anaheim-gazette 1951-11-15

10 Anaheim Gazette THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1951 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA 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, 1889, 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: 600 per month by carrier or 45 per year by carrier or mail. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for publication of all the local news printed in this newspaper as well as all A.P. news dispatches. THEODDRE E. KUCHEL Publisher MAX BESLER Assistant Publisher LEONARD KREIDT City Editor STANLEY JONES Sports Editor NEIL STANLEY Advertising Manager G. E. MELLEN Assistant Advertising Manager RALPH ROULAND Classified Advertising Manager DON YOUNG Circulation Manager 8 years labor for uncle ... The average American—which these days could be freely translated as the guy in the middle—is said to be saving more. And this, in spite of inflated cost of living, inflated taxes, and all the other inflated drains on his pocketbook. Many find it hard to believe, this insurance of the Department of Commerce that Americans are seeking away about one-tenth of disposable income (that is, what's left of the total personal income of all Americans after taxation). But some wonder if it couldn't be that the average American is saving not in spite of inflation, but because of inflation. This would be partly out of resentment at the high prices he refuses to pay, but even more because inflation has raised the sights on the average American's goal of savings and need for savings. Just as a fixed income doesn't provide the standard of living it had planned. Mr. Average American is defined by the Commerce Clearing House, a business and tax analyzing agency in Chicago, as being: A 29-year-old man with two children and earning $4300 a year. If he works till he is 65 he will have paid out in all forms of taxes $37,163, according to the agency. That means he will have worked eight and a half years solely for federal, state and local governments. How is he going to save? Of course, Mr. Average American doesn't exist. No American fits the average—which is struck by figuring it out mathematically. Actually, most people are not average, but in the middle—squeezed by incomes that seem never to rise as fast as prices and the needs of growing families and the treadmill of seeking security. WASHINGTON won't-be" Elsewey did not Eisenhower at ported last week columnist got to a Waldorf meet place between Duff of Penn Brownell, the tor, and Gen. Ike-born Clay, who is now in the The meeting d means of round despite the fact declare until There's not the but that Like Democrat. His the age of 18 was at a Jackson Taftites are sure a neat one over He reported that over to Taft if desert the isolate seems certain President Trump primary—whether not. He will a the Republican mary. Ike's nar ed on both the tickets, which most significant strength in the Eisenhower vs. Trump Inside Washin Franco may be seel back in Spare to have plenty o on lobbying in W Franco lobbyist sometimes passed Mayflower hotel ordering sandwich Down in Te But some wonder if it couldn't be that the average American is saving not in spite of inflation, but because of inflation. This would be partly out of resentment at the high prices he refuses to pay, but even more because inflation has raised the sights on the average American's goal of savings and need for savings. Just as a fixed income doesn't provide the standard of living it did a few years ago, neither does the fixed nest-egg assure the retirement ease the prudent man. Of course, Mr. Average American doesn't exist. No American fits the average—which is struck by figuring it out mathematically. Actually, most people are not average, but in the middle—squeezed by incomes that seem never to rise as fast as prices and the needs of growing families and the treadmill of seeking security against old age and disability. Or, to put it another way take a look at the cartoon on this page. Earl Warren... The first man to win the governorship of California three times in a row, Earl Warren, has announced his candidacy for president of the United States. Warren, a Republican, has been overwhelmingly elected in the face of a preponderance of Democratic registration which should show all forward-looking citizens that our governor "has what it takes." One could go on and on talking about some of the fine things he has done. But there is no necessity for anything so long winded. We need go no farther than to mention that his integrity, intelligence, and ability have never been honestly questioned. When you combine his leadership with his courage and far-sightedness you have all the qualifications needed to make our republic grow and evolve into something better than we have today. IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of Amherst Gazette