anaheim-gazette 1951-10-08

Football Fans! Pick the winners' and win cash prizes, too. The Gazette's weekly "Pick the Winner" football contest attracts more readers each week. In tomorrow's paper! VOLUME LXXX Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHE Jurors Examined at Length In McCracken Sanity Trial Dragging slowly through the examination of jurors, despite an urgent plea from the court for speed in selection of the jury, the insanity trial on Henry Ford McCracken, 34, of Buena Park, already convicted of murdering Patty Jean Hull. 10, last May 19, opened today in Superior Court in Santa Ana. Judge Robert Gardner opened the trial proceeding with a request to attorneys for speedy selection that they had opinions regarding McCracken's sanity, which they felt they could not change. One was Mrs. Hulda J. Wallen of Anaheim. The other was Mrs. Ida Mae Felker of Costa Mesa. Still in the jury box was Mrs. Evelyp R. Sheridan of Anaheim, whose husband, Leo J. Sheridan, had been excused from the special panel which tried the McCracken murder. British Close Russ Newspaper LONDON (P)—The British government has closed down the Soviet monitor in London, according to an announcement by Tass. The monitor, which listens to and translates the Moscow radio, has been a major source of Russian news for the western world. It was operated by Tass, the Soviet news agency. Tass said the monitor was closed "without explanation." The British Foreign Office refused to comment. There was speculation here that McCracken's sanity, which they felt they could not change. One was Mrs. Hulda J. Wallen of Anaheim. The other was Mrs. Ida Mae Felker of Costa Mesa. Still in the jury box was Mrs. Evelyp R. Sheridan of Anaheim, whose husband, Leo J. Sheridan, had been excused from the special panel which tried the McCracken murder. Weekend traffic accidents in Orange County injured 13 persons, according to reports of the California Highway Patrol, which showed five injured in one collision in the Newhope district south of Anaheim Sunday afternoon. Cars driven by Mateo L. Perez, 40, Santa Ana, and Lowell McAdams, 42, Newport Beach, crashed on Bolsa ave. near Clinton st., injuring both drivers and three passengers in the McAdams car. The drivers and Mrs. Amelia McAdams, 45, all had major injuries. Donald Pritchard, 26, and Mrs. Margie Pritchard, 22, of Orange, received minor injuries. All of the injured were taken to Santa Ana Community hospital. Injured in other accidents were the following: Cecil H. Brook, 45, Huntington Beach, who was arrested for drunk driving; William Kivin, 27, San Juan Capistrano; Faye Coker, 41, San Pedro; James M. Milliam, 22, El Togo Marine; Romeo A. Garcia, 21, Santa Ana; Bob Hicks, 16, Oceanside; Jimmie Durham, 1½, of Westminster and Elmer Holland, 46, Santa Ana. The monitor, which listens to and translates the Moscow radio, has been a major source of Russian news for the western world. It was operated by Tass, the Soviet news agency. Tass said the monitor was closed "without explanation." The British Foreign Office refused to comment. There was speculation here that the monitor was shut down in retaliation for Russia's ban on the Russian language weekly "British Ally," which the embassy in Moscow published from 1942 to 1950. Britain sent a note to Russia recently requesting that the Soviet monitor in London be closed. It said it was a special facility granted to Tass during the war and that Britain has no such monitoring service in Russia. Thief Gets $137.50 From Ford Home Mrs. Leavitt Ford, 719 S. Olive st., reported the theft of $137.50 in jewelry and other items to the local police station early yesterday. Apparently the burglar had cut the screen of the Ford's Hollywood type door, reached in and unlocked it, and entered the house. Included in the stolen articles were several advertising pencils, one German made automatic pistol, one Eversharp fountain pen, one Esterbrook pentil, one gold wedding band, one Remington electric razor, one ring encircled by brilliants, one onyx ring, one silver band, one friendship ring, a Ronson lighter with initials LEF on it, a Mexican coin bracelet. ANAHEIM GAZETTE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1951 OIL AT A GLANCE—The Anaheim City Council is expectedly to begin deliberations on an oil control ordinance for Anaheim tomorrow night. At the present time the oil story is pictured in this aerial view of the northend industrial zone. The Steele Petorelum Co. is seeking a permit to drill (whipstock) for oil from city owned properties at sites A or B above. At these two points the city will be able to impose stringent public protections on the operation and will be able to participate in the earnings if oil is discovered. If the city does not issue a permit for the drilling, then the petroleum company plans to drill a few feet outside the Anaheim eastern city limit (the city limit is denoted by the chalk mark at 4 and extending across the picture). The non-Anaheim drill site is at C. However, at drill site G, the city has no control over the operation although annexation of this territory at some near-future date has been a foregone conclusion for some time. If Anaheim rejects a permit for city oil drill-ing then the oil-search will be undertaken at sites C. IF oil is discovered the annexation of this territory will be complicated considerably by the fact that the city again would have to go through the processes of enacting an oil control law in order to properly annex the oil site. To orient yourself properly on the areal view above, here are the ground objects easily identified: Figure 1 is Patt St. Beyond the 1 is the Essex Wire Co. and U.S. Industrial Chemicals. Figure 2 is N. Olive St. Figure 3 is Julianna St. 4 indicates the eastern city limits. The roadway to the right is Paulina St., which runs alongside Associated Rifle clubs’ riffle and pistol range (5), and passes by the city dog pound (in the center of the picture and to the left of the curve in the roadway). Figure 6 identifies the Union Pacific track; 7 is the Santa Fe track. Figure 