September 30, 1943 (4 pages)

{ . ——— The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month.“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster Nevada ity COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA Soe ugget ‘ This paper gives your complete . coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, ypur neighbors, read The Nugget. Leta aos County Seat Paper Vol. 17, No. 77. Thinking Out Loud a By H. M. L. It has been sometime since the President said: “We planned it that way.” It has been so long ‘that a great many people have forgotten that the president has been the foremost advocate thus far in the history of this country, of planning, economic or other. We hope he has not tired of planning, we thing it is important that individuals and nations should plan a course to ‘follow through the years. Too much of life is haphazard. (For all the pride that the presi. dent took in planning, we begin to see that he and those who assist him in his great responsibility have not planned very well, in fact ‘most of the planning done, has fbeen badly done. Our tax system is a hodgepodge of changing plans; our food situation is extremely precarious ‘because no one planned for food security; the draft ~ of manpower for the armed services thas been very badly planned, and plans for war production, munitions, ships, planes and ordnance, much more carefully planned than anything else, in this troubled time, is far from being the smooth running machine that it has been in England, for instance. The elementary planning ‘would seem to be to adopt a hard and fast principle, or rule. Then as the war developed to fill in the defails without changing the principle. For instance in the matter of taxation, we could look forward to a poésible expenditure of 200 billions, say. Now if, as Great Britain did, half the * expenditures were to be * paid out of borrowing and half out of taxation, that would leave 100 billions to be raised by taxes plus ordinary-government expenditures, which, after pruning /out everything unnecessary, would be more or less stabilized. If it were proposed to raise 100 billions over a term of five years, it would be simple enough to set an annual goal of 20 billion. We admit quite freely that to decide upon the method of taxation is difficult, but we believe that adopting scores ‘of different tax sources, is not a good method. We believe a transactions tax in war time if not in peace time, as Dr. Townsend once advocated, would have, been a simple and equitable method of raising the sum each year. ‘But there are too many planners and too many plans, and what we have now, is a mortification of flesh and spirit, a compromise and a hodgepodge, and we believe we owe this tax crazy quilt to nothing so much ‘as putting a country gentleman,“who carries his head in the clouds, thing about’ ‘into the office of Secretary of the’ Treasury. Food should have come first, instead of last. It is the basis for living as well as_ fighting, and whether there is, or has ‘been any real planning by one, of the half’ dozen agencies which have _ ineffectually tried to grapple with it or not, it is difficult to say, but if there was a plan, as it turn out, it was an extremely bad ‘plan. The Selective Service gave-,agriculture a damaging blow to ‘begin with, high .wages paid war industrial workers left the farmer staggering, and, if that were not enough, the war industries received all the priorities, so to speak, on machin-. ery. Price fixing and roll backs eonfounded the agricultural confusion. If we have the food now planned for the home front, the fighting front and for lend lease it will be a new miracle of good weather and farmtrs pluck, and no thanks to government planning. One more instance of bad planning: The Selective Service Act should have been framed with the same long view that taxes should have been planned. The Army and Navy had an overall picture of the war. Its leaders knew within reasonable limits the manpower of ‘the Axis nations and of the allies. If it were decided that we enroll the same proportion of fighting men in our armed forces, as MANY FACTORS — ACCOUNT FOR TAX REDUCTION: The $1.50 county wide tax rate for Nevada County for 1943-44, is down 10 cents from thé2$1,60 rate levied for 1942-43, study of county wide tax rates just completed by California Taxpayers association, shows. The county wide rate «includes all rates levied on all property throughout the county, the association said. The county is one of fifty counties in California in which the county board of supervisors reduced the county wide tax rate for 1943-44, the association found. Only five California counties showed increases in the rate for county wide purposes, while in three ‘counties the count® wide tax rate showed no change from the rate levied for 1942-43. ‘(Many factors contributed to tax rate reduction this year,’’ the association said. “The counties maximum share of the cost of old age assistance was cut by the legislature from ‘$10 to $5 per case per month. Other types of relief have shown: positive downward trends. Capital outlay has ceased because of war conditions. Loss of personnel to the armed forces and war industries has in many cases reduced the number of gounty employees. Surpluses and carry over balances in many communities. have aided in tax rate reductions. Assessed values are up in all but six California counties. OPA WARNS NO PROFITEERING ON AMMUN'TION James J. Boyle, Sacramento dis‘trict director of the Office of Price Administration, today warned private parties and sporting goods dealers against profiteering on rifle and shotgun ammunition. Reports indicate that unreasonable prices are being charged by private sellers in, particular. : “The fact iat war time production has cut down supplies is tending to inflate the prices of these articles,’’ Boyle said. ‘It is everyone’s job and responsibility to abide by legitimate business practices and be satisfied with legitimate profits.’’ Prices. of ammunition are set under the general maximum price regulation which provides that no person, individual or firm, shall sell any commidity at a price higher than the same or similar product sold for in March 1942. Violators are subject to suits for damages or treble the overcharge or $50, whichever is greater, as well as to license suspension. YOUTH FELLOWSHIP GROUP SOCIAL. This evening at 6 p. m. there will be a pot luck supper. in the social hall of the Methodist church to ‘whieh all the young: people are invited. After the supper there will be a social hour of games and all sports and a good time for all. Do not miss this hour: had other nations, or the average of all of them, then by. reference to the census they could have planned the entire draft. By drafting that number of men between 18 and whatever upper age limit needed, without exemptions except for mental or physical disability, raising the age limit) if it were desired to exempt (not defer) fathers, -we should have had none of the present confusion with respect to deferred ‘classifications, including fathers. (Managers of industry would have known what to do. If fathers were exempted they could have trained fathers, instead of ‘single men and married men without children to do the work in war factories. This country will win the war and the reason we will win it, is because our business brains are much ‘better than out political . brains at making plans. We would have been much nearer the end now, if we had drafted ‘business ‘brains to do the job and we would win at a much lower cost in dollars and lives. NEVADA CITY, CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center THURSDAY, SEPT. EMBER 30, 1943 —— SOLDIER, AWOL, HURT IN TRUCK CRASH. IN JAIL Pvt. Michael Kittis, 22, and Jamflat. bed: of a truck, were injured ‘Monday aftertioon when the driver struck a bridge end eight miles east of Truckee, Nevada County, on Highway 40, and hurled both to the pavement. : The accident, investigated by ‘Deputy Sheriff Tom Dolley, resulted in a broken arm for Smith, with internal injuries. He was sent to the iINevada County Hospital in an ambulance and his condition is regarded as critical. Smith said he was hitch-hiking to his home in Kansas City. Kittis admitted to Sheriff Carl Tobiassen that he was AWOL from Fort Ord and that he was hitch-hiking his way to his home in Pennsylvania. Kittis is now in the county jail, thorities who &ave been notified of his arrest. ‘ Smith stated that Kittis had compelled him to supply him with a shirt and civilian trousers. Dolley recovered the soldier’s wuniform in some bushes near Baxter’s, east of (Colfax, Kittis is badly bruised and will be X-rayed for broken bones. Dolley said that the truck driver, who was giving the two. a lift, was unhurt, and that he did not get his name, DEER HUNTERS STILL BRING THEM HOME Frank Sullivan of San Francisco, visiting at the home of Jerome Coughlan in Columbia; shot off one of the front legs of a big three-point ‘buck. The buck kept right on his way, however, and Sullivan followed ‘until the deer reached the South Yuba, where it paused long enough for another shot which killed it. Jesse Childers residing on Main street, killed his first buck. It carried three point antlers and weighed 150 pounds dressed. Hilo: James A. Cornell of this city, yesterday registered a tag for a two int buck killed at Milton Lake near the SierraNevada County border. PARTY OF SIX BRINGS HOME FIVE BUCKS The Richardson family of Grass Valley consisting of three brothers and two sons of one of them, along with Andrew Tobiassen have returned from their annual deer hunt with five bucks. The party, consisting of Link Richardson who has hunted deer for sixty years, and his brothers Mort and Royal, and the latters sons, Royal and Alfred, rarely fails to return with abundant venison. — The party’s kill.consisted of three two point bucks, one three pointer, and one large ‘four pointer that weighed 150 pounds dressed. The hunters own a@ pack of highly inteliigent and well trained deer hounds which they find are a great help. es Edward Smith, 17, riding on the awaiting action by the military au-. TIRE SHORTAGE GROWS ACUTE To insure that the gap between present dwindling supplies of prewar tires and adequate supplies of new synthetic tires is bridged successfully, eligibility for new passenger tires (Grade I) will be restricted to “C’’ book drivers with a mileage of 601 or more miles per month effective October 1, the OPA nounced today. This removes from new tire eligibility all ‘“‘B’’ drivers and some C book holders. Previously all car owners whose mileage totaled 241 or more miles a month could obtain ration certificates for Grade I: tires— pre war or new synthetic. Grade I tires, however, are now practically non-existent. This action is regarded as temporary, but the date when eligibility can be broadened will depend on efforts now being made to produce new synthetie tires for passenger cars in quantity. The necessity for further limiting the number of motorists who can get new tires stresses the importance of continuing maximum recapping, regular tire inspections, and of making every other effort to conserve the tires now on wheels. OPA said it is acting in accordance .with the recent statement of the Office of the Rubber Director that ‘only those drivers whose work is most esséntial to the winning of; the war can count on new replacément tires for at least the mext 12 months.”’ In the hope of increasing scant sup-! plies, the Office of the Rubber Director has launched a plan to cull any serviceable tires from scrap “Emergency’’ tires, good for limited wear, are being taken from government warehouses, junkyards, and auto graveyards, and are being placed in service through OPA rationjing. However, acute shortages are developing in many parts of the country, OPA reported, and threaten, un‘less checked, a serious disruption of'these reports, is authorized to notify . Other words, if the moot issue of lwar workers transportation. To pre-jthose merchants on whose premises SWapping horses in the middle of the vent this, a greater selectivity in issuing rationing certificatcs is neces. sary. Substantial reduciions in tire! . pish, or the city council will order . Voting for the president said they ration quotas must also be made, OPA stated. Gas: Royalties Pay Rio Vista Expenses . RDO VISTA, Sept. 30.—Rio vista’s tax rate for the coming year will be zero. Thanks to. being, located. over. a iatural gas field, royalties will take care of all the city’s municipal expenses. Not only will local property own-). ers be absolved of taxes, but they will receive small income payments from the city as well. Oil companies are paying the city a royalty of four-eighths for the privilege of extracting gas from under city streets and municipal property, of this. royalty, the city will turn over to property owners oneeighth and retain the other threeeighths. Rio Vista is located in the heart of one of the world’s greatest natural gas pools in the Sacramento River delta. : Mr. and Mrs. Donald Butler of Berkeley were here visiting for several days. They were close friends of the late Capt. George A. Nihell and have spent several vacations here. an. . piles. ; * * * & * * * # “e * ELEANOR IS BACK . By EDW. Said a family friend the other day—-one of Franklin’s pards “If you should see your Eleanor, just give her my regards.”’ “Well, I'll be darned,” the chief exclaimed, his cigarette askew, “Them’s the words, the very words, I was going to ask of you.” C. UREN . EY But Eleanor’s back! Eleanor’s back! The news had sped along To all the birds that eat the worms upon the White House lawn. ‘“‘Where’s she been and what’s she doin’ so far away from home?” A robin and his mate both asked, in a quite indignant tone. * “T heard it said she went to boost the Enna Jettick shoe,”’ A cardinal said as he flipped a wing and acted like he knew. “Oh, go on,” said Donald Duck, with most impressive quacks, “She went to have-her picture took with some Australian blacks.” * “Well, I should know’ said madam crow, ‘‘Now pay attention saps,”’ She went to beg the Aussie lads to feather bed the Japs.” “She said the West couldn’t understand—had sort of mentals cramps” “It breaks her heart to see the Nips in concentration camps.” *. “Since it seems you can’t agree,’”’ an owl shrieked overhead, “You'd better leave it up to me, for I am wise ‘tis said,” “Bor Eneanor to stay at-home, would be at least unjust,’’ “So why not call these pleasure trips, just simply wanderlust.” * “Of course it’s nice—expensive too, these long trips overseas”’ i : ‘‘With planes and crews and gas and oil, and war emergencies.” “But Umele Sam’s.got lots of dough, and if he lacks a ship,” ‘We'll all dig up, so Eleanor can take another trip.” War Bond Rally In Grass Valley Sat. Night The Grass Valley Chamber of ‘Commerce announced yesterday that Saturday evening. October 2nd has been chosen as the time for a Third War Loan Bond rally in which army officers of Camp Beale have agreed to cooperate by sending several pieces of equipment and Grass Valley’s own medium tank, thus christened at the July 4th dedication ceremonies at Camp. Beale. Bert Chegwidden has been named chairman of a merchants committee which seeks to pledge all stores to remain open during the rally between 7 and 9 p: m. for the sole purpose fo selling war bonds. Camp Beale equipment, including motorized 37 MM guns, will he placed along Mill street, which will be elosed to traffic for two hours. Coldiers in charge of the -tanks, guns and amphibious craft, will explain ‘their working. 