anaheim-gazette 1950-11-20

Anaheim Gazette MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1950 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA 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. The Gazette is a member of the Associated Press, the National Editorial Association, and California Newspaper Publishers Association. All rights herein are reserved. Subscriptions: 50¢ per month by carrier or $5 per year by carrier or mall. 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 BEILER Assistant Publisher WILLARD GREGORY Editor ERNEST BEYER Assistant Editor MYLES BRADLEY Picture Editor NEIL STANLEY Advertising Manager G.E. MELLEN Assistant Advertising Manager MARY ROULAND Assistant Advertising Manager RALPH ROULAND Classified Advertising Manager Be thankful... Around rolls another Thanksgiving week in Anaheim. Which reminds us, if you haven’t ordered that turkey for next Thursday you had better run, not walk, to your nearest Alpha Beta or Safeway grocery store and get your order in for a fine bird. They’ve got the best in town. Last week the Gazette home economist, Mrs. Joan White, in her “Home-Maker’s Forum” gave some mighty fine tips on how to cook that old festive bird. The way she described it, our mouth just watered “tasting” that succulent turkey. The good meal which will be served on your table come Thursday after battle, had no more chance than a National League team in the World Series. So, the Continental Congress called for a Day of Thanksgiving every single year of the Revolutionary War. Things sort of calmed down then and Thanksgiving was half-forgotten until the Civil War was at its darkest. In 1863 President Lincoln, not knowing when he might have to high-tail it out of Washington with the rebel army at his heels, proclaimed a Day of Thanksgiving. From then on, the nation—perhaps sensing that we may be now building up a stockpile approximately 28 atomic bins and with the cold war turn hot war in one part of the world the federal government is far behind American cities in paring against atomic attacks. As of today, President Roosevelt has not appointed chief for civil defense, present civil defense plans is temporarily in the hands Stuart Symington’s brother law, likeable but inexperienced J. J. Wadsworth. Meanwhile, the American principal assn. has prepared a confidential survey of civil defense plans showing considerable cism of Washington for drawing its feet. The survey also shows that 150 key cities are ahead with their own defensive plans, with two cities—No Va., and San Mateo, Calif., coming to be 75 per cent read atomic attack. Manchester Comm., estimates it is 70 per cent prepared and Uniontown, Pa. per cent. Meanwhile, many large such as San Francisco, San Diego, Schenectady and Wichita, hired full-time civil defense rectors, while other smaller — Niagara Falls, N.Y., Jack Mich., and Wilmington, N.C. are relying on volunteer donors. Uniontown, Pa., has organized... IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of the Anaheim Gazette By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years Ago George Wallace McCoy, formerly connected with this paper as printer, is writing up the resources of Ventura county, for the Free Press. There is a beet in Los Angeles that weighs 153 pounds. There are several "beats" in Los Angeles that weigh about that. The bearing orange trees in Newcastle, Ophir and Auburn fruit districts are heavier laden this year than usual and the fruit is superior in size. The woman known as "Crazy Kate" has published a card in the Virginia City paper denying that she started the late terrible conflagration in that city. Things sort of calmed down then and Thanksgiving was half-forgotten until the Civil War was at its darkest. In 1863 President Lincoln, not knowing when he might have to high-tail it out of Washington with the rebel army at his heels, proclaimed a Day of Thanksgiving. From then on, the nation—perhaps sensing that we may be crowding our luck too far, if we only offer thanks when the big black clouds are overhead, has observed Thanksgiving Day every year without a single miss. In fact, you need only a short memory to recall that not too long ago we celebrated two Thanksgiving Days a year. No matter how tough things are, there's always something for which to be thankful. It is a pretty good world in some respects. Anyway, it's the best world we have. So, come next Thursday let's give especial thanks for the blessings we receive—and 52 weeks out of the year let's be a little thankful for the modest things that come our way day after day. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of delivering the paper free of charge, but when we reflected that Mosseman set out these fine sausages every day for lunch and that Reiser would have beer to sell when ours was gone, on strict inquiry into the state of our finances, we weakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of delivering the paper free of charge, but when we reflected that Mosseman set out these fine sausages every day for lunch and that Reiser would have beer to sell when ours was gone, on strict inquiry into the state of our finances, we weakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of delivering the paper free of charge, but when we reflected that Mosseman set out these fine sausages every day for lunch and that Reiser would have beer to sell when ours was gone, on strict inquiry into the state of our finances, we weakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of delivering the paper free of charge, but when we reflected that Mosseman set out these fine sausages every day for lunch and that Reiser would have beer to sell when ours was gone, on strict inquiry into the state of our finances, we weakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of delivering the paper free of charge, but when we reflected that Mosseman set out these fine sausages every day for lunch and that Reiser would have beer to sell when ours was gone, on strict inquiry into the state of our finances, we weakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of delivering the paper free of charge, but when we reflected that Mosseman set out these fine sausages every day for lunch and that Reiser would have beer to sell when ours was gone, on strict inquiry into the state of our finances, we weakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of delivering the paper free of charge, but when we reflected that Mosseman set out these fine sausages every day for lunch and that Reiser would have beer to sell when ours was gone, on strict inquiry into the state of our finances, we weakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of delivering the paper free of charge, but when we reflected that Mosseman set out these fine sausages every day for lunch and that Reiser would have beer to sell when ours was gone, on strict inquiry into the state of our finances, we weakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of delivering the paper free of charge, but when we reflected that Mosseman set out these fine sausages every day for lunch and that Reiser would have beer to sell when ours was gone, on strict inquiry into the state of our finances, we weakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of delivering the paper free of charge, but when we reflected that Mosseman set out these fine sausages every day for lunch and that Reiser would have beer to sell when ours was gone, on strict inquiry into the state of our finances, we weakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of delivering the paper free of charge, but when we reflected that Mosseman set out these fine sausages every day for lunch and that Reiser would have beer to sell when ours was gone, on strict inquiry into the state of our finances, we weakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of delivering the paper free of charge, but when we reflected that Mosseman set out these fine sausages every day for lunch and that Reiser would have beer to sell when ours was gone, on strict inquiry into the state of our finances, we weakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussed the policy of deliveringthe paper freeofchargebutwhenwereflectedthatMossemansetoutthesefine sausageseverydayforlunchandthatReiserwouldhavebeerto sellwhenourswasgoneonstrictinquiryintothestateofourfinancesweweakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to thought we were rich, and discussedthepolicyofdeliveringthepaperfreeofchargebutwhenwereflectedthatMossemansetoutthesefine sausageseverydayforlunchandthatReiserwouldhavebeerto sellwhenourswasgoneonstrictinquiryintothestateofourfinancesweweakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioningthenextlegislatureforpermissiontoissuebondstothoughtwewererich,anddiscussedthepolicyofdeliveringthepaperfreeofchargebutwhenwereflectedthatMossemansetoutthesefine sausageseverydayforlunchandthatReiserwouldhavebeerto sellwhenourswasgoneonstrictinquiryintothestateofourfinancesweweakened. A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance ofthenightwatchman." Connell's home at Monica. Mr. Groat was there tractor for construction dock thrown across Chica by gun club or name. The job is one of them with a dull resource thawack, whereat his many fare rejoiced in exceeding measure. The bearing orange trees in Newcastle, Ophir and Auburn fruit districts are heavier laden this year than usual and the fruit is superior in size. The woman known as "Crazy Kate" has published a card in the Virginia City paper denying that she started the late terrible conflagration in that city. Three-eighths of an inch of rain fell last night. The old adobe building on Centre street belonging to the water company, caved in yesterday. A