CHAPLAIN'S CORNER <CQNT.)
home for the homeless* Instead* their
act would have proceeded . from a self *
ish motive; they would have pleased
themselves rather than. God and the or
phaned ones*
Every human being on "God's little
acre*" whether we like him or not* has
something to offer in this life* Or
else God would never have created him,
"For He made all things that are good"
If we take a little time and have a
little patience y we might dicover the
go.\d "in them thar hill*"
Many folks , will tell you that some
of their best friends today were their
worst enemies yesterday*Wh&t the world
needs today more than hydrogen bombs
and missiles is some good, old-fash
ioned stout-hearted men, overflowing
with love and charity for their fellow
men* True charity is "kind, is patient
seekth not perversely*" But most of
all, charity is all embracing; it exc
ludes no one* As Christ put. it so cle
arly and succinctly; "If you love them
that love you, what reward shall you
have? Do not even the publicans this?"
Each day let us remember to say: •
"Lord, strengthen me to show particular
solicitude to those who are gorgotten
by others*"
> ' SUNKEN SUB
The rusting remains of a Japanese
submarine which may have attacked Aft*
erican shipping off the California. co~
ast around Christmas 1941 has been
found near here by a professional div
er.
Bob Bell, a veteran salvage diver,
found the - sub sunk in 60 feet of water
/tear the Los Angeles harbor breakwater
According to Bell, the bow is blown
off, although the conning tower and
UGL& hatches are still closed.
He believes part of the craft is
still a&r tight and bodies of" crewmen,
may still be aboard.
; • The sub, says Bell, may be the one
which torpedoed a schooner Just outside
Los Angeles harbor on Christmas eve,
‘then matfaced to finish off the stricken
ship with shellfire*'
But as the enemy sub closed in, while
hundreds of onlookers gasped, U.S. planes
depth-charged the area*
On Dec*25, 1941# the Navy announced
that a Japanese submarine had been sunk
off the coast of California, but declin
ed to give the location because of war
time secrecy*
CHESSMAN DENIED
rJASHIKGTON, JAN. U - the U.S, Supreme
Court, Monday, again denied a hearing to
Caryl Chessman,Los Angele9 bandit who is
scheduled to be executed Feb* 19# The
high: tribunal refused to reconsider its
action of last Dec*14th when it rejected
a lengthy appeal f iled on behalf of Che
ssman* Chief Justice Warren, former Gov
ernor pf California ,tCok not part in con
sideration of.various legal moves made
for Chessman in the Supreme Court*
The courts . order Monday merely said:
The partition for rehearing is.denied*
- The Chief Justice took no part in the
consideration or decision of this appli
cation.
Convicted in 1943, Chessman has evaded
the executioner through a series of app
eals and petitions/ in Federal and State
courts* In his llg years in San Quentin
prison death,row he wrote several books,
tow of which became best sellers* Now 38
years old, Chessman was convicted of 17
felonies, two of these were kidnapings
for robbery with outrage attacks on wo
men victims* The latter crimes are pun
ishable by death under a California kid
nap law* the Supreme Court*s decisive
action was a denial of a request for re
view of a lower court ruling* The ruling
was that the transcript of Chessmanfs
19i8 trial .was a valid reeord*Seven days
after the Supreme Court denial, Superior
judge Herbert V* Walker in Los Angeles
sentenced Chessman to die in February*
It was the eigth time Chessman had been
sentenced to California*s gas chamber*
Last October, Gov* Edmund G* Brown of
California denied him clemency*