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2 Eog 3rtgeUs Cimgg Ingrid Broke News to Mate like a Bomb', Letter Shows Brightest A-Flash Set Off in Nevada King-Size Ball of Fire Follows Dropping of Device From Bomber Illustrated on Pag 3, Part 1 LAS VEGAS, April 15 (U.R) The biggest daylight flash resulting from a Nevada atomic explosion lit up the cloud-rimmed horizon north of here today when a nuclear device was dropped from an Air Force bomber. Lindstrom Fights Move for Child to Visit Mother 'i VS. i ft TANNENBAUM NEW MAYOR OF BEVERLY HILLS David Tannenbaum became the new Mayor of Bev-, erly Hills last night as count of 95 absentee ballots failed to change the results of the April election. The two other new Coun-( cilmen elected are Gen. Har-; old L.

George and George W. Davis. The holdover Councilmen are Floyd Fischer and F. Brltton Mc-Connell. An unusual result of the counting of the absentee bal-lots was that the new City Treasurer, Danily Bell, de-.

feated Wallace Molr by only, one vote, although approxi mately 6500 votes were cast in the election. The count of the 95 absent tee ballots was additionally important because Geo. George was only 35 votes ahead of outgoing Mayor Dean Olson and Davis was" only 31 votes ahead of Olson in the general election. Picture shows Edward G. cafe row, adding chapter to WANGER CASE Robinson Jr.

and blond wife their "Stories for Tlmei photo ISLAND ROMANCE Ingrid Bergman is pictured on Stromboli shortly before she sent first letter to husband, Dr. Peter 'Lindstrom, confessing love for Roberto Rossel-lini. Lindstrom narrated incident in court yesterday. W) Wirephoto The Atomic Energy Commis- sion announced that the device was released from the borriber over the Yucca Flat Proving Grounds, 70 miles north of here at 9:30 a.m. Observers who witnessed the explosion, from atop buildings and swank tourist hotels here said the device apparently was detonated higher above the ground than any previous A-blast.

They based their opinion on the king-sized ball of fire and the dust cloud which boiled up above the mountains ringing the test area. Reporters high up on the peaks of 8000-foot high Mt. Charleston, the press' unofficial observation point 45 miles south east of Yucca Flat, saw an un usually brilliant fire ball boil high above the test area sec onds after the detonation. The explosion lacked the usual photo-flash after effect, possibly blotted out by the red ball of flame. The fireball produced a reddish brown cloud, resembling a man taking, a giant pull on a pipe and exhaling a big puff of smoke.

About a minute after the deto nation, two shoots which spiraled from "the pipe entwined to form a giant ring. Seconds latec, the cloud took the shape of a colored mass, highlighted in crimson. Sprawling Forty-five minutes after -the explosion the wind buffeted the cloud into a blackish-gray sprawling Finally it drifted away toward the east. Atop Mt Charleston observers heard a faint rumble but felt no shock wave. They classed the detonation as "one of the smallest," but agreed it produced one of the brightest and largest fireballs.

New'Blast Slated for National Television The atomic blast scheduled for next week in Nevada will be televised to the entire nation through seven local stations of the Television Broadcasters of Southern California: Pooling of facilities will enable the nation's television audience to witness the atomic explosion the moment it Screen Writers' Guild Acts in Hughes Dispute Group Files Petition to Force RKO Studio to Submit to Arbitration in Jarrico Case I r- Dr. Peter A. Lindstrom appeared in court yesterday to file an affidavit opposing the suggestion of his former wife, Ingrid Bergman, that he take their 13-year-old' daughter, Jenny Ann, to Italy to visit her this summer. And for the first time since the actress dramatic romance with Roberto Rossel-lini, Italian film producer, broke into the headlines three years ago, Dr. Lindstrom answered the often-voiced ques- tion, "When did you first Know tney were in love He went before Superior Judge Mildred L.

Lillie with his attorneys and sought to take his daughter with him to Pennsyl-vania where he has obtained a position as neurosurgeon with the Veterans Administration hospital. Letter From Actress Dr. LIndstrom's answer to the world was contained in the 21-page affidavit which quoted a letter from the actress, dated April 3, 1949, from Amain, Italy. The quoted portions read: "Petter Lilla (Peter dear). It will be very difficult for you to read this letter; and it is difficult for me to write it.

But I believe it is the only way. I would like to explain everything from the beginning, but you know enough, and I would like to ask 7 i a. iv.t iorgiveiieas, uui uiii seeius iiuiu-ulous. "It is not altogether my fault and how can you forgive that I want to stay with Roberto? I know he has also written you and told you all that there is to tell. Not Her Intention "It not my intention to fall in lo.ve and go to Italy forever.

