anaheim-gazette 1952-11-10

Anaheim Man, Two Others Die in Orange County Traffic Accidents; 15 Injured Boy Scouts Break 7,000,000 Mark In 'Buy in Anaheim' Campaign Boy Scouts of America today widened their lead in the Gazette's great "Buy in Anaheim" campaign by casting 384,400 votes for a total of 7,116,100 votes. Next heaviest voter was St. Boniface church with 336,200 votes and a total of 1,924,800. Bethel Baptist and First Baptist church are still duelling for second place. Bethel Baptist currently in the lead with 5,989,-100 votes, first Baptist third with 5,897,800 votes. Next Saturday, midnight, the campaign ends and sometime next week, after the voting has been tabulated and re-checked, the winners will be announced and prizes of $700, $200 and $100 will be awarded by the Gazette. Latest vote standings: Yesterday Today Total Boy Scouts of America 6,731,700 384,400 7,116,100 Bethel Baptist Church 5,988,000 1,100 5,989,100 First Baptist Church, Anaheim (Calvary) 5,874,900 22,900 5,987,800 Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce 3,753,900 4,900 3,758,800 White Temple Methodist Church 2,507,300 30,000 2,537,500 St. Michael's Episcopal Church 2,391,400 18,700 2,410,100 St. Boniface Church 1,588,600 336,200 1,924,800 Zion Lutheran Church 1,851,100 84,000 1,875,100 Veterans of Foreign Wars 1,553,300 300 1,553,600 Lois Rebekah Lodge 268 1,160,500 6,500 1,167,000 Grace Lutheran Church 662,000 4,700 666,700 First Southern Baptist Church 397,800 397,800 YMCA 350,200 1,500 352,700 Stanton Community Church 324,500 324,500 Orange County Branch Nat'l Fuchsia Society 313,800 313,800 Young Ladies' Institute 283,800 283,800 Cerebral Palay Association 219,800 1,300 221,100 Marywood Catholic Girls High 213,500 213,500 Presbyterian Church 213,500 400 213,400 Church of Christ of Latter Day Sta., Fullerton 203,500 2,500 206,000 Job's Daughters 158,400 12,000 170,400 Christian Church, Bdwy. & Helena, Anaheim 176,100 1,100 177,200 Girl Scouts of America 163,400 400 163,800 Weasley Methodist Church 143,800 443,800 First Church of Christ, Scientist 126,500 126,550 Evangelical United Brethren 116,600 799 117,399 Nazarene Church 86799 Three were dead and 15 seriously as Orange County today counted its weekend toll. John E. Murray, 27 Brookhurst rd. west of Ames was killed at 1:45 a.m. at intersection of Garden and Harbor blvd., where a crash against a guard raid came off of the curve on blvd., approaching the inflection. His passenger, Lynn E. Bassi was injured. Rocky E. Courreges, 27bert was fatally injured at a mile south of Grove blvd., and died at in the county hospital. His passenger, Raymo Boer, 27 Talbert escaped minor injuries when the car en by Courreges struck a tree and two other trees; the eenced across the highway crashed against a palm tree. The Rev. Zephie D. DeSanta Ana; died of a heart attack at 7:45 a.m. today while on his car on Grand ave. at St. in Santa Ana. Four persons received less seriously hurt in a collision between cars driven by John Maacri, 33,142 N. st., Anaheim,and William dalaeno ,28 ,6932 Berry st. ena Park. The accident place at 2:3o a.m. Sunday Orangenthorpe ,blvd., west Spadra rd., north of Anaheim Rodolfo Montiel ,36,m wife,Lila ,32,Brea; Lupe and Jess Castro,both of dependence Colony，received injuries.Less seriously hurt Macri and his wife,Sally ,39 Maadela,and his wife,Nazarene Church Fullerton Mayor Backs Sewer Men Accused of Holding up Program Mavor Hugh Warden of Fullerton has come to the support of Mayor Vincent Humeston of Tustin and Councilman John L. McBride of Santa Ana, who were under fire last week from E. J. Power of Anaheim because they favored a check of plans and specifications before agreeing to modification of the county sewer program. Power, at a meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce sanitation committee, said that Humeston and McBride were the "main bottlenecks" holding up the sewer program and that they should be forced to give a good reason for their stand, or be replaced. Power's accusation followed a statement to the committee by Willis Warner, chairman of the county supervisors, who said that some of the sanitation district directors lacked confidence in the design engineers employed to pass upon the original Bacon plan, under which the $8,308,000 