anaheim-gazette 1952-04-18

Playmates A dog is man's best friend and three dogs pictured on Page 8 would like a bit of that friendship returned. All three are pure-bred, seven months-old pups. Take a look. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEIM Anaheim Optimists Elect Al Garey To Lead Organization in 1952 Al A. Garey, Orange County funiture man, was unanimously elected president of the Anaheim Optimist club last night at Mother’s Kitchen. The president-elect is a charter member of the local club and has for the past two years headed the all important Ways and Means committee, raising funds to construct the Optimist Boys Clubhouse. Elected to the office of first vice-president was Louis Larson, this year’s Boys Work chairman. Frank Doretti was chosen the club’s second vice-president. Serving on next year’s Board of Governors will be Howard Larson, Louis Larson, Frank Doretti, Cliff Elliott, Walter Gooden, Sven Harberg, Harold Thomas, J. W. Stephen, Lester Mitchell, Robert Martin, L. M. Lichtenwalter, E. E. McHenry and Al Garey. “If all goes according to plan the new officers will be installed at a special gala event planned for the first meeting in July to be held in the newly completed Boys Clubhouse,” promised president Harwood Larson. IF WORK continues at the rap- AL GAREY (Optimist President) crew, under the supervision of Barney Brodie, is scheduled to install the lighting fixtures while a special paint crew will do the touch up. Sunday E. E. McHenry will run a parking lot crew to accommodate motorists attending Anaheim. 28 Reported DeIn Plane CraNear Whittier LOS ANGELES (P)—A r who found a crashed twoplane today carrying 28 p reported that “all were deHayden F. Jones, who l suburban North Whittier H told reporters that he fou sign of life in the canyon the non-scheduled C-46 ship ed and burned. The sheriff’s office added “there apparently is nothing of the plane but ashes and a of the tail.” Hayden counted 16 charreles. Some were still in the b wreckage of the plane, other scattered on the hillside. The location, between W and Puente., is only about 25 and five or six flying minute the plane’s destination, Los les International airport. Hayden said the plane hit of about 1000 feet elevation bounced about 300 yards l small canyon. THE AREA is one of h Stephen, Lester Mitchell, Robert Martin, L. M. Lichtenwalter, E. E. McHenry and Al Garey. "If all goes according to plan the new officers will be installed at a special gala event planned for the first meeting in July to be held in the newly completed Boys Clubhouse," promised president Harwood Larson. IF WORK continues at the rapid enthusiastic pace set by the Optimists themselves during the past few weeks, the community youth center will be ready for youth work early in June. Front offices will be occupied by the Northern Orange County Executive Council headed by Lloyd Paxton while the building itself will be used to promote community youth activities. Under the watchful eye of Optimist painting contractor Sven Harberg, the building has been painted inside and out. Exterior walls, done in the new popular adobe rubberized fibre material, was spray applied under heavy pressure. Lund and Sons generously donated much of the paint while the Blystone Equipment Co. lent the big air compressor to the Optimists to do the job. Major contributor of inside paint was Claude Lane, manager of the Dutch Boy Print Store. Others donating paint included DuPont's Long Beach manufacturers, Sven Harberg and Neffs. Some 25 members of the Optimists and friends painted the big auditorium in record time. President Larson announced a clean-up crew is slated for overtime work tonight in preparation for week-end activities. The entire clubhouse must be cleared, swept, damp mopped and readied up for tilting the entire 3100 square feet of floor area. Ernest Owston and his entire crew of linoleum experts are contributing their labor as well as a major portion of the materials. It will prove a busy week-end for the Optimists. The electrical AL GAREY (Optimist President) crew, under the supervision of Barney Brodie, is scheduled to install the lighting fixtures while a special paint crew will do the touch up. Sunday E. E. McHenry will run a parking lot crew to accommodate motorists attending Anaheim's annual dog show at La Palma park. Under adult supervision the Optimists will keep a watchful eye on the dogs left in cars. Proceeds go to the Boys Clubhouse fund. Bonebrake Jury Hangs Assault Rap on Accused Gerald Harvey Bonebrake, 21, accused of the fatal shooting of Richard Shaw, 20, in Bonebrake's Laguna Beach apartment last Dec. 23, was acquitted of murder, but found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon when the jury returned its verdict in Judge Franklin West's court at Santa Ana last evening. The assault tag was placed on the killing of Shaw after the jury had deliberated 3½ hours. Bonebrake will appear for sentence on the assault verdict May 2. Democratic Dinner Fails To