anaheim-gazette 1951-02-12

Victim X. Who will have the dreadful distinction of being Victim X? See Page 4 and Page 8. VOLUME LXXX Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEIM One Killed, Score Injured In Weekend County Traffic (See "Victim X," Page 4 and Page 8) One death and injury of 20 persons, eight seriously, made up the toll of Orange county traffic over the weekend, California Highway Patrol reports show today. Half of the 12 accidents reported involved cars getting out of control and running off the road. There was one exception, in which a car struck a pedestrian near Anaheim causing the single fatality reported. Nine from Co. K To Go Overseas Twenty-one men, including nine who were originally in the Anaheim National Guard unit, will be sent to overseas assignment from Company K of the 40th Infantry division, it was reported today by Cpl. John Baumfalk, unit correspondent. No time of departure or hint of possible place of assignment was given. The nine men, all from Anaheim, who were in the original guard unit are Pfc. Alexander M. Escarseca, Pfc. Willis Losey, Pvt. Byron E. Pennsylvania, Washington Stung by Floods By The Associated Press Flooding rivers have left thousands of persons in extreme hardship today in western Washington and Columbia, Pa. In the northwest, rampaging rivers forced an estimated 5000 persons from their homes after three days of record rains, while 12,000 residents of Columbia, Pa., scrounged for a meager supply of drinking water. A state of emergency was declared in both areas. Governor Langlie of Washington ordered five National Guard units to active duty in Washington after some 4600 persons were flooded out of their homes in the state. In adjoining British Columbia, another 650 persons were homeless and at least five persons had died. The situation in the Northwest was easing, however, as skies Y's Men's Club To Move Closer Toward Charter Anaheim's Y's Men's club will move still another step toward chartering as the group meets tonight at Mother's Kitchen at 6:30 p.m. Signing of the charter application and adopting of a constitution will highlight evening activities. Plans for next month's chartering ceremony, to be held under sponsorship of Newport Beach Y's Men, will also be discussed. Program of the evening will be furnished by four youth delegates to the Y's annual Model Legislature to be held in Sacramento on Feb. 22, 23, and 24. The group will present the bill they will propose for legislative action and explain more about the program. Carried through in the state's legislative chambers in regular governmental procedure, the mock legislation is carried on by more than 300 teen-aged youths from all parts of California. This will be the first year Anaheim has been represented. Delegates are Phil Wright, president of Ana-Hi-Y, Stuart Schmitt, president of Saxon Hi-Y, Joan Kellogg and Gretchen Glover, members of the Jr. Tri-Hi-Y. Youths Sentenced On Juvenile Count Three East Los Angeles youths who pleaded guilty to contributing collections for her organization each Saturday night, was killed while crossing Highway 101 in front of El Bolero cafe, south of Anaheim. The accident took place at 10:30 p.m. Saturday. A car driven by Girair M. Nazarian, 24, of Pasadena, student at Cal Tech struck the woman and hurled her body 75 feet along the pavement. Nazarian told officers that because of her dark clothing the headlights did not reveal her in his path until the collision took place. Gilbert Kraemer, 54, of Placentia, member of a prominent North Orange county family, and Fred Schildmeyer, 45, well-known Orange rancher, received major head injuries while their wives escaped with minor hurts when Kraemer's car went off the road and crashed against a power pole on Tustin ave., south of Fruit st., Santa Ana, at 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Both men suffered multiple fractures, it was reported later at St. Joseph hospital in Orange. Kraemer's Injuries included a Broken jaw. Mrs. Esther Kraemer, 52, and Mrs. Marie Schildmeyer, 45, were released from the hospital after their injuries were treated. The two couples were enroute home from the Balboa Bay club when the accident took place. Miss Virginia Lee Rozell, 17, Downey, suffered major injuries and her passenger, Mrs. Willie Mae Fuller, 56, Downey, received minor injuries when Miss Ro- (Continued on Page 7) Governor Langlie of Washington ordered five National Guard units to active duty in Washington after some 4600 persons were flooded out of their homes in the state. In adjoining British Columbia, another 650 persons were homeless and at least five persons had died. The situation in the Northwest was easing, however, as skies cleared and temperatures dropped. The Skagit river in northwestern Washington reached its highest level in many years and forced 1000 persons from their homes in the Skagit delta. The Green river, the Snohomish and and the Cowlitz all went out of their banks. In Columbia, Pa., water was being rationed as a result of an ice jam in the Susquehanna river. The jam caused the river to overflow its banks last Friday night