July 24, 1933 (4 pages)

cod bed e Aaa iaat SP NEVADA CITY Where Climate, Good Water and Gold Invite the World. Nevada City Nu Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press get i : . Nevada City Nugget A LIVE NEWSPAPER pubi lisked in a live town. if I i Vol. VII, No. 77 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center State Gets In Step To Reap Legisl National ative Benefit SACRAMENTO, July: 24—(UP)— One of the major tasks of Califor2ja"’s unprecedented mid-summer ¥ gislative session was refashioning Presirecovery 18 Statutes to conform with dent Roosevelt’s ‘program. First of such laws to be approved was a cluster of bills amending the state banking code so it would line up with the Glass-Steagall congressional act, principal feature of which was bank deposit guarantees. The Glass-Steagall bill, of course, applied only to national banks over which it had jurisdiction. To make the banking picture uniform it was necessary to pass a group of bills. Another bill was the state recovery act. Objective of this legislation was the same, in effect, as the banking legislation— namely to bring state laws into line with the President’s National Industrial Regovery act. Also in this' category was a measure by which the state statutes would drastic line up with the Roosevelt agricul. : tural relief legislation. Finally, there was a bill qualifying California to accept $16,000,000 for federal aid road construction in this state. All these socalled emergency acts passed through both houses without much comment. Not so the emergency legislation of the Great Central Valley Water Project. The fight on the issue of whether or not that vroposition would be considered developed into one of the bitter squabbles of the mid-summer session. Federal-inspired amendments to the water project $160,000,000 reve. nue bond issue bore a strong pubji¢ ownership flavor. This fact, it STATE TO SELL THREE MILLION RELIEF BONDS SACRAMENTO, July 24—(UP)— Sale of $3,000,000 worth of the $20,900,000 in “unemployment fonds voted at the special June 27 election will be negotiated by the state unemployment commission. Proceeds from the sale of the first block of bonds, probably io the federal Reconstruction Finance corporarelief tion, will.be used to finance the state’s one-third share of relief work for the next three months in the form of loans to counties. The remainder of the funds for reiief work is supplied by the—-eounties end the federal government. ‘LONESOME DOG TRIES __ IN VAIN TO GO HOME, . . Pal te pevese name of a big black, . shaggy dog with white markings. Pal is a friendly fellow and old and very warm, stepping into the} Nugget office where he had a friend and where—it was cool-: After the usual amenities of greeting Pal passed into the back shop. Thoughtfully he took himself out of the way by crawling under the Press and going to sleep. Closing time came. Pal’s friend looked for him but could not find him, so locked up. Pal woke in the night, and found himselt alone. He wahted very much to go home to his mistress. He howled his dismay. The night watchman heard the dismai sound but could not locate it. Listening and hearing no help coming, Pal set out to free himself. He began by gnawing a panel in the depr. Heewas too thick. Then he took a running jump through a big pane of glass in the old fashioned door at the rear of the shop. He found himself in another enclousure but not free. Exploring he discovered a small sized hole in the board wall and began to enlarge that by gnawing. again. But before it was big enough to let him through morning came and with it his friend, who unlocked the front door. Pal greeted him with a reproachful look and weary wag of the tail, and started for home. Mr. and Mrs. Beary Allen of Chico ‘spent last week end with his brother Robert Allen, and wife in Nevada jeight horses. was reported, aroused opposition of the conservative rules committee which possessed the power to determine whether or not the amendments could be considered. Proponents of the project claimed the amendments would have to pass to qualify under the federal public works program. Twice the. rules committee turned down the water bill. Finally, a resolution -was introduced in the senate virtually compelling the rules committee to permit legislative consideration of the amendments. Then, and only then, did the hard boiled rules committee open the bars. NEXT ALOCATION OF SCHOOL FUND 68 MILLIONS By MELVIN LORD SACRAMENTO, July 24—-(UP)— On the basis of attendance figures just compiled by the state department of education the state will have to pay out more than $68,000,000 in the next allocation of schools funds. This estimate includes the county shares taken over by the state under terms of the Riley-Stewart tax plan passed at the June 27 election. The allocation will include approximately $41,962,982 for elementary schools, $24,883,772 for high schools, and $1,696,970 for junior colleges. basis. Nevada schools would county receive $51,759 and tax plan the elementary allocation school funds tripled. While attendance at public schools 249 average daily attendance for ele. for instance, was only 3,952 enth as compared to 10,246 the . vious year. This pregradual drop in the percentof increase was explained by the department . feet of immigration laws passed in 1924 and now. being-felt-directty by the public sehools for the first time. The immigration laws restricted the entrance of persons particularly from southern Hurope where large families are the rule. California, as a fea coast state, was particularly affected by this change in immigration laws, officials claim. SHERRIFF MAY SHOP FOR _ FOOD FOR HIS GUESTS SACRAMENTO, July 24—(UP)— Sheriffs may do their own “shopping’”’ in the purchase of food for prisoners in county jails, according to an opinion by Attorney General U. S. Webb. The opinion definitely states that the peace officers are not required by law to make necessary food purchases through the county purchasing agent. Under California law each sheriff is entitled to an allowance based on a certain price per meal fixed by the board ot a SHERIFF CARTER JOINS ” FORTY AND EIGHT” Sheriff George R. Carter was initiated into the 40 and-8 Legion organization at Truckee.Saturday evening, A greater part of the degree work was done on Commercial Row one of the main city streets. The new organization is known as Voiture Locale of the 40 and 8 will cover Nevada county. The name is taken from the placard on French railroad box cars used during the war. The cars accommodated forty men or age Miss Josephine Lambardine of San Franeciscco was te house guest over As estimated on the old allocation ; elementary high schools $20,539. Under the new . will be twice as much and the high! increased this year to a total of 696,-; mentary, 275,449 for high hools: and 18,797 for junior colleges. the average rate of gain dropped from! 3.3 Der cent to 2.18 per cent. The gain in elementary schools, stud-. of education as the ef-j . In August Is Forecast MINER FINDS ANCIENT — IRON COIN IN GRAVEL An iron coin, more than 150 years old, and probably the pocket piece of one ofthe early gold seekers, was picked up yesterday by R. E. Malaby, while he was worktag his gravel claim ig, the Monte risto district near Downieville. . He reports that the United States Treasury, under Alexander Hamilton issued a few such coins: with a silver overlay. In the coin he exhibited at the Nugget office, the silver overlay had long since vanished, but despite the ravages of rust the American Eagle and the motto ‘E Pluribus Unum” was still -plainly discernible. The other side probably never carried 2 design. Malaby states that the issue ot fon «ins ov*rlaid with silver was quickly withdrawn, but that the few .coins that did gain circulation have now become the rara avis of numismatic collections. He believes that old iron coin is worth far more than its weight in gold. PIONEER OF OREGON BAR CALLED TO REST eee Mrs. Mary: Jane French Mitchell, oldest member of Menzanita Parlor, N. D. G. W., who passed away at. home in Grass Valley Saturday at rrest. tomorrow afternoon in the French Corral cemetery. The obsequies will be in charge of W. R. Jefford and Son. Mrs. Mitchell was born in 1853 at Oregon Bar. When her young mother appeared with her, the first born of Oregon Bar, 200 miners lined up with their shovels and presented arms in her. mother’s honor. GANGSTER TACTICS WIN MEAL IN JAIL SACRAMENTO, July 24—(UP)— Sharing his course in the manner of Sereen gangsters wasn’t such a hot i idea, William Coleman, Thrusting his hand ! pocket—the approved film gangster pose for carrying a gun—William ;sauntered into the coffee shop of a i downtown hotel and demanded food. ©! The waiters scurried to supply apparently, instead. his wants, but ealled the po . Hee ! the age of 79 years, will be laid to . 18 admitted. . in his coat: MONDAY, JULY, 24, 1933 RHEBA SPLIVALO TO RESIGN WHEN _ BUDGET PASSES Rheba Crawford Splivalo Director of the State Public Welfare Department SACRAMENTO, July 24—(UP)— With all her evangelistic flair for dramatics, comely Rheba Crawford Splivalo has offered to die a_ political death if the legislature will give her social welfare department more money. : Mrs. Splivalo is direetor of the department. Almost from the start of her administration, she has incurred wrath of legislators who felt she was inefficient and extravagant. The legislature’s antipathy toward Mrs. Splivalo rather than its economy beliefs was largely responsible for the unprecedented cut in the department’s 1933-35 budgetary allowance as compared with the preceding biennium, it is said. BUDGET CUT Mrs. Splivalo asked—almost. de manded—approximately $400,000. Hardboiled legislators looked grim ind proceeded to:apply the economy axe. When they got through budget was $144,000. the Legislators know department as long as Rheba is in office. Consequently the personable young (Continued on "page four) Sales Tax In Effect By RALPH R. TAYLOR SACRAMENTO, July 24—California’s new tax set-up, involving the most revolutionary change in the state’s taxation system in many years, will not be made a political football or job-hunters! That pledge and clear-cut state ment of policy comes from State Controller Ray L. Riley and Fred E. Stewart of the State Board of Equalization, joint sponsors of the Riley Stewart plan and both, as members a catch-all for political ‘{tax, incidentally, will probably pour of the equalization board, directly responsible for administration of the new tax system. REVENUE EXPECTED IN OCTOBER It is a pledge of tremendous im portance to every California taxpayer, and especially to agriculture and business and industrial groups, for it is exceedingly probable that the administration of the tax program will prove a dominant eeetor in its success or failuré. First revenues under the new gales into the treasury about October 1si, with the tax becoming effective, however, in August. BUSINESS, NOT POLITICS Riley and Stewart in outlining their plans for collecting the tax, revealed that they are fully aware of the greait responpibility which rests upon them in administering the system. 2 : Controller Riley, who is alsy an ex-officio member of the Board of Equalization, bluntly declared that “The collection of millions of dollars in taxes is business, not politics!” “I am willing to accept my full share of the responsibility, with the Board of Equalization and the memness of the first importance and, so the week end with Mr. and — Cc Genasci. the administration of this tax,’ saia ; Riley, fact that the situation is patked with dynamite. The peole are in no good ; mood to forgive either inefficiency . or dishonesty and it is extremely ies tal, from every standpoint, that meu be chosen for this work because they j are honest and able. This is esol nes sof the first importance and, so! far as I am concerned, it will be. considered solely from that standpoint.” COUNTIES TO TAX UTILITIES Concurring in Riley’s declaration of policy, Stewart announced that te Board of Equalization, which ‘will ; handle the tax plans to set up a sep-' arate sales tax department, together with another department ‘fo rehe valuation of utility property, looking to the return of utility property to local rolls in 19365. “Ne tax isa popular tax,” Stennact declared, “but it is essential, in this. period of emergency, that the people ! should be given’ the fairest aad . cleanest tax administration that_it is . humanly possible to conduct. ' NO FAVORITES PLEASE { “The men who are engaged to administer this tax must have the! highest degree of integrity and first class ability, backed up by experience regardless of how good their political references may be. They must be exacting, .but fair. They must not harass the merchants who, in this instance, will act as the state’s tax collectors, but they must see that nu faverites are played and that the state gets every dollar:to which it is entitled. i“This new tax system, by giving badly needed reief to over-burdened p&pperty owners, cdn be of real benefit to all California if it is property ministered and we intend to do rything in our power to make it a Success.” . sher . cannot operate’ efficiently on that . amount. They realize an, additional appropriation should be granted. But they are loath to give another cent i “and I-am quite aware of the} Governors Are Given California Welcome Ne expense was spared.in giving the visiting group of delegates to the governors’ convention a royal weleome to California Saturday and Sunday. Guns boomed and crowds cheered On their arrival in. Truckee where they witnessed a characteristis California merry making and celebration. Thousands of cars took the three routes to Truckee and Lake Tahoe Saturday and Sunday. Traffic over the three highways reached a peak for this year. The Ukiah Tahoe high way. traffie probably exceed any previous record. The Nevada county board of supervisors, County’ Clerk -R .N. McCormack, Sheriff George Carter and other officials attended the celebration. Scores ef Nevada City residents motored te Lake Tahoe yesterday and witnessed the dedication of Governors’ Grove. _ Early in the morning a caravan of new sedans conveyed by five or six state Traffic Patrolmen, each car driven by one of the traffic officers passed swiftly through Auburn -to be placed at the disposal of the visiting governors and their families for the trip down to Sacramento, where they were guests of Governor Rolph at a great banquet. This afternoon the assembly: chamber in the capitol was vacated ,and easy chairs replaced a sufficient number of the DELINQUENCY OF JUVENILES LESS By MELVIN LORD SACRAMENTO, July 24—(UP)— California’s juvenile crime wave appears to be