April 22, 1947 (4 pages)

uber Co, of the ; Following 4 removed the family Pe Miss Ode : Saari, Will take Dlaty Drodmetion 4% in 1843, rrr, » ors al IE. BORING DING ww BILL DIAL . , 18, 19, 20 ED ID ween anoounen WoR REVIEW . f News oo NEVADA CITY 2 NUGGET f GRASS VALLEY . ONLY 30° PER MONTH LD “ No. 43 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA The Twin Cities Paper TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1947 \War VetTries T . A . _—_ or to Kall Self WAY CLEARED FOR® ON! C } prODUCTION. MENT “GRASS VALLEY: Kenneth Cox 8 E STEEL 26, disab: Gd war veteran, is in a o3 terday be: ~ tion and 140 clo ve vice president of . tion. m Ben F. jgsued a he hoped the cost coul fo = The resultant expl@ion at 9 p. m. BORN A PEASANT. Sunday nisht left Cox dazed. When a DIES WITH 300 the polic~ arrived he was calling for : MILLION DOLLARS help. An “investigation revealed he . 5UBNOS AIRBS: The world fam~ ed tin nagnate, Simon I. Patino, porn of peasants in pere yesterday of “general exhaistbuted to his tio”, . In 1905, b store for a grubstake. PITTSBURGH: Wage increases of y day brought agreement yesa:ween U. S. Steel Corpora000 workers. Phil Mursident and J. A. Stepade the agreement. President airless pf the steel corporation statement in which he said present price structure. e was 4 $35 “per month ~ gtore clerk. A miner came into the eal hospital suffering from second and third Cegree burns, which Grass Valley p lice believe resulted from his preparations to commit suicide. The police believe he either changed his mind or momentarily forgot, and lighted a cigarette in his dining room next to the gas filled kitchen that had been carefully chinked with kleenex. the conporai d be handled had writien a five page farewell note to his wire with whom he had been recently reonciled, after a separation. : Polivia died advanced age. : When the gas,, which had been estaping for an indefinite time, exploted the front door and casing of the house were blown out. The ceilPatind guarMERCHANTS WHIP COLFAX TEAM 71 Sunday when they smashed out a 20Park diamond, Lefty Amos. the Nevada City Merchant pitclier, walked in a run durond inning. Amos then settled down lo pitch a steady game until relieved by Bob Bradley in the sixth. in the last of the second and in the third, took a 7-1 lead. Colfax scored their other two runs in the last inning after the Merchants had built up a big lead. R. Childers and Amos worked on first, B. Childers and McGivern at NEVADA CITY: The Merchants aseball team got off to a good start victory over Colfax at the Wait The Colfax nine scored first when ng a streak of wildness in the secThe Merchants tied the game up Youyer caught for the Merchants. second: Hawkins and Sigourney at third, Radiey and Hawkins at short with Haddy, Jones, Clark, Ronningen and Lystrup seeing action in the outfield. anted the minet’s bill in return for a ing raisee. and glass splinters from Tue Merchants travel to Placerville . Frederik, 1X, who ha as a lover of music, speed. Fr pore Castle. SITUATION > economic situation is . that there must be: > om the part of business. " beavance on the part greater productivity. . fori on tne part of the farmer. 4— . Wise guidarce and action on the part E of government. POLICE DETRO'T: Two . were jailcd here today after refusing ' to order their pickets to stop fight. ing ia front of the headauarters of . the strike-bound headquarters of the Police efforts to clear the entrance . to the building were , fights, enffling, an * Thirty persons in addition union officials were a MISSILE We f _ Trieste, Rugsian Molotov warned mortgage on the mine. COPENHAGEN: Successor to Chris fian X, who died Sunday night, is ederik ascended the throne yesterday. Knud Christenson, monarch s premier, proclaimed him king. from the baleony of ChristianRUMAN COUNSELS ON “ACUTE” ECONOMIC . NEW YORK: President Truman, . addressing members of the Associat_ ed Press warned that the present NAB 32/IN 3 LEPHONE _ PICKET BRAWL ' BIGGEST