anaheim-gazette 1951-09-19

Century The Anaheim Century Club is composed of local citizens and business firms contributing $100 or more to the Anaheim Community Chest. See Dick Gay at the Bank of America. VOLUME LXXX Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEIM Leaders Dubious About Halting Postal Rate Bill WASHINGTON U.S.—The House today approved a 30 per cent boost in second class mail rates after beating a proposal to raise them 60 per cent. The decision for the 30 per cent increase, to be spread over a three-year period, came on a standing vote of 131 to 98. It is subject to a roll call tally later. And, there was House sentiment against raising, as the Senate has done, the cost of an ordinary letter to four cents. But no voice was heard in defense of the penny post card. It appeared doomed to become the two-penny card. Second-class mail consists mainly of newspapers and magazines. The postal increase bill sent to the House by its post-office committee proposes that second-class rates be boosted 60 per cent—20 per cent annually for each of the next three years. But an amendment before the House would cut the suggested REV. AL J. CASEBEER (Residential Drive Chairman) Second-class mail consists mainly of newspapers and magazines. The postal increase bill sent to the House by its post-office committee proposes that second-class rates be boosted 60 per cent—20 per cent annually for each of the next three years. But an amendment before the House would cut the suggested hike, for newspapers, to 30 per cent over three years. Newspapers mailed in their own counties would continue to pay no post. A bill passed by the Senate would boost postal rates for newspapers 30 per cent and for magazines 60 per cent. The post office department asked Congress to increase the rates for both newspapers and magazines 100 per cent over three years. Any more than a 30 per cent increase, Rep. Withrow (R-Wisc) told the House, might put many smaller newspapers out of business. Rep. Rees (R-Kas), senior GOP member of the postoffice committee said spokesmen for the papers themselves had told the committee an increase would not harm them. Chairman Murray (D-Tenn) said the rate increase would have little effect on small publications and would fall mainly on large papers and magazines that are "more prosperous than ever before" because of increased advertising. Harriman Says Iran Must Be Practical Now WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States made public today a three-point proposal for reviving deadlocked British-Iranian talks over control of Iran's strategic oil industry. Presidential assistant W. Averill Harriman told Iranian Prime Minister Mossadegh in a letter outlining the American proposals that Red Feather To Hit Residences Next Monday morning Red Feather solicitation in the residential districts of Anaheim will begin under the direction of Rev. Al J. Casebeer, pastor of the Church of Christ, 325 W. Broadway. Organization of the residential phase of the Red Feather campaign was begun two weeks ago by the Rev. Casebeer. "The campaign is ready to take off," he reported today, "but it's due primarily to the wonderful spirit of cooperation given by the volunteer workers. Why, one woman even thanked me for the opportunity of working on the Community Chest campaign," he said. At one time an Army chaplain with the 78th Infantry division in Europe, Rev. Casebeer is well known here particularly for his work in Christian education. From 1946 to the present he has been an active worker in the Released-Time Religious Education program and in 1950 he was elected chairman of the Christian Education committee of the Association of Christian Churches of Anaheim. In 1948 he was president of the Anaheim Ministerial Assn. He is a member of Anaheim Kiwanis club. Fires Out - Then Start Up Again (By the Associated Press) Victory appeared near today in the bitter and costly fight to control the last two major fires that have ravaged California forest and range land for almost a week. But an ominous note was sounded from another section of the Practical Now WASHINGTON (UP) — The United States made public today a three-point proposal for reviving deadlocked British-Iranian talks over control of Iran's strategic oil industry. Presidential assistant W. Averill Harriman told Iranian Prime Minister Mossadegh in a letter outlining the American proposals that Iran must be "practical" if her dispute with Britain—generally viewed as dangerous to Middle Eastern peace—is to be settled. Harriman wrote Mossadegh that "negotiations can soon be resumed" if the premier accepts the U.S. proposals as a basis for discussion. This might indicate Harriman had talked them over, at least informally, with the British, and got their approval. The three points called for "competent" management of the Iranian oil industry, under the aegis of the company Iran set up after nationalization; compensation to Britain, and British control of overseas sale and distribution of Iranian oil products. Refusing to transmit a 15-day Iranian ultimatum to Britain, President Truman's foreign affairs assistant said the