anaheim-gazette 1952-03-05

Historic Comments Heard any historic comments on historic occasions lately? Hal Boyle (Page 6) has some comments to make on when not to look for historic comments. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHE Good Shepherd Home Assn. Elects Officers, Gets Corporate Papers A. J. Schutte was elected president of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home of the West last night in the organizational meeting of the board of directors of the association. He succeeds Paul Yorde. Anaheim YMCA Elects Morris As President Directors of Anaheim YMCA, at their meeting in the X building Monday night elected officers for the association for 1952 to 1953. James L. Morris, local insurance agent, was elected as president. Demaree had filled the post for the past four years. Other officers elected included Wilbert Bonney, vice-president in charge of programs; Frank Kellogg, vice-president in charge of business procedure; Mrs. Al Casey. Yorde presented the Articles of Incorporation received from California Secretary of State Frank I. Jordan. Having obtained state approval, the board last night drafted by-laws for the association and studied sites that have been offered for the home. Other officers chosen were Yorde, vice-president; Mrs. O. C. Ulrich, secretary; Emmett Engstrom, treasurer. The meeting was held in the Schutte home, 400 W. Alberta St. Goal of the association is establishment of a home and school for retarded children or epileptics somewhere on the West Coast this year. Area to be served includes California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Montana and Idaho. The home is not connected in any way with the Lutheran Home for the Aged in Anaheim, it was pointed out. Members of the board, besides the newly elected officers, include Nelson Kogler of Santa Ana; the Rev. Victor Behnken and Mrs. Marie Mueller of Orange; the Rev. M. J. Bruer of Long Beach. GOOD SHEPHERD OFFICERS center, was elected president herd Lutheran Home of the Monday night elected officers for the association for 1952 to 1953. James L. Morris, local insurance agent, was elected to succeed Paul Demaree as president. Demaree had filled the post for the past four years. Other officers elected included Wilbert Bonney, vice-president in charge of programs; Frank Kellogg, vice-president in charge of business procedure; Mrs. Al Casebeer, secretary and Ted Payne, treasurer. Outgoing officers, who were given a unanimous vote of appreciation, are Demaree, Vice-President Ed Jordt and Mrs. Marion Pickel, secretary. Frank Kellogg, who chairman the 1952 YMCA Fund drive, reported the campaign had reached more than 85 per cent of its goal with subscriptions received from more than 1100 persons and firms and with some 200 prospect cards still out. Bonney, chairman of the Camp committee, reported that conferences with Health and Forestry officials in San Bernardino had made it clear that Camp Osceola must be moved to a higher location. The board concurred in the report and pledged its support for appropriate action. The offer of the Y's Men's club, given by President Dave Collins, to build a cement block wall along the south side of the YMCA site and to cement the patio was accepted with thanks by the board. Greyhound Strike Goes into Fourth Day; Layoff Looms SAN FRANCISCO (UP)—Layoff of 400 Pacific Greyhound bus line office employees and action by commuters loomed today as a strike of 3500 AFL drivers and station employees entered its fourth day. Greyhound notified its office help they will be laid off Friday if the strike, affecting passengers in seven western states, is not met. Area to be served includes California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Montana and Idaho. The home is not connected in any way with the Lutheran Home for the Aged in Anaheim, it was pointed out. Members of the board, besides the newly elected officers, include Nelson Kogler of Santa Ana; the Rev. Victor Behnken and Mrs. Marie Mueller of Orange; the Rev. M. J. Bruer of Long Beach; Mrs. P. F. Wright of Santa Rosa; the Rev. E. H. Pflog and O. M. Geissler, both of Anaheim. Mercy Plane Lost Near Banning, Calif. BANNING (UP)—Intensive search was under way in this area today for a plane missing on a mercy flight from Needles to Los Angeles with five persons aboard, including a wounded boy. Sheriff's Deputy Bert Smith of Needles identified those aboard the single-engine ambulance plane as Pilot William Natte, proprietor of Riverview Airport at Needles; John Flick, Jr., 11, wounded in the eye with BB shot; Mrs. Barbara E. Wilson, 33, the boy's mother; Robert L. Tracy, co-pilot, all of Needles, and Albert Fleming, 62, Lafayette, La., uncle of Mrs. Wilson. The aircraft left Needles at 5:55 p.m. yesterday and was due at Los Angeles International airport at 7:40 p.m. John Flick was wounded by the BB shot yesterday and a Needles doctor advised getting him to a specialist in Los Angeles as quickly as possible. Mrs. Wilson arranged the emergency flight. Two shot struck the boy's eyelid and formed a blood clot on the eyeball, doctors said. Capt. Sewell Griggers of the Los Angeles county sheriff's aero