anaheim-bulletin 1953-10-17

BIG OFFENSIVE — French assault troops observe artillery and napalm bombardment thrown against village of Myngo, south of Hanol, Indo-China. Thousands of French Union troops pushed against rebel divisions in a 65-mile-wide triangle. The French high command said the drive involved "the biggest concentration of infantry, armor, aviation, artillery and naval forces since the eight-year-old conflict started. (NEA Radio-Telephoto)" McCarthy Gets Clean Bill of Health From Justice Department in Probe WASHINGTON UP — San. Joseph R. McCarthy R. McCarthy Gets Clean Bill of Health From Justice Department in Probe WASHINGTON UP — Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy R.Wis. had a clean bill of health from the Justice Department today but the Treasury Department is still investigating his finances. Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr., disclosed that this department uncovered no violations of federal law during its long investigation of McCarthy and of the 1950 senatorial election in Maryland in which McCarthy played a controversial role. Motorist Knocks Freight Car Off Tracks in Crash OYPRESS—A motorist whose car struck a railway freight car with such force that it was knocked from the tracks escaped with minor injuries last night at 8:18 p.m. George H. Milligan, 39, Los Angeles, was taken to an Orange hospital for treatment but physicians said his injuries were minor. Milligan was headed north on Moody street when he clipped off the last car of a Pacific Electric freight in charge of Conductor Roy Vandepool of Torrance. Most of the other motorists who were hurt in a series of smash-ups last night and today were lucky—all except one. U. S. Marine Sgt. Jesus L. Garcle, 22, of Camp Pendleton, got major hurts at 4:10 a.m. today when his car ran off Highway 101 near El Toro creek, hit a tree and overturned. hurt near Huntington Beach at 12:10 a.m. today and all were taken to Presbyterian Hospital following the three car smashup on Coast Highway two miles east of the oil city. Treated were Albert J. Elton, 35, his wife Grace, 25, and their sons, George, 7, and Albert, 5. Mrs. George Lamb, 46, 7532 La Palma St., suffered minor injuries when a car in which she was riding with Elmer H. Adams, 31, 9671 Morro Place, was hit headon by another car on Manchester Blvd. near Katella Avenue last night. California Highway Patrolmen said that the other driver, Leonardo V. Herrera, 30, of Puente, became lost on the Freeway and made a U-turn across the center dividing island collided with the train. Letters to Committee Brownell made the disclosure in separate letters to Chairman William E. Jenner of the Senate Rules Committee. A subcommittee of this group, the Senate Elections Subcommittee, conducted the inquiry into McCarthy's activities and into the stormy Maryland election in which Sen. John Marshall Butler (R-Md.) defeated former Sen. Millard E. Tydings, a Democrat. In its McCarthy report last January, the subcommittee made no specific charges or recommendations. But it said McCarthy's financial dealings had raised serious questions and sent its report and files to the Justice Department for official scrutiny. The report mentioned specifically that McCarthy received $10,000 from the Lustron Corp. for writing a housing pamphlet. It also questioned whether McCarthy had diverted to his own use funds donated to him for his campaign against Communism. Benton Also Cleared In New York, McCarthy was noncommittal when notified of the action in the case. "I didn't know they were working on it," he said. In giving McCarthy a clean bill of health, the Justice Department also cleared Sen. William Benton (D-Conn.). McCarthy had demanded that the elections subcommittee check Benton's finances after being accused by Benton of fraud and deceit. Benton was specifically charged with accepting $600 as a campaign contribution from Utah banker Walter E. Cosgriff, a former director of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Benton conceded he received the money but denied it was a campaign contribution. Witness Names Three in An American interpreter, of a three-hour "brain w session on the soldier by a officer, is said to have switted the Red Polish officer, which ed a Chinese officer to kill American. This was followed mediately by the fist-swinging sol between prisoners and the mer Red officers. Total number former Critic who have converted by their former beliefs is 19 some 950 interviewed, United officials said. Ninety-eight per cent of the anti-Red Chinese who faced munist propagandists in their viewing tents rejected