anaheim-gazette 1945-11-22

COLONY QUIPS When a person has children in school it behoves them to do a little boning on the side. We mean the parents of course. The "kids" are bound to ask questions at home that are a little tough to answer. A wise man has said that parents get as much good out of school as their children do. We can't answer that one but it may be true. Do you know the real story of Thanksgiving day? Ask the "kids" they will tell you all about it. Seems as if the Puritans were having rather a bad time with food almost at the vanishing point and as humans are wont to do they were grumbling about their sorry lot. The head of the colony spoke out, told them to put their trust in God and be thankful they were living in this free country, able to worship and live as they pleased. That a professional pickpocket may have been loose in Anaheim recently is suspected by police from the fact that Dan Bruten reported a few days ago that a billfold stolen from him was returned, sans money, through the mails. "Honor of crooks" requires such practice, police say. Nov. 17, 1945, is a date long to be remembered by B. K. (Pat) Davis, new among Anaheim merchants. That was Mrs. Davis' birthday. It also was the day Pat opened the doors of his East Center street appliance store. Last, but far from least, his daughter, Mrs. Elwood C. Lancaster, Jr., gave birth to a son at the Artesia hospital, breaking incidentally, a line of feminine members of the family on his grandmother's side, STUNTS SEEK TO SPEED SALE OF BONDS HERE With the timе more than half gone and with the quota but per cent accounted for, leader of the Victory Loan drive was that Anaheim is facing failure to meet its goal for the first time in a war bond campaign. Total sales reported Tuesday to Paul Demaree, campaign chairman, were but $154,522 against a quota of a million dollars. Special bond-selling activities including a High School Victor Bond Queen contest and other features, with a dance, tours or Hollywood movie studios, admission to picture shows and other rewards as incentives for partici We can't answer that one but it may be true. Do you know the real story of Thanksgiving day? Ask the "kids" they will tell you all about it. Seems as if the Puritans were having rather a bad time with food almost at the vanishing point and as humans are wont to do they were grumbling about their sorry lot. The head of the colony spoke out, told them to put their trust in God and be thankful they were living in this free country, able to worship and live as they pleased. The people pulled in their collective belts, gritted their teeth and prayed. When the belts were at about the last notch a ship loaded with food sailed into the port and the famine was over. The day was made a holiday and thanks were given to God. Years later George Washington decreed the fourth Thursday in November as a national Thanksgiving day. This purely American holiday came about in this way. So we were told. Gen. Arthur Easterbrook, who is retiring as head of SAAAB, is leaving a fine record behind him in the handling of affairs at the large air base. The general got right in with the boys, talked their language, and really listened to their "beefs" and then got the "gripes" ironed out. The enlisted returnees liked him and the citizens of Orange county liked him. He was always ready to help in our civic affairs. The whole county wishes him well. Annoyed by persistent queries, "Are they twins?" the fountain staff at Jackson's drug store has attached a sign, "They are not twins," below the names of Anita and Doris Desch, sister-members of the "Birthday club," whose members "treat" all other members on their own birthdays. Both Misses Desch were born on Nov. 27, but in different years. The girls will not elaborate further. Tooting of the automobile horns to signal a football victory makes us wonder if we really got that excited at that age—or if we just had to pretend that we did, to keep in style. There's many a slip... Last week's issue of the Gazette carried a nice story about the beautiful hand-colored photographs of California scenery produced by Photographer Spears and his talented wife. Somehow, Spears' name appeared as "Speaker," and his wife was reported to have been Nov. 17, 1945, is a date long to be remembered by B. K. (Pat) Davis, new among Anaheim merchants. That was Mrs. Davis' birthday. It also was the day Pat opened the doors of his East Center street appliance store. Last, but far from least, his daughter, Mrs. Elwood C. Lancaster, Jr., gave birth to a son at the Artesia hospital, breaking, incidentally, a line of feminine members of the family on his grandmother's side, the baby's great-grandmother being still living. Begorra, Patrick, me b'y, 'twas a busy day yez was afther havin' last Saturday! In his article, "Washington as seen by Congressman John Phillips," which appears elsewhere in this issue, the Hon. John gives some interesting data on one of the leading questions of the day—the atomic bomb and its future. The article is well worth reading. It provides material for some