receding according to a report of the state department of social Welfare. ' As indicated in a report filed with Governor Rolph by Mrs. Rheba Craw: ford Splivalo, director cf the department, there was a decrease in June in the number of youthful first of. fenders at liberty on probation. { . The total on the probation list last month was 11,775-boys and girls, or jay net decrease of 332. The number lof girls on ‘‘supervised liberty’ howe ever, increased form 3,459-in May . to 3,529 in June, the report revealed. Collections made by the juvenile . probation officers throughout California totaled $15,566 durine-JFune; jan inerease of $1,816 over the pre. vious morith, . .In Nevada county there were 18 boys and six giris on probation last ‘mnenth, the report stated, “The state’s probation system is having a far-reaching affect in aiding youthful first offenders to stage a comback and, at the same time, win their self-respect,’ Mrs. Splivalo said. BUTTONS ONE SHIRT SACRAMENTO, Ju July 24—(UP)—There’ll be no turmoil arising from ‘lost collar buttons this man’s house hold—when ,and if, he. ever scttles . down to home. life. Cleaning up*a vacation lot in the residential district, a city crew found a coat, two loves of bread, an assortment of razor blades, one shirt and a big bagcontaining 250 coilar buttons. They were turned over to tie city manager’s office. Soon an angry itinerant appeared and demanded his property. “T never lack for a collar button, even though I might have only one . shirt, ” he explained. UNHURT IN LONG FALL TULARE, Cal., July, 24—(UP)— Forest Kyle, Tulare motion picture projectionist, can “take ’em."” He was only bruised when e fell from a second story window, landing on his head. He said he walked in his sleep. . _ WATER FLOW HEAVY OGDEN, Utah., July 20—(UP)— Ogden’s famous cold drinking water is being onsumed at the rate of 15 . . million gallons a day, or 375 gallons a person, H. F. Iryin, assistant superintendent of the city water works department, revealed ina reort recently. io Say ‘The Nugget $2.00 per year, desks there to make every governor quite eomfortable. To all practical purposes the legislature adjourned while the governors were there. At last night’s banquet thé meni printed in the State print shep in three colors cost approximately $2.50 each. Two airplanes were chartered to convey the visitors to San, Francisco ; where they wil lhold part of their deliberations. From there they will go to Los.Angeles. It is estimated that the vist of the twenty governors in this party wii cost the tax payers $20,000 or $1, 0600 each. California maintains its_ tradition for hospitality, depression: or no depression. : AVIS GODFREY . DROWNS INBAY The many friends and classmates of Miss Avis Godfrey will be terribly shocked to hear of her death. She jumped from the lift span of the San Mateo toll bridge about half way between the San Mateo and Alameda county shores yesterday. For a time she struggled in the ~~ water, the shock of the leap and plung into the cold water apparently having decided her to make a fight for life. She succeeded in swimming to a mud bank, and then, while horified sectators watched and a Coast Guard boat and a launch, with Sheriff J. J. McGrath and Deputy Sheriff Adolf Waldeck of San Mateo hastened to the scene, her hold loosened and she sank from sight, Her identity was learned from the license number of her car left on the bridge. Her San Francisco address was 1555 Masonie Avenue. Miss Godfrey had not been strong since a severe attack of pneumonia about a year ago and all this last winter and summer she had been greatly overworked in her responsible position as head nurse at the Health Center, due to so much necessary work. During the last few days she had been very ill and advised to let the work go and home for a rest. Surviving Miss Godfrey, besides her mother, are the following brothers and sisters; Berl and Ruth Godfrey ot Nevada City, Elizabeth-God= fr eR and Mrs. Desber of SacramentoDonald and Charles Godfrey of A S feghany, John Godfrey, Albert eee frey of Los Angeles, and axother brother in the Phillippine Islands. Godfrey's wide circle of friends has The deepest sympathy of Mrp. been extended to her and her bereaved family. SACRED WHITE BUFFALO BORN IN NATIONAL PARK MOIESE, Mont.,. July 24—An ale bino buffalo, so rare a creature that white unen arenot believed to have seen more than 10 of its kind, was born on the national bison range near Moiese this season. White buffalo were extremely rare even when millions of the shaggy animals roamed western plains. Indians considered them “big medicine,’”’ and would pay a price of 10 to 15 horses for a good albino skin. After three er four years the natives would offer the skin as a sacrifice to the wind and rain. Dr. W. T. Hornaday, famed scien-— tist, estimates that no~-albino buffalo ever reached maturity, so highlydid hunters and Indians prize the charity was 'eome

