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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

January 29, 1940 (4 pages)

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ae CS SS pce SM SRA ES RTE WE AN A fAGE FOUR —== CAMPTO CITIZEN CAMPTONVIULE, Funeral services for the late Prank lin Pitts Godfrey were held Tuesday S BORNE TO REST Yau. 29.°-— afternoon at two o'clock in the Masonic Hall with a large attendance of friends and relatives. With the passing of Frank Godfrey, as he was known, the community has lost another of its old timers. He was born at Oak: Valley, on the old family homstead, October 26, 1862, he died at Marysville, January 20, 1940. He was one of a large and w72!!Fyown family a1 is survived by a sister, Mrs. Id? M. Ramm, and a large number of nieces and nephews, Funeral services were conducted . in the auditorium of the loca) Mas-! onic Hall, with Judge: A.M. land officiating. The following life long ‘friends acted as pall bearers: A. B. Massa, J. A. Cassano, John W. Mackey, C. W. Turner and Fred J. Joubert. Interment was made in the family plot in the local general cemetery, and funera) arrangements were in charge of Hutchinson and Merz, funeral directors of ‘Marysvilla Cleve-; DON’T Risk Ruin Send your clothes and household things. here for expert, CAREFUL cleaning. 4 Guarantzed . assures you of getting them back perfectly cleaned, odorless, and with original color and lustre restored. Our prices are no hisher. GRASS VALLEY LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANERS Phone 108 111 BENNETT STREET GRASS VALLEY ' shattering bones. workmanship . ! DEANNA DJRBIN GETS FIRST KISS IN “FIRST LOVE’ Deanna Durbin grows up -another notch in ‘‘First Love,’’ which comes to the Nevada Theatre Wednesday. Longer skirts, a more adolescent !gutlock on life, and the first love affair of her screen career, are the definite elements in the ‘‘growing-up”’ program which, producer Joe Pasternak and officials at Universal studios have decreed for their—young singing star in this picture. Deanna gets her first screen kiss in ‘‘First Love.” It will not be the torrid variety—-more of the young boy and girl kind, but definitely a kiss. And, as a mark of the gradual approach of young lJadyhood, Deanna receives her first proposal of marriage. . Bestower of the kiss and proposal is Robert Stack, a Joe Pasternak “find,” who has been playing roles in Little Theatres around Les Angeles. He’s a good looking 20 year old U. S. C. student, unknown to cinema addicts, but who promises to be a revelation on the screen. Young, blonde and handsome as he is, Deanna refuses his proposal in favor of the pursuit of a musical career. Pasternak’s ‘‘gradual-growing-up” program for Deanna is credited with more than a minor portion of the success of the Durbin pictures. In “First Love’ Deanna will be seen with a cast which includes Helen Parrish, Robert Stack, Eugene Pallette, Lewis Howard, June Storey, Latrice Joy, Marcia Mae Jones, and Charles Colemon. It was directed by Henry Koster. H. N. Chatfield of Pike City suffered severe injury to a foot last Friday while working on the road. He was cutting with a sharp ax and accidentally cut deep into his foot He was. removed to Grass Valley hospital for treatment. Mirs Sally Groves of Nevada City received a graduation anlnouncement from her cousin, G. S. . Jenkins. of Sacramento. He will graduate from the C. K. McClatchey Senior high school February 6. ! Young Jenkins intends to enter Junin Sacramento and.then years course in the uni-bas just ior College ‘ale a two , versity. i] Mr. and Mrs. Ray Worthley received the sad news yesterday of the paudden passing of a_ close _ friend, ; Perey Robbins of Oakland. The Robbins family have visited often in Nevada City with the Worthley family ,and made many--friends: Nevada MONDAY AND TUESDAY ANOTHER THIN MAR Mr. and Mrs. Thin Man have a baby now. And they take him along on a manhunt with a bromide in one hand and a baby book in the other, With William Powell and Myrna Loy. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FIRST LOVE joyable Deanna Durbin's in love. ing. eve The most cay and the most etThe suplife in yours, nt in her experience porting cast includes Eugene Pallette and Robert Stack. