anaheim-gazette 1951-08-02

Good Old Days World tensions getting you down? Then travel back through the quieter days of yesteryear. See "In the Days of Long Ago" in today's Gazette. Page 5. VOLUME LXXX Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEL McCracken Trial Jury Hung on Murder Charge Still disagreed on a murder verdict in the case of Henry Ford McCracken, charged with the slaying of Patty Hull, 10, the jury today was in its third and probably last day of deliberations. Judge Robert Gardner indicated that unless the jury agreed on it verdict before nightfall, he would discharge it. When the jury adjourned at about 1 a.m., today for the night's rests after wrestling with its problems since 4 p.m., Tuesday, the jurors stood 8 to 4 on the murder verdict, apparently having agreed on verdicts in the child-stealing and kidnapping charges. Whether the majority stood for conviction of the murder charge was not disclosed by foreman Waldo H. Wilder of Garden Grove. At 9:30 a.m., today the jury returned to the jury room and nothing more had been heard from it when noon recess arrived. Courtroom speculation held to the probability that the jury was devised on the degree of murder to 7 Frisco Commie Suspects Flown To Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (P)—Eleven of twelve Californians accused of communist plotting are here today to face federal trial, and the 12th may soon be on the way. Seven were flown from San Francisco yesterday to join the four arrested here last Thursday. The 12th, William Schhneiderman, held in New York, is expected to be removed here by August 13, the date set for arraignment. The 11 are jailed, here in lieu of $75,000 bond each. The arrivals from Northern California are Whether the majority stood for conviction of the murder charge was not disclosed by foreman Waldo H. Wilder of Garden Grove. At 9:30 a.m., today the jury returned to the jury room and nothing more had been heard from it when noon recess arrived. Courtroom speculation held to the probability that the jury was decided on the degree of murder to be decided, possibly whether to making a recommendation of lenency or to return a verdict of second degree murder. During yesterday's session the jury was in and out of the court room several times, asking for exhibits or inspections of and during noon hour visited the motel cabin of McCracken in Buena Park, where the murder allegedly occurred. Returned for yesterday afternoon's session, the jury asked Judge Gardner for instructions on the law on first degree murder in the case of death occurring during commission of a sex crime against a child. Judge Gardner read the statute which stated that death occurring during the commission of rape or any offense charged under section 288 of the penal code, covering sex crimes against children under 14, constitutes first degree murder, "whether intention or unintentional or accidental." McCracken had testified that Patty Hull's death in his cabin May 19, was accidental, resulted from a fall from the kitchen table. Mrs. Elizabeth Flint, member of the jury from Santa Ana, inquired particularly about the "accidental" portion of the statute. Optimist Clubmen To Hear Probation Office Speaker Information on functioning of the Orange county Probation department will be presented by a officer from that county agency at a meeting of the Anaheim Optimists club to be held tonight at 7 p.m., at Mother's Kitchen. The program is in keeping with the club's policy of keeping members abreast of youth and governmental problems. President communist plotting are here today to face federal trial, and the 12th may soon be on the way. Seven were flown from San Francisco yesterday to join the four arrested here last Thursday. The 12th, William Schneiderman, held in New York, is expected to be removed here by August 13, the date set for arraignment. The 11 are jailed, here in lieu of $75,000 bond each. The arrivals from Northern California are Ernst Otto Fox, Albert J. Lima, Al Richmond, Carl R. Lambert, Mrs. Loretta S. Stack, Bernadette Doyle and Mrs. Qleta O'Connor Yates. The Los Angeles quartet includes Philip M. Connelly and his wife, Dorothy R. Healey; Mrs. Rose Chernin Kusnitz and Henry Steinberg. The seven were removed from San Francisco on bench warrants signed by U. S. District Judge James A. Carter, before whom the indictments were returned. Schneiderman, 46, reputedly the new top man in the U.S. communist party, faces a removal hearing Monday in New York. The indictments charge the 12 with conspiring to teach and advocate overthrow of the government by force and violence. What's in a Name? Plenty ... if it's The Wrong Cop HEMPSTEAD, N. Y. (P) — What's in a name? Plenty of trouble if you mention the name to the wrong cop. A motorist tried to talk