anaheim-gazette 1946-01-17

ANAHEIM GAZETTE Member Weekly Newspaper Ass'n of Orange County HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher 1887-1935 Mrs. Henry Kuchel — Theodore B. Kuchel Editors and Publishers Chet G. Burke, News Editor The Anaheim Gazette has been owned and edited by the same family since 1875. Published every Thursday at 259 East Center Street, Anaheim, California. Phone 2206-2207. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Anaheim, California, under the Act of March 8, 1897. Subscription Per Year, $2.00; 2 Years, $3.50; 6 Months, $1.25 "BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE . . ." "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home." But the acute housing shortage throughout America has produced a new version of that old adage: "Be it ever so humble there's no place." And as hundreds of thousands of war veterans return to civilian life each week the "no place" theme is sung in dissonant tones by a rapidly increasing chorus of dwelling seekers. In Washington worried officials are discussing many "cures" for the situation. But too much emphasis is being laid on the control of existing supplies of building materials and their prices, rather than concentrating on the only sure remedy which is to speed the production of more building materials for civilian use. Some controls may be necessary for a while but if lumber A veteran from Leyte told a friend the other day that service men there have become so disheartened over frustrated hope of getting home that they gloomily call Leyte "The Isle of Forgotten Men." What is behind this slowness of government in keeping its moral covenant with citizen soldiers who were taken from their homes for the "duration?" Beyond both oceans the Army is maintaining isles of forgotten men—men not being used in the necessary occupation of Germany and Japan; men simply held and forgotten, while professional football players, as one congressman charges, are flown home to finish the season! Perhaps part of the answer is that some professional military men, who traditionally favor a huge army, are loath to let men go. An uglier truth has been IN THE DAY JANUARY 28, 1871 The first congressional docket is composed of the following cities: San Diego, Los Angeles, Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Luis Obispo, Tulare, Inyo, Monterey, Fresno, Merced, posa, Stanislaus, Santa Santh Cruz, San Mateo and Francisco. San Francisco 150,000 population, embraces large number of non-voting nese. The population of the er counties according to the inaccurate census is 120,000 is likely that the voting piont of this district in the o counties is about the same a of San Francisco city and ty. The board of directors elects the late meeting of the stockers of the Anaheim railway pany are as follows: Max St John Forster, H. Kroeger, Fischer, Charles R. Johnson directors elected Max St president; George C. Knox, tary, and John Fischer treasurer. Messrs. R. Melrose and R fourcheri have been busily gaged during the week upon old accounts of the Ana Lighter company, endeavor discover where that $3,000 gone. Hope they will disco In a letter to the Gazette vising the ranchers to grow beans, William R. Olden This crop will live and pro on ground too dry for corn has no enemies. Neither theme is sung in dissonant tones by a rapidly increasing chorus of dwelling seekers. In Washington worried officials are discussing many "cures" for the situation. But too much emphasis is being laid on the control of existing supplies of building materials and their prices, rather than concentrating on the only sure remedy which is to speed the production of more building materials for civilian use. Some controls may be necessary for a while but if lumber and other items for home construction are made more plentiful the price problem will take care of itself through the law of supply and demand. America must build millions of homes during the next decade if the increasing population is to be properly housed. Our own state with its vast number of new residents will undoubtedly construct more homes than any other state in the Union. If Washington officials will spend less time to trying to figure out a quick cure for the situation and more time toward getting trees and red tape cut, the housing shortage will be at least one step clearer solution. OF FORGOTTEN MEN Jan. 1, nearly eight months after Germany quit, the U.S. Army still will have almost half the men under arms that it had on V-E day—when the nation's military strength reached its peak. Eight months is a long, long time, to a home-sick soldier in some remote corner of Europe! Man-made synthetic textile fibers have become so important with wartime developments that Columbia University is offering an extension course on them this fall. Radio production hit an all-time high of $3,500,000,000 in 1944. Messrs. R. Melrose and F. fourcheri have been busily gaged during the week upon old accounts of the Annie Lighter company, endeavoring discover where that $3,000 gone. Hope they will discover. In a letter