anaheim-gazette 1951-04-13

Metallurgy The powder metallurgy industry gets its first W. coast plant for the production of metal parts. The plant is in Anaheim; read more about it in the feature story on Page 4. VOLUME LXXX Anaheim’s FIRST Newspaper ANAHEIM. Friday the 13th Has World-Wide Reputation As Day of Weird and Terrible Happenings By JIM DEITCH Forget to go to work today? Did you miss that business appointment by a few minutes? Did the wife's birthday slip your mind? There's a reason for it. Today is Friday the 13th. For some it is the luckiest day in the year. But for most it is the day when the very worst is likely to happen—a time of plagues, accidents and everything that is unfortunate. Just why Friday the 13th is considered so calamitous is not clearly understood. Probably it is because both Friday and the number 13 have a long background of association with ill-doing. Most Unusual Probably the most bizarre story concerning the fateful day is that about a ship named "Friday." A wealthy Connecticut merchant, who hoped to rid the day of its vile connotations, ordered the keel laid for a new ship on a Friday. The vessel was finished on a Fri- Probably the most bizarre story concerning the fateful day is that about a ship named "Friday." A wealthy Connecticut merchant, who hoped to rid the day of its vile connotations, ordered the keel laid for a new ship on a Friday. The vessel was finished on a Friday, launched on a Friday, and commanded by a captain named Friday. She commenced her first voyage on a Friday, bound for China with a costly cargo, and she was one of the largest and best appointed ships of her time. The result of this noble experiment is somewhat uncertain, for the good ship "Friday" was never seen nor heard from again. It was Good Friday, 1865, that gaunt, bearded, Abraham Lincoln lay dead, victim of an assassin's bullet. Another Friday, Sept. 24, 1869, will forever be known as "Black Friday." That was the day the nation's economic structure almost collapsed when two plungers nearly cornered the entire U.S. gold supply. Friday Unpopular Friday is not the least bit popular with men of the sea. As far back as 1790 no merchant of Lon- gon would begin a voyage or undertake any new enterprise on Friday. Portuguese sailors have a custom of dressing their ships in mourning on this day, and hanging Judas in effgy from the yardarm. There are two other "black" (Continued on Page 5) Senate Armed Forces Committee Invites MacArthur to Testify WASHINGTON (AP)—Gen. Douglas MacArthur today was invited to testify before the Senate Armed Services committee as part of a broad scale inquiry into the policies that led to his firing. The committee—made up of seven Democrats and six Republicans—voted unanimously to invite MacArthur to appear before it and to conduct a general review of United States military and Far Eastern policies. Chairman Russell (D-Ga) told reporters he did not think the committee's inquiry could be called "an investigation." Rather, he said, it will be an attempt "to get all the facts about the military situation in the Far East." The committee action assured MacArthur of a Congressional hearing for his views. Republican Congressional leaders continued nevertheless to press for an invitation for MacArthur to address a joint Senate-House session. Rep: Martin of Massachusetts, RFC Showdown Faces Senate WASHINGTON (AP)—President Truman's hotly disputed plan to subject the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to a drastic management shakeup headed for a showdown Senate vote today. The proposal was offered while a Senate investigation of political influence on the granting of huge loans by the government agency was underway. A banking subcommittee headed by Senator Public Schools Set Open House For Apr. 23-27 Open house will be held in the Public schools as Anaheim observes Public School week, April 23 to 27. Gilbert Koehler, chairman of the committee in charge, announced today that the following schedules have been arranged. John C. Fremont Junior High, April 24, 7:30 p.m. Thomas Jefferson Elementary school, April 25, 3:30 p.m. Benjamin Franklin Elementary school, April 25, 6:30 p.m. George Washington Elementary school, April 26, 6:30. Abraham Lincoln Elementary school, April 27, 2 p.m. The schedule for the high school has not been released yet. The committee action assured MacArthur of a Congressional hearing for his views. Republican Congressional leaders continued nevertheless to press for an invitation for MacArthur to address a joint Senate-House session. Rep. Martin of Massachusetts, the House GOP leader, told a news conference that unless MacArthur is invited to address