June 20, 1947 (4 pages)

JUNE 17) id i. e highway ip. to, Placey UTSe oy, : 0 = the Fe Viliang ¥ 0 NEVADA CITY N : . GRASS A VALLEY . <3 bie PER MONTH AND WORTH A LOT MORE yo. Vol. 21,No.60 The Twin Cities Pa 2 VALLEY : Station KGIFN t a gala opening program ' at 2p. m. it first goes git. Preliminary test runs oth and clerity have provq} conduc , excellent proadcasting power. public is invited to the openand entertainment and 1,000 seats will be of on the Shaw's Hill prop0X) mately : of the tew radio station. ¢ at the dedicatory cerefo be: the mayors of Ne(mass Valley, Colfax and of the boards of suber-. placer and Nevada. Counell a8 prominent county ofx . Grams Valley Carol Choir will A ej attraction is a’talk by Evoline Baker, a radio commentatoe at the opening ceremony. . ft is planned to ‘open the, initial east with these words: ‘“KiGI'N r-Ware sauce jai Stainless is OD the aif!” on market, Com Amparo’ preg ie vgic miracle ww ‘ ity Furniture ag J 11a ES me and see th ’s Fuel Co. 2% ia of 1850 when. the } oir 1H gmc! communit.y” aD T0 RECEIVE B® “Rass VALLEY: The Nevada Irnn, District’s board ef directors mM Meet in Sacramento next Twesats certification ‘ tof the state to sign and ree the $1,000,000 bond issue reww) athorized by the land owners iy With the bond users of the district. ‘ ‘board has voted to give “, clirrent and future water ld*between now and July 15 id one half per cent discount. estep was taken in order to lng ett Sbligations. It is bea lange: number ‘of water us‘pin Colling, general manager of . ier Broadcasting Corporation foward Smiley, KGIFIN Station , ‘ have planned the opening “monies. Members of the corporions poard of directors are John < (olling, Carlton G. Thomas, John sein Keegan, Harold W. Westit, Barl J. Caddy. and Robert.T. “This initial.broadcast of the Foriy Nuer Braedcasting Corporation’s ain KGE'N marks another step fy the progress of Nevada Count. fr generations this community has —memstantly striven , for advancement fileui development. From the early fabulous “Gold” was on the tongue antl mind of every man and woman . it America to the present day of ‘ 1. wthe “pages” of Nevada CsunYi History are,filled with tales of hiveture, drama and color. Radio is jie adyenture to this area, 2nMing the people of Grass Valley, City and their sister cities anew field of service and actwy. Within us all there is the ¢ that, like the discovery of ‘gold, @ening of KGIFN, the first radio in the growth of this rich and -— take advantage of the of4 as Perry Jones has returned un Vallejo where she spent a fortvisiting her husband, confin& hospital there pecase of an The Last Chance as articles of incorte Catuannte been received from secretary of state by County Clerk R. N. Mecper END 23, to enter. From left to ri way Patrol Captain Joseph Byers was captured by Albert S. Bates located bridge. NEVADA CITY-GRASS — biome CALIFORNIA The County Seat Paper FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1947 ght: Wiliams, Blake. a posse headed by © Byers in a roadside shanty near the Highway Patrolman Henry L. William : is shown about te Richard W. Hoskins’ office in order to permit handcuffed bank OF THE BANDIT TRAIL h gest the door of Sheriff. ¢ robber Vernon Byers, = Byers, two unidentified FBI men and HighSheriff Hoskins at Bridgeport last Thursday at 5:40 p. m., less than an hour before this picture was taken. " Bridgeport covered AND 49ER DANCE Tonight a preview parade is. planiary will serve a sp just before the dance, The 49er Frontier Days Association sponsors the parade. Various colorful mounted gruups, such as the Gold Trail Riders, Nevada City Whiskerino Club, Sheriffs Posse, im addition to numerous cars and marching organizations, will. participate. : s The dance will be tree of charge to members of the Frontier Days. association-and the Nevada City Whiskerinos. Bob