February 10, 1944 (4 pages)

previovely a “Seabee” cisco. : an areas seaable, San Francsico. Lieut. (jg) Harley M. Leete— “sent to Buckley ‘Air ear Denver, December 22. He eg } good progress in his work. wife and small child are! ‘Holbrook Zz rd Holbrook and moth-ts. Earl Holbrook, have son, Lieutenant (jg) biles, Shetland ponies wooly terriers. .-.8gt. Gurdon W. ,Leete— He sta‘es he ts well war will he over bea sent home most has been temporarily ieana” andj fice, to Presque Island on Paspard. Hol[ New. York. Sgt. William 8S, Muscardini— . ie ebm Muscardint— . engineering. reached over ‘and touched him on the slioulder and at was Bruce Bursell, from this city. The two young men were in the employ of the Diamond Match Company here. Anyone wishinig to write Wi\ Ray ‘Wilde can use the following address, Cpl. Ray B. Wilde, 39500682 He. Co. 119, 2nd Engr. Depot Group APO 502, % Post Master, San Fran'. William Hatch, grandson of Mrs. . Minnie Young of Park avenue, writ,es her he has recovered from recent surgerty-and is out of the. hospital. He is now a member of the crew of . me ship U. S. Capalble, Bill’s addrezs is William Hatch, $2 /e, U. S$ S.-CapAN 155 % Fleet ie, Office eo a letter received yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Leete from their ‘Harley M. iLeete, USNR, from his station somewhere in Wngland, he tells of a visit husband ana to Scotch villages and towns, the iyely, from North Africa: ‘ prevalence of midget sized automoand small, Sgt. Guerdon W. Leete, son of Mr. and Mrs. H¢ M. Leete of this city, transferred from U. S. Army headquarters in ‘New York City, where he has been employed in the public relations ofthe: bouldary between the state of Maine! -and Canada, where a large airfield is maintained. His duties, he states, are very similar to those he had in Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Muscardini ‘have just received word that ‘their son, William S. Muscardini had received his rating as sergeant. He is now in England in an air base depot. “Lt. John Muscardin is {now in a camp in Orlando, Florida, taking a 3 six week course in army air force ‘He has completed 2 course in camouflaging . 'U, S. army . eqauioment in a camp on/the Atlantic THE PRESIDENT’S 'C ADDRESS TO BOY SCOUTS February 8, 1944) “Fellow Scouts and Scouters: Nothing would give me more Slane: ure than to speak to you personally today but as you know the war must be fought and won and that is our number one job at present. From facts placed before me I know what a superb record of war service you have achieved since Pearl Harbor. Keep up the good work. But learry on your normal scouting, too. It will be of lasting value to you as you grow into manhood. Live democracy in your troop and in your home. Get out of doors. Camp. And above all, live the scout oath and law. : The man who is helping you most to achieve these high aims and ideals as a member of your troop is your own scoutmaster. He is your friend and: counsellor. He gives leadership through the scout program which is 80 attractive to thousands upon thousands of boys. hoe All pergons who are or were active in the Boy Scout Movement— and there are more than 11,400,000 of us—have been appreciation and deep respect for the volunteer serviee scoutmasters render to boyhood. : Thousands of scoutmasters are in the armed forces but scout troops are carrying on because many eligible men have stepped in to fill their @laces. Indeed more and more men who appreciate what scouting is doing and what it means to America are offering their service to the movement. : Since the earliest days of scoutring the scoutmasters have been an inspiration'to all of us. I salute them. . As the Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America, I am proud to the day:of world brotherhood. it is, as you say, the hope of the world. . . . . . 4 ᠀倀爀椀挀攀 and Ration Board that -@f the people cf all countries had taken the basic philosophy of scouting to heart perhaps there would . It therefore behooves us outs and scéouters, to foster mutual understanding and mutual respect. Let us live up to what we so deeply believe. (Signed) = + FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. GV. COUNCIL DENIES MORE AD TO RATION BOARD ‘A request from the Grass Valley the Grass Valley City Council pay the cost of the boards telephone bill, was . turned down at the city council meeting-Tuesday night. The decision . was . unanimous. The city cousiell. recited the fact that it had spent $600 in renovatthg an office for the ration board in _ had paid