Congress next Wednesday or Thursday the general will make a public speech in New York City. Congress has to Hurry If Congress wants to hear him first, Martin said, it will have to be quick about it. "He can't wait," he said of MacArthur. "He's got other plans to make." MacArthur expects to leave Tokyo Monday to fly to the United States. Republicans introduced resolutions on Wednesday for the Senate and House to invite MacArthur to address a joint session but they have been unable to get action on them. Martin said believed a meeting of the House Rules committee, originally scheduled for today, was called off by the Democratic leadership to make sure the com- Temperatures Temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 p.m. today was 74. High for the previous 24 hours was 84 at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. Low was 55 at 6 a.m. today. WASHINGTON (UP)—President Truman's hotly disputed plan to subject the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to a drastic management shakeup headed for a showdown Senate vote today. The proposal was offered while a Senate investigation of political influence on the granting of huge loans by the government agency was underway. A banking subcommittee headed by Senator Fulbright (D-Ark) contends a powerful influence ring, which reached inside the White House, made the RFC subservient to its wishes. Administration forces claimed they had enough pledged votes to make the plan effective. Some Senators who vigorously oppose the plan said that probably is (Continued on Page 4) House Stands Firm on 26 Months As Length of Draft Extension WASHINGTON (UP)—The house stood firm today on a proposal to extend the length of military service for draftees from the present 21 months to 26. By a vote of 126 to 60, it defeated a move by Rep. Shafer (R-Mich) to change the pending draft bill to make the proposed extension 24 months. This would have made the length of service the same as proposed in the senate-approved draft bill. Earlier, the house beat down an attempt by Shafer to bar the assignment of American troops to any war theater unless the commander there has full right to bomb enemy sources of supply. The vote was 112 to 62. Shafer said such a provision would prevent a repetition of the MacArthur situation. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, just relieved of his Far East command, has provoked hot controversy over his contention that he should have authority to bomb red Chinese bases in Manchuria. The house hoped to reach a final vote during the day on the bill to lower the draft age, extend the length of military service and provide for a national security training corps. NAHEIM GAZETTE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1951 Ridgway Brings Proven Ability and Teamwork Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, successor to Gen. MacArthur as Commander of UN Forces, brings to his new post a passionate sense of detail, an instinct for the bonds that unite a commander and his troops—and like the man he replaced—a nice flair for showmanship. The 56-year-old paratrooper of Sicily and Normandy parishes his uniform with a five-grenade. Worn taped to his shoulder, it has become as much a trademark as the late Gen. George Patton's pearl handled six-shooters. But Ridgway has more than color. In less than four months since he took command of Allied ground forces in Korea Dec. 27, he has whipped a defeat-ridden army into a winning team. Ridgway is no rear - echelon general. He has been pitten by the frontline flea. Moving back and forth across the front with a compact staff he has directed his drive against the reds from forward command posts. A 1917 West Point classmate of Deputy Chief of Administration before he came to Korea. Ridgway's classmates at the Point knew him as a man of energy. The year-book called him "the busiest man in the place." Like Eisenhower, Ridgway missed the fighting in World War I. But his overseas assignments between wars included China, Nicaragua, the Philippines and the Panama Canal Zone. Sandwiched among these tours of duty were his assignments to training commands and more military training for himself at the Infantry school at Fort Benning the Command and General Staff school at Fort Leavenworth and the Army war college in Washington, D.C. From Sept. 1939 the month that World War II began, until 1942 Ridgway was with the War Plant Division. Later in 1942 he accepted the challenge of heading one of the Army's first airborne units, the Eighty-second division. His parachutists carried out the first large-scale airborne operation in American Army history in the attack on Sicily, participated