May 30, 1946 (6 pages)

PAGE FOUR NEVADA CITY NUGGET THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1946 é ELECTROLUX CLEANERS Air humifiers are coming through every month in in= creasing numbes. If you want demonstration or June delivery Phone 415RX. H. D. HOYT 435 West Main Street, Grass Valley ss BECAUSE NONE IS SPARED—BE PEPARED beloved. Therefore it is wise realism to spare yourself future tribulation and become acquainted with every procedure. Come in and talk . None of us can go through a lifetime without losing someone dearly . over frankly, the jAuneral service information you need to know. Hooper & Weaver MORTICIANS—AMBULANCE SERVICE GRASS VALLEY Telephone 864 . 246 Church Street se See MANY DEER SAICRAMEINTO, May fornia Fish and Game Commission nia sportsmen in needless slaughter of our deer popu‘lation on the mountain highways in the stalte. “The exodus of fish@rmen into the mountain areag this season is far greater than in any previous year and many deer are being accidentaly killed on the highways by the motorists,’’ Ott said. One fish and game warden, William LaMarr of Tahoe City. reported that he had found 15 deer slain by motorists on highways in his district since the opening of. trout season. CONTAINS DDT che AND INSECT SPRA —— BLUE RIBBON WINNERS OUR CHOICE LIQUORS represent the very finest in selection, tn quality and moderate price. Shop at the GOLD PAN— its right on the corner — and handy!*GOLD PAN LIQUOR STORE PAULINE AND JOHNNIE ZUGNONI Corner Main and Auburn Streets OPEN DAILY — 10 A. M. TO 8 P. M. Grass Valley Se eee ———— Reis ; EFFECTIVE JUNE 2, 1946 NEVADA COUNTY BUS LINE TIME SCHEDULE MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF NEVADA COUNTY In less than two months that I have operated your bus line, . have added four schedules each way between Grass Valley and Colfax, one schedule each way between Nevada City and Auburn, one schedule each way between Grass Valley and Marysville with improved connections at Auburn, Colfax and Marysville with Greyhound through and limited schedules. One new bus has been added to the fleet, and the Grass Valley depot has been kept open for longer and more regular hours to serve the patrons. With your continued support and increased patronage, . hope to further improve the service and equipment. ‘ -With schedule:changes effective June 2nd, it will be possible for you to make a round trip by bus to San Francisco in one day, or arrive in Sacramento or Marysville before the heat of the day sets in. If you live on or ; near the highway between Colfax or Grass Valley, it will be possible and practical for you to commute to your ~work in Grass Valley, Nevada City of Colfax. Three Bs times during the day you may depart from Grass Valley for Reno, arriving in that city about 3 hours later, and _twice daily you may make direct connections at Marysville with fast schedules north. ihc, Ce cece Any suggestions that any of you will make toward the improvement of bus service will be appreciated. And remember, the more you use this bus service, the better service can be furnished. Tell-your friends about the improved transportation facilities to and from Nevada County and help build toward this better service. Thank you again for your patronage and support. KENT E. WALKER, Owner i Phone Grass Valley 1010 for Schedule Information FOR GOOD BEEFSTEAKS AND GOOD FOOD —COME TO— GOLD NUGGET INN GLENBROOK Grass Valley-Nevada Oity Highway MYERS MORTUARY CHAPEL (Formerly Holmes and Myers Funeral Home) 150 South Auburn Street Grass Valley Telephone 56 Now under the sole ownership and management of Lawrence Myers who offers his clients the services of a skilled staff and -21 years of personal experience. Hotel Clunie a UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT IT’S FAMOUS COFFEE SHOP AND COCKTAIL LOUNGE ARE RENOWNED IN CALIFORNIA RATES FROM $1.50 UP 2 ; A HARVEY M. TOY HOTEL J. VANCE HUCKINS, Manager — é 7 ver NEVADA CITY Flying Service Phone 25F21 STUDENT INSTRUCTION AIRPLANE RENTALS HANGAR RENTALS AIRCRAFT SALES AND SERVICE INSTRUCTION FOR ANY TYPE LICENSE ROUND TRIP —Air Taxi Rates— MOTORISTS KILL . vada City holds services every. Sun!at 11 o’clock. Sunday school ait 9:45 A Wednesday evening testi--heart’”’ p. 464. ;monial meeting is held on the first Ott, executive secretary of the Cali-. 30—Pmil. today asked the help of all Califor-. preventing the se ES I cacneariiaidl ae CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH Christian Science Society of Neday in their church, 114 Boulder St. Wednesay of each month at eight o’clock. Our reading room is now located in the church edifice at 114 Boulder St. and is open Mondays, Wednesday of each month at eight excepted from 2 to 4 p. m. The public ig cordially invoted to attend our services and visit the reading room The subject of the Christian Science lesson sermon for June 2 is “Ancient and Modern Necromancy alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced.’’ The golden ‘text is from the 73rd Psalm: My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. For to they that are far from thee shall perish’’ 26-27. Included in thes sermon are the following. citations: Psalms 37:39: “But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; he ible.” ig their strength in the time of trouSu “Geience and Health with Key to the Scriptures’”’ by Mary Baker Eddy: ‘‘The weapons of bigotry, ignoranice, envy fall ‘before an _ honest S. F. FARMERS MARKET IN DANGER OF CLOSING SAN FRANCISCO, May 30—San Francisco's Farmers Free Market where $5,500,000 surplus and distressed crops from northern and central California have been sold in the past three years is in donger of being closed. The boara of supervisors by a vote of 7 to 3 has decreed in effect that the market must go out of existence June 30. Supporters of the market however are optimistic that past three years is in danger of beopen. The board’s actoin came on a vote to appropriate $10,000 to surface a new site for the market, to which it must move when the lease on its present location expires at the end of June. The new site near Alemany and Bayshore boulevards would cost . $612,000. : ‘2 The board’s action came on a vote strong opposition from merchants in Gan Francisco’s commission district, a belief that the voters should pass on the appropriation and declining Seasonal receipts at the market. Supervisor Dewey Mead led the fight to save the war born market which citizens of San Francisco voted 5 to 1 last year to make permenent. OAKLAND PIONEERS POLICE AIR (PATROL nw OAKLAND, May 30 — Oakland claims the distinction of being the first city in the United States to have a police air patrol. Six two seated BT13s army basic trainers, owned ‘by former army flyers now memibers of the. Oakland police force have become -an integral part of.the city police department. The planes bought from army surplus will be maintained at the city’s expense.” They will be used to direct air and ground traffic, spot aircraft crashes, drop emergency supplies and perform other vital work. ~ b Price Ranges from FU Phone 1087 DIVAN SETS A Chesterfield in the Daytime— Easily Converted to a Bed at Night! NEW STOCK—2 PIECE BED DIVAN AND MATCHING CHAIRS Good Assortment o f Styles and Colors Per aa Yad canara Wilde Comin nein ebani) $118.50 to $198.50 GRASS VALLEY RNITURE “Where Your Furniture Dollar Goes Farther’ Grass Valley Public Market Building CO. South Auburn St. 2 Hours Waiting Time at Destination Additienal Charge for Overtime THOSE WHO Dine Well REMEMBER US LONGEST WE SERVE Wedding Parties Birthday Parties Anniversary Parties . WE CATER TO Clubs, Fraternities and Civic Groups Who Seek Good Dinners CHARCOAL BROILED STEAKS AND FRIED CHICKEN GOLD NUGGET Pesce — On the Nevada City-Grass Valley Highway Telephone Grass Valley 385 ie . DON HOMPUAN Top Business On Hoffman’s Card:— 1 (Represent the people of the 2nd District. 2 Guarantee the peace and security of America by every means available to us. 3 (Retain every single advantage in war or trade that we have won. 4 (Clear the way‘ and get back to business on the American standard, with people at the wheel that know how it can be best and most quickly accomplished. 4 Elimination of the heavy bureaus of government, putting their chiefs to work on the accomplishment of their mission rather than the assumption of legislative control over our economy. 6 ‘Reorganization of our armed forces at the earliest possible date, correcting many conditions efifecting the morale and leadership of the Army and Navy. Make the services attractive to American youth by affording technical training and pay comparable to the same skill in civilian life. Afford men and women of the services increased opportunities to rownd out their education including many subjects leading to college credits. Continue and strengthen the War Department Industry teamwork, that will permit a changeover to defense production at a rate even more speedily than was accomplished in the present emergency.7? ‘Maintain a constant and vigorous interest, in. congress, of veterans affairs. and speed up action on all legislation for accomplishing present and future commitmenfs to exservice people. The 2nd Cong. district comprises the counties of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, bow i Mar. «Modoc, Mono, Nevada, aver Pitman, st im , kiyou, Tehama, Trin and Tuolumne. ‘ A Californian Don’ Hoffman. wag born in Stock‘jas County Engineer in’ Political Advertisement Elect -DON HOFFMAN REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS, 2ND CALIFORNIA DISTRICT PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 4, 1946 WORLD WAR II VETERAN MAKES BID FOR CONGRESS ON REPUBLICAN TICKET ton, California, in 1898. His parents were also natives of this state, coming from Nevada County, where his father was active in mining