No. 21
MAC ARTHURS SAY GOODBYE—General and Mrs. Douglas Mac- Arthur wave farewell at Haneda airp ort before entering their p lane for the flight to the United States. Standing at the foot of the ramp is Lt. Col. Tony Story , the general’s p ersonal p ilot.—(AP Wirep hoto via radio from Toky o). 'Mac' Lands In Hawaii; Due In S.F. Tomorrow
HONOLULU (/P) — Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Honolulu early this morning and a near-riot raged near the ramp of his con stellation transp ort, the re-christen ed “Bataan." Air force p olice manhandled news p hotograp hers try ing to record the historic event. The five-star General, making his first trip to the United States in 14 y ears, remained aloof to the melee. The scuffle raged a few feet behind him as he shook hands with Ad-
SAN FRANCISCO (ff) — San Francisco’s may or was told by telep hone from Hawaii today that General * ^ ‘ arrive at the p ort at 8 p .m. U asked that no p lace after the arrival and that the reneral and his p arty be rush ed by automobile to the St. Fran cis hotel. Formal ceremonies win take p lace Wednesday .
miral Arthur W. Radford, Hawaii’S; Gov, Ingram Stainback and Army Secretary Frank Pace, Jr. At least a dozen p hotograp hers were roughed up by the air force p o lice. They included AP’s Paul Strong of San Francisco and Carl My dans of Life Magazine. My dans has been a p ersonal acquaintance of General MacArthur since before World War n. The “Bataan”—it was “Scap ” be fore MacArthur was strip p ed of his commands—touched down at Hick- am air field at 12:28 a.m. Seven minutes later the General set foot on American soil for the first time since his 1944 conference here with President Roosevelt. With the dep osed sup reme com
mander were his wife, his 13-y ear- old son, Arthur, and aides and staff members. They are scheduled to arrive in San Francisco Wednesday . As MacArthur’s p lane turned broadside into the floodlights of Hickam field the crowd gathered at the airp ort began to cheer and clap . Mrs. MacArthur ap p eared first at the doorway of the p lane. Behind her the General waved, his face wreathed in smiles for a brief mo ment. He is homeward bound for a war hero’s welcome and an unp re dictable battle over U.S. p olicy in Asia. He followed Mrs. MacArthur down the ramp . Young Arthur waa at his & t ' f*** ♦ '.1~ ~ ';*• A lei, the traditional flowered wreath of Hawaii, was'hung around Mrs. MacArthur’s neck. The fam ily disap p eared for a moment in the crowd of official greeters. The p hotograp hers were try ing to get a clear p icture of the General's p arty . They were thwarted by the air force p olice. Strong said the p olice began shov ing the p hotograp hers around even before the ramp wcs p ushed up to the p lane. “Two air p olice grabbed one guy and literally p itched him through the air,” Strong said. “He actual ly * bounced.” The General and his p arty were sup p osed to go down a long line to meet civilian and military officials But this recep tion broke off when every body p ressed forward around the controversial military leader. Lt. Col. Anthony Storey , Mac Arthur’s p ersonal p ilot, was actual ly the first man off the p lane. He walked half way down the ramp and then walked back up to assist Mrs. MacArthur down the step s.
S.R. Red Tag Days Start On Thursday
Red Tag Day s, San Ra£ ael*s gala. semi-annual three-day sp ending sp ree, have rolled around again, beginning Thursday and ending when the shades are drawn Saturday afternoon. Prices will be cut to the bone and bargain counters will be overflowing with articles of every jdescrip tion, ranging from ani mal crackers to zip p ers. Ap ril 19 -21 will
Five Jailed After Riot At Stinson
Two beach p arties at Stinson Beach Saturday night ended in a riot with five boy s booked at the Marin county jail on charges of dis turbing the p eace. Stinson Beach Dep uty Sheriff Bill Woodington said the fight ap p ar ently started when one group at temp ted to raid the p icnic p rovi sions of the other, and fists and beer cans started fly ing. Four girls, from one of the group s dashed to Woodington’s home near the beach and summoned his help at about 9 p .m. Wop dington arrived with five other dep uty sheriffs to find a fight in full swing. They survey ed the fracas and then moved in on the boy s who immediately scattered. Woodington said he and the other dep uties were able to round up all but one or two of the y ouths. As sisting were Dep uty Sheriff Glen Wentz, and Sp ecial Dep uties Man uel Faustine, Frank Flood, Vern Thomas and Edward Zorn. The nine who were cap tured were taken to the county jail where the four girls were released to their p ar ents and the five boy s, all from Mill Valley , were booked on charges of disturbing the p eace. Two were re leased after they p osted $100 bail. One of the y ouths is a ward of the Marin juvenile court. Marin County Probation Officer Edmund Blum said that he and others have “made general denials” of the charges against them. Blum said that none of the y ouths attend school.
