February 3, 1949 (8 pages)

R and are free for other deals the 2—Nevada City-Grass Valley Nugget, Feb. 3, 1949 rest of the time. Some of the stars and studios with one-picture-a-year or similar How well do you agree with the selection of the New York movie “reviewers of Warner Brothers’ production, ‘‘Treasure 305 Broad Street, Nevada City—Telephone 36 ‘ A legal newspaper, as defined by statute HARLEY M. LEETE, JR., Owner and Publisher of the Sierra Madre’’ as the best -Member ‘California Newspaper Publishers Association Published every—Thursday at Nevada City, California, and entered during the past year? Based on the novel by B. Trayers it had in its cast Walter Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Bruce as matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES pe en ee oe a ioe) obec One year (in advance) One month (in advance) Spee $3.00 30 cents “ADVENTURE—THAT’S SCOUTING” We think that theme was well-chosen by the Boy Scouts of America for its 39th birthday celebration. And Boy Scout Week is a good opportunity for calling > Fleming. NEVADA CITY: lary of the Builders and Consum ers Twentieth-Fox — George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Gregory Peck. Universal Ethel Barrymore will celerate 50 years of work on the stage and screen on February 4th. She is now busy writing her memoirs. the first ballot, but, it is prob Lumber Boys Scouts. . ‘Since Scouting in America was established in 39% Anmivoctiony 1910, it has benefited all of us. Has each of us given this active movement our active, support? Let’s give it a boost! peteae ee Speaking of singers, have you heard Bill Shirley? Darryl. Zanuck An interesting thing for moviegoers to do, during these. long winter nights, is to select the ten best movies they saw during 1949 and then see how their list has him. under contract and he’s really good. \. compares with the final ten selected by the experts. FEBRUARY G TO 12 BOY ScoUTS OF AMERICA SELF-CONFESSED TRAITOR One of the first persons to confess to being a traitor was recently sentenced to twenty-five years In every part. of the nation more than 2,200,000 boys and in prison and fined $10,000 by a Federal judge in their adult leaders, will observe Boy Scout Week, Feb. 6th to 12th, marking the 39th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. ae The . the city of New York. theme of the celebration is “Adventure—that’s Scouting!” This year the movement is emphasizing the fun and fellowship its members get out of the game of Scouting. More high adventure is planned in the out-of-doors. Their adventure in citizenship will find Scouts emphasizing civic service activities, emergency service training and world Scouting relationships. During Boy Scout Week, Scouts, their parents and countless communities will honor the volunteer adult leaders of the nation’s 70,000 Cub Packs, Scout Troops and Senier Units. Above is the official poster marking the Scout birthday. ~ réndered the stolen P-38 to the Nazis. COMMENT ON SPORTS The “star-system,’’ thought to be the pillar and. foundation-—of the movie industry, is undergoing amild ,revolution these days. More ‘and more of the stars are signing “‘one-a-year’ picture deals—under which they do one picture a year for the home studio a few, will Know those Company office re-. cently, and .who was. sentenced Friday to an indeterminate stay in San Quentin prison, has been delivered there. a GEORGE BOLES OPTOMETRIST EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED 312 Broad Street Telephone 270-W Nevada City a singer. That’s the way it hap her strongest cometitor. a John Kor fanta, who pleaded guilty to burg able that Jane Wyman, of ‘‘Johnpened in real life, too. ny Belinda,’’ would have been activity of the kind he will find in the ranks of the tarily conducted German broadcasts as propaganda, held the rank of lieutenant in a Nazi unit and sur-. Rhonda DeWolfe, John Korfanta Taken To San Quentin In ‘Midnight Kiss,’’ Mario he performance in “‘The Snake Pit,’’ as the best actress. Miss Lanza plays the part of a truck de Havilland won unanimously on driver before he is discovered’ as In every boy there is an urge to adventure which fly into German-held territory. Once there, he volun Lake. Billy. others and was a ence Olivier for the best acting performance of the year, according to these reviewers, who selected Olivia De Havilland, for ‘cannot be -gratified by just “Siving him something to do.” He deserves the enjoyment of well-rounded Forces, was charged with deserting his base in India, hitch-hiking to Italy and misappropriating a plane to and Walter Huston, by the way, came close to nosing out Laur everybody's attention to its stimulating program of adventure and good fellowship. : The man, a former lieutenant in the Army Air Paramount—Veronica Peck. ery Brent, George International Haymes, Dick , Coburn s Charle down-to-earth film which preWilliam Powell, served the integrity of the book Robert Preston, Duryea, Tony Dan ter, Lancas Burt to the point where the fiction d Duff,, Warners— Howar , Martin took on all the veracity of a Humphrey Bogart, Gary. Cooper, newsreel. Danny Kaye, Joan Crawford. Bennett, cp ED liam Powell, Wallace Beery, Greg RAY & PHIL One of the ‘Hollywood directors who will be most missed is Victor Fleming, who died on January 6th. Fleming directed. many of Holly wood’s outstanding films, including “Gone With The Wind.” His latest success_is “‘Joan -of-Are,” starring Ingrid Bergman. Gregory Peck is not in the running for an academy. award this owners the writer has in mind. % : ONE MINUTE SPORTS QUIZ: 1. Name the welterweight boxing champion of 1947. 