anaheim-gazette 1933-02-16

Is Now In Its 62d Year OLDEST PAPER IN THE COUNTY THE GAZETTE 108 NORTH EMILY STREET VOL. LXIII CITY REDUCES PENALTIES ON DELINQUENCIES Council Increases Treasurer's Bond, Hears Reports From Departments Two ordinances and two resolutions were passed by the city council Tuesday evening. In addition, reports from all city departments were heard. Ordinance No. 573, which provides for a reduction of penalties in delinquent tax lists and makes certain other alterations in the city's system of assessment and tax collection as provided by the state law, was given its final reading. Ordinance No. 572, increasing the bond of the city treasurer from $25,000 to $50,000 as recommended by the recent grand jury, also was adopted. A portion of North Vine street in the Kroeger subdivision was closed, and sympathy expressed to survivors of Fred C. Rimpau, pioneer resident of this city who died 10 days ago, by resolutions. Police Chief James S. Bouldin reported license collections for January totalled $4471.60, of which $25.60 was for penalties; Librarian Elizabeth Calnon stated January expenses amounted to $1157.85, leaving a balance of $3455.84; Fire Chief R. Nyboe reported seven fires, damages estimated at $200; Are You One of the New Income Tax Pa Income Taxpayer $1100 $1800 $2600 $3600 $5100 Single $4 $32 $60 $104 $168 Married, no children no tax no tax $4 $44 $104 Married, 1 child no tax no tax no tax $28 $88 Married, 2 children no tax no-tax no tax $12 $72 Married, 3 children no tax no tax no tax no tax $52 Here are charted income tax figures which will make it easy to see at a glance approximately how much you will have to pay this year. Exemptions have been made only on children exemptions allowable. New rates apply, reaching approximates persons who never heretofore have paid income tax. Single receiving $1000 or more, and married persons receiving $2500 or the past year must file their reports. A portion of North Vine street in the Kroeger subdivision was closed, and sympathy expressed to survivors of Fred C. Rimpau, pioneer resident of this city who died 10 days ago, by resolutions. Police Chief James S. Bouldin reported license collections for January totalled $4471.60, of which $25.60 was for penalties; Librarian Elizabeth Calnon stated January expenses amounted to $1157.85, leaving a balance of $3455.84; Fire Chief R. Nyboe reported seven fires, damages estimated at $200; the city received $19.40 for 77 tons of garbage sold to D. J. Bastanchury; the police department made 17 arrests, 10 for intoxication, and issued 766 meal tickets to transients; City Recorder Frank Tausch’s court collected $268 in fines; the city welfare department spent $74.46 for 47 families representing 207 individuals, Mrs. Mona Price, welfare superintendent, reported; city taxes collected were $585.12, bringing collections from Nov. 1 to $63,724.67. Public service department collected $20,159.77 as compared with $21,981.64 for the same month a year ago. Await Survey to Ask R. F. C. Loan If Director of County Welfare Byron Curry completes his survey of Orange county and its communities, relative to need for emergency loans to care for needy persons, in time to submit to the board of supervisors Tuesday, Orange county may file its application next week for a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. While no definite amount will be asked until a survey determines the needed sum, the supervisors probably will ask for about $150,000, it was stated at the meeting Tuesday, when Curry and Supervisor W. C. Jerome, acting as a committee from the board of supervisors, reported on their findings. They stated that restrictions for the loan are more liberal than at first anticipated, and that because the R. F. C. permits 17 per cent for overhead, the county could more easily qualify. Curry was instructed to prepare a report of needs of various cities in the county and for the county; amounts spent as employment aid in the past, and the financial condition of the county and cities, which is a requisite when applying for a loan. Mrs. Knopf Rites Hold Wednesday Less Than 5 Per Cent of Money Collected by State Goes for General State Co- Two-thirds Goes to, or Spent for C Dual Tax System of State Breaks Down Under Stress; First Two Years of Rolph's Administration W 48 Millions More Spent Than Received; Deficit Because of confusion over the dual method of tax collecting and some misconception as to how the monies taken in by the pended, the Gazette has broken down the income of the state for (the latest complete figures available). In addition, to clearly the money is being spent, another list of expenses under four go is furnished. Supervisors Back