July 15, 1943 (4 pages)

The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster Nevada City Nugget. COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ fr . This paper gives your. complete . coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your iends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. Vol. 17, No. 55. NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA sone _The Gold Center __ THURSDAY, JOLY 15.1943 15, 1943 Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. In our column this week we are substituting the thoughts of a fine, old, Emglish gentleman, who lives a 64 Kensington Court, London. He is Harry D. Griffith, a retired mining engineer, entitled ‘to wear after his name a string of jetters, denoting distinctions won in along life of service to the mining industry of his country. He is the father of Mrs. Roy Griffith Deeter of Glenwood Park who kindly consented to let us publish his letter to her. It follows: June 10, 1943 My dear old girl: Just a line lest you forget what my writing is like. I have not any particular news to give you, but I thought a little chin-wag would please you. We are getting along as well as can be expected under the cirecs, and we have tumbled, quite easily to all our restrictions, regulations, ete. Our very breathing is mow regulated for us iby some minister or other, and we dare not eneeze for fear of infringing some law! As regards diet we are not putting on much weight. But we find that what we are allowed is quite sufficient to keep going nicely, although there are many things that we miss badly, and that are now things of the past. The worst of all is, I think, the way oneshas to que up for the grub. The shops always seem to be more crowded than before. And they have much less to sell, so that the queing up seems rather incomprehensible. The government does try to keep the price of things down, but only achieves it by means.of constant and heavy subsidies. Little do we think that when we pay tuppence for our weekly egg, when we can .get it, that it costs the government five pence for purchase, and seven pence to adminaster the distribution. Therefore, the total cost is a schilling and tuppence, because we do indirectly pay the contribution. It is an indirect tax which the government is damned clever at devising. Yet in spite of all cleverness and supervision, black markets are rampant in many lines. We are constantly urged to save and lend our savings to the government, although every pound that we earn is at once docked 10 schillings (50%) for the income tax. We also save all the bits of paper, glass, boxes, etc. that we can find, and our suits of cloths get very, threadbare at the knees and elbows. But in spite of all we carry on smilingly, well realizing that things might be far worse, as they are all over Europe. We have lately ‘had better news of the war, and of course, we realjze what terrible escapes we have had, when we were all alone, without an army, without arms or anything except our doggedness and determination. We are now in good company and more hopeful and more certain of eventual victory. The nice little combination of Roosevelt and Churchill is working tiptop and we are proud and thankful that two such men were there in the time of our need. It makes us think that Providence has not abandoned us. The Hun is now squeaking beautifully like a pig whose throat is being cut, and he shouts more and more loudly, so that he may believe it himself, of all the horrors he will loosen on Us, and how he is going to pulverize us! He is still strong but on the decline undoubtedly. One day he will completely crack up, and howl for mercy as he did in Tunisia, where we took a total of 248,000 prisoners. Though the Huns said they fought to their last gun and cartridge, we took hundreds of guns, 600 aircraft and huge piles of ammunition sufficient to equip the whole French army in Tunisia. We took also millions of rations and mountains of food and _ comforts. So that’s that. We are now giving Musso a bit of medicine which he finds not so nice as the castor oil he used for securing adherence to his The County Seat Paper .jthe pines and cedars one half mile KAISER T0 SPEAK IN CHAPEL AT LAKE TAHOE The Right Rev. Noel Porter, D. D., announces that the special speaker ‘a the outdoor ¢hapel of the Transfiguration, Episcopal, at Lake Tahoe, this coming Sunday, July 18th, at 11 a. m. will be the noted shipbuilder, Henry J. Kaiser. Mr. Kaiser has taken agreat interest in the work of the outdoor chapel and is the bishop’s warden: A few years ago he presented the chimes, echo organ, and sound system, that have been such a feature in the ministry of music to vacationers at the lake. The outdoor chapel is located amid south of Tahoe Tavern. The pews are arranged under the gaint firs and cedars and the visitors register show names from all parts of the world. The guest soloist for Sunday will be Mrs. R. K. Ham of Piedmont and the organist Hal Babbitt, of Portand. Oregon.ePishop Noel Porter will conduct the service and introduce Mr. Kaiser. People of all denominations are cordially invited to this special service or to participate in any of the Sunday services conducted each Sunday of the summer. season by Bishop Porter, which are Communion Service at 8 a. m. and the morning service at 11 a. m. FIRES STARTED BY LIGHTNING IN TRUCKEE DIST. . Lightning storms for thirteen fires during the {week in Truckee and Sierraville ' {Districts of the.Tahoe National Forlest, all of which were extinguished . by forest service crews before sea 'eaused any