July 12, 1945 (4 pages)

Catt LACIE ERLE ES Se hy rv . The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per . month ty “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster Nevada City COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA U gget igen . — . . Piste paper gives you complete . coverage of all local happenings. If you want to’ read about your ‘friends, your neighbors, and your town, read The Nugget. Vol. 19, No. ce Pe yer » The County Sent Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center . _THURSDAY. TULY 12. 1945 Seinen” = THINKING OUT . LOUD By WH. M. LL. We note with pleasure that Denmark is recruiting help eradicate Japan. This doughty people, overrun and abused by the Germans for nearly four years, and now at liberty, has plenty of what it takes. The small population, something less than 4,000,000 is thrifty, healthful and industrious. They are deeply grateful to the allies for their freedom from the hateful invaders, and demon'stnate it ‘by raising a force fight the foes of the Americans and British in Asia. Gradually the tempo of the storm. of steel and fire that is now sweeping the Jap home islands, is increasing. The big bomibers that can: fly great distances are being shifted under their own power from Europe to airfields, in the Pacific where they can strike most affectively. The lighter fighters must. be transferred in most cases by ship, and this will take.time. But there is building up over the harrassed Japs a cloud of 3000 Daneg to! JAP PLANE LOSS DUE TO LACK OF SMALL TANKERS war machine, the American Merchant Marine institute states. est in the world and was designed to carry out a program of aggression Japan ranked seventh in tankers. That this lack of strategic balance has ‘been a serious military handicap to Japan is indicated by daily ports of the number of reJapan’s merchant marine included . Harbor or five per cent of its total. In comparison America’s tanker fleet . planes that grows darker each day. . How far will it take Japs to ognize the inevitable? recNobody knows ths answer to that. $64 question, . } { of course, because the’ required the secret mai war. It is known that Japan had some . various registers of world shipping. . ‘However, tanker fleet wp to a relative par with . that of the United ghee Sats have Japs began early in the war to ashi over 100 tankers in idleness. or attheir stupidity and their dense ignorance. In fact their attack upon Pear] Harbor losal stupidity. . tached to the Japanese navy. Japan’s dire shortage of tankers . Geieiodebedion oe the end of Jap re. barges are also used to haul tins of: sistance. Some military leaders think . petroleum. Heavy losses catsed by. that a year will see their finish. They . American subs, planes are counting on our air reduce supplies of food, in fact, all imports, that presently the little brown people will begin to hiss in earnest. power to so One captured Jap lieutenant a “few weeks ago, declared that though 4 his country might expect to lose ten to on€ in the fighting on the home land, we would crack first. He said he thought by the time our casualties mounted to 2,000,000 we would, in effect, want to call it a day. Whereas Japan would hardly notice a matter of 10,000,000 wiped out. But he forgets that the take we already have in victory measured in tenms of our dead, is very high. This country could not propose a compromise or change the conditions on which peace will be made. breaking faith with those who have already made the last sacrifice. Blockade and shorten the war cannot be starvation may . We hope so, But we 4 sure, since the Japanese without . anid shipping woes. $ . government is now bending every ef. fort to increase -the food sulpply. ications, home venting distribution of plies as they have. So far tions, war ‘manufacturing stores are concerned, our manders already say they such supair Destruction of commun. railways and shipping will. the number of deaths from starvahelp bring an end to the war by pre-: tion ' rangements and medical personnel, FAMINE GRIPS HOLLAND AS ALLTES ENTER Famine anid disease were $0 wid@ spread. in Holland even before nazi capitulation, the German, military authorities were prevailed upon to permit memlbers of an allied relief council to pass through enemy lines under a white flag, it is revealed in a report of American Relief for Holland received by -Vernon Stoll through the national war fund. In anticipation of the early liberation of northwestern Holland, had been to have a fleet of equipped with food, and arcouncil mobile medicine . follow imme; units, diately behind the -liberating army, gKo'wn . said the report. Although its . : : merchant marine wae the third lare-. lems which faced battle trained men fof the 583rd Field Artillery. Batin the makeup of its merchant fleet . Military government area in -GermJapan’s failure to possess an ade:' laborer until liberated in the allied quate fleet of oil tankers stands out’ drive across Germany and every one as a glaring weakness of the Japs'or the 9000 needed a haircut. Japanese . days—the artillery ; Planes destroyed on the ground, held . barbers, soine skilled and some emthere because of gasoline shortages. . bryonic, among the 9000 Russiens to -Acleording to best available figures . ;set up 47 barber every ;produce some. sort of . tanlkers that were not listed in the’ as to (bring the Nipponese . ; agrees, came from ntenance of!. with his identification, was a — of col. has forced it to convert cargo ships . over no one ventures a to carry liquid cargoes. Strings of . Dated. March 28, 1941.” . naval Datteries include Pfc. Joseph E. Day, ‘ships have also contributed to Japs . pl. made by the; . ‘WAR PRISONERS NEED HAIR CUTS With the 15th United States Army in Germany—There were 9,000 Rus-. sians, nazi prisoners of war or slave But that was only one of the probtalion as they took over four allied displaced persons centers in Lient. