July 17, 1941 (6 pages)

rs . y “ ape . lf . . . . a . DRUG STORE. THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1941. — Honie For Weekenad— Oscar and Margaret Odegaard of @an Francisco visited their mother, ‘Mrs; Odegaard, Sr., during the week . eud, They were accompanied by Mrs. ! PeVidommi and daughter, [email protected] latter is a student in the @atholic University at Washington, sf _, HOOPER & WEAVER ‘ “MORTUARY, INC. . , ¢ 246;So. Church Btrest Po dthour Ambelnnde Sertce Rexale LiquiD Deodorant Masks and helps retard € perspiration odors. Economial. We also carry and recommend: ‘ Rexall Deodorant Cream .50c » Modern Charm Deodorant ' hos [rp eRe epee at yy Oe 49¢ Dainty Deodorant Powder 35c All Rexall Products and Fully Guaranteed R. E. HARRIS ec ’ Phone 100 _emeg me cee ss. To Head Nev. County Agri. Defense Board Willjam Jaseie: Chairman of the . Nevada County .Argicultural Conservation Committee, will head a United States Department of Agrieulture. Defense Board for Nevada County in accordance with an order from Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard proclaiming national defense to be the department's first order of business ‘‘for the duration.” In his memorandum. creating the ‘boards in each state and agricultural county in the United':States, Wickard announced their. principal Department’ of Agriculture in furtherance of dr that involve the national defense,.and to, coordinate these . departmental activities with activitjes of other. defense agencies in the}. field.”’ we From Mary sville— a Mrs, Del Little aud family “af Marysville are spending: a yacation on Grouse Ridge near Washington. . Mis. Little js ‘a sister ot Mts, Oscar ( Odegeard. ob. : jectives will. be ‘‘to expedite and co-. {ordinate in -the field. administration of the activities’ carried on. by the . in making prostitution a federal offense in areas to be designated around military and naval-posts is hailed-.as' a forward step in the control of venereal diseases by Dr. Bertram Py Brown, director, ‘State Department of Public Health. The May Bill,. H. R. 2476, ‘becamé Congressional action tution within such reasonable dis‘tances of military or naval posts ‘as the Secretaries of War shall determine to be needful to the efficiency, health and welfare of the armed. forces. “Remarkable progress has been made in the control of yenereal Miseases in a number of defense. areas haye anticipated .the May Bill. and haye taken effective steps to, repress . prostitytion. It -is expected -‘that other localities, where vice. cond}If it’s goiled, we clean it. If you. need a new one we supply it. Ed Burtner GRASS VALLEY OLEANERS 111 Main Street, Phone 375 Grass Valley . tions still exist, will undertake Tepressive measures, to forestall. fed}. eral . action, ". Dr, Brown said. “A marked drap in the rate Qf new infections ‘with: syphilis. gnd gonorthea among both’ civilians and military personnel ‘has occurred ip, sev‘tion has been, repressed. «This. is}: most striking, because. there had. been a, decided Tige in new. infections in these, same communities during the first few months of the defense RTogram. before the racketeers of commercialized vice were checked.” Visiting Here—_ Mrs. Vincent Rogers and_ three children of Monterey Park, California are guésts at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rogers until July 21st, I love with all my heart. She giyes us cream with all To eat with apple tart. 1 Dairy PHONE 77 it The F riendly Cow, all red and white —Robt. Louis Stevenson Bret Harte NEVADA CITY her might CIRCUS DAYS Jell Well.whe Arey ty Cherub Milk . 2 ee § Dawn No. 2 cans 3 for. . PAPER TOWELS Scott Reg. rolls 3 for PEACHES Halves No. 21 cans ]5c Castle Crest SALAD DRESSING Quart ars 26¢ Toilet Tissue tie Nip Ra TONLET SOAP. Reguls SHORTENING Lb. cans 17s Sierra Pine ree 3 pound cans “5c PALMOLIVE Royal Sata. ; be BEER . SHORTENING = 1 pound cans 19¢ 32: ounce bottles 3 pound CAMs cece neces 50¢ # brown Derby Oriseo or SEry aid 14 BEER 12 ounce TEA 1/4, pound package C @ Brown Derby 1 pound gpcuaus Ea oe OSS ana: 52c § MARGARINE Canterbury Black Sunnybank Globe A-1 FLOUR No. 10 bags 4c AES 2414, pound bag occ $1.07 KITCHEN CRAFT No. 10 bags Qc PALL mond sacks o.oo. occccsccccccsesesecssseseeeeeeee 