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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

June 1, 1944 (4 pages)

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5 as ‘defined by statute. Printed and Published E at Nevada City. . . Editor and Fi ers Published biasWeew) Monday ana firu:sdsy at Nevada City, California, and entertd a: ma matter of the second class in t!» postoffice a‘ “Nevada. City under Act of Cor,'ess, March 3, NEVADA CITY NUGGET THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1944 i aniaeaiieimiag sateaenenniineeiaseeniimmmenat EEE —_—— 7 WHEN THE HIRED RAIN CAME TO. SAN DIEGO Once upon a time, the city of San Diego, hired a rain maker. That was jonce. Chan@es are ‘that, after that time, the business of rain making in . San Diego is hardly what one would eall floruishing. thanks to the efforts of one Charles _Mallory Hat1879. : SUBSCRIPTION RA‘LES One year (Im Advance) .22200-.000020200 eck $3.00 9 ons heatened _. 80 cents a — == —J out of the efforts of Washington officethis state's attitude toward future federal-aid prowe a inly beginning to learn that Secretary Ickes, and other of his ilk in the Big Governare determined to use every such’ project as a brse to get their mercenaries into positions where mtrol and regiment the lives of our people. latest move is to seck to have himself made boss 0 and San Joaquin. valleys, with control over two million acres of the state's richest farm lands, ‘pogery ; to Laat ug farms of 160 acres Ha use the Central. Valley Project asa vehicle for buent, are likely to have a very pronouncfield. The story of San Diego’s rainmaker is told in “The Rains Came gue of Coronet magazine. : ‘Never were five men more in a! torture of desperate eouncil of San Diego in January, 1916, the story begins. The city was! on the edge ofga veritable catastrophe for lack of water. Less than two inches of rain had fallen in over two years and the reservoirs were al-/ most ‘exhausted. In addition, the city Was crowded with visitors to the ‘widely! heralded Panama-California ed by the arrival of the S. S. Yale with food and supplies from Los Anzelés, and a party of U. S. Marines, landed by the destroyer Hull, went ashore to comb the area for survivors and bodies. When 18 billion gallons of water had collected behind (Morena Dam, the last and strongest of the three, and Hatfield’s contract . was fulfilled he ceased operations. day. time. But he sent his bill. The San Diego council, busy scaring up 50! thousand dollars to pay the claims of ruined ranchers, j ly. And, although Hatfield reduced tribulations i in the nation-. ©-: °D.” an article in the June is-. his pill from $10.000 to $1,800 in. items. No more red stamps will de . ensuing years, he never was paid. / . His story gained him international . uneertainty . tame, however, and San Diego re-. in point values for rationed cheeses than were the members of the city . ceived many inquiries as to where. results from larger allocations for ;civilian use. he could be reached. . care—and still don’t. RATION POINTS CUT ON SOMEThey didn’t Exposition. * The council was in session continlly, but there was' absolutely noth“ling they could do about it. In their FOODS IN JUNE The sun shone for the first: time that . The rain maker had gone, by that . laughed bitter-' The point value is being halved, CPA said, because 30 new red points now are being validated only every four) weeks, instead of every two weeks. Evaporated milk is an important} item in infant feeding, and halving; the point value .will permit purchase . of the same amount of this wilk for . \infant feeding with 30 red points as . . scevtousiy could be bought with 60. Creamery butter continues at 12 . points per pound for the June ee ‘dod, and margarine at two points per pound. OPA also announced that red ration stamps US V8 and W8 will become good “June 4 for use indéefinitpoly in buying rationed meat-fat . validated before July 2. ‘Cheese—The two point reduction A total of 48,000,000 pounds of American (cheddar) has been allocated for civilian use during June, compared with 40,000,000 pounds in May. The allocations for civilian use of types of cheese other than cheddar is 19,000,000 pounds for June, compared with 15,000,000 pounds for May. The OPA today announced further relaxation of rationing by re. Se a IS NEEDED even when limited cay srk as its overlord: 5 $ ae ‘be wiser and cheaper in the ms ar Ss the la nd 5 . surrounding country “Thouses. began floating down the val. World except by steamship. 