anaheim-gazette 1952-01-04

Rose-Colored Glasses Old "egg-head," Waldo Hunter, strikes a rare note of optimism in his "Oblong Views" column today by prognosticating some wonderful events for 1952. It's on Page 4. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEIM County Safe Robberies Solved As Five Arrested Safe robberies that have plagued Orange county for the last year were charged to a gang of four men and a girl, rounded up last night by sheriff's officers, who said they recovered part of the loot from a Garden Grove jewelry theft and found two of the looted safes that had been carried away. In county jail, booked on a burglary charge, are Kenneth D. Williams, 22, 5652 Bishop st., Cypress; Clifford J. Hinds, 19, and two brothers, Elbert W. Woodman, 25 and Kenneth W. Woodman, 23, all of Long Beach. Miss Virginia Alvitta Barrett, 21, of Long Beach is held on a charge of receiving stolen property. Officers said they recovered from the blond girl about $300 worth of the jewelry, valued in all at $861, taken in the robbery of the Robert W. Kelner Jewelry store, 11056 Garden Grove blvd., Garden Grove, last Dec. 7. ROYAL C. MARTEN, head counselor at Santa Ana college, will be guest speaker at Anaheim Rotary club meeting in the Elks club Monday, Adolf Schoepe, program director, announced today. Marten will speak on the subject "Problems in Guidance Facing Parents and Teachers." Schoepe Family Gives Hospital Schoepe Family Gives Hospital A Resuscitator Sherrill Ann Schoepe, four days old today, was honored this afternoon when her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Schoepe, presented the Santa Ana Community hospital with a $1000 Air-Lock Resuscitator. The resuscitator is used in the care of premature or ill infants, and babies with respiratory alliments. It is the latest type of such equipment available. Sherrill Ann, who welged five pounds one ounce at birth and who was a resident of an incubator for a few days, was on hand today when her father and mother presented the resuscitator to Thomas Graham, administrator of the hospital. Witnessing the event were nurses, doctors, and other hospital personnel. Mr. and Mrs. Schoepe made the donation with the expressed desire that the resuscitator be made available to all children who would benefit by its use and to all doctors. Mrs. Schoepe who gave birth to Sherrill Ann on the night of Dec. 31, will return to the Schoepe home tomorrow noon. El Modena District Transfer Denied Five petitions asking transfer of territory from El Modena school district to Tustin school district were denied by unanimous vote of the county supervisors at a special hearing yesterday, and the scheduled hearing Jan. 16 on six other similar petitions is now expected to produce the same result. Cold Snap Hits County Again; Smudge Pots Fired Last night's cold snap, while of longer duration than that of Thursday morning, found growers better prepared and did not reach the low temperatures of the previous drop, according to reports from the orchard areas today. Anaheim's temperature was an exception, the reading here being 28 degrees on the outskirts of town (a temperature of 35 degrees was registered in downtown Anaheim). Lowest mark last night was west of Garden Grove, which reported 25 degrees at 4 am. as compared to a low of 23 degrees after daylight Thursday. Tustin's "coldspot", a limited zone in the eastern part of that community, also reached a low of 25 degrees. Other area temperatures were higher. ANAHEIM JAYCEES will spearhead use in Korean relief. Above, Jaycees Lee Fellows, Dr. Washita JCJ, Al Nellesen (chairman Dick Morley).—(Gazette photo) Mayor Pearl Korean Relief WHEREAS, millions owe en and children will die in unless we send them used. WHEREAS, national leaders have urged support Korea campaign, and WHEREAS, citizens owe given their efforts generous. NOW, THEREFORE, Anaheim, do hereby proclaim 30 as American Relief for all citizens, individually churches, business and civic genociously to the clothing to share what they can unfortunate victims of aggression (Signe Northrop to Hold Open House for Public Jan. 20) Residents of Orange county will be given a first-hand glimpse of the operations of Anaheim's newest industry, when the Anaheim Division of Northrop Aircraft, Inc., opens its doors for a public open house on Sunday Jan. 20. R. R. Nolan Anaheim Division manager, in announcing the public