anaheim-gazette 1952-05-15

Shopping Center You don't have to stir out of your home to find the most convenient "shopping center." You can sell the things you don't need and you can find where to buy in Gazette Classified Ads. Pages 6-7 today. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEM WILMINGTON, Del.—TANKER BURNS AFTER COLLISION— Fore and aft sections of the tanker F. L. Hayes burn, sending dense columns of smoke skyward today after it caught fire following a collision with a freighter in the Chesapeake and Delaware canal south of here. Several crew members of the tanker were reported missing while five were injured. Note the midship section of the tanker is completely awash. (AP Wirephoto) Ship Collision Sets Flames To 700,000 Gallons Gasoline Commie No As Mark O TOWN MEETING TONIGHT Anaheim voters will offered the opportunity meeting both Democratic and Republican candidates election tonight at the first city-wide town meeting held at 8 p.m. in the Elk auditorium. Charges of So Are 'Bunk and WASHINGTON (AP) — President Truman today accused oppoof his farm and other prog of spreading "bunk and ho in an effort to discredit R velt and Truman administra measures as socialism. He predicted the Demo will win the forthcoming p dential election on a platform Ship Collision Sets Flames To 700,000 Gallons Gasoline WILMINGTON, Del. (AP)—An oil tanker loaded with 700,000 gallons of high octane gasoline exploded in flames early today after colliding with a freighter in the Chesapeake and Delaware channel. Four men are believed to have been killed. The U. S. Coast Guard said four crewmen of the tanker, F. L. Hayes, were "missing and presumed dead." The tanker's captain and five others of the crew jumped overboard and swam to shore. The tanker was still aflame some 10 hours after the crash in its beached position on the canal's north shore, about 20 miles south of Wilmington. The stern of the 240 foot Hayes settled in the water. Coast Guard officials said the Hayes, owned by Ira S. Bushley & Sons. New York, and the 6100 ton freighter, Barbara Lykes, collided shortly after midnight. They said the collision was "rather light," but that fire broke out on the tanker shortly afterwards. A third ship, the Bull Line's Angelina, also became involved as blazing gasoline from the tanker spilled into the canal and set her afire. These flames were extinguished and the Angelina continued to its dock in Philadelphia. The mising men from the Hayes were identified as R. E. Oakes, New York, first assistant engineer; Williams Plastics Plant Damaged by $5000 Fire Fire caused $5000 damage last evening at the plastics plant operated by W. I. Williams at 15162 Huntington Beach blvd., Midway Wayland C. Ellis, Waddington, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., second assistant engineer; Ole Iandee, Brooklyn, seaman; and George Carter, North Dartmouth, Mass. Roger Sears, Jackson Heights, L. I., captain of the Hayes, said he leaped into the canal although he couldn't swim. Santa Ana Sewer Trunk Contract Awarded on $428,612.20 Bid Contract for the main District 1 (Santa Ana) sewer trunk line connecting with the joint treatment plant in the county-wide sanitation program was awarded by District 1 directors last evening to M. Miller and Co., Los Angeles firm, on a bid of $428,612.20 bid, lowest submitted, was $987.80 below the estimate of $600 made by engineers. The Miller bid covered a bination of three units of the sect. Bidding by units, Miller lowest on two, but on the unit was higher than Contrie E. C. Losch. Miller's combination bid, on the three units, how was $14,000 below his three individual unit bids, which brought him the contract. The contract calls for thick concrete pipe, which costs $000 less than the alternate specification of lined concrete pipe cording to Raymond R. M chief engineer-general manage the joint sanitation districts. Start of construction on the which extends three and a miles between the treatment and the end of the Bristol trunk, at Talbert road, is exp in about two weeks, the time quinred for delivery of the pice. The meeting last night ran as directors discussed location a proposed new treatment plant and the placing of the land sea of the joint outfall line, below treatment plant. Design Williams Plastics Plant Damaged by $5000 Fire Fire caused $5000 damage last evening at the plastics plant operated by W. I. Williams at 15162 Huntington Beach blvd., Midway City. The blaze, which resulted when oil spilled under a hot boiler, was