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow’s 15th. Army any. . days of the And that one was solved in a few found enough shops in the one] camp, and soon everyone was sport. but 49 tankerg on the eve of Pearl, ; ing a GI hair cut. ; -~ . few . The 583d men have had+ a numbered 349 units or 30 per cent . aughs, also in their new work as a . of the entire pre war merchant fleet. es af Cher A oe. CORES Dare mgce. DY another reason why the United States} ; Major Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey. has ‘been able to wage a successful . Regulations require of course that incoming displaced person identification ward of the allies. identification everyone one middle aged. man who when challenged dug deep . into a worn wallet and came out written in longhand. An_ interpreter . look and read out loud: , “This pass allows the bearer to pass . this bridge with his Bicycle. . a legitimate The best German ; took one Members of the 583d A B-and C. Sylvester P. Cronin and Cpl. Joseph Bassino of Nevada City. ADMIRAL KING PRAISES CHINA The admiration and. praise of the U. S. Navy for the courage and fort. itude of the Chinese was expressed . . . } . . . . . . iby Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USIN, in a statement to the people of! ‘(China through the Central Daily News of Chungking, on,the occasion of the observance of the eighth anniversary of China’s war against Japan. Admiral King, who is commander in chief of. the Wnited States Fleet anid chief of naval operations, emphasized progress made in the Pacific and in China against the enemy ‘in the last year, and predicted more successes to come, calling attention to the great shift of men and equipjment to the Pacific from the EuropConditions became so critical aa increased tio such proportions ; that an agreement was finally reachcom-. ency relief corps are Tun. through the nazi lines under a white . ning out of targets. Just what these! flag, as muni-!ed with the German military comand fuel} ' mander to call forward the emerzand ‘pass them the report stated. This plan was things means, the Japs could under-. about to be put into operation when stand, if they would study the disin. ,German surrender occurred, and the tegration of the German war Wigs . feuding and treatment of hundreds whine. If the French now make a contribution to the war in gratitude for their the Hun, if the Russians finally decide to settle old scores and, partieularly, to lay the foundation fot taking part in the Asiatic peace settlement, and China receives sufficjent equipment to become a far more . effective force than she is at present, then there is a possibility that the Japs, finding the civilized world in arms against her, may resign themselves to the inevitable relatively soon. But in the meantime let us not lost sight of the significance of the stout little army of Danes that is mustering to do battle by our side in Pacific. We may be very sure that this is something, even. though it ts little more than a token of the universal scorn, that the Japs had not expected. Jap pride which had been steadily rising since the earlier war with China and the defeat administered Russia under the ezars is now falling eV¥en terms in the White House is deflated. Now there-is a scramble for buri nutrition against Japan. delivery from . . . . . starvation and malwas rushed. American relief for Holland, supported in part by contributions to Nevada County war chest is continuing shipments of food, clothing and medicines to help relieve ‘the of. victims of . suffering and distress which libera. \ more rapidly. The conceit that once spoke of writing peace . tion disclosed, Chairman Stoll added. Car Collision Causes Premature Birth Suit for damages allegedly suffered as a result of an automobile collision, was filed Monday by William Harvey and Mary Harvey, his wife, against Harold Thom'pson. Total damages asked -amounted to $22,32'5 of which 2235 yere for medical and hospital’ and property repair expenses and $20,000 general damages. It was alleged in the ‘complaint that due to the collision Mrs. Harvey gave premature birth to a child. rows and a rising tide passion. The cry is: land. Sove the son of heaven.” But they will never raise cry: ‘‘All is lost save honor,” for the Japs never had that virtue’we are accustomed to call honor, of sacrificial “Save the home . ean area. “The UnitedStates Navy jfhas confidence in your continuing . heroism and the determination of your leaders and your armed forces to continue the fight ultimate King stated. for victorl’, CHAMBER LISTS The Nevada City Chamber. of Commerce decided Tuesday evening that memibers of the board of directors would meet with the city cil when it convenes on first Thursday of each month. It was suggested that in this manner the chamber could be better informed of improvements contemplated —by — the council. counthe The chamber will ask the council for drinking fountains for use of the thirstv nublic to be installed at intervals through the city. Byron Brock, chairman planning and ‘housing committee, reported on activities directed toward obtaining FHA housing peranits. He stated that requests for 75 new permits was now being considered in Washington, D. C. The chamber has requested all those desiring of the ‘month of the entire war—52 . of 388,649 deadweight tons. For a, Hayes. Again in 1880 they nominat. time sinkings surpassed shipbuildAEE HATRED See AMER. MERCHANT EISENHOWER IS MARINE SUFFERS HEAVY LOSSES Bearing the brunt of the overseas burden war, transportation in the early America’s pre war privately owned merchant fleet sustained 65%. of the ship losses caused iby enemy action a study records made by the American Mer‘chant Marine institute discloses. These losses do not include the merchant vessels sunk while nde Running for president is direct control of the army and navy or those lost through marine casualties, largely due to war operating conditions: When the battle of the Atlantic . 