anaheim-gazette 1933-07-27

EMPLOYERS GET CERTIFICATES FROM PRESIDENT Anaheim Joins With Nation to Back President Roosevelt In Recovery Plan Anaheim joins with the nation in enthusiastic endorsement of the President's appeal for shorter hours of labor, a minimum living wage, and a code of fair competition for industry. Two hundred certificates of compliance with President Roosevelt's drive to become effective Tuesday, August 1, and continue through December 31, 1933, were sent out through the local postoffice Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. The certificates were delivered to every employer of two or more persons. As outlined in President Roosevelt's radio address Monday evening, the certificates ask that on an average a minimum of 40 hours work per week, with a minimum wage of $14 per week be instituted immediately, and that this be signified through signing and returning to Postmaster J. H. Whitaker the enclosed pledge. Names of local concerns voluntarily joining this agreement will be listed in the postoffice, and then sent in a group to Washington. The agreement bans child labor, with the exception of for certain types of work children between the ages of 14 and 16 may work not more than three hours per day between 7 a.m. and SUPERVISORS GO ON RECORD FOR ROOSEVELT PLAN Unanimously approving a resolution prepared and introduced by Supervisor W. J. Jerome, the county board of supervisors Tuesday went on record in wholehearted support of President Roosevelt's recovery program. The resolution follows: "Whereas, it has become necessary for the congress of the United State to pass certain laws placing upon the president of the United States certain duties and powers for the purposes of eliminating unemployment, rehabilitating business and otherwise advancing and insuring the peace, happiness and prosperity of the citizens of the United States, and whereas, "The president has called upon all citizens and public bodies to co-operate with him in accomplishing these purposes. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the board of supervisors of Orange county signify its intention to use every effort in its power to uphold the president in his undertaking, and pledge its support to the president's program to bringf about the desired result. And be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be mailed to the president under the seal of the board and a copy be given to the press of the county." MAJOR CITIES PROBLEM BE DIE Growers Get "Loan NIRA and NRA In Corona" The annual Southern growers' summer institute at Corona next Friday announcement from the office. The sessions will auditorium of the Corona beginning at 9:30 in continue through the committee, headed by chairman of the citrus California farm he has arranged several discussion that will be our growers at this time the recent agricultural citrus stabilization. The credit situation grower and a progress inter-state citrus coming held at Washington ed on the program. Holmes Bishop, ch department of the Orange bureau, says that he afford a splendid oppo citrus grower to bring date on the economic day in the citrus industry. The detailed program 9:30 A.M. Welcome Mayor Hucking The agreement bans child labor, with the exception of for certain types of work children between the ages of 14 and 16 may work not more than three hours per day between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Certain broad limitations for business to keep open, and provisions for emergency labor or seasonal labor are set forth. However, the general plan of not more than 40 hours a week for clerical labor, with minimum wages specified, is adopted. Mechanical and factory labor is for 35 hours per week, excepting for a permissable six-week period of 40 hours maximum per week, provided for handling of crops and other seasonable occasions. These rules do not effect registered pharmacists, professional men nor executives now employed at $35 per week or more. Price-raising stipulations are contained in the agreement, and any subterfuges to avoid the spirit of the rules are banned. Employers are requested to patronize those persons who have joined. Provisions are allowed for any inequities to be ironed out through a code of ethics to be submitted to and approved by Washington. While this emergency measure was receiving studied and sympathetic attention of local business men, scores of persons were working earnestly on a code of fair competition. For several weeks various groups, from newspapers, job printers, garage men, restaurant men and others have been meeting once and twice a week, sometimes oftener, for the purpose of drawing up a code. These codes will be studied in relation to regional codes and national codes, with the ultimate arrangement being submitted to Chairman