July 16, 1942 (4 pages)

ink B. tanger ed the. r Sar> \glad schreialiforvaca® ‘Pa Se cs ame i Pe pepe Ese The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month “God grants liberty only ti to those who love it, and are Nevada City Nu COVERS RICHEST — AREA IN CALIFORNIA ready to guard and defend it.” eget — Daniel Webster. This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read —— The Nugget. Vol. 16, No. 57. The County Seat Pa a NEVADA ( cIry, CALIFORNIA The Gold Gar : : os Biss JULY 16, 16, 1942. Thinking Out Loud — By H. M. L. Aged Man Dies From We note with amusement that Governor Culbert Olson now claims . that the cash balance of $22,000,000, which reposes in the California state treasury has been accumulated as the result of his careful husbandry of the tax-payers money. Anyone whose memory can stretch over the last year will know what a barefaced perversion of the truth this is. It was Olson who bucked, ‘kicked and squealed like a bad-tempered mustang when he feels the cinch draw every time the tightened. up on his_ profligate spending. The fact that there is a ‘balance in tre thearus, is an accident with which the governor had nothing to do. It was the accident of war. Almost a million people came into the state, ithe men to work in plane and ship plants, and their presence added tremendously to the sales and other taxes. Olson probably senses iby this time that he is on his way out. His silly plea that he should be reelected because there is a balance in the state treasury smacks desperation. The state electorate, we believe, will not hesitate in making a choice between Earl Warren and Culbert Olson. Warren is a war veteran. He has faithfully and excellently acquitted himself of the two public offices he has held, district attorney of Alameda County, and Attorney General of California. He is young, able and honest. Olson gulled the Ham’n’ Eggers, leading them to think he was for them and their ‘pension-for-life schemes. But the moment he became governor he repudiated them. He has liberated from California--prisons -five. red-handed murderers. He stands without equal in the history of the state as an irresponsible wastrel, a political weather-vane without convictions, and an unprincipled. charJatan. The ‘sober and _ thinking members of his own party have turned upon him. One has only to look at his record to come to the conclusion that Olson, whose entire . administration has been a distorted copy of the Roosevelt administration, has miserably failed as a public servant. Warren boldly announces that, if elected, he will be governor of all the people. He promises no favors to special groups. He is independent and will not jeopardize that, fond by. catering to the visionaries” “and axe-grinders that helped elect Olson four years ago. One thing that Earl Warren is doing that will win him thanks among all groups regardless of political credos. He has made such a protest to Congress that practically the entire California delegation is seeking to amend the old age pension law so that aged persons can again earn $15 month and not have the amount deducted from their allowance. Last year tthe Federal Government compelled the welfare administrator-of California to adhere strictly to the Jaw and refuse aged persons the right to earn money in addition to their pensions. Governor Olson talked about it, but did nothing. Warren has done something. He expects to-get action in congress. MERTEN BODY SENT TO NEVADA The body of Rudolph M. Merten, 59, former underground foreman at the North Star. Mine, was shipped to Tonopah, Nev., for funeral rites and burial. Arrangements were handled by the Hooper-Weaver Mortuary in Grass Valley. Merten, familiarly known to North Star employees as ‘“Beans’’, came to Nevada County 11 years ago from Nevada, where he had mined for years. Several months ago he retired because of ill health. The deceased leaves his wife, Agnes and a daughter, June Merten. He was a member of the Nevada County Mine Workers Protective League. legislature . of 4teated at Town Talk. It was moved to Fight Hurts District » Attorney Vernon Stoll is studying the possibility of filing a murder charge against Claude Prine, 36, for the fatal beating of John Tersen, 65 year old resident of the Union Hill district near Grass Valley. Tersen died yesterday in the Community Hospital in Grass Valley, ten days after he was beaten by Prine, who is now in the county jail serving 60 days for battery in connection with the case. Preston Underwood, 29, who was arrested for particiating in the assault upon Tersen but later released may again be taken into custory, officers intimated. Coroner-A.M. Holmes said an inquest will ‘be held but no date has beén set.