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ANAIEM 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.
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Proposition No. 3...
This is another in a series of articles explaining the propositions listed on the November 7 election ballot.
Proposition No. 3 represents an attempt to simplify the lower court system in California.
There are now 768 inferior courts—that is, below superior court. The important point is that they are divided into six separate and distinct types.
Proposition 3 proposes to set up only two types—municipal and justice.
Approval by the voters next month, says Chief Justice Phil S. Gibson of the California Supreme Court, will "result in the most significant reform that has taken place in the judicial department of our state government since it began to function 100 years ago."
The measure, outgrowth of long study by the State Judicial coun-
Alviso and Gilroy, the latter by special legislative act.
Then there are some 242 city courts.
The Judicial council, in the report that led to Proposition 3, points to confusion in the names by which the courts are known:
Police courts are sometimes called municipal or city courts. Municipal courts in San Jose and Tulare are called police courts. City courts often are designated as recorders' courts or police courts.
The council said its reorganization plan would:
1. Eliminate duplication and offer "reasonable uniformity."
2. Establish courts designed to serve both congested urban centers and rural areas under a system responsive to growth.
3. Serve the convenience of the litigants in all localities and limit
HARRISBURG, I.a.-The of Pennsylvania, which has some Irish Senators to Washington in the past, this year very well go wrong. It has good men to pick from: James Duff, Republican; and Francis Myers, Democrat.
However, if the tremor swang which nominated Duff May continues, he will be new Senator in Washington January.
This — if it happens — mark something more than a new Senator from Pennsylvania. For Duff represent new philosophy inside the publican party which it no more of if it is ever going recapture the White House also is a man who is sure to consider a presidential candidate if he wins on November When Duff was nominated the Senate last spring he received letters from all over the country stating: "Thank God for change in the Republican leadership. We're Democrats, but would vote Republican, if the publicans offered something new.
What they referred to is fact that Duff has not tried tear down all the New Deal legislation FDR built up. Nor has based his campaign on the Sator McCarthy bogey that confuses lurk under State Department desks. Instead, he has lowed a policy not unlike the Governor Warren of California taking the best of the New Program and adding some pictures of his own—cleaning up of the chief rivers of his reforming the insane asylums proving the schools, and pu-
Proposition 3 proposes to set up only two types—municipal and justice.
Approval by the voters next month, says Chief Justice Phil S. Gibson of the California Supreme Court, will "result in the most significant reform that has taken place in the judicial department of our state government since it began to function 100 years ago."
The measure, outgrowth of long study by the State Judicial council, has wide support. But there are a few dissenters. They object to what they view as a move to eliminate "the people's courts" under the guise of streamlining.
No. 3 would divide each county into judicial districts.
A district with over 40,000 population would have a municipal court. This would include the Anaheim township.
All other districts would have a justice court.
And all judges would be elected by the voters of the district.
Supporters of the reform call the present system 'complicated, inefficient and outmoded.' This is how it is now:
There are municipal courts in freeholder charter cities over 40,000 in population, including Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Monica.
Another type of municipal court exists in San Jose and Tulare but the Judicial council says they do not even faintly resemble the municipal courts in the larger cities.
Every county except San Francisco has township justice's courts. Of these, 41 are Class A courts and 424 are Class B.
Alameda, Berkeley, Oakland and Stockton have city justices' courts. (Oakland's is a police court as well.) Police courts are set up in 45 cities as well as the towns of Municipal courts in San Jose and Tulare are called police courts.
City courts often are designated as recorders' courts or police courts.
The council said its reorganization plan would:
1. Eliminate duplication and offer "reasonable uniformity."
2. Establish courts designed to serve both congested urban centers and rural areas under a system responsive to growth.
3. Serve the convenience of the litigants in all localities and limit the size of the electorate selecting judges and further:
"Popular election of the judges for a fixed term would insure their independence."
Proposition 3, in Governor Warren's words, would establish a democratic, simplified uniform, efficient system of courts." The measure carries the endorsement of the State Bar association.
In opposition, Assemblyman Bernard R. Brady (D-San Francisco) declares that if the judicial system needs overhauling, let the legislature do it. No. 3, he says, would destroy an integral part of our judiciary.
"Better courtrooms and facilities, higher salaries to judges and justices in the rural areas can be had now by legislative action," Brady asserts.