GUIDED IN THE ORLD CALLED “LOON” POINT MUGU (Calif.): The Loon . is the unfficial name for the great: the front windows blown across tilt : Washington Street where the house ci DANISH KING IRONE stands. Prompt arrival of firemen > prevented a fire. Several inflam) m2bles sivteh as the window curtains were ablaze when they arrived. Cox, according to a statement to police had taken several codene tablets earlier in the day, apparently forgot his preparations to commit suicide by inhaling gas, and lighted a cigarette. NED-WINS BOND ELECTION 6 101 GRASS VALLEY: The million dollar bond issue election held by the Nevada Irrigation-Distict Friday was carried by a six to one vote, Ballots cast: for the bonds totaled 371 an@ azainst the bonds, 73. s been known seafaring and) the acute. He said 1— Moderation 2—Foreof labor, plus 3—All out efWilliam ‘Durbrow, general “manager of the NID, said that the bonds ecarcied ir every precinct. Indian Springs voted in favor of the bonds 37 to 8. Proceeds of the bonds are to b2 used largely for, construction of. the big earth-fill dam at Scott’s Flat. A’ relatively small sum will be expended for extending and reconstruction of one of the district’s ditches. NO WATER IN YUBA DITCH NTH. THURSDAY union leaders . Michigan Bell Telephone Company. greeted by fist a name-calling. to the arrested. GRASS VALLEY: The Pacific Gas and Electric Company Friday servSunday for their second practice O. E. STAHLSCHMIDT KILLS PORCUPINE FOR POLECATS GOLD FLAT: A_ huge porcupine bit the dust at the O. E. Stahlschmidt home here Sunday evening at 9 p. m.and in so doing, addled 25 points to the score of the Polecat team of the Nevada City Sportsman’s Club, . of which Stahischmidt is a membcr. Stehlschmidt, well known apiarist. heard his. dog.bark ine and russhed out to sée what had aroused it. As he got outside, the dog's bark turned to a howl of. pain. The sturdy porcupine had deposited about 20 half inch quills in the dog's muzzle. The porcupine’ retreated under some boards, where Stahlschmidt belabored it with a:large stick, at the same time calling to his wife to fetch his .22. He finishthe animal off with’a bullet in the head. It teok some time before the dog was convinced that Stahlschmidt qualified as an ernergency veterinarian. able to help him by pulling out the quills. The portucine weighed an estimated 30 pounds. Miss Ching-Vi-Ting to Speak at Wesley Hall, Sunday, May 4 GRASS VALLEY: Members of the United Service to China Committee will sporsor a tea om May 4th at 8 p. m at the Methodist Wesley Hall. Robbery Motivated Killer in Tavern Owner Slaying . GRASS VALLEY: The body of a man, yesterday identified as that of John Owen Brownfield, 48, lately of Portland, Oregon, was found Saturday afternoon at 4:20 o'clock alongside the Marysville Highway, three miles west of the Yuba-Nevada County boundary with a gaping shotgun wound in the back of his hea. Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins declares Brownfield was murdered. neo The body was found by two men, Claude C. Charles N. Crowell, residents of Rodeo: who were coming to Grass Valley to spend the week end. They ran out of gas and discovered Brownfield's body lying about 15 , pavement among low brush and grass. : Purpos2 of the socisl function is a benefit for the United Service Committee. Speaker at the tea will be Miss Ching-Yi-Ting,, exectitive secretary of the American-Chinese mass education movement. She will also address the Sunday evening gathering at the Methodist Church. Her topic will be the work of the work of the United Service to China committee. Edward Tinloy and Arthur Fong of this city are in charge of preparAUBURN: Joseph Stomezyski, 58, waz shot and mortally wounded by Officer George Larner in an act of self defense, a corener’s jury under the direction of Coroner Prancis E. West, found last Saturday. Aceording to testimony Stomezyski attempted to attack Officer Larner, Whitrlead and Constable Pat . O'brien with an axe in Loomis early 1 