July 26, 1943 (4 pages)

. This paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. Vol. 17, No. 58. The County Seat Paper. NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA _The Gold Center aininatibeieien MONDAY, JULY 26. 1943 26. 1943 , Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. Whatever help Hitler is giving Italy these days, it is obvious that it is of the same kind that a thug gives his weaker assistant. He holds him by the neck and uses him as a shield against police bullets. Hitler would stave off defeat in the hope that some miracle, disastrous miracle, will: happen to discomfort the United ‘Nations. Germany like Japan needs time to consolidate gains. Hitler needs time to organize the Ukraine into Central Europe’s food basket. He needs time to develop and enlarge the Rumanian oil fields. He specjally needs time to replace _ his losses in aircraft and to build a better and bigger submarine fleet. These last involve a replacement and renewal of his steel making facilities. The hour glass of the Axis is running low indeed. In both Pacific and Atlantic they are suffering severe blows, losing men, materials, and equipment at a rate neither of them can sustain for any great length of time.:One of the most interesting phases of the war is the swiftness with which the’ ‘effete’? democracies and Russia have adopted the weapons and methods of the white' and yellow Aryans to turn tables. In Georga Island today the’ Yanks are outdoing the Japs in their much acclaimed methods of jungle warfare. The grandsires of the boys fighting there knew all about this Jap way of fighting. It is practical~ly the: same.kind our soldiers wagGOLD MINES CLOSE BUT LAVA CAP MARCHES ON Otto Schiffner, United chanics and machinists are busy there. The mines were closed June 7 by order of the WPB. Schiffner stated that, in Siskiyou county, had been given up. This property consisted of approximately 1200: acres in which were large veins of manganese ore. At the Keystone mine near Copperopolis in Calaveras County, which the Lava Cap purchased following the closing of the Lava Cap mines ‘here, Schiffner reports that 100 men are now emploed and that the production has been stepped up to a rate of 3,000,000 pounds of copper a year. It formerly produced 2,000,000 pounds per annum. On the Scott ranch near the southern border of Camp Beale 10 Lava Cap miners are employed in diamond drilling and-in sinking a single compartment shaft. Mr. Schiffner states it is too early to make any production estimates. Operations thus far are purely exploratory. PEOPLE FROM 60 OCCUPATIONS IN general manager of the Lava Cap Cold Mining Corporation reported yesterday that the machine shops at the Central Mine are now producing forgings for the States Navy. Fourteen’ medue to the; government’s disapproval the prop-; erty at Oro Fino, near Fort: Jones} did j had 'is-a graduate of: Nevada City High gave an interesting forecast of Ro-jeron A. Larsen, of Nevada Hose company, for assistant. The retiring chief, LIEUT. CHAPMAN HONOR AWARDS of Dr. C. W. Chapman has been awarded thé Air Medal, one of nine decorations awarded by the war department. He has also been awarded . the two Oak Leaf Clusters. the United States, subsequent to . September 8, 1939, has distinguishied or shall distinguish himself by meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight.’”’ The Air Medal is a “Pendant from the Air Corps ribbon of blue and gold, a fluer-de-lis, symbol of North, surmounts a sixteen point compass rose. The medal incorporates basic features of the American eagle and compass rose which had been included in the preliminary design prepared iby the Special Services Division, Army Air Force. The medal available for meritorious achievement while .participating in an eariel flight. The Oak Leaf Cluster is awarded for succeeding deeds, acts or achievements of sufficient importance to justify the award of an medal. The . Oak Leaf Cluster is a bronze twig’ the ribbon of the appropriate decoration, necessary. Dr. the specific action for which Ernest was awarded the Air learn that Ernest has~ already 21 missions. The young officer RECEIVES THREE . Lieut. Ernest Chapman, grandson! ‘Bret Harte Inn last evening for the; “The Air Medal is awarded to of U. S. N. Johnson p,resident of the any person who, while serving ini Nevada City Rotary Club. This is any capacity in or with the Army ofithe first Rotary speared held in [the Grass Valley club was chairman, jand Alfred Kramm, president, presided. ; District Governor Andrew L of four oak leaves and is worn on . the ribbon being lengthened if Medal but he’ . tier, Rotarians from 48 clubs in the Northern California District, No. 105, and their wives, gathered in fellowship dinner. The inn was profusely decorated with banners. Rotary International emblems and with . masses of flowers from the gardens Grass Valley. The progam, ending this evening, comprises the fellowship dinner and a luncheon today in Bret Harte Inn and meetings last evening, this morning and this afternoon in the auditorium of Grass Valley Elks Lodge. At the dinner last. evening James C. Tyrrell, past