Oxnard Press-Courier (Newspaper) - November 27, 1951, Oxnard, California an tilth TUMI at M iilT Law (I Mt VOLUME 44 NUMBER 125 nwr Mv tat Ut lut M BMM Phone 6-2357 NOVEMBER 27, 1951 Oxnard 6-2357 PRICE 5 CENTS This Is Oxnard Mm. Grace Feebler of who wrote that charming letter to the paper to eagerly by Mme old friends She didn't tell the paper where she is But Mr. and Mrs. Verne Morrison are very anxious to get in touch with said Mrs. grew up in Batavia and practically brought up in Mrs. We know she was We are so hopeful of getting in touch Will Mrs. Feebler call The slipping ont the and a column fan points to an omission and asks for the Each month this year the col- umn has had a little dissertation on the birthstone of the but did not give it for so here The November birthstone is the whose golden glow is rated as wonderfully suited to the colors of The symbolism of the topaz Is It is said to dispel sadness and to cure It is held to be an emblem of true friendship and lasting and it promises that all who it will be devoted to their partners for In ancient times yellow-green stones were found in an island in the Red Sea called means These stones were actually what we know today as the But soon all stones came to be known as the Today most topazes are really a variety of Much of the topaz quartz comes from and is usually found as a six-sided tal which mineralogists call is rare and in several colors and has a chemical structure different from that of the Blue and pink topaz is but is not often dis- in many shades of low to is durable and and effective in gold It is popular as a ring stone and for carving into cameos and High School's hand a splendid showing at Long Brach last Marching for the second year in the great which was marked by participation of 00 the local group won cheers and a special tion from the He called attention to the fact that the band had had only a year and a half of and directed the vast throng's tion to the Oxnard After the review he Hand Parents Auxiliary treated the members of the band and their Frank to a quet at the Hilton Among the parents who went with the band for the review and ed the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Glen Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mr. and Mrs. Dan son and Mrs. Fred Czechs Purge Communists Austria radio announced today the ar- rest of Czechoslovak mier Rudolf Slansky In a purge of communists from the Czech government and j i A broadcast said the 50-year- old former head of the Czech Communist Party had been ar- rested for a against the He was 1 relieved of all official ment functions and dismissed from all party He ed from the Communist the radio The Czech Cabinet was shaken up along with the last It was believed that the announcement of sky's arrest would be followed by others reporting the tion of more men who ed in They included Bedrich secretary general of the to have been the Moscow in the i Bruno chief of the party's cadre and Josef another deputy secretary Geminder and have not appeared in public since the Frank was demoted in the ty The C z e c h government and j party in the hands of President Klement Gottwald and his lowers is believed to be more notionalist than The Czech radio said Slansky was charged with following an tion by security UNUSUAL ANTENNA and reflector arrangement on Highway 101 near Mills Road South of Ventura serves to reflect long dis- tance calls carried on radio beams from points along the Pacific Telephone company's long distance routes between Los Angeles and locations Microwave Relay Station Used by Phone Company Mystery surrounding the ment of two large aluminum sheets mounted on tall poles near Mills road and Highway 101 south of Ventura was lifted day by W. F. manager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph He said the lofty objects com- prise an unusual antenna and reflector arrangement of a radio relay station the company has established to ment its long distance i The overall includes a metal building uring 16 by 30 feet and four 65- foot poles mounting reflector has been designed for the transmission and tion of radio beams from points along the company's long dis- tance telephone routes between Los Angeles and locations Initial tests for the station were started years ago to determine the ance of a radio beam in the transmission of telephone con- to meet increased long distance calling Supervisors Inspect Oxnard Drainage Area County supen recessed j their meeting this morning inspect tentative drainage i ects at Ventura and roads at j They were accompanied j Oxnard City Manager City Engineer Imus and members of Oxnard Drainage District No. 1. Mike Vujovich of the drainage district said he wanted to point i out the problems along Ventura j road as they affected the handling of flood I from j Tour of Inspection followed i j last week's presentation County Engineer Robert L. Ryan i of tentative drainage along Ventura and Saviers roads in the amount of Allies Bag 4 Ground Fighting Ebbs Local Fishing i Fleet Unaffected Union Strike A tie-up of San Pedro's sardine fleet did not affect the 18 purse seiners in Port but did Sunday night while local fishermen learned their STH ARMY in the U.S. Afler a AFL fighters shot down four fishermen will put out of San munist jet planes and damaged four more in six dogfights overdo instead of per ton for Korea but ground Another part of ing r. T bers of the Independent American sent are four of the enemy's sweptback