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‘The Nugget is delivered to
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Nevada : r The Nugget.
ips — ne oe COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA 7 : =
va, @ Vol 18, No. 3. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA _The Gold Center___,_ MONDAY, AY, JANUARY. 10. 1944
Thinking
Out Loud
By H. M. L
Pa,
INTERNATIONAL (Ck (CHICKENTHIEF DUTCH FLYERS —
RELIEF T0 COST WARNS OWNER TO’ ARE GUESTS AT
.
in
~~ One of the most incisive © cartoons of recent weeks appeared, in
an ugly monster rising from
‘ghallow pan labeled “‘Appeasement of Labor.’ Cowering in the
shadow of that mionster was
franklin Delano Roosevelt. The
eartoon was captioned “‘Franklin‘stein Monster.”’
a
Organized labor has degenerated
‘from a great progressive, expanding body of American citizens with a mission of patriotism
and regeneration, to an oppressHE ! . ‘
By siiwe, arrogant pressure block. We
the Sacramento Bee. It depicted ~
U.S. 13 BILLION
The estimated cost of United
States participation in the. United.
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
jAdministration established ‘by the
44-nation agreement signed November 9, is $1,300,000 000 of which
$500,000,000will be requested as
the first appropriation.
KEEP QUIET CAMP BEALE.
A hungry thief, caught in the act
of chasing down and sacking her
young pullets, threatened Mrs. Milton Young, on the Briswick Farm,
according to the story she told Sheriff Carl 7. [Tobiaseen: “You keep
your mouth’ shut. If you report this
to the sheriff I’ll come back and kill
you.”’
Mr. and Mrs; Young are care takers of the farm,, which is one of the
Loma Rica properties belonging to
Erroll MacBoyle. Mrs. Young heard
a commotion at 4 o’clock in the afternoon and on investigting found a
thief busily putting her young Leghorns in a sack. The sheriff and his
deputies, George De Soto and Carl
ternoon to 83 aviators. The visitors
were pleased with northern California’s largest army camp.
The giiests were 56 officers and
27 non-commissioned: officers of the
Royal Nétherlands Flying Morce'who
were shown the camp by Col. A. D.
(Cowley, post commanuder and his
staff.
House Joint Resolution 192, authorizing appropriation to the president in such sums as the congress
may determine, was introduced on
November 15 and referred to the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The ‘flyers, on yest leave in Grass
Valley, are a portion of a large number jof Netherlands Airforce. men
given training in this country. They
are mixed naval and army personnel.
The purpose of the international
relief agency is to provide aid to
liberated peoples in the form of
,are visiting in Grass Valley.
Camp Beale was host Thursday afdanele ites hee
Gift of Miners Foundry
Richard Goyne of the Miners
(Foundry and Supply Company, has
presented six hand forged knives for
jungle fighting to six officers of the
Royal Nederlands Fiying Force, who
The knives are of finest steel with
razor edges carefully finished in the
foundry.
Alleged Burglar
Will Be Arraigned
urton Tuel, charged with burga ppeared in the superior court
Friday for arraignment. He had not
employed an.attorney andthe court
appointed Harry M. McKee to defend
him. Arraignment was postponed until next—week.
Tuel is alleged to have stolen antomobile tools from the Santa Clara
Grading Company and the Studebaker Garage in Hills Flat. In entering
the latter place, it is alleged, he comPOWER MENACE .
TO THE UNION
By M. H. HARRIS
Executive Secretary, Utah .
Taxpayers Association _
During recent years, growing serie
of, depression and emergency,power and authority in Washington:Federal activities have been extended“and expanded into what. previous. :
ed only for private enterprise and
functions heretofore purely local in
character. Since the outbreak of the.
war, with the. manifold problems
connected therewith, federal non©
war. services and activities have ‘been.
have witnessed the centralization of eet
ly, have’ been considered fields suit.
do not, of course, say this is true
of the labor’s rank and file. But retained near. the inflated “
food, clothing, shelter, fuel, medical eared nna ae ‘ acuta
Larsen, made thorough search of the} . All escaped either from: Java or
uppli d it faciliti icinity, but despite the f from Holland, following invasion of ee ER ita dpa ce the ee ‘we must judge all labor organiza. SUPPlies and sanitary facilities; also. vicinity, but despite the fact they wrt : manpower shortage and an ingisten
we by’ h Lewis, Mur{Provided for is the return of prison-. had ‘a good description of the thief,. Japanese’ or Germans. Some have Board of Sunervisors a dftions by such man as Lewis, Mur Join S Cc he emand for citizen’ sacrifice.
ce Fee Geek. These men are . @TS or exiles to their homes, and re-. found no trace. of him. The sheriff. seen years of service in army or the. Join State ham r
sumption of urgently needed agricultural and industrial “production
and essential services. In the attainment of these aims the UNRRIA ie
authorized to perform necessary legal acts such as acqfiring property,
entering into contract, and creating
agencies to manage adopted policies.
navy, while others have joined the
flying group only since its activiation
in this country.
