anaheim-gazette 1951-04-05

4 Anaheim Gazette THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1931 ANAHEIM, DALIFORNIA 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 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 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 ERNEST BEYER Editor and Sports Editor LEONARD KREIDT Assistant Editor MILES BRADLEY Picture Editor NEIL STANLEY Advertising Manager G. E. MELLEN Assistant Advertising Manager MARY ROULAND Assistant Advertising Manager RALPH ROULAND Classified Advertising Manager LUCY HUBBARD Circulation Manager Democracy in action... The Gazette, in its handling of news on the situation which arose when the Elementary School board announced it would not renew Superintendent Gauer's contract, tried not to use slambang tactics calculated to arouse the public to take hasty steps. In handling a situation of this kind it is always wise to remember that grown, adult men, who are leaders of the community are involved. It pays to be careful. When the first blast of heat wears away in these things it is a safe bet that there is plenty of room for effecting a solution which will benefit the entire community. Slam-bang tactics only aggravate the situation and may crowd the participants into a corner where nothing but fighting will ensue. selves into sides to discuss the case. But the inevitable mature judgment of adult people began to manifest itself. Everybody, it was found, wanted a fair solution. When you reach that stage in public relations it is only a matter of time until a solution is reached. The Gazette feels much good has come out of the squabble. Much to the surprise of nobody the city found there really is intense interest in school affairs; the school board and school officials found their rightful places in the functions of the city; a big step forward was carved out of the controversy when a business manager was established for the great and valuable elementary school plant—and the public immediately recognized the worth of the move. WASHINGTON — years ago an American ing along the Yugoslav border was shot down by happy Yugoslav troops flared, diplomats proclaimed between the United and the most powerful the Baltans reached a climax. Today, in contrast, farming town of Chosny Jersey, is adopting the slav town of Kumrova happens to be the birth Marshall Tito. There is nothing officiating this adoption ceremony worked out not by the means of either country through an exchange of between its citizens; in Chester school kids pass. Most interesting this Kumrovec is that, the birthplace of Tito, it's quite sick of communism vigorously pro-American Coblentz, Belgrade corrrection of the New York Herald describes the town as picturesque place in the hills, but the atmosphere from gay. The peasants are ing to their land. All but the village families have local authorities by rejoining a red collective. The 250 families of Fargo are happy about their with the United States; fries to them that a b American influence may clized on the communist are leaders of the community involved. It pays to be careful. When the first blast of heat wears away in these things it is a safe bet that there is plenty of room for effecting a solution which will benefit the entire community. Slam-bang tactics only aggravate the situation and may crowd the participants into a corner where nothing but fighting will ensue. To the credit of a citizens' committee formed to discuss the situation and to the credit of the school board there always has been plenty of room left for an expression of opinions pro and con on the matter of not renewing Mr. Gauer's contract. Slam-bang tactics did not prevail. It is well to have this matter straightened up. For years a situation has been brewing, which, unless handled carefully, was loaded to cause trouble and to ruin the reputations of certain people who took an interest in the school system. It exploded. The situation seemed to be out of hand for a few days as folks divided them- Much to the surprise of nobody the city found there really is intense interest in school affairs; the school board and school officials found their rightful places in the functions of the city; a big step forward was carved out of the controversy when a business manager was established for the great and valuable elementary school plant—and the public immediately recognized the worth of the move. It is difficult for an elected board to function properly if it is never sure whether the majority of the public is interested in what it is doing and will give support to its actions. Important decisions must be made and important actions must be taken in the school systems—decisions and actions which must be understood by the public. If nothing else had come of this squabble, it might be enlightening to public officials to know that the citizens actually do take an interest in their city's functions and want their civic responsibilities administered completely in the public interest. IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of the Anaheim Gazette By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years Ago Fred Reuter's saloon in Orange will be open on Monday, and if you think there will be a good time to be had there on that day, you are not far from right. Our friend Menzel is going to carry over the good things to