anaheim-gazette 1952-05-27

Holiday Are you planning an automobile outing over the long Armistice Day weekend? We suggest you figure right now plenty of time to make your journey. Traffic will be terrific. Death toll also. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEIM New Berlin Blockade Feared as Reds Cut East-West German Telephone Lines Action Said to be Red Reprisals For Signing of West German Peace BERLIN (P)—The communists cut telephone communications between East and West Berlin and 17 long distance lines between West Berlin and West Germany today. Eight telegraph lines also were shut down. Thus far, however, teletype communications between West Berlin and West Germany were not affected. Chamber Meeting To Honor Local Planning Group Twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Anaheim city planning commission will be celebrated at luncheon tomorrow in Anaheim Elks club when the local Chamber of Commerce holds its It appeared to be the first blow in the promised communist reprisals for West Germany's signing of a peace pact with the Western Allies yesterday. West Berlin, 110 miles inside the Soviet zone, feared a renewal of the near-paralyzing red blockade of 1948-49. Earlier today the Russian border guards again barred Allied military motor patrols from the city's only highway link with the west, the 110-mile autobahn to Helmstedt. The patrols, which aid stranded motorists, had been periodically banned between May 8 and May 17 but since than had not been troubled. Today, as before, the Russians gave no explanation for their action. Civilian freight and passenger traffic on the highway still flowed normally, however. Two Persons Hurried In County Wrecks Two persons were injured in traffic accidents late yesterday according to the California Highway Patrol. James J. Cottrell, 74, Santa Ana received major head and interim injuries at 4:05 p.m., yesterday when his car collided with a truck and then struck another automobile. The accident took place at the intersection of Tustin and Fhaven aves., east of Santa Ana where Cottrell was said to have made a boulevard stop for Tustin ave., and then drove his car driven by her Marine band, Sgt. Lloyd Irvine, 21, lided with a truck operated James D. Fowles, 28. Los Angeles Chamber Meeting To Honor Local Planning Group Twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Anaheim city planning commission will be celebrated at luncheon tomorrow in Anaheim Elks club when the local Chamber of Commerce holds its regular membership meeting. Charles B. Bennett, planning director of the city of Los Angeles, will be the guest speaker. Dr. Walter Bigham, first chairman of the planning commission will be present, as will Mayor Charles A. Pearson of Anaheim. Hosts at the meeting will be the Land Use committee, Joe Hurst, chairman, and the Anaheim Realty Board, Frances Backs, president. Following the noon luncheon, for which reservations are necessary, three Anaheim industrial plants will hold open house for guests. They are Alex Tamale Co.'s new plant at 1201 N. Lemon st.; Kwikset Locks, Inc., 516 E. Santa Ana st.; and Real Gold Citrus Products, 1460 N. Olive. Fighting Lands Woman in Jail Dorothy Ann Boehm, 903 W. Center st., Anaheim, was held in Orange county jail last night on a charge of disturbing the peace after officers arrested her at 413 S. Claudina st., where she was fighting with Shirley Kemp. The fight started, according to police, at 403½ S. Philadelphia, from which address Miss Kemp phoned police. When police arrived they discovered no signs of battle and were just leaving the area when they received word that a fight had broken out at 413 S. Claudina. There they found Mrs. Boehm fighting with Miss Kemp because the latter had called in the police. With Mrs. Boehm was her husband, Thomas, and their daughter, Connie, 9. All three were taken west, the 110-mile autobahn to Helmstedt. The patrols, which aid stranded motorists, had been periodically banned between May 8 and May 17 but since than had not been troubled. Today, as before, the Russians gave no explanation for their action. Civilian freight and passenger traffic on the highway still flowed normally, however. As yet the West had no visible evidence of reinforcements on the Iron Curtain borders. Suspects Being Questioned In Bridgford Meat Robbery The mystery of what happened to the truck-load of beef which disappeared some months ago from Bridgford Packing was believed being solved today with the apprehension of individuals who are being questioned by police. Last Dec. 8 one of Bridgford's trucks was hi-jacked by