anaheim-gazette 1950-05-26

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: $0 per month by carrier or $5 per year by carrier or mail. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper as well as all A.P. news dispatches. THEODORE B. KUCHEL Publisher MAX BESLER Assistant Publisher ROBERT FUNSELY Managing Editor WILLIAM GREGORY City Editor NEIL STANLEY Display Advertising Manager RALPH HOULAND Classified Advertising Manager The Home Folks Write the Editorials Folks certainly have a lot of very interesting opinions and ideas. A few days ago we started asking people what they would write about if they had a newspaper editorial column to fill up every day. And, by golly, lots of 'em knew right off the bat what they would write about. So, here is what your friends and neighbors are thinking about. Here are some of their more unusual "editorials". “If a fellow wants to be president in 1852 he should promise to end the European gravy train, quit taxing us to keep voters in useless government jobs (feed 'em and vote 'em), quit licking the hands of foreigners; and then concentrate on housing and old-age pensions.” Why is there always so darn much crime in his town?” “Pensions for the aged should be based on need not on the calendar. Our present social security operates inequitable, favoring workers who have saved above-average wages.” “Too many people are howling about the 'subsidized farmer'. Don't forget a farmer works from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m. 365 days a year. Have you ever had a 1200 pound cow step on your foot or swat you in the kisser with her tail? Is it any worse for a farmer to be protected than it is for a manufacturer to be benefitted by a tariff?” Colony Quips We are reprinting today the series of articles by Bill Abbott, a Tampa, Florida Trilistaffer who knows his business and goes out of his way to both sides of the concentrate nature. This golden flow of concentration is right on the waist carrying Florida to its big boom yet. The sad thing is that the California grower, except small groups, will not be from this bonanza even in this due entirely to a serious minority who are afraid of having their sinecure shaken up, it is opinion. And the grower gets the neck. The next article will pear in an early issue. Her Bill Abbott: More than 80 million gallons of golden orange juice will flow half a billion cans of frozen concentrate in the kitchens of american families this year, a quality equal to Tampa's water supply for four days, bringing a bonanza to the Florida citrus dustry. The product has taken the nation by storm. It transfers Florida sunshine and vitamins into millions of homes, formerly with them. It has created the great agricultural revolution since mechanical reaper. It is a min of modern business. Frozen concentrate has added third dimension to Florida's crops, supplementing fresh and canned single strength jelly. It makes possible national distribution of the state's expanded citrus crop with an enormous influx in transportation costs, renders the orange squeeze obsolete as the buggy whip. A new adjunct to easier and So, here is what your friends and neighbors are thinking about. Here are some of their more unusual "editorials." "If a fellow wants to be president in 1852 he should promise to end the European gravy train, quit taxing us to keep voters in useless government jobs (feed 'em and vote 'em), quit licking the hands of foreigners; and then concentrate on housing and old-age pensions." "We Californians want no part of communism. We like our Americanism straight. Let's talk that up and keep it that way." "There always has been human covetousness, human jealousies, human hate, human fighting—and there always will be. So, the best thing we can do is to admit it, and keep prepared." "I think Jackson, Jefferson, and F.D.R. were our greatest presidents. But I don't have much use for the fellow we now have. I think we should start a campaign right now calling on Democrats and Republicans to select one good man and groom him for the White House." "Now that television is here I thought we would be able to see what those radio audiences were laughing about on those "comedy" programs. But I still don't get it. Can you explain it?" "Point the finger at those stores in Anaheim whose employees plant their cars in those free parking lots day after day and defeat the purpose of the lots." "I'd like to see the state of California pass a law restricting our population. This would relieve congestion on streets and highways on public transportation, it would ease housing, save water, and reduce welfare expenditures." "What I want to know is if Dick Tracy is such a red hot cop." "Too many people are howling about the 'subsidized farmer'. Don't forget a farmer works from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m. 365 days a year. Have you ever had a 1200 pound cow step on your foot or swat you in the kisser with her tail? Is it any worse for a farmer to be protected than it is for a manufacturer to be benefitted by a tariff?" "I think that teachers should be asked any questions made to take any oath, or otherwise disclose their attitude on communism. Communism controls the very life of its victims. There can be no such thing as a fellow who can be an exponent of the American way of life