anaheim-gazette 1931-09-03

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ESTABLISHED 1970 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ... 1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. THE TURNING TIDE The public is beginning to buy again. Money is coming back into circulation more freely toward normal production. The leather industry is showing a decided improvement. Sales of electric and gas refrigerators are increasing in almost every part of the country. Many of the smaller industrial plants are now running on full time and the larger industries, or many of them, are putting on more help. The steel industry and building construction are still at low ebb and the railroads are not carrying their normal volume of freight and passengers, but those are conditions which a general revival in other lines will remedy. The country is still suffering from overproduction of wheat, cotton and oil, among other things. It seems to us wrong and wasteful, however; to destroy what has already been produced, as is being advocated in some quarters. It also seems to us unnecessary to resort to anything like the "dole" system. Nobody in the United States has approached starvation in this crisis except in the regions where the drouth of 1930 was at its worst and in one or two "sore spots" in the bituminous coal districts. There may be more who will need help the coming winter because their reserves are exhausted, but there will be more people in a position to give help, we believe. And there will be more and more jobs for those who really want to work. How fast the tide of good times will come in nobody can predict. The country has been suffering almost as much from overprediction as from overproduction, and we are not gifted with the It also seems to us unnecessary to resort to anything like the "dole" system. Nobody in the United States has approached starvation in this crisis except in the regions where the drought of 1930 was at its worst and in one or two "sore spots" in the bituminous coal districts. There may be more who will need help the coming winter because their reserves are exhausted, but there will be more people in a position to give help, we believe. And there will be more and more jobs for those who really want to work. How fast the tide of good times will come in nobody can predict. The country has been suffering almost as much from overprediction as from overproduction, and we are not gifted with the power of prophecy. But we have history to back our belief that the United States of America will come out of this depression, as it has come out of every preceding depression, stronger and more prosperous than ever. SCHOOL DAYS It won't be long now before vacation is over and school will begin again. Then the young ones will get back into their own world, for in the life of the child the real world is that in which he mixes on equal terms with others of his own age. We older folk are too absorbed with the affairs of grown-ups to understand what the young ones are thinking about. We are prone to think, as we grow older, that what we had in school is good enough for our children. That would be true if the world stood still, but it doesn't. In a changing world, the best education is that which makes the child alive to its changes, which brings him most closely in touch with the new things that we didn't know anything about when we were young. Everything is different today from yesterday; tomorrow everything of today will be out of date. The boy or girl who gains from his school work the sense of change, of constant forward movement steadily going on, has got the best foundation for success in life. We don't think it is nearly as important to teach children how to do things as it is to teach them how to understand things. One way is to get more young people as teachers and on school boards. School systems must grow and change, just as the world grows and changes, and old folk are too apt to resist change. There must be old heads in school affairs, of course, but some who are still young enough to remember their own schooldays ought to have some say about school matters. PEDDLERS AT HOME DOORS Peddlers who as salesmen have for so long and so often been ringing home doorbells as they sought customers for brushes, silk hosiery, washing-machines, radios, curling-irons, can-openers, and similar household utilities, they are no longer regarded as salesmen but as peddlers by annoyed housewives who answer the bell. But a professor in the State Teachers' College at Monclair, New Jersey (of all men and of all places) now gives these peddling salesmen a new title—that of "porch climbers." A porch climber, he says, is a college man, or some other man, who urges the woman in the home to buy hosiery, cosmetics to make her beautiful, or to trade a good washing-machine or