August 20, 1945 (4 pages)

we S ‘starts rifts in the lute of the higher The Nugget is delivered to ‘. . your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month “God grants liberty only to those who love it, arid are ready to guard and defend it.”——Daniel Webster Nevada City Nu _COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ ie ooet This_ paper. gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. . If you want to read about your . friends, your neighbors, and your town, read The Nugget. Val. 19. No. 66 The County Seat Paper_ NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center : MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1945 _ THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L. It is to be expected that the Japs, which were more than _ ordinarily disorganized for three or four months before their surrender, will foe tardy in concluding peace. We are inclined to believe that disorder and disunity have been chronic for a score of years in Japan. There was the army group, the navy group, the big industrialists and the hoipoli that never had anything to do with government save to carry its -bur-: dens. The three first groups were continually fighting, and it was only the army’s wanton, headlong attack on China that ‘brought cohesion among all four groups. Once plunged in war, the entire nation presented an apparently united front. ‘But thinking back over the course of the war, aside from the general plan of going out and taking the territory of all Pacific neighbors, it is no'w easy to note a lack—of ce-erdination. The nevy which should have been the strongest branch of the armed services proved -to ‘be the weakest, and when the navy went down starvation faced not only vast numibers off troops on the fringe of the Jap conquests, but the home islands undoubtedly began to be pinched with hunger. Central :command of all forces, of course, resided in the mikado, but it was never firm and CHAMBER WILL MEET TONIGHT The Nevada ‘City (Chamber. of Commerce will meet this evening in the city hall. The meeting was postponed from last Tuesday night because of the news of Japan’s surrender. Several matters of community importance, Secretary H. F. Sofge, states, will be discussed. P.O. RULES FOR MAILING XMAS GIFTS OVERSEAS Postmaster Betty ‘Martin West states that armed forces include the personnel who receive their mail through an APO or pleet post office in care of the postmaster, New York, San. Francisco, Seattle, New Orleans, Miami, Presque Isle, or Minneajolis. Time-of mailing—Packages must be mailed during the period beginning Sept. 15 and ending Oet. 15. trons should endorse eaich package “Christmas parcel.’ / ‘Size and weight—Parcels shall not exceed five uounds in weight or 15 inches in length or 36 inches in, length and girth combined. Preparation—Because of the great distance that .parcels must be transported it is necessary. that all articnever well coordinated, and many of . ethe Jap attacks” were apparently unlocal. direction, der for as, instances, the invasion of which a huge army because lines of-suppples were lost for lack of guarding, and the suD. plies themselves were utterly quate. It seems extremely doubtiful . whether that campaign which failed so disastrously had any direction or support from, Tokyo. India, in} was destroyed . eastern inade. ; Like the Germans the entire war tolan of the Japs contemplated only the offensive. When the time came for defense, each unit ‘was commanded to stand and die. There was in most cases no attempt to reinforce or supply the besieged “island armjes. The Germans, -though their strategy was predicated on offense, did'a mutch better job of defending, for they were fighting defensively! vor more than two years before the end. So we need not be surprised now that it will take at least 12 days for ‘the Japs to notify some of their commanders in distant areas, such ais Borneo, or Burma, that the war is over. The central command, or eral staff at Tokyo, we can readily surmise, has been riven with internal dissension ever since the fall of Guadalcanal, for it was there the reversal of the Jap began. In this respect the course of the war follows precisely the pattern of the war in ®urope. the moment vistories stop and defeats ‘begin, that moment gencommand. MacArthur, fond of the theatrical as always, chose for a Massword “Balttaan.’’ That was where .he and his soldiers made their heroic stand that finally ended in the ‘‘march of death’’ for his men. If he had wished to mount the very peak of. drama, he would have chosen ‘Pearl Hartbor’’, because it was there that: the Japs made their initial, bloody blunages containing der. In any event we would gladly dispense with anything that savors . of the stage. What we need now is a\ man who will move into Japan with sufficient troops, and an adequate wlan, to exterminate the clique which “traditionally make war, re-edulcate the people, put the mikado and the imperial family out of business as soon as their usefulness to us is ended, and do it in a quiet businessJike manner that will impress the Japs and: merit the respect and admiration of his fellow Americans. MacArthur, we hope will do just that. But if we had been choosing an American boss for Japan.we would have chosen Nimitz. (Pfc. Warren Smith who-has been in Italy with the 10th Mountain Division for the past nine months is home on a thirty day furlough. Mrs. Zoe Kaegerer has returned from a vacation spent with her husband who is employed in Richmond.’ les be packed in boxes of wood, metal or strong fiberboard. Boxes, should . be cushioned and tightly filled. Sealled ‘boxes must bear the printed inscription authorizing for postal in-. . speetion. Prohibited Articles —— Perishable articles, intoxicants, poisons and inflammalble materials are unmailaible. Addresses — Addresses must be legible in typewriting or ink. In addition to the address on the package it is highly déstrable that a slip of paper with the address of the sender and addressee and a list of the contents, be inclosed. Insurance and registration— No matter addressed to an APO shall Ye insured or sent COD. Valuwable papers or small articles of intrinsic value, requested by the addressee may be registered. Letters and packmoney shall “be refused registration. The post offifice recommends the-use af postal money orders to transmit money to the armed forces. NEW METHODIST PASTOR PREACES FIRST SERMON Rev. Joseph W. Moore, who was assigned to the Nevada City Methodist parish by the Methodist confference, yesterday preached his first sermon here. He takes the post held ‘by Rev. David Ralston, who was given a pastorate in Newcastle, Placer County. Rev. Moore accompanied by Mrs. Moore and their children, Patricia and Joseph motored up from Berkeley Saturday. The Moores were in the Philippines when the war broke out with Japan, and with other missionaries were rounded up and im prisoned by the Japs. In the interment camp of Los Banos they narrowly escaped death at the hands of the retreating Jap army, but with hundreds of others were rescued in a daring raid by American troops, who penetrated ‘behind the Jap limes to take the camp. After two-months in a where the family received nourishing food they recuperated sufficiently . During this period requests from. the addresses are not required. Pat+ NEW USES URGED FOR CALIFORNIA MINE RESOURCES Unless concerted efforts are made to develop new uses for California's huge mineral resources, post war employment in California’g mining industry will drop below that of 1940. This is one-of the important conclusions of a report by the State Division of Mines issued pursuant to the provisions of a special ite tion by the 1944 session of the leg’ lature. State Mimeralogist Walter W Bradley announced that the report, issued as Bulletin No. 130: of the Division of Mines under the title “Biconomic Mineral Resources and Production of Califiornia—A Survey with Reference to, Pot War Emptoyment” is ready for distribution. : The danger of a post war loss of employment in the mining industry, the report states, may come abont because gold minng may not be up to pre war volume, due to inlcreased costs which may prevent the reopening of many of these mines. Maintenance of a high level of employiment in the mining industry, which always has been one of California’s ibasic economic assets, will pa . depend on ingenuity amd plann which will discover and develop new uses of the state’s minerals. The report, required ‘by legislature-is-made-to the State Reconstruction and Commission and ander R. Heron, Reconstruction as to Colonel AlexState Director of who in turn, has submitted it to Goy. Warren. The repert reviews of the the past yield 60 -mineral substances commercially ‘produced in California. It points out that the 1940 employment in mining, quarrying and related operations totaled more than ‘37628 and that the post war-fisite. /daughter Beverly, Mr. is expected to be 26,500. The drop is . attributed largely to gold mining. It is stated that increased costs, ficulties and cost of may prevent the reopening of many of these mines. the . Reemployment ; ard. Reemployment, . dif-!and Mrs. rehabilitation j to. : Holbrook, ;the Pacific with the Navy's Seabees. ENGLE AIDS IN GRASS VALLEY’S HOUSE PROBLEM Representative Clair Ling Engle meetwith the housing committee of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce Saturday, aided them in completing an application for 150 housing units. Engle called Charles J. Horan, of the National Housing Authority in San Francisco, in the afternoon, on the phone, and asked him why, in view of expected ‘heavy increase in +. Mining employment here, the Grass Valley application granted immediately. ‘His request will be transmitted to Washington, D. C. and it.is expected a commitment on NHA policy will be received. The representation was made that the mines of Nevada County are now in a position to employ 2000 as rapidly as housing can be made available. FAMILY REUNION GREETS VETERAN could not be ‘tion of Mrs. : HOME FROM WAR A family rennion. greeted Cpl. 'Leonard Holbrook. “son of Mr. awd Mrs. Earl Helbrook of this city, on. ihis retufn with an honorable dis-_ \ charge from the-U. S. Army on August 15th, his birthday, and the day. after the Japs surrendered. Cpl. Holbrook has spent three) jyears with the 5th Army in Europe! and in one battle had a tank blown out from under him, killing his comrades and wounding, himself “and others, Much of the time he was, one of crew on a-.tank i Those who greeted land Mrs. H. G. two of destrover.Mr. andj} him were Hieronimus, of ‘San a ee oF Francisco, and «son also of San Fran¢isco, Mr. . J. V. Downs of Sacramen-. Downs, a brother of Mrs. Earl has been, for“two years in and Mrs. . Wallalce, Fassler PEACE ON EARTH The world has passed through the awful war, and “peace in jour time” has been won. But iit was not ordeal of universal destined