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dime PART 2 LOCAL NEWS EDITORIALS OPINIONS VOL. LXXIII WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1954 Timet Office: 202 Wert First Street, losAngeles 53, Calif. MAdison 2345 CITY INSTALLS BY THE WAY with BILL HENRY ENGINE-DRIVEN Youth Paralyzed by Polio DEFENSE SIREN Film Actor Sydney Greenstreet Dies Noted Player of Mystery Roles Passes at 74 After Long Illness Actor Sydney Greenstreet, known to millions of film- Saves Sister, 5. From 1 rire A newly developed civil defense siren, operated by a gasoline engine instead of by electricity, yesterday was Installed atop the Federal Building for experimental testing. The device is lower-pitched than conventional sirens to help distinguish its sound from emergency vehicles.

Its gasoline power would provide for emer--gency warning in case of bombing of electric facilities, manufacturers said. Karl L. Rundberg, assistant director of city defense, said the warning device will be tested within a week. Crawls on Hands, Knees to Victim goers for Jiis roles of mystery and villainous Intrigue, died Monday night at his Hollywood home at the age of 74. In poor health for many years, the English-born stage and screen star had been in a coma throughout the day.

ammmwawmmiemmmam IX XX X'' XX wX.XXX x' I' '''-'-'liyf '''XX His physician, who declined to be named, said he succumbed a- A A heroic 19-year-old polio victim, paralyzed from the waist down, may have saved to complications of Bright's disease and diabetes, after living "on borrowed time" for a decade. At the bedside of the 240-pound actor in his spacious cottage at 1531 Selma Drive Larkin Will the life of his 5-year-old sister in an agonizing, action-packed drama in their hom 5.. was his only son, John Ogden Greenstreet. He had flown down from Oakland, where he at 193rd St. and Western near Torrance, early Attend Smog yesterday.

Xx Job Parleys is sales manager for a tobacco firm. Funeral services were pending at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park. 41 Years on Stage Greenstreet spent 41 distinguished years on the stage before coming to Hollywood in 1941 to make his debut in films Lt. Gen. Thomas B.

Lar kin, USA, ret, will arrive I Hero of the tragedy is Regl-nald Griffin, 19, who was stricken with infantile paralysis when a baby. The victim is his sister, Diane Griffin, 5, whose nightgown' caught fire from an electric heater early yesterday morning. Crawls After Sister Reginald, awakening from a sound sleep, saw his sister's clothing In flames. He pulled himself from his bed and without the aid of braces pursued at the age of 62 in his best- in Los Angeles late next remembered picture, "The Mal week for conferences which could lead to his appointment tese Falcon," for Warner Bros. Because he loved the theatar, he had refused all previous film offers until Director John as new chief of the County Air Pollution Control Dis MOURNED Actor Sydney Greenstreet, star of many films, is taken by death.

trict Huston lured him westward to play, the arch-villain's role of Gutzman, dealer in curios. The part won Greenstreet an Acad The Board of Supervisors in the terror-stricken sister four rooms of the emy Award nomination Another vivid role was that home on his hands and knees, finally to catch her in the front of the benevolent mystery man in with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Berg Printing With Color Forecast as Future Trend vited the. three-star general to Los Angeles yesterday following his nomination as a candidate for smog director by Supervisor Legg. Later Legg disclosed that he talked with Larkin in Paris and was assured the military leader will appear here. room, roll her on the floor and beat out the flames with hia bare hands.

man. Many Other Films "I was awakened by my Others of his films included "The Mask of Dimitrios, "Christmas in Connecticut," Other Supervisors agreed to the plan by unanimous vote. father and had just dozed off again when I heard another sister, Shirley Ann, 11, call for dad," Reginald, a radio and ra "Devotion," "The Newspapers and magazines "The Hucksters," "The Velvet Touch" and "Flamingo Road." of the future will sparkle with color as the result of new processes, equipment and Supervisor Jessup insisted at the same time that citizen groups identified with the war on smog be given opportunity dar expert at Northrop Avia p.s':f;':xix;iBv Born in Sandwich, Kent, Dec. 27, 1879, he began tion said. "I looked up and saw little his career as a youth by drift to meet ana appraise Larkin.

