anaheim-gazette 1951-12-05

Very Friendly If ever a man joined clubs and organizations to make friends, it certainly must be J. Howard McGrath. Drew Pearson writes about him today, on Page 4. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANA SANTA CLAUS BLEW IN from the frozen north yesterday and made his first stop at the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. He interrupted the Christmas parade officials in the middle of a planning committee meeting but the officials didn't mind, instead they lined up to tell him what they wanted for Christmas. School Tax Raise Needed, Study of Statistics Shows By LEONARD KREIDT Dec. 11, Anaheim voters will be asked to decide at the polls whether or not the school tax limit shall be raised to $1.15 per $100 of assessed valuation. The cost of living being what it is, many persons might take a hasty glance at Anaheim's school system, see that it is as good as most and better than many, decide that additional money from taxes is not needed and vote "No" on the tax increase. Dollar at Half Par Those persons would be doing themselves and the city's children an injustice, as a little more perceptive look at the cost-of-living index and the dollar's purchasing power will show. In the years 1935 to 1939, the dollar would purchase 90 cents worth of services—the present 90-cent tax rate was established at that time. The cost of living index stood at 100. Today, the same dollar purchases 57 cents worth of goods and services and the cost of living index has skyrocketed to 175.6 52 is 352 and the estimated total enrollment in the system is 2325. That is an increase of 17 per cent over last year. Last year showed a 10.2 per cent increase over the previous year. Overall percentages of increase for the past ten years are: Kindergarten 136 per cent; all grades, 59 per cent. Growth Absorbed Remember, this increased enrollment has been absorbed by the system without benefit of a raise from the 90-cent tax rate! Just what will an increase of 25 cents per $100 of assessed valuation mean to the average Anaheim home-owner? A study of the assessed valuations in the city indicates that the average home is assessed at about $2500. On this basis, the average home owner would pay $6.25 per year additional, or 52 cents per month or one and three-quarters cents per day. Certainly that is a small increase in taxes to insure the continued quality of our school buildings, equipment and instruction. .45 Inch Rainfall Dampens, Anah Anaheim received .45 of a during the rainstorm that Orange county last night precipitation brought the se total here to 2.66 inches, as pared to 2.02 inches for the date last year. Rainfall was general thr out the county for almost th time this year, depositing as as 1.09 inches in Silverado Ca Storm Season Anaheim .45 2.66 Brea .68 3.01 Buenh Park .30 1.81 Capistrano .52 3.40 Costa Mesa .20 1.72 Fullerton .60 2.47 Garden Grove .53 2.96 La Habra .72 2.78 Los Alamitos .38 1.89 Orange .52 2.39 Placentia .50 3.03 Santa Ana .41 2.41 Stanton .40 2.15 Yorba Linda .67 4.06 PEARSONS LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON Anaheim Mayor Charles son will leave tonight with Pearson to attend a conferen In the years 1935 to 1939, the dollar would purchase 90 cents worth of services—the present 90-cent tax rate was established at that time. The cost of living index stood at 100. Today, the same dollar purchases 57 cents worth of goods and services and the cost of living index has skyrocketed to 175.6. Reducing the worth of the dollar to terms of what the 90-cent tax rate will buy for the school system, we find that 90 cents today will buy only 51 cents worth of the commodities and services which allow a school to perform the service set for it—the education of Anaheim's children: Everything Going Up In 1935, a 90-cent tax rate was the maximum needed to buy the education of Anaheim's children. Through the years the maximum tax rate NEEDED—not available, mind you—has climbed steadily, until it has reached $1.46. In the same period, teachers' minimum salaries, which are set by the State Legislature, have climbed from $1200 per year to $3000 per year. During these years of diminishing returns from the tax dollar, what has been happening to the schools as far as growth is concerned? In 1941-42 we find that there were 149 children in