September 6, 1945 (4 pages)

> eer ea The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month P= ET “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and afe ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster et Nu _COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA gget This paper gives you. complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your town, read The Nugget. Vol. 19, No. 71 The County Seat . Paper NEVADA CITY, AORN A _The Gold Canter THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1) THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L. Goodness Knows every mother with a son abroad ‘wants him home mow that the war’s over, and every mother with a son eligible for the armed services is dead opposed to having him sent abroad now that the war’s ended. A vast demobilization is going fonward and hundreds of thousands of our lboy’s are coming home after serving, their country well, indeed no country was ever served better. (Many of these home coming boys must be replaced. _ (But in the meantime there is Japan and there is Germany, with their sullen, beaten peoples who are going to need a lot of policinig. There is also the need for a sizeable army of reserves, just in case war breaks out again somewhere. We hope not, of course, ‘but then 'we hoped we wouldn’t war with Germany and Japan. Our hopes have been disapipointed in the past and they can be again. Have we learned our lesson in un‘preparedness, or haven’t we? Congressmen are talking about making army and. navy enlistments go attractive that young men will want to enter of their own free will. We are for such a system if it works, but somehow with the country fed up with war, we doulbt if either serlean , make itself attractive enough, with more ‘pay, good living conditions and frequent furloughs, to induce younlg men to.give up one or two years of their lives to their country’s preparedness system, Moreover when ‘we have made life in armed services the life of Riley just how valuable will those services be if put to the sudden test of war? ne vice For a long while we have thought the solution to this problem lies in the diréction of a” revitalized and renovated National Guard. Actually our National Guard played an important role in the late wars, many regiments won unit citations from the ipresident. We believe that the National Guard with a unit established in every county in the United States, and service in it. made compulsory, can maintain a system of preparedness which will ‘be adequate, and think such a system would not interrupt too seriously the education and careers of our young men. in fact, it could be related to the school especially the high school®and college in such a way as to give each jad ‘basic military training and, in so far as mechanics and physics are inwolved in warfare, a training that would be right down lis ally when he graduated from the National Guard and from the schools. Inetead of training reserve officers on a voluntary basis in the uniwersities, as ig now done, their army and navy education for reserve 9ffficers could be shifted to a compulsory basis. Every young man would be able asa result of his university course, to step into war activity, after a refresher course. So far as that goes, college girls too, might be given training in Red Cross work, nursing, and the other duties they have so ably performed in this war. We offer this solution of the problem because we object to army or navy taking over our young folks, moving them from their homes into great training camips, and literally taking a year or more out of their lives. Even when this is done, they are not necessarily prepared for war, except as to basic drills, discipline, ete. because of the swiftly changing wonditions of the times. Methods and techniques this year, may be outmoded and obsolete next year. Indeed, the atomic bomb is going to alter war coniditions tremendously, to cite just one instance of such changes. Tlnder a system in which the National Guard-and schools are teamed to give our young men and, perhaps women, military training, our eons and daughters could remain home, complete their education and enter upon their life work with a minimum of interruption. We believe euch a system, however directed, will thave to be compulosry. It would, of course, be necessary that all important phases of the instrulction be supervised by regular army and navy of‘trict, SAN JUAN WATER L USERS MEET The San Juan Ridge Water Users Association. meeting in French Corral held an enthusiast session during which several. legal difficulties were ironed out and a large addition to the membership enrolled. Ofificerg of the association consist of J. L. Booth, president, Fred Conner, vice president, Mrs. William Moulton, secretary, Alex Stewart, treasurer, and tiwo supervisors, A. Browning of French Corral and Robert Cassity of North San Juan. A committee was named to interview landowners for new members in an effort to obtain a 100 per-cent enrollment. W. E. Moulton was made chairman of the committee. It was decided to make the water district co-extensive with the area added to and now embraced in the Nevada County Soil Conservation Diswhich addition totals. 