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Featured in This Issue

San Francisco Sacrilege 3

Another Officer Murdered 4

Pistol Pointing 5

Police Promotional Examination Questions . . 6

Associated Public Communications Officers . . 7

Marysville — 1850-1954 8

Sutter County Centralizes 9

Railroad Police 19

The Cop 20

Accident Rate Up 21

They Called Him Lucky 22

Bumble Bee Fingers Federal Fugitive .... 25

Safety Precautions 26

Transportation Center 28

Too Late For Lunch 32

Speaking Of Policemen 40

Sonoma County Peace Officers 44

Pioneers of Science 52

Research Grant 55

Inspector's Bureau 56

First Lie Detector 58

Judge and Jury 5^5

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Directory

SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT

Hall of Justice, Kearny and Washington Streets

Telephone SUtter 1-2020

Radio Short Wave Call KMA-438

Mayor, HoN. Elmer E. Robinson

POLICE COMMISSIONERS

Regular Meetings, Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.. Hall of Justice

Henry C. Maginn, President 315 Montgomery Street

J. Warnock Walsh 160 Montgomery Street

WAsmNGTON I. KOHNKE 686 Sacramento Street

Sergeant John T. Butler, Secretary Room 104, Hall of Juitice

CHIEF OF POLICE Michael Gaffey

DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE George M. Healy

Chief of Inspectors Jamm Enoliih

Director of Traffic Otto Meyer

Dept. Sec'y....Captain Michael F. FrrzPATRiCK ...Hall of Justice District Captains

Central Edward Donohue 635 Washington Street

Southern A. G. Steffen Fourth and Clara Streets

Mission Peter Conroy 1240 Valencia Street

Northern Daniel McKlem 941 Ellis Street

Richmond Edward Green 451 Sixth Avenue

Ingleside ..J. J. Couchlin Balboa Park

Taraval Phil Kiely 2348 Twenty-fourth Avenue

Potrero Walter Ames 2300 Third Street

Golden Gate Park Ted Terlau Stanyan opp. Waller

Traffic .....Ralph E. Olstad Hall of Justice

City Prison Lt. Walter Thompson Hall of Justice

Bur. Inspectors Cornelius Murphy Hall of Justice

Director - Bureau of

Personnel John Meehan Hall of Justice

Director of

Criminology Francis X. Latulipe Hall of Justice

Director - Bureau of

Special Services Harry Nelson Hall of Justice

Director of Juvenile Bureau 2475 Greenwich Street

Dan Kiely Director - Bureau of Criminal

Information LiEtrr. George Hippely Hall of Justice

Insp. of Schools

Traffic Control Insp. Thomas B. Tract

Supervising Captain

of Districts John A. Encler Hall of Justice

Headquarters Dan Kiely Hall of Justice

Chinatown Detail Lt. H. C. Atkinson Hall of Justice

Range Master Pistol Range, Lake Merced

Emil Dutil

When In Trouble QaH SUttCr hlO-lO

When In UOUbt Always At Your Service

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Vol. XXVII

FEBRUARY, 1954

No. 1

SAN FRANCISCO SACRILEGE

! The evening of March 4th had been cool and clear, but as the long night drew to a close a curtain of moisture rose from the Pacific and drifted in through the Golden Gate to shroud San Francis- co's North Beach with a ghostly blanket of fog.

For the most part the city slept. There were of course e.xceptions. On the Kearny Street side of Telegraph Hill stocking footed young bohemians darted from apartment to apartment in the Cas- bah, sipping forbidden liquor and indulg- ing in strange, whispered revelry. Half way up Pacific Avenue a swarthy man known as Izzy Gomez moved his mon- strous bulk along the battered bar of his secret establishment and beamed evilly at his assembled guests.

On Eddy Street a pint sized reporter whom people called "The Killer" stayed for one more drink while Shanty Malone locked up the back bar and prepared to call it a day. A block away a tired young woman walked wearily toward her tiny hotel room, her night's work done. Across the street a beat policeman trying doors paused for a moment to watch her progress and, after a moment's hesitation, shrugged his shoulders and moved on.

And over on Columbus Avenue, where the tortuous slopes of Telegraph Hill flow into a gentle incline a solitary man carrying a heavy bundle moved through the mist toward the massive church that towered over Columbus Square. A man without a name as far as San Francisco was concerned. An anonymous stranger moving with grim purpose toward his appointment with destiny . . . and death.

Within the church eight men, none of whom knew what he looked like, awaited his arrival. They sat in ambush with ready guns as they had for many nights before, because while they could not

By Walter R. Hecox

describe the man they knew what his package contained. And they did not ap- prove. The eight silent men who guarded the altar at SS. Peter and Paul's were firmly convinced that nitroglycerine has no place in a church. The stranger drew nearer, turning up Filbert Street and moving rapidly toward the entrance of the giant edifice.

Louis De Mattei

In Columbus Square a shapeless lump on a park bench stirred, stretched, and became a man who stared curiously at the stranger. His right hand waved erratical- ly and for no apparent reason.

Another man, seated in an apartment house next to the church caught the ges-

ture and turned his attention to a care- fully placed mirror. The reflection let him see the stranger, and a second man, walking down the middle of Filbert Street. He too moved toward the church and conversed briefly with the man who held the package. When he had crossed the street and taken a watchful position there, the stranger laid down his package, placing it carefully where it would do the most damage. He lit a match vvhich sputtered weakly in the fog and went out. The second match he cupped in h s liands carefully until it burned brightly. He leaned over. A fuse sputtered. The stranger turned to run. Corporal Larry Alclnerny shoved his revolver from his place of concealment and shouted "Halt!" And while the fuse burned brightly between the pair, the stranger drew a gun of his own.

The dramatic nightmare which had terrorized San Francisco's North Beach for more than a year was about to end.

The first bomb had exploded early on the morning of January 26th the preced- ing year, powdering the moist air of the North Beach with a fine spray of plaster and concrete. It was not a big bomb. Not in comparison with those to come, but the explosion was violent enough to shat- ter windows for blocks around and bring the bulk of San Francisco's Italian popu- lation into an angry awakening.

The calm which had descended over the Latin quarter during the pre-dawn hours erupted suddenly into a tumul- tuous crescendo of angry voices, scream- ing sirens, and scurrying policemen. All eyes turned toward the towering church on Columbus Square where the column of dust and smoke drifted up toward the mist masked sky and dispersed itself in sooty streamers across the startled city. (ConiinueJ on page 46)

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Another Officer Murdered

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February, 1954

Quietly, but with a dogged determina- tion not often matched in any icind of work, peace officers throughout the state are helping to track down a trigger hap- py burglar who shot and killed Police- man Francis AL (Jack) Rea of North Sacramento.

Rea, known affectionately throughout the North Sacramento area as "Jack the Cop," was shot in the head during a running gun battle with the bandit on the night of January 2nd, and died in a hospital 16 hours later.

ing on the case was reflected by North Sacramento Police Chief ^Villiam F. ^Vilson, when he told the North Sacra- mento City Council :

"He was murdered by an unknown assailant while doing his duty. As yet there has been no arrest, but there defi- nitely will be one.

"We're checking every lead we get. All of them, regardless of how insigni- ficant they may seem, will be in\esti- gated."

This is what happened :

away as they neared the building. He ducked between two houses and Rea leaped out of the squad car with a shot- gun and gave chase. Gassaway drove around the corner, hoping to head the man off.

The prowler fired several shots at the assistant chief's car, but failed to hit it.

He wheeled, and headed back toward Rea. There were more shots. Marvelli and Jones ran toward the sound of the gunfire. They found Rea lying uncon- scious in the street. The savage gunman

1 he lead in the investigation is being taken by Jack's fellow officers on the North Sacramento Police Department. Helping are the state bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, the Sacramento Police Department and Sheriff's Office, the Brawley Police De- partment, the Santa Ana Police Depart- ment, and others.

The intentness of every officer work-

Jack Rea

Joseph Compton, the manager of the Acme Brewery Warehouse at 320 Cedar Street, North Sacramento, spotted a burglar in the building and called the police. Rea and Assistant Chief Percy Gassaway sped toward the scene.

Officers Joseph Marvelli and Dean Jones hustled to the warehouse in an- other car from another direction.

Ihe burglar spotted Rea and Gass-

apparenth' iind run straight into him, shot him through the head and kept going.

Rea was rushed to the Sacramento County Hospital where a team of doc- tors worked all night in the \ain effort to sa\e his life.

Meanwhile, the North Sacramento officers, with the aid of the Sacramento (Conlinurd on page 29)

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PISTOL POINTING

Annual Report of the San Francisco Police Pistol Range

The report shows that a complete fire- arm training, qualification, and practice firing program was carried out for the San Francisco Police Department, Fed- eral, State, county and municipal law

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enforcement agencies, United States Armed Forces, civilians and civilian or- ganizations; that National, State, and San Francisco Police Department pistol tournaments were conducted, and that the number of persons who used the range facilities, under control and per- sonal direction of Range Master Emile J. Dutil and staff, made a grand total of 12,854, as revealed by group data, as follows :

Police Revoher Qualification :

(Number of men firing) 4,772

Police Revolver Practice:

( Men firing on own time) 1,063

Police Revolver Traning:

(111 men over 3-day period ) 41 7

Shotgun Traning and Qualification 304 Revolver Qualifying Tests :

Master Class 150

Expert Class 450

Sharpshooter Class 1,587

Marksman Class 1,944

Unqualified' Class 622

Reserve Police: Training

and qualification 318

Federal Bureau of Identification, Special Police, Sheriffs, Indus- trial Guards and other law en- forcement agents: For Instruc- tion, training, qualification and practice 889

By Ross DUNNIGAN

Civilians: Instruction, training

and practice 199

United States Armed Forces :

Practice Firing 10

Inter-Departmental championship

revolver tournaments 6

Officers firing in six tournaments.... 906

National and State Pistol

Tournaments 6

Matches fired 36

Competitors registered in six

tournaments 725

Competitors firing in scheduled

matches 3,976

Match entry fees collected $2,860.75

Range fees collected 142.50

Ammunition Reloaded :

Total rounds, .38 caliber 570,000

Total rounds, .45 caliber 800

Reloads Expended :

Total rounds, .38 caliber 567.752

Total rounds, .45 caliber SOO

New Ammunition Expended :

Total rounds, .38 caliber 2,658

Total rounds, 12 gauge shotgun 6,742

THE OAKLAND MATCHES

Siuiday, December 6th was the last shoot for 1953 at the Oakland Club back of the Zoological Grounds with over 225 shooters on the lines and completely up- setting the guess of the range officials who had allowed for about 185 of tin- shooters to bounce the long green for the days shooting. The day was a hone\' an.l the shooters were out for blood with Karl Schaugaard, of the SFPD taking the high score over Bob Chow's second place. At this time the ^^'estern Revolver Association has not announced the 1953 champion but will do so at their annual banquet to be held sometime this month approximately the 23rd. There the class winners will be presented with their awards as will the team winners. The pistoleers as they all like the awards "Appreciation Awards" sure bring out for their shooting trophies. This year the awards were little loving cups with Spike Spiken receiving a nice gold one for his eight straight year without miss- ing a match — and that's a record. Ed De-

Mello, Wesley Lim and Evar Roseburg received their awards for seven straight years without a miss. After the matches there was the usual lucky target shoot and some of the gang had a heck of a time getting three shots on the paper — anyhow, it was a lot of fun.

Glad to see the scribeshooter. Jack Markham, out of the hospital where he went for a bit of hernioplasty (how's that for a word?) His shooting showed he should have had other things patched up at the same time.

Then there was the sad, sad tale of Bill Fung appearing on the scene with the nicest Scottish cap any chinaboy could wear — on Bill it looked charming. Then Jack Chanev, he of Irish ancestry, spor- ted Bill and it was a tuff go to keep Jack from using Bill as a target. The attac'^ed photo shows Jacks perple :ed look while Bill MacFung looks on quite placid like. Alt!~o I noticed 3.IacFung ducked out as foon as possible.

Ph.il Lander, of Oaklan.!, Uk-i; ;o tr ' off each year to .".om; distant £r>o: and a bit of h'uiting f,o this year 't h~?. for Idaho w':ere (he cla'nr) t*^- 'ui ' and the finding, was perfect. Well '^•w day, out pops an old timer 'n the n";- .=;onage of Al Friend who had also rp :r

The Old Timer

his vacation hunting in the wilds of Ida- ho. That finished the shooting for Phil and when I left late in the afternoon there were the two old liars sitting on a bench going thru the motions of how they killed bears, buffalos, wild-cat<, lions — oops — no, not lions. Anyhow it was some bull session — and I do mean HULL!!!

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February, 1954

POLICE PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

In the last issue of this Journal the following numbered statements, on the subject Penal Code, were true: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8,9, 13, 14, 17, 18,22,23,25,27,28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 49.

1. Every executive or ministerial offi- cer, employee or appointee of the State of California, county or city therein or political subdivision thereof, who know- ingly asks, receives or agrees to receive any emolument, gratuity or reward, or any promise thereof for doing an official act is guilty of a felony.

2. Extortion is a felony.

3. The value of the bribe offered to any ministerial officer, employee or ap- pointee of the State of California, county or city therein or political subdivision thereof, retermines the gravity of the crime to be charged.

4. The rule of the Common Law, that penal statutes are to be strictly construed, has no application to this code. All the provisions are to be construed according to the fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice.

5. \Vhenever any person is declared punishable for a crime by imprisonment in the state prison for a term not less than any specified number of years, and no limit to the duration of such imprison- ment is declared, the court authorized to pronounce judgment upon such convic- tion may, in its discretion, sentence such offender to imprisonment during his natural life.

6. No person can be piuiished for a public offense, except upon a legal con- viction, in a court having jurisdiction thereof.

7. Not all public offenses must be prosecuted by indictment or information.

8. The parties in criminal actions are the defendant and the people of the state of California, as a party.

9. No part of the Penal Code is retro- active.

10. Justices of the peace are not magis- trates, as set forth in the Penal Code definition.

11. The counsel for the people may make comments on the failure of the de- fendant to explain or to deny by his testi- mony any evidence or facts in the case against him.

12. A husband convicted of wilfully abandoning and leaving his wife in a des- titute condition is punishable in the state

prison for a period of two years and a fine of $1000.00.

13. Common barratry is the practice of advertising the procurement of divorce or the securement of alimony.

14. If two or more persons conspire to commit any crime thev are punishable by a fine of $5000.00.

15. Unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, is murder.

16. A statement of that which one does not to be true is equivalent to a state- ment of that which one knows to be false.

17. Every juror, or person drawn or summoned as a juror, who makes any promise or agreement to give a verdict or decision for or against any party is liable to a fine of $5,000.00 or imprisonment in the state prison for five years.

18. Under Penal Code provisions, the word "day-time" means the period be- tween sunset and sunrise ; and the word "month" means a calendar month.

19. Under the Code, only "policeman of a city or town" are "peace officers."

20. Every crime not punishable in the state prison is a misdemeanor.

21. For acts punished as crimes no civil damages can be recovered.

22. No act committed by a person while in a state of intoxication is less criminal by reason of his having been in such condition.

23. All persons are of sound mind who are not lunatics.

24. Temporary insanity is as much a defense to a criminal charge as insanity of a longer duration.

25. Among the classes of those who are not responsible for the commission of crime are those who committed the act charged without being conscious thereof.

26. A person who commits an offense v.'ithout this state, which would, if com- mitted within this state, be termed rob- bery, is punishable under the laws of this state if he brings the property stolen within this state.

27. Every person who, with intent to defraud, presents for allowance or pay- ment, to any city board, authorized to pay the same if genuine, any false claim or bill, is guilty of a felony.

28. A jailor who permits the escape of prisoners in custody is guilty of a felony.

29. Unlawfully destroying evidence is a misdemeanor.

30. Unlawfully deceiving a witness is a felony.

31. Unlawfully offering false evidence is a misdemeanor.

32. Persons who by threats compel an- other to commit a crime are accessories.

33. An assault is an unlawful attempt to commit a violent injury on the person of another.

34. Throwing a caustic chemical on the person of another is a felony.

35. Wilfully administering stupefying drugs, in any alcoholic beverages to be drunk by another, for ulterior motives is a felony.

36. The crime of assault with a deadly weapon is punishable by a fine of $5,000 or imprisonment for ten years.

37. The crimes of libel and slander are committed either by the spoken or the written word.

38 Under Code provisions, the punish- ment for the crime or slander is the same.

39. The crime of seduction is a felony.

40. The crime of adultery is punish- able in the county jail for one year and a fine of $1,000.00.

41. Dogs are personal property and as such their value determines the charge to be made for their theft.

42. The penalty for pool-selling or bookmaking may be not less than thirty days in state prison or a county jail.

43. No child under the age of sixteen years must be placed in any prison, in company with adults convicted of crime, except in the presence of a proper official.

Excerpts from San Francisco Police Ordinances

(Continued from last issue) Sec. 1350: San Francisco Police Range.

1. The Pistol Range located near Skyline and Merced Boulevard, in the City and County of San Francisco, is, under the Municipal Code, placed under the jurisdiction and management of the Police Department.

2. The purposes of the Pistol Range are:

A. To instruct, train, and to qualify regular members of the San Francisco Police Department, Auxiliary Civilian Defense Police in good standing. Patrol Special Police Officers, and. such other law-enforcement officers, who in the judgment to the Chief of Police, co- operate or may be called upon to cooper- ate with the San Francisco Police De- partment in the apprehension of crinu- nals or the maintenance of peace in the City and County of San Francisco. (Continued on page IS)

Fibninry. 1954

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ASSOCIATED PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS

John Atkinson, President

Thomas A. Bayley, Secretary

October, 1953.

The Northern California Chapter of APCO Inc., was called to order by President Atkinson at 1 1 :00 A.M. at the Shattuck Hotel in Berkeley-

The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.

Host Frank Roach outlined the pro- gram of the day.

Robert Mason of Santa Clara County told of a meeting held in regards to a State wide radio network for the Fire Service which includes 4, 150 MC and 2, 450 MC channels at an estimated cost of $120,000.00.

The group was pleased to hear Capt. McMurphy of Alameda County describe the progress in the planning for tying the three Inter Systems in the State together. The plan proposes that one key station in each of the three Inter Systems be ar- ranged so that it could dial into the State wide system.

We were informed, that effective Nov. 1st, the restricted operators permit will be issued for an indefinite period.

The Chairman of the Frequency and Engineering Committee McMurphy re- quested clearance for a base and mobile frequency of 45.14 MC for Madera County, Orange Cove requested 155.01 MC and 155.07 MC for their Inter Sys- tem, and Merced County requested 155.07 MC for Inter System use. Art McDole of Monterey County made a motion that these frequencies be cleared. Ivan Hudson of Piedmont seconded and the motion carried.

We adjourned for lunch at 12:00 noon. Refreshments were served through the courtesy of several of the commercial members. The meeting reconvened at 1 p.m.

An application for membership ( com- mercial) from Donald L. Kestell of Neely Enterprises and one for associate memlsership from Thomas R. Ferry of PG&E were unanimously accepted by the membership.

Santa Clara County was chosen as the next meeting place where we will learn all about transistors. There being no fur- ther business the meeting was adjourned at 2 p.m.

We were all taken by bus to the Uni- versity of California Radiation Labs and conducted on an extensive tour of the Cycletron, the Linear Acceleratoc and the 6,000,000,000 volt "Bevatron."

After seeing what happens to some of our taxes we were returned to Berkeley by bus and the membership expressed its

thanks to Frank Roach for a most in- teresting meeting.

November 1953.

The November meeting of the North- ern California Chapter of APCO con- veined at Vale Restaurant at Alviso at

1 1 :00 a.m. The minutes of the last meet- ing were read and approved. A portion of the minutes of the southern group was also read and a discussion followed on the advisability of allowing CHP sub- stations on the inter system nets.

Chowchilla requested clearance of 155.07mc for inter system net, and a base and mobile frequency within 24 OKCs of 155.07mc. 154.89mc was rec- ommended provided that there was no objection, from Merced County. An al- ternate frequency of 155.31mc would be available iti that case.

Yuba County requested 155.13MC.

Carmel requested 158.85 MC.

Pacific Grove requested 158.85 MC.

Concord requested 155.31 MC.

After a motion by Martin Landers of Napa that the above frequencies be granted and a second by LeBoeuf of Marysville the frequencies were ap- proved.

Humboldt County requested clearance of a Base and mobile frequency of 39.86 MC which was cleared after a motion by Maybee of Sonoma County and a second by Hudson of Piedmont.

Art ]VIcDole of Monterey County gave the first reading of some minor changes to Constitution.

The meeting adjourned for lunch at

12 noon.

Mr. Robert Barrington of the PT&T gave a very interesting talk and demon- stration about transistors, which gave us a rough idea of what we might expect to have to work with in the future.

The business meeting reconvened at 2 p.m. and a discussion followed in re- gards to payment of dues in advance. The Commercial members present were introduced. There were 35 members and guests present.

An offer of Sacramento for our De- cember meeting was accepted.

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.

December 1953

The December 9th meeting of the Northern California Chapter of APCO was called to order by President John Atkinson at the State Civil Defense Con-

trol Center in Sacramento at 1 1 :00 a.m. Ihe minutes of the last meeting were dis- pensed with and a count showed that there were 45 members and guests present.

The City of Grass Valley was given a frequency clearance for a base station of 10 watts output on 37,18 MC, and the County of Sonoma was given clearance on 155.67 MC for the Point to Point System.

Frank Roach of the State OCD an- nounced when he would be in each Area for a survey.

Art McDole gave the second reading of the Constitution Amendments. Hank Borgardus of San Francisco moved that they be adopted. After a second by John Mayr the motion carried.

Applications for active membership were accepted from William Brown, Merle Fagundes, Dan Filice and Max Watson, all employed by Santa Clara County Communications Dept.

Nominations were opened for Officers of this Association for the coming year.

Merrill LeBoeuf of Marysville nomi- nated Tom Bayley of Solano County for President. Bayley declined and then nominated our Vice President Art Mc- Dole for President.

Frank Roach nominated the secretary, Pom Bayley, for Vice President.

John Atkinson of Santa Clara County was nominated for the combined office of Secretary and Treasurer by J. Mansfield Lewis of Marin County.

For the Board of Directors, Bob Ma- son of Santa Clara County nominated the entire Board who are all eligible for re-election. They are Lewis of Marin County, Maybee of Sonoma County, Le- Boeuf of Marysville, Keller of Santa Cruz and Freeman of Mare Island.

Nominations will be reopened at the next meeting before elections.

DeWitt Nelson, Director of Natural Resources, Member of the State Coni- mimications Advisory Board and former State Forester, and affectionately known as "Swede" was nominated and vmani- mously voted to Honorary Membership.

I he Commercial Members present were introduced. Everette LeGette of Motorola reported on Bob Kranholt's improved condition.

Bob Mason proposed the International Kitchen at Niles for our next meeting.

Our Host Fom Kelly introduced Gen- eral Robertson, State Chief of Civil De-

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February, 1954

MARYSVILLE 1850-1954

The City of Marysville received its name 103 years ago when the citizens of the new community at the conHueiice of the Feather and Yuba rivers rejected pro- posed titles of Yubafield and Circumdoro (surroinided with gold).

Instead the 500 to 1,000 inhabitants voted unanimously for the present name, in honor of Mrs. Mary Murphy Covil- laud, wife of Charles Covillaud, one of the foiuijers of Yuba county. A survivor of the Donner Party which experienced puch frightful hardships in crossing the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846-47, Mrs. Covillaud was described by a writ- er in the Marysville Appeal in 1871 who declared that "never on the soil of Cali- fornia has a woman trod of a purer na- ture, more amiable disposition, a more generous heart."

Disaster struck early at the new city foundeil on what had previously been known as Nye's Ranch. On the night of August 30, 1851, a blaze originated in a Chinese washhouse on High St. and quickly spread to a conflagration which destroyed 80 buildings at an estimated loss of $500,000. A succession of fires followed in the city's early years, but the community continued to grow as it shook off the efifects of its fiery baptism.

From such humble beginnings the city of Marysville has grown to the present day and now boasts a population of more than 8,300. Head of the chartered city government is Mayor Gavin Mandery and his four fellow-councilmen.

Mandery was elected for his first four- year term in 1952. He is associated with the Daoust Chevrolet Co.

Councilman Roy G. Cunningham, partner in Bud and Roy service stations, was reelected in 1952 to serve a second four-year term. Also serving his second term as Councilman John J. Murphy, \\ ho was elected in 1946 and again in 1950. Murphy, a former constable, has announced at recent council meetings he will not seek reelection next year when his present term expires.

Councilman Jack W. Iden, partner in Iden's Pharmacy, was elected in 1952 and served as mayor last year. Council- man Marion Bew, proprietor of the Lakeview Motel, was elected to serve a four-year term in 1950.

City Councilmen receive $5 for every council meeting attended with a limit of $150 per member for any one fiscal year.

Veteran city official is Phil J. Divver,

Jr., who began his association with Marysville in 1915 when he was a con- crete inspector on the construction of the approach to the D St. bridge. Following military service in World War I, he was appointed assessor in February, 1920, city engineer in August, 1927, and su- perintendent of public works and grounds in April, 1946.

In his latter role Divver is in charge of some 25 street department employes headed by Foreman J. L. Cota and sub- foreman Homer Moore.

City Clerk Chester O. Gates has serv- ed since his appointment to that position in April, 1928, and also acts as deputy tax collector, controller of the budget, purchasing agent, clerk of the personnel board, and ex-officio clerk of the city council.

Mrs. Marjorie Ahern has been tax and license collector and deputy city clerk since she went to work for the city in December, 1939. Other employes in the city clerk's office are Mrs. Alice Green, who went to work in June, 1951, as clerk-stenographer, and Miss Maria Uri- guen, clerk-typist since May, 1952.

Eugene M. Boyd, Jr., was appointed city treasurer in July, 1952.

Ralph L. Palm was appointed City Inspector in April, 1949, and since that time has been responsible for seeing that building, plumbing and electrical work within the city complies with the various ordinances. He is also charged with en- forcing the city zoning regulations. Palm is assisted by Mrs. Mary Jane AIcRee who has been employed as a clerk-typist since August, 1952.

Police Chief Jack O. Blevins heads Marysvjlle's 21-man police department. Blevins joined the force in June, 1942, and after service with the U. S. Navy in World War II was promoted to sergeant in November, 1946, and appointed police chief in January, 1951.

Serving under Blevins are five ser- geants. Sgt. Dennis McAuliffe joined the department in February, 1922, and is now in charge of one shift. Sgt. George Galligan, a World War I Navy veteran, joined in September, 1926, and also heads a shift. The third shift is headed by Sgt. Jason Meek, a \\^orld Way 1 Army \et- eran who joined in March, 1944.

Sgt. Nick Nicholau, a Marine Corps veteran of World War II, joined in January, 1943, and serves as an investi- gator. Also serving as an investigator is

Sgt. George Garcia, a World War II Navy veteran who joined the department in June, 1946.

Desk officer Leo Stein, joined the de- partment in March, 1925. A World War I Army veteran, he has served as Chief of police. The other desk officers are George B. Darr, who joined in Jan- uary, 1947, after Army service in World War II, and William McNabb, also an Armv \eteran. who joined in August, 1948.

Officer Dewey AUread who joined the department in November, 1938, is in charge of parking meter maintenance. Officer Charles Neuerberg, ^Vorld War II Army veteran is asigned to the traffic detail.

Serving as patrolmen are Officers Tru- man Bee, who joined the force in August, 1941; Joseph .M. McNab, joined in June, 1943; Almon O. Coleman, World War II Marine Corps veteran, April, 1948; John Gust, who served in the Air Force 'in World War II, June 1951; James Polmanteer, Army veteran of World War II, July, 1951; George Reusser, December, 1951 ; Richard Camper, July, 1952; and Donald An- derson, World War II Navv veteran, April, 1953.

Officer John Talley, World AVar II Marine Corps veteran, was appointed on a temporary basis in August of this year.

Officer Mary AUread serves as police matron and clerk, and also acts as inter- preter in cases involving Spanish and Mexican prisoners and witnesses who are luiable to speak English.

Another well-known Yuba County official is Dist. Atty. Joseph L. Heenan who was appointed to the job in 1936 and retained the position since that time by winning voter approval at subsequent elections.

Asst. Dist. Atty. Francis Arnoldy was appointed in 1941, and Marysville attor- ne\' James G. Changaris appointed last July 16 to serve as part-time deputy Dist. Atty. Mrs. Albert Arostegui has served as secretary in Heenan's office for the past two years. Public Defender Richard Schoenig was appointed to his present position in Sept., 1951.

Sheriff John Dower was elected in 1946 to the position he now holds after ilefeating at the polls C. J. McCoy who had served as sheriff for 32 years. He was reelected in 1950, and has publicly (Continued on page 70)

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SUTTER COUNTY CENTRALIZES

With a $500,000 office building of modern design ready for occupancy, Sut- ter county is planning to centralize its government agencies in Yuba City.

The new structure, on Second St. be- tween B and C Sts., faces the old court- house and the Hall of Records. 1 he courthouse will remain in use by the law- enforcement divisions of the county gov- ernment. The Hall of Records is slated for later remodeling and has been sug- gested as site for the county public library.

Housed in the new structure will be offices of the auditor, assessor, treasurer and tax collector, clerk, recorder, school department, welfare department, road department and supervisors.

The courthouse, with its present coun- ty jail annex, will quarter the sheriffs and constable's offices ; superior and Yuba City District courts ; Judges' chambers and law library; probation officer and district attorney's offices.

Sutter county's government is headed by an elective fi\e-man supervisorial board which now includes Marshall S. Davis of Meridian, District 3 and chair- man of the board ; ? Norred, District 1, Live Oak; Harold W. Moore, Dis- trict 2, Yuba City ; Edward DaCosse, District 4, Yuba City ; and Eber F. Beil- by. District 5, Rio Oso.

Albert B. Brown is county clerk, with Mrs. Beatrice Johnson, clerk of the court of the board of supervisors, as deputies.

Eugene M. Boyd, county recorder, has as staff Mrs. Bette Bell, chief deputy, Mrs. Frances A Vest, senior typist and Mrs. Elsie Lathrop, junior typist.

Evelyn H. Chipman, county auditor, is assisted by Bertha Lantz, chief deputy, Ruth Paxton, Phyllis Chiappini, Lorene Johnson and Gladys Mills. The two lat- ter are part-time aides.

Ernest R. Hauck, assessor, has a regu- lar staff including Mary Van Arsdale, chief deputy; Mrs. Valerie Bell, deputy; Marion H. Hiesch, map-man; Arthur Hill and Gerald F. Allen, appraisers.

Tax-collector and treasurer E. Hanlon Brown has in his office June Hammons, chief deputy treasurer; Mildred Davis, chief deputy tax collector ; and Betty Woodhead, deputy.

All of these departments will be in the

new structure before the end of the year, if present plans are carried through.

Also to be located in the new building will be the supervisorial chamber and private offices and the county road de- partment, which is headed by E. E. Wat- kins, road commisioner. On his staff are Alvah Thorson, engineer and James Mi- randa, assistant ; Patricia Lembke and Bette Jones, clerks.

Frank E. Willard, county superin- tendent, will establish school headquar- ters in the new building with his staff. This also will be the meeting place of the county board of education.

Cecil F. Prichett, county welfare di- rector, and his staff of 12 will occupy a suite of offices, approved by the state wel- fare department.

B. T. Berndston, Yuba City, is official county surveyor.

The old courthouse will be revamped for new uses after general government offices are removed. Noel C. Stevenson, district attorney, will be supplied with quarters here. His staff included Chief Deputy John G. Hauck and Deputy Rezo Del Pero. Carol Neyens is office secretary.

^Villianl G. Thomas, an appointive official, as county probation officer also will be located in the courthouse. Mrs. Geraldine S. Boyd is deputy probation officer. With an advisory committee, this department is in charge of the juvenile hall and detention home in Yuba City.

\y. G. Carpenter, sheriff, is located in the courthouse adjacent to the county jail which is operated under his supervi- sion. C. Earl Blackburn, undersheriff, heads the list of deputies in this depart- ment. Included are O. O. Brown, H. P. Ollar, Art Myers, Ben Stevens, Mathews G. ^VoHf and Joseph Shea. Verdene Andersen is secretary. E. L. McCune is Yuba township constable.

The coroner and public administrator is Burwell W. Ullrey of Yuba City.

Sutter count\' shares with Yuba county in the bi-county health department, with Dr. Edith Young as health officer and in the veterans' service office, with Herman Kruithof in charge.

In the Sutter-Yuba Mosquito Abate- ment district, covering area in the two counties Thomas M. Sperbeck is man- ager. The housing advisory board oper- ates three projects in the county, two in

\'uba City and one in Live Oak, with Folbert C. Elliott as executive secretary. The county also maintains an airport in

Yuba Lity, located at the south end of

Second Street.

The county agricultural department is located in another new Yuba City build- ing, on Garden Hwy. near Second St. It was erected this summer. Offices, labora- tories and space for inspections necessary under California's agricultural laws are included.

T. D. Urbahns, county agricultural commisioner, has held this position for 26 years. His staff includes W. A. Greene, deputy commissioner ; W. C. Pitt, Donald F. Harris and Alfred C. Perrin, inspectors; Alice \Villing, secre- tary. County Sealer of Weights and Measures K. E. Covington also has his office in this department.

The present city government with headquarters in the municipal building on Sumner St., is topped by the five-man council.

Joseph W. Sanderson of Anchor Mo- tors, Inc., was appointed mayor by the other councilmen last April. Other coun- cil members are Howard H. Harter, of Harter Canner\- ; Lloyd I. Huse, auto- mobile salesman ; Riley W. Young, until recently a service station operator ; and Raymond T. Butler, manager of the Sut- ter theater.

Matt ^V. Slankard has been Yuba City administrator since Sept. 1 when he came here from San Bruno to replace Lee Roberts, resigned.

Lewis A. Duncan, also an appointive official, is chief of police and tax collec- tor. Members of the police staff include Gordon Phillips, inspector; Otto Kunde, sergeant; Frank Wamsley, acting ser- geant; Donald Carlson, Nick Frandrup, Leonard Karley, Roy Kornmeyer, Archie Harmon, Robert Bumpus, patrolmen ; Oliver Howard, poundmaster; Mrs. Marveleen Williams, clerk and secretary to the chief.

Police headquarters in the basement of the city hall contain the special police radio station with call letters KME-418.

The city does not maintain a municipal jail but uses the facilities of the Sutter county jail in the Yuba City courthouse under a special arrangement with the county.

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February. 1954

BELL'S SPUDNUT SHOP

BET YOU'LL LIKE 'EM 402 E Street

MAR-l'SVILLE

CALIFORNIA

Best Wishes

J. R.'s PLACE

BEER AND WINES

Friendly Service Always - Bundle Check Room

205 "C" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

VICTORY CAFE

For Real Chinese and American Foods

"Patronage Where Your Business Is Most

Appreciated"

203 "C Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 3. 4659 "T-O-K" Tokunaga

MARYSVILLE GARAGE

GENERAL REPAIRING - STORAGE

VISIT THE SILVER FRONT BAR

FINEST BEERS - WINES - LIQUORS Best of Service - Light Lunches

MARYSVILLE

CALIFORNIA

ARCADE RESTAURANT

or in Bottles 317 Second Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

JOHN TAYLOR FURNITURE

"FAMOUS FOR THRIFTY FURNITURE" Yuba City - Chico - Grass Valley

116 D Str

MARYSVILLE

CALIFORNIA

Best Wishes from

H, EARL PARKER I

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

Responsibility Skill — Integrity

Phone 3-5481 12th and F Streets

MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA

MARYSVILLE— 1850-1954

(Continued from page S) aniiouced his intention to seek a third term next year. Serving under Dower is a staff of nine deputies and two secre- taries headed by Undersheriff John Mur- phy.

Unh'ke a police chief, who is an ap- pointed official whose staff is picked for him, the position of sheriff" is elective and the successful candidate on taking office is responsible for appointing the deputies who will serve under him.

Thomas E. Mathews succeeded Dow- er as County Probation Officer in Jan- uary, 1947, when the latter assumed of- fice as sheriff. Matthews is aided by Mrs. Mamie A. Mather, assistant probation officer.

Henry ^V. Drewes was elected con- stable of the Mar\sville area in Nov., 1950, and took office the following Jan- uary for a four-year term. Clarence \V. Harvey serves as constable of the Wheat- land area, and Louis Marquardt in Comptonville.

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JEFFRIES MOTORS

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Dial 3-492 7 "Talk of the Town"

JOE SCOTT FURNITURE

NEW AND USED

Furniture - Appliances - Antiques

Corner Ninth and C Streets

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KIRK-CLAYTON MOTORS

PACKARD - WILLYS SALES AND SERVICE

819 "E" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

GREYHOUND COFFEE SHOP

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We Pride Ourselves on Good Food!

Tommy McDonald. Prop.

529 "E" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-2396

RADIO STATION KMYC

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310 Seventh Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

MASSEY-HARRIS

Sales and Service

Better Engineered, Better Built Farm Equipment Since 1847

Middleton Implement Co.

TRACTORS — COMBINES

FARM IMPLEMENTS

MARYSVILLE & WOODLAND CALIFORNIA

Class-A Welding & Blks. Works

ALUMINUM & MAGNESIUM WELDING

No Job too Large or too Small Guaranteed Workmanship

Telephone 3-3237

112 E STREET

MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA

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Phone j--4i0l

ROBERTS ELECTRIC CO.

EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL 324 "D" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 3-7885

RUBEL'S DRUG STORE

PRESCRIPTIONS OUR SPECIALTY

320 "D" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 3-9647

BURTON'S SHOE STORE

ROBLEE - AIR-STEP - BUSTER BROWN 314 "D" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

THE FASHION

LADIES' APPAREL

Woodland - Marysville - Salinas - Santa Rosa

316 "D" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

YOUR WESTINGHOUSE STORE

MARYSVILLE FURNITURE

Two Stores to Serve You 304 Third Street. Marysville, California 758 Plumas Street, Yuba City, California

Dial 3-9859

ROMA GRILL

ITALIAN DINNERS - AMERICAN DISHES

True Italian Style Spaghetti

308 "D" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNI\

Phone 2-0117

HARBORD STATIONERY

OFFICE SUPPLIES - RUBBER STAMPS Y & E Desks - Files - Chairs

321 "D" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Marysville Tractor & Equipment Co.

CATERPILLAR JOHN DEERE

Marysville - Robbins

Roseville

1009 - 5th Street

MARYSVILLE, CALIF.

i

Olson Pontiac

PONTIAC

Sales and Service

418 F STREET

Telephone 3-7339

MARYSVILLE, CALIF.

CHECK BRAKES

Check your brakes before it's too late, advises the National Automobile Club.

