anaheim-gazette 1937-02-11

ANAHEIM GAZETTE Established 1870 Orange County's Oldest Newspaper HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher 1887-1935 The Anaheim Gazette has been owned and edited by the same family since 1875. Published every Thursday at 259 East Center Street, Anaheim, Calif. MRS. HENRY KUCHEL — THEODORE B. KUCHEL Editors and Publishers MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY Out of the welter of proposed changes in the state law introduced in Sacramento in January, it has been called to our attention that one of them, affecting municipalities, is of far more than passing interest to the people of any city, such as Anaheim. The bill, sponsored by a member of the Los Angeles delegation, would attach liability to every county and city within which any death or injury should occur as the result of any mobs or riots happening within such city or county. If the bill should become law, and if, thereafter, a strike should occur, or riot break out, in Anaheim; and if anyone should be injured because of such a strike or riot, the city would be responsible for the injury; and, in case of death, the city would be liable in damages to the family of the deceased. What kind of legal or governmental theory prompts the submission of such a bill? Why should liability follow in this case? Of course, one argument advanced in its favor is that the cities of the state would become more zealous in endeavoring to prevent strikes and riots. Our officers however have always been endeavoring to do this very thing, and yet the state prisons are filled to the point of overflow. It is inconceivable that better results in law enforcement would follow from the enactment of the Angeleno's proposal. Imagine what the liability might be upon some of the state's manufacturing communities if a general strike occurred. Of course, one argument advanced in its favor is that the cities of the state would become more zealous in endeavoring to prevent strikes and riots. Our officers however have always been endeavoring to do this very thing, and yet the state prisons are filled to the point of overflow. It is inconceivable that better results in law enforcement would follow from the enactment of the Angeleno's proposal. Imagine what the liability might be upon some of the state's manufacturing communities, if a general strike occurred and if a wholesale fight should follow. The bill is a ingenious short cut to widespread municipal bankruptcy, and should be disposed of—in the ash-can. The MARCH OF TIME Prepared by the Editors of TIME The Weekly Newsmagazine PRESIDENTIAL NOTES— Because of warm winter rains, the White House lawn last week, for the first time in history, really needed a January mowing. But winter rains 600 miles to the west, where the Ohio-Mississippi flood raged an, had a bigger influence on Washington, blanketed the Capital with an emergency atmosphere akin to that of the New Deal's early days. Three days after a mysterious White House visit by Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and Federal Reserve Chairman Eccles, the Reserve Board upped bank reserve requirements one-third more, to the maximum allowed by law. In Kent, Conn., Samuel McWhinnie, 42, was charged with burglary for having broken into a shed on the Hyde Park estate of Miss Ellen Roosevelt, cousin of the President, and stolen four small sailboat models carved by Franklin Roosevelt himself. On his 55th birthday (Jan. 30), Franklin Roosevelt, who hopes to visit Warm Springs in March, broadcast to his annual birthday balls in cities throughout the country his thanks for the nation's response to the Red Cross $10,000-000 flood relief fund, the infantile paralysis benefit for which the balls are held. ARMY vs. FLOOD— WASHINGTON—As the U. S. army joined forces with the Red servoirs capable of doing the work of their $300,000,000 levee system would cost over $1,000,000,000; that it might not prove effective since most of the rain causing floods falls in the main valley, not in the headwaters. Said General Jadwin: "A flood of the Mississippi is not the torrential rush of water from denuded hillsides, but is the slowly rising, long continued outpour of the rainage from a vast region." Designed to stave off the greatest possible flood ("super-flood"), calculated by army engineers and the weather bureau by taking the maximum known flood of each of the Mississippi's great tributaries and assuming that they all hit the main river at once (which they never have done), the army's flood control plan required raising the levees an average of three feet from Cairo to the Gulf. But levees make floods higher by penning them in, cannot be built high enough to hold the whole flood in the river channel because the levee's subsoil—if not the levee itself—would