president of Haight of Fallon, Nevada, wags presented, and following adjournedment to the Elks Building, he delivered an address on “‘Shall We Measure Up To Our Job’’? Other notables in Rotary who participate in last evening’s program were Paul Rieger, past district governor, of Berkeley; Manuel Hinojosa Flores, editor Revista . Rotaria, of ;Fampico, Mexico; and a IROTARY ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 105 CONVENES IN GRASS VALLEY Mrs. R. J. Bennetts Returns Home From Hospital Mrs. R. J. Bennetts who for the past four months has been confined to the Miners Hospital suffering from a broken pelvis has made a good recovery and has returned to ‘her home. During the time she was in the hospital, Mrs. Bennetts underwent surgery by specialists from San Francisco, in order to bring the broken bones into position. Miss Helen Jones — Becomes Army Librarian Miss Helen Jones, daughter who has been librarian of-the Fremont High School,. at Sunnyvale, ! Santa Clara counfy,has nesigned!) ‘;and enlisted as an army Iibrarian. . sae the: tuvioua: bethes oF We She will take a two week’s training ‘course at Salt Lake City. Her sister, Miss Nancy Jones, is a Red Cross recreation worker in England. Nevada City Firemen Hold Election Tonight The annual election of fire chief and assistant of the (Nevada Sacramento Rotary cast who presented a drama. Roles in this play were carried by Kenneth C. Watson, ack Dory, Jack Misselhorn, ‘Fritz! B. Barth, Gil Gilson, Lee Le} Chapman has not yet learned . G72: : . ;Counte, and John Clauss, Jr. \ this morning’s session, follow. John B. Reilly of Whi-. International director, aie ing roll eall, Rotary Nevada; and Tate Williams, past . The election will follow a chicken dinner at 6:30 cooked and served by two veteran members, Richard Goyne and Garfield Robson. ‘Nominated for the offices are Garfield Robson : of . Pennsylvania Engine company, for chief, and Cam-, is Carl G. Steger. CAPTAIN IN AIR CORPS TELLS OF AFRICAN BATTLE “I have all the respect in the world for the British and I think the British Eight Army is .one of the smoothest organizations in the war,” asserts Captain William H. Bryant, 23 year old Denton, ‘Texas, B-25 Pilot who has just returned from the African front. Capt. Bryant is now assigned te the B-25 transition school at Mather Field, Calif., where the Army Air ‘ Forces Training Command is ultilizing the experience he gained in 44 raids to give better training to stuof! . Judge and Mrs. George L. Jones, ‘Billy Mitchell bombers which gave . from Egypt to the Tunisian coastCity ; Fire Department will take place this . evening in the firemen’s room in the! PROS . 'would act as bait to draw out. the ,city hall. . German fighters. I have been out on ‘missions during . be a terrific pilot training at Hemet and Gardndents soon to go into combat. Byrant was with a group of the support to the Bighth Army the ilength of its long victorious march line and was in action in the the air amein and the Mareth Line. Bryant speaks little:of his own exploits and the 44 trips over enemy territory which won him the Air ‘Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters, but is lavish in his praises of theBritish and American fighter pilots. who gave his group air protection on the flights. } “The P-40 pilots used to get us to go out on a mission so that we which there would battle between our fighters and the Germans, and yet we in the bombers wouldn’t see a single tnemy plane. The protection was that good.‘’ ‘Capt. Bryant went to North Texas State Teachers’ College and got his’ . School. . tary’s future. Other speakers were In a letter which Dr. Chapman re\George E. McCracken of Fallon, . j . . ceived from him a few days ago Ered against. Geronimo and Sitting Bull. It is not new. We only had to remember it. How many times did Custer’s soldiers fire at a bush and kill an Indian? Airpower which the Germans pioneered, developed and believed in, as they probably do not believe jn Wotan or Thor, has been wrested from them. The weapon with which, they proposed to subjugate the world is turned adroitly against them, as, witness the Tunjsian and Sicilian virtories of the Allies. The Yanks have even grown so adept in ts use that they now precisely sort out from Roman shrines, military objectives and blast the latter while they avoid the former in their bombing. This is a refinement none of the Axis pilots ever troubled to attain. With them it was a principle to rain destruction on everything beneath them regardless of civiljzation’s most revered monuments. In this connection it is amusing to observe the virtuous indignation of Axis propagandists over the damage done to the famed -Basillica in Rome by bombs dropped on the San Lorenzo railroad yards. They forget that Mussolini begged to participate in the bombing of London, and ~ that: Hitler granted his prayer. They forget the total destruction of the Cathedral at Coventry and immense damage, and in some cases, total destruction of London churches. ‘As a matter of fact the bombing of Rotterdam, of Warsaw and of . London, with all their monuments to the progress . of ‘Christianity and civilization, could not be expiated by the complete devastation of Rome and all of its “sacred’”’ and historical edifices. With this said, we still believe that it would be far better to spare Rome further bombings. We doubt whether military object-° 4ves there warrant it. We would like our children and grandchildren to see some of those historic structures there. We feel keenly, that, as RoyceBryer expressed it the San Francisco Chronicle, in gubstance, that we are.either as ruthless and consciousless as our foe, or we are not. We had rather pelieve that we are not. Hateful as it seems, we probably could descend to the Hun and Jap level, if that were needed to win. We do not think it is. St. George, we recall, speared the dragon. He did not get off his. horse and gnaw the dragon's throat. in . war jdrawn is made clear ‘of the former . ' Bethlehem . the war . lyards. 'everything from ' teacher. The wide ‘range of ‘from which men and women now production jobs have in . been those who have been Steel Com'pany emergency. The anatysis, recently released, lists 60 occupations from which employees have gone to Bethlehem plants and shipThese occupations, many of which are totally unrelated to steel production or shipbuilding, include actor to schovl They show that a former automoble salesman is now a Bethlehem materials inspector, a delivery man is now a furnace loader, a former woman office clerk is now a ship draftswoman, a former plumber is now a meter repairman, and a leather worker is now a machine operator. Among other employees are former college professors, architects, retail store clerks, writers, lawyers, waiters, gas station operators, mail carriers, druggists and representatives of a host of other occupations. The Bethlehem plants and shipyards have absorbed men and women from such diverse occupations through an efficient set-up for onthe-job training courses, whereby men’*and women earn good wages while they are learning a new job. Dr. John R. Bell To Join Army Dental Corps Dr. John: R. Bell, dentist, president of the Nevada City Unified District School Board, closed his office Saturday and résigned his post on the board. He will leave this week for Salt Lake City where he will enter the U. S. Army Dental Corps. . Dr. Bell is the second member of the school board to join the army. His predecessor in the wmpresidency was Frank G. Finnegan, who is now in an offecer’s ‘training school. Wrestling Match Results In Broken Arm Matthew Cavanaugh of’ Oakland, who passing his vacation near Downieville, Sierra county, suffered a fracture of his right arm _ while wrestling with a friend. With elbows linked each tried to throw the other off balance by twisting and turning their arms. Cavanaugh is now in ‘the Jones Memorial Hospital. Dr. Carl P. Jones in open surger Saturday wired the bone together. The fracture was along a diagonal line with the bone. occupations . an analysis . activities of some of. , 5 bs ;to ever delay going to war until the employed by' during, wrote. “The United States in-, . deed holds a strategical position that! ‘is the envy of 'the Germans. It would . /be an extremely disastrous policy’ nest enemy ‘had struck at our shores. DOCTOR HOME FROM 20 YEARS IN SWATOW “BERKELEY, July 26.—Home in California after twenty years. in (China, Dr. Velva V. Brown has accepted a position as resident uhysic‘keley campus of the University of California. Dr. Brown, who is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, interned at Alameda County Hospital and San Francisco ‘Children’s Hospital. She sailed for China in 1923 and became superintendent of the Scott-Thresher Memorial Hospital in Swatow under the Northern Baptist Mission. Since the beginning of the Japanese ‘incident’ Dr. Brown recalled, she and her agsociates have been caring for the wounded brought in from the surrounding territory and also for’ many cholera patients. In 1939 the Japanese occupied Swatow and the hospital carried on is.a grim reality in China, said Dr. ‘Brown. The price of rice has advanced from five cents to ten dollars per pound. Much of the population is near starvation. On December 7th-December 8th in China—the American and_ British were taken into custody. Their Chinese friends supplied food, and even offered money. Dr: Brown recalled. After ten days they were released to the freedom of their own compound. They petitioned to be allowed to remain for the duration, but were infomed that they were to be sent home on the erchange boat. “The optimism and courage of the iChinese after five years of war is amazing.” said Dr. Brown. Announcement came today from the Tahoe Area Council that nearly one hundred scouts from Marin (Counsil and their leaders would take over (‘Camp Pahatsi, near Soda Springs, for a two weeks peridd starting July 25th. This group will be followed by the Auburn Camp FireGirls starting August 8th. Fees Riley W. on the body of Albert T. Wallace, ian at ‘Cowell Hospital on the Ber-! the Grass‘ Valley Elks charge. The body will be sent to Los under difficult conditions. Inflation . — CAMP PAHATSIE IN READINESS ‘ president of Reno, Nevada, Rotary-. Rev. Cedric