anaheim-gazette 1952-12-01

2 Sailors Die As Tanker Explodes TOKYO, Monday (UP)—The U.S. navy reported two men were killed, one is missing and nine were injured yesterday in an explosion and searing fire on the tanker Ashtabula in Sasebo harbor. Three of the injured sailors were in critical condition. The navy said the 25,000-ton vessel caught fire after a gasoline tank blew up while the ship was loading oil in the southern Japan port. The Ashtabula's forward well deck "was almost completely destroyed," said the announcement. The explosion shook the ship at 1:10 p.m. as she lay beside the fleet repair ship Ajax. The Ajax received superficial damage. The casualties were among the crews of both ships. Rescue parties from both vessels went into action quickly and brought the fire under control. Doctors and medical aid men from the British hospital ship Maine boarded the Ashtabula to care for the more seriously injured men. The navy said the names of the casualties would be released in Washington after relatives are notified. The Ashtabula's skipper is Capt. F. W. Wauchope of Sausalito, Calif. Steel girders in the bow of the tanker were twisted "like heated candy bars," a witness said. Kyodo News agency reported flames and billowing black smoke rose 100 yards over the blasted ship. Laborers saw chunks of steel hurled through the air. It said the fire apparently was brought under control soon after the blast. Long-range Zone Planning Due at Long-range Zone Planning Due at PC Meet Today Anaheim Planning commission will undertake some extensive long-range planning when they meet at 2 p.m. today. Scheduled for consideration is the zoning of the Placentia ave. annexation and the setting of hearing dates if zoning can be agreed upon. Also on the agenda is discussion of all areas within Anaheim's sphere of influence with reference to possible zoning. Zoning of the area in the proposed Acadla st. annexation, if it is joined to the city, will also be discussed. Further discussion of proposed changes in the municipal code will be held with reference to the exclusion of residential developments in light manufacturing zones, parking requirements and a definition of a building. A public hearing is scheduled on the variance application of Stanley W. Heuser, Arcadla, owner of a 132 by 300-foot parcel of land at 2218 to 2228 E. La Palma ave. Heuser is seeking permission to split the property, zoned residential-agricultural, into two 66 by 300-foot lots, each approximating a half-acre. The zoning law requires one acre per lot in the R-A zone. An almost identical division of land was made just to the commission's approval of Variance 165. However, they stipulated that no permanent buildings were to be erected at a distance greater than 160 feet back of the property line, and that a record of survey be filed with the city engineer’s office, showing the dimensions and title of the proposed lots. Charles M. Shartle, planning technician, recommended to the commission that the same stipulations be made in Heuser’s case. A hearing will be held on the request for a variance of Fred S. Jones of Montebello, owner of a ON THE TRACK — Forrest Wolverton, left, Anaheim identification officer, and his counterpart from the sheffield’s office, Guy Walters, check for fingerprints and other identifying factors burglars may have left behind where they broke into the offices of A.P.M. Brown Insurance Company at 501 N. Los Angeles st., between 1 and 9:45 p.m. yesterday. More than $500 in loot was taken, the thieves neglecting $1500 in negotiable checks. Grand Jury Recommends Additional Court Departments and Pay Hikes Orange county grand jury has recommended the addition of two Superior Court departments to the present four, and has also recommended pay hikes for Superior Court judges and other county officials. Salary hikes of $2250 per year were recommended for Superior Court judges, increasing their annual pay from $14,500 to $16,750 per year. The recommendations included: court auditor, $7500 to $9600; superiorendant of schools, $9000 to $11,200; members of the board supervisors, $4200 to $6000; and an increase from $3 to $5 per day in the allowance for both grant jurors and Superior Court trial jurors, plus an increase in mileage allowance for them from 10 to 12 cents per mile, one way. The recommendations regarding salaries must go first to the board of supervisors for approval, then to the state legislature. If the legislature agrees to them, they will not take effect until after the legislature adjourns—probably around Oct. 1, 1953. In making the recommendations, the grand jury stated they believed it necessary to continue to attend tract men of high caliber and good standing to the jobs. They noted that some counties of smaller population and less assessed valuation pay higher salaries than is true here. Volcano Erupts AUCKLAND, N. Z. (UP) — The largest of Mt. Ngauruhoe’s four Youths Arrested For Entering Four local youths, all juveniles, were arrested at 2:16 a.m., Saturday at Big Bear lake by officials who caught them breaking into a vacant cabin. The boys told the San Bernardino county sheriff