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February 24, 1947 (6 pages)

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es, and . ve and . \LPHA VALLEY IONE $8 va fefleoted in the purchasing / . q dollar, has considerably increased Politically we believe this is a good bs farmers received under ) does strike one that 2.2 » Ble need a lot of food, The population seems to’ have increased despite NEVADA CITY GET —— GRASS VALLEY A TWICE-A-WEEK NEWSPAPER MONDAY. AND THURSDAY ee ania ‘The County Sot Paper_ a sana = _NEVADA CITYGRASS. VALLEY, CALIFORNIA T ore a ae LOUD ; . By M. L. guns for war purposes price of butter sky high ring’ the war. It is still up there P a the consteNations, but the taking . Bges are also still in , eSBs coud awe also ene high: 2 We i “agate: “powever: that’ ,farmare making more money than for , that is, farmers in general. the ‘ omen for Republican virtory .in} . 4048, Farmers outside the ‘Southerit]. A. Experience of several. hundred “ gsually. vote Republican cities . throughout the United States States, shows that parking meters will inwhen they are prospefous . but, in rd times, give the Democrat don ey a chance to. pull the load. it is certain that Republicans in ~ Pongress ‘will try to keep the farmer “prosperous. They Know now that any other course is likely to result in a Democratic victory. Whether Repub licans will continue the coddling the the Deal is not yet clear, but even if th "pap bottle is partially withdrawn th 2 farmer stilt will sit pretty, we be_dieve, for several.years to come. large one. Foo ~ basic e reason is e seems an assurance of plenty water, there. are now some. 2. to Dr. Hugh. H. chiet ot: the U.S. Soil Consery tio vice, an adequate diet from foo _ @tlers, if the good doctor is corect, @re naturally bound to slowly starve. _ or at least stay. alive on a pitifully ~fiadequate diet. Making allowances . tor a bureaucrat who probably has i plenty of time to figure out the dire fesults that would follow curtailing é funds that support his bureau, War's destruction while the availab ed. Whether it will catch up with the d mand or not in the next few years, -, May be debatable. In any event, pr _ YWided our American . #lven an open sesame to world trade, (end no hampering, domestic, restrictions, the demand for food in the farmers “mmorld Will probably keep them in ‘ety prosperous condition for _ them. & more food by. mea ton chemistry. The proe ed, .of photosnynithesis in: plants possible. Ae them. Fertilizers wont food supply. ‘Bowever, the food supply now » betomes pressing upon the mort sections of the populati ot war, scientists will become find a solution. r of ght years between~butf and. the. common purse is slowly or food brackets. It was not ago that, at.this season of the be purchased. for 0 cont a dozen,,as. contrasted ‘with ‘the present “65 cents. ‘But of. course “posts ‘of! producing butter and eggs farmers are never prosperous, 16 ‘eOntlude . profit: margin, as. power of New : water are mecessities. ithout them ‘we ail perish. While wow being raised on earth is only " Possible for 1.6 Dillion of them. Th billion peo“tood supply, temporarily has decreas: aré sevefal yeas, They may not need the ' Stibsidies the New ‘Deal lavished on “Dr. Charles A. Kettering, head scientist of General Motors Corporation, in a recent address opined that “ s@lénce will devise a methgd ‘of pro3 of radia, he stat-} understood, but once laborator-i at hit on its secret, a vast eni ent of food proxiction he con~ Kettering also a that an abufidant supply of ferers are-present in sea water, we find a cheap method of exalone onld Probably more than double the © to support the world’s preseit population adequately. will probhe Rot meet the demand until need Thén, ag: happens under the impwet in the problem and, as ‘usual, EE roger to be he science building of the Ufiiity of California and saw loa8 of: tomato plants with reddening t growing from a codfse Wovellt: ne suspended over a trough of hee water had been chemicalOFFICIAL CITY. INSTRUCTIONS ON PARKING METERS (Editor's Note: The questions and #rwers below are furnished by the city for the information of: prospective users of the parking meters). Starting at 9a. m. Monday, motorists will -pay at the rate of five eents per hour for parking vehicles on Broad, North Pine, Commercial, (Main, Sacramento and parts of Boul@er and Nevada Street in Nevada City. Im order that people of the area may become acquainted with all details in connection with the. meters, ‘the folowing questions and answers have been prepared at the request of the City ,Council: Q. What is a parking meter? A,-&.meter is a -mechanital device to regtlate limited parking with equal fairness to everyone. Q. How will parking meters help. eliminate. parking problems in Nevada City? . . "Parking Meters NEVADA CITY: Officer Clarence Martz at 9 a. m. 