Municipality Plan Orange county’s board of supervisors Tuesday endorsed the State League of Municipalities’ bill, which calls for a one-half cent return from the three-cent tax to the cities of California. Endorsement followed appearance of a committee appointed a week ago by President Leo J. Sheridan of the Orange County League of Municipalities at a meeting in Santa Ana. Spokesman J. L. McBride of the committee explained that the incorporated communities of the state are asking for $6,000-000 from the gasoline fund, to be taken from the $28,000,000 regularly handled by the state, which highway commissioners “are having a hard time spending.” It would not effect the amount of money regularly received by the counties on the present basis of distribution. McBride claimed that the money major Orange county cities would receive through this arrangement would provide approximately $300 per mile of highways within the cities, while in Anaheim it would furnish $400 per mile of paved roads, thus eliminating any further appropriation by the city for that purpose, and would permit reduction of taxes accordingly. The state of California money by a tax levied up corporations, with the e-gasoline tax which is co-motor fuel distributors levied directly upon the state tax is three cents; the federal tax, one cent federal tax, however, is by the state, and is not figures. The gasoline tax is placed in a special fu- one cent goes to the var- state in direct prop number of registered ve- mainder, according to o-spent on the state’s pr- ordinary highway system available for paying off 000,000 of state highwa- though the money was wa- ways. Payment on those from the general funds- and cities get their more property. For the 1933-35 biennial penditures, excluding revenues, will be as foli- General government Education Highway bond interest,and redemption Total general fund Estimated income for is 92 millions, or 50 million needed. At th Curry was instructed to prepare a report of needs of various cities in the county and for the county; amounts spent as employment aid in the past, and the financial condition of the county and cities, which is a requisite when applying 'for a loan. Mrs. Knopf Rites Held Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret M. Knopf, who died Sunday evening at her ranch home on Ball road following an extended illness, were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Backs, Terry and Campbell chapel, with Rev. Virgil K. Ledbetter of the Calvary Baptist church and Dr. Carl Knopf, of the University of Southern California, officiating. Interment was at Fairhaven cemetery. Pall bearers were R. J. Grange, Joseph L. Guss, R. J. Dugdale, Clyde Childress, G. C. Mahaffey and Ralph Baker. There is truth in MARK TWAIN'S reply as to why a spider was found in a subscriber's copy of Twain's paper. His reply was something like this: "The spider was merely looking over the publication to find which merchant was not advertising so that he could go to that store, spin a web across the door and lead a quiet, undisturbed life ever after." Scores Mourning Mrs. Jones' Death Scores of friends Thursday afternoon attended the funeral at the Backs, Terry and Campbell parlors, of Mrs. Sophie Jones, 70, who died Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. D. Polhemus, on Placentia avenue. Burial followed at the Anaheim cemetery. Pall bearers were Harry Hopkins, Henry Atherde, Henry Benedict, August Fitz and Dan Granada. Rev. Thomas H. Walker, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiated at the funeral, which was held at 2 p.m. Mrs. Jones was the widow of the late John Jones. She was born in Denmark but has been a resident of Anaheim for 15 years. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Jones is survived by three grandchildren. Two Chicken Thiefs Get Jail Sentences Horton Curry, 50, is serving a six-month jail sentence and John Craig, 41, is spending 60 days behind the bars on charges of chicken stealing, following their conviction before Justice Charles Kuchel Wednesday. Both men are from Cypress, and offered the excuse that times were so hard they had to steal. They were arrested by the fruit patrol, and accused of entering the C. H. Smith chicken yards on Crescent avenue. For the 1933-35 biennial expenditures, excluding revenues, will be as follows: General government Education Highway bond interest, and redemption Total general fund Estimated income for is 92 millions, or 50 million needed. At the Governor James Rolph's in 1930, the state had 8 millions of dollars. The 1931-33 ends in June when deficit of 9 millions, where state has spent in the 48 millions of dollars derived from its taxes and operative properties. Several