anaheim-gazette 1942-01-08

Presidential War Challenge Meet Motorist Classifications Eligible Classes Allowed New Tires Posted With appointment of Herb Kishmer as tire inspector in effect today, Anaheim Tire Rationing board was prepared to take charge of allocation of new tires locally, and posted classifications under which application for new tires may be made by local motorists. Motorists were asked that unless they come under one of the listed classifications, not to petition for new tires, tubes, or casings. Information on the allocation arrangements of the board may be had by calling Miss Beatrice Miller, clerk, at Anaheim 3414. No certificates shall be issued unless the applicant certifies that tire, casing, or tube for which application is made is to be mounted. PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS 1. On a vehicle operated by a physician, surgeon, visiting nurse, or a veterinary, used principally for professional services. 2. On an ambulance. 3. On a vehicle used exclusively for one or more of the following purposes: fire-fighting service, public police service, to enforce and protect public health and safety, garbage disposal and sanitation service, mail service. Dean of Theatre Dies In New York Death of Otis Skinner, famous sage actor known as dean of American theatre, in New York on Sunday at the age of 83, recalled to old time residents here the days when the great tragedienne, Madame Modjeska, was at the height of her career. Between her theatrical tours, Mojeska and her husband, Count Bozenta, spent the time at Arden, their home in Santiago mountains and there entertained other famous actors, among them Otis Skinner and Maud Durbin, who afterward became his wfe. Miss Durbin, a beautiful and talented actress, was a favorite and Horse Coming Back For Registration Yes, the horse is coming back. Registration of all horses and mules between the ages of three and 10 inclusive in the State of California is desired today by the Western Remount area of the War Department at San Mateo. Experience of the present war, according to the Army, shows the horse and mule are still essential for a variety of uses in modern armies. Germany has thus far employed something like a million mounts, Japan has used large numbers in China, and Russia is currently winning large scale successes with mounted units. Profiting by this experience, the War Department requests PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS 1. On a vehicle operated by a physician, surgeon, visiting nurse, or a veterinary, used principally for professional services. 2. On an ambulance. 3. On a vehicle used exclusively for one or more of the following purposes: fire-fighting service, public police service, to enforce and protect public health and safety, garbage disposal and sanitation service, mail service. PUBLIC CARRIERS 4. On vehicles with capacities of 10 or more passengers operated exclusively for transportation of passengers as part of service rendered by a regular public trans- (Continued on Page 2) Tomato Growers, Canners Awaiting Contract Advice From Washington Awaiting official word from Washington, D. C., on the subject of price differentials which may apply to different can sizes and California Defense board of the US Department of Agriculture today held calling a statewide meeting of growers and canners to determine fair minimum prices to be paid to growers for the 1942 season until the information could be received. This was announced today by Dave Davidson, chairman, who said the contingency of curtailed supplies of tin in another problem which may affect the ability of canners to operate on a capacity basis in 1942. Only by the most efficient operation, he said, will it be possible to achieve the 25 per cent increase in canned tomato pack called for in the 1942 national goal of 40,000,000 cases. ANNOUNCEMENT The preliminary announcement of the Department of Agriculture said that 1942 contract prices to growers at least $5.00 per ton above average prices paid in 1940 in the case of tomatoes, and at least $17.50 per ton above 1940 prices in the case of peas, would be the basis upon which the Department would guarantee a minimum price to canners in its purchases unde the "Food for Freedom" program. The base prices announced were 95 cents per dozen No. 2 cans of U. S. Grade “C” tomatoes, and $1.10 per dozen No. 2 cans, Alaska or sweets, U. S. Grade “C” peas. Local District Enlistments Surpass Nation for Marines and Sailors There will be no shortage of Marines in service representing this area according to the 11th Naval district as figures posted today show 756 men enlisted during December to lead the nation in enrollments for this branch of the service, as well as for the US Navy. Over 2800 men from this Naval district joined the Navy ing in the Naval Reserve would be assigned to active duty at sea along with other members of the service, and sought to correct the erroneous impression that enlistments in the Reserves would not be given the same duties as the regular Navy. Strict enforcement was also placed by the department on reg- Priority Placed On Chlorine, Burlap Priority bans on all chlorine, al burlap, and all materials to develop new oil and gas wells were added to current restrictions on tires and automobiles this week by the OPM. All chlorine produced