Produce A-1 Candidate POLITICS TODAY By The Associated Press Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn) speaks in Louisville, Ky. Paul G. Hoffman and Sen. James H. Duff (R-Pa) speak for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in Philadelphia. Senator Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio) campaigns in Massachusetts. New York Democratic County chairmen endorse W. Averell Harriman as a favorite son candidate for president. A $100-a-plate dinner and a special news conference by President Truman left the Democrat's railroad family would go where on a national scale." Bell reported that Gov. E. Stevenson of Illinois—who said he couldn't accept the presidential nomination — stole show at the dinner with a hu-studded speech. Stevenson sed by saying he was making fradulent appearance, since was running for governor of Florida Company Introduces New Juice Container DADE CITY, Fla. (UP) — The Florida citrus industry has a new product which is being tested to see how consumers like it. It is a two and a half ounce container of frozen concentrated orange juice. The container is a transparent plastic-type bag. Pasco Packing company is the producer, but the firm gives little detail about its new item. A chain drug concern is running a sales test in the east. The advantages of the new product are that the customer can see the frozen concentrate and can mix it with water to make a 10-ounce drink of orange juice. Citrus Market Sunkist Growers, Inc., reported today all auction markets California oranges were higher large sizes. Representative Prices by Size: SUNKIST, First Grade— 126s 9.31; 150s 8.55; 176s 7.94; 200s 7.15; 220s 5.58; 252s 4.49; 268s 3.85; 344s 3.44. CHOICE, Second Grade— 150s 6.49; 176s 5.94; 200s 5.06; 220s 4.00; 252s 3.62; 288s 3.12. POLITICS TODAY By The Associated Press Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn) speaks in Louisville, Ky. Paul G. Hoffman and Sen. James H. Duff (R-Pa) speak for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in Philadelphia. Senator Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio) campaigns in Massachusetts. New York Democratic County chairmen endorse W. Averell Harriman as a favorite son candidate for president. A $100-a-plate dinner and a special news conference by President Truman left the Democrats' presidential picture murkier today. More than before, none of the party's White House hopefuls appeared to have enough support in the right places to claim priority to the front-running spot. The dinner—a swank affair last night in New York attended by all except one of the announced Democratic candidates—failed to produce any hoped for clarifying developments. It was held to honor W. Averell Harriman, Mutual Security director, and make him a full-fledged candidate for the Democratic nomination. "The faithful came to hear a new post-Truman political messiah and seemed not to find him," wrote Jack Bell, Associated Press roving political reporter. AT LEAST THE gathering did open the way for today's endorsement by New York's county chairman of Harriman as a favorite son. This makes him a holding candidate to keep the state's 94-vote delegation intact for the Chicago convention. "Beyond that," Bell wrote, "there was little expectation that the 60-year-old scion of a wealthy railroad family would go where on a national scale." Bell reported that Gov. E. Stevenson of Illinois—who said he couldn't accept the presidential nomination—stole show at the dinner with a humbled speech. Stevenson sed by saying he was making fradulent appearance, since he was running for governor of nois and not for president. Vice President Alben Barkley said the party was sure to win in November "because it deserved to win, because it is right." Bell said Barkley indicated him he has no present intention announcing whether he is a candidate for the presidency. Bell interpreted as making vice-president "the chief of horse candidate." SENATOR ESTES Kefauver Tennessee, with more delegates pledged to him so far than other Democrat, seemed to "somewhat unimpressive in speech he read haltingly." Harriman, in his speech, said "if the (GOP) voices of her tion prevail, they will unmine what we have built and stroy the leadership of the United States." "The upshot was talk—the mostly in whispers—that president could be drafted to again, even though he says won't respond to such a move." Bell reported. A letter from Truman was sent to the dinner praising Harriman. Significantly, perhaps, it gave political endorsement to Bell said. ANAHEIM GAZE EST. 1870 Paper ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1952 18 Reported Dead in Plane Crash Clear Whittier LOS ANGELES (AP)—A rancher found a crashed two-engine plane today carrying 28 persons reported that "all were dead." Hayden F. Jones, who lives in urban North Whittier Heights, reporters that he found no of life in the canyon where non-scheduled C-46 ship crash and burned. The sheriff's office added that were apparently is