July 16, 1945 (4 pages)

me . 02 rs _Bdward Gray, for The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.’ ’—Daniel Webster Nevada City Nu eget LT . This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. . If you want to read about your . friends, your neighbors, and your ee town, read The Nugget. 7 RS COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ ——— Vol. 19, No. 56 cme The County Seat Paper” NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center “MONDAY, JULY 16, 1945_ THINKING OUT . ~ LOUD . By H. M. L. GARAGE SERVICECEILINGS ORDER A ‘cartoonist in ‘the . Sacramento Bee pictures President Truman, with hand of the bridle-of a big Missouri mule, smiling grimly at his _ first meeting with ‘Churchill, leading a British lion, and Stalin, accompanied by the Russian bear. The mule drawn somewhat out of proportion to be sure, looks quite capable of taking care his health in mixed company. Albruptly we are forced to think of our president, one time farmer, one time haberdasher, ‘one time friend of a big political boss, meeting the two most astute statesmen the world has.\produced since Lord the British Empire, or John Hay in this country. Perhaps (Count Sergei Witte, should be mentioned here, but the Russian bear in his day was a poor flea bitten creature, compared to the behemoth Stalin leads with a nose ring, so we regretfully deny greatmess to Count ‘Witte. A virtuoso to play well must have a Stradivarius. When we reflect that President Roosevelt those his own vice president’s 'we wonder ‘why ‘he did select a ‘man who had had more experience in world afifairs then Truman, ‘but on ‘the other hand, just who was there in the Democratic entourage Who had had any schooling in ‘world matters except the aged Mr. Hull. For obvious reasons Hull could not take the job. James Byrnes, might have been the man, but politics decreed he couldn’t, since Roose-velt ‘believed his must have the support of all labor elements and Byrn-! ers was just not poular with Sidney ‘Hilman. ‘And, God /be thanked, for reason’s of expediency, again, Henry Wallace was not chosen to resume his office of viee—president, because the Goutherners disliked ‘his leftist antics. So this legatee of Roosevelt’s opportunism, Harry Truman, {becomes our miain reliance in what is ‘belieyed to be the most critical moment in world ‘history. iBut sometimes we wonder if the Roosevelt choice may not turn out to be providential. After all the Missouri mule is a form idable and extremely useful eS We shipped a lot of them to Bo) during the late War and they pr their fighting abilities in many steep trek under heavy. loads eee in bitter cold and flistering heat. may not do so badly matched on the bear and. lion. Truman’s words at the Potsdam conclave of grand trio, are some hard ffacts which Messrs. Stalin’ and Churchill are bound to warry in the back of their minds. First, merry old England would be a German principality today, and Potsdam, or Berlin, would be piping the tune for British life, were it not for Unele Sam's strong right arm. Back of (Mr. Second, Russia might have suryived without the hedp given by Uncle Sam, but it would have ‘been, wundoubtedly at a cost of twice as many years of war, and perhaps’ three times as many casualties, dead on the battle fields, and civilians perished of hunger, cold and German ¢ruelties. And third, the United States is emerging from the war with a navy bigger and better than the combined mavies of the world, an air force that is also far larger than any other, and a ‘war potential, that is, that can be used to equip air, sea and land forces, that is unmatched anywhere. We do not mention the army, in view of Ruesia’s huge mobilization, but we are willing to gamble that the average GI, ‘with his equipment, is mighity nearly a match for two of any other nationality on earth today. (Casualty figures, someday, ‘when reports are in from every battle field, we believe, will confirm this estimate. So far as the Japs are coiicerned it is one American to four and often ten Japs. Thus, when President Truman speaks his words carry the weight of might. A Missouri Yank should iknow how to use that weight without erassly hauling it*out into view. We, not . industries . POSTPONED [Effective date of a prosoped new supplementary regulation se Psipecific limits on the hours of la®Odr that can be charged for an 56 common passenger car repair jobs has been postponed until September 1, the OPA announced today. The regulation originally announced as becoming effective June 14 and later postponed until July 14, is designed to check a practice in’ some automobile repair shops of charging customers: for more hours of labor than the repairs actually require. The first postponement of the 2ffective date was requested by representatives of the trade who desired to have further consultations with OPA about the new priorities before they were put into effect. Today’s further postponement OP A said is necessary to permit a study of all the information received at these trade conferences as well as hee other sources, relating to the new regulation. HABEAS CORPUS FREESFISHER A writ of habeas corpus has been issued for William Fisher, charged with burglary returned Saturday morning in the. superior court. Following the hearing the charge against Fisher was dismissed, Attorney James Snell. counsel for Fisher alleged there is nothing in the testimony