anaheim-gazette 1950-05-12

ANAHEIM GAZETTE Published afternoons, Monday through Friday, at 259 East Center, Anaheim, California. Phone Anaheim 2206. Entered as second-class matter at the Anaheim, California, Postoffice on June 5, 1879, under the Act of March 3, 1879. The Gazette is a member of the Associated Press, the National Editorial Association, and California Newspaper Publishers Association. All rights herein are reserved Subscriptions: 50c per month by carrier or $5 per year by carrier or mail. Officers: Mrs. Henry Kuchel, Theodore B Kuchel, Max Besler, Thomas Kuchel THEODORE B. KUCHEL Publisher MAX BESLER Assistant Publisher ROBERT FUNSETH Managing Editor WILLARD GREGORY City Editor NEIL STANLEY Display Advertising Manager RALPH ROULAND Classified Advertising Manager ‘Plain Pipe Racks’ Philosophy Among the good folks of Anaheim has been a surprising (and flattering) amount of interest in the creation of this newspaper. Well wishers have asked us how we did it, how we are financing it, how secure we are. Some have said, in effect: "Aren't you testing the free-enterprise system too severely in expanding the Gazette?" Of course we are glad to tell them—and you—the whole story. To begin with, the Gazette has been in Anaheim a long time; it is, in fact, the second oldest newspaper in Southern California; the oldest in Anaheim. In 80 years you do your best to collect worldly goods and friends. So, we came right down to 1950 with a publishing plant and ma- too. Some of the boys around the shop know a lot about the art of engraving and simply built the equipment for a very few bucks. Since we had assembled the necessary equipment for publishing a daily at many thousands of dollars less than originally budgeted, we remodeled and dressed up our plant. (Of course, we put an Anaheim-built Quick-Set lock in the front door. That, too, was a real bargain.) Again on the remodeling deal, things didn't hit us hard at all. The big factor there was fine plant morale and cooperation. Frank Nipper, our printing foreman, and Bill Hoffman, our pressman, with their printing "Aren't you testing the free-enterprise system too severely in expanding the Gazette?" Of course we are glad to tell them—and you—the whole story. To begin with, the Gazette has been in Anaheim a long time; it is, in fact, the second oldest newspaper in Southern California; the oldest in Anaheim. In 80 years you do your best to collect worldly goods and friends. So, we came right down to 1950 with a publishing plant and machinery (all paid for), a staff of loyal employees, and friends with whom we could do business. We then looked around for a fellow who had a broad experience in the publishing world and asked him to come on in with us. That not only provided some extra know-how, but financial stability. Roght then and there we could have put out a daily newspaper. But, it would have cramped us because we had built up a big printing business to supplement the weekly newspaper. More typesetting equipment to insure adequate production was required. We looked around and found an excellent second (or third) hand Linotype machine (last mechanical typesetter) which we were able to get for around a thousand dollars. A new one could cost well upwards of $10,000. We bought a used machine because we are like those fellows on the radio who bring you "low, low prices because we don't have any fancy fixtures, do business in a small building in the low rent district, and hang the stuff on plain pipe racks." Buying the typesetting machine was so painless we figured we could invest some heavy capital in expensive equipment which would turn out printing plates—so we could put lots and lots of local pictures in the paper. (Most newspapers have these plates made in the city.) That turned out to be painless IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 25 Years Ago Mrs. Anna Knapke, a pioneer resident of Anaheim, died at her home in Orland last week Mrs. of a fraction of the immense potato crop of this section of Orange county. He found those places pretty well stocked with spuds and will look to Denver for a daily at many thousands of dollars less than originally budgeted, we remodeled and dressed up our plant. (Of course, we put an Anaheim-built Quick-Set lock in the front door. That, too, was a real bargain.) Again on the remodeling deal things didn't hit us hard at all. The big factor there was fine plant morale and cooperation. Frank Nipper, our printing foreman, and Bill Hoffman, our pressman, with their printing aides from the "back room", voluntarily devoted their weekends, early mornings, late nights, etc., to moving the machinery (and it's heavy), building partitions, painting, and doing an assortment of other jobs, which, incidentally get the hands a little soiled and the muscles a little tired. In fact, some of the "white collars" even got a little soiled. We then figured the Associated Press was a sound, well-managed association, high in public