anaheim-gazette 1952-05-08

Anaheim Gazette THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1952 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Published afternoons, Monday through Friday, at 250 East Center, Anaheim, California. Phone Anaheim 2206. Entered as second-class matter at the Anaheim, California, Postoffice on June 5, 1879, under the Act of March 8, 1879. The Gazette is a member of the Associated Press, the National Editorial Association, and California Newspaper Publishers Association. All rights herein are reserved. Subscription: $60 per month by carrier or $4 per year by carrier or mail. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news articles in this newspaper as well as all A.F. news dispatches. THEODORE B. KUCHEL MAX BEILER LEONARD KREIDT NEIL STANLEY W. E. NELLEN RALPH BOULAND DON YOUNG Publisher City Editor Advertising Manager Assistant Advertising Manager Classified Advertising Manager Circulation Manager $10 down, $1 per week... For the first time in 20 months, the government has given you free rein to buy that car, television set, or furniture on whatever terms you can get. The Federal Reserve Board yesterday suspended controls over down payments and time to pay—on grounds that an casing of inflationary pressures made the controls no longer necessary. There was varied reaction today as business men and officials tried to size up the case, now that dealers and finance companies may impose their own terms: Authorities on the Reserve Board said actually they expect the effects to be slight. Some trade circles, happy over the suspension of controls pre-1951 new models, down payment is 30 per cent, balance in 30 months; on 1950-49-48 models, 30 per cent down and 24 months for the balance; 1947-46, 30 per cent down, 18 months to pay; and on prewar models, 40 per cent down, balance in 24 months. On television and radio purchases, the bank will require 10 per cent down and 24 months to pay. Regulation "W" required a one-third down payment on automobiles and 15 per cent down on furniture and appliances, with 18 months to pay. THE GOVERNMENT still will regulate terms for real estate purchases under Regulation "X"—and officials said there is little like WASHINGTON — One of personal paradoxes of the dispute which only three or people know, is that President Truman and CIO chief Philray for many years were poor too good personal terms. The public has the impression that they were intimate friends and that it was partly because this intimacy that the W House went to bat for the workers. However, though CIO has thrown powerful political support to Truman, Truman's Murray's personal relations took long time were cool. The coolness dates back to the 1944 Democratic convention in Chicago when Murray was strong supporter of Henry Mace for the vice presidency. Such he opposed Truman, who was not in sympathy with way Sen. Sam Jackson of Indiana abruptly gave the convention to a close in order to stop a bandwagon rush for Wace. That night Murray received call from some of the big Democratic bosses, including Ed Fry of the Bronx and the late Ed Lily of Chicago. They reported they had been trying to stop Harry S. Truman in his determination to be vice president, weren't successful. They asked Murray if he would talk to Truman. Murray, who had a room in Blackstone hotel where Sena The invisible hand... The invisible guest at the Korean truce talks ever since they began last July has been that intangible thing called world opinion. Both sides were fully conscious of it, appealed to it, and were careful about it through more than 320 meetings filled with bickering, crises and hair-splitting. They had to be careful about it because of their own peculiar position. They were involved not only in a shooting war but in an ideological one, too. Each represented itself to people everywhere as the guardian and advance agent of the good life for all people while condemning the other as the enemy of it. Men continued to die on both sides while the talks went on, but not in full battles. If the talks were published, this country would call from some of the big Democratic bosses, including Ed Foley of the Bronx and the late Ed Lilly of Chicago. They reported that they had been trying to stop Harry S. Truman in his determination to be vice president, weren't successful. They asked Murray if he would talk to Truman. Murray, who had a room in Blackstone hotel where Senator Truman also lived, picked up a phone, asked if he could come down and see him. Till come up and see you," replied Truman. And he did. Almost bursting into the room minute or two later, the Senate from Missouri didn't wait for Mr. Ray to open the conversation. "I know what you want," said, "and I'm not going to do." He went on to say that he knew the CIO chieftain wanted him withdraw, that he wasn't going to do so, and left. That ended that. During the years that followed, Murray was not invited to the White House personally as he was by FDR. He went there only with other labor leaders. And it was until about a year ago that he was called in for a personal confidential talk with the president. WASHINGTON PAPELINE Few people, even in Kentucky, know how much it pays to hail Alben Barkley pulling wires to the Bluegrass state. The other day Truman