Third Botulism Victim Succumbs in Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD (Kern Co.), Feb. 13. - Nick Conovaloff, 28, of Phoenix, Ariz., died in a local hospital at 4 p.m. yesterday, the third victim of botulism poisoning with which five persons were taken ill following a dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alexis Emerald, 111 West Lerde Road, Shafter, on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Emerald died earlier in the week.

Mary Kalpakoff, 60, and Alice Conovaloff, 44, the latter a sister of the Phoenix man, are under treatment in the Kern General Hospital.
Officials said laboratory reports indicate home canned cucumber pickles were a source of the botulism poisoning, but additional tests are being made of home canned tomato sauce and canne3d peaches.

Fresno Bee The Republican, The | Fresno, California | Friday, February 13, 1942 | Page 5
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From my file:
CA Birth Index: CONOVALOFF NICK 03/25/1914 MALE CONOVALO SAN FRANCISCO

CA Death Index: CONOVALOFF NICK 03/15/1913 CONOVALOFF CONOVALOFF M CA Kern 02/12/1942 28 yrs

Discrepancy: Notice the difference in date of birth and the date of birth on the death index.

Spouse: Mary Joe Evanoff (1916 - ??)
Known children: John and Manya

Parents: Lukian Ivanovich Conovaloff (1877-1940) and Fenya Moseivna Conovaloff (1876-1937)
Known children: Alice, John, Manya, Mary, Timothy, John, Lillian, Onya, Nicholas, Alex (1915-1915), Alex, Martha

Note: Martha married my father's brother, NICK John Papin.