anaheim-gazette 1950-08-31

School Days It's back to school in a few days. So, the whole family should prepare now. See the bargains listed in the Gazette today. VOLUME LXXIX Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHE 55 Die in Crash North END OF LINE—Two Fullerton people leaped from this automobile seconds before it was struck by Santa Fe train last night at intersection of Cypress street and tracks. The mangled wreckage was dragged 167 yards to the intersection of the tracks with Adele street. The crash held up a Santa Ana bound train 30 minutes, station agents said. BLAST OF STEAM—Live steam released through broken steam cocks, sears through the wrecked Alexander automobile which lies crushed under the Santa Fe engine. Additional picture, page 4. (Gazette Photo by Gregory) Garden Grove Man Shoots Self Coit Willits, 13125 Berrydale ave., Garden Grove district, was brought to Anaheim Community hospital about 2 p.m., yesterday suffering with a wound inflicted by a shotgun. The sheriff's office reported that Willits had shot himself but it 435 May Die in Labor Day Traffic CHICAGO (A)—The National Safety Council said today there may be a record toll of 435 highway traffic deaths over the Labor Day week-end. The council's prediction was for the 78-hour period from 6 p.m., Friday until midnight Monday. It was made with the expectation that 36,000,000 cars Two Safe as Train Hits Auto Here A Fullerton man and his wife narrowly escaped death last night as they leaped from their automobile moments before it was plowed into by an oncoming Santa Fe train at the juncture of Cypress st. and the Santa Fe tracks. Police of Anaheim arriving on the scene immediately after the crash found that the pair, Jesse B. Alexander, 52, 105 Turner ave., Fullerton and his wife, Ruth, had been drinking. The two were taken to Anaheim station where a doctor pronounced them intoxicated. Two dogs believed to be in the car at the moment of impact, miraculously escaped injury. The train struck the automobile at the Cypress street juncture and dragged the wreckage 137 yards, according to police estimate, to the juncture of the tracks with Adele st. Along the way, the automobile smashed into a railroad switch alongside the track: Broken steam cocks on the engine released blasts of steam into the wrecked automobile at the Adele st. resting spot. Engineer R. J. Buckles told Anaheim Police officers Billy Wilson and Earl Vipond that he saw the automobile by the tracks before Garden Grove Man Shoots Self Coit Willits, 13125 Berrydale ave., Garden Grove district, was brought to Anaheim Community hospital about 2 p.m., yesterday, suffering with a wound inflicted by a shotgun. The sheriff's office reported that Willits had shot himself but it was not clear whether the shooting was accidental or a suicide attempt. He was found wounded by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Ruth Ellis, of Santa Ana, who said she had heard the shot at about 1:37 p.m. Green for Orange Makes Face Red NEW YORK (AP)—The Mutual Life Insurance Company has a red face—all because its new electric weather star turned green instead of a flashing orange. The company lit its star for the first time last night, 40 stories above Broadway and 55th street. The indicator was built to reflect weather bureau forecasts: green for sunny weather, orange for clouds, flashing orange for rain, and flashing white for snow. It was raining last night and the star was all wet—it beamed a beautiful green. The temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 this afternoon was 81 degrees. High temperature for the past 24 hours was 80 degrees at 3 p.m. yesterday. Low was 64 at 7 a.m. today. 435 May Die in Labor Day Traffic CHICAGO (AP)—The National Safety Council said today there may be a record toll of 435 highway traffic deaths over the Labor Day week-end. The council's prediction was for the 78-hour period from 6 p.m., Friday until midnight Monday. It was made with the expectation that 36,000,000 cars will jam the nation's streets and highways over the long weekend. And, the council said, the usual critical minority of drivers will show unreasonable symptoms of great hurry, gross attention or helpless confusion. Traffic fatalities last Labor Day week-end totaled 410, eclipsing the previous high of 310 for the Labor Day holiday period in 1937. In all types of accidents last Labor Day, 550 persons were killed, a record for the holiday. Included were 53 drownings and 87 deaths from miscellaneous causes. The previous high was 428 in 1937. Baseball National League RHE New York ... 000 001 100—2 6 0 Pittsburgh ... 100 000 000—1 4 1 Hearn and Westrum; MacDonald, Dickson (9) and Mueller, McCullough (9). American League RHE Detroit ... 000 000 001—1 9 0 Washington ... 