anaheim-gazette 1944-04-20

Anaheim — "The City of Beautiful Parks" VOLUME LXXIV A Legal Newspaper ANAH We Rise to Remark by JAKE PROCTOR In and About "The Orange Capitol of the World" This is perhaps the toughest campaign that any of the veteran politicians have ever had to contend with. The only way they can get a crowd of voters together is to slip in on some function that is already in progress, and rettes, and even drink liquor in public, and both commodities use pictures of women, sometimes almost nude, to illustrate their pretty ads in the high-brow magazines. The surface modesty of 40 years ago may have all been false. County Moves Toward Former Japan When Japan made its attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese aliens and Japanese citizens "dummy" owners or lessees nearly 11,000 acres of O'Connell's best vegetable land cording to a survey conducted C. J. Marks in February following the attack. Title to some of this land been obtained illegally and in fiance of the Alien Land Some of the land is held in names of children of aliens were born in this country, ever, in most cases they filed no income tax return evidence of this ownership though the parents were in session of and using the land Through the use of "dummy" This is perhaps the toughest campaign that any of the veteran politicians have ever had to contend with. The only way they can get a crowd of voters together is to slip in on some function that is already in progress, and hope to be introduced and maybe be given a minute or two to tell the people how glad they are "to be back in this friendly community." The Queen of Sheba couldn't get a crowd together here this year if she advertised she was running for election, but if she advertised that she would do a fan dance even the baseball park wouldn't hold the spectators. A friendly warning says, "Don't you know you're liable to get a knife in your back if you don't quit talking about the Japs?" Yes, I know that, that's the way they operate, but several thousand American boys were stabbed in the back at Pearl Harbor and thousands of others are being stabbed in the back every day by those dirty, lousy Japs that we coddled until they got the drop on us. There are probably plenty of Japanese spies around yet but most of them are being pretty closely shadowed. There are some good Americans who would be willing to turn hundreds of Japanese spies out of the concentration camps now and let them start stabbing America in the back again. How far do you think a group of Americans would get if they went to Japan and defied the Japanese government and set up a community of spies to work against the Japs as they worked against us here before the war? It will be coming to a pretty pass when we are not allowed to denounce our enemies in our own country for fear they will stick a knife in our backs! If I have no more rights or protection than that in my own country, then maybe I might as well get stuck in the back and get it over with. If we'll all get behind the American Legion and its program we won't be bothered with any double-crossing Japs when this war is over. I paid a dime for a small handful of peanuts the other day, hardly enough to bother with eating. I couldn't help but thinkttes, and even drink liquor in public, and both commodities use pictures of women, sometimes almost nude, to illustrate their pretty ads in the high-brow magazines. The surface modesty of 40 years ago may have all been false, but as far as today is concerned, nobody can say that we're not "broad-minded." It used to be that if you bought a beef roast at the butcher shop they would throw in a chunk of liver or a heart or some pig's feet—but they don't do that any more. If you want some liver it costs you so much per pound. In those days if you bought a suit of clothes you got a free pair of suspenders, or if you hadn't "Jewed" about the price you probably also got a free belt. If you bought a pair of shoes, you got a free pair of socks, etc. Nowadays you buy your socks and you buy your suspenders and pay full price. But, you'd be surprised how many merchants want to demand a free subscription to the newspaper because they run a paid ad now and then. With only two things to sell, subscriptions and advertising, newspapers can't afford to give away their subscriptions any more than a merchant can afford to give away his liver or his socks. And, besides that, the postal laws will not allow a newspaper to give away subscriptions promiscuously to go through the mails at second class rates. The best investment any business man can make is to subscribe to his home town newspapers and pay for them like he expects the newspaper people to pay for his merchandise or service. Anaheim has done the best job of "decentralizing" its Civic Center of any place I've seen yet. If you had business at the city hall, the postoffice, the chamber of commerce and the Elks clubhouse all on the same day you'd have to take the whole day off to make it, unless you had at least a "C" gas rationing card. Politics must have been good here at one time. While window shopping with an out-of-town friend one evening last week we compared the at- C. J. Marks in February follow the attack. Title to some of this landmark been obtained illegally