damage, reports’ Dispatcher Ranger H. I. Snider of ths Truckee district. Only two man were responible. caused fires were reported so far this season on the Truckee district. A careless smoker’ traveling along thePaige Meadows ! t est service tanker crews and part of the Tahoe Defense Rangers to do some rapid work to control tht fire in thick brush and timber last Thursday. The other fire, caused by a careless fisherman smoking, was discovered by Bryce Euer stockman who conrolled the fire until the Truckee crew arrived with a pumper to wash the fire out of a sawdust Dile. Portable pumpers were also used on two lightning fires that occurred near streams, one of which required the packing of 1800 feet of hose one half mile up the mountain to a stream north of Donner Resort, so the fire could be mopped up quickly. Snider also stated that one law enforcement. case ‘was concluded ‘when Joe Larralde of Reno, paid five dollars fine June 30 to Justice of the Peace, Evalyn Bliss at Tahoe City for burning debris without a permit at his place near Kings Ranch. RAY WILDE JR. WRITES HOME ‘Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilde have received a letter from their son Ray Jr., somewhere in the South Pacific that he has been assigned to the headquarters company, Engineers Offices, Service of Supplies and states that he likes this work very much. He states that the peo-. ple of Nevada City have been kind to him and asks that they keep up their good work in writing to him. His present address is: -Pvt. Ray B. Wilde, 30,-400682, Hd. Det. SoS, APO 502 c/o Postmaster, San Francisco. ‘ eause. There is going to be a big move on soon. Lots of people think we are going to invade Italy, anche Musso is crying to the Hun “for reinforcementts. Personally I do not believe that is going to happen, apart, of course from seizing (Pantellaria, Sicily and Sardinia, but we shall know by and by. Our love and best wishes to you ‘and Hal and kipdest remembrance to all other friends in Nevada City. Your old dad Road one d \ and one half miles south‘schools reopen in October. 'west of Tahoe City caused the for-. Late Led. Wm. Bennett Honored Posthumously Mrs. Ruth Curnow Bennett, ac companied by Miss Jane Bennett, left Sunday night by plane for Washington, D. C. where they plan to spend a monthe with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Bennett formerly of this city. While in Washington Mrs. nett is to be formally presented with: the ‘Aid ‘Medal in honor of Lieut. Bennett’s gallant action. ‘Mrs. Bennett has heretofore received on her husband’s behalf the. Silver: Star and the Purple Heart. Degrees Conferred By University of California A delayed announcement of degrees and certificates conferred in various colleges and schools of the University of California reveals the name of Jackson Englebright, son of the late Congressman Harry L. Englebright and Mrs. Grace Englebright of this city, as the recipient of A. B. A. degree. Young Englebright an ensign in the U. S. Navy for more than, a year, was a recent visitor here. é Other graduates follow:,. Vella Frances Flindt, certificate in the school of nursing; Robert Francis Harrigan, Grass Valley, degree of B S school of optometry; David Edwin Matteson, Grass Valley, degree of A. B. Grass Valley Recreation Center To Open Saturday Formal opening of the Grass Valley Reereation Center for the youth jof the city will take place Saturday . . hiieht; July 17th. It is a cooperative . enterprise sponsored by the city . council, and youth and approved by the PTA. Sometime ago the city council ob-. Ben. ENGLE SAYS GET RID OF BUREAUS AND CONFUSION . RED BLUFF, July 15.—Eliminaition of as many federal agencies as possible ‘“‘to stamp out the present confusion and overlapping bureaucratic hodgepodge,’ should be one of the principal objectives of congrees: This declaration was made today b Senator Clair Engle, candidate for congress in the second district, who recently completed a tour of the northern counties in-the district. “T talked with many persons on the tour,’’ Engle said, ‘‘and I found that their greatest desire, as far as government is concerned, is to do away with meddling and wasteful experimenting by federal ‘agencies. “Sheepmen, cattlemen, lumbermen, ‘mining and businessmen with whom I talked were in agreement that the return to simplified government as quickly as possible is our only hope to escape permanent economic. chaos. “A typical example of governmental mismanagement is the livestock situation throughout the northern area.” Everywhere I went, stockmen with an overabundance of cattle and sheep, but: because of overlapping of official authority they are unable to sell their stock.” Revealing his own views, declared, ‘‘Although the war ;regimentation necessary to a certain I am in. favor of the eliminaEngle makes lextent, . {tion of as many federal administra. tion agencies as possible, and a re. gov. the state and county to their traditional jturn by ernments roles . organizations, / a; the chief factors in admrinistrative . . government. “T believe in a government which I ae. VETERAN OF NILE EXPEDITION IS SUMMONED Charles John King, 80, who was a member of the Nile expedition under Lord Wolsely that went to the rescue of General Charles (\Chinese) Gordon at Khartum, died Monday morning at his residence on _ the Grass Vallel4Auburn highway just outside Grass Valley. King was -a member of the 11th Royal Engineers in 1884-86, according to the history of the evént, which he left with his daughter, Mrs. Emma Van Duzer, who cared for him in his latter years, and the