give way under the pressure. For big floods, then, the army planned to let the river use floodways over selected lowlands. "Fuse plug" levees at the mouths of these floodways were left at old levels so floods would wash over them. The army also diverted flood waters from the main Mississippi channel, just above New Orleans, into Lake Pontchartrain which is virtually an arm of the Gulf. features of the executive order on permanent law of the city came up in the house last week for debate, Oklahoma's Nichols bawled: "What's wrong with the spoils system? America has grown great on spoils. I do a better job of picking the p masters for my district than Civil Service commissioner." Fearing the Roosevelt refusal would freeze incumbent Democrats into their jobs for good, publicans joined Democrats felt as Oklahoma's Nichols about losing their patronage, gineered amendments to the which emasculated it. When administration leaders forced a call vote, the timid rebels shrief from recording their insubordination, killed the amendments 216-to-164, sent the Preside bill intact to the senate. WASHINGTON vs. DETROIT— WASHINGTON — Because had made a statement reminding Franklin Roosevelt of labor's port of the New Deal at the last November and demanded that the President now repay political debt by supporting lab war on General Motors, C. I. Chieftain John L. Lewis last night got from the President veiled but unmistakable rebel that made the New Deal app to side with those onetime pill of the Liberty League, Alfred Sloan Jr. and the du Ponts. But last week this strained a unnatural situation was resolved when G. M. President Sloan, a winning much public sympathy by his reasonableness through out the strike, capped LeBlunder by deciding to tough, flatly rejecting Labor Secretary Perkins' summons to further Washington peace parity. At this, the President struck o ARMY vs. FLOOD— WASHINGTON—As the U. S. army joined forces with the Red Cross, WPA and other agencies succoring victims of the Ohio-Mississippi flood last week, critics murmured against the army's flood-works program carried out at a cost of some $325,000,000 since the great flood of 1927 to make the Mississippi valley flood-safe. Some said that reforestation was needed more than the army's levees, that reservoirs should have been built to control the floods at their source, that army calculations of the "superflood" for which its levee system was built were astray because still higher flood stages were actually being recorded at Cairo, Ill., and downstream. Some pointed to Dayton's five reservoirs (costing $30,000,000), built after the Miami Valley's disastrous flood of 1913 to impound headwaters and release them only as fast as the streams could carry them away. Result: Dayton had no flood this year. Few of these criticisms did the army engineers justice. From the plan submitted to congress in 1927 by Major General Edgar Jadwin, chief of engineers, the army's flood-works program was adapted. To reduce a Mississippi flood one foot, General Jadwin pointed out, meant holding out 7,000,000 to 11,000,000 acre-feet of water. If 8,000,000 acres of land were reforested a flood would be reduced just half an inch. Army engineers pointed out that a system of headwater reitself—would give way under the pressure. For big floods, then, the army planned to let the river use floodways over selected lowlands. "Fuse plug" levees at the mouths of these floodways were left at old levels so floods would wash over them: The army also diverted flood waters from the main Mississippi channel, just above New Orleans, into Lake Pontchartrain which is virtually an arm of the Gulf. Finally the whole river was shortened 100 miles by cutting off numerous loops and meanders to make flood waters go down faster instead of piling up. All these plans the great flood of 1937 foiled in part. Instead of being superflood planned for, the onrush of waters from such big tributaries as the White, Arkansas and Ouachita rivers, this year's flood arose almost entirely on the Ohio, which was above its highest record made in 1913. Since the Ohio joins the Mississippi above all the others, the army's flood control works from Cairo to the White River were put to an even greater test than the contemplated superflood might have given it. SPOILSMEN FOILED— WASHINGTON — In a move shrewdly timed to deflate Republican campaign attacks on Farleyism, Franklin Roosevelt last summer issued in congress' absence an executive order snatching 13,730 first, second and third class post-masterships out of the spoils trough, and providing that they be filled by: (1) postmasters already in office, after non-competitive civil service examinations; (2) postal employees with civil service ratings, also after non-competitive examinations; (3) applicants