sewer bonds were voted. These directors, said Warner, insisted that another firm of engineers be employed to check upon the plans of the design engineers, to be sure that modification of the Bacon plan is necessary. But, said Warner, there is no assurance that the objecting directors would accept estimates of the consulting firm when they were received. Warner referred to them as "the few board members who are holding up the whole works." Mayor Warden, speaking through City Attorney Walter Chaffee of Fullerton, pointed out that he and Humeston had been appointed as a committee to submit the name of an engineering firm to check the plans and specifications; that they had submitted the proposal of Holmes and Narver, Inc., Los Angeles, and that the employment of this firm was unanimously approved, their report to be filed by Nov. 19. Annexation Vote Called in Houston Avenue Area Residents of the area known the Houston ave. Annexation vote Dec. 11 on whether or not annexation will be carried out. Andrei Vishinsky Calls for Creation Of U.N. Commission on Korean War UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) — Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky today called for creation of a U.N. commission on which Russia, the U.S., and Communist China would be included to settle the Korean War. Other countries Vishinsky suggested for the commission were Britain, France, India, Burma, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, North Korea and South Korea. In a two hour and 32 minutes speech to the U.N.'s 60-member Political Committee, Vishinsky turned down all compromise proposals for settling the prisoner of war deadlock at Panmunjom and warned that adoption of an American resolution backing up the U.N. negotiators would wreck the talks and lead to protraction of the war. Vishinsky warned his audience which included U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, that the Soviet Union "would not budge" from its insistence that all prisoners be sent home. He urged the U.N. to instruct the commission to "take immediate measures for the settlement of the Korean question ... including the extending of all possible assistance to the repatriation of all prisoners of war by both sides." This was a revised draft of an earlier Soviet plan. For the first time the Kremlin's top diplomat spelled out the names of those countries he thought should get together to settle the conflict and added specific instruction to them to insist on repatriation of all prisoners. Prince Receives Japanese Crown TOKYO (AP)—A young man who never knew what it was to be an ordinary boy today was crowned heir apparent to the world's oldest continuous throne. Prince Akihito, now 18, was born just two years after Japan moved into Manchuria. Japan was already in the grip of sword-rattling militarists. He knew the Allied raids that razed Tokyo. He grew to manhood under the Allied occupation. He became the first imperial prince to have Western tutors. Today, a confusing and stilted youth behind him, he officially became a man—but looked very much like a freshly-scrubbed schoolboy. It was a short, 15-minute ceremony in the hushed halls of his father's palace. But in it was crammed all the pomp and ceremony of the Orient. UNITED NATIONE, N.Y. (AP)—Mexican delegate, Luciano Joublanc-Rivas, will deliver a half-hour speech in Russian in the UN budget committee today. Annexation Vote Called in Houston Avenue Area Residents of the area known the Houston ave. Annexation vote Dec. 11 on whether or not to become a part of the city Anaheim. City Council passed an ordinance calling the election held Friday night. If proposed annexation goes through the site of the proposed U.S. Etrical Motors Co. plan will within the city limits. An ordinance calling for printing and sale of $1,000,000 bonds for light, power and water department improvement and pansion was passed. A proposed ordinance change permit the city to make decent payments liens against property was held over. A deposition of Anaheim Realty board members was present to object to the measure. A petition was presented to council protesting the construction of homes of less than 1 square foot area in the Shiloh tract, which adjoins the Moctract in Grove st. Although matter was not on the agenda