the city's kindergartens and a total of 1460 children in the grades kindergarten to eighth. Last year there were 246 children in our kindergartens and 1987 children in the elementary system. The enrollment in kindergarten for 1951- NAHEIM EST. 1870 GAZET ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1951 Alice-in-Wonderland While Allied Jet Five Injured in Rainy Orange County Weather Five persons were injured in a series of Orange county traffic accidents which occurred during the rainy weather of last night, according to official reports. Mrs. Rebecca Swartz, 49, of Westminster, received major injuries when the wind blew her hat off while she was driving a small electric invalid car along Hwy 39 near Trask ave. yesterday. In grabbing for her hat, she lost control of her vehicle which swerved into the path of a truck driven by Amador Vargas, 31, of Whittier. She was removed to Santa Ana Community hospital Pictured, left to right, are: Ernie Moeller, Santa Claus, Walter Swanberger, Doug Hankins, Barney Jordan, Les Mitchell, John Williams, Ernie Owston, Mark Stephenson and Oscar Schultz. (Gazette photo by Robertson) 45 Inch Rainfall Dampens, Anaheim Anaheim received .45 of an inch during the rainstorm that swept range county last night. The precipitation brought the season's final here to 2.66 inches, as compared to 2.02 inches for the same last year. Rainfall was general through the county for almost the first this year, depositing as much as 1.09 inches in Silverado Canyon. Last Storm Season Year Anaheim .45 2.66 2.02 Iowa .68 3.01 1.68 Bend Park .30 1.81 1.68 Oilstano .52 3.40 1.75 Tata Mesa .20 1.72 1.32 Lelerton .60 2.47 2.63 Golden Grove .53 2.96 1.93 Habra .72 2.78 3.93 Alamitos .38 1.89 97 Range .52 2.39 2.56 Centia .50 3.03 1.91 Tata Ana .41 2.41 2.76 Anton .40 2.15 2.20 Ba Linda .67 4.06 2.49 Speaker Hits Taxes As Reason 'Nine Out of Ten Fail' J. B. Sebrell, Los Angeles advertising man and manufacturer, today addressed a joint meeting of the Fullerton-Anaheim Rotary clubs held at the Rossmore cafe in Fullerton. The subject of his talk was "Why nine out of 10 firms fail." As president of the Small Businessmen of America, he pointed out the fact that unfair and unjust taxation of small business is one reason why nine out of 10 firms fail over periods of 10 years. Sebrell claims that eight million small businessmen are slaves of our government, in that they are forced to collect sales taxes, excise taxes, luxury taxes, withholding taxes, social security taxes, and one-hundred and one other taxes, against their wishes and in direct violation of the Constitution of the United States of America. According to Mr. Sebrell, this is slavery. If a small businessman does not have the time to keep these records and to report these taxes, etc., he must, even while he is failing in business, dig down according to official reports. Mrs. Rebecca Swartz, 40, of Westminster, received major injuries when the wind blew her hat off while she was driving a small electric invalid car along Hwy 39 near Trask ave. yesterday. In grabbing for her hat, she lost control of her vehicle which swerved into the path of a truck driven by Amador Vargas, 31, of Whittier. She was removed to Santa Ana Community hospital Herbert M. Vining, 55, of Costa Mesa, ran out of a doorway at 1446 S. Main st., Santa Ana at 10:50 p.m. yesterday and slammed against the side of a passing car driven by Leo J. Chaus, 16, of Santa Ana. Vining was taken to St. Joseph hospital in Orange with several head bruises and a deep gash over his right eye. John E. Validan, 26, Colton, was injured at 7:20 p.m. yesterday on Santa Ana Canyon Hwy near Jefferson st. bridge where his car ran into a ditch and collided with a cutting machine. Ralph H.' Tallman, 6, of Costa Mesa was hurt when a car driven by his mother, Mrs. Corriner L.' Tallmann, 28, collided with a car driven by Ramona C. Hodgson, 29, of Garden Grove on Newport blvd. at Mesa drive, Costa Mesa, at 6:45 p.m. Ben H. Warner, 54, Santa Ana, received minor injuries when his car struck a pole last evening on S. Glassell st. near Orange city park. Anaheim Jaycees Host District Meet Here Tonite Anaheim Junior Chamber of Commerce will play host tonight to an expected 125 Jaycees from the Southern California district for dinner and a district meeting at the Elks club at 7 p.m. Dr. Warren Hollingsworth, Anaheim president, will open the meeting, after which the gavel will be turned over to Andy Corona of Downey, state jaycee vice-president. Honored guests slated to attend are Dr. Phil Reames, vice president of the US Junior Chamber, and Ira Kaye, member of the board of directors of hundreds of Y's Men. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—THIS SORT OF THINGS IS STRICTLY HEALTHISED TO HE BE LIABLE FOR ANY "WAIT" TRY FOR "SOFT TOUCHES." Ham Teltebaum told threatened with income son, his voice breaking won't you gentlemen in of thing" as he said sucter and reputation. Charles Scandal-H WASHINGTON (UP)—Chief Oliphant resigned today counsel of the scandal-hit Revenue Bureau. Announcing his resignation phant made public a lo Anaheim Y's Ready to Open Yule Tree Lot Members of the Anaheim Men club reported today was in readiness for the corner of their Christmas tree and the corner of Chesnut and First venture of the into Christmas tree business project is a traditional has become the Yuletide of hundreds of Y's Men Anaheim Fire Chief Lists Rules To Follow for a Safe Christmas Christmas tree lots are being published around town again it won't be long before every one in Anaheim shines again in the warmth and splendor of the traditional symbol of the holiday. The Christmas tree stands for joy and gladness of the Christmas season, but it can produce error and heartbreak if not properly installed and handled, ordering to Anaheim Fire Chief Stringer. To take the chances unhappily out of public and home-shelled Christmas trees, Chief Stringer listed some precautions to take: **Station Important** When planning your Christmas tree at home, choose a safe location away from any heat source and where the tree cannot fall and block a doorway; cut the base on an angle, stand it in a container of wet sand or water, brace it well, and use only non-flammable decorations. Flameproofed cotton and crepe paper, non-flammable plastics, tinsels and flameproofed trees are available and will reduce the fire hazard. "Christmas tree lights and wiring should be of the approved type. Never use wiring with frayed or damaged insulation and avoid overloading circuits. Don't run wiring over nails. Try to arrange light globes so they are not in contact with the tree needles," (Continued on Page 5) **It's Official—OCMWD Part Of MWD** Official status of the Orange county Municipal Water district as a member of the Metropolitan Water district is now completely established. A copy of the certificate of annexation of the municipal water district to MWD has been received by the Water district secretary, Don Hiber of Placentia, from Secretary of State Frank Jordan. The certificate is based upon results of the annexation election held Oct. 16, when the proposal carried by a vote of 25 to 1. It also embraces the record of all district proceedings up to that point, it is said. **Temperature** Temperature reading in town Anaheim at 2 p.m. was 60. High for the past 24 hours was 64 at 2:30 yesterday. Low was 59 a.m. today. CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY ZETTE The Weather S. Calif.—Scattered showers mostly in mountains early tonight. Snow level near 4500 feet. Mostly clear Thursday. Locally strong winds. BER 5, 1951 5c per Copy — 50c per Month NUMBER 25 Wonderland Sessions in Korea Allied Jets Continue Victorious MUNSAN, Korea (P)—Allied negotiators asked questions for two hours and a half at an Alice-in-Wonderland sort of Korean truce session today—and got the answer to just one question. The reds defined what they meant by a neutral country and gave examples: Communist Czechoslovakia and Poland, or non-communist Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark. The communists want neutral teams to supervise any truce reached, and only at "ports of entry." Allied subcommitteeen at Panmunjom asked 30 times what the reds meant by "ports of entry." They didn't get an answer; the reds said they already had answered clearly. Subcommitteeen scheduled another meeting for 11 a.m. Thursday (7 p.m. Wednesday PST) to WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO STOP THIS SORT OF THING—Jess Larson, General Services Administration head, denies in tonight's tax scandal probe hearing that he belongs to any "Washington clique" looking around the country for "soft