The Nevada County Board of Supervisors have -resumed membership
in the State Chamber of Commerce.
The annual fee is $300.
It was pointed out during the discussion of the proposal, that since
the great majority of counties are.
members of the state ‘chamber, and
that the chamber is maturing postGrave dangers are inherent. in
this centralization with a relative
lessening of state and local control.A. continuation. of the present, tr
will mean virtually complete federal
domination. Even now many feel
that Washington. bureaus are, near~—
ing that point’ Jefferson long ago
Pointed out the innate danger of
leading. labor to a Waterloo. When
our fighting lads come home, they
_ will take care of these czars.
“hey will force labor organiza‘tions to lve peaceably’ with the
_ pest of us. If there are 10,000,000
‘members of organized labor, the
tail. will no longer be permitted —
to wag the dog. The other 120,thinks he e@ither had a car parked
nearbyror took the woods.
NID BOARD TO
EXTEND DOTY
“The group which visited’ Camp
Beale was headed by Lt. Commander L. N. Jungschlager. Capt. D. Li
Asjes, ranking army officer, was unable to accompany .the’ group.
= 000,000: of us are also citizens ‘Maat. ie R AVINE DITCH First stop on their tour of inbe eugmld emia sere ere such conditions when he said:
with rights, iated with the United N; 4 spection was at post ordnance where Laoety 0. tne er ~. “When all government shall. ‘be’ g: cia Ww e Unite ations.
they were escorted through ware-. 28@ of the county to be a member. drawn to Washington as the’ center:
The director general, acting as The board of directors of Nevada houses, small arms shop, and tank. The. state chamber falso assists! of all power, it will render power “When James Byrnes declared Irrigation District Friday authorized counties in legislative matters and ‘
executive authority for the administration has full power to carry out
relief operations according to policies determined by the council or the
central committee and within the
repair shop by Lt. George Lancer.
A numberof the officers and enlisted men enjoyed their first tank ride
and ali were greatly interested in
less the checks provided by . one.
ernment on another and will become
as venal and oppressive as the government from which. we are ‘separthat labor will be asked to remove
. its pistol from Uncle Sam’s head.
~~ he was understating the situation.
With the United States in a terconstruction work on. one extension
project.
In the absence of William: Durbrow, ©. T. Law, district engineer,
in state departmental activitiés in
which counties are: interested. .
: United States ordnance material, . City’s. Garbaze Service ated.” He’ further pointed out that
_ ‘wible struggle for survival it is limits of available resources. He is, reported on conditions affecting the : C nges Hands the force which has destroyed every
*, dastardly and treasonable that accordingly district. Charles F. Metteer, attorney Following the’ hour long tour The Nevada City Council has apauthorized, to \ appoint
éuch deputies or staffs as he shall
find necessary.
government which has existed is 3
generalizing and concentration, of a
cares in one body.” :
4 ; these pistol toting labor dictators
De should threaten to cut off supplies for our armies abroad amd
Jeave them stranded and helpless
at the mercy of our enemies. For
hat is exactly the situation when
for the district, came from Sacramento to be in attendance.
The board adopted a resolution
authorizing immediate construction
of what is known as the Doty Ravine North Extension in Placer Counthrough ordnance shops, the flyers
posed for a group. photo, and moved
on to 181st field artillery gun. park
where they saw a gun crew put a
heavy. artillery piece into action in:
less than three minutes. Most. interproved the transfer of the city’s garbage disposal license from John
Zunino to John Pientoni and Mario
Angelini, partners, who have *purchased the business.
The city council appointed a comThe support of/the UNRRA depends upon contributions by, the
member governments, the amount
There is hope, however. us
out the land we hear with in
creasing volume earnést criticism.
“railroad transportation or steel . and character°of which will be de-. ty. The resolution called for work to esting exhibition of weapons was & mittee consisting of William © E. federal bureaucracy and a.
duction AB halted.” termined from time to time by each] begin as early as practicable. {demonstration of the bazooka the ‘Wright, George. Calanan.and. Irving . for.the return. of. states
5 ETAT BOO member government. Due to the lack of fall rains it has. army’s high powered rocket gun. Seaman to make a survey of the charge ‘is made that ho
go i re . been found necessary to restrict watCaesars‘ swarm
rators ; Murray, Green and Lewis a Under the UNRRA financial plan,. ~~ Hos The officers were . conducted city’s cemeteries and ‘make recoming: over he
ngaged in a vicious competition
9 see which. one can gain the
vt wages for their unions: In
‘Peace time this might be regarded
world wide sporting event. In
ar is ig treason, and these labor
@ars should be made to feel the
er deliveries under the uower contract from Lake Bowman to the Pacific Gas and Electric powerhouse at
Spaulding.
