August 28, 1944 (4 pages)

{ The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per ——— “God grants liberty a to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.’”’ . Nevada City Nu —Daniel Webster eget This paper gives you com coverage of all local -happeni If you want to read about friends, your neighbors, and y town, read The Nugget diet, COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA The » County Se ee Vol. 18, No. 68. — a . i} ae Thinking Out Loudee By H. M. 1. : Delinquent children are almost always universally offspring of delinquent parents, though there are rare exceptions. Unless we can devise new legal means to ‘eorrect parental delinquency, we shallhave constantly increasing *numbers of children gone estray: ' Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen fh “his long experience finds that it is “Generally the parents who are guilty, not the children. ‘: ‘last week a young mother pleaded guilty of cruelty to her two-year old infant, whom she left alone fn the house at night. Think of the terror this child might endure to wake up in the night and tind no mother’s voice or hand to » still her fears. Think of the hazard of fire that might, and 6ften does, snuffed out the lives. of little chl-’ dren, while. their @way at night. -parents. were We hesitate to advocate any _ new burden in the way of taxes, but do believe. it, is more important.from a social point of view to “take care of children than of old =persons. We are spending enorm_. ous sums, greater ‘in fact in some counties than the cost of schools, on pensions for did: persons. But it is always the children, the future citizens, who are most important to the nation. The old per60ns who receive pensions have Spent their lives. The children have ‘their lives. still to spend. Whether they become serviceable titizens bearing their share of the com*mon load and rendering useful ser_ Vices to their fellow men, or a gocjal burden, depends upon their up_pringing: “Iii @ limited degree, the aw Row provides that children, whose ‘Parents neglect them, ean be tak‘i from them and placed in hom€3 where they can grow and delope: into good citizenship. But Mis a difficult procedure. We beeve it should be done promptly, When a parent first’ shows symptonis of delinquency, and not after <@ jong delay, ‘until the children themselves: have become pervertéd orto such an extent that they are Tost to all hope of reform. _——— we are quite: well aware that ~ guch & process -'would call. for #lpending mere of the tax payers’. , “thoney, bue' we ,believe inthe long fun it:-would: save the tax money. OW mucheasier and simpler to nd homes, or to provide -homes Ke r ‘young. ehildren ‘ Whose ‘parents ave repudiated theni ‘ti’ all’ ‘practieal Dutposes, than to provide ¥6form ‘schools ana’ ‘prisoné} afterMRL Waw’ pecothe''edocial Suteas sowith ‘nothing fet on. which ‘0 iid. €00d : citizenship. seiwie nie There are various devices. which . . bontetimes Work: in refotthing ‘ideit pardiits. In the cade menbove ‘the . Woman.was Plac{. ». sailors. Aprobation an@~“‘her’ hla -®iven to the éustody of ‘its father, . h whom the’ mother was sepat‘etdas pens that a child or chilMen oe likely to-‘provide a “good At the tamily unit is to be preServed as the institution upon ‘Which eur civilization rests, it may me necessary to exercise ining Supervision and regulation. For instance, if parents: part Casually, without. seeking a divree, courts cannot “intervéne in behalf of the children’s welfare, yet there are occasions when such . _ intervention is necessary for their Proper care. Negligent parents: are often the _ Most prolific. Large families are tten with the careless abandon _ Sf 'the animal world. There should be a method. of restraining those Who spawn without the slightest thought of the future, or ~inten‘of caring for their offspring. We feel that the state’s law makets should grapple with this problem. Ifa parent has proved that vhe‘or she is not titted to‘be'a par-_ The State ae of Commerce has notified 4, F. Sofge, of the Nevada City, Chamber of Commerce, that the sub-committee of the Senate Committee of Post War Construction, under the chairmanship of State Senator — Jesse Mayo, will hold -a public hearing in the Nevada County Court House here to discuss Public Projects that this community and the county expect : undertake during the period immediately following the énd of the War. It was also requested that private undertakings or Projects be listed and submitted at the hearing along with those planned by communities and the county. « FIREMENTO TAKE. COURSE Pictas H. Ward, special instructor in the use of fire apparatus: and 6alvage operations, has accepted the invitation of Fire Chief. Vernon F. Sandow to give members of the ‘fire department: here sae Sage instruc‘tion next week. secretary The course in fire training is offered by the Bureau of Trade and the State Department . of Education in cooperation with the State Advisory Committee for Fire Training, the California Fire Chiefs Conference, and