esteem, which wouldn't give us a second look unless they figured we had something to deliver. We asked them to look us over. To make a long story short, they invited us into the AP family and have extended us not only their full service but all the help and consideration in the world. Most newspapers in a town this size have a national advertising representative to help handle advertising of products sold on a national scale (automobiles, cigarettes, etc.). These representatives have branch offices in the principal advertising centers of the nation. Generally, a new daily newspaper has to wait around a year or so before it can affiliate with a good national advertising firm. We are glad to be able to report that one of the best of these firms accepted us before we went to press with the first issue of the daily. WASHINGTON — Most significant primate country takes place in vania next week. And political observers believe help to decide three things: 1. Whether the Repu cast off the old-fashion ship which lost them five presidential elections. 2. Whether the Repu elect a president in 1952. 3. And to some Pennsylvania primary to pick a presidential for 1952. The issue in Penns not whether Jim Duff red-headed, liberal govt get the senatorial nomination that he is almost certain issue is whether the fady machine and the Pe Manufacturers association for years have exp state's natural resource state's political vote, seated. That's what GOP other states will be wary in Grundyism is def categorically defeated sylvania, then it may contagious, progressive point in the Republic. Grundy's Heyde Joe Grundy himself old and a staunch advocate old GOP theory that all will cure everything, in a symbol. But he is a symbol of Pennsylvan trial heyday when faced rivers, railroads nislature, mine operator to keep props in coal the streets of coal-min caved in as a result olic-be-damned attitude Grundy group. Grundyism got a t however, when a George Earle, was swice in 1934 and when IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 25 Years Ago Mrs. Anna Knapke, a pioneer resident of Anaheim, died at her home in Oxnard last week. Mrs. Knapke was a sister of Joseph and August Backs of this city and aunt of Joseph Backs Jr., the county clerk. She was born in Germany in 1848 and came to Anaheim in 1871. She was married in 1873 to Henry Knapke in this city. Mr. Knapke was for many years zanjero for the Anaheim Union Water Company. He died in 1896, and since his death Mrs. Knapke has lived first at Chino and later at Oxnard with her son Henry, who is assistant master mechanic at the Oxnard sugar factory. 50 Years Ago Long Beach voted on Monday upon the prohibition question. The vote resulted for prohibition 258 against 150. Majority for prohibition 100. The trustees announce that they will immediately revoke its license of the one saloon now operating in that town. Oscar and Adolph Luedke went fishing at the Landing on Sunday and caught a number of mullets as well as other fish. George J. Mosbaugh, cashier of the Commercial Bank at Santa Ana and Mrs. Emma P. Thelan, daughter of Noah Palmer, president of the same institution, were married on Wednesday last in Santa Ana. Herman Dickel spent two days in Riverside and San Bernardino this week in an effort to dispose of a fraction of the immense potato crop of this section of Orange county. He found those places pretty well stocked with spuds and will look to Denver for a market. 75 Years Ago Actuated by a profound admiration of his legal attainments and believing with Sam Weller, Sr., that "width and visdom" always go together, the friends of S. A. Sheffield are urging him to become a candidate for justice of the peace and have requested us to announce their determination to support him for that office. Chrales Hillle is planting five acres of tobacco on land immediately adjoining town. His partner is an expert tobacco curer and inventor of a process whereby the weed can be cured without incurring the expense of building drying houses. TAX PROPERTY SOLD SACRAMENTO (AP)—The tax deeded lands division of the State Controller's office authorized the sale by county tax collectors of nearly a quarter of a million dollars worth of property last month. Controller Thomas H. Kuchel reported today the tax collectors disposed of 2035 parcels of land; which had come to the state for non-payment of taxes. The land was valued at $245,574.84. A method of air-conditioning hospital rooms with ice was developed in 1844 by a Florida physician. Grundyism got a try however, when a George Earle, was swapped in 1934 and when tary of the United Miers, Tom Kennedy, became tenant governor of Peoria. This was the first regime to rule rock-silvania in half a century it put across sweeping economic reforms. S Republican legislatures lowed did not remove those reforms. And Gov a Progressive Republic now gone further than crats by voting $50,000 up the polluted Schuyler by planning new bridge the