himself telephone Secretary for Air Finite after half apologetically explained that the Veep was concerned about the transfer of an air force training center from Boone county, Kentucky, to Clinton county, Ohio. The transfer had already been partially made, but now is being made back to Kentucky. Meanwhile the Senate Armed Services committee is investigating why the A Force spent the extra money shift an air base from Kentucky to Ohio and back again. The committee doesn't know that the Veep is involved. Tennessee friend of Senator McKellar are discussing the possibility of hiring a private railroad car for the Senator... because of their own peculiar position. They were involved not only in a shooting war but in an ideological one, too. Each represented itself to people everywhere as the guardian and advance agent of the good life for all people while condemning the other as the enemy of it. Men continued to die on both sides while the talks went on, but not in full battles. If the talks accomplished nothing else they at least had provided a pause in the full war in which more men would have died. And so long as the talks continued the rest of the world could hope there might not be a resumption of that war which might lead to world war. SO BECAUSE the world had a stake in the outcome, each side knew what the opinion of the invisible guest would be toward the side which broke off the talks and let the war begin for any trivial reason. Only a few weeks ago there was hope in the U.S.A. that the talks would soon reach a successful conclusion with a ceasefire. But suddenly the communists met a terrible setback in world opinion. It was on the matter of prisoners. The communists have about 12,000 U.N. prisoners, about 7000 of them South Koreans. The U.N. has 173,000 prisoners: 100,000 North Koreans, 20,000 Chinese, and 53,000 South Koreans who were civilians or who had fought for the communists. Before there could be a cease-fire agreement, the communists wanted an exchange of prisoners: they'd hand over their 12,000 for the 173,000 held by the U.N. But the U.N. said: Suppose some of the 173,000 don't want to go force the rest to return. THIS WAS A shocking blow to communist prestige in Asia and everywhere. They refused to accept the U.N. position on prisoners. Yesterday the talks had reached their most critical point in 10 months. If the talks broke off now and full war resumed, this country was in a good position to appeal to world opinion to blame the communists. This was done yesterday by President Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, and Deputy Defense Secretary William C. Foster in a series of statements. The president summed it up, he said an armistice would not be bought at the price of the 103,000 prisoners who didn't want to return to communist control where they might be killed. It was a triple statement of the American position, in case war starts again, in language that people on both sides of the Iron Curtain can understand. GOOD SELLING POINTS VIENNA (U.)—The owner of a bookstore in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia advertised four Russian books in her window and almost immediately was arrested by police, the Vienna newspaper "Wiener Kurier" reported today. The bookstore proprietor had written the titles on a poster in the following order: "We Want To Live" "Far From Moscow" "In the Shadows of the Skyscrapers" "Under a Foreign Flag." The origin of oil lamps is lost in antiquity. Death Takes Harold M. Nolan at Home Mr. Harold M. Nolan, 62, a native of Butte, Mont., and resident of Anaheim 10 years, died yesterday morning at his home, 824 N Palm st. Mr. Nolan was a member of St. Boniface church and the Holy Name society. He is survived by his wife, Eugenie; three daughters, Mrs. Chalen Laren, Worcester, Mass., Miss Genevieve Nolan of Anaheim and Sister Mary Humbeline of Roynham, Mass., a sister of the Trapestine Order. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held in the chapel of Back Campbell and Kaulbars mortuary today at 7:30 p.m. Requiem mass will be said in St. Boniface church tomorrow at 9 a.m. with interment to follow in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. WASHINGTON MERCY-60-ROUND TWO-MONTH JUGGLING ACT THOSE WHO ARE WAITING TO HEAR MORE THE EISENHOWER FAITHFUL IKE'S STAND ON MANY QUESTIONS? JUNE RETIREMENT Hal Boyle NEW YORK (AP)—No history of the romance of our times without a chapter on that Romeo of the water cooler—the office wolf. He is Peck's Bad Boy of the business world, but no office is the same without a wolffie or two. What is an office wolf? In pulp love tales he is luridly pictured as a prowling scoundrel evilly plotting to lead astray a poor but innocent working girl. In fact, however, his teeth are less sharp than they are in fiction. Often, alas, his teeth are as false as his design. The average office wolf is as harmless as a tame skunk. He isn't really a wolf at all—he is just a mouse with great yearnings. Usually he is a married man with a wife at home who understands him only too thoroughly. That is why he paws his way around the office in the romantic hope of finding some girl who will be kind enough to misunderstand him a little. If there is anything a man can't stand, it is to be understood all the time. One of