anaheim-gazette 1951-12-07

A look ahead... Each year brings forth its own fresh crop of sensations—so no one can predict what lies ahead—but from what we know about 1952 ought to be a pretty interesting year. That cuts two ways, overseas and here at home, with practically everybody better able to understand what goes on here than in foreign affairs with high level planning and secret information. Overseas there'll be Korea, of course. War or peace there next year? That's too tough. No one is even guessing. And then there are the Russians. They never stop being a problem. And they won't stop in 1932. War with them? Lots of people don't seem to think so. Some kind of peace with them? That seems too much to hope for. What likely, as goods disappear a bit, leaving more people with more money to spend somewhere. Of course, their spending ability has been cut down a bit by the recent tax increase, which will hit them full force next year. And who knows but that Congress may find it necessary to boost taxes further in 1952? Looking at it at this minute, another tax raise seems a little unlikely. Next year is an election year and the politicians in Congress—the voters have to decide on one third of the 96 Senate seats and all 435 House seats—aren't likely to anger anyone by kiting taxes again. Which brings up the unpleasant business of politics, or pleasant, depending on how you view it. Scandals in the government WASHINGTON—Another coat has been dancing around Justice department — or, the ghost of a mink coat. Of these will-o'-the-wisp, you see-it-now-you-don't - garments that was seen a wife of a Justice department ficial about a year ago, but is seen no more. The coat, beautiful as it supposed to be, is probably as important as some of the fictional maneuvering around Allen Property custodian. The eral public may not realise but the Alien Property custodians millions of dollars of property seized from the mans, Japanese and Italian ing the war. However, a mink coat won the wife of a government of these days is getting to be arson, sabotage or treason, went down to the Justice department to investigate. The husband of the lady, H Baynton, the Alien Property custodian, I had never met him. He seemed like a nice guy willing to open up every day of his life; so I felt sort of off Mr. District Attorney, prying his wife's wardrobe, especially since he was at that time in investigation by GOP Se Wiley of Wisconsin. Senator Wiley, I had learlier, had taken an investig interest in the Alien Property custodian after his brother-in-law R. D. Jenkins, had been t Overseas there'll be Korea, of course. War or peace there next year? That's too tough. No one is even guessing. And then there are the Russians. They never stop being a problem. And they won't stop in 1922. War with them? Lots of people don't seem to think so. Some kind of peace with them? That seems too much to hope for. What then? The answer brings us right back home. We'll still have the defense program. It'll make things tighter and scarcer next year. Defense production officials talk about that. Automobiles, for instance, they say will be scarcer. But if it was just doing without more things, there wouldn't be much of a problem. The problem is: what price defense program? Just around the first of the year we could have a steel strike although that seems unlikely. If one should be called, the president is sure to act to avert it since it would cripple defense production. But the steelworkers are asking for more money. If they get all they want, and the steel companies are allowed to raise their prices to pay for the raise, up goes inflation some more. There'll probably be more inflation anyway, steel strike or no steel strike, with prices edging up a little here and there, but stead- IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of Anaheim Gazette By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years Ago December 1876 Following is a condensed report of the proceedings of the board of supervisors: W. M. McFadden, George P. Mills and Alexander Bailey were declared elected water commissioners for the Anaheim district. The resignation of J. B. Pierce as overseer of irrigation was accepted. T. J. Ellis was appointed as a commissioner and surveyor to act with a surveyor appointed by the supervisors of San Bernardino county to sur- Anaheim. Mr. Huntington's visit has given rise to renewed reports about the early building of the electric line of railway between Santa Ana and Los Angeles through Anaheim. Fullerton, Whittier and La Habra. It is expected that work upon the road between Los Angeles and Whittier will begin immediately, and on this end of the line early in the new year. At Orange it is understood the bonus of $5000 asked for to extend the line through that town has not been raised. Willing to open up every of his life; so I felt sort of Mr. District Attorney, prying his wife's wardrobe, espe- since he was at that time investigation by GOP SenWiley of Wisconsin. Senator Wiley, I had le- earlier, had taken an investig- interest in the Alien Procustodian after his brother-inR. D. Jenkins, had been d- down on a case involving th- international Silk Guild, of wJenkins is an