anaheim-gazette 1951-04-02

4 Anaheim Gazette MONDAY, ABRIL 2, 1961 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA 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, 1869, under the Art 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: $5 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 BEESLER Assistant Publisher ERNEST SEYER Editor and Sports Editor LEONARD KREIDT Assistant Editor MYLES BRADLEY Picture Editor NEIL STANLEY Advertising Manager Q.B. NELLEN Assistant Advertising Manager MARY ROULAND Assistant Advertising Manager RALPH ROULAND Classified Advertising Manager LUDY HUBSARD Circulation Manager Action (?) when action is needed (?) Although it's in the musk or a national emergency, this 82nd Congress won't set any record at the rate it's going. It's been dragging its feet. True, it's supplied headlines and entertainment with its various investigations, particularly on crime and the RFC. But that's hardly a substitute for its main job of passing major legislation. This Congress has been in session three months—since Jan. 3—and hasn't passed, by action of both houses, one major item. Earlier this year when news from Korea was bad, members of Congress clamored for action. As the Korean news improved, the ardor of Congress for speed seemed to suffer a chill. Appropriations for Defense — Congress hasn't voted on a single major bill giving money for defense. It did authorize a Navy ship construction and conversion program to cost about $3,000,000; but hasn't voted the money as yet. Here are the more important items which both Houses of Congress have acted on: They extended the present rent control law until June $0; approved a bill allowing the government to renegotiate defense contracts; revised the anti-communist law to let more aliens into the country; and adjusted peanut marketing quotas and average allotments. Both houses voted to give service. WASHINGTON — Seems Defense Marshall hinted lie statement last week was a little more work previously about the warlike intentions. Inside reason for this an intelligence estimate that Russia "probably" woke to war this year because the resources and its for atomic bomb. However, it also warns there is group within the Politics of a "preventive war." Reasoning of this client Russia waits more than the western allies will be that a war for Russia's suicide. It points out the strength of the west, the spreading across eastern and unrest in Russia itself; fore it is argued by leaders in the Kremlin that the best way to maintain domination over eastern and China. It is believed, however, this view is not held by S. Molotov, his likely allies. They are understood that capitalism will fall off weight, aided by inflation ruption. Washington Pipeline A lot of good men are into government you need about—at salary sacrifice the latest: Thurman L. who took an $85 per cent advertising Ivory soap with its main job of passing major legislation. This Congress has been in session three months—since Jan. 3—and hasn't passed, by action of both houses, one major item. Earlier this year when news from Korea was bad, members of Congress clamored for action. As the Korean news improved, the ardor of Congress for speed seemed to suffer a chill. It's been juggling some important stuff like a hot potato—troops for Europe, the draft, taxes—but has acted finally on none of them. This will give an idea of what's been happening! Here are major items on which there's been no final action: Troops for Europe — Senate's been fussing with this for months, is due to vote. This is the important issue of approving U.S. troops for Europe to help our Allies. Taxes — President Truman asked Congress to increase taxes by $16,500,000,000. This hasn't reached the floor of either house and probably won't for many week or months. And if, and when, it does act Congress probably will cut the figure in half. Draft — The Senate approved changes in the draft law, particularly to permit taking 18-year olds and set up universal military training after the present emergency. This hasn't comeup in the House for a vote yet. Debate is IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of the Anaheim Gazette By MRS. HENRY EUCHEL 75 Years Ago We give the following extract from the wife-beating law. "An act to amend section 243 of the Penal Code. (Section 243. A battery is punishable by fine not exceeding $1000 or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months; or, if committed upon the wife of the assailant, it shall be the discretion of the court to punish the offender by the infliction of not less than twenty-one lashes on the bare back, to be administered by the sheriff of the county or any constable of the items which both Houses of Congress have acted on: They extended the present rent control law until June 80; approved a bill allowing the government to renegotiate defense contracts; revised the anti-communist law to let more aliens into the country; and adjusted peanut marketing quotas and acreage allotments. Both houses voted