Barmess and the Gold Trail trio will furnish music. Frank “Rodeo” Roy and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Sundin, authors of “Gtass Valley Sally” will be present: at the dance. Parading groups will meet at 7 p. m. at Empire and Mill Streets. All 49er queens will be interviewed at the dance by Rodeo Roy. DWIGHT LEWIS TRIAL SET JULY 8 NEVADA CITY: Judge James Smell Tuesday set the trial of Dwight Lewis, Lodi musician accused of: involuntary manslaughter for July 8. Vernon Stoll was named as attorney to defend him, since @ Stockton legal firm employed by Lewis, has withdrawn from the case. Lewis car went out of contre] on the Auburn4Grass Valley Highway on March 13th, entered a wrecking yard, picked up on its bumper Arthur Leighton, who was painting 4 ear, and crushed him to death against a wall. Inquest testimony disclosed Lewis had been drinking. Lewis later jumped bail of $2,500 stole a ear and was extradited from 4 midwestern state to face car theft charses in Stockton. The Stockton -authorities surrendered him to Nevada County for trial on the. greater offense of involuntary “manslaughter. Mrs. ‘Paul Falconi an@ Miss Theresa Aleria have returned from Oakland where they spent the week end. Mrs. Gertrude Zollers, telegraph operator, called to Redding, Shasta County to relieve the operator there is back home again. BIGPREFOURTH . 1eebinger of the exciting . park me, Weta cad OF PARE ory to a felony. Price, Mrs. Freda Michelson, were arrested Saturday night amounts of loot alleged taken ley herington, helson, by Sanford Sanford and daughter of Eddie Thelma Gurther. The oldest of quartet in the Yreka jail est 17. Donald Price and his wife, bail and are at liberty.Funeral For : Mrs. Peter Andreotti GRASS VALLEY: Catholic Chureh for Mrs. Julia in a local hospital. Julienne Weisbrod, survive. The deceased was a native es will be held this evening in Hooper and Weaver Mortuary. NEVADA CITY: has ‘the refreshment which includes the drinks a~4 hot dogs. The bath house, the interior of pool yesterday by Charles Veele, councilman and chainmen of commiesion. and approved. ? PLEAD NOT GILTY GRASS VALLEY: The five parents of the youths now.confined in the Yreka, Siskiyou County jail, peared in Justice of the Peace Charles Morehouse’s hourt "Wednesday, . pleaded not guilty to charges of ceiving stolen goods, and of accessapTreThe five are Mr. and Mrs. Donald and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Gunther. They and Sunday morning following a search through the three homes for stolen property and the discovery of large in ams son of Mrs. Price, by Etta Williams, wife of ana ‘the it "was learned yesterday is 19, the youngand Mrs. Michelson, produced $2000 in Funeralservices will take place tomorrow morning at 9:30.o’clock in St. Patrick's Andreotti who died yesterday morning Mrs. Andreotti-was the wife of Peter Andreotti, Hills Flat lumberman and sawmill operator. Besides fier husband, a daughter, Mrs. Florene Weisbrod, and a granddaughter, of Italy, aged 49 years. Rostary servicthe CITY POOL OPEN The municipal pool in Pioneers Park opened yesterday for the season. huwood Farnsworth is the life guard and his wife concession sue of ~ soft the city the ACCUSED QUINTET eee? er. x i many birelares by Neil and Wes-. sons of Mrs. Mic pool are all freshly painted. The was. given an official. survey "TWO GERMAN BOYS . st eh Seine Ben EE fe oe The Nugget in its June 13th issue, published a letter from two German boys in Nuremburg, Germany appealing for’ food. The letter was.addressed to Mayor. Irvine Seaman. Mrs. Franz Luschen, who has relatives. in Germany.announced yesterday that she would undertake te pack and post a package of food if generous citizens would contribute a: few cents toward making up a 11 pound package of nutritious food. The names of the two boys are George