at the meeting, councilmen listened to the protests of the Grove residents. Approval was given the tentative map of the Ardaiz-Edward tract on LaPalma ave., west West st., and the proposed lot development at the east end of Hampshire st. The Shiloh tract at East and Sycamore n was held up for further study. Anaheimer Hurd Albert R. Celaya, 10921 Gilberville st., Anaheim, was taken to Anaheim Community hospital at 2 a.m. today for treatment of injuries suffered when his car lided with the parked car Thomas L. Boehm, 903 W. Centr st., near the latter's home. Die in Orange 15 Injured Three were dead and 15 injured. Four seriously, as Orange county day counted its weekend traffic call. John E. Murray, 27, 8211 Brookhurst rd, west of Anaheim, was killed at 1:45 a.m. Saturday. Intersection of Garden Grove and Harbor blvd., where his car crashed against a guard rail as he came off the curve on Harbor blvd., approaching the intersection. His passenger, Lynn E. Meeks, 323 E. Alberta st., Anaheim, is injured. Rocky E. Courreges, 27, Talbert, was fatally injured at 2:30 a.m. Sunday on Harbor blvd., half a mile south of Garden Grove blvd., and died at 4 a.m. in the county hospital. His passenger, Raymond A. Herer, 27, Talbert, escaped with minor injuries when the car drove by Courreges struck a lemon tree and two other trees, then carried across the highway and crashed against a palm tree. The Rev. Zephie D, Dean, 71, Santa Ana, died of a heart attack at 7:45 a.m. today while driving car on Grand ave. at Second in Santa Ana. Four persons received major injuries and four others were seriously hurt in a collision between cars driven by Rocco John Maacri, 33, 1042' N. Patt, Anaheim, and William Maglaeno, 28, 6932 Berry st., Buena Park. The accident took place at 2:30 a.m. Sunday on Angletonpe, blvd., west of Madra rd., north of Anaheim. Modolfo Montiel, 36, and his wife, Lila, 32, Brea; Lupe Rivera Jess Castro, both of Independence Colony, received major injuries. Less seriously hurt wereiri and his wife, Sally, 38, and Adalena, and his wife, Gina. ANAHEIM Daily The Anaheim Gazette Was Established in 1870 As A Weekly And Is Anaheim's First Newspaper VOLUME XXXII ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA MONDAY. CIO Chief Phil Murray Old SA-Anaheim Route By-passes Freeway Building Opening of the new Main st. overpass of Santa Ana freeway in Santa Ana to traffic this morning restored the old Main st.-Chapman ave. route through Orange as the temporary main highway between Santa Ana and Anaheim. Over this route, from Santa Ana returns to Highway 101 at the county hospital junction. The new temporary route once Highway 101 but superseded by Santa Ana blvd., 18 years ago, will be the chief route for through traffic until next April or May. It is expected. Completion of Santa Ana freeway is expected by that time. Meanwhile, the freeway route (Santa Ana blvd.) will be closed between Flower st. and Main st., remaining open as far as Flower st for local traffic only. All truck traffic must travel by the Main st.-Chapman ave. route through Orange. Closing of Santa Ana blvd. at Flower st. automatically eliminates "mad dash corner." The intersection where so many traffic between cars driven by Rocco John Maacrl, 33, 1042 N. Patt, Anaheim, and William Maglaeno, 28, 6932 Berry st., Buena Park. The accident took place at 2:30 a.m. Sunday on Anggethorpe, blvd., west of Madra rd., north of Anaheim. Godolfo Montiel, 36, and his wife, Lila, 32, Brea; Lupe Rivera Jess Castro, both of Independence Colony, received major injuries. Less seriously hurt were her and his wife, Sally, 38, and Galena and his wife, Ginny. All were taken to Fullerton General hospital. Mrs. Ewje Drewry, 81, Long Beach, suffered major injuries and later Thomas Drewry, 60, and wife, Jenny, 56, received minor injuries when a car driven by wary collided with one operated Donald W. Jahuary, 23, Costa Rica, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The took place at the intersection of Euclid and La Palma aves., Anaheim. Injured in various other accidents were Robert B. Courtney, Garden Grove; Joe Gerra, La Habra; Harrel C. Davis, Santa Ana; and Richard Rodriguez, 2, Santa Ana. Bwell A. Washburn, 45, 8092 no st., Anaheim, escaped Saturday afternoon when his collided