December 28, 1942 (4 pages)

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, and are ready to guard and defend it.’”” — Daniel Webster City Nugget : Nevada COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. SST ET “Vol. 16, No. 104. The Gold ‘Cane: MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1942. NEVADA CIT Y, CALIFORNIA Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. a ————— The author of this column does not often write an obituary, and never a eulogy, in this spate. The natural preference of every newspaper man is.'to consider first the present and the living, rather than the past and the dead. But there was something so appealing to the ‘hearts of all who knew her, in the character of ‘Belle Douglass, that an aittempt is here made to express if; What a merry madcap of a girl she was, fairly bursting with the gest of living, playing in the streets ‘with other ‘boys and girls, gay, a (bit of a daredevil, a champion even then of the timid and ‘bully ridden. Belle Douglass as a ‘girl foreshadowed the generous, courageous, ou'lspoken woman she grew to ‘be. . While she_lived tradition grew up about ‘her. There was that story about the prominent early day citizen who died: In conformity with the customs of the time, it was Belle and a chum of hers, both well ‘along in their teens ,who were requested to sit up with the corpse overnight. One of their duties was to keep a cloth laid over the face of the deceased, moist ibut not too moist. The cloth ‘was. wet,—heavy. Under its pressure the prominent mose of the ‘prominent deceased was ‘ben't over toward his left ear. When the girls discovered this along in the ‘wee sma’ hours, they went to work to rectify the matter. The nose, it seems ‘was stubborn, like the late citizen. But ‘by hook or crook iby break of day: the departed’s feature had ‘been restored to its natural posture, though the two girls were almost in hysterics. Well, this story has its humor, the robust humor; of ‘those long gone times. But it is indicated here that death was more intimatély known in that day than it is now in the normal lives of, most young folks. The realities of both life and death ‘were impressed on youthful minds, and perhaps, facing them, the generation that grew into adulthood fifty years ago, was cast ina sterner mold than the you'th of today. This ‘we do ‘know, that in Belle Douglass’ mind there was never a “no man’s land” between good and evil. Her Lord of righteousness with his sword had drawn a shanp thin line ibetween the battling forces, and tbeyond that line was only the outer darkness. Born of.a. father and mother, who made their home in this city in 1854, she grew to womanhood in the best Argonaut tradition of simple, decent, piety, of friendiness and genervsity, or neighborliness, and of all pervading charity for ‘those less fortunate. These attributes, she manifested daily throughout her life. She loved Nevada City and was always willing and ready to crusade for its advancement. The Lene Grave of the emigrant . ehild, above the five mile house, is marked largely because ‘Belle Douglass (believed ‘that the little @hild resting there, was, in a way, a symbol of the sacrifices. the pioneers made in their hard journey to California. #he marking of historic buildings with plaques, so that posterity might see with its own eyes the work of the hands of 'those builders long dead, ‘who had done their part in creating 4 great state in the union of states, was to her, a patriotic rite. It was Belle Douglass, a little tired now, but pushed on by that indomitable spirit of hers, who founda donor who would give the price for the files of the Nevada City Daily Transcript, and saw to it, too, that they were safely housed in the city’s library. There it is, a newspaper file from 1860 to 1905, a treasure for historians and for all those who seek to recreate brave days of (Nevada City’s youth. If for many years now Nevada City has been free of most of the deadfalls and dives that oharacterize other mining communities, it is largely because Belle Douglass hated to see her native eity sullied . TFTTSCSCSCSCS—S—S Lava Cap Miners Vote To Continue Work At Present Wage Scale The mine workers of the Lava Cap have voted by a 193 to 67 to continue working under the same conditions and for the same wages as at present. The basic wage is $6.48 per eight hour day. There are now 320 miners employed. Last week they made a request for a raise to $1.10 per hour or $8.80 per day. When Otto Schiffner, general manager, of the company explained that‘the mine was making little or not profit, and.that an increase in operating costs of more the, than $200,000 a year was out of the question, that in fact, any increase would result in closing the mine, the men by an overwhelming ,three-to-one majority voted to continue operation under present conditions at present wage scale. CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR CHILDREN IN HILLS PRESENTED (Max Solaro, chief of police, reports that thanks to generous donations both from local donors and from supply companies delivering goods. in Nevada City, the Nevada City Fire Department was able to provide toys and gifts for 85 children. Those liying along San Juan (Ridge received theirs on December 24. On (Christmas Eve children in Nevada (City’s outhis spare time in November and De-. . cember in