expedition up the Nile to the Sudan and Khartum came too late. The fortified town had been treacherously delivered up to the besieging Mahdi and Gordon murdered two days before rescue arrived. For many years King was a Carpenter and cabinet maker in Grass Valley highly respected for his integrity and good craftsmanship. When Queen Victoria died in January, 1901, memorial services were held in San Francisco. King was called to the city and honored with soldier in the service of the queen. Among his greatest treasures were two medals won during the Egytian . campaign. England but he had resided in Grass Valley for many years. Surviving him is his daughter, Mrs. Van ° Duzer, nephews, Ernest and Frank George, a niece, Mrs. Vernon Snell, three grandchildren and five great grand. children. . take the remains to Los Altos, Sanlta Clara County, where funeral ser. tained a lease on the Phillips Build-'j, close to the people, and whatever . vices were held yesterday July 14, ‘ing on East Main street ;and_ the : . work of reconstruction and renovahave should be set up at county and!there. The Rev. irst' tion is now almost completed: The ' state levels, rather building is equipped with duck pin alleys, a dance floor, a sofe drink bar . and a recreation and social room. Furniture has been donated but Letvic and fraternal organizations of Grass Valley have been invited to contribute tables, chairs or other articles to complete the furnishing of the building. It is proposed that ithe high school shops make seme of the needed furniture when the Miss Virginia Ramm Weds Corp. Wiltiam Gressell Miss Virginia Ramm and Corporal William Gressell were quietly married in St. Canice here Sunday morning. The Monsignor Charles Ramm of San Francisco said nuptial mass and read the marriage service. He is an uncle of the bride. (Mrs. Elsie DeMattei played the organ and Mrs. Hester Bigelow was soloist. Miss Vera Pendola was bridesmaid, and ‘Master Sergeant Charles Derdenger was best man.’ The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Ramm of Camptonville, and for the past few years has been a teacher in the Nevada City Elementary School. Her husband is stationed at ‘Camp Beale. Following the wedding ceremony a breakfast was served by Miss Emma L. Ramm, aunt of the bride in her Grove street: home, which was attended by members of the wedding party. The honeymoon is being passed at Lake Tahoe. A Gas Ration Book Must Be Renewed out “completely” their applications for renewal of the basie mileage rations which must be in the hands of rationing boards by July 21. Chief error tabulated to date by local: boards is the failure on the part of the applicant to fill out the lower section of the renewal applica. tion .blank. The charts seeking tire inspection information must be answered twice, once in Section and again in Section “B’’. of this information will result in. delay of delivery of the new books. Applicants also were reminded by the Automobile Association to mail, with their application, the back cover of their -present ‘“‘A’’ book, showing name and address of applicant, accompanied by the current tire innspection record for the vehHarry. icle. Holders of ‘“‘A’’ gasoline rationing . books are cautioned by the California State Automobile Association to fill) “Qa”? . Omission . ,administrative agencies we must than creating igreat, sprawling and clumsy national bureaus which have little contact with the people or their problems. “The most serious threat to our demorcracy is the centralization of administrative power. A local government is a _ peoples’ But the people are fearful of vast national bureaus where their voice will not either be heard or heeded. Whatever national uniformity program is needed can be Soe without sacrificing the principle of local administration.”’ TWO RED CROSS LEADERS MOVE TO BAY CITIES The last regular meeting of Nevada City Chapter of the American Red (Cross indicated the work as carried on by the various committees has been highly satisfactory. A breakdown of reports rendered for June shows the following: Production, knitted articles 165, other garments 261, a total of workers at home and in work rooms 181, giving 2068 hours. Surgical dressings 123 workers, making 19,740 dressings, giving 1076 hours of work. Hospital and recreational (2 workers) giving 50 hours. Home service, motor corps and staff, gave 99 1-2 hours of work, making a_ total of working hours given for the month of 3243 1-2. ; A change of executive personnel !was made necessary bythe resignation of Mrs. Arthur Innis who has so ably managed the production rooms, and Mrs. Ed Franz who expertly conducted the very important and strictly confidential office of home service. Due to change of residénce the resignations of these ladies were regretfully accepted by the chapter. Mrs. Louise Polglase took over the production duties and Mrs. Nancy Curry assumed the home éervice post. (Mrs. Isabel Hefflefinger--will in . the future attend to the dual duties ‘of home nursing and nutrition and Mrs. Emily Lagerquist will conduct nurses recruitment. The treasurer’s report was read, including the detail of settlement with natonal headquarters of the recent war fund drive. Bills largely for production and comfort kits were government.in the Union Church Charles Landels conldueted the obsequies. Interment was im. the Alta.Mesa Memorial Park, where-his late wife reposes. TANKS CRUSH BRUSH FIELDS IN ~ HIGH SIERRAS In the manzanita fields of the High Sierras in the vicinity of Bear} Valley and Hobart Mills, the brush. is taking & terrific beating under