Laux and Half Martins. They are engaged in cleaning up the fuins of Nuremburg and their food-ration, they state, is so small it does not give them strength enough; for the job. The ‘Nugget will receive contributions to the amount of $12 to defray costs of buying and posting a package of food for the two boys. Mrs. Luschen will contribute to the fund and do the work. of packing and seeing the box into the mail. Both companios carried “insurance: {900 Cal-tda planing mill but it was CALIDA, EMPIRE CO. FIRE LOSS TOTALS NEARLY HALF MILLIONAUBURN: Damage was. estimated at $456,000 after a fierce fire raced through $8,500,000 feet of milled lumber of the Calida and Empire Mill Works Corporation properties, two miles north. of Auburn late Tuesday. ate. oe Pighters hastily assembled from a wide aftea saved the new $1,000.000 main plant of the Cal-Ida firm. Lumber valued at $500,000 also was saved in the Cal-Ida yard. The properties are on Highway 49. The entire lumber. supply of the Empire firm, valued at $250,000 was destroyed: The Cal-Ida lost $200,000: werth of milled material. also were engines from the DeWitt State Hospital, located one mile from tthe scene; equipment trom the state forestry service, Tahioe National Forest and the Aluburn, Grass Valley, ‘Nevada City, Colfax and Roseville city departments and a Southera . Pacific Company fire train from Roseville. Loss estimates were furnished by Fisher. : Six fire fighters were injured, . none seriously. Albert Novak, Al Cos*. ta and Claude Prichard were treated in the Highland. General Hospital» in Awburn. Emergency treatment ~ was given at the scene to Walter © Volkmann, Cal-Ida employe and Bd Cotters of Nevada City, overcome by ~ heat and smoke, and to Larry GilFanned by a strong nerth wind a grass fire enetrated the stacked lumber of the Empire firm at 1:30 P. M. By 2 o’clock the flames had enveloped most of the tmpire’s holdings and had jumped a 30 foot roadway to ignite the stacks on Cal-Ida grounds. The direction of the wind was the primary factor in saving the $500,for a cut eye. : ges Some fire fighting crews ‘were . ried embers. . aa Other damage included the bura. ing of two boxears on a spur lead= . ing into the Empire yard. ee Fire fighting machines obtained — their water from the Pacific Gas . and Electric Company canal which goes throgh the Cal-lda property. ‘Morris Ginsberg and Marshall . in serious jeopardy « numiber cf times. E. T. Fisher, general manager, said the deciding factor in’ saving the buildings, was the huge pumper ‘sent from the Sacramento Army AirDepot. . Etherington, Jes, cover more thn two years. ParNEVADA CITY: William French was installed as the new president of the Nevada City Lions Club at a dinner meeting Wednesday evening at Deer Creek inn. :‘But French, law enforcement officer of the Tahoe National Forest, was not present. He had flown down to the national forest at Santa Barbara on Tuesday with fire combat team to fiht a ferest conflagration there. So a proxy took his place at the ceremonies here. Dr. C. N. Kerrin was installed as vice president, William Gibson, secretary, Lambert Thomas, lion tamer; Clifford Jacobson, tail tister, William Mullis and Keith MacDonald, trustees. Past Matrons And . Patrons Feted NEVADA CITY: The Foothill Association of Past Matrons and Past Patrons of the Order of Eastern Star will meet in the Masonic Hall inNevada City tomorrow evening for a potluck dinner at 7 o’clock. A especial entertainment will follow. Past officers of the order are ‘expected from all neighboring eit Weis are in charge of the Empire Participating in the fire fighting! operations. GRASS VALLEY: The comp NEVADA CITY: Shariff Richard sh cea sak. pate One W. Hoskins, who returned from . *°o"'™ ednesday luncheon meet Yreka, Tuesday, reports /-that the ing of the’ ‘Chamber of Commerce ~ four, Grass. Wadley. vowths in. .jail ayecte! CA «at Oe oa : : there confessed to. the, following Y Gilbert. Tennis “teported for the thefts and burglaries: Youth . Recreation committee. that Grass: Valley Laundry, ~ Tess’: Gift . plans have crystallized to secure a Shop, Blake Ramch and sawmill,. 