January 31, 1944 (4 pages)

. standstill, {in the United States went up in ‘Chistiafi Sclence Monitor) The mining and production of gold in the United States is now at a by government order. Some mines whose basic product was the yellow metal but which showed sufficient. deposits of vital war me%se sweh as magnesite or copper. were given. limited operational ‘per. mits, Recently, Agwever,., the _Zovhas ordered most of them lelosed, unless.the volume of strategic metals was dominant. bord sim bp ge Hida gold an interesting story, 'e will i On sting, he, parTS, Par. and ey 6 x a ¥ . people — know ‘how much golden a as Wealth ib stored ‘away >in . ith, pre, and Mrs. . ible vaults of Fort Ki6 of Clay street, arrived aygp one is a ted . Farragut, .Idabo,);Saturris on thé fabu our i atic Pi ea . : of the . iat Erckall whe a from the greedy hands ot t ole. money. medium of “exchange, and the ‘most ‘practical ‘metal for monétary . etandards fs accepted by the ést authorities. Besides being ong of the durable. It is nd” ‘Coinicidence that the two ‘wealthiest fiations in the world, whose wealth must by all good standards be gauged by both the materail and the gpritual, have the greatest gold, production, and the greatest gold possession. Those two nations are. the United States and Great Britain. x ‘Perhaps. you didn’t know that the British Commomwealth’s gold produ*tion’ far exceeds thai of the United States. Canada, with its fich {strikes in the Yukon country produced $103,000,000 worth in "1933. . in that same year, the amazingly timaittul deep mining shafts of South Africa yielded $385,000,000. But the . Unitea Sttes gold erent was “ Trcidentalty, ‘that’ was the year the Grice: of gold jumped from. $20.67 to. $35 an ounce, Whether that had any thing to do with it-or not, mining as put; so that, in. acide heggee yiela op 208,50 amount, ‘Caliheaviest metals, it is also the most . Ne Ryo eget bede sd r pute, was so mich in i mind. He, like so. many of the other gold miners, was a “Cousin Jack,” . that ig a native of Cornwall, 0 land. There, as a boy, he and iW ‘prothers worked in the collieries for 25 cents a day. If the family was large enough, and all the boys worked in the mines, that family got along. : Today, in a large part of the gold country, wages are still what they were before inflation. That, is, from $5.75 to $6 a day. Miners left those jobs to work in war industry plants for wages of from $9 to $12 a day. It is possible that with similar wases offered them, some.of .‘he old deep tunnel*boys would return to ther familiar. haunts underground. But, of course, the mine. operators are not too. anxious to establish a precedent. 2 But: oa problem of iis thin ths ne from.) sterioration, and ‘major problem of the ne oe ats perators. ‘Most’ of; them dre efi, about the future of gold. There’ we $0 for as I have been able to find iit, “tram; godVersatfons among mifing meg . in. their glorious gold country, a unanimo belief tliat. the price of gold will not only femiain ‘at its all time high of $35 per. ounce of 1,000 -fine, or pure vor yey that the me will go highis “the most faiths ex ‘State Executive’ Board, California Federation of Women’s Clubs, reaffirmed its standing conviction that the administration of the Institution for Women at Tehachapi should continue its program of rehabilitation undisturbed. The resolution adopted Thursday afterngon at the closing board session at Hotel Biltmore, Los "Angeles, Was sent to the legislature in special session to study the new plan for all prisons of the state. Tne Tehachapi institi:‘ion isa child of the Federation “ana * would never bhave survived a precarious existence had not the women fought for years to have female prisoners removed from formier quarters at San Quentin and given an opportunity for reed its, belief that the ‘Tehachapi institution shauld ‘be made @ part of. the” Department’ of ‘Corrections’ proposed in*the plan now being studied by the legislature. This’ would make it easier for Tehachapi io share in state . appropriations than) the present Plan under which it opeat e. erates