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PART 2 LOCAL NEWS EDITORIALS OPINIONS -if-'. VOL LXIX CC WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1949 Times Officet 202 West First Street, Los Angeles 53, Calif. MAditon 2345 San Diego's Newcomer BY THE with BILL HENRY brtfa ter. Ibvery I fk 'Ml in j- i 4 tt0f.V'ti'Mmmrxito'm:' r'2" w-ix i.i.i -'ir nn 1 1 igMl jjwnwwtwjwiiii mfom0fr DRAMATICS Compton Junior College students yesterday presented a dramatic skit, before the Board of Supervisors to explain the meaning of Bill of Rights Week. From left, standing, are Dominick Morra, 16; Supervisor Darby, Harry Raybould, 17, qnd James Miller, 17.

Seated, Pearl Mangold, 16, and Supervisor Chairman William A. Smith. Times photo PLEADS GUILTY Miss Delores Pollock, 23, who told judge she could see no reason why she should not serve jail sentence on auto-speeding charge. Times photo Jensen Tells? Southland's Rising Need Southern Calif orn la requires an extra 2500 gallons II AAV Ui Vi UA day just to supply the needs of the more than 12.000 tvr- sons who come to the Southland each month to make their homes. This Is believed to ba a con servatlve estimate, Joseph Jen sen, chairman of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District, declared yester day.

Daily Average "Water studies made by the district indicate a daily average water use of 150 gallons per capita," Jensen said. "This means Southern California needs more gallons of water every month for the newcomers alone. "We have now passed the point where local water resources can meet the growing daily need3 and the burden has to be met by greater use of Colorado River water." Declaring the economy of the Southland is at stake in the Arizona-California Colorado River controversy to be resumed in Congress in January, Jensen urged accelerated action by residents to meet this threat to their water supply. Letters Asked He asked that Californians write friends in the East re-, questing that they, in turn, write their Congressmen to oppose the proposed Central Arizona Project, Senate Bill 75 and House uj ana support uainornia Supreme Court adjudication proposal to permanently settle the waier controversy, Known as Senate Resolution 4 and House Resolution 3. The Central Arizona Project I tw.Vj V.UI.V.A AAVAAA WOAAAVA" nia and use it to irrigate desert farmland and place a financial burden on the nation's taxpayers, Jensen said.

"Unless we can protect our Colorado River water rights, we won't be able to meet the water needs of the Southland," he concluded. Democratic Club Will Hear Supervisor Ford John Anson Ford, Los Angeles. County Supervisor, will address a Hollywood Democratic Club dinner meeting at 1710 High land at 7 p.m. today. THREE SENT TO JAIL Dr.

Carl G. Westerdahl, Noted Evangelist Dies ON TRAFFIC COUNTS Woman Speeder and Sharp Penalties From Judge Roger Alton Pfaff con tinued his "get tough with vio lators" campaign yesterday when he sent three more traffic lawbreakers to jail. Miss Delores Pollock, 23, of 542 E. Hillsdale Inglewood was first to face the judge. She pleaded guilty to her third speeding citation i 58 miles an hour in a 25-mile zone.

When Judge Pfaff asked her if she knew any reason why she shouldn't go to jail, she replied with a terse, "No sir." "Three days In the County Jail and 30 days suspension of your I 4- Two Men Draw Judge Pfaff driver's license," the Judge said. Next to appear was Edwin D. Roy, 31, of 1207 Florence who was convicted of driving 70 in a zone. He received the same sentence the Judge had given the woman. A guilty plea to reckless driving, speeding, cutting in and out of traffic, cutting corners and cutting buttons cost James Eddy, 28, of 1415 Grande Compton, 90 days in jail.

The Judge later suspended the 90 days, placing Eddy on probation for one year, on the condition he serve 5 days in jail; Charges Dist. Atty. Adolph Alexander admitted in open court that Bren-da Allen was the prosecution's chief witness and that her refusal to testify left him with little hope of obtaining a conviction. He thereupon moved for dismissal. Testimony Refusal Miss Allen, who was called Monday as a witness, said that on the advice of her attorney, Max Solomon, she would refuse to testify on the ground that such testimony, if given, might tend to incriminate her.