41 time recteation director for this Lake Bowman cabins, “tires” afd) ymmer. Handicraft and nature study. wheels belonging to the county 1 . tivities will be carrted-on-as well a Bennett Street garage, skelton ‘204 . 2. sports programs and mets medical bag and kit from_Dr. Orvin. , (Goomunity —tigh Gounetl ’ me woes Se wi eer Fry's office, Hotel. Hatbrooke, 'W9) mnnis said, is being formed to work eases of hiskey, North-san Juan.auto} p< oS : robberies, groceries from cabins on bye general field of youth activit. ® Deer Creek and South Yuba rivers, a ke a a dynamite from ‘a mine on the Me‘Dr. Daniel L. Hirech, president of Courtney Road, Jensen’s Laundry in the chamber, reported that he had Sacramento, Weed Laundry in Shassecured from an organization . im ta County, tools and blankets from Marysville a ton and a. half load of Camp Beale, and perhaps a dozen equipment, ineluding an upright homes in Grass Valley that the boys . P#!ne, suitable for furnishing a youth were tunable to identity. . recreation center.’ ae The four youths, qoom the sherAn educational program emphasizdtf interwiewed are Neti and Wesley . 'ms Safety precautions on the high~ Sanford Williams and. Wee Was: emetched By } Frank Munhis wife Etta, all of Grass Valley, . } Hishway Safety committee chairwhose depredations the sheriff statHirech as to.what progress had been. made in eliminating the truck noisenuisance in the Community Hospital, area,, Munsee said that he was seek-. ing to contact, heads of lumber companies. Police authorities had advised him, he related, that dealing with individual truck drivers @was fruitWk oe Lee Gil Cramer ents of four who were lodged in the county jail Sunday morning and hooked for ‘teceiving stolen goods, were placed under $2000 bail each. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Price, were yesterday released.on bail as was Mrs. Freda Michelson. Mrs. Price is the mother of Sanford Williams, and Mrs. Michelson is the mother of the Etherington brothers. Mr.and Mrs. Hddie Gunther is the mother of Mrs. Etta Williams, wife of Sanford Williams. ea The five parents -were arrested following an examination of their homes under search warrants procedure Saturday night. and Sunday morning ‘by the sheriff, his deputies and Grass Valley police. A large quantity of the loot was recovered in the three homes.JULIUS SCHMIDT ENTERS REGULAR ARMY Second LA. Julius H. Schmidt, Jr., of Grass Valley, has been appointed by the president a 2nd lieutenant, Air Corps in the regular army. A graduate of Santa Rosa high school, Lt. Schmidt entered the army at Buckley Field, Colorado, in September of 1943. On April 18, 1946, Lt. Schmidt was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant, Air Corps, AUS, and was . ’ presented the wings of a pilot. Lt. Schmidt arrived in the Panama. Canal Zone in July of 1946 and was assigned to the headquarters of the}. 6th Fighter Wing as squadron ¢pgineering officer. ané Lt. Schmidt’s parents, Mr, and. pla Mrs. Julius E./Sehmidt, Sr., are pre-)Gouth sently residing at Grass Valley. . Fran spoke briefly in favor lest Covey’ reported ‘that’ great things were expec of the Cavalconstantly growing Covey ater One new development, he said, ¥ be served at the cavalcade . anee: Governor Warren has > vited to attend the Cavalcade. Th was a possibility, Covey said, . either Hollywood or the State Great credit is due, Covey comtinubert; volunteer, address not given, ) kepton duty through the night pre1 eS venting spot fires from wind ¢aF->) — . program tor the Fourth of Joy man. In reply to a qestvon from Dr. ©.”

