anaheim-gazette 1951-11-13

Television Anaheimers really are going for "TV-Radiologic." the Gazette's new radio column. It tells you what to listen (and look) for on your radio and television sets. It's a pip. Please see Page 4. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAH BELLFLOWER BELLE CRACKS UP — Donald Fred Mitchelson, 29, Compton, was fatally injured when his Cessna 140 collided over Stanton with a Navy Hellcat fighter yesterday. The Cessna was flown in the 1951 Powderpuff Derb by Claire McMillen and won first place. Mitchelson died five hours after the crash.—(Gazet photo by Kreidt) BELLFLOWER BELLE CRACKS UP — Donald Fred Mitchelson, 29, Compton, was fatally injured when his Cessna 140 collided over Stanton with a Navy Hellcat fighter yesterday. The Cessna was flown in the 1951 Powderpuff Derby by Claire McMillen and won first place. Mitchelson died five hours after the crash. (Gazette photo by Kreidt) FATAL CRASH—Naval Reserve Pilot William Spangler, 39, Bellflower, died yesterday when his F6F fighter crashed and burned near Stanton following a mid-air collision with a Cessna 140 light plane. Foamite nearly covered the smoldering wreckage as crews from Los Alamitos NAS fought the flames. (Gazette photo Kreidt) Anaheim residents will have opportunity to donate blood day from 2 to 7 p.m., when Red Cross Bloodmobile will the Ebell clubhouse at Cyprus and Helena sts. FATALLY INJURED—Forest rangers, sheriff's men and ambulance crewmen work over Donald Fred Mitchelson, 29, Compton, to restore respiration after the flier had been dragged from the wreckage of his Cessna 140 light plane, which collided in mid-air yesterday afternoon at Stanton with a Navy F6F fighter.—(Gazette photo by Kreldt) USN Ensign Ater Visiting at Home LeRoy Ater, Jr., USN ensign, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Ater of 10211 Harbor blvd., for a few days before leaving for San Francisco where he will begin an eight week course at Damage Control school. He flew in Sunday from Hawaii where he was stationed aboard the USS Stroston, DDE, out of Pearl Harbor. Ensign Ater was graduated from AUHS in '47, and from USC with a BS degree this June. COUNCIL MEETS City Council will meet tonight at 8 p.m. in the council chambers of the City hall. Nocturnal Nimrods Arrested, Fined Arrested for hunting at night with a spotlight, four hunters from Santa Ana and Costa Mesa were fined $150 each when they pleaded guilty today in Justice Elwood H. Paddock's court at Orange. The court order also ordered confiscation of two shotguns and a spotlight which were found in the automobile occupied by the hunters. Fined were James W. Cramer, 23, and Victor DeSuttler, 21, both of Santa Ana, and Gene Schweitzer, 22, and LeRoy L. Carter, 19, both of Costa Mesa. They were arrested by State game wardens near the Groover ranch in Santiago canyon, not far from the Modjeska-Silverado junction. Blood Needed for Fighters "And what did this leave our servicemen overseas?" asked. "Red ink instead of blood. It would be more than a embarrassing to try to explain one of our 95,000 casualties or seas that we could not even plly enough blood for our needs, or that we couldn't save the hour it would take to the blood that would save life," he said. Heinz urged those unable give blood for reasons of health or advanced age to by bringing the blood program the attention of those who able to give: brothers, sisters, daughters, neighbors, friends. (Continued on Page 5) ANAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZETE ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1951 EVANSTON, Wyo., Nov. 13—GATHERING THE VICTIMS—Rescuers penetrate the wreckage for dead and injured from the crash yesterday of two Union Pacific passenger trains. Here a diesel power unit smashed under and through a coach.