the weels and treads of Camp ’Beale’s . field artillery, mobile guns, half tracks and amphibious vehicles and light tanks. : Through an arrangement with the Tahoe National Forest supervisor, Guerdon Ellis, certain areas have been designated for the use of Camp Beale trainees, where they smash down the brush, tackle the toughest ‘at Lk a.m; in handling .the armored monsters on all kinds of boulder strewn mesas, and when night comes, after chow and a camp fire, roll into bed under the stars beside the ice cold streams that flow from the the snow field above them. The forest service benefits by having the brush crushed. Come spring it can be gathered up and fired, and where it stood, pines can be planted with some chance of survival. Attempts within the limited resources of the forest service to plant tree seedlings among the brush have not generally succeeded. To Nevada City residents Monday morning it seemed as if the whole of Camp Beale was moving through the city. into the high-hills. From 6 o’clock until 10 a. m. army boys i trucks, jeeps, motor cycles, mobile guns, and all the military paraphernalia on wheels in a steady stream toward the brush fields between here and Truckee. They may be gone a day or a week but when they come down they will be tanned and hardened. The Sierras can do it. varied ordered paid in the amount of $146Ba. Due to extended war efforts, the demands on Red Cross will steadily increase, and the chapter gratefully acknowledging the grand work already done by so many able workers, still more effort, and confidently . : requests the continued support of the loyal women of Nevada City. a place on the platform as a former: King was a native of Devonshire, . Hooper and Weaver Mortuary will) terrain in California, gain experience . emphasized the increasing need of SCRUGHAM BILL DISCUSSED AT MINERS MEETING AUBURN, July 15.—EBight counties, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Sierra, Yuba and Butte, were represented at the regular July meeting of the Western all participating in a’ very active meeting. Secretary Pgul Claiborne read @ letter from Howard I. Young, minerBoard, in answer to recent demande made by the council at its Siskiyou ;and Yuba county meetings, which the /mMembers designated as entirely évasjive and unsatisfactory. It was voted ,to write Mr. Young to the effect that ‘metals reserve was showing no real desire to cooperate with western miners in their effort to mine the minerals needed in the war effort. The council had asked a_ definite é6tatement as to the government’ real need for the strategics, a longer time period for mining than up to \December 31, 1944, a flat increase 'of $12 per ton for chrome and man, . Sanese, acceptance of ore down to 30% metal content, a speed-up in ithe access roads pogram and he appointment of a war mnerals director. : The assemblage showed eiien interest in the Scrugham stockpiling . bill, S 1160, being of the opinion © hat if passed it would cover a number of their previous demands. How-. ever, they went on record as being . opposed to the section which named i lthe U. S. Bureau of Mines as the ‘agency that would pass on the eligibility of the ‘mines allowed to . participate in the program and voted that a letter be written Senator Scrugham asking that this section be changed to read: “Any mine which can produce acceptable ore will be considered an eligible mine.” The council will be represented at @& hearing on the Scrugham bill n San Francisco late this month. Louis Spinetti, head of the Amador Chapter, reported on the proposed metals reserve stockpile at Martel, stating that the only matter now holding it up is the duration of thelease the government wanted on rail. road ground. The government wants a lease for an unnamed period while the railroad company wants o hold it to a time no longer tham six months after the close of the war. . Judge Raymond McIntosh of Sierlra County reported the formation of a Sierra County chapter, headed by Hay L. Herrera of Downieville, stating that a council meeting would be asked as soon as membership wae built up to a desired number. Napa County has also formed a chapter, it Gill, its president. Senator Jesse Mao was a eee speaker, touching on the recent veto of the bill for a reorganized state -. division of mines and the utter lack of understanding now existing in~ ‘Washington relative to the part that ‘western minerals could take in tha present war. His talk provoked some sharp remarks from Capt. John D. and J. C. siamese of Auburn, head of the council legislative com-. mittee. following which it was voted to write Governor Warren for a statement of his reasons for not. signing the reorganization bill. Maye that the governor would approve the bill. Mayo was extremely critical of small business, stating that the board of equalization figures were to the n \effect that 40,000 small businesses. tanks, . in California had been forced out in the past 18 months. Arrangements were completed for the election of nine directors at large with 32 nominees. Members will ‘balt made at the next meeting to be held ‘at Placerville, July 27th, L. W. Loom-_ is of Placerville announced that he — has been made a government buyer of quartz crystal and will give a tal on crystals and their need at t Placerville meeting. President J. P, Hall of ‘Auburn, presided. ‘Mining Council here Friday night,. al coordinator for War Production — being represented by Mrs. Freda Mec. Hubbard, head of the Butte chapter ‘ stated that he was of the opinionOPA and its wrecking of American — lot by mail, the vote count being — :

