anaheim-gazette 1944-02-03

ANAHEIM BUS "Orange Capitol of the World" ADVERTISING — ANAHEIM GAZETTE Orange County's Oldest NEWSPAPER Established 1870 "Everybody Reads The Gazette" 259 E. Center — Ph. 2206-2207 BIRTH CERTIFICATES — BIRTH CERTIFICATES OBTAINED FROM ANY STATE PROMPT AND RELIABLE SERVICE REASONABLE CHARGE NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU 408 Bank of America Bldg. Phone Anaheim 2248 CAFES - RESTAURANTS — Curly's Cafe "Tie the Taste That Tells the Tale" 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. BREAKFAST LUNCHES AND DINNERS 250 E. Center, Cor. S. Philadelphia DAIRIES — Acacia Dairy MILK ... Delivered to your Door each morning. PHONE ACACIA DAIRY ANAHEIM 2078 FUNERAL HOMES — MIMEOGRAPHING — MIMEOGRAPHING FROM POST CARD TO LEGAL SIZE Reasonable Rates. Immediate Service NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU 408 Bank of America Bldg. 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Commonwealth Fullerton Phone - Fullerton 653 OPA Holds Price On Grapefruit Juice To Public; Army While prices on canned fruit juice of the 1944 pass be kept at present levels to use of a subsidy, higher will prevail on immediate government procurement and operating for the armed This information was released OPA as part of a new order will let Southland process grapefruit juice make the mediate sales to the armed on "open price," and we nounced here today by Kearns, OPA food pricing chief for eight southern Californias. "With labor and other open costs higher, processors have unable to sell their 1944 at the old prices and buy the armed forces have able to have any sales complains Kearns." "This new effective today, allows the processors to take these orders to be subject to maximum to be set later." "When 1944 maximums..." Insurance Service You Can't Afford To Be Under-Insured 501 N. Los Angeles — Ph. 2275 ALFRED H. 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Center — Ph. 2910 PAINT - WALL PAPER — GOOD PAINT Saves & Preserves The Best Homes For "DUTCH BOY" Paints see us and be better pleased with the results. GIBBS LUMBER Three Retail Yards Anaheim-Fullerton-Plaoentia DELIVERY OF Building Materials ROBINS PAINT STORE 239 N. Los Angeles St., Anaheim Directory of Reliable BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN AND FIRMS (FOR LISTING ON THIS PAGE CALL THE GAZETTE, PHONE 2206) PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS DR. J. W. TRUXAW PHYSICIAN phone: office 3213; Res. 2610 Golden State Bank Bldg. enter & L. A. — Anaheim DR. J. C. OSHER PHYSICIAN phone 3212 24 W. Center — Anaheim INTING — PRINTING THAT'S A CREDIT TO YOU The FARMERS CORNER by RALPH H. TAYLOR Executive Secretary Agricultural Council of California It is one of the strange vagaries of life that many of the dire things which are viewed with alarm, and which cause great public concern, never come to pass, while some of the more serious threats to mankind come almost unheralded and unnoted. Illustrative of this truism, there was a period, during the pre-war years, when many city doctors for rural people warned that corporate farming, with "factories in the field" crowding out individual farmers, would constitute the greatest threat to a sound American agriculture. There may have been some basis for that fear at one time, particularly on the part of persons whose knowledge of agriculture was more academic than practical, but actual experience demonstrated that the independent farmer could more than hold his own in competition with the farm corporation—and the great majority of California's farms, despite dire forecasts to the conitself, is not enough. It is also imperative that farm land, particularly, should be disposed of by Federal agencies direct to farmers without permitting private speculators to get hold of it and sell it again at extortionate profits. And if the Federal government continues to hold vast acres of land on a permanent basis, then it is imperative that such land be forced to carry its fair share of the tax load, either by direct taxation, or by refunds by the Federal government to local taxing agencies. Government Best Customer For Orange Juice According to word received at California Fruit Growers Exchange headquarters from the War Food Administration, federal purchases of Exchange orange concentrate for the period ending Jan. 23 may be increased to 100,-000 gallons, 60,000 gallons more than the original government order. Expansion of the government purchases of concentrated navel orange juice is good news to the growers for it will enable the citrus products plants to absorb more of the small sized fruit currently discounted in eastern mar- PRINTING THAT'S A CREDIT TO YOU The printed matter that goes out of your offices reflects your standards. We do a good job for you. Stock, ink and design in the modern manner — at moderate cost. ANAHEIM GAZETTE Theo B. Kuchel, Gen. Mgr. 59 E. Center — Ph. 2206-2207 Watkins Products C. V. CHILDS 224 W. Commonwealth Fullerton Phone - Fullerton 653-J PA Holds Prices on Grapefruit Juice to Public; Army Up While prices on canned grapefruit juice of the 1944 pack will be kept at present levels through the of a subsidy, higher prices will prevail on immediate sales to government procurement agencies operating for the armed forces. This information was released by PA as part of a new order which will let Southland processors of grapefruit juice make their immediate sales to the armed forces "open price," and was announced here today by