anaheim-gazette 1946-06-06

COLONY QUIPS Have just been listening to another one of those Oregon "tall" stories. This time it was tall trees and a tree topper. Did you ever see a tree "topped or hear about this exciting trade? Well we never did either and so listened with more than usual attention. In logging operations it seems that about a ten acre plot is laid out and approximately in the center a large tree is picked out to be left uncut. The rest of the timber is felled leaving this central 250 foot high beauty standing. Then Cliff Hatch of Creswell, Oregon, the tree topper, goes to work. He climbs up cutting away all the limbs until he gets to about thirty feet from the top. He then starts using the axe until the top of the tree falls to the ground. The trunk where Cliff is hanging (about 220 feet up in the air) sways back and forth in a six-foot arc when the top falls and the trick is for him to keep his precarious perch. He then comes down and carries up wires and pulleys so "donkey" engines can haul the logs to the loading platform. Using the pulley at the top of the tree these engines can lay the logs on trucks as easy as you can handle match sticks. One end of the wire is fastened to the tree to be moved it then runs up 220 feet through the pulley on top of the standing tree and down to the "donkey" which is thereby enabled to haul it from the extreme end of a ten acre piece right up to where the truck is waiting. 42 AUHS Cadets To Attend CHSC Camp at Ft. Ord Permission to send 42 local boys from the Anaheim Union High school unit of the California high school cadet corps to the CHSC encampment at Fort Ord, June 26 to July 14, has been obtained from Brigadier General C. D. O'Sullivan, adjutant general at Sacramento, Maj. Thomas C. Murphy, school corps commandant, announced this week. More than 1500 boys from throughout the state are expected to attend. Anaheim cadets who have secured their parents' permission to attend the CHSC encampment include Eguene Hutain, William Fox, Jr., Richard Davenport, Armand Castillo, Paul Darshay, Anthony Darshay, Jack Coss, Donald Coss, Bill Steinborn, Harry Tabott, Richard Tabott and Albert Kopso. Camp commandment will be Lt. Colonel George W. Walker, com- haul the logs to the loading platform. Using the pulley at the top of the tree these engines can lay the logs on trucks as easy as you can handle match sticks. One end of the wire is fastened to the tree to be moved it then runs up 220 feet through the pulley on top of the standing tree and down to the "donkey" which is thereby enabled to haul it from the extreme end of a ten acre piece right up to where the truck is waiting. It takes Cliff Hatch about two and a half hours to top a tree. The least slip of the axe might mean disaster to the "human fly" perched up there 220 feet. We would like to see a tree "topped" but strictly from the ground side and back a good distance. There are times when a news-paperman's soul is a tortured thing. As the pain becomes intolerable he sits at the Corona, lights up a Corona-Carona and pours it all out on a piece of paper. An editor friend poured his soul out about a movie he saw recently and we thought you would like to read it: "Gable's back and Garson's got him." That was the glib blurb used in advance of the highly anticipated union of two movie actors in a thing called "Adventure." For all that tortured movie fans who sat through this one cared, she could have him, and if both of them had taken poison before they ever went on the set, it would have been a boom to mankind. One more round like this and there will be no Gable to get and no Garson to get him. A world troubled by the threat of another war, OPA, Chester Bowles, nation-wide strikes and John L. Lewis, should not be asked to tolerate, in the rare moments still dedicated to entertainment, the added curse of paying money to sit through tripe devoid of either plot or dialogue, with the added humiliating spectacle of seeing two humans who are paid salaries far in excess of that of the President of the United States, capering around for two hours in the lousiest performance since the Cherry Sisters paid off the mortgage on Hammerstein's with "The Gypsy's Warning." An optimist says that today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. The pessimist adds that we seem to have had reason. Anaheim cadets who have secured their parents' permission to attend the CHSC encampment include Eguene Hutain, William Fox, Jr., Richard Davenport, Armand Castillo, Paul Darshay, Anthony Darshay, Jack Coss, Donald Coss, Bill Steinborn, Harry Tabott, Richard Tabott and Albert Kopso. Camp commandment will be Lt. Colonel George W. Walker, commandant of the Napa Union High school CHSC unit, a retired Marine corps officer. The large section of the main garrison of Fort Ord was made available to the state for the camp by the Army's Ninth Service command, Presidio of San Francisco. Arrangements were completed for the use of the army camp with (Continued on Page 7) Card Player Faces 'Bum' Check Charges A 54-year old, self-admitted "card player," was in Orange county hospital this week recovering from an emergency appendectomy following his arrest by Fullerton police last Friday in connection with the passing of 200 worthless checks for which he assertedly received $4,000. Lieut. W. G. Hovell of the Fullerton police department identified the man as Ora C. Penny: An official police report stated Penny had been linked with passing worthless checks in Anaheim, Fullerton, Orange, Santa Ana, Norwalk; Huntington Park, Santa Monica and other southland cities. Penny's arraignment was continued because of the emergency operation but police said upon his recovery he would be arraigned