anaheim-gazette 1952-02-12

City-urban finances... From the initial pilot study made by the state assembly and senate committees on county government, there appear to be no serious problems regarding services to urban areas which would require or force annexations or incorporations. This conclusion was drawn following submission of the pilot report in Sacramento by Assemblyman Earl Stanley, of Orange county, who is chairman of the assembly committee. The study was initiated in Sacramento county after the committee, the County Supervisors association and the League of California Cities agreed that the county was somewhat typical of the situation throughout the rest of the state, with regard to urban fringe area and rural population. The investigations are the culmination of an attempt by the IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Pines of Anaheim, Gassett By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years ago February, 1977 Mr. Clift, the energetic agent of the Evart Stage Company, arrived here from San Diego yesterday, bringing with him fifteen horses which he intends turning out to pasture. He reports the country south of here as looking fine. On the Santa Margarita Ranch there is already quite a lot of new grass for the cattle. Those who drive through our streets can assist the surveyors in their work by using a little care to avoid running against the unincorporated urban areas out of city taxes paid on the county levy. One of the interesting developments of the survey is the fact that 90 per cent of the population of the county is in the city of Sacramento and three judicial townships adjacent to the city. Most of the population in the three townships, the report said, reside in unincorporated "urban" areas. Special law levies in the unincorporated areas it was stated, provide revenue for the county secondary road system and recreation services in those areas. On the other hand, the county library fee is not levied on property in the City of Sacramento. The report indicated it is almost a hundredth fault, because of the variety of sources of revenue from all cities of local government in the county, to measure the cost of government paid by any particular class of taxpayers, or of municipalities of local government service. The report it was indicated, will be a part of a large report to be submitted when the battle is renewed at the 1953 legislative session. Senators who praisedged honesty of Harold Icke he died last week will so chance to put their so into more concrete form. Lister Hill resolution, Icke's idea of putting oil revenues into a national fund, soon come a vote. If passed, this would settle the red hot issue lands oil which has fires between Washington the three big off-shore o- California, Louisiana Texas—ever since the S Court awarded this oil federal government. With schools needing fun than ever before and unseriously short of money Ikes plan to put fidel Those who drive through our streets can assist the surveyors in their work by using a little care to avoid running against the poles which are set up. They will be up only a few days, and if knocked down, require time and trouble to replace. The committee appointed to take charge of the resuscitation of the Literary Society held a meeting last night and prepared an elaborate report, which will be laid before the society next Monday evening. The pay car of the C.P.R.R. left Mojave yesterday morning at 11 o'clock for Los Angeles. It will soon make glad the hearts of the employees at this end of the route. A certain John Fowler was arrested Tuesday night on a complaint by Max Marks, of making a disturbance around the store of P. David & Bro., and exhibiting a deadly weapon in an angry manner and without cause. The suit was dismissed by defendant paying costs. 50 Years Ago February, 1982 S. Armor and M. Nixon, representing the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company were in town on Thursday afternoon, accompanied by Attorney Keech and Engineer Mrs. Charles S. Rogers has begun suit in Los Angeles for divorce from her husband, alleging desertion and failure to provide. Herman Krueger was in town on Tuesday morning from his ranch at Los Alamitos. Mrs. Lee King, the former Miss Marie Vinson, has arrived from Indian territory on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Vinson. Mrs. Lee Scott, who has been visiting relatives here for a few days, has departed for her home in Arlington She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Joyce Littlefield. G. C. Sanchez, a well-to-do and highly esteemed citizen of Yorba, was a business visitor in town on Saturday. Mrs. Louisa Pratt left this morning for San Bernardino where she will visit with Mrs. Geissel. Mrs. T. R. Garrison was in the city from the Off Wells one morning last week. Bob Raines was in town on Tuesday from Puente oil wells. 