anaheim-gazette 1952-02-25

Roundup Uncle Jawn Neubauer in "Gazetteer," Page 5, each Monday reviews the news of the past week. And, his column is well worth reading each day. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHE Joint Chamber-Kiwanis Meeting To Hear Flood Control Discussion Carbon Canyon Flood Control, a subject of vital interest to all who reside in this area, is expected to draw one of the largest crowds of the year to the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce general membership meeting. Scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 26, members of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Elk's club at noon, for lunch with their hosts, the Anaheim Kiwanis club. Representatives of other cities and communities in the area have been invited and a banner turnout is anticipated. "I strongly urge every member of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce to attend this important meeting" said Chamber President Stan Whieldon. Chamber of Commerce director A. J. Schutte, chairman of the Conservation and Agriculture committee has arranged the program and will act as moderator. Principal speakers include, Norris Lange, U.S. Army engineer, Jack Bradley, Orange county Flood Control Engineer, Willis Warner, Chairman Orange county Board of Supervisors and Keith Murdoch, administrative officer, city of Anaheim. Fullerton, Stanton, Placentia, Los Alamitos and other Carbon Canyon areas have accepted invitations and their representative will be given a special welcome. Earnie Moeller, Chamber manager, stressed that one of the most important features of the Burglars Make Four $1000-plus Haul in County Burglars obtained more than $1000 worth of loot in four range county burglaries over weekend, official reports disclosed today. In El Modeno, the dress shop operated by Amelia C. DeLeon Orange was entered and dressed and lingerie with a wholesale value of $585.97 were taken. The home of William F. Geeking, at Villa Park, was looted clothing and two guns valued $295.50 while the family was away from home Saturday. This was the second time within recent months that burglars had visited the Gehrking residence. Clothing and other gear belonging to a Marine, Glen R. Terrell and fishing rods worth $89, belonged to Sam W. Kinney were stored from a garage at 145 E. 17th Costa Mesa, where both men side. County Welfare To Investigate Fraudulent Claims Investigation of welfare fraud cases will be the special task of a new division planned in the county Welfare department, director Thomas P. Douglas announced here today. Douglas holds special authority from the county supervisors to proceed with such probes and to hire investigators necessary. Re- Half of the major activities that will be employed in event of civilian disaster have been organized in Orange county it was announced today by L. A. "Dan" Patch, civilian defense coordinator. Work is proceeding toward completing organization of the others. Traffic control, law enforcement, fire control, communications and medical care have been organized, Patch said. Plans and operational procedures have been completely mapped for the remaining five activities. Most elaborate setup is for medical care, he stated. Twenty-three first aid stations have been designated and five high schools assigned to serve as hospitals, being already equipped with emergency supplies. All doctors and nurses of the county have been assigned duty stations in event of emergency. A warehouse of medical supplies has been prepared. Three schools are teaching radiological monitoring, a new course commencing March 4. A warden training course also will get under way in early March in three colleges. Patch said that 2800 men and women have been registered by the civil defense organization and are assigned to duty. Suicide Hangs In Garage While Wife Waits Return The body of Avila Joseph Brousseau, 51, hanged all day from a rafter in the garage at his home; 1521 Louise st., Santa Ana, Sunday, while his wife, La Rue Fern Brousseau, was indoors, wondering why he had not returned from a market where he had gone that morning to buy meat. Brousseau's body was discovered at four o'clock that afternoon by F. A. Slaybaugh, real estate agent, of 113 E. Fifth st., when he came to show the property to A. D. Winters, Emerald and Vava Dalton, of 1512 W. Eighth st. He had hanged himself with a clothesline rope, according to a police report. There was no explanation of his act, Deputy Coroner Frank Hanson stated. The body was removed to the Smith and Tuthill mortuary. Mrs. Brousseau required medical attention when she was notified of her husband's suicide. GRIM JOKE Anaheim police were not amused yesterday at 7:33 p.m., when they answered a telephoned report that an elderly woman had the second time within recent months that burglars had visited the Gehrking residence. Clothing and other gear belonged to a Marine, Glen