anaheim-gazette 1952-06-05

TV viewing There's news about a heavyweight title boxing match and other tips on radio—televiewing tonight in the Gazette radio-TV column, Page 2. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAHEM GAZETTE PHOTO BY YOUNG WINNING SPEAKER—Bill French, right, accepts the Anaheim Optimist speech contest trophy from Harwood Larson, president of the club. At left, Mjss Louise Hitt, Bill's instructor in speech, looks on. Tanks, Flamethrowers, Infantry Demolish POW Pen Installations KOJE ISLAND, Korea (UP) — American infantrymen and tanks today knocked down and burned Russian North Kovno and Chișinău. HST to Attend After Candi WASHINGTON (UP) — President Truman said today he will attend the Democratic national convention after it has chosen its presidential nominee—and he will not be the that nominee. The president added that he like to attend the whole Chicago convention but won't do so because his presence might create a disturbance. Truman was told at his new conference some Republicans had said he is engaged in a "device plot" to get the nomination himself. This he denied and said charges usually originate in warred minds. Of yesterday's statement Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower threw the Democrats have been in power too long, Truman replied it up to the people to decide that. Tanks, Flamethrowers, Infantry Demolish POW Pen Installations KOJE ISLAND, Korea (AP) — American infantrymen and tanks today knocked down and burned Russian, North Korean and Chinese flags in three communist prisoner of war pens, then hauled out unruly prisoners. Not a shot was fired. The reds submitted meekly although only a few hours earlier they had boasted they would "fight to the death." The smartly-executed one-two punch at communist prisoner of obedience destroyed all red banners that flew today over this once riot-born island. But camp authorities expect more may appear tomorrow. Seventeen anti-communist prisoners, their hands bound, were rescued from one compound. The soldiers marched 75 other POWs out of a second compound. The group included five red leaders and possibly some anti-reds. A few tear gas grenades were thrown as the American soldiers rushed into the barbed wire enclosures. Later they destroyed POW guard huts with flamethrowers. BRIG. GEN. HAYDON L. Boatner, Koje commander, personally directed two of the operations from a machinegun tower. It was another step in his campaign to bring order inside prisoner enclosures and the fifth time tanked troops had struck at POW disobedience. Three companies, of the 38th, led by two tanks, crashed through the gates of compound 85 at 12:30 p.m. to begin the operation. A third tank stood guard outside. The infantrymen raced into the central yard of the stockade housing 4200 POWs and formed a shoulder-to-shoulder ring of bayonet steel. They fired a half dozen tear gas grenades as prisoners scurried into tents. The tanks smashed down three large flagpoles, flying North Korean, Chinese and Russian flags. Troops ripped and burned nine signs tacked to inner barbed wire fences. Pfc. Willie Hegwood, 21, Chester, S.C., scaled an arch at the gate and pulled down a painting of North Korean premier Kim Il Sung. Others hauled out tables, desks and papers used by POW leaders. In one tent, 17 bound prisoners crying "no communist, no communist," were rescued. The operation lasted 15 minutes. Election Canvass Begun Today By Supervisors Official canvass of Tuesday's primary election vote was started this afternoon by the county supervisors and may be completed late tomorrow. Nearly 73,000 ballots were contained in the 32 bags of returns from the county 322 election precincts. Nineteen of the precincts had double election boards. The supervisors do not count individual ballots; their canvass being directed to a check of the precinct boards' tallies. A total of 1515 absentee ballots remain to be counted and speculation boards will be formed to conduct the count June 20. July 19 is the final day for receiving absentee ballots. Most of the contests in Tuesday's primary were decided sufficient margins to remain unchanged, unless errors of considerable size are found in the official returns of the precinct board's tallies. Fallbrook Suit Doesn’t Affect Orange County Although Orange county is a nominal defendant in the federal suit to seize water rights in the Fallbrook area, the county has no real interest in the litigation, the county supervisors disclosed yesterday. However, members of the board privately expressed their disapproval of the attempted water "grab." Orange county was included in the long list of defendants because title records show the county once held a mortgage on property in the Fallbrook Public Utility district. The mortgage was satisfied long ago and the county no longer holds any property interest in the area. SAN FRANCISCO, (P) — Japan’s first post-war ambassador to the United States, Elkichi Araldi, arrived today en route to Washington and said his country might have to rearm in case of “changing world conditions.” Oil Company To Build Island Off Long Beach LONG BEACH (P)—The Monterey Oil company announced today that it will build an island in the ocean, a mile and a half offshore, and drill for oil. E. E. Pyles, vice president of the company, said a contract has been awarded for the project and it will begin immediately. He said the island will be 75 feet in diameter and will be built where the water is about 