anaheim-gazette 1951-06-18

Oranges "Colony Quips" discusses the Eadlington Fruit Co. action in closing down in the face of dwindling "return." See Page 6. VOLUME LXXX Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEIM. Middle-of-Road Parties Take Majority in French Election PARIS (F)—The middle-of-the road parties emerged today with a majority in France's new national assembly, but it was a majority facing a squeeze from both the left and right. If anything, the political road in France seems to have been to the right. Virtually complete returns from yesterday's general elections showed that the followers of Gen. Charles De Gaulle became the largest single party in the assembly while the communists won the largest single bloc of the popular vote. But the communists did not make as good a showing as they did in the 1946 national elections. They collected 22.4 per cent of the total number of valid ballots cast yesterday. This compares with 28.6 per cent in 1946. Because of the new election law, which encouraged alliances among the center parties, communist representation in the assembly McArthur Inquiry Group Vote Close To Investigation WASHINGTON (F)—The Septe­ite's MacArthur inquiry committee voted unanimously today to hear only four more witnesses and to close the investigation "at the earliest possible date." Chairman Russell (D-Ga.) told a news conference the inquiry may end this week or by the middle of next week at the latest. The committee decided to call these additional witnesses: Patrick J. Hurley, former ambassador to China. Maj. Gen. Ermet O'Donnell, former commander of the U.S. strategic bombing force in the Far East. Maj. Gen. David C Barr, for But the communists did not make as good a showing as they did in the 1946 national elections. They collected 22.4 per cent of the total number of valid ballots cast yesterday. This compares with 28.6 per cent in 1946. Because of the new election law, which encouraged alliances among the center parties, communist representation in the assembly was cut from 183 to around 110. The De Gaullists got 18.9 per cent of the popular vote and 115 parliamentary seats, or more. The outcome threatened the country with another era of unsteady coalition government at a time when the western allies were hoping for a stable regime which could act swiftly on measures for defending western Europe against communism. Complete returns from all of the 90 departments (counties) of metropolitan France, with one exception, and three departments in French North Africa gave the following division of 565 of the 627 assembly seats: Communists ..... 96 De Gaullists ..... 107 Center Parties ..... 358 Others ..... 4 The 358 seats shared by the center parties included: Socialists 96, Left Republicans 85, Popular Republicans 77, Independent Republicans and Peasants Party 100. Another 53 seats remained undecided for the various regions of Africa and French colonies in other sections of the globe. Teen-Age Dope Addiction on Sharp Increase NEW YORK OP—“An epidemic of teen-age addiction” to narcotics is raging in the nation’s largest cities, a U.S. public health official says. He says the menace is gravest in New York City, where a city investigator put the annual amount of dope sold illicitly at $100,000,000. These statements were made yesterday at a three-day American Chairman Russell (D-Ga.) told a news conference the inquiry may end this week or by the middle of next week at the latest. The committee decided to call these additional witnesses: Patrick J. Hurley, former ambassador to China. Maj. Gen. Ermet O'Donnell, former commander of the U. S. strategic bombing force in the Far East. Maj. Gen. David C Barr, former commander of the U. S. 7th Division in Korea and one-time chief of a U. S. military mission to China. Vice Adm. Oscar Badger, former U. S. naval commander in the Far East. In addition to these four witnesses, it is possible Gen. Douglas MacArthur may testify again. The committee has invited MacArthur to take the witness chair again if he cares to reply to any of the testimony the committee has heard since the inquiry started May 3. The committee said Badger would be tomorrow's witness, to be followed by Hurley when Badger concludes. Russell told reporters the committee has had no word from MacArthur as to whether he wants to testify again. Today's decision to seek a quick windup of the inquiry was (Continued on Page 6). McKittrick Named Prexy of Farmers Of Orange County John McKittrick, Tustin rancher and civic leader will serve as president of the Associated Farmers of Orange County for the fiscal year beginning July 1 it was learned today. McKittrick succeeds Hugh Williams, Yorba Linda retiring president. Named as vice presidents to assist McKittrick were Walt Ranney, Jr., of Santa Ana and Glenn Harris of La Habra. McKittrick pledged that the association would continue its efforts to stamp out "subversive activities and abusive labor practices" in Orange county. "At last, public