anaheim-gazette 1931-11-05

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ... 1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. POLICE RADIO IN ORANGE COUNTY Continuous raids on Orange county fruit orchards, poultry yards, and other isolated spots which are being invaded by thieves should make the use of radio broadcasts to the fruit patrolmen well worth undertaking. The county can well afford to increase its patrol force and equip their cars with receiving sets, for the fruit growers, poultrymen and others in the rural districts, are as much entitled to protection as are city and town people. Police radio service in this county would be new here, but it has gone beyond the experimental stage in States in the Middle West. Although police wireless is less than four years old in America, more than fifty cities and towns, and two States already are operating police signal stations; but in Michigan the pursuit of the criminal over the air waves has become an exact science. In fact, the entire activity of the Michigan State Police is built upon its broadcasting station, WRDS, at East Lansing. Messages flash day and night not only to cruising patrols and scout cars on the State highways, and to the forty posts of its own organization, but to every police desk and every sheriff's office in the thousand-mile length of the State. Thus a bank robbery in an isolated village in the northland is reported simultaneously to the sheriffs of all near-by counties, to all posts of the State police, and to all city police offices. All the forty cruising patrols and scout cars pick up the same alarm. more than fifty cities and towns, and two States already are operating police signal stations; but in Michigan the pursuit of the criminal over the air waves has become an exact science. In fact, the entire activity of the Michigan State Police is built upon its broadcasting station, WRDS, at East Lansing. Messages flash day and night not only to cruising patrols and scout cars on the State highways, and to the forty posts of its own organization, but to every police desk and every sheriff's office in the thousand-mile length of the State. Thus a bank robbery in an isolated village in the northland is reported simultaneously to the sheriffs of all near-by counties, to all posts of the State police, and to all city police offices. All the forty cruising squad, patrol and scout cars pick up the same alarm. Each officer knows exactly what is expected of him. Police chiefs rush detachments, with the description of the fleeing robbers, to all roads entering their cities. Sheriffs with deputies and volunteers take up their positions at specified cross-roads in their own counties; reserves from State police posts, in high-powered, bullet-proof, radio-equipped cars converge upon the scene of the robbery from all directions; and cruisers, already upon the road when the alarm is given, tighten the web. The result is that in the past six months more than half the misguided would-be bank robbers, who have "worked" the State, have been apprehended within three hours of their crimes. HE WILL LIVE FOREVER It has been given to few men to completely revolutionize the world's way of living and its habits of thought. Fewer still have lived to see the full fruition of their achievements. Thomas Alva Edison, in the course of his own lifetime, almost literally turned the world upside down. If Edison had done nothing but to invent the multiplex telegraph and the telephone transmitter which made Bell's invention practical, his name would have been world wide. In speeding up communications he speeded up the tempo of all human life. If he had invented nothing more than the phonograph, he would still be rated among the great inventors of all times. The phonograph brought good music for the first time to the ears of hundreds of millions all over the world, and has unquestionably been the greatest stimulus to musical development and musical taste in all history. If his only invention had been the incandescent electric light, his name would be hailed everywhere as the world's greatest benefactor. The invention alone has lengthened the human day in every corner of the civilized world, has changed all the world's ideas of entertainment, of housing, our whole manner of living and consequently our manner of thinking. If Edison's sole achievement had been the motion picture, on what a pedestal for that alone we would hold his memory. He gave the world a marvelous new means of looking at itself, brought to the remotest hamlet, even beyond the frontiers of civilization, not merely a new form of entertainment, but the most powerful organ if education in its broad sense that has yet been devised. Yet so marvelously active was this man's mind, so resourceful and ingenious, that even that list of great accomplishments does not begin to cover all that he did. He took the first typewriter and made it work. He invented the mimeograph. He invented the megaphone. He invented the machinery on which the whole great Portland cement industry is based. It was so-called "Edison effect," a new scientific principle which he discovered while experimenting with the electric light that gave Marconi the clue on which to develop wireless telegraphy and