25 Years Ago February, 1987 With the booking of 10 prisoners at the county jail Tuesday the number of inmates reached the highest point in the history of WASHINGTON — Louey Johnson, the pleasant, barren-beamed ex-Secretary of Defense, has had three private talks with the president, all through the White House back door. Two were at his request, the last was requested by Truman. What the president clearly wanted, Johnson later told friends, was to get the veteran strained out politically. He figured that Johnson, a big wheel in the American Legion, with his law partner, Don Wilson, now national commander, might be able to swing a lot of the votes back into Democrat ranks. But Johnson was quite unenthusiastic. "I don't think I could very well go to the veterans," he said, "with my reputation for having been fired, and expect to make a successful political appeal." The president didn't comment on this, but asked his ex-Secretary of Defense what he thought of the political situation. "I don't think Eisenhower will get anywhere," Johnsdh told friends that he replied. "But I think he has enough strength to block Taft." In the case of that deadlock I think MacArthur will be the nominee, and he is one man. Mr. President, you can't beat." Anniversary of McCarthy Charges It has now been exactly two years today since Senator McCarthy made his first claim, in a Lincoln's birthday speech at Wheeling, W. Va., that there were 205 communists in the State de- In the case of that deadlock I think MacArthur will be the nominee, and he is one man Mr. President, you can't beat." Anniversary of McCarthy Changes It has now been exactly two years today since Senator McCarthy made his first claim in a Lincoln's birthday speech at Wheeling, W. Va., that there were 203 communists in the State department. Immediately thereafter, at Salt Lake City, he changed his figure to 57 and announced that he would supply the names to Secretary of State Acheson on request. Later he apped the figure to 51. But so far McCarthy has supplied the name of no one who has been proved a communist, and Senator Tydings of Maryland still has a $25,600 offer to McCarthy on this score. The only man who has been barred from working in the State department as a result of McCarthy's charges is John Service, found by the Loyalty board to have been indiscreet and a poor security risk it giving information to a newspaper. The Loyalty board specifically stated that it had no reason to doubt Service's loyalty and made it clear he was no communist. Monument to Ickes Senators who praised the rugged honesty of Harrold Ickes when he died last week will soon get a chance to put their sentiments into more concrete form. For the Lister Hill resolution, carrying out Icke's idea of putting fidelands oil revenues into a national educational fund, soon comes up for a vote. If passed, this would finally settle the red-fist issue of tidelands oil which has fanned the fires between Washington and the three big off-shore oil states—California, Louisiana and Texas—ever since the Supreme Court awarded this oil to the federal government. With schools needing funds more than ever before and universities seriously short of money, the Ickes plan to put tidelands oil TV-RADIOLOGIC Al Pearce and His Gang Take Video Plunge Soon By TOM E. DANSON HOLLYWOOD — Al Pearce doesn't know prunes about television, but he does know prunes about prunes. This I found in chatting with big amiable Al here the other day as he was preparing to get his feet into video. The program was started on the CBS television network on Monday, Feb. 11, at 10:45 a.m. I say Feb. 11, because that's the date he rode the cables cross-country, but here in the Los Angeles area, he will be seen beginning Feb. 18, at 10:45 in the yawning. "I've put in over 20 years in radio," Al said, "and I think I know a little about that medium. But I've got only a few preconceived notions about TV. I do know I'm going to be informal, and I'm going to try for 45 minutes of good entertainment every day." Al retired from show business a few years ago, going into the prune business in Northern California. He told me he once thought he could stay away from show business the rest of his life. But after he quit radio to concentrate on his prunes, he started doing hospital and military camp shows for the boys. He traveled over half the globe whenever they needed someone. Then he started looking at television, as so many show people do and have, and the first thing he knew he was saying to himself, "Gosh, I'd like to try that." So back he comes. Al will bring some of the favorites from his old Happy Go Lucky Store. time, will include Edith the San Francisco plumbers was Al's first big back in '28. He'll also have Jay emcee and the grand maid of Walter Gross, and-ing week guests as Jo Ann Green. "With talent like it ought to be able to tell minutes of me, don't yell asked me. "Elmer think you'll have a go hope, I hope, I hope." If you haven't there's a pruners." DOWN TV-RADIO Hanley Stafford, who portrayed the father Snooks" (the late Fannie now making his entry an actor . . . Latest co to be packaged for TV Orphan Annie" and "Giley," with plans calling ing of 26 half hour s FCC Chairman Wayne dicts the end of the TV 30 days . . . Harry Bab Scoutmaster of Pack 81 wood. TELE-TIPS ... That a triple-eross in the fi will be told in "The F Personal Appearance Tvviewed over KECA ... Tonight "Roving take viewers to Mexico in Mexican waters; shi ing will be shown. This at 7:15 from WILLA wood. settle the red-hot issue of tide-lands oil which has fanned the fires between Washington and the three big offshore oil states—California, Louisiana and Texas—ever since the Supreme Court awarded this oil to the federal government. With schools needing funds more than ever before and universities seriously short of money, theicks plan to put tidelands oil royalties into an educational fund getting more support. Also many