After all our plans and dreams, you know that is true. "But how can I help it or change it? "You saw in Hollywood how my enthusiasm for Roberto grew and grew and you know how much alike we are, with the same desire for the same kind of work and the same understanding of life. "I thought maybe I could conquer the feeling I had for him when I saw him in his own milieu, so different from mine. But it turned out just the opposite. Seems So Incredible "The people, the life, the country is not strange, it is what I always wanted.

I had not the courage to talk more about him at home than I did with you as it all. seems so incredible, like an adventure, and at the time I didn't realize the depth of his feelings. "Min Petter (my Peter) I know how this letter falls like a bomb on our house, our Pelle" being the name which she and I had planned to give; to our next child," Dr. Lind- strom explained) "our future, our past, so filled with sacrifice and help on your part. And now you stand alone in the ruins and I am unable to help She concluded the letter with a Swedish sentence which translated to "poor little papa but also poor little Aamma." She signed It "Mamma." Their daughter, Jenny Ann, then called Pia, was not even mentioned in that letter, he pointed out in the affidavit.

Now in Joint Custody He contended that Miss Bergman had said he would not take the child to see her during that summer but he refuted that by saying he went to Italy in May, 1949, and entreated his wife to talk" to their daughter and explain in her own way Why she would not be going back home. Miss Bergman refused, he said. He set forth that he was "indeed fearful" of an attempt by the actress to keep Jenny Ann in Italy with her and Rossellini in view of the fact she had obtained a proxy divorce and marriage in Mexico and in other Turn to Page 14, Column 3 supervisor here, will show the number of pecsons and families who have moved to a different place since last year, "and will indicate whether the defense program is increasing the mobility of the country's workers and their families. Each survey, Mrs. Evans said, takes about six weeks to evaluate, after which the results are published.

She emphasized that information regarding, individu als is held In confidence, under Federal law, and cannot be furnished even to any other government agency. Woman Killed I in Six-Story Fall at Hotel i A woman identified as Mrs. Sadie Myers, about 65, early yesterday plunged to her death from her sixth-floor room in' a downtown hotel. Det-Sgt. T.

M. Anderson said the woman checked into the hotel Monday afternoon without baggage and evidently had jumped or fallen from" her room during the night Her body was discovered yesterday morning Only Items found In her room were a pair of brown a coat and a purse which contained five 1 bills and a note listing "my son's telephone number' Police said the woman lived at 824 Santa Barbara Ave. on this written testimony, given under bath. "Any concession that was made, was made by the defense in waiving their right to cross-examine witnesses. "The defense also has agreed to withdraw their defense of 'not guilty by reason of "If this matter had gone to trial, it would have taken at least three or four weeks at a considerable expense to taxpayers in order to decide the issues involved on the not guilty plea alone; with no better results being obtained than are possible through this procedure." Procedure in Wanger Case Trial by Judge v.

it should have appointed a -representative seven days after receiving legal notice but it has failed to do so. The agreement, the guild's document said, specifies that after the two representatives are appointed they select a third ar bitrator to hear the dispute. But, with the studio having failed to abide by this procedure, the pe tition further stated, the court now will be asked to appoint a single arbitrator to. settle the' matter. Order to Studio The guild's petition was signed by its president, Mary C.

McCall and was prepared by Atty. Gordon Stulberg of the law firm of Pacht, Tannenbaum Ross. Shortly after the guild's suit was brought, Superior Judge Frank G. Swain issued an order requiring the studio to show cause April 23 why the court should not appoint an arbitrator forthwith. One Dies, Two Stricken by Food Poisoning pne man was dead and his daughter and son-in-law were seriously ill yesterday a3 a result of food poisoning following an Easter dinner in a South Gate home.

John Oddone, 51, of 2755 Flower Walnut Park, died yesterday at St. Francis Hospital, Lynwood. His daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Montgomery, is in the same hospital in a serious condition, and her husband, Eugene Montgomery of 9921 Elizabeth South Gate, at whose" home the food was eaten, is at his home in a similar condition being treated by Dr. Verne Crowe.

Capt. Floyd Rosenberg of the Sheriff's office said that the County Health Department is now taking cultures of some home-canned mushrooms which were part of the meal. Five members of the family were not stricken. An autopsy also will be performed on Oddone, authorities said. the distribution of purchasing power; the number of families in each income bracket and the types of families which had increases or decreases between 1950 and 1951.

