anaheim-gazette 1939-02-02

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. SENATOR JOHNSON ABSOLUTELY CORRECT Our senior senator in Washington, Hiram W. Johnson, is absolutely right when he demanded, yesterday, in Washington, that this nation's proposed foreign policy be discussed out in the open, where all America may see it. In the last few weeks, emissaries of at least one European power have been escorted by government officials through some of our great aeroplane manufacturing plants. Senator Tom Connally of Texas, a Democrat, took occasion to state that, so far as he was concerned, the United States should not be olithely engaged in selling American planes to some countries, and refusing to sell to others. The President, however, took the position that our aircraft concerns, in filling foreign contracts, would be gaining valuable experience, to be used later in building planes for our own defense. The matter rested there until this week when the President called together the members of the senate military affairs committee for discussion, and pledged them to secrecy. Senator Gerald Nye, on emerging from the meeting said he was pledged to secrecy, but found that course extremely difficult to follow when "there is so much to say, and so much need to to say it." The matter rested there until this week when the President called together the members of the senate military affairs committee for discussion, and pledged them to secrecy. Senator Gerald Nye, on emerging from the meeting said he was pledged to secrecy, but found that course extremely difficult to follow when "there is so much to say, and so much need to to say it." It was then that Senator Johnson, long-time ranking member of the Senate foreign affairs committee, called the turn. "If we are headed for war," said the Senator, "the people of our country have a right to know it." And so they have. Our country's foreign relations should be determined on a basis of merit. There can be no reason why politics, or sympathies for certain foreign countries, should play any part in determining our foreign policy. That policy must be determined only by the policy itself. And the people have a right to know what is taking place in respect to it. This country has progressed, in past, because of a very definite foreign policy. If, now, it is sought to alter it, "the people of our country have a right to know it." The forthright demand by Senator Johnson for candor and frankness should be immediately acceded to. If we're headed for war, let us hear about it. Maybe a demand from the people will head off such a catastrophe, if some of our leaders fail to do so. ORANGE COUNTY WEEKLY WATCHTOWER A Compilation of Observation and Comment by and for the Weekly Newspapers of the County: Huntington Beach News South Coast News Costa Mesa Globe La Habra Star Placentia Courier Newport Beach News Westminster Gazette Buena Park News Anahalm Gazette Tustin News Garden Grove News Yorba Linda Star Seal Beach Post Coastline Dispatch Broad Progress STILL MORE SPACE FOR WELFARE DEPARTMENT Ten years ago the county welfare department was an almost unknown and unseen thing. It occupied a couple of small rooms and there are few around the courthouse today who can tell where it was located. Within a short time the department will have taken over practically all of the first floor of the courthouse annex. Preparations are being made now to move several departments out of the way, so the welfare layout can expand still further. COUNTY FAIR BOARD BUT NO FAIR Some wonderment about the Thirty-Second agricultural district of Orange county, which got a little publicity a few weeks ago when a lot of new members were appointed to its board of directors, to fill up the total quota of eight. Curiosity is expressed as to whether this means a revival of the county fair. There has been talk enough other members finally gave in to pass a resolution. Commonest prediction—nothing will come of it. THE CAPITAL'S UNOFFicial SIDE Spectators are having their "I-told-you-so" inning. Weeks before congress convened when word first began to lead that the strategists were going wheel national defense into legislative spotlight, these officers began making predictions just why and what the deprogram would embrace. It will include, they speculated, about every pet project could, by the farthest stretch imagination, be pictured as a fence requirement. First to be dropped gently this classification was par WPA. Other lesser lights followed. Now, however, the liners say they have detected master stroke, to wit: revive two of the largest spending effects ever started, but which dropped after a flurry of charges and congressional reelection. One of the projects is the Ida ship canal, which would about $200,000,000. The offer an experiment to develop yr from the flow of the tides in samaquoddy Bay, Maine. The project called for an original penditure of about $37,000. About $7,000,000 was spent each project before they dropped. Congress sounded death knell by refusing to appoint further funds after neers had called the Pass quoddy project impractical. They are revived now. As of the national defense program and there is anything but emasiasm in army and navy crew. The military services would not see the