anaheim-gazette 1952-04-15

Old Times You folks whose memories of Anaheim go back a long way will always enjoy "In the Days of Long Ago." Page 6. And you newcomers will find the "prologue" to Anaheim-today in the same column. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEIM Prosecution Ends Case Against Bonebrake Prosecutors in the case of Gerald Harbey Bonebrake, 21 year old Laguna Beach service station attendant, who is charged with murdering his friend, Richard Vincent Shaw, 20, expected to conclude their case today in Superior Judge Franklin G. West's court at Santa Ana. Deputy District Attorney Robert Kneeland called Jack Cadman, criminologist in the Sheriff's Identification bureau, as his concluding witness this morning, and prepared to introduce several exhibits into the evidence. Cadman testified to the identification of a bullet found in the grass outside of Bonebrake's apartment two days after the shooting of Shaw last Dec. 23. The prosecution claims this is the bullet that passed through Shaw's body, killing him. Cadman testified that the bullet came from Bonebrake's .38 caliber Anaheim Council To Re-Organize At Meet Tonight Anaheim city council, holding its regular meeting at 8 p.m. tonight, will probably devote most of the time to a reorganization of the board, with Charles Pearson, last week re-elected to the council, subject to re-election by the council as Mayor of Anaheim. Mayor Pearson has been a member of the city's governing body since 1935 when he was appointed to fill out the unexpired term of Councilman John H. Cook, deceased. In 1936 he was elected to the council and in 1940 was elected mayor. He has been Anaheim's mayor ever since. Also recently elected again was Councilman Ray Van Wagoner, who has been police commissioner. He was elected to the council in April, 1940. Oldest man, in point of service, to sit down with the council tonight will be City Clerk Charles Griffith, who was elected to his office in 1934 and was re-elected after each term, including his last. The other city servant re-elected last week was Treasurer A. G. Legislative Group Studies Highway Needs Future highway construction in California, will be studied, with the objective of coordinating plans, by a joint interim committee of the state Senate and Assembly announced here today by Speaker Sam-L. Collins of the Assembly. The Orange county legislator, who has headed the Assembly during its last 12 sessions, named six assemblymen to the committee, and disclosed the list of six senators selected by the rules committee of that body. The committee includes Speaker Collins himself and the senate president pro tem, by order of the legislature in creating the committee. The proposal for a study was made jointly by the State Association of County Supervisors and the California League of Cities, so is expected to have the support of both city and rural interests, Collins said. Collins, who discussed the committee's objectives with members of the county board of supervisors Cadman testified to the identification of a bullet found in the grass outside of Bonebrake's apartment two days after the shooting of Shaw last Dec. 23. The prosecution claims this is the bullet that passed through Shaw's body, killing him. Cadman testified that the bullet came from Bonebrake's .38 caliber pistol and said the wounds and powder on Shaw's clothing indicated the shot was fired at close range. Detective Lt. George Pletts of Laguna Beach, who wounded Bonebrake with a .38 caliber revolver bullet fired through the window of the Bonebrake apartment after Pletts witnessed the shooting of Shaw, claimed that Bonebrake was a foot away from Shaw's back. The defense is expected to attack the identification of the bullet from Bonebrake's gun as the one that killed Shaw. Deputy Public Defender Samuel Dreizen emphasized that the bullet was not found until two days after the shooting and also contended that Shaw must have been hit by a wild shot from Lt. Pletts' gun, being fired through the window. Bigamist Stands Trial on Grand Theft Charges Trial of Floyd B. McCombs, already found guilty of bigamy, opened today before a jury of nine women and three men in Superior Judge Raymond Thompson's court, where McCombs now is charged with grand theft. The charge is based upon alleged fraudulent representations made when McCombs made a loan of $950 from an Anaheim bank. The loan subsequently was paid by John Daniel of Pasadena, a relative of McCombs' second wife, Daniel having signed the note as guarantor. According to Deputy District Attorney Walter Steiner, Councilman Ray Van Wagoner, who has been police commissioner. He was elected to the council in April, 1940. Oldest man, in