repatrials. Poles Sides With Reds Stettler said the prisoner has tempted at least 17 times probably to leave—the tent through door indicating rejection of munism but was called back by the Reds. The American interpreter plodded with anger when the observer sided with h e munist "explainers." He call d off the kicking attack by Chinese officer. Italians Insist Trieste Pact Be Carried Out ROME (UP)—Premier Giulio Pella said today his pro-government would resign if alm and the United States their promise to award Zoe of Trieste to Italy. Pella also revealed that he had taken defense measure guard against Marshal threats to march into Zone moment Italian soldiers enter area. The Italian Prime Minister warning came as the highest diplomatics of the United S Britain and France met in L to study the Trieste issue, throuble in the Middle East other world problems. Pella also made clear speech that Italy has no nounced its claims to all of T and that it strongly opposes annexation of Zone B. "When I spoke to the t h western ambassadors they all in accord :on giving Zo in Italy) and I told them that decision that gave the impr Treated were Albert J. Elton, 35, his wife Grace, 25, and their sons, George, 7, and Albert, 5. Mrs. George Lamb, 46, 7532 La Palma St., suffered minor injuries when a car in which she was riding with Elmer H. Adams, 31, 9871 Morro Place, was hit headon by another car on Manchester Blvd. near Katella Avenue last night. California Highway Patrolmen said that the other driver, Leonardo V. Herrera, 30, of Puente, became lost on the Freeway and made a U-turn across the center dividing island colliding with Adam's car. Nevada City (UP)—Notorious killer Jack Santo and his wizened accomplice, "triggerman" Emmett Perkins, were in maximum security cells in Nevada County jail today awaiting trial for the December, 1951, murder of a gold miner. Both men, condemned to death for the slaying of an aging Burbank widow, were removed from their death row cells at San Quentin prison yesterday and brought here for arraignment on the new murder charge. Harriet Henson, Santo's mistress whose confession linked him and Perkins to the slaying of Edmund Hansen, was charged as an accomplice as was George W Boles Jr. Santo and Miss Henson were permitted to embrace briefly before the arraignment proceedings. A faint smile played at the corner of the killer's thin mouth as he wiped lipstick from his face before entering the courtroom. Boles, and ex sanitorium worker Marin County newsman, was only one of the four to enter plea to the murder charge. He pleaded innocent. Attorneys were appointed for Santo and Perkins. Date for entering their pleas was set for Wednesday by Superior Judge James Snell. Miss Henson and Bowles earlier confessed to aiding Santo and Perkins in shooting Hansen, a Grass Valley miner. Witness Names Three in Radar Secrets Probe NEW YORK (UP)—Three persons named by a witness who broke down and "told all" were called to appear today before a Senate subcommittee investigating an alleged espionage ring set up in the Army Signal Corps by executed atom spy Julius Rosenberg. Chairman Joseph McCarthy did not identify the three persons as he began the sixth day of his Senate Permanent Investigating subcommittee's hearings here on alleged security leaks at the Fort Monmouth, N. J., radar laboratories. He said the three were named yesterday by a Signal Corps civilian employee who broke down under cross examination and "identified individuals whom he thought part of Rosenberg's ring who have worked at Fort Monmouth and other government agencies." Mid-East Crisis Looms After Israeli Attack JERUSALEM (UP)—Crack units of Jordan's tough Arab Legion moved up to the Israeli frontier today in a mushrooming Mid-Eastern crisis resulting from an Israeli attack on a Jordanian village in which 54 persons were killed. Reactions were speedy and menacing throughout the tense Moslem world. Egypt alerted her armed forces and Israel's other hostile Arab neighbors weighed armed or diplomatic actions against the Jewish state. Anaheim Daily-Herald Orange ANAHEIM BU Evenings Except Sundays TEN PAGES ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 36 Killed as Blasts Rip Through Anaheim Officer Reports American Kicked by Red Anaheim Air Force Capt. Donald Stettler, an observer with Unitl Nations at the Panmunjom prisoner exchange, was present today during a violent argument between interviewing Communists and Chinese when it resolved into a fist-swinging brawl. Capt. Stettler told American newmen that the argument which required force to quell, began when Chinese prisoner