reported in the prelimjinary examination of Fisher in the justice of 'the peace court at Truckee indicating that Fisher entered the house of George Fraley, residing near Soda Springs on Highway 40. . It was alleged in the information filed that Fisher entered Fraley’s house on the night of July 9 while Fraley was absent and took a package of laundry and several. carpenter tools. NEW PASTORS COME TO GRASS : WALLEY CHURCHS Two new pastors have arrived in . \Grass Valley and are now setting their parsonages in order. Rev. Jesse Rudkin of. Placerville; El Dorado (County, has come to take the pulpit of the Methodist Church which Rev. (Mark Pike, transferred to Woodland, has just vacated. Rev. Willard W. Turner of Scott City, Kansas, has arrived to. fill the Congregational ‘pastorate in place of Rev. Herschel Fravel, resigned to accept a _ post with the same denomination in Napa. Rev. Turner is accompanied by his wife and two daughters, Marilyn and Shirley. He formerly was pastor of the Congregational Church in San Rafael, Marin County. Rev. Rudkin has a family of two daughters and a son. Miss Helen Rudkin, one of *the daughters, will remain in Placerville for a short time before coming to Grass Valley: Ainsley Fouyer of the U. S. Marine Corps arrived (‘Saturday from Uorth Carolina to spend a few days visiting at the home of Sheriff and (Mrs. Carl Tobiassen. think ‘Wilson failed ‘because he did not make use of of the means he had. (Clemenceau, the tiger, overwhelmed his ‘two opponents with Gallic gall. And in the next ‘war France paid for \Clemenceau’s sins. ¥ Yes, Harry Truman, can tell his two conferees, without saying it in so ‘many ‘words, that Uncle Sam can ibe a mighty good friend to those who wish to be friends, who wish to walk the paths of peace, who wish no more than their fair share per capita of the world’s riches and who will play the game, diplomatically, commereially and socially, on the level. If they are not willing to make «om‘promises to match our compromises, then look out. They may find themselves facing the one-two of the big (Missouri mule’s posterior armament. BID IS DOUBLE ESTIMATE OF ARCHITECT Supervisors of Placer County got he : rf =. a rude shock on building costs Friday when the lowest bid for the isolation ward at the county hospital was $23,100: The estimate of Architect George Sellan was $10,900. The second lowest bid was $23,700. Sellon already has been paid a portion of his fee, supervisors authorized him to attempt to work out something with Minton and Kubon the low bidder to ascertain if a unit cannot be constructed at a price somewhere in line with the architect’s estimate. The board also accepted Sellon’s plans for an $82,500 court. house building to be 92 feet by 40 feet. The vote was 3 to 0 with John MeFadden absent on account of illness. The size represents a compromise between ideas previously causing 4 deadlock among the supervisors. Auburn Journal. U. C. MAN FINDS RICH FOSSIL BED IN COLUMBIA BERKELEY, July i6—Bringing five tons of fossils amd valuable data about the ancient land connection ‘between North and South America, ‘Dr. R. A. Stirton lecturer in paleontology on the Berkeley campus is back from a year spent *in Colombia South America as a Guggenheim fellow. . Most of the digging was done in the upper Magdalena Valley region, he reports in what has been charag¢sil find. sonce 1900. Specimens include (bones of twenty six different kinds of mammals and numerous birds, snakes and reptiles. Among the important finds were a _ giant crocodile one of the largest ever found; an ancient giant afmadillo like animal known as a glyptodon, which has a shell like a turtle and a rare fossil monkey of the tertiary period Stirton explains. The upper Magdalena Valley region now a semi desert was once composed of lush savanas along the margin of the river whieh occasionally overflowed and left huge mud banks. Some of the fossils uncovered by Stirton plainly tell the story of how the animals crawled from solid ground onto the mud ‘flats probably trying to reach the water and were caught in the soft silt. ‘Colombian authorities were much interested in the rich fossil find, Dr. Stirton says, and were cooperative. Part of the fossils were left in that country and some of the others: will lbe sent back from Berkeley after the study is completed. He also worked with: representatives of six Ameriean oil companies and was able to give them the geological ages of the formations which will be valuable in developing the oil resources of the region. Truckee Man Attémpts Suicide Arden D. Pollock, 30, brought to the Nevada County Hospital, following his attempt at suicide in the Truckee jail, is being held without charges against him, pending treatments for slashed wrists, arms and throat. Deputy Sheriff Tom Dolley arrested Pollock, allegedly for attempting to pass a forged check. A Negro prisoner in the same cell with Pollock slept through the time Pollock was trying to kill ‘himself. He was ‘brought to the county hospital in an amlbulance. a The sheriff’s office learned that Pollock has been a merchant seaman and has been employed as a cook in summer resorts. FUZZ FLOATS OFF Those who'd «like to eat their peaches -whole sometimes—if it weren’t for the fuaz—might do as one home economist does: Dip peach in pan of boiling water for just an instant and watch the fuzz float to the top. e The bids were