anaheim-gazette 1952-07-24

North-South Fight BY JACK BELL Chairman Sam Rayburn said CONVENTION HALL, Chicago Louisiana, South Carolina and (AP)—The Democratic convention Virginia would be invited to anapparently bent on making swer to the roll-call of states Adlai Stevenson its presidential for nominating speeches. nominee—rushed toward its big Since all three have balked at moment today under threat of a signing a "loyalty" pledge, that possible ugly North-South fight could precipitate a showdown right at nominating time. scrap then and there on whether they would be allowed to c their 64 votes in the convention. The fuse to touch it off would be for some delegate to challenge at that point their right to vote. The convention had started nominations roll-call when Ra burn passed this word to new men. ANAHEIM Daily THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1870 AS A WEEKLY VOLUME LXXXI ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, JULY 24. CONCOCTING GREMLINS — Committee planning the African Voodoo section of the Mardi Gras division of the 1952 Hallowe'en parade get a laugh out of one of the creations of Art Consultant Joan Carter. Arrangements for African Voodoo Parade Section in Jaycee Hopper African Voodoo with its fetishes, taboos and mysticism is occupying the minds of a group of Anaheimers — not seriously, though. What comes out of this pre-occupation with voodoo will be a section of the Mardi Gras division (No. 5) in the 1952 Anaheim Hallowe'en parade. Headed by Section Leader Lee Fellows, who works under Division Captain Oscar Schultz, a committee of six persons is working out the details of the African Voodoo section. They are Bud Harris, Les Monell and Chuck Moon, lieutenants, and Wayne Andrade, Glen Casto and Doug Faust, all members of Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce. Carrying the burden of responsibility for the appearance of the section at this stage is Joan Carter, art consultant for the division. She displayed several sketches of possible floats and themes yesterday and is working on more of them. Several floats and stunts have already been entered tentatively in the division. Committee members have each been assigned prospects to contact for section entries. They will report at weekly meetings to be held each Wednesday, according to Fellows. The other three sections in the division are French European, Lore of the Sea, and Arabian Nights and Fantasy. Fred Stroble Will Die Tomorrow for Murder of Girl SAN QUENTIN UPI—Fred Stroble, 70, a mild-mannered Los Angeles baker, will die in the prison gas chamber tomorrow morning for the fiendish sex slaying of a little girl. The victim was Linda Joyce Glucoft, 6-year-old playmate of Stroble's granddaughter. Stroble killed the child Nov. 14, 1949, in the bedroom of his son-in-law's home. She resisted Stroble's indecent fondling, and he confessed later that he strangled her with his hands and necktie. Then he beat her with an axe and a hammer, stabbed her with an iron rod. Two Class B Drive Derby Heats; Senior Two of the seven novice division Soap Box Derby drivers from Anaheim won preliminary heats in stiff competition with 370 Los Angeles area racers held yesterday at the Arroyo Seco park. 'Stop Stevenson' Cal. Democratic Delaware Told 'Stop Stevenson' Cal. Democratic Delegates Told CHICAGO. (AP) — California Democrats got their instructions today: "Stop Stevenson!" The 68-vote delegation, pledged to Sen. Estes Kefauver for the presidential nomination, was urged at its morning caucus to get busy on the convention floor lining up support for the Tennessee senator. Rep. Clinton McKinnon of California, chairman of the delegation's contact committee, warned that if Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois is strong on the first ballot, he may gain on the second. "The bandwagon," he acknowledged, "is rolling in the direction of Stevenson." However, he said, it looks like Kefauver will have 267 votes on the first ballot — nomination requires 615½—and there is no reason to be discouraged by the Stevenson boom. "If we can hold the line—if we can stop Stevenson on the second ballot," McKinnon added, "the votes for favorite son candidates and others can be diverted to Kefauver." Delegation leaders have made