L. M. Learns, OPA food pricing section chief for eight southern California counties. "With labor and other operating costs higher, processors have been unable to sell their 1944 product to the old prices and buyers for the armed forces have been unable to have any sales confirmed," replains Kearns. "This new rule, effective today, allows the processors to take these orders, price be subject to maximum prices be set later." When 1944 maximums are set, There may have been some basis for that fear at one time, particularly on the part of persons whose knowledge of agriculture was more academic than practical, but actual experience demonstrated that the independent farmer could more than hold his own in competition with the farm corporation—and the great majority of California's farms, despite dire forecasts to the contrary, are still one-family units, while many of the big-acreage farms have been split up into small units and re-sold. The big land-grab, when it came, and it was already well under way during the period when corporate farming was supposed to be the threat, came from Uncle Sam—the last fellow most people would suspect! By the time the United States government gets through with its present land purchase program, according to U. S. Senator Arthur Capper, it will have one-fifth of all the land in the nation. Reports Senator Capper: "The extent of these Federal holdings, 383,600,533 acres, may be realized by noting that this area is equal to the entire areas of the 21 states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ohio, Alabama, Kentucky and Indiana. "Of course, land acquired by the Federal government for war purposes in the last two or three years is only a small part of this huge total of Federal government land holdings. "The Department of Interior holds more than 200,000,000 acres of land, practically all in what is known as the public domain. "The Department of Agriculture holds 163,000,000 acres, mostly in the public domain. "The War Department, when acquisitions pending are completed, will have possession of a little more than 23,000,000 acres. >The Navy Department has acquired 593,488 acres; is acquiring an additional 799,198 acres. "And the fifth largest government landholder is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which has acquired 625,505 acres." The seriousness of this development to the farmer, and common purchases of Exchange orange concentrate for the period ending Jan. 23 may be increased to 100,-000 gallons, 60,000 gallons more than the original government order. Expansion of the government purchases of concentrated navel orange juice is good news to the growers for it will enable the citrus products plants to absorb more of the small sized fruit currently discounted in eastern markets. The vital need for greater quantities of citrus pectin in the war effort is a factor in the increased juice purchases as it is unprofitable for the citrus products plants to produce pectin alone. In the Exchange Orange Products company plant at Ontario, a ton of navel oranges will produce approximately 35 pounds of pectin and 12 gallons of the heavy concentrated juice used for military and Lend-Lease purposes. Prices paid by products plants for juice fruit will be set by the government every two weeks, based on navel orange prices in eastern markets. On this basis the price for the two weeks ending February 6 will approximate $40 per ton at the packing house for fruit considered to be of good juice quality. Tax Association Releases Figures On County Levies Property tax levies for Orange county government, the school districts and the special districts in the county totaled $5,162,556 for the current fiscal year, 1943-44, compared with the levy by these same governments of $5,-058,672 for the year immediately preceding, California Taxpayers' association stated today, making public its five-year review of taxes levied in California counties. High point for the five years in property taxes levied by these governments in the county was in 1989-40 when the levy totaled $5,-463,908. City levies were not included in the study. The levy for general county purposes and county bonds totaled $1,720,249 for 1943-44, compared with $1,664,385 for 1942-43. High point for the five years was $1,-784,451 in 1939-40. Property taxes levied for the With labor and other operating costs higher, processors have been unable to sell their 1944 product in the old prices and buyers for the armed forces have been unable to have any sales confirmed," explains Kearns. "This new rule, effective today, allows the processors to take these orders, price be subject to maximum prices be set later. When 1944 maxima are set, the figures on civilian consumption stock will be held at present levels through a subsidy, while those covering sales to the armed forces will be enough higher to cover increased production costs." A. H. Call, for 20 years agricultural commissioner of Ventura County, has been appointed head of the Growers' Service department of Mutual Orange Distributors, according to an announcement by J. A. Steward, general manager, and A. L. Chandler, manager of the M.O.D. field department. Call succeeds H. L. Thomason who resigned a few weeks ago to become assistant manager of Euclid Avenue Orange Association. Mr. Call has had a wide experience in the citrus industry particularly in connection with the pest control. He was deputy agricultural commissioner of Ventura County previous to becoming commissioner in 1920. He held the