they knew the owner of the cabin, said his name was Edgar Olson, 420 S. Olive st., Anaheim. Olson was contacted and he said he neither owned a cabin at Big Bear nor did he know any of the boys. Parents of the boys were notified by the police. As Soriah approached the Lemon on st. intersection with Los Angeles st. with DeHart hot on his trail, the traffic light turned red and a car driven by Mrs. Gladys Grubb Stenger, 715 Pythias st., Anaheim, entered the intersection from Lemon st. Soriah's car hit her's, and according to DeHart. Mrs. Stenger's car nosed straight up into the air, trembled and crashed over on its side. When De Hart pulled up at the wreckage, Soriah was in danger of being "worked over" by the lrate Robb and Key, whose cars had suffered in the chase. Examined at the police station, Soriah was found to have been drinking, but was not intoxicated. He was issued a citation and released. Sister Kenny to be Buried in Aussie Bush Country SYDNEY, Australia (P)—Sister Elizabeth Kenney will be buried today in the heart of the bush country area where she worked out her world-famous methods of treating infantile paralysis. The 66-year-old nursing alster died at her hilltop Toowoomba home at 1:32 p.m. yesterday, 7:32 p.m. Saturday. PST after a weeklong battle against cerebral thrombosis. For two days she had been in a coma from the brain blood clot. Pneumonia hastened her end. The determined and courageous woman who was credited with saving many from the dreaded crippling of pollyomyelitis, spent her last days with her right side paralyzed. She was unable to talk. Physicians last night administered a new drug, trypsin, in a last minute effort to save her life. A Pacific airliner bringing the drug from the Jewish Memorial hospital in New York made a special stop at Brisbane, 85 miles from Toowoomba, to hasten the drug to her bedside. But it was too late. Relatives and her life-long friend, Dr. John Ogden, were with her at the end. Governments, universities and private organizations in many parts of the world have honored Elizabeth Kenny for her polio therapy methods. She was a stubborn woman and had many battles with doctors who disasreed with her theories. She discovered the now famous "Kenny treatment" when she was a 25-year-old nurse in the bush country. Her patient was a 2-year-old child. She telegraphed a description of the disease to the late Dr. Aeneas J. McDonnell, her former teacher and employer. He wired back: "infantile paralysis. No known treatment. Do the best you can." Sister Kenny ripped up a woolen blanket, dipped the string in boiling water and applied them to the painful parts of the child's body. She treated the child's muscles. The child revived to walk again. Doctors were incredulous. OF DEVOTION TO ALL THAT IS GOOD IN ANAHEIM ORANGE COUNTY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1952 5 Cents per Copy 50 Cents per Month GOOD MORNING Anaheim Gazette Presents First Morning Newspaper in Orange Co. Good Morning, Mr. and Mrs. Anaheimer! It's a pleasure for us to be able to bring you this greeting because we think it indicates another forward step in our 82 years of history in this city, 82 years during which we have sought to serve you and your families and your city in the best possible way. This edition of the Anaheim Gazette marks the beginning of morning publication of this newspaper. Incidentally, the Gazette is the only newspaper in Orange county publishing in the morning. This particular first edition is being delivered to all homes in Anaheim. We feel that many residents will treasure their copies as a "first" in the family scrap book. We are not satisfied with delivering the latest news of Anaheim at your doorstep every morning at 6:30 o'clock. We feel there is still room for improvement as the days go by, these improvements in the form of new features and new services will be developed and introduced. We hope you will like this edition. 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America grew through progress—we are doing the same. Reuther and Haywood Head Feuding CIO Factions in Battle for Power ATLANTIC CITY (UP)—The CIO divided into two hotly-disputing rival camps today in a convention-eve tug-of-war over choosing a successor to the late CIO President Philip Murray. The two feuding factions were headed by 64-year-old Allan B. MEXICO'S NEW PRESIDENT Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 62, will be inaugurated as new president of Mexico at Mexico City. Ruiz Cortines, successful candidate of the middle-of-the-road Party of Revolutionary Institutions, will succeed President Miguel Aleman, who is forbidden by the constitution to succeed himself. AP WIREPHOTO Indian Deputy Will Speak at U. N. Meeting UNITED NATIONS Haywood, the CIO's executive vice president, and 45-year-old Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, the CIO's biggest single union. Reuther and Haywood forces scrambled for votes among the CIO's 35 unions—with the million-plus member Steelworkers Union supporting Haywood and Reuther depending on his own auto workers union as his mainstay. A score or more of smaller CIO unions