it plain the group will vote as it pleases in the event Kefauver drops out. The victim was Linda Joyce Glucoft, 6-year-old playmate of Stroble's granddaughter. Stroble killed the child Nov. 14, 1949, in the bedroom of his son-in-law's home. She resisted Stroble's indecent fondling, and he confessed later that he strangled her with his hands and necktie. Then he beat her with an axe and a hammer, stabbed her with an icepick and a butcher knife. Second Division In 'Baldy' Fight SEOUL, Korea, Friday, July 25 (AP)—The Army announced today the U.S. Second Division is the Allied outfit fighting Chinese troops for possession of "Old Baldy," prized hill on the western front and scene of a week-long battle. The Second Division is one of the famed outfits of the 25-month-old Korean war. The Chinese red radio reported yesterday that the U.S. Second Division had replaced the 45th Division which took the hill from the Chinese last month. Chinese troops now hold the crest of the ridge with Second Division infantrymen on the southeast slope. Fighting for the scarred hill quieted today as Air Forces pounded red transport lines heavily for two successive days. United Nations pilots reported they destroyed six rail bridges deep in North Korea Thursday in a follow up of a coordinated raid on red supply and power. Two of the seven novice division Soap Box Derby drivers from Anaheim won preliminary heats in stiff competition with 370 Los Angeles area racers held yesterday at the Arroyo Seco park BULLETIN As of noon today, four senior entrants had raced, with two of them winning heats. Nine had yet to run. Jerry Sanders, 1100 W. Center (sponsor, J. P. Mary), won in a fast 23:01. Keith Hysom, 628 S. Los Angeles (Paul's Radiator), won almost as handily. Collecting close second spots were Gary Gray, 218 W. South st. (Boney Dodge-Plymouth) and Jimmy Dunton, 956 S. Philadelphia (Yellis dairy). More than 500 boys are competing. track, Optimist club chairman Hersel Snyder reported today. Harry Peterson, 11, Pickwick hotel (sponsored by Henning Anaheimer Hurt Franz Trapp, 69, 1409 E. Santa Ana st., Anaheim, was hurt slightly yesterday at 4:50 p.m. when his pickup truck collided with a parked refrigerator truck at Santa Ana and Claddina sts. Vernon Ray Barrett of Lubbock, Tex., was not in the larger truck at the time of the accident. A small dip and railroad tracks near the scene threw Trapp's car out of control, leading to the collision. Right Threatens as Ballot would be allowed to cast votes in the convention. Fuse to touch it off would some delegate to challenge point their right to vote. convention had started its actions roll-call when Rayassed this word to newsSen. Richard Russell of Georgia, the South's hope and pride, got his name before the convention first. Alabama, first on the ballot, yielded to Georgia and Walter George, senior colleague of Russell, made the nominating speech. That touched off the expected roaring demonstration with Dixie all-out to do the honors for its champion. With the long list of candidates, and attendant nominating speeches and demonstrations, it could be late in the day before the Louisiana-South Carolina-Virginia issue was reached. Daily GAZETTE IN 1870 AS A WEEKLY AND IS ANAHEIM'S FIRST NEWSPAPER MA. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1952 5 cents per Copy 50 cents per Month No. 190 Continued Quakes Injure 27; Collapse Buildings TEHACHAPI UP — Continuing heavy aftershocks of the great Tehachapi earthquake have injured another 27 persons in this devastated community. The new jolts also hit hard at nearby Arvin, now almost as badly damaged as Tehachapi. Several severe tremors yesterday collapsed the fronts of previously cracked buildings in both towns. Joe Barber, public information officer of the Red Cross, said two persons in Tehachapi suffered broken bones and 25 others were cut and bruised in the new shocks yesterday. relief plans for the hard hit communities, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Washington made disaster loan aid available to families and businesses. Many victims are homeless and most shops in the two towns are closed. Dem. Pledge Peace, Plenty The new jolts also hit hard at nearby Arvin, now almost as badly damaged as Tehachapi. Several severe tremors