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A HOME NEWSPAPER NEA FEATURE SERVICE The Leading Daily Associated Press In Kings County HANFORD Telegraph News FORTY-THIRD YEAR HANFORD. KINGS COUNTY. CALIFORNIA TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1934 NUMBER 19 HIGHWAY WORK HITS SNAG WHEN BIDS REJECTED $175,000 Limit for Local Job Exceeded in $167,000 Bid, Gillis Says Bridge Work on No. 10 Project Not Figured; To Readvertise For Bids Soon An unexpected crimp has been put in the start of the highway widening and resurfacing job between Hanford and the east county line, a $175,000 job, it was revealed yesterday when it was learned that bids opened at Sacramento March 28 had been rejected. Just how much of a delay this will mean could not be learned yesterday, but was understood that it would take at least three weeks to readvertise for bids.

At least a 30 day delay was in prospect R. M. Gillis, district highway engineer of Fresno, said that the bids were rejected because the amount of the lowest bid exceeded the availfund of $175,000. able, Although the bid of the Southern California Roads company of Los Angeles was only 8167,952.60, more than $7000 less than the available money, did not include the 000 needed for bridges, Mr. Gillis explained.

Five thousand also must be allowed for contingencies, he said. The project called for the 85- phalt-concrete widening and resurfacing of 7:5 miles of Highway No. 10 between Hanford and the Tulare county line. Mr. Gillis could not say yesterday whether or not the state had readvertised for bids or what the immediate plans were.

OFFICIALS QUESTION BRANION SERA ORDER; TO CONFER IN NORTH With the authority of R. C. Branion. state emergency relief administrator. to demand that counties borrow from the state employment relief fund before SERA projects can be approved questioned.

officials from 25 counties are scheduled to meet at Marysville next Thursday to discuss means of getting relief administration funds without going into debt to the state. Up to yesterday, however, S. E. Railsback, chairman of the Kings county board of supervisors, said he had received no notification of the meeting and added that the local board had taken no action one way or the other 011 borrowing from the state fund Fresno county supervisors will be among these who will attend the meeting protest the Branion ruling following out the suggestion of (Continued on Last Page) ESTATE GASES ARE HANDLED BY COURT The following cases were disposed of in the law and motion session in the superior court yesterday: In the guardianship of George Moore Walker, a petition for the appointment of an attorney and fixing attorney fees was continued to April 30. Estate of E.

E. Bush. will admitted to probate and Clarence E. Bush made executor. A petition to declare Thos.

Downing incompetent was granted: Evelyn Bryon was appointed guardian. In the estate of P. Graff, report of the executor approved and a petition for distribution granted. A final account was approved in the guardianship of Bernice L. Pearson, James J.

Pearson, Howard D. Pearson, William R. Pearson and Pearson minors. CEREMONIAL Lemeore. April 9.

-Lily of the Lake Chapter No. 41, 0. E. will hold ceremonial night on Wednesday evening of this week in the Odd Fellows hall. Those who are working on the committee for the affair are: Jeanette Johnson, Edith Truckell.

Nettie Tilton, Grace Miller, Lydia Graham, Stella Thomsen. Gertrude Henley, Cyrus Reid. and L. Stepp. The Weather Fair Tuesday and Wednesday; continued mild; gentie to moderate northerly winds.

Temperatures, by Santa Fe, for the 24 Hours ending at 5 p. m. last night: Minimum 46. Maximum 85. Kings river water stage at Piedra 5.27; discharge, 2635 second feet.

Fuller, Odenheimer and Newport Swept Back into Office Without Opposition; Lemoore, Corcoran Councilmen Elected KINGS RIVER TO FLOW 1-2 NORMAL REPORT SHOWS Valley Farmers Face Water Shortage Unless April, May Wet, U. S. Bureau Predicts Unless April and May turn out to be unusually wet, the runoff in Kings river this year will probably be little more than 50 percent of normal, the report of the U. S. weather bureau at Fresno, received yesterday, shows.

Lack of rainfall made a poor prospect out of what had promised at the beginning of the month to be a subnormal but at least a satisfactory water supply, the bureau report said. The report follows: "As a contribution to the prospective water supply for this season, the precipitation in the mountain and foothill drainage basins tributary to this valley was practically negligible during the last month. Averages for these stations over the entire periods of their recshow that the average March yields about 16 percent of the seasonal total of precipitation. March precipitation, or the lack of it, therefore, is an important factor and deficit last month has made a poor prospect out of what had promised at the beginning of the month to be a subnormal but at least a satisfactory water supply. "Reports from six stations In the San Joaquin drainage basin show they had received 65 percent of mal precipitation for the current season to the end of March and 5 56 percent of normal for an entire geason.