JUNE 17) id i. e highway ip. to, Placey UTSe oy, : 0 = the Fe Viliang ¥ 0 NEVADA CITY N : . GRASS A VALLEY . <3 bie PER MONTH AND WORTH A LOT MORE yo. Vol. 21,No.60 The Twin Cities Pa 2 VALLEY : Station KGIFN t a gala opening program ' at 2p. m. it first goes git. Preliminary test runs oth and clerity have provq} conduc , excellent proadcasting power. public is invited to the openand entertainment and 1,000 seats will be of on the Shaw's Hill prop0X) mately : of the tew radio station. ¢ at the dedicatory cerefo be: the mayors of Ne(mass Valley, Colfax and of the boards of suber-. placer and Nevada. Counell a8 prominent county ofx . Grams Valley Carol Choir will A ej attraction is a’talk by Evoline Baker, a radio commentatoe at the opening ceremony. . ft is planned to ‘open the, initial east with these words: ‘“KiGI'N r-Ware sauce jai Stainless is OD the aif!” on market, Com Amparo’ preg ie vgic miracle ww ‘ ity Furniture ag J 11a ES me and see th ’s Fuel Co. 2% ia of 1850 when. the } oir 1H gmc! communit.y” aD T0 RECEIVE B® “Rass VALLEY: The Nevada Irnn, District’s board ef directors mM Meet in Sacramento next Twesats certification ‘ tof the state to sign and ree the $1,000,000 bond issue reww) athorized by the land owners iy With the bond users of the district. ‘ ‘board has voted to give “, clirrent and future water ld*between now and July 15 id one half per cent discount. estep was taken in order to lng ett Sbligations. It is bea lange: number ‘of water us‘pin Colling, general manager of . ier Broadcasting Corporation foward Smiley, KGIFIN Station , ‘ have planned the opening “monies. Members of the corporions poard of directors are John < (olling, Carlton G. Thomas, John sein Keegan, Harold W. Westit, Barl J. Caddy. and Robert.T. “This initial.broadcast of the Foriy Nuer Braedcasting Corporation’s ain KGE'N marks another step fy the progress of Nevada Count. fr generations this community has —memstantly striven , for advancement fileui development. From the early fabulous “Gold” was on the tongue antl mind of every man and woman . it America to the present day of ‘ 1. wthe “pages” of Nevada CsunYi History are,filled with tales of hiveture, drama and color. Radio is jie adyenture to this area, 2nMing the people of Grass Valley, City and their sister cities anew field of service and actwy. Within us all there is the ¢ that, like the discovery of ‘gold, @ening of KGIFN, the first radio in the growth of this rich and -— take advantage of the of4 as Perry Jones has returned un Vallejo where she spent a fortvisiting her husband, confin& hospital there pecase of an The Last Chance as articles of incorte Catuannte been received from secretary of state by County Clerk R. N. Mecper END 23, to enter. From left to ri way Patrol Captain Joseph Byers was captured by Albert S. Bates located bridge. NEVADA CITY-GRASS — biome CALIFORNIA The County Seat Paper FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1947 ght: Wiliams, Blake. a posse headed by © Byers in a roadside shanty near the Highway Patrolman Henry L. William : is shown about te Richard W. Hoskins’ office in order to permit handcuffed bank OF THE BANDIT TRAIL h gest the door of Sheriff. ¢ robber Vernon Byers, = Byers, two unidentified FBI men and HighSheriff Hoskins at Bridgeport last Thursday at 5:40 p. m., less than an hour before this picture was taken. " Bridgeport covered AND 49ER DANCE Tonight a preview parade is. planiary will serve a sp just before the dance, The 49er Frontier Days Association sponsors the parade. Various colorful mounted gruups, such as the Gold Trail Riders, Nevada City Whiskerino Club, Sheriffs Posse, im addition to numerous cars and marching organizations, will. participate. : s The dance will be tree of charge to members of the Frontier Days. association-and the Nevada City Whiskerinos. Bob Barmess