anaheim-gazette 1952-06-04

Anaheim Gazette WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1952 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Published afternoons, Monday through Friday, at 259 East Center, Anaheim, California. Phone Anaheim 2206. Entered as second-class matter at the Anaheim, California, Postoffice on June 5, 1878. The Gazette in a member of the Associated Press, the National Editorial Association, and California Newspaper Publishers Association. All rights herein are reserved. SUBSCRIPTIONS: $0.50 per month by carrier or $1 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 printed in this newspaper as well as all A.F. news dispatches. THEODORE B. KUCHEL MAX BESSER LEONARD KREIDT NEIL STANLEY G. E. MELLEN RALPH ROULAND DON YOUNG Voter after election day..... The little man went back to work today, fully determined that next time he'd read more and pay more attention. The elections were over. For months he had been listening to that wordy tribe, the politicians. They foamed and fumed, beating one another over the head with accusations. Now that he remembered, they hadn't promised very much, it seemed. All of it had made him a little uneasy. He never felt quite sure, at least never positive, about where the truth lay and who was telling it. He had cast his ballot, hoping he was doing what was right, hoping he was voting for the better man, the better party, the better program. After every election he had vowed to pay more attention to events between then and the next election, to read more, listen more, learn more, so he would know for himself. Somehow it never quite worked out that way. There was no one to blame but himself. He just didn't put the necessary time in reading, listening, thinking. KIND OF FAT and happy, he just coasted along. And sometimes he got such sharp twinges of conscience that they made him sit up straight. Not very often, though. When he had the twinges he asked himself: "Do I really want to know what more secret Chinese cables just been obtained by this collist, showing how the Chiang government conspired to the United States into a world war and how Chiang in frequent touch with Ge MacArthur behind the state department's back. The cables were sent by Chinese embassy in Washington to Chiang in Formosa and now been translated officially to the United States into a language unable to the (American) people. This policy of embroiling United States in a third world war in order to rehabilitate China apparently was established mediately after the red invasions of Korea on June 25, 1950. For a cable dated July 14, just two weeks after the invasion, Chinese embassy warns that it must be patient about their need to extend the Korean war to rest of the Asiatic mainland. "Whether the Chinese commits send troops to Korea or is of secondary importance," Chinese embassy cabled Chiang "but the war in South Korea be extended in any case should remain patient at time. Whether or not the war extend to other places in Europe." Film Drive-Ins Not 'Passion Pits' Says Manager of Outdoor Theater BY BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD — It's time we took a look into the operation of a drive-in theater. The drive-ins are getting to be a big factor in the movie business. There are 2523 of them in the U.S. and more a-building every month. This compares to 16,320 indoor film theaters, a figure which has been shrinking yearly. I dropped in on my neighborhood drive-in in Van Nuys to learn about how it is run. It's called the Victory Drive-In and the manager is a young fellow named Joe Pietroforte. He used to manage indoor theaters and has been at the Victory since it started three years ago. Here are some of the questions I tossed at him: Q. Which kind of theater operation do you like best? A. The drive-in by far. I like outdoor work anyway. And I don't have the kiddie matinees to drive me crazy. money in the wintertime and make it back in the summer. Often we can make enough profit in the snack bar to offset the loss on admissions. The snack bar is the other half of this business. Q. Have you ever closed? A. Only twice. That was last winter when we had floods in the San Fernando Valley. The only reason we closed was because nobody came to the theater. Sometimes the fog comes in during a show and we have to issue fog checks, which are the same as rain checks. Q. What kinds of pictures get the best audiences? A. Different pictures get different crowds. When we have an action picture or Western, we get family cars filled with kids. But you can't figure the audience. Sometimes I'll play a couple of old films and the place will fill up with Cadillacs. Only thing nobody likes out that way. There was no one to blame but himself. He just didn't put the necessary time in reading, listening, thinking. KIND OF FAT and happy, he just coasted along. And sometimes he got such sharp twinges of conscience that they made him sit up straight. Not very often, though. When he had the twinges he asked himself: "Do I really want to know what the facts are? Or am I so full of old prejudices, and wishes based on prejudices, that I just vote for the man who shares my prejudices?" But this time he felt the course was charted no matter who is in the government, and for a very simple reason: America is in a position of saving its skin. And all Americans, no matter whether they're Democrats or Republicans, are going to have to