anaheim-gazette 1933-08-31

Is Now In Its 63d Year OLDEST PAPER IN THE COUNTY THE GAZETTE 108 NORTH EMILY STREET VOL. LXIII ANAHEIM'S NRA AWAITING WORD FROM JOHNSON 200 Local Workers Seek Instructions On How to Handle 84 Recalcitrants Pending approval of the National Editorial association newspaper printer code which was submitted to Administrator Hugh Johnson of the NRA Saturday, the Anaheim Gazette Thursday signed the president's agreement and thus joins the vast army flying the Blue Eagle in advance of actual signing of a code of fair competition. Anaheim's NRA organization, headed by "General" O. E. Steward, awaits word from Washington as to proper procedure to follow in getting the 84 persons and organizations of this city "to see the light" and sign the consumer's pledge or the president's agreement. This is the number who had refused to sign and were reported in tabulations handed in by 200 workers at the clean-up meeting Monday afternoon in the city hall. Altogether, 2759 consumer's cards were signed in the campaign conducted here. Most signers represented entire families. Workers reported 75 persons as absent from the city and were instructed to contact them as soon as An unwilling body keeps the willing spirit of W. E. (Bill or Shorty to his friends) Wortman from reaping the generous rewards preferred 23 years after his poem, "Goin' Back to Kansas By and By" appeared in the Anaheim Gazette. Shorty is retired now. He worked for 27 years on the Gazette, but illness forced him to quit active newspaper work two years ago. Although he is An unwilling body keeps the willing spirit of W.E. (Bill or Shorty to his friends) Wortman from reaping the generous rewards preferred 23 years after his poem, "Goin' Back to Kansas By and By" appeared in the Anaheim Gazette. Shorty is retired now. He worked for 27 years on the Gazette, but illness forced him to quit active newspaper work two years ago. Although he is able to walk to the park every day and stroll down to the library to break the monotony, Shorty's temperamental heart simply refuses to stand high altitude, so he cannot accept the kind offer of Famous Pictures Shown In Parade Work of Masters "Comes to Life" In Novel Feature of Laguna’s Festival of Arts Orange county arts students this week could hardly believe their eyes as such pictures as "Blue Boy," "Madonna" and the "Reaper" came to life in nightly parades at Laguna Beach. The parades are one of the features of the Festival of Arts which opened Monday night when Laguna’s Mayor Frank Champion presented President Louis Danz of the Laguna Art association, with the key to the city in token of appreciation for the endeavors of the rtist colony. The parade starts at 6:30 o’clock and passes down a roped-off street to the association’s gallery, where the best works of 36 Laguna and 150 Los Angeles artists are on display. The artists themselves are present to autograph and explain their works. Saturday night at 7:30 o’clock, Director Reginald Poland of the San Diego Art Institute will give a lecture, to be followed at 8:30 o’clock by a grand auction of paintings, with Louis Danz as auctioneer. More than 200 bids had been received by Monday night on various works of art which will be sold. Mr. Danz has received much favorable comment from persons who have seen the pictures “come to life.” The novelty of this feature drew thousands of persons. Incidentally, Mr. Danz, the first non-artist to be elected to head the artist association, was re-elected president ten days ago. Local Odd Fellows Name High Officer William Mang of Anaheim encampment L.O.O.F. was nominated for County Schools Seek Quake Aid Orange county schools have asked for a $770,000 R. F. C. loan for reconstruction and repairs of school buildings as a result of the March 10 earthquake. This was learned last week following attendance of Superintendent of Schools Ray Adkinson at a meeting held in Los Angeles, where State Superintendent Vierling Keirsey presided. Santa Ana is asking for $350,000 out of the $500,000,000 fund while schools from Newport Beach, Seal Beach, Westminster, Tustin, Garden Grove and Buena Park bring the total to over three-quarters of a million dollars. Hope was expressed that 30 per cent of the cost might be born under the NRA program permitting nearly a third donation to public works construction. Anaheim’s Productive SHOW WINDOWS are the pages of the Anaheim Gazette. Have you noticed the large number of people who motor up to a store, hop out, buy and drive away without joining the sidewalk parade? In the quiet of their homes, Anaheimers read your message and make their decisions to buy. Local Odd Fellows Name High Officer William Mang of Anaheim encampment, I. O. O. F., was nominated for district deputy grand patriarch at a meeting Friday evening in the local lodge rooms. The honor of naming this high officer comes to the local lodge once every three years. Approximately 100 persons attended the meeting, following which a social hour was enjoyed. Among those who were complimented upon birthdays were Mrs. William Wright, wife of the patriarch. 