'IDAHO MARYLAND MINERS PORTAL SUIT 1S FILED against the Idaho Maryland Mines By PHYLLIS LINDLEY Mill Workers ‘Union, 839, CIO Three’ separate causes of action ing of lumbermen and sawmill ophe Twin Cities Paper Mass Meeting of Lumbermen to Protest Proposed Ordinances GRASS VALLBY: A mass meet_MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1947 reverence meen being issued, this morning began tagging automobiles parked by meters with the violation sign showing. Today, however, : only courtesy citations are Tomorrow, bona fide tickets Corporation are stated.in the brief supporting the claims of 52 miners fo Backpay for alleged violations of {Séction V (a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Filed on February 11 in the United States Distrfet t Court for the Northern Distric, of Califoria, Southern Division, the -case has d as warning. erators has been called for Wednesday night, Febnuary 26th, Veterans Memorial Building,* Grass Valley, to protest two proposed orboard of supervisors, which make ad: in the inances, pending‘ before the county 8 rastic changes in logging and sawCouncil is: preparing au ardinanee’to forbid truck-and car repairs on the ceived from residents whose usé. oF ‘the sidewalks was obstructed by: CTY COUNCIL ‘(NEVADA CITY: The Nevada City idewalks. Complaints _ have ‘been’ Tecrease the turnover of vehicles 300} citing the car owner oné. dollar, will be given to parking ordinance violators who fail to feed the meters’ with nickels~and penniés. City crews completed the installation of the ‘shiny aluminum alloy gadgets on Friday morning. Curiosity prompted many citizens, to give them a trial with nickels and pennies. Visitors from’ to 500 per cent. By doing this, cruising to find a space will be materially’ redticed. *Q. What fee must be paid. A. One cent for twelve minutes, +two eents for twenty four minutes, three cents for thirty six minutes, four cents for forty efght minutes, end five cents or one nickel y minutes. You can buy only ed times with the stimpulated coins. ea e e besides insert the proper eoin coins? : d vada City are. fully automatic, y 9 . handles to wind. ers’ be. in operation? D. d empted. e t . legal time on thé meter? the face of the amount of time remaining,. parking? ir-. ing ifs $1.00. if paid to the le streets that *have meters? a@Pa at about the center of o-. Tight front wheel. stalled the parking metérs? a other 50 per cent goes to the city. share of the revenue? Council to decide. money received from is used. to improve traffic and pa is eurbs and can be used the most, Q. Who is responsible for damage to a meter or meter post? Persons responsible for an for sixty stipulat. Q. Does the motorist do anything . or Since the meters installed in Neall the motorist has to do is insert the proper coin. There are no eranks or ple on this planet: eae Q.During, what: time will the met=! Pis<P ott; A. From 9 a.m.to 6 9.m. on week out of town didn’t realize: that the meters. had — just been installed, and paid tribue as a matter of course. “Reaction among local ¢itizens was varied. Some said they thought it was an excellent thing for the community. while . others : dicted the little . machi vould be removed baie. 60 days. — Elsewhere in this incie ae the Nugget, the city’s offieial list of questions and ans: wers gives information on \all phases of: parking meter: ‘operation. days. -Siudi@ays and tholidays are exQ: How can I tell the remaining A. The white indicator hand on meter shows the Q. What is the penalty for overA. The penalty for overtime. parkCity Judge or at the police department within 24 hours of -tue time when notice was attached to the vehicle. Q. How should, I park my car on A. In parallel parking spaces the motorist should.park the vehicle with the Q. On what basis has the city inA. The meters have been installed at no outlay of money by the ity. The meter. company receives 50 per cant of the money taken in by the meters. This 50: per cent applies on the purchase price of the meter, in the event ‘the city decides o retain them after the trial period of six months. The of revenue, taken Q. What will the city do with their A. This is a question for the City Generally the parking” meters rking conditions ‘in the city. Such as street signs, marking thé streets and where heeded any A. The city will hold the person or y damege
