April 30, 1945 (4 pages)

. The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.’ '—Daniel Webster : Nevada City Nu COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ See ee geet ciety ————— This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your town, read The Nugget. Vol. 19, No. 34. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA ‘The Gold Center MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1945 THINKINGOUT LOUD By H. M. L. BRISK BEAZE IN HOTEL AT WASHINGTON Fire broke out in the upper stories of the Washington Hotel in Washington on the South Yuba River yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The state division of forestry sent two pumper trucks and the Tahoe national forest also sent fire crews in under D. R. Conover, fire control assistant, to the scene. 6 When the crews arrived, however, the fire was practically out. residents of Washington’ for several years have been supplied with forest The oft expressed idea that a con-. service hose, and they had attached flict "between this country and Rus-. the hose and battled: the flames besia is inevitable, seems based on very. fore help could arrive from Nevada flimsy reasoning. Molotov’s words. City, 17 miles away. The flames were and actions at the San Francisco conespecially destructive in the upper ference. ‘Stalin’s insistence on a. floors where the fire originated. It is communist chosen leadership in Po-. estimated that $2000 —was Jand, and his reservation of the right . dene. to take Berlin with Russian troops, The cause of the fire is attributed giving the Americans and British no. either to defective wiring or to a part therein, are apparently regardcareless smoker. Conover states it ed by many as signs of Russian hos-. may have-been either one. tility to us. se capture of that rattlesnake’s lair is CONTINUE PAPER precious to the prestige of Russia, Jet us gladly let them have it. More . : of our oWn sons, brothers and husz : bands will come home than if we had shared that snake killing event. Molotov represents almost 200,000,000 people in the San Francisco conference. We can read his mind understandably to the extent that. Planned in advance, Scouts have a we place ourselves in hig boots. He. busy time’ of activity in store for proposes that the honor’ of being . them. This is aside nea their “last chairman of the historic meeting of, big push” to earn the ’ handsome . 46 nations in San Francisco shall be Hisenhower-Scout _Paper Drive medrotated among representatives of the 2! for having collected individually powers which have had to do the ; 1000 pounds of waste paper and at fighting. It breaks a precedent, per-'the same time help to have the haps, but. why not? Why should . Troop win the shell case trophy for Stettinius, newly come to the high having” collectéd an average of 1000 office of Secretary of State, take pre-. POUNds per boy membership. It concedenée for this country over China, . tinues until May 15th, at which time which has been at war seven years, 8Coutmasters must send into the ofover Russia, which has been war:fice the regular yellow -application for five years and lost millions of. form listing names of boys who men, women and children in a death! Qualify. This is the absolute deadgrapple with their jungle neighbor,. line. In the meantime, scouts are asor over Great Britain, which threw] Sisting with the old clothes drive by down the gantlet and challenged the. helping collect and tying up bundles Beast of Berlin, and came within an, for shipment as they come into the ace of becoming an extinet nation as'. local depositories. result? Will anyone offer a good . The Placer Foothill District Camreason. why the presidency of this. Poree will take place near Rottlegathering among the peoples of the. Smake Bridge on the week end of earth should not be rotated. May 4th and 5th, according to Walee ea ter Johnston, District camping and Now as for Poland, let us again. activities chairman, William Harvey place ourselves as well as we can in. district commissioner. Troops 3, 19, ‘Russian boots. Supposing Germany,}10 Auburn; 9, Penryn; 12 Loomis ag it threatened once to do, had at-. and it is hoped the new troop 35 at tacked the United States through. Colfax will participate. The camporee Mexico, had marched as far north as. committee will meet at the HenDenver, destroying towns. and: vil-. nessy Seho&l in Grass Valley on jJages as they went, and finally pracApril 30 to definitize Plans for this tically leveled Denver. Supposing af-. great affair, according to Harry ter. a great national effort the in-. Poole, Camporee Chief. Thig funcwaders were repelled at the cost of. tion will attract scouts from the enmillions of American lives, does any-. tire area, it was stated. one imagine that we would. ever ‘again trust Mexico to keep invaders fel ' from attacking our southern border. NO FISHING IN We would mighty near take over (Mexico once the dust of battle had CANYON CREEK settled, and forever after keep a firm hand on that republic. Would » With the fishing season opening tomorrow, Elarl Hiscox, game war‘we or would we not? That is approximately the way Russia regards Poland, And who would blame her? den, yesterday issued a warning that Canyon Creek is closed from Bomman Dam to its confluence with the Not