anaheim-gazette 1953-05-21

POW WOW celebration at Fullerton union high school will be held Friday, May 15, with seven students, all elected by members of the student body, serving as "royalty." King and queen, seated above, are Jack Cartwright and Mary Ann Bauerlein. Standing behind them is Willie Ugh, Indian court jester, Richard Ransom. Four class representatives at court are: seated, left to right, Sheryl Welble, senior attendant; Linda Coleman, sophomore attendant, Jackie Lemke, freshman attendant, and Sharon Swift, junior attendant. 'Missile Men' Translate Bird Talk For Naval Guided Missile Experts Though guided missiles contain their own electronic thinking powers and have plenty to "talk" about after a flight, they speak a language of their own and it remains for human minds to translate this talk into understandable data so that the missile flight pattern can be determined. Such is the case with the missiles launched from decks of submarines, from airplane wings, and shoreside installations operating under the Naval Air Missile Test of a U.S. Navy contract to carry on this reduction of flight data for Point Mugu's missile flights. The plan was originally instituted as a highly effective means of providing part-time work for undergraduates of the school. James L. McKinley, Institute director, said he believes that aeronautical engineering students are more at home doing actual engineering work to earn part-time money than working at the other jobs usually filled by collegiates. 25 Year-Old MCPR Citrus Processing Mutual Citrus Products Co. cently celebrated its 25th anniversary with pride in its quarter-century of steady growth and expansion. Incorporated April 2, 1947 by H. E. Leo, Fred A. Beck Clarence C. Taylor, the company is one of the oldest citrus processing plants in the entire country and the three original incorporsate have served the organization as president, vice-president and secretary, respectively, during whole 25 years of its operation. From modest beginnings in 1938 the history of Mutual Citrus Products Co., has been one of continued expansion of productive capacity, number of employees, sales, until today it has wide recognition as a leading ducer of pectin, canned and Tricitrus juices and concentrates addition to the main office plant in Anaheim, branch of are maintained in San Francisco Kansas City and New York gether with widespread broker connections in principal cities handle the company's extensive operations that are national international in scope. Development Factor Mutual Citrus Products Co. been an important factor in heim's community development. The continued expansion of the company has given employees to more and more residents, millions of dollars have been purchased of materials and Though guided missiles contain their own electronic thinking powers and have plenty to "talk" about after a flight, they speak a language of their own and it remains for human minds to translate this talk into understandable data so that the missile flight pattern can be determined. Such is the case with the missiles launched from decks of submarines, from airplane wings, and shoreside installations operating under the Naval Air Missile Test Center at Point Mugu, Calif. "Translation" of the electronic talk of the Navy missile flights is the job of aeronautical engineering students at the Northrop Aeronautical Institute of Hawthorne, where the NAMTC at Point Mugu relies on a manpower pool of about 400 students, trained to perform flight analysis and data reduction in their after school hours. Telemetered data gathered from all types of missiles launched at Point Mugu, Lc., surface-to-surface, surface-to-air, air-to-air and air-to-surface, are reduced by the Northrop engineering students into computations for charts and graphs. This translated "bird talk" is then used by engineers at Point Mugu as well as by civilian contractors who developed the respective missiles. Hundreds of functions are recorded on telemetered oscillograph rolls in the span of each second of flight and it takes many man hours to "translate" this into understandable information so that maneuvers and attitudes during each flight can be determined. The Northrop Aeronautical Institute is now in its fourth year of a U.S. Navy contract to carry on this reduction of flight data for Point Mugu's missile flights. The plan was originally instituted as a highly effective means of providing part-time work for undergraduates of the school. James L. McKinley, Institute director, said he believes that aeronautical engineering students are more at home doing actual engineering work to earn part-time money than working at the other jobs usually filled by collegiate. NAI students are paid by the Navy on an hourly basis, at a rate which enables them to carry out their two-year course without seeking further part-time employment. Students average 12 to 15 hours or more a week on this Navy program. So successful have NAI students been in their work of translating this "bird talk" for the Navy, that many subsequent contracts have resulted since the initial one was awarded more than four years ago. For many of the part-time missile men, work doesn't stop when graduation comes. At present, the Northrop Institute also has approximately 100 full-time employees on the scene at Point Mugu, literally within the roar of the some mechanical birds. Bulk of these men are graduates who decided they wanted to follow the work as a career. Tied in closely with the Northrop Institute's Navy contract for Point Mugu missile flights, related programs are carried out by the aeronautical engineering students for a number of civilian missile contractors. These programs, too, have been underway at NAI for the past four years. DETROIT — Federal excise tax payments on new motor trucks are heading for an all-time high in 1953, according to the Automobile Manufacturers Association. First quarter reports, the AMA stated, show that truck excise taxes are being collected at an annual rate of approximately $200 million. This is more than $12 million above the record total reached in 1952, and a 3,000% increase since 1935. Total special truck levies in 1952 reached $1.4 billion, or about 35% of all special highway user taxes. The rapid postwar increase in truck taxes, the AMA said, can be attributed both to higher tax rates and to a tremendous growth in truck use. The number of trucks built in the U.S. during the past 7½ years exceeds total production