activities for some years, before entering the newspaper field,. where he completed a thirty year career. Pp from Army Ranks Hoffman enlisted in World War I as a private in the Corps of Engineers, and was discharged in 1919 as a Sergeant Ist Cl. He then entered the Reserve Corps and in the ensuing years, was promoted from Lieutenant to Captain and to Major in 1940. He resigned his position 1940, to again enter the Army in connection with the great defense program then started. He went to Washington, D. C. where he was engaged in the design of new plants, and writing of contracts for the ‘construction of them. In 1941 Hoffman, then Major, was engineering officer on the con= struction of the $37,000,000 Elwood Ordnance Plant, and .when this plant was brought into operation he was made Commanding Officer, with rank of Lieut.-Colonel, Upon the expansion of the Office of Chief of Ordnance, Hoffman was assigned as Chief of Administration of all shell and bomb loading plants in the U: S. with offices with the Field Director at St. Louis. Selected for A. M. G. In 1943 Colonel Hoffman was selected for the group to organize and train the new organization for American Military Governmentand Civil Affairs in the European theatre. He attended the University of Virginia, the ‘Provost © Marshall’s School at Camp Custer and studied German and French languages at the University of Wisconsin, before going overseas. His regiment, the 1st Civil Affairs Regiment was staged and trained in England, and assigned to First Army for the invasion, This regiment was later also attached to the Third, Seventh and Ninth Armies, and to the 12th Army Group. Detachments of Hoffman's regiment set ‘up the civil and: military government of practically every city taken and occupied in France, Belgium, Holland and Luxemburg, and”part of Germany. The organization was an unique one, comprising American, French,. British apd Russian officers and men. Hoffman was ‘promoted to full Colonel in 1943. He was awarded the Legion of Merit at Supreme Headquarters in Frankfort, Germany. In Paris, Colonel Hoffman ‘was decorated by Gen. DeGaulle with the. French Croix de Guerre with Palm. He also was awarded the Belgium Military Cross first class and the Courrone de Chene of the Duchy of Luxemburg. Hoffman is now on termiifial leave from the service and holds she perenatone Gale onel in the Organized Reserves. Is Civil Engineer Hoffman is a, Registered Civil Engineer of the State of California. He has had a wide and varied experience in the field of both civilian and military engineering. He was for over ten years engaged with the federal government being with the U.S. Geological Survey, the U. S. Forest Service, the Public Roads Department, and the Federal Power Com. mission. Practically all of hig work (Was clasely related to the counties now embraced in the 2nd Congress~ ional District and included mapping, mining investigations, hydro-electric power surveys, and construction of roads. During this period, Hoffiman headquartered with the Regional offices in San Francisco. Experienced in Business In 1929 Hoffman resigned from Federal Service to enter the business field and was District Manager of the Northern California and Nevada district for the Edw. R. Bacon Company of San Francisco, with offices in Sacramento. This work involved design, sales and services to the construction industry and to Nie cities and counties of the disrict. In ©CC Program In 19338 Hoffman then Captain, reserves returned to the Army in Connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps program as Cone struction Engineer and built many installation Engineer and built many Nevada and California. He was later made Commanding Officer of sev~ eral camps, all in the Sierras of (California. Entered Politics in 1938 Hoffman returned to civilian life in 1938, to run for the office of County Engineer of El Dorado County in which campaign he was successful. Under Hofman’s guidanea many county projects were comp leted in El Dodado County including bridges, roads, airports and fairgrounds. He held this post until 1940 when he resigned his office to go to Washington, D. C. in the present emergency. All of Family in Service Two sons, Bill 25, and Jim, 18, had foreign service with the U. 8. Army, Bill served in Italy, North Africa and Eritrea, and after a short leave in the states, served two mora years in Burma and China. Jim, entered the service in 1945, and is now a private in the U. S. Marine Corps in China. Mrs. Hoffman spent 2 years in Burma and India in charge of the Red Cross Canteen units at the “jumip off of the famous “hump” between Assam, India and China. Hom in Placerville Don Hoffman is registered as a Republican in El Dodado County where he hag, made his home for the rank. of Gal pbent 12 years. He holds membership e American Society of Civil Bngineers and has been active in Lions, rim and in many community acttyves.