They are gathered on a cross-section basis, in a 11900 percentage. Businessmen and farm groups can use the figures as a guide in planning production and sales, while the government will use them to formulate and develop price and wage policies to meet emergency needs. The migration data, according to Mrs. Glad5's Evans, district t3 EMBROILED WITH STEAKS Frances, who were involved Robinson Son in Restaurant Tiff, Apparently Apparently Edward G. Robin son his blond wife, Frances, and four others went to the Captain's Table, a restaurant, early yesterday and ordered Apparently they were told that lobster was out of the question and would they settle for steaks, which they said they would settle for.

Apparently Junior didn't like his steak and sent it back, caus ing some argument, and the dis closure that the chef had gone home, it being closing time. Bill for $41.05 Apparently the management handed Junior a bill for $41.05, at which time he demanded to talk to his lawyer, who also is representing him in a Santa Ana bad check case. Apparently Frances tele phoned the lawyer and told him to fan on down there right away, as her husband was being framed. Apparently someone called the police about a disturbance, the party by this time getting pret ty loud and boring, and the offi cers suggested everybody go home. Apparently one Berton Zaret wrote a check to cover the bill, neglecting to include a tip for the waiter, who by this time was very harried.

Apparently Zaret is a press agent for Junior's picture and apparently Junior is studying to be not only an actor, but a char acter, which may make him a character actor. 1 Death Takes Mrs. David Dyas Mrs. Beverly Dyas, 33, daugh ter-in-law of Bernal Dyas, retired department store operator, died yesterday in her home at 422 Cliffwood Brentwood Heights, from a heart attack. She had been troubled by a heart condition for some time.

Besides her husband David, Mrs. Dyas leaves a son Rix, 9. Private funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon in the Church of the Recessional, Forest Iawn Memorial-Park. Bookie Case Suspect Gets Jail Sentence Herbert H. Freeman, 48, book- making suspect betrayed by the palm of his right hand, was sentenced to the County Jail for 30 days yesterday by Superior Judge Jesse J.

Frampton. The court imposed the jail term as a condition of two years' probation. Freeman was con victed on three counts of book-making after a. police officer testified he had observed the defendant accepting bets from a woman at a drugstore, ,600 Al-varado St, last Feb. 2.

Li. M. Schlocher, the officer, said he had taken Freeman into custody in a telephone booth and that Freeman had two Santa Anita bets recorded with a ballpoint pen on the palm of his right hand. Photographs of the hand were produced in court. Economics Classes Set The Henry George School of Social Science will present a se ries of free evening classes in economics beginning Monday.

in The Screen Writers' Guild yesterday took its first legal steps in the dispute between Howard Hughes, the film magnate, and Paul Jarrico, screen writer, by filing a petition in Superior Court to force Hughes' RKO 6tudio to submit to arbitration. Detailing the history of the w-celebrated disagreement, the guild asserted in its petition that provision for arbitration of the dispute Is contained in the contract signed between the guild and RKO on Feb. 26, 1951, but that the studio ha3 refused to abide by its terms. Sued Jarrico The dispute first broke into the courts last March 17 when RKO, under the personal direction of Hughes, its managing director of production and principal stockholder, filed suit against Jarrico. The studio's complaint asked the court to declare that the 6tudio was under no legal obligation to give Jarrico screen credit for the film "The Las Vegas Story." Matter of Marketing It was contended by the studio that although Jarrico was employed to write the script for the film, he was discharged and ether writers later were assigned to rewrite the work and that 'jarrico's manuscript was discarded completely.

RKO maintained that it had the right to take these steps because with Jarrico's name on the screen the film could not be marketed profitably. The studio contended that Jarrico himself had breached the morals clause of his contract with RKO by failing to tell the House Un-American Activities Committee, during a hearing held April 13, 1951, whether he was ever a member of the Commu nist Party. Jarrico 10 days later filed a countersuit for charging that the studio nad failed to give him screen credit when the film was. released last February, despite the findings of an arbi tration committee appointed by the guild. Failed to Act In the suit brought yesterday, the guild asserted that under its contract with the studio, it had notified RKO that it should appoint an arbitrator.