repairing, painting. and . him by families in which the chil-. have outgrown their playthings. dren . . i . FOUR MENHURT WHEN CAR SKIDS Three soldiers from Camp Beale morning when their car the Marysville highway yesterday skidded on The three soldiers were Collins Richardson, Jesse Moore, and William Chappell. The civilian was Herryert Humblat. The car skidded at side of the road, glanced off, hit an . oak tree on the other side. Holmes Funeral Home sent an ambulance to the scene ‘and the men were brought to Memorial hospital. Injuries consisted of cuts and bruises. None was critically hurt. Mrs. Gertrude Char ion Summoned by Death (Mrs. Gertrude Gloria Champion, 38, died suddenly Saturday afternoon at the Nevada City Sannitarium. She resided at 3690 Alta street in Grass Valley and had been ill but a few days. : She was the wife of Sergeant Everett Champion, U. S. Army. She ‘was born in San Francisco but for the past ten years made her home in Grass Valley where she was employed in Safeway Store. She and_ her husband were married last October 116. Surviving her besides her husband is her mother. Mrs. Loretta Cochran of San Francisco, a brother, Harold (Cockran, also of San Francisco and a son, Harold ‘Demonte of the same Funeral arrangements will be announced ‘by Hooper and Weaver (Mortuary. REUNION AT GEORGE LEGG HOME The George Legg home was the séene of a happy reunion and family dinner on Christmas day. The center of interest was Tom Legg who arrived in Nevada City to visit his parents a few days before Christmas. Tom, who is in the navy and is on furlough for two or three weeks arrived in San Francisco in the same convoy that brought the S. S. San Francisco. Tom saw a great deal of action in the South Pacific and is happy to be home for a vacation. His parents and friends are happy that he came home uninjured and in good health. Guests at the dinner in Tom’s honor were: (Mr. and Mrs. ‘Bradley Legg of Berkeley, Mrs. Martha Hogue, Miss Mary Hoskins, Miss ‘Fidella Legg of Vallejo, Mr. Leslie Johnson of Vallejo, two soldier boys FAMILY (Continued on aioe Mica from (Camp Beale, Mr. and = ‘Mrs. George Legg and Tom Lege. renovating toys which are left with , . and a civilian, were hurt at 2 o'clock . SPECIALIZED ‘Casey’s Corner, hit the bank on one! eight miles west of Grass Valley. . ROUTE FOR NEW ROAD TOBRANDY CITY SURVEYED . lying sections were visited and made! ™. happy. Chief Solaro spends much of} Desmond is working on the road surengineer Ambrose Desmond, an engineer from the forest service regional office in San Francisco is making the road, survey for the proposed access road from (Indian Valley to the Brandy . City lumber tract, located in the drainage of Fiddle and Cherokee . creeks. . Mr. and Mrs. Desmond are staying . with Mrs. Desmond's ‘brother Jonn. Griffith of Goodyear Bar while, . James E. Higgins who was a. member of the Downieville district, nrotection force this past summer} has been assisting Desmond with his survey work. : On Tuesday of last week forest supervisor Guerdon Ellis and forest . Gerald Mitchell went over . the proposed road location with Desmond. VOUTHTOGET WAR TRAINING WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. — The program for ultilizing college end university facilities to give specialized training to young men inthe armed services was announced jointly by Secretaries Stimson and Knox. pave to do a “better than a $90,-) Mr. Stimson said the program would, vo far toward temporarily destroying, liberal education in America so far as the able-bodied men of college age are concerned, but would not have a permanently ‘bad effect. Mr. Knox thought it an attempt to preserve liberal education during the wat, as preference would ‘be given to smaller not so richly ‘endowed colleges whose existence might be threatened ‘by the war. Meanwhile, a new bulletin has been sent~ to local Selective Service Boards granting temporary deferment for college and university students and instructors in certain medical, engineering and othe, technical fields, all university men have been advised to remain in school until called for, military service, and the 18 and 19 year olds have been told not to hesitate to enroll to begin their college training. The rules and regulations under which schools will ‘be selected for the program will be prescribed by WMC (Chairman MeNutt, after congultation with Secretaries ‘Stimson and Knox, the actual selection to be made iby a joint committee consisting of representatives of the armed services and the WMC. A questionnaire on staffs and facilities has already been. sent to all the higher educational institutions in the country, and the schools chosen will, under contract with the army and the navy, furnish instructiongin prescribed courses and also furnish the necessary housing and messing facilities. Qualified young men detailed to those institutions will be on active duty, in uniform, with regular service pay and subject to general military discipline. CHRISTMAS TREE WEDNESDAY The (Methodist Church Sunday School Christmas tree entertainment will be held Wednesday night at the church. A nice program has been prepared. Santa Claus will be there with a treat for each member of the Sunday school. it is hoped all members of the Sunday school and their parents will be present. ASHES OF BELLE DOUGLASS WILL BE BROUGHT HERE