This forecast of a color revo Diane's clothes in flames. I Other Candidates HEROIC RESCUER Although paralyred by polio, Reginald Griffin, 19, crawled after sister Diane, 5, when her clothing caught fire and beat out flames with hands. Here he shows his burned hands to father, Leonard Griffin. Legs were burned also. ing into amateur theatricals.

His mother, the wife of a tan shouted to her to come to me Although Gen. Larkin thus ner, encouraged him to join the lution in the printing industry came yesterday from A. R. Timet snoio Ben Greet Academy of Acting became top contender for the director's post from which Gor Tommasinl of the University of in London. but she ran out of the room and through the house." Runs Through House Leonard Griffin.

47. truck don P. Larson has been technically displaced, the names of California press printing department during a talk before He made his debut in the provinces and toured his native land before joining Greet's two other possible candidates were brought into yesterday's the Advertising Club of Los Angeles in the Statler. driver, father of the girl, and her mother, Mrs. Dorothy Grlf.

"Because color television is aiscussion. These are Capt. John C. Hunter, U.S. Navy, and Col.

F. C. Lynch, consulting fin, 43, were getting breakfast Council Votes 1668,000 for Hyperion Work The City Council yesterday in a trailer at the rear of the Shakespearean repertory company on tour of England and the United States. New York Stage He first appeared in the United States on the New York stage in 1905, in the morality play, "Everyman," and then toured Xho country In several WASHINGTON When you become an adult you have learned that there's no truth in the old fictional ending, "and they lived happily ever after." That's why the fantasies which end that way are called fairy stories. Truth Is, every now and then things get tough.

TURNING POINT It so happens In the case of Dwight David Eisenhower that one of these occasions conies at almost the end of his first year as President of the United States, which, if you're up early enough, comes at 9:32 a.m. this morning on your California watch. All of a sudden things seem to have firmed up and the President is entering on one of those critical pert ods such as every person who occupies a position of any consequence at all is bound to encounter every once in a while. Eisenhower, an experienced trouble shooter, is probably saying to himself, "Now if I can just get over this hump I'll be all right." But at the same time he's no doubt aware that this is just one in a series. Life seems to be like that, even Eisenhower's.

BUSY MOMENT If you'd stop and check the situation over today you'd realize that the President has his hand3 full all of a sudden. Over in the Pacific a moment of crisis real crisis is arising in Korea. What happens when the Indian custodial troops turn back those prisoners of war? And what about those peace negotiations? That's a double-header crisis, each end of which would ordinarily hog the headlines. But over in Europe there's another double-header on the schedule. This is the first Big Four Foreign Ministers' meeting in a long time and, particularly, the first since Joe Stalin was succeeded by Malenkov.

And while this is going on there will be simultaneous meetings on Eisenhower's peacetime atom proposal between John Foster Dulles and Molqtov. As the poker players say, there's a pair to draw to! AT HOME Meantime, in many ways much bigger than either foreign crisis, or both of them together, is the first bitter test of strength over the Eisenhower plans for the United States. This is more personal. After a year of study and preparation the new President has handed the Congress a program that would choke a hippopotamus all of this in an election year when the Congress would be happier just to sit? still and not do anything. He has given them the works everything.

He didn't dodge anything. He handed them a Taft-Hartley proposal that they could wrangle all year about and a farm proposal that they have wrangled about for years and handed thpm both to the Congress on the very same day! He's coming up now with a budget message and, well, you can't Jam all this sort of thing on a Congress without a fight BIO TEST Without much doubt the biggest test of all, however, is the one coming up on the Bricker amendment You can't have lived in Southern California, which is one of the real hotbeds of Brickcrism, without knowing about it Without going into details, this is a proposal which naturally resulted from a generation of Presidential gemidlc-tatorship under Roosevelt and Truman. It is designed to curb the authority of the man in the White House, whoever he may be, from committing this country to any agreement which would infringe on the rights of States and individuals. That idea in itself isn't too controversial. But the method of enforcing it Is.

