anaheim-gazette 1950-09-26

Boy Scouts Two patrols of Anaheim’s Boy Scout Troop 71 invited to attend the competitive camporal at the Los Angeles Fair Sunday. Gazette Photographer Bradley was with them. See Page 5 today’s Gazette. County Repaid For Trust Theft Orange county today received "full payment" for the gambling defalcations of former Deputy Sheriff Frederick Miller Bergthold, now in San Quentin, with the delivery of a check for $11,-452.79 from the Fidelity and Casualty co. of New York, bonding company for Sheriff James Musick, and $1000 from the Hartford Accident and Indemnity co., bonding company for Bergthold. The difference between the total payment and the $13,500 shortage reported by accountants who audited the looted trust funds is understood to have been covered by personal assets of Bergthold turned over to the county. Presumably the bonding companies now will file action in court to recover their payments from Sheriff Musick, and official quarters speculated today whether the suit would also be brought against County Auditor L. H. Eckel. Eckel has asserted that he is in no wise liable for the withdrawal reported by accountants who audited the looted trust funds is understood to have been covered by personal assets of Bergthold turned over to the county. Presumably the bonding companies now will file action in court to recover their payments from Sheriff Musick, and official quarters speculated today whether the suit would also be brought against County Auditor L. H. Eckel. Eckel has asserted that he is in no wise liable for the withdrawal of trust funds from the sheriff's office by Bergthold, but County Counsel Joel Ogle, expressed the opinion that liability was shared by the auditor and the sheriff. He made the assertion when a proposed suit was being discussed by the county to determine liability. Y Rounders Miss Goal; Cleanup Set YMCA 1950 member-at-large and cash roundup campaigners staged their last report meeting of 1950 drive last night at the White Temple corral and found that they had fallen short of their goal by a little under $1700. Sights for the September 13-September 25 drive were set on $11,000 and 1000 members-at-large. Total returns as at last night: $9315.75 and 932 members-at-large. Y secretary Tommy Thomason said today that the remainder of the week will be devoted to a clean-up campaign, concentrating on apprehension of scattered strays, in the attempt to hit the designated top. Funds from the drive will be used to operate the YMCA program throughout the coming year. Top ranch from start to finish of the campaign was Frank Kellogg's Double A. The Kellogg rounders corraled a total of $1797 and 242 members-at-large during the drive. Every one of the Double A sections went over the top as far as individual quotas were concerned. Foreman Howard Pannier led the rest of the Double A foremen, Jim Morris, Walt Schmitt and Harry Peterson. Pannier and his cowhands, given a goal of 50 members and $300, returned with 68 members and $560.50 for their efforts. Next ranch to finish was the Box S which tallied $1086 and 139 members-at-large. Third was the Triangle Y with $927 and 149 Ray Reafsnyder Chosen to Chairm Anaheim 1950 Community Chest Dr Ray Reafsnyder, Smith-Reafsnyder Furniture Co., was 1950 Community Chest campaign chairman at a meeting of the of trustees last night. Raefsnyder succeeds Judge John Shu chairman. Calvo Court Appearance Set September 29, was set as the date on which Pedro C. Calvo and Robert B. Sance will be held to answer in Superior Court, according to Anaheim police. Calvo was arraigned in the Anaheim city court yesterday afternoon following his arrest Friday night for possession of marijuana. His home at 212½ Romneya drive had been under observation by police for over a year, and officers had watched his house for over an hour before moving in to make the arrest on Friday. His bail was set at $2500. As If Wash Day Weren't Enough DETROIT (P)—Police weren't quite sure today they had solved the problem of Jackie, the crow. Jackie made wash day miserable for housewives in one block of suburban Trenton. He sneaked the clothspins off the lines. Nice white clothes fell in the dirt. Housewives screamed. Police told Wallace Justin, 17, he would have to get rid of the pet. He did—by giving it to a family in another part of Trenton. Police aren't sure where. It's the youth's secret. But they expect to be hearing from other screaming house- Other campaign posts main to be filled. Reafsnow now in the process of selecting committee heads