February 24, 1944 (4 pages)

. The Nugget is delivered to sour home twice a week for only 30 cents per month > “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready Nevada COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ity Nu to guard and defend it.””—Daniel Webster \ This cove gget If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read pagiet gives your complete rage of all local happenings. The Nugget. ee a __The County Seat at Paper_ Thinking Out Loud By H. M, L. RATION TOKENS ARE DISTRIBUTED War planning stould be now. We do not know when will end, but “whén ‘the a or the European phase, ar etitis there seems a “probability that the Pacitse of the War will eid soon g: We cannot begin too ‘9000, ‘heh, to arraige our affairs for the transsition from war to ace. We want just as little govit help in this traiisition as We Want to return quickly as we can to the fundamental 1e direct :k home. prineiples of living and doing, 8, N. Yo) leh fiavé givén us the foremost . Picture! plate in the world. arters of jaw that When the Buropean aspect; of vide for the war ends there will begin a iS ual —at least we hope it will xplained. . be gradual—demobilization of the soldier’s. . fin and Women in uniform. Probprompt: ‘gbly when the end comes there e guard _ will be between 11 and 12 million was all “gerving in of with the armed me cae forces. There must be an orderly ry theae. . ‘ plan for their resumption of civil front go 5 Yife and peace time employment. i men— Except for what might be called 1d minor . ‘severance pay, for these men and hem reewomen, ranging from $100 to agains, _ $300, there seems at the moment geht to be no great national plan for the conemployment of this host when hich the big their service to the nation ends. ire their Ss : gs sap *The Selective Service Act pro*yides that employes who return ‘from the wars skall be given back “their former jobs. But how can an mployer be compelled to provide roblems. . ‘ar away. at hand . ar knows . oe for men when the employer, to solve himself, in many instances, has ) service . gone out of business while his emoss field Ployes were away fighting his ntry’s battles? There will be, of 1} of ors a large number of firms eae . 1"have places” for ‘returnour boy. . gldiers, fliers and _ sailors. vice, the . } swill the labor unions do ributions . “abowt these men who frequently its $200; ew organized Tabor with a nonth, “jaundiced eye? Here is a mannnnnne in any program for the future ‘which the unions themselves in snowcould help mighplly to improve. time will a ow ued ‘equal, if not of greater imms ae nce, ‘is. the question of how the ‘great ‘army of perhaps 22 mil‘ons :ot men and women now engaged. in war industries, are to after s iain themselves during the 1968, conversion’ of plants from war ‘ian up. ME Pett? to peace goods. It is here ; “that: cooperative planning by both a ‘employers and their workers is sicomanna i : vital to fature prosperity. i ‘poet “war “planning, ‘should “petvgnly: be -dene ‘now, but it . ‘gh@uld be done‘ by individual‘ citPrevaptl latest po yn councils, *by cora ae by Cok. ‘efties, by cban, és. pe “should , be. the tiderai‘government, . s Lf obtte ‘Wutin ‘fame: . ot ’ the pind ?eif-all a Lave: d ervices ’by the ‘time the war is ended were to return. to this ity tomorrow, how ready would e to make the needed, adjustMents. An estimate of the number Of soldiers, sailors and fliers, who have gone into the armed services or will have entered them by war "g end, probably will opproximate 1700 or 1800. Not all of them can ‘We expected to return. Some of them will have sacrified their liv_%. Others will find new homes @broad and in this country. But tt is safe to say that the sacs! will return. eae 2 It is our patriotic duty to plan w for their return. Many of them will return to the mines. Others will find employment in farming, stock raising, lumbering, “or in merchandising. “These men Who have served us; preserved us, d upheld for us the standards ; we cherish as precious and to “our continued way of. life, Nid receive the best we ¢a2 them in the way of opportunto succeed in their lives. When ‘have done all that we can do ‘them, it will not be much as ‘. ville, ¥uba: County, ‘where! the family Great: Jehovah let“us pray; :not in: ia Sony role of ‘Santa Cidas. « vi i. the ~ tered theTO RETAILERS Nevada City retail grocers-and the butchers are now receiving from 1ocal banks supplies of ration tokens for use when the simplified food ratiohing progtam “goes into effect on February 27. Accotding to the local War Price Aldministration and Rationing Board each merchant will be given several hundred blue tokens to be. used in making change for blue stamps when processed foods are purchased ‘and a supply of red tokens to be used in making change for red stamps. Beginning February 27 all blue and red stamps in Ration Book Four will have a flat value of ten points each regardless _of the numbers which appear on them. Blue stamps A8 B8 C8 D8 and E 8 totaling 50 points, will be valid for the purchase of processed foods. Red stamps AS, B8 and C 8 become calid February 27 and red stamps D8 E8 and F 8 become valid March 12, totaling 60 points for the month of March, to be used in purchasing meats, fats and oils. Both sets of stamps will be valid until May 20. Under the new system, housewives will have 2 more blue points and 4 fewer red points than at present, but they will still ge the same amount of food per person, since a new point value chart will be issued and any necessary adjustments made at. the time of the change over. Tokens will have but one value— one point each—the OPA _ pointed out; and'customers will secure them only .as change when purchases are made. For example, if an item is purchased which has a 12 point value, the buyer will surrender two stamps (totaling 20 points) and receive 8 tokens in change. The tokens may be used at any time later>on and. ' will have no expiration date.