anaheim-gazette 1950-05-16

ANAHEIM GAZETTE Published afternoons, Monday through Friday, at 250 East Center, Anaheim, California. Phone Anaheim 2206. Entered as secondclass 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 Passing of the Center Street Hitching Post You folks all know Center street, that heavy, heavy, throbbing artery that runs through the center of Anaheim, and, by the way, it was spelled "Centre" in the early days, until some new comers began to try to improve our spelling. Some of you remember when it had a rail fence along parts of it to keep the stock in the street. Later, hitching posts were erected by the town council, after they had passed an ordinance to have the bands of sheep and cattle pass through town on Sycamore street. The farmers hitched their teams on the street while they traded butter and eggs for calico and coffee. Centre street has always been come mats.' The old mail stagecoach has given way to the modern automobile coach. The dingy front of the old opera house has been transformed into a brightly lighted movie place. The old corner saloon, where the boys filled up on Saturday nights, has been replaced by another kind of filling station. The harness shop has given way to garages; the old one-spout soda fountain to the mirrored parlor for refreshments; the barber shop, where the boys gathered to read the Police Gazette and to play checkers has been replaced by a modern, sanitary tonsorial parlor for men and women with bobs. The old coal oil lamp that swung Some of you remember when it had a rail fence along parts of it to keep the stock in the street. Later, hitching posts were erected by the town council, after they had passed an ordinance to have the bands of sheep and cattle pass through town on Sycamore street. The farmers hitched their teams on the street while they traded butter and eggs for calico and coffee. Centre street has always been the town's heartbeat. The town folks go to Centre street to trade, some walk up and down, while others stand on the corners or at the curb. They enjoy meeting other folks and talking about their neighbors. Everything worth-while has happened on Centre street. Speeches by governors and congressmen, circus parades, public auctions, band concerts. Fourth of July celebrations, street fairs. Uncle Tom's cabin parades, pink lemonade stands, and arrests. All the civic comedies and tragedies have been played on Anaheim's public stage—Centre street. But it is not the same old Centre street it used to be. It seems more dignified. It seems to be spruced up. Farmers no longer hitch their teams here. Hitching-post wars between the town merchants have ceased. There are no mud holes to fill up. Do you remember the old mud holes? The gasoline engine chug has replaced the snort of the scared horses. Rows and rows of late-model automobiles are parked against the curbs, where once stood mud-covered wagons and weary teams at home gnawed rickity posts. But yesterday's customs, manners, vehicles and noises belong to yesterday. The old watering trough is gone. Even the fancy iron fountain for watering horses has disappeared. In its place is a snappy-looking traffic cop. Things are not like they used to be. Some new mysterious force has performed a miracle on the minds of folks on Centre street. Some new spirit has breathed upon the life of this old thoroughfare. The mud street has given way to the cement pavements, and the mud scrapers at the store doors have been replaced by wel IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO The old corner saloon, where the boys filled up on Saturday nights, has been replaced by another kind of filling station. The harness shop has given way to garages; the old one-spout soda fountain to the mirrored parlor for refreshments; the barber shop, where the boys gathered to read Police Gazette and to play checkers has been replaced by a modern, sanitary tonsorial parlor for men and women with bobs. The old coal oil lamp that swung from the ceiling has been taken down and a high-powered electric globe swings in its place. We all remember the old days with regret that they will never come again. Faces we knew and loved on Center street have passed to the great beyond. The excitement, the thrills and the joys we experienced while walking on the old board walks are treasured in our hearts. We were in our youth then. The world was new to us and we were satisfied, yet very few of us would exchange the present for the past. And what, you ask, has brought about this change? One old-timer says, "Other folks nowadays are getting new fangled and high foooting' notions about things." But one of the prosperous young merchants says, "New ideas in selling through 'advertising,'" and he is right. Advertising has built the bridge of change between yesterday and today. The magic working of publicity has changed minds, and this has brought about changes in transportation, customs and habits of living—from horses and buggies to automobiles, from the old-time general store to the modern establishment dealing only in special lines. Advertising has changed the Anaheim of yesterday into the bustling, thriving city of today, and it has been a wonderful change. No one can picture