—(Associated Press Wirephoto) Pilots Killed When Navy, Civilian Craft Collide EVANSTON, Wyo., Nov. 13—GATHERING THE VICTIMS—Rescuers penetrate the wreckage for dead and injured from the crash yesterday of two Union Pacific passenger trains. Here a diesel power unit smashed under and through a coach. (Associated Press Wirephoto) Pilots Killed When Navy, Civilian Craft Collide Over Stanton, Crash Nearby Two airplane pilots, one a Navy flier, the other a civilian, lost their lives yesterday afternoon following a mid-air collision. Lt. William Spangler, 29, a Naval Reserve pilot from Los Angeles and father of three children, burned to death in the flaming wreckage of an F6F Hellcat fighter which crashed in an orchard about 100 feet from the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Robinson at Cerritos and Western avenues, approximately a mile and a half from the point where the other plane landed. Crashes Between Buildings Donald Fred Mitchelson, 29, Compton, was the civilian pilot flying Bellflower Belles, the Cessna 140 airplane that Claire McMillen and her co-pilot flew to a win in the 1951 Powderpuff Derby. The plane landed in a chicken yard between two buildings behind the LaFavorita market in Stanton. Mitchelson was pulled from the wreckage by Louis Gonzales, who saw the plane spin in the crash occurred at 3:29 p.m. Joe Scherman, Orange County Forest ranger, called the coroner when he found Mitchelson apparently dead. However, a resuscitation crew restored respiration and he was taken to St. Joseph hospital. Orange, where he died five (Continued on Page 5) Set Date for Seal Sale Kick-Off Kick-off luncheon for the annual sale of Christmas seals by the Orange County Tuberculosis and Health Association will be held Nov. 19 at Michael Manor on N. Main st., Santa Ana, it was Holiday Record Set: No Traffic Injuries An unusual Armistice Day traffic record was established by Orange county yesterday when eight traffic accidents occurred at various points in the county without injury to any motorists, according to reports of the California Highway Patrol. Patrol officials said they could recall no similar holiday record in the history of their operations within the county. FJC Alumni Set Turkey-Day Plans Dick Henning, local representative of the Fullerton Junior College Alumni Association, announced today that plans for the second annual turkey-day dinner and get together have been completed. The dinner, which is open to former students and friends of the junior college as well as alumni, will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 21, in the junior college lounge. Dinner will be buffet style with service starting at 7:30 p.m. Informality will be the keynote of the evening with plenty of opportunity for renewing old wood when they meet tomorrow. Set Date for Seal Sale Kick-Off Kick-off luncheon for the annual sale of Christmas seals by the Orange County Tuberculosis and Health Association will be held Nov. 19 at Michael Manor on N. Main st., Santa Ana, it was announced today by President George Tobias. Principal speaker will be Sherman Asche, Los Angeles County Tuberculosis and Health association, which conducted the X-ray campaign some time ago. He is presently chairman of the Christmas seal-campaign for his association. Mrs. Marian Spitzer Thompson, Hollywood screen writer and former newspaperwoman, also will be on the program. She is the wife of Producer Harlan Thompson, and author of the recent book "I Took It Lying Down," which describes her experience as a TB patient. 51st Polio Case In County Reported County health authorities today reported two more cases of polio in Orange county, bringing the total for 1951 to 51 cases. The number is about the same as had developed to date last year. The new cases were a 6-year-old girl from Costa Mesa and a 5-year-old boy from Laguna Beach. Neither was a respiratory case, but both are in the County hospital's communicable disease pavilion. Citrus Market The California Fruit Growers Exchange reported today all auction markets California oranges were higher. Representative prices by size: SUNKIST (First Grade) 126s 7.38; 150s 7.09; 176s 6.78; 200s 6.09; 220s 5.26; 252s 4.47; 288s 4.38. CHOICE (Second Grade) 126s 5.63; 150s 5.55; 176s 5.12; 200s 4.56; 220s 4.16; 252s 3.71; 288s 3.64. Hollywood Pass To Address Men Of Bethel Baptist The Men's Brotherhood Bethel Baptist church, in way at Lemon st., will hear by Dr. Harold L. Proppe, of First Baptist church of wood when they meet tonight at 6:30 o'clock. Ordained in 1922, Dr. Proppe has held pastorates in Apolis, Ind., Ontario, Calif., in Hollywood, where he has ed for the past 22 years. His appearances in Who's Who on the clific Coast, Who's Who in Ca. Who's Who in the on the Pacific Coast, and one of the first to have his appear in Who's Who in Men Under Forty on the Coast. He is author of "Window Immortality," "Easter Glue," "The Stable Keeper of Bremen," and "The Magl and C" as well as being a regular tributor to the Watchman aminer and other Baptist cations. Dr. Proppe is in constant mand as speaker at Service and civic affairs and has principal speaker on several at Easter Sunrise service Hollywood Bowl. Temperatures Temperature reading in town Anaheim at 2 p.m., was 69. High for the pre-24 hours was 77 at 3 p.m., terday. Low was 59 at 6 today. CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY ZETTE. The Weather S. Calif.