and flood the city waterworks, several industries and 50 homes. With the waterworks out of commission and the river frozen solidly from bank to bank, each person was placed on a drinking-water ration of one quart a day. The supply was being hauled in by milk trucks from Lancaster, 12 miles east. All business eastablishments in the city which use drinking water have been closed and bathing and shaving are discouraged. City officials said "we'd be wiped out by a fire." The water shortage, they added, is likely to continue indefinitely. The temperature was at thawing levels yesterday but it failed to budge the ice jam. Residents who could not obtain Delegates are Phil Wright, president of Ana-Hi-Y, Stuart Schmitt, president of Saxon Hi-Y, Joan Kellogg and Gretchen Glover, members of the Jr. Tri-Hi-Y. Youths Sentenced On Juvenile Count Three East Los Angeles youths who pleaded guilty to contributing to delinquency of two teen-age Whittier girls in this county, one of the girls being placed nude in an irrigation ditch in an effort to sober her after the boys gave her liquor, received jail terms from Superior Judge Raymond Thompson, Friday afternoon. Vernon W. Cannon, 23, who said he was a bridegroom and Charles S. Bradley, 25, were sentenced to nine months each. Robert G. Clouse, 18, was placed on probation for two years, on condition that he serve 60 days in jail. The girls, aged 14 and 15, testified at the probation hearing. The girl who had not been disrobed said she resisted attempts to assault her. Rotary Anns Join in Musical Program by Long Beach Group Anaheim Rotarians and their Rotary Anns were treated to an excellent musical program at a Ladies day meeting of the Rotary club at noon today. The 100 persons at the meeting heard operatic and semi-classical selections by the Singers Workshop of Long Beach. Among the numbers were costumed excerpts from The Mikado which the group is performing at the Long Beach Elks club this week-end. Marine Jailed On Assault Charge Lino Castro Castro, 1312 E. Second st., Santa Ana, was in the county hospital today with multiple knife wounds, but reportedly out of danger, following a barroom brawl in Santa Ana last night which landed Mercelado M. Gonzales, 19, El Toro Marine, in the county jail on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Also jailed were Reuben Garcia, 22, Marine and his wife, Catherine, 24, who was the center of the brawl, according to Santa Ana police. They were charged with being drunk and fighting. Gonzales is alleged to have stabbed Castro in the left side, also slashing his left wrist, neck and head. Refrigerator Woman But Described as CHICAGO (UP)—The young Negro woman who was found "frozen stiff" last week and amazed the medical profession by surviving the thawing out "was holding her own" today. Although she was able to say yesterday that "I'm feeling fairly well," physicians at Michael Reese hospital described her condition as still critical. The woman, Mrs. Dorothy Mae Stevens, 23, had a body temperature of only 84 degrees — 34.6 degrees below normal—when she was taken to the hospital last Thursday morning. When she was ANAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZETTE ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1951 Fake Surrenders by Reds To Wedge Into Allied Centr "LOOK, IT'S A WINDOW—Helen Hoxie, 11-year-old daughter of Police Sgt. Alton J. Hoxie, 314B E. South st., and Chris Henderson, son of Mrs. Margie Henderson, 814½ S. Philadelphia st., are intrigued by the one-way window in the kindergarten room at Jefferson school through which teachers may observe students at work or play without being observed themselves. Final stages of the move from Broadway school are being completed today and classes will be in session tomorrow. (Gazette photo by Kreidt) Police, News Photographers Scare Pink Pickets Away from Appearance at Newport Minstrel Show By LEONARD KREIDT Saturday night promised to produce an interesting time at Newport Harbor Union high school, but it turned out to be a dud because some principal players in a promised drama failed to put in an appearance. Newport Elks staged their annual Minstrel Show Friday and Saturday nights, and from all indications, played to near-capacity houses. Not so successful, however, was a group of pinkos attempting to stir up a little racial sentiment. Friday night two women succeeded in distributing some mimeographed sheets containing "bleeding-heart" copy on how minstrel shows generally, and this one in particular, degrade and lampoon the Negro race. Sheriff's deputies convinced the two that sleeping at home might be preferable to bunking in the Sheriff's pokey, so they gave up for that night. Saturday night the sheriff's men and photographers from three Orange county papers were all present at the school, cocked and primed for the lefties, who were Ikes Ask Release Of Dammed Water Request by the California Division of the Izaak Walton League that the California Attorney General's office proceed with a federal court action already instituted to require release of water from storage dams sufficient to maintain wildlife