anaheim-gazette 1947-12-04

PEARL HARBOR—DEC. 7, 1941 Geographically, Pearl Harbor is an American naval base outside of Honolulu. Historically, it is a synonym of enemy treachery and of our own unpreparedness. The name "Pearl Harbor" meant little to us until it burst into flaming headlines over the wreckage of ships and planes and the bodies of valiant men on that Sunday morning of December 7, 1941. Instantly America was changed from a self-satisfied, easy-going nation into one fiercely bent on squaring accounts with the perpetrators of that crime. Accounts were eventually squared. But the road from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay was a long one filled with throbbing heartbeats and heartaches and washed with the sweat and blood of American boys. No one thing brought us victory. Instead, it was made up of a million heroic deeds, of thousands of ships, tens of thousands of planes, and countless pieces of equipment and machinery. To be sure, the atomic bomb was a tremendous factor in the Pacific struggle but it served principally to drive the final nail in the coffin of Japanese military and generally to insult us. For a while we tried to pass these off as irresponsible utterances. Gradually, however, we saw that was all part of a pattern to discredit us in the eyes of the world. With each propaganda blast Russia good will account in this country went down. Today it is heavily overdrawn. It seems we that the Kremlin had much to gain and little to lose by keeping our friendship. Good relations between the USSR and ourselves would have made peace more certain and world recovery more rapid. Stalin, however, chose to put world Communism first. Yet, Communism is losing out in many places and Moscow seems destined to wind up as a total bankrupt in world goodwill. Well, Uncle Joe and his cohorts have certainly worked hard to achieve such failure. NEW POSTMASTER The United States not only has a new Postmaster General but something new in the way of a Postmaster General. For the first time "since the memory of man runs neth not to the contrary" he is not a pre No one thing brought us victory. Instead, it was made up of a million heroic deeds, of thousands of ships, tens of thousands of planes, and countless pieces of equipment and machinery. To be sure, the atomic bomb was a tremendous factor in the Pacific struggle but it served principally to drive the final nail in the coffin of Japanese military ambitions. The war taught us that warships, when designed to fit in with the pattern of the air age, are still indispensable. It taught us too, that many common things such as motor trucks have enormous value. Without trucks our armies both in the Pacific and in Europe would have been virtually immobilized, while on the home front our transportation system would never have held up so well except for the amazing performance of these carriers. General Patton called the 10-ton truck "America's secret weapon." But the biggest lesson of all the war taught us—or should have taught us—was that we must always be prepared. If we make use of that lesson, if we keep our heads and our powder dry, there will never be another Pearl Harbor. A FORTUNE SQUANDERED During the war the Russian people, through their magnificent stand against the invading Germans, built up an enormous store of good will with the American people. So impressed were we with their heroic work that we were inclined to minimize the faults of their government and to pass lightly over its conduct which had been repugnant to us on more than one occasion. We found excuses for Stalin's deal with Hitler opening the door for World War II, we "forget" the Soviet attack on Finland in 1939, we winked at the absorption of the Baltic states, and so on. With our fervent desire to be friendly its possible that we could have made our manufactured alibis stick in our minds for a while, at least, if the Kremlin had been inclined to accept our hand of friendship. But Uncle Joe Stalin would have none of it. Even before the war had ended, the high-powered propaganda machine in Moscow had started to call us names, distort our motives THIRD PARTY Although talk of a third political party in the field next year has died down to a whisper the whisper still persists. Report from the recent CIO convention at Santa Cruz indicate that efforts are still being made to get the Third party on the California ballot in 1948. It was estimated that 78,000 of the approximately 276,000 voters' signatures necessary to qualify the Third party have already been obtained. That still leaves a long way to go, but supporters of the movement hint that they haven't made any concerted effort yet to get the required number of names on the dotted line. The Third party idea doesn't seem so dangerous to the Democrats now as it did a few months ago. Henry Wallace has talked himself out and has faded into the background. Many political observers now feel that he would be unable to produce a real split in the Democratic ranks and would draw a negligible number of votes away from President Truman. Our Next Governor Our Next Governor By EARL G. WATERS (WESTERN NEWS SERVICE) It appears the time has come for Californians to start getting acquainted with their next governor. Since the 1946 primary election, there has been little doubt in the minds of shrewd capitol observers that the state would get a new chief executive without benefit of another gubernatorial election. Governor Earl Warren this month precluded almost all further doubt when he disclosed that he will be a candidate for the presidential nomination at the