in the classroom and a comy the remainder of the time. Let's be realistic: a pinko is a pinko on a 24 hours basis. "I think that if females must wear slacks in the streets they should control that hip movement. I guess you can't write about such things in a newspaper, can you?" "Selfishness is the worst quality one can have. Almost all of us are selfish to a degree. Therefore if one is exactly the opposite and has a kind, unselfish heart, he is a rare individual and should be written about." "Just because we American men are kind to women doesn't mean they can dominate us. Men are stronger and smarter and can put women in their places any time they want. You just tell that to women." (Editor's note: We would prefer not to YOU do it!) "Many citizens can tell you the batting averages of some of the baseball glamour boys. But, how many of these people know the name of their Congressmen? If they knew as much about national and international affairs as they do baseball, they could make Congress sit up and fly right." IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO By MRS. HENRY RUCHÉL 25 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mickle spent Friday and Saturday visiting wages." IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO By MRS. HENRY RUCHEL 25 Years Ago In a blaze of beauty, with 15,000 people present, California's "blue ribbon event," the great Valencia orange show, staged the last act of its fifth annual exhibition at midnight Monday. The show was open to the public for eleven days, and each day's entertainment seemed the best, but the fashion show prepared for the last night was apparently of paramount interest. It was announced Tuesday that 125,000 people had passed through the turnstiles during the 11 days of entertainment. Attendance was twice as large as at any previous exhibition. John Fochman and family of 412 N. Claudina spent Sunday with friends in Pasadena. 50 Years Ago C. T. Grim has taken charge of the Griffith Lumber Company's business at this point. He has been long connected with the same company and is a very courteous and agreeable business man. Mr. Skidmore whom he replaces has returned to his home in Downey. Rod Stone of Fullerton and Miss May Ramella of this city were married in Santa Ana some days ago. After a short honeymoon trip the happy couple returned yesterday to their home in Fullerton where they will take up their residence. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mickle and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mickle spent Friday and Saturday visiting friends in Los Angeles. R. Schellens and wife have returned from their honeymoon trip to Chicago and will reside in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Hatfield drove to Long Beach yesterday for a day's outing at the seashore. Steve Devoe was in town Friday from Bolsa Chica. Steve has been appointed Keeper of the grounds of the Bolsa Chica Gun Club and is now in charge of the property. 75 Years Ago We have been furnished with the following list of shipments from the Anaheim depot during the Month of May: 2540 barrels of wine; 221,161 pounds of grain; 113,665 pounds of wool; 15,250 pounds of potatoes and 4623 pounds of merchandise. A rodeo of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Calithumpians will be held in Los Angeles tonight to make arrangements for the due observance of the Fourth of July and the great Sphinx has issued a mandate requiring our attendance. As we run with another manyada we cannot attend the rodeo, and we hope the noble Sphinx will not pour upon us the barbed shafts of his vengeance. We humble ourselves before him as we do before — a bucking "mewl." THE FINGER MAN Colony Quips are reprinting today the first series of articles by Bill Aba Tampa, Florida, Tribune er who knows his business goes out of his way to give sides of the concentrate picThis golden flow of frozen centrate is right on the way to ring Florida to its biggest yet. The sad thing is that California grower, except cersmall groups, will not benefit this bonanza even in 1950. is due entirely to a selfish pority who are afraid of having sinecure shaken up, it is our ion. And the grower gets it in check. The next article will apin an early issue. Here is Abbott: more than 80 million gallons of orange juice will flow from a billion cans of frozen concrate in the kitchens of Acan families this year, a quanequal to Tampa's water surfor four days, bringing a new enza to the Florida citrus inry. The product has taken the naby storm. It transfers Florida chine and vitamins into milof homes, formerly without. It has created the greatest cultural revolution since the manical reaper. It is a miracle modern business. Frozen concentrate has added a dimension to Florida's citrus kets, supplementing fresh fruit canned single strength juice. Makes possible national distriction of the state's expanding crop with an enormous savin transportation costs. It ers the orange squeezer as delete as the buggy whip. It is new adjunct to easier and more cultural revolution since the mechanical reaper. It is a miracle of modern business. frozen concentrate has added a dimension to Florida's citrus markets, supplementing fresh fruit canned single strength juice. This makes possible national distribution of the state's expanding