touches." Earlier in the day, Chicago Lawyer Abraham Teitelbaum told the House subcommittee that he was threatened with income tax trouble unless he paid $500,000. Larson, his voice breaking, pleaded: "In the name of Almighty God won't you gentlemen in Congress do something to stop this sort of thing" as he said such "hearsay testimony" could ruin character and reputation. (Associated Press Wirephoto) Charles Oliphant Resigns Scandal-Hit IR Bureau WASHINGTON (UP)—Charles A. Oliphant resigned today as chief counsel of the scandal-hit Internal Revenue Bureau. Announcing his resignation, Oliphant made public a letter to President Truman in which he said he had been the target of attacks, villification, rumor and innuendo beyond the point of human endurance." Oliphant told reporters his resignation was voluntary and had been accepted by the White House, effective immediately. Oliphant has been mentioned repeatedly in testimony before a House Ways and Means subcommittee which is investigating reports of fraud and corruption in the Internal Revenue Service. His name came into the testimony, yesterday from Abraham Teitelbaum, Chicago lawyer who said there had been an attempt to shake Teitelbaum down for $500,000. Teitelbaum said the request for this sum to "take care" of his tax troubles was made by Frank Nathanson. So. County Bank Declares Bonus The regular employee's Christmas bonus of one-half of a month's salary was declared by the Board of Directors of the Southern County Bank, according to an announcement of R. Foster Lamm, president. The bonus applies to all employees who have completed one full year's service. For employees with less than one year's service, the amount is prorated according to the number of months of service, with a minimum of $25.00. Citrus Market The California Fruit Growers Exchange reported today all auction markets California oranges were slightly higher valencias. Yule Tree Lot Members of the Anaheim Y's Men club reported today that all was in readiness for the opening of their Christmas tree lot on the corner of Chesnut and Lemon. First venture of the clubmen into Christmas tree business, the project is a traditional one that has become the Yuletide project of hundreds of Y's Men's clubs across the United States. All trees, accordingly, are purchased through a select Y's Men purchasing agency. First shipment of trees, which will total more than a thousand during the pre-Christmas season, will arrive late this week and go on sale Saturday, Dec. 8. A second shipment will arrive a week later. Holders of deposit tickets, being sold by hundreds of Y' club youths this week, will receive first pick of the trees. Purchase of these tickets also contributes directly to the Y' club treasury of the salesman. Approximately 300 trees will go to early arriving ticket holders. The Christmas tree lot, to be open from 9 a.m., to 9 p.m., daily beginning this Saturday, will remain open until Dec. 22. Lot operations are under direction of clubmembers Jim Morris and Harold Schneider. Temperatures Temperature reading in downtown Anaheim at 2 p.m. today was 60. High for the previous 24 hours was 64 at 2:30 p.m. yesterday. Low was 53 at 6 a.m. today. Report Erupting Volcano Takes Over 500 Filipinos MANILA (F) — The Philippine News Service tonight said more than 500 bodies had been recovered from the ash-strewn slopes of Hibok Hibok volcano on Camiguin island in the southern Philippines. The volcano erupted twice yesterday. It still spouted smoke and flames today. Goy. Pacienco Ysalina of Eastern Misamis Province, who came from nearby Mindanao island to take charge of rescue and evacuation, estimated that 2000 may have died in yesterday's first eruption, which witnesses have called an atomic-like blast. Neither the governor's estimate nor the news service's figure had confirmation. Red Cross headquarters in Manila said tonight the Philippines army had recovered 169 bodies. A Red Cross director of disaster relief, Dr. Joaquin Canuto, radioed headquarters that the dead were being cremated or buried as fast as they were found. He said injured were being sent from the stricken northern section Camiguin to Mahinog on the southeast coast of the island for treatment for scalds and burns. Volcanic heat began subsiding and rescue workers were able to penetrate deeper into the ash and lava area.