anaheim-gazette 1952-01-15

Toot-Toot! Everybody loves trains, and Gazette columnists are no exception. Read Waldo Hunter's account of a ride on the Ghost Town Express in his "Oblong Views" column on Page 2 today. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAH MULTIPLE INSTALLATION—Anaheim, Fullerton and La Habra Realty boards installed officers last night in a joint meeting in Anaheim American Legion hall. Shown above, seated, is: Miss California State Realty board, who gave the principal talk of the evening on "Time for Decision Standing behind Miss Backs are, from left: Dale Schiman, new Fullerton president and John MULTIPLE INSTALLATION—Anaheim, Fullerton and La Habra Realty boards installed officers last night in a joint meeting in Anaheim American Legion hall. Shown above, seated, is: Miss Frances Backs, new president of Anaheim Realty board, talking to James Udall, president of California State Realty board, who gave the principal talk of the evening on "Time for Decision" Standing behind Miss Backs are, from left: Dale Schiman, new Fullerton president and John Hart, new president of the La Habra board. Jury Selection Continues in God's Orphanage Child Punishment Trial Twelve women were in the jury box at the noon recess today in the Superior court trial of Mrs. Julia Elizabeth Ward, 46, and Mrs. Carolyn Jane Munger, 25, charged with three counts of unjustifiable punishment of children at the former God's Orphanage, a private religious school northwest of Anaheim. Jury selection was continuing this afternoon. Two men, L. E. Chambless and Madison Shortridge, who were in Five Persons Hurt In County Traffic Five persons were injured in a series of traffic accidents during the past 24 hours in Orange county. County Building Inspector Charles Donahue, 42, of Garden Grove, was shaken up and received knee injuries yesterday when his car collided with the car of Pedro Iglasias, 28, of Orange, at Memory Lane and Bristol st., Santa Ana. Donahue continued to his office but was forced to quit work and go home a short time later. Edgar C. Jeffries, 84, Santa Ana, pedestrian, received minor leg and arm injuries yesterday at Fourth and Birch sts., Santa Ana, where he collided with a car driven by Chrystal Eloise Duncan, 25, Santa Ana. the original twelve, were ousted by peremptory challenges from the defense after the prosecution had accepted the jury. The defense also challenged Mrs. Fern Marley. Seven challenges held jointly by the two defendants remained and each had an additional five challenges. The state had used none of its 20 challenges. Disclosure that Mrs. Munger is an expectant mother and will give birth to a child in about six months was made yesterday when Deputy District Attorney Walter Steiner asked the prospective jurors whether the fact would cause them to hesitate to convict her. All indicated that it would make no difference to them. Mrs. Ward, co-owner of the former school with her husband, Rev. Tilford T. Ward, Assembly of God evangelist, and Mrs. Munger, an instructor, are accused of using lighted matches to burn the hands and wrists of three young boys who played with matches. The victims were Leonard Vuckan, 9, of Torrance; Raymond Charles Turner, 9, of Long Beach; and Richard Carpenter, R. of Fresno. The Wards voluntarily closed the school following the filing of charges against Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Munger. It was located in the former Phillip Stanton mansion on Brookhurst rd. at Manchester blvd. Trio of Realty Boards Install 1952 Officers Anaheim, Fullerton and La Habra Realty boards last night jointly in Anaheim American region hall and installed new elected officers for 1952. James M. Udall, president of the California Real Estate Association installed officers for the clubs and also delivered the训 of the evening, "Time for Decision." Lloyd L. Loveland, regional vice president of the California Real Estate Assn., was master ceremonies. Bert L. Arnold, or going president of the Anaheim organization, gave the address welcome and introduced special guests of the evening. New Anaheim officers installed were Miss Frances Backs, president, Bert Arnold, vice president Tom McLaughlin, secretary-treurer and Thelma Reagan, director. Fullerton officers installed included Dan E. Schiman, presidee James Talbott, vice presidee Grace Farmer, secretary, a Norman Lombard, director. Lo bard is the outgoing president of the Fullerton group. La Habra installed the following officers: John C. Hart, president, W. C. Davis, vice president and Margaret