anaheim-gazette 1952-07-30

B-29 Superforts Blank ANAHEIM Daily THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1870 AS A WEEKLY VOLUME LXXXI ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 Municipal Courthouse Co. Permit Issued; to Begin W Following two weeks of almost complete inactivity, Anaheim City Building department this morning found itself snowed under. Building permits issued to six applicants totaled $150,000, with the largest going to C. R. Young and Sons, local contractors, for the Anaheim - Fullerton Municipal court building, which will cost $92,300. Contract for the job was let by county supervisors two weeks ago. The other permits were: Robert L. Hart and Roland E. Morris of Orange, two homes at 1417 and 1427 Damon st., Anaheim, at $10,-000 each; Rex Construction Co., 111 W. Elm st., for a new office building to contain four offices, a reception room and restrooms for the Rex organization, $15,-000; Kwikset Locks, Inc., through C. R. Young and Sons., contractors, for a storage room at the plant, 516 E. Santa Ana st., $2700; K. F. Benson, 122 S. Cherry st., for a 7-room building at 758 N. N. Citron st., $12,000; and to F. H. Mayberry, 1004 N. Lemon st., for a steel service station building at the southeast corner of Los Angeles and Lemon sts., $8000. The service station will be completely remodeled and three pump islands will be installed. Mediterranean Style The court building, which will be located at 1170 N. Los Angeles st., the northwest corner of Los Angeles and Homer sts., will contain 16 rooms including the court office, the court clerk's office, marshal's office, an office for marshal's deputies, a waiting room, restrooms, and various utility rooms. The entire building will be air-conditioned. Main entrance to the building will be on Los Angeles st. Exterior will be composed of man brick and stucco. The main will be constructed of flat tile. The style will be modified Mediterranean. Architects who designed building are H., C. Wildman and W. L. Faulkner, associates, of Santa Ana. The beginning date for construction has not been set according to Charles R. You head of the contracting firm, per Anaheim Theatre Closed for Good; To Become Shops With the removal of the marquee from the Anaheim theater, 132 W. Center st., this morning, this city reverted to the status of a two-movie town, probably for good this time. Joe Hurst, Jeweler, 119 W. Center st., revealed today that he will move his establishment into the east half of the front portion of the theater, which is to be remodeled, and an Anaheim clothier will occupy the west half. Remodeling will be carried as far back from the street as the balcony, according to Hurst. Plans for the future of the auditorium are not certain, but it has been said that the J. C. Penney Co. branch just east of the theater may use it as a storage room. Rex Construction Co. of Anaheim has been engaged to do the remodeling. Last tenants to operate the theater were the Calbros brothers, who closed it and moved away several months ago. Prior to their short tenancy, the theater was closed for some time. Cloudbursts Hit San Bernardino, Nearby Counties LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cloudbursts struck in Riverside and San Bernardino counties yesterday. Vandals Loose Dogs, Tear Up Factory A wave of vandalism broke out over northeast Anaheim last night. Victims were the Anaheim dog pound, the door of which was broken down and its population turned loose (four dogs escaped); and the Viking Trailer Co. plant at Juliana and Paulina sts., formerly the Anaheim Furniture Co. factory. The glass in a door to the plant was broken out and numerous windows were broken. In the office, ink was thrown on walls and ceiling. Man Acquitted Of Market Theft In Buena Park Acquitted by a jury in Superior court last evening. Orazio Roger Mongillo of Los Angeles was freed on assault charges, connected with an alleged attempt to take money from the Evensen market in Buena Park, last May 19. Mongillo, an admitted heroin addict, had been pursued from the market by Dale Kroesen, former Buena Park newspaperman, after allegedly trying to grab money from the cash drawer. When Kroesen overtook him, Mongillo assertedly drew a knife and threatened Kroesen, but did not use it. Fantastic $20,000 Solved by Alert SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Francisco's fantastic $20,000 bail robbery-kidnapping had a quirk and just as fantastic solution rest of the confessed gunman an accomplice because they lost $17,000 of the loot in a taxicab. Frederick Charles Will, 33, Famed Film Actor Takes Stand on Behalf of Son Edward G. Robinson, Jr., today took the witness stand in Superior Judge Robert Gardiner court at Santa Ana in his own defense