anaheim-gazette 1952-04-14

Militarist-Politician If you're a bit doubtful about casting your vote for Gen: Eisenhower and need some justification for not making up your mind, read the editorial on Page 2 today. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEIM Two Dead, 18 Injured in Orange County Accidents Easter week-end automobile wrecks in Orange county left two persons dead, official reports disclosed today. William Clyde Visger, 63, of Wilmar, was killed at 7 p.m., Saturday at Santa Ana blvd., and Flower st., Santa Ana, scene of many traffic accidents. Visger drove his car across Santa Ana blvd., in front of an oncoming car operated by Duane A. Borkenhagen, 20, of Santa Ana. Mrs. Edna Visger, 65, received a broken leg, and Borkenhagen suffered head lacerations. Both were taken to Santa Ana Community hospital. Miss Mabel R. Garvey, 57, retired Los Angeles school teacher and member of the Rebekah lodge, died in Santa Ana Community hospital at 10 p.m., Friday of injuries received at 1:30 p.m., that day in a crash at Trask ave., and Newhope rd., south of Anaheim. She was riding in a car driven by her sister, Mrs. Lillian Squires, 59, Los Angeles, which collided control and ran off Highway 39 north of Chapman ave., near Stanton. The father and son were taken to Orange county hospital. Injured in various other accidents were: Donald H. Belding, 19, Eagle; Homer A. Rosemild, 20, Norwalk; Arthur C. Lazenby, 19, El Monte; Betty Petersen, 17, Virginia Davison,-17, and Stanley Eckenrode, 21, all of Los Angeles; William D. Lutz, 32, of Camp Irwin, Barstow, and his two children, Dennis, 5, and Terry, 2, of Santa Ana; Walter Yost, 29, El Toro Marine; John A. Garion, 33, Fullerton; Ethel Lois Conchola, Santa Ana; and Wendell E. Reece, 25, Long Beach. Cash Program Set Up for County Building Plans New buildings contemplated un- Planners Deny Second Housing Tract in County Lack of suitable sanitation and drainage facilities blocked another subdivision proposal last Friday afternoon when the county planning commission refused approval of a tract of 90 lots between Anaheim and Cypress. The county Health department after making a half-dozen test borings on the 20 acre tract proposed for subdividing by C. L. Zas trow of Bellflower, held that the ground was not suitable for septic tanks. The road department also turned thumbs down on the track on the ground that it would create surface water drainage problem. The tract is located at the southwest corner of Lincoln ave., and Hansen road. The county planning commission gave approval to a storage building, garage and shop for the join outfall sewer system on Loara r near Crone ave., in the West Anheim district but continued to Arnaheim. Miss Mabel R. Garvey, 57, retired Los Angeles school teacher and member of the Rebekah lodge, died in Santa Ana Community hospital at 10 p.m., Friday of injuries received at 1:30 p.m., that day in a crash at Trask ave., and Newhope rd., south of Anaheim. She was riding in a car driven by her sister, Mrs. Lillian Squires, 59, Los Angeles, which collided with a car driven by Lillian M. Trotter of Garden Grove. A total of eighteen persons were injured in the week-end accidents. Delfino Lopez Jr., 14, Los Alamitos, received minor hurts Sunday morning when his bicycle collided with an automobile driven by Henry E. Gonzales, 22, 10842 Harcourt st., Anaheim. The accident took place on Katella rd., near Lexington dr. The boy was taken to Artesia emergency hospital. Enrique Escobedo, 39, and his son Richard, 15, of 10671 Garza st., Anaheim, received major injuries Saturday when a car operated by Richard went out of Attorneys Ask New Trial For McCracken Attorneys for convicted murderer Henry Ford McCracken have urged the State Supreme court to give him a new trial because "inflammatory newspaper articles and the state of mind of citizens in Orange county made a fair Superior court trial impossible." Attorneys James Monroe and George Chula also said that trial Judge Robert Gardner showed "a lack of fairness." In support of this, they cited the contempt charge which Gardner levied against them, but which the Appellate court later overruled. They also maintained that McCracken should have been allowed to testify under the influence of truth serum, and that the sexual assaults among the girls of Santa Ana; and Wendell E. Reece, 25, Long Beach. Cash Program Set Up for County Building Plans New buildings contemplated under the county's program for a new courthouse group and other structures will be built on a pay as you go basis, it was announced today following action by the county supervisors in setting up a capital outlay fund. The building program, which