anaheim-gazette 1950-07-26

Weddings Do you like pictures of brides? There are a couple on Page 8 of today's Gazette. VOLUME LXXIX Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEIM PRELIMINARY LAND - USE MAP TO BE INCORPORATED IN REVISED ZONING ORDINATION ZONING OUTLINED—Planning Commissioner R. W. Mungall shows Mrs. Henry Weick revised zoning ordinance which embodies planners' suggestions for present and future Anaheim. Behind is map showing revision proposals. The planning commission is staging an open meeting in the City Council Chambers tonight to hear popular opinion of proposed zoning changes. Public Hearing on Proposed City Rezoning Set Tonight Anaheimers will get firsthand information as to proposed zoning revisions in the city tonight at an Open Meeting conducted by the Planning Commission. Time is 7:30 p.m. Place is the City Council Chamber, City Hall. Gordon Whitnall, city planning consultant, will be on hand to explain whys and wherefores of the Planning Commission's zoning revisions. Maps indicating present land usage and proposed rezoning will be on display for purposes of comparison. The proposed new zoning ordinance, embodying the rezoning proposition in legal form, will also be available. The new ordinance and a map indicating, in color, the proposed changes have been on display in the City Engineer's office since last week. Also on display tonight will be a map of county zoning in the areas adjacent to Anaheim. Tonight's session will deal primarily with the area north of Center street, planning commissioner R. W. Mungall said this morning. A separate public hearing on the southern section will be conducted on August 9. However, explained Mungall, citizens from both areas are invited to attend tonight's meeting. Here are some of the major rezoning proposals as outlined by Mungall: All of the area on Center street between Manchester on the west and Atchison on the east should be zoned as general business area. This eliminates neighborhood business districts now set up on street should be zoned for general business. This eliminates neighborhood business districts on Los Angeles street south of Santa Ana street and north of Sycamore. Area in the northwest section of town, bordered by La Palma, Sycamore, Clementine and the city limits on the west, should be zoned R.O., limiting lot size to a minimum of 9000 square feet. Frontage minimum should be 75 feet. This area is not zoned at present. A light manufacturing zone should be set up in the area bordered by East street, Olive street, Vermont street and Water street. Buffer strips of multiple-dwelling areas should be provided for on Vermont and East streets. Buffer (Continued on Page 4) Sergeant from Brea Missing in Korea Master Sgt. Leonard W. Anderson of Brea, is listed as missing in action in a Korean war casualty list made public yesterday. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Truman Sees Picture of Civilian Plenty WASHINGTON (P) — President Truman today summoned the nation to "some sacrifice" of its civilian plenty. He declared himself ready to call for "complete economic mobilization" if the defense of freedom requires. Mr. Truman told Congress, in his midyear economic message, that price ceilings, rationing and "serious shortages" can be avoided if Congress quickly gives him limited control powers and a $5,000,000,000 tax increase. But he warned: "We must realize that the engagement in Korea will be costly and may not be short. We must prepare against the possibility that new crises may arise elsewhere." The powers requested, Mr. Truman said, not only will meet present needs but will perform another essential service — to "build up our preparedness" for more drastic steps if the military situation worsens. "Detailed plans for these further steps" have been drawn, Mr. Truman disclosed, and he added: "If it should become necessary, I shall without hesitation ask the Congress for the grant of the powers to implement these further plans, whether for complete economic mobilization or for further intermediate action depending upon the need." Here, in summary, is President Trump's report on the nation's Elimination of Westminster Trunk Plans Cuts Sewer Estimate $57,000 Anaheim's share in the cost of the proposed Magnolia Trunk sewer line took a $57,000 dip last night with the announcement by Councilman Robert Boney that JOS officials have decided to let ride the contemplated Westminster Trunk line phase of the project for the present time. Decision to eliminate this portion of the sewer construction came with the notice that the section is not immediately required to ease the local sewage problem. Estimated cost of the Westminster project was tentatively attached to the total Anaheim outlay in figures released last week by JOS officials. At the same time, City Engineer E. P. Hapgood gave Councilmen a breakdown of tentative costs for Anaheim in connection with the sewer bond vote scheduled next September. The total, in round figures, is an estimated $1,040,000. $640,000 goes as Anaheim's share in the construction of the Magnolia Trunk itself. $550,000 is for the line, and $90,000 is for expansion of section one of current facilities. The remaining $400,000 is earmarked for domestic sewer installations—connecting links with the main Magnolia Avenue line. Reduced to its elements, this sum includes $279,000 for the Ball Road line, $115,000 for the La Palma line, and $6000 for