—Scattered high cloudliness tonight and Wednesday but low clouds near mountains this morning and increasing low clouds and fog off south and central coasts Wednesday. 13, 1951 5c per Copy — 50c per Month NUMBER 12 Rescue Crews Search for Last Victims Of UP Train Wreck in Sub-Zero Weather EVANSTON, Wyo., Nov. 13—OUT OF DEATH TRAP—Rescuers cut a large hole through metal with torches to bring this train passenger out alive. He was among scores hurt in the collision yesterday of two modern, swift passenger trains in southwestern Wyoming. Twenty or more were feared dead. (Associated Press Wirephoto) The thunderous crash on the eastbound streamlined Cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles occurred in a whipping snowstorm. Work went on under searchlights while men pried apart the shambled wreckage—which has given up 20 bodies—in a search for the three known missing passengers. No Reason Given Eight persons were seriously injured, and scores more suffered minor hurts. Fourteen of the dead have been identified. Union Pacific officials have advanced no reason for the mishap. The City of San Francisco was thundering across the snowswept, rolling desert about three miles west of this small southwestern Wyoming town, 80 miles northeast of Salt Lake City. It plowed its way through a snowstorm which/already had dumped eight inches of snow on the ground. Ten minutes ahead ran the City of Los Angeles. Both were behind their schedules. The 200 odd passengers aboard both trains were getting ready for lunch. Train Plows Train Then the City of Los Angeles halted on the line for a block signal. At 11:32 a.m. (MST) the Turkish reply was considered by observers here to be considerably stronger in tone than the Russian complaint. Hollywood Pastor To Address Men Of Bethel Baptist The Men's Brotherhood of Bethel Baptist church, Broadway at Lemon st., will hear a talk Dr. Harold L. Prope, pastor First Baptist church of Hollywood when they meet tonight at 10 o'clock. Ordained in 1922, Dr. Prope is held pastorates in Indianapolis, Ind., Ontario, Calif., and Hollywood, where he has served the past 22 years. His name appears in Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the Clergy the Pacific Coast, and he was one of the first to have his name appear in Who's Who in Young On Under Forty on the Pacific coast. He is author of "Windows of Mortality," "Easter Gladness," the Stable Keeper of Bethlehem," and "The Magi and Christ" well as being a regular contributor to the Watchman Exhiner and other Baptist publications. Dr. Prope is in constant demand as speaker at Service club civic affairs and has been principal speaker on several times Easter Sunrise services at Hollywood Bowl. Temperatures temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 p.m. today was 69. High for the previous 4 hours was 77 at 3 p.m. yesterday. Low was 59 at 6 a.m. today. Dean Acheson Blasts Red China Regime In U.N. Meeting as Being Barbaric PARIS (P)—U.S. Secretary of State Acheson blasted the red China regime today as lower than "the general level of barbarism." He spearheaded a successful Western drive defeating a Soviet move to consider seating red China at this United Nations Assembly. Acheson demanded there be no consideration here of a nation whose "international conduct is so low that it would take considerable improvement to raise it to the general level of barbarism." In other actions today the U.N. Assembly: 1. Agreed over Russian protests to take up a Western plan designated as first step in reuniting Germany, by determining if nationwide elections are feasible. 2. Decided, again over Soviet protests, to consider a Yugoslav complaint that the Soviet Union is guilty of hostile actions toward the Tito regime. 3. Rebuffed a Russian attempt to force off the agenda a longstanding charge by nationalist China that the Soviet Union is guilty of aggression in China. 4. Agreed, without dissent, to consider both the Western and Soviet plans for arms limitation. The Western plan includes aensus of atomic weapons.