anaheim-gazette 1950-08-04

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: $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 WILLARD GREGORY City and Sports Editor HOWARD HALL News Editor MYLES BRADLEY Picture Editor NEIL STANLEY Advertising Manager RALPH ROULAND Classified Advertising Manager Army terms: what do they mean??? You'll be reading about the Army for a long time—about divisions, battalions, regiments, platoons, companies and squads. But do you know how an Army is made up? It's like a pyramid standing on its nose; It starts small and spreads out as it moves up toward the top. At the peak of World War II the Army had 8,000,000 men. Now it has only 596,000, a skeleton of its old self. This is how the army is built: Squad—the smallest unit. 10 or 12 men. Commanded by a sergeant, assisted by a corporal. Platoon—Four squads, with a total of about 48 men. Commanded by a first or second lieutenant. Company—Four platoons. Total of around 200 men. Commanded by a captain. At the peak of World War II we had 89 divisions. Now we have 10. These 10 and their locations are: Second Armored, Third Infantry, 11th Airborne, and 82nd Airborne, all in this country; Seventh Infantry, Japan; First Infantry, Germany; the 2nd, 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions and the First Cavalry Division (really an infantry division), now in Korea. What has been explained here—total number of men per company, per battalion, per regiment, per division and so on—is the ideal structure of the Army. It doesn't mean that all this is the actual setup now. The Army doesn't have enough men to have perfect strength all At the peak of World War II the Army had 8,000,000 men. Now it has only 596,000, a skeleton of its old self. This is how the army is built: Squad—The smallest unit. 10 or 12 men. Commanded by a sergeant, assisted by a corporal. Platoon—Four squads, with a total of about 48 men. Commanded by a first or second lieutenant. Company—Four platoons. Total of around 200 men. Commanded by a captain. Battalion — Four companies. Total of around 1000 men. Commanded by a major or a lieutenant colonel. (Why does a company have 200 men but a battalion of four companies have 1000? Because the larger the outfit, the more extra men, or specialists, are needed to handle its problems.) Regiment — Three battalions. About 3000 men. Commanded by a colonel. Division — this is where the spread-out really begins. A division has around 18,000 men and is commanded by a major general, assisted by a brigadier general. A division is made up of three regiments, plus a heavy tank battalion, a medical battalion, field artillery, and various companies of specialists, such as military police, telephone experts, and so on. A division is the smallest self-sustaining outfit in the army. That is: It's supposed to have all the supplies, tanks, guns, and specialists it needs to operate by itself in enemy territory, independently. Army Corps—Made up of three divisions. Commanded by a lieutenant general. An Army—Made up of three army Corps. Commanded by a full general. An Army Group—This can consist of any number of armies. Commanded by a general. The Army—This is the whole business, made up of all the armies. Its present commander is General J. Lawton Collins, chief of staff. What has been explained here—total number of men per company, per battalion, per regiment, per division and so on—is the ideal structure of the Army. It doesn't mean that all this is the actual setup now. The Army doesn't have enough men to have perfect strength all along the line. In reading this you may note that the total Army is 596,000, but we have only 10 divisions with a maximum total strength of only 180,000 men. So you many wonder where the rest of the 596,000 are. The Army has far more men than show in divisions. For example, the Pentagon building in Washington is loaded with Army men, all doing special work for the Army, needed to run the whole show. These include staffs to handle money, personnel, military police, weapons, trucks and transportation, supplies, communications, chemical warfare, and so on. But the story wouldn't be complete without this explanation—the theory behind the army structure goes like this: When foot soldiers, the infantry riflemen, advance toward the enemy, they must be supported by men behind them with heavier weapons, shooting over their heads to soften or wipe out the foe. This set-up starts down with the smallest unit—the squad, which, in addition to its riflemen, has several men handling a Browning automatic gun—and it goes on up the line: A platoon has a machine gun and a couple of bazookas, a company has mortars and recoilless rifles; and so on up to a division which has tanks and field guns. This is just a part of what the well-equipped division should have: 7474 small rifles (carbines), 6913 rifles, 557 bazookas, 124 mortars, 900 machine guns. WASHINGTON — As Congressional leaders gathered in his office to discuss the president's request for an additional $4-billion to arm our allies, Truman opened the meeting by urging everyone "speak freely and give me your opinions." He got his wish. There were two verbal explosions at the secret session, one from Democratic Senator Connally of Texas, who demanded that some of the $4-billion diverted from ECA spending; another from GOP Congressman Dewey Short of Missouri, whojected to bypass Congressional committees. "Are all these millions for economic (ECA) aid necessary at a time like this?" demanded Connally, pointing out that he U.S.A. must tighten its belt economically for war, our European friends should expect less economic help from us. "Why can't some of it be used for military aid?" the Texan Senator asked. "We can't cut off food to those unfortunate people," explains Secretary of State Acheson, who attended the meeting. He added