Daily Independent Journal (Newspaper) - May 24, 1951, San Rafael, California WEATHER FORECAST Ray tomorrow high fog in early erly wind 10-20 Fair and warmer DAILY 91ST YEAR 5e PER COPY RAINFALL REPORT Total to date This date last Seasonal average Tempera Noon today 70 72; low 52 SAN MAY 24, 1951 A MONTH BY CARRIER No. 54 Korea War Vet To Lead Memorial Day Parade In Marin Committee Meets In Tonight To Set Final Observance Plans Day for Marin county meet a 8 tonight in the chambers ot the court house San to set final plans for Day lo ol San ol the plans lor a in starting at 10. W May Led liy a to named the parade will march Work Started On First National Bank In Novato Construction of the Novato brunch of the National Bank of Sun is officially underway Completion is scheduled for some time late next Ground breaking ceremonies were held yesterday at the site on the corner of Grant and Miss Patricia of j The Hamilton Field Air Fore U. S Navy Marin's Na t tonal Guard will form part of th End of the line of will be at the Court House step where the will be A speaker from Hamilton Fieli will address the Mrs. Os car of San Anselmo i musical chairman of the event anc her program will include singing bj groups from the entire by the 40 and 8 trio of thi American Legion and a solo by Ger. aid Sullivan of San Anselmo at taps Laying of wreaths on the memorial statue to war dead will be participated in bj county veteran and as part of the San of ground first after the up She was by her Peter who has been appointed of the Novato Ferrarese plans to move to The new bank represents an in- vestment of Construction is of and and the in- will be of modem structure was by II H an fiom Ross Contractor for the Is E. Philip of San William P. president of announced today that the new branch will offer complete banking Including safe de- posit boxes Present nt Robert for the president of the Novato chamber of H. of E. Philip of San A. C and C n of San of the National Bank of San Carlos 1'ituas of San bank Robert Snn Truman Confident Of Peace Program WASHINGTON President Tinman sold he it confident his for peace will avert a new world HP told n that would a return to the dark s ho lo the u-c of the term in ins tude that his would Ho slid columnists have sn do him mid he thinks It is the umd Decoration of graves of those who fell in their nation's service wil take place Tuesday and Wednesday A call for donations of flowers for the decoration was by the chahman of the tion Mrs. Boyd of Mill Valley Mrs Boyd requested the flowers bo taken to the Hairy M. Williams 1411 Third San Sox Win 5-2 Over Athletics KO White completed their first unbeaten eastern invasion In many a season today as they whipped the Athletics 5-2 for their seventh straight Chicago 11 0 11 1 and and Defense Corps Hears Dr. Dufficy At Meet Tomorrow O D of manager of the bank's farm Ace of of the nf member of the planning K T. manager of the business extension sen Irr nf the hank Sun Civil Defense and Corps will meet at 7 30 p in San Rafael High schools Little Featured on the program will bo Dr. Rafael of San who will discuss effects of an atomic blast on individuals and A motion will be shown at the meeting It will deal with I election during an atomic The public is invited to attend the MARIN MARINES IN KOREA Cpl. Harry son of Mrs. Bell of and Pfc. Raymond son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Raiser of Mill display enemy guns taken from Com- munist troops in the fighting in Since taking part in the police action Raiser has been awarded the Bronze Star medal for leading a platoon of men In an assault on enemy Thornton recently the Purple Heart medal for wounds received while landing with the Marines at He has since taken part in the fighting in the Chonson reservoir area and is scheduled to return home soon on the rotation B STREET PRIMARY School Children Hold Annual Festival Very young tas and senors in the annual Music and Dance Festival at B street primary school in San Rafael this morning m the school The affair was part of the al education and music program of he youngsters artl included folk band songs and a violin With the entrance of Michael John nd their Fred and lel the the visiting parents and Wounded Marine Returns To Marin Korean Front Cpl. Gerald son of Jr. and Mrs. Ernest J. 73 Ross San has re- from and is stationed t Mare Island Naval it learned was wounded while ing with Ihe First Marine Division of the 38th parallel in a April 22. He was evacuated to he hospital ship and trans- en ed from there to Mare Bunoni was a member of any and a former student body resident of College of He from St. Ignatius High in 1946, and two years the Mamies before returning o school at College of lie was called to active duty with IB in and went to Korea In December and was at- to the First Manne took the pledge of allegiance and joined in singing the Spangled Banner and fifth with their danced of Jim and the Teachers were colorfully dressed for the in fiesta skirts and with flowers in their Faculty in charge of the were the Misses Irene Charlotte Evelyn Thelma Jon a young scholar with pink paper sash about his was master of The rhythm band was conducted by Vivian Louie and Albert Louie played the Following the group and solo performances by various classes the affair ended in a grand ton by air the children and UN Tanks Smash Across 38th To Cut Off Reds Task Force Aims To Split Chinese Armies TOKYO great Allied LC smashed across Korea's 38th parallel today in a hold 13 mile drive that split retreating Chinese The powerful force fought through Red screening troops and rner crossings in Red daring move cut i he escape route for Reds still of 