thieves who loaded it up with meat at the plant, painted the truck with a spray gun belonging to the meat packer, and vanished. A few days later the empty truck was found in Los Angeles. Because of the thieves' obvious familiarity with the lay-out of the plant, it was believed the job was "fingered" from inside. The latest apprehensions by police officers now bear this out. Six or seven men are said to involve in the crime. Although the case appeared to have reached a dead-end at time it is said the tenacity of Anaheim Police Chief Mark Stephens finally resulted in good leads being developed. Other law enforcement agencies also were involved since the Bridgford company seized a considerable amount of its products to the federal government. Red Truce Team Implies Threat Of New Offensive MUNCAN, Korea (P) — Communist truce negotiators today made a veiled threat of a red offensive as Korea armistice talks resumed after a three-day recess — but immediately bogged down over the prisoner of war issue. The prisoner issue alone blocks an armistice. The red demand return of all their captured soldiers. The United Nations command says not a single captured red Warren Predicts Disappointment For Werdel Slate SACRAMENTO (P) — Governor Warren said today his opponent Rep. Thomas H. Werdel, is going to be disappointed in California presidential primary next Tuesday. Werdel, as a nominal candidate is contesting Warren's bid for the state's 70 delegates to the Republican National convention. The governor was asked at news conference for comment on Werdel's statement that he would When police arrived they discovered no signs of battle and were just leaving the area when they received word that a fight had broken out at 413 S. Claudina. There they found Mrs. Boehm fighting with Miss Kemp because the latter had called in the police. With Mrs. Boehm was her husband, Thomas, and their daughter, Connie, 9. All three were taken to the station, but the husband and daughter were released. Anaheim Pioneer Dies in Hospital Samuel Hemmerling, 76, a native of Poland who came to Anaheim 60 years ago and who has lived in the vicinity of Anaheim continuously, died early this morning in an Orange hospital after an extended illness. The family home is at 10001 Stanton Blvd., Anaheim. He is survived by his wife, Marie Hemmerling; four sons, Rynold R. of Banning, Ernest of Whittier, Henry of Los Angeles and Edwin Hemmerling of Bakersfield; two daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Boelne of Santa Monica and Mrs. Elsie Panoges of Whittier and 12 grandchildren. He was a member of the Bethel Baptist church. Funeral arrangements have not been completed and will be announced later by the Hilgenfeld mortuary. WASHINGTON (P) — The Senate beat down today a move to chop an additional billion dollars off President Truman's $7,900,000,000 foreign aid bill. NEW YORK (P) — The Presbyterian church in the USA, one of the nation's big Protestant denominations, has called on Congress to extend social security benefits to ministers who want it. Warren said today his opponent Rep. Thomas H. Werdel, is going to be disappointed in California presidential primary next Tuesday day. Werdel, as a nominal candidate is contesting Warren's bid for the state's 70 delegates to the Republican National convention. The governor was asked at news conference for comment on Werdel's statement that he would be disappointed if he didn't defeat Warren by more than 200,000 votes. "It doesn't mean much," Warren said, "as long as he's going to be disappointed anyway." Warren announced he is going to Los Angeles tomorrow to attend a public dinner in the interest of a Santa Monica hospital. On Thursday, he will visit with campaign workers in San Diego, returning north to deliver a Memorial Day address in San Francisco's Golden Gate park Friday. Saturday is reserved for a day-long reunion with members of his 1911 class at the University of Californiania. Citrus Market Sunkist Growers, Inc. said today that California auction market report higher California Valencia oranges. Representative prices by size: SUNKIST, First Grade— 126s 7.49; 150s 7.38; 176s 720 200s 6.20; 220s 5.35; 252s 480 288s 4.68. CHOICE, Second Grade— 200s 4.82; 220s 4.01; 252s 3.6 ANAHEIM GAZETY EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1952 as Reds one Lines to Persons Hurt County Wrecks persons were injured in accidents late yesterday going to the California Highpatrol. J. Cottrell, 74, Santa Ana, had major head and internal at 4:05 p.m., yesterday his car collided with a dump and then struck another mobile. accident took