formally lined up on Haywood's side. The group was led by Michael Quill, president of the Transport Workers Union. Quill told newmen the small unions voted to carry the fight to a showdown on the convention floor, no matter what happened. Quill was reported to have told the smaller union group that the CIO's top leaders were "hopelessly dead locked" on choosing a new president and the smaller unions, by remaining banded together, could swing the balance of power. The leaders allocated 5,600,000 votes among the various unions. This is supposed to reflect accurately the CIO's membership, but sources outside the CIO said the organization's actual membership was possibly four million, or less. The Haywood forces were reported to have offered Emil Rieve, president of the Textile Workers, the right to name the CIO's secretary-treasurer if Rieve would switch from Reuther to Haywood's side. Lt. Tommy Taylor Says Wedding Vows Lt. Tommy Taylor, well known member of the Anaheim police Ronnie Schnie Honors with A backyard playground and more than four years of leadership in county rework has brought Ronnie Schnitger of 11811 Loaheim, national honors and reation and rural arts, it is nounded today. November 6 it was announced that Schnitger had won the award for his contest, while the theme "The Family Together, Stays Together" won national recognition in national 4-H club congress convened in Chicago. Schnitger's contest was on Eisenhower Naval As New Ambassadors By VINCENT O'MAHON NEW YORK (UP) — President Dwight D. Eisenhower terday named Winthrop W. Drich, New York banker, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain He will succeed Walter S. Gribb who is resigning. Eisenhower also named a civil committee to study Government Ma Decontrol the Coal Industry WASHINGTON (UP)—The Indian Deputy Will Speak at U. N. Meeting UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (AP) An Indian spokesman said last night his delegation has received no indication that Red China will reconsider her rejection of an Indian plan for a Korean truce. V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian delegation deputy leader who put off for 72 hours his final statement, now plans to speak in the UN assembly political committee this afternoon. Western powers, who have lined up behind the Indian compromise because it contains machinery to protect war prisoners who refuse to be repatriated to Communist areas, have been pressing for a vote on the plan. They now hope they can get the vote by late today despite threats by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky to make another long speech. He has attempted to get an assortment of Russian principles incorporated in the Indian plan to nullify the western stand. He called the Indian plan as it now stands "rotten." The Indian spokesman said no revisions have been made in the Indian proposals since the ones agreed on by the West late last week. But some delegates expressed fears that in a last-minute switch Menon might agree to the Communist bloc's demand for an immediate cease-fire provision. Sailor Returns B. L. Thornton of 4114 Lincoln blvd., Buena Park, was aboard the fleet officer USS Callente when it docked in Long Beach on Friday. The ship carried a crew of 285 men. Lt. Tommy Taylor Says Wedding Vows Lt. Tommy Taylor, well known member of the Anaheim police force, was married to Mrs. Patricia Hopkins, Long Beach veterans administration employee, at Las Vegas, Nev., Saturday afternoon. The ceremony was performed in the Las Vegas First Baptist church, the Rev. Walter Bishop officiating. Immediate relatives only were present at the wedding. Lt. Taylor has been a member of the Anaheim police force for several years. His bride, who recently moved to Anaheim, was long a resident of Santa Ana. She is a member of the Santa Ana chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Nixon, O'Dwyer Icy at Reception MEXICO CITY (AP)—U.S. Vice President-elect Richard M. Nixon belatedly arrived last night to join the U.S. mission to Mexico's presidential inauguration and both he and Ambassador William O'Dwyer were markedly cool to each other. Nixon, O'Dwyer and their wives attended a party given for the U.S. delegation by U.S. Minister Counselor Paul Culbertson, but the two couple remained most of the time in different parts of the big house and the two men met only once. Persons who attended the party said a bystander introduced a group of four people, including Nixon, to the ambassador, saying, "Of course, you know San Nixon." O'Dwyer looked around vaguely and said, "Oh, which is he?" Each said, "How do you do," and the group broke up. Government Manage Decontrol the Coal Industry WASHINGTON (AP)—The emergency is reported considering two possible actions in the coal wage case, both of which would guarantee John L. Levine full $1.90 daily increase for miners. The first is an order deconcluding the coal industry which would remove the possibility of any further government interference with the soft coal contract Lewis signed with the industry in September. The second is an order overseeing the wage stabilization board which