against a charge of passing a worthless check in Anaheim last Feb. 3. Earlier his father, the famous actor, had come to his son's aid as a witness before the jury nine women and three men. The actor said that perhaps he had been too generous with his son, probably because of his own lack of early advantages. "But I is still my son, not disinherited," kicked out or disowned. That sort of publicity is a lot of poppy cock," he said. Unhappy Over Marriage Robinson admitted that he was "unhappy" over the recent marriage of his son, but not enough to cut off the youth's credit. However, he was supposed to have stopped his son's allowance. Cloudbursts Hit San Bernardino, Nearby Counties LOS ANGELES (P) — Cloudbursts struck in Riverside and San Bernardino counties yesterday. Riverside radio station KPRO was off the air for several hours after a five-minute storm of rain and lightning. Network cables to Brawley and Indio were among the lines damaged when generators at KPRO caught fire. A mudslide blocked the Rim of the World Highway between Running Springs and Big Bear, covering the road with four feet of mud. Big Bear recorded .07 inch during its 10-minute storm, bringing the total since July 1 to more than 2 inches. Fighting Limited By Drenching Rain SEOUL, Korea (P)—One minor action was reported today as rain drenched the Korean battle front for the sixth straight day. Mainly ground contact was limited to brief exchanges between patrols. But on the Western Front, near the shell-ripped hill Old Baldy, U.N. troops counterattacked a second time against an advance position seized by 200 reds early Tuesday. A thunderous artillery barrage and Allied infantry charge early this morning failed to dislodge the reds. Mongillo, an admitted heroin addict, had been pursued from the market by Dale Kroesen, former Buena Park newspaperman, after allegedly trying to grab money from the cash drawer. When Kroesen overtook him, Mongillo assertedly drew a knife and threatened Kroesen, but did not use it. The defense based its plea for acquittal on lack of intent to commit a crime. Mongillo said he went into the market to buy a sack of cheese crackers. He reached for what he thought was such a sack, then drew back his hand and started to tap Mrs. Elizabeth Evenson on the arm to attract her attention, he said. Then she struck him, and he ran from the market. Kroesen caught and held him. The case went to the jury at 4:13 p.m. and a verdict of not guilty was reached before 6 o'clock, but was not filed in court until 7:14 p.m. because Mongillo had been excused to go to dinner and could not be found. Citrus Market California oranges were easier small sizes choice; steady balance. SUNKIST—First Grade— 126s 9.45; 150s 7.50; 176s 7.19; 200s 6.88; 220s 6.26; 252s 5.50; 288s 4.98; 344s 4.31. CHOICE—Second Grade— 126s 6.06; 150s 5.94; 176s 5.96; 200s 5.74; 220s 5.19; 252s 4.43; 288s 4.07; 344s 3.40. Unhappy Over Marriage Robinson admitted that he was "unhappy" over the recent marriage of his son, but not enough to cut off the youth's credit. However, he was supposed to have stopped his son's allowance of $70 a week at the time the Anaheim check was passed to E. J. Ledger, Anaheim garageendant in payment for two new tires and repair work on your Robinson's car. A second check for $25 was passed to a Santa Ana girl, Miss Werdandi Volf, at whose home Robinson and his companion spent the night, also having breakfast there. Charge Dismissed The charge based on that check was dismissed however, late yesterday when it was disclosed that Miss Volf had accompanied Robinson back to Beverly Hills and he giving her the check there Judge Gardiner ruled the Orange county court had no jurisdiction over that check. Young Robinson's former governess, Mrs. Augustine Whitehead who sat beside the elder Robinson in the courtroom today testified that on the day after the checks had been issued young Robinson appealed to her for financial help to cover the checks She instead advised him to stop payment on the Anaheim check and negotiate for a lower price which he did. Robinson took the witness stand shortly before noon today and corroborated Mrs Whitehead's testimony regarding the Anaheim check. House Construction Begin Work Soon County Plunged Into Darkness by Power Failure Anaheim, like scores of other communities in Southern California, was momentarily plunged into darkness last night just before 8 p.m. by a power failure at Hoover dam that caused short circuit and fire in a pumphouse in the Rivera area. The blaze was extinguished by firemen quickly, but lights in the greater part of Orange county went out for two periods of three minutes each about 7:50 p.m. Failure of the water pumps also brought a water shortage Protest Flaring Over Closing