13,000 acres. FUNERAL TODAY FOR LATE MRS. EMILY DEEBLE Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 p. m. in the Hooper and Weaver Mortuary chapel _ for Mrs. Emily Deeble who died Tuesday morning in Jones Memorial Hospital from a heart attack suffered Sunday. Rev. Frank Buck, rector . . of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, © wilt conduct the service. Interment will be in the Elm Ridge Cemetery. (Mrs. Deeble was the widow of the late Dan Deeble for many years city marshall of Grass Valley. She was born Emily Manseau at the Allison Ranch, Nevada County, 77 years ago. ‘Surving. are her son, Deputy County ‘Clerk, Ralph Deeble, and two daughters’ Mrs. -Minnie Smart and Mrs. Clifford Wasley, all of Grass Valley. She was affiliated with the Degree of Pocahontas. LAKE FISHING IMPROVES WITH COOL WEATHER With cooler weather, Max D. Williameon, ranger at Big Bend, predicts that fishing conditions in the lakes off the high ‘Sierras throughout the Tahoe National Forest will show a quick imiprovement. He states that’ recently many nice catches of large trout in the lakes of the Grouse Ridge country have been reported. This is attributed to the ‘warm days and very cold nights. Williamson forecasts a good deer season and reports observing more two pronged and older bucks this year than usual. All deer are in excellent condition, many of them quite fat, due to an abundant acorn crop. He urges that hunters and fishermen observe all the rules regarding campfires and smoking as the menace of forest fires is still grave. Mrs. ‘Beatrice Middlewick is Borne to Rest Funeral services were held yesterday ‘afternoon ‘from the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Grass Valley under the direction of Hooper and Weaver Mortuary for Mrs. Beatrice May Middlewick. who died Monday ffollowinig a brief illness. Rev. Frank Buck condulcted the seervice. Interment was in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Mrs. Middlewick is survived by her husband William Joseph Middlewick and two daughters, Mrs. Violet Wilson and Mrs. Norah Trankle. Bereaved are four grandchildren. She was a native of Cornwall, England, aged 52 years. (Mr. and Mrs. Muller Chapman and two children are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davies of Prospect Street, parents of Mrs. Chapman, and Dr. C. W. Chapman, father of Muller Chapman. ficers, but the system would be under the immediate scrutiny of the folks at home. The army and navy big wigs might not like that, but the folks at home would. + man-McCain Inc., With the opening of schools during September, the protective activities of the school safety patrols will be resumed. Patrol memlifers are prepared and equipped to resume their duties on the opening day, and the patrols are anxioms to maiptain their high standards of aloeident: prevention, established durin # twenty year period. fo al Full cooperation of the public, with the safety patrols is urged by police and school authorities. Motorists are particularly urged to drive cautiously when approaching schools loéated on or near open: highways, outside of incorporated areas; and at all times obey the signals of the patrol, asking for safe passage of a group of children assembled for a crossing. As in past years, the children will be assembled in groups, by the patrol memlbers, and held until the crossing can be undertaken safely. DINTERNAL BANKING _ By (Edw. C. Uren Two year old Zoann McCullough from ‘her grampaw Bill Wright, so her mother presented her with a bright new penny., Shortly thereafter, like an ostrich that has swallowed an alarm clock, Zoann was somewhat disturbed and, asked by her.mother what she had done with her money she pointed an accusing finger at her tummy and murmured “iss gone.’’ : Prompt recourse to the castor oil bottle and a special diet to hasten the money along the: proper chaniels resulted in its passing the clearing house and ‘being restored again to circulation, but Zoann is disgusted with the whole affair. BIGEXTRACTION. OF BARITE ORE IS PROJECTED A delegation representing Bonadiengineers and contractors, who have begun work on a three year program and extraction from barite quarry of the Spanish Mine, near Washington, (County, appeared before the board of supervisors yesteerday asking for road improvements to the mine. Since the road lies in Supervisor Jerome Couchlan’s district the board referred the request to him. The firm hopes to extraict 160,000 tons of barite. At present a tramway brings the ore down from the mine to the road at the rate of 35 tons a day, but with road improvements it is ‘believed that it can be trucked out faster. The firm has other barite properties in Wyoming and Nevada, lbut considers the ore from the Spanish Mine superior. ‘Bonadiman+McCain are delivering the ore to National Lead. It is used in paint and very generally utilized in healing off oil walls, Joseph Boradiman is president of the firm and M. McCain is secretary. Engineers are now making a cross survey of the mine and a road survey. Nine men ar employed in extracting ore with L, N. Benson as_ guperintendent. Tractors anid ‘bull dozers are being moved in to do the job. Brig. Gen. Birks to Address ‘Lions Club Brigadier General Hammond D. Birks, commanding the personnel center at Camp Beale, will ‘be guest speaker at tonight’s meeting of the Grass Valley Lion’s Club at dinner in Bret Harte Inn. Gen. Birks has recently been awarded the Legion off Merit. Beginning with the Allied landing in Normandy in June, 1944, serving with 3rd Infantry Division, he had 300 days of combat service in the European theatre, winding up at Elbe River in Germany. Clemens Organ and John Cavanaugh who have been spending a vaication in Nevada City have returned to San Francisco where they hold responsible posts with the Grace Lines Steamship Company. Clemens is the son of Mrs. Teresa Organ of this city. probalbly inherited her yen for moncy . Nevaida . : ' . FOREST USERS WARNED OF FIRE HAZARDS SAIN FRANCIISCO, Sept. 6.