serious thought by all Americans, and, for that matter, for all peoples. City's Schools Get 30 Per Cent More Of State Tax Fund Anaheim's elementary school district received $97,107 of state funds for the current fiscal year, the California Taxpayers' association reports in its analysis of state appropriations. This is $23,403, or slightly more than 30 per cent, greater than the $73,704 received from the same source a year ago. This year's portion of the state money levels was based on an average daily attendance of 1250 pupils, compared with but 1195 last year, making an average of $77.67 per pupil, as compared to $61.67 last year. Orange county's share for all its elementary school districts is $1,376,308, as against $1,111,329 for the fiscal year, 1944-45. It averages $79.46 per pupil, based on an average daily school attendance of 17,332. The share per pupil last year was $65.40 for each of the 16,994 children who averaged attendance daily last year in elementary schools of the county. Total apportionment by the state to all California elementary schools this year is $65,219,246, or $82.83 for each of the 787,347 in (Continued on Page 6) Total sales reported Tuesday to Paul Demaree, campaign chairman, were but $154,522 against a quota of a million dollars. Special bond-selling activities including a High School Victor Bond Queen contest and other features, with a dance, tours of Hollywood movie studios, admission to picture shows and other rewards as incentives for participation, were announced following a meeting Monday night. A Vote for a Bond Votes for the Queen will be cast at the rate of one vote for each $25 of face value of bonds purchased. A studio visit with a companion of her choice awaits the winner. The Coronation Ball in her honor will be held at the school probably on the night of December 21. Admission will be by sale of bonds, each member of the student body who sells $30 in bonds being given a pair of tickets. In addition, a movie studio visit it will be arranged for the boy who sells most bonds of any member of the student body. He also may take along anyone he chooses. Both tours will follow close of the campaign. Sales in the retail division had reached $21,300 Tuesday; Chairman Lee Fabian reports. Monday's results totalled only $725 a disappointing showing, after the previous week's $21,300 aggregate gate. This Drive: Slowest "This campaign is slowest on all drives here," Chairman DeMaree said. "At the present rate Anaheim will fall far short of its goal. We must buy bonds at a considerably accelerated rate if we hope to keep our community among the select which never (Continued on Page 6) Farmers to Meet Tomorrow in L. A. Orange county farmers have been invited to attend at Los Angeles County Farm bureau headquarters, room 910 Civic Center building, 208 South Broadway, Los Angeles, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning November 23, to discuss fruit and vegetable production and marketing with Porter Taylor, director Fruit and Vegetable department American Farm Bureau federation. Until recently, Taylor was secretary of the National Fruit and Vegetable association. There's many a slip... Last week's issue of the Gazette carried a nice story about the beautiful hand-colored photographs of California scenery produced by Photographer Spears and his talented wife. Somehow, Spears' name appeared as "Speaker," and his wife was reported to have been educated in France, when her friends know that she went to school in Fresno. Oh, well; Some of these days we'll get out a paper without any errors, then we'll retire—on our laurels, because that's about all a small town publisher can hope to amass in a single lifetime. Skullduggery At Dog Pound? Mysterious things have been happening at the Anaheim dog pound recently. R. G. Spencer, who doubles as poundmaster, along with his other duties, wasn't unduly surprised—although the boys were—when he surprised two small boys tampering with the fence around the pound Monday afternoon. Spencer can remember, probably, when he also had a dog that ended up in the pound. But of deeper mystery is the presence of three unauthorized occupants of the confines reserved for strays. That's really "one for Ripley." Spencer reports that, on the same day, three strange dogs, one wearing an Anaheim license, turned up in the pound. There's no record of their presence there, and no one seems to know the answer. St. Louis Browns May Have Record Number of Players Here in Spring With 60 players on their active roster, the St. Louis Browns, who will train in Anaheim this spring, expect, like most other major league baseball clubs, to have more players signed to contracts when practice starts here than ever before in history of the national pastime. However, not all are likely to show up in camp. Some even then still may be wearing military uniforms; some may have decided not to return to organized baseball, and others probably will be returned to the minors. Spring training expenses for the coming season are expected to soar to new heights, as the club pays all