* PIONEER WOMAN OF NEVADA CITY PASSES INSOUTH Mrs. Ella Mofrill Miller, 85 years of age, whose home has been in Berkeley for over thirty years, passed away at the home. of her daughter, Mrs. Mae Brecheen, at 2541 Ivanhoe Drive, ‘Los Amgelds, February 19, after an illness of more ‘than a-year, Mrs. Miller was born in Nevada in a family of eight of Frank E. Modrill and wife, ° Annie . ‘who were. pioneers of ‘the pearly,’ ‘Galttornia ‘gold rush. She" was marnied to'N. .M-. Miller of ‘Nevada ‘county: in ‘1878 and shortly thereafter moved to Maryslived forsmore” than . twenty five } years, and where her husband was bewith* the’-building: firm: ‘of Swain’and Hudson for.: “moet. ‘ofthat time, ret sigping ‘to: Huild “the ‘town: ‘Ot Ham; ‘mionton. ‘Leiter with’ voeirintn toetenernetea, to Berkeléy* unere ! tty “established . their permanent home* ‘at 1717 _ «/®tréet. ‘She leaves a daughter, Mrs Fpredheen, one granddaughter, Mrs. ghter, Mayla Ann; George and “Edwin ‘Morrill of Los Angeles, besides many nephews and nieces. Her husband preeded her in death eleven years. irs. Miller was an honored memler of the Rebekah Lodge of the 1.0.0.F. with which she has been affiliated for over sixty five years. She was an active member of the Univer‘gity Christian Church of Berkeley, also active for many years in the Women’s Relief Corps of the G. A. R. of her home city. Services were conducted at the Little Church of the Flowers, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, under the auspices of the Women’s Relief Corps of the G. A. R. followed ‘by cremation, after which the ashes ‘will be deposited in the family crypt in the Oakland Columbarium, Oakland, California. ———— asa Mr.and Mrs. T. 0. McDaniel and Tommie: of Redding, spent the in’ ‘Nevada City visitMre. W. son, past ‘week end ing Mrs. MdDaniels sister, Buffington. contrasted ‘with ‘what they have NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA a ne ‘The Gold Center THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 194 24, 1944 en en INSANITY IN WASHIN GTON . (By EDW. C. UREN) aa \ The Army Induction Board has reported that acs are finding it necessary to reject 14 per cent of those who have been in govenment employ as mentally unbalanced. In other words, it appears that one out of every seven of those who have been busy dishing out the wampum from the Grass Valley peor arn To Meet Placer Unio . High school hoopsters Pith the B division title firmly in their grasp and the A team well up in first division -of the Sierra Foothill League will play theirj/last home game of the season tomorrow night in the Grass Valley high school gymnasium. The visiting contenders are the Yuba City City, .May -23, 11859 “being the eldest . Norvin “Reed and a, sreat ‘Branddaue . . also . two ‘brothers . : New Deal’s horn of ‘plenty and who could think up some néw idea for making life miserable for everybody, are a bit wacky Of course we’ve known that. for a long time and this is meré ly a verification of what’ was mote than: a suspicion. Whether these disciples of Boob McNutt were selected from the general multitude on accoufit of their balmy ‘qualifications, or whether they got that way from trying ‘to live up to the cracked ideas of the various professors, of economics and Henry Wallace has not been stated. ; As there are more than 340,000 engaged in the 96 or more alphaibetical agencies of spending in and around Washington, it looks as though it may become necessary to turn the Pentagon Building into a booby hutch when the war is “over and then give each of these dizzy boys an abacus and a piece of chalk and start him figuring on what we have accomplished, for ‘instance, with the six thousand million we have been spending in South America to bring relief to those who don’t need it and in giving the peons such a bounteous wage that they now work one day a week and take a six day siesta where they formerly could take but one or two. This, of course, is creating much good will-on the part of those who employ labor in Latin America; the very ones with whom the business interests of this country desire to contact and do business with after the war. We are spending millions on airports, hospitals and other projects in South America in places — where there is no. call or neces; gity for: such extravagance. In other words, Uncle Sam, through the deluded and unsophisticated do-gooders in a delirium of spending is making an ass of himself, and is losing the respect of a people who do not consider good will as something that can be purchased by Santa Claus methods. Much of the New Deal’s wasteful: spending seems to have been: planned with the idea of creating projects for scattering money, regardless of any practical necessity or benefit. Take for instance:the BGN, or Board of Geographical Names, ‘as told by the:Readers Digest a ‘few months ago. We always thought Secretary Ickes knew better, but’ che is certainly entitled to a’ “boon: “dogglet’s first’ prize—-for créating ° ‘this “excuse for ‘Spendiiic. Se “>is “de ttmiént * which “ was: ac-* “eidentally ‘discovered’ ‘by a> ‘report‘er of. ‘Nation’s Business, ‘is headed