2. Name the light heavyweight champion who abandoned his title in 1941. 3. Where was the 1947 world jhorseshoe pitching tournament held? : 4. Which major league baseball team set a home-run record in 1947? baseball 5. Name the first pitcher to’ throw a curve. is Holmes Funeral done Home to honor the dead with simple, Oe ae ‘ deals, include: Columbia—Larry Parks, Glenn Ford. MGM—Mickey Rooney, Ginger Rogers, Wil year for the first -time in’.three years. Not one of his pictures was released in 1948. of serene surroundings. From the lovely chapel to the fine +! by which he concluded that fighting for Germany was nant contender until tates of his conscience and, under some circumstances, are out for nothing but the mon they ey. They’re afraid to gamble on an expensive player. They're afraid they’ll lose some money. They won’t put out the cash to assemble a real pennant contend SEEK LONG-LOST TREASURE Another expedition has left a California port for Cocos Island, for the purpose of finding a treasure, supposed to be long-buried and representing the loot of pirates in the days when the free-booters almost ruled the waves: _ a The new expedition carries bulldozers and heavy equipment, designed to locate the $65,000,000 “‘loot of Lima,” which, tradition asserts, lies off the island. As we understand it, there are fairly accurate records describing the location of the treasure but previous expeditions have failed to locate it. — VIOLATING DRAFT LAW Six students of an Iowa college have been sen HOLMES FUNERAL HOME él (CHEVROLET loosen their billfolds a bit. more in line with his reputed ideals than fighting for up It’s time some writers. stop the United States. ‘talking about the great old guy and the great old guy that. While every man has a right to follow the dicthis Too many of the great old guys should be admired for doing so, there is no occasion for maudlin sentiment over the youth's prison sentence. Now as Washington. An owner who casket, nothing is spared in An attorney, pleading for his client, said that has a major franchise in a good this last ‘tribute. baseball town, and who continthe boy came from a ‘God-fearing family’ and did ually puts out weak baseball sect.” own not attend public schools, but school of his teams, ought to be called on the mat by Commissioner Chandler. In his youth, said the attorney, the lad “was given to *That doesn’t mean if the team Ss an extreme degree’ to reading religious magazines J. PAUL BERGEMANN, Owner is up there fighting and just THE ANSWERS: By ED SIMS Telephone 203 246. Sacramento St. Nevada City and newspapers, reported to be isolationist in charbarely: loses. That means if the . Ray Robinson. 24-HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE team ‘is never up there, and al. Billy Conn. — Dealish. anti-New acter. His environment was strongly BASEBALL . ways comes in close to the botSalt Lake City. Utah. ota WASHINGTON, D. C. — It’s tom. Such a policy will ruin any It denounced Communism, not only as an enemy of New York Giants. . RE OE time a few club owners in the town as far as baseball is con5. William. A. (Candy) Cumt.” . the church, but of “‘our governmen Major Leagues wake up and buy cerned. A few people, and then mings. The young man, like some other youthful indithemselves good ball teams. Pen-} nant winners aren’t free these viduals and members of various organizations in this days. They’re darned expensive. SETTING A NEW WORLD STANDARD OF LOW-COST MOTORING country, was misled by his elders, but, even so, it is but a few old tight gentlemen in the Majors never will come up very difficult to understand the mental mechanism with anything resembling a pen ing ball club. They want to pull the cash in instead. Well, if these old fellows would realize that the ‘cash customers will follow the cash expenditure ts the most eautiul BUYof: on players rather they’d be getting a few stars on their teams. A team which is built to make money is not a credit to the game of baseball. It might be O. K. for a championship team to make large sums of money for its ower. That comes naturally, but the owner is supposed to take some risk in assembling the team. Baseball is still the greatest game of them all. It is that be cause it has been kept cleaner than any other major sport. It has also had more than its share of gentlemanly owners in the Majors. Some of them are still on the scene and some are past the age for daring. They