squadron, said two of his planes and aircraft from March Air Force base are searching the Banning area. Natte was supposed to make radio contact with the airport at year. Acheson Says US Behind Britain In Malaya WASHINGTON (UP)—Secretary of State Acheson said today the United States is solidly behind Britain in its "determination to defeat communist terrorism in Malaya." Acheson did not, however, promise that the U.S.' would give an large-scale economic aid to Malaysia to strengthen the British campaign against the communist British forces in the Far Eastern land have been fighting native terrorists for a long time. The guerilla warfare has been spearheaded by Chinese guerilla who claim they want to take over the big rubber and tin industries in Malaya. Acheson said in a news conference that Britain's struggle against communist-led guerillas is "an integral part of the free world" common effort to halt communis aggression." American Forces, Relief Supplies TOKYO (UP)—American occupation forces and the Japanese government today rushed relief supplies to earthquake and tidal waves victims in snowswept northern Japan. Planes, trains and boats carried blankets, medicine and food to stricken areas of sparsely settled SAN FRANCISCO (UP)—Layoff of 400 Pacific Greyhound bus line office employees and action by commuters loomed today as a strike of 3500 AFL drivers and station employees entered its fourth day. Greyhound notified its office help they will be laid off Friday if the strike, affecting passengers in seven western states, is not settled. In Marin county, north of here, members of a commuters group demanded that they either be granted a seat at the bargaining table or the California Public Utilities commission provide some relief. Some 7000 commuters in that area depend solely on buses for public transportation. Both proposals were to be taken up tomorrow night at meetings of two commuter organizations, Tom Hardcastle, secretary of the Novato Commuters club, predicted his meeting would produce "a lot of fireworks." A spokesman for the AFL Motor Coach Employes union said yesterday the 3500 strikers have been advised to seek part-time jobs. Some drivers already have found temporary work, he said. Federal Conciliator Omar Hoskins met yesterday in informal sessions with both sides, and reported neither was ready to make a concession. Drivers and station employees are seeking a new contract to include a five day, 40-hour week. Pay presently is pegged to schedules, permitting six-day weeks and work over 40 hours without overtime. Double overtime is paid when a man is called in on his day off. The union also is asking pay increases for both long and short distance drivers. Ranged the emergency flight. Two shot struck the boy's eyelid and formed a blood clot on the eyeball, doctors said. Capt. Sewell Griggers of the Los Angeles county sheriff's aero squadron, said two of his planes and aircraft from March Air Force base are searching the Banning area. Natte was supposed to make radio contact with the airport at Thermal, near here, but never did, Griggers said, indicating he never reached that far. He added that Natte's flight plan called for a route over Banning and Ontario. MALIBU, Calif. (UP)—President Truman's daughter Margaret is expected to spend two weeks at a cottage at this beach resort before she begins a series of concerts in the west. Movement Afoot in New Mexico To Preserve A-Bomb Blast Site ALBUQUERQUE (UP) — New Mexico officials hope to preserve as a state or national monument the place where the atomic age exploded from a dream to reality. Opposition is mounting to Atomic Energy commission plans to fill in the great saucer of jade and turquois-colored glass left by the first A-bomb explosion July 16, 1945. The site is located at Trinity, N.M., about 120 miles south of Albuquerque. Gov. Edwin Mechem already has wired the AEC in Washington, asking reconsideration of the action. Mayor Walter S. Mullins of Alamogordo, nearest major community to the desert site, expressed opposition and said some form of protest is planned. "We only heard about the proposal yesterday and are not sure just what we will do about it," he said. "But we are definitely opposed to it." Every day people stop to ask about the test site and we think it should be preserved." Gov. Mechem wired that "this site ranks historically as one of the century's most-talked-of places" and making it a state or national monument should be seriously considered. The $23,600 contract for doing the work was awarded D. D. Skousen of Albuquerque. The AEC said its scientific interest in the site is satisfied and it had decided to have the depression filled. NAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZETE ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1952 SHEPHERD OFFICERS—A. J. Schultte, was elected president of the Good ShepLutheran Home of the West last night. the association with him are Paul Yorde, left, retiring president, and Emmett Engstrom, treasurer. Mrs. O. C. Ulrich, secretary, is not shown. CommuniOf UnrepExtortion MUNSAN, Korea (T) munists admitted today unreported prisoners and use them as a club in truce negotiations. The