45 feet deep. He said the cost for the island and drilling will be more than a million dollars. The site is offshore from the boundary line between Long Beach and Seal Beach, just east of here. There are producing wells in Seal Beach in this vicinity. Pyles said his company has obtained permission from the state and federal governments for the project. The Monterey Oil company is the successor to the Jergins Oil company of Long Beach. ANAHEIM GAZETTE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1952 ST to Attend Convention After Candidate Nominated WASHINGTON (UP) — President said today he will attend democratic national convention it has chosen it presi-nominee—and he will not that nominee. President added that he'd attend the whole Chicago election but won't do so because presence might create turbance. An was told at his news once some Republicans have is engaged in a "devious" get the nomination for he denied and said such usually originate in warp-als. Wednesday's statement by Wright D. Eisenhower that Democrats have been in pow-long, Truman replied it is the people to decide that. He declined further comment on Eisenhower's opening campaign speech, saying he is not at all interested in the Republican pre-convention race. Likewise, Truman declined to get into the controversy between Eisenhower and Senator Robert A. Taft over Eisenhower's air power views. He said the GOP's quarrels please him very much but he's not going to get mixed up in them. Taft said Sunday that a steady deterioration of American air strength began while Eisenhower was chief of staff. Eisenhower replied at a news conference Tuesday that he always has favored a strong air force and expects air power to be dominant in any future war. ON OTHER matters today, Truman said: 1—He does not plan to send to Congress any legislation dealing with the steel strike, and he won't comment on the possibility of invoking the Taft-Hartley act. Taft Wins Shaky Victory over Ike in S. Dakota SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (UP)—Sen. Robert A. Taft apparently edged out Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for South Dakota's 14 delegates to the Republican convention, subject to an official canvass, in the state's nip and tuck primary election. With 10 precincts unreported in Tuesday's voting, the Ohioan held a slim 590 vote lead over new civilian Eisenhower. The vote in the remote uncounted precincts did not appear to be enough to change the unofficial tabulations. The count with 10 precincts missing gave: Taft 64,740. Eisenhower 64,150. Taft held the shaky margin of 50.23, against 49.77 per cent for Eisenhower. The results in seven of the un-counted precincts will not be available until Saturday when the official county canvas is made. The election judges locked them up in the polling cans and accord- Eisenhower During F Election Board Get Piecework Orange county electio who served at Tuesday will be paid on a piece-will The county supervisi decided to rate the pay boards according to th of voting handled in the precincts. Base pay for election officials is $15 for inspect $12 for judges and cleresthe vote in any precinct over 350 the supervisor $3 to the pay of every board member in that Election Canvass gun Today Supervisors Total canvass of Tuesday's election vote was started afternoon by the countyitors and may be completed tomorrow. Nearly 73,000 ballots contained in the 341 returns from the county's election precincts. Nineteen precincts had double electrics. Supervisors do not count the total ballots their canvass directed to a check of the boards' tallies. Total of 1515 absentee ballots to be counted and special boards will be formed to count June 20. June the final day for receiving the ballots. Of the contests in Tuesday-primary were decided byunt margins to remain unaltered unless errors of consideration are found in the unofficial returns of the precinct tallies. ON OTHER matters today, Truman said: 1-He does not plan to send to Congress any legislation dealing with the steel strike, and he won't comment on the possibility of invoking the Taft-Hartley act. 2-He has no comment, and never will have a comment, on the Supreme Court's ruling that his seizure of the steel industry was illegal. A reporter recalled his previous statement that nobody can take away his powers of seizure in an emergency, and asked if he would elucidate. Truman said he would at a later date. 3-He doesn't expect war to break out in Europe this summer. If he did, the president said he wouldn't let his daughter Margaret and a friend go through with their proposed European tour in the summer. 4-The Democratic party surmounted difficulties in 1948 and he expects it will do so again. This was in reply to a newsman who asked if he thought the victory Republican Senator Knowland in California's Republican and Democratic primaries meant the people of California are against the administration's foreign policy. Asked if he thought Eisenhower spelled out the issues of the campaign, Truman said he just didn't know. LA Ponders How To Junk Federal Housing Project LOS ANGELES UP—City officials were in a quandary today over the status of the $110,000,000 public housing project. By a majority of almost 120,000 the voters of Los Angeles expressed disapproval of the project at the primary election Tuesday. But the state supreme court has ruled that the city must abide by a contract with the federal government to proceed with the housing