R. Terrell and fishing rods worth $89, belonging to Sam W. Kinney were stored from a garage at 145 E. 17th Costa Mesa, where both men side. In Santa Ana, burglars entered the Parview Variety store at 20 S. Flower st. and took $25 cash from two cash registers. Five robbed wrapped pennies were undurbed. Two Anaheim Crash on Santa Ana Two Anaheim residents were injured, one seriously, in an elephant car traffic crash in Santa Ana canyon Saturday evening. In a dozen persons were hurt in the county's weekend traffic, according to reports of the California Highway Patrol. Mrs. Viola Butler, 46, 104 Dickel st., Anaheim, received me County Invites Scout Jamboree Here in 1953 Invitation to conduct their National Jamboree in Orange county in July, 1953 has been extended to Boy Scouts of America by the county board of supervisors, to gather with other groups of the county. The jamboree would bring some 60,000 Scouts here from sections of the country. Orange county and Colorado Springs are said to have the best chances for acceptance of the invitations. Decision will be made by the Scout organization March 13. Fraudulent Claims Investigation of welfare fraud cases will be the special task of a new division planned in the county Welfare department, director Thomas P. Douglas announced here today. Douglas holds special authority from the county supervisors to proceed with such probes and to hire investigators necessary. Relief chiselers will be his targets, Douglas said. Recent disclosure of abuses under the state law granting aid to children whose fathers are "absent" motivated the decision to look closely into these and other fraudulent cases. GRIM JOKE Anaheim police were not amused yesterday at 7:33 p.m., when they answered a telephoned report that an elderly woman had been struck by a car at 400 block of S. Bush st. Another phone call, three minutes later, reported that the "elderly lady" was only a dummy thrown in the street by some children. Officers checked, but found neither dummy nor children. Scientists Have Field Day as Eclipse Stirs Up Ancient Superstitions KHARTOUM, Sudan (UP)—While devout Moslems prayed and pregnant Hindu women hid in their homes in fear, the moon blackened out the sun for three minutes today. Scientists were jubilant over near perfect weather for recording the total eclipse here. For the three precious minutes, 70 scientists from 10 countries worked feverishly at the great mass of complicated astronomical, photographic and electronic equipment they had assembled in this capital of the Sudan. If an astronomer is lucky, he may see an hour of total eclipses in his entire lifetime. The scientists hope to find more information about what is around and behind the sun, further checks on Einstein's theory of relativity, and to make corrections in the world's maps. This will come after calculation and research based on today's observations. For three minutes starting at 11:09 a.m. (1:09 a.m. PST), this part of the world saw the day turn into a bright moonlight night. The total eclipse could be observed along a 9,000-mile route 76 miles wide and curving from somewhere in the Atlantic between Brazil and Africa, across Africa and the Arabian and Persian gulfs to the Irkutsk region of Soviet Siberia. The eclipse was partial in other places. In other times an eclipse caused panic, and superstitions still remain. In Bombay, pregnant women shut themselves in their rooms in the belief that they might be harmed if they witnessed the event. Millions of Hindus took sacramental baths as the eclipse ended. But natives, here, forewarned of the eclipse, used smoked glasses to watch calmly from the rooftops. TEEN-AGE, WOULD-BE DuPON RETIRES BY INVITATION Career of Timothy D. Stupa 13, of Tustin as a munitions man facturer was brief. A rocket of Timothy's manufacture exploded unexpectedly Sunday afternoon and rattled windows in the neighborhood. Complaint poured into the sheriff's office and deputy sheriffs interviewed Timothy. He announced that he is retiring from the munitions business. "I'll say he is," his mother advised the officers. Citrus Market Sunkist Growers, Inc., reported today all auction markets California oranges were higher. Representative Prices by Size: SUNKIST, First Grade— 100s 8.99; 126s 8.63; 150s 8.57 176s 8.27; 200s 7.52; 220s 6.38 282s 5.07; 288s 4.34; 344s 3.60 CHOICE, Second Grade— 100s 7.91; 126s 7.87; 150s 7.92 176s 7.56; 200s 6.61; 220s 5.56 252s 4.33; 288s 3.85; 344s 3.40 ANAHEIM GAZETTE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1952 Burglaries Make Four $1000-plus Burglars in County Burglaries obtained more than worth of loot in four Orcounty burglaries over the end, official reports disclosed El Modeno, the dress shop owned by Amelia C. DeLeon of El Modeno, was entered and dressed iningerie with a wholesale price of $585.97 were taken. At home of William F. Gehrat Villa Park, was looted of clothing and two guns valued at 30 