anaheim-gazette 1950-05-18

ANAHEIM GAZETTE Published afternoons, Monday through Friday, at 259 East Center, Anaheim, California. Phone Anaheim 2208. 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 MAR BESLER Assistant Publisher ROBERT FUNSETH Managing Editor WILLARD GREGORY City Editor NEIL STANLEY Display Advertising Manager RALPH ROULAND Classified Advertising Manager Pay-as-you-go High School Expansion Two things would appear to be important in tomorrow's vote on proposed tax boost which would provide money for an expansion of the educational facilities at the Anaheim Union High School. First, the city must recognize that the high school enrollment is destined to climb as Anaheim's present crop of young fry reach high school age and as more families flow into Southern California. Second, the pay-as-you go feature of the expenditure can be an important one to the continued growth of Anaheim. As to the matter of providing the money for the school, the Gazette has never changed its tune: we are all for it. If we had our way, all of you would go out and vote for the and better jobs. It can be achieved best through the pay-as-you-go plan because it will give Anaheim a highly advantageous factor to offer new business. Men who operate light industries, wholesale houses, packing companies, retail businesses, motels, service agencies, etc., will know that Anaheim is well managed and that it is in a position to keep its realty taxes from increasing. It is one of the best arguments the Chamber of Commerce could have to induce businesses to come here. A well managed city paying its costs as it incurs them, making both ends meet, keeping its property taxes down, is good for both Armed Forces Day, May It Ever Be Tranquil When National Defense Week ends Saturday night, Anaheim will have had quite a program pointing out to the citizenry that eternal vigilance is the price of peace and liberty. Edward J. Power, serving as Armed Forces Week chairman for Anaheim, has whipped up quite a lot of interest in his project. Many people have had the message of Armed Forces Week put before them. We hope they have given it some thought—particularly since it represents a big step in the widely debated theory of unification of the armed forces. The week will be climaxed on Saturday when the entire nation observes Armed Forces Day. And, it will be the FIRST Armed Forces Day to be celebrated. There is an interesting story behind this first Armed Forces Day, incidentally. On that day the military services of the nation will pass through one more step in their somewhat painful unification process. They’ll be cheering for one another and jointly putting on parades, demonstrations, and parties. But many of the celebrants undoubtedly will be sadly recalling the past, when each service had a day of its own. The last individual celebration was Army Day, April 6, 1949—the anniversary of America’s entry into the First World War. That afternoon President Truman and Secretary of Defense Johnson watched a parade. It is one of the best arguments the Chamber of Commerce could have to induce businesses to come here. A well managed city paying its costs as it incurs them, making both ends meet, keeping its property taxes down, is good for both business and for those who would come here to operate them. If through these things we get more businesses, we will also get additional revenue from the businesses to help keep the city coffers filled. And, our merchants will keep their coffers filled from purchases made by the new families who will buy their wordly goods here. Pay-as-you-go is not a bad idea. There are still aninversary celebrations within the various services. Some companies or squadrons holding distinguished unit citations celebrate privately on the date they were cited. And some branches of the Army, such as the Quartermaster, Signal or Engineers Corps, have annual parties. The Navy League intends to observe Navy Day hereafter by holding memorial services for sailors buried at sea. The services always had been a feature of the day’s celebrations. When the League didn’t hold them last year it caught considerable criticism. Whether the Navy will be allowed to participate officially in the league’s memorial services has not been announced. In spite of all this official coolness to Armed Forces Day, it bodes well for future Armed Forces Days to see that communities, such as Anaheim, can have a day devoted to the interests of all services—without any back scenes fights or knashing of teeth. The “grass roots,” at least, seem to accept the idea of armed forces unification. They'll be cheering for one another and jointly putting on parades, demonstrations, and parties. But many of the celebrants undoubtedly will be sadly recalling the past, when each service had a day of its own. The last individual celebration was Army Day, April 8, 1949—the anniversary of America's entry into the first World War. That afternoon President Truman and Secretary of Defense Johnson watched a parade. That night Johnson spoke to the Military Order of World Wars, a civilian organization of ex-Army