Woodland Daily Democrat (Newspaper) - December 18, 1933, Woodland, California This Newspaper Enters Almost Every Home in Trading Area An Independent Progressive Wholesome Home ISSUED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY WOODLAND MONDAY DECEMBER 18 1933 ESTABLISHED 1887 CHARGES TO BE FILED AS MAN MISSING WITH FUNDS Convinced that Simioni Filomeno Filipino labor contractor was not slain and robbed of the payroll he was transporting from Knights ing to the A J Darneille ranch to pay off 22 Filipinos for three months work but set the murder scene and absconded with the money j the workers were preparing today to file charges against Filomeno Because of the fact that Filomeno i contracted for the labor and was not j Skunks Found at Bottom of Well Slain by Rancher The best place to find a skunk is at the bottom of a well So thinks Jim Hambleton of Guinda who found not one but five in an abandoned well last week Mr Hambleton was ing for his stock when he heard a peculiar noise from the well and went over to investigate He found the five skunks in the bottom Apparently they had fallen in several days before Mr Hambleton hurried home and got his gun and shot the quintet Several years ago sheep were trapped in the same fashion in the well LIGHT VOTE FORECAST ON STATE WATER PLAN Bride of Few Hours Finds Predictions were being made today that less than fifty per cent of registered voting strength I and Delgardo were 350 SCHOOL PUPILS TO Bride of only a few hours Carmen ft A 1111 j Martinez 17 local Mexican girl II I K ll day was starting proceedings to i Jt V3 JL j cure an annulment of her marriage j I to Jose Delgardo 23 also of j j land with the possibility that a Three hundred and fifty Woodland Woodland Angler Wins First Prize In Bass Derby him charge might be filed against grammar school children will in the Christmas will itself at the polls shortly before December at the Woodland school auditorium Wednesday A few hours later the bride i at o'clock The Christmas j ered that Delgardo has a wife and I Shepherds In Banks May day when voters are to determine by Justice of the Peace J the fate of the Central Valley Water Project It will be an election without candidates R of Woodland day is proudly displaying an imposing array of prizes won by him Sunday afternoon when he captured first place in the finals of the bass derby at Rio Vista against a field of D9 other The prizes awarded to the first place winner include a out- board motor a gold watch a fishing rod and in cash Nakamura won first place with PASSENGERS THREE YOLO ACCIDENTS several children living in Mexico j She told Deputy District Attorney embodies the Christmas toms and traditional carols of merely a foreman charges of j O 1 cannot be placed against him i O t O C K ll 01 Cl C and he can be charged only with j ing to pay his help which is a county jail offense First investigation Saturday after- i noon by sheriff's officers resulted abandonment of the murder theory j and the conclusion that Filomeno had j left with the money j Several factors were given as of this A search of m closed banks mfv i are for the scheme and those who are OHC V m I The light vote is foreseen because j Percy that when she learned European countries public is m- of the large numbers of people who j fact Delgardo disappeared and b j j j j left a note admitting that he has an- int PI gram is LU uu a are confused by the issues involved j other wife and asking her to excuse one aml the children have been j in the water scheme and also by the Jit j ing for sometime to make it an fact that Southern Californians Mrs Delgardo Monday was one ant to file a of bigamy Thc cantata will be preceded by a asserting that all she wants i of carols and a tableaux A j taking no interest in the election j Outcome in Doubt i Because of the light vote it is j to guess what the fate of the water project will be Those who Yhe A J has to it will take the ranch where he had been employed j been met by the deposits it has been trouble to vote while those who have revealed that his bag and trunk had by the First Appellate court in i not been sufficiently interested in the j been emptied of their contents project to study Jt are almost tarn to stay away from the polls The is an annulment of her marriage FILIPINO MUST HANG FOR MURDER is important to that suits of clothing he was known holders of the closed Bank of Yolo processional of children from the first i three grades will open the program j singing 0 a Sicilian j Lully a 15th Christmas story A special singing carols with accompany tableaux The songs will include i Shepherds Shake off Your Angels we Have Heard on The First As escaped injury in three week-end automobile accidents I two of which were on the river road i and the other near Marysville Most seriously injured was Margery Meeder daughter of Mr a fish weighing eight pounds anu Mrs Meeder who received ndg Sunday afternoon The car in which she was riding with her parents sideswiped a truck were driving along the river road Mrs Meeder received a wrist injury but other than being shaken and bruised there were no other injuries Car Leaves Road The other river road accident curred early Sunday