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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

January 3, 1944 (4 pages)

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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 .