in the US is to be subject to direct allocation after Feb. 1 in accordance with OPM order which may effect the City of Anaheim's use of the product in the municipal water works and plunge after current contracts expire, if not before. OPM ORDER Under OPM order all burlap will be allocated for the duration most of it going for defense purposes, such as sand bagging and camoflage. Fire Damages Valencia Hotel A fire caused by a lighted cigarette was reported to the fire department by Valencia hotel officials early Tuesday morning when the smoke and blaze destroyed the furnishings in two rooms or the second floor in the local hotel. The blaze began at 1:30 a.m. and was extinguished by 2 a.m. it was reported. One of the occupants of the room had evidently experienced war, according to the Army, shows the horse and mule are still essential for a variety of uses in modern armies. Germany has thus far employed something like a million mounts, Japan has used large numbers in China, and Russia is currently winning large scale successes with mounted units. Profiting by this experience, the War Department requests every horse and mule owner to forward to his county agent by Jan. 10, the following information on each horse or mule he owns: Age, sex, color, whether riding or draft type, whether broken or unbroken, and whether or not necessary for owner's own use. Nation for Marines and Sailors There will be no shortage of Marines in service representing this area according to the 11th Naval district as figures posted today show 756 men enlisted during December to lead the nation in enrollments for this branch of the service, as well as for the US Navy. Over 2800 men from this Naval district joined the Navy last month. The Marine record is said to be the greatest wave of enlistment since World War I and has been marked by the re-enlistment of former members of the service, inspired, it is believed, by the "devil dogs'" heroic defense of Wake Island. NAVAL RESERVE Meanwhile the Navy department emphasized that men enlisting in the Naval Reserve would be assigned to active duty at sea along with other members of the service, and sought to correct the erroneous impression that enlistments in the Reserves would not be given the same duties as the regular Navy. Strict enforcement was also placed by the department on regulations government movement of small craft from the district shoreline which includes Orange county. SIX PORTS Vessels of 100 feet in length will be permitted to enter and depart only from six designated ports under license from captain of the port. The only legal port of ingress and egress in the county is Newport. “This War’s A Home Front Fight!” Says Navy In Cautioning Civilians Emphasizing that this war is just as much a home front fight as it is on the firing line and stressing the fact that carelessness in speech on the part of civilians is particularly dangerous whether it is in public, in telephone conversations or over the radio, the Navy department today listed the following precautionary measures: 1. Don't discuss movements or concentration of our Navy or merchant ships. 2. Don't discuss new military techniques or weapons. 3. Don't discuss defense plant production capacities. 4. Don't discuss movements or concentrations of personnel of military and naval forces. 5. Don't discuss Naval shore construction projects. 6. Don't discuss reports of damage to ships, Navy property or Navy material until it has been officially announced by the Navy. 7. Don't discuss casualties of the Navy or Marine corps unless officially announced by the Navy or Marine corps. There is a Federal Espionage act which carries a max-(Continued on Page 2) A fire caused by a lighted cigarette was reported to the fire department by Valencia hotel officials early Tuesday morning where the smoke and blaze destroyed the furnishings in two rooms on the second floor in the local hotel. The blaze began at 1:30 a.m. and was extinguished by 2 a.m. It was reported. One of the occupants of the room had evidently gone to sleep in bed with a lighted cigarette and the bed clothes were caught on fire. No damage was caused other than the furnishings of the two rooms. Building Starts On Scout Home The first Boy Scout clubhouse to be built in Anaheim is in its second week of construction on a three-city lot site on the north side of Chartres st., between Lemont and Los Angeles sts. Nicholas South is the contractor and the estimated total cost is set at $2825. The clubhouse will be 30 by 60 feet and will contain one large assembly room, an equipment room and rest-rooms. The main hall will contain a large fireplace. The planning committee, headed by Tex Middleton, has announced that $1100 of the total has already been raised by popular subscription and the remaining amount will be collected by the usual Boy Scout subscriptions. Other members of the planning committee are William P. Webb, Carleton Starr and Ronald Brandon. ANGE Met Here With Sales Campaign On Eligible For New Tires Listed By Local B AHEIM GAZET THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ORANGE COUNTY — NOW IN ITS 72nd YEAR AHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942 The Coming Back Registration the horse is coming Registration of all horses mules between the ages three and 10 inclusive in state of California is detoday