with a car driven by P. Ruch, Santa Ana, on st., near Fifth st., Santa After turning his car into center lane where it collided Washburn's car. Ruch failed stop. He was identified when he traced the license number is car. Rurray, a native of Pennsylvania, had been a resident ofhelm for 16 years. He is lived by his parents, Mr. and Harold L. Murray, 8211okifurst rd.; three brothers,old Jr., James L. and Harry and two sisters, Mrs. Rosele Moran and Miss Bettye Murray, all of Anaheim. Here will be a recitation of Holy Rosary at the Hilgenchapel tonight at 7:30 o'clock mass will be read at St. Bonichurch tomorrow morning at clock. Interment will be at Sepulchre cemetery. Annexation Vote called in Houston Avenue Area Incidents of the area known as Houston ave. Annexation will Dec. 11 on whether or not April or May. It is expected. Completion of Santa Ana freeway is expected by that time. Meanwhile, the freeway route (Santa Ana blvd.) will be closed between Flower st. and Main st., remaining open as far as Flower st for local traffic only. All truck traffic must travel by the Main st-Chapman ave. route through Orange. Closing of Santa Ana blvd. at Flower st. automatically eliminates "mad dash corner." The intersection where so many traffic accidents have occurred becomes a "T" junction. The new Main at overpass, constructed by Winston Bros., is the largest of seven grade-separation structures along the freeway route through this area. Two lanes of the new freeway construction just south of Anaheim have been opened to westbound traffic, temporarily as a detour while concrete is being poured for the other two lanes. Nobody in Here But Us Pigeons C. M. Wagner, 1608 W. Second st., Santa Ana, put an end Saturday afternoon to filevery which, during the past two months, cost him the loss of 100 pigeons worth $350. Warner caught two boys in his pigeon pen. One escaped but he managed to hold one 9-year-old youngster until police arrived. Two other boys were implicated by the young prisoner, including the one who escaped and another who is now in the county juvenile home, police said. Some of the pigeons were recovered at the homes of two of the boys. Other birds had been sold or given to young friends of the culprits. Burglarars Fail in Robbery Attempt A burglar or burglars worked over two floors of the Bank of America building sometime during the weekend but failed to bag anything of value, as far as police investigations have been able to determine. Seven offices of physicians and dentists were entered and the desks and file cases evidently were searched. However, nothing was torn up or upended. The offices entered were those of Dr. L. E. Wilson, 502, Dr. W.C. McCarthy, 609, Dr. Cyril A.Smith, 603, Dr. L.A.Burrows. Defense Batters at Medical Evidence As Rupp Trial Resumes in Santa Ana Billy Rupp's defense today battered away mainly at the wall of medical evidence in the Rupp murder trial at Santa Ana, unsuccessfully trying to show psychiatric opinion that the youth was mentally incapable of planning the rape and killing of Ruby Ann Payne, 15, at Yorba Linda last Aug. 8. As the Rupp trial resumed, following a ten day recess, Dr. Harold A. Day, Santa Ana psychiatrist appointed by the court to examine Rupp's mental condition, testified that the youth the mental ability of a person to plan such a crime under cross-examination by District Attorney Javinev Dr. Day said that I have the power of thinking of reasoning out an applause he did commit. The jury then was exonerated the remainder of the morpion while Public Defender Meyer then laid an offer that Dr. Day, Dr.W.S., another Santa Ana psychoanalyst tiffied for the defense, testified if permitted that Funeral Set for Annexation Vote called in Houston Avenue Area Residents of the area known as Houston ave. Annexation will Dec. 11 on whether or not to become a part of the city of Elm. Council passed an ordinance calling the election in a held Friday night. If the used annexation goes through, state of the proposed U.S. Elec-Motors Co. plan will be the city limits. Ordinance calling for the sale of $1,000,000 in light, power and water improvement and expansion was passed. Proposed ordinance change to let the city to make delinquency liens against utility was held over. A delegate of Anaheim Realty