90c eC Th & OORT RES : Holly Cleanser_ Assorted Flavors 6 for 21c ‘Airway Cog : “lb pkg “TOMATO. JUICE. Sunny \: or mAb reg cans Tall Cans“Be 25c HILLS BLUE White. or,.Cider Heinz, Reg, 12 oz. ‘NOB: HILL COF F FE ‘Pound package Pound package , HEINZ VINEGAR Quart Bottle ]7c SCOT TISSUE 1000 sheet roll 3 for 23¢ 11 oz. bottles 4 for 15 ounce carton 2 for 1 5c CAMAY SOAP. Reg. bar 3 for [&c Rc BOSTON BAKED BEANS 3 for ane ---3 for 11c 14c = for 28 law this week and prohibits prosti-. and Navy. j choose from 300 instéad in California where locat officials eral defense. areag’ where prostitu: '. proceeding so rapidly THIS WEEK . in DEFENSE OPM conseervation officials announced that-‘‘our purchases, * our habits; ‘our’ daily lives,’ perhaps: even our’ styles, will be ‘controlled’ by the requirements of national defense.’ Same of, the changes facing the. pubNe, according to.OPM: No corks. in bottle tops, ‘ heverages ‘in -‘‘bottles rathér than cans; silk ‘used’ in paraehutes will make silk Stockings miore scarce; ‘women . will. haye fewer perManéent Waves, cosmetics and facial creams; it wil] . not. be’ patriotic: to _buy two. automobiles; farmers ‘will of . 1400 types of plows;, chrome, copper, alumihnm and woods such as mahogany will: probably nat be’ ‘available “to tthe. furniture industry. pnd RIPRY, designs wa. he. fae game Price Adminjashgtot’ “Hendoraba. Bog announced that price ceilings on the rubber tubes, and. other . rubber products’ willbe @eferred’ tor ‘several to work out price problems volun: taril r: He announced, however, that G “pFices will be. placed: within a ‘tow da¥s. -on~ cattoneesd' ‘oil. and eertain stades of West Coast Yuriber used by the -goverument,. Benton ais stated: that recent: . action. tc check rises dm hide’ prices does oo mean the OPACS expects to “freeze livestock or meat prices. ARMY months: to. allow jthe industry, time . . 5 fF tchs P.GE.TOTAKE OVER YUBADAM POWER PROJECT : i Paeifie Gas and Electric Company is immediately to begin. construction of -a hydro-electric power plant on the Yuba River, near Smartsville, Yuba County, according to announcement made today by P.M. Downing; vice president and .general manager. The plant,’ costing approximately $1,00,000, ‘will have a capacity of 9,000 ‘kilowatts -and ‘will deliver about 60,000,000 ‘kilowatts hours annually; It. will:operate. under the water head developed by the War DeParfment’s Upper. Narrows debris The project Was : anus, origin: ally, by, the Sacramento Valley: Utility Company, all stoek-and assets of: which have been. acquired by.P, G. and E,, The Federal . Power. Com mise. sign. has given official motice. that the Ups. will be ~ . re ie oT Pd ers Grocery . Brown Of North Colurtibia By: MIRTAM. CRANDALL. = . Mrs. Geneva Regers, proprietor. ee the® “Roger's Gracery,’: closed’:a*.deal™ on ‘Tiesday with Earnest Brown of North ‘Cohimbid#whos has» purchased’ the store.and property inorth east of Nevada City on the sec 7 Highway. The. Browns. .will oopuay the tiving . auentess eyer the store and the three’ children will attend: the local schoels. The. president asked .congress for: an additiona) $4, 700,000,000, for the! ss Army, most of it for purchase of the heavy guns, $400,000,000. for clothing and other equipment, $200.000,,090 for the Air: Force and $350,-: 000,000 for the Signal Corps, and $1,000,000 for horses. The War Department announced . formation of a completely. motorized and heayily armed experimental div! ision stengthened with tanks, with! 50 per cent more fire power than 2 . present armored division although swith 14,000 instead of 15,550: men. The department also announced that to bolster anti-tank defenses, antitank specialists will be assigned to every army large unit to work out methods of defeating armored force attacks, NAVY The President asked congress for $1,625,000,000 in appropriations and contract authority for the Navy for additional ordnance, yard equipment, planes, and repairs, including $400,000,000 for defense installations on naval and private ships—anti mine equipment, armor, etc, but, the President emphasized, not for guns to arm merchant ships. Rear Admiral Robinson, Chief of the Navy’s Bureau of Ships, announced’ the Navy shipbuilding program is that “every single combat ship is ahead of schede.”’ He said the problem of labor supply has been solved and the rate of expansion is limited chiefly by the ability to obtain materials. SHIPS The President asked Congress for. $1, 698, 000,000 for the U.S. Mart. . time Commission, including ‘$698, 000,000 in cash for new ships and. $1,296,000,000 in contract authoriza‘tions."The U. S. Maritime Commissjon announced a saving of more than 500, 000 tons’ of steel in the building i! of 705 commission designed ships by . constriction ,methods not. known in! the first. World War:: The -commiss-i ‘ion said. the greatest Single ° ‘weight: At COFFEE 3 for 7c SOAP reg. bar 3 for . §c 25¢ 2 for 31c 4 for 39c 2 pound pkg. VAC cans Seedless Cans SALES TAX ADDED TO ALL TAXABLE ITEMS . i ‘saving’ measure ‘was “the? ‘introduction.’ of welding’to replacé riveting” so that . entire ships are now built without a Single rivet. AIR Brown plans many substantial im‘“proyements. in -the building and let. Mr, and Mrs,: Rogers’. plans for the. j future are indefinite although they . will leave Nevada City about CEASE first. . Personnel Changes ‘In Diamond Match ; W. Ray Young, until recently ; Manager of the lumber yard of Dia,mond Match at Artois, located between Willows and-Orland, has been promoted to assist Superintendent ‘Bert’Foreman in charge: of. the local Diamond Match yard. Woody Biggs, formerly employed here has ‘been promoted to a staff position in the Diamond Match branch at Redding, which has lately become one of the busiest yards in the state, due to the big dam construction at Keswick. DEFENSE BRINGS STATE BIG FUND. +eatate . ‘taxes (a, lot,of, milonaires: : ee and. die. here), win raise about PAGE THREE SS every man, woman. and ehild in the state. That, of course, will be in addition to present ‘federal : taxes -¢ollected in California, which aggregate $460,000,000 a year. ‘All told, the Golden State will be expected to pungle up $686,800,000 annually for Uncle Sam with every probability that the bill will be progressively higher every year that Hitler remains at liberty. : On top of that, the California’ taxpayer must add his state taxes, his county and city taxes—and' district taxes, if he happens to live in a tax district. Under the new “defense tax, individual income taxpayers and eorporation taxpayers in Califronia will be expected to ante up $153,787,550 additional, inclusive of corporate, excess profit taxes. California, with 2,264,006 ‘autemobdiles; has the biggest motor vehicle registration in-the United States—and the new use-tax ‘of $5'mer.car.is expected to. raise Cite 210,030 here. Catiforpians, .tooy' aripk; mote. than) their quota of, highballs, 60 that the = tidPeade: in“ the Hquor ’tax, from: $3 . . to: $4a-gallon“ds expected to Best us qbout $8,009,900, Boosts: in-gift and t 6,780,000. " a ; Doubled taxes on ‘autos, parts and’ geceseorife swill take’ sangre. = a year framiCalifarnia. mq ereased rates on tires and tubes, $2,[B76 ,) 000; the: } elry, $2,766,00 att) 10 per cent tax. on photograyhio’ equipment (we have more than.aur share-of candid-.eam‘era: addicts) ;.$900,000;. increased rates on mechanical refrigeratozs, $1 260,000; a 10 per cent tax ‘on sporting goods (we play a lot here) . $510,000; the 5 ner cent increased tax on candy and chewing gum, $1,692,000; the soft;drinke tax, $1,356,000; the 10 per cent tax on ture, $1,242,000; the 5 per cent tax’ on passenger transportation, $2,274,000 and the revised telephone-telegraph tax (we talk a lot) $1,656,000:: And so it goes, down the whole list. Uncle Sam has been: generous in defense contracts awarded to California. But California, when all is said and done, pays of generouly to Uncle! British Seamen Are Nevada City Guests Chief Petty Officers Alex Vincent and Bill Morrish, from a _ British cruiser now in SanFrancisca bay, were visitors in’ ‘Nevada Cit. during: the weekend. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs: William Masterson of 149 Sacramento Street. Both “were enthusiastic: about the charms and scenic beauty of Nevada City and were especially grateful for the kindness and hospitality shown them by Nevada City residents, TAXES REMOVE IT By CLEM WHITAKER . California may be getting the lion’s. share of defense contracts, as several . eastern and middle western congress. men have ‘bitterly complained but! California will also pay a lion’s share of the’ bill—when it comes. tax jtime! ‘142 more than the previous month equipment and other matters withOPM announced that during Juné}out the approval of the general staff 1,476 military planes were delivered . as heretofore. If Congress approves the: program . drafted by the House Ways and . Means Committee, California’s pro! rata of the new defense tax bill will . “coll $226,980, 580 annually. which amounts to approximately $33 for to oie Army, Navy, and Great Britain and a new record. The War Depart,;ment announced contracts of nearly ; $200,000,000 for new airplane manu,facturing facilities and ordered all Air Corps ‘Reserve officers except _ those in key civilian positions; to :.a¢t:,! jive duty by August 1. The Army Air Force established its own Air Staff to form Air Force plans and. decide on NOW IS THE TIME. FURNITURE AND ALL 735 Zion Street PAINTS FOR PORCH FLOORS, peaey rae We Carry a Full Line of Famous (Nationally Advertised) All Colors For All Exterior and Interior Needs M’/DIAMONBC MATCH CO. NEVADA CITY GARDEN OUTSIDE PURPOSES Telephone 22 Dr, W. B. Hardy of Alleghany was a business visitor in Nevada City Monday. MEAT S ene of our most . valuable foods Keysto ne Market DAVE RICHARDS, Prop. 213 Commercial Street Phone 67 Nevada City @ We supply our patrons with the meat from the best cattle, sheep and hogs that money can buy. We built our renaitation on ice and quality and reaso1 able prices. Ask your neigh. bors about us. will tell you. per sent tax on jew-"

rs . y “ ape . lf . . . . a . DRUG STORE. THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1941. — Honie For Weekenad— Oscar and Margaret Odegaard of @an Francisco visited their mother, ‘Mrs; Odegaard, Sr., during the week . eud, They were accompanied by Mrs. ! PeVidommi and daughter, [email protected] latter is a student in the @atholic University at Washington, sf _, HOOPER & WEAVER ‘ “MORTUARY, INC. . , ¢ 246;So. Church Btrest Po dthour Ambelnnde Sertce Rexale LiquiD Deodorant Masks and helps retard € perspiration odors. Economial. We also carry and recommend: ‘ Rexall Deodorant Cream ..50c » Modern Charm Deodorant ' hos [rp eRe epee at yy Oe 49¢ Dainty Deodorant Powder 35c All Rexall Products and Fully Guaranteed R. E. HARRIS ec ’ Phone 100 _emeg me cee ss. To Head Nev. County Agri. Defense Board Willjam Jaseie: Chairman of the . Nevada County .Argicultural Conservation Committee, will head a United States Department of Agrieulture. Defense Board for Nevada County in accordance with an order from Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard proclaiming national defense to be the department's first order of business ‘‘for the duration.” In his memorandum. creating the ‘boards in each state and agricultural county in the United':States, Wickard announced their. principal Department’ of Agriculture in furtherance of dr that involve the national defense,.and to, coordinate these . departmental activities with activitjes of other. defense agencies in the}. field.”’ we From Mary sville— a Mrs, Del Little aud family “af Marysville are spending: a yacation on Grouse Ridge near Washington. . Mis. Little js ‘a sister ot Mts, Oscar ( Odegeard. ob. : jectives will. be ‘‘to expedite and co-. {ordinate in -the field. administration of the activities’ carried on. by the . in making prostitution a federal offense in areas to be designated around military and naval-posts is hailed-.as' a forward step in the control of venereal diseases by Dr. Bertram Py Brown, director, ‘State Department of Public Health. The May Bill,. H. R. 2476, ‘becamé Congressional action tution within such reasonable dis‘tances of military or naval posts ‘as the Secretaries of War shall determine to be needful to the efficiency, health and welfare of the armed. forces. “Remarkable progress has been made in the control of yenereal Miseases in a number of defense. areas haye anticipated .the May Bill. and haye taken effective steps to, repress . prostitytion. It -is expected -‘that other localities, where vice. cond}If it’s goiled, we clean it. If you. need a new one we supply it. Ed Burtner GRASS VALLEY OLEANERS 111 Main Street, Phone 