refused to be axed back to Chinese soil by his communist questioners. An American interpreter, tiring a three-hour "brain washing" mission on the soldier by a Polish officer, is said to have sworn at the Red Polish officer, which causs a Chinese officer to kick the American. This was followed immediately by the fist-swinging hastle between prisoners and their forer Red officers. Total number former Commustant who have converted back to Chinese beliefs had all of the money Search Continued For Ransom Cash ST. LOUIS (UP) The search for the missing $300,000 Greenlease ransom money turned here again today when a hotel clerk indicated that kidnap-killer Carl Austin Hall had all of the money Search Continued For Ransom Cash ST. LOUIS (UP)—The search for the missing $300,000 Green-lease ransom money turned here again today when a hotel clerk indicated that kidnap-killer Carl Austin Hall had all of the money when he checked into a St. Louis Hotel. Edward Hoffman, clerk at the Town House apartment hotel, said that two suitcases which he handled for Hall "felt like they weighed 75 to 80 pounds." Previously, officials said that the $600,000 in $20s and $10s paid to the kidnappers of six-year-old Bobby Green-Lease in an effort to secure his release weighed 75 pounds. Hoffman said that Hall checked into the hotel at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6, accompanied by John Hager, a taxicab driver who a short time later led police to the kidnapper's hideout. Officers said they found only about $293,000 in the two suicides in Hall's room. Hall, 34-year-old son of a respected Kansas family, has mainer what happened to the balance of the record kidnap payment. Hall went to the Town House hotel after a motel rendezvous with prostitute Sandra ODay, to whom he fled after an argument with his alcoholic paramour and partner in the kidnap-slaying, Mrs. Bonnie Brown Heady. The Heady woman said she got only $2,000 of the kidnap money. Police Lt. Louis Shoulders, who arrested Hall, said Wednesday he believed St. Louis hoodlums visited Hall and the O'Day woman in their motel room and stole part of the ransom money from the drunken, drug-dazed Hall. Painter Falls to Death In El Toro Hangar SANTA ANA—a painter fell to his death yesterday afternoon from a scaffolding in a new hangar at El Toro Marine Air Corp station. A. Walter E. Chapman, 47., of Highland Park, died instantly when he plunged 45 feet to the cement floor of the hanger. He apparently lost his balance and slipped from the scaffolding where he was painting an overhead girder. His companion Ernie Frick of Balboa said that he did not see Chapman slip but saw him fall. Then the bandit ordered Brooks to return to his bed while he made a leisurely search for narcotics. The druggist said that the bandit-burglar took about 800 tablets containing narcotics and narcotic derivatives. The pills were worth only $22.50. Several times during the holdup-burglary, the bandit threatened Brooks if he did not surrender the HIGH LEVEL GET TOGETHER—French Foreign Minister Georgette Eden and Secy. of State John Fosier Dulles (left to right), expected to approve a note inviting Russian Foreign Minister Switzerland, to discuss German and Austrian settlements. Big Three Ministers On Discussion With Russia LONDON—The United States, Great Britain and France red a note to Soviet Russia today offering to discuss an East non-aggression pact, but only after agreement has been reached the future of Germany and Austria. The note was approved by Secretary of State John Fosier. Bandit Robs Yorba Linda Store YORBA LINDA—a tone bandit, who was armed, early today held up and robbed druggist Burt Lewis Brooks after slipping into the store while Brooks was outside checking on a noise he heard. The druggist, who lives in a small apartment at the rear of his store at 4895 Main St., told sheriff's officers that he heard a noise outside, took a gun and investigated. His search of no avail was over in a few moments and he went back to bed. Later he heard another noise and arose again to investigate. As the beam of his flashlight swept the store it focused on a bandit who stood there, gun in hand, and Brooks was ordered to surrender his cash. He lost about $220. Then the bandit ordered Brooks to return to his bed while he made a leisurely search for narcotics. The druggist said that the bandit-burglar took about 800 tablets containing narcotics and narcotic derivatives. The pills were worth only $22.50. Several times during the holdup-burglary, the bandit threatened Brooks if he did not surrender the HIGH LEVEL GET TOGETHER—French Foreign Minister