for prosecution on at least three counts of issuing worthless checks. Police said Penny used 20 different aliases and that he specialized in preying on grocery stores and service stations. In a statement assertedly made by Penny he attributed his check writing to visits to Gardena porker rooms where he admittedly lost substantial sums of money. Church of Christ In Annual Meet; Elect New Head Mrs. James Irvine the highlighting features of the fair, are now available at chambers of commerce in the county she said. Premium awards totaling $1350 have been arranged for the flower show which will be staged in the AAF Western Flying Training Command headquarters on West Eight street adjacent to the municipal bowl where the other events are scheduled. (Continued on Page 7) Three Injured In Auto Accidents, One Seriously One man was seriously injured when he crashed into a train and two others involved in an automobile collision, received minor injuries here last week. Most seriously injured was Roger D. Ackerman, 20 of 1328 S. Van Ness, Santa Ana. At week-end he was reported in fair condition at St. Joseph hospital. Treated at Fullerton Cottage hospital was Elmer J. Graham of 114 S. Main street, Placentia and Warren Pickens, of 419 Coffman avenue, Anaheim. Ackerman was injured when his auto collided with a Southern Pacific railroad train Wednesday night at the crossing of Highway 101 near Melrose Abbey. California Highway Patrol officers said Ackerman's machine was carried 165 feet down the track after the crash and thrown against a parked auto belonging An optimist says that today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. The pessimist adds that we seem to have had reason. No man can be well dressed who doesn't own 14 suits, we are informed. That makes most of us about seven per cent correct. A lot of the stuff being dished out these days as food for thought is little more than pap for prejudices. Some fellow who has more spare time than we do says a cow moves its jaws 41,000 times a day. And never says anything to hurt anybody. Specialists in some 378 classifications who left the army since May 12, '45, may now reenlist in their former grades. Inquire at 109 City Hall, Fullerton. Gov. to Proclaim 14th State Holiday As Sonoma stood ready to launch its centennial celebration ceremonies commemorating raising of the Bear Flag in California a century ago, Gov. Earl Warren, this week will proclaim June 14, Bear Flag Day and declare it a state holiday. Warren will also ask observance of the entire month of June as Bear Flag Month. Intention of the proclamation was made during a recent address Warren made before a meeting of the Native Sons of the Golden West at Hoeberg's, Calif. Church of Christ In Annual Meet; Elect New Head Announcement of the appointment of Luther Phillips Cudworth, C.S.B., of Boston, as president of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., was made last Monday at the annual meeting of the board of directors, according to word received here this week. The announcement was coupled with a message given the annual meeting of the Mother Church by the board of directors. "Until all responsible government heads are made to realize that the measure of a nation's true greatness is the spiritual stature of its people, rather than its physical resources, there can be no end to the conflict between materially mental forces that precipitated World War II," the directors declared. The time has come, the directors affirmed, when representatives of all social and religious systems are being called upon to give something more convincing than promises, preachments, and paganistic pageantries to sustain the faith of their fellows, and to provide for a lasting peace. If these systems are to survive, declared the official spokesmen of the Christian Science movement, they must "furnish proof that the ideals for which they stand can be made of practical use in advancing the cultural, economical and spiritual welfare of the race." Continuing on these lines, the (Continued on Page 6) ANAHEIM GAZETE EST. 1870 ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1946 County Fair Lower-Hobby Sales Issued Ge County's Fair and Horse to be staged at the Santa municipal bowl, June 20-23, to a flying start this week issuance of rules for the show and hobby section of ent. James Irvine, general in of the fair, reported pren of the event will culmonths of work by memthe county Assistance blanks and lists of awards huge flower show, one of Chamber Breaks Precedent; Has Women on Ballot Breaking a precedent unparalleled in the annals of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, two women were placed on the ballot of 28 candidates for election to the chamber board of directors last week. Listed among the 28 names of which 21 will be elected to office, are Mrs. Hildred Ferrell of McCoy drug store and Mrs. W. M. Trockstad of the Crescent style shop. Announcement of the inclusion of the women's names on the ballot came during the regular monthly meeting of the chamber at the Elk's clubhouse last Friday night. Present board members, presided over by E. M. Cone, president of the board, assisted by E. W. Moeller, secretary of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, heard reports from committees associated with the Anaheim Corp. Vets Homes Near Completion; 70 More On File As the city neared completion of a veterans' home building project expected to be ready for occupancy within the next 30 days, Mrs. M. P. Thaxton, director of USO housing in this area, reported Tuesday, 70 applications over and above the 36 soon to be filled, are on file at the present time. Among those not yet placed are 18 mothers, all pregnant, Mrs. Thaxton