barrel of fresh cranberries has just been received by D. & G. D. Plato. A letter addressed to Dr. M. S. Jones of Santa Ana is detained at the Anaheim post office for want of stamps. Messrs. Guinn, Furlong and Anderson returned from Los Angeles last night. A construction train came in yesterday afternoon. It carried material for the repairing of new river bridge. We have been feeding and living high for the last day or two. A keg of beer from Reiser's Brewery came tumbling up the stairs, and while we were endeavoring to get sober enough to remark its excellent quality, our old friend Mosseman, attacked us with as fine a couple of sausages as we ever saw or tasted. We A dastardly attempt was made to fire Fresno city last week, but was frustrated through the vigilance of the night watchman. Conrad's team ran away late last night and spilled the driver. He was not seriously injured. The citizens of Orange are seriously agitating the subject of petitioning the next legislature for permission to issue bonds to the amount of about $10,000 in order to build a school house large enough for the numerous pupils and commensurate with the importance of the district. Several showers of rain fell last night and indications are that the youth who carries around the Gazette will get his clothes wet. 50 Years Ago The senior class of the high school was entertained by the Middles at the home of Miss Zeus on Saturday evening. The "high school pleasure trip," a guessing game was the feature of the evening. Miss Bottomes and Welborn Wallop won prizes at the game. Several other interesting games were played. Light refreshments were served and at a late hour the party dispersed. Agent Clabaugh of the Santa Fe left Monday for a two month's trip east. He will go to Missouri, Indiana and Pennsylvania. His wife, who has been visiting relatives in the east, will return with him. His daughter, Lillie, will accompany him. During Mr. Clabaugh's absence his place will be filled by Otto Zeus, who is well Several thousand persons erased in the lawn of the County court house Sunday a huge captured German piece was presented to the range County American Legion the county supervisors. I Blodgett acted as master of monies, Rev. Percy Clarkson the invocation. Col. Finley sented the gun to the Legion Judge E. J. Marks accept Mrs. Chaplin arnd Allan spoke briefly and Buron Deputy District Attorney of Angeles county made the cipal address. Mrs. Mariana Bertola of Francisco, state president of California Federation of Wet Clubs will be given a lunar next Friday at the Santa Ebell clubhouse. After the eon she will give an address auditorium. G. L. McWilliams of C has a force of 112 men cane for the sorghum run early cold snap has ripened cane and made it necessa speed up the cutting. At the ent rate it will take well December before the harvest over. Mr. McWilliams has double the acreage of last and the yield is very good ghum syrup, the McWilliams duct, is becoming so popular the supply cannot be made meet the demand. At present syrup is being purchased as closely as it is made. WASHINGTON — With Russia building up a stockpile of approximately 28 atomic bombs with the cold war turned a war in one part of the world, federal government is lagging behind American cities in pre-ing against atomic attack. As of today, President Truman still has not appointed a chief for civil defense, and present civil defense planning temporarily in the hands of Art Symington's brother-in-law, likeable but inexperienced J. Wadsworth. Meanwhile, the American Mutual assn. has prepared a continual survey of civil defense showing considerable criticism of Washington for dragging street. The survey also shows that 150 key cities are going with their own defense plans, with two cities—Norfolk, and San Mateo, Calif., claim to be 75 per cent ready for atomic attack. Manchester, estimates it is 70 per cent prepared and Uniontown, Pa., 65 percent. Meanwhile, many large cities, as San Francisco, San Diego, Connecticut and Wichita, have full-time civil defense diorals, while other smaller towns, Nagara Falls, N. Y., Jackson, A., and Wilmington, N. C.—relying on volunteer direct- LIP SERVICE Evacuation Centers few smaller cities near big is voluntarily setting up ininery to handle evacuees. Example, Bloomington, Ind., preparing to care for evacuees in near-by Indianapolis and Isville. Kingston and Oswego, Y., also regard themselves as own to all our readers. Otto is right young man and will fill position with credit to him and employer... E. Groat was in town from Angeles on Saturday. He has completed a $20,000 job reeling the California bank in Angeles, and will this week on a contract for the construction of a cement septic tank the Soldier's home at Santa Ana. Mr. Groat was the contractor for the construction of a car thrown across the Bolsa Cita by the gun club of that state. The job is one of the best jobs kind in the state. Groat acts as if prosperity had struck with a dull resounding crack, whereat his many friends rejoiced in exceeding great success. 