by a. “eniet aiid His’ ‘aabistant, \draw! Ags down''$13,000. a year and a" f of ‘110, bee bain ie come. he “BIN will’ tell” you, ‘in ‘ease * you ‘get ihto an éngttichs” ‘wheth* “er itis Léke'tayhioe: Sf Tawhbe. Or, if. you “shoud” antitipate “meeting © “some one, et us' ‘gay trém' Wichita, 2 and you “Yee that ‘you “ “might “be? ‘ etitbarrasséd by placing’ the accent “on the wrong syaliable, you just write or “phone to the “BGN in Washington ‘and ‘they Swill * either * send one of the staff to the place or contact the’ ‘mayor ‘and set you’ right. And this is some of the “damphool service which is invalu-” able to us in time of war. (Mr. Roosevelt went into office under the slogan of economy, but when spending became so easy: and so popular with the proselytes surrounding him, some sugar-coated pill.had to be concocted that would hookwing the people and keep them from* worrying about the pyramiding debt. This was found in the realm of the economic professors, of which Harvard University seemed to be themost prolific breeding ground. It was here “that (Mr. Roosevelt found his constaht advisor in the theory of spending yourself rich in the. person of one Professor ' Hansen. ; There is also a Professor Chase,. and the Kingfish himself, Dr. Harris, who is not only cracked, like ‘the other two. but has a compound fracture in his financial lobes that threaten to break asunder at any . ‘thousand billion—he ien’t sure, ‘. days before she succumbed. She was vying with one another to see in the belfry: but he thinks so. That Mr. Roosevelt is firmly in tune with the Harvard nurtured idea of more and better spending, we have only to refer to his public utterance in which he said— according to an article in the current Post by John H. Crider, which should be read by ‘everybody— “And when you see the crocodile tears about the burden of ourgrandchildren to pay the government debt, remember this: Our iNational debt after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay interest on it, they will pay ‘that interest to themselves.”’ According to that line of reasoning then, if you can borrow all the old man and the rest of the family have saved and blow it all in, it doesn‘t make any difference because it’s all in the family. However, any one with any more intelligence than a moron knows that if you did this the whole damn family, including yourself, would get a ride to the poor house. Harvard, the seat of learning, as it has been called, harbors also in its intellectual gardens a professor who is one of the leading lights in the “Peace Now’’ movement, that subversive organization that is working for Hitler and Fogo and is under pridiphan ete by the : FBI. Is it possible that. Mr. Roosevelt, having succumbed to the hallucination of the “spend now” boys might become a.convert of the "Peace Now movement? Well another four years of the Raw Deal and the burgaucrats will have squandered so much money and established themselves so firmly in the saddle that as Crider says— and you can paste this in your hat, for it is dynamite: “Tf our high powered trend toward collectivism is truly . the wave of the future, as our left wingers think, we might just as well tear up the Constitution, forget. the Bill of Rights and trade the Declaration of. Independence for 3 hx race or aboard of managers” “Pree enterprise hasn’t a chance; ‘all this talk about freedom from ‘this and freédom ‘from that is a ‘mere lullaby to keep us from wortying over our evaporating rights, and we “might: just. as well report “to the ‘local federal bureaucrat, get ourselves. a humber ‘dnd settle ‘down to’ the security ‘and tranquil“tty that ‘only an ‘All-wise . ‘govern“ment can‘ “provide *for’ us.” ‘*Bhis “indeed ‘would’ put the’ “tin‘ishing ‘ touches’ on ‘the very’ prin~ ‘eiples* upon ‘which “this °goVern‘ment was fouridéd. It is so Ganger‘ous that, régardiess’ of” party” polities, if you’ still “consider . yourself above everything ‘else an ‘Ameriean; your slogan should be “Freedom from Bureaucracy’ ‘and your effort dirested © ‘foward “kicking hese’ parasites out of the edmfortGble nest they have made for themselves. buipen§ Son In wYiiting Son In The bia of Mrs. Bmily M. Hansen who passed away Tuesday « in Grass Valley while. visiting. her son, Frank ‘Hanson, predatory animal trapper for Nevada County, was yesterday conveyed to San Jose where funeral services will be held. Mrs. Hanson had been ill but two '91 years of age and had resided for many years in San Jose. She was born in Yuba County and was aged 91 years. Besides her son there survive three daughters, Mrs. Sidney Broedell and —Mrs, Nita Way, both of San Jose, and Mrs. Roy Pierce of SacramenMrs. N. M. Rice, who came down itors. time. Dr. ‘Harris says the U. 5S. can done for us. who have staid at “home. i stand a national Hehe St tour x . Pine Strack. A and B teams. Union High School Setar ‘Kalls 30:P. Home Work Offered To . wife, Mrs. Josephine Putzell, from her daughters home in Redding last week is feeling much improved in health and can now have visShe if at the home of her daughter, Mes. Ww. C. Boheeon. on . 