place at the action of Tustin and Fairaves., east of Santa Ana, Cottrell was said to have a boulevard stop for Tuse., and then drove his car out of the truck. Anna Irvine, 18, was taken El Toro Marine base distry for treatment of injuries received at 6:55 p.m. when a driven by her Marine hussgt. Lloyd Irvine, 21, colwith a truck operated by D. Fowles, 28, Los Angeles. Six Nations Sign European Army Defense Treaty PARIS (AP)—Six nations signed today a treaty fusing their forces into a one-uniform European army. The big three western powers backed it up with the solemn declaration that an attack on Berlin, West Germany or any other part of free Europe would be a "threat to their own security." The declaration was coincident with the ceremonial signing of the army pact and related agreements by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg which, when ratified, will merge their armed forces into a single army of one million men—history's first peace-time international force. The pact is a companion to the peace treaty signed at Bonn yesterday by the three western powers and the West German Republic. Just preceding the signing ceremony and the Allied declaration communists cut telephone communications. Questioned at Robbery It was believed the job was red" from inside. Latest apprehensions by police now bear this out. Seven men are said to be held in the crime. Though the case appeared to reach a dead-end at times, the tenacity of Anaheim Chief Mark Stephenson resulted in good leads developed. Other law enforcement agencies also were involved the Bridgford company sells desirable amount of its products to the federal government. Warren Predicts Appointment Werdel Slate AMENTO (P) — Governor said today his opponent, Thomas H. Werdel, is going disappointed in California's initial primary next Tuesday, as a nominal candidate, setting Warren's bid for the 10 delegates to the Republican convention. Governor was asked at a conference for comment on statement that he would ratified, will merge their armed forces into a single army of one million men—history's first peace-time international force. The pact is a companion to the peace treaty signed at Bonn yesterday by the three western powers and the West German Republic. Just preceding the signing ceremony and the Allied declaration communists cut telephone communications between East and West Berlin and 17 long distance lines between Berlin and West Germany. Russian border guards again stopped Allied jeeps from patrolling Berlin's highway link with the west. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway arrived in Paris to take command of the NATO armies organized by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Talent Time' Set for Tomorrow Once again it's "Talent Time in Anaheim." The seventh production in the series will be presented at the Fox theater tomorrow night. Wed., May 28, between regular film performances. Interest in "Talent Time" has been increasing each week, according to Earl Peterson, manager of the Fox, and Walter Swanberger, chairman of the Retail Division of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. Jerry Dolin, musical director for the Leo Carillo Dude Ranch Varieties, will be on hand Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. to try out talent for the evening performance. Any individual or group of amateur or semi-professionals may enter the contest. Singers, dancers, tumblers, magicians or musicians are asked to enter. The award is a chance to appear with Leo Carillo and Dude Ranch Varieties on stage and over television. According to Dolin, dancers and novelty acts are especially being sought. Contestants may try-out with their own accompanists or with Mr. Dolin. All that is required is that they bring their music. If acts are presented in costume, the sponsors ask that contestants Warren and Kefauver Face Trial Battles in California By MORRIE LANDSBERG SACRAMENTO (P) — A name-calling Republican battle for national convention delegates was rivaled today by a Democratic stop-Kefauver drive in furious campaigning for California's big stakes presidential primary next Tuesday. 