and in violation of the Alien Land Act. Some of the land is held in names of children of aliens who were born in this country, but ever, in most cases they filed no income tax return evidence of this ownership though the parents were in session of and using the land. Through the use of "dummies owned and leased land in Orlando county, as well as many counties, the Jap vegetable growers, financed by the Japanese government, had all but drilled American vegetable farmers of business by selling their produce at less than cost of production. The Japanese families live in hovels on the land and rent women and children worked their hands and knees to till soil. This lower standard of life was reflected in the cheap prices of vegetables in the area but even now there are some called loyal Americans who wail the fact that the Japanese are not turned out of relocation camps to again invade this foothold of agriculture in Orange county. Following the action of Angeles county in filing "eschech proceedings against this Jap-hand, District Attorney James Davis is moving to file similar action to repossess this land in the state. Attorney General Robert W. Kenney is urging all California counties to take similar action under the Alien Land Act to return all lands illegally held by the Japs to the state. FULLERTON MOTORIST KILLED BY TRAIN Clifford O'Mohundro, 35, resident of Fullerton, was killed early Monday morning at Brookhurst avenue and the Santa Ana tracks when his car was struck by a fast-moving freight train. He is survived by his widow, Mildo O'Mohundro. SANTA ANA PIONEER PASSES MONDAY Lincoln J. Carden, 84, pioner realty dealer of Santa Ana passes away early Monday morning at home in that city. He was a native of Iowa and had been a resident of Santa Ana for 40 years. FILES FOR PLACE ON DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD I paid a dime for a small handful of peanuts the other day, hardly enough to bother with eating. I couldn't help but think about a long time ago when we used to raise lots of peanuts in south Texas. What few we sold on the market brought 20-cents a bushel, but we fed most of them to the hogs. We cured the vines for hay, which is equal to or better than alfalfa, for the horses and cows. Our horses wouldn't eat corn unless they couldn't get peanut hay. Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the late Theodore Roosevelt, started something when she startled the nation some 40 years ago by smoking a cigarette in public. I remember the incident, which happened as the vacillating Alice was aboard ship bound for somewhere. It was the principal topic of gossip for quite a while. Cigarette smokers in those days were referred to as "fiends" and were classed by some along with regular dope heads. Women who smoked cigarettes, even in private, were generally not considered "nice," so for a woman to smoke a cigarette in public was really scandulous. Most newspapers carried on editorial campaigns against cigarettes, much as they did against liquor. It was as late as 1925 before cigarette manufacturers made so bold as to use the picture of a woman in their cigarette advertisements. Public sentiment just wouldn't stand for womanhood to be pictured in any such manner. But that's all changed now. Men, women and children smoke cigarettes of "decentralizing" its Civic Center of any place I've seen yet. If you had business at the city hall, the postoffice, the chamber of commerce and the Elks clubhouse all on the same day you'd have to take the whole day off to make it, unless you had at least a "C" gas rationing card. Politics must have been good here at one time. While window shopping with an out-of-town friend one evening last week we compared the attractiveness of the various store windows, observing of course that some merchants make much better use of their valuable window space than others. It is said that show windows rank first, and newspaper advertising next in point of value to retail merchandising. The F. A. Yungbluth clothing store has one of the best designed show windows observed in Anaheim. With 26 feet of street frontage a total of about 110 feet of show window space has been accomplished by proper designing. A pretty good job of merchandising can be done by using the windows to the best advantage, and consistent newspaper advertising. Louisville, Kentucky, has more of the most unique and attractive small store show windows I have seen, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, has the most elaborate and spacious big store show windows of any city I've been in. Did you ever notice how somebody is always trying to run your own business for you? Well, that's the way the people in Texas feel about the rest of the country trying to tell them how to handle the negro problem. If you think you know more about your own business than some rank outsider would, then you'd better let Texas work out its own solution to what is termed the negro problem. Detroit, New York and some of the other northern cities have tried handling it the other way, and it won't work. SANTA ANA PIONEER PASSES MONDAY Lincoln J. Carden, 84, pioneer realty dealer of Santa Ana pass away early Monday morning at home in that city. He was a native of Iowa and had been a resident of Santa