of last nights first evening debut in the history of the 4 i DAILY RIVER FLOW San Joaquin River at Mossdale 12.b feet San Joaquin River at Vemalis Stage 21iS feet- San. Joaquin1 River at 22,400 Stanislaus River, at Knights Ferry Discharge 5,020 Tuolumne River below LaGrange Discharge 4,640 Merced River below Merced Falls 690 San 'Joaquin River near Dos Palos a 6300 Sacramento River at Sacramento 66,600 Yolo By-pass near Sacramento Discharge 23,000 These figures are furnished by the Divisim of Water Resources of the State Department of Public -Works ana compiled daily at 8 a. m.

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The planes were filled with carbide -ffoqd; lancve supplied' by the XogtoeoT Supidy Section' of Shfipe 1 i s. 1. 1 A 1 1 I i a -v I 'A I.