The same stations in 1933 had Continued on Last Page, RED CROSS APPEALS FOR BABY BUGGY AND GO-CART FOR NEEDY Has any one in the Hanford district either a spare baby buggy or a spare go-cart for a couple of worthy and needy youngsters? Hanford chapter of the Red Cross issued the appeal yesterday. In one case, the mother is going to work in the fruit and little sister has to take care of baby brother. They have no baby buggy. In the other case, the baby has just reached walking stage and is too heavy for the mother to carry. She needs some sort of go-cart.

Anyone having either a baby bugKY or a go-cart to donate to a good cause should communicate either with Mrs. A. E. Horlock. chairman of the local Red Cross: A.

Gustafson, caretaker of Red Cross headquarters at Douty and Eighth. or with The Journal. I. SHOUMAN, BROTHER INJURED IN CRASH I. Shouman, proprietor of Shouman's Furniture store, his brother, L.

Shouman, and Ernest Gantz narrowly escaped death Saturday night when they were involved in an automobile accident south of San Francisco on the Bay Shore highway. An automobile cut across the highway and crashed into the rear of the Shouman car, spinning it around and nearly turning it over. The car was badly wrecked. I. Shouman received bad bruises, L.

Shouman cuts and bruises and Ernest Gantz, cuts on the forehead and leg. the latter two receiving medical treatment at a hospital. Carried back into office by a complimentary vote in which 362 ballots were cast, City Councilmen C. W. Fuller, M.

G. Odenheimer and A. Leroy Newport were elected to serve for another four years yesterday in an election which failed to bring forth the writein opposition which was rumored throughout the day. There were three writein candidates, George A. Welshar, Joe MeCarthy, who received one vote each, and W.

J. McDonald, who received one vote under that spelling and one vote with the named spelled MeDonlald. It was assumed the voters meant to cast their ballots for the same man. Mr. Newport received 354 votes to lead his teammates in the onesided race in which there was no opposition for the first time in the history of Hanford.

Mr. Odenheimer polled 350 votes and Mr. Fuller 330. Asks $100,000 I NEA Marjorie Whiteis, film actress. shown above in a Los Angeles courtroom as she related to a jury details of an alleged proposal by Harry Joe Brown, director and producer.

She is suing Brown, husband of Sally Ellers, for 000, alleging breach of promise. JOHN S. BROWN, 59, SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERAN, DIES John S. Brown, 59, Spanish War Veteran and a resident of Hanford for a number of years, passed away suddenly at the home of his niece, Mrs. Anna Herbert, yesterday morning.

Coroner 0. D. Strong investigated the death and a medical examination given by Dr. W. R.

Bridgman revealed that death was from natural causes. Born in the Azores Island, Mr. Brown came to the United States 37 years ago and had been a resident of California for the past 20 years. He is survived by three sons, Frank of Massachusetts, John Brown of Philadelphia and Ichabod Brown of Hanford; five daughters, Mary and Priscilla and Mrs. Flora White, residing in the East, and Mrs.

Laura Garcee and Mrs. Barbara Azer of Los Angeles: and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Lewis and Mrs. Marian Rogers of Hanford. Funeral arrangements are being made by Peoples Undertaking Parlors.

VISIT AT ARMONA Brook Stroud and James Davis of Huntington Park are visiting at the W. A. Hickman home in Armona. Old Time Journal Readers Respond; Forty Year Record Set; Others Sought Recalling the old days when what is now the principal downtown business district. was fenced in and used in part as an implement yard, and when The Journal was published in a building on Irwin street about where the New Valley Grill now is, old time readers of The Journal have been sending in "oldest reader" claims -during A.

the Robinson past week. who resides at 1420. North Irwin, pioneer carpenter of Hanford, has been a Journal reader for more than 40 years, taking it when it was first established in Hanford by F. V. Dewey.

Mr. Robinson knew the formereditor of The Journal when he was a newspaper at old Traver and maintained the acquaintance after both. removed to Hanford. Robinson helped build the Traver hotel. took the paper from the time Mr.

