anaheim-gazette 1951-07-24

Anaheim Gazette TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1951 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA IDENTIFICATION—Workmen toled most of yesterday to erect an identifying sign on the local branch of the ubiquitous Bank of America building. The neon-lighted "tag" is 30 feet in height. (Gazette photo by Kreidt) Arrested on Morals Charge, Man Leaps Into McArthur Lake LOS ANGELES (UP)—A few moments after his arrest on a morals charge, a man plunged to his death. Earthquakes Rock Frisco Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO (UP)—The San Francisco bay area felt two sharp earthquakes last night, but the chief reaction was a barrage of inquiries to newspapers and Navy Plane Bomb Body of Adm. Sherman to NAPLES, Italy (UP)—A gined U.S. Navy transport from Naples airport today ing the body of Adm. Sherman on its last flight. A few minutes before plane was airborne at (4:14 a.m. EST), an Italian forces guard and band last honors to the veteran whose 33-year Navy career and ended in the Medici. The plane bearing his body in Washington at 3 p.m. morrow, the Navy said. A black, silver and gold hearse brought the caskets in the Stars and Stripes podichino Airport. An officer police escort led the cortege from the U.S. Mount Olympus in Naple. The 54-year-old Adminestr man to become U.S. Naval operations, died heart attacks Sunday near a Naples hotel suite. He making a rapid tour of pacific countries and had issued talks with German Franco about U.S. seas bases in Spain. A brief funeral service this morning on the Admiral randa of the Mount Olympus ship for Adm. Robert to which Sherman's moved Sunday. LOWER BOWL PMIC LOS ANGELES (UP)—mission prices for symp IDENTIFICATION—Workmen toiled most of yesterday to erect an identifying sign on the local branch of the ubiquitous Bank of America building. The neon-lighted "tag" is 30 feet in height. (Gazette photo by Kreidt) Arrested on Morals Charge, Man Leaps Into McArthur Lake LOS ANGELES (P)—A few moments after his arrest on a morals charge, a man plunged to his death in the lake at MacArthur Park last night, police vice squad officers reported. The operatives, Anthony Buonarigo and Gene Rock, said they took John Thompson, 59, into custody and started to lead him to a police car. He broke away and ran into the lake, where Buonarigo seized him but lost him again after a struggle. Quito is the capital of Ecuador. Earthquakes Rock Frisco Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO (P)—The San Francisco bay area felt two sharp earthquakes last night, but the chief reaction was a barrage of inquiries to newspapers and radio stations. University of California seismologist Don Tocher said the first temblor was registered at 7:26 p.m. and the second, a stronger one, at 8:04 p.m. He estimated they were centered in Albany in the east bay area. Both were felt throughout the region. Ceylon is about as large as the state of West Virginia. LOWER BOWL PRICE LOS ANGELES (P)—mission prices for sympilier the stars will be chaired the Hollywood Bowl co-open next Thursday. General admission waived 90 cents to 65 cents and served seats will sell $1.80, and $2.40, with the $3.60 prices eliminated will remain at $3.60. The British Dominion Zealand has an area square miles and a pop 1,902,000. at SMITH–REAFSNYDER... MAPLE BEDROOM SUITE SO SURPRISINGLY LOW PRICE AND WITH ALL THE CHARM OF OLD NEW ENGLAND SO SURPRISINGLY LOW PRICE AND WITH ALL THE CHARM OF OLD NEW ENGLAND Distinguished by the fine canopy bed, the dream of every home maker, and the unusually fine spool turnings. Pieces that demand gay chintz flounce and hooked rugs. Each piece crafted of selected Eastern birch and set off with authentically reproduced hardware and hand-rubbed in a mellow Pilgrim finish. It's a brand marked "California Furniture Shops." MAPLE IS ENDURING You'll admire Maple furniture for its simple handsome lines . . . its warm tone . . . its quality and value. Come in and see for yourself. Maple Dept. is one of the most complete in range county. You are always welcome. OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS UNTIL 8:30 SMITH-REAFSNYDER FURNITURE CO. CONVENIENT CREDIT TERMS 151 NORTH LOS ANGELES ST. ANAHEIM 24 Navy Plane Brings Body of Admiral Sherman to U.S. NAPLES, Italy (P)—A four-engined U.S. Navy transport took off from Naples airport today, carrying the body of Adm. Forrest P. Sherman on its last flight home. A few minutes before the big plane was airborne at 10:14 a.m. (4:14 a.m. EST), an Italian armed forces guard and band rendered last honors to the veteran officer whose 33-year Navy career began and ended in the Mediterranean. The plane bearing his body is due in Washington at 3 p.m. (EST) tomorrow, the Navy said. A black, silver and gold Italian hearse brought the casket, draped in the Stars and Stripes to Capodichino Airport. An Italian motor police escort led the funeral cortege from the U.S. Navy ship Mount Olympus in Naples harbor. The 54-year-old Admiral, youngest man to become U.S. Chief