officers who had promoted and sponsored Army Day from its origin in 1920. Johnson took the occasion to announce to his hosts that they were celebrating their last Army Day. He and the president, he said, had decided that afternoon there would be no more individual "days", that in the interest of unification they'd all get together in 1950 on one day. His hosts received the announcement coldly. On Aug. 30, 1949, Johnson announced that Armed Forces Day would be celebrated on the third Saturday in May. When the time came for Air Force Day, the second Saturday in September, the occasion passed unnoticed. It has been celebrated only once—in '48 commemorating the founding of the Air Force Sept. 17, 1947. Secretary of the Navy Matthews chose Navy Day, Oct. 27, 1949, as the occasion for dismissing the popular Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Louis E. Denfeld. It was a double blow to many Navy men. They missed the old-time fanfare and public demonstrations. And many of them had warmly approved Denfeld's criticisms of the cuts in Navy strength in hearings before Congress. Actually there had never been a "Marine Day". There had been only limited public participation in the birthday celebrations. The services used their days, however, to drum up public suppression to Armed Forces Day, it bodes well for future Armed Forces Days to see that communities, such as Anaheim, can have a day devoted to the interests of all services—without any back scenes fights or knashing of teeth. The "grass roots," at least, seem to accept the idea of armed forces unification. Colony Quips Before you go out and vote on the school plan tomorrow just stop for a minute and think of your obligations as a citizen and realize what is going on around this community and state. We have a real crop of children not yet in school. One million not old enough as yet to be in school. That is more kids than we have today from kindergarten through the eighth grade. And, Anaheim Union High School district is no exception. They know right now that their population to be is more than they can handle. They need help and they are asking us to vote an increase in tax rate for tomorrow. We all know who is on the school board, at the head of the school, who runs it and who the teachers are—maybe not personally, but surely enough to know that they are not trying to steal anything from us taxpayers. They simply want to be in shape to do their job as well as they can under the law. We believe they are sincere in what they are asking for and that is why we urge you to go out and vote for the increase. The "raw material" is on the way. You can see it with your eyes if you travel out to all the elementary schools comprising the district. Let us get Spring House Cleaning in Washington By Thomas IN THE LONG A 75 Years On Tuesday evening the number of stockholders Hotel and building at entree Among those present minor Downey Heim Shettleid, Goodman, Backi, Conrad, Roma Austin, Olden, Guntine din and others. Two forty shares were rep ballot for trustees re election of Herman, Lewis, Champlin, Alden The trustees organized W. R. Olden preside Champlin, vice-president minimum treasurer and vis secretary. A comm pointed to comer with of Los Angeles upon proposed hotel. 50 Years At the meeting of club at Mrs. Stroath day afternoon report various committees the detail of the pic Thursday at Durkees was the special order day after the fair, as bans had to be paid. For the picnic agg which have all been club is already looking its next annual picnic election of officers of ready for the influx and help these school people do as good a job as they can with the material we give them. The average daily attendance (ADA) in Orange county schools in 1940 was 25,000 which by 1945 had climbed to 26,000. But in the next five years, to date that is, we were up to 40,000. Yep, that was quite a jump and our schools were not quite ready for it. The Outfall Sewer survey anticipated the probable population density in the county and came up with a figure of 60,000 ADA by 1956 and 77,000 by 1960. These surveys have usually been right on the nose. The one put out years ago for the Metropolitan Aqueduct was so close as to be termed perfect. So there is no reason to doubt these figures. We here have never doubted them. According to another survey, this time by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce we are shown some concrete figures which make a difference to all of us, whether or not we have a lot of kids in school. This survey shows that in cities with good schools you'll find: 1. Wages are highest. 2. Retail sales are highest. 3. Standard of living is highest. 4. Houses are better. 