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2 Port I JUNE 13, 1951 DiSalle Warns Slaughterers Jury Picking Speeded in Slaying Case Air Force May Have to Use Draftees Volunteers Fail to Meet Manpower Goal of June 30 PYROMANIAC'S FIRES FOUGHT IN ALTADENA Four brush fires, apparently the work of a pyromaniac, were fought yesterday in the Altadena hills by four Los Angeles County Fire Department companies, aided by volunteers. The fires were set, one after the other, along New York Drive between Foothill Blvd. and Sierra Madre Villa according to deputies at the Sheriffs Altadena substation. Paying Above Ceiling Prices Los 3ngcl cs Cimts it A WASHINGTON, June 12 UP) The Air Force says it, will be unable to meet its June -y 30 manpower goal of 850,000 and a lack of volunteers may I soon cause it to reach for -draftees. Previouslyonly the Army has taken draftees.

The Air Force, like the Navy and marines, has filled its quota with volun- teers. The Air Force enlisted 56,000 volunteers in January, but the May figure was only 11,000. Army figures for the same months were 29 .000 and 1 1. 'i Navy and marine volunteering has also slackened. Worried on Quality Volunteering is now appar-'i' ently increasing, but an Air Force spokesman told a reporter, today.

A continuing dearth of volunteer enlistments would ob- viously force us to use the draft." V' He said the Air Force is wor- tied by the quality of men it is CAREER TROUBLE Actress Morjorie Reynolds, who will 'seek divorce from Jock. Reynolds, television director. She is leaving for tour in Korea to entertain GIs. YEARS LATER Blanche Ring, 74, musical comedy stor, in court yesterday to divorce Charles Winninger, 66, musical comedian, after 39 years of marrioge. BLANCHE RING AT 74 IS GRANTED DIVORCE Comedian Husband Charles Winninger, 66, Accused of Desertion After 39 Years Blanche Ring, now 74, the original "Rings on Her Fingers, Bells on Her Toes" musical comedy girl, yesterday divorced Charles Winninger, 66, musical comedian, after 39 years of marriage.

"Her charge' was desertion. since hf.haf! never VT1 th They were married In Boston, i name of mmnSfr. and the oih-Nov. R. 1512, she said, and were er u-as.

rnark. 1 Divorce Plans Disclosed by Miss Reynolds BY 11 EDI) A HOPPER Marjorie Reynolds, after 13 years of marriage, told me' today she will divorce Jack Reynolds, a television director. "We have been separatedfor six weeks," Marjorie said, "and I will consult with my attorney as soon as I return from Korea." Miss Reynolds, who is 30, will leave June 23 with Jack Benny to tour Army camps and the fighting front. The group will be gone five weeks. She said she is postponing the legal action because she has been quite ill from the strenuous series immunization shots Spector Loses Plea for Cut in $25,000 Bond U.S.

Judge William C. Mathes yesterday refused a plea to reduce the $25,000 bond fixed by the Federal grand jury for Frank Spector. indicted last week on charges of failing to leave the country after a deportation order had been issued against him. Spector, 57, was born in Odessa, Russia, and was ordered deported by the Immigration Service in 1930. Russia refused to receive deportees and Spector has remained in the country since.

Asserted Organizer He is an asserted member of the Communist Party and' an organizer, in Los Angeles County, according to Asst. U.S. Atty. Angus D. Mc.Eachen, who presented the evidence against him before the grand jury.

In denying the reduction In bail. Judge Mathes said: "If Spector goes around talking about the overthrow of the U.S. government by force and. violence, he may. never appeal in court here again because under present conditions he may get his head knocked off." The judge set June 25 as the date for Spector to plead to the charge and the defendant was held in the County Jail in lieu of bond.

Six From Oxy Honored by Science Group Selection of six Occidental College students to receive certificates of merit for exceptional ability in science from Sigma XI, national honorary science fraternity, was announced yesterday by President Arthur G. Coons. 1 They are Cordon D. Carpenter, .517 El N6rte Monrovia', and Myton A. Miller, 254 Temple Beach, in chemistry; Dona! M.