PAGE FOUR NEVADA CITY NUGGET THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1946 é ELECTROLUX CLEANERS Air humifiers are coming through every month in in= creasing numbes. If you want demonstration or June delivery Phone 415RX. H. D. HOYT 435 West Main Street, Grass Valley ss BECAUSE NONE IS SPARED—BE PEPARED beloved. Therefore it is wise realism to spare yourself future tribulation and become acquainted with every procedure. Come in and talk . None of us can go through a lifetime without losing someone dearly . over frankly, the jAuneral service information you need to know. Hooper & Weaver MORTICIANS—AMBULANCE SERVICE GRASS VALLEY Telephone 864 . 246 Church Street se See MANY DEER SAICRAMEINTO, May fornia Fish and Game Commission nia sportsmen in needless slaughter of our deer popu‘lation on the mountain highways in the stalte. “The exodus of fish@rmen into the mountain areag this season is far greater than in any previous year and many deer are being accidentaly killed on the highways by the motorists,’’ Ott said. One fish and game warden, William LaMarr of Tahoe City. reported that he had found 15 deer slain by motorists on highways in his district since the opening of. trout season. CONTAINS DDT che AND INSECT SPRA —— BLUE RIBBON WINNERS OUR CHOICE LIQUORS represent the very finest in selection, tn quality and moderate price. Shop at the GOLD PAN— its right on the corner — and handy!*GOLD PAN LIQUOR STORE PAULINE AND JOHNNIE ZUGNONI Corner Main and Auburn Streets OPEN DAILY — 10 A. M. TO 8 P. M. Grass Valley Se eee ———— Reis ; EFFECTIVE JUNE 2, 1946 NEVADA COUNTY BUS LINE TIME SCHEDULE MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF NEVADA COUNTY In less than two months that I have operated your bus line, . have added four schedules each way between Grass Valley and Colfax, one schedule each way between Nevada City and Auburn, one schedule each way between Grass Valley and Marysville with improved connections at Auburn, Colfax and Marysville with Greyhound through and limited schedules. One new bus has been added to the fleet, and the Grass Valley depot has been kept open for longer and more regular hours to serve the patrons. With your continued support and increased patronage, . hope to further improve the service and equipment. ‘ -With schedule:changes effective June 2nd, it will be possible for you to make a round trip by bus to San Francisco in one day, or arrive in Sacramento or Marysville before the heat of the day sets in. If you live on or ; near the highway between Colfax or Grass Valley, it will be possible and practical for you to commute to your ~work in Grass Valley, Nevada City of Colfax. Three Bs times during the day you may depart from Grass Valley for Reno, arriving in that city about 3 hours later, and _twice daily you may make direct connections at Marysville with fast schedules north. ihc, Ce cece Any suggestions that any of you will make toward the improvement of bus service will be appreciated. And remember, the more you use this bus service, the better service can be furnished. Tell-your friends about the improved transportation facilities to and from Nevada County and help build toward this better service. Thank you again for your patronage and support. KENT E. WALKER, Owner i Phone Grass Valley 1010 for Schedule Information FOR GOOD BEEFSTEAKS AND GOOD FOOD —COME TO— GOLD NUGGET INN GLENBROOK Grass Valley-Nevada Oity Highway MYERS MORTUARY CHAPEL (Formerly Holmes and Myers Funeral Home) 150 South Auburn Street Grass Valley Telephone 56 Now under the sole ownership and management of Lawrence Myers who offers his clients the services of a skilled staff and -21 years of personal experience. Hotel Clunie a UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT IT’S FAMOUS COFFEE SHOP AND COCKTAIL LOUNGE ARE RENOWNED IN CALIFORNIA RATES FROM $1.50 UP 2 ; A HARVEY M. TOY HOTEL J. VANCE HUCKINS, Manager — é 7 ver NEVADA CITY Flying Service Phone 25F21 STUDENT INSTRUCTION AIRPLANE RENTALS HANGAR RENTALS AIRCRAFT SALES AND SERVICE INSTRUCTION FOR ANY TYPE LICENSE ROUND TRIP —Air Taxi Rates— MOTORISTS KILL . vada City holds services every. Sun!at 11 o’clock. Sunday school ait 9:45 A Wednesday evening testi--heart’”’ p. 464. ;monial meeting is held on the first Ott, executive secretary of the Cali-. 30—Pmil. today asked the help of all Califor-. preventing the se ES I cacneariiaidl ae CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH Christian Science Society of Neday in their church, 114 Boulder St. Wednesay of each month at eight o’clock. Our reading room is now located in the church edifice at 114 Boulder St. and is open Mondays, Wednesday of each month at eight excepted from 2 to 4 p. m. The public ig cordially invoted to attend our services and visit the reading room The subject of the Christian Science lesson sermon for June 2 is “Ancient and Modern Necromancy alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced.’’ The golden ‘text is from the 73rd Psalm: My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. For to they that are far from thee shall perish’’ 26-27. Included in thes sermon are the following. citations: Psalms 37:39: “But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; he ible.” ig their strength in the time of trouSu “Geience and Health with Key to the Scriptures’”’ by Mary Baker Eddy: ‘‘The weapons of bigotry, ignoranice, envy fall ‘before an _ honest S. F. FARMERS MARKET IN DANGER OF CLOSING SAN FRANCISCO, May 30—San Francisco's Farmers Free Market where $5,500,000 surplus and distressed crops from northern and central California have been sold in the past three years is in donger of being closed. The boara of supervisors by a vote of 7 to 3 has decreed in effect that the market must go out of existence June 30. Supporters of the market however are optimistic that past three years is in danger of beopen. The board’s actoin came on a vote to appropriate $10,000 to surface a new site for the market, to which it must move when the lease on its present location expires at the end of June. The new site near Alemany and Bayshore boulevards would cost . $612,000. : ‘2 The board’s action came on a vote strong opposition from merchants in Gan Francisco’s commission district, a belief that the voters should pass on the appropriation and declining Seasonal receipts at the market. Supervisor Dewey Mead led the fight to save the war born market which citizens of San Francisco voted 5 to 1 last year to make permenent. OAKLAND PIONEERS POLICE AIR (PATROL nw OAKLAND, May 30 — Oakland claims the distinction of being the first city in the United States to have a police air patrol. Six two seated BT13s army basic trainers, owned ‘by former army flyers now memibers of the. Oakland police force have become -an integral part of.the city police department. The planes bought from army surplus will be maintained at the city’s expense.” They will be used to direct air and ground traffic, spot aircraft crashes, drop emergency supplies and perform other vital work. ~ b Price Ranges from FU Phone 1087 DIVAN SETS A Chesterfield in the Daytime— Easily Converted to a Bed at Night! NEW STOCK—2 PIECE BED DIVAN

AND MATCHING CHAIRS Good Assortment o f Styles and Colors Per aa Yad canara Wilde Comin nein ebani) $118.50 to $198.50 GRASS VALLEY RNITURE “Where Your Furniture Dollar Goes Farther’ Grass Valley Public Market Building CO. South Auburn St. 2 Hours Waiting Time at Destination Additienal Charge for Overtime THOSE WHO Dine Well REMEMBER US LONGEST WE SERVE Wedding Parties Birthday Parties Anniversary Parties . WE CATER TO Clubs, Fraternities and Civic Groups Who Seek Good Dinners CHARCOAL BROILED STEAKS AND FRIED CHICKEN GOLD NUGGET Pesce — On the Nevada City-Grass Valley Highway Telephone Grass Valley 385 ie . DON HOMPUAN Top Business On Hoffman’s Card:— 1 (Represent the people of the 2nd District. 2 Guarantee the peace and security of America by every means available to us. 3 (Retain every single advantage in war or trade that we have won. 4 (Clear the way‘ and get back to business on the American standard, with people at the wheel that know how it can be best and most quickly accomplished. 4 Elimination of the heavy bureaus of government, putting their chiefs to work on the accomplishment of their mission rather than the assumption of legislative control over our economy. 6 ‘Reorganization of our armed forces at the earliest possible date, correcting many conditions efifecting the morale and leadership of the Army and Navy. Make the services attractive to American youth by affording technical training and pay comparable to the same skill in civilian life. Afford men and women of the services increased opportunities to rownd out their education including many subjects leading to college credits. Continue and strengthen the War Department Industry teamwork, that will permit a changeover to defense production at a rate even more speedily than was accomplished in the present emergency.7? ‘Maintain a constant and vigorous interest, in. congress, of veterans affairs. and speed up action on all legislation for accomplishing present and future commitmenfs to exservice people. The 2nd Cong. district comprises the counties of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, bow i Mar. «Modoc, Mono, Nevada, aver Pitman, st im , kiyou, Tehama, Trin and Tuolumne. ‘ A Californian Don’ Hoffman. wag born in Stock‘jas County Engineer in’ Political Advertisement Elect -DON HOFFMAN REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS, 2ND CALIFORNIA DISTRICT PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 4, 1946 WORLD WAR II VETERAN MAKES BID FOR CONGRESS ON REPUBLICAN TICKET ton, California, in 1898. His parents were also natives of this state, coming from Nevada County, where his father was active in mining activities