anaheim-gazette 1938-05-19

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. Subscription Per Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 MRS. HENRY KUCHEL THEODORE B. KUCHEL Editors and Publishers Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Anaheim, California, under the Act of March 8, 1879. CONGRESS, OIL, AND LOCAL TAXES It is to be hoped that the present attempt by the Congress to declare the tideland oil pools, lying off the California coastline, to be a naval reserve of the federal government, and to direct the attorney-general to institute the requisite proceedings to determine them to be such, will not succeed. The situation, legislatively, at the moment, however, is not too promising. Some time ago, the United States Senate approved such a plan, and it is now gathering momentum in the House. So far, the state has benefited from the tideland pools of in two particulars. First, it has derived needed revenue from them; indeed, new laws dealing with the Huntington Beach pool specifically, and with the rest of them generally, were passed by the legislature last year. Secondly, the fact that the state has directed the drilling operations, means, in a word, that the problem of maintaining our beaches as a great natural resource and recreational attraction has been dealt with locally, by Californians, all of whom appreciate the inherent value of a beautiful sea coast. And above and beyond all that, there is a tremendous stake in this question from the standpoint of the Orange county taxpayer. Every year, hundreds of thousands of dollars come into the county treasury from all the private concerns drilling in the Huntington Beach field. The state's responsibility is not of course subject to taxation by our county. that the state has directed the drilling operations, means, in a word, that the problem of maintaining our beaches as a great natural resource and recreational attraction has been dealt with locally, by Californians, all of whom appreciate the inherent value of a beautiful sea coast. And above and beyond all that, there is a tremendous stake in this question from the standpoint of the Orange county taxpayer. Every year, hundreds of thousands of dollars come into the county treasury from all the private concerns drilling in the Huntington Beach field. The state's royalty is not, of course, subject to taxation by our county. But if congress approves the present plan, all oil extracted will be exempt from taxation by our county. There isn't much choice as to who would bear the burden resulting from this great loss of revenue: the common property owner, who usually gets it in the neck anyway, would have to dig down a little deeper into his jeans to make up the deficit. If the present plan is carried through in Washington, not only will California lose all revenue claims on such pools; but also the whole question of tapping the tideland pools-will be transferred bodily to the federal government. And we may be pardoned for feeling that the welfare of our entire coastal area and the preservation of our beaches as a natural beauty, is felt most keenly, and understood most thoroughly, by our own people; it is our own concern, and we should be permitted to deal with it ourselves. It may well be that the strictly legal question of where title to the tidelands reposes is more or less open. But ever since California came into the Union in 1848, no question of title arose, until oil was found. And of all the coastal states, Atlantic and Pacific alike, the present Congressional plan is directed solely at California, it is grossly unfair. "IT'S SMART TO DRIVE SAFELY" Connecticut has just held her first state-wide highway safety conference, under the sponsorship of the Connecticut Highway Safety Commission. A pioneer in the field of highway safety, her efforts have been rewarded with a steady decline in traffic fatalities within the state during recent years. During the conference, Burton W. Marsh, director of American Automobile Association, declared: "If the record of Connecticut could have been extended to the rest of the United States, 59,000 lives would have been saved since 1928." Epecially stressed at the conference was the vital necessity of educating drivers, young and old, to the fact that "It's smart to drive safely." Epecially stressed at the conference was the vital necessity of educating drivers, young and old, to the fact that "It's smart to drive safely." 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Here should be a social taboo in young girls going out driving with young men who have had even one drink." In short, drivers must learn that, instead of being smart and sophisticated when they mix drinking and driving, they are enemies of society—potential murderers! There seems to be no question that the Japanese occupation of Manchuria in 1931 was the beginning of a chain of events that led directly to much of the present difficulty in which the world finds itself. Four years later Germany announced its adoption of rearmament and conscription in violation of the treaty of Versailles, and the next year came the occupation of the Rhineland. "In the same year with German conscription came the Italian attack upon Ethiopia, which was adjudged by the League of Nations a violation of the League Covenant which Italy had signed. This was followed by armed intervention in the civil war in Spain, and finally by the Japanese invasion of China. "At present, the democracies are strongly pacifistic. They have not always been so. If pressed too far a wave of indignation might sweep over them that would make it extremely difficult to keep the peace. It is essential that continued aggression stop before things get out of hand." All this was well-known modern history, but not the sort of thing the cabinet officers of one nation say about another. The reaction, as expected, was brief and bitter. Said a foreign office