Johnson of the national recovery act, and upon his approval. LUMBERMEN SUPPORT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Forty-four lumber yards were represented at the meeting of the Orange county lumbermen at Santa Ana Tuesday evening when those present voted unanimously to adopt President Roosevelt's industrial certificate appeals to fix minimum wages and maximum hours. The agreement takes effect August 1. Strikers Disband As Sheriff Arrives Sheriff Logan Jackson and his deputies Tuesday notified strikers of the effort in its power to uphold the president in his undertaking, and pledge its support to the president's program to bringf about the desired result. "And be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be mailed to the president under the seal of the board and a copy be given to the press of the county." Flays Paradox of Plenty vs. Want Rev. Ray C. Harker Declares Critical Situation Proof God's Gospel Not Followed The paradox which finds our nation cursed with widespread starvation and unemployment in the midst of a superabundance of food, clothing and material wants offers proof to Rev. Ray C. Harker of the White Temple church that "the gospel of God is not finding adequate application." Addressing hundreds of worshippers at the Protestant union services at the city park Sunday evening, Rev. Harker chose Galatians 5; 22-23 for his scriptural text, on "Fruit of the Spirit." Stressing the great wealth and desire want, extravagance and starvation, sumptious banquets and soup kitchens that exist side by side, he declared: "We ought to develop a social conscience that will lead to a better distribution of the material blessings of God and of a finer application of the Golden Rule." The speaker divided fruits of the spirit as follows: "The first three—love, joy and peace, are inner graces. Long suffering, gentleness, goodness—these are three dispositions toward others. Goodness means the idea of beneficience. "The third three are faith, meekness, temperance. Faith here has the meaning of fidelity and temperance signifies self-control. "The fidelity of God is seen in nature. The stars roll into their depots on time. The ships left New York harbor Saturday according to schedule because the tides were in on time. The birds fly south in autumn to find a suitable clime and they find it. These all show the fidelity of God in nature. "Now turn to the realm of grace. 'If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from unrighteousness.' 'Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.' 'They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.' These quotations from the scripture indicate the fidelity of God in the realm of grace." Strikers Disband As Sheriff Arrives Sheriff Logan Jackson and his deputies Tuesday notified strikers of the Garden Grove Mutual Citrus packing house that the county law-enforcers were not concerned with their striking problems, but that they must keep off the highways in obeyance to a recently enacted county ordinance. The men had congregated on the street following their walk-out when they demanded and were refused a raise from four and one-half to five cents a box. Upon this notification, half of the men returned to work, the other half disbanding. Look Forward to Whispering ROCK A thrilling story of the West which begins in the Gazette next week. You’ll enjoy this masterfully told serial by John Lebar. Rescue 4 Boys Off Open Boat Four youths, after drifting helplessly in an open cockpit of a mere shell of a motor boat for more than 24 hours, were picked up off Laguna Beach Wednesday after two of the lads had attempted to swim to shore to bring aid to their two companions. Adventurers Carl Randall, 18, of 1040 Mission street, South Pasadena; Bud Marsh, 21, and Davy Fry, 19, both of 1124 Mission street, South Pasadena; and Al Wood, 24, of 20 Halstead Circle, Alhambra, left Balboa in Randall’s motorboat Say When II, Tuesday at 4 a.m. for Catalina island. They ate breakfast at the island, then started homward, running out of gasoline at 10 a.m. Their small craft wandered aimlessly on gentle waves. Distress signals were not seen. Finally, when the boat was within a mile of Wood's point, Marsh and Fry decided to swim ashore. They plunged into the ocean and were heading for shore when H. B. Hammond noticed the distress signals, told Abe W. Johnson, Laguna’s chief of police. Johnson, looking closely, saw the two lads swimming toward shore. Guards prepared to go to their rescue, but William Schleicher saw the lads and swam out to meet them, taking a buoy which held them safely till help arrived. Captain O. D. Ayres manned a boat, rescued the two lads on Say When II, and picked up the swimmers. The two on the boat were suffering from exposure. Two separate water pumps claiming