see 52 Marin merchants taking p art in ♦the shop p ing fiesta which is ex p ected to shatter all p rev i ous records. Red Tag day s are sp onsored by the merchants committee of the San Rafael Chamber ot Commerce, headed by committee chairman Roy Michael and chamber manager Stan Lowry . Though dozens of merchants will p articip ate in this week’s six th semi-annual sp ending bender, eager buy ers can sp ot all Red Tag stores by blazing red signs in disp lay win dows. The merchants committee has urged the buy ing p ublic to come out on Thursday , Friday , and Satur day and take advantage of thous ands of bargains, all of which amount to steals for the customer. All Red Tag merchants will leave their doors op en till 9 p .m. on Fri day night so that their customers can fill their shop p ing bags to ca p acity with the countless money savers. This y ear’s merchants committee includes Walter Zurcher, Chet Wolfe, Mozart Kaufman, Robert Batty , My ron Zwang, Mrs. Helen Conrad, Roger Chevalier, Mrs. Nona Ship ley , Milton Schwartz, Duane Skaggs, and F. J. Mononi. The com mittee makes the p lans, sets up the budget and makes all rules and regulations for Red Tag Day s. “A stop s are p ulled out this y ear,” Michaels and Lowry said to day , urging shop p ers to sit up and take notice. “The lid is off so that this y ear’s Red Tag Day s can shatter all p re vious records. Smart shop p ers will bring their wheel barrows so they can get the full benefit of the many fantastically low p rices San Rafael merchants are featuring this week end.”
No Marin Whistles For General MacArthur
Marin fire whistles will not join the thousands of other sirens and noise makers throughout thp coun try tomorrow when Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives in San Francisco. Fire sirens throughout the land will herald the ap p roach of the hero of Bataan, but Marin’s fire dep art ments will remain silent, according to rep orts received so far. Many firemen feared that any ex tra use of their warning whistles would cause p ublic alarm.
Von Rotz Homes A. Von Rotz was granted p ermits last week to construct five new homes on his Bret Harte subdivision. San Rafael Building Official Walter Hellwig said the 'three - bedroom homes were valued at a total of $57,500. They will be similar to others in the tract.
Mery General Store Burglar Attempt Foiled In Inverness
Attemp ted burglary of Mery ’s general store in Inverness was foiled Friday night by owner Lloy d Mery when he scared the intruder away . Mery heard a window broken in the rear of the store and looked out an up stairs window frightening the intruder with a flashlight. He dashed away and Mery could not give p ositive identification. Nothing was taken from the store according to sheriff’s rep orts.
RAINFALL Total to date ..... 39 .6 0 This date last y ear ........... 31.9 4 Seasonal average ....... -33.6 0
Temp eratures: Noon today.......................... 52 Yesterday . high 57; low 48
SA Police Probe Kidnap Note; May Be Kid Prank
Supervisors To Air Subdivision Problem
Charges that a Novato subdivision is being built on marsh land with-* out adequate earth filling were scheduled for a thorough airing by the board of sup ervisors this after noon. The hearing was scheduled after County Engineer Carl Clow inform ed the sup ervisors this morning that homes are being erected on land not p rop erly filled. Clow said the county building in sp ector has issued building p ermits without insuring that fill require ments were comp lied with Following a p rocedure established by the sup ervisors in February , Clow said he insp ected and ap p rov ed four building sites. Without waiting for further insp ections or ap p rovals, the building insp ector is sued 13 building p ermits. The build er, not named in this morning’s dis cussions, has begun construction of
more homes without any p ermit at all, Clow added. He said the building insp ector has rep orted violations to the district attorney ’s office, “but they could have been stop p ed by not issuing a p ermit until the filling was ap p roved,” he ex p lained. Clow asked the county to p rovide funds for an insp ector to be em p loy ed by his office, if the building insp ection dep artment declines to withhold p ermits until adequate fill ing is done. The sup ervisors asked Clow to ap p ear before them again this after noon when they hop e to have Build ing Insp ector Harry Grieb (Lester Ry an is on vacation), on hand to thresh out the matter. “This is a serious p roblem.'These builders must comp ly with our re quirements for p rop er fill on low ground,” declared Sup ervisor Rob ert H. Trumbull of Novato.