terms laid down by Mossadegh in the ultimatum were largely the same as those the British rejected last (Continued on Page 6) Temperatures Temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 p.m. today was 90. High for the previous 24 hours was 93 at 4 p.m. yesterday. Low was 64 at 6 a.m. today. Fires Out - Then Start Up Again (By the Associated Press) Victory appeared near today in the bitter and costly fight to control the last two major fires that have ravaged California forest and range land for almost a week. But an ominous note was sounded from another section of the tinder-dry state. Three small but potentially dangerous fires were reported in almost inaccessible country on the Six Rivers national forest in extreme northwest California. Several score lightning-set fires that dotted the state over the week end were either out or well controlled. A 700-man crew had won 75 per cent control of the biggest fire—a week-old blaze that has scorched more than 12,500 acres of brush on San Gorgonio mountain northeast of Banning in Southern California. Threatened ranch homes in Mias canyon have been vacated, but tranchers said none had been damaged. In Northern California's Lake county, some 650 fire fighters tightened their hold on a fire that has raced across 6,700 acres of timberland on Boardman Ridge in the Mendocino national forest. Fire blazed across 800 acres of heavy brush and woodland on the Santa Ysabel Indian reservation in San Diego county last night, but fire fighters hoped to control it today. Court Rules Against Merrill in Joselle Shooting Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Joselle, of Santa Ana, parents of Arthur Joselle, 22, who was fatally shot by Reginald Field Merrill, owner of a fruit stand east of Orange, during a midnight raid upon the fruit stand a year ago, today held a damage judgment against Merrill for $9759. They had sued Merrill for a total of $150,000 damages. In the face of the verdict awarded by the jury in Superior Judge Kenneth E. Morrison's court late yesterday, Merrill's attorneys will press a motion before*the court to give judgment in favor of Merrill. The motion is set for hearing before Judge Morrison next Friday. Joselle had waited beside his motorcycle in the highway while three of his companions raided the fruit stand on the night of Sept. 1, 1950. Aroused by the noise, Merrill pursued the three youths into the street and fired a shot in the dark from his .22 calibre pistol. Joselle was struck in the back and instantly killed. Merrill was later exonerated of criminal responsibility. ANAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZETTE ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1951 Swift Jet Action Back to Work; Allied Troops Win Bitter Fights Allied Troops Hurl Back Red Drives (By The Associated Press) U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, KOREA (AP)—Allied troops today hurled back two red smashes against a hard-won kry peak on "heartbreak ridge" in the rugged mountains of eastern Korea. They won the commanding height after a bitter fight that ended Tuesday midnight. The north-south ridge is 35 miles infand from Korea's east coast. The Eighth Army reported earlier that three major hills were captured Tuesday by Allied forces on the flaming eastern front. On one, 206 reds were killed and 37 captured by Allied infantrymen struggling up rain-swept muddy slopes. Red resistance Tuesday on the rest of the eastern front was moderate. Allied forces have driven nearly Swift Jets Back In Battle Again U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, KOREA (AP)—Swift Allied jets shot down one Russian-type MIG-15 jet and damaged five in three swirling air battles over northwest Korea today. At least 112 jets engaged in fights flashing rom 30,000 feet down to tree top level. These were the first jet fights in five days. Murky weather had curtailed jet activity. Capt. Dennis L. Skeen of Twin Falls, Idaho, bagged the jet shot down today. It was the first time he had run into the Russian Migs. It was his third mission over Korea. Skeen was leading a flight of four F-84 Thunderjets southwest of Sunchon when he spotted eight Migs. Four made runs on the Allied planes. Skeen caught the fallender. Soon after, 37 American F-86 Sabre Jets tangled with 40 Migs in a gripping photograph of the head and body of Patty Hull, 10-year-old McCrane Found A jury today convicted second trial on charges of Jean Hull last May 19. The hulking hillbilly murder. The jury did Under California law the deed. The jury of 10 men and sion at 2:05 this afternoon a hours. The panel took the case trial. In his first trial, which o agree on a verdict on the 34-year-old guitar player him, however, of kidnapping. Jurors in the Henry Ford Mc liberating on their verdict for two to lunch today, in a body and un the six weeks they have sat in Judge Robert Gardner gave after 40 minutes of instructions a.m., the jury sent to the court room for some exhibits, mostly enlarged photographs of the head and body of Patty Hull, 10-year-old ed earlier that three major hills were captured Tuesday by Allied forces on the