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Johnson Senator, Tobiassen Leads.
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Volume 21—No. 44. NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
For Supervisor, Truman Margin
small In Nevada County Vote
Thursday, November 4, 1948
New TrialForLoisHardy.
5
“we
NEVADA CITY: The Demiauratic trend whicke
rolled like a swift, powerful ground swell through the:
. nation, leaving the Repub lican party stranded on the:
NEVADACITY: Lynne Kell
-elly ,;who, appointed by
the court, defended Lois Hunt Hardy during her trial
for the murder of James W. McClain which resulted
in a sentence of death, was greatly pleased to learn
~
he
. the State Supreme Court has ordered a new trial.
ee
This reversal will mean that Lois will be returned
to’ Nevada City from the In stitution for Women in
Almost unbelievably close was the Carl J. Tobias
Tehachapi for anew trial:
Kelly believes that Lois Hardy was’ not involved
sen-Lorin Williams contes t for Supervisor First Dis
in the actual slaying of McClain, despite her story,
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Bo
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which he thinks was inspired by a romantic attach
al
.
ment for Joe Hardy in a spirit of protection and a
desire to share his punishment.
%
Since Joe
Hardy’s
conviction *
and sentence to life imprisonment
he has told a much different story
than the confession signed by
himself and Lois. This one, in
effect, claims that Hardy was the
sole slayer of McClain, the murder
taking
place
on
a_
hillside
almost out of hearing of Lois, on
a
woodland roads near Hirschdale
east of Truckee.
Reconstruction ,of the murder
indicates that Hardy marched him
up the hill, and shot him from
behind, twice through the back
of the
head
with
the
bullets
emerging from his forehead, and
once through the temples, after
HOME NURSE
GROUP MEETS
on
Monday.:
Present
consoled itself with the th ou ght that their candidates
carried this county.
Below are tabulated Nevada Countyans decisions
on the various proposition s:
PROPOSITIONS
stealthily and shot him at Lois’
McClain’s car,
according to
the
testimony, fled to Las Vegas, Ne“vada, where they were arrested
following a traffic accident. During a jail religious service Lois
TWIN CITIES
CONCERT PLANS
Mayor Arthur B: Innis. Knight, at the m oment the picture was snapped,
was conNo.
ducting an impromptu interview of Senat or Thurman. The’ occasion was
the Re. No.
publican DeweyWarren rally in front of the Elks Building held Wednesday afterNo.
noon, October 27 under the direction of the Republican C entral Committee and No.
the Veterans for Thurman Committee headed by D. R. Paine.—Pert Photo.
No.
No.
ing the month of October. Among
them were three cases of syphilis,
four. cases of gonorrhea, seventeen
cases of tuberculosis, eighty-four
cases of non-communicable diseases, two pre-birth and six postbirth cases.
Miss Jocelyn Siem and Miss
Jean Merrill of the State Department of Public. Health will be
in Nevada County on November
8, 9 and 10 to discuss various
problems of’ public nursing with
the several health nurses of the
county.
SCHOOL UNION
PLAN CARRIES
coming season.
It ig announced that subscriptions to the concert series will be
sold only during the week beginning November 8. Tickets wili not
be available after November 15th
* and no tickets may be had for any
single concert. Anyone desiring a
subsription may acquire it through
Jack Davis of the Forest Service
in Nevada City, chairman of the
subscription
drive
in
Nevada
evenings at the Grass Valley High
School are to be augmented by
a series of afternoon classes for
those who wish to avail them
selves. of the training but who
are unable*to attend in the evening. Evening classes are held
on Monday and Wednesday from
7 to 9 P. M. Afternoon classes
will be conducted from 2 to 4
Anyone interested in the twice
weekly, three week series of study
Grass Valléy or. her assistant, and lecture may notify Mrs. Isabelle Hefelfinger of Nevada City
Mrs. Belle Ingalls.
Workers to aid the subscription or Mrs. Lawrence Meyers or Miss
committee chairmen and their asBernice Glasson of Grass Valley.
sistants are greatly needed and There are no final examinations
may acquire. their own. season and the course is offered free of
tickets by selling subscriptions to charge.
the amount of twenty points. A
sale to a former subscriber is
equal to one point, a new subscription equals two points, and
all student subscriptions equal one
point. Thus by the sale of a small
Vieve
Juliet
Elliott;
or
Cox,
drive
through Mrs.
chairman
of
number of subscriptions a worker
may secure his own season ticket.
eae”
‘The series of Red Cross hqme
nursing courses offered in ‘the
P. M. on the same days.
City; or his assistant, Mrs. Gene,
amined’ by the several doctors.