open house, said: "We at Northrop feel the best way to get to know each other is to open our doors and invite you in to look Transfer Denied Five petitions asking transfer of territory from El Modena school district to Tustin school district were denied by unanimous vote of the county supervisors at a special hearing yesterday, and the scheduled hearing Jan. 16 on six other similar petitions is now expected to produce the same result. Territory involved in the five petitions up for hearing yesterday would have cut assessed valuation of the El Modena district by $460,760, and would have impoverished that district. County School Superintendent Linton Simmons told the supervisors. Of the six remaining petitions to be heard Jan. 16, several would not be eligible for annexation to Tustin district because they would not be contiguous. Between the areas are the tracts which sought Tustin annexation yesterday but were refused. Other territory seeking annexation to Orange and Villa Park districts would be contiguous to those districts. But the board's action yesterday in refusing withdrawals from El Modena district was expected to set a policy. The supervisors recommended that the whole matter be studied by the committee on school boundaries. Temperatures Temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 p.m. today was 57. High for the previous 24 hours was 57 at 2 p.m. yesterday. Low was 35 at 6 a.m. today. Daughter of Carl O. Harvey Dies In Long Beach Miss Helen Louise Harvey, 27, nurse at the Long Beach Veterans hospital and daughter of the late Carl O. Harvey, former assistant superintendent of Santa Ana schools, died late yesterday in a Long Beach hospital. The Carl O. Harvey school for crippled children of the county, located at Santa Ana was named for her father. Miss Harvey was a native Californian, born in Beaumont. She was a graduate of Brea elementary school and Brea-Olinda high school. Her nurse training was at Methodist hospital, Los Angeles. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Winbigler chapel, Santa Ana. The family requested that flowers be omitted and contributions be made instead to the Carl O. Harvey school memorial fund in care of the Santa Ana board of education which will acknowledge receipt. Local Resident Reports Theft Charles Duane Brown, 230 N. Vine st., reported to the police department yesterday that camera and equipment valued at $352.50 was taken from his car Jan. 1 while he was in the process of moving. NAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZETY ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1952 Commission to Meet Monday In City Hall Anaheim city planning commission will meet at 2 p.m. Monday in city hall, first order of business being the annual election, officers for the commission for 1952. Joe R. Thompson is incumbent chairman, Ralph Summers, vice chairman. Public hearings are set for the meeting on a change of zone petition, reclassification of cannels from C-2 to M-1, method of notifying property owners of variance applications affecting property in their neighborhoods, changes in the building code regarding cornices, eaves, etc., on prohibition of industrial property for residential use, on "established front yards," and on a provision for ten-foot side yards on certain corner lots. Tentative maps of Tracts 1456, Kersten and Dwyer, developers, at the northwest corner of N. West st. and Burton st., and 1544, an extension of Damon st. to the most will be held. First Mate on Board Ship With Carlsen LONDON (AP)—A British resettug got a man aboard the Flyer Enterprise today, ending a week-long vigil by Capt. Kurt Carlson—but his fight against the sea was not over. Fog and rising winds forced halt in attempts to take the coupled freighter in tow for the 3-mile trip to England. The resettug Turmoil was ready to resume operations when there was a break in the weather. Gales were predicted, however. The first mate of the Turnman managed to get aboard the st of the wallowing Enterprise. The U.S. destroyer John W. Week standing by with the rescue turp reported the transfer. The Turmoil's mate was the first m Capt. Carlsen had seen close since he ordered his crew off and 10 passengers to abandon ship in last week's hurricane. EIM JAYCEES will spearhead a drive to obtain clothing for Korean relief. Above, talking over the project are (1-r): Les Lee Fellows, Dr. Warren Hollingsworth (president of ACJ, Al Nellesen (chairman of the drive), Bud Harris, and Morley.