to give servicemen free government insurance but with differences. The two houses haven't found time to get together, iron out differences, and make this bill law. And Congress also approved a few minor bills for the benefit of servicemen and veterans. But nothing has been done on the problem—so far as final decision goes—on giving statehood to Hawaii and Alaska. Federal aid to education is still an item in the refrigerator. The House voted not to consider at this time a bill to provide housing in defense areas with government help; the Senate Building committee has okayed this but trimmed the size of the program. The House voted to continue the Reciprocal Trade Agreements act for another three years, but the Senate hasn't stirred on this one. And neither house has acted on the touchy subject of providing food grains for India. 50 Years Ago Ed Atherton was in town from the ostrich farm on Monday. He stated there are only 74 birds upon the farm at present, 200 having been shipped to the farm at Phoenix. He has had poor luck in raising young ostriches for a year or two past and attributes it to the drouth of the past few years. A number of the birds are setting now and he hopes to bring off a number of young before long. An ostrich sits upon her eggs 60 days before hatching. Mr. Atherton A lot of good men are into government you need about—at salary sacrificed—the latest: Thurman L. who took an 85 per cent advertising Ivory soap with State Department ganda... It was Newshire Sen. Styles Bridge went to bat for Democrate Kefauver's Crime cess in the secrecy of the GO committee... Col Grah who made money in fixtures and now owns his swank Fairfax hotel to be the next GOP Senator Maryland. John Jonkell, Chicago Tribune, the man fixed up the smear tabloid Senator Tydings, may do as campaign manager... leaders, fed up with Jobman, are insisting on the man in the White House claim they have nobody president to represent the Truman was so flabbergag could have knocked him off a feather when the labor turned against him. He idea his labor relations bad. Little-Business Headline The little businessman aches under defense controls only begun. The next 18 will be even tougher on cording to secret testimony the House Small Business tee. Military requirements for inum, for instance, will at such a rate in 1951 as that many small firms pave non-defense aluminum may have to shut down, the mittee was informed by Fleischmann, chief of the Production Authority. "The only solution is these little companies share of defense order elared Fleischmann." "We work that out." Forthright Congressman ton McKinnon of California marked that he would inclined to believe that really wanted to help smel The banks in Los Angeles have commenced to keep separate accounts for gold and silver deposits. It now becomes an article of discount like greenbacks, gold being the standard. Ex-sheriff Rowland has just finished shearing his 4000 sheep and reports the yield of wool to be 15,000 pounds and remarkably clean. There will, we learn, be a picnic given by the Grangers on May first. In the evening there will be a dance at Enterprise hall. On Mr. Pierce's farm, north of Anaheim, may be seen one of the finest wheat crops ever raised in this valley. There are seven churches in San Bernardino and one Mormon Tabernacle. Large quantities of oranges are now being shipped to San Francisco by Los Angeles producers. The weather yesterday was a pleasant change from that of the three preceding days of hot dry winds. Mrs. Jacob Stern, assisted by other ladies of Fullerton is arranging to give a concert soon as a benefit to the free library and reading room. Among those who will take part in the program are: Miss Minna Roper of Santa Ana, vocalist; Mrs. Edward Laventhal of Los Angeles, whistling soloist; Miss Melanie Cahen of this city and Miss Balcom of Santa Ana sopranos; Miss Grace Smith of Fullerton, contralto and Miss Mable Bishop, piano solist. Other artists from Fullerton and elsewhere will assist. 25 Years Ago: Fifty thousand dollars damages were demanded on Tuesday by the widow and mother of William Hetebrink of Fullerton, who died from injuries received in an ing accident September 30. Mrs. Harriet Hetebrink and Elizabeth Hetebrink, the filed their damage actions perior court against the Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroads pany and C. H. Shuey, most of the gas motor that collided a truck carrying Hetebrink accident occurred on the Lake route in Fullerton. Damage complaint the charge that the crossing was protected by gates, flagman mechanical signals. At Bertrand J. Wellman and Nedwards, Los Angeles, reeled the plaintiffs. Oscar Gibbs came down Occidental on Wednesday to the Easter holidays with hints. Oscar is a freshman and is taking a course in medical engineering and language. WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Marshall hinted in a public statement last week that he was a little more worried than previously about the Soviet's warlike intentions. Inside reason