for ing drive which will run from November 1 to 30 inclusive. The Community Chest g year was set at $22,500 at ing earlier this month. The goal exceeds that of 1949 $5000. The community chest ser area encompassed by the A high school district. Agencies to benefit drive and their tentative Boy Scouts, $6600; Girl Scouts, $8200; Visiting Nurses, $15 vation Army, $1700; Catho fare $3500. At least 200 workers are ed to take part in the 1950 paign. In addition to Raefsnyder following chest officials ha appointed: Clyde Croman Louis Hoskins, budget com Bert Arnold, publicity, an C. H. Lawrence, secretary. President of the Com Chest is Judge Shea. Clyde is vice president. Temperature The temperature read downtown Anaheim at afternoon was 80 degrees temperature for the p hours was 79 degrees a p.m., yesterday. Low wa Girl, 19, Hurt In Auto Crash A 19-year-old Brea girl, a student at Fullerton Junior college, was injured last night when the auto she was driving ploughed into the rear of a parked automobile at the intersection of Los Angeles and Valencia sts. Taken to the Anaheim community hospital for treatment was Margaret Ellen Hoskins, 543 S. Laurel, Brea. She was treated for a badly cut knee. The parked automobile, unoccupied at the time of the collision, was registered to William L. Wybrant, 860 S. Los Angeles st. The accident occurred in front of Wybrant's home. Threat of fire from gasoline which gushed from the smashed tank of Wybrant's car, necessitated calling out a fire rig from the Anaheim station. Scores of nearby residents were attracted by the early evening crash. Sgt. Alton Hoxie and Officer Bob Plaisted directed traffic through the gas-drenched area. Jackie made wash day miserable for housewives in one block of suburban Trenton. He sneaked the clothspins off the lines. Nice white clothes fell in the dirt. Housewives screamed. Police told Wallace Justin, 17, he would have to get rid of the pet. He did—by giving it to a family in another part of Trenton. Police aren't sure where. It's the youth's secret. But they expect to be hearing from other screaming housewives shortly. 83 Killed in British Coal Mine Disaster CRESWELL, England (AP) — A raging underground fire trapped and killed 83 men today at the Creswell coal mine. Eighty of the men were caught behind a wall of flame and choked to death by gas and fumes. Three others were brought out dead by fellow workers who crept to safety on their hands and knees. Soke and intense heat drove back rescuers and hope for the trapped men was abandoned when the fire had been burning for nine hours. The decision to give up rescue attempts and seal off the burning section of the mine was announced by Sir Hubert Houldsworth, chairman of the East Midlands division of the National Coal Board. He said a check showed that 80 Trap Closing As Allied U Mopping-up Big War Plane Plunges in Sea Off Japan Base TOKYO (AP)—A Korean-bound C-54 transport plane plunged into the sea with 51 persons today. Twenty-eight were rescued, 22 NERS—Ray Reafsnyder, left, incoming Community Chest drive community Chest trustees last campaign chairman. Arnold is (Gazette photo by Gregory) Sen to Chairman Unity Chest Drive Der Furniture Co., was named firman at a meeting of the board succeeds Judge John Shea, 1949 chairman. Other campaign posts yet remain to be filled. Reafsnyder is now in the process of selecting various committee heads for the coming drive which will run from November 1 to 30 inclusive. The Community Chest goal this year was set at $22,500 at a meeting earlier this month. The 1950 goal exceeds that of 1949 by some 2000. The community chest serves that area encompassed by the Anaheim high school district. Agencies to benefit from the five and their tentative budgets: Boy Scouts, $6600; Girl Scouts, $200; Visiting Nurses, $1500; Salation Army, $1700; Catholic Welfare $3500. At least 200 workers are expected to take part in the 1950 campaign. In addition to Raefsnyder, the following chest officials have been appointed: Clyde Cromer and Louis Hoskins, budget committee;urt Arnold, publicity, and Mrs. H. Lawrence, secretary. President of the Community nest is Judge Shea. Clyde Nickle vice president. Temperatures The temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 this afternoon was 80 degrees. High temperature for the past 24 hours was 79 degrees at 2:30 p.m., yesterday. Low was 56 at Solons Decree Death to State War Saboteurs SACRAMENTO (AP)—The California Legislature decreed death for war-hindering saboteurs today as it worked steadily toward adjournment. The Senate, by a vote of 30 to 0, approved the Assembly - passed Beck bill which reenacts the World War II anti-sabotage law. It carries the stringent new provision for execution of saboteurs who cause death or great bodily harm. Passage of the measure written by Assemblyman Julian Beck (D-San Fernando) will give the governor the choice of signing it or another bill carrying his own recommendations for prison terms (Continued on Page 5) Baseball America League RHE Washington ... 