anaheim-bulletin 1953-10-01

Metropolitan Coach Lines Takes Over Ownership, Operation of PE Lines An evolution in mass transportation takes place in Southern California today when Metropolitan Coach Lines takes over ownership and operation of Pacific Railway Company's passenger system. Pacific Electric was formed in 1911 by a merger of numerous small systems operating throughout the area. It has lines throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, covering 1068 highway route miles in motor coach service and 91.00 route miles in rail passenger service, serving 125 communities. Despite the tremendous population growth in the area, the transit system has been carrying fewer passengers each year and, during 1952, operated at a substantial loss. Jesse L. Haugh, president of the new company, is confident that Metropolitan Coach Lines, through improvements and new operating methods, will provide a successful and profitable operation. "Metropolitan is in no way connected with Pacific Electric, which continues to operate its freight services," said Mr. Haugh. "Metropolitan Coach Lines must maintain, expand, and improve its service entirely from passenger patronage. The new company is independent and controlled and directed by business men in the area served Members of the Board of Directors from the Los Angeles area are Harold Anderson, president, Anderson Bros. Supply Co., P Frank Freeman, executive vice-president, Paramount Pictures Corp.; Conrad Hilton, president Hilton Hotels Co.; J Frank Holt, president; Arden Farms; Preston Hotchkiss, vice-chairman. Founders Insurance Co.; and Willard Keith, president, Cosgrove & Co., insurance. Improved service can be accomplished in only one way—by giving the public good performance, economical and fast transportation. Metropolitan Coach operators will be neat, courteous and dependable; equipment will be clean and efficient; and new equipment will be added rapidly. Every time we convert one coach load of passengers to Metro, we take forty private passenger cars off the streets, roads and freeways. This is a practical way to reduce traffic congestion. We believe that through our good service, the people will support it." Metropolitan takes over all passenger franchises, motor coach and rail lines from Pacific Electric. Employee contracts have been renegotiated to protect the seniority rights of long-time employees. The company name on equipment will be changed and new color schemes for rolling stock will emerge at an early date. If It's News You'll See It In The Bulletin SYNOPSIS Aboard the yacht "Spiritus" riding anchor off Nassau, Bahamas, Lord Robert Tintagel, his American wife Virginia, and their elderly aunt, Lady Lisa Tremaine, await the arrival of future guests at a pleasant welcome. Wealthy and beautiful owner of the luxury craft, had invited eight people to cruise with him along the South American coast. Remaining guests finally board ship, Therea Gay Walton, must arrive and her very mature captain, Frederick Brown, a lawyer, Larry Redding, a broker, and his hand-flung a robe about me and dashed to the deck to find others assembled there. The yacht's great whistle shirred like a soul possessed, and everything happened at once. Bells changed, the engines churned, the slim ship quivered to a stop. "The owner's gone overboard," Captain Jonas said. Katella Rezoning Service Aside by Supervisors SANTA ANA—Because this was not a clear enough sign of a proposal to rezone K district to small estates classification, the board of supervisors Tuesday decided to keep it. The area now is zoned for urban residential and agricultural uses. Supervisors noted that 48 cent appeared to favor the city of zone, 32 per cent express position, and 20 per cent expressed opinions as to whether rezoning would be preferable. They had the matter under sideration since their ranch Sept. 22 when they held hearing on the proposal to rent At that time, only two persons peared to discuss the matter. The small estates classified for minimum lot size 10,000 square feet with 80 frontages in the Katella c south and west of Anaheim. Unemployment Fraud Near $400 Million LOS ANGELES UP — Calif. unemployment fund frauds 1945 approach the 400 million lar mark and constitute "the most gigantic steals story." A national disgrudge coording to Assemblyman K. Levering. The republican majority leader, author of a resentance. Aboard the yacht "Spiritus" riding an anchored Bahamas Lord Robbins and Tintagel, his American wife Virginia, and their elderly aunt, Lady Lisa Tremaine, await the arrival of further guests. Darius Opdyke, a wealthy ascendent and owner of eight ships in the Caribbean had invited eight people to cruise with him along the South American coast. Remaining guests finally board ship, there was Gay Walton, movie actress and her very mature secretary, Hervé Larry Reddish, a broker, and his handsome wife, Carlotta, Dr. Ruben Randolph, psychiatrist. When the yacht is well underway, its passengers meet their captain, Brian Jones and the aftermath of Todd. Observing this old pair, Virginia Tintagel somehow feels that the passengers are prisoners of the crew. Her pronouncement of evil is held in high regard by Larry Opdyke, announces that he means to live dangerously and gloriously add that he knows