"Our state does not need this proposed amendment which ultimately could result in the elimination of all township justice and city courts."
Assemblyman Ralph M. Brown (D-Modesto), one of No. 3's sponsors, contends, however, that California has too many inferior courts—and too many kinds of them. He says:
"Proposition No. 3 will give us a simple and sensible system of inferior courts and will provide efficiency where we now have wasteful duplication and confusion."
IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of the Anaheim Gazette
By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL
75 Years Ago
The Board of Trustees of the Anaheim Hotel and Building association held a meeting on Monday night. An assessment of ten per cent on the capital stock twelve of his machines in Los Angeles and vicinity.
The new wagon manufactory of Mr. A. Hill on Lemon streets is to receive a coat of the famous rubber down all the New Deal legislation FDR built up. Nor has based his campaign on the Sotr McCarthy bogey that constituents lurk under State Department desks. Instead, he has allowed a policy not unlike the Governor Warren of California taking the best of the New program and adding some pictures of his own—cleaning up of the chief rivers of his surrendering the insane asylums proving the schools, and put the Pennsylvania Manufacturing association in its place.
For years, Pennsylvania ruled by the barons of coal, gas, and oil. What they want they largely got. And the no GOP governor in Harris usually did their bidding. Governor Duff, however, reversed and in so doing won the unanimity of that insatiable dislike of the high tariff, Joe Gru plus all his fellow manufacturers. They did their best to do Duff at the primaries and, be it or not, they are now consort with a Democrat, Senator M. to try to defeat Duff in November.
Presidential Material Jim Duff is big, barrel-cheeked with the following number pupils—Central school, 188; Anaheim 75; Katella 12. The tendance at the high school is wards of 60.
The Republican County Committee met Saturday after and appointed the following executive committee: W. M. Stairman; R. E. Larter, J. C. Nings, N. A. Ulm, W. C. Hooman, J. M. Hart, W. L. I chairman Z. B. West and secretary L. L. Shaw were made ex-officio members.
25 Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Broad and Mr. and Mrs. A Stearn who left here on July 1 a trip to the middle west arrives home Saturday. They report exceptionally pleasant trip no mishaps.
Trefon Harrison, one of the prietors of the Oyster Loaf was married in San Francisco October 5 to Miss Frances Paull of Los Angeles. Mr. Harrison here to attend the Elks convene therefore his friends were aware of his matrimonial intitions until he returned home his bride. They will reside at No.
75 Years Ago
The Board of Trustees of the Anaheim Hotel and Building association held a meeting on Monday night. An assessment of ten per cent on the capital stock was levied. The required notice will be found in our advertising columns today. They also instructed the secretary to advertise for proposals for the construction of the brick work of the hotel. The notice to contractors also appears today.
Mr. Jonathan Bixby of Los Ceritos, returned yesterday with his family from the east.
Bishop Mora has purchased in San Francisco an organ for the new cathedral at a cost of $6000.
Jon Antonio Lecero, 108 years old, voted in Los Angeles yesterday. His wife is 106 years old.
Last night Mr. John Gwin and Mr. Hanna were awakened from their peaceful slumbers by the loud barking of their faithful watch-dogs. With rifle in hand they sallied forth to meet their midnight foes, when, to their astonishment, the piteous voices of two well-known Anaheim nimrods broke upon their listening ears, inquiring the road to Anaheim.
Mr. Nuthall, of Los Angeles, is in town today, endeavoring to make some arrangements to light our town with gas. He has introduced twelve of his machines in Los Angeles and vicinity.
The new wagon manufactory of Mr. A. Hill on Lemon streets is to receive a coat of the famous rubber paint.
The urbane agent of the Coast Line Stages was in town today. He brought three new coaches and a relay of horses for the San Diego road. The coaches have been fitted up with every appurtenance which can be devised for the comfort and safety of the passengers.
The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company have established a branch office at the Pico House, Los Angeles.
We learn from an authentic source that the railroad will not be extended from Anaheim for another year.
50 Years Ago
Sam Shortridge, the gifted San Francisco orator, will address the people upon the political issues of the day at Santa Ana on next Wednesday evening, when the Columbia marching club will make its first appearance. Indications are that Orange county will be a landslide for McKinley, Needham and the whole ticket. Whoopee!