-The body of Tersen is at the Hooper-Weaver Mortuary ‘in Grass Valley. Prine and Underwood were arrested by Captain Joseph Blake and Patrolman Carl Kitts of the California Highway Patrol two hours after the affray. The officers learned Tersen was beaten ibecause Prine and Underwood objected to his suggestion that they move their car from the driveway in the cabin court in which he lived so Tersen ¢ould drive through. . For a while it appeared Tersen probably would recover from his injuries but Tuesday his condition became critical and he succumbed earily Wednesday. Although Prine has al. ready—been sen'tenced on the battery charge it is possible to prefer a more seridus charge against him as the result of Tersen’s death. LAVA CAP PRODUCTION NEAR NORMAL General Manager Otto Schiffner of the Lava Cap Mining Corporation reported production at the Central and Banner Mines, operated by the corporation, is nearer normal now than since the war started. The employment at the Lava Cap properties has been increased by fifty men during the past couple of weeks, due principally to an eight cent per hour boost in wages and the fact the Lava Cap work is now considered war essential. SSohiffner said althoygh production is about normal the mines are still short of men for development work. , The employment at the Lava Cap Mines is approximately 275 men. The employment office of the Lava Cap has been moved to Shaws Hill, above Hills Flat. It formerly: was lothe new location because it is near the home of Charles Gibson, employment manager and those seeking work can contact him at any time instead of just on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, previous rustling days. GROUP OF FRIENDS GATHER TO HONOR MRS. MINNIE YOUNG Mrs. Annie Browning gave a.surprise party Tuesday night in honor of the birthday. of Mrs. Minnie Young. Mrs. Young went to dinner in town as a guest of Wilma Weege and when they returned home they found a large group of friends gathered in Mrs. Young’s home, their presence becoming known when they started singing “Happy Birthday to You.’ Mrs. Young received many gifts. Whist prizes were won by Mrs. Young, Mrs. Tom Maguire and Mrs. Nance James.’Refreshments were enjoyed following the playing of cards. Those in attendance were: Mesdames Carl J. Tobiassen, Nance James, Howard Burr, Annie Browning, Alfred Haddy, Tom Maguire, Ed Martine, Al ‘Williams, = William Hatch, Mrs. Young and Miss Gertrude Wilde and Wilma Weege. Reurns From Sacramento— Mrs. H. F. Sofge has returned from Sacramento, where she spent several . life. QUICKSILVER MINE OPTIONED BY I-M. CORP. Albert Crase, general manager of the Idaho-Maryland Mines Corporation, the state’s leading producer ¢éf gold, has announced an option has been taken ‘by the corporation on the Midway. Quicksilver Mine near San Jose. : He said no plans have been made except for a thorough testing of the mine. Rollin Farmin, head engineer for the Idaho-Maryland Corporation and Joe Landis, a member of the engineering staff, are examining the mine. 5 : The mine has been on .a_ small scale production (basis and a furnace is located at the property. 4 The optioning of the quicksilver mine is in line with a policy recently adopted by the company to enter the essential war mineral production field. Several chrome and manganese mines ‘were examined in Nevada County but apparently none warranted large scale operations. California Hydraulic Mining Association Presents Life ; Membership Card To Hannum ‘Colonel Warren G. Hannum of the California Debris Commission was presented with a gold studded life membership card in the California Hydraulic Mining Association at the Sunday meeting in Auburn of the organization. The presentation of the card, which contained samples of gold from 40 different hydraulic and grav. el mining properties in Northern 'California w,as made ‘by C. W. Haffey of Colfax, retiring president of the hydraulie mining group. ~« ‘Congressman Harry L. Englebright of Nevada City, who several years ago was presented with a.similar life membership cdrd, sent a congratulatory telegram to Colonel Hannum. Secretary W. W. Esterly deported on the scrap metal drive, saying the goal for the association is 1,000 tons. Esterly announced scrap metal can be deposited at the scrap pile established on his property at Hills Flat. The next meeting will be held on August 9th in the Nevada City vicinity. The meeting was presided over by George Hallock. LUMBER (0. EMPLOYEE HURT Blaine Farmer, caterpillar operator for the Oak Valley Lumber Company near ‘Camptonville, suffered critical injuries late Tuesday when 2 large stump fell upon his back. Farmer was ‘engaged in dragging logs with the caterpillar and was unaware the logs had hooked onto a large stump. The stump was propelled onto the caterpillar, crushing ‘Parmer between the stump and the caterpillar. LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. CHAPMAN (Nevada ‘Cityans yesterday paid their final respects to Mrs. Margaret Helen Chapman. The Episcopal ‘Church, where the rites were held, was filled with relatives and scores of friends who loved the woman, who for many years occupied an important place in the citys social and civic The Eastern Star Lodge conducted the services at the Pine Grove Cemetery. The funeral was under the direction of the Holmes . Funeral Home. The pallbearers were George Calanan, George Legg, Joseph Stenger, Thomas Coan, Baptiste Toccalini and . James F. Colley. TOM LEGG GIVEN PROMOTION IN NAVY A letter from Tom Legg to friends! in this city states that he is a member of a destroyer crw, “not a submarine as first published, and that he has just received a promition to a petty officers berth. He states that ons a brief rest at an unnamed port ithe destroyed is about to depart ‘‘on ibusiness.’”’ Young. Legg has ‘been in the navy. but six months, and from his letters, which he makes guarded allusion to being the second Nevada (City boy to mée the Jap, his parents feel assured his destroyer played a} part in the Midway ‘battle. Here Seeking Men— ‘Sidney S. Clark, assistant personnel recruitment and training officer for the W. A. Bechtel Company, shipbuilding firm, is in ‘Nevada City searching for men to work in the . R. R. Henderson, head of,a lumHENDERSON, “ABSOLUTELY INDEPENDENT” CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS, VISITOR HERE ber concern in Lone Pine, Inyo County, independent Republican candidate for Congress, was a visitor in Nevada City Tuesday, the home of two other candidates for Representative of the Second Congressional District. (Mr. Henderson was accompanied by his-oldest son, a boy of fourteen years old, and a newspaper man, Mr. Wooley, a friend of long standing. office he met Democrat Frank: Finnegan, also seeking the-.office, and the two tried to plan some conservation of rubber ‘between ‘them in their campaign of 500 miles of mountain roads in a congressional district larger than the state of New York. After some good natured jesting it was finally decided that each During a short call at the Nugget . . candidate would have to make his ust 25, and after or rationing boards to get recaps that would last until the general election in November. ‘iMost candidates for fice,’ said Mr. Henderson, ‘‘seek office in order to better their financial circumstances. In my case I am giving up considerably more than the salary of Representative will amount to. 5 “Tam going to meet as many of the voters in this district as is possible in the time I have between now and August 25. I am absolutely: independent. If-and when I am elected I shall owe nothing to any special group of backers. I have made up my mind that congress needs seasoning own rubebr last until at least Augthat perhaps one both could soften the hearts of public ofwith a few business men, and I think there are enough voters of the same mind in this district to elect me. “IT want to see this country get is over I am especially interested in seeing to it, that the peace we make shall not be that kind of a peace that ‘begets another war within a generation."* (Mr. Henderson spent an hour in Nevada City, met several of the business men, and spent the night in Grass Valley. Yesterday morning he, visited Roseville, and from there left for Red Bluff, Redding and other the Second District. “Permanent opportunities for the young men in American shipyards today are the greatest ever known. Neither in the day of the famous Clipper Ships which came round the Horn or in‘the golden age of steamboating on the Mississippi did such opporeunities exist in American shipyards as evost today.’’ Authority for this statement is W. E W.aste, general manager, W. A. Betchel Co., Marin Shiubuilding Division. Comimenting further on the opportunities for young men in this field, as he studied Marinship’s inSHIPYARD PERSONNEL OFFICER ' TO TALK WITH LOCAL MEN Sidney S. Clark, assistant personnel recruitment and training officer of the W. A. Bechtel Company, will be at the National Hotel here between 4 and 8 o’clock p. m. today and the same hours on next Tuesday ‘to talk with men who may be interested in working in the shipyards of the Bechtel Company. creasing employment needs, Mr. ‘Waste said today: ‘“‘When the Maritime Commission’s ship production program was set in 1940 at 200 ships a year, it taxed to the.utmost all existing shipyard facilities in the Uni‘ted States and exhausted the entire supply of trained men. When in 1940 the program was increased to 400 ships a year, it found existing yards filled to overflowing and made necessary the starting of many new yards. “Great oportuntities for training and advancement are offered the young man who enters this industry now. In a very short tifie, he can acquire the status of a journeyman in some trade and €stablish himself as a vital part of the war effort.’’ American shipyards today have a greater active construction capacity than the yards of all the rest of the world combined. The Maritime Commission construction schedule calls for the production during 1942 and 1943. of 2300 ocean-going ships, agsregating 23,000,000 deadweight tons. ‘ West Coast shipyards sibly hire an additional may pos100,000 men before the end of the year. The new Marinship yard alone will require 10,000 to 12,000 additional men. before the peak. 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT FINAL HOUR TO REGISTER County Clerk R. N. McCormack ‘will be in his office at the courthouse ibetween 7 and 10 o’clock to register any one who has not vote in the August rimary election. Today is the final day to register qualified to MORE MEN NEEDED IN SHIP YARDS T0 AID INWAR EFFORT ee Women Organize Canning School CAMPTONVILLE, July 16.—The Women’s Club met ‘Sunday _§afternoon at the home of Mrs. Constance Pfiffer on Jackson Street -and voted that future meetings would be held on Friday evenings instead of on Sunday afternoons. The matter of the by-laws of the Camptonville volunteer fire depart ment was taken up, and the club voted to accept the by-laws as written, -giving approval of the formation of the organization which the club has sponsored or interested themselves in ‘by raising funds with which to purchase equipment for the protection of the community. The club also voted to sponsor a cooking demonstration school to be held Saturday, July 18, at whieh time, Mrs. L. Fallon, an expert from the home demonstrating department from the county agent’s office, at which time instruction will be given in the “art of home preserving and economics. This meeting will be held on the second floor of the Meek Mercantile: Company building on {Main Street and all the ladies of. the community interested in putting up and preserving. fruit and vegetables are invited to attend. Weinie Roast Party Given In Camptonville CAMPTONVILILE, July 14.