anaheim-gazette 1951-03-20

Industry What is being done about keeping Anaheim's industrial units humming during the uncertainties of early stages of defense-conversion? See editorial, Page 4. VOLUME LXXX Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEIM Body of Buena Park Woman Found in Ocean Near HB Death of a Buena Park woman, Mrs. Vera Edwardson, 42, who drowned yesterday afternoon in the ocean near 20th st., Huntington Beach, was assigned as accidental today by the coroner's office, following an investigation. There was no evidence or indication of suicide, the coroner stated. Mrs. Edwardson, who resided at 8802 Fourth st., Buena Park, had gone to the beach for the afternoon, according to her husband, Norman Edwardson. Her father, Harley M. Oliver resides at Huntington Beach. She apparently had been wading, as her body was fully clothed when found, except for her shoes, stockings, and sweater, which were found on the beach. Her car was parked on the bluff nearby. It is believed that a wave may have knocked her down and the current pulled her into deeper water where she drowned. Three students on Easter vacation, Barton M. Huddleston, of Artesia, Robert Hausel, of Norwalk, and Roger Hausel, of Lakewood, came upon her body and brought Group Progress Civil defense proceedings in Anaheim were picking up momentum, and the entire personnel of the disaster program appeared about ready to swing into action should it be needed, according to a statement released this morning by City Administrator Keith Murdoch. In analyzing the progress made by the program, Murdock said: "Concentrated efforts of the Red Cross to school sufficient instructors for teaching First Aid classes have been rewarded. Marion Pickel, chief of the Red Cross Division of Anaheim's Civil Defense Corps announced that there are now 15 qualified First Air instructors trained to conduct classes. “This should be a sufficient number to meet the present demand. Although First Aid is a basic part of every Civil Defense worker’s training and is a worthwhile knowledge for everyone, the call for First Aid classes has been surprisingly light, according to Mrs. Wheeler in the Red Cross office. Persons interested in these classes or in Home Nursing or Nurses Aid instruction are urged to call Mrs. Wheeler at Anaheim 2065." "Other notable phases of Civil Defense training are progressing well. The police reserves are about to start their 15th week of training under the guidance of Chief Stephenson and Lieutenant Taylor. This training has covered such subjects as law of arrest, mechanics of arrest and report writing as well as the prescribed First Aid course in regular Monday night meetings. “The reserves also receive at least one hour per week on patrol as in-service training. The Police Auxiliary training course will be (Continued on Page 8) State to Extend Farm, Home Help To Korea Vets SACRAMENTO (P) — The Assembly Military Affairs committee when found, except for her shoes, stockings, and sweater, which were found on the beach. Her ear was parked on the bluff nearby. It is believed that a wave may have knocked her down and the current pulled her into deeper water where she drowned. Three students on Easter vacation, Barton M. Huddleston, of Artesia, Robert Hausel, of Norwalk, and Roger Hausel, of Lakewood, came upon her body and brought it ashore apparently soon after she expired, the coroner's office said. County Accidents Kill One, Hurt One Ramon Lopez, 59, of Atwood, was instantly killed when struck by a heavy dump truck while running across Placentia - Yorba boulevard near the Santa Fe station at Van Buren street, at 6:45 p.m., yesterday. Lopez, according to California highway patrol report, had waited while three automobiles passed, then ran in front of a dunn truck traveling in the opposite direction, so that Winfred Harold Wagnon, 30, driver of the truck, said that he could not see Lopez until too late to avoid running him down. Wagnon resides at 8961 Franklin st., Buena Park. He was not held. The body was removed to the McAulay and Suters mortuary. Fullerton. No inquest will be held. The coroner’s office announced. Mrs. Flora Solomon, 58, 13076 Banton st., Garden Grove; suffered injury to her left foot yesterday when she was struck by an automobile driven by Bonnie Beatrice Finch, 29, 10391 Zeyn st., Anaheim. The accident took place at Third and Main streets, Santa Ana. The Finch car, traveling south on Main st., made a right turn to Third street, and Mrs. Solomon was walking across the intersection, according to a Santa Ana police report. Burglar Rifles Hellyer's Home Kenneth F. Hellyer, local Bulk dealer, reported to police yesterday afternoon that the hobby room of his home at 720 N. Helena COSTELLO RETURNS TO TALK Wolf (right), during his appearance Io admitted he was powerful en Hall as he appeared at the heart O'Dwyer Tell Empire, Urgo NEW YORK (P)—Former there is a growing “national tensions