as. a separate unit.” dnree subsidies are, based 6 on tees: and ‘tax. ar a federation is. og to Bega es. Principle of subsidy. ; if ee inn ne oe 8 uent taxes, and . ‘ OS westsiar dle ag the puutelé habilitation. The federation express-! ‘. to Grass Valley yesterday afternoon *} Suffered a severe cut on her foreYi inte a telephone pole. Mre. Knight ee oes “Phe U. S. Civil Service Commissing accountants and auditors to fill 500 Internal Revenue Agent positions now. available. Important also ‘is the announcement of the Commission that. it-has discontinued . the written test for departmental guards. These guards. are urgently needed to patrol and guard. government buildings in Washington. ‘The. positions in _,the: accounting and: auditing fields, pay.from $2,433 to,.$3, 163 a-year. including overtime pay. For. the, $2,433 grade applicant must show ; at least two. years, of training: or, experience .in accounting training ‘and. experience. equaling two years “Phree years. of. appropriate experience in accounting work is Fequited for the $3,163 grade. . For éertain positions accounting * educanor the teaching of. accountancy oa in, a, resident. : school may de substituted for all or part of the required practical . experience,., . There are no written tests and slo dge litaits.: Applicants: willbe rated upon their education and éxperience as given in their applications and upon coorborative. evidence.” .To qualify for departmental guard positions which pay $1,824 a year including overtime pay, applicants must have had at least three months of full time paid experience in such \positions as soldier, sailor, marine, coast guard, ‘salesman, police man, deputy sheriff, foreman, messenger, bus driver, watchman, guard, chautfeur, farmer: or comparable occupations. There is no maximum -age limit. Applicants must be. physically capalble of performing the duties of the position. Applications for accounting and auditing positions © (announcements ‘Nos. 287 and 296) and departmen:al. guard positions No. 194) will be accepted by the U. S. Civil Service ‘Commission, Washington, D. C. until the needs of the service have been met. Applications are also obtainable . from most first or second class post offices, and’from the United States Civil. Service Commission, Washington, 25, D. C. 4 tog ®: , Mrs, Grace Moreison was on a birthday party Saturday ‘evening at " jthe ‘home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlee}: Myers of Gold Flat. She received many nice gifts and theré were a dozen rpg present tor the oc-. “ite. Murs, Harry, Bolton and son, > visited “Mrs. Bolton's 1. Sster,an a. brpther, in-law Ens. and lr. Ted Sinnock and son in Colfax recently. Ens. Sinnock,: chief mate 4a the U:' S. maritithe’ service, was ie into the South . * eo Jee 4 tain :of the (oma ‘game poo for. thisfe ie his wife ant — Sgt. Verne lard; ‘were N a Ci leo Tater hee sont ‘Mrs. Ferne E. Knight, driving in-head, when her. car skidded and ran saw a furniture van apparently emerging from a, side road. The van Was stopped buat she thought is was moving. Applying her brakes sharply caused the car to skid. Her sister in law and a baby were shaken up ‘but unhurt, the California Highway ion announced today that it is seekor bookkeeping . or. a. combination , of (announcement . nee a . pie He had just com-. : sle st \ vHE POCKETBOOK . or KNOWLEDGE ropes FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ARE SPEEDED TC BURNING AIRCRAFT ON MANY FLYING teat fry BeNRLOvEO HEED: ‘arinecroatulo aaanre emit: irs, A RAL ROAD COMBWNY 13 cn WING DOUBLE -LECKER jes TO'SATISEY. Linn NEW ZEALAND, (Delayed).