38 on the east expect great things of said Gen. M. who planned and directed ihe is a lime when every minute counts second 1 wo lioin now may be too One day mav be is die Smaller American task forces retook most important rail and road hub in central and stabbed within less than five Road Opened YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK Tioga crossing Yosemite national park and con- highway 395 with Big Oak Flat Road 120, will be open this Park Call P. Russell announced Rates Blocked WASHINGTON Federal Commission has for the present at an annual boost in ern Union telegraph Fred H. Farm Dies At 74 Frederick Hayes former superintendent of the Marin county and resident of Mill Valley for more than 30 WBS found dead n bed at his 376 Eldridge Mill this He was 74 years of Elster apparently died from al and evidence indicated that he has been dead since Copies of Monday and day newspapers were by the but papers for Wednesday and Thursday were still in the mail box of his Elster resigned from his post as of the county April 16, and was replaced by Lloyd De La He had served as head of the county farm for nearly 12 Until Elster took over the as superintendent of the farm June 15, 1939, he had worked foi men's Fund Company in San commuting from his home in Mill Elster was born in and moved to California while he and attended schools in and later moved to Mill Mrs. Elster died 13, 1949, and this together with declining health weie factors In his decision to resign Almond directed jumpoff from public service this Elster was in community and was a member of the Mill Valley chapter of the Masonic Lodge No. and the San Rafael chapter of the At press time today no plans had been made for funeral They will be announced Surviving Elster are two Mrs. Grace Marlon of and Winnifred E. of San and grandchildren John and Sally and Alphens IV and Donald miles of the border in the Behind them the entire Eighth Army was on the Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet called it a Almonds task force a self- column of infantrymen and War planes covered its AP Correspondent William C. who watched the called it tremendous haps the boldest stroke of the ean UNPARDONABLE SIN enemy committed the unpardonable sin of elongating Almond told assembled top commanders of his 10th Corps as he launched the enemy is like a boxer reeling to the edge of the and we want to clip again before he bounces off the The armored column shoved off into a hall of Chinese fire even as the Reds were rushing in troops to reinforce their rear A U. N. officer said the Reds were trying to slow up the hard-hitting Allied task forces to keep them fiom cutting off the Red line of All along the 125-mile line ored thrusts caught Chinese and Red Korean troops by The American force which took the key hub of caught 500 Reds to the north It mowed them But no other action approached the scope of great stretching as far us the could SONOMA SUPERVISORS JOIN BRIDGE BACKERS Hopes for siale assembly of the San bridge plan soared todav as Sonoma county supervisors dropped former opposition to the project and voted instead to support it In response to a pka hv Fred Bagshaw of ihe Marin supervisors at of the Sonoma the group t to 2 to its stand against the Said V. B. Moir of the stair chamber of com- merce accompanied Bagshaw on his appearance thin has in of the bridge since lire slait except lor a group in the Sonoma It was only proper that the Sonoma county supervisors en- doise the Moir said chamber of commerce groups at Santa along ihe Russian and elsewhere 0111 Sonoma had let their supervisors know they the He said that principal credit for the should go to said that previous opposition a major reason lor the bill's to win approval at a hearing on it. Another ing is set for June 6. The Show Of Shows Comes To Marin MUSINGS With Clyde Clowns By Rafael Marin want his cur We know it can be and By TOM WIEDER show of shows came to today mid thousands turned out to gel under the big top of the Clyde circus at its on paint n ntv seal on I Cisco in San panel and drive the machine down to Kim Anselmo now car washi ig station on Su Drake The fnm lo belonging txi cities around Sun Anselmo But don't thai Idra too tar Wr take the blame for Four of Marin most citizens were locked up in the county clink yesterday afternoon and had to do some fast talking to get It seems that grand jury county jail committee was Inspecting the facilities at Hotel de Sellmer and neglected to arrange for release be- they were locked When the time camp to leave they wore met by a serious faced jailer who said he had no authorization for their Jovial Walter B. Sellmer was inspected the register and also found the jurors were not entitled to be m much as they had never been booked possibly after pulling A bit of rank on the the grand Jurors were able to corpus Sheriff Sellmer pre- sented each with an engraved re- loasa complete with seal and red Rafael Tonight at 8 thousand fans will jam the cus grounds for the final ance of the one-day stand before the and hundreds from the 20-car circus animals leave for Vallejo for an- other A washed out railroad bridge on the way from Richmond held up the Their huge heads and powerful cles were put to work pushing scores of trailers and pulling the poles that hold up the big colorful caravan for three Within an hour the 8-acre and it was 10 a.m. before the big Job of unpacking and setting up got First came six lumbering MAN AGAINST BEAST Thousands of Marin circus fans sat on the edges of their seats under the big top of the Clyde Beatty circus today in San as Clyde world-famous animal again defied death in his lion and tiger Several new Bengal