cod bed e Aaa iaat SP NEVADA CITY Where Climate, Good Water and Gold Invite the World. Nevada City Nu Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press get i : . Nevada City Nugget A LIVE NEWSPAPER pubi lisked in a live town. if I i Vol. VII, No. 77 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center State Gets In Step To Reap Legisl National ative Benefit SACRAMENTO, July: 24—(UP)— One of the major tasks of Califor2ja"’s unprecedented mid-summer ¥ gislative session was refashioning Presirecovery 18 Statutes to conform with dent Roosevelt’s ‘program. First of such laws to be approved was a cluster of bills amending the state banking code so it would line up with the Glass-Steagall congressional act, principal feature of which was bank deposit guarantees. The Glass-Steagall bill, of course, applied only to national banks over which it had jurisdiction. To make the banking picture uniform it was necessary to pass a group of bills. Another bill was the state recovery act. Objective of this legislation was the same, in effect, as the banking legislation— namely to bring state laws into line with the President’s National Industrial Regovery act. Also in this' category was a measure by which the state statutes would drastic line up with the Roosevelt agricul. : tural relief legislation. Finally, there was a bill qualifying California to accept $16,000,000 for federal aid road construction in this state. All these socalled emergency acts passed through both houses without much comment. Not so the emergency legislation of the Great Central Valley Water Project. The fight on the issue of whether or not that vroposition would be considered developed into one of the bitter squabbles of the mid-summer session. Federal-inspired amendments to the water project $160,000,000 reve. nue bond issue bore a strong pubji¢ ownership flavor. This fact, it STATE TO SELL THREE MILLION RELIEF BONDS SACRAMENTO, July 24—(UP)— Sale of $3,000,000 worth of the $20,900,000 in “unemployment fonds voted at the special June 27 election will be negotiated by the state unemployment commission. Proceeds from the sale of the first block of bonds, probably io the federal Reconstruction Finance corporarelief tion, will.be used to finance the state’s one-third share of relief work for the next three months in the form of loans to counties. The remainder of the funds for reiief work is supplied by the—-eounties end the federal government. ‘LONESOME DOG TRIES __ IN VAIN TO GO HOME, . . Pal te pevese name of a big black, . shaggy dog with white markings. Pal is a friendly fellow and old and very warm, stepping into the} Nugget office where he had a friend and where—it was cool-: After the usual amenities of greeting Pal passed into the back shop. Thoughtfully he took himself out of the way by crawling under the Press and going to sleep. Closing time came. Pal’s friend looked for him but could not find him, so locked up. Pal woke in the night, and found himselt alone. He wahted very much to go home to his mistress. He howled his dismay. The night watchman heard the dismai sound but could not locate it. Listening and hearing no help coming, Pal set out to free himself. He began by gnawing a panel in the depr. Heewas too thick. Then he took a running jump through a big pane of glass in the old fashioned door at the rear of the shop. He found himself in another enclousure but not free. Exploring he discovered a small sized hole in the board wall and began to enlarge that by gnawing. again. But before it was big enough to let him through morning came and with it his friend, who unlocked the front door. Pal greeted him with a reproachful look and weary wag of the tail, and started for home. Mr. and Mrs. Beary Allen of Chico ‘spent last week end with his brother Robert Allen, and wife in Nevada jeight horses. was reported, aroused opposition of the conservative rules committee which possessed the power to determine whether or not the amendments could be considered. Proponents of the project claimed the amendments would have to pass to qualify under the federal public works program. Twice the. rules committee turned down the water bill. Finally, a resolution -was introduced in the senate virtually compelling the rules committee to permit legislative consideration of the amendments. Then, and only then, did the hard boiled rules committee open the bars. NEXT ALOCATION OF SCHOOL FUND 68 MILLIONS By MELVIN LORD SACRAMENTO, July 24—-(UP)— On the basis of attendance figures just compiled by the state department of education the state will have to pay out more than $68,000,000 in the next allocation of schools funds. This estimate includes the county shares taken over by the state under terms of the Riley-Stewart tax plan passed at the June 27 election. The allocation will include approximately $41,962,982 for elementary schools, $24,883,772 for high schools, and $1,696,970 