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Guaranteed Paid Circulation of tn Sentinel-New yesterday waj WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-hour peried ended at 5 p. ra. Tuesday: Maximum 64, minimum 33. Monterey Bay Area Fair through Thursday; little temperature change; gentle winds. uuU mm.

12,068 MISSED PAPER? If you pnone 8600 before 8:30 p. m. a special messenger will deliver a Sentinel-Newt to you tf you live within the city limit. 98th Year-No. 9 SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1953 5c ri.tdn.y FOURTEEN PAGES in U(D(oJ WM U3 (o DEATH Mothers Collect $3653 For Polio Fund Urge Dutch To Come To Aid Of Homeland Now is the time for all good Dutch to come to the aid of the stricken homeland of their ancestors! With more than 1000 persons reported dead in the greatest wind and flood disaster to strike Holland since medieval times.

Mail Cameir Serek Wffl cnpeiivisDs Inn ILonng Sessiona MscnosgMg One-Night Canvass Is Big Success Capitols) Getting Set For Scout Circus tated, and that he was refused emergency treatment at a later, date. She also said that only four pills to relieve pain had been given him for a two-day period, although they had been prescribed for once every four hours. The condition of her husband had improved markedly after treatment by a private physician, she maintained. Supervisor Frank Clement suggested that a conference with Dr. Trimble be arranged since the board could arrive at no solution of the problem in the face of varying accounts.

Dr. Trimble had reported he said, that County hospital staff members found treatment of Sturges, a diabetic, impeded because visitors brought him candy. Mrs. Sturges denied that her husband had been given candy, and said she was willing to meet with the board and Dr. Trimble at any time.

The validity of county appraisals was questioned during a hearing of a protest by Dr. Howard Johnston of assessment on Larken Valley ranch property owned by him, Jean Johnston and Doris J. Martin. They had an independent appraisal made of their property, he said, and the figure given by the independent surveyor was $21,000 compared with $37,000, the figure set by the county. However.

Mrs. Marian Jones, who was called from the assessor's office in the absence of the assessor to explain the matter, said that the appraisal was not under question at the moment; that only a clerical error was to be corrected. Miss Borina said that the time and new gale and high tide warn ings flashing new danger signals to the battered and inundated country, an emergency appeal for relief funds was launched in the Santa Cruz area by Mrs. Oscar Kasje of Soquel. "We are calling all Hollanders, Dutch descendants, and anyone else willing to help," Mrs.

Kasje stated. "The need is appalling. Send or bring your contributions to Ada Castro, care of the County First National bank. From there, the money will be sent directly to Queen Juliana of The Netherlands for disaster relief. "Remember: Every contribution helps!" Will Make Industrial Survey Here A complete industrial survey and report of Santa Cruz will be prepared for the chamber of commerce by a prominent economic consultant.

Chamber Manager James E. Townsend announced today. Stuart Parry Walsh, director of Industrial Survey Associates, San Francisco, has been retained to prepare the survey. Walsh will address a meeting of the chamber's board of directors, the industrial development committee, city officials, and representatives of utility companies and the state employment service to be held tomorrow noon at the Palomar hotel. At that time, he will explain the scope of the survey he will prepare.

Townsend said the basic economic pattern of Santa Cruz, its recent and projected population growth, and major types of em ployment would be covered. Fac tors affecting industrial develop ment, such as geographic location, climate, markets, raw materials, labor resources and conditions, transportaion facilities and costs, water and power supply, sites, municipal services, taxes, housing, educational, recreational and cultural facilities, and community leadership also will be analysed. A survey of the types of industry best suited for Santa Cruz, and the methods by which they could be, fostered; also will be included in the project. Walsh will receive $3000 for the work, including 50 copies of the survey report. Deadline Tonight To Get Auto Tabs Five o'clock this afternoon is the deadline for Santa Cruz motorists to obtain their 1953 motor vehicle license tabs.