spokesman for Japan: "Regrettable." Said the semi-official German "Deutsche Diplomatische Korrespondenz": "The German nation does not want lessons from any quarter on the subject of national freedom, self-determination and its best interests." Wrote Mussolini's spokesman, Virginio Gayda, in "Diornale d'Italian": "We should like to believe his words were never uttered, but if they are authentic they constitute a new and exceptional document of provocation by the United States against series of minnor successes out virtually the entire main battle of still being fought from 15 to 20 miles eastern end of the Lunghai railway. Its area about 650,000 Chine were concentrated for opposed by 100,000 well-armed Japanese." ARMY'S GARGAGE LONDON — Two Britain's royal army corps took over 600 acres land in the interior converted it into a garage and storehouse; majesty's mechanized home and overseas. This central depot was developed for proud officers to show it off newspapersmen. Under huge sheds, spread over 11 acres army and civilian empires about buying, inspecting maintaining and repairing army's first-line fighting vehicles. The army had 4,000 men today it has some 6,500 of them stored lands depot. Two high-mouthed drivers are day and night, she machines from the firing them in sub-dept or driving overseas the docks. While most of the modernized grey-green trucks, the garages a very type of unit army on wheels: lorries to pull heavy ful breakdown wagons recovery and salvage tanks and armored car workshops on whi trailers for pontoon The MARCH OF TIME Prepared by the Editors of TIME The Weekly Newsmagazine CONGRESSIONAL WEEK— WASHINGTON — The senate last week unanimously approved the compromise tax bill drastically modifying the corporate surplus-profits tax and substituting it rates for the graduated capital gains tax; passed the $1,156,-0,000 bill to expand and rearm the naval forces; sent to conference a bill authorizing addition of judges to each of five circuit courts of appeals, the District of Columbia court of appeals and the C. district court; passed and sent to the president a bill authorizing the Interior department to distribute power from Fort Peck (cont.) dam. HISTORY LESSON— WASHINGTON — While Secretary of State Cordell Hull was last week, as usual, doing his best to avoid stirring up needless international and internal bickering of any sort, Secretary of War Harry Hines Woodring addressed the Chamber of Commerce of the United States assembled in Washington for its 26th annual convention, gave his views on national defense: LOST OPTIMISM— TOKYO, Japan — Warning the Japanese people to "prepare for possible extreme personal financial sacrifices." Foreign Minister Koki Hirota in Tokyo last week declared that "no optimistic view of the future is warranted." Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, returning from China, tersely remarked: "The bitterly opposed National Mobilization act, providing for immediate mobilization of Japanese man power and resources, which was passed in March on the promise that it would be implemented only in case of emergency. 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The main battle of the war was still being fought near Suchow, from 15 to 20 miles north of the eastern end of the important Lunghai railway. Into a small area about 650,000 Chinese soldiers were concentrated for an offensive, opposed by 100,000 well-trained, well-armed Japanese troops. ARMY'S GARGAGE— LONDON — Two years ago Britain's royal army ordnance corps took over 600 acres of waste land in the interior of England, converted it into a mammoth garage and storehouse for his majesty's mechanized troops at home and overseas. By last week this central depot was sufficiently developed for proud ordnance officers to show it off to visiting newspapermen. Under huge sheds, one of them spread over 11 acres, some 1,600 army and civilian employees bustle about buying, inspecting, testing, maintaining and repairing the army's first-line transport and fighting vehicles. Two years ago the army had 4,000 motor vehicles; today it has some 22,500, with 6,500 of them stored in this midlands depot. Two hundred close-mouthed drivers are on the roads day and night, shutting new machines from the factories, storing them in sub-depots in Britain or driving overseas equipment to the docks. While most of the vehicles are modernized grey-green transport trucks, the garages also holds every type of unit needed by an army on wheels: Diesel-driven lorries to pull heavy guns; powerful breakdown wagons for the recovery and salvage of trucks, tanks and armored cars; three-ton workshops on wheels; special trailers for pontoons and boxer, promptly reading the riot act to the canefield workers, "chargeeth and commandeth all persons being assembled immediately to disperse themselves and peaceably to depart to their habitations or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George (1) for preventing tumultuous and riotous assemblies. God save the king!" Unfortunately for themselves, the Jamaica workers did not heed, last week attacked his majesty's dusky constabulary with sticks and stones. It was the most disorderly Jamaican occurrence since the negro revolt of 1865. The constables opened fire, as was duty. Result: six deaths; seven critical injuries; 43 others hospitalized; and resumption of work in the cane fields at 50c per day. CHRISTIAN SUNDAY?—zSPRINGFIELD, Vermont — Rev. Lawrence Larrewe of Springfield pulled on hip boots a fortnight ago, along with many another citizen on the opening day of trout season, went fishing. Since it was Sunday, Methodist Minister Larrewe first informed his congregation of his plans and engaged a supply pastor to preach to them. When he had caught eight fish, he attended services at another church, declared: "I feel that I have spent a Christian Sunday." 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