anaheim-gazette 1942-03-12

The Inside By the Outsider FIRE AWAY A little knowledge is a dangerous thing? Nope., it's being totally dumb that deadly. The process of informing the general public here in Anaheim on how to combat incendiary or fire bombs proves it. For with a very small amount of instruction, and the simple, but proper tools, most anyone can successfully cope with the fire builders. And before the current series of instructive demonstrations and lectures, and it is hoped, educational motion pictures, is completed, everyone here should have proper knowledge...and in plenty of time, we hope: Fire bombs were highly successful against the British at the start of the war. German planes zoomed over, sowing from 1,500 to 2,000 of them at a crack in broadcast fashion. They had an understanding with the law of averages that from 10 to 15 per cent of the bombs would find vulnerable marks and set fire thereto. Britains stood by, tore their hair and some of them probably cried, until they found that their tears were most enough to quench the bombs. Since then they have been taken care of quite satisfactorily. Midgets of the bomb family for the most part, incendiaries weigh only a matter of around two and one-half pounds and their bark is louder than their bite. The bark being an ingenious invention of Hitler and company which con- VOLUME LXXII More Volunteer Guardsmen Needed For Local Command Lieut. Ewald Lemcke, commander of Anaheim's company of the California State Guard, today issued an appeal for volunteers to fill the ranks of the local command, diminished by the Army draft and volunteers for military service. Men are much needed, according to Lieut Lemcke, for active duty at one of the State Guard camps, where they will be trained for action within Southern California in case the threatened enemy attack or invasion actually occurs. Applicants, however, may specify whether they desire active or reserve classification. The call is particularly directed to men of draft age, namely from 18 to 45, as service with the State Guard, while not affecting draft status, does provide excellent preliminary army training. The local company drills each Tuesday evening from 8 until 10:30 p.m., and applications will be accepted from 3 until 6 p.m. any afternoon at the office of the Anaheim Union high school gymnasium. Blood Bank Calls Country Cooperates; City Drive Lags Outlying Anaheim districts are cooperating magnificently while action within the city is at a minimum on the current drive to create emergency Red Cross clothing and equipment cabinets to be used in case of disaster, according to headquarters here. Lists of articles, including clothing, bedding, towels, etc., all urgently needed for loan or cutright donation, may be secured by calling the Anaheim Red Cross headquarters, Anaheim 2065 at 120 West Center. hair and some of them probably cried, until they found that their tears were most enough to quench the bombs. Since then they have been taken care of quite satisfactorily. Midgets of the bomb family for the most part, incendiaries weigh only a matter of around two and one-half pounds and their bark is louder than their bite. The bark being an ingenious invention of Hitler and company which consists of adding a set of tail fins to each missle which not only serves as a stabilizer in the air, but emits a piercing scream as they plunge earthward. The scream, experts say, is like unto a 2,000 pound demolition bomb. It serves to frighten victims and also keeps them away from the point of impact by fooling them into believing it is a ton of high explosive with a delayed action fuse, waiting to go off. This ruse kept bomb squads away from the scene in England until the tiny fire bomb had an opportunity to start the intended blaze—it did until they caught on. Verilly, if these ingenious enemies truly wanted a piercing scream to frighten their victims, they might hook Herr Adolph into a bomb rack by the seat of his pants and plunk him into our backyard close to the garbage pail, if you please! A LONG WALK A pressing problem ever since Southland defense plants along the coast began dealing in big numbers has been that of getting employees to their jobs. And reverberations felt as far inland as Anaheim, where an estimated legion of defense workers are at present living, has produced one solution for those who must drive to work. The Automobile Club of Southern California, with offices in Anaheim at 501 North Los Angeles, has announced that they will serve as a headquarters for anyone wishing to pool their transportation with other workers employed in war and industrial plants nearby. Their service is free and they have installed a bulletin board listing the employees residing here who have or wish transportation to and from work. Many workers have already found out that one set of tires will carry from four to a half status, does provide excellent preliminary army training. The local company drills each Tuesday evening from 8 until 10:30 p.m., and applications will be accepted from 3 until 6 p.m. any afternoon at the office of the Anaheim Union high school gymnasium. Blood Bank Calls For Donations Calling for the first blood donations from citizen volunteers, the Orange county board of supervisors and the Civilian Defense committee today announced that the blood and plasma bank at the Orange County General hospital is waiting to be filled for storage and use in event of war emergency in the county. According to the hospital staff, adults between the ages of 21 and 35 make the best donors, but older men and women may be used. In the case of donors under 21, a written consent of parent or guardian must be suppled. Men are preferred but women may also respond to the request. It is essential that no food must have been eaten up to four hours before appointment for blood donation which appointment