5 Fruit Patrolmen Now Under Sheriff Orange county's fruit patrol, originally organized for experimental purposes and placed under the district attorney's office, last week was transferred to the sheriff's office, following action of the board of supervisors. Sheriff Logan Jackson redeputized Fred Swayze, Walter Dugan, Ives Brown, Sam Snodgrass and Steve Duhart. Asks $1500 Damages from School District Laura Johnson Lopez, owner of a two and one-fourth acre orange grove adjoining the Placentia-Richfield school on Placentia-Yorba road claiming that a row of cottonwood trees near her property line had two rows of her orange trees and was threatening a third. She claims roots from the cottonwoods have sapped the moisture from the grove. In addition to the damages, she asks the school be forced to remove roots in the soil of her property, and replace the soil in a proper manner. The collection of a pen less than 15 cents is "the board as unjustification of the letter and Merchants who use the ing and profiteering with the full extent of the tax is collected." "The board has no ever to any system may work out on such official statement of providing the total tax more than 2½ per cent law. Attempts to use quick route to excess will bring vigorous pity." This tax was added emergency condition in government in California much needed relief property owners. Ability not be tolerated, this program—at least is just as important our people as the national recovery program dodger, or the tax-payer exactly the same tree draft-evader and the war times." The statement was E. Collins, chairman of Cattell and John C. and Fred E. Stewart board and director of bureau, with State O Riley, ex-officio men Stewart were joint action number 1, the relief plan to save r crushing taxation, additional election on June 2. Controller Riley, s board's position, decl merchant who is shown to build up sales res ing excessive and unwill be regulated by p tax will save thousands property owners from it deserves the support who is sincerely interested in normal conditions." AHEIM GAZETE ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1933 VICE FORSEEN BY GAZETTE POET 23 YEARS AGO "I'll eat my breakfast here at home at the regular hour that day. And I'll probably have my luncheon at some point about midway. But I'll be with you at the proper time to share your evening meal. So remember that I'm coming and prepare the fatted veal. Just keep a weather eye upon the golden western sky. For I'm coming back to Kansas in an airship by and by." President Richard W. Robbins of the Transcontinental & Western Air to actually experience the dream he expressed in the last stanza of his poem, as retold in the drawing above. This poem exactly gives the present-day schedule of the TWA. Another offer of a free airplane ride, with expenses paid, to New York has been made in recognition of the poetic prophesy. But Shorty just TEXAS OPTIMIST TO BE SURPRISED BY COST OF LAND Texas boasts at least one real optimist. County Clerk Joe M. Backs is in possession of a postcard from Aynes Brown of Jacksbore, Texas, offering to buy 150 sections of Orange county land, and volunteers to pay a man for "rounding up the land." The postcard, in part, says: "We will buy 150 sections of deeded land if it can be purchased cheap enough. Some places in the west land is being sold for $100 per section. Land with water probably would cost a little more." He asks the clerk to inform him regarding the lowest price for which 150 sections of land may be purchased, but stipulates it should be cheap and "with a permanent water supply." The optimist is going to be surprised when he learns the real price of Orange county land, even at its cheapest. Water District to Ballot In October County Clerk Joe Backs Prepares Data for Election; Property Owners Only to Vote Election of directors of the newly-formed Orange county water district will be held about the middle of October, it was learned last week when County Clerk Joe Backs informed the board of State Frowns On “Profiteering, Chiseling Under Guise of Taxation”; Tax Policy Set California Will Issue No Sales Tax Stamps, Tokens or Coupons But Merchants May Issue “House Money”; Collection of Penny Tax On Less Than 15-Cent Purchases Held Unjustifiable California’s state government will not “split pennies” in the administration of the new 2½ per cent sales tax, but if individual merchants wish to do so the state has no objection: Such, in effect, was the ruling handed down by the state board of equalization, definitely rejecting proposals that the state issue stamps, tokens or coupons for purchases. In announcing its decision, however, the equalization board flatly declared that the collection of a penny tax on 5 or 10 cent sales is “entirely beyond justification” and declared that “profiteering and chiseling under the guise of taxation will be stamped out at all costs.” Enunciating its policies on collection of the tax, the state board laid down three salient rules as follows: 1. No stamps, tokens or coupons will be issued by the state for fractions of a cent. 2. Merchants can, if they wish, however, issue “house money” in fractions of a cent to facilitate collection of a tax on small purchases. But the state will look to the retailer for 2½ per cent of his gross sales, regardless of how the tax is collected. 