for this worry is an intelligence estimate indicating that Russia "probably" will not go to war this year because it lacks the resources and its fear of the atomic bomb. However, the analysis also warns there is a small group within the Politburo talking of a "preventive war." Reasoning of this clique is: If Russia waits more than two years, the western allies will be so strong that a war for Russia would be suicide. It points out the growing strength of the west, the revolts spreading across eastern Europe, and unrest in Russia itself. Therefore it is argued by extremist leaders in the Kremlin that war is the best way to maintain Soviet domination over eastern Europe and China. It is believed, however, that this view is not held by Stalin, nor by Molotov, his likely successor. They are understood to believe that capitalism will fall of its own weight, aided by inflation and corruption. Washington Pipeline A lot of good men are getting into government you never hear about—at salary sacrifices. One of the latest: Thurman L. Bernard, who took an 85 per cent cut from advertising Ivory soap to help Washington Pipeline A lot of good men are getting into government you never hear about—at salary sacrifices. One of the latest: Thurman L. Bernard, who took an 85 per cent cut from advertising Ivory soap to help with State Department propaganda. It was New Hampshire's Sen. Styles Bridges who went to bat for Democratic Senator Kefauver's Crime committee in the secrecy of the GOP policy committee. Col. Gore, who made money in plumbing fixtures and now owns Washington's swank Fairfax hotel, plans to be the next GOP Senator from Maryland. John Jonkel, of the Chicago Tribune, the man who fixed up the smear tabloid against Senator Tydings, may do a repeat as campaign manager. Labor leaders, fed up with John Steelman, are insisting on their own man in the White House. They claim they have nobody near the president to represent them. Truman was so flabbergasted you could have knocked him over with a feather when the labor leaders turned against him. He had no idea his labor relations were so bad. Little-Business Headaches The little businessman's headaches under defense controls have only begun. The next 18 months will be even tougher on him, according to secret testimony before the House Small Business Committee. Military requirements for aluminum, for instance, will increase at such a rate in 1951 and 1952 that many small firms producing non-defense aluminum products may have to shut down, the committee was informed by Manly Fleischmann, chief of the National Production Authority. "The only solution is getting these little companies a larger share of defense orders," declared Fleischmann. "We hope to work that out." Forthright Congressman Clinton McKinnon of California remarked that he would be more inclined to believe that the NPA really wanted to help small busi- Hal Boyle By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (F)—Baseball is no longer the national pastime. Borrowing is. Take the average business office for example. Aren't there at least twice as many eager borrowers as there are eager baseball fans? Actually, borrowing is today perhaps America's biggest indoor industry. Some people still frown on borrowing as if it were something immoral or showed a lack of forethought and character. However, that is an old-fashioned view and is dying out. The reason is simple. Roughly half the people in the nation how borrow from the other half one week—and the next week the second half borrows from the first half. So that doesn't leave anyone who can point the finger of scorn. Who wants to be an ant anyway in a neighborhood of grasshoppers? And there is certainly one nice thing about being a borrower. You associate with a better class of people — people with money. Borrowing also develops in a man the power of imagination, the art of narration and the ability to act. Over the years I have made quite a study of office borrowers because I love to hear all their odd adventures. Why wear out your eyes reading a magazine story at home when you can sit at your own desk in the office and hear a real life story—one on the boss' time. The borrowers seem to fall into certain pigeopholes: 1. The wet-eyed or emergency borrower. This is the type that vorborrower. If you lend this gent enough to buy his children a television set, he also thinks you ought to buy them glasses. He is back tight away with a suggestion that you finance his new car and help send his mother-in-law away on a good long vacation. When it comes to paying you back, he has a memory like a herd of elephants—all stricken with amnesia. 3. The Robin Hood borrower. This type has a heart too big for one chest, and he goes around borrowing for other people. "Old Joe Doakes hit me up for $200 to buy some store teeth but I'm strapped myself," he says. "Lend me the $200 and I'll give it to good old Joe." But when you try to collect it back you find Robin Hood is deep in Sherwood Forest. 