—(Gazette photo by Kreidt) Mayor Pearson Proclaims Korean Relief Month Here WHEREAS, millions of innocent Korean men, women and children will die in the bitter cold months ahead we send them used clothing, and WHEREAS, national, state and local governmental agents have urged support of the American Relief for Korea campaign, and WHEREAS, citizens of this community have always in their efforts generously to any worthwhile project, NOW, THEREFORE, I, Charles Pearson, Mayor ofheim, do hereby proclaim the period of Jan. 7 to Jan. 15 American Relief for Korea Month, and call upon citizens, individually and collectively, and our ches, business and civic organizations, to respond seriously to the clothing appeal of ARK, and ask them share what they can spare with the innocent andurtunat victims of aggression. (Signed) CHARLES PEARSON. Throp to Hold on House for Julic Jan. 20 ents of Orange county given a first-hand glimpse operations of Anaheim's industry, when the Ana-vision of Northrop Air-oc., opens its doors for a open house on Sunday. Nolan Anaheim Division in announcing the pub-house, said: "We at feel the best way to get each other is to open our and invite you in to look With the above proclamation, Mayor Pearson kicked off the Junior Chamber of Commerce-sponsored American Relief for Korea drive in Anaheim. Al Nellesen, Jaycee chairman of the ARK committee, reported today that arrangements for the drive have been completed. Anaheim Fire station has been designated the main collection point for used clothing which Anaheimers will donate to the drive. A pick-up service will be operated by the Junior Chamber to get used clothing to the depot. Just call Anaheim 6692 or 3845 and an Anaheim Jaycee will pick up the clothes and haul them to the Fire station, Nellesen said. "It is difficult for us to comprehend the suffering and anger, eaves, etc., on prohibition of industrial property for residential use, on "established front yards," and on a provision for ten-foot side yards on certain corner lots. Tentative maps of Tracts 1456, Kersten and Dwyer, developers, at the northwest corner of N. West st. and Burton st., and 1544, an extension of Damon st. to the west, will be considered. Proposed billboard amendments to Ordinance 774 will be considered, as will Variance 159 and the reclassification of additional areas for R-3 uses. Earthquake Kills At Least 93 ISTANBUL; Turkey (AP) — An earthquake killed at least 93 persons in eastern Turkey yesterday. Officials said today the death toll undoubtedly would go much higher. Rescue workers prodding through ruins of homes and buildings had recovered 93 bodies up to noon today. The quake was described as of moderate intensity. It centered between Erzurum and Hasankale. Most damage was reported in the collapse of clay huts. Small Boy Injured On Bike By Car Yesterday afternoon while riding his bicycle down an alley toward La Palma st. between Emily and Philadelphia sts., little Loren Ernest Norman, Jr., age 5, of 921 N. Claudina, was hit by a car driven by Leslie Elmo Nichols, 1224 E. Chestnut and immediately taken to the Fullerton hospital with a serious cut on his right leg. SCOOTER RIDER HURT Mike Craig, 15, of Orange, was injured at 5:15 a.m., yesterday when his motor scooter was struck from the rear by a car driven by Keith Boone, 55, of Irvine Park rd. The accident took place The first mate of the Turner managed to get aboard the stair of the wallowing Enterprise. The U.S. destroyer John W. Week standing by with the rescue turret reported the transfer. The Timoil's mate was the first m Capt. Carlsen had seen close since he ordered his crew of and 10 passengers to abandon ship in last week's hurricane. A message from the Turm said Carlsen was remain-aboard "for (the present." Allied Troops Take Christmas Hill in See-Saw Fighting SEOUL (AP) — Allied infantry stormed through heavy mortar and small arms fire today after recaptured prized Christmas Hill on the east-central Korean battlefront. Communist troops had attack- and won the hill after dark. The assault touched off a see-saw fight that lasted throughout most of the night. The peak had changed hard repeatedly since Chinese troops seized it on Christmas day. The hill is west of Mundung valley. Along the rest of the 145 m battle front patrols of both sides probed