the delusions of the office wolf is that his overtures to the hired girls are a guilty secret, known only to him. The truth is, of course, that every conversation in the privacy of the ladies' room starts off: "Well, Mabel, what did old wolffe whisper to you this morning? Isn't he a perfect scream? He'll be the death of me yet—from laughing." IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of Anaheim Gazette By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years Ago May 1877 A geneleman whose ancestors figured probably in the conquest of Mexico, made application to Officer Dick Barham on Sunday for permission to slaughter the inmate of a certain restaurant. He stated that he had been grossly insulted and that his wounded feelings could be satisfied only with blood. He said it had been the law in San Bernardino in 1871 that a permit from an officer would allow a man to kill as many as he liked, and if that law was in force here and Barham would give him a permit, he would soon have revenge upon that restaurant. The Deputy Sheriff informed him that there was no such law upon the statute books of Anaheim, but that the ordinances of our city did make some provisions for persons found drunk and disorderly, and that the best thing he could do would be to go home and leave his revenge upon his insulters for quiet reflection in his sober moments. The following freight was shipped from the depot this morning: 1 sk. potatoes; 300 sheep; 160 lambs; 6 pipes wine; 13 kegs beer; 28 casks wine; 13 puncheons wine; 60 baies wool; 11 dry hides; 9 boxes eggs. Without any extraordinary exertions on our part, the circula- charge of undue self-may say that it is main our exertions that tha- H. R. Hanna will con-liver milk in Anahe-20th. Leonard Parker has old orange trees the which measure fifteen circumference. He will out one thousand you trees. 50 Years Ago May 1902 Maley Alms has sold I orange ranch at Place $10,000 to A. W. Dani-cent arrival from Ontario. Peter Knapp is quite all at his residence sou-town. John R. Gardiner, acc-by Mrs. Gardiner has be Francisco, attending the lodge. Isaac Lyons came do Los Angeles on Monday. A new front has been that portion of the Me which will be used by Jones new restaurant. terlor has been repapere-painted throughout. but now is being made Kentucky. Meanwhile the Armed Services commit- investigating why the Air spent the extra money to air base from Kentucky and back again. The com-oesn't know that the Veep red... Tennessee friends for McKellar are discuss- possibility of hiring a pri-road car for the Senator's on campaign. McKellar is ee to travel by automobile ub up on platforms so they series of R. R. rear-plat- seches... Senate Secrete- Biffle has been quietly in the elderly Veep for together with the dy- young Secretary of the Im- oscar Chapman, for vice THE GIRLS get a big kick out of comparing the techniques the office wolf tries in his daily rounds. If he ever realized this, he would dwindle quickly into an office mouse. That would be too bad because, by and large, he does bring a sense of mild adventure and fun into the workaday routine. I don't pretend to be an authority on office wolves. But girls I have consulted on the subject say they generally fall into three classes—bookkeepers, junior executives, and vice presidents. There is also the cub wolf. This is usually an office boy with a desperate case of puppy love for the boss's secretary. "Bookkeepers want to take you to a horse race on their day off," said one girl. "Junior executives are careful wolves—they want to meet you for a cocktail after work at some out-of-the-way sidestreet bar. "And vice presidents? Well, they are the pinchers. You have to get out of their way. But I really feel sorry for vice presidents. They are such frustrated men. I guess they really lead lonely lives." This young lady said the two- standard feminine formulas for dealing with office wolves are the classic cold shoulder treatment or the play-dumb answer, "gee, Mr. Jones, I don't get election in his sober moments. The following freight was shipped from the depot this morning: 1 sk. potatoes; 300 sheep, 160 lambs, 6 pipes wine, 13 kegs beer, 28 casks wine, 13 puncheons wine, 60 baies wool, 11 dry hides, 9 boxes eggs. Without any extraordinary exertions on our part, the circulation of The Gazette has very materially increased during the past two months. We doubt whether there is any interior paper more generally known and quoted than the Gazette. Not only has it a large circulation in this county (Los Angeles) but it is extensively subscribed for in nearly every county in the state, and a large boundie is sent to different states. Anaheim has achieved an almost world-wide prominence, and without making ourselves liable to a what you mean." But there is a simpler and even more effective way of handling the more persistent type. "Just meet him at the office cooler some morning and whisper to him that you love him desperately and can't live without him," she said. "That will frighten any office wolf out of his skin." That is the true measure of the breed. The office wolf visualizes himself as a gay Casa-nova going through life being endlessly fascinating. He may think he is searching for romance. But there is one thing he is sure he isn't