to come in the lifetime of those who sacrificed selflessly for jit. These were the men and women jwho gave their lives jin order that those now living, might experience this ‘glory of the human spirit. Many of them died when hope (of fa ‘victorious peace was dim; , Americans at Bataan; Russians at Moscow and Stalingrad; British and (Canadians at (Dunkirk; . Chinese on a hundred lost battlefields; the noble men and women of the Europpean underground _ resistance who died [by starvation, torture and ithe firing squad. The free peoples of the jworld cannot repay them; can only accord them jan eternal place in honor with fll jwho have died in the name of liberty through mankind’s troubled history. This nation jis fortunate in most that millions of our armed forces and our Army and Navy nurses and . Red Cross workers, have survived to come home to their families and a grateful people. The nation is forunate, too, in knowledge that the victory jhas proved to us and to ail the world that our way of democratic life jis the sole enduring foundation for peace and happiness. “The new thing’? President Truman said, “the thing we hhad not known—the thing we have learned now and should never forget, That a society of self-governing men is more yowerful, jmore enduring, more creative than any other kind of society however disciplined, however centralized. Now let. us use that force and all our resources and fall pur skills in the great cause of ja just and lasting peace.”’ That is the way of peace on earth through goodwill toward men.—Contributed. iis this: NARROW GATIGE TA RIIN REISSES TA MARVSVITTE It is announced by the California Railroad Commission that it hias hospital} granted the Narrow Gauge Railroad . \Comipany a permission to operate busses ‘between Nevada City, Griass to make the*trip home, arriving in . valley and Marysville. Los Angeles, May 2nd. Since then they have lived in (Berkeley with their daughter, Mrs. Albert C. Mueller, whose husband is a_ research chemist. Senator Seawell is Rotary Guest State Senator Seawell was guest speaker today at the luncheon of the Grass Valley Rotary Club. His top.c was, America at the Crossroads. Alfred Kramm, past president of the tclub and program chairman, introduced Seawell. SPV EE eee eee ree The comimission’s order directed the Narrow Gauge to consolidate this route’ with others in the applicant’s system for transporting passengers, baigeiage and express. The right of Frank E. Bays to operate the MarysvilleiNevada City Auto Stage Company was revoked, and the sale of his line to a prespective purchiaser, Beverly Gibson, was prohibited. The Narrow Gauge was directed not to offer service to or fym Camp Beale ‘except for the transportation of passengers between Camp Beale on the one ‘and and Grass Valley and Nevada City and intermediate points pn the other.” wre DID JAP BALLOON [AND INNEVADA COUNTY LAKE? Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen states that while three Jap balloons had been sighted floating high above Nevada County, to his knowledge none had landed here. However, Warren Barnes, Tahoe national forest ranger for the North Bloomfield district, reported that he believes a balloon lighted in a small lake, situated in very rugged country in the vicinity of French Lake, which is 20 miles southeast of North Bloomfield. He stated a part of the ‘balloon had been seen from a promitory by one of the forest personnel, and it was thought that it was still (partially inflated since it floated on the water. He expects to investigate it within the next few days. He states the location is inacsesible to fishermien or hunters, and that there are no fish in that particular lake, which is so small it hasn’t a name. . and NEWOWNERFOR FOREST SERVICE SUGAR LOAF MT. Approximately 180 acres -of land adjoining Nevada City on the north has ‘been sold by the Interstate Land Holding Company to W. H. Daniels. The tract includes Sugar Loaf, the Manzanita ‘Diggings and a long stretch of Harmony Ridge. It is easy of access from Nevada City by several roads including the Tahoe Ukiah Highway. The contour of much of the tract is such that knolls and the gentle hills offer many beautiful homesites of acreage area. The view from these high places is unsurpassed. Pines, cedars and oaks are abundant. RED CROSS REPORTS BUSY MONTH OF WORK Red Cross swim 1945 campaign for was a success under thedirecA. E. Kastner, ed Red Cross instructor. There were} 37 pupils in the beginners. class under 9 years of age, 34 in beginners class over 9 years of age; junior and jsoueor life savinig classes, ° with . passing tests. 7 intermediate punils, 9 advaniced beginmers’ passed tests. Seven adults finished the swimmers. In addition to.classes at on Lake Vera working with row boats loaned by Gold Hollow Camp. The production center chairmanship of Mrs. Louise glase, in spite of hot weather other summer drawbacks continues to produce large numibers of articles the Polunder There were 55 workers in the work room and “48 workers working at home with a total of 1993 hours given by these faithful workere.