8 is the location of the Real Gold Citrus Products plant, while 9 is the General Electric plant on N. Olive St. N. Olive St. runs into Commercial St. a little to the right of the Figure 9. Ridgway Accepts Sections of Red Cease-Fire Talks TOKYO (UP)—Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway tonight accepted in principle the communist proposal that Korean cease-fire talks begin anew near Panmunjom. The Supreme Allied commander said a site in the “immediate vicinity” of that red outpost, six miles southeast of Kaesong, would meet the “fundamental condition of equality of movement and control.” The reds broke off the talks at Kaesong Aug. 23. Ridgway told the top commu- Reynolds Evens Up Series by Pitching Yanks to 8-Hit Win NEW YORK (UP)—Allie Reynolds evened the World Series at two games each today by pitching the New York Yankees to an eight-hit 6-2 victory over the New York Giants before 49,010 fans at the Polo grounds. While the sturdy Indian from Oklahoma City turned back the Giants, his mates ripped into $ Maglie and Sheldon Jones for hits including a two-run home by Joe DiMaggio in the fifth Reynolds had singled home tie-breaking run in the fourth. DiMaggio, snapping his hitle slump with a single and home (Continued on Page 6) Gets $137.50 Ford Home witt Ford, 719 S. Olive and the theft of $137.50 and other items to the station early yestering. Only the burglar had cut of the Ford's Hollydoor, reached in and entered the house. In the stolen articles al advertising pencils, a made automatic pisersharp fountain pen, rook pencil, one gold and, one Remington or, one ring encircled, one onyx ring, one one friendship ring, a letter with initials LEF exican coin bracelet, nudged on Page 6) HALLOWE'EN CONTESTANTS—Ready, willing and able to compete for the title of Miss Slick Chick of 1951 are the chic young Anaheimers shown above. They are, top row from left: Lucille Douthit, Joanne Clark, Mary Lou Gastelum, Ruth Raum, Gwen Keithley and Shirley Snyder; bottom row, from left: Jynmic Hurley, Tabbe Averill, Sharon Labourette, Nancy Morales, Dodie CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY ZETTE The Weather S. Calif.—Scattered high cloudiness but generally sunny today and Tuesday. Few patches fog off coast today increasing and reaching the coast locally tonight and Tuesday. American Infantrymen Inch Their Way Up Heartbreak Ridge Behind Heavy Artillery and Tank Fire U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, KOREA (UP)—American infantrymen today inched slowly up the last red-held peak of bloody "heartbreak ridge" on the eastern front. Bone-weary, battle-thinned platoons of the U. S. Second division's 23rd regiment pushed steadily up the steep slopes against a punishing rain of grenade and small arms fire. As last report they were within 200 yards of the top. American troops fought up the slopes of a high mountain west of Heartbreak across the Mundung valley. Reds hurled heavy machinegun fire on them from dirt and log bunkers. On the western front, battles on each side of the Upper Imjin river raged with new bitterness. own impressive artillery and artillery barrages. On the west central front American troops captured "Bloody Baldy" and two other key objectives Sunday. The peak dominates most of the U. S. First cavalry division sector north of Yonchon. A pooled dispatch from the front said the American infantrymen moved forward behind one of the heaviest artillery barrages of the war—20,683 rounds fired in 12 hours. Allied warplanes continued their 'round-the-clock pounding of red road and rail traffic Monday. U. S. Fifth Air Force said night flying pilots spotted 1800 vehicles on North Korean supply roads and destroyed at least 125 in pre-dawn attacks. Most of the traffic was spotted on the east- Displaced Lithuanian Relates Horrors of Russian Invasion By LEONARD KREIDT "Old Glory is no longer the exclusive property of the United States. It belongs to the world now because it is the symbol of freedom, even in Soviet Russia." John Rees, a displaced Lithuanian and leader of the underground movement against the Nazis during World War II, was the speaker; Anaheim Lions formed the audience at last Friday's regular luncheon meeting. Rees, who bears a different name in his native country, delivered his 200th talk on the conditions which follow invasion by communist Russia Friday, making an average of two talks per week for his two years in this country. "I have been so intimately connected with and affected by the invasion tactics of the communists that I feel I must conduct this one-man crusade against communism," he said. Educated in German universities and being very fluent in the use of the Russian language, Rees was in a fairly secure position when the Russian first invaded Lithuania following the Nazi-Russian non-aggression pact of Aug. 22, 1931. He worked for the invaders as a translator—until local party members warned the Russians that he was a "dangerous and unreliable" citizen. Why was he considered dangerous? "Because I was formerly a regular church-goer," Rees explained (Continued on Page 6) Citrus Market The California Fruit Growers Exchange reported today all auction markets California oranges were slightly higher in spots. SUNKIST (First Grade)— 126s 5.85; 150s 6.00; 176s 6.12; 200s 6.02; 220s 5.87; 252s 5.74; 288s 5.77. CHOICE (Second Grade)— 126s 4.94; 150s 4.97; 176s 5.09; 200s 5.04; 220s 4.92; 252s 4.91; 288s 5.08. Temperatures Temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 p.m. today was 94. High for the previous 24 hours was 96 at 2 p.m. yesterday. Low was 64 at 6 a.m. today. Temperatures Temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 p.m. today was 94. High for the previous 24 hours was 96 at 2 p.m. yesterday. Low was 64 at 6 a.m. today. Tagney, Delores Wolleman, Elaine Brattlof, Jeanie Marquise, Delores Giardino and Dianne Cash. At extreme right are Mrs. Martha Schumacher and Mrs. Marguerite Coons, co-chairmen of the Miss Slick Chick Ball committee. The ball will be held Oct. 19 at the Elks club.—(Gazette photo by Robertson)