1 The following week the Grass Valley Miners, A and B will visit Placer for the final game of the eeries. Lion A mountain lion killed a calf belonging to a herd owned by Charles Graham on his ranch at Rock Creek afew miles north of ‘this city, near Dake Vera. Deputy Sheriff Carl Larsen who examined the half eaten calf and the spoor left by the lion believes the maraudér was of large size: He reports that the trail indicated that lion carried the calf in his jaws for a hundreds yards without permitting it to drag. Weight of the ealfhe estimated at: thirty pounds. Aid Red Cross Proiect Mrs. Louise Polglase, head of the Red Cross production committee states that there is need of many volunteers among the city’s women to take home cut out bath robes, intended for invalid service men, and sew them together on their sewing machines. Several women have been engaged in cutting out the material according to patterns, and since-the work must be done within a time limit, it is hoped that women who do not ordinarily find time to leave their tomes for Red Cross work, will volunteer for this special task. Frank Putzell, Miner, Is Summoned In Neva The remains of Frank J. Putzell, a miner, who passed away Saturday at»Mina, Nevada, were borne io rest Wednesday following funeral services in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, in Grass Valley, under the direction of Hooper: and Weaver Mortuary, was in the Catholic ee: tery. Putzell,;a native of Aspen . Colo. ' -rado, was 638. Prior to his removel to Nevada, he had been a resident of Grass Valley for 18 years. He had been ill ‘for 18 months. Surviving -the deceased and two step-daughters,, Mrs. Anita Cooper and Mrs. Alice Davey.Gnsee . Install stalled Officers «24,—Inseein of area ws held by Gravel Range Lodge No. 59, F & A iM at their stated meeting held Sat-. Hall. led for the ensuing year: ae a Joubert, Master, went, Sinker Senior Warden . ‘Paul M Kee, arden, Jose ih .P. Bendole, Be ase urer, A. M. aid, le iC, Merriam, Senior eens, Fred C. fendall, Junior Deneots ba ol elson ‘acted as installing Ceremonies. ' Following the nee ing Master, Eric W. . presented with a tite the members then adjourned ‘a ihe eek (Mercantile Company store where refreshments, “were “served, "ONLY chin neti sok 3 “Mrs. America will have only one ration book’ to think about when buying sugar and other r tjoned foods after the introduction-of the_simpli-_ fied ration program at. midnight . February 27th. After this date, all stamps. validatedwills be from War Ration Book Four*-red for meats and fats and blue for processed foods. The red and blue stamps. will have a flat ten point value regardless of the number an the face of coupons. To make certain no one ehange over, green K L and M stamp in -War Ration Book Four will be valid until March 20th. The same is true of brown stamps Y and Z in War ever, retain their. regular 8, 4 2, and 1 point values. ne ‘St is stated Ruth Ribble, Mproceed to swap are “his ‘ithe war has 'Gotimeted “greatl urday evening ‘at the local’ Masonic ti ‘The following ‘officers “were “inetal> with A. M. Cleveland as Master of . J} J ie 6 ‘BOR ae loses any points as a result of the. Ration Book Three. They ‘will, how-} local schoo] girl is in Community Hospital in Grass Valley’ suffering from. a} fracture of her hip. She was playing CONTESTANTS FOR U, 5. SENATE WARMING UP By CLEM WHITAKER The gong has rung and the boys are squared away in the center of. the ring, trading a few preliminaty punches and sparring for position, in the main event of California’s ‘1944 primary campaign—the contest for U. S. senator! = Theoretically, there should — be two rings, with, the Democrats : ing left hooks in one, and’ the: ; publicans unlimbering their Sunday = punches in the other, for thid’ is BUpposed to be just the warm-up for the senatorial championship bout in’ vember. ‘ There is a great gulf betwen i : theory and practice in politics,’ “as well as in the prize ring, however, and except for a few timid lads,. “who ; prefer to take their lickings in installments, the boys are all stepping into the same ring this year to slug. it out in the best free-for-all manner. In ‘political parlance, this is. called cross-filing, which means that the contenders enter the arena: wearing Republican tights and Democratic 1 bathrobes, or vice versa. and then punches with’ all comers, regardless of party, ‘orprevious condition of servitude. . In the grand melee thus far, with their formal entries either already made or scheduled, are: U. S.Senator Sheridan Downey, who : wears the crown and wants to keep it; Publisher-State. Railroad Commissioner Justus Craemer of Orange;' Lieutenant Governor Fred ‘Houser! State Equalizer William G. Bonnelli; State Treasurer Charles G. Johnson; Phil Bancroft, the ‘Walnut Creek farmer, and State Senator Jack Tenney of Lo sAngeles. Of all. these, only Tenney and Downey are os tered Democrats—and Downey, th: semi socialistic leanings, can hardly be rated. as straight. pacer monsee ; g list of heavyweight astute possibility that in such a ix. bukit runnifig on both ticke one of the boys might. win iby. a knock-out at the primary. oe re At the moment that intent Se highly improbable. but © My ‘never Ihave been too. impo California, as. evidenced ry. G or Warren’s spectacular. and» 2 what little importance they ly had. Voters just aren’t th ‘in terms of party lolalty, no . how much that may pain split that —. se ions, where anyth sate {Eeern Nore ‘austin who 1 . Spe were eharse of Laure lor Native Daughters of the’ West of which Mrs. Austin’ charter member. Interment fwas Pine Grove Cemetery. ; Mr. Austin was born 80 years in the house her father and me the late Mr. and Mrs. Joh: thur, built in the 1860s on Li Her late husband, Willard c, was one of the. owners of foundry built in Nevada Ci Was a mining engineer and w ively engaged “in his several of the local mines. (Mrs. Austin was active in and social affairs. She wa: a ‘ber of. the Nevada City W (Civic howe and Nghe