that this was more important than sending arms—certainly more important in keeping the friendship of Western Europe. "Yes, but we don't have to feed them for five years," roiled the acid-tongued Texan. "Some our own people need feeding. But sides not all this ECA money go for food. Some of it is spent for such things as hydroelectric projects in Europe." Acheson agreed, but reminded Connally that Western Europe need electric power not only for peace, but to manufacture arms for use against aggressors. "It takes two or three years to build a dam and other facilities needed to produce elec- IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years Ago Sydmer Ross was a visitor in town on Monday from his walnut Germany; the 2nd, 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions and the First Cavalry Division (really an infantry division), now in Korea. What has been explained here—total number of men per company, per battalion, per regiment, per division and so on—is the ideal structure of the Army. It doesn't mean that all this is the actual setup now. The Army doesn't have enough men to have perfect strength all along the line. In reading this you may note that the total Army is 596,000, but we have only 10 divisions with a maximum total strength of only 180,000 men. So you many wonder where the rest of the 596,000 are. The Army has far more men than show in divisions. For example, the Pentagon building in Washington is loaded with Army men, all doing special work for the Army, needed to run the whole show. These include staffs to handle money, personnel, military police, weapons, trucks and transportation, supplies, communications, chemical warfare, and so on. But the story wouldn't be complete without this explanation—the theory behind the army structure goes like this: When foot soldiers, the infantry riflemen, advance toward the enemy, they must be supported by men behind them with heavier weapons, shooting over their heads to soften or wipe out the foe. This set-up starts down with the smallest unit—the squad, which, in addition to its riflemen, has several men handling a Browning automatic gun—and it goes on up the line: A platoon has a machine gun and a couple of bazookas, a company has mortars and recoilless rifles; and so on up to a division which has tanks and field guns. This is just a part of what the well-equipped division should have: 7474 small rifles (carbines), 6913 rifles, 557 bazookas, 124 mortars, 900 machine guns. IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years Ago Fall shearing begins at the Miguel rancho today. Ex-President Andrew Johnson died at Greenville, Tenn., on Saturday morning. We are told that the school in charge of the Sisters of Charity in Los Angeles will hold a picnic tomorrow at some point near Anaheim. William Bixby, whose farm is at Compton, showed us this morning a mammoth onion grown on his place. It is the most formidable esculent we have ever seen, weighs 4 pounds and 12 ounces and is solid as a rock. The Catholic ladies are today soliciting subscriptions to build a church. Col. George Deaver and Miss Dolores Valera, both of Wilmington, were matrimonially united the other day. Quite a heavy shower of rain fell last night. 50 Years Ago Ray Minor has undergone an operation for an abscess on the hip joint. He is improving nicely. Sydmer Ross was a visitor in town on Monday from his walnut ranch in Fullerton. Herman Dickel is spending a week's vacation in San Diego. Mr. Asher has rented the Lewis residence on Center street and is now occupying it with his family. Manuel Crespin came in from Placentia yesterday. He reports the walnut crop promising and with prospects for a big yield. 25 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. Otto des Granges of Fullerton are spending a few weeks at Anaheim Landing where Otto is not only the best-looking man at that popular resort, but the best swimmer at the beach. Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Mitchell came over from Redlands Tuesday to look after business affairs. Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding, nearly 20 friends being present to assist them in a proper observance of the day. They were the recipients of many presents. July 14 is the anniversary of their wedding day, but owing to the fact that their son, who is an attorney in Los Angeles was unable to get away from court, the celebration was postponed until Sunday. Missourians Differ Congressman Short, the one House Republican from Truman home state—and therefore an object of special disdain at the White House—complained about the strategy of bypassing the Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees by sending the $4-billion measure directly to the Senate and House Appropriation committee. "The time you will save will not be worth the bad feeling you will create in Congress," protested Short. "If you went through the regular procedure of getting authorizations from the Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees, you could still get this bill to the floor in a day." "A lot of my colleagues w CHECKING THE AGGRESSOR MILITARY AID DRAFT CALL FOR RESERVE VOLUNTEERS CURTAILED CIVILIAN PRODUCTION RATIONING JOB FREEZE PRIORITIES ETC consumption down in Florida was partly true. Fox thought $72 to $75 a ton, net on what good should bring. We had a friend of ours is a newspaperman in ask him if this was "fruit" talk just for consumption. Fox said get cheaper fruit from the change and that was the contract, which the Gazette the first newspaper in Cali to mention, will tell you. Right today the Exchange selling Valencia oranges contain 120 pounds of solids per ton for around $4. This, to our way of this almost criminal. There is aailbi today which will just price the grower will rec his fruit—from the Exchange of selling. The reason we mentions organization