SPELLI NG BEE Schools Compete In Contest Tomorrow
set to make the rounds Day s, Ap ril 19 -21. Their car is a th at of Jack Ben n y. Beau tifyin g th e an cien t jalop y,
Cline and Lloy d used our lot, are (left to right) Mrs. Nadine Renfort, of San Anselmo; Mrs. Gloria Haggerty , of San Ansclmo; Mrs. Drew Meiller, of San Rafael; Mrs. Barbara By ard, of Mill Valley ; Mrs. Helen HJort, of Mill Valley.
Twenty sp elling champ ions from thirteen elementary schools will comp ete in the annual Marin county sp elling bee in the San Rafael High School Little Theater tomorrow night, according to Dr. Wallace Hall, county sup erintendent. F. Ewing Bone, sup ervisor of in struction for the San Rafael schools, will be word p ronouneer. Judges will be Mrs. Ada M. Fusselman, secretary of the board of trustees of the College of Marin, and Dr. Wal lace Hall, Marin county sup erin tendent of schools. Chairman of the Bee is Harold A. MacChesney , of the San Rafael high school staff.
S. R. Officials Take Oaths At 8 Tonight *;/ • Several old faces and one new will be on hand tonight at the San Rafael city hall when recently elect ed officials take their oaths of of fice. The meeting begins at 8 p . m. Ctiy Clerk and Assessor Eugene Smith will take his oath for the thirteenth time. Former Council man Ed Culver will be officially named may or, taking the p lace of Robert Austin who could not con tinue due to ill health. New face will be that of Dr. Charles W. Aby , who with Homer Wood will be installed as city coun cilman. Other officials to be sworn in are City Attorney Harold Haley , Treas- urer-Tax Collector Chris Webb, and City Judge Guy Ciocca. Culver will administer the oath to Smith and he will swear in the other officers. Also to take office will be three incumbent school board officials, Angelo Turrinl, Thomas Boy d and John MacPhail. They will be, p res ent at the city hall and will then adjourn to the high school for a re organization meeting of the school board. The council agenda following the installation includes City Manager Ray Boege’s rep ort on p ossibility of p arking underneath the Highway 101 sky way . He will read a letter from the division of highway s ex p laining its p olicy .
School contests were conducted under the direction of the p rin cip als of the various county schools. Students comp eting were from the six th, seventh, and eighth grades, with all p up ils of those grades try ing for the eliminations. Tomorrow night, fourteen eighth graders will match skill and knowl edge against four seventh graders and two six th graders. According to Clarence Herkner, p rincip al of San Rafael’s E* Street school, 430 p up ils p articip ated in the contest at that school. All but six ty were eliminated in written ex ami nations. Attending the sp ell-down tomor row night will be school p rincip als, teachers, district sup erintendents, p arents and schoolmates. The winner will be declared Marin County sp elling champ ion, and will comp ete in the Western California Sp elling Bee which will be held in San Francisco on Saturday , Ap ril 28, for the state champ ionship , and an all ex p ense p aid trip to Wash ington, D.C. where the national fin als will be held Friday , May 25. In last y ear’s national finals, Ron nie La Velle, a p up il at Alto school, finished fifth among 50 of the na tion’s state champ ions. The West ern California Bee is sp onsored by the San Francisco News. Comp eting for the Marin County champ ionship are Tom Forster, Ar- leigh Wililams, 8 th graders, Fairfax schools; Holly Halse, 8 th grade, and Roger Griffiths, 6 th grade, Inver ness. 1 Mill Valley : Carol Wilson, 7 th grade, Alto school; Bill Wallace, 8 th grade, Old Mill school; Dick Van Meter, 8 th grade, Tamalp ais Park school. Joan Schettler, 8 th grade. Point Rey es school; Kathleen Lewis, 8 th grade, Reed Union, Belvedere-Tibu ró n. San Anselmo: Barbara Archer, 8 th grade, Brookside school; Joan Moffett and Marjorie Sward, 8 th grade, Wade Thomas school; Susan Pierce, 6 th grade, and Hy alee Wall, 7 th grade, Isabel Cook school. Miss Way ne Davis, 7 th grade, Ross school; Gerry Adler, 7 th grade, Larksp ur school. , Knight Parsons, George Franz - man, Ray mond Remy , 8 th grade, E Street Grammar school, San Ra fael.