Ragan, 3S64 Pueblo Ave Los Angeles, and George M. Mann. Camden, geology Ralpn F. W'uerker, 237 Citrus Los Angeles, physics, and Thomas A. Redden, 209')2 Gault Ave, Canoga Park, psychology.

Gen. Bradley Gives Report to Truman WASHINGTON, June12 JP) Gen. Bradley reported to President Truman today on his talks with American. British and military leaders in Europe. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whoreturned yesterday from, his 1 Outlay visit, spent 35 minutes with the President at the White House.

'4 Prosecutions and Quota Cutbacks Hinted as Likely June 12 EE) Price Stabilizer Michael said today some slaughterers are paying above-ceiling prices for cattle and warned they "may be heading" for prosecution and cutbacks in future slaughtering quotas. DiSalle said that enforcement agents checking the nation's stockyards are reporting names of all cattle purchasers, what they are paying and what they are doing with the cattle. Rongh Going Ahead He. said some slaughterers ap pear to.be paying $1 to $1.50 a pound over ceilings. These slaughterers, he said, will havej "rough going" later in the month when" they are forced to bid less than ceiling in an effort 1 to average out their prices for the month.

'these slaughterers stop overbidding," he said, "they may find themselves out of compliance with the regulation and subject to its penalty provisions, including civil and criminal actions as well as reductions, in their July slaughter quota's." Should Get Back in Line "I want to caution them now to get back, in line and to cooperate in this program." The Defense Production Act provides' for a maximum penalty of one year in jail, a $10,000 fine and treble damages for" violating the act- Cattle Shipments Reverse Downtrend CHICAGO. June (U.PJ Cattle shipments spurted sharply at the ration's major -stockyard3 today, reversing a downward trend since the government's controversial price rollback took effect June 4. Some sources said the larger shipments may mean that farmers and cattle feeders are resigned to the rollback. But major. -packers said' prices held steady and they still were unable more animals to fill the void of -a -growing, beef shortage in retail stores.

The big packers have refused to buy unless they comply with ceilings, thus creating a beef shortage' in butcher shops. Stiffening Stand Taken on Controls WASHINGTON. June 12 CSV-Two pronouncements from the mobilization high command today indicated a-stiffening stand on emergency powers; They were: From Economic Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson "The rollbacks, are firm" on beef prices. From President Truman, in-directlv reported by Sen.

McFar-land D). Ariz. The President "is going to lay it on the line" In his radio-television talk', to the nation Thursday night about controls. Wilson took his unyielding position in the meat price controversy at a new3 conference. McFarland, Democratic leader in the Senate, told reporters about the President's plans aft er the.

weekly White House ses sion of Capitol leaders. McFarland said the discussion centered on speedy action to extend and strengthen the Defense Production Act, which, is the basis of much of the defense program, and to raise taxes. Sen. Maybank D) S.O, meanwhile announced a Congressional investigation to determine whether ttv. meat shortage- "is nothing more than a strike on the part of the meat industry." Maybank said hearings will be held tomorrow and Thursday nights by the Senate-House Committee on Defense.

Production, which he heads. Livestock producers, meat packers and other, industry witnesses will testify, he 'said. County Again Finds Building Bids Tod High of a I Satisfactory Panel for Birdsall Trial Expected Today By a Times Correspondent. 1 SAN BERNARDINO, June i 12 Speedy selection of a I jury for the murder trial of Miss Rose Marie Birdsall was evident here today and both prosecution and defense ex pressed expectation that a satisfactory panel may be ob-j tained by recess time tombr-l I row. i An attractive, blue-eyed woman of 21 with raven hair, Miss Birdsall has pleaded not guilty and not guilty b3' reason of in-; sanity to killing Warren Edden-j field, 46, her brother-in-law and i part-time employer, in Icebox Canyon, near-Camp Baldy, on the night of last Jan.

29. In a confession following her arrest Miss Birdsall claimed that she bludgeoned Eddenfield, a cafe owner, with a whisky bottle, flashlight and stones after he threatened to use force in amorous attentions. Excused on Belief One prospective juror was excused by Asst. Dist. Atty.