Funeral services were held in Oakland Saturday for the late Belle Rolfe Douglass, who passed away in Piedmont Thursday morning. She had suffered a stroke of paralysis on Wednesday and death followed shortly. Her remains were cremated. She was 74 years of age and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ianthus Jerome Rolfe, who made their home on East ‘Broad street in 1854 where she was born in 1868. Surviving Mrs. Douglass are an only son, Howard 'L. Douglass of Phoenix, Arizona, her sister, Mrs. H. J. Wright of this city, and a number of nephews, nieces and grand nieces. Mrs. Douglass was a charter member of the Laurel ‘Parlor of Native Daughters: of the Golden West and of the Women’s Civic club of this city. She was deeply interested in all civic advancement, and took an active part in seeing to it ‘that bronze tablets were placed on historic ‘Dbuildings of Nevada ‘City or ‘were erected to mark historic spots. The.marker over the Lone Grave above the Five Mile house on ‘the Tahoe Ukiah highway is due in large measure to her enlisment of general interest in it. If ‘(Nevada (City ‘has no dives or deadfalls and no slot machines, it is largely ‘because Belle Douglass rallied pwhlic sentiment against the establishment here of anything approaching a ‘‘wide open town.”’ A great number of citizens who knew Belle'Douglass will mourn her passing. Her ashes will ibe brought to Nevada City for interment. WAR PRODUCTION FOR 102 TOTALS ° BILLION WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—A production report released by WPB states that 1943 production for war alone will have to equal the value of all the goods and services produced by the nation in its years of greatest prosperity. Although the U.S. is making as many combat weapons today as the entire axis, in 1943 it will 000,000,000 war job.” Under secretary of War Patterson gave the following figures for 1942 production of war weapons. ‘More than 23,000 tanks, more than 3,000 90mm anti aircraft guns, more than 000, 40mm anti aireraft guns, more than 300,000 .50 cal. machine guns, and more than 500,000 machine guns of all types. And small arms ammunition coming off the lines at ‘better than 1,000,000,000 rounds a month. The Maritime (Commission announced a new monthly record in the production of liberty ships—68 liberty ships were turned out in November at an average of only 56 days from keellaying to delivery. This is a cut of 10 days from the October average, and represents one fourth the time necessary last January when the program was started. The dollar value of military suDplies acquired for the army in 1942, including all munitions and equipment was set by Under ‘Secretary Patterson at $25,000,000,000 as against $5,000,000,000 in 1941 and $1,000,000,000 in 11940. Munitions, exclusive of aircraft, acquired by the army this year will amount to $11,000,000,000, or about 90 per cent of U. S. and allied stated requirements. High School Romance Culminates in Reno Wedding A high school romance culminated last week in the wedding of (Miss Barbara Archibald of Grass Valley and Warren Smith of Nevada City. They were married quietly in Reno with the hope that the wedding could be kept secret. It soon leaked out and both are now receiving the congratulations of their many friends. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Archizald of Grass Valley and the bridegroom the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Smith of (Nevada City. Archibald is a mining engineer, and Leland Smith, father of the bridegroom, is assistant supervisor of Tahoe National Forest in charge of grazing and recreation. i . ‘. on from many quarters. WILLIAM BENNETT, — ARMY AIR CORPS ACE, KILLED IN ACTION The War Department has notified Mrs. William Bennett of this city that her husband, Lieutenant Bennett, was killed in action in the South Pacific on December 3. No details were given. . Young Bennett was an ace having shot down five or more Jap planes and had been promoted to a first lieutenancy. He had been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action beyond the line. of duty. In recent months he had ‘been made a the (Nevada City ‘high school, attended the University of Nevada, received his training for the army air corps mainly at Stockton Air Field and Hamilton Field. As a student ia high school the was dinstinguished as flight commander. It is known that] gq football player and athlete. He was he was lately stationed at Fort Mor-. popular with his teachers and school esby and it is assumed that he was} mates as he was later with his, offickilled in an aerial battle in the Buna . ers and comrades of the air corps. area on New Guinea. Ite was but 22 years old. Lieut. Bennett was the second Nevada City boy to lose his life in the battle of the South Pacific. It was only a few months ago that Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ferguson of Town Talk a . received a message from the War DeHe was the son of Mr. and Mrs. . partment that their son, Tevis, had Ellsworth R. Bennett of ‘Nevada (City, . been killed in an aecident over Ausand besides his parents is survived} tralian flying field. Both boys were by two sisters, Jane and Mary Ben-, warm friends. They had received nett. . their training together and sailed on Lieut. Bennett was a graduate of the same ship. ASSEMBLY TO SEE PRA( ICE AND Schauer of the Los Angeles appellate . bench. His previous three choices, ,Director of Finance ~Phil Gibson, : F . State Senator Jesse Carter and Proeo i fessor Roger Traynor, had no preBy JOHN W. DUNLAP . vious judicial background. . The choice was ratified quickly py The contrast between practical polia qualifications commission ‘consist‘ing of Governor-elect Earl Warren, ‘ies and efficient theory of govern”. * . lee s . Hf 3 ment may become a hot issue when . 