'was at its peak-in the spring of 1942 and before the great pockets en program attained full production, . American flag merchant ships, requi-. sitioned by the government for war duty, made up the bulk of the fleet of vessels carrying supplies and the troops. Of a total of 570 ships of: 5,421,000 deadweight tons that have been lost, 300 privately owned vessels of . 3,300,000 dead'weight tons were! sunk. Approximately one third of America’s pre Pearl Harbor merchant marine was wiped out in the deter-. mination ‘to maintain our supply lines, despite enemy submarines, airplanes, mines and other perils. Losses were at their highest in 1942 with 318 vessels Foins™to the) bottom. The blackest period for Am-/' erican shipping were the months of . ‘March, April, May, June and July . of 1942 when a total of 203-ships were lost. June was the record ships ing. A breakdown of the 570 American ships sunk shows 15 ers, 165 liberty ships. eargo freighters and By reason passenger lin285 other dry 105 tankers. of the valuaible petro. of official . NOT A POLITICAL . CANDIDATE “By Clem ‘Whitaker “Our next president.” When enthusiastic well wishers; yelled that political greeting at Gen. Ddight D. Hiseenhower during his led General Ike, ducker his head, as . he might at the whine of a passing shell. not one of his post war . Eisenhower objectives. made it clear friends but he flatly side stepped a formal denial of presidential tions declaring: : “There’s no use denying that I'll fly to the moon tO cnss ambibecause I couldn't . politics.’ The modest unassuming Kansan, whose brilliant generalship upset all nazi time’ tables and speeded Hitler’s undoing has become jsuch popular throughout America however, that many republican lead-. ers are predicting an Eisenhower for . president. boom will sweep the coun-. try in 1948 even if the general refuses to consider himself as spresidential timber. There is a great deal of political . precedent for an in hero Eisenhower boom: the pages. of American history— and one doesn’t have to g0 back to! Gen. Washington. “The father of his country’’ to find it. After the Civil War the republic-. ans nominated and elected General . Grant in 1868—-and again in 1872. Then and elected Maj. Gen. Rutherford B. ‘in 1888 they did it again, . ing and electing . Major McKinley another Civil War Veteran and Col. Theodore Rioosevelt . whose Rough. Riders won fame in the Spanish American War, were! in 1876 the GOP nominated . . Sales triumphal home coming tour unspoil-. 4 . . total for Nevada. City’s contribution, General . lbig ; ests are not in Nevada County, but . through his friendship for this city lif I wanted to. The same goes for . . ,cruting for the Women’s Army Carp . . husbands. The job of moving millins . ed and elected General Garfield ana. °! ™e™ and supplies out of Europe is . : 2 ee 'a detailed one calling for specific General Harrison. —s { . . . . Teum they carried in addition to the. other military men who carried the . deck cargoes of airplanes and PT boats oil tankers were contnually. ;sought after by U_ boats. of the first. 100 American shins to go down were tankers. Hialf of the ships sunk in February 1942 were tankers. One new tanker was sunk inthe Gulf of Mexico while going from the shipyard to another port to load its first cargo. The first liberty ship to be lost was the John Adams in the Pacific on May 5, 1942, Iit was in seavice less than two months after it had been built at Richmond. Many other libertys were also sunk on maiden voyages. However the Patrick Henry the first of almost 2700 liberty ships to ibe built, is still in war service. Nearly. 300 ships built during. the shipbuilding effort for World War I made the final sacrifice carrying the supplies for this war. Of these, 18 ping by the eneemy companied has {been acloss of life. A total of 6066 merchant officers and seamen have been reported dead, missing or prisoner of war through . May 1, 1945. Odd Fellows Seat New Officers The by -heavy new officers for the current term were installed Monday evening by Mistletoe Encampment No. 47, and Oustomah Lodge N. 16, [OOF in ecolorfull joint instalation ies. The en'camipment installed by D. D. G. P! W.B. McClard and staff assisted by lady escorts and the Odd Fellows by D. D. G. N. John W. Kalffman. W. Darke, C. P. C. R. Murchie, R. P. C. T. Worthley, S.W. M. C .RobArbogast T. The officers for are C. T. Worthley, N. G. Vi GW. H. Richards, R. S. ‘Roberts, W. C. S G.R. C. Peterson, L. Muréhie, R. S. V. G. LS. V. G. D. Ralston, C. A large group. of S.N. G: to build and those who wish to rent to leave their names and addresses ‘with it, at the office in the city hail. . The memibership raised the salary of Secretary H. F. Sofge to $50 a month, an increase of $15. . degree will ed with seasonable served in the banquet hall. The initiatory by Oustomah Lodge and the first be conferred by Thirty six . were of the famous Hog Island type. . The destruction of American ship-} ceremonofficers were! The encampment officers are J. erts, J. W. P. ©. Peterson; S, ¢. S. Oustomah ‘Lodge J. Paseoe, IW: Darke, F. S, W: A. Carlson, T.