anaheim-gazette 1953-01-16

Harry Truman Sa 82 YEARS OF DEVOTION TO ALL THAT ANAHEIM ORANGE COUNTY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN 1870 VOLUME LXXXII ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY Express Crashes Was Runaway Express Crashes Through Floor of Station to Basement WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (P)—A crack express train, out of control and with its horn blasting an ominous warning, today crashed into Union Station and partially wrecked the huge building in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol. No one was killed, but at least 41 persons were hurt, seven of them seriously. In its wild flight the engine mowed down the station master's office, swept away a steel fence that keeps visitors from going out to the trains, demolished a giant news stand and then crashed through the floor of the concourse to the basement. 50 MPH Pdunge The train was the Pennsylvania Railroad Federal Express from Boston, due here at 8:30 a.m. EST. Some spectators said it must have been going 50 miles an hour when it plunged off the end of the rails. 150-ton electric locomotive failed. Concourse Cleared But it said that Brower, warning with his horn that his brakes would not hold and his train was out of control, enabled station officials to clear the concourse of persons who otherwise would be directly in front of the locomotive. The railroad said injuries among the estimated 400 passengers on the train were lessened by warnings from crewmen that they should clear the alces and should keep seated. The time, too, kept down the injuries. Often during the day the concourse, a block long roofed McCracken to Die Jan. 23 For Patty Hull Sex Murder Convicted sex-deviate Henry Ford McCracken will be executed Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. for the murder of Patricia Jean Hull, Buena Park schoolgirl, unless McCracken is granted another stay of execution for a sanity hearing. The case may be appealed to Bulletin WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 Friday (UP)—Two Austrian born veterans of the American Army were handed over to the FBI shortly after 1 a.m. this morning after their arrival from Vienna for trial as spies. The government had said their arrest in Austria cracked open an international plot which officials described as being under the direction of a Soviet diplomat here. The two men were aboard a military transport plane which landed at the Washington Airport at 1 a.m. Presumably they were to be taken into the capital for arraignment. Carbon Canyon Flood Control Study Approved A study of the methods of checking the flood waters of the Carbon Canyon channel and the Loftus diversion area was authorised last Tuesday by the Orange county Board of Supervisors. The board approved a contract for Harrison and Wooley, an engineering company in Santa Ana, to give to the county recommendations on the best method of man-mowed down the station master's office, swept away a steel fence that keeps visitors from going out to the trains, demolished a giant news stand and then crashed through the floor of the concourse to the basement. 50 MPH Pdunge The train was the Pennsylvania Railroad Federal Express from Boston, due here at 8:30 a.m. EST. Some spectators said it must have been going 50 miles an hour when it plunged off the end of the rails. Railroad officials said only quick action by the engineer, Henry W. Brower, 66, and the crew prevented a major catastrophe. The railroad said it could not explain why the air brakes on the state Supreme court by Attorneys James C. Monroe and George H. Chula, even though an appeal of a previous sanity ruling was denied Monday. Time Set by Gardner Time of execution was formally set yesterday by Superior Judge Robert Gardner, who originally tried McCracken for the May 19, 1951, slaying. The attorneys saved McCracken from death last Oct. 31 when they charged that Warden Harley O. Teets, of San Quentin, prison, did not use full discretion in determining McCracken’s sanity. Electrical-shock treatments had been given the convicted murderer by prison psychiatrists, they claimed, substantiating the claim that McCracken was insane. Acting Superior Judge N. Charles Brusatorl however denied a petition that Teets be required to hold a full-fledged sanity hearing. McCracken Sane In handing down their decision Monday, the appellate court declared that there was no evidence to support the claim that Teets had abused his discretion. Prison psychiatrists testified that extensive examinations had been made and that McCracken was found to be sane. Another convicted murderer, John Albert Kerr, Jr., of Fresno, was also scheduled to be executed at the same time, but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by the governor. Kimball Predicts Atomic News WASHINGTON — THIS MADE FOR TRAINS—Juvenile breaking through to the wreckage of a locomotive of a runaway Sewer District Drunk Driver Study Approved A study of the