money spent on new ties. Another power project; this already completed, is in a desituation, incidentally. It is which is finding it difficult to the jury last year are not elated again this year. The original list is made up the judges an dthe clerk. A many names get on by reeling one of the judges was heard muring that there were too women on the list, and won where the men are who ought be serving on the jury. COUNTY FAIR BOARD BUT NO FAIR Some wonderment about the Thirty-Second agricultural district of Orange county, which got a little publicity a few weeks ago when a lot of new members were appointed to its board of directors, to fill up the total quota of eight. Curiosity is expressed as to whether this means a revival of the county fair. There has been talk of it in recent years, since the race track gambling cut seemed to insure an income. The only function of the above mentioned board is to apply for and receive the state appropriation for county fairs. Some years back when Orange county had a fair it got this appropriation, although the fair itself was run by a different set of directors. When the local fair flopped, heavily in the red, the appropriation was turned over to Los Angeles county, and the Pomona fair became a tri-county event, Riverside county having the same experience and taking the same action as did Orange county. Lately Riverside pulled out, and a county fair is operated at Indio. There have been suggestions that Orange county do the same, but there is no actual movement in that direction as yet. Incidentally, Orange county still owns 100 acres of land south of Santa Ana, originally bought partly for county fair purposes, but which never has been used. TRIAL JUROR LIST MADE OUT FOR YEAR The list of trial jurors for the year 1939 was completed this week and published. These persons will be called for duty in superior court as needed. The list for the entire year is made up now and one-fourth of the names are drawn for service each three months. Persons who served on NEW GRAND JURY SOON READY FOR CALL With the 1938 grand jury being out of the way, preparation under way for the 1939 jury, year the grand jury will charge of Judge Scovel of Department Three. The job of supervising the grand jury is re-tending among the Judges. Last year Allen in Department Two panellied and gave the instruction the job of receiving the final port and discharging the jury falling to his successor, West. So far as learned there is intention of calling a new jury right away, but the things have been going in circles the last year or two that no telling when there will call. HOW MUCH IS "FURTHER" Slight curiosity over pro-Santa Ana chamber of commerce "to take further action" in matter of the board of superintendent hiring a county counsel. Charge members are voting on the question, but none seems to know what is meant by "further action." If the chamber means business will undoubtedly result in litigation, because there is no indication that the supervisors will be fluenced by moral suasion or subject. ANAHEIM GAZETTE News Item: Some Business Firms Must Fill Out as Many As 141.000 Government Reports Annually WASHINGTON SNAPSHOTS The capital's unofficial side-line stators are having their big old-you-so" inning... weeks before congress convened in word first began to leak out the strategists were going to isfy the comptroller general on a little matter of strawberries and cream. The comptroller says he hasn't been able to get an intelligent answer as to why it was necessary to spend some six mil- NEW YORK—Blonde, 19-year-old Dorothy Davis is probably the most beautiful corporation president in the world. Her firm is Love, Inc., of Manhattan. Her commodity is Love, a game. In effect, Love is parchesl with sex appeal. Players start single, win by pairing with a player of the opposite sex, moving up to the goal marked The Altar. Cards rather than dice determine moves. If a pair draw cards marked "Edward" and "Wallis," they move ahead fast; if they draw "Canterbury," they are "sent into exile." As a promotion stunt Miss Davis recently sent a box of Love to the Archbishop of Canterbury. This week, according to a columnist in London's "Daily Express," she got his answering letter. "It was a model of frigidity." BERLIN — Selling even better than lead soldiers in German toy shops last week was a nazified parchesi called "Juden Raus" (Out With the Jews). Advertised as an "entertaining, instructive and solidly constructed" game, its equipment is a pair of dice, a playing board covered with a map of Europe and Asia, a number of small figures patterned after odious Jewish caricatures. The players shake the dice in turn, move the Jews across the map by stages determined by the dice. The winner: first player to get all his Pow-Wow Will Held February Boy Scouts of County All Day Outing at H School in Placentia Five hundred scouts from Orange county council will at the Valencia high school Placentia, Saturday morning ruary 11, for an all count wow. In the morning starting until noon various scouting will be run off which will water boiling, flapjack or fire by friction, fire by fire steel, knot tying, first aid signaling. There will be awards for each event. In the afternoon under direction of Stewart N. W Orange