—The resumption of near normal travel to National Forest vacation objectives in California may be reflected in an increased number of ‘forest fires, Regional Forester S. B. Show of the U.’S. Forest Service warned today, unless visitors are careful with fire at all times when traveling through the forests, fields and brush areas. A’ sharp increase in vacationists has already ‘been noted and Labor Day week end is expected to mark the greatest influx of visitors since pre war days. At this time .of year, Regional Forester Show pointed out, fire conditions are always serious. because several months have without significant rain in parts of the state, Complete returns through August 15 indicate that. nearly 1200 forest fires have been reported on thé National Forests during the current ‘fire season. One third of the total was man caused, the remainder being attributable to lightning. The ~total numliber of fires so far this year is slightly less than a year ago but the numiber of man caused ‘fires shown a substantial increase ; over 1944 exceeding slightly for the past five years. Despite the greater number of fires ,acreage burned over has been limited to one third of the average area burned over during the past five years The continued cooperation of the public iin fire prevention is essential Regional Forester Show added, if the public’s own playgrounds and watersheds are to be kept in their natural condition. GEO. F RADDUE JR. DEFENDANT IN DIVORCESUT Alleging that her husband, George F. Raddue, Jr. was squandering money on women other than herself, his wife Mrs. Marguerite Dolores Raddue yesterday filed suit against him for divorce. Her husband is a partner with his father, George F. Raddue Sr. in the Mountain Chevrolet Company, and the suit which seeks a court restraining order to prevent the defendant from dissipating community assets, names George F. Raddue Sr. the ‘Mountain Chevrolet Company, and the Grass Valley Branch of the Bank of America as co-defendants. The complaint filed by Attorney James Snell of Grass Valley recites: that ‘‘the assets of the ‘Mountain Chevrolet .Company consists entirely of personal property. and cash and that assets. can lbe, and have been easily dissipated by the defendant and that said defendant has withdrawn money from said bank and squandered the money on women, other than his wife, without the consent of his partner, George F. Raddue, Sr.’”’ HUNTERS WARNED THEY MAY HAVE TOFIGHT FIRE Marvin Shock, fire control offie¢er of the Tahoe National Forest, yesterday stated that with the opening of the deer season on Sunday, Septeimber 16th, forest officials have completed plans for contactinig all hunter camps for the purpose of checking camp fires and camp fire permits. SShoick warns: ‘be drafted into service to combat forest fires if needed. It is hoped that this will not be necessary and should not be necessary if each hunter will make it a point to ‘be extremely careful in his use of fire. “Smoking must be confined to the camps and designated areas. Camp fir es should be built in the middle of a circle ten feet in diameter, which has been stripped down to 'the mineral soil of all combustibles, and fires should. never be left unattended. “Camp fire permits may be obtained at the Bloomfield rangger stamany passed . has; . observations. (4) the average . . instruments will be housed in a lab-' “Deer hunters will]. SNOW RESEARCH . LABORATORY FOR DONNER SUMMIT The Weather Bureau of the U. Department of Commerce plans the establishment of a snow research lab oratory. in the Castle Breek Basin of the Donner Summit area, it was an-. Evans ag ‘“‘sures” and four were listnounced yesterday by Max D. Wil-. liamson, Ranger of the Tahoe National Forest, stationed at Big Bend. The laboratory will be under the direction of R, W. Gerdel, technical supervisor of cooperative snow research projects. The primary .problems to be worked out will be the development ofa more sensitive procedure for flood forecasting and for forecasting quanitative seasonal and short term stream flow. The -special problems consist of, (1) measurements of the water storage capacity of the various types of snow packs under’ various. weather conditions, especially those involving rainfall. (2) Measurement of the intake and outflow ot water: in the snow pack during periods of rainfall and the relation of rate of rainfall to this. (3) Development of-a formula to indicate the amount of snowfall during perods of rainlfall, based on standard weather instruments and Measurement of the increase in ‘surface and swbsurface water storage brought about by the deposition of various amounts and kinds of snow. (5) Measurement of the modifying effect of frost or frozen ground on surface and subsurface storage and infiltration as they effect the outflow of water during periods of heavy rainfall. (6) Determine under what .conditions the ground under a snow blanket freezes or thaws, or frozen ground may persist after a snowfall. In order to obtain this information many specialized instruments will be used, placed in various locations in the Castle Creek Basin. The remaining equipment and measuring. oratory and headquarters building which is to be constructed. The project, when started, will be staffed by physicists, hydrologic engineers and meteorologists. The results are expected to have a far reaching efifect in the fields of water management and use. Special Meeting of Evangeline Past Officers Evangeline Chapter had a very interesting