Saturday morning,, April 5. The officers fired several shots at the axe in Stomezyski’s hand, anl one bullet which struck him in the abdomen. He died several hours later in the county hospital. The officers said that they were attempting to arrest Stomezyski afiter the latter was alleged to have been fourd prowling about a Loomfs grocery store by Constable O’Brien. FIRE DEPT. SQUAD SAVES BABY’SLIFE GRASS VALLEY: The resuscitator squad of the Grass Valley Fire De. partment scored another life saved Saturday when they restored respiration to a new born infant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Penna, in the GARRISON NAMED TOVFWSTAFF on, “tions for the event. Myrel Carmen of Auburn is 13th : District Chief of Staff. CORONER’S JURY FINDS MAN SHOT BAFFLING BURGLARIES IN SELF DELF DEFENSE . CONTINUE. TESS SHOP Community. Hospital. The ‘hospital reported that the infant was breathNEVADA CITY: Fred C. Garrissformer commander of Banner Mountain Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, received word yesterday that he had been appointed Deputy Chief of Staff for the 13th District V. F. W. Russell C. Mason, 13th District Commander, made the appointment. ENTERED FRIDAY GRASS VALLEY: Police reported that Tess’ Gift Shop on Mill Streer, had been entered Friday night and large quantity of jewelry, cigarette lighters and Jeather gift goods had been taken. : This is the last of several burglaries in this city which have thus far baffied:the local police and the shtriff’s office. ing around an oil tank in the rear of the building and entered by prying open a window. BRIEF BLAZE is part of the National Hotel prop The thieves climbed thé scaffold-. . man with whom Brownfield wae DESTROYS ROOF NEVADA CITY: The fire department put out a brief roof blaze in the ‘brick storage building’ pehind the National Hotel yesterday afternosn at 5 9. m. Major portion of the building’s roof was destroyed, ‘but Chief of Police Max Solaro, aided by numerous members of the fire department quelled the blaze in a few minutes. Fireman Leo Cullen drove or of the trucks to the scene on Spring Street. Canise of the fire was uncetermined. There was no wiring in. the building. The building est guid.d missile in the world, 4 6,000 pound radio-controlled aerial torpedo whose development was Trevealed yesterday by the Navy. It in. creases “he effective heavy bombardment range of the navy from 25 tniles to 1£0 aniles. The $15,000 missile has a «need in excess of 425 miles Ber hour. Naval officers told correspondents that developments brospect include pilotless capable nt speeds «of several thous— and miles per hour, iet propelled and . ‘pable of “sniffing out’ the target _ Without heln fom hi OTOV ATTACKS POLICY iy aircraft umanhands. Aoreign Minister at he feared that to the free terolitside interferwas told yestefday by Ow Welch, 18, from a pat__}}. ing normally. ed rotice that water will be turned erty. off in the South Yuba Ditch for four days beginning yesterday, in order to make much needed repairs and improvements in it. The P. G. and E. owns the diteh. : One hundred men will be strunz along the ditch which is a part of the Nevada Irrigation District distribution system. Some of the reservoins supplied by this ditch may pe draimed before the water ig turned on again at the.end of four days. It it expected that the water will be}. turned off several times during. the. five weeks in which the work is in progress. Sh ES : The NID states that these shutdowns will mot immediately affect Nevada City and Grass Valley reservoire, but that those supplying Cedar Ridge, Town Talk, Aidge Road and Chicago Park districts may drop to a low level and water users are asked to use the supply sparingly. 