plans are under by the state legislature Riley plan of which Award Craig of Brea is sponsor, which contempt rearrangement of our order to place more tax uponerty. Common property Riley plan would be limited of the total tax, and over tax which would money is being handled thousands of persons no ing taxation, would raise. Under the present leading tax authorities legislature admit has under stress of depress revenues for 1931 were Railroads Short steam railroads Street railways Car companies Express companies Tel. & Tel. companies Gas & Electric company Insurance companies Ocean marine insurers Passenger highway transport companies Freight highway transportation companies Motor vehicle fuel distribution butors ANAHEIM GAZETE ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1933 New Income Tax Payers? LOCAL EXCHANGE SHIPS 1895 CARS OF FRUIT IN 1932 Handles Nearly 10 Per Cent of California Valencias; Value Proven The one-year-old Central Orange County Citrus Exchange handled approximately 10 per cent of California's summer orange crop during the past year, according to secretary-Manager A. H. Kirchmann's report to the first annual meeting held at the exchange offices on East Center street Monday afternoon. This represents 875,656 boxes of fruit shipped in 1,895 cars. The classification was 1,716 carloads, or 792,979 packed boxes of valencias; 179 carloads, or 82,646 boxes of loose valencias; 29 boxes of loose grapefruit, and 2 boxes, miscellaneous. "We believe that the results accomplished after a year's operation quite definitely indicate the advantages of a local district exchange," Kirchmann stated. "Certainly, there has never been a year when cars of fruit required more attention and prompt handling to obtain the highest price possible in the markets, and at the same time minimize extra charges. . . It appeared at the beginning of the season that we might expect fairly satisfactory prices on the valencia crop but an advance soon attracted heavier shipments than the markets could readily absorb. The price declined forthwith." Predicted in Roosevelt Cabinet These two men top the list as possible in Roosevelt's cabinet, according to late Washing (left) Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, as Sec (right) Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana James A. Farley, is expected to be named Post Three Escape as Burglar Killed Of Money Collected General State Control; or Spent for Counties Down Under Stress of Depresh's Administration Witnesses Can Received; Deficit Faced The state of California receives its money by a tax levied upon utilities and corporations, with the exception of the gasoline tax which is collected through motor fuel distributors but actually levied directly upon the consumer. The state tax is three cents a gallon, and the federal tax, one cent a gallon. The federal tax, however, is not collected by the state, and is not included in the figures. The gasoline tax of the state is placed in a special fund from which one cent goes to the various counties of the state in direct proportion to their number of registered vehicles. The remainder, according to law, must be spent on the state's primary and secondary highway systems, and is not available for paying off more than $56,000,000 of state highway bonds. Although the money was spent on highways, payment on those bonds comes from the general funds. The counties and cities get their money by taxes on property. For the 1933-35 biennium total expenditures, excluding gasoline tax revenues, will be as follows: General government ... $ 52,692,518.44 Education ... 81,549,996.31 Highway bond interest, and redemption ... 8,449,326.00 Total general fund ... $141,691,840.75 Estimated income for the same period is 92 millions, or 50 millions shy of the amount needed. At the beginning of Government administration, plished after a year's operation quite definitely indicate the advantages of a local district exchange." Kirchmann stated. "Certainly, there has never been a year when cars of fruit required more attention and prompt handling to obtain the highest price possible in the markets, and at the same time minimize extra charges... It appeared at the beginning of the season that we might expect fairly satisfactory prices on the valencia crop but an advance soon attracted heavier shipments than the markets could readily absorb. The price declined forthwith. Any attempt on the part of exchange shippers to regulate the movement so as to maintain a satisfactory market was immediately followed by a flood of shipments from outsiders and this condition continued until the valencia pro-rate agreement was put in operation. The market advanced sharply during the