so, in very direct way, Edison was the father of radio broadcasting. INSTRUMENTS Now motorists also to argue about where the instr should be placed for safety. The subject one in Detroit announcement by that it is going back location of heat... Yet so marvelously active was this man's mind, so resourceful and ingenious, that even that list of great accomplishments does not begin to cover all that he did. He took the first typewriter and made it work. He invented the mimeograph. He invented the megaphone. He invented the machinery on which the whole great Portland cement industry is based. It was so-called "Edison effect," a new scientific principle which he discovered while experimenting with the electric light that gave Marconi the clue on which to develop wireless telegraphy and so, in very direct way, Edison was the father of radio broadcasting. He was one of the few inventors who was practical enough to develop his own inventions commercially and make money from them. Yet throughout his life he retained the boyish curiosity, the youthful eagerness to learn that had possessed him as a school boy. Because he was so eminently practical in the application of his inventions, and because his formal schooling had been so brief, he had the popular reputation of being an unscientific rule-of-thumb inventor. As a matter of fact, he had probably the broadest and deepest knowledge and understanding of the physical and chemical sciences that any one brain ever possessed. Edison's life completely filled Dean Swift's description of a benefactor of humanity as being a man who made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. "He was a man. Take him for all in all. We shall not look upon his like again." HELP THE RED CROSS It will not be long now before the American Red Cross begins its drive for funds with which to relieve human misery and distress. There will be many calls upon the purses of the generous in the course of the next two months. Unless some great catastrophe should call for the ministration of the Red Cross, first considerations must, of course, be given to the local chest of the President's Committee of Unemployment. We must take care of our own needy first of all. But besides giving to that most worthy of causes, every one who can afford to do so should contribute at least the $1 annual membership fee to the Red Cross. This great organization has proved itself always efficient, prompt, intelligent and merciful. Through its unpaid workers it has distributed in the past year more than $11,000,000 to aid the sufferers from the drought in the southwest. And it is using its funds on hand to help this year's drought sufferers in the north-west. In order to be efficient, the Red Cross must always be equipped for instant emergency service in time of special need. Its membership ought to include every adult person in the United States. What this country still needs is a good five cent cigar—radio broadcasters to the contrary notwithstanding. ANAHEIM GAZETTE Noted Author Here H. G. Wells, British writer who gave "The Outline of History" to the world, is here on a business trip. He will not lecture while here. Washington's Grandniece Miss Jane Beck, Cody, Wyo., recently married to Nelson T. Johnson, U. S. Minister to China, is a great-great grandniece of President Washington. Manuel Azana succeeded Alcala Zamora as head of the Spanish government when the latter resigned because of the Jesuits' expulsion. Bruce Barton Looks at Ways of Life It had been a very pleasant crossing of the ocean and all of us who had been passengers had become well acquainted. As the big ship moved slowly to her pier we stood on the promenade deck looking into the mass of up-turned faces, each hoping to discover a relative or friend. Suddenly a woman beside me began to wave her handkerchief, and, from the pier, an old lady waved back. "That's my aunt," the woman confided to me. "Dear old Aunt Julia. My husband sent me a wireless that he is sick in bed with gripppe. My mother is in the South. I was afraid there would be no one to meet me." tirely new type and concealed behind the cap. It would not be surprising if other instruments were moved from the dash to locations of easier visibility. Measurements have been made showing that a driver's angle of vision is such as to require two seconds to look from the road to the dash in some modern automobiles. This is an interval of blind driving, and at forty miles an hour the car covers 117 feet in two seconds; at sixty, 176 feet. Some observers of present instrument locations feel that the speedometer, the most important all-around gauge, should be moved to the place of easiest visibility. If taxes could be deflated along with everything else, there might be some chance for the ordinary fellow. FISTER COUNTY GAZETTE There are so many reprints of the famaola Ulster County Gazette of Jan. 4. I held by persons who think Short Essays On Popular Topics EDISON'S RELIGION By HENRY FORD Mr. Edison believed in the hereafter. He thought there were more and weighier reasons in favor of it than there were against it. At one period of his life he gave no thought to the hereafter. But when the years increased and he began to think of the natural end of this stage of life, he