for junior colleges. basis. Nevada schools would county receive $51,759 and tax plan the elementary allocation school funds tripled. While attendance at public schools 249 average daily attendance for ele. for instance, was only 3,952 enth as compared to 10,246 the . vious year. This pregradual drop in the percentof increase was explained by the department . feet of immigration laws passed in 1924 and now. being-felt-directty by the public sehools for the first time. The immigration laws restricted the entrance of persons particularly from southern Hurope where large families are the rule. California, as a fea coast state, was particularly affected by this change in immigration laws, officials claim. SHERRIFF MAY SHOP FOR _ FOOD FOR HIS GUESTS SACRAMENTO, July 24—(UP)— Sheriffs may do their own “shopping’”’ in the purchase of food for prisoners in county jails, according to an opinion by Attorney General U. S. Webb. The opinion definitely states that the peace officers are not required by law to make necessary food purchases through the county purchasing agent. Under California law each sheriff is entitled to an allowance based on a certain price per meal fixed by the board ot a SHERIFF CARTER JOINS ” FORTY AND EIGHT” Sheriff George R. Carter was initiated into the 40 and-8 Legion organization at Truckee.Saturday evening, A greater part of the degree work was done on Commercial Row one of the main city streets. The new organization is known as Voiture Locale of the 40 and 8 will cover Nevada county. The name is taken from the placard on French railroad box cars used during the war. The cars accommodated forty men or age Miss Josephine Lambardine of San Franeciscco was te house guest over As estimated on the old allocation ; elementary high schools $20,539. Under the new . will be twice as much and the high! increased this year to a total of 696,-; mentary, 275,449 for high hools: and 18,797 for junior colleges. the average rate of gain dropped from! 3.3 Der cent to 2.18 per cent. The gain in elementary schools, stud-. of education as the ef-j . In August Is Forecast MINER FINDS ANCIENT — IRON COIN IN GRAVEL An iron coin, more than 150 years old, and probably the pocket piece of one ofthe early gold seekers, was picked up yesterday by R. E. Malaby, while he was worktag his gravel claim ig, the Monte risto district near Downieville. . He reports that the United States Treasury, under Alexander Hamilton issued a few such coins: with a silver overlay. In the coin he exhibited at the Nugget office, the silver overlay had long since vanished, but despite the ravages of rust the American Eagle and the motto ‘E Pluribus Unum” was still -plainly discernible. The other side probably never carried 2 design. Malaby states that the issue ot fon «ins ov*rlaid with silver was quickly withdrawn, but that the few .coins that did gain circulation have now become the rara avis of numismatic collections. He believes that old iron coin is worth far more than its weight in gold. PIONEER OF OREGON BAR CALLED TO REST eee Mrs. Mary: Jane French Mitchell, oldest member of Menzanita Parlor, N. D. G. W., who passed away at. home in Grass Valley Saturday at rrest. tomorrow afternoon in the French Corral cemetery. The obsequies will be in charge of W. R. Jefford and Son. Mrs. Mitchell was born in 1853 at Oregon Bar. When her young mother appeared with her, the first born of Oregon Bar, 200 miners lined up with their shovels and presented arms in her. mother’s honor. GANGSTER TACTICS WIN MEAL IN JAIL SACRAMENTO, July 24—(UP)— Sharing his course in the manner of Sereen gangsters wasn’t such a hot i idea, William Coleman, Thrusting his hand ! pocket—the approved film gangster pose for carrying a gun—William ;sauntered into the coffee shop of a i downtown hotel and demanded food. ©! The waiters scurried to supply apparently, instead. his wants, but ealled the po . Hee ! the age of 79 years, will be laid to . 18 admitted. . in his coat: MONDAY, JULY, 24, 1933 RHEBA SPLIVALO TO RESIGN WHEN _ BUDGET PASSES Rheba Crawford Splivalo Director of the State Public Welfare Department SACRAMENTO, July 24—(UP)— With all her evangelistic flair for dramatics, comely Rheba Crawford Splivalo has offered to die a_ political death if the legislature will give her social welfare department more money. : Mrs. Splivalo is direetor of the department. Almost from the start of her administration, she has incurred wrath of legislators who felt she was inefficient and extravagant. The legislature’s antipathy toward Mrs. Splivalo rather than its economy beliefs was largely responsible for the unprecedented cut in the department’s 1933-35 budgetary allowance as compared with the preceding biennium, it is said.

