anaheim-gazette 1951-12-20

Good Deal With the coming of Christmas there also comes the wonderful season of grand and glorious bargains for the readers of the Anaheim Gazette. Shop the ads for greater buying power. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHE NEW JAYCEES INDUCTED—President Warren Hollingsworth, left, of Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce, presents Larry Macaray his Jaycee pin and membership card in induction ceremony last night at Mother's Kitchen. Other inductees are, from left: Glenn Casto, Bill Prout, Frank Christian, Les Monell, Bill Martin and Ray Clark. —(Gazette photo by Kreidt) Real Life Christmas Drama Anaheim Jaycees NEW JAYCEES INDUCTED—President Warren Hollingsworth, left of Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce, presents Larry Macaray his Jaycee pin and membership card in induction ceremony last night at Mother's Kitchen. Other inductees are, from left: Glenn Casto, Bill Prout, Frank Christian, Les Monell, Bill Martin and Ray Clark. Real Life Christmas Drama Enacted by Anaheim People BY ANITA ROBERTSON Three days ago a youngish woman walked into the Meade Brothers Xmas tree lot and over to the smaller trees. She was followed by three bright-eyed children and she carried a very small one in her arms. One of the boys helping at the lot hurried over to help her choose a tree. After quite a bit of searching without avail—the lowest price Supervisor Doubts Necessity of MWD Flow Cut Request of the Orange County Water District that the flow of Colorado river water being purchased by the County Flood Control district from the Metropolitan Water district be reduced by half, in order to extend the water spreading program as a conservation measure, was under study today by county supervisors. There was some indication that the supervisors were not in sympathy with the request. Chairman Willis H. Warner said that he considered that there is no danger of loss of water by allowing it to flow down the river below the Yorba bridge spreading grounds. The water district request had pointed out water in the river now had reached a point near the Anaheim-Olive bridge. Supervisors said they understood that the water will percolate underground even below that bridge, and that they would like to get as much water as possible was $1.25—the lady told the boy she had only 75 cents and that she had better look somewhere else. This sounds like a borderline case of the age-old sob story of the pathetic children played up by newspapers and magazines, but it's still true. The kids were wandering barefooted about the lot, touching the great big, beautiful trees and looking very wistful. Friends in Need They left then, driving off in a 1920 Chevrolet coupe, and it took a little while for things to start happening at the Meade lot, but when it did, they moved pretty fast. A woman from a neighboring house had rushed home to get the 50 cents it would have taken the woman to buy the tree, but they were gone when she got back. So the Meade boys, stopping business long enough to realize they had failed some one in need, piled into a car and began searching the other tree lots in town for the little group. Finally they saw them, loading a tiny tree into their car. The boys approached them, found they had paid 40 cents for the tree. They returned the tree, recovered the 40 cents and brought the family back to the Meade lot, reassuring them they could have any tree they wanted. Big Eyes!—Big Tree! The children's eyes glistened (Continued on Page 6) Santa Ana Ikes Ask Special Deer Hunting Season Anaheim Jaycees Mobilize For 'Dimes' Drive Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce last night took steps toward mobilization of the annual March of Dimes drive which begins locally Jan. 2. This will be the second year of sponsoring the drive for the Jaycees. Bill Martin was appointed head of the committee in charge of the drive. Lee Fellows was assigned to assist him, and other points will follow shortly, according to President Warren Hollingsworth. Indications are that the Marion Dimes drive will be split into three activities, as was done last year. A Mother's Porchlight trade will be organized, contain will be placed in downtown busness establishments, and a special subcommittee will solicit donations larger than those in porchlight or container category. The club decided to create Public Affairs committee to promote political consciousness at the responsible execution of duties by members of the Jaycees and the population of Anaheim generally. Outstanding reason given during discussion of the matter was the recent school tax increase election, in which only 12 per cent of Anaheim's registered voters voted. A memorial plaque or banner be displayed during Jaycee meetings was proposed by Wes McDosa. Salary Increases For County Help Under Discussion Prospective salary increases ger of loss of water by allowing it to flow down the river below the Yorba bridge spreading grounds. The water district request had pointed out water in the river now had reached a point near the Anaheim-Olive bridge. Supervisors said they understood that the