Americans, let us hope. But take a look at our own his-/gouth Yuba. He also states that ail tory. We don’t really need to build. yjaxes in the high country are frozen ‘on imaginary cases. What’ has been. sojiq and that there will be no fishour general attitude toward our immediate neighbors to the south from the very beginning. The Monroe doctrine, was not a dodtrine at all. It was a command from our state department to all European nations to keep hands off South and Central America. We would not even permit Great Britain to collect bad debts in Venezuela, Cleveland threatened the bill collectors with our fleet. We dislike the loose talk of loose thinkers, who say that. one day we, that is, the United States, must fight Russia. No one can look far into the future, of coursé, but the probality of war with Russia, seems almost as remote as the Milky Way. Russia, logically wants peace even more than this country, if that. were possible. Russia ‘has: more wndeveloped resources than any other country on the globe, and wants to develope them in peace. s Every family in this broad land can be glad that Russian troops have elected to be first in Berlin. If the With plans going forward for the ‘Council Camporee at Lake Olmyia near Grass Valley on the week end as well as the District Camporettas said he walked across Lindsey Lake in the Grouse Ridge area, and it dow. There was four feet of snow on top of the ice despite the warm days that should have melted it. policy unanimous. Not that we think there is anyThis diplomacy of ours as affect-. thing wrong with our polity. Far ing Latin American countries, was! from it. Anytime Admiral King finds just as unilateral as anything Rus-. it necessary to anchor one of our sia ever dreamed of doing. We didn’t; fighting fleets on La Plata, off Bueask anyone. We told them. Of late . nos Ayres, we shall be for him 100 years we have moved to make our . per cent. And feeling as we do about policy in South and Central America/our own country, we can’t, for the a policy of twenty one nations in-. life of us, see Why Russians shouldn't . stead of one. And how hot’ we have! feel about their country and their . grown under the collar, ‘because Ar-. neighbors the way we do about ours. gentina did not come along with the; People in glass houses should never . rest of the New World in making this. throw stones. The of May 19-20, and Patrol and Troop! ). water “in the river will be Tuesday. [A heavy snow run off no doubt will . provide sufficient water CANNING SUGAR ing in them for weeks to come. He, * looked ke nothing but a big mea-. stocer: She should be sure to take jher War Ration Book Four as well TRUCKEE AREA PROMISES GOOD BAIT FISHING Although bills have been introduced in the state legislature to keep . scores of the streams in this district closed until May 30, they will not. become effective in. time to.make any changes over last year’s opening date of May 1 and hundreds of anxious anglers are sorting out and replacing equipment in preporation for the big day Tuesday. While high water in most of the local streams will prevent fly fishermen, from getting in much of their favorite sport, bait fishermen may fair well im the opinion of Game Warden Bill LaMarr who has made a complete survey of the district. . LaMarr warned that the section of . the Truckee River 1000 feet below the Tahoe dam is closed this year by official order. Creeks at the south end of Tahoe which are elosed for the season include Taylor, Trout, . co. HAVE SEATS IN and Cold Creek as well. ag Star Lake. Ward and Blackwood Creeks, running into Lake Tahoe will not open . until July 1 and the Upper Truckee . and its tributaries, south of the lake . will also remain closed until July 1. While the law provides that Webber and Independence and other . lakes and streams, so-called tribut. ary to the Truckee, open May lea heavy pack of snow will prevent reaching the upper portions of the. tribuatries on opening day. Roads . are open, however, to the Little Truckee by way of Sierraville and to Prosser and Martis creeks. Boca reservoir, favorite spot for hundreds of fishermen annually is quite low still but may provide some, good results. . While only 8 CSF of water’ was leaving the gates at Tahoe on the . Truckee River Monday. it ‘is beyond prediction what the condition of the unless the weather turns colder. To sum it up, prospects for the opening of the seagon this year are normal. LaMarr predicted unless an unforseen condition in the water or weather oecurs.