transportation, hotel, meals and other living expenses. Spring training expenses for the coming season are visioned as soaring to new heights, as the clubs pay for all transportation, hotel, meals and other necessities. There is possibility the size of the squad will require that it be broken up into two units, one of which will engage in morning practice, and the other train in afternoons. About Pete Gray There have been persistent rumors here that Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder, will come to some West Coast team next season. Reports from Browntown-on-the-Mississippi would indicate that there is sound basis for such spectulation. Despite his handicap, the lanky Pennsylvanian stopped a big gap in last season's fielding and batting for the ex-champs of the senior circuit, but Bill DeWitt, Brown's vice-president, now finds himself with a surplus of outfield candidates in Cheft Laabs, Walter Judnich, Milt Byrne, Gene Moore, Joe Grace and Boris Martin, with military discharge of others imminent. Judnich was processed through Camp Beale, Marysville, Calif., last week. Paul Dean's Plans Paul, "Daffy" of the famous pitching Dean brothers, "Me and Paul," comprised of Paul and his famed brother, "Dizzy," announc- (Continued on Page 6) PEACE--A Just Cause for Giving Thanks Business is virtually at a standstill in Anaheim today, as this city joins the rest of the nation in observance of Thanksgiving. Special services at the churches; bountiful feasts at home—rituals long a tradition with peace-loving people of a peaceful country—claim full attention of the citizens. School children are on vacation until next Monday. The custom of an annual holiday for national Thanksgiving is exclusively American. It is a distillation of pride and humility of a people made up of all bloods and races and religions, blessed with citizenship as free men in a country that never has claimed anything by "divine right" while building the world's greatest civilization in a continent-wide wilderness. Other gatherings are happy in knowledge that the empty seat soon is to be filled by a member of the armed forces already awaiting discharge; so rowed are others with realization it ways must remain empty. A grateful people and an appreciative nation today give earnestly fervent and humble thanks that a Divine Providence has responded to prayers for a victorious end to the terrible holocaust which long has gripped the world, costing the lives and health of so many of this country's young men, and the wealth of its resources. It is the first really joyous observance of Thanksgiving since forces of hate and destruction loosed their horrors and their sorrows in another attempt to enalge mankind. "Mike” Mattis, Here, Smiling And Decorated Mike Mattis was back in Anaheim a few days ago. He was wearing that same Irish smile that marked him as a boy here and which has stayed with him through the years since. But he was wearing more when he came down from his home in Glendale to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Mattis... 861 South Palm street. Flashing silver leaves rode the shoulders of ‘GI’s General’ Retiring, Thanks Gazette and People of Anaheim The GI’s general is retiring! Brig. Gen. Arthur E. Ea brook, the man who won nation-wide attention and under gratitude of enlisted personnel by replacing a lot of moving procedure with speed in discharging men from armed services; the man who originated the “gripe session” at which the common soldier could air his “beef” to the of no other “brass” but the general, has reached another post in a military career that spanned two world wars. New SAAAB Head One of Pioneer U. S. Air Cadets Brig. Gen. John DeF Barker, who succeeds General Easterbrook as commander of SAAAB, will continue present policy there, he announced. General Barker was one of the first American air cadets, training in 1917 at Call field, Wichita Falls, Texas, where he was commissioned the following year. After World War I, he received (Continued on Page 6) Granada Ready To Begin Year-Round Packing In keeping with an announcement he made at the annual banquet he gave October 11 for employees of the Granada Packing House, Belmont reveals that all LT. COL M. C. MATTIS Lieut. Col. Michael C. Mattis this trip. Nothing in his bearing would indicate to his friends, however, that here was one of the heroes of the Marianas. His right it is to wear the coveted red, gold and blue ribbon denoting award by the Navy of the highly-valued Unit Presidential Citation. Colonel Mattis stood proudly at the head of the men of the two companies he commanded—the 311th and 539th port companies—under a burning tropical sun in the Southwest Pacific as they became the first Army Services Forces unit to receive the honor, and the second of any Army units Gas Co. Workers Get 15 Per Cent Increase in Pay The Southern Counties Gas company announces acceptance by the International Chemical Workers union, A. F. of L., of an offer which includes a 15 per cent wage increase. The wage adjustment is retroactive to Nov. 1. The union reserved the right to arbitrate