Before dismissing the case, Judge Barnes delivered a. 10-minute address to the jury in which he pointed out the articles of the law in the case. Atty. Russell Parsons, representing Jackson, joined in a motion to dismiss the charges. Several Indicted Jackson was indicted by the county grand jury with Chief of Police Horrall, now retired; former Asst.

Chief Joseph Reed, Capt' Cecil Wisdom and Lt. Rudy Wellpot. Horrall and Wisdom were acquitted in a court trial and subsequently the charges against Reed and Wellpot were dismissed. Dr. Carl G.

Westerdahl, 62, national evangelist of the Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America and former pastor of the Mission Covenant Church here and in Pasadena, died as a result of a heart attack yesterday morning at his home at 1589 47th St. Dr. Westerdahl had returned to Los Angeles only last Wednesday from where he had conducted a campaign. Although he had won out after a siege of pneumonia a year ago, he wa3 believed to be in good health and his death came as a shock to relatives and friends. The evangelist wa3 born In Halmnstad, Sweden, and came to this country when he was 2 years old.

He was brought up in Newport, R.I., and recelvea his theological training in the Swedish Methodist Theological Seminary, Evanston, 111., and the Boston Methodist Seminary, Boston. He received his doctorate in the Bible Institute, here last March. Dr. Westerdahl was pastor of the Mission Covenant Church here for seven and a half years and of the Pasadena church for three years. He also was in charge of the church at Rock-ford, 111., for eight and a half years.

He had been national evangelist for the last four years. He leaves his widow, an enthusiastic church worker, the former Helen Louise Westlin, and two children, the Rev. Wilbur Westerdahl, pastor of the Camden Mission Covenant Church, Minneapolis, and a daughter, Eloise, who Is living with her mother here. Funeral services will be Conducted at the Los Angeles Mission Covenant Church, 851 Francisco at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Local colleagues of the evangelist will officiate. German Education Professor's Topic Changes in the character of German education will be reported to Alpha Epsilon chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, University of Southern California, by Dr. Harold von Hofe, professor of German, at the Vermont Square Methodist Church at 6 p.m. Saturday. Polio Danger Epidemics Declared Less Frequent Than in Other Localities There, is more infantile paralysis constantly present in San Diego than in other cities, but this is fully balanced by the fact that San Diego epidemics are less frequent and less severe.

This is among conclusions of a survey -reported yesterday in Stanford University's Medical Bulletin. The study was conducted by Drs. H. L. Blum, WVC.

Chiapella and; A. Mf Lesem. Quarantine Value Contrary to some other authorities, the doctors believe the detailed study of 348 cases in San Diego in 1948 indicates the value of quarantine. "Rigorous isolation of each case," they report, "and quarantine of close contacts of polio victims is a logical and advisable step. "The logic of restraining all household contacts, who probably constitute a significant portion of the carriers, seems very clear, even if there were many other sources of infection.

Also, it is indicated that a two-week isolation and quarantine period may be tco short to guard against carriers." Natives Susceptible Over-exertion while swimming or hiking appeared to have little if any relation to the contraction of the disease in the San Diego area. Also contrary to what was expected was the finding that in locations where there was the highest percentage of new inhabitants, the na tives proved most susceptible The report disclosed that Ti juana, across the border, had, taking account of the difference in populations, only one-seventh th-; incidence in San Diego. The investigators believe the residents of Tijuana are immunized shortly after birth by an ever present polio virus. Race and Income In San Diego itself, no evidence was uncovered that either race or income is a significant factor in an epidemic, casting doubt on the authenticity of a prevailing theory. It was dis covered that age and sex are important in determining the type of case and severity of attack.

More males than females died from the disease. However, girls, especially those over 16, were twice as likely to contract polio and more likely to have paralysis of the legs. The number of cases the 1948 San Diego epidemic, the report notes, was 372, thus virtually equaling the total number of cases for the preceding nine years. The fact that the fatality rate, 11, was the same for 1948 as for the preceding nine years, suggested that the same strain of virus was present. Train Strikes and Kills Man on UP Tracks An elderly man who walked onto the Union Pacific tracks yesterday at Anaheim-Telegraplj Road and Atlantic Blvd.

in East Los Angeles was struck by an eastbound train and killed. He was William Eggerer, 84, a retired farmer, of 940 Woods East Los Angeles. His severed body was found by Emete-rio Flores, track walker, of 348 Fetterly Blvd. Sheriff investigators listed the death as accidental. Paul G.