official. The- Guild wanted to collect se- hundred thousand dollars from U.S. government, which the- Property custodian seized d- the war as Japanese funds. Silk Guild claimed they were Japanese funds, but their- funds. However, the Alien custodian finally ruled d- were funds which the Japan had set aside for advertising therefore belonged to Uncle- as Alien Property, not to the Guild and to Senator Wbrother-in-law. Pay to Old Roommate However, this occurred a time ago, and today I think ator Wiley is right in a ge- investigation of the Alien Perty custodian. Meanwhile, I ceeded with the investigation Mrs. Baynton's mink coat. The mink coat, I had her was given to Mrs. Baynton Harold Horowitz, who dr- $27,600 as president of E. L. Co., the former German f- which makes Leica came Since this alien company now operated by the Alien Pre-erty custodian, Horowitz ke- his job partly at the pleas- of Mr. Baynton. Originally Horowitz got his through Herbert Bergson, a mer assistant attorney gen- who turned out to have Horowitz's roommate at Lvard law school. Running Leitz Co., is only a half-time so $27,600 is pretty good so though in fairness to Horowitz it should-be noted that when took the firm over, it was on verge of bankruptcy. Now making real dough. Horowitz also gets an exp- account of about $15,900 a Following is a condensed report of the proceedings of the board of supervisors: W. M. McFadden, George F. Mills and Alexander Bailey were declared elected water commissioners for the Anaheim district. The resignation of J. B. Pierce as overseer of irrigation was accepted. T. J. Ellis was appointed as a commissioner and surveyor to act with a surveyor appointed by the supervisors of San Bernardino county, to survey and establish the boundary line between the two counties. The expense of said survey not to cost the county of Los Angeles more than $1000. In the matter of the Santa Ana roads Nos. 2 and 5, the report of the viewers was approved and an assessment of damages made. The land of Mrs. Jordan was ordered condemned for road No. 4, and that of Northcross for road No. 2, and the roads were ordered opened. 50 Years Ago December 1901 H. E. Huntington, principal stockholder in the new electric lines now building out of Los Angeles, passed through Anaheim a day or two ago, accompanied by Epes Handolph, general manager of the Pasadena and Los Angeles electric road: Chief Engineer Pillbury, of the Los Angeles consolidated system and other gentlemen connected with his enterprises. He proceeded to Los Alamitos and later drove through the Peatlands to Santa Ana. He was met by F. C. Trask, president of the Interurban company, and Captain Tolle of the same company and drove over the proposed route between Santa Ana and electric line of railway between Santa Ana and Los Angeles, through Anaheim, Fullerton, Whittier and La Habra. It is expected that work upon the road between Los Angeles and Whittier will begin immediately, and on this end of the line early in the new year. At Orange it is understood the bonus of $5000 asked for to extend the line through that town has not been raised. Something over $3000 has been pledged and this will be tendered the company as a bonus to build through the town. 25 Years Ago December 1926 Placentia today is an incorporated city of the sixth class as a result of Tuesday's election. One hundred and sixty nine residents favored the move, while 105 opposition votes were cast. The votes must be canvassed by the supervisors and listed with the Secretary of State before the city will have been officially approved. City officials were also chosen at the election. Four trustees were chosen. The fifth trustee will have to be chosen from among three candidates who received the same number of votes each. Harry Easton, S. C. Harmony, M. W. Krick and Andrew Ibsen are assured positions on the board. C. H. Carmichael, G. W. Cowan and Joachim Queyrell will be forced to angle for fifth place on the board. It will be decided by a special election. Fred Woodson was chosen treasurer and E. E. Elsenacher city clerk. All votes were cast in the realty office of Mrs. Nellie Cline. The election board consisted of Gifford Furrar, inspector; Rose Schales a George Cowan, judges, and Neil W. Snell, Fred J. Cline and Boone Miner, clerks. WASHINGTON—Another mink coat has been dancing around the justice department — or, rather, the ghost of a mink coat. It's one these will-o-the-wisp, now-you-see-it-now-you-don't - see - it departments that was seen on the life of a Justice department official about a year ago, but which seen no more. The coat, beautiful as it was supposed to be, is probably not important as some of the political maneuvering around the Alien Property custodian. The general public may not realize it, but the Alien Property custodian andies millions of dollars worth of property seized from the Germans, Japanese and Italians during the war. However, a mink coat worn by the wife of a government official these days is getting to be like person, sabotage or treason, so I went down to the Justice department to investigate. The husband of the lady, Harold Benton, the Alien Property custodian, I had never met before. I seemed like a nice guy and being to