anaheim-gazette 1950-11-16

Senate Gambling Probers Garden The Gazette visits the garden of Carl Reinert, 219 N. Helena. Read the interesting details, Page 7. VOLUME LXXIX Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHE UN Troops March Mickey Set for Kefauver Crime Hearing Tomorrow LOS ANGELES (AP)—The Kefauver Senate Crime committee today excused star witness Mickey Cohen until tomorrow as the group began its two-day probe into organized crime in Los Angeles. The Hollywood gambling boss was on hand early for today's session and played a coy game of hide and seek with news photographers in the Federal building. Cohen finally retreated Lama Rites Moved Up to Unify Tibet NEW DELHI, India (AP) — The 16-year-old Dalai Lama, spiritual and temporal head of communist invaded but still unconquered Tibet, will be invested with full powers at a state ceremony in Lhasa Friday, a reliable source re- Crime Hearing Tomorrow LOS ANGELES (AP)—The Kefauver Senate Crime committee today excused star witness Mickey Cohen until tomorrow as the group began its two-day probe into organized crime in Los Angeles. The Hollywood gambling boss was on hand early for today's session and played a coy game of hide and seek with news photographers in the Federal building. Cohen finally retreated with his lawyer into the room marked "gentlemen." But several of the photographers followed him there and photographed him in his frequent act of washing his hands. (Cohen once stepped away from his henchman in his Sunset Strip haberdashery shop to wash his hands. Gangland gunfire intended for Cohen mowed down his associate, Hooky Rothman, instead.) The committee, headed by Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn.) and flanked by Senators Tobey (R-N. H.), Wiley (R-Wis.), called retiring undersheriff Arthur Jewell as the first witness. Jewell, representing his boss, Sheriff Eugene W. Biscalluz, presumably was a protocol witness. Returning from a one-day session in Las Vegas, the committee had in its records such eyebrow-raising tales as these: Police Chief L. R. Greerson of Reno said a New York gambler, Joseph Stacher, boasted that he'd spend $250,000 to see that there was a change in Reno's administration, because Greeson turned down Stacher's petition for a license and proposed purchase of one-third interest in Reno's Bank club. Wilbur Clark, president of the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, disclosed that because he was hard-pressed for money to build the lush place in 1947 he got $1,500,-00 from a Cleveland, O., gambling syndicate which now, therefore, owns 74 per cent of the joint. Clark said the syndicate includes (Leroy Lyon, Jr. Called by Navy) Called to service as a reserve naval officer, Leroy E. Lyon, Jr., of Anaheim, young attorney and leader of Young Republican affairs in the county, was to report today for duty in San Francisco. He holds the rank of lieutenant, junior grade. Son of the former county supervisor and California Fruit Exchange director, Leroy E. Lyon of Placentia, the young officer recently established law offices with Robert Banyard and Robert Powell. He leaves his practice with his associates for the period of his military service. During World War II he served as photographic interpretation officer in naval intelligence. During the recent election campaign, Lyon was co-chairman of the Orange county campaign of Richard Nixon for the U.S. Senate. Presently his wife, Martha, and their two children, Teddy, 3½ and Sylvia, 1, reside at 16611 E. North st., Anaheim. They have a new home construction at 580 Moved Up to Unify Tibet NEW DELHI, India (AP) — The 16-year-old Dalai Lama, spiritual and temporal head of communist invaded but still unconquered Tibet, will be invested with full powers at a state ceremony in Lhasa Friday, a reliable source reported today. This source said the rites were advanced by more than a year to enable the Dalai Lama to try and unify resistance against the rebellious invaders. Normally a regent is in control until the Dalai Lama is 18. Simultaneously, it was learned that Tibet has named a delegation to carry the Himalayan country’s appeal for United Nations intercession before that organization. India was unofficially reported to have agreed to support her impelled neighbor’s case, but government sources merely said the matter is “still under consideration.” Friday’s ceremony will resume to the clamor of hundreds of great Tibetan gongs throughout the bitterly cold, 12,000-foot high capital of Lhasa. Yellow and purple-robed Lamás will play leading parts. SoCal Traffic Men Discuss Parking Some 40 police and administrative officials from as near as the Anaheim police department and a distant as San Bernardino gathered in the Anaheim council chambers last night to hear the first in a series of conferences on traffic engineering problems in small and medium sized communities. Ralph A. Dorsey, principal street traffic engineer in Los Angeles, and Donald S. Berry, assistant director of the Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering at the University of California, were the discussion leaders. Last night’s meeting considered the methods of reducing traffic congestion and delays on streets Dorsey said that the greatest problem facing traffic flow was the parked car. County Probes Building Hassle Complaints caused by asserted confusion in the county building department with respect to interpretation of plumbing code regulations, reached the ears of the county supervisors this week, with the result that the board today determined on setting up a "policy" within the department and requiring strict adherence to that policy. As other supervisors echoed C. M. Featherly's report of complaints and confusion, the substitute proposal of