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THE SACRAMENTO BEE SATURDAY JULY 29 1939 Page 10 Questions And Answers Pension Aid Failure fs Seen If Boards Slap Back At Olson Sacramento Girls Camp At Tahoe Industrialist Says Something Seems Rotten In SRA The Peanut 7 I SAN DIEGO July tAS Leroy Richards of San Diego president of the Supervisors Association of California said the entire program for old age pension payments to California residents may be broken down if counties' board of su-I pervisors attempt to slap back at Tibbetts Wonders Why Job Governor Olson by refusing to in- crease hurieet appropriations crease budget appropriations to Spawning Salmon Do salmon really die after they spawn? What becomes of the millions of large dead salmon? Do they spawn only once in their lives? If so why are they so large when they do spawn and where do they go between the year of their birth and their spawning? Sacramento Chappell inspector for the state fish and game commission replies as follows: It is well known that all species of Pacific salmon are anadromous They enter the coastal streams to spawn even migrating to She smaller tributaries Then they leave their eggs In gravel and die none returning to the sea from which they came The young which appear very less Insurance Falls To Dent Relief Rolls PALO ALTO July 29 Carle- in a special session would bring no relief to the counties this year because after the final budget is adopted under the present law any additional funds can only be used to reduce the tax rate in' the next fiscal year Specific provision of the legislature would have to be obtained to alleviate the situation for 1939-40 Veto Forced Condition Governor Olson's of AB 2870 forced this appalling condition upon all counties Further failure of any counties to make this appropriation seriously jeopardizes the receipt of federal aid on old age pensions because this federal money is allocated to California on the proviso that all counties participate I cannot reasonably assume that under the present administration at least the state would carry the financial burden of any number of counties as was done in the case of Del Norte County which was bankrupt last year and where the state put up the share as well as her own so that the statewide program would not be interrupted Ihe weJerhettS Tupe merriaTand trnT Zlu Wes ine" to Our legal department holds that been 110 sicounty contributions to funds for State Reflet AdminisraUon "load i heedy 8ed by act of This opinion for information on the subject from i legislature is con- mightv t'1 omrth'ng curred in by me Counties have no claredy Tihhctl "i control over these items but must Los ln'i budget to meet expected needy the fIormer memher oflaged requirements for the year on of their Share of the By contrast the speaker praised lpLJLmi the California unemployment reserves program saying it is workable and fool probf No Dent Made hundred and fifty thousand $700000 a week is paid out by the he said with all this no dent has been made in the status of the State Relief Administration load I think it would be mighty interesting to investigate this situation and see just what the score The unemployment reserves funds are separate from the state will attend an army retreat rere- Twenty four members of the Sac-ramento Girl Reserves participated in the two week camping trip to Ney-A-Ti Zephyr Cove Lake Tahoe Those who attended include Phyllis Carroll Geoigiaria Chow Mary Jean Cou-berly Doris Day Evelj-n Dong Laura Dong Marion Fong Virginia Fong Margaret Furch-tenicht a 1 Hutch- son Patricia Joly Frances Kinsey Priscilla Kleppel Bonnie Larwick Julmae Laubinger Asako Mizoue Evelyn Nessier Mary Virginia Pringle Jacqueiine Robinson Betty Jayne Sinclair Charlotte Skinner Evelyn Suyehiro Janet Tully and Barbara Van Dyke About an equal number of Reno Nev Girl Reserves also attended the camp which is owned by the Reno association Miss Elsie Suit director of the camp was presented with a scroll by the Sacramento group thanking her as director and the Reno association for sharing the camp Several new sleeping cabins were named and christened in a' ceremonial during which the occupants of each egbin sang a song which they had Six girls were trained by Avis Fishback to sing a song which she wrote in the ceremony The girls entertained seventeen board members and members of the camp committee of the Reno YWCA at luncheon one day Betty Jayne Sinclair Janet Tull Evelyn Nessier Charlotte Skinner Pat Joly and Mary Jean Couberley passed swimming tests HI SKINNY it a PIP made it myself from a Reginald Denny Model kit he's that famous movie guy just save 10 bottle caps Irom BIRI'LEY real Orange Drink send with 10c for packing and mailing to Bircley'i Hollywood California ORANGE The Natural Thing Is Print i make up for loss of state aid resulting from Olson's veto of an assembly bill Richards sought legal advice of the district office here yesterday after receiving a request mony on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay tomorrow afternoon receiving the Soldier's Medal posthumously awarded his son Newton Luckie for heroism Private Luekie Quartermaster Corps Fort Jay New York was killed instantly last March as he raced across subway tracks to save a civilian from being crushed beneath the wheels of an express train Reflect Greatest Credit heroisna displayed by Private Luckie in making