17th District Funds To Be Invested In War Bonds The directors of the 17th Agricultural Association, of which TLoyle Freeman is secretary-treasurer, have decided to buy $20,000 worth of ‘war bonds, ‘with funds which have accumulated as a result of the cancellation of the county fair here last year. The officials of the Division of ‘Fairs and Expositions have approved . the plan. The money will be divided . into contributions as follows: Grass . Valley $12,000, Nevada City $6,000 . and Truckee $2,000. The directors are seeking to obtain legal authorization from the State Department of Finance for the investment of the . money in Series C Bonds of $1,000 'denomination each, Grass Valley City Council Orders Clean-up The Grass Valley City Council has asked Fire Chief Leroy Bond and . Health Officer Dr. E. M. Roesner to} ‘visit the rear of all business houses ! ‘along Mill street and report ‘thair' . condition to the city hall. The city clerk, after receiving . fire or health hazards are discover‘ed to clean up and get rid of rubthe job done and charge the cost to the property owners on whose plates the hazards were found. Electrical Storm Starts Sixteen Forest Fires A thunderstorm ranging from the Sierra Buttes, to Independence Lake on the north border’ of Nevada County, started 16 lightning fires, the Tahoe National Forest headquarers reports. The storm only lasted an hour and a half during Friday night, but it kept the Sierra County and Truckee fire crews of the forest service extremely busy. None of the fires, fortunately, escaped ‘control, according to Elwood Stone, chief fire dispatcher. He said that the storm brought but a trace of rain and was almost wholly electrical. Soldier Hurt When Car Skids Into Ditch Pfe. William A. Taylor, of Camp Beale, driving down the grade Sunday afternoon on the Colfax road below the Empire Mine, clapped on his brakes too quickly with the result that his car skidded into the ditch. The California Highway Patrol called Holmes’ ambulance and he was taken to the community hospital in am unconscious condition. Dr. B. W. Hummelt. dressed bad lacerations of his face. He was able to leave the hospital Monday morning. Stanley Penaluna Is Reported Wounded The War Department has notified Mr. and Mrs. William H. Penaluna of Chester street, Grass Valley, that their son, Staff Sergeant Stanley Penaluna, has been wounded in action in the South Pacific. The department stated that it would keep them informed of their son’s condition. Penaluna enlisted in 115th Engineers and has been in. the South Pacific theatre for several months serving with an engineering amphibian detail. SLIPS AND BREAKS WIRST . ‘Mrs. Beryl G. Drake, a nurse, while shipping, slipped on the eng 5 floor of a store, and in falling broke her left wrist. She was treated by] Dr. Carl P. Jones at the Jones asa orial Hospital. \eratic voters ‘same margin—2 to 1! SAMPLE QUIZ SHOWS S. F. STILL FAVORS FDR By CLEM WHITAKER How do the-people of California feel about a fourth term for Presi‘dent Roosevelt? That’s the $64 question which no Political prophet has yet answered, at least with any reliable supporting data, and it may be some time before a state-wide sampling of public opinion is made on the issue. Poll-makers in San Francisco however, where there’s a hot mayoralty campaign in progress, tossed in the presidential query for good measure. —and the results are well worth reporting. While it should not be assumed that the San Francisco poll is an ac‘curate index of Roosevelt’s standing in the state at large, the survey was sufficiently comprehensive to provide at least a fair indication of public opinion ‘in one of California's major cities. The question was asked:. “Do you believe Franklin D. ‘Roosevelt should be re-elected President in 1944?” The returns showed that Demoin San Francisco, at this time, favor Roosevelt’s re-election by a ratio of 2 to 1. But Republican voters polled were against the president’s re-election ‘by exactly the Inasmuch as the Democrats have @ heavy registration advantage over the Republicans in the bay city, that result would indicate that. Roosevelt. at this writing at least, would tarry the city by a good majority. And that is probably a true reflection of current voters sentiment in the bay city, for San Francisco, with its big labor vote is considered a Roosevelt stronghold. But here’s the catch! ‘In response to the question how . they would stand on Roosevelt’s re‘election if the war was over—in stream. had been disposed of—nearily 20 per cent of the Democrats now ; would favor a change. That will certainly give the political boys something to chew over, because it reveals the tremendous influence which the course of the war will have on the 1944 presidental battle. Only a few optimists éxpect the war to be over before the presidential election, but it is entirely possible that the European phase of the war will have ended — and that, in itself, would undoubtedly have a pronounced effect on the balloting. Again, it should be noted that San Francisco is -not necessarily typical of California as a whole. Anti-Roose-velt sentiment is admittedly far. stronger in farming areas and rural counties than in the big cities—and Loos Angeles and Ookland, too, may present far different pictures from that in San Francisco. RATION STAMP DATES IN OCT. Sugar—-War Ration Book One— Stamp No. 14 valid through October 31. Stamp No. 15 and 16 ‘valid: for 5 pounds of sugar for canning. purposes through October 31. Shoes—War Ration Book One— Stamp No. 18 valid indefinitely.Canned, Frozen and Certain Dehydrated Foods—War Ration Book Two—Blue stamps U, V and W valid through October 20. X Y and Z valid from October 11 through November 20. : ‘Meat, Cheese, Canned Fish, Canned Milk, Butter and Other Edible Fats and Oils—War Ration Book — Two—Stamps X, Y, and a ae ie October 2. 5 War Ration Book Thr stamps A. and B expire Brown stamp C became tember 26; D Decemes va pee piesa come. -

