anaheim-gazette 1938-09-29

ANAHEIM GAZETTE Established 1870 Orange County's Oldest Newspaper HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher 1857-1935 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. MEASURES AND ARGUMENTS Perusal of the sample ballots on the initiative and referendum measures demonstrates that, this year, some people have taken trouble to prepare opposing arguments to each proposed law, and have sent them into the secretary of state who has printed them. The provisions of the initiative and referendum include the opportunity for argument—pro and con—to be printed and sent to all registered voters together with the sample ballots. Each general election brings a certain number of unobjectionable proposals, sponsored by the legislature in an effort to cure some defect in the existing law or to make the wheels of government turn more easily. Usually they appear in the sample ballot pamphlet with a short statement by the legislator who sponsored the change as to why the change is necessary; and usually, too, there is no counter argument at all, for the reason that no such argument exists. November's proposed initiatives are apparently different, however. There is an argument present against every one of the proposed initiatives, signed by one person or another, urging "no" votes. The question arises: Should all the proposals be killed? and, of course, the answer is "no". The point is, however, that each separate measure should be weighed and studied by the individual voter himself. Some measures are urgently necessary; others must just as urgently be defeated. November's proposed initiatives are apparently different, however. There is an argument present against every one of the proposed initiatives, signed by one person or another, urging "no" votes. The question arises: Should all the proposals be killed?, and, of course, the answer is "no". The point is, however, that each separate measure should be weighed and studied by the individual voter himself. Some measures are urgently necessary; others must just as urgently be defeated. HANDWRITING MAY BE PAMPHLET CLUE If the special grand jury investigating the Fools Rush in pamphlet of primary campaign ill-fame does not get somewhere it will not be for lack of volunteer witnesses. Ever since the political mudball landed and burst all over the county's political map there have been hints and whispers of the connection this or that person is alleged to have had with the affair. Since the special grand jury was impanelled most of these persons have knocked at the door asking the right to tell what they know—or don't know. They have lost no time in clearing their own skirts, even if they couldn't provide any direct information pointing to the guilty parties. The only clue the investigators had to work on at the start was the printers of the pamphlet. These two men were declared to have identified a Santa Ana attorney as the man who paid them for printing the booklet. This attorney quickly produced an alibi which appeared ironclad. That lead ended in a blind alley. From the printers the original copy from which the type for the pamphlet was set had been obtained. It is reported now that expert investigation shows this copy to have been written on two different typewriters. Furthermore, one sheet of it was written in longhand—evidently to make the intending couple. They take away a good deal of business from the ministers, too, since they have preachers hired to furnish ceremonies on call. The chapels buy weddings wholesale and sell them at retail. It is said that this business is so nice the mortuaries are now trying to plans to induce couples to use their chapels for wedding purposes. So far none of them have offered a reduced price deal under which they give a discount to couples who also contract in advance for their funerals. But there might be something in it. There are numerous side dishes that go along with it all. There are rings, flowers, fancy certificates and other gadgets which it is not always hard to influence an infatuated swain to buy. SOME ARROWS BREAK OR FAIL TO STICK The marriage license bureau records also contain the facts which point to broken romances. Sometimes a couple makes application for a license, but never shows up again. What happens? In most cases the public never knows. The best laid plans go wrong, and the wedding is off. The clerk's estimate that about 3 or 4 percent of all the applications never are taken up, and ultimately find their way into the "dead" file. In the course of a year that means a goodly number of cases where Kiddie Boy Cupid's arrows failed to stick. IF AND WHEN—WASHINGTON — The immigrant prospect of war in Europe last week aroused considerable apprehension in the administration of Washington. Most departments of the government were busily calculating and planning to buffer the shock—if and when war comes. Under the neutrality act and various New Deal laws vexing power in the president, they would probably be more one-man government than the U.S. has ever seen when not at war itself. The guide Franklin Roosevelt, should bombs and shells start flying in Czechoslovakia, all executive branches of the government complied data and memoranda. President Roosevelt has so far been able to preserve the fiction that a "state of war" does