Six spinals were given in the
last analysis, all of which proved
negative.
:
‘And he may also be the dinner
guest of the Columbia Concert
Association on the evening of
November 8th at the Bret. Harte
Inn.
_. ANyone: interested is asked to
get in touch with Mr. William
Durbrow, chairman of the Twin
Cities Concert Association,
or
Miss ‘Bernice Glasson, secretary,
before that date:
P SUES FOR $21,000
IN AUTO COLLISION
1
NEVADA CITY:
James’ Ray
mond
Hussey
ras
_ffiled’_
suit
against Dwight D. Lemen and the
Farmers
Automobile
Insurance
Company for $21,195.75 for damages resulting from an automobile
accident occuring September 4th,
19484, on Highway 40 between
Gold Run and Dutch Flat.
The plaintiff declares that the
defendant was asleep and. had
Myotten over on the wrong side
of the road, and was driving negligently. As the result of the col_lHsion, which occured on a curve,
The board of supervisors has
set December 2nd as the date for
the hearing on a petition by voters
of the Lake Tahoe, Truckee and
Donner Lake areas for the formation of the Donner Summit
Hospital District.
MEETING ON
G. V. SEWAGE
DISPOSAL PLANS
GRASS VALLEY:
Discussion
of a new sewage system to tie
in with tre -Grass Valley sewage
disposal plant project will be
held in the Grass Valley city hall
next Sunday at 2 P. M. All realty
owners Outside the city limits are
asked to bepresent.
BUS, WOMEN
PLAN TURKEY
SHOOT NOV. 14
Hills Flat.
NEVADA CITY: The Nevada
City Business and Professional
At the meeting Sunday it is
expected to elect three represent
It is proposed to form a sewage
sanitary disposal district with a
bonding
capacity
sufficient
to
construct the necessary sewage
lines to connect with the projected
Grass
Valley
municipal
sewers
and disposal plant. Areas affected
by the first draft of the plan
include Alta Hill, the Ridge Road
to
Town
Talk,
Glenbrook
and
Women’s Club. will sponsor a atives of Alta Hill, Glenbrook and
turkey shoot November 14th near Hills Flat, to work out boundaries
the Gracey Mine on Canada Hill.
High power rifles will be provided. There will be a hot dog
and coffe stand. Mrs. Ida Cullen,
.in charge of the affair, states
there
is
plenty
of
free
parking
space available. Proceeds of the
affair will go toward the Nevada
City Girl. Scouts. fund.
SPORTSMEN GET
SCOTT'S FLAT LEASE
GRASS VALLEY: The Grass
Valley
Sportsmen’s
Club _ has
signed a five-year lease for 4%
acres of forested land near Scott’s
Flat dam with Nevada Irrigation
District. The lease was signed
by Roland Trathen,
president,
and Cliff Hill, secretary of the
and details of the plan.
the
Guerdon El
Secretary
1,
Campfire
permits are
CITY:
Supervisor
Guerdon Ellis of the Tahoe National Forest stated this week-that
“free cutting of Christmas trees
for individual use would be again
restricted in this area.’’
“Past
free
cutting
of
Reg
not
11 Municipal charters
i2 Local liquor control
Christ
“While it appears many trees
tainable by the general public.
“Trees which supply the com
mercial market come for the most
part from the inaccessible portions of the forest. Many operators
sled
their trees, or mule-pack
them for miles to reach outlet
roads,
is
“It is regretted that this action
necessary,” stated Ellis, “for
we fully appreciate the desire of
many individuals to cut their own
tree. However, the demand is so
heavy that free use of trees must
of
the
forest
will
by
these
restrictions,”’
concluded Ellis,
not
be
%
served
the
free
Veterans
to
13 Senate reapportionment ..
members
GRASS
VALLEY:
Rowe,
supervisor
(Grass
Valley)
Frank
for the
district,
A.
second
was
in
attendance last week on meetings
Memorial
building 429, and Watson 39.