Ana for 40 years. FILES FOR PLACE ON DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD Miss Robbie Anderson, Anheim attorney, has filed as a candidate for election to the Anheim Union High school district board of trustees, opposing the incumbent, Earle Jackson. The election will be held in May. Diamond Star Pinning Go to Four All-Stars At 4-H Conference Two 4-H All-Stars from Tulsa county, one from San Joaquin and one from Los Angeles county are proudly wearing Diamond Star pins awarded them as California "outstanding" 4-H club members at the fifth annual All-Star conference which ended last week in Berkeley. The Tulare County Diamond Stars are Helen Barnes, from Visalia, and Louis Muller, from Ducor. San Joaquin county award winner is Erwin Woods, from Lodi, and the fourth Diamond Star is Mary Adele Barnes, from North Hollywood. The conference was held under the auspices of the Agriculture Extension Service of the university and the program was arranged by assistant state club leaders of the Extension Service and the home demonstration staff. All-Stars from Orange county were Robert Hight of Orange, and Dorothy Beavers of Anaheim. County Moves To Retrieve Lands Held by Former Japanese Vegetable Growers When Japan made its sneak peek on Pearl Harbor Japanese owners or lessees of only 11,000 acres of Orange County's best vegetable land, acting to a survey conducted by the Marks in February following attack. Unable to some of this land had obtained illegally and in deed of the Alien Land Law. The land is held in the hands of children of aliens who were born in this country, however in most cases they have no income tax returns asance of this ownership although the parents were in possession of and using the land. Through the use of "dummy" equipment. GETS LIFE TERM FOR WIFE SLAYING Everett V. Carpenter, 50, Santa Ana, confessed wife slayer, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Kenneth E. Morrison last Thursday afternoon. Carpenter shot his wife, Mrs. Nellie Carpenter, 48, last January 30, killing her instantly, according to his story to police. He has been held in jail without bail since that time. VISITS SON AT CAMP Mrs. Paul C. Davidson, 550 South Illinois, went to Camp Abbott, Oregon last week to visit their son, George, who is stationed there. She will also visit LOCAL RESIDENT HURT IN CAR ACCIDENT Thelma L. Hathaway of 218 Mills Drive, Anaheim, is convulsing at the Lutheran Anaheim Hospital following injuries received in a car accident last Monday evening. The accident occurred on Lincoln Avenue, two miles west of Manchester Boulevard, when it hit a palm tree at about 3:28 A.M. C. A. Hanson, a truckdriver of Riverside, brought her to the hospital. Miss Hathaway did not sustain any serious injuries although the doctors deemed it advisable to take x-rays on Wednesday morning to determine the seriousness for her injuries. HOME FROM EAST Miss Kay Adams arrived here on Monday from St. Louis, Mo., to visit for the next two weeks with NOMINATED TO ALAN Herbert Denver Henderson Philadelphia, is a group of 70 southern Californians to be nominated through United States Maritime attend USMS Officer School at Alameda. HERE FROM FULLERTON Jack Regan of Fullerton conducts the National Hour each Thursday night KVOE, was in Anaheim to make arrangements for Jean Truxaw to appear station this Thursday night she will give the speech first place in the Lion at Santa Ana last Thursday Louis Hoskins, district of Lions clubs, will introduce Truxaw to the radio auditorium. Father of Mrs. Survey Shows Navel Orange Crop To Be 2nd Largest on Record; Prices Good Rains in February and frost at mid-March left some crop damage in their wake throughout Southern California, but the principal effects will be to delay many harvesting operations two or three weeks this year, the agricultural department of the Los Angeles County Chamber of Commerce reported today in its monthly crop review. (No frost damage recorded in Orange County.) "Southern California's orange crop was reduced about 5 per cent by rains in February," the report said, "with damage being very heavy in some sections and light in others. "This year's navel orange crop will be the second largest on record, and will total around 30,500 carloads. Shipping schedules were delayed by rains and March demand continued far in excess of supplies, prices holdings at ceiling levels except for small sizes and poor grades. The navel orange crop will be out of the way by mid-May while valencias will start moving the last of this month. "Lemon prices dropped in March as shipments were stepped up." The crop this year will total 31,000 carloads or 6000 less than last year. Grapefruit prices strengthened toward the end of March as Texas shipments fell off and eastern demand held firm. A record-breaking volume of avocados was packed last month and prices softened as March drew to a close. "Mid-March frosts slowed development of vegetables and damaged spring peas and potatoes in some districts, considerable vegetable acreage had to be reseeded after rains. Harvesting will be delayed two or three weeks in most sections. Both potato and celery acreages are higher than a year ago. Dry bean shipments out of the state were heavy last month but demand was light in