Republican convention in Philadelphia next June. That Warren will be strictly "the man to see" in the Quaker City goes without saying. Having entered his name before the California Republican convention there is absolutely no chance, in the minds of party members, that he will not emerge with the state's GOP delegation wrapped with a blue ribbon. In addition, many think, the governor will arrive under the liberty bell with the delegations from all of the western states in his pocket. The tremendous bargaining power which this would afford is not being overlooked by other Republican aspirants. Warren simply outwitted them by abandoning the cloak of cowness and left them gaping. Only Stassen and Taft got the jump on him. How this will give California a new governor even in the event Warren does not wind up in the White House is simple. If California's hope arrives at the convention to find that his chances to win the nomination do not appear salubrious, it is almost a certainty he will play a big part in naming the next president. Who he would choose in that even is problematical and it is extremely doubtful if even Warren can answer that question at this time. But there is no question as to his status in such an eventuality. With the delegations of the west in his pocket, he can undoubtedly name the post in the administration. If the Republicans are successful. Many Sacramento hangers-on predict Warren is actually seeking the attorney generalship or a seat on the supreme court of the United States. The governor is not so reticent as that. He would be as honored as any other spirited American to be chosen for the office of president. It will only be because the big party powers keep him from the nomination that Warren will exercise his strength to select his next preference. Party strategists in this state think that Warren's chances to win the nomination depend upon the stature of President Truman at the time of the GOP convention. If Truman is strong, they state, the Republicans will need a liberal Republican who is without national political enemies. That's where the Californian will slip in, according to these thinkers. However, if Truman is viewed as a pushover, chances are the old guard Republicans will dominate the convention and advance a conservative candidate. There Warren would be forced to play his cards for the cabinet post. So, it remains, if things go well for the Republicans next November, California will have a new man in the corner office. Lieutenant Governor Goodwin J. Knight undoubtedly has much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO 75 Years Ago DECEMBER 14, 1872 Annual Stockholders Meeting of the Anaheim Lighter Company. The yearly meeting of the Anaheim Lighter company which had been postponed until Monday, Dec. 9, was held on that day at the office of the Anaheim Water company. Vice-president Lorenz in the chair. Minutes of meeting of 1871 were read and approved. Reports of the officers of the company were read and referred to a committee composed of A. Langenberger, John Fischer and J. Bennerscheidt for inspection and with instructions to report immediately. C. Lorenz, F. A. Korn, John P. Zeyn, A. Langenberger and John Fischer were elected trustees for the ensuing year. We have been requested to call the attention of the good people of Anaheim to the fact that on Monday evening, December 16th, there will be a preliminary meeting held in the reading room of Clark's Book store, for the purpose of appointing committees and making the necessary arrangements in regard to the Christmas tree, to be erected in the lower part of the Masonic hall. The ladies of Anaheim and vicinity are especially invited, as without their cooperation the affair can hardly become a success. Irvine, Flint & Co. are constructing a ditch in the Santiago can. the neatest and most comfortable thing that we have ever seen in the line of school furniture. Ye local's memory wandered back to the days of "Auld Lang Syne," the good old days (over the left) when he was a school boy. His desk was the soft side of a pine slab, and his only foot rest nether air, and as with back bent, shoulders humped, heads down, resting upon the slab, what a delight it was for ye ancient pedigogue to walk down the line with his omni-present birch and stimulate our understandings, for those were the good old days when ye ancient pedigogue— "Your youngsters pate to stimulate, He beats ye father end." The old desks of the grammar school have been cut down and patched up for the primary school. This seems to be following the example of economical Mamma's when they cut down a pair of Tom's old pants to make a new pair for little Tribley, but we can't see why the primary should not have a new desk too. Our enterprising friend P. A. Clark is going to send a team to the mountains to get Christmas trees. C. Hille has purchased the interest of R. Menzel in the City Bakery Saloon. Be Sure to Make Early There's an old Christmas verb that reads: It is always than you think. That applies to a lot of including our Christmas merry December is here and the between now and the 25th dropping off the calendar autumn leaves. If you want your card packages to arrive at their station in time for the big dress had better get them lined up now and send them on them in the next week—certainly later than December 15. By planning to send you and messages well ahead of it forces you to do your shop earlier, and this gives you a better selection of goods and from which to choose. Remember too, that the poor is a human being. He'll apply it very much if you'll do you in