open up every detail his life; so I felt sort of like District Attorney, prying into wife's wardrobe, especially since he was at that time under investigation by GOP Senatorley of Wisconsin. Senator Wiley, I had learned earlier, had taken an investigatory interest in the Alien Property custodian after his brother-in-law, D. Jenkins, had been turned IT'S A SMALL WORLD BLIME, A CHAP MEETS ODD CHARACTERS IN A QUEUE THESE DAYS! OUI! former assistant attorney general in charge of the Antitrust division, is an expert on this. Mrs. Baynton's Mink After going into all these things, I came round to the less agreeable subject of the mink coat. I pointed out that Mrs. Baynton had been seen in a mink coat last winter and it was reported that the coat had been given her by Horowitz in return for government favors given him by Mr. Baynton. Mr. Baynton admitted that his wife did have a mink coat last Christmas, but had only borrowed it. "She felt she deserved a mink coat," he explained. "We were in the full flush of just being appointed assistant attorney general, and I guess it went to our heads." "I owe quite a bit to my wife," Baynton continued. "When we moved here from the west to finish my law degree, I got a job at $1200 a year and we lived on my wife's money. In fact, she used up most of her money before I finished studying law. However, we still had some bonds saved up, and we could have bought her a mink coat, in fact we even figured on buying one wholesale. But then last Christmas she borrowed one." I asked if she had got it from Horowitz, and Baynton admitted that she borrowed it from Mrs. Horowitz. "When did she send it back?" "After two months." Pearson's Mean Streak "Wasn't that about the time Merle Young was getting all that publicity on his wife's $8000 mink?" I asked, yielding to what my wife calls "that mean streak" in me. Mr. Baynton denied this. He said his wife had sent it back before the furor over the Merle Young mink. -Colony QuipBy the Gazette Farm Editor PAUL ARMSTRONG, general manager of the Exchange, the perennial board of directors at their annual meeting November that the citrus crop was good this year and that the part hand the Exchange, fresh and canned, sold for more than $150 which represented an increase of about $7 million over last year. This was the sort of thing that the Exchange "released" for cation. Just where the valencia grower stands is still a big mystery will average LESS per box net on the tree. But he will have boxes, as Mr. Armstrong points out so, in comparison with a year the grower should (?) get more dollars. But what does this all MEAN? It would take pages and do to answer that one. But you can say this without fear of coiction: The same old fifty cents a box, of the late depreciation is still being held by our big “sales” (?) agency. A buck today does not equal the fifty cents you got a few years ago. So, as far as the Exchange is concerned, the only thing has gone up is the overhead. The grower's share, which is always the end of the line, is right where it used to be. It just worsened the old grower very much. THE KREMLIN HANDS down the propaganda line about "little hirelings parrot the one about the early season Florida not bringing as much money as the California auction price that was the way the deal started out last year. Remember that ida's early oranges are very poor, especially when compared with late valencias, which today, Mr. McLain and his "trained seals" OAC to the contrary, notwithstanding, are at their peak of quality. (The price is high, too, but maybe we should not make that point, because, we got our valencias moved, didn't we, a 40 odd per cent of them.) Listen to what a Florida citrus man said, this week, group of Florida growers: "The auction markets are flooded Hamlin oranges which are too green to eat." We in California have no such orange as the Hamlin, which every standard except high production, is a poor risk. The gets ripe it falls off the tree, we are told, and for that reason be picked green. Color is put on the outside which improves its appearance—but the inside, there is no remedy for that, except the fruit alone and that, boys and girls, is wha' hoppen. SO-O-O WHEN THOSE Kremlin jokers talk about a pricierential just remember that a Chevrolet costs half as much Cad. Remember that an orange is not just an orange. A good condition would be: an orange is a fruit which brings, under Florida tual, a profit to its grower, but to a California grower it still When did she send it back?" "After two months." Pearson's Mean Streak "Wasn't that about the time Merle Young was getting all that publicity on his wife's $8000 mink?" I asked, yielding to what my wife calls "that mean streak" in me. Mr. Baynton denied this. He said his wife had sent it back before the furor over the Merle Young mink. He had been embarrassed, he said, because his wife told various people she had found the coat under the Christmas tree. "It was a beautiful coat," he sighed, "and you know how women are—especially when their husbands have an important new job for the first time." Personally I wasn't quite sure how to take Mr. Baynton's story, so I've decided to let the reader judge for himself. But one thing