not exist between China and Japan because it has never been "declared" and if war between Czechoslovakia, Germany and other powers were not formally declared, they could again preserve the fiction and all U.S. hands would be free from the Neutrality Act's rigid restrictions. In the event of "declared" war, however, Washington opinion last week rated 50-50 tilt chance that the president would call a special session of congress to repeal or amend the Neutrality Act (which expires anyway next May 1). If he should call congress, he would probably be en barrassed by revival of the movement for a constitutional amendment requiring that the nation be polled before entering a foreign war. The state department's poll last week was to "play down" European crisis, but reports persisted that U.S. consuls were availing U.S. tourists to get out Europe. The London, Paris, Berlin and Prague ambassadors were busy; but tied to the state of partment by modern overseas ephones, they did not have the independence President Wilson men had in 1914 in shaping the courses of action. In Washington Assistant Secretary of State George Messersmith arose daily 4 a.m. to receive their telephone calls; and at Hull's elbow via ex-Ambassador-at-Large Norman H. Davis, who knows how Europe peans tick. torney as the man who paid them for printing the booklet. This attorney quickly produced an alibi which appeared ironclad. That lead ended in a blind alley. From the printers the original copy from which the type for the pamphlet was set had been obtained. It is reported now that expert investigation shows this copy to have been written on two different typewriters. Furthermore, one sheet of it was written in longhand—evidently to make changes from the original typewritten text. Those who have seen it say it was not written by the person who did the typewriting. Differences in style of capitalization, punctuation, etc., are said to indicate that fact. At least one suspect was asked to write out in longhand the matter which appeared on this one sheet, but the copy handed him had been typewritten from the original. It may be that the mystery's solution will come as a result of some handwriting expert's effort. So far no definite progress has been made known. The grand jury is proceeding with its independent investigation. For one thing, it is pretty generally agreed that the grand jury is correct in undertaking to handle the matter this way. COMPETITION IN SALE OF WEDDINGS The most interested watchers of the list of marriage license applications are "wedding chapel" proprietors. The competition in this line is strong. Representatives of these places which make a business of furnishing ready-made weddings hop onto the application list every day and rush out their advertising matter to PLENTY OF READING—IF YOU LIKE THAT KIND The book containing the texts of and the arguments for and against the 25 propositions that will be on the November ballot is the largest ever published for this purpose. Every voter will get one, but at present County Clerk Smith has the only copy in Orange county. The book contains more than 100 pages. If you read all the propositions in full you will read about 60,000 words. If you read the titles and arguments another 35,000 words must be perused, with introduction, index, etc., it means almost 100,000 words of reading for the voter. Roughly, that's about 15 average newspaper pages, or a good-sized book. Will you do it? RADIOCAST A radiocast program of Christian Science will be given over KFWB, Hollywood, on Sunday, October 2, from 4:30 to 5 o'clock. The broadcast will be conducted by Leslie D. Ougheltree; first reader of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, of Pasadena, assisted by Mrs. Carolyn B. Osmundson, soloist, and Mrs. Lora P. Chesnut, organist of the church. BASE HUNTING—SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—La Fortaleza, Governor Blanco Winship's palace in San Juan, Amiral Arthur J. Hepburn last arrived with a retinue of officers to look over 300-acre Isla Gran in upper San Juan harbor, to whether it would be useful as Caribbean naval and air base. Admiral Hepburn's friend words to press and populace convinced them that the base as good as built, at an estimated expenditure of some $4,000,000 but the final decision will be to the U.S. navy's general body the secretary of the navy, congress. Having persuaded congress more bases are needed in the lantic, Caribbean and Pacific, navy is inspecting all availible sites (Virgin Islands, the Florida and Texas coasts, etc.), next year will ask for authority and move to expand its defense line. SHODDY—NEW YORK — Twenty-six N.Y. City cloth merchants rub their hands joyfully last month when the city ordered $67 worth of woolen goods to be made into winter coats for needy women and children by WPA work But city inspectors last week... NOT A CHANCE It was the existence of Czechoslovakia as an ally of Soviet Russia, thrust forward into the very heart of Germany, that forced me to create a great German air force. That in turn led to France and Britain increasing their own air fleets. I have doubled the German air fleet once already because of the situation now prevailing in Czechoslovakia. If we fail to settle the crisis now, Field Marshal Goering would be asking me to order it doubled again