yesterday collapsed the fronts of previously cracked buildings in both towns. Joe Barber, public information officer of the Red Cross, said two persons in Tehachapi suffered broken bones and 25 others were cut and bruised in the new shocks yesterday. Scientist said the first giant upheaval—which caused 12 deaths and an estimated 100 million dollars damage in Southern California—was caused by earth slipping along more than 25 miles of the little known Bear mountain fault. Dr. Beno Gutenberg, earthquake expert at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, said the fault, or crack in the earth's crust, originates four miles east of Arvin and runs north and east toward Tehachapi, passing the town at a distance of eight miles. As the Red Cross laid long range Crash Hurts One Collision between autos driven by Forrest H. Jone, 17, Fullerton, and Cecil William Roberts, 36, of Paramount, late yesterday at Placentia ave. and Ball rd., east of Anaheim, resulted in injury to Ruby Zimmer, 36, Fullerton. She was a passenger in the car driven by Jone. She was taken to the county hospital by a passing motorist for treatment of minor injuries. The accident took place at 4:40 p.m. Dem. Pledge Peace, Plenty In Platform CHICAGO. (P) — Democrats pledged prosperity, peace and progress to the nation's voters today in a platform that avoided past party feuds over "civil rights." A quick decision by Speaker Sam Rayburn, after a mixed shout of yea and no votes, put the national convention's official approval on the new campaign document early this morning. Delegates from Georgia and Mississippi asked to be recorded as voting "no" and one from Tennessee objected to the platform's lack of a congressional crime investigating committee plank. The Democratic party pledged itself to "sound progressive development" of the nation's land and water resources, and their protection from "destructive monopoly and exploitation." Broad Plank In their 1952 platform, approved by the national convention in the early morning hours, Democrats fashioned a western policy plank broad enough to cover just about every phase of western interest. In general, they promised to follow along the path charted early in the New Deal—for more public power, multi-purpose reclamation projects, conservation and development of natural resources and federal encouragement of mineral exploration. Incorporating most of the recommendations of the western states conference, comprising 11 western states, Hawaii and Alaska, the 1952 platform favors: 1. Construction of power transmission lines for distribution of electricity from hydro power sources. CHICAGO — JUBILANT BANGS GAVEL DUCTION — It's a gay man barking a grostrum as demonstrator Deadline Sept. 11. For Registration Deadline for registering November general election Sept. 11, according to A City Clerk Charles Griffin said Mrs. Maude Saenger Olive st., is taking registration after the city clerk's office at 5 p.m. Mrs. Saenger's number is Anahelm 2365. August 1, Mrs. Saenger taking registrations in c during the day as well as home during the evening Steel St By ROWLAND EVANS WASHINGTON (P)—Truman told the chieftain steel industry and the their faces today that they end the economy-wrecking strike at once. Then he sent them to th BULLETIN WASHINGTON (P)—steel strike was setth the White House at 4 Eastern Standard time President Truman personally told reporters CIO President Philip ray and U.S. Steel O man Benjamin Fa have advised me that major steel companies the United Steelworker America (CIO) have re ed agreement on import basic issues." The president announced that Murray is calling 170-man wage policy mittee to meet here to Class B Drivers Will Initial Heats; Seniors Roll Today The seven novice division Box Derby drivers from won preliminary heats competition with 370 Los area racers held yesterthe Arroyo Seco park BULLETIN Noon today, four senents had raced, with them winning heats. Yet to run. Handlers, 1100 W. Censor, J. P. Mary), won 25:01. Keith Hysom, Los Angeles (Paul's Ravton almost as handily, long close second spots by Gray, 218 W. South Cey Dodge-Plymouth) By Dunton, 956 S. Philliss (Yellis dairy). More boys are competing. Optimist club chairman under reported today. Peterson, 11. Pickwick consored