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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

February 21, 1944 (4 pages)

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1 . Newapaner, as aenined ce statute. Printed ‘and Published : at = City. Editor ang fee Bye k Published ONE EM Monday and inursdsyat Nevada City, California, and *nter¢d as ma matter of thé second class in t'. postoffire at wa City under Act of Cor; ess,. March 3, . 187 : SUBSCRIPTION: “BALES ceweeesd sc tiew entree rscmecesecsaoes ceiceworeuee RIGHT TO STRIKE . ‘home, ar edictional” strikes, or any other kind, its” rs announced, “reserves the right to den interests by the full use of . its full econemic its striking sttength. nceivable that those men, 25,000 strong, they may “reserve” the right to strike, or that impedes the war effort; or that ‘ ‘its ank those of the nation at war. That union's ve ‘i somewhat secondary it would seem, ‘to ss) ‘in { sl is turning in a splendid job equally true that in general so is everycountry: But But when any group or any. leaderis a grave dis1 and corrected. ting eons, it te & hang a vant feicernig mur ~ jin union sea but everybody in T. Torcr in any toe art 3 4 1 ee Families with ‘sons in Italy and the South Pacific whose live depends today én a strong and steady sup-' n are wondering how, after two years of jammy a Americans can deliberately slacken that Siyieuae hour with the wheels that ought to. : hard: Or harder, than, Nevada City Nugget — Monday, in 21, 1944 SS oes las 2 SR ppagzes: are brief, but their collective: Wap 1 oned in terms of fighting equipment. 2 lives lost. The inter-union mechanics strike that im ol and die makers in 40 Ohio and Michigan plants . . out for four days is as good an example as any. . ORGE WASHINGTON. EBRUARY 22, 732 * DECEMBER 17,1799. His foresight, his courage , his “perseverance are today and for alltime to come, an inspiration ° to all who believe in and fight for de mocracy * . DOWNIEVILUE, Feb. 21—Private, Neal H. Poster has “written the folowing. interesting letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fos“. ter and sister, Ruth, ‘dated in India Jabtary ey I didn't tell you much about the trip . had coming over. It was quite an experience. Boy, the ocean is plenty big. and Idon’t mean maybe. . The boat was. nice one, but, the] food was terrible. When we left the ocean liner we. had a train trip, then we had a river boat trip. Gee, the e Beopke over here stire use’ rerude Ways ‘acing things. They “tse a’ sNarp le Pulled by a \edw for a plew on . thei? tate, Yod ‘see’ very few’ ars. . The. most popular’ “means of travel \ here is, the ox. cart. ‘he women over here work just as ‘men. When they carry anything t r heads and) I ‘mean they an extn Tt hed a pes aes my ¢ duffle : me four arittas, “Which fs . seth hn ek Be eth up Wo ae nea ane n a about a mile and it. only ‘cost! im in American money. TS EAS 5 ey work over here for practical-} nething, ‘but it doesn’t: cost them. uch to Hve:.AH their houses are Sted oat og) beside “er “grits: The . S}huts. we live in'tow are’ imade of . ven bamboo with a grass roof. It} -étring “or real thiw ‘strips of bamMoo, Our. whole lat is tied tegéther ©} not a nail im it; There insn’t any brm-f } det ‘over here: at: og ind is why . Hevat’ about four centa apiece. Hbeught . Is hit « wicked/thing? Mt ts called # Ku» if you. hit @ man ae et him in half. 1} pald tén rupees for it, whieh" © $2. ive’ that’ wash’t bad. ~ me “Pye seen quite @ few monkeys and : . water buffalo: Tivtead of horses; they installing officer was Distriet Depdads ‘}use the water buffalé and cattle. As) *}¥ou know, the cow is sacred over ‘phere and I mean thete’s’ plenty of . them. ‘They wander around’ the . streets and the camp and no one. ever . looks at them. The cattle over here "’thave humps on their backs and they Geran skinney as heck. “here ave about 400,000,000 people ‘and 200,000, 000,000. cows, 80 +. . that there is tow for evety two } . Deteons here. *) Bvery place you ‘go there are hun[of them cremate them ey always put ‘ a load. On ‘one ov-. them are little kids. ‘When someone of the Indians die saver her they don’t bury them. Some and -then there is another caste that puts them foutand lets the buzzards eat them. . : ‘There are lots of jackals here and they bark and how! all night. Tne indians over here wear a wrap-like thing for trousers and they sure look funny. The thing looks like a long curtain and they wrap it around their: legs. ‘The-turbans of some of them are 15 feet long. There is an American show every Friday night, We get paid in rupees over here; a rupee is worth about 30 eGnte4n Ameritan money. The peoplé’ don’t speak“a word of English over here. It éeems like every other one’ is a peddler of some sort; they sé everything. Yeu can jew them down some if you try hard. ~ Where we have four seasons at home, they only have three. over here. There ts ‘summer, winter and wéisoon. Théy say“in monsoon ft tins aly the time. It fs winter here now. and it seems like summer back ‘home. es y CHAMPION: = he Champion Circle, day afternoon din the Odd Fellows social time. At the elose of the meetAng a patriotic program was presentLed. Phose taking part were, reading, Lintoln, Mrs, Annie. Brown-. ing; piano. solo, Mrs. Gertrude ZolJare; reading, Faith Kensinger. Mrs. . Adelaide Reilly Jones, a recent bride : Land captain. of the guard in the order, was es to the room and presented with a beautiful collection of Wedding fifts, the event. coming . treshments ‘brought the aftern te a. close., St. Valentine. and patriotic motifs. were used, as decorations on ; the table and banquet room and val. : entires were “given as place cards. (Mrs. Reilly Jones member was married to Forest Jowes in. Reno, a “month ‘and the news came @ut shortly “after their. return. yome. ‘They’ réside on the ‘Graas ‘Vali feyNevada’ City highway near ‘the Prowse ‘Drive-in Market.” ot. re Beas At this. time Mrs. Annie Hooper was installed as. lat Vice President, and Mrs. Lena Calanan, as. Trustee: The Cross, of Sierra Pines Parlor of Colfax. She was accompanied by our Mrs. Ruth Sinmock and a delegation
of native daughters from that parlor. : After the business meeting a program honoring both Lincoln's and Washington's Birthdays was given. The. readings and song were renderjed.in a most commendable manner ‘and was greatly appreciated by all § csesregs eee: we (of the Historical Committee for the ‘Grand Parlor, has requested all mem-/. ‘bers of Laurel Partor:to send in the . names of their sons who are in the “service, giving their names and rank. PAYMENTS OF \ ’ . ment of Employment paid $593,391 Neighbors of . , Woodcraft, enjoyed.a meeting Thura. hall witha fime attendanee of mem' bers present for the program -and . . ‘Nancy Raier, reading, St. Valentine; . , as. & surprise. to, her. Serving Of. Tebry the honored 3 hs i moging il: Lantel Pasiec Bie:t 6, NDGIW, wae held on February 16. . : .atyGrand President, Mrs. Alberta . ‘Supervising Dist. Dep. Grand Pres. ed one of the most pleasant spent in . many months. Members of Laurel Parlor . spending many hours both at the !producton room and folding bandag‘es for the Red Cross. \ Nancy James, who is the chairman are UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE GAIN SAICRAMENTO, Feb. — Despite a slight upward te in unemployment insurance. payments throughout