—Sierra Sun. ISSUED ONLY ON PROPER FORMS Housewives who plan to do home canning this year must make an earlier start than they did last year in order to meet the new requirements of the local War Price and Rationing Board in reference to application forms, Sugar will not be issued this year for home canning as it was in 1944. Instead each applicant: must fill out form which may be obtained at the local board offices. This form is the only one by which canning sugar may be obtained. Before mailing the application to the ‘board “spare stamp 13” from War Ration Book Four, for each member of the family covered by the application, should be attached. When the applications have been approved, canning: sugar coupons good for five pounds and for one pound each will be mailed to the applicant. When the housewife , uses the five pounds coupons she ‘must sign her name and write the number of her War Ration Book. Four on each coupon before giving it to her as the coupons with her to the store. Because of the scarcity of sugar, applicants will be allowed only as much canning sugar as they actually need for canning, up to 20 pounds a person and 160 pounds a family. Application forms wil] -be available to the local War’ Price and Ration Board beginning April 20, No applications will be received after October 31st. . this week to its national president, i American delegation. Mrs. John ; was a Nevada City business Thursday. Mr. and Mrs, Phelns p ;chasedthe .Washington Hotel recently and opened up for businese in ‘the last ten days. visitor pe ass Valley. Phelps of Washinegtoa . MARITIMF =O SERVICE NEEDS Age limits for enrollment in the . U. S. Martime Service, were expand-. ed today to permit boys 17 to 18 . years old to join, Captain H. J. Tied. emann,. Pacific District. Operations Officer; announced. Closed to 17 years olds since last fall, the U. S. Maritime Service lowered age limits again to obtain “the manpower needed to fortify the merchant marine for the even greater job thatawaits it following the collapse of the Buropean war,’ Captain Tiedemann stated. The USMS enrolling office for-the Northern California -area is located at~1000 Geary Street, San FrancisPTA OFFICIALS PEACE ASSEMBLY The California Congress of Parents and Teachers. is official host Mrs. William A. Hastings,*.of Madison, Wisconsin. Mrs. Hastings arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday, April 24. Secretary of State, Edward R. Stettinius, invited three educational groups to send consultants to San Francisco, who would be available for consultation at the request of the! He asked Mra. Hastings to head the national congress group and to select two associate consultants. She appointed Mrs. . J. W. Bingham of-Palo-Alto--national! and state chairman of college co. operation and chairman of the post war planning committee, and Mrs. J. J. Garland of Menlo Park, president “of the California Cofgress of Parents and Teachers and a national board member. Seats have been reserved for the consultants at all plenary sessions, and arrangements are beiig made for them to meet the members of the American delegation, as well as those of other countries. California’s Parent Teacher membership has increased this year to a new high, of 472,979 members. This is an increase of nearly 94,000 members over last year. The national membership also shows a marked increase of nearly half a million over . the previous year. HOT WEATHER — DRIES OUT FLOOR OF TAHOE FOREST The current period of hot weather has dried out the forest floor to an alarming degree points out J. M. Shock, fire control officer of Tahoe national forest, therefore each and every fisherman must be extremely careful with his campfire and smokes. Indicating the magnitude of the loss to our ‘war effort each year by forest and woods fires, Shock issued the following statement ‘war and other industries and farms are robbed of neadly 1,000,000 man-days of labor each year by the need to fight 210,000 forest and woods fires—9 out of tn are man caused and there‘fore preventable.’’ “These annual 210,000 forest and ‘woods fires,” reflected Shock, ‘“‘destoy 3,000,000,000 board feet of timber enough to make 65,700,000 tons of newsprint or to build 215,000 five room houses.’’ Drive for Funds to Combat Cancer The Tri-County American Society, embracing. Nevada. and Sierra Counties, Cencer Placer has opened its drive for funds under the direction of Miss Betty Eldredge assisted by Mrs. Helen-Vanzi Hughes, both of f the $5,000,000 fund to be colober nationally, Placer is asked to -ontribute $736, Nevada $380 and . $78. It is stated that this is the first year the society has gone to the public to raise funds for combatting this disease. Sierra . paign . avinerer who has accounted to (ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battista . Served on a navy submarine for two HIGHER MEAT SUBSIDY MAY BRING RELIEF The OPA sought to obtain a more . equal distribution of meat this week . IMPORTANT MEETING OF RED CROSS TUESDAY The ‘Nevada City Chapter a the American Red Cross will meet toby decreeing # $34,000,000 price re. morrow eveningg in the production lief program for packers and declar-' ing an all out effort against black. market operations in -meat. Retail) prices housewives pay for meat are not affected. The 34 million, most of which is in increased governmental subsidies. will’ be paid at that annual rate to! slaughterers in an effort to eliminate the ‘freeze out’? many claim is putting them out of: business. The new meat program has as its} objective a firnter control of meat . slaughter and—moves to rare ea more slaughtered meats into ally inspected plants, thus allowing more meats to move across state lines into shortage areas. These two broad steps constitute a 10 point program to golve the meat program as announced by stabiliza-; tion director William H. Davis. It re-. sults from heavy pressure—particularly on the OPA—from.congress, the . meat packing industry and housewiv. es weary of searchipg for meat. Prepared jointly by Davis, the OP . A, WFA and war department, the . program calls for a rigorous cam-! against black markets. As a' result OPA is adding 500 oe gators to its meat enforcement staff. Davis cautioned, however, against . all. He emphasized the war and the . Laians needs are the main cause of . n . the meat shortage and that the steps . taken will not solve the problem‘ in the sense of cone everybody all the) meat he wants.’ = . But they will, he added, “remove . the last vestige of excuse for either the sale or purchase of meat at over ceiling prices or without. ration points.”’ The new distribution controls provide for slaughter quotas for all non federally inspected packing houses, which handle 46 per cent of the meat supply. These quotas will limit the animal kill of ‘such houses to their individual levels in 1944, based on the number of ration points they surrendered to OPA. “IT am sure this will appeal to everyone’s sense of fair play,’’ Davis said. “It is just: retribution that a the rationing authorities for only part of his sales of rationed meat, should now find himself with a quota based exclusively upon his lawful sales.’’ LEGION SIXTH DIST. NOMINATES OFFICERS The convention of the Sixth District of the American Legion meeiing in Grass. Valley yesterday, in the Veterans Memorial Building, received the nominations for officers. (For commander, Mervin Ash of Sacramento was nominated, for vice commander Lee Sonneberg, of North San Juan, Nevada County, and for second vice commander H. B. Hunsaker of Placerville, El Dorado County. : The election will be held in Sacramento in July. Meeting with the Legion were delegates of the Sixth District of American Legion Auxiliary. g HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WEDS The marriage of Miss Glara Battista, Grass Valley high school senior, and Phillip Twitchell, of the present war, has nounced. The couple were married in Reno. April 14th. The bride is the daughveteran been anof 643 South Auburn Street, Grass Valley. She hag been active in the high school social and siaipiersts activities. , Twitchell is the son of Mrs. Ida . Twichell Meeker of Grass Valley. He years, and has been honorably disfeder-. d . Darticularly . should be ,rooms in the Masonic Building at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Richard Goyne, seo'retary, states that important ‘matters are to [be discussed and that a full attendance is desired. NON ACID FOODS MOST SUBJECT TOBOTULISM The recent outbreak of botulism resulting in the death of two Folsom people has caused considérable 5 idiscussion regarding the safety of ‘home canned foods. Miss Virginia Black, emergency food preservation assistant of the Agricultural Exten-. sion Servite, gives this information regarding botulism. Botulism a highely fatal poisoning, is caused by improperly canned foods, those foods which are acid. It is not possible to tell that the food is capable of causing botulism by looking at it or smelling it. If the food is poisonous, even the tiniest amount may cause death. However, home canned foods can be eatlen without danger of botulism if the . following precautions are strictly ob;non a the new actions as a cure. served. 1—The first rule to remember ig ever to taste even small .amounts of home canned non acid foods, like vegetables and meats, without first. . boiling them. All vegetables, except spinach, and cream style corn, boiled ten minutes— spinach and corn twenty minutes. If in doubt about fruit or tomatoes, > boil before tasting. 2—Destroy any preserved food that has a bad odor, is mushy or moldy or shows evidence of gas formation. Destroy any food taken from a bulging or corroded lid. Destroy the food if there is evidence of oozing under the lid. Do not taste any food which has a bad odor after it has ‘been boiled. Boiling intensifies the odor of spoiled fond. 3—For reasons of safety non acid vegetables and meats should be canned. by means of a pressure cooker. Anyone wishing safe, tested directions for home canning May odtain the circular issued by the University of California Agricultural . Extension Service by writing to Miss Black at 135 Court Street, Auburn. A leaflet on botulism is also available at the same address. RESIDENT OF FOREST PASSES Joseph Thomas Finane died at the county hospital late Friday afternoon. He was 73 years of age. The deceased was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. D. Finane, pioneer residents of Forest in that community the deceased gained his education and entered the field of mining. He spent his entire life in the general vicinity of Forest until two years ago when his health began to fail. Then he moved to Nevada City to be near medical help. Of the ten brothers and sisters, but two survive. Mrs. Josie MecDougall of Alleghany and Mrs. T. J. MeGrath of Berkeley. He leaves a number of nephews and nieces. : The late Joseph Thomas Finane was industrious and respected. For pastime nothing plaeased him more than music. He was able to Play a number of instruments, ' The Holmes Funeral Home had charge of funeral services. this morning at 10 o’clock. INCUM BE NTS RE REELECTED Without opposition, Miles Coughlin and Dr. B. W. Hummelt, incumbent members of the Nevada City Unified School District Board were reelected to office ‘in Saturday’s vot ing. Other members of the board charged. ¥ * A. S. Bates, Charles” Elliott, Hal rains