said, adding several other families were facing eviction. The project is to be ready for occupancy July 1, she said. Most of the ex-servicemen and their families are living with relatives or friends at the present time; she said, which has created a problem of overcrowding that is becoming difficult. E. P. Hapgood, city engineer, said Tuesday, the 36 units on the 200 by 570 foot area at Olive street and La Palma avenue converted over to the veterans' federal housing program is near TAKE PRI Gov. Earl Warren Up County Pa With Passage Announcement of the inclusion of the women's names on the ballot came during the regular monthly meeting of the chamber at the Elk's clubhouse last Friday night. Present board members, presided over by E. M. Cone, president of the board, assisted by E. W. Moeller, secretary of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, heard reports from committees associated with the Anaheim Community Planning project. In the election race, results of which will be announced June 28, the seven of the 28 candidates receiving the highest number of individual votes will be elected for a period of three years. The seven receiving the second highest number of votes individually, will serve for a two-year period and the remaining seven with the highest number of votes, will serve for a one-year period. Predicting a new era of ex-Continued on Page 7 Wife, Daughter To Join Capt. Kieffer in Korea Planning to join her husband, Captain Glenn S. Kieffer, in Korea, is Mrs. Genevieve Walsh Kieffer and her younger daughter, Miss Genevieve Kathleen, of 123 South Illinois street. They expect to leave the end of this month, pending receipt of Army orders. Captain Kieffer is the deputy director of the National Bureau of Education in Korea where he is in charge of reorganizing schools to meet United States educational standards. A veteran of World War I, he was a captain in the Navy. Captain Kieffer enlisted in the Army Air corps in March 1943. He saw overseas action, including the invasion of Okinawa and has been stationed in Korea since last September. Previous to his enlistment, Captain Kieffer was dean of El Centro junior college. He was affiliated there with the Army's civilian pilot training program. Mrs. Kieffer and her two daughters have resided in Anaheim since his transfer overseas. Miss Genevieve Kathleen Kiefer, at present a student at UCLA, plans to attend the University of Korea. She is majoring in psychology. Her older sister, Mary Louise, will remain here. She is under the project is to be ready for occupancy July 1, she said. Most of the ex-servicemen and their families are living with relatives or friends at the present time, she said, which has created a problem of overcrowding that is becoming difficult. E. P. Hapgood, city engineer, said Tuesday, the 36 units on the 200 by 570 foot area at Olive street and La Palma avenue converted over to the veterans' federal housing program is near completion with occupancy in many of the units scheduled for within the next 30 days. Only construction work remaining, he said, was installation of plumbing, including attachment of the city sewer system, electrical systems and painting. Connection of the plumbing units with the city's sewerage system is scheduled for next week, Hapgood said. The housing area, comprising two and six-tenths acres, will have units consisting of one, two and three bedroom homes, he said. Power Utility Cuts Rates To Its Consumers Authorized by the California Railroad Commission to inaugurate revised rates for domestic, commercial and agriculture power service, effective June 1, the Southern California Edison Company, Ltd., this week, instituted revisions cutting annual revenues approximately $1,000,000. The substantial reduction was made possible due to reductions in federal taxes coupled with sustained increase in sales, company spokesmen pointed out. Effect of the revision will reduce the utility's annual revenues by approximately $1,000,083. Domestic users customers will benefit by savings of $573,000, the company declared, adding commercial customer savings will total $482,000 while agricultural rates will be reduced $64,000. Defunct Air Base Survey Underway An investigation survey to determine to what public use the de-activated Santa Ana Army Air Base could be put to was under TUESDAY'S ELECTION A stunning landslide that carried Governor Earl Warren in Tuesday's primary was a tremendous slap at the discussed Political Action Committee. It is a vivid indication that the people of California are not partisan minded and more of a job well done than they do of a party label. Good of the small man this is exactly as it should be, in immediate opinion. The start of this campaign the Governor laid his administra-tory record on the table for all to see and asked that the opposition take a bill of particulars pointing out the errors and debate points at issue for all the voters to hear. This challenge was taken. And the forces against the Governor were urged to vote the entire Way. It seems that they did with the exception that lower case letters. Mazette is naturally pleased and happy at the election of Kuchel to the office of State Controller. We admit being prejudiced and having Kuchel receive both Republican and Democratic nominations by huge majorities is almost more than hoped for but that is the way the votes went. Goes to show that the people of California will vote and for a man, if they think he is right, regardless of a party our Direct Primary law puts the responsibility squarely hands of the people which is democracy, while it still keeps publican or representative form of our government intact. Good enough for us. Defunct Air Base Survey Underway An