The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster Nevada City Nugget. COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ fr . This paper gives your. complete . coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your iends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. Vol. 17, No. 55. NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA sone _The Gold Center __ THURSDAY, JOLY 15.1943 15, 1943 Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. In our column this week we are substituting the thoughts of a fine, old, Emglish gentleman, who lives a 64 Kensington Court, London. He is Harry D. Griffith, a retired mining engineer, entitled ‘to wear after his name a string of jetters, denoting distinctions won in along life of service to the mining industry of his country. He is the father of Mrs. Roy Griffith Deeter of Glenwood Park who kindly consented to let us publish his letter to her. It follows: June 10, 1943 My dear old girl: Just a line lest you forget what my writing is like. I have not any particular news to give you, but I thought a little chin-wag would please you. We are getting along as well as can be expected under the cirecs, and we have tumbled, quite easily to all our restrictions, regulations, ete. Our very breathing is mow regulated for us iby some minister or other, and we dare not eneeze for fear of infringing some law! As regards diet we are not putting on much weight. But we find that what we are allowed is quite sufficient to keep going nicely, although there are many things that we miss badly, and that are now things of the past. The worst of all is, I think, the way oneshas to que up for the grub. The shops always seem to be more crowded than before. And they have much less to sell, so that the queing up seems rather incomprehensible. The government does try to keep the price of things down, but only achieves it by means.of constant and heavy subsidies. Little do we think that when we pay tuppence for our weekly egg, when we can .get it, that it costs the government five pence for purchase, and seven pence to adminaster the distribution. Therefore, the total cost is a schilling and tuppence, because we do indirectly pay the contribution. It is an indirect tax which the government is damned clever at devising. Yet in spite of all cleverness and supervision, black markets are rampant in many lines. We are constantly urged to save and lend our savings to the government, although every pound that we earn is at once docked 10 schillings (50%) for the income tax. We also save all the bits of paper, glass, boxes, etc. that we can find, and our suits of cloths get very, threadbare at the knees and elbows. But in spite of all we carry on smilingly, well realizing that things might be far worse, as they are all over Europe. We have lately ‘had better news of the war, and of course, we realjze what terrible escapes we have had, when we were all alone, without an army, without arms or anything except our doggedness and determination. We are now in good company and more hopeful and more certain of eventual victory. The nice little combination of Roosevelt and Churchill is working tiptop and we are proud and thankful that two such men were there in the time of our need. It makes us think that Providence has not abandoned us. The Hun is now squeaking beautifully like a pig whose throat is being cut, and he shouts more and more loudly, so that he may believe it himself, of all the horrors he will loosen on Us, and how he is going to pulverize us! He is still strong but on the decline undoubtedly. One day he will completely crack up, and howl for mercy as he did in Tunisia, where we took a total of 248,000 prisoners. Though the Huns said they fought to their last gun and cartridge, we took hundreds of guns, 600 aircraft and huge piles of ammunition sufficient to equip the whole French army in Tunisia. We took also millions of rations and mountains of food and _ comforts. So that’s that. We are now giving Musso a bit of medicine which he finds not so nice as the castor oil he used for securing adherence to his The County Seat Paper .jthe pines and cedars one half mile KAISER T0 SPEAK IN CHAPEL AT LAKE TAHOE The Right Rev. Noel Porter, D. D., announces that the special speaker ‘a the outdoor ¢hapel of the Transfiguration, Episcopal, at Lake Tahoe, this coming Sunday, July 18th, at 11 a. m. will be the noted shipbuilder, Henry J. Kaiser. Mr. Kaiser has taken agreat interest in the work of the outdoor chapel and is the bishop’s warden: A few years ago he presented the chimes, echo organ, and sound system, that have been such a feature in the ministry of music to vacationers at the lake. The outdoor chapel is located amid south of Tahoe Tavern. The pews are arranged under the gaint firs and cedars and the visitors register show names from all parts of the world. The guest soloist for Sunday will be Mrs. R. K. Ham of Piedmont and the organist Hal Babbitt, of Portand. Oregon.ePishop Noel Porter will conduct the service and introduce Mr. Kaiser. People of all denominations are cordially invited to this special service or to participate in any of the Sunday services conducted each Sunday of the summer. season by Bishop Porter, which are Communion Service at 8 a. m. and the morning service at 11 a. m. FIRES STARTED BY LIGHTNING IN TRUCKEE DIST. . Lightning storms for thirteen fires during the {week in Truckee and Sierraville ' {Districts of the.Tahoe National Forlest, all of which were extinguished . by forest service crews before sea 'eaused any damage, reports’ Dispatcher Ranger H. I. Snider of ths Truckee district. Only two man were responible. caused fires were reported so far this season on the Truckee district. A careless smoker’ traveling along thePaige Meadows ! t est service tanker crews and part of the Tahoe Defense Rangers to do some rapid work to control tht fire in thick brush and timber last Thursday. The other fire, caused by a careless fisherman smoking, was discovered by Bryce Euer stockman who conrolled the fire until the Truckee crew arrived with a pumper to wash the fire out of a sawdust Dile. Portable pumpers were also used on two lightning fires that occurred near streams, one of which required the packing of 1800 feet of hose one half mile up the mountain to a stream north of Donner Resort, so the fire could be mopped up quickly. Snider also stated that one law enforcement. case ‘was concluded ‘when Joe Larralde of Reno, paid five dollars fine June 30 to Justice of the Peace, Evalyn Bliss at Tahoe City for burning debris without a permit at his place near Kings Ranch. RAY WILDE JR. WRITES HOME ‘Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilde have received a letter from their son Ray Jr., somewhere in the South Pacific that he has been assigned to the headquarters company, Engineers Offices, Service of Supplies and states that he likes this work very much. He states that the peo-. ple of Nevada City have been kind to him and asks that they keep up their good work in writing to him. His present address is: -Pvt. Ray B. Wilde, 30,-400682, Hd. Det. SoS, APO 502 c/o Postmaster, San Francisco. ‘ eause. There is going to be a big move on soon. Lots of people think we are going to invade Italy, anche Musso is crying to the Hun “for reinforcementts. Personally I do not believe that is going to happen, apart, of course from seizing (Pantellaria, Sicily and Sardinia, but we shall know by and by. Our love and best wishes to you ‘and Hal and kipdest remembrance to all other friends in Nevada City. Your old dad Road one d \ and one half miles south‘schools reopen in October. 'west of Tahoe City caused the for-. Late Led. Wm. Bennett Honored Posthumously Mrs. Ruth Curnow Bennett, ac companied by Miss Jane Bennett, left Sunday night by plane for Washington, D. C. where they plan to spend a monthe with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Bennett formerly of this city. While in Washington Mrs. nett is to be formally presented with: the ‘Aid ‘Medal in honor of Lieut. Bennett’s gallant action. ‘Mrs. Bennett has heretofore received on her husband’s behalf the. Silver: Star and the Purple Heart. Degrees Conferred By University of California A delayed announcement of degrees and certificates conferred in various colleges and schools of the University of California reveals the name of Jackson Englebright, son of the late Congressman Harry L. Englebright and Mrs. Grace Englebright of this city, as the recipient of A. B. A. degree. Young Englebright an ensign in the U. S. Navy for more than, a year, was a recent visitor here. é Other graduates follow:,. Vella Frances Flindt, certificate in the school of nursing; Robert Francis Harrigan, Grass Valley, degree of B S school of optometry; David Edwin Matteson, Grass Valley, degree of A. B. Grass Valley Recreation Center To Open Saturday Formal opening of the Grass Valley Reereation Center for the youth jof the city will take place Saturday . . hiieht; July 17th. It is a cooperative . enterprise sponsored by the city . council, and youth and approved by the PTA. Sometime ago the city council ob-. Ben. ENGLE SAYS GET RID OF BUREAUS AND CONFUSION . RED BLUFF, July 15.—Eliminaition of as many federal agencies as possible ‘“‘to stamp out the present confusion and overlapping bureaucratic hodgepodge,’ should be one of the principal objectives of congrees: This declaration was made today b Senator Clair Engle, candidate for congress in the second district, who recently completed a tour of the northern counties in-the district. “T talked with many persons on the tour,’’ Engle said, ‘‘and I found that their greatest desire, as far as government is concerned, is to do away with meddling and wasteful experimenting by federal ‘agencies. “Sheepmen, cattlemen, lumbermen, ‘mining and businessmen with whom I talked were in agreement that the return to simplified government as quickly as possible is our only hope to escape permanent economic. chaos. “A typical example of governmental mismanagement is the livestock situation throughout the northern area.” Everywhere I went, stockmen with an overabundance of cattle and sheep, but: because of overlapping of official authority they are unable to sell their stock.” Revealing his own views, declared, ‘‘Although the war ;regimentation necessary to a certain I am in. favor of the eliminaEngle makes lextent, . {tion of as many federal administra. tion agencies as possible, and a re. gov. the state and county to their traditional jturn by ernments roles . organizations, / a; the chief factors in admrinistrative . . government. “T believe in a government which I ae. VETERAN OF NILE EXPEDITION IS SUMMONED Charles John King, 80, who was a member of the Nile expedition under Lord Wolsely that went to the rescue of General Charles (\Chinese) Gordon at Khartum, died Monday morning at his residence on _ the Grass Vallel4Auburn highway just outside Grass Valley. King was -a member of the 11th Royal Engineers in 1884-86, according to the history of the evént,