discovered at 7:33 p.m. and was extinguished two hours later by the volunteer fire departments from Midway City and Oceanview. GAZETTE GETS AROUND Proof that oceans are no barrier to Gazette circulation is contained in a letter received today from Arthur S. Osborn in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, dated Apr. 22. The letter follows: Dear Ted Kuchel: Enclosed you will find a check for $5.00. I believe my subscription to the Gazette expired Jan. 1, 1952. However, since you have been kind enough to send it anyway I am sending this check. I understand this will not cover postage for a year so send the Gazette as long as the $5.00 lasts. Will see you in the spring of 1953. Highest Registration in History Of California Revealed by Jordan SACRAMENTO (Special) — A voter registration of 5,383,521, highest in California's history, was officially announced today by Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan. The registration for the 1950 general election totaled 5,244,837 and the primary 4,925,369. The two major political parties showed a registration for the Democrats of 2,995,768 and 2,192,446 for the Republicans. Other parties showed registrations as follows: Independent Progressive, 11,238; Prohibition, 5327; declined to state, 171,637; miscellaneous, 7085. Orange county registration showed 49,986 Democrats, 58,452 Republicans, 64 Independent Progresives, 267 Prohibitionists, declined to state affiliation, 212 miscellaneous. Total registration in the county is 112,551. Jordan said since the general election registration of 1950 Democrats lost 66,437 register while the Republican party got 247,634, and that the Democratic party now is only 803,322 ahead of its major opposition while years ago it led by 1,117,393. On a statewide basis, Jordan said the Democratic registrar showed less registration in 35 counties than in 1950 while the Republican party showed increases of the state's 58 counties. Two additional counties—Mand Riverside, joined Alpine Orange for a majority Republican registration. ANAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZETY ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1952 Commie Negotiators Let Fly At Allies as Mark Clark Repudiates Colson Terms TOWN MEETING TONIGHT Anaheim voters will be ferred the opportunity of meeting both Democratic and Republican candidates for election tonight at the first way-wide town meeting to be held at 8 p.m. in the Elks editorium. Colson Without Authority to Make Concessions to Reds, Clark Says MUNSAN, Thursday, May 15—Communist truce negotiators unleashed a virulent new attack on the Allies today. The chief allied delegate said they charged the United Nations command with "every crime in the book," including using prisoners of war for experiments "with poison gas, germ warfare and atomic bombs." The allied top negotiator, Vice-Adm. C. Turner Joy, told the reds, "It has been thought that in a very short time your propaganda would become so transparently ridiculous as to condemn itself." Your statement of today confirms that judgment." North Korean Gen Nam Il, renewing his attack on allied conduct of its big Koje island prisoner of war camp, spoke for 43 minutes at a full-dress truce meeting. He accused the U.N. command of committing "insults, torture, forcible writing of petitions in blood, threatenings, confinement, mass murder, shooting and machine-gunning and experiments with poison gas, germ warfare and atomic bombs." REPURCUSSIONS continued to The Bunk and Hokum — Truman WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald J. Trump today accused opponents of his farm and other programs reading "bunk and hokum" in effort to discredit Roosevelt and Truman administration figures as socialism. He predicted the Democrats win the forthcoming presidential election on a platform of he described as "Truman-land." He promised to make alestop tour along the lines at 31,700-mile 1948 campaign trip the Democratic president-candidate. Starting from a prepared at a Department of Agriculture contract for $20 Bid. Miller and Co., Los Angeles on a bid of $428,612.28. The lowest submitted, was $282.50 below the estimate of $721.50 made by engineers. Miller bid covered a combination of three units of the proj-Bidding by units, Miller was put on two, but on the third was higher than Contractor Losch. Miller's combination on the three units, however, was $14,000 below his three individual unit blds, which fact right him the contract. The contract calls for thick-wall