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litzer Prize. It shows the anguish of Mfc and Mrs. John McDonald of Hermosa Beach after they had learned that their 19-month-old son had wandered Into sea. AWARD WINNER Hera Is tht picturt, "Tragedy In the Surf' which wps made by Times Photographer John Gaunt Jr. on April 1954, and which won the Pu PULITZER PRIZE WINNER Times Photographer John Gaunt Jr.

is congratulated by D. Hotchklss, right, editor of The Times, and Hugh A. Lewis, left, with GENE SHERMAN Clearing Weather Forecast After Week End of Storms city editor, as they look at Gaunt's picturt, 'Tragedy in tht Surf," which wos awarded the 1955 Pulitzer Prize as the best news picture made during year 1954. Timet photo Pulitzer Award Third for Times John L. Gaunt Jr.

Has to See Story Coming on Wire to Believe He Won The Pulitzer Prize, won by Times Staff Photographer John L. Gaunt Jr. yesterday for his dramatic picture, "Tragedy in the Surf," was the third won by The Times PRAYS, THEN ACTS Bureau Predicts Rest if Month Will Be Pleasant lllustialad on Pag 3, Pont I As the storm which baf Paralyzed; She Gets Up and Walks Again cameraman, iooped the strap of the Rolleiflex about his neck and dashed to the beach, i When he arrived there he saw Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald of Hermosa' Beach; clutching one another in anguish and; standing Hear the water.

He learned quickly 19 months bid, had wandered into the sea and the angry surf had swept the child away. The photographer was standing about 200 feet from the despairing couple when he snapped four pictures at 1250 of a second at fl6, to his best recollection. One the exposures told the story without words. With the honor, ranked as truck is like the skipper of a ship or the pilot of an airplane. He's in command.

It's his responsibility to see that everything is in order, that the truck is loaded correctly and that he's "legal" in every way. And this is rather important to him and his company. Heavy fines are levied against truck drivers an- trucking companies whose trucks are found to be overweight, overlength or otherwise in violation the rules "of the locality in which it is inspected. For a transcontinental driver this can be an aspirin-sized as he has to know all the regulations that apply to him in. the States through which he passes.

THIS PARTICULAR tractor has 15 gears forward and three reverse. There are two gear-shift sticks --one the; regular transmission, the other the auxiliary transmission. And Al manipulates them as if he were playing a pipe organ, with not quite the same results. I asked him explain Just how he went about getting Under way and all. It's simple, he said.

"Usually you start in second gear under, then go second direct. Then you go to second over and when you get her revved up, you go to third in the regular box and back to under in the Brownie; You don't often use grandma." "NO?" I "The least she' could do is to give you a hand," "Grandma." said Al, patiently, "is the lowest gear you got." I said. 'Don't I'm still looking for a paper clip." PULITZER Continued From First Page art worth $1700 was awarded to Jack W. Henderson, 25, a student at the Art Student's League' of New York. His home is in Kansas City, Mo.

The prizes are dated by the year in which they are awarded by Columbia University. All except those for. music and drama cover work done in the previoutf'calendar year. The awards were announced following a meeting of the trustees of Columbia. Recommendations were made by an advisory board of distinguished figures in' the newspaper and publishing fields.

Dorn Installed as New Mayor of Pasadena Warren M. Dorn, 36, was installed as Mayor of Pasadena yesterday, succeeding Mayor Clarence A. Winder, under whom he has served as Vice-Mayor for the last two years. Dorn was installed at, ceremonies in chambers of the Pasadena Board of City Directors, with friends and a large delegation of the city's Exchange Club in attendance. Gilbert Higby; president of the club, presented a gavel to the new Mayor.

Dorn was elected by vote of the seven City Directors March 17. He took the oath of his new office March 22. Dorn, a Pasadena real estate broker, has been a member of the Board of Directors since April 7, 1949, representing the Ea3t Pasadena district. He lives with his wife Phyllis and three children, Danny, 11; Robert, 10, and Jennie, 5, at 2450 Villa Pasadena. Se'th Miller, a board member since March 15, 1951, was installed as, Vice-Mayor, i Honor Student at Claremont Shot to Death Kaizo Kubo, 27-year-old and its staff.