375 Grass Valley . tions still exist, will undertake Tepressive measures, to forestall. fed}. eral . action, ". Dr, Brown said. “A marked drap in the rate Qf new infections ‘with: syphilis. gnd gonorthea among both’ civilians and military personnel ‘has occurred ip, sev‘tion has been, repressed. «This. is}: most striking, because. there had. been a, decided Tige in new. infections in these, same communities during the first few months of the defense RTogram. before the racketeers of commercialized vice were checked.” Visiting Here—_ Mrs. Vincent Rogers and_ three children of Monterey Park, California are guésts at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rogers until July 21st, I love with all my heart. She giyes us cream with all To eat with apple tart. 1 Dairy PHONE 77 it The F riendly Cow, all red and white —Robt. Louis Stevenson Bret Harte NEVADA CITY her might CIRCUS DAYS Jell Well.whe Arey ty Cherub Milk . 2 ee § Dawn No. 2 cans 3 for. . PAPER TOWELS Scott Reg. rolls 3 for PEACHES Halves No. 21 cans ]5c Castle Crest SALAD DRESSING Quart ars 26¢ Toilet Tissue tie Nip Ra TONLET SOAP. Reguls SHORTENING Lb. cans 17s Sierra Pine ree 3 pound cans “5c PALMOLIVE Royal Sata.. ; be BEER . SHORTENING = 1 pound cans 19¢ 32: ounce bottles 3 pound CAMs cece neces 50¢ # brown Derby Oriseo or SEry aid 14 BEER 12 ounce TEA 1/4, pound package C @ Brown Derby 1 pound gpcuaus Ea oe OSS ana: 52c § MARGARINE Canterbury Black Sunnybank Globe A-1 FLOUR No. 10 bags 4c AES 2414, pound bag occ $1.07 KITCHEN CRAFT No. 10 bags Qc PALL mond sacks o.oo. occccsccccccsesesecssseseeeeeeee 90c eC Th & OORT RES : Holly Cleanser_ Assorted Flavors 6 for 21c ‘Airway Cog : “lb pkg “TOMATO. JUICE. Sunny \: or mAb reg cans Tall Cans“Be 25c HILLS BLUE White. or,.Cider Heinz, Reg, 12 oz. ‘NOB: HILL COF F FE ‘Pound package Pound package , HEINZ VINEGAR Quart Bottle ]7c SCOT TISSUE 1000 sheet roll 3 for 23¢ 11 oz. bottles 4 for 15 ounce carton 2 for 1 5c CAMAY SOAP. Reg. bar 3 for [&c Rc BOSTON BAKED BEANS 3 for ane ---3 for 11c 14c = for 28 law this week and prohibits prosti-. and Navy. j choose from 300 instéad in California where locat officials eral defense. areag’ where prostitu: '. proceeding so rapidly THIS WEEK . in DEFENSE OPM conseervation officials announced that-‘‘our purchases, * our habits; ‘our’ daily lives,’ perhaps: even our’ styles, will be ‘controlled’ by the requirements of national defense.’ Same of, the changes facing the. pubNe, according to.OPM: No corks. in bottle tops, ‘ heverages ‘in -‘‘bottles rathér than cans; silk ‘used’ in paraehutes will make silk Stockings miore scarce; ‘women . will. haye fewer perManéent Waves, cosmetics and facial creams; it wil] . not. be’ patriotic: to _buy two. automobiles; farmers ‘will of . 1400 types of plows;, chrome, copper, alumihnm and woods such as mahogany will: probably nat be’ ‘available “to tthe. furniture industry. pnd RIPRY, designs wa. he. fae game Price Adminjashgtot’ “Hendoraba. Bog announced that price ceilings on the rubber tubes, and. other . rubber products’ willbe @eferred’ tor ‘several to work out price problems volun: taril r: He announced, however, that G “pFices will be. placed: within a ‘tow da¥s. -on~ cattoneesd' ‘oil. and eertain stades of West Coast Yuriber used by the -goverument,. Benton ais stated: that recent: . action. tc check rises dm hide’ prices does oo mean the OPACS expects to “freeze livestock or meat prices. ARMY months: to. allow jthe industry, time . . 5 fF tchs P.GE.TOTAKE OVER YUBADAM POWER PROJECT : i Paeifie Gas and Electric Company is immediately to begin. construction of -a hydro-electric power plant on the Yuba River, near Smartsville, Yuba County, according to announcement made today by P.M. Downing; vice president and .general manager. The plant,’ costing approximately $1,00,000, ‘will have a capacity of 9,000 ‘kilowatts -and ‘will deliver about 60,000,000 ‘kilowatts hours annually; It. will:operate. under the water head developed by the War DeParfment’s Upper. Narrows debris The project Was : anus, origin: ally, by, the Sacramento Valley: Utility Company, all stoek-and assets of: which have been. acquired by.P, G. and E,, The Federal . Power. Com mise. sign. has given official motice. that the Ups. will be ~ .

