anaheim-gazette 1952-11-17

Gazette to Begin ANAHEIM Daily The Anaheim Gazette Was Established in 1870 As A Weekly And Is Anaheim's First Newspaper VOLUME LOOXII ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER Boy Scouts Lead Campaign Landslide Balloting Slows Counting; Millions of Votes Need Tabulating Boy Scouts of America surged back into the lead in the Gazette's "Buy in Anaheim" campaign today, dropping the First Baptist church into the number two position, according to tabulations of votes cast through Friday evening. Complete official results of the contest await the counting of literally millions of last minute ballots cast by friends of various competing organizations. An audited account of the outcome and an official announcement of the winners of the three prizes will appear in the Gazette on Wednesday. The job of tabulating ballots was slowed because of the epic proportions of last minute voting that flooded all of the polling places. There was no definite indication as to who gained the greatest profit from the final flurry of voting. Complete tabulations through Friday follow: Latest vote standings: Yesterday Today Total Boy Scouts of America 8,634,300 870,400 9,504,700 First Baptist Church, Anaheim (Calvary) 8,839,200 375,000 9,214,200 Bethel Baptist Church 7,778,200 556,600 8,336,600 Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce 5,227,100 1,100 5,288,200 White Temple Methodist Church 3,244,400 381,600 3,626,000 St. Michael's Episcopal Church 2,566,100 40,300 2,606,400 Lola Rebekah Lodge 2,346,800 3,400 2,350,200 St. Boniface Church 2,152,200 32,800 2,185,000 Zion Lutheran Church 1,938,700 6,200 1,946,900 Anaheimers Urge To Donate Blood Mrs. P. H. Nelson, blood program chairman for the local Red Cross chapter, today urged Anaheim residents to turn on next Friday from 2 to 6:30 p.m. and donate blood at the Ebbsfellow clubhouse. Mrs. Nelson emphasized the fact that military demands on the Los Angeles regional blood center for use in the Korean battle zone make it all the more important for Anaheim to fill the bloodmobile on visit here Nov. 21. Donor appointments may be made by calling the chapter office, Anaheim 2065. Attorneys in New Move to Save Henry McCracker Four Car Collision Near Santa Ana River Bridge Kills One, Injures Six Two persons were killed in Orange county's weekend traffic, according to official reports today which listed nearly a score as injured. Miss Audrev Sopinnik, 21, San Diego, was killed on coast highway where four cars collided. Mrs. Virginia Rodney, 23, Long Beach, suffered minor injuries Sunday morning at Highway 39 and Crescent ave., south of Buena Park, when a car driven by her husband, Theron, 28, collided with the car of Morris E. Shank, 22. Attorneys in New Move to Save Henry McCracken Henry Ford McCracken's attorneys still are fighting to save his from the gas chamber in San Quentin, they disclosed today, and nouncing that they had filed, Marin county, notice of an appeal from the Marin Superior court ruling that McCracken is sane. Attorneys James Monroe and George Chula had obtained a state of McCracken's execution, set for Oct. 31, by filing affadavit in the Marin county court, that McCracken, who was found sane by an Orange county jury, now is in sane and therefore not subject to the death penalty. A court hearing at San Rafael Nov. 7 resulted in the finding that McCracken still is sane, though sometimes hysterical in his cell in death row. This finding will be appealed by his attorneys to the first district court of appeals, which sits in San Francisco. Presumably the case will be carried to the State Supreme Court if denied by the Appellate court. Thus McCracken, convicted of the murder of Patty Hull, 10, in Buena Park, May 19, 1951, appeared certain to stay out of the gas chamber for months to come. The state supreme court and U.S. Supreme court had refused to interfere with his execution, but the new instantity plea staved it off. Local Service Stations Robbed Two service stations in Anaheim were victimized by thieves this weekend, according to Anaheim police reports. At 7:39 a.m. today, Jack Miller, attendant at Betts Texaco service, 150 N. Lemon st., reported that burglars had ransacked the station, making off with about $25 in cash. At 1:36 p.m. yesterday, Ronald Ed Ray, attendant at the Union Oil Co. station at South and Los Angeles sts., reported that two young men had taken about $50 from the Four Car Collision Near Santa Ana River Bridge Kills One, Injures Six Two persons were killed in Orange county's weekend traffic, according to official reports today which listed nearly a score as injured. Miss Audrev Sopinnik, 21, San Diego, was killed on coast highway where four cars crashed near Santa Ana river bridge Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Miss Sopinnik's car swerved