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will deliver a Sentinel-News to ou if you live within the city limita. 99th Year-No. 25 SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1954 Sunday and Daily Excepting Saturday SIXTEEN PAGES 1y) Signs Like This One Advertise Attractions Of Santa Cruz Strife In (SF May Fire Calls, ILsses HJp ia2as5 the county advertising committee, can be found on Highway 101 two miles south of Morgan Hill; on Highway 101 at the San Juan road junction to Watson-ville; on Highway 1 at Castro-ville, 500 feet west of the Castro-ville junction, and at Los Banos, on Highway 152, two miles west of the Gustine road junction. In all, Santa Cruz county now maintains 12 major highway bulletins and four neon directional signs. Signs like this one are being seen by tourists outside of Santa Cruz county on Foster and Kleiser billboards and others and are reproduced in the Sacramen Leonard G.

Sanches Declares Candidacy For Sheriff's Post 28 Die As Train Plows Into Crowd In Egyptian Station An increase in the number of fire calls and the amount of loss caused by fire in 1953 in Santa Cruz as compared to 1952 was revealed yesterday by the annual report of the Santa Cruz fire department. A total of 387 calls were answered by the firemen in 1953 as compared to 317 in 1952, while the fire damage, including both insured and non-insured losses, amounted to $143,335 in 1953 as compared to $20,906 the previous year. A major factor in the 1953 rise in damages was the fire in the H. H. Ledyard company's whole-.

sale warehouse on Vine street which accounted for $60,000 of the total loss. The report, compiled by Assistant Chief Ted McEwen, shows 65 residential fires in 1953 as compared to 41 a year earlier. There were only seven mercantile fires last year as compared to nine in 1952, but there were seven manufacturing fires last year in comparison with one in 1952. The 1953 fire year report shows two non-residential (assembly) fires as compared to one in 1952; six storage fires as compared to four; 92 brush and grass fires as compared to 73; 73 auto, boat, similar machinery fires in comparison with 57, and two miscellaneous fires in comparison with one of the same classification in 1952. False alarms, set mischievously, accounted for 17 of the firemen's calls last year as compared with 14 the previous year.

Smoke scares, including honest mistakes and accidental alarms, last year brought the firemen out 46 times in comparison with 32 times the year before, while there were 70 first aid, accident and emergency calls in 1953 as compared to 54 in 1952. The incurred losses in 1953 amounted to $127,858 as compared to $28,350 a year earlier, while the non-insured losses last year totaled $15,477 in comparison with $2556 in 1952. The fire loss to automobiles was almost identical for the two years, $4115 in 1953 and S4101 in 1952. Firemen conducted 2765 inspections during 1953 as compared to 3039 in 1952. Fire drills and school inspections last year totaled 99 as compared to 98 a year earlier.

HUMORIST'S SON IS ARRESTED FOR HOLDUPS New York (JP). Adam Perelman, 17, son of author and humorist S. J. Perelman, wos brought into court yesterday on charges of committing two holdups. He allegedly robbed two women at knife point in Greenwich Village after going absent without leave Wednesday from the Hawthorne, N.Y., Cedar Knolls School for Wayward Boys.

Page Amusements 10 Classified Section 12-13-14 Comics 11 Editorial Features 15 Radio and TV Programs 14 Santa Cruz Yesterdays 16 Society, Club News 3-4-5 Sports 8-9 Tides of Fashion 4 Vital Statistics 14 Waterfront 6 Cairo, Egypt W. The cheers of a crowa greeting President Gen. Mohamed Naguib drowned out the roar of an approaching- express train yesterday and at least 28 persons were, killed and five seriously injured. The accident occurred at the railway station of Kafr El Zayat, be- Arthur M. Sindel, Ex-Rancher, Dies Arthur M.

Sindel, 73, a resident of Santa Cruz for the last 30 years, died yesterday afternoon in a local hospital following an extended illness. A retired rancher, he spent most of his life on ranches in the San Juan Bautista and Soquel areas. The family home is at Route 2, Box 2141, Old San Jose road. Sindel was born in Toledo, moving to eastern Oregon when a small child. He attended schools near The Dalles, and when a young man, moved to the San Juan Bautista area.