to stop it. O'Dwyer, now U. S. Ambassador” until “we get an investigation of it. “There is a national crime stopped.” He urged a standing committee be set up to supervise a continuing inquiry. Big-time rackets can't be curbed locally, the ex-mayor said. "As long as 15,000,000 people want to bet twenty billions of dollars," he said, "and as long as you've got wires, information, racing sheets and newspapers giving full publicity and full information to that 15,000,000 you have something that is not entirely local." "You've got something that if national and until we get help from the national government in shutting it off, we're in trouble locally." Committee Counsel Rudolph Halley said this is what the committee is seeking to do. But he added pointedly that "if something had been done locally" racketeer Frank Costello might not have gained power over Tammy hall, Manhattan Democratic organization. "You know more about that than any other man," Halley said to O'Dwyer. "That's not true," O'Dwyer protested. "You heard Costello yesterday." "Well," Halley said slowly, "perhaps Costello knows more about it than you." Costello, reputed eastern crime ruler, admitted at the public hearing yesterday that he had close friends in Tammy hall, and used State to Extend Farm, Home Help To Korea Vets SACRAMENTO (P) — The Assembly Military Affairs committee has approved extending state farm and home loan privileges to veterans of the Korean war, but not to un-remarried war widows. The committee last night okayed a bill by Assemblyman Frank Luckel (R-San Diego) making Korea vets eligible for the benefits. But it set aside a measure by its chairman, Richard McCollister (R-Mill Valley), making un-remarried war widows eligible on the ground this would include "24 hour widows." The bills introduced by McCollister and approved by the committee would raise the limits on the amounts of veterans' loans, as well as on the appraised value of property a borrowing ex-service-man may own. The ceiling on farm loans would be upd from $13,500 to $15,000; on home loans from $7500 to $8500. And the maximum amount of property a veteran could own after borrowing on a home would be $11,000 worth; after borrowing on a farm, $16,500 worth. Present limits are $10,000 and $15,000. Assemblyman George D. Collins, Jr., (D-San Francisco), said he would seek additional adjustments to meet higher prices of real estate when the bill reaches the floor of the Assembly. Burglar Rifles Hellyer's Home Kenneth F. Hellyer, local Bulk dealer, reported to police yesterday afternoon that the hobby room of his home at 720 N. Helena st., Anaheim had been entered and burglarized while he and his family were at their beach home from Mar. 17 to 19. The burglar tore a screen from a window of the room, broke the window and entered. He ransacked the room, laid several guns on a sofa, apparently selecting one and some ammunition and left. Hellyer reported a K-38 Smith-Wesson revolver with a 4-inch barrel and two boxes of ammunition missing. Fellow Bankers Honor Lamm R. Foster Lamm, president of the Southern County Bank of Anaheim, has been honored by his fellow Independent Bankers by his appointment as chairman of the Operations committee of the Independent Bakers association of Southern California. The association is composed of more than 65 community owned banks in the Southland with total resources of more than one billion dollars. Among the activities of the association are monthly dinner meetings with speakers of wide prominence and panel discussions covering subjects of practical interest to banks and banking. Casper Reinhard Burned in Blaze Casper C. Reinhard, 76, was reported in critical condition in the surgical ward of the Anaheim Community hospital late this afternoon after he had been seriously burned in a bonfire shortly after 12 today. Police said that Reinhard, who has been confined to the immediate locale of his home by illness for some time, was burned by a small bonfire in an alley running in back of his home at 217 N. Helena st. Reinhard's family had thought that he was resting in the back yard of his home at the time of the blaze. His cane was found hanging on the fence near the fire, and Anaheim police said that this led them to believe that he had been attracted by the fire, although they were reluctant to guess whether he had started it or whether he was attempting to extinguish it. He was taken to the hospital by Crane ambulance service. NAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZETTE ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1951 LO RETURNS TO TALK—Racketeer Frank Costello (left) confers with his attorney, George right), during his appearance before the Senate crime investigating committee today. Costelitted he was powerful enough in Democratic city politics to help make a leader of Tammany he appeared at the hearing for the fifth day in a row.