ANTICIPATION IN DRIVING

When driving, anticipate the actions of the other fellow and you won't so fre- quently find yourself in these tight spots that call for catlike reactions to avoid disaster. Anticipation is half the fun of a. feast. It is also, points out the National Automobile Club, half the battle of safe

KNOWING NOISES HELPS

I he noises that a car makes are ex- cellent clues to the maladies by which it may be affected, points out the National Automobile Club. As many of today's automobile instruction books indicate, there are impressive differences between knocks, squeaks, squeals, rattles, whistles, thumps, and so on.

Office: 3-7341 Res.: 2-0315 and 3-7762

GALLIGAN BROTHERS

INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE 323 "D' Street

MARYSVILLE

CALIFORNIA

HOME MADE BREAD

Until commercial bakeries were estab- lished, points out the National Automo- bile Club, quantities of home made bread were offered for sale in the open air mar- kets of Santa Fe and other New Mexico towns.

DON'T OVERLOOK FRONT WHEELS

One of the places the car owner usual- ly forgets to inspect for possible need for lubrication is the front wheel bearings, according to the National Automobile Club. It is true that when well packed this point rarely needs further attention for a considerable period, but this very fact causes many motorists to overlook it entirely for months longer than is good for its efficient operation.

USE DISTILLED WATER

Use only distilled water in the battery, advises the National Automobile Club. Regardless of how pure it may be no other water is pure enough for such use.

RENDEZVOUS FOR HORSE THIEVES

Ladron Peak, located south of Sabinal in south-central New Mexico, is reported b\' the National Automobile Club to ha\e been the rendez\ous for horse thieves long before the advent of American rustlers.

Telephone 2-1625

M. FRUITMAN

New Men's Clothing and Shoes

We Buy, Sell and Loan

Gold, Jewelry and Diamonds

230 "D" Street, Marysville, California

Tel, 3-9919 Mitch Medigovich. Your Host

STAR it GRILL

MARYSVILLE'S FINEST

Noted for Wonderful Food!

222 "D" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Golden Pheasant Restaurant

FINEST CHINESE AND AMERICAN FOODS

Hours: I I A. M. till Midnite 219 "D' Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-4629

PAYLESS DRUG STORES

"WE LIVE UP TO THE NAME"

DANNY'S TAILOR SHOP

Specialists in Alterations - Guaranteed Work- manship - Reasonable Prices Dry Cleaning - Hats Cleaned 206 "D- Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

"Stop and Say Hello!"

JACK SCOTT'S MOBILE SERVICE

LUBE JOBS A SPECIALTY

Tires, Batteries, Accessories

603 "B" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

YUBA RIVER SAND CO.

PLASTER SAND ,

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WASHED ROCK

We Specialize in QUALITY and SERVICE

Plant Located at "B" Street and Levee

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Telephone 2-201 1

JOHN C. CARLIN

REALTOR 317 Fifth Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

JACK'S OPEN-AIR MARKET

MARYSVILLE'S LARGEST AND BEST

Quality Vegetables - Fruits - Wines

Where Price (Lowest Prices) Is King!

409 So. Highway 99-E

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNI.'

CAMERON'S MATTRESS CO.

Mattresses Recovered and Renovated - New Mattresses Made to Order - Inner Springs Our

Specialty - Sterilizing 816 Highway 99-E Phone Marysville 2-2057

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNL'

Phone 3-7036 Ruby and Ed

LINDA LUNCH

BEST OF FOOD . . . ALWAYS

Coffee That Hits the Spot

Highway 99-E

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNV

Here's How to Get Rich . . . Phone 3-3744

RICH FLOORS

COMPLETE FLOOR COVERINGS Venetian Blinds . . . Free Estimates 940 Highway 99-E. at Linda Comers

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

THE APPALOOSA CAFE

Ray and Nancy Ganoung

BEERS - WINES - LUNCHES

"You Bet — We Appreciate Your Business!"

944 Highway 99-E, One and a half miles South

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

POP'S CAFE

"Where the Boys Meet!"

QUALITY BEERS AND LUNCHES

1000 South Highway 99-E

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNI/^

Dial 3-9253

DEL PERO-MONDON

MEATS WITH YOUR APPROVAL

Wholesale Jobbers Serving Superior

California

1109 Chestnut Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES OF

ORCHARD LUNCH

OPEN 24 HOURS 215 D Street

MARYSVILLE

CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-54 79

Yuba-Sutter Oil & Burner Co.

APPLIANCES - STEEL FABRICATING BUTANE - ROAD OILING

L. M •Pick" Rose, Owner

420 Third Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFOR^ '•

Phone 3-3402

TOURIST GARAGE

GUARANTEED LUBRICATION

TIRES - TUBES - ACCESSORIES

GAS - OIL

Clyde G. Smith, Prop.

316 E STREET

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

PISTOL POINTING

(Continued from page 5) Hank Bowes arrives for his first shoot with the Sacramento gang and right away whaddaya think he sez? "Why don't they move them 50 yard targets about 20 yards closer ?"01d stuff, Hank. Every shooter for the past 37 years has made that statement after his first try at 50 yards and I hereby predict that for the next 37 years new shooters will still be saying it.

The WRA assures me that this year they will most definitely send out their yearly score and average book. I he gang likes 'em and felt a bit put out in 1953 when the club found it was unable to send them to the shooters — but this vear —YES!!! The WRA would like the Clubs around the bay area to join the association (for unity is strength) and receive the monthy results so just send in the two bucks for the year's dues and the ^VRA will do the rest. And besides you also get a copy of my column each month. That's worth the 2 bucks alone.

Don't forget that the San Jose Pistol Club still holds their monthly shoots as does the Stockton ganji. The ne.xt Oak- land shoot will be in March while San Francisco will open in February. Keep those dates open.

Those WRA members who haven't the price of the new lapel button just out of the jewelers can find Spiken and he will trade you sumpin' for one. Spike loves to swap anything, horses, guns, bobby pins, fertilizer or anything yuh got to swap. Spike is living at the range, in charge, and can be found there daily a ready and a waitin' for barter, trade or just plain swap.

Our idea of putting the family to work is exemplified by Ed de Mello who had his young daughter standing behind him during the .45 National match re- trieving the shells as fast as Ed could pop 'em out. Of course, after the match there was the usual cry and howl about loosing brass to some so-and-so who pick- ed up more'n he shot but didn't cause any comment or excitement for no .45 match would be complete without its stolen brass scream. Wonder, if Ed paid th" \oangster for her work?

Elaine Hunt of the Monterey Hand- gun Club, in her second competitive shoot, confided that it's a lot harder to hit the black in a match than it is when one is only practicing. Elaine, young lady, \'ou have just made the statement that oh, so-o-o-o many tyro's make in their early shooting days.

John Faleti has the right idea as he is bringing out his 15 year old son John, Jr., to do, a spot of shootin'. From the

Phone 3-5478

HENRY J. RIECHERS

INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE 425 Fourth Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-1201 W. M. "Biir' and Kathryn Arne

ARNE'S PAINT STORE

MARYSVILLE

nd Household Paints and Supples 423 Eye Street

CALIFORNIA

Telephone 3-7570

DAVE & CY

GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIES

Tune-Up and Electrical Specialists

Fifth and Eye Streets

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-2656

BERT YARBOROUGH

FIRE AND AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

700 Fifth Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

OLYMPIC RADIO SHOP

Henry K Swanson, Ownsr

Hoffman Television - Raytheon Television

Sales and Service

642 Plumas Street, Yuba City. Phone 2-0977

918 Fourth St., Marysville, Calif.. Phone 3-7782

AMERICAN CLEANERS

"QUALITY AND SERVICE— ALWAYS" We Pick Up and Deliver Plant — 309 Third Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

David McVey Harley-Davidson

"The Standard of the Law Enforcement Field" SALES AND SERVICE

312 "E" Street

MARYSVILLE

le 2744

CALIFORNIA

HUST BROTHERS. INC.

AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIES LARGEST STOCK IN THE COUNTY

Fourth and E Streets

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 3-9897

PAGO PAGO CAFE

FAMILY SYLE DINNERS

You'll Love 'em! — COCKTAILS —

George Doersch and Earl Hake. Props.

227 "C" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 2-2389

FRANK M. BOOTH

Since 1912

PLUMBING - HEATING

SHEET METAL WORK

AIR CONDITIONING - REFRIGERATION

222 Third Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-2494

OHRT, CORNELL & HALL

John F Ohrl. Francis Hall. Ceorue E. Come

ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE

AUTO - FIRE - CASUALTY - BONDS

LIFE - ACCIDENT

329 E Street

MARYSVILLE

CALIFORNIA

February, 1954

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Phone 3-3062 George Herboth, Prop.

HERBOTHS MACHINE SHOP

General Machine Work - Repairing Pumps

Tractors and Trucks - Electric and Acetylene

Welding

519 "B" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Pho

3-7516

DRYDEN'S DRUG STORE

111 East 12th Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

REED AND HEFFLEY

821 "B" Street

MARYSVILLE

CALIFORNIA

M. FRUITMAN

COMPLETE OUTFITTERS FOR MEN

Quality Merchandise Only

Comer Third and D Streets

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

BASALT ROCK COMPANY. INC.

Before You Build Get the Facts on Basalite!

Marysvillc Office:

E. 12th and Walnut Streets - Phone 3-7770

Yuba City - Home Phone 2-0135

Woodland Phone 2-5382

TONY'S GROCERY

First for Quality and Service

MEATS - GROCERIES - BEER AND WINES

We Feature Borden Dairy Products

27 East 12 Street Telephone 3-4234

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Best Wishes CHARLES B. GROSS

MARYSVILLE

CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-73 5 1

CHAS. MERZ CO.

TIRE DOCTORS TIRES AND APPLIANCES

Chas Merz - Virgil Songer

517 Fifth Street MARYSVILLE CA.LIFORNIA

Phone 3-4371

WHITE & DIPPEL

OFFICE SUPPLIES

Typewriters, Adding Machines, Calculators,

Duplicators and Supplies, Check Writers

Office Stationery and Supplies, Business Forms

Ideal Business Records. Office Furniture,

Drawing Material

"LARGEST STOCK IN THE COUNTY"

Remington Rand Agents - Sales and Service

509 D Street P. O. Box 270

MARYSVILLE CA.LIFORNIA

NATIONAL DOLLAR STORES

THE HOME OF SERVICE SAVINGS — COURTESY — QUALITY

424 D Street MARYSVILLE CA.LIFORNIA

Phones 2 15 1 I - 34086

SHINGLE TRAVEL AGENCY

TRAVEL ACCOMMODATIONS

AIR • RESORTS • STEAMSHIP • TOURS

BUS CHARTERS

424 Fourth Street MARYSVILLE CA.LIFORNIA

Start a beginners school and set himself looks of the kid's scores Sunday he should up as the teacher so a lot of us can get a few pointers. No wonder the old man has decided to quit shooting for a spell.

Oh, these new shooters and their troubles! There was our friend "Dee" Henry who had a slight case of mis-fire ill the Camp Perry match with the in- evitable results that he was completely discombobulated for the rest of the day and couldn't understand wot hoppen to all his hard practicing.

I just couldn't figure out who that dope with the gun strapped onto his back was. Besides that he had a great big, old nickle plated .45 strapped on his leg and enuf off size bullets to start a second class revolution, if the different sized shells would fit his firing pieces. He wandered around all day long asking questions and taking in the sights but to this day I'll be darned I don't know what it's all about.

There was a side bet between the Hiway Patrol Gang on one of the matches with Boomhower, Kolb and Harry Plummer giving the business to Milt Klipfel and trying to get his goat. The boys wasted their time as it was no dice. Milt didn't fall for their stuff, and went on to win the match and collect his just debts.

There will be a two day shoot in July over the 4th as the ^VRA would like to keep up the custom they so long ago es- tablished but let it slip for the past couple of years. This is a tuff one to decide as the 4th is celebrated on Monday giving the shooters a three day holiday and just how many would be there is problematic — anyhow, it's in the making. More about it later.

John Rygh (yep, thas the right spell- ing RYGH — but don't know hows the pronunciation) from Berkeley, is still trying to get a double out of that 10 in the Camp Perry match. No one at the scoring table could find the tenth shot on the target, look as they might, but John said it was there and if John sez it was there then by God is was there ! Never- theless, John got credit for only 9 shots !

Most of the gunsmiths were sore as the de\il because it wasn't raining Sun- day. Being winter and liable to rain the gunsmiths gleefully pray for rain, rain, rain so the guns will get wet, jam and sputter and go out. Then the smiths gather up the guns, take 'em to their re- spective shops and fix 'em up again in great shape. The smiths, as I said before, weren't too happy with the sunshine.

I find a note jotted down among my notes about the El Morocco Motel in

McKEAN'S 5c & 10c STORE

Largest Assortment Variety Merchandise

Household Supplies - Paints - Hardware

tuh Line of Toys

1059 Highway 99-E (South)

LINDA CORNERS MARYSVILLE. CALIF.

PINE HOUSE LIQUOR STORE

"Stop in and Say Hello!"

OFF SALE QUALITY LIQUORS

1061 Highway 99-E, 2V2 MUes South at

LINDA CORNERS MARYSVILLE, CALIF.

WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO.

AUTO SUPPLY HEADQUARTERS 321 Fourth Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

J. J. NEWBERRY CO.

FOR VALUES AND SAVINGS

407 "D" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 3-464 1

Best Wishes From

HALLS STATIONERY STORE

G. W Hall. Jr. 421 "D" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-3758

SYVERTSENS

ELECTRIC APPLIANCES - REFRIGERATOI^S WASHERS

MARYSVILLE

CALIFORNl.A

Phone 2-2483

KIRK'S PHARMACY

PRESCRIPTION PHARMACISTS

Accuracy - Pur.ty

400 "D" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Dial 3-5441

BRADLEY'S DEPT. STORE

FIFTH AT D STREET

MARYSVILLE CA.LIFORNIA

Telephone 3-4603

OLYMPIC HOTEL

COFFEE SHOP :-: COCKTAIL LOUNGE SWIMMING POOL :-: BANQUET ROOM

Fred J. Carash. Managing Owner

MARYSVILLE CA.LIFORNIA

Telephone 3-4593

CHARLES-MARTIN MOTORS

STUDEBAKER - SALES AND SERVICE

Fourth and Eye Streets

MARYSVILLE CA.LIFORNIA

Phone 2-1570

ROCKHOLT & SON

QUALITY BOATS AND MILLWORK

Estimates Furnished

Jobbing ... A Specialty

Anything of Wood

MARYSVILLE

CA.LIFORNIA

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February, 1954

Phone 3.9636

Electric and Carburetor Service

Harry Marks, Owner

GENERATORS - TUNE-UP - STARTERS

Electric Auto-Lite Service

United Service Motors

Comer Fifth and G Streets MARYSVILLE CA.LIFORNIA

Pho

3-5447

HAMON BROS.

CHRYSLER AND PLYMOUTH

SALES AND SERVICE

Genera! Automotive Repairing

TIRES - BATTERIES - ACCESSORIES

Fourth and G Streets

MARYSVILLE CA.LIFORNIA

Pho

3-4655

Frank L. Cornwell & Son

Frank L. Comwell - Louis R Cornwall

Dealers in

HIGH GRADE PUMPING EQUIPMENT

Fairbanks-Morse Products - Pressure Systems

Peerless Turbine Pumps - Well Drilling

521 Third Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 3.4093

L. F. PUTMAN'S APPLIANCES

GIFTWARES - HOUSEWARES

426 Third Street MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Meyers Hardware & Roofing Service

"Established Over 32 Years"

TWO LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU

304 G Street, Telephone 2-0313

711 Third Street, Telephone 2-3046

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Pho

555

CHISELER'S INN

Established 1865

Fred E. Helwig. Emil Steuer and A. E. Helwig

Proprietors

A FAMOUS CALIFORNIA LANDMARK

On Sale and Off Sale Liquors— Fine Foods

Come in and Enjoy Your Favorite Drink and

Food in the Environment of California's

Roaring •QO's

415 Third Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 2-3 724

The Home of the "FREE HOME TRIAL"

GLOBE TELEVISION

321 Third Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-9207

Ivan Norris Appliances & Television

Authorized Dealer

PACIFIC MERCURY - SPARTON

TELEVISION

Sunnydale and can't for the life of me figure who, or what it is. After searching a bit more into my hen-scratched notes I discovered it's the way to the San Jose shoots. Just past the EI Morocco Motel you turn left to the range. Simple, isn't

BEST WISHES FROM

General Teamsters and Warehousemen

"SHIP BY TRUCK"

Local No. 137 - I.B.T.C.W.H. of America

Affiliated with The American Federation of

Labor

307 Third Street MARYSVILLE

P O. Box 750

CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-6521 P. O. Box 104

Office 1010 EYE STREET . . MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

C. r. \alional Match

Dial 2-252 1

Master M. Klipfel 289

Expert J. Bellera 279 SWINSON MOTORS

Sharpshooter W. Alarkell 277

Marksman 1st D. Christensen 265 fine used cars - large selection

Marksman 2nd H. Hilker 262

Marksman 3rd G. Schaefter 246 126 e Street

MARYS\'1LLE CALIFORNIA

G. r. Lamp rcrry

Phons 21612

Master K. Schaugaard 298

Expert L. Melching 292 Bordens Capital Dairy Co.

Sharpshooter E. DinsmOOr 286 Robert Dahneke, Manager

Marksman 1st C. Smith 283 pasteurized milk - cream and

Marksman 2nd F. Cooper 275 ice cream

Marksman 3rd W. Hinterman 264 , j ^ ^ c:

12th and Yuba Streets

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

.22 Short C^oursc

Phone 3-6232

Master B. Chow 295

Expert W. Martens 283 CROW "n* BULL

Sharpshooter R. [Miller 281 cocktail lounge

Marksman 1st G. DeFino 286 ... The Spot in Town . . .

Marksman 2nd E. Talley 279 -Mike- Terek

Marksman 3rd C. Horton

228 "D" Street -,-^ r, ■ , i~ ^ MARYSVILLE CALIFORN'A

.22 Kafiid t irc Course

AT . w r iQQ THE BRUNSWICK

Master W. Lim 198

r-, „„ ^ in.- 1Q7 recreation and smoke shop

txpert J. Durst IM/

Sharpshooter D. Henry 19b «<""« "f Tampa Nugget and Hav-a-Tampr.

Marksman 1st L. Ackerman 191 '^^"

Marksman 2nd E. Tally 195 ^""' ' ^'""= " ^""'''" " ^•'""""^^

Marksman 3rd H. Wilson 180 „„ ..„„ ^ .

218 D Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORN'.A

.45 Short Couru- Phone 3-3368

Master K. Schaugaard 285 URiZ HOTEL

Expert .1. Moore 284 ^.ke and Edd.e Glugosk,, Proprietors

Sharpshooter H. Jenkens 271 family style dinners

Marksman 1st H. Lisenby 265 "a Must in MarysviiU"

Marksman 2nd L. EngStrom 260 We Cater to Parties and Banquets

Marksman 3rd E. Tally 258 cocktail lounge

Fourth and "A" Streets

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNA .1 f/grrgate Match

Master K. Schaugaard 871

Expert L. Melching 843 syp^ k_ KAHN

Sharpshooter W. Markell 833

.Marksman 1st G. DeFino 812 shoes for all

Marksman 2nd E. Tally 807

Marksman 3rd E.Kenney 741

MARYSVILLE AND YUBA CITY

Team Scores ~

Telephone 2-248 1

1st Place— S. F. Police

Reyoher Club No. 1 1 152 Marysville Savings and Loan Assoc.

„iid Place California thrift and home ownership

Highway Patrol 114fa our specialty

3rd Place— S.F.P.D. No. 1 1127

4th Place— Peninsula ""s "D" Street

Shooting Club No. 1 1 1 1 1 ^^AI^VSVILLE CAUFORN^N

Fehrutiry. 1954

POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL

Page 15

Coca Cola Bottling Co.

425 - 9th St.

Marysvllle

Calif.

a

SEVEN-UP

BOTTLING Co.

126 B Street

MARYSVILLE

Tel. 2-1474

Phones 37301 - 37302 • 37303

John C. Bayes Co., Inc.

For FORD SALES AND SERVICE

420 E Street

MARYSVILLE CALlFORr^lA

Phone 2-2823

GEORGE E. HOWELL

REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE

Property Management - Income Tax

Preparations

404 E Street

MARYSVILLE

CALIFORNIA

NORTHERN COUNTIES BANK

"YOUR HOME OWNED BANK" Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporator

421 Fourth Street, Marysville, California 700 Plumas Street, Yuba City, Californ a Phone 2-1439

ERNIE'S BABYLAND TOYLAND

TOY HEADQUARTERS Bicycles - Toys - Wheelgoods - BabylanJ

418 Fourth Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

CENTRAL BANK

COMMERCIAL — SAVINGS — TRUST

MARYSVILLE

CALIFORNIA

HOTEL MARYSVILLE

AIR-CONDITIONED THROUGHOUT Other Newcomb Hotel Interests

Hotel Clark. Stockton. Calif.

Hotel Marysville. Marysville. Calif.

Hotel Casa del Rey. Santa Cruz. Calif.

Hotel Holland, Duluth. Minn.

Hotel Bristol, Bristol, Va.Tenn.

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

CITY ORDINANCES

(Conlinucd from page 6)

B. Jo instruct and train individuals and members of clubs, organizations and associations who may be interested in the proficient use of firearms.

C. To conduct firearms tournaments by the San Francisco Police Department.

RANGE DUES

No fees shall be charged to :

1. Regular members of the San Fran- cisco Police Department ;

2. Auxiliary Civilian Defense Police in good standing;

3. Patrol Special Police Officers, and

4. Such other law enforcement officers as may, in the opinion of the Chief of Police, be called upon to cooperate with the Police Department in the apprehen- sion of criminals or the maintenance of peace in the City and County of San Francisco.

For a single individual, using the range in individual firearm practice, with a minimum time allowance of one ( 1 ) hour, the range fee is $.50.

For each Class A tournament the reg- istration fee is $.50 per person — and an entry fee of $1,00 per person for each match.

For each Class B or Class C tourna- ment the registration is 25c per person — and an entry fee of $.50 for each match.

If fees are subject to tax, the amount of such tax shall be added to the range fee.

All fees collected, shall, under Charter provisions, be deposited in a "Police Range Fund," which is created under Municipal Code.

3. The Police Department of the City and County is authorized to hold mem- bership in the National Rifle Association — and the cost of said membership shall be paid from such funds as may be ap- propriated or set aside for that purpose.

4. Trophies, medals, and prizes, awarded in tournaments, shall be pur- chased with money in the "Police Range Fund."

5. The Chief of Police is authorized to collect and receive registration fees prescribed by the Rules and Regulations of the National Rifle Association, on be- half of said Association, in connection with the holding of the firearms tourna- ments. The said fees shall be deposited in and paid from the "Police Range Fund."

6. ^Vith the approval of the Police Commission, the Chief of Police may accept; Trophies, medals, gifts and dona- tions, for use in connection with the operation of the pistol range, or the con- duct of matches or tournaments.

LOTUS INN

CHINESE AND AMERICAN DISHES . . . COCKTAILS . . .

A Must in Marysville

Most Beautiful

31 S Second Street Phone 3-9564

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone -Office: 2-0528

Ho

HORN'S USED CARS

See "HORN' for Your Used Car Finest Late Model Cars Our Specially

Wholesale - Retail

101 D Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES TO THE MARYSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT

From

THE CLOVER CLUB

221 D Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-7501

THE WESTERNER

STOCKMAN'S EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES — World Famous Brands —

410 THIRD STREET

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

TOWN HOUSE MOTEL

"Marysville's Newest and Finest" Refrigerated Air Conditioning

In the Heart of Marysville Highway 20 and 24, One Block Off 99-E

■Opposite Beautiful Ellis Lake''

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-2762 Vic and Gene

PITTS & BROCKER

EAGLE'S NEST

COCKTAIL LOUNGE RESTAURANT

901 "B' Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

YELLOW CAB CO.

TELEPHONE 3-4661

for

"COURTESY AND SERVICE"

MARYSVILLE

CALIFORNIA

BURCHELL HARDWARE AND SPORTING GOODS

BUILDERS' HARDWARE - PAINTS

TOOLS

"The Best And Nothing But . . . The Best!"

225 "D" Street MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

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February, 1954

Phone 3. 3523

SIEVWRIGHT'S MUSIC

"ENJOY LIFE WITH MORE MUSIC" 320 FIFTH STREET

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Yuba Map & Blue Print Co.

COMPLETE REPRODUCTION SERVICE 51 31/2 D Street MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone: Dial 2-2361

LAKEVIEW MOTEL

"For the REST of Your Lite" P. O. Box 164 122S B Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

METZGER GARAGE

24-Hour Parking at Fourth and C

Repairing - Storage - Tire and Battery Service

24-Hour Service

221 E Street

CALIFORNIA

MARYSVILLE

COLUMBIA CAFE

THE WORKINGMAN'S CLUBROOM Quiet - Friendly

Sam Theros, Prop. 130 E Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

ALLEN'S EXCHANGE

We Buy and Sell

NEW AND USED CLOTHING

Jewelry - Luggage - Guns

Phone: 2-1393 - Res. 2-2008

408 SECOND ST. MARYSVILLE, CALIF.

ELLIS-HUNTLEY COMPANY

INSURANCE SPECIALISTS - ALL LINES

Mai Huntley - Ray Huntley

414 Second Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 3-3540

TRIPLETT'S LIQUOR STORE

LARGEST STOCK - FINEST LIQUORS BEERS AND WINES

YUBA CITY

CALIFORNIA

Royal Petroleum Company

— Quality Plus Service —

GASOLINE - MOTOR OILS

ACCESSORIES

Tenth and G Streets

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-6184

Hutchison's Colonial Chapel

Warren R. Hutchins

830 D Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-6311

CLUB LINDA VILLA

A CONGENIAL COCKTAIL LOUNGE Dancing Every Night Wilbur Reed, Prop.

Highway 99E, 1% Miles South of MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

7. To carry out the Municipal Code mandates, in regard to the operation of the Police Pistol Range, the Chief of Police, with the approval of the Police Commission, is authorized to adopt, pro- mulgate, and enforce such rules and regulations regarding the Police Pistol Range, the operation thereof, firing thereon, and the course of said firing, as will enable him to secure the greatest amount of success from the functioning of the Police Pistol Range.

8. The Chief of Police shall procure such insurance as may be necessary to protect the City and County of San Francisco against claims and suits arising because of injury to persons or damage to property, arising out of the maintenance, operation or control of said pistol range, out of such funds as may be appropriated

or set aside for that purpose.

* * *

Note — The San Francisco Police Range — planned and constructed by members of the San Francisco Police Department on their own time — is one of the finest in the world. — Editor

MOTORING TAKE-ALONGS

There are four important things every motorist should always carry in his auto- mobile, says the California State Auto- mobile Association. They are a first-aid kit, fire extinguisher, flashlight and a package of flares. Maybe you will never have to use them, but in an emergency any or all of them may save your life or the lives of others.

INSPECT BRAKE DRUMS

Automobile wheels should be removed for inspection of the brake drums at least once each season, and oftener if the car is used extensively, advises the Cali- fornia State Automobile Association. Neglected brakes may operate, but dam- aged brake drums result when lining wears thin and rivets are allowed to cut grooves in the drums.

WIPER CHECK-UP

It is advisable to make sure of safe, clear vision through your automobile windshield during the coming wet weather driving by having a check-up of the windshield wiper blades and the wiper operating mechanism, the Califor- nia State Automobile Association sug- gests. Necessary repairs and replacements, now will prevent inconvenience later.

Telephone 3-7378 Mail: P. O. Box 1589

LAWRENCE MAYFLOWER

MOVING AND STORAGE CO.

Visit the Largest. Most Beautiful Dis^play of " ~ Our May-

Phone 3-5873 Jack Fisher, Samuel M. Farnum

Marysville Wholesale Produce Co.

Everything in Fruits and Vegetables

Corner Second and £ Streets

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

SORENSON DRAYAGE CO.

The World's Largest and Most Complete

Moving Service

Offices and Telephones

Chico - 3395, Oroville - 220. Marysville - 2-2377

YUBA CITY MARYSVILLE

BI-COUNTY FARM SUPPLY CO.

563 Rowe Avenue YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-74 76 Ram Partap, Prop.

ARMATURE & ELECTRIC SERVICE

Rewind All Kinds of Automotive Generator Armatures . . . Rebuild Starters

Two Miles South of D Street Bridge on High- way 99E - P. O. Box 687 MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-6073

SMITH'S AUTO PARTS

TRAILERS FOR RENT

Open Sundays

99.E at LINDA CORNERS

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 1990-W R. H. Strang - R. B Strang

Oroville Pump & Motor Works

Motor Rewinding & Repairing - Pressure

Systems - Ditch Pumps - Sales & Service

Universal Pumps

Marysville Road - One and One-Half Miles

South of Oroville, California

TOM'S CHICKEN COOP

Real Fried Chicken (Family Style)

Linda Comers - On 99-E, 1 V: Miles South of

MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-6519

ET M. BARTH CO.. INC.

FORD TRACTOR DEARBORN FARM EQUIPMENT

Sales and Service

S2S F Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-1011

CHERRY'S TRADING POST

NEW AND USED FURNITURE A Beautiful Selection of Antiques

21/2 Miles South of Marysville Route 1 Box 2240

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

flo

Fur

Wa

Speckert Lumber Co.

LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS

1/2 Mile So. of Marysville

on 99-E Highway

Office 2-2439 — Mill 3-5455

P. O. Box 309

MARYSVILLE, CALIF.

February. 1954

POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL

Page 11

Pho

3-98

SING CHONG RESTAURANT

FINE CHINESE AND AMERICAN FOODS

Complete Catering and Food to Take Out

315 Third Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 2. 1342

JIM WATSON FURNITURE

NATIONALLY KNOWN BRANDS Sixteenth and B Streets

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 9 or 1307

J. J. BRADLEY

BUICK AND CMC SALES AND SERVICE 2185 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 122 0

Dot's Feather River Inn

Warm Beer - Lousy Food - Lazy Bartenders Off Sale on Sale Liquors 2227 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone I2b2 John Voos. Prop,

VOOS SHELL SERVICE

Shell Lubrication - Tires - Batteries 2180 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 1081-R

ONYETTS DAIRY

FRESH QUALITY DAIRY PRODUCTS

Your Family Deserves the Best

There Is None Better Than

GOLDEN STATE DAIRY PRODUCTS

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Pho

1210

DUNCAN BOAT WORKS

EVINRUDE MOTORS — SALES AND SERVICE All Types of Boats Made to Order Chico Highway and Mono Avenue

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 1361 Res. I 393 -J

FOR QUALITY AND SERVICE

ITS

CONCRETE READY MIX CO.

L. J. Reagan

K & S EQUIPMENT CO.. INC.

T. J. Long. Jr.

Kay Brunner Drums and Axles - Deico - Remy Electrical Equipment - Fabrication - Complete Truck Equipment - Gas & Diesel Repair - Port- able Welding - Road Service - Heavy Duty

C. H. Miller Transportation

Statewide Hauling All Cargo Fully Insured

P. O. BOX 1027

Phone 1872

OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS

{Continued from page 7)

fense who spoke briefly on Civil Defense Communications.

Our Host then introduced DeWitt Nelson who stressed the need of adequate communications, and praised our group on the job they are doing.

State Director of Finance Pierce sent regrets at not being able to be present as did Commissioner Caldwell of the CHP.

The following visitors were intro- duced, Arnold Carver of the State Div. of Highways, Gil Johansen of the State Teletype System, Capt. AVilliams of the CHP and members of the State CD staff.

The meeting adjourned for a lunch served at the CHP Academy.

After lunch we were conducted on a tour of the Academy.

Vice President Art McDole recon- vened the group at 1 :30 p.m.

Tom Kelly told of a meeting to be held at Region 3 Control Center on the 11th, regarding matching funds. He then introduced Dr. Heslep who spoke on Radiological Instrumentation and com- munication problems.

Dr. Heslep and an assistant conducted the group on a tour of the State Control Center and the Radiation Laboratory.

The January meeting of Associated Public Communications OfUcers was call- ed to order at 11 :20 A.M. by the Presi- dent, John Atkinson. Our host being Captain C. B. McMurphy of the Ala- meda County Shefif?'s Department.

The minutes of the December meeting were read and approved.

The Frequency & Engineering Com- mitte recommended the use of 155.67 mc to the State Office of Civil Defense for two temporary base stations to be install- ed in their mobile Communication Cen- ters. On a motion by Lewis, seconded by Mayr, this was approved.

Mason then described the test to be made on 460 mc between Mt. Diablo, Copernicus and Blue Ridge Mountain. These tests are in conjunction with the proposed police and hre point-to-point systems.

Bill AVhiting of Kern County describ- ed the latest earthquake in his area and how he was able to obtain reports on the condition throughout the county and Los Angeles by radio while all of the tele- phones were jammed, lis Supervisors received a first hand demonstration as he was appearing before them when the earthquake occurred. He also gave a short report on the proposed state-wide micro-wave system.

BEST WISHES

Merlin's Billiard Recreation

Watch-Word"

TONG FONG LOW

"Charley's Restaurant"

Hours: 12 N. to 1 A.M.— Sun. 4 P.M. to 1 A.M.

Closed Wednesday

Phone 506 2051 Robinson St.

Lee You & Sun Gee, Props.

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

THE BANK CLUB

2053 Montgomery

CALIFORNIA

THE RITZ CAFE

Eat with us or we'll both Starve! Just Good Food — Served Right!

1360 MYERS STREET OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Stop Here for the Best Beer in Town

DUCK INN

9 Mi. So. of Or

Meet all your friends at

SEYBOLD'S

Famous for Fun and Food

1333 Huntoo

OROVILLE

CALIFORNIA

Gray-Nurse Hardware Co.

Crockery, Household Goods, Hardware, Cutlery

Sporting Goods, Paints and Oils

Gray S. Lawton, Mgr.

1359-65 Huntoon Street Telephone 12

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 155

OROVILLE AUTO PARTS

F. W. Sills - Harold Yorton

AUTOMOTIVE :-: TRUCK :-: LOGGING SUPPLIES

1340 Huntoon Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 3 99

BEST WISHES FROM

LOCAL UNION No. 13-428

INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA - C. I. O.

1331 Hunto OROVILLE

P. O. Box 1271

CALIFORNIA

Feather River Wood Products Co.

Manufacturers of MOULDINGS AND TRIM

P. O. Box 67

OROVILLE

Telephone 17

CALIFORNIA

Phone MI9.W

TABLE MOUNTAIN MOTORS

Dwighl E. Cook GENERAL REPAIRING AND REBUILDING

Gasolii

Specializing in CUMMINS DIESELS

TRUCK - TRACTOR - HEAVY EQUIPMENT

Acetylene and Arc Welding

Road Service Anywhere

1981 Oro Vista P. O. Box 1026

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

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February, 1954

'^"""^ ' OROVILLE GROCERY

QUALITY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

MEATS

1843 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 15 80

JOHNSON PAINT COMPANY

PAINTS AND SUPPLIES

Oroville's Largest, Most Complete Stock

1877 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone I and 2

WOLFE'S GROCERY

J. L. Vaughan, Prop.

Delivery Service - Telephone Orders

1810 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Pho

184

Best Wishes

RYSTROMS

THE COMPLETE "G. E." LINE 1877 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE

CALIFORNIA

Telephone 488

DR. E. A. DEVANEY

CHIROPRACTOR

1328 Huntoon Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Savage Hardware & Plumbing Co.

NOTED FOR SERVICE!

OROVILLE

CALIFORNIA

Telephone 6-0488

JOHN F. KITCHEN. JR.

CHEVRON SERVICE

"A-X" From the Court House

1920 Robinson Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 1191 . -^ ..

C€3svve!! & Harrell Service Station

Flying "A" Gas and 01 Products

Expert Lubrication - Cars Washed - Tires

Batteries and Accessoreis

1881 Robinson Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phc

I 16

A. VAUGHAN & SONS

HAY, GRAIN, FEED & SEEDS 15S0 Huntoon Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

CHirS NEWS STAND & FOUNTAIN LUNCH

BEST MALTS AND SODAS IN TOWN

1898 Bird Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

HECKER'S SHOE STORE

FINE FOOTWEAR FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY

1911 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 1706

MORWEAR PAINT STORE

Distributors of

MORWEAR PAINT PRODUCTS

1919 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 104 _ .

PAT SCOTT'S SERVICE STATION

Mobil Products Exclusively - Lube Jobs

Cars Washed. Steam Cleaned and Polished

Tires - Batteries - Accessories

Corner Myers and Montgomery Streets

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 936W

Blackle's L. & B. Exchange

Dealer in New and Used

GUNS - WATCHES - CLOTHING

I. A. (Blackie) Butler, Mgr.

1958 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Captain McMurphy then read the National APCO contents of Docket 10777.

The meeting was recessed for hinch at 12:00 Noon.

The meeting was reconvened follow- ing lunch and Sherifif H. P. Gleason of Alameda County was introduced and then presented Brewer McAiurphy, the new National President, with the Na- tional Gavel and National Membersh'p Card No. 1 and installed him as Nation- al President.

Mr. Herb Breuer of the Federal State Market News Service told of the history of the Market News Service and explain- ed its operation. He then gave a very complete picture of the proposed micro- wave system. A general discussion fol- lowed.

On a motion by Lewis, seconded by Burton, the Association went on record as concurring with the comment of Na- tional APCO on Docket 10777.

Membership application of Willard W. Wehe of Alameda County was ap- proved as an active member on a motion by Keller, seconded by Hudson.

Nominations for all officers were again opeijed and subsequently closed when no further nominations were offered. As there was no contest, on a motion by Mayr, seconded by Hudson, the Secre- tary was instructed to cast a unanimous vote for all officers.

Bill Whiting then installed fhe incom- ing officers: Art McDole, President Tom Bayley, Vice-President and John Atkinson, Secretary-Treas. The Board of Directors elected were: Lewis, May- bee, Leboeuf, Keller and Freeman.

National President McMurphy gave a brief discusion on his plans for the com- ing year.

Commercial members reports were called for.

The February 11th meeting will be held in Santa Clara County.

As there was no further business the meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m.

Warmack Electric & Gift Shop

Westinghous Zenith Radio - E Randall E. Warma 1933 Bird Street

OROVILLE

Electric Applii isy Washers - Est. 1922 :k - Richard R. Warmack Phone 49 P.O. Box 49

CALIFORNIA

Best Wishes to all Law Enforcement Officers

The First National Bank of Oroville

OROVILLE

CALIFORNIA

KARL'S SHOE STORE. LTD.

Good Shoes for the Entire Family! 148 2041 BIRD STREET

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 225 1

T. AND G. CLEANERS

QUALITY WORK FOR OVER 30 YEARS!

—Yes, we call and deliver —

2185 Baldwin Avenue

ortOVILLE CALIFORN'A

Gateway to Feather River Region

DAHL'S MOTEL

OROVILLE'S FINEST MOTEL ON HI-WAY 24

Cowee's Auto Wrecker & Garage

Phc

255

KEEP GLASS CLEAN

A clean windshield not only improves visibility but is handy in other ways, points out the National Automobile Club. For instance, when it rains there will be no abrasive clinging to it to scratch the glass when the windshield wiper is brought into use.