time of the agreement, but promptly slumped upon announcement of the pro-rate collapse. Prices continued at a low level... until the exchange had sufficient control of the remaining crop to stabilize... (when) prices rose to a level which represented a satisfactory return." During the year, Kirchmann reported, the house of Scott and Borden's application was received and it was accepted as a member of the district exchange, represented by V. W. Borden. Officers and directors are: P. J. Weisel, president; O. E. Steward, vice president; B. L. Chandler, director of the California Fruit Growers Exchange board; Directors J. R. Skewis, Thomas Haster and Ernest Borchert; A. H. Kirchmann, secretary-manager; and S. F. Trueblood, assistant secretary-manager. Associations represented are the Anaheim Citrus Fruit Carl E. Monahan, manager; Anaheim Community Growers, Edward Mills, manager; Anaheim Orange and Lemon, G. W. Sandilands, manager; and Scott and Borden, V. W. Borden, manager. 10 Cities Have a "Voice" On Chorus Under the direction of Madame Rosemary Rose 100 men and women from Anaheim and nine adjacent communities meet each Monday and Tuesday evening for practicing "The Creation," which they will present at the Anaheim union high school auditorium on the evening of March 31. Monday evening is devoted to group work, while Tuesday evening is given over primarily to individual instruction for the difficult roles. The chorus is sponsored by Anaheim Elks lodge No. 1345. Cotton Garments Distributed Here Three Escape as Burglar Killed Sheriff and Railway Detectives Search for Trio Following Attempted Burglary Orange county's sheriff department and special Santa Fe railroad officers this week continued their search for three bandits, one of them believed seriously wounded, who were surprised Monday night by Railway Detective W. A. Thomas in the act of burglarizing a freight train near Irvine. In the meantime, Coroner Earl R. Abbey Thursday morning was conducting an inquest over the body of one of the four men, identified as Clinton C. Coughlan, 40, slain when attempting to make his get-away. Mrs. Coughlan, widow of the slain bandit, was scheduled to appear at the inquest to identify the body. The man was identified through police photographs. Thomas suspected the four burglars who boarded the freight train, southbound, at Santa Ana shortly after midnight Sunday. He was under orders to watch for thieves following a $1200 burglary a month ago. Thomas watched the men toss off carts of cigarettes when they reached Como siding; then he pulled the automatic air brake cord, stopped the train and opened fire on the four bandits who took flight in the darkness. He believed he had "winged" one of the bandits. He traced the men to an adjacent highway, where they escaped in an automobile. Coughlan's body was found in a ravine 75 feet away from the tracks early Monday morning. Son of Anaheimer Buried Wednesday Requiem mass was held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock from the Placentia Catholic church for Ernest Osuna, 33, of 620 Lacy street, Santa Ana, who died Monday after an operation. Rosary was recited Tuesday evening at the Backs, Terry and Campbell parlors. Among the survivors is the mother, Mrs. Frank Osuna, of 208 Topeka street, Anaheim. Finds Own Machine For the 1933-35 biennium total expenditures, excluding gasoline tax revenues, will be as follows: General government ... $ 52,692,518.44 Education ... 81,549,996.31 Highway bond interest, and redemption ... 8,449,326.00 Total general fund ... $141,691,840.75 Estimated income for the same period is 92 millions, or 50 millions shy of the amount needed. At the beginning of Governor James Rolph's administration in 1930, the state had a surplus of 39 millions of dollars. The biennium of 1931-33 ends in June with an estimated deficit of 9 millions, which means the state has spent in the last two years 48 millions of dollars more than it has derived from its taxes on corporations and operative properties of utilities. Several plans are under consideration by the state legislature, notably the Riley plan of which Assemblyman Edward Craig of Brea is joint author and sponsor, which contemplate a complete rearrangement of our tax system in order to place more tax upon intangibles and less tax upon common property. Common property tax, under the Riley plan, would be limited to 50 per cent of the total tax, and a gross turnover tax which would strike where money is being handled and effect many thousands of persons now totally escaping taxation, would raise the balance. Under the present system, which leading tax authorities in the state legislature admit has broken down under stress of depression, the state's revenues for 1931 were as follows: Railroads ... $ 10,110,000 Short steam railroads ... 