13 i) Maceo eee IMPORTANT DATES THIS WEEK IN CALIFORNIA ‘April 21, 1857. Yreka inconporated. . April 2:, 1898. United States declared war on Spain. April 22, 1850. State legislature passed law to protect rights of In-. . dians. April 23, 1894. Palto porated. April 24, 1825. Oath of allegiance to Republic of Mexico administered Alto incor‘GOOD SCOUT’ TRUMAN DOES HIS Penny and feet from the. Sheriff Hoskins and Coroner Ak vah Hooper was notified by phone from the Hillcrest’ Service Station © three miles west of where the body was. found by Penny and Crowell:. The sheriff put out an all points radio bulletin giving a . description of the murdered man and the Coroner ordered an immediate autopsy by Dr. Daniel Hirsch. The autopsy Tevealed the shotgun had been discharged ciose to the target. The entire load of No. 7 shot was found inside the skull. As a result of the sheriff’s shortwave broadcast the Marysville polica got busy on a clue. They had found a lucked car parked in Marysville Wednesday night and had repeatedly tagged it. They traced the car to the Vada Auto Court, and discover-\ ed that Mrs. Rose Brownfield living there had not seen her husband since Wednesday night. She stated that she had not béen uneasy about her, husband because he had disappeared frr a day or so at other thm es. Description of the mufdered — man’s clothes, a8 given her. She stat-~ ed he hrad bought home a man te © dinner Wednesday. eyening, and that ; the two had gone’ out together. . , (Mg. Brownfield said that her -hue~, band had ownied a tavern in Port— Jand, had sold out and. was now looking around to buy one in California. Peace officers throughout. Caltfornia, have ‘a description of the seen; and are ~ making search for him. i Stanley Mitchell, deputy coroner, — who recovered the body Saturda evening states the man was appareritly in his fifties, wa$.5 feet, nine inches tall. He had been déad for some days. Covering the corpse was a of mixed colors, blue and red predominating. The pants were gray a good material. He wore a ¥ sports shirt. Shirt and unde' were apparently new and bore laundry marks, Mitchell said / was nothing about the man by % he might be identified. . , Mrs. Brownfield to! a . nolice the rame of the whom her hu->and was” last Wednesday night,/and Sheriff

uber Co, of the ; Following 4 removed the family Pe Miss Ode : Saari, Will take Dlaty Drodmetion 4% in 1843, rrr, » ors al IE. BORING DING ww BILL DIAL . , 18, 19, 20 ED ID ween anoounen WoR REVIEW . f News oo NEVADA CITY 2 NUGGET f GRASS VALLEY . ONLY 30° PER MONTH LD “ No. 43 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA The Twin Cities Paper TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1947 \War VetTries T . A . _—_ or to Kall Self WAY CLEARED FOR® ON! C } prODUCTION. MENT “GRASS VALLEY: Kenneth Cox 8 E STEEL 26, disab: Gd war veteran, is in a o3 terday be: ~ tion and 140 clo ve vice president of . tion. m Ben F. jgsued a he hoped the cost coul fo = The resultant expl@ion at 9 p. m. BORN A PEASANT. Sunday nisht left Cox dazed. When a DIES WITH 300 the polic~ arrived he was calling for : MILLION DOLLARS help. An “investigation revealed he . 5UBNOS AIRBS: The world fam~ ed tin nagnate, Simon I. Patino, porn of peasants in pere yesterday of “general exhaistbuted to his tio”, . In 1905, b store for a grubstake. PITTSBURGH: Wage increases of y day brought agreement yesa:ween U. S. Steel Corpora000 workers.. Phil Mursident and J. A. Stepade the agreement.. President airless pf the steel corporation statement in which he said present price structure. e was 4 $35 “per month ~ gtore clerk. A miner came into the eal hospital suffering from second and third Cegree burns, which Grass Valley p lice believe resulted from his preparations to commit suicide. The police believe he either changed his mind or momentarily forgot, and lighted a cigarette in his dining room next to the gas filled kitchen that had been carefully chinked with kleenex. the conporai d be handled had writien a five page farewell note to his wire with whom he had been recently reonciled, after a separation. : Polivia died advanced age. : When the gas,, which had been estaping for an indefinite time, exploted the front door and casing of the house were blown out. The ceilPatind