may reach as high as $12 million, will be carried out without bond issues, it was said. Plans have already been authorized by the supervisors for the first two units of the courthouse group, to be built at the western end of the new civic center, which extends between Broadway and Ross sts, and 8th and 8th sts, in Santa Ana. These units are for the welfare department and the health department, the buildings to be of equal size and estimated to cost $675,000 each. First earmarking of funds for the capital outlays program may amount to $250,000 this year and in succeeding years, supervisors said. Easter Sunday Finds World Clouded With Doubt, Wracked with War Pains By The Associated Press Easter Sunday with its prayers for peace and its spring parades of joy came yesterday for Christians in a modern world of continuing wars and changing values. There were religious services to hall once again the resurrection of Christ. And again millions paraded, in their new spring finery along the world's avenues. But there was no peace in many places, and some of the tradition was gone from the annual fashion promenades. Millions throughout the free battlefield, Americans weighed thumbs down on the tract on the ground that it would create surface water drainage problems. The tract is located at the southwest corner of Lincoln ave., and Hansen road. The county planning commission gave approval to a storage building, garage and shop for the joint outfall sewer system on Loara near Crone ave., in the West Anheim district, but continued to April 18 the application of Herbst Brothers to construct a metal produce plant on Orangethorpe ave. and Raymond ave. between Anaheim and Fullerton. That plant had been approved by planning commissions of both cities, but met objections of nearby property owners. The same groups were aligned on opposing sides also in connection with applications for permits for E. Carrell Motor Shop at the same location as the proposed metal plan. The Carrell application was continued to Apr. 18, as was the application of the Pentecostal Church of God to enlarge its buildings Commonwealth ave. west Grand ave. at Buena Park. NEW YORK (UP)—Gen. Douglas MacArthur insists he is not a "candidate for any public office" and says voters in the May 16 Oregon primary should "avoid wasting their votes on me." Attorneys James Monroe and George Chula also said that trial Judge Robert Gardner showed "a lack of fairness." In support of this, they cited the contempt charge which Gardner levied against them, but which the Appellate court later overruled. They also maintained that McCracken should have been allowed to testify under the influence of truth serum, and that the sexual psychopathic angles of the case were not allowed full airing. Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Kneeland of Orange county replied that "the record shows a commendable fairness on the part of Judge Gardner," and that the contempt citation came during McCracken's sanity trial, which followed the murder conviction. Kneeland said truth serums are not completely reliable and that there is no legal precedent for their use. The Supreme court took the case under submission and probably will take weeks to reach a decision. McCracken, 35, was sentenced to death for the kidnap-killing of Patricia Jean Hull, 10, of Buena Park, in May, 1951. Citrus Market Sunkist Growers, Inc., reported today all auction markets California oranges were lower. Representative Prices by Size: SUNKIST, First Grade— 100s 9.77; 126s 8.84; 150s 8.43; 176s 7.67; 200s 7.16; 220s 6.24; 252s 4.71; 288s 4.14; 344s 3.54. CHOICE, Second Grade— 100s 5.58; 126s 6.39; 150s 5.93; 176s 5.52; 200s 5.27; 220s 4.56; 252s 3.72; 288s 3.34; 344s 3.11. Child Held While Mother, Grand-Mother Jailed Held in protective custody at the county juvenile home on Easter was a six-year-old Sepulveda girl, while her mother and grandmother were in county jail, charged respectively with drunk driving and being drunk in a car. The mother, Mrs. Gertrude Nellie Allison, 38, and Grand-mother, Mrs. Rosa Bell Nash, 68, both of Sepulveda, posted bail today for their appearance before Municipal Judge Ronald Crookshank in Santa Ana, April 22 at 9 a.m. A Santa Ana police patrol car overhauled the car driven by Mrs. Allison late Sunday afternoon in the 1200 block of East Fourth st. As the officers ordered the woman to pull over to the curb, she saw her open a quart bottle of wine, they said. In the car they also found an empty half-gallon bottle that had contained wine, they stated. Pope Plus was cheered by 30,000 in St. Peter's square as he cared for "great phalanxes of apes" to arise in a new Christi crusade "to save the world from threatened ruin." A message from President Truman for the opening of Sunday School Week, starting today, urges that "a revival of the spirit of old-fashioned religion" is needed for the United States. The president's message was sent to New York to the Laymen's National committee sponsoring the week. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, U.S., 8th Army commanded in Korea asked his troops to remember the God is with them in "rigorous mission against the communist evil." The strife of a bloody, three-day revolt left Bolivia calm on the holiday, but the air was tense as the victorious revolutionary waited for the return of their killed leader, Victor Paz Estensson. Nor was peace the motive for the day in Belgrade, Yugoslavia where 300 rifle-toting boy and students "Easter paraded" through the streets in a demonstration against Italian claims to Triest. Western Europe had warm temperatures to make the holiday fine time to show off new clothes and bright hats. But in parts of the eastern United States, umbrellas and raincoats hid the fashion of thousands who paraded despite rain and drizzle. Parts of the mid-western United States, in the throes of trafloods, had no Easter promenade. New York's Fifth Avenue was clogged by a half million parade but the big town's spring shoppers had little of the traditional fashion and less of society. ANAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZETTE ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1952 Owners Deny Land Housing in County of suitable sanitation and facilities blocked another proposal last Friday when the county plan-mission refused approval of 90 lots between Anaheim Cypress. County Health department, taking a half-dozen test on the 20 acre tract, pro-subdividing by C. L. Zas-Bellflower, held that the was not suitable for septic the road department alsoumbs down on the tract found that it would create water drainage problems. It is located at the south-nner of Lincoln ave., and road. County planning commission provol to a storage build-ge and shop for the joint power system on Loara rd. one ave., in the West Ana-riet, but continued to Ar- WEATHER GOOD—BUT COOL LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cool but sunny weather for today and tomorrow is the word from the Weatherman for Southern Colifarnia. ed a misty Easter dawn yesA storm front that produc-tday moved eastward last night. Forecasters expected freshening winds that might require small craft warnings. Phone Strikers, Company Still At Loggerheads NEW YORK (AP) — The Western Electric company and 16,000 striking telephone equipment installers are as far from an agreement as ever, a top union negotiator said today. Ernest Weaver, district head of ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — More than 5000 persons were forced from their homes today by the worst Mississippi river flood in the city's history. The river was still rising. Flatlands for 15 miles along the river were inundated. Rail traffic was hampered as waters overflowed yards and mainline tracks. Vehicular traffic was re-routed to avoid floodwaters over low sections of two main streets. The sewage disposal plant serving both St. Paul and Minneapolis was knocked out and sewage flowed into the river. The plant is located on a Mississippi river island. The municipal airport was under water. The river level this morning was 21.7 feet, a rise of half a foot over night. Flood stage is 14 feet. The Weather Bureau forecast a crest of 22.4 feet for Thursday. Previous high was 19.7 in 1881. OMAHA, Nebr. (AP) — The flood atop injury. Surrender days earlier and inunda been a creeping, progress. Downstream, town af- was either prostrate or ed. But Omaha and Couno whose combined metropolis takes in 368,000 person fighting it out—prepared worst but determined to it. This was the picture in cities: About two-thirds of Bluffs' 45,000 persons or were pulling out of the Across the river, in Omaha and Carter L areas, homes of perhaps 5 were similarly deserted. These were ghost areas led only by soldiers, po civil guards. Not even th who live there were per enter much of the area. Experienced relief work NEW YORK (AP)—The Western Electric company and 16,000 striking telephone equipment installers are as far from an agreement as ever, a top union negotiator said today. Ernest Weaver, district head of the CIO Communications Workers of America, made the statement as mediation efforts in the 43-state strike resumed. He said settlements of strikes by Bell System operators, members of the same union, in Ohio and Michigan will "not have any effect" on the strike against Western Electric, telephone