to the Gazette vising the ranchers to grow beans, William R. Oldenbrough This crop will live and prince on ground too dry for corn has no enemies. Neither tangs nor grasshoppers will it for obvious reasons. This makes it of great value to our present unfenced condition year's experience satisfies me the raising of crops of small JANUARY 30, 1896 The election of directors of Anaheim Union Water Company appears to have been a warm test. At the annual meeting urday the seven candidates receiving the highest vote Mr. W. F. Botsford, William C.ther, Chester Spencer, Max Lung, Ernest Browning, George Key and E. R. Amerige. The installation of office Anaheim lodge No. 207, F. A.M., for the ensuing year place Monday evening as follows: H. W. Chenoweth, W. Sidney Holman, S. W.; H. Stough, J. W.; William M.Higgins, treasurer; P. A.ton, J. D., and Erwin Barry ward. Owing to illness J Helmsen, secretary, was not to be present. The heaviest rain storm of season prevailed on Monday ernon between 2 and 3 o'clock when .73 of an inch of precipitation was recorded for the noon by Mr. Dickel's gauge. Day night .38 additional fell heaviest showers descending o'clock Tuesday morning. Please is the order of the day and bittiful crops are assured. Principal Philip Krick of Placentia schools has purchased lot on the corner of Broad and Claudina streets and has en A. D. Porter a contract for erection of a dwelling the JANUARY 27, 1921 The chamber of commerce We're NOT a Beauty Shop But we CAN Do a Rejuvenating Job on Your Living Room We've expert workmen here who will strip your chairs and your sofa right down to the frame, and start from there to make it over. You can make your own choice of fine fabrics, and we'll send a representative if you can't come in. The prices are very reasonable, depending upon the amount of work involved and the quality of the fabric which you select. A phone call will bring you all the details. ORANGE COUNTY FURNITURE & UPHOLSTERY CO. H. M. BROYLES, Owner Factory and Showrooms 504 West Center — Anaheim — Phone 4714 SANTA ANA 413 West Fourth St. Phone 5370 FULLERTON 136 West Commonwealth Phone 905 IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO 75 Years Ago JANUARY 28, 1871 The first congressional district composed of the following countrys: San Diego, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Tulare, Inyo, Kern, Interey, Fresno, Merced, Mariana, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, with Cruz, San Mateo and San Francisco. San Francisco has 1000 population, embracing a large number of non-voting Chieces. The population of the other counties according to the late accurate census is 120,000. It likely that the voting population of this district in the outside counties is about the same as that in San Francisco city and county. The board of directors elected at late meeting of the stockholding of the Anaheim railway company are as follows: Max Strobel, Jon Forster, H. Kroeger, John Fisher, Charles R. Johnson. Theectors elected Max Strobel, president; George C. Knox, secretary; and John Fischer treasurer. Messrs. R. Melrose and F. Larcheri have been busily enlisted during the week upon the accounts of the Anaheim intercompany, endeavoring to recover where that $3,000 has gone. Hope they will discover. In a letter to the Gazette adding the ranchers to grow castor beans, William R. Olden says: his crop will live and produce ground too dry for corn and no enemies. Neither muscled. in this section is uncertain and that the sooner we devote our attention to trees, vines castor beans, cotton, corn and other such plants that, having deep roots that can reach and subsist on the subterranean moisture, which can always be found ready to rise to the surface of deeply plowed and well pulverized land, the better off we will be. It would be a great luxury to the walking inhabitants of this city if continuous sidewalks were constructed along Center and Los Angeles streets. Now said walks exist only in rare and disordered patches. We hope the city fathers will fix up these two streets in a more creditable manner. The unfailing weather sharps of Anaheim assert that a bountiful and sufficient rain will occur during the quarter of the new moon—that is to say between the 28th inst. and the 5th of February, proximo. Married at the residence of the bride's parents on the 23rd of January, 1871, by S. J. Davis,, J. P., Mr. H. Boege and Miss Louisa Lorenz, both of Anaheim. The funds lately contributed for the purpose of sinking an artesian well upon the premises of John Hanna, Esq., having been exhausted and another attempt to strike water under present circumstances being futile, the pipe brought hither for that purpose has been returned to Los Angeles. 