crop with an enormous savings in transportation costs. It serves the orange squeezer as a buggy whip. It is now adjunct to easier and more pleasant living. Moreover, it has made the Florida citrus industry rich. And when the citrus industry is all Florida prosperers, particularly this West Coast section where cities are its greatest source of backpacks. The difference between oranges 3.50 and above a box on tree than they were bringing only 30 or a box two years ago is a level of the postwar years. This phenomenon has produced millions fortunate grove owners and frozen foods industry in what may have seen as the biggest and boom the state ever witness- they've been calling the orange the real fountain of youth. Ponce de Leon sought too many shores centuries ago. They have been comparing large trees seriously to oll wells, pressing to see no end to this found prosperity. Observatives Foreseeing Trouble Ahead At there are some who disagree. The conservatives are looking and in Paradise and finding it repointing. What if oranges be $3.50 and up, they ask infinitely. Is that a guarantee will always be that high? Or we set up a new mechanical tester that will devour us? What if this Northern capital pour into the state? Is the small ever being squeezed out by minery like his oranges? Many answer these questions affatively. They say that concentrate, while bringing a boom, is bringing a serious dislocation Florida's economy. And they're just disgruntled pessimists. In the railroads, for example, they are important to any economy. They are fighting desperately avage from refrigerated trucks ever concentrate they can affosing 17 cars of fresh fruit to one which that volume exists in concentrate. So-called cash buyer has rubbed out of the citrus pic- some of the concentrate interests decide suddenly to stop or even reduce their buying for a time after running up the price and squeezing out the fresh fruit and single strength dealers. Some See $5000 an Acre Watchful eyes are focused on every sale and rumor of sale of now precious grove property. Some of this was land that sold for $2 an acre in raw state and recently went for $1000 in bearing groves. The asking price of some now is $2000 an acre or more, and there are optimistic reports that it may go as high as $5000 and above. At present, however, most citrus observers see the big deal concentrators holding only a small percentage of the total acreage, some 27,000 acres of -50,000 acres, with the total overall increasing at a rate of more than 12,000 acres a year. But this becomes more impressive when the purchases are compared with the smaller total for oranges of about 300,000 acres. Currently, there are four big companies in the concentrate deal. These are, alphabetically: Clinton Industries, Inc., producing Snow Crop concentrate; General Foods Corporation, which contracts its production of Birds Eye brand to Florida-owned plants; Minute Maid Corporation whose brand is Minute Maid; and Pasco Packing Company at Dade City, with the world's largest citrus processing plant turning out its brands of Old South, Pasco and Florida Gold, besides concentrate for 55 private labels. Smaller Plants Busy A dozen or more plants with a capacity of 30,000,000 gallons of concentrate are operating this season on these and other brands. They will pack an estimated 20,-000,000 gallons, using a third of the total orange crop, in addition to a growing quantity of grape-fruit, grapefruit-orange and tangerine concentrate. Fresh fruit shippers and canners of single strength juice will split the remaining two thirds of the crop. turned reluctantly away from concentrate to other juices, including citrus, and a new orangeade, a mixture of citrus juice, sugar and water, at a much lower price. The frozen food industry already has begun to yell that high prices of fruit are in danger of "killing the goose that lays the golden eggs." But will a grower have to take less? What is the breaking point, anyway? Some say it is not near at the moment. Others think something may have to give, and quick, perhaps today or tomorrow. Like Crap Game Robert C. Evans, manager of the Florida Citrus Commission, describes the situation as a crap game. "It's not so bad when you shoot two dollars," he says, "but when you run that up to $20, the game gets tense." That's the Florida citrus industry today, blessed with a 30,000,-000-box shortage in the national crop by reaseason of storms, freezes and blight in other producing areas; a citrus code which has raised the quality of Florida shipments; the organization of Citrus Mutual, a voluntary co-operative which has regulated shipments to the best advantages — and concentrate. But what about the remainder of the season and next year when there may not be a national shortage? A lot of the best brains in Florida are pondering that question. Meantime, the story of concentrate is one of the most fabulous in the annals of American business. It's an interesting corollary of science, agriculture and commerce teaming together for better living. ket for the carcass. The requires only the ears and turned in to collect the bovine. The program has been done on over the years chiefly for benefit of livestock ranchers are bothered by the pro animals. However, the bounty is due by the state to anyone bag lion and state