{ . ——— The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month.“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster Nevada ity COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA Soe ugget ‘ This paper gives your complete . coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, ypur neighbors, read The Nugget. Leta aos County Seat Paper Vol. 17, No. 77. Thinking Out Loud a By H. M. L. It has been sometime since the President said: “We planned it that way.” It has been so long ‘that a great many people have forgotten that the president has been the foremost advocate thus far in the history of this country, of planning, economic or other. We hope he has not tired of planning, we thing it is important that individuals and nations should plan a course to ‘follow through the years. Too much of life is haphazard. (For all the pride that the presi. dent took in planning, we begin to see that he and those who assist him in his great responsibility have not planned very well, in fact ‘most of the planning done, has fbeen badly done. Our tax system is a hodgepodge of changing plans; our food situation is extremely precarious ‘because no one planned for food security; the draft ~ of manpower for the armed services thas been very badly planned, and plans for war production, munitions, ships, planes and ordnance, much more carefully planned than anything else, in this troubled time, is far from being the smooth running machine that it has been in England, for instance. The elementary planning ‘would seem to be to adopt a hard and fast principle, or rule. Then as the war developed to fill in the defails without changing the principle. For instance in the matter of taxation, we could look forward to a poésible expenditure of 200 billions, say. Now if, as Great Britain did, half the * expenditures were to be * paid out of borrowing and half out of taxation, that would leave 100 billions to be raised by taxes plus ordinary-government expenditures, which, after pruning /out everything unnecessary, would be more or less stabilized. If it were proposed to raise 100 billions over a term of five years, it would be simple enough to set an annual goal of 20 billion. We admit quite freely that to decide upon the method of taxation is difficult, but we believe that adopting scores ‘of different tax sources, is not a good method. We believe a transactions tax in war time if not in peace time, as Dr. Townsend once advocated, would have, been a simple and equitable method of raising the sum each year. ‘But there are too many planners and too many plans, and what we have now, is a mortification of flesh and spirit, a compromise and a hodgepodge, and we believe we owe this tax crazy quilt to nothing so much ‘as putting a country gentleman,“who carries his head in the clouds, thing about’ ‘into the office of Secretary of the’ Treasury. Food should have come first, instead of last. It is the basis for living as well as_ fighting, and whether there is, or has ‘been any real planning by one, of the half’ dozen agencies which have _ ineffectually tried to grapple with it or not, it is difficult to say, but if there was a plan, as it turn out, it was an extremely bad ‘plan. The Selective Service gave-,agriculture a damaging blow to ‘begin with, high .wages paid war industrial workers left the farmer staggering, and, if that were not enough, the war industries received all the priorities, so to speak, on machin-. ery. Price fixing and roll backs eonfounded the agricultural confusion. If we have the food now planned for the home front, the fighting front and for lend lease it will be a new miracle of good weather and farmtrs pluck, and no thanks to government planning. One more instance of bad planning: The Selective Service Act should have been framed with the same long view that taxes should have been planned. The Army and Navy had an overall picture of the war. Its leaders knew within reasonable limits the manpower of ‘the Axis nations and of the allies. If it were decided that we enroll the same proportion of fighting men in our armed forces, as MANY FACTORS — ACCOUNT FOR TAX REDUCTION: The $1.50 county wide tax rate for Nevada County for 1943-44, is down 10 cents from thé2$1,60 rate levied for 1942-43, study of county wide tax rates just completed by California Taxpayers association, shows. The county wide rate «includes all rates levied on all property throughout the county, the association said. The county is one of fifty counties in California in which the county board of supervisors reduced the county wide tax rate for 1943-44, the association found. Only five California counties showed increases in the rate for county wide purposes, while in three ‘counties the count® wide tax rate showed no change from the rate levied for 1942-43. ‘(Many factors contributed to tax rate reduction this year,’’ the association said. “The counties maximum share of the cost of old age assistance was cut by the legislature from ‘$10 to $5 per case per month. Other types of relief have shown: positive downward trends. Capital outlay has ceased because of war conditions. Loss of personnel to the armed forces and war industries has in many cases reduced the number of gounty employees. Surpluses and carry over balances in many communities. have aided in tax rate reductions. Assessed values are up in all but six California counties. OPA WARNS NO PROFITEERING ON AMMUN'TION James J. Boyle, Sacramento dis‘trict director of the Office of Price Administration, today warned private parties and sporting goods dealers against profiteering on rifle and shotgun ammunition. Reports indicate that unreasonable prices are being charged by private sellers in, particular. : “The fact iat war time production has cut down supplies is tending to inflate the prices of these articles,’’ Boyle said. ‘It is everyone’s job and responsibility to abide by legitimate business practices and be satisfied with legitimate profits.’’ Prices. of ammunition are set under the general maximum price regulation which provides that no person, individual or firm, shall sell any commidity at a price higher than the same or similar product sold for in March 1942. Violators are subject to suits for damages or treble the overcharge or $50, whichever is greater, as well as to license suspension. YOUTH FELLOWSHIP GROUP SOCIAL. This evening at 6 p. m. there will be a pot luck supper. in the social hall of the Methodist church to ‘whieh all the young: people are invited. After the supper there will be a social hour of games and all sports and a good time for all. Do not miss this hour: had other nations, or the average of all of them, then by. reference to the census they could have planned the entire draft. By drafting that number of men between 18 and whatever upper age limit needed, without exemptions except for mental or physical disability, raising the age limit) if it were desired to exempt (not defer) fathers, -we should have had none of the present confusion with respect to deferred ‘classifications, including fathers. (Managers of industry would have known what to do. If fathers were exempted they could have trained fathers, instead of ‘single men and married men without children to do the work in war factories. This country will win the war and the reason we will win it, is because our business brains are much ‘better than out political . brains at making plans. We would have been much nearer the end now, if we had drafted ‘business ‘brains to do the job and we would win at a much lower cost in dollars and lives. NEVADA CITY, CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center THURSDAY, SEPT. EMBER 30, 1943 —— SOLDIER, AWOL, HURT IN TRUCK CRASH. IN JAIL Pvt. Michael Kittis, 22, and Jamflat. bed: of a truck, were injured ‘Monday aftertioon when the driver struck a bridge end eight miles east of Truckee, Nevada County, on Highway 40, and hurled both to the pavement. : The accident, investigated by ‘Deputy Sheriff Tom Dolley, resulted in a broken arm for Smith, with internal injuries. He was sent to the iINevada County Hospital in an ambulance and his condition is regarded as critical. Smith said he was hitch-hiking to his home in Kansas City. Kittis admitted to Sheriff Carl Tobiassen that he was AWOL from Fort Ord and that he was hitch-hiking his way to his home in Pennsylvania. Kittis is now in the county jail, thorities who &ave been notified of his arrest. ‘ Smith stated that Kittis had compelled him to supply him with a shirt and civilian trousers. Dolley recovered the soldier’s wuniform in some bushes near Baxter’s, east of (Colfax, Kittis is badly bruised and will be X-rayed for broken bones. Dolley said that the truck driver, who was giving the two. a lift, was unhurt, and that he did not get his name, DEER HUNTERS STILL BRING THEM HOME Frank Sullivan of San Francisco, visiting at the home of Jerome Coughlan in Columbia; shot off one of the front legs of a big three-point ‘buck. The buck kept right on his way, however, and Sullivan followed ‘until the deer reached the South Yuba, where it paused long enough for another shot which killed it. Jesse Childers residing on Main street, killed his first buck. It carried three point antlers and weighed 150 pounds dressed. Hilo: James A. Cornell of this city, yesterday registered a tag for a two int buck killed at Milton Lake near the SierraNevada County border. PARTY OF SIX BRINGS HOME FIVE BUCKS The Richardson family of Grass Valley consisting of three brothers and two sons of one of them, along with Andrew Tobiassen have returned from their annual deer hunt with five bucks. The party, consisting of Link Richardson who has hunted deer for sixty years, and his brothers Mort and Royal, and the latters sons, Royal and Alfred, rarely fails to return with abundant venison. — The party’s kill.consisted of three two point bucks, one three pointer, and one large ‘four pointer that weighed 150 pounds dressed. The hunters own a@ pack of highly inteliigent and well trained deer hounds which they find are a great help. es Edward Smith, 17, riding on the awaiting action by the military au-. TIRE SHORTAGE GROWS ACUTE To insure that the gap between present dwindling supplies of prewar tires and adequate supplies of new synthetic tires is bridged successfully, eligibility for new passenger tires (Grade I) will be restricted to “C’’ book drivers with a mileage of 601 or more miles per month effective October 1, the OPA nounced today. This removes from new tire eligibility all ‘“‘B’’ drivers and some C

