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1
it , Nugget
: Seawt. Phone 36.
er, ‘aa detined by statute. Printed and: Published :
at Nevada City
. Editor and Pi dace
Published Semi-Weekly, Monday anda fhursday
at nthe ie California, and’ entered, as Mas.
the wears predation urgency committee of
peanction, Board, again refusing hie for con‘area i to San . rancisco.
er since San Francisco deters in the 1933 referendum
; project the margin of votes necessary to make it a
Francisco has taken a keen interest in the proand San Francisco groups have done every:
sible to hasten its completion. }
: times this year the San Francisco Board~of Superone to bat, together with a host of other groups
get Sel lias seg the: F: riant-Madera canal and
oaks will aly tevs the effect “
“ni of all the groups working for its comey can count on the’ active participation
Or. in San Diego “County, which: is
\mine in any government bulletin or
. weighing 118 pounds. This immense
jtions, As an instance of the action
of one ration board. I have the good
‘. }gentleman who has devoted a. good
yjare guided by a thorough knowledge
se . of geology, method of occurrence, .
; the. field . which incidentally includes
five Peard’ in Mexico. Yet when, hé
that. blows, nobody good, Three dayslerystal hunter to’ a friend in, which
Jof 2000 pounds of quartz cryatals
. which the finder
Fl eameametion of a ieak whe Wan b>
Nevada City Nugget — Monday, ,_ January 3, 1944
= ee
works of Crystallogogy. Quartz erystals my friends, occur in three maziners: First, loose in a cavity of rock
in which they are formed; second,
embedded in rock; third ,attached to
the rock or to a mass of the same
or io some other mineral. There
were a number of crystals found in
Northern California in, ancient channel gold placers, Also, there were
some niée specimens obtained in tue
hard rock of the gold workings of
tae Mother Lode. Of course if a person ¢ould mine gold and pick up an
occasional crystal as a matter of
secondary importance the situation
would have its dttractions. However.
we know gold now only as a miner-.
al occurring in” abundance in U. S.
but mined only in foreign countries.
Alas!
I eannot let the subject lapse 4atthis point as there are several other .
extenuating facts that should be set
forth.
How Washington Does It
In supposition you sare fortunate
enough to come into possession of a
crystal. You send it. to Washington
where the government sexperts determine how much of it can be canverted to their purpose. Regardless
of what is extracted, what assurances do you have that the rest will be
returned to you? Oftentimes a crystal may ‘undergo the operation and
still be sufficiently intact to bring
an attractive price as a specimen to
collectors. :
I, have been told of two instisond
that 1 shall relate to illustrate the
point. One man sent in a crystal
erystal yielded 2 1-2 pounds of acceptable produce.. Another person
sent in, a crystal weighing 103
pounds. This crystal yielded only. 4
pounds. Hither one of. these crystals
would have, in all probability brough
‘more in net profit had they been retained and sold to a gem dealer or
collector.
Ration Board Fails to Co-operate
The entire situation has been
j . nandied gross ignorance, lack
of foresight and complete unwillingness to attempt to cooperate cr
‘investigate with intent®to temporarize or adjust. the present restricfortune to be acquainted with (a
many years to the pursuit of gem
stones and cryeta}s. His. expeditions
and absolute understanding of his
undertaking,
founded on practical experience in
applied to his ration board a board
consisting of smali business men
and farmers, for a “B’ book for
sufficient gasoline to take, to the
desert. to examine a potentially
productive area,. they. refused him
on.the. grounds that they could not.
issue, theB book unless he had: a
“producing mine.”
As the saying, is, it is an ill wind
ago . was showh a letter from a
ite related an amazing find after two
long. years of fruitless labor, The
find, Was: made in the. Pala district
notorious gem country. It consisted.
as mostly
eo fortitude to persevere for
years: for anything as will 0’
pas a arvana pocket I ‘sincerely . <
accep
His knowledge is)
FREEDOM OF
SPEEC? ON TEE
ATR EXPLAINED
By JAMES LAWRENCE FLY
Chairman Federal Communications
Commission — %
In. the modern world, freedom of
speech is not enough if-it is not
complemented by freedom to listen
—which can be defined broadly as
access for’the general public to what
is said by means of the-mass medium for the dissemination of ideas
and opinion—the radio.
Here in the United States—listeners are shackled by a few outmodiéd conventions which in reality the
industry should never have inflicted
on its audience.
One such restriction is the ban imposed by some stations and networks
on the sale of time to groups and
organizations and the discrimination
against such groups or organizations
imposed by others. This cooperatives
small, business men’s associations,
labor organizations and all sorts of
other groups find it either difficult
or impossible to buy time on the air.