below the dams went forward today from state headquarters of the League in Anaheim. Directors of the state organiza- generator Woman in Critical Shape, Described as 'Holding Her Own' The young Neal who was found "fromlast week and amazed all profession by surviving out" was holding today. She was able to say that "I'm feeling fairly physicians at Michael ital described her contill critical." Mrs. Dorothy Mae had a body temperately 64 degrees — 34.6 low normal—when she came to the hospital last morning. When she was found lying in an alley in sub-zero weather, her body was rigid and physicians said her blood had chilled to a sludge. Her's is the first known case of survival from such exposure. The American Medical association said it has no record of a human surviving a body temperature lower than 75 degrees. Physicians said Mrs. Stevens has been able to move her hands and feet but that they could not say yet whether any amputations might be necessary. That will depend they explained, on whether gangrene develops. Saturday night the sheriff's men and photographers from three Orange county papers were all present at the school, cocked and primed for the lefties, who were scheduled, according to those in the know, to make a second appearance. Left-wingers and their half-hearted brethren, the fellow-travelers, are notoriously camera-shy. A Santa Ana Register photog (Continued on Page 7) Philip Kadel Dies in Anaheim Death overtook Philip F. Kadel, 77, this morning at an Anaheim hospital. He was born in Indiana and has lived in Anaheim for four years. He is survived by three brothers, Anton of Detroit, William C., of Grand Rapids and Robert J., of Terre Haute, Indiana; five sisters, Mrs. Kate Corrdes of Terre Haute, Miss Sophia M. Kadel of Detroit, Mrs. Margaret Palmer of Detroit, Mrs. Lydia M. Warner of Detroit and Mrs. Betty Pike of Plainfield, Indiana. He was a member of the Lutheran church. Funeral services will be conducted at the Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Edwin H. Pflug of the Anaheim Zion Lutheran church will officiate. Another service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m., at the Pilgrim Lutheran church in Santa Monica. Entombment will be at Woodlawn Mausoleum. Request by the California Division of the Izaak Walton League that the California Attorney General's office proceed with a federal court action already instituted to require release of water from storage dams sufficient to maintain wildlife below the dams went forward today from state headquarters of the League in Anaheim. Directors of the state organization in a weekend meeting at Anaheim addressed the resolution to Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, it was announced by State Conservation Director John P. O'Kane, of Anaheim. The Izaak Walton League now seeks to press the action to the point of a court decision which would give similar protection to wild life throughout the state. The suit has no direct application to Orange county, since there are no salmon runs in the streams of this county, which are dry throughout most of the year, and there is only one storage reservoir, Santiago Dam. TEMPERATURES Temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 p.m., today was 67 degrees. High temperature for the past 24 hours was 67 at 3:30 p.m., yesterday. CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY Weather S. Calif.-Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Cooler tonight. Slightly warmer Tuesday. Reds Thrusts Seven-Mile Central Korean Front Reds Recross Han River, But UN Forces Beat Back Short Yungdungpo Invasion TOKYO, Tuesday (AP)—Combining more than 100,000 reds with fake surrenders, white flags and handshakes, Chinese and North Korean reds thrust a wedge seven dangerous miles deep into the Allied central Korean front Monday, isolating some American and South Korean units. On the east coast latest American reports said a patrol of the South Korean Capital division, advancing northward, ran into a red company almost on the 38th Parallel and was forced back south after a fight less than a mile below that old political boundary. Earlier South Korean official reports had credited the South Korean patrol with a five-mile penetration into North Korea. The American advisers' report early Tuesday to Eighth Army headquarters said they never crossed. Grammar Schools To Hold Meeting Here Saturday Anaheim school principals and Orange county elementary school administrators will play host Saturday to some 350 educators for a of the South Korean Capital division, advancing northward, ran into a red company almost on the 38th Parallel and was forced back south after a fight less than a mile below that old political boundary. Earlier South Korean official reports had credited the South Korean patrol with a five-mile penetration into North Korea. The American advisers' report early Tuesday to Eighth Army headquarters said they never crossed the line at all. The savage red counterdrive in the mountainous central sector was launched Sunday midnight and pushed by an estimated 60,000 troops throughout Monday on a 30-mile-wide