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A HOME NEWSPAPER NEA FEATURE SERVICE In Kings County HANFORD "JOURNAL Leased Wire The Leading Daily Associated Press FORTY-SECOND YEAR HANFORD, KINGS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1932 NUMBER WORLD FLIERS FORCED DOWN, PLANE WRECKED HANFORD DRYS ORGANIZE FOR REPEAL FIGHT To Oppose Repeal of Wright Act; Name Rev. Peterson as Chairman Resolution Points Out Reasons for Action; Support Dry Candidates Formation of a Hantord committee of the Kings Council of Dry Forces and adoption of a resolution committing the county-wide zation to a determined fight against the proposed repeal of the Wright act in November marked the meeting of representatives of six Hanford churches at the First Baptist church last night. The meeting was called by Rev. E. A.

Anderson, president of the county organization. Mrs. J. R. Humphrey is secretary.

Rev. Louis A. Peterson, pastor of the Free Methodist church, was selected as chairman of the Hanford committee, the first to be formed in all the towns and communities in the county as part of the county group, the election being subject to his acceptance as he had to leave the meeting early. The group last night, representing the Baptist, Presbyterian, First Methodist, Church of the Nazarene, and Christian, was formed into the Hanford committee. TO SAVE WRIGHT ACT After Rev.

Mr. Peterson had led in prayer, Rev. Mr. Anderson explained the purpose of the organization, that is, to distribute dry literature, make every effort to save the Wright act and wherever possible to support known dry candidates for office. The latter a at present was considered not feasible with so many good men in the field.

The following resolution was adopted: "Inasmuch as there is an active effort under way to repeal the Wright act at the Novemebr election, therefore, "Be it resolved that: Whereas the Wright act is California's state law, passed by our legislature for the purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 2 of the eighteenth amendment, "Whereas it is a police measure on Page JAMES KINNEE WILL. SING SOLOS TONIGHT AS CONCERT FEATURE Featuring vocal solos by James Kinnee, one of which will be the popular "On the Road to the regular Friday evening concert of the Hanford Municipal band will be given at 8 o'clock this evening at Lacey park. Cuyler Leonard is the conductor. Approximately 2000 persons heard last Friday's concert. Tonight's program follows: March, "Sen Overture, "Gypsy Festival" Waltz, Saxaphone Solo, "Saxophobia" Weidoeft "Out of the Dusk to Lee Austin James, soloist Characteristic, "Jolly Extra, trumpet trio, "The Nevin Messrs.

Kinnee, Joseph and Leonard Selection, "Prince of Intermission March, "El "Minuet" Beethoven "Country Granger "Somebody Loves Tobias Vocal, the Road to Mandalay" 2-Selected. Caprice, "Zada" James, Kinnee, soloist, "Sally Fillmore National Anthem, "Star Spangled Banner" Key Cuyler H. Leonard, conductor. The Weather Fair and warm Friday and Saturday; northwest winds. Official Santa Fe temperatures for 24 hours ending 6 p.

m. July 7: Minimum, 66. Maximum, 110. river stage at Piedra, 8.18 Kings feet; discharge 7850 second feet. ROOSEVELT SMILE OF VICTORY Here are two striking close-ups of velt, with his smile of victory.

window of the plane that took him dential nomination. the Democratic standard bearer, The photos were taken as Roosevelt from Albany, N. to Chicago Elections Will Cost $8500 Here, Estimate The August primary and the general election Kings county $8500, it was estimated yesterday Pickerill who, with several other county officers, for the next fiscal year. Pickerill estimated the $4500 and of the general election at $4000. Mr.

Pickerill, as secretary of the law library, for the library of $300 in salary and $1000 for tion, mostly books. MILK PRICE CUT TO START TODAY AT LOCAL DAIRY Hanford's first "come and get it" bulk milk dairy will get under way today with the announcement by Mrs. Etta Richards of the Richards Dairy, 1109 West Seventh street, that she is ready for business. Mrs. Richards, who has been in the milk business here for over four years, will sell raw market milk on a bring your own container basis for 5 cents a quart, 10 cents a half gallon and 20 cents a gallon.

She will continue her delivery route in Hanford for those who wish it. she said. Mrs. Richard, who obtained her bulk milk plan from the coast, said that her cows meet every sanitary test, being inspected by a local veterinarian three times a year and being inspected and tested by the state inspector, in addition to being laboratory tested every 30 days. Calling attention to the fact that Hanford has no Grade A milk ordinance, Mrs.