opinion as A WINNING FISHERMAN—Bobby pulling in the biggest and only third round for his 13 ounce, and the hat at the lower right hand co away empty handed. Many Huck Finns, Few Fish, Report To Irvine Park Despite an unco-operative attitude on the part of the fish, about 2000 young Orange county anglers made the second annual Huck Find Day a rousing success for the Izaak Walton League of the county, at Irvine park pond Saturday. As it turned out, the number of prizes offered in the fishing contests exceeded the number of fish caught. The fact that the fish refused to enter into the spirit of the affair did not halt the prize winning. Drawings disposed of all awards. When the contests began at 9 a.m., the fish were biting freely, but soon were offering nothing more than desultory nibbles at the baited hooks. Such fish as were caught, however, were generally larger than those hooked last year. But the total caught num-(Continued on Page 4) County Building For Week Set at $236,000 Mark Highlighted by a reservoir project of the El Modena Mutual Jr. NEW YORK OP—"An epidemic of teen-age addiction" to narcotics is raging in the nation's largest cities, a U.S. public health official says. He says the menace is gravest in New York City, where a city investigator put the annual amount of dope sold illicitly at $100,000,000. These statements were made yesterday at a three-day American Legion "narcotics crisis conference" to chart a war on dope by the organization's 17,850 posts across the nation. The meeting ends today. Dr. Victor H. Vogel, of the U.S. public health service, said teenage dope addiction has increased sharply in the last three years. Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Irving Slonim told the Legion conference that two-year probe of illegal dope sales showed that $100,000,000 worth of narcotics a year was peddled illicitly here. The estimate applied to the past two years. Austin McCormick, professor of criminology at the University of California, said the current narcotics addiction wave is a "temporary phenomenon" similar to the "habit of toting flasks during the 1920's, but much worse." He said that at least one baby was born a narcotics addict because the mother was addicted. Drugs had to be administered to the new-born infant, he said. Temperatures Temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 5 p.m. today was 76. Low was 62 at 7 a.m. today. Anaheim Youth Drowns in Bay Sinking before lifeguards could reach him, John Wells, 22, of 709 Lemon st., Anaheim, drowned in Balboa harbor yesterday afternoon when he slipped from a padle board. Lifeguard Don Arnold recovered the body. Arrangements are handled by Baltz Funeral home in Costa Mesa. Wells recently came to California from Chicago. Wells body was recovered three hours later near the Ferry landing. His wife is an employee at Knotts Berry Farm. McKittrick succeeds Hugh Williams, Yorba Linda retiring president. Named as vice presidents to assist McKittrick were Walt Ranney, Jr., of Santa Ana and Glenn Harris of La Habra. McKittrick pledged that the association would continue its efforts to stamp out "subversive activities and abusive labor practices" in Orange county. "At last, public opinion acknowledged the dangers of which we have warned for so many years. Since 1934, the Associated Farmers of California have fought fascist and communistic infiltration in this state. For a like period, we have made open war on coercive and abusive labor tactics such as hot cargo, secondary boycott and the jurisdictional dispute." McKittrick stressed that the Associated Farmers "do not challenge labor's right to organize," but oppose "any form of coercion or abuse of privilege or power." Orange county's nation-wide (Continued on Page 6) Anaheim Youth Drowns in Bay Sinking before lifeguards could reach him, John Wells, 22, of 709 Lemon st., Anaheim, drowned in Balboa harbor yesterday afternoon when he slipped from a padle board. Lifeguard Don Arnold recovered the body. Arrangements are handled by Baltz Funeral home in Costa Mesa. Wells recently came to California from Chicago. Wells body was recovered three hours later near the Ferry landing. His wife is an employee at Knotts Berry Farm. County Building For Week Set at $236,000 Mark Highlighted by a reservoir project of the El Modena Mutual Irrigation Co. costing $236,000, building permits for unincorporated territory of Orange county during the past week reached a total of $474,205, according to county building department records. El Modena led the communities of the county with $238,150, including the $215,000 concrete roofed reservoir and a $21,000 steel reservoir of 700 gallon capacity, with booster pump house. The larger reservoir is on Chapman, east of Newport blvd. The steel reservoir and pump house is near Barrel lane, north of Fairhaven ave. Anaheim had $16,146 in permits. Totals for other communities, besides El Modena, were: Tustin $53,800, Garden Grove $47,100, Buena Park $25,268, Costa