By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years Ago November 1876 The Weaverville and Redding stage was stopped on Monday night near Redding by two highwaymen who demanded the Wells Fargo box, which the driver handed down but as the treasure was in the iron box which was fastened on the coach. They got nothing but a few letters. Bishop Kip will preach and administer the rite of confirmation and the sacrament of the holy communion at St. Michael's Episcopal church on next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Morning prayers will be held at a quarter before 10 o'clock, in order to shorten the midday services. In Germany, A widow, two sons and two daughters survive him. Deceased had been superintending construction of a sugar factory at Rocky Ford, Colorado, when he made an attempt on the life of his daughter, Mrs. Loring of Los Angeles. His mind was a blank at the time. He had just built a new hotel at Rocky Ford and Mrs. Loring was acting as his housekeeper. He was buried at Pueblo. P. C. Gebhart, who is the champion sprinter of San Francisco, was in town yesterday. He is anxious to have a race with Joe Backs, who is the champion of Southern California, and probably a meeting of the two can be brought about. In the Eisenhower vs. Truman hower vs. Trump. Inside Washin Franco may be sent back in Spain to have plenty of on lobbying in W Franco lobbyist sometimes passed Mayflower hotel ordering sandwich... Down in Te feeling so lush. ton has been str months to raise its entertainment las MacArthur, the Houston hot putting the bite Ft. Worth and A while in Athens for peaches, peanuts, pigs, potter phiddling) the fo can of black-e Glenn, McCarthy for $1.53 ... The MacArthur airplane rented f lines... Taft for one bit impoverished retained Julius R ed the rank of in the Army and the Jewish War lucrative public r Klein, also retre American Airway line-hunting for Louis B. Mayery so often an an into a tax bill ting or hitting American. One all Field Amendment to the tax bill do prevent Marshall ing tax losses on Reactionary Con like Field's liberty back with a tax ning deductible than $50,000 for years... First m this was not Fi but the former R al committeemania, Movie Mogul His racing stable by more than $50 hit with a big tax looks as if Louls staged a comeback amendment all b Bishop Kip will preach and administer the rite of confirmation and the sacrament of the holy communion at St. Michael's Episcopal church on next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Morning prayers will be held at a quarter before 10 o'clock, in order to shorten the midday services. In the afternoon at 3 o'clock, there will be a children's service and infant baptism. Mr. B. F. Townsend of Westminster called upon us yesterday bringing with him a sweet potato weighing 13½ pounds which was grown at his place. Mr. M. Callisher is expected to arrive soon in Anaheim. He will leave Arizona about the 20th instant. Mr. G. H. Kellogg, agent for the popular firm of J. W. Gale & Company of San Francisco, has some interesting words to say to farmers in our advertising columns today. 50 Years Ago November 1901 Frank J. Capitan, well known in Anaheim in connection with the effort to establish here a beet sugar factory, died Thursday at Pueblo. The end came in a private asylum. Capitan was a native of Frankfort-on-the Main, P. C. Gebhart, who is the champion sprinter of San Francisco, was in town yesterday. He is anxious to have a race with Joe Backs, who is the champion of Southern California, and probably a meeting of the two can be brought about. 25 Years Ago November 1926 George Zeigler returned on Saturday from a visit to New York City, after an absence of three months. He traveled by water, sailing on the steamer Manchuria and returning on the Mongolia. Both trips were made through the Panama Canal. The voyage to and from New York each consumed 16 days. He had a pleasant trip but is glad to be home again. Surveying crews from the county surveyor's office were busy this week setting stakes for Manchester avenue, the new highway from Los Angeles, which will parallel the Southern Pacific tracks being 420 feet north of the railroad. According to Surveyor Hillyard, the survey will be through Buena Park in toward Anaheim. The need of this highway is becoming more apparent daily, and Orange county officials plan to have Manchester avenue opened to Buena Park and Grand Avenue when Los Angeles county completes their highway. This fits Mayor, not MGM, right down. The tax bill over the retiring emplied for his co-work with profit right and be entitled to five years after people outside of it fit this picture. Lawyer in the patute Ellsworth Alvior of Senator George who largely writes Kansas-Missouri Trumanites have hands once more souri Valley authol integrated write Instead Dem will endeavor to get through the next