the supreme sacrifice to save the life of says an army citation the greatest credit upon himself and the military The army unit stationed at the Golden Gate International Exposition and the band of the 30th Infantry will hold the retreat ceremony according to an announcement at the Presidio Three Served During War Three sons of William Luckie served the nation during the World War and his four younger sons have joined the armed services Man Is Sentenced To Die Twice For Murders RIVERSIDE July 29 (UP) Jame3 Charles Williams having only one life is under a sentence today that he can never carry out He was sentenced to die twice in the lethal gas chamber for murder Williams pleaded guilty to killing Weimers and Robert Martin ranchers near Blythe on July 14th Last night Superior Judge Morton pronounced a separate death sentence over him on each of the two counts Should Williams succeed In appealing one of the sentences he still might die under the second one Patterson Opens Bay Campaign Headquarters Lieutenant Governor Ellis Patterson avowed candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States senator at next year's election has opened official campaign headquarters in San Francisco James Perk Jr northern counties coordinator in Patterson's bid for election today announced the campaign will he directed from bay city offices at 406 Montgomery Street BOOKBINDERS Manufacturing Stationer! Blank Book Manufacturers Stationers RECORD BOOKS SPECIALTY Flynn Main 374 relief funds and are used to support the newly unemployed think the unemployment reserves program is the answer to our TJbbetts declared "The answer is to restore confidence" Spending Attacked He said also the Roosevelt and program is not the answer We must get back to a point where the rules of the game are not changed each thirty days" Tibbetts declared Lloyd Myers of Glendale was elected chairman of the board of governors of the conference Tate Williams of Reno Nev and Robert Kimball of San Francisco were elected vice chairmen Hugh Jackson of Stanford University was elected academic director Malcolm Ainsworth of Palo Alto western manager of the United States Chamber of Commerce was named business manager to replace Leonard Read business manager for the last eleven years Bus fare tokens of Wenatchee since Wash have the center cut out to The Medal is awarded form the shape of an apple We-to members of the military service natchee is the capital" of who distinguish themselves by he-America roism not involving actual conflict 916 6th Street COUNTY A Jas You Are Invited TO THE RADIO FESTIVITIES 5 When Quicksilver Are mercury and quicksilver the same? How is such metal used to pick up gold dust? Whtrr is Kiamesha Lake? RUSSELL North Sacramento Mercury and quicksilver are in-terchangable terms although the word is more often employed In placer mining mercury is sprinkled in the jiffies and as the gravel passes over them the gold being heavy sinks to the bottom and amalgamates with the mercury Gold and mercury are described by metallurgists as having an affiriily fur each other and amalgamate or contact if both are clean On heating the amalgam In an air tight retort the mercury passes off in the form of a vapor and is caught in water cooled pipes to be used again In the cyanide plants where gold is recovered from ore the process is much the same the mercury being rubbed into silver plates over which the crushed ore passes Kiamesha Lake is not listed in any of the standard atlases but Kaimika Lake is in the Canadian province of Quebec Naval Training Does the federal government maintain a naval academy on Goat Island for young men? If so how much schooling does one have to have and how old must he be? How can one find out if a music publisher is reliable? BERTHA BERG Sacramento The government maintains no naval training station on Goat or Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay The establishment there is a naval receiving station The nearest naval training station is at San Diego There are no fixed educational requirements for entrance but the applicant must be able to pass a regulation I test The age limit is from 18 to 25 years It is open only to the enlisted personnel of the navy It is possible to obtain the names of reliable music publishers by inquiry at local music stoics Marriage To Allens If an American woman marries an alien does she lose her citizenship if she stays in the United States? On what days of the week did the following fall: September 21 1921 October 14 1898 September 8 1923 November 17 1919 May 3 IONE RAD-T1IE Dunsmuir The status of American citizens who marry aliens is unchanged under the present law and has been since September 22 1922 September 21 1921 fell on Thursday October 14 1898 on Friday September 8 1923 on Saturday November 17 1919 on Monday and May 3 1925 on Sunday Border Inspection Is the luggage of passengers on trains entering California inspected at the borders for plant and fruit pests or is it only the luggage of motorists that is opened? A Yuba City The department of agriculture reports that hand luggage of passengers or luggage carried hy them in the coaches no longer is inspected on the trains but that baggage which has been checked is inspected at the point of destination Mining Maps Where can I obtain maps of the various mining districts of MRS A Chico County maps may be purchased from almost any stationery