When on a long trip always keep the rear window clean. Fast driving creates a vacuum that pulls the dirt onto the back of the car. A dirty window prevents use of the rear view mirror.

Side windows also should be kept clean for best possible visibility.

Best Wishes From

L. H. CASAGRANDE

Agent RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION P. O. Box 110

OROVILLE CALIFORNV

Phone 1403

KEITH BUILDING MATERIALS

Paint Lumber - Roofing - Fencing - Cement

Builders' Hardware

1600 Mitchell Avenue (Cannery Road)

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 15 70-W

C. E. KINIKIN

Sandy's Clothing and Shoe Repair

Where Your Business Is Most Appreciated

3000 Myers Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 3 1 l-R

O. K. Mattress Upholstering Co.

We rebuild your old mattress into a fine

Inner Spring Mattress, or rebuild your old

Inner Spring - Your choice of ticking.

1925 "A" Street

OROVILLE CALIFORN'A

Phone 1 3 1 -J Household Goods

WALLACE FURNITURE

NEW - USED

Headquarters for Bargains — Always

Myers at Wyandotte

OROVILLE CALIFORN'.-^

Phone 1S07-J W. M. Wilkerson

THE FIX QUICK SHOP

RADIO SALES AND SERVICE 3017 Myers Street

OROVILLE

CALIFORN'A

Telephone 402

RHOADES CORNERS

"IF WE HAVEN'T GOT IT . . .

YOU DON'T NEED IT!" 3108 Palermo Road

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 230 Eber Stackpole - loan StBckpole

STACKPOLE'S R AND R MOTEL

Serving You a Pleasure - Headquarters for

Commercial Men!

790 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE

CALIFORNIA

Fchruarx, 1954

POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL

Page 19

Telephone 555

A. E. TREICHLER

CONTRACTOR

Sheet Metal - Plumbing - Roofing

1212 Myers Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Office Phone 46 1 Home Phone M24J

J. C. (Charlie) WAGNER

Real Estate - Business Opportunities 2062 Montgomery Street OROVILLE

CALIFORNIA

Phc

739

LOG CABIN PASTRY SHOP

.._ »-. Props

QUALITY BAKERY GOODS

2062 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

HARRY'S CIGAR STORE

Headquarters for the Best Tobaccos

PIPES, CIGARS — NOTIONS & TOYS

1346 Myers Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Ph

)ne 429 Mr. and Mrs. Q. K. Martil

MARTIN'S MOTOR COURT

In Town . . . Tile Sho

711 Montgomery Street OROVILLE

CALIFORNIA

Phone 678 Federal Tires

Let's Get Associated

VENE SHARKEY

DistV. - Tide Water Associated Oil Products 750 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone M79-J Pick-Up & Delivery

SMITH'S

New Method Laundry and Launderette

"Pleasing You . . . Pleases Us!

720-722 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Pho

1280

OROVILLE TRUCK TERMINAL

Diesel Fuel - Gas - Oil - Tires - Batteries

We Fix Flats

Marysville Road - Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 447-W AAA

WONDERLAND MOTEL

Owners: John A. MacFarlane and

Wm. B. MacFarlane. Mgr.

Also Kitchenettes If Desired

I Robinson and Marysville Road

: OROVILLE. CALIF. HIGHWAY 24

i Telephone 866

GORDON C. WIGG

YOUR UNION OIL DISTRIBUTOR

Nothing Finer on the Market

1560 Marysville Road

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

TWIN CEDARS CAFE

"EAT WITH POP" Ruth and Bill Clatworthy. Props. Breakfast - Plate Lunch - Soft Drinks Ic

lone 4 1 1

B. C. SEEM

LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER

Located One-Half Mile South of Oroville

on Hi-Way ^4

Route 2, Box 503

CALIFORNIA

SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLY STATION

GAS - OIL - ACCESSORIES

Guns - Tackle - Bait - Hunting and Fish-ng

Licenses - Open 24 Hours Every Day of Week

1700 Marysville Road

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

HARRIS ORANGE SPOT

Finest Fruits and Vegetables of the Season.

Marysville Road South at Richvale Lateral

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

RAILROAD POLICE SANTA FE RAILROAD

Once in a while contact is made with a railroad Special Agent or Police Offi- cer, but to the average person, little is known about them, the scope of their authority, duties performed, and where they operate.

Each railroad has its own police de- partment, and each railroad has a differ- ent title for members of their department and the duties assigned them.

The AT&SF Railroad, better known as the Santa Fe, has officers from San Francisco to Chicago, Galveston, Texas, San Diego, assignment in proportion to needs of the service. Duties vary, from plain station duty, train yards, escort of prisoners or ailing pasengers, investiga- tion of missing persons from trains en- route, or investigation along the right of way of thefts, damage to property, ac- cidents, and theft from freight ship- ments. Each officer must be aware of the state, county and city laws and ordi- nances within the district assigned him.

Each officer when employed in Cali- fornia has a 90 day probation period, and within that time a check of his qualifica- tions, finger prints, personal history is made, and, if approved, he is appointed as a police officer by the state under Sec. 228, Sta. of 1901, and in most cases he holds a Special Police or Deputy Sheriff appointment within the city or county where he works, and cooperates with the department from which he received the appointment. Within the Bay Area there are members of the Railroad Police at San Francisco (5) Oakland (2) Rich- mond, (3) a Division Special Agent at San Francisco in charge of other officers are employed at Stockton, Fresno, and on up the line, with Investigators work- ing up and down the line, who have no regular asigned hours or assigned beat duties.

Head of the Railroad Police in this Area, which includes Los Angeles, is Mr. John L. Hastings, Supt. or Special Serv- ice at Los Angeles. Each Supt. of Special Service has one or more Inspectors who work out of the superintendent's office where needed, or to take over investiga- tions started by officers at different sta- tions. In time of need, such as a wreck, disaster, or other trouble, all officers within the area are called to the scene. Officers from San Francisco are sent to Los Angeles, if an emergency exists there, or any other section on the coast lines, when needed.

Railroad Police of all railroads co- operate, lists of known pick pockets, bag- gage thieves, bunco operators, etc. are passed through the protective section of

Telephone 84

McGINNIS AUTO SERVICE

CHRYSLER AND PLYMOUfH

Sale

nd Se

OROVILLE

CALIFORNIA

MOOR'S HARDWARE & PAINTS

2111 Myers Street

CALIFORNIA

CURRIER BROS. MARKET

BUTTE COUNTIES' FINEST— LARGEST!

2325 Myers Street OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

NORM'S CUT RATE SERVICE

Complete Automotive Service - Tires

Batteries, Etc.

Norwalk Petroleum Products

Phone 988

PIGG'S CLUB & CAFE

A GOOD PLACE TO EAT

G. E. Barnes, Prop.

3070 Myers Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone: 140

WESTWOOD LUMBER SALES

William J. Ryan. Mgr.

LUCAS MARKET

Complete Stock

QUALITY MEATS, GROCERIES, FRUITS,

AND VEGETABLES

Beers and Wines

2257 Quincy Road

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

WHITMILL BAR

Deservedly Popular . . . There's a Reason! Where Friends Meet and Relax

John Kelly, Prop.

1010 Quincy Road

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 1347-M

ALFRED A. JATKO PLUMBING

PLUMBING CONTRACTORS

Phone Oroville 784

GIBBONS EQUIP. & REPAIR

Headquarters for

POWER EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE

2295 Quincy Road

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Best Wishes from

KELLY & URBAN

MUSIC 1010 Quincy Road

ORO\ILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 736

Best Wishes from

K. E. SOULE

LICENSED SURVEYOR

1638 Huntoon Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 82

DON HOBBIE

CHEVROLET AND CADILLAC Sales and Service Bird and Oliver

ORO\'ILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 250

BAIL BONDS

AND GENERAL INSURANCE DAHLMEIER BROS. INSURANCE AGCY.

Page 20

POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL

February, 1954

Telephone 8 1 8

JACK CONNER

JEWELER 2055 Bird Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 130

HALSTEAD'S

JEWELER AND OPTOMETRIST

OROVILLE

CALIFORNIA

SCHMIDT'S QUALITY DO-NUTS

NONE FINER! Try Them Today !

OROVILLE

2472 Myers Street

CALIFORNIA

Phone 144 Thos. P. James. Prop.

JAMES MACHINE SHOP

Cylinder Grinding - Welding - General

Machine Work

2421 Myers Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 1570- J A. S. Parrish, Prop.

OROVILLE ELECTRIC

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

"No Job Too Large - No Job Too Small"

3024 Myers Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

RADIO TOWER DRIVE-INN

Adrian and Doris Smith "QUALITY FOODS — BEST OF SERVICE"

2325 Myers Street

CALIFORNIA

Pho

Q|9

MEYER BROS.

FURNITURE — FLOOR COVERINGS

Appliances - Sales and Service

1789 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

STOP, READ AND REMEMBER

It Pays to Baby Batteries a Bit; YouVe Careful

About 0:l; You're Careful About Gas; You

Watch Your Radiator With an Eagle Eye; Why

Not Watch Your Battery?

Have Your Battery Checked By

BILL'S BATTERY SERVICE

At Oroville Auto Parts Cable Warehouse

On Road to Mesa Drive-ln Theatre

Phone Oroville 1419-J — Ask for Bill

Factory Experienced - Service Guaranteed

Recharging - Repair

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

OSCAR'S LIQUOR STORE

FINEST STOCK OF FINE LIQUORS, BEER AND WINES IN BUTTE COUNTY!

2130 BIRD STREET

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

THE HOB NOB CLUB LOUNGE

The Waffle Shop for Steaks and Chops!

The Popular Spot of Orov-lle

"Stop in and Say Hello"

the AARR and forwarded to each super- intendent of special service. They also receive and have on file all Federal Bu- reau of Investigation, Post Office and escape bulletins, as issued, with special bulletins from their own department re- garding men wanted. A large number of the men apprehended in train yards or on trains are wanted by some department, and a large number of runaway boys and girls are apprehended every year.

Unless in uniform, you may not note the officer on duty, but there is one at all large railroad stations.

THE COP

By Walt AIason

No bard embalms the cop in song. Few people praise or toast him ;

Whate'er he does is always wrong. So we unite to roast him.

He is the butt of hoary jests — Can't name the time he wasn't ;

We damn him if he makes arrests. And damn him if he doesn't.

We cuss him daily for his sins. With criticisms haunt him ;

For every copper should be twins — He's never where we want him.

We blame him if some schoolboy hits

Our precious little AVillie ; We blame him if the cat has fits,

Or if the cow goes silly.

AVe roast him from crown to feet.

The custom is contagious ; And still the copper walks his beat.

Calm, patient, and courageous.

He guards the traffic in great style, From blockades and congestions;

And answers with a kindly smile Five million silly questions.

He hunts the bad man and the yegg. He walks all night with dangers ;

And gets a bullet in the leg, Pursuing deadly strangers.

Phone 3-4039 Res. Phone 3-7842

C. STUART HILL

REAL ESTATE BROKER

Ranches - Orchards - Homes

725 Plumas Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 2 1419

S and H MEN'S SHOP

"Exclusive But Not Expensive"

COMPLETE OUTFITTERS

728 Plumas Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone: Office 3-4091 Res.: 3-4983

Ray Simmons, Real Estate Broker

INSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES

723 Plumas Street

YUBA CITY

CALIFORNIA

Phone 1479R

"A Home Where You Want it"

OROVILLE TRAILER SALES

New and Used Trailers - Repairs and Suppli( S. Marysville Hwy. at Richvale Lateral

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

BURTON'S SHOE STORES

Jim Maroney, Mgr.

Fine Footwear for the Entire Family

1359 Myers Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Bes^ Vi'ishes from KITRICKS INSURANCE AGENCY

OROVILLE

CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES TO ALL OFFICERS FROM

OROVILLE LODGE No. 1484

B P. O. E. ELKS W. J. Sharkey. Sec'y OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 189-R

NEW YORK MACHINE SHOP

GENERAL MACHINE WORK

Steel Fabrication - Tanks - Electric and

Acetylene Welding

IV2 Miles South on Highway 24 P. O. BOX 731

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

VALLEY MUSIC SHOP

MUSIC FOR EVERY OCCASION RCA VICTOR TELEVISION - RADIO

1345 Myers Street

OROVILLE

CALIFORNIA

RITZ CLUB LOUNGE

OROVILLE'S FINEST AND MOST POPULAR Dancing Friday and Saturday Nights

2027 Robarts

OROVILLE

Street

CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM

K. & D. R. CO.

(LOGGERS)

V. O Or

23 I

OROVILLE

CALIFORNIA

He seeks in dark and noisome lairs The burglar who eschews him ;

And in our cozy rocking chairs, AVe sit up and abuse him.

When those who roast him daunted stand,

In times of strife and riot. He takes his life and club in hand.

And scraps for peace and quiet.

—IN THE HEART OF OROVILLE— Telephone 1237

OROVILLE LIQUOR STORE

Largest Stock of Fine

WINES - LIQUORS - BEERS

Where Your Patronage Is Appreciated

Gus Aleck, Prop.

1975 Montgomery Street

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

February, 1954

POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL

Page 21

Telephone 3-6395

SUTTER AUTO PARTS

Industrial and Automotive Equipment and Parts

"Largest Stock in Sutter County"

741 Plumas Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Telephone 3-9806 or 2-2800 Herbert G. Brown

Herb Brown's Friendly Service

Mobilgas, Mobiloil, Tires, Batteries, Accessories. Lubrication, Steam Cleaning Plumas and Church Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

THE SEWING CENTER

SALES - SERVICE - REPAIRS - RENTALS

Pfaff, Necchi, Elna, Domestic, Etc.

Pfaff - World's Finest Zig-Zag Sewing Machine

752 Plumas Street Phone 3-3136

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-985 4

MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT

SCOTTY'S COCKTAIL LOUNGE

YUBA CITY

CALIFORNIA

Pho

2-15

GARDEN WAY NURSERY

Trees - Shrubs - Bedding Plants - Seed

and Pottery

Second and Bridge Streets

YUBA CITY CALIFORM.A

E. L. ATKINS REALTY

HOMES - RANCHES - ORCHARDS

Roy T. PhUlips. Broker

Lucile Atkins, Salesman

224 Bridge Street Phone 2-0259

Sutter Hotel Bldg. Yuba City, Calif.

Telephone 3-7666

SIMMONS TRENCHING CO.

747 Suiter Street YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

HIATT'S GROCERY

QUAUTY GROCERIES - FRUITS

VEGETABLES

BEER AND WINES

Gas and Oils

2785 Mitchell Av

CALIFORNIA

681

BILL TURNER

OROVILLE TIRE SERVICE

RECAPPING - VULCANIZING

New and Used Tires

Kelly Springfield Tires

U. S. Royal Tires

2667 Myers Street

CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM

HENRY J. KAISER CO.

SAND - GRAVEL - CRUSHED ROCK

S. S. Lord. Manager

CALIFORNIA

Office Phone 1872

A Load on Our Truck i

Res. Phone 1476-J Load off Your Mind

C. H. Miller Transportation

STATEWIDE HAULING ALL CARGO FULLY INSURED

P. O. BOX 1027 OROVILLE CALIFORNIA

ACCIDENT RATE UP

1 raffic accidents in San Francisco de- creased 2.2 per cent in 1953 as compared with 1952. There was, however, one more death in 1953 than in the previous year, with pedestrians again accounting for the majority of the fatalities, accord- ing to Iver C. Larson, executive vice president of the San Francisco Chapter, National Safety Council.

There were 17,004 reported accidents in 1953, compared to 17,399 the year be- fore, or a drop of 395. The greatest de- cline was in accidents involving a colli- sion of two or more motor vehicles, a drop of 281. Progress was also made to- ward reducing accidents involving motor vehicles and pedestrians. This type of accident showed a drop of 82.

Almost every one of the twelve major categories of accidents showed appreci- able declines — with the e.xception of mo- tor vehicles striking bicycles and motor vehicles overturned in roadways. There were 19 more auto-bicycle accidents and 72 more vehicles overturned than in 1952. Police attribute the latter mishaps mostly to e.xcessive speeding.

San Francisco had 67 traflfic fatalities in 1953, one more than the previous year. Pedestrian deaths totaled 43 — the same as 1952.

Persons killed in motor vehicles col- liding with other motor vehicles dropped from 18 in 1952 to ten in 1953. while there were six deaths in 1953 resulting from automobiles overturning in the roadway or running off the roadway, as compared with none in 1952. Motor ve- hicles striking fixed objects resulted in seven deaths, an increase of three over 1952; and motor vehicles striking other objects, such as construction areas, ac- counted for one death.

"In view of the fact that almost all types of accidents decreased in 1953, we have been greatly concerned with the in- crease of accidents involving bicycles and automobiles, and automobiles overturn- ing due to fast and reckless driving,'" Larson said.

"The National Safety Council, the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Com- merce, California State Automobile As- sociation and other agencies are current- ly cooperating the a "Lite-A-Bike cam- paign to cut bicycle accidents. Safety pamphlets and strips of Scotchlite re- flector tape are being distributed free through the San Francisco License Bii- real to all bicycle owners.

"Police are effectively reducing the speeding hazard with increased patrols of Golden Gate Park and other areas in the city where accidents resulting in over- turned cars have been most frequent." Larson stated.

Phone 2-0373

MILHOUS TRACTOR CO.

FERGUSON SYSTEM

Jess Milhous, Owner

772 Suiter Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-1656 Anita Benton

THE BEAUTY BOX

. . . YOUR WAY TO LOVELINESS . . .

"Yuba City's Largest and Best"

714 Plumas Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

TRESSLER'S DEPARTMENT STORE

Yuba City's Largest, Most Complete Stock of Men's, Women's and Children's Wear

680 - 700 Plu

YUBA CITY

Street

CALIFORNIA

Phones— Office: 2-2574 Res.: 2-1825

LESTER L. LAIRD

REAL ESTATE BROKER

Business Property - Homes - Ranches

660 Plumas Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Ripley's Restaurant & Fountain

Real Home Cooking - All Women Cooks! Dinners - Lunches - Hamburgers

YUBA CITY

CALIFORNIA

Office Phone: 2-1600 Residence: 3-7670

GLENN A. GAUCHE

FARM LANDS - RANCHES 642 Plumas Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-7581 Frank and Ize'la

NEW PLUMAS CAFE

STEAKS - CHICKEN - SEA FOOD

"You've Tried the Rest — Now Try the Be:l!"

624 Plumas Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORM.-.

CHILES & FIELD OIL CO.

Distributors for

NORWALK GASOLINE AND LUBRICANTS

MACMILLAN OILS AND LUBRICANTS

P. O. BOX 547

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-37 14

"Barnickol Bill and Barney"

W. F. BARNICKOL & SON

YOUR PUMP MEN DEEP WELL AND PRESSURE SYSTEM

PUMPS

P. O. Box 687 Colusa Road

(Across Road from Valley Concrete Pipe Co 1 YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-543 7

ULLREY MEMORIAL CHAPEL

Bur«-eII W, UUrey - Walter B. Ullrey Bert M. Ullrey

817 Almond Street YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Telephone 2-1363

GOLDEN STATE CO., LTD.

CALIFORNIA'S FAVORITE DAIRY PRODUCTS

310 Bridge Street YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

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POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL

February, 1954

Phone 3-465 1

WALTER ("Wally") THOMPSON

YUBA CITY

INSURANCE BROKERS Lite - Fire - Auto 4131/2 Centr St

CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-1810

BLUE ROOM COCKTAIL LOUNGE

The Uptown Cocktail Lounge With Downtown

Prices

224 Bridge Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

SAVAGE "Heap Good" CANDIES

DEUCIOUS - HOME-MADE Johnnie and Mary

S58 Second Street

YUBA CITY

CALIFORNIA

Gambles Western Auto Supply Co.

W. G. Bennett, Authorized Dealer

Everything for the Home, Ranch, Car

669 Plumas Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Telephone 3-9957

Yeates Union Oil Service

EXPERT LUBRICATION

Tires - Batteries - Accessories

474 Bridge Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

BROWN'S SHOE REPAIR

EXPERT WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED Ladies' Shoes Our Specialty

631 Plumas Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-4345 Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Baker

SUTTER MOTEL

"A Home Away From Home"

% Miles North of Yuba City on Highway 99E YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-3962 Frank Jackson, Prop.

MIDWAY MOTEL APTS.

NIGHTLY AND WEEKLY RATES

Singles and Doubles

Highway 99E, 1 Vj Miles North of

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-6420 The Willmerfs, Props

TWIN PALMS MOTEL

HIGHWAY 99-E

\Vi Mibs North of Yuba City, California

Route 2 - Box 118

GOBEN'S MOTEL

KITCHENETTES - AIR-CONDITIONED

Da ly and Weekly Rates

Cl?an - Cool - Comfortable

One Mile North on 99-E

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Associated Transportation Co.

"Nothing To Sell But Service"

B & CRADDOCK STREETS Phone 2-2323

Yuba City, Calif.

THEY CALLED HIM "LUCKY"

From the talk one hears about the so called "perfect crime" it is obvious that most people do not realize there are a great many unsolved murders moulder- ing in the files of the larger police depart- ments throughout the country.

By the same token it is obvious that the man on the street is not aware that there are a great many homicides which do not rate a one paragraph story in the pages of the bustling metropolitan press. \Vhen, at the year's end, he reads a roundup story which tells him there were forty-one murders in San Francisco dur- ing the past year he assumes, subcon- sciously, that he read or heard about all forty-one killings.

Ma

Sha

Phone 2-289!

NEEDLES AND YARNS

Domestic and Imported Yarns - Knitting

Instructions and Designing - Custom Knitting

721 Taber Avenue

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

CARLINO'S CAFE

True Italian Style Spaghetti

We Cater to Parties — Dial 2-3894

BUNCE & RICHLAND RD.

'A Mile South Yuba City High School

YUBA "CITY CALIFORNIA

JIM'S NORWALK SERVICE

TRUCK HAVEN

Tires - Batteries - Accessories

Corner Live Oak and Colusa H-ghways

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-5449 Res,: Nicolaus 2291

N. D. WISE

BE WISE . . . INSURE WITH NATE WISE

LlEUTEN.^NT M,-\RTIN LeE

He will never know how wrong he is. Less than half of the murders which take place in this nation's larger cities ever rate a line in the newspapers, and the majority of these receive little attention. It is an axiom with all city editors that a murder, in order to be worthy of at- tention, must have that intangible some- thing known as "class.

Because of this many of the most fas- cinating tales in the files of every homi- cide detail are, like Sir Thomas Grey's flowers, "born to blush unseen."

The murder of Phyllis Aguon had lit- tle to offer in the nature of class in spite of its bizarre nature. The death of the shapely brunette was just good enough to rate page one on the early street sales e<]itions of the afternoon papers and un- important enough to be forgotten the next day. But there are two men who will never forget the murder of Phyllis

Street

YUBA CITY

CALIFORNIA

SUTTER HOLDING COMPANY

INSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES! 204 Bridge Street

\UBA CITY CALIFORNIA

REEVES & FRASER CO.

COMPLETE FARM SERVICE

Sprays - Gypsum - Dust - Seeds - Best

Fertilizers

I'hon- 3-4252 717 Bridge Street

-lUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

I'hone 3-3895

LINDSTROM & YANK Dhtributors

MOBILGAS - MOBILOIL

MOBIL TIRES - MOBIL BATTERIES

651 Bridge Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Whitson & Hodge Service Station

SIGNAL OIL PRODUCTS - GASOLINE "We Specialize in Lube Jobs"

Ed Wilson Painting & Decorating

PAINTING AND DECORATING

Paints, Wallpaper, Glass, Venetian Blinds,

Aluminum Windows, Wholesale, Retail

454 Bridge Street Phone 2-0752

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

TWIN CITIES FURNITURE

FINE MAPLE FURNITURE

610 Sutter Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM

BRUCE & TROXEL

SIGNAL OIL DISTRIBUTORS

Number One Sixth Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Telephone 3-6272

PARK GROCERY

Best Quality MEATS - FRUITS - VEGETABLES Where Your Patronage Is Appreciated

513 "B" Street

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

February, 1954

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Phone i-P<)22

YUBA CITY

BANK CLUB

i in and Get Acquainted

CALIFORNIA

TEEGARDEN GROCERY

Not the Largest, But One of the Best Quality Groceries - Meats. Fruits & Vegetables

328 Teegarden Street YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Telephone 2247 I

T. F. BURNS

DRAYING AND MOVING 870 West Forbes Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-2046 Paul Mell

MELL'S PLUMBING SHOP

DEPENDABLE SERVICE

YUBA CIT"!'

CALIFORNIA

FROSTiE FREEZE

HAMBURGER HEADQUARTERS

Biggest and Best Malts in Town!

Ice Cream to Take Out

290 Percy Avenhe

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Telephone: Dial 3-9513

BILL'S SPORT SHOP

Phone 3-6575

EARL R. HUFFMASTER

OLDSMOBILE - CADILLAC

226 - 228 Bridge Street YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Best Wishes From

B. AND M. CAFE

J. H Barrie. Prop.

BEERS AND LUNCHES

"Where Your Patronage Is Appreciated"

231 Garden Way

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3.5583 Dottie and Otto. Props.

THE SUN DOWN TAVERN

BEER AND SANDWICHES

On Highway 24, South

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

SONNY'S GARDEN WAY CLUB

BEER, LUNCHES AND RECREATION

PARLOR

"Stop in and Say Hello!"

Phone Marysville 2-2333

BOYKIN MOTORS

QUALITY USED CARS

Eleventh and B Streets MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-2301

MARYSVILLE JUNK CO.

Dealers in New and Used STEEL SUPPLIES

Eighth and D Streets MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Aguon. Lieutenant Martin Lee and In- spector Alvin Corrasa of the San Fran- cisco Police Department Inspectors' Bureau frequently recall the case which ran them ragged for almost a year and finally ended on the trail of a Marine with the fantastically appropriate nick- name of "Lucky."

No one who rolled out to the Divisa- dero Street apartment house that night is likely to forget the body they found lying at the foot of a dimly lighted stair- way. Phyllis Aguon was moderately at- tractive from the shoulders up, but her statuesque body was beautiful by any standards and lying there on her back, wearing only a silken slip which was tightly knotted around her neck, she left a lasting impression.

It was almost three o'clock in the morning when the original call was re- layed to the Northern Station patrol car. A latecomer to the Divisadero Street apartment house had reported a drunk blocking a doorway and the two officers were sent to investigate. Not many mo- ments later the bewildered complainant was attempting to explain to the police just how he had managed to stumble over the murdered body of a nude wom- an and not recognize her as such, no mat- ter how dark it was. He was a good starting point for the investigation by Lee and Corrasa when they arrived on the scene, but as a suspect he lasted only until a doctor was able to estimate the time the woman had been dead. The fact that she had been dead almost two hours before discovery provided him a perfect alibi . . . and made every one else in the apartment house a suspect.

The whole case worked that way. In- credible as it seems, every resident in that Diversadero Street apartment house was able to account for his actions at the time Phyllis Aguon was murdered and all of them had an alibi. Lee and Corrasa had their work cut out.

Days passed while the detectives in- vestigated every facet in the life of the murdered woman. Every acquaintance was questioned. All her relatives were contacted. Physical evidence . . . the pathologist's report, fingerprints and photographs . . . were examined and re- examined. Slowly the picture came into focus. Every clue, each lead, [Jointed to a red headed Marine, whom a lot of peo- ple new as Lucky as the logical killer.

Relatives of Phyllis Aguon identified Lucky as the man who had visited her home town, a suburb of San Francisco, with her on the day before the fatal in- terval on the doorstep. Favern owners in San Francisco remembered Phvllis had

Phone 2-4 162

Ken's Auto Appearance Center

Body and Fender Work - Painting Upholstering

Out West on Colusa Highway YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-3 725 Helsem Dairy SlerUizers

LEONARD PARSONS

International Harvester Refrigeration - Pack- ard-Bell Television - Hardware and Appliances Welding and Machine Shop Walton and Franklin Avenue YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

NATE'S

Complete One-Stop Shopping

Fine Quality Meals. Vegetables and Groceries

Beer and Wines

We Deliver

815 "B" Street Telephone 2-1898

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone Marysville 3-6680 We Close on Sat.

Sierra Spring Water Service

Bottled Spring Water and Distilled Water Why Take Chances — Drink Spring Water!

Year Around Delivery Service

490 PERCY AVE. YUBA CITY. CALIF.

Phone 3-5019

RAY W. JOHNSON CO.

Manufacturing - Electric Welding

Machine Work - Agricultural Repair

86S Market Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-3856 Don Clayton, Prop.

DON'S PAINT SHOP

Car Painting - Body and Fender Repairs

Guaranteed Workmanship

629 East Taber Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-5 144

GREEN THUMB NURSERY

Largest Selection of Shrubs, Plants & Bulbs

306 Percy Avenue YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

EDDY AIR SERVICE, INC.

Aerial Crop Work - Dusting. Seeding, Spraying

All State and Federal Taxes Included

Sutter County Airport

Phone 3-9934 p. Q. Box 709

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

MADDOX AUTO SERVICE

Tires - Batteries - Accessoreis Sporting Goods Route 4, Box 2 Phone 3-7852

viiD, ^-It^- °'"** Hiway at Onstott Road

tUBA CIT1 CALIFORNIA

HAROLD DUKES

Extra Friendly Service

Mobilgas, Mobiloil, Washing, Polishing

Steam Cleaning

, "* f-^iy** Avenue Phone 3-9877

'BA CITY CALIFORNIA

1^

Souza Brothers

Heavy Equipment Hauling

Ala/ling Address: 680 BROWN AVENUE

Office: 1 Mile West of Yuba City

Phone 2-3161 YUBA CITY, CALIF.

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February, 1954

Cookie's Bike & Toy Shop

Bicycle Repairing & Bicycle Accessor! David R. Cook, Owner

Phone 3-7615

YUBA CITY

215 PERCY AVE.

CALIFORNIA

Mayfield's Grocery & Meat Mkt.

QUALITY MEATS AND GROCERIES Beers - Wines - Cigars and Candy

■•Where Your Patronage Is Appreciated"

Corner FrankLn at Walton Roads

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-6106

Res. Phone 3-3563

ROSE INSURANCE AGENCY

INSURANCE FOR ALL! Al Rose

Phone 3-7775

ANDERSON PHARMACY

Roy A. Anderson PRESCRIPTIONS - DRUGS - LIQUORS

653 PIu

Street

YUBA CITY

CALIFORNIA

Telephone 3-9205

Pepsi-Colo Bottling Company

OF YUBA CITY "MOST BOUNCE TO THE OUNCE" "Built on Quality and Se

750 Sutter Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-0460

WHEN LOW IN SPIRITS, VISIT

DELUXE LIQUOR STORE

Russell Neal. Prop.

449 Bridge Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-2942

Sportsman's Club and Cafe

A Good Place to Eat FINE LIQUORS - BEER AND WINE

622 Plumas Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES

The BRITE SPOT

Johnny Newmanic. L H, Wrestler

311 THIRD STREET

MARYSVILLE CALIFORNIA

Phone; Yuba City 2-0806 - Nevada City 304

Regal Pale & Budweiser Beers

J. Cartoscelli. Prop and Sole Distributor

Distributor to the "PEACH BOWL OF THE WORLD"

766 Sutler Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

been seen with Lucky on that last, fatal evening. Friends remembered meeting Phyllis and her handsome, red haired Marine. There was the group of people who had seen Phyllis and her boy friend argue as the small hours approached who had actually seen him strike the shapely brunette and heard him threaten to throttle her.

\Vhile the investigation developed, one major flaw appeared in the detectives' case. A lot of people knew Lucky, and a lot more were sure they would recognize him if they saw him again. But no one knew his proper name. He was known as Lucky and, as close as Lee and Corrasa could discover, nothing else.

The two detectives discovered that in a body of men the size of the Marine Corps there are a lot of red headed per- sons with the nickname "Lucky." They sorted them out and sifted them down. Photograph after photograph was shown to the witnesses who had seen the Marine with Phyllis. Weeks passed into months. Eventually patience paid off.

Members of the murdered woman's family recognized a picture. Other wit- nesses verified their judgement. Armed with a name Lee and Corrasa were able to dig deeper into the case and discover definitely that Phyllis had frequently dated the man whose picture had been identified. Satisfied at last that their case was complete the detectives told their story to the Marine Corps. The Corps promised to cooperate. Lee and Corrasa sighed with relief. Within a few days the case would be in the hands of the courts. Then they received the call from a Ma- rine colonel.

"I wouldn't arrest Lucky if I were you," he advised.

"Why not?" Lee demanded. "We have a perfect case against him."

"Not now," the colonel replied. "We checked on Lucky. He had a little trouble a short time before the murder. He was restricted to his station on the day of the killing."

"But couldn't he have gone AWOL and sneaked back safely?"

"He could have," the colonel answered dryly. "But what sergeant of the guard would admit he got away with it? And what court would convict him ?"

Lee sighed, thanked the officer, and hung up. He moved to his desk, closed the folder bearing the data on the Aguon case, and stamped it with large purple letters. "Case Inactive." Then he turned to Corrasa.

"Now I know where that Marine got his nickname," he declared. "Just how lucky can a man get ?"

SPECIALTY MART

Phone 3-4043 YUBA CITY

979 Richland Road

CALIFORNIA

ROY'S PLACE

"Where Your Patronage is Most Appreciated"

Beer — Recreation — Cigars & Candies

H. C. Stone, Prop. 100 Percy Avenue

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

OWEN'S RADIO & TV SERVICE

We Specialize in Radio & TV Service Only

105 Percy Avenue

YUBA CITY

Telephone 3-3223

CALIFORNIA

Phone 3-92 73

Valley Concrete Pipe & Products Company

CHICO — Phone Fireside 2-7566 DIXON— Phone 8-5733

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM

NORTHRUP. KING&CO.

Seedsmen Since 1884

276 Wilbur Avenue Phone 3-5407

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-1046

HOWARD CLEANERS

FOUR CONVENIENT LOCATIONS

236 Bridge Street - 712 Plumas Street

YUBA CITY

113 East 12th Street - 107 D Street

MARYSVILLE

JOHNNIE'S QUICK LUNCH

For Quality and Service Always REAL HOME COOKING

Prompt Service

200 Bridge Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-2359

ALLENDER'S TELEVISION

TELEVISION IS OUR BUSINESS ;

Admiral - Westinghouse - RCA i

First in Sales - First in Service

720 Plumas Street

^UBA CIY CALIFORNIA

SUTTER ORCHARD SUPPLY

FEEDS - SEEDS - SPRAYS AND

FERTILIZERS

Branch at East Gridley

573 BRIDGE STREET YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

February, 1954

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WALNUT

COURT

GROCERY

Quality Fruits — Vege

Groceries tables —

& Meats Candy & Cigars

J. C. LiUard. P

LIVE OAK

rop.

13th & M Street

CALIFORNIA

CLIFFORD'S FURNITURE

New & Used Household Goods

We Specialize in Antiques!

176 Percy Avenue Telephone 2-3563

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Percy Ave. Grocery & Market

For Quality Groceries — Meats & Vegetables

We Deliver - Your Friendly Neighborhood Store

Telephone 2-1120 179 Percy Avenue

YUBA CITY' CALIFORNIA

Pho

3-65 14

BREMER HARDWARE, INC.

IMPLEMENTS - SPORTING GOODS HOUSEHOLD APPUANCES - PLUMBING

546 Second Street

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Telephone 2-306 1

PULLIAM'S FURNITURE

The House of Bargains!

WE BUY, SELL OR TRADE

New - Used and Antique

1028 Colusa Highway YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

THE RIB

THE TWIN CITIES NEWEST (Marysville and Yuba City)

Featuring HICKORY SMOKED "RIB-BAR-B-Q" Fountain Service - Drive-ln Service

>rivate Banquet Room — Catering Service Take Home Dinners— We Deliver

Built-Rite Redwood Fence Co.

Redwood Fences - Vast Selection Styles Outdoor Furniture - Patios - Landscaping

Weather Stripping - Venetian Blinds

100% F.H.A. Financing — 36 Months to Pay!

No Down Payment . . . Call 2-2663 or 3-6579

Free Estimates — Open Sundays

Colusa Highway Off Onstott Road YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

'hone 3-6564

Yuba City Scrap & Steel

HEADQUARTERS FOR STEEL AND PIPE

USED AUTO PARTS

"Ask for Denny"

Route No- 4, Box 3, Colusa Highway YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

Telephone 2-0262

Bi-County From Supply Company

ALL BASIC FARM SUPPLIES Owned, Controlled and Operated by

BUMBLE BEE "FINGERS" FEDERAL FUGITIVE

Luther Saunders was convicted in a Federal Court of a liquor law violation, but he jumped bail. When Deputy United States Marshal J. Harrison Roche paused to act as a Good Samari- tan he recognized Saunders who thus landed at McNeil Island Prison. The poetry covering the strange coincidence was writen by a friend of the Marshal. — Editor. How doth the little busy bee

Assist the roving copper? By boldly stinging culprits

In places hardly proper.

'Twas a fine day last September When U. S. Marshal Roche

Was driving through Los Angeles In his speedy benzine coach.

He passed another motorist Who was fixing up a puncture

But a busy little bumble bee Arrive at just this juncture.

The sweating, cursing motorist At his work was bending over;

The pattern on his pantaloons To the bee resembled clover.

Upon these pants the bee sat down;

His sitting was not tender; The tire fixer gave a scream

And bit clear through his fender.

The passing U. S. Marshal

In horror jammed his brakes on ;

"This surely is a mad man,"

Said he, "Hear how he takes on."

Prepared to cope with anything.

E'en to a crazy beggar. Right boldly forth he strode and met —

A fugitive bootlegger!

"Aha!" the marshal cried in glee, "You naughtie bootie, come with me!

"And for a raiding partner — Gee! "Give me the little bumble bee!"

563 Row

YUBA CITY

(Near Fairgrounds)

CALIFORNIA

A TWO WAY PROFIT

Having the ignition system gone over and replacing spark plugs that need it does more than insure easier starting in cold weather, according to the National Automobile Club. There is also another form of profit to be obtained in the im- pressive guise of gasoline economy.

IMPERIAL GAS CO.

ROCKGAS - PROPANE - BUTANE

Economical, Safe. Clean

Phone 2851 No. Main St. at the Y

Frank G. Phillips, Manager

LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA

KOEPLE'S DO-NUT SHOP

Special Varieties Made to Order

Lunches - Sodas - Donuts & Coffee

595 SPRUCE STREET

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

O. K. RUBBER WELDERS

COMPLETE TIRE SERVICE

Recaps - Repairs - New - Used - Coast to Coast

Hal Linge

Phone 7461 Post Office Box 681

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

MORRIS BROTHERS— LIQUORS

On and Off Sale Liquors

"Where Your Patronage is Really Appreciated"

868 HAZEL STREET

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

JERRY VOWER

Cocktails - Breakfast - Luncheon - Dinner On and Off Sale Liquors

Phone 3-9864 YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

ROBBIN'S MARKET

Home of Quality Groceries - Meats - Vegetables

Wines & Beer — Also Home Furnishings - Toys

Sporting Goods and School Supplies

Corner Colusa and Biggs Road GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

STUKE NURSERY CO.