Principal Little of the public schools hands us the following report of attendance: School open-
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COMMUNITY CHEST
Red-headed, rides horseback at the age of 67 two or three times a week, works late hours, reads till one or two a.m., and drinks water incessantly. If it wasn't for his age, he would be excellent presidential timber, though in these days, with MacArthur 71, General Marshall 70, and Harry Truman one year younger than Duff, he can't be counted out.
Duff inherited some of his crusading belligerency from his father, a Presbyterian minister in Westmoreland county, near Carnegie. His father supported five children on an income of $3700, and sent all of them to college. When Jim Duff was a boy, he remembers an oil company drilling wells opposite his father's farm and ottering to buy the Duff place for a song. His father refused.
Instead, he drilled eight wells on his own land. But when he could not get the oil company to buy his gas, the elder Duff simply uncorked a well, let the gas gush out, thus lowering the pressure in the wells across the line.
After that the oil company came to terms.
That was when J:m Duff got his first taste of bucking big business, and he has been bucking the barons most of his life.
His next brush came when he was Attorney General of Pennsylvania and closed the legal loopholes permitting dumping in Pennsylvania rivers. Later, as governor, he started the almost revolutionary project of dredging out the Schuylkill river.
Dredges River
For years the coal companies along the river had been dumping their waste coal and culm into the Schuylkill until its channel was choked to a height of 18 feet. This is now being dredged out of the river, the channel restored, and about one-third of the coal recaimed.
At first, business was opposed. But the other day, Revelle Brown, president of the Reading Railroad, told the governors:
Oblong Views
FROM AN EGG-SHAPED HEAD
By WALDO HUNTER
(The poor man's Drew Pearson)
THE RECENT FUROR over the question of whether our combat troops shall be allowed rations of beer has died down for a spell, with the doughboys winning the first round... still enjoying their daily beer allotment.
This ill-advised and poorly timed attempt on the part of the anti-liquor forces has accomplished nothing but damage all the way around, any way you look at it. It is conceded that the prohibition zealots have a right to their beliefs, and they are to be admired for their convictions. But the fighting man, embattled in a pagan struggle to the death on a bleak foreign strand where he has been ordered to use the most brutal methods at his disposal to slaughter other human beings, seldom dwells upon moral issues. He has, paradoxically, been trained in this highest level of civilization, to revert to a most primitive caveman instinct of dog-eat-dog, kill or be killed, survival of the fittest philosophy.
Anyone who has had any experience with the military, whether overseas or at home, knows that homesick, embittered men, forced to adapt themselves to an unnatural and uncomfortable way of life, spend their all-too-few moments of leisure largely reminiscing about things back home which they once took for granted, but which now, because they are unavailable, take on strange new importance, creating insatiable and gnawing longings. The list of these items is endless. A few are: women, T-bone steaks, ice cold soda pop, ice cream, fresh, cool milk, fresh fried eggs, vine-ripened tomatoes, the hand-clasp of old friends, a picture on the wall at home... and so on.
Hal Boyle
By O. H. Kin
(For Hal Boyle)
SEOUL (AP)—This capricious people appear content ruins such as few cities the path of war know.
Shots still ring out and there is no explanation speculation. Business is The wheels of industry too many cogs are misses.
The reds abducted technicians, mechanics sans on whose skills pends for its modern co-President Rhee's recently called a locksmith a safe jammed by theists. After several days smith telephoned:
"Mr. president, our son was carried north by our communists. We can find skilled safemen left in The safe cannot be open.
Ruin and devastation city like an oppressive Take a walk in downtown.
The vast majority of buildings are nothing but walls, gutted by comm fires or burned out by air and ground fire.
A photo shop is openiness but without filming paper.
Nearby is a glass a glass windowpanes.
Plastered on the wall ed building is a poster the Victory of U. N. F.
There is a hustle and the streets, but it is the restless people, not the eddles of business activity.
Most merchants who are open lack stocks aners. They cannot make the confusion that swirl wake of war.
Everything is not dewalk vendors are plentiful.
Saturday. They report an nationally pleasant trip with bishops.
Feton Harrison, one of the propors of the Oyster Loaf Cafe, married in San Francisco on October 5 to Miss Frances Pärkan Los Angeles. Mr. Harrison left to attend the Elks convention, before his friends were not one of his matrimonial intentions until he returned home with bride. They will reside at 212 Helena st.