turned his thoughts to the great question. He then reached, the independent conclusion that individual life continues through the change which we call death. He felt there was a central organizing core of life that went on and on. That was his conclusion! We talked of it many times together. As the ship moved slowly to pier we stood on the promenade deck, looking into the mass of up-turned faces, each hoping to discover a relative or friend. Suddenly a woman beside me began to wave her handkerchief, and, from the pier, an old lady waved back. "That's my aunt," the woman confided to me. "Dear old Aunt Julia. My husband sent me a wireless that he is sick in bed with gripe. My mother is in the South. I was afraid there would be no one to meet me." But I might have known. Aunt Julia never fails. Blessed old maid, she mothers us all. How could we ever live without her! On the pier I was introduced to Aunt Julia. A trim little figure of a woman bubbling over with unselfishness, laden with an extra coat and a pair of overshoes—just in case her loving niece might happen to be cold. Having just come from France, and feeling very contiental I bent over and kissed her hand. She blushed like a girl. "You mustn't try to flatter an old lady," she said. But it was no attempt at flattery; it was an act of reverence. She is a member of the noblest clans in the world. I had been reading, on the boat, a book about the Bronte family. Mr Bronte was a self-centered country parson, who wore out his wife by making her the mother of six children in six years. Left with the motherless brood on his hands, he cast around for help, and thought of his wife's maiden sister. She, poor thing, was living peacefully in a lovely little town, with an income sufficient to provide comfortably for her simple wants. There was every selfish reason why she should stay just where she was. Yet, at his summons, she did not hesitate. She cast aside every personal consideration, came down to the bleak parsonage in its ugly part of England and proceeded, for the rest of her life to devote herself to those children. How many millions of similar instances have there been in history? What a priceless wealth of affection is poured out on the other people's children by aunts and nurses and cooks and teachers to whom Fate gives no children of their own! How could humanity conduct its existence without them? I thought of these things as I watched Aunt Julia wrap up her niece and hurry away. I lifted my hat reverently and waved them good-bye. INSTRUMENTS IN CAR Now motorists will have something else to argue about. It is the question of where the instruments of the car should be placed from the standpoint of safety. The subject has become an active one in Detroit as a result of an announcement by the Moto Meter Co. that it is going back to the radiator-cap location of heat indicators. The observer observers of present instrument locations feel that the speedometer, the most important all-around gauge, should be moved to the place of easiest visibility. If taxes could be deflated along with everything else, there might be some chance for the ordinary fellow. FLINTER COUNTY GAZETTE There are so many reprints of the famous Uller County Gazette of Jan. 4. Is held by persons who think they have original copies, that H. S. Parsons chief of the periodical division of the Library of Congress, in a recent issue of the Library Journal gives librarians a guide for distinguishing between the original and the reprint. In one of the original copies, obtained by the Library of Congress last November, Mr. Parsons found that the Jan. 4, 1900, issue is printed on paper hand-made from rags, pliable and rough in texture, which is watermarked throughout with slender parallel lines 11-16th to 13-16th apart. Other distinguishing features, he wrote are as follows: Title, in italic capitals should measure of 15-16th in length; print should show blurred edges of hand-linked hand-worked press; second column on page 1 should measure 27-8 inches in width between rules and 13-3-4 inches in length. The old-style "s" should appear frequently in the words "Publisher" and "Uller" in the heading, and in the words "President." "House." "Representatives." and in other places in the text. The last line of page 1, column 1, should read "liberal execution of the treaty of unity." One full-length mourning slug should appear on page 1, column 2; two full-length and five shorts slugs on page 2, and two full-length slugs on page 3. Mourning rules should be used between columns and across top, bottom and along outer edge of pages 2 and 3. Mr. Parsons believes the copy in the Library of Congress is the only original known. Reprints have been numerous and their commercial value does not exceed 50 cents, he said. Somehow or other we have a hunch that if this Manchurian mess doesn't clear up, all the other nations will get together and blink Uncle Sam for the failure. SIGNS OF FROST The chief weather signs preceding a frost are a clear sky, a temperature of 40 degrees F., or lowerr and little wind. Say Weather Bureau experts. The principal requirement for frost when the temperature is not too high, is abundant radiation of heat from the earth, with but little return radiation. A moderate wind