anaheim-gazette 1944-06-08

WASHINGTON As Seen By CONGRESSMAN JOHN PHILLIPS It is timely that this letter to the papers should refer to the launching of a Liberty ship in which the people of the 22nd District will have a personal interest. The Terry E. Stephenson" is due to slide off the ways at the Permanante Metals Corporation, Richmond, California, about June 6th. As I write this, it is still "MCE hull 2695." When it hits the water, it will carry the name of one of the best loved and most respected citizens of the District. It might interest readers of this column if I were to tell about the system of naming the ships. Liberty ships are emergency type cargo vessels, and are named only after deceased individuals, men and women, who have made distinguished contributions to the history and culture of the United States. Two thousand five hundred have been built and named. The first one was named the PATRICK HENRY. Others have been named after Presidents, Chief Justices, Cabinet members, pioneers, heroes of the Revolution, authprs, inventors, scientists, explorers, and other American notables. The ships have not been named after members of the armed forces who lost their lives in this war; it would have been impossible to choose from among the names of these heroes. The names are selected by the Ship Naming Committee of the Maritime commission. The new Victory ships are now going into commission and the Liberty ships are ending. All of the new class carry the word VICTORY in the Susie F. McKinley, Resident 23 Years, After Long Illness Susie Frances McKinley, a native of Missouri and a resident of Anaheim for twenty-three years, died early Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rilla E. Minor of 305 East Adele street, following an extended illness. She was 82 years old at the time of her death. Her survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Rilla E. Minor and Mrs. Lillian Stull, both of Anaheim, and Mrs. Arthur Ritchie of San Bernardino; three sons, William and H. L. McKinley, both of Brea, and J. C. McKinley of Long Beach; thirteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted from the Hilgenfeld chapel Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Al Casebeer, pastor of the Christian church of which the deceased was a member, officiated and burial was in the family plot in Loma Vista cemetery. Job Printing, Gazette, Ph. 2206. What You Buy With WAR BONDS Booby Trap Detector The ships have not been named after members of the armed forces who lost their lives in this war; it would have been impossible to choose from among the names of these heroes. The names are selected by the Ship Naming Committee of the Maritime commission. The new Victory ships are now going into commission and the Liberty ships are ending. All of the new class carry the word VICTORY in the name, and will not be named after individuals. The first 34 were named after the United Nations. UNITED STATES VICTORY, CHINA VICTORY. The next 100 will be named after cities; I suppose we will have a Los Angeles Victory and a San Francisco Victory. The commission also builds cargo vessels, tankers, coastal ships and other craft. The C-1 class, smallest and slowest, are named after Capes; Cape Hatteras, Cape Decision; The C-2 class are named after the old clipper ships: Red Jacket, Flying Cloud. The C-3 ships, largest of the basic type, all carry the name Sea; for example, Sea Bass, Sea Hound. The C-4 class have the key word Marine; such as Marine Eagle, Marine Panther. Large tankers are named after the old Spanish missions and after battles, which strikes me as an odd combination; such as Gettysburg, and I suppose San Juan Capistrano, Coastal tankers are named after oil fields; Spindletop, etc. The Panama type tankers are named after colleges; Cornell, Dartmouth, but I rise to remark that I don't see Haveford on the list! Coastal freighters are named after the old clipper ship captains; Rodney Baxter, Moses Gay, Harbor tugs are named after ports; Port Henry, Port Kent. Seagoing tugs get the names of lighthouses; Point Loma, Watch Hill. When C-type ships, tankers, or other craft, are turned over to the Army or the Navy, or to private operators, the names are changed. At the start, it was customary to have a ceremony at each launching. You remember the story of the woman who was invited to christen a ship in the Kaiser yards. She complained she didn't see any ship ready to christen. "It's okeh, lady," said one of the workers, "You just start swinging, and there will be a ship there by the time the bottle hits." Sponsors are now selected in the yards and the arrangements made there. Like buying War Bonds, the soldier operating the detectors will never know just how much they have aided in the success of their campaign, but he knows his work is necessary and must be accomplished. If more Americans on the home front will come to realize this, the success of our War Bond campaigns will be assured. U.S. Treasury Department What You Buy With WAR BONDS V Mail When