Mesa $20,378, Capistrano Beach $17,800, Magnolia $11,555, Yorba Linda $9350, Stanton $6850, Westminster $6000, Placentia $6000, Los Alamitos $3400, South Laguna $2850, Cypress $2000, Santa Ana $1780. CERAMIC CLASSES Starting Wednesday, June 20, ceramic construction classes will be held at 1 p.m. for children attending Bible school. All children are urged to attend Bible school and sign up for activities at the close of the Bible school session. ANAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZETTE ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1951 New Red As Jets 80 Ships Tied Up in Strike Of CIO Sailors NEW YORK (UP)—The CIO national maritime union claimed today that about 80 ships that should be on the high seas were "sitting still" in port as a result of labor disputes tied up every major waterfront in the nation. An NMU spokesman said the 80 included ships at Galveston Houston, New Orleans, Port Arthur and other gulf and east coast ports. Sailing of the American Export liner Elmira Victory for Trieste was cancelled today, the SHUT DOWN ORDERED BY EADINGTON BECAUSE OF POOR EASTERN MARKET The decision of the Eadington Fruit Co. to close down their orange picking and packing operations because of disastrous returns to growers at the present levels of eastern markets, points up the need for every grower to realize that red ink to one grower is eventual red ink to every grower. There is simply no market for the amount of fruit that is present in the eastern markets and due to arrive in the next few days. "We are not willing to ship our growers' fruit at today's disastrous prices," is the statement of Tom Eadington, president of Eadington Fruit Company, largest orange shipping organization in the state of California. "Effective this morning, and until the market shows definite signs of improvement, the company will completely suspend all orange picking and packing operations. In the face of unrealistically high shipping schedules forced by majority members of the prorate committee, the market has declined to a point where the 252 size, the most abundant size, is averaging only $4.15 delivered into the terminal markets. This price will return the grower less than half of his cost of production. Unless shipments can be set for the purpose of returning a fair price to the grower instead of for the purpose of moving the crop at any price, or no price, the high hopes of all growers for a satisfactory season in 1951 will be entirely shattered." D. A. Collins, manager of the Eadington Fruit Company, stated that the company has been handling from 140 to 150 carloads of oranges per week. It has been operating two 8-hour shifts at its Fullerton plant, and one shift at its plant in Sunny Hills. This movement is approximately 6 per cent of the entire valencia orange movement out of Southern California, and 15 per cent of the Orange county movement. Paul F. Eadington, secretary-treasurer of the company, stated that the companies 800 workers would be furloughed until the market payroll of the Eadington Fruit Company in the past few weeks has been in excess of $33,000. It is to be hoped that other shippers may also make a move in the same direction, at least to the point where the market will reflect a reasonable return to the grower. MAN BURGLES HOMES 'Once Too Often' Dean H. Kniffin, 27, of Dinuba, went once too often into a Villa Park home in Orange, to commit burglary last night. He got away with it at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Gehrking, 18551 Santiago blvd., where he ran out the back door as the owners came in the front door at 7 p.m., and escaped with jewelry and other articles worth $223. But 10 minutes later he was cornered in the nearby home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Handy, 9771 S. Central drive and was captured. When the Handys came home, Mrs. Handy went in front door while her husband drove the car to the garage in the rear. He heard his wife call that there was a man in the house. As he entered the rear door he saw Kniffin coming down the stairs from the second story, and seized him. Deputy Sheriff Kuhn took charge of the prisoner in response to a call from the Handy home. Kniffin was said to have had the Gehrking articles in his possession, including a woman's lapel watch worth $200, a $15 woman's ring, a pair of kid gloves and six men's handkerchiefs. SHARP TO FACE FURTHER PSYCHO EXaminations Charged with being a sexual psychopath, Milo Corbett Sharp of Anaheim, will be examined by Dr. Hyman Tucker of Norwalk 21 from Anaheim Among Graduates Of SC Campus Twenty one residents of Anaheim were today revealed as graduates of the University of Southern California. They were among approximately 4600 graduates who received their degrees at the 68th annual commencement convocation held Saturday in Alumni Memorial Park on the campus. President Fred D. Flagg Jr. officiated. Dr. Raymond B. Allen, president of the University of Washington, gave the commencement