gross calling for all of flood control or power development river basin. This plan recommended gineers who want to out of Congress in WASHINGTON UP — "Will he won't be?" Eisenhower — Governor Dewey did not meet secretly with Eisenhower at the Waldorf as reported last week. A Broawday columnist got that one mixed with a Waldorf meeting which did take place between Dewey, Senator Duff of Pennsylvania, Herbert Brownell, the Dewey GOP mentor, and Gen. Lucius Clay. Georgia-born Clay, a lifelong Democrat, is now in the Eisenhower camp. The meeting discussed ways and means of rounding up delegates despite the fact that Ike cannot declare until next spring. There's not the slightest question but that Ike started life as a Democrat. His first speech at the age of 18 at Abilene, Kansas, was at a Jackson Day dinner. Taftites are suspected of putting a neat one over on Arthur Krock. He reported that Ike would come over to Taft if the Senator would desert the isolationists. It now seems certain that Ike will face President Truman in the Oregon primary—whether he likes it or not. He will also face Taft in the Republican side of the primary. Ike's name has been entered on both the GOP and Demo tickets, which makes Oregon the most significant test of political strength in the country—namely, Eisenhower vs. Taft and Eisenhower vs. Truman. Inside Washington — Dictator Franco may be scratching the barrel back in Spain, but he seems to have plenty of dough to spend on lobbying in Washington. Chief Franco lobbyist Patrick Clark sometimes passes out $20 tips to Mayflower hotel waiters when ordering sandwiches and coffee. Down in Texas they are not City Marshal Dye Davis Gun Man of Early Days (From Anaheim Gazette of October 7, 1896 By HENRY KUCHEL) Probably the most picturesque character living here in the early days was City Marshal David Davis, familiarly known as Dye Davis, pioneer gunman, who was handy with his weapon and declared that he never drew it except to use it, and he used it quickly at that. He filled the office of city marshal for a number of years and during this time accounted for two desperadoes and possibly a third. He was arrested and charged with the slaying of officer Charles Lehman, who ran between him and a man named Horton as they were engaged in a pistol duel, commanding them to observe the peace, and fell fatally wounded. Davis had his preliminary trial here, and was turned over to the higher court in Los Angeles, where he was acquitted. He was defended by Frank Gassahl, who had the reputation of being the foremost criminal lawyer in Los Angeles. In private life, Davis was pleasant and courteous and was well liked by all. In a gun fight he was a dangerous man and the occasions were few when his gun was drawn that he did not use it. When the oldtimers sought to celebrate the victory of the Prussians and the French in 1870, and set out to build a fire at the corner of Centre and Los Angeles sts., for anvil firing, Davis compelled them to move off the street. One of the oldtimers went to Mayor Max Strobel and obtained a written permit to have the firing on the street, but Davis cast aside the permit and said he would arrest the first man who touched a match to the kindling. A large and powerful man who at the succeeding city election he was badly defeated for mascal by Dick Barham, who carried a big gun himself, and knew how to use it. Davis first desperado was a horsethief who barricaded himself in a log house in Soquel canyon. The sheriff ordered Davis to bring him in dead or alive. A posse was organized and set out for the canyon. On approaching the hideout several rifle shots greeted the officers. They dismounted from their horses, and a rifle duel ensued. The desperado was brought in, his body riddled with bullets. The second desperado was taken by a posse and was brought back as far as the crossing of the river at Olive, but here, on account of some mysterious reason, he was said to have made his escape. Whatever became of him no one ever found out. The third was a man who was shot and fatally wounded by Davis on North Claudina st., a short distance north of Centre, one Sunday afternoon. He was charged with many crimes and when Davis stepped up to arrest him as he was carousing with a number of his associates, he attempted to draw his gun when Davis fired several times inflicting injuries from which he died several days later. He was carried to a vacant butcher shop on South Los Angeles st. in the rear of the present American Savings Bank and later taken to a hospital. Davis was playing poker with Horton in a room in the rear of Goldstein's brewery, on West St., a few doors east of the present Valencia hotel. They enlisted him in the army vs. Taft and Eisenhower vs. Truman. Inside Washington — Dictator Franco may be scratching the barrel back in Spain, but he seems to have plenty of dough to