senators feel it would be a just rribute to a man who did more to preserve the national domain than anyone else in this generation. The new jail, according to Joe Servine, deputy jailer. There are 39 prisoners in the county jail, one more than ever before accommodated in the bastile. Before the new jail was built two years ago, the number of county prisoners varied from 175 to 200, but there has been a marked decrease in the number of prisoners during the last 10 months, jailers said. Mrs. Nellie E. Terry attended an executive board meeting of California Women's Republican Federation, Southern Division, Los Angeles on Tuesday. The meeting was at the home of the state president, Mrs. D. P. Clark. After lunch, Mrs. Florence Collins Pierce gave an interesting sport of hot reckless trip to Washington when she attended the conference of Republican women killed by Mrs. Alvin T. Furt, national vice-chairman of the National Republican committee. These recommendations which Post makes are made after extensive study. Sometimes as much as a year's research is put into a certain problem. But by the same argument, the department making the request has also assigned its staff to a full year's job to justify the request. It is up to the Legislature to decide which argument has the most merit, and the Senate is more likely than the Assembly to agree that Post is unbiased in his analysis and presentation than a department, say, which is seeking an additional $4,000,000. Post, then, might be happier when the month ends and the Senate committee looks over his recommendations and starts following them. He isn't and couldn't be now, what with the Assembly committee just hopping along at a good spending pace, recommendations be darned. Political Hogwash? The Democratic Central committee of Los Angeles submitted a request to the Attorney General for the single purpose of keeping an eye on the Department of Finance and the various state departments, to make sure that in 861 pages of small type and some 800 lines they don't pull any fast ones over on the Legislature. Also it is his job to keep things within reason. This last week in the first week of budget hearings before the Assembly Ways and Means committee and its various sub-committees, Post and members of his staff have had to sit in and watch their recommendations go out the window in the great majority of instances, especially where the big money is involved. AI will bring some of the favorites from his old Happy Go Lucky Gang with him, Arlene Harris, "the human chatterbox" will be on hand, and so will Elmer Blurf, the low-pressure, door-to-door salesman invented by Al. Others, from time to time into an allegation contained in a magazine article that oil companies owe more than $4 billion in back taxes on the basis of their failure to pay 50 cents a barrel for piped oil pursuant to a 1913 law. The attorney general said he would look into it, as he is required to do so by law. But though if will be some time before an opinion is rendered, it appeared that the allegation was based on premise only. Most of the law was declared unconstitutional or injunctions were obtained in the U.S. courts stopping its enforcement. Political observers here just cocked an eye at the fact that this is an election year, and the charges are already beginning to roll off the tongues of both sides. Taxes LOS ANGELES (T)—A demand on the state to pay time and one-half for overtime work by state employees has been voted by the California State Employees Association. TELE-TIPS . . . The triple-cross in the fi will be told in "The Personal Appearance T viewed over KECA . . . Tonight "Roving take viewers to Mexico in Mexican waters; sh ing will be shown. This at 7:15 from KYLA (C laugh and adventure motion picture will be KTTV (11) at 6, when mas Eve" is presented Korean war extension subject for "America tonight over KECA (T) Esplonage and count age are the ingredients "Suspense" story 'toni KNXT (2) at 9:30 . . . cetady, N.Y., will be sa the Ted Mack "Amater tonight at 10 from KNX DIAL-LITES . . . February days will be honored de Lucille Norman show ton KNX at 7:30 . . . Raymey sey will portray his fam actorization of Lincoln "Calvalcade of America" at 8 . . . Christina Palm Hartford, Conn., and Jack of Indiana, have been se sing during the Metropolitions from KECA at 8:30 "Official Detective" pro augurates a series of av outstanding police work da aling from KHJ at 9:30 THOUGHT FOR THE Hold your dime from thie of Dimes, and you'll feel cents. Copyright, 1951, by Universi and TV Feature Synd OBLONG VIEWS FROM AN EGG-SHAPED HEAD BY WALDO HUNTER ALTHOUGH WE WOULD not go so far as to blame the U.S. government for the latest airline disaster in New Jersey (as the county seat paper did in an editorial yesterday) your correspondent does have reason to believe that air travel is not all that it is cracked up to be. And no pun is intended here. Hal Boyle TAMPA, Fla. — The pirate past lives again hard in one of the nation's greatest festivals. It is the carnival of Gasparilla, a five-day holiday on fun and frolic inspired by the deeds and misfeeds of legendary old Jose Gaspar, the bloodiest buccaneer who even fed an honest sailor to the shark. The fete is Florida's equivalent of the Mardi Gras. Each year it draws crowds estimated by police at 500,000 to 600,000. People drive up to 200 miles or more to see it, wait up all night in parked cars