tigers and African lions have been added this year to tingle thi spins of formerly a sea of waving was packed flat and hard by the huge feet and the feet of thousands of workers and Many familier faces were to be seen the circus for scores of schoolboys turned out to take on the proverbial tasks of wa- tering the pulling poles in and the hundreds of other odd jobs that must be done before the big show can go The thousands who crowded the main tent this which seats about thrilled to many spectacular headed by Clyde Beatty aand his nerve-tingling wild animal Twenty-four lions and six tigers provide the thrills in his Other spectacles in- clude the Great the man who can walk on his Frank the aerial who swings on his without a net below in the upper es of the big Twenty clowns rollicked for the as well as droves of trained and ute Shetland Many were fascinated by the sacred bull from the old who it tht circus and many oddities from the far corners of the It will all go on again tonight in San and the Clyde Beatty circus will be faced by the lean task of assembling thousands of tons of equipment and leaving Marin until next But they won't take off until their wild human and countless other attractions have thrilled circus fans from every part of People from 8 to 80 will again have enjoyed the big day that comes all too A downtown ticket office is in operation today at the Medico Drug 1301 Fourth San Tickets for ance be on sale at the same price charged at the circus from a Chinese troops were firing on the lead tank before the full armored and infantry column was on its WATCHES TANKS Almond changed to a flight plane to watch the tanks with a Chinese holding force up the The task force pushed back up the line of the most powerful offensive fighting as it led It reached the banks of the river in North Field dispatches did not pinpoint but presumably the force up the road from lo Other units in Almond's com- mand gained more than three Often they fought stiff actions with Red rear is on the western flank of this 45 miles east of Americans driving int- the town reported they cap- tured enemy than we could Nevertheless the tank and infantry force in that sector pushed on across the river and headed South Koreans cleaning up the area south of advanced Bradley Didn't Like Truman's Method Of Firing MacArthur Testimony Discloses U.S. Casualties In Korea War To Date WASHINGTON Omar 1 agree that It probably could hart Bradley told senators today he thinks President Truman was right in Douglas MacArthur but the of doing it could have been handled Tins implied criticism of the mary fashion In MacArthur was dismissed came at a with Senate investigators m which Bradley 1 Disclosed that total U. S been handled when testifying at tht beginning of the Senate inquiry In- to his indicated some terness over way he wag dis- He noted was relieved on receipt of his orders and so could not make a farewell statement to his MacArthur also declared he felt the national interest was in battle and by his having to turn over his total This in- cludes and combat with command immediately to Lt. Gen. Matthew Ridgway who was at that time hundred miles listed as killed in action and Biadley made the North Atlantic 612 dead of casualties are those resulting Irom such things as dents and In this it includes also the victims of last winter's cold 2. Testified the Atlantic treaty nations not have the right ol stopping an aggression by 3. Said that while Iran is a ger point is too sine the Russians aie going to Malt under questioning by Sen. Wiley discussing the problem ol prolonged war In Koi asked if it wasn't fully wrong to give our allies the idea we can defend more we aie actually capable of replied that tion of whether or not we can carry out our military commitments to to our diplomatic ments is very much one of thing in Iran before they start it Then he somewhere else Senator Wiley asked Americans who had recaptured 32, miles northeast of struck north along the way toward in Red On their British and Canadians advanced nearly six miles without finding any U.N. forces slowed up on the front where the spreading lied advance you than eral MacArthur was treated m the way he should have been treated in handling this may be that right at this we do have more diplomatic commitments than we can carry out the North treaty for The Bradley a I twelve nations of the North point of I agree that he j tic treaty do not have been the right of to the method of I i ping an aggression by Mayor Culver Crowns Queen Tomorrow In Mission Fiesta The annual Mission Fiesta will be officially opened night when San Rafael Mayor Ed Culver crowns Mary Alice Gahan as queen in a colorful ceremony to be held in the Mission H will at p. m. As queen of the 1951 the San Rafael High school student will receive as a wrist watch donated by Leonard and a week's vacation with alt expenses paid at the Tumbling McD donated by Mr. owner of the resort in the Parade awards will be given to the best Marin county school en- try and to the best junior The school entry is a perpetual donated by the Food Mart and won last year by San Rafael High The junior entry trophy is by Pepsi Cola and was won last year by St. Monica's school In San 6th Anniversary TV Sale SAVE On New Console All Sets CARRY Our FULL 3 Leading Brands in Walnut and Mahogany Sets Priced for Quick We Install and Saves You WESTLAND RADIO 1535 Fourth Street San Rafael Phone 6133-W Expanded Program Planned For This Year's NATIVE SONS FESTIVAL Fail lax No. 307, N. S. G. FAIRFAX PARK Professional Entertainment Nightly Armand Friday and Saturday Night Russ Sunday Afternoon Marin's Queen For A Day Contest Sunday Afternoon