4. The "it-all-adds-up" borrower. This usually a weathered little character who goes around borrowing nickles, dimes, quarters, and dollar bills each week from as many people as he can. He has no intention of repaying, but everyone knows his secret. He is trying to borrow enough to retire on. Give him 30 years and he will, too. 5. The pack rat or compulsive borrower. Every office has at least one of these. Borrowing with them is like kleptomania. They will borrow anything they see on your desk — scissors, paste pots, ash trays, cigarettes, or old love letters. They are a harmless race, by and large. I keep a bunch of old shoe laces handy for them myself. Whenever one comes by I just silently hand him a shoe lace, and he goes away whistling. He has had a happy day. With Easter vacation a week of school behind here again to tell you as I find it on and around school campus. Dances! Dances! Daytime it's the annual for tary Ball sponsored by helm cadets. Saturday is the night and the play AUHS study hall, and this will be dancing and do the music of Ernie Palmer. "Humpty Dumpty sat Humpty Dumpty had a ball." This was the theme of GAA Junior-Senior V playday held here Tue schoolds from Newport, ton Beach, Capistrano, Orange, Valencia, Turand Garden Grove tall Clever colored pictures by Dumpty" were given girls as they arrived at tags. The newly organized Nurses' club of AUHS to of the Orange county grounds on Wednesday, specting the hospital and they were given a char question. The girls have that at some future date entertain the patients. Awhile back I was sat the upperclassmen were given all the breaks, but seems that the sophomorizing given a chance to thing. For all sophomores have had driver educa year are eligible to enter Orange county "Road day test slated for May A Injuries received in a crossing accident September 16 last Mrs. Harriet Hetebrink and Mrs. Elizabeth Hetebrink, the mother led their damage action in superior court against the Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad company and C. H. Shuey, motorman of the gas motor that collided with truck carrying Hetebrink. The incident occurred on the Salt Lake route in Fullerton. In their image complaint the women charge that the crossing was not protected by gates, flagman, or mechanical signals. Attorneys Bertrand J. Wellman and Norral Edwards, Los Angeles, represent the plaintiffs. Oscar Gibbs came down from incidental on Wednesday to spend the Easter holidays with his parents. Oscar is a freshman at Oxy. He is taking a course in mechanical engineering and languages. Scale cutback to protect small firms, as we did when rationing newsprint during the last war. "There's an argument for both sides," replied Fleschmann. "We thought our way was the best and quickest method of getting aluminum for the defenses stock pile." Military procurement spokesman and a witness from the General Services agency, however, reassured the committee that little business would come in for some gravy after the current emergency—if it can hold out that long. After the last war, the committee was told, between 75 and 80 per cent of surplus war assets were merchandised by small firms. "Well, I've heard about everything now," exploded Congressman Joe Evins of Tennessee. "In other words, you propose to starve little business now and then try to revive it following the emergency—after it's already dead." OBLONG VIEWS FROM AN EGG SHAPED HEAD BY WALDO HUNTER A FEW WEEKS ago this column asked why U.S. B-29s had not been ordered to blast the great hydroelectric installations in Northern Korea, by virtue of the fact that they supply electrical power to Manchuria and the Chinese communist army. Seems that a lot of others have asked the same question, and at least one U.S. army major returned to the States made public statements to the effect that international cartelists were "saving" the power plants. Research reveals, however, that these power plants are the only source of electrical power in the whole of Korea, and for us to destroy them would harm our operations as well as the enemy's. Then, too, there is another way to look at it. The U.S. would have to rebuild the things after the war anyway, and that would mean still more tax dollars out of your pocket and mine. SO YOU THINK we have inflation in this country? A foreign correspondent participating in a TV round table discussion the other night said that when he paid his fare for a plane ride in China just before the communists took over, he wrote out a check for one billion, five hundred million dollars. That's almost as much as they spend in Washington each month for mimeograph paper. ASIDE TO GEN. Marshall: If It's all the same to you, I'd just as soon raise my boy to be a Captain of Industry and not a Lieutenant in the Army. IF PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S "police action" in Korea continues on into 1952 (and there is no sign that it will not) things are going to be rough for the Democrats at the elections. If the present stale-mate has not changed by then, we will see a