September 15, 1950 (8 pages)

N BREAKFAST TALK OPENS MOTHER LODE CAMPAIGN Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, Democratic: candidate for attorney general, spoke before a group of ’ Bourbon partisans Monday morning at a breakfast in the National hotel, stating he would establish a crime laboratory in. the attorney general’s department, if he is elected. Brown was introduced to the assembled Democrats and one ‘Republican, by Harold Berliner, ‘Jr., chairman of Nevada county Democratic cemmittee, Brown said the Mother Lode ‘country is where each candidate Should appear at least once during his campaign, but added he would necessarily have to devote most.of his time in the bailiwick of his opponent, Edward Shattuck, Republican candidate from Los Angeles. Brown: pointed out he gained a plurality in the primary on both ~ tickets, winning 48 of 58 counties on the Bourbon ballot and 26 of 58 counties on the GOP ticket. Brown promised he would interpret the laws of the state as a Jawyer and not a politician if he is elected, and added he believed his experience in law enforcement as district attorney of San Francisco county would make him a better official than his opponent. “My opponent has no experience in public office whatsoever,” Brown asserted. “As district attorney I have tried to find out why criminals’ are such. I have not been ‘primarily interested in sending defendants to jail,” the candidate declared. He also pointed out that crime costs California more than Public education. Brown said criminal investigation problems have become so complex. it must be on a state and federal level rather than by cities and counties. “California is faced with gangster problems not recognized in non-metropolitan areas,” the candidate stated. “California*has the greatest mass emigration in history and will continue to do so, and the atorney general’s. office cannot hamper the work of the governor and legislature with trivialities,” he concluded. In reply to a question by a Nugget reporter, Brown said the enforcement of gambling laws is a matter for local enforcement officials, and the attorney general’s Office is not super-sleuthing department, checking up on the efficiency of local law. The attorney general should step in only when local law enforcement fails. Brown has been district attorney of San Francisco for six years. He was first. elected in like their jobs ’ Edward M. Linnell, Fall River Mills, California,was a blacksmith and welder with us before he retired on a pension. Ed is famous for his work with corrective horseshoes, and still runs a small forge in back of his home. \. Virginia E. Harris, clerk in the : , General Office Engineering Department, was a pretty sick girl for two months last winter. But . P.G.and E.’s cooperative Benefit Plan took care of practically all her expenses. And she’s planning to catch up on the skii first good snow hite the hiile. OF EDMUND PAT BROWN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL #1943, and was re-elected in 1947 for a second four-year term. Brown is 45 years of age, married, the father of four children: Barbara, 19; Cynthia, 17; Edmund, Jr. (Jerry), 12, and Kathleen, 414. He was born in San Francisco April 21, 1905, and is a secondgeneration Californian. His maternal grandfather drove a stage between Hangtown and Sacramenti during the ’49er era. His mother was born in Venado and his father, in San Francisco. Like so many other American boys who have risen’to positions of responsibility and leadership, Brown sold newspapers as a youngster. He earned his collegs education working days and attending the University of California extension division at night. He is a graduate of the Sai .Francisco law school, from which he received his L. L. B. degree. He was admitted tothe bar in 1927, and is a member of the San Francisco Bar association, the California Bar association, and the American Bar association. : A leader in Democratic affairs, Brown was delegated to. the Democratic. national convention in 1940, 1944, and 1948. Brown is president of the District Attorneys‘ Association of Califoriia, and for years has taken a leading part in state-wide activities dealing with anti-social problems, such as the prevention of juvenile deliquency and sex crimes. -He believes that the prevention of crime is more important than its prosecution and punishment. : A basic theory held by Brown is that the attorney-general should coordinate his efforts with local law enforcement officers, sheriffs. and district attorneys, and work with them in a spirit of confident cooperation. As a private attorney, Brown’s practice included the handling of cases for American Federation of Labor unions and for muniiipal employee groups. He has served as director of the