connecting laterals. Following Hapgood's summary of the situation, Councilmen set next Tuesday night aside as the night on which they will thresh out details of the bond voting procedure in Anaheim. Topics of discussion will be form and content of the ballot and designation of polling places and procedures. Rent Decontrol Hearing Called Alming to try again for rent decontrol in Anaheim, City Councilmen last night resolved to hold a new public hearing on the subject on August 8. At the hearing, they will determine whether or not there is a shortage of rental space in the city which would occasion prolonging of presently-imposed rent restrictions. The move comes in the wake of a letter from Tighe Woods, housing expeditor, recommending such action. Anaheim's original plea for decontrol, based on a survey conducted late last year, reposed in the office of Governor Warren four months without action. Warren returned the petition when his jurisdiction in rent matters terminated June 30 of this year. It was then relayed to Woods. City Attorney Preston Turner last night expressed the opinion that if the August 8 hearing indicates no rent shortage in the city, a new resolution requesting decontrol and passed on to Woods should do the trick. ANAHEIM GAZETTE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1950 Odle Found Guilty of Wife Slaying John C. Odle, Santa Ana machinist, found guilty in the slaying of his divorced wife, today was declared sane by Superior Judge Robert Gardner and will receive sentence at 9:30 a.m. Friday. In the event that the death sentence should be pronounced on the 58 year old Odle, California law requires that his case automatically be appealed to the state Supreme Court. Judge Gardner at the conclusion of the murder trial late yesterday found Odle guilty and ruled it was first degree murder when Odle shot his ex-wife, Arvilla, 52, to death in a downtown stationers store in Santa Ana, May 6. Hearing on the insanity question started immediately and was concluded this morning after four psychiatrists had testified. Three of them declared Odle was legally sane although under intense emo- American Troop Stem Red Adv Port; British City Employee Retirement Plan Enters Final Stage Retirement plan for Anaheim city employees entered final stage last night as City Councilmen passed the second reading of the ordinance authorizing Mayor Charles Pearl to execute a contract with the state. All that remains n before installation of the system in Anaheim is the curmary 30 day wait until the ordinance goes into effect. Climaxing some three years of Legion Baseball Carnival Slated Tonight at 8 p.m. Tonight's the night. La Palma Park is the place. 8 p.m. is the time. The event is the Second Annual Orange County American Legion Baseball Carnival. Six squads of young horsehiders, comprising some 100 players in all, will stage the baseball relay for local fans. Each of the squads takes to the field for three innings and is subsequently replaced by the next squad on the list. Here are the pairings as announced by Anaheim Legion manager Vic Ruedy: First three innings, Newport Harbor vs. Orange; second three innings, Anaheim vs. Laguna-Seal Beach; third three innings, Santa Ana vs. Fullerton. As in all Legion baseball activities at La Palma Park, there is no admission charge. Baseball Retirement plan for Anaheim city employees entered a final stage last night as City Councilmen passed the second reading of the ordinance authorizing Mayor Charles Pearl to execute a contract with the state. All that remains now before installation of the system in Anaheim is the current 30 day wait until the ordinance goes into effect. Climaxing some three years of planning on the part of the Municipal Employees Association, headed by assistant City Engineer George Holyoke; the retirement program will embrace some 168 city employees when it goes into effect next September. Cost to the city of the 50-50 contributory plan has been estimated at $60,000 per year. Just who on the present city payroll will retire when the plan goes into effect has not been determined as yet, Holyoke said yesterday. He added that he expects retirement petitions to come in later this month from those employees who will be eligible, by virtue of age and length of service, in September. A list of all the Anaheim employees, their ages and service periods, is now in the hands of the state for study, Holyoke said. Maximum benefits, available to an employee who reaches normal retirement age and serves required number of years, amount to approximately one-half of the highest average salary earned under the state-designed plan. The plan recognizes two groups of municipal employees, policemen and firemen, or safety employees; and miscellaneous employees, or all workers on city payrolls aside from safety employees. Optional retirement age for the safety group is 55 years. Maximum benefits accrue to those with 20 years or more of continuous service. Compulsory retirement age is 65. Optional retirement age for miscellaneous employees is 55 years with 20 years of continuous service. Normal retirement age is 60; compulsory retirement age is 70 years. Maximum benefits are granted for 30 years service. Employee contributions to the retirement plan are determined on a basis of age at time of entrance into the system. Safety employees pay at a higher rate because they are scheduled to receive higher benefits. All city