Bill Lenson, chief of the motor vehicle bureau at Soquel avenue and Water street reminded motorists that tha registration fee will double starting tomorrow morning. Cars not equipped with the new tabs are in violation of the law starting tomorrow. As of last night, 18.936 sets of tabs were issued by the local office, last year's total was 19,480. i jl m-wnr i i i it -hthimm i ii in i imnrnww trr Wftm mtf I (Ml Jv fAr 1 frWiVWte'-lffftti' II umamttmiUA'' in "flTnii'nf-'fiiiiiiiM-i nimi rr (irTt rtirr im imi.n tor rne supervisors to sit as a board of equalization had passed. The only alternative open to the Johnstons and Doris J.

Martin was to pay the tax under protest and attempt to recover the money in a civil action, she advised. Supervisors then passed a num ber of resolutions correcting cleri cal and computational errors in assessments, including that of the property owned bv the Johnstons and Doris J. Martin. Supervisor Harts voted "No, as a matter of record" in the correction on the Johnston and Martin assessment. Art League To Honor Cor de Gavere Tonight Members and guests of the Santa Cruz Art league will honor Cor de Gavere, local artist, at the league's gallery on Broadway at 7:30 o'clock this evening.

Eighty-three of her paintings will be exhibited in the South room of the gallery. The public is in vited to attend. Miss Frances Roberts has been in charge of arrangements. Ernest Wicklund is president of the league. Mrs.

Rita Clifford, vocalist, will present a musical program, accompanied by Jack Masse. TOLL 1621 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Warnings of new gales and high tides flashed fresh danger to battered Britain and Holland today as an international armada of planes and boats braved waves and near-freezing weather to rescue survivors of the continent's most frightful flood disaster since medieval times. The unofficial death toll topped 1600. This included 1053 in Holland. The Amsterdam newspaper Het Vrije Volk indicated today that more than 2000 persons may have lost their lives in The Netherlands alone.

Het Vrije Volk said that the death toll on the Zeeland Island of Schouwen-Duiveland alone may De nearly iuuu. it quoted the burgomaster of Zierikzee as saying between 300 and 400 persons drowned in the island town of Nieuwer-kerk. As thousands of workers raced against time to shore up shattered sea defenses, some 2000 vessels and more than 125 planes rushed the evacution of thousands numbed by cold and suffering from three days of exposure in isolated villages throughout stricken southwest Holland. The new gale warning was announced for the North Sea area. A biting wind whipped the sea today along England's Norfolk hit hard by the rushing waters Which hieh tides and hurrinnno winds sent pouring over the land cunaay.

The raging waters subsided somewhat in Britain and Belgium but a thousand square miles of Holland hardest hit of the three countries remained buried under a blanket of deadening salt water. Damage was reckoned in uncal-culated millions of dollars. In Britain more than 400 square miles were flooded. In Brussels, newspaper estimates placed Belgian losses in the neighborhood of 20 million dollars. The final death toll In the disaster may exceed 2000.

The latest count from official and the best available unofficial sources was: Holland, 1053. England, 377. Lost in ships at sea, 169. Belgium, 22. Total, 1621.

An estimated 80,000 persons were homeless, 30,000 in Britain and 50,000 in Holland. Thousands were believed still missing in the two countries. Discuss Slogan Contest Tonight At Safety Council The national safety slogan contest, as well as organization plans of the local safety council will be discussed during a meeting of the Santa Cruz Safety council to be held at 7:45 o'clock this evenirig in the supervisors chambers in the court house annex. Secretary Floyd Weymouth said representatives of law enforcement agencies, schools, and service clubs will attend the meeting. CLAIM PUBLIC OFFICIALS VISITED TARANTINO San Francisco UP).

District Attorney Thomas Lynch said today some public officials visited publisher Jimmie Tarantino during the 14 months his hotel room was wired for sound. Dr. Haskell said this action is one looking toward formation of a recreation district in Felton and that under a long-range program, consideration is being given a plan to turn over the old school grounds to a recreation district if formed. The third section of quonsets will go to the Ben Lomond recreation district. Kai Carlsen, building inspector for the unified district, reported that work is progressing on the covered corridor at the Boulder Creek elementary school.

