anaheim-gazette 1951-07-27

German Visitor A German newspaperman on a 90-day tour of the United States visited Anaheim and the Gazette yesterday. Read about it on Page 8. VOLUME LXXX Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEM PALM TREE FIRE—Two ivy-covered palm trees in the front yard of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pittsew 940 E. Sycamore st., Anaheim, were badly burned yesterday afternoon before local firemen could bring it under control. A 25-foot boat directly beneath the trees and two garages used for storage by Leonard South, near the trees, were not harmed. Cause of the fire is not known. Alleged Discovery of New Witnesses To Reopen McCracken Defense Monday Four Local Marines Arrive from Orient On Transport Today With four Anaheim marine veterans aboard, the transport Gen. Nelson M. Walker arrives today in San Francisco from the Orient. Anaheim men include: Tech Sgt. William H. Adams, 14431 E. South St., Staff Sgt. Charles J. Martin, 414 S. Vine; Sgt. Fred Popp, 115½ S. West; and Staff Sgt. Oliver R. Smith, 16611 E. North st. Other Orange county men on the vessel include 13 Santa Ana men, one Cypress man, one Brea man, and one Orange man. They are: Santa Ana: Master Sergeant James W. Colews, Cpl. Nick Comola, Master Sgt. Edward J. Grow, Master Sergeant Joseph C. Guadagno, Master Sgt. William Halchishak, Master Sgt. Roy M. Hill, Staff Sgt. Fred Hizar, Master Sgt. Millard L. Hosfelt, Staff Sgt. John B. Jackson, Sgt. Marlon C. Lambert, Master Sgt. Orie E. Maddy, Tech Sgt. William A. Muldoch, Staff Sgt. Marvin W. Prickett, Sgt. Wesley Ragle, Master Sgt. Roman A. Wiland, Staff Sgt. Donald Wilson and Tech Sgt. Raymond F. Woodruff. Asserted discovery of new witnesses for the defense, reported to Superior Judge Robert Gardner late Thursday afternoon, won for Henry Ford McCracken's attorneys permission to reopen the case next Monday, after all evidence had been concluded and the prosecution even had delivered its opening argument to the jury. Judge Gardner, in what he termed "unprecedented" concessions, allowed Defense Counsel George Chula and James Monroe, the opportunity to bring belated testimony before the court, although indicating that this irregular procedure may be unair to the prosecution. Attorney Monroe returned hurriedly to court Thursday afternoon after a visit to Buena Park, scene of the Patty Hull murder last May 19, for which McCracken stands accused. Monroe said he had found half a dozen witnesses who could corroborate portions of McCracken's testimony, or attack the stories of certain prosecution witnesses. The defense already had rested its case, with McCracken's version of the little girl's death in his motel cabin at Buena Park, which he claimed was accidental, due to (Continued on Page 8) Soap Box Derby Drivers Feted By Optimists Soap Box Derby racers for Anaheim were guests of the Anaheim Optimists club for dinner and a program last night at Mr.'s Kitchen. The youthful guests included Don Warner, Joel Habener, Fr McConnell, Donald Rapp, Richard Hedden, Ben Curtis, Pat Schder, Mike Littlel, Gilbert Koeh Jr., Billy Loessin, Charles La Tommy Stagner, Keith Hysom Clifford Kobernik. Jerry Sand was on vacation and unable to tend. Entertainment was provided by Roy Waer of 14132 E. South Anaheim, representing the Santa Ana Valley Kennel club. He did Dobermann Pincsher breeder especially interested in obedient training, in which he conduct classes at La Palma park. Waer introduced five dog owners who exhibited their own dogs and discussed their vari points. Waer added his own marks on the different breeds and answered questions from the Derby racers or their Optimist host. Mrs. Clare Liebhart of Anaheim showed one of her prize-winning English Bulldogs and Larry G also of Anaheim, showed his Huge New Industrial Area Planned Astride Los Angeles-Orange Line Planned development of a huge new industrial tract northwest of Anaheim lying astride the Orange-Los Angeles county line, was disclosed today when it was learned that application soon will be made to the Orange county planning commission for rezoning 480 acres of the tract in Orange county from agriculture to light industry. Berkley industrial development company, a syndicate headed by William Berk of Los Angeles, is owner of the 653 acre tract, said to be one of the largest industrial developments in the southland. The tract lies in irregular shape, with Orangethorpe avenue on the south. The east boundary, roughly follows Hanson road north to the Southern Pacific tracks, which form a northern boundary, actually running northwest to southeast. Valleyview avenue in Los Angeles county forms the west boundary. Los Angeles county planning commission already has approved rezoning of the 193 acres in that county from agriculture to heavy industry, but Orange county officials said today they understand that light industry zoning will be requested for the Orange county portion of the tract. Large insurance companies are said to be included in the syndicate which will set up a control board to screen industries seeking