'No Such License Number/ Says State
San Anselmo p olice today investigated a p ossible kidnap p ing after a scrawled p lea for help was found on the front seat of a p arked car last night in downtown San Anselmo. - The message, written in a juvenile hand on a p iece of card board, was found by Mrs. Anthony Mikicich, owner of the Coffee Cup restaurant on Sir Francis Drake boulevard shortly after 9 p . m. The note said: “Help ! Please send p olice or some one after a black Ford—California license No. 8N70551. They have us in the back seat and can’t see me withing this.” Police Chief Don Wood immedi ately issued an all-p oints bulletin to stop any car bearing the numbers written in the note, but after wiring Sacramento Wood found there was no such license number on file. Po lice officers said that the dep art ment of motor vehicles is occasion ally behind in its records. Highway p atrolmen were station ed at the Golden Gate bridge toll p laza last night, on the lookout for the my sterious black Ford bearing the numbers 8N70551. Wood said today that his men are following up all clues but that there is still no trace of any kidnap ers or victims. Officer Ray Veilati said the writ ing in the note seemed to be “juve nile” and ap p arently had been writ ten with a ball p oint p en. Mrs. Mikicich told p olice that she had p arked her car in front of her cafe in the afternoon and that she had left both front windows op en. When she left the restaurant around 9 p .m. she discovered the S.O.S. and called the San Anselmo p olice sta tion.
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The Indep endent-Journal got a face-lifting job today . Some of the long-awaited eas ier-to-read ty p e arrived over the weekend and makes its first ap p earance today . When the change-over is com p lete, y ou will find y our Inde p endent-Journal easier to read, but not changed so comp letely that y ou must get acquainted with it all over again. 'Hie ty p e-sty le change is an other step in the long-range aim to p rovide an ever better news p ap er for Marin county .
Marin Republicans To Spend Day In Capitol Tomorrow
Marin Rep ublican central com mitteemen are scheduled to leave the Grey hound bus dep ot in San Rafael at 8 am. tomorrow for a day at the state cap itol. Committee Secretary George Mar shall said there are still seats avail able on the 42-p assenger bus. Mar shall is in charge of reservations. All but four or five of the 23 GOP central committeemen have signi fied their intention to make the trip , he said. The p arty will visit both houses of the state legislature, have lunch at the Senator hotel, hold a regular meeting in the cap itol building and retu rn to S an Rafael ab ou t 8 p m«
20.000 Attend Festival At Catholic High
“Festival In Marin” p roved to be a success again this y ear as nearly 20.000 p ersons attended the gaily decorated festival in the gy mnasium of the Marin Catholic high school Saturday and Sunday . Among the f e a t ur e attractions were the ham and turkey dinners. The cafeteria was jammed during the entire four and one half hours both Saturday and Sunday evenings. Father Edward Allen, chairman, and R. A. Butterworth, honorary chairman, ex p ressed their satisfac tion with the success of the festival and ex tended their thanks to the p ublic for the resp onse to the cele bration. James Deasy , p resident of the Men’s Club, and Mrs. Mary Bater, p resident of the Women’s Aux iliary , were active in the p romotion of the festival. As a p art of the festival many p rizes were given. The major awards and the winners were: First—a 1951 DeSoto sedan, Jo sep h Fendner, 2342 Gay nor avenue, Richmond; Second—a GE 17-inch console television set, Thomas Fitz gerald, 78th Comm. Sqdn.. Hamilton Field; third—a GE 14-inch tele vision set, Mrs. Josep h DelaSatina, San Anselmo; fourth, a 12-gauge Remington automatic shotgun, L. Schielle, Fairfax ; fifth* a set of golf clubs and golf bag, Josep h C. Corbett, San Anselmo.