and the Gold Trail trio will furnish music. Frank “Rodeo” Roy and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Sundin, authors of “Gtass Valley Sally” will be present: at the dance. Parading groups will meet at 7 p. m. at Empire and Mill Streets. All 49er queens will be interviewed at the dance by Rodeo Roy. DWIGHT LEWIS TRIAL SET JULY 8 NEVADA CITY: Judge James Smell Tuesday set the trial of Dwight Lewis, Lodi musician accused of: involuntary manslaughter for July 8. Vernon Stoll was named as attorney to defend him, since @ Stockton legal firm employed by Lewis, has withdrawn from the case. Lewis car went out of contre] on the Auburn4Grass Valley Highway on March 13th, entered a wrecking yard, picked up on its bumper Arthur Leighton, who was painting 4 ear, and crushed him to death against a wall. Inquest testimony disclosed Lewis had been drinking. Lewis later jumped bail of $2,500 stole a ear and was extradited from 4 midwestern state to face car theft charses in Stockton. The Stockton -authorities surrendered him to Nevada County for trial on the. greater offense of involuntary “manslaughter. Mrs. ‘Paul Falconi an@ Miss Theresa Aleria have returned from Oakland where they spent the week end. Mrs. Gertrude Zollers, telegraph operator, called to Redding, Shasta County to relieve the operator there is back home again. BIGPREFOURTH . 1eebinger of the exciting . park me, Weta cad OF PARE ory to a felony. Price, Mrs. Freda Michelson, were arrested Saturday night amounts of loot alleged taken ley herington, helson, by Sanford Sanford and daughter of Eddie Thelma Gurther. The oldest of quartet in the Yreka jail est 17. Donald Price and his wife, bail and are at liberty.Funeral For : Mrs. Peter Andreotti GRASS VALLEY: Catholic Chureh for Mrs. Julia in a local hospital. Julienne Weisbrod, survive. The deceased was a native es will be held this evening in Hooper and Weaver Mortuary. NEVADA CITY: has ‘the refreshment which includes the drinks a~4 hot dogs. The bath house, the interior of pool yesterday by Charles Veele, councilman and chainmen of commiesion. and approved. ? PLEAD NOT GILTY GRASS VALLEY: The five parents of the youths now.confined in the Yreka, Siskiyou County jail, peared in Justice of the Peace Charles Morehouse’s hourt "Wednesday, . pleaded not guilty to charges of ceiving stolen goods, and of accessapTreThe five are Mr. and Mrs. Donald and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Gunther. They and Sunday morning following a search through the three homes for stolen property and the discovery of large in ams son of Mrs. Price, by Etta Williams, wife of ana ‘the it "was learned yesterday is 19, the youngand Mrs. Michelson, produced $2000 in Funeralservices will take place tomorrow morning at 9:30.o’clock in St. Patrick's

Andreotti who died yesterday morning Mrs. Andreotti-was the wife of Peter Andreotti, Hills Flat lumberman and sawmill operator. Besides fier husband, a daughter, Mrs. Florene Weisbrod, and a granddaughter, of Italy, aged 49 years. Rostary servicthe CITY POOL OPEN The municipal pool in Pioneers Park opened yesterday for the season. huwood Farnsworth is the life guard and his wife concession sue of ~ soft the city the ACCUSED QUINTET eee? er. x i many birelares by Neil and Wes-. sons of Mrs. Mic pool are all freshly painted. The was. given an official. survey "TWO GERMAN BOYS . st eh Seine Ben EE fe oe The Nugget in its June 13th issue, published a letter from two German boys in Nuremburg, Germany appealing for’ food. The letter was.addressed to Mayor. Irvine Seaman. Mrs. Franz Luschen, who has relatives. in Germany.announced yesterday that she would undertake te pack and post a package of food if generous citizens would contribute a: few cents toward making up a 11 pound package of nutritious food. The names of the two boys are George Laux and