A second restriction on free speech
over the radio is the new but widespread ban against solicitation cf
membership over the air. Time can
be bought for the sale of shoes and
soap and sealing wax, cigarettes,
beer, institutional good will, and
cathartics. But time can’t be bought
or received, gratis for the solicitation
of memberships—except, of course,
by mutual insuraihee companies. The
very nature of the exception emphasizes the diana hestees quality of
the rule. é
I sometimes wonder what Samuel
Adams and Tom Paine would have
said, what scorhing phrases to depens would have devised, to describe a restraint on free. speech
which would have prevented. them
from soliciting members for the libertarian organizations before American Revolution.
One argument urged in: favor of
banning the sale of time for discussing controversial issues is that the
radio is not merely a vehicle for free
speech, it is also a. means of amusement and. entertainment, an advertising medium, a musical instrument,
and many things besides. If time is
sold for controversial discussions, it
is' asked how can radio continue ‘op
fulfill; these other functions? :
The answer, of course, is that selling time for the discussion of, controversial issies does not mean, selling all the time on the air for such
discussions, or selling: time for more
discussion than the public wants to
hear. If. there is one principle more
firmly established than any other: in
Ameri¢an: radio, it. is the wigiaaa pes et
of a well balanced program.
A second argument frequently
raised against: such: sale of, time. is
that the best financed groups would
buy the most time, and hencé that
fadio would become an. instrument
serving only one side of each issue
“the side with the most money. I
radio is attempting to accomplish.
. ne special group or interest.
The ban
controversial discussion serves
how
know. we can, and must, rely upon . ,
the basic principle of fair and well-. .
rounded discussion which I am sure . .
Station licenses mustinevitably ex. ,
ercise discretion, in ordér to insure . ,
‘that radio shall. become the tool of . .
against selling time for},
tg. ‘
‘Imit the time available for such dis. : .
cussion. When ‘station managements.
. ‘He'. and. advertisers—determine
tauch news and how much comedy }.
‘buyer of time has in some cases injected his own, philosophy into his
program, At times it is subtly done;
at other times it is quite obvious;
at all times such propaganda should
be properly labeled. We, aS Americans, believe that to judge the vai‘idity of anyone’s arguments, we have
the right to know for whom he
speaks. A symphony program with
ophy is objectionable to a good mally
listeners who have tuned in for the
symphony.
So. clumsy an attempt at indoctrination, undesirable as it is, does
not equal the more. insidious tactics
of injecting the sponsor ’s ideas into
a mew broadcast ag ‘news.’ The
stealth with which some ‘so called
commentators can mdve from the
peal to the great virtues of the company and/its principles and its ideas
leaves all but the critically minded
unaware of .-what has. overtaken
them.
Still another question in regard
to free speech is raised by the recent discussion of the policies of one
network regulating the expression
lof the views and opinions of its néws
‘analysts. Personal opitiions shouid
not, of course, be aired in the guise
of news; put assuming competency,
if the statements are properly labeled as opinion, I éan hardly see the
reason why they should not be aired.
I, myself, find several difficulties
with limitations on commentators,
The first is our old friend, free
speech. It is little strange to reach
the conclusion that all Americans
are to enjoy free speech except radio
ecommentaators ,thevery men who
their outstanding competence in the
field.
The ban on free comment by news
analysists places them, and the radio
industry, at a serious disadvantage
vis-a-vis the newspapers and. other
media. iAny policy sthat requires
these men to mouth second hand
opinions serves no purpose.
One point should be made clear——
these are not government problems
in the first instance. Government
problems in the first instance. They
are primarily problems for the industry itself to face and to solve in
the best traditions of American free
speech.—Christian Science eave.
BRAND NEW NATTY UNIFORMS
Grass Valley’s police force appeared Wednesday in the brand new
winter: uniforms. The summer khaki
was discarded for the winter blues.
‘The new unt S$ carry accessories of dull brass buttons, white stripes at sleeve cuffs, full caps, whistle
cords and, black Sam: Brown. belts.
MOUNT ST. MARY'SBUSINESS SCHOOL .
GRASS VALLEY
NEW CLASSES we thes MONDAY,
Re
te “Gace G
nes,
State: and v. 8. it Service’
inations.
‘ e
ime EL mS
107 Mill sitook Grass Valley
Phone 3-W
fifteen minutes of sponsored philos-. _
PROFESSIONAL
DIRECTORY
~/DENTISTS
field of legitimate news into an ang
DR. JOHN R. BELL
DENTIST
Office Hours: 8:30 to 5:30
Evenings by Appointment
Morgan & Powell Bldg. Phene 322
DOCTORS
Office Hours:
have presumably been chosen for),
. ". Office. Fae x k to
to
DR. A. BURSELL
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Res. and Office, 446 Broad: Srteet,
Nevada City.