Porter, secretary of . the Nevada City club, had charge of! the ‘luncheon program today. Speak. ers in this afternoon’s session will} Doe, past district governor og Oakland; J. A. Pardee, past district governor, of Susanville, Lassen county; Harvey B. Lyon, past; district governor, of Oakland; and Allison B. Ware, past vice president Rotary Internationa, of Chico. Wallace’s Death Found Due To Heart Attack An autopsy performed Carl P. Jones and Orrin P. by Drs. Frey upfound in a lake on the Loma Rica Ranch Wednesday evening, indicated that Wallace died of a heart attack. It was found that Wallace’s lungs were free of water. The doctors believe he was dead before his body rolled down the steep embankment into the lake. ‘Chapel funeral services were held in the Hooper and Weaver Moutrary yesterday afternoon with officers of ‘Lodge in Angeles for burial. DO NOT DEFACE LETTER BOXES WARNS POSTMASTER Betty Martin West, Postmaster, calls the ‘public’s attention to the seriousness of the offense in tampering with or defacing in any manner, the storage boxes and letter drop boxes placed for service at various locations about the city. These boxes are the property of the Post Office Department and to be used only for the purpose intended. Persons defacing this government property will be apprehended and dealt with according to rules governing such misuse or destruction. Parents are asked to instruct their children of the seriousness of this offense. These boxes are at present being re-painted to cover defacement and it is expected offenses of this nature will not occur in future. For the few days drop boxes will bear wet paint signs, “patrons are asked to cooperate in avoiding mailings at such out of condition boxes as well as to avoid smearing the paint until the box has been again open for. service. Drop. boxes are for mail matter only and foreign matter must not placed therein. be ithe ied 31, New Fire Alarm Box — Installed At Plaza installed department’s Gamewell fire alarm system yesterday morning. The new box replaces one numberlocated at'the Plaza. The old box, while it had never failed to function was in poor condition, and in line with the department’s aim of replacing one old box per year, was replaced with a new type box. The new box beas the same number 31 and is in the same location, at the junction of Boulder Street and the Plaza. Herbert Hallett installed the new box and tested it. Legion Chooses Convention Delegates Hague-Thomas-Hegarty Post of the American Legion have chosen delegates and alternates to attend the Department of California convention ‘which will open in San ‘Francisco, August 16th. The delegates chosen are Matt DePauli, post commander, Lee Sonnenberg, junior past commander, Howard Bennetts, past commander, and Chas. Chester, first vice commander. Alternates are Harry Morton, Joseph Chamblis, L. Reid, and Orrin Johnson, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Conti Missing In Action Mr. and Mrs. Fred Conti, owners of the New York Hotel, have received a telegram from Rear Admiral (Randall Jacobs, in charge of naval personnel, stating that their son Albert Bruno Conti, seaman second class, is missing in action in the South Pacific. Young Conti enrolled in the navy one yea ago. Following his completion of preliminary training he was home on leave for a brief visit. At that: time he was serving on a -destroyer. John J. Ghidotti In . Jap Prison Camp Frank Ghidotti, local merchant is in receipt of a telegram from the War Department, stating that his brother, John J. Ghidotti is a prisoner of the Japs in an internment camp near Davao, Mindanao, Philippine Islands. More than 18 months had elapsed since the family here had heard anthing of his whereabouts. Ghidotti was superintendent of the underground workings of the I. X. L. mine on Mindanao when his last letter was received. . months. Fire Chief Carl G. Steger ordered . ia new fire alarm box in. ‘FLYING IS VITAL leran of 10 months of combat flying. . tinguished Flying ‘Cross, ‘ment work,” students were told by er Field, Calif., and Luke Field, Arizona. He was overseas for ten AIR ACE TELLS WHY FORMATION. “Just how much information you absorb here will determine how often you can come out of tight squeeze and bring your airplane back home,’’ Billy Mitchell bomber pilots were told at Mather Field, yeaterday by Major Joe M. Kilgore, vet‘Major Kilgore, holder of the Disthe Silver ‘Star for gallantry in action, and the Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster, is touring stations of the Army Air Forces Training Command giving . four-engine and two-engine bomber pliots the benefit of his combat ex— perience gained on the Middle Eastern front. A bomber pilot has a great responsibility to master all the minute details with flying and fighting his Plane, the major told his listeners, now in transition training learning to fly the twin enginer B-25’s. The pilot must be able to handle the job of any member of the crew so that he can keep his men on their toes and the the same time he muet know his job so that the crew will maintain its confidence in him. “Eighty per cent of your flying overseas will be formation or instru‘Major Kilgore, who fought for ten months from the pilots chair of a B-24 Liberator. He explained that good formation flying is an absolute necessity, since it gives a concentration of fire power against attacking aircraft and at the same time makes it easier for our own fight: ers to blanket the bomber formation with protective covering.RATTLESNAKE SWALLOW: s RABBITS a Ray Wilde, Sr., states his brot in law, Wilford Jenkins, rancher Sierra_City, had a most unpl experience recently when he tigated a queer noise in . pens. He found a rattl a gopher snake each sv small rabbit in o: rattlesnake had al er rabbit and she Jenkins killed the s the whole bunch in