address for the graduates who represented 46 states and 13 foreign nations, including India, Finland, Malaya, Burma, Italy, Iran, and Argentina. Local members of the graduating class of 1951 and their respective degrees include: Bachelor or Arts: Leroy E. Ater, 10211 S. Harbor; Chad E. Boliek, 13881 Br. South; Jonathan M. Davis, 417 E. Broadway; James T. Dibble, 838 N. Helena St.; John W. Hein, 877 S. Bio Vista; William R. Huggins, 424 N. Los Angeles St.; William M. Shigekawa, 1411 E. North St. Bachelor of Science in Com- (Continued on Page 6) Ho Hum! Oh, For the Life Of a Fireman Anaheim's firemen never had it so good. They didn't even have to leave the station last Saturday morning to put out a fire. The fire, a smouldering blaze in the back seat of a car driven by R. P. Kidd of Bakersfield, was driven to the station behind a police escort. Kidd, on discovering the conflagration going on behind his back, had hailed a police car driven by Officer Ed Brawn. AWNING CATCHES FIRE An awning on a business building at 116 N. Los Angeles st., was smoldering early yesterday afternoon. When the fire had been extinguished, it was found that a 6"x8" hole had burned in the awning. The fire was probably started when someone flipped a cigarette on top of it. FREMONT ENTERED Several juvenile boys broke a window and entered Fremont school last night. Miss Lucia Uppart teacher, reported the incident to Mr. H. H. Stabbert, school board chairman and said that she walked up as the boys scattered in all directions. Sharp to Face Further Psycho Examinations Charged with being a sexual psychopath, Milo Corbett Sharp of Anaheim, will be examined by Dr. Hyman Tucker of Norwalk State hospital and Harold E. Day of Santa Ana, by order of Superior Judge Kenneth E. Morrison. Proceedings against Sharp have been continued until June 29, pending psychiatric examinations, after Deputy District Attorney George P. Jones filed an affidavit signed by a member of Sharp's family, alleging the man has a psychosis. Sharp is accused of committing moral offenses with several young men in the Anaheim area. Although he had been free on bail, he was returned to jail under the new charges. Where's the Sun? LOS ANGELES (AP)—Father's Day was overcast in sunny Southern California—and hundreds of irate sun-tanned citizens called the weatherman about it. Forecaster Emil Kurt, a father who had to work on Father's Day, got even though via poetry (?). A verse follows. "All the sunshine of Southern California So acclaimed in poetry and song Makes me wonder about poets and songsters How can they possibly be so wrong?" CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY Weather S. Calif.—Night and morning low clouds and early morning drizzle clearing during afternoon Tuesday. Variable high cloudiness. Little change in temperatures. New Red Offensive Looming Jets Active Over Korea TOKYO (UP)—Outnumbered American sabre jets destroyed six Russian-type jets and damaged eight others in two big air battles over Korea yesterday and today. A total of 118 planes were involved in the sudden revival of jet warfare. Sixteen red jets made a third stab at four sabre jets Monday afternoon—but kept at a safe distance. They fired twice on the F-86s, then streaked back across the Yalu river into the safety of Manchuria. All American planes returned safely, Far East air forces said. Reappearance of the red jets in force coincided with indications the Chinese may be preparing a new ground offensive. Red troops suddenly appeared in territory they had previously deserted. Replacements steadily filtered down from the north for Weekend Crashes Hurt More Than Dozen in County More than a dozen persons were injured, none critically, in highway accidents in Orange county over the week-end, California Highway Patrol reported today. Cars driven by James C. Whiteman, 23, 410 S. Philadelphia, Ana- Hurt More Than Dozen in County More than a dozen persons were injured, none critically, in highway accidents in Orange county over the week-end, California Highway Patrol reported today. Cars driven by James C. Whiteman, 23, 410 S. Philadelphia, Anaheim, and Robert P. Blevens, 20, of San Marino, collided early Sunday on Huntington Beach blvd., at Bolsa ave., resulting in minor injuries to Geraldine Howard, 19, of La Canada and Grace Blevens, 18, of San Marino. Ruben Monteverde, 10, was treated for minor hurts after the car driven by Bartola D. Monteverde, of La Jolla colony hit a telephone pole as the driver was trying to shut an open door. The mishap occurred on La Jolla ave., near Placentia ave., east of Anaheim. A collision Sunday evening in Santa Ana canyon near Peralta resulted in slight injuries for S. J. Harley, 74, and Mrs. Harley, 72, of Santa Ana. Drivers were Layn Drugger, 48, of Santa Ana and Luther S. Cox of Brea. Others injured in accidents included Allan Blanchard, Hess, 22, South Laguna; James Edward VanNoy, 18, Sunset Beach; Henry B. Owens, 27, Norwalk; Harold Hardy, 16, Seal Beach; Elsie