spend on lobbying in Washington. Chief Franco lobbyist Patrick Clark sometimes passes out $20 tips to Mayflower hotel waiters when ordering sandwiches and coffee. ... Down in Texas, they are not feeling so lush. The city of Houston has been struggling for some months to raise $8,510.55 to pay its entertainment bill for Douglas MacArthur. Glenn McCarthy, the Houston hotel owner, is even putting the bite on San Antonio, Ft. Worth and Austin to help out while in Athens, Texas, (noted for peaches, peas, potatoes, peanuts, pigs, pottery, petroleum and phiddling) the folks auctioned off a can of black-eyed peas to help Glenn McCarthy. The can sold for $1.93 ... Chief expense of the MacArthur trip was a special airplane rented from Eastern Airlines. ... Taft forces don't seem one bit impoverished. They have retained Julius Klein, who financed the rank of brigadier general in the Army and the presidency of the Jewish War Veterans, into a lucrative public relations business. Klein, also retained by Pan American Airways, has been headline-hunting for Taft. Louis B. Mayer's Taxes—Every so often an amendment sneaks into a tax bill aimed at benefiting or hitting one individual American. One was the "Marshall Field Amendment," tucked into the tax bill during the war to prevent Marshall Field from taking tax losses on the Chicago Sun-Reactionary Congressmen didn't like Field's liberal newspaper; hit back with a tax amendment banning deductible losses of more than $50,000 for five straight years. First man to get hit by this was not Field, a Democrat, but the former Republican national committeeeman from California, Movie Mogul Louis B. Mayer. His racing stable was in the red by more than $50,000 and he got hit with a big tax bill. Now it looks as if Louis B. Mayer has staged a comeback with a tax amendment all his own. Latest margaret house, bloomfield. chamblemeisco. He is with Joe of probably can be sat at work three water, churia ugolla. With the urge to reassess manpower again. county this chesses from rallel being t. Act the buena. The timing range manuella when dates. kansas-Missouri Floods — The Trumanites have thrown up their hands once more regarding Missouri Valley authority flood control integrated with public power. Instead, Democratic leaders will endeavor to get a compromise through the next session of Congress, calling for a limited system of flood control dams and some power development in the Kansas river basin. This is a piecemeal plan recommended by Army engineers who want to get the money out of Congress in drilets. The tragic losses caused by the Missouri-Kansas floods last summer could have been used to pass an all-over flood control-power plan for the Missouri valley, but Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman didn't have the courage to get out and lead. times inflicting injuries from which he died several days later. He was carried to a vacant butcher shop on South Los Angeles st. in the rear of the present American Savings Bank and later taken to a hospital. Davis was playing poker with Horton in a room in the rear of Goldstein's brewery, on West Centre st., a few doors east of the present Valencia hotel. They engaged in a fight and stepped out into the rear yard. They exchanged shots. Officer Lehman came up, commanding them to observe the peace. He was shot and fatally wounded. He was carried into Higgin's drug store, on the northeast corner of Centre and Lemon, and later removed to a residence on Charres st., between Lemon and Los Angeles st., where he died. Horton ran south on Lemon st. and hid in the Lorenz vineyard at the corner of Lemon and Santa Ana st., where he was overtaken by officers and a horde of citizens and brought back. He was liberated when it was found that the bullet which struck Lehman was not fired from his revolver. Davis was placed under arrest but was later on acquitted. At the ensuing city election Davis was defeated for marshal by Dick Barham. As a result the two became bitter enemies. They met at the Enterprise saloon at the corner of Los Angeles and Chartres sts. and engaged in an altercation. Davis attempted to draw his gun, but Barham. Barham had been the speed trigger in all the try. He flashed his teeth and the completely by disarmed. Davis and he thereafter moved where he was shooting scrape. Next story—Indian George. TV-RADIOLOGIC International Telephone Used by Paul Masterson By TOM E. DANSON HOLLYWOOD — Paul Masterson, the KNX International Disc Jockey, was busy typing the other day when I dropped in to see him at Columbia Square. "Information about myself for the Onze Lichte Muziek-magazine," he explained. This sudden burst of intelligence drew only a blank look from me, so he explained further that Onze Liehte, etc., was a music magazine in Amsterdam that wanted to do a story about him. The request is not unusual, for though Masterson's