Dewey started it here," CITY FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE. AUDITOR SHOWS $8,574.70 in CWA Improvements Are Paid But Were Not Budgeted $30,193.54 Balance Shown at End of Third Quarter; Other Collections Due The city council, in reading over City Auditor A. L. Packwood's third quarter report last night, found that although the city already has spent nearly $2000 more than its annual budget calls for. its finances are still in an excellent condition.

because the expenditures include 593.80 for payments 011 street improvements and electroliers which be ropaid to the city treasury outi of the assessment districts, The expenditures also include two unbudgeted CWA projects which cost $8574.70. This news came at the same meeting ati which Mayor E. H. Cassidy rose, and extended congratulations Councilmen C. W.

Fuller. M. G. Odenheimer and A. Leroy Newport for their election in yesterday's city election, and said he looked forward (Continued on Last Page) DILLINGER CAR RUMORED HEADED THROUGH VALLEY (By the Associated San Francisco, April John Dillinger "tip," this time reporting the notorious Indiana outlaw as coming up the San Joaquin valley in an automobile was carried on the northern California, police communication system tonight.

Howard Durley, of Ventura, gave the "tip" to officers in other cities including San Francisco. The automobile in which Sheriff Durley said "Dillinger and party" were believed to be riding passed through Ventura at 6:15 p. m. Sheriff Durley described It as a sedan carrying a Minnesota license number B420-213. CWA AUDITOR ENDS WORK PROGRAM TO HALT APRIL 26TH While Kings County CWA offielals are waiting to see what the SERA works program may mean to Kings county with the prospect of completing all cleanup work in connection with the program next week, Harvey Washburn, auditor and disbursing officer.

has received word that his commission In that capacity expires next Saturday, ho announced yesterday. Washburn said that although he will not. be allowed tio sign any more checks for this county after Saturday, he will have two or three days' work next week closing up his records. Disbursements for Kings county will now be handled by W. G.

Whitefield, assistant disbursing officer of Fresno. The Fresno office will disbursements for all the central valley counties. Kern county will come under the jurisdiction of Santa Barbara county. J. Ray Hayes, civil works administrator for the county, received notice yesterday that federal CWA projects will be discontinued April 26.

This means that the national reemployment service, conducted by Frank Buckner, and the charity relief survey conducted by J. E. Sparks and George, Holt, will not be carried on after that date. Air Skipper NEA Lieut-Commander H. V.

Wiley, who becomes commander of the U. S. S. Macon, navy dirigible, June 6. Wiley is the sole surviving officer of the Akron disaster.

WOMAN IN JAIL OVER SELLING INDIANS LIQUOR Arrest Follows Fight Between John and Jim Burnell; Home Brew Seized A woman was in jail and a man who had been there was out yesterday as the result of alleged sale of liquor to Indians. Mrs. Francisca Luna, about 37, of 312 West Phillips street, dented she had sold liquor to John Burnell and his step father, Jim Burnell, Indians, but nevertheless was held on a complaint signed by Mra. John Burnell. Abram Amaya, 74, was free because of lack of evidence to attempt to convict him on a charge of selling liquor to Pete and Eddie Roberts, Tache Indians, last week.

Mrs. Luna's trouble apparently started when the Burnell's got in fight and Jim was arrested by Deputy Sheriff C. T. DeShazo. John claimed Jim cracked him over the head with an ax, but John's wife said it was just a bucket.

John was treated at the county hospital and was released from jail after he told where he got the liquor. DeShazo and Constable W. B. Dalby confiscated a small amount of home brew the home, where they said they found a couple of customers. They said she had no license to sell liquor.

TWO DRUNKS FINED, GIVEN TIME TO PAY Two drunks appeared before Judge H. V. Brenton yesterday and drew fines of $10 each. Rutland H. Baker, who was arrested in the 100 block North Redington Saturday night, by City Offices R.

B. Herndon, pleaded guilty, paid $5 of his fine and was given until April 20 to pay the other $5. C. C.Flores, who was arrested in Chinatown Saturday night by Herndon, pleaded guilty and was given until April 20 to pay the entire fine. ENGINEER TO TELL CLUB ABOUT DAM L.

J. Moore, member of the engineering department of the San quin Light Power company of Fresno, will speak on the Boulder dam at the Kiwanis luncheon Wednesday noon. F. Judson Bowden will act as chairman. A directors meeting will be held Wednesday evening at 7:30.

ON WEEKEND VISIT Mrs. William Bernstein and son. Billy, spent Sunday with Mr. Bernstein who is at. the Coalinga Hot Springs.