J. Simpson todaj. She was Mrs. Paul' Wise, Upland housewife. Although Mrs.

Wise was excused after she said she does not believe in capital -punishment, this was not regarded as significant in view of the previously voiced intention of the prosecution not to seek the death penalty lor Miss Birdsall. When court opened this morning Miss Birdsall wearing a blue print dress with a bolero skirts-threw herself into the arms of her three They are Mrs. Ruth Eddenfield of Chino, wife of the murdered man, who is scheduled to be a strong witness for the defense, Mrs. Betty Smith of Van Nuys and Mrs. Pat Bishop of Pomona.

Prosecution Stand In his questioning of prospective jurors today, Dist. Simpson indicated he will stress actions of Miss Bridsall after the murder. She was found registered "in a North Long Beach motel three days after Edden-field's battered body was found beneath a large boulder 30 feet from the Camp Baldy road. Questions by Atty. Carl Rim-baugh, representing the defend ant, indicate that he will argue that the jury must consider Miss Birdsall's actions only at the time she was assertedly defendt ing her honor in the darkness of the lonelv mountain road.

Nina Warren's Graduation Set SACRAMENTO, June 12 (JP) Nioa Warren, polio-stricken daughter of the Governor, will graduate with her classmates of C. K. McClatchy High School Thursday night. Honey Bear, asshe is known to her friends, last November contracted polio, which paralyzed her legs. Doctors hope eventually she will regain complete use of her muscles.

She gets about now with the aid of crutches. it 1 i J. 3 i i 1 1 I 's 'X it 'V! 't verj' happy until New Year's morning, 1928. "That morning," the white-haired former comedienne told Superior Judge Stanley N. Barnes, came into my room and said.

"I no longer want tPjqueried, was not the worn-j. I in love with 650 Acres Near Buena Park Sold for $1, Sale of 650 acres of unimproved land near Buena Park, partly in Orange. County partly in Los Angeles County, for $1,000,000 was confirmed yesterday by Superior Judge Victor Hansen. The property was sold by the $2,210,000 estate of the late Dr. Harriet Allen Heath, retired physician, wno acquired the land in 1905, four years after retiring from practice in Waterjoo, la.

She was the daughter of H. B. Allen, Los Angeles lawser and pioneen land developer Bought br Developer Purchaser of the property was William Berk, real estate developer, who'' was- reported to be planning to develop the acreage for industrial use. Under terms the sale," Berk agreed to pay the estate $250,000 in cash and sign a note for the remaining $750,000. Dr.

Heath, 81, died Dec 2, Her -husband, John E. S. Heath, an attorney, died nine months latter." bid have" been increased bv other bidders in open court but appeared. The sale was placed before the court by the Heath estate's executors, Lewis F. Marquis, a real estate man, and John R.

Heath, cousin of Dr. Heath's husband. Atty. A. Kimbrough, of Latham Watkins, represented the executors.

Diane tics Head Wins Emergency Divorce Decree JCHITA. June 12 (JFh- Ron Hubbard, founder of dianeties. was awarded an emer-! 000.000 live with you another He left on that day." Her attorney, Jacques Leslie, inquired whether she had ever given Winninger cause to leave her. Not the slightest cause," she assured him. She told the court she wished the legal right to re sume her name of Blanche Ring.

-7 Ally, jiuion uuiurn, Fpcel-ing Wjnninger who lives in New York, asked Judge Barnes permission to question Miss Ring. "When he said he was in love wit cnmoAna 1 CI 1 A ha iri.Tt to marry, when he i free? Miss Ring assured him it was not. Under a property settlement which the ex-actress said was satisfactory, she will receive $175 every Thursday until her death or remarriage. She laughed at the idea of remarriage. rounds, nearly 2000 shells more than the previous mark set off Korea by the heavy cruiser St Paul.

The, Manchester's first action was in support of the amphibious invasion of Inchon. Later, after patrol off Formosa, it gave fire support to the evacua- tion of Hungnam. along with 'hit. Jury Finds becarae frightened when Ray refused to leave the ranch last Saturdaj as ordered by her superintendent. Evasio Piovera.