book holders. Previously all car owners whose mileage totaled 241 or more miles a month could obtain ration certificates for Grade I: tires— pre war or new synthetic. Grade I tires, however, are now practically non-existent. This action is regarded as temporary, but the date when eligibility can be broadened will depend on efforts now being made to produce new synthetie tires for passenger cars in quantity. The necessity for further limiting the number of motorists who can get new tires stresses the importance of continuing maximum recapping, regular tire inspections, and of making every other effort to conserve the tires now on wheels. OPA said it is acting in accordance .with the recent statement of the Office of the Rubber Director that ‘only those drivers whose work is most esséntial to the winning of; the war can count on new replacément tires for at least the mext 12 months.”’ In the hope of increasing scant sup-! plies, the Office of the Rubber Director has launched a plan to cull any serviceable tires from scrap “Emergency’’ tires, good for limited wear, are being taken from government warehouses, junkyards, and auto graveyards, and are being placed in service through OPA rationjing. However, acute shortages are developing in many parts of the country, OPA reported, and threaten, un‘less checked, a serious disruption of'these reports, is authorized to notify . Other words, if the moot issue of lwar workers transportation. To pre-jthose merchants on whose premises SWapping horses in the middle of the vent this, a greater selectivity in issuing rationing certificatcs is neces. sary. Substantial reduciions in tire! . pish, or the city council will order . Voting for the president said they ration quotas must also be made, OPA stated. Gas: Royalties Pay Rio Vista Expenses . RDO VISTA, Sept. 30.—Rio vista’s tax rate for the coming year will be zero. Thanks to. being, located. over. a iatural gas field, royalties will take care of all the city’s municipal expenses. Not only will local property own-). ers be absolved of taxes, but they will receive small income payments from the city as well. Oil companies are paying the city a royalty of four-eighths for the privilege of extracting gas from under city streets and municipal property, of this. royalty, the city will turn over to property owners oneeighth and retain the other threeeighths. Rio Vista is located in the heart of one of the world’s greatest natural gas pools in the Sacramento River delta. : Mr. and Mrs. Donald Butler of Berkeley were here visiting for several days. They were close friends of the late Capt. George A. Nihell and have spent several vacations here. an. . piles. ; * * * & * * * # “e * ELEANOR IS BACK . By EDW. Said a family friend the other day—-one of Franklin’s pards “If you should see your Eleanor, just give her my regards.”’ “Well, I'll be darned,” the chief exclaimed, his cigarette askew, “Them’s the words, the very words, I was going to ask of you.” C. UREN . EY But Eleanor’s back! Eleanor’s back! The news had sped along To all the birds that eat the worms upon the White House lawn. ‘“‘Where’s she been and what’s she doin’ so far away from home?” A robin and his mate both asked, in a quite indignant tone. * “T heard it said she went to boost the Enna Jettick shoe,”’ A cardinal said as he flipped a wing and acted like he knew. “Oh, go on,” said Donald Duck, with most impressive quacks, “She went to have-her picture took with some Australian blacks.” * “Well, I should know’ said madam crow, ‘‘Now pay attention saps,”’ She went to beg the Aussie lads to feather bed the Japs.” “She said the West couldn’t understand—had sort of mentals cramps” “It breaks her heart to see the Nips in concentration camps.” *. “Since it seems you can’t agree,’”’ an owl shrieked overhead, “You'd better leave it up to me, for I am wise ‘tis said,” “Bor Eneanor to stay at-home, would be at least unjust,’’ “So why not call these pleasure trips, just simply wanderlust.” * “Of course it’s nice—expensive too, these long trips overseas”’ i : ‘‘With planes and crews and gas and oil, and war emergencies.” “But Umele Sam’s.got lots of dough, and if he lacks a ship,” ‘We'll all dig up, so Eleanor can take another trip.” War Bond Rally In Grass Valley Sat. Night The Grass Valley Chamber of ‘Commerce announced yesterday that Saturday evening. October 2nd has been chosen as the time for a Third War Loan Bond rally in which army officers of Camp Beale have agreed to cooperate by sending several pieces of equipment and Grass Valley’s own medium tank, thus christened at the July 4th dedication ceremonies at Camp. Beale. Bert Chegwidden has been named chairman of a merchants committee which seeks to pledge all stores to remain open during the rally between 7 and 9 p: m. for the sole purpose fo selling war bonds. Camp Beale equipment, including motorized 37 MM guns, will he placed along Mill street, which will be elosed to traffic for two hours. Coldiers in charge of the -tanks, guns and amphibious craft, will explain ‘their working. 