'No Tickee, No Shirtee,' New Has New Words Seriousness of the shortage of milk bottles is being brought home to citizens of Anaheim and other residents of Orange county, with appearance in retail food stores of placards announcing, in big, bold, black letters: NO BOTTLES, NO MILK. Creameries are limiting daily retail deliveries to the number of bottles of milk corresponding to empties the merchant surrenders to the driver. To protect their supply and assure its uninterrupted flow, merchants pass the requirement along to their customers. Milk producers have been pleading for several weeks in an attempt to impress on the public the acute shortage of milk containers, declared most serious in history of the Pacific coast. They estimate that 10 million milk bottles have disappeared from trade channels in the three coast states—California, Oregon and Washington. War conditions and reconversion moves have prevented the glass industry from replacing them. Leaders warn production of new bottles will not reach volume sufficient to replace the missing containers, perhaps for several months. In the meantime, search your store rooms and garage. Return any empty milk bottles to your grocer; and protect those you are using. When you start for the market, remember: No bottles, no milk. Prescott Funeral Friday Afternoon Happy New Year! Down here in Washington could say, "Busy New Year Congress recessed Dec. 14." I have dashed out to California believe me, it would have good to see the people and renew my acquaintance with sun. We had seven snow and one of those Christmas days, when there were too icy most of the buses or cars to run. After ing the difficulties of trying the fact that our family by the war, is nearer than the West, and several mittees and conferences portance to agriculture, reading I want to do an on later in this column, decided to put the latter brief cases, and go down lantic City for five days will be our "Christmas day." The rest of the time here, conferences on host guayule, checking up post-war agriculture and our foreign policies, which it difficult to understand, erally getting this office for what will officially "second session of the 7 gress." This matter of our former ice reminds me of the who asked the student w capital of the United States His reply was, 'All world.' I think he h reading the Congression ord. Messrs. R. Melrose and F. Lacheri have been busily enduring the week upon the accounts of the Anaheim inter company, endeavoring to cover where that $3,000 has bee. Hope they will discover. In a letter to the Gazette adding the ranchers to grow castor beans, William R. Olden says: his crop will live and produce ground too dry for corn and no enemies. Neither mus-ugs nor grasshoppers will touch or obvious reasons. This fact makes it of great value to us in present unfenced condition. A man's experience satisfies me that raising of crops of small grain January, 1871, by S. J. Davis., J. P., Mr. H. Boege and Miss Louisa Lorenz, both of Anaheim. The funds lately contributed for the purpose of sinking an artesian well upon the premises of John Hanna, Esq., having been exhausted and another attempt to strike water under present circumstances being futile, the pipe brought hither for that purpose has been returned to Los Angeles. Hon. James Turner, late mayor of Los Angeles, is about to open a saloon at Gallatin. We congratulate the honorable gentleman upon these indications of his rising in the world. 50 Years Ago JANUARY 30, 1896 The election of directors of the Anaheim Union Water company years to have been a warm condition. At the annual meeting Satuay the seven candidates reeling the highest vote were: W. F. Botsford, William Crowley, Chester Spencer, Max Nebeg, Ernest Browning, George B. and E. R. Amerige. The installation of officers of Anaheim lodge No. 207, F. and A. for the ensuing year took place Monday evening as follows: H. W. Chenoweth, W. M.; Hay Holman, S. W.; H. A. ugh, J. W.; William Morris gins, treasurer; P. A. StanJ. D., and Erwin Barr, stead. Owing to illness Joseph Emsen, secretary, was not able to present. The heaviest rain storm of the month prevailed on Monday afternoon between 2 and 3 o'clock on .73 of an inch of precipitation was recorded for the aftermum by Mr. Dickel's gauge. Monnight .38 additional fell, the widest showers descending at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. Plowing the order of the day and bouncrops are assured. Principal Philip Krick of the Centia schools has purchased 20 acres belonging to Fred Dunng in the Kraemer tract. Loyd Bailey has purchased a lot on the corner of Broadway Claudina streets and has given D. Porter a contract for the construction of a dwelling there. The foundation is already down. The number of school children in the primary grades in town has increased so rapidly that the trustees have determined to limit each one in Miss Kerlin's room to a half day apiece. Among visitors from Los Angeles on Saturday to attend the water election were Col. Bailey, Col. Phelps, Mayor Klokke, Fred Hartung, Frank Ward and Mr. Worms. The masquerade ball given by the Chosen Friends last Friday evening was one of the events of the season. Miss Stone and Miss Gosch were awarded first ladies' prizes and F. S. Purdy and Frank Collins carried off the gentlemen's prizes. Messrs. Cahen, M. L. Rogers and C. O. Rust were the committee on awards. Among those who appeared in costume