everything about each of his guests. CHAPTER FIVE OUR course lay with the wind, and I could barely feel the warm breeze of our passage. The sea was dark, except where the soft movement of the ship struck it to white fire. It was a night for dreaming, a night for love—and all I could do was worry. We were trapped on this ship. We could not even get off at the first port and make our way back, because like most English people traveling abroad, the government had not allowed us to take any extra money. Our spider of a host had well in his web, and something told me there was trouble coming. I dared a little and when I woke up there were voices from the salon behind me, and the lights were out there too. The bridge game had broken up. I decided to take one walk round and then turn in. I had on ballet slippers which made no noise on the black linoleum tile, and a long purple dress which did not show in the darkness. As I came around the stern, I saw a man and a woman standing by the port railing, outlined against the darkly shining water. They did not notice me, but I heard Lisa's clipped accent, and the passion in that usually calm voice brought me to a standstill. "But you are vile," she said. "I wonder you have been let to live so long." I beat a hasty retreat, but not before I heard the nervous whimmy which was Opdyke's laugh. More uneasy than ever, I ran down the companionway to my cabin on the deck below, cursing the convention which made it a solitary single rather than a nice cozy double. Robert was not in his bunk next door. As I undressed an unmistakable sound split the soft silence. It was a revolver shot. I fugged a robe about me and dashed to the deck to find others assembled there. The yacht's great whistle shrieked like a soul possessed, and everything happened at once. Bells changed, the engines churned, the slim ship quivered to a stop. "The owner's gone overboard," Captain Jonas said. By this time the noise and confusion had roused everyone. Lisa Tremaine arrived, with a dark cape over her evening dress, and Carlotta, oddly costumed in a sun suit, as if it had been the first thing she could grab. The squat, swart stewardess, Mrs. Macbeth, who was Todd's sister, waddled up, and Robert, fully dressed, his cowlick standing on end, his eyes blinking as if he had been asleep. I heard a little shrick, and Gay Walton, in a drifting black negligee, grabbed my arm and clung to it as if she were drowning and I could save her. "It isn't true," she kept saying, over and over. "It can't be true." Poor little thing, I remember thinking. Her services will never stand all this. There was an ingeniousness about her which was not all affection, and made one want to take care of her as if she had been a child. I gave her such comfort as I could, which was not much for I too was having trouble grasping the hideous reality. The stewardess ignored the rest of us and spoke across us to her brother. "How did ye ken?" she inquired. "I dreamt it. I dream true," he told her, and his tone clearly shut up. The captain was busy giving orders to the sailors who had run up, about getting a boat over the side. They were a sinister-looking lot. Lascars, Haitians, Indians, the offencoursings of half a dozen races, but they seemed efficient enough. It was not until the boat glimmered whitely on the water, and rowed off into the darkness, that Captain Jonas paid any attention to the frightened passengers, and when he did, his story was not one to make us feel any happier. He had been standing at the railing of the bridge, he said, looking down at the deck, and he had seen Mr. Opdyke alone against the ship's rail, outlined against the water. Then he had heard a sound which might have been a shot. Opdyke had straightened up, turned toward the passageway between the salon and the owner's cabin. Jonas started down the steps, but before he could reach the deck, Opdyke suddenly cut out his arms, staggered to the sea. Jonas ran into the house to give the necessary order before coming down. It took him only a minute to us this, and he was off directing the search. Carlotta Redding made an exceptional dab at her eyes with crumpled handkerchief. Uncle Oppy! She looked as if nudely moved as a fashion dummy. There could be no doubt, about Larry's agitation; pink cheeks were paper white; boyish voice trembled; he kept ting his wife's shoulder and tering. "Don't worry. It must have suicide. It must have been ruined you know." Brown and Randolph exchanged a long look, and the corner both their mouths turned diacynically. I must say that I found the idea of suicide hard accepted; for if ever a man seemed to be enjoying Daria Opdyke had that night his horrible way. But the all-time was equally difficult to for it meant someone stole the ship had shot him. One of the guests goaded to by his taunts, perhaps an unhealthy in the crew. In either we had a murderer on board was a sobering thought. It seemed to all of us that gruesome search went on hours. "I'm giving up." Jonas last his voice like a rusty Even if he was alive when he was water, there wouldn't be left of him by now." Gay, still hanging to my quivered and hid her face as my shoulder. "Make him stop making about it. Make him stop." Frederick Brown, more enced in this sort of thing—the rest