The Times was awarded the 1941 honor for "the most dis- interested- and' meritorious public service performed by a in its campaign to clarify and confirm, for all American newspapers, the right of a free press as guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, i it Cartoonist Russell was a winner for his 1943 car toon depicting an impasse, between a stern American.eagle and a grim Russian bear. Won 3 Other Honors Gaunt, 3L a member, of the newspapers staff since October, 1950, took his prize pic ture April 2, 19a4, and it first appeared on Page 1 of The Times the following day. It has won three other top honors in i Associated Press and Editor and Publisher contests. Gaunt, who lives at 40 21st Hermosa was only a few doors from the scene of tragedy which hii small Rolleiflex camera recorded so starkly.

The photographer had been home that morning, April 2, and was not due at The Times until 3 p.m. He heard a neigh bor shout: "Something's Hap pened on the beach!" Gaunt, a plump out rapid Siorm Sims Yr Modjcska 2.00 18.50 21.15 Monrovia 1.63 14.98 17.63 Montebello ....1.38 11.77 13.37 Monterey Park ..1.83 12.42 13.70 National City .01 8.72 7.27 Newhall 310 14.63 14.66 North Hollywood 1.61 11.72 11.61 North Tustln ...1,23 9.73 10.36 Norwalk 1.15 1258 13.48 Olive ...1.24 10.76 1305 Ontario 4.19 12.01 17.21 I'acotma 2.46 13.38 12.52 PhIok Verdes 82 8.93 13.96 1 Paramount ..,.1.01 13.20 1145 t'i'rrw vui m-w Plarentlu 86 13.21 14.37 i'cirtuKurne Pnwav i Bend .98 050 il.07imy I OlYSDE TRUCK ROUTE U.S.A. As we were going through Allentown, heading for the Pennsylvania Turnpike, It began to rain. Not a heavy, drenching rain, but a dejecting, drizzly one. "You have a paper clip?" asked Mr, Allen who was driving the truck.

1 HAD to admit, reluctantly, of course, I didn't. Not only that, I wondered just what kind of a deal I had wedged myself Into, You do 1 not hold trucks like this together with paper clips. ''Had trouble with my windshield, wiper," Al explained. "Lost a key out of it. Figured out a way a paper clip will work." This sounded barely logical to me," but I accepted It.

Actually, there was not much more I could do, except produce a paper clip. THERE. ARE all sorts of trucks on the road, with, many different designs. I do not intend to ride all of them from New York to Los Angeles, so I will tell you about this one. It's pretty average.

To be correct, you call it a tractor and trailer! The tractor is the power plant, the part with the engine and the transmission. It has six wheels, two in front and four on the rear. The trailer carries the load. That's where the "cargo is loaded, and there are more rules and regulations governing it than you can shake' a summons at. In general, you can carry a maximum of 18,000 pounds per axle (in our case, two) plus allowances for the weight of the equipment.

We are hauling 36,850, gross, which is legal but pretty dose. IN SOME States the maximum per axle is- lowered to 12,000 pounds during the frost because of the possible damage to roadways. Our trailer measure's somewhere under 12 feet 1 inch in height. Loaded, of course, the weight tquinches the tires down an inch or two, 60 I presume we could squeeze under an underpass with a clearance of 12 feet, even. Although I am hoping Al does not undertake such a maneuver.

The whole rig has an overall length of 44 feet, 8 inches. Korty-hve feet is the maximum for any rig operating nationally, although none States, including California, tolerate greater lengths, if thii starts to sound tompli-rated, it' because rail) Htate has a different iet of rules for trucks. Or at leatt a few individual variations A TRUCK driver on Ms Nuns Sees Husband Die ofHcjrr Arrack Clyde Jl. I' Ul of 6H0 fJundry Ave, Beard, drove In uii MiMumJ in woik jMcrdjy nioj dium lw ilid nei moiiiihu Sshr Jiuut al Mii'illa Ji'4' 11 Jj fiUMM' limni1 mii. i.nuii'i iii'H M- Hnj luk'H by feii lnjUiii Ut Mstfiiuliy jitiiiirfl, v.

I.in If rildl WlHi hit iff tltflnliiiy WICHITA AL May 2 tfl A deeply religious young mother, reportedly im prisoned in a wheel chair four years, says "something told me to get up and walk" yes terday, and she did. She and her husband call it a miracle. -Mrs. Anna Williams, 22, said she was strangely com pelled to rise from her wheel chair while watching 'a TV religious service. i She and her husband, Staff Sgt.

William Williams of Sheppard Air Force Base here, were watching the pro gram with a couple with whom they make their home, Airman 1st Class and Mrs. Harold Weeks, also of Shep pard. Woman's Story Said Mrs. Williams: "We were all praying, and something told me to get up and. walk.