of Naval operations, died after two heart attacks Sunday morning in a Naples hotel suite. He had been making a rapid tour of Atlantic pacific countries and had just finished talks with Generalissimo Franco about U.S. sea and air bases in Spain. A brief funeral service was held this morning on the Admiral's veranda of the Mount Olympus, flagship to which Sherman's body was moved Sunday. LOWER BOWL PRICES LOS ANGELES (P)—Lower admission prices for symphonies unavailable. Hoag Memorial Hospital Gets Official Green Light of Defense Administration Y’s Men’s Clubmen Presented National Convention Report A report on the recent 100th YMCA anniversary convention at Cleveland, Ohio, highlighted a regular meeting of the Anaheim Y’s Men’s club held last night at Mother’s Kitchen. The convention review was presented by Tommy Thomason, Anaheim general YMCA secretary, who attended the meeting representing the local YMCA. District Governor Bob Bolce of Orange was a special guest at last night’s meeting. Plans for a joint family night picnic and square dance with the Newport Beach club next Monday night at Costa Mesa park were also presented by member Tom Beale. President Dave Collins presided. Government Files More Tax Charges Against Mickey LOS ANGELES (P)—I Mickey Cohen has any money any place, the government wants it. Income tax liens were filed yesterday in Boston, St. Louis, El Paso, Phoenix and Independence, Calif., for $313,000 in unpaid taxes and penalties. A similar lien for the same amount was filed here recently. The collector of internal revenue said he had no specific information that Cohen has assets Official approval of the application for a permit to build the Hoag Memorial hospital, Presbyterian, has been received by Chester E. Hawk, secretary to the hospital. Prompt response to the request for approval is probably due to the ready cooperation extended by Congressman John Phillips and by Senator Richard Nixon who immediately endorsed and advanced the request when it was filed with the Washington Office of the Defense Administration. This action authorizing construction is also pleasing to a dozen or more contractors who are expected to submit bids and who have received copies of the plans in order to prepare for bidding. According to Secretary Hawk, plans for opening the bids in public are still to be carried out under the auspices of the building committee as originally proposed. Bids will be opened at the Newport Beach city hall on Friday afternoon, July 27, at 2:30. Representatives from Architect Chambers office in Los Angeles will be present to assist the committee in reviewing the bids. While the opening will be a public affair, the decision on which bid to accept, if any, will be in the hands of the board of directors of the hospital, with recommendations of the Building Committee of which George Hoag, Jr., is chairman. John Murdy, Jr., president of the hospital, is still absent on a tour of Europe but will return early in August, probably in time for the ground breaking ceremony. Dick Contino In GI Psychiatry Test, Says Wit SAN FRANCISCO O army psychiatrist says tino, $4,000 a week player, met the Army’s psychiatric test. Maj. Cloyez L. Dun fled yesterday at 2 Dick’s draft evasion tri youth himself requested amination. LOWER BOWL PRICES LOS ANGELES (P)—Lower admission prices for symphonies under the stars will be charged when the Hollywood Bowl concerts re-open next Thursday. General admission was cut from 90 cents to 65 cents and top reserved seats will sell for $1.20, $1.80, and $2.40, with the $3 and $3.60 prices eliminated. Boxes will remain at $3.60. The British Dominion of New Zealand has an area of 103,935 square miles and a population of 1,902,000. LOS ANGELES (P)—Mickey Cohen has any money any place, the government wants it. Income tax liens were filed yesterday in Boston, St. Louis, El Paso, Phoenix and Independence, Calif., for $313,000 in unpaid taxes and penalties. A similar lien for the same amount was filed here recently. The collector of internal revenue said he had no specific information that Cohen has assets in any of the other cities but wants to be prepared should any turn up. The liens also named Cohen's petite wife, LaVonne. Cohen, meanwhile, is in a county jail cell sweating out an appeal. He was sentenced July 9 to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine for conviction of evading $156,000 in income taxes. Plan to Fuse Eisenhower’s Forces In Europe More Closely Under Study WASHINGTON (P)—United State officials are taking a long, but sympathetic look at a scheme proposed over the weekend to fuse the armies and finances of five European nations in the interests of Europe's defense. The proposal was in reports from a conference of western European representatives. Some American military men think the plan offers the firmest basis yet for nationality-conscious Europe's common defense. One highly placed American officer today said: "We are neither buying the plan nor selling it short until the sponsoring nations show that they want it and are willing to make it work." The European army scheme is aimed at simplifying the maze of committees, groups, councils and governments that make up the North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO). Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower now has to go through this maze in getting decisions from the 12 NATO governments contributing to the international defense force he is building up in Europe. The scheme would work this way, according to its sponsors: France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Western Germany would come first viewing the bids. While the opening will be a public affair, the decision on which bid to accept, if any, will be in the hands of the board of directors of the hospital, with recommendations of the Building committee of which George Hoag, Jr., is chairman. John Murdy, Jr., president of the hospital, is still absent on a tour of Europe but will return early in August, probably in time for the ground breaking ceremonies which may be planned. With the prompt approval of the request for construction the outlook for the project is much improved and provided the bids are within the financial capacity of the hospital the outlook is bright for an early start on the great hospital project for the coastal area of Orange county. Iran Oil Wrangle Negotiations Hit Snag Over Details TEHRAN, Iran (P)—Negotiations between W. Averell Harriman, President Truman's special envoy and Iranian officials were reported to have hit a snag today over details for ending the bitter British-Iranian feud over nationalization of oil. The snag was not described as a deadlock. Both Harriman and members of the Iranian government's oil nationalization board still expressed "satisfaction" with progress made in the talks so far. But after 10 hours of discussion yesterday in the bedroom of ailing Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, the Iranian cabinet still had not reached agreement on the basis for resuming formal negotiations with Britain. Both Harriman and the Iranian were understood to have submitted proposals along the same general lines," according to a source close to the negotiations. These would call for British acceptance of Iranian government... Planning Congress Sets Meet Aug. 9 "Freeways and Their Protection," will be the topic of the Southern California Planning Congress at its next meeting to be held in San Clemente, Aug. 9, it was announced today by Charles Hayes Diggs, Orange county planning director. Frank C. Balfour, chief right-of-way agent for the state division of highways, department of public works, will be the speaker. The principal protection topic will be the billboards along freeways. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. in the community clubhouse. Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, the Iranian cabinet still had not reached agreement on the basis for resuming formal negotiations with Britain. Both Harriman and the Iranian were understood to have submitted proposals 'along the same general lines,' according to a source close to the negotiations. These would call for British acceptance of Iranian government ownership of the country's rich oil resources, including the installations of the British-owned Anglo-Iranian oil company which exploits most of Iran's oil. But an operating company controlled by the customers who buy Iranian oil would be set up. According to the source, Harriman proposed that this operating company would distribute and market the oil, and manage the wells and the refinery at Abadan—the world's largest. The Iranians, however, were reported to have proposed that the operating company buy Iranian oil at the Persian gulf jetties, distribute and sell it, but that the nationalized Iranian company would manage and direct the actual production. Both sides were trying today to find a compromise. thrown up to hamper supreme commander Eisenhower at every turn: Who's going to pay for it. This question arises almost every time the military men decide another airfield should be built in France, for instance. France might not need the field for her own use, but the military planers envisage its use by units of any of half a dozen nations. LEARNING VALUE OF TEAMWORK — Sgt. Eugene S. Rettke, of Kankakee, Ill., works with “Dago,” three-year-old German Shepherd, on infiltration course at Bamberg, Germany. Dick Contino OK’d In GI Psychiatric Test, Says Witness SAN. FRANCISCO (P) — An army psychiatrist says Dick Contino, $4,000 a week accordion player, met the Army's minimum psychiatric test. Maj. Cloye L. Duncan testified yesterday at 21-year old Dick's draft evasion trial that the youth himself requested the examination. 