merely setting up an interpretation policy within the building department was adopted. Chairman Willis H. Warner of Huntington Beach told of one home builder who got approval of the building department for his building plan, got the job "rough-ed in" then was forced to change it entirely when another inspector disapproved it. Still another inspector forced the builder to make a second change, Warner said. VONDERWERTH SERVICES SCHEDULED SATURDAY Funeral services for Aloysius Elmer Vonderwerth, who died Tuesday night in an automobile accident at the corner of La Palma ave., and Manchester blvd., will be conducted from Hilgenfeld chapel Saturday at 2 p.m. Rev. G. I. Andrews, minister of visitation at the White Temple Methodist church, will officiate and entombment will be made in Melrose Abbey mausoleum. DECONTROL LA RENTS WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. court of appeals today ordered housing expeditor Tighe E. Woods to lift rent controls in Los Angeles. Plans for City-Wide Thanksgiving Observation Whipping into Shape Plans for the Anaheim community observance of Thanksgiving Day are taking fine shape, according to Rev. Frank E. Butterworth, chairman of the committee for the Association of Christian Churches and the Ministerial Union. Under the direction of Gania Demaree, the choirs of 10 local churches will combine to render two anthems: "The Heavens Are Telling" by Hayden and "Praise Ye The Lord" arr. by Whitehead. Featured soloists will be Bill Fackiner, bass; Ray Link, tenor and Donna Lee Flynn, soprano. Virginia Sims Burk will be at the organ. Mayor Charles Pearson will personally read President Truman's Thanksgiving proclamation: Rev. Philip R. Selfidge will direct a Thanksgiving meditation and street traffic engineer in Los Angeles, and Donald S. Berry, assistant director of the Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering at the University of California, were the discussion leaders. Last night's meeting considered the methods of reducing traffic congestion and delays on streets Dorsey said that the greatest problem facing traffic flow was the parked car. He pointed out that street parking is a privilege and not a right and that it is the duty of a city to remove that privilege when it becomes necessary. He and Berry showed how the removal of parked cars from just one side of the street would speed up traffic by 99 per cent during the rush hours. robers, Shocked in Nevada, Turn ANAHEIM GAZETE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1950 Nov Marching Toward Frig na Rites ved Up to fy Tibet DELHI, India (UP) — The old Dalai Lama, spiritual poral head of communistbut still unconquered will be invested with full at a state ceremony in day, a reliable source re- U.N. TROOPS SLOG AHEAD IN KOREA—Gains up to four miles were reported day in Pakchon area (A) by ROK first division units but attacking reds drove South Korean troops back on right flank near Tokchon. U.S. Marines moved forward Changjin reservoir area (B) and were reported in contact with sizable red force. In east (C) U.N. troops advanced to within 20 miles of Manchurian border. On Mychon front (D) South Koreans smashed a Communist counterattack including amphibious landing.—(Associated Press Wirephoto Map.) AUHS Players Present Popular 'Meet Me in St. Louis' Tonight Tonight is the night! This evening at 8 p.m. "Meet Me in St. Louis," popular three-act comedy, comes to Anaheim Union high school auditorium for a "one-night stand." Townpeople are invited. Presented by an all-star cast of seniors, the famous turn-of-the-century comedy is under the direction of AUHS drama coach Louise Hitt. Tickets, at 40 cents each, may be still purchased from any member of the school's senior class or at the door. Chosen from a record turnout of applicants, the cast constitutes "cream of the 1950 crop." Stars, all members of the hilarious and exciting Smith family, include Shelley Smith, the overworked mother; Kenny Gross, the tor- (Continued on Page 4) Nominate Rancher For Ike President Neal Minter, rancher residing between Anaheim and Santa Ana, was nominated for the presidency of the Santa Ana chapter, Izaak Walton League, when the chapter last night selected its 1951 official slate. New officers and three directors will be elected at the next meeting, December 20. Earl Sharpless of Tustin and Henry Waite of Santa Ana are nominated for vice-presidents. Army to Equip Fighters With Atom Ray Gauge WASHINGTON (F) — army, displaying a pocketed device to show whether a man has had much atomic radiation, yesterday all troops will actually be equipped with the called a "dosimeter;" the device is a flat metal box chain designed to be around a soldier's neck; army said it can be mass-duced for under $1. It contains a small film et which, developing its exposure to light, changes or if it has been subjected atomic gamma rays. The gree of radiation can beured roughly by the whit of the film strip. The device was developed Register Readers Respond to Appeal For Cancer Victim SAN DIEGO (AP)—Two-year-old Linda Jean Hackett is going to live, but in darkness. Both her eyes have been destroyed by cancer. Doctors yesterday removed her right eye to halt the spread of the disease. Her left eye was removed here a year ago. Linda's mother, Mrs. Rex Hackett, said the doctors told her X-rays of her daughter showed no spread of the disease and that cancer had not developed in any other part of her body. In the interval between operations, the child received X-ray treatments in Santa Ana, and in Salt Lake City, where she stayed for a while with Mrs. Hackett's parents. However, she failed to respond to the treatments. Mrs. Hackett said she and Mr. Hackett plan to take Linda out of the hospital Saturday and return to Santa Ana, where they now live. Readers of the Santa Ana Register last week started a volunteer subscription fund to aid Linda, who does not qualify for cancer aid because her parents are not indigents. The newspaper said the contributions continue to come in and that it would turn over the money to the parents to defray medical and other expenses incurred by Linda's illness. a, Turn to LA and Cohen Nov 16 Weather S. Calif.