water will percolate underground even below that bridge, and that they would like to get as much water as possible below ground as soon as possible. The MWD has agreed to shut off the flow entirely on an hour's notice in the event that heavy rains saturate the channel to the extent that there is danger of water running off to the ocean, Warner said. Flood Controls Engineer Jack Bradley was requested to recommend action on the request at next Wednesday's meeting of the supervisors. The county is purchasing 25,000 acre-feet of Colorado river water from MWD at $10 an acre-foot. The water district purchased an equal amount which was delivered last summer. Long-Sought Thief Taken into Custody Leo Pellegro Flores, 27, of 476 N. Cypress st., Orange, was taken info custody by Anaheim police yesterday afternoon, a little over a year after a burglary warrant had been issued for his arrest. Flores is charged with stealing a TV combination set from the home of Calixto L. Jose, 413 S. Claudina, Anaheim, last Dec. 12. He appeared in court this morning for arraignment. Preliminary hearing was set for Dec. 26 at 9:30 a.m. and ball was reduced to $2000. Santa Ana Ikes Ask Special Deer Hunting Season Taking a stand in favor of opening fire-closed areas of California to deer hunters for a special season during January, 1953, the Santa Ana chapter, Izaak Walton League last night adopted a resolution calling upon the state fish and game commission to take such a step. A 15-day open season was proposed. The state commission will meet Jan. 4, and the Santa Ana resolution is expected to be filed with it by that time. The resolution; meanwhile, will go before representatives of other chapters in the county for their endorsement at a meeting of the league's county council next week. The resolution states the grounds for opening the fire closures to be for the protection of crops from a rapidly increasing deer population. The killing of bucks only would be permitted, under the Izaak Walton proposal. A study of results from the 1953 special hunting season was recommended in the resolution, for guidance with regard to having such special seasons in following years. Affected areas of the state would include most of the Cleveland National Forest in Orange county, with portions of San Diego county and Riverside county. Salary Increases For County Help Under Discussion Prospective salary increases are constables and justices of peace in Orange county were under consideration today by the county supervisors who have joined authorized salary increases in several county employees. Constables and justices of peace have recently been urged that they should receive the same salary increase of $50 a month that was recently granted to elective and appointive county officials. The supervisors instructed Personnel Director Wm. Hale to make preparations for salary ordinance changes. The board approved an increase for the county pound meter amounting to two steps in the salary schedule, placing him in the salary bracket of $273-$337. Assistant poundmaster received increases which placed them in the $233-$288 bracket. County fire control officer a will receive a two-step boost to $355 to $440 a month. Fire troplen will be increased to $273-$337 bracket. Temperatures Temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 p.m. today was 61. High for the previous 24 hours was 59 at 3 p.m. yesterday. Low was 8 at 6 am today. NAHEIM GAZETTE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1951 From Shadow of Korean Battles From To Hearths at Home AP Does the Job (By The Associated Press) TOKYO UPI—It was a list of names, such as you might find in any city directory. Each name was followed by a scrumble of numerals and letters. But to Associated Press war correspondents in Korea, to veteran deskmen in the Tokyo and San Francisco AP bureaus and others across the U.S. and to the skilled radio communications and teletype operators all along the line, it was far more than a mere compilation of names. It was the touchstone that would case the burdens of grief and anguish in thousands of homes where loved ones mourned their warriors—the fighters in Korea—whose fate had been obscured in three words, "missing in action." There could be no man-caused delay in speeding these names from the shadow of the Korean battle front to the hearths of home. All knew how important each name was to someone back home. The facilities of the wargreatest news gathering area were geared to the tremen task of moving these names smooth and steady stream to telegraph desks of newspapers the United States, and through the television and radio room Most Important Link. They were the last—and most important—link in the chain of the communists to the far left of United Nations fighters. The task was the kind in which the Associated Press takes greatest pride—a team job. The planning began weeks before the communists handed over a list of 11,559 names in a ter-whipped truce conference at Panmunjon. Rosemead Youth Wins $358,000 Judgment Against Beach City Second-largest damage verdictard Ferris, 19, of Rosemead, who in Orange county legal history broke