nothing left the plane but ashes and a piece the tail." Hayden counted 16 charred bodies. Some were still in the burned package of the plane, others were interred on the hillside. The location, between Whittier Puente., is only about 25 miles five or six flying minutes from plane's destination, Los Ange-international airport. Hayden said the plane hit a hill about 1000 feet elevation, then faced about 300 yards into a canyon. Byrnes History Refutes Douglas to Union Shop LONG BEACH UPON the CIO United A say their demand shop at Douglas A pany's Long Beach laid before company at the next meeting. Douglas officials h company will not vol pel employees to jo even though the W tion Board has recor the company grant ‘Mad’ M Crest; D Foot Lo TORCHY TALENT took Helen Oviedo, above, to first place honors last night in the second "Talent Time in Anaheim" competition. With her is Bob Shepard, master of ceremonies. Helen took a close decision from the Hawaiianettes, second, and Delores Giardino, third.—(Gazette photo by Kreidt) Helen Oviedo Wins Close Decision In 'Talent Time' Competition In a stirring battle for applause right down to the finish, Helen Ovideo, 17, 10822 Reagan st., Los Alamitos, nosed out the Hawaiianettes in the "Talent Time" presentation last night at the Anaheim theater. A throaty torch singer, Helen won the nod with her unique song styling of "Embraceable You." Doris Jean Rouland, 15, Goldie Barchenger, 15, Anaheim dancers, teamed with Ron Miller, 16, and Leon Rumbaugh, 16, Santa Ana guitarists, to run a close second. Sixteen acts in all participated on the show. Unusual feature on the show was the appearance of little Charlie Hale, 3½, Santa Ana, accompanied by his sister. Too young to be entered in the contest, Charlie nevertheless captured the heart of producer Hal Davis, when he appeared at last week's try-outs. Charlie will be seen on the Leo Carillo Television show Sunday April 20, over KLAC-TV channel 13. Other local acts appearing on next Sunday's show will be Norman Blackman, Cypress harbite. Cities Express Preference for Administrator Plan Orange county cities generally favor the city administrator plan in preference to the city manager type of government as being more flexible for smaller cities, and several of them are considering creation of such an office, following examples set by Anaheim, Santa Ana and Newport Beach. Members of the Orange County League of Cities executive board, discussed the question at a session in Santa Ana last night and decided they liked the city administrator plan best. Representa Read the headline and main article. Search for Bliss Family Spurred By Local Man Search for Mr. and Mrs. Marc Bliss, Costa Mesa couple, and their son, Richard, 8, who had failed to return from a camping trip to the desert centered today along the Jackrabbit Trail between Riverside and Beaumont where an Anaheim resident reported sighting the wreck of an automobile. M. D. Wilkinson, 709 S. Ohio st., told Anaheim police that as he was driving toward Palm Springs on April 12, he saw an automobile turned on its side in the bottom of a canyon along the Jackrabbit Trail. He did not investigate at the time, but later read of the missing Costa Mesa family and decided to report what he had seen. Anaheim police today notified the California Highway Patrol in Riverside county and a search of the area was started. Tanker Driver Explosion Burns Tanker Driver Willard G. Woods, 25, Norwalk truck driver, was in Fullerton general hospital today with second degree burns on his face and hands and lesser burns on other parts of his body, as result of an explosion and flash fire at a Yorba Linda tank farm late yesterday. Woods' tank truck exploded while at a loading platform at the tank farm on Highland st., at Yorba Linda. Oil pouring from the ruptured tanks ignited and burned hotly, threatening the crude oil storage tanks nearby. SACRAMENTO (A)—The State Board of Equalization has issued a seasonal liquor license to the Colonial restaurant at Newport Beach. District liquor control officers had recommended against the license, saying additional bars were not needed in the resort town... All night long soldierian workers—more than them—toiled under fire the dikes here and on stream where the rains are expected to smash most every farm dike to Kansas City. Doctors, lawyers, bututives, students, new and other volunteers turn heaving sandbags dikes to strengthen the most awesome flood souri Valley has ever riven. The great battle was crest of the river safe narrow Omaha channel which the water is flowing fantastic rate of 286 lons per day. NORTH OF Omaha souri sprawls across for as much as 15 km hamlets are inundated buildings stand with roofs showing in the valley wilderness from wading things have fled. For 50 miles upstream averages 10 miles in 52,800 feet. But in the part of the Omaha-Coast channel the funnel is feet wide. And the tides passed through this silted neck before the dam. There was no wall or battering waves. The was a monstrous creep that moved slowly and mendous power. It strained the dikes here with a... CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY AZETTE The Weather S. Calif.