spreading out the load he to carry over a period of weeks instead of jamm all into a couple of days about getting at it right no Moscow seems destined to achieve such a not only has a new but something new in easter General. For the memory of man runrary" he is not a pronistead, he is a career with the postoffice as a and reached the number am's mail department prising appointment to president Truman when apped out to become a name, you've probably Naldson. He started 44 Postoffice Department he has long been talk pointed to the position who had come up 1936 when Alf Landon denit he promised to do got the chance. Now, get the new precedent. will call the public's attend during his campaign ear. a third political party has died down to a still persists. Reports of convention at Santa efforts are still being party on the California estimated that 78,000 276,000 voters' signanalize the Third party maintained. That still leaves supporters of the movehaven't made any confer the required number of line. The Third party angerous to the Demonew months ago. Henry inself out and has faded. Many political observvould be unable to prothe Democratic ranks eligible number of votes Truman. Irvine, Flint & Co. are construcing a ditch in the Santiago canyon, to irrigate the tract upon which the old ranch house is located. In their survey they have kept the ditch well upon the hill-side in order that, should there be a sufficient quantity of water, the ditch may be extended across the foothills to the San Joaquin plain. Preparations are already being made to celebrate in an appropirate manner the coming holidays. Max Nebelung of the Anaheim hotel will give a ball on Christmas eve, and on Sylvester eve, Fischer invites his friends to join him in welcoming the birth of the New Year. These gentlemen are so well known that it is almost unnecessary to advertise their "shops." That everyone will enjoy himself to the fullest extent does not admit of a doubt. On Monday last our well-known and "sober" friend "Misther" Finnegan, whilst working on R. Melrose's well, fell in and struck up on a scantling near the bottom of the well. The scantling was broken and otherwise badly injured. Finnegan takes his bitters as usual—when he can get them. Ye local hath been to school, not to "get intellect put into him," but in search of items. And he found one there. Those hideous old wooden desks that have so long disgraced the grammar school room have given way to 25 Years Ago DECEMBER 14, 1922 Santa Claus is making preparations for his annual visit to Anaheim, and this year no child will be forgotten in the distribution of presents, all will be remembered, provided they attend one of the festivities now in preparation. The Elks have raised a generous fund and representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Knights of Columbus, American Legion, Concordia, Ebell, Eastern Star, Rebekahs met Yorba and the granddaughter of Don Antonio Yorba who came here at the head of this distin-guished family three generations ago. Mrs. Singleton is a popular member of our local society and it is always a great pleasure to meet her and her relatives. All southern California has been drenched by a generous rain during the past several days and indications are that the storm will continue. The storm began last The Newspaper and Public Opinion Polls conducted in the U.S. States and England reveal the people of both countries than other source in forming their opinions. This indicates, it seems that most persons believe press as a whole is endeavoring to give them a clear picture of situations and events. Obvious they didn't think so they did not look to newspapers to them to the extent they do. This, of course, is gratifying newspapermen. But it brings them increased realization of responsibility to their community and the nation to do an ever-beginning job of gathering the news presenting it in simple, straightforward language. Two decades or more ago the radio came into wide use was some feeling that it eventually displaced the news as the principal source of information. The radio had done an important factor in dissemination. But it is satis- tive to observe that during these years the newspaper has proved be doubt its own popularity and manency. The aim of this newspaper be worthy of public confiden- all times not only through pleate and accurate reporting through unceasing support that advances the best interest our community and our coun- and Mrs. H. G. Ames, Miss Fred Melrose and Miss B. Grewes. Bob McKee left some days for Missouri, where he has a farm which needs his person tention. He will probably dis- fice of the farm and continue to large investments in Or-a county. The Odd Fellows lodge their annual election on Friday evening at Odd Fellows hall which Frank Machleb was chief patriarch; C. W. He senior warden; George Sch- high priest; H. A. Manz, re- ing scribe; E. B. Johnson, fa- cial scribe; J. L. Harris, ju- warden; J. A. Griffin, trustee stallation will take place in Santa Claus is making preparations for his annual visit to Anaheim, and this year no child will be forgotten in the distribution of presents, all will be remembered, provided they attend one of the festivities now in preparation. The Elks have raised a generous fund and representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Knights of Columbus, American Legion, Concordia, Ebell, Eastern Star, Rebekahs met Friday evening at Mr. DeCew's Lexington garage to make arrangements for two Christmas entertainments, one at the city park on Friday evening, December 22, and the other among the