methods of checking the flood waters of the Carbon Canyon channel and the Loftus diversion area was authorised last Tuesday by the Orange county Board of Supervisors. The board approved a contract for Harrison and Wooley, an engineering company in Santa Ana, to give to the county recommendations on the best method of handling possible floods. Following the flood which covered part of the north side of Anaheim last year, three possibilities were suggested for checking the uncontrolled waters. Of these, the engineering concern will recommend the most practical. Suggested were a dam to be built by the federal government, which is the least feasible of the three, a diversion channel to lead the water from Carbon Canyon to the Santa Ana river, or a long canal to stretch completely across the county from Atwood to Los Alamitos. Kimball Predicts Atomic Navy WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (P)—Outgoing Navy Secretary Kimball predicted today that the Navy will be well on its way toward a completely atomic-powered fleet firing guided missiles from 10 to 15 years. Kimball said he hoped that at least eight of the 12 proposed big 60,000 ton aircraft carriers will operate with nuclear energy, and that destroyers should be built to utilize the same form of power. Kimball made these statements at his final news conference. Sen. Murdy Introduces Bill for Revamping County Water District State Senator John A. Murdy Jr. has introduced in the state legislature as Senate Bill 91, a skeleton bill providing for the revamping of the Orange County Water District, to administer the proposed new water replenishment program in the Orange county basin. The skeleton bill was filed to preserve a place on the legislative calendar, with the actual body of the bill to be added later, when local interests working on the program decide what details of reorganization shall be adopted, and set up the method of finacieing. Tentative olans proposed by the committee studying the problem provide for enlargement of the water district boundaries to coincide with boundaries of the water basin, and inclusion of Santa Ana, Anaheim, and Fullerton. The seven existing divisions of the district would be increased to 10 one being added for each of the cities. Instead of the present 15-cent tax rate on land only, an ad valorem tax, also limited, would be applied to all taxable property; to finance ordinary operations of the district. There also would be a tax on water pumped from the basin, according to the volume used. This would finance purchase of water from the Colorado river or other outside sources for replenishment of the deleted underground basin. Allied Air Force Hammers Sinanju SEOUL, Friday, Jan. 16 (P) The Allied Air Force rounded off a week of trip-hammer blows on the Sinanju nerve center of Co-munist rail transport with a 20-plane raid Thursday and even heavier strikes may be coming. More than 1350 Allied bombers since last Friday have spread fire destruction over the network of rails and bridges in the Sinan area of Northwest Korea, where three trunk rail lines from Ma-churia converge. B-26 light bombers plastered big railroad yard only a few miles from the battered Sinanju bridge complex Thursday night. In Says Tidelands Oil DO ALL THAT IS GOOD IN ANAHEIM ORANGE COUNTY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN 1870 RIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1953 5 Cents per Copy 50 Cents per Month No. 316 Washington Station Eleventh-House President WASHINGTON, Jan. with an eleventh-hour deU.S. Navy. Truman told will issue an executive oras a navy petroleum reserve. On Capitol hill, legislation coastal states affected by sucorder promptly set up a roa protest. Sen. Price Daniel (D-Tex.) mer state's attorney general Texas, called it an act of personal spite and political rever- "It is just as arbitrary and as illegal as Mr. Truman's constitutional seizure of the industry." Daniel said. Several senators confidently dicted that President-elect Ehower will reverse Truman's jected order soon after taking oath of office. No Comment by Ike In New York, Eisenhov headquarters indicated there w be no comment inasmuch as president-elect's views on the lands dispute are well known. Laurence F. Lee, president the U. S. chamber of comdenounced Truman's proposed der as "political obstructionisthe worst order." Truman told newsmen tha private oil companies got coof the offshore oil it would ame to a 100-billion barrel steal. Some industry experts have timated that the tidelands oil gas resources have a potential ue of roughly 40 billion dol WASHINGTON — THIS FLOOR WASN'T DE FOR TRAINS—Just on the brink of taking through to the waiting room (left) locomotive of a runaway Pennsylvania passenger train crashed through the floor of Union station today, along with another car (lower right) and another partly through (right center). (AP Wirephoto) SHINGTON—DOWN BELOW, SOME-NG DROPPED — The floor of Union on concourse (top) is rugged, heavy