may be made by calling the Orange County hospital, Santa Ana, 325 or 326 or Orange 89 or 90 at any time during the working day and asking for the Blood Bank laboratory. For the present, all appointments will be made for Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Son of Pioneer Buried Here Resting in Anaheim cemetery today following interment Saturday, attended by members of his family and a number of pioneer Mother Colony residents, George Bauer, son of an Anaheim shop maker of long ago died last Thursday in a San Benardino hospital he was 73 years of age at the time of his death. Well known here as the elder child of the late George Bauer Sr., a pioneer of this city and the operator of a shoe repair shop West Center street for many years, the deceased was living with his brother, Charles at Alta Loma before he was taken to the hospital last Thursday. Funeral services were conducted from Ontario mortuary. Survivors in addition to his brother, Charles Bauer, are two sisters, Mrs. Mena Curtis, Lois Beach; Mrs. Anna Russell, Berkley, a number of nieces and nephews. Five Applications Filed For Election; M. W. Martenet, Jr. Petition Received Applications of five candidates for the municipal election April 14 to select three city councilmen had been filed with City Clerk Charles Griffith today before the approaching filing deadline, at noon on Saturday. The application of M. W. Martenet, Jr., whose petition was circulated this week by J. B. Coykendall, was the last one to BULLETIN Leo J. Sheridan, present city councilman, announced M. W. Martenet, Jr. Petition Received Applications of five candidates for the municipal election April 14 to select three city councilmen had been filed with City Clerk Charles Griffith today before the approaching filing deadline, at noon on Saturday. The application of M. W. Martenet, Jr., whose petition was circulated this week by J. B. Coykendall, was the last one to BULLETIN Leo J. Sheridan, present city councilman, announced today that he will file for re-election before Saturday's deadline, to bring to six, the number of candidates seeking the three positions in the municipal election, April 14. Anaheim Draft Board Registrants Await Order Numbers; Serials Given Over 2,000 draft registrants under the jurisdiction of the Anaheim Local board had been assigned serial numbers with lists recorded and ready for posting at the City hall, probably today. National draft lottery in Washington, D. C., is scheduled for Tuesday, at which time order numbers will be given men signed up here in the third national registration held last month. EXPLAINING PROCESS In explaining the process by which local registrants will be called for duty, but little information can be obtained by men here from learning their serial numbers assigned by the local board, it was stated. The reason for this is found by examining the process used in the last national lottery. The lottery wheel in Washington, D. C., contained capsules bearing consecutive numbers from one to 9,000, the 9,000 representing the district area in the United States with the greatest registration, whose name already assigned serial numbers from one to 9,000. ONE AT A TIME The numbers were drawn from the wheel one at a time so when any number was drawn, corresponding number in draft board district in the nation was placed on the call list given order numbers one, two, three, etc. For this reason, draft board with less than 9,000 registrants signed order numbers only figures below their total had been drawn. And for this reason, the one number list for the Anaheim board cannot be clearly ascerted until all the drawing is completed and postings are made the local board following week's lottery. AHEIM GAZETE THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ORANGE COUNTY — NOW IN ITS 72nd YEAR ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MAY Guardsmen Command Entry Cooperates; Drive Lags Income Tax Monday; St. Patrick’s Tues.; Seems Cinch They’ll Be Fighting Dollars By JOE JASON Yeah, Monday’s the day they take it away, After you and I have earned it. Monday’s the day for the government to say: “Whathaveyudonewithit, burned it?” It’s also the day for the American way, Yeah, mister, your income taxes, And if shivvers they bring, when you have to pay, Just think what they’ll do to the Axis! Midnight, Monday, is the deadline for filing your 1941 Federal income taxes, and one minute later it’ll be St. Patrick’s day, which should make fighting dollars out of your income tax dollars if the spirit of the Irish is anything near what its cracked up to be. According to Nat Rogan,, collector of internal revenue for Southern California, the Anaheim office for the department in the City hall in charge of Income Tax Examiner A. L. Miller, swamped for the past two weeks by local taxpayers, will remain open from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. the rest of this week, including Saturday, and on Monday until 10 p.m. for the benefit of late comers. The idea, according to the government, however, is that even though the hour is late, get them in as early as possible. Taxes may be paid in full, semi-annually or in quarterly installments, but at least 25 percent of the tax must be paid on or before March 16. “大 Top” Comes To Anaheim Again After Nearly 10 Years Absence "Big Top” Comes To Anaheim Again After Nearly 10 Years Absence For the first time in nearly 10 years, Anaheim “kids” between two and 90 were promised the thrill of a lifetime. A circus is coming to town! According to Justus Edwards, general representative and advance agent for Russell Brothers Greater American circus, the show will pitch its "big top" for a one day stand on property between Patt and Olive streets, just north of La Palma, on or about April 14. OBTAINED PERMITS Negotiations and permits for the showing were obtained from the city yesterday. The Russell Brothers circus is the third largest in the business, and will come to Anaheim as a completely motorized unit, after breaking from winter quarters in Los Angeles. BIG TOP General offices and permanent headquarters for the Russell "big top" are in Rolla, Missouri. 