anaheim-bulletin 1953-09-02

THREE DIE IN Anaheim Daily-Herald ANAHEIM TEN PAGES ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA GEN. JONATHAN WAINWY State Dignitaries Set For Kuchel Homecoming Leading California and Orange County politicians are scheduled to visit Anaheim for the Tommy Kuchel "homecoming" set for Sept. 18 in the city park Greek theater, officials revealed today. These will include Congressman James Utt, State Senator John A. Murdy Jr.; Assemblymen Le Roy E. Lyon Jr. and Earl W. Stanley, together with dignitaries from all walks of county life. The rally planned to honor the homecoming of California's junior United States Senator is under the Leading California and Orange County politicians are scheduled to visit Anaheim for the Tommy Kuchel "homecoming" set for Sept. 18 in the city park Greek theater, officials revealed today. These will include Congressman James Utt, State Senator John A. Murdy Jr.; Assemblymen Le Roy E. Lyon Jr. and Earl W. Stanley, together with dignitaries from all walks of county life. The rally planned to honor the homecoming of California's junior United States Senator is under the leadership of Judge John Shea of Anaheim while program planning is under the direction of Mrs. Hilred Ferrell. The address of welcome to Sen. Kuchel will be made by a former Anaheim school classmate, Mayor Charles Pearson. Emcee of the program will be a well-known Los Angeles attorney and former Anaheim man, L. A. "Fay" Lewis. Tommy, as the Senator is familiarly called by those who have known him since his first days in Anaheim grade schools, has returned from the nation's capitol with an excellent record of legislative representation for the state, one which his fellow statesmen claim "one of hard work for California." He has opened offices in the Federal building at both Los Angeles and Sacramento in order to facilitate his business while in the state. He is scheduled to speak before many groups but his first appearance in Orange County will be at the homecoming rally Sept. 16 in his home town where he was born. Hosts of friends will be on hand to meet the Senator personally at the informal reception slated after the address. The Senator will be presented at the rally by Congressman James B. Utt of Santa Ana, one of the many political and legislative leaders expected to attend the county event. Telling the story of his early education activities at Anaheim High School will be Paye Kern (Mrs. Hugo) Schulz, who is still a member of the AUHS faculty. American Drum and Bugle Corps will play; Robert Larsen, well known baritone from Santa Ana, and a former Anaheim man, will be the featured soloist. The rally is open to all Orange County and the southland with only admission a "grand cheer for the Senator on his home-coming." Serving as members of the welcoming committee are Carl E. Schroeder, Orange; Dr. Herbert T. Cox, Laguna Beach; Mayor Hugh Warden, Fullerton; Vince Jorgensen, Newport Beach; and Lee Hasenjaeger, Santa Ana. County-Born Rancher Dies in Santa Ana REPORTED SUICIDE—Soviet Ambassador Anatoll Laventiev (above) was reported to have shot himself in Tehran, Iran, rather than return to Moscow in disgrace because of the Iranian uprising that deposed Premier Mossadegh. Anaheim to Join County Water District Sept. 9 SANTA ANA - The Orange County Water District expands its boundaries Sept. 9 by adding three of the county's largest cities, Santa Ana, Anaheim and Fullerton; and on that date farmers become liable for a pumpage tax to pay for water they take from the underground. Howard Crooke of Garden Grove, who resigned as manager of a citrus cooperative there, took over Tuesday as full-time secretary-manager of the district soon to expand its activities, he succeeded W. D. Miller, who was part-time secretary. First job Crooke will have will be to name a list of water wells in the county which are liable to levy for a pumpage tax; the fees collected will be to buy so-called surplus Colorado River water imported through Metropolitan Water District lines. Schedule of the pumpage tax has not been determined by the district directorate, of which John W. (Jack) Crill of Garden Grove is chairman. Crooke is in his second term as president of Associated Chamber of Commerce of Orange County and will round out his service with the county-wide booster body. Registration Set At Savanna Friday Savanna School District will have Kindergarten and First Grade preregistration on Friday, Sept. 4, from 10 to 12; and 1 to 3. All parents of children in these two grades are urged to register. Kindergarten teachers Mrs. Mabel Heltman and Mrs. Edna Brown will be in charge. Parents will report to Room one. First Grade teachers Mrs. Gladys Sackett and Mrs. Ester Standring will be in charge - Parents will report to Room three. The P. T. A. association will serve refreshments both morning and afternoon in rooms one and three. The P. T. A. will also serve refreshments on the opening day of school, in the Auditorium. School will open on Monday, September 14. At that time children are expected to fill all classrooms with