5. More books are sold. 6. City services are best. 7. More newspapers and magazines are sold. You can now see why the Gazette is back of the program or any program to get better schools in Anaheim. WASHINGTON—One of the most carefully guarded secrets of the war was the fact that Japan was floating balloons across the Pacific Ocean to Oregon, Washington and even as far east as Illinois and Texas. U.S. Censors gave strict orders to suppress all news of these balloons; and even when an Oregon family climbed into a tree to examine a balloon and was blown to bus, censors suppressed the information. Reason for the strict censorship was that American commanders didn't want the Japs to know how successful their balloon campaign was. If the Japs realized their balloons were getting across, it was believed they would launch many more thousands. After the war ended, cross-examination of the Jap military revealed that 60,000 of these balloons had been launched from the Kurile Islands and Formosa. They crossed the Pacific at an altitude of about 17,000 feet at a speed of over 100 miles an hour and were equipped with gadgets which made them descend after a certain distance. The prevailing winds across the Pacific made the flight relatively simple—despite the fact that the Pacific is the widest of all oceans. The balloons were equipped as incendiary carriers to set fire to Northwest forests, and later they were to be equipped as carriers of bacteriological warfare. Balloons to Russia Use of these same type balloons to carry propaganda into russia was proposed in this column two years ago. The wind currents from Germany, France, Austria, Turkey or even England make it easy to float balloons into Russia. In fact, they could be inflated so as to come down in certain planned areas. The President complained to an old friend the other day, "Louey talks to Bernie Baruch and tells him things he doesn't tell me. I have to learn about them third hand." Tht White House also learned that Secretary Johnson gave a Pentagon visitor some secrets regarding the Navy plane shot down over the Baltic. The visitor was J. Arthur Rank, the British film magnate. Note—Mr. Truman has no love for the elderly Baruch since Baruch refused to serve on a Democratic committee in the 1948 campaign. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT REMEMBER: THE OVERELL TRIAL: NO COOPERATION Lack of cooperation has Orange County's taxpayers untold thousands of dollars. The famed Overell trial only ONE example. NO UNITY Lack of Unity resulted in fight between the Sheriff and District Attorney who caused Orange County become the laughing sword. SACRAMENTO—Latest figures developed from the Bureau of Internal Revenue show slot machines are in operation in 4181 locations throughout the state. The new state laws, to control gaming devices enacted by the legislature with the vigorous support of Governor Earl Warren, were proposed as measures to stamp out the slot machine racket which assertedly exists in the state. The facts insofar as the existence of a slot machine racket is concerned are that, both in numbers and in prominence of display, there are less "one-armed bandits" in the state today than there has been at any time previous in years. For, of the machines taxed by the federal government for the current year, less than 20 per cent are the "one-armed-bandit" or the console type "jack-pot" machines. The 80 per cent or more are pinball games, claw machines and similar devices not commonly referred to as "slot machines." Yet, in both measures which Governor Warren has signed into law, pinball games and other machines "which are predominantly games of skill" are specifically exempted. When representatives of the Parent-Teachers Association appeared before legislative committees to support the so-called anti-slot machine measures, they readily agreed to the exemption of pinball games. However, if Parent-Teachers are actually worried over the slot machine menace and its effect Balloons to Russia Use of these same type balloons to carry propaganda into Russia was proposed in this column two years ago. The wind currents from Germany, France, Austria, Turkey or even England make it easy to float balloons into Russia. In fact, they could be inflated so as to come down in certain planned areas, carrying not only propaganda, but bars of soap, candy, shortwave radio sets, etc. The Weather Bureau, with whom I conferred at the time, confirmed the fact that floating the balloons into Russia would be fairly easy. Secretary of Air Stuart Symington and Chief of Staff Omar Bradley gave their enthusiastic approval. But at that time the State Department said "no." However, with increasing Soviet jamming of the Voice of America, and with the increasing urgency of getting American ideas across to the Russian people, the State Department under live-wire Assistant Secretary Ed Barrett is re-examining the matter. A sincere effort is being made to put across upon the youngsters, they should tour the school stores and other places where the youngsters hang-out and see into what type of gaming device the kids pump their spending money. Most "jack-pot" slot machines are to be found behind the locked doors of fraternal and veterans organizations, swank country clubs and night clubs, or in the back of somebody's saloon. But the pinball games are out in the open, readily accessible to the youngsters who are the prime suckers for the devices. Still, Mrs. William B. McKesson of Los Angeles, appearing as the representative of