Richards favors such an ordinance, she said yesterday. Under present city regulations either raw market milk or pasteurized market milk can be delivered in the city, as long as board of health rules and state inspection rules are observed. Mrs. Richards, in launching her new venture which is similar to those at Tulare and Visalia which have Grade A milk ordinance, said she estimated that her net would be about the same at the new "come and get it prices" as under the old plan where she delivered and furnished bottles. Her "office.

hours" will be from 6 to 9 a. m. and 5 to 8 p. m. BEG PARDON Through an inadvercant error it WAS stated in yeserday's Journal that Tax.

Collector E. W. Houston had turned over to County TreasurH. McInturff $172,695.52 as tax er collections for June. The collections were made, in fact, by County Agsessor George Murray on unsecured property which he handles, most of it coming from Kettleman Hills.

The collections set a new record for June. MILLION WOMEN BACK ROOSEVELT ON WET PLANK Both Parties Represented in Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform All States Except One Represented in Move; State W. C. T. U.

Silent Press Leased Wirel New York, July organization of "more than 1,000.000 WOmen of both political parties," banded together in a war on the 18th amendment, was placed behind the presidential candidacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt today by its executive committee. Announcement of the decision was made by Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, herself once a Republican leader, at the conclusion of a seven hour meeting of the executive committee of the women's organization for national prohibition reform.

Mrs. Sabin is national chairman. Fifty women. 29 of whom were described as Republicans, debated their position behind closed library doors of the home of Mrs. Edward Small Moore, a committeewoman.

Those attending represented 23 states and proxies were presented from all other 19 states in which the organization has units, save Oklahoma. The adoption of the resolution was announced as unanimous. Ratification by state branches is not necessary. San Francisco, July Louise J. Taft, president of the California Women's Christian Temperance Union, declined to comment here today on the action in New York of the executive committee of the women's organization for national prohibition reform in pledging support for Governor Franklin D.

Roosevelt as presidential candidate. DR. AND MRS. COOPER SEVERELY HURT IN MISHAP ON HIGHWAY Dr. and Mrs.

J. H. Cooper of Hanford were severely Injured in 871 automobile accident two miles west of Los Banos yesterday morning when their car overturned after striking a truck. They were returning to Hanford from the coast. When in passing a truck the truck turned into them overturning their car, it was reported.

Mrs. was the more ser lously injured, sustaining a broken nose, broken ribs ani cuts about the face. Dr. Cooper received a cut over the eye and an injured shoulder. The couple was given first aid treatment at a Los Banos, hospital and brought on home by Hugo Buckner.

They are under the care of Dr. J. A. Crawshaw. TWO THEFT SUSPECTS FREED AFTER TRIAL Adolfo Vidal and Ynez Castro, charged with petty theft in connection with looting the Fred Sauer stand at Athletic park, were found not guilty by City Judge H.

V. Brenton following a trial yesterday. Sauer signed the complaint. against the youths after his stand had been robbed of $7 worth of merchandise afternoon. Burt Willey, at.

the Wednesday, park, testified that he saw two Mexican boys resembling the youths under suspicion, but could not positively identify them. P. J. Hanse, a rancher who employs one of them, testified that he was on his ranch at 5:05 Wednesday and could not have committed the theft charged. Governor Franklin D.

Roosewaved to admirers from the to accept his party's presi- BAD BOY SMITH IS APOLOGETIC; RETURNED HERE Meek and apologetic and not nearly so tough as he was the day he held up Undersheriff James E. Sparks and escaped with his car, Roy V. Smith, 24, was returned peacably enough from Los Angeles yesterday by Undersheriff Sparks. Feeling the effects of a broken rib, sustained in an auto crash as he returned from Los Angeles with his car, Sparks took no chances with Smith this time, bringing him back bracelets." "I don't blame you," Smith told Sparks. "If anyone had treated me as white as you did and anyone else treated you as dirty as I did, I'd put all the irons there were on." SMITH IS WORRIED Smith expressed when Sparks informed him that he faced the possibility of from 5 years to life for his resisting an officer and highway robbery escapade in Los Angeles.

Whether or not the southern charges will be pressed is uncertain, the local charge of grand theft of S. E. Railsback's car being serious enough in itself. Smith confided to Sparks that he obtained the gun with which he on Back MRS. S.

RUBALCAVA PASSES AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Secundia Rublacava, 45, died yesterday morning at a local hospital following a short illness. Born in Mexico, Mrs. Rublacava had resided seven years in Hanford and 19 years in California. She resided at 513 East Ivy.