work together to save the American way. Whether the Chinese commits send troops to Korea or is of secondary importance," Chinese embassy cabled Chih "but the war in South Korea be extended in any case should remain patient at this time. Whether or not the war extend to other places in Europe and Asia, we should make comment and wait for the development of the situation." Apparently, the Nation Chinese had reason to believe certain of their American friends would manage to spread the war whether Chinese communists come into Korea or not. Subsequent cables made it clear that Gen MacArthur was one of their friends. CHINESE POLITBURO—The amazing cables were prepared jointly by the Chinese embassy five top policy-makers. They fed a sore of "politburo" inside embassy reporting directly to Ang Kai-Shek over the head Ambassador Wellington Koo. Fact, one of their cables actually discusses the fitness of the ambassador to remain on the job. The big five, who actually ruled the ambassador, were: C Chih-Mai, Peter T. K. Pee, W Ll., K. H. Yu and Gen P. T. M. They signed their cables with joint code signature, "Kung." Chinese word for "group." The cables are fun of referencing showing that the National worked closely, sometimes secretly, with General MacArthur, example, the politburo inside Chinese embassy reported, N 31, 1950: "General MacArth will never give up assisting K mosa. The above things are not to be coming from the mouth General Willoughby, himself." Again, on June 29, 1950—rather after the Korean invasion group, or "Kung," cabled: "There are advantages and drawbacks whether or not we send troops assist in resisting North Korea aggression. If our government decided to send troops, they should be limited to some of these." manager is a young fellow named Joe Pietroforte. He used to manage indoor theaters and has been at the Victory since it started three years ago. Here are some of the questions I tossed at him: Q. Which kind of theater operation do you like best? A. The drive-in by far. I like outdoor work anyway. And I don't have the kiddie matinees to drive me crazy. Q. What are the details on the Victory? A. It's an all-steel construction at a cost of about $400,000. The theater covers 14 acres and can park $50 cars at one time. The screen is about two-thirds bigger than those in normal theaters, requiring brighter projection. Q. Do you have any unusual discipline problems? A. No more than in any theater. You get the same amount of hoodlums and trouble-makers. We have a special problem with the sound speakers, which are attached to each car. Some people drive off with them in the car and others tear them out maliciously. They cost $15 apiece, so that cuts into the profit. Q. Do you have any trouble with romancers? A. Just as much as you'd get in the balcony of a normal theater. Next door to the theater is a Catholic church, and one of the priests was commenting to me that drive-ins were called "passiph pits." I invited him to stand by the entrance and see the kinds of people who drove in. He was surprised to learn that 80 per cent of the patrons were people with families or older folks. Q. Is business seasonal? A. Very much so. We lose Q. What kinds of pictures get the best audiences? A. Different pictures get different crowds. When we have an action picture or Western, we get family cars filled with kids. But you can't figure the audience. Sometimes I'll play a couple of old films and the place will fill up with Cadillacs. The only thing nobody likes are the little B pictures. Q. Has television hurt business? A. It did at first. And it still does when a big event is on TV. But the novelty has worn off. People still want to get out of the house. Q. Are the audiences particular? A. Absolutely. You can't please everybody; even with the best of pictures I get complaints. The other night a man drove out because he heard the word "damn" in a picture. "Why don't you censor your pictures?" he demanded. "I've got two kids in my car." I had to give him his money back. 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Again, on June 29, 1950—after the Korean invasion—group, or "Kung," cabled: "The are advantages and drawbacks whether or not we send troops assist in resisting North Korea aggression. If our government decided to send troops, they should be limited to some of the best troops and the opinion General MacArthur should be retained prior to their dispatch." MARSHALL VS. MACARTHUR—A still later cable, dated July 1950, laments: "It is impossible expect a fundamental change their (the administration's) policy toward China, but General MacArthur has a deeper understanding of us. We should pay attention to our liaison work in Tokyo, as to influence the capital." And on Sept. 12, 1950, "Kung" inside the embassy reported: "There is a difference political opinion between Marshall and MacArthur, and their personal animosity is very deep. The fore, MacArthur's position will come increasingly difficult. At present we receive materials help from MacArthur's headquarters." A report that MacArthur was planning to send American troops to occupy Formosa, back in 1950 is contained in a cable, dated December 28, 1949. "It is learned from Senate who returned from the Far East reports the cable, 'that General MacArthur believes that, before the Japanese peace treaty is signed, America may send troops to occupy Formosa, but the department of state may produce