rejected but since terized. by experts as the -richést fosel., PLANS MADE FOR ARMY AID IN FIGHTING FIRES William French, fire prevention officer and Gordon Vance, central fire dispatcher of the Tahoe national] forest report that 12 to 15 officers from McClelland Field will take a short course of training at White ‘Cloud, 10 miles east of this city on the Tahoe Ukiah Highway, within the next few weeks. The decision of the army authorities to send officers tothis place for training followed a conferenge with the two Tahoe forest officials Thursday at McClelland Field. Those who participated in the conference with Vance and French were Col. William V. Sutherland, Major Vernetti,, Lt. W. E. Breeden, and Major Burke, commander of Squardon H. The officers to take the training at White Cloud, it wag decided, will in turn teach the men under them fire fighting methods, in order, if an emergency should arise, army personnel will be ready to aid in battling fires in this area. NOR. CALIFORNIA FALLS SHORT IN E BOND SALES SAN FRANCISCO, July 16—AIthough Northern California fell $15.210,000 short of its E bond quota in the Seventh War Loan drive, aggregate sales of all types of war bonds during the campaign brought Northern California far beyond its $399,000,000 quota, according to final tabulation of all sales just completed. : The sale of E bonds in Northern (California totaled $148,790,000 or 90.7 per cent of the quota for this type of security. Sale of other kinds of bonds to individuals brought the grand total of bond buying by in-° dividuals to $2152,000,000. ‘San Francisco fell $6,946,000 short of its E bond quota but aggregate sale of all.types of war bonds during the campaign brought the city far beyond its i$174,190,000 quota. bond sales in San Francisco totaled $43,197,169 or 86.1 per cent of the quota for this type of securities. Sale of other types of bonds to individuals brought the grand total of bond buying by individuals to $93,003,435. Tabulation of local sales of all types of securities to individuals and to corporations revealed a total of ($2'13,4612,434 or 179.4 per cent of the city’s overall quota. BRITISH NAVY OFFICERS GIVEN U.S. HONORS (Nineteen British officers, including 18 navy men and a marine major, have been awarded the Legion of Merit ‘by the U. S, Navy for outstanding wartime services. Two. offficers, Admiral Sir John H. H. Cunningham and Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey, received the’ Legion of Merit in the Degree of Chief Commander, the highest degree in which it is awarded. : Those receiving the award in the Degree of Commander were Rear Admiral Cyril Eustace Douglas Pennant, Rear Admiral William Edward Parry, Rear Admiral Arthur George Talgot, Rear Admiral Sir Philip Louis Vian and Gommander A. R. Hexlet. Degree of Officer went to Captain Norman Vincent Dickinson, Captain John William Josselyn, Cap. Dennis Maresvaux Lees, (Captain Gervase Boswell Middleston, Cautain John Terry, Captain Charles R. N. Winn, Lieut. Com. Leslie John MeMillan, Lieut. Som: Ed'ward Robert Denys Sworder, temporary Lieut. Arthur Craig Bennett, and Major Patrick Henry Bligh ‘Wall, Royal Marines. Receiving the Degree of Legionnaire were Lieut.Com. Charles Howard Pearse and Lieut. Com. Ronald Harry Boulter. JURISDICTIONAL LABOR ROWS CAUSING STRIKES iBy Ralph H. ‘Taylor ‘A gerious outbreak of strikes throughout the nation since VE day, with many of the labor disputes involving bitter jurisdictional. quarrels between unions, such as the Sacramento cannery strike, or defiance of government agencies, has served to underline the urgent need of overhauling the country’s labor relations machinery, so that disastrous work tie-ups can ‘be averted in the-critical byears of post war adjustment. With the war only half won, and with every day lost in industrial and farm production needlessly lengthen‘ing the conflict, and costing the lives of American fighting men who might! ibe spared, there appears to be a dangerous disposition on the part of some union men, and irresponsible union leaders, to, disregard ‘oth their ‘no strike’ pledge and their obligations to the nation. Collective ‘bargaining machinery either has been. openly flaunted, or has proved wholly inadequate to cope with the problem, and in. recent week's an average of from 80,000 to 90,000 men have been idle on the country’s. labor ‘front—at a time when such walkouts amounts to ‘virtual desertion in the face of the enemy. If that condition obtains now, when there are the strongest possible patriotic reasons for workers to stay on their jobs, it is certainly understandable that conscientious leaders in congress should ‘be alarmed at the prospect in the after the war years— and -should be considering an overhaul of-lalbor legislation before it is too late. Under the circumstances, the farreaching labor relations bill recently introduced by Senators Hatch of New Mexico, Ball of Minnesota -and.Burton of Ohio, designed to get rid of some of the one sided provisions of the Wagner Act and establish ‘a charter for industrial peace.’ is. deserving of thoughtful consideration by labor, management, ‘government and the general public. The new legislation may be far from perfect, and undoubtedly will be the sulbject of exhaustive study and hearings before any decision is reached, butt it is authored by liberal legislators who certainly are not anti labor in their thinking, and whose earnestness in seeking to find a way to labor peace cannot be questioned. In view of that fact, some of the officials of the CIO and AFL, who rushed into print with intemiperate denunciations of the bill, would do well to reconsider. _It is true that the new legislation would ban unfair labor practices by workers as well as by employers, but that is a reform which intelligent labor leaders should gladly accept as an evidence that they have acquired a sense of responsibility as well as power. One of the worst shortcom‘ings of the Wagner Act has been that it failed to hold both sides to labor disputes accountable for illegal or unfair pra'ctices. The new legislation also would require compulsory arbitration in cases of grievances arising from interpretation of labor management contracts, particularly where a work stoppage would cause public hardship. Senator Ball, commenting on this phase of the legislation, declares: : “The bill would protect the public against interruption of vital services, such as electricity or gas, or milk deliveries, by requiring ‘that disputes involving such industries be settled by arbitration. This may ound drastic, but actually it only recognizes the realities of actual practice today. No governor in any state would permit a labor dispute to close down a vital public utility in a large city. Both management and labor in these types of industries know it.” Still another provision of the new. bill, which would seem to be fair to all concerned, would re-write the Wagner Act provision legalizing a closed shop by requiring that 75 per cent of the workers belong to a union, and that 60 per cent of these approve a cleosed—shop, before one ‘can be set up. The bill also provides that if'union membership is not open to all qualified persons, and if union members can be deprived of member“TRUCKEE LAD © HOME FROM JAP PRISON CAMP “If a Jap beats you and you cry out or show fear, he will continue to beat you, but if. you can take it and don’t. protest, he is likely to come back the next day for a chat and is quite friendly.’ That is the way Cpl. George Steiner 25’a former Truckee boy who has. just returned after three years in a Jap prison camp on Luzon sums up the unpredictable cruelties of the enemy. George, who was born on Church street is the son of a former S. P, engineer here and was liberated on the same date that his: grandfather W. B. McCrary of Dunsmuir retired from the S. P. is undergoing treatment at DeWitt Hospital. ie The corporal was with the 19th Bomlber Squadron. and went to the Philippines in October, 1941 and was stationed at Clark Field when the Japs hit there December 8th. Most of the planes were destroyed and Steiner fought with the infantry and artillery on Eastern Bataan Peninsula which surrendered on April 9, 1942. He wags in the historic and fatal “death march‘ to prison at Cabanataan on Luzon and described the tortures of the Americans. He said the prisoners were forced to do hard labor regardless of their health, working on bridges, airfields and general aaa aces Corporal ‘Steiner suffered from. beri beri( pellegra, scurvy, malaria, dysentary, blindness and other digeases due to malnutrition and fatigue. He was liberated on January 39, 1945 by the Sixth Army Rengars who went 30 miles behind the Jape line to rescue the defenders of Ba.taan. Steiner has the Punple Heart, two Oak Leaf Clusters, three Asiatic Pa‘cific stars, Philippine Defense star, presidential citation. and’ other \deeorations. The young mian soon will be married to Miss Charlotte L. Allen of Riverside and they will make their home near March\ Field where the conporal will be stationed. Steiners’ mother Mrs. N. H. Montere lives at Loomis. a ‘ \ ‘Funeral Services for Frank H. Brummond Funeral services took place yesterday afternoon in the Truckee Community Church for Frank Henry Brummond, who passed away here in a local hospital on Tuesday. \Arrangements for the obsequies whieh ‘were in charge of the Laity Funeral Home of Truckee. The remains will be cremated in Sacramento. Brummond twas born in Iowa 70 years ago. Following his marriage in Wisconsin in 1896 he engaged in farming in North Dakota and later in Idaho. He came to Truckee in 1915 and entered the garage business. Due to ill health he retired in 1940 and since then he and Mrs. Drummond had made their home in (Paradise, Butte County, returning to Truckee each summer, Besides his 'wife there survive four brothers and three sisters. WHEN DEFROSTING Simple as it is to defrost a refrigerator, a home economist saves herself needless mopping up afterward ‘by putting a folded newspaper along each side of the evaporator: This directs drippings into the drip tray and prevents ice from .scattering every which way as it scales off. ship without a fair hearing, a closed shop will not be permitted. The so-called “charter for industrial peace’’ would govern only the businesses and ‘industries in interstate’ commerce, with the handling of local disputes left to the individual states, and that too seems like a wise provision. ‘Farm organizations, as well as labor groups and business and in-~ dustrial organizations, certainly should give this bill «careful study. The cure for labor excesses is fair play—-and if labor representatives have the welfare of their workers at interest, they should be the first to support a move to put their house order. service. At present he« .; .