across the center stripe to miss a stalled car and struck an incoming car driven by Miss Lucille Moll, 28, Beverly Hills. Cars driven by the Rev. W. K. Meng, 29, Balbea, and Renato Loalbo, 28, Long Beach, crashed into the wreck. Injured were Mrs. A. L. Brewer, 28, San Diego; her two children, Michael, 4, and Walter, 2, and another unidentified boy aged 6; also Miss Moll and her passenger, Mrs. Mary Gilvarry, 26 of West Los Angeles. The injured were taken to Hong Memorial hospital. Thomas Frank Bardsley, 33, El Toro marine residing in Costa Mesa, was killed when his car skidded and struck a tree along So. Main st., near Newport blvd., at 1:45 a.m. Saturday. Donald R. Reese, La Habra, received minor injuries when his car collided Sunday afternoon with a car driven by Howard W. Grafton, Long Beach, at Orangethorpe and Euclid aves., near Anaheim. Mrs. Alice Coda, 26, Garden Grove, received possible major injuries and was taken to Anaheim Community hospital yesterday after a car driven by her husband, Joseph, 21, collided with an air force ambulance driven by Robert L. Neely, 27, Long Beach, at Buena Park. The ambulance was carrying an air force man from Long Beach to March air base at Riverside for an appendectomy. Mrs. Virginia Rodney, 23, Long Beach, suffered minor injuries Sunday morning at Highway 39 and Crescent ave., south of Buena Park, when a car driven by her husband, Theron, 28, collided with the car of Morris E. Shank, 22, Los Angeles. DEAN POINTS TO TEST AREA—Chairman Gordon Dean of the Atomic Energy Commission points to Eniwetok atoll on map at the AEC headquarters last night. Dean holds a copy of a commission announcement that hydrogen included in recent at the Pacific at not admit that was detonated in Begin A.M. Publication Daily GAZETTE Anaheim's First Newspaper. 82 YEARS OF DEVOTION TO ALL THAT IS GOOD IN ANAHEIM ORNIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1952 5 Cents per Copy 50 Cents per Month No. 276 Campaign as Voting Closes Anaheimers Urged Donate Blood a. P. H. Nelson, blood pro-chairman for the local Cross chapter, today urged Anaheim residents to turn out Friday from 2 to 6:30 p.m. and donate blood at the Ebell house. a. Nelson emphasized the that military demands on Los Angeles regional blood for use in the Korean zone makes it all the important for Anaheimers and the bloodmobile on its where Nov. 21. for appointments may be by calling the chapter of Anaheim 2065. Corneys in New Save to Save Harry McCracken Move to By Opportunity A new journalist by the Anaheim Gazette Gazette, effective Dec. in this city the only metropolitan dailies." Help Wanted Community Chest w Two hours of your time day. Phone Anaheim 724 Rupp Insanity Trial Held over For Half Day Trial of William F. Rupp, on his plea that he was when he murdered Rubie Payne, 15, of Yorba Lindale, was delayed a half Superior Court at Santa Ana day, after Public Defender Meyer, unsuccessfully chased the jury and it was then denied that witnesses were court. Meyer objected to having same jury that convicted him first degree murder last and left him facing the penalty. A portion of the city issue was considered murder trial and the jury have formed an opinion, contended. Meyer also based his ob Morneys in New Save to Save Bury McCracken Ford McCracken's attorillal is fighting to save him the gas chamber in San they disclosed today, anthat they had filed, in county, notice of an appeal Marin Superior court that McCracken is sane. Morneys James Monroe and Chula had obtained a stay McCracken's execution, set for by filling affadavit in the county court, that Mcwho was found sane by county jury, now is in therefore not subject to penalty. Hearing at San Rafael resulted in the finding that ten still is sane, though hysterical in his cell row. Pending will be appealed by Morneys to the first district appeals, which sits in San Presumably the case carried to the State Sucourt if denied by the Apourt. McCracken, convicted of ofler of Patty Hull, 10, in park, May 19, 1951, aptaint to stay out of the ber for months to come. supreme court and U.S. court had refused to inwith his execution, but the annity plea staved it off. Weekend Storm Leaves 2.60 Inches Of Rain Here; Wind Wreaks Havoc Heavy rainfall, accompanied by an electrical storm and hard winds in the Newport Harbor area, drenched Orange county over the weekend, depositing a total of 2.60 County Moves to Condemn Property Having already acquired considerable property by purchase within the boundaries of the new county civic center, the county government now is preparing to condemn two parcels of real estate for which purchase negotiations have failed. They are located at Eighth and Ross sts., and 635 N. Ross, on the site of the proposed new public health center, first of the new group of county buildings to be erected. It will