Novato Man Injured In Air Crash
Three members of the Fourth Air Force, stationed at Hamilton Field, have been rescued from the wreck age o t A p lane which crashed last night 15 miles south of » Vallejo, of ficials at the Air Base have an nounced. They are: Pilot Lt. Douglas F. Wigg, 30, of Novato, Lt. Col. Melton J. Smith, 57, San Francisco, and T/Sgt. Earl J. Morrison, 29, Los Angeles. Lt. Wigg was ex amined at Letter- man Hosp ital in San Francisco and dismissed after receiving treatment for minor cuts. He is now at home- with his wife and two children in Novato. Lt. Wigg’s p arents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wigg, are residents of Fairfax . Sergeant Morrison is being treat ed at Letterman for a fractured neck, a broken right thigh, and p os sibly a broken back. Colonel Smith has been taken to the base hosp ital ^t Travis Air Base for observation of p ossible internal.injuries. The p lane was returning from March Field to Hamilton Air Base when it crashed at ap p rox imately 10:52 p m. The crash was not de tected until Sgt. Morrison staggered into a Suisun Hotel at 12:30 a.m. asking for help . A rescue p arty was sent out to bring ip the other two fly ers in the p lane.
WEATHER FORECAST Ba y Reg io n: Night and morn ing high fog with occasional drizzle and p arty cloudy after- noons. S ierra Neva d a : Partly cloudy to night and Tuesday , kittle change in temp erature.
Slippery Pavements Slow Traffic, Only Four Slightly Hurt
Four p ersons suffered minor in juries on Marin highway s over the weekend, as fog and slip p ery p ave ments slowed down heavy tourist traffic. Two p assengers in a car driven by Sgt. Darrell Garrison, 23, Hamilton Field, went to Hamilton Field hos p ital early this morning after Gar rison’s car rolled over on Highway 101 south of the Greenbrae bridge. Injured were Pfc. William Trag, 22, and Pfc. James Mongey , 22, of Hamilton Field. A car driven by Robert Green, 21, Ft. Ord, smashed headon with on« driven by Frederick Cook, 66, Bel vedere, early y esterday . Green and Mrs. Beatrice Cooke, 65, Belvedere, a p assenger in Cook’s car, suffered minor injuries.
UN Troops Now 9 Miles Beyond 38th
TOKYO (J*)—Allied troop s smash ed into Yachon nine miles deep in Red Korea today and hammered out limited gains along the rest of the 150-mile North Korean battleline. Yachon is three miles northeast of Yanggu, the Red sup p ly base cap tured Sunday on the east-central front. Farther east, South Korean troop s occup ied a high ridge north of Inje. In the air war, F-86 Sabre jets twice tangled with Russian-ty p e MIG- 15s Monday afternoon. American p ilots rep orted two MIGs damaged.
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Red Tag Days, San Rafael’s gala semi-annual three-day spending spree, have rolled around again, beginning Thursday and ending when the shades are drawn Saturday afternoon. Prices will be cut to the bone and bargain counters will be overflowing with articles of every jdescription, ranging from ani mal crackers to zippers. April 19-21 will see 52 Marin merchants taking part in * fthe shopping fiesta which is ex pected to shatter all previous
SA Police Probe Kidnap Note; May Be Kid Prank
MAC ARTHURS SAT GOODBYE—General and Mrs. Douglas Mac- Arthur wave farewell at Haneda airport before entering their plane for the flight to the United States. Standing at the foot of the ramp is Lt. Col. Tony Story, the general’s personal pilot.—(AP Wirephoto via radio from Tokyo). 'Mac' Lands In Hawaii; Due In S.F. Tomorrow HONOLULU (JP> — Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Honolulu early this morning and a near-riot raged near the ramp of his con stellation transport, the re-christen ed “Bataan.” Air force police manhandled news photographers trying to record the historic event. The five-star General, making his first trip to the United States in 14 years, remained aloof to the melee The scuffle raged a few feet behind him as he shook hands with Ad-
Five Jailed After Riot At Stinson Two beach parties at Stinson Beach Saturday night ended in a riot with five boys booked at the Marin county jail on charges of dis turbing the peace. Stinson Beach Deputy Sheriff Bill Woodington said the fight appar ently started when one group at tempted to raid the picnic provi sions of the other, and fists and beer cans started flying. Pour girls, from one of the groups dashed to Wbodington’s home near the beach and summoned his help at about 9 p.m. Wopdington arrived with five other deputy sheriffs to find a fight in full swing. They surveyed the fracas and then moved in on the boys who immediately scattered. Woodington said he and the other deputies were able to round up all but one or two of the youths. As sisting were Deputy Sheriff Glen
SAN FRANCISCO {If) — San Francisco’s mayor was told by telephone from Hawaii today that General MacArttnir’s plane would arrive at the San Francisco air port at 8 p.m. tomorrow.. It was asked that no ceremonies take place after the arrival and that the general and his party be rush ed by automobile to the St. Fran cis hotel. Formal ceremonies will take place Wednesday.
