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2 Port I Rl DAY, NOV. 4, 1 949 tOg 3ngClCS Cl'mCg Burnt Peak Grand Jury Flays I Kep. enters senaxe elf-Rule by Pplic Race at Pomona Dinner Reporf Recommends City Charter Changes in Administrative Setup The county grand jury yesterday issued an interim re port in which if criticized Police Department administration; methods and recommended changes in the City Charter: with reference to the Department. I llliSlfilill pliifislllSiSH IS I 7 The interim report was signed I by Harry A. Lawson, foreman of the jury, and was filed through Superior Judge Robert H.

Scott, presiding judge of the Criminal Division of Superior Court. In the report it was stated that "many complaints from citizens received 1y the grand jury, indicated the existence of improper relations and conduct on the part of certain personnel within the department." Particular emphasis was laid to the role played by the present Police Commission. Activities Confined "Where the Police Commission should govern and direct the Police Department," the report said, "it Is virtually confined to the issuance or denial of permits such as for dance halls, poolrooms, amusements, etc." Another item which drew comment in the report was Section 202 of the City Charter, which provides for trial of police officers by a board of rights made up of high-ranking police officers. "Under the existing laws and the Los Angeles City Charter, the, grand jury is barred from filing an accusation or accusations against police personnel for the purpose of dismissals from the department. "Such charges would not be heard nor a trial conducted by our courts, but would instead be heard by the board of rights of the Police Department." Jealousies Charged In grand jury "investigations, the report stated, were found a lack of co-ordination within the Police Department and "professional jealousies existing between divisions and between squad details In making investigations and apprehending criminals." In its conclusion, the grand jury recommended that the City Council, City Attorney and "others who have responsibility for effectuating these recommendations," immediately draft the necessary ordinance for change of the City Charter to present to the voters at the earliest possible date.

"Such ordinance might well provide for a plan of organization similar to the Police Department provision of the New York City charter, which assures division of administrative duties and policymaking functions," the report said. One Man in Charge Under the New York charter, there is one police commissioner, appointed by the Mayor for a term of five years. The Commissioner is a full time, paid officer, responsible to the Mayor, and has control of the government, administration, disposition and discipline of the police force, and is in charge of the execution of all laws, rules and regulations of the department. "It is the conclusion of this IF Three Women Injured in Fluid Blast An explosion of cleaning fluid yesterday burned three women and resulted in a possible broken ankle for one of them. Hollvwood police said the inci dent started when Miss Edith Norton, 53, singing teacher, started cleaning a dress with inflammable fluid on the enclosed back porch of her home at 1226 Edgemont Ave.

Later she told police she had turned down the pilot light of a gas heater on the porch and opened a window. Dress Catches Fir She said the, dress caught fire and there was an explosion. She said she threw the flaming fluid and dress into a laundry tray and covered it with a rug," then ran! THEY SAW FIRE'S START Ann Keppy, left, and Nancy Jones of Pasadena, shown with Fire Marshal Russell Stone, saw blaze spring up about 300 yards south of Devils Gate Dam. They were playing golf. Photo tr Dick Hove.

Glendkl FLINTRIDGE BLAZE grand jury," the report a serious condition existai when a law-enforcement agencyj in this case the Los Angeles Po lice Department, suffers the Ioks of the respect and confidence of the citizens whom its is designed to serve. "Since its findings show that such a condition has existed In, the city of Los Angeles, and in; view of the fact that this may bm due in large measure to the lack of control or influence of the cUt zens in the disciplinary "proce dures governing trial and dis-i missal of police officers, the grand jury strongly urges the adoption of this recommendation." Bowron Acts i. A Mayor Bowron said yesterday he will confer with the City Attor ney and Chief Worton to deter mine what can be done to follo, out "in a measure" the recommendations of the grand juryiii its interim report. Mayor Bowron said the report is "constructive." 1 "1 am glad," Bowron said, see that the grand jury has drawri attention to the limitations of the City Charter. "We have a Police Commission which theoretically is the head of the Police Department.

is'o many of its powers have been taken away since the Charter was adopted in 1925. agree with the grand jury there should be some disciplinary measures invested in the Police Commission which in some ways should reflect the power of citizens in administrative matters. "I feel definitely the Mayor and Police Commission should be given sufficient power and authority to correct conditions as they find them." Reorganization Noted The report pointed out that th Police Department is being reor-, ganized. "I can say," Maj'or Bowron continued, "that I am depending, the Police Commission is, upon Chief Worton for recommendations upon reorganization, som of which will require a Charter amendment." He directed attention to the grand jury's criticism of Section. 202 of the Charter, which pertains to the Police Board of Rights.

section, Mayor Bowron said, incorporated in the Charter by a vote of the people and can ba amended only by the people. fC' rover Gets New PosHjpj Earle V. rover, president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Corn merce and steel company execiii tive, yesterday was elected a dU rector of the American Institute of Steel Construction in the clo ing session of the institute's arm nual meeting in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. I i Si ORDERED HELD Mrs. Dorene O'Connor, 23, hides face in hands as Dep.