Ms. W. E. Alexander, Jr., was pass to the Five Hundred club for home on 670 So. Hobart, Angeles, on Tuesday afterA four course luncheon was held at 1 o'clock, and later "500" played. Mrs. Joseph Carroll first prize and Mrs. Ernst hert the second.
Ms. Nellie E. Terry and Miss Merine Steward, accompanied Ms. D. E. Steward were guests at week's meeting. Miss Steward invited to furnish music for afternoon which she did by several charmingly render-roup numbers on the piano. Terry, who is county chair-of "Friendly cooperation with veterans," spoke on that sub-The La Habra Women's club which Mrs. Eva Snow is presi-has 75 members, and they their own club house, which built some two years ago, anement of which they are proud.
Inty clerk Jas. Backs was in yesterday on official busiHe finds the county's busi-expanding in all directions books for a total registration 000 votes next year.
Dredges River
For years the coal companies along the river had been dumping their waste coal and culm into the Schuylkill until its channel was choked to a height of 18 feet. This is now being dredged out of the river, the channel restored, and about one-third of the coal recaimed.
At first, business was opposed. But the other day, Revolle Brown, president of the Reading Railroad, told the governor "they've been rapping you over the Schuylkill river, but I think it's one of the best things the state has ever done."
Another Duff project was to clean up the state asylums, long one of the worst scandals in Pennsylvania. The Byberry asylum was so filthy that holes in the floor were used as toilets, and inmates were chained to the walls. But with the help of former Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts, Life Magazine and a group of Quakers, Byberry has now been completely renovated. And today Pennsylvania is ahead of most states in its care of the insane.
Duff is a former Bull-Mooser, was a delegate to the Teddy Roosevelt convention in 1912, aing with another eminent Penn-sylvanian, Harold Ickes. His disrespect for big business was acquired from both Teddy and his father.
The general run of people," he says, "are not interested in building the rich old poor poorer."
Although using no live actors, a puppet show in television generally requires a production staff of a dozen, plus a studio staff of 15.
too-few moments of leisure largely reminiscing about things back home which they once took for granted, but which now, because they are unavailable, take on strange new importance, creat-ing insatiable and gnawing longings. The list of these items is endless. A few are: women, T-bone steaks, ice cold soda pop, ice cream, fresh, cool milk, fresh fried eggs, vine-ripened tomatoes, the hand-clasp of old friends, a picture on the wall at home . . . and so on.
The Quartermaster Corps, naturally, can not supply all of these, but it can provide a few, such as soda pop and canned beer, due to their adaptability to the uncertainties of military transport.
One must be bigoted indeed to see evidences of moral depravity in an American doughboy, dirty, disheveled, tired, scared and perhaps wounded, just in off a harrowing combat patrol, trying to relax with a can of beer (warm beer, at that).
If he has struck a blow for OUR freedom, should we turn around and strike one at HIS freedom by denying him this small luxury?
"BLAST" EFFECTS STUDIED
LOS ANGELES—(AP)—Increased air pressure or "blast" has long been known to kill and injure people in an explosion. Now the University of California is trying to find out just how much pressure does what damage.
Dr. Beverly Clouse in working with her in a tube which pulses of air pressure can be developed. He says first damage is burating of ear drums. Next comes lung hemorrhages, then other internal hemorrhages. He says more work is needed before his data can be adapted for human use.
Plastered on the wall-ed building is a poster the Victory of U. N. F.
There is a hustle and the streets, but it is the restless people, not the eddles of business activity.
Most merchants who are open lack stocks and ers. They cannot make the confusion that swirl wake of war.
Everything is not dewalk vendors are plentiful stands are stocked wettes, chewing gum, or other items of unmistak-e—the U.S. Armed ForA few places show a line queues up in front tile firm. Perhaps there is spinning industry turning soon.
Another line has f-front of a relief agent clothing.
The pessimistic say it years before Seoul retupre-war condition.
Nevertheless, the cit-pear to be cheerful.
Koreans hurry hither through the ruins, exudus-ness and optimism. They trust the United Natio-liberated them from rule of communism to re-devastated land.
WHAT'S IN A STREET WORLD AFFAIRS!