Delaware, reforming overcrowded insane as in making Pennsylvaners the second highest in USA. Duff Fights Furthermore, Duff Grundyites gnash their howl to the high hill plumping for special cigarettes, capital stock drinks. “If you think,” the told Grundy’s Pennsylvanufacturers association, going to give you a f the grandstand at the I’m raising the price of er seats, you’re crazy.” So the Grundyites licking their wounds ing to retire Jim Duff tical power ever since. And in the primary they have no great o sending Duff to Washington Senator, where he will the way and can't Not a Very Good Bear Dog! By Doug Ryan GO AWAY, YOU LITTLE PEST! YOU ANNOY ME! UNITED NATIONS CRITICISM DOUG RYAN WASHINGTON — One of the most significant primaries in the country takes place in Pennsylvania next week. And long-range political observers believe it may help to decide three things: 1. Whether the Republicans can cast off the old-fashioned leadership which lost them five straight presidential elections. 2. Whether the Republicans can elect a president in 1952. 3. And to some extent the Pennsylvania primary may help to pick a presidential nominee for 1952. The issue in Pennsylvania is not whether Jim Duff, scrappy, red-headed, liberal governor, will get the senatorial nomination. Of that he is almost certain. The real issue is whether the famed Grundy machine and the Pennsylvania Manufacturers association, which for years have exploited the state's natural resources and the state's political vote, can be unseated. That's what GOP leaders in other states will be watching. For in Grundyism is definitely and categorically defeated in Pennsylvania, then it may mean a contagious, progressive turning point in the Republican party. Grundy's Heydey— Joe Grundy himself, 86 years old and a staunch advocate of the old GOP theory that a high tariff will cure everything, is now only a symbol. But he is a powerful symbol of Pennsylvania's industrial heyday when factories polluted rivers, railroads ran the legislature, mine operators refused to keep props in coal shafts and the streets of coal-mining cities caved in as a result of the public-be-damned attitude of the Grundy group. Grundyism got a terrific jolt, however, when a Democrat, George Earle, was swept into office in 1934 and when the secre- much with the state of Pennsylvania. But what they do object to is nominating Duff's friend and running-mate, Judge John S. Fine, to be the new Republican governor. This is the real battle to be decided next Tuesday. Miner vs. Aristocrat For the man Duff has selected to be governor, Judge Fine, is a former coal miner, now vice-president of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches, with an excellent record as judge in the anthracite coal region. Fine, like Duff, was a Teddy Roosevelt bullmooser and a lieutenant of Gov. Gifford Pinchot, Progressive Republican. Against him the Grundyites are running one of the most aristocratic Republicans in the state, war hero Jay Cooke, whose great-grandfather helped finance the Civil War, and founded the Union League club. Cooke, a Philadelphia banker, has as his running-made, charming, staid, conservative Congressman John Kunkel of Harrisburg, whose grandfather was a member of Congress before him, and whose great-grandfather ran for vice-president with Henry Clay in 1852. Kunkel is running for senator against Duff in the primary. Cooke has been a strong Stassen man, helped make Stassen president of the University of Pennsylvania. Therefore, should Cooke be the next governor of Pennsylvania, it will be a big boost for Stassen's presidential chances, since he will control Pennsylvania's big bloc of delegates at the 1952 convention. But should Jim Duff wipe out Grundyism and win both the Senate and the governorship for his team, then GOP leaders will look to the big, burly, redheaded progressive as one of the most important possibilities to break the 20-year GOP losing streak and recapture the White House. That's why next week's Pennsylvania primaries are so important. Thomas in Hollywood HOLLYWOOD (AP)—Does winning an Oscar help a star? "Not much," answers two-time winner Fredric March, back in Hollywood after a two-year absence. He is here to act in a six-day role that another actor turned down. Answering the question about the advantages of winning an academy award, March said: "The first one I got ('Dr. Jeykill and Mr. Hyde' in 1932) didn't have much effect. That was when Oscar was young and the awards didn't get much publicity. "The latest one (for 'Best Years of Our Lives' in 1946) didn't make much difference, either. It might help someone who is new to pictures, but it wouldn't bring any change to someone who has been in the business as long as I have." TODAY'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE Grundyism got a terrific jolt, however, when a Democrat, George Earle, was swept into office in 1934 and when the secretary of the United Mine Workers, Tom Kennedy, became lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. This was the first Democratic regime to rule rock-ribbed Pennsylvania in half a century, and it put across sweeping social and economic reforms. Significantly, Republican legislatures which followed did not remove any of those reforms. And Governor Duff a Progressive Republican, has now gone further than the Democrats by voting $50,000,000 to clean up the polluted Schuylkill river, by planning new bridges across the Delaware, reforming the state's overcrowded insane asylums, and in making Pennsylvania's teachers the second highest paid in the USA. Duff Fights Furthermore, Duff made the Grundyites gnash their teeth and howl to the high heavens by plumping for special taxes on cigarettes, capital stocks, and soft drinks. “If you think,” the governor told Grundy’s Pennsylvania manufacturers association, “that I’m going to give you a free seat in the grandstand at the same time I’m raising the price of the bleacher seats, you’re crazy.” So the Grundyites have been licking their wounds and waiting to retire Jim Duff from political power ever since. And in the primary next week, they have no great objection to sending Duff to Washington as a Senator, where he will be out of the way and can’t meddle too Colony Quips This business of publishing a column every day the newspaper comes out takes just a little more thinking and wearing those old fingers down closer to the quick than we have gotten used to—as yet. Even though we have been late, made mistakes, kept our delivery boys from having supper on time, ditto our selves, the whole thing has been a grand lot of fun and ditto success. We have more of everything than we had dared to hope when we started. Our greatest concern is to measure up to the confidence the people of Anaheim have placed in us and the only thing we are all sure of down here at the Gazette office is that we will all try. One of the boys, new in our little organization, has worked on large New York mets and on small dailles like ours, after being around here for a few days he scratched his head and said, 'I never saw such co-operation in all my life.' That has been the keynote of our entire changeover to daily operation. We hate to keep harping on such but we have been so overcome that we still hardly believe it. And how the readers are coming in to subscribe. One of our newspaper friends in the state of Florida has been at odds with the soon-to-be-ex Senator Pepper and has been putting on a terrific campaign to nominate Hal Boyle. NEW YORK (AP)—There is a way to break up the nationwide gambling ring. The American housewife can do it. She can succeed where the cops and politicians seem to have failed. And she can make a mint of pin money herself in doing it, too: How? Well, my theory is simple. It is based on taking the gambling out of gambling. You can't beat the horses, girls, but there is a possible way to beat the bookies. And if you can beat the bookies—you can break up organized illegal gambling. A suburban housewife here has shown the way to do it. Under the law you can sue to recover money paid to settle gambling debts. And that's just what Mrs. Hannah S. Kartiganer did. She sued Jules H. Bender for $11,195 she claimed her husband lost to him in horse race bets three years ago. And a gentlemanly jury of 11 men and one woman returned a verdict in her favor. Although Bender insisted he himself was no bookmaker but a businessman, the decision disclosed a fascinating way in which determined ladies might put the knuckle on men, who beyond cavil, are professional bookies. Here's How Here, for example, is one possibility: A group of 100 housewives, outraged because their husbands keep bringing home paychecks full of gambling holes, hold a rummage sale and an ice cream enough for a fur coat. And the bookie has a broken heart. The next day the girls put $5000 on Sadfoot, another 100-to-1 hoofer, to breeze through in the fourth. If he loses, the girls promptly file suit against the bookie. And if all 100 of the women show up in court with their 275 children, in rags, won't the jury make the bookie hand back the $5000? So the next day the girls, maybe working through a couple of male stooges this time, bet the $5000 on still another 100-to-1 shot. If he leads the field to the wire, they collect a half million bucks — or the bookie commits suicide. If their horse loses, they haul the bookie right back into court. Two Big Lures This "break the bookies" program could sweep the ladies clubs of the nation like wildfire. It has two things women love: (1) A moral purpose, and (2) A chance to make some money. It beats radio giveaway shows all hollow, because no sponsor can dish out prizes equal to the millions hidden by wealthy bookies in their safe deposit boxes. If American wives cooperated in this you-can't-lose from-winning-venture, most bookies in six months would be back pitching pennies against each other for a living. The only flaw I can see in the