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BARRICADE Faye and Warner Baxtcr. Weidler. The startling’ experiences of a girl and an adventurer sulate in the seething Orient. With Alice Also “Bad Little Angel‘ with Virginia in a bandit-besieged conERRANDS that are. performed by telephone save clothing and health in roar eh weather! A telephone costs little. Our business office will glad“ly arrange for service to fit your particular needs. THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Telephone 156 _. Mrs. The Yellowjackets were unable tuo make much headway Friday nicht, when they played the Roseville Tigers. The varsity team was defeated by 55 to 28, and the B’s went down to a 56 to 11 defeat. The Tigers were much more powerful, and taller. The preliminary team could not keep the pace set by Roseville, and were defeated by 45 points. In the A game Martin took high point honors with 11 points, and Childers was close behind with 10. SOPHOMORE COLORS The Sophomore class held a ‘meeting Thursday to choose ‘their class colors, and to elect officers. Their class colors are blue and white. Joe Widauf was elected vice president, and Dorothy Roberts, treasurer. Sev. eral of the officers elected at the begnining of the year have left school. ‘A dance to be given in the future was discussed, and committees appointed. Seay aS PERILS OF NIGHT DRIVING RECITED Tests show that glaring headlights cause blindness for three seconds. During that three seconds an oncoming car proceeding at the legal rate of forty five miles per hour will travel 200 feet with the driver’s vision blinded: A Thousands of times every night in California drivers are passing through these 200 feet (longer if the speed is greater) blind areas in which their safety and that of their passengers is in fate’s hands. Seeking to impress this on the public, Chief E. R. Cato of the California Highway Patrol has issued orders for a campaign against all the evils of night driving. Principally he is aiming at eliminating glaring headlights, the socalled ‘‘one eyed’’ lights and the failure of drivers to dim lights on approaching other cars. In addition. to ordering arrests, he is requesting service station operators throughout the state to cheek on auto lights when their customers drive in for gasoline. Indicating the prevalency of defective lights are the figures for the first eleven months of 1939, which show that 12,371 convictions were obtained in California for this offense. Of these 6,245 were fined a total of $20,759. The others were required to bring satisfactory evidence to court to show they had the trouble corrected. Other thousands were stopped on thehighways and streets by officers and required to have -corrections made. “One of the worst evils is the socaled ‘one eyed’ cars,’’ said Cato. “These fellows are menaces to themselves as well as to approaching ears. Drivers of other cars do not know which light is off, the left or right, and consequently do not know how to steer to avoid the oncoming ear with one light. “Also these drivers with only one
light have vision on one side of the road. Usually the fact of one light being off throws more current ‘into the other light and thus sets up a bad glare that aggravates the situation. A man with bad lights might as well have his hands off the wheel.” Figures for the first eleven months of 1939 show that 1,051 accidents were caused in California by drivers being blinded or confused by the lights of an oncoming car. Of this number ninety seven were. fatal accidents. Cars with headlights that were dim or out caused 275 accidents, resulting in twenty four deaths; cars with the rear light out caused 127 accidents, resulting in ten deaths, and cars with the lights not turned on at dusk caused 163 accidents, resulting in fifteen deaths. In the same period there was a total of 18,420 daylight accidents, resulting in 925 deaths, 1,380 accidents at dusk, resulting in ninety five deaths, and 16,764 night accidents, resulting in 1,519 deaths, Mrs. Adah Anthony of Redding visited her cousin, Joseph Huy, and Huy over the week end, Mrs. Anthony was a former resident of North Bloomfield and enjoyed meeting many of her former acquaintances while here. Mr.and Mrs. Walter Williams, and their son, Walter, and wife visited friends in Nevada City Sunday. Williams Sr., left Nevada City sev‘eral years ago to reside in Sacramento. Both father and son are -eeatal clerks, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1940. BL “S" DUE 1 RAVEL LOS “~N@GBLES, ‘en. 29.—Modern method: of transportation, the automobile especially are creating new types of land use-in America’s desert areas, says Dr. Robert M. Glendinning, assistant professor of geography, at the University of California at Los Angeles. Doctor Glendinning presents Death Valley as example. Only since 1926 have large numbers of automobiles conquered the—phyiscal barriers. Before 1926 a few persons saw Death Valley each year, but today it is visited annually by approximately 60,000 persons who spend an, estimated $300,000. He points out the roles that Death Valley has played since its discovery: a region for exploration, a region of scientific curiosity, a region of borax mining, a region of gold and sil. ver mining, and finally a region of recreation. “The coming of the automobile ‘brought a major transformation,”’ Dr. Glendinning says, ‘The. valley became fairly well known and this knowledge widely bringing to light as it did the magnificent physical setup and favorable climatic aspect of the cooler season resulted in an ever growing elaboration of highways and services both in and around the Valley.” VIA MAXIMA IS FIRST WITH LINE IN ROAD MIDDLE BERKELEY, Jan. 29.