corner at Eighth and Ross sts., will be three stories high, and is expected to cost about $650,000. It's counterpart, architecturally speaking, will be constructed later at Sixth and Ross sts., to house the welfare department. The new civic center area extends between Sixth and Eighth sts., from Broadway to Ross st. Three small houses on property already purchased at 631, 632½ and 637 Riverine sts, DUG IN—The power shovel shown above; owned by C. L. Pharis of 117 Evelyn dr., Anaheim, happened to be in the way when the county's weekend storm sent the Santa Ana river flowing once again for the first time in almost a year. Pharis' shovel is the only case of damage resulting from the storm reported in Anaheim. GAZETTE PHOTO Weekend Storm Leaves 2.60 Inches Of Rain Here; Wind Wreaks Havoc Heavy rainfall, accompanied by an electrical storm and hard winds in the Newport Harbor area, drenched Orange county over the weekend, depositing a total of 2.60 inches of rain in Anaheim. The season's total was raised to 2.83 inches, well ahead of last year's .78 of an inch at this date. Winds reaching almost tornado proportions swept through Newport Beach Saturday, causing extensive damage to buildings, poles and unfastened objects of all types along Balboa blvd. Trees were blown down in several areas of the county and some localities reported transient flooding at the height of the storm. No serious flood damage resulted, however. Rainfall reports from various communities were: Storm Season Last Year Anaheim 2.60 2.83 7.88 Brea 2.05 2.46 7.78 Buena Park 2.14 2.54 3.44 Fullerton 2.06 2.46 6.64 Garden Grove 2.04 2.42 1.01 La Habra 1.85 1.87 8.55 Los Alamitos 1.50 1.50 8.00 Orange 1.85 2.65 8.88 Placentia 1.54 2.19 1.28 Santa Ana 2.27 2.55 1.14 Stanton 2.03 2.05 2.77 Yorba Linda 1.56 2.56 1.68 Arraign Ensign Charged with Embezzlement Ensign George McClellan Sder, arrested by FBI agents, Balboa yesterday for the allied embezzlement of $38,000 in fief of his ship at Portsmouth, was arraigned in Santa Ana to before U.S. Commissioner Artil M. Bradley and waived preliminary hearing. It was underset that he would be transferred Los Angeles today for prosecution. that hydrogen bomb "research" was included in recently concluded weapons tests at the Pacific atoll: The announcement did not admit that a full-scale hydrogen bomb was detonated in the tests. SA Burglars Hit Doctors' Offices Gloved burglars raided eight doctors' offices, and other buildings and parked automobiles in Santa Ana over the weekend, and including an adding machine, perhaps to total up the loot, which was valued at $971. In the doctors' offices, the intruders were looking for cash rather than narcotics. They took $82 from Dr. Lester L. Blount, 201 E. Seventh; $50 from Dr. W. S. Wehrly, 218 S. Main st.; $10 from Drs. J. B. Price, Milo F. Tedstrom, Charles H. Sears and Samuel J. Camarata, at 17th and Bush sts. Offices of Dr. Gunning Butler and Dr. Leon Schmittou, chiropractors, 116 E. Chestnut, were entered but no loss was noted. An outboard motor worth $325 was stolen from the garage of E. W. Lyle Morrison, 1101 Fairview st.; a radio and clothing worth $214 from the home of Samuel H. Silverman; clothing worth $150 from the parked car of T/Sgt. Jack L. Lyles, El Toro Marine; fender skirts valued at $15 from the parked car of Richard B. Mansfield of Fullerton. The adding machine, valued at $125, was taken from the insurance offices of Ralph T. Cunningham, Van L. Brown, Lee and Robert Smith. Weather Southern California — Clear tonight except few patches for near coast late tonight. Clear except few high clouds at times Tuesday. Warmer days. Continued cold tonight. Embezzlement Ensign George McClellan Sander, arrested by FBI agents Balboa yesterday for the all-embezzlement of $38,000 in funds of his ship at Portsmouth, was arraigned in Santa Ana to before U.S. Commissioner Art M. Bradley and waived preliminary hearing. It was understated that he would be transferred Los Angeles today for prosecution in U.S. District court there. The 28-year-old Navy enlisted was quoted by FBI agents yes, day as saying he squared off but about $2600 on women, quor, foreign-made autos travel. FBI Agent Joseph Santolana, said Snyder, who vanished from a U.S. destroyer at Portsmouth Va., about Oct. 17, told of traveling to Florida, Louisiana, Texas and the West Coast. He traveled by airlines or in the two forebear made cars he bought. Snyder, disbursing officer on a destroyer, was arrested yesterday at a swanky resort hotel at Newport Beach, Calif. Santolana said Snyder's wife included Patricia Johnson, 22, 6-foot showgirl who was questioned at San Antonio, Tex., Thursday about $2100 in new currency she had with her. County's 12th Polio Victim Dies Mrs. Ruth Stannard, Newport Beach, died in the county hospital last night, the 12th victim of polio