the California State Firemens Association. Ward last gave this course in Nevada City in 1941. Meanwhile .Ward loaned to the federal government for the war emergency but has lately returned to his Post with the State Department uf Education. The instruction. will be given for, five evenings beginning this Monday evening in the city hall at the fire department headquarters. SOUTH SEAS HAS SHIP FOR USO But when ‘parents’ separate . Without securing divorce,’ it ofAare’ ‘consigned: tothe parent ° ENTERTAIN! The first floating vactebbtadt club for American «merchant seamen shortly will be placed in service in the * Southwest Pacific :under joint operation of the War Shipping Administration of the United Seamen’s. Service, member agency of theNational _War Fund. ®. Announcemetit of the unique plan. to cofivert: a-8hip” into .a recreation center was made. By. Vernon Stoll, chaitnattor thé" Nevada t County War. man steamer’ ‘captured by the British and thé first Ship. to be ‘acquired ‘by the. United” Stites . under.-reverse'fend-tease ached lars oer: a0 BIER aba The ship. will cruise among island ports, providing a changel fromthe a Fea: Six United Seatann’s Service mb in. the-.United. Kingdom -will: be previvors and accomodate lowing receipt of information from United Seamen’s headquarters in New York. American’ and British army medical facilities will be available to United Nations seamen who are wounded during the landing of troops and supplies. In addition to providing care tor convalescents, the seamen’s organization will offer lodgings, meals and welfare services to members ‘of the merchant fleet who. participate. in the invasion. United Seamen’s Service is’ one of the 22 war related agencies included in the local united fund-raising organization, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Goldsmith returned Tuesday from a three months stay in the Klamath River country, where Goldsmith cruised timber for the Long Bell Lumber Company at ‘Weed. They stopped for a time at Horse Creek and at Btha. ent why should he or she be permitted to continue to propagate, leaving his or her offspriiig to become public charges? (Chest. The’ ‘vessel WH former Ger-. monotony of qe. duty tor’ saaee ‘ NEVADA Losi, WA CILY. CALIF ORNIA The Gold Center “MONDAY, _ AUGUST 28, 19. ANS . SCOUTS FIGHT FOREST FIRE Last Monday afternoon, scouts and leaders encamped at Pahatsi near Soda Springs, prevented what might have caused a majo disaster in the Soda Springs area. Due to the splendid leadership and alertness of the scouts and scouters in attendance, the fire was blocked and kept from spreading. The site of the burning was one thousand yards off the camp property: ‘bordering. the Southern , Pacific Transcontinental (Railroad. The two junior leaders . discovered the fire and an instant thereafter, the entire camp was assembled for action and fire fighting, followed the presence of Southern fighting equipment. Praise for the work that the scouts and their jéaders had done in being prepared was given by the fortsery service. Reports from thé camp Monday. night Showed that there had been no. injuries and that all scouts did their job: without receiving any burng or disablement. A night guard consisting of junior staff members and preranger training scouts patroled’ the area on 2 hour shifts during the remainder of Monday night and Tuesday morning. relieving forestry department personnel from this responsibility. HOUSER ATTACKS. BUREAUCRACY Lt. Gov. Fred F. Houser has just opened his campaign for © United States senator. with a vigorous attack on Washington bureaucracy. Swinging through California’s mountain counties, Candidate Houser addressed mine, lumber and. the farm voters with a declaration: that a “fearless congress must destroy the Washington bureaucracy if the torch of liberty is to be. kept butning in these United States.’ On several occasions, notably in ‘Bridgeport, Mono County, Sonora, Placerville, Chico and Marysville, Houser was introduced to his’ auditors as “Houser the man who knows how.”’ The candidate’ voiced a militant plea for the welfare of the farmer in a Marysville meeting, saying: “In the drafting of pacts and the treaties for the post war era, Washington must not be permitted to forget the farmers of California, as has been. done So often in the past.” Too often the laws enacted in congress, added Houser, ignore the important . production of the state's fruit field, dairy and other crops. ‘Sympathetic legislation, he continued, will: enable the farmers of Calitornia to enjoy a: larger‘ degree’ of }Drosperity and happiness. Asa farm Owner and operator, Houser: pointed out, he konws.the fanmer’e problems. Houser also. pledged his auditors. ,of, mining, ‘‘an industry .that? has contributed 80 importantly “to ‘tlie nia.” ; pared to assist merchant ‘marine surgy, cents, the chainman' ‘disclosed folC2 ti & “Captain Alexander "J." Zuehtke, Sacramento Sub Station Comfnander of the Women’s Army Corps, has announced thé surgeon’ generals of-. ! fice alone needs 22,000 