Golden Gate Bridge and highway district, and as a member of the California code. commission. which was charged with codification of all state laws. He has served also as qhairman of the San Francisco coordinating council, which includes all youth agencies, and has lectured at the University of California on the subject of juvenile deliquency. Besides his thorough legal training, Brown has a broad background in the social, /politizal and govermental affairs of city and state. He is a member EDMUND G. (PAT) BROWN of the Commercial ciub, the Elks club and the Lawyers club. He founded and served as first president of the Order of Cincinnatus, an organization. of men and women. of both the Democratic and Republican parties seeking to advance the cause of: good govertment. He has brought to his office broad understanding and imagination, which have resulted in widely-lauded innovations. These include a crime prevention department, created because Brown believes that an ounce of crime prevention is worth a pound of ‘. cure when dealing with both juvenile and adult crime. He has also set up a special bureau to handle ‘cases’ of first offenders, for the purpose of rehabilitating these offenders as useful, constructive members of society. Another special bureau in his office deals with crimes involving war veterans, and is directed by three veterans on his staff. He is the organizer of the group relations bureau in San Francisco, which holds hearings in .an attempt to make minority groups of the city feel themselves an integral part of its society. In recognition of Brown’s outstanding record in juvenile deliquency correction, he was appointed chairman of San Francisco’s coordinating council, which includes all youth agencies. San Francisco sends fewer young people to reformatories than does any other county in California. SNE SA RE CNS IT FREE HOME TRIAL without obligation of a new 1950 popular make piano, fully guaranteed. Prices and terms to suit your budget. Write for Details to HALL PIANO CO. Sacto., Cal. Auburn Blvd. Why Bill Bibb and most P.G. and E. people The fact that P.G. and E. people like their W.Y. “Bill” Bibb began as an errand boy 30 years ago, is now a foreman in the Fresno Transformer Repair Shop. While getting ahead with P.G.and E., Bill took time to become a fine chef, get in some hunting and fishing, manage an amateur baseball club. . 2] jobs is one reason why they do their jobs well. And that’s important to every community we serve. The job they do has been greatly responsible for keeping your gas and electric rates among the lowest in the nation. It’s helped put an annual payroll of nearly $70 million into Northern and Central California. And from the projects P. G. and E. people have built come federal, state, county and local wade “h taxes amounting to $40,278,000 in 1949, And, of course, their teamwork has enabled us to add 1,156,400 new horsepower since . the war. By this time next year our total capacity will be nearly 4,000,000 horsepower ~ample for our needs today, a good base to build on for the growing years ahead. The R. J. Moores—he’s a plant foreman in Martinez—are one of the thousands of P. G. and E. families who enjoy the summer camps, swimming pools and clubhouses ‘4 maintained for P, G. and E. people. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY Bill Johnston, estimator in our Sonora office, has been with us eight years—with time out to fight a war. His job is surveying farms for electrification. Bill is enrolled in classroom courses open to all employees—a young man on his way up. VARNEY FIRED AS NID MANAGER PER SCHEDULE Forrest Varney, manager of the Nevada Irrigation District, for the past three years, was ‘fired at Friday’s -meeting of the NID board of directors, on a’ roll’ éall VOLER t. s , Effective date of discharge. was last Friday, the day of a¢tion. H. J. Gleason presented. the motion and Herbert J. Nile, local director, seconded. Chairman Max Arnold voted with them . in the affirmative. E. B. Powers and O. G. Griffith cast negative votes. Arnold announced io the assembly there would be no discussion from the floor that “everything that could bé said has been said.” The chairman persistently denied requests for recognition to speak from the floor. Before roll call vote Powers read a statement in support of Varney and his management. Varney, at the conclusion of the vote, said he felt he was entitled to one month’s pay and he had 25 days accumulated vacation. Varney asked to be continued until Oct. 15 on inactive status until the Oct. 3 recall election had been. held and the wishes of the electorate had been indicated. Charles Law, hydrographer of the district, was appointed temporary agent for the district. The board also voted three to two to