eat which will constitute the free lunch. A stage will carry over from this place, on Monday, all who want to go over. In addition to the stage several private teams will go. The proprietor invites the attendance of all his friends and acquaintances. The meal shipped from Downey city to market, amounts to a very considerable quantity. Could we not have a wheat and corn mill here? If, as we learn, the Los-Nietos mill does well, it would 50 Years Ago William Bekemier of St. Louis, Mo., and Charles Felker of Quincy, Ill., are guests of Mr. Brunworth. After a week's sojourn here they will go to San Diego for a short visit. Samuel Kraemer was in town a few days ago and speaking of the Utah railroad, said, he had offered three acres free for depot grounds and right of way through his ranch at Placentia if the road would build that way. The construction of the Utah road into Placentia would result in the building of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe into that country, giving them splendid shipping facilities. Sam looks forward to big things for Placentia during the present year. ANSWER—You are ably right that the cost of has shot up in the Navy, so the enlisted men must not $39.85 for the same ove that sold for $17.50 before reen, $20 for a blanket than viously sold for $7.50 and for a jumper that used for $0.70. This column has that Navy clothing prices increased from 127 to 146 cent. Yet the monthly allowance for enlisted men been increased only 20 per cent, depending upon The real blame, however, with the White House for ordering infiltration hustle- The meal shipped from Downey city to market, amounts to a very considerable quantity. Could we not have a wheat and corn mill here? If, as we learn, the Los Nietos mill does well, it would certainly seem that one here would pay well. Nothing builds up a town so rapidly as the presence in it of factories, etc. We noticed some days ago, that among articles received at Wells, Fargo & Co., were several boxes of oranges for A. G. Beebu. It is certainly to be regretted that so fine an orange region as ours cannot supply the local consumption, but it is at the same time an encouragement to orange growers here. The San Francisco papers report that since the passage of the bill punishing wife-beating with the public lash, not a single case of that outrage has come up in the city courts, whereas formerly they were almost of daily occurrence, the legislature has blundered along through its costly and lengthy session accomplishing little else than the giving a general dissatisfaction to the people throughout the state from San Diego to Siskiyou, but certainly one leaf for its scanty laurels is furnished by the credit due them for this discouragement of cruelty to wives. We congratulate them upon this proof that their labors have not been entirely in vain. On Good Friday, the three hours service from 12 m. to 3 p.m. will be held at St. Michael's church. The children's Easter festival will be held at 10 a.m. on Easter Sunday and the regular morning service at 11 a.m. Miss Cahen and Miss Taylor will sing. 25 Years Ago Miss Eleanor Parker received word from Pittsburg Tuesday that Mrs. Ella D. Williams, widow of Capt. Louis Williams and for many years a resident of Anaheim, died at her home in Pittsburgh on March 15. Mrs. Williams left here three years ago, leaving behind her a long list of warm friends. She had announced her intention of spending next winter with Miss Parker. "Wild Bill" Tremaine, the well known Brea aviator was in town this week. Bill met many friends and visited scenes of his former glory, when he participated in the automobile race from Los Angeles to Phoenix. He is arranging for a WASHINGTON — Four brief years ago an American plane trying along the Yugoslav-Austrian border was shot down by trigger-happy Yugoslav troops. Tempers flared, diplomats protested, ill feeling between the United States and the most powerful nation in the Balkans reached a dangerous climax. Today, in contrast, the small farming town of Chester, New Jersey, is adopting the Yugoslav town of Kumrovec, which happens to be the birthplace of Marshall Tito. There is nothing official about this adoption ceremony. It was worked out not by the governments of either country, but through an exchange of messages between its citizens; in which 300 Chester school kids participated. Most interesting thing about Kumrovec is that, though the birthplace of Tito, it's getting quite sick of communism and is vigorously pro-American. Gaston Coblentz, Belgrade correspondent of the New York Herald Tribune, describes the town as "a lovely picturesque place in the Croatian hills, but the atmosphere is far from gay. The peasants are clinging to their land. All but two of the village families have defied local authorities by refusing to join a red collective. The 250 families of Kumrovec are happy about their new tie with the United States; it signifies to them that a beneficent American influence may be exercised on the communist govern- also married. I went to see the recruiting officer today, and he told me that married men could not enlist in the Army. We want to help our country just as much as the single men." ANSWER — Paradoxically it is true that at the same time the Army is crying for more manpower, it will not enlist married men below the grade of sergeant, though it will draft them. This is something the Army ought to explain to Congress. But if you wait around long enough, you may be drafted and still get a chance to serve. A noncommissioned officer, Keesler Air Base, Miss.