. MINERS DEFEAT INDIANS 5830. GRASS VALUBY: With a first period: score of 23 to 0, the Grass Valley Miners A basketball team marched on to defeat the Marysville Indians 58 to 30 Friaay night, on the Miners Sourt,. Friday night. . At the end of the first quarter the entire first string left the game and second and third strings played the major part of the rest of the game. Even with Grass Valley using a reuntil mid way in the second quarter. At the half time the score stood at Grass Valley 31, Marysville 9. Pete Daley; farword, tipped. 14 points for the Miners and ~Anthony Lippi, center, and Albert Ah, guard, each scored 13. @enter Gern Nagler hit 10 points for the Marysville five, and forward, Bill Foreman hit 6. In the B division, the Indians defeated the Miners 38 to 29. The (Miners lead the first half with a 7 to 11 margin over the Iudians. For Grass Valley, center Roy Partington scored 11 points, with Larry Orzalli, forward, following up with 10 points. INext Friday the Miners will meet the Nevada City Yellowjackets on the Nevada City court. ¢ > aii! * Conkinned on Page 5, oe. 4 out VALLEY wee et their subsistence “ame from the It will be some time, we think, intdes will ing them in a fiel opens a door into: production. inon. énIf the price ‘used iby their fellow men, air. before this method of growing tomabecomé cheaper than sTow~ a. Still it decidedly -the future of food of essential tood commodities rises too high some expedROBBED OF CASH GRASS VAULBY: The been assigned to Judge Goodman of Ban. Francisco. spent on-the company’s premises and to the benefit of the company be-) fore and after starting and quitting time. Employees have been required, by reason of the dirty and dangerous-nature of their work and by reason of the valuable nature of the products and materjials. they produce, special work clothing and gear, before going to work, the bief states; quired to check Clothing, shower spection before leaving tne company’s “The employees claim pay for time regularly schedled to change into safety Employees are further rein tools, change and undergo inmill operations and place restrittions on home owning in the county horests. al The superytsors have set Tuesday, March 4th, as a‘date for a hearing on the two ordinances, which are backed by the national and state forest officials as measures that are garde as necessary to precent forest fires; The ordinance dealing with lumber slash provided that before cutting each operator must surround each 10 acres of land to be cut over must be enclosed in marginal strip of 100 feet’ width: Limbs, bark and discarded timber must be burned within the timé limifs prescribed in or trucks being torn ‘down aid paired. City Chamber of Commerce premises. gonmimed, employees have been re@eiving no eompensation. (Clemens case” Franciso J. Mc-Ter. work petformed during 1.494% “orein the case_ot.yeterans, that }period plus a period’ ‘equal to ‘time serve team the Indians didn’t score}. ‘land a numiber o ClO officials Valley Grill, owned by Mrs. Lola Richmond was robbed Thursday night. According to a report made to the Grass. Valley police, the cash register was. " 4166téed of $41 in silver and currency and three of the juke boxes were opened and robbed of an peciiotses For all such time thus “We. did not allege any specific time, but I @m sure that we Can prove more time thah was involved in the Mt. nan, Jr. attorney for the miners, stated. today. In the Mt. Clemens case,, tlie original test case or these chantithe pay suits, the judge ruled that pul icient time wais consumed toa ‘rant’ Compensation. # Individual claims are for three valid the rs next preceding February 11, served in the armed forces. Sinee the claimants are unable te ascertain the the exact amount of time involved nor the exact amount of overtime, rendered, no specific total liability can be computed in the Idaho-Maryland case. Underscoring the uncertainties as to the time element, Mr. MeTernan explailed, “our policy has been to name specific amounts only when, from the facts ‘available, we can make a reliable estimate and not have to make a fantastic claim: in order to cover all possible contingencies.” The brief also sets forth anastiele regarding the present, 5vc¢ travel time pay and overtime rates for Saturday work. The case against. the Empire Star is stilfunder ‘preparation. The: claims against both. companies. are still being accepted at the CIO office . here. : Judge Goodman is the judge who. ruled in tavor of the CIO against Vivian Kellams when she filed a lible suit against the Labor Herald rethe Public Resources Code. inthe forest requires-~ maintain about their homes a fire break free of inflammable material, and to place on_ their screen tions prescribed by Board of Fire Underwr jters are made mandatory. posed ordinances are declared have police poiwers and empowered to make arrests without warrants. the largest: operators in logging. price of logs, and undoubtedly put The ordinance