Other units to participate willl
include
the
Boy
Scouts,
Girl
Scouts,
school
children,
Grass
Valley High Schoo] band, Nevada
City High Schoo] band majorettes
and drill team, Salvati nm
Army
band, sheriff’s posse
Gold
Trail Riders. John BuncH¥& chair
man of the parade committee.
Memorial services will follow
Veterans Memorial build
ing. In the afternoon the annual
football game between Grass Val
NEW POLICE
RADIO TO BE
850 WATTS
NEVADA CITY: Short wave
radio for police, sheriff’s office
and
highway
patrol
use
will
shortly cover Sierra County and
the eastern end of Placer and
Nevada
Counties,
aecording
to
the sheriff's office.
Ina few days the construction
of a new KAPI station in Hills
Flat will begin and during the
eonstruction KAPI will go ‘off
the air, and a mobile station from
Sacramento, KGNW, will take its
place.
KAPI when ‘reconstructed will
be stepped up from 250 .to 850
watts. Present wattage is frequently as low as 160 and with
850 it may drop as low as 500
tion has been erected on Ruby
Bluff, three miles southeast. of
Goodyear’s Bar.
The new KAPI station when
completed, Percy Watters, deputy
sheriff, said, will be rated as one
of the best long range stations in
in Sacramento of the public lands
and the highway committees of
California Supervisors Associathe state. The new tower for} it
tion.
He atended a meeting of the
~FRIENDLY’ SUIT
IN HEALTHMASTER LICENSE CASE
announcement
by
man,
manager
general
Roy
Zimmerof
the
foundry, the purpose of the $96,196.10 suit is to clarify the existing situation as regards the manufacturing license for a vegetable
juicer known commercially as the
“Healthmaster.’’
The foundry has in recent years
been developing the Healthmaster
vegetable juicer, and manufacturing, marketing and distributing it
on a national scale.
Owners of the Miners Foundry
and Manufacturing Company are
Richard R. Goyne, Mae Goyne,
Roy Zimmerman and Lillian Zim
merman,
co-partners.
Owners of
the R. Y. P. Manufacturing Company are A. G. Reynolds, John T.
Yolland, and Gust O. Peterson.
NEW HIGHWAY
TO BECOMPLETE
BY NOV. ISTH
GRASS
VALLEY:
Frederick
son Brothers Construction Comp
any of Oakland, engaged in build
creation fastricted to specific areas.
his medical, hospital, and. auto cilities. The next meeting of the
Special emphasis should be
repair ‘bills, amounted to $1,195.75. club will be. on,November 23rd. given to continued need fer burne regards his injuries as permwith a baked ham and turkey ing permits to. dispose of debris
ament and asks an additional dinner. The. event will take place and slash ag required by State
$10,000 and still another $10,000
as punitive’ damages. Hussey’s at~
torney is Albert Johnson.
5090:
3694.
3794.
2064
5766.
1890;
Nevada County
Golf
NEVADA CITY: The Nevada.
City Elementary School Parent
Teachers Association promises a.
meeting packed full of interest.
tomorrow af ternoon.
At a recent session of the Exec~.
utive Committee it was voted tor
put before the general body thequestion of further requesting the.
city council to prohibit the licen-.
ing of the free-play slot machines.
The subject will be debated and
the question decided during the
business meeting which will pre-.
ceed the program,
The main attraction of the af«
ternoon will be a round=table dis-.
cussion’
concerning
the
current
national neurosis, frustration and:
escapism and ‘its effect; presént:
and future, upon today’s children,
Member
of the
s panel will be
David Lamson, nationally knowm,
writer; Mrs. Hazel Estes, presi-.
dent of the Nevada City High
School P, T. A.; Raymond Ewan,
director of Boy. Scouts for the.
Tahoe District; and Frank G. Fin~
negan, well known local attorney,.
‘The program is under the df~
rection
of Floy
Margaret: Rex~
nolds, parent education chairmat,
who will act as moderator. —
SLOT
MACHINE
QUESTION
A committee consisting of Rev:
Dahigren Casey, Mrs. Kent Walk.
ly that it will be completed well
Mrs. F. M. Reynolds, called. om:
within the November 15th dead‘members
line of the ¢gontract.
of the City Council:
Wednesday, They informed, the
coucilmen of their views in op
The new highway eliminates a Position’
to the existence of slot —
number of sharp turns and con
siderably shortens the route from
Indian
Mountain
Ranch
to
the
machines in Nevada City, _
The group plans.to appearfor~
southern limits of this city. The mally before the regular meeting:
company stated that a number of of the council tonight.
clean-up jobs have still ‘to be
completed and the road will not
be open until November
15th, ~
.
e
i
Club’s
fe
County, nowadays.