front. Two American units of undisclosed size were reported cut off north of Hoengsong. They were fighting to crack enemy road blocks that extended two miles along the road south of them. An American relief force was battling up from the South. A South Korean regiment also was reported cut off northeast of Hoengsong. That town is 55 air miles east (Continued on Page 7) Famous Last Words LITTLE ROCK (A) — Radio station KARK announcer Ernest Howard was in the last few seconds of his newscast last night when an unlisted phone began to buzz. Only station personnel have access to the phone, and Howard figured that the news editor was calling him on a last-minute hot flash. There wasn't time to get it on the broadcast, but Howard lunged for the phone the second he went off the air. Said the voice on the other end: "This is the Hooper Program Survey service. No prizes or awards will be given for your answer. We just want to know if you are listening to the radio, and if so, what program?" PT&T Wage Talks Resumed Today SAN FRANCISCO (A)—Wage Grammar Schools To Hold Meeting Here Saturday Anaheim school principals and Orange county elementary school administrators will play host Saturday to some 350 educators for a conference on the evaluation of the modern elementary school to be held at Fremont school under the auspices of the California State Department of Education in conjunction with the California Elementary School Administrators assn. Melbourne A. Gauer, Anaheim superintendent of schools; will give the welcome address. An added attraction of the conference will be an exhibit of educational materials, supplies and equipment by 25 to 30 educational supplies companies, to be held in the Fremont gymnasium. Keynote speech on Evaluation of the Modern Elementary School will be given by Carl Larson, consultant in Education Research State Department of Education at 10 am. From 10:30 to noon, workshop sessions will be held on evaluation of the various elementary school activities and subjects, to be followed in the afternoon by a resume of workshop findings by Mrs. Helen Heffernan, assistant to the State Superintendent of Instruction. Luncheon will be held in Anaheim union high school cafeteria with the Anaheim board of trustees as special guests. Four Marines Hurt in Crash Four U. S. Marines were injured in a crash at Manchester blvd. and Lincoln highway, at the west end of Anaheim at 2 a.m. yesterday. Driver of one of the cars, George Gilbert Comeau, 26, of Lynn, Mass., was booked in Anaheim City Jail on a charge of felony drunk driving. Comeau was reportedly driving PT&T Wage Talks Resumed Today SAN FRANCISCO (P)—Wage negotiations were resumed today between the Order of Repeatermen and Toll Testboardmen (Ind) and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company after a weekend recess. The union is bargaining for approximately 1000 men employed on PT&T jobs in three coastal states and parts of Idaho and Nevada. The core of the dispute was in locational differentials in pay ranging from $83 in San Francisco to $77 in other localities. A strike vote is being taken among union members because of restlessness over prolonged negotiations and ballots will be mailed to the union's Los Angeles office by Feb. 20 and counted that night. Avocado Bureau To Meet Friday Avocado department of the Orange county Farm Bureau will meet next Friday at 7:30 p.m., in the Farm Bureau hall. Questions on all phases of avocado culture will be discussed by a panel of experts headed by Carter Barrett. Some of the topics scheduled for consideration are procedure in planting the seed; methods of bluding; selection of variety; type of tree to plant and orchard management. Hurt in Crash Four U.S. Marines were injured in a crash at Manchester blvd. and Lincoln highway, at the west end of Anaheim at 2 a.m. yesterday. Driver of one of the cars, George Gilbert Comeau, 26, of Lynn, Mass., was booked in Anaheim City Jail on a charge of felony drunk driving. Comeau was reportedly driving at very high speed south on Manchester blvd. with two California Highway Patrol officers in chase when he rammed the rear of another car, driven by Elliott John Glasser, Marine from Camp Del Mar, Oceanside, at the highway's intersection with Lincoln highway. Comeau was taken to Orange county hospital, where he was examined and found intoxicated. Later he was brought back to Anaheim, where he was booked. The other injured were Dick Allen, Raymond Walker, Barry (Continued on page 1) Services Held For F. M. Smith F. M. Smith, a native of Orange county, passed away very suddenly at his home at 9911 Orange thrope ave., last Friday, Feb. 9. A citrus rancher, the deceased was born on the ranch 72 years ago. His father, William J. Smith, came to California in 1849 and settled on this same ranch in 1865. Surviving are one son, Meyer B. Smith of Ventura; two grandchildren; two great grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Grace Kester of Long Beach. Private funeral services were held this morning at Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars mortuary with interment in Fairhaven cemetery.