by the Western ount area of the War Decent at San Mateo. Experience of the present according to the Army, the horse and mule are essential for a variety of in modern armies. Gerhas thus far employed thing like a million s, Japan has used large ers in China, and Russia currently winning large successes with mounted Local Guardsmen To March Tonight Parading before local citizens, Anaheim's Company K, of the State Guard, under Lieut Ewald M. Lemcke are scheduled to march from the high school tonight at 7 p.m. The line of march will take the company from the high school east on Center st., to Los Angeles st., south on Broadway, west on Citron st., and back to the point of origin. Following the parade, members of the company go to Henry's barbeque for a Guard dinner. Red Cross Drive Here Tong County Red Cross Drive Here Tops County Leading all county chapters in the current war chest drive, Anaheim branch of the American Red Cross today reported the collection of nearly $3,400 out of a quota of $5,000. The Orange chapter was reported in second place with $2,600 toward a $3,500 goal. The budget for the entire county was placed at $42,500 by the national offices of the Red Cross, it was stated. Death Takes Heavy Toll This Week As Five Anaheim Residents Succumb Five Anaheim residents were taken by death this week, to sadden the city, in addition to news received here of the death of the wife of a former local druggist, passing of Secretary Harry May of the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce, and funeral services held here for a Los Angeles man. THOMAS E. WILSON With the Rev. Stanley Frederick George of Anaheim Presbyterian church officiating, last rites for Thomas E. Wilson, local citrus rancher, were conducted Tuesday at Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars mortuary. Wilson passed away following illness at his home Sunday at the age of 54 years. He had been a resident of Anaheim 19 years; of California for 24 years. Born in Kiowa, Kansas, he is survived by his widow, Lena; two sons, Robert L., Whittier, and Jack W., Anaheim; two daughters, Dorothy and Jean of Anaheim; two sisters, Mrs. F. M. Koehler, Long Beach, and Mrs. J. B. Patterson, Escondido; and two brothers, H. K. Wilson and A. T. Wilson of Anaheim. JOHN W. MOREHOUSE Early Monday morning illness claimed John W. Morehouse, 63, at his home in Los Angeles. Funeral arrangements are being made by Hilgenfeld mortuary here. He had resided in California for 20 years and is survived by his widow, Elizabeth; three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Farrar and Miss Nell Morehouse, Stockton, and Mrs. Alice Eddy of Los Angeles; and one brother, George W. of Callau, Utah. HARRY P. SHOEBRIDGE Death called suddenly Sunday for Harry P. Shoebridge, Anaheim citrus rancher and resident here for 30 years, who died at Anaheim Lutheran hospital following brief illness. (Continued on Page 2) Unprecedented Demands On US Power May Mean Rationing of Electricity Local Post Office Receipts Increase A total of $3,427.27 is the Unprecedented Demands On US Power May Mean Rationing of Electricity Faced with new and unprecedented demands on its production capacity today, the US needs electric power, and lots of it, to produce equipment for war against the Axis. The result may be the eventual rationing of power, particularly in vital defense areas such as the Pacific coast, according to the Office of Emergency Management. There is not enough power according to the OEM, and to make matters worse, it happens that some of the materials we are converting, like aluminum and magnesium, are the very things whose production eats up power at an enormous rate. POWER SHORTAGE Lieut. Sam J. LoPorto of Anaheim Attends Detroit Mechanic’s School Among the 1,000 commissioned officers from Army posts throughout the county who have attended the U.S. Quartermaster Motor Transport school conducted by General Motors in Detroit is Lt. Sam J. LoPorto of Anaheim, according to a dispatch from the company today. Under the general supervision of the company, the Army school offers intensive courses in servicing and maintaining Army trucks. Officers taking the course return to their own posts from Fort Wayne, where they are quartered in Detroit, to instruct their own personnel in the important task of "keeping 'em rolling" for Uncle Sam. Local Post Office Receipts Increase A total of $3,427.27 is the amount in receipts reported this week, the Anaheim post office in over the preceding year. Receipts in 1941 amounted to $65,270.82 as compared to the 40 total of $61,843.55. Contrast the month of December in each of the two years, 1941 receipts were $9,615.42 and 1940 receipts were $9,220.38, showing a gain of $04. May Still Remit For Health Seals Reminding Anaheim residents that there is still time to send remittances for Christmas received Nov. 24, approximately 10,000 post cards were mailed day by the County Tuberculosis and Health association. "It would be grand if every sent the small sum as soon as received the seals in November. Treasurer A. J. Cruickshank of organization, said today, "but so, we are happy to say that returns which come in January we send these reminders very welcome and will aid meeting the goal set." REIGN On Defense Bonds, Stamps Local Rubber Rationing Board ZETTE 2nd YEAR JANUARY 8, 1942 Number 