Anaheim and her Centre street of the future if her citizens keep up the present pace. Boost your city, join the Chamber of Commerce, do your trading in Anaheim with Anaheim merchants and above all, advertise in your local papers. FROM THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE OF APRIL 30, 1925 IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 25 Years Ago In the 50 year ago column of a Los Angeles newspaper we read the following item: “Martin Wetzel, the popular engineer on the Anaheim train stepped down and out of simple life yesterday and they are both happy. Before this event Martin was considered a handsome young man—but now—Well it doesn’t make any difference now whether he is handsome or not. He has reached a higher sphere where good looks don’t count.” Wetzel drove the first train into Anaheim from Los Angeles, back in the seventies. Tracks were laid as far as West Anaheim, and a round table permitted Martin to turn the engine around for its return trip to Los Angeles. He was later engineer of the train running between Los Angeles and San Francisco. He was regarded as one of the best engineers of Southern Pacific Company. We were at the Southern Pacific station when Martin pulled in his first train. (We “in this instance—was Henry Kuchel, who later on was editor of this paper for forty eight years. Ed. Chillie Fisher was in town the first of the week from Chino, where he is growing up to be one of the leading citizens of that section and is making good at the farming business. Chillie is successful at whatever he turns his hand. He notes the improved appearance of the Gazette and says he cannot get along without it. Padro Andrade, aged 97, father of Marcus Andrade of this city, died at his home at Elizabeth Lode Monday. He was born in California, probably the oldest living native at the date of his death. Funeral services were held at St. Boniface Church in this city yesterday. 50 Years Ago Gerald Sandilands has sold his place at Placentia, the consideration being $9000. He will depart shortly for Jamaica, where he will go into the orange buying business. Mrs. G. Davis and daughter, Miss Flora, have moved to Santa Ana where they will take up their permanent residence, their home will be occupied by Mrs. Spellman. W. H. Blennerhassett was one of a crowd of Jonathan Club members at a theatre party in Los Angeles some evenings ago. Boyd and son have for some days past been taking an invoice of their stock of groceries, which has been purchased by Stern & Goodman. Today they begin the work of invoicing their stock of hardware, which has been bought California Last Week The governor threw an ergies into the campaign term re-election. While lieves he will come out on is also convinced that o Jimmy Roosevelt is no and as a result, will attend all sections of the state next three weeks, bring his “good government” to the more than four million who are qualified to vote June primary. This week visited the central section Sacramento valley make at Oroville, Chico, Marysville, Yuba City, points. During the weekend ed San Joaquin valley stressing San Joaquin, S Merced and Madera co The campaigns: Rep Richard Nixon, seeking election for the United Statesorship, paid Sacramento and in a press conference he expects his opponent finals next November Helen Gahagan Douglas opposed by Publisher Mr. Boddy for the Democracy. “Only,” said he the event I don’t take cratic nomination myself. The departments: W sources in in its final sh of the year expects stream runoff in Calif last year; Division of statistics reports a sharp manufacturing employing April; real estate co der D. O. Watson expects building boom to continue in the foreseeable future. The Chesapeake and canal is nineteen miles The Postman Only Rings Once! By Doug Ryan "NEITHER SNOW, NOR RAIN, NOR HEAT, NOR GLOOM OF NIGHT, STAYS THESE COURIERS FROM THE SWIFT COMPLETION OF THEIR APPOINTED ROUNDS." POLITICAL? APPROPIATIONS CUT-FEWER POSTAL DELIVERIES DOUG RYAN by L. E. Miller, who will, on Monday next, open the establishment as a hardware store. Boyd and son will retire from business. 75 Years Ago Married—In Los Angeles, May 21, by Rev. William Hill, Henry G. Amadon to Miss Ella M. Billings. Suit was brought before Justice Bailey yesterday by Wagner brothers against Miguel Yrigoyan for trespass. Judge O'Melveny has gone to San Francisco and the county court will not be in session until June 1. One of the latest novelties in town is a pet weasel which makes periodical visits to the store of Clark & Company. T. E. Rowan was in town Tuesday. By this fact we are reminded that the election takes place in September. James C. Fish solicits carriage painting at his new shop on Los Angeles street. P. Davis Esq. has returned from San Francisco and those half dozen Gothic cottages will be built immediately. Gustave Heimann has let a contract for a fine cottage to be built on the Heimann & George vineyard. The board of supervisors at their next meeting will act upon a petition for a bridge over Coyote creek, on the direct road leading from Artesia to Anaheim. California Last Week The governor threw all his energies into the campaign for third-term re-election. While he be- Sacramento—Article 4, Section 