WALNUTS A SPECIALTY

Deciduous Fruit Trees

Sales Yard on Highway 99E

W. E. Stuke. Owner

Phone 2 3 7« GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

YUBA CITY MILLS

GRAIN • SEED • MACHINERY FERTILIZER

YUBA CITY

CALIFORNIA

Associated Transportation Company

"NOTHING TO SELL BUT SERVICE" R. M Carroll - Paul Kunde

B and Craddock Streets

YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

EARL FRUIT COMPANY

Since 1687

PACKERS AND SHIPPERS OF FRUITS

359 "B" Street YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

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February. 1954

Phone 2 382

G. B.

Elgin

GRIDLEY

SIMPSON JEWELER

Longines - Wyler Watches 617 Kentucky Street

CALIFORNA

Paul's Billiard & Recreation

"Where Good Fellows Meet"

Beer - Pool - Soft Drinks and Lunches

547 Kentucky Street

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

VISIT THE GRIDLEY CLUB

Where The Boys All Meet!

Your Favorite Games

Pinochle — Rummy, Etc.

833 HAZEL STREET

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

GRIDLEY POULTRY MARKET

Quality Poultry — Wholesale & Retail Best Eggs in Town— Free Delivery— Frozen Bait Phone 2103 540 Biggs Rd.. Cor. of Hazel

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES from

J. C. PENNEY CO.

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

GEORGE DODINI DRUGS

PRESCRIPTION — DRUGGIST

972 HAZEL STREET

GRIDLEY

Phone 2156

CALIFORNIA

COPELIN PIANO CO.

RADIO - TELEVISION - RECORDS

Sales & Service

,o„e 2493 985 HAZEL STREET

CALIFORNIA

GRIDLEY

Gridley Home & Auto Supply

SPORTING GOODS

Gifts - Household Supplies - Appliances

Tires - Auto Acessories - Tubes

P^«„e 2245 842 HAZEL STREET

GRlSrEY^ CALIFORNIA

55

Re

Telephone: Offi

GRIDLEY GROWERS SUPPLY

Headquarters for the Ranchers and Farmers

Harvey W. Mohr

ORCHARD, FARM AND GARDEN SUPPLIES

COMMERCIAL SPRAYING AND DUSTING

Hazel Street North of S P. Ry. Depot

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Woodward's Country Kitchen

Charcoal Steaks and Chicken

Sea Food — Cocktails

Banquets in Cedar Room

Mr. & Mrs. G. C. Woodward, Jr.

Phone 5518 On 99-E Half Mile South of GRIDLEY, CALIFORNIA

— SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Problems of safet\' and safety educa- tion around the modern automobile don't start when it gets to rolling down the road, points out the National Automo- bile Club. They start much earlier, when the first bolt is being cast, the first fen- der shaped up. Safety and safety educa- tion, in fact, is one of the major opera- tions in the modern automotive factory. In the big plants around Detroit, crews of industrial hygiene specialists keep roaming about constantly on the lookout for metal fumes, dust, gases or other hazards to health. Safety specialists comb the plants from end to end search- ing closely for every dangerous situation, every dangerous mechanical process, and when they discover these they lose no time in eliminating them with safety de- vices, safety guards.

But the detecting of danger areas and the covering of them with safety devices and guards is only part of the job. Per- haps the larger part of the job is getting the personnel to make use of devices and guards, for people are often lazy and careless and it has been found that hu- man carelessness is involved in more than eighty per cent of accidents. Safety ex- perts are continually doing what they can to educate personnel in the proper use of safe methods and safety devices.

In spite of all the safety work men can do, however, in the way of accident pre- vention, accidents still happen and then the medical men have to take over. And in most big automotive factories they take over in a grand style. One company for example, has thirty-five first-aid stations and twenty-eight hospitals that are staff- ed by three hundred and twenty-nine doctors, nurses. X-ray technicians, first- aid men, and others.

Another company finds that during the calendar year its personnel make use of five hundred thousand cold tablets, fif- teen hundred bottles of citro-carbonate for upset stomachs, fifteen hundred tubes of salve for sore muscles, one million seven hundred thousand aspirin tablets, and thirty tons of protective skin cream. That may seem like a lot of medicine, but it's just what it takes to keep the wheels rolling around an automotive factory.

358

FEATHER RIVER MOTEL

In the Heart of the World's Finest Hunting and

Fishing Area — E. E. (Eddie) Jackman

On Hi-way 99E Just No. of Live Oak

Phone 5054 Rt. No. 1. Box 109

LIVE OAK CALIFORNIA

STONES AUTO WRECKING YARD

New & Used Parts — All Makes — All Models

"Where Your Dollar Does Double Duty"

On Hiway 99E

HEAPE'S TAVERN & CAFE

"In the Heart of Live Oak"

Mixed Drinks — Beer & Wine

OFF SALE OF LIQUORS

Phone 9471 Ray & Sandy, Props.

LIVE OAK CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES OF

DON'S DRUG STORE

Largest, Finest in Live Oak

THe'rEXALL STORE Donald E. Eich, Ph. G.

CALIFORNIA

THE RIGHTWAY CLUB

For the Best in Beer and Recreation be Sure to Visit the Rightway!

16TH AND BROADWAY

LIVE OAK CALIFORNIA

WILSON HARDWARE

Everything for the Ranch and Home Builders' Supplies — Full Line of Paints

Phone 4331

LIVE OAK

CALIFORNIA

LIVE OAK CLEANERS

PERSONALIZED SERVICE!

"Where Your Patronage is Most Appreciated"

310 - 16TH STREET

LIVE OAK CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM

LIVE OAK HOTEL

Johnny Oliveira, Prop.

LIVE OAK CALIFORNIA

Phone 2 104

GRIDLEY IRON WORKS

E- B. Squire «< Son

WELDING AND MACHINE WORK Machinists, Designers and Manufacturers

P. O. Box 684 GRIDLEY

Archer Avenue

CALIFORNIA

BEHR'S MARKET

Gridley's Largest, Most Complete Stock of

Quality Groceries - Meats - Vegetables

Wines - Liquors - Beers - Tobaccos

Buy at Behr's & Save!

PASSING

Never pass on a curve or when ap- proaching the crest of a hill, advises the National Automobile Club.

CHUCK & SMITTY'S

COCKTAILS - STEAKS - DINNERS

FINE WINES AND BEER

LA 9963 2004 N. BROADWAY

LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA

640 Hiway 99E

CALIFORNIA

s. s.

HINAMAN & SON

es — FORD — Service

!ral Automotive Repairs — Batteries — Accessories

; Bus. 5652 — Res. 2200 and SPRUCE STREET

CALIFORNIA

February, 1954

POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL

P^ge 27

L & J TAVERN & CAFE

The Friendly Spot in Gridley Best in Mixed Drinks and Good Eats

GRIDLEY

CALIFORNIA

FRANK'S PLACE

Just a Friendly Place . . . Stop in!

Beer and Recreation

945 Hazel Street

CRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Pho

2613

Sadi<

Prop.

GRIDLEY FLORAL SHOP

HEADQUARTERS FOR FLORAL SERVICE

571 Virginia Street GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Phone 2224

WILCOXON INSURANCE AGENCY

GENERAL INSURANCE

Notary Public

555 Virginia Street

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Phone 2336 Since 1<)33

W. J. SHEPARD. Realtor

REAL ESTATE - INSUANCE

W. J. Shepard. Res. Phone 2 155

N. W. Cook, Res. Phone 2916

549 Virginia Street

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

PASDERA JEWELERS

HEADQUARTERS FOR FINE JEWELRY

Gifts and Watch Repairing

820 Hazel Street Telephone 2068

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

CRANDALL TRACTOR CO.

FORD TRACTORS - Sales and Service

Dearborn Farm Equipment

P. R. Crandall - H C. Sannar

303 Virginia Street Phone 2434

GRIDLEY CALIFORN'A

CUSH'S PLACE

Where Friends Meet!

Stop in and Relax When Nearby

Best in Wines. Beer and Lunches

101 Virginia Cor. of Locust (Main Entrance to

the Cannery. W. H. Gushing, Prop.

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Pho

2223

DeBell's Gridley Furniture Store

650 OHIO STREET

CRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Phone 5646

TUCKER CHEVROLET CO.

BUICK AND CHEVROLET

— Sales and Service

GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRING

24-Hour Towing Service

P. O. BOX 127

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Phone Live Oak 401 I

SUNSET MOULDING CO.

Manfaclurers of QUALITY WHITE PINE MOULDING

P. O. BOX 326 YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA

PREPARE FOR SNOW TRIP

Planning a trip to the snow?

In case you are, the California High- way Patrol has some helpful suggestions intended to add enjoyment and safety to the trip.

"First, " emphasizes Commissioner B. R. Caldwell of the Patrol, "be sure you include a set of skid chains in the car and pack them where they can be easily reach- ed when you arrive in snow country."

"When you reach a sign stating 'chains advised' you have reached a logical spot to stop your car and put on the chains. It is very probable that you will find an- other sign not too far up the road which will announce 'chains required.' This point will be the end of the road unless the car is equipped with chains," Cald- well said.

Motorists are warned that even with chains an automobile is difficult to con- trol on ice or snow if operated at speeds that would be reasonable on dry pave- ments.

"Another definite hazard in the snow areas is slick ice," continued the Com- missioner. "This is caused by alternate thawing and freezing and is usually found in shaded areas. Watch for these spots and slow down before hitting them. Whatever you do, don't apply the brakes while traveling over such areas, and, if your car does start to skid, turn the front wheels in the direction of the skid."

"Enjoy the snow areas of our state but remember, driving conditions are much different than experienced in your nor- mal drixing," he concluded.

OVERHEATING

Sediment in the cooling system, or any foreign matter, is particularly to be avoided, points out the National Auto- mobile Club. If anything of this sort lodges in the thermostat valve, the water may not circulate to the radiator when the engine reaches the proper tempera- ture, thus causing th esystem to overheat.

STANDING TRAFFIC

Dri\e at a safe speed when coming up behind standing traffic, advises the Na- tional Automobile Club. In such traffic situations it is all too easy to misjudge distances, and misjudged distances can mean serious mishap.

WASH WORTH EFFORT

At this season the task of keeping the car clean is more difficult, points out the National Automobile Club, The extra effort, however, is worth the time or the cost. If the motorist is indifferent, reno- \ation of the finish may become neces- sary.

Telephone 5658

CECILE'S DRESS SHOP

"LOOK YOUR BEST FOR LESS"

Ladies' Ready-to- Wear Exclusively

277 Kentucky Street

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

TOM GAGE CHEVRON STATION

GRIDLEY'S NEWEST AND FINEST Standard Products and Accessories Corner Hazel and 99-E Highway

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Telephone 2 588

LINN LUMBER CO

Agents: Valley Pipe and Concrete Co., Products

611 Magnolia Street GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Bob & Fred's Signal Service

Tires - Batteries - Lubrication - Car Washing Minor Repairs - Signal Oil Co. Products

Highway 99-E Phone 2054

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Rancher's Petroleum Supply Co.

Automobie Accessories - Everything for Your Car - Lubrication - Motor Tune Up - Weding

Independent Marketers - We Sell for Less

On Highway 99-E Phone 9906

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Pho

2250

C. E. McKelvey s Texaco Service

LUBRICATION - ACCESSORIES

Cars Washed - Tires and Batteries

Highway 99-E and Wilson Street

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Bile's Mobile Service Station

MOBIL PRODUCTS EXCLUSIVELY

Car Washing - Tires - Batteries - Accessor es

Best Lube Job in Town

Highway 99-E

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

PRYDE-TEAGUE MOTORS

Dodge Job-Rated Trucks - Dodge Passeng< Cars - Plymouth Passenger Cars for 1954

130 Wilson Stree GRIDLEY

Telephone 1791

CALIFORNIA

GRIDLEY CHAPEL

Wesley W. Price AMBULANCE SERVICE

679 Ohio Street

CALIFORNIA

WALTER JANSEN & SON

Manufacturers of LINCOLN BRAND FEEDS

Main Office: Lincoln, California

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Phone 9160

PASTIME CLUB

Where Everybody Has a Good Time Geo. and Edna's

429 Virginia Street GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

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GRIDLEY'S CAFE

QUALITY FOODS - LUNCHES - MEALS We Do Appreciate Your Trade!

HIGHWAY 99-E

GRIDLEV. CALIF.

Pho

2141

H & L MARKET

GROCERIES - MEATS VEGETABLES Open Sundays and Evenings

99 East Highway GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

DE HOFF GROCERY & MEATS

Where Quality Is First — Always

Meats - Groceries - Fruits and Vegetables

Complete Stock Wines, Liquors and Beers

On Highway 99 South

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

Phone 2606

STARKEY'S HANCOCK SERVICE

Steam Cleaning - Truck Tires Repaired

Air Wrench

Highway 99 East

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

STEWART PAINT & GLASS

B. Stewart - Bill Stewart

COMPLETE COLOR MATCHING ARTISTS

If It Takes Paint ... We Have It!

249 Highway 99-E Phone 2901

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

HART'S OPPORTUNITY STORE

"Come In and Get Acquainted" - When You Do Your House Cleaning, Bring Us Your Odds and Ends - We Buy Everything That's Usable - We Trade and Sell - See Our Antiques, Pictures, Furniture, Objects of Art, Etc. 255 on Highway 99-E Tel. 9902

GRIDLEY CALIFORNIA

HOTEL RIO VISTA

Coffee Shop

Barber Shop

Pharmacy

Club Rooms

Banquet Service

Box 789

Phone 4-2194

Rio Vista, Calif.

TRANSPORTATION CENTER

The establishment of a national Transportation Center at Northwestern University has been announced by Presi- dent J. Roscoe Miller.

The new Center will carry on a pro- gram of research, undergraduate train- ing, and graduate study aimed at the so- lution of major problems in the highway, rail, air, pipeline and water divisions of the nation's transportation industry.

The Center is a joint undertaking of the University's School of Commerce, Technological Institute, and Traffic In- stitute. Several other divisions of the University will also participate.

An advisory committee of business and professional men interested in transpor- tation will be formed to aid the Univer- sity in the formulation and direction of the Center's activities.

"Transportation is such a vital factor in modern living," said President Miller, "that it seems desirable to expend the work of Northwestern University in this held. Because of its rapid development, transportation has become increasingly complex and has created many unsolved problems — economic, technical, and so- cial.

"Northwestern University is admir- ably situated for transportation research and education. We have already done a great deal of work in this field, and we believe that, with adequate support, we can make a substantially greater and more effective contribution through our new Transportation Center."

The following have been appointed to the University Committee charged with the initial direction and planning of the Transportation Center: Stanley Berge, professor of transportation, and Leon A. Bosch, director of the Graduate Divi- sibn. School of Commerce; Burgess H. Jennings, chairman of mechanical engi- neering, and Carl W. Muhlenbruch, professor of civil engineering. Techno- logical Institute ; George W. Barton, traffic engineer, and Franklin M. Kreml, director. Traffic Institute. Mr. Kreml is serving as chairman of the committee.

KING FURNITURE STORE

"Quality at Low Prices" Why Go Elsewhe

GOOD CONNECTIONS

Loose, dirty or corroded connections anywhere in the ignition system of your car can mean a loss of power and good performance, reminds the California State Automobile Association. If your car is sluggish or is using more gas than it once did, have the electrical connec- tions checked first.

Phone 5014

LINE OAK

Cor. ISth St. & 99E

CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES

Earl Corbin's Associated Service

99E & Pennington Rd. LIVE OAK

Phone 9371 CALIFORNIA

BOATSMANS SHELL SERVICE

We Feature Shell Products — Phone 5511

Complete Line of Tires, Batteries, Etc.

Soft Drinks and Candies

LI\E OAK

CALIFORNIA

LINEKER'S MARKET

The Home of Quality and Fair Dealing!

"Founded on Service"

99E HIWAY

LIVE OAK CALIFORNIA

Phone 2 124

RICHFIELD SERVICE

TIRES - TUBES - ACCESSORIES

L. M. Price

GRIDLEY

310 Highway

CALIFORNIA

Phone 2054

UMSCHEID and POWERS

Distributors of Signal Oil Products Highway 99-E P. O Box 3, Route 1

GRIDLEY

CALIFORNIA

SALINAS VALLEY VEGETABLE EXCHANGE

GROWERS—

—PACKERS- SHIPPERS

CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA VEGETABLES

"Lettuce The Year 'Round"

El Centro - Salinas, California

Phoenix, Arizona

February, 1954

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Clara and Sid, Owners

SID'S PLACE

ON SALE — OFF SALE LIQUORS

Modern Motel

SIERRAVILLE

Foam Rubber Mattresses PHONE 10

CALIFORNIA

FORK'S CAFE

Just Wond s — Short Orde

MOON'S CAFE

AMERICAN AND CHINESE DISHES

BAR SERVICE

Hank and Ida Moon, Owners

CALIFORNIA

LONE PINE DRUG STORE

PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS Baker and Renfrew

LONE PINE

CALIFORNIA

JACK'S PLACE

EAT AND DRINK

Jack Molinari

Phone 186

ALTAVILLE (Calaveras County) CALIFORNIA

TATUM'S HARDWARE AND SUPPLY CO.

Paints - Hardv

Sporting Goods - Roofing

CARL'S SIERRA CAFE

THE VALLEY'S FINEST RESTAURANT

Phone 2-8205 LONE PINE CALIFORNIA

FRED'S LIQUOR STORE

Imported and Domestic Wines and Liquors

WE DEUVER

Fred & Del Denton

Phone 4541 102 No. Main St.

LONE PINE CALIFORNIA

JUNIPERA SERRA HOSPITAL

Briggs Street

PLaza 3-7735

Colma, California

OFFICER MURDERED

(Continued from page 4^}

police, the sheriff's office and highway patrolmen, started the most intensive manhunt the area had seen since a cow- ardly gunman shot and killed North Sacramento Police Chief E. G. Fish, August 11, 1935. (The killer Alfred Paine of Oakland, is serving a life term in Folsom Prison.)

Chief AVilson ordered a house to house search of the vicinity. With splen- did cooperation from residents, he and his men searched, room by room, through more than 100 houses while the occu- pants sat huddled in the living rooms.

The murder weapon, a .22 caliber tar- get pistol, was found near the murder scene, and quickly was identified as one of 24 stolen in a Santa Ana sporting goods store burglary. The State CII was called in to check this angle and the San- ta Ana police pledged their help.

An all points bulletin was sent out with the killer's description : 20 to 22 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches tall, be- tween 150 and 160 pounds, dark hair and of Mexican descent. He was wearing dark trousers or jeans, a brown jacket with a three inch wide vertical stripe down both sides of the front.

The police station switchboard was swamped almost immediately with calls from residents who thought they had seen the murderer. The best tip came from N. J. Jenson, who lives near the warehouse.

A doughty 78 year old, Jensen came upon the slayer behind his house minutes after the shooting. He seized the man, and tried to drag him to the front of the house, meanwhile shouting for an officer. The man slugged him, however, and escaped.

Unfortunately the house to house search, the running down of numerous leads and the other intensive work did not turn up the murderer. He still is at large.

But a lot of grim faced policemen, their hearts in their work, are patiently tracking him down. As Chief AVilson, said they will.

And what kind of guy was Jack Rea ?

The record shows he was a family man, 48, who left behind a grieving wife and four children. His favorite police job was guarding a school crossing so the school children would not get hurt.

And none ever did get hurt during the years he guarded the crossing. He had been a policeman since 1945.

MAIN STREET LI9UOR STORE

SPORTSMEN'S HEADQUARTERS

Phone 2037

931 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

ASSOCIATED SERVICE

M. J. Faure Gas — Oil — Lubrication — Accessories

Model Laundry and Dry Cleaners

EXPERT LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING

Phone 2282

2201 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

S-T CAFE

AMERICAN AND CHINESE DISHES

Phone 2338 727 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

MT. LASSEN CLUB

CHINESE-AMERICAN DISHES MIXED DRINKS DINE & DANCE

CALIFORNIA

CHESTER CLUB

Chicken Fried in Butter Our Specialty

Hot Biscuits and Honey

ome Made Pies — Mixed Drinks of All Kinds

PHONE 4131

CALIFORNIA

BRONSON & DOYLE

Feed — Seed — Farm Machinery

Authorized Dealers John Deere — Caterpillar

SUSANVILLE — ALTURAS — LITCHFIELD

WORLD FAMOUS RED BARREL

COCKTAILS - DINING & DANCING Irving Mandel, Mgr.

Tel. TOrrey 5-3716 ARTESIA

11915 E.Carson St. CALIFORNLA

TRUTTMAN'S DAIRY

P. 0. Box 111

Olema, California

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NEW METHOD CLEANERS

Better Cleaning Bob Yanger, Prop

Phone 2104

32 NORTH LASSEN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

MARION'S

Cocktails and Off Sale Liquors

Phone 2159 75 SOUTH WEATHERLOW STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

McClures Union Service Station

Phone 3522 MAIN & WEATHERLOW STREETS

■SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

SPAULD1NG DRUG CO.

Established 1865 RELIABLE PRESCRIPTIONS

708 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

Trader George Buys and Sells Everything

TRADING POST

BUY USED FURNITURE Buy and Sell Guns

Tel. 2178

2406 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

ROBERTS AND SOMMERS

Nationally Famed Apparel For Men, Women and Children

722 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

8 0 2 C L y G

Eddie — THE POMEROY'S — S^lly

Cocktails — M'xed Drinks

802 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE

CALIFORNIA

WIRTH-MSLLAR HARDWARE

GENERAL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES

Phone 2305 618 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

During the Summer of 1952 a fire levelled all the structures in the park where North Sacramento youngsters played bail. Rea organized work gangs of neighborhood kids and in double quick time had the ball diamond in operation again.

He was a founder, director and team manager of the Pee Wee Baseball League, a police department project for youngsters.

But aside from the record, what did his neighbors and fellow workers think of him. Here are a few quotes :

Mrs. Earl Myers of North Sacra- mento: "Three months ago my little girl (Barbara, 2) wandered off with her col- lie dog. Jack noticed the dog circling the girl and figured she was lost. He was off duty at the time, but he managed to get her home to us. He was just marvelous, that's all."

Chief Wilson: "He was a good man in every way. And I'm not just saying that because he's dead. He carried badge No. 1 and from now on that will be Jack Rea's Badge. It won't ever be assigned again."

Mrs. Lucille Chapman of North Sac- ramento: "He was the kind of cop who always tried to bring out the good in people. He wasn't always waiting to jump down your throat. He tried to show you how to do things the right way. "

Mrs. Harold Keener, a neighbor: "He was such a good man with children. He was always helping the boys with their baseball teams and everything. All the kids used to call to him: 'Hi, Jack'. And he was never in too much of a hurry to stop and talk to them."

Mrs. Harold Penner of North Sacra- mento: "My boy, Keith, used to go fish- ing with Jack and his boys a lot. He was always doing things for the kids."

And Jack's grief stricken widow, could only say: "We will miss him so. We will miss him so terribly."

Only once before the night he was shot fatp.lly did R"a draw his service revolver. It v.'a-, in 1951. He and Chief Wilson arrer.tcd two men wanted for passing bad checks. While Rea was handcuffing one of the prisoners, the man hit him in the face, breaking his glasses. Rea, his face and eyes covered with blood, drew his gun. The prisoner gave up.

And that's where the best of all the quotes comes in. It's from Jack the Cop himself.

Phil and Mary Parry at

The Gables Tavern and Motel

Southern Fried Chicken

MIRACLE UPHOLSTERING CO.

CUSTOM UPHOLSTERING

Bob and Mary McPherson

Phone 4841

1326 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

SUNRISE BAKERY

Phone 2103 920 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

BANQUET ROOM FOR PRIVATE PARTIES

GRAND CAFE

Steve Sargent, Owner

Excellent Food Properly Served

730 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

CHRISTIE FURNITURE CO.

M. A. Dolio, Proprietor

COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS

Telephone 2135

THE PINES

Dolores Kelton

COCKTAILS — MIXED DRINKS "Hunting and Fishing Information"

ON HIGHWAY 89 AT

CANYON DAM CALIFORNIA

MILWOOD PLUMBING

Phone 21 IS 2314 MAIN STREET

f.USANVILLE CALIFORNIA

SIERRA DAIRIES

J. A. Stephenson, Sales Manager

1900 RICHMOND ROAD

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

LASSEN FEED AND FARM SUPPLY

PURINA CHOWS Baby Chicks Farm Supplies

Phone 4282 JOHNSTONVILLE ROAD

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

CECIL'S MARKET

Wilson & Larsen. Owners

COMPLETE FOOD SERVICE

Beers and Wines — Fresh Meats — Vegetables

Groceries— Drugs

PHONE TALLAC 65-J STATELINE. LAKE TAHOE CALIFORNIA

February, 1954

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Jack Roberts Senior and Junior SPORTSMEN

Fishing and Hunting Supplies

720 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

Chas. H. Courvoisier Telephone: Dial 2075

SIERRA JEWELERS

Store on the Corner

FINE DIAMONDS AND WATCHES SILVER CHINA

MAIN AND GAY STREETS

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

PIONEER CAFE

Good Food — Mixed Drinks

CLUB ROOM

Off Sale Liquors

MEET YOUR FRIENDS HERE

B AND B COCKTAIL LOUNGE

GOOD FOOD

Phone 2084 623 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

DeFOREST MOTEL

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. DeForest

Located, Built and Furnished for Quiet Rest

PHONE DIAL 2006

1423 FIRST STREET

One Block North of Main Street

at the Center of Susanville

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

T & A COCKTAIL LOUNGE

THE FINEST NITE CLUB

IN LASSEN COUNTY

Alvise Surian, Owner

DINING AND DANCING

Phone 3061 2101 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

BURR AUTOMOTIVE

Telephone 2143

1717 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

His brother-in-law, Clarence Carlson of Redding, said ;

"One time Jack told me about ha\ing a kid in the sights of his revolver. He said he just couldn't pull the trigger, even though the kid might have shot him — he was armed.

"He told me the only thing he could think of was his own sons."

I hat's the kind of a man and a police- man Rea was. And that's just one of the reasons the killer is going to be caught and Jack the Cop will be revenged.

MOTOR BRAKES BEST

The engine is a good brake at all times, but there is one instance where it prob- ably is the best, according to the National Automobile Club. That occurs when one has blown out a tire. Putting on the brakes to stop a car, especially if a front tire has blown, makes the steering job many times more difficult. If the way ahead is clear, the better plan is to let the engine bring the car to a stop with the brakes used as sparingly as possible.

BAD BRAKES

Bad brakes and bad driving attitudes can both work to cause serious traffic accidents, advises the National Automo- bile Club. If you would keep yourself safe, keep your brakes tight and your driving attitudes right.

TROUBLE FORECAST

Any tendency of the speedometer to vibrate should be met with an inspection by an e.xpert on these delicate instru- ments, advises the National Automobile Club. The vibration may be due to loose unions or looseners in the flexible shaft or too shary a bend in the latter. A lack of lubrication or incorrect meshing of the gears are two other prolific causes of speedometer troubles.

A MATTER OF VALVES

That bucking effect that occurs when picking up speed from, say, twelve or fifteen miles an hour in high gear, ver\ rareh has an\thing to do with the condi- tion of the clutch or drive mechanism, points out the National Automobile Club. Nearly always it is a sign that the en- gine needs to be tuned up, from \ales to ignition.

FAULKNER'S SIGNAL SERVICE

Phone 4911 2000 MAIN STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

TRADING CENTER

Used Furniture and Appliance We Buy at Your Price

Hills Flat Public Market

THE COMPLETE FOOD MARKET

GRASS VALLEY

412 east main street

californ:a

Grass Valley Laundry & Dry Cleaners

FOR QUALITY AND SERVICE

O'REILLY TAVERN & CAFE

For the Best Always in Good Food & Drinks! Stop In & Say Hello — Jim O'Reilly Your Host

106 E. MAIN STREET ~."^ASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

Grass Valley Meat Company

WHOLESALE MEAT PACKERS State Plant No. 367

Phones: 976 or 428-R. After S P.M. 727 P. O. BOX 92

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

MATSON LUMBER COMPANY

SERVING THE BUILDER

Phone 1320 P. O. Box 960

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

RAY

PHIL

Crenshaw Sporting Goods

AND FIXIT SHOP

Gunsmith - Locksmith - Saw Filing - Cyclery

Guns Sold and Repaired and Traded

All Makes and Models

GRASS VALLEY

CALIFORNIA

GRASS VALLEY DRUG

Purity — Accuracy — Dependability

iption Specialists — Cosmetii Veterinary Supplies

Telepho

GRASS VALLEY

CALIFORNIA

Dealers in Builders' Supplies

T & M CARPENTER SHOP

Telephone 2292

55 NORTH UNION STREET

SUSANVILLE CALIFORNIA

RANCHITO MARKET

444« Brooklyn Ave.

and

LA PLAYA

REAL MEXICAN FOOD — FOUNTAIN

Ave.

CAUFORNIA

YUBA RIVER LUMBER CO.. INC.

Everything for the Builder Redwood - Sugar and Ponderosa - Douglas Fir

Sugar and Po White Fir

Phone 489 GRASS VALLEY

Ceda

Rt. 1, Box 478

CALIFORNIA

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HOTEL GOLDEN

MIXED DRINKS

Marie Painter

102 Richardson St. Phone G. V. 156

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

HOTEL GOLDEN CAFE

Finest American & Chinese Foods Steaks - Chops & Fried Chicken - Chop Suey

Chong Jick, Prop. — Restful Atmosphere Hotel Golden Phone 156 102 Richardson

GrtASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

W. W. ESTERLY

Organization Realtors — Investments

Real Estate — Ins

Nevada City Hwy. GRASS VALLEY

Branch Office, Downie

Phone 223 CALIFORNIA - Phone 62-R

THE HARMONY SHOP

'ianos - Radios & Band Instruments

and Used "Everything in Music"

Charles L. Strohm

Phone 61 CALIFORNIA

GRASS VALLEY GLASS CO.

Plate - Window - Automotive - Glass Mirrors Resilvering - Steel Sash - Shower Doors

124 Colfax Ave. Phone 70-M

GRASS VALLEY

CALIFORNIA

IN GRASS VALLEY IT'S

MONTY'S COCKTAIL LOUNGE

Always Friendly, Comfortable

133 NEAL STREET Phone 508

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

Grass Valley Liquor Store

Open 9 A.M. to 12 M Seven Days a Week

We Deliver Ross Boswell, Prop.

Phone 128 156 MILL STREET

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

DAVID MALTMAN

REALTOR

INSURANCE - APPRAISALS — RENTALS

129 MILL STREET Phone 168

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

CHUCK'S TELEVISION

SALES - SERVICE - INSTALLATION Charles B. Hillier, Electronic Service Engineer 101 MILL STREET

CALIFORNIA

Phone 883

GRASS VALLEY

STEELE SUPPLY COMPANY

"Steele Supply — The Place to Buy"

Mil Supplies - Appliances - Hardware - Paints

Sporting Goods Rod Bost, President

Builders & Consumers Lumber Co.

Retail Yard - Planing Mill - Sawmill

On Grass Valley-Nevada City Highway

Largest Stock in Nevada County

In the Center of the Gold District

P. O. Address: Route No. 1, Box 452-B Phone 1050

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

SPRING HILL PLANING MILL

RT. I, Box 88-B NEVADA CITY CALIFORNIA

TOO LATE FOR LUNCH

It was Tuesday, June 2, 1953. Coro- nation day, in case anyone remembers. In faraway London the thunder of guns and pealing of bells proclaimed to mil- lions of massed Englishmen that Eliza- beth II had formally ascended to the British throne. A day of rejoicing in Eng- land . . . and a day when millions of American housewives huddled around television sets and saw for the first time the age old ceremony.

Marybelle McGuire might have been among them had she been present. The coronation was a page from history which the kindly, intelligent housewife might not have been inclined to miss if possible. But fate had other plans for the attractive thirty-nine year old woman that day.

Lowell McGuire was aware of the big event which was taking place half-way around the world, but it was insignificant in the mind of a nine-year old boy. He whistled discordantly as he followed an erratic course along the sun soaked hill- side toward the rambling home on Vista Drive in San Carlos, California, where lunch should have been waiting. The warm spring weather which came to the San Francisco peninsula so reluctantly in 1953 had arrived with a flourish. There are a lot of things a fellow can do when the sun is shining and young Mc- Guire was thinking about all of them as he made his way from the Britton Acres School to his home and midday meal. He had no way of knowing that lunch would be a little late that day.

Death, not lunch, was waiting at the dining room table.

Lowell McGuire skipped through the open gate, darted across the well trim- med lawn, and opened the front door.

"I'm here. Mom. What's for lunch?"

No answer.

"Hey, Mom. Where are you?"

Still no answer.

Lowell frowned and moved through the living room toward the rear of the house. "What's going on, Mom? I've got to eat and go back to school."

The youngster entered the dining room, still calling. The McGuire house was a large one. His mother could be ani,rvvhere. Crossing the threshold he caught sight of the flash of color beneath the dining room table. A bright red blouse, black skirt, and stark, white flesh.

"Hey, Mom, what are you doing down there ?"

Mrs. McGuire did not reply. Not a muscle moved.

"Mom!"

Mountain Chevrolet Company

SALES AND SERVICE

"The Mother Lode's Finest Automotive Service"

Big Car Quality at Lowest Cost!

Raddue Building — Telephone 1130

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

Grass Valley Map & Blue Print Co.

DRAFTING AND BLUE PRINTING Architects and Engineers Supplies

Duplication of all Kinds

A. E. James, Prop. Phone 148

Raddue Building GRASS VALLEY, CALIF.

T. H. McGUIRE & SON

CIVIL ENGINEERS - SURVEYORS

Office Telephone 148

CRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

ROARK REALTY

GOOD BUYS IN REAL ESTATE

Phone 922

306 W. MAIN STREET

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

"TABE BISHOP"

'76- UNION OIL PRODUCTS '76' Expert Lubrication and Accessories

Marion Wood — Diesel Service

Complete Diesel & Automotiv

TERMINAL GARAGE

GRASS VALLE'l' CALIFORNIA

J. A. BROWN— INSURANCE

COMPLETE INSURANCE SERVICE

Phones: 1082 - 2-F-6

111 SO. AUBURN STREET

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

BERT BURNS & CO.

For the Outstanding Realty Deals! Consult Bert Brown

GRASS VALLEY

CALIFORNIA

ENOKSEN ELECTRIC

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

147 Auburn St.

lASS VALLEY

Phone 733

CALIFORNIA

J & F SIGNAL SERVICE

161 SO. AUBURN STREET

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

Gold Nugget Inn

Bancjuets — Dancing — Cocktails Bar Open 3 P.M. Tues. thru Sun. Dining Room Open 5 P.M. Except

Sundays and Holidays Open at 4 P.M. — Closed Mondays

Full Dinners until 10:30 p.m. Ala Carte Orders until 1 :30 a.m.

Phone Grass Valley 885 Midway Grass Valley and

Nevada City HiWay GRASS VALLEY, CALIF.

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WILEY MOTORS

OLDSMOBILE SALES & SERVICE

Complete Automotive Repairing

Body and Paint Shop

Hills Flat Phone G. V. 1218

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

Weisbrod's Awning & Canvas Wks.

Ron-Del Folding Aluminum — Coverings of all

Kinds — Lawn Furniture — Seat Covers Auto Tops — Truck Cushions — Rebuilt, Covered Phone G. V. 967 P.O. Box 659 Hills Flat

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

Becker's Liquor & Sporting Goods

Complete Line of Guns, Ammunition & Sporting Goods — Full Line Fine Liquors, Wines, Beers

Phone 1345- J

CRASS VALLEY

408 E. MAIN STREET

CALIFORNIA

Grass Valley Auto Parts, Inc.

Largest Stock — Most Prompt Service! Call Us — Telephone 1329 121 EAST MAIN STREET

dASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

JOHNSON'S APPLIANCES

Frigidaire Sales and Service

Phone 1103

GRASS VALLEY

120 E. MAIN STREET

CALIFORNIA

HELBACH MOTORS

SALES — FORD — SERVICE

C. A. (Gus) Helbach, Manager

Phone 400 Hills Flat

GRASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

CENTRAL MOTOR CO.

HILLS FLAT

GRASS VALLEY

CALIFORNIA

ELKINS SAWMILL

•

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MORRISON &

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Meyers Flat, California

Silence, after the echoes had subsided. "MOM!"

Then he saw the darker red. The deep cardinal fluid which formed a sticky pool beneath his mother's prostrate body. The boy's voice dropped to a bewildered half whimper. "Are you hurt, Mom?"

Mrs. McGuire could not tell him that she was beyond pain. The boy pleaded. "Please, Mom, say something. Tell me what happened. "

1 he continuing lack of response con- vinced him. Thoroughly frightened and pale with shock he stumbled across the room to the telephone and dialed the operator.

"My name is Lowell McGuire and I live at 557 'Vista Drive," he reported. "Something's wrong with my mother."

"What is the nature of the trouble?" the operator inquired.

"I don't know," the boy answered. "Something's wrong. She's bleeding and awfully quiet. She won't talk to me. I don't know what's the matter with her."

The operator routed the call to the San Mateo County Sheriff's oflSce who notified the San Carlos Police Depart- ment after hearing the boy's story.

Young McGuire had sought the assist- ance of neighbors by the time Sergeant James Edling of the San Carlos Police Department arrived. A small knot of them had gathered outside the McGuire house.

"Mother's inside," the boy reported. "I don't know what is the matter with her." He gestured toward the house. Sergeant Edling entered alone, and found his way to the dining room. One look at the woman on the floor told him she was beyond assistance.

Marybelle McGuire lay on her back on the edge of the rug, staring sightlessly at the ceiling. A dark splotch on her blouse told of an injury to the abdomen and the partially dried puddle of blood on the floor and rug indicated she had bled heavily before dying. Edling looked around the room.

The chair on which Mrs. McGuire had evidently been sitting was wedged between the table and the wall. Another chair, directly across the table from the woman, was lightly askew. Edling in- spected the floor around the second chair. Two tiny brass shell cases gleamed brightly on the living room rug. The ser- geant found the telephone and dialed Chief of Police George Seely.

"You had better come out to 557 Vista Drive," he told his superior. "Ben Mc- Guire's wife is dead. It looks like she has been murdered."

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FRANKLIN'S

Used Merchandise of All Kinds - Also Antiques

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Franklin, Props.