25 Years Ago several thousand persons gathered in the lawn of the Orange County court house Sunday when huge captured German field he was presented to the Orange County American Legion by county supervisors. L. W. Rodgett acted as master of cere- evacuation depots for bigger New York Cities. Excavation plans have also been worked out by San Diego and Southgate, Calif., Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, N. Y., Dearborn and Wyandotte, Mich., Salisbury, N. C., Atlanta, Ga., Fargo, N. D., and Newton, Mass. One of the best prepared cities is Schenectady, N. Y., which has even figured the bridge loads and clearances on emergency, escape routes from the city. Schenectady is also preparing to recruit volunteer air raid wardens, stretcher bearers and rescue squads. At least three cities—Seattle, Chicago, and Washington, D. C.—have staged mock bombings to test their civil defense systems. San Diego, and Revere, Mass., are using television to explain civil defense to the public. Many other cities, such as St. Paul, Minn., Richmond, Calif., and Auburn, N. Y., are putting out their own disaster manuals. The chief complaint from the cities is lack of coordination and cooperation from the federal government. Though only 50 per cent of the cities commented on civil defense needs, "31 per cent believed the primary deficiency is lack of detailed information and plans from the higher level of government. Responsibility for lack of information was generally laid upon the federal government rather than the state government. . . "Many cities feel keenly the lack of training manuals. Many feel that the federal government has been inordinately slow in producing material. Criticism of state-local relations hinges generally upon the lack of guidance in the coordination of local civil defense programs and irritation Oblong Views FROM AN EGG-SHAPED HEAD By WALDO HUNTER (The Poor Man's Pegler) THIS IS A pitiful cry in the wilderness against a great injustice callously perpetrated against a helpless public by restaurant chefs. I refer to the barbaric practice of serving lettuce leaves on hot sandwiches. Anyone with even a feeble glimmer of intelligence knows that crisp lettuce when suddenly brought into contact with a hot piece of hamburger, is transformed from a succulent edible to a limp, fibrous thing which tastes not unlike a nylon necktie boiled in battery water. Lettuce, I rise to remark, must be served either chilled as a salad, or wilted in the proper manner with hot bacon grease, onions, vinegar, and all that other stuff they fuse it with. But not on a hamburger-sandwich. This may seem to be a trivial matter, but don't be surprised if a proposed law against it shows up on the ballot as a Proposition at the next regular election. I have seen sillier things on the California ballot. ASIDE FROM THE fact that some restaurants serve steaks which seem to be old bicycle seats marinated in cylinder oil, there is something else which veteran restaurant patrons should organize to stamp out as a gastronomic The Challenger The Miracle of th The sun seemed to stand to fade and the greater brilliance. It of light in different tinting everything—the trees, the earth, eosmosphere—now with again with another. After its play of collisions seemed to tremble abrupt movements, we described as dancing settled and turned The it began to spin increasing velocity wrenched itself from the heavens and appalled earth. Supernatural The solar phenomenon recorded in an astronomical servatory. This fact, a top of Leiria has stated that it was not of order. It may also as scientific evidence that did not make abrupt and approach the earth it would have been seals lions more than thousands in the Covada have had to work chain of miracles to pave station of the entire system and preserve iter in which He created have no need or right that. Our Lady's Prayer The solar prodigy anxiety of Our Lady's intention to the message given the little shepherd world. She had chosen and defenseless child messengers. She had chosen to authenticate their incontestable proof. Was wrought, not the world might see it, 25 Years Ago Several thousand persons gathered in the lawn of the Orange County court house Sunday when huge captured German field fire was presented to the Orange County American Legion by county supervisors. L. W. Higgett acted as master of ceremonies, Rev. Percy Clarkson gave invocation. Col. Finley preached the gun to the Legion and George E. J. Marks accepted it. Mrs. Mariana Bertola of San Francisco, state president of the California Federation of Women's clubs will be given a luncheon at Friday at the Santa Ana bell clubhouse. After the lunch she will