vacuum cleaner for a new one which may not be as good. This college professor voices one of the best indictments of the door-to-door peddlers, who pokes his foot in the doorjam to prevent it from being slammed in his face, that has yet been uttered. "The thing basically wrong with the whole racket," he says," But a professor in the State Teachers' College at Monclair, New Jersey (of all men and of all places) now gives these peddling salesmen a new title—that of "porch climbers." A porch climber, he says, is a college man, or some other man, who urges the woman in the home to buy hosiery, cosmetics to make her beautiful, or to trade a good washing-machine or vacuum cleaner for a new one which may not be as good. This college professor voices one of the best indictments of the door-to-door peddlers, who pokes his foot in the doorjam to prevent it from being slammed in his face, that has yet been uttered. "The thing basically wrong with the whole racket," he says," is that the unwelcome peddler tries to make a place of business out of the American home." The young man on the front porch proudly says, 'Our company does not sell through stores,' so he would make a store of your household." The professor urges that American housewives adopt a policy of announcing, or placarding, "This is a home, not a place of business. I do not buy anything at the door." WRONG WORD; WRONG ATTITUDE All over the wide expanse of our great nation—and over the entire civilized world—the word "overproduction" has been in constantly-increasing use of late. The word is wrong; it is the negative form. Why don't we use the positive word "underconsumption," and thus get down to basic facts? Much has been written, in lighter vein, of women reducing; of selling the washing machine to save the family chariot; of "keeping up with the Joneses"; of eating soup and going to the movies; and of using "synthetic" foods that the children may grow up to "white collars" (that foreign labor may be imported to do the "common" work). But there appears through the thin surface of these jests a shade too much of the truth. Surely, "underconsumption" is the right word. The "synthetic" industry is small, compared to those who produce the real articles—and not nearly so important to the financial wellbeing of the world. If father wants plenty of good, wholesome food, let him eat. If mother and sister desire pretty clothes, let them wear them—even if the auto has to be kept another year. And if sonny likes to dig ditches—let him do it. In other words, let us live really normally, and the depression will vanish. Those pacifists who think that the way for Uncle Sam to keep out of war is to scuttle his navy, ought to take a look at China. That unfortunate country has on the average about three wars a year, and hasn't enough navy to support one commodore. Isn't there some way the Farm Board could train those grasshoppers to eat the surplus cotton? ANAHEIM GAZETTE Rebel Chief Caught Former President Mario G. Menecal of Cuba, who has played a big part in the rebellion now under way, has been captured by President Macnair's forces. New Irish Songster Frank Connors worked as a messenger boy in New York City until two weeks ago. Then a theatrical man heard him sing and signed him up for five years at $500 a week. Finally Made Good Robert Raynolds, of Georgetown, Conn., earned exactly $20 in fourteen years of writing fiction. Then he sent in "Brothers in the West" to Harper's and it won a $10,000 prize. Bruce Barton Looks at Ways of Life GOOD NEWS Last summer I went to a white church in a New England town. The preacher for the day was a famous man from a big city, who happened to have a summer home nearby. The church was only about one-tenth filled. Even this famous name was not enough to pull people away from the cool woods and boaches. When the preacher arose to announce his text, I thought: "Now we'll catch it. We shall be told that these empty pews mean that the world is going to the dogs. We shall hear a half-hour of lament about human wickedness. We few, who have come to church, shall be crucified for the sins of those who have stayed away." I have listened to many church services and I am sick of them. tremes as stories of the grasshoppers eating the handles off of hoes and the bark off trees. Judge A. S. Foulks, pardon attorney in the governor's office, tells one of the best of the Kansas stories. He says a woman in his county went out to the barn to gather eggs. She was wearing a green dress. The hoppers swooped down and ate up every stitch of clothing she had on before she could get back to the house. In the infested areas in Iowa this year reports state grasshoppers stall automobiles by clogging up the radiators. There are two ways an ant can make a lazy man hustle. One is by example and the other is by crawling up his panties. AIR-COOLED