Hoffman Analyzed I s. 1 ij NEW YORK It Is particularly pleasant for a reporter who first saw the light of day on Golden Gate Ave. in a California city which shall be nameless to be able to report that during this golden anniversary year, gold-digging is being celebrated even on Broadway. BROADWAY Perhaps it lm't exactly the sort of gold-digging which brought fame to California in 1849 when it began at Sutter's Mill, but still it's gold-digging of a sort and California is all up in it. There have been only two tremendous sensations on Broadway this year, and they are as different as night and day.

"South Pacific" is sweetly sentimental, with magnificent voices singing unforgettable songs, and you go out whistling to yourself and you don't soon get over it. But the latest sensation, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," is noisy and brassy and full of laughs and gags and excitement. Soft lights and sweet music are not for Lorelei Lee, but "Blondes" is the type of chow that New York dearly loves, the sour-stomached critics gurgled like kids at a birthday party, and you won't be able to buy seats for it, from the look of things, for months to come. REAL HIT Me I like to go to see shows at about the third performance. There was a time when I used to think the first night was the thing.

And it's true that at openings there's a special thrill but, on the other hand, the opening night audience is a very special audience. If you go the second or third performance the actors have settled down to something approaching normal and the audience is composed of folks like myself, who pay for their own tickets and represent the more normal customers on whom all shows must depend for success. And when, as happened at "Blondes," you see apparently perfectly normal citizens leaping to their feet and cheering when a gal named Carol Chan-ning steps forward for her bow, well you know you're witnessing something that i3 very.spe-ciaL NEW STAR That's one reason this is a very special sort of show. Not only was it written by my ex-boss Harry Carr's very favorite California authoress, Anita Loos, but the star, too, is a California girL Carol Charming was born up in the gold country, went to school in San Francisco, had no luck of consequence in the theater until she came home from New York and outstaggered several hundred rivals for a leading part in "Lend an Ear." She even married a professional football player named Al Carson whom she encountered while he was fooling around with the Los Angeles Dons. When "Lend an Ear" sort of sneaked into New York it, and Carol, became an Instantaneous hit, CHARACTE Everything would seem to be against Carol at first glance.

She isn't beautiful. She isn't cute. No Metropolitan Opera stars are lying awake nights worrying lest Carol's voice nudged them out of a Job. The fact is that Carol is un- ceruduijr uig gii aiic a uuw large, economy size. In short, she hasn't got a thing except talent.

Her very size makes something hysterically funny out of her teetering, tiptoe walk. And her voice well, she'll be baby-talking a song in a high, tiny-tot soprano and all of a sjidden she reaches' way down inside somewhere and comes up with roaring, gravelly tones which prove that hidden somewhere within her ample frame 6he has the complete mechanism of a pipe organ. THE THEATER Funny thing about "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," The two top girl stars not only both came direct from good parts in the California "Lend an Ear" but both are king-size, handsome gal3 who dwarf most of the males in the cast Yvonne Adair looms up toward the six-foot mark and the script calls for Miss Channing, at one point, to pick up an ordinary-sized male and move him bodily out of her path, which she does with no visible effort. Probably the theme song tells the story of 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" better than anything it is called "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." Some of the nasty commentators are giving Lee Tracy credit for making Blondes" such a success the New York critics used all their barbs and bad words denouncing Tracy's "Metropole" early in the week and, as a result, had only bouquets and huzzas left for "Blondes." Tracy's show lasted just two performances--he was good but the play was bad. Hax Bill Hnry Monday through i zidar, XHJ.

1:55 Officer Jackson Wins Bill of Rights Skit Given by Compton Group The Board of Supervisors yes terday, heard students of Comp ton Junior College explain the meaning of Bill of Rights Week by means of a dramatic skit. Taking part in the presenta tion were Dominick Morra, 16; Harry Raybould, 17; James Mil ler, 17, and Pearl Mangold, 16, who read lines written by James Luneburg, dramatics teacher at the college. Musical background for the playlet was provided by a 25- voice ensemble under direction of Mrs. Lillian B. Johnston.