in Orange county this year, which has recorded a total of 164 cases, highest in local history. Two new cases reported by the county health department were Denis Akin, aged 20 months, Garden Grove, who is in a responder at the hospital, and John Esker, 9, Santa Ana. WASHINGTON (AP)—James Doolittle will get the annual Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy this year for his contribution to aviation, the National Aeronautic Association announced last night. Publication Dec. 1st Move to Morning Daily Status Prompted By Opportunities for Greater Service A new journalistic service for Anaheim residents will be supplied, beginning Dec. 1, by the Anaheim Gazette. H. C. Burkheimer, Gazette publisher, announced today that the Gazette, effective Dec. 1, will become a daily morning paper. "It has often been said that in this city the only news a person can have with his morning coffee is that supplied by metropolitan dailies," Burkheimer said, and the Gazette feels that Anaheim residents would appreciate having the local news at the same time. In addition, Burkheimer pointed out, morning publication of the Gazette will make the services contained in a daily newspaper available to local readers throughout the entire 10 to 12 hours of the day of publication. "To Mrs. Anaheim Housewife it is important to have not only the news of the previous day, but to have the advertising messages of local merchants handy when she does her shopping—during that same day." "The classified advertising pages are of most benefit to the housewife during daylight hours when she has the time to telephone or leave home and check on an advertised article," Burkheimer explained. "In this way, the morning Gazette will live with her and assist her throughout the day of its publication, instead of living briefly during the evening hours only." It is an odd fact of American life that while Americans draw their livings from their jobs, their jobs are not the most important activities in their lives. Actually, Americans don't begin "to live" until their daily jobs are behind them and they are ready to set out on the late afternoon and evening's activities. Anaheimers fall into the same pattern, perhaps to a greater extent, since there are more than 100 social, fraternal, civic and religious groups organized within the city. It may be said without fear of contradiction that Anaheimers begin "to live" from 3 p.m. on. Meyer objected to having the same jury that convicted Rupp of first degree murder last week and left him facing the death penalty. A portion of the insanity issue was considered at the murder trial and the jury must be formed an opinion, Meyer attested. Meyer also based his objection on the comment of Judge Ken- E. Morrison, when the jury's verdict was returned, that was a good verdict. That induced the jurors in considering insanity question, Meyer argu- His objection was overruled. Meyer then requested delay because his psychiatric witness, Dr. Manuel Mareus, Los Angeles, was notified to appear in court to try. It then developed that the court's three psychiatrists also were absent. Judge Morrison then courned court until 2 p.m., with instructions that witnesses be filed to appear. Small Boy Killed by Rifle Shof Two small boys playing with a loaded rifle in their home at Stanley yesterday accidentally discharged the weapon and killed younger brother, Robert Land, 20 months old. The rifle, a .22 caliber German hel, belonged to their father, Land, 27. The boys, David, and Dale, 3, were handling rifle. It is not known which pulled the trigger. Robert was the path of the bullet and was instantly. Another child, Jam, aged 9 months, was up in his crib in the room. Arraign Ensign Charged with Embezzlement Sign George McClellan Sny- arrested by FBI agents at a yesterday for the alleged embezzlement of $38,000 in funds is ship at Portsmouth, Va., arraigned in Santa Ana today. U.S. Commissioner Arthur Bradley and waived prelimin- hearing. It was understood he would be transferred to Angeles today for prosecution. Actually, Americans don't begin "to live" until their daily jobs are behind them and they are ready to set out on the late afternoon and evening's activities. Anaheimers fall into the same pattern, perhaps to a greater extent, since there are more than 100 social fraternal, civic and religious groups organized within the city. It may be said without fear of contradiction that Anaheimers begin "to live" from 3 p.m. on. Those hours from 3 p.m. to midnight are the ones during which news is made in Anaheim, generally speaking. Those same hours are the ones which will be given particularly thorough and close coverage by the Anaheim Gazette when it changes from evening to morning publication. Nowadays, when Joe Blow is installed president of the Toastmasters club, for instance, the paper