women to assist in caring for thousands of wounded. servicemen returning from the four fronts on which our boys are fighting. The Medical Corps has openings for trained women as laboratory Xray, medical and surgical technicjans; dental laboratory technicians, chair assistants, and hygienists. Women are needed for work in occupational therapy; in the educational reconditioning ‘program; as psychi‘atric social workers .and assistants; lip reading and héaring aids technicfans; also in many other capacities. Untrained qualified -women who ‘have a genuine interest and desire to enter into the Medical Corps will be given training in a technicians school for the following courses: dental, medical laboratory, medical and surgical technicians. For further information, contact the local WAC recruiting office in Sacramento, Room 222 Federal Big. ‘ Pacific and U. S. fosetry service fire to do his utmost for the resnmption ‘Welfare”and “prosperity of Calttor-. ee Miss ‘Teresa ‘Oonnor, ais: Corral; Mrs. Margaret E. Madden, X-ray,’ . Goodyears Bar spent Friday ‘in this BUSFRANCHISE HEARING TO RESUME TUESDAY Examiner Leo C. Paul.of the California Railroad Commission wil? resume the hearing adjourned last month in regard a ‘Nevada CityGrass Valley and Camp Beale-Marysville bus line franchise on Tuesday, August 29th, in the chamber of commerce rooms in Grass Valley. The present plan is for a one day hearing: in -Grass Valley followed by two days in Marysville. The’ contenders for the franchise are the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, the Gibson Lines and Hatton ‘Brothers, who at present operate a stage line from Marysville to Grass Valley and Nevada City. In addition, arguments are to be made by Beverly Gibson in support of his application to buy out the bus franchise of Frank Bayes. and Fioyd Hudson under which Hatton Brothers are now reportedly operating. Two Boys In Stolen Car Have Wild Ride Charles Robert Mertes, 15, and Wilson Euclid Tume, 14, the two youngsters apprehended late Thursday evening after a. wild chase at high speeds in a stolen car through Grass Valley and Nevada City, spent some time in the Grass Valley jail awaiting transfer to the custody of Bureau A, of the motor vehicle department, which deals -with car thefts. The boys careering through Grass Valley along South Auburn Street turned into Main Street ‘on two wheels, sped out Highway 20 to Nevada City eluded a road block placed there by Nevada City police, and in a lot on Boulder street in Nevada City. The arrests were made by William Sproul and Floyd Cartwright, Grass Valley: policemen.who had fol. lowed hotly on their trail, after the boys had defied their attempts to them in Grass Valley. The car, stolen in Courtland, Sacramento County, it developed had sprung an axle and the boys, finally had to abandon it. Miss Catherine O’Connor Of Birchville Succumbs Funeral serviees. were held Friday morning in St. Canice Catholic O’Connor of Birchville, ‘Nevada County, who passed away at her home there Wednesday afternoon. A rosary service took: place Thursday evening in the chapel of Holmes Funeral Home. Interment was in the Catholic Cemetery in Grass Valley. Miss O'Connor, aged 82, and a native’ of Birchville, ‘§ graduated as a ‘nurse and spent many years as a nurse in ‘the Mercy Hospital in Sacramento, On retirement she returned to her. girlhood home in ‘Birchville. ‘She was ‘the Gaiites of. the ‘Tate Mr. and Mrs. _ O'Connor, who came to attra ‘ine 1859. via the Isthmus of, Panaina, and “care in Bipghyitle. Surviving brothers and sisters are: Mrs, Sarah Crewtord, ‘Keota, Iowa, Ss Lucy A. Marana SecramenArthur. yA O° : “French and Raymond GC, O°Connor, Sacramento, see i rene Camm to a chats cruelty ‘to her two year ld daughter in Justice af the Peace ‘Charles A. Morehouse court inGrase Valley, during the absence of Justice of Peace George Gildersleeve of Nevada ‘City, and was given a suspended’ sentence of 60 days. She was released from custody on probation and the child was placed in the care of her father Herman Ramm: of Camptonville, Yuba County. The charge against Mrs. Ramm was, reduced from that of eontr ributing to the delinquency of a minor, to one of cruelty. The complaint was signed by Chief of Police James Allen of Nevada City, who alleged that she left her little daughter alone in her home on Spring Street until late hours at night. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Grittith of city attending to business affairs. He ts in the employ of the maintenance Seen t the tite’ Mighwuy, finally capitulated with raised hands . Church for the late Miss Katherine}: Aneer and the '. being. repealed would ‘be ~ NEEDY AGED NOW GET MORE CASH THAN SCHOOLS By RALPH H. TAYLOR California’; needy aged, during the fiscal year, 1943-44 received $88,646,372 in old age pension benefits. There were 157,605 persons on the old age pension rolls during that fiscal period—and they. received more, per person, than any elder citizens anywhere else in the nation. They received nearly ten million dollars more than the total grant of state aid, during the same period, to (California’s public schools. That is how well California takes care of its needy aged—and that statement of the case needs to be kept in mind at this time, when a measure is pending on the general election ballot to provide an old age pension of $60 a month ‘for every person who quits work at 60 years of age. ‘The California Taxpayers Association correctly states the case when it declares: “Under the present generous. proVisions of (California law, providing for aid to the needy aged, the statistics indicate that apparently all those older people who are in need are ‘being cared for. “People shoujd consider the present generous care of needy aged people in California in weighing the Many unsound schemes for old age pensions being advocated today. “Theburden of a flat Pension as a right, of thegsize commonly urged ($60 at’ 60) could not be borne by the people of the state, along with all the other: costs of regular and. necessary government, veterars reHabilitation, and the payments, for the war which the people must. make for many years to come.’ That. is_a.practical, dollars and cents statement of the case against Proposition 11 on the November Dallot, the so-called’ $60 at 60 old age pension: act. ‘No matter how generously: California citizens may be inelined, California simply can’t afford the $60 at 60 proposal. Other vital phases of government will inevitably Day the penalty if thig extreme proposal becomes law. ae: To farmers, however, Proposition 11— the $60 at 60 pension plan—. is exceedingly dangerous ‘from: a wholly different standpoint, This proposition would repeal the State sales tax; but in its stead it transactions tax, which would be a ‘modity and every ‘dollar. turn over many times between. ch witimate bp vie ‘atid every tra mn, Scheme, would ‘he taxed on a ae ‘otf cent gross basis. © The present sales tax, instead, of multiplied several times OWer, ‘so: Ld pee his more, would ‘is ait ‘no “aadtshanes to any other pension, .annuity or. other private . or ‘public. “The California farming industry is not against adequate old age ‘pensions; many farmers, in their latter . years, ‘benefit by such old age pensions. But .the farming industry. is against any old age pension Program which would defeat its own purpose, as. this’ dog, by jeopardizsupport themselves during their productive years. iS The Agricultural Council of Califor a bigger old age pension, . ‘because it would make it ‘for profitably” employed citizens pay such a Pension. — _ To de practical, a pension must 6 economically feastble. And that ¢ inp goon and eae a a tax on every turnover of every com§ ‘The load that would place ot ‘Camp Pahatsi, Tahoe Area Camp, closed yesterday after ha’ been .in session for two full w with over 100 different. scouts scouters having been in atten according to Robert H. Frank executive: who has served again camp director. ‘Baseball: gam tween camp troops A and’ “B winner playing the staff, ho tournaments, swimming, — canoeing, excellent campfire” gram, movies, hikes, nattré” tion, scout advancement, “tribe Pahatsi ceremonials, . training, and court. of honor’ off by fine, well balanced . have constituted the two wi sion this year in the hig Practically every séout in @ ance will have advanced one . or earned one or more merit b Victory Ship Given Test Trip Of 26, 000 MilesVoyage reports from the first tory ship to complete a lengthy show conclusively that © this class of fast war time cargo built with an eye for post war petitive commerce will live and surpass highest. expectat cording to the American Me (Marine Institute. es : The Poland Victory. recently pleted a 26,000 mile odyssey, was the first Victory ship to through the Panama Canal and to reach the Atlantic seaboard Lt. Gen. Robert L. J in command of U. S. troops New Guinea séctor, boards vessel with his staff when she ed Hollandia. He made a. inspection: and was. high. for the vessel’s design a lishments. The Poland ‘¥ 3 1-2 months for her vi was equivalent to globe. ‘Captain Leonard pee the Victory’s: master, _ echoed Eichelberger’s praise for ship, Captain Dus; of San co is @ veteran’ of 38 years having: sailed on: ‘every sel including square pied new command's sori Poland Victory tuifilis promise that was ya = print sista: It ever a shi able for. post war cargo erations that ig equal” which is second , none would, set up a gross. income tax, orj.'; ‘California’s darming industry ‘cannot of. g even. be estimated, for farm’ prédiiets. ¢ 1 i og re ph to be frotion a compensation a ‘beneficiary might receive from any other oreeniaten, : and by the deck 0 ‘ Jand Vere Altho weather ‘in the wed id her flared hull knife ‘Waves and let. only spr aboard. She Dite ‘ they reported, ‘but vibr ing the ability of gainfully employ-. . ed citizens. to fornia, representin@ the state's maj-. ‘p; or farm cooperatives, with 70}000}, farmer members, is opposed to Prome position 11, ‘not becaise it providés. ' Proposition is not. Every tarmer, re-. i