when the car i driven by Arthur Machen of Woodland i skidded on the levee and slid wards down the embankment The car would probably have gone into the Sacramento river if it had not been stopped by a tree Machen was not hurt but his car was damaged Tow I cars experienced considerable three ounces The fact that the river was swollen and muddy made fishing poor and only seven fish were caught during the three hours the contest was in progress The preceding Sunday more than striped bass were taken the biggest one weighing 30 pounds New Justice For Winters to possess were missing It was also j and the Bank of Esparto since none! preponderance in numbers of the learned that he had drawn more than them have been able to secure latter class may mean that balance on his personal checking cvf those j ject will not meet the he stoek By Valley News Alliance by Lately We Watched The Message h San orison was decreed i of Xmas Morn Province of Geor Bar morning i way j Hits Pole The third adent was early account from the Knights Landing branch of the Bank of America day Cashed Checks A copy of the decision was received by Arthur 0 Huston and j Diethlem I ties I south of the Tehachapi anticipated Interest Here Heavier Sacramento and San are expected to register more ihn me into a telephone post Sutter as the two m against Edward Rainey state super- T secured two checks of Banks brought in the votes than other of thc clay morning from Mrs Darneille and Contra Costa superior court experience on the bench hud j denied a defense motion for a trial and attorneys for Sison German Carol Carol Sleep One Dutch Carol if i young men and two companions were mod returning from a The ci uncil car was damaged but its being com- j ants ot j state combined not excluding the took an appeal from the left at once for Knights Landing to j Under the ruling stockholders southern counties The benefits them thc time kroner to he to make j ill effects of the water The result is expected to delay the T cash them telling k ope to of judgment at Katie Constable Darrell 1 i least nine months Dorothy deposits I total up the men's wages so that they may dividends on what could be paid off when he returned ever deposits remain on a parity About two o'clock Saturday after- 1 ether depositors In the past it has and Balloting will Appointment of a new justice of thc j i peace was because of Those taking part m the program Wolfskill who j are Raymond Rupport a wilh thli Dick McQuaid Belly Rae of y i The board also approved the rtf fi u t lln LIONS TO HOLD CHRISTMAS PARTY Defense attorneys said the court raeder Phyllis Marconi Luna Mae j in the be statewide as a had erred in admitting as evidence j French Dorothy Anne Sandrock Works Administration projects here i noon members of the crew came that stockholders could result of Governor Rolph having i pictures of the stabbed nude body Vernon Johnson Jane Mead Frankic u_- no dividends unless a 100 per T tn dead Those pictures tended I Din Martha Lambert Philip Sowash u L i no dividends unless a 100 per o Filomeno s car where il had been run fj special election to tnc off the road A bullet hole was found j by the closed bank in the window on the driver's side of j the car and blood stained hat was found on the seat There a drops of blood on the seat Hoffman Summoned Constable Jack Hoffman was and he in turn called Forrest Monroe who took up the investigation The bullet was dis- settlement Of claims was made highly controversial issue MAN FIGHTS FOR WAGES JAILED Orr i William urr Monday morning covered in the car where it hc i sion in Contra Costa and the in tnc cai u i George R Davis lor The polls will open at 6 a m and j close at 7 p m A majority vote decide Long Advocated i Tlie controversy over the Central Valley Project a comprehensive i scheme to conserve the flood waters of the Sacramento Valley for us in i the arid regions of the San Joaquin i I Valley to prevent saline to excite and inflame the jury thc de- j Betty Anne Childers Leon Jones j contended OTTE OFFICIALS SEEK BANDITS i Mary Lu Webber William Helen Jean Sachs Jimmy Armstrong Mary Lu Frank Claire I Cranston Druscilla Colo Carl I Phyllis Koscoe I Margaret Tommy tes Eleanor Morrison Fowler I Felsch Henry Vegod Elliot Charles Johnson Hob CARLTON CLUB OFFICERS Officers of the Carlton club will be The Lions club will have a mas party at their weekly at Hotel Woodland Wednesday The spirit of the season will be ed by a program a tree and gifts and the appearance of Santa Glaus Choral singers from the grammar schools attired in costumes will sing j carols and Rev Fred A Keast of the I First church will talk on What Christmas Means to installed Monday evening at club The Lions will sing Christmas -.3 J I I -1 i 1 1 il McCoy Anne Younger i U the i are IvOS Walter Jansen Jack Henle Barbara Stout Calvin Pinto 1 1 TT Ti T M after passing through the window and ting wood When Davis maintained striking in of the sedan wage was right Orr Acting upon the belief that the man settle the issue i -ir il ms Davis countered by may have been slam Monroe ordered lo a complaint charging sault and battery Orr Monday afternoon pleaded ty in justice court to the charge and iven a suspended