audience is limited to listeners in the area vastly covered by KNX, his researches into the hit tunes of other countries have made him known in music circles around the world. To bring his listeners the latest music from the world's capitals, Paul sends cables, or thinks nothing of sitting down to telephone the leading hotels and night clubs anywhere in the world. Orchestra leaders, head waiters, hotel managers — anyone who might know what people are dancing to and singing, are his informants. Records are sent to him from more than a score of countries at regular intervals, and many foreign artists anxious to be heard in America, see to it that he receives their "firsts." "A surprising number of American songs reach the hit parade in other lands," Paul told me "and usually they are translated into the particular foreign language. Listeners here get a big kick out of hearing their own favorites done in the language and manner of these other countries." This isn't a one-way street however. Many of the top hits here are not American at all, but originals of foreign countries. Masterson, in order to familiarize listeners with these records, always presents a short commentary. Fans are often surprised to learn that such songs as "Count Every Star," "All My Love," "Autumn Leaves" and others are really French and that "Cruising Down the River" came to us from POLITICAL PARADE POLITICAL PARADE By CLEM WHITAKER, JR. With America's Presidential stew boiling merrily on the back burner, the Nation's small town newspapers, under the auspices of the National Editorial Association which represents them, have sampled what's cooking and come up with a full report. To get the early flavor of the Presidential race, the National Editorial Association queried it reports, 319 of the nation's country newspapers. Included in the survey were 157 independent newspapers; 126 Republican papers; and 36 Democratic papers. Principal question asked by the NEA was as follows: 1. Whom do you believe to be the best qualified for the Presidential nomination by the: - Democratic Party - Republican Party 2. Replies by 235 newspapers in respect to the Democratic candidate believed best qualified to be nominated are reported as follows: - President Truman - Supreme Court Justice Douglas - U.S. Sen. Harry Byrd - Gen. Dwight Eisenhower - Chief Justice Fred Vinson - Senator Estes Kefauver - Governor James Byrnes 3. Concerning the best qualified candidate for the Republican nomination for President, 298 newspapers replied as follows: - U.S. Sen. Robert A. Taft - Gen. Dwight Eisenhower - Gov. Earl Warren - Former Gov. Harold Stassen - Gen. Douglas MacArthur - U.S. Sen. Wayne Morse - U.S. Sen. James Duff 4. Papers surveyed by the National Editorial Association stretch throughout rural America from coast to coast and border to border. Enzo Gaspari believes the latter is the case: He is a young and energetic New York State Senator from the Bronx who has embarked on perhaps the most hopeless quest of our day. His goal: To discover a way to make governmental acts and proposals intelligible to the voters. "People want to know about their government—what it is doing and what it plans to do," he said. "They have never been more eager for information. But they have to be told in a language they can understand." Gaspari has been searching for a common language that people in government and those who are governed can understand. He figures the best bet is old-fashioned plain English. But the trouble with that is that only the voters remember it any more. Legislators write their bills in a cloudy legal terminology that even the high courts find difficulty in interpreting. And administrative officials are lost behind a misty verbal curtain of gobbledegook. To an outsider, an exchange of letters between them is as mysterious as the scratchings of two turkeys in barnyard snow. "I have to send a weekly letter to 200 civic organizations in my district to try to give them some insight into what is happening when the legislature is in session." Gaspari said. "Yes, I write the letters in English." The 36-year-old official, who spent nine years working himself through law school at night, has about given up his campaign to have legislative acts written in English understandable to the average college graduate. "When I got ready to introduce my first bill, I wrote it out and submitted it to the legislative bill drafting committee," he recalled. "I got the redrafted version back the next day. It took me two days to figure out what it said—and I'm a lawyer." There were more than 8000 bills submitted at the last session of the New York State Legislature, he said, all filled with technical legal terminology. This works however. Many of the top hits here are not American at all, but originals of foreign countries. Masterson, in order to familiarize listeners with these