for the 36 years from 1900 to 1937. More than 9.1 million motor trucks came off U.S. assembly lines from mid-1945 through the first two months of 1953, compared with a total of 8.8 million turned out by the end of 1936. The record-breaking pace of motor vehicle manufacture following the War's end, AMA statisticians pointed out, has practically doubled the size of America's truck fleet. Truck registrations climbed from about 4.8 million at the end of 1945 to a present total of some 2.2 million. This fleet, outnumbering the trucks in all the rest of the world combined, has grown in response to expanding transportation needs. As an indication, annual tonnage handled by for-hire interstate motor carriers rose more than 125 per cent from 1945 to 1951. Total annual mileage traveled by all trucks in the country has climbed from 45 billion to 95 billion, and the volume of freight hauled has reached approximately 10 billion tons, or about three fourths of the nation's total freight tonnage. Trucks on farms increased from nearly 1.5 million units to about 2.4 million in 1952. The number of truck drivers in the country has grown from 2¼ million to 5 million. This is only a segment, however, of the total employment resulting directly or indirectly from truck transportation. The United States not only has the greatest total number of trucks in the world, but also the highest ratio of trucks per capita. There now is one truck for about every 16 persons in the country. For comparison, the ratio in Great Britain is 1 to 54; in Russia, approximately 1 to 120. AMA statisticians also have figured out that the nation's big truck fleet piles up a total of about 2.5 billion vehicles work days a year, which is equivalent to 16 days of truck service for every person in the country, or 56 truck work days per family. Year-Old MCP is Pioneer in Citrus Processing Industry Mutual Citrus Products Co. recently celebrated its 25th anniversary with pride in its quarter-century of steady growth and expansion. Incorporated April 2, 1928, E. Leo, Fred A. Beck andence C. Taylor, the company one of the oldest citrus processors in the entire country; the three original incorporators have served the organization president, vice-president and secretary, respectively, during the late 25 years of its operation. From modest beginnings in 1928, history of Mutual Citrus Products Co., has been one of continual expansion of productive capacity, number of employees and until today it has world recognition as a leading producer of pectin, canned and frozen juices and concentrates. In addition to the main office and at Anaheim, branch offices maintained in San Francisco, Kansas City and New York tower with widespread brokerage sections in principal cities, to handle the company's extended operations that are national and international in scope. Development Factor Mutual Citrus Products Co. has an important factor in Anaheim's community development. Continued expansion of the company has given employment more and more residents, and millions of dollars have been poured into the area in wages, salaries, purchase of materials and divi- Completion of New Vistal Factory Expected This Month With completion of a new, 16,000-square foot factory building slated sometime this month, Vista Furniture Co., 1541 Lincoln ave., looks forward from 1953 to a future of increasing activity and productivity. The new plant being built at Olive and Juliet streets. Oldest and largest of three furniture manufacturers, Vista owned and operated by Gregory and Don Bates, boomed them engineers and designed between them they design furniture (hardwood-wrought type), supervise its manufacture and handle the marketing efforts the business. Bates and Gregory began furniture manufacturing even in the summer of 1950. They Plans for the fifth annual National Kids' Day to be held September 26 are discussed by Walter J. L. Ray, president, Kiwanis International and Jimmie Fidler, president of the National Kids' Day Foundation. Last year with the help of the Foundation's promotion almost a million children were entertained and $647,048.68 was raised for local youth work by Kiwanis clubs. BENNER SHEET METAL WORKS • INDUSTRIAL • COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL 210 WEST CHESTNUT STREET PHONE ANAHEIM 4931 You can build a brighter future at the.. Anaheim Division NORTHROP manufacturers of AIRCRAFT INC. optical range finders and New Vista Furniture Co. added This Month of increasing activity and productivity. The new plant is being built at Olive and Julianna District and largest of three local furniture manufacturers, Vista is used and operated by Jack Gregory and Don Bates, both of engineers and designers. Between them they design the furniture (hardwood-wrought iron), supervise its manufacture handle the marketing end of business. Bates and Gregory began their furniture manufacturing venture the summer of 1950. They had been associated with Daystrom-Balboa Manufacturing Co. in Fullerton for a year before that and had first become arqualted while working for the Balboa firm in 1946. Balboa later merged with the Daystrom organization. The Vista Co., employing 40 persons, produces 78 items of furniture, concentrating almost entirely on modern, wrought-iron based furniture. Construction of the new manufacturing facilities was necessitated by the growing popularity of the wrought iron furniture. The Vista partners recall the time, not too long ago, when wrought iron furniture just wasn't moving very well. Then, the type caught the public fancy and the demands were too great to supply from the original factory space. Much of the furniture is marketed through architects and designers, but the direct retailing of the line through furniture and department stores is growing. Their products are handled all over the west coast now—and when the new factory is put into operation, Vista furniture will be marketed on a nation-wide scale, according to Bates. Both of the Vista partners are Anaheimers. Bates residing at 203 Evelyn dr., Gregory at 1272 E LaPalma ave. WE SELL... WORLD'S BEST HEALTH INSURANCE! NEW, REBUILT, RENOVATED WORLD'S BEST HEALTH INSURANCE! NEW, REBUILT, RENOVATED MATTRESSES SERVING ORANGE COUNTY SINCE 1920 Specializing in Box Spring and Inner Spring Rebuilding EXTRA LENGTH and KING SIZE SETS NEW SETS AT LOWEST PRICES ANAHEIM 2423 - LAMBERT 5-4301 ANAHEIM MATTRESS FACTORY 102 WEST LA PALMA ST. ANAHEIM e at the.. ion INC. inders and other precision instruments