anaheim-gazette 1952-04-07

Variety Uncle Jawn Neubauer discusses a multitude of matters daily in "Anaheim Gazetteer." Don't miss it. Page 6 today. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAH Two Lose Lives, 26 Injured In Weekend County Crashes Two dead and 26 injured represented the toll of weekend motor traffic in Orange county as reported by the California Highway Patrol. Capt. William S. Nitz, 29, formerly stationed at El Toro Marine base, and Mrs. Hazel Hall, 26, of Santa Ana, wife of a Marine Lieutenant who is overseas, were killed when an automobile plunged off the Coast highway into the Santa Ana river early Saturday morning. Maj. Lynford Butterfield also a former El Toro Marine officer, is in a critical condition in a Corona Naval hospital and Mrs. Lois Brown, 32, of Santa Ana, wife of a Marine Captain now overseas, is in Santa Ana Community hospital. The accident is believed to have occurred while the car was traveling west on the Coast boulevard at high speed, probably at 2 a.m., because an employee at the JOS chlorinator plant saw a red light in the river bed at that time. A Huntington Beach police car discovered the wreck and the bodies at 5:40 a.m. Mrs. Brown was found staggering along the highway near the scene. Betty Lawrence, 18, of Pomona, and Charlene Ewing, 24, of Los Angeles, were injured in a collision at Lincoln ave. and Brookhurst rd., west of Anaheim Sunday. Carolina Vejar Yorba, 40, 121 S. Melrose st., Placentia, received injuries when she lost control of her ELECTION Anaheim voters go to the polls tomorrow to vote. They won't have much choice as to candidates or measures since the four candidates are all unopposed incumbents and there are no municipal measures on which to vote. However, the election will provide an opportunity to assess the value local citizens place upon the services rendered by Mayor Charles Pearson, Councilman Ray van Wagoner, City Clerk Charles Griffith and City Treasurer A. G. Tuma. The vote, large or small, will be in the nature of a complimentary, vote-of-confidence election. Griffith said this morning that late registrants for the June 3 primary have been numerous, and that a last-minute rush is expected before the deadline, Thursday. Polls open at 7 a.m. tomorrow and will remain open until 7 p.m. Court Postpones Sentencing of Ernest Gonzales Sentencing of Ernest Gonzales, Korean war veteran who was convicted of felony hit and run driving after his car hit and injured Oscar E. Hanson, 61, Anaheim branch, Bank of America, manager, was continued last Friday until after Gonzales is discharged from the Army sometime in June. Superior Judge Robert Gardner granted the continuance because, he said, "sentencing at this time would impose a double penalty upon Gonzales—the punishment inflicted by civil authorities and that which would be imposed by the military." Gonzales would undoubtedly receive a dishonorable discharge from the Army if sentenced before his discharge. Anaheim Police department, represented by Lt. T. V. Taylor, consented to the continuance and had previously agreed that Gonzales was deserving of probation, considering a trouble-free record with local authorities and many citations for battlefield valor in the Korean fighting. Supervisors to Hear Motel Deals Application for a permit to locate a motel at Whitaker st., east of Manchester blvd., in Buena Park will come before the county supervisors tomorrow with a favorable recommendation from county Planning commission. L. A. Rowland and O. R. Owens, the petitioners, plan to construct a motel consisting of 18 units with a combination office and dwelling. Also recommended favorably to the supervisors is the application of Forrest Almquist and Lawrence Matney to enlarge their present eight-unit court on Fifth st., west of Herbor blvd. Newhaven to 14 at 5:40 a.m. Mrs. Brown was found staggering along the highway near the scene. Betty Lawrence, 18, of Pomona, and Charlene Ewing, 24, of Los Angeles, were injured in a collision at Lincoln ave. and Brookhurst rd., west of Anaheim Sunday. Carolina Vejar Yorba, 40, 121 S. Melrose st., Placentia, received injuries when she lost control of her car Sunday night on Placentia ave. at Country Lane, east of Anaheim. She was taken to St. Joseph hospital in Orange. Injured in various other accidents were: Charlotte Luna, 23, San Clemente; Geraldine Jean Bunker, 26, Los Alamitos; William W. Robinson, 47, Garden Grove; Clarence D. Morgan, 25, El Toro Marine; Frankie Fugita, 19, Long Beach; Naomi L. Barton, 60, Newport Beach; Francis M. Wright, 28, Manhattan Beach; Clarence R. Tindell, 12, both of Van Nuys; Eugene Quisenberry, 30, and Fred Sperb, 35, both of Venice; Robert E. Rose, 24, Greeley, Colo.; Mrs. Harry Lewis, North Hollywood; Frank M. Schlavone, 22, and Thomas Pagerly, 22, Camp Pendleton Marines; Billy Joe Davis, 19, and Leslie D. Maybey, 19, both of Bell Gardens; Everett C. Williams, 47, Costa Mesa, and James N. Farley, 28, El Toro Marine. NO BOTHER! To save bother of manipulating the combination on his new safe, Clark R. Strong, who operates a service station at 12731 Euclid ave., Garden Grove, left the safe unlocked