263,000 Street railways ... 2,394,000 Car companies ... 389,000 Express companies ... 84,000 Tel. & Tel. companies ... 5,021,000 Gas & Electric companies ... 14,109,000 Insurance companies ... 6,991,000 Ocean marine insurers ... 10,000 Passenger highway transportation companies ... 521,000 Freight highway transportation companies ... 683,000 Motor vehicle fuel distributors ... 41,625,000 The importance of prompt reduction in freight rates on California citrus fruits, to the railroads as well as to the citrus growers, and the fact that savings on their yearly freight bill, which sums $46,000,000 or more, is under active consideration by the growers' organizations was disclosed at the February 8 directors' meeting of the California Fruit Growers Exchange by Karl D. Loos of Washington, D. C., traffic counsel for the California Citrus League and for the Exchange. Informal meetings have been held in Los Angeles at which traffic officials of the western railroads and citrus industry heads have discussed the problem of bringing freight charges more nearly in line with general price levels of today. With the general commodity price level six per cent below pre-war levels, California citrus fruits are still paying freight charges 47 per cent above the pre-war rate. Citrus growers have reduced cultural packing and marketing costs all along the line, until today freight rates remain with taxes as the principal fixed charges not yet lowered. It was brought out at the Exchange meeting that the citrus industry is in a different position from the vegetable and deciduous fruit industries in that it can use water transportation to Atlantic seaboard markets as well as to the Pacific coast markets, and on export business. Mr. Loos estimated that the equivalent of at least 2,000 carloads of citrus fruits will go by boat to the Atlantic coast during 1933, compared with 1,000 cars last year. Approximately 20,000 carloads of California citrus were sold in the three seaboard markets, New York, Philadelphia and Boston in 1932. T. H. Powell, general sales manager of the Exchange, stated that the previous weeks sales of California oranges in New York were 43 per cent boat shipments and that 62 per cent of Florida oranges and 80 per cent Florida grapefruit sold there that week came from Florida by boat. DR. WELLMAN TELLS PLANS FOR CONTROL Questioning on Part of Growers Indicates Keen Interest In Citrus Problems Dr. H. R. Wellman, specialist in agricultural economics, Tuesday afternoon took 2500 Orange county citrus growers on a two-hour lecture tour through the intricate plans of a market control for the summer orange industry of California. With the exception of a talk on "The Human Element in Cooperation" by Professor L. B. Smith, assistant state leader of farm advisors, Dr. Wellman's talk concluded a two-day extension school for citrus growers held at the Anaheim union high school, with Farm Advisor Harold H. Wahlberg officiating. Dr. Wellman's talk held the spotlight this week among the growers and they continued to discuss the multiple problems of market control he advanced. "In preparing a plan for the stabilization of the summer orange industry," Dr. Wellman summarized, "the following considerations should receive careful attention:" 1. Regulation of shipments as to quantity, quality, time and place affords a means of immediately alleviating the difficulties of surplus production of California summer oranges while the more slowing operating factors of an increase in demand, a reduction in marginal acreage, a decrease in the cost American Fruit Enters Placentia Glenn Wiley Will Manage Fortuna Packing Company, In Old Kraemer House C. F. Blattner of Los Angeles announces the organization of the Fortuna Packing company, to be located in the Kraemer packing house at Placentia. Modern and up-to-date equipment will be installed for the handling of approximately 200 cars of Valencias during the coming season, and it is the plan to modernize the plant and install equipment which is up-to-date in every respect. Glenn Wiley, formerly manager of the Bradford packing house at Placentia, is the manager of the Fortuna Packing company, and the operations will be under his direction. Mr. Wiley is well known in the district and has had a number of years of experience in the handling of citrus fruits in Orange county. The Fortuna Packing company will market its fruit through the American Fruit Growers, Inc., of California, under the well-known Blue Goose brand. This is the first entry of the American Fruit Growers into the Placentia territory, and will round out their Valencia program in Orange