—Night and morning low clouds and fog locally with scattered cloudiness tonight and Saturday. Days mostly sunny. Cooler in mountain and desert regions Saturday. Byrnes Accuses Truman of Fictionizing History in His Book ‘Mr. President’; Refutes HST’s Version of Potsdam Douglas to Get Union Shop Demand LONG BEACH UP—Officials of the CIO United Auto Workers say their demand for a union shop at Douglas Aircraft company’s Long Beach plant will be laid before company negotiators at the next meeting. Douglas officials have stated the company will not voluntarily compel employees to join the union, even though the Wage Stabilization Board has recommended that the company grant a union shop. WASHINGTON UP — James F. Byrnes today accused President Truman of spreading falsehoods about him and of substituting “fiction for history” in describing U.S.-Russian relations in the dangerous months of the developing cold war. The South Carolina governor, who was Truman’s Secretary of State from 1945 until early 1947, replied in a scathing article published in Collier’s magazine to statements Truman made about him in the recent book “Mr. President.” Byrnes went beyond denying—as he has done before—that he got a personal dressing down from Truman right after the Moscow conference of 1945. By Truman’s account, the president read Byrnes a memo saying he was tired of “babying the Soviets.” Byrnes said he never heard of any such memo, and then: 1—He charged that Truman was quick to use “strong language” against the Russians but “he did not provide the iron fist” to back up his words. 2—He said “the Soviets will welcome” Truman's statement that this country was “almost forced to agree” at the Potsdam conference—right after Truman became president—to Russian occupation of East Poland and Polish occupation of Germany east of the Oder river. 3—He denied that the U.S. was eager at Potsdam to get Russia ‘Mad’ Missouri River Hits Crest; Dikes Holding 30.24 Foot Level of Raging Water OMAHA UP—The mad Missouri threw its worst at Omaha and Council Bluffs today with an army of workers still winning the battle to hold the great river in its strait-jacket of dikes. The river crest—stretch of maximum of water flow—was so long and so subject to fluctuations that it couldn't be pinpointed but river forecasters said the rampaging river is at cresting stage and will continue to crest all way. At 6:30 a.m. (PST) the level was 30.24 feet, compared with the flood stage of 19. Some minor rising and falling will occur before the level begins to drop some 24 hours hence, the Weather Bureau said. The predicted high had been 31.5 feet. But at this, near-phenomenal level even the action of the wind can raise or lower the gauge readings by a foot or more. THE CRITICAL hours began before dawn when the slow-moving flood crest began surging into the seven-mile long funnel of sodden dikes protecting the lowlands of the twin cities of Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa. The next 48 hours may determine whether the tremendous water pressures will burst through levees and cause more agony and damage along this river which has become a monster of destruction. All night long soldiers and civilian workers—more than 24,000 of them—toiled under floodlights on the dikes here and on levees downstream where the rising waters are expected to smash through almost every farm dike all the way to Kansas City. more than 1250 pounds per square foot. Through the night workers rushed sandbags to weak points. The water crept to the top of the levees at some points and then splashed against the splashboards built to hold back the top few inches of the river’s crest. N.J. Prison Farm Inmates Stage Sympathy Riot RAHWAY, N. J. UP—Rioting convicts staged a major rebellion at Rahway prison farm today, in sympathy with a four-day mutiny at Trenton State prison 40 miles away. A group of 232 unruly prisoners at the farm grabbed control of a dormitory wing last night and held nine prison guards as hostages in the fifth prison outbreak in New Jersey in three weeks. At Trenton—where the stubborn rebels are demanding the firing of the warden and a revamping of the parole system—69 convicts barricaded in the prison printing shop let one of their four prison employee-hostages go after he had a mild heart attack. The Rahway convicts hung huge bedsheet signs out the shattered windows this morning, with crude black lettering: “We want a new parole system.” one sign said. “Tell the truth, we have radios in here.” “The parole board isn’t fair. We want a change.” A prison source said the embattled convicts listened to news to back up his words. 2—He said “the Soviets will welcome” Truman's statement that this country was "almost forced to agree" at the Potsdam conference—right after Truman became president—to Russian occupation of East Poland and Polish occupation of Germany east of the Oder river. 