Half Martins. They are engaged in cleaning up the fuins of Nuremburg and their food-ration, they state, is so small it does not give them strength enough; for the job. The ‘Nugget will receive contributions to the amount of $12 to defray costs of buying and posting a package of food for the two boys. Mrs. Luschen will contribute to the fund and do the work. of packing and seeing the box into the mail. Both companios carried “insurance: {900 Cal-tda planing mill but it was CALIDA, EMPIRE CO. FIRE LOSS TOTALS NEARLY HALF MILLIONAUBURN: Damage was. estimated at $456,000 after a fierce fire raced through $8,500,000 feet of milled lumber of the Calida and Empire Mill Works Corporation properties, two miles north. of Auburn late Tuesday. ate. oe Pighters hastily assembled from a wide aftea saved the new $1,000.000 main plant of the Cal-Ida firm. Lumber valued at $500,000 also was saved in the Cal-Ida yard. The properties are on Highway 49. The entire lumber. supply of the Empire firm, valued at $250,000 was destroyed: The Cal-Ida lost $200,000: werth of milled material. also were engines from the DeWitt State Hospital, located one mile from tthe scene; equipment trom the state forestry service, Tahioe National Forest and the Aluburn, Grass Valley, ‘Nevada City, Colfax and Roseville city departments and a Southera . Pacific Company fire train from Roseville. Loss estimates were furnished by Fisher. : Six fire fighters were injured, . none seriously. Albert Novak, Al Cos*. ta and Claude Prichard were treated in the Highland. General Hospital» in Awburn. Emergency treatment ~ was given at the scene to Walter © Volkmann, Cal-Ida employe and Bd Cotters of Nevada City, overcome by ~ heat and smoke, and to Larry GilFanned by a strong nerth wind a grass fire enetrated the stacked lumber of the Empire firm at 1:30 P. M. By 2 o’clock the flames had enveloped most of the tmpire’s holdings and had jumped a 30 foot roadway to ignite the stacks on Cal-Ida grounds. The direction of the wind was the primary factor in saving the $500,for a cut eye. : ges Some fire fighting crews ‘were . ried embers. . aa Other damage included the bura. ing of two boxears on a spur lead= . ing into the Empire yard. ee Fire fighting machines obtained — their water from the Pacific Gas . and Electric Company canal which goes throgh the Cal-lda property.. ‘Morris Ginsberg and Marshall . in serious jeopardy « numiber cf times. E. T. Fisher, general manager, said the deciding factor in’ saving the buildings, was the huge pumper ‘sent from the Sacramento Army AirDepot. . Etherington, Jes, cover more thn two years. ParNEVADA CITY: William French was installed as the new president of the Nevada City Lions Club at a dinner meeting Wednesday evening at Deer Creek inn. :‘But French, law enforcement officer of the Tahoe National Forest, was not present. He had flown down to the national forest at Santa Barbara on Tuesday with fire combat team to fiht a ferest conflagration there. So a proxy took his place at the ceremonies here. Dr. C. N. Kerrin was installed as vice president, William Gibson, secretary, Lambert Thomas, lion tamer; Clifford Jacobson, tail tister, William Mullis and Keith MacDonald, trustees. Past Matrons And . Patrons Feted NEVADA CITY: The Foothill Association of Past Matrons and Past Patrons of the Order of Eastern Star will meet in the Masonic Hall inNevada City tomorrow evening for a potluck dinner at 7 o’clock. A especial entertainment will follow. Past officers of the order are ‘expected from all neighboring eit Weis are in charge of the Empire Participating in the fire fighting! operations. GRASS VALLEY: The comp NEVADA CITY: Shariff Richard sh cea sak. pate One W. Hoskins, who returned from . *°o"'™ ednesday luncheon meet Yreka, Tuesday, reports /-that the ing of the’ ‘Chamber of Commerce ~ four, Grass. Wadley. vowths in. .jail ayecte! CA «at Oe oa : : there confessed to. the, following Y Gilbert. Tennis “teported for the thefts and burglaries: Youth . Recreation committee. that Grass: Valley Laundry, ~ Tess’: Gift . plans have crystallized to secure a Shop, Blake Ramch and sawmill,. 