Mrs. Leland Smith has returned
a
after a week spent with Mr. Smith
MARRIAGE LICENSE
___.
in Modoc and Lassen Counties:
AUSTIN-HOCKING?— In NeMr. Smith. returned Tuesday to vada City, Nevada County, Ocin Serra: Hallas a Thanksgiving law. State and Federal agencies ‘Westwood where he is range conb>
feature
of the club’s winter meetwill require, debris. burning persultant. to” the “Shas‘a Forest. tin, 25, and Dorothy Rose Hockin
g,
ings:
:
mits until December 1st.
‘Company. .
19, both of Grass Valley.
PT.A. MEETS TO
DEAL WITH
VARIED TOPICS.
that enters this city at South ‘er, Mrs. Helen Scribner, Lloyd
Auburn Street, announced recentGeist, Mrs. Quin Bonebrake and
has been erected on, the edge “of Newlyweds To Make
the
3,758, Wallace
ing the new 2% miles of highway
GRASS VALLEY: Miss Viola
ground, ._lodge—and _
5526.
\
NEVADA CITY:
TheMiners
Foundr y——_and-—-Maunfacturing
Company
on
Tuesday
filed
a
‘friendly suit’’ against the R. Y. P.
Manufacturing Company in the
Superior Court. According to an
ground a few. hundred feet east
‘\ the plaintiff recites he suffered club.
now
required
before
building association’s board of directors of Hill’s Fiat. Waters said that
He
.is
a
northern
counties repre_.
brain concussion ,deep lacerations,
The lease will permit the club] campfires.
Tanko and Hall would have a Phelps
a dislocated kneecap, back injuto
build a permanent camp}
2. Smoking is no longer resentative on the board.
tough time getting out of Nevada
jes and other wounds, for which
957
14 Housing agency ....
15 South coastal fishing
L6 Chiropractors
17 Civil service exemptions ... 3885
18 Tax exemption losses.. 1939
19 Fish and game commission . 4009
in The vote stood: Truman 3; 197, Dewey
between 7 and 9 A. M. The parade
wili form in Stewart Street and
start at 10 A. M. Leading the
parade will be the massed colors,
color. guard, commander of the
post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
the auxiliaries of the‘two organizations and the American Legion
Dum nd Bigile Corps.
:
Sierra County, a new repeater sta
Supervisors’ Meet
3622
5495
39 votes in the final count.
all
but never lower. To call Sheriff
Dewey Johnson in Downieville,
Frank Rowe Attends
1639
1727
Voters who cast their ballots in the general elec
individuals from
valley and Bay ley and Nevada City high school
Area cities has completely exteams will take place on the Jame,
hausted
the supply
of readily S. Hennessy field.
available public land trees.
are available along regular routes
of travel, in most instances, these
trees
are
either
protected
by
State law as a part of the scenic
roadside or are trees growing on
private lands which are not ob
1299
1238
2024
tion Tuesday numbered 8 ,151 as against a total of
to vote, or a little more
y's electorate went ta
in the
of
mas trees by
nearby towns,
areas
Supervisor
Ellis,
quotes.
the
National
Forester, vested with
by.
NEVADA
affected
earlier in the year, are rescinded
as they apply to Tahoe National
Forest fands.
authority
NO FREE XMAS
TREE CUTTING
Bay Area.”’
“Bona fide Settlers in isolated
lis, Forest Supervisor of the Tahoe
National
Forest
has
declared that effective November
5th, special fire restrictions imposed
by
Federal
regulation,
Agriculture, in rescinding
ulations as follows:
and escaped. These were roundéd
up yesterday. The truck, belonging
to
the
Norris . Livestock
Transportation
Company
of
Sparks,.Nevada, was not damaged
and the driver was. unhurt. The
trailer was demolished.