TRAINS The first air-purified, air-cooled trains in railroad history have been placed in passenger service on the Baltimore & Ohio between New York and Washington. Each car of the train is separately Short Essays On Popular Topics PROBLEMS OF SHIPPING By SIR FREDERICK W. LEWIS Chairman, Furness-Withy Ship Lines I sometimes wish I were engaged in any other occupation than shipwaving. It is obliquely a most fascinating occupation, but at times the variety of problems with which it is beset becomes so bewildering that I verily believe a shipowner needs to know more than any other type of business man. We and our associated and subsidiary companies operate vessels on something like 25 different trade routes. Consequently we are, from time to time, apt to be concerned in the national and international affairs of almost every country in the world. One country alters its tariffs; another amends its system of taxation; yet an The church was only about one-tenth filled. Even this famous name was not enough to pull people away from the cool woods and beaches. When the preacher arose to announce his text, I thought: "Now we'll catch it. We shall be told that these empty pews mean that the world is going to the dogs. We shall hear a half-hour of lament about human wickedness. We few, who have come to church, shall be crucified for the sins of those who have stayed away." I have listened to many church sermons and I am sick of them. But I was due for a pleasant surprise. He announced a text from Paul's letter to the Corinthians. He explained that in this passage Paul was really making a plea for a generous collection from the Corinthians for the struggling churches elsewhere. He had an ulterior motive, but that does not change the fact that the whole chapter is full of praise for the Corinthians. Having told them how kind they are, how courageous, how faithful, Paul concludes by saying, in effect: "Since you have all these many good qualities, I ask you to have also this grace which was in Christ Jesus, who being rich became poor for our sakes'." In other words, you are great folks; come on, now, and be generous also. The preacher then proceeded to tell us what a grand thing it is to belong to the human race—how good people are, how courteous to each other, how brave under their sufferings, how hopeful in the face of an inscrutable Fate. He said that God created men and women because He wanted companions, and that He was pleased with His creation. He made us all proud of our humanity, and sent us out more cheerful and better able to fight the week. I wondered why there are not more such sermons. Jesus did very little denouncing and hardly any "viewing with alarm." He came with a joyous message. "You are sons of God," he said, "destined for eternal happiness." People liked that sort of talk. They called it "gospel," which is to say, "good news." A naturalist says that bees are stone deaf. Well they may be deaf but they certainly have sharp tongues, or something. WHOPPER GRASSHOPPERS Grasshopper invasions in many localities in the Middle West, with an Associated Press dispatch telling of A. Pierre, South Dakota farmer, turning a flock of turkeys into a field to eat up the grasshoppers only to have the hoppers eat all the feathers off the turkeys, are recalling many stories of the devastations of the grasshopper plague of 1874. Henry Field of Shenandoah, Iowa, tells how his mother tried to save her automobiles by clogging up the radiators. There are two ways an ant can make a lazy man hustle. One is by example and the other is by crawling up his pants legged. AIR-COOLED TRAINS The first air-purified, air-cooled trains in railroad history have been placed in passenger service on the Baltimore & Ohio between New York and Washington. Each car of the train is separately air conditioned, including the dinner, smoking lounge, Pullman and individual seat coach. Windows are never opened. They are for vision only. The air in the cars is cooled, purified, de-humidified and circulated mechanically. No one sees the air-conditioning equipment. The air in the body of the car is drawn through the ceiling into an overhead invisible mechanism by means of a noiseless fan. Dust, smoke fumes and cinders are removed, whereupon the air is cooled to the proper temperature and circulated. The weather may be 100 degrees outside; inside the train the temperature is thermostatically regulated to whatever degree is desired for comfort. In the old days people used bricks for foot warmers, but they use these wine bricks for stomach warmers. KNOX HOME REBUILT Lee General Henry Knox memorial at Thomaston, Maine, was dedicated on July 25, and opened to the public. The memorial is a reproduction of Montpelier, the original mansion occupied by the revolutionary general. Included in the furnishings are articles which