-M. C. Arbogast, R. S. N. one! ° % L. W. Willlams fraternalists were present and the event contcludrefreshments degree was. conferred on a candidate Tuesday evening Grass . GOP standard to victory in facous presidential campaigns. As a matter of. fact, after every war that this country hag fought, with the exception of World War If. military leaders have become the nation’s outstanding ‘political leaders and the votes of service men and women following World War II ‘Sill represent a. greater percentage of the total voting strength than at any other period in American annals. There are admitted drawbacks to making military heroes political heroes, solely on the basis of their war records as some notalble failures of soldier statesmen have demonstrated. On the other ablest occupants of the White House first won national acclaim on the battlefield. The main lesson to be ; learned from experience is that it . isn’t safe to generalize on whether . military men make good in high administrative offices; Some do—and. . Some don’t, z . The odds seem . Eisenhower’s favor based on _ his . handling of idle oe: problems of . yy. . European diplomacy thus far—and . ;the Post Office Building of the fol. tas on his handling be himseld during his appearances in this countryv. . He has proved to be this nation’s most popular representative in dealing with the British, French and the Russian people—and certainly ‘has won the hearts of the American peo. Ple: Politically speaking, eral will bear watching. the genTwin Cities Bond . Sales Over the Top George H. Calanan, chairman of 'the Nevada City war loan drive. an. hounces that a total of $91,487 in E . bonds had been sold as against the quto of $90,000 assigned this district. Other types of bonds sold totale $128,931 as compared with the $90,000 quota assigned. C. R. Clinch, campaign chairman of the Seventh War Loan in Grass Valley states that the overall quota of $510,000 including all types of said that $190,000 of E bonds had been sold, exceeding sales in all paid drives. Clinch said he was much gratified at the response of individual citizens in buying E bonds. : Valley Lodge No. 12 Thursday evening at their hall. bonds, has been over subscribed. He . . to bein General . ge ‘same as any male soldier. hand, some of the; the loan feature for building a home NEVADA ‘CITY EXCEEDS BOND. QUOTA BY $50,258 George Calanan, chairman of the Mighty Seventh War Loan drive in Nevada City and vicinity yesterday. stated that sales of bonds had exceeded the city’s-overall assignment of $¥80,000 by $50,258. In EB bonds sales were $91,487 as against the ;auota of $90,000, and in other bonds were’ $138,771, as compared with the quota of $90,000. This record hangs up a new high in the way of bond buying, to the war effort. Chairman Calanan stated he feels deeply grateful for the ‘infatigable work of his committee. One sale of $10,000 in bonds was made to a-mining man, whose-interand its people. ‘MORE WACS ARE NEEDED TO AID 'DEMOBILIZATION Major B. P. Cody, in charge of red in Northern California stated today 'the army needs new WAC enlistments to replace those women who are taking their rightful discharges. . He emphasized the existing need for more recruits to relieve WAICS who . have been overseas tiwo and a half . years and are entitled to come home under the point system. New re. cruits also will replace those WACS . who are ‘being relieved frof service to make a home for their discharged The job of demobilizing hundreds of thousands of men ig vital. The men deserve to be sent home quick; ly with their service records in good shape. The job of sending men and supplies to the Pacific is immediate © and urgent. WACS are doing all those jobs. Assignment is made after basic training-for one of those jobs either here or overseas. Major Cody points out that members of the WACS receive all the benefits of the GI Bill of Rights the (Many young -women, he says, under 25 years old -are serving in the army today and will take advantage of a college education after the war under that provision of the GI Bill of Rights. All women joining now will be privileged to take advantage of or starting their own business, Another group joining in large numbers are the 20 year old women who are now for the first time eligible. Interested women, who are between the ages of 20-38 who have jat least 2 years of high school or its ~ . equivalent education, who have no : pendents under 14 years old, may, qualify. They should apply gt the S. Army Recruiting Station in . lowing cities, Oakland, Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, San Jose, or at 444 Market Street in San Franciseo. Bow and iArrow Deer Season to Open 10 Days SAIN FRANCISCO, July 12—Wwith the signing of AB 1353 by Governor Warren, a special season has been provided in California. for taking of deer with bow and arrow. Aiccording to the provisions of this bill, the season shall be for a ten day period immediately preceding the open season on deer in that district. However owing to the 90 day period which must elapse after the close of ithe legislative session before this ‘bill ‘becomes law, there will only be © a one day season permitted , this, year—that day being September 1: A special license costing $3 for resident, and $5 for a non resic must be obtained to hunt deer bow and arrow, in addition to s ial deer tags costing $1. Persong taining these special licenses a prohibited from hunting deer following regular open season. These special licenses may tained at the offices of the Division of Fish and Game and ° he available for purchase bes 16. NE i nay aw tae a a : oo aaa