and pleasant meeting on Tuesday evening when all the officers of the chapter except that of musician were filled by Past Matrons and Past Patrons. Mrs. Annie Sherman presided as Worthy Matron and Joseph Stenger as Worthy Patron. The other ofificers were Associate Matron Mrs. Melissa Fuller, associate patron, James Sneyy, secretary Alice Cooper, treasurer Kate Stenger, Chaplain, Mary Mersevey, star points, Kates Eddy, Emily Tamblyn, Helen Berger, Bernice Penrose and Margaret Bosworth. Conductress, Mary German, associate condulctress, Elfrieda Lawrence, sentinel, Lydia Gleason, outside sentinel, Amanda Best and flag ‘bearer, Walter Carlson. Short talks were made by the various officers and Mrs. Sherman stated that she and Mrs. Fuller had held the same offices that they were filling this evening, forty one years ago. ‘Mrs, Josie Martin was chairman of the evening and presented the following program which was greatly enjoyed by all. Tiwo vocal solos ‘by Mrs. Margaret Bosworth, accompanied (by (Mrs. White. Tap dance by the Birnie sisters, accomipanied by Mrs. Birnie. Three vocal duets by Susan Shaw and Tommy White, accompanied by . . Mrs. Bosworth. The evening closed with a picnic supper served in the banquet hall. The meeting on Sept. 18 will ‘be all officers’ night with mrs. Lee Michell as chairman. Mrs. Muriel Fletcher had as her guests over the holiday Mr. and Mrs. Reynold Penrose of Berkeley and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Irvine of Pittsburg. Mr. Invine was formerly manager of the Spanish Mine. tion in Nevada City,, Forest Hill station in Forest Hill, Placer County; Big Bend on Highway 40; Truckee station in Truckee; Domwnieville, ‘Sierra County; Camptonville, in Yubs S. since the DESTROYER GETS. 23 KAMIKAZIS The long tow home, or 8000 miles behind the line behind the tug is the saga of the destroyer, USS Evans, thundering May morning when she sent 23 Jap suicide pilots hurtling to their ancestors. Fifteen of the Nips were credited to the ed as ‘‘assists.”’ and four were stopped the hard way—aboard her. (Caught on lonely patrol off Okinawa on the morning of May 11: the Evans and another destroyer fought side by side, covering each other from attacks which came in from all bows and quarters. The two ships often blasted simultaneously at dangerously close suicide planes. ’Toll was high during that furious morning, 59 casualties among the officers and men, with 30 killed or missing. Early in the attack perfect marksmanship ‘brought cheers from. the crew as they chalked their tally on the bulkhead. But the‘ football game atmosphere changed to concern as the attack became hotter. Men stuck to their battle station. with grim determination, Even after power was knocked out and other gun crew memlbers lay dead and wound— ed,. men continued to operate the guns manually. (Corsair fighter pilots, though heavily outnumibered, joined the-.melee . and chalked up a score of approximately 50 Jap aircraft while covering the destroyers. Toward the end of the action many off the fighter pilots ran out of ammunition, but continued to fight by riding enemy planes into the water and in at least two instances interposing themselves ‘between the kamikaze pilots and their objectives. The attack which began at 8 a. m. was described by Lieut. James M. Smith, USN. of New Freedom, Penn., the Evans’ medical officer, as a “whirlwind of planes coming at as from every direction.” _-‘Guns were firing so rapidly that reliefs had to be given the exhausted loaders,’’ he said. “The ship was . surrounded with smoke from her own fire, and it was difficult to spot the Jalps ‘because of the black shell bursts that minigled with them.’’ At 9 a. m. the first kamikaze pilot ‘careened crazily through the barrage and strulck the Evans’ bow. Hits two. three and four followed in quick succession. One of them blew the executive officer, Lieut. John W. Gilpin, USN, of Windsor, Verment, ovar the side. Pat J. Macciocca, Seaman,First Class, USNR, of 1900 Fawn St., Baltimore, jumped into the wat} er and supported the wounded offieer until he could be taken aboard a small landing craft. Smok’ and steam hillowed trons the engineering spaces of the Evans, Lieut. Smith recounted, and flames -licked the fonward torpedoes, one of which had been knocked from its tube and driven into the galley: It was necessary to resort to portable fire extinguishers and bucket brigades to bring the ‘fires under control. “(Meanwhile the first aid parties were rescuing wounded comrades who had fallen at their stations’, ‘Lieut. Smith continued, “After the ‘wounded had received emergency medical treatment they were rushed on a destroyer transport to a hospital ship.’ To Capt. Robert J. Archer, USN: 22155, Highland--Ave., Piedmont, comcanding officer of the Evans, goes credit for the skillful handling and maneuvering which kept her afloat. The HBicans, of 2050 tons; ‘was built by the Gulf Shipbuilding Company, Chitkasaw, Alabama. Her keel was laid July 21, 1941; she twas launched October 4, 1942 and com . missioned December 11, 1943. ‘KORMER RESIDENT PASSES Friends of R. E. Wells were grieved to learn of his death a few days ago. Mr. Wells was ill only a few hours. Mr. and Mrs. Wells with their two grandchildren Dannen Woolsey and Irwin Timmons made their home in Nevada City for several years. They moved to Dillon Beach about two years ago, hoping that lower altitude would ‘benefit t health of Mrs. Wells. : ; Mr. and Mrs. DeCarl who hay been guests of Mrs. Muriel Flet have returned to their home: in County, Sierraville in Sierra County. Francisco. ae