Roofing and painting are yet to be completed. Robert Brimblecom of Boulder Creek is the contractor. Carlsen also said that early winter rains held up grading at the San Lorenzo elementary school where additions are being made by George Davis, Watsonville contractor. It is expected that grading operations will be completed shortly. 'resident Vincent Locatelli pre-ed at the meeting.

All trustees were present including Clerk Kath-ryn Claver, Mario Esposito, Ted Rolff and Earl Adams. ATTENTION SUBSCRIBERS! $AVE TIME Please bring your printed statement with you when you pay for your Sentinel-News. Circulation Dept. dh Opal Cliffs Area Is Not Included Long-awaited city mail carrier service in Capitola will begin on Monday, February 16. Postmasters Harry Hooper of Capitola and Orin Howard of Santa Cruz received word this morning from C.

B. Utley, acting, assistant postmaster general at Washington, that the service ill begin on this date. The Opal Cliffs area is not inlcuded and will still be served out of the local postoffice. Hooper said he has lined up two carriers James Zamaroni, who will have a mounted route, with some foot delivery; and Harold Jarvis for the foot route. Both are well known in Capitola.

The Capitola postmaster also reminded those receiving the new delivery service that they must have visible house numbers and suitable mail receptacles or mail-slots at their addresses. He said E. L. Jacobson, postal inspector at Salinas, will assist him in setting ud the routes and with other details. Howard said the final delivery from the Santa Cruz office to the new delivery area will be made February 15.

Some of the area also has been included in the Aptos rural mail service. The local postmaster said that in the past confusion has resulted due to a conflicting numbering system in the Capitola area served by the local office. Several months ago the Capitola planning commission began a program of straightening out confusion in street numbers. The new delivery area extends to 45th avenue to the Freeway, including the incorporated area of Canitola. Hooper urged residents of the area to be patient for a time if there is some delay or confusion in the new program.

"We'll have to scout around and become organized," he said. Mrs. Delia Peterson Dies An autopsy was to be performed this afternoon upon the remains of Delia Peterson, 75-year-old resi dent of the Watsonville area, found dead after a traffic accident on Corralitos road south of Haines road yesterday. The California highway natrol reported that the th seems to have been due to a heart attack suffered immediately before Mrs. Peterson's car ran off the road and hit a palm tree.

Mrs. Peterson was alone in her car when the accident occurred shortly before six o'clock yesterday evening. Although she was taken by ambulance to the Watsonville hospital, pre-autopsy examination indicated she was dead before the accident. Mrs. Peterson, a resident of the Watsonville Santa Cruz area since 1895, was affectionately known as "Ma Pete" to hundreds of Pajaro valley residents.

She was the cook for the YMCA in Watsonville for many years and her family is widely known in the area. Surviving are her son, George Peterson of her daughters, Christina Cusack of Watsonville, Daphne Williams of New Jersey; a sister, Carrie Tindall of Watsonville, and a brother, Clark Rowlee of Redding; also eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Watsonville Baptist church and of the Rebekah lodge. Funeral services will he hpld to morrow at 10 a.m. from Mehl's Funeral home, Watsonville, with burial following in the Watsonville Pioneer cemetery.

Friends are invited to attend and are encouraged by the family to contribute to the March of Dimes in her memory. Will Complete Clothes For Kids Drive Friday With more than 12 tons of clothes already donated, one final day of collections in the "Clothes for Korean Children" campaign will be held Friday, it was announced today. Naval Reserve members and service club volunteers will make collections Friday and in the meantime anyone with clothes ready for the drive may notify the reserve, by phoning 4461 or bringing the clothes to the downtown or East Side fire stations. Feb urday evening and Sunday afternoon. Tickets may be obtained from the Scouts, Cubs and Explorers, or at the Penniman Title company office on Pacific avenue.

All Scouting units are requested to turn in their tickets for the Boy Scout circus this weekend to Warren Penniman by Friday. The circus will staged Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon at the civic auditorium. Tickets for it may be obtained at the Penniman Title company office on Pacific avenue or from Scouts, Cubs or Explorers. New facilities have been install ed there recently and plans are bemg prepared for an addition to the sea wall which protects the property. A Ford spokesman in San Francisco said land for the new plant had not yet been purchased, and that several sites "between San Jose and Richmond" were under consideration.