in the invasion in France and crossed the Rhine "on bridge of silk." On D-Day, Ridgway jumped by Mass Commie Air Warns U.S. Air Force Budding Plot For Alcatraz Break Foiled SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—A budding plot to escape from grim Alcatraz Island prison reportedly was smashed today with the arrest of one guard on letter smuggling charges. Describing the situation at the federal penitentiary as "very explosive," Assistant U. S. Attorney Charles O'Gara hinted that an escape plot had been broken. "We know for sure that certain convicts smuggled out letters asking for money, and that the money was smuggled in to them. And the only use convicts could have for money on the Rock (Alcatraz) is for bribery. "For $1000 or so a cheap officer might smuggle in weapons. In any case, the FBI is cracking down." O'Gara said he will ask the federal grand jury on Wednesday to investigate conditions on the ground forces in Korea Dec. 27, he has whipped a defcat-ridden army into a winning team. Ridgway is no rear - echelon general. He has been pitched by the frontline flea. Moving back and forth across the front with a compact staff he has directed his drive against the reds from forward command posts. A 1917 West Point classmate of Gen. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, Ridgway was Collin's Action Delayed on $500 Pay Boost for Teachers Members of the Anaheim Union high school board of trustees deferred action on a teacher's salary schedule calling for a blanket $500 annual increase at last night's board meeting. After consideration of the proposed schedule presented by Dick Ryan, chairman of the Teacher's Salary committee, the board decided not to act until a more thorough study of cost of living figures and pay schedules in other schools of the county could be made. If approved without change, the proposed raise would up teacher's monthly take-home pay in four brackets from $249.54 to $302.12, $310.08 to $353.69, $338.56 to $383.96 and $368.83 to $408.47. James A. Baker, board president, told Ryan a special meeting of the board would probably have to be called to deal with the problem. Budget Boosted Don Derr, recreation director, received approval for an expanded recreational program calling for a budget of $22,410, an in- SC Staff Passes Go Twelve journalism seniors from the University of Southern California who took over the staff for today's issue of the Gazette found that their college training had pretty well prepared them for the ordeal. Deadlines were the main source of irritation for the fledglings journalists, and as the boom started to fall all twelve were busily pounding at typewriters. ing for money, and that the money was smuggled in to them. And the only use convicts could have for money on the Rock (Alcatraz) is for bribery. "For $1000 or so a cheap officer might smuggle in weapons. In any case, the FBI is cracking down." O'Gara said he will ask the federal grand jury on Wednesday to investigate conditions on the island prison and to indict Guard Lee McCandless. The 41-year-old guard was arrested Wednesday and charged with smuggling out an inmate's letter. FBI men identified the letter writer as Peter Norris, 34-year-old former outlaw terror of the Midwest. He went to Alcatraz in 1946. The smuggled letter was addressed to Norris' brother, Paul, in Lindsay, Okla., the agents said. Contacted by newsmen in Lindsay, Paul Norris said he gets "lots of letters from Pete—through the mails." He said he once had been sentenced to 99 years for helping "Pete break out of jail in the Southwest." Alcatraz Warden Edwin B. Swope said there was no special alert at the fortress-like prison, but all 237 convicts and all corners of the prison had been searched for hidden weapons. We'll keep the lid on here," Swope said, "unless it turns out we have more crooked officers on the island." O'Gara said evidence in the Alcatraz letter smuggling case would be presented to a federal grand jury here next Wednesday evening, when an indictment on indictments will be asked. James A. Baker, board president, told Ryan a special meeting of the board would probably have to be called to deal with the problem. Budget Boosted Don Derr, recreation director, received approval for an expanded recreational program calling for a budget of $22,410, an increase of $7000. He attributed the increase to rising costs and the expansion of activities. New on the budget is an allotment for expansion of the summer program to include those parts of the high school district (Continued on Page 2) Find Brodie Guilty In Row Over Trash Barnes Brodie, Anaheim electrical contractor, was found guilty this morning on charges of disturbing the peace by a jury of five men and seven women in the court of City Judge L. P. Bonnat. The jury returned the verdict after approximately 30 minutes of deliberation. A heated argument between Brodie and Charles Kawaja, proprietor of the Nida Gift shop at 117 E. Center st., led to Brodie's arrest on March 2. Brodie admitted yesterday on the witness stand that he had doubled up his fist and fold Kawaja, "I'll knock your teeth down your throat," but steadfastly denied that he "had laid a hand on Kawaja." According to testimony of the two men, the argument began (Continued on Page 2) WEATHER S. Calif.