Mull, secretary. Among the special guests were representatives of the Abstraction division of Title Insurance and Trust Co., Orange County Ti Edgar C. Jeffries, 84, Santa Ana, pedestrian, received minor leg and arm injuries yesterday at Fourth and Birch sts., Santa Ana, where he collided with a car driven by Chrystal Eloise Duncan, 25, Santa Ana. He was treated by a physician. William Piesch, 65, La Habra, and his brother, Allen Pietsch, 63, both of La Habra, received minor injuries at 4:15 p.m., Monday when a car driven by William Pietsch collided with a car driven by William Patillo, 71, Rt. 1, Fullerton. The accident took place on Grand ave., north of La Palma ave., near Knotts Berry Farm. The injured men were taken to St. Joseph hospital in Orange. A third car involved in the accident was driven by John Scudder, 39, Los Angeles. LeRoy Pecor was in Santa Ana Community hospital today with injuries he received as a pedestrian late yesterday when he was struck by an automobile near Garden Grove. Citrus Market The California Fruit Growers Exchange reported today all auction markets California oranges were lower. Representative Prices by Size: SUNKIST (First Grade)— 100s 5.43; 126s 5.77; 150s 6.14; 176s 6.62; 200s 6.76; 220s 6.29; 252s 6.08. CHOICE (Second Grade): 100s 4.40; 126s 4.68; 150s 4.96; 176s 5.14; 200s 5.20. Bus Drivers’ Coin Changers Looted Burglaries broke into bus drivers' lockers at the Santa Ana bus station, 515 E. Fourth st., early today and looted their coin changers of at least $18, perhaps more, the station management reported to Santa Ana police today. Entry was made sometime after midnight, by using a key left near the rear door. Padlocks were forced from ten drivers' lockers to get the coin changers. The burglary was discovered by J. G. Scott, bus driver, who arrived at 5:40 a.m. today. TAIPEH, Formosa (UP) — The Chinese nationalist defense ministry asserted today that 5000 mainland Chinese have committed suicide because of a reported red ransom racket. KIRKWALL, Orkney Islands —A hurricane, with gusts raging up to a record 130 miles an hour, battered these islands off the northern coast of Scotland today. WASHINGTON (UP) — Senator Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) was ready to resume his marathon speech today in opposition to Home Rule for the District of Columbia. Queen for a Day’ Married in SA Miss Marjorie Maxine Bowden, 19, who came to Los Angeles from Pratt, Kansas, recently to watch her sailor sweetheart, Jack Winton Hughes, 21, received a five-day honeymoon gift, among others when she was named “Queen for a Day” on a radio program last Wednesday. So she came to Santa Ana yesterday with Hughes and they were married by Rev. Daniel Rider of the First Baptist church after obtaining their license from the County Clerk’s license bureau. Today they were honeymooning at La Quenta Desert club next Indio. YOKOHAMA (UP) — The U.S. Navy said today 12 crewmen were killed in the crash of a four-eightined Navy patrol bomber near Atsugl air base last night. Temperatures Temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 p.m. today was 32. High for the previous 24 hours was 57 at 3 p.m. yesterday. Low was 47 at 6 a.m. today. NAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZET ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1952 Canada’s Worst Mining Disaster in 11 Years Kills 19 Coal Diggers STELLARTON, N. S. (AP)—Canada’s worst mining disaster in 11 years killed 19 coal diggers yesterday in a gas explosion they feared and were working to prevent. Every man in the blast area in the McGregor mine here was killed. Their burned, broken bodies were brought out of the pit last night and early today. Three others, working farther from the blast, were brought out alive. Many tons of coal were blown from the mine roof by the explosion, hampering rescue efforts. But mine officials indicated even immediate arrival of rescuers would have been futile, saying there was evidence all the men died immediately. The blast occurred at the “very bottom of the mine, about 1½ miles down the slope” from the pithead, a mine official said. Many of the miners had been pulled out before the explosion. Fire warnings already had been put into effect. Miners reported the odor of gas yesterday morning and about 100 men were put to work erecting hardwood and concrete barriers. It was Canada’s worst mine blast since a colliery explosion in 1941 at Nordegg, Alberta, in which 23 died. The mine is owned by Acadia Coal Co., a subsidiary of Dominion Steel and Coal