—"On Saturday, March 10, the NCO's were told if they did not become members of the NCO club by midnight, they would be restricted to the field. Yet an Air Force regulation plainly states that membership in an NCO club will be voluntary." ANSWER — Brig. Gen. J. F. Powell, Keesler's commanding officer, admitted to this column that non-joiners were restricted on the technicality that they hadn't paid up their debts. He explained that all non-commissioned officers "automatically" belong to the NCO club, therefore those who hadn't paid their dues were restricted. He claimed that any NCO could have got out of this punishment by writing a "letter of resignation" from the club. This smacks of intimidation and coercion to push the NCO's into a club which they weren't required to join. The real reason, this column has learned, was to collect the $1 membership fees solely needed since the slot machines were abolished. This cut out the club's main revenue. Allen Davidson, Quincy, Florida — "My uncle, Sergeant Jesse Ferguson, was wounded in Korea. During the retreat from information." Hal Boyle NEW YORK (AP)—Do you want to write for the newspapers? Would you like to be a war reporter or a foreign correspondent? Maybe you wouldn't. But a big percentage of young Americans now growing up seem to be. For them newspapering still holds a lure above that of other professions that appear more humid. This time of year they write deadly earnest letters to men in the field wanting to know what they should do to prepare themselves to become newspaperman. Recently I have had several such letters from high school and college students. And the other day a fellow who works the typewriter next to mine said: "My eleven-year-old daughter just announced she is going to become a newspaperman. And wants to know what I think of the idea? Why don't you write a piece about the business?" Well, future fellow citizens, here goes: Newspapermen don't fit in any standard type of pigeonhole. They come in all sizes, shapes and temperaments. Some are full of the milk of human kindness, and some are so mean they wouldn't get up to give their old mother a seat on the subway. But, by and large, the best of them live up to an unwritten code. The goal of that code is to find out what is going on in the world, and to write down what they find out. Their newspaper then prints it. That sounds like a very simple task—merely to find out informa- man. I've known good men and writers—who start professional boxers or cops. A college education gives a big advantage, but if you take courses in fields of human knowledge, government, language science, physical science ought to know a little about people, birds, trees, munism flowers; the air and the electoral colony some one subject you sho-well—you might want to in it later. Reporting is rarely physically after the years. After you cover the fire bell doesn't have appeal. But reporting is main mentally exciting life, as you go on to things more important human way of life than the rewards? They rank way from what a bail-maker to the income of president. If you really own a yacht, however, be wise to try some other tion. But the highest reward real newspaperman is to other newspaperman he say, "I liked your story." You can't deposit suchments in the bank. But gets enough of them he old gracefully in the new business. Better is the frugal intreepast with contentment tue, than the luxury of with egotism and vice Baker Eddy men, $20 for a blanket that previously sold for $7.50 and $16.50 or a jumper that used to sell for $9.70. This column has found that Navy clothing prices have increased from 127 to 148 per cent. Yet the monthly clothing allowance for enlisted men has been increased only 26 to 71 per cent, depending upon rank. The real blame, however, rests with the White House for not ordering inflation controls early enough. For, the truth is, the cost to the Navy of basic fabrics has shot up even higher than the prices charged in the ship's stores. Lloyd Hoppes, Wabash, Indiana, am 20 years old, and I am best aviation meet at Brea on Saturday, April 24, when he is going to cut more capers in the than were ever seen in California. Proceeds go to the Elk City fund. Mr. and Mrs. William Sacket celebrated the forty-ninth anniversary of their wedding on March at their home on Lincoln Avenue. A sumptuous supper was served, at which a beautiful wedding cake had the place of honor. The present were: Mr. and Mrs. Sacket, Miss Nellie Sackett, Mr. Mrs. J. W. Walls, Mr. and John Cook, Bert Simpson, and Mrs. Fred Cline, Mr. and William Bratner of Placen-Mrs. Edwin Miller and young returned on Sunday to their in Los Angeles, after a pleasant week spent in the city as the hosts of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Mil- smacks of intimidation and coercion to push the NCO's into a club which they weren't required to join. The real reason, this column has learned, was to collect the $1 membership fees sorely needed since the slot machines were abolished. This cut out the club's main revenue. Allen Davidson, Quincy, Florida — "My uncle, Sergeant Jesse Ferguson, was