amend the book of rules of the district by striking out the word “manager” where. it appears and substitute the words “the board” until the vacancy is settled. R. N. Smith, Newtown road, was named general superintendent of the Nevada, Placer and Mountain divisions. At the afternoon session the directors sat as a board of equalization. Nevada City, California, Friday, September 15, 19503 CURRENT FIRE SEASON WORST SINCE 1924 The costliest forest fire in California since 1924 is now at its peak of danger, federal and state forestry chiefs said today in a joint warning to hunters and all . others who will be in the outdoors this fall. “This has been the most explosive season California has had in 26 years,” said a statement issued by DeWitt Nelson, state forester, and Perry A. Thompson, U. S. regional forester. “An unusual lack of humidity dried the forests and ranges this year to such a degree that some fires have traveled a! mile in a few minutes. The peak of danger is right now, from the cumulative effect of months of dryness.” ~ They urged hunters in the deer season opening tomorrow to take’ these precautions: Smoke only in camps, habitations or areas marked “Smoke here.” Don’t leave camp fires or warming fires until you kill the last spark. Re-’ port forest fires to the nearest forest station, peace officer or telephone operator. So far this year, California has had over 4,000 forest and range fires. Fast-moving . fronts of flame have taken six lives and burned more than 200,000 acres. Damage to watersheds, timber and other natural resources may exceed five million dollars. Cost of suppressing the. fires is at least several million dollars— which comes out of the taxpayer’s pockets. Nelson and Thompson declared this year’s outbreak of fires is surpassed only by the disasterous season of 1924 when 2,600 forest fires burned 1,500,000 acres. SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN GOES TOSTAR SESSION Funeral services were held at the Hooper-Weaver mortuary in Grass Valley Wedffe day for Warren Odell, chairma of the_ Nevada county board of supervisors, with interment in Clear Creek cemetery. Rev. Frank H. Buck, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal church, Grass Valley, officiated. Odell died Sunday morning at the Miners hospital here where he had been a patient for the Past month. Odell was born June 26, 1881, in Illinois, but had lived most of his life in the Clear creek district where he operated a ranch. He was appointed: supervisor ot the fourth district on Sept. 2, 1938, following the death of Joe Frank, and was ,continuously returned to the office.He declined. to run for re-election this year because of-his health. Odell had served as chairman of the board since January, 1947. Odell was a past noble grand of Grass Valley Lodge No. 12, Independent Order of Odd Fel‘lows, and was a member of the Grass Valley Elks Lodge. : An ardent huntsman and fish€rman, he was an active member of Grass Valley Sportsmen’s club. He is survived by his wife, Pearl; daughters, Mrs. Florence Maganini, San Leandro; Mrs. Ethel Smersfelt, Richmond; Mrs. Mildred Spang, Sanj. Francisco; son, Earl Odell, Vallejo; brother, Marel Odell, Grass ‘Valey; and nine grandchildren. 1. Amplifying equipment like this is connected with the hornlike antennas above to relay television programs or long distance telephone calls from one part of the country to another. Engineers call it micro-wave.for it uses high-frequency radio waves, and it gets its nickname, {‘Jump-Jump,” because the beams leap-frog between relay stations located on mountains 28 to 65 miles apart. 3. The research which produced this micro-wave system was conducted in Bell Telephone Laboratories . Originators of so many electronic developments. Hundreds of them have led to better telephone service at lower cost.and have played a major part in making’ your telephone the big value it is today. For in spite of rising prices, telephone rates have gone up much less than our costs of providing serv‘ice. On the average, our prices have gone up less . than half as much as the cost of living generally. @ Pacific Telephone Kin to radar, “Jump-Jump” hurls television from point to point on radio beams aimed like @ searchlight, WEST’S FIRST TELEVISION NETWORK Relay system to operate between San Francisco and Los Angeles *-* 2. Television programs can be relayed from one point to another by micro-wave or by coaxial cable. The first leg of a Western television network will begin operating between San Francisco and Los Angeles September 15 over the newly-completed “Jump-Jump” system. And we're going ahead with surveys and experiments to extend the television network to other areas of the West. 