are coasting and their teams annually reflect it. Somebody ought to rePlace these men, or they should plunk out some money for a few good players. : tenced' to eighteen months in Federal prison after pleading guilty to charges that they failed to register for the peacetime draft. The owners who are to be critThe defense of the youths was that they acted icized severely are those who hold forth in good baseball towns, on the basis of their “‘religious beliefs.” where attendance is good, such The defendants may have been entirely correct in asserting that their refusal was based upon religious conviction, but, nevertheless, they violated the laws . of the United States. Having violated the law, they are subject to its penalty. Undoubtedly, they are “‘fine Styleline Deluxe 2-Door Sedan young men,” but this does not authorize them to disregard the laws of the land in which they live. There is no use to worry about the fate of these youths. Obviously, very few nations would secure soldiers for their defense if, in time of emergency, all . fighting men could secure exemption by pleading ‘‘re-’ You’ll find that now more than ever before Chevrolet merits the title of being “first for quality at lowest cost”; and that it is, indeed, the most beautiful buy of all, in all these features and in all these ways. Chevrolet 7s the only car bringing you all these _ fine-car advantages at lowest cost! Completely new ligious convictions.” % the days of our recent belligerency. : The warning is emphasized by the fact that a’ dud” recently exploded in Arkansas, killing four € «persons. It seems that the shell came from an: army ‘yeservation, Where ammunition was tested during the. é ee a In thousands of American homes, including many . in Nevada County, there are one or more “souvenirs” of World War II. These mementoes, brought home by returning Veterans, are interesting but everybody eR should remember that they are often dangerous. 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R and are free for other deals the 2—Nevada City-Grass Valley Nugget, Feb. 3, 1949 rest of the time. Some of the stars and studios with one-picture-a-year or similar How well do you agree with the selection of the New York movie “reviewers of Warner Brothers’ production, ‘‘Treasure 305 Broad Street, Nevada City—Telephone 36 ‘ A legal newspaper, as defined by statute HARLEY M. LEETE, JR., Owner and Publisher of the Sierra Madre’’ as the best -Member ‘California Newspaper Publishers Association Published every—Thursday at Nevada City, California, and entered during the past year? Based on the novel by B. Trayers it had in its cast Walter Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Bruce as matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES pe en ee oe a ioe) obec One year (in advance) One month (in advance) Spee $3.00 30 cents “ADVENTURE—THAT’S SCOUTING” We think that theme was well-chosen by the Boy Scouts of America for its 39th birthday celebration. And Boy Scout Week is a good opportunity for calling > Fleming. NEVADA CITY: lary of the Builders and Consum ers Twentieth-Fox — George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Gregory Peck. Universal Ethel Barrymore will celerate 50 years of work on the stage and screen on February 4th. She is now busy writing her memoirs. the first ballot, but, it is prob Lumber Boys Scouts. . ‘Since Scouting in America was established in 39% Anmivoctiony 1910, it has benefited all of us. Has each of us given this active movement our active, support? Let’s give it a boost! peteae ee Speaking of singers, have you heard Bill Shirley? Darryl. Zanuck An interesting thing for moviegoers to do, during these. long winter nights, is to select the ten best movies they saw during 1949 and then see how their list has him. under contract and he’s really good. \. compares with the final ten selected by the experts. FEBRUARY G TO 12 BOY ScoUTS OF AMERICA SELF-CONFESSED TRAITOR One of the first persons to confess to being a traitor was recently sentenced to twenty-five years In every part. of the nation more than 2,200,000 boys and in prison and fined $10,000 by a Federal judge in their adult leaders, will observe Boy Scout Week, Feb. 6th to 12th, marking the 39th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. ae The . the city of New York. theme of the celebration is “Adventure—that’s Scouting!” This year the movement is emphasizing the fun and fellowship its members get out of the game of Scouting. More high adventure is planned in the out-of-doors. Their adventure in citizenship will find Scouts emphasizing civic service activities, emergency service training and world Scouting relationships. During Boy Scout Week, Scouts, their parents and countless communities will honor the volunteer adult leaders of the nation’s 70,000 Cub Packs, Scout Troops and Senier Units. Above is the official poster marking the Scout birthday. ~ réndered the stolen P-38 to the Nazis. COMMENT ON SPORTS The “star-system,’’ thought to be the pillar and. foundation-—of the