re ie oT Pd ers Grocery . Brown Of North Colurtibia By: MIRTAM. CRANDALL. = . Mrs. Geneva Regers, proprietor. ee the® “Roger's Gracery,’: closed’:a*.deal™ on ‘Tiesday with Earnest Brown of North ‘Cohimbid#whos has» purchased’ the store.and property inorth east of Nevada City on the sec 7 Highway. The. Browns. .will oopuay the tiving . auentess eyer the store and the three’ children will attend: the local schoels. The. president asked .congress for: an additiona) $4, 700,000,000, for the! ss Army, most of it for purchase of the heavy guns, $400,000,000. for clothing and other equipment, $200.000,,090 for the Air: Force and $350,-: 000,000 for the Signal Corps, and $1,000,000 for horses. The War Department announced . formation of a completely. motorized and heayily armed experimental div! ision stengthened with tanks, with! 50 per cent more fire power than 2 . present armored division although swith 14,000 instead of 15,550: men. The department also announced that to bolster anti-tank defenses, antitank specialists will be assigned to every army large unit to work out methods of defeating armored force attacks, NAVY The President asked congress for $1,625,000,000 in appropriations and contract authority for the Navy for additional ordnance, yard equipment, planes, and repairs, including $400,000,000 for defense installations on naval and private ships—anti mine equipment, armor, etc, but, the President emphasized, not for guns to arm merchant ships. Rear Admiral Robinson, Chief of the Navy’s Bureau of Ships, announced’ the Navy shipbuilding program is that “every single combat ship is ahead of schede.”’ He said the problem of labor supply has been solved and the rate of expansion is limited chiefly by the ability to obtain materials. SHIPS The President asked Congress for. $1, 698, 000,000 for the U.S. Mart. . time Commission, including ‘$698, 000,000 in cash for new ships and. $1,296,000,000 in contract authoriza‘tions."The U. S. Maritime Commissjon announced a saving of more than 500, 000 tons’ of steel in the building i! of 705 commission designed ships by . constriction ,methods not. known in! the first. World War:: The -commiss-i ‘ion said. the greatest Single ° ‘weight: At COFFEE 3 for 7c SOAP reg. bar 3 for . §c 25¢ 2 for 31c 4 for 39c 2 pound pkg. VAC cans Seedless Cans SALES TAX ADDED TO ALL TAXABLE ITEMS . i ‘saving’ measure ‘was “the? ‘introduction.’ of welding’to replacé riveting” so that . entire ships are now built without a Single rivet. AIR Brown plans many substantial im‘“proyements. in -the building and let. Mr, and Mrs,: Rogers’. plans for the. j future are indefinite although they . will leave Nevada City about CEASE first. . Personnel Changes ‘In Diamond Match ; W. Ray Young, until recently ; Manager of the lumber yard of Dia,mond Match at Artois, located between Willows and-Orland, has been promoted to assist Superintendent ‘Bert’Foreman in charge: of. the local Diamond Match yard. Woody Biggs, formerly employed here has ‘been promoted to a staff position in the Diamond Match branch at Redding, which has lately become one of the busiest yards in the state, due to the big dam construction at Keswick. DEFENSE BRINGS STATE BIG FUND. +eatate . ‘taxes (a, lot,of, milonaires: : ee and. die. here), win raise about PAGE THREE SS every man, woman. and ehild in the state. That, of course, will be in addition to present ‘federal : taxes -¢ollected in California, which aggregate $460,000,000 a year. ‘All told, the Golden State will be expected to pungle up $686,800,000 annually for Uncle Sam with every probability that the bill will be progressively higher every year that Hitler remains at liberty. : On top of that, the California’ taxpayer must add his state