cut 40 cents from the increase on grounds that any more than $1.50 would jeopardize whole stabilization program. Top officials see some risk both plans but are inclined to or the first. They are studying a new report from the council economic advisers which reportedly concludes that decontrolling the coal industry would not broad repercussions on the overall economy. More Red Claims MOSCOW (AP)—Markup of more inventions claimed by Russians. The Soviet press said Soviet ventors put into operation years ago today an automatic rainer. Without saying so, it press intimated it was the first such device that was successful. The press also claimed that L.Kulibin of Russia in 1791 constructed a pedal-propelled automobile and that the German ventor, Karl Benz, made use of the Kulibin system when he built his automobile propelled by an internal combustion engine. 35 Killed, Hundreds Injured By South African Tornado JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP)—A roaring tornado smashed a Johannesburg suburban Negro settlement yesterday, spreading death and destruction. Police estimated 35 persons were killed. More than 40 non-white were injured. Scene of the disaster was Albertynsville, where 5000 Negro squatters live in mud and brick structures over a mile-square area. The director of big, non-white Baragwanath hospital said victims were arriving by the hundreds, adding: "We're too busy caring for the injured to worry about bodies now." Eyewitnesses said the first indication the natives had of the approaching tragedy was a distant roar. Then the filmy mud and brick settlement was flattened as if by an atomic explosion. Nothing remained standing. In the streets, hundreds of panic-stricken residents fled but were bowled over by the wind and struck by flying debris. There was no escape for those in the houses. Hundreds of rescue workers rushed to the scene. Hours later they were still clawing at the rubble, trying to free the injured buried beneath the debris. Hundreds of motorists turned their car lights onto the scene and went to work. Apartheid — the government's controversial racial segregation program that has been blamed for considerable violence—was forgotten as whites went to the aid of stricken Negroes. The humblest injured natives were borne to hospitals in big luxury automobiles through a five-mile traffic jam. Police directed the mercy motorcade. Shortly before midnight, hospital officials said the injured included 210 women and children. As soon as the disaster struck, a call went out for nurses. Within a few minutes more than 200 volunteer nurses rushed to the scene. A fire brigade used searchlights to guide rescue workers. Special radio appeals were broadcast for blood donations, and within a few minutes there was a mile-long traffic jam. RONNIE SCHNITGER (Wins National Honors) Ronnie Schnitger Wins National Honors with Backyard Program A backyard playground contest and more than four years of active leadership in county recreation park has brought Ronald L. Schnitger of 11811 Loara ave., naheim, national honors in recitation and rural arts, it was announced today. November 6, it was announced that Schnitger had won the State contest, which used the theme "The Family that Plays Together, Stays Together." He is national recognition at the National 4-H club congress now convened in Chicago; Schnitger's contest was divided into three sections, one with a total expenditure of $5. Other awards were given on the basis of a $10 limit and a $25 limit. Schnitger, a senior at Garden Grove high school, is a leading member of the Katella Farmer 4-H club. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Schnitler. He has been active in many other county recreation activities. He has led recreation at all meetings of his club and in his county council. In charge of recreation at camp, he also led dancing, crafts and singing and introduced some new games to the camp program. Eisenhower Names Winthrop Aldrich As New Ambassador to Great Britain BY VINCENT O'MAHONEY NEW YORK (UP) — President-Dwight D. Eisenhower yesterday named Winthrop W. Alch, New York banker, to be S. ambassador to Great Britain, will succeed Walter S. Gifford, who is resigning. Eisenhower also named a special committee to study proposals for streamlining the executive branch of the government. Announcement of the appointments was made by the general's secretary, Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr., who said he talked with Eisenhower yesterday morning. Vandenberg said Eisenhower would confer with Aldrich today after meeting with his nominee for secretary of state, John Foster Dulles. Aldrich said in a statement that he was "extremely glad to have the privilege of serving my country" in the ambassadorship. "I believe that the maintenance and strengthening of the cordial relations which exist between the five-mile traffic jam. Police directed the mercy motorcade. Shortly before midnight, hospital officials said the injured included 210 women and children. As soon as the disaster struck, a call went out for nurses. Within a few minutes more than 200 volunteer nurses rushed to