guarMERCHANTS WHIP COLFAX TEAM 71 Sunday when they smashed out a 20Park diamond, Lefty Amos. the Nevada City Merchant pitclier, walked in a run durond inning. Amos then settled down lo pitch a steady game until relieved by Bob Bradley in the sixth. in the last of the second and in the third, took a 7-1 lead. Colfax scored their other two runs in the last inning after the Merchants had built up a big lead. R. Childers and Amos worked on first, B. Childers and McGivern at NEVADA CITY: The Merchants aseball team got off to a good start victory over Colfax at the Wait The Colfax nine scored first when ng a streak of wildness in the secThe Merchants tied the game up Youyer caught for the Merchants. second: Hawkins and Sigourney at third, Radiey and Hawkins at short with Haddy, Jones, Clark, Ronningen and Lystrup seeing action in the outfield. anted the minet’s bill in return for a ing raisee. and glass splinters from Tue Merchants travel to Placerville . Frederik, 1X, who ha as a lover of music, speed. Fr pore Castle. SITUATION > economic situation is . that there must be: > om the part of business. " beavance on the part greater productivity. . fori on tne part of the farmer. 4— . Wise guidarce and action on the part E of government. POLICE DETRO'T: Two . were jailcd here today after refusing ' to order their pickets to stop fight. ing ia front of the headauarters of . the strike-bound headquarters of the Police efforts to clear the entrance . to the building were , fights, enffling, an * Thirty persons in addition union officials were a MISSILE We f _ Trieste, Rugsian Molotov warned mortgage on the mine. COPENHAGEN: Successor to Chris fian X, who died Sunday night, is ederik ascended the throne yesterday. Knud Christenson, monarch s premier, proclaimed him king. from the baleony of ChristianRUMAN COUNSELS ON “ACUTE” ECONOMIC . NEW YORK: President Truman, . addressing members of the Associat_ ed Press warned that the present NAB 32/IN 3 LEPHONE _ PICKET BRAWL ' BIGGEST GUIDED IN THE ORLD CALLED “LOON” POINT MUGU (Calif.): The Loon . is the unfficial name for the great: the front windows blown across tilt : Washington Street where the house ci DANISH KING IRONE stands. Prompt arrival of firemen > prevented a fire. Several inflam) m2bles sivteh as the window curtains were ablaze when they arrived. Cox, according to a statement to police had taken several codene tablets earlier in the day, apparently forgot his preparations to commit suicide by inhaling gas, and lighted a cigarette. NED-WINS BOND ELECTION 6 101 GRASS VALLEY: The million dollar bond issue election held by the Nevada Irrigation-Distict Friday was carried by a six to one vote, Ballots cast: for the bonds totaled 371 an@ azainst the bonds, 73. s been known seafaring and) the acute. He said 1— Moderation 2—Foreof labor, plus 3—All out efWilliam ‘Durbrow, general “manager of the NID, said that the bonds ecarcied ir every precinct. Indian Springs voted in favor of the bonds 37 to 8. Proceeds of the bonds are to b2 used largely for, construction of. the big earth-fill dam at Scott’s Flat. A’ relatively small sum will be expended for extending and reconstruction of one of the district’s ditches. NO WATER IN YUBA DITCH NTH. THURSDAY union leaders . Michigan Bell Telephone Company. greeted by fist a name-calling. to the arrested. GRASS VALLEY: The Pacific Gas and Electric Company Friday servSunday for their second practice O. E. STAHLSCHMIDT KILLS PORCUPINE FOR POLECATS GOLD FLAT: A_ huge porcupine bit the dust at the O. E. Stahlschmidt home here Sunday evening at 9 p. m.and in so doing, addled 25 points to the score of the Polecat team of the Nevada City Sportsman’s Club, . of which Stahischmidt is a membcr. Stehlschmidt, well known apiarist. heard his. dog.bark ine and russhed out to sée what had aroused it. As he got outside, the dog's bark