410 041 010—11 8 2 New York ... 010 000 602—9 12 0 Slma, Moreno (7), Harris (7) and Grasso; Byrne, Sanford (1), Burdette (5), Madison (6), Nevel (9) and Berra. RHE St Louis ... 030 000 000—3 6 0 Detroit ... 010 000 000—1 9 0 Johnson and Moss; Newhouser, Borowy (7), White (9) and Robinson. National League RHE New York ... 001 000 300—4 8 2 Brooklyn ... 500 002 10x—8 8 0 Jansen, Spencer (3), Kennedy (8) and Westrum, Yvars (6); Branca, Bankhead (9) and Campanella. RHE Philadelphia ... 001 000 430—8 15 1 Boston ... 000 200 500—7 6 2 Miller, Konstanty (7), Donnelly (8) and Seminick; Bleckford, Hogue (7). Big War Plane Plunges in Sea Off Japan Base TOKYO (AP)—A Korean-bound C-54 transport plane plunged into the sea with 51 persons today. Twenty-eight were rescued, 22 are missing and one body was recovered. The big plane crashed on takeoff from a southern Japan airbase about a half-mile from the end of the runway. General MacArthur's headquarters said it carried 43 passengers and a crew of eight. The circumstances were similar to the crash of an R-5-D—the Navy designation for the C-54—on a takeoff from Kawajalein Island a week ago. Twenty-six Navy personnel, also bound for Korea, perished — one of the Navy's worst air disasters in the Pacific. Details of today's crash were meager. Twenty-five passengers and three crew members got into life rafts and were picked up by Japanese fishing boats. A nurse was among the survivors. The crew included two nurses and two medical technicians, but it was not announced whether the C-54 was a hospital plane. Survivors were taken to a hospital in southern Japan. A list of those aboard was withheld. Hoffman Quits Marshall Plan WASHINGTON (AP)—Paul G. Hoffman is leaving the multi-billion-dollar Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) which he organized and headed for two and a half years. President Truman has named William C. Foster, new deputy administrator of ECA, to succeed him. Hoffman's resignation as administrator of the big agency which operates the Marshall Plan was accepted by the president yesterday. It had been widely anticipated for some time, as was the selection of Foster to succeed Hoffman. In his letter of resignation, Hoffman wrote: "My resignation carries no implication that the usefulness of the ECA is waning; on the conlusion that they are no longer needed." LOS ANGELES Cugat paid his first Castillo, $12,336 to arrearage to June, 1949 approval yesterday. He must resume paAstronomer Indicate A By ARTHUR L. WASHINGTON (AP) of the moon took place as advertised, and no omer was shot. This shows (describes some cynic mankind has advanced year 1952 B.C. That's the year eclipse ever recorded "The sun and the..." Temperatures The temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 this afternoon was 80 degrees. High temperature for the past 24 hours was 79 degrees at 2:30 p.m., yesterday. Low was 56 at 7:30 a.m., today. Sanity Test For Youthful Murder Suspect Joseph Manuel Brito, 17, the former Newport Harbor high school athlete who faces a murder charge for allegedly clubbing Ramon Mendoza, 65, to death at the home of Brito's grandmother, Mrs. Anna DeOlivera, 294 E. 17th st., Costa Mesa, will have a sanity test. Superior Judge Robert Gardner, who presides over juvenile court in Santa Ana disclosed today that he has ordered a psychiatric examination of the youth. Brito is reported to have admitted beating his grandmother's employee, Mendoza, to death with a club. September 12, in a corral at the rear of a barn on the small DeOlivera farm. Brito reportedly attacked Mendoza under the belief that he had just received a sum of several hundred dollars in cash, but later told officers that he found only $2 in his victim's pocket. Hoffman's resignation as administrator of the big agency which operates the Marshall Plan was accepted by the president yesterday. It had been widely anticipated for some time, as was the selection of Foster to succeed Hoffman. In his letter of resignation, Hoffman wrote: "My resignation carries no implication that the