and the British and French would redouble and so the mad race would go on. "Do you think I like being obliged to stop with my great building and development schemes all over the country in order to send 500,000 German workmen to construct at top speed a huge system of defense works along our western frontier? . . . All this is madness, for no one in Germany dreams of attacking France. We harbor no resentment against France; on the contrary, there is a strong feeling of sympathy in Germany toward her. Nor does any German want war with Britain either." The terms on which Britain and France agreed in London last week were sent to the Czechoslovak government with urgent warnings that they MUST be accepted: 1. Czechoslovakia to cede outright to Germany, without a plebiscite, all Sudeten districts in which the vote at the last election was 80% or more. 2. Non-German voters and others in these districts to have the right to be transferred to other parts of the republic under favorable conditions. 3. Czechoslovakia to hold a plebiseite as to whether the republic minus the ceded districts (which include the chief existing fortifications), shall be reorganized on the Swiss model into a federation of cantons, having Winifred Watson, a St. Mary's public-school teacher, and M. Nolte of the University of Nesota. Illustrated with pigs righy boys fishing, trapeze artists, clocks walking ("time on") is present tense), "A Grammar" contains 99 page-sified definitions of nouns, adjectives, etc. A picture the book explains, is a "story for a noun; adjectives are spis" and "tell on" nouns are nouns; a verb is the english makes the sentence go. Se have stop and go signals: ital letter at the beginning green light; a dash, comma colon or colon is a yellow make readers hesitate, a question mark or exclamation point is a red light. Suggested classroom game punctuation court for trying violators: e. g. "John you are charged with the offense of passing a period other game: a row of pupils representing a part of stands before a blackboard sheets of white paper over heads. As a sentence is real part of speech jumps, like corn. A pupil who falls to the right time goes to stand sidelines with an eraser head. SPEED MATCH— SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Utah's Bonneville Salt Flat sidered the most satisfactory racing strip in the world. Englishmen took turns last to see who could come close traveling six miles a minute incidentally break the land-speed record of 311 m/h, set last year by retired Irish Army Captain George Eyston. In last week's contest, 4 old Captain Eyston was fending champion, 37-y John Cobb the challenger. WHEN— INGLTON — The imminent prospect of war in Europe last considered considerable apprehension in the administration at London. Most departments of government were busily called and planning to bufferock—if and when war under the neutrality actious New Deal laws vested in the president, there probably be more one-man event than the U.S. has ever been not at war itself. To Franklin Roosevelt, should and shells start flying in lovakia, all executive officers of the government comma and memoranda. Robert Roosevelt has so far failed to preserve the fiction state of war" does not exist China and Japan behas never been "declared"; war between Czechoslovakia and other powers is formally declared, he again preserve the fiction U.S. hands would be free of Neutrality act's rigid reals. In the event of "dewar, however, Washington last week rated 50-50 that the president would special session of congress or amend the Neutrality which expires anyway next. If he should call cone would probably be embedded by revival of the move or a constitutional amend-requiring that the nation be before entering a foreign state department's policyrek was to "play down" the man crisis, but reports perhat U.S. consuls were ad-U.S. tourists get out of The London, Paris, Ber-Prague ambassadors were out tied to the state de-ly by modern overseas tel-sies they did not have the influence President Wilson's aid in 1914 in shaping their role action. In Washington,ant Secretary of State Messersmith arose daily at to receive their telephone and at Hull's elbow was ambassador-at-Large Normanris, who knows how Euro-lick. jected half of the cloth submitted. Although 20 merchants had supplied good goods, six others—with the bulk of the orders—had tried to palm off material containing moth holes, streaks, bare places, weak spots. Angered, Comptroller Joseph D. McGoldrick gave the six chance to make good before publishing their names. Still hopeful, one shyster took back his shoddy, resubmitted it as a new delivery. POLITICAL NOTE— MILTON, Washington — Fifty-one Milton voters last week marked their ballots for one Boston Curtis, republican candidate for precinct委員会man. Boston Curtis was elected. Milton's Mayor Kenneth Simmons, a democrat, chorted hugely. He, who had sponsored Candidate Curtis and filed his papers, had proved his point that voters "have no idea whom they support." Boston Curtis is a large brown mule. EUROPE RE-MAPPED— LONDON — Continuing efforts to prevent another world war, Britain's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and France's Premier Edouard Daladier sat down in London last week to ease European tension by re-drawing the map of Central Europe along