boarders was present to object to measure. Petition was presented to the real protesting the construction of homes of less than 1000 foot area in the Shields which adjoins the Morris Grove st. Although the war was not on the agenda for meeting, council members listened to protests of the Grove residents. Proposal was given the tentative map of the Ardaiz-Edwards on LaPalma ave., west of est., and the proposed nine-development at the east end Amphshire st. The Shipkey at East and Sycamore sts. held up for further study. Anaheimer Hurt Bart R. Celaya, 10921 Gilbert Anaheim, was taken to Ana-community hospital at 2:25 today for treatment of insuffler when his car collided with the parked car of L. Boehm, 903 W. Center for the latter's home. Funeral Held Funeral services for Leon M. Bennett, whose death occurred on Nov. 6 at Orange hospital, were conducted this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the Hilgenfeld chapel. James C. Dixon, pastor of the Church of Christ, officiated and burial was made in Forest Lawn Memorial park. Tric opinion that the youth was mentally incapable of planning the rape and killing of Ruby Ann Payne, 15, at Yorba Linda last Aug. 8. As the Rupp trial resumed, following a ten day recess, Dr. Harold A. Day, Santa Ana psychiatrist appointed by the court to examine Rupp's mental condition, Funeral Set for Chaim Weizmann, Leader of Israel REHOVOT, Israel (AP) — Dr. Chaim Weizmann, 77-year-old father of Israel, will be buried tomorrow near his home here in the Promised Land he helped build and led as its first president. Messages of sympathy for the sorrowing young nation poured in from world leaders, including President Truman, Queen Elizabeth II and U.N. Secretary-general Trygve Lie. Following Dr. Weizmann's death from a heart attack early yesterday. The President's mansion, on the coastal plain 10 miles from Tel Aviv, was open to the public today. A solemn line of Israelites, some crying openly and some quietly chanting Hebrew prayers, passed the black-draped catafalque on which the body of world zionism's greatest leader lay in state. Special trains brought pilgrims to pay their last respects. Aerosol Israel, all places of entertainment were closed in mourning and the blue and white flag of the nation hung at half staff. Crowds gathered at crossroads and corners in the smaller settlements to hear loud-speaker bulletins on the president's death and funeral arrangements. Premier David Ben-Gurion called his Cabinet together yesterday for a memorial session for the old statesman, who, before he became Israel's chief of government, had won renown as president of the World Zionist Organization and as a chemist and scholar. The Cabinet decreed that all work will stop tomorrow, the day of the state funeral. Sailors, Shippers In Strike Talk SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Presentatives of the AFL Union of the Pacific and the owners' Pacific Maritime队 meet today for the first in an effort to settle a walkout by some 15,000 sappers. At least 28 ships in Coast and Eastern ports have blocked from sailing since their stopped signing aboard mercal ships last Tuesday. The sailors are protesting Wage Stabilization Board's decision to approve a strike-won 5 p.m. wage increase boosting monthly pay from $288 a month to $302. The board, which already taken two indecisive votes increase, will discuss the again in its Washington office. Federal Conciliator Oma kins will meet with the SU shipowners here. On tap will be a discussion whether the luxury liners will leased to sail Wednesday San Francisco for Pacific M Daily GAZETTE And Is Anaheim's First Newspaper. 