California. Prices held at ceiling levels. Growers are planning to plant as much acreage in beans this year as in 1943. Grain crops in most areas are in need of rain, as are cattle ranges. Livestock prices rose last month as demand for meats continued active. Cattle on feed are 16 per cent below last year's total." California’s 4-H Diamond Star Winners These farm boys and girls were named last week as Diamond Star Award Winners, highest honor in 4-H club work. They were selected from among the 59 All-Stars, outstanding representatives of the more than 16,000 4-H club members in the state, who attended the Fifth Annual All-Star Conference on the University of California campus, at Berkeley, last week. The girls are, Helen Barnes, of Tulare county, left, and Mary Adele Sanborn, Los Angeles county. The boys, Erwin Woods, San Joaquin county, left, and Louis Muller, Tulare county. The Conference program was arranged by the Agricultural Extension Service of the university. Capt. L., N. Wisser hand-detailed the program and Herbert Carter of Anaheim ac operations officer. Several pieces of equipment was exhibited by guardsmen and the public regular army. Mayor Chase Pearson addressed the gathers from Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego counties gather discuss wartime banking lems at a meeting of Group of the California Bankers Association on Saturday, April 21st at the Mission Inn, Riverside. Warren, vice president and ager, Bank of America, Ana, is president of the C. D. Z. Albright, vice pres Securit-First National Bank Los Angeles and vice chairr the California Bankers Association, committee on Credit, addressed the more than 100 bankers attending on the nature of Installment Loans.” Virgil Howell, insurance agent of Mund, McLaurin & Co Angeles, spoke on “Bankance Problems.” A dinner meeting followed business session. Carl Etter, lecturer and former professor English at Hokkaido Im University of Japan, spoke “The Petil of Wishful Thing in This War With Japan.” A. P. Trawick, auditor, National Bank of Santa Ana retary of the Group, was charge of arrangements. O. E. Hanson, manager, Herbert Sipple of the Anabranch, Bank of America tended the meeting and Mr. son was made a member of executive committee of the NOMINATED TO ALAMEDA Herbert Denver Henderson, 814 South Philadelphia, is one of a group of 70 southern Californians to be nominated through the United States Maritime service to attend USMS Officer Training School at Alameda. HERE FROM FULLERTON Jack Regan of Fullerton, who conducts the National Editorial Hour each Thursday night over KVOE, was in Anaheim Monday to make arrangements for Miss Jean Truxaw to appear over the station this Thursday night when she will give the speech that won first place in the Lions contest at Santa Ana last Thursday night. Louis Hoskins, district governor of Lions clubs, will introduce Miss Truxaw to the radio audience. Father of Mrs. To Discuss Future of Cost Industry at Associated Meeting in Garden Grove Friends of Senator Thos. H. Kuchel Conduct Campaign Friends of State Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, both Republicans and Democrats, this week began to assume in real life the role of a “friend in deed,” as they how the establishing of the steel industry in Southern California will affect the development and general prosperity of this area will be the subject of discussion by one who is in a position to know, when Rudy Stuler of the Kaiser Steel Mills at Fontana addresses a meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Orange County at Garden Grove Tuesday evening. Stuler is assistant work manager at the Kaiser plant, and has been secured as speaker for the Garden Grove meeting by H. Clay Kellogg, newly elected president of Associated. The April 25th gathering will be the first meeting held under the Hour each Thursday night over KVOE, was in Anaheim Monday to make arrangements for Miss Jean Truxaw to appear over the station this Thursday night when she will give the speech that won first place in the Lions contest at Santa Ana last Thursday night. Louis Hoskins, district governor of Lions clubs, will introduce Miss Truxaw to the radio audience. Father of Mrs. Howard A. Tews Passes Away Here Joseph S. Profant, father of Mrs. Howard A. Tews, 700 North Helena, passed away Sunday, April 16, at the home of her daughter here. He was 74 years old at the time of his death. Mr. Profant had made his home here intermittently for the past seven years, coming from his home on LaPorte, Indiana, to spend the winters. He has been engaged in the manufacturing business in LaPorte for the past forty years. His survivors are his daughter, Mrs. Howard A. Tews; one grand-daughter, Norma Jean Tews of Anaheim; one sister, Mrs. Kathrine Rarobsky of Chicago, Ill., and one nephew, Dr. Henry Proant of Santa Barbara, Calf. The body remained in state at the chapel of Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars Mortuary until Tuesday evening when it was shipped to Chicago for burial in the family plot. Dr. and Mrs. Tews accompanied the remains east to complete arrangements and to be with other members of the family. State Guard Units Practice Sunday Anaheim became the practice field on Sunday for Orange-county's nine units of the State Guard