last night. Today he reported to the sheriff's office that $260 cash and a watch had been stolen from the safe last night by burglars who broke a window pane in the front door to gain entry. Roy Silver Gets Army Promotion WITH THE 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN KOREA—Roy V. Silver, whose wife, Elsie E., lives at 950 Falencia Mesa dr., Fullerton, Calif., was recently promoted to sergeant while serving in Korea. Griffith said this morning that late registrants for the June 3 primary have been numerous, and that a last-minute rush is expected before the deadline Thursday. Polls open at 7 a.m. tomorrow and will remain open until 7 p.m. Rainy Weather Grounds Air Force in Korea SEOUL, Korea (UP)—Rain clouds over Korea this morning grounded United Nations co-mand warplanes and made it miserable for the foot soldier on the front. Only weather reconnaissance planes took to the air, said a U.S. Fifth Air Force spokesman added "it was raining all over peninsula." On Sunday U.S. Sabre jet pilots reported they destroyed four MIG-15 communist jets, probably destroyed two and damaged eleven in three fights over northwest Korea. One of the kills was credited to Capt. Iven C. Kincheloe, Co-sopolis, Mich. It made him America's 10th jet ace. He bagged his fifth MIG in 40-minutes battle between Sabres and 12 MIGs just south of the Yalu river boundary between Manchuria and Korea. Five kills make an ace. Kincheloe earned rating on his 89th mission. U.N. and red patrols skirmish lightly on the muddy battlefront Monday morning. Correspondents covering armistice negotiations at Panmu jom heard the sound of small arms and machinegun fire about a mile to the east. It lasted less than minutes and apparently came from a brief clash between patrols. The U.S. Eighth Army said Allied patrol fought inconclusively. Roy Silver Gets Army Promotion WITH THE 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN KOREA—Roy V. Silver, whose wife, Elsie E., lives at 950 Falencia Mesa dr., Fullerton, Calif., was recently promoted to sergeant while serving in Korea with the 25th Infantry Division. A veteran unit of the Korean war, the 25th, with its attached Turkish Brigade, is now holding down a battle line northwest of the Punchbowl area in eastern Korea. A supply sergeant in the 14th Infantry Regiment's Company H, Sgt. Silver arrived in Korea in August, 1951. He entered the Army in December, 1950 and has been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge. He attended Cartill high school in Los Angeles. ROBBER ARRAIGNED John Curtis Jones, 29, of Long Beach was held for hearing following arraignment Saturday on charges of armed robbery. He had escaped from the Anaheim J. C. Penney Co., store with $3500 in cash receipts just before closing time Thursday, but was arrested about 20 minutes later by California Highway Patrol officers. His hearing was set for April 9 at 9 a.m., with bail set at $15,000. NEW YORK—New Yorkers will give a traditional ticker tape welcome and City Hall reception today to Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. MENINGITIS FATALITY Death of Larry L. Hallquay aged 10 months, at San Juan Capistrano yesterday, was first fatality from meningitis reported in Orange county this year and the sixth case of the disease be found, the Health department announced today. The infant died in St. Jose hospital of epidemic meningitis. MUNSAN, Korea (U.P.)—Communist radios today promised a peaceful welcome home to all red prisoners returned by the United States command during a truce in Korea, even if the prisoners they have renounced communism. ANAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZETE ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1952 ELECTION anaheim voters go to the tomorrow to vote. They have much choice as candidates or measures. The four candidates are unopposed incumbents there are no municipal measures on which to vote. However, the election will provide an opportunity to pass the value local citi- place upon the services served by Mayor Charles Jason, Councilman Ray Wagoner, City Clerk Charles Griffith and City Treasurer A. G. Tuma. The large or small, will be the nature of a compli- tary, vote-of-confidence election. Griffith said this morning late registrants for the 3 primary have been serious, and that a last-rate rush is expected be- the deadline, Thursday. Falls open at 7 a.m. to- row and will remain until 7 p.m. Two Million Ballots Seen In Red-Hot Illinois Voting By The Associated Press Names made the political news today on the eve of a possible two-million vote turnout for Illinois' presidential preferential primary. Illinois has 4,818,000 registered voters. A two-million ballot tomorrow was looked for, because of a happy weather forecast and steam generated by stump speeches and write-in campaigns. Two million votes would top by nearly 40,000 the 1942 total but would be some 600,000 shy of a popularity poll. Results are not binding on delegates to the presidential nominating convention, although they may influence leanings. Meanwhile, here are the names and the political news they made: Sen Robert Taft of Ohio and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) military chief, seemed headed toward a possible deadlock at the GOP presidential nomination convention in July. Taft generally is conceded to have about twice as many delegates as Eisenhower now but an apparent trend recently to split state support between them. Hence, they could come down to the wire practically neck-and-neck. Taft and former Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesota, who also seeks the GOP nomination, stump-toured Illinois all last week. Riley Bender of Chicago is their only opposition on the ballot, but an Eisenhower write-in campaign is being pushed. Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee is unopposed in Illinois' Democratic primary. However, he faced prospects of a strong write-in. Hospitality Time Welcomes Anaheim Woman A good time was had Saturday afternoon as club women entertained coming ladies of Anaheim. Dorothy-Wade Dinner first sponsored by the Retail of the Anaheim Ghamboremerce. A history of Anaheim by Eva Boyd. Eleanor told about Anaheim churche Verna Hopkins reported schools. The program ranged by Mrs. Frank chairman. Newcomer Mrs. A. 110 W. Valencia won a cloth and napkins donated SQR store. Mrs. Kirk 210 N. Claudina st., received of Coral pearls. The next tea schedule held Saturday, May 3, tain the women who hailed Anaheim during the March. Members of the club will act as hostess tea. The entire series of ity teas" is being arrived Vera Auest, chairman of tail division "Welcome committee and Dorothe proprietor of the Dora dinner house." and red patrols skirmished on the muddy battlefront by morning. respondents covering the peace negotiations at Panmunjhurd the sound of small arms chinegun fire about a mile east. It lasted less than 10 hours and apparently came from clash between patrols. U.S. Eighth Army said an patrol fought inconclusively three Chinese red platoons short time east of Kumsong central front before dawn. Army said Allied troops reoccupied without opposition hill northwest of Yonchon central front, near the edge of a two-hour battle Saturday between U.N. infantry and 750 to 850 Chinese red platoons had withdrawn their advance position during day's battle. In that two-hour the Allied troops turned a red attempt to dent the line. GITIS FATALITY of Larry L. Hallquist, 60 months, at San Juaniano yesterday, was the fatality from meningitis re-in Orange county this year in sixth case of the disease to land, the Health department decided today. Infant died in St. Joseph City of epidemic meningitis. SAN, Korea (P)—Communities today promised a peace-come home to all red pris-s returned by the United command during a truce sea, even if the prisoners say have renounced communism. Burglaries and petty thieves had a bad time with Santa Ana police over the week-end, two men being arrested after one daring downtown window burglary, and a third being caught walking away with the hub cap of a car, while three Mexican boys were apprehended after stealing nine automobile batteries. All of the burglars were not caught, however. Jack Cole, Jr., El Toro Marine, reported theft of clothing and an electric razor from his parked automobile, the loss being $166. An $18 cash burglary took place in daylight at the home of Mrs. Ethel F. Doty, 2414 N. Park blvd., while she was in the rear yard of the home. Salvador Ceniveros, 28, 623 N. Fairlawn, Santa Ana, and Chris M. Gallardo, 40, Los Angeles, were pursued and captured by police officers who heard a loud crash at Fourth and Sycamore sts., at 2:40 a.m. today, and saw the men running from the Lewis and Kanter Optical Co. They caught the fugitives and recovered four pairs of dark glasses that had been seized from the store window, which had been smashed with a blow from a "no left turn" sign. James A. Arndt, 19, El Toro Marine, was out with a friend, who lost a hub cap from his car. Arndt went to get a replacement, which he took from the parked car of William W. Kipp, Jr., 609 S. Main st., at 3:40 a.m. Kipp saw him and called police, who overhauled Arndt and arrested him on a petty theft charge. The three Mexican boys were picked up for stealing nine automobile batteries from salvaged cars at the wrecking yard of Clyde O. Mussack, 2631 S. Main. Taft and former Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesota, who also seeks the GOP nomination, stump-toured Illinois all last week. Riley Bender of Chicago is their only opposition on the ballot, but an Eisenhower write-in campaign is being pushed. Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee is unopposed in Illinois' Democratic primary. However, he faced prospects of a strong write-in for Illinois Gov. Aldai Stevenson, listed only on the ballot as unopposed for nomination as governor. At a Chicago school editors conference yesterday, Kefauver and Stassen were asked if they would accept a vice-presidency nomination. Kefauver said no. Stassen declined to "speculate" on anything but the presidency. Eisenhower favors state ownership of the oil-rich submerged coastal lands, according to today's Dallas (Tex.) Morning News. It quotes the general as saying he had not changed a previously expressed opinion that federal control of these so-called tidelands would tend "toward centralized ownership and control . . . which I have bitterly opposed." Citrus Market Sunkist Growers, Inc., reported today all auction markets California-oranges were lower in spots. CHOICE, Second Grade—Representative Prices by Size: 100s 10.60; 126s 8.88; 150s 8.24; 176s 7.60; 200s 7.05; 220s 6.32; 252s 5.43; 288s 5.04; 344s 4.33. SUNKIST, First Grade— 100s 7.26; 126s 6.80; 150s 6.51; 176s 6.24; 200s 5.90; 220s 5.13; 252s 4.45; 288s 4.10; 344s 3.97. Held Saturday, May 3, tain the women who hath to Anaheim during the March. Members of the club will act as hostess tea. The entire series of city teas" is being arrr Vera Auest, chairman o tail division "Welcome to committee and Dorot proprietor of the Dore dinner house. Placentia Forgets Year in J Sentence of a year in jail for forgery of an insn on a welfare check was ed by Judge Robert O Santa Ana last Friday of Carl Gilbert Fifield Placentia. The court refused a probation because of F intensive record of a charges of intoxication. Fifield admitted that forged his common-l name on a $90 welfare sued for support of his He had paid $10 of the probation department court order and then in the check, the welfare ment sent to the woman. DISTURBING PEACE Franz Harry Pentz Joseph Pentz, Los Angles ers, were arrested in Park ballroom by local 1:20 a.m., Sunday after seen engaging in a f were booked at the l station on charges of the peace and were late to appear April 11 at hearing. Ball was set a Workers Walk Out in 43 States Bell System Employees Quit In Four States; Telegraph Co. Strike Goes Into Fifth Day NEW YORK—A two-pronged communications strike flared across the country today, but an American Telephone and Telegraph spokesman said "most service is normal." The Communications Workers of America (CIO) announced the walkout of 67,250 Bell Telephone Syster employees throughout the country. CWA President Joseph A. Beirne said the strike was "officially on" and involved 15,500 Western Electric workers in 43 states and 51,750 other Bell System employees—"craftmen, operators, clearsk and the like"—in Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey and They are all members of the CIO Communications Workers of America. All-night mediation efforts had failed to bring agreement. Although picket lines of the 43-state Western Electric crews would threaten telephone services generally, picketing was only sporadic so far. Anaheim and the rest of Orange county have felt "no effect at all" of the strike, according to J. E. Kenny, district manager of the Santa Ana district. He said all Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., employees reported for work this morning and that the Western Electric Co., employees have not risk Hospitality Tea Welcomes New Anaheim Women A good time was had by all Saturday afternoon as the BPW club women entertained the new-coming ladies of Anaheim at the Dorothy-Wade Dinner House. The "Hospitality Tea" first of a series sponsored by the Retail division of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. A history of Anaheim was given by Eva Boyd. Eleanor Ashleigh told about Anaheim churches and Verna Hopkins reported on the schools. The program was arranged by Mrs. Frank Nipper, chairman. Newcomer Mrs. A. W. Block, 110 W. Valencia won a gift tablecloth and napkins donated by the SQR store. Mrs. Kirk Shawgo, 210 N. Claudina st., received a gift of Coral pearls. The next tea scheduled to be held Saturday, May 3, will entertain the women who have moved to Anaheim during the month of March. Members of the Altrusa club will act as hostesses for the tea. The entire series of "hospitality teas" is being arranged by Vera Auest, chairman of the Retail division "Welcome Neighbor" committee and Dorothy Ford, proprietor of the Dorothy-Wade dinner house. CWA President Joseph A. Beirne said the strike was "officially on" and involved 15,500 Western Electric workers in 43 states and 51,750 other Bell System employees—"craftmen, operators, clears and the like"—in Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey and California. The CIO walkouts hit the Western Electric company, installation and maintenance subsidiary of the Bell System in 43 states, and the telephone system itself in five states. Coupled with a continuing AFL strike against the Western Union Telegraph System, the new walk-outs made the communications snarl a three-way affair. About 67,000 workers—16,000 of them employees of Western Electric and 51,000 of them telephone employees in Ohio, New Jersey, Michigan, Northern California and Nevada—quit their jobs. Schuster Slaying Pistol Found in Brooklyn Lot NEW YORK (P)—The pistol belonged to be that used to slay Arnold Schuster, 24, whose tip led to the arrest of bank robber Willie (The Actor) Sutton, was found today in a Brooklyn parking lot. The .38 caliber weapon had three discharged shells in its cylinder. It was picked up only five blocks from Schuster's home, near where the salesman was shot down March 8. Police were unusually secretive about the first real break they