. This paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. Vol. 17, No. 58. The County Seat Paper. NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA _The Gold Center aininatibeieien MONDAY, JULY 26. 1943 26. 1943 , Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. Whatever help Hitler is giving Italy these days, it is obvious that it is of the same kind that a thug gives his weaker assistant. He holds him by the neck and uses him as a shield against police bullets. Hitler would stave off defeat in the hope that some miracle, disastrous miracle, will: happen to discomfort the United ‘Nations. Germany like Japan needs time to consolidate gains. Hitler needs time to organize the Ukraine into Central Europe’s food basket. He needs time to develop and enlarge the Rumanian oil fields. He specjally needs time to replace _ his losses in aircraft and to build a better and bigger submarine fleet. These last involve a replacement and renewal of his steel making facilities. The hour glass of the Axis is running low indeed. In both Pacific and Atlantic they are suffering severe blows, losing men, materials, and equipment at a rate neither of them can sustain for any great length of time.:One of the most interesting phases of the war is the swiftness with which the’ ‘effete’? democracies and Russia have adopted the weapons and methods of the white' and yellow Aryans to turn tables. In Georga Island today the’ Yanks are outdoing the Japs in their much acclaimed methods of jungle warfare. The grandsires of the boys fighting there knew all about this Jap way of fighting. It is practical~ly the: same.kind our soldiers wagGOLD MINES CLOSE BUT LAVA CAP MARCHES ON Otto Schiffner, United chanics and machinists are busy there. The mines were closed June 7 by order of the WPB. Schiffner stated that, in Siskiyou county, had been given up. This property consisted of approximately 1200: acres in which were large veins of manganese ore. At the Keystone mine near Copperopolis in Calaveras County, which the Lava Cap purchased following the closing of the Lava Cap mines ‘here, Schiffner reports that 100 men are now emploed and that the production has been stepped up to a rate of 3,000,000 pounds of copper a year. It formerly produced 2,000,000 pounds per annum. On the Scott ranch near the southern border of Camp Beale 10 Lava Cap miners are employed in diamond drilling and-in sinking a single compartment shaft. Mr. Schiffner states it is too early to make any production estimates. Operations thus far are purely exploratory. PEOPLE FROM 60 OCCUPATIONS IN general manager of the Lava Cap Cold Mining Corporation reported yesterday that the machine shops at the Central Mine are now producing forgings for the States Navy. Fourteen’ medue to the; government’s disapproval the prop-; erty at Oro Fino, near Fort: Jones} did j had 'is-a graduate of: Nevada City High gave an interesting forecast of Ro-jeron A. Larsen, of Nevada Hose company, for assistant. The retiring chief, LIEUT. CHAPMAN HONOR AWARDS of Dr. C. W. Chapman has been awarded thé Air Medal, one of nine decorations awarded by the war department. He has also been awarded . the two Oak Leaf Clusters. the United States, subsequent to . September 8, 1939, has distinguishied or shall distinguish himself by meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight.’”’ The Air Medal is a “Pendant from the Air Corps ribbon of blue and gold, a fluer-de-lis, symbol of North, surmounts a sixteen point compass rose. The medal incorporates basic features of the American eagle and compass rose which had been included in the preliminary design prepared iby the Special Services Division, Army Air Force. The medal available for meritorious achievement while .participating in an eariel flight. The Oak Leaf Cluster is awarded for succeeding deeds, acts or achievements of sufficient importance to justify the award of an medal. The . Oak Leaf Cluster is a bronze twig’ the ribbon of the appropriate decoration, necessary. Dr. the specific action for which Ernest was awarded the Air learn that Ernest has~ already 21 missions. The young officer RECEIVES THREE . Lieut. Ernest Chapman, grandson! ‘Bret Harte Inn last evening for the; “The Air Medal is awarded to of U. S. N. Johnson p,resident of the any person who, while serving ini Nevada City Rotary Club. This is any capacity in or with the Army ofithe first Rotary speared held in [the Grass Valley club was chairman, jand Alfred Kramm, president, presided. ; District Governor Andrew L of four oak leaves and is worn on . the ribbon being lengthened if Medal but he’ . tier, Rotarians from 48 clubs in the Northern California District, No. 105, and their wives, gathered in fellowship dinner. The inn was profusely decorated with banners. Rotary International emblems and with . masses of flowers from the gardens Grass Valley. The progam, ending this evening, comprises the fellowship dinner and a luncheon today in Bret Harte Inn and meetings last evening, this morning and this afternoon in the auditorium of Grass Valley Elks Lodge. At the dinner last. evening James C. Tyrrell, past president of Haight of Fallon, Nevada, wags presented, and following adjournedment to the Elks Building, he delivered an address on “‘Shall We Measure Up To Our Job’’? Other notables in Rotary who participate in last evening’s program were Paul Rieger, past district governor, of Berkeley; Manuel Hinojosa Flores, editor Revista . Rotaria, of ;Fampico, Mexico; and a IROTARY ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 105 CONVENES IN GRASS VALLEY Mrs. R. J. Bennetts Returns Home From Hospital Mrs. R. J. Bennetts who for the past four months has been confined to the Miners Hospital suffering from a broken pelvis has made a good recovery and has returned to ‘her home. During the time she was in the hospital, Mrs. Bennetts underwent surgery by specialists from San Francisco, in order to bring the broken bones into position. Miss Helen Jones — Becomes Army Librarian Miss Helen Jones, daughter who has been librarian of-the Fremont High School,. at Sunnyvale, ! Santa Clara counfy,has nesigned!) ‘;and enlisted as an army Iibrarian. . sae the: tuvioua: bethes oF We She will take a two week’s training ‘course at Salt Lake City. Her sister, Miss Nancy Jones, is a Red Cross recreation worker in England. Nevada City Firemen Hold Election Tonight The annual election of fire chief and assistant of the (Nevada Sacramento Rotary cast who presented a drama. Roles in this play were carried by Kenneth C. Watson, ack Dory, Jack Misselhorn, ‘Fritz! B. Barth, Gil Gilson, Lee Le} Chapman has not yet learned . G72: : . ;Counte, and John Clauss, Jr. \ this morning’s session, follow. John B. Reilly of Whi-. International director, aie ing roll eall, Rotary Nevada; and Tate Williams, past . The election will follow a chicken dinner at 6:30 cooked and served by two veteran members, Richard Goyne and Garfield Robson. ‘Nominated for the offices are Garfield Robson : of . Pennsylvania Engine company, for chief, and Cam-, is Carl G. Steger. CAPTAIN IN AIR CORPS TELLS OF AFRICAN BATTLE “I have all the respect in the world for the British and I think the British Eight Army is .one of the smoothest organizations in the war,” asserts Captain William H. Bryant, 23 year old Denton, ‘Texas, B-25 Pilot who has just returned from the African front. Capt. Bryant is now assigned te the B-25 transition school at Mather Field, Calif., where the Army Air ‘ Forces Training Command is ultilizing the experience he gained in 44 raids to give better training to stuof! . Judge and Mrs. George L. Jones, ‘Billy Mitchell bombers which gave . from Egypt to the Tunisian coastCity ; Fire Department will take place this . evening in the firemen’s room in the! PROS . 'would act as bait to draw out. the ,city hall. . German fighters. I have been out on ‘missions during . be a terrific pilot training at Hemet and Gardndents soon to go into combat. Byrant was with a group of the support to the Bighth Army the ilength of its long victorious march line and was in action in the the air amein and the Mareth Line. Bryant speaks little:of his own exploits and the 44 trips over enemy territory which won him the Air ‘Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters, but is lavish in his praises of theBritish and American fighter pilots. who gave his group air protection on the flights. } “The P-40 pilots used to get us to go out on a mission so that we which there would battle between our fighters and the Germans, and yet we in the bombers wouldn’t see a single tnemy plane. The protection was that good.‘’ ‘Capt. Bryant went to North Texas State Teachers’ College and got his’ . School. . tary’s future. Other speakers were In a letter which Dr. Chapman re\George E. McCracken of Fallon, . j . . ceived from him a few days ago Ered against. Geronimo and Sitting Bull. It is not new. We only had to remember it. How many times did Custer’s soldiers fire at a bush and kill an Indian? Airpower which the Germans pioneered, developed and believed in, as they probably do not believe jn Wotan or Thor, has been wrested from them. The weapon with which, they proposed to subjugate the world is turned adroitly against them, as, witness the Tunjsian and Sicilian virtories of the Allies. The Yanks have even grown so adept in ts use that they now precisely sort out from Roman shrines, military objectives and blast the latter while they avoid the former in their bombing. This is a refinement none of the Axis pilots ever troubled to attain. With