—Miss Katherine L. Pauly gave a weinie roast party Saturday evening which was held at the old reservoir site at the Kendall property. A large group of-young people attended. The evening was spent around a large camp fire, roasting weinies and toasting marshmallows, followed by music and song, the party broke up at a late hour, part of those in. attendance going to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Pettit on Spencer Street and completing the evening by dancing and the rest going to the Bingo game conducted for the Womens Club by Mrs. Samuel Price. The following were in attendance: James A. Milner, Juanita Espinosa, Dolores Espinosa, James Milner, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rogers and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Betz, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Pettit, Jack Wyrick, Jack Strail, Gordon Wagonett, Eurd McGinnis, David Church, Cynthia Church, Audrey Dean, Vinginia Church, Freida Olson, Alvin Olson, Eva Olson, Carmen Cassano, Robert Cassano, Francis Cassano, Ledays visiting with her daughter. Bechtel shipyards, for the election. land Pauly, Myron Pauly, Mr. and forward with the war. When the war communities in. the northern part of . A LETTER Nevada City this week had several distinguished visitors. Among them was Captain Lee Willey of the United States Army. He piloted the airplane which flew Major Allen Chapman from Washington to Nevada City to attend the funeral of Major Chapman’s mother Mrs. Margaret Chapman. Captain Willey, who. had 13,000 flying hours to his credit in civilian flying before entering the army service, enjoyed Nevada City and saité . he would like to return some day for a visit under happier circumstances. (Captain Willey said the Nevada City*airport could be converted into a fine lanading field. As it was, the huge airplane piloted by the army captain just did succeed in landing. The size of the fteld limits the size of the airplanes which can be landed. Another distinguished visitor is Dr. Milton Shutes, Piedmont author, who is now engaged in writing another book on the life of Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Shutes registered at the National Hotel. The war department has announced Ralph E. Heidle of Nevada City is among the 156 American civilians who are interned by the Japanese in Shanghai. Mrs. Clarence Walker of Nevada City, a brother and next of kin, was notified to this effect this. week. All of the Americans were at Wake Island: Last minute efforts by the angling experts of the Elks Lodge resulted in good trout catches to assure the success of the annual trout feed of the local organization. The trout feed is tonight ‘but for a while there w. . some doubt whether there would ‘enough fish for the occasion. The problem of the proper flying , of the Flag has bobbed wp again, but iit now appears the question is definitely settled. THE AMERICAN . FLAG, EXCEPT ON SPECIAL OC‘'CASIONS AND WHEN AN OBJECT‘IVE IS UNDER ATTACK BY THE . ENEMY, SHOULD BE FLOWN ONLY FROM SUNRISE. TO SUNSET. That is on. direct authority from the United States Flag association. But custodians of the Flags at the Courthouse, City Hall, Elks Building and. Bank.of America B have found it easier to let the Flags. fly 24 hours per day. R. D. Bonne’t, regional forest service architect came to Nevada City to design an appropriate sign to be placed at the entrance of the local Tahoe Forest’ office. Many persons having business with local forest officials have complained that they find it difficult to locate the office due to the absence of)a proper sign. The most popular song in Nevada City today is Jingle Jangle Jingle. The song is from The Forest Ranger, the production of which Guerdon Ellis, supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest, acted as technical advisor. A resident. of Town Talk said he was going to start injunction proceedings against the operation of an illicit business in the area but so far nothing has happened. Will it? : Quick Action By Nelson Stone Prevents Serious Fire Quick action on the part of FireControl Assistant Nelson: Stone with the forest service pumper truck from Truckee saved a Lang oil trailer loaded with gas from destruction Wednesday afternoon when the Lang truck caught fire on the Truc-° kee-Sierraville highway two miles north of Hobart Mills, according toe District Rauger Snider of the Tahoe National Forest. The fire was spotted by forest service lookout men and crews were sent from ‘both Truckee and Sierraville. The oil truck driver, who had his arms and hamds seorched in attempting to reach fire etinguishers on the burning truck, stated he thought sparks from the exhaust . This caused an explosion-and the fire Was spreading to the trailer when Stone ‘arrived with the fire truck. The fire was cooled down with water from the pumper tank and the trailer unhooked and dragged away from the fire with the fire truck. IN. NEW POSITION G. O. Maniwaring, formerly assistant personnel officer for the IdahoMaryland (Mines . Corporation in Grass Valley, California, is now located in Columbus, Montana, as personnel manager for Anaconda Cop‘per Mining (Company, Defense Chrome operations. F. P. Gaethke is manager in charge of operations, David R. Nelson, office thanager, and S. K. Droubay, superintendent ¢ mines. oe Mrs. Stanley Long, — Katherine. Pauly, "Mrs. Iva Clark, M Williams, Richard Williams Williams, A. Cleveland, williger, and Dover Cla