—(Associated Press Wirephoto) Dwyer Tells Growth of National Crime INTERNATIONAL AT GLANCE FIGHTING FRONT — All troops push cautiously ahead of battle line that extends across Korea less than 17 miles south of the 38th Parallel. Censorin cloaks the exact location of Alli troops. Field dispatches give reports of heavy fighting and hinderate the Allies are advancing along the front. TEHRAN, Iran—Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi proclaims martial law in the Iranian capital to suppress the terror which brought the assassination of American-supported Premier A Razmara March 7 and the shooting yesterday of Dr. Abdul Zarqan galeh, deputy chancellor of Tehran university. PARIS — General Dwight L. Eisenhower names British Fleet Marshal Viscount Montgomery Dwyer Tells Growth of National Crime Empire, Urges Govt. Funds to Stop It NEW YORK (P)—Former Mayor William O'Dwyer told Senate investigators today that a growing "national empire" of crime, and urged big-scale government appropriation to stop it. Dwyer, now U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, testified that crime in America "will be dead" until "we get an appropriation of $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 for a continuing ration of it." There is a national crime empire growing," he said, "and it will get stronger if it isn't Action on $1 Million Cal. Budget Stalled by State Building Fund SACRAMENTO (P)—Action on the million dollar state budget was stalled in the Assembly today by a demand to pin down costs of the huge state building program. The 52 to 18 vote to continue scheduled debate showed surprising bipartisan strength for proponents of the delaying action. Anaheim Retailers Warned on Rule 7 Chamber of Commerce Manager Earnest Moeller issued the following statement concerning OPS regulation No. 7 to all Anaheim retailers this morning: The office of Price Stabilization Regulation 7 must be adhered to by all retailers unless exempt under Regulation 1. Regulation 7 requires that retailers must submit a pricing chart showing selling price, of article as of Feb. 24, 1951, what they paid for these items and the amount of their percentage markup. This chart must be completed and mailed by March 29, 1951. Regulation 7 covers, in part, clothing for men, women and children, including house dresses and work clothing; men's furnishings; all women's and children's small It pointed up moves in both houses of the legislature to strip the budget of the $25,000,000 asked by Governor Warren for 1951-52 state building needs. Many members want to use the money for general purposes. Meanwhile, a bill to write a tough anti-sports fix law was introduced in the lower house by Assemblyman William Rosenthal (D-Los Angeles). It is aimed particularly at basketball and baseball. Assemblyman Lloyd Lowrey (D-Rumsey), who proposed the budget delay said it might mean holding up action on the state appropriation bill until next week. It will take at least a few days, he said, to get the necessary information. Lowrey, vice chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means committee, cited statements by state finance officials that the capital TEHRAN, Iran—Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlevi proclaims main trial law in the Iranian capital to suppress the terror which brought the assassination of American-supported Premier Ahmad Razmara March 7 and the shooting yesterday of Dr. Abdul Zarqan, deputy chancellor of Tehran university. PARIS — General Dwight Eisenhower names British Fidelity Viscount Montgomery as his deputy commander in the Atlantic Pact army. WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Acheson reports to the Senate Foreign Relations committee behind closed doors on the proposed Big Four foreign minister conference. The deputy foreign ministers in Paris remain dead locked on an agenda for the Big Four meeting. TOKYO (P)—United States troops battling northeast of Hong Kong on the central Korean front today ran into "very stiff" communist resistance. Red troops fighting from well dug in hill positions hurled back an American battalion after a day-long fight. In Tokyo, General MacArthur ordered a news blackout on the Driver Cleared In Fatal Crash William C. Fisher, 34, Fontana truck driver, was exonerated by a coroner's jury yesterday afternoon in connection with the traffic crash in Santa Ana canyon last Wednesday which cost the lives of Grover C. Lankford, 57, Yakimu, Wash., and his sister, Mrs. Willie Ethel Burkhalter, 53, of Wilmington. Testimony taken at the inquest in the Gillogly mortuary, Orange, indicated that a car driven by Mrs. Burkhalter had failed to make a boulevard stop at the point where the old canyon highway joins the new boulevard. It was further testified that after driving into the path of the heavily loaded cement truck operated by Fisher she applied her brakes and stopped. Had she stepped on the throttle instead, her car would have cleared the