the P-TA, said her organization did not object to the pinball games. IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years Ago On Tuesday evening a large number of stockholders in the Hotel and building association of Anaheim met at Enterprise Hall. Among those present were Governor Downey Liemann, Davis Sheffield, Goodman, Sorensen, Backs, Conrad, Roms, Champlin, Austin, Olden, Guntner, Dyer Hardin and others. Two hundred and forty shares were represented. A ballot for trustees resulted in the election of Herman, Downey, Davis, Champlin, Alden, Sheffield. The trustees organized by electing W. R. Olden president, E. W. Champlin, vice-president, Richard Liemann treasurer and S. J. Davis secretary. A committee was appointed to confer with air. Kysor of Los Angeles upon plans for the proposed hotel. 50 Years Ago At the meeting of the Farmers club at Mrs. Stroathoff's on Monday afternoon reports from the various committees in charge of the detail of the picnic held last Thursday at Durkees-by-the-river, was the special order. It was the day after the fair, as it were, and bills had to be paid. The total bills for the picnic aggregate $150, which have all been paid, and the club is already looking forward to its next annual picnic. The annual election of officers of the club re- 25 Years Ago Dean Bodé of St. Michael's Episcopal church and Rev. E. E. Davis of Whittier left Monday for the synod of the Pacific at Berkeley. Both are delegates. Dean Bode is also a delegate to the California conference of social work, which follows the synod meeting and begins in Sacramento on Sunday morning. Mrs. Ben Dauser was hostess to the Friday "800" club at her home on Chestnut street. Miss Zalla Smythe, Miss Sleman and Mrs. Thomas Deitrick substituting for Mrs. Jas. Carroll and Mrs. C. J. Nenno the hostess. Favors were won by Mrs. W. Dola, Mrs. John Fochtman and Mrs. E. E. Fergus. Later a delicious lunch was served. Other members present were Mrs. Frederick-Heying, Mrs. Wm. Sieman, Mrs. Frank Baum, Mrs. Frank Snyder, Mrs. A. Rimpau, and Mrs. Dresser of Rialto. Mrs. Llonel Browning and her daughter Mrs. Lucius P. Green of Los Angeles were in town attending to business affairs and visiting friends this week. Mrs. Browning owns considerable property in this city and Los Angeles. She is the daughter of pioneer residents of Anaheim and is a sister of the ate Mayor Chas. Otto Rust of this city. HOW ABOUT YOUR VACATION? LET US HELP PLAN YOUR TRIP Southern Pacific travel specials make your vacation a happy adventure: 4 SCENIC ROUTES EAST (see twice as much on a roundtrip)—Golden State; Chicago; Sunset; to New Orleans; Overland; San Francisco-Chicago; Shasta via Evergreen Northwest through Portland. TO SAN FRANCISCO, Daylights by day, Starlight by night, in reserved-seat chair cars —$7.50 one way,$13.50 roundtrip (plus tax)...TO PORTLAND, Shasta Daylight from San Francisco, another reserved-seat At the meeting of the Farmers club at Mrs. Strodthoff's on Monday afternoon reports from the various committees in charge of the detail of the picnic held last Thursday at Durkees-by-the-river, was the special order. It was the day after the fair, as it were, and bums had to be paid. The total bills for the picnic aggregate $150, which have all been paid, and the club is already looking forward to its next annual picnic. The annual election of officers of the club resulted as follows: W. J. Fay, president; M. L. Rogers, first vice-president; George O. Hunter, second vice-president; Miss Marie Horstman, treasurer; Henry Kuchal, secretary. The chair appointed the following committee to present a petition to the supervisors relative to fumigating tents for use of the horticultural commissioners in orchards where the professional fumigators found it impossible to operate: C. C. Chapman, A. H. Cargill, J. H. Whitaker, L. B. Benchley, J. B. Neff, Dr. Hasson J. B. Rae. Mrs. Strodthoff assisted by her daughter Miss Adela and a bevy of other pretty girls served refreshments of ice-cream and cake and, after a vote of thanks for the courtesies of the occasion, the club adjourned to meet again on Monday, June 25. LET US NEEP PLAN YOUR TRIP Southern Pacific travel specials make your vacation a happy adventure: 4 SCENIC ROUTES EAST (see twice as much on a roundtrip)—Golden State, Chicago; Sunset, New Orleans; Overland, San Francisco-Chicago; Shasta via Evergreen Northwest through Portland. TO SAN FRANCISCO, Daylights by day, Starlight by night, in reserved-seat chair cars—$7.50 one way, $13.50 roundtrip (plus tax). TO PORTLAND, Shasta Daylight from San Francisco, another reserved-seat streamliner...on all trains children under five go free; five through eleven go for half fare. Information: Call your near-by S.P. Agent. S·P the friendly Southern Pacific Libby's GAY 90'S PARTY FOR REAL OLD-TIME VALUES! 46 OZ. CAN TOMATO JUICE Sweet Sliced PICKLES PARTY SIZE Jumbo PEAS NO. 203 CAN VIENNA SAUSAGE NO. ½ CAN UNITY RESULTED IN A BETWEEN THE SHERIFF STRICT ATTORNEY WHICH ORANGE COUNTY TO BE THE LAUGHING STOCK CALIFORNIA'S LEGAL AND ENFORCEMENT CIRCLOS. OPERATION! MORRIS Sheriff S On June 6!