ink B. tanger ed the. r Sar> \glad schreialiforvaca® ‘Pa Se cs ame i Pe pepe Ese The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month “God grants liberty only ti to those who love it, and are Nevada City Nu COVERS RICHEST — AREA IN CALIFORNIA ready to guard and defend it.” eget — Daniel Webster. This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read —— The Nugget. Vol. 16, No. 57. The County Seat Pa a NEVADA ( cIry, CALIFORNIA The Gold Gar : : os Biss JULY 16, 16, 1942. Thinking Out Loud — By H. M. L. Aged Man Dies From We note with amusement that Governor Culbert Olson now claims . that the cash balance of $22,000,000, which reposes in the California state treasury has been accumulated as the result of his careful husbandry of the tax-payers money. Anyone whose memory can stretch over the last year will know what a barefaced perversion of the truth this is. It was Olson who bucked, ‘kicked and squealed like a bad-tempered mustang when he feels the cinch draw every time the tightened. up on his_ profligate spending. The fact that there is a ‘balance in tre thearus, is an accident with which the governor had nothing to do. It was the accident of war. Almost a million people came into the state, ithe men to work in plane and ship plants, and their presence added tremendously to the sales and other taxes. Olson probably senses iby this time that he is on his way out. His silly plea that he should be reelected because there is a balance in the state treasury smacks desperation. The state electorate, we believe, will not hesitate in making a choice between Earl Warren and Culbert Olson. Warren is a war veteran. He has faithfully and excellently acquitted himself of the two public offices he has held, district attorney of Alameda County, and Attorney General of California. He is young, able and honest. Olson gulled the Ham’n’ Eggers, leading them to think he was for them and their ‘pension-for-life schemes. But the moment he became governor he repudiated them. He has liberated from California--prisons -five. red-handed murderers. He stands without equal in the history of the state as an irresponsible wastrel, a political weather-vane without convictions, and an unprincipled. charJatan. The ‘sober and _ thinking members of his own party have turned upon him. One has only to look at his record to come to the conclusion that Olson, whose entire . administration has been a distorted copy of the Roosevelt administration, has miserably failed as a public servant. Warren boldly announces that, if elected, he will be governor of all the people. He promises no favors to special groups. He is independent and will not jeopardize that, fond by. catering to the visionaries” “and axe-grinders that helped elect Olson four years ago. One thing that Earl Warren is doing that will win him thanks among all groups regardless of political credos. He has made such a protest to Congress that practically the entire California delegation is seeking to amend the old age pension law so that aged persons can again earn $15 month and not have the amount deducted from their allowance. Last year tthe Federal Government compelled the welfare administrator-of California to adhere strictly to the Jaw and refuse aged persons the right to earn money in addition to their pensions. Governor Olson talked about it, but did nothing. Warren has done something. He expects to-get action in congress. MERTEN BODY SENT TO NEVADA The body of Rudolph M. Merten, 59, former underground foreman at the North Star. Mine, was shipped to Tonopah, Nev., for funeral rites and burial. Arrangements were handled by the Hooper-Weaver Mortuary in Grass Valley. Merten, familiarly known to North Star employees as ‘“Beans’’, came to Nevada County 11 years ago from Nevada, where he had mined for years. Several months ago he retired because of ill health. The deceased leaves his wife, Agnes and a daughter, June Merten. He was a member of the Nevada County Mine Workers Protective League. legislature . of 4teated at Town Talk. It was moved to Fight Hurts District » Attorney Vernon Stoll is studying the possibility of filing a murder charge against Claude Prine, 36, for the fatal beating of John Tersen, 65 year old resident of the Union Hill district near Grass Valley. Tersen died yesterday in the Community Hospital in Grass Valley, ten days after he was beaten by Prine, who is now in the county jail serving 60 days for battery in connection with the case. Preston Underwood, 29, who was arrested for particiating in the assault upon Tersen but later released may again be taken into custory, officers intimated. Coroner-A.M. Holmes said an inquest will ‘be held but no date has beén set.