county with their other packing houses in Fullerton and Orange. The addition of this packing house will give the American Fruit Growers for the first time an adequate supply of Valencias to meet the demands of its customers over the country, and will make possible the marketing of another block of high quality fruit under the Blue Goose brand. Holland Electric In New Location The Holland Electric company, which has been established in Anaheim for 12 years, this week moved from 117 North Lemon street to 130 South Lemon street. "We believe we will be able to offer increased service, particularly in respect to parking, for our patrons at the new location," W. B. Holland announced. "We have a large lot in the rear of the new store, reached by a driveway immediately to the south of the office. Continued to discuss the multiple problems of market control he advanced. "In preparing a plan for the stabilization of the summer orange industry," Dr. Wellman summarized, "the following considerations should receive careful attention:" "1. Regulation of shipments as to quantity, quality, time and place affords a means of immediately alleviating the difficulties of surplus production of California summer oranges while the more slowing operating factors of an increase in demand, a reduction in marginal acreage, a decrease in the cost of marketing, and a decrease in the cost of production are correcting the situation. 2. Growers controlling at least 90 per cent of the summer oranges produced in California should participate. 3. In years of surpluses adequate regulation of shipments as to quantity necessitates limitations of volume of packed fruit marketed in the United States. In 1932 a reduction of 20 per cent in the packed-fruit shipments to domestic markets would have resulted in an increase of about 35 per cent in returns per acre. 4. Limitation of shipments should apply first to the sizes and grades selling at the lowest prices. If in 1932 all lower grade fruit smaller than 216s and all first grade fruit smaller than 288s had been withheld from the market, the returns per acre would have been 5 per cent higher than if the same quantity reduction had been applied proportionately to all grades and sizes. 5. In a year when the surplus is large and the crop is of average or better than average quality, a portion of the fruit ordinarily shipped as first grade will have to be withheld from the market if returns per acre are to be substantially increased. In 1932, a season of poorer than average quality, lower grade fruit which sold at prices below the least desirable sizes of first grade fruit constituted less than 12 (Continued on page 5) P.-T. A. Sponsors Benefit Program Sponsored by the Parent-Teacher associations of this district, Miss Virginia Sale, well known screen and stage actress and one of America's foremost character delineators, will appear in a benefit program at the Anaheim union high school Monday evening. February 20, at 8 o'clock. Miss Sale will give 15 readings and character impersonations in a two-hour program, the proceeds from which will be split among the various local Parent-Teacher associations. Mrs. H. Burden, as chairman, assisted by Mrs. Walter Ross and Mrs. Mary G. Spiel- The Holland Electric company, which has been established in Anaheim for 12 years, this week moved from 117 North Lemon street to 130 South Lemon street. "We believe we will be able to offer increased service, particularly in respect to parking, for our patrons at the new location." W. B. Holland announced, "We have a large lot in the rear of the new store, reached by a driveway immediately to the south of the office. where our patrons will find a convenient place to park." Service Station is Looted On Tuesday Burglaries entered the R. K. Harland service station on South Los Angeles street Tuesday night and stole cigars and cigarets valued at $4, according to a report filed with police. Wind-Breaks Ordered Around City's Groves Councilman John Cook, as chairman of the public improvements committee, is under instructions of the city council to erect wind breaks of quick-growing trees around the east side of both the east and south ten's, and on the north side of the south ten of the city's orange groves. A total of 1644 trees will be needed. Salary Reductions To Save $2000 Monthly Slashes of 10 per cent on salaries above $125 per month, of 7 per cent on salaries from $75 to $125 per month, affecting in all 144 appointive employees, will save the county approximately $2000 a month, according to estimates released following the board of supervisor's action Tuesday. This is the second cut made within a year. The first was July 1, which was a flat 10 per cent reduction.