. The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.’ '—Daniel Webster : Nevada City Nu COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ See ee geet ciety ————— This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your town, read The Nugget. Vol. 19, No. 34. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA ‘The Gold Center MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1945 THINKINGOUT LOUD By H. M. L. BRISK BEAZE IN HOTEL AT WASHINGTON Fire broke out in the upper stories of the Washington Hotel in Washington on the South Yuba River yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The state division of forestry sent two pumper trucks and the Tahoe national forest also sent fire crews in under D. R. Conover, fire control assistant, to the scene. 6 When the crews arrived, however, the fire was practically out. residents of Washington’ for several years have been supplied with forest The oft expressed idea that a con-. service hose, and they had attached flict "between this country and Rus-. the hose and battled: the flames besia is inevitable, seems based on very. fore help could arrive from Nevada flimsy reasoning. Molotov’s words. City, 17 miles away. The flames were and actions at the San Francisco conespecially destructive in the upper ference. ‘Stalin’s insistence on a. floors where the fire originated. It is communist chosen leadership in Po-. estimated that $2000 —was Jand, and his reservation of the right . dene. to take Berlin with Russian troops, The cause of the fire is attributed giving the Americans and British no. either to defective wiring or to a part therein, are apparently regardcareless smoker. Conover states it ed by many as signs of Russian hos-. may have-been either one. tility to us. se capture of that rattlesnake’s lair is CONTINUE PAPER precious to the prestige of Russia, Jet us gladly let them have it. More . : of our oWn sons, brothers and husz : bands will come home than if we had shared that snake killing event. Molotov represents almost 200,000,000 people in the San Francisco conference. We can read his mind understandably to the extent that. Planned in advance, Scouts have a we place ourselves in hig boots. He. busy time’ of activity in store for proposes that the honor’ of being . them. This is aside nea their “last chairman of the historic meeting of, big push” to earn the ’ handsome . 46 nations in San Francisco shall be Hisenhower-Scout _Paper Drive medrotated among representatives of the 2! for having collected individually powers which have had to do the ; 1000 pounds of waste paper and at fighting. It breaks a precedent, per-'the same time help to have the haps, but. why not? Why should . Troop win the shell case trophy for Stettinius, newly come to the high having” collectéd an average of 1000 office of Secretary of State, take pre-. POUNds per boy membership. It concedenée for this country over China, . tinues until May 15th, at which time which has been at war seven years, 8Coutmasters must send into the ofover Russia, which has been war:fice the regular yellow -application for five years and lost millions of. form listing names of boys who men, women and children in a death! Qualify. This is the absolute deadgrapple with their jungle neighbor,. line. In the meantime, scouts are asor over Great Britain, which threw] Sisting with the old clothes drive by down the gantlet and challenged the. helping collect and tying up bundles Beast of Berlin, and came within an, for shipment as they come into the ace of becoming an extinet nation as'. local depositories. result? Will anyone offer a good . The Placer Foothill District Camreason. why the presidency of this. Poree will take place near Rottlegathering among the peoples of the. Smake Bridge on the week end of earth should not be rotated. May 4th and 5th, according to Walee ea ter Johnston, District camping and Now as for Poland, let us again. activities chairman, William Harvey place ourselves as well as we can in. district commissioner. Troops 3, 19, ‘Russian boots. Supposing Germany,}10 Auburn; 9, Penryn; 12 Loomis ag it threatened once to do, had at-. and it is hoped the new troop 35 at tacked the United States through. Colfax will participate. The camporee Mexico, had marched as far north as. committee will meet at the HenDenver, destroying towns. and: vil-. nessy Seho&l in Grass Valley on jJages as they went, and finally pracApril 30 to definitize Plans for this tically leveled Denver. Supposing af-. great affair, according to Harry ter. a great national effort the in-. Poole, Camporee Chief. Thig funcwaders were repelled at the cost of. tion will attract scouts from the enmillions of American lives, does any-. tire area, it was stated. one imagine that we would. ever ‘again trust Mexico to keep invaders fel ' from attacking our southern border. NO FISHING IN We would mighty near take over (Mexico once the dust of battle had CANYON CREEK settled, and forever after keep a firm hand on that republic. Would » With the fishing season opening tomorrow, Elarl Hiscox, game war‘we or would we not? That is approximately the way Russia regards Poland, And who would blame her? den, yesterday issued a warning that Canyon Creek is closed from Bomman Dam to its confluence with the Not Americans, let