give an address in theitorium. Mrs. L. McWilliams of Cypress is a force of 112 men cutting rice for the sorghum run. The only cold snap has ripened the rice and made it necessary to feed up the cutting. At the press rate it will take well into December before the harvest is over. Mr. McWilliams has aboutable the acreage of last year but the yield is very good. Sorghum syrup, the McWilliams product, is becoming so popular that supply cannot be made to meet the demand. At present the crop is being purchased as rapidly as it is made. "Many cities feel keenly the lack of training manuals. Many feel that the federal government has been inordinately slow in producing material. Criticism of state-local relations hinges generally upon the lack of guidance in the coordination of local civil defense programs and irritation induced by the duplication of state and local defense efforts." Lady on Supreme Court? It seems a little earl yto talk about it, but female admirers of Mrs. Ana Rosenberg, first lady ever to be assistant secretary of Defense, have another promotion in mind for her. They want her to be the first woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court. Delightful Mrs. India Edwards of the Democratic National Committee, who probably has put more women in office than anyone else in history, has this in the back of her mind—later, when the time is ripe. Actually, Mrs. Rosenberg was recommended to Secretary Marshall by Marshall's close friend, Gen. Bedell Smith, now chief of Central Intelligence, who has come to play an increasingly important part in the defense picture. Interesting thing about Mrs. Rosenberg is not only her feminine support, but the way hardboiled businessmen root for her. Though Republicans are already gunning against her confirmation, she has such stanch supporters as the Rockefellers and the R. H. Macy co. Also among her boosters are a couple of the big broadcasting networks which handed down orders at the time of her appointment that favorable stories were to be published. Note—Mrs. India Edwards not only wants a woman appointed to the Supreme Court but is opposed to Attorney General Howard McGrath being elevated to the court. She thinks he has loafed too much as attorney general. ASIDE FROM THE fact that some restaurants serve steaks which seem to be old bicycle seats marinated in cylinder oil, there is something else which veteran restaurant patrons should organize to stamp out as a gastronomic abomination but which is regularly foisted off on the customers by sly and unprincipled chefs. I refer to that very real peril to national health, well-being and security: succotash. Canned corn and lima beans lying in unholy union on a restaurant plate are an insult to the eating public which pays hard-earned piasters for something to eat, not cold and watery canned vegetables tossed into a "side dish" for lack of a handler repository. By inventing succotash, the American Indian unwittingly but decisively struck his most damaging blow at his Great White Brethren. While on the subject, some of these days I plan to take a leaf from John Gunther and write a book called "Inside Restaurant Meat Loaf." Fatima Tod Since the miracle Fatima has become shrine of the Blessed May 18, 1917, she were in the Cova where appeared over the azalea May 13, 1946, about dried thousand pilgrims there, when Cardinal Papal Legate placed... County Comment By George E. Hart Sewage reclamation as a source of water supply, at least for irrigation, will without doubt be a necessity in Orange county at some future time. But not as long as the county can buy all the Colorado river water it needs, at prices approximating the present MWD charges, or even well above them. That seems to be the general official viewpoint. Colorado river water, made available by annexing the proposed Orange County Municipal Water district to the Metropolitan Water district, is regarded as the immediate answer to the county's critical depletion of underground reservoirs. The reason, of course, is found in the comparative costs of reclaiming sewage effluent and importing Colorado river water. At present estimates, untreated Colorado river water suitable for irrigation but not for domestic use, is expected to cost $20 per acre foot over all, when the new proposed district is part of MWD and new feeder lines are built by MWD into the county. We say "when" and not "if," assuming that Orange county voters will do right by our Nell when the time comes to pass upon the annexation matter. If we do not get into the MWD, ouch! It's going to hurt. Getting back to costs, no one has got far enough along to estimate the cost of sewage reclamation with any degree of certainty, but the discussion a few days ago of getting even untreated sewage out of the Joint Outfall System line in the lower basin, developed that the cost would be far beyond