Telegraph Briefs Telegraph the Associated Washingten, April 9. Home rule for dairymen over their producing and distributing centers V89 proposed today in a report by an unofficial group of congressmen opposing the AAA milk policies. Sunnyvale, April 9-Off to join the Panama bound U. S. fleet, the navy dirigible Macon slipped from her mooring mast here today, circled north through the Golden gate and then turned south for a cruise to San Diego.

Washington, April S. Johnson was enroute to Florida afterncon to join President Roosevelt's yachting party. San Diego, April speedy 600 mile flight, the first lap of a 2800 mile journey from San Diego to Panama, giant navy sea planes were nestled in the bay at La Paz, Baja California, according to a wireless message received at 11 naval dis. trict headquarters tonight. Meanwhile the United States fleet ARMY ENGINEERS WOULD UP AID TO WATER PROJECT Recommend $12,000,000 Grant Instead of $6,760,000 Originally Suggested Favor Change in Kennet Dam Height, and In River Channel Work LIGHTEST VOTE POLLED The vote probably was the lightest on record for Hanford, tho total of 362 being just a little less than 14 percent of the registration of 2623 voters.

The vote by precincts was as follows: Consolidated precinct A. 116 South Irwin street: Fuller 27; Newport, 26: Odenheimer, 26. Total, 30. Consolidated precinct 306 West Eighth street: Fuller, 95; Newport, 105: Odenheimer, 105; Welshar, 1: McCarthy, 1. Total, 106.

Consolidated precinct 315 North Douty street: Fuller, 87: Newport, 93; Odenheimer, 90. Total. 96. Consolidated precinet 1124 North Harris street: Fuller, 121: Newport, 130: Odenheimer, 129; W. J.

McDonald, J. W. McDonald, 1. Total, 130. The vote will be canvassed at a meeting of the city council on April 16.

Allis and Stepp Winners at Lemoore Lemoore, April I. Allis and Councilman L. S. Stepp won a three cornered race for two posts (Continued on Last Page) WIRT ORDERED TO NAME NAMES BEFORE HOUSE (By the Associated Washington, House Democrats today completed their preparations for William S. Wirt's appearance tomorrow by letting the Gary, Indiana, educator know he must answer questions put to him face contempt charges.

Wirt was called to tell a special house committee the names of advisors who, he said, had told him that President Roosevelt was "only the Kerensky of this revolution." Speaker Rainey told reporters Wirt would have to give the names or "he will be cited for contempt of the house." BERRY NO. I WELL IN BELRIDGE IS RECORD: NOW 11,000 FEET DEEP Bakersfield. April Berry No. 1 well of the General Pteroleum company now holds the record for the deepest oil well in the world, The well located at Belridge, was nearly 11,000 feet. deep todav.

considerably below the 10.944 foot mark set, by the North Dome Ketleman Oil Gas association in their Lills-Welch No. 1 well near Coalinga. Increasing EAR pressude and recurrent streaks of oil sand Indicated probably of great body of oil within a comparativelv short distance, according to drillers. HUSBAND GETS DIVORCE ON CRUELTY CHARGES Lewis Samuelson, who charged his wife, Ruby Samuelson, with extreme cruelty because she associated with other men and finally left him. yesterday was awarded a default Liudgment for an interlocutory decree of divorce.

The couple was married July 20. 1926, and separated March 31. 1932. They have one child, Beverly Jean. Mr.

Samuelson, Opal Ramadem and Violet Wichmann testified at. the trial held before Judge K. Van Zantie. Samuelson was represented by Attorney A. C.

McClellan. TEACHERS URGED TO HEAR GLENN FRANK Mrs. Elsie I. Bozeman, county suI perintendent of schools, yesterday urged that as many teachers as possible take advantage of the opportunity to hear Dr. Glenn Frank, noted educator, at the Fresno high school next Thursday evening at 8:15.

The meeting is open to all. who. care to attend. and Mrs. Bozeman hopes to see a good representation from Kings county reservations may be made with the Glenn Frank committee of the Fresno city council of education at 2125 Fresno street, Fresno.