3. Collection of a penny tax on items less than 15 cents is “frowned upon” by the board as unjustifiable and in violation of the letter and spirit of the law. Merchants who use the tax for chiseling and profiteering will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. “The board has no objection whatever to any system which merchants may work out on small sales,” the President Richard W. Robbins of the Transcontinental & Western Air to actually experience the dream he expressed in the last stanza of his poem, as retold in the drawing above. This poem exactly gives the present-day schedule of the TWA. Another offer of a free airplane ride, with expenses paid, to New York has been made in recognition of the poetic prophesy. But Shorty just cannot accept. He regrets his physical inability to travel by air, but his eyes light up with appreciation for the honors showered upon him. Ballot In October County Clerk Joe Backs Prepares Data for Election; Property Owners Only to Vote Election of directors of the newly-formed Orange county water district will be held about the middle of October, it was learned last week when County Clerk Joe Backs informed the board of supervisors that four weeks would be required in which to prepare data to handle the balletting. A tremendous amount of work faces the county clerk’s office in establishing the number of votes each property owner in the various divisions of the district are entitled to have. Only those holding title to land or to assessable rights will be permitted to vote. Voter will be allowed one vote for each $100 of assessed valuation or fraction thereof. This is the first time in the history of Orange county that voting has been by assessed valuation, and it is necessary to search county assessment records and establish the number of votes each property owner is entitled to. County Clerk Backs plans to employ about four typists to aid in the work. The county will pay the costs of the election, which is yet unknown, and expects to be reimbursed by the water district as soon as money is available, which is not expected to be until next year. No sample ballots will be sent out in the election, and County Clerk Backs expects to establish 59 precincts in the county for the election. In Division 1 there will be eight precincts; in Division 2, 14; in Division 3, five; in Division 4, five; in Division 5, four; in Division 5, four; in Division 6, 11, and in Division 7, 12. Short-Change Men Are Foiled Here When short change artists appeared in Anaheim’s business district Tuesday they made the mistake of trying their "$10 wares" on a local groceryman, who detected the scheme and notified police. Officers searched the district but the suspects made good their escape. Cotton Speaks at Democratic Meet President James L. Davis of the Orange County Democratic club announces that State Chairman H. H. Cotton of the public works advisory board will be chief speaker at the annual Labor day picnic to be held at Orange County park. Home Loans Prove Very Popular Here of a cent to facilitate collection of a tax on small purchases. But the state will look to the retailer for 2½ per cent of his gross sales, regardless of how the tax is collected. 3. Collection of a penny tax on items less than 15 cents is "frowned upon" by the board as unjustifiable and in violation of the letter and spirit of the law. Merchants who use the tax for chiseling and profiteering will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. "The board has no objection whatever to any system which merchants may work out on small sales," the official statement of policy said, "providing the total tax collected is not more than 2½ per cent, as required by law. Attempts to use the tax as a quick route to excess profits, however, will bring vigorous prosecutions. "This tax was adopted to meet an emergency condition in state and local government in California and to give much needed relief to over-burdened property owners. Abuses will not and cannot be tolerated. The success of this program—at least in California—is just as important to the welfare of our people as the success of the national recovery program. The tax-dodger, or the tax-profiteer, will get exactly the same treatment which the draft-evader and the war-profiteer got in war times." The statement was signed by Richard E. Collins, chairman of the board, H. G. Cattell and John C. Corbett, members, and Fred E. Stewart, member of the board and director of the tax research bureau, with State Controller Ray L. Riley, ex-officio member. Riley and Stewart were joint authors of proposition number 1, the Riley-Stewart tax