point of service, to sit down with the council tonight will be City Clerk Charles Griffith, who was elected to his office in 1934 and was re-elected after each term, including his last. The other city servant re-elected last week was Treasurer A. G. Tuma, who has occupied his position since 1940. Special Census Workers to be Interviewed E. B. Lewis, assistant regional supervisor of the Census Bureau, tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the council chamber of City Hall will interview applicants who desire to work in the special census to be taken in Anaheim. Lewis, who will be special supervisor for the census here, said he wishes to get to work with the count as soon as possible—probably Thursday. City Clerk Charles Griffith said the census will be completed and placed in the hands of the California secretary of state as soon as possible to gain for Anaheim the benefits available to communities of larger population. He estimated the census would take a week or 10 days to complete. Griffith said Lewis will probably hire as many as 25 census workers. Citrus Market Sunkist Growers, Inc., reported today all auction markets California oranges were lower. Representative Prices by Size: SUNKIST, First Grade— 100s 8.96; 126s 8.11; 150s 7.66; 176s 7.18; 200s 6.70; 220s 5.44; 252s 4.39; 288s 3.86; 344s 3.39. CHOICE, Second Grade— 126s 5.97; 150s 5.66; 176s 5.29; 200s 5.03; 220s 4.24; 252s 3.65; 288s 3.27; 344s 3.06. Milo C. Sharp Dies Milo C. Sharp, 50, who made his home at 416 S. West st., Anaheim, died last night in a Los Angeles hospital. A native of Riverside, he had lived in Anaheim since 1924. He was a member of First Presbyterian church. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Nettie L. Sharp, and a sister, Helen M. Sharp, both of Anaheim. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m., in the chapel of Back, Campbell and Kaulbars mortuary with the Rev. Howard S. Congdon of First Presbyterian church officiating. Interment will be made in Olivewood cemetery, Riverside. Tuberculosis Association Hears Tuberculosis Association Hears Report on Progress Against TB Progressive tuberculosis control, reflected by a steady drop in the state mortality rate to 19 per 100,000 population in 1951, was described for the Orange County Tuberculosis and Health association yesterday at its annual meeting, when George Tobias, Santa Ana attorney, was re-elected president, and other officers were returned to their posts. Re-elected with Tobias were Mrs. Edward A. Milligan, Santa Ana; first vice-president; Ralph C. Smedley, Santa Ana; second vice-president; Mrs. Hilda Reafsnyder, Garden Grove, secretary, and T. Gray Johnston, Santa Ana, treasurer. New directors elected were: Mrs. Hilda C. Briscoe, Balboa Island; Dr. Vincent P. Carroll and Mrs. J. O. Chilton, of Laguna Beach; C. H. Hankey, San Juan Capistrano, and Mark A. Soden, Corona del Mar. Hold-over directors are: J. Sherman Denny, Huntington Beach; T. Gray Johnston, Dr. Smedley and Ref. F. Niedringhaus, all of Santa Ana; Mrs. Reafsnyder, and Dr. L. F. Whitaker, Huntington Beach. Dr. Edward Kupka, state TB controller with the state department of public health, reviewed progress in tuberculosis control during the past decade. Development of mass surveys, introduction of surgery, and increased facilities for care of patients have figured, he said, in decrease of the mortality rate. It was 200 per 100,000 population in 1910, 22 in 1950 and 19 in 1951. Tuberculosis beds have increased by 4500 in the state during the past year, he stated. The mass survey, such as that recently conducted in Costa Mesa, is now the No. 1 factor in control, he said, but will not remain so, because other control measures are developing. The new drugs promise much but remain to be proved, he stated. The mass survey of the future must become multi-purpose, said Dr. Kupka. In the Costa Mesa survey, diabetes tests were combined with TB examinations. Recalcitrant tuberculosis patients who refuse to cooperate in control, now can be jailed, said Dr. Kupka. The state has established on Terminal Island, near Long Beach, a "jail" where such rebels can be committed. ANAHEIM GAZETTE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1952 California Junction, La.—WATER STREAMS INTO TOWN—White, foaming water streams across the railroad tracks to inundate this Iowa rail junction as the flooding Missouri river neared its crest in that area yesterday. Thousands of acres of farmland along the river's course has been inundated by the surging River and thousands made homeless by the flood.—(Associated Press Wirephoto) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia.—EVACUATION CENTER Cots fill the gymnasium at the Abraham Lincoln high school here yesterday, furnishing a haven for Council Bluffs residents evacuated from the low-lying section of the city threatened by the rising waters of the Missouri river. Children while away the time as their man the levees and aid in other volunteer in the flood-threatened city. (Associated Wirephoto) OPS Official To Explain Food Ceiling Prices New OPS regulations, which call for the posting of ceiling prices for all meals and beverages, will be explained to restaurant owners and employees at a meeting in the Council Chamber of City hall, Santa Ana, on Tuesday, April 22, at 2:30 p.m. Leon A. DeVuyst, chief of the foods section of the San Diego District Office of Price Stabilization, will conduct the meeting. The regulation, known as Ceiling Price Regulation 134, became effective on April 7. Restaurant owners have until April 25 to post the ceiling prices. Prices which were in effect for Truman Pitches Baseball to Open 1952 Season By The Associated Press Blustery, cold weather forced the postponements of two of the seven-day major league baseball openers today, but the clear weather prevailed in Washington where President Harry S. Truman tossed out the first ball prior to the official opening of the Senators-Boston Red Sox game. A crowd of 30,000 saw President Truman make what is believed to be his last presidential pitch. Then Bob Porterfield of the Nats took over on the mound. He was opposed by Boston's Mel Parnell. Miserable weather held the N.J. Phone Strikes Go On By The Associated Press The New Jersey telephone was settled today, but thru ers continued in the com tion field. An agreement providing hike of $4 a week and fring fit was reached at Newark by the New Jersey Bell Tele Company and 10,000 strikin ators. The same union, the CIO munications Workers of A ended strikes in Ohio ye and in Michigan last week. Federal mediators in Net sought to settle the strike. Hears inst TB with the state departpublic health, reviewed in tuberculosis control past decade. Developpass surveys, introducgery, and increased facare of patients have said, in decrease of the rate. It was 200 per population in 1910, 22 in 1919 in 1951. Biosis beds have increased 300 in the state during year, he stated. The y, such as that recently in Costa Mesa, is now a factor in control, he will not remain so, beer control measures are The new drugs promout remain to be proved, is survey of the future multi-purpose, said In the Costa Mesa tuberculosis parefuse to cooperate in now can be jailed, said The state has estabTerminal Island, near h, a "jail" where such be committed. Leon A. DeVuyst, chief of the foods section of the San Diego District Office of Price Stabilization, will conduct the meeting. The regulation, known as Ceiling Price Regulation 134, became effective on April 7. Restaurant owners have until April 25 to post the ceiling prices. Prices which were in effect for the week of February 3 to 9 are used as the basis for the ceiling prices. Posters, carrying OPS insignia are being distributed to all eating places. They have space for 40 food items or specialties and other posters must be displayed which have spaces for 20 alcoholic beverages. Ousted Suitor Gets Even—He Thought It looked like Alvin Stauffer, Santa Ana bank manager, was holding a carnival last night, at his home. 116 Westwood. But that wasn't the case. Summoned by a neighbor, Santa Ana police discovered 21 red lanterns burning on the Stauffer lawn and porch. They had been gathered from various street barracades about the city. The Stauffers didn't know of their lighting effect until police notified them. Stauffer grinned and explained. It was the work of a gang headed by a disgruntled 17-year-old ex-sultor, he surmised. Police verified that fact in several subsequent interviews with the youths. where President Harry S. Truman tossed out the first ball prior to the official opening of the Senators-Boston Red Sox game. A crowd of 30,000 saw President Truman make what is believed to be his last presidential pitch. Then Bob Porterfield of the Nats took over on the mound. He was opposed by Boston's Mel Parnell. Miserable weather held the opening day crowd in Boston down to only 4000 as the Braves inaugurated the season against the Brooklyn Dodgers. To Sam Jethroe, fleet-footed Braves' centerfielder, went the honor of hitting the first home run and scoring the first run of the season. Jethroe hit his blast against Preacher Roe in the third inning to give the Braves a temporary 1-0 lead. The Dodgers roared back with three runs against Warren Spahn in the fifth and won the game 3-2. The day's largest crowd, an estimated 40,000 atteinded the Tigers-St. Louis Browns opener