‘Hours 9 A. M. to 8 P. M.
B. W. HUMMELT, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
400 Broad Street
10-12 a. m.;
‘Phone 395 Hivenings 7-8. X-RAY
ATTORNEYS
forsee = sicdiliamatas
HARRY M. McKEE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
206 Pine St., opposite: courthouse
Nevada City, Calif,
FRANK G. FINNEGAN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
207 North Pine Street
Nevada City, California
Telephone 273
H. WARD SHELDON
ATTORNEY AT LA
Onion Building: Broad ‘Street
Nevada City Telephone 28
nnn
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
HOLMES FUNERAL HOME —
The Holmes Funeral Home service’ is priced within the means ne
alli Ambulance service at: all hours.
Phone 203
246 Sacramonto_ St. Nevad
sSoee eee
MINING ENGINEERS
J. F. O'CONNOR
Mining and Civu Engineer
United States Mineral Surveying
Lie nsed Siirveyor.
2603 West Main St. Gras Valley
GRASS VALLEY
DENTISTS:
Hours: 9:00-6:00.” ag
nients: 12.0%: Mili Street. ee
Graes Valley.” i tl
a
ry bE Saar Cy PUA am ek
Parectan. AND ancien
T toe! 3)
ee South (abuse St. Gr
& cA pe
Ho a Ba
unkbitin — 429,
ee
oteaal and cool . :
} too. to weave into their balanced pro-}
gb-jgram structure, building up a wide .
5 . ligtening audience is. their sole con-. .— —
‘cern. But when they must determine WANTID—Coin ‘e6lNeetons. L, B.
n-fonly last week the Bettles family
s. received their first letter from him.
y. ttibute his or her crystal ball to the
pared James, both of Nevada City
. }were married in the . Episcopal
~ }\Church im Reno, Nevada, Thursday
tmiorning, it wasannounced by Mrs.
Gordon Bettles, mother of the bride.
‘Following her graduation Mrs. Jam1y. e8 was a student in the College of
thé Pacific at Stockton. Her father
{Gordon Bettles, a mining engineér,
‘}has been a prisoner of, the Japs in
: . Bersons known as magiciane, seers, how much time shall be donated: for),
pA ntas Stak wack ch: Uiean:tb ebb
The wedding was not a surprise
‘to the many friends of .the couple.
Both were high.school sweethearts.
the Philippines » for two years, and
Richard games, ae ayimenrsons is
.e@ free of charge to. discussion or to
‘to remove the ban on
freason for denying listeners.
}}to attract the attention ©
. tree discussion, another element nec.
essaryily enters in—the need of revenues. Advertising revenue is the
rock upon which the American system of broadcasting is built. Revenues must be. broad enough and
firm enough to support the entire
broadcast system. The maintenance
limits the time which can be donatanything else; it especially limits
the choice ‘hours wane can be donated.
» Clearly’ the best way to eliminate
this. restraint on free discussion is
time sales.
This need not mean, of course,. that
free time is to be refused for controversial discussions. This type of
program is desirable and lack of
broadcast income should .not be a
In adgition to the obvious danger
Tt perceive in the tratment forum)
programs are likely to receive, there.
Sherew, Box. 2, Nevada City.
12-13%}
of. broad, firm revenues necessarily iP. Oo. » Box a
I Wild; PAY $1 Bach For 1909 7
dian head cente with letter “3”
below wreath and 1909 Liticoln .
head, cents with letter “S” below
date and initials “VDB’’ near low-. .
er edge. op reverse: Also want gold
dollars; $2.50 and $3 pieces, Box
2, Nevada City. 9-277p
] Sf GVIG 6
Reganee niestingd the 21d and
th Thursdays of the month;
‘Grammer mines a 3:88
‘Vieitiaw. Biks mt
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE!
aris in standard furniture van.
t class staroge facilities. Furniture bought and sold. Hills Flat
Reliable Transfer, Grass Valley,
Phone 471-W. or 39. 3-1tf
outs of free time. The poor relation
who gets the free time cannot hope
that. the]
E rntime ee builds ee his day .
is an additional danger in the hand-. KXPDRT* RADIO REPAIRING nae
Leud Speaker Systems for Rent.
Complete. stock of portable and
i Radio is 112 Soutn Charch
large type radio batteries. ART’S . f
=a eet
Meets evéry “tuesday eve — at
Pythian Castle, 232° Broad
Visiting. Native Sane
ousToMAH, ma
No. 16, 1. @, 0. F.
Meets over ‘rus .
i Fellows .