'Red' Millionaire Hailed Back into Federal Court NEW YORK (P) — Millionaire Frederick Vanderbilt Field, jailed "angel" of left-wing causes, was hailed back into federal court today (11 a.m. EST) under a new contempt threat in the government's probe of communist bail Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan who contributed to the fund. U.S. Attorney Irving H. Saypol took Field before Federal Judge John F. X. McGohey yesterday. Saypol said Field refused to answer grand jury questions unless he was permitted counsel. Saypol said Field, in effect, wanted his lawyer in the grand jury room, a practice forbidden by law. When Judge McGohey heard this, he said: In GI Psychiatric Test, Says Witness SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An army psychiatrist says Dick Contino, $4,000 a week accordion player, met the Army's minimum psychiatric test. Maj. Cloyce L. Duncan testified yesterday at 21-year old Dick's draft evasion trial that the youth himself requested the examination. Other prosecution witnesses said Contino arrived at Fort Ord, Calif., a day late last April—and disappeared next day. "Our finding was that he was not psychotic," Duncan told the jury of 11 women and one man. Contino, a Modesto, Calif., butcher's helper until he won fame as an accordionist, contends he suffered from claustrophobia. He said he fled Ft. Ord because "everything was behind a fence. It made him sick all over." Red Millionaire Hailed Back into Federal Court NEW YORK (AP) — Millionaire Frederick Vanderbilt Field, jailed "angel" of left-wing causes, was hailed back into federal court today (11 a.m. EST) under a new contempt threat in the government's probe of communist bail jumping. The great great grandson of Commodore Cornellus Vanderbilt and four other persons were accused yesterday of "contemptuous" conduct before a federal grand jury. All five are connected with the Civil Rights Congress bail fund which posted, and forfeited, $80,000 in bonds for four fugitive top-rung communists. The jury is looking into the quartet's flight. Field, a trustee for the bail fund, is serving a 90-day contempt of court sentence for refusing to tell U.S. Attorney Irving H. Saypol took Field before Federal Judge John F. X. McGohey yesterday. Saypol said Field refused to answer grand jury questions unless he was permitted counsel. Saypol said Field, in effect, wanted his lawyer in the grand jury room, a practice forbidden by law. When Judge McGohey heard this, he said: "That's enough. I don't need to hear any more. That just goes beyond the realm of reality." But the court granted Field until today for further argument. If Field remains silent, the judge can impose an additional contempt sentence against him. Also summoned into court along with Field were two bail fund office employees, bookkeeper Muriel Patterson and telephone operator Faulkner. Saypol said their conduct as jury witnesses was "offensive and outrageous." "Don't you big oil companies get together to set prices?" The question of gasoline price affects every motorist: Standard Oil Company of California receives some letters along these lines: "When I drive downtown, the prices of all the major gasolines seem to be about the same. I've heard it said that the major oil companies get together to set prices. Isn't this true?" The answer is an unqualified NO. Oil companies do not get together to set prices, nor do we in any way set prices by agreement. But we do think it's in order to tell you about gasoline prices and how they're arrived at: When you shop you find not only gas but many products of the same kind and about the same quality priced about alike. Prices just naturally tend to even up. Here's why— Suppose a gas dealer were forced to sell at 2c a gallon more than his neighbors. Business would soon pass him by. Or suppose he had to sell for 2c a gallon less, still giving full quality and service. As his competitors cut price to hold customers, his income falls. In time he would go broke. These imaginary examples of set-price policy show what any gas seller is actually up against. He must sell for enough to cover his costs and make a living, yet if he charges too much he'll drive business away. It's as simple as that. We "set prices" only at stations we own and operate—Standard Stations, Inc. Experience shows what to charge to cover cost of product and service, yet sell in competition. At Chevron Gas Stations the operators are completely independent. They make up their own minds about price. You occasionally see a range of gasoline prices for the same or different brands in a single area, until competition finally forces the prices of similar products and services back to a common level. The result: better products at low cost, the benefit you always get when free competition is allowed to work. Note this: aside from taxes, and in spite of inflation, gasoline today costs about what it did in 1919, yet two gallons now do the work that required three then. I'd Like to Know... Many people write to Standard asking pertinent questions about the Company. We answer all letters individually, but some points seem of general interest. We take this way of discussing them for everyone. If you have a question, we urge you to write in care of: "I'd Like to Know," 225 Bush Street, San Francisco 20, California. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA • plans ahead to serve you better