me . 02 rs _Bdward Gray, for The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.’ ’—Daniel Webster Nevada City Nu eget LT . This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. . If you want to read about your . friends, your neighbors, and your ee town, read The Nugget. 7 RS COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ ——— Vol. 19, No. 56 cme The County Seat Paper” NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center “MONDAY, JULY 16, 1945_ THINKING OUT . ~ LOUD . By H. M. L. GARAGE SERVICECEILINGS ORDER A ‘cartoonist in ‘the . Sacramento Bee pictures President Truman, with hand of the bridle-of a big Missouri mule, smiling grimly at his _ first meeting with ‘Churchill, leading a British lion, and Stalin, accompanied by the Russian bear. The mule drawn somewhat out of proportion to be sure, looks quite capable of taking care his health in mixed company. Albruptly we are forced to think of our president, one time farmer, one time haberdasher, ‘one time friend of a big political boss, meeting the two most astute statesmen the world has.\produced since Lord the British Empire, or John Hay in this country. Perhaps (Count Sergei Witte, should be mentioned here, but the Russian bear in his day was a poor flea bitten creature, compared to the behemoth Stalin leads with a nose ring, so we regretfully deny greatmess to Count ‘Witte. A virtuoso to play well must have a Stradivarius. When we reflect that President Roosevelt those his own vice president’s 'we wonder ‘why ‘he did select a ‘man who had had more experience in world afifairs then Truman, ‘but on ‘the other hand, just who was there in the Democratic entourage Who had had any schooling in ‘world matters except the aged Mr. Hull. For obvious reasons Hull could not take the job. James Byrnes, might have been the man, but politics decreed he couldn’t, since Roose-velt ‘believed his must have the support of all labor elements and Byrn-! ers was just not poular with Sidney ‘Hilman. ‘And, God /be thanked, for reason’s of expediency, again, Henry Wallace was not chosen to resume his office of viee—president, because the Goutherners disliked ‘his leftist antics. So this legatee of Roosevelt’s opportunism, Harry Truman, {becomes our miain reliance in what is ‘belieyed to be the most critical moment in world ‘history. iBut sometimes we wonder if the Roosevelt choice may not turn out to be providential. After all the Missouri mule is a form idable and extremely useful eS We shipped a lot of them to Bo) during the late War and they pr their fighting abilities in many steep trek under heavy. loads eee in bitter cold and flistering heat. may not do so badly matched on the bear and. lion. Truman’s words at the Potsdam conclave of grand trio, are some hard ffacts which Messrs. Stalin’ and Churchill are bound to warry in the back of their minds. First, merry old England would be a German principality today, and Potsdam, or Berlin, would be piping the tune for British life, were it not for Unele Sam's strong right arm. Back of (Mr. Second, Russia might have suryived without the hedp given by Uncle Sam, but it would have ‘been, wundoubtedly at a cost of twice as many years of war, and perhaps’ three times as many casualties, dead on the battle fields, and civilians perished of hunger, cold and German ¢ruelties. And third, the United States is emerging from the war with a navy bigger and better than the combined mavies of the world, an air force that is also far larger than any other, and a ‘war potential, that is, that can be used to equip air, sea and land forces, that is unmatched anywhere. We do not mention the army, in view of Ruesia’s huge mobilization, but we are willing to gamble that the average GI, ‘with his equipment, is mighity nearly a match for two of any other nationality on earth today. (Casualty figures, someday, ‘when reports are in from every battle field, we believe, will confirm this estimate. So far as the Japs are coiicerned it is one American to four and often ten Japs. Thus, when President Truman speaks his words carry the weight of might. A Missouri Yank should iknow how to use that weight without erassly hauling it*out into view. We, not . industries . POSTPONED [Effective date of a prosoped new supplementary regulation se Psipecific limits on the hours of la®Odr that can be charged for an 56 common passenger car repair jobs has been postponed until September 1, the OPA announced today. The regulation originally announced as becoming effective June 14 and later postponed until July 14, is designed to check a practice in’ some automobile repair shops of charging customers: for more hours of labor than the repairs actually require. The first postponement of the 2ffective date was requested by representatives of the trade who desired to have further consultations with OPA about the new priorities before they were put into effect. Today’s further postponement OP A said is necessary to permit a study of all the information received at these trade conferences as well as hee other sources, relating to the new regulation. HABEAS CORPUS FREESFISHER A writ of habeas corpus has been issued for William Fisher, charged with burglary returned Saturday morning in the. superior court. Following the hearing the charge against Fisher was dismissed, Attorney James Snell. counsel for Fisher alleged there is nothing in the testimony reported