which he left with his daughter, Mrs. Emma Van Duzer, who cared for him in his latter years, and the expedition up the Nile to the Sudan and Khartum came too late. The fortified town had been treacherously delivered up to the besieging Mahdi and Gordon murdered two days before rescue arrived. For many years King was a Carpenter and cabinet maker in Grass Valley highly respected for his integrity and good craftsmanship. When Queen Victoria died in January, 1901, memorial services were held in San Francisco. King was called to the city and honored with soldier in the service of the queen. Among his greatest treasures were two medals won during the Egytian . campaign. England but he had resided in Grass Valley for many years. Surviving him is his daughter, Mrs. Van ° Duzer, nephews, Ernest and Frank George, a niece, Mrs. Vernon Snell, three grandchildren and five great grand. children. . take the remains to Los Altos, Sanlta Clara County, where funeral ser. tained a lease on the Phillips Build-'j, close to the people, and whatever . vices were held yesterday July 14, ‘ing on East Main street ;and_ the : . work of reconstruction and renovahave should be set up at county and!there. The Rev. irst' tion is now almost completed: The ' state levels, rather building is equipped with duck pin alleys, a dance floor, a sofe drink bar . and a recreation and social room. Furniture has been donated but Letvic and fraternal organizations of Grass Valley have been invited to contribute tables, chairs or other articles to complete the furnishing of the building. It is proposed that ithe high school shops make seme of the needed furniture when the Miss Virginia Ramm Weds Corp. Wiltiam Gressell Miss Virginia Ramm and Corporal William Gressell were quietly married in St. Canice here Sunday morning. The Monsignor Charles Ramm of San Francisco said nuptial mass and read the marriage service. He is an uncle of the bride. (Mrs. Elsie DeMattei played the organ and Mrs. Hester Bigelow was soloist. Miss Vera Pendola was bridesmaid, and ‘Master Sergeant Charles Derdenger was best man.’ The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Ramm of Camptonville, and for the past few years has been a teacher in the Nevada City Elementary School. Her husband is stationed at ‘Camp Beale. Following the wedding ceremony a breakfast was served by Miss Emma L. Ramm, aunt of the bride in her Grove street: home, which was attended by members of the wedding party. The honeymoon is being passed at Lake Tahoe. A Gas Ration Book Must Be Renewed out “completely” their applications for renewal of the basie mileage rations which must be in the hands of rationing boards by July 21. Chief error tabulated to date by local: boards is the failure on the part of the applicant to fill out the lower section of the renewal applica. tion .blank. The charts seeking tire inspection information must be answered twice, once in Section and again in Section “B’’. of this information will result in. delay of delivery of the new books. Applicants also were reminded by the Automobile Association to mail, with their application, the back cover of their -present ‘“‘A’’ book, showing name and address of applicant, accompanied by the current tire innspection record for the vehHarry. icle. Holders of ‘“‘A’’ gasoline rationing . books are cautioned by the California State Automobile Association to fill) “Qa”? . Omission . ,administrative agencies we must than creating igreat, sprawling and clumsy national bureaus which have little contact with the people or their problems. “The most serious threat to our demorcracy is the centralization of administrative power. A local government is a _ peoples’ But the people are fearful of vast national bureaus where their voice will not either be heard or heeded. Whatever national uniformity program is needed can be Soe without sacrificing the principle of local administration.”’ TWO RED CROSS LEADERS MOVE TO BAY CITIES The last regular meeting of Nevada City Chapter of the American Red (Cross indicated the work as carried on by the various committees has been highly satisfactory. A breakdown of reports rendered for June shows the following: Production, knitted articles 165, other garments 261, a total of workers at home and in work rooms 181, giving 2068 hours. Surgical dressings 123 workers, making 19,740 dressings, giving 1076 hours of work. Hospital and recreational (2 workers) giving 50 hours. Home service, motor corps and staff, gave 99 1-2 hours of work, making a_ total of working hours given for the month of 3243 1-2. ; A change of executive personnel !was made necessary bythe resignation of Mrs. Arthur Innis who has so ably managed the production rooms, and Mrs. Ed Franz who expertly conducted the very important and strictly confidential office of home service. Due to change of residénce the resignations of these ladies were regretfully accepted by the chapter. Mrs. Louise Polglase took over the production duties and Mrs. Nancy Curry assumed the home éervice post. (Mrs. Isabel Hefflefinger--will in . the future attend to the dual duties ‘of home nursing and nutrition and Mrs. Emily Lagerquist will conduct nurses recruitment. The treasurer’s report was read, including the detail of settlement with natonal headquarters of the recent war fund drive. Bills largely for production and comfort kits were government.in the Union Church Charles Landels conldueted the obsequies. Interment was im. the Alta.Mesa Memorial Park, where-his late wife reposes. TANKS CRUSH BRUSH FIELDS IN ~ HIGH SIERRAS In the manzanita fields of the High Sierras in the vicinity of Bear} Valley and Hobart Mills, the brush. is taking & terrific beating under the weels