{ The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per ——— “God grants liberty a to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.’”’ . Nevada City Nu —Daniel Webster eget This paper gives you com coverage of all local -happeni If you want to read about friends, your neighbors, and y town, read The Nugget diet, COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA The » County Se ee Vol. 18, No. 68. — a . i} ae Thinking Out Loudee By H. M. 1. : Delinquent children are almost always universally offspring of delinquent parents, though there are rare exceptions. Unless we can devise new legal means to ‘eorrect parental delinquency, we shallhave constantly increasing *numbers of children gone estray: ' Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen fh “his long experience finds that it is “Generally the parents who are guilty, not the children. ‘: ‘last week a young mother pleaded guilty of cruelty to her two-year old infant, whom she left alone fn the house at night. Think of the terror this child might endure to wake up in the night and tind no mother’s voice or hand to » still her fears. Think of the hazard of fire that might, and 6ften does, snuffed out the lives. of little chl-’ dren, while. their @way at night. -parents. were We hesitate to advocate any _ new burden in the way of taxes, but do believe. it, is more important.from a social point of view to “take care of children than of old =persons. We are spending enorm_. ous sums, greater ‘in fact in some counties than the cost of schools, on pensions for did: persons. But it is always the children, the future citizens, who are most important to the nation. The old per60ns who receive pensions have Spent their lives. The children have ‘their lives. still to spend. Whether they become serviceable titizens bearing their share of the com*mon load and rendering useful ser_ Vices to their fellow men, or a gocjal burden, depends upon their up_pringing: “Iii @ limited degree, the aw Row provides that children, whose ‘Parents neglect them, ean be tak‘i from them and placed in hom€3 where they can grow and delope: into good citizenship. But Mis a difficult procedure. We beeve it should be done promptly, When a parent first’ shows symptonis of delinquency, and not after <@ jong delay, ‘until the children themselves: have become pervertéd orto such an extent that they are Tost to all hope of reform. _——— we are quite: well aware that ~ guch & process -'would call. for #lpending mere of the tax payers’. , “thoney, bue' we ,believe inthe long fun it:-would: save the tax money. OW mucheasier and simpler to nd homes, or to provide -homes Ke r ‘young. ehildren ‘ Whose ‘parents ave repudiated theni ‘ti’ all’ ‘practieal Dutposes, than to provide ¥6form ‘schools ana’ ‘prisoné} afterMRL Waw’ pecothe''edocial Suteas sowith ‘nothing fet on. which ‘0 iid. €00d : citizenship. seiwie nie There are various devices. which . . bontetimes Work: in refotthing ‘ideit pardiits. In the cade menbove ‘the . Woman.was Plac{. ». sailors. Aprobation an@~“‘her’ hla -®iven to the éustody of ‘its father, . h whom the’ mother was sepat‘etdas pens that a child or chilMen oe likely to-‘provide a “good At the tamily unit is to be preServed as the institution upon ‘Which eur civilization rests, it may me necessary to exercise ining Supervision and regulation. For instance, if parents: part Casually, without. seeking a divree, courts cannot “intervéne in behalf of the children’s welfare, yet there are occasions when such . _ intervention is necessary for their Proper care. Negligent parents: are often the _ Most prolific. Large families are tten with the careless abandon _ Sf 'the animal world. There should be a method. of restraining those Who spawn without the slightest thought of the future, or ~inten‘of caring for their offspring. We feel that the state’s law makets should grapple with this problem. Ifa parent has proved that vhe‘or she is not titted to‘be'a par-_ The State ae of Commerce has notified 4, F. Sofge, of the Nevada City, Chamber of Commerce, that the sub-committee of the Senate Committee of Post War Construction, under the chairmanship of State Senator — Jesse Mayo, will hold -a public hearing in the Nevada County Court House here to discuss Public Projects that this community and the county expect : undertake during the period immediately following the énd of the War. It was also requested that private undertakings or Projects be listed and submitted at the hearing along with those planned by communities and the county. « FIREMENTO TAKE. COURSE Pictas H. Ward, special instructor in the use of fire apparatus: and 6alvage operations, has accepted the invitation of Fire Chief. Vernon F. Sandow to give members of the ‘fire department: here sae Sage instruc‘tion next week. secretary The course in fire training is offered by the Bureau of Trade and the State Department . of Education in cooperation with the State Advisory Committee for Fire Training, the California Fire Chiefs Conference, and the California