rental of $30 per were W.B. MeClard; chairman, and jeep Chisholm, field representatF of the Sacramento OPA office. a city council’s position in the : matter as explaiped by City Clerk Everett Deward, is that, since the j ration board is now\moving into rear “ Tooms of the Veterans “Memorial e and . “ BLACK—iIn Grass Valley, Nevada County, February 4, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Black of Roseville and Colfax, a son. GaDDIS—t m Grass Valley, Nere Zi vats County, February 6, 1944, to Sgt. and Mrs. Conrad Gaddis, spies; a son and a daughter. to learn that you are looting ahead’! never have been a. second world war. . all, as: Be Holbrook building and for 15] a aretha on the of. Day and the Spring ‘Festival, . people of Chungking “launched the “Comfort Campaign” and paid hom. the elemenfary school will be filled . [ . by scouts. : . -lealled to order at its luncheon meeiBageyetnna$ Bates, ‘Boy CHINESE KNOW ALL ABOUT JAP ATROCITIES CHUNGKING, Feb. 10. — The \Chinese were not surprised when they received the news of slaughter Filipino war prisoners in the. Phiiippines and a great number of British nationals in Hongkong, {and Burma. Mass slaughter of tivilian populations at the fall of Nanking, the cold blooded murder of . Kwang-son Young, Chinese ConsulGeneral at Manila, and bargarous raping kidnapping and pillaging in every part of China are still fresh in their minds: Strongly denouncing these ghastly deeds, Mr. Han Chao Liang, Chinese Minister of Information, stated it is not exaggeration to assert-that the struggle against aggression is a battle between right and might, and between good and evil. Right is on our side, and we are absolutely confident of our final victory, the information . minister added. With a view to investigating Japanese crimes committed in China and collecting evidence, a‘ War Crime ‘Comntission' composed of the represehtatives of the Justice, Interior, Foreign Affairs and other minstries will be established soon in Chungking. It is regarded here that: reprisals is not the best. medicine for the enemy, as allies certainly will not wish to disregard codes of decemcy in order to combat enemy’s dindeciencies. The only way open to us is to strike Japan effectively and immediately. Jap crimes are expected to ‘be even more bloody as a result of their continuous disastrous military reverses. Chinese official reaction toward the landings of United States armed forces in the Marshall Islands is expressed by Dr. K. C. Wu, vice minister of Foreign Affairs, when t> said that they meant one step nearer to, Tokio. : In an editorial, the Central Daily News said American landings in the Marshalls: is. the most effective step Pavcifis. ‘The American invasion aims not oniy thrusting at the heart of the Japan-, ese Maginot Line of the sea and annibilating Japanese garrisons, but also inflicting mortal blows over the Japanese navy. If the islands fall,’ the Jap morale wiil suffer a heavy blow. Sao Tang fm. an army newspaper in Chunngking;’ predicted ‘Japanese navy must come out to fight and meet its doom. With the fall of the Marshalls the Japanese ring of defense will collapse. to shorten the war in the In the opinion of Ta Kung Pao, an influential Chungking daily, the Pacific war has shifted from the attrition stage to a. decisive stage by ‘landing in the Marshalls. However, informed circles believe in spite of being attacked everywhere result. ing to heavy losses of ships and) planes recently, Japan is prepared for a desperate fight until she is totally exhausted, With a view to promoting efficiency in the administration of rail‘ways, the: ministry of communications laid much etress in the education of raikway. workers. Apart from technical school’s. training classes, tepding “ropmis and athletic clubs hhave been organized under the auspices of the railway authorities. A epecial conference will be summoned by the ministry for the purpose of discussing matters in this field. Pk Ti aa Around . the Chinese: New ‘Yeats the age to the families of wounded soldiers. A meeting ‘took place on February ist in the Cathay Theatre ‘where refreshments and show are presented to the families who have sent’ their husbands, fathers and brothems to the battlefield to fight for freedom. ‘ County Offices Tomorrow _As one of the features -of Boy . French, scoutmasters of the Nevada (City’s two scout troops have’ arranged with the city.council for the scouts to take over the city’s government The scouts will also occupy several of the county offices, including that of 7700 