movie industry, is undergoing amild ,revolution these days. More ‘and more of the stars are signing “‘one-a-year’ picture deals—under which they do one picture a year for the home studio a few, will Know those Company office re-. cently, and .who was. sentenced Friday to an indeterminate stay in San Quentin prison, has been delivered there. a GEORGE BOLES OPTOMETRIST EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED 312 Broad Street Telephone 270-W Nevada City a singer. That’s the way it hap her strongest cometitor. a John Kor fanta, who pleaded guilty to burg able that Jane Wyman, of ‘‘Johnpened in real life, too. ny Belinda,’’ would have been activity of the kind he will find in the ranks of the tarily conducted German broadcasts as propaganda, held the rank of lieutenant in a Nazi unit and sur-. Rhonda DeWolfe, John Korfanta Taken To San Quentin In ‘Midnight Kiss,’’ Mario he performance in “‘The Snake Pit,’’ as the best actress. Miss Lanza plays the part of a truck de Havilland won unanimously on driver before he is discovered’ as In every boy there is an urge to adventure which fly into German-held territory. Once there, he volun Lake. Billy. others and was a ence Olivier for the best acting performance of the year, according to these reviewers, who selected Olivia De Havilland, for ‘cannot be -gratified by just “Siving him something to do.” He deserves the enjoyment of well-rounded Forces, was charged with deserting his base in India, hitch-hiking to Italy and misappropriating a plane to and Walter Huston, by the way, came close to nosing out Laur everybody's attention to its stimulating program of adventure and good fellowship. : The man, a former lieutenant in the Army Air Paramount—Veronica Peck. ery Brent, George International Haymes, Dick , Coburn s Charle down-to-earth film which preWilliam Powell, served the integrity of the book Robert Preston, Duryea, Tony Dan ter, Lancas Burt to the point where the fiction d Duff,, Warners— Howar , Martin took on all the veracity of a Humphrey Bogart, Gary. Cooper, newsreel. Danny Kaye, Joan Crawford. Bennett, cp ED liam Powell, Wallace Beery, Greg RAY & PHIL One of the ‘Hollywood directors who will be most missed is Victor Fleming, who died on January 6th. Fleming directed. many of Holly wood’s outstanding films, including “Gone With The Wind.” His latest success_is “‘Joan -of-Are,” starring Ingrid Bergman. Gregory Peck is not in the running for an academy. award this owners the writer has in mind. % : ONE MINUTE SPORTS QUIZ: 1. Name the welterweight boxing champion of 1947. 2. Name the light heavyweight champion who abandoned his title in 1941. 3. Where was the 1947 world jhorseshoe pitching tournament held? : 4. Which major league baseball team set a home-run record in 1947? baseball 5. Name the first pitcher to’ throw a curve. is Holmes Funeral done Home to honor the dead with simple, Oe ae ‘ deals, include: Columbia—Larry Parks, Glenn Ford. MGM—Mickey Rooney, Ginger Rogers, Wil year for the first -time in’.three years. Not one of his pictures was released in 1948. of serene

surroundings. From the lovely chapel to the fine +! by which he concluded that fighting for Germany was nant contender until tates of his conscience and, under some circumstances, are out for nothing but the mon they ey. They’re afraid to gamble on an expensive player. They're afraid they’ll lose some money. They won’t put out the cash to assemble a real pennant contend SEEK LONG-LOST TREASURE Another expedition has left a California port for Cocos Island, for the purpose of finding a treasure, supposed to be long-buried and representing the loot of pirates in the days when the free-booters almost ruled the waves: _ a The new expedition carries bulldozers and heavy equipment, designed to locate the $65,000,000 “‘loot of Lima,” which, tradition asserts, lies off the island. As we understand it, there are fairly accurate records describing the location of the treasure but previous expeditions have failed to locate it. — VIOLATING DRAFT LAW Six students of an Iowa college have been sen HOLMES FUNERAL HOME él (CHEVROLET loosen their billfolds a bit. more in line with his reputed ideals than fighting for up It’s time some writers. stop the United States. ‘talking about the great old guy and the great old guy that. While every man has a right to follow the dicthis Too many of the great old guys should be admired for doing so, there is no occasion for maudlin sentiment over the youth's prison sentence. Now as Washington. An owner who casket, nothing is spared in An attorney, pleading for his client, said that has a major franchise in a good this last ‘tribute. baseball town, and who continthe boy came from a ‘God-fearing family’ and did ually puts out weak baseball sect.” own not attend public schools, but school of his teams, ought to be called on the mat by Commissioner Chandler. In his youth, said the attorney, the lad “was given to *That doesn’t mean if the team Ss an extreme degree’ to reading religious magazines J. PAUL BERGEMANN, Owner is up there fighting and just THE ANSWERS: By ED SIMS Telephone 203 246. Sacramento St. Nevada City and newspapers, reported to be isolationist in charbarely: loses. That means if the . Ray Robinson. 