turned to a howl of. pain. The sturdy porcupine had deposited about 20 half inch quills in the dog's muzzle. The porcupine’ retreated under some boards, where Stahlschmidt belabored it with a:large stick, at the same time calling to his wife to fetch his .22. He finishthe animal off with’a bullet in the head. It teok some time before the dog was convinced that Stahlschmidt qualified as an ernergency veterinarian. able to help him by pulling out the quills. The portucine weighed an estimated 30 pounds. Miss Ching-Vi-Ting to Speak at Wesley Hall, Sunday, May 4 GRASS VALLEY: Members of the United Service to China Committee will sporsor a tea om May 4th at 8 p. m at the Methodist Wesley Hall. Robbery Motivated Killer in Tavern Owner Slaying . GRASS VALLEY: The body of a man, yesterday identified as that of John Owen Brownfield, 48, lately of Portland, Oregon, was found Saturday afternoon at 4:20 o'clock alongside the Marysville Highway, three miles west of the Yuba-Nevada County boundary with a gaping shotgun wound in the back of his hea. Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins declares Brownfield was murdered. neo The body was found by two men, Claude C. Charles N. Crowell, residents of Rodeo: who were coming to Grass Valley to spend the week end. They ran out of gas and discovered Brownfield's body lying about 15 , pavement among low brush and grass. : Purpos2 of the socisl function is a benefit for the United Service Committee. Speaker at the tea will be Miss Ching-Yi-Ting,, exectitive secretary of the American-Chinese mass education movement. She will also address the Sunday evening gathering at the Methodist Church. Her topic will be the work of the work of the United Service to China committee. Edward Tinloy and Arthur Fong of this city are in charge of preparAUBURN: Joseph Stomezyski, 58, waz shot and mortally wounded by Officer George Larner in an act of self defense, a corener’s jury under the direction of Coroner Prancis E. West, found last Saturday. Aceording to testimony Stomezyski attempted to attack Officer Larner, Whitrlead and Constable Pat . O'brien with an axe in Loomis early 1 Saturday morning,, April 5. The officers fired several shots at the axe in Stomezyski’s hand, anl one bullet which struck him in the abdomen. He died several hours later in the county hospital. The officers said that they were attempting to arrest Stomezyski afiter the latter was alleged to have been fourd prowling about a Loomfs grocery store by Constable O’Brien. FIRE DEPT. SQUAD SAVES BABY’SLIFE GRASS VALLEY: The resuscitator squad of the Grass Valley Fire De. partment scored another life saved Saturday when they restored respiration to a new born infant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Penna, in the GARRISON NAMED TOVFWSTAFF on, “tions for the event. Myrel Carmen of Auburn is 13th : District Chief of Staff. CORONER’S JURY FINDS MAN SHOT BAFFLING BURGLARIES IN SELF DELF DEFENSE . CONTINUE. TESS SHOP Community. Hospital. The ‘hospital reported that the infant was breathNEVADA CITY: Fred C. Garrissformer commander of Banner Mountain Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, received word yesterday that he had been appointed Deputy Chief of Staff for the 13th District V. F. W. Russell C. Mason, 13th District Commander, made the appointment. ENTERED FRIDAY GRASS VALLEY: Police reported that Tess’ Gift Shop on Mill Streer, had been entered Friday night and large quantity of jewelry, cigarette lighters and Jeather gift goods had been taken. : This is the last of several burglaries in this city which have thus far baffied:the local police and the shtriff’s office. ing around an oil tank in the rear of the building and entered by prying open a window. BRIEF BLAZE is part of the National Hotel prop The thieves climbed thé scaffold-. . man with whom Brownfield wae DESTROYS ROOF NEVADA CITY: The fire department put out a brief roof blaze in the ‘brick storage building’ pehind the National Hotel yesterday afternosn at 5 9. m. Major portion of the building’s roof was destroyed, ‘but Chief of Police Max Solaro, aided by numerous members of the fire department quelled