Corp., eastern Canada’s biggest coal producer. Picton county, where the mine is situated, has been an important coal mining district for more than 200 years. Reds Report U.N. Bombs Allies; Wounding Sixty MUNSAN, Korea (AP)—Communists reported today U.N. bombs killed ten Allied soldiers and wounded 60 in a red prison camp. A U.S. Fifth Air Force spokes- Northrop Employee Asphyxiated in Smouldering Bed Garland B. Seese, 31, Apt. 10, Patio Apartments, 401 S. Claudina st., Anaheim, died of asphyxiation early this morning after he apparently went to sleep while smoking in bed and ignited the bedclothes. Firemen answered a call to the apartments at 3:29 a.m. this morning and found Seese on the front lawn, where he had been taken by tenants of the apartment building, overcome by smoke. Artificial respiration was given the victim, but it was futile, and at 3:57, Deputy Coroner Roger Burnham was called. The body was removed to Hilgenfeld's mortuary. Mr. Seese had been a resident of Anaheim for six months and was employed at Northrop Anaheim. He leaves one daughter, Sandra Seese; two sons, Douglas and Frank and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Seese all of Akron, Ohio; one sister in West Virginia, and his aunt, Mrs. Harold Baker of Anaheim. He was a veteran of World War II. Burial will be made in Akron, Ohio. Hilgenfeld Mortuary in charge of arrangements. Grand Jury Calls Laguna Playhouse 'Fire Trap' Laguna Beach playhouse, owned by the city of Laguna Beach Reds Report U.N. Bombs Allies; Wounding Sixty MUNSAN, Korea (U.P.)—Communists reported today U.N. bombs killed ten Allied soldiers and wounded 60 in a red prison camp. A U.S. Fifth Air Force spokesman said it wasn't so. But the U.N. command continued to investigate. The red report was made at Korean truce negotiations. One subcommittee argued over who was in what army. A second subcommittee got sidetracked from airfields to the North Korean birth rate. Neither subcommittee reported any progress toward an armistice. North Korean Maj. Gen: Lee Sang Cho said the Kangdong prison camp, holding 1591 Republic of Korea (ROK) soldiers and one American, was bombed last night. He said names of casualties would be supplied later. The U.N. command in Tokyo ordered a full study of air operations "to determine whether there is any truth to the communist allegations." This included flights by carrier-borne aircraft and B-29 Superforts in addition to Fifth Air Force planes. The reds did not invite the Allies to come to Kangdong and see for themselves, as they have when charging bomb attacks in truce zone areas. While no progress was made in armistice negotiations Tuesday, spokesmen said negotiators were more even tempered than in recent days. Even a note of levity was injected into a truce supervision session, where delegates on whether the reds should be allowed to repair military airfields. Rescue Train To Bring COLFAX, Calif. (U.P.)—The rescue train made less than miles an hour today in its effort to bring aid to the 226 per cent aboard the stranded stream City of San Francisco. Snow fell heavily and the howled in sharp gusts. Wet snow hindered the process of the rescue train, which can take up to six hours. Bob Hope Reports Dead, Still Alive Bob Hope, famed funny man is alive and still laughing day, but rumors that he still puzzled the Ohio-born boxer. Reports came over the Associated Press teletype today that Oakland had been received rumors that Hope was dead, a later report over the machined that Hope was working at Paramount movie studios today and in fine shape. Where there's life, the Hope. Rainfall in LA Area Nears 10-Inch Mark with More Showers, Winds Dense Grand Jury Calls Laguna Playhouse 'Fire Trap' Laguna Beach playhouse, owned by the city of Laguna Beach and leased to local community players, was branded as a fire trap today by the Orange County grand jury, which called for corrective measures before the playhouse opens Thursday for presentation of a community play. Appeal by Foreman S. A. Meyer to State Fire Marshall Joe R. Yockers brought a reply today that an inspection of the playhouse would be made Thursday morning by a deputy fire marshall in company with local officials. "Deplorable and menacing" conditions were cited by the grand jury which declared that the front doors need repairs, a wooden passage leading to the seats and gallery constitutes a fire trap, while wood and scenery piled in and around the building increases the hazard. NEW ORLEANS (AP)—Louisiana, where politics are as hot as its Cajun pepper sauce, chooses