Telephone Nevada City 579W

On Grass Valley - Nevada City Hiway

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ANEY REAL ESTATE OFFICE

Rai

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G & H Prescription Pharmacy

Nevada City's Leading Druggists

221 Broad Phone 80

NEVADA CITY CALIFORNIA

Cheney California Lumber Company

Manufacturers & Exporters Pacific Coast Forest Products

Offices:

Tacoma, Washington

Greenville, Plumas County,

California

PICKERING LUMBER CORP.

PONDEROSA PINE

SUGAR PINE

WHITE PINE

INCENSE CEDAR

Standard, Calif.

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Blagen Lumber Company

Pouderosa Pi>ie - Douglas Fir

Sugar Pine - White Fir

Incense Cedar

WHITE PINES, CALIF.

Blair Brothers Lumber Company

Phone 990

Operating Address

Pacific, Calif.

PLACERVILLE, CALIF.

W. D. MILLER LUMBER CORP.

Douglas Fir

Sugar Fine

Fonderosa Fine

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Chief Seely arrived at the McGuire home in a matter of minutes. Edling greeted him at the door.

"Where is she?" the chief inquired.

"In the dining room. Apparently she bled pretty heavily from a wound in the abdomen before she died. From her ap- pearance 1 would say most of the blood is drained from her. The kid had the best description for it. He said she was white as a bone."

"What makes you think it's murder?"

"Directly across the dining room table from her there are a couple of shell cases. Twenty-two caliber," Edling replied. "And a dining room chair is slightly ajar, as though someone had been sitting directly opposite her just before she fell. "

Chief Seely looked the dining room over carefully. He studied the shell cases, then turned his attention to the rest of the room. A tiny mark on the wall di- rectly behind Mrs. McGuire's overturn- ed chair held his interest. He moved around the table and examined it, then turned to Edling.

"Someone sitting in that chair shot her all right," he said. "He missed with one of those two shots. Ihe bullet is in the wall there. There's one thing about this that worries me though. This room is too orderly. The only thing that is out of place is that one chair where the vic- tim was sitting. The other one is just pushed back as though someone got up from the table and walked away. Now how do you account for that?"

Edling shrugged. "There's only one explanation as far as I can see. "

The chief nodded. "Whoever it was knew Mrs. McGuire well. She didn't expect any rough stuff." He paused. I've called the District Attorney's office. Adolph Fernandez is coming over to help with the investigation. Don't move anything until he gets here." The chief sighed. "Now I've got an unpleasant task in front of me."

Bennett McGuire, a well built, ath- letic man in the early thirties, was in the gymnasium when a student approached him with the message. "Someone wants to talk to you on the telephone, Coach," he reported. "It must be important."

All the way to the telephone McGuire tried to tell himself it was foolish. A lot of people got called to the telephone every day. ^Vhy worry? But the basket- ball coach was worried. By the time he reached the telephone he was bathed in perspiration which was not the result of exertion. A hard knot gathered in his stomach. It churned with nausea. His hands trembled as he picked up the in- strument.

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ANDERSON CALIFORNIA

February. 1954

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Forrest Airington, Realtor

REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Homes - Ranches - Income Property - Acerage

Office Ph. 1109 Partridge Hotel

CtASS VALLEY CALIFORNIA

Also "Town Talk" — Ph. N.C. 137, Nevada City

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Corner Ninth and B

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High Grade Merchandise For Your Dollar

157 MILL STREET

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"The Tourists' Rest Stop"

HIGHWAY 99W

CORNING CAUFORNIA

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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FREE DELIVERY

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"This is McGuire speaking," he said in as calm a voice as possible.

"Ben, this is Chief Seely," the official reported. "Can you come out to your house right away?"

"Sure, Chief. But what's the matter? \Vhat's happened ?"

"I think I had better tell you when you get here, Ben."

"I'll be right there," McGuire prom- ised. He hung up the phone, staring blankly at the other side of the room. "She's dead," he told himself. Marybelle is dead," he repeated. And all the way from San Mateo High School to San Carlos he tried to talk himself out of the idea. But it was no use. His wife was dead. He was sure of it.

Inspector Adolph Fernandez, investi- gator for the San Mateo County Dis- trict Attorney's office, found a scene of controlled confusion at the McGuire home when he arrived there in response to Chief Seely's call. Policemen whom Seely had stationed about the property kept inquisitive children from darting past the boundaries and peering in the windows. At the driveway a little girl stood talking to one of the officers.

"But I'm Marilyn McGuire," she said. "I live here. My mother expects me for lunch."

The officer turned bewildered eyes on Fernandez and shook his head. Fernan- dez nodded and knelt beside the child.

"Your mother is too busy for lunch right now, Marilyn," he explained. "She wants you to go visiting for a while. Do you see anyone here you would like to visit?"

A young woman stepped forward. "She can visit with me. Would you like that, Marilyn?"

The little girl nodded doubtfully and was led away by the neighbor. Fernandez turned to the officer. "Is the mother dead?"

Fhe policeman nodded. "Looks like she was shot. They're waiting for you." Fernandez was greeted by Chief Seely at the door. 1 he policeman showed him the scene, including the two shell cases and the bullet mark in the wall. Fernan- dez focused his attention on a second wall mark, then went back to where the shall cases were lying. A third cartridge case was almost hidden by the chair leg. He glanced at the woman's still form curiously.

"No sign of a struggle, "^'et this fel- low shot three times. The woman looks perfectly calm. The only thing that is out of place is her apron and that ap- parently fell to one side when she keeled over. Strange."

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VASEY BROS.

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DURANGO'S CAFE

627 MAIN STREET COLUSA CALIFORNIA

ORCHARD INN AND MOTEL

Frank and Bonnie Waddell

Telephone 4I9-Y-2 CORNING CALIFORNIA

R. L. Donaldson

LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION

Rt. 2, BOX 281 Phone 178-M

Orland, California

Ram Trucking

Company

and

Jim Boyd Crane

Service

Coalinga, Calif.

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THE OASIS

Mrs. A. Dreith, Owner

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SUISUN CALIFORNIA

AIRLINE CAFE

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Eugenia Andronis — Frank Andronis

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PALACE GRILL

Gregory Balto

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GENOVA MARKET

D. Moretti, Prop. DOMESTIC & IMPORTED GROCERIES Fruits — Vegetables — Beer and Wine

CALIFORNIA

JACK'S PLACE

EDNA MOORE

CALIFORNIA

THE ORLANDO LOUNGE

PHONE 71

402 WALKER STREET

ORLAND CALIFORNIA

LOUIS CAIRO'S CLUB WILSON

Featuring the ROUND UP DINING ROOM

Charcoal Broiled Steaks — Italian D HIWAYS 99W AND 20

WILLIAMS

CALIFORNIA

COUNTRY CLUB

Dinners and Short Orders COCKTAILS

Phone 182-W Winters, California

"\ ou can say that again," Seely told him.

"Any sign of forceful entry?"

"We checked the doors and windows. If they were forced the guy was either good or lucky. There's not a jimmy mark on them."

Fernandez frowned. "And she's per- fectly calm. As though she didn't believe the person would really shoot until she was dying. What do you make of it?"

"Just that. She didn't believe the kill- er would shoot. She knew the person."

"That's about it," the inspector agreed. "How about the rest of the house? Have you checked it?"

Vhe chief nodded. "Everything is ship- shape. All except one room. And it does not make any sense. I'll show it to you."

He led Fernandez to the second story and into a small room at the rear of the house. It was obviously a little girl's bedroom and it had been thoroughly ran- sacked. Drawers, most of them empty, hung wide open, the closet door was ajar, and even the mattress appeared to have been lifted from its original position on the bed.

"\Vhy?" Fernandez asked. "AVhy would the killer loot this room and only this room?"

"Apparently he knew what he wanted would be here and only here," Seely de- clared. "It bears out the theory that he must have known the family."

A tour through the rest of the house revealed that nothing else had been dis- turbed. Fernandez looked over the rooms occupied by the McGuire children and their parents.

"Two little girls and the boy," he commented. "I wonder where the other girl is?"

"She's not the McGuire's child," Seely told him. She's a ward of theirs. A dis- tant relative, I understand. She's in a hospital now receiving some sort of psy- chiatric treatment. Apparently she led a pretty unhappy childhood until she came here."

"Maybe McGuire can help solve this riddle," Fernandez said. "He must have some idea who the killer is."

While Fernandez photographed the death scene and the ransacked room, Seely interviewed Lowell McGuire who had regained his composure to a remark- able degree. Aside from revealing that the front door had been unlocked and slightly ajar when he entered the house the boy could add little to the officer's store of information. A short time later Bennett McGuire, pale faced and trem- bling, arrived.

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Automobile Parts — Equipment and Supplic Walter Stoll — Ernest StoU

JOHN'S PLACE

John Moreno, Prop.

BEER — WINE — LIQUORS

On and Off Sale

255 E. COMMERCIAL ST. Phone 9989

WILLITS CALIFORNIA

Wilson Cafe and Cocktail Bar

where Sportsmen Get Together On Highway 99W

ARBUCKLE

CALIFORNIA

POOL'S TEXACO SERVICE

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HOGAN'S GROCERY

Groceries, Cold Meats and Beverages Wines and Beer

Phone 17-W

Nello and Paul Cacci, Props.

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CENTRAL GROCERY STORE

John Viegas, Prop.

FRESH MEAT - FRUIT - VEGETABLES BEER AND WINE — FREE DEUVERY

Phone 10 O DELL CALIFORNIA

GOODY CAFE

EXCELLENT FOOD — COURTEOUS SERVICE FORTUNA (Humboldt County) CALIFORNIA

February, 1954

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TREDE BROTHERS

"THE HAPPY CORNER- BILLIARD PARLOR — CAFE FINE UQUORS — BAR

Albert H. Trede

RED BLUFF

CALIFORNIA

KENNETT DAM CAFE

COMPLETE DINNERS — SHORT ORDERS

HOME MADE PIES

Open 24 Hours Every Day

605 MAIN STREET

RED BLUFF CALIFORNIA

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GOOD FOOD — BEER & WINE

AT CITY UMITS ON HIGHWAY 99-W

RED BLUFF CALIFORNIA

LOGAN LUMBER AND BUILDERS' SUPPLY

J.D.Logan

SOUTH RED BLUFF HIGHWAY 99W

Phone 739-J

ROUTE 2, BOX 2540

RED BLUFF CALIFORNIA

ROYAL HINKLE

Lumber Hauling

Rt. 1, Box 276

RED BLUFF

CALIFORNIA

"Where is my wife?" he inquired without preliminaries.

As gently as possible, Seely told him about the shooting. The former athlete sank to a chair in the living room. He stifled a sob and fought for control of his voice.

"That's it, then," he said at last. "He finally got his revenge."

Fernandez had entered the room and overheard the remark.

"^Vho?" he demanded. "Who got his revenge?"

"Arthur Herbert, her stepfather." McGuire sighed. "I told her he was dan- gerous."

"Why would he want to kill your wife?" Fernandez demanded.

"It's a long story," AIcGuire explain- ed. "It started more than a year ago when there was an explosion in Her- bert's Los Angeles apartment."

The basketball coach explained that IVIrs. McGuire's mother had been one of five women who had married the man. She had married him in 1928 and eventu- ally he deserted her. Somehow he had remained in contact with his stepdaughter, Marybelle.

A gas explosion in Herbert's apartment on January 21, 1952 injured him badly and he had sent his seven year old daughter, Jerrylann to Las Vegas to live with his half sister.

Jerrylann had stayed there until it be- came apparent that the arrangement was not working out. There were three other small children in the house and the half sister's husband was invalided. At that point the McGuires, who had met each other while teaching at a school for han- dicapped and underprivileged children, offered to take the little girl.

To satisfy California juvenile laws, Jerrylann was made a ward of the San Mateo County Juvenile Court on May 7, 1952 and placed in the McGuire home. She appeared to be as happy there as she had ever been, but appeared in- capable of adjusting to a normal life.

She was a pretty, blond child with an appealing personality. In spite of this she suffered from extreme despondency and self criticism which appeared to interfere with normal adjustment. She told the authorities she had been mixed up since the day she was born.

On February 23, 1953 the child was sent to the Hillcrest Juvenile Hall for ob- servation. Although she expressed a desire to return to the McGuire home, she agreed to go to the Napa State Hospital Children's Clinic for further observation and assistance.

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RED BLUFF

CALIFORNIA

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LIVESTOCK HANDLING

Rt. 2, Box 2126

RED BLUFF,

CALIFORNIA

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RAMONA PLACE

LIQUORS — WINES — BEER MEXICAN DINNERS

Manual Martorell. Manager

1100 Center Street REDDING

Phone 224

CALIFORNIA

OASIS BEER

GARDEN

MIXED

DRINKS -

- COCKTAILS

GOOD FOOD

"Whe

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Hows Meet"

1443 Cali

ornia

REDDING

CALIFORNIA

Durable Plywood Company

DOUGLAS FIR PLYWOOD LUMBER and VENEER

Douglas Fir Sugar and Santa Rosa Pine

CALPELLA, CALIFORNIA

WILDWOOD

LUMBER

COMPANY

Logging and Sawmill:

Wildwood, Trinity Co., California

Phone Wildwood 315

Planning Mill and Main Office:

Red Bluff, California

Phone 1060

Manufacturers of

California Soft and Yellow

Pine and Douglas Fir Lumber

Mailing Address

P. O. Box 472

Red Bluff, California

Meanwhile Herbert had become in- creasingly bitter toward the McGuires and had frequently demanded that the child be returned to him.

"In view of the child's problems, past and present, we have refused his request," the juvenile court stated flatly.

Herbert's resentment toward the Mc- Guires increased. Frequently during the early months of 1953 he accused them of injuring his daughter. Mrs. McGuire's protests that the treatment was for the child's own good and that she would re- turn to the McGuire home when her problems were solved only served to fur- ther enrage the man. Several times, be- fore that fatal June morning, he had threatened violence.

"I wanted to call the authorities," McGuire explained. "Marybelle would not hear of it. She was the type of person who trusted and forgave everybody. This is her payment for that," he concluded bitterly.

Seelv told him of the ransacked room upstairs. "Was that the little girl's room?" he inquired. McGuire nodded.

"That makes Herbert our top sus- pect," Fernandez declared. "We had bet- ter get out a pickup order right away. " An all points bulletin was placed on both the teletype and police radio request- ing that Herbert be held for questioning. Five states were warned to be on the lookout for the suspected killer.

Meanwhile autopsy surgeon Dr. Ar- thur Lack reported that Mrs. McGuire died of severe internal bleeding within a few minutes after the shooting. The bullet which caused death ripped through her abdomen and pierced her liver. A second bullet had grazed her neck and ricocheted around the room, and the third bullet missed entirely. All three bullets were turned over to ballistics experts for testing.

June third and fourth passed with offi- cers in five states searching futilely for Herbert. No further developments were turned up in San Carlos. On June fifth the break came.

Sergeant George Sewards of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office was wear- ily winding up his shift when the be- spectacled, little man walked into the Firestone substation and asked to see I)eput\' Sheriff Ernest Foster.

"He's not here," Sewards reported. "He'll be in at nine o'clock. Do you want to wait?"

The visitor wavered, then shook his head. "No. I just thought I'd say hello." "Who shall I tell him called?"

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1523 CALIFORNIA

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OLNEY BAR

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1529 CALIFORNIA

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O'CONNOR BROTHERS

General Contractors

Phone 122 Red Bluff, Calif.

Red Bluff Moulding Company

Robert L. Parker — Leslie 0. Cody

•

CALIFORNIA PONDEROSA &

SUGAR PINE MOULDING

Moulding Manufacturing

•

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RED BLUFF, CALIF.

i-hruary. 1954

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THE TROPICS

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REDDING CALIFORNIA

Photographic Supply Co.

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I.

"Ne\er mind. It doesn't matter." The visitor turned and walked out. He was hardh' through the door when Sewards did a quick double take. He dashed out. The visitor was just a few feet away, about to step into his parked car.

"Wait a minute," Sewards ordered.

"\\'hat for?" the man asked.

"''l ou're wanted for murder, that's what for." Sewards told him. "Come on into the station."

Arthur Herbert docilely followed the sergeant into the station. During a sub- sequent search Sewards produced a for- eign make twenty-two caliber automatic from Herbert's coat pocket.

The bullets and shell cases recovered from the murder scene were forwarded to Los Angeles by plane and Sheriff's ballistics expert George Lucy identified them as having come from Herbert's gun.

Under questioning by Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff Floyd Rosenberg Her- bert refused to discuss the shooting, stat- ing only that he had been in the bay area on the preceding Sunday or Monday, rented a room and got drunk. He said he might have been in San Mateo, but couldn't be sure.

Fhe suspect told a \ague story of driving to Napa to visit his daughter and said, "When I saw m\' girl I blowed my top."

Rosenberg also discovered that Her- bert had been arraigned the preceding 1 hursday on a bigamy charge. Herbert claimed to ha\e forgotten a Carson Cit\', Ne\ada, marriage following the apart- ment explosion.

A. L. Lamport, chief investigator for the San Mateo County District Attor- ney's office flew to Los Angeles with Chief Seely to question the suspect. After talking to him and examining the evi- dence Lamport declared that he was con- \inced of Herbert's guilt.

"His story is full of holes," Lamport reported. "He has no alibi and the gun is the clinching evidence. He can't get around those matching bullets."

Herbert was charged with the murder of Mrs. Marybelle McGuire and found guilt) by a San Mateo County jury. He is serving a life sentence now.

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4500 BROOKLYN AVENUE LOS ANGELES 22 CALIFORNIA

MARIBEL GRILL

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LEE'S CAFE

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WHERE THE WORKING MAN GETS

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Open 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.

214 E STREET

CALIFORNIA

Frantz & Wisler Trucking Company

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Specialty

LUMBER HAULING

805 - 7th St. Hillside 2-3459 EUREKA, CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES PLYWOOD COMPANY

Douglas Fir - Sugar Pine

Ponderosa Pine

Incense Cedar

White Fir

Box 1688— Redding, Calif. Operations: Anderson, Calif.

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TERESA'S LUNCH

Beer — Wine — Liquors GOOD FOOD

ODORLESS CLEANERS

DIAMOND HORSESHOE GRILL

Dan Chism, Prop.

STEAKS AND SEA FOODS

9SS SECOND STREET CRESCENT CITY CALIFORNIA

R & R TRAILER PARK

ONE MILE NORTH OF CRESCENT CITY All New and Modem — "55 Spaces"

"On Highway 101"

Phone 4462

CRESCENT CITY CALIFORNIA

HOTEL YUBA

CLEAN ROOMS — GOOD BEDS

1423 YUBA STREET

REDDING CALIFORNIA

THE PACIFIC LUMBER CO.

Palco Products

INSULATION

PRESTO-LOGS

LUMBER

Wholesale and Retail

•

Mills and Yard at

Scotia and Eureka California

SPEAKING OF POLICEMEN

To speak intelligently of a police offi- cer, as such, we must first consider what is expected of him.

Well, like a ball player, he must be a man of correct and hasty thought and action, for his errors are charged against him — and may even prove fatal.

He must be a man of tact and diplo- macy, one who can assert authority with poise, dignity, and a sense of justice.

Like an actor on the stage, he must be able to step into any situation, and, by his personality, assume entire com- mand.

By his every act he must be able to bring about in the general public a feel- ing of respect for his department ; and personally be looked up to as a guardian of the peace, and a protector of the lives, homes, and property of decent people.

On battle fronts courage is a must ; but retreat is sometimes commendable. The creed of the police officer is differ- ent ; for him there is no retreat — he must get his man.

I have just finished reading a most in- teresting article on the police officer as a man, a unit, an individual.

The writer took each letter of the al- phabet, in order for the twenty-six para- graphs of his summary on the required qualifications of a worthwhile police offi- cer.

With the letter A he set down "alert," with a short explanation. Then followed B, for "bravery," C, for "caution," D, for "decision", and so on, down to Z, for "zeal."

I read the piece a couple of times, and felt, as I have on many occasions, that none of us humans are pioneers with an idea. Yes, that man took the words right out of my mouth — words that I could have heartedly uttered so many times since fate has had me work side by side with police officers.

Day in and day out, for many years, I have had a ringside seat on police offi- cers at work, in every phase of their never ending routine. I have watched their efforts, and learned the underlying reasons of their successes as well as their truly heartbreaking failures.

I have come to definitely realize that the man wearing a police star is just a lone individual, sailing a more or less treacherous course, from the moment he takes the oath of office.

The police rookie must definitely be the man for the job. To state the case bluntly, I admit I thoroughly agree with my colleagues, whom I have heard say so in so many different words: A police department should be hard to join and mighty easy to leave.

THE FIREPLACE

FOUNTAIN SERVICE

BEER and SANDWICHES

C. E. and S. L. McAlister

CALIFORNIA

VOLPI'S CLUB

COCKTAIL LOUNGE 5 MUes South of Eureka on "101" One Mile North of Fields Landing

ERNEST BURGER

Groceries — Meats — Vegetables

BEER, WINES and UQUOR

Phone 2-1215

CALIFORNIA AND HARRIS STREETS

EUREKA CALIFORNIA

COMPLIMENTS

CHARLES Mcdonough

CIGAR STORE

MILES .

EUREKA'S FLORIST

Phone HI 2-6455 — Night Phone HI 2-2295

GROSS BUILDING

517 FIFTH STREET

EUREKA CALIFORNIA

STOP AT

ED'S FRIENDLY CLUB

FOR COCKTAILS

PEPPERWOOD

CALIFORNIA

THE ORICK CLUB

Martha and Smitty

COCKTAIL LOUNGE — CAFE PACKAGE GOODS

CALIFORNIA

Davis & Brede Timber Company

REDWOOD FIR HEMLOCK — SPRUCE

934 H. Street

Phone 1029

ARCATA, CALIFORNIA

February, 1954

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SPADONI'S GROCERY AND GAS STATION

WINES— LIQUORS

Phone 2-9S23 2200 FOURTH STREET

EUREKA CALIFORNIA

CLASS A CAFE

ITALIAN AND AMERICAN DISHES BEER, WINE AND SOFT DRINKS

219 Second Street

CALIFORNIA

PAT AND AILI'S

THE FRIENDLY PLACE TO EAT & DRINK

207 THIRD STREET

(Humboldt County)

EUREKA CALIFORNIA

PIERCE MORTUARY

Ernest G. McWhinney and R. Chalmers Crichton

Phone Hillside 2-37S1

707 H STREET

EUREKA CALIFORNIA

SPEED KILLS

TAKE IT EASY

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California

The police officer is a man whose occu- pation is most difficult to define.

He is thought of as one of a group; but he isn't — not as a mechanic or a longshoreman, a letter carrier, a sailor or a soldier are correctly considered. These groups have definite, supervised duties to perform, but the police officer stands at the bat to take the pitches as they come.

On duty — and oH duty — he is defi- nitely on his own. Yes, he is a one-man army, with no reserves and no place to retreat to.

The uniform does not make the police officer even though he secures it through civil service rating or otherwise. If he is a misfit police officer he is a most expen- sive civic nuisance.

A police officer is always on parade — casual scrutiny by juveniles and voters a never ending object of much more than alike. Even his home life is much more a matter of check and double check, and gossip and more gossip, than that of the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, or even the mayor.

People know all about his social con- nections and can name his relatives, his doctor and his grocer. They also know his hobbies and how much he owes on his house and his car.

So, being, as it were, a marked man, he must indeed be a sterling citizen to be able to play the part of The Village Blacksmith, and — "look the whole world in the face and fear not any man."

How can such a man be secured for a police department ?

The problem is not at all simple. It demands time and care on the part of the selectors. They must first look thoroughly into each applicant's record. Of course, they must realize that a police officer need not be a superman. But they must not for a moment lose track of the fact that it takes a lot of worthwhile consideration to have the proper man fill a police uniform.

Physical and mental standards of a high grade are very desirable of course, but the problem for the small group of selectors is to find the man, the personal- ity for the job.

Police service is rendered by individual policement on a person-to-person basis, thus the quality of service is determined by the individual men who provide it. A police officer lacking in personal quali- fications is certain to give poor service and bring criticism and possible discredit on the entire department.

High standards of physical and aca- demic and technical ratings, as deter- mined by civil service examiners, rate

SPORTSMEN'S CLUB

■ "ON THE REDWOOD HIGHWAY"

Donald H. Smith, Prop. FORTUNA CALIFORNIA

7-11 CLUB

Roy Engstrom

711 S. STATE STREET UKIAH CALIFORNIA

UKIAH AUTO WRECKERS

New & Used Parts

WRECKING SERVICE

24 HOUR SERVICE

Open 7 Days

Phone 70SM

HI WAY 1 01 NORTH

UKIAH CALIFORNIA

UKIAH SAW AND KNIFE WORKS

Band Saw, Circular Saw, Knife Grinding Hammering and Welding

Phone 1098 W 270 EAST SMITH STREET

UKIAH CALIFORNIA

BOLLMAN & BROWN

Contract Loggers

Phone 74 Garberville, Calif.

Into Wirta Logging Company

•

CONTRACT LOGGING

•

Phone 0213

GARBERVILLE,

CALIFORNIA

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February, 1954

Warm Air Heating Air Conditioning

MORK SHEET METAL WORKS

Gutters — Down Spouts — Patent Chimneys

& General Sheet Metal Work

Phone 1491

125 FORD STREET

UKIAH CALIFORNIA

Radiant Heat Hotpoint Appliances

UKIAH ELECTRIC CO.

LICENSED CONTRACTORS

Telephone 1238-W

268 E. SMITH STREET

W. P. Kirkpatrick Jack Riggs

PALACE OF THE PAST

BEYOND DESCRIPTION

"Highway 101"

(Humboldt County)

MEYERS FLAT CALIFORNIA

FOREST CLUB

Where All Sportsmen Meet Cocktails and Select Foods

239 No. STATE STREET

UKIAH CALIFORNIA

Pease Conservatory of Music

PIANO — VOICE — ORGAN AND THEORY

Phone GI 3-7038

2130 L STREET

SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA

Orchard Motel

Modern Units with Kitchens

on "The Famous Redwood Highway"

Reservations Phone 407R

1050 South State Street UKIAH, CALIFORNIA

PICKERING LUMBER CORP.

Sugar Pine - White Fir PoNDEROSA Pine

STANDARD, CALIF.

about equal and first in the selection of rookie policemen.

The rookie gets a uniform. But, has this man inside the uniform the heart to go with it ? That is the great problem the civil service tests leave unsolved.

There is always a way to solve human problems when we apply common sense.

For our bird dogs, our race horses, and our live stock we carefully consider pedi- gree as well as present appearance. The burning eloquence of our daughter, or the best presentment of an automobile salesman, will not quickly sway us in the acceptance of a prospective son-in-law or a marvelous looking used car. In such in- stances we do make haste slowly.

The would-be rookie wants a uniform. Naturally, he has already found he has the physical qualifications ; and has also done some special preparation to insure his acceptance.

The prime duty of the police head is now to get personally acquainted with his prospective employee — to meet him face-to-face, for a brief interview. This interview he will conclude by handing the applicant a long list of questions to be carefully answered at home and then mailed to the police head.

An application blank such as is used by the larger public utility corporations will serve as a model for this question- naire. Of course, many additional ques- tions could be added, such as:

1. Schools attended — dates to be given, also names of teachers and reasons for leaving school ;

2. Jobs held — dates to be given, also names of employers, and reasons for quitting or being dismissed ;

3. U. S. Service — why, also account for court martial or reduction in rank ;

4. Arrests — number of, and charges ;

5. Divorced — why, and if paying ali- mony, or if taking care of parents or others ;

6. Financial standing — paying on home, automobile or furniture, or out- standing debts ;

7. Why applying for position as a police officer?

Some people are adept at filling out such sets of questions. But, sometimes they prove to have very poor memories, and sometimes they are very careless in- deed as to the correctness of their answers.

I'he returned questionnaire will give an excellent chance for some close check- ing. Through a careful perusal of it by you and each of the three or four citizens comprising your appraisement hoard ad- vance skeleton knowledge of the efforts of the candidate since he left school will be available.

TEXACO SERVICE

Motor Tune-up - Carburetion - Generator

Starter - Voltage Regulator - Ignition Repair

American Bosch Magneto Sales & Service

L. H. FITCH & SONS

Retail Dealers in Murphy Color Scheme Paints

Window Glass - Wall Paper - Established 1890

House Painters and Paper Hangers

PRESSWOOD GRILL

"Where Friends Meet" Thelma Battrell

Phone SS2-W HIGHWAY 101 NORTH

UKIAH CALIFORNIA

UKIAH TRADING POST

Charles Thompson, Prop. We Buy, Sell or Trade Everything

CALIFORNIA

Star Trailer Park Sales and Parts

Mr. & Mrs. C. H. Baughn, Props.

Ultra-Modern Tiled Showers and Heated Rest Roms

ON 101 HIGHWAY

One Mile North of Ukiah

UKIAH, CALIFORNIA

A. A. DIMMICK

LUMBER

COMPANY

• Garberville,

California

i

February. 1954

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JACK'S CHEVRON SERVICE

DEPENDABLE LUBRICATION SERVICE Tires — Batteries — Accessories

805 Market Street

CALIFORNIA

CHUNG SUN GROCERY CO.

Fruits & Vegetables — American Chinese Store

FREE DELIVERY

Cor. 7th and Main Streets — Phone 175

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

TONY'S PLACE

BEST BEER IN TOWN

Hamburgers — Chili Beans

Tony & Helen, Props.

Phone 174-R 537 MAIN STREET

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

JACK'S PLACE

BEER — WINE — LIQUORS On & Off Sale

COLUSA

521 MAIN STREET

CALIFORNIA

CUT RATE LIQUOR

Quality Liquors — Wines — Beers

"Where Your Patronage is Appreciated"

118 - 5TH STREET

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES

RIVERSIDE HOTEL

AND PALM MOTEL

Commercial & Tourists Headquarters

Tavern — Coffee Shop — L. S. Currie Your Host

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

C. V. WHALEY

SHEET METAL WORKS

EVERYTHING IN SHEET METAL

Phone 236-K or 400-F 530 Main Street

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

Niles Automobile Co.

Your Sonoma County

BUICK Dealer

SANTA ROSA PETALUMA

JACK & ED'S

BAR AND LIQUORS Best in Eats and Drinks

"Where good fellows get together"

29 Santa Rosa Avenue

Telephone 6821 Santa Rosa, California

Across the table from you and your selected friends you may suddenly find a candidate who has mailed you a complete questionnaire that is loaded with misin- formation.

You may also run across a shallow bluffer, who, no matter how whimsical or ponderous a question you may put to him, will become more and more wordy, but will definitely refrain from just re- plying: "I don't know," or "I can't an- swer that question."

By this face-to-face, orderly meeting of the candidate, your appraisement board can judge each man from the standpoint of critical employers-to-be, as to:

1. His physical appearance, which though of no consequence in many lines of endeavor, is important in the case of a police officer.

2. His speaking behavior, which really is of prime importance in police work be- cause of the fact that it entails such con- stant verbal contacts with all classes, both in and out of court ;

3 His personal history, both in and out of school, and in U. S. Service, or business jobs, also his arrests, his marital and financial status, his lodge connec- tions and his hobbies ;

4. His aims and reasons for becoming a police officer. This will permit of many questions from the board concerning good jobs he may have had or business opportunities he may have passed up, when his academic or technical attain- ments are considered ;

1 he man who lied in his written an- swers will need to bluster and bluff. The man whose active history shows he drift- ed from one job to another will have to be quite persuasive to prove his stability; and the candidate who has had school, marital, occupational, financial, U. S. or police troubles will certainly have to be a good attorney in his own defense to clear himself before the board. Yes, this face-to-face meeting is bad indeed for eager beavers and that large percentage of peppy, self confident drifters of whom it may be truly said: They labor not, neither do they spin.

It is gratifying to think that finding good material for a police department is not at all impossible after the civil serv- ice people have done their screening. The police head and his supervisory aides can, with no great difficulty, do at least a ninety per cent perfect job of final screen- ing. Out of a group, soberly interviewed, will be selected and hired one or more normal and natural citizens who have steadily sailed on an even keel — men who, from their youth up, have shown that grand stability that comes from head and heart.

Brown Bros. Roofing Service

Roofing of all Kinds — Quality Always

25 Years Roofing Service

903 Oak Street Phone 198R

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM

SPROUSE-REITZ CO., INC.

528 MARKET STREET

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM

J. C. PENNEY CO., INC.

640 MARKET STREET

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

PROCTOR & VENNERY

Decorators — Featuring Fine Wallpapers Distributors of Fuller Paint Products Phone 613 543 JAY STREET

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

ANDREWS PLUMBING

Licensed Plumbing Contractor

Plumbing Supplies

Portable Electric and Gas Welding

109 FIRST STREET Phone 573- W

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

COLUSA MOTEL

Air Conditioned and Centrally Heated

John and Fred Tiedemann, Owners

In The Heart of Town

Phone 424

CO'.USA CALIFORNIA

BUCK & WILLOH

BUICK— Sales and Service CMC TRUCKS

General Automotive Repairing Home of U. S. Royal Tires

Pho

39

Unzelman's Motel

Member AAA & United Motor

Courts

Leon & Rose Trefeil, Owner-Mgr.

On U.S. Highway 101 - ll^ miles

South of Center of Santa Rosa

Phone 115 2245 Redwood Highway S.

Best Welshes from

J. V. "J^d Cummins

Body^ Fender and Glass Shop

Complete Rebuilding of Wrecked

Cars & Trucks.

Expert Workmanship

Phone 136

639 Second Street

Santa Rosa, California

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John E. Chick Montgomery

SPORTS EQUIPMENT

Everything We Have Is First Rate —

And We Have Everything

Phone 53S 334 MARKET STREET

'O.USA CALIFORNIA

"Let's Get A

sociated"

Bob Fitch

s Associated Service

"Best Li Tires —

be Jobs i Batteries

1 the County!" — Accessories

Phone 304

COLUSA

356

MARKET STREET

CALIFORNIA

HIGHSTREET & BUSCH

THE FIRESTONE DEALER STORE

Auto Accessories — Tires & Batteries

Largest Slock of Toys Carried thruout the Year

Phone 311 220 Fifth Street

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

SANKEY & GRIFFIN

Chevrolet Sales & Service

General Automotive Repairing

31 S MARKET STREET

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

O. K. RUBBER WELDERS

Don't Go Wrong Go To O. K. First!

We Won't Be Undersold 318 MARKET STREET

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

ROBERT E. SHIRRELL

LINCOLN— MERCURY— NEW & USED

SHIRRELL MOTORS St St. and Santa Rosa i

Telephone 5717 -Santa Rosa Calif.

SONOMA COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS

Chi

Dei, Maestro

BOB SHIRRELL MOTORS — Telephone 2-6608 600 Main Street — Petaluma, Calif.

Chief Del Maestro of Petaluma is one of Sonoma County's top police executives. He has been a member of the Petaluma Police Department since 1933 and Chief for the past four years. He has done every type of police work and is a graduate of the Federal Bureau' of Investigation National Academy in Wash- ington, D. C.

"LAUU—DRY—W

Phone 3064-J

Cleaning & Pressing

Finished Laundry — Laundrette

In the Town & Country Shopping District

ULVA HARTMAN

Ladies' & Gentlemen's Alterations Fitting A Specialty — All Work Guaranteed

Tel. 4839-J — 1612 Terrace Way In The Town & Country Bldg.

GOURMET HOUSE

Fine Foods — Spirits — Gifts

Fine Wine & Liquors — All Best Beers

Phone 4924-J — 1415 Town & Country Bldg.

SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA

BURBANK BUSINESS COLLEGE

KRAFT BROS. BAKERIES

In Town and Country

In Montgomery Village The Village Pastry Shop — Phon

BROWN'S MARKET

Biasotti Bros. Op

PI

Sundays and Holidays enty of Cold Drinks

461 WEST STREET Phone 92

HEALDSBURG

CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM

MILLER MOTOR CO.

White Truck Sales and Service

Telephone 2510 964 PETALUMA HILL ROAD

SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA

HARRY B. TREMBLEY

Wholesale Distributors of

AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

AND SUPPLIES

Telephones 95 and 2048 THIRD AND B STREETS

SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA

Best Wishes from

Berglund Tractor & Equipment Co.

SALES— SERVICE Caterpillar — John Deere

SANTA ROSA— WILLITS NAPA, CALIFORNIA

IN SANTA ROSA IT'S THE

TO PAZ ROOM

Excellent Food — Friendly S^ THE BEST IN DRINKS BEST WISHES FROM

EL PORTAL MOTEL

Spacious DeLuxe Accommodatio

1, 2, and 3 Bedr

Units — Mode

tecommended by "AAA"

st Western; Redwood En

T A. Cable, Manager

SANTA ROSA

CALIFORNIA

Chief Ai. Giorgi, Heai.osburc.

ALEXANDER'S

Van & Storage

Telephone 1944

107 "A" Street

Santa Rosa, California

February, 1954

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Page 45

SANTA ROSA STEAM

LAUNDRY — DRY CLEANERS

Phone 1370 or 880

3S2 FIRST STREET

SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA

DECK'S

SAW & LAWNMOWER SHOP

General Sharpening — Prompt Service

Fair Prices — Telephone 3548

115 Santa Rosa Avenue

SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA

REDWOOD EMPIRE NURSERY

Landscape Service

Joseph C. Badger — Phone 4131-W

2350 REDWOOD HIGHWAY SOUTH

SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA

Best Wishes from

R A S

Welding & Boiler Works

Complete Boiler Installation

3099 Redwood Hwy. — 2 Miles So. — PO Box 466

SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA

LLANO MOTEL

Little But Nice — And Close In! Mr. & Mrs. J. Crowther, Owners-Managers Phone 1623-W — 2400 Redwood Hwy., So. "AAA" Appr

SANTA ROSA

CALIFORNIA

CLOVERDALE CLEANERS

Mickey and Mary McManus We operate our own cleaning plant

SECOND STREET NEAR WEST

CLOVERDALE CALIFORNIA

CURLY WAITMAN

Cocktails Phone 125

CLOVERDALE

CALIFORNIA

AL MONTEDONICO

Norge Washers — Kelvinator Electric Ranges

Kelvinator Refrigerators and Home Freezers

RCA Television

Zenith Radio and Television

Phone 275 1ST & MAIN STREET

CLOVERDALE CALIFORNIA

CHitK Jim Bakkr, Sonom.x

JOE'S PLACE

ON STATE HIGHWAY No. 1

MARIN COUNTY CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES

Colusa Laundry & Dry Cleaners

For Quality Workmanship — Always! 330 MARKET STREET Phone 98

COLUSA CALIFORNIA

STEELE'S TRAILER COURT

Modern Cabins - Trailer Space - Boat Dock ai

Boat Rentals - Plenty of Shade - Jack Steele

Near Sacramento River

Phone

COLUSA

109-L

CARL EDWARDS

PIANOS (Former Piano Builder) Kohler & Chase, Andrew Kohler, Sohn

G. WEINHOLDT

503 BARKAM AVENUE

SANTA ROSA

CALIFORNIA

BILL'S AUTO ELECTRIC

UNITED MOTOR SERVICE

Complete Carburetor, Electric & Motor Tune-up

Phone 5349 — 601 FIRST STREET

W. H. "Bill" Siemsen, Owner

SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM Edna Robinson & Dolly Le Mora, Props.