for an earlier retroactive date and additional increases, or to make further adjustments if a national wage formula is established within the unexpired term of the contract. Granada Ready To Begin Year-Round Packing In keeping with an announcement he made at the annual banquet he gave October 11 for employees of the Granada Packing House, Belmont reveals that all is in readiness to launch next month year-round operation of that facility here. Navel oranges will be brought here to supplement the supply of valencias; on which the season is virtually closed. Belmont, with his son, Jerry, now connected with the company since his return October 15, after 52 months in the Navy, and Ross Lee Laird, Granada secretary, left last Sunday for Woodlake, in Tulare county, to open the Woodlake Heights Packing Corporation's plant, in which Belmont is largely interested. Packing of northern navels began there last Monday, and is expected to be shorter than normal, extending over six to eight weeks. "Despite this, the navel crop is of fine quality and the growers should make some money," Belmont said. Southern navel oranges are late, he stated, and the crop is rated as only fair. This is about in line with the average for the entire country. Navels to be packed by Granada in Anaheim come from Riverside and San Bernardino counties. They are expected to start reaching market during the early days of December, possibly during the first week. The season is expected to extend six weeks later than usual, Belmont said, continuing into late July or early August. This condition results, he explained from a heavy set of late blossoms. Anyone who has received belated Christmas card all over but the shouting know when we warn that Christmas comments L. H. Hoskins, "The postal department sure that every greeting time," he added, "but that mailing is neglected and three-day flood." Although a half-dozen ex-ploy will be employed, as usual, augment the force of nine regiments and three extra clerks now duty in the local postoffice. Christmas mail should be in mails not later than December. What is Needed Careful wrapping of packa-full addressing with postal z-numbers, and early mailing avoid disappointment in delivery. Packages may be sealed if labels are affixed, stating that content are merchandise and may be specified by postal authorities. "The Anaheim postoffice staff will miss the experienced assis-tance this Christmas season of only member still in the arm service," K. F. Snyder, super- CALIFORNIA STATE ZETTE The Citrus Industry's NEWSpaper BER 22, 1945 EIGHT PAGES NUMBER 4 Larger Gifts May Be Sent to Yanks Larger and heavier Christmas packages may be mailed to members of the Army outside of the United States this year than in the past, the War Department announces. Relaxed regulations provide that such packages may weigh up to 11 pounds, more than double what was permitted in the past. A length of 42 inches is permissible this year, and combined length and girth may add up to 72 inches. Return home of so many men is seen as the reason. Regulations for the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine corps remain unchanged. CITRUS FIRM TO ENLARGE PLANT HERE One of Anaheim's major post-war industrial expansion projects will get underway about December 1 when construction starts on a new warehouse and a dehydrating plant for the Winckler & Smith Citrus Products Co., 408 South Atchison street. Bids for the construction now are being received, and the contract will be let late this week or early next week, Nicholas J. Winkler, president, said. The warehouse, of concrete and brick construction, will enclose 10,000 square feet of floor space and will be two stories in height. The dehydrating plant is to be all steel, one story high contain- A length of 42 inches is permissible this year, and combined length and girth may add up to 72 inches. Return home of so many men is seen as the reason. Regulations for the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine corps remain unchanged. Thanksgiving Past; Air Now Of Christmas Even as Anaheim paused today to observe its first post-war Thanksgiving, as proclaimed by the President, the Governor and the Mayor, the city already was taking on a Christmas holiday air. Santa will arrive in Anaheim the first week in December and will head a parade through the business district to city park, the chamber of commerce has been advised. School children will assemble there for singing of carols and for a program arranged under direction of Miss Ruth Phelps, high school drama teacher. Toys have appeared from nowhere in the show windows and on the shelves of the retail stores, and childish eyes brighten with wonder and gaze with longing desire in anticipation of impending arrival of Santa Claus. Military motif is beginning to give way to more orthodox subjects for articles with which to please young America, with end of the war. Toy furniture and wheeled toys are much in evidence, and the latter do not resemble motorized equipment of war so closely as they have for several seasons past. Familiar