The President has outlined the extent to which he is willing to go but all attempts to work out a compromise have, so far, failed. This is the sort of controversy which might wreck the Eisenhower administration, for both sides are deadly serious. PROSPECTS Most important thing about this battle is that the Rrlekerltes have at long last brought Elsenhower to bay. The President a natural middle-of-the-roader; would have willingly reached some middle ground but the Brick-rrlies apparently are going to force a take-lt-orleave-it show-down. And on that note the Eisenhower honeymoon and his first year in the White House are coming to an end.

Haor Bill HnrT Meadef through Frtdoy. XHJ, p.m. engineer ana manager of the Los Angeles chapter of the Na- little family home. The father, attracted by cries from within just around the corner, color printing is coming into its own," Tommasinl predicted as the industry celebrates Printing Week. Cost Reduction Seen "Since selling will be done in SvX the house, dashed in and fin-ished the job of putting out the flames.

He took both his daughter and son to the Harbor Gen- other plays. reluctantly voted an appropria color on TV," Tommasini con He was seen in company with tion of $668,000 for additional eral Hospital. tlonal Safety Council. Letters of application from both were read into the record, although the name of neither was formally submitted as a candidate for the job. Jessup held that Gen.

Larkin should not be designated technically as an official candidate until he has been interviewed "1 the finest thespians of the day There little Diane is in a crlt work on the city's Hyperion out Sir Herbert Tree, Margaret Anglin, Julia Marlowe, Viola ical condition with third-degree burns over, a large portion of her body. Allen, David Thorndike, Lou Tellegen, Alfred Lunt and Lynn tontanne, and many more. Needs More Blood She received two blood trans During most of his stage life, he played the comedy roles fusions yesterday and will be '( fj i I I I I which fall naturally to a "fat in need of more blood, according to the Red Cross, which la man." Hollywood made him a heavy," Jn portrayals that fall sewage-treatment plant as the cost of the project tq date was officially set at Furthermore, the Councilmen were told by City Engineer Lloyd Aldrich that further expansion of the Hyperion plant will be necessary In the near future. In 1945 the cost of the plant was estimated at Four Blowers Not Enough Yesterday's appropriation by board members and citizen groups. This was accepted by other Supervisors.

Status of Larson Jessup also made the point that Larson is still technically "on the job" as director of the smog control district. Supervisor Chairman John Anson Ford offered clarifica- Turn to Page 2, Column 4 ranged from sinister mystery r- to laughter. tinued, "merchandisers will turn to frequent use of color in printed advertising. A new process is expected to substantially reduce costs in color printing. The newspapers and magazines of the future literally will sparkle with color." In Los Angeles County, according to Tommasini, the printing and publishing industry is composed of 1350 establishments with more than 23,000 employees, with a payroll in excess of $65,000,000, and with an annual product value of $195,000,000.

A survey of the Industry, the speaker said, Indicates that 1954 will be a year of stability. Volume will increase, while prices, which Jumped 5 to 10 last year, will be firm at present levels. Magnesium Popular Tommasinl predicted that He leaves besides his son, his widow, Dorothy Ogden, a standing by to help. Another son, Bobby, 2. was in the house at the time but was not burned.

The Griffins, who came to California 16 years ago from Portsmouth, have 13 children nine sons and four daughters. non-professional, and a brother and three sisters in England. mmM( was for a fifth blower at the plant, lt having been found that the four originally specified were insufficient. An argument over the $668, :.4 Suzan Ball Leaves for Sanitarium Actress Suzan Ball has made such a satisfactory recovery from an operation performed last week to amputate her right magnesium metal will be used 000 appropriation started Monday when Councilman Harold increasingly this year as a A. Henry questioned such an expense incurred by the Board photoengraving metal, and will seriously challenge the offset process.