wounded in Korea. During the retreat from North Korea, he got lost from his outfit for 17 days, and was found with his hands and feet frozen. He was flown to a hospital in Japan and kept off his feet for one month. He is now back in Korea. I understand that once you get your hands and feet frozen, you should never let them get cold again. Why does the Army send combat men back to Korea who have had frozen hands or feet?" ANSWER — Only light frost-bite cases, which have fully recovered, are allowed to be sent back to combat. If Sergeant Ferguson was frozen so severely that he had to be hospitalized for a month, he should not have been returned to Korea. This column has asked the Army for a complete investigation. A corporal, somewhere in Korea — "I don't like to complain, but our rations are so low that the men are always hungry." ANSWER—There is no food shortage in Korea. The Army supplies plenty of tinned foods or a normal daily diet; also does its best to deliver enough fresh food to each unit for at least one hot meat per day. However, under battle conditions occasionally supplies are delayed or diverted. This has happened in isolated instances. But, by and large, the best of them live up to an unwritten code. The goal of that code is to find out what is going on in the world, and to write down what they find out. Their newspaper then prints it. That sounds like a very simple task—merely to find out information and put it on paper. Actually it can be, and often is, an excruciatingly complex and painful job. It is easy to get most people to tell you what they want you to know. The art of reporting is to get people to tell you what you yourself want to know—the truth of a situation. And often that isn't easy. One of the most difficult things for an idealistic young man or woman reporter to realize is that nice-looking people not only can lie boldly—they can lie with a disairning smile. And they will sometimes lie when it isn't even necessary. As reporters grow more experienced they are rarely fooled by these people, no matter how high or low their position. The occupational hazard of older reporters is cynicism, a kind of life-weariness marked by a growing suspicion of all people. Detectives, wives and politicians are subject to this same disease. They see so much shoddy in life they come to doubt the existence of anything that is real and fair and true. And this disbelief can wreck an older reporter just as sure as laziness will destroy a younger one. It doesn't take any one type of background to be a newspaper- = Colony Quips= By the Gazette Farm Editor WHEN AVERAGE orange growers start to realize what a floor price under their fruit would do for them in the profit and loss picture they are going to up and demand a "California Mutual" patterned after Florida Mutual. There is not the shadow of a doubt that this type of organization would be a tremendous thing for the California valencia grower. But who cares about the California valencia grower? The great big corporation, the Exchange, does not even mention the word "valencia" in its summer advertising. But in the fall and winter the word "navel" gets the big play with its "no seeds" and "richer juice" palaver. When the Exchange is gently reminded by its stalwarts in the valencia section that they grow valencias and would like to see them promoted a little they get the "palsy." The valencia men are told the marvelous valencia orange is simply another citrus fruit with nothing to distinguish it. It has no navel. NEITHER HAVE the valencias a majority on the "big board." The valencia orange, it is true, pays a major portion of the freight but is of minor consequence when Exchange policy is determined. That statement is on the best of authority. Now if this is true then many things become clear. For instance, the attitude on frozen concentrate. We in Orange county, where the best valencias are grown, see profit in the frozen concentrate for the grower. But the bureaucracy in the Kremlin, we are afraid, see only the packed box shipped east to auction out of which their cut and provident plan comes. This is a very sad condition for the valencia orange to run into. It seems to be the stepchild. If the Exchange was run like a democracy by a vote of the boxes handled then the valencia would be the king. Make no mistake about that. But the "boys" are too smart to let anything like that happen. And the valencia growers seem not to be smart enough to insist. So we go right along in the same old rut. And right in the face of one of the finest valencia crops we have had in years one of the heads of the great Exchange, it was reported to us, came right out the other day and said the valencia grower would make a little money on his fresh fruit and lose about the same amount on the part of the crop which went into cans. Last year we could not expect much from the Exchange because our fruit was not too good and the grower was asked when he was going to raise some good fruit so the great sales department of the Exchange would have something to encourage with. man. I've known good reporters—and writers—who started out as professional boxers or motorcycle cops. A college education, however, gives a big advantage, particularly if you take courses in the basic fields of human knowledge—history, government, language, social science, physical