> eer ea The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month P= ET “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and afe ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster et Nu _COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA gget This paper gives you. complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your town, read The Nugget. Vol. 19, No. 71 The County Seat . Paper NEVADA CITY, AORN A _The Gold Canter THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1) THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L. Goodness Knows every mother with a son abroad ‘wants him home mow that the war’s over, and every mother with a son eligible for the armed services is dead opposed to having him sent abroad now that the war’s ended. A vast demobilization is going fonward and hundreds of thousands of our lboy’s are coming home after serving, their country well, indeed no country was ever served better. (Many of these home coming boys must be replaced. _ (But in the meantime there is Japan and there is Germany, with their sullen, beaten peoples who are going to need a lot of policinig. There is also the need for a sizeable army of reserves, just in case war breaks out again somewhere. We hope not, of course, ‘but then 'we hoped we wouldn’t war with Germany and Japan. Our hopes have been disapipointed in the past and they can be again. Have we learned our lesson in un‘preparedness, or haven’t we? Congressmen are talking about making army and. navy enlistments go attractive that young men will want to enter of their own free will. We are for such a system if it works, but somehow with the country fed up with war, we doulbt if either serlean , make itself attractive enough, with more ‘pay, good living conditions and frequent furloughs, to induce younlg men to.give up one or two years of their lives to their country’s preparedness system, Moreover when ‘we have made life in armed services the life of Riley just how valuable will those services be if put to the sudden test of war? ne vice For a long while we have thought the solution to this problem lies in the diréction of a” revitalized and renovated National Guard. Actually our National Guard played an important role in the late wars, many regiments won unit citations from the ipresident. We believe that the National Guard with a unit established in every county in the United States, and service in it. made compulsory, can maintain a system of preparedness which will ‘be adequate, and think such a system would not interrupt too seriously the education and careers of our young men. in fact, it could be related to the school especially the high school®and college in such a way as to give each jad ‘basic military training and, in so far as mechanics and physics are inwolved in warfare, a training that would be right down lis ally when he graduated from the National Guard and from the schools. Inetead of training reserve officers on a voluntary basis in the uniwersities, as ig now done, their army and navy education for reserve 9ffficers could be shifted to a compulsory basis. Every young man would be able asa result of his university course, to step into war activity, after a refresher course. So far as that goes, college girls too, might be given training in Red Cross work, nursing, and the other duties they have so ably performed in this war. We offer this solution of the problem because we object to army or navy taking over our young folks, moving them from their homes into great training camips, and literally taking a year or more out of their lives. Even when this is done, they are not necessarily prepared for war, except as to basic drills, discipline, ete. because of the swiftly changing wonditions of the times. Methods and techniques this year, may be outmoded and obsolete next year. Indeed, the atomic bomb is going to alter war coniditions tremendously, to cite just one instance of such changes. Tlnder a system in which the National Guard-and schools are teamed to give our young men and, perhaps women, military training, our eons and daughters could remain home, complete their education and enter upon their life work with a minimum of interruption. We believe euch a system, however directed, will thave to be compulosry. It would, of course, be necessary that all important phases of the instrulction be supervised by regular army and navy of‘trict, SAN JUAN WATER L USERS MEET The San Juan Ridge Water Users Association. meeting in French Corral held an enthusiast session during which several. legal difficulties were ironed out and a large addition to the membership enrolled. Ofificerg of the association consist of J. L. Booth, president, Fred Conner, vice president, Mrs. William Moulton, secretary, Alex Stewart, treasurer, and tiwo supervisors, A. Browning of French Corral and Robert Cassity of North San Juan. A committee was named to interview landowners for new members in an effort to obtain a 100 per-cent enrollment. W. E. Moulton was made chairman of the committee. It was decided to make the water district co-extensive with the area added to and now embraced in the Nevada County Soil Conservation Diswhich addition totals. 