American and and14,000) . would seem positively naked. Malaya . SOLDIER BALLOT PRO AND CON ‘By LEONE BAXTERIn congressional halls, where it’s scarcely decent to express an opinion in less than five thousand words . with explanatory footnotes, the comments of one intrepid Californian on the subject of the soldier voie With all the clarity in the world and no windiness whatever. Mr. H. N. Wood of Oakland writes his local . newspaper the briefest if not the best proposal yet heard: “Soldier vote: States authorize soldier to proxy vote by personal. letter to next of kin. No appropriation necessary anywhere. Get on with the war!” Brief, too, almost to the point of nothingness is the comment of overseas service men themselves in the matter. Possibly, to the regiments hacking their ‘way through Japcrawling jungles and pushing the enemy back from the broadening Italian beachheads, politics at home does not seem quite so urgent as the job at hand: Their officers, too, may wonder just how much time could safely be diverted from the battle to political study and discussion. For intelligent voting involves studying the isgues and listening to both sides be‘fore making a decision. The politicos who suddenly rane it expedient to prove themselves true friends of the soldier by loading ten million ballots onto ships that should be carrying critical supplies to the South Pacific and the continental invading forces, and sending them abroad on seven oceans, may not find their move so popular as they hoped. War Secretary Stimson warns that to give the ballots any priority whatever will saterrere with. the prosecution of the war’’—and that the voting paraphernalia would have to take precedence over mail from home. g And there’s the rub! For the boys Scout Week, Al Bates and William} feel strongly that letters from Mom and the girl friend are priority communigues. If they can’t have both ballots and billet doux, they’d rather content themselves with ——just as they expected to do before the politicians began whooping it up ,inWashington. Politically. speakin . the. voting results probably wa ‘be about the same, since the. party ,vatio is similar among the army and , civilians. Whether the initiative is preempted by the national administration or retained by the states, whether the limelight is grabbed by Democrats or Republicans and whether the poll tax is nullified now or after the war are matters of lesser importance to boys overseas than winnitig their _; battles “ hearing from home — and finding precious ship space to accommodate hemos Four fishers were trapped in California. during the 1942-43 trapping season, two in Siskiyou County and two in Tulare County. tary ‘bell. A program’ acamtae the importance of scouting was presentNevada City Nugget — Thursday, February 10, 1944. ———— ‘Flat is in receipt of a message beers ‘high school the voting. . judgment of their families at home Hills Flat Man Killed In An Alaskan Accident Mrs. Violet Soresnson of Hilly fro the War Department, Stating rae her husband, Nels D. 5-5 evron. civil employe of the U. §. Army a gineers at Camp Earle, Alaska, wag killed on Jantary 29th, in an ace. dent at West Portal Tunnel. Mrs. Sorenson only a few dayg prior to the message, had received ‘a letter from her husband, * January 22nd, stating that he yw. doing well and hoped to return pe summer, when his contract would end. Sorenson was formerly employ. ed in the Pennsylvania Mine here, From friends, returning from Alag. ka, Mrs. Sorenson learned that her husband had worked on a construc. tion job on Attu Island. Besides his wife, the deceagag leaves a daughter, Betty Sorenson, girl, and a stepson, Frank Carson of Richmond. Fifty one years *ieneda betwieg introduction into America of the world’s first plastic, celluloid, jg 1868, and introduction of the 8@0ond, casein, from Germany in 1919, ee . NEVADA THEATRE Direction T. and D. JR., ENTERPRISES INC. FRIDAY SATURDAYTRUETO LIFE With -MARY MARTIN.SUNDAY MONDAY CORVETTE of the sheriff, and the county clerk. A scout will preside for the day on the superior bench. The offices of. vice principal of the high school and The Nevada City Rotary Club was So seat ee as aan and sak ed powder. Also good for sinks, bath“tubs, etc. Just sprinkle it on and rub ‘with wet cloth, Startling results, with little effort. A product of the makers of famed Wear-Ever Aluminum: ¢ FRANCHOT TONE {fl S gre At doin; of si tiona smok does think spoki willl prom ‘chine Afte1 calle neart one . comy SOW.” they dent. for ¢ “unde the’ s Mek alcy’ bee} ‘ oe ~ “Epeageatt iiiirs 3