I'm sure of is that while mink coats are important, some of the other scandals going on in this town—from the graft in the China lobby, to the B. and O. railroad RFC loan, to Guy Gabrielson's Carthage Hydrocol loan—are a lot worse than Mrs. Baynton's mink coat. Note—The Leitz company is the same firm on which Attorney General McGrath has appointed two of his close associates as directors—G. Merlyn O'Keefe, who runs McGrath's Chrysler/Plymouth agency, and Harold G. Paull, who is vice-president of McGrath's Federal Savings and Loan association in Providence. For Health, Eat California Fruit! OBLONG VIEWS FROM AN EGG-SHAPED HEAD BY WALDO HUNTER SUNDAY, DEC. 7, 1941, broke normally at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, temporary home of Company A, 132nd Infantry, 33rd Illinois National Guard division, of which your correspondent was an infinitesimal (and unwilling) part. It was a bright, clear morning, and a new fallen snow had covered all the dirty spots. Not even the commanding general (noted for a bad liver) would have been able to find fault with the looks of his camp on that morning. The Cumberland mountains in the distance were topped with snow, and there was a tang of wood-smoke in the air. As the privates-of-the-guard paced their posts their breath spewed forth in great plumes of steam, and they were tired and hungry. Their feet and hands were cold, and the rifles which they cradled in stiff arms were like icicles. The order reads: "To take charge of this post and all government property in view." So, carrying an unloaded rifle, you were put to work walking around the base of a 1000-ton water tank. It was an assignment of grave responsibility. Someone just might sneak up on you in the night and trundle that water tank away. Never happened before in the history of the U. S. Army, but just in case... I was doing guard duty that day with Private Paul Lowry, 28, of Mt. Vernon, in southern Illinois. Lowry was possessed of an abysmal ignorance, able neither to read nor write and had not the Army. When an order would come down he would inevitably ask: "Reckon what they wanted to go an' do that fer? Lowry was especially loquacious on this Sunday and in unusually high spirits, for all 28-year-old men were to be discharged from the Army the next day. His baggage was all packed, farewells had been said, and he was to board a train for home a few hours after this last tour of guard duty was finished. A letter to Lowry's family, (written by the platoon sergeant) was on its way informing parents and wife that he would be home in a week or two. Later in the day, after word had been yelled around the camp that the Japanese had dropped bombs on a remote and obscure place with the unfamiliar name of Pearl Harbor, I ran across old Lowry at the Post Exchange. He had already been notified that his Army discharge had been revoked, and he was getting, as he termed it, "drunker than a skunk" on 3.2 beer." I mentioned Pearl Harbor, and QuipsFarm Editor manager of the Exchange, told their annual meeting November 21, year and that the part handled by sold for more than $150 million, about $7 million over last season. Exchange "released" for publication is still a big mystery. He the tree. But he will have more so, in comparison with a freeze dollars. It would take pages and pages away this without fear of contraction, box, of the late depression, (?) agency. A buck a box tells you got a few years ago. concerned, the only thing which power's share, which is always at used to be. It just won't buy the propaganda line and the early season Florida fruit California auction prices. But last year. Remember that Florencia when compared with outlin and his "trained seals" of the bug, are at their peak of eating maybe we should not mention necras moved, didn't we, at least as man said, this week, to a nation markets are flooded with corn to eat." ange as the Hamlin, which, from on, is a poor risk. The day it told, and for that reason must outside which improves the appremedy, for that, except to let us, is wha' hoppen. jokers talk about a price different costs half as much as a just an orange. A good definich brings, under Florida Mu-California grower it still is a ment of grave responsibility. Someone just might sneak up on you in the night and trundle that water tank away. Never happened before in the history of the U. S. Army, but just in case... I was doing guard duty that day with Private Paul Lowry, 28, of Mt. Vernon, in southern Illinois. Lowry was possessed of an abysmal ignorance, able neither to read nor write and had not the slightest idea why he had been impressed into the service. He knew nothing of Germany or England, or even Texas. But we all liked Lowry. He was a great talker and we liked him for the stories he would tell us about life back in his home town. He was also a great drinker. Moonshine was his favorite potable, and he would tell us of taking a jug of the stuff "dawn to the erik" on a summer Sunday afternoon and getting drunk enough to see a snake six inches in diameter crawl up out of the "erik." Lowry could never understand TV-RADIOLOGIC Hot Fiddler, ZaBach, Features Hot Canary By TOM E. DANSON HOLLYWOOD—I'd like to introduce