of Tustin Warehouse Widespread protests were taking shape in Orange county and elsewhere in Southern California today at the sudden closing of the Federal Civil Defense storage warehouse at Tustin, one of four in the United States. The huge stock of medical supplies, including a $58,000 stock of antibiotics, was being moved to a smaller warehouse at San Jose. The Tustin warehouse, largest of the four in the country, will be abandoned. Two of the warehouses are located near the Atlantic coast. Chairman Willis H. Warner of the county supervisors, who is administrator for civil defense for Orange county, Coordinator L. A. "Dan" Patch and former-mayor Ernest M. Dixon of Inglewood, director of Civil Defense for Orange and Los Angeles counties AF Says Said No Menace United State By VERN HAUGH AP Aviation Rep WASHINGTON—This says it's still checking ing saucer reports, but talp of one thing: the whatever they are—don't be a menace to the Unl Most of the sightings date have turned out ural phenomena. A flurry of reports of unidentified objects spotted by radar in the WASHINGTON UP Secretary of Defense I seen a "flying saucer" had an explanation of Pentagon sources sal returning to Washington New York Sunday, w low passenger aboard liner with persons w Fantastic $20,000 Bank Robbery Driven by Alert Taxicab Driver FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco's fantastic $20,000 bank-kidnapping had a quick start as fantastic solution arriving the confessed gunman and complicate because they left of the loot in a taxicab. Rick Charles Will, 33, a draftsman from Pittsburgh, Pa., and his roommate, Sidney Dubowy, 33, an accounting student from New York, were arrested yesterday—less than 24 hours after the holdup. Will readily confessed he bluffed manager Walter Blomberg of an American Trust Co., branch bank here into handing over $20,-000 in small bills, with a toy pistol, then forcing the banker to accompany him on a bus ride to allay suspicion of bank employees, threatening injury to his "kidnapped" wife. Will, quickly arraigned in Federal court pleaded, "I don't want no jury trial. I want to plead guilty and be punished for what I've done." Taxi driver Anthony Gelini broke the case. Will hired Gelini to drive him and Dubowy to Reno ... boasted he'd robbed a bank ... showed a brief case full of money ... then locked it in the taxicab trunk. At Reno in yesterday's wee small hours, Will and Dubowy went into a gambling club, taking the taxi trunk key, but not the money. Gelini sped back to San Francisco and told police, who recovered the $17,000 from the brief case. GOP Forces Slate Strategy Meefing In Denver Friday DENVER (AP)—GOP presidential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower his running mate and their campaign "brain trust" will hold a series of high level strategy conferences here starting Friday. Among those scheduled to attend sessions to continue over the week is Arthur E. Summerfield of Michigan, Eisenhower's campaign manager and the new chairman of the Republican National Committee. The meetings also will bring in those in charge of the GOP drive to capture control of Congress from the Democrats in the November elections. Summerfield and the party's vice presidential candidate, Sen. Richard M. Nixon of California, will travel to Denver together from the Ohio state Republican convention in Columbus. Both will address that conclave tomorrow. ton area during the past led the air force to central news conference yet tell what it knew—or of the saucers. The official air force session, announced yesterday. About one fifth of the reports are "from crew servers, of relatively things—so we keep on bcerned about them." Of the one fifth for which is no explanation, Maj. G. S. Samford, intelligence said: "No pattern has ever found that reveals any motely like a purpose or ency that can in any way sociated with any menace United States." Close-up View Meanwhile a photograph salesman told police he most swept from the high night by a huge "flying which swooped low at speed. Sid Eubanks, 50, Kan., told his bizarre tale Sgt. Vern Benell, who man was still trembling walked into the police station. nearly advantages. "But he my son, not disinherited, but or disowned. That sort city is a lot of poppy-wee said. Happy Over Marriage son admitted that he was "y" over the recent marriag his son, but not enough aff the youth's credit. ever, he was supposed to stopped his son's allowance a week at the time the check was passed to hedger, Anaheim garage attn in payment for two new repair work on young's car. cond check for $25 was so a Santa Ana girl, Miss Violf, at whose home and his companion spent it, also having breakfast Charge Dismissed charge based on that check missed however, late