store and maps of national forests may he secured from the National Forest Service San Francisco The state division of mines State Office Building Sacramento has a geological map of the entire slate which may be purchased Worthless Checks What can ho done about a person who pays off his help with worthless checks for which there ace no funds to II Quinry It is a violation of the law in issue a check which is not covered hy funds in the hank A complaint should be made to the district attorney Unpaid Rent If a man falls to pay his house rent can he he evicted from the premises? If so within how many Woodland If a tenant fails to pay the rent the landlord may give him notice to move within three days or pay If he fails to pay or to move the landlord thpn may secure an order of eviction from a court Letters From The People And Additional Questions And Answers Are On Editorial Page Health Officers Find Insanitary Conditions At 37 Eating Places The state department nf public health today revealed thirty seven eating establishments and fourteen i filling stations operating with In-Isanitary conditions were found by ho department last month during an Inspection of areas along state highways north of Tulare County Of the Tin highway eating places Inspected 198 were found tn satisfactory condition ninety four had minor defects according to health standards and thirty seven were found with Insanitary Conditions A total of 306 filling stations were Inspected Including 222 in a satis- factory condition sixty with minor defects and fourteen with tnsanl jtary conditions I The inspection areas In Superior California Included Highway 101 'from Sausallto to the Oregon line I Highway 40 through Placer County jfrom the Sacramento County line to Auburn Fair Oaks Boulevard from Sacramento Folsom Highway 24 through Plumas County from the Butte County line tn Quinry snd the Lower Stockton Boulevard from Sacramento to the San Joa quin County line to Inferior Potatoes Is there a law to prevent farmers from leaving potatoes on the ground so that they become sunburned and unfit for consumption? When were women admitted to the universities of England? When was Oscar Wilde released from Reading jail? EDWARD MULLEN North Sacramento The state department of agriculture says it is unlawful to offer potatoes for sale that are more than 20 per cent damaged by sunburn Colleges exclusively for women were projected in England as early as 1848 the first Queen's College being incorporated by royal charter in 1811 Cambridge and Oxford began to allow women to attend lectures in 18(11 but it was I not until 1020 they were admitted to Oxloid as full members They were admitted to Cambridge in i 392-1 for degrees but not to full i membership of the body academic London University made all degrees open to women on equal terms with men in 1878 This appears to have been the first large English university to grant such rights Oscar Wilde was released from Reading jail in 1897 Window Frames The paint is sealing off our metal window frames and the rust is showing through What is the best way to take the paint off and what should he done about the rust spots? Should a roat of red lead hy used as the initial coat when we repaint? Are coffee grounds harmful to sinks? Sacramento A local paint dealer slates It rarely is necessary to remove all the old paint from metal window frames The usual procedure is 1o remove all loose paint and scaly substances with a wire brush and then cut off the rust with steel wool The rusty spots should be touched up and allowed to dry before the first coat is applied Red lead ordinarily is applied as a primer coat on metal Coffee grounds should not be poured into a sink Marriage Licenses May cousins marry in California? Must both parties be present to obtain a mariiage license? How much time must elapse between the date of application and the issuance of a license? Arp physical examinations required? May applications be made by SUBSCRIBER Marysville Cousins may marry in California Both parties ordinarily must be present when applications are filed although the sworn affidavit of one is acceptable Three full days must elapse between the date of application and issuance of a license After September 19th a physician's certificate showing both parties free from active venereal disease must be produced Applications by mail are not acceptable Softball What are the main differences between softball and baseball? Where may one get a book of rules? Are bicycles licensed in Roseville Soft ball and baseball are distinct games Among the major differences are the size of the playing field the method of pitching the size of the balls and the number of players on a side There also are differences between the rules of softball and those of baseball Rule hooks may be obtained at any sports goods store Bicycles used in Sacramento must be licensed Camps For Boys Are there any reputable vacation camps for boys other than the Boy Scout camps to which boys of this district may he sent? Is there a military school in or near li Isleton There are number of good vacation camps for bos in Superior California Consult the classified section nf The Bee for names or contact the chamber of commerce officials Hnd the travel bureaus The state department nf education can supply a list of private military schools Cleaning Fireplaces How may one clean a California Stucro fireplace