his way out of a speeding ticket by saying he was patrolman O'Toole's brother-in-law. The driver didn't know he was talking to O'Toole—patrolman William O'Toole. He got the speeding ticket. Jaw Jolting Ride In Ambulance Cures Patient PORTLAND, Me. (P)—Mrs. Faustena Alley, 27, had to be taken to a hospital last night because she yawned and her jaws locked wide open—but she never got there because the ambulance jounced so much. The jouncing snapped Mrs. Alley's jaws into place and she 6th Annual Water Carnival Makes Memorable Splash in Local Scene With close to 500 enthusiastic parents, friends and youthful competitors crowding the Anaheim Union High school pool, the 6th annual Water Carnival made a memorable splash in the local entertainment scene last night. Characterized by Dick Glover, high school program head, as "the best ever," the parade of dripping-wet youngsters provided a surprisingly varied bill-of-fair that included candle-races, umberella races, clothes races, comic diving and water ballet. A highlight of the program was also the presentation of 188 Red Cross certificates by Jerry Schmitt, who headed up Red Cross participation in the program. The total included 55 to beginners, 75 to intermediates, 30 to swimmers, 28 to Junior Life Savers and four to Senior Life Savers. Jointly sponsored by Anaheim high school, the Red Cross and the City park recreation department, the program also featured advanced water ballet under direction of Tom Hoag and beginners ballet, under direction of Gretchen Glover. Assistant instructors included Joe Critchfield, Kevin Stanton, Tom Schmitt and Delos Summers. Ballet numbers, interspersed between races, were: Sandra McLaughlin in a demonstration ballet number; a beginner's ballet quartet composed of Zoe Fort, Marilyn Buckner, Karen Mandeville and Rita Flynn; a Ballet Duet of Carol Fitz and Marcie Vincent; a Comedy Swim with Tom Hoag and Joe Critchfield; an advanced ballet quartet of Beverly Buckner, Darlene Fitz, Gretchen Glover and Gretchen Decker; a ballet duet with Gerie Glover and Dot Dedic; a ballet sextet with Gerie Glover, Beverly Buckner, Gretchen Glover, Reynette Wallace, Darlene Fitz and Gretchen Decker. An exhibition diving act was also presented by Leonard Weaver and Jack Trott and a comedy diving act by Tom Hoag, Joe Critchfield and Leonard Weaver. (Continued on Page 5) ANAHEM GAZETTE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1951 Official Hin To Concede Of Neutral TEST 38TH PARALLEL AS DIVIDING LINE—Residents, headed by men carrying United Nations flags and banners, parade (July 28 Korean time) through streets of Seoul, South Korea, protesting the establishment of the 38th Parallel as the armistice line across Korea as proposed by the UN negotiators at Kaesong. UN negotiators are holding out for the present battle line. Year Old Anaheim Girl Seriously Hurt in Fall from Roof Jessanne Shafer, 4, daughter of Mrs. Lyle Shafer of 723½ indina st., Anaheim, was seriously injured yesterday evening when she fell 13 feet from the roof of the Optimist Boys' Home Chartres st., to the cement below. Jessanne was playing on the roof on her brother, Jimmy, 7, while her father and two other men were working on it. Shafer said he heard a whimper and asked him who was crying. Just then noticed that the girl was not the roof, and, looking down at a four-foot furnace hole, he Suzanne lying face down on cement floor. Apparently she backed into the hole and fall-through it. She was rushed to St. Joseph Hospital in Orange by a local physician where X-rays were taken under the supervision of a钛 Ana brain specialist. It found that she had a linear fracture over the right ear, a deformed fracture on the right side of her forehead and very black hair physician said she would be turned home by the week-end, would have to remain quiet a period of about 10 days. Eager Dollar Day Shopper Enters Store Early... Perhaps it was the early morning hour or perhaps it was just a dearth of ideas on how to get into the Smith-Reafsyder Furniture Co. store at 151 N. Los Angeles st. before opening time, but some Dollar Day driver did it the hard way and drove his (or her) car into the Chartres st. side of the store, and broke a plate-glass window this morning. Bob Horton, a tenant at the Colonial Arms hotel said he heard a crash at about 6:10 a.m. and looked out the window to see a car with a smashed front end rounding the turn north on Kemont st. from Chartres. He was not able to obtain the license number, however. Blasts Cripple Road Facilities BUENOS AIRES (P)—The government called in emergency crews today to run Argentina's strikebound railways, crippled earlier by a series of blasts which President Juan D. Perón's regime blamed on "allien" forces. The anti-Peron Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen refused for the second day to report for work. Top Navy Post Goes to Admiral William Fechteler WASHINGTON (P)—Adm. William M. Fechteler, who steered clear of the "Admirals' revolt" against administration policy, is President Truman's choice for the ten Navy command. The president sent to the Senate yesterday the nomination of Fechteler, now commander of the Atlantic fleet, to be chief of naval operations, succeeding the late Adm. Forrest P. Sherman who died Aug. 19 while on a military-diplomatic mission to Europe. Fechteler, 55 years old and with 35 years of Navy service, has had wide experience in virtually every type of warship—except submarines and aircraft carriers. That appeared to be one of the reasons why Mr. Truman chose him, because he was not an airman and thus not touched by the zeal with which Navy airmen plunged into the controversy with the Defense department and the Air Force three years ago. There have been strong indications in recent weeks that the feud between the Air Force and Navy—long-range land based bombers vs. carrier-borne air power — might boil to the surface again. In choosing Fechteler, the presi- (Continued on Page 6) POSSIBLE COMPROMISE I an eventual compromise on surrender likely by some military men speculate that a west coast along the Injin江 of the 38th Parallel and wired Parallel across country north to the western end of the voice eastward over the help to the east coast. Bodies of El Toro Marines Located In Plane Crash EL TORO (P)—Searchers found the bodies of two Marine fliers, missing since noon Tuesday, in the hills six miles southwest of Elsinore. Two reconnaissance planes tended the wrecked plane yesterday and a helicopter flew in and ped rescues within a half mile of the scene. The victims were Everett L. Yager, 30, Palm Mo., and 2nd Lt. Robert W. Lipis, 22, San Diego. Truman Will Fly To Coast Sept. 4 WASHINGTON (P)—Prudent Truman said today he飞到San Francisco to address the opening session of the Japese Peace Treaty conference September 4. Under questioning at a news conference, he said it is possible he will fly out one day and be to Washington the next. Asked if that precluded possibility that he might make cross-country speaking calls paign this fall, he replied that it precludes the possibility this time. ERY IN SLAYING CASE VISITS McCRACKEN MOTEL CABIN—Members of the jury deliberating the fate of Henry Ford McCracken charged with the murder of Patricia Jean Hull, 10, visit his motel cabin in Buena Park, where the state contends he beat her to death. The jury requested permission to visit the cabin on the second day of its deliberations. McCracken is hand-cuffed white-shirted man in center background. At extreme right is Superior Judge Robert Gardner.—(Associated Press Photo) ZETTE 51 5c a Copy — 50c Per Month NUMBER 196 Official Hints Reds May Be Ready to Concede in Deadlock Over Site of Neutral Cease-Fire Buffer Zone U. N. Headquarters, Korea (AP) — Beneath the surface deadlock on where to draw a cease-fire line in Korea, a high United Nations source today saw a hint that the reds might be preparing the way for conceding the Allied demand. The Allies want the fighting to stop on the present line, generally north of the 38th Parallel. The reds have been holding out for a buffer zone centered on the Parallel. Possibly nudging the communists towards a more conciliatory attitude, the U. S. Eighth Army reported its attacking troops gained more than two miles on the central Korean front Thursday against only small groups of the enemy. The Pelping radio Thursday SIBLE COMPROMISE LINE—Despite the present deadlock in eventual compromise on a Korean demarcation line is concerned likely by some military observers. Some American military men speculate that a good line could be laid out from the east coast along the Injin River, which is about ten miles south of the 38th Parallel and winds up to a mile or two south of the parallel across country north of Uijongbu; north-northeastward the western end of the Hwachon reservoir; along the reservoir eastward over the heights to Yanggu and thence eastward to the east coast. Bodies of El Toro Marines Located on Plane Crash L. TORO (UP) — Searchers have and the bodies of two Marine corps, missing since noon Tuesday in the hills six miles southwest of Elsinore. Two reconnaissance planes spot the wrecked plane yesterday a helicopter flew in and drop rescuers within a half mile of scene. The victims were Capt.rett L. Yager, 30, Palmyra, and 2nd Lt. Robert W. Phil-22, San Diego. Urban Will Fly To Coast Sept. 4 WASHINGTON (UP) — President Truman said today he will go to San Francisco to address opening session of the Japanese Peace Treaty conference, September 4. Under questioning at a news conference, he said it is