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Westwood Hills Outlook 14 Pages—3 Cents West Lot Angeles -Tribune WI_A. 32163 VOLUME LXH SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1938 NUMBER IU Ocean Park, Again DEMOCRATIC CHOICE Pennsylvania Voters GOP SELECTION Lifting Fog Bares Wide Open; Becomes Smash Slate Backed Tragic Fate Of J Gamblers9 Paradise By CIO Leader Airliner, Passengers Play In Draw Poker Rooms Not Exactly Leadership Of Farley And Senator Guffey Burned Wreckage Of Lockheed Transport, 'According To Hoyle' As Card Sharps Join Also Repudiated; Governor Earle, Jones, Its Nine Occupants Dead, Found On Mountaii Operators In Race Por Suckers' Easy Money Senator Davis, Judge James Nominated Slope Mile And Half Off Mint Canyon Road While public attention haa been foe ussed on the gambling PHILADELPHIA, May 18 (A. WASHINOTON, May 18 (JP) SAUOUS, Cal., May 18 (U.R)—Plainly visible from a mall barge Rex, anchored ia Santa Monica Bay, gamblers have Democratic state committee William Oreen, bitter labor highway a. mile and a half away, a giant Lockheed all taken over the Ocean Park amusement district and converted candidates smashed a slate rival of John L. Lewis, said transport, missing for more than 40 hours with nine pas today the Pennsylvania pri­ sengers aboard, was found today crumpled against tbe slope; it into a vast casino designed to lure the hard-earned cash backed by Labor Leader John of the Jagged Sierra Pelona Mountain range 20 miles nortt of those who least ean afford to lose, a survey showed today. L. Lewis and Sen. Joseph F. mary "proves the CZO ls a po­ litical liability, not a political pf here. All tbe passengers were More than a score of out-and-out Guffey in Pennsylvania's primary dead and had been burned. gambling establishments, the ma­ and looked today for some avenue power." The body of Pilot Sidney Willey, jority of them draw poker oard to peace ta the bitter factional "It has now become abundantly SEN. JAMES S. DAVIS 32, was found at the controls. One rooms, have opened ta the amuse­ -trite. dear that no candidate who bean other passenger waa ta the plane. Public Will Sit Legal Action | ment district, wtth the result that Returns from 7308 of the state's tte CIO brand ean be elected to The others had been thrown from virtually all the older and more in­ 8075 precincts assured victory to high public office in this country," the wreckage. nocuous concessions are closed ex­ Oov. Oeorge H. Earle for the Demo­ the American Federation of Labor Shrouded In fog since early Monday cept on weekends. president said ta a statement. State To fight Webb Declares cratic senatorial nomination and to afternoon, tha wreckage was not In On Probe Of Continues In "Sucker money" is rolling into Pittsburgh's Charles Alvhr Jones for Oreen said Thomas Kennedy and sighted until early this morning, the coffers of the gamblers from the nomination ter governor. Glfford Pinchot, whom he termed when tba mist lifted, although hun­ the draw poker games, not only Down before committee-endorsed "OIO puppets," had "test tn the dreds of motorists BBd searchers from the "rental" charges oa the Rex tn City's Jones, despite a primary-eve en­ Democratic and Republican -pri­ U. S. Control Of had pawed by oa tha highway a Gambling Fight oard tables, but-from the effort* of dorsement by Democratic Rational maries for governor," and added: relatively short distance away. Legislature house players. Ihe money comes in Chairman James A. Parley, went The vote must be interpreted as ENROUTE TO ST. PAUL I Legal action against the through a steady flow of dimes aad Lt. Oov. Thomas Kennedy. He wae an expression of resentment by the SACRAMENTO, May 18 pf gambling barge Hex contin­ quarters, but the total is stagger­ Jurisdiction supported'-? Lewis, Guffey and the citizens of Pennsylvania against tbe Oil Tidelands The plane, enroute to St. Paul, Superior Judge Dal M. Lem­ CIO—aa waa Mayor S. Davis Wil­ attempt of tha OIO dictator, John Minn, via Las Vegas, Nev., left mon today ordered a publi' ued today. Thomas 0*Brlen, ing. Union Air Terminal, ta Burbank, at deputy district attorney, yes­ SKATS FOR 1000 Armed with an opinion from son, of Philadelphia, overwhelmed L. Lewis, to seize political control SAN FRANCISCO (U.R)—Cal­ session of the Sacramento of the state. 