relating to homes Owners to" chimneys a PrecauNational or spark arrester. the All officers of the st#te and tederal forest. services, under the. proto. Leading the opposition to the proposed: ordivance: te Clairivey, ‘logsing: contractor who supplies a part of the logs for the Iwaho Maryland Mines] Corporation sawmills, amd is one of Ivey declares that the ordinances relating to slash would double the every operator out of business, The ordinances relating to homes in the forest, he said» would undoubtedly require owners to keep some one constantly on guard at the dwellings. : The advertisements inserted in local newspapers are headlined:, The Future of Nevada County Is Not Worth a Tinker’s Dam, If—and goes on t6 cite why in the opinion of the lumbermen that will pe case. Petitions against the ordinances are bebing circulated among all coer ed oe DIVORCE ‘HURLBUT—In Nevada City, Nevada County, February 21, 1947, Bernidean B. ‘Hurlbut against Edwin Lp. Here one: tiled; cently. érueltys. a Enfércement Of meter parking regulations in Auburn continued to result in large numbers of citations being issued this week, although the officers in charge reported the vielations were decreasing. Police Judge C. F. Richter stated between 300 and 400 fines had been paid by violators since the enforcement P period was begun on Februat? 10. A large number of additional cita. tions are still outstanding he indie: ‘. ated. Willis Endicott reported total collections from the mevers to date tion Was made on Tuesday. Collections are made about two dicott said. aay. ient, We may bé sure, Will Be found reduce fobds by new: scientific mint ammount. eho which may ‘force Mrs. Richmond said thet the down. It behooves the farmers, as as . amount taken from tne jukeboxes): ai ee, Nat a sae picket tained in front jine which has been mainof aw ean ' Bndicott’s ~ figures that othe 878-400 > day, AUBURN’S REACTION TO METERS VARIED, MANY FINES ARE PAID amounted to $531.33, Last collec. . days apaft and vary in a tae En-. The fitst collection after the enforeement period was befun porter ed to $160. The second collection. was $107.30; and the’third, $172, . anibther collection will be made t-. and unfavorabie, are Deng received by the city regarding the meters., Some parking violators claimed that they had o change to operate the metere and went into stores to obtain some: When they returned they found citations on their cars. _ 'The question ‘of delivery trucks, which must make . numerous stops) along the streets, is\ being consider-. ed by. the city chanel, -On the other hand, favorable retheir buying and no wn several blocks to og cars. \ 4 er Nevada and California. He . . ports have been received from out oft town shoppers, who state they are able to park in front of a . souk eee 4 ry find it} necessary. to earry their purchases . . The council authorized Bd, BR. R . Hewston, 5 ae chairman of the . tee on parks, to build a small ‘aire in Seaman’s Lodge in Pioneers Park, or The council agreed to inspect . ‘thebaseball diamond with the chamber — committee make plans for its pr er drainage, ‘s Removal of the cement mixer ané oi truck from the fire house. ‘on Main Street was ordered in ordér to leave the old. structure fully aveilable ag a museum for the Nevads County Historical Society. 4 WRESTLING — GRASS VALLEY: Lucky Sumor ovich, the. champion . .of Yugo-Sla : battles Juan Mumberto, mpc champton; in the main: event at Veterans Memorial Hall wrestling matches tonight. The Ywgo wrestler. tips the sealés at. 5 pounds, while his opponent hag @ 10-pound advantage. Semi. ; are Mike Browning and Miekey ey, the pride of Dublin.» from Kansas City, and his oppon both weigh 225 boundary 2 i eee neapolis. is 290 rons FUNERAL Ay FOR GRASS VALUEY: Funeral. services will be held today at 2p. a the Hooper and Weaver Moi for John G. Johnson who. di Thursday evening in a local hospital after six days of illness. Officers the Madison Lodge -Masons . vill in charge of the services. Int will be in Fast Lawn Cemetery, & ramento. Rev. William Adams officiate. Johnson was a native of § ‘aged 69 years. He had been a all his active years, tollowing vocation in Alaska, South Ame years, ces He was a aie cst of: the’ An Oakland., Surviving are his wife Mrs. Je Johnson and son, Robert, both Grass Valley and another son, Ma rice in Martinez, Contra Costa ¢om: ty. hee creation Council met Friday night the Chamber of ‘Commerce rooms: ‘the city hall and orgdnized unde constitution and by-laws, »: of the. first board of ‘Uceivoce Harold, Berliner, Ed’ Frantz, — (Mrs, Carl i Tobiassen. Caer . Dues are fixed at $1 per year adults 50 cents a year’or studer Mrs. Mary Havey is chairman the, council and Mrs. T.S. Se . mad TODAY bos ive with