20028 as attorney general, Presidimg and John (Nourse, the state assembly convenes ela cae Sieh) January 4 : , presiding justice’ of the first district /appellate court. The long-time practice has been to; To succeed Schauer Olson named have some 58 committees, which givBrodie Athlport, law partner of Riches all the important members a chair-. ard Olson, the governor’s son and manship, maybe a vice chairmanship . former private secretary. and up to. eight committees on. Governor .-elect. Warren is, hitting which to serve. This looked very im-' the jackpot on his appointments. pressive to the folks back home, and /When he elevated State Engineer adorning the top of the assembly Charles Purcell to the post of directlor of public works, he drew comBut actually, no member could atmendation from all quarters. No entend that many meetings, Yet alone. sineer in the state is better Known do a conscientious good job of study-;20r respected for his work. Purcell ing their bills. Members always had: brings a lifetime of achievement to conflicts on dates and almost hopethe new post and as Warren put it : less’ confusion resulted. Many com-, % newsmen, “encourages these men mittees had few bills, the system was in public service to aspire to the top a joke. The senate long ago simpli-. Jobs without jeopardizing their civil fied its procedure, although there'Setvice and security.’’ a STATE HOSPITALS. CAN $184,577 OF Assemblyman Charles ‘Weber, of Stockton, deplored the confusion and set about to: plan out an _ orderly method of committees. His streamlined plan, worked out over several years, called for 27 committees. Each SACRAMENTO, Dec. 28.—(UP)— A train of 42 box cars would be required to ‘haul the output of ‘the state’s eight mental hospital canneries—a total of 421,580 gallons of member had only four committees, or five at the most, with no conflicts. fruits and vegetables, during the canning. season just ended. He had time to devote to each group, The department of institutions esmore time for his own affairs, and speeding up of business was inevittimated that the value of the total pack was $184,577, on a wholesale able. Weber even got his plan adopted basis. To show the variety of thé canin 1941 but was neatly sidestepped ning, the 23 kinds of processed prob political shenanigans. But he was promised the plan would go in for 1943 and he’s been mapping it all ducts included tomatoes, catsup, tomato juice, string beans, lima beans, beets, carrots, spinach, Swiss chard, out ever since. The system is so simple:and so. perfectly coordinated pumpkin, sauerkraut, apples, apple-. sauce, apricots, cherries, peaches, through Weber’s hard work, that Assemblyman Charles Lyon, unopposed for the speakership, put his stamp of approval on it. Members were pollplums, pears, prunes, .berries and assorted jams and jellies. The output came from 5,200 acres of institutional orchards and gardens. ed on their preference for commitInstitutions expect to get priortees and the lists were dovetailed inities on cans needed for future operto the charts and all seemed serene. The hitch was that only 27, inations and mode land will be brougbt under cultivation in 1943, He was married on January 6 to! Miss Ruth Curnow, daughter of mr. . and Mrs. Horace Curnow of this city . and sailed for Australia days later. : se six For the first time in his administration, Governor Olson elevated a . judge to the supreme court when he ;gave the nod to Justice B. Ray SAICGRAMENTO, Dec. 28.—(UP)—letterheads. stead of 58 members could be chairmen. Obviously, Lyon gave Republicans the best jobs, although the Democrats were to get some of the important spots. And the pressure is Lyon was assured of the speakership by a petition circulated by his friends. To get the signatures, some preference may have been expressed on committees desired. At any rate, when Lyon revealed the tentative draft of committee chairmanships, there came a rumble of discontent, particularlyy from those in Southern (California who felt they had better treatment coming. ! Lyon is one of the smartest legislators in the business from his many years in both houses. He is almost certain to ride out any storm because he has a strong bloc of friends to suport him. But the bleats of the members who overlook the businesslike advantages. of the ‘Weber. plan Twenty One Nevada County Soldiers to Leave Dec. 30. Twenty one selectees from Nevada county have been inducted into the U.S. Army and will leave this city December 30 for duty. 'The new soldiers are: ; ( Beverton E. Aver, Ferny B. Green, Gino Benuzzi, Robert E. ‘Eddy, Cecil E. Self, Angus (C. ‘Fov, Jr., Thomas H. Randall, Otto Frederick, Byron (C. Barnes, Jennings MM. Jasperson, George J. ‘Bertoncini,; Albert © J. Crouse, Kenneth M. Covington, Roland L. Garwood, Cecil H. Angi Claude R. Prine, Howard M. ‘Was! Doyle F M.cGuinn, Clifford ‘es, George J. Partington, Johns. may raise some fuss.