She is survived by one son, Francis Rublacava, and" a brother, Joe Rublacava. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, burial in Hanford cemetery, Lewis, Madison Russell have charge of arrangements. Mr. and Mrs. Myron D.

Rummelsburg and son, Sandy, have returned home from a trip to Oxnard, where they were the guests of Mr. Rummelsburg's father, A. Rummelsburg, 66 Men Lost As Submarine Sinks; Only Seven Are Saved (Associated Press Leased French Cherbourg, France, July -The submarine Promethee plunged without warning under the waves of Cherbourg harbor while on a trial maneuver today, taking down at least 66 men in 150 feet of water seven miles north of Cape Levt. Seven members of the crew, including trout. Mesnil, the ship's commander, were hurled from the deck and swam until they were picked up by a fishing boat.

Efforts to locate and salvage of the submarins with its imprisoned Suspect Held as Lindy Case 'Fox Charged with playing the role of the Lindbergh baby kidnaper in the alleged hoax engineered by Gaston B. Means, Norman T. Whitaker, above, an ex-convict, is held in New York City under $100,000 bail pending removal to Washington, D. C. Federal aulthorities charged Whitaker was the mysterious "Fox No.

19" referred to by Means when he received $104,000 from Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean on promises to return the Lindbergh child. $22,000 SCHOOL PLANS BLOCKED BY AVENAL ROW Avenal's proopsed new $22,000 schoolhouse, programmed for this fall by the directors of the new Reefe-Sunset Union school district, will in all probability not be started before late in September and will not be finished before February, it was learned yesterday from Mrs. Elsie 1. Bozeman, county superintendent of schools.

The delay in the building prolack of Sunset and Reefe gram, enough, is due to strangely, districts being two of the richest districts, if not the richest districts. in rural Californa because they in the heart of the Kettleman Hills oil fields. The Reefe district's money is tied up in a contemplated mandamus suit for $6800 involving work done on tennis courts, flood lights and shrubbery, money spent allegedly in violation of the state school law. Claims for the $6800 are being held up by county officers, a suit being necessary to settle the case. Meantime, students at Reefe school in Avenal will start school in the old building- and like ft.

ALL. PRUNE GROWERS INVITED TO MEETING IN HANFORD TONIGHT While tonight's meeting at the Farm Bureau club rooms is intended primarily for independent prune growers, to whom the new united prune growers contract will be explained, members of the association are also invited to attend, Farm Advisor H. R. Keller announced yesterday. L.

Bronson, organizer for district, and Walter this" Swall, Visalia, committeeman, will attend and address the meeting. Two significant forward steps were taken in the prune sign-up campaign during the past week, Keller said. The most important was the release by banks, service and utility companies, oil companies, and bustof funds with which the campaign is to be prosecuted to a successful issue, The other step was the decision to divide the prune areas Into seven, distriets and to place experienced organizers in charge of each district. These organizers will, in every case, be either men who are also prune growers or are familiar with grower problems through having worked in positions where growers were frequently contacted. Contracts are now flowing into headquarters in San Jose in generous quantities from the Santa Clara and San Benito districts.

Mr. and Mrs. M. Lampert and Rev. and Mrs.

Arthur Hicks of Fowler have returned from a vacation spent in Yosemite. NOT KNOWN IF AIRMEN HURT AS HOP ENDED Faulty Controls Caused Crack-up; Have Been Missing More Than Day Attempt to Beat Post-Gatty Mark Halted After Record Atlantic Flight BULLETIN! Press Leased Wirel Moscow, July Toss News Agency reported today that James Mattern and Bennett Griffin, American round-the-world fliers, were forced down at m. yesterday near Borisov. 50 miles from Minsk, due to faulty controls on their plane. The plane was wrecked, the report said.

There was no indication whether the fliers were injured. NEA Press Leased Wire1 Moscow. July Mattern and Bennett Griffin, the American round-the-world fliers who started out so bravely by crossing the Atlantic in record time, were unreported and more than 24 hours overdue here this morning. They had disappeared as completely as though their red, white and blue monoplane had gone sailing off into space. The last heard of them was at 16:05 p.

m. (eastern standard time) Wednesday, when they were sighted near Hegeline, on the GermanPolish border. That was three hourg and five minutes after they took off from Berlin with high hopes of greatly extending their margin over Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, the round-the-world airmen whose record they set out to better. Now they have fallen far behind Post and Gatty. Thursday midnight, Moscow time, they had been out of New York 60 hours and 59 minutes.