program. Mayor Fletcher Bowron admitted this is a confusing situation. "On the one hand there is the requirement of the law which must be obeyed," he said, "and, on the other, the majority vote of the people which cannot be ignored." The mayor has been a supporter of the housing project. Those councilmen who oppose the project demanded its immediate abandonment. Anti-housing leaders have said the Los Angeles city housing authority and the Federal Housing administration could end the contract by "mutual consent." Bowron, City Attorney Ray Chesebro and two city councilmen gave: Taft 64,740. Eisenhower 64,150. Taft held the shaky margin of 50.23, against 49.77 per cent for Eisenhower. The results in seven of the uncounted precincts will not be available until Saturday when the official county canvas is made. The election judges locked them up in the polling cans and according to law cannot open the ballot boxes until an official canvass is made. Unofficial tabulations indicated the precincts unreported could not total more than 500 votes, and they were likely to have a smaller count than that because they were outlying rural precints. ABILENE, June 5—D. Eisenhower pauses last night to obligate his autograph. Ike 10 minutes after revive receptions. Local Industry Short-Term S What effect will the new steel strike have on An industrial plants? That question was asked leading local manufacturers ecutives yesterday. Follow their opinions. Oscar Schultz, local and tool manufacturer a man of the Chamber merce's Anaheim Area Group, said every man operation here will be if the strike lasts long However, he said, a strike duration would not be AP WIREPHOTO CITY, Ia.—HIGHLAND FLING—A Highland dance platform on a drum is one of the numbers the University of Iowa Scottish Highlanders will give on their two-nation European tour starting in July. The Aberdeen, land, town council rejected offer by the bagpipe band by there, saying the Iowa coeds make a mockery of land's national instrument and dress, but later reversed and after five Aberdeen businessmen offered to pay girls' expenses. The mayor has been a supporter of the housing project. Those councilmen who oppose the project demanded its immediate abandonment. Anti-housing leaders have said the Los Angeles city housing authority and the Federal Housing administration could end the contract by "mutual conseht." Bowron, City Attorney Ray Chesebro and two city councilmen may go to Washington for conferences on the problem. Chesebro advised city officials to proceed with caution. "I think modification (of the project) is the thing indicated," he said. "We are not going to get the city housing authority to go for complete abandonment." Charges Against Johnson Dropped HOLTON, Kas., (AP) — Bank robbery charges have been dismissed against Albert Johnson, 23, who stood in the pulpit of a Topeka, Kas., church May 4 and confessed participation in the robbery. The $835 holdup of the bank at Hoyt, Kas., occurred four years ago. District Judge Robert H. Kaul dismissed the charges against Johnson under a Kansas law requiring prosecution for a crime to be initiated within two years of the offense. At the time of his public confession, Johnson said he had been directed by God to give himself up so he could "warn younger kids to avoid the fate that befell me." He expressed a desire to become a minister. Robber Suspended Arraigned To Arraignment of Marvin Autry, 32, and Cyril Hughes, 31, Long Beach men can deputy sheriffs just after allegedly robbed the same Buena Park Lumber Company night, was expected later Justice John Shea's Anaheim. The sheriff's office Autry and Pipkin also arraigned for burglaries at Lomita and Ventura. They were arrested junction the Buena Park safe rooftop two deputy sheriffs were watching their parked Eisenhower Nails Planks in Platform During First Campaign Press Confab Election Boards Get Piecework Pay Orange county election boards who served at Tuesday's primary will be paid on a piece-work basis. The county supervisors today decided to rate the pay of election boards according to the volume of voting handled in the various precincts. Base pay for election board officials is $15 for inspectors and $12 for judges and clerks. But if the vote in any precinct went over 350 the supervisor will add $3 to the pay of every election board member in that precinct. Claims Real Peace and Security Is Uppermost Political Issue ABILENE, Kas. (AP)—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower geared his personal drive for the Republican presidential nomination to the assertion today that the top political issue is "real peace and security in the world." The smiling five-star general, attired in a natty gray suit, told a crowded news conference in a movie theater that when he puts his hand to the plow—as he has to seek the GOP nomination—he works as hard as he can. Jaunty, but not cocky, Eisenhower made it plain that now he has taken off his uniform and is campaigning for the Republican nomination, he is going to work at the job. His present plans include reception of Republican convention delegates and speeches in Detroit, Mich., next Saturday. He said he didn't know anything about "bribery" charges made in connection with the payment of expenses of delegates to see him. In rapid-fire order, he recalled answers to many of the touchy political questions of the day. He thus accepted the challenge of his political opponents who had criticized his previous