and Coach Dick H Anaheim, track and field will be held. Also during ernoon various troops will challenge basketball games. Throughout the day an exhibition will be present William Carithers of Saran and a model camp will be play which is being presented the Placentia Troop No. 10 public is invited to attend pow wow and witness for selves the manner in which ange county is putting th ing" in Scouting. Heading the committee arrangements of the pow w Earl Denny, chairman of No. 100, Placentia; Cha Reed, scoutmaster Troop No. Placentia; Joe Severns, scout Troop 96, La Habra; Peabody, chairman of co WASHINGTON SNAPSHOTS The capital's unofficial side-line stators are having their big old-you-so" inning... weeks before congress convened on word first began to leak out the strategists were going to del national defense into the relative spotlight, these observ-began making predictions on why and what the defense program would embrace. It wouldude, they speculated, just every pet project that had, by the farthest stretch ofagination, be pictured as a dee-requirement. First to be dropped gently into the classification was part of A. Other lesser lights have been. Now, however, the siders say they have detected the latter stroke, to wit: revival of one of the largest spending proj-ever started, but which were hoped after a flurry of protests, wages and congressional revolt. One of the projects is the Flor- ship canal, which would cost at $200,000,000. The other is experiment to develop power in the flow of the tides in Pasquaoddy Bay, Maine. This project called for an original ex-fiditure of about $37,000,000. But $7,000,000 was spent on a project before they were copied. Congress sounded the knell by refusing to appro-ate further funds after engi-lies had called the Passama-ddy project impractical. They are revived now.as part of the national defense program there is anything but enthusiasm in army and navy circles. Military services would rather the money spent on necessi- another power project; this one ready completed, is in a delicateation, incidentally. It is TVA, such is finding it difficult to sat-jury last year are not eligible in this year. The original list is made up by judges an dthe clerk. A good day names get on by request of the judges was heard mur-ing that there were too many men on the list, and wondered are men are who ought to serving on the jury. Isfy the comptroller general on a little matter of strawberries and cream. The comptroller says he hasn't been able to get an intelli-gent answer as to why it was necessary to spend some six million dollars on strawberry patches, a freezing plant, a strawberry marketing boat, a dairy herd and other incidentals on the TVA pro-ject. While this tussle goes on, a three-sided scrap is on in another part of the capital city. Participants are the treasury and justice departments and the intelligence corps of the army and navy. The bone of contention is the business of rounding up spies. The department of justice and the treasury secret service branch are at odds over which should conduct spy trials and thus get the public's nod of approval and all the glory that goes with it. Jealousy has existed ever since the department of justice began publicizing its activities, in contrast to the silence of treasury secret service agents. On the other hand, the intelligence corps operatives would like to see all the fanfare of publicity that has marked recent spy trials stopped. It believes publicity hinders their work of trailing down spies. They contend the spies recently tried were "small fry" and that the publicity has caused the "big shots" to go into hiding until the "heat is off." The city fathers in the national capital (the District of Columbia commissioners) are learning a lesson that the rest of the nation already knows. They say they would be a lot happier these days if they just had a good big industry in Washington—an industry that is, other than politics. Industrial plants have been discouraged-by law—from the district. In the first place industries could not meet stringent zoning limitations. In the second place, the smoke of industrial furnaces would dirty the white marble of government buildings. Now, however, the district commissioners are struggling with a budget problem. Adding to the troubles are their very limited tax shops last week was a named parchese called "Juden Raus" (Out With the Jews). Advertised as an "entertaining, instructive and solidly constructed" game, its equipment is a pair of dice, a playing board covered with a map of Europe and Asia, a number of small figures patterned after odious Jewish caricatures. The players shake the dice in turn, move the Jews across the map by stages determined by the dice. The winner: first player to get all his Jews out of Germany and into Palestine. SUITS AND SPROUTS— BERLIN—Favorite subject of many jokes which circulate sur-repititiously in Germany are "ersatz" (substitute) materials which nazis have developed to take the place of imported raw materials. Many a German enjoyed a quiet chuckle last week when he found in his mailbox a fake bill from an industrious gagster who "demanded" payment for a suit of clothes made of wood fabric instead of wool. The bill read: From Woodman & Co., 205 