100 Citizens See Fire Bomb Display; Special Air Warden Meeting Tonight BULLETIN A special meeting of all city air raid wardens was called for tonight at 8 o'clock at St. Boniface hall by M. W. Martenet, Jr. Meeting last night at the Legion hall a Civilian Defense meeting at which those in attendance heard a lecture on demolition bombs by M. A. Stephenson of the Police department, and a talk on First Aid by Marion Pickel was poorly attended by only part of the members of the Auxiliary Police and Air Raid Wardens. Another meeting will also be held next Wednesday evening. About 100 Anaheim onlookers braved yesterday afternoon’s chill wind and threats of rain to witness a public Civilian Defense demonstration in the art of handling incendiary bombs under Fire Chief Rudolph Nyboe at the Anaheim City park. Chief Nyboe said today that feature demonstrations would be held in the City Park's ampitheatre, but gave no definite date inasmuch as successful lectures on the subject depend greatly upon fair weather. MORE PLANNED More demonstrations will be planned, he said, as soon as the weather clears. A new air warning whistle installed this week at the intersection of Center and Lincoln avenue, stood in readiness Wednesday morning as the city underwent an air raid alert period issued by the Western Defense command. The alert here lasted from 6:04 a.m. until 7:01 a.m. when the white "all clear" was sent over the wire without the issuance of an air raid warning. NEW WHISTLE The new whistle of the type already installed here, brings the total, ready for operation, to four, one in the north, east, south, and west sections of the city. Traffic Question Will Be Answered Questions confronting me in every-day traffic—the p that offer no ready answer all included in the answers given out by Morris Kay, license examiner, when he his driving school here, un auspices of the Anaheim council, scheduled to start Anaheim Union high school day, April 6. Aliens Reported To Be Plowing Crops Un Aliens 'Reported To Be Plowing Crops Under As Officials Deliberate Their Evacuation Officials from half dozen their heads together, closeted with the War department today, with hoped-for results from the conference being the successful, speedy, and least-painful evacuation of all aliens from the newly created Pacific coast war zone. Facts were plainly before the officials, in accordance with a recent proclamation, that all aliens must go upon demand from the War department. Where they are to be sent is expected to be the 5,800 acres of land in Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, just acquired as a military reservation by the government, or another that will possibly be acquired between Parker dam and Blythe, on the Colorado river. FOOD-FOR-FREEDOM Today, however, it was how they were to be transposed with the least possible disruption to the Food - For - Freedom campaign, which calls for increased foodstuffs from all branches of agriculture and with the least possible hardship in the light of current reports that bewildered Japanese are plowing under their crops in the fear that their efforts will go unrewarded. Consolation for the avacuees first came from Lieut. Gen. J. L. DeWitt, commanding general of the Western Defense area, then threats that any alien or Japanese-American citizen found guilty of sabotaging the agricultural program by plowing under crops would be dealt with as a fifth-columnist. "Keep your balance," DeWitt counselled aliens. "Don't make hasty disposition of your farms, shops, residences, or other property. Continue your work on your crops until such time as the exclusion of enemy aliens and Japanese-Americans from strategic areas is officially ordered." And Tom C. Clark, chief of the civilian staff for alien control, has this to say in a radio speech on the subject this week: NO ALIEN No alien or citizen who, because of military necessity, is forced to move from any military area, will be left homeless, hungry, or destitute . . . if he does his part!" And Clark was emphatic on the latter point., maintaining that "destruction of growing foodstuffs is outright sabotage." ZETTE 2nd YEAR THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1942 Number 24 US Officials Promise Priority Reinstatement; Anaheim Representatives Attend Meeting Up in the air this week over the War Production board proposal which threatens to withdraw building material priorities in Orange county as of today and cut the district off from construction supplies for the duration, representatives from the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce are in attendance today at a meeting of representatives of county building interests in Santa Ana. Government officials have reportedly stated that the action will be rescinded. The group meets with Paul Hack, housing specialist from the Division of Defense Housing Coordination in Los Angeles at a gathering called for 12:30 p.m. at Dainger's cafefi Santa Ana, and hopes to secure the promised creation of a critical defense area for the county by which priorities on building materials will be reestablished. WITHDRAWAL THREATENED Although priorities were threatened to be withdrawn as of today, action has been promised by the War board which will recreate this area as a vital defense sector and return construction priorities. Alarmed over the situation and which threatened to freeze out the county and proximity with the exception of Whittier, San Marino, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, and Los Alamitos, local civic leaders are cooperating in the