were: Henrietta Gosch, Elnora Stone, Amy Kroeger, Mrs. N. A. Bittner, Mrs. Kellenberger, Mrs. A. Bitterer, Mrs. B. Reise, Bertha Sellinger, Ida Sellinger, Mrs. C. E. Groat, Mrs. H. A. McWilliams, Miss Anna Carter, Mary Sonnen, Sophie Backs, Zoila Smythe, Olga Zeus, Beatrice Smythe. Louisa Knapke, the Misses Zeyn, Miss Robison, Mrs. Hamrick, Miss Wilke, Kate Backs, Hortense Yorba, Mrs. J. V. Albertson, Nellie Hantz, Ida Warling, Pauline Kroeger and Messrs. Purdy William Freise, W. B. Julian, Fred Lewis, B. H. Porter, Ed Heard, R. B. Stone, Lee Ortega, G. J. Wisser, Joe Backs, Jim Gardiner, C. B. Monagham, B. F. Vegeley, Joe Lyons, Editor Bourland, Edgar Bradley. Prescott Funeral Friday Afternoon Augustus H. Prescott, 69 years old, died Monday at his home, 205 South Citron street. He had resided in Anaheim 18 years. He was a native of Pennsylvania, having been born at Meadville. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Faye N. Prescott of Anaheim, and a sister, Mrs. D. O. Stewart, Keystone Heights, Fla. He was affiliated with the Modern Woodmen lodge. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Ada S. Teeple, pastor of the Fullerton Four Square Gospel church of Fullerton, of which he was a member, from the Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars chapel here at 10:30 a.m., tomorrow. Interment will be in Melrose Abby mausoleum. Everybody reads The Gazette Tomorrow 25 Years Ago JANUARY 27, 1921 The chamber of commerce for the city opened its new quarters on Angeles street Saturday evening. Open house when a welcoming hand was extended to all persons by Secretary Fraser. Nearly 100 persons visited the place during the day and inspected the homes. The place is easy of access now, being on the ground and it is hoped that the people, as well as the visitors to the city, will get the habit of roping in frequently. The final secretary will make their pleasant. Friends of Frank S. Gates and Maddie Schumacher were what surprised when they leaked out that they had silly slipped away and were buried at San Bernardino last year. They took nobody into confidence, consequently the resting item of news was not known to the public until the life was published. The happy people have the best wishes of a circle of friends. The Motor Transit company is planning to erect a brick building at the corner of Chartres and Angeles streets where the hard's gasoline station now exists. Another full house greeted the Bern Stock company at the end Tuesday night. "Charlie's" was the play. This is one of the funniest comedies ever put on boards and the Trahern many handled it perfectly. The announcement is made of the coming marriage of Miss Fern Quarton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Quarton, to Wayne Amack. A number of young friends gave her a miscellaneous shower Saturday afternoon. At the M.E. church Friday evening Miss Ruth Boyd was united in marriage to Welcome Ward of Santa Ana, Rev. Geissinger performing the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Boyd of North Philadelphia street, and has been in the employ of the First National bank. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Ward of Santa Ana and was a soldier in the world war, serving in France. They will reside in Santa Ana. Mrs. Adelheid Konig Schulte died at her home in South Pasadena Wednesday. She was born in 1844 and was married to William Konig in 1870, coming to Anaheim when the town was only a village surrounded by a wilderness of semi-desert vegetation. Mr. Konig established a winery which became famous for the quality of its wines, his port wine was world famous. Mr. Konig died in 1911 and some years later his widow married Anton Schulte. Funeral services were held in Backs and Terry's chapel and the remains were buried in the Konig lot in Anaheim cemetery. She had no children. Three brothers, Alphonse, Henry and John Eichler, all of San Francisco, survive her. WASHINGTON As Seen By CONGRESSMAN JOHN PHILLIPS Happy New Year! Down here in Washington, we could say, "Busy New Year." The congress recessed Dec. 21, and will reconvene Jan. 14. I could have dashed out to California and believe me, it would have been good to see the people at home, and renew my acquaintances with the sun. We had seven inches of snow and one of those sleety Christmas days, when the streets were too icy most of the day for buses or cars to run. After weighing the difficulties of travel, and the fact that our family, divided by the war, is nearer the East than the West, and several committees and conferences of importance to agriculture, and some reading I want to do and report on later in this column, I finally decided to put the latter in two brief cases, and go down to Atlantic City for five days. That will be our "Christmas recess." The rest of the time I've been here, conferences on hospitals, on guayule, checking up policies for post-war agriculture and some of our foreign policies, which I find it difficult to understand, and generally getting this office in shape for what will officially be the "second session of