an expected enrollment of approximately 570 children. The staff will report one week early for pre-school institutes and meetings. On Thursday, Sept. 10, Savanna School District will host a three district all-day institute for the Centralia, Magnolia and Savanna Districts, Dr. Paul Smith, President of Whittler College will be the principal speaker for the affair. Also on the stage will be Linton T. Simmons, County Superintendent of Schools, Mrs. Matte Maxwell, Principal of Magnolia No. 1, will serve as Chairman for the day, Wyane L. Butterbaugh, District Superintendent of Savanna School District, will give the welcome. The Savanna Staff and Board Members have been invited to attend a luncheon given by the Superintendent Sept. 4, as the opening of the week-long meetings. County-Born Rancher Dies in Santa Ana SANTA ANA—Death after a long illness claimed Rancher Hubert Lawrence Wakeham, 75, at Santa Ana Community Hospital on Tuesday. Orange County-born, Wakeham lived in this county all his life and had built up a farming empire of bean and citrus growing which made him one of the best-known ranchers in the county. Long active in many affairs, Wakeham held charter membership in Santa Ana Elks Lodge, and was a member of Kiwanis Club here; he was a director of First National Bank in Santa Ana, Broadway Improvement Co., and Greenville Bean Growers' Association. Surviving him are his wife, Cora R., of the family home, 14421 Prospect Ave., Tustin; a son, H. H. Wakeham of Lemon Heights; and a sister, Miss Mary Wakeham of Santa Ana. Funeral service will be read Thursday at 10 a.m. at Smith and Tuthill Mortuary by Rev. Harry Evan Owings, retired minister of Santa Ana First Baptist church. Interment will be in Fairhaven cemetery. Man Freed From Jail On Plea of Wife A plea by the wife of James Russell Ingram, Buena-Park resident serving a 90-day sentence in the County Jail, yesterday won him freedom in the Anahiem-Fullerton Municipal court. Modification of Ingram's sentence to time served, freed the man after spending the last 11 days in jail. Possession of Marijuana leaves and seeds in both their homes and an automobile caused two Independencia Colony men to be held for action of the Superior Court as the result of their preliminary hearing in Anahiem-Fullerton Municipal Court today. Sheriff's narcotics men had swooped down on the home of Louis Panda Rocha, 40, Aug. 26, at which time the narcotics were assertedly found. A brother-in-law, Robert Saldana, 19, surrendered to Sheriff's officers the next day on an outstanding non-support warrant and was re-booked on the narcotics charge. Ball was set on Rocha at $2000 pending trial Sept. 4., while Saldana is currently serving a year's sentence on the non-support charge. In other action of the court, Joe Reyes Figueroa, 32, a Stanton resident, was jailed for two 90-day sentences as the outcome of a hit-run accident in Placentia Aug. 31. Figueroa was found to be intoxicated at the time of the accident in which a companion was injured. He escaped from the wreck and was later found hiding in a nearby orange grove. Sixty days of his sentence were suspended by the court on restitution to be made by Figueroa. HERALD Orange County Plain Dealer M BULLETIN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1953 VOL. XXXI NO. 16 WAINWRIGHT DIES IN COMA Bataan Hero Succumbs at Age 70 SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UP) — Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, hero of Bataan and Corregidor, died in Brooks Army Medical Center today at 11:27 a.m. PDT. He was 70 years old. The general died in a coma, into which he fell early today. He suf- at Age 70 SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UP) — Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, hero of Bataan and Corregidor, died in Brooks Army Medical Center today at 11:27 a.m. PDT. He was 70 years old. The general died in a coma, into which he fell early today. He suffered a cerebral thrombosis—blood clot in his brain—July 6. He suffered another stroke yesterday and had been steadily sinking since then. His son, Jonathan M. Wainwright V., and his daughter-in-law were at his bedside. He will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery after the body lies in state 48 hours in San Antonio. Wainwright became a hero through defeat. The defeat was inevitable, but he had to take it because of his country's unpreparedness. He was left behind in the Philippines to fight the Japanese to the last ditch with underfed, half armed American troops without air cover. He led his troops so valiantly against the Japanese that he was credited with upsetting the Japanese timetable of conquest in World War II. He spent three years and five months in Japanese prison camps where lack of food reduced his weigh from 180 pounds to 120. A spokesman at Brooke Army medical Center said his imprisonment could be blamed for the "generally poor" condition he was in when struck by cerebral thrombosis. He lived the last year of his life on or within sight of Fort Sam Houston, where he began his Army career. He was