sturdily supported, but when this Pennsylvania passenger train failed to stop to crash through the gates and into the building itself, the locomotive (center) and a car (left) fell through to the lower level. If the floor had held, the train would have piled through the waiting room. Workmen already are cleaning up the rubble. (AP Wirephoto) Lower Districts May Award Contract Decision on bids for the contract to build the land section of the county's ocean outfall sewer line. $100,000 above engineering estimates, were taken under advisement, but there were no comments inasmuch as president-elect's views on the lands dispute are well known. Laurence F. Lee, president of the U.S. chamber of commerce denounced Truman's proposed order as "political obstructionist" the worst order." Truman told newsmen that private oil companies got coot of the offshore oil it would ameliorate to a 100-billion barrel steal. Some industry experts have timated that the tidelands oil gas resources have a potential ue of roughly 40 billion dollars. The so-called tidelands are marginal regions lying between low tide line and the individual state's seaward boundaries. Latter usually extend to the th mile limit, but reach out miles in the cases of Texas, the Gulf coast of Florida because special circumstances u which those states were admited to the union. County's Beach Towns Hard Hit By Big Breaker LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 Southern California beach caught their worst pounding of winter season today as breakers riding the crest of year's highest tide sent water surging far inland ineral areas. Damage was heaviest south here. A pier was virtually wren ed, a cottage fell into the sea dozens of homes were surroul or flooded. But at Redondo Beach, we has suffered an estimated 15 lion dollars damage in re weeks, an offshore wind flatten combers and no new harm wa ported. Twenty-eight homes were fl ered at Surfside, south of Beach The floors of five broken and the walls of two lapsed Five families were ev ated. Redecoration of City Council Chamber Begun The city council chamber city hall, are being compl redecorated and changed in paration for the expansion o city planning department. The planning department, rently quartered in the front the second floor, is located to the offices of the city man Under current plans, the Power Districts May Award Contract Bunk Driver Jobs Year Term For pleading guilty to his drunk driving arrest, John Huckey yesterday was sent to a year in Orange county by Municipal Judge John Shea on condition that he does not drink for one serve 10 days in the county and does not drive until he is a driver's license. Kied Air Force Sammers Sinanju Allied Air Force rounded out of trip-hammer blows at Sanju nerve center of Com rail transport with a 200-raid Thursday and even strikes may be coming. Weather Southern California — Sunny today and some high cloudiness at times; dry northeasterly winds mountains and canyons; slightly warmer afternoons but continued cool nights. Decision on bids for the contract to build the land section of the county's ocean outfall sewer line is scheduled to be made at next Wednesday's meeting of the county sanitation districts in Santa Ana. The bids running nearly Anaheim Multiple Listing Sales Hit Near Million The Anaheim Realty Board met at Lum's cafe Thursday morning for the regular weekly breakfast meet. J W Stephens presided and the various committees, membership, industrial, public relations and ethics gave their reports. L P Buchanan gave an interesting report on the 1952 multiple listing sales, which amount to almost a million dollars. The success of the multiple listing system has definitely been proven in the Anaheim area. Present were four honorary members of the Anaheim Realty Board, Harry Tobin, A. M Wright, W. T. McAllister and Earnle Moeller of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, in addition to 27 members and three guests. Weather Southern California — Sunny today and some high cloudiness at times; dry northeasterly winds mountains and canyons; slightly warmer afternoons but continued cool nights. $100,000 above engineering estimates, were taken under advisement, but there were indications that the contract might be awarded anyway. Bids on alternate plans and specifications ranged from $300.067 to $542,628 for a 78-inch line covering a distance of 700 feet between the marine section of the outfall and a point just landward from coast highway, with a 60-inch pipe the remaining 1600 feet to the treatment plant. $200,000 Range Bids on the plan for a 78-inch pipe the entire distance ranged from $328,985.75 to $566,838. Smale and Robinson, Wilmington firm, was low bidder on the first proposal, with a figure of $307,067, while R. A Watson Co. of Hollywood, submitted the low bid. $328,985.75 on the 78-inch line. The Watson Co. was only $100.75 above Smale and Robinson on the first mentioned plan, and was $3-62.25 under the Smale and Robinson