-The production room is in need of heavy. material that can be used for slippers soles. If anyone has canvas, heavy woolen material such as overcoats ete. will they please contact Mrs. Polglase. Home service, Mrs. Madeline Dra. ; per as chairman handled through her office during the month 29 cases and -with the help of Mrs. Helen ‘Berger served 14 hours, Gray Ladies Nevada City Red . Cross Chapter has five Gray Ladies Mrs. Verna Taylor of. serving under Valley who is chairman of the Gray Lady Corps. This corps is to be congratulated on the fine work it has been doing for the service men in DeWitt General Hospital. One of their assignments has been that of decoration, and so well, hms this been handled the commanding . officér has expressed his appreciation. The Nevada City Chapter feels its 5 members of this corps should be thanked for the’ many hours they hlave served over a long period of time. These Gray Ladies are Mrs. Joy Simpkins, Mrs. Luella Anderson, Mrs. Florence Bates, Mrs. Keith Bennett and Mrs. Evelyn MecCullough. (Camp and Hospital Unit with Mrs. A. E. Kastner chairman is very active just now. The Red Cross at Camp Beale is receiving many requests from. the army. There is need for more day rooms and the hospital needs subscriptions to magazines. Nevada City Chapter is filling five overseas rcereational boxes, articles in these boxes are playing cards, checker boards, harmonicas, tennis ibialls, soft ball, chess men, cribbage boards. Even though the war is over the men in the hospitals will still need our help. The Red Cross will carry on. DEATH CHAMPTIE—In Nevada City, Nevada County, August 16, 1945, Russell Champie, husband of Mrs. Olive Champie, a native of Arizona, aged 42° years. Funeral services will be held in Wickenburg, Arizona. = 3 aA * register-. ! . . HEAD TOURS TAHOE FOREST Lyle F. Watts, chief of the U. S. forest serevice, arrived in Nevada City.Thursday evening and visited points of interest in the Tahoe national forest. As chief of the forest service, which administers 158 national forests in 42 states, Alaska and Puerto Rico, Watts is one of the largest land Managers in the country. During the war years the public property in the national forests provided 10 per cent of all lumber cut in the United States and produced summer forage for 4 1-2 million sheep and 1 1-2 million cattle. During the pre war years, 30 million people. found recreation opportunities in the national forests. Watts, who is making a three week trip through the national: forests of California to obtain first hand information on forestry problems,—is accompanied by S. B. Show, regional forester of the California region; S. \IN. Wickofif, director of the Califar'nia forest and range experiment station at Berkeley. . assistant all . . Witt Nelson, conurse -as{ . the city pool three hours *were spent . canoes . and) Wied: regional headquarters in forester San Francisco; with De, er with headquarters in Sacramento. y The group inspected the Tahoe national headquarters at Nevada City © and visited the Auburn working -eir-cle, near Forest. Hill, a virgin tract of inaccessalble timber containinig ap= ‘proximibately billion board feet. Roads are being surveyed into this'area by the public roads admintwo now . istration to make possible a perman. ent lumber industry for Placer CounKnitted sweaters and walking cast. ty, in the immediate post war period. socks 31, garments 110, this 1~ . .From there the group proceeded to \eludes ‘bathrobes, pajamas, ee . Auburn for a brief visit, thence on to laneous articles 288, this includes. -Placerville, the headquarters of the slippers, lap robes, afighians, baby . El Dorado national forest. . saeques, shirts, blankets, sleepers, . : : a bonnets, diapers, slips, dresses and ‘Watts wee eppoced chiet of Wie etic. forest service in January 1943, following broad experience in the adMinistrative, research and educational phases of forestry. He is a native of Iowa, received his bachelor and miaster degrees in forestry from Towa state colgele and entered the forest service in 1913 as a technical assistant on the Wyoming national forest. His subsequent czreer included Service in all phiases of administration; several years in research, including four years as director of the northern Rocky Mountain forest experiment station at Missoula, Mont. and ‘two years in the field of forestry education when he organized the school of forestry at the Utah agricultural college. Prior to becoming chief of the forest service, Watts was regional forester from 1936 to 1939 in the north-central region which includes the national forests of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wit consin. In 1939 he ‘became regional forester of the north Pattifie region at Portland, Oregon with jurisdiction over all forest service activities in the ‘important timber producing states of Oregon and Washington. Fire on SoP . Line : Burns Over 200 Acres Gordon Vance, officer of chief fire control Tahoe National Forest, states thiat the fire along the Southern Pacific right of ‘way three miles west of Emigrant Gap burned over 100 acres. He states it was undoubtedly started by a cigaret thrown from a troop train. Lookouts on Grouse Ridge and Banner Mountain spotted * the fire at almost the Thursday morning. same time Suppression crews were sent from White Cloudand! Blue Canyon. The Grass Valley Red Cross Canteen Corps supplied the fire fighters a hot breakfast ‘at 4 a. m. Thursday when the weary men were replaced iby 74 colored soldiers from McClelland Field. A second fire broke out while the first was in progress. This was a half mile west of Cisco and was also started by a cigaret smoker, accor ing to Vance. This Mwas_ quickly doused by the Blue Canyon which was pulled oft the fire w Emigrant Gap. Only’ two eae barned, Vw California state forest— Hutchinson, . ;. #44 > accords