investigation survey to determine to what public use the de-activated Santa Ana Army Air Base could be put to, was under way this week by city planning engineer Charles Diggs. Diggs was requested to make the survey this week by the board of supervisors and to make recommendations for future use of the base, either all or in part, for the county and its several agencies or groups which might be interested in acquiring part of its facilities. The site has been mentioned as a possible future home for the Orange county fair and recreational center as well as a community meeting place. The air base, originally started on a 410 acre site leased by the city of Santa Ana, has now spread so that it covers 1,362 acres. QUOTES of the week "I've got mice in my cellar." Willie Salas, Albuquerque, N.M., explaining his 3-foot bullsnake pet. "At least I'll get an apartment!" — Ex-Colonel David Kirk, New York, re-enlisting in army as sergeant. "Half of America's women over 85 have become matron bobby soxers." — Patricia Stevens, head of Hollywood model-school. Milk Strike Not To Be Felt Here Says Union Head Threat of the pending strike in Los Angeles county which would deprive it of 90 percent of its dairy products, we have no effect in Orange county a union spokesman announces this week. The union official, Mark Whiting, secretary-treasurer of AFL Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees union in Los Angeles, said union houses in Orange county would not be affected if his members walked off the job on July 1, tentative date of the pending strike. The union men are asking $53.50 for a 48-hour work week. Dairies in Orange county will contracts with Whiting's union include, Todd's, the Independent Yellis and Sunny Maid. Nazi War Prisoner To Pick Valencias Prisoners of war—once promembers of Marshal Rommel (The Desert Fox) Afrika Korp—were reported back in Orand County early this week to help pick the Valencia crop pending the arrival of Mexican Nationals arrive. The army provost marshal department will supervise the prisoners, he saloThe war prisoners will be quartered in the PW camp near Gaden Grove. They were brought here from their camp in Corcora Kings county. The states of Maryland, New Jersey, Indiana and California lead the states of the Union in the production of tomatoes. ZETTE Weekly Temperatures By Association Laboratory Day Min. Max. Thursday 53 80 Friday 65 78 Saturday 65 75 Sunday 58 78 Monday 60 77 Tuesday 53 82 Wednesday 58 85 TAKE PRIMARIES; RE-ELECTION SET Gov. Earl Warren Thomas H. Kuchel Rep. John Phillips Warren, Kuchel, Knowland Make Clean Sweep: Schultz Marion Warren, Kuchel, Knowland Make Clean Sweep; Schultz, Marion On Top; Elliott-Musick Battle Shattering state political traditions by capturing both Republican and Democratic primary elections for renomination as Governor, incumbent Earl Warren today rested easily as he was virtually assured election without major opposition next November. Orange county swarming to the gubernatorial banner joined solidly with the remainder of the state in turning to Warren and also re-assured return of two Republican assemblymeh in the next state legislature. Thomas H. Kuchel, Orange county's native son, running cross-filed on both ballots, for state controller, did as well as Warren in Orange county with over a 16,000 vote in the GOP and 9,108 votes on the Democratic ticket, assuring his incumbency and re-election as state controller. Meanwhile county votes in the U. S. Senatorial race placed Sen. William F. Knowland back into nomination for retention of his seat in the senate and Will Rogers, Jr., son of the late humorist and Beverly Hills newspaper publisher appeared safely in as the Democratic nominee. Not since Hiram Johnson became the first California governor to win a second term has any candidate repeated until the present governor's clean sweep in Tuesday's voting. Dual party nomination—tantamount to election—has been accorded congressional candidates but never to a governor before Warren. His opponent, Atty. Gen. Robert W. Kennedy conceded his defeat in a message to Warren. In the local picture Sheriff Jesse Elliot took top place on the primary non-partisan election in the county but was able to garner only 9600 of the 40,000 votes cast in cities and towns, in what has been described as the hardest Six-Year-Old Polio Victim Recovering A six year old Westminster youth was reported this week to be recovering from an attack of poliomyelitis at the Orange County hospital, following its discovery last Friday. The young boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Burnham, 125 Twentieth street, Westminster, was removed to the hospital last week after a physician's diagnosis revealed he had been stricken with the dread allment. Doctors said however, the child has only the first stages of polio, and is not regarded as being in critical condition. Dr. Edward Lee Russell, county health officer, said this is the first case of the disease reported here this year. Sam L. Collins fought battles for the sheriff's office ever witnessed here. In the 22nd congressional district, Congressman John Phillips was left facing the possibility of a November run-off with Ray Adkinson of Santa Ana as Adkin-totaled 10,092 Democratic votes at noon yesterday. Phillips vote count stood at 9162. On the Republican side however, Phillips snowed Adkinson under with a four-to-one majority, rolling up 20,215 votes to his opponents 5860 on the GOP ballot. Only 416 of a total of 528 precincts in Orange, Riverside and Imperial counties had been tabulated up to a late hour yesterday. James Musick, war veteran and probation officer on leave nosed right behind Elliott with 8300 votes with political hangers-on al-