county By Valley News Alliance on the 1 description authorities Anne Anne of embarking on some j seeking today to ascertain identity j Sked Dorothy Roub Ratlin I ant Hoppm Marv Nagasugi sworn a search of the river banks but ing was revealed It was pointed out that the course taken by the bullet which was deflected upward by ing the metal portion of the door would not have inflicted wound on the man driving the car The theory has been advanced that Filomeno set the murder stage by firing his own revolver through the window and then his finger on the glass in order to leave blood stains It was revealed by investigation that Filomeno had been such plan of water conservation Of two bandits who William Jane Conner as much as it hs been advocated driver for the Cabin j Archer Patty Anne many years reported held him up in the son Janell Plank Joe Garcia The particular provisions of the Saturday evening robbing j Chalmers Douglas Cliff The Otis 1 I songs led by Dr Frank Reese ence Wraith Franks Parish and C C McDonald Henry Bush chairman for the day is urging all members to attend s will be retiring i was jail J A M wife town I Assembly passed by the last islature to authorize construction of i the project constitute thc elements him of between and I Claire Morris Annie was forced to drive Dorene Lowe Zani Ruth move than a half dozen blocks with Adams Robert Drown Final arrangements will be made for the Christmas dinner which the members will have at Hotel Woodland December 27 The dinner will be a j stag affair for and guests All members are asked to be ni tonight VISITOR DIES AT SPRING LAKE TO IE AWARDED CUP from Knightsen along the foothills Spring Lase Farm center will meet ot Contra Costa county to Martinez with a white woman in Sacramento j Tuesday evening at o'clock in the j which would be tapped for industrial and an effort to locate her is being Spring Lake school house Featuring and domestic use in a region where mop Kp tion commissioner before the blind street After searching him the could become effective I men demanded him to drive on The Central Valley project would involve construction of a huge dam j on thc upper Sacramento River at Shasta county and a house at the dam with a power i transmission line tn Antioch or unit would be a fresh water canal I SISTER OF LOCAL WOMEN SUCCUMBS ham Joan Harper The special chorus is itt Mioko Dorothy Jessup Moore Mi- dora Jones my Claire Cummins Tom Pugh Loses Faith As Mumps Claim Toll By Valley News Alliance W Arnett of Oakland a former Nebraska farmer who arrived here a few weeks ago lo spend winter with his daughter Mrs R C Young died in an i automobile while being returned to an Tom Pugh assistant manager Arbuckle hospital for medical ibe Hotel Woodland has lost all ance made in the belief that she may know of thc missing man's whereabouts SENATOR GORDON HURT IN CRASH Stricken ill while planning a j tne meeting will the presentation salinity has become a problem j mas day observance of her Golden the arm Bureaus The regulated flow of water in Wedding anniversary Mrs Mary trophy to the Center for its victory in Sacramento River by reason of Allen 69 well known Lincoln Ithe recent membership drive pounding flood waters in the dent for 50 years died last night al j rll installed nett dam would extend the family She was a native coach of of that river and permit Placerville Surviving are her pumping of surplus water up the band George Allen of Lincoln and Continued from page One YOLO COWS LEAD {N PRODUCTION time over Ih days But Monday morning he went i to the Woodland because he I didn't feel well The Clinic physicians I refused to allow him lo leave gave him a nice comfortable room all by I himself and with visitors barred I According to doctors Tom is suffering from mumps Arnett had been taken to the to enjoy a llis was given in Santa Claus Tom was getting 1 Christmas lcn treatment and started home He suffered a stroke in the car and was ead before the daughter could return him to the hospital Chicken With 2 Hearts Discovered at Landing jal championship high school t -11 I i i UU I UX J j judging team will be the principal j Joaquin river by a series of pumps Albert Henry and competition L i Yolo county and Dixon cows led in every division of the Cow for j Allen She also leaves four htl To Meet Tuesday nP department radically changed after thc D C iles meet Tuesday afternoon live recess last May as a result of the ID DL i the o clock at thc home of Carrie Fischer announcement of the V State Senator Frank Gordon of county who resides in Gordon Valley and who represents Yolo and Napa counties was injured at ville corner about five miles Saturday when mobile he was driving collided with i The group will discuss the care and a milk truck j election of floor coverings C Geruin driver of the truck j caped injury i According to reports of thc dent Senator Gordon Avas driving j south from his home toward the main highway at Cordelia and the speaker He is a past director of the between Stockton and Fresno w I Friant Dam Unit eluding Mrs B and Miss I Still another unit of the Rose Miller of Woodland Funeral county larm W U r would be a dam on the San rangements will announced