mir&l Arthur W. Radford, Hawaii*! Gov. Ingram Stainback and Army Secretary Prank Pace, Jr. At least a dozen photographers were roughed up by the air force po lice. They included AP’s Paul Strong of San Francisco and Carl Mydans of Life Magazine. Mydans has been a personal acquaintance of General MacArthur since before World War n.The “Bataan”—it was “Scap” be fore MacArthur was stripped of his commands—touched down at Hick- am air field at 12:28 a.m. Seven minutes later the General set foot on American soil for the first time since his 1944 conference here with President Roosevelt. With the deposed supreme com
mander were his wife, his 13-year- old son, Arthur, and aides and staff j Wentz, and Special Deputies Man- members. They are scheduled to uel Paustine, Prank Flood, Vera arrive in San Francisco Wednesday, j Thomas and Edward Zorn. As MacArthur’s plane turned I The nine who were captured were broadside into the floodlights of! taken to the county jail where the Hickam field the crowd gathered at | tour girls were released to their par- the airport began to cheer and clap. | ents and the five boys, all from Mill Mrs. MacArthur appeared first at I Y.a!ley' wer' booked on charges of Behind disturbing the peace. Two were re leased after they posted $100 bail. the doorway of the plane, her the General waved, his face wreathed in smiles for a brief mo ment. He is homeward bound for a war hero’s welcome and an unpre dictable battle over U.S. policy in Asia.He followed Mrs. MacArthur down the ramp. Young Arthur was at A lei, the traditional flowered wreath of Hawaii, was'hung around Mrs. MacArthur’s neck. The fam ily disappeared for a moment in the crowd of official greeters. The photographers were trying to get a clear picture of the General’s party. They were thwarted by the air force police. Strong said the police began shov ing the photographers around even before the ramp was pushed up to the plane. Two air police grabbed one guy and literally pitched him through the air,” Strong said. “He actual ly* bounced.” The General and his party were supposed to go down a long line to meet civilian and military officials. But this reception broke off when everybody pressed forward around the controversial military leader. Lt. Col. Anthony Storey, Mac Arthur’s personal pilot, was actual ly the first man off the plane. He walked half way down the ramp and then walked back up to assist Mrs. MacArthur down the steps.
One of the youths is a ward of the Marin juvenile court. Marin County Probation Officer Edmund Blum said that he and others have “made general denials” of the charges against them. Blum said that none of the youths attend school.
records. Red Tag days are sponsored by the merchants committee of the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce, headed by committee chairman Roy Michael and chamber manager Stan Lowry. Though dozens of merchants will participate in this week’s sixth semi-annual spending bender, eager buyers can spot all Red Tag stores by blazing red signs in display win dows. The merchants committee has urged the buying public to come out on Thursday, Friday, and Satur day and take advantage of thous ands of bargains, all of which amount to steals for the customer. All Red Tag merchants will leave their doors open till 9 p.m. on Fri day night so that their customers can fill their shopping bags to ca pacity with the countless money savers. This year’s merchants committee includes Walter Zurcher, Chet Wolfe, Mozart Kaufman, Robert Batty, Myron Zwang, Mrs. Helen Conrad, Roger Chevalier, Mrs. Nona Shipley, Milton Schwartz, Duane Skaggs, and F. J. Mononi. The conr mittee makes the plans, sets up the, budget and makes all rules and S P r l l l N C n R r F regulations for Red Tag Days. “aJ| stops are pulled out this year,” Michaels and Lowry said to day, urging shoppers to sit up and take notice. “The lid is off so that this year’s Red Tag Days can shatter all pre vious records. Smart shoppers will bring their wheel barrows so they can get the full benefit of the many fantastically low prices San Rafael
Supervisors To Air Subdivision Problem
Charges that a Novato subdivision is being built on marsh land with-* out adequate earth filling were scheduled for a thorough airing by the board of supervisors this after noon. The hearing was scheduled after County Engineer Carl Clow inform ed the supervisors this morning that homes are being erected on land not properly filled. Clow said the county building in spector has issued building permits without insuring that fill require ments were complied with Following a procedure established by the supervisors in February, Clow said he inspected and approv ed four building sites. Without waiting for further inspections or approvals, the building inspector is sued 13 building permits. The build er, not named in this morning’s dis- < cussions, has begun construction of
more homes without any permit at all, Clow added. He said the building inspector has reported violations to the district attorney’s office, “but they could have been stopped by not issuing a permit until the filling was ap proved,” he explained. Clow asked the county to provide funds for an inspector to be em ployed by his office, if the building inspection department declines to withhold permits until adequate fill ing is done. The supervisors asked Clow to ap pear before them again this after noon when they hope to have Build ing Inspector Harry Grieb (Lester Ryan is on vacation), on hand to thresh out the matter. “This is a serious prdblem. These builders must comply with our re quirements for proper fill on low ground,” declared Supervisor Rob ert H. Trumbull of Novato.