previovely a “Seabee” cisco. : an areas seaable, San Francsico. Lieut. (jg) Harley M. Leete— “sent to Buckley ‘Air ear Denver, December 22. He eg } good progress in his work. wife and small child are! ‘Holbrook Zz rd Holbrook and moth-ts. Earl Holbrook, have son, Lieutenant (jg) biles, Shetland ponies wooly terriers. .-.8gt. Gurdon W. ,Leete— He sta‘es he ts well war will he over bea sent home most has been temporarily ieana” andj fice, to Presque Island on Paspard. Hol[ New. York. Sgt. William 8S, Muscardini— . ie ebm Muscardint— . engineering. reached over ‘and touched him on the slioulder and at was Bruce Bursell, from this city. The two young men were in the employ of the Diamond Match Company here. Anyone wishinig to write Wi\ Ray ‘Wilde can use the following address, Cpl. Ray B. Wilde, 39500682 He. Co. 119, 2nd Engr. Depot Group APO 502, % Post Master, San Fran'. William Hatch, grandson of Mrs. . Minnie Young of Park avenue, writ,es her he has recovered from recent surgerty-and is out of the. hospital. He is now a member of the crew of . me ship U. S. Capalble, Bill’s addrezs is William Hatch, $2 /e, U. S$ S.-CapAN 155 % Fleet ie, Office eo a letter received yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Leete from their ‘Harley M. iLeete, USNR, from his station somewhere in Wngland, he tells of a visit husband ana to Scotch villages and towns, the iyely, from North Africa: ‘ prevalence of midget sized automoand small, Sgt. Guerdon W. Leete, son of Mr. and Mrs. H¢ M. Leete of this city, transferred from U. S. Army headquarters in ‘New York City, where he has been employed in the public relations ofthe: bouldary between the state of Maine! -and Canada, where a large airfield is maintained. His duties, he states, are very similar to those he had in Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Muscardini ‘have just received word that ‘their son, William S. Muscardini had received his rating as sergeant. He is now in England in an air base depot. “Lt. John Muscardin is {now in a camp in Orlando, Florida, taking a 3 six week course in army air force ‘He has completed 2 course in camouflaging . 'U, S. army . eqauioment in a camp on/the Atlantic THE PRESIDENT’S 'C ADDRESS TO BOY SCOUTS February 8, 1944) “Fellow Scouts and Scouters: Nothing would give me more Slane: ure than to speak to you personally today but as you know the war must be fought and won and that is our number one job at present. From facts placed before me I know what a superb record of war service you have achieved since Pearl Harbor. Keep up the good work. But learry on your normal scouting, too. It will be of lasting value to you as you grow into manhood. Live democracy in your troop and in your home. Get out of doors. Camp. And above all, live the scout oath and law. : The man who is helping you most to achieve these high aims and ideals as a member of your troop is your own scoutmaster. He is your friend and: counsellor. He gives leadership through the scout program which is 80 attractive to thousands upon thousands of boys. hoe All pergons who are or were active in the Boy Scout Movement— and there are more than 11,400,000 of us—have been appreciation and deep respect for the volunteer serviee scoutmasters render to boyhood. : Thousands of scoutmasters are in the armed forces but scout troops are carrying on because many eligible men have stepped in to fill their @laces. Indeed more and more men who appreciate what scouting is doing and what it means to America are offering their service to the movement. : Since the earliest days of scoutring the scoutmasters have been an inspiration'to all of us. I salute them. . As the Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America, I am proud to the day:of world brotherhood. it is, as you say, the hope of the world. . . . . . 4 ᠀倀爀椀挀攀 and Ration Board that -@f the people cf all countries had taken the basic philosophy of scouting to heart perhaps there would . It therefore behooves us outs and scéouters, to foster mutual understanding and mutual respect. Let us live up to what we so deeply believe. (Signed) = + FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. GV. COUNCIL DENIES MORE AD TO RATION BOARD ‘A request from the Grass Valley the Grass Valley City Council pay the cost of the boards telephone bill, was . turned down at the city council meeting-Tuesday night. The decision . was . unanimous. The city cousiell. recited the fact that it had spent $600 in renovatthg an office for the ration board in _ had paid rental of $30 