usually prevents frost by mixing the warmer air above with heavier observations of present instrument locations feel that the speedometer, the most important all-around gauge, should be moved to the place of easiest visibility. If taxes could be deflated along with everything else, there might be some chance for the ordinary fellow. FLINTER COUNTY GAZETTE There are so many reprints of the famous Uller County Gazette of Jan. 4. Is held by persons who think they have original copies, that H. S. Parsons chief of the periodical division of the Library of Congress, in a recent issue of the Library Journal gives librarians a guide for distinguishing between the original and the reprint. In one of the original copies, obtained by the Library of Congress last November, Mr. Parsons found that the Jan. 4, 1900, issue is printed on paper hand-made from rags, pliable and rough in texture, which is watermarked throughout with slender parallel lines 11-16th to 13-16th apart. Other distinguishing features, he wrote are as follows: Title, in italic capitals should measure of 15-16th in length; print should show blurred edges of hand-linked hand-worked press; second column on page 1 should measure 27-8 inches in width between rules and 13-3-4 inches in length. The old-style "s" should appear frequently in the words "Publisher" and "Uller" in the heading, and in the words "President." "House." "Representatives." and in other places in the text. The last line of page 1, column 1, should read "liberal execution of the treaty of unity." One full-length mourning slug should appear on page 1, column 2; two full-length and five shorts slugs on page 2, and two full-length slugs on page 3. Mourning rules should be used between columns and across top, bottom and along outer edge of pages 2 and 3. Mr. Parsons believes the copy in the Library of Congress is the only original known. Reprints have been numerous and their commercial value does not exceed 50 cents, he said. Somehow or other we have a hunch that if this Manchurian mess doesn't clear up, all other nations will get together and blink Uncle Sam for the failure. SIGNS OF FROST The chief weather signs preceding a frost are a clear sky, a temperature of 40 degrees F., or lowerr and little wind. Say Weather Bureau experts. The principal requirement for frost when the temperature is not too high, is abundant radiation of heat from the earth, with but little return radiation. A moderate wind usually prevents frost by mixing the warmer air above with heavier observations of present instrument locations feel that the speedometer, the most important all-around gauge, should be moved to the place of easiest visibility. If taxes could be deflated along with everything else, there might be some chance for the ordinary fellow. FLTER COUNTY GAZETTE There are so many reprints of the famous Uller County Gazette of Jan. 4. Is held by persons who think they have original copies, that H. S. Parsons chief of the periodical division of the Library of Congress, in a recent issue of the Library Journal gives librarians a guide for distinguishing between the original and the reprint. In one of the original copies, obtained by the Library of Congress last November, Mr. Parsons found that the Jan. 4, 1900, issue is printed on paper hand-made from rags, pliable and rough in texture, which is watermarked throughout with slender parallel lines 11-16th to 13-16th apart. Other distinguishing features, he wrote are as follows: Title, in italic capitals should measure of 15-16th in length; print should show blurred edges of hand-linked hand-worked press; second column on page 1 should measure 27-8 inches in width between rules and 13-3-4 inches in length. The old-style "s" should appear frequently in the words "Publisher" and "Uller" in the heading, and in the words "President." "House." "Representatives." and in other places in the text. The last line of page 1, column 1, should read "liberal execution of the treaty of unity." One full-length mourning slug should appear on page 1, column 2; two full-length and five shorts slugs on page 2, and two full-length slugs on page 3. Mourning rules should be used between columns and across top, bottom and along outer edge of pages 2 and 3. Mr. Parsons believes the copy in the Library of Congress is the only original known. Reprints have been numerous and their commercial value does not exceed 50 cents, he said. Somehow or other we have a hunch that if this Manchurian mess doesn't clear up, all other nations will get together and blink Uncle Sam for the failure. SIGNS OF FROST The chief weather signs preceding a frost are a clear sky, a temperature of 40 degrees F., or lowerr and little wind. Say Weather Bureau experts. The principal requirement for frost when the temperature is not too high, is abundant radiation of heat from the earth, with but little return radiation. A moderate wind usually prevents frost by mixing the warmer air above with heavier observations of present instrument locations feel that the speedometer, the most important all-around gauge, should be moved to the place of easiest visibility. If taxes could be deflated along with everything else, there might be more or less reasons in favor of it than there were against it. At