in the prelimjinary examination of Fisher in the justice of 'the peace court at Truckee indicating that Fisher entered the house of George Fraley, residing near Soda Springs on Highway 40. . It was alleged in the information filed that Fisher entered Fraley’s house on the night of July 9 while Fraley was absent and took a package of laundry and several. carpenter tools. NEW PASTORS COME TO GRASS : WALLEY CHURCHS Two new pastors have arrived in . \Grass Valley and are now setting their parsonages in order. Rev. Jesse Rudkin of. Placerville; El Dorado (County, has come to take the pulpit of the Methodist Church which Rev. (Mark Pike, transferred to Woodland, has just vacated. Rev. Willard W. Turner of Scott City, Kansas, has arrived to. fill the Congregational ‘pastorate in place of Rev. Herschel Fravel, resigned to accept a _ post with the same denomination in Napa. Rev. Turner is accompanied by his wife and two daughters, Marilyn and Shirley. He formerly was pastor of the Congregational Church in San Rafael, Marin County. Rev. Rudkin has a family of two daughters and a son. Miss Helen Rudkin, one of *the daughters, will remain in Placerville for a short time before coming to Grass Valley: Ainsley Fouyer of the U. S. Marine Corps arrived (‘Saturday from Uorth Carolina to spend a few days visiting at the home of Sheriff and (Mrs. Carl Tobiassen. think ‘Wilson failed ‘because he did not make use of of the means he had. (Clemenceau, the tiger, overwhelmed his ‘two opponents with Gallic gall. And in the next ‘war France paid for \Clemenceau’s sins. ¥ Yes, Harry Truman, can tell his two conferees, without saying it in so ‘many ‘words, that Uncle Sam can ibe a mighty good friend to those who wish to be friends, who wish to walk the paths of peace, who wish no more than their fair share per capita of the world’s riches and who will play the game, diplomatically, commereially and socially, on the level. If they are not willing to make «om‘promises to match our compromises, then look out. They may find themselves facing the one-two of the big (Missouri mule’s posterior armament. BID IS DOUBLE ESTIMATE OF ARCHITECT Supervisors of Placer County got he : rf =. a rude shock on building costs Friday when the lowest bid for the isolation ward at the county hospital was $23,100: The estimate of Architect George Sellan was $10,900. The second lowest bid was $23,700. Sellon already has been paid a portion of his fee, supervisors authorized him to attempt to work out something with Minton and Kubon the low bidder to ascertain if a unit cannot be constructed at a price somewhere in line with the architect’s estimate. The board also accepted Sellon’s plans for an $82,500 court. house building to be 92 feet by 40 feet. The vote was 3 to 0 with John MeFadden absent on account of illness. The size represents a compromise between ideas previously causing 4 deadlock among the supervisors. Auburn Journal. U. C. MAN FINDS RICH FOSSIL BED IN COLUMBIA BERKELEY, July i6—Bringing five tons of fossils amd valuable data about the ancient land connection ‘between North and South America, ‘Dr. R. A. Stirton lecturer in paleontology on the Berkeley campus is back from a year spent *in Colombia South America as a Guggenheim fellow. . Most of the digging was done in the upper Magdalena Valley region, he reports in what has been charag¢sil find. sonce 1900. Specimens include (bones of twenty six different kinds of mammals and numerous birds, snakes and reptiles. Among the important finds were a _ giant crocodile one of the largest ever found; an ancient giant afmadillo like animal known as a glyptodon, which has a shell like a turtle and a rare fossil monkey of the tertiary period Stirton explains. The upper Magdalena Valley region now a semi desert was once composed of lush savanas along the margin of the river whieh occasionally overflowed and left huge mud banks. Some of the fossils uncovered by Stirton plainly tell the story of how the animals crawled from solid ground onto the mud ‘flats probably trying to reach the water and were caught in the soft silt. ‘Colombian authorities were much interested in the rich fossil find, Dr. Stirton says, and were cooperative. Part of the fossils were left in that country and some of the others: will lbe sent back from Berkeley after the study is completed. He also worked with: representatives of six Ameriean oil companies and was able to give them the geological ages of the formations which will be valuable in developing the oil resources of the region. Truckee Man Attémpts Suicide Arden D. Pollock, 30, brought to the Nevada County Hospital, following his attempt at suicide in the Truckee jail, is being held without charges against him, pending treatments for slashed wrists, arms and throat. Deputy Sheriff Tom Dolley arrested Pollock, allegedly for attempting to pass a forged check. A Negro prisoner in the same cell with Pollock slept through the time Pollock was trying to kill ‘himself. He was ‘brought to the county hospital in an amlbulance. a The sheriff’s office learned that Pollock has been a merchant seaman and has been employed as a cook in summer resorts. FUZZ FLOATS OFF Those who'd «like to eat their peaches -whole sometimes—if it weren’t for the fuaz—might do as one home economist does: Dip peach in pan of boiling water for just an instant and watch the fuzz float to