a soldier or a sailor is low in spirits there is nothing that will cheer him up as much as a letter from home, so the War and Navy Departments have devised a method for getting "the word" to its fighting men with the greatest dispatch. This is the microfilm method of transmitting letters, known to all of us as V-mail. At the start, it was customary to have a ceremony at each launching. You remember the story of the woman who was invited to christen a ship in the Kaiser yards. She complained she didn't see any ship ready to christen. "It's okeh, lady," said one of the workers, "You just start swinging, and there will be a ship there by the time the bottle hits." Sponsors are now selected in the yards and the arrangements made there. Relatives of the workers are invited to participate. In the case of the Terry E. Stephenson, an exception was made and Orange county was asked for suggestions for the launching. MORE HELP WANTED If interested in any of the following positions now open in Orange county, see Ethel S. Kuever, Civil Service representative at 501 West Fifth street, Santa Ana. Men are needed as: Psychologists, draftsmen, traffic clerks (navy experience) storekeepers, firefighters, sheetmetal workers, furnacemen, sanitary operators, patrolmen, chauffeurs, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, cement finishers, auto mechanics, janitors and laborers. These positions carry twenty-six working days annual leave and two weeks sick leave. Time and a half for all over forty hours. Any news from home is bound to please our soldiers and our sailors but the news they want to have most is the news from our production front and news that we are winning our fight against inflation by our savings and investment in War Bonds. U.S. Treasury Department Every Thursday Night NATIONAL EDITORIAL HOUR and JACK REGAN KVOE (1490) 8:00 P.M. 5% AMORTIZED LOANS The Savings, Loan & Building Assn. OF ANAHEIM Incorporated in 1889 Phone 3515 211 East Center Street, Anaheim, California ANAHEIM GAZETTE UNCLE SAM NEEDS YOU'LL NEED IT RECEIVING TELLER THE crucial hour is at hand... Right now, Uncle Sam needs the help of every fighting American both at home and abroad—more than at any time since the war started. The boys in uniform are doing O.K. Ask Adolph and Tojo! Workers in our industrial plants are turning out the planes and guns and tanks on schedule. Farmers and ranchers are breaking records in food production, despite handicaps. But when it comes to buying War Bonds there to pay for it. The money must from the people—from YOU. And be war costs are mounting higher than before, we must buy MORE BONDS ever before. There'll be a Victory Volunteer at door during the 5th War Loan...a neighbor who is taking time from his work to Uncle Sam raise the money needed to finance this war. Don't turn him down. Don't ask to come back some other time. Don't all things...tell him you can't afford The boys in uniform are doing O.K. Ask Adolph and Tojo! Workers in our industrial plants are turning out the planes and guns and tanks on schedule. Farmers and ranchers are breaking records in food production, despite handicaps. But when it comes to buying War Bonds to pay for all this, we've got a job to do—the biggest job of its kind in all our history. Uncle Sam can't go on supplying our fighting men with the tools they need and must have to win this war unless the money is there'll be a Victory Volunteer at door during the 5th War Loan...a neighbor who is taking time from his work to Uncle Sam raise the money needed to finish this war. Don't turn him down. Don't ask to come back some other time. Don't all things...tell him you can't afford Bonds. Make up your mind now that you're going to BUY MORE THAN BEFORE...U Sam is depending on our boys over there they're not letting him down. We at have the same responsibility! BUY MORE THAN BEFORE! Back the Attack! - BUY MORE THAN W. L. MORRIS REAL 111 North Los Angeles Street This is an official U.S. Treasury Advertisement—prepared under auspices of Treasury Dept. Thursday, June 8, 1944 NEEDS IT NOW... D IT LATER AND HERE ARE 5 EXTRA REASONS FOR BUYING MORE BONDS IN THE 5th! 1. War Bonds are the best, the safest investment in the world! 2. War Bonds return you $4 for every $3 in 10 years. 3. War Bonds will assure the funds to replace worn-out farm equipment, machinery, and buildings. 4. War Bonds will help win the Peace by increasing purchasing power after the war. 5. War Bonds mean education for your children, security for you, funds for retirement. 1. War Bonds are the best, the safest investment in the world! 2. War Bonds return you $4 for every $3 in 10 years. 3. War Bonds will assure the funds to replace worn-out farm equipment, machinery, and buildings. 4. War Bonds will help win the Peace by increasing purchasing power after the war. 5. War Bonds mean education for your children, security for you, funds for retirement. 5TH WAR LOAN RE THAN BEFORE S REALTY CO. Angeles Street uspices of Treasury Department and War Advertising Council