'No Such Number/ License Says State
Schools Compete In Contest Tomorrow
No Marin Whistles For General MacArthur Marin fire whistles will not join the thousands of other sirens and noise makers throughout thp coun try tomorrow when Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives in San Francisco. Fire sirens throughout the land will herald the approach of the hero of Bataan, but Marin’s fire depart ments will remain silent, according to reports received so far. Many firemen feared that any extra use of their warning whistles would cause public alarm.
Von Rotz Homes A. Von Rotz was granted permits last week to construct five new homes on his Bret Harte subdivision. San Rafael Building Official Walter Hellwig said the 'three - bedroom homes were valued at a total of $57,500. They will be similar to others in the tract.
Mery General Store Burglar Attempt
Foiled In Inverness
Twenty spelling champions from thirteen elementary schools will compete in the annual Marin county merchants are featuring this week- I spelling bee in the San Rafael High end.” . 1 School Little Theater tomorrow night, according to Dr. Wallace Hall, county superintendent. F. Ewing Bone, supervisor of in struction for the San Rafael schools, will be word pronouncer. Judges will be Mrs. Ada M. Fusselman, secretary of the board of trustees of the College of Marin, and Dr. Wal- Attempted burglary of Mery’s ! *acc Mann county superin- general ¡tore in Inverness was folYed Í «* Friday night by owner Lloyd Mery I Bec ls Harold A’ MacChesn®J»of tiie when he scared the intruder away. *San Rafael hiRh sch°o1 sta • Mery heard a window broken in the rear of the store and looked out an upstairs window frightening the intruder with a flashlight. He dashed away and Mery could not give positive identification. Nothing was taken from the store according to sheriff’s reports.
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Officials Oaths Tonight
RAINFALL Total to date ..... 39.60 This date last year 31.94 Seasonal average ........ ..33,60 Temperatures: Noon today......................... 52 Yesterday. high 57; low 48
Several old faces and one new will be on hand tonight at the San Rafael city hall when recently elect ed officials take their oaths of of fice. The meeting begins at 8 p. m. Ctiy Clerk and Assessor Eugene Smith will take his oath for the thirteenth time. Former Council man Ed Culver will be officially named mayor, taking the place of Robert Austin who could not con- tinue due to ill health. New face will be that of Dr. Charles W. Aby, who with Homer Wood will be installed as city coun cilman. Other officials to be sworn in are City Attorney Harold Haley, Treas- urer-Tax Collector Chris Webb, and City Judge Guy Ciocca. Culver will administer the oath to Smith and he will swear in the other officers. Also to take office will be three incumbent school board officials, Angelo Turrini, Thomas Boyd and John MacPhaU. They will be, pres ent at the city hall and will then adjourn to the high schodl for a re organization meeting of the school board. The council agenda following the installation includes City Manager Ray Boege’s report on possibility of parking underneath the Highway 101 skyway. He will read a letter from the division of highways ex plaining Its policy.
MERRY SHOPPING TOUR—These five Marin housewives are ail set to make the rounds of the 52 San Rafael stores during Red Tag Days, April 19-21. Their car is a 1915 Maxwell, closely resembling that of Jack Benny. Beautifying the ancient Jalopy» loaned from
the Cline and Lloyd used car lot, are (left to right) Mrs. Nadine Renfort, of San Anselmo; Mrs. Gloria Haggerty, of San Anselmo; Mrs. Drew Meiller, of San Rafael; Mrs. Barbara Byard, of Mill Valley; Mrs. Helen HJort, of Mill Valley.
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The Independent-Joumal got a face-lifting job today. Some of the long-awaited eas ier-to-read type arrived over the weekend and makes Its first ap pearance today. When the change-over is com plete, you will find your Inde- pendent-Journal easier to read, but not changed so completely that you must get acquainted with it all over again. Hie type-style change is an other step in the long-range aim to provide an ever better news paper for Marin county.