EL CHARRO

Fine Mexican and American Foods Finest Home Cooking and Baking

Telephone 3722-M 2693 REDWOOD HIGHWAY SOUTH

SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM

PISENTI BROTHERS

Garage and Associated Service

Body and Fende 24 Hour Towing Se

Work— Painting vice — Phone 898

2612 REDWOOD HIGHWAY SOUTH

SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA

CHAPEL OF THE CHIMES

Santa Rosa's Most Beautiful Crematorium

Above Ground Burial in Niches

and Crypts Amidst Lovely

Gardens and Peaceful

Surroundings

Visitors Always Welcome

1 mile South of Santa Rose on 101

Telephone 6-R

Redwood Hgy. So. at Hearn Ave.

Santa Rosa, California

i

1'

JOHN SLOSS COMPANY

SALES— MACHINERY RENTALS

SANTA ROSA

CALIFORNIA

Chief LIkant C\i;sh,iI'. C'i nvi kii \i.i-:

Wheeler Trailer & Body Works

Truck Bodies and Trailers Built to Order Large Stock of Paits — Repairs — Alterations Look for the Wagon Wheel — Jack Wheelei

Telephone 3500-W

2710 REDWOOD HIGHWAY SOUTH

SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA

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February. 1954

RAY DUCA LIQUORS

WINES - BEER - LIQUORS - MIXES

FREE DELIVERY

JUniper 7-6572 4712 Mission Street

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

DR. JAMES T. DING. D.C.

RECTAL DISORDERS

Herbs — X-ray and Physiotherapy

DOuglas 2-5469 952 Powell Street

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

CASTELLI WINES & LIQUORS

Mario Castelli

JUniper 6-1309

SAN FRANCISCO

947 Geneva Avenue

CALIFORNIA

WING SING CHONG CO.

IMPORTER AND EXPORTER

GROCERIES - WINES - LIQUORS

1076 Stockton Street YUkon 2-4171

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

Pacific Tea Packing Company

1663 Mission Street SAN FRANCISCO

HEmlock 1-1755

CALIFORNIA

E. CLEMENS HORST CO.

235 PINE STREET SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

ERKSON-SHARP Chevron Service

George Erkson

JUniper 4-5400 4801 Mission St.

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

Alex Isackson Hardwood Floor Co.

2401 SANTIAGO STREET

SEabright 1-0888

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

SABELLA'S RESTAURANT

Seafood Specialists for Generations

North of Richardson

Bridge

in

MILL VALLEY, CALIF.

S. F. SACRILEGE

(Continued from page 3 )

From his quarters in the adjoining building Father Orestes Trinchieri ran at the head of his little group of Salesian Fathers toward the church which was his charge. They were the first to reach the large hole which had been blown in the pavement at the rear of the church. The building itself appeared to be un- damaged. The priests were making an in- spection tour of the premises when the police arrived. Father Trinchieri greeted their questions with a bewildered shrug.

"How can I tell what happened?" he asked. "What kind of man would try to destroy the house of God ?"

News of the bombing was the top story for the San Francisco newspapers the following morning and it sta\ed on page one of the city newspapers for days to come. 1 he attempted bombing of any church would have been enough to arouse the ire of the city by the Golden Gate, but none so much as the attempt to de- stroy the building which watches over Columbus Square.

St. Peter and Paul's Church is more than just another place of worship to San Francisco. It is a matter of civic pride. 1 he huge church, with its towering twin spires that pierce the northern edges of the city's skyline, was almost new at the time and considered the most beautiful building of its kind west of Chicago. Every San Franciscan, regardless of re- ligion or creed, was proud of the struc- ture. The demand for the capture of the bomber was instantaneous. But the inves- tigation directed by Captain of Detective Duncan Matheson and Detective Ser- geant Louis DeAIattei of the San Fran- cisco Police Department ran up a series of blind alleys. Lead after lead was ex- plored and found wanting. Investigation of alleged members of the infamous Black Hand and Mafia societies led nowhere. Phony tips wasted days of checking. Then during the small hours of May •^th, the bomber struck again.

At 3 :26 a.m. a bomb, infinitely more powerful than the first one, was set off in the marble vestibule at the entrance of the church, shattering several large stained glass windows within the build- ing, damaging the huge, twelve foot por- tals leading to the chvirch proper,' and breaking windows throughout the North Beach.

For the ensuing hours terror ruled in San Francisco's Italian colony. Himdreds of the area's residents clad in nightshirts, pajamas and bath robes tumbled out to the streets and refused to reenter their homes for fear of another explosion.

VITTORI BROS.

Fruits, Vegetables and Poultry, Fancy Groceries

Phone Mission 8-3270 6 3820-26 Mission St.

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

DEANS AND HOMER

INSURANCE AND GENERAL AGENTS

340 Pine Street

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

STEMPEL QUALITY DOUGHNUTS

320 FELL STREET

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

LA NACIONAL GROCERY

1295 ALABAMA STREET

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

RELIANCE FRUIT & GROCERY

1919 McAllister street

san francisco california

The Methodist Publishing House

83 McAllister street

san francisco california

MR. HOT DOG'S RANCHO

5121 Geary Blvd. EV 6-9898

MR HOT DOG 3815 Geary Blvd. EV 6-9684

MEET MR. HOT DOG The World's Largest CHARCOAL BURGERS

SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA

F. KORBEL & BROTHERS

WINES

314 FRONT STREET

Phone sutler 1-3529

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

LY 3-2316

BUENA CAMPBELL SANITARIUM

Laurel and Hill Streets BELMONT, CALIF.

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KEYSTONE COFFEE

SEQUOIA HOTEL

174 - 3RD STREET

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

CabalDeros De Dimas — Along Grand Lodge

443 Broadway St.

SAN FRANCISCO

EXbrook 2-3728

CALIFORNIA

VESUVIO CAFE

Forty-five Imported Beers to Cho

2SS Columbus

SAN FRANCISCO

DO 2-9808

CALIFORNIA

NEW ATHENS MARKET

GROCERIES DELICATESSEN

1311 FILLMORE STREET

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

CENTURY GARAGE

675 POST STREET

Phone TUxedo 5-2800

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

BUDDAH BAR

Phone SUtter 1-9292

901 GRANT AVENUE

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

Enterprise Engine & Machinery Co.

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Harried policemen from all over the city ru.shed to the scene. DeMattei ar- rived and found little more evidence than the first e.xplosion had produced. The bomb, apparently consisting of dynamite sticks, had been bound together with wire and placed in a corner where the front steps and doors joined. A heavy woven steel and rubber mat had been thrown over it.

A few strands of wire and the disin- tegrated remains of dynamite sticks were all in the way of clues DeMattei had to work with. A door to door canvass of the area produced a lot of theories but no re- sults. Father Trinchieri and his Salesian Fathers worked tirelessly in an attempt to assist the iinestigation, but without visible results. Days merged into weeks and weeks into months while the investi- gation bogged down.

October came. The bombings of St. Peter and Paul's Church were all but forgotten by everyone except the police working on the case and Father 1 rin- chieri and his Salesian Fathers. Hallo- ween approached. Grinning, snag toothed pumpkins leared from their window ledges. School children planned pranks to be played on the evening preceding All Saints Day. But the most monstrous prank of all was scheduled to be played two days before the night when witches ride.

Sunday, October 29, 5:15 a.m. Ihe eternal fog lay heavy over the North Beach, dripping moistly on gleaming streets. A solitary figure moved through the sleeping city toward the church by Columbus Square. He deposited his pack- age carefully in the marble vestibule, touched a match to it, waited for a mo- ment to be sure the fuse burned brightly, then darted of? at top speed into the gloom. There was need to run. The bomb which exploded that morning was not soon forgotten by San Francisco.

The blast which followed the bomber's departure from the church was heard throughout the city. Its effects in the North Beach were devastating. Three at- tendants asleep within the church were tossed rudely from their beds. Six priests quartered in the adjoining rectory joined them on the floor. The marble \estibule crumbled and the huge doors were ripped from their hinges and crashed to the floor.

Chaos reigned on the North Beach. In addition to the priests scores of persons living near the church were thrown from their beds. Hundreds of windows were shattered. The cry of "Earthquake" was heard as the nightshirted residents pour- ed out into the open.

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and we thank all Police Officers for continuing their patient cour- tesy in answering those perennial questions — "How do I get to the Emporium"?

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JOE CERVETTO COMPANY

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Phone VAIencia 4-7737 61 S Diamond Street

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The damage to the church was tre- mendous. Stained glass windows burst from their sashes and crashed to the pave- ment. Father Trinchieri and his priests moved through a dust storm of powdered plaster toward the center of the explo- sion. Police from all over the city hurried to the North Beach to restore order. And when Louis DeMattei arrived on the scene not a shred of evidence remained. Th explosion had destroyed all traces of the bomb.

Fortunately no one was seriously in- jured by the blast. Captain Matheson was convinced that a fourth bombing would be almost sure to be fatal to some- one, however. Each bomb had been more powerful than the last. He believed a fourth attempt to destroy the church might send the entire building crumbling to the pavement. He called Detective DeMattei into his office and asked for a report on the investigation.

DeMattei explained that every possi- ble angle had been explored. He de- clared that the Mafia and Cammorra societies, then at the peak of their power, had been investigated to the best of his abilities and found innocent.

"The Mafia works for a profit," he explained. "There is no profit in destroy- ing a church."

"How do you suggest we prevent this from happening again?" Matheson in- quired.

"We set a trap," DeMattei replied promptly. "It's the only answer."

With the help of Father Trinchieri and Corporal Larry Mclnerny, a little Irish policeman who knew the beach al- most as well as DeMattei, who had been raised there, the detective laid his snare.

Father Trinchieri took DeMattei through the church, pointing out the damaged areas and suggesting possible hiding places for policemen. The detec- tive was amazed by the priest's fortitude. For years he knew the Salesian Father had combatted the actitvies of the Mafia and Cammorra fearlessly and tirelessly. Now, faced with a new enemy, he work- ed long hours with the policeman while at the same time pacifying and soothing his terror stricken flock of parishioners.

DeMattei's task was no simple one. The park in Columbus Square made the problem of laying an effective ambush doubly tough. Without buildings to hide his men in across the street he was forced to improvise a method of watching the street from adjoining buildings without having the watcher seen.

To do this he placed a mirror on a door leading to a front balcony in a man-

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Phone UNderhill 3-5305 2164 MARKET STREET

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

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ner that anyone approaching from the east could be observed. It took many hours to place the window in such a way that the reflection from the street lights would not show and make it visible to the street.

The building on the east side of the church was an apartment house with front windows which projected several feet over the sidewalk. DeMattei was given permission by the persons renting the apartment to use the rooms contain- ing the windows for observation to the west.

Next the detective called in a city electrician who installed an elaborate system of wiring which covered every vantage point in the building with sig- nals. Bell signals were installed in the apartment house and the whole setup was connected to the rectory by an inter- communication system.

The toughest problem facijig De- Mattei was how to arrange the entry. The vestibule, twenty feet square, led directly from the broad steps in front of the church to the massive doors. The doors, being solid, were useless because there was no visibility for guards.

Two stained glass windows which stood about twelve feet up on each side of the portal provided the solution. De- Mattei ordered them removed and re- placed with carefully colored isinglass. The windows were directly over the con- fessionals within the church. Heavy planks were placed across the tops of the booths and two watchers, armed with shotguns, were placed at each window for man\' nights to come.

Because the lookouts at the fake win- dows had their visibility limited by the vestibule it was necessary to arrange a system which would make it posible to notify the officers of the approach of any suspicious characters. A muflled telephone was placed by each window.

Another man, equipped with telephone and buzzer signals, was stationed at a rear portal where he could watch an alle\ at the back of the building. As an added precaution DeMattei rented an apart- ment which faced on the alley.

Absolute secrecy was maintained while the trap was prepared. The officers often interrupted their work for hours while a religious ceremony was held in the church. Meanwhile, a squad of picked detectives combed the area in search of the bomber. Suspect after suspect was hauled to the Hall of Justice, grilled and released. A uniformed officer was sta- tioned in front of the church at all times for the purpose of frightening off the bomber in case he attempted to act before

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DILLS & GOODWAY

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SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

Simonds Saw & Steel Company

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the net was thoroughly woven. Then the day came when the newspapers announc- ed that the police guard had been with- drawn from St. Peter and Paul's Church. Chief of Police Daniel O'Brien announc- ed that the department had decided no further bombings would take place.

In spite of all precautions a fourth attempt was made to bomb the church before the trap was complete. At 5 :30 on the morning of January 9th an auto- mobile came down the street and paused long enough for a man to descend, throw a bomb against the wall, dart back into the car, and speed away. Officer Edward Moran, who was guarding the church at the time, emptied his gun at the fleeing car but was unable to hit it or secure the license number. Shortly after that the trap was ready.

Night after night the picked squad traveled to the church. Every device was used to avoid tipping the bomber off to the ambush. The detectives arrived carry- ing laundry and food baskets. Some were dressed as women and others as workmen. I he most elaborate stakeout in the his- tory of San Francisco was in operation.

Two months passed and nothing hap- pened. DeMattei and Matheson won- dered if the bomber had actually given up. Then, on the morning of March 5th, the two strangers met in front of the church and one laid his lethal package on the doorstep. He lit the fuse and turn- ed to run when Mclnerny challenged him. The final dramatic chapter was about to be enacted.

Detective DeMattei, sitting at his vantage point by the apartment window, had been uneasy that night. For two hours he had watched a drunk stagger around Columbus Square. The detective wondered whether he was actually drunk or just casing the church. Finally he left abruptly, but DeMattei could not get him off his mind. His hunch was right. The officer recognized the drunk immediately when he returned with his package.

The bomber's drawn gun and the burning fuse did not give Corporal Mc- lnerny any choice. He fired immediately and the bomber turned, staggering toward the street. The throaty roar of a sawed- off shotgun in the hands of Patrolman D. A. Kauffman ended the argument. I he bomber died instantly, but the fuse burned on. Only a few seconds separated Mclnerny and his companions from be- ing blown to eternity. They watched, helpless and horrified, while the sputter- ing snake grew shorter.

One of the massive doors swung open. Patrolman J. C. Gremminger dashed

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into the vestibule, knife drawn. For a moment he hesitated, getting his bear- ings. Then he spotted the now short fuse and moved toward it. The sizzling ser- pent was inches long when he severed it. The danger was over, but not the shoot- ing.

At the sound of the first shot DeMat- tei, shotgun in hand, had sprinted into the street. He arrived in time to see the second man running toward the park shrubbery. The detective ordered him to halt. The man ran faster.

"Stop!" DeMattei shouted a second time. "This is the police."

The man ran on. De Mattei fired when he saw the fugitive reach into his breast pocket. The buckshot caught him in the hip and he fell, shouting, "God save me. I have the Bible!" He was telling the truth. DeMattei found the Bible in his breast pocket.

The bombings ended that morning of March 5, 1927, but the mystery has lived with San Francisco ever since. Although descriptions of the dead man were sent all over the United States and the affair received nationwide publicity, the bomb- er was never identified. The second man flatly refused to talk. He declared that he was innocent and knew nothing of the bomber or bombings. Several months after the shooting he died in the San Francisco hospital as the result of an op- eration on his injured hip. If he knew the bomber's name he took it with him in death.

The last bomb had been big enough to destroy the church entirely. It consisted of twenty-six sticks of dynamite, each one wrapped in moulder's clay to add force to the explosion. The fuse was attached to a fulminate of mercury cap on the center stick. Experts declared it would have leveled the church and killed many people in the immediate neighborhood.

A thousand dollar reward offered by Father Trinchieri for the capture of the bomber was refused by the officers and returned to the Salesian Fathers to be used for charity. And today, more than a quarter of a century after the persist- ent attempt to destroy the building, St. Peter and Paul's Church stands across from Columbus Square, still the domi- nant structure on the North Beach sky- line.

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The oldest recorded identification bu- reau in Switzerland is located at Geneva, although others were set up subsequently at Aarau, Basel, Lucerne, Zurich and Berne, which latter place was finally se- lected as the National Registry. Anthro- pometry was used as early as 1891, but, in 1902, fingerprinting was introduced at Geneva, where the only impressions at first taken were those of the right thumb, index, middle and ring fingers, and the thumb and index digits of the left hand. The procedure was patterned after the Paris methods. Nevertheless, this was later superseded by the recording of all ten fingers, which were then classified and filed according to pattern designs.

Anthropometry was instituted in Spain by royal decree on September 10, 1896, and measuring equipment was placed in seven of the principal prisons under su- pervision of Dr. H. Simancas. A few- years' trial of this system disclosed it to be untrustworthy; accumulative error rendered the files practically useless, and three of the original bureaus ceased to function. Official recognition of these inefficient conditions resulted in orders for reorganization, which were issued February 28, 1901, and F. Oloriz Aqui- lera, professor of anatomy at Madrid, was appointed as supervisor. Registration by fingerprints was sponsored by this authority, who compiled yet another classifying and filing technique which he named the "Oloriz System," but this he later discarded in favor of the more in- clusive employment of the Vucetich method.

Along with his other contributions to fingerprint innovations, Oloriz Aquilera taught his subordinates to classify the digital patterns by direct examination of the subject's hands, rather than by read- ing the same prints on a registration card. This was a recognition of the methods employed by the primeval savage, who knew his "public enemies" through their earth-recorded skin designs. It is indeed comforting to recognize that this in- volved inconsistency, arbitrarily termed "civilization," occasionally nourishes a mentality with enough perception to ap- preciate such sterling utilities.

In 1910, the capable Aquilera pre- pared for his officers a manual on crimi- nal identification in which were furnish- ed detailed descriptions of many known offenders, together with the code formu- las for their fingerprints. Thus, twen- tieth-centur\' Madrid police officers were equipped with information enabling them

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521 HILLSIDE BLVD. JU 3-0866

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

BOYD & LEN'S SERVICE

YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEALER

Orange and El Camino Real JUno 8-3159

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

ARMOUR AND COMPANY

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

Scofield Overhead Door Co.

OVERHEAD GARAGE DOORS AND HARDWARE

74 South Linden JUno 8-2559

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

February. 1954

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GOODRICH MFG. CO.

JUniper 7-7537 lOS South Bayshore Highway

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

FRANK GIFFA & SONS

GENERAL MERCHANDISE

WINES AND LIQUORS

240 Grand Aenue Phone JUno 8-1740

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

DARRELL JAHN

CHEVRON GAS STATION

Telephone JUno 8-7S70

MILLER AND AIRPORT BLVD.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

Myers Garage & Trailers

Specializing in Truck Repairs

& Trailers Built to Order

Phones: Bus: JU 3-3760 - Res. DI 4-4754

101 UNDEN AVENUE

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

Don's South City Auto Wreckers

We Buy Cars Any Condition

Parts for All Year's Cars

Res. GRaystone 4-6153

Plant: JU 3-0385 1 10 So. Maple Ave.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

THE HUB

JUno 8-7926 382 GRAND AVENUE

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

751 CLUB

DANCING - ENTERTAINING

A Hearty Welcome to All

751 Bayshore Blvd. Phone JUno 8-9960

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

South City Sheet Metal Works

HEATING AND VENTILATING

SHEET METAL WORK OF ALL KINDS

rices That Are Right — Jas. O. Wallace, Prop.

208 Cypress Avenue JUno 8-4102

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

A. W. DICKER

to appro.ximate the accomplishments of the cave man.

For some years, the civil police depart- ment of Constantinople maintained an identification bureau copied after the French ; but here too the tide of popular opinion swept anthropometry into the discard, and a fingerprint bureau, pat- tern after the German technique, became a central office for the entire Ottoman Empire. As explained, the German classi- fication and filing procedure utilized the Galton-Henry advocation, modified by Windt and Kodicek.

"ALWAYS LOWEST PRICES"

ERCOLI'S MARKET

Painter and Decorator - Paperhanging

Phone JUno 8-6899

734 West Orange Ave., Southwood

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS

LOUIS P. BALDINI

417 GRAND AVENUE Phone JUno 8-4730

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

F. D. MINUCCIANI

GENERAL INSURANCE

Phone JUno 8-3225

417V2 Grand Avenue Opposite City Hall

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

5175 Mission St. - San Francisco - JU 7-0689

RYAN REALTY COMPANY

BURI BURI OFFICE

Members of MLS - Insurance-Loans-Appraisals

1123 El Camino Phone JUno 3-1386

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

Guinn's Body & Fender Shop

COMPLETE AUTO PAINTING

Free Estimates — Prompt Service

EDDIE GUINN

Phones: Bus. JUno 3-2693 - Res. JUno 8-3253

27 SOUTH LINDEN AVENUE

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

B. C. Bridges

At this time, fingerprint registration, with few exceptions, was decentralized in European territory. However, Buda- pest, the first continental city to utilize the unmodified Galton-Henry system, achieved an interchange program of registration that was both novel and ef- fective. On October 15, 1908, an order of the Minister of Justice created the "Royal Central Registry Office of Hun- gary," which came into actual existence a few months later. Thereafter, active exchange of data was practised between representative cities, and criminal court procedure required that fingerprints be furnished with records of the defendants sent to the criminal registry. In connec- tion with the central office, there was also maintained a complete technical laboratory to deal with such evidential impressions as might be found at a crime locale ; this valuable service was available to the whole country.

Modern fingerprint methods were em- ployed in Egypt during the year 1902. and descendants of the mighty pharaohs again used a facility which had well served their ancient progenitors. It is in- teresting to observe that the latter-day

713 Linden Ave. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO

JUno 8-2417

CALIFORNIA

LOVI & BOTTAI

Groceries, Olive Oils, Macaroni, Fruits Vegetables, Coal, Hay and Grain

Phone JUno 8-5297 442 Baden Avenue

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

CLARK'S AUTO PAINT SHOP

Body and Fender Repairing - Free Estimates

Complete Auto Painting — Color Matching

Allen Clark

Phone JUno 3-2234 South San Francisco

66 A STREET Californi

SILVAS MOTORS

Dodge & Plymouth Passenger Cars

Dodge Job Rated Trucks

Lou Silvas — Res. JUno 8-1307

110 Linden Ave. JU 8-7867 - DE 3-0121

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

M. & H. SERVICE

Phone JUno 8-2127

800 SAN MATEO AVENUE

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

NORVELL'S JEWELRY

Joseph W. Norvell

Phone JUno 8-0851

540 SAN MATEO AVENUE

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

WILSON DILLS REALTY

Telephones JUno 8-3177 — PLaza 5-9130

299 EL CAMINO REAL

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

DILLS & GOODWAY

GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS

Lloyd Dills

416 Garden Avenue JUno 8-3177

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

TED'S TEXACO STATION

B. F. Goodrich Home and Auto Supplies

Marfak Lubrication

JUno 8-9876

900 EL CAMINO REAL

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

GOLDEN'S

CURTAINS - DRAPES - LINENS - FABRICS

Henry Golden

JUno 3-1289 579 San Mateo Avenue

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

PENINSULA GUN SHOP

Pistol Work - Sights - General Gun Work

CUSTOM BLUEING A SPECIALTY

Phone JUno 8-5690 290 East Aenue

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

A. SANVIDOTTO & SON

CEMENT CONTRACTORS

ESTIMATES FREE

FIRST CLASS WORK

Telephone JUno 8-6784

440 KAINS AVENUE

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

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Chapman's Youth Fashion Shoppe

INFANTS- & CHILDREN'S WEAR

S. & L. Green Stamps

Open Every Friday Evening 'lil 9

556 San Mateo Ave. JUno 8-1109

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

WALTERS COCKTAILS

LUNCH — SANDWICHES Frank & Babe

JUno 8-9974 SAN BRUNO

Mateo Avenue CALIFORI«A

F. HOLMAN. Builder

RESIDENTIAL - COMMERCIAL

Phone JUno 8-3294

1681 JENEVEIN AVENUE

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS

DONALD G. FRENCH

SAN BRUNO

CALIFORNIA

KRAMERS RESTAURANTS

"WE NEVER CLOSE"

Harry A. Kramer Jack A. Kramer

675 El Camino Real 3636 El Camino Real

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA PALO ALTO

ZOLA'S BEAUTY SALON

Phone JUno 8-7844

436V2 SAN MATEO AVENUE

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

LARRY'S MOHAWK SERVICE

Phone JUno 8-9752

497 EL CAMINO REAL

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY ZICKE

Gas Furnaces - General Sheet Metal Work

THE TINKER

175 El Camino Real JUno 8-1794

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

SMITH & SON

WATER SERVICE ENGINEERS

Well Testing & Developing - General Repairing

SALES AND SERVICE

ARGO PUMPS - PEERLESS PUMPS

Res. Phone JUno 8-2043

Office Phone JUno 8-4342

828 SAN MATEO AVENUE

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

DUKE'S MARKET

COMPLETE FOOD MARKET Meats - Vegetables - Fruits - Groceries

G. L. De

, Prop.

Phone JU 8-4005

899 SAN MATEO AVENUE

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

Tony's Flying A Service

"LET'S GET ASSOCIATED"

LUBRICATION — OIL CHANGE

BRAKE SERVICE — WASH & POLISH

MOTOR TUNE-UP

Tony Cirelli

Phone JUno 8-9846

510 EL CAMINO REAL

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

practice included civil registration of in- dustrial as well as municipal employees. A similar enactment of non-criminal fingerprint law was made in the 1 rans- vaal on January 1, 1908, where widely- inclusive civilian fingerprinting was made legally imperative.

As already indicated in connection with the famous South American crimi- nologist, Juan Vucetich, fingerprinting was well established in the Argentine at an early date, this being one of the first countries to employ it. Succeeding de- velopment and expansion included the ex- tensive registration of civic retainers and others engaged in public service, as well as of domestics. Descriptive information for passports also included fingerprints. Through Vucetich's example in the Ar- gentine, other South American states fol- lowed with the installation of similar programs, and, on October 20, 1905, an agreement was formed among Argen- tine, Chili, Uruguay and Brazil, whereby all of these were included in the scope of fingerprint registration, and provision was made for an exchange of photographs and records of outstanding offenders, and unidentified casualties.

Personal identification, of a sort, came into being in Me.xico, with a bureau of anthropometry was set up at the Belem Prison on September 1, 1895, by Dr. Ig- nacio Ocampo, the movement having been furthered some years previously by Fernandez Ortigosa. But, like all other trials of body-measurement systems, this also finally was discarded, and it is a significant circumstance that within re- cent years, national registration has made mandatory the fingerprinting of every man, woman and child within the bound- aries of Mexican territory.

In French Indo-China, fingerprinting was selected to replace anthropometry, which had been adopted in 1879 and employed at Saigon. Another original technique in fingerprint classification was compiled here by M. Pottecher, although the advocation enjoyed no great popu- larity elsewhere. In the Straits Settle- ments and the Malay States of Penang and Singapore, fingerprinting attained high success; record-exchange data were received from the United IVIalay States, from Malacca, and from Jahore. In the adjacent Philippines, fingerprints came into commercial recognition and usage, even in banking.

In Australia, as might be expected, the Galton-Henry application attained popu- larity coincidental with its rise in other British possessions; Sydney was selected as the Continental Bureau, and an active exchange of records continued with Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and other important centers.

CHAPEAUX by ROZE

CUSTOM-MADE - CALIFORNIA IN BETTER STORES EVERYWHERE

WILSON DILLS REALTY

Telephones JUno 8-3177 — PLaza 5-9130

299 EL CAMINO REAL

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

J. W. KOKLICH

JEWELER

JU 3-2930

583 SAN MATEO AVENUE

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

CALDERONI'S MARKET

GROCERIES - VEGETABLES - MEATS

Phone JUno 3-2340

875 HUNTINGTON AVENUE

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

C & M RICHFIELD SERVICE

Phone JUno 8-9949

700 EL CAMINO REAL

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

HIGHSMITH REALTY CO.

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS

Phone Bus. JU 3-2732 — Res. JU 3-2732

777 Kains Avenue Corner of Linden

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

Spencer's Self Service Laundry

Finished Laundry - Dry Cleaning

713 Cam SAN BRUNO

JU 3-1947

CALIFORNIA

Jack & Paul's Signal Service Station

Tires - Tubes - Batteries - Accessories

H. K. "Doc" COLLINS

LICENSED CONTRACTOR

FULLY INSURED

PAINTING - DECORATING - PAPERHANGING

Phone JUno 8-3917 SAN BRUNO

400 Chapman Avenue CALIFORNIA

WHITIE'S AUTO PARTS

AUTOMOTIVE MACHINE SHOP SERVICE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL JOBBERS

Phone JUno 8-5300 SAN BRUNO

El Camino at Angus CALIFORNIA

S & M MOTORS

OTT MOLINARI

Phones: Bus. JUno 8-3762 — Res. JUno 8-3058

601 So. EI Camino Real

LOMITA PARK

SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA

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THE BEVERAGE HOUSE

BEERS — LIQUORS — WINES

Frank Eilert

We Deliver — Phone Fireside 5-4401

40 - 37th Avenue, Just West of El Camino Real

SAN MATEO CALIFORNIA

WANDER INN

Cocktails & Liquors - Beautiful Marine View

Ilium nated at Nght — Joe & Maggie Delucchi

Phone FLanders 5-3787

PEDRO VALLEY BEACH

One-Half Mile South of Rockaway

HAZEL'S

CASINO

COCKTAILS

— DANCING

MOTEL APARTMENTS

Hazel Nickola, Proprietor

Oce

in Blvd. Ph

jne FLanders

5-9992

SHARP PARK

CALIFORNIA

Beautiful — Secluded — Modern

OLIVET MEMORIAL PARK

Columbarium — Cr

PLaza 5-0322 COLMA San Mateo County

COLMA GOLF DRIVING RANGE

Hours 8 A.M. 'till 10 P.M.

Phone PLaza 5-8140

3325 JUNIPERO SERRA BLVD.

COLMA CALIFORNIA

Eastside Bakery

specializing in Birthday and Wedding Cakes

PORTUGUESE SW^EET BREAD

Otto A. Redman

CYpress 2-0888

1060 E. Santa Clara St.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

DALMO VICTOR COMPANY

Leader in AIRBORNE RADAR

ANTENNAS

I4l4 EI Camino Real Phone LY 3-3131

San Carlos, Calif.

RESEARCH GRANT

The Traffic Institute of Northwestern University has received a $10,000 grant from the Allstate Insurance Company to conduct research and development work in the street and highway traffic field, according to Franklin M. Kreml, Insti- tute director.

This is the second year the funds ha\e been granted. Last year $5,000 was allo- cated to the Traffic Institute by Allstate.

In connection with the granting of the funds, Calvin Fentress, Jr., president of Allstate said :

"This year our company has substan- tially enlarged the grant made to the Traffic Institute because of our high re- gard for the IVaffic Institute's program.

"We are pleased to make this contri- bution to the splendid work that is being done to help public officials meet their responsibilities in traffic supervision and accident prevention."

The Allstate funds, Mr. Kreml said, will be used to further that phase of the Institute's program directed by James Stannard Baker, director of research and development.

Institute activities cover a broad pro- gram of traffic training, field and exten- sion service, publications, research and development.

Principal financial supporters of the Institute, which was established in 193b, are the Automotive Safety Foundation, the Kemper Foundation for Fraffic Safe- ty, the Association of Casualty and Sure- ty Companies, the National Asociation of Automotive Mutual Insurance Com- panies, and the Liberty Mutual Insur- ance Company. Contract work is done for the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, the American Association of Motor Ve- hicle Administrators, the \J . S. Army, and the U. S. Air Force.

WATER HEATERS

Don't get into hot water over your automobile's heater. Proper installation of an automobile hot water heater is essential if maximum efficiency is to be obtained, the California State Automo- bile Association advises. This type of heater should be installed so that the water in the heater will be at least two inches below the water level of the car radiator, and lower if possible.

WORSHIP OF KATCHINAS

Fhe Pueblo of Zuni, located in west- ern New Mexico, is reported by the Na- tional Automobile Club to have a form of worship centered on many gods that are called Katchinas.

Car/o's PIZZERIA

SPAGHETTI - RAVIOLI

Italian Specialties — Orders to Take Out

Juno 8-9952 1 125 El Camino Real

LOMITA PARK CALIFORNIA

ORLANDO'S LIQUOR STORE

WiNES - BEERS - LIQUORS FREE DELIVERY

225 El Camin( LOMITA PARK

JUno 8-8032 CALIFORNIA

"DUTCH" SCHNEICKERT

QUALITY RETAIL MEATS

Diamond 3-0896

202 MYRTLE ROAD

BURLINGAME CALIFORNIA

MARGARET'S DRESS SHOP

White Stag Sportswear - Rosenblum's Sport

Jackets - Pandora Lingerie

Jewelry by Caro - Darlenc Sweaters

Charge Accounts — Lay-away Plan

Open FKday nite until 9:00 P.M.

IDS Park Boule MILLBRAE

JUno 8-0983 CALIFORNIA

ROLLY SOMER

THE PENINSULA'S BEST STOCKED LIQUOR STORE

EL CAMINO AT SELBY LANE REDWOOD CITY CALIFORNIA

WELLS P.

GOODENOUGH,

INC.

CONTRACTORS

Box 120 PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

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Peninsula Stove & Gas Appliance Service

Water Heaters - Furnaces - Gas Refrigerators

Russ Bodine's Texaco Service

Marfax Lubrication - Minor Repairing

Washing - Polishing

Phone JUno 8-9861

941 EL CAMINO REAL at Santa Maria

LOMITA PARK CALIFORNIA

THE SNACK SHACK

FOUNTAIN AND LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES

3719 Mac ARTHUR BOULEVARD OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

ALAMEDA APOTHECARY

PROFESSIONAL PHARMACY FREE DELIVERY VERN AVELAR

Phone LA 3-6168 ALAMEDA

2237 Central Avenue CALIFORNIA

HANK'S KITCHEN CABINETS

Formica & Panelyte Sink Tops Evening Appointments SWeetwood 8-1384

96th Ave. at E. 14th Street (1410 - 96th Ave.) OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

UNCLE AL'S RADIO SHOP

TELEVISION AND APPLIANCES

Bill Johnson Clifford C. Cunningham

KEllog 2-4340 40.06 MacArthur Blvd.

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

GEORGETTE CUNNINGHAM

ANTIQUES

Want to buy old glass, china, linens, and

bric-a-brac. Also old prints and bronzes

Phone LA 6-7434 1534 Solano Ave.

ALBANY CALIFORNIA

Marshall Bag & Barrel Co.

BARRELS, DRUMS, BURLAP, COTTON BAGS,

PAPER BAGS - NEW - USED

RECONDITIONED

Don Marshall, Prop.

3454 Haven Street OAKLAND

Piedmont S-1077 CALIFORNIA

SUN ELECTRIC CORPORATION

Oakland Branch: Phone GLencourt 2-4S88

1101 GROVE STREET

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

WESTERN IRON

AND

BODY WORKS

1165 -67TH Street OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

INSPECTORS' BUREAU

Beyond the city limits of San Jose lie the duties and problems of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department. Be- hind the routine duties of the deputy sheriff's lies the nucleus of the entire department — the Bureau of Inspectors. This bureau handles everything from homicide to e.xposition of bunco games, through the us eof specialist teams.

The specialist team is composed of two men highly trained in one particular field of investigation. These teams are put into action the moment an act is reported. The initial investigation is generally han- dled by the uniform patrol and then the specialist teams are dispatched by the captain of the Bureau of Inspectors.

Santa Clara County Sheriff's Bureau of Inspectors has four outstanding Spe- cialist teams. Due to the greater fre- quency of burglary and petty thefts two teams, well trained in this field, are necessary. Homicide, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon are han- dled by another team and forgeries, grand-theft, sex and bunco rackets are handled by still a different team.

The inspectors bureau now has a per- sonnel of twenty-eight, this is quite an in- crease over the four investigators used a few years back. Expansion in the depart- ment has been constant with the in- creased housing and families coming into the area. The department's teletype let- ters are now received on a twenty-four hour basis. (This is a state wide service. ) Also, there has been an addition of a Juvenile Department to increase the bu- reau's efficiency in handling any type of case. AVorking directly under the Cap- tain of the Inspector's Bureau are two in- spectors and a police woman, all well trained in handling juvenile problems.

One man who has watched the con- tinual growth of the Bureau is the cap- tain of the inspectors, James Cunning- ham. Captain Cunningham was born in the Evergreen District of San Jose No- vember 7, 1902. His school education was not fancy — he was unable to attend college because of a necessity to work. He entered the San Jose Police Depart- ment in 1924 and absorbed sound educa- tion in police procedure and techniques during his ten years in the city depart- ment. He then spent two years in busi- ness and again returned to police work. However, this time he entered the sheriff's department where he has re- mained for over fifteen years.

Upon entering the Sheriff's Depart- ment James was introduced to the opera- tion of the teletype machine and for six vears he held this duty. He continued to

A & B REALTORS

"A Good Deal Depends upon the Broker"

Phone LO 9-4532

9821 MacARTHUR BLVD.

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

BIGLERS STORE FOR MEN

p. J. BIGLER

14353 East 14th Street

Phone LOckhaven 8-4336

SAN LEANDRO CALIFORNIA

LEM'S FOOD STORE

FRANK LEM, Mgr.

Phone LOckhaven 9-3148

15287 HESPERIAN BLVD.

SAN LORENZO CALIFORNIA

ULIANA'S NURSERY

Camellias — Rhododendrons — Azaleas

Ornamental Plants — Fruit Trees — Rose:

Bedding Plants — Flowers, the Most Graciot

Gift

Phone TRinidad 2-1107

10263 MacArthur Blvd.

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

VAN'S MARKET

H H. AUBRY

Phone KEllog 4-3118 3901 - 35th AVENUE

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

MACDONALD'S MARKET VINCE'S GROCERY

2884 THIRTY-EIGHTH AVENUE

Grocery KElIogg 3-3611

Meat KEllog 2-5366

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

LENS- Ford

ENGLISH BUILT FORDS

Franchised Dealer — L. Gallagher

Phone ANdover 1-6269

4647 Foothill Blvd.

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

CORNETTI & SON

VACUUM CLEAN CHIMNEY AND REPAIR PATIOS — BARBECUES OUTDOOR FIREPLACES

2413 CALIFORNIA STREET BERKELEY CALIFORNIA

BERKELEY POULTRY CO.

A Simoni, Prop.

Wholesale and Retail Poultry

FRESH RANCH EGGS - LIVE AND DRESSED

POULTRY FOR ALL OCCASIONS

1411 San Pablo Ave BERKELEY

le LA S-6202 CALIFORNIA

Insured Transporters, Inc.