us hope. But take a look at our own his-/gouth Yuba. He also states that ail tory. We don’t really need to build. yjaxes in the high country are frozen ‘on imaginary cases. What’ has been. sojiq and that there will be no fishour general attitude toward our immediate neighbors to the south from the very beginning. The Monroe doctrine, was not a dodtrine at all. It was a command from our state department to all European nations to keep hands off South and Central America. We would not even permit Great Britain to collect bad debts in Venezuela, Cleveland threatened the bill collectors with our fleet. We dislike the loose talk of loose thinkers, who say that. one day we, that is, the United States, must fight Russia. No one can look far into the future, of coursé, but the probality of war with Russia, seems almost as remote as the Milky Way. Russia, logically wants peace even more than this country, if that. were possible. Russia ‘has: more wndeveloped resources than any other country on the globe, and wants to develope them in peace. s Every family in this broad land can be glad that Russian troops have elected to be first in Berlin. If the With plans going forward for the ‘Council Camporee at Lake Olmyia near Grass Valley on the week end as well as the District Camporettas said he walked across Lindsey Lake in the Grouse Ridge area, and it dow. There was four feet of snow on top of the ice despite the warm days that should have melted it. policy unanimous. Not that we think there is anyThis diplomacy of ours as affect-. thing wrong with our polity. Far ing Latin American countries, was! from it. Anytime Admiral King finds just as unilateral as anything Rus-. it necessary to anchor one of our sia ever dreamed of doing. We didn’t; fighting fleets on La Plata, off Bueask anyone. We told them. Of late . nos Ayres, we shall be for him 100 years we have moved to make our . per cent. And feeling as we do about policy in South and Central America/our own country, we can’t, for the a policy of twenty one nations in-. life of us, see Why Russians shouldn't . stead of one. And how hot’ we have! feel about their country and their . grown under the collar, ‘because Ar-. neighbors the way we do about ours. gentina did not come along with the; People in glass houses should never . rest of the New World in making this. throw stones. The of May 19-20, and Patrol and Troop! ). water “in the river will be Tuesday. [A heavy snow run off no doubt will . provide sufficient water CANNING SUGAR ing in them for weeks to come. He, * looked ke nothing but a big mea-. stocer: She should be sure to take jher War Ration Book Four as well TRUCKEE AREA PROMISES GOOD BAIT FISHING Although bills have been introduced in the state legislature to keep . scores of the streams in this district closed until May 30, they will not. become effective in. time to.make any changes over last year’s opening date of May 1 and hundreds of anxious anglers are sorting out and replacing equipment in preporation for the big day Tuesday. While high water in most of the local streams will prevent fly fishermen, from getting in much of their favorite sport, bait fishermen may fair well im the opinion of Game Warden Bill LaMarr who has made a complete survey of the district. . LaMarr warned that the section of . the Truckee River 1000 feet below the Tahoe dam is closed this year by official order. Creeks at the south end of Tahoe which are elosed for the season include Taylor, Trout, . co. HAVE SEATS IN and Cold Creek as well. ag Star Lake. Ward and Blackwood Creeks, running into Lake Tahoe will not open . until July 1 and the Upper Truckee . and its tributaries, south of the lake . will also remain closed until July 1. While the law provides that Webber and Independence and other . lakes and streams, so-called tribut. ary to the Truckee, open May lea heavy pack of snow will prevent reaching the upper portions of the. tribuatries on opening day. Roads . are open, however, to the Little Truckee by way of Sierraville and to Prosser and Martis creeks. Boca reservoir, favorite spot for hundreds of fishermen annually is quite low still but may provide some, good results. . While only 8 CSF of water’ was leaving the gates at Tahoe on the . Truckee River Monday. it ‘is beyond prediction what the condition of the unless the weather turns colder. To sum it up, prospects for the opening of the seagon this year are normal. LaMarr predicted unless an unforseen condition in the water or weather oecurs.—Sierra Sun. ISSUED ONLY ON PROPER FORMS Housewives who plan to do home canning this year must make an earlier start than they did last year in order to meet the new requirements of the local War Price and Rationing Board in reference to application forms, Sugar will not be issued this year for home canning as it was in 1944. Instead each applicant: must fill out form which may be obtained at the local board offices. This form is the only one by which canning sugar may be obtained. Before mailing the application to the ‘board “spare stamp 13” from War Ration Book Four, for each member of the family covered by the application, should be attached. When the applications have been approved, canning: sugar coupons good for five pounds and for one pound each will be mailed to the applicant. When the