41 time recteation director for this Lake Bowman cabins, “tires” afd) ymmer. Handicraft and nature study. wheels belonging to the county 1 . tivities will be carrted-on-as well a Bennett Street garage, skelton ‘204 . 2. sports programs and mets medical bag and kit from_Dr. Orvin. , (Goomunity —tigh Gounetl ’ me woes Se wi eer Fry's office, Hotel. Hatbrooke, 'W9) mnnis said, is being formed to work eases of hiskey, North-san Juan.auto} p< oS : robberies, groceries from cabins on bye general field of youth activit. ® Deer Creek and South Yuba rivers, a ke a a dynamite from ‘a mine on the Me‘Dr. Daniel L. Hirech, president of Courtney Road, Jensen’s Laundry in the chamber, reported that he had Sacramento, Weed Laundry in Shassecured from an organization . im ta County, tools and blankets from Marysville a ton and a. half load of Camp Beale, and perhaps a dozen equipment, ineluding an upright homes in Grass Valley that the boys . P#!ne, suitable for furnishing a youth were tunable to identity. . recreation center.’ ae The four youths, qoom the sherAn educational program emphasizdtf interwiewed are Neti and Wesley . 'ms Safety precautions on the high~ Sanford Williams and. Wee Was: emetched By } Frank Munhis wife Etta, all of Grass Valley, . } Hishway Safety committee chairwhose depredations the sheriff statHirech as to.what progress had been. made in eliminating the truck noisenuisance in the Community Hospital, area,, Munsee said that he was seek-. ing to contact, heads of lumber companies. Police authorities had advised him, he related, that dealing with individual truck drivers @was fruitWk oe Lee Gil Cramer ents of four who were lodged in the county jail Sunday morning and hooked for ‘teceiving stolen goods, were placed under $2000 bail each. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Price, were yesterday released.on bail as was Mrs. Freda Michelson. Mrs. Price is the mother of Sanford Williams, and Mrs. Michelson is the mother of the Etherington brothers. Mr.and Mrs. Hddie Gunther is the mother of Mrs. Etta Williams, wife of Sanford Williams. ea The five parents -were arrested following an examination of their homes under search warrants procedure Saturday night. and Sunday morning ‘by the sheriff, his deputies and Grass Valley police. A large quantity of the loot was recovered in the three homes.JULIUS SCHMIDT ENTERS REGULAR ARMY Second LA. Julius H. Schmidt, Jr., of Grass Valley, has been appointed by the president a 2nd lieutenant, Air Corps in the regular army. A graduate of Santa Rosa high school, Lt. Schmidt entered the army at Buckley Field, Colorado, in September of 1943. On April 18, 1946, Lt. Schmidt was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant, Air Corps, AUS, and was . ’ presented the wings of a pilot. Lt. Schmidt arrived in the Panama. Canal Zone in July of 1946 and was assigned to the headquarters of the}. 6th Fighter Wing as squadron ¢pgineering officer. ané Lt. Schmidt’s parents, Mr, and. pla Mrs. Julius E./Sehmidt, Sr., are pre-)Gouth sently residing at Grass Valley. . Fran spoke briefly in favor lest Covey’ reported ‘that’ great things were expec of the Cavalconstantly growing Covey ater One new development, he said, ¥ be served at the cavalcade . anee: Governor Warren has > vited to attend the Cavalcade. Th was a possibility, Covey said, . either Hollywood or the State Great credit is due, Covey comtinubert; volunteer, address not given, ) kepton duty through the night pre1 eS venting spot fires from wind ¢aF->) — . program tor the Fourth of Joy man. In reply to a qestvon from Dr. ©.”