—U. S. Naval and Marine Corps officers ‘who atténded the recent Victoria Cross investure of the late.Lt. Te seive the award, were well repaid ‘or thair trip. Not only did they witness a <oiorful Maori hui, or pageant but they had. a chance to see at firsthand an exact replica of an American frontier town in the wildest ‘doys of the west. The Maori cowboys: came racing into town on their ponies, dismounted. ‘in a.cloud of dust, and tied their horses to hitching posts, and popped inte the meeting place. ‘They play the part. well, mainly because they’ve ‘seen 0 many American, films. Naturally they’re partial to Westerns, and Tom Mix is still their favorite.” * The saddler of the tewn learnef. “he well. Tecently. After. Seeing, a ix. re one’ evening same, of the cowboys ‘“—all friends of the eaddler —talked’ over the fing” points: of toward the jhills,.A short time. later they: came galloping back. into town, forced. open . he ‘saddler’s door, t into .t the back toom where he “forced him: ‘dnto.a . straight‘batkd chair and proceeded to tie. him Moana Negarimu, first Maori to re-. Templar, Saturday Then. they. all spiel: and rach aa ‘Then they rode off . into the ry Ret ave “ ¥ 5 me soe +% 1s ‘Next morning when local bobbies untied the saddler, they were some. what puzzled when he refused to press charges. But the saddler assured them there was nothing to worry about, ‘He understood the boys’ motives perfectly, They just wanted to be sure they were hep to the tricks of the trade. Nevada Commandery Banquets, Seats Officers Nevada Commandery, Knights evening seated officers for the year: Installing of ficer was Past Eminent Commander Philip Keast. The ceremony was . preceedéd by a banquet in the big dining room of the Masonic Temple . on Pie. Street. Officers seated ‘were Thomas Barrett, ‘Past eminent commander Paul I) Jenks; éminent connate : Richard Trathen, genedlisimo; Phil. ip’ Keast, senior “warden; 8 Hocking, junior » warden; ' Garfield) Robson, priate; Benjamin Hall, treasurer; Joseph,_F. Stenger, t order; Thomas. Keckler, stands bearer: “Philip Oates, sword bear Frank Bennailack, _warder; nite Martin, sentinel; John Thomas,) William _Argall, and A. G. Chegwidden, guards. _— A fi dog h fleas : when over 4 if he ¢ Sam, ; to pay reaucr pesky while when powde lst, S public: ture a our bi Whi one, 0 togeth Sacran appear ard He the lat countr mines _ tenance sideral them mnilitar ‘these know to tak And tt tion. © Mr. . Grass they a “Grass ing: in might who hi here w the lo Hoskin jon to of the Service eee

. standstill, {in the United States went up in ‘Chistiafi Sclence Monitor) The mining and production of gold in the United States is now at a by government order. Some mines whose basic product was the yellow metal but which showed sufficient. deposits of vital war me%se sweh as magnesite or copper. were given. limited operational ‘per. mits, Recently, Agwever,., the _Zovhas ordered most of them lelosed, unless.the volume of strategic metals was dominant. bord sim bp ge Hida gold an interesting story, 'e will i On sting, he, parTS, Par. and ey 6 x a ¥ . people — know ‘how much golden a as Wealth ib stored ‘away >in . ith, pre, and Mrs. . ible vaults of Fort Ki6 of Clay street, arrived aygp one is a ted . Farragut, .Idabo,);Saturris on thé fabu our i atic Pi ea . : of the . iat Erckall whe a from the greedy hands ot t ole. money. medium of “exchange, and the ‘most ‘practical ‘metal for monétary . etandards fs accepted by the ést authorities. Besides being ong of the durable. It is nd” ‘Coinicidence that the two ‘wealthiest fiations in the world, whose wealth must by all good standards be gauged by both the materail and the gpritual, have the greatest gold, production, and the greatest gold possession. Those two nations are. the United States and Great Britain. x ‘Perhaps. you didn’t know that the British Commomwealth’s gold produ*tion’ far exceeds thai of the United States. Canada, with its fich {strikes in the Yukon country produced $103,000,000 worth in "1933. . in that same year, the amazingly timaittul deep mining shafts of South Africa yielded $385,000,000. But the . Unitea Sttes gold erent was “ Trcidentalty, ‘that’ was the year the Grice: of gold jumped from. $20.67 to. $35 an ounce, Whether that had any thing to do with it-or not, mining as put; so that, in. acide heggee yiela op 208,50 amount, ‘Caliheaviest metals, it is also the most . Ne Ryo eget bede sd r pute, was so mich in i mind. He, like so. many of the other gold miners, was a “Cousin Jack,” . that ig a native of Cornwall, 0 land. There, as a boy, he and iW ‘prothers worked in the collieries for 25 cents a day. If the family was large enough, and all the boys worked in the mines, that family got along. : Today, in a large part of the gold country, wages are still what they were before inflation. That, is, from $5.75 to $6 a day. Miners left those jobs to work in war industry plants for wages of from $9 to $12 a day. It is possible that with similar wases offered them, some.of .