In 1898, he joined the gold rush to Alaska and was there four years before returning to California. He married the late Edith Gleason in 1903. She died in 1931 and he later married the former Minnie Stoddard in Soquel. His survivors include his widow, Minnie Sindel of Soquel; eight children, Roy D. Sindel, of San Jose; Glen E.

Sindel of Forest Hill; Jean E. Sindel of Santa Rosa; George H. Stoddard of Millbrae; Howard A. Stoddard of Los Banos; Donald T. Stoddard of Juneau, Alaska; Mrs.

Mary Burger of San Mateo and Mrs. Viola Egbert of Santa Cruz; two brothers, Burdett D. Sindel of Santa Cruz and Lester L. Sindel of Oakland; 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was a member of the Congregational church of San Juan Bautista.

Funeral services are scheduled Tuesday at 2 p.m. at White's chapel, with Rev. T. Davis Preston of the Soquel Congregational church officiating. Burial will be in the San Juan Bautista cemetery.

SLIP CAUSES MINOR CRASH Police reported a non-injury accident at 1:40 p.m. yesterday in front of 344 Stanford avenue. William Henry Scott, 46, of 5375 Bran-ciforte drive, told officers his foot slipped and hit the gas pedal of the pickup he was driving when he bumped into a car owned by Faith S. Robinson of Pacific Grove. Impact of the crash, offi cers said, knocked Mrs.

Robinson vehicle into another parked car in front of it Five-Year Plan For Parks Told By Knowland A five-year program to bring about a well-regulated park system for the growing state of California was outlined by the Hon. Joseph R. Knowland last night at the annual installation banquet of the San Lorenzo Valley chamber of commerce. Knowland told the large group that the program formulated by the state park commission of which he is chairman is now being studied by California's legislature. The veteran publisher of the Oakland Tribune commended the citizens of the San Lorenzo valley for realizing the responsibility of citizenship in the advancemen tof their community.

Knowland told the chamber members that the gift of the county and Cowell Big Trees property as a new state park brings the total of redwoods held by the state as recreation areas to 66,000 acres with a value of $10,000,000, much of which was provided by matching funds from persons throughout the world. The state park system will receive a big boost when the impounded money from California's tide-land oil fields is turned over to the state government. Knowland said 70 per cent of this money is slated to go to the park commission. Preceding Knowlands speech, Mario Esposito of Felton was installed as new president of the chamber. He succeeds Carl Connelly.

Other officers installed at the dinner, which was held at the Town and Country lodge in Ben Lomond were as follows: Earl Adams, Boulder Creek, first vice president; Gerald Sessions, Boulder Creek, second vice president; Fred Dickinson, Ben Lomond, treasurer. Conelly before handing the gavel of office to Esposito told the assemblage of the progress made by the chamber during the past year. St. John's Church Plans Memorial Services Today St. John's Episcopal church, Capitola, will pay tribute at its 11 a.m.

service today to the four chaplains who lost their lives on the USS Dbrchester February 7, 1943, in the North Atlantic. Members of the Monterey Bay post 778 of the American Legion will parade the colors in the church, to the accompaniment of appropriate patriotic music. Rev. M. G.

Nicola, who will deliver the sermon, is a past chaplain of the Mansfield, Ohio, American Legion post Members of the post are asked to meet outside the church at 10:45 o'clock, in uniform. They will be seated in a reserved section. Israeli Border Patrol Shot At Jerusalem, (Israeli Sector) (JP). An Israeli military spokesman said yesterday an Israeli border patrol was fired on from positions in Jordan territory, while a group of Arab legionnaires tried to cross the frontier. The Israelis returned the fire, he said.

cepts congratulations and best wishes of Alfred F. Holland, who served in the position for the last year. Washington (A.P.). A new compromise on" the Bricker constitutional amendment on treaty making was in President Eisenhower's hands yesterday with the strong possibility he may signal for an end to the strife that his split the Republican party. Sen.