domestic and international compilations — so policy toward Formosa is still under consideration." FIRST NIGHTS ARE ALWAYS NERVE WRACKING IKE COMES BACK IKE'S BACKERS OBLONG VIEWS (From an Egg-shaped Head) BY WALDO HUNTER GENERAL EISENHOWER is no more, and a Mr. Eisenhower now is amongst us, campaigning to be our boss for the next four years or more. But this is, to say the least, a new kind of campaigning. Last week dispatches from his headquarters in Paris (written by a "spokesman" close to the general) stated that Eisenhower had no plans for a stumping tour of the country. The general would, however, receive certain delegates at Abilene, Kansas, if they wanted to learn his views on things political. Now, this is REALLY something. This candidate won't get out and stand up before microphones and television cameras and public address systems at country crossroads and expound his domestic issues. A certain few can have audience with him, and the grass-roots herd is supposed, apparently, to get the word second-hand from those few. This looks ominously like what we old vets know as the "chain of command." The big boy at the top puts out the word, and it goes down through channels to the little guy in the back ranks of the platoon. And when it gets to him, it is generally garbled, but he still catches hell for not complying with directives which were never made clear to him in the first place. IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO From the Files of Anaheim Gazette By MRS. HENRY KUCHEL 75 Years Ago May 1877 Mr. Hartung yesterday celebrated his 77th birthday. A large number of the venerable gentleman's friends gathered at his house last night to pay their respects and were hospitably entertained. The band also gave a delightful serenade. The Gazette hopes that Mr. Hartung will yet have many happy returns of the day. Dr. James Ellis has announced himself as a candidate for Town Trustee. The doctor will during the day issue a manifesto proclamation, or whatever you may call it, giving the reasons which impel him to the sacrifice. Quite a number of sports from this section attended the wolf hunt at Artesia yesterday. 50 Years Ago May 1902 Madame Heinec Modjeska returned to Orange county on Tuesday morning. She was accompanied by her husband Count Bozenta, end her traveling companion, Miss Tucholsky. She proceeded to El Toro, whence she was driven by carriage directly to her home, via Aliso canyon, at Arden in the Santiago. Madame Modjeska expects to remain at Arden for several months. building of a dam of the San Joaquin Gun Cost about $3500, and is structured as soon as men can be put on the operation. The dam is to form additional dugouts for members of Joaquin Gun Club. W. N. Tedford and Santa Anan celebrated the fiftieth anniversary marriage. There were children and grandchildren far and near. The affair union of the Tedford Forty or fifty relatives ent at the dinner. 25 Years Ago May 1927 Two thousand bankers sentting the Fifth District Bankers association convention at Mission side, Saturday. Those from this city were Jamin, president of the national Bank; O. E. Hanson, cashier of the Amurings Bank. George Kimp of La was in town Sunday relative. George is district attorney of Los County and has charge of execution of Dorothy Ma Paul Kelly who are chief The above things are said coming from the mouth of Willoughby, himself." On June 29, 1950—right the Korean invasion—theor "Kung," cabled: "There advantages and drawbacks or not we send troops to resist North Korean invasion. If our government has to send troops, they be limited to some of our troops and the opinion of MacArthur should be obprior to their dispatch." SHALL VS. MACARTHUR. All later cable, dated July 7. ments: "It is impossible to a fundamental change in the administration's policy in China, but General MacArthur, and their personality is very deep. There macArthur's position will be increasingly difficult. . . . sent we receive material from MacArthur's headquarter that MacArthur was going to send American troops to Formosa, back in 1949, trained in a cable, dated Dec. 3." Is learned from Senators turned from the Far East," the cable, "that General macArthur believes that, before Japanese peace treaty is signerica may send troops to Formosa, but the depart- state may produce domes- international complica- so policy toward Formosa under consideration." IN OUR POLITICS we like a rough-and-tumble fight. We like to see a presidential candidate lean over the backside of a train at way-stops. We want to see him shaking hands with old women, and wearing Indian hats, and kissing babies (under 18). We want no stuffiness, no meaningless platitudes. Ask Tom Dewey. Dewey refused to tell the people how he was going to lower the price of eggs, and the voters gave him the boot. We want no one to stand merely on a record of military achievement far afield. The most brilliant Congressional Medal of Honor winner on a foreign battlefield might be no shakes at all as the mayor of even a back-woods hamlet. Just to sound out his grasp of things domestic, let us ask Mr. Eisenhower one simple, basic question: How are you going to get prices down to 1936 levels, maintain wages at 1952 levels, keep housing at 1950 levels while at the same time blasting housing as socialistic, cut back basic raw materials to raise armaments production to 1945 levels, yet allow enough steel, tin and chrome to let us all