scoring highest in open competitive examinations. When a bill to make the main But last week this strained unnatural situation was resolved when G. M. President Sloan, and winning much public sympathy by his reasonableness through out the strike, capped Leblunder by deciding to tough, flatly rejecting Labor Secretary Perkins' summons to further Washington peace parity. At this, the President struck not mildly as he had done; squelching Lewis but (waiving his usual ban on direct quotation) declaring: "I was not only appointed in the refusal of Sloan to come to Washington I regarded it as a very unfairate decision on his part." Meanwhile, with tight flushed face and pencil-tappers, Madam Secretary Perkins exploded to newshawks: "I think that General Motors have made great mistake, perhaps the greatest mistake in their lives." President Sloan's reason—the "unful seizure" of G. M. plants by down strikers — Madam Perkins brushed aside as "legalistic," added: "The real reason the work would not take their men out the plants was that they felt they couldn't trust General Motors." episode like this must explain the American people and make clear why the workers can't trust General Motors." Next day Secretary Perkins sent Speaker Bankhead and Major Leader Robinson letters questing congress to enact "what most haste" a law enabling secretary of labor to compel law disputants, by subpoena, to appear in Washington for fact-finding conferences. As anti-strike sentiment repeatedly flared up among workers Flint, Detroit, Saginaw (Michigan and Anderson (Ind.), Presidian Sloan, showing concern for G. employees, announced that the John L.” The Latest CALIFORNIA NEW HISTORY Published for the first time in the history of the University of California, a list of its graduates and former students now being distributed to the California Alumni Association, according to Robert executive manager of the group. This university roster, in book form under the Golden Book of California, minates two years of effort part of more than 100 workers, the expenditure proximately $150,000.00, tains the names, known class years of graduation, curation of enough people,ulate a city larger than 8 More than 500,000 lines and 1296 pages were re complete this record of versity, which is being more than 18,000 alu week. Statistics developed in preparation of the geography of university graduate former students for publication the book indicate that they leave the state to res where. More than 85% of sons on the university residents of California. The book is commemorate the 75th anniversary, in the meeting of the founders' Rock in on April 16, 1860, and, it contains a pictorial intro-224 pages. less of the executive order permanent law of the land up in the house last week debate, Oklahoma's Jack is bawled: "What's wrong the spoils system? America grown great on spoils. I can better job of picking the posters for my district than any Service commissioner." In the Roosevelt reform freeze incumbent Demonato their jobs for good, Reans joined Democrats who is Oklahoma's Nichols did losing their patronage, ended amendments to the bill emasculated it. When adoration leaders forced a rollote, the timid rebels shrank recording their insubordination killed the amendments by 164, sent the President's contact to the senate. HINGTON vs. DETROIT—Because he made a statement reminding him Roosevelt of labor's supplication the New Deal at the polls November and demanding the President now repay this debt by supporting labor's General Motors, C. I. O.ain John L. Lewis last fortnight from the President a but unmistakable rebuke made the New Deal appear with those onetime pillars Liberty League, Alfred P. Jr. and the du Ponts. Last week this strained and rural situation was resolved G. M. President Sloan, after long much public sympathy has reasonableness through the strike, capped Lewie'r by deciding to get flatly rejecting Labor Secretary Perkins' summons to a Washington peace parley, the President struck out, mildly as he had done in annual distribution of stock and cash proceeds of the corporation's employee savings plan, this year totaling $10,700,000, would be rushed; and Vice President Knudsen promised that G. M. would keep up payments on the group insurance policies of both non-strikers and strikers. DYNAMITE—ANTOFAGASTA, Chile—Stopping at Antofagasta on their way home from a Pan-American Press conference at Valparaiso last week, a group of enthusiastic newshawks went to the world's largest copper mines for a show to be staged especially for them: the firing of 3,000,000 lbs. of dynamite. With all nearing readiness for the festive blowoff and newshawks standing at a safe distance, their ears plugged, an electric engine rolled up drawing two cars of black powder. Suddenly, inexplicably, as