—A-number of people have claimed the credit for originating the idea of the line which rans down the middle of the highways to keep automobiles anu trucks from colliding. But it looks as though the palm will have to go to the early Romans, who developed the idea so that their speeding chariots might be kept apart. This was stated in the second Pacific Coast Traffic Officers’ Training School at the University of California here by H. E. Hammond, director of the traffic division, National Conservation Bureau, New York. The Roman system was really better than the white line, Hammond said. It used a series of wooden blocks because the Romans wanted to have permanent markers. And they seem to have achieved a clean record in regard to the traffic accidents on the Via Maxima, despite the fact that they were not nearly as careful, ‘apparently, during the chariot races in the Coliseum. A white highway with black dividing lines is more effective in the prevention of accidents than a dark highway with a white line, Hammond said. The ideal arrangement, however, would *be a dark line with the white borders, which is being tried in a number of places. The dark line should be—some-—glossy-__substance which would reflect the car lights at night under conditions where a white line would not be visible. . The system of pedestrian operated traffic signals is growing, Hammond said, and it is working well. THE GIFT OF GOOD HEALTH Good Health is your greatest gift, and pure milk,’ that for. seven years has won the California State Fair first prize, is your best health insurance. Make a regular part of your, and your children’s diet, and lay a firm foundation for permanent good health. Bret Harte Dairy Jordan Street, Nevada City Phone 77 — craft plants, he said, CALIF. AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY RISES TO NEW PEAK SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29:—Caiifornia factories, headed by the aircraft industry, employed more workers and paid more wages during December, 1939, than in any December in the state’s record. State Labor Commissioner H, C. Carrasco reported to Governor Olson this week. During December aircraft factories recorded an increase of 125 per cent over the same period in 1938 in the number of workers employed and-an increase of 108 per cent over December 1938, in ‘payrolls, Commissioner Carrasco reported. Airemployed 23,909 persons last December as against 10,626 in December, 1938, with aircraft industry payrolls rose from a weekly total of $345,000 in December, 1938 to $721,000 during December, 1939. The report showed that manufacturing industries generally registered an increase of 16 per cent in employment and 19 per cent in payrolls for the month. MEDICOS URGE PSITTACOSIS BAN SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.—That the United States needs a Maginot Line against invasions of psittacosis or parrot fever, an infectious disease, of birds which is transmissable to human beings, was indicated ina report made public recently by Dr. Karl F. Meyer, director of the George Williams Hooper Foundation of the University of California Medical School. Present measures to prevent entrance of infected birds are inadequate, Dr. Meyer believes. Since 1933 it has been known that birds released following the usual inspection and quarantine have later infected human beings, Meyer said. So the Hooper Foundation has been studying the inadequate barriers by examining suspected shipments of the birds quarantined in California ports. These investigations have resulted in the barring since 1938 .of three large shipments of birds which might have slipped past the ordinary quarantine procedure. Commercial ; Printing at reasone able prices at the Nugget office, 305 Broad street, Nevada City. PENETRO An excellent. vaporizing and penetrating topical dressing for local congestion, 35c Jar Penetro Nose Drops with Ephedrine 25c Penetro Inhaler. Clears the head quickly 25c Consult us for cold and cough remedies. We carry the largest stock in town. R. E. HARRIS THE Renall Phone DRUG STORE 100 there's @ bp 0 OP ee in. every sip NEVADA CITY ICE: DELIVERY Nevada City Distributors P. O. Box 325 flame jewel window. fine Coleman heaters. Nevada City Phone 5 Coleman Olt HEATER RADIATES Ano CIRCULATES! WARM FLOORS! Ideal For Hard-To-Heat Homes Here’s a beautiful heater that gives you circulating and radiating heat. Actually sends heat through rooms while it radiates ‘‘hot-stove’’ heat, close up, through grille cabinet, at same time! Three popular models, low in price. Automatic fuel control. Automatic draft control. Burner has famous low flame fuel-saver.-Duroplastic finish. Pyrex glass Outside tank and electric controls optional., Come in and let us show you our complete tite of ALPHA STORES, Ltd. ALL-OVER HEAT! LOW FUEL COST! Grass Valley Phone 88