we S ‘starts rifts in the lute of the higher The Nugget is delivered to ‘. . your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month “God grants liberty only to those who love it, arid are ready to guard and defend it.”——Daniel Webster Nevada City Nu _COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ ie ooet This_ paper. gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. . If you want to read about your . friends, your neighbors, and your town, read The Nugget. Val. 19. No. 66 The County Seat Paper_ NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center : MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1945 _ THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L. It is to be expected that the Japs, which were more than _ ordinarily disorganized for three or four months before their surrender, will foe tardy in concluding peace. We are inclined to believe that disorder and disunity have been chronic for a score of years in Japan. There was the army group, the navy group, the big industrialists and the hoipoli that never had anything to do with government save to carry its -bur-: dens. The three first groups were continually fighting, and it was only the army’s wanton, headlong attack on China that ‘brought cohesion among all four groups. Once plunged in war, the entire nation presented an apparently united front. ‘But thinking back over the course of the war, aside from the general plan of going out and taking the territory of all Pacific neighbors, it is no'w easy to note a lack—of ce-erdination. The nevy which should have been the strongest branch of the armed services proved -to ‘be the weakest, and when the navy went down starvation faced not only vast numibers off troops on the fringe of the Jap conquests, but the home islands undoubtedly began to be pinched with hunger. Central :command of all forces, of course, resided in the mikado, but it was never firm and CHAMBER WILL MEET TONIGHT The Nevada ‘City (Chamber. of Commerce will meet this evening in the city hall. The meeting was postponed from last Tuesday night because of the news of Japan’s surrender. Several matters of community importance, Secretary H. F. Sofge, states, will be discussed. P.O. RULES FOR MAILING XMAS GIFTS OVERSEAS Postmaster Betty ‘Martin West states that armed forces include the personnel who receive their mail through an APO or pleet post office in care of the postmaster, New York, San. Francisco, Seattle, New Orleans, Miami, Presque Isle, or Minneajolis. Time-of mailing—Packages must be mailed during the period beginning Sept. 15 and ending Oet. 15. trons should endorse eaich package “Christmas parcel.’ / ‘Size and weight—Parcels shall not exceed five uounds in weight or 15 inches in length or 36 inches in, length and girth combined. Preparation—Because of the great distance that .parcels must be transported it is necessary. that all articnever well coordinated, and many of . ethe Jap attacks” were apparently unlocal. direction, der for as, instances, the invasion of which a huge army because lines of-suppples were lost for lack of guarding, and the suD. plies themselves were utterly quate. It seems extremely doubtiful . whether that campaign which failed so disastrously had any direction or support from, Tokyo. India, in} was destroyed . eastern inade. ; Like the Germans the entire war tolan of the Japs contemplated only the offensive. When the time came for defense, each unit ‘was commanded to stand and die. There was in most cases no attempt to reinforce or supply the besieged “island armjes. The Germans, -though their strategy was predicated on offense, did'a mutch better job of defending, for they were fighting defensively! vor more than two years before the end. So we need not be surprised now that it will take at least 12 days for ‘the Japs to notify some of their commanders in distant areas, such ais Borneo, or Burma, that the war is over. The central command, or eral staff at Tokyo, we can readily surmise, has been riven with internal dissension ever since the fall of Guadalcanal, for it was there the reversal of the Jap began. In this respect the course of the war follows precisely the pattern of the war in ®urope. the moment vistories stop and defeats ‘begin, that moment gencommand. MacArthur, fond of the theatrical as always, chose for a Massword “Balttaan.’’ That was where .he and his soldiers made their heroic stand that finally ended in the ‘‘march of death’’ for his men. If he had wished to mount the very peak of. drama, he would have chosen ‘Pearl Hartbor’’, because it was there that: the Japs made their initial, bloody blunages containing der. In any event we would gladly dispense with anything that savors . of the stage. What we need now is a\ man who will move into Japan with sufficient troops, and an adequate wlan, to exterminate the clique which “traditionally make war, re-edulcate the people, put the mikado and the imperial family out of business as soon as their usefulness to us is ended, and do it in a quiet businessJike manner that will impress the Japs and: merit the respect and admiration of his fellow Americans. MacArthur, we hope will do just that. But if we had been choosing an American boss for Japan.we would have chosen Nimitz. (Pfc. Warren Smith who-has been in Italy with the 10th Mountain Division for the past nine months is home on a thirty day furlough. Mrs. Zoe Kaegerer has returned from a vacation spent with her husband who is employed in Richmond.’ les be packed in boxes of wood, metal or strong fiberboard. Boxes, should . be cushioned and tightly filled. Sealled ‘boxes must bear the printed inscription authorizing for postal in-. . speetion. Prohibited Articles —— Perishable articles, intoxicants, poisons and inflammalble materials are unmailaible. Addresses — Addresses must be legible in typewriting or ink. In addition to the address on the package it is highly déstrable that a slip of paper with the address of the sender and addressee and a list of the contents, be inclosed. Insurance and registration— No matter addressed to an APO shall Ye insured or sent COD. Valuwable papers or small articles of intrinsic value, requested by the addressee may be registered. Letters and packmoney shall “be refused registration. The post offifice recommends the-use af postal money orders to transmit money to the armed forces. NEW METHODIST PASTOR PREACES FIRST SERMON Rev. Joseph W. Moore, who was assigned to the Nevada City Methodist parish by the Methodist confference, yesterday preached his first sermon here. He takes the post held ‘by Rev. David Ralston, who was given a pastorate in Newcastle, Placer County. Rev. Moore accompanied by Mrs. Moore and their children, Patricia and Joseph motored up from Berkeley Saturday. The Moores were in the Philippines when the war broke out with Japan, and with other missionaries were rounded up and im prisoned by the Japs. In the interment camp of Los Banos they narrowly escaped death at the hands of the retreating Jap army, but with hundreds of others were rescued in a daring raid by American troops, who penetrated ‘behind the Jap limes to take the camp. After two-months in a where the family received nourishing food they recuperated sufficiently . During this period requests from. the addresses are not required. Pat+ NEW USES URGED FOR CALIFORNIA MINE RESOURCES Unless concerted efforts are made to develop new uses for California's huge mineral resources, post war employment in California’g mining industry will drop below that of 1940. This is one-of the important conclusions of a report by the State Division of Mines issued pursuant to the provisions of a special ite tion by the 1944 session of the leg’ lature. State Mimeralogist Walter W Bradley announced that the report, issued as Bulletin No. 130: of the Division of Mines under the title “Biconomic Mineral Resources and Production of Califiornia—A Survey with Reference to, Pot War Emptoyment” is ready for distribution. : The danger of a post war loss of employment in the mining industry, the report states, may come abont because gold minng may not be up to pre war volume, due to inlcreased costs which may prevent the reopening of many of these mines. Maintenance of a high level of employiment in the mining industry, which always has been one of California’s ibasic economic assets, will pa . depend on ingenuity amd plann which will discover and develop new uses of the state’s minerals. The report, required ‘by legislature-is-made-to the State Reconstruction and Commission and ander R. Heron, Reconstruction as to Colonel AlexState Director of who in turn, has submitted it to Goy. Warren. The repert reviews of the the past yield 60 -mineral substances commercially ‘produced in California. It points out that the 1940 employment in mining, quarrying and related operations totaled more than ‘37628 and that the post war-fisite. /daughter Beverly, Mr. is expected to be 26,500. The drop is . attributed largely to gold mining. It is stated that increased costs, ficulties and cost of may prevent the reopening of many of these mines. the . Reemployment ; ard. Reemployment, . dif-!and Mrs. rehabilitation j to. : Holbrook, ;the Pacific with the Navy's Seabees. ENGLE AIDS IN GRASS VALLEY’S HOUSE PROBLEM Representative Clair Ling Engle meetwith the housing committee of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce Saturday, aided them in completing an application for 150 housing units. Engle called Charles J. Horan, of the National Housing Authority in San Francisco, in the afternoon, on the phone, and asked him why, in view of expected ‘heavy increase in +. Mining employment here, the Grass Valley application granted immediately. ‘His request will be transmitted to Washington, D. C. and it.is expected a commitment on NHA policy will be received. The representation was made that the mines of Nevada County are now in a position to employ 2000 as rapidly as housing can be made available. FAMILY REUNION GREETS VETERAN could not be ‘tion of Mrs. : HOME FROM WAR A family rennion. greeted Cpl. 'Leonard Holbrook. “son of Mr. awd Mrs. Earl Helbrook of this city, on. ihis retufn with an honorable dis-_ \ charge from the-U. S. Army on August 15th, his birthday, and the day. after the Japs surrendered. Cpl. Holbrook has spent three) jyears with the 5th Army in Europe! and in one battle had a tank blown out from under him, killing his comrades and wounding, himself “and others, Much of the time he was, one of crew on a-.tank i Those who greeted land Mrs. H. G. two of destrover.Mr. andj} him were Hieronimus, of ‘San a ee oF Francisco, and «son also of San Fran¢isco, Mr. . J. V. Downs of Sacramen-. Downs, a brother of Mrs. Earl has been, for“two years in and Mrs. . Wallalce, Fassler PEACE ON EARTH The world has passed through the awful war, and “peace in jour time” has been won. But iit was not ordeal of universal destined to come in the lifetime of those who sacrificed