commander of the Fourth Army, spreading over five states and headquartered at Fort Sam Houston, when he was formally retired Aug. 31, 1947, after 45 years' military service. Optimists Open Bicycle Safety Campaign Today As a prelude to their bike safety campaign to be highlighted with a dinner Sept. 10, members of the Orange County Commissive of Orange County out out his service with wide booster body. FIRST MEMBERS—E. W. “Bill” Wylie, president of Anaheim Kiwanis Club, right, presented the $100 cheek representing his club's membership in the Century Club of Anaheim Community Chest to Arthur H. Shipkey, co-chairman of the fall fund drive. The Kiwanians were first to join the club this year, an honor they achieved last year, too. Presentation was made yesterday at the weekly luncheon meeting of the club. Local Community Chest Headquarters Slated to Open in Scout House Sept. 9 Anaheim Community Chest headquarters will be located in the Boy Scout House at 117 W. Charries St., it was announced in Tuesday night's board meeting. Barney Jordan, president, said opening day for the headquarters will be Sept. 9. Offices will be open afternoons only for the first week, but will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. every day from Sept. 14 until the fund drive closes in mid-October. Mrs. R. W. Marvin, secretary, will head the volunteer staff. Buses to Run for AHS Registration Transportation for AUHS students living in the areas outside of Anaheim will be provided registration day, Friday, Sept. 11. Bus service will be available for both morning and afternoon registrants, officials said today. The regular AUHS school buses will leave the school at 8 a.m. following the same routes used last year. Students registering in the morning will be returned home for lunch. The second trip of the buses will leave the school at 12 noon to pick up afternoon registrants. The last buses will leave the school at 4 p.m. to return students home. Paul H. Demaree, principal-superintendent, together with the administrative officers and 68 faculty members will greet the 1953-54 students the first day of school. Classes will officially start Monday, Sept. 14, at 8 a.m. The last and largest fresh class in AUHS history is expected. The student enrollment should exceed Optimists Open Bicycle Safety Campaign Today As a prelude to their bike safety campaign to be highlighted with a dinner Sept. 10, members of the Anaheim Optimist club today visited the Anaheim Bulletin to place Scotch tape on all bikes of paper carriers. The kickoff dinner to be held in the Optimist Club house on West Chartres St., will have prominent law enforcement officers and school administrators in attendance. Campaign of the local service club is to place the warning tape on the bikes of all Anaheim school children in the hope of reducing bike-car accidents at night. Chairman Harwood Larson of the Optimist Committee on the Safety program, announced that Chief of Police Mark A. Stephenson, School Superintendent Paul Cook, Highway Patrol Capt. H. W. Null and City Engineer George Holyoke will be in attendance to address the dinner. A round-table discussion will be conducted on the best ways of reducing the accident toll. Parents will be given a report of the condition of all bicycles checked during the campaign, with each child being enrolled in the Optimist Safety League campaign, a national project of the service organization. A volunteer group of Optimist members will cooperate in the annual sidewalk painting project to be carried out Sunday morning. At this time, a warning to pedestrians is clearly painted on each street corner downtown and near schools. Weather Mostly sunny this afternoon and Thursday but low clouds or fog tonight and Thursday morning. Not much change in temperature with the high this afternoon near $1. Morning will be returned home for lunch. The second trip of the buses will leave the school at 12 noon to pick up afternoon registrants. The last buses will leave the school at 4 p.m. to return students home. Paul H. Demaree, principal-superintendent, together with the administrative officers and 68 faculty members will greet the 1953-54 students the first day of school. Classes will officially start Monday, Sept. 14, at 8 a.m. The last and largest frost class in AUHS history is expected. The freshman enrollment should exceed 450. The sophomores will number about 400. The juniors will roll call approximately 350. The senior class will add 300 to the student body. The grand total and a new enrollment high will be in excess of 1500. The initial social function of the new school year will feature the Big and Little Sister party registration day. The party is scheduled for 2 p.m. and is being sponsored by the Girls' League under the direction of Mrs. Velda B. Worthy, Mary Lou, Casebeer is president of the group this year. The event is an annual get acquainted function for freshman and senior co-eds. Students new to the district are encouraged to come in new and up until the day before registration to plan their programs, officials said. Beach Gas Station