-The body of Tersen is at the Hooper-Weaver Mortuary ‘in Grass Valley. Prine and Underwood were arrested by Captain Joseph Blake and Patrolman Carl Kitts of the California Highway Patrol two hours after the affray. The officers learned Tersen was beaten ibecause Prine and Underwood objected to his suggestion that they move their car from the driveway in the cabin court in which he lived so Tersen ¢ould drive through. . For a while it appeared Tersen probably would recover from his injuries but Tuesday his condition became critical and he succumbed earily Wednesday. Although Prine has al. ready—been sen'tenced on the battery charge it is possible to prefer a more seridus charge against him as the result of Tersen’s death. LAVA CAP PRODUCTION NEAR NORMAL General Manager Otto Schiffner of the Lava Cap Mining Corporation reported production at the Central and Banner Mines, operated by the corporation, is nearer normal now than since the war started. The employment at the Lava Cap properties has been increased by fifty men during the past couple of weeks, due principally to an eight cent per hour boost in wages and the fact the Lava Cap work is now considered war essential. SSohiffner said althoygh production is about normal the mines are still short of men for development work. , The employment at the Lava Cap Mines is approximately 275 men. The employment office of the Lava Cap has been moved to Shaws Hill, above Hills Flat. It formerly: was lothe new location because it is near the home of Charles Gibson, employment manager and those seeking work can contact him at any time instead of just on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, previous rustling days. GROUP OF FRIENDS GATHER TO HONOR MRS. MINNIE YOUNG Mrs. Annie Browning gave a.surprise party Tuesday night in honor of the birthday. of Mrs. Minnie Young. Mrs. Young went to dinner in town as a guest of Wilma Weege and when they returned home they found a large group of friends gathered in Mrs. Young’s home, their presence becoming known when they started singing “Happy Birthday to You.’ Mrs. Young received many gifts. Whist prizes were won by Mrs. Young, Mrs. Tom Maguire and Mrs. Nance James.’Refreshments were enjoyed following the playing of cards. Those in attendance were: Mesdames Carl J. Tobiassen, Nance James, Howard Burr, Annie Browning, Alfred Haddy, Tom Maguire, Ed Martine, Al ‘Williams, = William Hatch, Mrs. Young and Miss Gertrude Wilde and Wilma Weege. Reurns From Sacramento— Mrs. H. F. Sofge has returned from Sacramento, where she spent several . life. QUICKSILVER MINE OPTIONED BY I-M. CORP. Albert Crase, general manager of the Idaho-Maryland Mines Corporation, the state’s leading producer ¢éf gold, has announced an option has been taken ‘by the corporation on the Midway. Quicksilver Mine near San Jose. : He said no plans have been made except for a thorough testing of the mine. Rollin Farmin, head engineer for the Idaho-Maryland Corporation and Joe Landis, a member of the engineering staff, are examining the mine. 5 : The mine has been on .a_ small scale production (basis and a furnace is located at the property. 4 The optioning of the quicksilver mine is in line with a policy recently adopted by the company to enter the essential war mineral production field. Several chrome and manganese mines ‘were examined in Nevada County but apparently none warranted large scale operations. California Hydraulic Mining Association Presents Life ; Membership Card To Hannum ‘Colonel Warren G. Hannum of the California Debris Commission was presented with a gold studded life membership card in the California Hydraulic Mining Association at the Sunday meeting in Auburn of the organization. The presentation of the card, which contained samples of gold from 40 different hydraulic and grav. el mining properties in Northern 'California w,as made ‘by C. W. Haffey of Colfax, retiring president of the hydraulie mining group. ~« ‘Congressman Harry L. Englebright of Nevada City, who several years ago was presented with a.similar life membership cdrd, sent a congratulatory telegram to Colonel Hannum. Secretary W. W. Esterly deported on the scrap metal drive, saying the goal for the association is 1,000 tons. Esterly announced scrap metal can be deposited at the scrap pile established on his property at Hills Flat. The next meeting will be held on August 9th in the Nevada City vicinity. The meeting was presided over by George Hallock. LUMBER (0. EMPLOYEE HURT Blaine Farmer, caterpillar operator for the Oak Valley Lumber Company near ‘Camptonville, suffered critical injuries late Tuesday when 2 large stump fell upon his back. Farmer was ‘engaged in dragging logs with the caterpillar and was unaware the logs had hooked onto a large stump. The stump was propelled onto the caterpillar, crushing ‘Parmer between the stump and the caterpillar. LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. CHAPMAN (Nevada ‘Cityans yesterday paid their final respects to Mrs. Margaret Helen Chapman. The Episcopal ‘Church, where the rites were held, was filled with relatives and scores of friends who loved the woman, who for many years occupied an important place in the citys social and civic The Eastern Star Lodge conducted the services at the Pine Grove Cemetery. The funeral was under the direction of the Holmes . Funeral Home. The pallbearers were George Calanan, George Legg, Joseph Stenger, Thomas Coan, Baptiste Toccalini and . James F. Colley. TOM LEGG GIVEN PROMOTION IN NAVY A letter from Tom Legg to friends! in this city states that he is a member of a destroyer crw, “not a submarine as first published, and that he has just received a promition to a petty officers berth. He states that ons a brief rest at an unnamed port ithe destroyed is about to depart ‘‘on ibusiness.’”’ Young. Legg has ‘been in the navy. but six months, and from