while the family was away home Saturday. This was second time within recent months that burglars had visited the residence. Thing and other gear belonged to a Marine, Glen R. Terry, whose rods worth $89 belonged to Sam W. Kinney were stolen from a garage at 145 E. 17th st., Mesa, where both men re- FULLERTON TRIPLETS—Girl triplets born in a nurses call them “A,” “B” and “C” but M Two Anaheimers Hurt in Eight-Car Crash on Santa Ana Canyon Road Anaheim residents were injured, one seriously, in an eight-traffic crash in Santa Ana Saturday evening. In all, ten persons were hurt in the weekend traffic, according to reports of the California Highway Patrol. Viola Butler, 46, 10402 st., Anaheim, received major injuries when a car driven by her husband, Myron Earl Butler, 50, struck the rear of a car driven by Harley E. Palmer, 47, of Long Beach, when the Palmer car stopped suddenly to avoid colliding with an oncoming car in the left-hand lane. Butler and Palmer both received minor injuries. Mrs. Palmer, like Mrs. Butler, received major injuries. The two women were taken to Anaheim Community hospital. Six other cars, following the Butler car in the line of traffic at the point where the canyon highway narrows to two lanes in a construction zone, piled up back of the Butler car without striking it. No one was injured in the following cars. The guilty driver who was blamed for the wreck escaped without stopping, it was stated. Injured in other country traffic accidents were: Mrs. Dorothy V. Horney, 31, El Toro Marine base; Mrs. Josephine Parry, 34, and Miss Barbara Parry, 32, both of Los Angeles; Arthur L. Berrera, 34, Santa Barbara; Mrs. Gertrude L. Eberling, 40, Mrs. Hugh Short, 66, and Mrs. Alicy Short, 67, all of El Monte; and Richard E. Zinneurs call them "A," "B" and "C" but Mr. Hill and her husband, Gerald, 30, a telephone company lineman, decided on Coleen, 4 lbs. 7 oz., Carla, 3 lbs. 9 oz., and Candice, 4 lbs. 7 oz. Hills have two other children, Gerald Jr., nine and Handleigh, four. And they have a problem serious at the moment—no washing machine—(Associated Press photo) County Invites Out Jamboree Are in 1953 A station to conduct their Na-Jamboree in Orange county, 1953 has been extended. Scouts of Amerlca by the board of supervisors, to which with other groups of the Jamboree would bring 10,000 Scouts here from all parts of the country. Large county and Colorado are said to have the best for acceptance of their sons. Decision will be made by Scout organization March Newbold Morris To Ask Officials' Income Sources WASHINGTON (UP)—The administration's cleanup chief, Newbold Morris, said today he is planning to ask officials through out the federal service for full details of their private income sources. This announcement came as the Senate Judiciary committee voted unanimously against giving Morris the power-requested by President Truman—to grant immunity to some witnesses in his search for corruption in government. The committee postponed action on a further request by the president that Morris be given the authority to subpoena witnesses. Morris said a questionnaire is expected to be in hands of the Government Printing Office by the end of this week and will be distributed to government officials as soon as it is printed. This will be the first step in Morris' search for an official misconduct in the government—an inquiry ordered by President Truman in the wake of Congressional disclosures of tax collection scandals and other irregularities. Morris, a New York Republican, was appointed to serve as a member of the fiscal year ended June 30. All signs indicate this will allow an even bigger year for informers, citizens pouring in tips recurring revenue scandals likely to uncover even more evasion. In the past three years, payments to informers have averaged 480 million dollars a year, a mendous increase over forty years. For 13 years ending in 1953 payments to informers averaged only $71,921 a year. And the 627,846 collected last year became of informers' tips compares with an average of only two mil Two Arrested As Drunk Drivers Two persons were incarcerated by Anaheim police early Saturday morning after they were observed driving erratically on local streets. Both were pronounced drunk by an examining physician. At 2:50 a.m., police arrested Ida Mae Martin of Lynwood, whose car was observed weaving on N. Los Angeles st. Later she was sentenced to pay a $250 fine or serve 125 days in jail. She paid. At 3 a.m., officers reported watching Nelson Earl Endicott of 416 E. Sixth st., Santa Ana, back his car into another one parked in the Richfield station lot at Los Angeles st., and Broadway, then zig-zag south on Los Angeles st. He was arrested and booked for drunk and driving. At his hearing, later in the morning, he pleaded not guilty and demanded a trial by jury. It was set for Mar. 22 at 9:30 a.m. He was released on $250 bail. LOS ANGELES (UP) — Beaches