conservation for 29,000 acre feet of water outlined at the Orange County Chambers of Commerce Costa Mesa Tuesday evening. The first was intimately borated upon by Anaheard who suggested a $2,250,000 upon a new vacation. This plan placed somewhat enlarged up Land company’s Engine Browning who said that Ana river channel were a point near the present water company ditches between that point and narrows drained to prevent some 17,000 acre could be saved annually ed his opinion that the would justify the experience. Steward said he hope money could be raised to loans under the nation for self-liquidating project. The other plan was Browning who said that vowed would prevent losses of water already upper basin, thus saving usually. He declared the company had brought spreading. AHEIM GAZET ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1933 MAJOR CITRUS PROBLEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED Growers Get “Low Down” On NIRA and NRA at Institute In Corona Friday The annual Southern California citrus growers' summer institute will be held at Corona next Friday, according to announcement from the farm advisor's office. The sessions will be held in the auditorium of the Corona high school, beginning at 9:30 in the morning and continue through the day. The program committee, headed by N. C. Kelley, chairman of the citrus department of the California farm bureau federation, has arranged several subjects for discussion that will be of interest to citrus growers at this time, relating to the recent agricultural recovery act and citrus stabilization. The credit situation of the citrus grower and a progress report of the inter-state citrus conference now being held at Washington will be featured on the program. Holmes Bishop, chairman of the department of the Orange county farm bureau, says that this meeting will afford a splendid opportunity for each citrus grower to bring himself up to date on the economic questions of the day in the citrus industry. The detailed program follows: 9:30 A.M. Welcome; City of Corona, Mayor Hucking, Response Farm Bu The credit situation of the citrus grower and a progress report of the inter-state citrus conference now being held at Washington will be featured on the program. Holmes Bishop, chairman of the department of the Orange county farm bureau, says that this meeting will afford a splendid opportunity for each citrus grower to bring himself up to date on the economic questions of the day in the citrus industry. The detailed program follows: 9:30 A.M. Welcome; City of Corona, Mayor Huckins, Response, Farm Bureau, Peter T. Carter, president, Citrus industry, D. S. Bell, director, Riverside. R. W. Blackburn, president, California farm bureau federation, "The National Recovery Act," and "State Legislation. W. S. Rosecranz, Los Angeles, member Southern California Economic Council, chairman agricultural committee, Los Angeles chamber of commerce, "Bearing of Southern California Water Resources in Citrus Credits." R. A. Wheatley, La Habra, Index Orchards, Inc., director M. O. D. "Credit Basis of California Citrus Groves. A Grower's Viewpoint." 1:30 P.M. Robert W. Hodgson, assistant director, college of agriculture, University of California at Los Angeles. "The Citrus Producing Areas of the United States—Interests Coordinate." F. O. Wallschlaeger, Los Angeles, secretary California Citrus league, and member of Southern California Economic council—"The California Agricultural Credit Committee—Southern Division," and "The Washington Citrus Conference Summary to Date." George S. Mann, Los Angeles, agent of the United States farm loan commissioner—"The Agricultural Credit Administration," and "Federal Loans—Rules and Regulations." Hitch-Hikers Are Sentenced to Jail Pearl Miller was sentenced to San Quentin and F. W. Underwood to Folsom on a grand theft charge for one-to-ten years as a result of being convicted in a jury trial at Santa Ana early this week. The two, with Miss Miller's 18-year-old sister, Clara, were befriended by Robert Allen of Hollywood who on May 31, picked up the hitch-hikers, gave them supper and sleeping quarters at his Balboa cottage. He awakened about 1 a.m. to find they had departed with his automobile, his gun and $48 in cash. Officials were undecided what to do in the case of Clara Miller. The jury disagreed in her case, and whether to turn her over to juvenile authorities or to try her again was the problem. Growers May Get U.S. Farm Credit Federal Farm Loan Bank President Promises to Work for Easing of Finance President Willard Ellis of the federal farm loan bank of Berkeley stands pledged to seek the right to consider orchard lands apart from basic crops in making federal loans. This promise was obtained last week when he met with Secretary Roland R. Flaherty, secretary