taxes, his county and city taxes—and' district taxes, if he happens to live in a tax district. Under the new “defense tax, individual income taxpayers and eorporation taxpayers in Califronia will be expected to ante up $153,787,550 additional, inclusive of corporate, excess profit taxes. California, with 2,264,006 ‘autemobdiles; has the biggest motor vehicle registration in-the United States—and the new use-tax ‘of $5'mer.car.is expected to. raise Cite 210,030 here. Catiforpians, .tooy' aripk; mote. than) their quota of, highballs, 60 that the = tidPeade: in“ the Hquor ’tax, from: $3 . . to: $4a-gallon“ds expected to Best us qbout $8,009,900, Boosts: in-gift and t 6,780,000. " a ; Doubled taxes on ‘autos, parts and’ geceseorife swill take’ sangre. = a year framiCalifarnia. mq ereased rates on tires and tubes, $2,[B76 ,) 000; the: } elry, $2,766,00 att) 10 per cent tax. on photograyhio’ equipment (we have more than.aur share-of candid-.eam‘era: addicts) ;.$900,000;. increased rates on mechanical refrigeratozs, $1 260,000; a 10 per cent tax ‘on sporting goods (we play a lot here) . $510,000; the 5 ner cent increased tax on candy and chewing gum, $1,692,000; the soft;drinke tax, $1,356,000; the 10 per cent tax on ture, $1,242,000; the 5 per cent tax’ on passenger transportation, $2,274,000 and the revised telephone-telegraph tax (we talk a lot) $1,656,000:: And so it goes, down the whole list. Uncle Sam has been: generous in defense contracts awarded to California. But California, when all is said and done, pays of generouly to Uncle! British Seamen Are Nevada City Guests Chief Petty Officers Alex Vincent and Bill Morrish, from a _ British cruiser now in SanFrancisca bay, were visitors in’ ‘Nevada Cit. during: the weekend. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs: William Masterson of 149 Sacramento Street. Both “were enthusiastic: about the charms and scenic beauty of Nevada City and were especially grateful for the kindness and hospitality shown them by Nevada City residents, TAXES REMOVE IT By CLEM WHITAKER . California may be getting the lion’s. share of defense contracts, as several . eastern and middle western congress. men have ‘bitterly complained but! California will also pay a lion’s share of the’ bill—when it comes. tax jtime! ‘142 more than the previous month equipment and other matters withOPM announced that during Juné}out the approval of the general staff 1,476 military planes were delivered . as heretofore. If Congress approves the: program . drafted by the House Ways and . Means Committee, California’s pro! rata of the new defense tax bill will . “coll $226,980, 580 annually. which amounts to approximately $33 for to oie Army, Navy, and Great Britain and a new record. The War Depart,;ment announced contracts of nearly ; $200,000,000 for new airplane manu,facturing facilities and ordered all Air Corps ‘Reserve officers except _ those in key civilian positions; to :.a¢t:,! jive duty by August 1. The Army Air Force established its own Air Staff to form Air Force plans and. decide on NOW IS THE TIME. FURNITURE AND ALL 735 Zion Street PAINTS FOR PORCH FLOORS, peaey rae We Carry a Full Line of Famous (Nationally Advertised) All Colors For All Exterior and Interior Needs M’/DIAMONBC MATCH CO. NEVADA CITY GARDEN OUTSIDE PURPOSES Telephone 22 Dr, W. B. Hardy of Alleghany was a business visitor in Nevada City Monday. MEAT S ene of our most . valuable foods Keysto ne Market DAVE RICHARDS, Prop. 213 Commercial Street Phone 67 Nevada City @ We supply our patrons with the meat from the best cattle, sheep and hogs that money can buy. We built our renaitation on ice and quality and reaso1 able prices. Ask your neigh. bors about us. will tell you. per sent tax on jew-"