the lines ordered by Adolf Hitler. Their objective: To give Fuhrer Hitler the predominantly German Sudeten districts of Czechoslovakia, bordering on Germany, which he demanded. Correspondents have repeatedly described Fuhrer Hitler as bringing on the Czechoslovak crisis primarily to break up the military alliance of Russia, Czechoslovakia and France; secondly, to get control of the Sudeten mountains which have barred his "Push to the East" toward the oil fields of Rumania and the wheat fields of Russia's Urkraine; and only lastly because of the joy it would give all Germans to feel that their "Sudeten brothers" have been rescued from "Czech oppression." Exactly what Fuhrer Hitler said to Prime Minister Chamberlain when they talked last week in Bertchtesgaden was kept secret, but it was believed to be much the same as he told G. Ward Price of London's "Daily Mail" three which the German vote at the last election was 80% or more. 2. Non-German voters and others in these districts to have the right to be transferred to other parts of the republic under favorable conditions. 3. Czechoslovakia to hold a plebiscite as to whether the republic minus the ceded districts (which include the chief existing fortifications), shall be reorganized on the Swiss model into a federation of cantons, having "states' rights." 4. Czechoslovakia to give up her present treaties of alliance, retain her armed forces, and have her new and smaller frontiers guaranteed by Britain and France. 5. Britain and France to try to get as many guarantors as possible, not excluding Russia, and probably including Germany, Italy. Abandoned by her allies, faced with a single-handed war against Germany and partitioning of the country among Poland and Hungary as well as Germany, the 20-year-old republic of Czechoslovakia last week acceded to the Franco-British demand and gave in to Fuhrer Hitler. LIVING GRAMMAR— NEW YORK — Long prosaic and dull, U.S. school readers and grammars have lately become more readable, and many a school-child began the fall term this year with a quaint new grammar full of verses, pictures and homely illustrations. Its title: "A Living Grammar." Its authors: Scientists agreed that thelishmen could not travel faster and live to tell about cause present rubber tire take just so much friction who had originally intermittently continue the contest as a weather permitted, blinding eyes, decided to call it on this year. Prague ambassadors were out tied to the state denied by modern overseas tel- lines they did not have the in- nence President Wilson's aid in 1914 in shaping their of action. In Washington, sent Secretary of State Messersmith arose daily at to receive their telephone and at Hull's elbow was bassador-at-Large Norman Davis, who knows how Euro- nick. HUNTING— JUAN, Puerto Rico—At Ortaleza, Governor Blanton's palace in San Juan, Ad- Arthur J. Hepburn last week with a retinue of officers over 300-acre Isla Grande over San Juan harbor, to see it would be useful as a sea naval and air base. Viral Hepburn's friendly to press and populace soon decided them that the base was used as built, at an estimated造价 of some $4,000,000; the final decision will be up U.S. navy's general board, secretary of the navy, andess. ing persuaded congress that bases are needed in the At- Caribbean and Pacific, the is inspecting all available Virgin Islands, the Florida texas coasts, etc.), next year ask for authority and money and its defense line. DY— W YORK — Twenty-six New City cloth merchants rubbed hands joyfully last month the city ordered $67,092 of woolen goods to be made inter coats for needy women children by WPA workers. City inspectors last week re- Year's Best Hat News!... The STETSON Special Hats Off to the VALUE that's making history in putting New Hats On!... a genuine all-Stetson hat... the world's finest hat... and we don't mean maybe!... we mean Stetson. $500 YUNGBLUTH' 145 WEST CENTER ST., ANAHEIM Anahim, Calif., Sept. 29, 1938 The FARMERS CORNER by RALPH H. TAYLOR Executive Secretary Agricultural Council of California California's twentieth century "gold rush," which has brought a stampede of more than 400,000 migrants to the state in less than four years—drawn by the lure of fatter relief payments, bigger pensions, or better promise of employment—has passed the peak and is definitely tapering off. That reassuring news comes from W. V. Allen, California supervisor of farm placement service for the United States department of labor. Allen, whose department has given splendid cooperation in seeking to stem the tide of indigents, advises that: "From current information received from the border check station inspectors, there seem to be a good many migrants leaving California at the present time and very few entering the state." That report—if the trend continues—is of vital importance to all California, but of even greater importance to rural California, for Allen's study of the dust bowl invasion also reveals that most of the migrants have settled in farming areas and have become a burden on farm taxpayers as well as as a contributing cause to farm labor difficulties. Indicative of the importance of the migrant problem to California agriculture, Allen makes this significant analysis: "Of the 90,740 out-of-state persons actually counted at the borders as entering the state