State Firemens Association. Ward last gave this course in Nevada City in 1941. Meanwhile .Ward loaned to the federal government for the war emergency but has lately returned to his Post with the State Department uf Education. The instruction. will be given for, five evenings beginning this Monday evening in the city hall at the fire department headquarters. SOUTH SEAS HAS SHIP FOR USO But when ‘parents’ separate . Without securing divorce,’ it ofAare’ ‘consigned: tothe parent ° ENTERTAIN! The first floating vactebbtadt club for American «merchant seamen shortly will be placed in service in the * Southwest Pacific :under joint operation of the War Shipping Administration of the United Seamen’s. Service, member agency of theNational _War Fund. ®. Announcemetit of the unique plan. to cofivert: a-8hip” into .a recreation center was made. By. Vernon Stoll, chaitnattor thé" Nevada t County War. man steamer’ ‘captured by the British and thé first Ship. to be ‘acquired ‘by the. United” Stites . under.-reverse'fend-tease ached lars oer: a0 BIER aba The ship. will cruise among island ports, providing a changel fromthe a Fea: Six United Seatann’s Service mb in. the-.United. Kingdom -will: be previvors and accomodate lowing receipt of information from United Seamen’s headquarters in New York. American’ and British army medical facilities will be available to United Nations seamen who are wounded during the landing of troops and supplies. In addition to providing care tor convalescents, the seamen’s organization will offer lodgings, meals and welfare services to members ‘of the merchant fleet who. participate. in the invasion. United Seamen’s Service is’ one of the 22 war related agencies included in the local united fund-raising organization, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Goldsmith returned Tuesday from a three months stay in the Klamath River country, where Goldsmith cruised timber for the Long Bell Lumber Company at ‘Weed. They stopped for a time at Horse Creek and at Btha. ent why should he or she be permitted to continue to propagate, leaving his or her offspriiig to become public charges? (Chest. The’ ‘vessel WH former Ger-. monotony of qe. duty tor’ saaee ‘ NEVADA Losi, WA CILY. CALIF ORNIA The Gold Center “MONDAY, _ AUGUST 28, 19. ANS . SCOUTS FIGHT FOREST FIRE Last Monday afternoon, scouts and leaders encamped at Pahatsi near Soda Springs, prevented what might have caused a majo disaster in the Soda Springs area. Due to the splendid leadership and alertness of the scouts and scouters in attendance, the fire was blocked and kept from spreading. The site of the burning was one thousand yards off the camp property: ‘bordering. the Southern , Pacific Transcontinental (Railroad. The two junior leaders . discovered the fire and an instant thereafter, the entire camp was assembled for action and fire fighting, followed the presence of Southern fighting equipment. Praise for the work that the scouts and their jéaders had done in being prepared was given by the fortsery service. Reports from thé camp Monday. night Showed that there had been no. injuries and that all scouts did their job: without receiving any burng or disablement. A night guard consisting of junior staff members and preranger training scouts patroled’ the area on 2 hour shifts during the remainder of Monday night and Tuesday morning. relieving forestry department personnel from this responsibility. HOUSER ATTACKS. BUREAUCRACY Lt. Gov. Fred F. Houser has just opened his campaign for © United States senator. with a vigorous attack on Washington bureaucracy. Swinging through California’s mountain counties, Candidate Houser addressed mine, lumber and. the farm voters with a declaration: that a “fearless congress must destroy the Washington bureaucracy if the torch of liberty is to be. kept butning in these United States.’ On several occasions, notably in ‘Bridgeport, Mono County, Sonora, Placerville, Chico and Marysville, Houser was introduced to his’ auditors as “Houser the man who knows how.”’ The candidate’ voiced a militant plea for the welfare of the farmer in a Marysville meeting, saying: “In the drafting of pacts and the treaties for the post war era, Washington must not be permitted to forget the farmers of California, as has been. done So often in the past.” Too often the laws enacted in congress, added Houser, ignore the important . production of the state's fruit field, dairy and other crops. ‘Sympathetic legislation, he continued, will: enable the farmers of Calitornia to enjoy a: larger‘ degree’ of }Drosperity and happiness. Asa farm Owner and operator, Houser: pointed out, he konws.the fanmer’e problems. Houser also. pledged his auditors. ,of, mining, ‘‘an industry .that? has contributed 80 importantly “to ‘tlie nia.” ; pared to assist merchant ‘marine surgy, cents, the chainman' ‘disclosed folC2 ti & “Captain Alexander "J." Zuehtke, Sacramento Sub Station Comfnander of the Women’s Army Corps, has announced thé surgeon’ generals of-. ! fice alone needs 22,000 women to