have automobiles at 1951 levels, keep a level head and at the same time keep egg prices down? Well, man, don't just stand there. Speak up! Madame Heinec Modjeska returned to Orange county on Tuesday morning. She was accompanied by her husband Count Bozenta, and her traveling companion, Miss Tucholsky. She proceeded to El Toro, whence she was driven by carriage directly to her home, via Aliso canyon, at Arden in the Santiago. Madame Modjeska expects to remain at Arden for several months. J. C. Sheppard of Fullerton has been awarded the contract for the EX-CHAMPION IS 77—James J. Jeffries, heavyweight boxing champion, receives cake from Paul Helm and Bill Schroeder, on his 77th birthday in Burbank, Cali- The Sacramento Scene By HENRY C. MACARTHUR Capitol News Service SACRAMENTO—As soon as the debris is cleared away from the primary election, Governor Earl Warren will decide whether or not he will call a fast special session of the state legislature to consider the question of a $250,000,000 school bond issue, the funds to be used for providing additional schools for distressed districts. From the way the governor talked at the last press conference, the odds are that such a session will be called during the middle of June, as June 26 is the final day the mechanical facilities of the state will permit action on a constitutional amendment, and enable it to make the November ballot. The governor has been under pressure by legislators, primarily, Assemblyman Francis Dunn, Jr., of Alameda county, to call the session. Many assemblymen have added their comments in letters to the governor, and hope to see the issue go on the ballot. Dunn, chairman of the assembly education committee, has not only written the governor but all the Hal Boyle NEW YORK, U.S. — Henny Youngman is known along Broadway as a man so funny that even other comedians laugh at him. This is rare, indeed, as most comedians regard each other in terms of larceny rather than laughter. But this "comic's comic" is different from most of the breed, who are given to private melancholy. He not only has spent his life making fun. Fun is his life. Henny, now 46, is one of the nation's top night club entertainers. Some connoisseurs of the industry say he is the equal of Groucho Marx, Fred Allen, Bob Hope or Milton Berle. He is often a guest star on other shows, but has never had a national television show of his own. "After 20 years of knocking around the country, I'd like to have my own show," he said. "If I don't, I guess the only way I'll get rich is through my feet." He explained he had "radio-active toes." And his theory of gaining wealth through them is "to walk barefoot through Canada until I hit a uranium mine." Comedians stuck for a sure-fire fast line or a quip often come to Youngman for help. And he always has one handy—or makes up one on the spot. He is a walking file case of thousands of jokes, old, middleaged, and new ones ready to be born. "I need a lot," he said. "For a six-minute show I have to..." YS OF From the Files of Anaheim Gazette NRY KUCHEL building of a dam of cement for the San Joaquin Gun Club. It will cost about $3500, and is to be construced as soon as materials and men can be put on the scene of operation. The dam is to be built to form additional duck hunting grounds for members of the San Joaquin Gun Club. W. N. Tedford and wife of Santa Anan celebrated on Monday the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. There were present children and grandchildren from far and near. The affair was a reunion of the Tedford family. Forty or fifty relatives were present at the dinner. 25 Years Ago May 1927 Two thousand bankers representing the Fifth District California Bankers association met in convention at Mission Inn, Riverside, Saturday. Those attending from this city were H. H. BenJamin, president of the First National Bank; O. E. Hanson, cashier of the same bank and H. L. Jacobson, cashier of the American Savings Bank. George Kimp of Los Angeles was in town Sunday visiting his relatives. George is deputy district attorney of Los Angeles county and has charge of the prosecution of Dorothy Mackaye and Paul Kelly who are charged with make the November ballot. The governor has been under pressure by legislators, primarily, Assemblyman Francis Dunn, Jr., of Alameda county, to call the session. Many assemblymen have added their comments in letters to the governor, and hope to see the issue go on the ballot. Dunn, chairman of the assembly education committee, has not only written the governor, but all the members of the assembly and senate as well, urging them to sponsor the call. On the other hand, the governor said the California Teachers Association, which has an initiative on the ballot to up the operations cost of the schools through an increase of average daily attendance allotments by the state about $130,000,000, had not written him sponsoring the new bond issue for school buildings. Reportedly, the Teachers association is not overly anxious to see the bond issue for schools on the same ballot as the drive for increased teachers' salaries, in the belief that $480,000,000 might be too hard a touch on the taxpayers all at one time. In any event, if the legislature is convened in extra-ordinary session, the call will in all probability be restricted to the school bond issue, which the legislature rejected at the 1952 session, and will last only a few days. LIMIT