20 of the California Constitution provides as follows: "No person holding and lucrative office under the United States, or any other power, shall be eligible to any civil office of profit under this state; provided, that officers of the militia, who receive no annual salary, local officers or postmasters whose compensation does not exceed $500 per annum shall not be deemed to hold lucrative office." The intent of the founding fathers, who wrote this provision into the basic law of the state in 1849, seems clear. No person should be permitted to make a racket out of public jobs. But the trend in California has been the exact opposite. There are at present in the state service a sizeable number of persons holding down lucrative positions who are also carried on the pension rolls of other branches of government. They are, in effect, receiving dual pay at the taxpayers expense. This includes officers of the military as well as persons retired from the federal, county and city governments. Following this trend to its ultimate one could conceivably commence work for city government at the age of 21, retire from that at the age of 41 with a pension, work for the state until the age of 60 and then retire with a second pension and draw a third paycheck from the taxpayers by securing employment with the county government. Senator Randolph Collier of Yreka has started an investigation of this situation with a view towards enacting legislation if necessary, to make impossible such practice. WASHINGTON—Genial GOP Chairman Guy Gabrielson now has so many statement-makers that he's had to hire a boss to control them. In fact, there are almost more ghost-writers and publicity men in and around Republican headquarters than there are potential candidates for the White House, and each ghost-writer seems to be working for his own particular dark horse. Some time ago the Republicans decided to follow the lead of the late Charley Michelson, who, with astute statements written backstage for big-name Democrats, helped put across several Democratic victories. But now there are so many high-priced GOP publicity men that Chairman Gabrielson finds himself a quarterback on a team where everyone else is calling the signals. Here is the roll call of the GOP ghost-writers and the party factions they represent: Bob Humphreys—Ex-I.N.S. correspondent; paid $20,000 a year by the National committee, but actually works for ex-Speaker Joe Martin. With a staff of 15 at the George Washington Inn on Capitol Hill, Humphreys grinds out speeches, statements and strategy for Martin and his small crew of kingmakers in Congress. Vic Johnston—Former Harold Stassen lieutenant, paid $15,000 by the National committee to find words for Senators. He has a staff of five. The white-haired, easygoing Johnston represents the mildly progressive GOP wing and is popular with newsmen. Arthur Hachten—An ex-I.N.S. reporter, is Sen. Ken Wherry's "brain." He is paid $10,860 annually by Congress and is the man who enables Wherry to make those quick comebacks at Truman. Hachten writes 'em and Wherry speaks 'em. Dick Guylay—onetime New long green. But Uncle Day is only a lame duck is selling out. If there is connection we don't know. At any rate Snow Go to have had the best day in the industry at heart and But they are in business their own money, not get Uncle Sam's, to make This is what California are looking for too. A lot is, and our co-ops better "cheaper fruit" to our profits as growers skyrocket like grower's in Florida. As we have stated over again we are for first, last and all they paid "Boswells" who are hand out "news release us lulled in a state of get the waste basket here they contain some real When a year comes brings the growers in the amount of money they really worth then we good times. We sell most all kinds and we are all We have been trying months to carry the toy new frozen concentrate the first product which start has boomed the ranges to the grower operations started out on basis. Because of the popularity of this product of Florida oranges in these years has gone from box to 3.50 and above. Is it any wonder that boom on in Florida city Contrast this with emanating from some spected citrus operation people look at this beautiful picture and find no way to get excited about. Wed they have to get exact their own jobs if they really got hop to what From 30 cents to $3.50 in two short years is to a miracle—it would enough to suit most know. We know that Californians are as good as grown for the manual frozen concentrate. We show in the west the custom shown a great preferenc centrate made with oranges. In fact, most look into the future after that if Valencias brine than $60 a ton net on there is something vey They must, however, inside them and 100 soluble solids per ton. The board of supervisors at their next meeting will act upon a petition for a bridge over Coyote creek, on the direct road leading from Artesia to Anaheim. California Last Week The governor threw all his energies into the campaign for third-term re-election. While he believes he will come out on top, he is also convinced that competitor Jimmy Roosevelt is no pushover, and as a result, will attempt to hit all sections of the state