five workmen and a foreman started unloading it, the powder exploded, prematurely set off the dynamite charge, sent 100,000 tons of ore skyward as miners' huts for miles around shuddered convulsively. Twisted into shapeless scrap, engine, cars and shovels; boulders; human legs and arms came down from the skies, some landing as much as a mile distant. Then, as the horror-stricken newshawks rushed forward to become stretcher-bearers and ambulance drivers, as hundreds of weeping women surged to the mine's terraces to search hysterically for husbands and sweethearts, Antofagasta Province arrived to investigate, declared: "This is the most serious accident of its kind in Chile's history." DELIRIUM TREMENS—NEW YORK—In the padded cells of county jails, victims of heart regulator and diuretic something the raving drunkard requires. In delirium tremens the digestive system is out of whack. Drs. Piker and Cohn wash out and cleanse the patient's stomach with ordinary cascara and Epsom salts. To complete the treatment, the patient alkalized by a preparation of ½ oz. cream of tartar dissolved in 3 pints of water, sweetened by lemon peel. A sleeping drunk is never roused "for any reason, medicinal or otherwise." Average time in the hospital for Pikker and Cohn D. T. patients is 4.8 days. ROUTINE RECORDS—SAN DIEGO—When, in January 1934, six big Wright Cyclone-powered Consolidated Navy patrol flying boats and 30 officers and men (patrol squad VP-10) flew 2,399 miles over the Pacific ocean from San Francisco to Honolulu's Pearl harbor in 24 hours, 45 minutes, thus making the longest non-stop formation flight in aviation history, high naval officials modestly waved aside public acclaim, declared the flight a mere routine transfer of men and equipment. One morning last week the navy again effected a "routine transfer of men and equipment," surpassing Squadron VP-10's mass-flight record, when Lieut. Commander William McDade and 80 officers and men of Squadron VP-6 roared off without ceremony from San Diego harbor, brought their 12 huge low-slung flying boats down on Pearl harbor, 2,553 miles away, 21 hours and 48 minutes later. Squad VP-6's new flying boats are called PBY-1 patrol bombers, have 1,100-h.p. Twin Row Wasp engines, retractable wing pontoons, clipper lines, are the first 12 of 176 such ships ordered by the navy from Consolidated Aircraft Corp. last week this strained and rural situation was resolved G. M. President Sloan, after long much public sympathy reasonableness through the strike, capped Lewis' er by deciding to get flatly rejecting Labor SecPerkins' summons to a Washington peace parley. the President struck out, mildly as he had done in ning Lewis but (waiving his boon on direct quotation) by gong: "I was not only distinct in the refusal of Mr. to come to Washington but added it as a very unfortunission on his part." while, with tight lips, face and pencil-tapping Madam Secretary Perkins ded to newshawks: "I think general Motors have made a mistake, perhaps the greattake in their lives." Presiloan's reason—the "unlawfure" of G. M. plants by sitstrikers — Madam Perkins and aside as "legalistic," addhe real reason the workers not take their men out of goods was that they felt they d trust General Motors. An like this must explain to American people and make it why the workers can't trust Motors." day Secretary Perkins speaker Bankhead and MaLeader Robinson letters reg congress to enact "with haste" a law enabling the try of labor to compel labor ents; by subpoena, to appear washington for fact-finding ences. anti-strike sentiment reported up among workers in Detroit, Saginaw (Mich.). Anderson (Ind.), President showing concern for G. M. nees, announced that the an- DELIRIUM TREMENS— NEW YORK—In the padded cells of county jails, victims of delirium tremens every day pursue their terrible hallucinations. Rats scramble over the bodies of their imagination. Lizards scurry out of their roaring ears. And tales of forgotten sins flip off their white-furred tremulous tongues. To the 26 methods of treating D. T.'s, the American Medical association's "Journal" last week added another cure, which the sponsors, Drs. Philip Edward Piker of Cincinnati and Jess Victor Cohn of Hollywood, Fla., offered as being simple and certain. Most convincing proof of the Piker-Cohn plan: Only 5.3% of their delirium tremens patients have died, while 10% to 12% is the average. Departing sharply from past medical practice, Drs. Piker and Cohn never put a D. T. patient into a strait-jacket, usually employ robust nurses to gentle the patient. They rarely administer "sleeping potions" because those drugs seldom quiet a drunk and do depress the circulation; instead, the patient is calmed with paraldehyde. Morphine is avoided because that drug increases pressure on the