17th District Funds To Be Invested In War Bonds The directors of the 17th Agricultural Association, of which TLoyle Freeman is secretary-treasurer, have decided to buy $20,000 worth of ‘war bonds, ‘with funds which have accumulated as a result of the cancellation of the county fair here last year. The officials of the Division of ‘Fairs and Expositions have approved . the plan. The money will be divided . into contributions as follows: Grass . Valley $12,000, Nevada City $6,000 . and Truckee $2,000. The directors are seeking to obtain legal authorization from the State Department of Finance for the investment of the . money in Series C Bonds of $1,000 'denomination each, Grass Valley City Council Orders Clean-up The Grass Valley City Council has asked Fire Chief Leroy Bond and . Health Officer Dr. E. M. Roesner to} ‘visit the rear of all business houses ! ‘along Mill street and report ‘thair' . condition to the city hall. The city clerk, after receiving . fire or health hazards are discover‘ed to clean up and get rid of rubthe job done and charge the cost to the property owners on whose plates the hazards were found. Electrical Storm Starts Sixteen Forest Fires A thunderstorm ranging from the Sierra Buttes, to Independence Lake on the north border’ of Nevada County, started 16 lightning fires, the Tahoe National Forest headquarers reports. The storm only lasted an hour and a half during Friday night, but it kept the Sierra County and Truckee fire crews of the forest service extremely busy. None of the fires, fortunately, escaped ‘control, according to Elwood Stone, chief fire dispatcher. He said that the storm brought but a trace of rain and was almost wholly electrical. Soldier Hurt When Car Skids Into Ditch Pfe. William A. Taylor, of Camp Beale, driving down the grade Sunday afternoon on the Colfax road below the Empire Mine, clapped on his brakes too quickly with the result that his car skidded into the ditch. The California Highway Patrol called Holmes’ ambulance and he was taken to the community hospital in am unconscious condition. Dr. B. W. Hummelt. dressed bad lacerations of his face. He was able to leave the hospital Monday morning. Stanley Penaluna Is Reported Wounded The War Department has notified Mr. and Mrs. William H. Penaluna of Chester street, Grass Valley, that their son, Staff Sergeant Stanley Penaluna, has been wounded in action in the South Pacific. The department stated that it would keep them informed of their son’s condition. Penaluna enlisted in 115th Engineers and has been in. the South Pacific theatre for several months serving with an engineering amphibian detail. SLIPS AND BREAKS WIRST . ‘Mrs. Beryl G. Drake, a nurse, while shipping, slipped on the eng 5 floor of a store, and in falling broke her left wrist. She was treated by] Dr. Carl P. Jones at the Jones asa orial Hospital. \eratic voters ‘same margin—2 to 1! SAMPLE QUIZ SHOWS S. F. STILL FAVORS FDR By CLEM WHITAKER How do the-people of California feel about a fourth term for Presi‘dent Roosevelt? That’s the $64 question which no Political prophet has yet answered, at least with any reliable supporting data, and it may be some time before a state-wide sampling of public opinion is made on the issue. Poll-makers in San Francisco however, where there’s a hot mayoralty campaign in progress, tossed in the presidential query for good measure. —and the results are well worth reporting. While it should not be assumed that the San Francisco poll is an ac‘curate index of Roosevelt’s standing in the state at large, the survey was sufficiently comprehensive to provide at least a fair indication of public opinion ‘in one of California's major cities. The question was asked:. “Do you believe Franklin D. ‘Roosevelt should be re-elected President in 1944?” The returns showed that Demoin San Francisco, at this time, favor Roosevelt’s re-election by a ratio of 2 to 1. But Republican voters polled were against the president’s re-election ‘by exactly the Inasmuch as the Democrats have @ heavy registration advantage over the Republicans in the bay city, that result would indicate that. Roosevelt. at this writing at least, would tarry the city by a good majority. And that is probably a true reflection of current voters sentiment in the bay city, for San Francisco, with its big labor vote is considered a Roosevelt stronghold. But here’s the catch! ‘In response to the question how . they would stand on Roosevelt’s re‘election if the war was over—in stream. had been disposed of—nearily 20 per cent of the Democrats now ; would favor a change. That will certainly give the political boys something to chew over, because it reveals the tremendous influence which the course of the war will have on the 1944 presidental battle. Only a few optimists éxpect the war to be over before the presidential election, but it is entirely possible that the European phase of the war will have ended — and that, in itself, would undoubtedly have a pronounced effect on the balloting. Again, it should be noted that San Francisco is -not necessarily typical of California as a whole. Anti-Roose-velt sentiment is admittedly far. stronger in farming areas and rural counties than in the big cities—and Loos Angeles and Ookland, too, may present far different pictures from that in San Francisco. RATION STAMP DATES IN OCT. Sugar—-War Ration Book One— Stamp No. 14 valid through October 31. Stamp No. 15 and 16 ‘valid: for 5 pounds of sugar for canning. purposes through October 31. Shoes—War Ration Book One— Stamp No. 18 valid indefinitely.Canned, Frozen and Certain Dehydrated Foods—War Ration Book Two—Blue stamps U, V and W valid through October 20. X Y and Z valid from October 11 through November 20. : ‘Meat, Cheese, Canned Fish, Canned Milk, Butter and Other Edible Fats and Oils—War Ration Book — Two—Stamps X, Y, and a ae ie October 2. 5 War Ration Book Thr stamps A. and B expire Brown stamp C became tember 26; D Decemes va pee piesa come. -