of Orange county farm bureau; Lotus H. Loudon, chairman of the Economic Council of Southern California; and others, at the Los Angeles chamber of commerce building. The farm loan bank president declared that he was not responsible for fixing the maximum pumping lift for land to be considered for a loan. In his promise, he stressed the point that he would not consider marginal citrus lands when making loans, and he would not loan on lands where the pumping costs would prevent the property from paying off the loans. He said that in all instances, lands must be able to liquidate. If President Ellis secures the right to consider orchard lands apart from basic crops he will be permitted to ease the credit situation in Orange County where the value of citrus lands is far above the average acreage of farm lands the nation over, and where, because of greater returns per acre, citrus lands are profitable when pumping water from greater depths than other crops would justify. YOU'LL PAY $12 UNDER 2½-CENT SALES TAX PLAN If the legislature compromises on the proposed two-and-one-half cent sales tax, you will pay $10.09 into the coffers of the state during the coming year. If, on the other hand, the senate has its way, you will pay $12.10. This information was available this week upon completion of a study of sales tax data by the state board of equalization. It rates Anaheim as the third highest per capita expenditure city in California. Santa Barbara and Monrovia are the only two cities of 10,000 or more population exceeding the Anaheim per capita expenditure, with estimated per capita returns under a three-cent tax of $14.25 and $13.90, respectively. The city of Anaheim would pay into the state treasury $133.159 under the higher levy. According to the board of equalization, the per capita expenditure for the city is $409. As a comparative income status, contrast the estimated per capita income under a three-cent tax for the following cities: Los Angeles, $10.50; San Francisco, $11.11; Oakland, $10.54; Bakersfield, $11.04; Beverly Hills, $9.67; Burbank, $5.65; Fullerton, $10.39; Glendale, $8.71; Huntington Park, $7.18; Inglewood, $6.69; Long Beach, $8.17; Monrovia, $13.90; Pasadena, $11.76; Pomona, $9.87; Redlands, $9.37; Riverside, $10.89; San Bernardino, $10.38; San Diego, $9.51; Santa Barbara, $14.25; Santa Monica, $9.79; South Gate, $2.61; and Whittier, $11.91. Council Studies Beer and Jobless early this week. The two, with Miss Miller's 18-year-old sister, Clara, were befriended by Robert Allen of Hollywood who on May 31, picked up the hitch-hikers, gave them supper and sleeping quarters at his Balboa cottage. He awakened about 1 a.m. to find they had departed with his automobile, his gun and $48 in cash. Officials were undecided what to do in the case of Clara Miller. The jury disagreed in her case, and whether to turn her over to juvenile authorities or to try her again was the problem. Indefinite Plans Mark 2 New Ideas Two separate water plans, proponents claiming conservation of a total of 29,000 acre feet of water, were partially outlined at the Orange County Associated Chambers of Commerce meeting at Costa Mesa Tuesday evening. The first was intimated but not elaborated upon by Anaheim's O. E. Steward who suggested a plan to spend $2,250,000 upon a new plan for conservation. This plan presumably was somewhat enlarged upon by Irvine Land company's Engineer C. Roy Browning who said that "if the Santa Ana river channel were canalized from a point near the present intake of the water company ditches, and the basin between that point and the Riverside narrows drained to prevent transpiration, some 17,000 acre feet of water could be saved annually." He expressed his opinion that the saving in water would justify the expense. Steward said he hoped the necessary money could be raised through R. F. C. loans under the national recovery act for self-liquidating projects. The other plan was outlined by Browning who said that measures advocated would prevent transpiration losses of water already stored in the upper basin, thus saving 12,000 feet annually. He declared that the Irvine company had brought suit to prevent spreading. If President Ellis secures the right to consider orchard lands apart from basic crops he will be permitted to ease the credit situation in Orange county where the value of citrus lands is far above the average acreage of farm lands the nation over, and where, because of greater returns per acre, citrus lands are profitable when pumping water from greater depths than other crops would justify. Urges Business Men To Adopt New Ideas Business men of this city were requested by Edward Shattuck, deputy city attorney of Los Angeles, to accept and work on some of the ideas of the young men belonging to the 20-30 club, instead of