. The Nugget is delivered to sour home twice a week for only 30 cents per month > “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready Nevada COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ity Nu to guard and defend it.””—Daniel Webster \ This cove gget If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read pagiet gives your complete rage of all local happenings. The Nugget. ee a __The County Seat at Paper_ Thinking Out Loud By H. M, L. RATION TOKENS ARE DISTRIBUTED War planning stould be now. We do not know when will end, but “whén ‘the a or the European phase, ar etitis there seems a “probability that the Pacitse of the War will eid soon g: We cannot begin too ‘9000, ‘heh, to arraige our affairs for the transsition from war to ace. We want just as little govit help in this traiisition as We Want to return quickly as we can to the fundamental 1e direct :k home. prineiples of living and doing, 8, N. Yo) leh fiavé givén us the foremost . Picture! plate in the world. arters of jaw that When the Buropean aspect; of vide for the war ends there will begin a iS ual —at least we hope it will xplained. . be gradual—demobilization of the soldier’s. . fin and Women in uniform. Probprompt: ‘gbly when the end comes there e guard _ will be between 11 and 12 million was all “gerving in of with the armed me cae forces. There must be an orderly ry theae. . ‘ plan for their resumption of civil front go 5 Yife and peace time employment. i men— Except for what might be called 1d minor . ‘severance pay, for these men and hem reewomen, ranging from $100 to agains, _ $300, there seems at the moment geht to be no great national plan for the conemployment of this host when hich the big their service to the nation ends. ire their Ss : gs sap *The Selective Service Act pro*yides that employes who return ‘from the wars skall be given back “their former jobs. But how can an mployer be compelled to provide roblems. . ‘ar away. at hand . ar knows . oe for men when the employer, to solve himself, in many instances, has ) service . gone out of business while his emoss field Ployes were away fighting his ntry’s battles? There will be, of 1} of ors a large number of firms eae . 1"have places” for ‘returnour boy. . gldiers, fliers and _ sailors. vice, the . } swill the labor unions do ributions . “abowt these men who frequently its $200; ew organized Tabor with a nonth, “jaundiced eye? Here is a mannnnnne in any program for the future ‘which the unions themselves in snowcould help mighplly to improve. time will a ow ued ‘equal, if not of greater imms ae nce, ‘is. the question of how the ‘great ‘army of perhaps 22 mil‘ons :ot men and women now engaged. in war industries, are to after s iain themselves during the 1968, conversion’ of plants from war ‘ian up. ME Pett? to peace goods. It is here ; “that: cooperative planning by both a ‘employers and their workers is sicomanna i : vital to fature prosperity. i ‘poet “war “planning, ‘should “petvgnly: be -dene ‘now, but it . ‘gh@uld be done‘ by individual‘ citPrevaptl latest po yn councils, *by cora ae by Cok. ‘efties, by cban, és. pe “should , be. the tiderai‘government, . s Lf obtte ‘Wutin ‘fame: . ot ’ the pind ?eif-all a Lave: d ervices ’by the ‘time the war is ended were to return. to this ity tomorrow, how ready would e to make the needed, adjustMents. An estimate of the number Of soldiers, sailors and fliers, who have gone into the armed services or will have entered them by war "g end, probably will opproximate 1700 or 1800. Not all of them can ‘We expected to return. Some of them will have sacrified their liv_%. Others will find new homes @broad and in this country. But tt is safe to say that the sacs! will return. eae 2 It is our patriotic duty to plan w for their return. Many of them will return to the mines. Others will find employment in farming, stock raising, lumbering, “or in merchandising. “These men Who have served us; preserved us, d upheld for us the standards ; we cherish as precious and to “our continued way of. life, Nid receive the best we ¢a2 them in the way of opportunto succeed in their lives. When ‘have done all that we can do ‘them, it will not be much as ‘. ville, ¥uba: County, ‘where! the family Great: Jehovah let“us pray; :not in: ia Sony role of ‘Santa Cidas. « vi i. the ~ tered theTO RETAILERS Nevada City retail grocers-and the butchers are now receiving from 1ocal banks supplies of ration tokens for use when the simplified food ratiohing progtam “goes into effect on February 27. Accotding to the local War Price Aldministration and Rationing Board each merchant will be given several hundred blue tokens to be. used in making change for blue stamps when processed foods are purchased ‘and a supply of red tokens to be used in making change for red stamps. Beginning February 27 all blue and red stamps in Ration Book Four will have a flat value of ten points each regardless _of the numbers which appear on them. Blue stamps A8 B8 C8 D8 and E 8 totaling 50 points, will be valid for the purchase of processed foods. Red stamps AS, B8 and C 8 become calid February 27 and red stamps D8 E8 and F 8 become valid March 12, totaling 60 points for the month of March, to be used in purchasing meats, fats and oils. Both sets of stamps will be valid until May 20. Under the new system, housewives will have 2 more blue points and 4 fewer red points than at present, but they will still ge the same amount of food per person, since a new point value chart will be issued and any necessary adjustments made at. the time of the change over. Tokens will have but one value— one point each—the OPA _ pointed out; and'customers will secure them only .as change when purchases are made. For example, if an item is purchased which has a 12 point value, the buyer will surrender two stamps (totaling 20 points) and receive 8 tokens in change. The tokens may be used at any time later>on and. ' will have no expiration date.