reds said they w ply the names of these "in due time"—but only Allies furnished data tha nists have been demand Rear Adm. R. E. Libby sharply that the U.N. would furnish additional data on an exchange ba at all. The red admission fo demand by Libby that munists account for 176 a prisoners. Most of th Americans, Some are B This makes a total of 1 ed Nations soldiers and 5 public of Korea (ROK) t which the U.N. has dem Senator Says US and Britain Malaya WASHINGTON (UP) — Secretary Acheson said today the States is solidly behind in its "determination to immunist terrorism in Malaysia" In did not, however, prom- the U.S. would give any economic aid to Ma- strengthen the British against the communists. forces in the Far East have been fighting native for a long time. Herilla warfare has been led by Chinese guerillas on they want to take over rubber and tin industries. said in a news confer- Britain's struggle against led guerillas is "an in- part of the free world's effort to halt communist." Senator Says UMT Bill May be Revived in Senate WASHINGTON (UP) — Senator McFarland (D-Ariz) said today the Senate may try to revive the Universal Military Training-bill despite a setback in the House yesterday. The House sent the hotly-debated UMT bill back to its Armed Services committee by a vote of 236 to 162. Normally this would pigeonhole the proposal for the session. Rep. Vinson (D-Ga), chairman of the House Armed Services committee and a major backer of UMT, said yesterday that UMT was dead as far as the current session is concerned. But McFarland, the Democratic Majority leader in the Senate, told reporters as the Senate met today that he is willing to call up the bill "if it will do any good or looks as though it could." Oil Interests' Deny Opposing Warren Here SACRAMENTO (UP) — Governor Warren drew an angry denial today to his statement that independent oil interests are pouring money into a campaign to oppose his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. J. A. Smith, Los Angeles oil man, declared in a rebuttal that the very same interests helped finance Warren's first campaign for the governorship in 1942, and that he accepted their support four years later. Smith was named by Warren at his news conference yesterday as the "slippery messenger boy" of Bill Keck, wealthy Los Angeles oil operator. The governor said they were among the financial angels for the California GOP convention slate nominally pledged to Congressman Thomas Werdel of Bakersfield. Smith replied in a letter to Warren: "Up to this moment neither I nor any of my associates have put one penny into the campaign of the Werdel free Republican delegation, although we are proud to support its objectives." American Forces, Japanese Rush Supplies to North Japan (UP) — American occupa- and the Japanese it today rushed relief to earthquake and tidal imms in snowswept northtrains and boats carried medicine and food to areas of sparsely settled Kyodo News Agency reported the quake left a fishing village submerged and pushed up a new 40-foot hill. Both were on Hokkaido, northernmost island of Japan. A Kyodo reporter who flew over Kiritappu reported most of the Warren to Enter Oregon Primary SACRAMENTO (UP) — Governor Earl Warren announced today he would furnish additional data on an exchange base at all. The red admission for demand by Libby that munists account for 174 prisoners, Most of the Americans, Some are B. This makes a total of 18 ed Nations soldiers and 5 public of Korea (ROK) which the U.N. has demen- accounting. None of the listed in the original list prisoners of war the recover Dec. 18. North Korean Maj. Gang Cho referred Wedn- the 1500 as "the main list Of Supplies to North Japan (A)—American occupations and the Japanese intent today rushed relief to earthquake and tidal imms in snowswept north-trains and boats carried medicine and food to areas of sparsely settledokkaido Island and the salous sections of north-onshu Island. Sides of homeless suffered cold and driving snow-rich followed Tuesday's special U.S. Army estimate of Japanese dead and 170 Japanese police an- they have recovered 20io Americans were kill- ed or injured. Kyodo News Agency reported the quake left a fishing village submerged and pushed up a new 40-foot hill. Both were on Hokkaido, northernmost island of Japan. A Kyodo reporter who flew over Kiritappu reported most of the 1691 villagers were marooned atop their submerged homes. He said a rescue boat was on its way to the coastal town. The news agency said the new hill appeared near the village of of Nilkappu. Inhabitants said a lava-like substance flowed from the hill and then hardened. Two years ago a quake thrust up a similar hill in the same area. CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Dominican Republic (P)—The Dominican Republic plans to complain to the U.N. Security Council that Russia has committed "flagrant violation" of her waters by sending Soviet submarines nosing around her shores. Citrus Market Sunkist Growers, Inc., reported today all auction markets California oranges were slightly higher medium to small sizes. Representative Prices by Size: SUNKIST, First Grade— 100s 