and fought minor skirmishes. The weather was milder after a week of bitter cold. The slightly clearing ski brought out Allied airmen in limited number of flights. The Fifth Air Force flew 79 sorties against communist supply lines and front positions Thursday and Thursday night. The Christmas Hill assault began at 7:35 p.m. Thursday when about 40 communists attacked an cut off the two Allied squads. Allied troops counterattacked after midnight against mortar and small arms fire. The reds had built up their force Communist troops drove back the Allied force. Just before dawn the U.N. Nolan Anaheim Division in announcing the pub-house house, said: "We at each other is to open our and invite you in to look We hope you will accept station to visit us in our one." All phases of plant will be included on the date, Mr. Nolan said. Northrop Anaheim Division building precision fire instruments for the U.S. Fire Corps for use in tanks. 500 square foot factory is occupied by Northrop under the Marda Corporation. 500x500 feet, the build- erected on the 33 acre 100 E. Orangethorpe Ave. Wm. P. Neil Co., Ltd. of Angeles. It incorporates rest-free areas which are important in the control manufacture of the precision required in the fire control units. The plan will even employ approximately 2500 open house will be held 9 to 5:00 p.m., and in addition the plant tour, will entertainment. Resident Sports Theft Duane Brown, 230 N. reported to the police yesterday that cam-equipment valued at was taken from his car while he was in the pro-moving. Citrus Market The California Fruit Growers Exchange reported today all auction markets California oranges were higher in spots Sunkist. Representative Prices by Size: SUNKIST (First Grade)— 100s 6.10; 126s 6.46; 150s 7.20; 176s 7.43; 200s 7.65; 220s 6.99; 252s 6.01; 288s 5.30. CHOICE (Second Grade): 100s 5.07; 126s 4.89; 150s 5.54; 176s 5.77; 200s 5.56; 220s 4.86; 252s 4.71. OCWD TO MEET Regular meeting of the Orange County Water District directors has been called for next Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the board offices, 1104 W. Eighth st., Santa Ana. ANAHEIM WOMAN HURT—Mrs. Roy H. Kliss, 547 S. Illinois st., Anaheim, was bruised and shaken up when her car, shown above, collided with a Pacific Freight Lines truck in the intersection of North and Los Angeles sts. yester- The Weather S. Calif.—Increasing cloudiness tonight and Saturday. Warmer intermediate valleys and southern interior and not quite so cold most sections tonight. First Mate on Board Ship With Carlsen LONDON UP—A British rescue boat attempted to take the crippling freighter in tow for the 300-mile trip to England. The rescue turmoil was ready to resume when there was a break in the weather. Gales were pre-empted, however. The first mate of the Turmoil led to get aboard the stern of the wallowing Enterprise. The destroyer John W. Weeks—eng by with the rescue tug—reced the transfer. The Turmoil mate was the first man Carlsen had seen close-up of the ordered his crew of 40 passengers to abandon ship last week's hurricane. United States Expresses Concern Over Russian Move to Transfer Korean Talks to U.N. Council PARIS UP—The United States expressed grave concern today that a new Russian move to transfer Korean armistice negotiations to the United Nations Security Council might break up the talks now going on at the front. U. S. Delegate Benjamin Collen told a news conference that the U. S. could not understand why the Soviet Union had made such a proposal at a time when truce talks in Korea appeared to be making slow but sure progress. Cohen said the U. S. was decidedly and unqualifiedly opposed to a Russian resolution calling for a special high-level security council meeting to discuss how to aid the armistice talks. The proposal, he declared, could not fail to have a bad effect on the talks at Panmunjom. He said he wondered whether the Russians wanted to settle the Korean war or reopen it. The effect of the resolution introduced by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky, he declared, might well be to delay or disrupt the talks now going on. If the Soviet Union thinks it can help push them to a successful conclusion, he declared, they are no doubt in touch with the Chinese communists and North Koreans and can work through them. Cohen charged that the Soviet proposals, which also included a section calling for the council