the scene. A fire brigade used searchlights to guide rescue workers. Special radio appeals were broadcast for blood donations, and within a few minutes there was a mile-long traffic jam at the blood donation center. Albertynsville is largely a squatters camp and the wind levelled the flimsy shelters in minutes. The roar of the wind could be heard 15 miles away. Though the storm passed directly over the heart of Johannesburg, no other damage was caused. Bus-Car Accident Injures Three Several persons were injured, one seriously. Friday night when a fast-moving car carrying three Navy men crashed into the side of a Greyhound bus. Suffering two broken legs and a chest injury in the collision was Frank Bridges, 26, the sailor driving the car. His passengers, C. C. Browns and Robert P. McKay, received less serious hurt. Only two or three passengers aboard the bus were bruised, according to California Highway patrolmen. The 35 passengers aboard were mostly startled by the crash. The accident occurred on Highway 101, a half-mile south of Capitol strano Beach. Fire Causes $1500 Damage Damage estimated at $1500 resulted from a fire at the John Duckworth home at 13922 Cherry st., Westminster, Friday night. Cause of the blaze was believed to have been a burning cigarette which dropped into an overstuffed chair. The inside of the Duckworth home was badly damaged but most of the flames were confined to the living room. Fire equipment from Westminster and Midway City volunteer fire department answered the call. Weather Government May recontrol the coal industry WASHINGTON (P)—The government is reported considering possible actions in the soft wage case, both of which guarantee John L. Lewis a $1.90 daily increase for his rents. The first is an order decontrollable by the coal industry which would have the possibility of any fur-government interference with soft coal contract Lewis sign-with the industry in September. The second is an order overrule-the wage stabilization board. Cut 40 cents from the $1.90 base on grounds that any more $1.50 would jeopardize the stabilization program. Officials see some risk in plans but are inclined to favor the first. They are studying a report from the council of mic advisers which report-concludes that decontrollable coal industry would not have repercussions on the over-conomy. More Red Claims SCOW (P)—Mark up two inventions claimed by the press. Soviet press said Soviet insists put into operation 15 ago today an automatic radio. Without saying so, the intimated it was the first device that was successful. Press also claimed that I.P. of Russia in 1791 con-d a pedal-nropelled auto-and that the German in Karl Benz made use of lithium system when he built mobile propulsion by an in-combusion engine. Vandenberg said Eisenhower would confer with Aldrich today after meeting with his nominee for secretary of state, John Foster Dulles. Aldrich said in a statement that he was "extremely glad to have the privilege of serving my country" in the ambassadorship. "I believe that the maintenance and strengthening of the cordial relations which exist between the U.S. and Great Britain are the most important aspects of our foreign policy today," the statement said. Aldrich also said he was "particularly proud to be the successor to my old friend Walter Gifford, who has occupied that post with such distinguished success." Weather Southern California — Mostly cloudy with rain beginning northwest portion Monday afternoon and advancing to southeast portion by Tuesday morning; snow level in mountains near 4500 feet; locally windy at times; little change in temperatures. Daily Living for Peace of Mind Editors note: This is one of a series of daily articles by Anaheint 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. Life! What Is It Anyway? Rev. BOB KEVORKIAN First Baptist Church “What is the meaning of your life?” If this question were asked you, what would be your reply? While located with the U.S.N.R. in the East during World War II, I was hitch-hiking to Camden, N.J. A distinguished gentleman offered me a ride. During the course of our ensuing conversation he discovered I was studying for the Naval chaplaincy. Then he said: "I have earned a Master of Arts degree in engineering at Chapel Hill, N.C. I have an excellent job with the Radio Corporation of America. I have a lovely devoted wife and two precious children. I own a better than average house and have no financial needs. Yet, seriously speaking, my life seems to be an empty sphere tossed about aimlessly in space. What is the meaning of my life? Oh yes, I follow a set routine each day, but what is the purpose of my life? What is your answer to this question? If you have a purpose, what is its end? Is it connected with eternity? With God? Or is it a temporal, self-centered goal? Where can one find the true meaning of life? Only from the One who created it. He alone knows its real purpose. He is interested that our lives be meaningful and fulfill their purpose. Have you asked Him what is the purpose for your existence? He is personal and is available for your call. What IS the meaning of YOUR life?