‘he old deep tunnel*boys would return to ther familiar. haunts underground. But, of course, the mine. operators are not too. anxious to establish a precedent.. 2 But: oa problem of iis thin ths ne from.) sterioration, and ‘major problem of the ne oe ats perators. ‘Most’ of; them dre efi, about the future of gold. There’ we $0 for as I have been able to find iit, “tram; godVersatfons among mifing meg . in. their glorious gold country, a unanimo belief tliat. the price of gold will not only femiain ‘at its all time high of $35 per. ounce of 1,000 -fine, or pure vor yey that the me will go highis “the most faiths ex ‘State Executive’ Board, California Federation of Women’s Clubs, reaffirmed its standing conviction that the administration of the Institution for Women at Tehachapi should continue its program of rehabilitation undisturbed. The resolution adopted Thursday afterngon at the closing board session at Hotel Biltmore, Los "Angeles, Was sent to the legislature in special session to study the new plan for all prisons of the state. Tne Tehachapi institi:‘ion isa child of the Federation “ana * would never bhave survived a precarious existence had not the women fought for years to have female prisoners removed from formier quarters at San Quentin and given an opportunity for reed its, belief that the ‘Tehachapi institution shauld ‘be made @ part of. the” Department’ of ‘Corrections’ proposed in*the plan now being studied by the legislature. This’ would make it easier for Tehachapi io share in state . appropriations than) the present Plan under which it opeat e. erates as. a separate unit.” dnree subsidies are, based 6 on tees: and ‘tax. ar a federation is. og to Bega es. Principle of subsidy. ; if ee inn ne oe 8 uent taxes, and . ‘ OS westsiar dle ag the puutelé habilitation. The federation express-! ‘. to Grass Valley yesterday afternoon *} Suffered a severe cut on her foreYi inte a telephone pole. Mre. Knight ee oes “Phe U. S. Civil Service Commissing accountants and auditors to fill 500 Internal Revenue Agent positions now. available. Important also ‘is the announcement of the Commission that. it-has discontinued . the written test for departmental guards. These guards. are urgently needed to patrol and guard. government buildings in Washington. ‘The. positions in _,the: accounting and: auditing fields, pay.from $2,433 to,.$3, 163 a-year. including overtime pay. For. the, $2,433 grade applicant must show ; at least two. years, of training: or, experience .in accounting training ‘and. experience. equaling two years “Phree years. of. appropriate experience in accounting work is Fequited for the $3,163 grade. . For éertain positions accounting * educanor the teaching of. accountancy oa in, a, resident. : school may de substituted for all or part of the required practical . experience,., . There are no written tests and slo dge litaits.: Applicants: willbe rated upon their education and éxperience as given in their applications and upon coorborative. evidence.” .To qualify for departmental guard positions which pay $1,824 a year including overtime pay, applicants must have had at least three months of full time paid experience in such \positions as soldier, sailor, marine, coast guard, ‘salesman, police man, deputy sheriff, foreman, messenger, bus driver, watchman, guard, chautfeur, farmer: or comparable occupations. There is no maximum -age limit. Applicants must be. physically capalble of performing the duties of the position. Applications for accounting and auditing positions © (announcements ‘Nos. 287 and 296) and departmen:al. guard positions No. 194) will be accepted by the U.