Sheriff Pat Warner escorts her to courts She was ordered held for trial on robbery charges. Time photo: Three jn Hotel Holdup Case W' Face Tria I Mrs. Dorene O'Connor, 23, unemployed waitress, and two men yesterday were ordered held for Superior. Court trial on robbery charges; Municipal Judge LeRoy Dawson ordered the Woman held with Doyle Reynolds 28, and Joseph Krugnale, 23, for trial for the robbery last Oct 28 of a hotel night clerk at 5333 i 1 1 the first blaze another fire streaked up the hill. The two young women were playing golf in the Arroyo Seco.

The blaze burned along Foot-hiir from La Canada-Ver-dugo Road and leaped the busy thoroughfare where it narrows at the, approach to the dam. The spot fire in Oak Grove Park Was extinguished before damage be came extensive. Damage was confined to watershed, fences, guard rails, a flimsy bus stop waiting shack and shrubbery, according to Percy. New Artesian Well Helps in Fire Battle experts were sure several months ago that no water would be found on a 2000-foot hill in Flintridge. But sub-artesian wrater was found in the well developed by William McLean for a real estate subdivision.

The water was a vital factor in' fighting the fire that raged through the area, Flintridge Fire Chief George Taylor said last night. The well is believed to be one of the highest in Southern California. KTTV Broadcasts First Films of Flintridge Fire The Los Angeles Times-CBS television station, KTTV, Channel 11, last night" brought Southland viewers exclusive film coverage of the Flintridge brush fire. The films, produced through cooperative efforts by The Times and KTTV staff men, were presented at 7 p.m. on the Walter Carle news show.

The Times station last Tuesday night presented exclusive films shot at the scene of the Chats-worth fire. Air Crash Kills Four TOULOUSE, France, Nov. 3 (U.PJ Four persons were killed and 11 injured today when a French navy Sunderland flying boat crashed on a take-off from the naval base here. Area Seared by Flames Wind Drives Fire Through Timber North of Castaic Wind-driven flames last night swept along the heavily timbered slopes of Burnt Peak in the Sawmill Mountains north of Castaic on the Ridge Route after having seared 3500 acres on a 10-mile perimeter. The fire was burning in uninhabited country of steep terrain and few fire trails, conditions which helped prevent 350 fire fighters from getting it under control.

Shift in Wind Last night Earl Madray, forestry dispatcher at Newhall, said a shift of wind had added to the troubles of the fire fighters. One line which the weary workers had attempted to hold in Fish Canyon was lost and a new effort was started to control it in that Bulldozers were working at top speed along the Liebre Mountain line to make a. firebreak sufficiently strong to bring the blaze under control in that area. Madray said it would be at least Saturday before the could be brought under complete control. He said the area being devastated was a secondary watershed and that rock formations in the dis trict would halt some of the ex pected erosion.

Water Runs Short A brisk easterly wind fanned the flames in the tinder-dry pine and brush clothed mountains Lack of water and roads to get it to the fire fronts balked strenu ous efforts of the smoke eaters. The fire as burning eastward in the general direction of Lake Hughes. The resort, 18 miles away, was in no danger. The fire was the second major outbreak in Angeles National Forest in a week, starting only a few hours after the Haskell Can yon fire, which burned 7100 acres, had been put under control. Fighters Recalled More than 100 men who had battled the Haskell Canyon fire for nearly a week and who had just been released, were recalled hastily when Jim Minor, lookout at Warm Springs Station, spotted the new outbreak and sounded the alarm.

The fire started south.west of Atmore Meadows, 14 miles due north of Castaic, and fiurned in the Fish Canyon region before breaking out toward the east. Minor reported to Madray that he saw two great bursts of flame Wednesday night about a quarter of a mile apart. Sparks from' these flew in all directions, starting numerous spot fires whih expanded to form a major fire front. Along Slope The fire ate along the southeast slope of Liebre Mountain, a long hogback extending east and west, and connecting with Sawmill Mountain to the east. Burnt Peak is named as a re suit of a major forest fire 30 years ago which denuded the area.