game hunters given vigorous competition byivate enterprisers. In fact, in the past five state lion hunters have counted 25 percent of the total ties paid. Last year for example be were paid on 202 mountain but the five state hunters oed only 47 of these. Averaged out over the year of the five took less than mountain lion per month, owing into consideration that employees receive 15 working vacation, seven days leave sickness and a minimum holiday each year and work a 40 hour week, the hunters aged to bag one lion each 25 working days. In terms of figures the lion hunter program costs average of $1855 per month turn for which the state be by the death of four lions same amount pays for 37 bagged by private enterprise. For those who prefer Smaller Plants Busy A dozen or more plants with a capacity of 30,000,000 gallons of concentrate are operating this season on these and other brands. They will pack an estimated 20,000,000 gallons, using a third of the total orange crop, in addition to a growing quantity of grapefruit, grapefruit-orange and tangerine concentrate. Fresh fruit shippers and canners of single strength juice will split the remaining two thirds of the crop. A gallon of concentrate mixes with three parts of water to provide four gallons, of pure, full-strength juice, so about 80,000,000 gallons will be available in the new, attractive concentrate form. This season's production will be roughly double that of last season when concentrators put out approximately 10,000,000 gallons, as compared with only 1,910,000 gallons in 1947-48. In 1945-46 the gallonage of the new product was only 225,000. These figures reveal a nearly 80-fold increase in five years, and nearly a 100 per cent increase in the last year with a 25 per cent increase in price. By this phenomenal performance, concentrate jumped to 30 per cent of the total of all frozen food sales, overtaking and passing the previous best seller, green peas. Outlets Still Limited And the surface isn't scratched yet. Outlets for concentrate are still limited by the number of stores with refrigeration equipment to keep the product at close to zero temperature. Soda fountain customers still haven't become psychologically conditioned to accepting concentrate when its mixed on the spot with water. They demand it ready mixed from expensive vendors. But there the rosy picture begins to fade. As the price of oranges went up, the price of the product went up. When the retail price got higher, the housewife Meantime, the story of concentrate is one of the most fabulous in the annals of American business. It's an interesting corollary of science, agriculture and commerce teaming together for better living. Sacramento, (WNS) — Hunters attention! How would you like to spend all your time hunting and get paid for it? That is exactly the case for five state employees of the State Division of Fish and Game. Not only are they paid a monthly salary to hunt but they also receive traveling expenses and, in addition are given a bonus everytime they bag their game. These are the state lion hunters who are paid $231 monthly to hunt mountain lions. And for every male mountain lion they bag they receive a $50 bounty with a $60 bounty paid for a female lion. On top of that, they can usually sell the hides for about $40 and a smart operator can find a marVOTE FOR COMMON SENSE LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR ALL OF ORANGE COUNTY R. T. MORRIE FOR SHERIFF Of Orange County You're Invited! Hometown Day in Buena Park SATURDAY, MAY 27 Grand Parade Starts 1 P.M. Entertainment — Ball Game — Dancing BARBEQUE 4:30 - 7:00 P.M. game the state department of Public Health employs a crew of rodent control officers who bag squirrels and other disease carrying rodents. While these small game hunters receive no bounties they are paid a slightly higher salary ($255 per month) and receive travel expenses. SACRAMENTO — Governor Warren has selected a committee of 10 citizens to suggest a use for the women's prison near Tehachapi, Kern county. The prison will be vacated when a new institution for women prisoners is completed on a site near Corona, Riverside county. CHECK CORONA Highlands AT CORONA DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA NEW OWNERS! NEW PRICES! NEW TERMS! Rolling Hillside Homesites overlooking hills and harbor. Only in Corona Highlands can such spacious building sites be secured. As long as 5 years to pay for lots. All improvements are in and paid for. Residents in Corona Highlands have access to Private Beach. All property fully restricted to guarantee future values. such spacious building sites be secured. As long as 5 years to pay for lots. All improvements are in and paid for. Residents in Corona Highlands have access to Private Beach. All property fully restricted to guarantee future values. PRICES REDUCED AS MUCH AS 50% CORONA HIGHLANDS at Corona del Mar California NEWT H. COX Sales Manager Walter B. Mellott, Inc. Owner Telephones: Harbor 414-J Harbor 2583 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 251 N. Lemon PAINT - WALL PAPER Treasure Tones IMPERIAL WALLPAPERS Schaeffler Paints Phone 2469 120 No. Los Angeles St. - Anaheim Physicians & Surgeons Dr. J. W. Truxaw PHYSICIAN Phones: Office 3215, Res. 2610 Center & L.A. 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