BUDGET CUT Mrs. Splivalo asked—almost. de manded—approximately $400,000. Hardboiled legislators looked grim ind proceeded to:apply the economy axe. When they got through budget was $144,000. the Legislators know department as long as Rheba is in office. Consequently the personable young (Continued on "page four) Sales Tax In Effect By RALPH R. TAYLOR SACRAMENTO, July 24—California’s new tax set-up, involving the most revolutionary change in the state’s taxation system in many years, will not be made a political football or job-hunters! That pledge and clear-cut state ment of policy comes from State Controller Ray L. Riley and Fred E. Stewart of the State Board of Equalization, joint sponsors of the Riley Stewart plan and both, as members a catch-all for political ‘{tax, incidentally, will probably pour of the equalization board, directly responsible for administration of the new tax system. REVENUE EXPECTED IN OCTOBER It is a pledge of tremendous im portance to every California taxpayer, and especially to agriculture and business and industrial groups, for it is exceedingly probable that the administration of the tax program will prove a dominant eeetor in its success or failuré. First revenues under the new gales into the treasury about October 1si, with the tax becoming effective, however, in August. BUSINESS, NOT POLITICS Riley and Stewart in outlining their plans for collecting the tax, revealed that they are fully aware of the greait responpibility which rests upon them in administering the system. 2 : Controller Riley, who is alsy an ex-officio member of the Board of Equalization, bluntly declared that “The collection of millions of dollars in taxes is business, not politics!” “I am willing to accept my full share of the responsibility, with the Board of Equalization and the memness of the first importance and, so the week end with Mr. and — Cc Genasci. the administration of this tax,’ saia ; Riley, fact that the situation is patked with dynamite. The peole are in no good ; mood to forgive either inefficiency . or dishonesty and it is extremely ies tal, from every standpoint, that meu be chosen for this work because they j are honest and able. This is esol nes sof the first importance and, so! far as I am concerned, it will be. considered solely from that standpoint.” COUNTIES TO TAX UTILITIES Concurring in Riley’s declaration of policy, Stewart announced that te Board of Equalization, which ‘will ; handle the tax plans to set up a sep-' arate sales tax department, together with another department ‘fo rehe valuation of utility property, looking to the return of utility property to local rolls in 19365. “Ne tax isa popular tax,” Stennact declared, “but it is essential, in this. period of emergency, that the people ! should be given’ the fairest aad . cleanest tax administration that_it is . humanly possible to conduct. ' NO FAVORITES PLEASE { “The men who are engaged to administer this tax must have the! highest degree of integrity and first class ability, backed up by experience regardless of how good their political references may be. They must be exacting, .but fair. They must not harass the merchants who, in this instance, will act as the state’s tax collectors, but they must see that nu faverites are played and that the state gets every dollar:to which it is entitled. i“This new tax system, by giving badly needed reief to over-burdened p&pperty owners, cdn be of real benefit to all California if it is property ministered and we intend to do rything in our power to make it a Success.” . sher . cannot operate’ efficiently on that . amount. They realize an, additional appropriation should be granted. But they are loath to give another cent i “and I-am quite aware of the} Governors Are Given California Welcome Ne expense was spared.in giving the visiting group of delegates to the governors’ convention a royal weleome to California Saturday and Sunday. Guns boomed and crowds cheered On their arrival in. Truckee where they witnessed a characteristis California merry making and celebration. Thousands of cars took the three routes to Truckee and Lake Tahoe Saturday and Sunday. Traffic over the three highways reached a peak for this year. The Ukiah Tahoe high way. traffie probably exceed any previous record. The Nevada county board of supervisors, County’ Clerk -R .N. McCormack, Sheriff George Carter and other officials attended the celebration. Scores ef Nevada City residents motored te Lake Tahoe yesterday and witnessed the dedication of Governors’ Grove. _ Early in the morning a caravan of new sedans conveyed by five or six state Traffic Patrolmen, each car driven by one of the traffic officers passed swiftly through Auburn -to be placed at the disposal of the visiting governors and their families for the trip down to Sacramento, where they were guests of Governor Rolph at a great banquet. This afternoon the assembly: chamber in the capitol was vacated ,and easy chairs replaced a sufficient number of the DELINQUENCY OF JUVENILES LESS By MELVIN LORD SACRAMENTO, July 24—(UP)— California’s juvenile crime wave appears to be receding