3—He denied that the U.S. was eager at Potsdam to get Russia into the war against Japan. Bynes said he hoped the Japanese would surrender before Russia could enter the war. Truman, he said, "led me to believe he shared my view." 4—Bynes denied quitting as Secretary of State because of any scrap with the president. He said he resigned solely because he suffered from a heart ailment. And he said that for at least two years after his resignation he and Truman remained on cordial terms. “THE EVIDENCE seems plain.” Bynes said, “that he became offended with me not because of anything I did or did not do while Secretary of State, but because . . . I opposed some of his domestic program . . . “他 appears determined to construct a record against me, without regard for the facts. But not even the president of the United States has the right to substitute fiction for history . . . “I saw then (in 1949), and still see, a dangerous movement toward a socialized existence for all Americans . . . “Americans should place loyalty to country above loyalty to any political party or an political candidate. Mr. Truman cannot understand that.” The Bynes-Truman bustup, by Bynes' account, began in a "Dear Jim" letter the president wrote him after Bynes' criticism of the "Fair Deal" domestic program in a speech at Washington and Lee university, in Virginia, in 1949. In this letter Truman referred to several newspaper columnists as liars—something he's done many times—and added in a handwritten postscript: NORTH OF Omaha, the Missouri sprawls across the farmland for as much as 15 miles. Little hamlets are inundated and farm buildings stand with only their roofs showing in the vast and lonely wilderness from which all living things have fled. For 50 miles upstream, the river averages 10 miles in width—or 52,800 feet. But in the narrowest part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs channel the funnel is only 1200 feet wide. And the tide must be passed through this slender bottleneck before the danger is past. There was no wall of water or battering waves. The river crest was a monstrous, creeping thing that moved slowly and with tremendous power. It strained against the dikes here with a pressure of a mild heart attack. The Rahway convicts hung huge bedsheet signs out the shattered windows this morning, with crude black lettering: "We want a new parole system," one sign said. "Tell the truth, we have radios in here." "The parole board isn't fair. We want a change." A prison source said the embattled convicts listened to news broadcasts of the riots on tiny crystal set radios they fashioned out of magnetized steel and tin tobacco cans. As a crisp spring dawn paled the searchlights trained on the massive stone walls of the dormitory wing, the prisoners inside set up a wild chorus of catcalls, jeers and whistles. Prison officials said they had reason to believe the nine hostage guards were unharmed. They said they would wait out this mutiny just as they have in Trenton for four days. A dozen guards, armed with sidearms, rifles and riot guns, grimly paced a parapet. There are a total of 1000 convicts in the prison farm, which takes care of the overflow from the Trenton prison. There are 1300 in Trenton prison. The vast majority of prisoners at both institutions are taking no part in the riots. SAYS 40TH HOME BY JUNE OXNARD UP—A 40th Division officer visited his family here today and ventured the opinion that all the California Guardsmen will be home from Korea by June. He is Ist Lt. Thomas Kane, one of the first group of returnees from the Sunburst Division. BYRNE'S ACCOUNT, began in a "Dear Jim" letter the president wrote him after Byrnes' criticism of the "Fair Deal" domestic program in a speech at Washington and Lee university, in Virginia, in 1949. In this letter Truman referred to several newspaper columnists as liars—something he's done many times—and added in a handwritten postscript: "Since your Washington & Lee speech I'm sure I know how Ceasar felt when he said 'et tu, Brute'." (Julius Ceasar is supposed to have made this outcry—Latin for "and you, too, Brutus," when he discovered his old friend Brutus had joined in an assassination plot against him.) Byrne said he wrote the president that "the implication is not pleasant and not justified." He says his letter to Truman ended: "I hope you are not going to think of me as a Brutus, because I am no Brutus. "I hope you are not going to think of yourself as a Ceasar, because you are no Ceasar. The text of the letter was not included in the Collier's article, but Byrnes made it public yesterday. He said he wanted to back up his contention that his break with Truman came after he quit as Secretary of State and not while he was in office, as the president has indicated. THE LETTER WAS set off by a Drew Pearson column in June 1949 saying the Byrnes-Truman break began developing in 1965. Byrne said in his Collier's article (Continued on Page 8)