yes-when it was disclosed that if had accompanied Robock to Beverly Hills and ginger her the check there. cardiner ruled the Orange court had no jurisdiction to check. Robinson's former gov-Mrs. Augustine White-o sat beside the elder in the courtroom today, that on the day after it had been issued young appealed to her for filep to cover the checks. bad advised him to stop on the Anaheim check initiate for a lower price, did. Robinson took the stand shortly before noon and corroborated Mrs.'s testimony regarding him check. NEAR MISS—A geyser of water erupts as an enemy shell lands nearby sending small UN craft scurrying out of range. The craft were engaged in mine sweeping operations off the Korean coast took them under fire damage. (U.S. Navy) Biggest Night Strike 660 Tons of Bombs Rained on Commie Metals Factory on Manchurian Border AF Says Saucers No Menace to United States By VERN HAUGLAND AP Aviation Reporter WASHINGTON—The air force says it's still checking into flying saucer reports, but it's certain of one thing: the saucers—whatever they are—don't seem to be a menace to the United States. Most of the sightings traced to date have turned out to be natural phenomena. A flurry of reports that scores of unidentified objects had been spotted by radar in the Washing- TOKYO (JP)—Sixty-six superforts blasted a huge North Korean metals factory on the Manchurian border last night and early today with 660 tons of bombs in the biggest night strike of the Korean war. Three waves of B-29 superforts roared into the very heart of powerfully defended red territory for the blow, eight miles from Antung, Manchuria, home base for hundreds of Red Mig-15 jets. The B-29s braved great batteries of searchlights and radar-directed anti-aircraft guns. The target was so large that its main building alone occupied 12½ acres, a U.S. Air Force spokesman said. It was the first blow at the factory — the Oriental Light Metals company. The sprawling plant lies 10 miles southeast of Sinuiju. Returning pilots said results of the great raid were excellent. For three shattering hours the big bombers from Japan and Oklina blasted the plant with 500 bombs. Some were delayed bombs timed to explode hours or days later. Electronically Aimed The B-29s came in at 20,000 feet through an almost moonless night and dropped their deadly record raid called for the Superforts to spare hundreds of barracks-like buildings clustered near the big plant which the Air Force thought might house factory workers. Ganey called it "purely a military raid." The Oriental Light Metals company produced aluminum. Lately the plant was believed turning out alloy metals and manufacturing metal products for military use. The raiding bombers carried 726 American airmen to the target. An Air Force spokesman said: "We showed those fellows we are not afraid to go right up and pound them on their home base." "This was a raid of destruction rather than disruption." WASHINGTON (U.P.) — Even Secretary of Defense Lovett has seen a "flying sancer"—but he had an explanation of it. Pentagon sources said Lovett, returning to Washington from New York Sunday, was a fellow passenger aboard an airliner with persons who insisted they had seen a white disk whirling along beside the plane. Lovett, however, reportedly said he had been watching a searchlight playing into the clear, moonlit sky and at one point its cone of light caught and held a tuft of cumulus cloud, creating the impression of a circular body keeping pace with the plane. "That's how many a flying saucer gets born," one officer said. Ton area during the past 10 days led the air force to call a special news conference yesterday to tell what it knew—or thought—of the saucers. The official air force conclusion, announced yesterday: About one fifth of the sighting reports are "from credible observers, of relatively incredible things—so we keep on being concerned about them." Of the one fifth for which there is no explanation, Maj. Gen. John S. Samford, intelligence director, said: "No pattern has ever been found that reveals anything remotely like a purpose or consistency that can in any way be associated with any menace to the United States." Close-up View Meanwhile a photographic supply salesman told police he was almost swept from the highway last night by a huge "flying saucer" which swooped low at terrific speed. Sid Eubanks, 50, Wichita, Kan., told his bizarre tale to Deskgt. Vern Benell, who said the man was still trembling when he walked into the police station. Returning pilots said results of the great raid were excellent. For three shattering hours the big bombers from Japan and Okinawa blasted the plant with 500 bombs. Some were delayed bombs timed to explode hours or days later. Electronically