the state during/the past few months, average monthly payments continue to decrease over a year ago. This announcement was made today by Homer W. Buckley, ehairman of the California Employmeat Stabilization cOmmission, on the basis of January, 1944, statistics. Buckley pointtd out that during . January of this year, the Departin unemployment. insurance to aa average of 8,568: persons per week, a decrease of 28 per cent over the same month in 1943, and a4 decrease of 37 per cent in the average number of persons who received insurance. The figures. however, compared to Deeember, 1943, indicates an increase, Buckley said. In December, the Department: paid $499,279 to 6,748 persons on the basis of a weekly average. Compared to Januar}, Buekley said this was an ‘in-crease of 19 per cent in the amount, of insurance paid in January over December and an increase of 27 per cent in the average number of persons who drew insurance. Total contributions. to the fund for January, Buckley said, were $13,372,931 bringing the balanee in the Unemployment Trust Fund to $464,282,973 as of the end of: the month. DEATH BViA—In Grass Valley, Nevada County, Febrnary 19, 1944, Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Eva, wife. of Richard Eva, and daughter of Mrs. Jennie Cornelius, a ‘native of Sutter Creek, Amador ‘County, aged ‘43. years. ‘Funeral services will be held February: 22nd at 3p. m. Interment will take place in Elm Ridge Cemtery. RICHARDS-— vada. County, February 19) 1944, Alfre@ F) Richards,’ husband: of \Mrs. enry Prisk Jr. both of Graas Val¥,'a@ native of Grass Valley aged 69 years. Funeral services‘ will be held at 1 p. m. February ‘22nd with in terment in Re@ Men’s Cemetery. ARTERD—Goin sainestions. lk. E. A ait /12-18i¢ i ibe Te, P. 0. Box ie ead ah i ae: it rte 7 WHE PAY 31 Bach For 1909 Tn‘dian’ head cents”:with ‘letter “3” head cents with letter “S” below date and initials. “V¥DB” near low-; er edg® om reverse. Also want. gold. dollars, $2. 50 and ad pieces. Box; 2, Nevada City. ft age. Lone sD cb ‘stock of porte large type badio Datteries! ARTS RADIO HOSPITAL — Specialists in’ Redio ills. “212 Seuth Church Street, -Graes Valley. Phone’ 981. 5 2-19¢¢ Played after. In Grass Valley, Ne-. Nevad: fomtte Riehards,. step-father of Mrs. *) . < “PRYSIOEAN iS NEEDED even when budget is limited Keystone Market DAVE RICHARDS, Prop. . . ’ 213 Commercial Street Phone 67 Nevada City . We supply our patrons with the meat from the best cattle, sheep and hogs that money can buy. We . have built our reputation on, service and quality _and reasonable prices. Ask your neighbors about us. They will tell you. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY DOCTORS sd ‘B: W. HUMMELT, M.: D. “PHYSIOFAN AND: SURGEON: Office Hours: 10-12.a: m.; 2-5 P. B. sabes 7-8. Phone 395 X-RAY ) APTDORNEY AT Aw rt Broad Street Telephone, 38 ‘The alee: -Faneral Home. .service fs priced’ witht the means of ave° ‘Asdbbldiibe service ‘at all ‘Tsoure. ie CHD THE Manel aes te Hs 0% PHYSICIAN “a a SeRGHON Oftine Hours: 1 to-3: 7 to 8 p. mM. “GWitdays 11:30 to 12/30 129 South Aaburw St;,; Grass’ Valley Phone Grass Valley (360. / . If.No Answer—Graas Valley: 11-W. CARL POWER JONES, emi eritts aetpantbare 42:30 to Pron @' ‘NEVADA Ome mODGR, No. 518 Ay aise 8 RO OED. A I and fourth Meets eve bee abbr at . Py*hian’ le, 232 ‘Broad S % Native Sons welcoms. =. ' GBRALD D. PEARD, Pres. . DR. Cc. W. CHAPMAMs Ree. Se¢'7 ee ee a ] OUSTOMAH LODGE No. 16 woor . pee every Tuesday. evening. at -7 30 at Odd Fellows oh gods I cana, J. N, Ge = tost BUT A £W PENNIE i DAY Pure PL: Contain GD, E pwn eeaiotn Ge. ksve RI \\ i ee ae acta ti i i Ri le Ee ee ee ee eee TS Re a PO . 4 Pite® ona