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N BREAKFAST TALK OPENS MOTHER LODE CAMPAIGN Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, Democratic: candidate for attorney general, spoke before a group of ’ Bourbon partisans Monday morning at a breakfast in the National hotel, stating he would establish a crime laboratory in. the attorney general’s department, if he is elected. Brown was introduced to the assembled Democrats and one ‘Republican, by Harold Berliner, ‘Jr., chairman of Nevada county Democratic cemmittee, Brown said the Mother Lode ‘country is where each candidate Should appear at least once during his campaign, but added he would necessarily have to devote most.of his time in the bailiwick of his opponent, Edward Shattuck, Republican candidate from Los Angeles. Brown: pointed out he gained a plurality in the primary on both ~ tickets, winning 48 of 58 counties on the Bourbon ballot and 26 of 58 counties on the GOP ticket. Brown promised he would interpret the laws of the state as a Jawyer and not a politician if he is elected, and added he believed his experience in law enforcement as district attorney of San Francisco county would make him a better official than his opponent. “My opponent has no experience in public office whatsoever,” Brown asserted. “As district attorney I have tried to find out why criminals’ are such. I have not been ‘primarily interested in sending defendants to jail,” the candidate declared. He also pointed out that crime costs California more than Public education. Brown said criminal investigation problems have become so complex. it must be on a state and federal level rather than by cities and counties. “California is faced with gangster problems not recognized in non-metropolitan areas,” the candidate stated. “California*has the greatest mass emigration in history and will continue to do so, and the atorney general’s. office cannot hamper the work of the governor and legislature with trivialities,” he concluded. In reply to a question by a Nugget reporter, Brown said the enforcement of gambling laws is a matter for local enforcement officials, and the attorney general’s Office is not super-sleuthing department, checking up on the efficiency of local law. The attorney general should step in only when local law enforcement fails. Brown has been district attorney of San Francisco for six years. He was first. elected in like their jobs ’ Edward M. Linnell, Fall River Mills, California,was a blacksmith and welder with us before he retired on a pension. Ed is famous for his work with corrective horseshoes, and still runs a small forge in back of his home. \. Virginia E. Harris, clerk in the : , General Office Engineering Department, was a pretty sick girl for two months last winter. But . P.G.and E.’s cooperative Benefit Plan took care of practically all her expenses. And she’s planning to catch up on the skii first good snow hite the hiile. OF EDMUND PAT BROWN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL #1943, and was re-elected in 1947 for a second four-year term. Brown is 45 years of age, married, the father of four children: Barbara, 19; Cynthia, 17; Edmund, Jr. (Jerry), 12, and Kathleen, 414. He was born in San Francisco April 21, 1905, and is a secondgeneration Californian. His maternal grandfather drove a stage between Hangtown and Sacramenti during the ’49er era. His mother was born in Venado and his father, in San Francisco. Like so many other American boys who have risen’to positions of responsibility and leadership, Brown sold newspapers as a youngster. He earned his collegs education working days and attending the University of California extension division at night. He is a graduate of the Sai .Francisco law school, from which he received his L. L. B. degree. He was admitted tothe bar in 1927, and is a member of the San Francisco Bar association, the California Bar association, and the American Bar association. : A leader in Democratic affairs, Brown was delegated to. the Democratic. national convention in 1940, 1944, and 1948. Brown is president of the District Attorneys‘ Association of Califoriia, and for years has taken a leading part in state-wide activities dealing with anti-social problems, such as the prevention of juvenile deliquency and sex crimes. -He believes that the prevention of crime is more important than its prosecution and punishment. : A basic theory held by Brown is that the attorney-general should coordinate his efforts with local law enforcement officers, sheriffs. and district attorneys, and work with them in a spirit of confident cooperation. As a private attorney, Brown’s practice included the handling of cases for American Federation of Labor unions and for muniiipal employee groups. He has served as director of the Golden Gate Bridge and highway