82 YEARS OF DEVOTION TO ALL THAT IS GOOD IN ANAHEIM CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1952 5 Cents per Copy 50 Cents per Month No. 268 urray Dies at San Francisco Veteran Labor Leader’s Death Big Shock to Friends and Enemies Alike By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (UP) — Phillip Murray, who rose from an immigrant Scotts mine boy to become head of the CIO and one of the world's most powerful and respected labor leaders, died yesterday of a heart attack. At 66 a veteran of half a century's work in labor's cause, he was stricken in his sleep at San Francisco's fashionable Mark Hopkins Hotel. His wife Elizabeth awoke to find him sprawled on the floor beside his bed. Twenty minutes later a physician pronounced him dead. A priest administered the last rites of the Catholic church. Funeral services will be held Thursday in Brookline, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Murray's body was put aboard a commercial airliner late yesterday. It was to be transferred in Chicago to a Pennsylvania Railroad train, scheduled to reach Pittsburgh tomorrow. Although Murray had not been in good health, his death came as a shock to friends, associates, and even his antagonists in some of the bitterest council table battles between management and labor. Telegrams of condolence poured in from all sections of the country ... from President Truman and high-ranking government officials ... from William Green of the AFL and John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers ... from Ben Fairless of U. S. Steel and Ben Morcell of Jones and Laughlin. Ike Names Lodge And Dodge as Liaison Aides AUGUSTA, Ga. (UP)—President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower's choice of Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge and Detroit banker Joseph M. Dodge for key pre-inauguration assignments appeared today to assure them major posts in the new Republican administration. AND WITH HIS AIDES — ray, CIO president, who died aa he talked with President of labor's political leaders in 1950. Bottom shows Murray alter Reuther, United Auto Allan S. Haywood, execuly, in Chicago in July of this are possible successors to AP WIREPHOTO Medical Evidence James in Santa Ana testified that the youth lacked the mental ability of a normal person to plan such a crime. But under cross-examination by Deputy District Attorney James Devine, Dr. Day said that Rupp did have the power of thinking and of reasoning out an approach to the crime he did commit. The jury then was excused for the remainder of the morning seslon, while Public Defender N. D. Meyer then laid an offer of proof that Dr. Day, Dr. W. S. Musfelt, other Santa Ana psychiatrist, and Dr. Samuel Marcus, Los Anles police psychiatrist who tesified for the defense, would have testified if permitted that in their World's Not so Small, After All Wilbur Wrather, 1918 E. Santa Clara, Santa Ana, went to March air force base Sunday to visit his brother, Paul, who was under arrest there for being AWOL from Tinker field, Oklahoma. At the same time, Paul broke loose and came to see his brother, Wilbur. Their paths crossed. Learning of his brother's escape, Wilbur returned home, to find his car, jacket and $20 cash missing. In their place was a note from brother Paul, explaining that the car would be left on a Long Beach parking lot. Paul is still AWOL. Leukemia Claims Danny Penhall Funeral services were held this afternoon for 8-month-old Danny Lee Penhall, son of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Penhall of 421 Leonora st., Anaheim. The infant was a victim of leukemia, which attacked him about a month ago. Surviving the child, in addition to his parents, are his grandparents, Mrs. Ethel Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Penhall, all of Anaheim. Services were conducted in the chapel of Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars mortuary by the Rev. E. H. Pflug, pastor of Zion Lutheran church. Interment followed in Loma Vista cemetery. NEW YORK (P)—The Metropolitan Opera Co. opens its 68th season tonight with the Verdi opera "La Forza del Destino." 23 Killed in Bloody South African Riot Before Police Regain Full Control DURBAN. South Africa (P)—Bloody warfare between Negroes And Dodge as Liaison Aides AUGUSTA, Ga. (P)—President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower's choice of Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge and Detroit banker Joseph M. Dodge for key pre-inauguration assignments appeared today to assure them major posts in the new Republican administration. Eisenhower yesterday named the Massachusetts GOP senator his liaison man to work with the expiring Truman administration in all federal agencies except one. To the Budget Bureau as his personal representative the general appointed Dodge, a Republican with a long record of fiscal and other service in the outgoing Democratic regime. The