She said she got a pistol and as she approached Ray. who was way io nsn, neo mio "Jrrf three warn- ing'shou. Ray emerged from the brush and started to leave but. she testified, he suddenly vtrc nn ttifiivi that eh 'grabbed the rifle barrel and Pushed It away as she pulled the trigger of her pistol, not in- tendinto hit The bulIct Struck him above the heart and teceiving as well as the quan-i tity. Air Force figures show its enlistments during the last two months have been predomi-j nantly in the lowet intelligence group.

The Navy said todaj it will meet its programmed manpower goal by June 30. although Navy volunteering has dropped sharply since the beginning of the year. In January, the Navy accepted volunteers. Last month it got tnly 13,800 volunteers. Marine Corps Let-Down Marine Corps figures are not available but it is known that the corps has also experienced a let-down In the flow of volunteers.

The services give varying reasons for the general decline in volunteering. Spokesmen say April and May, just before the school year ends, are generally bad months. Some officers blamed the dearth of volunteers on. the Army's reduced draft calls. When the Army, was drafting 80,000" men a month many youths thought it would, be.

better to volunteer and get into the service of their Officers in all of the services expressed fear that unless something is done to make it easier for men to volunteer for the service of their choice it will be difficult for the forces to release their reservists, a program which has been to start this summer. COCKE Continued from First Page we have a- force strong enough to fight it." Cocke declined comment on Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer's proposal to withdraw U.S. trocps fromj Korea.

"But I see absolutely no reason for having diplomatic relations with Russia." Cocke declared in backing up Wedemeyer on this point. Backs Red Blockade "I do not believe we can win the Korean war unless we bomb and blockade Red China and I certainly believe the Chinese Nationalist forces should be used," said Cocke, who recently returned from a visit to Korea and Europe. He advocated the use of tactical atomic weapons in Korea, if such explosives are in fact "War for the man at the front is a total business. He gets the soldier who is shooting at him, or he gets shot. Atomic guns would only increase his chance of doing his job and living to tell about it," said who dis claimed knowledge of progress and capabilities of the rumored new weapons.

Cocke said the Senate inquiry, into the firing of Gen. MacAr-1 thur "has put the American pub lic back into Rovemment with the quest for the knowledge and information to which it is entitled." i Early 'today Cocke waved I cheery greeting as he left Georgia Street Receiving Hos- 1 pital to drive to Los Angeles International Airport, then to fly i to Savannah, C.a. In the Georgia city he is to be guest of honor i tomorrow at Erie Cocke Day, Cruiser Manchester Due at Long Beach Friday niutrold oa Pag 3. Pari 1 More than 10 months of combat cruising will end for the light cruiser Manchester when it docks at the Long Beach Municipal Tier at 9 a.m. Friday, bringing home 105 Southland-ers in her crew of.

1350. Mayor Burton Chace of Long: I Beach will head a delegation of other, units of Task Force city, county. State and service'. On another occasion it dignitaries in home coming steamed into Wonsan Harbor ceremonies." and destroyed troop concentra- The cruiser, which was re-jtions, warehouses, bridges and lieved off Korea by. the USSjrail and truck traffic around Los Angeles last June I.

boasts rthe port's perimeter under Red of being the Navy's "fighting-'shore heavy. unit in the VJS. ac- Although the cruiser Mas lion. straddled by Communist fire a Its 5 and fi-inch batteries i number of times it was never required of persons entering the Orient. Marjorie told me the reason was "career trouble," and that although she deeply regrets the decision it is the only possible way they both can find happiness.

The couple have a daughter, Linda. Train Hits Car, Kills Baby and II i .1 nurrs viorner TRAFFIC TOLL Yesterday's deaths 1. 1951 countyitotal--312. DEAD: Michael Phillips, five months, of 421 Chapel Alhambra. A five-month-old infant was killed and his mother was critically injured early yesterday when the automobile in which they were riding was struck bv a Southern Pacific freight train near Garfield Ave.

and Mission! Road. Alhambra. pital for treatment. as Partner Attempt then said the car was his and he was looking for the keys. When Low's two friends started to get out of the car, Wakeland ordered Princess to "watch and she bared her fangs and growled, Low said.