covers it at about 8 p.m. The following day, at about 4:30 or 5 p.m., the city finds out about it from the evening-delivered Gazette. Under the new morning publication setup, the public will discover the news the following morning at the breakfast table. And Joe Blow will be able to get up, look in the morning Gazette at breakfast and see himself beaming out of a photograph taken at the installation. Full Associated Press coverage of state, national and international news events will be supplied by teletype as always, with this significant change; the news of the day previous to publication will be omitted when the Gazette carries it to the Anaheim breakfast table, and added to it will be the news of world-wide importance transpiring during the late afternoon and night hours. This improvement in the Gazette's services to Anaheim is in harmony with the longest history of community service by a newspaper in Orange county and the second longest continuous history in Southern California, Burkheimer pointed out. In 1870, there was only one other newspaper publishing in Southern California, a weekly San Diego paper. With that single exception, no paper in the entire Southern California area can look back on 82 years of continuous service to its community. "The Gazette looks back on those years of effort and accomplishment with deep pride and humble gratification that it has been able to watch and chronicle and spur the development of this city from an agricultural colony to a city eyed by the entire nation as one of its fastest-growing residential-agricultural-industrial cities. With this latest addition to its services to the community the Gazette aims to keep pace with that growth, to encourage and develop it," Burkheimer stated. Escobedo Rites Announced Th Holy Rosary will be recited tonight at 8 p.m. at the family home, 10761 Garza st., for Calle-tano Escobedo, 63, who died at the Orange county hospital Friday, Nov. 14. Escobedo Rites Announced Th Holy Rosary will be recited tonight at 8 p.m. at the family home, 10761 Garza st., for Calle-tano Escobedo, 63, who died at the Orange county hospital Friday, Nov. 14. Mr. Escobedo was a native of Mexico and had made his home in Anaheim for the past 13 years. Surviving him are two sons. Enrique and Ramon both of Anaheim; two daughters, Mrs. Juanita Ramos of San Francisco, Mrs. Lupe Vrimontes, Anaheim and 13 grandchildren. He was a member of the Sacred Heart church of Independencia colony. Mass will be held at the Sacred Heart church Tuesday at 9 a.m., interment to follow in the Coachella valley cemetery in charge of Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars mortuary. Seven Anaheim Boys Arrested For Burglary Investigation of a burglary of Mitchell's grocery, 407 S. Los Angeles st., Saturday led to the arrest and booking of seven Anaheim juveniles yesterday on charges of burglary. The boys removed a screen from the storeroom window of the store, entered and made off with two cases of jumbo-sized bottles of beer and other merchandise. Total value of the loot, as estimated by the owner, Charles Mitchell of Santa Ana, was $12. The culprits were apprehended through the cooperation of one of the boys who implicated his confederates. Daily Living for Peace of Mind Editors note: This is one of a series of daily articles by Anaheim ministers and is published by the Gazette in the interest of the kind of daily living that leads to contentment and happiness in troubled times. Christianity Works in Public Laundry "The sermon on the mount is impractical!" ... so think SECRETLY many who bluster that these ethics of Jesus are all the religion they need. A Christian stood in one of several long lines at one of the old type public laundries. Impatience reigned. He thought quickly, if I help the person ahead of me with the wringing, we will both get our job done quicker ... so he pitched into the job of helping his neighbor. Right back of him the next in line came to his help ... and this followed right down the long line of impatiently waiting folks who wanted to get their work done. It was not long before every one were friends pitching in to help each other. There was smiling, there was even joking and laughter over a simple task of washing clothes ... everyone helped each other. That was Jesus AT WORK in the person of a CHRISTIAN ... so the ethics of Jesus DID WORK and always work if your goal in daily living is happiness, friendship and a clear conscience. But it usually takes a Christian to understand how to let HIS ethics work, for a Christian is one who wins strength from humbly trying to follow ALL of the every day living standards established by Jesus, by worshiping HIM each day and following the path HE set seven days a week. NOT JUST ON SUNDAY, but every day. THE REV. JOHN K. SAVILLE St. Michael's Episcopal Church