whole scheme is that women, after all, are human beings, too—in their way. When they start playing the horses they act just like men. They brag about their winings and hide their losses. Before long they'd be secretly betting against each other, and it would be the bookies' wives who'd be buying the fur coats. Gambling is like any other disease. If you don't expose yourself One of our newspaper friends in the state of Florida has been at odds with the soon-to-be-ex Senator Pepper and has been putting on a terrific campaign to nominate Rep. Smathers. As you know Pepper was defeated. On the day after the election a two line banner head adorned the top of his front page and read as follows, Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow... We Have Won From Hell To Breakfast And From Dan to Beersheba... And Staved Off Socialism.' Now there is a headline to warm the cockles of any God-fearing news man if he has one ounce of principle and integrity in his system. There is the story of a fitting climax to a bitter political donnebrook, well fought and won. We would like to insert here a word about the business end of this newspaper. In the sale of advertising the Gazette has no formal contracts with local chants and institutions. We are opposed to the idea of definite contracts tying down advertisers to using a certain amount of space. We have a printed schedule of our rates which go down as more space is used. Each local advertiser 'earns' his own rate and is so billed. We find ourselves in accord with Edward A. Robbins, of the Midland (Pa.) news menting on his 'no contract' policy, said recently: "It is based on the proposition that we want our advertising space to be used only by advertisers who get consistent results from it. We know that this requires merchandising policies, careful selection of material for advertising and intelligent, effective use of space. "When the question of rates and contracts arises, we tell the prospective advertiser that we do not want his advertising unless we can produce results for him. "We tell him that we do not want to tie him down to a definite contract but that his actual co-operation in all my life." That has been the keynote of our entire changeover to daily operation. We hate to keep harping on such but we have been so overcome that we still hardly believe it. And how the readers are coming in to subscribe— Here's How Here, for example, is one possibility: A group of 100 housewives, outraged because their husbands keep bringing home paychecks full of gambling holes, hold a rummage sale and an ice cream social. They raise $1000. Three of the girls take the $1000 to the biggest bookie in town and lay it on the nose for Plug Ugly a 100-to-1 shot, to win in the fifth. If lightning should strike Plug Ugly and he comes in ahead, each of the 100 gals collects $1000 experience should determine how often and how big he will advertise." We want to think that this newspaper is worth every bit of money that the advertiser or the subscriber pays for it's space or to have it delivered on their doorstep. Our stock in trade is your goodwill. ANAHEIM BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY CREDIT REPORTS On Anyone, From Anywhere Over 1300 Affiliated Bureaus Covering the United States and Canada "We keep the record" Northern Orange County Credit Bureau, Ltd. 410 Bank of America Bldg. Phone 2248 FUNERAL HOMES BACKS CAMPBELL KAULBARS Mortuary Phone 3209 351 N. Lemon HILGENFELD MORNINGS When the question of rates and contracts arises, we tell the prospective advertiser that we do not want his advertising unless we can produce results for him. "We tell him that we do not want to tie him down to a definite contract but that his actual TRUE ENOUGH ALL SNAKES AT ONE TIME WALKED ON FOUR LEGS... SNAKES HAVE HIPB... HOW Z INTERESTING!!! PYTHON AND BOA CONSTRUCTORS HAVE "HIND LEGS" WHICH PROJECT THROUGH THE SKIN LIKE SPURS. BACKS CAMPBELL KAULBARS Mortuary Phone 3209 351 N. Lemon HILGENFELD MORTUARY Faithful, Courteous Service 120 E. Broadway Phone 4105 COLLECTIONS Bonded Representatives in All Cities No Collection — No Charge Northern Orange County Credit Bureau, Ltd. 410 Bank of America Bldg. Phone 8248 INSURANCE BROKERS Alfred H. Hansen WRITING EVERY FORM OF INSURANCE, INCLUDING LIFE 315 N. Los Angeles Phone 4423 JAMES L. MORRIS General Insurance And Bonds Bank of America Bldg. Oll. Ph. 4644 Res. Ph. 4444 FRANK TAUSCH INSURANCE Reputation — Service 275 E. Center, Anaheim Phones: Office 2491 Res. 3575 Phone 2469 120 No. Los Angeles St. - Ananelm Physicians & Surgeons Dr. J. W. Truxaw PHYSICIAN Phones: Office 3215, Res. 2610 Center & L.A. Anaheim Open Evenings and Sunday Mornings J. W. UTTER, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Hours: 11 to 12 a.m.-2 to 5 p.m. Office Phone 3211 Residence: 1001 W. Center St. 201-202 California Bldg. Anaheim, California Open Evenings, Sunday by Appt. J. C. OSHER, D.D.S. 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