that has been blackened by smoke without Injuring the finish? How rnuld a crack in the mantle he repaired? MRS 11 Sacramento Local paint dealers slate California stucco is porous and that probably the most satisfactory way would be to wash it with soap and water and then refinish the entire end of the room with the same type of paint Plasters for repairing mantles may be purchased from any paint store Sacramento How old is Sacramento? If a man and wife buy a home and it is in the husband's name and they are later divorced does the wife get one Sacramento Sacramento was founded in 1879 by John A Sutter All property acquired In any way except by direct gilt hy either husband nr wife is regarded as community property Sowing Seed When should I sow the seed nf the cardinal climber and the forget me not to get bloom In 1940? -I Diamond Springs Park Superintendent Evans says the cardinal climber should be sowed in early Spring under glass if possible for quick results The forget me not may he sowed In a seed box at any time and set out when the young plants are large enough Pension Liens Have the liens been taken off the property of old age pensioners? If not what disposition has hocn made of Galt Liens placed hy rounty authorities on the property of persons receiving aid for the aged are still valid A A 1 a proposed constitutional amendment which would remove atich liens will he liefor the voters at the general lection of 1940 A peanut Is a bean and a bean is a fruit therefore a peanut is a fruit Is this correct? Is Edgar Hoover still head of the federal bureau of criminal investigation? HOWARD HELMS Live Oak Technically speaking any product of a plant growth useful to man or animal is classified hy botanical dictionaries as a fruit A fruit is referred to ordinarily by such dictionaries as the ripened ovary of a seed plant and its contents such as a pea nut grain or berry There is no exact distinction between a fruit and a vegetable except that the latter usually is a part of the stem leaf or root of a plant Collegiate Dictionary refers to the peanut as the nutlike seed of a Brazilian fabaceous herb Hence a peanut may be technically called a fruit although by common usage it generally is referred to as a nut Hoover is head of the federal bureau of criminal investigation and identification Kit Carson Pass Was Kit Carson Pas known when the Donner Party came to California and was it used much by the emigrants? Are any plans being made for an ice skating rink in Sacramento during coming Winter? DONNA Folsom General Fremont and a group of his mpn weie led over Carson Pass hy Kit Carson in 1844 but it was not generally used by emigrants until 1849 when it was traversed by a party of Mormons It became a very popular route thereafter The route probably was not known to the Donner Party whose members reached the eastern slopes of the Sierra in the Fall of 1846 No recent plans have been announced hy the promoters of the proposed local ice skating rink Plane And Auto Travel Whleh is safer plane or auto travel? LESTER STOCK Fair Oaks The following reply was prepared by Frank Asher local station manager for United Air Lines While no actual figure are available for automobile travel the latest insurance bulletins class air travel on scheduled air lines as being five times safer per mile than automobile travel This is very forcefully brought out by the fact that insurance companies cover air travelers with accident policies at the same rate as used for train bus or steamship travel this rate being 25 cents for $5000 This in itself should be ample proof that air travel is safer by far than automobile travel Jack Rabbits If one has a 1979 hunting license can he hunt jack rabbits or are they protected? How far is It from Shasta City to Edgewood? From Edgewood to Yreka? FLOYD FRAZIER Sacramento Jack rabbits may be hunted hy anyone with a hunting license There is no closed season and no hag limit It is twelve miles from Mt Shasta to Edgewood and twenty five miles from Edgewood to Yreka A Lost Friend I have a dear friend in Capetown South Afriea from whom I have not hoard In ten years and whose address I do not possess How ran I locate her? MRS Sacramento Try writing to the police partment of Capetown or American consul there rie- thc Divorcees' Bridge Is there really a hridge from which divorcees throw their rings? Roseville There Is a tradition In Reno Nev that divorcees throw their rings from the bridge which crosses the Truckee River within the city limits In actual practice however few have been known to do it Help For Students 1 Does the federal government make loans fnr the assistance I of persons who desire to obtain an REEVES TROUT Chico The National Youth Adnunis-j 1 rat ion gives help to worthy students who are without means Consult the high school principal in vollr fnr Hmii in your community for details Lighthouse Offices Where are the headquarters nf the Eighteenth California Lighthouse District? WILLIAM JACOBSEN Sacramento The offices of the Eighteenth Lighthouse District are In the Customs House Washington and Battery Streets San Francisco The Eighteenth district embraces the coast of California Air Hostesses Give the requirements and wage range fnr air Suisun City Air hostesses must be graduate nurses from 18 to 25 years of age and of pleasing personality and appearance The wage Is from $125 to $150 per month A chief hostess or