Another source indicated a tract at Milpitas, about six miles northeast of San Jose, was under option. Construction is expected to start this spring. The big plant will operate with day and night shifts. The Richmond factory, which can turn out between 300 and 325 cars a day, uses only a day shift. It had a payroll in 1952 of 330.000.

Crusoe's statement said "space limitations of our present property at Richmond, need for continued production during our overall expansion program, and the advantages of a new plant and layout designed specifically for a greater volume, are among the factors influencing the decision to build a new plant" REMINGTON GETS THREE-YEAR TERM New York Wl. William W. Remington was sentenced today to three years in prison for perjury in de fending himself against accusations it AAmmitnipm ui vuuuuuuism. Federal Judge Vincent L. Lei-bell pronounced the sentence.

The maximum penalty was 10 years in prison and $4000 in fines. 16 Santa Cruz mothers marched on polio last night, and turned their one-night drive into a rousing success. Mrs. Lela Swasey, general chairman of the Mothers' March on Polio, reported this morning that $3653 were counted at the conclusion of the march last night, and that additional funds collected during the drive are expected later today. In addition, $3026 were collected by another Mothers' march in the Watsonville area, bringing the county total for the event to $6679, exclusive of some collections not yet turned in and tabulated.

This exceeds by more than $800 the total returns from last year's mothers' march, which brought in $5800 for the March of Dimes. County Chairman Walter R. Bet-tencourt of the March of Dimes said that the one-night drive brought to $8178 the funds so far collected in the Santa Cruz area. $4525 have been contributed by mail and in person, as of today. Largest return last night was made by the teams of the Branci-forte elementary and junior high schools, which turned in $603 and indicated further returns would be made today.

Second largest return came from the Soquel-Capitola area, with $530. The Bay View school team took third place with $493. Other returns came from Gault school, $387; Grant, $137; Laurel, $347; Live Oak, $246; Holy Cross, $312; Mission Hill, $457, and incomplete returns from the San Lorenzo valley, $137. Chairma Bettencourt expressed his sincere thanks to the Parent-Teachers all volunteer workers, and those who contributed to the Mothers' March on Polio. "The excellent results of the drive indicate the awareness of our community to the need for effective combat against polio," he said.

"The inspired response to our appeal last night will benefit the work done by the county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. "In spite of the all-out effort by our volunteer workers, not every residence in the area could be contacted. A survey made at our headquarters also indicates that many have not yet returned the March of Dimes envelopes that were mailed to them. In order to facilitate collection of these envelopes and other donations that may still be made, the headquarters of the March of Dimes will be kept open in the civic auditorium until February 15." PORCH DAMAGED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Mary B. Dranow, 52, 1614 Soquel avenue, escaped without injuries yesterday afternoon when her car struck the curb on Ocean street bridge across Branciforte creek, jumped the sidewalk, and struck the porch of the H.

F. Graun residence, 543 Ocean street, police reported. Junior College; Cents Per $100 Dr. Flint declared. Santa Cruz county has paid as high as 22 cents or tuition to other junior colleges for students from this county, he added.

He said that under the present set up, Monterey Peninsula college has a "good deal" inasmuch as it received $60,000 from Santa Cruz county in tuition last year. This money is not needed in operations but can be used for new buildings or other capital outlay. In addition, he estimated that the county is losing between $50,000 and in money spent by students attending institutions outside the county. A district is allowed up to five per cent of assessed valuation for capital outlay in issuing bonds to finance a building program. Dr.

Flint estimated that bonds in the amount of only about two and one half per cent of the assessed valua-tion of the county would be needed to set up an adequate junior college in Santa Cruz county. The bonds could be paid off in 10 years the tax would be around 18 cents for these years and then the rate would drop several cents for operational costs, he said. He envisioned an enrollment of 1200 in 1965 in view of the con stant population growth. As for courses, he said 45 per cent of the students would have a curriculum aimed at liberal arts; 10 per cent would be pre-profes-sional and the remaining 45 per cent would be directed toward vocational activities. He stressed that a college education means larger salaries in the future for the students who attend institutions of higher learning.