002 000 00x—2 5 0 Houtteman and Swift; Bearden and FATHER ENLISTS FOR THIRD TIME LOS ANGELES (AP)—Electrician first class Eugene A. Kelley—a grandpop—is ready for his third war at 50. HHFA Grants 96 G’s For Sewer Plans The Housing and Home Finance agency yesterday approved a $96,660 loan for the planning of 63,800 feet of main front sewer, a pumping station, and force main for Orange county's joint outfall system. The cost of the entire project will be $2,618,078. In a letter to Anaheim Mayor Charles A. Pearson, Wright L. Felt, division engineer of the Housing and Home Finance agency, reported that the application of the city of Anaheim for sanitary sewage facilities had been approved. The amount, $96,660, was for the preparation of plans for "the construction of additions to the sewage system, including trunk line, force main, pumping station, and appurtenances." ORANGE CAPITOL OF THE WORLD NAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZETE ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1950 Die in Fiery Plane sh North of Cairo CAIRO (P)—A Transworld Airline Constellation plane carrying 55 persons, 23 of them Americans, crashed and burned today north of Cairo killing all aboard. The airline announced there were no survivors among the 48 passengers and seven crewmen. Reports from the scene said the plane was so badly burned that only a small section of it remained intact. The bodies of the victims, many of them notables and representing a dozen countries, were so badly charred that identification at once was impossible. Officials of the district governor's office in Behaira Province placed the scene of the crash near Stay Baroud, about 75 miles northwest of Cairo. Leyewitnesses said they saw the big four-engine "Star of Maryland" plummet to earth in flames. Earlier the district governor's office had held out hope that six of those aboard had survived, but this was dashed by messages direct from the scene, to which rescue teams had been rushed as soon Officials of the district governor's office in Behira Province placed the scene of the crash near Etay Baroud, about 75 miles northwest of Cairo. Lyewitnesses said they saw the big tour-engine "Star of Maryland" plummet to earth in flames. Earlier the district governor's office had held out hope that six of those aboard had survived, but this was dashed by messages direct from the scene, to which rescue teams had been rushed as soon as a TWA search plane spotted the wreckage in the Nile Delta area. TWA said the bodies are being removed by plane to Cairo. Five of the crew of seven aboard the plane, bound from Bombay, India, to Rome, were Americans. The other two were French. Eighteen of the 48 passengers were Americans, and the remainder represented 11 other nationalities. Two passengers were Indian Nationals en route to a United Nations meeting in Paris. Another passenger was the Egyptian movie star Lilianne Cohen, whose screen name is Camelia. She is known as "the Lana Turner of the Middle East." The Americans listed aboard in (Continued on Page 4) Truman Talks On MacArthur And Johnson WASHINGTON (AP)—President Truman said today he has not been "embarrassed" by Secretary of Defense Johnson and wants him to stay in the cabinet. The president, commenting on Johnson's statement last night that he has no intention of resigning unless the president asked him to do so, said he had no plans for such a request. The president also said it will not be necessary to keep the 7th Fleet off Formosa once peace has been settled in Korea. Mr. Truman, at a news conference, also told reporters: 1. The incident created by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's message on Formosa to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, which the president personally ordered withdrawn, is a closed incident. 2. He hopes there is no great (Continued on Page 4) Crashes Iniure TODAY two red divisions opened a major assault on Masai in what may be the beginning of a new communist drive on man, Masan, and on to Pusan. Today the fierce fighting is this southwest front. The new outbreak came after UN troops contained the enemy along the Taegu-Pohang front. The red for two days to crack through to Pohang but General MacAn midnight summary said they had been driven back to with yards of their starting point. Crete’s Romeo and Juliet Continue Hide-and-Seek with 3000 Police HERAKLEION, Crete, (AP)—A possible break within 48 hours was rumored today in the mountainers' fued over Crete's missing Romeo and Juliet. The couple vanished amid the fastness of mythology - famed Mount Ida last week after swaggering Constantine Kephaloyannis abducted the sultry-eyed beauty for whom he yearned, 19-year-old Tassoula Petracogeorgi. An obstacle to their dashing romance was the ancient bad blood between their powerful families. Someone described as respected by the two Creta was reported trying to over the fiery animosities, fied by the kidnaping, before blazed into gunfire. There confirmation of the rumor ever. This unidentified person even attempt to get in touch the lovers tomorrow, it was Previously it was report Athens that Archbishop S... (Continued on Page 4) Mr. Truman, at a news conference, also told reporters: 1. The incident created by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's message on Formosa to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, which the president personally ordered withdrawn, is a closed incident. 