his neck diving from the was awarded by a jury in Supeior Judge Franklin G. West's ad-court last evening, when Rich- Signals had to be changed most hourly as the U.N. mand delayed release of the and revised its plan on how release it. Rosemead Youth Wins $358,000 Judgment Against Beach City Second-largest damage verdict in Orange county legal history was awarded by a jury in Superior Judge Franklin G. West's court last evening, when Richard Ferris, 19, of Rosemead, who broke his neck diving from the Huntington Beach pier, was allowed $333,000 damages. An additional $25,000 damages was awarded his mother, Mrs. Madeleine Ferris Madsen. Only larger damage verdict recalled by court officials was granted by an Orange county jury, which awarded the Cuyamaca Land and Water Co., $600,000 damages against the City of San Diego, in a suit to condemn El Capitan dam site in San Diego county, more than 25 years ago. Verdlet Reversed That verdict was upset on appeal to the higher courts. A similar attack will be launched against last night's $358,000 award to the Ferris youth and his mother, it is understood. City Attorney Charles A. Bauer and Fred Forgy, representing the city of Huntington Beach, immediately filed a motion for judgment in the city's favor, regardless of the jury verdict; also a motion for a new trial. Judge West set both motions for hearing Dec. 28. Only comparable damage award made in Orange county courts to be upheld was a judgment aggregating $180,000 allowed by the late Judge R. Y. Williams against a group of Oil companies for slant drilling in the Huntington Beach field. That judgment also dates back a quarter-century or longer. Dived From Pier Richard Ferris and his mother had asked a total of $400,000 damages for the youth's injury, a severed spinal cord, received when he dived from the pier at Huntington Beach and landed in shallow (Continued on Page 4) Faulty Heater in Near Death Role Early this morning a family of three nearly perished due to a leakage in a faulty gas heater. Within 45 minutes, the ages were broken open and lists delivered to press associates. Already Clear Lines The AP radio-printer circuit San Francisco had been closed for exclusive movement of materials. Mary Increases County Help Under Discussion Respective salary increases forables and justices of the in Orange county were unconsideration today by the supervisors who have justized salary increases for all county employees. Stables and justices of the have recently been urging they should receive the same increase of $50 a month was recently granted to all nine and appointive county officials. The supervisors instructornel Director Wm. Hart like preparations for salary once changes. Board approved an inquiry for the county pound mass mounting to two steps in salary schedule, placing him on a salary bracket of $273 to Assistant poundmaster re-increases which placed in the $233-$288 bracket. County fire control officer also receive a two-step boost to so $440 a month. Fire paan will be increased to the $337 bracket. Temperatures Temperature reading in down Anaheim at 2 p.m. today 61. High for the previous hours was 59 at 3 p.m. yes. Low was 38 at 6 a.m. MOFFETT FIELD (P)—A runaway propellor caused some uneasy moments on a Marine Corps transport plane 900 miles out over the Pacific yesterday. But the pilot finally feathered the prop and made an uneventful landing here two hours behind schedule. Faulty Heater in Near Death Role Early this morning a family of three nearly perished due to a leakage in a faulty gas heater. Mr. and Mrs. Jesus R. Ybarra and their 3½ year old son, Jesus Jr., 413 S. Claudina st., Anaheim, were partially overcome by gas fumes. Mr. Ybarra recovered enough to realize there were fumes in the room, and becoming excited, dashed from his home to the fire station where he enlisted the help of firemen and an inhalator. His family were revived and pronounced out of danger although the little boy became quite ill for awhile. County Accepts Federal Road Grant Orange county will construct a full scale program of secondary highways during the next fiscal year, 1952-53, it was learned today when the county supervisors notified the state that they would claim the entire $98,784 Federal allotment available for secondary highway aid. The allotment assures a total construction program of $182,933, as the county must match the federal funds with it's own appropriation of $84,149. No designation has been made with respect to which highways will be improved under the federal aid program. Shifty Shoplifters Speeds From Shops Yesterday afternoon clerk SQR store apprehended a lifter as he was about to maik with a pair of slack pants. recovered the slacks, but they were waiting for the man broke and ran. The subject is described male, white, American; about years old, 6 feet tall, 145 to pounds; dark hair, medium plexion; and wearing a red blue jeans, blue knit sweater carrying a suede jacket. He a clerk his address was in Beach. CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY The Weather S. Conf. — Scattered cloudiness with few scattered snow flurries over mountains. Windy and colder