meeting to range over all subjects of international tension, were a diversionary operation neatly designed to appeal to man's hope for peace. Such a meeting, he said, might well have the reverse effect of increasing tensions, especially if Vishinsky were to use it as a propaganda forum for more vitriolic speeches against the West. Panmunjom Safest Place in Korea to Watch War Battles PANMUNJOM (AP)—This military armistice conference site is the safest place in Korea to watch the war. There is some battle activity daily. It is only a few miles from Panmunjom where United Nations and communist negotiators are trying to end the 18-month-old conflict. Bursting artillery shells and aerial strikes on red positions echo over the meeting tents of the two subcommittees. Allied and communist newsmen congregate in the muddy fields beside the four abandoned huts called Panmunjom to watch the side-show. It is like having a grandstand seat at a football game. Panmunjom seems far removed from the war until U.N. artillery and Air Forces go to work. A razor-backed hill to the east has been getting special attention. Allied guns have "walked" phosphorus and high explosive shells from one end to the other and along the slopes. The white phosphorus plumes skyward to form a marker for the artillerymen to get on their target. Then the sharp kettle-drum beat of high explosive shells thumps across the frozen, snow-covered rice paddies. Sometimes the noise rolls in like a report from a string of loud firecrackers. The air shows are the most interesting Places calling to discuss how to aid the armistice talks. The proposal, he declared, could not fail to have a bad effect on the talks at Panmunjom. He said he wondered whether the Russians wanted to settle the Korean war or reopen it. Such a meeting, he said, might well have the reverse effect of increasing tensions, especially if Vishinsky were to use it as a propaganda forum for more vitriolic speeches against the West. Panmunjom Safest Place in Korea to Watch War Battles PANMUNJOM (AP)—This military armistice conference site is the safest place in Korea to watch the war. There is some battle activity daily. It is only a few miles from Panmunjom where United Nations and communist negotiators are trying to end the 18-month-old conflict. Bursting artillery shells and aerial strikes on red positions echo over the meeting tents of the two subcommittees. Allied and communist newsmen congregate in the muddy fields beside the four abandoned huts called Panmunjom to watch the side-show. It is like having a grandstand seat at a football game. Panmunjom seems far removed from the war until U.N. artillery and Air Forces go to work. A razor-backed hill to the east has been getting special attention. Allied guns have "walked" phosphorus and high explosive shells from one end to the other and along the slopes. The white phosphorus plumes skyward to form a marker for the artillerymen to get on their target. Then the sharp kettle-drum beat of high explosive shells thumps across the frozen, snow-covered rice paddies. Sometimes the noise rolls in like a report from a string of loud firecrackers. The air shows are the most interesting Places calling to discuss how to aid the armistice talks. The proposal, he declared, could not fail to have a bad effect on the talks at Panmunjom. He said he wondered whether the Russians wanted to settle the Korean war or reopen it. Such a meeting, he said, might well have the reverse effect of increasing tensions, especially if Vishinsky were to use it as a propaganda forum for more vitriolic speeches against the West. Panmunjom Safest Place in Korea to Watch War Battles PANMUNJOM (AP)—This military armistice conference site is the safest place in Korea to watch the war. There is some battle activity daily. It is only a few miles from Panmunjom where United Nations and communist negotiators are trying to end the 18-month-old conflict. Bursting artillery shells and aerial strikes on red positions echo over the meeting tents of the two subcommittees. Allied and communist newsmen congregate in the muddy fields beside the four abandoned huts called Panmunjom to watch the side-show. It is like having a grandstand seat at a football game. Panmunjom seems far removed from the war until U.N. artillery and Air Forces go to work. A razor-backed hill to the east has been getting special attention. Allied