looking for—and that is more responsibility. But the wise boss will always be sure to hire at least one office wolf, purely as a morale factor. He keeps the girls amused. Women are always happier if there is a foolish man around for them to laugh at. 25 Years Ag May 1927 Five hundred gallons of fiscated liquor, which hit into the hands of the sheriff the past several months in our raids, and capture, way into a manhole, location front yard of the county house Fridgy. The liquor out was done under the sion of Sheriff Sam Jernick Deputy Sheriff F. W. Scores of sacks containing were piled high on the cou- lawn, while more than 4 zens stood by and watched trickle of it as it was duned the sewer. All kinds o made up the pouring part was scotch, bourbon, corn, wine, beer, gin and sake hundreds of bottles. Miss Elizabeth Donnelly heim co-ed attending the U- TV-RADIOLOGIC Filmed TV Productions Show Marked Increase By TOM E. DANSON HOLLYWOOD—I talked with one of the veteran film producers of TV programs who told me that the soaring costs of "live" video production, difficulty in clearing network affiliate time, and the new competitive position of television film producers was credited for the rapidly growing trend toward film, and the greatly accelerated sponsor interest in this type of programming. The talk was with Jerry Fairbanks, who said, "Networks would be amazed to learn the number and importance of their top advertisers who are requesting information regarding the filming of their shows." (Ed Note: Your daily newspaper is still the only media that carries a lasting and permanent record of an advertiser's message—being exposed to the reader for many days, and not just a matter of seconds). To back up his point, Producer Fairbanks quoted from a recent survey made by the Wall Street Journal, which showed that the three top networks in recent weeks have lost a total of 24 important shows and gained only six new ones. "A filmed program," Fairbanks said, "is the answer to the ever increasing costs of live shows, and in many cases, film firms are now Jimmie Durante took along the associate producer of his TV show, Jackie Barnett, for his opening in London's Palladium this month... A radio and TV research outfit figured out a way to get its questionnaires returned. A dollar bill was pinned to each one sent out, with the suggestion that the recipient buy a cigar. In less than two weeks, 75 per cent of the questionnaires were returned. TELE-TIPS ... Mother's Day guiding hand of Mrs. Vera May guidin ghand of Mrs. Vera May Lewis during "Playcrafter's Club" over KTLA (5) at 5... Mrs. Julia A. Preston, 80, of Pasadena, will demonstrate that she isn't too old to dance during "You're Never Too Old" from KLAC (13) at 7... Opening of the trout-fishing season at Lake Crowley in the High Sierra will be seen on The Open Road from KTTV (11) at 7:30... Jack Benny makes his first guest appearance with his old time friends, Burns and Allen, during their show tonight from KNXT (2) at 8:30... The puzzling case of a secretary found murdered in a downtown office will be shown on "Dragnet" from KNBH (4) at 9... Two armed forces boxing champs YS OF From the Files of Apaheim Gazette RY KUCHEL charge of undue self-praise, we may say that it is mainly through our exertions that this locality is so well and so favorably known. H. R. Hanna will commence delivering milk in Anaheim on the 20th. Leonard Parker has four year old orange trees the trunks of which measure fifteen inches in circumference. He will shortly set out one thousand young orange trees. 50 Years Ago May 1902 Maley Alms has sold his 10-acre orange ranch at Placecita for $10,000 to A. W. Daniels, a recent arrival from Ontario, Canada. Peter Knapp is quite seriously all at his residence southwest of town. John R. Gardiner, accompanied by Mrs. Gardiner has been in San Francisco, attending the AOUW lodge. Isaac Lyons came down from Los Angeles on Monday to vote. A new front has been built to that portion of the Metz Block which will be used by Jimmy Jones new restaurant. The interior has been repapered and re-painted throughout. Producer Fairbanks quoted from a recent survey made by the Wall Street Journal, which showed that the three top networks in recent weeks have lost a total of 24 important shows and gained only six new ones. "A filmed program," Fairbanks said, "is the answer to the ever increasing costs of live shows, and in many cases, film firms are now able to produce programming even cheaper than the live shows. Cost breakdowns, prove this point." Preference of top talent for film also is beginning to have its affect, it was noted. "Many important personalities," Jerry said, "are holding back until they can have the protection of film, and many names now appearing on 'live' shows—Burns and Allen, Eddie Cantor, Red Skelton, Alan Young, etc.