The county school district re organization committee is now studying the possibility of forming a county-wide junior college district Chairman Phil Howe's opening thump of the gavel at yesterday's meeting of the county board of su pervisors jarred the lid from a Pandora's box of vexations some old, some new which will take up the board's time and concern for some days to come. Serious dissatisfaction was expressed with County hospital han dling of one patient, with the East Cliff sanitation district road work and sewer pipe materials, and with county property appraisals. Finally, they abandoned a coun ty procedure for reporting mileage on county cars on the grounds that it was time consuming and a dupn cation of effort, and received a ver bal thwacking for omission of re turn envelopes with traffic over time tickets. Mrs. Alice Wilder re ported that a citizen had spent forty cents trying to find out where to pay his fine.

Space for address and phone number on the ticket were blank, sne saia. ine Doara learned that the city had run out of envelopes and that a rush order for them is being expedited. Disgruntled residents of the East Cliff district, including Mrs. C. H.

Taft, 251 32nd avenue, and D. L. Burns, 38th avenue, appeared to protest road grading done in their areas. Don Reinoehl, consulting engineer for the district, reported that he was asking Road Commissioner Fred Pracht to examine roads in the district and certify that they were in good condition before A. J.

Peters and Son construction firm would be paid for the job. He himself would examine particular spots about which there were complaints, he said. However, a thorough general survey also would be made, he assured the Mrs. Taft and Burns complained of flat grading with resultant drainage trouble. In the 32nd avenue neighborhood, Mrs.

Taft said, citizens gave free labor and spent $209 of their own money to have the street graded properly. Instead, she charged, the surfacing material they bought was being sold to citizens who had not contributed to the neighborhood fund, and clay was left heaped at the roadside. D. L. Burns, 38th avenue, complained of flat rather than crown grading of his private road, and said it was repeatedly covered with base rock rather than decomposed granite or a proper surfacing material.

Reinoehl said that Mrs. Taft's complaint had been referred to the contractor some time ago and that he was surprised to hear the situation had not been remedied. Rumors that concrete piping was being used for some sewage lines rather than vitrified clay piping as contracts prescribe will also be investigated by Reinoehl. Reinoehl said it was possible people had seen concrete pipe rings for manholes rather than piping, but that only vitrified clay had been specified for the sewage lines themselves. Supervisor C.

B. Harts said that while he had no personal knowledge of materials used, he had re ceived complaints of concrete piping. Reinoehl also said he was astonished to learn that he had inconvenienced the board by not appearing at last week's meeting. He had come to a special meeting the preceding Thursday, he recalled, and it was his understanding that matters about the district upon which his consultation would be needed had been cleared up then. Chairman Rowe said that any reprimand had been intended primarily1 for the attorneys for the district, and thanked Reinoehl for his punctuality yesterday.

District Attorney June Borina facetiously advised Reinoehl to "take your armored car along" as he left to survey the East Cliff sanitation district area. Minor matters approved by the board in connection with the sanitation district included approval of installation of concrete piers to protect sewage laterals serving trans-river homes, approval of sealing a well as protection against surface water; and filing of a report on equipment delivery submitted by the S. and Q. construction company. Board members will make arrangements for a conference with Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Sturges, and Dr. H. E. Trimble, County hospital head, who gave varying accounts of the history of treatment of Sturges at the hospital.

Mrs. Sturges charged yesterday that her husband was arbitrarily dismissed from the hospital when he refused to have his leg ampu Index Page Amusements 8 Classified Section 10-11 Comics 9 Editorial Features 13 Markets 12 Radio and TV Programs 12 Society, Club News 3, 6 Sports 7-8 Vital Statistics 12 Waterfront 14 (Top) These Boy Scouts dem onstrate axmanship, one of the "Scouting Skills" to be shown at the Boy Scout circus at the civic auditorium this weekend. They are (left to right) Richard Fair-hurst, David Alcorn and Butch Castro. Some 1400 Scouts, Cubs and Explorers are their fellow performers in the circus. (Lower): Scouts Denny Dal-man, Bobby Jones and Noel De-Dora, (left to right) rehearse for "Pioneering in the Wilderness" one of the production acts of the Boy Scout circus, to be presented at the civic auditorium Sat Dr.