3 Phone and telegraph lines were down and ‘Hatfield couldn’t be reached. . three that hela water in the reserr voirs, gave way and a 50 foot wall of 1 . Water that] Tying t . human beings with. it. The left wing of Sw jmext a [valleys and into San Diego bay, jamming the harbor with wreckage, in uncontrolled panic. }On January 16, rain was despair, now beyond caring if they. made themselves ridiculous in the eyes of the world, they did something that they themselves declared was an admission that they Mad lost their minds to panic. They decided to employ a professiona] rain maker. The agent of Charles Mallory Hatfield the rain maker, had been petitioning them to use his client’ for many months. *But even after they had decided to call him in, council members couldn’t adjust themselves to the idea. They hemmed and hawed, says Coronet, and when they j finally agreed to let him go to work ‘at his price of $10,000 for 50 inches of water, they let him know that their opinion of him was still low. Hatfield worked fast. Without waiting for a written contract, he rushed to Lake Morena, principal . source of water supply for San Diego, and ‘set up his 35 foot towers. People were tense with excitement. falling. The residents of San Diego and the rejoiced and cheered Hatfield in the streets. The only trouble was, the rain kept falling. On the third, day, the Tijuana Race Track was ruined and, the chamber of commerce called Hatfield to. see if something could be done. “It’s only sprinking,” was his reply as ranchers in the country were evacuated by row boat and hen Meats except roasts will be points (choice leys. Then two railroad ‘bridges and ‘several sections of highway went out ‘and San Diego was cht off from the TeleOn January 27, Otay dam, one of ‘down to the sea carbarns, cattle and Nias hod i) iter, a second dam, caved towering floods swept both . offered for sale. relates. A 50 mile gale roaroverhead and the population was _Bistration and a were avertducing the point values on cheese, vegetables and fruit juces, and setting zero point-values on more types of meat as the result of increased allowances for civilian use made by the WIA. Changes in point values will be effective June 4 and will run through July 1. The point value of all cheese and ¢heese products, will be reduced to 10 red points per pound from 12 points effective June 4. A larger allocation of rationed cheese for civilian use in June, compared with May, makes the point reduction possible, OPA said.OPA also announced that — All
the steaks and roasts will continye at zero point value. Presentt point values ranging from 7 to 13. points per pound for beef steaks and roasts will be unchang-ed, except that chuck steaks and reduced points. per pound. Flank steak, made point free May 4, continues at zero point value. There is, however; this change in regard to joints. Beginning June 4, 4 be charged only for AA a good, B, ‘commercial, and C utility, grades of beef steaks This means that steaks and roasts cut from. all grades of bulls ; and stags, and.from cutters and. canners grades of cows, heifers’ and steers, known in the trade as D grade, may be sold point free. Meat from these latter animals, however, usually is made in hamburger and sausage, or sold for canning, and normally the amount of D gmade meat made into steaks and foasts and sold over the retail counters is relatively small. OPA price regulations require.retailers to post the grades of meats MILK POINTS REDUCED OPA further announced that beginning June 4, the ration value of evaporated and condensed. milk will be one half point per pound, compared with one red point previously. James F. Colley has returned home from San Francisco where he undérwent an operation. (Mrs. Minnie Young had as guests ‘Memorial Day Mr. and Mrs. Baker of Sacramento. Both are employed at McClellan Field. Mr. and Mrs. Ted: Charronat of San Francisco are visiting here and staying at the National Hotel. Mrs. Joe Cereseto of Oakland is] spending a few days here visiting her brother and sister in law, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kopp. Cpl. Robert Farmer of Camp Ab-! bott and bride are visiting in Nevada City with his mother, Mrs. Douglass Farmer, and other relatives. DAVE