As a safety measure it is expedient to retain a considerable amount
of water-in reserve during the heavy
mendations regarding. their mainitenance. The feasibility of the city’s
taking over the general care of the
cemeteriés. was discussed.
Voluntenr Sliaiae
Makers Are Needed
each nation can credit its share of
administrative expenses toward its
total contribution to UNRRA. Where
as all member nations. “donors” and
, “rlecipients”’ pay something toward
administration, only those nations
whose territories have not been inthrough the center cantonments officers mess by SCU officers, and later ate dinner at SOU officers mess,
where the post. executive
Lt. Col. W. C. Rathbone, addressed
them. The enlisted men dined at
DEML megs hall, where’ 27 DEML
-harass and‘cimcumseribe.
and liberties of the pe :
do this by-their own arbitrary
regulations. and decrees and
ives, all having the effect
law. Conflicting orders,
ders and controls. of oe ; to aid in keeping’ the ;
. ange Ee sea ‘i Ay a vaded contribute toward the general Wakiee ubon " ne non-coms acted as their. escorts. The ee Sted eaten Drowaetes Pita: wages endiges contasig
er tebelge gi joadies cune ot enim the vere bone The full board, consisting of. STOUP returned to Bick cy Valley se a gales pf 2. erree. Mae mene While, we have .
Ane ’ ,
heard
{Cross Chapter, reports there is a
large demand for bedside slippers
for invalid servicemen in hospitals.
{In ‘the production room windows on
Broad street are exhibited a great
variety: of this footwear, and an ap“}peal has been made to Red Cross
workers to supply their own materjals and contribute a few pairs.
The. Production Unit -recently.
completed a large consignment. of
slippers. They are supplied. -not only
to base hospitals but to hospitals. not
far from eymahat zones.
Robert C. C. Reed. Grass
share is to run between $1. billion .the evening. (3
The tour was avnesiad by Lt. Col.
Russell Ryan, post at.
SEVERE ST ORM
HITS DONNER .
fan. 10.—-With 16 inches: of snow on the ground in
Truckee, 48 inches ‘on the Donner
Summit and more than two feet -at
Tahoe City, residents of the area
Tuesday and Wednesday witnessed
the most severe storm of the season.
‘While all traffic and communieations continued uninterrupted, there
_ . were times when a general tie-up
Kelly congratulated Hall on the. was threatened as maintenance men
Fort’s possession of the cream of. battled the lashing blizzard.
relics of the Donner Party collected]. ‘The ‘forest service ‘reports: that
in 1927 by Charles Davis and pres-. while only four inches of new snow
ented. by him to the Sutter’s Fort! fell Thursday, the Precipitation for] son
Historical Museum. the day was .78 of, an. inch, bring“I suppose the old trail and other ing’ the total precipitation for the
relies remaining there have been storm during the past two days to
blasted into oblivion,”’ Kelly said. “It. 1.25 inches and for the season since
is certainly fortunate you already September 1 to 4.35 inches.
have the cream of the stuff, as it is All highways over the Sierra were
unlikely any more will be found-. closed with the exception of seule
Cap. Davis deserves much credit for. 40, where equipment and man power
originally locating the Donner Trail. is being concentrated to prevent a
and preserving those relics. closure.
A sea captain with a penchant for} U.S. Highway 50 is closed at Kyexploration, Davis set out in 1927. burz, the Yuba Pass road is blocked
to follow the Donner ‘Trail from. by more than a foot or heavy snow
Sutter’s Fort to Fort Bridger. Hej ana State route: 89 ‘between Hobart
discovered the remains of wagons. Mills and Sierraville is closed by
and oxen and goods cached by the/two feet of snow.
Donner group. These he packed out] Highway and railroad plows were
and gave to the museum. called into action for the first time
The Donner Party left the em{-}this season as crews manned _ the
grant road near Fort’ Bridger ‘n equipment to keep traffic flowing.
1846 to attempt a shortcut to SutThe heayy water content of the snow . :
ter’s Fort. In the! same desert their. made highway traffic uncertain at. death toll 28 out of 38,
oxen stampeded, the group abandon-. times as the heavy scrapers usad. en i blood : transfusion and ts
ed wagons and cahed goods. They] previously to keep the icy snoweap . able to sit up in bed with “the:
struggled through to California only. cleared from. the pavement are not. ability that he will leave the ‘h
tobe trapped by snow near Donner . being permitted on this section of early this week. His. rela
. Lake where many-of them died dur-. the highway this. winter. Efforts ‘are hope that __ will still be
ing the winter of 1846-47. —Sierra. being made to have this equipmemt i
-. Sun. retuined. Sierra, Fea. oie
Thomas Mulcahy, chairmah; Theodore Schwartz, H. E. Wheeler, Joe
Francis and E. E. Burnett, was in
attendance.