In the three ensuing fire-free decades the brush and pine trees have grown to an impenetrable thickness, making ideal fuel for the flames. Forest Service and county fire officials dispatched squadrons of bulldozers and tank trucks into the area to head off the flames but were hampered by the uptilt-ed terrain and lack of roads, as well as scanty water supplies. Harry Grace, Forest Service official, said there was little chance of controlling the Sawmill Mountain fire before today and then only under favorable wind and humidity conditions. Californian Elected CHICAGO, Nov. 3 (-The National Association of Postmasters today re-elected Burris C.

Jackson, as president. Other officers included Frank R. Harwood, Santa Ana, vice-president. ing sentence on Nov. 10 she called Dept.

Sheriff Margaret Decker, demanded a pencil and paper and said she was going to write her will. "I'm going to commit suicide," Dep. Decker reported her as saying. Dep. Decker said she calmed the dancer but on her next trip past her cell on the 13th floor the deputy peeked in.

She said she saw Miss Titus sagging from a noose improvised from a cotton stocking tied' to a cell ventilator. The woman deputy called male deputies from the 10th. floor and Miss Titus was cut down. Later she was placed in a padded cell. Candidate Raps State Socialism Bl CHESTER G.

HAXSOX Times Staff Representative POMONA, Nov. 3 Rep. Richard Nixon, who did the politically "impossible" by defeating Dealer Jerry Vborhis for Congress in 1947, announced his candidacy for United States Senator here tonight Mdre than 500 persons gathered at a diilner-meeting in the Ebell Club to launch Nixon's campaign. Frank Jorgensen, chairman of the 12th District Republican Central Committee, was master of ceremonies. Roy Republican leader of Pomona, was chairman of the meeting.

Nixon wa3 -presented by Dr. C. F. Benson, president of Claremont lien's College. The outstanding issue as Nixon saw it: "Whether the people of the United States are to be dragged slowly but surely down the road toward state Socialism." 'Something for Xothlng Nixon continued: "These political hypocrites who loudly protest that our basic free doms will not be Impaired by adopting their program have only to across the water to England to see their philosophy belied.

"It is an offense in England to give your neighbor a pitcher of milk, to repair your own house with your own hands or to grow a crop not approved by the government. "Those who would push us faster and faster along the same bleak road to austerity do not seem to be concerned that the British nation once the proudest and most productive on the face of the earth is now on the brink of economic and political chaos. "They are concerned only with the temporary vote-catching appeal of 'something for No Turning Back "The tragedy of our situation is that when these programs are voted in we cannot go back. Once freedom is planned away, it can never be regained. "If we are to stop this trend, we must da it now before it is too late.

"Unless we elect to the House of Representatives and to the U.S. Senate in 1950 a substantial majority of men and women who will stand for American principles and against those programs which would lead us down the road toward state Socialism, we can be sure that our constitutional system of government as we have known it will be done forever. Rnthlesa Control How can this be done? There are two great political parties in the United States. Both have served our country well at certain times in our history. But the Democratic Party today, nationally and in our own State of California, has been captured and is completely' controlled by a group of ruthless, cynical seekers after power, who have committed that party to policies and principles which completely foreign to those of its founders.

Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson would turn over in their graves If they were to see the phony doctrines and ideologies which are now bMng foisted upon the American people as the program of the Democratic Party. "Do the majority of Americans believe in our government enough to fight for its survival? In other words, can the Republican Party win in 1950? Right at the outset let us recognize once and for all that the time is past when the Republican or any other party can win an election by- playing the pussyfooting on the issues, or. compromising on prin- Tnrn to Page 14, Column 3 If Continued from First Page orized that it sprang from-a cigarette tossed from an automobile at Linda Vista Ave. and La Cana-r da-Verdugo Road. Starts at Curbing Dick Shipman, 17, of 1370 Linda Vista said he saw the flames soon after they bit into the mes-quite shortly before noon.

He said th blaze began directly at the curbing nearthe west side of Devils Gate Dam and! flashed up a hill swiftly. Ann Keppy, 23, and Nancy Jones, 22, both of Pasadena, said they saw flames spring up suddenly about 300 yards south of the dam. Then they said a car sped down Linda Vista, and a moment later 200 yards south of TAX EVASION CHARGES FACED BY HOTEL MAN George S. Allen, 46, of 416 Spring owner and op-' erator of the" Stowell Hotel, the Villa Riviera in Long Beach and a number of other apartments and hotels, yesterday was arrested by Dep. Marshal Dave Hayden on a secret U.S.

grand jury indictment charging income tax evasion. Asst. U.S. Atty. Bernard B.