Flint Estimates $2,000,000 Valley Unified School Trustees Accept Cowell Offer For Site To Build Valley High School Ford To Build Multi-Million Dollar Plant Near San Jose Needed To Build Tax Outlay Of 17 If Santa Cruz county would es tablish a junior college within the next year or so at a capital outlay of some $2,000,000 for a 60-acre site and a plant, the college would have a beginning enrollment of some 611 students at a cost to county taxpayers of about 17 cents on each $100 assessed valuation. These figures were set forth last night by Dr. Calvin Flint, president of the Monterey Peninsula college at Monterey, at a meeting of the San Lorenzo valley unified school district board of trustees at the high school in Boulder Creek. The meeting was open to the public and there was a large turnout of interested valley residents, including heads of various organizations. Dr.

Eugene Haskell, unified district superintendent, introduced Dr. Flint. The Monterey Peninsula college president made a study of junior college needs in Santa Cruz county for his thesis for a Ph.D. degree at Stanford university. Santa Cruz county is one of the few in the state which does not have a junior college and students attending out-of-county junior colleges from Santa Cruz, Watsonville and the San Lorenzo valley have the longest trips to make to their classes in the state.

Only rival in this regard is Merced, with a population of 14,000. Based on ability to pay, Santa Cruz county would become one of the 10 wealthiest junior college districts in California, he said. Over the state, the average attendance cost in junior colleges is $425 which means a tax of 17 cents on each $100 assessed valuation. The law provides for a tax up to 35 cents without calling a special election, The San Lorenzo unified school district board of trustees last night accepted the offer of E. II.

Con-nick, San Francisco, manager of the Henry Cowell Lime and Cement company, as the basis for the purchase of the proposed site for the new San Lorenzo valley high school. The two conditions contained in the offer are: 1, $750 per acre be paid for 25 acres of the cement company's property, adjoining the present San Lorenzo elementary school near Felton; and 2, that a fence be built along the property line and that a 60-foot right-of-way to Fall Creek road Te granted and deeded to the county which will give free access to the Cowell property south of the proposed site. Dr. Eugene Haskell, superintendent of the unified said the state has approved cut-, ting of the original site of 30 acres to 25 acres. It is hoped to call for construction bids by April I inasmuch as the valley school officials want the" classrooms ready for occupancy next September.

Plans have been prepared by Architect John Lyon Reid of San Frencisco and are being studied by the state department of education. The board last night also acted on disposal of the three-section nimncpt hutc nn the old Ben Lo- mond school grounds. One section will go to Mrs. Louise nuason on her bid of $158. Another section will go to the Felton grounds to be rehabilitated and maintained as a center for Boy Scout and other youth Detroit UP).

The Ford Motor company announced today it will build a new assembly plant in the San Francisco area to expand its manufacture of Ford cars and trucks. The company did not make an estimate of the cost. Prior reports placed the figure between 35 and 50 million dollars. Ford said it decided on the expansion in the San Francisco area to meet an expanding automobile market on the west coast. L.

D. Crusoe, vice president and general manager of the Ford divi sion, said the additional tacilities are necessary to permit our pro duction to keep pace with de mand." At present Ford operates Ford car and truck assembly plants in Kichmond and Long Beach, as well as a Lincoln-Mercury assembly plant in Los Angeles. It also has parts depots and sales offices in Los Angeles and Richmond. Ford gave no details as to the number of persons to be employed in the new plant. One company source, however, said the expansion may double the company's west coast employment.

The new plant will require two or three years to build. Ford said. The company said the present Richmond car and truck as-' sembly plant will continue as a Ford assembly operation "at least until the new facilities are occupied." Neither will operations at the Ford assembly plant in Long Beach be affected, Ford said..