concrete pipe, which costs $200 less than the alternate specification of lined concrete pipe, acting to Raymond R. Ribal, the engineer-general manager of joint sanitation districts. Part of construction on the line, it extends three and a half between the treatment plant at the end of the Bristol street at Talbert road, is expected about two weeks, the time required for delivery of the pipe. The meeting last night ran late, directors discussed location of proposed new treatment plant, the placing of the land section the joint outfall line, below the cement plant. Design Engineer Floundering Hawaiian-behere yesterday after an SOS. The voyage hurt from their expedition. "We were only silent when the big waves away, smothered our engine, washed away our boat and bilge water our radio receiving set glad it happened while stead of a week from Helen March of G.Calif., one of the 10,000. The 86-foot Eloise Lake cisco Bay at 4 p.m., 15-day cruise to Hawaii by five months in the cific. The boat began a decision was made six hours later, Skar Farrell of San Rafael gan radioing that the schooner was sinking. A Coast Guard cut the Eloise yesterday about 22 miles south Francisco, and 11 miles Half Moon Bay. In addition to Farm March, the group in rell's wife; Dr. and March, Mrs. March and their three children 17, Martha, 16, and Jilliam Spencer of Kila Ore.; William Jackson cisco, and Mrs. Kiley meyer, Champaign, IL. They haven't decided culture ceremony on the Washington Monument grounds, Truman recalled the 356 speeches he delivered from coast-to-coast four years ago and declared: "I'll get out and do the same thing for the candidate on this program I've been talking about." The president said the Roosevelt and Truman administrations have proven that a planned economy works "in agriculture and in every other aspect of our national life." HE TOLD THE audience of several thousand that the objective of 87 per cent of the nation's press is to discredit the administration and said the "mossbacks"—whom he offered to name if anybody asked him to—insist on calling his program "socialism." "ALL THIS TALK about socialism is just plain bunk and hokum." Truman declared. He said he had recently read an editorial which called his farm program regimentation and Trumanism. And he was glad, he said, to accept the name "Trumanism," for the agricultural and other programs which have been carried out under his administration and that of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He called their efforts: "common sense management of our national affairs in the interests of all the people." No segment of the population, Truman said, is more opposed to being regimented than the farmers. Grinning, he said he knows this because he's a farmer himself. "As soon as I quit being president," he said, "I'm going back to the farm. That's the reason I can talk this way." IN ONE OF THE departures from his prepared speech, Truman said this country does not want its farmers to be peasants but wants them to be prosperous citizens who can "hold up their heads and talk to the bankers and industrialists as equals." History by Jordan Dives, 267 Prohibitionists, 3570 needed to state affiliation, and miscellaneous. Total registration in the county is 112,551. Jordan said since the general union registration of 1950 the docrats lost 66,437 registrants in the Republican party gained 384, and that the Democratic now is only 803,322 ahead of major opposition while two ago it led by 1,117,393. A statewide basis, Jordan the Democratic registration less registration in 35 counchan in 1950 while the Repubparty showed increases in 52 the state's 58 counties. Two additional counties—Marin Riverside, joined Alpine and age for a majority Republican establishment. Water Men Consider MWD Purchase Accepting contract terms from Metropolitan Water district for this summer's purchase of Colorado river water, the Orange County Water District directors late yesterday discussed new purchase plans which may involve monthly payments for water next year, through the Orange County Municipal Water District, a member of MWD. The MWD contract approved yesterday provides for purchase of surplus Colorado river water at $10 per acre foot, from a minimum of 5000 feet for $50,000, up to 30,-000 acre feet, costing $300,000. The exact amount the district will purchase is not yet settled. Lakewood Women Win Battle of The Lamp Posts LAKEWOOD PLAZA (AP) — Housewives here have won the battle of the lamp posts. Their housing tract