of California in search of work during 1937, 78,332, or 86.3 per cent, were farm laborers and friends in the cast and mid-west and urging them to come to California, the "gold rush" of the desperate will again achieve dangerous proportions. What has caused the present over-supply of farm labor in California? Let Mr. Allen answer. "In large part," he says, "it is a national problem, aggravated by the national farm problem and the plight of the drought states. Then, too, the reduction in planted acreage of crops using migrant labor (California's cotton acreage, for example, was reduced from 612,000 acres in 1937 to 384,000 acres in 1938) has reduced the demand for farm workers in this state." Why do the homeless and desistitute all head for California? Again, let Mr. Allen answer: "As we know, a certain number of migrant workers always came here. And when conditions got bad in the middle-west, migrants, already here, wrote (and still do write) friends and relatives in the dust bowl, painting a glowing picture of the better living and housing conditions they found out here, of the higher farm wages—$3 in California compared with $1.05 in Arkansas and $1.35 in Oklahoma. When Cousin John, in California, writes Cousin Henry in Arkansas about this, Cousin Henry, with nothing to lose, is naturally tempted to head west." Other factors in drawing this type of person to California, of In last week's contest, 41-year-old Captain Eyston was the deading champion, 37-year-old John Cobb the challenger. Sitting the nose of his tear-shaped, front-and-rear-engined "Railton," Calleger Cobb streaked over the measured mile in a little over ten seconds, averaged 350 m. p h. (for north and south run), became the new king of speed. But for only 24 hours did King Cobb reign. Next morning, Captain Eyston took a second turn (he broke his own record only three weeks ago). With his 7-ton, 8-wheeled "Thunrbolt" revamped, tail fin removed, and square nose streamed, he regained his crown with speed of 357 m. p h., only 83 p. h. less than the fastest man is flown. At one point he reached 55 feet a second (the muzzle velocity of a high calibre revolver bullet is 700 feet a second). Scientists agreed that the Engshmen could not travel much faster and live to tell about it because present rubber tires can take just so much friction. Cobb, who had originally intended to continue the contest as long as leather permitted, blinked his eyes, decided to call it quits for this year. Indicative of the importance of the migrant problem to California agriculture, Allen makes this significant analysis: "Of the 90,740 out-of-state persons actually counted at the borders as entering the state of California in search of work during 1937, 78,332, or 88.3 per cent, were farm laborers migrating from the middle west drought states." And as further corroboration of the fact that most of the penniless wanderers have settled in rural counties, Rex Thompson, superintendent of charities for Los Angeles county, reports that 97 percent of all persons receiving indigent aid in Los Angeles have lived in California more than five years. Nor is the crisis past, even though migration to California has temporarily slackened. Allen emphasizes—and with good cause—that the present drop in migration has been achieved only as the result of a concerted drive by federal agencies, cooperating with California civic groups, to halt the flood of indigent. And he warns that if California's "new settlers," who have found sustenance here, do not stop writing to relatives friends and relatives in the dust bowl, painting a glowing picture of the better living and housing conditions they found out here, of the higher farm wages—$3 in California compared with $1.05 in Arkansas and $1.35 in Oklahoma. When Cousin John, in California, writes Cousin Henry in Arkansas about this, Cousin Henry, with nothing to lose, is naturally tempted to head west. Other factors in drawing this type of person to California, of course, are such things as California's liberal old age pensions—available after five years of California residence—and California's higher than average unemployment benefits. Most encouraging in Allen's report is the statement that the federal government is taking definite steps to anchor potential refugees in their home states. Thirty million dollars have been extended in recoverable loans and relief grants, for instance, to relieve farm owners, tenants and farm workers in Texas and Oklahoma. And these states, in the past few years, have furnished 55 per cent of all registrants in California's federal migrant labor camps. Most to be desired, says Allen, is a uniform scale of relief payments in the various states. And on that score, all students of the relief problem are in agreement. Keep BRIGHT EYES SHINING Don't Let Dim Light Harm Their Eyes. Give your children a modern study and reading lamp. See them at your electrical dealer's today. Look for the lamp with the special diffusing bowl under the shade. CORRECT LIGHT COSTS SO LITTLE Weak eyes are among the cruelest tragedies of childhood. A boy with weak eyes has a hard time holding his own with other boys, and a girl is at a social disadvantage. Safeguard your children's eyes by providing adequate light for reading and studying. 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