one period of his life he gave no thought to the hereafter. But when the years increased and he began to think of the natural end of this stage of life, he turned his thoughts to the great question. He felt there was a central organizing core of life that went on and on. That was his conclusion. We talked of it many times together. I remember several years ago some one asking what, in my opinion, was the greatest thing that had occurred in the last fifty years. I replied: "Mr. Edison's conclusion that there is a future life for all us." The person did not take me seriously, but I still think it so. Call it religion or what you like, Mr Edison believed that the universe was alive and that it was responsive to man's deepests necessity. It was an intelligent and hopeful religion if there ever was one. Mr Edison went away expecting light, not darkness. His great ambition was to be of some use in the world. All he did was for the public, and he never did a harmful thing. He was so thoroughly great he did not know he was great. The Kellogg Pact obligates the signatory nations not to go to war Japan is a signatory nation. But Japan says she is not going to war in Manchuria. It's just a little peaceful penetration to protect her citizens. So that seems to be that. WALDORF'S NERVE CENTRE Miles and miles of wire, thousands of loud-speakers, hundreds of vacuum tubes and one of the most modern radio "nerve centres" ever installed in a building make the new Waldorf-Astoria New York modern in every respect as far as radio entertainment and broadcasting are concerned. Operators on duty at the fifty-foot control panel with its maze of switches, meters, knobs and blinking lamps have a multitude of duties. They tune six different radio stations and put programs on the wires that lead to 2-000 loud-speakers in the guest rooms, public halls, dining rooms and ballroom. Each loud-speaker in the 1940 guest rooms is equipped with a dial arrangement whereby the guest can select any one of the six programs going over the wires throughoutthe hotel.A second knob regulatesthe volume.The radio amplifier system that intensifiesthe feeble incoming impulses utilizes more than500 vacuum tubes. Six modern broadcast receivers are employed. They are all linked with a single antenna wire600 feet abovethe street.Afterthe signalsare strengthenedbytheamplifiers,thecurrentis fedintothewiresthatleadtotheloud-speakerswhichplugintothewallreceptacles. INSTRUMENTS IN CAR Now motorists will have something else to argue about. It is the question of where the instruments of the car should be placed from the standpoint of safety. The subject has become an active one in Detroit as a result of an announcement by the Moto Meter Co. that it is going back to the radiator-cap location of heat indicators. The decision is based upon the conclusion that this position is the safest, because the driver does not have to take his eyes from the road in order to read the gauge. The instrument will be an en- SIGNS OF FROST The chief weather signs preceding a frost are a clear sky, a temperature of 40 degrees F., or lower and little wind. Weather Bureau experts. The principal requirement for frost when the temperature is not too high, is abundant radiation of heat from the earth, with but little return radiation. A moderate wind usually prevents frost by mixing the warmer air above with the colder surface air. When heavy lower clouds cover the sky they send back much radiation to the earth below, keeping it fairly warm and preventing frost. WHAT YA DOIN' HERE YA NIT WIT? CANT YA SEE THAT SIGN? VACANT HOUSE FOR RENT OBSERVATIONS PSYCHOLOGICAL, YEP, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS Some time back the gib men kidded themselves into believing that everything in the economic world was all right. But getting right down to brass tacks it wasn't all right. However, things are now shaping themselves around in good fashion and everything will soon be all right. All you have to do is to hang on for another year or two and everything will be all right. All right. PROSPERITY JUST AROUND THE CORNER Say, boy, have you seen those new fangled street pajamas the wimmin are wearing? There's enough material in them to make three or four of the other kind of dresses. They are of the balloon variety and the gals better not get caught in a frisky desert zypher. However, if they get to going good the mill hands will hold a jubilee. SAY, PARD, IS YOUR PARACHUTE ON STRAIGT Some airships may be as safe as anything else; but if they are not it doesn't take long to find it out, after you have taken the air. THE OWNERS MUST TA'GONE ON A MILK DIET In a city up the boulevard there is a store where they sell second-hand false teeth. LONG TIME TO THINK THINGS OVAH A man who sold bum stock round about, and in this section, too, has been sentenced to the pen and may be absent for about 50 years. Sooner or later the high-powered and scheming slickers come to the end of the trail. MAKING HIM SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE A wife got a divorce from her man because he put ice down her back. Now, that wouldn't be so bad if it occurred in the good old summer time, but had that happened when the frost was on the pumpkins, the good wife should have