in order to have a good vantage point for the parade. To tourists the celebration is a high point of the winter season. It is begun by a mock invasion of the city by ye mystic krewe of Gasparilla. They are some 350 Tampa business and social leaders dressed as freebotters, complete with cutlasses and black eye patches. After landing yesterday, they led a parade of 58 colorful floats, 35 bands, and thousands of marchers to the state fairgrounds. They arrived in two small vessels because the old three-masted sailing ship used in other years had become unseaworthy. At least It was my great displeasure to take an airliner to Chicago last week, and the trip did much to dispel rosy visions of the delights of air transport as whoooped up in the travel ads. To begin with, the plane was two hours late getting off from the Burbank airport. Running this late is something unfamiliar in railroad circles, having earthquake, flood and war. The seafire were not too roony, and there was no arm root between you and your neighbor. My neighbor happened to be a chic young French chick bound for New York who squirched early attempts at conversation by saying "no speech English," or something like that. Nowhere on this trip (a night run) did I see evidence of the plentiful food which is supposed to be showered on plane passengers with a profligate hand. In fact, there seemed to be a sustained and devilishly executed plot to starve the travelers into submission of some sort. At the outset of the flight all hands were served a sweet roll, followed by a container of coffee timed to reach you about 15 minutes after the roll had been forced down. No other provender was offered until the dreary dawn when the cramped, bleary and red-and-assembly His Gang age Soon E. DANSON time, will include Edna Pischer, the San Francisco pianist who was Al's first big radio show back in '28. He'll also have Jay Stewart as emcee and the grand musicianship of Walter Gross, and such opening week guests as Joe Graydon and Jo Ann Green. "With talent like that, people ought to be able to take a few minutes of me, don't you think?" Al asked me. "Elmer Blurt, I think you'll have a good show, I hope, I hope, I hope." I said, "and if you haven't, there's always your prunes." DOWN TV-RADIO ROW . . . Hanley Stafford, who for 16 years portrayed the father of "Baby Snooks" (the late Fanny Brice) is now making his entry in TV as an actor . . . Latest comic strips to be packaged for TV are "Little Orphan Annie" and "Gasoline Alley," with plans calling for filming of 26 half hour shows . . . FCC Chairman Wayne Coy predicts the end of the TV freeze in 30 days . . . Harry Babbit is Cub Scoutmaster of Pack 81 in Brentwood. TELE-TIPS . . . The story of a triple-cross in the fight game will be told in "The Fin," when Personal Appearance Theater is Tviewed over KECA (7) at 7 . . . Tonight "Roving Cameras" take viewers to Mexico, where, in Mexican waters, shark catching will be shown. This comes on at 7:15 from KELA (5). ers dressed as freebotters, complete with cutlasses and black eye patches. After landing yesterday, they led a parade of 58 colorful floats, 35 bands, and thousands of marchers to the state fairgrounds. They arrived in two small vessels because the old three-masted sailing ship used in other years had become unseaworthy. At least one bystander thought this was a mistake. “If the krewe had sailed in that old ship and she sank,” he mused, “there'd have been a lot of nice jobs open in Tampa tomorrow.” However, the pirates made it ashore safely with no casualties except knee bruises and began firing pistols. With a stock of 50,-000 blank cartridges to shoot up, they promised a noisy five days. Tonight at a coronation ball the city's social king and queen will be crowned. Tomorrow 7000 children will march in a parade symbolizing the unity of America's 48 states. The pirate band will lead a torchlight parade Thursday through Ybor City, Tampa's Spanish section. On Saturday they board ship again and sail away, ending the festival. “And all next week the men will be so tired and quiet you could hear a pin drop anywhere in the city,” one wife said. The festival, begun in 1904 and financed by a wealthy cigar manufacturer, surprised and pleased the city. It has grown each year until now civic groups chip in some $250,000 to make it a success. There is no purpose behind it except for everyone to have a little fun,” said one man. That is why it is so popular. The mock celebration of his exploits must amaze the ghost of old Jose Gaspar. If he was half the scoundrel he is credited with being. He is reputed to have been a Spanish naval heiutenant who led a mutiny, formed his own pirate band, and looted and sunk at least 36 merchant vessels after forcing their crews to walk the plank. ed and devilishly executed plot to starve the travelers into submission of some sort. At the outset of the flight all hands were served a sweet roll, followed by a container of coffee timed to reach you about 15 minutes after the roll had been forced down: No other provender was offered until the dreary dawn when the cramped, bleary and red-eyed assemblage was allowed a breakfast of coffee and one tiny flumbleful of pineapple juice per head. Some of the passengers were fortunate enough to snatch sandwiches at a crowded lunch counter in the teeming Kansas City airport during a 30-minute stop; but they were the lucky