guns have "walked" phosphorus and high explosive shells from one end to the other and along the slopes. The white phosphorus plumes skyward to form a marker for the artillerymen to get on their target. Then the sharp kettle-drum beat of high explosive shells thumps across the frozen, snow-covered rice paddies. Sometimes the noise rolls in like a report from a string of loud firecrackers. The air shows are the most interesting Places calling to discuss how to aid the armistice talks. The proposal, he declared, could not fail to have a bad effect on the talks at Panmunjom. He said he wondered whether the Russians wanted to settle the Korean war or reopen it. Such a meeting, he said, might well have the reverse effect of increasing tensions, especially if Vishinsky were to use it as a propaganda forum for more vitriolic speeches against the West. Panmunjom Safest Place in Korea to Watch War Battles PANMUNJOM (AP)—This military armistice conference site is the safest place in Korea to watch the war. There is some battle activity daily. It is only a few miles from Panmunjom where United Nations and communist negotiators are trying to end the 18-month-old conflict. Bursting artillery shells and aerial strikes on red positions echo over the meeting tents of the two subcommittees. Allied and communist newsmen congregate in the muddy fields beside the four abandoned huts called Panmunjom to watch the side-show. It is like having a grandstand seat at a football game. Panmunjom seems far removed from the war until U.N. artillery and Air Forces go to work. A razor-backed hill to the east has been getting special attention. Allied guns have "walked" phosphorus and high explosive shells from one end to the other and along the slopes. The white phosphorus plumes skyward to form a marker for the artillerymen to get on their target. Then the sharp kettle-drum beat of high explosive shells thumps across the frozen, snow-covered rice paddies. Sometimes the noise rolls in like a report from a string of loud firecrackers. The air shows are the most interesting Places calling to discuss how to aid the armistice talks. The proposal, he declared, could not fail to have a bad effect on the talks at Panmunjom. He said he wondered whether the Russians wanted to settle the Korean war or reopen it. Such a meeting, he said, might well have the reverse effect of increasing tensions, especially if Vishinsky were to use it as a propaganda forum for more vitriolic speeches against the West. Panmunjom Safest Place in Korea to Watch War Battles PANMUNJOM (AP)—This military armistice conference site is the safest place in Korea to watch the war. There is some battle activity daily. It is only a few miles from Panmunjom where United Nations and communist negotiators are trying to end the 18-month-old conflict. Bursting artillery shells and aerial strikes on red positions echo over the meeting tents of the two subcommittees. Allied and communist newsmen congregate in the muddy fields beside the four abandoned huts called Panmunjom to watch the side-show. It is like having a grandstand seat at a football game. Panmunjom seems far removed from the war until U.N. artillery and Air Forces go to work. A razor-backed hill to the east has been getting special attention. Allied guns have "walked" phosphorus and high explosive shells from one end to the other and along the slopes. The white phosphorus plumes skyward to form a marker for the artillerymen to get on their target. Then the sharp kettle-drum beat of high explosive shells thumps across the frozen, snow-covered rice paddies. Sometimes the noise rolls in like a report from a string of loud firecrackers. The air shows are the most interesting Places calling to discuss how to aid the armistice talks. The proposal, he declared, could not fail to have a bad effect on the talks at Pan Munjom where United Nations and communist negotiators are trying to end the 18-month-old conflict. Bursting artillery shells and aerial strikes on red positions echo over the meeting tents of the two subcommittees. Allied and communist newsmen congregate in the muddy fields beside the four abandoned huts called Pan Munjom to watch the side-show. It is like having a grandstand seat at a football game. Panmunjom seems far removed from the war until U.N. artillery and Air Forces go to work. A razor-backed hill to the east has been getting special