the 79th congress." This matter of our foreign policy reminds me of the teacher who asked the student where the capital of the United States was. His reply was, 'All over the world.' I think he had been reading the Congressional Record. must have felt on the defensive when the announcement was made. China and South America wanted it in western United States. It is one more evidence of the complete lack of understanding, not only of the United States, but in this case of the future. I'm used to having government agencies decide to service the 22nd district out of a San Francisco office, which is just the same as servicing the people out of a Chicago office, or to have a slide rule attorney decide that congress meant that all priority goods had to be advertised in all of California when offered for sale in Los Angeles. These things we become hardened to. But can we, or should we, overlook this decision to put the UNO headquarters in New York or Boston, which is the decision) or our present foreign policy, which seems to consist only of appeasement or support for Russia's demands? The problems of the future state department and the Washington bureau will undoubtedly feel that I am taking a very selfish view of international problems; that I am thinking only, or at least thinking first of the United States. I'll admit that I am, but I contend that this is also best for international relations. When I say, "Happy New Year" I want it to be a happy New Year for the United States as well, and not just a happy New Year for the rest of the world at the expense of the United States. the United States would get the credit, and not, he added, because we wanted credit for a good deed, but because in his opinion, the good-will which would be generated, would be very helpful in working out the sort of peace the United States wanted. I regret to add that after this war, when the United States was asked again to furnish the relief, and exactly the same European nations made exactly the same proposal, we did not have Mr. Wilson for President. Valencia Orange Officers Renamed By Its Directors Officers of the Anaheim Valencia Orange association were re-elected at a meeting of directors at the organization's offices, 424 South Los Angeles street, Monday morning. They are: P. J. Weisel, president; Ernst Borchert, vice president, and G. W. Sandilands, manager. Directors for the present year were elected as follows, at a stockholders' luncheon meeting at the Anaheim Elks club last Thursday: Weisel, Borchert, Herman Allgeyer, F. D. Lockman, Henry A. Mang, Jr., and L. P. Nichols. Approximately 200 stockholders and guests attended. Considerably more than a million dollars was disbursed for the 866 carloads of citrus handled by the association last season, the annual report of Manager Sandilands reveals. The nation's heavy buying-power, offsetting small sizes of the individual fruit, permitted the satisfying return on the crop, the report states. Speakers at the stockholders' meeting were D. R. Thompson, This matter of our foreign policy reminds me of the teacher who asked the student where the capital of the United States was. His reply was, 'All over the world.' I think he had been reading the Congressional Record. One of the most discouraging things of the past few days has been the decision of the United Nations Organization "not to put the headquarters in western United States." I put that in quotes, because that is just about how it was stated. Not that it was to be in the East, but that it was not to be in the West. I think this is significant, because the deciders washington bureaus will undoubtedly feel that I am taking a very selfish view of international problems; that I am thinking only, or at least thinking first of the United States. I'll admit that I am, but I contend that this is also best for international relations. When I say, "Happy New Year" I want it to be a happy New Year for the United States as well, and not just a happy New Year for the rest of the world at the expense of the United States. Woodrow Wilson thought so too, I recall very well, after the last war, when certain influential European countries proposed that we should provide the relief for a war-torn western world, and that we should simply deliver it to them, and let them pass it around. Mr. Wilson said something to the effect that if the United States provided the relief. Nichols. Approximately 200 stockholders and guests attended. Considerably more than a million dollars was disbursed for the 866 carloads of citrus handled by the association last season, the annual report of Manager Sandilands reveals. The nation's heavy buying-power, offsetting small sizes of the individual fruit, permitted the satisfying return on the crop, the report states. Speakers at the stockholders' meeting were D. R. Thompson, western division manager of the Exchange Orange Products company; A. H. Kirchmann, canaler of the Northern Orange County Citrus exchange, and George A. Graham, secretary of the Citrus Growers, Inc. 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