1:40 p. m., Monday, and encoun­ County Orand Jury, which wil terday filed ln the state su­ The 10 large poker rooms ta tbe the state attorney general by Governor Earle. ifornia will protest officially tered heavy fog and sain" laden preme court an application tot -a Certain leaders of tha triumphant "Evan the mining sections of the against attempts by the fed­ investigate charges of alleged ecr amusement aone have a seating that the gambling barge Rex state showed in the returns that tha clouds In crossing the mountains to writ of prohibition to prevent Judge capacity of approximately |0OQ aad is within the jurisdiction of state committee, which la headed* by eral government to gain con­ the Mojave Desert rupUen upon ttM part of Callfornli Orlando H. Rhodes from enforcing Secretary of the Commonwealth mine workers an their friends as­ legislators. it is difficult to find a aeat as early local authorities, the district serted their. independence when trol of $1,000,000,000 worth ol Xt struck a high "hogs back" ef the two orders, directed against otty as » a. m., even to the early part David L. Lawrence, were said ia oil tidelands presently owned by tbe the Pelona range at an altitude The order was signed after a Join attorney's office today prepared to unconfirmed reporto to be consid­ they ware accorded an opportunity aad eounty officers, and ordering of the week. Tba house, ta every prosecute 64 defendants arrested in state, it was announced today. - of 3300 feat, burst Into flames, then request bad bean made for the __to_f~r collect* 10 cents te chips ering asking President Roosevelt's to vote by secret ballot. They re­ them not te interfere with the barge, a raid on the barge teat Friday pudiated the CIO leadership. The state attorney general's office bounced and crashed 100 yards sessions by District Attorney Ott nor wtth tha water taxis eo long as from each player ovary 99 minutes. night and Saturday morning, and mediation 4n tbe patty row that will contest a bill pending before away. D. Babcock and J. L. R. Marsh, fore Thus the total is gS00 per hour also filed application for a writ ef split sa organization which ta 1834 "The Democratic voters also re- tba house Judiciary committee which Pieces ef burned wreckage from man of the grand Jury. This the latter abided by the conditions Tnm Ta Page > Column 4 set forth, ta the contract of tba during peak play and the estab­ prohibition to pie rant Judge Or­ Turn Te Page t Column f would give the federal government tha first point of impact Indicated cedure waa authorized tall Santo Monlea Boat Service with the lishment- are open 18 hours dally. lando* H. Rhodes from enforcing title to submerged oil fields lying the ship caught fire with the first passed at tte 1037 session af Very conservatively, the revenue two restraining orders intended to off the coast of California. crash. The slope on which the plane eity. ^m ' - ._ from this source totals B60.000 par legislature. The supreme oourt was expected prevent interference with the barge BILL 'CONFISCATORY* crashed ia covered with brush and OPENS TUESDAY month, bat to this must be added and ttie water taxis carrying pa­ Early Airmail- Chamber Gives boulders. to aat upon the petition today or the winnings of the house players. trons to ttie vessel. U. S. Webb, attorney general, One af the motors of the 180,000 The grand Jury hearing will tomorrow. A formal complaint against the termed tbe bill "the most serious twin motored monoplane waa torn Tuesday. Judge Lemmon, ta aigc SUPPORTED BY WEBB Virtually every establishment em­ threat ever made by the government tog the order making the i ploys house players, whose duty tt 64 defendants waa filed yesterday loose. It slid 100' feet down ttM In thia action tbe district attor­ with Judge Milan S. Ryan ta police Flight Recalled Intangible Aid of the United States against any slope, cutting a deep gash ta tbs open to the publle, agreed with Bab ney's office had the support of U. 8. is to lore bystanders into the games. state of the union," and charged it cock that matters affecting the gen Two or three house players thus court. It charges all of tba de­ mountainside. Webb, state attorney general. fendants with committing eight Girl Pilot To Carry Store Owner Cites was "confiscatory." BRUSH BURNED AWAY oral welfare of the public will will sit ta at the -tart of a new The bill waa introduced by Sen. under consideration and the p***> Webb today gave hla opinion that game. overt acta of conspiracy to violate the raid oa the gambling ahlp, an­ four penal code sections aad one aet Big Cargo Tomorrow Instance Of Action Gerald P. Nye, (D-ND) and passed Thia scar and the plane's wreck­ ceedings "warrant the fullest publi chored more than 3 miles off Santa NOT ACCORDING IO HOYLE of the general law and alao wtth by tbe senate ta August, 1937.