2. He hopes there is no great Crashes Injure Four in County Four persons were injured, two of them pedestrians, in Orange county traffic accidents during the past 24 hours, official reports show today. On Newport blvd., 400 feet south of Baker st. at Paularino, a car driven by Kenneth Shannon, 36, Santa Ana struck Macedonio Pimental, 11. The boy was only slightly injured. Kenneth Johnson, 25, El Toro Marine, received minor injuries and was treated at the Marine Base dispensary after his auto struck a parked car on the shoulder of 101 Highway near Tustin, at 2:45 a.m. today. Another Marine, Frederick Paul Plicque, 26, of El Toro, fell asleep at the wheel of his car at almost the same minute, and crashed against a tree in Santa Ana. Injured was his girl companion, Geraldine Roberts, Santa Ana. She was hospitalized. Eddie Eugene Norman, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo E. Norman, Santa Ana, sustained possible internal injuries when struck by a car driven by Richard C. Licerio, 20, of Santa Ana. The accident took place late yesterday afternoon. The boy was hospitalized. HOME-HUNGRY TOO—Poundmaster Bob Spencer dishes up the fellers go for it alright, but they'd go for a permanent ho ZETTE 31, 1950 5c a Copy — 50c Per Month No. 111 The Weather S. Calif.—Mostly clear sky through Friday but night and morning coastal cloudiness and few afternoon clouds over mountains. Not much change in temperature. es Hurl Two Divisions for United States Troop ns In Southern Korea By the Associated Press TOKYO, Friday, Sept. 1—(AP)—The North Korean reds launched a major assault before dawn today on the American 25th and Second Infantry Divisions on the extreme south and south-central fronts in Korea. AP correspondent Stan Swinton, on the 25th Division front west of Masan, said the enemy gained up to 1,000 yards (a little over one-half mile) at some of the 15 points attacked, but that the Americans held firmly to all important positions. He had no details on the attack on the Second Division, 30-odd miles north on the Naktong river line but said that front also was facing a smashing asault. The hard-pressed Americans on 40th Division Goes Active Southern California's largest mobilization of men for the new war will take place tomorrow when the 40th Infantry Division of the National Guard goes on active duty, the Infantry Division headquarters announced today. The 40th Division will train at Camp Cooke, near Santa Maria. The mobilization will take men from civilian pursuits in cities and towns from Santa Maria on the north to San Diego on the south. Division headquarters said this organization, "prior to clamping by the Defense Department of a lid on disclosure of strength figures, was the fourth strongest of the country's National Guard Divisions and was the largest military organization in California." The announcement said mobilization of the 40th will represent "The greatest transition—in the current international crisis — for Southern Californians of military age." Small advance detachments, representing all units of the division will travel to Camp Cooke tomorrow to prepare the camp for arrival of the main body of troops on September 6. Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Huddleson, commanding general, said units will train at home stations in the meantime. ANAHEIMERS LEAVE And advance detachment of 12 Anaheim Company K men leaves early tomorrow morning by truck for Camp Cooke; Company Commander Gus Luzanla said today. In charge of Lt. John Snyder, the group includes: Cpl. Walter Wilson; Sgt. 1st class Norman Leonard; Cpl. Kelso Haught, Sgt. 1st Class Bob Lattimore, Cpl. Clinton Crout, Sgt. Kenneth Tolman, Sgt. Raymond Dykman, Cpl. Waiter White, Cpl. Kenneth Vertrees, Sgt. 1st Class August Pinedo and Pvt. 1st Class Raymond Hazard. Dog Business Steps Up At City Pound Does anybody want a good dog? If so, and if they want one from Anaheim City Pound, free—save for the cost of a license—they'd better hurry. The pooches are going fast. Tuesday the Gazette ran a story on Anaheim Police poundmaster Bob Spencer and his canine guests in the little building out beyond the shooting range. Tuesday night and all day yesterday the calls came in. People wanting to know about the dogs... Does anybody want a good dog? If so, and if they want one from Anaheim City Pound, free—save for the cost of a license—they'd better hurry. The pooches are going fast. Tuesday the Gazette ran a story on Anaheim Police poundmaster Bob Spencer and his canine guests in the little building out beyond the shooting range. Tuesday night and all day yesterday the calls came in. People wanting to know about the dogs. At last check, the phone was still ringing. Most of the calls centered around Husky, the big, snow-white sled dog shown cavorting with Spencer on the front page of Tuesday's Gazette. Spencer recalled at least five offers for the dog. He said a pair of kids even went so far as to visit the pound, clipping in hand, to see the real McCoy. Husky is apparently destined for a new and permanent home. But there are a few more. They're there until adopted by some dog lover who can provide a home and care, or, and this is the part that adds a grim note, until Spencer finds he has to "put them to sleep." TEXAS GIVES COHEN THE BUM'S RUSH !!! FORTH WORTH (AP) — Texas Rangers escorted gambler Mickey Cohen onto a California-bound plane today. The Rangers' chief said the west coast underworld character had planned to set up a "gambling and racketeering empire" in Texas. The Rangers arrested the short, dapper gambler early today in Wichita Falls in north Texas. They roused him out of his hotel room and made reservations for his westward flight.