science. You ought to know a little something about people, birds, trees, communism, flowers, the atom bomb, and the electoral college. And some one subject you should know well—you might want to specialize in it later. Reporting is rarely exciting physically after the first few years. After you cover ten fires, the fire bell doesn't have the same appeal. But reporting should remain mentally exciting all your life, as you go on to reporting things more important to the human way of life than fires. The rewards? They range all the way from what a bank clerk makes to the income of a bank president. If you really yearn to own a yacht, however, it might be wise to try some other occupation. But the highest reward of a real newspaperman is to have another newspaperman he respects say, "I liked your story. It had it." You can't deposit such compliments in the bank. But if a man gets enough of them he can grow old gracefully in the newspaper business. Better is the frugal intellectual repast with contentment and virtue, than the luxury of learning with egotism and vice. —Mary Saker Eddy TRUE ENOUGH handled then the valencia would be the king. Make no mistake about that. But the "boys" are too smart to let anything like that happen. And the valencia growers seem not to be smart enough to insist. So we go right along in the same old rut. And right in the face of one of the finest valencia crops we have had in years one of the heads of the great Exchange, it was reported to us, came right out the other day and said the valencia grower would make a little money on his fresh fruit and lose about the same amount on the part of the crop which went into cans. Last year we could not expect much from the Exchange because our fruit was not too good and the grower was asked when he was going to raise some good fruit so the great sales department of the Exchange would have something to operate with. THIS YEAR is the time to give up. Anything less than $2 a box, net on the tree, for good fruit, not peanuts, and we don't need any of those $30,000 a year men. That is a fact. What is the Exchange good for if the grower does not get more dollars for his fruit? The Florida concentrate pack is away behind schedule right now and there is less Florida fruit left to go today than at any time in the last five years. So-o-o-o Mr. Fox of Minute Maid and a lot of others will need a lot of California concentrate made up for them. In Florida for the kind of fruit it takes to make concentrate the return to the grower is right at three cents, net on the tree, and will somebody tell us why anyone (Mr. Wilcox and the Exchange excepted.) here in California would sell them our superior fruit for less? Mr. Wilcox did it last year. Wonder what he will do this year? If he does what he did last year, and we find it out, we know right now what we are going to do this year. Some of the boys are beginning to realize that this is the year of decision. Those that don't will find out. Sargum Sprout Sex THE BIG GUYS ARE SMART We sat or hours watching the Senate Crime Investigating committee hearings over the television. We were greatly impressed by the big names in gangsterdom evading telling anything. Those guys are better schooled in the art of evasion than are the best criminal lawyers. They just can't be made to spill the beans. They all know their Constitutional rights to the last letter. No wonder there is organised crime throughout our great nation, it has braints and education. Yes and it has unlimited funds to tangle law enforcement up in the mesh of legal red tape and the slow and unwieldy mechanisms of our courts. It is a possibility that this investigation will result in some laws that will aid in the detection and prosecution of crime leaders. The committee will have a good picture of how the gangsters operate. The greatest difficulty in solving the problem is the lack of faith the people have in their law enforcing agencies. About half of our people believe that anyone who wears a badge is in a class with the brooks. Sheriffs, police, marshals and other law enforcers are people like you and me. Most of us are honest. Most of officers are honest. The law should deal very severely with the officer proven dishonest. —SARGUM SPROUT Citrus Report The California Fruit Growers Exchange reported today all auction markets California oranges were easier. REPRESENTATIVE PRICES BY SIZE: SUNKIST (First Grade): Size 100. 126 150 176 200 220 252 288 344 Better is the frugal intellectual repast with contentment and virtue, than the luxury of learning with egotism and vice. — Mary Saker Eddy TRUE ENOUGH PEOPLE AND WEATHER WELL, WHAT'S EATING YOU? OTH PEOPLE AND ANIMALS GET PERVERSE, BURLY AND UNRULY ON A STORM IS BROUND... MOST PEOPLE FEED THEIR VACATIONS IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY RATHER THAN IN THE SUMMER MONTHS... CITrus. Report The California Fruit Growers Exchange reported today all auction markets California oranges were easier. REPRESENTATIVE PRICES BY SIZE: SUNKIST (First Grade): Size 100 126 150 176 200 220 252 288 344 5.09 4.71 4.94 5.12 5.33 5.51 5.00 4.63 4.20 CHOICE (Second Grade): Size 100 126 150 176 200 220 252 288 344 4.27 4.03 4.07 4.30 4.40 4.27 4.15 4.00 LOS ANGELES, April 3—The Federal State Market News service reported today oranges, lemons and grapefruit dull, prices unchanged.