them it was a principle to rain destruction on everything beneath them regardless of civiljzation’s most revered monuments. In this connection it is amusing to observe the virtuous indignation of Axis propagandists over the damage done to the famed -Basillica in Rome by bombs dropped on the San Lorenzo railroad yards. They forget that Mussolini begged to participate in the bombing of London, and ~ that: Hitler granted his prayer. They forget the total destruction of the Cathedral at Coventry and immense damage, and in some cases, total destruction of London churches. ‘As a matter of fact the bombing of Rotterdam, of Warsaw and of . London, with all their monuments to the progress . of ‘Christianity and civilization, could not be expiated by the complete devastation of Rome and all of its “sacred’”’ and historical edifices. With this said, we still believe that it would be far better to spare Rome further bombings. We doubt whether military object-° 4ves there warrant it. We would like our children and grandchildren to see some of those historic structures there. We feel keenly, that, as RoyceBryer expressed it the San Francisco Chronicle, in gubstance, that we are.either as ruthless and consciousless as our foe, or we are not. We had rather pelieve that we are not. Hateful as it seems, we probably could descend to the Hun and Jap level, if that were needed to win. We do not think it is. St. George, we recall, speared the dragon. He

did not get off his. horse and gnaw the dragon's throat. in . war jdrawn is made clear ‘of the former . ' Bethlehem . the war . lyards. 'everything from ' teacher. The wide ‘range of ‘from which men and women now production jobs have in . been those who have been Steel Com'pany emergency. The anatysis, recently released, lists 60 occupations from which employees have gone to Bethlehem plants and shipThese occupations, many of which are totally unrelated to steel production or shipbuilding, include actor to schovl They show that a former automoble salesman is now a Bethlehem materials inspector, a delivery man is now a furnace loader, a former woman office clerk is now a ship draftswoman, a former plumber is now a meter repairman, and a leather worker is now a machine operator. Among other employees are former college professors, architects, retail store clerks, writers, lawyers, waiters, gas station operators, mail carriers, druggists and representatives of a host of other occupations. The Bethlehem plants and shipyards have absorbed men and women from such diverse occupations through an efficient set-up for onthe-job training courses, whereby men’*and women earn good wages while they are learning a new job. Dr. John R. Bell To Join Army Dental Corps Dr. John: R. Bell, dentist, president of the Nevada City Unified District School Board, closed his office Saturday and résigned his post on the board. He will leave this week for Salt Lake City where he will enter the U. S. Army Dental Corps. . Dr. Bell is the second member of the school board to join the army. His predecessor in the wmpresidency was Frank G. Finnegan, who is now in an offecer’s ‘training school. Wrestling Match Results In Broken Arm Matthew Cavanaugh of’ Oakland, who passing his vacation near Downieville, Sierra county, suffered a fracture of his right arm _ while wrestling with a friend. With elbows linked each tried to throw the other off balance by twisting and turning their arms. Cavanaugh is now in ‘the Jones Memorial Hospital. Dr. Carl P. Jones in open surger Saturday wired the bone together. The fracture was along a diagonal line with the bone. occupations . an analysis . activities of some of. , 5 bs ;to ever delay going to war until the employed by' during, wrote. “The United States in-, . deed holds a strategical position that! ‘is the envy of 'the Germans. It would . /be an extremely disastrous policy’ nest enemy ‘had struck at our shores. DOCTOR HOME FROM 20 YEARS IN SWATOW “BERKELEY, July 26.—Home in California after twenty years. in (China, Dr. Velva V. Brown has accepted a position as resident uhysic‘keley campus of the University of California. Dr. Brown, who is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, interned at Alameda County Hospital and San Francisco ‘Children’s Hospital. She sailed for China in 1923 and became superintendent of the Scott-Thresher Memorial Hospital in Swatow under the Northern Baptist Mission. Since the beginning of the Japanese ‘incident’ Dr. Brown recalled, she and her agsociates have been caring for the wounded brought in from the surrounding territory and also for’ many cholera patients. In 1939 the Japanese occupied Swatow and the hospital carried on is.a grim reality in China, said Dr. ‘Brown. The price of rice has advanced from five cents to ten dollars per pound. Much of the population is near starvation. On December 7th-December 8th in China—the American and_ British were taken into custody. Their Chinese friends supplied food, and even offered money. Dr: Brown recalled. After ten days they were released to the freedom of their own compound. They petitioned to be allowed to remain for the duration, but