discouraging co-operative effort and frowning on the youngsters' ideas, in a speech at the joint service club dinner held at the Elks clubhouse Monday night. Shattuck, past president of the Los Angeles junior chamber of commerce, stressed the accomplishments of the 20-30 movement. President Walley Walton of the club presided and Harry C. Arthur was master of ceremonies. Engineer E. P. Hapgood read a paper by James Heffron urging the clubs to sponsor a municipally-owned nine-hole golf course to be paid for out of R. F. C. funds. Six Injured When Auto Turns Over Six persons were slightly injured Saturday night when an automobile driven by John Toma, 22, of 1271 Caswell avenue, Venice, failed to make the turn from Stanton road to Lincoln avenue, and turned over three times. The six occupants of the machine were rushed to the Anaheim Sanitarium where they received first aid treatment, leaving Sunday morning and afternoon for their homes. Those injured were: Tmoa, Florence Coleman, 18, of 218 West 62nd St., Los Angeles; Vivian Nelson, 19, of 210 West 16th St., Los Angeles; John Crain, 21, of 3514 El Serano, Los Angeles, and William Dempsey, 24, of 5384 Norwich, Los Angeles. Council Studies Beer and Jobless Two measures involving a great deal of public comment were taken up by the city council at its formal meeting Tuesday night. Upon written petition of wholesale beer distributors of Anaheim, protesting loudly against the high license for that classification, the council read the title of a proposed ordinance to lessen the license from $300 to $120 a year, paid in advance semi-annually. The second action of general interest were verbal protests of E. Engle and Mr. Cowell, who said they were former members of the Anaheim Unemployed Workers, Inc. They charged that the unemployed group is not catering to the needs of all the unemployed, and protested against the city paying rent on the building used by that organization as its headquarters and commissary. The council requested these men to put their protests in writing. Ensign Montgomery and another Salvation Army officer appeared before the council, asking that the city pay $75 for three months' back rent of the army's building. They explained that the Salvation Army did not understand the exact days on which the city was to withdraw its support from feeding and bedding transients. The matter was taken under advisement. Re-Roofing Permits Are Issued Monday Inspector R. Nyboe Monday issued re-roofing permits to R. V. Adkins, 249 South Lemon street, estimated cost, $150; and Mrs. Ida M. Bentz, 119 South Claudina street, estimated cost, $200. AGRICULTURAL RETURNS DROP THREE MILLION Citrus Crops Net $2,500,000 Less Than In 1931; Total Crops Yield $25,732,266 Value of Orange county agricultural products dropped $3,000,000 in 1932 from 1931. Total value, as shown in the annual crop report just issued by Agricultural Commissioner D. W. Tubbs, was $25,-732,266. Citrus crops accounted for more than two-thirds of returns, with $17,129,516, but they also stood most of the drop, because this total is $2,500,000 under the previous year. Walnuts brought $1,764,482, more than twice the 1931 income, which was accounted for by a 75 per cent increase in production despite a decrease in acreage. Other orchard crops brought the total orchard crop returns to $19,828,466. Because of the policy of expressing net returns at the packing house, with freight costs eliminated, instead of as formerly the apparent returns are about $15,000,000 less than in the previous year. Commissioner Tubbs explains that since freight and similar expense do not return to the growers' pockets, his figures show more truly what the farmers in Orange county received. If the figures were submitted as in previous years, the total would have been over $40,000,000. Stuart Gates Is Catholic Teacher Assigned to Holy Cross High School New Orleans After Visit With Parents Here Stuart Gates, son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Gates of 416 East Sycamore street and Brother Gordian C. S. C. of the Catholic church, departed Thursday noon over the Southern Pacific for New Orleans where he will begin his sixth year as instructor of the Holy Cross high school. The Catholic teacher was graduated from Anaheim union high school about a decade ago, and then took his degree at Notre Dame university. Upon completion of his college course he was assigned as instructor to Holy Cross high school where he become Brother Gordian. Since beginning his teaching career he has studied during summers either at Notre Dame or at Georgetown university, Washington, D.C. He is instructor in English, History and Spanish, specializing in the first two subjects. Before leaving for his New Orleans work, he expressed pleasure at the hearty welcome he has received