Laven, who presented the evidence to the grand jury, charged that Allen evaded a total of $70,787.99 in income taxes due for the years 1944 and 1945 by falsifying and altering cash sheets on which the daily rental collections from his property were recorded. Allen said, after his arrest, that he didn't "know hat the charge is all about." Bond was fixed by the indictment -at $5000. from the house screaming. Miss Kay Swaar, 35, a nurse, i and1 Mrs. Margaret David, 56, who live in court units in the rear of the.

Norton home, ran to j. -help. They entered by the front door and found the kitchen and Js? service porch aflame. 1 Dashes Through Flames Mrs. David stumbled and fell, injuring her ankle.

Miss Swaar dashed through the fire a 1 i Hollywood Blvd. The woman, -who burst into tears several times during the hearing, is the separated wife of a Navy sailor and has an 18-month-old son. Officers said that the child at the time of the robbery was being cared for7 by friends in the hotel where Mrs. O'Connor lived, 907 2nd St Judge Dawson set bail on the two men at $5000 each and $1000 for Mrs. O'Connor.

He denied a request that the woman's bail be reduced and set the date for their Superior Court arraignment for Nov. 21. Quick Arrest John Donahue, the night clerk, identified Krugnale as the man who forced him at gunpoint to hand over $30. He said Mrs. O'Connor "resembled" Krugnale's companion.

Police arrested the trio in an automobile at Melrose Ave. and New Hampshire St. a few minutes, after the robbery. Reynolds lives at 685 New Hampshire and Krugnale gave his address as 477 Hope St. Driver Held in Woman's Auto Death TRAFFIC TOLL Yesterday's toll 1.

1949 county toll 571. DEAD: Jane Doe, about 70 years of age. An unidentified woman about 70 years of age was struck and killed last night white crossing Washington Blvd. at Westminster St. in the Venice district Venice police arrested the driv er of the automobile, Solomon Swirs, 65, retired; salesman of 1008 Trolley Way, Venice.

He was booked on suspicion of manslaughter. Police said the woman's body was carried 69 feet after the impact. Printing Meet to Draw 500 The printing industry of America will have its annual convention here Nov. 13 through 17 at the Biltmore. More than 500 members of the industry from all sections of the country will meet to discuss problems and trends in the industry.

PIA members produce 85 of all printed matter except newspapers In America. President Carl E. Dunnagan of Chicago will report on the need for increased advertising by all industry. Thomas P. Henry of Detroit will discuss the union outlook in the industry in another convention high light MUST FULFILL BOOKING Pistol-Packing Dancer Attempts Suicide in Jail threw the flaming rug and dress out a screened window.

She found herself trapped, the rear door locked, the fire -raging in the kitchen. She dashed through the flames again and pulled Mrs. David out of the place. About that time two fire com- panies arrived and quickly put out the fire. Mrs.

David was treated at the scene for serious burns of the feet and legs and for her ankle in-j jury. Miss Swaar also was treat- I ed at the scene for burns of the I hands, feet and legs. Miss Norton 'I was taken to Hollywood Receiving Hospital, where she wias treated for burns on the arms and face. Santa to Start Downtown Toyland Visits Tomorrow It's that season of the year, kids. Yes, that venerable gentleman, Santa Claus, will make his debut in downtown store toylands to- i morrow, the Downtown Business; Men's Association announced.

Hundreds of youngsters are ex-' pected to be on hand to welcome him and thousands more will see; him on subsequent He'll 1 be back each succeeding Saturday, on Mondays until 9 p.m.; on Armistice Day, Friday, Nov. 11, and daily beginning Friday, Nor. 25. Lola Titus, 25, blond dancer with a penchant far following her impulses, yesterday followed another by trying to commit suicide in County Jail. Last July 15 she followed an impulse and shot Mark Hansen, Hollywood theater owner and co-owner of the Florentine Gardens, because he wouldn't give her a job as strip-teaser.

Whne awaiting arraignment in the Hall of Justice -later she twice doffiHl her clothing in a detention room, embarrassing a bailiff who went to get her. She was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon last Sept. 22. Yesterday morning while await IN SUICIDE ATTEMPT Lola Titus, 25, blond dancer convicted on assault charge, yesterday told a deputy she was going to commit suicide. The deputy said that she later found dancer sagging from on improvised noose in her cell.

Malt deputies wert called ond cut. her down. FIRE VICTIM Miss Kay Swaar, 35, shows burns shr suffered in helping neighbors in cleaning-fluid Timet phot.