Bricker, Ohio, whose original proposal was vigorously assailed by Eisenhower as hamstringing presidential powers to deal with other nations, was re-libaly reported to have agreed conditionally to accept the- compromise. Bricker was said to have insisted, however, that he would go along with the compromise only if Eisenhower either approved the new proposal worked out in a bi-partisan conference or agrees not to oppose it publicly. Some of the president's closest friends were known to be urging him to give a go-ahead signal for introduction of the compromise tomorrow, reserving the right to suggest changes in language if senate debate brings out some flaws not now apparent. As it was delivered to the presi dent by Sen. Knowland of Califor nia, the GOP floor leader, the compromise, was said by those who have seen it to include portions of previous proposals made by Bricker, Knowland and Sen.

George, Ga. The compromise would amend Article 6 of the Constitution to provide that treaties "in pursuance" of the Constitution should, become the supreme law of the land. Knowland suggested this approach rather than the Bricker plan of adding a new amendment to the Constitution. The compromise would include the first section of Bricker's proposal that "a provision of a treaty which conflicts with this Constitution shall not be of any force or effect." WitL some changes, draf ten of the compromise agreed to pick up a section proposed by George, which read originally: "An international agreement other than a treaty shall become effective as internal law in the United States only by an act of congress." Bond Issue Size May Be Settled Tomorrow Night Exact size of the bond issues voters will be asked to authorize for the Santa Cruz high school and elementary school districts may be settled at tomorrow's special city school board meeting. A report by Dr.

James MacCon-nell on revision of the Stanford consultants' financial report, issued last Monday night is on the agenda for the board session, to start at 7:30 o'clock. Each district, by th board's decision last week, will call for two bond issues one to cover work for repair or replacement of Field act-condemned facilities and one to cover purchase of sites to meet future school needs here. The board also is scheduled to act tomorrow night on a request for additional classes and teachers in the evening high school program BUS-TRUCK CRASH KILLS 20 IS CANADA Montreal Wl. Reports to provincial police here last night indicated that from 20 to 25 persons were killed when a bus traveling from here to Three Rivers collided with an auto-transport ters is standing oy 10 pay iriuut to him. to and San Joaquin valley papers.

Similar major highway bulletins advertising the attractions of this county, as arranged for by and to maintain a well-organized staff. "My past experience of conducting business offices and supervising groups of men along with contacting people in all walks of life, has given me the ability to understand people, which is a great asset a man serving his community the capacity of sheriff. "I have been a deputy sheriff, Teing a member of the sheriff's posse for the past three years, during which time I have worked efficiently and cooperatively with the sheriff's office. "If elected sheriff of this county, I will cooperate with all law enforcement agencies with the sheriff's office and will fulfill the duties of the civil and criminal departments to the best of my ability, with the assistance of my staff." Sanches was born in Madera 42 years ago, and attended both elementary and high schools there. Prior to coming to Santa Cruz in 1946, he was engaged in the automobile business in the San Joaquin valley and in Chicago, 111.

Upon arriving in Santa Cruz, he was employed by the Santa Cruz Electrical company as sales manager, later purchasing the business in 1949. In 1952 a half interest was sold to A. C. Deans. Sanches was a member of the San Lorenzo Valley Lions club upon his arrival in Santa Cruz for three years, before transferring to the Santa Cruz branch.

He is past president and vice president of the San Lorenzo Valley Horsemen's association, an active member of Elks club No. 824, the Santa Cruz Rod and Gun club and a member at large of the Boy Scouts of America. He also is a director of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's posse, having served as president and vice president in the past Under his leadership, the posse held its first annual Crippled Children's benefit rodeo last August, which was considered a success and benefit to the community. He lives at 518 Lockhart Gulch road with his wife Eunice and their three children, Ronald, 18, a senior at Santa Cruz high school; Karole, 14, a ninth grade student at Mission Hill junior high, and Janice, 11, who attends Scotts Valley schooL He also has another daughter, Mrs. Dolores Gruszie, and a grandson living in Bakersfield.