10.35; 126s 9.48; 150s 8.79; 176s 8.17; 200s 7.29; 220s 6.39; 252s 5.27; 288s 4.68; 344s 4.11. CHOICE, Second Grade— 126s 8.17; 150s 7.92; 176s 7.31; 200s 6.38; 220s 5.77; 252s 4.55; 288s 4.08. Warren to Enter Oregon Primary SACRAMENTO (P)—Governor Earl Warren announced today he will enter the Oregon primary May 16 as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Warren said he will go into the Oregon election by his own declaration of candidacy. "I am informed that a petition is being circulated in Oregon to qualify me in that manner," he said in a press statement, "but it is not at my instigation and I prefer to enter my own independent action. The California Governor already has filed for Wisconsin's April 1 primary. He is opposing Senator Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio) and Harold E. Stassen, former governor of Minnesota. In Oregon, nominations have been made for Stassen, General Douglas A. MacArthur and General Dwight D. Eisenhower on the Republican ticket, and Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn) on the Democratic. MacArthur has asked that his name be withdrawn. MISSING MAN SOUGHT Santa Ana police today searched for William Clark McClurg, 35, defense plant worker, whose wife, Virginia, reported as missing since Feb. 28. McClurg, who has been employed in a Long Beach aircraft plant, was in ill health, his wife told police. Fifty Talented For Two-Night "Get 50 of the Anaheli who are most alive together work out a show and a can happen—and you'll happen Friday and S nights in the Anaheim High school auditorium w second Annual Anaheim Minstrel goes on stage," Ashleigh, secretary of the said today. Forty vocalists, a line comedy "end men," and In tor John Shea make up the cast of the minstrel show other sex will be represent ably, too, by Miss Joy Lan of Hollywood, but forme Anaheimer, Ashleigh expla- "The truly remarkable o of this aggregation of loca nnessmen, farmers and tra have been welded by Produ Bren into a production well double the price of adm Ashleigh enthused. The 40-man chorus will ZETTE 5, 1952 5c per Copy — 50c per Month NUMBER 90 Communists Admit Using Listing Of Unreported Allied Prisoners As Extortion Weapon in Peace Talks MUNSAN, Korea (T)—The communists admitted today they hold unreported prisoners and tried to use them as a club in Korean truce negotiations. The reds said they would supply the names of these prisoners in due time"—but only after the Allies furnished data the communists have been demanding. Rear Adm. R. E. Libby reported sharply that the U.N. command would furnish additional prisoner data on an exchange basis or not at all. The red admission followed a demand by Libby that the communists account for 174 additional prisoners. Most of these are Americans, Some are British. This makes a total of 1621 United Nations soldiers and 50,000 Republic of Korea (ROK) troops for which the U.N. has demanded an who we hold in prison." "As for the necessary supplementary data," he said, "they are now being put in order and we will hand it over to your side in due time. You must give us first the basic data which you have promised to give us." He was referring to 44,000 Koreans originally listed by the Allies as prisoners but since reclassified as South Korean civilians or ROK troops. Their names were not on the original list of 132,000 the Allies handed the reds. Libby said the Allies were ready to exchange complete information on prisoners, including troops captured between the time the original lists were compiled and Feb. 28. His demand for a report on 174 men was based on names taken of prisoners they had captured. The Allies insist the reds impressed most of them into the North Korean army. Hope Slight For Tax Cut In Legislature SACRAMENTO (C)—Hopes for a cut in state taxes declined by Governor Warren's opposition—rose slightly but still not decisively in the legislature today. Assemblyman Julian Beck (D-San Fernando), house minority leader, came out of a caucus with the report that a majority of the 33 Democrats in the 80-man As- would furnish additional prisoner data on an exchange basis or not at all. The red admission followed a demand by Libby that the communists account for 176 additional prisoners. Most of these are Americans. Some are British. This makes a total of 1021 United Nations soldiers and 50,000 Republic of Korea (ROK) troops for which the U.N. has demanded an accounting. None of them was listed in the original list of 11,500 prisoners of war the reds turned over Dec. 18. North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Ang Cho referred Wednesday to the 1500 as "the main list of POWs." Libby said the Allies were ready to exchange complete information on prisoners, including troops captured between the time the original lists were compiled and Feb. 28. His demand for a report on 174 men was based on names taken from red broadcasts, letters to families, communist periodicals and "other sources," presumably secret agents. The request for names of 50,000 ROKs, whom the reds say "do not exist," was based on communist radio boasts of the number SACRAMENTO (CA)—Hops for a cut in state taxes required