GUNS BOOM ON
NESERT DONNER
PARTY TRAVELED
TRUCKEE, Jan. 10.—The great
desert wastes southwest of Salt Lake
which ‘spelled the beginning of the
end for the Donner Party in 1846,
have become a bombing range for
air force training crews,
The information is contained in a
letter from Charles Kelly, Utah authority on pioneer routes, to Carroll
D. Hall, curator of Sutter’s Fort.
icy motintains. and on the
Vinateate the tight of dem. 224 $1.5 biflion.
eles to’ live in’ peace, to live
t civilized. standards. of justand to defend the freedoms
are their “inalienabjg right.” AVIATION CADETS
APPLY IN SACTO.
us to pay. a higher price
rin order that they may
.of the war. with ‘riches
. This is true of the For’ the convenience: of 17 year
arm leadership. It is true . olds who wish to join the Enlisted
ha ae guard group in the Uni. Reserve Corps, and thereby move inad Sta to ‘aviation cadet training when they
become 18, the Mather. Field Aviation Cadet’ Board ‘has moved to
} Senate. which. is trying
downtown Racramento.
. the system of re-nego-.
contracts, whereby few
ers would be assured
iments The new location is in the Cham: ber of Commerce Building, at 917—
7th street, Sacramento, and will. be
open daily except Sunday, from 8 a.
m to 5 p. m.
Under the new arrangement, it
will no longer be necessary, for’ the
young »men interested in aviation
cadet training, to journey to Mather
Field in order to take their qualifyPOMONA COLLEGE
SCHOLARSHIPS
ior ‘college
High school\and jun
students of Nevada. City will be eligible to participate in competitive examinations ‘on February 12 for $7,500 in high school and junior col-.
lege scholarships’. offered ‘by Pomona
College, in Claremont, Calif., it was
ounced.
gpraerty high school scholarships,
four for $500, and four for $350,
will be awarded to students entéring
Pomona College in the fall of 1944.
Applications:
will be Tegeived until
Januaty 16.
defeat, and
hting men with
— our very existence ag 2
“tree democracy. ‘When shall ”
‘3 purge gessalves of these devin
{ ‘
ee
Heel aes states’
sponstbilities. Pues ‘the, very n
‘of things ‘the: two are
It is high time ‘that they ba
sidered. It is equally true th
sponsibilities are not ae
ee wit in time, be lost.
do that’ “which. is oor
serve ‘it. ba te hot an. uneo
‘Death acti Robert: C. ‘cook
a wee, 59. years of age, a few
hours after he had entered a Grass
Valley hospital: Saturday. He was a}:
native of Colorado and had lived in
Grass Valley and vicinity for the. past. ‘
18 years. Of late he made his}
home in Rough and Ready. )
Surviving the deceased are his. m
ea Mrs. ~Plorence Reed,three . :
, Owen and Gael Reed of Grass. :
Vaitey: and: Jack Reed of San Francisco, and two daughters, Mrs, R.
B. Hubbard and Mrs. O. J. Frost,
both of Vallejo. .
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Holmes Funeral Home..
obert Tamblyn Least
Robert of Crash vet
Mrs. Ruth ospsre aa ‘and = Mrs.
William V. Tamblyn, wife and mother respectively, of Robert L. Tam-.
‘blyn, army air cadet, injured Thursday evening in a bus-train weg uae b :
at Kingman, Arizona; learned over
long distance that he is. probably the. :
least injured of the ten. sereivors of
the crash.
ron who put their own adabove that of the nation
ould be sequestered: ‘0% the
n. If we who stay at home
ke care of them, our boys
it when they ¢ome. back
@ war. We firmly believe
j etna accus } f
federal munificence.
We. have followed the e
, . against the dangers »
. dent Roosevelt ‘long ago
“lest some day ay we discover ¢
liberties have. disappeared.
46.
‘are wholeheartedly in favor
ational service act that will
®verybody over sixteen years
#8e into. this war. We would
ecially-like to see all organizPd labor drafted to work and like
our sailors, soldiers and flyare drafted to tight and like it.
§all very well to brag of stu} Production of war materWe could have done betne Teason we did not do betbecause of the activities —
is, Murray, Green et. al.
Subversive citizens need atvo Justice adhrreegadsgsrey
+ eh ee
president, threatens. our .