Mexican population in the north part of town on the following evening. A committee appointed to prepare and trim the trees is composed of the following: Miss Ruth Grim, chairman, Mrs. Nellie Terry, Mrs. H. H. Benjaman, Miss Hannah Horwitz, Miss Frances Adams. All lodges, societies and clubs are invited to participate in these entertainments and assist in making Christmas a happy time for all the children in the city and vicinity. Judge A. W. Hutton, of Los Angeles, his sister-in-law, Mrs. J. C. Travis of Esperanza, and his daughter, Mrs. D. A. Singleton of this city, made a very pleasant call at this office some days ago. Judge Hutton is a personal friend of the writer, and it was a great pleasure to meet him. He is one of the foremost lawyers in the state and is an authority on irrigation law. He has been the council in all of the law suits of the Anaheim Union Water Company and the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company and has been uniformly successful in defending their water rights and properties in all litigation. He is now in his seventy-fifth year, and still practices his profession. Mrs. Travis is the daughter of Don Prudencio Yorba and the granddaughter of Don Antonio Yorba who came here at the head of this distinguished family three generations ago. Mrs. Singleton is a popular member of our local society and it is always a great pleasure to meet her and her relatives. All southern California has been drenched by a generous rain during the past several days and indications are that the storm will continue. The storm began last Wednesday and has continued intermittently since. The fall up to yesterday morning for the storm was 2.50 inches, more than double the precipitation of last year to the same date. The long fight made by the University of California citrus scientists to save the life of the father tree of southern California's orange orchards has proved in vain. The tree has died—and at a ripe old age. A few years ago it was noticed that the tree which stood in the court yard of the Mission Inn, Riverside, where it had been transplanted by President Theodore Roosevelt, was growing decrepit. But, although it no longer lives, it is not forgotten for Frank A. Miller has ordered it cut into block for distribution to prominent citrus men of the southland. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Zeppenfeld entertained the members of the Four-Fours club at their home on Cypress street Tuesday evening. A delicious dinner was served at 7:30 at which the decorations were in keeping with the holiday season. After dinner the evening was spent at the card game where high scores were made by Mrs. H. James and F. A. Yungbluth. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Zeppenfeld, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Yungbluth, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McFadden, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dolan, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McCord, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Backs, Mr. and Mrs. Welborn Wallop, Mr. The Odd Fellows lodge their annual election on Friday evening at Odd Fellows hall which Frank Machleb was chief patriarch; C. W. Her senior warden; George Schmidt priest; H. A. Manz, reeling scribe; E. B. Johnson, facial scribe; J. L. Harris, just warden; J. A. Griffin, trusted stallation will take place in January. A Christmas musical program will be given Sunday at the byterian church when the choir quartet, assisted by Mrs. W. Ross, will present several musical numbers. The Christmas cantata "Holy Night" will be ene Members of the quartet Miss Alice Grimshaw, soprano Miss Elizabeth Walker, contral Maurice C. Waugh, tenor, Askin, baritone. Mrs. John Kellenberger hostess to the Star Five Hundred club on Friday afternoon at home on south Olive Street Luncheon was served at 11 after which the card game played Mrs. C. E. Harbison the first prize, Mrs. Robert Moore the second and Mrs. W. P. Qinton the third. Fred Marsh has returned Anaheim and has purchased interest in the grocery business Harry Horn. Tickets for the football game the Pasadena Tournament of Races for sale by Malcom Fragrance Prices are $1.65, $2.75 and $3 University of Southern California will play against Pennsylvania State U. Lighter-than-air ships of "blimp" type during the war trolled an area of 3,000,000 squares off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the Mediterranean Thursday, December 4, 1947 Be Sure to Mail Early There's an old Christmas problem that reads: It is always later on you think. That applies to a lot of things including our Christmas malling. December is here and the days between now and the 25th areapping off the calendar likeumn leaves. If you want your cards andkages to arrive at their destination in time for the big day you better get them lined up right and send them on their way the next week—certainly not earlier than December 15. My planning to send your gifts messages well ahead of time forces you to do your shopping later, and this gives you a much better selection of goods and cards in which to choose. Remember too, that the postman is human being. He'll appreciate very much if you'll do your part spreading out the load he has carry over a period of couple weeks instead of jamming it into a couple of days. How out getting at it right now? The Newspaper and Public Opinion It is the considered opinion of this amateur columnist that this Thanksgiving Day, in the Year of our Lord 1947, is as momentous as that first Thanksgiving Day, which has been the delight of the