Catt LACIE ERLE ES Se hy rv . The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per . month ty “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster Nevada City COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA U gget igen . — . . Piste paper gives you complete . coverage of all local happenings. If you want to’ read about your ‘friends, your neighbors, and your town, read The Nugget. Vol. 19, No. ce Pe yer » The County Sent Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center . _THURSDAY. TULY 12. 1945 Seinen” = THINKING OUT . LOUD By WH. M. LL. We note with pleasure that Denmark is recruiting help eradicate Japan. This doughty people, overrun and abused by the Germans for nearly four years, and now at liberty, has plenty of what it takes. The small population, something less than 4,000,000 is thrifty, healthful and industrious. They are deeply grateful to the allies for their freedom from the hateful invaders, and demon'stnate it ‘by raising a force fight the foes of the Americans and British in Asia. Gradually the tempo of the storm. of steel and fire that is now sweeping the Jap home islands, is increasing. The big bomibers that can: fly great distances are being shifted under their own power from Europe to airfields, in the Pacific where they can strike most affectively. The lighter fighters must. be transferred in most cases by ship, and this will take.time. But there is building up over the harrassed Japs a cloud of 3000 Daneg to! JAP PLANE LOSS DUE TO LACK OF SMALL TANKERS war machine, the American Merchant Marine institute states. est in the world and was designed to carry out a program of aggression Japan ranked seventh in tankers. That this lack of strategic balance has ‘been a serious military handicap to Japan is indicated by daily ports of the number of reJapan’s merchant marine included . Harbor or five per cent of its total. In comparison America’s tanker fleet . planes that grows darker each day. . How far will it take Japs to ognize the inevitable? recNobody knows ths answer to that. $64 question, . } { of course, because the’ required the secret mai war. It is known that Japan had some . various registers of world shipping. . ‘However, tanker fleet wp to a relative par with . that of the United ghee Sats have Japs began early in the war to ashi over 100 tankers in idleness. or attheir stupidity and their dense ignorance. In fact their attack upon Pear] Harbor losal stupidity. . tached to the Japanese navy. Japan’s dire shortage of tankers . Geieiodebedion oe the end of Jap re. barges are also used to haul tins of: sistance. Some military leaders think . petroleum. Heavy losses catsed by. that a year will see their finish. They . American subs, planes are counting on our air reduce supplies of food, in fact, all imports, that presently the little brown people will begin to hiss in earnest. power to so One captured Jap lieutenant a “few weeks ago, declared that though 4 his country might expect to lose ten to on€ in the fighting on the home land, we would crack first. He said he thought by the time our casualties mounted to 2,000,000 we would, in effect, want to call it a day. Whereas Japan would hardly notice a matter of 10,000,000 wiped out. But he forgets that the take we already have in victory measured in tenms of our dead, is very high. This country could not propose a compromise or change the conditions on which peace will be made. breaking faith with those who have already made the last sacrifice. Blockade and shorten the war cannot be starvation may . We hope so, But we 4 sure, since the Japanese without . anid shipping woes. $ . government is now bending every ef. fort to increase -the food sulpply. ications, home venting distribution of plies as they have. So far tions, war ‘manufacturing stores are concerned, our manders already say they such supair Destruction of commun. railways and shipping will. the number of deaths from starvahelp bring an end to the war by pre-: tion ' rangements and medical personnel, FAMINE GRIPS HOLLAND AS ALLTES ENTER Famine anid disease were $0 wid@ spread. in Holland even before nazi capitulation, the German, military authorities were prevailed upon to permit memlbers of an allied relief council to pass through enemy lines under a white flag, it is revealed in a report of American Relief for Holland received by -Vernon Stoll through the national war fund. In anticipation of the early liberation of northwestern Holland, had been to have a fleet of equipped with food, and arcouncil mobile medicine . follow imme; units, diately behind the -liberating army, gKo'wn . said the report. Although its . : : merchant marine wae the third lare-. lems which faced battle trained men fof the 583rd Field Artillery. Batin the makeup of its merchant fleet . Military government area in -GermJapan’s failure to possess an ade:' laborer until liberated in the allied quate fleet of oil tankers stands out’ drive across Germany and every one as a glaring weakness of the Japs'or the 9000 needed a haircut. Japanese . days—the artillery ; Planes destroyed on the ground, held . barbers, soine skilled and some emthere because of gasoline shortages. . bryonic, among the 9000 Russiens to -Acleording to best available figures . ;set up 47 barber every ;produce some. sort of . tanlkers that were not listed in the’ as to (bring the Nipponese . ; agrees, came from ntenance of!. with his identification, was a — of col. has forced it to convert cargo ships . over no one ventures a to carry liquid cargoes. Strings of . Dated. March 28, 1941.” . naval Datteries include Pfc. Joseph E. Day, ‘ships have also contributed to Japs . pl. made by the; . ‘WAR PRISONERS NEED HAIR CUTS With the 15th United States Army in Germany—There were 9,000 Rus-. sians, nazi prisoners of war or slave But that was only one of the probtalion as they took over four allied displaced persons centers in Lient. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow’s 15th. Army any. . days of the And that one was solved in a few found enough shops in the one] camp, and soon everyone was sport. but 49 tankerg on the eve of Pearl, ; ing a GI hair cut. ; -~ . few . The 583d men have had+ a numbered 349 units or 30 per cent . aughs, also in their new work as a . of the entire pre war merchant fleet. es af Cher A oe. CORES Dare mgce. DY another reason why the United States} ; Major Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey. has ‘been able to wage a successful . Regulations require of course that incoming displaced person identification ward of the allies. identification everyone one middle aged. man who when challenged dug deep . into a worn wallet and came out written in longhand. An_ interpreter . look and read out loud: , “This pass allows the bearer to pass . this bridge with his Bicycle. . a legitimate The best German ; took one Members of the 583d A B-and C. Sylvester P. Cronin and Cpl. Joseph Bassino of Nevada City. ADMIRAL KING PRAISES CHINA The admiration and. praise of the U. S. Navy for the courage and fort. itude of the Chinese was expressed . . . } . . . . . . iby Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USIN, in a statement to the people of! ‘(China through the Central Daily News of Chungking, on,the occasion of the observance of the eighth anniversary of China’s war against Japan. Admiral King, who is commander in chief of. the Wnited States Fleet anid chief of naval operations, emphasized progress made in the Pacific and in China against the enemy ‘in the last year, and predicted more successes to come, calling attention to the great shift of men and equipjment to the Pacific from the EuropConditions became so critical aa increased tio such proportions ; that an agreement was finally reachcom-. ency relief corps are Tun. through the nazi lines under a white . ning out of targets. Just what these! flag, as muni-!ed with the German military comand fuel} ' mander to call forward the emerzand ‘pass them the report stated. This plan was things means, the Japs could under-. about to be put into operation when stand, if they would study the disin. ,German surrender occurred, and the tegration of the German war Wigs . feuding and treatment of hundreds whine. If the French now make a contribution to the war in gratitude for their the Hun, if the Russians finally decide to settle old scores and, partieularly, to lay the foundation fot taking part in the Asiatic peace settlement, and China receives sufficjent equipment to become a far more . effective force than she is at present, then there is a possibility that the Japs, finding the civilized world in arms against her, may resign themselves to the inevitable relatively soon. But in the meantime let us not lost sight of the significance of the stout little army of Danes that is mustering to do battle by our side in Pacific. We may be very sure that this is something, even. though it ts little more than a token of the universal scorn, that the Japs had not expected. Jap pride which had been steadily rising since the earlier war with China and the defeat administered Russia under the ezars is now falling eV¥en terms in the White House is deflated. Now there-is a scramble for buri nutrition against Japan. delivery from . . . . . starvation and malwas rushed. American relief for Holland, supported in part by contributions to Nevada County war chest is continuing shipments of food, clothing and medicines to help relieve ‘the of. victims of . suffering and distress which libera. \ more rapidly. The conceit that once spoke of writing peace . tion disclosed, Chairman Stoll added. Car Collision Causes Premature Birth Suit for damages allegedly suffered as a result of an automobile collision, was filed Monday by William Harvey and Mary Harvey, his wife, against Harold Thom'pson. Total damages asked -amounted to $22,32'5 of which 2235 yere for medical and hospital’ and property repair expenses and $20,000 general damages. It was alleged in the ‘complaint that due to the collision Mrs. Harvey gave premature birth to a child. rows and a rising tide passion. The cry is: land. Sove the son of heaven.” But they will never raise cry: ‘‘All is lost save honor,” for the Japs never had that virtue’we are accustomed to call honor, of sacrificial “Save the home . ean area. “The UnitedStates Navy jfhas confidence in your continuing . heroism and the determination of your leaders and your armed forces to continue the fight ultimate King stated. for victorl’, CHAMBER LISTS The Nevada City Chamber. of Commerce decided Tuesday evening that memibers of the board of directors would meet with the city cil when it convenes on first Thursday of each month. It was suggested that in this manner the chamber could be better informed of improvements contemplated —by — the council. counthe The chamber will ask the council for drinking fountains for use of the thirstv nublic to be installed at intervals through the city. Byron Brock, chairman planning and ‘housing committee, reported on activities directed toward obtaining FHA housing peranits. He stated that requests for 75 new permits was now being considered in Washington, D. C. The chamber has requested all those desiring of the ‘month of the entire war—52 . of 388,649 deadweight tons. For a, Hayes. Again in 1880 they nominat. time sinkings surpassed shipbuildAEE HATRED See AMER. MERCHANT EISENHOWER IS MARINE SUFFERS HEAVY LOSSES Bearing the brunt of the overseas burden