13,000 acres. FUNERAL TODAY FOR LATE MRS. EMILY DEEBLE Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 p. m. in the Hooper and Weaver Mortuary chapel _ for Mrs. Emily Deeble who died Tuesday morning in Jones Memorial Hospital from a heart attack suffered Sunday. Rev. Frank Buck, rector . . of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, © wilt conduct the service. Interment will be in the Elm Ridge Cemetery. (Mrs. Deeble was the widow of the late Dan Deeble for many years city marshall of Grass Valley. She was born Emily Manseau at the Allison Ranch, Nevada County, 77 years ago. ‘Surving. are her son, Deputy County ‘Clerk, Ralph Deeble, and two daughters’ Mrs. -Minnie Smart and Mrs. Clifford Wasley, all of Grass Valley. She was affiliated with the Degree of Pocahontas. LAKE FISHING IMPROVES WITH COOL WEATHER With cooler weather, Max D. Williameon, ranger at Big Bend, predicts that fishing conditions in the lakes off the high ‘Sierras throughout the Tahoe National Forest will show a quick imiprovement. He states that’ recently many nice catches of large trout in the lakes of the Grouse Ridge country have been reported. This is attributed to the ‘warm days and very cold nights. Williamson forecasts a good deer season and reports observing more two pronged and older bucks this year than usual. All deer are in excellent condition, many of them quite fat, due to an abundant acorn crop. He urges that hunters and fishermen observe all the rules regarding campfires and smoking as the menace of forest fires is still grave. Mrs. ‘Beatrice Middlewick is Borne to Rest Funeral services were held yesterday ‘afternoon ‘from the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Grass Valley under the direction of Hooper and Weaver Mortuary for Mrs. Beatrice May Middlewick. who died Monday ffollowinig a brief illness. Rev. Frank Buck condulcted the seervice. Interment was in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Mrs. Middlewick is survived by her husband William Joseph Middlewick and two daughters, Mrs. Violet Wilson and Mrs. Norah Trankle. Bereaved are four grandchildren. She was a native of Cornwall, England, aged 52 years. (Mr. and Mrs. Muller Chapman and two children are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davies of Prospect Street, parents of Mrs. Chapman, and Dr. C. W. Chapman, father of Muller Chapman. ficers, but the system would be under the immediate scrutiny of the folks at home. The army and navy big wigs might not like that, but the folks at home would. + man-McCain Inc., With the opening of schools during September, the protective activities of the school safety patrols will be resumed. Patrol memlifers are prepared and equipped to resume their duties on the opening day, and the patrols are anxioms to maiptain their high standards of aloeident: prevention, established durin # twenty year period. fo al Full cooperation of the public, with the safety patrols is urged by police and school authorities. Motorists are particularly urged to drive cautiously when approaching schools loéated on or near open: highways, outside of incorporated areas; and at all times obey the signals of the patrol, asking for safe passage of a group of children assembled for a crossing. As in past years, the children will be assembled in groups, by the patrol memlbers, and held until the crossing can be undertaken safely. DINTERNAL BANKING _ By (Edw. C. Uren Two year old Zoann McCullough from ‘her grampaw Bill Wright, so her mother presented her with a bright new penny., Shortly thereafter, like an ostrich that has swallowed an alarm clock, Zoann was somewhat disturbed and, asked by her.mother what she had done with her money she pointed an accusing finger at her tummy and murmured “iss gone.’’ : Prompt recourse to the castor oil bottle and a special diet to hasten the money along the: proper chaniels resulted in its passing the clearing house and ‘being restored again to circulation, but Zoann is disgusted with the whole affair. BIGEXTRACTION. OF BARITE ORE IS PROJECTED A delegation representing Bonadiengineers and contractors, who have begun work on a three year program and extraction from barite quarry of the Spanish Mine, near Washington, (County, appeared before the board of supervisors yesteerday asking for road improvements to the mine. Since the road lies in Supervisor Jerome Couchlan’s district the board referred the request to him. The firm hopes to extraict 160,000 tons of barite. At present a tramway brings the ore down from the mine to the road at the rate of 35 tons a day, but with road improvements it is ‘believed that it can be trucked out faster. The firm has other barite properties in Wyoming and Nevada, lbut considers the ore from the Spanish Mine superior. ‘Bonadiman+McCain are delivering the ore to National Lead. It is used in paint and very generally utilized in healing off oil walls, Joseph Boradiman is president of the firm and M. McCain is secretary. Engineers are now making a cross survey of the mine and a road survey. Nine men ar employed in extracting ore with L, N. Benson as_ guperintendent. Tractors anid ‘bull dozers are being moved in to do the job. Brig. Gen. Birks to Address ‘Lions Club Brigadier General Hammond D. Birks, commanding the personnel center at Camp Beale, will ‘be guest speaker at tonight’s meeting of the Grass Valley Lion’s Club at dinner in Bret Harte Inn. Gen. Birks has recently been awarded the Legion off Merit. Beginning with the Allied landing in Normandy in June, 1944, serving with 3rd Infantry Division, he had 300 days of combat service in the European theatre, winding up at Elbe River in Germany. Clemens Organ and John Cavanaugh who have been spending a vaication in Nevada City have returned to San Francisco where they hold responsible posts with the Grace Lines Steamship Company. Clemens is the son of Mrs. Teresa Organ of this city. probalbly inherited her yen for moncy . Nevaida . : ' . FOREST USERS