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, and are ready to guard and defend it.’”” — Daniel Webster City Nugget : Nevada COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. SST ET “Vol. 16, No. 104. The Gold ‘Cane: MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1942. NEVADA CIT Y, CALIFORNIA Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. a ————— The author of this column does not often write an obituary, and never a eulogy, in this spate. The natural preference of every newspaper man is.'to consider first the present and the living, rather than the past and the dead. But there was something so appealing to the ‘hearts of all who knew her, in the character of ‘Belle Douglass, that an aittempt is here made to express if; What a merry madcap of a girl she was, fairly bursting with the gest of living, playing in the streets ‘with other ‘boys and girls, gay, a (bit of a daredevil, a champion even then of the timid and ‘bully ridden. Belle Douglass as a ‘girl foreshadowed the generous, courageous, ou'lspoken woman she grew to ‘be. . While she_lived tradition grew up about ‘her. There was that story about the prominent early day citizen who died: In conformity with the customs of the time, it was Belle and a chum of hers, both well ‘along in their teens ,who were requested to sit up with the corpse overnight. One of their duties was to keep a cloth laid over the face of the deceased, moist ibut not too moist. The cloth ‘was. wet,—heavy. Under its pressure the prominent mose of the ‘prominent deceased was ‘ben't over toward his left ear. When the girls discovered this along in the ‘wee sma’ hours, they went to work to rectify the matter. The nose, it seems ‘was stubborn, like the late citizen. But ‘by hook or crook iby break of day: the departed’s feature had ‘been restored to its natural posture, though the two girls were almost in hysterics. Well, this story has its humor, the robust humor; of ‘those long gone times. But it is indicated here that death was more intimatély known in that day than it is now in the normal lives of, most young folks. The realities of both life and death ‘were impressed on youthful minds, and perhaps, facing them, the generation that grew into adulthood fifty years ago, was cast ina sterner mold than the you'th of today. This ‘we do ‘know, that in Belle Douglass’ mind there was never a “no man’s land” between good and evil. Her Lord of righteousness with his sword had drawn a shanp thin line ibetween the battling forces, and tbeyond that line was only the outer darkness. Born of.a. father and mother, who made their home in this city in 1854, she grew to womanhood in the best Argonaut tradition of simple, decent, piety, of friendiness and genervsity, or neighborliness, and of all pervading charity for ‘those less fortunate. These attributes, she manifested daily throughout her life. She loved Nevada City and was always willing and ready to crusade for its advancement. The Lene Grave of the emigrant . ehild, above the five mile house, is marked largely because ‘Belle Douglass (believed ‘that the little @hild resting there, was, in a way, a symbol of the sacrifices. the pioneers made in their hard journey to California. #he marking of historic buildings with plaques, so that posterity might see with its own eyes the work of the hands of 'those builders long dead, ‘who had done their part in creating 4 great state in the union of states, was to her, a patriotic rite. It was Belle Douglass, a little tired now, but pushed on by that indomitable spirit of hers, who founda donor who would give the price for the files of the Nevada City Daily Transcript, and saw to it, too, that they were safely housed in the city’s library. There it is, a newspaper file from 1860 to 1905, a treasure for historians and for all those who seek to recreate brave days of (Nevada City’s youth. If for many years now Nevada City has been free of most of the deadfalls and dives that oharacterize other mining communities, it is largely because Belle Douglass hated to see her native eity sullied . TFTTSCSCSCSCS—S—S Lava Cap Miners Vote To Continue Work At Present Wage Scale The mine workers of the Lava Cap have voted by a 193 to 67 to continue working under the same conditions and for the same wages as at present. The basic wage is $6.48 per eight hour day. There are now 320 miners employed. Last week they made a request for a raise to $1.10 per hour or $8.80 per day. When Otto Schiffner, general manager, of the company explained that‘the mine was making little or not profit, and.that an increase in operating costs of more the, than $200,000 a year was out of the question, that in fact, any increase would result in closing the mine, the men by an overwhelming ,three-to-one majority voted to continue operation under present conditions at present wage scale. CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR CHILDREN IN HILLS PRESENTED (Max Solaro, chief of police, reports that thanks to generous donations both from local donors and from supply companies delivering goods. in Nevada City, the Nevada City Fire Department was able to provide toys and gifts for 85 children. Those liying along San Juan (Ridge received theirs on December 24. On (Christmas Eve children in Nevada (City’s outhis spare time in November and De-. . cember in repairing, painting. and . him by families in which the chil-. have outgrown their playthings. dren . . i . FOUR MENHURT WHEN CAR SKIDS Three soldiers from Camp Beale morning when their car the Marysville highway yesterday skidded on The three soldiers were Collins Richardson, Jesse Moore, and William Chappell. The civilian was Herryert Humblat. The car skidded at side of the road, glanced off, hit an . oak tree on the other side. Holmes Funeral Home sent an ambulance to the scene ‘and the men were brought to Memorial hospital. Injuries consisted of cuts and bruises. None was critically hurt. Mrs. Gertrude Char ion Summoned by Death (Mrs. Gertrude Gloria Champion, 38, died suddenly Saturday afternoon at the Nevada City Sannitarium. She resided at 3690 Alta street in Grass Valley and had been ill but a few days. : She was the wife of Sergeant Everett Champion, U. S. Army. She ‘was born in San Francisco but for the past ten years made her home in Grass Valley where she was employed in Safeway Store. She and_ her husband were married last October 116. Surviving her besides her husband is her mother. Mrs. Loretta Cochran of San Francisco, a brother, Harold (Cockran, also of San Francisco and a son, Harold ‘Demonte of the same Funeral arrangements will be announced ‘by Hooper and Weaver (Mortuary. REUNION AT GEORGE LEGG HOME The George Legg home was the séene of a happy reunion and family dinner on Christmas day. The center of interest was Tom Legg who arrived in Nevada City to visit his parents a few days before Christmas. Tom, who is in the navy and is on furlough for two or three weeks arrived in San Francisco in the same convoy that brought the S. S. San Francisco. Tom saw a great deal of action in the South Pacific and is happy to be home for a vacation. His parents and friends are happy that he came home uninjured and in good health. Guests at the dinner in Tom’s honor were: (Mr. and Mrs. ‘Bradley Legg of Berkeley, Mrs. Martha Hogue, Miss Mary Hoskins, Miss ‘Fidella Legg of Vallejo, Mr. Leslie Johnson of Vallejo, two soldier boys FAMILY (Continued on aioe Mica from (Camp Beale, Mr. and = ‘Mrs. George Legg and Tom Lege. renovating toys which are left with , . and a civilian, were hurt at 2 o'clock . SPECIALIZED ‘Casey’s Corner, hit the bank on one! eight miles west of Grass Valley. . ROUTE FOR NEW ROAD TOBRANDY CITY SURVEYED . lying sections were visited and made! ™. happy. Chief Solaro spends much of} Desmond is working on the road surengineer Ambrose Desmond, an engineer from the forest service regional office in San Francisco is making the road, survey for the proposed access road from (Indian Valley to the Brandy . City lumber tract, located in the drainage of Fiddle and Cherokee . creeks. . Mr. and Mrs. Desmond are staying . with Mrs. Desmond's ‘brother Jonn. Griffith of Goodyear Bar while, . James E. Higgins who was a. member of the Downieville district, nrotection force this past summer} has been assisting Desmond with his survey work. : On Tuesday of last week forest supervisor Guerdon Ellis and forest . Gerald Mitchell went over . the proposed road location with Desmond. VOUTHTOGET WAR TRAINING WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. — The program for ultilizing college end university facilities to give specialized training to young men inthe armed services was announced jointly by Secretaries Stimson and Knox. pave to do a “better than a $90,-) Mr. Stimson said the program would, vo far toward temporarily destroying, liberal education in America so far as the able-bodied men of college age are concerned, but would not have a permanently ‘bad effect. Mr. Knox thought it an attempt to preserve liberal education during the wat, as preference would ‘be given to smaller not so richly ‘endowed colleges whose existence might be threatened

‘by the war. Meanwhile, a new bulletin has been sent~ to local Selective Service Boards granting temporary deferment for college and university students and instructors in certain medical, engineering and othe, technical fields, all university men have been advised to remain in school until called for, military service, and the 18 and 19 year olds have been told not to hesitate to enroll to begin their college training. The rules and regulations under which schools will ‘be selected for the program will be prescribed by WMC (Chairman MeNutt, after congultation with Secretaries ‘Stimson and Knox, the actual selection to be made iby a joint committee consisting of representatives of the armed services and the WMC. A questionnaire on staffs and facilities has already been. sent to all the higher educational institutions in the country, and the schools chosen will, under contract with the army and the navy, furnish instructiongin prescribed courses and also furnish the necessary housing and messing facilities. Qualified young men detailed to those institutions will be on active duty, in uniform, with regular service pay and subject to general military discipline. CHRISTMAS TREE WEDNESDAY The (Methodist Church Sunday School Christmas tree entertainment will be held Wednesday night at the church. A nice program has been prepared. Santa Claus will be there with a treat for each member of the Sunday school. it is hoped all members of the Sunday school and their parents will be present. ASHES OF BELLE DOUGLASS WILL BE BROUGHT HERE Funeral services