war, transportation in the early America’s pre war privately owned merchant fleet sustained 65%. of the ship losses caused iby enemy action a study records made by the American Mer‘chant Marine institute discloses. These losses do not include the merchant vessels sunk while nde Running for president is direct control of the army and navy or those lost through marine casualties, largely due to war operating conditions: When the battle of the Atlantic . 'was at its peak-in the spring of 1942 and before the great pockets en program attained full production, . American flag merchant ships, requi-. sitioned by the government for war duty, made up the bulk of the fleet of vessels carrying supplies and the troops. Of a total of 570 ships of: 5,421,000 deadweight tons that have been lost, 300 privately owned vessels of . 3,300,000 dead'weight tons were! sunk. Approximately one third of America’s pre Pearl Harbor merchant marine was wiped out in the deter-. mination ‘to maintain our supply lines, despite enemy submarines, airplanes, mines and other perils. Losses were at their highest in 1942 with 318 vessels Foins™to the) bottom. The blackest period for Am-/' erican shipping were the months of . ‘March, April, May, June and July . of 1942 when a total of 203-ships were lost. June was the record ships ing. A breakdown of the 570 American ships sunk shows 15 ers, 165 liberty ships. eargo freighters and By reason passenger lin285 other dry 105 tankers. of the valuaible petro. of official . NOT A POLITICAL . CANDIDATE “By Clem ‘Whitaker “Our next president.” When enthusiastic well wishers; yelled that political greeting at Gen. Ddight D. Hiseenhower during his led General Ike, ducker his head, as . he might at the whine of a passing shell. not one of his post war . Eisenhower objectives. made it clear friends but he flatly side stepped a formal denial of presidential tions declaring: : “There’s no use denying that I'll fly to the moon tO cnss ambibecause I couldn't . politics.’ The modest unassuming Kansan, whose brilliant generalship upset all nazi time’ tables and speeded Hitler’s undoing has become jsuch popular throughout America however, that many republican lead-. ers are predicting an Eisenhower for . president. boom will sweep the coun-. try in 1948 even if the general refuses to consider himself as spresidential timber. There is a great deal of political . precedent for an in hero Eisenhower boom: the pages. of American history— and one doesn’t have to g0 back to! Gen. Washington. “The father of his country’’ to find it. After the Civil War the republic-. ans nominated and elected General . Grant in 1868—-and again in 1872. Then and elected Maj. Gen. Rutherford B. ‘in 1888 they did it again, . ing and electing . Major McKinley another Civil War Veteran and Col. Theodore Rioosevelt . whose Rough. Riders won fame in the Spanish American War, were! in 1876 the GOP nominated . . Sales triumphal home coming tour unspoil-. 4 . . total for Nevada. City’s contribution, General . lbig ; ests are not in Nevada County, but . through his friendship for this city lif I wanted to. The same goes for . . ,cruting for the Women’s Army Carp . . husbands. The job of moving millins . ed and elected General Garfield ana. °! ™e™ and supplies out of Europe is . : 2 ee 'a detailed one calling for specific General Harrison. —s { . . . . Teum they carried in addition to the. other military men who carried the . deck cargoes of airplanes and PT boats oil tankers were contnually. ;sought after by U_ boats. of the first. 100 American shins to go down were tankers. Hialf of the ships sunk in February 1942 were tankers. One new tanker was sunk inthe Gulf of Mexico while going from the shipyard to another port to load its first cargo. The first liberty ship to be lost was the John Adams in the Pacific on May 5, 1942, Iit was in seavice less than two months after it had been built at Richmond. Many other libertys were also sunk on maiden voyages. However the Patrick Henry the first of almost 2700 liberty ships to ibe built, is still in war service. Nearly. 300 ships built during. the shipbuilding effort for World War I made the final sacrifice carrying the supplies for this war. Of these, 18 ping by the eneemy companied has {been acloss of life. A total of 6066 merchant officers and seamen have been reported dead, missing or prisoner of war through . May 1, 1945. Odd Fellows Seat New Officers The by -heavy new officers for the current term were installed Monday evening by Mistletoe Encampment No. 47, and Oustomah Lodge N. 16, [OOF in ecolorfull joint instalation ies. The en'camipment installed by D. D. G. P! W.B. McClard and staff assisted by lady escorts and the Odd Fellows by D. D. G. N. John W. Kalffman. W. Darke, C. P. C. R. Murchie, R. P. C. T. Worthley, S.W. M. C .RobArbogast T. The officers for are C. T. Worthley, N. G. Vi GW. H. Richards, R. S. ‘Roberts, W. C. S G.R. C. Peterson, L. Muréhie, R. S. V. G. LS. V. G. D. Ralston, C. A large group. of S.N. G: to build and those who wish to rent to leave their names and addresses ‘with it, at the office in the city hail. . The memibership raised the salary of Secretary H. F. Sofge to $50 a month, an increase of $15. . degree will ed with seasonable served in the banquet hall. The initiatory by Oustomah Lodge and the first be conferred by Thirty six . were of the famous Hog Island type. . The destruction of American ship-} ceremonofficers were! The encampment officers are J. erts, J. W. P. ©. Peterson; S, ¢. S. Oustomah ‘Lodge J. Paseoe, IW: Darke, F. S, W: A. Carlson, T.