in the next three weeks, broadcasting his "good government" story to the more than four million people who are qualified to vote in the June primary. This weekend, he visited the central section of the Sacramento valley making stops at Oroville, Chico, Paradise, Marysville, Yuba City, and way points. During the week, he visited San Joaquin valley points stressing San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced and Madera counties. The campaigns: Republican Richard Nixon, seeking nomination for the United States Senatorship, paid Sacramento a visit, and in a press conference, said he expects his opponent in the finals next November will be Helen Gahagan Douglas, who is opposed by Publisher Manchester Boddy for the Democratic nomination. "Only," said Nixon, "in the event I don't take the Democratic nomination myself." The departments: Water resources in its final show survey of the year expects a greater stream runoff in California than last year; Division of Labor statistics reports a sharp rise in manufacturing employment during April; real estate commissioner D. O. Watson expects the state's building boom to continue "within the foreseeable future." The Chesapeake and Delaware canal is nineteen miles in length. MORE STATE TV Two television circuits between Los Angeles and San Francisco will be ready for service by September. That's the prediction made by Ernst H. Schreiber, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. engineer, yesterday. After the cross-country coaxial cable has been completed, Schreiber said, three additional channels will be set up between California's two major centers. SEEKS SEPARATION Etbin John Bernick of Anaheim has filed suit in Superior court, Santa Ana, asking for either an annulment of his marriage 10 years ago to Nina D. Bernick, or a divorce on grounds of cruelty. When they were wed in Los Angeles July 24, 1940, Bernick did not know, he said, that under Texas law, where she had been divorced nine months earlier, she had no right to remarry within a year. His annulment plea is based upon that asserted impediment to their marriage. Arthur Hachten—An ex-I.N.S. reporter, is Sen. Ken Wherry's "brain." He is paid $10,860 annually by Congress and is the man who enables Wherry to make those quick comebacks at Truman. Hachten writes 'em and Wherry speaks 'em. Dick Guylay—onetime New York Herald Tribune newsman, now a public relations and advertising expert specializing in Republican campaigns. He is paid by Sen. Robert Taft out of his own pocket. Bill Mylander—former correspondent for the Cowles papers, he has the unhappy task of trying to coordinate all the GOP press agents. Bill get $25,000 a year as the new GOP publicity director. Before Mylander was appointed, Chairman Gabrielson wanted to eliminate the large word factories on Capitol Hill paid by the National committee. But this brought such snorts of rage that Gabrielson backed down. Note — what got Gabrielson really sore was a rumor apparently circulated by GOP ghost-writers that Gabrielson was on his way out as National chairman. STATE COTTON TOPS BAKERSFIELD (AP)—California has the top two cotton producing counties in the United States. Kern county led the nation in 1949 with 361,138 bales, an average of 702 pounds on its 246,000 acres of cotton land, also tops in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported yesterday. Fresno county was runnerup with 361,091 bales. The state as a whole, however, ranked fourth nationally with a total output of 1,268,218 bales valued at $203,307,000. Texas led with 6,040,000 bales, followed by Arkansas 1,632,000 and Mississippi 1,487,000. WASHINGTON (AP) business is a small government is mighty about you. You're the backbone of the hope of Der vanishing American lems probably have been object of more investigation committee hearings than those of anybody nation. Somebody o that between 1933 and gross passed more than and resoultions dealing aspects of the problem business. The commerce department nine-tenths of all be "small." The crusade on behalf business got another arm early this month president sent a mess toll Hill asking for ne for the small busi Colony Quips As reported exclusively in the news columns of last Friday's Gazette the sale of Pasco in Florida to Snow Crop has been hailed by many citrus leaders as one of the biggest helps along the way that orange growers have received for some time. Pasco has long been considered the "bad boy" in the citrus processing field and they have been pointed out to California growers by our reluctant leaders as the big bad wolf waiting to devour the little California grower if he dares to put his fruit in a can. Pasco did that very thing, too. It would load up every warehouse with canned juice and then drop the price suddenly. All of which simply raised hob with every citrus grower and producer. Pasco, it has been said by many, lost money and called up Uncle Claude Pepper in Washington and got bailed out, time and time again, with Uncle Sam's long green. But Uncle Claude today is only a lame duck and Pasco is selling out. If there is any connection we don't know about it. At any rate Snow Crop seems to have had the best interests of the industry at heart all the