went to the descendants of General Knox or fell into the hands of Knox County residents when the old structure was demolished years ago. Fortunately, pieces of the original Colonial wallpapers in the great rooms had been preserved by collectors. With these as a model it was possible for a Massachusetts manufacturer to produce papers for the memorial that it is said closely resemble the original. Just think of it. In a little over a month the world ser., will be on and everybody will be getting ready for the 1932 campaign. What a life. OYSTERS IN "R" MONTHS The oldest superstition about oysters being inedible in months that have not risen" in their names has been exploded by J. M. Lemon of the Bureau of Fisheries. Mr. Lemon points out that in the oyster-eating days of 100 years or so ago, there was no way of keeping them through the hot weather and hence dealers were not willing to stock them between April and September. Thus the superstition grew that they were not good to eat during this period. Wesley spent the night of February 3, 1781, with the family of a Leatherhead magistrate and the following day preached to a small company in his host's dining room. Leaving for London, he paused beneath an old cedar, still standing in the front garden, briefly addressing the villagers. He died a few days later. WHOPPER GRASSHOPPERS Grasshopper invasions in many localities in the Middle West, with an Associated Press dispatch telling of A. Pierre, South Dakota farmer, turning a flock of turkeys into a field to eat up the grasshoppers only to have the hoppers eat all the feathers off the turkeys, are recalling many eteries of the devastations of the grasshopper plague of 1874. Henry Field of Shenandoah, Iowa, tells how his mother tried to save her cucumber vines by covering them with dish towels, only to have the peste eat up the towels and then the cucumber vines. Exaggerations go to such ex- OYSTERS IN "R" MONTHS The old superstition about oysters being inedible in months that have not "r" in their names has been exploded by J. M. Lemon of the Bureau of Fisheries. Mr. Lemon points out that in the oyster-eating days of 100 years or so ago, there was no way of keeping them through the hot weather and hence dealers were not willing to stock them between April and September. Thus the superstition grew that they were not good to eat during this period. Nowadays, he points out, the oysters are frozen and evidently they are just as good to eat in July as they are in December. Wesley spent the night of February 3, 1781, with the family of a Leather-head magistrate and the following day preached to a small company in his host's dining room. Leaving for London, he paused beneath an old cedar, still standing in the front garden, briefly addressing the villagers. He died a few days later. Wesley's chapel and museum and his tomb on City Road, London, have been saved, largely, by funds from American Methodists. OBSERVATIONS SAVING FUNERAL EXPENSES Lots of folks say this flying business is safe; but yet again some of the amateur pilots should confine their activities to jumping around on the earth on all four. MIGHT HAVE BEEN TERRIBLE, IF THE MAN WAS A LATE SLEEPER A husband said he had a dream, and while the subconscious mind was working he said he saw his wife and another man in a fond embrace. He sued and received a $3500 judgment. IRRESISTIBLE FORCE MEETS IMMOVABLE BODY The grand old U. S. A. is enjoying an unique situation. There is a Republican administration and a Democratic Congress in the offing. When two balky mules pull in opposite directions, it is like a guy eating soup with a fork. When a charming young maiden has two lovers she would be happy if either of them were away, and a house divided against itself may fall. However, if the two branches of government worked in harmony this country would look like a beehive when honeysuckle is in bloom. If they persist in rag chewing and wind jamming, all hands might just as well go fishing and let nature take its course. BLOWING HOT AND COLD There for awhile people took on a certain degree of excitement on account of the unemployment. Then thousands of Mexicans packed their belongings and trekked back into Mehico. And believe it or not, a certain newspaper carried many headlines about the seriousness of that fact—because certain lines of endeavor would find it hard to secure laborers to do their work! Whoopla! Paregorically speaking, wouldn't that give you a pain-sky? CREATING ABOUT AS MUCH EXCITEMENT AS A FLAT TIRE The height of something or other is the feller who leads a dual life, especially the guy who tries to keep two wives. He may be a heart-breaker, all right, but he is a good deal like the bozo who robs his own trunk. He might flit from one place of abode to another, and keep each woman in the dark for awhile, but then the light creeps