among nine Democratic candidates for governor today—a record field competing for the favor of a record 981,000 registered voters. NEW YORK (AP)—Harold E. Stassen said last night that Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio) is "clearly out in front" in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Rainfall in LA Area Nears 10-Inch Mark with More Showers, Winds D LOS ANGELES (P)—Rainfall in the Los Angeles area neared the 10-inch mark today as a new storm brought showers and blustering winds along the coast. With raincoats hardly dry from the 1.53 inches over the week-end, Angelenos braved moderate rains which were predicted to become steadily heavier and to bring from one to three inches of precipitation before Thursday. Santa Barbara has been deluged with 2.90 inches since yesterday, and eight families were evacuated from the Santa Barbara Municipal airport area. The heavy downpour boosted the season's total to 14.21 for Santa Barbara, 2.92 inches, more than 11.29 recorded during the entire season last year. Local mountain areas, now covered with almost four feet of snow, prepared for another two or three feet of fluffy flakes. The Weather Bureau advised warm clothing, food and other supplies to be carried by persons venturing into upper regions. Chains are required on all mountain roads. For Pasadena YMCA youths snowbound near Big Bear at Bluff Lake were safe today. Their leader, Duke Cox, tramped five miles on snowshoes to summon help. Snow fell on the Ridge Route, but travel was allowed to go through even though the roads were ice covered and rock slides were reported. Angeles C highway above the Palmdale off was closed. Roads to Ham Dam areas were closed because they were slippery, the Park department reported. A. K. Showalter, chief weakercaster, said there is a 5 chance that Los Angeles will 19 inches of rain before the current season ends. This would almost four inches more than normal of 15.23 inches. This could be the first rain year since 44, the forecaster said. Skies were expected to clear Thursday, but there is a likelihood of more showers Friday. Small craft warnings were derided up from Point Concepto Newport Beach until tomorrow. Authorities said they will reach 30 miles an hour aviators were warned of wind aloft. If rains for the Los Angeles area are as heavy as predicted, the next 24 hours there may some damage to newly planted vegetable crops, said Kenneth Wolff, chief deputy county agricultural commissioner. However there has been a minimum of damage so far this season, We said. Extreme caution should used by motorists between Angeles and Ventura because high winds and numerous roides across Highway 101. CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY ZETTE The Weather S. Calif.—Occasional rain from coast to mountains tonight, with snow mountains above 4500 feet. Precipitation occasionally moderate to heavy. Scattered showers interior tonight. 5, 1952 5¢ per Copy — 50¢ per Month NUMBER 54 Rescue Train Making 5 MPH in Effort To Bring Aid to 226 Cold Travelers OLFAX, Calif. (P)—The first rescue train made less than five miles an hour today in its effort to bring aid to the 228 persons hard the stranded streamliner, by of San Francisco. Snow fell heavily and the wind willed in sharp gusts. Wet snow hindered the progress of the rescue train, which carried medical corpsmen. It left here about 6 a.m. PST and four hours later had traveled only 19 miles. A big rotary snowplow preceded the train. The plow had to stop again and again to build up steam for its task of clearing the rails. Word of the train's progress was sent here by a highway patrol car which had been strapped to the rescue train. It radioed reports to the California Highway Patrol at Colfax. At about 10 a.m., the rescue train had reached a tiny place called Midas. The train at that time had about 14.8 miles to go to reach the City of San Francisco. But the last four and a half miles must be made by weasels, a light tractor with moving treads, because the road was blocked by a rotary plow which was buried by a snowslide yesterday. Officials of the Southern Pacific Railroad said this last part of the journey would be the hardest. They said they had obtained five more weasels to assist in evacuation of the passengers. If the second relief train is dispatched from here the extra weasels will be placed on a flatcar. There was a possibility, they explained, that it might be possible to attach an engine to the rear of the stranded train and haul it back up to Donner Summit, where