was supposed to get steel standards. When workmen began digging holes for creosoted wooden poles, a crowd of women, brandishing rolling pins, filled in the holes as fast as the men dug. Yesterday the Aldon Construction Co., developer of the tract, said in a letter to 483 residents: "If you have patience, before this matter is ended you will receive the steel standards you have been promised." Half Moon Bay. In addition to Farm March, the group in rell's wife; Dr. and March, Mrs. March and their three children 17. Martha, 16, and Jilliam Spencer of Kliore; William Jackson cisco, and Mrs. Klieyer, Champaign, IL. They haven't decided spend their vacation months to repair the... CALIFORNIX STATE LIBRARY ZETTE 5, 1952 5c per Copy — 50c per Month NUMBER 141 Weather S. Calif.: Mostly clear tonight and Friday except night and morning low clouds and local fog coastal section. PRINCETON, Calif.—SAFE AND SOUND—Nine of the ten passengers and crew of the disabled schooner Eloise walk ashore last night about 40 miles south of San Francisco. The Coast Guard towed the crippled vessel here and anchored it offshore. Capt. Harry Farrell stayed aboard the leaking ship to operate the pumps. Left to right; Hugh March, William Jackson, Dr. Harry March, Mrs. Kay Jurgensmeyer, Mrs. Vera Farrell, Mrs. Helen March, Martha March (behind Helen March); Janie March and Bill Spencer, carrying a dog. (AP Wirephoto). Eloise Adventure Ends as Yacht Towed to Port County Bodies To Study Well Metering Plan County School Elections Set Eloise Adventure Ends as Yacht Towed to Port HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Ten adventurous men, women and teenagers had time on their hands today after 40 trouble-filled hours aboard the leaking schooner Eloise ended their planned half-year cruise. The Coast Guard towed the floundering Hawaii-bound yacht here yesterday after it radioed an SOS. The voyagers were unhurt from their experience. "We were only six hours out, when the big waves tore our sails away, smothered our auxiliary engine, washed away our only boat and blige water sloshed over our radio receiving set—but we're glad it happened when it did, instead of a week from now," Mrs. Helen March of Grass Valley, Calif., one of the 10, said. The 86-foot Eloise left San Francisco Bay at 4 p.m. Monday for a 15-day cruise to Hawaii followed by five months in the South Pacific. The boat began to leak and a decision was made to turn back. Six hours later, Skipper Harry Farrell of San Rafael, Calif., began radioing that the 37-year-old schooner was sinking. A Coast Guard cutter reached the Eloise yesterday morning, about 22 miles southwest of San Francisco, and 11 miles west of Half Moon Bay. In addition to Farrell and Mrs. March, the group included Farrell's wife; Dr. and Harry N. March, Mrs. March's husband, and their three children—Hugh, Martha, 16, and Jane 11; William Spencer of Klamath Falls, Ore.; William Jackson, San Francisco, and Mrs. Kay Jurgensmeyer, Champaign, Ill. They haven't decided how to County Bodies To Study Well Metering Plan Proposal for a universal metering of all water well pumping in the Santa Ana basin, as a move to iron out asserted inequities in the water tax for water use in the area, will be studied at a joint conference of the Orange County Water district, the Farm Bureau and the Associated Chamber of Commerce June 5. The date was set by the water district directors late yesterday, at the request of the water problems committee of the Farm Bureau. The conference is called for 7:30 p.m. June 5 for the purpose of working out procedures set up the formula for an "extraction tax," by which users would pay according to the amount of water they use. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Farm Bureau were invited to send representatives to the meeting, which will be held at the offices of the water district in Santa Ana Community center, 1104 W. Eighth st. The complicated problem of water taxes is said to involve existing riparian, overlying and prescriptive water rights in the basin. Proposal for an extraction tax, which would probably require meters on all pumps, has been unofficially under consideration for several years. County School Elections Set For Tomorrow Election contests for school board positions in eleven elementary school districts of the county, in five high school districts, and coast college will enliven tomorrow's school elections. Most of the 40 elementary districts have no contests and expect a light vote. In three districts, El