mountain and interior sections. Clear sky and colder tonight. Friday, partly cloudy and cold. ZETTE 20, 1951 5c per Copy — 50c-per Month NUMBER 36 attle Front does the Job the facilities of the world's latest news gathering agency are geared to the tremendous flow of moving these names in a both and steady stream to the graph desks of newspapers in United States, and abroad to television and radio rooms. Important Link they were the last—and most important—link in the chain from communists to the families United Nations fighters. The task was the kind in which Associated Press takes its greatest pride—a team job. The planning began weeks ago. The operation began Tuesday on the communists handed out a list of 11,559 names in a win-whipped truce conference tent Panmunjon. Signals had to be changed almost hourly as the U. N. com-mand delayed release of the list revised its plan on how to ease it. LOCAL MAN PRISONER The name of Cpl. Manuel G. Morino, NG28127947, son of Mr. Mrs. Raynon O. Hernandez, N. Philadelphia st., Anaheim, appeared today on lists red-held American prisoners, is being held at Chiangng. Also on the list was Pfc. Joseph J. Klein, RA19331867, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Klein, 60 N. Main, Santa Ana, who held at Pyok-Dong. Distribute it to correspondents here. Hours were spent at Munimeographing the list and checking and rechecking for errors. The list included the name, total number, rank, unit designation and prison camp of each prisoner. Be Flown Out When duplicate lists finally are ready, they were taken to tempo airfield, 12 miles northtow of Seoul. There a black, unengined B-26—The Juanita— stored on a parking strip with lot Melford Lewis of Onida, D., at the controls. At 8:25 a.m., (6:25 EST, Tuesday) he nosed The Juanita down to smog-shrouded Haneda airtract, 12 miles south of Tokyo. The bulky packages were undied into the back of an army man and speeded to Gen. Mathew B. Ridgway's headquarters Tokyo. Within 45 minutes, the packages were broken open and the delivered to press association ces. Ready Clear Lines The AP radio-printer circuit to Francisco had been cleared exclusive movement of the HAPPY WORDS—Mrs. Mildred Dean, wife of the long-missing Maj. Gen. William P. Dean, first UN commanding general in Korea, is shown in her Berkeley, Calif., home after receiving unofficial word her husband's name was included in list of prisoners submitted by reds—(Associated Press photo) WHERE REDS HOLD ALLIED PRISONERS—Map locates the 11 prison camps in North, Korea where a U.N. command spokesman said the reds are holding Allied prisoners. The camps lie between the North Korean capital of Pyongyang and the Yalu river boundary of Manchuria. The 3198 Americans the reds acknowledge holding are in four camps—1, 2, 3 and 5—near the Yalu border northeast of Sinumju.—(Associated Press photo map) Eleven Persons Probably Missing WHERE REDS HOLD ALLIED PRISONERS—Map locates the 11 prison camps in North Korea where a U.N. command spokesman said the reds are holding Allied prisoners. The camps lie between the North Korean capital of Pyongyang and the Yalu river boundary of Manchuria. The 3198 Americans the reds acknowledge holding are in four camps—1, 2, 3 and 5—near the Yalu border northeast of Sinumju. (Associated Press photo map) Eleven Persons Probably Missing From Danish Motorship Anchored In Mouth of Columbia River ASTORIA, Ore. (AP)—The Coast Guard said today that eight passengers and three crewmen "possibly are missing" from the Danish motorship Erria burning in the mouth of the Columbia River. The Coast Guard said 23 passengers and 80 crew members have been accounted for. These estimates were based on the belief that 114 persons were aboard the ship when it anchored just inside the mouth of the stream to await clearing weather before attempting to cross the bar. Crew members were unable to say positively how many passengers were aboard. Early reports indicated that only one of those aboard went into the icy waters of the Columbia River. He was Hugo Ray, Vancouver, B.C., a passenger, who grabbed a line hanging over the side of the ship when the fire broke out. The line was unsecured and he plunged over the side, but was quickly picked up by a Coast Guard vessel. Ray's 11-year-old son, Bill, suffered a burned heel in the fire and was taken to a hospital here. Ray's wife and three-month-old son were safe. The Erria, bound from Portland, Ore., to San Francisco, was burning % of a mile off the Coast Guard station. She was at anchor, awaiting clearing weather before crossing the bar when the fire broke out. E. L. Blyth, Portland, a passenger, said a man and his wife, he knew only as Mr. and Mrs. Brannon, possibly were missing. He said he had not seen them since the fire started. A boy in the family was safe, he added. Citrus Market The California Fruit Growers Exchange reported today all auction markets California oranges were lower in spots. Representative Prices by Size: SUNKIST (First Grade)— 100s 7.86; 126s 7.33; 150s 7.50; 176s 7.92; 200s 7.98; 220s 7.90; 252s 7.13. CHOICE (Second Grade): 100s 5.78; 126s 6.44; 150s 6.71; 176s 7.11; 200s 6.75.