according to a report of the state department of social Welfare. ' As indicated in a report filed with Governor Rolph by Mrs. Rheba Craw: ford Splivalo, director cf the department, there was a decrease in June in the number of youthful first of. fenders at liberty on probation. { . The total on the probation list last month was 11,775-boys and girls, or jay net decrease of 332. The number lof girls on ‘‘supervised liberty’ howe ever, increased form 3,459-in May . to 3,529 in June, the report revealed. Collections made by the juvenile . probation officers throughout California totaled $15,566 durine-JFune; jan inerease of $1,816 over the pre. vious morith, . .In Nevada county there were 18 boys and six giris on probation last ‘mnenth, the report stated, “The state’s probation system is having a far-reaching affect in aiding youthful first offenders to stage a comback and, at the same time, win their self-respect,’ Mrs. Splivalo said. BUTTONS ONE SHIRT SACRAMENTO, Ju July 24—(UP)—There’ll be no turmoil arising from ‘lost collar buttons this man’s house hold—when ,and if, he. ever scttles . down to home. life. Cleaning up*a vacation lot in the residential district, a city crew found a coat, two loves of bread, an assortment of razor blades, one shirt and a big bagcontaining 250 coilar buttons. They were turned over to tie city manager’s office. Soon an angry itinerant appeared and demanded his property. “T never lack for a collar button, even though I might have only one . shirt, ” he explained. UNHURT IN LONG FALL TULARE, Cal., July, 24—(UP)— Forest Kyle, Tulare motion picture projectionist, can “take ’em."” He was only bruised when e fell from a second story window, landing on his head. He said he walked in his sleep. . _ WATER FLOW HEAVY OGDEN, Utah., July 20—(UP)— Ogden’s famous cold drinking water is being onsumed at the rate of 15 . . million gallons a day, or 375 gallons a person, H. F. Iryin, assistant superintendent of the city water works department, revealed ina reort recently. io Say ‘The Nugget $2.00 per year, desks there to make every governor quite eomfortable. To all practical purposes the legislature adjourned while the governors were there.. At last night’s banquet thé meni printed in the State print shep in three colors cost approximately $2.50 each. Two airplanes were chartered to convey the visitors to San, Francisco ; where they wil lhold part of their deliberations. From there they will go to Los.Angeles. It is estimated that the vist of the twenty governors in this party wii cost the tax payers $20,000 or $1, 0600 each. California maintains its_ tradition for hospitality, depression: or no depression. : AVIS GODFREY . DROWNS INBAY The many friends and classmates of Miss Avis Godfrey will be terribly shocked to hear of her death. She jumped from the lift span of the San Mateo toll bridge about half way between the San Mateo and Alameda county shores yesterday. For a time she struggled in the ~~ water, the shock of the leap and plung into the cold water apparently having decided her to make a fight for life. She succeeded in swimming to a mud bank, and then, while horified sectators watched and a Coast Guard boat and a launch, with Sheriff J. J. McGrath and Deputy Sheriff Adolf Waldeck of San Mateo hastened to the scene, her hold loosened and she sank from sight, Her identity was learned from the license number of her car left on the bridge. Her San Francisco address was 1555 Masonie Avenue. Miss Godfrey had not been strong since a severe attack of pneumonia about a year ago and all this last winter and summer she had been greatly overworked in her responsible position as head nurse at the Health Center, due to so much necessary work. During the last few days she had been very ill and advised to let the work go and home for a rest. Surviving Miss Godfrey, besides her mother, are the following brothers and sisters; Berl and Ruth Godfrey ot Nevada City, Elizabeth-God= fr eR and Mrs. Desber of SacramentoDonald and Charles Godfrey of A S feghany, John Godfrey, Albert eee frey of Los Angeles, and axother brother in the Phillippine Islands. Godfrey's wide circle of friends has The deepest sympathy of Mrp. been extended to her and her bereaved family. SACRED WHITE BUFFALO BORN IN NATIONAL PARK MOIESE, Mont.,. July 24—An ale bino buffalo, so rare a creature that white unen arenot believed to have seen more than 10 of its kind, was born on the national bison range near Moiese this season. White buffalo were extremely rare even when millions of the shaggy animals roamed western plains. Indians considered them “big medicine,’”’ and would pay a price of 10 to 15 horses for a good albino skin. After three er four years the natives would offer the skin as a sacrifice to the wind and rain. Dr. W. T. Hornaday, famed scien-— tist, estimates that no~-albino buffalo ever reached maturity, so highlydid hunters and Indians prize the charity was 'eome