usefulness of the ECA is waning; on the contrary, I believe that the ECA's period of greatest usefulness may lie ahead." Hoffman told the president he wished to return to private life by this Saturday. According to the night's eclipse began (EST) and lasted until some parts of the Detroit and Milwaukee area—the skies were clear and onlookers viewed. In other parts, great smoke layers forest fires in Canary out the sky. In New York, a tell of the event was a field, W. Va., a woman been able to see smoke screen called office to ask if the been postponed. But as I said, astronomers came the night's eclipse unscathed did the citizens. There was a time, the eclipses were considered portents, as you can visit the library as I did. Homer, the Bible (Continued on P... AZETTE TEMBER 26, 1950 5c a Copy — 50c Per Month No. 128 Closing on Red Koreans Fried Units Linkup; Bitter Rage-up Rages in Seoul Enemy Nearing 'Last Gasp' in Korean Capital TOKYO, Wednesday, Sept. 27 (FP)—General MacArthur yesterday announced the liberation of Enemy Nearing 'Last Gasp' in Korean Capital TOKYO, Wednesday, Sept. 27 (AP)—General MacArthur yesterday announced the liberation of Seoul while his forces on the south were welding shut a steel trap on thousands of other enemy troops. Bitter mop-up fighting still raged in the Korean capital, but indications were the enemy there was nearing his last gasp. Disaster for the North Korean invaders mounted on the south. An Army spokesman on the Seoul front said tanks from the First Cavalry Division had linked up with the U. S. Seventh Infantry between Suwon and Osan, about 30 miles south of Seoul. The First Cavalry, racing more than 115 miles in five days from the old southeast beachhead, was closing the trap. By - passed and being herded into South Korea were parts of from five to six enemy divisions now in retreat from their disastrous campaign against the Pusan beachhead. At Seoul, United Nations forces of 53 non-communist countries scored their first big victory in the U. N.'s first peace-enforcing venture. The liberation forces and diehard reds inflicted terrible devastation on the city. Devastation Seoul is a flaming smoke-fogged city of horror, AP correspondent Don Whitehead reported from the Marines fighting front. "Not in two wars have I seen anything to equal the battle for Seoul." He added: (Continued on page 5) Astronomers Uneclipsed During Eclipse Last Night Indicate Advancement of Mankind Over Centuries By ARTHUR L. EDSON WASHINGTON (AP)—The eclipse of the moon took place last night as advertised, and not one astronomer was shot. This shows (despite the outcries of some cynics) how far mankind has advanced since the year 1952 B.C. That's the year of the first eclipse ever recorded. "The sun and the moon did not Indicate Advancement of Mankind Over Centuries By ARTHUR L. EDSON WASHINGTON (AP)—The eclipse of the moon took place last night as advertised, and not one astronomer was shot. This shows (despite the outcries of some cynics) how far mankind has advanced since the year 1952 B.C. That's the year of the first eclipse ever recorded. "The sun and the moon did not meet harmoniously," was the way the ancient Chinese reporter put it. According to legend, the hereditary astronomers, Hsi and Ho, were supposed to stir up a racket — to keep the monster from devouring the sun. Instead, these unfortunates took on another kind of moonshine, and were dead drunk when the great moment came. Result: Execution. According to the experts, last night's eclipse began at 8:20 p.m., (EST) and lasted until 2:13 a.m. In some parts of the nation — Detroit and Milwaukee for example—the skies were fine and clear and onlookers had a perfect view. In other parts, however, great smoke layers blown from forest fires in Canada blacked out the sky. In New York, a television show of the event was a flop. At Bluefield, W. Va., a woman who hadn't been able to see through the smoke screen called a newspaper office to ask if the eclipse had been postponed. But as I said, most of our astronomers came through last night's eclipse unscathed. And so did the citizens. There was a time, though, when eclipses were considered dreadful portents, as you can learn by visiting the library of Congress, as I did. Homer, the Bible and early (Continued on Page 5) ECLIPSE OF MOON OVER PITTSBURGH—Seven stages of the eclipse of the moon as it looked over Pittsburgh last night. The eclipse and city were photographed on one negative starting at 9:30 p.m., with separate exposures made every 15 minutes.—(AP WIREPHOTO)