UN Inspection Demand Bogs Truce Talks Korean truce negotiations were threatened with a new deadlock today after the ratification of an agreement for a tentative truce United Nations and nist delegations formally fied the agreement yesterday and turned at once to the next item on their program arrangements to enforce a The UN demanded the right to inspect behind communist lines as far as the Manchurian border during an armistice to make sure the reds do not build a new invasion The com- rejected the At a meeting today the truce teams will begin negotiations on this vitally important with the prospect of long and angry arguments facing But the truce in an attempt to speed up a final armistice may start at the same time discussion of the fate of prisoners of The communists agreed at yesterday's meeting to answer today a UN proposal that both sides begin preliminary work on the prisoners of war question at Immediately after the tion of the tentative agreement Vice Adm. C. Turner chief UN truce presented a point program to i communists designed to sure against possible red Rejecting the proposal at the communists pressed for j adoption of a program of their said the red proposal broad and meeting was adjourned until ARMISTICE NEGOTIATORS at Pan Mun reached complete agreement on a buffer zone which roughly follows the present battlefront across the an official Uni- ted Nations spokesman said the Allies hope to see an end of the Korean conflict by but heavy ground and air action The agreed cease-fire line lies mostly inside Communist North While the agreement was being Allies repulsed four furious Red attacks on the west-central and 10 American blasted only two miles south of Manchuria's Yalu river wing fighters crashing to earth and damaged another in a holding out for more Local purse out of are unaffected by the fm tie-up in Southland In the fight Maj idled Richard D. Creighton of Baton 1n destroyed his fifth MIU to become ace in the fourth jet 40 cannery workers in Port nemo and All local boats went out last 65-Yeor-Old Bicyclist Killed In Car Accident A 05-year-old John W. Weir of Santa Barbara was ed yesterday when his bicycle suddenly swerved in front of a car driven by Kleon Dale 32, on Highway 101, nine miles north of the California highway patrol night and brought in 3GO Only one American plane was rafsi lhe to lost the six tons ag with Shooting tons at the same Ume last One the operated by the Sea Beach ing Co. of caught 160 of the 360 largest single catch this An 8th Army communique Allies troops today retook advance positions on the said two central front which had been lost to Chinese attackers last the communique re- ported nothing but patrol from the rest of the frozen which will become a manent cease-fire line if the re- maining armistice terms are settled within 30 VETERAN COMES HOME Landing at San Diego this morning after serving for a year and a half in Korea is Tony Duarte a His er went to San Diego to meet I Russia Mum i Over 4-Power Disarmament Talks PARIS Russia ed silent today on a proposal for secret four-power disarmament and can sources said the United I States would insist on a strict time limit in any such j Soviet Foreign Minister Y. sat mum throughout the morning meeting of the main UN political com- Afterward he told that will speak The United States and France already have accepted the mament meeting proposal made yesterday by Iraq and provided a majority of the General Assembly votes for it. Britain has yet to be heard but it was believed she almost certainly would take the same view as the other two major Western Caudle Tells of Free Plane Ride T. mar Caudle testified today that he and the general council of the Internal Revenue Bureau got a free plane trip to Florida from a who binder investigation for tax recently ousted as sistant attorney fied the businessman as Troy Whitehead of N. a long-time He told a House Ways and Means subcommittee that he would not have accepted the plane trip if he had known tax affairs were un- der A friend hands us a report on what happens lo business when highways for through traffic pass a business Business gets that's what The point is pertinent as nard wrestles with the traffic jam and dangers on Oxnard which has no other purpose In than to get through the city as rapidly as California Highway De- made the study of ness in towns in this state for the American Society of Planning The Uni- ted Press released the Five California towns were In North Sacramento the mile main business street served as a highway for fic until when a by-pass was In the next two years overall volume of retail business kin the stores increased 48.5 per compared with a county-wide increase of 27 per cent. California and two towns ed similar Rut in midway be- tween San Francisco and and a popular place for a for regular travelers between the two a ness decline was Last Sunday the column had dinner at Redwood Lodge in Thousand The waitress said that since the was which Thousand there been no of business on Saturday and DELEGATION which visited Santa Paula yesterday to see how democratic government operates in a small rural com- munity is shown above with city officials George city Minora Keisei Mayor Warren L. Robert J. Berkeley University Eitaro Joe dent of Santa Paula Chamber of Yasuharu and Jack manager of Santa Paula Chamber of Ryukyu Officials See In Visit Five Ryukyuan government officials today saw and were im- pressed at at in America as they witnessed