county-wide builder's movement to safeguard the war future of the district. Hitch Hiker Robbed of Possessions, Including Pants; Calls Police Here BULLETIN A Federal Bureau of Investigation wire received at Ana short distance away and called the local police department. Hitch Hiker Robbed of Possessions, Including Pants; Calls Police Here BULLETIN A Federal Bureau of Investigation wire received at Anaheim police headquarters yesterday asked local law enforcement cooperation in preventing possible retaliatory atrocities on Japanese in the area, as revenge measures for reported outrages inflicted on British soldiers and civilians in Hong Kong. Stripped of all his possessions, including his trousers and shorts, Robert Neiswanger, driver for a Santa Ana ambulance service appealed to Anaheim police for aid early Tuesday morning. Hitch-hiking from Fullerton to Santa Ana, Neiswanger had obtained a ride with a man in a roadster and had been requested to ride in the rumble seat. When the car reached Anaheim, the driver his trousers and shorts. Neiswanger found his clothing World War I Vet’s Tax Exemption World War I veterans, now on active duty with the US Navy were advised today as to the proper procedure necessary to obtain $1,000 California property tax exemption by the Navy department. “To obtain this exemption of $1000 deducted from assessed valuation of property, the veteran must personally file an affidavit with the county assessor each year between the first Monday in March and the last Monday in June,” it was stated. Veterans in service were advised to observe the following steps: 1. Address a letter to the tax assessor of the county in which the property is located, requesting the proper form to use in claiming veteran's exemption. 2. Fill out this form, in every detail, and have it sworn before a notary public or the officer on board ship authorized to administer oaths. Ambulance Drive Starts Tonight Recruiting drive for the Anaheim Unit of the Women's Ambulance and Defense Corps of America will open with a meeting in the Council chambers at the Anaheim City hall this evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. All women over eighteen years of age who are interested in voluntary defense wor are needed and are urged to attend this meeting. Officers of the Fullerton Unit of the W.A.D.C.A. will speak on the nature of the work to be carried on and the setup of the organization. Mrs. Billie Dohm, chairman of the meeting, requests all Anaheim members of the Corps to be present in uniform, to assist in answering any questions which may arise during discussion, and to help with any arrangements for future activities. Main objective of the Corps is to render aid to civilians during any emergency. NEWS IN BRIEF Late Summary RELIEF DISPLAY War Relief committee of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Anaheim, will hold a display of its activities at 300 East Center street, today, tomorrow and Saturday from 1 until 4 p.m. to which the public is invited, according to the church workers. COLORED CHORUS Crops Under Evacuation Farm Bureau Plans or Labor Shortage Endorsing the evacuation of all Japanese and other enemy aliens from vital sections of the Pacific coast and asking that "whenever possible, their labor, at all times under the supervision of the army, be made available to agriculture, with due regard to the successful prosecution of the war," the Orange County Farm bureau was today considering steps to safeguard county food production by insuring sufficient labor to take care of fall harvests. Second resolution passed by the bureau asked that "property of farmers evacuated be placed in custody and care of persons well acquainted with farm practices and management." Other steps under consideration was those which may be taken asking that California schools delay opening next fall until October 1 in order that students be available to help in harvesting in the event of emergency. Veterans in service were advised to observe the following steps: 1. Address a letter to the tax assessor of the county in which the property is located, requesting the proper form to use in claiming veteran's exemption. 2. Fill out this form, in every detail, and have it sworn before a notary public or the officer on board ship authorized to administer oaths. 3. Return the form to the county tax assessor before June 29. Quinn said that veterans stationed at shore stations close to the tax assessor's office should follow regularly-established procedure of making a personal appearance at the assessor's office for their exemption forms. Community Loses Walter J. Ross, 58; Manager Anaheim Growers Association Walter J. Ross, 58, secretary-manager of the Anaheim Walnut Growers association since 1922, a widely-known and respected community leader, was put to rest Monday in the Loma Vista cemetery following his unexpected death which occurred last Thursday evening as he attended a meeting of the board of elders of the First Presbyterian church here, of which he was a member and tireless worker. A native of Allen county, Kansas, but a resident here for the past 40 years, Ross was 58 years of age. His home here was at 308 East Adele street. OF THIS CITY The deceased is survived by his widow, Juanita; two sons, Leighton, and William; a daughter, Betty Jane; a granddaughter, Sherrol; and a brother, Lloyd, all of this city. A member of the Anaheim Realty board, and of the board of elders of the First Presbyterian church of which he was clerk of the session at the time of his death, he had been a member of the Presbyterian board for 20 years and was at one time president of the group. SERVICES CONDUCTED Services were conducted Monday with the Rev. Thomas H. Walker and the Rev. Stanley F. George, officiating. Arrangements were in charge of Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars mortuary.