reach, except as a last resort. When that time comes, any price will be met because it must be met. But the county is a long way from the point of last resort while the water flows down the silvery Colorado to Parker dam, and this county belongs to the Metropolitan Water district, which owns quite a few buckets of that water, even after Arizona takes the big swallow she is trying to gulp down. And since the MWD is now using only a small percent of the water it owns, there seems to be room for ample expansion of supply as the population grows, without reclaiming sewage. Again, let it be noted, this assumes Orange county membership in MWD. Our population already has outgrown our present water supply. That present native water supply has been estimated at 153,000 acre feet a year, and by 1990 it is predicted that we will be pouring 163,000 acre feet per year into the ocean as sewage, or more than our entire present natural water supply. That is when it will seem more important to do something about sewage reclamation than it seems now. Right now, it has been suggested that the farmers in the lower basin who talked about taking untreated sewage out of the joint outfall line for a pre-irrigation of their bean crops, but found it im- The Challenge The Miracle of the Sun The sun seemed to be spinning and to fade and then glow in greater brilliance. It sent shafts of light in different directions, tinting everything—the people, the trees, the earth, even the atmosphere—now with one color, again with another. After its play of colors, the sun seemed to tremble and make abrupt movements, which many described as dancing. Finally, it settled and turned blood-red. The it began to spin with ever increasing velocity until it wrenched itself from its place in the heavens and approached the earth. Supernatural The solar phenomenon was not recorded in an astronomical observatory. This fact, as the Bishop of Leiria has stated, proves that it was not of the natural order. It may also be offered as scientific evidence that the sun did not make abrupt movements and approach the earth. If it did, it would have been seen by millions more than the seventy thousand in the Cova. God would have had to work a veritable chain of miracles to prevent devastation of the entire planetary system and preserve it in the order in which He created it. We have no need or right to suppose that. Our Lady's Proof The solar prodigy shows the anxiety of Our Lady to draw attention to the message she had given the little shepherds for the world. She had chosen innocent and defenseless children as her messengers. She had, therefore, to authenticate their testimony by incontestable proof. The miracle was wrought, not that all the world might see it, but as she crown on the head of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Remarkable cures are taking place—miracles of the body, miracles of the soul. There have been cures of tuberculosis, bone decay, paralysis, blindness and other afflictions. There have been many moral cures, and spiritual conversions. These wonders of grace, unseen by human eyes, are far greater than the miracle of the sun for they draw souls beyond the sun to God. They manifest the tender solicitude of Our Lady for sinners. At Fatima she is calling the world to repentance. SLICE OF HAM "HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOBILE WASHING MACHINE!" Our Lady's Proof The solar prodigy shows the anxiety of Our Lady to draw attention to the message she had given the little shepherds for the world. She had chosen innocent and defenseless children as her messengers. She had, therefore, to authenticate their testimony by incontestable proof. The miracle was wrought, not that all the world might see it, but as she said, that everyone might believe that she had appeared and spoken to the children. It was to take many years after the miracle of the sun before the local Diocesan Authority could make any official pronouncement on the credibility of the apparitions. Approval of the Church In 1918, the Diocese of Leiria was re-established. Two years later, on August 5, 1920, Most Reverend Joseph Correia da Silva took possession of the See. Fatima, Aljustrel, and Cova were under his jurisdiction. In 1922, he selected a commission of theologians and instituted the canonical process of investigation. This took seven years. Finally, on October 13, 1930, the thirteenth anniversary of the miracle of the sun, he published his pastoral letter proclaiming the apparitions worthy of belief. Fatima Today Since the miracle of the sun, Fatima has become famed as a shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On May 13, 1917, she visited children were in the Cova when Our Lady appeared over the azinheire. On May 13, 1946, about seven hundred thousand pilgrims gathered there, when Cardinal Masella as Papal Legate placed a precious