Hit by Burglarls NEWPORT BEACH - Burglarls really cleaned out a gas station at Bayshore Drive and Coasts Highway. They forced entry through a window, stole five batteries, four tires, six tubes, 68 spark plugs, five grease guns, all the tools and electric grinder, a gold ring, and an adding machine. The loot amounted to $858.55. It included only $2,70 in small change. At San Juan Capistrano burglars hit two gas stations but stole little. One station at Mission St. and Highway 101 lost $19 worth of candy and cigarettes. There was no report of any loss from a gas station across the Street which was also entered. Claim Local Man Had Juveniles Make Thefts Anaheim价 late yesterday jailed Thomas Benjamin Lago, 30-year-old trailer camp caretaker on charges he induced two juveniles to commit thefts for his benefit. Largo was nabbed by officers as the outcome of the arrest of two boys, and 13 and the other 14 who were caught as they were removing produce from a local market late Monday. The boys have been committed to the Orange County Juvenile home for action of the juvenile court. Lago is scheduled to be arraigned on the felony charge late today in the Anaheim-Fullerton Municipal Court. He resides in a trailer at 913 South Palm St. Superior Court Juries Return Guilty Verdicts SANTA ANA - Two Superior Court juries reported late yesterday both handing in guilty verdict. One involved James Scott, of Fullerton, found guilty of passing a bogus $50 check with intent to defraud. Scott immediately waved time for sentencing and drew a term in Chino State prison from presiding Judge Raymond Thompson. Doyle Dean Wilkins, 19, was found guilty of second-degree burglary of a Garden Grove market entered last July 5. He will be sentenced Sept. 11. AIR CRASH La Habrans Killed in Crackup at Costa Mesa COSTA MESA — Three prominent La Habra men, starting on a dove-hunting trip to Brawley, were killed at 5:25 a.m. today when their plane crashed in a Costa Mesa residential district, two miles from the Orange County airport where they had taken off. The dead: Orville Amos "Red" Kier, 49, commercial pilot, 2112 Skyline Drive. Charles Ernest Rhoades, 59, contractor, retired head of the Rhoades Construction Co., 2255 Papaya Drive. Clarence O. Gregg, about 50, president of Avocados Shippers Inc., 711 El Rancho Drive. Report that one witness, a young student nurse living in the neighborhood, saw the plane afire in the air provided the only explanation for an otherwise puzzling tragedy. Kier, a veteran pilot who had ferried planes all over the world during World War II, and had logged some 12,000 hours in the air, was known as an able flyer and witnesses said there appeared to have been no motor rtouble. Sheared Tree The plane, a four-place Beechcraft Bonanza model, struck in the 2300 block of Eiden avenue, shearing away half of an oleander tree as it gouged a deep hole in the earth at the edge of the pavement. It then brushed past an evergreen tree, skidded diagonally. Late Bulletins BULLETIN NEW YORK — Agreement between the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and the CIO Communications Workers of America was reached today after a 12-hour mediation session forestalling a strike by 22,000 long distance telephone workers. BULLETIN FT. BRAGG, N. C. — An Army spokesman said that 18 men were killed today when a pontoon bridge collapsed at this huge Army base. Kier, a veteran pilot who had ferried planes all over the world during World War II, and had logged some 12,000 hours in the air, was known as an able flyer and witnesses said there appeared to have been no motor trouble. Sheared Tree The plane, a four-place Beechcraft Bonanza model, struck in the 2300 block of Elden avenue, shearing away half of an oleander tree as it gouged a deep hole in the earth at the edge of the pavement. It then brushed past an evergreen tree, skidded diagonally across the pavement and stopped against another tree, spewing wreckage along its course. This tree prevented the plane from crashing through the front bedroom wall at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey J. Elchhorn, 2320 Elden Ave. The couple were asleep in the room. The plane reached the street through one of the vacant lots in the block. Had the space been occupied by a house, the plane would have crashed into its roof, observers stated. Plane Exploded A sharp explosion accompanied the crash and flames flared high into the air momentarily, then ran back across the pavement, following a trail of gasoline to the first spot of impact. It was more than an hour later before morticians Paul Parks and David Gardener, removed the charred fragments of the three bodies from the wreckage, under the direction of Deputy Coroner Frank Hansen, who ordered their removal to the Grauel Mortuary in Costa Mesa. The $12,000 plane belonged to the Martin School of Aviation at the airport, and was not insured, according to John W. Martin Jr. Had Low Ceiling: Martin said that Kier had planned to get up above the overcast immediately upon taking off. The ceiling at the scene of the crash was not more than 