and treads of Camp ’Beale’s . field artillery, mobile guns, half tracks and amphibious vehicles and light tanks. : Through an arrangement with the Tahoe National Forest supervisor, Guerdon Ellis, certain areas have been designated for the use of Camp Beale trainees, where they smash down the brush, tackle the toughest ‘at Lk a.m; in handling .the armored monsters on all kinds of boulder strewn mesas, and when night comes, after chow and a camp fire, roll into bed under the stars beside the ice cold streams that flow from the the snow field above them. The forest service benefits by having the brush crushed. Come spring it can be gathered up and fired, and where it stood, pines can be planted with some chance of survival. Attempts within the limited resources of the forest service to plant tree seedlings among the brush have not generally succeeded. To Nevada City residents Monday morning it seemed as if the whole of Camp Beale was moving through the city. into the high-hills. From 6 o’clock until 10 a. m. army boys i trucks, jeeps, motor cycles, mobile guns, and all the military paraphernalia on wheels in a steady stream toward the brush fields between here and Truckee. They may be gone a day or a week but when they come down they will be tanned and hardened. The Sierras can do it. varied ordered paid in the amount of $146Ba. Due to extended war efforts, the demands on Red Cross will steadily increase, and the chapter gratefully acknowledging the grand work already done by so many able workers, still more effort, and confidently . : requests the continued support of the loyal women of Nevada City. a place on the platform as a former: King was a native of Devonshire, . Hooper and Weaver Mortuary will) terrain in California, gain experience . emphasized the increasing need of SCRUGHAM BILL DISCUSSED AT MINERS MEETING AUBURN, July 15.—EBight counties, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Sierra, Yuba and Butte, were represented at the regular July meeting of the Western all participating in a’ very active meeting. Secretary Pgul Claiborne read @ letter from Howard I. Young, minerBoard, in answer to recent demande made by the council at its Siskiyou ;and Yuba county meetings, which the /mMembers designated as entirely évasjive and unsatisfactory. It was voted ,to write Mr. Young to the effect that ‘metals reserve was showing no real desire to cooperate with western miners in their effort to mine the minerals needed in the war effort. The council had asked a_ definite é6tatement as to the government’ real need for the strategics, a longer time period for mining than up to \December 31, 1944, a flat increase 'of $12 per ton for chrome and man, . Sanese, acceptance of ore down to 30% metal content, a speed-up in ithe access roads pogram and he appointment of a war mnerals director. : The assemblage showed eiien interest in the Scrugham stockpiling . bill, S 1160, being of the opinion © hat if passed it would cover a number of their previous demands. How-. ever, they went on record as being . opposed to the section which named i lthe U. S. Bureau of Mines as the ‘agency that would pass on the eligibility of the ‘mines allowed to . participate in the program and voted that a letter be written Senator Scrugham asking that this section be changed to read: “Any mine which can produce acceptable ore will be considered an eligible mine.” The council will be represented at @& hearing on the Scrugham bill n San Francisco late this month. Louis Spinetti, head of the Amador Chapter, reported on the proposed metals reserve stockpile at Martel, stating that the only matter now holding it up is the duration of thelease the government wanted on rail. road ground. The government wants a lease for an unnamed period while the railroad company wants o hold it to a time no longer tham six months after the close of the war. . Judge Raymond McIntosh of Sierlra County reported the formation of a Sierra County chapter, headed by Hay L. Herrera of Downieville, stating that a council meeting would be asked as soon as membership wae built up to a desired number. Napa County has also formed a chapter, it Gill, its president. Senator Jesse Mao was a eee speaker, touching on the recent veto of the bill for a reorganized state -. division of mines and the utter lack of understanding now existing in~ ‘Washington relative to the part that ‘western minerals could take in tha present war. His talk provoked some sharp remarks from Capt. John D. and J. C. siamese of Auburn, head of the council legislative com-. mittee. following which it was voted to write Governor Warren for a statement of his reasons for not. signing the reorganization bill. Maye that the governor would approve the bill. Mayo was extremely critical of small business, stating that the board of equalization figures were to the n \effect that 40,000 small businesses. tanks, . in California had been forced out in the past 18 months. Arrangements were completed for the election of nine directors at large with 32 nominees. Members will ‘balt made at the next meeting to be held ‘at Placerville, July 27th, L. W. Loom-_ is of Placerville announced that he — has been made a government buyer of quartz crystal and will give a tal on crystals and their need at t Placerville meeting. President J. P, Hall of ‘Auburn, presided. ‘Mining Council here Friday night,. al coordinator for War Production — being represented by Mrs. Freda Mec. Hubbard, head of the Butte chapter ‘ stated that he was of the opinionOPA and its wrecking of American — lot by mail, the vote count being — :