team of Lodge and Dodge named after they and other GOP leaders conferred with the President-elect at his vacation headquarters, plans to get to work this week. Lodge said he will start his liaison assignment Friday, working out of his Washington Senate office. Dodge reports to the Budget Bureau Wednesday. Both men told a news conference they hope to have preliminary reports ready for Eisenhower when he confers at the White House next week with President Truman. That session, suggested by Truman, will deal with international and domestic problems as they relate to the forthcoming change in administrations. Truman also had urged Eisenhower to name Liaison men. The president singled out the Defense and State departments and the Budget Bureau, but Eisenhower designated Lodge to work with all federal agencies "where such liaison may prove useful in facilitating the transfer of public business from the old to the new administration." Lodge, defeated last Tuesday in his bid for a new Senate term, is regarded as a likely Eisenhower choice for a cabinet post. He has been mentioned for secretary of defense or secretary of state and the interim assignment the general gave him underscored the likelihood of a major post later. 23 Killed in Bloody South African Riot Before Police Regain Full Control DURBAN. South Africa (UP)—Bloody warfare between Negroes and police which spread death and destruction in two cities over the weekend subsided somewhat today, but sporadic outbursts indicated the rioting could break out in full force again at any moment. At least 23 persons, by unofficial estimate, died in the rioting in East London, 300 miles southwest of Durban, and in the diamond mining center of Kimberley. Many were wounded. Police at East London declined to say the number of natives killed and wounded, but their firing from about 4 p.m. yesterday until midnight indicated the number of casualties was high. Reports from East London indicate six municipal and government buildings such as schools and missions were put to the torch by native rioters. Two whites—one a Catholic nun—and at least eight Negroes died in the clash in which South African police opened fire with automatic weapons and rifles on a native quarter crowd. At Kimberley Saturday fire from police rifles and automatic weapons killed 13 Negroes and wounded 78. Burglars' Haul Worth $1525 Burglaries who entered the home of Harold Segerstrom, 936 River Line, Santa Ana, during the family's absence Saturday night and Sunday, escaped with jewelry worth $1500 and $25 in cash, Santa Ana police reported today. An antique diamond sunburst brooch, more than 50 years old, and valued at $1000, represented the principal loss, together with a $500 diamond engagement ring, 50 years old. Some time after the firing subsided this morning, another attempt was made to put the torch to a building in East London. A fire brigade went in with police protection, and when natives stoned the convoy, police opened fire. At Port Ellizabeth, meanwhile, strong police forces in armored cars and trucks stood by at the airport, on the alert for the one-day general strike called by the African national congress in the Eastern Cape region. In Johannesburg, the leader of the opposition to Premier Daniel F. Malan's government, J. G. N. Strauss, demanded the government appoint an impartial commission to investigate the riots, or else summon parliament to deal with the situation. Both the Kimberley and East London outbreaks began when police tried to break up a native demonstration against the strict segregation laws. One of the whites killed in East London was a nun, Dr. Elsie Quinlan, who was known as Sister Aiden. She worked in a mission clinic. Reports of her death said she was killed in her automobile which was then overturned by the rioters and burned with the body inside. KC's to Meet Knights of Columbus will meet tonight at the KC hall at 8 p.m. There will be a short meeting and then Father J. W. Berry, director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau, will speak on "The Knights of the Past." Immediately following the Father Berry address, Father Maguire, chaplain of St. Catherine's Academy and the American Legion, will be installed as the KC's chaplain. All members are requested to be present.