the top. e The bids were rejected but since terized. by experts as the -richést fosel., PLANS MADE FOR ARMY AID IN FIGHTING FIRES William French, fire prevention officer and Gordon Vance, central fire dispatcher of the Tahoe national] forest report that 12 to 15 officers from McClelland Field will take a short course of training at White ‘Cloud, 10 miles east of this city on the Tahoe Ukiah Highway, within the next few weeks. The decision of the army authorities to send officers tothis place for training followed a conferenge with the two Tahoe forest officials Thursday at McClelland Field. Those who participated in the conference with Vance and French were Col. William V. Sutherland, Major Vernetti,, Lt. W. E. Breeden, and Major Burke, commander of Squardon H. The officers to take the training at White Cloud, it wag decided, will in turn teach the men under them fire fighting methods, in order, if an emergency should arise, army personnel will be ready to aid in battling fires in this area. NOR. CALIFORNIA FALLS SHORT IN E BOND SALES SAN FRANCISCO, July 16—AIthough Northern California fell $15.210,000 short of its E bond quota in the Seventh War Loan drive, aggregate sales of all types of war bonds during the campaign brought Northern California far beyond its $399,000,000 quota, according to final tabulation of all sales just completed. : The sale of E bonds in Northern (California totaled $148,790,000 or 90.7 per cent of the quota for this type of security. Sale of other kinds of bonds to individuals brought the grand total of bond buying by in-° dividuals to $2152,000,000. ‘San Francisco fell $6,946,000 short of its E bond quota but aggregate sale of all.types of war bonds during the campaign brought the city far beyond its i$174,190,000 quota. bond sales in San Francisco totaled $43,197,169 or 86.1 per cent of the quota for this type of securities. Sale of other types of bonds to individuals brought the grand total of bond buying by individuals to $93,003,435. Tabulation of local sales of all types of securities to individuals and to corporations revealed a total of ($2'13,4612,434 or 179.4 per cent of the city’s overall quota. BRITISH NAVY OFFICERS GIVEN U.S. HONORS (Nineteen British officers, including 18 navy men and a marine major, have been awarded the Legion of Merit ‘by the U. S, Navy for outstanding wartime services. Two. offficers, Admiral Sir John H. H. Cunningham and Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey, received the’ Legion of Merit in the Degree of Chief Commander, the highest degree in which it is awarded. : Those receiving the award in the Degree of Commander were Rear Admiral Cyril Eustace Douglas Pennant, Rear Admiral William Edward Parry, Rear Admiral Arthur George Talgot, Rear Admiral Sir Philip Louis Vian and Gommander A. R. Hexlet. Degree of Officer went to Captain Norman Vincent Dickinson, Captain John William Josselyn, Cap. Dennis Maresvaux Lees, (Captain Gervase Boswell Middleston, Cautain John Terry, Captain Charles R. N. Winn, Lieut. Com. Leslie John MeMillan, Lieut. Som: Ed'ward Robert Denys Sworder, temporary Lieut. Arthur Craig Bennett, and Major Patrick Henry Bligh ‘Wall, Royal Marines. Receiving the Degree of Legionnaire were Lieut.Com. Charles Howard Pearse and Lieut. Com. Ronald Harry Boulter. JURISDICTIONAL LABOR ROWS CAUSING STRIKES iBy Ralph H. ‘Taylor ‘A gerious outbreak of strikes throughout the nation since VE day, with many of the labor disputes involving bitter jurisdictional. quarrels between unions, such as the Sacramento cannery strike, or defiance of government agencies, has served to underline the urgent need of overhauling the country’s labor relations machinery, so that disastrous work tie-ups can ‘be averted in the-critical byears of post war adjustment. With the war only half won, and with every day lost in industrial and farm production needlessly lengthen‘ing the conflict, and costing the lives of American fighting men who might! ibe spared, there appears to be a dangerous disposition on the part of some union men, and irresponsible union leaders, to, disregard ‘oth their ‘no strike’ pledge and their obligations to the nation. Collective ‘bargaining machinery either has been. openly flaunted, or has proved wholly inadequate to cope with the problem, and in. recent week's an average of from 80,000 to 90,000 men have been idle on the country’s. labor ‘front—at a time when such walkouts amounts to ‘virtual desertion in the face of the enemy. If that condition obtains now, when there are the strongest possible patriotic reasons for workers to stay on their jobs, it is certainly understandable that conscientious leaders in congress should ‘be alarmed at the prospect in the after the war years— and -should be considering an overhaul of-lalbor legislation before it is too late. Under the circumstances, the farreaching labor relations bill recently introduced by Senators Hatch of New Mexico, Ball of Minnesota -and.Burton of Ohio, designed to get rid of some of the one sided provisions of the Wagner Act and establish ‘a charter for industrial peace.’ is. deserving of thoughtful consideration by labor, management, ‘government and the general public. The new legislation may be far from perfect, and undoubtedly will be the sulbject of exhaustive study and hearings before any decision is reached, butt it is authored by liberal legislators who certainly are not anti labor in their thinking, and whose earnestness in seeking to find a way to labor peace cannot be questioned. In view of that fact, some of the officials of the CIO and AFL, who rushed into print with intemiperate denunciations of the bill, would do well to reconsider. _It is true that the new legislation would ban unfair labor practices by workers as well as by employers, but that is a reform which intelligent labor leaders should gladly accept as an evidence that they have acquired a sense of responsibility as well as power. One of the worst shortcom‘ings of the Wagner Act has been that it failed to hold both sides to labor disputes accountable for illegal or unfair pra'ctices. The new legislation also would require compulsory arbitration in cases of grievances arising from interpretation of labor management contracts, particularly where a work stoppage would cause public hardship. Senator Ball, commenting on this phase of the legislation, declares: : “The bill would protect the public against interruption of vital services, such as electricity or gas, or milk deliveries, by requiring ‘that disputes involving such industries be settled by arbitration. This may ound drastic, but actually it only recognizes the realities of actual practice today. No governor in any state would permit a labor dispute to close down a vital public utility in a large city. Both management and labor in these types of industries know it.” Still another provision of the new. bill, which would seem to be fair to all concerned, would re-write the Wagner Act provision legalizing a closed shop by requiring that 75 per cent of the workers belong to a union, and that 60 per cent of these approve a cleosed—shop, before one ‘can be set up. The bill also provides that if'union membership is not open to all qualified persons, and if union members can be deprived of member“TRUCKEE LAD © HOME FROM JAP PRISON CAMP “If a Jap beats you and you cry out or show fear, he will continue to beat you, but if. you can take it and don’t. protest, he is likely to come back the next day for a chat and is quite friendly.’ That is the way Cpl. George Steiner 25’a former Truckee boy who has. just returned after three years in a Jap prison camp on Luzon sums up the unpredictable cruelties of the enemy. George, who was born on Church street is the son of a former S. P, engineer here and was liberated on the same date that his: grandfather W. B. McCrary of Dunsmuir retired from the S. P. is undergoing treatment at DeWitt Hospital. ie The corporal was with the 19th Bomlber Squadron. and went to the Philippines in October, 1941 and was stationed at Clark Field when the Japs hit there December 8th. Most of the planes were destroyed and Steiner fought with the infantry and artillery on Eastern Bataan Peninsula which surrendered on April 9, 1942. He wags in the historic and fatal “death march‘ to prison at Cabanataan on Luzon and described the tortures of the Americans. He said the prisoners were forced to do hard labor regardless of their health, working on bridges, airfields and general aaa aces Corporal ‘Steiner suffered from. beri beri( pellegra, scurvy, malaria, dysentary, blindness and other digeases due to malnutrition and fatigue. He was liberated on January 39, 1945 by the Sixth Army Rengars who went 30 miles behind the Jape line to rescue the defenders of Ba.taan. Steiner has the Punple Heart, two Oak Leaf Clusters, three Asiatic Pa‘cific stars, Philippine Defense star, presidential citation. and’ other \deeorations. The young mian soon will be married to Miss Charlotte L. Allen of Riverside and they will make their home near March\ Field where the conporal will be stationed. Steiners’ mother Mrs. N. H. Montere lives at Loomis. a ‘ \ ‘Funeral Services for Frank H. Brummond Funeral services took place yesterday afternoon in the Truckee Community Church for Frank Henry Brummond, who passed away here in a local hospital on Tuesday. \Arrangements for the obsequies whieh ‘were in charge of the Laity Funeral Home of Truckee. The remains will be cremated in Sacramento. Brummond twas born in Iowa 70 years ago. Following his marriage in Wisconsin in 1896 he engaged in farming in North Dakota and later in Idaho. He came to Truckee in 1915 and entered the garage business. Due to ill health he retired in 1940 and since then he and Mrs. Drummond had made their home in (Paradise, Butte County, returning to Truckee each summer, Besides his 'wife there survive four brothers and three sisters. WHEN DEFROSTING Simple as it is to defrost a refrigerator, a home economist saves herself needless mopping up afterward ‘by putting a folded newspaper along each side of the evaporator: This directs drippings into the drip tray and prevents ice from .scattering every which way as it scales off. ship without a fair hearing, a closed shop will not be permitted. The so-called “charter for industrial peace’’ would govern only the businesses and ‘industries in interstate’ commerce, with the handling of local disputes left to the individual states, and that too seems like a wise provision. ‘Farm organizations, as well as labor groups and business and in-~ dustrial organizations, certainly should give this bill «careful study. The cure for labor excesses is fair play—-and if labor representatives have the welfare of their workers at interest, they should be the first to support a move to put their house order. service. At present he« .; .