attention. Allied guns have "walked" phosphorus and high explosive shells from one end to the other and along the slopes. The white phosphorus plumes skyward to form a marker for the artillerymen to get on their target. Then the sharp kettle-drum beat of high explosive shells thumps across the frozen, snow-covered rice paddies. Sometimes the noise rolls in like a report from a string of loud firecrackers. The air shows are the most interesting Places calling to discuss how to aid the armistice talks. The proposal, he declared, could not fail to have a bad effect on the talks at Pan Munjom where United Nations and communist negotiators are trying to end the 18-month-old conflict. Bursting artillery shells and aerial strikes on red positions echo over the meeting tents of the two subcommittees. Allied and communist newsmen congregate in the muddy fields beside the four abandoned hubs called Pan Munjom to watch the side-show. It is like having a grandstand seat at a football game." Panmunjom Safest Place in Korea to Watch War Battles PANMUNJOM (AP)—This military armistice conference site is the safest place in Korea to watch the war. There is some battle activity daily. It is only a few miles from Panmunjom where United Nations and communist negotiators are trying to end the 18-month-old conflict. Bursting artillery shells and aerial strikes on red positions echo over the meeting tents of the two subcommittees. Allied and communist newsmen congregate in the muddy fields beside the four abandoned hubs called Pan Munjom to watchthe side-show. It is like having a grandstand seat at a football game." Panmunjom seems far removed fromthe war untilU.N.artilleryandAirForcesgotowork. Arazor-backedhilltotheasthasbeengettingspecialattention.Alliedgunshave"walked"phosphorusandhighexplosiveshellsfromoneendtotheotherandalongtheslopes.Thewhitephosphorusplumesskywardtoformamarkerfortheartillerymentogetontherarget. Thenthesharpkettle-drumbeatofhighexplosiveshellsthumpacrossthefrozen,snow-coveredricepaddies.Sometimesthenoiserollsinlikeareportfromastringofloudfirecrackers.TheairshowsarethemostinteractingPlacescallingtoconsiderhowtowatchWarBattles WASHINGTON (AP)—The Treasury reported about 500 persons charged with peddling narcotics were arrested today in dramatic series of raids throughoutthe nation. TheTreasury'sNarcoticsCommissioner,HarryJ.Anslinger,saidthemasscrackdownwaspart Christmas Hill assault between 7:35 p.m. Thursday when 40 communists attacked and the two Allied squads. troops counterattacked midnight against intense and small arms fire. The road built up their forces. unist troops drove back the force. before dawn, the U. N. and troops attacked again on the hill. skyward to form a marker for the artillerymen to get on their target. Then the sharp kettle-drum beat of high explosive shells thumps across the frozen, snow-covered rice paddies. Sometimes the noise rolls in like a report from a string of loud firecrackers. The air shows are the most interesting. Planes take over where the artillery left off. They bank lazily away from the WASHINGTON UP—The Treasury reported about 500 persons charged with peddling narcotics were arrested today in a dramatic series of raids throughout the nation. The Treausry's Narcotics Commissioner, Harry J. Anslinger, said the mass crackdown was part of a "nation-wide cleanup of the illicit narcotic traffic." The goal is to curb drug addiction, "particularly among teenagers," he said. Anslinger directed raids, beginning in the early morning hours in every major city in the nation, in a carefully planned and organized mop-up operation. In many cities, officials said, the raids were the biggest ever staged. Anslinger said a large number of peddlers supplying dope to teenagers had been caught. "Through tireless and relentless enforcement, the trend toward an increase in teenage drug addiction has been halted," Anslinger said. The commissioner declared many narcotics traffickers were moving to other rackets because of the crackdown by Federal Agents in co-operation with local police. Anslinger said the drive is aimed especially at second and third offenders in illicit dope traffic. LEAGUE OF CITIES TO MEET Meeting of the executive committee for the Orange County League of Cities has been called for Jan. 10 at 6:45 p.m. at Michael Manor, 2032 N. Main st., Santa Ana, according to notice issued today by Secretary William G. Jerome.