silence while in ABILENE, June 5—IKE OBLIGES A FAN—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower pauses in the lobby of the Sunflower hotel last night to oblige one of his many admirers by signing his autograph. Ike willingly penned his name for about 10 minutes after returning to the hotel following two private receptions. Local Industries Un-Worried Over Short-Term Steel Strike Effects What effect will the nationwide steel strike have on Anaheim industrial plants? That question was asked several leading local manufacturing executives yesterday. Following are their opinions. Oscar Schultz, local machine and tool manufacturer and chairman of the Chamber of Commerce's Anaheim Area Industrial Group, said every manufacturing operation here will be affected if the strike lasts long enough. However, he said, a strike of short duration would not be serious as that the strike wouldn't bother the plant's manufacture of locksets, but said their production of 30 caliber ammunition links and the 60 mm illuminating shell for the government, both containing steel, might suffer if the strike is prolonged to any great extent. Robert E. Root, assistant manager at Northrop Anaheim, said his organization is not too concerned about the strike and its effects yet, since alloys make up the bulk of metal used in the fire control instrument made in the plant. EISENHOWER said he hopes the country can get out from under "the umbrella of fear and doubt and hysteria" he said now covers the country. Declaring that he intends to "speak out as frankly as I know how" on the issues of the day, Eisenhower added: 1. He hasn't "the slightest idea" whether he can defeat Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio for the GOP nomination. 2. He would consult Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Asiatic policies it became president. 3. There is no political connection between him and the Truman administration which would prevent him from attacking the Democratic record. 4. He believes the states primarily should handle the question of creating fair employment practices commission (FEPC). 5. He will support the Republican presidential nominee—if he doesn't get the prize himself—on the assumption that the GOP platform will be satisfactory. 6. The states can handle education problems better than the federal government. 7. "Our government needs a searching going over" by some one who has no connection with the Democratic administrations of the last 20 years. 8. Agriculture must not be permitted to suffer but he doesn't know at this time the exact measure of price supports that should be given by the federal government. 9. The Truman administration must take the responsibility for delegates and speeches in Detroit, Mich., next Saturday. He said he didn't know anything about "bribery" charges made in connection with the payment of expenses of delegates to see him. In rapid-fire order, he reeled off answers to many of the touchy political questions of the day. He thus accepted the challenge of his political opponents who had criticized his previous silence while in uniform. leading local manufacturing executives yesterday. Following are their opinions. Oscar Schultz, local machine and tool manufacturer and chairman of the Chamber of Commerce's Anaheim Area Industrial Group, said every manufacturing operation here will be affected if the strike lasts long enough. However, he said, a strike of short duration would not be serious as most plants would operate on stock already at hand. The effects of materials allocation is uncertain, he opined. "At best, we will have to wait a few days before an informed opinion can be given," he explained. "One would have to check warehouse and other information sources for detailed information in order to make a real prediction." Bob Hutchison, executive secretary of Kwikset Locks, Inc., felt Robber Suspects Arraigned Today Arraignment of Marvin Wesley Autry, 32, and Cyril Hugh Pipkin, 31, Long Beach men captured by deputy sheriffs just after they had allegedly robbed the safe of the Buena Park Lumber Co. Monday night, was expected late today in Justice John Shea's court in Anaheim. The sheriff's office said that Autry and Pipkin also are wanted for burglaries at Lomita, Downey, and Ventura. They were arrested just after the Buena Park safe robbery by two deputy sheriffs who were watching their parked car. Collins Returns To Capitol for Special Session Speaker Sam L. Collins of the state assembly, defeated at Tuesday's primary as a candidate for the State Senate, was back at work in Sacramento today, preparing for the special session of the state legislature, which Governor Warren is expected to call later this month. Collins sent congratulations to his victorious opponent, Senator-elect John A. Murdy, Jr., of Huntington Beach, before he left his home in Fullerton for the state capital. Murdy won both party nominations Tuesday by a narrow margin. Collins, serving his fifth term in the state legislature, has presided as Speaker over the last 12 sessions of the Assembly. The approaching special session will be his thirteenth and last. His term ends next Dec. 31. Realtors Meet Multiple listing sales of $202,000 for 1952 so far were reported this morning by Multiple Listing chairman L. F. Buchanan at the regular breakfast meeting of Anaheim Realtor Board. Frances Backs, president, presided at the meeting, held in Spanish Kitchen. Fourteen members and four guests attended.