-M. C. Arbogast, R. S. N. one! ° % L. W. Willlams fraternalists were present and the event contcludrefreshments degree was. conferred on a candidate Tuesday evening Grass . GOP standard to victory in facous presidential campaigns. As a matter of. fact, after every war that this country hag fought, with the exception of World War If. military leaders have become the nation’s outstanding ‘political leaders and the votes of service men and women following World War II ‘Sill represent a. greater percentage of the total voting strength than at any other period in American annals. There are admitted drawbacks to making military heroes political heroes, solely on the basis of their war records as some notalble failures of soldier statesmen have demonstrated. On the other ablest occupants of the White House first won national acclaim on the battlefield. The main lesson to be ; learned from experience is that it . isn’t safe to generalize on whether . military men make good in high administrative offices; Some do—and. . Some don’t, z . The odds seem . Eisenhower’s favor based on _ his . handling of idle oe: problems of . yy. . European diplomacy thus far—and . ;the Post Office Building of the fol. tas on his handling be himseld during his appearances in this countryv. . He has proved to be this nation’s most popular representative in dealing with the British, French and the Russian people—and certainly ‘has won the hearts of the American peo. Ple: Politically speaking, eral will bear watching. the genTwin Cities Bond . Sales Over the Top George H. Calanan, chairman of 'the Nevada City war loan drive. an. hounces that a total of $91,487 in E . bonds had been sold as against the quto of $90,000 assigned this district. Other types of bonds sold totale $128,931 as compared with the $90,000 quota assigned. C. R. Clinch, campaign chairman of the Seventh War Loan in Grass Valley states that the overall quota of $510,000 including all types of said that $190,000 of E bonds had been sold, exceeding sales in all paid drives. Clinch said he was much gratified at the response of individual citizens in buying E bonds. : Valley Lodge No. 12 Thursday evening at their hall. bonds, has been over subscribed. He . . to bein General . ge ‘same as any male soldier. hand, some of the; the loan feature for building a home NEVADA ‘CITY EXCEEDS BOND. QUOTA BY $50,258 George Calanan, chairman of the Mighty Seventh War Loan drive in Nevada City and vicinity yesterday. stated that sales of bonds had exceeded the city’s-overall assignment of $¥80,000 by $50,258. In EB bonds sales were $91,487 as against the ;auota of $90,000, and in other bonds were’ $138,771, as compared with the quota of $90,000. This record hangs up a new high in the way of bond buying, to the war effort. Chairman Calanan stated he feels deeply grateful for the ‘infatigable work of his committee. One sale of $10,000 in bonds was made to a-mining man, whose-interand its people. ‘MORE WACS ARE NEEDED TO AID 'DEMOBILIZATION Major B. P. Cody, in charge of red in Northern California stated today 'the army needs new WAC enlistments to replace those women who are taking their rightful discharges. . He emphasized the existing need for more recruits to relieve WAICS who . have been overseas tiwo and a half . years and are entitled to come home under the point system. New re. cruits also will replace those WACS . who are ‘being relieved frof service to make a home for their discharged The job of demobilizing hundreds of thousands of men ig vital. The men deserve to be sent home quick; ly with their service records in good shape. The job of sending men and supplies to the Pacific is immediate © and urgent. WACS are doing all those jobs. Assignment is made after basic training-for one of those jobs either here or overseas. Major Cody points out that members of the WACS receive all the benefits of the GI Bill of Rights the (Many young -women, he says, under 25 years old -are serving in the army today and will take advantage of a college education after the war under that provision of the GI Bill of Rights. All women joining now will be privileged to take advantage of or starting their own business, Another group joining in large numbers are the 20 year old women who are now for the first time eligible. Interested women, who are between the ages of 20-38 who have jat least 2 years of high school or its ~ . equivalent education, who have no : pendents under 14 years old, may, qualify. They should apply gt the S. Army Recruiting Station in . lowing cities, Oakland, Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, San Jose, or at 444 Market Street in San Franciseo. Bow and iArrow Deer Season to Open 10 Days SAIN FRANCISCO, July 12—Wwith the signing of AB 1353 by Governor Warren, a special season has been provided in California. for taking of deer with bow and arrow. Aiccording to the provisions of this bill, the season shall be for a ten day period immediately preceding the open season on deer in that district. However owing to the 90 day period which must elapse after the close of ithe legislative session before this ‘bill ‘becomes law, there will only be © a one day season permitted , this, year—that day being September 1: A special license costing $3 for resident, and $5 for a non resic must be obtained to hunt deer bow and arrow, in addition to s ial deer tags costing $1. Persong taining these special licenses a prohibited from hunting deer following regular open season. These special licenses may tained at the offices of the Division of Fish and Game and ° he available for purchase bes 16. NE i nay aw tae a a : oo aaa