stewardess receives up to $200 a month The Sun And Moon What time of year Is Ihe sun nearest the parth? Which is the closer to the earth the sun or the moon? MARIE Sacramento The sun Is closest to the earth during the month of January The moon Is much closer to the earth than the sun Dr Fishbein Give Dr Morris Fishbcln's MISS Cacramento NEA Servlre 1200 West Third Street Cleveland Ohio Marrying An Alien If a woman who Is an American citizen married an alien In 1935 did she lose her MRS MASON Mount Shasta No shortly afterwards remain there for a time and then pass on ottt to the ocean where they rapidly grow and eventually approach maturity In the Klamath River they are found to mature at the ages of 2 to 6 years returning to the stream where they were hatched to spawn and die thus completing the life cycle The ocean range Is not known but it is probable that they migrate long distances from the mouth of their native river Power Plants Where are the three largest power plants In the world? HAL DAVIS Cedarville The largest hydro electrir power plHnt In the world when completed will he at the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington where the complete installed capacity will hp 2700000 horsepower Boulder Dam is second among hydro plants with an Installed capacity of 18:19000 horsepower There Is some question as to the third although a publication by the bureau of reclamation lists the Dnieper-Crostroy plant in Soviet Russia with an installed capacity of 790000 horsepower as next to Boulder Dam The Russians are reported to he constructing a plant on the Volga with an installed capacity exceeding all existing American plants The Wagner Opera Where ran one purchase tickets for the Wagner opera that will be given here? When will the junior college entrance examinations be held? Where can one get Information about first edition hooks? HILL Sacramento Tickets for the entire music series of which Wagner's Die Walkure will be one number may be purchased at Ye Music Shoppe Aptitude tests which are the only entrance examinations required by the junior college will he held on the afternoon of September 11th Information concerning first editions may be obtained from the state library Trailer Houses Is there any place where one may rent a trailer house hy the week or month? READER Crescent Mills Several Superior California firms rent trailer houses for short periods For specific informHlion consult the classified advertising section of The Bee or write to Averill classified advertising manager The Tesla Mine I wish to rorrprt your statement in Saturday's Bee about the Tesla Mine The old mining town was not id San Joaquin County but in eastern Alameda County about twelve miles from Livermore hy stage roach A railroad connected Tesla with Stockton a distance nf some twenty five miles The daily shipments of coal were hauled out over this FORMER TES-LAN Sacramento Girls Under 21 May a giil 19 years of age leave home to get work and make her way without the consent of her READER Taft No A girl 18 nr more may marry without the consent of her parents In all nlher respects she is a minor subject to the Juris-diction of her parents until she Is 21 Marriage In Nevada Can one obtain a marriage li-cense in Reno Nevada on MRS Placerville Yes if the persons Involved are ah t'o real able to reach the marriage license officials at their homes Railway Strike Give the opening and closing dates nf the Southern Pacific strike in 1922-J GRAHAM Sac ramrnto A strike was called in the Southern Pacific shops on July 1 1922 It closed gradually over a period of several weeks as the various crafts returned to work River Boats How much water do the Delta Kinj? mid Delta Queen Sarramen-to River boats DAKIN Marjsville The River Lines which operates these boats tnpnrls they draw shout six feet each Syphilis Wheie does one applv for frPP treatment for syphilis Sacramento Apply to the city free rhnir at the southeast corner of Filth and I Streets Hunting Deer May deer be hunted with a 22 rallber rifle In Lake READER Lakeport Yes Selling Tin Foil Where can I sell tin MARRY MclNTOSH Yuha City All junk dealers buy tin foil Ruth O'Kene 1 Ruih O'Kane the vocalist on EBK married JERRY BROWN Folsom No The Royal Miller Station Ges MoghftTome ktimdtay July 311 Full-time broadcasting service over Sacramento's local Radio Station KROY will be officially inaugurated Monday July 31 With the granting of a permit by the Federal Communications Commission to this station KROY is to be on the air from 6:30 A to I A Affiliated with the Columbia Broadcasting System KROY now makes the programs of this great nation-wide system available to radio listeners in Sacramento and vicinity Special dedicatory ceremonies will be broadcast 7:15 to 7:45 Monday night AUDIENCE SHOW A delightful audience show will be presented in the main dining room of the Hotel Sacramento Monday night 8 to 9 o'clock This program will feature the Sacramento Convention Bureau Ensemble In all new numbers The public in invited to attend There is no admission charge OPEN HOUSE The studios and offices of KROY will be open to the public for inspection from 10 A to 10 Monday During the open house visitors will be shown the operation of the radio station The studios and offices are on the mezzanine floor of the Hotel Sacramento Come and see how radio programs originate STUDIOS and OFFICES HOTEL SACRAMENTO i it.