by Henning Seimer Hurt App, 69, 1409 E. Santa Anaheim, was hurt yesterday at 4:50 p.m. pickup truck collided refrigerator truck ana and Claudina sts. Day Barrett of Lubbock, not in the larger truck of the accident. A and railroad tracks ene threw Trapp's car attrol, leading to the Auto Shop) and Mike Moore, Buena Park (Buena Park Auto Parts), each won heat trophies. In later afternoon competition, however, both lost out in quarter finals. A third Anaheim class B entrant, Gregg Parker, 1418 E. Center (Ford's Folly) lost his initial race by a whisker. Judges needed several minutes consultation to determine the winner in an evensteven race. All entrants yesterday were in the class B (11 and 12 year old division). Seniors Roll Today, 13 senior drivers, on whom Anaheim pins its best hopes, are racing down the paved hillside course in Arroyo Seco park near South Pasadena. With no less than six veteran drivers, including last year's senior runner-up, Joel Habener, rolling today, Anaheim appears a good bet to place at least one entrant in Soap Box Derby finals slated for Saturday on the same track. Originally set at 19, the Anaheim Soap Box Derby team pushed back up to a total of 21 by race time as one boy barely completed his car in time and another turned up to register with a car already completed. Sponsored locally by the Optimist club, Cone Chevrolet and the Anaheim Gazette, the local Soap Box Derby team is the largest in its three year history. In addition to heat trophies, city drivers, who range from 11 to 15 years, are also in competition for the Anaheim Gazette City Champion trophy. Quarter Parlayed Into Plane Trip By 8-Year-Old BURBANK. (UP) — Freckle-faced Richard Love, 8, of Redwood City, laughs at inflation—he's parlayed 25 cents into 800 miles of airplane travel. After riding the bus from Redwood City to San Francisco last night, the youngster said: "I just put a quarter into a machine which said insurance, and handed what I got back to the man at the gate. The man didn't say anything so I got-in the plane. Everyone was very nice." Truman to Speak CONVENTION HALL, CAGO (UP)—President Truman scheduled to address the cratic national convention p.m. (PDT) Friday. National Committee Chafrank E. McKinney told a rer the hour is subject to c if the convention hasn't comits ticket by that time. CALIFORNIA STATE Balloting Approaches Backers of the Stevenson "draft" were trying to make it a bandwagon for him. Some supporters of other candidates conceded the Stevenson friends were giving it that look, but they weren't conceding he could make it. Meanwhile, two close associates said today President Truman has passed along the word that he prefers Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sens. Russell of Georgia and Estes Kefauver of Tennessee also were picking up votes from the big bloc of hitherto uncommitted delegates and weren't conceding a thing. Averell Harriman, the Mutual Security Administrator, also was still plugging hard for the convention's grand prize. Kefauver, in a news conference, declared: "I'm quite confident I'll be nominated." He said he had picked up "more than 60" delegates in the last 36 hours. CHICAGO — JUBILANT BARKLEY BANGS GAVEL DURING DEMONSTRATION — It's a gay Vice President Alben Barkley banging a gavel on the speaker's rostrum as demonstrating delegates at Democratic national convention mass state standards before him during ovation after his address last night. Cheering and parading lasted 36 minutes as Mrs. Barkley joined her husband on the podium. Deadline Sept. 11 For Registration 'Too Old' Veep Sets Convention CHICAGO — JUBILANT BARKLEY BANGS GAVEL DURING DEMONSTRATION — It’s a gay Vice President Alben Barkley banging a gavel on the speaker’s rostrum as demonstrating delegates at Democratic national convention mass state standards before him during ovation after his address last night. Cheering and parading lasted 36 minutes as Mrs. Barkley joined her husband on the podium. Deadline Sept. 11 For Registration Deadline for registering for the November general election is Sept. 11, according to Anaheim City Clerk Charles Griffith. He told Mrs. Maude Saenger, 916 N. Olive st., is taking registrations after the city clerk’s office closes at 5 p.m. Mrs. Saenger’s phone number