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December 23, 1940 (8 pages)

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ey nee cee penn iene _PAGE SIX NE EVADA cITy TT Y_NUGGET. THIS mer intss SUSAN goon A True Story From Overseas to speaking in: public. But as Owen Jenkins, ma-!. chinist in the Royal dockyards at! Portsmouth, rose to address that lit = . tle group of men assembled to decide whether 500,000 British engineers . should walk out of their jobs in ship-, yards and arms plants for the sake of more money, he was not afraid. There had -been talk of the possibility of a strike for days now and Owen Jenkins had lain awake nights thinking of his two sons. One was with the R.A.F. in Greece, the other —somewhere on the North Seas— both of them risking their lives every moment of the day and night for the sake of their country. And the men in his Union who were essential to the production of munitions this sons were using were threatening to quit their jobs for the sake of a few bob a week! It was all wrong.. he knew .. the kind of thing that would encourage the enemy and demoralize the country itself as well as hold up needed production. There had been a number of speeches before his turn came. Men who pounded on the table and said now was the time for the working: man to get what was coming to him! Now was. the time when no one would dare to stand against them! And then, Owen Jenkins rose. He didn’t talk very long. . . . He spoke very quietly but what he said came from his heart. He told them of his two boys whom he had hoped would mever have to go to any war. But . He was not used . please God they Ways ss they had been gone for months now. “When they come home again as What could I say to them if I stopped working now while they are fighting? Is a few bob all that matters in this world?’’ And then, “Are we prepared to supply the enemy commentators with proof for the outside world that’ the engineers of Britain want to strike?”’ They heard him out and at the end there’ was a deep rumble of sympathetic applause. Jack Tanner, also of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, endorsed Jenkins’ work, asking “Are we at this critical time to withdraw our work when.defenses are needed and when our members and our families need defense?” So the strike was voted down and the work being done by those 500,000 skilled men continued and England was that much stronger because one man realized clearly that the workmen of a nation in a modern War play as vitel a art in Defense as the armed forces—that it is as necessary for Industry to carry on as it is for the Navy to send its ship to sea or the Air Force to fly its fighting planes! The Christmas card came from -he English custom of calling “Merry Christmas,” then later to write congratulatory letters. The first authentic mention of a Christmas tree is of one in Strasburg, Germany, 1605. & Seadson’s Greetings PR er heehee ne vay asd aS a SES PR Brh Erd, FD FR Ors, J ed; n ” 0 ay dy df db} fs 3 FD PD ed The Season’s Greetings from ALLEN G. (Scoop) THURMAN Your Assemblyman Ay aS ay of 8} CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS TO ALL @ May the New Year Bring You Joy, Health and Good Fortune Pedy ee Di Senator JERROLD L. SEAWELL _ when he started out alone on skis . for Murray’s hill. To All Our Patrons and Friends in This Yuletide Season We Wish ieupinew: Long Life and a Very MERRY CHES TINAS “Owl Tavern Grass Valley % all. RESH snow crunched under Dick Wright’s SHOES . as he stomped into the waiting . room. Old Peter was still there, still minding his telegraph key as he had when Dick was . a boy. But now it was Christmas; now Dick was home from “the city, a successful young . architect. As he walked up tq, old Peter’s grilled ticket window, Dick recalled the last time he stood in this sta¢ion. Two and a half years ago, it was, the day after Jean had left for New York in search of a career. ‘Just can’t stand Marysville,”’ she had told him. ‘‘You’ll understand, Dick, won’t you?’’ He had forgotten as best he could. Nothing in Marysville for him then, either. There had been a quick decision, a closing of half-open doors, a tearful good-by to his parents and then—off to the city. It was odd how a blow like that could give a fellow determination. Today, just 30 months later, he was coming back home with a’ career already carved out. Old Pete looked up from his sheaf of train orders. “Well, Richard!’’ he cried. ‘‘Glad to see you, boy, and a Merry Christmas! Your folks know you’re comin’?’’ “Merry Christmas to you, Pete!” Dick answered. It was nice, at that, to see a familiar face. ‘‘Mind if I use your ’phone? I caught an early train and Dad wasn’t expecting me until tonight.”’ A few minutes later the old family car was carrying him home. His Dad looked older, and a mite wor‘*Heard from Jean, son?’’ he asked. ried. Something was on his mind. “Heard from Jean, son?”’ he finally asked. “No, Pop,” he answered truthfully. The house loomed up ahead now. ‘““Why do you ask?”’ “Oh, just wonderin’, son, that’s é Forget it. There’s Mother wayin’ at us up yonder!”’ But Dick couldn’t forget it. Marys. ville and Jean were like ham and He thought about her when he . eggs. stopped at the drugstore that night— they used to drink sodas there. Maybe Dick was looking for more of those memories next morning They used to play there in. the winter, he and Jean. “Forget it, you imbecile!” snapped at himself. ‘‘That’s a closed chapter in your life!’’ It was a couple of hours later that he saw her. Skiing down Murray’s hill for the last time -he rounded Horseshoe bend to find Jean directly in his path! There was a shriek, a thud, and then four feet sticking out of’ a snowdrift. ‘‘Jean!’’ he cried, unstrapping his skis and running to help her. ‘Are you hurt?” It was rather unromantic, perhaps, pulling her out feet first. But she laughed at him and fell down again, pulling him after her. “You’re going to get your face washed for that, Mr: Wright,’? she cried. He came up sputtering to find her suddenly serious. : “Dick dear,’ she said, “I was wrong. Mother wrote that you’d be home for Christmas and—well, I had to come too. It’s you and Marysville that I want, not New York. This morning when I saw you going past our house, I somehow knew that I should: go with you. Not just today, Dick, but always!” It was like ham and eggs, Dick thought, only the next day was Christmas—and Christmas meant turkey! (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Beginning of the New Year Various dates were used in different countries, for the beginning of a year, but America followed the English custom of using the date of most early Christian countries— about the beginning of the ecclesiastical year. The Gregorian calendar, establishing January 1 as the beginning of the year, was adoptT752" England and her colonies in Cardy a) Canes at Colley’s Confectionery. he ; MONDAY, DECEMBER _ 23, 1940. SALES TAX MAY
SOON OVERTAKE STATE DEFICIT BY JOHN W. DUNLAP United Press.Staff Correspondent SACRAMENTO, Dec. 23—(U-P.) Like a healthy shot in the arm, mounting expenditures for national defense are boosting state revenues rae a thermometer on a hot day. There are other factors helping the financial ‘gains, and general Teem. ployment is the biggest, but the de'fense money is something you can fut your finger on. Chief beneficiary ,is the state sales tax, those odd pen. nies paid on so many everyday tran‘ sactions. . For example, the normal revenue from the sales tax comprises almost exactly 50 per cent of the revenue coming into the general fund. For the current biennium ending next June 30, the sales tax will represent 53.6 per cent—the rather staggering total of $1943,00,000—and for the next biennium, it may easily come close to 44 per cent. The sales tax is the best barometer of business conditions because the return to the state is so quick. The 90-day. limit on sales tax accounts gives a rapid indication of how much, money is going over the state’s business counters. The department of finance recently estimated that general fund revenues in the 1941-43 biennium would reach $400,000,000. That this was not a wild guess is borne out by figures compiled by the state controller for use in computing registered warrant accounts. The total) estimated revenue for the current biennium is $362,175,000, and the predicted 10 per cent increase would place it pretty close to the four hundred milion mark, The average man in the street has no conception of finances when the million dollar mark is reached, let alone 400 times that amount. So it total general from the “‘big three’? group—sales tax, personal income tax, and bank and corporation tax, Each of those three categories is benefitting from national defense expenditures, which will have a tremendous effect on the state’s economy and financial welfare. To explain a little further where the money goes when Mr. Taxpayer receives an income tax request, or pays his sales. tax, here is a simple breakdown of each tax, the estimated revenue for the current biennium, and the percentage it represents in the grand total: Retail sales and use tax, $194,300,000, 53.6; bank, corporation” franchise tax, $42,500,000, 11.7; pers)nal income tax, $38,000,000, 10.5; alcohol beverage tax and licenses, $24,1 100,000, 6.7; motor vehicle license fees (in lieu tax), $10,900,000, 3.0; inheritance tax, $21,600,000 6.0; in‘surance tax, $15,500,000, 4.3; motor transport tax, $5,100,00, 1.4; private ear company tax, $850,000, 0.2; gift tax, $525,000, 0.1; miscellenaous, $8,800,00 2.5. Total $362,175,000. Another positive indication that 'eonditions are improving is seen in the comparison of revenue in the first five months of the 1940-41 fiscal year, and the same period of 1941-32. The first period totaled $80,254,000, while the estimated return for the same five months in the next fiscal year was $81,430,000, chiefly due to the bulge in sales tax figures. The .activities of Governor Olson in Washington have aroused varions speculations back in his home state. The governor announced he was interested chiefly in talking to department of interior officials and the president about making the Central Valley Project a ‘‘little TVA’’; checkin on the WPA, and the Colorado rriver basin situation. Then Richard Olson, the .Governor’s son, bobbed up in the nationai capital and the wires buzzed that a federal job was being sought for him. One radio commentator was pretty sure the governor wanted the job as ambassador to Mexico. Another source heard that wanted to be secretary of labor. . The rumors are a dime a dozen, apparently, with the governor the lone authority on just what was in he ticket for the east coast. Transfer of Seright’s Interest in Wear Mine Recorded at Court House The transfer of Al Seright’s interest in the Wear Mine to C. W. Worthley has been recorded at the court be connected in the operation of the mine,. which is located in the Remton mining district. may be news that 75 per cent of the; fund revenue comes. just: his mind when he bought a roundtrip house here. Seright will no longer}. ington Hill section of the WeshinsCARD OF THANKS In appreciation of the many kindnesses, the sympathy, assistance, and floral offerings of his,friends and former comrades in the last illness and passing of Alfred J. Eddy,; and especially for the great service of the American Legion, in our hereavement, we offer our heartfelt gratitude. 5 THE EDDY FAMILY. Apparently there is only one thing in this world that runs over more people than the automobile, comments James M. 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