ones. Just before landing at Chicago (in a sticky, wet flurry of snow) the management weakened somewhat and in a rare show of magnanimity gave each passenger a stick of gum, a gesture which was greeted by happy shouts of laughter from all around. There were other disappointments. The stewardess was not too much of a stunner, and although she made numerous trips to the pilot's cabin she never emerged from that cubicle looking anything at all like a gal who had just been kissed. No budding romance here between pilot and stewardess. Another airline fable turned to ashes! At no time during the flight were we told how high we were flying or what part of the country or what city we were over. They never told us our air speed. Probably ashamed to. The vaunted friendliness, helpfulness and efficiency of the stewardesses was nowhere evidenced, and I saw four of them in action at different times during this round trip. Not one of them asked me if I wanted an aspirin, a sleeping pill, or even a revolver. The only time one of them addressed me was with a brusque order to pinch a cigarette over Kansas City. And if you really want to feel silly, just get yourself worked into a position where TELE-TIPS ... The story of a triple-cross in the fight game will be told in "The Fix," when Personal Appearance Theater is Tviewed over KECA (7) at 7 ... Tonight "Moving Cameras" take viewers to Mexico, where, in Mexican waters, shark catching will be shown. This comes on at 7:15 from KYLA (5) ... A laugh and adventure-packed motion picture will be shown on KTTV (11) at 8, when "Christmas Eve" is presented ... The Korean war extension is the subject for "America Votes" tonight over KECA (7) at 9 ... Explonage and counter-exploration are the ingredients for the "Suspense" story tonight over KNXT (2) at 9:30 ... Schenectady, N.Y., will be saluted on the Ted Mack "Amateur Hour" tonight at 10 from KNBH (4). DIAL-LITES ... February holidays will be honored during the Lucille Norman show tonight from KNX at 7:30 ... Raymond Massey will portray his famous characterization of Lincoln during "Calvalcade of America" from KFI at 8 ... Christina Palmer, from Hartford, Conn., and Jack De Lon, of Indiana, have been selected to sing during the Metropolitan Auditions from KECA at 8:30 ... The "Official Detective" program inaugurates a series of awards for outstanding police work during the airing from KHJ at 9:30. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY ... Hold your dime from the March of Dimes, and you'll feel like two cents. Copyright, 1951, by Universal Radio and TV-Feature Syndicate The mock celebration of his exploits must amaze the ghost of old Jose Gaspar, if he was half the scroundrel he is credited with being. He is repulsed to have been a Spanish naval lieutenant who led a mutiny, formed his own pirate band, and looted and sunk at least 36 merchant vessels after forcing their crews to walk the plank. During a visit ashore he is said to have slit his pretty wife's throat because she objected to one of his business transactions. At the age of 65, the story goes, old Jose must have gotten near-sighted, because in 1821 he attacked a U.S. naval brig disguised as a merchant ship. Soon his own ship was full of cannon holes, Gaspar wrapped a chain around him, leaped overboard and drowned rather than attend the hemp necktie party he knew would be held in his honor. Today you can buy a map giving the most likely sites where he buried his gold, and a lot of people buy them. But last year Florida passed a law that the state was entitled to its share of any buried treasure dug up. Hereabouts this is widely regarded as the most useless statute on the books. “If I was lucky enough to lay my hands on any of old Gaspar’s gold,” said one fellow. “I can't imagine myself being so dumb as to write a bragging postcard about it to the Florida legislature.” SAN DIEGO (D)—Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-la), here for a Lincoln Day address, says he will have “plenty to say” in support of Sen. William F. Knowland (R-Calif) for reelection. and I saw four of them in action at different times during this round trip. Not one of them asked me if I wanted an aspin, a sleeping pill, or even a revolver. The only time one of them addressed me was with a brusque order to pinch a cigarette over Kansas City. And if you really want to feel silly, just get yourself worked into a position where a woman can order you to pinch a cigarette over Kansas City and make it stick. Statisticians will prove to you that you are far safer in an airplane than at your own breakfast table. But this won't make you feel any more comfortable on a plane. Proponents of air travel will tell you that it is impossible for you to get you from Los Angeles to Chicago in nine hours. To them I reply that it is also impossible for a train to plunge through a cloud from two miles up and smear itself all over a mountain range. But what really stopped me cold was the French girl who couldn't speak English. As I left the plane at Chicago she smiled and said: “Extremely uneventful trip, was it not?” (To Be Continued) NEW YORK (D) — A contact lens no bigger than a drop of water, and weighing less, has been perfected after 27 years of research. Dr. William Feinbloom told the Brooklyn Optometrical Society recently. The first broadcast of a political convention was the Republican meeting in Cleveland in June, 1924.