possible will fly out one day and back Washington the next. Asked if that precluded the possibility that he might make a cross-country speaking campaign this fall, he replied that precludes the possibility at this time. Allied Attackers Roll Two Miles On Central Front U.S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS — Attacking Allied troops gained more than two miles on the central Korean front today. They met only small groups of reds. The advance was made south of Kumsong, communist supply center. Infantrymen advanced from 3000 to 4000 yards. Patrols engaged into small groups of reds. Communist forces made light probing attacks early this morning on either side of the Allied advance. They were stopped. The reds made two of these attacks early this morning northeast of Kumhwa, 12 miles southwest of Kumsong. Another pre-dawn red attack was made northwest of Yanggu, 30 miles southeast of Kumhwa. Elsewhere the battlefronts were quiet. Warplanes flying north of battle lines followed up yesterdays 500 sorties, hammering at red supply lines to the quiet front. Far East Air Forces said 414 sorties were flown by 6 p.m. Fifth Air Force fighter pilots reported they killed or wounded reds have been holding out for a buffer zone centered on the Parallel. Possibly nudging the communists towards a more conciliatory attitude, the U.S. Eighth Army reported its attacking troops gained more than two miles on the central Korean front Thursday against only small groups of the enemy. The Peiping radio Thursday night quoted Lt. Gen. Nam II, North Korean chief of the red armistice delegation at Kaesong, as saying he "repudiated the buffer zone" proposed by the Allies "deep across the 38th Parallel." What Nam meant by "deep" was not explained, but the North Korean radio at Pyongyang declared the Allies were demanding a "stop shooting line" approximately halfway between the 38th and 39th Parallels. This, said a high U.N. source, "is a lot of malarky." The Allies have made no such northern-reaching demand. The line they want is where their troops now are. 19 miles or more south of what the reds say is being demanded. It appears they (the reds) are building up the folks at home for a letdown," the U.N. source commented. "If they accept the buffer zone below where they say we are asking for it, then it will look like a communist victory." Whether this reasoping was correct only time would tell. As the negotiations now stand, ViceAdm. C. Turner Joy, chief Allied negotiator, told the reds at the most recent meeting that the Allies must hold a defensible line because of the possibility of "an armistice violation by the other side." That was at Thursday's seventh deadlocked meeting of the two parties. They will try again today at a meeting scheduled for 11 a.m. (6 p.m. PDT, Thursday). Temperatures Temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 p.m. today was 82. High for the previous 24 hours. Local American Red Cross Raises $1200 for Flood Relief Program At the board meeting of Anaheim chapter, American Red Cross, last night, Glenn McCloud, chairman of the Flood Relief drive, reported that $1200 had been collected and remitted to Flood Relief headquarters. The drive is continuing and he hopes to double this amount before the final report is made. Ten canteen certificates have been issued to women who completed the class recently taught by Mrs. Joan White. Certificates are now in the chapter office and may be obtained there. Robert S. Borden, Disaster Relief chairman for the chapter and its coordination for Civil Defense, attended a meeting in Los Angeles on July 12. Plans are being completed for a survey for Anaheim and vicinity to provide shelter and feeding stations in the event of a disaster. Hubert Ladig, First Aid chairman, has issued 43 First Aid certificates since his last report. No classes are in session now, but will be resumed in the fall. Joe R. Thompson, Recruitment chairman for the Blood program, announced that the Bloodmobile will be in Anaheim on Aug. 24. He and Mrs. P. H. Nelson, Blood program chairman, are working on plans to recruit more donors, since heavy shipments of blood are still being sent overseas. Mrs. Robert P. Clark, Production chairman, reported the spring sewing quota has been completed. The knitting quota is going more slowly, and more knitters are needed. For Home Service, it was reported that 45 cases were open during the month, 14 of which were new. Service was given in 25 cases, 20 active service, four veterans and one civilian. There were 45 office callers and 12 home calls were made. Nineteen telegrams were sent and 15 received. Financial assistance was given to six servicemen and veterans or their families. Mrs. A. H. Shipkey, Junior Red Cross chairman, reported two stu- (Continued on Page 5)