time. But they are in business, with their own money, not grower's or Uncle Sam's, to make a profit. This is what California growers are looking for too. A profit, that is, and our co-ops better stop giving "cheaper fruit" to canners or growers will not make it easier for him to borrow money. This is the 1950 "solution" to the small-business problem. The 1890 "solution" was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, the law which tried to prevent big business from growing too big and absorbing all the little businesses. Congress went work again and again trying to tighten up its anti-trust legislation. This effort still rates about No. 2 among the popular "solutions." During the war Congress tried in all kinds of ways to keep small business alive and enable it to share in the war effort. Many laws and directives provided that small firms get their share of scarce materials, of government contracts, of capital. The Armed Forces are still directed to give small enterprises a fair share of their orders. The number of small businesses dropped alarmingly in the depression. After the war they picked up when veterans, with full pockets, got into businesses of their own. Now the total number is on the downgrade again. That's what's worrying the president and Congress. Every day 1000 small businesses disappear, according to Charles F. Hughitt, chief of the Small Business division of the department of commerce. Every day new small businesses are created, but the number of new ones is always a little short of 1000. Many of the small businesses which disappear are merged with big business, which is getting bigger all the time. The president and practically everybody else say they recognize the importance of big business. It has provided mass production and distribution, the keystone of America's prosperity, high standard of living world leadership. the satellites and the democracies. The tightening of the curtain this time involves a further political purge in Poland in order to bring that nation under closer Soviet control. Does this mean that the Cold War is approaching its end? Not by a long shot! It merely means that the Russians, having been halted in their Western rush, are consolidating in Europe and are shifting the weight of their attack to the Far Eastern front where they have every right to regard their prospects as good. Meantime in Europe the Russians are expected to continue their tactics of harassment—presumably economic—against the Western Powers. Part of the Soviet Cold War strategy has been to put as heavy an economic strain as possible on the democracies. One striking illustration of this was the Red blockade of Western Berlin for 15 months which forced the Americans and the British to maintain for 15 months the terribly costly airlift to suuly the German capital with food and other essentials. We are getting the reaction from this type of Soviet economic warfare now in the London conference. The main problem of the 12 nations is how they can afford to spend on defense without stilling economic recovery. The money spent on that airlift would have gone a long way towards meeting pressing problems of today. One of the most striking developments in the Western camp came in the meeting of the Big Three foreign ministers just prior to the current Atlantic Pact conference. U. S. Secretary of State Acheson, British Foreign Secretary Bevin and French Foreign Minister Schuman decided that it At any rate Snow Crop seems to have had the best interests of the industry at heart all the time. But they are in business, with their own money, not grower's or Uncle Sam's, to make a profit. This is what California growers are looking for too. A profit, that is, and our co-ops better stop giving "cheaper fruit" to canners or our profits as growers will not skyrocket like grower's profits did in Florida. As we have stated over and over again we are for the grower first, last and all the time. The paid "Boswells" who are hired to hand out "news releases" to keep us lulled in a state of satisfaction get the waste basket here, unless they contain some real meat. When a year comes along that brings the growers in this area the amount of money their fruit is really worth then we all have good times. We sell more goods of all kinds and we are all happy. We have been trying in the past months to carry the torch for the new frozen concentrate. This is the first product which from the start has boomed the price of oranges to the grower. All other operations started out on a salvage basis. Because of the consumer popularity of this product the price of Florida oranges in the postwar years has gone from 30 cents a box to 3.50 and above on the tree. Is it any wonder that there is a boom on in Florida citrus? Contrast this with the moans emanating from some of our respected citrus operators. These people look at this beautiful Florida picture and find nothing there to get excited about. We suggested they have to get excited about their own jobs if the growers really got hep to what is going on. From 30 cents to $3.50 on the tree in two short years is very close to a miracle—it would be near enough to suit most growers we know. We know that California Valencias are as