commissioner's office until November 1939 and joined the field department of Mutual Orange Distributors in 1940. "The War Department, when acquisitions pending are completed, will have possession of a little more than 23,000,000 acres. The Navy Department has acquired 593,488 acres; is acquiring an additional 799,198 acres. "And the fifth largest government landholder is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which has acquired 625,505 acres." The seriousness of this development to the farmer, and common property owners generally, is that four-fifths of the land area in the United States is now forced to carry not only its own tax burden, but also that of the one-fifth which is owned by the Federal government and is tax exempt. In California, the situation is particularly acute, because the Federal government, in this state, owns 43 per cent of all the land, instead of 20 per cent as in the nation at large. For years past, the Federal government has been acquiring privately owned forest land in California in connection with its timber conservation and national park program, and this has adversely affected many of the state's rural counties, forcing a constantly increasing tax burden on farmers, home owners and other common taxpayers. And since the advent of war, the Federal government's property acquisitions have embraced not only rural areas, but important urban property. These war acquisitions have removed from the tax rolls of local government in California real property with an assessed valuation of more than $100,000,000. There is a determined movement on foot to see that the Federal government, when the war is ended, turns back to private ownership (and the tax rolls) all the land that is not actually needed for government purposes. That is imperative, but that, in taxes levied in California counties. High point for the five years in property taxes levied by these governments in the county was in 1939-40 when the levy totaled $5,-463,908. City levies were not included in the study. The levy for general county purposes and county bonds totaled $1,720,249 for 1943-44, compared with $1,664,385 for 1942-43. High point for the five years was $1,-784,451 in 1939-40. Property taxes levied for the school districts in the county totaled $2,726,170 for 1943-44, compared with $2,665,656 for 1942-43. High point for the five-year period was $2,921,197 in 1941-42. Special district taxes levied in the county totaled $716,137 for 1943-44. Throughout California, county school and special districts levies totaled $243,897,048 for 1943-44, compared with $249,103,507 for 1942-43 and $254,887,116 for 1941-42, the high point for the five years. County taxes totaled $18,205,842, compared with $125,-554,271 for 1942-43, and the 1941-42 high of $126,383,914. School district levies totaled $104,282,937 throughout the state for 1943-44, compared with $102,-993,852 for 1942-43, and the 1941-42 high of $107,598,780. Special district levies totaled $21,-428,289 for 1943-44. "Property taxes for 1944-45, the coming fiscal year, can be reduced if local government budgets which will soon be in process are held to a minimum," the Taxpayers' association declared. "Thorough-going economy and efficiency in all government operations will ease the burden on the hard-pressed taxpayers." Production of grapefruit in the United States has increased rapidly in recent years and is now more than half that of oranges. Anaheim Gazette — Thursday, February 3, 1944 Page Eleven Orange and lemon juice make excellent salad dressing and require no ration points, reminds the Sunkist Kitchen. A new circular on the propagation of tomato plants is available at the Farm Advisor's office, 220 plant beds, fertilization of plants Ramona Bldg., Santa Ana. "Its in beds, seed treatment, diseases contents," said W. M. Cory, Asst. and their control, control of In-Farm Advisor, "treat the subjects sects in plant beds, and trans-of the following: Methods of planting into the fields. PLAY SQUARE... DO YOUR SHARE HE DID! WE BOUGHT EXTRA WAR BONDS 4TH WAR LOAN Display your colors now! WAR LOAN Display your colors now! Do you remember that soldier you saw on the bus with his arm in a cast? Do you recall that sailor you saw hobbling down the street on a cane? Have you noticed the list of casualties printed from time to time in this newspaper? What you are asked to do, compared to the boys who are really in it, is easy. But your job is mighty important, too. Once again you are asked to BUY AT LEAST ONE EXTRA HUNDRED DOLLAR WAR BOND. A Series E War Savings Bond will cost you only $75 and you get back at maturity in ten years, $4 for every $3 invested; this is the least you can do. Invest more if you possibly can—$200, $300, $400. Remember, it all comes back with interest. So play square—do your share. HE DID! Let's All BACK THE ATTACK! ERMISCH "MY CLEANER" Bob Ermisch, Proprietor 350 W. Center 308 E. Center 117 W. Cypress Men are dying...are you buying? IF YOU'RE inclined to say, "I can't afford any more Bonds," just take another look at the casualty lists. At least $100 extra in Bonds—over and above your regular buying—is needed as your part in putting over the Fourth War Loan. At least $100, $200, $300, or $500 if you can possibly scrape it up. Look at those grim lists in today's paper. Buy your Bonds while the names are still fresh in your mind. Let's all BACK THE ATTACK! YOCOM & SON LIFE, FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE 412 Bush St., Phone Santa Ana 431-W