bid on the 78-inch line Healy-Tibbits Construction Co of San Francisco, which received the contract for the marine section of the outfall some time ago, was next low bidder, with figures of $309.082 on the first plan and $338.061 on the second. Highest bid was filed by Ukropina, Palich and Kral. $542,628 and $566,838. Previous Bids Higher Earlier bids on the land section of the outfall had been approximately double the engineering estimates running about $600.000. Modifications of specifications followed, to reduce costs within the finances of the districts. City Council Chamber Begun The city council chamber city hall, are being completed redecorated and changed in preparation for the expansion of city planning department. The planning department, routinely quartered in the front second floor, is located to the offices of the city manager. Under current plans, the planning department will soon over use of the city management office in addition to the space already occupies. The city manager will move his offices to the rear building. Now facing north, the city council chambers are being changed face the south, where one of the city manager will be in future. While the changes are made the walls and ceiling of chambers are being covered acoustic tile. Kick in Eye Lead To Surgery for Santa Ana Office Vernon L. Springer, Santa police officer, who was in when kicked in the eye last 10 while several officers were resting Edward M. Hall, 2221 Intrpe dr. Santa Ana, will taken to Good Samaritan hospital Los Angeles, for eye surgery day. Springer has been in St. Jo hospital since he was injured, till several days ago, when he taken home to await transfer to the Los Angeles hospital, in effort to save the sight of the jured eye. Hall, who was subdued by officers after a disturbance in Hall home, later forfeited $25 he had posted for his appearances in Santa Ana city court on a drug charge. Oil to be Navy's Eleventh-Hour Decision by Out-Going President Throws Capital into Uproar WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (ZP)—President Truman touched off a major storm today with an eleventh-hour decision to turn the great oil wealth in offshore lands over to the U.S. Navy. Truman told his final news conference before leaving office next Tuesday he issued an executive order setting aside the offshore lands, often called the tidelands, navy petroleum reserve. Capitol hill, legislation from central states affected by such an promptly set up a roar of protest. Price Daniel (D-Tex.) for state's attorney general of us, called it an act of "peril" spite and political revenge." It is just as arbitrary and just illegal as Mr. Truman's unintitutional seizure of the steel mast," Daniel said. Several senators confidently predeceased that President-elect Eisenhower will reverse Truman's proposed order soon after taking the office. No Comment by Ike New York, Eisenhower's quarters indicated there would no comment inasmuch as the president-elect views on the tide-s dispute are well known. Insurance F. Lee, president of U.S. chamber of commerce, announced Truman's proposed oras "political obstructionism of worst order." Human told newsmen that if state oil companies got control of offshore oil it would amount 100-billion barrel steal. Some industry experts have estated that the tidelands oil resources have a potential valuation roughly 40 billion dollars. Joe Thompson Elected Head Of Red Cross Chapter Here Joe R. Thompson accepted the chairmanship of the Anaheim chapter of American Red Cross for his second year, having joined the group as blood recruitman chairman in 1949. Cyde Cromer, general manager E. J. McFadden, SA Rancher, Dies At St. Joseph's Edwin J. McFadden, 62, prominent Santa Ana rancher and member of a pioneer family, died at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph hospital, where he had been a patient for about two weeks. A native of Santa Ana, he was a son of John McFadden, pioneer hardware dealer, and a cousin of Arthur J. McFadden of Santa Ana, nationally known farm owner of the Anaheim Truck and Transfer Co., was made recruitman head of the blood donor program, at the annual meeting Wednesday night in the Ebell club. H. O. Weldon was named first vice chairman, Mrs. Robert P Clark, second vice chairman; E. E. Bruce was reelected treasurer; Mrs. Foster Warwick reelected secretary and Mrs. P. M. Wheeler will continue to be the executive secretary for her eighth consecutive year. Other new board members in addition to Cromer and Weldon are John Wilson, Mrs. Musette Burton from Los Alamitos, and Mrs. Helen Broadbelt from Cypress. Members reelected whose term expires in January, 1953, are Miss Francis Backs, Mrs. M. A. Gauier, Mrs. L. N. Wisser, A. J. Schutte, and L. M. Pickle To fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rev. John Kimball Saville, Rev. A. J. Casehew was named chancellor. SA Rancher, Dies At St. Joseph's Edwin J. McFadden, 62, prominent Santa Ana rancher and member of a pioneer family, died at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph hospital, where he had been a patient for about two weeks. A native of Santa Ana, he was a son of John McFadden, pioneer hardware dealer, and a cousin of Arthur J. McFadden of Santa Ana, nationally known farm leader, president of the state board of agriculture. He was a veteran of World War I. Mr. McFadden leaves a wife, Florence, a son, Edwin T. McFadden, Jr., just back from military service in Korea; two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Parsons of Taft and Mrs. Janet Penner of Arcadia; one grandson; one brother, J. L. McFadden, Santa Ana; and three sisters, Mabel and Ada McFadden of Santa Ana and Mrs. William Worden of Riverside. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 10 a.m. in the First Presbyterian church of Santa Ana, under direction of the Smith and Tuthill mortuary. Interment will take place in Fairhaven cemetery. Police Search For Teen-Agers Santa Ana police today were asked to search for a missing boy and girl, each 16, who disappeared from their homes within the last few days. James Lee Allen, 1804 N. Broadway, was believed to have gone to Oregon to fulfill an ambition to be a lumberjack. He is in company of a 17-year-old Long Beach boy. A third boy, 16, who started with them, "backed out" after they had traveled 15 miles, and returned home, police learned. The girl, Thelma Virginia Kirkland, 1030 Camden place, had rebelled against parental opposition to her marriage. She left home Jan 5. On Jan. 7 she telephoned home from her aunt's home in Lakewood that she would not return. Daily Living for Peace of Mind Editor's 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. High Pay By Rev WM. McKINLEY WALKER WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH "Will you carry some wood and coal in on the service porch for me?" It was my 82-year-old grandfather on the 'phone. Of course I would "I'll be there as soon as I can." and imme- Daily Living for Peace of Mind Editor's 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. High Pay By Rev WM. McKINLEY WALKER WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH "Will you carry some wood and coal in on the service porch for me?" It was my 82-year-old grandfather on the 'phone. Of course I would. "I'll be there as soon as I can." and immediately I bundled up, for it was a blizzardy December day in Western Ohio, and I trudged along through the snow afoot, the mile and a half to my grandfather's home in the town. All the way to town I was figuring out how much my grandfather would pay and what I would get with the money. Surely he wouldn't give me less than a quarter of a dollar, and he might even give me 50 cents. If he offered me more than that I wouldn't take it. For I was only 14 years old and the job wasn't worth more than that. Besides I loved my grandfather for he was a grand old man. I carried in coal until he had to stop me. I brought in wood and split kindling. (Anyone would think I liked to cut wood the way I worked.) But this was different. My grandfather needed me, and he would certainly pay me well for my services. When he told me I had done enough, that he really needed some space to walk around in, he went into his library and took down an old book (it was even old then—printed in 1855) and handing it to me said, "McKinley, here is a book worth a thousand dollars to you if you will heed it." Imagine my disappointment! I was expecting at least 25c, and here he gives me an old book, "A Young Man's Counselor" by Rev Danfel Wise. I took the book and thanked him. I almost didn't want to take the book out in the bad weather, but I did and my hands got cold carrying it. I didn't read the book right away when I got home, I was so mad. My grandfather has been gone a number of years, but I wish I could tell him how much more I appreciate him giving me that book than if he had given me five dollars. The money would soon have slipped through my fingers and would have been wasted; while the book has given me much sound advice which I have been trying to follow for many years. (I still have the book in my library. Try to get it for five dollars!) I have thought many times how foolishly I acted that day. My grandfather knew better what was best for me than I did. "What would a 14-year old boy want with an old book giving him sound advice on his living. I could have more fun with a quarter." Don't we grownups look too much on the monetary values rather than upon character-building influences? or humanitarian in effort? We value our service in dollars and cents. Little deeds of kindness and love are priceless. If we would seek to learn how to scatter faith, hope, love, kind acts, rather than trying to be dollar-chasers, the neighborhood in which we live, the city of Anaheim, and the world would be much better than it now is. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all the things you really need will be provided," says Jesus. (Matt. 6:33).