selflessly for jit. These were the men and women jwho gave their lives jin order that those now living, might experience this ‘glory of the human spirit. Many of them died when hope (of fa ‘victorious peace was dim; , Americans at Bataan; Russians at Moscow and Stalingrad; British and (Canadians at (Dunkirk; . Chinese on a hundred lost battlefields; the noble men and women of the Europpean underground _ resistance who died [by starvation, torture and ithe firing squad. The free peoples of the jworld cannot repay them; can only accord them jan eternal place in honor with fll jwho have died in the name of liberty through mankind’s troubled history. This nation jis fortunate in most that millions of our armed forces and our Army and Navy nurses and . Red Cross workers, have survived to come home to their families and a grateful people. The nation is forunate, too, in knowledge that the victory jhas proved to us and to ail the world that our way of democratic life jis the sole enduring foundation for peace and happiness. “The new thing’? President Truman said, “the thing we hhad not known—the thing we have learned now and should never forget, That a society of self-governing men is more yowerful, jmore enduring, more creative than any other kind of society however disciplined, however centralized. Now let. us use that force and all our resources and fall pur skills in the great cause of ja just and lasting peace.”’ That is the way of peace on earth through goodwill toward men.—Contributed. iis this: NARROW GATIGE TA RIIN REISSES TA MARVSVITTE It is announced by the California Railroad Commission that it hias hospital} granted the Narrow Gauge Railroad . \Comipany a permission to operate busses ‘between Nevada City, Griass to make the*trip home, arriving in . valley and Marysville. Los Angeles, May 2nd. Since then they have lived in (Berkeley with their daughter, Mrs. Albert C. Mueller, whose husband is a_ research chemist. Senator Seawell is Rotary Guest State Senator Seawell was guest speaker today at the luncheon of the Grass Valley Rotary Club. His top.c was, America at the Crossroads. Alfred Kramm, past president of the tclub and program chairman, introduced Seawell. SPV EE eee eee ree The comimission’s order directed the Narrow Gauge to consolidate this route’ with others in the applicant’s system for transporting passengers, baigeiage and express. The right of Frank E. Bays to operate the MarysvilleiNevada City Auto Stage Company was revoked, and the sale of his line to a prespective purchiaser, Beverly Gibson, was prohibited. The Narrow Gauge was directed not to offer service to or fym Camp Beale ‘except for the transportation of passengers between Camp Beale on the one ‘and and Grass Valley and Nevada City and intermediate points pn the other.” wre DID JAP BALLOON [AND INNEVADA COUNTY LAKE? Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen states that while three Jap balloons had been sighted floating high above Nevada County, to his knowledge none had landed here. However, Warren Barnes, Tahoe national forest ranger for the North Bloomfield district, reported that he believes a balloon lighted in a small lake, situated in very rugged country in the vicinity of French Lake, which is 20 miles southeast of North Bloomfield. He stated a part of the ‘balloon had been seen from a promitory by one of the forest personnel, and it was thought that it was still (partially inflated since it floated on the water. He expects to investigate it within the next few days. He states the location is inacsesible to fishermien or hunters, and that there are no fish in that particular lake, which is so small it hasn’t a name. . and NEWOWNERFOR FOREST SERVICE SUGAR LOAF MT. Approximately 180 acres -of land adjoining Nevada City on the north has ‘been sold by the Interstate Land Holding Company to W. H. Daniels. The tract includes Sugar Loaf, the Manzanita ‘Diggings and a long stretch of Harmony Ridge. It is easy of access from Nevada City by several roads including the Tahoe Ukiah Highway. The contour of much of the tract is such that knolls and the gentle hills offer many beautiful homesites of acreage area. The view from these high places is unsurpassed. Pines, cedars and oaks are abundant. RED CROSS REPORTS BUSY MONTH OF WORK Red Cross swim 1945 campaign for was a success under thedirecA. E. Kastner, ed Red Cross instructor. There were} 37 pupils in the beginners. class under 9 years of age, 34 in beginners class over 9 years of age; junior and jsoueor life savinig classes, ° with . passing tests. 7 intermediate punils, 9 advaniced beginmers’ passed tests. Seven adults finished the swimmers. In addition to.classes at on Lake Vera working with row boats loaned by Gold Hollow Camp. The production center chairmanship of Mrs. Louise glase, in spite of hot weather other summer drawbacks continues to produce large numibers of articles the Polunder There were 55 workers in the work room and “48 workers working at home with a total of 1993 hours given by these faithful workere.