Toro, Greenville and Paularino, there are no candidates at all, and the positions will be filled either by a write-in vote or, if there are no write-ins by appointment from County School Superintendent Linton Simmons. Contests are under way in the elementary districts of Costa Mesa, Cypress, El Modeno, Laguna Beach, La Habra, Newport Beach, Orangethorpe, Placentia, San Clemente, Tustin and Westminster. The five high school districts in which contests have developed are Capistrano, Huntington Beach, Orange, Tustin, and Fullerton, where trustees also serve the junior college district. Incumbents Louis Conrady and Horace Parker, and Henry F. Crane, a student, are competing for two seats on the board of Orange Coast college. Atomic Submarine’s Keel Laying Scheduled Some Time Next Month WASHINGTON (AP) — The keel of this nation's first atomic-powered submarine will be laid next month. The Navy said the work on the submarines is being developed by the atomic energy commission and the General Electric company at Schenectady, N.Y. Half Moon Bay. In addition to Farrell and Mrs. March, the group included Farrell's wife; Dr. and Harry N. March, Mrs. March's husband, and their three children—Hugh, 17, Martha, 16, and Jane 11; William Spencer of Klamath Falls, Ore.; William Jackson, San Francisco, and Mrs. Kay Jurgensmeyer, Champaign, Ill. They haven't decided how to spend their vacation. It will take months to repair the Eloise. Cost of Salt Intrusion Study To Go Higher Coincident with the filing of a progress report by engineers of the U.S. Geological Survey, investigating encroachment of salt water into the Santa Ana underground basin, the Orange County Water District directors were advised yesterday that the continuing survey may cost a little more next year. The survey has been financed so far by contributions of $2500 by the federal government, $1250 by the water district and $1250 by the county flood control district. Because of salary increases, the county agencies will be asked to contribute $1500 each, to $3000 from the federal government, Engineer Joseph Poland, of the USCGS, said yesterday. The water district directors took the proposal under advisement, until a full report of the survey is made in about 10 days. Atomic Submarine’s Keel Laying Scheduled Some Time Next Month WASHINGTON (AP) — The keel of this nation's first atomic-powered submarine will be laid next month. The Navy said the work on the history-making vessel will be done at the Electric Boat Co., plant at Groton, Conn. The actual starting date will be made known soon, the announcement said. The atomic sub is to be named "Nautilus" after the fictional craft described by Jules Verne in 1869 in the novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." The first experimental submersible, of the inventor Robert Fulton, carried the same name in 1801. The Nautilus will be powered by a thermal reactor plant designed by the Argonne National Atomic laboratory and the Westinghouse Electric Corp. A second atomic power plant for Citrus Market Sunkist Growers, Inc., reported today all auction markets California oranges were higher navels. Representative prices by size: SUNKIST, First Grade— 100s 10.15; 126s 9.39; 150s 8.81; 176s 7.71; 200s 7.25; 220s 5.78; 252s 4.89; 288s 4.65. CHOICE, Second Grade— 126s 7.75; 150s 7.12; 176s 8.26; 200s 5.80; 220s 4.50; 252s 3.97 submarines is being developed by the atomic energy commission and the General Electric company at Schenectady, N.Y. THE GENERAL ELECTRIC-built power plant, known as an intermediate energy reactor, will be used in another submarine and the navy and AEC plan tests to determine which of the two power plants are the most useful. It is expected that the first atomic-powered sub will be ready for testing some time in 1954. The two power plants differ in the speed of neutrons released to produce heat for production of power through atomic fission. The thermal reactor uses more energy neutrons and requires a more intricate cooling device. Development of a nuclear engine for submarines is one of the major programs being conducted by the AEC and the military. A submarine using such an engine theoretically would have much greater speed than conventional engines and could cruise submerged for thousands of miles. DRIVER HURT Minor injuries were received early this morning by Avila Carlo, of Santa Ana when his car went out of control on Newport blvd., south of Paularino rd. The car glanced off one tree and crashed against another. Carlo was taken