S. Civil Service ‘Commission, Washington, D. C. until the needs of the service have been met. Applications are also obtainable . from most first or second class post offices, and’from the United States Civil. Service Commission, Washington, 25, D. C. 4 tog ®: , Mrs, Grace Moreison was on a birthday party Saturday ‘evening at " jthe ‘home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlee}: Myers of Gold Flat. She received many nice gifts and theré were a dozen rpg present tor the oc-. “ite. Murs, Harry, Bolton and son, > visited “Mrs.. Bolton's 1. Sster,an a. brpther, in-law Ens. and lr. Ted Sinnock and son in Colfax recently. Ens. Sinnock,: chief mate 4a the U:' S. maritithe’ service, was ie into the South . * eo Jee 4 tain :of the (oma ‘game poo for. thisfe ie his wife ant — Sgt. Verne lard; ‘were N a Ci leo Tater hee sont ‘Mrs. Ferne E. Knight, driving in-head, when her. car skidded and ran saw a furniture van apparently emerging from a, side road. The van Was stopped buat she thought is was moving. Applying her brakes sharply caused the car to skid. Her sister in law and a baby were shaken up ‘but unhurt, the California Highway ion announced today that it is seekor bookkeeping . or. a. combination , of (announcement . nee a . pie He had just com-. : sle st \ vHE POCKETBOOK . or KNOWLEDGE ropes FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ARE SPEEDED TC BURNING AIRCRAFT ON MANY FLYING teat fry BeNRLOvEO HEED: ‘arinecroatulo aaanre emit: irs, A RAL ROAD COMBWNY 13 cn WING DOUBLE -LECKER jes TO'SATISEY. Linn NEW ZEALAND, (Delayed).—U. S. Naval and Marine Corps officers ‘who atténded the recent Victoria Cross investure of the late.Lt. Te seive the award, were well repaid ‘or thair trip. Not only did they witness a <oiorful Maori hui, or pageant but they had. a chance to see at firsthand an exact replica of an American frontier town in the wildest ‘doys of the west. The Maori cowboys: came racing into town on their ponies, dismounted. ‘in a.cloud of dust, and tied their horses to hitching posts, and popped inte the meeting place. ‘They play the part. well, mainly because they’ve ‘seen 0 many American, films. Naturally they’re partial to Westerns, and Tom Mix is still their favorite.” * The saddler of the tewn learnef. “he well. Tecently. After. Seeing, a ix. re one’ evening same, of the cowboys ‘“—all friends of the eaddler —talked’ over the fing” points: of toward the jhills,.A short time. later they: came galloping back. into town, forced. open . he ‘saddler’s door, t into .t the back toom where he “forced him: ‘dnto.a . straight‘batkd chair and proceeded to tie. him Moana Negarimu, first Maori to re-. Templar, Saturday Then. they. all spiel: and rach aa ‘Then they rode off . into the ry Ret ave “ ¥ 5 me soe +% 1s ‘Next morning when local bobbies untied the saddler, they were some. what puzzled when he refused to press charges. But the saddler assured them there was nothing to worry about, ‘He understood the boys’ motives perfectly, They just wanted to be sure they were hep to the tricks of the trade. Nevada Commandery Banquets, Seats Officers Nevada Commandery, Knights evening seated officers for the year: Installing of ficer was Past Eminent Commander Philip Keast. The ceremony was . preceedéd by a banquet in the big dining room of the Masonic Temple . on Pie. Street. Officers seated ‘were Thomas Barrett, ‘Past eminent commander Paul I) Jenks; éminent connate : Richard Trathen, genedlisimo; Phil. ip’ Keast, senior “warden; 8 Hocking, junior » warden; ' Garfield) Robson, priate; Benjamin Hall, treasurer; Joseph,_F. Stenger, t order; Thomas. Keckler, stands bearer: “Philip Oates, sword bear Frank Bennailack, _warder; nite Martin, sentinel; John Thomas,) William _Argall, and A. G. Chegwidden, guards. _— A fi dog h fleas : when over 4 if he ¢ Sam, ; to pay reaucr pesky while when powde lst, S public: ture a our bi Whi one, 0 togeth Sacran appear ard He the lat countr mines _ tenance sideral them mnilitar ‘these know to tak And tt tion. © Mr. . Grass they a “Grass ing: in might who hi here w the lo Hoskin jon to of the Service eee