Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 5

THURSDAY EVENING DaManO MAY 2, 1929 BRAID coin iits Lake Restored to Normal for Slimmer Season D.C.T.A. HEADS TO MEET HERE WOMAN ED 115, S0E5 Writes Play MARGARET JOHNS TONE, Mills college senior from San Dimas, whose Persian pageant, ''Mithra," has been selected for the annual senior pageant. Webster photo Board Refuses to Name Junior High Lindbergh West Lake Adopted Despite Wishes of Students Who Admired Flier. mm in DUCES BELIEVED NEAR DOWN I I I TO Preparations are being made for the reception here of a thousand delegates to 'the thirty-first grand con-'ention of United Commercial rravelers of America, to meet at the May 9, 10 and 11. A full days' program of business ind a 1 nt has been planned by Charles W.

chairman ot the 3 n'ventlon Thursday, May 9, will CHAKLES W. WIOHT. be given over to the reception of the visiting delegates by the Oakland chapter ot the organization. An organ recital and informal dance In the hotel ball room in the evening wllUcomplete the day's activities. FridajCThe grand council of the order will convene, while the wives of the delegates Join in a shopping tour of Oakland stores.

A luncheon In the Castillan room of the hotel will be in honor of Grand Coun selor Charles M. Saxton. In the afternoon the delegates will again convene, while the wives of the vis itors are entertained at whist party, Friday evening the entires-con vention will attend a theater party fab two years of marriage has proven. noi so attractive 10 juiuiv-Whlte, who has a divorce com- nlnlnt. nn fflA hr.

oornlnat M. White, on the charge of deser- uon, wiiiui negiect ana extreme There are five children, all of legal age. I I Isl i No "ifs" nor "butV about th 5 interest paid on Morris Plan 5 Thrift Accounts. Everv dol 'lar earns every day. You can add to or withdraw from your 5 Thrift Account at any time with out notice or penalty.

And there are no strings to the premium A Free Clock given away to each person open ing a Morris Plan 5 Thrift Account of $10 or more at this i omce. vomc ana get your cioc today. MORRIS PLAN CO. of AlsmaU Couittj 'I'TxVL'l PTH a 0 Between Brosdvsj tni v4hmftn IH IKNII Water, Kept at Low Level During Rainy Weather, Allowed to Rise. Lake Merrltt was enlarged to day.

Starting the regular summer schedule of high water In the lake, City Engineer George Randle last night authorized the opening of the gates, at the Twelfth street dam, permitting a high tide to sweep Into the lake. Then the gates were closed again. The lake has been at its lowest possible level all winter, so that storm waters from the Grand ave nue district might run Into it, thus preventing floods, After every heavy rain, the excess waters of the lake were dumped into the es tuary at low tide, and then the gates were shut again before a high tiae re-uuea tne lake. As no more rains are anticipated the lake was restored todav to Skippers of the lake ooata, say they are pleased. They have been skipping, shoals and sana-bars all winter.

at the Fulton theater fallowed by dancing and entertainment, at the Hades cabaret. While the members of the coun ell complete, their 'business Satur day morning; their wives will visit Eastbay points of interest. A stag luncheon will be held Saturday noon, and Saturday evening the delegates will meet at a banquet and ball In the Collegiate ballroom at tne Hotel Leamington. A group of Americans at HaV vana did a thriving business in exporting animal One day a femur leaked and another rum running scheme, was ruined. XMii lll fNW'.

'v, v.v.:r rV. TV -J- PICK PAGEANT c.ni.n "Mithra." written! by Miss Margaret John stdhe, senior student from San Dl mas, has been chosen by Mills College as the annual senior pageant to- be presented on the campus May 18 and June 8, It was AnnnnnpfH todaV. The pageant portrays a struggle for supremacy between the sun, the earth and the sea. Leading roles will be by Mary uatn-arlne Thompson, of Pocatello, Idaho, who Plays King Earth Marv Hitchcock. Cleveland, as the Sun Ood, and Faitn corteryou, Los Angeles, as tne sea rrincess, Elaborate musical effects and costumes will add tctho production -More than 100 students will dance as earth spirits, sea warriors an sea nvmnhs.