per were W.B. MeClard; chairman, and jeep Chisholm, field representatF of the Sacramento OPA office. a city council’s position in the : matter as explaiped by City Clerk Everett Deward, is that, since the j ration board is now\moving into rear “ Tooms of the Veterans “Memorial e and . “ BLACK—iIn Grass Valley, Nevada County, February 4, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Black of Roseville and Colfax, a son. GaDDIS—t m Grass Valley, Nere Zi vats County, February 6, 1944, to Sgt. and Mrs. Conrad Gaddis, spies; a son and a daughter. to learn that you are looting ahead’! never have been a. second world war. . all, as: Be Holbrook building and for 15] a aretha on the of. Day and the Spring ‘Festival, . people of Chungking “launched the “Comfort Campaign” and paid hom. the elemenfary school will be filled . [ . by scouts. : . -lealled to order at its luncheon meeiBageyetnna$ Bates, ‘Boy CHINESE KNOW ALL ABOUT JAP ATROCITIES CHUNGKING, Feb. 10. — The \Chinese were not surprised when they received the news of slaughter Filipino war prisoners in the. Phiiippines and a great number of British nationals in Hongkong, {and Burma. Mass slaughter of tivilian populations at the fall of Nanking, the cold blooded murder of . Kwang-son Young, Chinese ConsulGeneral at Manila, and bargarous raping kidnapping and pillaging in every part of China are still fresh in their minds: Strongly denouncing these ghastly deeds, Mr. Han Chao Liang, Chinese Minister of Information, stated it is not exaggeration to assert-that the struggle against aggression is a battle between right and might, and between good and evil. Right is on our side, and we are absolutely confident of our final victory, the information . minister added. With a view to investigating Japanese crimes committed in China and collecting evidence, a‘ War Crime ‘Comntission' composed of the represehtatives of the Justice, Interior, Foreign Affairs and other minstries will be established soon in Chungking. It is regarded here that: reprisals is not the best. medicine for the enemy, as allies certainly will not wish to disregard codes of decemcy in order to combat enemy’s dindeciencies. The only way open to us is to strike Japan effectively and immediately. Jap crimes are expected to ‘be even more bloody as a result of their continuous disastrous military reverses. Chinese official reaction toward the landings of United States armed forces in the Marshall Islands is expressed by Dr. K. C. Wu, vice minister of Foreign Affairs, when t> said that they meant one step nearer to, Tokio. : In an editorial, the Central Daily News said American landings in the Marshalls: is. the most effective step Pavcifis. ‘The American invasion aims not oniy

thrusting at the heart of the Japan-, ese Maginot Line of the sea and annibilating Japanese garrisons, but also inflicting mortal blows over the Japanese navy. If the islands fall,’ the Jap morale wiil suffer a heavy blow. Sao Tang fm. an army newspaper in Chunngking;’ predicted ‘Japanese navy must come out to fight and meet its doom. With the fall of the Marshalls the Japanese ring of defense will collapse. to shorten the war in the In the opinion of Ta Kung Pao, an influential Chungking daily, the Pacific war has shifted from the attrition stage to a. decisive stage by ‘landing in the Marshalls. However, informed circles believe in spite of being attacked everywhere result. ing to heavy losses of ships and) planes recently, Japan is prepared for a desperate fight until she is totally exhausted, With a view to promoting efficiency in the administration of rail‘ways, the: ministry of communications laid much etress in the education of raikway. workers. Apart from technical school’s. training classes, tepding “ropmis and athletic clubs hhave been organized under the auspices of the railway authorities. A epecial conference will be summoned by the ministry for the purpose of discussing matters in this field. Pk Ti aa Around . the Chinese: New ‘Yeats the age to the families of wounded soldiers. A meeting ‘took place on February ist in the Cathay Theatre ‘where refreshments and show are presented to the families who have sent’ their husbands, fathers and brothems to the battlefield to fight for freedom. ‘ County Offices Tomorrow _As one of the features -of Boy . French, scoutmasters of the Nevada (City’s two scout troops have’ arranged with the city.council for the scouts to take over the city’s government The scouts will also occupy several of the county offices, including that of 7700 American and