I had a strange feeling from the bottom of my feet right to the top of my head." bhe said she stood up, shoved her wheel chair aside, took a few steps and fell cry ing into her husband's arms. "I just walked and walked," she added. "Then I danced. didn't get weak at all. I was surprised that rny legs seemed strong and didn get tired, s-, i.

i A. I) "Then I picked up my baby for the first time and walked across ihe floor with him." Mrs. Williams called it "all God's doing. He-saw fit for me to be healedand when He is ready you will be healed. firacle Her' husband said, "It Is a miracle God waited until we'accepted the fact that He has healing powers." Mrs.

Williams, an attractive brunette, Baid she had been confined to? a wheel chair since June 19 1951, when she suffered a broken leg as a car she was collided with a train at Houston. Twenty months later, she added, she got polio, and, in 1953, was paralyzed from the al down by myelitis an inflam mation of tm spinal column which often follows polio. Her 2-year-old son Benjamin was born while she recovered from polio. Mrs. Williams has no per sonal physician here: Doctors at Sheppard Air Force Base, where she has had consult tions, declined comment.

Williams, who attend ed her Baptist church yester day morning in a wheel chair, returned for services last night. Everybody there saw her walk down the aisle to her seat. lk' 'cri 1 i tered and deliiged the Southland over the week end passed on, the weatherman predicted some scattered showers but clearing weath er and probably a nice May. Many communities in Southern California reported additional rain early yester day and during the'-day; bringing the season total in some, cases above last seasons amount for this vf Yesterday's showers added, traces and small measurable amounts tothe storm total Los Angeles, in the 24 hours up to 4 p.m. yesterday; received an a i i a 1 .01 inch of rain, bringing the storm total to 1.32 inches and the seasonal total to 10.86 inches as compared with 11.89 inches for this date last year.

Yesterday's maximum temperature, 62 was recorded at 1:26 p.m. The minimum of 50 deg. occurred at 2:25 a.m. The relative humidity yesterday ranged from a high of 90 at 5 a.m. to a low mark of 43 at 2 p.m.

The Air Pollution Control District said that because of a nigh Inversion and expected winds there will be no eye Irritating smog today. The month of April upheld tradition. It provided some of everything in the book. Rainfall set no records, but it was far above average. During the month 2.07 inches of rain fell here, all but a trace of it in the final 10 days.

The record books show that the wettest April was in 1926, when 7.53 inches fell. Other hieh months were in 1944, when 2.44 inches were record ed; 1941, with 2.67 inches, and 1935, with 3.19 inches. The highest temperature of Turn to Tago 10, Column Drop Told in Enrollment of City Schools Decreases In both total school population and half-day session enrollment were reported yesterday to ma Hnnril of Kdurution. with the rurrent city school system's total students numnering 487,623. Hunt, of School Claude L.

Reeves ui( that the figure represented a nrnp inn rwni In manv inonlhs of 71fi4 frotij th 1 1 rnrif Muh ul rnd of M.irch. 1 ini oiiiiu nt in Him ilinliii l'l Iwili il.iy ilro)ii'( Id i. Tl.i Ii lr- Jl ui II I' llllMUIH IDMIlllll I'll-ll NlllP r'l n'hin'l 1 1'. I ii tn vm iH nil il ke.uiiii i lsf lirl'M'M liil'l. ull iilit il'iiul n'Ui iilmuU vn'il Imi i I (ii lili nr 1 Oil i RAINFALL FIGURES Following is the rainfall; In inches, reported from various Southern California points up to p.m.

yesterday (normal Los Angeles rainfall to date 14.22 inches): he highest in newspaper pho tography. Gaunt will receive also $1000. His First Reaction His first reaction to the news was: "Gosh, fellas' I have to sit down." He had been working In his darkroom when a reporter called him to a news ticker to read the news of his award. -A little flustered, Gaunt doubted the word from the reporter for a moment and then dashed to the news ma? chine to verify it for himself. It was there all right.

"When I told my wife about it on the phone," he said, "she squealed something. I was so excited myself, I don't remember much about the conversation." The photographer and his wife Mary Elise have a daughter, Jane, 3. Gets Congratulations Fellow workers showered Gaunt with congratulations as did Editor L. D. Hotchklss, City Editor Huga A.

Lewis and a Pulitzer fellow, Cartoon ist Russell. During the congratulations, uaunt Haw quietly, i iu in the Associated Press Manag- Nov. 17. Then, last J-eb. 3, the photograph was selected as bt soot new.

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