—Scattered high cloudiness. Slightly warmer Friday. Windy mountain and interior sections Friday. ZETTE BER 1950 Nov 16 5c a Copy — 50c Per Month No. 165 Frigid Manchuria Commie Opposition Wanes on Front; Marines Find Battle INTERNATIONAL SITUATION AT A GLANCE By The Associated Press FIGHTING FRONT—U.N. troops advance unopposed three miles on frozen 30-mile northwest front through sleet storm. In northeast, U.S. Seventh Division units gain five miles over wintry terrain on Pungsan front. Further northeast, South Korean Capital Division smashes red attack on Myongchon front, gains two miles. U.S. Marines encounter Front; Marines Find Battle INTERNATIONAL SITUATION AT A GLANCE By The Associated Press FIGHTING FRONT—U.N. troops advance unopposed three miles on frozen 30-mile northwest front through sleet storm. In northeast, U.S. Seventh Division units gain five miles over wintry terrain on Pungsan front. Further northeast, South Korean Capital Division smashes red attack on Myongchon front, gains two miles. U.S. Marines encounter sizable red force near Changjin reservoir. China Rep Issue Flares Before UN NEW YORK (AP)—The Chinese representation issue flared up in the U.N. General Assembly today shortly before the Security Council was to resume consideration of Gen. MacArthur's charges of Chinese communist intervention in Korea. Assembly President Nasrollah Entezam of Iran suggested that Belgium, Canada, India, Iraq, Mexico, the Philippines and Poland serve on a committee that would study the problem and recommend whether China's U.N. seats should remain in the hands of the Nationalists or go to the communists. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jacob A. Malik immediately objected. He said the committee would be stacked in favor of the Nationalists since only two—India and Poland—recognize the red regime. Entezam asked the assembly if it wanted a secret ballot to pick the committee. Malik protested that he was entitled to a two or three hour delay. He requested the assembly not take a vote at once. The assembly postponed a decision on the committee after Entezam agreed with Malik that it would be better to deal with the matter later today or tomorrow. A vote will come then. SEOUL — Allied forces forged ahead today all along the frigid 250-mile North Korean front toward the Manchurian border. Resistance was spotty. Parka-clad Infantrymen of the U.S. 17th Regiment knifed through the frost-covered Pungsan hills in the northeast to within 20 miles of the red Manchurian border. The 17th smashed five miles to the 41st Parallel against red tanks, artillery and infantry. It was the day's biggest gain. In sharp contrast, the entire U.S. First Corps advanced along a 30 mile front in the northwest, virtually unopposed. Temperatures rose, but a sleet storm made the going rough. Gains ranged up to four miles. American naval guns helped South Koreans turn the tables on attacking reds on the opposite coast in the extreme northeast. U.S. Marines clashed with a sizable communist force in the mountainous center of the peninsula. They advanced as much as three miles along the west side (Continued on Page 4) US Casualties Rise to 28,881 WASHINGTON (AP)—Announced American casualties in the Korean war rose today to 28,881, an increase of 646 over a week ago. The figure is for casualties whose next of kin were notified through November 10. Actual casualties have been larger since It contains a small film pack which, developing itself on exposure to light, changes color if it has been subjected to comic gamma rays. The degree of radiation can be measured roughly by the whiteness of the film strip. The device was developed by the Polaroid Corp., at Cambridge, Mass., under Army Signal Corps sponsorship. An Army spokesman said large quantities won't be available for at least six months. Temperatures Temperature reading at 2 p.m. in downtown Anaheim today was 68 degrees. High temperature for the past 24 hours was 67 at 3:30 p.m. yesterday. Low was 43 at 7 a.m. today. US Casualties Rise to 28,881 WASHINGTON (AP)—Announced American casualties in the Korean war rose today to 28,881, an increase of 646 over a week ago. The figure is for casualties whose next of kin were notified through November 10. Actual casualties have been larger since reports to next of kin often lag several weeks behind the casualties. Of the total announced by the defense department today, 4798 were deaths. Non-fatally wounded numbered 19,740. Persons reported at one time or another to have been missing in action totaled 4347. Of these, 517 have since returned to United Nations military control, four have died and 107 are in enemy hands. This left the number still missing on November 10 at 3719. The army has suffered by far the largest number of casualties, 23,989, compared to 3375 for the Marines, 311 for the Navy and 206 for the Air Force. The dead were: Army 4049; Marine Corps 627; Navy 49; and Air Force 73. Bentz Services Set Saturday Funeral services for Miss Ida May Bentz, 72, found dead yesterday will be conducted Saturday, 2 p.m., at Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars chapel. Interment will take place in Fairhaven Cemetery. Miss Bentz, long time Anaheim resident, is survived by her sister, Mrs. Barbara Steadman; her niece, Irma L. Steadman; and her nephew, Earl Steadman, all of Anaheim.