sites in the tract. Architectural standards of plant design also will be adopted, it is said. Styles Clements, Los Angeles architect, has become associated with Berk, in the development. Water supply for the tract will be sought from the Metropolitan Water district through the agency of the newly formed Orange county municipal water district, it was stated. The municipal plans to hold an election next fall on annexation to the metropolitan water district, so that it can import Colorado river water. Tentative plans for MWD feeder lines into Orange county to supply the new district include one entering the county from the west near the new industrial tract. NAHEIM GAZET EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1951 Jailed Pro-Reds Protest $75,000 Bail Excessive Government Says Bail Necessary to Prevent Flight SAN FRANCISCO UP—Ilness of a federal judge today delayed until 11:30 a.m. PDT arguments on the amount of bail to be demanded in the case of four men and three women seized yesterday in FBI raids. The government says they are communists. Judge Michael J. Roche, who was to have heard the arguments, was ill, and the case was transferred to Judge Louis E. Goodman, who had to make a place for it on his calendar. Attorneys for the seven said arguments would take about three hours. Those arrested were angry over the surprise move by the FBI and over the government's demand that the four men be held on HERE SUNDAY—The Chancel Choir of the Wesley Method church of Los Angeles, under direction of the Rev. Rakestra will be presented at the Anaheim Union Evening service to hold Sunday evening at 8 p.m. at the White Temple Method church. Famed Chancel Choir to be Featured At Anaheim Union Evening Service Th Chancel Choir of the Wesley Methodist church in Los Angeles, will be presented this Sunday, July 29, by the Church Association of Anaheim at its 8:00 p.m. Union service at the White Temple Methodist church. 25 Billion-Dollar Foreign Aid Bill Judge Michael J. Roche, who was to have heard the arguments, was ill, and the case was transferred to Judge Louis E. Goodman, who had to make a place for it on his calendar. Attorneys for the seven said arguments would take about three hours. Those arrested were angry over the surprise move by the FBI and over the government's demand that the four men be held on $75,000 bail each. Twelve California communists, including the pinch-hit national party leader, William Schneiderman, 46, were jailed yesterday. All were charged with conspiracy to publish material advocating overthrow of the government. Schneiderman was arrested in New York and held in lieu of $100,000 bail. He took over the top party spot after the conviction of 11 communist leaders in New York last year. Four here and four more in Los Angeles were told to put up $75,000 each, or go to jail. They went to jail, angrily protesting "no one but an underworld kingpin" could post any such amount. Two San Francisco women were freed on $2,500 bond each and a third on $7500. Today's court fight will center about those bonds also. The government wants them raised. U.S. attorney Chauncy Tramutolo contends: "Without high bail there is a great danger they will become fugitives." It was that argument that caused U.S. commissioners here and in Los Angeles to demand $75,000 bail for each of the other eight. Tramutolo said a federal grand jury in Los Angeles will be asked next Wednesday to indict all 12. He originally demanded that those arrested here be denied bail. "That's unheard of," snapped U.S. commissioner Francis St. John Fox. "Bail is denied only for murder and treason." Police School Set For Stanton Civil Defense Mondays The Police School for the Stanton area Civil Defense will be held on Monday nights at Alamitos and will consist of four classes. Famed Chancel Choir to be Featured At Anaheim Union Evening Service Th Chancel Choir of the Wesley Methodist church in Los Angeles, will be presented this Sunday, July 29, by the Church Association of Anaheim at its 8:00 p.m. Union service at the White Temple Methodist church. This outstanding choral group will render a special musical service, consisting of nine popular numbers. The first group will be "Almighty God of Our Fathers" by James; and "Lord, I'm Troubled" and "Steal Away," negro spirituals. The solo parts will be by Buell Thomas, tenor. In the second group will be "Inflammatus" by Rossini, and "Rock My Soul," a negro spiritual. In the third group will be the "Lord's Prayer," by Galtes; and three more, negro spirituals arranged by Haywood, "I Want to Be Ready," "Well, Well, Well" and "Amen." The Rev. McKiniey Walker, new pastor of the Wesley Methodist church of Anaheim, will preside. Mr. Orville Thomson will lead the opening congregational hymn period, and Miss Carol Bostick will be at the organ. The Rev. E.W. Rakestraw, pastor of the Wesley Methodist church of Los Angeles, will introduce his choir and give the pastoral prayer. The Rev. Mr. Rakestraw has been twice a delegate to the western jurisdictional conference of the Methodist church and a member of