RICHARDS, Prop. 213 Commercial Street Phone 67 . rationed your neighbors about us. They will tell you. choicest beef Nevada City . We supply our patrons . with the meat from the . best cattle, sheep and hogs . that money can buy. We have built eur reputation‘ on service and quality . and reasonable prices. Ask 7: el as L. Davidson” former Park avehue resident, came up from his home in the bay region and spent the past .week end and Memorial holiday \with PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY his brother, Bert Davidson, and wife near Alleghany. “Mrs R. Pratt and daughter, Jacquelyn of Menlo Park are spending a two weeks vacation here. They are staying with John Tognarelli and daughter; Catherine. (M. Pearce, wife and child of the bay district spent the past week end in Nevada City. visiting his father, iw. Pearce. Pearce is employed in DOCTORS ° W. 9 M. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 400 Broad Street Office Hours: 10-12 a. m.; 2-5 p. Evenings 7-8. two red ATTORNEYS ATTORNEY AT LAW as ; war work. Onion Building Broad Street ‘ d roasts in‘retail stores—these are deaed Th Marit. cianias Nevada City a 38° cuts from better quality steers, heif: af, . chaplain end SE . ete ahd ose: captain now stationed at Camp Beale i has moved to this city with his wife to make his home here while on duty in the local camp. He ‘is with the 322 Infantry. vice is pi@ed within the means Phone 208 MARRIAGE LICENSE 246 Sacramento St. a DUFF-4McCormick — In Nevada City, May 31, 1944, Lieut. William, Robert Duff, 27,. of Camp Beale, and Margaret Mary Eve McCormick, 24, of Ventura, Ventura County. J. F. O°CONNOR and Civis ed Girveyor 203 West nae alia Phone 395 X-RA’ . FUNERAL DIRECTORS Phe, Hojmes Funeral Home ser — all. Ambtlanice service at all hours. Mining United b poco Mineral Surveying Grass Valley ° of DOCTOR ernon . ‘ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON . Office Hours: 1 fo 3. Sundays 11: 30 to 12:30. ‘dcoacteaimanaa! — , M. ° 7.to 8p. Mm ] bak : : 129 South Auburn St,, G Valley For years the citizenry of ar pee thas viewed with Phewe Grass Valley 360 mounting horror the deplorable toll of dead: and injured. in If No Answer—Graas Valley, 17-W. . lens on the batt nationwide, far. exceeds American [CARL POWER JONES. MD on the battlefield for any comparable period. Ouban ate PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON auses for highway accidents are ni H 5: remciehte Gane ee 7 to 8*p. @ is umerous. Owever,; organ if reasonable. Call Grass 11:30 to 12:30 . are'in accord that faulty driving habits account. Valley 2603. 4-172%e . 129 Seth Rubure’ St cicess Valle per cent of all motor deaths Phone Grass Valley 17-W . — and _ injuries. hor SaLa—Pinw WOOD — Two ’ oe bern is amon; tier or more delivered in Nevada City or Grass Valley. Jakes Wood t is even formed Yard, Cartoscelli Place, Grass. . ill be the adult drivers of tomorrow. VY#ley-Nevada City. Highway. 1 _ GLUB DIRECTORY ndamen of safe driving. Most i 4-13-1moe = Shion ape i WwW WOMEN’S CIVIC CLUB Sp en are the correct attitudes . WANTED — Coin collections. L. E. Regular meetings the 2ndresponsibility involved in driv-. Sherow, Box 2, Nevada City. ys of the month, at the 3mo-8-13p Schoo] Auditorium. 2:30 separate >. m. course or as an integrated. Looai, AND LONG DISTANCE. . . MRS. BERYL ROBINSON, Pret. of expensive} moving in standard furniture. van, . . ).M@@5MARGARET WELLS, Set. First class staroge facilities, Furee few would do it niture bought and sold. Hills Fiat Reliable Transfer, Grass Valley, Phone 471-W or 39. 3-itt EXPERT RADIO REPAIRING — Loud Speaker Systems for Rent. . / . Complete stock of portable and Thursday evening at 8 p. m. Blks Home, Pine St. Rhone 108. Visitinw Elks welcome. W. L. TAMBLYN, f a hundred ways in large type radio batteries © money for the time expendRADIO HOSPITAL — paste ote They regard the family. in Radio ills._112 South Church . {} aN. &. G. W. ats do not know how much Street, Grass Valley. Phone 984. . . . , Moots every Tuesday ayers 2-19¢¢. . . EY? 2tan Castle, 232 Broad. the week's bg clothing, . Visiting Native Sons, welcom, an efficient laundry. But . DR. ©. W. CHAPMAN, Rec. 82¢7 us do the job for you. I —== -Meets ‘every ‘Tuesday evening at . -7:30 at Odd Fellows, Hall. . CARL J. SWENDSEN, N. G. -WM. H. RICHARDS, Ree. Set'y. JOHN W. DARKE, Fis. Sec'y4 ‘OUSTOMAH LODGE No. 70 100F . 7