Georgette Eden and Secy. of State John Fosier Dulles (left to right), expected to approve a note inviting Russian Foreign Minister Switzerland, to discuss German and Austrian settlements. Italians Insist Trieste Pact Be Carried Out ROME (UP)—Premier Giuseppe Zella said today his pro-western government would resign if Britain and the United States break their promise to award Zone A Trieste to Italy. Zella also revealed that Italy it taken defense measures to ward against Marshal Tito's feats to march into Zone A the moment Italian soldiers enter the area. The Italian Prime Minister's warning came as the highest rank diplomats of the United States, Britain and France met in London study the Trieste state, the new bubble in the Middle East and other world problems. Zella also made clear in his speech that Italy has not renounced its claims to all of Trieste that it strongly opposes Yugo-mentation of Zone B. When I spoke to the three eastern ambassadors they were in accord on giving Zone A (italy) and I told them that any vision that gave the impression SANTA ANA—A painter fell to his death yesterday afternoon from a scaffolding in a new hangar at El Toro Marine Air Corp station. A. Walter E. Chapman, 47, of Highland Park died instantly when he plunged 45 feet to the cement floor of the hanger. He apparently lost his balance and slipped from the scaffolding where he was painting an overhead girder. His companion Ernie Frick of Balboa said that he did not see Chapman slip but saw him fall when the man screamed. Frick was unnerved by the tragedy and had to quit work. Chapman leaves his widow and two children. His body was taken to Blower Brothers Mortuary in Santa Ana. Two Suspects Admit Charges of Burglary SANTA ANA—Two men pleaded guilty to burglary charges and a third admitted violation of the dangerous weapons control act in arraignments before Superior Judge John Shea. Two burglaries in Laguna Beach on Oct. 1 were admitted by James Cameron, and a technical application for probation was entered to permit investigation of three prior convictions in Florida before sentence is pronounced. John Ernest Magana pleaded guilty to burglary of the residence of David Sandoval, 1819 W. 2nd St., Santa Ana on Sept. 23, and Mariano C. Maya admitted possession of a dagger on Oct. 2 as well as owning to a prior felony conviction of manslaughter in Fresno County in 1940. All three probation hearings will be held Oct. 30. Weather Variable high thin cloudiness with temperature high this afternoon near 75. Orange County Plain Dealer BULLETIN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1953 VOL. XXXI. NO. 40 Through Carrier USS Leyte Sabotage Feared In Disaster BOSTON (UP)—The death toll mounted to 36 today and more were expected to die as a Naval inquiry board joined intelligence officers and FBI agents seeking to learn if the blast aboard the $90,000,000 aircraft carrier Leyte involved sabotage. At least five of the 24 hospitalized injured were near death from burns and other injuries suffered yesterday when the war vessel was rent by four blasts while being refitted at a Naval Shipyard pier in South Boston. Eight officers. 23 enlisted men French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Dulles (left to right), confer at meeting in London. They are leading Russian Foreign Minister Molotov to meet with them at Lugano, and Austrian settlements. (NEA Radio-Telephoto) Ministers OK With Russia Great Britain and France approving to discuss an East-West agreement has been reached on the Treaty of State John Foster Dulles, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Dulles and French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault at a meeting at the Foreign Office. It had been modified to meet objections by the West German government against any premature discussions on a security pact. Now it is expected that the note will be delivered in Moscow this evening or tomorrow. Warn Israeli The Big Three foreign ministers, engaging over a wide program of discussion of world issues, also agreed to frame a warning against aggression in the Middle East as the result of a bloody Israeli attack on a Jordan border village. Critical situations piled up around the three ministers on the second day of their three-day meeting, the note to Russia, in a new attempt to get going on treaties with Germany and Austria; the Israeli attack, and Trieste including a threat by Italian Premier Giuseppe Pella to resign unless Italy gets the northern part of the Mediterranean territory as promised by the Big Three. Churchill Move Delayed One result favorable to the United