* PIONEER WOMAN OF NEVADA CITY PASSES INSOUTH Mrs. Ella Mofrill Miller, 85 years of age, whose home has been in Berkeley for over thirty years, passed away at the home. of her daughter, Mrs. Mae Brecheen, at 2541 Ivanhoe Drive, ‘Los Amgelds, February 19, after an illness of more ‘than a-year, Mrs. Miller was born in Nevada in a family of eight of Frank E. Modrill and wife, ° Annie . ‘who were. pioneers of ‘the pearly,’ ‘Galttornia ‘gold rush. She" was marnied to'N. .M-. Miller of ‘Nevada ‘county: in ‘1878 and shortly thereafter moved to Maryslived forsmore” than . twenty five } years, and where her husband was bewith* the’-building: firm: ‘of Swain’and Hudson for.: “moet. ‘ofthat time, ret sigping ‘to: Huild “the ‘town: ‘Ot Ham; ‘mionton. ‘Leiter with’ voeirintn toetenernetea, to Berkeléy* unere ! tty “established . their permanent home* ‘at 1717 _ «/®tréet. ‘She leaves a daughter, Mrs Fpredheen, one granddaughter, Mrs. ghter, Mayla Ann; George and “Edwin ‘Morrill of Los Angeles, besides many nephews and nieces. Her husband preeded her in death eleven years. irs. Miller was an honored memler of the Rebekah Lodge of the 1.0.0.F. with which she has been affiliated for over sixty five years. She was an active member of the Univer‘gity Christian Church of Berkeley, also active for many years in the Women’s Relief Corps of the G. A. R. of her home city. Services were conducted at the Little Church of the Flowers, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, under the auspices of the Women’s Relief Corps of the G. A. R. followed ‘by cremation, after which the ashes ‘will be deposited in the family crypt in the Oakland Columbarium, Oakland, California. ———— asa Mr.and Mrs. T. 0. McDaniel and Tommie: of Redding, spent the in’ ‘Nevada City visitMre. W. son, past ‘week end ing Mrs. MdDaniels sister, Buffington. contrasted ‘with ‘what they have NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA a ne ‘The Gold Center THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 194 24, 1944 en en INSANITY IN WASHIN GTON . (By EDW. C. UREN) aa \ The Army Induction Board has reported that acs are finding it necessary to reject 14 per cent of those who have been in govenment employ as mentally unbalanced. In other words, it appears that one out of every seven of those who have been busy dishing out the wampum from the Grass Valley peor arn To Meet Placer Unio . High school hoopsters Pith the B division title firmly in their grasp and the A team well up in first division -of the Sierra Foothill League will play theirj/last home game of the season tomorrow night in the Grass Valley high school gymnasium. The visiting contenders are the Yuba City City, .May -23, 11859 “being the eldest . Norvin “Reed and a, sreat ‘Branddaue . . also . two ‘brothers . : New Deal’s horn of ‘plenty and who could think up some néw idea for making life miserable for everybody, are a bit wacky Of course we’ve known that. for a long time and this is meré ly a verification of what’ was mote than: a suspicion. Whether these disciples of Boob McNutt were selected from the general multitude on accoufit of their balmy ‘qualifications, or whether they got that way from trying ‘to live up to the cracked ideas of the various professors, of economics and Henry Wallace has not been stated. ; As there are more than 340,000 engaged in the 96 or more alphaibetical agencies of spending in and around Washington, it looks as though it may become necessary to turn the Pentagon Building into a booby hutch when the war is “over and then give each of these dizzy boys an abacus and a piece of chalk and start him figuring on what we have accomplished, for ‘instance, with the six thousand million we have been spending in South America to bring relief to those who don’t need it and in giving the peons such a bounteous wage that they now work one day a week and take a six day siesta where they formerly could take but one or two. This, of course, is creating much good will-on the part of those who employ labor in Latin America; the very ones with whom the business interests of this country desire to contact and do business with after the war. We are spending millions on airports, hospitals and other projects in South America in places — where there is no. call or neces; gity for: such extravagance. In other words, Uncle Sam, through the deluded and unsophisticated do-gooders in a delirium of spending is making an ass of himself, and is losing the respect of a people who do not consider good will as something that can be purchased by Santa Claus methods. Much of the New Deal’s wasteful: spending seems to have been: planned with the idea of creating projects for scattering money, regardless of any practical necessity or benefit. Take for instance:the BGN, or Board of Geographical Names, ‘as told by the:Readers Digest a ‘few months ago. We always thought Secretary Ickes knew better, but’ che is certainly entitled to a’ “boon: “dogglet’s first’ prize—-for créating ° ‘this “excuse for ‘Spendiiic. Se “>is “de ttmiént * which “ was: ac-* “eidentally ‘discovered’ ‘by a> ‘report‘er of. ‘Nation’s Business, ‘is headed by a. “eniet aiid His’ ‘aabistant, \draw! Ags down''$13,000. a year and a" f of ‘110, bee bain ie come. he “BIN will’ tell” you, ‘in ‘ease * you ‘get ihto an éngttichs” ‘wheth* “er itis Léke'tayhioe: Sf Tawhbe. Or, if. you “shoud” antitipate “meeting © “some one, et us' ‘gay trém' Wichita, 2 and you “Yee that ‘you “ “might “be?