is Anaheim 2365. August 1, Mrs. Saenger will be taking registrations in city hall during the day as well as in her home during the evening. ‘Too Old’ Veep Sets Convention Afire With Memorable Address By RELMAN MORIN CHICAGO (UP)—They said Alben W. Barkley was “too old,” yet the Democratic convention is on fire today because of the man who was “too old.” It is blazing with the new life and spirit he breathed into it last night when he spoke to more than 12,000 people, whipped them into a frenzy of excitement, and stirred one of the unforgettable spectacles of a generation. His appearance at the convention was intended as a kind of “consolation prize” for a man deeply hurt. Barkley looked like a grey-maned old lion. He stood looking down at the demonstration, unsmiling, almost impassive. From time to time he waved and bowed, acknowledging a tremendous salute. It went on for 24 minutes. In silent “I am not here as a candidate for any office this convention can confer.” In the back of the hall, and in the galleries, a chorus welled up “no—no.” The “veep” shook his head. As he spoke, reviewing the 20-year record of the Democrats, his voice began to gather volume and momentum. He said: “I believe the programs of the Democratic party give the greatest good to the greatest number of the American people and if I did not believe that, I would join some other party that does believe in those eternal and immortal principles.” Steel Strike Settled By ROWLAND EVANS, JR. WASHINGTON (UP)—President Truman personally told reporters that IO President Philip Murray and U.S. Steel Chairman Benjamin Fairless have advised me that six major steel companies and the United Steelworkers of America (CIO) have reached agreement on important basic issues.” The president announced that Murray is calling his 70-man wage policy committee to meet here tomorrow. Woman to Collect $15,000 Damages Mrs. Ora Blevins of Fresno county was awarded $15,000 damages by an Orange county jury last evening, for the death of her husband, M. J. Blevins, in an Arizona traffic accident April 7, 1951. She sued Leslie W. Penhall of Westminster, and the Texas Independent Oil Co., for $75,000. Blevins was driving on U.S. high-her complaint stated that while way 60 in Arizona, followed by a tanker truck driven by Penhall, Citrus Market California oranges were higher Sunkist. SUNKIST—First Grade— 126s 8.96; 150s 7.36; 176s 7.00; 200s 6.48; 220s 6.06; 252s 5.65; 288s 5.43; 344s 4.75. CHOICE—Second Grade— 150s 6.06; 176s 5.32; 200s 5.16; 220s 4.89; 252s 4.61; 288s 4.28. Pearson Predicts Stevenson Will Take Candidacy and Probably Win By DREW PEARSON (Special to The Gazette) CHICAGO—Gov. Adlai Stevenson will go down in history as the man who didn't want to be president. However, he played his cards so shrewdly that he saved himself thousands of dollars of campaign expenses, months of campaigning, and the incurring of political debts to all sorts of people—yet he will probably end up as president just the same. This, plus the Taft campaign, makes a mockery of the American system of primaries. For, after eight steady months of making speeches throughout the U.S.A., Taft and Kefauver finally found two candidates who literally didn't campaign at all cleaning out the chips in the political pot. Adlai Stevenson has been able to accomplish this partly through political shrewdness, partly through his record as governor of Illinois. On the political side he had the help of one of the most powerful Democratic bosses in the nation. Jake Arvey of Chicago, plus an initial boost from Harry Truman. Furthermore, at the very same time Stevenson was telling the nation he was not a candidate, he was also sitting in a secret huddle with the campaign manager he had disowned, ex-Sen. Francis Myers of Pennsylvania, together with Mayor David Lawrence of Pittsburgh, Congressman Sld Yates of Illinois and Gov. Henry Schricker of Indiana. Furthermore when Governor Schricker proposed placing Stevenson's name in nomination—if he had the assurance Stevenson would not disown the draft, Stevenson assured Schricker he would stand still and say nothing. Friend of Hiss The man who conceived this coy strategy comes from a family whose grandfather was vice president of the United States, (Continued on Page 8)