WARNED OF FIRE HAZARDS SAIN FRANCIISCO, Sept. 6.—The resumption of near normal travel to National Forest vacation objectives in California may be reflected in an increased number of ‘forest fires, Regional Forester S. B. Show of the U.’S. Forest Service warned today, unless visitors are careful with fire at all times when traveling through the forests, fields and brush areas. A’ sharp increase in vacationists has already ‘been noted and Labor Day week end is expected to mark the greatest influx of visitors since pre war days. At this time .of year, Regional Forester Show pointed out, fire conditions are always serious. because several months have without significant rain in parts of the state, Complete returns through August 15 indicate that. nearly 1200 forest fires have been reported on thé National Forests during the current ‘fire season. One third of the total was man caused, the remainder being attributable to lightning. The ~total numliber of fires so far this year is slightly less than a year ago but the numiber of man caused ‘fires shown a substantial increase ; over 1944 exceeding slightly for the past five years. Despite the greater number of fires ,acreage burned over has been limited to one third of the average area burned over during the past five years The continued cooperation of the public iin fire prevention is essential Regional Forester Show added, if the public’s own playgrounds and watersheds are to be kept in their natural condition. GEO. F RADDUE JR. DEFENDANT IN DIVORCESUT Alleging that her husband, George F. Raddue, Jr. was squandering money on women other than herself, his wife Mrs. Marguerite Dolores Raddue yesterday filed suit against him for divorce. Her husband is a partner with his father, George F. Raddue Sr. in the Mountain Chevrolet Company, and the suit which seeks a court restraining order to prevent the defendant from dissipating community assets, names George F. Raddue Sr. the ‘Mountain Chevrolet Company, and the Grass Valley Branch of the Bank of America as co-defendants. The complaint filed by Attorney James Snell of Grass Valley recites: that ‘‘the assets of the ‘Mountain Chevrolet .Company consists entirely of personal property. and cash and that assets. can lbe, and have been easily dissipated by the defendant and that said defendant has withdrawn money from said bank and squandered the money on women, other than his wife, without the consent of his partner, George F. Raddue, Sr.’”’ HUNTERS WARNED THEY MAY HAVE TOFIGHT FIRE Marvin Shock, fire control offie¢er of the Tahoe National Forest, yesterday stated that with the opening of the deer season on Sunday, Septeimber 16th, forest officials have completed plans for contactinig all hunter camps for the purpose of checking camp fires and camp fire permits. SShoick warns: ‘be drafted into service to combat forest fires if needed. It is hoped that this will not be necessary and should not be necessary if each hunter will make it a point to ‘be extremely careful in his use of fire. “Smoking must be confined to the camps and designated areas. Camp fir es should be built in the middle of a circle ten feet in diameter, which has been stripped down to 'the mineral soil of all combustibles, and fires should. never be left unattended. “Camp fire permits may be obtained at the Bloomfield rangger stamany passed . has; . observations. (4) the average . . instruments will be housed in a lab-' “Deer hunters will]. SNOW RESEARCH . LABORATORY FOR DONNER SUMMIT The Weather Bureau of the U. Department of Commerce plans the establishment of a snow research lab oratory. in the Castle Breek Basin of the Donner Summit area, it was an-. Evans ag ‘“‘sures” and four were listnounced yesterday by Max D. Wil-. liamson, Ranger of the Tahoe National Forest, stationed at Big Bend. The laboratory will be under the direction of R, W. Gerdel, technical supervisor of cooperative snow research projects. The primary .problems to be worked out will be the development ofa more sensitive procedure for flood forecasting and for forecasting quanitative seasonal and short term stream flow. The -special problems consist of, (1) measurements of the water storage capacity of the various types of snow packs under’ various. weather conditions, especially those involving rainfall. (2) Measurement of the intake and outflow ot water: in the snow pack during periods of rainfall and the relation of rate of rainfall to this. (3) Development of-a formula to indicate the amount of snowfall during perods of rainlfall, based on standard weather instruments and Measurement of the increase in ‘surface and swbsurface water storage brought about by the deposition of various amounts and kinds of snow. (5) Measurement of the modifying effect of frost or frozen ground on surface and subsurface storage and infiltration as they effect the outflow of water during periods of heavy rainfall. (6) Determine under what .conditions the ground under a snow blanket freezes or thaws, or frozen ground may persist after a snowfall. In order to obtain this information many specialized instruments will be used, placed in various locations in the Castle Creek Basin. The remaining equipment and measuring. oratory and headquarters building which is to be constructed. The project, when started, will be staffed by physicists, hydrologic engineers and meteorologists. The results are expected to have a far reaching efifect in the fields of water management and use. Special Meeting of Evangeline Past Officers Evangeline Chapter had a very interesting and