Forest Avenue: To Theophilus Breet. Sult material chopped down—50 marks. Branches trimmed off —10 marks. Jacket sawed and nailed—35 marks. Lapels screwed on and hinged—25 marks. Buttonholes bored—10 marks. Pockets chiseled out—10 marks. Reforestation —10c extra. If the suit sprouts in spring please cut off shoots and keep them for patches. ADVERTISEMENT— NEW YORK—Fortnight ago SEC Chairman William C. Douglas made a speech urging U.S. corporations to hire professional directors. Last week this advertisement appeared in the New York "Times". Professional Director Available. Will go on board of few selected companies. Eminently qualified. Highest references. Board corporate, financial, technical and eco-a large portion of the land in the district and the other property owners are already carrying a tax burden). So, said the commissioners last week, as they adopted a sales tax plan: "If we just had a good big industry here, giving jobs to a lot of people whose salaries were not exempt from taxes." Do You Operate Under a FICTITIOUS FIRM NAME? If so, have you compiled with the requirements of Section 2466 of the Civil Code, which says: "Every person and every partnership transacting business... under a fictitious firm name must file... a certificate stating the name in full and the place of residence of such person and the members of such partnership." Such certificate must be published once a week for four consecutive weeks. If you have neglected this procedure, do you realize that the name of your firm is not protected, and that you are not entitled to maintain suits for collection, or other purposes in the courts of the State of California. Take care of this important matter NOW by having the Anaheim Gazette publish the certificate. Call 2414 at once for further information and necessary forms. Pow-Wow Will Be Held February 11 Boys Scouts of County Plan All Day Outing at High School in Placentia Five hundred scouts from the orange county council will meet at the Valencia high school in Placentia, Saturday morning, February 11, for an all county pow wow. In the morning starting at 9:00 mill noon various scouting events will be run off which will include water boiling, flapjack cooking, fire by friction, fire by flint and steel, knot tying, first aid and signaling. There will be four awards for each event. In the afternoon under the direction of Stewart N. White of Orange and Coach Dick Ryan of Anaheim, track and field events will be held. Also during the afternoon various troops will play challenge basketball games. Throughout the day an archery exhibition will be presented by William Carithers of Santa Ana and a model camp will be on display which is being presented by the Placentia Troop No. 100. The public is invited to attend this pow wow and witness for themselves the manner in which Orange county is putting the "outage" in Scouting. Heading the committee for the arrangements of the pow wow are Karl Denny, chairman of Troop No. 100, Placentia; Charles B. Seed, scoutmaster Troop No. 100, Placentia; Joe Severns, scoutmaster Troop 96, La Habra; Harold Weabody, chairman of committee Children Menaced by Law Violators Motorists are daily violating the law and creating a hazard to children through an erroneous impression they are not required to bring their vehicles to a complete stop when a school bus is discharging passengers, E. Raymond Cato, chief of the California highway patrol, warned today. "The law reads that when a motorist meets a school bus letting off children, he or she must bring his vehicle to a complete stop, whether or not the bus is on the opposite side of the street," Chief Cato said. "Then, if no children are crossing the highway, it is legal to proceed at a speed not greater than 10 miles an hour." "The reason for this legal requirement is that children may leave the bus on the opposite side of the road, and, unthinking, run to the other side with a result that a hazard is created. "It is always better to exceed the requirements of the law even if a motorist does lose a few seconds than to question its logic, proceed, and perhaps snuff out a life. “If motorists will cooperate with us, I am sure we will be able to materially reduce injuries or fatalities to school children this year. In any event, drivers should exercise the greatest caution in traffic involving the safety of little ones.” Many Dropped from College NYA Rolls Striving to maintain high scholastic ratings amcng those em- Many Dropped from College NYA Rolls Striving to maintain high scholastic ratings among those employed on the national youth administration, Santa Ana junior college officials this week dismissed 40 students from the jaysee rolls because of grade deficiencies. This was the announcement made today by Dean of Men Calvin C. Flint, who is jaysee administrator of NYA. There was a total of 106 employed on the NYA the past semester, Flint said. "It is our aim to require all students on NYA to maintain a sufficiently high scholastic average to be eligible for NYA," the director revealed. "If students make up deficiencies, they will be reassigned on March 27," the ad-form a vaudeville team. Said she: "With my act and his publicity we could bring back vaudeville." 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