yesterday saw an unusual number of swimmers for this time of year when bathers braved 56 degree water in temperatures ranging from 70 at Venice to 75 at Long Beach. Santa Monica lifeguards counted more than 100 swimmers. A Congressional inquiry into McGrath's own income sources was remanded last week by Harold E. Stassen, candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, who said he had heard the attorney general himself became a millionaire after taking public office. McGrath issued a statement thanking Stassen for the compliment but declining further comment. Morris told reporters his survey of "outside" income is not intended for rank and file government workers but is aimed at upper level officials. SACRAMENTO (UP)—Those oft-closed routes over the Sierra, U.S. Highway 40 and 50, were both open today. Highway 50, the most recently closed by snows, was reopened Saturday night after slides were cleared away. It had been closed earlier in the day. SACRAMENTO (UP)—More than half the children in California schools have defective vision, says Dr. Munroe J. Hirsch, a Los Angeles optometrist. The statement came in a report to the convening members of the California Optometric association — made after a three-year survey among 10,000 students between five and 14 years old. In the past three years, payments to informers have averaged only $71,921 a year. And the 627,846 collected last year because of informers' tips compares with an average of only two million during that 13 year period. A revenue official said the motives for informers are: eavesdropping on wealthier people, revenge against a former boss, to cash on informers' fees, and just patriotism. The amount paid in fees vary a lot. Some would-be fors have shot in the dark and turned in the names of known gamblers and bootleggers without any evidence. They didn't a fee even if agents later uncovered a tax violation. On the other hand, fees up $80,000 have been paid for tailed and specific information leading to collection of up to the million dollars in taxes in a single case. The smallest reward is likely be $25. In one case in Alabama, an former gave details on the location of an illicit still. He seems... CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY The Weather S. Calif.—Mostly clear tonight with variable high cloudiness but mostly sunny Tuesday. Local fog along coast tonight and Tuesday morning. Slightly warmer afternoons interior. Briton Becomes NATO Secretary As 'Most Successful' Meet Ends LISBON, Portugal (AP)—The 14-nation North Atlantic Council Adjourned tonight after inviting Sir Oliver Franks, British Ambassador to Washington, to become NATO secretary-general. The council also blueprinted a historical master plan for defending Western Europe against communism and approved a reorganization plan which streamlines NTAO's non-military side, with permanent headquarters in Paris. Several of the ministers remained after adjournment tonight to draft a final communiqué for issuance later. Leaders of the alliance, which stretches from Iceland to Turkey, hailed the meeting as the most successful of the nine NATO has held. The ministers also were reported to have decided on how the 10 nations involved will pay the estimated 450 million dollar bill for "infrastructure" — air bases and communications lines which Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower says are not involved in this program. A big three meeting on Germany and Austria tomorrow holds U. S. Secretary of State Acheson, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden here. They will talk chiefly about lifting Allied controls on defeated West Germany's war industries and try to settle the final size and form of its contribution to western defense. Most of the other 1500 delegates and advisors today leave Lisbon—now celebrating carnival time amidst flowering almond trees—and scatter to their homelands. They felt they held the most successful of the North Atlantic Council's nine meetings. It told Eisenhower for the first time just what forces he can count on to resist any red army aggression. By the end of 1952, he is due to have in Europe a 50-division, 4000-aircraft fighting force with strong naval support. Butter Not Clip Tax Collector—Your Neighbor Might Turn You In WASHINGTON (AP) — If you're going on your income tax re-entry this year, better watch out nosy neighbors. The business of tattling to the government on income tax evasion for a fee—is booming as ever before. The Revenue Bureau reported that it paid out half a million dollars last year to informers who had the government to tax violators by business associates or neighbors. A result of the tips, Revenue Cuts picked up $9,627,846 more taxes for the fiscal year which ended June 30. Signs indicate this will be even bigger year for inform-citizens pouring in tips on operating revenue scandals are likely to uncover even more tax evasion. The past