housewife , uses the five pounds coupons she ‘must sign her name and write the number of her War Ration Book. Four on each coupon before giving it to her as the coupons with her to the store. Because of the scarcity of sugar, applicants will be allowed only as much canning sugar as they actually need for canning, up to 20 pounds a person and 160 pounds a family. Application forms wil] -be available to the local War’ Price and Ration Board beginning April 20, No applications will be received after October 31st. . this week to its national president, i American delegation. Mrs. John ; was a Nevada City business Thursday. Mr. and Mrs, Phelns p ;chasedthe .Washington Hotel recently and opened up for businese in ‘the last ten days. visitor pe ass Valley. Phelps of Washinegtoa . MARITIMF =O SERVICE NEEDS Age limits for enrollment in the . U. S. Martime Service, were expand-. ed today to permit boys 17 to 18 . years old to join, Captain H. J. Tied. emann,. Pacific District. Operations

Officer; announced. Closed to 17 years olds since last fall, the U. S. Maritime Service lowered age limits again to obtain “the manpower needed to fortify the merchant marine for the even greater job thatawaits it following the collapse of the Buropean war,’ Captain Tiedemann stated. The USMS enrolling office for-the Northern California -area is located at~1000 Geary Street, San FrancisPTA OFFICIALS PEACE ASSEMBLY The California Congress of Parents and Teachers. is official host Mrs. William A. Hastings,*.of Madison, Wisconsin. Mrs. Hastings arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday, April 24. Secretary of State, Edward R. Stettinius, invited three educational groups to send consultants to San Francisco, who would be available for consultation at the request of the! He asked Mra. Hastings to head the national congress group and to select two associate consultants. She appointed Mrs. . J. W. Bingham of-Palo-Alto--national! and state chairman of college co. operation and chairman of the post war planning committee, and Mrs. J. J. Garland of Menlo Park, president “of the California Cofgress of Parents and Teachers and a national board member. Seats have been reserved for the consultants at all plenary sessions, and arrangements are beiig made for them to meet the members of the American delegation, as well as those of other countries. California’s Parent Teacher membership has increased this year to a new high, of 472,979 members. This is an increase of nearly 94,000 members over last year. The national membership also shows a marked increase of nearly half a million over . the previous year. HOT WEATHER — DRIES OUT FLOOR OF TAHOE FOREST The current period of hot weather has dried out the forest floor to an alarming degree points out J. M. Shock, fire control officer of Tahoe national forest, therefore each and every fisherman must be extremely careful with his campfire and smokes. Indicating the magnitude of the loss to our ‘war effort each year by forest and woods fires, Shock issued the following statement ‘war and other industries and farms are robbed of neadly 1,000,000 man-days of labor each year by the need to fight 210,000 forest and woods fires—9 out of tn are man caused and there‘fore preventable.’’ “These annual 210,000 forest and ‘woods fires,” reflected Shock, ‘“‘destoy 3,000,000,000 board feet of timber enough to make 65,700,000 tons of newsprint or to build 215,000 five room houses.’’ Drive for Funds to Combat Cancer The Tri-County American Society, embracing. Nevada. and Sierra Counties, Cencer Placer has opened its drive for funds under the direction of Miss Betty Eldredge assisted by Mrs. Helen-Vanzi Hughes, both of f the $5,000,000 fund to be colober nationally, Placer is asked to -ontribute $736, Nevada $380 and . $78. It is stated that this is the first year the society has gone to the public to raise funds for combatting this disease. Sierra . paign . avinerer who has accounted to (ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battista . Served on a navy submarine for two HIGHER MEAT SUBSIDY MAY BRING RELIEF The OPA sought to obtain a more . equal distribution of meat this week . IMPORTANT MEETING OF RED CROSS TUESDAY The ‘Nevada City Chapter a the American Red Cross will meet toby decreeing # $34,000,000 price re. morrow eveningg in the production lief program for packers and declar-' ing an all out effort against black. market operations in -meat. Retail) prices housewives pay for meat are not affected. The 34 million, most of which is in increased governmental subsidies. will’ be paid at that annual rate to! slaughterers in an effort to eliminate the ‘freeze out’? many claim is putting them out of: business. The new meat program has as its} objective a firnter control of meat . slaughter and—moves to rare ea more slaughtered meats into ally inspected plants, thus allowing more meats to move across state lines into shortage areas. These two broad steps constitute a 10 point program to golve the meat program as announced by stabiliza-; tion director William H. Davis. It re-. sults from heavy pressure—particularly on the OPA—from.congress, the . meat packing industry and housewiv. es weary of searchipg for meat. Prepared jointly by Davis, the OP . A, WFA and war department, the . program calls for a rigorous cam-! against black markets. As a' result OPA is adding 500 oe gators to its meat enforcement staff. Davis cautioned, however, against . all. He emphasized the war and the . Laians needs are the main cause of . n . the meat shortage and that the steps . taken will not solve the problem‘ in the sense of cone everybody all the) meat he wants.’ = . But they will, he added, “remove . the last vestige of excuse for either the sale or purchase of meat at over ceiling prices or without. ration points.”’ The new distribution controls provide for slaughter quotas for all non federally inspected packing houses, which handle 46 per cent of the meat supply. These quotas will limit the animal kill of ‘such houses to their individual levels in 1944, based on the number of ration points they surrendered to OPA. “IT am sure this will appeal to everyone’s sense of fair play,’’ Davis said. “It is just: retribution that a the rationing authorities for only part of his sales of rationed meat, should now find himself with a quota based exclusively upon his lawful sales.’’ LEGION SIXTH DIST. NOMINATES OFFICERS The convention of the Sixth District of the American Legion meeiing in Grass. Valley yesterday, in the Veterans Memorial Building, received the nominations for officers. (For commander, Mervin Ash of Sacramento was nominated, for vice commander Lee Sonneberg, of North San Juan, Nevada County, and for second vice commander H. B. Hunsaker of Placerville, El Dorado County. : The election will be held in Sacramento in July. Meeting with the Legion were delegates of the Sixth District of American Legion Auxiliary. g HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WEDS The marriage of Miss Glara Battista, Grass Valley high school senior, and Phillip Twitchell, of the present war, has nounced. The couple were married in Reno. April 14th. The bride is the daughveteran been anof 643 South Auburn Street, Grass Valley. She hag been active in the high school social and siaipiersts activities. , Twitchell is the son of Mrs. Ida . Twichell Meeker of Grass Valley. He years, and has been honorably disfeder-. d . Darticularly . should be ,rooms in the Masonic Building at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Richard Goyne, seo'retary, states that important ‘matters are to [be discussed and that a full attendance is desired. NON ACID FOODS MOST SUBJECT TOBOTULISM The recent outbreak of botulism resulting in the death of two Folsom people has caused considérable 5 idiscussion regarding the safety of ‘home canned foods. Miss Virginia Black, emergency food preservation assistant of the Agricultural Exten-. sion Servite, gives this information regarding botulism. Botulism a highely fatal poisoning, is caused by improperly canned foods, those foods which are acid. It is not possible to tell that the food is capable of causing botulism by looking at it or smelling it. If the food is poisonous, even the tiniest amount may cause death. However, home canned foods can be eatlen without danger of botulism if the . following precautions are strictly ob;non a the new actions as a cure. served. 1—The first rule to remember ig ever to taste even small .amounts of home canned non acid foods, like vegetables and meats, without first. . boiling them. All vegetables, except spinach, and cream style corn, boiled ten minutes— spinach and corn twenty minutes. If in doubt about fruit or tomatoes, > boil before tasting. 2—Destroy any preserved food that has a bad odor, is mushy or moldy or shows evidence of gas formation. Destroy any food taken from a bulging or corroded lid. Destroy the food if there is evidence of oozing under the lid. Do not taste any food which has a bad odor after it has ‘been boiled. Boiling intensifies the odor of spoiled fond. 3—For reasons of safety non acid vegetables and meats should be canned. by means of a pressure cooker. Anyone wishing safe, tested directions for home canning May odtain the circular issued by the University of California Agricultural . Extension Service by writing to Miss Black at 135 Court Street, Auburn. A leaflet on botulism is also available at the same address. RESIDENT OF FOREST PASSES Joseph Thomas Finane died at the county hospital late Friday afternoon. He was 73 years of age. The deceased was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. D. Finane, pioneer residents of Forest in that community the deceased gained his education and entered the field of mining. He spent his entire life in the general vicinity of Forest until two years ago when his health began to fail. Then he moved to Nevada City to be near medical help. Of the ten brothers and sisters, but two survive. Mrs. Josie MecDougall of Alleghany and Mrs. T. J. MeGrath of Berkeley. He leaves a number of nephews and nieces. : The late Joseph Thomas Finane was industrious and respected. For pastime nothing plaeased him more than music. He was able to Play a number of instruments, ' The Holmes Funeral Home had charge of funeral services. this morning at 10 o’clock. INCUM BE NTS RE REELECTED Without opposition, Miles Coughlin and Dr. B. W. Hummelt, incumbent members of the Nevada City Unified School District Board were reelected to office ‘in Saturday’s vot ing. Other members of the board charged. ¥ * A. S. Bates, Charles” Elliott, Hal rains