assist in caring for thousands of wounded. servicemen returning from the four fronts on which our boys are fighting. The Medical Corps has openings for trained women as laboratory Xray, medical and surgical technicjans; dental laboratory technicians, chair assistants, and hygienists. Women are needed for work in occupational therapy; in the educational reconditioning ‘program; as psychi‘atric social workers .and assistants; lip reading and héaring aids technicfans; also in many other capacities. Untrained qualified -women who ‘have a genuine interest and desire to enter into the Medical Corps will be given training in a technicians school for the following courses: dental, medical laboratory, medical and surgical technicians. For further information, contact the local WAC recruiting office in Sacramento, Room 222 Federal Big.

‘ Pacific and U. S. fosetry service fire to do his utmost for the resnmption ‘Welfare”and “prosperity of Calttor-. ee Miss ‘Teresa ‘Oonnor, ais: Corral; Mrs. Margaret E. Madden, X-ray,’ . Goodyears Bar spent Friday ‘in this BUSFRANCHISE HEARING TO RESUME TUESDAY Examiner Leo C. Paul.of the California Railroad Commission wil? resume the hearing adjourned last month in regard a ‘Nevada CityGrass Valley and Camp Beale-Marysville bus line franchise on Tuesday, August 29th, in the chamber of commerce rooms in Grass Valley. The present plan is for a one day hearing: in -Grass Valley followed by two days in Marysville. The’ contenders for the franchise are the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, the Gibson Lines and Hatton ‘Brothers, who at present operate a stage line from Marysville to Grass Valley and Nevada City. In addition, arguments are to be made by Beverly Gibson in support of his application to buy out the bus franchise of Frank Bayes. and Fioyd Hudson under which Hatton Brothers are now reportedly operating. Two Boys In Stolen Car Have Wild Ride Charles Robert Mertes, 15, and Wilson Euclid Tume, 14, the two youngsters apprehended late Thursday evening after a. wild chase at high speeds in a stolen car through Grass Valley and Nevada City, spent some time in the Grass Valley jail awaiting transfer to the custody of Bureau A, of the motor vehicle department, which deals -with car thefts. The boys careering through Grass Valley along South Auburn Street turned into Main Street ‘on two wheels, sped out Highway 20 to Nevada City eluded a road block placed there by Nevada City police, and in a lot on Boulder street in Nevada City. The arrests were made by William Sproul and Floyd Cartwright, Grass Valley: policemen.who had fol. lowed hotly on their trail, after the boys had defied their attempts to them in Grass Valley. The car, stolen in Courtland, Sacramento County, it developed had sprung an axle and the boys, finally had to abandon it. Miss Catherine O’Connor Of Birchville Succumbs Funeral serviees. were held Friday morning in St. Canice Catholic O’Connor of Birchville, ‘Nevada County, who passed away at her home there Wednesday afternoon. A rosary service took: place Thursday evening in the chapel of Holmes Funeral Home. Interment was in the Catholic Cemetery in Grass Valley. Miss O'Connor, aged 82, and a native’ of Birchville, ‘§ graduated as a ‘nurse and spent many years as a nurse in ‘the Mercy Hospital in Sacramento, On retirement she returned to her. girlhood home in ‘Birchville. ‘She was ‘the Gaiites of. the ‘Tate Mr. and Mrs. _ O'Connor, who came to attra ‘ine 1859. via the Isthmus of, Panaina, and “care in Bipghyitle. Surviving brothers and sisters are: Mrs, Sarah Crewtord, ‘Keota, Iowa, Ss Lucy A. Marana SecramenArthur. yA O° : “French and Raymond GC, O°Connor, Sacramento, see i rene Camm to a chats cruelty ‘to her two year ld daughter in Justice af the Peace ‘Charles A. Morehouse court inGrase Valley, during the absence of Justice of Peace George Gildersleeve of Nevada ‘City, and was given a suspended’ sentence of 60 days. She was released from custody on probation and the child was placed in the care of her father Herman Ramm: of Camptonville, Yuba County. The charge against Mrs. Ramm was, reduced from that of eontr ributing to the delinquency of a minor, to one of cruelty. The complaint was signed by Chief of Police James Allen of Nevada City, who alleged that she left her little daughter alone in her home on Spring Street until late hours at night. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Grittith of city attending to business affairs. He ts in the employ of the maintenance Seen t the tite’ Mighwuy, finally capitulated with raised hands . Church for the late Miss Katherine}: Aneer and the '. being. repealed would ‘be ~ NEEDY AGED NOW GET MORE CASH THAN SCHOOLS By RALPH H. TAYLOR California’; needy aged, during the fiscal year, 1943-44 received $88,646,372 in old age pension benefits. There were 157,605 persons on the old age pension rolls during that fiscal period—and they. received more, per person, than any elder citizens anywhere else in the nation. They received nearly ten million dollars more than the total grant of state aid, during the same period, to (California’s public schools. That is how well California takes care of its needy aged—and that statement of the case needs to be kept in mind at this time, when a measure is pending on the general election ballot to provide an old age pension of $60 a month ‘for every person who quits work at 60 years of age. ‘The California Taxpayers Association correctly states the case when it declares: “Under the present generous. proVisions of (California law, providing for aid to the needy aged, the statistics indicate that apparently all those older people who are in need are ‘being cared for. “People shoujd consider the present generous care of needy aged people in California in weighing the Many unsound schemes for old age pensions being advocated today. “Theburden of a flat Pension as a right, of thegsize commonly urged ($60 at’ 60) could not be borne by the people of the state, along with all the other: costs of regular and. necessary government, veterars reHabilitation, and the payments, for the war which the people must. make for many years to come.’ That. is_a.practical, dollars and cents statement of the case against Proposition 11 on the November Dallot, the so-called’ $60 at 60 old age pension: act. ‘No matter how generously: California citizens may be inelined, California simply can’t afford the $60 at 60 proposal. Other vital phases of government will inevitably Day the penalty if thig extreme proposal becomes law. ae: To farmers, however, Proposition 11— the $60 at 60 pension plan—. is exceedingly dangerous ‘from: a wholly different standpoint, This proposition would repeal the State sales tax; but in its stead it transactions tax, which would be a ‘modity and every ‘dollar. turn over many times between. ch witimate bp vie ‘atid every tra mn, Scheme, would ‘he taxed on a ae ‘otf cent gross basis. © The present sales tax, instead, of multiplied several times OWer, ‘so: Ld pee his more, would ‘is ait ‘no “aadtshanes to any other pension, .annuity or. other private . or ‘public. “The California farming industry is not against adequate old age ‘pensions; many farmers, in their latter . years, ‘benefit by such old age pensions. But .the farming industry. is against any old age pension Program which would defeat its own purpose, as. this’ dog, by jeopardizsupport themselves during their productive years. iS The Agricultural Council of Califor a bigger old age pension, . ‘because it would make it ‘for profitably” employed citizens pay such a Pension. — _ To de practical, a pension must 6 economically feastble. And that ¢ inp goon and eae a a tax on every turnover of every com§ ‘The load that would place ot ‘Camp Pahatsi, Tahoe Area Camp, closed yesterday after ha’ been .in session for two full w with over 100 different. scouts scouters having been in atten according to Robert H. Frank executive: who has served again camp director. ‘Baseball: gam tween camp troops A and’ “B winner playing the staff, ho tournaments, swimming, — canoeing, excellent campfire” gram, movies, hikes, nattré” tion, scout advancement, “tribe Pahatsi ceremonials, . training, and court. of honor’ off by fine, well balanced . have constituted the two wi sion this year in the hig Practically every séout in @ ance will have advanced one . or earned one or more merit b Victory Ship Given Test Trip Of 26, 000 MilesVoyage reports from the first tory ship to complete a lengthy show conclusively that © this class of fast war time cargo built with an eye for post war petitive commerce will live and surpass highest. expectat cording to the American Me (Marine Institute. es : The Poland Victory. recently pleted a 26,000 mile odyssey, was the first Victory ship to through the Panama Canal and to reach the Atlantic seaboard Lt. Gen. Robert L. J in command of U. S. troops New Guinea séctor, boards vessel with his staff when she ed Hollandia. He made a. inspection: and was. high. for the vessel’s design a lishments. The Poland ‘¥ 3 1-2 months for her vi was equivalent to globe. ‘Captain Leonard pee the Victory’s: master, _ echoed Eichelberger’s praise for ship, Captain Dus; of San co is @ veteran’ of 38 years having: sailed on: ‘every sel including square pied new command's sori Poland Victory tuifilis promise that was ya = print sista: It ever a shi able for. post war cargo erations that ig equal” which is second , none would, set up a gross. income tax, orj.'; ‘California’s darming industry ‘cannot of. g even. be estimated, for farm’ prédiiets. ¢ 1 i og re ph to be frotion a compensation a ‘beneficiary might receive from any other oreeniaten, : and by the deck 0 ‘ Jand Vere Altho weather ‘in the wed id her flared hull knife ‘Waves and let. only spr aboard. She Dite ‘ they reported, ‘but vibr ing the ability of gainfully employ-. . ed citizens. to fornia, representin@ the state's maj-. ‘p; or farm cooperatives, with 70}000}, farmer members, is opposed to Prome position 11, ‘not becaise it providés. ' Proposition is not. Every tarmer, re-. i