the regular meeting of the ty supervisors Sponsored by the Army Re- orientation the tion Is Interested In seeing how democracy The consist of nine separate scattered over an area 850 miles in For administration purposes they are now divided Into four known as The total population Is under a lion but the greater part of It is concentrated wound ant tarpt city of Naha on Okinawa culturally and ans have been a part of Japan for and art out experience In ment or in local were held under United States Occupation In 1948, and a provisional government established in April of this Today's delegation was by Robert of University California at a n d George city 1'auU. Nine Sport Fishing Boats Given Permits Nine sport fishing com- prising tlie largest fleet to ate from Port Dock 1 in several have been granted permits by Oxnard bor Commissioners for next Permits were granted day to Ray Proctor of Oxnard for two the and a new 50-foot the to George and Bud Palmer of Ojai for the to Eddie Tatum of Oxnard for the and to L. C. Tatum of Oxnard for the Star and cent. A new permit was also Les Roberts of Monterey for a 50-foot the Permits already have been granted to W. Lee Snead and Hal Palo of Ventura for a 56- foot George Oliveira of Monterey for a 55-foot and Edward David of Port for a 68-foot converted purse Last five boats ated out of Dock 1. Some head of owned by Edward are be- ing transported this week from the harbor to Santa Rosa 8 Chicago Firms Raided in Million Cigaret Racket state policemen eight sale firms today to smash a million a year state tax evasion racket allegedly run by leaders of Chicagos notorious State in most under direct ders from Gov. Adlai split into details and staged the raids simultaneously in an fort to recover stolen state tax stamping Authorities estimated that more than 333 million packages of cigarets sold during the last Amnesia Victim Carries Knife Oxnard police are attempting to find the home of a amnesia victim who dered into the police station yesterday and said she couldn't remember her name or where she came The young girl told police the last she remembered was pain In the She also re- she that her name is James a and that she has three 5; 4; and 3; all believed to be in a children's Police said she has been seen about Oxnard in recent They found a small butcher knife in her coat Taken to county the girl apparently regained enough of her memory to tell officials that her name was Marie age 19. She told hospital attendants that she lived on meda drive in San Miguel housing But housing authorities said they had no on their Police are still at- tempting to find her and believe she is from out of year bore counterfeit tax stamps imprinted with the stolen Ben W. special sistant attorney mated that three out of every 10 packs sold in the city and suburbs ia the bore bogus He said the state lost three cents in tax on each pack sold said there is dence that a similar racket is being worked throughout ern Neither Chicago police nor the state's attorney's office knew what was going Supervisors Express Approval of Bridge County supervisors this ng expressed approval of plans o rebuild a bridge across the of the Santa Clara not at the same spot where was washed out by flood wa- in just one year after being A letter urging that funds be Budgeted next year to rebuild the was received by ors this morning from the nard Beach chamber of com- The chamber called the washed out bridge the in the county's road It once joined Ventura di- with the Oxnard Supervisors said they would like to see the bridge built a mile or more from the shoreline so that it would not have to lave to withstand the double tering of river and New Jury Commissioner Expected to Save Money If you've been dead for the last couple of years you'll no longer he summoned to serve on superior court if you can't speak or have children to take care or if you can't leave your business without serious you'll get a better break under the new jury selection system that went into effect County supervisors no longer will pick prospective jurors from the voting registration That system often resulted in placing names of dead persons on the Jury Or it cost the county money to pay travel amf per expenses to men and women who were summoned for jury duty only to be ally disqualified for any one of 20 From now on jurors will picked by a newly appointed jury Davict R. Drapeau of He was picked for the job by superior judges ter J. Fourt and Charles F. The appointment was made on the basis of legal background and his familiarity with the laws regard ing jury commissioners and or Drapeau his law de- gree last September from the University of Southern nia and recently took the state bar First task facing the new Is to produce by tht first of the year a list of about persons who art eligible for jury His objective will be to make up the list by weeding out all those men and women who for any of ber of reasons may bo unfit to lit en Merchants Plan For Yule Buyers month of December in Oxnard will be devoted to the Christmas shopper and his con- Gabe chairman of the Oxnard chamber of com- merce's Christmas said will be fun this year In the largest city in tura cause of the attentiveness of all clerks and the complete tion of merchandise There'll be no mad scramble this keynote will be leisurely Lizer said there would be special events during the including shopping days sively for men and Christmas values will appear In a social section of Friday's