had in the killing. Police Commissioner George P. Monaghan refused to confirm or deny the fact that the murder weapon had been found. "I must necessarily take this position, for to do otherwise would be extremely harmful to the investigation," Monaghan said. Anaheim and the rest of Orange county have felt "no effect at all" of the strike, according to J. E. Kenny, district manager of the Santa Ana district. He said all Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., employees reported for work this morning and that the Western Electric Co., employees have not picked county exchanges. He said there has been no interruption in service and explained that, in any eventuality, most services will be continued. P.T. and T. employees are members of the CWA, he said, but they are not concerned with this strike. They may be effected, however, he pointed out if Western Electric workers establish picket lines. P. T. and T. employees probably would not pass them, he said. Beirne deplored what he called "irresponsible" refusal by the company of union settlement offers. In a statement, he said: "The telephone strike is officially on. There has been some movement in money by the companies, but amounts are still below what telephone workers are entitled to under wage stabilization. "There is disagreement between the companies and the union on this point. We have expressed our willingness to submit voluntarily the issues to the disputes section of the Wage Stabilization Board for decision and would agree in advance to abide by their decision. The companies refused. "We have offered to provide enough union members to adequately handle emergency needs of government, military and the general public. Even this they refuse. To describe such action as irresponsible is an understatement. CWA has demonstrated a willingness to seek compromise, to pursue negotiations in a give-and-take spirit, trying to work the problem out reasonably. AT &T doesn't understand reasonable tactics." In the Western Union strike, Telephone Co. here as the phone in strike at 6 a.m.—(Associated) Placentia Forger Gets Year in Jail Sentence of a year in the county jail for forgery of an indorsement on a welfare check was pronounced by Judge Robert Gardner in Santa Ana last Friday in the case of Carl Gilbert Fifield, 35, of Placentia. The court refused a plea for probation because of Fifield's extensive record of arrests on charges of intoxication. Fifield admitted that he had forged his common-law wife's name on a $90 welfare check issued for support of his children. He had paid $10 of the $90 to the probation department under a court order and then intercepted the check, the welfare department sent to the woman. DISTURBING PEACE Franz Harry Pentz and Ted Joseph Pentz, Los Angeles brothers, were arrested in Harmony Park ballroom by local police at 1:20 a.m., Sunday after they were seen engaging in a fight. They were booked at the local police station on charges of disturbing the peace and were later released to appear April 11 at 9 a.m., for hearing. Bail was set at $50. Salary Survey Under Scrutiny By Supervisors Conference between the county board of supervisors and heads of county departments will be held throughout this week to study a salary survey just completed by County Personnel Director William Hart. Hart's survey covered prevailing salaries in private industry of Orange county, and salary schedules of other public agencies, including counties and cities. The survey, it is said, will be used as the basis for preparing a new county salary ordinance, contemplating wage adjustments for county employees effective June 1. of government, military and the general public. Even this they refuse. To describe such action as irresponsible is an understatement. CWA has demonstrated a willingness to seek compromise, to pursue negotiations in a give-and-take spirit, trying to work the problem out reasonably. AT &T doesn't understand reasonable tactics." In the Western Union strike, now in its fifth day, the company claimed today that service has been restored in 82 major cities of the some 2000 cities and towns where it has offices. The union, the AFL Commercial Telegraphers, said this claim was company propaganda, and that "we have the country sewed up except for New York City." Further mediation efforts were scheduled today, both for the telephone and Western Union phases of the strikes. The A. T. & T. spokesman said that "all long distance calls throughout the country are going through," despite the walkouts of operators and others at Bell Systems in the five states. Some of the calls are moving only "slowly," he said, because "the boys with the thumbs" (supervisors not fully skilled at the switchboard) have taken the place of regular operators. "This slowing down," he added, "applies only to a few places and is not general by any means. Most service is normal." Dial service, which takes care of a bulk of urban calls, is not threatened, barring equipment breakdowns. Reports from throughout the country indicated that while most Western Electric workers were out, they had not yet attempted to picket telephone exchanges.