were held in Oakland Saturday for the late Belle Rolfe Douglass, who passed away in Piedmont Thursday morning. She had suffered a stroke of paralysis on Wednesday and death followed shortly. Her remains were cremated. She was 74 years of age and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ianthus Jerome Rolfe, who made their home on East ‘Broad street in 1854 where she was born in 1868. Surviving Mrs. Douglass are an only son, Howard 'L. Douglass of Phoenix, Arizona, her sister, Mrs. H. J. Wright of this city, and a number of nephews, nieces and grand nieces. Mrs. Douglass was a charter member of the Laurel ‘Parlor of Native Daughters: of the Golden West and of the Women’s Civic club of this city. She was deeply interested in all civic advancement, and took an active part in seeing to it ‘that bronze tablets were placed on historic ‘Dbuildings of Nevada ‘City or ‘were erected to mark historic spots. The.marker over the Lone Grave above the Five Mile house on ‘the Tahoe Ukiah highway is due in large measure to her enlisment of general interest in it. If ‘(Nevada (City ‘has no dives or deadfalls and no slot machines, it is largely ‘because Belle Douglass rallied pwhlic sentiment against the establishment here of anything approaching a ‘‘wide open town.”’ A great number of citizens who knew Belle'Douglass will mourn her passing. Her ashes will ibe brought to Nevada City for interment. WAR PRODUCTION FOR 102 TOTALS ° BILLION WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—A production report released by WPB states that 1943 production for war alone will have to equal the value of all the goods and services produced by the nation in its years of greatest prosperity. Although the U.S. is making as many combat weapons today as the entire axis, in 1943 it will 000,000,000 war job.” Under secretary of War Patterson gave the following figures for 1942 production of war weapons. ‘More than 23,000 tanks, more than 3,000 90mm anti aircraft guns, more than 000, 40mm anti aireraft guns, more than 300,000 .50 cal. machine guns, and more than 500,000 machine guns of all types. And small arms ammunition coming off the lines at ‘better than 1,000,000,000 rounds a month. The Maritime (Commission announced a new monthly record in the production of liberty ships—68 liberty ships were turned out in November at an average of only 56 days from keellaying to delivery. This is a cut of 10 days from the October average, and represents one fourth the time necessary last January when the program was started. The dollar value of military suDplies acquired for the army in 1942, including all munitions and equipment was set by Under ‘Secretary Patterson at $25,000,000,000 as against $5,000,000,000 in 1941 and $1,000,000,000 in 11940. Munitions, exclusive of aircraft, acquired by the army this year will amount to $11,000,000,000, or about 90 per cent of U. S. and allied stated requirements. High School Romance Culminates in Reno Wedding A high school romance culminated last week in the wedding of (Miss Barbara Archibald of Grass Valley and Warren Smith of Nevada City. They were married quietly in Reno with the hope that the wedding could be kept secret. It soon leaked out and both are now receiving the congratulations of their many friends. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Archizald of Grass Valley and the bridegroom the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Smith of (Nevada City. Archibald is a mining engineer, and Leland Smith, father of the bridegroom, is assistant supervisor of Tahoe National Forest in charge of grazing and recreation. i . ‘. on from many quarters. WILLIAM BENNETT, — ARMY AIR CORPS ACE, KILLED IN ACTION The War Department has notified Mrs. William Bennett of this city that her husband, Lieutenant Bennett, was killed in action in the South Pacific on December 3. No details were given. . Young Bennett was an ace having shot down five or more Jap planes and had been promoted to a first lieutenancy. He had been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action beyond the line. of duty. In recent months he had ‘been made a the (Nevada City ‘high school, attended the University of Nevada, received his training for the army air corps mainly at Stockton Air Field and Hamilton Field. As a student ia high school the was dinstinguished as flight commander. It is known that] gq football player and athlete. He was he was lately stationed at Fort Mor-. popular with his teachers and school esby and it is assumed that he was} mates as he was later with his, offickilled in an aerial battle in the Buna . ers and comrades of the air corps. area on New Guinea. Ite was but 22 years old. Lieut. Bennett was the second Nevada City boy to lose his life in the battle of the South Pacific. It was only a few months ago that Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ferguson of Town Talk a . received a message from the War DeHe was the son of Mr. and Mrs. . partment that their son, Tevis, had Ellsworth R. Bennett of ‘Nevada (City, . been killed in an aecident over Ausand besides his parents is survived} tralian flying field. Both boys were by two sisters, Jane and Mary Ben-, warm friends. They had received nett. . their training together and sailed on Lieut. Bennett was a graduate of the same ship. ASSEMBLY TO SEE PRA( ICE AND Schauer of the Los Angeles appellate . bench. His previous three choices, ,Director of Finance ~Phil Gibson, : F . State Senator Jesse Carter and Proeo i fessor Roger Traynor, had no preBy JOHN W. DUNLAP . vious judicial background. . The choice was ratified quickly py The contrast between practical polia qualifications commission ‘consist‘ing of Governor-elect Earl Warren, ‘ies and efficient theory of govern”. * . lee s . Hf 3 ment may become a hot issue when . 