Republican landslide of the greatest magnitude. When one stops to analyze President Truman's victory in 1948, it is not difficult to reason why the country chose to retain the administration. Things were on an even keel, employment was high, farmers were happy, labor, by and large, was content. When things are ship-shape, the American electorate will not throw out the men in power. That's the way things were in 1948. Next year however, the temper of the voter will be such... IF PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S "police action" in Korea continues on into 1952 (and there is no sign that it will not) things are going to be rough for the Democrats at the elections. If the present stale-mate has not changed by then, we will see a Republican landslide of the greatest magnitude. When one stops to analyze President Truman's victory in 1948, it is not difficult to reason why the country chose to retain the administration. Things were on an even keel, employment was high, farmers were happy, labor, by and large, was content. When things are ship-shape, the American electorate will not throw out the men in power. That's the way things were in 1948. Next year, however, the temper of the voter will be such that he will want to take a chance on letting someone else have a hand at running things. President Truman is liable to wake up on the day after election not knowing whether to write a book or go back to Missouri to reopen his haberdashery. Even if the Korean incident were cleared up this month it is doubtful that the electorate would forget the 50,000-plus casualties, the gnawing fear of the outbreak of all-out war. When the Republicans do get in, they will face the greatest challenge in the history of the party. It is to be hoped that they are now preparing for that challenge. WHAT I MEAN to say is . . . if they think they can do any better, just don't ever let them forget that they asked for it! AND FOR NO reason whatsoever, let us close by saying that if the male animal thought as much of his wife as he does his car or his dog, our divorce courts would be far less busy. Sargum Sprout Sez TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME It's that time of year again, the time when your grandmother is laid away, when the crack of the bat and the yell of play ball is in the air. The business manager has an important engagement for the afternoon, the farmer leaves his plow to go into town to see about something or other. It is still a grand season of the year but it does not mean what it once did. The grand old game does not appeal as it once did. Remember the old Olinda team? Empty Head at short, Billy Elwell at second, Anson Mott at third, Bush at first, Crandell pitching and that great little catcher from Olive doing the catching. We remember just one of the outfielders, Jack Burnett. If he ever reached first base he would come near stealing the rest of the way. Ranchers used to take their teams from the plow to go in and see the Olindas play. If you were a Anaheim guy you had better root for the home team or there would be the dickens to pay. Baseball is having a difficult time combating the automobile. We love the game just as much as ever but it is so easy to hitch up the family buss and drive out younder for the day; any way you can read about the game next day. If you want to go to the big games in the city you have to fight traffic for a couple of hours. Now you can sit at home and watch the play over television. Yes there is still baseball but it is not like baseball once was. SARGUM SPROUT questions. The girls have decided that at some future date they will entertain the patients. Awhile back I was saying that the upperclassmen were the ones given all the breaks, but now it seems that the sophomores are being given a chance to do something. For all sophomores who have had driver education this year are eligible to enter the big Orange county "Road day O" contest slated for May. A hundred dollars will be given to the winner plus smaller prizes to other winners. The best part is that all who compete will be feted at the Balboa Yacht club after the contest. Mellow notes were heard in the auditorium Thursday as the musical exchange assembly performed for the student body. One of the selections featured was a medley of the famous "Carousel" tunes well done by the mixed chorus. REINBECK, Iowa, Courier: "Glaring headlines are that prices have been pegged . . . the miners got their pay raise since pegging, and the coal men boosted coal . . . the railroad men will get their raise and up will go freight rates, and that in turn will raise prices on many commodities . . . what does the government mean . . . pegged?" the Pathfinder was distributed to all home rooms Friday. Miss Wilcox, of the Fremont Faculty, and the Misses Mildred and Anna Claire Mauerhan, showed the pictures that they took in South America, Wednesday afternoon at the George Washington school. Miss Wilcox showed the same pictures to the Fremont students today at an assembly.