Pair Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy are back, in all their simplicity and unpretentious dress, alongside beruffed and curled dolls, few of which sport uniforms of Wacs or Waves, or nurses's uniform with cross reddening the sleeve. Tinselled ribbon and gay holly tissue has replaced the common wrapping paper and twine string considered good enough for most other seasons. Plans already are afoot for decorating the business district and solicitors are engaged in gathering funds to defray that expense. Business will swing back into on a new warehouse and a dehydrating plant for the Winckler & Smith Citrus Products Co., 408 South Atchison street. Bids for the construction now are being received, and the contract will be let late this week or early next week, Nicholas J. Winkler, president, said. The warehouse, of concrete and brick construction, will enclose 10,000 square feet of floor space and will be two stories in height. The dehydrating plant is to be all steel, one story high, containing 2500 square feet. Both will face Atchison street, adjoining the company's present facilities. Plans are to finish construction within six weeks, if supplies of materials and labor permit. Step-Up Output The dehydrating plant will enclose machinery which has been operated in the open air since they first began producing livestock feed from citrus peel here last July. It also will permit enlarging those facilities and stepping up volume of output. The large warehouse will provide storage space for canned citrus juices, of which Winckler said the company has produced $1,500,000 worth during the season just closed. This was their first season here, they having taken over operation last January 1 from Lash, Inc., of the plant, which was established in 1894. Amount of expenditures for the new facilities will not be announced until the contracts are let, Winckler said. Bank of America Gives Bonus; Two Directors Named Christmas bonuses for officials and employees, and election of Eric A. Johnston and Marshal Hale to the board of directors of the Bank of America have been announced by A. J. Gock, chairman of the board, and L. M. Giannini, president. The Christmas bonus brings the total granted by the bank this year to 90 per cent of a month's salary. Bonus funds are intended for investment in capital shares of the bank, but employes with basic monthly salaries of less than $200 may, as in the past, withdraw the Christmas bonus in cash. Employes with a year or more of service will receive an additional 40 per cent of their basic November salary, if it is $500 or less, and 35 per cent of any over that amount. To Your Christmas Mailing Early; the Postmaster Is 'Not Kidding' anyone who has received a gaily-wrapped package or a red Christmas card after the Yuletide season was 'all but the shouting' knows that we are not just 'kidding' when we warn that Christmas mailing must be done early." Mentions L. H. Hoskins, Anaheim postmaster. The postal department exerts superhuman effort to assemble that every greeting and gift reaches destination on "he added, "but that is beyond physical possibility if thing is neglected and the entire load falls in a two- or three-day flood." Enough a half-dozen extras be employed, as usual, to ent the force of nine regular three extra clerks now on in the local postoffice, Christmas mail should be in the not later than December 10. Is Needed Ful wrapping of packages, addressing with postal zoneers, and early mailing will disappointment in delivery. Pages may be sealed if labels fixed, stating that contents merchandise and may be ind by postal authorities. Anaheim postoffice staff miss the experienced assistants this Christmas season of its member still in the armed forces," K. F. Snyder, superintendent of mails, commented. "He is O. L. Chandler, who lost an arm while serving with the Seabees on Iwo Jima and who is now in a hospital at San Francisco, but who probably will not return to his job here before the Christmas season. Christmas Volume Parcel post dispatched by the Anaheim postal staff during the Christmas rush usually reaches an average of 250 sacks a day, which is 10 times the normal volume. Christmas cards swell the amount of first-class mail to about triple normal average to 15 or more pouches daily, Snyder added. Ceiling End Near, Belmont Predicts "I may be sticking my neck out," commented Frank Belmont, Anaheim orange packing executive, while lunching one day recently, "but I have a prediction to make. "The ceiling on oranges will be removed within 10 days." His listeners evinced interest at this seeming answer to a question that has been the leading topic of conversation in the citrus-packing industry since V-J day. But the man who directs destinies of Granada Packing House only smiled a knowing smile—and refused to amplify. There's no record to justify their presence there, and no one seems to know the answer. Credence to the prediction was added when, the following day, the OPA announced in Washington that controls on all fresh citrus fruits were off from last Monday through January 13.