3552
5346
3552
3552
3692
3442
2211
8 Superiorcourt vacancies
4544
9 Governorship succession _. 4625
10 One subject initiatives
3731
GRASS
VALLEY:
American
Legion plans for Armistice Day tt.253
who were entitled
next
Thursday. contemplate an
According to California high-: enlarged
program and a longer than 72 per cent of the count
way patrolmen: thé accident o¢parade,
:
the polls.
cured Tuesday evening near the
highway junction with Bowman
Road. Several catle were unhurt breakfast for Legionnaires to be
be denied to residents of Nevada
City, Grass Valley, Auburn, Reno
and the Sacramento Valley and
RAINS COME, FOREST
SERVICE EASES
FIRE REGULATIONS
NEVADA CITY:
NEVADA CITY: Twelve head
of cattle were killed when a truck
and trailer descénding’ the grade
into Bear Valley met with a mishap. The trailer, due to faulty
air brakes, jack-knifed and tipped
over.
LEGION PLANS
BIG ARMISTICE
DAY PARADE
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
NO
1 Veterans’ tax exemption .. 3267
2 Local liquor enforcement .. 1997.
3 Railroad Brakemen .... 3519
4 Aged and blind aid.. 3519
5 Legislators’ salaries
2533
6 S. F. Bay area fishing
3885
7 Residence of voters
3844
Miss Helen Scribner, Mrs. Va}encia Orzalli, Mrs. Dallas Feller
During the four day visit in
NEVADA CITY: Reporting to
Grass Valley.and Nevada City of
the Tuberculosis. Association xthe county board of supervisors,
ray unit 1824-chest x-rays were Walter A. Carlson, county supermade. In an effort to more efficintendent of schools, said that
unification
plan
for _ five
iently control the spread of the the
disease, each plate in the future schools in tre Tahoe-Truckee area
the winter season of concerts to will be read by two experts inwas carred by a vote of 586 ayes
be presented by the Twin Cities stead of one as in the past. Chest to 70 nays,
e
Concert Association willget under plates made in October will thereHe stated the election to choose
way at a dinner to be held in the fore be sent to a _ specialist in trustees for the unified district
Bret Harte Inn in Grass Valley San Francisco for a reading and will, be held the latter part of
on Monday evening, November 8. then
returned
to ‘Dr.
Monica January. He announced that the
All committee
members
and Briner for her examination.
date for the recall election in the
workers or anyone desirous of
There are two cases of, polio Oakland (Gold. Flat) District has
being a solicitor of subscriptions
in the county. During the recent been set for December 10th. It is
for the concert series will be the
alarm over the epidemic in the proposed to recall Jack Townguests on that evening of the
state, many persons in the counsend and Robert E, Hanley, trusColumbia Concert Association of
ty with polio symptoms. were extees of the district.
New York. Miss Hester Graham,
field agent of the association
which supplies all artists for the
local concerts, will be present to
help ‘lay the groundwork’ for the
YES
were
No.
son, Mrs. Floy Margaret Rey‘No.
noilds, Mrs. Margaret Reed, CounNo.
ty Health Nurse; Mrs. John HamNo.
mill, secretary of the committee;
he had fallen.
The confession, which was inand Miss Bernice Glasson, chair.
No.
man.
troduced in Joe Hardy’s trial,
Pictured
above,
left
to
right,
are:
Lt. Governor Goodwin J. Knight, State No.
] Mrs. Reed reported 112 cases
stated that while McClain was in
her
arms,
Hardy
approached cared for therough her office durSenator Allen G. (Scoop) Thurman, Asse mblyman-Elect Francis C. Lindsay,
and No.
behest.
After the slaying the pair took
dg
trict. With all the returns ( except . 26 absentee ballots
counted) Tobiassen led with 1147 to 1144.
Long faces and gloomy remarks characterized’ the
attitude of local Republicans who, trusting in hitherto
accurate polls, had concluded that victory was theirs
until precinct results began coming in throughout the
e
ina tion. The local Veterans for Thurman Committee
GRASS VALLEY: Members of
the Nevada County Nursing Activities Committee met in Grass
Valley
beach like so much flotsa m and jetsam, did not
en
tirely neglect Nevada County.
President Truman nudged out Dewey ‘here with
. 3781 to 3757, but State Senator Allen G. Thurman,
losing elsewhere, lead Roseville’s Mayor Harold T. Johnson (now Senator-elect) 3,964 to 3,857 in Ne
. vada County.
{
and.
Robert GC.
Cooper,
wha were married.in Sacramento's
their home in Grass Valléy.
Mrs. Cooper is the
daug
cot
te a