12 US Obligations Given For Change Meeting the Presidential challenge of the "heavy price for freedom" outlined this week in the $56,000,000,000 war program for the nation's next fiscal year, local businessmen, bankers, and all establishments offering US Defense Bonds and Savings stamps for sale here today backed an extensive sales campaign aimed at helping Anaheim do its part in the war effort through the purchase of the government obligations. STAMPS FOR CHANGE Plans underway today included the offering by local merchants of Defense Savings Stamps to customers in place of change for their purchases. Such a movement, which it is hoped will be adopted by every merchant in the city, encourages customers to take Defense stamps — direct, interest-bearing obligations on the US government — when they have change coming on making a purchase. Some local merchants have al- Here Are the Facts In A Nutshell About Your Federal Income Tax Mar. 16, 1942, a red-letter or a black-letter day as you would have it, but the date on which millions of persons in the US are Free advice on filling out Federal Income Tax blanks will be available, it was learned today, from a Federal Tax collector to be stationed at Anaheim City hall from Feb. 24 to Mar. 16. His offices will be in the council chamber. required to file their Federal income tax returns for the calendar year 1941. The facts in a nutshell about your Federal income tax are these: Every single person having a gross income of $750.00 or more; every married person, not living with husband or wife, and having a gross income of $750.00 or more; and married persons living with husband or wife, who have an aggregate gross income of $1,-500 or more MUST FILE A RETURN. Returns must be filed for the calendar year 1941, on or before Mar. 16, 1942. For the fiscal year, on or before the 15th day of the third month following the close of the fiscal year. Income tax returns must be filed in the internal revenue district in which the person lives or has his chief place of business, and with the collector of internal revenue for that district. Each individual should make out his income tax return by following detailed instructions given on all income tax blanks. The current income tax rate is a normal tax of four per cent on the amount of the net income in excess of the allowable credits against net (Continued on Page 2) LOCAL POST OFFICE REceipts Increase total of $3,427.27 is the gain receipts reported this week by Anaheim post office in 1941 after the preceding year. receipts in 1941 amounted to $70.82 as compared to the 1940 total of $61,843.55. Contrasting month of December in each of two years, 1941 receipts were $55.42 and 1940 receipts were $20.38, showing a gain of $395.- DAY STILL REMIT FOR HEALTH SEals Reminding Anaheim residents that there is still time to send inittances for Christmas seals received Nov. 24, approximately 100 post cards were mailed to by the County Tuberculosis Health association. It would be grand if everybody in the small sum as soon as they received the seals in November," Insurer A. J. Cruickshank of the organization, said today, "but even we are happy to say that late terms which come in January allow us send these reminders are welcome and will aid in meeting the goal set." THE NEWS IN BRIEF Last Minute Summary of Events RATION CARS Until priority rationing can be established here Anaheim police department today had a government order prohibiting the sale of new cars and new light trucks. CHECK CHARGES Arrested in Anaheim, Clifford B. Warner and J. W. Donaldson are in the county jail today awaiting hearing on fraudulent check charges before City Judge Frank Tausch's court, Jan. 10. PLANNING MEET Charles Bennett, director of City Planning for Los Angeles, will discuss "Planning During the War" at the meeting of the Planning Council of Orange County at Daniger's Cafe, 213 N. Broadway in Santa Ana, at 6:30 p.m. next Wednesday. CALIFORNIA COWBOY Smoky Snyder, Buena Park cowboy, has been awarded second place in the National Steer Riding competition for 1941, according to advice today from the Rodeo Association of America, and is to receive a cash award of $125 following the national convention of the association, Colorado Springs, Colorado, today, tomorrow and Saturday. OFFICE OF PRESIDENT Louis Kroeger, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kroeger, formerly of Anaheim, who resigned his government position in Sacramento recently was reported today to be engaged on the staff of the President, Washington, D.C. FULLERTON ENSIGN SAFE Ensign Bill Bentley, Fullerton, was reported today by his friend and companion, Ensign Dick Melrose of Anaheim, to have returned safely to Pearl Harbor on the aircraft carrier Lexington, reportedly sunk by the Japanese during the early days of the war. DRAFT REGISTRATION Definite confirming instructions were expected momentarily today by the Anaheim Draft board, enabling them to proceed with plans for registrar of manpower not already signed up between the ages of 20 and 44. Though it has not been definitely established here, registration is expected to be held Feb. 16. STORE LICENSES City Treasurer's office advised today that store licenses here become delinquent Jan. 10 after which date a penalty of 10 per cent will be assessed. OMB Is To Buy One! Convert Yours Today!