Today's Observance Two North Hollywood High School students, Barbara Ruick and Bill Windham, will speak today on the Bill of Rights at a meeting' of the Los Angeles Breakfast Club, 3201 Los Feliz Blvd. Other Bill of. Rights meetings set for today include noon ceremonies by the Los Angeles Exchange Club and the Kiwanis Club at the Biltmore. Judge Marshall McComb will speak at a meeting of the Lawyers Club at the Rosslyn. Dr.

J. Whitcomb Brougher Jr. will address the Signal Hill Lions Club today. Elks Lodge 99 will mark the occasion at a meeting tonight in the temple, 6th and Park View Sts. Events Tomorrow Tomorrow's observances will include a speech by Judge William B.

McKesson before the National Association of Power Engineers and a talk by Samuel B. McKee before the West Hollywood Lions Club. Out-of-town observances tomorrow will include a meeting of the Santa Ana Lions Club and a joint meeting of the San Gabriel Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club. Governor Declares Bill of Rights Day SACRAMENTO, Dec. 13 VP) Californians were asked by Gov.

Warren today to reaffirm their faith in the principles of the Bill of Rights adopted on Dec. 15 by the 13 original colonies 158 years ago. He proclaimed Thursday Bill of Rights Day in California. VISIBILITY RECORD; TODAY'S FORECAST Following are the forecast of visibility for Los Angeles Civic Center today and the range of visibility yesterday as compiled by the United States Weather Bureau: Forecast Sunrise to 8 a.m.. good 8 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Good 2 p.m. to sundown good Yesterday's Range 8 a.m 15 miles 9a.m.- Smiles 10 a.m 15 miles 11a.m. 7 miles Noon 9 miles lp.m. 6 miles 2p.m.

8 miles 3 p.m. .15 miles 4p.m .20 miles I i fl K. 1 I Cf if 1 wmmmmmmMmMimmimm I 'I I I Dismissal of Perjury and bribery charges against Police Sgt. Elmer V. Jackson yesterday were dismissed by Superior Judge Stanley N.

Barnes. The dismissal came after Dep. Low-Flying Planes Draw PTA Protest A letter protesting the condition created by low-flying planes in the vicinity of Lockheed Air Terminal has been sent to the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Burbank City Councilmen were advised yesterday by the Burbank Council of Parents and Teachers. The letter urges the CAA to study, and correct the situation which the PTA says endangers the lives of children attending the Luther Burbank Junior High School and the Henry Mingay Elementary School. The PTA council is deeply concerned for the safety and welfare of the children housed in these schools and for the homes in the vicinity, the letter says.

HOFFMAN MARSHAL One of Pasadena's most illustrious sons ECA head Paul G. Hoffmanwill be grand marshal of the 1950 Tournament of Roses parade on Monday, Jan. 2, It was announced yesterday. Hoffman, a Pasadena schoolboy who became president of the Studebaker Corp. before going into public service as head of the Economic Co-operation Administration, charged with aclminis-tering American aid around the globe, i3 due home this week.

He will spend the year-end holidays with his family at 1500 El Mirador Drive, Pasadena. Announcement of his selection was made by Drumraond J. Mc- OF ECA WILL BE OF ROSE PARADE Cunn, president of the Tournament of Roses Association, in charge of preparing the world-famous floral spectacle for New Year's Day. It will be the 'first time since 1941 that a Pasadenan has been thus honored. In the interim such famous "outlanders" as Vice-Adm.

William F. Halsey, Gen. Omar N. Bradley, former President Hoover, Gov. Warren and others have been grand marshal.

Hoffman, with his aide3, will ride in a flower-bedecked automobile. Announcement of which of the seven princesses, already chosen to hold sway over the event, will be Queen will be made within a few days. i BACK FROM EUROPE Actress Rosalind Russell with her husband, Fred Brisson, and their son Lance, as they detrained here yesterday after a six-week vacation in Europe..