28th District Candidates to Speak at Meet Five of the six candidates for the 28th district seat in Congress will appear Thursday at 8 p.m. in Anaheim YMCA building, 121 S. Citron st., before a meeting sponsored by Anaheim's Young Republican group. James B. Utt, Santa Ana attorney; Frank Linnell, Newport Beach city judge; David Farrell, Santa Ana manufacturer; John A. Steiger, Oceanside realtor and insurance man; and Oscar Knappe, Escondido businessman, will all make their final talks here before the June 3 election. Lionel van Deerlin, government information specialist from San Diego Four slates of delegate from each party, are on ferential ballot. Republican Earl Warren and Democrat Estes Kefauver of Ten contested by what amount instructed delegations. Law prohibits write-ins. Voters out of a record of 5,383,521 will win of 70 GOP delegates Democratic. The primary continues the Democrats lead, 2,995,768 to 2,199,768 they have lost 66,437 while the Republicans gain 634. Warren appears certainly come hard-hitting opposition to hate, he can provide sizeable company six delegates he won in sin. The Anyone-Bush slate, striking at the policies as New Dealishistic, seems inclined toward Robert A. Taft or Gen. MacArthur. Its nominal leader Rep. Thomas H. Werdel, to release his delegates can make a free choice cage. Anaheim Women Sue for Damages Due to Wreck Damage claims aggregating $151,276.81 were filed today in Superior court at Santa Ana by two Anaheim women who were injured in a traffic crash last Feb. 18. Mary W. Alameida sued for $100,944.94, and her passenger, May Alameida demanded $50,-331.67 for her injuries, received when the Alameida car collided with a truck and trailer in the intersection of Santa Ana st. and Manchester blvd. Defendants named in the damage suit were the Shell Chemical Corp., owner of the truck, and its driver, Alvin M. Harding. CHICAGO (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals outlasted the Chicago Cubs in a six-homer slugfest, 8-5, today, as Red Bird right-hander Gerry Staley registered his eighth victory against two defeats. WASHINGTON (AP) — James P. McGranery took office as attorney general today and said law violators will be "apprehended, prosecuted, and convicted." James B. Utt, Santa Ana attorney; Frank Linnell, Newport Beach city judge; David Farrell, Santa Ana manufacturer; John A. Steiger, Oceanside realtor and insurance man; and Oscar Knappe, Escondido businessman, will all make their final talks here before the June 3 election. Lionel van Deerlin, government information specialist from San Diego, will not appear. Each of the candidates will have ten minutes in which to talk; then will follow a question and answer period. Brent Wahlberg will be moderator. John Heinz is in charge of the meeting. Young Republicans urged the public to take this last opportunity to hear their 28th district Congressional candidates before the primary election, June 3. Public Invited to Kwikset Open House Kwikset Locks, Inc., is holding its annual "open house" tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Kwikset will have guides on hand to conduct visitors through the big lock manufacturing plant and to explain the manufacturing processes. Employees of the company will be at their jobs during the "open house." The general public is invited to the event at the company's manufacturing plant, 516 E. Santa Ana. BUT THE BIG fight in Democratic side. Kefauver is making a lone-handed bid for his single block of convention against the combined push and finances of org Democrats. He says that been Stop-Kefauver made in other primaries—but like this. The regulars are almost behind a favorite son, A. Edmund G. Brown, ranking cratic office holder in it and heir to the stranded slate. Present indication Kefauver slightly. To Brown it's a stopment rather than Stop-slate. At one point he pleaded fauver high on the list dates who would be co-But he also has said he the race—at the very last after President Truman from California—to prev fauver from establishing rights here. Like Werdel, he promises lease his delegates right to election. Recently he sailed than half of the 76 delegates his slate—16 with one-h-each—preferred Illinois Gov lai Stevenson, who hasn't willing to enter by Anaheim's Young Republican group. James B. Utt, Santa Ana attorney; Frank Linnell, Newport Beach city judge; David Farrell, Santa Ana manufacturer; John A. Steiger, Oceanside realtor and insurance man; and Oscar Knappe, Escondido businessman, will all make their final talks here before the June 3 election. Lionel van Deerlin, government information specialist from San Diego, will not appear. Each of the candidates will have ten minutes in which to talk; then will follow a question and answer period. Brent Wahlberg will be moderator. John Heinz is in charge of the meeting. Young Republicans urged the public to take this last opportunity to hear their 28th district Congressional candidates before the primary election, June 3. Public Invited to Kwikset Open House Kwikset Locks, Inc., is holding its annual "open house" tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Kwikset will have guides on hand to conduct visitors through the big lock manufacturing plant and to explain the manufacturing processes. Employees of the company will be at their jobs during the "open house." The general public is invited to the event at the company's manufacturing plant, 516 E. Santa Ana. WASHINGTON (AP) — James P. McGranery took office as attorney general today and said law violators will be "apprehended, prosecuted, and convicted." CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY ZETTE Weather S. Calif.