good as any oranges grown for the manufacture of frozen concentrate. We know that in the west the customer has shown a great preference for concentrate made with California oranges. In fact, most anyone can look into the future and tell you that if Valencias bring any less than $60 a ton net on the tree then there is something very wrong. They must, however, have juice inside them and 100 pounds of soluble solids per ton. If they havement of commerce. Every day new small businesses are created, but the number of new ones is always a little short of 1000. Many of the small businesses which disappear are merged with big business, which is getting bigger all the time. The president and practically everybody else say they recognize the importance of big business. It has provided mass production and distribution, the keystone of America's prosperity, high standard of living, world leadership. But what the government leaders worry about is that most of small business may be absorbed by big business. Then the economic power would be in the hands of a few big men, instead of millions of enterprising little men. Economic power often leads to political power. In that way a few families of great wealth, called the Zaibatsu, got control of Japan and led it into dictatorship, militarism and ruin. If the government should ever come to believe that big business is threatening to grow dangerous here, leaders believe it would increase controls and regulations until it practically runs all the nation's industry. Then democracy and the free enterprise system would be lost. Right now there's still a lot of power in the hands of small businessmen. The commerce department classes 3,600,000 of the nation's 4,000,000 business enterprises as small. They account for 45 per cent of the gross national product and employ about 35 per cent of the working people. The Cold War Hits Impasse, Europe Digs In Two notable developments abroad emphasize that the Cold War in Europe has reached an impasse, with both sides digging in and determined to hold their present lines to the bitter end. In the Western camp we find the Big Three democracies—Britain, France and America—meeting in London with the other Atlantic Fact nations to perfect Western Europe's defenses against possible Soviet aggression. That defense includes both economic and military fields. And Western Germany is to play her part in this stand against the communist drive. On the Russian side we got further proof that while Moscow to spend on defense without stilling economic recovery. The money spent on that airlift would have gone a long way towards meeting pressing problems of today. One of the most striking developments in the Western camp came in the meeting of the Big Three foreign ministers just prior to the current Atlantic Pact conference. U. S. Secretary of State Acheson, British Foreign Secretary Bevin and French Foreign Minister Schuman decided that it was impossible to proceed with a German peace treaty so long as Russia refused to agree to a unified Germany. We know that California Valencias are as good as any oranges grown for the manufacture of frozen concentrate. We know that in the west the customer has shown a great preference for concentrate made with California oranges. In fact, most anyone can look into the future and tell you that if Valencias bring any less than $60 a ton net on the tree then there is something very wrong. They must, however, have juice inside them and 100 pounds of soluble solids per ton. If they have more solids per ton they are worth more. But they can not be sold to Minute Maid as "cheaper fruit" with an escape clause of $50 a ton and return anything to the grower except salvage. If California growers will stand still for that one they deserve to have only subdivisions. Small Business Needs Lifeline Gov't Believes WASHINGTON (AP) — If your business is a small one your government is mighty worried about you. You're the backbone of the nation, the hope of Democracy, the vanishing American. Your problems probably have been the subject of more investigations, studies, committee hearings and reports than those of anybody else in the nation. Somebody once figured that between 1933 and 1944 congress passed more than 570 bills and resolutions dealing with some aspects of the problems of small business. The commerce department ranks nine-tenths of all businesses as "small." The crusade on behalf of small business got another shot in the arm early this month when the president sent a message to Capitol Hill asking for new legislation for the small business man—to In the Western camp we find the Big Three democracies—Britain, France and America—meeting in London with the other Atlantic Fact nations to perfect Western Europe's defenses against possible Soviet aggression. That defense includes both economic and military fields. And Western Germany is to play her part in this, stand against the communist drive. On the Russian side we get further proof that while Moscow hasn't by any means abandoned the fight, she recognizes that she has come up against a stone wall in her advance towards the English channel. The Iron Curtain is being tightened for the purpose of putting an impenetrable barrier between