R. S. KOENIG

INTERSTATE TRUCK CARRIERS

LOckhaven 2-8422

251 Park Street SAN LEANDRO, CALIF.

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LUCCA DELICATESSEN

SALUMl — RAVIOLI — TAGLIARINI

FACTORY

Telephone TRinidad 2-6311

9637 EAST 14TH STREET

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

HANK'S KITCHEN CABINETS

FORMICA & PANELYTE SINK TOPS

Phone SWeetwood 8-1384

96th Avenue at E. 14th Street

(1410 - 96th Avenue)

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

Vince's Auto Sales and Repairs

TOPS IN USED CARS AND REPAIRS

Vince's Will Convince You

Phone KEllog 2-5810

4817 E 14TH ST. & 1313 - 49th Ave.

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

Ward's Radio and Television

ADMIRAL TELEVISION DEALER

Complete Radio and Television Service

Phone SWeetwood 8-8945

6633 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

VERNS DRUG STORE

Vern Avelar

PRESCRIPTIONS

Phone TRinidad 2-4411 or 2-1348

86th & BANCROFT AVENUES

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

GENE ALLEN'S UNION SERVICE

••HOME OF FRIENDLY SERVICE" Phone SWeetwood 8-9999 8809 MacArthur Boulevard

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

MANUEL S. VIEIRA - Grocer

Bus. Phone SWeetwood 8-3737

2252 - 94th AVENUE

Res. Phone SWeetwood 8-7402

Res. 3609 Columbian Drive

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

STANDARD TRAILER CO.

415 SAN LEANDRO BOULEVARD SAN LEANDRO CALIFORNIA

PARISH BROTHERS

General Contractors

daxon P. Parish Richard I. Parish

Harold O. Parish

P. O. Box 6

Phone 330

1205 EAST 2ND STREET

BENICIA CALIFORNIA

Bartenders &

Culinary Workers

Union

LOCAL 822

405 E. 10th Street Phone 2-6088 PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA

study and absorb during this period and was later promoted to a senior deputy in investigation, then to inspector and final- ly to his present position as Captain of the entire Inspector's Bureau.

Captain Cunningham is a friendly well spoken man and well educated in his specializ.ed field of investigation. In his twenty-five years of police work I felt that Captain Cunningham must have had some very unusual experiences.

When talking with the Captain I ask- ed if he could relate any outstanding per- sonal e.xperience but I found him to be a modest man relating only experiences of the men in his department.

Later when talking to, one of the in- spectors, I was told of the time that Cap- tain Cunningham arrested a bank robber less than fourteen minutes following the actual robbery. The bank was the Bev- erly Burbank Branch of the First Na- tional which had been held up by John Franz. As the inspector explained, Cun- ningham had a description of the bank robber and his car. As he was driving North he recognized the robbery suspect speeding in the opposite direction. He immediately made a "U" turn, caught the car and apprehended Franz.

Such an arrest would require an ever alert eye and constant presence of mind. I am confident that this particular inci- dent, great or small, in a large measure shows the caliber of men we have direct- ing our local police departments. Men like Sheriff Hornbuckle, Chief Black- more and Captain Cunningham make our cities and counties ever increasingly safe.

LICENSE SUSPENSION

California residents involved in serious violations of motor vehicle laws in an- other state may have their driver's license suspended or revoked in this state under the provision of a new law, the Califor- nia State Automobile Association warns.

At the discretion of the Department of Motor Vehicles, the driver's license of a resident of California may be sus- pended or revoked if that person is guilty of certain offenses in another state which, had they been convicted of the same of- fenses in this state, would have resulted in the loss of the license here.

The CSAA further points out that an- other new law requires suspension of the driving privileges of any resident of Cali- fornia upon receipt of a report by the Motor Vehicle Department that his or her driving privileges has been suspended in another state for failure to meet the financial security provisions of that state, if such failure would compel suspension here.

KING KOVERS

CUSTOM BUILT TOPS — SEAT COVERS

UPHOLSTERY

2840 Broadway HIgate 4-5375

4035 - Mlh Street KEllog 6-1661

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

WHITNEY'S GROCERY

Phone KEllog 6-0622 4369 Fleming Avenue

CALIFORNIA

OAKMORE SERVICE

"Let Us Do It"

BATTERIES— TIRES AND LUBRICATION

Phone KE 2-9656 Jim Wilson

1425 Leimert Boulevard

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

COMPLIMENTS OF

DR. ARTHUR R. BRADLEY

Phone KEUog 4-7043 1438 - 46th AVENUE

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

GEORGE E. HARRIS

REALTOR — GENERAL INSURANCE

"Everything in Real Estate" — Notary Public

Phones: SW 8-5144 — Res. TR 2-8671

14263 E. 14th Street

SAN LEANDRO CALIFORNIA

Wood and Wood Super Service

RICK WOOD

Phone LO 9-9962

598 ESTUDILLO AVENUE

SAN LEANDRO CALIFORNIA

ALVES SERVICE

TRANSPORTATION CO. "Ship By Truck" — Phone SW 8-3061

General Office: 1947 Davis Street SAN LEANDRO CALIFORNIA

CORNETTI & SON

Patios — Barbe

an Chimney and Repair :ues — Outdoor Fireplaces

Phone LAndscape 4-5242

2413 CALIFORNIA STREET

BERKELEY CALIFORNIA

HOME FIXTURE BUILDERS

1189 - 65th STREET Phone OLympic 2-0670

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

I ]. A. BRYANT

General Contractor

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1806 Capital Street

Vallejo, Calif.

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W. "Woodie" Morris Motor Co.

"Where Customers Send their Friends"

Bus. LO 8-8820 Res. K£ 3-3533

6329 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

YEP'S CAFE

American Family Style Dinners or Chinese

Served to Take Out

Phone LO 9-9636 — Wm. S. Yep, Prop.

5825 FOOTHILL BLVD.

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

YATES FACTORY SERVICE

Phone AN 1-4910 - OAKLAND

& E. 34th St.

CALIFORNIA

L. F. WITHARM

Phone AN 1-1688 — OAKLAND

1718 E. 12th Street

CALIFORNIA

ANDY'S LIQUOR STORE

Phone KEllog 2-9776

1300 E. 14TH STREET

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

HODGE FLORISTS

FLORIST DESIGN 4420 Piedmont Ave. HUmboIdt 3-9800

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

FAMILY GROCERY

Phone THornwaU 3-8037

1701 PARKER STREET

BERKELEY CALIFORNIA

OLYMPIC 3-3713

Higgins - Magee

Printing Ink and

Chemical Company

PRINTING INKS

1219 Park Avenue Emeryville, Calif.

FIRST LIE DETECTOR

The world's first lie detector can be seen at \Vashington State college.

It is an odd combination of bolts and belts that the inventor, John Larson, first used in solving a series of thefts in a girls' dormitory back in the year 1921. Detec- tives had been stimiped by the robberies in this dormitory on the University of California campus. Larson, a pre-med student, with police permission, adminis- tered the test to the girls living in the dormitory, and, within an hour, with the machine's aid, had found the thief.

Thus, from Larson's polygraph, was born the world's first lie detector. Lar- son, a friend of Dr. V. A. Leonard's, loaned the contraption to the present chairman of the department of police science and administration.

At the time Dr. Leonard first knew of the machine he was on the Berkeley Cali- fornia, police force, which he joined in the early twenties. During those years he saw lie detecting machines in acting in a number of the two thousand criminal cases in which it served.

"This machine helped to give the Berkeley police force its reputation as one of the finest in the nation" says Dr. Leonard, adding: "The polygraph, known popularly as the lie detector, soon became a necessary part of police equip- ment."

Improvements and stepped up produc- tion of lie detectors put the original ma- chine out of use in 1930, and it was placed in storage. There it remained un- til 1944 when Dr. Leonard had it sent to ^VSC, thinking of its double-\aIue as a collector's item and to aid in student study.

Now, the machine is enclosed in a 6 foot by 2lA foot glass case and looks greatly unlike the modern lie detector. It is equipped with two recording needles, which are in turn joined by a sensitive transmission device so that their writings are scratched on a six-inch strip of paper, coated with lamp-black. Hooked up to the cardiac and pulmonary systems these needles record any change in rate of pulse and respiration.

Dr. Leonard says: "Invention and ultimate success of the lie detector has not only proven many guilty of crimes, but in addition it has freed innocent men who might have been convicted. It has cut the cost of police protection and saved hours of investigation. It is but one of many instruments the modern law en- forcement agency uses."

Dr. Leonard invites all who arc in- terested to see this machine in its quar- ters in his office in Morrill hall.

CORMIER'S FOUNTAIN

Phone KEIIog 2-9816

3719 MacARTHUR BOULEVARD

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

J & J Body and Paint Shop

Gas Tanks and Radiators Repaired BOBS AUTO LAUNDRY

nd Polishing — Under Seal

Phone LO 8-0285

OAKLAND

7613 E. 14th Str

CALIFORNIA

GATES AUTO BODY

AUTO PAINTING

5341 College Ave. HUmboIdt 3-7303

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

DICK'S INN

Phone Piedmont 5-9350

nil STANFORD AVENUE

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

THE CHILD'S WARDROBE

"Everythinjf for the Baby" Phone AShberry 0250 — 1563 Solano Ave. BERKELEY CALIFORNIA

SHEPHERD'S

PELTON CENTER

Distinctive Casuals — Mary J. Shepherd

Phone LO 9-7373 1S5S E. 14th STREET

SAN LEANDRO CALIFORNIA

VIC'S LIQUORS

"The Best In Bottles" Phone SWeetwood 8-9340 Victor H. Rosen

10623 East Fourteenth Street OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

BERKELEY POULTRY CO.

A Simoni, Prop.

Wholesale and Retail Poultry

FRESH RANCH EGGS — LIVE AND DRESSED

POULTRY FOR ALL OCCASIONS

1411 San Pablo BERKELEY

Pho

le LA 5-6202 CALIFORNIA

VERMILLION WHOLESALE MEATS

Distributor Port Stockton Sausage

Res Phone KEIIog 2-1508

JOHN W. JOSSE

Bus Phone SWeetwood 8-6709

6318 East 14th Street

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

Steam Heat - Cozy Rooms - Down- town and Convenient to Everything Under New Management - Colored Welcome

HOTEL MONROE

628 Twelfth Street Oakland, California

Telephone TEmpIebar 2-9221

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ROXY HOTEL

3619 San Pablo Avenue Emeryville, California

Telephone Piedmont 5-9366 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Littrell, Mgrs.

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VIOLET'S REST HOME

Violet Milleman Trained Nurse & Prop.

Phone ANdover 1-2307

5400 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

WITHROW GARAGE

TRUCK REPAIR & RE-BUILDING

BUD WITHROW

Phone TRinidad 2-7954

829 SAN LEANDRO BLVD.

SAN LEANDRO CALIFORNIA

REX'S DRUG STORE

PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS

Phone LO 9-6100

5838 E. 14TH STREET at SEMINARY

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

UNCLE AL'S RADIO SHOP

TELEVISION AND APPLIANCES

Phone KEUog 2-4340

400S MacARTHUR BLVD.

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

WALT'S DINER

CHINESE AMERICAN FOOD

FOOD TO TAKE OUT

Phone LO 8-2136

8012 MacARTHUR BOULEVARD

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

McBRAYER & WALP

ASSOCIATED SERVICE 4259 MacARTHUR BOULEVARD

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

WILLIS BROTHERS

"Your Friendly Richfield Dealers

BATTERIES — TIRES — ACCESSORIES

Phone LO 9-9816

88TH AND MacARTHUR BLVD.

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

H. F. WALKER

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Phone LO 2-2166

751 - 105th Avenue

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

DIAMOND JANITORIAL SERVICE & SUPPLY COMPANY

Personalized Service

LOUIS A. ROLLINO

Main Office 6101 Vallejo St. — HU 3-3313

EMERYVILLE 8, CALIF.

Richmond Office 477 - 12th St. — BE 4-9272

RICHMOND, CALIF.

MARSHALL BAG & BARREL CO.

USED STEEL DRUMS — DRUM INCINERATORS

WOODEN BARRELS — FIBRE DRUMS

Bought, Sold and Reconditioned

Phone Piedmont 5-1077 3454 HAVEN STREET

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

LOUIS VALDOVINOS

REALTOR — INSUROR

Good Deals In Real Estate

Bus Phone LO 9-6172 — Res. TR 2-2988

9978 MacARTHUR BOULEVARD

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

JUDGE AND JURY

Editor's Note: We will have to con- fess. Not too long ago we were employed for the purpose of writing a lot of Cali- fornia history. A week or so ago we were glancing through our notes and decided that the problems of law enforcement officers in those days would rival those in the field today. For instance there was the case of California's first lynching. This happened in Sacramento early in 1850. It did actually happen. \Ve cannot vouch for the conversation. We just did our best to reconstruct it. But the inci- dent is true. What would you do with this judge and jury ?

Spring came and expanded streams, made fat by the thaw of Sierra snows, swallowed rich bars and sent the miners, idle and irritable, into the streets of Sacramento where the sweaty palm of tension prodded their restless souls.

The saloon they called The Shades was a mud -caked tent where argonauts stood on the hard packed earth and rest- ed^ their elbows on an unfinished plank which served well enough as a bar.

From his post behind the plank, Mark Stewart watched his customers warily The bar was lined from end to end with the rugged blend of raw humanity which had drifted west with the talk of gold and founded the city by Sutter's Fort. Quiet men now. No shouting or laughing or talk of home. They ordered their drinks in low pitched grunts and downed them with the thirsty gulps of those who had seen and done too much too fast. Strange, somber men whose eyes never lifted from the whiskey ringlets their glasses made on the board, each one pretending the neighbor whose shoulder he rubbed was in another plane or an- other world.

One bottle was dry and another near empty. The men drank steadily, still avoiding each other's gaze with eyes which reflected an odd mixture of shame and definance. Stewart waited nerviously for someone to talk. One word would break the tension.

The right word. But it could not come from him. They could not know he had been there. Thei,' would resent the fact that he had rushed pell mell from the fringe of the crowd back to his makeshift tavern in time to take advan- tage of the rush of business he knew was sure to come.

Still, the silence was getting the best of him. A weird silence with a discordant rumble in the background, drifting toward the river from the east. A rum- ble which had been a roar a few minutes ago when the crowd had been a mob

LEOGRANDE BROS.

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OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

BERNI-LEE FOUNTAIN

Phone LOckhaven 8-5976 7427 MacARTHUR BOULEVARD

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

Kellog 2-7836 H. C. James

James Clock Manufacturing Co.

Manufacturers of

"JAMES REMIND-O-CLOCK"

5307 E. 14th STREET

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

Georgette Cunningham - Anf'it\ues

We Wish to Buy old Linens, Lace, Bric-a-brac e LAnd

1520 Sol ALBANY

ape 6-7434 CALIFORNIO

JACK WHEELS AUTO BAZAAR

We "Wheel Out" a Better Deal

Phone SW 8-6523

8163 EAST 14TH STREET

OAKLAND

CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM'S BROS. MARKET

GROCERIES— FRUITS— VEGETABLES

Phone TRinidad 2-6983

507 DUTTON AVENUE

SAN LEANDRO CALIFORNIA

DR. ROBERT F. THAYER

EXODONTIA AND ORAL SURGERY

Telephone HIgate 4416

301 California Building - 1736 Franklin Street

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

KEN WILSON • Realtor

REALTOR — BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

NOTARY— REAL ESTATE— LOANS

INSURANCE

Phone LO 9-4188 — Res. LO 9-8937

6021 FOOTHILL BOULEVORD

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

M E T A L C O

ALUMINUM STORE FRONTS

DOORS— FRAMES— SASH

Phone OLympic 2-7470

1505 - 62ND STREET

EMERYVILLE CALIFORNIA

AVENUE AUTO WRECKING

New & Used Parts — Glass Installed

We Buy. Sell or Exchange Cars

Phone HU 3-0728 or HU 3-2178

AL SANTONI

3103 San Pablo Av 3120 San Pablo Av

CALIFORNIA

PROGRESSIVE PLATING & ENAMELING WORKS

PRECISION PLATING Licensed by United Chromium Corporation

• Phones TE 2-0S87 or TE 2-7884 880 - 27TH STREET

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

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JACK WHEELS AUTO BAZAAR

We "Wheel Out" a Better Deal

SWeetwood 8-6523

8163 EAST 14TH STREET

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

REX'S DRUG STORE

Prescription Specialists

REXALL

Ph. LO 9-6100 5838 E. 14th St. at Seminary

OAKLAND ^CALIFORNIA

CHILD'S WARDROBE

CLOTHING - TOYS - WHEEL GOODS

1563 Solano Ave BERKELEY

LAndscape 5-1044 CALIFORNIA

W. L. Mitchener & Company

Realtors — Bars — Hotels — Motels — Insuran, Carl S. Mitchener

Phone TE 2-6239 OAKLAND

343 Thirteenth Street CALIFORNIO

HARBOR SUPPLY COMPANY

Electrical & Plumbing Contractors

Building Material Headquarters

1141 MAIN STREET

MORRO BAY CALIFORNIA

Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co.

Quality and Service Since 1919

BILL ALSIP, Manager

Cor. Fifth and Magnolia Phone 2291

MORRO BAY CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES

EARL S. ROBERTS

Electric — Plumbing — Heating & Appliances

MORRO BAY

CALIFORNIA

IN SAN LUIS OBISPO IT'S

HOTEL ANDREWS

J. M. P. Hewson, Manager

901 OSOS STREET

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

California Motor Express, Ltd.

CME FIRST FOR SERVICE

L. E. Chr

Agent

390 PACIFIC STREET

Phone 800

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

Sleep off the Hi-way MOTEL

Ju,st off U. S. 101 Hi-Wav QUIET!

Thermostatically Controlled Heat

Look for our Neon Sign inside

South City Limits

Arthur Kentel

Phone 791 1000 South Street « San Luis Obispo, California

these men had led. He could picture them lingering now, standing curiously by the trunk of the tall oak tree on K Street where the body hung, still twitching.

Stewart could not stand it. He had to talk.

"Nice day," he observed.

Joe Stephens, the tall young man in the center of the bar drained his tumbler m one quick gulp and wiped the glisten- nig drops from his beard and moustache.

"Nice day for a hanging," he replied.

Flecks of grey speckled the beard of the man ne.xt to him. He tilted the bot- tle and drained its contents into the two glasses. Then he lifted his own and stared soberly at his companion.

"You should know, Joe," he declared. It was your rope. '

The young man's color deepened. " 1 hat's not funny, Bartlett. This is a bad day for a man to be funny on."

"I didn't mean it funny. I'm glad you had the rope."

"You sure look like you're glad."

"Take it easy, boys," Stewart admon- ished. "You've had enough excitement for one day."

Stephens drained his glass and stared

at the bar pensively. "I wish I still had

the rope."

"I don't, Joe." A dark, clean shaven

man wearing a tall beaver hat and bright

satin vest addressed him. "The devil had

it coming, didn't he?"

"I guess he had it coming," Stephens

answered. "I don't know. I didn't see itl

All I knou- is that the blacksmith was

my friend."

"I saw it all," the dark man assured

him. "He had it coming all right. 1 was standing at the bar in the Mansion

House when the blacksmith poked his head through the door. He never had a chance."

"That's right, Joe," Bartlett chimed m. "The poor fellow didn't even get to the bar. Got it right through the back of the neck."

The dark man shook his head. "Not the back, Bartlet. He didn't get that far. The thing had been building up for quite a while. Not with the blacksmith, but with the gambler. You see, he was new in town and 1 guess he figured on making a quick killing."

The dark man paused and riffled a stack of gold coins through his fingers significantly. "I don't suppose he knew there were some pretty good poker play- ers here back in the da\s when John Sutter was the big cheese out at the Fort and we thought all the gold in the coun- try was running around on the backs of beaver and otter."

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1661 Monterey Street SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

RANCHOTEL

One of the Finest Motor Hotels on the Hiway

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Phone 2333

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

A. O. JOHNSON

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KIMBALL TIRE CO., INC.

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283 HIGUERA STREET Telephone 758

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DON MOTEL

1473 Monterey Street Phone 4316

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ACE MOTEL

94 TORO STREET phone 533-W SAN LUIS OBISPO. CALIFORNIA

BORIACK MOTOR COMPANY

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75 — Large Selection of Used Cars 75

1330 MONTEREY STREET Telephone 1469

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DOLLAR MARKET

Your Handy Neighborhood Store

QUALITY — LOW I-RICES — SERVICE

Bud Poulsen Prop.

Foothi.l & Old Morro Road Phone 160S

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LANKFORD'S FOOTHILL MARKET

Where Your Business is Most Appreciated

Groceries - Meats - Fruits & Vegetables

BEERS AND WINES

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no Stenner Street Phone 2824-W

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TODD'S BEAR SERVICE

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Box 700

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BEER - WINE AND LIQUORS

Bob Shelby — Your Host

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Phone 1002 CALIFORNIA

ROSE BOWL COURT

16 New, strictly modern, fully-carpeted units

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1575 Monterey St. (6 Blocks No. of City Center)

Phone 647 SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

"I Still don't get it, Sam," Bartlett protested. "The blacksmith wasn't play- ing with him, was he? What started the shooting anyway?"

"No, the blacksmith didn't play with him," Sam replied. "The fellow went crazy, that's all. Just clean, plumb crazy. He came out here to a place where a man pays five dollars for a bed in a penny Hophouse and a dollar for a drink of whiskey and he couldn't make it. His pile was too small to begin with. And his table didn't make a dime all the time he was in the Alansion House. When the blacksmith poked his head through the door he was broke. Dead, flat broke. He was so mad he felt like shooting someone, so he just shot the first man that talked to him."

"Well, that's murder, isn't it?" some- one inquired.

"Sure, its murder," the dark man told him. "It's just like I said. The devil had it coming to him. In fact, maybe hanging was too good for him."

"Where did the blacksmith get it?" Stephens inquired.

"In the chest. As close as I could tell right through the heart," Sam declared.

"I heard there was a girl mixed up in it," someone said.

"That little dancing girl over at the Stinking Tent. One of the fair but frail."

Once again Sam shook his head. "No. it vv'asn't the girl. The gambler wasn't in town long enough to get to know a girl."

"Then the blacksmith must have said something."

Sam grinned wryly. "He said some- thing all right."

Stephens poured himself a brimming glassful, downed it, then turned to the dark man. "^Vhat did he say?"

"He asked him what time it was."

"That was all ?"

"That was all."

There was a long pause while Stephens filled his glass again and held it to the light. He drained it with a series of shorter sips. AVhen he spoke his voice was noticeably thicker.

"We should have hung the sherifif too," he muttered. "He tried to save the gambler."

"Now take it easy, Joe," Bartlett ad- monished. "The sheriff is all right. He was just trying to do his job."

"His job isn't to protect murderers, is it?" Stephens demanded.

"No," Sam interjected. "But he is supposed to protect one until he gets a fair trial. Then he can have the pleasure of hanging him all by himself."

Phone P.O. 6-2482 Barney & Opal Barnhill

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842 MAIN STREET MOS.^O BAY CALIFORNIA

BOTTLE LIQUOR STORE

A COMPLETE LINE OF BEVERAGES Use Our Parking Lot for Your Convenience

Dan & Julia Robertson

931 MAIN STREET Phone 3347

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Levis — Lee Hats — Botany Ties

SEARS ROEBUCK AND CO.

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879 HIGUERA

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ECONOMY DRUG CO.

STORE NO. 2

798 HIGUERA STREET Phone 488

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RAY E. DUNLAP

Distributor — Petri Wines and Calso Water

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SAN LUIS OBISPO

Phone 1934-W

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1127 GARDEN STREET

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Phone 362

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331 PACIFIC STREET Phone 1440

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ALL ROADS LEAD TO

RHODES

GENERAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR

G. F. Rhodes 950 Chorro Street Phone 1397

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

Telephone 1S83J

Real Home Cooking Wilkie Wilkins, Prop.

NIPOMO LUNCH

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CALIFORNIA

Banks Radiator and Battery Shop

"RADIATOR SERVICE SINCE 1937"

1011 Toro Street

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ne 2184

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FRANKLIN RADIATOR

Edgar J. Claassen, Prop.

1185 MONTEREY STREET

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RANELL'S COFFEE SHOP

1050 Monterey Street

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MISSION TAILORING SERVICE

CLEANING - PRESSING

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1220 Morro Street Telephone 496

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Telephone 70

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1023 MORRO STREET

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1170

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GENERAL CONTRACTORS (Since 1912)

2238 Broad Street

SAN LUIS OBISPO

Ph

3177

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749 HIGUERA STREET

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C. H. KAMM & CO.

BUICK MOTOR CARS

Established 1913

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"He had a trial, didn't he?" Stephens inquired. "You were the judge and we were the jury. "

"Not quite fair, I suppose," the dark man admitted. "After all, we weren't what you would exactly call an officially designated body. But is was fair enough, I guess. The crowd elected us. And everybody in Sacramento was there."

"It was fair enough," Bartlett agreed. "What I don't understand is Judge Warren's attitude. He sure pulled a quick about face. One minute he got the whole thing organized. Then that little ball headed coot from Doc Gainsley's office came running over to him and he turned right around and tried to talk us out of it."

Stephens grinned drunkenly. "A lot of good it did him. By then everybody was yelling so loud nobody heard what he had to say."

There was another pause, but one of a different nature from the one which had existed earlier. Mark Stewart breathed a sigh of relief. The tension had eased. Everything would be all right. And business was good. The men at the bar had settled down to some steady drinking. Hardly anyone noticed when the broad shouldered man in the frock coat and soft black hat walked through the entrance. The tavern owner greeted him.

"Good afternoon, Doc," he said pleas- antly. "^Ve don't see you very often."

Doc Gainsley gazed at him steadily. "Not often," he agreed.

"What will it be?"

"The only thing you've got. Whisky."

Stephens stared at the newcomer through half closed eyes. "What's the matter. Doc? Something eating you?"

Gainsley shook his head. "Nothing im- portant."

"It's all right. Doc," Bartlett inform- ed the doctor. "We all know they called you when the blacksmith got it. No one blames you."

"That's fine," the doctor said. "That's just fine."

"Take it easy. Doc," the dark man ad- vised. "You couldn't do anything. The blacksmith was dead before he hit the floor."

Doc Gainsley eyed him coldly. "Not quite," he declared.

Stephens braced himself against the plank and turned toward the doctor. "What do you mean 'not quite'. Doc? Either a man dies or he doesn't. The blacksmith is dead, isn't he?"

"He's dead all right."

"Then what are you worrying about ?"

The doctor grimaced, downed his drink, then stepped away from the crowd at the bar. He cleared his throat and the

JOHN M. EAKES

STATE FARM INSURANCE

982 Monterey Street

SAN LUIS OBISPO

Phone 2020

CALIFORNIA

STEVE'S AND MARION'S

COLD DRINKS FOR HOT DAYS

1022 Morro Sti

SAN LUIS OBISPO

Phone 1866

CALIFORNIA

ST. CLAIR'S NEWS DEPOT

lewspapers - Magazines - Subscription

1015 Ch

SAN LUIS OBISPO

tablished 1669 Street Ph

>ne 152-J

CALIFORNIA

FRANK'S LIQUOR STORE

Ice Cream - Ice Cubes - And All Liquors

Delivery Service

Fred Gray. Mgr. 1019 Chorro Street Phone 1022

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM

Golden West Recreation Parlor

Billiards - Snooker - Pool - Beer and

Soft Drinks

678 Higuera Street

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

Ed Carlson Rod Carlson

ED'S SERVICE

Carburetors - Motor Tune-Up

Automotive Electric Service

Nipomo and Higuera Streets Phone 123

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

STRONG'S CLEANING WORKS

QUALITY PLUS SERVICE — ALWAYS

659 Higuera Stre

SAN LUIS OBISPO

ephone 236

CALIFORNIA

E. H

BEST WISHES

"Deke" THRESH

FORD

E. H. THRESH, INC

Phone: Business 102 — Residence 439

1101 MONTERTY STREET

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

MORT'S UNITED

CIGARS — SUNDRIES — LIQUORS EXPERT PIPE REPAIRING

C. R. Morte

998 HIGUERA STREET

SAN LUIS OBISPO

Phone 853

CALIFORNIA

JIM'S INN

*ell and Joe McC PISTOL CLUB

1025 MORRO STREET

SAN LUIS OBISPO

CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM

JAMES F. CRAWFORD

Vice President and Manager TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY

777 HIGUERA STREET

SAN LUIS OBISPO

Phone 2533 CALIFORNIA

ebruary. 1954

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BEST WISHES FROM

H. S. BOWEN

MONTGOMERY WARD & CO

SAN LUIS OBISPO

THE GABBY BOOK STORE

■■The Friendly Little Store- Stationery - Office Supplies - Books Gifts - Greeting Cards I 104D Chorro Street Phone 867-W

ISAN LUIS OBISI-O LAl-IFORNIA

BEST WISHES

SAN LUIS OPTICAL DISPENSARY

781 HIGUERA STREET

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

RALPH C. KENNEDY

REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE Notary Public P. O. Box 711

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

E. E. LONG PIANO CO.

Appliances — Frigldaire, Maytag, Conlon, Rudd,

O Keefe & Merrit, Easy Deepfreeze, Hoover

Radios — Magnavox, Zenith, Admiral

Pianos — Wurlitzer, Lester, Kimball — Ph. SOS

777-779 Marsh St. San Luis Obispo, Cal f.

BOB WALKER

Typewriters, Adding and Accounting Machines

Office Equipment & Supplies

Duplicators & Suppl.es

785 Marsh Street Phone 681 -W

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

George's Station & Equipment

Cars - Trucks - Traibrs

Miscellaneous Rentals and Service

George V. Bettencourt

PEPPER INN

DINE AND DANCE — CHICKEN DINNERS A. R. Schroder, Prop.

101 So. Highway

SAN LUIS OBISPO

'hone 1965

CALIFORNIA

ROSS' GRANDVIEW MOTEL

24 new, fully-modern units with thermostatii

con-rolled Panel-ray heat. Tile showers or tubs

Fully carpeted. Garages. Radios. No air-condi

tioning necessary. Good restaurants nsarby.

Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Ross Managing Owners

2074 Monterey St. (U.S. 101 )North End

Phone 1451

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

Standard Motors & Equipment Co.

OLDSMOBILE - CADILLAC

INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER

SALES AND SERVICE

1701 Monterey Street SAN LUIS OBISPO

Phone 3144

CALIFORNIA

self styled judge and jury turned to look at him.

"It may please you gentlemen to know- that the blacksmith died in my office," he said. He paused a moment, waiting to be sure that his next remark would sink in. "He died about five minutes ago. The cause of death, as close as I can tell, was a cardiac obstruction. Heart failure to you. The bullet barely nicked him."

Doc Gainsley pulled aside the tent flap and stepped out into the clean spring sunlight. Back in the tavern Mark Stewart watched his customers warily. They were quiet again. Too quiet. 1 hey ordered their drinks in low pitched grunts and downed them with the thirsty gulps of those who have seen and done too much too fast.

ONE IN NINE

During 1953 one of every nine motor vehicle drivers in the state was cited by a member of the California Highway Patrol for failure to observe traffic regu- lations.

"A ghastly by-product of this disre- gard for traffic laws was 3376 persons dead and upward of 110,000 injured," said Patrol Commissioner B. R. Cald- well today following a review of provi- sional reports on the 1*^53 traffic toll.

There were 3562 fatalities during 1952.

"Seven per cent of all drivers, or al- most one-half million, were observed committing dangerous acts while their vehicles were in motion. \ hese are the violations that most often result in death or injury," Caldwell emphasized.

The state's 6,017,000 licensed drivers received 524,383 citations and 165,560 warnings from members of the Patrol last year for traffic law infractions. Of the citations issued, 460,717 were for hazardous accident causing violations. These figures represent increases over the 439,324 total citations and 368,701 mov- ing violation arrests made during 1952. ^Varnings dropped from 241,797 to 165,560.

"The primary concern of the Highway Patrol is the protection of all users of the highways. At the same time, the pri- mar\' objective of every motorist should be to drive within the laws," Caldwell declared.

CITY CLEANERS

FIRST IN QUALIFY CLEANING

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

Singer Sewing Machine Company

ierv.ng San t-uis Obispo County

731 H.gue

iAN Luis OBISPO

one 2295

CALIFORNIA

Reed's Paint and Wall Paper

"make Your fa.nt rroblems Ours' Imperial Wallpaper

1121 Broad Street Telephone 1364-W

dA.. Luis OBISPO CALIFORNIA

San Luis Waltpaper & Paint Store

Beautity I'our Home

Eva H. Seaback. Prop.

1125 Broad Street

SAN LUIS OBISPO

ne 1072-R

CALIFORNIA

Office: 2422-W Office: 313-W

HAROLD HAYDOCK CO.

NO i IONS - SUNDRIES - SPECIALTIES

1218 Carmel Street

SAN LUIS OBISPO

Hal Haydock

CALIFORNIA

FARMER'S MARKET

QUALITY AT A SAVING — ALWAYS!

44S Marsh Street

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

WESTWAY MARKET

"WESTWAY IS BEST- WAY" Quality - Service - Satisfaction

447 Higuera Street

SAN LUIS OBISPO

Telephone 491 -W

CALIFORNIA

Agent North American Van Lines, Inc.

TELFORD MOVING SERVICE

845 W. Barrett Street - Santa Maria, Calif.

Phone 5-2682

348 Higuera Street - San Luis Obispo, Calif.

i-hone 3840

BERRY'S TOP SHOP

303'/2 Higuera Stn

SAN LUIS OBISPO

ine 4-31 4- W

CALIFORNIA

PETERSEN AUTO PARTS

742 March Street

SAN LUIS OBISPO

ephone 1106

CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES

NICK TIESSEN

Secretary and Business Representative

Construction and General Laborers Union

LOCAL 1464

1530 Monterey Street

SAN LUIS OBISPO

Phone 256

CALIFORNIA

MONTEREY COURTS

KITCHENETTES— MODERN— REASONABLE

1756 MONTEREY STREET

iAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

DON'T DANGLE ARM

Don't dangle your arm out the win- dow w-hilc driving, advises the National Automobile Club. Such false arm signals only cause contusion on the highw-ay, and confusion on the highw-ay usually ends in collision.

LOS OSOS VENDORS

COIN OPERATED EQUIPMENT McClure, Owner-Mgr. Res. Phone 1833

For Service Call 2992 750 MILL STREET

SAN LUIS OBISPO

CALIFORNIA

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Albrecht's Furniture Exchange

FURNITURE - APPLIANCES - DRAPERIES

Trade-ins Gladly Accepted

2211 South Broad Street Phone 1428

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

Office Phone: 2203 Res. Phone: 2 1 02M

Southern Pacific Milling Company

Aggregates Division Since 1885

Transm;t Mix Concrete - Rock - Sand - Cement

Santa Barbara Avenue

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

Telephone II 05 Ed Bennett. Owner

BENNETT CARPET CO.

LINOLEUM - WINDOW SHADES - BLINDS

1459 MONTEREY

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

Phone 239')-IVl

DEPOT COFFEE SHOP

1020 RAILROAD AVENUE

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

Phone 1199 Res. 3 887

FRED P. RATLIFF

WELDING AND MACHINE SHOP

No Job Too Large or Too Small!

1243 Monterey Street

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

Best Wishes

GEORGE A. HESSLER

UNION OIL PRODUCTS Best Lube Job in Town!

Phone 968

ERNIE'S LIQUOR STORE

The Little Store With the B g Stock WINES - LIQUORS - BEER

Plenty Free Parking 1253 Monterey Street

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

St

TELEPHONES d Office 908 Salvage Yard 1198

Glass and Tires 185 1

WEST SIDE AUTO PARTS

ey Str

CALIFORNIA

NORTHSIDE MARKET

CHOICE MEATS AND GROCERIES We Give S & H Green Stamps

SANTA ROSA MARKET

Your Handy Neighborhood Store QUALITY GROCERIES AND MEATS "We Do Appreciate Your Patronage"

T. Seba,= lian, Prop. Santa Rosa at Mill Telephone 326

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

Business Phone 329-W Residence Phone 3846

WATKINS PRODUCTS

"BUILT ON QUALITY AND SERVICE"

Best Wishes From

GREEN BROS.

. KNOWN FOR GOOD CLOTHING .

SPINK BODY & PAINT SHOP

EXPERT BODY AND PAINT WORK Guaranteed Workmanship

1365 Monterey Street Telephone 754

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

FREEMAN'S BAKERY

DELICATESSEN— QUALITY FIRST ALWAYS!

Plenty of Free Parking

445 MONTEREY

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

ONE CAR ENOUGH

"It doesn't take a second car to make a fatal crash."

Authority for this statement conies from pro\isional statistics released by the California Highway Patrol which in- dicate that more than one-fourth of all fatal accidents during 1953 were non- collision accidents. Of 2896 fatal acci- dents, 766 or 26.4 per cent, involved only one car.

"Most common types of non-collision accidents are those that occur when a car goes out of control and overturns on a roadway or runs off the roadway." com- mented B. R. Caldwell, Patrol Commis- sioner.

"Many factors figure in these non- collision accidents but errors of driving judgment are responsible in the \ast ma- jority of cases.

"Common errors," he said, "include traveling too fast for conditions, espe- cially on strange roads; permitting dis- tractions or obstructions to interfere when driving; continuing to drive when overtired or sleepy; overdriving head- lights; and operating cars that are in un- safe mechanical condition.

"The driver himself can control these conditions in the vast majority of cases," he cautioned.

Other types of non-collision acqidenrs which contributed to last year's non-col- lision toll included occupants falling from moving vehicles, mechanical fail- ures and fires, and accidents caused by wheels or other parts coming off the vehicle.

COMPLIMENTS OF

KARL'S MEAT CO.

OWNER ACCOUNTABLE

The registered owner of an unoccupied motor vehicle which breaks away or slips its brakes and goes careening destruc- tively down a hill has to answer to a new law incorporated in the California V^ehicle Code.

The owner of a driverless runaway- motor vehicle, whether it is parked by him or someone else with his knowledge and consent, is considered to be the dri\er and must comply with the requirements of the financial security law and, if neces- sary, post security, reports the California State Automobile Association. Thus a rectification has been effected in the law which, through a former inequity, re- quired only the owner of the vehicle struck by a runaway machine to file a report and, if there were injuries or dam- ages, to post security.

Box 11 RIDGECREST

8-4261

CALIFORNIA

PORTHOLE CAFE

COCKTAILS

Chet & Ray

RIDGECREST CALIFORNU

LOUIE'S WESTSIDE GROCERY

p. O. BOX 107

CALIFORNIA

SMOOT'S

(Since 1893) GUY T. SMOOT — MARIE J. SMOOT

ENDOTA CALIFORNIA

SMITT CHEVRON SERVICE

GAS — OIL — LUBRICATION TIRES — BATTERIES — ACCESSORIES

MENDOTA

CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES

AL'S COCKTAIL LOUNGE

"SMALL IN SIZE— BUT BIG IN CLASS!"