200 feet, according to witnesses. Gene Hart, former military pilot of 280 Santa Isabel St., said he saw the plane maneuvering before the crash. It made two dives and two pull-ups in the semi-darkness before it finally struck, he said. Sheriff James Musick, personal friend of Kier, said the veteran pilot was a very capable flyer under all conditions. Musick had been invited to join the hunting party but was unable to make the trip, he said. Residents Report Series of Thefts A county-wide rash of thefts involving cash registers, grease guns. BULLETIN FT. BRAGG, N. C. — An Army spokesman said that 18 men were killed today when a pontoon bridge collapsed at this huge Army base. 19 Feared Killed in Plane Crash VAIL, Wash. (UP) — Burned wreckage of a plane which vanished last night with 19 soldiers and two crewmen aboard was found today near this logging community. Fifteen bodies were counted immediately, the Air Force said. There was no sign of life at the scene according to state forester Jim Church, who found the wreckage. The crash scene was 27 miles south of McChord Air Force Base, destination of the Army chartered twin-engined craft. The plane, operated by Regina Airlines, was carrying soldiers from Fort Ord, Calif. The craft left Monterey, Calif., last night and roared over Portland at 7:28 p.m. PDT. An alarm went out when the pilot failed to report at his next check station at Toledo, Wash., about 60 miles north of Portland. The CAA said the plane had enough fuel to last until 8:48 p.m. Fire warden, Ward French and Arnold Englund, construction foreman for the Vall branch of Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, said the silver plane crashed and burned in a legged off area. They said the plane was demolished. French and Englund counted 15 bodies. Poor weather conditions hampered the air search for the plane. Nevertheless several Air Force planes, one Coast Guard plane and about 30 Civil Air Patrol craft took to the air this morning. The crash occurred in a hilly area of about 4000 feet elevation. Anaheimer, 11 Others Return From Korea Twelve Orange County servicemen including one Anaheim resident. Residents Report Series of Thefts A county-wide rash of thefts involving cash registers, grease guns, and spark plugs which involved three Anaheim service stations for almost $400 this week. Continued again today when a local merchant reported loss of his combination cash register and adding machine. Harold Botts, owner of Botts Nurseries at 1228 Lincoln Ave., told police that someone entered his office at approximately 9 a.m. and removed the office equipment together with cash in the register, all of which was valued at $130. Police mark a similarity between the spark plug thefts and the various thefts of adding machines and cash registers taken from service stations and garages. Henry Jackson Tippett, Santa Ana plumber told police yesterday that a seven and one-half horsepower Scott-Atwater outboard motor valued at $225, was stolen from his pick-up truck yesterday while parked in the 1600 block on West La Palma Ave. Report of a house ransacking was made to police today by Mrs. Dr. Hans Jochem Tikker, 1001 South Los Angeles St. Orange Dentist Injured In Crash Near Olive ORANGE - An Orange dentist, Elmer E. Nichols, 49, was injured critically about 7:50 PM last night when his convertible and a heavy sedan crashed at Santa Ana Canyon Highway and Anaheim-Olive Road near the town of Olive. Dr. Nichols was thrown from his car and suffered a skull fracture. He has not yet regained consciousness. He is in St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, where doctors said his condition is critical. Anaheimer, 11 Others Return From Korea Twelve Orange County servicemen including one Anaheim resident, docked in San Francisco aboard the USS General A. E. Anderson Saturday after service in Korea with the First Marine Air Wing. Tech Sergeant Charles L. Foster, was one of the 606 veterans of disembark at Fort Mason in San Francisco for processing at the Marie Barracks on Treasure Island. Other counters included T-Sgt. Charles E. La Cost, Jr.; Tustin; Cpl. Ricard P. Vulcan; Garden Grove; Chief Warrant Officer Wilfred J. Oppittke, Costa Mesa and T-Sgt. Theodore H. Blackburn, Master Sergeant Charles H. Buffington Jr., First Lt. Randolph E. Eller, M-Sgt. Thomas B. Heiser, First Lt. William D. Mead, M-Sgt. Raymond V. Pennell, T-Sgt. Robert C. Stemper and T-St. James S. Welch, all of Santa Ana. 440 Traffic Deaths Seen for Labor Day CHICAGO (UP)—The National Safety Council has predicted that 440 persons will die in traffic accidents over the nation during the three-day Labor Day holiday. Its death forecast yesterday covered the 78-hour period from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, Labor Day. The council expects a record 40 million autoons on the highways during that period. It suggested a three-point program for cutting the holiday death toll. 1. Cut usual cruising speed 10 miles an hour. 2. Double check before passing or changing lanes. 3. Don't compete in traffic, let the other guy go first.