his letters, which he makes guarded allusion to being the second Nevada (City boy to mée the Jap, his parents feel assured his destroyer played a} part in the Midway ‘battle. Here Seeking Men— ‘Sidney S. Clark, assistant personnel recruitment and training officer for the W. A. Bechtel Company, shipbuilding firm, is in ‘Nevada City searching for men to work in the . R. R. Henderson, head of,a lumHENDERSON, “ABSOLUTELY INDEPENDENT” CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS, VISITOR HERE ber concern in Lone Pine, Inyo County, independent Republican candidate for Congress, was a visitor in Nevada City Tuesday, the home of two other candidates for Representative of the Second Congressional District. (Mr. Henderson was accompanied by his-oldest son, a boy of fourteen years old, and a newspaper man, Mr. Wooley, a friend of long standing. office he met Democrat Frank: Finnegan, also seeking the-.office, and the two tried to plan some conservation of rubber ‘between ‘them in their campaign of 500 miles of mountain roads in a congressional district larger than the state of New York. After some good natured jesting it was finally decided that each During a short call at the Nugget . . candidate would have to make his ust 25, and after or rationing boards to get recaps that would last until the general election in November. ‘iMost candidates for fice,’ said Mr. Henderson, ‘‘seek office in order to better their financial circumstances. In my case I am giving up considerably more than the salary of Representative will amount to. 5 “Tam going to meet as many of the voters in this district as is possible in the time I have between now and August 25. I am absolutely: independent. If-and when I am elected I shall owe nothing to any special group of backers. I have made up my mind that congress needs seasoning own rubebr last until at least Augthat perhaps one both could soften the hearts of public ofwith a few business men, and I think there are enough voters of the same mind in this district to elect me. “IT want to see this country get is over I am especially interested in seeing to it, that the peace we make shall not be that kind of a peace that ‘begets another war within a generation."* (Mr. Henderson spent an hour in Nevada City, met several of the business men, and spent the night in Grass Valley. Yesterday morning he, visited Roseville, and from there left for Red Bluff, Redding and other the Second District. “Permanent opportunities for the young men in American shipyards today are the greatest ever known. Neither in the day of the famous Clipper Ships which came round the Horn or in‘the golden age of steamboating on the Mississippi did such opporeunities exist in American shipyards as evost today.’’ Authority for this statement is W. E W.aste, general manager, W. A. Betchel Co., Marin Shiubuilding Division. Comimenting further on the opportunities for young men in this field, as he studied Marinship’s inSHIPYARD PERSONNEL OFFICER ' TO TALK WITH LOCAL MEN Sidney S. Clark, assistant personnel recruitment and training officer of the W. A. Bechtel Company, will be at the National Hotel here between 4 and 8 o’clock p. m. today and the same hours on next Tuesday ‘to talk with men who may be interested in working in the shipyards of the Bechtel Company. creasing employment needs, Mr. ‘Waste said today: ‘“‘When the Maritime Commission’s ship production program was set in 1940 at 200 ships a year, it taxed to the.utmost all existing shipyard facilities in the Uni‘ted States and exhausted the entire supply of trained men. When in 1940 the program was increased to 400 ships a year, it found existing yards filled to overflowing and made necessary the starting of many new yards. “Great oportuntities for training and advancement are offered the young man who enters this industry now. In a very short tifie, he can acquire the status of a journeyman in some trade and €stablish himself as a vital part of the war effort.’’ American shipyards today have a greater active construction capacity than the yards of all the rest of the world combined. The Maritime Commission construction schedule calls for the production during 1942 and 1943. of 2300 ocean-going ships, agsregating 23,000,000 deadweight tons. ‘ West Coast shipyards sibly hire an additional may pos100,000 men before the end of the year. The new Marinship yard alone will require 10,000 to 12,000 additional men. before the peak. 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT FINAL HOUR TO REGISTER County Clerk R. N. McCormack ‘will be in his office at the courthouse ibetween 7 and 10 o’clock to register any one who has not vote in the August rimary election. Today is the final day to register qualified to MORE MEN NEEDED IN SHIP YARDS T0 AID INWAR EFFORT ee Women Organize Canning School CAMPTONVILLE, July 16.—The Women’s Club met ‘Sunday _§afternoon at the home of Mrs. Constance Pfiffer on Jackson Street -and voted that future meetings would be held on Friday evenings instead of on Sunday afternoons. The matter of the by-laws of the Camptonville volunteer fire depart ment was taken up, and the club voted to accept the by-laws as written, -giving approval of the formation of the organization which the club has sponsored or interested themselves in ‘by raising funds with which to purchase equipment for the protection of the community. The club also voted to sponsor a cooking demonstration school to be held Saturday, July 18, at whieh time, Mrs. L. Fallon, an expert from the home demonstrating department from the county agent’s office, at which time instruction will be given in the “art of home preserving and economics. This meeting will be held on the second floor of the Meek Mercantile: Company building on {Main Street and all the ladies of. the community interested in putting up and preserving. fruit and vegetables are invited to attend. Weinie Roast Party Given In Camptonville CAMPTONVILILE, July 14.