equipment subsidiary. Western Electric pickets still marched at telephone exchanges in many parts of the country, keeping some operators away from work, crippling long-distance service in New Mexico, and slowing it in other places. Weaver disputed a previous statement by John H. Lotz, president of Local 1150, of the union, that the company and union are "apart on only one issue, that of labor grading." Said Weaver: "He probably wanted his girls to hear what he thought would please them." Lotz made the statement to a meeting of long-distance operators. OMAHA, Nebr. (AP)—The flood furious Missouri river threw its record-breaking flood crest at Sioux City, Ia., area today while forecasters heaped new discouragement on the downstream Omaha-Council Bluffs, Ia., area by raising the predicted flood crest another foot and a half. The new schedule calls for the arrival early Thursday of a monstrous 31.5 foot crest at Omaha, compared with flood stage of 19 feet. With other rivers rampaging, too, the Red Cross reported 19.-349 families in eight or nine mid-west states are homeless or about to be displaced by floods. This was estimated to present about 74,000 persons. Army engineers estimated a total of 1,249,000 acres of land are under water along the Missouri and its tributaries from North Dakota to Southern Nebraska. For Sioux City, with 84,000 persons, and neighboring South Sioux City, Neb., with 5500, the crest's arrival was only insulted into the river. The plant is located on a Mississippi river island. The municipal airport was under water. The river level this morning was 21.7 feet, a rise of half a foot over night. Flood stage is 14 feet. The Weather Bureau forecast a crest of 22.4 feet for Thursday. Previous high was 19.7 in 1881. Bluffs' 45,000 persons or were pulling out of the Across the river, in Omaha and Carter Lakes areas, homes of perhaps 50 were similarly deserted. These were ghost areas led only by soldiers, civil guards. Not even those who live there were persecuted enter much of the area. Experienced relief workers ed the exodus one of the disaster movements in my area. The river, meanwhile, record high levels and climbing toward the 30th expected Wednesday. The old high mark of established in 1881 was yesterday. Early today the read 25.4, compared with flood 19. At 26.6, the river will level which levees and flow along the two cities were to handle. Freeboard on margin adds three to five the levee height, how today's battle consisted of timed all-out effort to feet to the levee height maintaining constant breaks and giving immediate to the sandballs tremendous pressure was especially on the Iowa river. The levee task force Iowa side numbered 3000 most as many worked so river. Pius was cheered by 300, t. Peter's square as he callgreat phalanxes of aposarise in a new Christian "to save the world from nced ruin." Message from President Truer the opening of Sunday Week, starting today, urged a revival of the spirit of loned religion" is needed United States. The presimessage was sent to New to the Laymen's National tree sponsoring the week. James A. Van Fleet, U. S. army commanded in Korea, his troops to remember that with them in their "rightmission against the commul." Strife of a bloody, three-volt left Bolivia calm over day, but the air was tense victorious revolutionaries for the return of their exader, Victor Paz Estenssoro. was peace the motive of in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 300 rifle-toting boy and girl s."Easter paraded" through streets in a demonstration Italian claims to Trieste. ern Europe had warm tempes to make the holiday a one to show off new clothes right hats. But in parts of tern United States, umbrella raincoats hid the fashions sands who paraded despite drizzle. of the mid-western United in the throes of tragie had no Easter promenades. York's Fifth Avenue was by a half million paraders, big town's spring show title of the traditional fashless of society. Mrs. Laura Graves Dies at Home Mrs. Laura Graves, 66, resident of Anaheim 12 years, died yesterday morning at her home, $351 Lincoln ave. She was a native of Iowa. During her residence here, she was a member of the St. Boniface Altar society. Surviving are her husband, Anthony J. Graves; two sisters, Mrs. Zouise Marcus of North Dakota and Mrs. Mary Engleby of Iowa; five brothers, all living in the Midwest: Henry, Olas, Martin, Tom and Leonard Hansen. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars mortuary. ANNOUNCE CONVENTION In New York yesterday the Progressive party announced its 1952 convention will be held in Chicago over the July 4 weekend. AWOL MARINE ARRESTED HERE Robert Clyde Morgan was turned over to the Marine Corps shore patrol early yesterday morning after Anaheim police answered a disturbance call to California apartments, where they found that Morgan had broken a door in Room 307. Morgan had been staying in the room for the past six weeks, according to Mrs. Ida Mae Gilmore, who with her daughter, Lois L. Prior, occupies the room. TOKYO (D) — The newspaper Yomiuri reported today that a campaign to build a memorial to Gen. Douglas MacArthur has collected only $222—although $1530 has been spent for publicity and advertising, and it owes $1432 for other expenses. Delivery of Mr. Water Nears B Delivery of the 25,000 of surplus Colorado ripe purchased from the M. Water district last summOrange county flood crier is nearly complete disclosed with the weenouncement by J. A. flood control engineer, acre feet had been relied the Colorado aqueduct crosses Santa Ana n. Arlington. Light rain or drizzle much of northeastern States today, mixed with parts of Wisconsin and Temperatures were mild of the nation, except for the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Valley regions. CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY The Weather S. Calif.—Scattered cloudiness tonight and Tuesday. Chance few isolated showers or snow flurries Techachapi and southern mountain ranges. Missouri Rivers Go On Wildest Spree 1000 Homeless as Waters Still Rising top injury. Surrender had come days earlier and inundation had been a creeping, progressive thing. Downstream, town after town was either prostrate or abandoned. But Omaha and Council Bluffs, whose combined metropolitan area makes in 366,000 persons, wereighting it out—prepared for the worst but determined to forestall it. This was the picture in the twin cities: About two-thirds of Council Bluffs' 45,000 persons had fled or were pulling out of their homes. Across the river, in the East Omaha and Carter Lake, Ia., areas, homes of perhaps 5000 more were similarly deserted. These were ghost areas, patrolled only by soldiers, police and civil guards. Not even the persons who live there were permitted to enter much of the area. Experienced relief workers call- Bluffs' 45,000 persons had fled or were pulling out of their homes. Across the river, in the East Omaha and Carter Lake, Ia., areas, homes of perhaps 5000 more were similarly deserted. These were ghost areas, patrolled only by soldiers, police and civil guards. Not even the persons who live there were permitted to enter much of the area. Experienced relief workers called the exodus one of the biggest disaster movements in memory. The river, meanwhile, was at record high levels and steadily climbing toward the 30 foot crest expected Wednesday. The old high mark of 24.8 feet established in 1881 was passed yesterday. Early today the reading was 25.4, compared with flood state of 29. At 26.6, the river will be at the level which levees and flood walls along the two cities were designed to handle. Freeboard or sawety margin adds three to five feet to the levee height, however, and today's battle consisted of a continued all-out effort to add two feet to the levee height, while maintaining constant vigil for breaks and giving immediate attention to the sandboils which the tremendous pressure was creating, especially on the Iowa side. The levee task force on the Iowa side numbered 3000 men. Almost as many worked across the river. SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Nebr.-"RIVER STAY AWAY FROM MY DOOR!"—That was the hope and prayer of thousands up and down the Missouri river today as "Old Muddy" continued on its worst rampage in history. These unidentified persons watch as the river completely surrounds their home.—(Associated Press Wirephoto) New Jersey Ready for Cool Demo, Hot GOP Primaries By The Associated Press New Jersey Democrats readied for a relatively quiet presidential preference poll tomorrow, but Republicans braced for a hot and hectic three-way battle. Up to a million ballots are expected from 2,360,000 registered voters. The record is 913,538, set in 1940 when New Jersey held its last presidential primary. Results are not binding on presidential nominating delegates to be named also—38 by Republicans and 36 with 32 vote sby Democrats. Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee is the only entered candidate for the Democratic nomination as president and there are but three contests in the party's delegate race. The Republican story is different. Three GOP presidential nominee candidates are listed on the New Jersey ballot: Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and former Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesota. Besides, the delegate posts are well contested. Taft tried to withdraw from the primary after New Jersey Gov. Alfred Driscoll threw his support to Eisenhower. Despite his disavowal of interest, Taft's name presidential nomination. As vice presidents he is reluctant to bid for it now, they said, but may be available in case of a deadlock at the convention. Educational Deferment Cases To Be Re-Opened WASHINGTON (UP) — Local draft boards throughout the nation soon must begin re-opening the cases of all youths with educational deferments. Officials at National Selective Service headquarters told a reporter today this probably will involve upwards of 230,000 young men, probably all 19 years old or older. A deferment cannot be granted until the youth receives notice of induction. Under the draft law local boards can grant deferments for only one year, except for certain high school students. In cases other than educational deferments, officials said, many have been limited to six-month periods. Regulations specifically require Delivery of MWD Water Nears End Delivery of the 25,000 acre feet of surplus Colorado river water purchased from the Metropolitan Water district last summer by the Orange county flood control district is nearly completed, it was disclosed with the week-end announcement by J. A. Bradley, flood control engineer, that 21,594 acre feet had been released from the Colorado aqueduct where it crosses Santa Ana river near Arlington. Light rain or drizzle fell over much of northeastern United States today, mixed with snow in parts of Wisconsin and Michigan. Temperatures were mild over most of the nation, except for a chill in the Great Lakes and Central Mississippi Valley regions. Three GOP presidential nominee candidates are listed on the New Jersey ballot: Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and former Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesota. Besides, the delegate posts are well contested. Taft tried to withdraw from the primary after New Jersey Gov. Alfred Driscoll threw his support to Eisenhower. Despite his disavowal of interest, Taft's name stayed on the ballot. Officials said he acted too late. Taft backers claim Driscoll's powerful support of Eisenhower assures the general's victory. Eisenhower forces retorted, "poor loser," later saying Taft strategists simply went underground and kept spending campaign money. Taft forces rejected this as propaganda to boost Eisenhower's vote. Elsewhere the political pot bubbled this way: In Washington, Sen. Tom Connally of Texas announced: "I do not desire to be a candidate . . . for renomination to the United States Senate." Connally, Democratic chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, is 74 and has served 45 years in Congress. He faced potentially strong opposition this year, but said he "will not file." Also in Washington, friends of Vice President Alben Barkley said they believe he is in a receptive mood about the Democratic ED PIPP RETURNS Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Pipp, 728 N. East st., Anaheim, were notified by Anaheim police yesterday that their son, Ed Pipp, had called from Burbank airport on his return from Korea. men, probably all 19 years old or older. A deferment cannot be granted until the youth receives notice of induction. Under the draft law local boards can grant deferments for only one year, except for certain high school students. In cases other than educational deferments, officials said, many have been limited to six-month periods. Regulations specifically require the reopening of cases at the end of the academic year for all youths granted educational deferments to attend college. As of Feb. 29 there were 209,810 in that category. Under law a youth not previously granted an educational deferment is entitled to one upon his request, to finish an academic year he already has started in college, provided he maintains satisfactory class standing. There were 17,287 such "statutory deferments" on Feb. 29. In the case of high school students, the law provides for a statutory deferment upon request from the time a youth reaches the age of 18 for as long as he is in good standing until he is graduated or reaches the age of 20, whichever occurs first. There were 59,174 youths in high school with "statutory deferments" on Feb. 29, but National Selective Service officials said they had no breakdown on how many will be graduated or reach the age of 20 this year. After a high school youth has been graduated, if he desiges to enter college it is the practice to grant him a statutory deferment for his freshmen year. His high school record must indicate he could make good in college, officials said.