the blaze in a few minutes. Fireman Leo Cullen drove or of the trucks to the scene on Spring Street. Canise of the fire was uncetermined. There was no wiring in. the building. The building est guid.d missile in the world, 4 6,000 pound radio-controlled aerial torpedo whose development was Trevealed yesterday by the Navy. It in. creases “he effective heavy bombardment range of the navy from 25 tniles to 1£0 aniles. The $15,000 missile has a «need in excess of 425 miles Ber hour. Naval officers told correspondents that developments brospect include pilotless capable nt speeds «of several thous— and miles per hour, iet propelled and . ‘pable of “sniffing out’ the target _ Without heln fom hi OTOV ATTACKS POLICY iy aircraft umanhands. Aoreign Minister at he feared that to the free terolitside interferwas told yestefday by Ow Welch, 18, from a pat__}}. ing normally. ed rotice that water will be turned erty. off in the South Yuba Ditch for four days beginning yesterday, in order to make much needed repairs and improvements in it. The P. G. and E. owns the diteh. : One hundred men will be strunz along the ditch which is a part of the Nevada Irrigation District distribution system. Some of the reservoins supplied by this ditch may pe draimed before the water ig turned on again at the.end of four days. It it expected that the water will be}. turned off several times during. the. five weeks in which the work is in progress. Sh ES : The NID states that these shutdowns will mot immediately affect Nevada City and Grass Valley reservoire, but that those supplying Cedar Ridge, Town Talk, Aidge Road and Chicago Park districts may drop to a low level and water users are asked to use the supply sparingly. 13 i) Maceo eee IMPORTANT DATES THIS WEEK IN CALIFORNIA ‘April 21, 1857. Yreka inconporated. . April 2:, 1898. United States declared war on Spain. April 22, 1850. State legislature passed law to protect rights of In-. . dians. April 23, 1894. Palto porated. April 24, 1825. Oath of allegiance to Republic of Mexico administered Alto incor‘GOOD SCOUT’ TRUMAN DOES HIS Penny and feet from the. Sheriff Hoskins and Coroner Ak vah Hooper was notified by phone from the Hillcrest’ Service Station © three miles west of where the body was. found by Penny and Crowell:. The sheriff put out an all points radio bulletin giving a . description of the murdered man and the Coroner ordered an immediate autopsy by Dr. Daniel Hirsch. The autopsy Tevealed the shotgun had been discharged ciose to the target. The entire load of No. 7 shot was found inside the skull. As a result of the sheriff’s shortwave broadcast the Marysville polica got busy on a clue. They had found a lucked car parked in Marysville Wednesday night and had repeatedly tagged it. They traced the car to the Vada Auto Court, and discover-\ ed that Mrs. Rose Brownfield living there had not seen her husband since Wednesday night. She stated that she had not béen uneasy about her, husband because he had disappeared frr a day or so at other thm es. Description of the mufdered — man’s clothes, a8 given her. She stat-~ ed he hrad bought home a man te © dinner Wednesday. eyening, and that ; the two had gone’ out together. . , (Mg. Brownfield said that her -hue~, band had ownied a tavern in Port— Jand, had sold out and. was now looking around to buy one in California. Peace officers throughout. Caltfornia, have ‘a description of the seen; and are ~ making search for him. i Stanley Mitchell, deputy coroner, — who recovered the body Saturda evening states the man was appareritly in his fifties, wa$.5 feet, nine inches tall. He had been déad for some days. Covering the corpse was a of mixed colors, blue and red predominating. The pants were gray a good material. He wore a ¥ sports shirt. Shirt and unde' were apparently new and bore laundry marks, Mitchell said / was nothing about the man by % he might be identified. . , Mrs. Brownfield to! a . nolice the rame of the whom her hu->and was” last Wednesday night,/and Sheriff