employees in Anaheim are covered by the plan except part-time employees who work... Decontrol being Called To try again for rent de-Anaheim, City Council—right resolved to hold a hearing on the subject 8. At the hearing, they mine whether or not shortage of rental space which would occasion of presently-imposed actions. The comes in the wake of Tom Tighe Woods, houseier, recommending such original plea for de-seed on a survey con- last year, reposed in of Governor Warren without action. War- ded the petition when action in rent matters June 30 of this year. It delayed to Woods. Morney Preston Turner expressed the opinion August 8 hearing indi- nent shortage in the city, motion requesting de-con- based on to Woods should be manager Vic Ruedy: First three innings, Newport Harbor vs. Orange; second three innings, Anaheim vs. Laguna-Seal Beach; third three innings, Santa Ana vs. Fullerton. As in all Legion baseball activities at La Palma Park, there is no admission charge. Baseball National League BROOKLYN (AP)—Jim Russell slammed two more runs for Brooklyn, one left and the other righthanded, to give the Dodgers a 7-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals today. Don Newcombe pitched his fourth straight triumph over the Cards but failed to stop Stan Musial who cracked a single and double to extend his consecutive hitting streak through 30 straight games. RHE St. Louis ..... 001 100 030—5 9 1 Brooklyn ..... 230 020 00x—7 8 0 NEW YORK (AP)—Sal Maglie pitched and batted the New York Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds today. Maglie limited the Reds to six hits and singled in Alvin Dark from second with the winning run in the seventh inning. The seventh victory for Maglie also was the seventh in succession for the Giants. RHE Cincinnatil ..... 000 020 000—2 6 2 New York ..... 020 000 10x—3 8 0 American League CHICAGO (AP)—Rain halted the Chicago White Sox-Washington Senators game here today with one out in the last half of the third inning. It was a scoreless contest when the game was called. The two teams will play a double-header here tomorrow. Normal retirement age is 60; compulsory retirement age is 70 years. Maximum benefits are granted for 30 years service. Employee contributions to the retirement plan are determined on a basis of age at time of entrance into the system. Safety employees pay at a higher rate because they are scheduled to receive higher benefits. All city employees in Anaheim are covered by the plan except part-time employees who work less than half the normal working period, and elective officers unless they elect voluntarily to enter the system. Initiation Slated For Elks Meeting Tonight at 6:30 Initiation of new members will highlight a meeting of Anaheim B.P.O. Elks, 1345, to be held tonight at the Elks hall. Ceremonies will be presided over by Past Exalted Rulers Leavitt Ford and Don Jones, in absence of present Exalted Ruler Lloyd Verry, now on vacation. Activities will get under way at 6:30 p.m. with a steak dinner. The semi-monthly initiation of new members and regular lodge business will occupy the remainder of the evening, with a dutch lunch following later. Temperatures The termometer reading in downtown Anaheim at 2:00 this afternoon was 81 degrees. High temperature for the 24 hour period (ending at noon today) was 88 degrees at 3:25 yesterday afternoon. Low was 77 degrees at 1:00 this morning. SO I GOT SIX TOES!—Not the kitty's feet except David family, was one of an otherwise, at home to prove it. Mur but he isn't shouting to high CALIFORNIA STATE ZETTE 1950 5c a Copy — 50c Per Month No. 85 The Weather S. Calif.—Variable high cloudiness today and Thursday with scattered showers and thunderstorms mountain and interior regions. Little change in temperature. In Troops Fighting to Advance on Supply British Promise Aid Retirement Annual Stage city employees entered the civilmen passed the second g Mayor Charles Pearson e. All that remains now, in Anaheim is the custo-ce goes into effect. KOREA AT GLANCE By The Associated Press KOREAN FRONTS: Planes and infantry smash at communist drive across southern Korea, possibly recapturing Hadong, 70 miles west of Pusan. Carrier - based planes join ground force in blows on central sector. Reds make limited attacks in central sector while readying for anticipated new push on Pusan against narrowing American beachhead. TOKYO: United Nations beach-head in Korea will hold, headquarters spokesman says. Line reported considerably stabilized. Council OK's Planners' Work City Councilmen last night approved the report of City Planning Commission activities for the year ending June 30, 1950. Highlighting the work done, according to the planners, was the recently completed revision of the Retirement National Stage city employees entered the civilmen passed the second Mayor Charles Pearson leave. All that remains now, Annaheim is the custorence goes into effect. 