truck, witnesses... Regulation 7 requires that retailers must submit a pricing chart showing selling price of article as of Feb. 24, 1951, what they paid for these items and the amount of their percentage markup. This chart must be completed and mailed by March 29, 1951. Regulation 7 covers in part, clothing for men, women and children, including house dresses and work clothing; men's furnishings; all women's and children's small ready-to-wear items and accessories; shoes, including rubber footwear; all household textile commodities; such as sheets, blankets, curtains, etc., and all yard goods; all furniture, rugs and lamps. Among the items not covered under the regulation but remain frozen under general ceiling price regulations are fur garments; jewelry; large appliances; housewares; small wares such as stationery and notions; gasoline and oil, automotive equipment and supplies; cosmetics; lumber; building supplies; hardware; food, drugs and beverages. This regulation will be discussed in full on Wednesday, March 21, in the Little Theatre at the Santa Ana high school, 7:30 p.m. This program is of extreme importance to all retailers and each store in Anaheim should be represented. The Chamber of Commerce has ordered copies of the OPS Regulation 7 and will forward copies to the retailers as soon as they arrive. Temperatures Temperature at 2 p.m.: 81 (Great day for beach) High at 2:30 p.m.: 83 Low at 6 a.m.: 61 Assemblyman Lloyd Lowrey (D-Rumsey), who proposed the budget delay said it might mean holding up action on the state appropriation bill until next week. It will take at least a few days, he said, to get the necessary information. Lowrey, vice chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means committee, cited statements by state finance officials that the capital outlay funds were insufficient to meet rising construction costs; that they didn't know where the additional money would come from. He said it was only proper procedure to find out more about the building projects. And he won out strongly over the objections of Ways and Means Chairman Marvin Sherwin (R-Piedmont). Sherwin agreed adequate information is lacking on the building costs, but that "general delay will not accomplish anything." He said "we won't have any more information tomorrow or even next week than we have today." Majority Republicans joined with members among the 33 Democrats to support the move against the Republican administration budget. Demands already have been raised in the senate for budget cuts as high as $40,000,000. POSSIBLE THEFT In a possible burglary attempt a piece of cement was thrown through the window of Shep's Delicatessen at 924 N. Los Angeles st., Anaheim, last night, it was reported to police by Mrs. Otto E. Schewe of 924½ N. Los Angeles st. Investigation showed nothing missing, however. Thief Pilfers License Plates Sometime Monday night, both 1951 California license plates, No.5U2858, were taken from a Chrysler sedan belonging to Julian P. Black, Stanton. Mrs. Black, personnel officer for civil defense of the Savanna district, parked the car at the Savanna school, next to the one of Sheriff's official cars, while helping a deputy sheriff fingerprint block wardens. From 10 o'clock on, the car was parked in Hanson Manor in front of the Black residence, 7081 Brady st. AUTO CLUB HONORS HOFFMAN, KLIEVER E. A. Hoffman and L. C. Killever of Anaheim were among 43 employees of the Auto Club of Southern California singled out recently for "outstanding excellence in servicing the motoring public." These men selected from nearly 2000 employees of the motorizing organization, were awarded savings bonds or watches and lapel pins during a dinner meeting at the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles, according to C. R. Brandon, local district manager. ZETTE 5c a Copy — 50c Per Month NUMBER 99 Mac Orders News Blackout has Allied Forces Near 38th NATIONAL AT GLANCE BETTING FRONT — Allied push cautiously ahead of a line that extends across less than 17 miles south of 8th Parallel. Censorship the exact location of Allied Field dispatches give no of heavy fighting and in the Allies are advancing all the front. RAN, Iran—Shah Mohammad Pahlevi proclaims marry in the Iranian capital oppress the terror which is the assassination of an-supported Premier Ali a March 7 and the shoot-today of Dr. Abdul Zan-deputy chancellor of Tehranity. S — General Dwight D. Powers names British Field Viscount Montgomery as distance to a certain line on the Korean peninsula. (Correspondents were not allowed to say specifically what this line is, but it obviously refers to the politically important Parallel 38.) It is one of the most rigid news restrictions placed on correspondents since the war began. At latest reports, sent before the ban, the Allies were reported less than 17 miles from the border to red Korea. The U.S. Eighth Army said holding elements were on the line at 10 scattered