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January 25, 1943 (4 pages)

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Page Four _ Monday, January 25, 1943 943 GREFX WAR SHIPS STILL FIGHTING THE AXIS fighting flag of (Greece still flies over war vessels of that occupied country, and jhere*‘it is seen at the tlagstaff of a destroyer protecting a Malta-bound convoy. (Battle stations are manned constantly as (Axis forces seek ito idisrupt the supply MALTA (Soundphoto)—The a to the vitally important island. G00D BOOKS FOR VICTORY CAMPAIGN, 1943, By MRS. W. UL. WILETAMSON Tre 1943 Victory Book. tampater is on its way! Our armed forses have expanded so rapidly it is essential that we provide more books for the men in the A new drive has been planned by tke directors of the Victory Book Campaign, opeming January 5, and continues until March 5th. Every you who helpservice. one is asked to help; ‘ed.so materially in 1942, and: the people who were rot aware of the earlier campaign. The vurpose of this drive is to collect from the American people as many bcoks. with the emphasis on good books, as it is possible to collect in the given time. In seeking contributions of books, ihe quality of the books ather than the quantity, is the point we wish to stress, such quality to be megsured iby (a) condition; (b) subject maiter. It is the feeling of the committee that Americans are not anxious to make insignificant sacrifices. They want to make sacrifices, but.. they want to be sure that these sacrifices are worth while. Hence the final test Working Together may be stated as follows: Any book you especially want to keep is a good ook to give. If you have received one, or two, or half a dozen new books recently that you have especially enjoy reading, pass them along to the soldiers or sailors and you may be sure, they will enjoy them too. Remember that these books is not a drive of eq! law and quicker divorces, . Lyon, the collection of With a bill designed to, reduce local the! taxes through /on the reorganization. TOENACT WAR POWERS ACT SPECIAL SESSION By LLOYD LAPHAM SACRAMENTO, Jan. 25.—(UP)— The lawmakers got down to work ‘ . on the council reorganization in the present fourth week of the session }and were scheduled to meet in spec. ial session immediately after the recess to take final action -on the ‘‘war powers act.”’ bs . (Bsn: military affairs committees of . the two houses opened formal work . Earlier, opposition of the Democratic minority in the legislature to/. the special session procedure ad . although assembly _minority leader Alfred W. Robertson, Santa Barbara, said he still felt the unorthodox . procedure was unnecessary. Highlights among the bills that continued to flow across the desks of the two houses included new tax_. reduction proposals, a plan for separate state liquor commission, abolition of California’s gin marriage and ap-, increased. manpower and to California. Charles’ W. drew support, peals for ifood allotments Assembly speaker Los Angeles, { grants to counties libraries alone or of any individual. from the state’s surplus funds. group or organization. interest are pulling together. huge ment in our society working togeth-. er to secure these books for the arm-; ed forces. fe are hoping for generous con-, as We are hoping for a generous ‘lowed in i] , tions tribution. Not of books which you wish to discard, but of ‘books which you have read and enjoyed and wish to pass along to some boy in the service. Pooks which will be suitable are westerns, mysteries, stories of adventure, biographies, historical novels, standard literature, up to date technieal and scientific works, popular novels, travel and tion. at All books may be left vada City from except noon until 9 p. m. every day Sundays and ne though worlds apart HANDLING HOT STUFF! That’s the wartime job of Jim and his Dad. Jim is overseas on the firing line. © Dad is at home keeping the power flowing to vital industries. Since P, men of armed ‘andes ers Pincle Sam. veteran employees. company more than one hundred and fifty any each month have gone into the Many of these are sons of These Dads are working with grim determination to step up the production of electric power, because that means the production of more war goods. These Dads are doing all they can to make sure that their ' sons, and all the other sons wearing the uniform, are the best equipped, the best clothed, the best fed men ~ . ' of any military power in the world. Today the Dads and their fellow workers in the P. G. and E. ranks are delivering a greatly increased amount of power over two years ago. They have a pride in doing it. They have a pride in the equipment with which they work. There are giant powerhouses in the mountains, a vast network of interconnected transmission lines and distribution lines, together with ‘substations, trucks and tools. All these are geared to take on the increasing demands for more power for war production purposes. California can be confident these men will keep the _. kilowatts marching steadily on in war work, that the reserves will respond promptly if they are called upon. oo PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY and JF) > WAR STAMPS _and Lies NDS x TODAY.. Boi ax-we1463 ahi It is a nation-, al effort in which every group and. Sliding Tt: ts a cooperative effort of every ele-. ! . tion for ; work ' appointed He said the granitts would be on a scale, increasing as county decreased so as to encourage cal tax cuts. New ‘plans for varied . types of reductions in state inhouse 'taxes also made their appearance during the week. ‘Meantime, the procedure to be folconsidering the tax reducstill was undecided at week’s end. The assembly passed a resolua joint tax committee to with the citizens’ committee by Gov. Warren, but the senate leaned: toward Jetting standing committees of the two:houses do the jolb: Divorce of liquor regulation from the state board of equalization, eiatad rates late non-fic-' is primarily concerned wih tax mat-); . ters, was asked in a constitutional amendment by Harrison W. Call, of Redwood (City. The amendment . the Ne-3 free library which is open! legal holidays. . ’ . . . . day } terlocutory* and final decree. would set up a five member board to be appointed by nor. control} the gover. Assemblyman Earl Desmond, Sacramento, proposed to repeal the ithree waiting period provision of the. California marriage law, ateiinel that the present physical examination requirement is sufficient safeguard against hasty marriages. A similar proposal at the last session gained considerable support. Two plans were offered to change the present divorce law which requires a year’s wait between the inOne would reduce the period by = six months, and the other would wipe it out entirely, making the original decree final. The lawmakers went on record as demanding more favorable food frationing for California and the west in a resolution passed unanimously in both houses. The resolution, introduced by Senator John F. Shelley, San Francisco, deelared that the OPA has failed to take into account (CaliA public hearing Tuesday by the!:’ .