USE OF PARKS: The State Park commission put the clamps on long-time camping in six of the most popular state parks in the state's system of 52 recreation spots. Restrictions of 10 days went on parks in the Lake Tahoe, Humboldt and Southern California beach areas. Newton B. Drury, chief of the division of beaches and parks, said the commission "had to be careful not to crowd developments of the parks to such an extent that the natural attractiveness of the parks is lost." PHYSICAL EDUCATION Ruling: Attorney General Edward M. “Pat” Brown ruled that a San Benito county school district has walk barefoot through them until I hit a uranium mine.” Comedians stuck for a sure-fire fast line or a quip often come to Youngman for help. And he always has one handy—or makes up one on the spot. He is a walking file case of thousands of jokes, old, middleaged, and new ones ready to be born. “I need a lot,” he said. “For a six-minute show I have to have 40 good jokes.” The curse of Henny, whose habitat is Times Square and who lopes around it like a polar bear in a brown coat, is that he gives away jokes as fast as he can think them up. “Just a minute,” he says, stopping a friend, and begins throwing a jest a second. All free. Ad libbing is so natural with him he can't quit. Naturally he likes to get paid. But he has been known to waste $10,000 worth of fresh material ad libbing while at liberty with a few cronies around a restaurant table. ONE OF THE things: Henny does to brighten a dull world is to send a weekly gag to a circle of buddies across America. “Anything to get a laugh, and let people know you're alive,” he said. One week he mailed out dollar bills with a sign saying: “Hold on to this green piece of paper. It may be worth a dollar some day.” From Miami Eeach he dispatched perfume bottles full of sand bearing the label: “This cost me $4 a day to sit on. Thought you might like some.” From the Thunderbird hotel in Las Vegas he mailed pairs of four-inch-square dice “for near-sighted cripshooters.” To be a professional comic today, Henny says, you have “to have nerve and gall, a great memory, and the ability to take stock jokes and give them a twist that makes them sound alive. You have to be equipped to joke on any subject.” Just to test Henny’s own staccato wit, I asked him to make a joke about wives. I should have known better. Without even a pause George Kimp of Los Angeles was in town Sunday visiting his relatives. George is deputy district attorney of Los Angeles county and has charge of the prosecution of Dorothy Mackaye and Paul Kelly who are charged with murdering Miss Mackaye's husband, Ray Raymond, the movie director. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Ruling: Attorney General Edward M. "Pat" Brown ruled that a San Benito county school district has the right to deny diplomas to 10 girls, who because of religious belief refused to participate in physical education assignments, "failed to complete their school course." The attorney general in his opinion held that the school authorities had made every reasonable concession to the girls, had provided them with private showers and allowed different gymnasium clothes. The opinion held that when such concessions were made, the school district was wholly within its right in enforcing the provisions of the education code which require physical education in the schools. BANK CALL REPORT: Growth of state bank assets of more than a quarter of a million dollars in a year's time was revealed when the state superintendent of banks made public the results of the March 31 call. Total assets were $4,182,860,000, compared to $3,920,298,000 for the first quarter of the previous year. Because x-rays destroy rapidly growing tissue more effectively than other tissue and because cancer is characterized by rapid growth, x-rays sometimes can be used to control cancer. The average size of American farms has grown from about 155 acres in 1935 to about 200 acres. To be a professional comic today, Henny says, you have "to have nerve and gall, a great memory, and the ability to take stock jokes and give them a twist that makes them sound alive. You have to be equipped to joke on any subject." Just to test Henny's own staccato wit, I asked him to make a joke about wives. I should have known better. Without even a pause Henny began rattling: "Now you take my wife — and there's an offer. My wife cost me a fortune. She went into a department store, broke her leg — and what happened? They gift-wrapped it. My wife talks so much that when I got back from Miami her tongue was sunburned. Now she's on a new tack. She colors her hair different every week. She's got a convertible top. She's also got the newest thing in hair-dos — a poodle cut. Makes her look like a new man. I just bought my wife a mink outfit—a rifle and a trap. Last week she learned how to aim it. Is she careful? She's so careful she only drives in safety zones. When she sticks her hand out the window, it proves only one thing—the window is open." Henny halted, looked at his watch, and said he was late for a rehearsal of the Milton Berle show. As he left, he was still muttering rapid-fire patter: "My wife read it was good to wash her hair in beer. She tried it. It didn't do her hair any good, but now she has the happiest dandruff in town. "Yo got enough?" The Egyptian scarab is an image of the once-sacred beetle which was revered as a type of the sun god.