when they converged at the high school athletic field for maneuvers. Major Gordon Findlay directed operations. Capt. L., N. Wisser handled the tails of the program and Capt. Herbert Carter of Anaheim acted operations officer. Several pieces of armored equipment was exhibited to the guardmen and the public by the regular army. Mayor Charles A. Parson addressed the gathering. Conduct Campaign Friends of State Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, both Republicans and Democrats, this week began to assume in real life the role of a "friend in deed," as they opened an active campaign in behalf of the dynanic young senator from Anaheim who is running for re-election. Senator Kuchel is now serving as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, and while, if re-elected, will be permitted to attend the sessions of the legislature, the navy regulations do not allow him to actively campaign for election in his own behalf. Just completing his first four-year term as state senator, following two terms as assemblyman from his district, Senator Kuchel became a candidate to succeed himself at the insistence of many of his personal friends, as well as political leaders in Orange county and at Sacramento where he has the confidence and esteem of his colleagues. With eight years of legislative experience to his credit, and with a splendid record of honesty and fairness in all his official acts, it is the general consensus of opinion that he should be returned for a second term in the state senate. Until the war is ended, which it is hoped will be long before the term will expire, he will represent Orange county at Sacramento on leave of absence from his post at San Francisco where he is stationed. With the war over he will know, when Rudy Stuler of the Kaiser Steel Mills at Fontana addresses a meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Orange County at Garden Grove Tuesday evening. Stuler is assistant work manager at the Kaiser plant, and has been secured as speaker for the Garden Grove meeting by H. Clay Kellogg, newly elected president of Associated. The April 25th gathering will be the first meeting held under the new president, and Garden Grove is determined to make it an outstanding one. Special preparations are being made to show the many persons who will attend from all over the county that Garden Grove knows how to extend hospitality to visitors. Besides an excellent home-cooked dinner, to be served at 7:00 o'clock, special entertainment and some novel features will be provided by the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce. Political candidates are being especially invited to the meeting. They will be formally introduced but will not be allowed to make speeches. Neither will they be penalized for attending. A report will be made by Willis H. Warner, chairman of the board of supervisors on the present status of Navy Developments at Anaheim Bay. Other subjects will also be briefly discussed, including plans of the Associated president for intensifying the activities of the Associated Chambers during the coming year. The meeting will be held in the Garden Grove high school gymnasium, Stanford avenue at Fouth street, which is two blocks north and three blocks east of the main downtown corner in Garden Grove. Reservations for the dinner may be made by phoning Wm. F. Gallienne, secretary of Associated, at Huntington Beach 251, or Dahl Shearer, secretary of the Garden Grove chamber, phone Garden Grove 440. Lloyd Marolf Returns From South America Lloyd Marolf, former resident of Anaheim and well known here, returned to his home on Thursday of last week after being employed in South America with an oil company for the past four and a half years. He formerly lived on the Webster tract. Lloyd Marolf Returns From South America Lloyd Marolf, former resident of Anaheim and well known here, returned to his home on Thursday of last week after being employed in South America with an oil company for the past four and a half years. He formerly lived on the Webster tract. Mr. Marolf left on Sept. 18, 1939, for South America and after being there for two years his family joined him. He met them in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and they remained with him for two and a half years. During his stay in the southern country he was stationed in the state of Brazil. At the present time he with his family are staying at 304 East Cypress but he is looking for a house to rent and plans to continue his home in Anaheim. FORMER SANTA ANAAN ON POMONA FACULTY Appointment of Gertrude Amling, formerly of Santa Ana, now on the faculty at Berkeley high school, as instructor in women's physical education at Pomona college. is announced by President E. Wilson Lyon in Claremont. VISIT IN OREGON Mrs. Paul Davidson and Miss Betty Gosch left on Wednesday of last week for Bend, Oregon, where Mrs. Davidson will visit with her son who is stationed at Camp Abbott. They are expected home this weekend. ARRIVE IN EAST Mrs. Howard Hineman and daughter, Penny, 207 South Kroeger, who left week before last for Providence, R. I., to join Capt. Hineman, have arrived safely according to word received by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Grafton. Job Printing, Gazette, Phone 2206.