in Detroit. A home run by Ransom Jackson followed by Hank Sauer's grand slammer gave the Chicago Cubs a 5-2 lead over the Reds in Cincinnati's traditional opener before 30,000. Early Wynn of Cleveland and Billy Pierce of Chicago were hooked up in the opener in Chicago. A crowd of about 30,000 attended. Clear weather was predicted for St. Louis where the Cardinals were scheduled to inaugurate their season at night against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The New York Giants' opener against the Phillies was set back until tomorrow night because of rain. An agreement providing hike of $4 a week and fringe fit was reached at Newark by the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company and 10,000 striking ators. The same union, the CIO munications Workers of America ended strikes in Ohio year and in Michigan last week. Federal mediators in New sought to settle the strike of 000 members of the union in the Western Electric Company Bell system's manufacturing subsidiary. Also unsettled was the involving workers and the system's affiliate in the New California-Nevada area. NO PROGRESS was reported efforts to get the CIO United workers and the steel industry agree on a new work contract. President seized the indictment ago to avert a strike seizure headed for an airline a Senate committee imington today. It was learned in Washington that the nation's soft coducers have signed an injact which strengthened this sition for the 1952 wage against John L. Lewis, head United Mine Workers union. MOTORIST HURT Clarke W. Johnson, 62, oway City was injured at yesterday when his car o with a car driven by D Helen Brown, 21, of Bolsa intersection of 17th st. and Chica rd. Both cars went into tha after colliding. Johnson w moved to a Long Beach ho ZETTE The Weather S. Calif.—Generally clear tonight and Wednesday. Locally windy. Warmer west of mountains and slightly warmer locally east portion. ST. PAUL, Minn.—NAVY WON'T GIVE UP THIS 'SHIP'—Eighteen naval reservists manned this Naval Reserve Training center on an island in the flooded Mississippi at St. Paul, sandbagging it against the record flood waters. Ordinarily high and dry on an island, the naval installation looks like a houseboat moving upstream. A sandbagging sailor is visible at the far right. (Associated Press Wirephoto) Truman to Hold Flood Meet With Midwest Governors Truman to Hold Flood Meet With Midwest Governors OMAHA, Nebr. (UP)—President Truman today booked a flood meeting with Midwest governors tomorrow at Omaha, currently the center of a Missouri river flood rampage that has turned the beleaguered basin into a valley of misery. The president asked governors of seven states to meet with him to discuss measures for dealing with the emergency. The announcement in Washington came as the wild river, at record shattering heights all along its Iowa-Nebraska reaches, surged to 27 feet and leashed against levees protecting Omaha and Council Bluffs with a few rivers anticipated. About three-fourths of Council Bluffs, city of 45,000, was a ghost town, with about 30,000 persons out of their homes. Refugees and relief activities were jammed into the one-fourth of the city high enough to be out of danger. On the Omaha side, another 5000 persons were homeless. And the battle to raise levees against a 31.50 foot crest expected Thursday continued. The job was to be completed tonight. Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief of Army engineers, after a first-hand check, said "we have a good chance to hold." WITH THE UPPER Mississippi river valley in similar flood throes, the Red Cross in Washington reported at least 34 towns in the two valleys have been flooded, with heaviest damage so far in the Dakotas and in Iowa. More than a million acres are under water in the two rich river valleys, the agency said. The maddened river, having re-939 families and some 76,000 persons have had to flee their homes. This figure covers the Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas and Missouri. Most of this flight of people and their possessions was in the valley of the muddy Missouri. The Red Cross estimated the families forced to flee in this valley at 17,809. At Washington, the Red Cross said a big Missouri smash through at Omaha-Council Bluffs—raising the total of homeless families to 20,000—would place the Missouri flood among the 10 biggest in 71 years of Red Cross relief operations. WHILE MISERY grew in the valley and millions of tons of rich top soil sloshed downriver, men and machines at Omaha and Council Bluffs. Ia., (combined population 366,000) toiled to build up the flood walls and dikes that they hoped would match the river's mightiest wallop. There