several of its key committees; he is considered one of the outstanding negro leaders of the west and his choir is one of the most popular groups in Southern California. The choir has sung at worship services and appeared in recitals in many leading churches in this part of the state. For the (Continued on Page 8) Long Time Resident Succumbs in Home A resident of Anaheim for over 64 years, Mrs. Barbara L. Steadman of 631 So. Claudina st., died early this morning at her home. Born in Germany in 1864, she is survived by two children, Earl 25 Billion-Dollar Foreign Aid Bill Dismays Senators of Defense Marshall said to the $6,200,000,000 proposed foreign arms aid would provide only the essential military quirements" in 1952 for Dwight D. Eisenhower's forces. Marshall testified before Senate Foreign Relations committee whose members learned some dismay yesterday that $8,500,000,000 asked now for eign military and economic is only the first part of a year program to cost about $000,000,000. The $8,500,000,000 includes 200,000,000 for arms aid and 300,000,000 for economic assistance. Secretary of State Acheson said the senators yesterday of three-year program. He said necessary to counter Sovietisia's designs and bring about era of genuine relaxation of sion." Marshall was called to give tails on military aspects of program. In a prepared statement he to the committee, Marshall ted only lightly on what is to come after this year. But he said requirements in two following years "will be least as large as the amount are requesting this year." Thereafter, the defense secretary said, U.S. military equipment assistance "can be reduced. When the Foreign Relation committee convened, chair Connally (D-Tex.) directed a to invite Armed Services committee members to sit in on the meetings. However, no Armed Servicemen were present when M Police School Set For Stanton Civil Defense Mondays The Police School for the Stanton area Civil Defense will be held on Monday nights at Alamitos and will consist of four classes. They will be Sept. 17 and 24 and Oct. 1 and 8. Policemen eligible to attend these meetings will be from Savanna, Los Alamitos and Magnolia Civil Defense units. Long Time Resident Succumbs in Home A resident of Anaheim for over 64 years, Mrs. Barbara L. Steadman of 631 So. Claudina st., died early this morning at her home. Born in Germany in 1864, she is survived by two children, Earl J. Steadman and Mrs. Irma H. Steadman. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars mortuary. Interment services will be at Fairhaven cemetery in Orange. ORS FETED—Anaheim Optimists last night entertained Anaheim boys who brought home trophies and other spoils of victory from Los Angeles Soap Box Derby races. From left, front row: Pat Schneider, Mike Little, Gilbert Kochler, Jr., Billy Loessin, Charles Ky, Tommy Stagner, Keith Hysom and Clifford Kobernik. Back row, from left: Don Warner, Joel Habener, Frank McConnell, Don Rapp, Richard Hedden, and Ben Curtis. Jerry Sanders, another winner, was on vacation and could not attend. At extreme right Hursel Snyder, Cone Bros. Chevrolet salesman and chairman of the Derby in Anaheim. (Gazette photo by Kreidt) U.N. Negotiators Present Their Line of Cease-Fire Allies Seek Demilitarization Zone Along Present Battle Line; Reds at Parallel U.N. ADVANCE HEADQUARTERS (UP)—The Allies told the communists today where they want to draw the cease-fire line in Korea—and why. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief United Nations delegate, explained the Allied position in detail as negotiators got down to the meat of armistice talks in their eleventh meeting at Kaesong. Allies' Attacks Pushed Back by Stubborn Reds U. S. EIGHTH ARMY, HEADQUARTERS, Korea (UP) — Allied attempts to capture dominating hills on the eastern front were blocked again today by stubborn communist resistance. The Eighth Army reported attacks by United Nations soldiers Admiral Joy talked 52 minutes. He gave the reds two marked military maps to picture his position. The five communist generals made no comment. Instead they asked for, and got, an adjournment until 10 a.m. Saturday (7 p.m. EST Friday). North Korean Gen. Nam Il, spokesman for the red delegation, presumably will present the communist reply at that time. The general understanding is the United Nations is pressing for a Pushed Back by Stubborn Reds U. S. EIGHTH ARMY, HEADQUARTERS, Korea (AP) — Allied attempts to capture dominating hills on the eastern front were blocked again today by stubborn communist resistance. The Eighth Army reported attacks by United Nations soldiers were blunted northeast of Yanggu and north of Inje. U.N. troops made similar attacks yesterday, but fell back before intense mortar and artillery fire from Chinese positions. Allied patrols reported light contact with communists northeast of Kumhwa, on the central front. Moderate resistance was encountered by other patrols south of Kumsong. American B-29s from Okinawa bombed communist supplies at the Western Korea river port of Kyomipo and cut rail tracks in the same area. Kyomipo is