20028 as attorney general, Presidimg and John (Nourse, the state assembly convenes ela cae Sieh) January 4 : , presiding justice’ of the first district /appellate court. The long-time practice has been to; To succeed Schauer Olson named have some 58 committees, which givBrodie Athlport, law partner of Riches all the important members a chair-. ard Olson, the governor’s son and manship, maybe a vice chairmanship . former private secretary. and up to. eight committees on. Governor .-elect. Warren is, hitting which to serve. This looked very im-' the jackpot on his appointments. pressive to the folks back home, and /When he elevated State Engineer adorning the top of the assembly Charles Purcell to the post of directlor of public works, he drew comBut actually, no member could atmendation from all quarters. No entend that many meetings, Yet alone. sineer in the state is better Known do a conscientious good job of study-;20r respected for his work. Purcell ing their bills. Members always had: brings a lifetime of achievement to conflicts on dates and almost hopethe new post and as Warren put it : less’ confusion resulted. Many com-, % newsmen, “encourages these men mittees had few bills, the system was in public service to aspire to the top a joke. The senate long ago simpli-. Jobs without jeopardizing their civil fied its procedure, although there'Setvice and security.’’ a STATE HOSPITALS. CAN $184,577 OF Assemblyman Charles ‘Weber, of Stockton, deplored the confusion and set about to: plan out an _ orderly method of committees. His streamlined plan, worked out over several years, called for 27 committees. Each SACRAMENTO, Dec. 28.—(UP)— A train of 42 box cars would be required to ‘haul the output of ‘the state’s eight mental hospital canneries—a total of 421,580 gallons of member had only four committees, or five at the most, with no conflicts. fruits and vegetables, during the canning. season just ended. He had time to devote to each group, The department of institutions esmore time for his own affairs, and speeding up of business was inevittimated that the value of the total pack was $184,577, on a wholesale able. Weber even got his plan adopted basis. To show the variety of thé canin 1941 but was neatly sidestepped ning, the 23 kinds of processed prob political shenanigans. But he was promised the plan would go in for 1943 and he’s been mapping it all ducts included tomatoes, catsup, tomato juice, string beans, lima beans, beets, carrots, spinach, Swiss chard, out ever since. The system is so simple:and so. perfectly coordinated pumpkin, sauerkraut, apples, apple-. sauce, apricots, cherries, peaches, through Weber’s hard work, that Assemblyman Charles Lyon, unopposed for the speakership, put his stamp of approval on it. Members were pollplums, pears, prunes, .berries and assorted jams and jellies. The output came from 5,200 acres of institutional orchards and gardens. ed on their preference for commitInstitutions expect to get priortees and the lists were dovetailed inities on cans needed for future operto the charts and all seemed serene. The hitch was that only 27, inations and mode land will be brougbt under cultivation in 1943, He was married on January 6 to! Miss Ruth Curnow, daughter of mr. . and Mrs. Horace Curnow of this city . and sailed for Australia days later. : se six For the first time in his administration, Governor Olson elevated a . judge to the supreme court when he ;gave the nod to Justice B. Ray SAICGRAMENTO, Dec. 28.—(UP)—letterheads. stead of 58 members could be chairmen. Obviously, Lyon gave Republicans the best jobs, although the Democrats were to get some of the important spots. And the pressure is Lyon was assured of the speakership by a petition circulated by his friends. To get the signatures, some preference may have been expressed on committees desired. At any rate, when Lyon revealed the tentative draft of committee chairmanships, there came a rumble of discontent, particularlyy from those in Southern (California who felt they had better treatment coming. ! Lyon is one of the smartest legislators in the business from his many years in both houses. He is almost certain to ride out any storm because he has a strong bloc of friends to suport him. But the bleats of the members who overlook the businesslike advantages. of the ‘Weber. plan Twenty One Nevada County Soldiers to Leave Dec. 30. Twenty one selectees from Nevada county have been inducted into the U.S. Army and will leave this city December 30 for duty. 'The new soldiers are: ; ( Beverton E. Aver, Ferny B. Green, Gino Benuzzi, Robert E. ‘Eddy, Cecil E. Self, Angus (C. ‘Fov, Jr., Thomas H. Randall, Otto Frederick, Byron (C. Barnes, Jennings MM. Jasperson, George J. ‘Bertoncini,; Albert © J. Crouse, Kenneth M. Covington, Roland L. Garwood, Cecil H. Angi Claude R. Prine, Howard M. ‘Was! Doyle F M.cGuinn, Clifford ‘es, George J. Partington, Johns. may raise some fuss.