The guild ltselfj the petition disclosed, has appointed F. Hugh Herbert, film writer and playwright, as its representative. Under the rules of arbitration, the petition said, the studio An explanation of the legal procedure utilized in avoiding a full-dress criminal trial in the Walter Wanger- shooting case was issued yesterday by Disu Atty. Roll. "The case was submitted to the court, without a jury, on the written transcript of testimony in the.

same manner that hundreds of other felony cases are tried here each year," Roll said. "All material evidence, not accumulative' in nature, including Wanger's confession, is contained in the transcript. The court will determine the matter Continued from First Page Santa Monica Courthouse leaned from windows and watched fromi corridor doors as Giesler and thej dapper Wanger leisurely madej their wajrto the courtroom under the brilliance of photographers'! flash bulbs and TV cameramen's' floodlights, the courtroom itself surprisingly was not filled when! Clerk B. Bailey Morcom rapped for order as Judge Borde ascended to the bench. Line-up Before Judge Lined up before the judge were, left to right; Adolph Alex ander, Assistant Chief Deputy District Attorney, Giesler and Wanger.

In the brief hearing, Giesler requested a waiver of a jury. "Is that your decision?" Judge Borde asked Wanger. "Yes, Your Honor," replied the grave-faced producer, "it, is my decision." Giesler then formally informed the court that the defense desired to submit its case on the grand jury transcript, adding that he hoped Judge Borde would consider it as he "would any other case." At this point, Alexander read a prepared stipulation that ex 1 i presumably Wanger's gun and the slugs that wounded Lang) be included with the testimony transcript. Giesler readily agreed. Double Plea When arraigned on the charge last Dec.

26, Wanger entered a double-barreled plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of temporary insanity. Judge Borde yesterday asked Giesler if the defense desired to withdraw the insanity plea. "No, not until Your Honor has read the transcript," Giesler The judge then solemnly announced that he will read the 58-page transcript and set 10 a.m. next Tuesday as the time when he will render his verdict. Three verdicts are possible guilty as charged; guilty simply of assault with, a deadly weapon (without intent to commit mur der) or not guilty.

If convicted either of the origi nal charge or the lesser ADW charge, Wanger is not eligible for probation, Alexander pointed out Under the lesser charge, however, he would be eligible for sentence to the County Jail instead of a State penitentiary. Psychiatrist Reports As an afterthought Giesler moved that reports of three psychiatrists appointed to examine Wanger be withheld from the court. The motion was granted without opposition from Alexan der. This still leaves Wanger the opportunity for a separate trial on his insanity plea if Judge Borde should find him guilty. Although none of the other witnesses subpoenaed including Lang showed up because of the previously announced plan of submitting the case on the grand jury transcript, there was a flurry of excitement when Miss Bennett arrived at the Courthouse just as Wanger's brief hearing was ending.

Joan Enters When she entered the second- floor courtroom on the arm of her attorney, Grant Cooper, Wanger and Giesler were preparing to leave. Giesler quick ly led Wanger out of the room by the arm. Well concealing her annoyance at the embarrassing position in which she had unwittingly been placed, Miss Bennett sat in a front row seat for exactly 86 seconds and then left the courtroom where another case already was under way to run again the gantlet of flash bulbs. In a parking lot outside the Courthouse, Wanger and Giesler went in one direction to their car and Miss Bennett and Atty. Cooper went In another." The slender 40-year-old actress, HOLDS WANGER FATE Superior Judge Harry J.

Borde, who will decide fate of Producer Walter Wanger. smartly dressed In ajiluish-gray dress with a square, low-cut neckline bordered by a white Puritan collar with a large black silk bow in front, refused to say a word, to newsmen and Atty. Cooper would make no comment on her domestic strife with Wan ger, Wanger, five times president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Miss Bennett, daughter of the late Richard Bennett were married in 1910. They have had two daughters, Stephanie, 7, and Shelley, 4. The actress also has two other daughters.

The older, Diana, was born to the actress by her first husband, John Marion Fox, scion of a wealthy Seattle family, whom she married when she was 16 and divorced three years later. The other is Melinda, who was bora to Miss Bennett and Gene Markey, screen writer, during their marriage which lasted from 1932 to 1937. Lang, the shooting victim, arid his wife, Pam, also have two children. l(X ft Census Bureau to Poll Consumer Income, Migration Trends Here Current figures and trends in family characteristics, consumer Income, and migration will be obtained in a population survey being conducted here this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The surveys, taken monthly, deal with various items of interest In addition to the official employment and unemployment figures provided each month by the Current Population Survey of the bureau. The data thus obtained pro-Tides, among other things, up-to-date Information regarding COURT SCENE Walter Wanger, cencer, film producer, with Asst. Chief Dep. Dist. Atty.

Adolph Alexander, left, and Atty. Jerry Giesler, as they made brief appearance in the producer's trial fof shooting Jennings Lang, agent for Wanger's wife, Joan Bennett. Time phot.