‘ etitbarrasséd by placing’ the accent “on the wrong syaliable, you just write or “phone to the “BGN in Washington ‘and ‘they Swill * either * send one of the staff to the place or contact the’ ‘mayor ‘and set you’ right. And this is some of the “damphool service which is invalu-” able to us in time of war. (Mr. Roosevelt went into office under the slogan of economy, but when spending became so easy: and so popular with the proselytes surrounding him, some sugar-coated pill..had to be concocted that would hookwing the people and keep them from* worrying about the pyramiding debt. This was found in the realm of the economic professors, of which Harvard University seemed to be themost prolific breeding ground. It was here “that (Mr. Roosevelt found his constaht advisor in the theory of spending yourself rich in the. person of one Professor ' Hansen. ; There is also a Professor Chase,. and the Kingfish himself, Dr. Harris, who is not only cracked, like ‘the other two. but has a compound fracture in his financial lobes that threaten to break asunder at any . ‘thousand billion—he ien’t sure, ‘. days before she succumbed. She was vying with one another to see in the belfry: but he thinks so. That Mr. Roosevelt is firmly in tune with the Harvard nurtured idea of more and better spending, we have only to refer to his public utterance in which he said— according to an article in the current Post by John H. Crider, which should be read by ‘everybody— “And when you see the crocodile tears about the burden of ourgrandchildren to pay the government debt, remember this: Our iNational debt after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay interest on it, they will pay ‘that interest to themselves.”’ According to that line of reasoning then, if you can borrow all the old man and the rest of the family have saved and blow it all in, it doesn‘t make any difference because it’s all in the family. However, any one with any more intelligence than a moron knows that if you did this the whole damn family, including yourself, would get a ride to the poor house. Harvard, the seat of learning, as it has been called, harbors also in its intellectual gardens a professor who is one of the leading lights in the “Peace Now’’ movement, that subversive organization that is working for Hitler and Fogo and is under pridiphan ete by the : FBI. Is it possible that. Mr. Roosevelt, having succumbed to the hallucination of the “spend now” boys might become a.convert of the "Peace Now movement? Well another four years of the Raw Deal and the burgaucrats will have squandered so much money and established themselves so firmly in the saddle that as Crider says— and you can paste this in your hat, for it is dynamite: “Tf our high powered trend toward collectivism is truly . the wave of the future, as our left wingers think, we might just as well tear up the Constitution, forget. the Bill of Rights and trade the Declaration of. Independence for 3 hx race or aboard of managers” “Pree enterprise hasn’t a chance; ‘all this talk about freedom from ‘this and freédom ‘from that is a ‘mere lullaby to keep us from wortying over our evaporating rights, and we “might: just. as well report “to the ‘local federal bureaucrat, get ourselves. a humber ‘dnd settle ‘down to’ the security ‘and tranquil“tty that ‘only an ‘All-wise . ‘govern“ment can‘ “provide *for’ us.” ‘*Bhis “indeed ‘would’ put the’ “tin‘ishing ‘ touches’ on ‘the very’ prin~ ‘eiples* upon ‘which “this °goVern‘ment was fouridéd. It is so Ganger‘ous that, régardiess’ of” party” polities, if you’ still “consider . yourself above everything ‘else an ‘Ameriean; your slogan should be “Freedom from Bureaucracy’ ‘and your effort dirested © ‘foward “kicking hese’ parasites out of the edmfortGble nest they have made for themselves. buipen§ Son In wYiiting Son In The bia of Mrs. Bmily M. Hansen who passed away Tuesday « in Grass Valley while. visiting. her son, Frank ‘Hanson, predatory animal trapper for Nevada County, was yesterday conveyed to San Jose where funeral services will be held. Mrs. Hanson had been ill but two '91 years of age and had resided for many years in San Jose. She was born in Yuba County and was aged 91 years. Besides her son there survive three daughters, Mrs. Sidney Broedell and —Mrs, Nita Way, both of San Jose, and Mrs. Roy Pierce of SacramenMrs. N. M. Rice, who came down itors. time. Dr. ‘Harris says the U. 5S. can done for us. who have staid at “home. i stand a national Hehe St tour x . Pine Strack. A and B teams. Union High School Setar ‘Kalls 30:P. Home Work Offered To . wife, Mrs. Josephine Putzell, from her daughters home in Redding last week is feeling much improved in health and can now have visShe if at the home of her daughter, Mes. Ww. C. Boheeon. on . 