brain and brings on death. The new sponsors reduce intra-cranial pressure by draining fluid through a puncture in the spine. Most men who die in delirium tremens die because their hearts give way. Drs. Piker and Cohn prevent that by loading the patient with digitalis. Digitalis is both a Series of Meetings Planned by Church Lenten services opened at the Grace Lutheran church last evening and will be continued each Wednesday evening until Holy week when services will be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, the Rev. C. H. S. Hunziker announced. Guest ministers will be speakers for the various services include the Rev. J. E. A. Doermann, the Rev. J. H. Peters, the Rev. K. Kosssman, the Rev. F. D. Mechling, the Rev. Paul Dickman and the Rev. H. Bents. The Rev. Hunziker will be in charge of the services on Thursday and Friday evenings of Holy Week. All services start at 7:30 o'clock. Review Witnessed By Cadet Officers Six cadet officers of St. Catherine's Military school last Thursday attended the regimental review at Fort MacArthur. The quintet, accompanied by Lieut. Charles A. Schmitt, commandant, included Captains John McCafferty and Jack Mueller, First Lieutenants Richard Hayes and Ward Vickers and Second Lieutenants Ernest Simon and Hobart Singleton. CALIFORNIA ALUMNI PUBLISH NEW HISTORY OF UNIVERSITY Published for the first time in the history of the University of California, a list of its 140,000 graduates and former students is now being distributed to members of the California Alumni association, according to Robert Sibley, executive manager of the alumni group. This university roster, published in book form under the title "The Golden Book of California," culminates two years of effort on the part of more than 100 alumni workers, the expenditure of approximately $150,000.00, and contains the names, known addresses, class years of graduation and occupation of enough people to populate a city larger than San Diego. More than 500,000 lines of type and 1296 pages were required to complete this record of the university, which is being issued to more than 18,000 alumni this week. Statistics developed in the preparation of the geographical index of university graduates and former students for publication in the book indicate that they rarely leave the state to reside elsewhere. More than 85% of the persons on the university record are residents of California. The book is commemorative of the 75th anniversary, in 1936, of the meeting of the founders of the University of California at Founders' Rock in Berkeley on April 16, 1860, and, as a result, contains a pictorial introduction of 224 pages. Building Permit Valuation High Building permits for January exceeds those issued for the first four months last year. Building Inspector R. Nyboe announced this week. Twenty-one permits were issued carrying a valuation of $83,315. January, last year, found eight permits issued amounting to $9,440. The principle cause of the increased valuation for January over the same month last year was the permit issued for the new gymnasium at the high school. This permit issued for the new gymnasium at the high school. This permit was valued at $67,547. leave the state to reside elsewhere. More than 85% of the persons on the university record are residents of California. The book is commemorative of the 75th anniversary, in 1936, of the meeting of the founders of the University of California at Founders of the University of California at Founders' Rock in Berkeley on April 16, 1880, and, as a result, contains a pictorial introduction of 224 pages. Views of the present-day campuses of the University at Berkeley, Davis, San Francisco, Mt. Hamilton, Los Angeles, Pomona, Riverside and La Jolla are presented. The pictorial story of its history; growth and development, and traditions is also recorded. More than 3,000 photographs were submitted by alumni of the university for consideration by the editors of the book, and this pictorial history represents the most complete university record of its kind ever issued. Included in the introductory section of the Golden Book is a story of the present-day work at the University of California. The story of the university's work in agriculture, both in northern California at the college of agricul- Near or far, telephone first. Get more done, and get it done more profitably! We may be able to offer some valuable suggestions about the use of Long Distance. May we discuss this with you? Just Call BUSINESS OFFICE 217 N. LEMON ST. ANAHEIM ANGEL FOOD ANY FOOD GAS COOKS BETTER AND COSTS LESS Small wonder that it's known as "angel" food when it's baked in a modern gas range! The necessary low temperature is simple with the 1937 models. Just set the control. 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