district, and as a member of the California code. commission. which was charged with codification of all state laws. He has served also as qhairman of the San Francisco coordinating council, which includes all youth agencies, and has lectured at the University of California on the subject of juvenile deliquency. Besides his thorough legal training, Brown has a broad background in the social, /politizal and govermental affairs of city and state. He is a member EDMUND G. (PAT) BROWN of the Commercial ciub, the Elks club and the Lawyers club. He founded and served as first president of the Order of Cincinnatus, an organization. of men and women. of both the Democratic and Republican parties seeking to advance the cause of: good govertment. He has brought to his office broad understanding and imagination, which have resulted in widely-lauded innovations. These include a crime prevention department, created because Brown believes that an ounce of crime prevention is worth a pound of ‘. cure when dealing with both juvenile and adult crime. He has also set up a special bureau to handle ‘cases’ of first offenders, for the purpose of rehabilitating these offenders as useful, constructive members of society. Another special bureau in his office deals with crimes involving war veterans, and is directed by three veterans on his staff. He is the organizer of the group relations bureau in San Francisco, which holds hearings in .an attempt to make minority groups of the city feel themselves an integral part of its society. In recognition of Brown’s outstanding record in juvenile deliquency correction, he was appointed chairman of San Francisco’s coordinating council, which includes all youth agencies. San Francisco sends fewer young people to reformatories than does any other county in California. SNE SA RE CNS IT FREE HOME TRIAL without obligation of a new 1950 popular make piano, fully guaranteed. Prices and terms to suit your budget. Write for Details to HALL PIANO CO. Sacto., Cal. Auburn Blvd. Why Bill Bibb and most P.G. and E. people The fact that P.G. and E. people like their W.Y. “Bill” Bibb began as an errand boy 30 years ago, is now a foreman in the Fresno Transformer Repair Shop. While getting ahead with P.G.and E., Bill took time to become a fine chef, get in some hunting and fishing, manage an amateur baseball club. . 2] jobs is one reason why they do their jobs well. And that’s important to every community we serve. The job they do has been greatly responsible for keeping your gas and electric rates among the lowest in the nation. It’s helped

put an annual payroll of nearly $70 million into Northern and Central California. And from the projects P. G. and E. people have built come federal, state, county and local wade “h taxes amounting to $40,278,000 in 1949, And, of course, their teamwork has enabled us to add 1,156,400 new horsepower since . the war. By this time next year our total capacity will be nearly 4,000,000 horsepower ~ample for our needs today, a good base to build on for the growing years ahead. The R. J. Moores—he’s a plant foreman in Martinez—are one of the thousands of P. G. and E. families who enjoy the summer camps, swimming pools and clubhouses ‘4 maintained for P, G. and E. people. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY Bill Johnston, estimator in our Sonora office, has been with us eight years—with time out to fight a war. His job is surveying farms for electrification. Bill is enrolled in classroom courses open to all employees—a young man on his way up. VARNEY FIRED AS NID MANAGER PER SCHEDULE Forrest Varney, manager of the Nevada Irrigation District, for the past three years, was ‘fired at Friday’s -meeting of the NID board of directors, on a’ roll’ éall VOLER t. s , Effective date of discharge. was last Friday, the day of a¢tion. H. J. Gleason presented. the motion and Herbert J. Nile, local director, seconded. Chairman Max Arnold voted with them . in the affirmative. E. B. Powers and O. G. Griffith cast negative votes. Arnold announced io the assembly there would be no discussion from the floor that “everything that could bé said has been said.” The chairman persistently denied requests for recognition to speak from the floor. Before roll call vote Powers read a statement in support of Varney and his management. Varney, at the conclusion of the vote, said he felt he was entitled to one month’s pay and he had 25 days accumulated vacation. Varney asked to be continued until Oct. 15 on inactive status until the Oct. 3 recall election had been. held and the wishes of the electorate had been indicated. Charles Law, hydrographer of the district, was appointed temporary agent for the district. The board also voted three to two to amend the book of rules of the district