—are turning to film this fall." With the cost of some shows running $100,000 and $150,000 (Milton Berle and Show of Shows), it is no wonder that sponsors are eyeing the advantages of film, and the greater ease it affords the actor while doing a performance. DOWN TV-RADIO ROW Defense Department Books Entertainers To Military Bases in All Corner of Globe By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (P)—The world's biggest booking office is not in the talent centers of New York and Hollywood. It's in Washington, D.C. The head of this global entertainment agency is a round-faced, enthusiastic Air Force Colonel named Joseph Goetz. In Hollywood to help line up a movie premiere in Alaska, he told me how his office dispatches talent to wherever U.S. troops are serving overseas. The agency bears the typically military title of Armed Forces Professional Entertainment Branch. Otherwise there is little resemblance to a governmental agency. Red tape is kept to a few dancers, jugglers, acrobats, magicians, sin'gers, and so forth. We always have 14 of these units throughout the world at one time. There are always three units in Korea, and we send out a new one every three weeks. The entertainment branch has sent to Korea the Jack-Benny-Errol Flynn troupe and those headed by Danny Kaye and Betty Hutton. Jennifer Jones and Audrey Totter went over on "hand-shaking tours;" not being entertainers, they perform by personal visits with the servicemen. AL JOLSON, first star to play in Korea, went on our own battles Isaac Lyons came down from Los Angeles on Monday to vote. A new front has been built to that portion of the Metz Block which will be used by Jimmy Jones new restaurant. The interior has been repapered and repainted throughout. The table will be served with the best market affords. Jimmie's cooking is known to all men, Next Wednesday evening the house will be formally opened with a ball at the armory and a sumptuous supper in the new restaurant. W. A. Frantz is in town from San Jose, accompanied by his wife and two children. He will remain for a visit of a week or two. 25 Years Ago May 1927 Five hundred gallons of consacrated liquor, which had fallen into the hands of the sheriff during the past several months in numerous raids, and capture, found its way into a manhole, located in the front yard of the county court house Friday. The liquor poured at was done under the supervision of Sheriff Sam Jernigan and deputy Sheriff F. W. Howard, cores of sacks containing bottles were piled high on the court house lawn, while more than 100 citizens stood by and watched theickle of it as it was dumped into the sewer. All kinds of liquor made up the pouring party. There was scotch, bourbon, corn, "mule," wine, beer, gin and sake in the hundreds of bottles. Miss Elizabeth Donnelly. Anaheim co-ed attending the Universal city of Southern California, has just been elected a member of the Trojan Amazons. Miss Donnelly is a graduate of Anaheim high school with the class of '24, and she is a candidate for Bachelor of Music degree in '28. The agency bears the typically military title of Armed Forces Professional Entertainment Branch. Otherwise there is little resemblance to a governmental agency. Red tape is kept to a minimum. "The branch was set up last June by Anna Rosenberg, assistant secretary of defense for manpower and personnel," said Col. Goetz. "She recognized the need for a unified agency to handle the entertainment needs for a unified agency to handle the entertainment needs for all the services overseas. And she didn't want any time wasted. I was at my job four weeks before my orders came through." To make it an all-service outfit, the Air Force colonel was joined by a colonel of the Army and a lieutenant commander, representing the Navy and Marine Corps. All work in perfect harmony, Col. Goetz remarked. "We divided our fields of operation into four parts: 1. Korea and the Far East; 2. Alaska; 3. Europe, including North Africa, Iceland and Greenland; and the Ceyribean," Col. Goetz said. "Each division has a regular circuit, so that no area that needs entertainment is overlooked. "The backbone of our operation is not composed of the big-name stars. It is the USO units" The entertainment branch has sent to Korea the Jack-Benny-Errol Flynn troupe and those headed by Danny Kaye and Betty Hutton. Jennifer Jones and Audrey Totter went over on "hand-shaking tours;" not being entertainers, they perform by personal visits with the servicemen. AL JOLSON, first star to play in Korea, went on his own initiative. Bob Hope also made his own arrangements. "Bob is a separate corporation," Col. Goetz explained. "When he wants to go somewhere, he just takes off. That's okay with us, because Bob has done more world-wide service entertaining than any other star." The officer added that more big names are needed for entertainment, particularly in Korea. "The first thing a new base commander asks is where is my live entertainment;" he remarked. The sight of real entertainers is a morale booster that can't be gotten from showing movies. Col. Goetz, a former RKO theater official who spent most of his life in show business, was here to help on arrangements for the premiere of "The World In Arms," which will be held at army bases in Alaska. He remarked that big names are always in demand, but the surest entertainment bet for the troops is Hillbilly music. So far, the entertainment branch has supplied talent only for overseas servicemen. There is no agency to provide entertainment to U.S. camps. "We have the machinery for it, but not the funds," Col. Goetz remarked. "It is too bad, because there are many isolated camps and installations in this country that are badly in need of entertainment."