and14,000) . would seem positively naked. Malaya . SOLDIER BALLOT PRO AND CON ‘By LEONE BAXTERIn congressional halls, where it’s scarcely decent to express an opinion in less than five thousand words . with explanatory footnotes, the comments of one intrepid Californian on the subject of the soldier voie With all the clarity in the world and no windiness whatever. Mr. H. N. Wood of Oakland writes his local . newspaper the briefest if not the best proposal yet heard: “Soldier vote: States authorize soldier to proxy vote by personal. letter to next of kin. No appropriation necessary anywhere. Get on with the war!” Brief, too, almost to the point of nothingness is the comment of overseas service men themselves in the matter. Possibly, to the regiments hacking their ‘way through Japcrawling jungles and pushing the enemy back from the broadening Italian beachheads, politics at home does not seem quite so urgent as the job at hand: Their officers, too, may wonder just how much time could safely be diverted from the battle to political study and discussion. For intelligent voting involves studying the isgues and listening to both sides be‘fore making a decision. The politicos who suddenly rane it expedient to prove themselves true friends of the soldier by loading ten million ballots onto ships that should be carrying critical supplies to the South Pacific and the continental invading forces, and sending them abroad on seven oceans, may not find their move so popular as they hoped. War Secretary Stimson warns that to give the ballots any priority whatever will saterrere with. the prosecution of the war’’—and that the voting paraphernalia would have to take precedence over mail from home. g And there’s the rub! For the boys Scout Week, Al Bates and William} feel strongly that letters from Mom and the girl friend are priority communigues. If they can’t have both ballots and billet doux, they’d rather content themselves with ——just as they expected to do before the politicians began whooping it up ,inWashington. Politically. speakin . the. voting results probably wa ‘be about the same, since the. party ,vatio is similar among the army and , civilians. Whether the initiative is preempted by the national administration or retained by the states, whether the limelight is grabbed by Democrats or Republicans and whether the poll tax is nullified now or after the war are matters of lesser importance to boys overseas than winnitig their _; battles “ hearing from home — and finding precious ship space to accommodate hemos Four fishers were trapped in California. during the 1942-43 trapping season, two in Siskiyou County and two in Tulare County. tary ‘bell. A program’ acamtae the importance of scouting was presentNevada City Nugget — Thursday, February 10, 1944. ———— ‘Flat is in receipt of a message beers ‘high school the voting. . judgment of their families at home Hills Flat Man Killed In An Alaskan Accident Mrs. Violet Soresnson of Hilly fro the War Department, Stating rae her husband, Nels D. 5-5 evron. civil employe of the U. §. Army a gineers at Camp Earle, Alaska, wag killed on Jantary 29th, in an ace. dent at West Portal Tunnel. Mrs. Sorenson only a few dayg prior to the message, had received ‘a letter from her husband, * January 22nd, stating that he yw. doing well and hoped to return pe summer, when his contract would end. Sorenson was formerly employ. ed in the Pennsylvania Mine here, From friends, returning from Alag. ka, Mrs. Sorenson learned that her husband had worked on a construc. tion job on Attu Island. Besides his wife, the deceagag leaves a daughter, Betty Sorenson, girl, and a stepson, Frank Carson of Richmond. Fifty one years *ieneda betwieg introduction into America of the world’s first plastic, celluloid, jg 1868, and introduction of the 8@0ond, casein, from Germany in 1919, ee . NEVADA THEATRE Direction T. and D. JR., ENTERPRISES INC. FRIDAY SATURDAYTRUETO LIFE With -MARY MARTIN.SUNDAY MONDAY CORVETTE of the sheriff, and the county clerk. A scout will preside for the day on the superior bench. The offices of. vice principal of the high school and The Nevada City Rotary Club was So seat ee as aan and sak ed powder. Also good for sinks, bath“tubs, etc. Just sprinkle it on and rub ‘with wet cloth, Startling results, with little effort. A product of the makers of famed Wear-Ever Aluminum: ¢ FRANCHOT TONE {fl S gre At doin; of si tiona smok does think spoki willl prom ‘chine Afte1 calle neart one . comy SOW.” they dent. for ¢ “unde the’ s Mek alcy’ bee} ‘ oe ~ “Epeageatt iiiirs 3