PISMO BEACH CALIFORNIA

The Interstate Company

. . . Operating . . .

TRAIN NEWS SERVICE, NEWS STANDS

AND TERMINAL STATION RESTAURANTS

Traveler's Treat— The Place to Eat!

BEST WISHES FROM

RALPH R. WESTFALL

A COMPLETE REALTOR SERVICE j

lOOS Palm Street Telephone 3220 I

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA '

CRESCENT PARK AUTO-COURT

BARBECUE - GAMES - PICNIC GROUNDS

On the Busness H ghway — U. S. Highway 101

(One Mile South of Shopping District)

Phone 2705 Albert & Karin Dawe

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

SMILE INN CAFE

THE BEST COFFEE IN TOWN!

"Truckers Headquarters"

H. M. Bird, Manager

101 Old Hi-Way South Phone 213-W

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

BEST WISHES FROM

SAN LUIS TRUCK SERVICE

For Complete 'One Stop' Truck Service Ted Lecuyer Manuel Pimentel

BEST WISHES

SAN LUIS MEAT CO.

WHOLESALE BUTCHERS

PACIFIC MOTEL

CABINS & KITCHENETTE APTS.

One Mile Out of Town H. Kuden

Phone 1405W Route 1, Box 16

South on Old Highway 101

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

MORRO BAY MARINE SUPPLY

GENERAL MDSE. - GOVT. SURPLUS

Fifth & Morro Sts Phone 4461 Morro Bay

727 Marsh Street Phone 1202

SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA

February, 1954

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GASPAR'S FURNITURE STORE

See Caspars Before You Buy

Home Furnishings — Household Appliances

Phiico, Maytag, Crosley, Youngstown Kitchens

Phone 3091 310 So. Main St.

BISHOP CALIFORNIA

SIERRA LIQUOR STORE

Our Business is to Keep You in Good Spirits

LIQUORS AT L. A. PRICES

Phone 4871 1 15 MAIN STREET

BISHOP CALIFORNIA

MEADOW FARMS COUNTRY STORE AND BAKERY

2 miles North of Bishop Calif, on U. S. Hwy. 395

Specializing in

HOME-SMOKED HAM - BACON - SAUSAGE

"BUCKAROO" BREAD

PARADISE CAMP

CABINS - COCKTAIL LOUNGE - CAFE SERVICE STATION GENE C. CROSBY

15 Miles North of Bishop California

On U. S. Highway 395

Phone 3651

BISHOP BAKERY

Home of the Original SHEEPHERDER BREAD

RAINBOW CAFE

COCKTAILS - BEER & SOFT DRINKS

PHONE 538

II NORTH MAIN STREET

BISHOP CALIFORNIA

CHINA LAKE TAVERN CAFE

FINE FOODS AND COCKTAILS

Phone Inyokern 8-2311

BOX 734 A. H. and ANN FITZ

RIDGECREST CALIFORNIA

Give Young Hoodlum Gangs

the "Harass and Haunt"

Treatment

A recent news item from Philadelphia recounts a startling method adopted by the police of that city for the handling of young hoodlum gangs. It reads as fol- lows: "Philadelphia police, deluged with complaints of rowdyism by youthful mobs in recent weeks, drove ahead with a crackdown on teenage gangs today after rounding up more than 1,000 youngsters over the week-end. Captain Howard R. Leary of the Juvenile Aid Bureau and Police Commissioner Thomas J. Gibbons said : 'The police will harass and haunt these gangs until they make up their minds to settle down, be good citizens and stop bothering others.'

CHANGE OIL THOROUGHLY

If you are one of those motorists who buy crankcase oil in bulk, and quite a number do, according to the National Automobile Club, don't allow haste spo'l the effect of changing the engine lubri- cant. It is easy to do, accomplished most frequently by not allowing the old oil thoroughly to drain off. The last drop, it should be borne in mind, always is the dirtiest.

Don't drive after drinking, advises the National Automobile Club.

ANTI-FREEZE

If vou're going to add a permanent- type anti-freeze to your car's cooling sys- tem it mav nofbe very permanent luiless you first check all water connections for leaks, replace defective hoses and tighten hose clamps. It's also a good idea, sug- gests the California State Automobile Association, to check the thermostat and flush the entire cooling system with clean water before adding the anti-freeze.

C/^LIFORIVIA. S>%DDLE I.EL%THER

Wong's Ace Super Market

MEATS, GROCERIES. FEEDS, VEGETABLES

Cor. Belmont and Madera Avenues

Route 2, Box 11 Phone 7272

KERMAN CALIFORNIA

FRED & LOUIE'S CLUB

WHITE BRIDGE ROAD & MADERA AVE. KERMAN CALIFORNIA

EaiE^E'S CLOTHING STORE

AND SPORTING GOODS

Phone 6526 :<CERMAN

Route 2, Box X

CALIFORNIA

ANDY'S MARKET

YOUR PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT MKT.

SERVING THE WEST SIDE

Cor. Madera and Wh-te Bridge Ave.

XERMAN

CALIFORNIA

MENDOTA FOOD CENTER

Wholesale and Retail

GROCERIES — MEATS — VEGETABLES

Seventh & Q Phone 3911

MENDOTA CALIFORNIA

AMAPOLA STORES

GROCERIES — MEATS AND VEGETABLES DRY GOODS AND VARIETIES

Fidel, Ramirez

and Family, Props.

TeLphones: Bu

.3011 — Res. 3471

MENDOTA

CALIFORNIA

UNderhill 0-1161 - UNion 8-2228

]. H. ROSE TRUCK LINE, INC.

"Seniu^ the Oil Industry"

TEXAS • CALIFORNIA

OKLAHOMA • ARKANSAS

LOUISIANA • NEW MEXICO

ARIZONA • COLORADO

UTAH • KANSAS

P. O. Box 389

1415 W. Washington Blvd.

MONTEBELLO, CALIFORNIA

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MOORPARK MOTOR COMPANY

SALES - SERVICE Telephone 19

MOORPARK

CALIFORNIA

COMPLIMENTS

CASTRO'S PLACE

WINE & BEER

1049 OLIVER

FIREBAUGH CALIFORNIA

POPS PLACE

BEER ON TAP

SANDWICHES — SHORT ORDERS

12TH AND O

FIREBAUGH CALIFORNIA

OLD CUCAMONGA CAFE

On Highway 66 CUCAMONGA CALIFORNIA

JOE SIERRA'S CAFE

Finest Mexican & American Dishes — Beer Orders put up to take out

291 W. Foothill Phone ETW 561

CUCAMONGA CALIFORNIA

EL RANCHITO CAFE AND POOL HALL

IN THE HEART OF CUCAMONGA CALIFORNIA

EL RANCHO MOTEL

ULTRA MODERN THOUSAND OAKS CALIFORNIA

ETIVISTA WINERY & VINEYARDS

The Choice Wines of Cucamonsa District Winery Location, Foothill Blvd., Etiwanda, Ca

SIXTH STREET MUSIC SERVICE

AMUSEMENT MACHINES OF ALL KINDS

! M. Garcia, Prop.

Telephone Thousand Oaks 2515

World Jungle Compound

Trader Horne, President W. J. Richards, Ex. V. P.

P. O. BOX 151

On Ventura Boulevard Thousand Oaks, Calif.

NEW TRAFFIC BOOK

I he Traffic Accident Investigator's Manual, a 285-page, 15 chapter text- book, has just been published by the Traffic Institute, Northwestern Univer- sity.

The new publication covers the basic problems confronted by the traffic acci- dent investigator at the operational level. It contains more than 100 photographs, charts, tables, and diagrams.

Chapter titles are:

Traffic Accidents and Their Causes, Traffic Accident Investigation — What It Is and Why It Is Important, Legal Re- sponsibilities in Connection with Traffic Accidents, Planning the Accident Inves- tigation, Questioning Drivers and Wit- nesses, Road and AVeather Conditions, Clues Useful in Accident Investigation, Skidmarks, Measurements and Diagrams in Accident Investigation, Skidmarks Measurements and Records, Photogra- nh\ in Accident Investigation, The Acci- dent Report Form, Speed Estimates, Hit- and-Run Investigation, and Civil Lia- bility Aspects of Police Accident Inves- tigation.

"It has not been possible to cover all operational phases of traffic accident in- vestigation in this volume," L. J. Mc- Ennis, Jr., Institute director of publica- tions, said. "Had publication been delay- ed until all topics were developed, the materials presented might not have been available under one cover for several \ears. It is anticipated, however, that these materials will e\entually become part of a larger complete volume to be published by the Traffic Institute."

The new book is paper bound. The price is $3.50. It mav be ordered from the Traffic Institute, Northwestern L^ni- \'ersity, 1704 Judson Ave., Evanston, 111.

PELOIAN PACKING CO., INC

RAISINS AND DRIED FRUITS

Months later, following surgery, she was finally informed that she would never walk again.

"I hope people will realize, when the>' start to take unnecessary chances, that an accident doesn't always end when the glass is swept of? the street. A fraction of a second can change an entire life- time," she commented.

SAFETY

The first twenty-five miles away from home are the most hazardous when you're driving an automobile, says the California State Automobile Association. Statistics show that sixty-one per cent of the drivers involved in the 33,000 fatal accidents during 1952 lived within twenty-five miles of where the accident occurred, in short, safety should begin at home.

P. O. Bo» DINUBA

Code Cal Pa CALIFORNIA

HADEN HOTEL

THE PLACE TO STAY IN DINUBA CORNER OF J & E. TULARE STS.

Pho

CALIFORNIA

Jack Pruitt Chevron Service

TIRES — BATTERIES — ACCESSORIES

4TH AND CLOVIS AVENUE CLOVIS CALIFORNIA

JOHNNIE'S

John & Norma Madriano

MIXED DRINKS — BEER AND WINE

ITALIAN DINNERS

748 Pollasl<y

CLOVIS CALIFORNIA

ECONOMY MERCANTILE

G. KOUTROULIS

P. O. Box 36 TEHACHAPI

114 G STREET CALIFORNIA

VERN'S AUTO PARTS

VERNON DU PONT 24 HOUR TOWING

TEHACHAPI

CALIFORNIA i

TRUSTY'S RESTAURANT

Ray & Velda Trusty, Props.

Open 24 Hours a Day

Phone TAylor 2-9922 Highway 466

TEHACHAPI CALIFORNIA

Co7nplimeiits of the

SANTA PAULA

WATER WORKS,

LTS.

SANTA PAULA, CALIF.

JACK'S PLACE

Beer, Soft Drhiks, Cards

MojAVE, California

340 "J" STREET

February, 1954

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LOS TACOS CAFE

MEXICAN DISHES

Tony & Alice Castillo, Props.

14S PANOMA STREET

PORT HUENEME CALIFORNIA

M. & L. BATES CAFE

Draught & Bottle Beers

Imported and Domestic Wines

6455 SO. MANCHESTER BLVD.

BUENA PARK CALIFORNIA

MESA CLUB

LUNCH COUNTER

At Boulevard Stop Center of Town

BEacon 5938 1818 Newport Blvd.

COSTA MESA CALIFORNL\

POLKA DANCING AT

CASALETTI CAFE

Fri.. Sat., Sun. — Join Our Stein Club — Ph. 416

Always a Friendly Welcome 12583 Highland Ave., Vi mile W. Etiwanda Ave. ETIWANDA CALIFORNIA

PAUL'S MARKET

THE BEST FOR LESS

135 VALLEY BLVD. BLOOMINGTON CALIFORNIA

El Monte Repair Service

COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE UNION OIL SERVICE

Phone 12F4 REEDLEY

ute 3, Box 452 CALIFORNIA

ALASKA PIPE AND SALVAGE COMPANY

SHIP SUPPLIES

Youngstown Grape Distributors

GROWERS, PACKERS & SHIPPERS FRUITS — VEGETABLES

Phone 70 — L. D. 533 — Teletype 243

DIRECT WIRE

P. O. BOX 348

REEDLEY CALIFORNIA

Now under the Management of "B and Lee"

ACE'S INN

Bottled Beer & Soft Drinks — Beer on Draught

The Largest Glass in Town

SHUFFLEBOARD

STANTON MARKET

THE BEST FOR THE LEAST

Phone Anaheim 9154

10771 CHESTNUT STREET

STANTON CAUFORNIA

J. FILIPPI VINTAGE CO.

WINE GROWERS "Pride of Cucamonga Brand"

STOPPING POWER

The chances of >our brakes failing when you step on the brake pedal are not very great but that doesn't mean you should neglect them. The complete brak- ing system of an automobile should be checked over carefully at regular inter- vals, advises the California State Auto- mobile Association. Having this done once a year or every 15,000 miles is a wise rule to follow.

COMMUNITY PRIDE

Clean highways and streets reflect communitN' pride and alertness, states the California State Automobile Association. Motorists should help keep streets and highways unlittered by not tossing trash out of car windows.

LIVESTOCK

If you meet or overtake any animal or livestock, \ou must reduce the speed of your vehicle or stop as may be necessary or may be requested by any person in charge of the animal or livestock, the California State Automobile Association says.

DRIVING IN FOG

Use your lower headlight beams when driving in a fog, and reduce your speed, says the California State Automobile As- sociation in reminding motorists of the law. Driving with your high beams in a fog is like shining your lights on a mirror — the light is reflected back into your own eyes.

WHITE AT NIGHT

A large metropolitan police depart- ment made a check of the clothing worn by pedestrians killed in traffic at night. About four-fifths of the victims were wearing dark clothes and one-fifth light- colored garments. This study points up the rule stressed b\- the California State Automobile Association that pedestrians are less likely to encounter traffic mis- haps at night if they wear or carry some- thing white after dark so that drivers can see them more easily.

MIRA LOMA

CALIFORNIA

HELP YOUNGSTERS

Sometimes persons who dri\e children to and from classes double-park at the school, thus requiring the youngsters to step between parked \ehicles. Children are constantly taught at school not to step between vehicles parked at a curb, a rule that is vital to their safety, so don't encourage the youngsters to violate it, urges the California State Automobile Association.

LA CASITA CAFE

Beer - Wine - Spanish Kitchen - Home Cooking

Phone 8-47245

318 D STREET SAN BERNARDINO CAUFORNIA

BALLESTER LIQUOR STORE

VINCENT M. BALLESTER

KImherly 2-9073 SANTA ANA

1820 W. FIRST STREET CALIFORNIA

THE SMOKE HUT

9413 SO. SIERRA AVENUE FONTANA CALIFORNIA

Calaveras Builders Supply

COMPLETE LINE OF BUILDING MATERIALS

Phone 70-J

P. O. BOX 446

SAN ANDREAS CALIFORNIA

TOPS RESTAURANT AND DINING ROOM

A Family Restaurant Serving Family Style

Banquet Facilities Phone 823403

We Never Close — Children's Plate

CALIFORNIA

J & F IRON WORKS

BUILDERS

Ornamental - Structural - General Repairs

Arc and Gas Welding

Phones: ROckwell 9-2961 — CHarleston 6-8461

1037 VICTORY PLACE BURBANK CALIFORNIA

BIG BOB'S CAFE

Lee and Ward, Props. BEER AND WINE

1671 East "A" Street ONTARIO

Phone 610-143 CALIFORNIA

LONG BAR CAFE and A. MARTINEZ CO.. inc.

:eries - Liquors - Meats - Mexican Food Genuine Spanish Chorizos

Phone 318364 UPLAND

680 FoothUI Boulevard CALIFORNIA

SUNNY CREST DAIRY

Save 16c A Gallon At Our Dairy Darco Protected

Phone West 4002

13602 Huntinffton Beach Blvd.

WESTMINSTER CAUFORNIA

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February J 1954

JOHNNIE'S MOBILE SERVICE

Mobilgas - Mobiloil - Mobil Products

Trailers for Rent — We Give S&H Stamps

Johnnie Bland

Pho

MARY'S LUNCH

14731 SO. VERANO STREET SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA

TIME OUT CAFE

COCKTAILS Hours 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

KImberly 2-9280 14882 Harbor Blvd. SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA

NAD'S CAFE

Beer & Wine — Hot Dogs & Hamburgers

404 W. 4th STREET

SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA

RANIER'S COIFFEUR d'ART

Originator of Exclusive and Artistic Styles Permanent Waving and Coloring Expert

Phones KI 2-4491 - 2-4492 1st & Main St. SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA

"TAXCO " GIFT SHOP

Highland Park Lapidary Machines

Congo Diamond Blades & Equipment

Jewelry Supplies

Steve & Ruth Rodriguez

815 North Broadway Street SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA

KELLOGG'S AUTO AND TRAILER COURT

MODERN Mr. & Mrs. L. L. Anderson, Owners

KImberly 2-6127 2651 Santa Ana Blvd.

On Highway 101 U. S.

SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA

LANGLEY OIL CO.

DOUGLAS GASOLINE AND MOTOR OILS VALVOLINE MOTOR OILS

Orange County Distributors

Bus. Phones: KI 2-3931 - KI 2-3932 John J. Mills — Res. Phone KI 3-6669

HERRIN'S BARGAIN CORNER

NEW AND USED MERCHANDISE WE BUY AND SELL

Free Parking for Customers

211 French St.

CALIFORNIA

BLUE BIRD MOTOR LODGE

21 Modern Units — Some with Kitchenette Heated Pool

TRAFFIC SIGNS

Signs, signals and markings are visible symbols of traffic laws and safety rules. It is always to the driver's advantage to heed and obey them, advises the Califor- nia State Automobile Association. Here in California nine out of every ten fatal and injury accidents involve at least one traffic law violation. Break a traffic law and you'll probably have an accident.

BAD WEATHER

Accidents increase at night and in bad weather. Most of these mishaps can be avoided if drivers adjust driving habits to the hazardous conditions facing them, says the California State Automobile As- sociation. It's also important to keep a car's safety equipment — tires, brakes, lights, horn, windshield wipers, steering gear — in good working order.

CLEAN MOTOR

Keep your car's motor clean, advises the California State Automobile Asso- ciation. An accumulation of oil and grease on the engine and ignition system not only creates a fire hazard but it may cause hard starting.

SNOW COUNTRY TRIP

If you plan a week-end trip to the snow country check your car battery to see that it is fully charged, advises the California State Automobile Association. A battery that is not fully charged may function in temperate weather, but often it will not start your car in below-freezing tempera- tures.

BELATED CURES

Those who disregard health rules con- tract serious ailments and suddenly be- come desperately aware of the need for a cure. Drivers who disregard safety rules sooner or later become involved in serious accidents and then suddenly become des- perately aware of the necessity of traffic safety rules and practices. The California State Automobile Association urges drivers to remember that an ounce of accident prevention is worth a pound of safety cure.

A DEADLY FORCE

Centrifugal force isn't a living thing, but it can quickly become a deadly thing when a driver takes a curve too fast. Watch your speed when rounding curves, warns the California State Auto- mobile Association. A car out of control at a bend may mean your life's at an end.

CLEAN WINDSHIELDS

Clean windshields cut light glare, re- ports the National Automobile Club.

ALLEN & ROBERSON

GENERAL SHEET METAL SHOP Phones: Bus. FR 4-3784 — Res. FR 4-2977

1107 SEPULVEDA BLVD.

MANHATTAN BEACH CALIFORNIA

LA SOLANITA

Corsages — Floral Designs Don and Wally

Phone FRontier 2-8290

1601 - 1607 GOULD LANE

MANHATTAN BEACH CALIFORNIA

THE KREDERS

GENERAL INSURANCE BROKERS

Phone PL 3-2538 INGLEWOOD

2345 W. Manchester

CALIFORNIA

Phone 2-8406 3509 Highland Avenue

MANHATTAN BEACH CALIFORNIA

CENTER REXALL DRUGS

FREE DELIVERY

Phone FRontier 2-6036

1125 MANHATTAN AVE.

MANHATTAN BEACH CALIFORNIA

LAMAR THEATRE

A FOX THEATRE THE PLACE TO GO

Phone Frontier 2-8500 228 MANHATTAN BEACH BLVD.

MANHATTAN BEACH CALIFORNIA

GHENT H. CARPENTER

Realtor and Business Opportunity Broker

HOMES - LOTS - INCOME - RENTALS

GENERAL INSURANCE

Phones: FRontier 4-9780 or FRontier 2-4514 2409 SEPULVEDA BLVD.

MANHATTAN BEACH CALIFORNIA

Bristol Drug Co.

Prescription Pharmacists

Fourth and Bristol Santa Ana, Calif.

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COCA-COLA

BOTTLING COMPANY

of San Francisco

Phone 8-4731

THE HIDE AW AY

Fitie Foods :-: Cocktails

. . . Your Hosts . . . Louise and Bud Miller

313 No. China Lake Blvd. RiDGECREST, CALIFORNIA

lOSEPH MASSASLIA. JR . Preside

Hotel MIRAMAR and BHngalows , SANTA MONICA. California

Hotel SENATOR SACRAMENTO. Californi

r/ie Copilali Pre^mier Hotel— 400 > CHARLES W COLE, Manage

Hotel EL RANCHO S Bungolows , GALLUP. New Mexico

■Id i Lorgest Ranch House — 200 ■ MARTIN L HANKS. Manager

Hotel RALEIGH WASHINGTON, D. C.

On Fomou' P=nnsy/von.o A»e - 500 'ooms

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the life you save may be your own

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(Bet. 18th and 19th Sts.)

San Francisco, Calif.

BUCKHORN STEAK HOUSE

Finest hi Food — Cocktails

Steak, Chicken and Prime Ribs

Charlie Hudson Wendell Missamore

Phone 80156 2411 South Union Ave.

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SAN FRANCISCO EDITION

APRIL • 1954

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April. 1954

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Featured in This Issue

"Are You Guilty " — Rook Review by B. C. Bridges 3

Resort Police Chief 4

Teen Age Solution 5

Devitt To Retire 6

Airborne Prisoners 7

Associated Public Communications Officers 8

Pistol Pointing — B3' Ross Dunnigan 9

Police Promotional Examination Questions 10

Stanislaus Peace Officers 11

The Deraas Murder 12

Instructor's School 21

McClure Leaves Beat 23

Training Catalog 26

Conference Slated 28

Hayes Heads Drive 30

June 1st Deadline 31

April First 33

Help the Boy 33

Short Courses 34

Road Problem 35

Licensing Course 36

Chief Cato Retires 67

Directory

SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT

Hall of Justice, Kearny and Washington Streets

Telephone SUtter 1-2020

Radio Short Wave Call KMA-438

Mayor, Hon. Elmer E. Robinson

POLICE COMMISSIONERS

Regular Meetings, Wednesday, 2:00 p.m., Hall of Justice

Henrv C. Maginn, President 315 Montgomery Street

J. Warnock Walsh _ 160 Montgomery Street

Washington I. Kohnke 686 Sacramento Street

Sergeant John T. Butler, Secretary Room 104, Hall of Juitice

The Editor is always pleased to consider articles suitable for publication. Con- tributions should preferably be typewritten, but where this is not possible, copy should be clearly written. Contributions may be signed with a "nom de plume," but all articles must bear the name and address of the sender, which will be treated with the strictest confidence. The Editor will also be pleased to consider photographs of officers and of Interesting events. Letters should be addressed to the Editor.

CHIEF OF POLICE Michael Gaffey

DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE George M. Healy

Chief of Inspectors Jamu Enoluh

Director of Traffic Otto Meter

Dept. Sec'v... Captain Michael F. FrrzPAT«icK....H«Il of Justice District Captains

Central Edward Donohue 635 Washington Street

Southern A. G. Steffen Fourth and Clara Streets

Mission Peter Conroy 1240 Valencia Street

Northern Daniel McKlem 941 Ellis Street

Richmond Edward Green 451 Sixth Avenue

Ingleside J. J. CoUGHLiN Balboa Park

Taraval Phil Kiely 2348 Twenty-fourth Avenue

PoTRERo Walter Ames 2300 Third Street

Golden Gate Park Ted Terlau Stanyan opp. Waller

Traffic Ralph E. Olstad Hall of Justice

City Prison Lt. Walter Thompson Hall of Justice

Bur. Inspectors Cornelius Murphy Hall of Justice

Director - Bureau of

Personnel. _ John Meehan Hall of Justice

Director of

Criminology Francis X. Latulipb Hill of Juitice

Director - Bureau of

Special Services ...Harry Nelson Hall of Justice

Director of Juvenile Bureau 2475 Greenwich Street

Dan Kiely Director - Bureau of Criminal Information LiEtrr. George Hippely Hall of Justice

Insp. of Schools

Traffic Control Insp. Thoma« B. Tract

Supervising Captain

of Districts John A. Encler Hall of Justice

Headquarters Dan Kiely Hall of Justice

Chinatown Detail Lt. H. C. Atkinson Hall of Justice

Range Master Pistol Range, Lake Merced

Emil Dutil

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April, 1954

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'Efficient Police

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Vol. XXVII

APRIL, 1954

No. 1

ft

ARE you GUILTY?"

Reviewed hy B. C. Bridges This question, "Are you guilty? ", rep- resents the startling title of the most re- cent book by William Dienstein, Profes- sor of Criminology in the Fresno State College at Fresno, California. It is pub- lished by Charles C. Thomas, 301-327 East Lawrence Avenue, Springfield, Illi- nois. The work also offers the added dis- tinction of an illuminating foreword by August Vollmer, AVorld-recognized lead- er in the law-enforcement field, and just- ly famed as "the father of modern police science. " His stamp of approval on any text in this domain is ample proof of its merit.

With ARE YOU GUILTY? Profes- sor Dienstein has presented a fearless e.x- pose certain to shock the most blase read- er into vivid awareness of reality. In view of his wide experience and background, this writer is well suited to cover his sub- ject, competently. In his preface, he as- serts: "The purpose of this book is to present to the public an overall picture of the program of the administration of criminal justice in the United States of America. Neither is it a legalistic inter- pretation. Rather, it is an attempt at ob- jectivity such as an observer who seeks information would like to obtain. — The writer is not a reformer, nor a crusader, nor a muckraker. The text is presented to allow the reader to take a look at those factors which have made the administra- tion of justice the subject of contempt, abuse, disrespect, and even hatred. — The machinery of criminal justice is an intri- cate and involved process that loses its meaning when separated into its various parts and examined by segmentation. 1 he sequence of chapters in this book attempts to present in chronological pattern the various parts of the machinery as the of- fender is a part of or in contact with each part."

In addition to the fact that Professor Dienstein's book personifies stark real- ism, it is exceptionally well written. All readers familiar with the lucid style iden- tifying all of his earlier writings, must agree that this present work is his best to date.

B. C. Bridhes

Certain other contributors have as- sumed to offer unbiased surveys on the shortcomings of American jurisprudence, but, in many cases, the\ have either dwelt upon a few aspects only, or else skirted the problem, diffidenth'. Furthermore, all too frequently, popular apathy has tended to ignore or mim'mize discrepancies in our justice program, thus encouraging dan- gerous complacency in the public mind. In fact, only occasional writers have dis- played the self-reliance needful to take issue here and wage a campaign for bet- terment.

Professor Dienstein, howe\er, is hap- pily free from such inhibitions, and to all who read his book, it will be plain that he offers a new concept calculated to in- spire both corrective thought and action. His material is well documented by case histories and much factual data assembled from many sources; it leaves no valid ground for challenge. Also, he has given his theme ample coverage, as attested by his chapter titles, which include the fol- lowing : "What is Justice ? ; The People and the Press ; Laws, Legislators, Lob- bies and Politicians; The Police; Jails and Hails ; Lawyers, Defense Attorneys, and Prosecutors; Judges; Juries; Proba- tion ; Prison ; Parole." From this resume, it is obvious that Professor Dienstein has considered his subject from many angles.

As to the book's more intimate con- tents, there is herein an enlightening sur- vey of the entire law-enforcement pro- gram in all of its ramifications. The actual events portrayed include instances citing obviously guilty persons who elud- ed punishment ; and also examples of per- fectly innocent victims subjected to in- human persecution ; it describes crass af- flictions of misfeasance and malfeasance imposed upon the unsuspecting, together with numerous other legal travesties. In short, he outlines the diverse machina- tions of graft, \ice, crime, ignorance and indifference, as affecting the highly-placed law official down to the lowliest civic servant, to say nothing of the general pub- lic. Added to this. Professor Dienstein explains not only why these conditions exist, but also offers practical measures for their eradication.

It is a conservative statement to sa\ that Professor Dienstein's technique com- bines force with clarity. His following re- (Continued on page 46)

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RESORT POLICE CHIEF

April 1954

How would you like to be the chief of police in a city whose population fluctu- ates between 20 and 150 thousand regu- larly?

That is the problem that faces Chief of Police Al Huntsman and his Santa Cruz police force.

Santa Cruz, a city with a normal popu- lation of 22,000, is a strict resort com- munity. From May to September, and even during the winter months if the weather is nice, crowds of fun seekers jam Highway 17 in an effort to reach the sandy beaches of northern Califor- nia's favorite resort area.

The entire county is resort minded, and the crowds not only jam-pack the famed beach and broadwalk, Ijut they pour into the nearby recreation areas such as famed Big Basin state park and the quiet, charming San Lorenzo Valley. But Santa Cruz is the center of the annual migration.

Unlike some resort spots, Santa Cruz has a diversified group of vacationists. They come from all walks of life — from farm workers of Central California to the upper crust of San Francisco society. On a beautiful day you are likely to find a group of high school students lading on the beach listening to their portable radio, while nearby will sit a pensioned couple enjoying the warm sun and the weekly band concerts.

It is during the vacation period that the resources of Chief Huntsman and his police force are strained to the breaking point.

Donald F. Lynn

But it isn't crime that provides Santa Cruz policemen with their main problem — it is the flow of traffic. Thousands of autos pour from the three highways lead- ing into the community each weekend, and they create a traffic problem that would bring a frown to the officer on duty at 'Fhird and Market streets at 5 p.m.

The problem isn't helped by highways that have not been kept up to the times, or city streets that are too narrow. But the 39-man Santa Cruz police depart- ment has learned to take the influx in stride, and they handle it with compara- tive ease. There are still tieups, but the police force keeps them to a minimum.

In Huntsman, the city of Santa Cruz was lucky to find one of the top police administrators in the state. Last July, Huntsman rounded out 20 years of serv- ice in the local force. It was in 1933 that Huntsman became chief of the 12 officers who comprised the squad in that day. Today, he heads an organization of 39, including four women on the clerical staff.

\Vhen he assumed leadership of the police department, there was one patrol wagon and a touring car, no radio, and next to no record system. Today, the police of Santa Cruz have at their dis- posal a fleet of modern patrol cars, equip- ped with the latest radio and electronic devices, and a record section that com- pares favorably with any in the state.

Huntsman believes in a "clean town", and one of his first acts in taking over the police department was to crack down on the flourishing gambling houses and to rout what there was of prostitution. He let it be known that neither would henceforce be tolerated in the surf city — and he has kept the lid down since.

He would be the first to admit that during the summer months some un- savory "characters" make their appear- ance. But the alert work of the depart- ment makes sure their activities are kept to a minimum.

Chief Huntsman considers the biggest single step forward in the 20 years of development of the modern police de- partment was the purchase and installa- tion of modern radio communications for the dispatch and intercommunication of police vehicles.

He explains that while Santa Cruz is a comparatively small city, population wise, it covers a great many square miles, and without modern police equipment it would be impossible to provide citizens

Chief of Police Al Huntsman

with the proper protection. "With our communication system," Huntsman says, "we are able to rush reinforcements to trouble spots as they develop, whether they be a traflSc tieup, or an armed rob- bery.

A second reason for the rapid growth of the police department, according to Huntsman, was the free hand given him in building up a complete and ampl\ staffed record bureau.

"Both cost money," he says, "but both have paid big dividends in a better and more efficient system of law enforce- ment."

The police department was also strengthened when the city manager form of government was installed in Santa Cruz following AVorld War II, and with it came the civil service system. Both have proved effective in making the police department more effective.

Himtsman has attempted to keep up in all fields of police work. His officers are continually imdergoing training in the latest methods of law enforcement, and they are regular members in the courses sponsored by the FBI.

Always interested in youth, the Sant:i Cruz police force has kept juxem'le de- linquency at a minimum. Headlines tell- ing of wild teenage parties, kid narcotic addicts and other youthful crime activities are rare in Santa Cruz.

(Cnntinuril nn page 13}

April, 1954

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TEENAGE SOLUTION

Youthful Don Latta, Capitola's 28- year-old chief of police, believes he has found the solution to stopping juvenile vandalism in resort areas.

When Latta took over the department 21/2 years ago, Capitola was plagued by visiting teen-agers who visited the small Santa Cruz county resort city during the vacation periods. The youths, many who came from nearby Stanford university and San Jose State college, committed no major crimes, but some of their pranks proved very disturbing to the residents of the community.

drive 30 or 40 miles to get junior out of a jam.

Under Latta's direction, the depart- ment has also helped put an end to juven- ile delinquency at home. He formed a rifle club and a hot rod group. Both have proved successful, and are well attended by youths from throughout the northern part of the county.

Actually, the Capitola police depart- ment takes in more than just the city of Capitola. It is a district, and includes portion of nearby Soquel and Live Oak.

Capitola has two full-time men on its

tized and help out when an emergency arises outside their immediate area.

Since taking over the department, Lat- ta has modernized his office to keep it up with the times. He has put in a modern record system, bought camera and finger- print equipment. Latta now believes his department is as modern as any small force in the state.

^Vhile Latta's methods of cutting down youthful pranks may not have sat very well with some parents, his regis- tration program has brought forth some fine compliments.

Latta, who stands six-foot, five inches, soon found that lectures and fines did not have much effect. So he devised a system whereby a violator had to call his parents immediately, da\' or night, and tell them to come and get him.

Parents who were wont to laugh at the pranks of their youngsters during the daytime, soon wiped the smiles off their faces when dragged out of bed in the early hours of the morning and forced to

THE BEACH AT CAPITOLA

staff, Latta and one assistant, Martin Bergthold. But during the summer months when the population swells to three or four times its normal size of 2.000, an additional six or seven men are hired.

The department works closely with Sheriff J. R. Devitt and his office. The sheriff's department handles all the radio work for the small department, and in exchange, Latta and his staff are depu-

.r*!''^^^-.

More than once the Capitola PD spent many hours looking for a youngster who was needed at home because of an emer- gency. So Latta contacted the student bodies of nearby colleges and high schools and told the students that if they would register with his department he would deliver messages to and from parents.

The system proved a big succe.ss, and last year a total of 340 students took part (Continued on page 13)

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DEVITT TO RETIRE

April, 1954

Santa Cruz county will lose a faithful and honest servant, and the law enforce- ment profession one of its keenest and most fearless members when Sheriff J. R. (Bob) Devitt turns in his badge this coming January.

Devitt has served the people of this small Monterey bay area county for 39 years, and if he chose to run again he could probabh- serve double that number. But at 61 years of age, the still energetic sheriff believes it is time for him to step aside.

Vast changes ha\e taken place in the sheriff's office since Devitt took control. I he department had only fi\e employees, including the sheriff when De\'itt went into office in 1934. It now employs a total of 33, including matrons and a secretarial staff. Where there were three old-fash- ioned touring cars there are now seven high-compression autos that can whip the deputies from one end of the country to the other in a matter of minutes.

A complete radio svstem has been in-

most important improvements made since taking office.

"Our radio system has enabled us to completely cover the county," he says, "and, of course, makes it doubly tough on criminals."

Another addition since Devitt took over is a night and day patrol system throughout the 435 miles of the county. A sheriff's patrol car is within a few minutes notice no matter where you live | in this small, but mountainous commun- itv.

A native of Felton, Devitt first went to work as a member of the county's engi- neering department in 1915. He remain- ed there until 1928 when he joined Sher- iff Nick Sinnott as undersheriff. A posi- tion he held for three years.

In 1934, Devitt ran for sheriff for the first time and emerged victorious. Since then he has served five consecutive terms in the tough office before deciding to call it quits.

SUMMERTIME AT SANTA CRUZ

stalled, and the sheriff's office not only carries its own messages, but handles work for the count\' coroner, countv engi- neering department, Capitola's police de- partment and five independent merchant patrols. It is a far cry from the one-way system that was working when Devitt too over.

Devitt has also installed a complete record system in the office. He considers the radio and record s\steni as the two

Santa Cruz county is lucky from a crime standpoint, according to Devitt, in that it is oft" the main line of big highways and railroads. And as a result has a low number of major crimes.

"Our biggest problem," Devitt claims, "is one that is somewhat unusual." He is speaking of cabin pilfering. Santa Cruz, of course, is a resort center, and thou- sands of persons from outside the county (Continued on page 14)

April. 1954

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AIRBORNE PRISONERS

Page 7

In Januarii' 1948 chiefly through the efforts of Sergeant Eldon Heck, (now Lieutenant) of the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office, a tremendous step for- ward was taken increasing the efficiency of the department in charge of prisoner transportation. Heck, who had been with the Sheriff's Department but one year was quick to recognize the need for effi- cient, safe, inexpensive prisoner trans- porting.

He realized almost immediately the antiquity in the present system of prison- er transport. Heck served as a flyer with the Army Air Corps in the 156th wing battalion, 8th fighter command and was a commercial pilot even before entering the service. It can therefore be easily understood with his flying experience that he recognized the man hours and expense involved as needless waste. Each time Eldon Heck was sent to pick up prisoners in Los Angeles or San Diego he was re- quired to be away from home three days and drive an estimated 1100 to 1200 miles. The county allowed $11 per man per twenty four hours and an additional twelve ($12) per day wages for each of the two deputies making the trip. The mileage expense cost 7c per mile figuring depreciation and operation. The com- bined expenses at a minimum would total $199.00 and this expense of course was carried by the County of Santa Clara.

Keeping these figures in mind Heck proceeded to gather information on air travel and time involved. He collected the data and presented his ideas to Sheriff" Hornbuckle who was quick to recognize the advantages of air travel.

The collected data recorded the trip at a leisurely two hours, 20 minutes from San Jose to San Diego and involved $20 in wages. The total time round trip was less than five hours and a rate of around $110 for the plane and fuel was charged. This gave a total expense of $130 or a savings of $69 on one trip.

It was arranged to rent a plane on contract and pay only the flying time. The department was given the key to the plane and given explicit rights to a D17 Stagger Wing Beach Craft with a 450 H.P. Pratt ^Vhitney Engine. This plane has a five passenger cabin and a cruising speed of 190 miles per hour.

Extra equipment was installed for more safety and efficiency. A full flying panel is one factor plus a high and low frequency radio and also a special plane to patrol car communication. Everything was all set except who could and would fly the plane. Naturally this presented no

problem since Elton Heck had long an- ticipated piloting the craft.

It took little time for the county to recognize the values of this new system. It so completely dwarfed the man hours and comity expenses that over $9,000 was saved the first year.

How safe is it flying and are the pris- oners had to handle in a plane? Many of these questions entered the minds of in- terested observers and were soon answer- ed by Lieutenant Heck.

Should conditions be poor the trip is can- celled until favorable conditions for fly- ing prevail.

When making a pick-up in another county

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