by Governor Warren's organization rose slightly but still not decisively in the legislature today. Assemblyman Julian Beck (D-San Fernando), house minority leader, came out of a caucus with the report that a majority of the 33 Democrats in the 80-man Assembly favored a one-year reduction in the sales and personal income taxes. On the Republican side, Assemblyman Harold K. Levering (R-Los Angeles) told newsmen he hopes to organize a "strong economy bloc" to get behind his program for tax cutbacks. Even with this lift, advocates of tax trimming hesitate to predict success in their fight. No immediate vote is in sight in the three-day old budget session. Action on the billion dollar state budget probably will come first. Both the Assembly and Senate expect to recess at noon tomorrow. The long weekend is designed to give members time to go home to fill their nomination papers for the June 3 primary and get the necessary signatures. The filing period runs from today through March 29. East German Reds In Literature Purge BONN, Germany (FR)—East Germany's communist rulers have seized an estimated six million books in a sweeping purge to root out western literature, West German officials said today. They have replaced the banned volumes on the shelves of schools, libraries and book stores chiefly with communist political literature—Stalin, Lenin, Marx, Engels and some international leftists. No more wild west, no more adventure novels. The red prohibited list now totals 19,562 book titles. The Bonn government's ministry for all German affairs told in a report today about the anti-book John and Marsha—The two characters shown above are not really Elks Eddie Edwards, left, and Oscar Loewnau. They are John and Marsha, respectively, as they do a take-off on the record of the same name. Anaheimers will see the act, along with a lot of other top-notch minstrel features, when the local Elks lodge puts on its Second Annual Minstrel show in AUHS auditorium Friday and Saturday nights—(Gazette photo by Kreldt) Fifty Talented Local Elks Ready For Two-Night Minstrel Show Stand "Get 50 of the Anaheim Elks who are most alive together to work out a show and anything happen—and you'll see it happen Friday and Saturday nights in the Anaheim Union high school auditorium when the second Annual Anaheim Elks minstrel goes on stage," Warren Shleigh, secretary of the lodge, told today. Forty vocalists, a line of 10 meny "end men," and Interlocutor John Shea make up the male part of the minstrel show. The her sex will be represented, and they, too, by Miss Joy Lane, now Hollywood, but formerly an Anaheimer, Ashleigh explained. The truly remarkable talents this aggregation of local businessmen, farmers and tradesmen have been welded by Producer Joe Ben into a production well worth the price of admission," Shleigh enthused. The 40-man chorus will assist the following standout minstrels in their presentations; Lloyd Verry in "Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee;" Howard Blevens in "Sunshine of Your Smile"; A. A. Meuley, "Floatin Down the Old Green River"; Lee Yocum in "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland"; George McKool in "Alabamy Bound"; John Shea in "A Little Bit of Heaven"; Dewain Truitt in "Down Yonder"; "John and Marsha" by Eddie Edwards and Oscar Loewnau; "Mammy" with Henry Bamesberger; Ray Link in "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy"; Wes Mendoza doing "Mr. and Mrs. Sippl"; "Sonny Boy" by Jack Hughes; Lyman Packard and John Shea cooperating in a bit of Mental Transcendentalism; "I Want to be the Leader of the Band" by Frank Gilbert; and "The Girl with a Conscience"—Joy Lane. The curtain rises at 8:20 p.m. both nights. Reserved seats may be obtained at the AUHS auditorium box office. Volumes on the shelves of schools, libraries and book stores chiefly with communist political literature—Stalin, Lenin, Marx, Engels and some international leftists. No more wild west, no more adventure novels. The red prohibited list now totals 19,562 book titles. The Bonn government's ministry for all German affairs told in a report today about the anti-book campaign which began after the war. "Literature in East Germany has become a political instrument of Stalinism," it said. Book shop owners are forced to draw their stocks from a red-approved list, according to the report. 130 Cairo Torch Rioters Wait Trial CAIRO, Egypt (P) — Informed sources said last night 130 persons will go on trial a week from today in connection with Cairo's anti-British torch riots of Jan. 26. Sixty-seven persons were killed in riots and fire damage reached millions of dollars. King Farouk ousted the strongly nationalist WAFD government of Mustapha El Nahas Pasha and installed Aly Maher Pasha as prime minister the day after the riots. Quiet has prevailed since. THIEVES MAKE HAUL Petty thieves netted $62.50 in the value of loot stolen from three automobiles in Santa Ana last night, police there reported. Don C. Newman, 1710 S. Van Ness st., lost a $39 camera from his parked car. Hub caps were stolen from the cars of James D. Wylie, 14411 Holt ave., Santa Ana, and Lloyd A. Marshall, 8082 Orange ave., Anaheim.