later and second high If interS River at Friant Fresno county f rom j assistant vs were credited to Folger Miss Easterday Here On Holiday Visit this extensive work of the Federal Continued from Three The Sap to Be Presented Here in Benefit Performance When Tom Long of Knights ing killed a big fat hen Saturday and dressed it for the pot he discovered that the foul had two perfectly i formed hearts and each one of Miss former j al size The curiosity was shown to a cows were credited to i- and j Woodland high school student who has j reporter for the Democrat for Swan of Davis which also had appearing in movies in The hen was two years old the cow placing seventh Klmer has returned here to spend j of Dixon had third and ninth vacation with Miss i place cows while a cow owned by Stephens Miss had a minor Rowe of Davis placed fourth in Cradle Song She is now i had the second place first I living with her Los Angeles heifer with Klmer f i and Fairfax high school Woodland having seventh eighth and places and laking tenth j i j i Bv Valley News Alliance will be riven and Swan bad the lugh five tool for four Alonzo di- be given Mon a rector of athletics at thc College of LECTURE and of the Rhode Island Red variety Alonzo Stagg to Speak At Orland Banquet The second lecture in the on day evening by R second place and J J Jensen 1 high school teacher with France j of club j Today as the lopic The session will j be held at Woodland I school auditorium instead of at high school where the first one was Ij m niv -i 11 K v truck was driving on to the road at opening performance of New York critics hailed The Sap I hcM last week ll will begin at the time of the collision Both a at Bill's as a wRh thousand j o'clock mobiles were badly damaged j evening and tomorrow I Senator Gordon was removed to the benefit of the Woodland j his home At first it was feared WI to Woodland IDEAD MAN FOUND and nary a and those revel in good clean mirth may j of the he assured that they will en joy he had been seriously injured but an comedies the tonight and tomorrow night examination revealed the injuries Klage has ever seen The The title role is one William Small j I K C IT T T C D consisted mostly of severe bruises of The Sap will wife's I ll J M 1 1 Li IV his side where he was thrown y G who lives in a small Illinois city William W i IT 11 i e to i ic i New Beer Permits Must Be Secured for Sale of 3.2 I the Pacific will be the speaker at an 1 Orland high school football banquet i given here tomorrow night by the Ki- I wanis club Efforts to have Stagg I talk in Willows tomorrow are made All soft drink stands and beer parlors now selling not equipped lo serve meals cannot j handle thc higher alcoholic i- i t i beer or wine either for consumption apply n on the premises nor in packages for on u i i u ife is blessed with an and thc steering wheel a cut appeared in same role dislike for work hut is a one eye caused when the senator's many times actor who abounds in lovable eye glasses were broken Constable Bob Oliver the accident i Williams and Owen blues with thc family eon who has returned to the cast e beer or wine permit j consumption or sale to be taken off Well Known Colusa County Man Dies By Valley News Woodson 71 ft CORNYN PASSES SAN Philip Cornyn 48 clubman and auto salesman died Sunday of influenza I Mit in v j Uthers who will be seen to and eventually thc esteem of j I ago in show are Louise I his Sap has much of 1 Cloud Henrietta I the same appeal as nnd Dr H J Meredith js guaranteed as a sure cure for the lues Thc play will start promptly nt o'clock and will bo preceded by after a few days mysterious absence a selected musical program by Mrs A i I y a outburst orchestra which will during a recent rehearsal of tho play between acts of the comedy The body of an unidentified laborer about years of was found yesterday near his horse and wagon in the Slitter Basin near Knights Landing Thc body was found by two Woodland men on a hunting expedition They notified authorities and the body was taken to a funeral home in Yuna City Authorities said no marks of identification or papers found on Ilio limly V S Lawhead local auditor of the tho premises In other words they j character here for sales lax division of the Stale Hoard are limited to alcoholic Content i was found dead in his cabin ot announced beer exclusively lerday Woodson in his had the The application is made necessary by eating places may sell 3.2 reputation of one of the best a recent change in rulings by Iho j beer freely without meals and can j harvester men in the valley and state board serve higher alcoholic content beer or This application must bo made at with meals They also have once otherwise applications made privilege of selling boor or wine I for the permits will not be of all alcoholic content in packages sued to establishments who have j for consumption off thc premises been operating during December All operators in this lino must I less tho December fee has been paid comply with this ruling at once as j Establishments selling boor for investigation and enforcement ia now I consumption on ho promises rmd on worked on many ranches in and body sent to f or SENATOR IMS Senator Dan IT