PRAGUE—(UP)—Praminum arrived after BritMerican Lord Morgago American General Dwig senhower ought to be re-ed, a reader wrote in to paper "Milady Fronta."
These gentlemen, in a new war, are also e-the English and Amer-tions," he argued.
Colony Quips
Upon readers will excuse the mention that Florida gets here, we realize the competitive nature of that state. We fully realize too that they have beaten us from here to breakfast in money return to the grower. As we have stated in this column, time and time again, in Florida the growers get the money. In California a big percentage of the growers hold the sack, if you know what we mean, mon ami. That is not soap either.
Last year Florida growers averaged nearly three (3) cents a pound, net on the tree, for their oranges. For those growers who had fruit comparable to our valencias the NET return was over $72 a ton. That is in the growers pocket, bub, and not "reflected" as our phonies tell it. We are talking about hard cash. If anyone ups and says, yes, but that was last year, tell him to wait a minute, that last year's market started out worse than this year's.
Don't fall for that old propaganda line. Simply tell the boys to get out and sell the crop so the "boss" (Sh-h-h-h we mean the grower.) can make a profit, or else. Tell 'em no sickee, no shirtee or no profit no provident plan.
Or is that too rough? Should we be a little nicer? They are nice guys and we like them. But we can't pass that same smile along to the baker, candlestick maker, tax collector or banker.
Talked to a smart fellow the other night—Joe E. Lewis, the night-club comedian.
"Hear you turned down five grand to do a guest shot on TV," I said.
"You heard right," said Joe.
"Five grand is a lot of dough for an hour's work," I said.
"It sure is," said Joe, "but they're buying 20 years—that's how long it took me to learn how to make an audience laugh."
"A lot of people would get to see you," I said.
"That's the trouble," said Joe.
"The way I'm going now, I play to, let's say, 1,000 customers a night and they each spend about five bucks to see me. On a big TV show I'd be seen by 1,000,000 people, which means I'd be selling my act for half a cent a head. Besides, there's no guarantee I wouldn't strike out—some pretty funny guys already have.
"Several of your routines are sure-fire," I said.
I'd use them up in a couple of weeks," said Joe. "Playing the night-club circuit, I can tell the same jokes for months because I never play for long in any one town. No, I think I'd better stick to my own racket where there's no stop-watch, no sponsor and no guy named Hooper to worry about. Think I'm crazy?
"Sure, you're crazy," I said. "As crazy as that little animal they chase after in red coats."
Hal Boyle
By O. H. King
(For Hal Boyle)
SEOUL (P)—This capital city of Korea today is an enigma. Its people appear contented amid ruins such as few cities even in the path of war know.
Shots still ring out at night—and there is no explanation, only speculation. Business is morbund. The wheels of industry are idle; too many cogs are missing.
The reds abducted them—the technicians, mechanics and artisans on whose skills a city depends for its modern comforts.
President Rhee's secretary recently called a locksmith to open a safe jammed by the communists. After several days the locksmith telephoned:
"Mr. president, our safe expert was carried north by the fleeing communists. We can find no other skilled safeman left in the city. The safe cannot be opened."
Ruin and devastation sit on the city like an oppressive monarch. Take a walk in downtown Seoul.
The vast majority of business buildings are nothing but four walls, gutted by communist-set fires or burned out by American air and ground fire.
A photo shop is open for business but without film and printing paper.
Nearby is a glass shop—with glassless windowpanes.
Plastered on the wall of a ruined building is a poster: "Hail to the Victory of U. N. Forces."
There is a hustle and bustle in the streets, but it is the stirring of restless people, not the tides and eddles of business activity.
Most merchants whose stores are open lack stocks and customers. They cannot make plans in the confusion that swirls in the wake of war.
Everything is not dead. Sidewalk vendors are plentiful. Their year's.
Don't fall for that old propaganda line. Simply tell the boys to get out and sell the crop so the "boss" (Sh-h-h-h we mean the grower.) can make a profit, or else. Tell 'em no sickee, no shirtee or no profit no provident plan.
Or is that too rough? Should we be a little nicer? They are nice guys and we like them. But we can't pass that same smile along to the baker, candlestick maker, tax collector or banker.
So what do we do? Well what should we do?
We can go out and play ring-around-a-rosy. Or we can really look into this orange business.