heat, food and water could be provided. Churchill Leaves For Washington After Speeches OTTAWA (P)—Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill leaves for Washington today after declaring that the West will stand shoulder-to-shoulder against aggression "should our hopes of peace be blasted." Churchill is primed to deliver a tough-talking address—his second in three days—before a joint session of Congress Thursday. It will wind up his visit to Canada and the United States. While in Washington, he is expected to renew Britain's fight to block the naming of an American admiral as commander of the Atlantic Pact navies. The prime minister reportedly wants the command split among the British, Americans and Canadians. Churchill ended his week-end of Nears 10-Inch Winds, Winds Due Reported: Angeles Crest way above the Palmdale cut was closed. Roads to Hansen areas were closed because they were slippery, the Park Deartment reported. K. Showalter, chief weather caster, said there is a 50-50 chance that Los Angeles will get inches of rain before the curse season ends. This would be most four inches more than the usual of 15.23 inches. This could last rain year since 1943—the forecaster said. Wales were expected to clear today, but there is a likelihood more showers Friday. Small craft warnings were ordered up from Point Concepcion Newport Beach until tomorrow evening. Authorities said winds reach 30 miles an hour and doors were warned of highs aloft. Trains for the Los Angeles area as heavy as predicted for next 24 hours there may be damage to newly plantedrable crops, said Kenneth L. Leflief, chief deputy county agricultural commissioner. However, he has been a minimum of crop age so far this season. Wolfram extreme caution should be by motorists between Los Angeles and Ventura because of winds and numerous rock across Highway 101. Officials of the Southern Pacific Railroad said this last part of the journey would be the hardest. They said they had obtained five more weasels to assist in evacuation of the passengers. If the second relief train is dispatched from here the extra weasels will be placed on a flatcar. SP officials said they had not decided to go through with their original plan to send the second relief train from here. They said their indecision was due to the fact that another rotary snowplow was working towards the streamliner from Norden to the east. Kefauver Talks With Truman WASHINGTON (AP) — Senator Kefauver (D-Tenn) talked for 30 minutes with President Truman today, but declined to say afterwards whether he will be a candidate for president or whether he thinks Mr. Truman will run again. "I had a very pleasant conference with the president," he told reporters. "We talked about political matters. I will give a definite statement of my intentions about February 1." That left things just about where they were before Kefauver had his meeting with the president. The Tennesscean has been getting a boom from friends for the presidency and for weeks has been teetering on the edge of a decision as to whether he should declare himself a candidate for the Democratic nomination. While in Washington, he is expected to renew Britain's fight to block the naming of an American admiral as commander of the Atlantic Pact navies. The prime minister reportedly wants the command split among the British, Americans and Canadians. Churchill ended his week-end of conferences with Canadian government leaders last night with a full-fledged speech which hailed the 12-nation Atlantic Alliance as the West's "surest guarantee" of peace. Speaking at a lake trout and roast beef dinner given in his honor by the Canadian government, he peered into the future and declared: "No one can predict with certainty what will happen. 'All can see for themselves the strange clouds that move and gather on the horizons, sometimes so full of menace and sometimes fading away.'" "Peace does not sit untroubled in her vineyard," he added, with a typical Churchillian flourish. But this time, he said, in contrast to the days of Hitler, the key Western nations already have started to mobilize their vast economic and military strength. "We are all united from the beginning," he said. "We all mean to stand by each other, here in Canada, in the U.S., in Britain, in Western Europe." With the help of an all-European army bolstered by German units, he said, "we stand with the United States, ready under the supreme NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commander to face whatever aggression may fall upon us."