Sets and costumes are being de signed under the direction' of Hes tia Smith, of Martinez, and the author. Miss Teresa Crowley is the dlreo tor, while the senior pageant com' mltteo is headed by Sahlna Moro soli of St. Helena, president of the class. Others aiding In arrangements are: Frances McGrath, Gretchen Meier, Marcella Sears, Frances King, Dorothy Downing, Florence Porterfleld, Ruth Hunt, Harriet Fischer, Alice Monahan, June Vln-ing, Lois MacConaughey, Hazel Valby and Claire Baker. MILLS SENIORS FREE LIBRARY 5 DEDICATED Gift to Oakland Situated on Edwards Street Near Sunkist Boulevard.

Dedication ceremonies were ob served today at the new Gibson branch? of the Oakland free library, on Edwards street near Sunkist boulevard, a gift to the city of Oakland from Chauncey W. Gibson, retired Oakland capitalist and the donor of a fortune to welfare and betterment institutions in the East-bay. The -building is of the cottagge type and houses 2000 rep resentative books, selected by John B. Kaiser, city librarian, who pre sided at the dedicatory rites. Construction nthe $5500 building, be-galn last March.

The program- Included a presen tation speech by C. W. Fisher. president of the Homes and Children's alliance, representing the donor. The receipt and acknowledgement of the gift was made by Acting Mayor William H.

Parker and John P. Irish of the board of library directors. A program of short talks ln- president of the board of library directors; Charles 8, Greene, libra rlan emeritus; Mrs. Ray Auchard, president of the Burckhalter Miss Jessie Salder, principal of the Burkhalter school: Miss Lucie C. Nyer chief of the branch 'depart ment uliho unniaua 1 1 cc uurary, and Mrs.

Clara M. Van Sant, in charge ot tne new branch. The speeches were preceded and i The Lakevlew Junior high school, Twenty-sixth and Harrison streets, will become the West Lake Junior high school, despite the fact that Its students wanted it named Col. Charles Lindbergh. The new -name was chosen by the board of education after members of that body.

Superintendent of Schools Willard E. Givens and the faculty of 'the school had expressed disapproval of the students' choice. i "Lindbergh achieved fame through a feat of exceptional courage," Givens said, "and not in the field of learning or public service. The new name also describes the location of the school." Renaming of the school was nec essary to avoid conflict with Lake view elementary, school which Is located at Grand avenue and Perry Insurance Firms Sued By Physician SANTA ROSA. May of insurance companies to pay him for his Injuries and loss of time after he had suffered a broken leg when attacked in his office a year ago is charged In three suits filed in the superior court here by Dr.

Arthur G. Lumsden. prominent Petaluma physician. He asks an aggregate of $1946,. concluded with songs by the high and low second grade pupils of the Burckhalter under Miss pride.

Ithh.I 1.. ABIE 4 It I 5fn L. 1, a I SCHOOL US Adjustment Institution for Delinquent Boys Duty of State, Board Says. The county supervisor today voted down, a. proposal to build at county expense an adjustment Khnnl for delinquent bova.

The institution was requested of the boards by R. A. Leet, chairman Qf the Juvenile probation Committee, and i Probation Officer 0111e Snedlger. They said that a school to meet the needs of the county, housing; 100 boys at a time, would cost 9250,000 to construct, ana inz, 000 a year to maintain. The request was rejected unanl mously on a motion made by Sup ervlsor Redmond chair man of the supervisorial finance committee.