relief plan to save real property from crushing taxation, adopted at the special election on June 27. Controller Riley, summing up the board's position, declared that, "The merchant who is short-sighted enough to build up sales resistance by charging excessive and unwarranted taxation will be regulated by public opinion. This tax will save thousands of California property owners from bankruptcy and it deserves the support of every citizen who is sincerely interested in a return to normal conditions." Total tax charge for the county this year was $4,974,682.20, with total collections amounting to $4,391,212.85. In addition, the county collected $705,280 for Santa Ana, Fullerton and other cities of the county, out of $896,334.01 levied, leaving a delinquency of $191,-126.01. Home Loans Prove Very Popular Here Agent H. M. Secrest of the local office, home loan bank, announces that applications on file in Anaheim passed the $600,000 mark early this week. An appraiser within the next few days will begin work on local applications. Drum and Bugle Corps In Parade Anaheim's American Legion drum and bugle corps Monday evening headed the NRA parade at Huntington Beach and then proceeded to Seal Beach where it attended the regular meeting of the local post. Claims $170,000,000 Bonds Will Bankrupt Central Valley or Put Burden On State "Taxpayers of California should welcome the referendum that has been started on the proposed issue of $170,-000,000 in bonds for the central valley water and power project," James Musatti, executive secretary of California Taxpayers' association, says. "While the proposal has been designed as a revenue bond or self-liquidating measure," said Mr. Mussatti, "the net result will be to place an additional debt burden of $170,000,000 on an area of our state which is already financially embarrassed. "The irrigation and reclamation districts of the central valley are as a whole already so financially involved that the major portions of their bonds are in default. "We have already spent millions of dollars of the state's money buying depreciated warrants of various of the debt-ridden reclamation projects of the state. The final outcome for this new $170,000,000 revenue bond project will doubtless be to throw the central valley into bankruptcy or to spend the burden on the entire state. "The taxpayers of California should," Mr. Mussatti concludes "be given an opportunity to pass upon this measure for the sake of safeguarding the state's credit against the mounting tide of indebtedness and bankruptcy." PINT OF ORANGE AND LEMON JUICE ADDED TO DIET OF 13-YEAR-OLDS DOUBLES THEIR RATE OF GROWTH Research Conducted at Mooseheart Near Chicago by California Fruit Growers Over Three-year Period Proves Conclusively Value of Citrus Fruit Juices in Growth, for Tooth Decay Definite values of orange and lemon juice in promoting general health, and especially dental health of growing boys and girls, have been demonstrated by a 3½ year research study in which the California Fruit Growers Exchange cooperated with the University of Chicago, according to W. B. Geissinger, advertising manager of the Sunkist organization. “This was one of the largest pieces of clinical research on diet ever conducted, and the first of its kind to be supported by a national food advertiser,” said Mr. Geissinger. “The research is right in line with the suggestions of the American Medical association that food advertisers’ claims should be based on research with human beings rather than animals. It is further evidence of the scientific lengths to which Sunkist research goes in building health facts into its consumer advertising. The stress upon nutritive qualities of citrus fruits in advertising has been credited largely by the United States department of commerce with the increase in per capita consumption of 25 per cent on oranges during the past five years.” “This work corroborates that of earlier investigators who advised daily inclusion in the diet of ample vitamin C foods. Dr. E. V. McCollum of John Hopkins’ recently stated that many people may cause permanent injury to In October Backs Prepares Action; Property Key to Vote Count of the newly-created water district in the middle of October, week when County formed the board of four weeks would be to prepare data to count of work faces in establishing each property division of the county have. Only those or to assessable voted to vote. Voter vote for each $100 of our fraction thereof time in the history that voting has been done, and it is necessary assessment required the number of owner is entitled backs plans to emits to aid in the costs of the wet unknown, and cursed by the water money is available, need to be until next will be sent out in county Clerk Backs 59 precincts in the action. In Division eight precincts; in Division 3, five; in Division 5, four; in Division 6, 11, and Age Men Toiled Here Large artists appeared at district Tuesdayake of trying their final groceryman, who was and notified police. The district but the