—Mostly clear tonight and Saturday except night and morning coastal fog and low clouds. Slightly cooler coastal section. AND TEAMWORK SPIRIT TO NEW COMMAND Eisenhower, Ridgway the fighting in World War II but his overseas assignment between wars included Nicaragua, the Philippines, Panama Canal Zone. Changed among these tours of war he assignments to commands and more training for himself at the school at Fort Benning, command and General Staff at Fort Leavenworth and navy war college in Washington. Sept. 1939 the month that War II began, until 1942, was with the War Plans. Later in 1942 he ac- the challenge of heading the Army's first airborne Eighty-second division. Parachutists carried out large-scale airborne op- in American Army his attack on Sicily, par- in the invasion in France and the Rhine "on bridges Day, Ridgway jumped by peninsula in France. Shortly before the Japanese surrender in Aug. 1945, Ridgway was flown to the Philippines in advance of his troops to make plans for its participation in the invasion of Japan. In October, 1945, he was appointed Gen. Eisenhower's representative on the Military Staff committee of the United Nations, the body that advises the Security council on military matters. While on that committee he helped formulate the report on the establishment of an "international police force." At the same time he was the senior delegate to the Inter-American Defense committee where plans were underway for the standardization of the armies of the Western Hemisphere in organization training and equipment. Another of his duties during 1947 was to serve as military aide to President Miguel Aleman during that official's visit to the U.S. Ridgway has received 33 decorations, eleven of them from foreign nations. In 1946, Ridgway met Mary ("Penny") Anthony and married her a year later. It was Ridgway's third marriage, the first two having ended in divorce. The The Air Strikes Due Air Force General Five UN Bombers, Seven Red Jets Downed in 200-Plane Air Battle On $500 Teachers high school board of s-salary schedule call at last night's board used schedule presented her's Salary committee. C Staff for a Day Russes Gazette Test The journalism seniors from University of Southern Caliho took over the staff for issue of the Gazette found the college training had well prepared them for the nines were the main source tation for the fledgling ts, and as the boom startall twelve were busily at typewriters. The staff, under the guidance of Prof. Elizabeth H. Jones of the USC faculty started preparing the edition early yesterday afternoon. Members covered the regular news beats around the town, attended civic meetings held during the night and handled special assignments. Public Affairs Reporter Alan Salisbury reported an unusual, yet pleasant, experience he had (Continued on Page 4) UNSOCENT air forces sold the growing communist air arm might soon start ground attacks. In nine and one-half months of war, such red raids have been limited to minor nuisance bombings by one or two planes. Allied airmen are forbidden to strike at the Manchurian bases of the red air force. General Stratemeyer noted in an interview, "Our only recourse is to blunt the attack once it is launched," he said. Stratemeyer's warning came in the wake of the jet battle. In that fight 80 Russian-type MIG-15 jets attacked 115 U.S. jets and 32 American B-29 super-forts. The Allied warplanes attacked eight of the speedy red planes, probably destroyed seven, and damaged 18 others. Accounts of American loss differed. The Far East Air Force re- (Continued on Page 2) AY—Representatives from the SC School of Journalism's fourth floor lair, these Trojans "take the process of correlating classroom theory with practice by putting out today's Anaheim e. From left to right, first row: Steye Nager, Dolores Hubik, Tom Buchanan. Second row: John Alan Salisbury, Joanne Gee, Lloyd Savage. Standing, rear: Anthony Derry, Jim Dalitch, standing, left: Colin McKinlay. Those not caught and shown, E.R. Jones and Owen Anderson. (Gazette photo by Deitch)