flaming eastern front. On one, 206 reds were killed and 37 captured by Allied infantrymen struggling up rain-swept muddy slopes. Red resistance Tuesday on the rest of the eastern front was moderate. Allied forces have driven nearly 15 miles northward in a month of savage fighting against solidly dug-in reds in the east. Tank-led Allied troops on the west-central front threw two surprise attacks at the reds Tuesday but were repulsed each time. The Allied blows were aimed at a hill mass west of Chorwon, 18 miles north of Parallel 38. It was the southwestern peg of the reds' old iron triangle staging area. A cold drenching rain, mindful (Continued on Page 6) Skeen was leading a flight of four F-84 Thunderjets southwest of Sunchon when he spotted eight Migs. Four made runs on the Allied planes. Skeen caught the tailender. Soon after, 37 American F-86 Sabre Jets tangled with 40 Migs in a swirling, 15-minute battle. Maj. Lewis W. Powers, Albuquerque, and Lt. Otis (Flash) Gordon, Washington, D.C., were credited with damaging four of the Migs. Both are Sabre Jet pilots. In the third clash, 16 Migs jumped seven F-84 Thunderjets escorting an RF-80 Jet Photo plane. Lt. Arthur E. Oliger, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Lt. Frank J. Kuzmech, Pottstown, Pa., teamed up in damaging the fifth Mig. On the ground, fighting raged (Continued on Page 6) Jurors in the Henry Ford McLiberating on their verdict for two to lunch today, in a body and unruly six weeks they have sat in Judge Robert Gardner gave after 40 minutes of instructions a.m., the jury sent to the courtroom for some exhibits, mostly enlarged photographs of the head and body of Patty Hull, 10-year-old alleged victim of McCracker las May 19. It was then disclosed that J. H. Covington, Santa Ana carpenter and son of a former Texas judge had been elected foreman of the jury. Judge Gardiner's instruction to the jury covered definitions of the various degrees of murder and manslaughter. They included an instruction applicable to the prosecution's contention that Patty Hull was killed during commission of a sex offence against her Judge Gardner read the statute providing that any death occurring during commission or attempted commission of rape or any crime punishable under Section 288 (Sex crimes against children under 14) constituted first degree murder, whether the death is intentional, unintentional or accidental. District Attorney James L. Davis, making his closing address to the jury for the prosecution late yesterday, demanded that death penalty for McCracken. Ever if no sex crime had been committed, said Davis, that was immaterial. "He killed her, didn't her Nobody else could have done it! The prosecutor declared. "This defendant is shrewd make no mistake. He knew what he was doing," said Davis, commenting on the defense contention that McCracken's low mentality would prevent him from planning to commit a crime. "A man who would take an innocent little girl like Patty Hull and abuse her, then kill her and bury her body, should have tha(Continued on Page 6) First National Kids' Day Button Sold At Boy Scout Honor Court Boy Scout ratings from Tenderfoot to Eagle were awarded last night when Troop 74, Kiwanis, Anaheim, held a court of honor in La Palma park. Kiwanis President Art Shipkey received no awards, but was sold the first National Kids' Day button in Anaheim by Willard Howard, Second Class Scout from Troop 74. Eagle ratings were awarded to Tom Atkinson, Troop 74 Scoutmaster, and James Payan by Art Shipkey. Life Scout awards were presented by L. H. Paxton, Scout executive for Northern Orange county, to Bill Hoffman and Leo Irwin. John Bovee, a director of Investment in Youth, Inc., presented Star Scout awards to Charles Cutshall and Bill Franklin. First Class rating were presented Daryl Wimberly, John Lin and James McIlwain. Eight boys, Charles Ybarra, Russell La Fortune, Jim Barthelmes, Terry La Fortune, Jess Hurtado, Leonard Provencio, Willard Howard and Eddie Agualar, officially became Second Class Scouts. Tenderfoot awards were made to Armando Canales, Ralph Caballero and Freddie Arcianiaga. Palm awards, presented by Tex Middfeton, were given to A. D. Downs and Neil Elvers. Requirement for earning the Bronze Palm is possession of five merit badges over and above those required for Eagle rating. Merit badges were awarded to Henry Lin, James Payan, Bill Hoffman, Leo Irwin, Bill Franklin, Charles Cutshall, A. D. Downs and Tom Atkinson. Sale of the first National Kids' Day button in Anaheim marks the beginning of this city's participation in the nation-wide observance of the three-year-old day for raising funds for under-privileged children and entertaining all children in communities throughout the United States, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. Official observance of the day will be held Saturday when buttons will be sold all over town. The observance is co-sponsored by 3300 Kiwanis International clubs and the National Kids' Day Foundation, of which Jimmie Fidler is the president. CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY Weather So. Calif.