points across the Peninsula. Patrols were known to be operating much closer to the border. From the central front AP correspondent Tom Bradshaw reported evidence the Chinese were only trying to slow down the UN. He said the main resistance was met Monday on a road running northeast of Hongchon. Although withdrawing behind the old boundary between North and South Korea, the communists hinted they plan to return some day. The red Korean radio at Pyongyang called on Korea youths to rise against the United Nations during a "World Youth Week" to start Wednesday. The radio called on Korean youth of both sexes to "rise against the enemy" and "start people's riots everywhere." "Take away the gun from the American enemy and (Korean President) Syngman Rhee's group and shoot them in the breast," the radio said. South Korean soldiers were urged to turn on HNLW vehicles. 'Collapsing’ Mobilization Setup Attack Renewed by Labor Leaders WASHINGTON (AP)—Labor union leaders today renewed their attacks on the mobilization setup. The Army said the program is collapsing and called for a complete "new deal" in the defense effort. Representatives of AFL, CIO and railroad unions, speaking at a rally called by the United Labor Policy committee (ULPO), denounced what they called "big business" control of the mobilization program under Director Charles E. Wilson. George Harrison, AFL vice-president, said the defense program might last for 20 years and if it goes as it is now, workers would become a "regimented bunch of sorts." Harrison is head of the AFL Railway Clerks. The two-day meeting of local and state labor leaders is aimed at enlisting "grass roots" support for the ULPC fight against present mobilization policies. ULPC members already have withdrawn from the Wage Stabilization board and other mobilization agencies in protest. George Meany, secretary-treasurer of the AFL accused Wilson of regarding labor "as a commodity." But he added, "this is more than a fight with Wilson, it is also a fight with Congress." "Your job is to go back and let the people know this is not just a fight over wages," Meany told the delegates. "It is also a fight against high prices, over rents and taxes and housing, and everything else that goes into the mobilization of our resources." The administration is trying to patch up labor's quarrel with the ban, the Allies were reported less than 17 miles from the border to red Korea. The U.S. Eighth Army said holding elements were on the line at 10 scattered points across the Peninsula. Patrols were known to be operating much closer to the border. From the central front AP correspondent Tom Bradshaw reported evidence the Chinese were only trying to slow down the U.N. advance until they can complete their withdrawal north of 38. Planners Unsure On Variance for Zoning Ordinance Anaheim Planning Commission yesterday held over a request for a variance to permit Mary Sue Brown of 210 W. Broadway to operate a drapery and upholstery repair shop in her home. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lock, 220 W. Broadway, appeared before the commission to protest the variance, claiming it would drive a business wedge into the area which is now zoned P-1 (parking). The commissioners found that Mrs. Brown had been conducting a drapery and upholstery repair business in her home for the past two years without complaint from her neighbors. The variance was requested by her only after she had been turned down for a business license. Commissioner E. P. Hapgood remarked, "It's a pity she applied for the license. If she hadn't, the case never would have come to light." Reluctant to deny the variance NSLI Dividend Checks to Start Rolling to Vets During April WASHINGTON (P)—The Veterans Administration said today it will start issuing vouchers April 2 for payment of a $685 million life insurance special dividend to World War II veterans. The agency said there may be a few days delay between issuance of the vouchers and the time that the Treasury department starts sending out the checks. At any rate, it was said, checks will start rolling out in considerable volume by mid-April. The average payment figures out at about $85. The initial checks will be on policies with a January anniversary date. Other dividend checks to the business in her home for the past two years without complaint from her neighbors. The variance was requested by her only after she had been turned down for a business license. Commissioner E. P. Hapgood remarked, "It's a pity she applied for the license. If she hadn't, the case never would have come to light." Reluctant to deny the variance outright, the Planning Commission decided to postpone action for 30 days to give Mrs. Brown a chance to see if other owners in the block would consent to rezoning the area for commercial purposes. A variance application to permit erection of a carport by L. Frank Kellogg, 530 N. West st., (Continued from Page 8)