Post and Gatty reached Moscow in 54 hours and 34 minutes. in November will cost by County Clerk E. F. filed budget requests cost of the primary at filed a budget request maintenance and opera- The regular clerk requests two deputies ties of $6040 tenance and office. Last salaries and budget of the county for the clerk, and registration depuand $1064 for mainoperation of the clerk's year $5640 went for $1183.89 for maintenance and supplies.

BRENTON ASKS FOR $2860 Justice of the Peace H. V. Brenton filed his budget yesterday, also asking $1800 for salary and $1060 for mantenance and operation of his office. Last year's costs were $1800 for salary and $866.72 for maintenance. Judge Brenton reported fees collected totaling $542 during the past year and estimated $500 for the coming fiscal year.

He reported fines collected during the past year at $2417 and estimated the income from this source for next year at $2400. Showing a material reduction, the budget of Arthur G. Meldrim, county purchasing agent, was filed yesterday. It calls for salaries of the purchasing agent and assistant totaling $3180 as compared with $3616 last year and seeks $325 for maintenance and operation as compared with $378 last year. He also asks a stock account of $500 with which to purchase supplies for other departments and charging to them.

His total requests are $3505 on Page TULARE COUNTY FAIR SET FOR SEPT. 20TH, WHILTON ANNOUNCES Tulare will have the distinction this year of having the only county fair as such between Pomona and Stockton, directors having decided definitely yesterday to continue the fair this year the week of September 20. Fresno county fair will be discontinued this year. This fact was announced here yesterday by Emory Whilton. Tulare and Hanford hotel man, who with Charles Horrworth, field secretary of the All Year Club of Southern California, conferred with the Kings county.

Board of Supervisors regarding tourist travel and the tieup between the San Joaquin Valley Tourist Travel association and the All Year club. Horrworth explained to the board that over 1,000,000 prospective tourists will he provided reading matter and pictures of the San Joaquin-Sierra playgrounds this year because of the tieup. No financial support is being sought at this time, 'Horrworth said. MRS. JENNIE.

POULTER PASSES IN OKLAHOMA; LIVED HERE 12 YEARS Mra Jennie Poulter, 62, resident of Hanford for 12 years, died in Antlers, Oklahoma, yesterday while visiting her step-daughter, Mrs. Lena Farr, in company with her daughter, Mrs. James E. Sparks of Hanford. She and Mrs.

Sparks left Hanford June 3. Mrs. Poulter who had made her home with the Sparks family for the past six years, had been in 111 health for a number of years, her death being caused by a combination of ailments, Her husband six years ago. Besides Mrs. Farr and Mrs.

Sparks, Mrs. Poulter is survived by her sons, S. B. Poulter of Los Angeles and George E. Poulter of Hanford; her daughter, Mrs.

Dorothy Eld of Hanford; and her stepHON, Tom Poulter of Schenectady, New York. Funeral services will probably be held in Oklahoma. HOUSE PASSES RELIEF BILL. DESPITE HOOVER VETO THREAT, 202-157 (Associated Press Lensed Wirel Washington, July 7. -Aided by 35 Republicans, the Democratic House today approved the conference reporta on the Garner-Wagner relief measure in the face of indefinite veto threats by President Hoover.

By a 202 to 157 vote, the report was adopted and sent to the Senate where quick approval was expected. Then it will go to the White House to climax a heated controversy between the chief executive and Speaker Garner. The House action was a triumph for Speaker Garner over President Hoover. Undoubtedly the relief measure will be an issue in the coming presidential campaign, when the Democratic vice-presidential. nominee takes the stump against the Hoover-Curtis ticket.

occupants were impended by violent currents. Search for the sunken craft by Naval planes was handicaped by miserable flying conditions Lieutenant Couespel Du Mesnil, the submarine's commander. said tonight it was Impossible to explain the catastrophe. but "it would appear there was some error in bandling." "Hearing a. noise on deck." he said, "I thought a man was overboard and sprung up the ladder.

"I was dumfounded to see the deck awash and as I climbed out I felt the ship sink under me." Today's Events Baseball. Woodlake, vs. Hanford, Athlete park, 8:15 p. m. Prune Growers meeting, Farm Bureau clubrooms.

Wealth Center building, 8 p. m. Hanford Encampment No. 68, I. 0.

0. Odd Fellows hall, 8 p. m..