artists, or any other Thanksgiving Day in our history. I write this with very real seriousness. It is not only that we should give thanks for the blessings which have come to us individually and as a nation, over the years, although we should give heartfelt thanks for them. We have food, when men and women are starving; our buildings stand, while the great cities of many countries are in ruins. We have work, and high living standards. We have a government which is still a government of the people, in spite of the encroachments of the last few years. We should give thanks for these things, and for the system of government which made them possible, and for the freedoms assured us under that form of government. These things will be in our minds on the 27th. Think again of those paintings of the first Thanksgiving Day. Sometimes they show a table heavy with the simple food of the period; sometimes there are Indians in the pictures, meeting with the Pilgrims. Sometimes the Pilgrim father is on his way home, with the turkey, and with his musket. Sometimes the family is on the way to church, and there is the musket again. The colonists felt danger around them. I could east or west, depends on the solution of the problems in the Orient. To "solve" the European problem, without solving first, or concurrently, the Chinese problem, and to throw not only China, but all the world, to communism. Yet the President omitted that from his message, and the State Department resists suggestions that it is of equal importance. My other "first impression" of the President's message was that I had heard it before, and I rise to remark that this was a most startling reaction, because the time I heard it before, it was delivered in the German language. I could shut my eyes and see myself again in a temporary wooden building in Nuremberg, with Adolph Hitler, in his high pitched and tearful voice, asking the German people to place power and control in his hands (and I think he must have said "to be used only if it is necessary") in order to stop communism. Inflation had already been "stopped," if we may call it that, by the process of wiping out completely the value of the inflated currency and replacing it with a new currency, and starting all over again. There were suggestions in the message that can be followed. I do not think the Congress will ever reinstate consumer controls, for the practical reason that they would destroy the very thing we most need to carry out the world program; production. Generally, it The Newspaper and Public Opinion This indicates, it seems to us, that most persons believe the mass as a whole is endeavoring to see them a clear picture of situations and events. Obviously, if they didn't think so they would look to newspapers to guide them to the extent they do. This, of course, is gratifying to newspapermen. But it brings to an increased realization of their consibility to their community the nation to do an ever better job of gathering the news and presenting it in simple, straightforward language. Two decades or more ago when radio came into wide use there was some feeling that it might actually displace the newspaper as the principal source of public information. The radio has become an important factor in news dissemination. But it is satisfying observe that during these years newspaper has proved beyond its own popularity and perseverance. The aim of this newspaper is to worthy of public confidence at times not only through comedy and accurate reporting but through unceasing support of all advances the best interests of community and our country. Mrs. H. G. Ames; Miss Winifred Melrose and Miss Esther Wes. Job McKee left some days ago Missouri, where he has a large which needs his personal attention. He will probably dispose of the farm and continue to make investments in Orange City. The Odd Fellows lodge held an annual election on Friday evening at Odd Fellows hall at Frank Machleb was chosen patriarch; C. W. Hedges, or warden; George Schouch, priest; H. A. Manz, record-scribe; E. B. Johnson, financial-scribe; J. L. Harris, junior enlisted; J. A. Griffin, trustee. In addition will take place in Jan. Think again of those paintings of the first Thanksgiving Day. Sometimes they show a table heavy with the simple food of the period; sometimes there are Indians in the pictures, meeting with the Pilgrims. Sometimes the Pilgrim father is on his way home, with the turkey, and with his musket. Sometimes the family is on the way to church, and there is the musket again. The colonists felt danger around them. I could have made this column on preparedness! Instead, in the next few weeks, I want to try and put on paper, and speak whenever the opportunity offers itself, on the seriousness of the world situation as it affects the United States, and as we see it here in the few days which have elapsed since the President called the Congress back in special session, and read to us his suggestions on how to meet that situation. I shall put things into these letters which the people at home do not know and which they would hardly hear from other Washington sources. It is time to talk plainly to the American people. The President's speech was as interesting because of what he did not say, as because of anything he did say. The peace of the world, Dorrel FURNITURE COMPANY SPECIALIZING in MATTRESSES "You Always Get More for Your Money" Dorrel HOME FURNISHINGS 117 N. Los Angeles St. Anaheim 5159 871 S. Grand Buena Park 324 Dorrel HOME FURNISHINGS 117 N. Los Angeles St. Anaheim 5159 671 S. 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