from school friends in this city. He was reared here and is well known. His father operates the Gates Furniture company on East Center street. This is the first summer in several years the young instructor has had an opportunity to visit his relatives and friends here. County Receives $65,000 of Gas Tax Because of the policy of expressing net returns at the packing house, with freight costs eliminated, instead of as formerly the apparent returns are about $15,000,000 less than in the previous year. Commissioner Tubbs explains that since freight and similar expense do not return to the growers' pockets, his figures show more truly what the farmers in Orange county received. If the figures were submitted as in previous years, the total would have been over $40,000,000, a drop of $3,000,000 from the figures of last year. Valencias showed the major income of orchard crops with a total of $14,722,436 from 48,974 bearing acres, with a packed box production of 8,166,371 boxes and loose fruit equivalent to 1,028,955 packed boxes. Lemon income was $1,835,589 from 6,576 bearing acres, with production of 498,985 packed boxes and loose fruit equivalent to 74,627 packed boxes. Miscellaneous Citrus Navels and miscellaneous oranges yielding $446,124 from 1050 bearing acres; grapefruit, aggregating 330 bearing acres, yielding $125,367. Nursery stock, plants and bulbs netted $279,653. The avocado income was $93,403 from 464 bearing acres, producing 1,001,148 pounds of fruit. The walnut yield, $1,764,482, represents 16,-390,306 pounds of nuts from 8229 bearing acres. Berries contributed $518,925 to the farm purse. Persimmons totaled $22,-828. Scattering returns were re-celved from apricots, loquats, apples, almonds, grapes, peaches, pears, plums, olives and pecans. Peppers were the big item among the truck crops, yielding $439,958. Other leaders were tomatoes $159,677 for shipping and $98,224 for canning; cabbage $102,200; sweet corn $61,712; string beans; $35,960 and green limas $6000; Cauliflower $29,180; lettuce $49,900; peas $28,747; spinach $20,165. Beans Important Among the field crops beans brought, (Continued on page 3) Grim Estate Is Put In Probate The widow and daughters of the late Charles F. Grimm of Anaheim, will receive the entire estate valued at not more than $50,000 in a petition for probate filed last week in the county clerk's office. Petitioners are: Agnes Teresa Grim, widow; Ruth Grim Minor, daughter; of Burllingame, Washington; and Mary Grim Heying of Anaheim, a daughter. The estate consists of cash and personal property valued at $30,000, and seven parcels of real estate in Kern and Orange counties, valued at $19,000. County Receives $65,000 of Gas Tax Quarterly allotment of gasoline money for the county, just received from the state, totals $65,033.62. County Auditor William Lambert announces. The apportionment just received brings the yearly total income from fuel taxes up to $273,238.89. The total received by the county for fuel and bus taxes combined is $352,946.45. Bus tax apportionments to Orange county for the year totalled $942.81. Total receipts from these sources for the past fiscal year, according to Lambert, are $53,805.28 less than the amount received for the preceding period. Fuel tax income from October, 1931, to August, 1932, was $314,881.31. License taxes returned to the county last year $79,185.18 and bus fund money received by the county amounted to $12,-695.24 giving the county a total income of $406,751.73 from these three sources last year. Huntington Beach Proposition Fails Although Assemblyman Edward (Ted) Craig ably argued that the "do nothing" policy of the state was depriving it of vast returns from a huge oil reserve "under the sea" from which private interests were pumping millions of dollars worth of "black gold" the senate revenue and taxation committee Wednesday failed to pass the measure which would have given legislative approval to the Huntington Beach off-set well proposition. The widow and daughters of the late Charles F. Grimm of Anaheim, will receive the entire estate valued at not more than $50,000 in a petition for probate filed last week in the county clerk's office. Petitioners are: Agnes Teresa Grim, widow; Ruth Grim Minor, daughter; of Burlingame, Washington; and Mary Grim Heying of Anaheim, a daughter. The estate consists of cash and personal property valued at $30,000, and seven parcels of real estate in Kern and Orange counties, valued at $19,000. Income from real and personal property was given at $3,000 per year. All the property was declared community property. The will was dated May 5, 1932. Sheriff Recovers 3 Sacks Chickens Sheriff's deputies, notified by Anaheim police, drove to Placentia avenue and Wagner road east of Anaheim Tuesday and picked up three sacks of chickens.