—Mostly clear except few high clouds tonight and Thursday with early morning fog and low clouds south coast. Continued hot but slightly cooler near coast Thursday. McCracken Found GUILTY A jury today convicted Henry Ford McCracken in his trial on charges of murdering 10-year-old Patricia Bull last May 19. The hulking hillbilly musician was found guilty of first murder. The jury did not make any recommendation. California law the death penalty would be mandatory. The jury of 10 men and two women reached their decision 2:05 this afternoon after deliberating less than five minutes of instructions on the law of the case. At 10:45 hours in the Henry Ford McCracken murder case had been deeming on their verdict for two and a half hours when they went to today, in a body and under guard, for the first time during weeks they have sat in the trial. George Robert Gardner gave the case to the jury at 9:40 a.m., minutes of instructions on the law of the case. At 10:45 hours sent to the court or some exhibits, mostly photographs of the head. Price Controls Holding Up Beef For Servicemen CHICAGO (P)—The Army Quartermaster market center at Chicago reported today several major packers say they can not bid on an Army request for 13,000,000 pounds of boneless beef needed to feed troops throughout the nation. An Army spokesman said it is understood price controls are the reason. A telegraphic notice was sent to all the nation's meat packers by the Chicago center Monday. The bids will be opened at noon today at market centers in all parts of the country and the results announced by the office of quartermaster general in Washington. A Chicago area marketing officer said most of the large packers told him by telephone they could not supply the beef at this time. There has been no trouble filling Army requirements since World War II, he said. He said beef supplies in the Chl- Reds Request Resumption of Peace Talks TOKYO (F) — The United Nations command tonight agreed to a communist request to send a liaison team tomorrow to the Kae-song neutral zone, site of the suspended Korean war armistice talks. The reds made the request shortly after the U.N. command announced that four unarmed South Korean soldiers yesterday mistakenly entered the neutral zone. The Red's request for a meeting raised speculation that the communists may want to discuss resumption of the stalled talks, or they may want to lodge another charge or Allied violation of the neutral zone. The reds broke off the talks Aug., 23 after charging that an Allied plane tried to "murder" communist armistice negotiators with strafing fire in the zone the night before. The reds asked for a meeting with Allied liaison officers at Panmunjon, communist outpost near the edge of the neutral zone at 6 a.m. Thursday (4 p.m. Wednesday EST. Brig. Gen. Frank A. Allen, chief of information, general headquarters, said the U.N. liaison officers, accompanied by three correspondents, would meet with the reds. Talks taken up again. Some observers pointed out that (Continued on Page 6) Citrus Market The California Fruit Growers Exchange reported today all auction markets California oranges were easier large sizes. SUNKIST (First Grade)—126s 6.28; 150s 6.12; 176s 6.40; 200s 6.43; 220s 6.43; 252s 6.65; 288s 6.94. CHOICE (Second Grade)—126s 5.17; 150s 5.36; 176s 5.67; 200s 5.80; 220s 5.81; 252s 6.15; 288s 5.55. Charles McCollum Is New Chamber Field Secretary Charles A. McCollum, 45, a veteran newswriter, advertising and public relations counsellor, has been appointed to a newly-created position on the staff of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce—that of Field Secretary. In his new position, McCollum will be concerned with promotion- CHARLES M'COLLUM (New Chamber of Commerce Assistant) Charles A. McCollum, 45, a veteran newswriter, advertising and public relations counsellor, has been appointed to a newly-created position on the staff of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce—that of Field Secretary. In his new position, McCollum will be concerned with promotional activities, winning new members and will work in close conjunction with the Merchants division of the Chamber. A native of Jamestown, N.Y., McCollum attended Lewis Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago. He served his newspaper apprenticeship on the Canton, O., Daily News, owned at that time by James M. Cox, one-time governor of Ohio and presidential candidate. In 1930 McCollum transferred to the advertising staff of the Canton Repository. In 1931 he became national advertising manager of the Mansfield, O., News and, in 1933, he went to the Steubenville, O., Herald-Star. Later he managed the Akron News-Shopper. During the following ten years he worked for the Knight Newspaper interests after which he established his own public relations office in 1948. Recently he was associated with the publicity department of Gilfillan Bros., Inc., of Los Angeles. McCollum, who prefers to be kown as "Charlie," will bring his family to Anaheim to live, including his wife, Elizabeth, and daughter, Betty Lou, 16. Another daughter, Mrs. Forest Benner, Jr., lives in Fremont, O.