by striking out the word “manager” where. it appears and substitute the words “the board” until the vacancy is settled. R. N. Smith, Newtown road, was named general superintendent of the Nevada, Placer and Mountain divisions. At the afternoon session the directors sat as a board of equalization. Nevada City, California, Friday, September 15, 19503 CURRENT FIRE SEASON WORST SINCE 1924 The costliest forest fire in California since 1924 is now at its peak of danger, federal and state forestry chiefs said today in a joint warning to hunters and all . others who will be in the outdoors this fall. “This has been the most explosive season California has had in 26 years,” said a statement issued by DeWitt Nelson, state forester, and Perry A. Thompson, U. S. regional forester. “An unusual lack of humidity dried the forests and ranges this year to such a degree that some fires have traveled a! mile in a few minutes. The peak of danger is right now, from the cumulative effect of months of dryness.” ~ They urged hunters in the deer season opening tomorrow to take’ these precautions: Smoke only in camps, habitations or areas marked “Smoke here.” Don’t leave camp fires or warming fires until you kill the last spark. Re-’ port forest fires to the nearest forest station, peace officer or telephone operator. So far this year, California has had over 4,000 forest and range fires. Fast-moving . fronts of flame have taken six lives and burned more than 200,000 acres. Damage to watersheds, timber and other natural resources may exceed five million dollars. Cost of suppressing the. fires is at least several million dollars— which comes out of the taxpayer’s pockets. Nelson and Thompson declared this year’s outbreak of fires is surpassed only by the disasterous season of 1924 when 2,600 forest fires burned 1,500,000 acres. SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN GOES TOSTAR SESSION Funeral services were held at the Hooper-Weaver mortuary in Grass Valley Wedffe day for Warren Odell, chairma of the_ Nevada county board of supervisors, with interment in Clear Creek cemetery. Rev. Frank H. Buck, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal church, Grass Valley, officiated. Odell died Sunday morning at the Miners hospital here where he had been a patient for the Past month. Odell was born June 26, 1881, in Illinois, but had lived most of his life in the Clear creek district where he operated a ranch. He was appointed: supervisor ot the fourth district on Sept. 2, 1938, following the death of Joe Frank, and was ,continuously returned to the office.He declined. to run for re-election this year because of-his health. Odell had served as chairman of the board since January, 1947. Odell was a past noble grand of Grass Valley Lodge No. 12, Independent Order of Odd Fel‘lows, and was a member of the Grass Valley Elks Lodge. : An ardent huntsman and fish€rman, he was an active member of Grass Valley Sportsmen’s club. He is survived by his wife, Pearl; daughters, Mrs. Florence Maganini, San Leandro; Mrs. Ethel Smersfelt, Richmond; Mrs. Mildred Spang, Sanj. Francisco; son, Earl Odell, Vallejo; brother, Marel Odell, Grass ‘Valey; and nine grandchildren. 1. Amplifying equipment like this is connected with the hornlike antennas above to relay television programs or long distance telephone calls from one part of the country to another. Engineers call it micro-wave..for it uses high-frequency radio waves, and it gets its nickname, {‘Jump-Jump,” because the beams leap-frog between relay stations located on mountains 28 to 65 miles apart. 3. The research which produced this micro-wave system was conducted in Bell Telephone Laboratories .. Originators of so many electronic developments. Hundreds of them have led to better telephone service at lower cost..and have played a major part in making’ your telephone the big value it is today. For in spite of rising prices, telephone rates have gone up much less than our costs of providing serv‘ice. On the average, our prices have gone up less . than half as much as the cost of living generally. @ Pacific Telephone Kin to radar, “Jump-Jump” hurls television from point to point on radio beams aimed like @ searchlight, WEST’S FIRST TELEVISION NETWORK Relay system to operate between San Francisco and Los Angeles *-* 2. Television programs can be relayed from one point to another by micro-wave or by coaxial cable. The first leg of a Western television network will begin operating between San Francisco and Los Angeles September 15 over the newly-completed “Jump-Jump” system. And we're going ahead with surveys and experiments to extend the television network to other areas of the West. F60D uP i os bp ee? . Price increases since 1940 CLOTHING UI P 82% bi today’s best bargains