in story form a young fellow who talks almost as fast as he plays the violin, and according to statistics, that's pretty fast! During a recent interview, with the minutes clicking off almost as fast as his words, Florian ZaBach, a blond, handsome 6-footer revealed some facts on violin speed that were amazing. On his $10,000 Landolphi violin, which was made in 1765, Florian plays "Hora Staccato" at the rate of 12.8 notes a second (which is darned fast). At this speed, the notes are well clipped but still distinguishable—a fact which simply means, wonderful technique. In the Army Medical Corps for two years and 10 months as he put it: "as a bedpan commando," his violin playing suffered from lack of practice, however, with about ally hours had been yelled around the camp that the Japanese had dropped bombs on a remote and obscure place with the unfamiliar name of Pearl Harbor, I ran across old Lowry at the Post Exchange. He had already been notified that his Army discharge had been revoked, and he was getting, as he termed it, "drunker than a skunk" on 3.2 beer." I mentioned Rearl Harbor, and he said: "Yeah. Reckon what they wanted to go up' do that fer?" The last time I saw Lowry, he was running down a jungle trail on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands screaming maniacal words; an Army medical corpsman after him with a hypo needle. To this day I wonder what happened to Pvt. Lowry, the illiterate rustic who searched continually for the answer to his not-so-silly question: "Reck-on what they wanted to go an' do that fer?" jokers talk about a price different to the Hamlin, which, from now, is a poor risk. The day it told, and for that reason must outside which improves the appremedy, for that, except to let us, is what hoppen. about with the New Year. In fact, they are nearly as those that went into frozen from Florida. Later on that will be beautiful and TASTE down there and they know more our salesmen (?) of the Kremen want to know. compare your valencias with set from Florida. Later on that will be beautiful and TASTE down there and they know more our salesmen (?) of the Kremen want to know. Santa Claus: I want a doll buggy and I want the roller skates. Thank you, Santa Caus. Janet Kleiver 753 North Olive Santa: I want a jet. I have been a boy. Thank you, Santa kit, toy motor cycle, train. 827 N. Philadelphia Santa: Please bring me a Toni doll. Please bring me a bicycle. Nancy Studhalter 718 N. Claudina In the Army Medical Corps for two years and 10 months as he put it: "as a bedpan comando," his violin playing suffered from lack of practice, however, with about six hours a day spent practicing, he soon was back in the swing of things. ZaBach, born in Chicago Aug. 15, 1921, made his musical debut as a concert violinist at the age of 12. The son of a Chicago janitor, both his mother and father were very proud individuals for his first concert. This was his start, and this was the night that started Florian (which means "God of Fire" in Austrian) on the road that led to his playing for the crowned heads of Europe. Yes, talent—regardless of race, color or creed will always win out, and this great thing called talent can't be bought, no matter whose son one might be... banker's or otherwise. Florian got his stage and nightclub start as a winner of one of Arthur Godfrey's "Talent Scout" shows, and is the first "popular" violinist to come along since the days of Rublinoff. In fact, he has been called the Rublinoff of today and is responsible for a revival of interest in the violin. He is now a Decca record artist, his reedition of "The Hot Canary," on this label being one of Decca's best sellers. He travels extensively, playing theaters and night-clubs, but is grooming for his own TV show in the future. TELE-TIPS ... Model soldiers made entirely of clay by a member of the Glendale Recreation department will be shown on "Playerafter's Club" over KTLA (5) at 5... "The Nymph and the Lamp" will be presented with Margaret Sullavan and Robert Preston in the starring roles over KNXT (2) at 6... Paddy De Marco will mix blows with Sandy Saddler in Madison Square Garden tonight over KNBH (4) at 7... The debut of basketball bows in tonight over KHJ (9) at 8:15 with USC meeting Los Angeles State... Morris S. Frank, vice president of the Seeing Eye, guest stars tonight with Eloise McElhone from KTTV (11) at 10... "Solo Drama" with but one man taking all of the parts is scheduled for a new weekly series over KECA (7) at 10:30. Electronic ventriloquism will be used. DIAL-LITES ... The annual Holiday Magazine awards presentation will be rebroadcast by KFWB tonight at 8:30 with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., as emcee... The VFW posts will link Pearl Harbor Day programs to Cmdr. Hilton's radio broadcast tonight at 8:30... The 10th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day will be marked with a special show from the Hawaiian Naval Base over KHJ at 9:30... "Harrington" finds himself in a spot during the "Mr. DA:" airing over KECA at 9:30. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY ... The best time to solve a big problem is when it is small. Copyright, 1951, by Universal Radio and TV Features Syndicate