1 New Lots Approval A tentative map of three subdivisions calling for creation of 281 lots in Anaheim got the approval of City Councilmen last no of the maps, approved simaneously, contemplate a total of lots bordering on East Centreet east of the Anaheim townry. Twelve of the lots are based by D. N. Schneider, Long and 130 are proposed by Provides George Sokol. Notice of Sokol's intention to on his lots occasioned prodition discussion among Counciland John Millet of Kemmerengineering Company with the that the special city ordigine giving the city the right to tribe size and construction of houses in the area was received following approval of the During the discussion Millet advised out that approving the map not necessarily mean the area will be installed with small bases. "Subdividing and building two different things," he advisding that time elapsing benough approval of the tentative and actual construction of sites on the tract gave Councilenty of time to decide which and type of house must be built. The third tentative map approvest night, submitted by Millet, for 30 lots near the intersection of South Palm and West Verstreet streets. Lot sizes in the conduated tract average 55 feet by feet, Millet said. SOCIAL SUPERVISOR US ANGELES (E)—New suvisor of officials for the Pacific Conference is Frank G. Mcrick, who retired last month director of athletics at the Unily of Minnesota. Infantry smash at communist drive across southern Korea, possibly recapturing Hadong, 70 miles west of Pusan. Carrier - based planes join ground force in blows on central sector. Reds make limited attacks in central sector while readying for anticipated new push on Pusan against narrowing American beachhead. TOKYO: United Nations beachhead in Korea will hold, headquarters spokesman says. Line reported considerably stabilized. AIR WAR: B-20s hit 20 more bridges, strike at red railyards behind lines. U. S. and Australian planes knocked out six more enemy tanks, rip other red equip­ment. LAKE SUCCESS: U. N. appeal for aid in Korea brings promises of ground troops from Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Britain and Cuba. WASHINGTON: Nation's leaders, concerned about trends of events in Korea, concentrate on building up power for world stand against communism. President Truman told the raiton he is ready to call for complete economic mobilization if necessary. He asked Congress for limited emergency powers and a five-billion tax increase. LONDON: Britain decided to send effective ground forces, including infantry, armor, artillery and engineers. BITTER FIGHTING TOKYO, Thursday, July 27, (AP) Small numbers of fresh American troops apparently were fight­ing to stem the North Korean drive toward the American supply port of Pusan Wednesday while the reds maintained "heavy pressure" along all fronts. General MacArthur's headquarters said that elsewhere along the line American and South Korean troops held stubbornly to defense positions. There was no reference to new American forces going to action. Field reports, however, from Fifth Air Force headquarters, said there was "strong specula­tion" that new American troops in relatively small numbers were in use on the southwestern front to halt the red drive toward Pusan. An Air Force spokesman passed along to correspondents an unconfirmed report that Hadong, 70 miles west of Pusan, was recaptured by American troops after City Councilmen last night approved the report of City Planning Commission activities for the year ending June 30, 1950. Highlighting the work done, according to the planners, was the recently completed revision of the City Land Use map and concurrent creation of the proposed new zoning ordinance. The ordinance and a map of the rezoning proposals have been on display in the City Engineer's office since the end of last week. Tonight a public hearing is scheduled in the Council Chambers to determine popular sentiment on plans to rezone all of the area north of Center Street. The report, embodying results of the commission's land use survey, shows 32.77 per cent of the land within the city limits to be urban improved. 67.23 per cent of the land is vacant. Generally, the report suggests, rezoning to provide more land for two-family residences, business and limited manufacturing districts, and less land for multiple family dwellings and industrial districts. The report filed last night also pointed out that the Planning Commission has considered plans for 18 subdivisions calling for a total of 924 new homes. Other actions during the year included approval of 21 petitions for building variances and denial of five more; granting of three zone changes; and consideration of five annexation petitions, four of which were ultimately approved to add 133.9 acres to the Anaheim area. As for future plans, the report lists the following proposed projects: Move for a setback ordinance estab­lishing building line set-backs on each street within the city limits; Modernizing of the subdivision ordinance; A master plan of land use for territory contiguous to Anaheim; Street and highway changes which will be occasioned by completion of the Santa Ana Freeway; Future annexations. SCIAL SUPERVISOR S ANGELES (F)—New susor of officials for the Pacific Conference is Frank G. Mcick, who retired last month sector of athletics at the Unily of Minnesota. An Air Force spokesman passed along to correspondents an unconfirmed report that Hadong, 70 miles west of Pusan, was recaptured by American troops after I GOT SIX TOES!—Nobody here seems to be much concerned about the six toes on each of kitty's feet except David Caffee (left), and Frank Garcia. The cat, recently acquired by David's family, was one of an otherwise normal litter. The Caffee's have a brother, or it could be a sisat home to prove it. Mutt, as the full-footed feline is known, is also reputed to have nine lives, he isn't shouting to high heaven about that either. Gazette Photo by Gregory