Millions of impressions PS of Public Works without approval of the City Council. Yes are possible from magnesium, he added, and it is suitable as leg that she was able to leave Turn to Page 3, Column the hospital for a sanitarium yesterday, her studio an nounced. terday it developed that the contract for the fifth blower was let by the Board of Public Works months ago when the board was informed that there was still more than $1,000,000 1- The 20-year-old brunet Santa FIRE VICTIM Mrs. Dorothy Griffin stands at bedside of daughter Diane, 5, seriously burned when heater set nightgown afire. Child's life may have been saved by heroic action of paralyzed brother.

Tlmt photo Maria gir! lost a long battle to Driver, at 87, to Face Trial save the limh. which she had injured three times In accidents. in i sewer bond construction in Death Case fund. Funds Returned After the contract was let Superior Court trial on man Don't Try to Snatch Safety Pins From Baby's Throat, Doctor Says however, City Controller Dan slaughter charges was ordered Hove, holding that technically yesterday on George Henley, the work on the'Hyperion plant real estate man, 2018V4 Maple Ave. Henley was accused of cnus ing the death last Dec.

7 of Mrs VV -X est foreign body menaces wt was completed according to original specification when the fourth blower was instaljcd, returned the unexpended funds BV WILLIAM 8. BARTO.V Mothers may become too des perate in trying to save their to the city's then rapidly Frances BJorquez, R0, 1139 Cummings St, She was injured fatally hen struck by Henley's automobile in a crosswalk at s1' III dwindling reserve fund. To release lhe money from children by snatching open safety pins and other foreign bodies from the babies' throats. the reserve fund Councilmanic 8th and Flrkett Sts. Charles Lawrence, 2fi9t 8th This is the opinion of Dr.

have to cope with. The trouble with these plastic toys is that no rays can 'see' them inside the body. They could and should be made visible to fays by adding some inexpensive substance to the terlal. Every young mother should be taught never to leave open safety pins around. "Every mother appears aurt Tarn to Page Column 4 Paul H.

Holincer of the Uni testified hefore Municipal Judge Louis W. Kaufman that versity of Illinois College of to remove an object, this may do critical harm by embedding the object deeper. If the child is not in extreme distress he should be taken to a doctor as promptly as possible. The speaker explained that it refluent ly happens that, after a minute or so, muscular reflexes cause the object to take a less dangerous position. Larger Tins Urged Dr.

llollnger Is in favor of the use of safety pins which are so large they won't enter the child's mouth. Tiny safety pins on dolls, he added, are especially dangerous. "Certainly plastic toys," added the expert, "are the raw he saw Mrs. RJorquex struck Medicine, Chicago. A specialist on the removing of foreign bodies, he discussed the subject as she proceeded in the crosswalk.

He said her body was thrown into the air. Orfieer A. E. Llncbaugh said the headlights on Henley's auto yesterday at the annual midwinter clinical convention of action was necessary. It was apparent yesterday that the Board of Tublic Works and the City Controller were not in agreement about the money ever having been put back in the reserve.

Anyway, when Councilmen became convinced that the matter was largely a bookkeeping transaction and were told that most of the work on the fifth Mower had been performed, the appropriation wn unanimously confirmed. ear-nose-throat doctors in Elks Temple. mobile wouldn't work and he Although, he said, some room Comic Dictionary BOY A nnl with dirt on It. Onvrrlifct. 1M4.

fcf tta SMf THINK OF THE INK! Ink used in a year by Los An-geles printers would fill th lake in AAacArtnur Park, soid Printing Week's Chairman Doug Daley. So Betty Thomos disployed this one-gallon ink con to illustrate. It would takt 128,000 gallons to fill the lake. was using a temporary operator's permit. Henley was freed on $1000 bond pending Superior ers have saved their cnnnren by turning them upside down and clawing with their fingers Court arraignment Feb.

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