pleasant meeting on Tuesday evening when all the officers of the chapter except that of musician were filled by Past Matrons and Past Patrons. Mrs. Annie Sherman presided as Worthy Matron and Joseph Stenger as Worthy Patron. The other ofificers were Associate Matron Mrs. Melissa Fuller, associate patron, James Sneyy, secretary Alice Cooper, treasurer Kate Stenger, Chaplain, Mary Mersevey, star points, Kates Eddy, Emily Tamblyn, Helen Berger, Bernice Penrose and Margaret Bosworth. Conductress, Mary German, associate condulctress, Elfrieda Lawrence, sentinel, Lydia Gleason, outside sentinel, Amanda Best and flag ‘bearer, Walter Carlson. Short talks were made by the various officers and Mrs. Sherman stated that she and Mrs. Fuller had held the same offices that they were filling this evening, forty one years ago. ‘Mrs, Josie Martin was chairman of the evening and presented the following program which was greatly enjoyed by all. Tiwo vocal solos ‘by Mrs. Margaret Bosworth, accompanied (by (Mrs. White. Tap dance by the Birnie sisters, accomipanied by Mrs. Birnie. Three vocal duets by Susan Shaw and Tommy White, accompanied by . . Mrs. Bosworth. The evening closed with a picnic supper served in the banquet hall. The meeting on Sept. 18 will ‘be all officers’ night with mrs. Lee Michell as chairman. Mrs. Muriel Fletcher had as her guests over the holiday Mr. and Mrs. Reynold Penrose of Berkeley and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Irvine of Pittsburg. Mr. Invine was formerly manager of the Spanish Mine. tion in Nevada City,, Forest Hill station in Forest Hill, Placer County; Big Bend on Highway 40; Truckee station in Truckee; Domwnieville, ‘Sierra County; Camptonville, in Yubs S. since the DESTROYER GETS. 23 KAMIKAZIS The long tow home, or 8000 miles behind the line behind the tug is the saga of the destroyer, USS Evans, thundering May morning when she sent 23 Jap suicide pilots hurtling to their ancestors. Fifteen of the Nips were credited to the ed as ‘‘assists.”’ and four were stopped the hard way—aboard her. (Caught on lonely patrol off Okinawa on the morning of May 11: the Evans and another destroyer fought side by side, covering each other from attacks which came in from all bows and quarters. The two ships often blasted simultaneously at dangerously close suicide planes. ’Toll was high during that furious morning, 59 casualties among the officers and men, with 30 killed or missing. Early in the attack perfect marksmanship ‘brought cheers from. the crew as they chalked their tally on the bulkhead. But the‘ football game atmosphere changed to concern as the attack became hotter. Men stuck to their battle station. with grim determination, Even after power was knocked out and other gun crew memlbers lay dead and wound— ed,. men continued to operate the guns manually. (Corsair fighter pilots, though heavily outnumibered, joined the-.melee . and chalked up a score of approximately 50 Jap aircraft while covering the destroyers. Toward the end of the action many off the fighter pilots ran out of ammunition, but continued to fight by riding enemy planes into the water and in at least two instances interposing themselves ‘between the kamikaze pilots and their objectives. The attack which began at 8 a. m. was described by Lieut. James M. Smith, USN. of New Freedom, Penn., the Evans’ medical officer, as a “whirlwind of planes coming at as from every direction.” _-‘Guns were firing so rapidly that reliefs had to be given the exhausted loaders,’’ he said. “The ship was . surrounded with smoke from her own fire, and it was difficult to spot the Jalps ‘because of the black shell bursts that minigled with them.’’ At 9 a. m. the first kamikaze pilot ‘careened crazily through the barrage and strulck the Evans’ bow. Hits two. three and four followed in quick succession. One of them blew the executive officer, Lieut. John W. Gilpin, USN, of Windsor, Verment, ovar the side. Pat J. Macciocca, Seaman,First Class, USNR, of 1900 Fawn St., Baltimore, jumped into the wat} er and supported the wounded offieer until he could be taken aboard a small landing craft. Smok’ and steam hillowed trons the engineering spaces of the Evans, Lieut. Smith recounted, and flames -licked the fonward torpedoes, one of which had been knocked from its tube and driven into the galley: It was necessary to resort to portable fire extinguishers and bucket brigades to bring the ‘fires under control. “(Meanwhile the first aid parties were rescuing wounded comrades who had fallen at their stations’, ‘Lieut. Smith continued, “After the ‘wounded had received emergency medical treatment they were rushed on a destroyer transport to a hospital ship.’ To Capt. Robert J. Archer, USN: 22155, Highland--Ave., Piedmont, comcanding officer of the Evans, goes credit for the skillful handling and maneuvering which kept her afloat. The HBicans, of 2050 tons; ‘was built by the Gulf Shipbuilding Company, Chitkasaw, Alabama. Her keel was laid July 21, 1941; she twas launched October 4, 1942 and com . missioned December 11, 1943. ‘KORMER RESIDENT PASSES Friends of R. E. Wells were grieved to learn of his death a few days ago. Mr. Wells was ill only a few hours. Mr. and Mrs. Wells with their two grandchildren Dannen Woolsey and Irwin Timmons made their home in Nevada City for several years. They moved to Dillon Beach about two years ago, hoping that lower altitude would ‘benefit t health of Mrs. Wells. : ; Mr. and Mrs. DeCarl who hay been guests of Mrs. Muriel Flet have returned to their home: in County, Sierraville in Sierra County. Francisco. ae