‘California’s {and the senate adopted a plan for a ‘joint committee to investigate local ‘and cut costs for obtaining delayed Dirth certificates. ‘Robert W. Kenny announced that the Police Recreation WASHINGTON, D. C. _Nevada City Nugget — JAP ATTACK ON ON HENDERSON. F FIELD CFI (Soundphoto)—Jap bombers scored ‘a direct hit on a lhangar during one of the air raids last .week ‘on ‘Henderson Field, Guadalcanal in the Solomons. 'White smoke is seen pouring from (the damaged building. ‘A group of planes barely discernable at the left, and two at the right apparently escaped the lattack. This was one of the three bombings in two days made on Henderson Field in what appears to be ;the start of a new drive to regain control of Guadalcanal. . fornia’s population increase of more . than 1,000,000 in food quotas. The resolution also asked more} favorable allocation of manpower to} agricultural industry, manpower shortages. As an aid to war workers, the assembly started through the legislative mill a bill to simplify procedure Warren and Attorney. General . attorney general’s office would take ‘over immediately legal affairs of the Pacific ‘States Savings and Loan company, in custody of,the state building and loan ‘commissioner, The governor disclosed that private firms had been paid legal fees totaling $382,000 for work in the} . Pacific States tangle and that claims . © . totaling an additional $314,000 had . ‘been filed. He and Kenny estimated . that cost of handling by the attorney: general’s office would not be more than $50,000 a year. An outstanding labor Scharrenberg, Washington legislative representative for the American Fed-. eration of Labor, was appointed by} Warren as director of the ment of industrial relations. . Scharrenberg replaces George Kidwell, the Olson appointee, in the $6,figure, Pai ul depart. '000 a year eabinet post. He has held governmental and labor posiincluding the secretaryship of many tions, ‘the California state federation of labor. Center for Grass Valley Youn xsters Noting the success’ that has a°-} tended the orenng of a “hang-out’’ for teen age youngstes in Nevada . City a vacant store room. a movement begun in Valley among and girls, is receiving serious consideration of their elders. The Grass Valley police department is making a canvass of possible locations which could be utilized as recreation.center for the youngsters. Policemen William ‘Sproul,} Jack Richlin, William Carey’ and others in the department under Chief . Ben Jenkins have thus far found nothing suitable that can be leased} for ‘‘token’’ rental payments. in Grass boys Alfred Hadd, who spent three days in Nevada City recently, has ‘been ill ever since in his home in San Francisco suffering with an acute attack of illness. ‘THE POCKETBOOK 3 . % Careful Fecding of School Children Urged BERKELEY — In improving national nutrition the easiest and most efective way is to better the feeding of school children, according to. Dr. Agnes Fay Morgan, chairman of the home economics department on the Berkeley campus of the University of California. “The traditional school lunch has been demonstrated in many communities and for.-many years to produce improvement in the growth, health, school attendance, mieerettne and learning of many children,’ she reminded. ; ‘Success in raising the nutritional’ level of children may be foreseen, . ' Dr. Morgan pointed out, if attention is given to the problem during the school years, when food needs are. most exacting and when nearly all School-health services should apply physical examination methods to screen out the most. nutritionally needy children, regardless of ‘the economic level of the homes from which they come, Dr. Morgan advised. CLASSES IN NURSING Classes in home nursing will. begin January 2i5th, it is announced by Mrs. Rose Hubbard, chairman 92f home nursing for the Grass Valley Red Cross chapter. The classes will be held in Grass Valley at 203 Mill street, formerly occupied by the Singer SewingiMachineagency. The afternoon class will meet 9n Monday and Wednesday from 1:00 'to 3:00 p. m. Mothers with young children may leave them during those hours with the Red Cross day nursery in charge of Miss Frances lthe children of the community are Clink. ; gathered together five days a week . under the observation and control of! the schools. ‘ . The program should include not only actual feeding of children at . s chool, she stated, but clinical exam-/ lacerated upper lip when lination and subsequent vitamin or! other treatment of those ii.need of such service. Also, the pupils themselves, the parents and teachers, and the community as a whole should be educated in proper nutrition practices. ; Community DOG BITES OWNER Miss Evelyn Jury, of Sacramento, visiting her mother, Mrs. Joseph Gliko, of Grass Valley suffered a ‘badly she attempted to separate two dogs that were fightng. One of the dogs belonged to her, and it was this dog that bit her when she intervened. Five stitches were required to close the wound, which was dressed at the hospital. 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