in on him and he resembles a balloon without the air. When the finance minister lowly asks for more money, he responds by saying he will never forget it. CREATING ABOUT AS MUCH EXCITEMENT AS A FLAT TIRE The height of something or other is the feller who leads a dual life, especially the guy who tries to keep two wives. He may be a heart-breaker, all right, but he is a good deal like the bozo who robs his own trunk. He might flit from one place of abode to another, and keep each woman in the dark for awhile, but then the light creeps in on him and he resembles a balloon without the air. When the finances run low he then goes in for the gas or mebbe he jumps into the lake. DUSTING OFF THE COBWEBS One of the big political leaders, who has a funny sounding name, but who looks good, says the time has come for both the Republican and Democratic parties to face the prohibition question honestly and squarely, and no foolin'. WHY NOT TRY A TARIFF ON FOREIGN OIL, EH? Some of the big shots and the small-bore papers waste much time and chin music about what is best to use to find out what's the matter with this oil business. They talk a heap and seem to run around in circles. The oil derricks here are at a standstill, while oil from foreign countries comes in by boatloads free. If there is a nigger in the woodpile he ought to be smoked out, or something. S-S-S-S. JIGGERS, DON'T WAKE HIM UP Back in a New England town it is said the marshal has not made an arrest in forty years. Rip Van Winkle was a light sleeper. TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH The man in the rumble seat suggests, that instead of adding more congressmen to the number already there, they ought to cut down the allotment. SLAMMED THE DOOR IN HIS FACE A keen man invested quite a wad of money for stock in Amalgamated Door Knobs, Inc., and was cautioned to sit tight. A short while thereafter the bottom fell out, the thing turned on him, he got a jar, and then they gave him the gate. The success of the venture hinged on the swing of the mazuma on the open market and when the day closed he found he was shut out. WHEN A MINUTE SEEMED AN HOUR In a sordid case the gals were asked to pick out the accused men in a crowded courtroom. They hesitated. The situation was tense, or something like that. The plot thickens. For instance, the guys would have had their faces lifted. Or mebbe they would have been changed to blondes, or may have put on wigs. Say, this is getting interesting. And yet again, what if the gals had picked out one or two of the rubbernecks who were loitering around to get an earful, and would have pointed their accusing fingers at them? Whoops, and the fireworks! And then the legal engine hit on all four and the lawyers did the rest. Hot ziggetty! Y-e-s, sir. COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE THEM COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE THEM Yes, sirree, it begins to look like the issue will be liquid, although a lot of the solid fellers will oppose the moisture. What the harvest will be still remains a moot question. Anyway, the middle of the roaders will not scrap their flasks until the last returns have come in. Tailors will no doubt continue to put in good-sized hip pockets in the pantaloons, especially quart sizes for wild party gatherings. Where everybody rolls his own, in cases of extra large gatherings, perhaps the out-of-town guests may carry suitcases. When it comes to the conventions, the steering committees may have to resort to steamboats if some waterfront city captures the big political pow-wow festivities. H-E-L-L-O! OLD DEAR, HOW'S TRICKS? In an adjoining state if you live there six weeks, you are in line for a divorce, provided the other party is served with the papers in that state. If one is in and the other out, you must wait 90 days more. Where there's a will there's a way. For instance, if the one on the out would just drop in, sort of unexpectedly like, the papers could be served while you wait. SLIPPED THE MOORINGS In the amusement sector a couple of years back there was a wedding. Everybody rejoiced. They said it was a natural. Both parties were as two peas' in a pod. They measured up admirably as to personalities, temperament, were congenial and were not inflicted with the jealousy bug or whatnots. And then something rocked the boat, the wife went home to mother and the old man is doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances. CLOCKING THE CANDIDATES One of the big political parties has kicked up quite a bit of dust in getting on the map early, and the moist contingent has several favorite sons among those mentioned for president. The arid aerie won't play ball with the wet wing and mention the name of a man they think will carry them to victory; but yet again, many believe that he wouldn't get off the home plate.