But where can we find anything about it? If we ask too many questions we get the horrible puss. No genteel person likes that. If we find out anything and broadcast it they say we are trying to tear down and must be controlled by mysterious "interests" in a way that is not nice.
The only thing we can do and be clean is to get some knitting needles, praise the Exchange, tell people that Florida can make frozen concentrate for a lot less than we can, and, if we grow oranges look for a good subdivider.
The fact of the matter is that the only cheap concentrate, as far as the return to the grower is concerned, was made right here in California by the Exchange.
Who sold fruit for concentrate for $45 a ton, at the packing house, to Minute Maid? The Exchange.
Who finally raised the price to $50 a ton, at the packng house, late in the season and under the pressure of other California processors, who told the Exchange they were raising their prices the next day even if the big co-op would not? The Exchange.
What do they think their growers are anyway? Numbskills? The story had better be good for the growers are waking up.
The grower knows who controls the price of by-products fruit. He knows that his valencias which show 120 pounds of solids to the ton, are worth $60 a ton, not to him.
He also knows that if this amount of money is paid to him then a can of frozen concentrate will cost 14.4 cents a 6½ oz. can in New York. That figure is the COST figure. All above it is profit for somebody.
Read that again. Don't let anybody fool you on it. These figures sure-fire," I said.
I'd use them up in a couple of weeks," said Joe. "Playing the night-club circuit, I can tell the same jokes for months because I never play for long in any one town. No, I think I'd better stick to my own racket where there's no stop-watch, no sponsor and no guy named Hooper to worry about. Think I'm crazy?
"Sure, you're crazy," I said. "As crazy as that little animal they chase after in red coats."
This afternoon Herman Levin, co-producer of the show playing my theatre, dropped in to see me.
"Any idea where I can find a dozen good-looking girls?" he said.
"Casting for a harem?"
"No, for 'Bless You All,' my new show," said Herman." I'm willing to pay 150 a week for standout showgirls."
"A afraid I can't help you," I said. "The pretty ones I know are all working."
"Where do you get your girls?" asked Herman.
"From all over," I said. "If I hear of a beautiful girl in Chicago, I write for her photo, and if it measures up I have her come into New York for an interview. To show you how far I'll go—a few years back Stanton Griffis sent me a picture of a girl in Sweden named Siri. It took six months to clear her with the immigration people, but the big blonde was worth all the trouble."
"That kind of thing would take months," said Herman, "and I go into rehearsal next week."
"Next time you do a show," I said, "give yourself a little more leeway. Schedule some of your chorus calls out of town—Texas, for instance, is sure-pop in the girl department. Matter of fact, there's hardly a city in this country where a chorus call won't turn up some pretty snazzy specimens—gals who never had the carfare to come to New York."
"What you're proposing," said Herman, "is that I hit the road for several months and do nothing but look at girls."
"What's wrong with that?" I said.
are not those of this writer's. They come from Florida and were worked out by the research director of Plymouth Groves, Inc. These people down there are in the game to make a profit.
Believe it or not.
Plastered on the wall of a ruined building is a poster: "Hail to the Victory of U. N. Forces."
There is a hustle and bustle in the streets, but it is the stirring of restless people, not the tides and eddies of business activity.
Most merchants whose stores are open lack stocks and customers. They cannot make plans in the confusion that swirls in the wake of war.
Everything is not dead. Sidewalk vendors are plentiful. Their stands are stocked with cigarettes, chewing gum, candy and other items of unmistakable origin—the U.S. Armed Forces.
A few places show activity. A line queues up in front of a textile firm. Perhaps the wheels of the spinning industry will begin turning soon.
Another line has formed in front of a relief agency to get clothing.
The pessimistic say it will be 20 years before Seoul returns to her pre-war condition.
Nevertheless, the citizens appear to be cheerful.
Koreans hurry hither and yon through the ruins, exuding eagerness and optimism. They obviously trust the United Nations which liberated them from the harsh rule of communism to restore their devastated land.
WHAT'S IN A STREET NAME? WORLD APPAIRS!
PRAGUR—(P)—Prague avenged amid after British Field Marshal Lord Montgomery and American General Dwight D. Eisenhower ought to be rechristened, a reader wrote in to the newspaper "Mladá Pronta."
"These gentlemen, initiators of a new war, are also enemies of the English and American nations," he argued.
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