States in the meeting was reported by diplomatic informants. At Prime Minister Winston Churchill has decided to wait a mile before pressing for a Big Four meeting including himself, resident Elsenhower, French premier Joseph Laniel and Soviet premier Georgi M. Malenkov. Dulles and Eden had an hour-long discussion which was underway. Car Thieves Given Term With CYA SANTA ANA—Two youthful confessed car thieves have been referred to the California Youth Authority, while a third man was given a jail term and three years probation by Superior Judge John Shea. Ronald Edward Sease, 18, of East Whittier, who was under commitment to the state authority when he escaped from Orange County Jail-and stole an automobile, was returned to the state jurisdiction, as was Kenneth M. Gist, 18, of Norco, who admitted participation with two companions in theft of a Santa Ana automobile which they took to Corona and then to Arizona. Robert Clifford McCallum, 20, one of Gist's companions, was sentenced to 30 days in jail as condition of probation, with the provision he may return to his home in Tacoma, Wash., at the expiration of his jail term. Also given a 30-day jail sentence with three years probation was Jack Dean Stephens, 22, of Newport Beach, who admitted passing fictitious checks, and a stay of execution was granted until Oct. 22. Four Persons Hurt In Local Traffic Four persons, two of them children, were injured in traffic accidents in Anaheim yesterday, officers reported. Douglas Lee Huffman, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Huffman of Fullerton, received minor cuts and bruises when struck by a car driven by Cell Le Roy Mossman, 39,992 Ball Rd. Police said the Huffman boy was multiple injuries expected to die as a Naval inquiry board joined intelligence officers and FBI agents seeking to learn if the blast aboard the $90,000,000 aircraft carrier Leyte involved sabotage. At least five of the 24 hospitalized injured were near death from burns and other injuries suffered yesterday when the war vessel was rent by four blasts while being refitted at a Naval Shipyard pier in South Boston. Eight officers, 23 enlisted men and four civilians died in the explosions and ensuing fire. There was a possibility that other bodies might be found deep in the still-smoking holds of the 27,000 ton craft. Asks Full Inquiry There were reports that sabotage rather than the careless handling of a torch around explosive fuel oil might have caused the worst ship disaster in Boston harbor's history. Rep. Thomas J. Lane (D-Mass.) sent a telegram to Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson demanding an investigation." A Navy spokesman said it was fortunate no ammunition or jet plane fuel was aboard the Leyte. Otherwise the casualties might have been as heavy as when the destroyer minesweeper Hobson sank after a collision last year with the aircraft carrier Wasp. The loss of 176 lives in that accident was the Navy's worst peacetime tragedy. So fierce was the paint-fed blaze that firemen working knee-deep in water said the heat from the steel decks could be felt through their rubber hip boots. "It was like walking on a hot pavement barefoot," one fireman said. Most of the bodies were sprawled in the warrant officers' quarters. Other victims floated lifelessly in passageways filled with water from fire hoses. Some hung grotesquely from ladders, burned or overcome by smoke as they tried to escape topside. Ten enlisted men were found in a bomb elevator, their bodies piled one on top of the other. Rescuers told of hearing screams for help and fists of trapped men pounding on bulkheads. Dead and Dying Clegymen boarded the ship in the midst of the fire to comfort the injured and administer last rites to the dying. One of them said some of the victims apparently died of carbon monoxide poisoning while others were killed instantly by the blast. The deafening explosion preceding the fire occurred while Navy personnel and civilian employees swarmed over the vessel which was in the process of being overhaul. The first blast was followed moments later by a second... One result favorable to the United States in the meeting was reported by diplomatic informants at Prime Minister Winston Churchill has decided to wait a while before pressing for a Big Four meeting including himself, President Eisenhower, French Premier Joseph Landel and Soviet Premier Georgi M. Malenkov. Dulles and Eden had an hour-long discussion which was under consideration to have concerned the Koran peace conference and Prime Minister Churchill's idea for a Big Four meeting with Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov. Government to Get Gulf of Haymes Salary HOLLYWOOD (UP)—Dick Haymes' attorney today announced that the debt-ridden crooner has reached a "tentative arrangement" with the government allowance him to pay of $45,600 in delinquent taxes through a weekly installment plan. Attorney David Marcus said that after the agreement, the government would "accept 50 per cent of Haymes' gross weekly earnings, available directly to the government assignment from his employer." Haymes has been reported earning more than $7,500 a week on current singing tour. Bob Four Youths for Literating Near School Amphasising that they mean it they say, Anaheim police arrested four youths all of Stanton, loitering near the Anaheim high school at noon yesterday. Taken into custody were Socorro Jesu Ramirez, 22, Joe Chavez Ramirez, 18, and two 16-year-olds. The quartet could not give officers any reason for being arrested. Amirez and Aquirre were booked and held on the loitering charge by the two minors were taken to Juvenile Hall in Santa Ana. In Local Traffic Four persons, two of them children, were injured in traffic accidents in Anaheim yesterday, officers reported. Douglas Lee Huffman, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Huffman of Fullerton, received minor cuts and bruises when struck by a car driven by Cell Le Roy Mossman, 39, 9922 Ball Rd. Police said the Huffman boy was walking in a cross walk in the 200 block on West Center St. at 6:35 p.m., when struck by the Mossman machine. He was taken to his family physician for treatment, police said. A bicycle rider, Francis Martin Gaulet, 12, who resides at 300 East Ellsworth St., received minor injuries at 7:49 p.m. yesterday when knocked from his bike by a car driven by Norman Lee Mack, 19, 604 South Claudina St. The accident occurred as young Goulet was crossing Water St. at South Los Angeles St. The victim was taken to his home by a police car. A husband and wife, Earl Otties Bouslog, 67, and Jeneva Bouslog, also 67, of 7142 South Spadra Rd. were treated at Anaheim Community hospital yesterday shortly past 5:19 p.m. for cuts and bruises after their car was hit broadside at the intersection of Palm and Santa Ana streets. Police said the Bouslog machine was crossing Palm when struck by a car driven by Wilbur Godrey Staves, 45, of La Habra. Impact of the collision threw the two cars into a machine driven by Dale Wilbur Newton, 44, 423 South Illinois St., which was paused on Santa Ana St. waiting to enter Palm. Neither Newton or Staves were injured in the crash, officers said. Midway City Boy Latest County Polio Victim SANTA ANA—Another boy Richard Spafford, 13, of 7912 Bolsa Road, Midway City has polio. The lad in Orange County General Hospital today is the 135 patient seized with polio in the year's epidemic. Dead and Dying Clegymen boarded the ship in the midst of the fire to comfort the injured and administer last rites to the dying. One of them said some of the victims apparently died of carbon monoxide poisoning while others were killed instantly by the blast. The deafening explosion preceding the fire occurred while Navy personnel and civilian employees swarmed over the vessel which was in the process of being overhaulled. The first blast was followed moments later by a second. The 27,000-ton Leyle, battles tested veteran of the Korean war, normally carries a complement of 2000 men. But only 1400 were assigned to the ship when the fire broke out. Of these, some were on liberty. The blast and ensuing flames threatened high-octane gasoline tanks located below a compartment housing plane catapulting mechanisms. One Navy official said it was possible the explosion occurred in the catapulting room itself where highly volatile fluids were stored. Navy Skyray Jet Sets New World Speed Mark EDWARDS AFB, Calif. (UP)—The Navy's F4D Skyray jet has set another new world speed record. Douglas Aircraft Co. announced today. The delta-wing interceptor set a new speed of 728.110 miles per hour for the kilometer closed course yesterday, the announcement said. It was the second time within three weeks that the plane has better British held speed records. Company test pilot Bob Rahn whipped the plane around the circular 62.1-mile course over the Edwards Air Force Base for the new record. Rahn's dash in the Skyray bettered a mark of 709.2 miles per hour set Sept. 19 by a British Hawker Hunter jet fighter. On October 3, Lt. Cmdr. James B. Verdin piloted the F4D over a three-kilometer (1.863 miles) course at 753.4 miles per hour, exceeding the record held by the British Supermarine swift jet fighter.