-The production room is in need of heavy. material that can be used for slippers soles. If anyone has canvas, heavy woolen material such as overcoats ete. will they please contact Mrs. Polglase. Home service, Mrs. Madeline Dra. ; per as chairman handled through her office during the month 29 cases and -with the help of Mrs. Helen ‘Berger served 14 hours, Gray Ladies Nevada City Red . Cross Chapter has five Gray Ladies Mrs. Verna Taylor of. serving under Valley who is chairman of the Gray Lady Corps. This corps is to be congratulated on the fine work it has been doing for the service men in DeWitt General Hospital. One of their assignments has been that of decoration, and so well, hms this been handled the commanding . officér has expressed his appreciation. The Nevada City Chapter feels its 5 members of this corps should be thanked for the’ many hours they hlave served over a long period of time. These Gray Ladies are Mrs. Joy Simpkins, Mrs. Luella Anderson, Mrs. Florence Bates, Mrs. Keith Bennett and Mrs. Evelyn MecCullough. (Camp and Hospital Unit with Mrs. A. E. Kastner chairman is very active just now. The Red Cross at Camp Beale is receiving many requests from. the army. There is need for more day rooms and the hospital needs subscriptions to magazines. Nevada City Chapter is filling five overseas rcereational boxes, articles in these boxes are playing cards, checker boards, harmonicas, tennis ibialls, soft ball, chess men, cribbage boards. Even though the war is over the men in the hospitals will still need our help. The Red Cross will carry on. DEATH CHAMPTIE—In Nevada City, Nevada County, August 16, 1945, Russell Champie, husband of Mrs. Olive Champie, a native of Arizona, aged 42° years. Funeral services will be held in Wickenburg, Arizona. = 3 aA * register-. ! . . HEAD TOURS TAHOE FOREST Lyle F. Watts, chief of the U. S. forest serevice, arrived in Nevada City.Thursday evening and visited points of interest in the Tahoe national forest. As chief of the forest service, which administers 158 national forests in 42 states, Alaska and Puerto Rico, Watts is one of the largest land Managers in the country. During the war years the public property in the national forests provided 10 per cent of all lumber cut in the United States and produced summer forage for 4 1-2 million sheep and 1 1-2 million cattle. During the pre war years, 30 million people. found recreation opportunities in the national forests. Watts, who is making a three week trip through the national: forests of California to obtain first hand information on forestry problems,—is accompanied by S. B. Show, regional forester of the California region; S. \IN. Wickofif, director of the Califar'nia forest and range experiment station at Berkeley. . assistant all . . Witt Nelson, conurse -as{ . the city pool three hours *were spent . canoes . and) Wied: regional headquarters in forester San Francisco; with De, er with headquarters in Sacramento. y The group inspected the Tahoe national headquarters at Nevada City © and visited the Auburn working -eir-cle, near Forest. Hill, a virgin tract of inaccessalble timber containinig ap= ‘proximibately billion board feet. Roads are being surveyed into this'area by the public roads admintwo now . istration to make possible a perman. ent lumber industry for Placer CounKnitted sweaters and walking cast. ty, in the immediate post war period. socks 31, garments 110, this 1~ . .From there the group proceeded to \eludes ‘bathrobes, pajamas, ee . Auburn for a brief visit, thence on to laneous articles 288, this includes. -Placerville, the headquarters of the slippers, lap robes, afighians, baby . El Dorado national forest. . saeques, shirts, blankets, sleepers, . : : a bonnets, diapers, slips, dresses and ‘Watts wee eppoced chiet of Wie etic. forest service in January 1943, following broad experience in the adMinistrative, research and educational phases of forestry. He is a native of Iowa, received his bachelor and miaster degrees in forestry from Towa state colgele and entered the forest service in 1913 as a technical assistant on the Wyoming national forest. His subsequent czreer included Service in all phiases of administration; several years in research, including four years as director of the northern Rocky Mountain forest experiment station at Missoula, Mont. and ‘two years in the field of forestry education when he organized the school of forestry at the Utah agricultural college. Prior to becoming chief of the forest service, Watts was regional forester from 1936 to 1939 in the north-central region which includes the national forests of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wit consin. In 1939 he ‘became regional forester of the north Pattifie region at Portland, Oregon with jurisdiction over all forest service activities in the ‘important timber producing states of Oregon and Washington. Fire on SoP . Line : Burns Over 200 Acres Gordon Vance, officer of chief fire control Tahoe National Forest, states thiat the fire along the Southern Pacific right of ‘way three miles west of Emigrant Gap burned over 100 acres. He states it was undoubtedly started by a cigaret thrown from a troop train. Lookouts on Grouse Ridge and Banner Mountain spotted * the fire at almost the Thursday morning. same time Suppression crews were sent from White Cloudand! Blue Canyon. The Grass Valley Red Cross Canteen Corps supplied the fire fighters a hot breakfast ‘at 4 a. m. Thursday when the weary men were replaced iby 74 colored soldiers from McClelland Field. A second fire broke out while the first was in progress. This was a half mile west of Cisco and was also started by a cigaret smoker, accor ing to Vance. This Mwas_ quickly doused by the Blue Canyon which was pulled oft the fire w Emigrant Gap. Only’ two eae barned, Vw California state forest— Hutchinson, . ;. #44 > accords