augmented her persuasive influence and perpetuated her personal liberty by rigorously applying the rolling pin on the anatomy of the bread winner that he covers with his hat when woodpeckers are flying around. And MAKING HIM SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE A wife got a divorce from her man because he put ice down her back. Now, that wouldn't be so bad if it occurred in the good old summer time, but had that happened when the frost was on the pumpkins, the good wife should have augmented her persuasive influence and perpetuated her personal liberty by rigorously applying the rolling pin on the anatomy of the bread winner that he covers with his hat when woodpeckers are flying around. And furthermore the wife should have reached for his chin with a well directed left and a right to his pantry. STUPENDOUS DISPLAY OF BRAVERY One of the highly entertaining and educational features of some of the film drahmas is the bath scene right out there in plain view of all the fans. To see the hero actor take his dip in the suds is one of the most inspiring and exciting thrills that could ever be offered a patient and long suffering public. Some people take a bath once a week whether they need it or not; and to see how the high salaried actor performs while in the tub is one of the most exhilerating and goose flesh producing exhibitions that ever came down the pike, and no foolin'. HO, HO, HUM! AIN'T THIS DELIGHTFUL WEATHER? Some time ago some rich men front paged with the story of an alleged love mart, or something; but as time rolled on after the delays and continuances the pieces in the paper were put at the bottom of the columns inside. EVERYBODY GETS BACK TO THEIR KNITTING When a sensational murder takes place everybody and the cook gets all steamed up, but after the cold facts come to the surface of the boiling pot, it's not so hot. CUTTING DOWN THE PERCENTAGE When a big murder happens in a big city the criminal courts are swamped with the idle curious people who mill around like flies buzzing over a molasses barrel. It seems they get quite a kick out of the fireworks. If those same people would go out in the wide open spaces and make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before there wouldn't be so many murders. BOUGHT A BOAT It is said the bonus boosted the second-hand car business to beat the band. Ring tee ting tee tie lee oh follerra boom de aye. AND THEY GO ALL THE WAY TO AFRICA FOR IVORY In a big city up the boulevard whenever something sensational happens, especially a high hat murder, everybody gets excited, including the cook. When a guy loses his head he runs around in circles. What they need is fellers who can take it on the chin, tear off a chunk of spittin' terbaccy, keep cool and then go out and get their man. THE EYES HAVE IT A piece in the paper there awhile back said when the wife of the murdered man left the witness stand she paused before the man accused of the crime, and fixed her gaze on him until he dropped his eyes. That's not so hot. Perhaps his wife just at In a big city up the boulevard whenever something sensation-al happens, especially a high hat murder, everybody gets excited, including the cook. When a guy loses his head he runs around in circles. What they need is fellers who can take it on the chin, tear off a chunk of spittin' terbaccy, keep cool and then go out and get their man. THE EYES HAVE IT A piece in the paper there awhile back said when the wife of the murdered man left the witness stand she paused before the man accused of the crime, and fixed her gaze on him until he dropped his eyes. That's not so hot. Perhaps his wife just at that moment was gazing at him, too. NOBODY HURT When you see the young folks drive up to the tennis courts in high priced cars you may know that things are no so bad after all. MENDING THE BROKEN HEARTS Which ever way you want to gaze at the picture, it remains a fact however that about 200 divorces a month will be ground through the matrimonial mill at Reno alone. There are sixteen counties in the State of Nevada, where the lid flew off. During the first month in Reno 330 divorces were granted and over 500 suits were filed. The way it looks to a man up a tree the six weeks residence over there is going to cause lots of folks to change their farwarding address for the time being in order to get back into circulation as soon as possible. DOES THAT TAKE IN THE DOIBY, TOO In some quarters it is said it is sure fire that an ex-governor is going to be the next democratic candidate for the office that every school boy looks forward to with anxious eyes. SAY, MISTER, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE MACHINE GUN DIVISION? A reformer solemnly avers that prohibition is the direct cause of only 5 percent of the crime wave. THAT'S AS CERTAIN AS WHEN IS WHEN A charming and vivacious actress recently again announced her engagement, and said, "Right thar is the man too, by cracky." The man was there, all right. Said the man; "Yes, I will marry the gal as soon as I get enough money." MADE THE GRADE It appears when they ordered that bonus on the books, it found Uncle Andy a little short of change; but after he got his second breath he succeeded in pulling out without the skid chains,