for some years, before entering the newspaper field,. where he completed a thirty year career. Pp from Army Ranks Hoffman enlisted in World War I as a private in the Corps of Engineers, and was discharged in 1919 as a Sergeant Ist Cl. He then entered the Reserve Corps and in the ensuing years, was promoted from Lieutenant to Captain and to Major in 1940. He resigned his position 1940, to again enter the Army in connection with the great defense program then started. He went to Washington, D. C. where he was engaged in the design of new plants, and writing of contracts for the ‘construction of them. In 1941 Hoffman, then Major, was engineering officer on the con= struction of the $37,000,000 Elwood Ordnance Plant, and .when this plant was brought into operation he was made Commanding Officer, with rank of Lieut.-Colonel, Upon the expansion of the Office of Chief of Ordnance, Hoffman was assigned as Chief of Administration of all shell and bomb loading plants in the U: S. with offices with the Field Director at St. Louis. Selected for A. M. G. In 1943 Colonel Hoffman was selected for the group to organize and train the new organization for American Military Governmentand Civil Affairs in the European theatre. He attended the University of Virginia, the ‘Provost © Marshall’s School at Camp Custer and studied German and French languages at the University of Wisconsin, before going overseas. His regiment, the 1st Civil Affairs Regiment was staged and trained in England, and assigned to First Army for the invasion, This regiment was later also attached to the Third, Seventh and Ninth Armies, and to the 12th Army Group. Detachments of Hoffman's regiment set ‘up the civil and: military government of practically every city taken and occupied in France, Belgium, Holland and Luxemburg, and”part of Germany. The organization was an unique one, comprising American, French,. British apd Russian officers and men. Hoffman was ‘promoted to full Colonel in 1943. He was awarded the Legion of Merit at Supreme Headquarters in Frankfort, Germany. In Paris, Colonel Hoffman ‘was decorated by Gen. DeGaulle with the. French Croix de Guerre with Palm. He also was awarded the Belgium Military Cross first class and the Courrone de Chene of the Duchy of Luxemburg. Hoffman is now on termiifial leave from the service and holds she perenatone Gale onel in the Organized Reserves. Is Civil Engineer Hoffman is a, Registered Civil Engineer of the State of California. He has had a wide and varied experience in the field of both civilian and military engineering. He was for over ten years engaged with the federal government being with the U.S. Geological Survey, the U. S. Forest Service, the Public Roads Department, and the Federal Power Com. mission. Practically all of hig work (Was clasely related to the counties now embraced in the 2nd Congress~ ional District and included mapping, mining investigations, hydro-electric power surveys, and construction of roads. During this period, Hoffiman headquartered with the Regional offices in San Francisco. Experienced in Business In 1929 Hoffman resigned from Federal Service to enter the business field and was District Manager of the Northern California and Nevada district for the Edw. R. Bacon Company of San Francisco, with offices in Sacramento. This work involved design, sales and services to the construction industry and to Nie cities and counties of the disrict. In ©CC Program In 19338 Hoffman then Captain, reserves returned to the Army in Connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps program as Cone struction Engineer and built many installation Engineer and built many Nevada and California. He was later made Commanding Officer of sev~ eral camps, all in the Sierras of (California. Entered Politics in 1938 Hoffman returned to civilian life in 1938, to run for the office of County Engineer of El Dorado County in which campaign he was successful. Under Hofman’s guidanea many county projects were comp leted in El Dodado County including bridges, roads, airports and fairgrounds. He held this post until 1940 when he resigned his office to go to Washington, D. C. in the present emergency. All of Family in Service Two sons, Bill 25, and Jim, 18, had foreign service with the U. 8. Army, Bill served in Italy, North Africa and Eritrea, and after a short leave in the states, served two mora years in Burma and China. Jim, entered the service in 1945, and is now a private in the U. S. Marine Corps in China. Mrs. Hoffman spent 2 years in Burma and India in charge of the Red Cross Canteen units at the “jumip off of the famous “hump” between Assam, India and China. Hom in Placerville Don Hoffman is registered as a Republican in El Dodado County where he hag, made his home for the rank. of Gal pbent 12 years. He holds membership e American Society of Civil Bngineers and has been active in Lions, rim and in many community acttyves.