Artie Hale, 71, San Bernardino; Louis Vaughn, 74, Colton; William K. Dickey, 34, Wilmar; Clyde English, 27 and Carl S. Johnson, 25 both of Long Beach. Two Accidents Reported Over Weekend Here Two minor auto accidents were reported to Anaheim police Saturday. At 11:10 a.m., an accident involving three cars, one parked, took place on N. Claudina and Center sts. Charles W. Owens, 100 W. Valencia st., parked, Henry Bamesberger and Archie Baker, both out-of-towners, made the report. No one was hurt. Vern R. Granere, 323 S. Kroeger, and Harold E. Hamlyn, of Santa Ana plane returned safely, Far East air forces said. Reappearance of the red jets in force coincided with indications the Chinese may be preparing a new ground offensive. Red troops suddenly appeared in territory they had previously deserted. Replacements steadily filtered down from the north for holding troops all along the front; Fierce red defenses checked Allied moves in the center of the line. But Allied patrols drove more than three miles into red territory in the west and gained slightly over a mile in the east. Two U.N. armored tank patrols rumbled up the west side of the former red "iron triangle," shooting at small communist bands on the way. Another armored patrol trying to push up the east side from Kumhwa was forced back by road mines and mortar fire. Small fights broke out all along the west and center. A briefing officer said reds were still fighting a delaying type of warfare. In the east North Korean machinegun fire three times drove U.N. troops back from a commanding ridgeline, but reds suddenly abandoned another ridge for which they had fought fiercely Sunday. Fighter-bombers raked every strong point as the Fifth Air Force mounted 490 sorties in daylight Monday, including the jet flights along the northwestern Korean border. F-86 pilots reported the red jets showed more fight than ever before in the two air battles. The fight was gone in the later long-distance passes. The two jet battles flared suddenly after a long lull. Charles Ferguson Claimed by Death Charles E. Ferguson, Executive Vice President of the Daystorm Furniture Corporation, Fullerton furniture manufacturers, died yesterday at his home, 325 W. Sycamore, Anaheim after a serious illness of several months. At 11:10 a.m., an accident involving three cars, one parked, took place on N. Claudina and Center sts. Charles W. Owens, 100 W. Valencia st., parked, Henry Bamesberger and Archie Baker, both out-of-towners, made the report. No one was hurt. Vern R. Granere, 329 S. Kroeger, and Harold E. Hamlyn, of Santa Ana, reported a non-injury accident in which they were involved at Santa Ana and Claudina sts. Factory Building Booms in LA Area LOS ANGELES (UP)—May was the second biggest month of industrial expansion Los Angeles county has known. The Chamber of Commerce reported today that $42,958,000—second only to the record $66,757,-410 of October, 1943—was invested last month in seven new factories and improvements to 32 other plants. In the first five months of 1951, a total of $124,148,500 has been invested in industrial expansion—24 per cent more than the entire investment in 1950. RUNAWAY JUVENILES Junior Republic at Chino sent out a warning last night at 11 p.m., regarding two runaway juveniles. Both boys allegedly are dangerous. Escaped is Robert Bush, 14, 5' 9¼", 142 pounds, brown hair and blue eyes. He is wearing levis and a white shirt. Straightening bands on his teeth only distinguishing mark. His companion is 15 year old Charles Ryan, brown hair and eyes, 5' 2", weighs 96 pounds and is wearing levis. Charles Ferguson Claimed by Death Charles E. Ferguson, Executive Vice President of the Daystrom Furniture Corporation, Fullerton, furniture manufacturers, died yesterday at his home, 325 W. Sycamore, Anaheim after a serious illness of several months. Born March 16, 1901 in East Fishkill, N. Y., Mr. Ferguson graduated from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., attended Penn College, Cleveland, Ohio, John Huntington Polytechnical Institute, Cleveland, and the New Haven (Conn.) College for Business Administration. The furniture company is a subsidiary of Daystrom, Incorporated, Elizabeth, N. J., and for 16 years Mr. Ferguson had been an executive of American Type Founders, Inc., and other Daystrom subsidiary companies in Elizabeth, Fitchburg, Mass., Olcan, N. Y., and at Fullerton. He joined American Type Founders as an industrial engineer in 1935, was made superintendent of printing press manufacture in 1936, manager of all press operations in the Mount Vernon (N. Y.) and Elizabeth plants in 1938, and in 1939 became manager of the Elizabeth plant, in charge of all manufacturing and press rebuilding operations. In 1942 he was made general manager of the Cowdrey Machane and Small Arms Division of American Type Founders at Fitchburg. The next year he was elected Vice President of manufacturing for American Type Founders; Inc., heading manufacturing ac- (Continued on Page 4)