this way is we believe they are big (75 per cent of the fruit) down with all shippers and bilize this market for all ers. But they cannot continue cute and undermine the w dustry. The average grower like to see his neighbor even if he does not belong Exchange. Some say he d ter. We will comment in the few days on an article in magazine which contains rific article on Florida froz centrate in its issue now stands. It should be requiring for the boys who w "new releases" mailed out Exchange. WASHINGTON — As Congress leaders gathered in his office to discuss the president's re-election, our allies, Truman opened by urging everyone to freely and give me your wishes." He got his wish. We were two verbal exploits the secret session, one Democratic Senator Tennyson of Texas, who demanded some of the $4-billion be given from ECA spending; another GOP Congressman Short of Missouri, who obstructed bypassing Congressionaltees. We all these millions for niece (ECA) aid necessary time like this?" demandedly, pointing out that if S. A. must tigaten its economically for war, our friends should expect economic help from us. can't some of it be used militarily aid?" the Texas senator asked. Can't cut off food to those unaware people," explained Secretary of State Acheson, who led the meeting. He added was more important than arms—certainly more important in keeping the friendship between Europe. But we don't have to tremor for five years," roiled el-tongued Texan. "Some of us people need feeding. But all this ECA money goes to us. Some of it is spent for things as hydroelectric pro-Europe." The senator agreed, but reminded us that Western Europeans electric power not only for but to manufacture arms against aggressors. Takes two or three years old a dam and the other needs to produce elec-want to know what type of weapons we are sending to Europe—what countries are getting how much—and if the shipments can be made without weakening ourselves. But this information will be denied us. "As one humble and insignificant member of Congress," the Missourian continued, "I can't say that we should give unanimous approval to this unconstitutional procedure." "Oh, you're just trying to make an issue out of nothing," snapped the president. "No, I'm not," retorted his fellow Missourian. "There's a proper and an improper way to handle these matters." Finally, House GOP Leader Joe Martin intervened in favor of the president. Wiretapping Probe Betting odds on Capitol Hill are that the federal grand jury now pressing police-state methods and the wiretapping inspired by Senator Brewster of Maine will end in a whitewash. Despite the efforts of conscientious James McInerny, chief of the Justice Department's Criminal division, alibis are arranged to get Senator Brewster and his friends, Pan American Airways, off the hot spot. In the first place, the Justice Department held the wiretapping report for almost a year and only fished it out of the files after the facts had been exposed in the press. As a result, the statute of limitations is about to expire, and but one scant week remains—seven days from today—in which the grand jury can act. Second, the chief parties concerned have careful stories claiming "no divulgement." In other words, Lieut. Joseph Shimon, the District of Columbia cop who directed the tapping of Howard Hughes' telephone wires, claims that he divulged no information from Hughes' tapped wire to Senator Brewster or anyone else. As long as he divulged no info-simply to make a profit, but that his organization takes care of the grower. (Just could not resist putting that one in.) This was the seventh sale in recent months to hit the million mark. Clinton (Snow Crop) bought 1100 acres on July Fourth and last February they got 2500 acres from a Mr. Maxcy, who is now one of their directors. At that same time they acquired 915 acres in another deal. Then last September Snow Crop took over the huge William P. McDonald, Inc., Auburndale, properties for $3,327,000. Big Pasco was in two big deals one of which was for nearly $5 million and another which exceeded a million. Minute Maid, Inc., of "cheaper fruit" from the Exchange fame, took over 4700 acres from Di-Gorgio Fruit corp. in a deal that was estimated at over $5 million. All this is money, not hay. It is all business and it is run for a profit—for the grower. Last winter when Fox came out here to look for more concentrate from California his corporation was paying $84 a ton for good oranges. To Florida growers that is. Mr. Wilcox gave him Exchange growers fruit a heck of a lot cheaper and Fox was man enough to say so. Wilcox came in one of his "News Letters" and said Fox was just saying that sort of stuff for Colony Quips About a week ago another million dollars citrus deal was reported from Florida. This time one of the directors of Clinton Foods, which is Snow Crop in frozen concentrate language, fronted up for the deal. A check for $1 million changed hands for 600 acres of 10 year old citrus which is about $1666 per acre. This figure did not include the crop for next season which made the consideration much higher. This is one of a series of sales in large units that has been characteristic of the Florida citrus industry since the advent of Mutual and concentrate. We in California must remember, however, that, as Mr. Wilcox of the Exchange says, Show Crop and Minute Maid are in the deal RADIO AND TELEVISION KLAC ... 570 KIEV ... 870 KNX ... 1070 KGER ... 1390 KFI ... 640 KHJ ... 920 KXLA ... 1110 KTED ... 1520 KMPC ... 710 KFWB ... 980 KFOX ... 1280 KOWD ... 1580 KECA ... 790 KFVD ... 1020 KFAC ... 1330 KPMO ... 1600 The following programs are compiled from reports provided by the broadcasters. We assume no responsibility for last minute changes on their part—TKD. FRIDAY P.M. 5:00 P.M. 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