1 The following week the Grass Valley Miners, A and B will visit Placer for the final game of the eeries. Lion A mountain lion killed a calf belonging to a herd owned by Charles Graham on his ranch at Rock Creek afew miles north of ‘this city, near Dake Vera. Deputy Sheriff Carl Larsen who examined the half eaten calf and the spoor left by the lion believes the maraudér was of large size: He reports that the trail indicated that lion carried the calf in his jaws for a hundreds yards without permitting it to drag. Weight of the ealfhe estimated at: thirty pounds. Aid Red Cross Proiect Mrs. Louise Polglase, head of the Red Cross production committee states that there is need of many volunteers among the city’s women to take home cut out bath robes, intended for invalid service men, and sew them together on their sewing machines. Several women have been engaged in cutting out the material according to patterns, and since-the work must be done within a time limit, it is hoped that women who do not ordinarily find time to leave their tomes for Red Cross work, will volunteer for this special task. Frank Putzell, Miner, Is Summoned In Neva The remains of Frank J. Putzell, a miner, who passed away Saturday at»Mina, Nevada, were borne io rest Wednesday following funeral services in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, in Grass Valley, under the direction of Hooper: and Weaver Mortuary, was in the Catholic ee: tery. Putzell,;a native of Aspen . Colo. ' -rado, was 638. Prior to his removel to Nevada, he had been a resident of Grass Valley for 18 years. He had been ill ‘for 18 months. Surviving -the deceased and two step-daughters,, Mrs. Anita Cooper and Mrs. Alice Davey.Gnsee . Install stalled Officers «24,—Inseein of area ws held by Gravel Range Lodge No. 59, F & A iM at their stated meeting held Sat-. Hall. led for the ensuing year: ae a Joubert, Master, went, Sinker Senior Warden . ‘Paul M Kee, arden, Jose ih .P. Bendole, Be ase urer, A. M. aid, le iC, Merriam, Senior eens, Fred C. fendall, Junior Deneots ba ol elson ‘acted as installing Ceremonies. ' Following the nee ing Master, Eric W. . presented with a tite the members then adjourned ‘a ihe eek (Mercantile Company store where refreshments, “were “served, "ONLY chin neti sok 3 “Mrs. America will have only one ration book’ to think about when buying sugar and other r tjoned foods after the introduction-of the_simpli-_ fied ration program at. midnight . February 27th. After this date, all stamps. validatedwills be from War Ration Book Four*-red for meats and fats and blue for processed foods. The red and blue stamps. will have a flat ten point value regardless of the number an the face of coupons. To make certain no one ehange over, green K L and M stamp in -War Ration Book Four will be valid until March 20th. The same is true of brown stamps Y and Z in War ever, retain their. regular 8, 4 2, and 1 point values. ne ‘St is stated Ruth Ribble, Mproceed to swap are “his ‘ithe war has 'Gotimeted “greatl urday evening ‘at the local’ Masonic ti ‘The following ‘officers “were “inetal> with A. M. Cleveland as Master of . J} J ie 6 ‘BOR ae loses any points as a result of the. Ration Book Three. They ‘will, how-} local schoo] girl is in Community Hospital in Grass Valley’ suffering from. a} fracture of her hip. She was playing CONTESTANTS FOR U, 5. SENATE WARMING UP By CLEM WHITAKER The gong has rung and the boys are squared away in the center of. the ring, trading a few preliminaty punches and sparring for position, in the main event of California’s ‘1944 primary campaign—the contest for U. S. senator! = Theoretically, there should — be two rings, with, the Democrats : ing left hooks in one, and’ the: ; publicans unlimbering their Sunday = punches in the other, for thid’ is BUpposed to be just the warm-up for the senatorial championship bout in’ vember. ‘ There is a great gulf betwen i : theory and practice in politics,’ “as well as in the prize ring, however, and except for a few timid lads,. “who ; prefer to take their lickings in installments, the boys are all stepping into the same ring this year to slug. it out in the best free-for-all manner. In ‘political parlance, this is. called cross-filing, which means that the contenders enter the arena: wearing Republican tights and Democratic 1 bathrobes, or vice versa. and then punches with’ all comers, regardless of party, ‘orprevious condition of servitude. . In the grand melee thus far, with their formal entries either already made or scheduled, are: U. S.Senator Sheridan Downey, who : wears the crown and wants to keep it; Publisher-State. Railroad Commissioner Justus Craemer of Orange;' Lieutenant Governor Fred ‘Houser! State Equalizer William G. Bonnelli; State Treasurer Charles G. Johnson; Phil Bancroft, the ‘Walnut Creek farmer, and State Senator Jack Tenney of Lo sAngeles. Of all. these, only Tenney and Downey are os tered Democrats—and Downey, th: semi socialistic leanings, can hardly be rated. as straight. pacer monsee ; g list of heavyweight astute possibility that in such a ix. bukit runnifig on both ticke one of the boys might. win iby. a knock-out at the primary. oe re At the moment that intent Se highly improbable. but © My ‘never Ihave been too. impo California, as. evidenced ry. G or Warren’s spectacular. and» 2 what little importance they ly had. Voters just aren’t th ‘in terms of party lolalty, no . how much that may pain split that —. se ions, where anyth sate {Eeern Nore ‘austin who 1 . Spe were eharse of Laure lor Native Daughters of the’ West of which Mrs. Austin’ charter member. Interment fwas Pine Grove Cemetery. ; Mr. Austin was born 80 years in the house her father and me the late Mr. and Mrs. Joh: thur, built in the 1860s on Li Her late husband, Willard c, was one of the. owners of foundry built in Nevada Ci Was a mining engineer and w ively engaged “in his several of the local mines. (Mrs. Austin was active in and social affairs. She wa: a ‘ber of. the Nevada City W (Civic howe and Nghe