southwest of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. Fifth Air Force fighters and light bombers bounded communist transportation facilities in more than 350 sorties. Railroad bridges were hit at Hwanglu, south of Pyongyang, and Yonghung, on the east coast. Flying Marines reported damaging road bridges south of Kojo, another east coast town. Fred Edwards Jr. Voted Methodist Preacher License Fred Edwards Jr., president of the White Temple Methodist college MYF, was granted a local preacher's license at a quarterly conference session of the church held last night, according to the Rev. Frank Butterworth. With more than 50 persons present, the motion was made by Lyman Harpster, seconded by Wilbert Bonney, and passed unanimously. For Edwards, who plans to enter the Methodist ministry, the act represents the first step toward his chosen profession. A graduate of Anaheim Union High school, Edwards has been attending Fullerton Junior college and plans to enter Redlands. The five communist generals made no comment. Instead they asked for, and got, an adjournment until 10 a.m. Saturday (7 p.m. EST Friday). North Korean Gen. Nam Il, spokesman for the red delegation, presumably will present the communist reply at that time. The general understanding is the United Nations is pressing for a demilitarized zone roughly along the present battle line. The communists want it along the 38th Parallel. Starting from a point 35 miles north of the 38th Parallel on the east coast, the battle lines run roughly 15 to 20 miles north of 38 or 75 miles to Chorwon. Then they drop sharply south along the Imjin river, crossing the parallel at a point east of the Kaesong armistice site. Joy's statement, opening actual negotiations for an armistice, took most of Friday's 72 minute session. The first 18 minutes were devoted to procedural matters. The two delegations reached agreement in principal on just how to tackle the four major points of their truce talks, a U.N. announcement said, and named teams of officers to work out the details. Then Admiral Joy leaned his elbows on the green topped conference table and began reading a prepared statement on the Allied position. It was officially described as a "sparsely phrased and logical presentation." "Joy expressed a military viewpoint," said Air Force Brig. Gen. William Nuckols, Allied spokesman who was present. "This (military view) is the area to which U.N. delegates have frequently stated they will confine themselves." Both Joy and Nam leaned forward with their elbows on the table. "They were closer together, physically, than they have been for some time," Nuckols said. Only once was Joy interrupted. A Korean interpreter asked him not to go so rapidly, so he could hear the English as well as the Korean translation being read by a U.N. interpreter. After he had spoken for nearly River Raft Expedition of Unmarried Gals Bachelors, Goes On – All for Sociology... MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va. (P)—The nautical trip of two unmarried girls and a pair of bachelors—all for the sake of sociology—is coming along swimmingly. At least that's the way it worked out last night. Today, they may be under way again. The four young people, hitching rides down the Ohio river, got dunked last night when their 12 by 20 foot raft turned turtle. They planned to continue the river jaunt to the Mississippi, then right on down to New Orleans. It's what they call an experiment in sociology to find out how four people adjust themselves to living in a confined area. This experiment caused some eyebrow hoisting. One of the nautical-minded girls is Mary Ellen Grady, 24-year-old University of Michigan student. She said any objections about four unmarried young people making such a trip were silly. “Besides,” she added, “all of us have other romantic interests.” The other sopping seafarers resided with their elbows on the table. “They were closer together, physically than they have been for some time,” Nuckols said. Only once was Joy interrupted. A Korean interpreter asked him not to go so rapidly, so he could hear the English as well as the Korean translation being read by a U.N. interpreter. After he had spoken for nearly (Continued on Page 8) cured by nearby river boats were Geraldine Garcia, 23, Boston artist; Milton Borden, 30, of New Bedford, Mass., and Don Brown, 24, a University of Michigan student from New York. Their cramped raft with an eight foot square cabin was being towed by a river boat when it turned over. Miss Grady said the raft was being hauled by the James Zubic, a boat belonging to the Zubic Towing company of Pittsburgh. The boat was too fast and the raft flipped. The young mariners forgot sociology and swam for their lives, but lost food and clothing and a mascot dog in the swirling current. A bit bedraggled and frightened, they went back to sociology again and figured their next move while wringing out clothes in a nearby farmhouse. One thing sure, they said, they're determined to complete the long river run if they can get the raft back in shape. Oh sociology!