Almed The B-29s came in at 20,000 feet through an almost moonless night and dropped their deadly loads through electronic techniques. Brig. Gen. Wiley D. Ganey, commanding general of the Far East Air Force Bomber Command, predicted the raid would have a "psychological impact" on the communists. The great strike came on the heels of a 54 plane Superfort raid on the North Korean capital of Pyongyang July 24, and a series of other heavy air strikes calculated to pressure the communists into actually negotiating for a truce at Panmunjom. The Air Force had been watching the military metal plant ripen into a target for a whole year. Leaflet planes have been delugging the area for two months, warning civilians to stay clear of military installations. Barracks Spared Despite the warning, plans for $100,000 Damage Suit Settled Settlement of the $100,000 damage suit brought by Mrs. Winifred Barrington Baker against Richard Taylor of Santa Ana, whose car struck her while she was standing on the pavement on Santa Ana boulevard, Santa Ana, was reached out of court yesterday, after the trial had started. Part of the evidence had been placed before the jury when attorneys for the plaintiff and defendant notified Judge Raymond Thompson that they had agreed on a settlement. The jury was excused. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Van Fleet States Truce Chance Is Smallest Ever SEOUL, Korea (U.P)—Gen. James A. Van Fleet said today there is less chance for an armistice in Korea than ever before. The U.S. Eighth Army commander told a news conference the prospect for an armistice is in direct proportion to the amount of military pressure put on the communists and that the communists believe the United Nations forces will not attack to force a truce. He said the reds "still have the capability of striking at any point with considerable surprise." But he added they have been "thinning out their front line strength quite a bit over a period of many weeks" to the point where it is "thinner than ever before." He said their reasons for doing so were: 1. Floods. 2. U.N. close air support of infantry attacks. 3. Pressure on the ground by the Eighth Army. 4. Lack of supplies in the communist forward areas. 5. Threat of a U.N. amphibious offensive. 6. A communist decision that the U.N. forces will not attack and that there will not be an armistice. CARSON MARRIES HOLLYWOOD. (U.P.) — Comedian Jack Carson and Actress Lola Albright have announced their plan to be married Friday at the Little Brown church in San Fernando. Close-up View Meanwhile a photographic supply salesman told police he was almost swept from the highway last night by a huge "flying saucer" which swooped low at terrific speed. Sid Eubanks, 50, Wichita, Kan., told his bizarre tale to Deskagt. Vern Benell, who said the man was still trembling when he walked into the police station. Eubanks said the mystery object, appearing as a "yellow-green, then yellow-brown streak about 100 feet long," suddenly swooped down over U.S. highway 81 and completely reversed directions, disappeared in a few seconds into the west. He said the "tremendous pressure nearly threw my automobile off the Korean coast when the Red shore batteries took them under fire. None of the ships sustained any damage. (U.S. Navy photo via AP Wirephoto) Part of the evidence had been placed before the jury when attorneys for the plaintiff and defendant notified Judge Raymond Thompson that they had agreed on a settlement. The jury was excused. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Frightened Bakersfield Residents Reported Leaving Area by Hundreds BAKERSFIELD (UP)—An atom bomb wouldn't scare the residents of this busy farming town much more than they are today. Bakersfield has been through another earthquake. Several, in fact. Official county business is being conducted on vacant lots. The courthouse has been jolted so severely that engineers fear it may collapse. Part of general hospital has been abandoned for the same reason. Homes have burned, and hundreds of jittery residents camped out after the last series of quakes yesterday. They feared their own homes almost as much as if the buildings were radiation—contaminated. And an exodus, such as might stem from any atom-blasted area, has begun. At least 2000 workers are needed at once to repair irrigation lines damaged by the quakes. Other thousands are needed to harvest a 50-million-dollar cotton crop, imperiled by lack of irrigation water. But workers and their families are leaving. They've had it. Four quakes yesterday provided the spur. Those tremors were the sharpest since July 21 quake took the lives of 13 persons. Quake experts say the earth-rumbling will continue, and there's no telling where it will strike next.