three years, payments to informers have averaged million dollars a year, a treasious increase over former years. For 13 years ending in 1948, agents to informers averaged $71,921 a year. And the $9,-446 collected last year because informers' tips compares with averages of only two million unusually anxious to catch the operator. Asked why, he replied—"That's my still—the crooked so and so stole it from me, and I want him caught." In many cases, a study of revenue files showed, the tax evaders' own boasting of his accomplishment leads to his downfall. And then there's one case where an informer got a sizeable fee but made the mistake of failing to report it on his own income tax return next year. He paid back most of the fee in penalties and interest. Doctors Keep Heart Beating For 18 Minutes SANTA MONICA (AP)—A case of a man whose heart stopped beating and was massaged by hand for 18 minutes before resuming under its own power was disclosed today. The medical rarity occurred on the operating table at Santa Monica hospital Feb. 14. The patient underwent the originally planned stomach ulcer operation Saturday. U.N. Negotiators Offer Compromise To Break Deadlock MUNSAN, Korea (AP) — U.N. truce negotiators moved to break the deadlock over selection of a neutral truce supervisory commission today by offering to withdraw their nomination of Norway if the reds would give up Russia. Under the Allied proposal behind-the-lines inspections during an armistice would be made by representatives of only two neutral nations for each side rather than three. The U.N. would be represented by Switzerland and Sweden; the communists by Czechoslovakia and Poland. Allied staff officers asked the reds to study the proposal carefully and reply later. The only immediate reaction the past three years, payents to informers have averaged million dollars a year, a treous increase over former 13 years ending in 1948, agents to informers averaged $71,921 a year. And the $9, 46 collected last year because formers' tips compares with average of only two million that 13 year period. revenue official said the chief reserves for informers are: envy wealthier people, revenge just a former boss, to cash in formers' fees, and just plain taxism. The amount paid in fees can be a lot. Some would-be inhave shot in the dark and died in the names of known killers and bootleggers with any evidence. They didn't get even if agents later uncova tax violation. On the other hand, fees up to 100 have been paid for delivery and specific information to collection of up to two on dollars in taxes in a single smallest reward is likely to 55. One case in Alabama, an inter gave details on the locaft an illicit still. He seemed SANTA MONICA (UP)—A case of a man whose heart stopped beating and was massaged by hand for 18 minutes before resuming under its own power was disclosed today. The medical rarity occurred on the operating table at Santa Monica hospital Feb. 14. The patient underwent the originally planned stomach ulcer operation Saturday. The doctor said his patient is not only holding his own but doing well considering what he has been through and has an excellent chance of complete recovery. The patient is George Martz, 47, of Los Angeles, a teetotalling barlender. The surgeon, who insists on anonymity, told the circumstances: Martz had been given a spinal anaesthetic for an ulcer removal operation. The heart stopped beating. Immediately an incision was made in the chest. Two ribs were broken to give room for the surgeon's hand to massage the heart. The massaging produced an artificial heart beat which could be determined by pulse action in the wrist each time the heart was squeezed. The attending surgeon and two colleagues worked in re-lays, squeezing the heart 50 to 60 times a minute for 18 minutes. Then the natural heart action resumed. SEOUL, Korea (UP)—The Korean war ground into its 21st month today. There was virutally no fighting to mark the date. Heavy clouds and snow grounded most Allied warplanes. Only a few fighter bombers went out on rail cutting missions. Reports from scattered points along the 155-mile front indicated the usual pattern of recent fighting—probes, patrols and a few brief clashes. MINE EXPLODED AT LAGUNA BEACH LAGUNA BEACH (UP)—A magnetic mine was detonated yesterday by a demolition team which said the mine drifted thousands of miles across the Pacific after it had been planted in enemy waters seven years ago. A Camp Pendleton team set off the mine containing 300 pounds of TNT. It was discovered on the shore by a beachcomber, who called police. DUCHESNE, Utah (UP)—Grouche Marx may strike oil in Utah. Oilmen reported that a wildcat well financed by the comedian and a group of Los Angeles businessmen recovered more than 600 feet of "clean oil" on a test at about 6300 feet. The well, known as Lambert No. 1, is at West Pleasant Valley in Duchesng county, about 15 miles east of here.