24-HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE team ‘is never up there, and al. Billy Conn. — Dealish. anti-New acter. His environment was strongly BASEBALL .. ways comes in close to the botSalt Lake City. Utah. ota WASHINGTON, D. C. — It’s tom. Such a policy will ruin any It denounced Communism, not only as an enemy of New York Giants. . RE OE time a few club owners in the town as far as baseball is con5. William. A. (Candy) Cumt.” . the church, but of “‘our governmen Major Leagues wake up and buy cerned. A few people, and then mings. The young man, like some other youthful indithemselves good ball teams. Pen-} nant winners aren’t free these viduals and members of various organizations in this days. They’re darned expensive. SETTING A NEW WORLD STANDARD OF LOW-COST MOTORING country, was misled by his elders, but, even so, it is but a few old tight gentlemen in the Majors never will come up very difficult to understand the mental mechanism with anything resembling a pen ing ball club. They want to pull the cash in instead. Well, if these old fellows would realize that the ‘cash customers will follow the cash expenditure ts the most eautiul BUYof: on players rather they’d be getting a few stars on their teams. A team which is built to make money is not a credit to the game of baseball. It might be O. K. for a championship team to make large sums of money for its ower. That comes naturally, but the owner is supposed to take some risk in assembling the team. Baseball is still the greatest game of them all. It is that be cause it has been kept cleaner than any other major sport. It has also had more than its share of gentlemanly owners in the Majors. Some of them are still on the scene and some are past the age for daring. They are coasting and their teams annually reflect it. Somebody ought to rePlace these men, or they should plunk out some money for a few good players. : tenced' to eighteen months in Federal prison after pleading guilty to charges that they failed to register for the peacetime draft. The owners who are to be critThe defense of the youths was that they acted icized severely are those who hold forth in good baseball towns, on the basis of their “‘religious beliefs.” where attendance is good, such The defendants may have been entirely correct in asserting that their refusal was based upon religious conviction, but, nevertheless, they violated the laws . of the United States. Having violated the law, they are subject to its penalty. Undoubtedly, they are “‘fine Styleline Deluxe 2-Door Sedan young men,” but this does not authorize them to disregard the laws of the land in which they live. There is no use to worry about the fate of these youths. Obviously, very few nations would secure soldiers for their defense if, in time of emergency, all . fighting men could secure exemption by pleading ‘‘re-’ You’ll find that now more than ever before Chevrolet merits the title of being “first for quality at lowest cost”; and that it is, indeed, the most beautiful buy of all, in all these features and in all these ways. Chevrolet 7s the only car bringing you all these _ fine-car advantages at lowest cost! Completely new ligious convictions.” % the days of our recent belligerency. : The warning is emphasized by the fact that a’ dud” recently exploded in Arkansas, killing four € «persons. It seems that the shell came from an: army ‘yeservation, Where ammunition was tested during the. é ee a In thousands of American homes, including many . in Nevada County, there are one or more “souvenirs” of World War II. These mementoes, brought home by returning Veterans, are interesting but everybody eR should remember that they are often dangerous. Gi GOOD TIRES are your 4 best er 3 insurance ee monies, fixtures and fabrics « New Super-Size Interiors with “Five-Foot Seats’’ » New Panoramic Visibility with wider curved windshield eh i a * or HADDY'S “MAIN & NEVADA . Valve-in-Head erigine for power, acceleration, Smoothness and ecénomy » Certi-Safe Hydraulic Brakes with New Braking Ratios’s Extra-Strong Bodies by Fisher « New, ultra-fine color har‘Fisher Unisteel-Body’® Construction e Improved Knee-Action Ride with new Aitplane-Type Shock winter’s icy roads. Get them a Pigare and Center-Point Rear Suspension ‘« Improved . Absorbers « The Car that “Breathes” for New All-Weather Comfort (Heater and defréster units optional at extra cost) First Sor Quality VcwiEvaolsty at Lowest Cost -.Mountain Chevrolet Co. RADDUE BUILDING WEST MAIN STREET “GRASS VALLEY” asi We have called attention to the danger of war souvenirs and the Army has repeatedly warned people against tampering with shells and other relices from: Center-Point Design with Center-Point Steering, Lower Center of Gravity, Center-Point Seating = WAR SOUVENIRS DANGEROUS and 80% more glass area all around « New %