their escape. Kks at Psychatic Meet L. Davis of the democratic club anthe Chairman H. H. illic works advisory speaker at the anemic to be held at California-Arizona Stabilization Pact Approved in L. A. Aug. 21 to be Presented Formal hearing on the California-Arizona orange and grapefruit stabilization agreement will be on Sept. 7 before Secretary of Agriculture Wallace in Washington. D. C. This information comes from Bruce McDaniel, general counsel of the Mutual Orange Distributors. With C. O. Miles, of Texas, and Merton I. Corey, of Florida, Mr. McDaniel has been working on the Washington end of the stabilization agreement, labor rulings for growers of perishable fruits and other activities of especial interest to the California citrus grower. Mr. McDaniel at present is preparing the brief on the California-Arizona code to substantiate the agreement which was accepted in its present form by representatives of California and Arizona growers, in Los Angeles on Aug. 21. In addition to presenting the California-Arizona brief Mr. McDaniel also will present that for Texas to accompany the stabilization agreement for that district. The formal procedure after the various agreements have been developed by the different citrus growing states is that the formal hearing before the secretary of agriculture when all citrus interests who desire to be heard will appear. All details of protection to the grower, public policy as to consumer and the equities of all other interests will be considered by the secretary in the hearing. Agreements similar in import are being devised by the orange and grapefruit interests of Florida, and, possibly, Puerto Rico, with the possibility that these can be amalgamated with those of California, Arizona and Texas into a national stabilization program. Refuse Itinerants Free Feeds, Beds Itinerants who have made the rounds of Orange county cities once a week for two winters will not find the "Welcome Tonight" signs displayed this fall. Sixty city officials attended the Orange County League of Municipalities meeting at Laguna Beach last week and voted to refuse free "feeds and bed" for itinerants. An average of 50 or more men were given supper, a bed and breakfast, followed by orders to "move on" per day at each of the three larger cities. This expensive "entertaining" will be abandoned in favor of spending the money on local charities, the city officials agreed. Attending from Anaheim were Mayor Charles Mann, City Clerk John W. Price, City Treasurer Charles Boege, and general health were greatly stimulated in the group of 440 children by the addition of two 8-oz. glasses of fresh orange juice with the juice of half a lemon to the daily diet for one year. The reports of this extensive research program have appeared during recent months in leading journals of the dental and medical profession. The news magazine, "Time," in its August 21 issue, reported Dr. Hanke's appearance at the Chicago Centennial Dental Congress, attended by 15,000 dentists, and the interest shown in his report. The complete report will be published in book form by the University of Chicago press. Mooseheart was selected by Dr. Hanke and his associates as an ideal institution where they could work with a large group of children of ages running from 10 to 17 who were on an excellent diet. Mooseheart, known as the "City of Childhood," accommodates (Continued on page 8) HIGHWAY COPS GET STRANGEST CALL OF YEAR California highway patrolmen, accustomed to everything from being polite to impolite speedsters and testing brakes on rolling "junks," Sunday received the strangest call of their varied career. Patrolmen were summoned to take blood tests and stand ready for a transfusion for Charles Landell, 27, son of Judge John Landell of San Juan Capistrano. Young Landell had four successive hemorrhages following a minor operation at the Santa Ana Valley hospital. He was in such a weak condition that his life was in the balance. Landell's brother-in-law, Richard Reid, and three patrolmen qualified. Reid was called for the first transfusion. The patrolmen, Ernest Sawyer, Vernon Barnhill and George Pterkin, were ordered to stand by for transfusions if necessary. By Monday morning Landell was improved and out of danger. Sixty city officials attended the Orange County League of Municipalities meeting at Laguna Beach last week and voted to refuse free "feeds and bed" for itinerants. An average of 50 or more men were given supper, a bed and breakfast, followed by orders to "move on" per day at each of the three larger cities. This expensive "entertaining" will be abandoned in favor of spending the money on local charities, the city officials agreed. Attending from Anaheim were Mayor Charles Mann, City Clerk John W. Price, City Treasurer Charles Boege, and Councilman Leo J. Sherldan president of the Municipalities leagues. Two Schools Will Open September 11 St. Catherine's Military academy and St. Joseph's school for girls will begin their first semester's work on Tuesday, September 11.