was a somewhat disheartening report from the weatherman. He was predicting showers for Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The job the twin cities faced is best described by two men who have been, and are, in the middle of the battle to beat the might of the Missouri at this focal point. These were their comments: Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief of Army Engineers: "The greatest flood the white man has ever seen on the Missouri river." Brig. Gen. Don G. Shingler, Missouri river division engineers: "We're in a hell of a lot of trouble. The river is coming with a rip and a roar." An agreement providing a pay rate of $4 a week and fringe benefits was reached at Newark, N. J., the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company and 10,000 striking operators. The same union, the CIO Communications Workers of America, led strikes in Ohio yesterday in Michigan last week. Federal mediators in New York right to settle the strike of 16, members of the union against the Western Electric Company, the bell system's manufacturing subsidiary. Also unsettled was the dispute involving workers and the Bell System's affiliate in the Northern California-Nevada area. NO PROGRESS was reported in reports to get the CIO United Steelworkers and the steel industry to cease on a new work contract. President seized the industry a week ago to avert a strike. The cure headed for an airing bebe a Senate committee in Washington today. It was learned in Washington that the nation's soft coal producers have signed an industry act which strengthened their position for the 1952 wage battle against John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers union. MOTORIST HURT Clarke W. Johnson, 62, of Midway City was injured at 2 p.m. yesterday when his car collided with a car driven by Dorothy Den Brown, 21, of Bolsa at the intersection of 17th st. and Bolsa ca rd. Both cars went into the ditch after colliding. Johnson was revived to a Long Beach hospital. WITH THE UPPER Mississippi river valley in similar flood throes, the Red Cross in Washington reported at least 34 towns in the two valleys have been flooded, with heaviest damage so far in the Dakotas and in Iowa. More than a million acres are under water in the two rich river valleys, the agency said. The maddened river, having reduced to virtual ghost towns several communities along its rich valley while chasing thousands of families from their homes, swept on toward man's greatest challenge to the biggest Missouri river flood ever recorded. But the Missouri wasn't alone in spreading misery. The Mississippi, too, had swept to record crests in Minnesota and Wisconsin, while in other states smaller streams tossed punches. The Red Cross estimated that an eight-state area where the waters are raging, a total of 18... Dian Gardner Gets Water Position Dian R. Gardner has been chosen as acting chairman of the Water Problems Department of the Orange county Farm Bureau. Gardner is vice-chairman of the group and took charge upon the resignation of John A. Murdy, Jr., who has become a candidate for State Senator from Orange county. By-laws of the Farm Bureau require that any officer of the organization who shall become a candidate, or be appointed, or elected to a political office must resign his position with Farm Bureau. of the battle to beat the might of the Missouri at this focal point. These were their comments: Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief of Army Engineers: "The greatest flood the white man has ever seen on the Missouri river." Brig. Gen. Don G. Shingler, Missouri river division engineers: "We're in a hell of a lot of trouble. The river is coming with a rip and a roar." There was little to dispute their words. Authorities agree that the damage so far is in untold millions of dollars and mounts hourly as the river spreads its muddy misery over the land and through abandoned homes. Accountant Given Probation on Insurance Count Charles Woodfill, public accountant with offices at 223 E. Third st., Santa Ana, was placed on three years probation by Justice Howard Cameron in Santa Ana, after pleading guilty to violations of the state law requiring payment of unemployment insurance. Wodfill, according to a complaint piled against him by R. Carroll Hiatt, auditor in charge at the state Department of Employment in Santa Ana, failed to make reports to the state, and did not make his contributions to the unemployment insurance fund. He was placed under $100 ball when he pleaded guilty April 4 and asked for probation. His hearing was continued to last Friday, when he was granted probation on condition that he make all future returns and contributions.