records, always presents a short commentary. Fans are often surprised to learn that such songs as "Count Every Star," "All My Love" "Autumn Leaves" and others are really French and that "Cruising Down the River" came to us from England. DOWN TV-RADIO ROW . . . A new spurt of thlevery is going on, in and around the NBC building at Sunset and Vine. Even with special plainsclothemen on the job there, identity of the culprit (thought to be an inside job) remains unknown. They should put three of their "private eye" specialists on the job—(Herbert Marshall, "Man Called X"; Brian Donlevy "Dangerous Assignment" and Lloyd Nolan, "Martin Kane") as they always seem to "get their man." TELE-TIPS . . . Harry Babbitt hosts the hopefuls and their talent during "Hollywood Opportunity" from KTLA (5) at 7:30 . . . Since it's the season of concert and opera, Jack Bailey makes his bow to culture during his "Queen" show from KECA (7) at 8 . . . Vlvacious Monty Margetts will have Agnes McCay on her "Person to Person" show from KNBH (4) tonight at 8:30 . . . A repeat performance of the football films showing USC and Stanford will be Tviewed over KTTV (11) at 9:30, preceded by two other big games at 8:30 . . . The Kingfish digs up a job for Sapphire with comedy situations following during "Amos 'n Andy" over KNXT (2) at 9. DIAL-LITES . . . The story of a frightened paper peddler will be presented on "Hollywood Star Playhouse" with Cesar Romero handling the leading role over KECA at 7:30 . . . Rep. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont) will be the interview guest on "Reporters' Roundup" over KHJ at 8:30 . . . The Byron Letter," the investigation of a forged collector item Officer commanding ice. wound-Higgin's coast corand lation Charand Los led. monon st. yard at and Santavertaken citizens it was sh struck from his under quitted. Union Dashal by the two rise sa-Angeles engaged in saw his gun, but Barham beat him to it. Barham had the reputation of being the speediest man on the trigger in all this southern country. He flashed his gun in Davis' teeth and the latter was taken completely by surprise and was disarmed. Davis and his family shortly thereafter moved to Los Angeles, where he was engaged in another shooting scrape. Next story—Dick-Barham and Indian George. "When I got ready to introduce my first bill, I wrote it out and submitted it to the legislative bill drafting committee," he recalled. "I got the redrafted version back the next day. It took me two days to figure out what it said—and I'm a lawyer." There were more than 8000 bills submitted at the last session of the New York State Legislature, he said, all filled with technical legal terminology. This works a hardship on the legislators themselves as well as the voters. "When you pick up a sheaf of 50 bills and don't know what they are about—50 bills that may come up in a single day—it is hard to act on them intelligently," he said. Gaspari pointed out that most amendment proposals to be submitted to voters are now phrased into English by the newspapers, and praised the press for this service. "But the people responsible for drafting bills should preface each of them with a short, simple statement of what the bill is about," he said. "And there should be more consultation with the people affected before legislators even nomination. One view is this: Senator Morse, Senator Duff and Governor Warren might be inclined to support General Eisenhower; General MacArthur and Governor Stassen would be inclined to support Senator Taft: The line-up in that event could be as follows: Senator Taft.....166 Gen. Eisenhower.....188 DIAL-LITES . . . The story of a frightened paper peddler will be presented on "Hollywood Star Playhouse" with Cesar Romero handling the leading role over KECA at 7:30 . . . Rep. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont) will be the interview guest on "Reporters' Roundup" over KHJ at 8:30 . . . "The Byron Letter," the investigation of a forged collector's item, will be aired by "FBI in Peace and War" over KNX at 9. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY . . Take a look at your surroundings and you will see that opportunity is where you hang your hat. Copyright, 1951, By Universal Radio and TV Features Syndicate NEW HEADQUARTERS VANCOUVER, B.C. (D)-Dedication of completely remodelled headquarters of the British Columbia credit unions here was accompanied by a report that B.C. credit unions now have more than 55,000 members in 230 groups throughout the province. submit bills." There is another possible solution, but it is too idealistic to be practical. All government officials should be periodically forced to take Civil Service examinations in the art of writing the common man's language—simple English. The trouble with that is too many politicians might find it depressing to be understood by the ordinary voter.