of us now suggested the ship be searched to see weapon or a clue could be if I opened my mouth to say I had seen a man throw some overboard just before the went on, but had sense ence close it. My impression was indefinite, and it was too much too soon, for an irrespective given out of information. I talk it over with Robert first. I looked around for him; him off to one side and discarded that he was not with us. As he had an idea, and as usual had acted on it, while even else was milling around. (To Be Continued) Start Today. EARN A FULL 3½% CURRENT RATE OFFICERS & DIRECTORS Wm. T. Wallop—President Dr. W. L. Bigham—Vice-Pres Everett M. Cong—Vice-Pres Elmer E. Bruce—Secretary Robert S. Borden— Asst. Sec. and Mgr. W. B. Sheppard—Asst. Mgr. H. R. Benjamin—Director Dr. Charles V. Schutz—Dit. FUNDS BROUGHT IN Between OCTOBER 1st and OCTOBER 10th WILL DRAW Full Interest FROM October 1st Our 64th Year In Anaheim The SAVINGS LOAN & BUILDING ASSOCIATION of ANAHEIM 211 E. CENTER ST., ANAHEIM - PHONE 7283 Katella Rezoning Set inside by Supervisors SANTA ANA—Because there is not a clear enough support a proposal to rezone Katella district to small estates classification, the board of supervisors late yesterday decided to keep it as is. The area now is zoned for suburban residential and agricultural areas. Supervisors noted that 48 per cent appeared to favor the change zone, 32 per cent expressed opposition, and 20 per cent had no pressed opinions as to whether rezoning would be preferable. They had the matter under consideration since their meeting last year, only two persons agreed to discuss the matter. The small estates classification led for minimum lot sizes of 1000 square feet with 60-foot contours in the Katella district south and west of Anaheim. Unemployment Frauds near $400 Million LOS ANGELES — California unemployment fund frauds since 1955 approach the 400 million dollar mark and constitute "one of the most gigantic steals in history," according to Assemblyman Harold Levering. The republican majority floor under, author of a resolution deck, Opdyke suddenly flung his arms, staggered to the rail, pitched head first over it into sea. Jonas Pan into the wheelcase to give the necessary orders more coming down. He took him only a minute to tell this, and he was off again, rejecting the search. Carlotta Redding made a conditional dab at her eyes with a which launched a recent investigation of fraudulent claims, said yesterday the probe demands a complete overhaul of the Department "Levering termed the department a 'gigantic New Deal bureaucracy,'" and said the next Legislature "should strip the department of powers it has misused and abused to pervert the law rather than enforce it." Levering said investigation of 130 cases this year disclosed 41 fraudulent or improper claims. Apply this one-third percentage shown fraudulent by the sample of the $1,189,916,497 paid out since 1945, he said, and "this would involve $392,672,444 paid to chiselers. LONG SERVICE BOSTON — Harold J. Welch, who went to work in the Massachusetts attorney-general's office in 1903 at the age of 14, has completed 50 years in that department. He recalls that his first week's pay check was $4. Work Begins on Smog Problem LOS ANGELES (UP)—On three governmental leagues day worked on clearing smog Los Angeles skies. A state Assembly Interim committee promised a full-scale of the smog situation. Los County Supervisors moved to check the efficiency of any devices. And Los Angeles Norris Poulson promised "a serious enforcement" of the anti-smog ordinance. The Assembly committee ed by Byron Rumford, of Alameda moved yesterday to learn ficial officials what can, should be done about smog. Rumford said he had from doctors there is "a link between smog and health." and moved that city of California agriculture perts be called to tell what does to crops. Poulson promised-"vigorous forcement" of an anti-smog nature, prosecutions under are dropped with the form the County Air Pollution district. Poulson said he was re-ring the law because citizens "properly aroused over the growing menace of smog." Results Are the Proof of paper Circulation. They're Going Fast! 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Census Figures Set To Be Completed Oct. 17 LOS ANGELES (UP)—Preliminary figures for the special Los Angeles census now under way will be released early in November, it was disclosed today. Jack B. Robertson, field division chief of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, said the 2,475 enumerators will complete the count Oct. 17. Final figures will come from Washington, D.C. The count is expected to result in a return of about $400,000 yearly in reapportionment of state tax funds and show a population in excess of 2,000,000. $210,000 Loan to Cost Garden Grove $106,879 SANTA ANA—a $210,000 loan backed by bonds approved by Garden Grove School District will cost $106,879 in interest. It was disclosed late Tuesday as the board of supervisors sold the issue to Security - First National Bank of Los Angeles. The bank asked 3½ per cent interest and gave premium of $571 for the issue of bonds. Two other bidders asked the same rate of interest but offered lower premiums. TAKES OVER—Charley E. 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