(By the Associated Press Washington, April -Army engineers recommended today that congress appropriate $12,000,000 a8 the federal government's contribution toward the $170.000,000 Callfornia Central Valley project. The recommendation, made in a report sent the house rivers and harbors committee by Major General E. M. Markham, chief of engineers, would increase the from $6,760,000 originally recommended by the board of rivers and harbors. URGES DAM CHANGE Markham also recommended that the dam, to be built at Kennett on the Sacramento river, be 420 feet high as desired by local interests.

instead of 460 feet as recommended by the board. He also recommended that the Sacramento river be improved to provide a depth of 6 feet from 8acramento to Colusa, and 5 feet from Colusa to Chico landing at a cost of $390,000. General Markham did not concur with the board's recommendation that locks be constructed at the dam at a cost of $6.000,000 to provide a 6-foot channel in the San Joaquin river from Stockton to Mendota. Construction of the locks, he reported, would take funds which could be expended to better advantage on other parts of the project. L.

KENOYER ADMITS DRUNKEN DRIVING. SEEKS PROBATION Lester C. Kenover, arrested last Wednesday for driving while drunk on the Visalia highway, took a quick trip' through the Justice and superfor courts here yesterday, pleaded guilty and asked probation. Kenover appeared before Justice of the Peace H. V.

Brenton for his prelininary hearing. heard Traffic Officers W. Morton. the only witness, testify that he followed the weaving Kenoyer for about a mile and a halt along the highwav. and then arrested him about mile west of Hanford.

Kenoyer was bound over 10 the superior court where he waived time for pleading. pleaded guilty. and asked probation. Judge K. Van Zante 16 at 2 p.

m. for hearing on probation and passing of judgment. District Attorney Clarence H. Witson prosecuted the case. I.

F. RISHOP THINKS RAIL HIGH: WANTS OUT Fresno April -L. E. Rishon who has been brought here by officors from Los Angeles and who f4 charged with having failed to no ware claims to 011 workers in the Kettleman Hills today filed natl. ton in the superior court geeking his release from the county jail on writ of ha.bane corpus.

He charco4 the band of $25000 placed on him in excessive. Bishon lumned his bond four months ago here and he has been sought by officers until Inst week when he was arrested in Los Anreles. He also wanted in Kings county for failure to pay wages to oil workers In Kettleman Hills. DRIVER TAILED AFTER CRASH WINS FREEDOM steamed southward bound for the Atlantic coast after leaving here today. Detroit, April The strike of American Federation of Labor Members at the plant of the Motor Products corporation was settled tonight with the strikers agreeing to return to work Tuesday morning at a 10 percent increase in wages.

The strike Involving 4600 employes was considered the key to the main dispute in the motor labor field. Dublin, April 9-William Wallace McDowell, who became the American minister to the Trish Free State just two weeks ago, died. suddenly of heart attack tonight at a banquet in his honor by Trish excentives. San brancisco, April in shreach of contract. Vincent.

J. squillante, of San Francisco, brought, suit. in- superior court here today aga'nst California Grape Products Ltd. He asked 8100,000 damages, and an aCe counting. Felix Trie, who assertediv tried to got away from Dr.

S. E. Watking after their cars had scraped fendPTS to miles north of Hanford Sundav, WA.8 free from fail vesterday when Dr. Watkins decided 'not to sign complaint against him because he WAN planning to leave at once for Arizona. The story is that after the cars had scroved fenders.

Dr. Watkins SEa VA chase and caught. up with Preto. holding him until Deputy Sheriff C. T.

DeShoza came to make the arrest. Mr. Robinson said. "It was satis. factory then and I still find it very satisfactory reading." OVER 35 YEARS Another old time reader of The Journal is Mrs.

Josephine Dunstan of 1216 North Douty street, who has been taking The Journal for "over 85 years," the exact number being unctrtain. She too has been a constant reader. Mrs. C. G.

Mackey of north of Hanford said last week that she has been a Journal reader constantly for "at least 80 years" and enjoys it immensely. Another Journal reader who has taken the paper "since the year. one" 14 Mrs. Jessie Russell of Hanford. The Journal would like to hear from other old subscribers and is attempting to determine the old.

est continuous reader since the paper was founded in 1891. LINDBERGH TEACHER DIES Chicago, April 9. --Ira Bitfle, 44. veteran aviator, who helped teach Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and others of the nation's prominent aviators to fly, died today at a hospital after a long illness.

Today's Events! Hanford post No. 3. American Legion, Veterans' Memorial hall, 8 p. m. Eagles lodge.

No. 652, Dewey hall, 8 p. m. 1. 0.

0. F. No. 264, Odd Fellows hall, 8 p. m..