Shootirtg Starts -The special officer then p- cess and' Wakeland ran a short distance. Wakeland told police yesterday that it was all a mis- take. He thought the.car was his own and was merely trying to re- claim he said. Other persons In Low's car were Nathan Stewart of the tciennurst Ave. address, and Miss Mary Salcldo of 440 Hope St.

Princess was In the Anne Street Animal Shelter last night. Her master was in JaU. i gency divorce from his wife, Sara: The car was dragged down the Northrup Hubbard, today. i track, with its occupants trapped I The divorce was without all-j inside. It was demolished.

i mony but provided that Mrs. i The cmld was Michael Phillips Hubbard is to have, custody of jof 424 Chapel Alhambra. I their 14-month-old child Alexis The mother, Mrs. Coline Phillips, I and $200. a month to support! 37, was taken to General Hos-: 'hit the Communists with 23.602 i i i i k-- i Slaying by Rich Widow Upjustified, SAN LUIS OBISPO, June 12 VP Mrs.

Margaret G. Ryan, wealthy New York widow, was arraigned in Justice Court today on a warrant in con- nection with the fatal shooting last Saturday of Leonard B.i coroners warrant aid state any specific charge. It merely directed the: District At- torney to have her arra.gned at the nearest magistrate. I tion Th arraignment came snortiy i t't-; rafter a Coroner's iury had he felt "fine and dandy." -and found the shooting -unjustifiable hir, and 22. 1 was confident that he was in nohomicide- bv a 7-to-3 -vote.

nh? ptt of my Alexis. SHE'S IN DOGHOUSE Dog Held in Holdup A 4-3'ear-old German shepherd dog. Princess, participated in an alleged holdup yesterday when her master ordered her to hold officer John Kite, who happened to be near the scene. Complaint Filed' -The fracas started when Herbert Ijow. 31, of 3779 Eden-hurst was standing by his car in New Chinatown.

According to Low, who filed a suspicion of robbery complaint against Wakeland, the lineman! approached him and ordered him to strip oft his coat. akeland' For tbe second time in two! two persons at bay, police were weeks the Board of Supervisors told. yesterday rejected bids on a pro-j The dog- and her master; Bob-posed 'county building because 'ert C. Wakeland, 34, a lineman, the bids were too high to fitGf 1641 255th Harbor City, maximum- funds; both halted after severaf shots available. I were fired at them bv Special II gastric attack.

Billion-Dollar Budget Bill Rushed to Warren SACRAMENTO. June Dist. Atty. Herbert C. Grun-j he died shortly after.

California' Legislature, act-! dell art he will present the; Sgu Irvln Uhde. Ix Angeles ing under the growing pressure case to the grand jury tomorrow.1 Police Department ballistics ex-of time, today rushed a Mrs. Ryan testified she shotipert. told the Coroner's jury he 400.000 State budget bill to Gov. Leonard D.

Ray, 22, when he examined the red and black The action was to order archi-i tects to redraw plans for the new Juvenile Hall for which submitted bids totaled $4,.100,000 while the-194S bond issue for the construction work came to. only $3,500,000. The board last week called for new drawings on the projected contagious disease hospital on which bids topped by nearly $2,000,000 the $5,000,000 available under a bond issue, Warren for his signature. The threatened her with a 22 rifle' woolen shirt worn by Itay at tne Assembly approved a joint con-jafter she had ordered him from time of death and "found no ference committee's compromise, her ranch. powder particles.

He said it is version of the big money hill.) Mrs. Ryan, widow of the his opinion that the bullet was to 2. The Senate of the late financier 'fired from a distance of more added its OK, 33 to 2. Thomas Fortune Ryan, said she than 24 inches. ACCOMPLICE? Princess, 4-year-old German shepherd, ponders her fate in animal shelter.

Dog's master told her to hold two persons at boy in alleged holdup, police were told. Master and dog were placed- behind bars. Time phot.