—Miss Katherine L. Pauly gave a weinie roast party Saturday evening which was held at the old reservoir site at the Kendall property. A large group of-young people attended. The evening was spent around a large camp fire, roasting weinies and toasting marshmallows, followed by music and song, the party broke up at a late hour, part of those in. attendance going to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Pettit on Spencer Street and completing the evening by dancing and the rest going to the Bingo game conducted for the Womens Club by Mrs. Samuel Price. The following were in attendance: James A. Milner, Juanita Espinosa, Dolores Espinosa, James Milner, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rogers and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Betz, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Pettit, Jack Wyrick, Jack Strail, Gordon Wagonett, Eurd McGinnis, David Church, Cynthia Church, Audrey Dean, Vinginia Church, Freida Olson, Alvin Olson, Eva Olson, Carmen Cassano, Robert Cassano, Francis Cassano, Ledays visiting with her daughter. Bechtel shipyards, for the election. land Pauly, Myron Pauly, Mr. and forward with the war. When the war communities in. the northern part of . A LETTER Nevada City this week had several distinguished visitors. Among them was Captain Lee Willey of the United States Army. He piloted the airplane which flew Major Allen Chapman from Washington to Nevada City to attend the funeral of Major Chapman’s mother Mrs. Margaret Chapman. Captain Willey, who. had 13,000 flying hours to his credit in civilian flying before entering the army service, enjoyed Nevada City and saité . he would like to return some day for a visit under happier circumstances. (Captain Willey said the Nevada City*airport could be converted into a fine lanading field. As it was, the huge airplane piloted by the army captain just did succeed in landing. The size of the fteld limits the size of the airplanes which can be landed. Another distinguished visitor is Dr. Milton Shutes, Piedmont author, who is now engaged in writing another book on the life of Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Shutes registered at the National Hotel. The war department has announced Ralph E. Heidle of Nevada City is among the 156 American civilians who are interned by the Japanese in Shanghai. Mrs. Clarence Walker of Nevada City, a brother and next of kin, was notified to this effect this. week. All of the Americans were at Wake Island: Last minute efforts by the angling experts of the Elks Lodge resulted in good trout catches to assure the success of the annual trout feed of the local organization. The trout feed is tonight ‘but for a while there w. . some doubt whether there would ‘enough fish for the occasion. The problem of the proper flying , of the Flag has bobbed wp again, but iit now appears the question is definitely settled. THE AMERICAN . FLAG, EXCEPT ON SPECIAL OC‘'CASIONS AND WHEN AN OBJECT‘IVE IS UNDER ATTACK BY THE . ENEMY, SHOULD BE FLOWN ONLY FROM SUNRISE. TO SUNSET. That is on. direct authority from the United States Flag association. But custodians of the Flags at the Courthouse, City Hall, Elks Building and. Bank.of America B have found it easier to let the Flags. fly 24 hours per day. R. D. Bonne’t, regional forest service architect came to Nevada City to design an appropriate sign to be placed at the entrance of the local Tahoe Forest’ office. Many persons having business with local forest officials have complained that they find it difficult to locate the office due to the absence of)a proper sign. The most popular song in Nevada City today is Jingle Jangle Jingle. The song is from The Forest Ranger, the production of which Guerdon Ellis, supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest, acted as technical advisor. A resident. of Town Talk said he was going to start injunction proceedings against the operation of an illicit business in the area but so far nothing has happened. Will it? : Quick Action By Nelson Stone Prevents Serious Fire Quick action on the part of FireControl Assistant Nelson: Stone with the forest service pumper truck from Truckee saved a Lang oil trailer loaded with gas from destruction Wednesday afternoon when the Lang truck caught fire on the Truc-° kee-Sierraville highway two miles north of Hobart Mills, according toe District Rauger Snider of the Tahoe National Forest. The fire was spotted by forest service lookout men and crews were sent from ‘both Truckee and Sierraville. The oil truck driver, who had his arms and hamds seorched in attempting to reach fire etinguishers on the burning truck, stated he thought sparks from the exhaust . This caused an explosion-and the fire Was spreading to the trailer when Stone ‘arrived with the fire truck. The fire was cooled down with water from the pumper tank and the trailer unhooked and dragged away from the fire with the fire truck. IN. NEW POSITION G. O. Maniwaring, formerly assistant personnel officer for the IdahoMaryland (Mines . Corporation in Grass Valley, California, is now located in Columbus, Montana, as personnel manager for Anaconda Cop‘per Mining (Company, Defense Chrome operations. F. P. Gaethke is manager in charge of operations, David R. Nelson, office thanager, and S. K. Droubay, superintendent ¢ mines. oe Mrs. Stanley Long, — Katherine. Pauly, "Mrs. Iva Clark, M Williams, Richard Williams Williams, A. Cleveland, williger, and Dover Cla