In explaining his motion, Staats aid he felt it to be the duty of the state, not the county, to provide such institutions. Leet, In arguing; for the school, said that It-was needed to care for many young boys who come, into the -hands of Juvenile authorities because of minor misdemeanors. Such children, he said, are not really bad, and In most cases can not really be considered deiln auentfl, in the sense in which that term usually Is applied. They usually need Instruction and -adjustment to their environments than correction and discipline, he said. Yet, when sent to the Juvenile detention home they are placed In contact with older boys who often already have begun to show criminal tendencies, he pointed out, and are given tne same treatment.

Snedlger recalled to the board that an act of the 1927 legislature provided for construction by counties of such schools as he had in A. Official Held After Fatal Fight LOS ANGELES, May 2. OP) Arthur K. uunn, assistant city su perintendent of streets, was held In jail here today on suspicion of manslaughter following a fist fight last night with Charles B. Alns worth, 56, a city street department employee, who died afterward, IS.

Police said the altercation fol Ided an argument over methods or improving a tnorougmare, ru1 lice reports, said Gunn hit Alns worth on the chin, causing him to fall and strike his head against -a curbing. Officials said the two men had "held a grudge" for some time. Boozer Lives Up to His Name, Is ailed BAN FRANCISCO, May 2 Shakespeare and the rest of the world may say what they pjease about a rose smelling Just as sweet' ly when called by another name. but there's no use talking' to George Washington Bower, "Just gimme 90 days In the can," said George, when he was haled before Police Judge Golden on a charge of intoxication and to day Boozer has started his jolt, Boozer explained to Ok Judge to sobriety was his hope and prayer, but that his name was against him. He could offer the Judge no solution, however, as to his having several neckties in his possession tnat the police claimed lit hid stolen frpm a downtown Department store.

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HOi mi ISth SuFnadM Ml Lmw'i WarfwM BMs. PR 43U VBW' tilttint. Sums Asked for Inundation of Bethel Island May Be Paid Soon. J-'" MARTINEZ. Majs-1.

-Wlth the court ordering contfnuance, set tlement' In twenty suits of Bethel Island ranchers against W. T. Ses- non and the Sesnon, Realty com pany, seeking damages aggregating $400,000 for losses they sustained in the flooding of- their island property In 1926, seemed imminent today. Plans of settlement are now be ing worked out which will provide for payments to be made to the plaintiffs In July. The suits are the outcome of the inundation of thousands of acres of ranch land when a section of a levee, which had been repaired by the defendants after they had Installed a drain pipe, gave way.

Hioomneia uieaves of Antloch obtained a Judgment for $25,000 in the only one of the actions tried thus far and the case is now on appeal to the supreme court. Pantages-Orpheum Merger Deadlocked LOS ANGELES. May 2. The proposed 114,000,000 merger of the Pantages theatera and the. Ra dlo-Kelth-Orpheum interests was deadlocked today because, of a dlf ference of opinion on certain points Jn the negotiations, Alexan der pantages announced.

-we are in a position now wfcp it will be impossible to complete the deal unless a change In the attitude of Orpneum officials takes place," he said. "Their option has expired ana we will not renew it." It was understood that repreaen tatlves -of the two theater chalni had failed to agree, on certain property valuations and stipulations in tne articles of contract. Constance Talmadge To. Wed Wednesday HOLLYWOOD, May 2. Th screen colony's next social, event of major' interest will be the third marital venture of Constance Tal blonde film comedienne whose marriage to Townsend Netcher, Chicago merchant, -will take place next Wednesday.

The wedding will be held at the home of the actress' sister, Mrs, Natalie Keaton, wife of Buster Keaton, also of the films' The romance of Netcher and MlsS Talmadge was hinted shortly after her divorce from Captain Alastair Macintosh, prominent Britisher, and' only recently the wedding date was announced by Mrs. BAY RUM CONFISCATED. DE8 MOINES, May 2. Aft er three men had lalmed they-Ae- came intoxicated on 6 and 10 cent store- purchases, County Attorney Alfred Adams ordered confiscation of 1500 dime' bottles of bay. rum li Des Moines Un-ivereitrt mm 1 aa 1V oRoog) Br04.

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