—Night and early fog and low clouds near coast, coming mostly clear in afternoon Wednesday. Little change in temperatures. Ridgway Arrives in Europe New NATO Commander Feels Combine Can Build Sound Anti-Red Defense PARIS (UP) — Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway returned to Europe today to take command of NATO fighting forces and declared his experience in Korea convinced him a sound defense against communism here could be built from a combination of many nations. Then, accompanied by Gen. Koje Prisoners Reported Ready To Obey Orders KOJE ISLAND, Korea (UP) — Tough communist prisoners of war in Compound 95—scene of April 10 rioting—were reported ready to come to terms with Gen. Haydon L. Boatner today. Red leaders of the 6000 POWs Dwight D. Eisenhower whom he is to succeed three days hence, drove through the streets of Paris in contempt of communist threats to stage hostile demonstrations against "Le General Microbe" as they call him. The communists have applied the tag as part of their propaganda, repeatedly denied by the west, that the United Nations used germ warfare in Korea. Ridgway stepped out of his plane at Orly Field just 10 days short of eight years after he parachuted into Normandy on D-Day. General Eisenhower was at the airport to greet the man who will relieve him as supreme commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces on Friday. The field was almost black with French police determined to snuff out any communist demonstration. Twenty thousand other police EUROPE—Gen. Dwight D. boss, welcomes his successor (hatless), after Ridgway's field, Paris, today. At right Rene Plevin. Ridgway succeeds days as commander at a radio from Paris) Uver Face Torrid in California Four slates of delegates, two from each party, are on the preferential ballot. Republican Gov. Earl Warren and Democratic Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee are contested by what amounts to uninstructed delegations. Election law prohibits write-ins. Voters out of a record registration of 5,383,521 will decide the winner of 70 GOP delegates and 68 Democratic. The primary signup continues the Democrats in the lead, 2,995,768 to 2,192,446—but they have lost 66,437 since 1950 while the Republicans gained 247,634. Warren appears certain to overcome hard-hitting opposition—a coalition of hate, he calls it—and provide sizeable company for the six delegates he won in Wisconsin. The Anyone-But-Warren slate, striking at the governor's policies as New Dealish or socialistic, seems inclined toward Sen. Robert A. Taft or Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Its nominal candidate, Rep. Thomas H. Werdel, promises to release his delegates so they can make a free choice at Chicago. BUT THE BIG fight is on the Reported Ready To Obey Orders KOJE ISLAND, Korea (P) — Tough communist prisoners of war in Compound 95—scene of April 10 rioting—were reported ready to come to terms with Gen. Haydon L. Boatner today. Red leaders of the 6000 POWs in 95 told the new commander of this United Nations No. 1 prison camp they were ready to obey his orders. But they asked to meet with him. Informed sources said Boatner replied that the reds first must comply with certain things before he would talk with them. He sent Col. Maurice J. Fitzgerald, former deputy commander of the camp, to confer with the reds. Fitzgerald reportedly told the red leaders they would have to deliver for burial the bodies of an estimated eight POWs killed in the riot six weeks ago. Fitzgerald's only complaint that the prisoners then made a lot of "wild demands." He did not elaborate. Informed sources said the reds asked that all 6000 prisoners in the compound be permitted to attend the funeral for the slain men. Presumably the reds wanted to use the funeral for a propaganda parade past other enclosures. Boatner's headquarters announced that stiff disciplinary action had been taken against an American soldier who yesterday walked into one of the compounds