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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

April 29, 1940 (4 pages)

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Fa Perectr 3 re ee OO Dd “’ & Fa aie. Ee CSAS Ore ee es ee Re NE ee GR es a eer 8 ee BO ee Chee Ww eS ow SS OL ae eee ee ewe ee ae » © 0@ _ 246 Sacramento St., MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1940 NEVADA CITY NUGGET Professional Directory NEVADA CITY GRASS VALLEY DENTISTS DENTISTS DR. WALTER J. HAWKINS. DR. ROBT. W. DETTNER DENTIST DENTIST 812 Broad Street. Hours 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p.m. Evenings by appointment. Complete X-Ray Service. Phone 95 X-RAY Facilities Available Hours: 9:00-5:00. Evening appointments. 120% Mill Street. Phone 77 Grass Valley, Calif. DR. JOHN R. BELL DENTIST Office Hours: 8:30 to 5:30 Evenings by Appointment Morgan & Powell ‘Bldg. Phone 321 DOCTORS DOCTORS RL POWER JONES, M.D ioe FAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 1 to oP f ODN £0 FEE FAD v0 Sundays 11:30 to 12:30 129 South Auburn St., Grass Valley B. W. HUMMELT. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 400 Broad Street Office: Hours:-10-12°a.m.; 2p. m. Evenings 7-8. Phone 395 X-RAY W. W. REED. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Nevada City, Calif. Office 418 Broad Street Hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. Residence:Phone 2. Office Phone 362 J. R. TOPIC, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 312 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Hours: 10-12 a. m. 2-5 p. m. Evenings 7-8 Phone 23 Residence Phone 2 FUNERAL’ DIRECTORS — HOLMES FUNERAL HOME The Holmes Funeral’ Home service is priced within the means of all. Ambulance service at all hours. Phone 203 Nevada City . DANIEL L. HIRSCH, M. D S. F. TOBIAS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 214 Neal St., Grass Valley Office Hours: 12-3 and 7-8 Phone: Office 429. Residence 311-J PHYSICIAN. AND SURGEON Offices and Receiving Hospital, Bush St. Hours: 7-8 P. 118 10-12; 2-5, evenings M. Day: or night phone 71. MINING ENGINEERS J. F. O°CONNOR ‘Mining and Civil Engineer United States Mineral Surveying Licensed Surveyor 203 West Main St. Grass Valley NEVADA CITY ~ FRATERNAL AND CLUB wtanissuelanaii . ATTORNEYS HARRY M. McKEE ATTORNEY AT LAW 205 Pine St., opposite courthouse Nevada City, Calif. ~ WOMEN’S CIVIC CLUB Regular meetings the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, at the Chamber of Commerce, 2:30 p. m. MRS. CHAS. ELLIOTT, Pres. ' MRS. EVERETT ROBINSON, Secy FRANK G. FINNEGAN ATTORNEY AT LAW 207 North Pine Street Nevada City, California Telephone 273 H. WARD SHELDON ATTORNEY AT LAW Union Building Broad Street Nevada City Telephone 28 NEVADA CITY LODGE, No. 518 B. P. O. ELKS Meets second and fourth Friday evenings in Elks home, Pine St. Phone 108. Visiting Elks welcome. CLIFFORD MERRIAM, Exalted Ruler JOHN FORTIER, Secretary THOMAS O. McCRANEY ATTORNEY AT LAW Masonic Building Pine Street, Nevada City Telephone 165 ASSAYER . 108% HYDRAULIC PARLOR N. S. G. W. Meets every Tuesday evening at Pythian Castle, 232 Broad Street Visiting Native Sons welcome, CLARENCE E. MARTZ, Pres. DR. C. W. CHAPMAN, Rec. Sec’y NO. 56, HAL D. DRAPER, Ph. D. ASSAYER AND CONSULTING CHEMIST Nevada City, California Oustomah Lodge, No. 16, I.0.0.F. Meets every Tuesday evening 7:30, Odd Fellows Hall. JOHN GRAHAM, N. G. Sec’y — fi 364-W Home 246-J. . . JONATHAN PASCOE, Rec. sie, . Box 743 JOHN W. DARKE, Fin. Sec’y + MUSIC GLADYS WILSON TEACHER OF PIANO Nevada City 358 Alexander St. Grass Valley Phone 434-J THE OB PRINTING.? GET YOURS AT 429 Henderson St. Phone 444 NUGCGET Shamrock Cafe CHICKEN, STEAK AND TURKEY DINNERS 50c Broad Street, Nevada City FIFTY-YEAR-OLD PIONEER CANDY STORE IS SOLD After more than fifty years in the same family, Foley’s Confectionery , pioneer Foley family -into the hands of» Leroy and Shirley Bastian, of Grass Valley. The candy store that bore his name for.:half a-eentury was started in 1890 by the late James M. Foley. Upon his death 16 years ago, his son the late Vincent V. Foley, who learned the trade under the tutorship of his father, took over the business. When he passed away several years ago, Mrs. Foley began the operation of the store and successfully conducted it. Lately she found: the work too burdensome and she decided to sell it to the new owners who have had much experience in this line of business. They plan improvements in the interior of the store and the installation of modern equipment for the manufacture of ice cream, candy and other merchandise handled by the store. y mus 5 cents Ka E NTS ADDITIONAL FOR MAILING 4-COLOR POCKET OR WALL MAP, showing the new theatre of war in the Baltic and all of Finland. On Sale at NEVADA CITY NUGGET 305 Broad Street Phone 36 All proceeds go to , “ FINNISH RELIEF FUND, INC. 420 LEXINGTON AVE., N.Y.C. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE DRIVE IN FOOD PALACE Groceries, Fruit and Vegetables Beer and Wine COR. YORK AND COMMERCIAL STREETS NEVADA CITY, PHONE 398 For VENETIAN BLINDS and LATEST. PATTERNS IN WALL PAPER * % John W. Darke 109-3 Phones 109-M @ FAREWELL TO THE © OLD ARMORY HALL BIG DANCE SATURDAY EVENING, — MAY 4TH — SPONSORED BY THE “VALLEY GRILL . WELCOMES YOU Whenever you are in GRASS VALLEY We specialize in a 50 cent Sunday Dinner A comfortable, well ventilated dining room in which to enjoy a good meal 108 MILL ST., GRASS VALLEY Nevada City Chamber of Commerce ; And all Other Civic Organizations of Nevada City. YOU WILL BE PLEASED New Deal Under Management of Pauline and Johnnie 108 W. Main Street, Grass Valley BEER WINES, LIQUORS Delicious Mixed Drinks to Please Every Taste WITH OUR COFFEE SHOP NATIONAL HOTEL AND COFFEE SHOP NEVADA CITY CALIFORNIA SAFE AND LOCKSMITH Keys Made While You Wait Bicycles, Steel Cleaners, Washing Machines, Electric Irons, Stoves, Etc, Repaired. SCISSORS, ETC., 109 West Main St., Tapes, Vacuum SAWS, AXES, KNIVES, SHARPENED AZELIA BEAUTY SALON BIRD STORE ‘rat Just received, big assortment Gold Fish, Bedding Plants, Early Tomato plants, Camelias, Azalias and Roses, choice named _ varieties
ready to ptant. FINE WATCH REPAIRING Radio Service & Repairing Work Called for and Delivered Clarence R. Gray 520 Coyote Street Phone 152 HALLIWELL AEROCRAT PRESSURED ar BHAI DRYER 25 TO 30 MINUTES lephone 169 Gunsmith, Light Welding RAY’S FIXIT SHOP ' Phone 602 GRASS: VALLEY 238 Commercial St., Nevada City, Cal. AZELIA BURNS, Prop. ‘PHONE FOR AN APPOINTMENT will pass from the ownership of the! --formanees--and sporting events--on DEATH RATE FIGURE. IN COUNTY LOWERED . SACR AMENTO. april ; Deaths ‘totalled 77,083 as compared to 76,149 in 1938, an increase of 934, Dr. W. M. Dickie, director of the state! ' departivent of public health announced today. Of the total, more than 30,000 occurred in Los Angeles county, §8,748 in San Francisco county, 5,846 in Alameda county and 3,204 in San Diezo county. It is impossible, Dickie said, to 29.—(UP) provide comparative death rates with) ,any degree of accuracy of any California community inproportion to . population until the 1940 census i$ completed. ; In Nevada county deaths during 1939 totailed 224 as compared with 248 in 1938. STATE GAS SALES SHOW BIG INCREASE SACRAMENTO, April 29—(U.P.) —California gasoline sales continued to increase in March, with showing a gain of 6.93 per cent over Mareh, 1938. the—state board of equalization reported today. Gasolinesales for the month amounted to 153,864,668 gallons against whith taxes of were levied. Tax receipts for last year were $3,872,981. The revenue for the first three months of the year also showed a substantial increase over the same period in 1939. The taxes for 1940 were $12,710,978, compared with $12,001,218 last year. March SPRING MEETING SACRAMENTO,; Cal.. April 29 — (U.P.)— The California Association of ‘County ers will hold their annual spring N. Buritch, commissioner and association president, announced today, PESTS INTERCEPTED SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 29.— (U.P.)—California border plant quarantine inspectors intercepted 98 species of insect pests, noxious weed seeds and other plant pests during March, State Director of Agriculture W. B. Parker announced. Subscribe for The Nuve:t ~@ Maybe it would help but you really don’t have to rack, ransack, beat or cudgel your brains to pass this little test. All you need to do is indicate choice of answer to each question in space provided, check answers, tally score for rating. (1) If your wife is taciturn you’re lucky because she is: (a) habitually silent, (b) -a good cook, (c) easy on your purse, (d) visiting her mother. (2)-The term ‘‘Blue Law’’ refers to statutes regulating: (a) airplane flights over cities, (b) theater:per(c) soot and smoke industrial cities. Sunday, escape in (3) Indicated by the question mark and nestled twixt, France, Germany and Belgium is the tiny country of: (a) Andora, (b) San Merno, (c) Luxembourg, (d) Chile. (4) Generally credited with the invention of spectacles is: (a) Thomas Edison, (b) Voltaire, (c) Roger Bacon, (d) Dr. G. R. Lens of Boston. (5) Hearing someone speak of a ‘‘nave’’ you know they refer to: (a) tricky rascal, (b) central part of a church, (c) small navy, (d) eve of Jewish Passover. (6) Mark this statement true or false: “In U. S. history two presidential candidates received more popular votes than their opponents but lost in electoral colEa lege voting.’’ (2) Ontario hasn’t, but one of these Great Lakes has the largest area: (a) Superior, (b) Michigan, (c) Huron, (d) Erie. “GUESS AGAIN” ANSWERS You ARE lucky. bl = =. a (Bb) 16 nts. se ‘ . (c) for 20 more . . Toughie. 25 for guessing (e) « . 10 pts. for (b) . . ' . True. 10 honest points ree --A Superior 10 for (a) .. YOUR Fre smart; 9 oo my you’ re smar you’re smart; : TOTAL. smart; 70, my! Tally Score Here NOooPpwone in California during 1939 { sales . Agricultural Commission-'! ; meeting at Yosemite May 23-24, L.! Kern county agricultural , ‘STATE WARRANT INTEREST RATES SHOW UPTREND . SACRAMENTO, April 29— (U.P) —The rate of interest the state of California must pay on its registered warrants continued an upward trend today as the total of outstand\ing paper again neared $100,000,000. The latest batch of warrants sold by State Controller Harry B. Riley earried a rate-of 2 1-2: per cent: inan issue of $1,885,809, intotal of $97,292,385. outstanding warexceeded $1000,000,000 ‘in ; February and is due to go over that figure again in the next few . betore ee wee of tax revenue becomes sufficient to allow previous lissues to be retired, Riley said. terest on creasing the The amount of rants The’ interest rate fluctuates rather generally-as the total warrant indebtedness rises and falls. During the February peak on sale carried a ; rate of 2.85 per cent. The bids decreased abruptly in that month but then started rising again. The highest interest paid on war. $3,615,949] rants opened to competitive bidding was four per cent, during the $39} every Thursday pens¥on campaign . last year. The lowest was 1-2 of one . per cent, coming at a time when the tion than now. The, warrant total does not reflect a true picture of the state’s finanzial . condition, Riley pointed out. . all factors into consideration, the controller reported the net deficit as . , 267,000,000 on March 31. Joins Forest’ Service— Miss Audrey Wilson stenographer of San Francisco, who has been em. ployed in the forest service suppl depot in Oakland has been transferred to the Tahoe national headquarters in Nevada City: NUGGET ADS PAY weeks. factory food for healthy person. Jordan Sireet, Phone 77 Medical science. has proved that milk is the most satischildren and adults! Don't deny yourself the health-giving vitamins, minerals and proteins contained in milk. — Drink It Daily — iret Harte Dairy Nevada City growing. Be a state was in better financial condiTaking . Nevada City Laundry QUALITY WORK SKILLFULLY DONE’ BY HAND Prompt Courteous Service Free Delivery All our work is priced right, 241 Commercial St. Phone 577 Nevada City forest: % % 315 Broad Street THE SUN PRODUCE AND GROCERY CO. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables FREE DELIVERY Phone 88 money Br Cit LANES GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION . BROAD AND UNION STREETS, NEVADA CITY Avoid. a big repair bill by having little ones attended to in time. Let us check your car regularly. It will save you \ PLANTS FERNS SUNNYSIDE GREENHOUSES 603 W. Broad Street—Phone 69 CUT FLOWERS For Every Occasion Telegraph Delivery Anywhere in United States. NEVADA CITY ASSAY & REF INING OFFICE Practical mining tests from 25 to 1000 pounds, ‘giving the free gold percentages of sulphurets, value of sulphrets and tailings Assays made for gold, silver, lead and copper. Mail order check work promptly attended to. Agent for New York-California Underwriters, Westchester and Delaware Underwriters Insurance Companies AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE E. J. N. OTT, Proprietor being that leads to success in life. 111 Main Street Grass Valley ED BURTNER of the Grass Valley Cleaners has hundreds of satisfied. customers who prefer his National Cleaning System. A thorough cleaning and pressing of all outer garments gives their wearers = sense of well Phone 875 ings on finer meats, KEYSTONE Commercial Street, Nevada ted DAVE RICHARDS, Prop. WE TAKE PRIDE INANTICIPATING AND FILLING THE WANTS OF OUR CUSTOMERS WITH 100 PER CENT SATISFACTION—You'll find a warm welcoming “OUR REPUTATION 18 OUR GUARANTEE” MARKET — te See iS smile here with your sav-