School contests were conducted under the direction of the prin cipals of the various county schools. Students competing were from the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, with all pupils of those grades try ing for the eliminations. Tomorrow night, fourteen eighth graders will match skill and knowl edge against four seventh graders and two sixth graders. According to Clarence Herkner, principal of San Rafael’s E Street school, 430 pupils participated in the contest at that school. AH but sixty were eliminated in written exami nations. Attending the spell-down tomor row night will be school principals, teachers, district superintendents, parents and schoolmates. The winner will be declared Marin County spelling champion, and will compete in the Western California Spelling Bee which will be held in San Francisco on Saturday, April 28, for the state championship, and an all expense paid trip to Wash ington, D.C. where the national fin als will be held Friday, May 25. In last year’s national finals, Ron nie La Velle, a pupil at Alto school, finished fifth among 50 of the na tion’s state champions. The West ern California Bee is sponsored by the San Francisco News. Competing for the Marin County championship are -Tom Forster, Ar- leigh Williams, 8th graders, Fairfax schools; Holly Halse, 8th grade, and Roger Griffiths, 6th grade, Inver ness. Mill Valley: Carol Wilson, 7th grade, Alto school; Bill Wallace, 8th grade, Old MiU school; Dick Van Meter, 8th grade, Tamalpais Park school. Joan Schettler, 8th grade, Point Reyes school; Kathleen Lewis, 8th grade, Reed Union, Belvedere-Tibu rón.San Anselmo: Barbara Archer, 8th grade, Bxookside school; Joan Moffett and Marjorie Sward, 8th grade, Wade Thomas school; Susan Pierce, 6th grade, and Hyalee Wall, 7th grade, Isabel Cook school. Miss Wayne Davis, 7th grade Ross school; Gerry Adler, 7th grade Larkspur school. , Knight Parsons, George Franz- man, Raymond Remy, 8th grade, E Street Grammar school, San Ra fael.
San Anselmo police today investigated a possible kidnapping after a scrawled plea for help was found on the front seat of a parked car last night in downtown San Anselmo. - The message, written in a juvenile hand on a piece of card board, was found by Mrs. Anthony Mikicicb, owner of the Coffee Cup restaurant on Sir Francis Drake boulevard shortly after 9 p. m. The note said: “Help! Please send police or some one after a black Ford—California liceñse No. 8N70551. They have us in the back seat and can’t see me withing this.” Police Chief Don Wood immedi ately issued an all-points bulletin to stop any car bearing the numbers written in the note, but after wiring Sacramento Wood found there was no such license number on file. Po lice officers said that the depart ment of motor vehicles is occasion ally behind in its records. Highway patrolmen were station ed at the Golden Gate bridge toU plaza last night, on the lookout for the mysterious black Ford bearing the numbers 8N70551. Wood said today that his men are following up all clues but that there is still no trace of any kidnapers or victims. Officer Ray Vellati said the writ ing in the note seemed to be “juve nile” and apparently had been writ ten with a ball point pen. Mrs. Mikicich told police that she had parked her car in front of her cafe in the afternoon and that she had left both front windows open. When she left the restaurant around 9 p.m. she discovered the S.O.S. and called the San Anselmo police sta tion.
Marin Republicans To Spend Day In Capitol Tomorrow Marin Republican central com mitteemen are scheduled to leave the Greyhound bus depot In San Rafael at 8 am. tomorrow for a day at the state capítol. Committee Secretary George Mar shall said there are still seats avail able on the 42-passenger bus. Mar shall is in charge of reservations. AH but four or five of the 23 GOP central committeemen have signi fied their intention to make the trip, he said. The party will visit both houses of the state legislature, have lunch at the Senator hotel, hold a regular meeting in the capítol building and return to San Rafael about 8 pm.
20,000 Attend Festival At Catholic High “Festival in Marin” proved to be a success again this year as nearly 20,000 persons attended the gaily decorated festival in the gymnasium of the Marin Catholic high school Saturday and Sunday. Among the f e a t u r e attractions were the ham and turkey dinners. The cafeteria was jammed during the entire four and one half hours both Saturday and Sunday evenings. Father Edward Allen, chairman, and R. A. Buttcrworth, honorary chairman, expressed their satisfac tion with the success of the