in direct disobedience of orders. The soldier's immediate superior also was rebuked. Names of the men involved were not announced. The new commandant also ordered earth-moving machinery to dig in the area of Compound 76 to learn if there are any prisoner escape tunnels. No tunnels have been uncovered. General Eisenhower was at the airport to greet the man who will relieve him as supreme commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces on Friday. The field was almost black with French police determined to snuff out any communist demonstration. Twenty thousand other police were massed along the route of the parade through Paris, a rout deliberately chosen in preference to a shorter circuit direct to SHAPE. "I have utmost confidence in the leadership of General Eisenhower and I expect to learn about the problems first hand as he sees them," Ridgway told a news conference in the air terminal. "If I am able to add anything to what he has done I shall be pleased indeed." ASKED IF HE expected any military action from the Russians, he replied, "anything which is a capability is always a possibility. There is great capability there. I would not want to go any farther." Ridgway told correspondents: "What I saw in Korea is something on which we can rest solid hope. "There we had 16 nations of all languages and creeds mixed in our fighting force. They had pride in their organization and found complete mutual confidence in battle. "If we can do that in one place in spite of barriers of language, differences in food and other factors, I have no reason to believe that it cannot be done elsewhere." The only incident during the motorcade occurred in the industrial suburb of Villejuif. A crowd swarmed into the road before the processions, shouting slogans of the communist "Hate Ridgway" campaign. Legislative Committee to Include County Roads in Highway Studies Yielding to requests from va-ways serving as feeder routes to BUT THE BIG fight is on the Democratic side. Kefauver is making a strong, one-handed bid for his largest single block of convention votes against the combined political push and finances of organization Democrats. He says there have been Stop-Kefauver movements in other primaries — but nothing like this. The regulars are almost solidly behind a favorite son, Atty. Gen. Edmund G. Brown, ranking Democratic office holder in the state and heir to the stranded Truman plate. Present indications favor Kefauver slightly. To Brown it's a stop-commitment rather than Stop-Kefauver plate. At one point he placed Kefauver high on the list of candidates who would be considered, but he also has said he got into the race—at the very last moment after President Truman withdrew from California—to prevent Kefauver from establishing squatters' rights here. Like Werdel, he promises to release his delegates right after the election. Recently he said more than half of the 76 delegates on his slate—16 with one-half vote—preferred Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson, who hasn't said he's willing to join. Legislative Committee to Include County Roads in Highway Studies Yielding to requests from various cities of Orange county that connecting county highways be included in a study of future state highway development, the legislature's joint interim committee, meeting at Newport Beach yesterday, decided to include the principal county roads. The committee unanimously passed a motion by its vice-chairman, Speaker Sam L. Collins of the Assembly, that county highways serving as feeder routes to the state highway system in metropolitan areas be included in the committee's studies. This question will be taken up at the committee's next session, June 7. Appearing at the hearing yesterday at the Balboa Bay club were executive Secretary W. C. Jerome of the Orange county League of Cities; Mayor Charles Pearson of Anaheim, Mayor Hugh Warden and City Engineer Herman Hiltscher of Fullerton, Mayor Anton Wilson of Placentia, Mayor Henry Read of San Clemente and a Santa Ana delegation including Councilmen Orson Hunter and J. L. McBride; City Administrator Carl Thornton and City Engineer Hugh Neighbour. Myford Irvine, head of the Irvine Ranch Co., also appeared at the session to advise the committee that the Irvine Co., would like information on the route of the proposed southerly extension of Santa Ana Freeway across Irvine ranch. The company then could cooperate with the state and plan its future development with the route of the freeway in mind, Irvine said. The Santa Ana delegation expressed some dissatisfaction to the committee at what it felt