Tot Quits River For Basketball Three-year-old Robert Ramsey Jr. of Palo Alto prefers basketball to fishing. This was proved yesterday afternoon when Robert's father, Dr. Robert Ramsey, reported his son missing after the father had been fishing under the railroad bridge in the San Lorenzo river. Robert was found by Police Officer Gordon Gazeley in front of the basketball game on the boardwalk.

Sign Remover Has Perfect Excuse Sheriff's officers hastened toward Seacliff beach at 3:33 p.m. yesterday when a ranger called to report that looking through his field glasses, he had seen a man removing a state sign from beach property. Seven minutes later the deputies spotted the offender's car on the Freeway, and got a ready confession that he had pulled the sign out. The sign, he explained, was placed in the entrance to the Rio Del Mar beach area after he had driven through. When he started to depart he had to move the sign to get out, the culprit said, adding another ranger helped him to put it back in place.

The first ranger, in his haste to report the incident had removed his binoculars too soon, investigators concluded. James Roosevelt Undecided About Congress Race Los Angeles UP). James Roosevelt said last night he is undecided whether to remain in the race for the Democratic nomination for congress in California's 26th district. Roosevelt previously had been reported as still in the June pri mary race for the nomination, despite nation-wide headlines telling of his wife's separate maintenance suit and her accusation that he was intimate with 12 women. "I have not decided yet whether to continue with my plan to run for congress," he told a newsman last night.

"That matter is still to be-decided. I shall, however, keep my commitments on my speaking engagements made thus far." Roosevelt said any further statements about the charges of his estranged mate, Mrs. Romelle Schneider Roosevelt of Pasadena, would be made by his lawyer. He said he would not hold a press conference Monday, as had been indicated. Roosevelt's lawyer, Samuel B.

Picone, is to file an answer to Mrs. Roosevelt's suit Monday. He said it would cover "all phases of the case and has been delayed because he wanted to be absolutely accurate." Custodian Is Honored On Retirement James W. Taylor, who this month retired after a quarter of a century's service as custodian in the Soquel-Capitola school system, was overcome when some 100 of his friends from the schools gathered to pay tribute to him. In a special program in his honor in the Capitola school Friday night, students, former students, parents, school officials and personnel got together to show their gratitude to the retiring head custodian of the Soquel school.

All these people of the community chipped in together to give Taylor presents for him to use in taking his well-earned ease a television set and stand, planter light for the top of it, and easy chair and ottoman to go in front of it Presentation of the gifts was made by A. R. Morgan, president of the Soquel Businessmen's association. After District Superintendent Paul Walters outlined the many duties for a school custodian, lauding Taylor for the outstanding man-, ner in which he carried them out, Mrs. Irene Berry, school board chairman, gave Taylor a certificate signed by each member of the board and Walters.

The certificate was "in recognition of the many years of faithful service as custodian for the Soquel Union elementary school district and in grateful acknowledgement for his tremendous influence for good on the children of the communities." Taylor was honored, too, by the Soquel District Parent-Teachers association, with presentation of a life membership card by P-TA President Mrs. Robert Elliott. One such card is given annually for outstanding service to the school children in the district. On hand to join in paying tribute to Taylor were his wife; his son, Watsonville teacher James J. Taylor; his daughter from San Jose and his two grandchildren.

Marion Hobbs was program chcairman. Judy Goodwin sang two songs and Janet Hobbs played the piano. Harriet Thomas, whose children attended the Soquel school, read a poem she wrote for the occasion. P-TA members served refreshments at the close of the program. Salvation Army Music Festival To Be Dec.

12 December 12 is the date circled by the Salvation Army board for its third annual Christmas Music Festival in the civic auditorium. Paul Forgey, chairman of the Salvation Army advisory board, made this announcement yesterday following a meeting of the board. Leonard G. Sanches, former president of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's posse, yesterday officially declared his candidacy for the office of sheriff in the coming June primary election. "It is my sincere desire to win Leonard G.

Sanches this election as' I believe that I have the necessary qualifications required to conduct an office of this kind efficiently, economically Choral Group Outstanding In CMA Concert By Dean M. KeesIer A choral group of extraordinary virtuosity came to Santa Cruz last night in the second concert of the current Civic Music series. The Vinaver Symphonic Voices were well received by the large and enthusiastic audience augmented by the presence of many Watsonville people. Beautifully trained and disciplined, the ten vocalists sing as a unit with lovely light, floating tone quality and faultless balance. Chemjo Vinaver, the musical director, has built an organization of picked solo voices comparable to any choral group in the country.

His arrangements arjd interpretations are full of lovely effects, occasional surprises and extraordinary vigor. The unusually interesting program ran the gamut from music of the early church and present day synagogue through some beautiful Schubert and Brahms, Schoenberg and Bartok to Amer-can folk music. Especially beautiful were "Adoramus" by Ruffo, "Betfdie the Dooryard Fountain," by Schubert, Brahm's "In Stilly Night," "Sewing Girls" by Villa-Lobos, repeated as an encore, and Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer." Very effective and moving were Vinaver's own compositions "Yemenite Prayer" and "Moshiah," a Jewish spiritual, achieving a blend of the present-day harmonic idiom and the old Hebrew chant Somewhat less happy were the numbers arranged for voices from Tschaikowsky's orchestral music. The "March" from the "Nutcracker Suite" lends itself somewhat to -the staccato techniques which this chorus uses so much, but the lovely "Waltz" from the String Sere-' nade is sadly distorted and out of character. And if one cared to make suggestions, it would be in order to ask for less singing "on the soft" and more numbers and interpretations where a full-bodied and legato tone-quality and style would prevail.

I would like to have heard a couple of Bach chorales, or even a short motet This group, I am sure, would give them an extraordinarily inspiring performance. Otherwise the very beautiful concert was marred only by the occasional jumping-jack technique of the conductor and the beavers eager to get out first. Next Saturday night the Santa Cruz Civic Music association presents the Vienna String Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kurt Rapf, with Rosl Schwaiger as soprano soloist and Elfriede Bach-ner as solo violinist tween Cairo and Alexandria. Naguib wept in grief as the express plowed through the crowd, and afterward directed that 50 pounds ($143) be paid to the fami lies of each victim. The driver of the streamlined express, held by police for questioning, said he had no advance warning of the crowd on the tracks and he was unable to see it because of a curve.

The president and his aides joined rescue workers in caring for scores of injured left in the path of the express, a streamlined Cairo-Alexandria passenger train not scheduled to stop at Kafr El Zayat. Deadline For License Tabs Is Thursday Santa Cruz motorists who have not yet purchased their 1954 license tabs were reminded yesterday by a local officer of the department of motor vehicles the deadline for old license tabs is Thursday. The 1954 license tab is a red tab with white figures "54" on it It is designed to be attached to the rear license plate. The motor vehicle department spokesman said automobiles this year, as always, require two license plates, front and rear, but with the 1954 tab on the rear license plate. The 1953 white tabs are to be removed from both the front and rear license plates.

Italian Cabinet Last 1 1 Days Rome Crisis-ridden Italy yesterday dumped ner third gov ernment in sjx months. Premier Amintore Fanfani's 11-day old Christian Democrat cabinet fell when the chamber of deputies voted 303-260 against him on the confidence motion needed to keep him in office. Parties of the right and left join ed in the opposition. The outcome was no surprise. It had been fore cast since Fanfani presented his pro-West, anti-Communist program of social reform to parliament four I days ago.

card In the P-TA, In recognition of outstanding service to the Soquel district schools. Paul Wal New Shrine President Takes Over Life Membership In P-TA Given As Recognition I I I if 7 Chester R. Smith, left, installed last night in ceremonies in the Hotel Palomar as the Santa Crux Shrine club president, ac Mrs. Ralph Elliot gives James W. Taylor his life membership.