were infomed that they were to be sent home on the erchange boat. “The optimism and courage of the iChinese after five years of war is amazing.” said Dr. Brown. Announcement came today from the Tahoe Area Council that nearly one hundred scouts from Marin (Counsil and their leaders would take over (‘Camp Pahatsi, near Soda Springs, for a two weeks peridd starting July 25th. This group will be followed by the Auburn Camp FireGirls starting August 8th. Fees Riley W. on the body of Albert T. Wallace, ian at ‘Cowell Hospital on the Ber-! the Grass‘ Valley Elks charge. The body will be sent to Los under difficult conditions. Inflation . — CAMP PAHATSIE IN READINESS ‘ president of Reno, Nevada, Rotary-. Rev. Cedric Porter, secretary of . the Nevada City club, had charge of! the ‘luncheon program today. Speak. ers in this afternoon’s session will} Doe, past district governor og Oakland; J. A. Pardee, past district governor, of Susanville, Lassen county; Harvey B. Lyon, past; district governor, of Oakland; and Allison B. Ware, past vice president Rotary Internationa, of Chico. Wallace’s Death Found Due To Heart Attack An autopsy performed Carl P. Jones and Orrin P. by Drs. Frey upfound in a lake on the Loma Rica Ranch Wednesday evening, indicated that Wallace died of a heart attack. It was found that Wallace’s lungs were free of water. The doctors believe he was dead before his body rolled down the steep embankment into the lake. ‘Chapel funeral services were held in the Hooper and Weaver Moutrary yesterday afternoon with officers of ‘Lodge in Angeles for burial. DO NOT DEFACE LETTER BOXES WARNS POSTMASTER Betty Martin West, Postmaster, calls the ‘public’s attention to the seriousness of the offense in tampering with or defacing in any manner, the storage boxes and letter drop boxes placed for service at various locations about the city. These boxes are the property of the Post Office Department and to be used only for the purpose intended. Persons defacing this government property will be apprehended and dealt with according to rules governing such misuse or destruction. Parents are asked to instruct their children of the seriousness of this offense. These boxes are at present being re-painted to cover defacement and it is expected offenses of this nature will not occur in future. For the few days drop boxes will bear wet paint signs, “patrons are asked to cooperate in avoiding mailings at such out of condition boxes as well as to avoid smearing the paint until the box has been again open for. service. Drop. boxes are for mail matter only and foreign matter must not placed therein. be ithe ied 31, New Fire Alarm Box — Installed At Plaza installed department’s Gamewell fire alarm system yesterday morning. The new box replaces one numberlocated at'the Plaza. The old box, while it had never failed to function was in poor condition, and in line with the department’s aim of replacing one old box per year, was replaced with a new type box. The new box beas the same number 31 and is in the same location, at the junction of Boulder Street and the Plaza. Herbert Hallett installed the new box and tested it. Legion Chooses Convention Delegates Hague-Thomas-Hegarty Post of the American Legion have chosen delegates and alternates to attend the Department of California convention ‘which will open in San ‘Francisco, August 16th. The delegates chosen are Matt DePauli, post commander, Lee Sonnenberg, junior past commander, Howard Bennetts, past commander, and Chas. Chester, first vice commander. Alternates are Harry Morton, Joseph Chamblis, L. Reid, and Orrin Johnson, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Conti Missing In Action Mr. and Mrs. Fred Conti, owners of the New York Hotel, have received a telegram from Rear Admiral (Randall Jacobs, in charge of naval personnel, stating that their son Albert Bruno Conti, seaman second class, is missing in action in the South Pacific. Young Conti enrolled in the navy one yea ago. Following his completion of preliminary training he was home on leave for a brief visit. At that: time he was serving on a -destroyer. John J. Ghidotti In . Jap Prison Camp Frank Ghidotti, local merchant is in receipt of a telegram from the War Department, stating that his brother, John J. Ghidotti is a prisoner of the Japs in an internment camp near Davao, Mindanao, Philippine Islands. More than 18 months had elapsed since the family here had heard anthing of his whereabouts. Ghidotti was superintendent of the underground workings of the I. X. L. mine on Mindanao when his last letter was received. . months. Fire Chief Carl G. Steger ordered . ia new fire alarm box in. ‘FLYING IS VITAL leran of 10 months of combat flying. . tinguished Flying ‘Cross, ‘ment work,” students were told by er Field, Calif., and Luke Field, Arizona. He was overseas for ten AIR ACE TELLS WHY FORMATION. “Just how much information you absorb here will determine how often you can come out of tight squeeze and bring your airplane back home,’’ Billy Mitchell bomber pilots were told at Mather Field, yeaterday by Major Joe M. Kilgore, vet‘Major Kilgore, holder of the Disthe Silver ‘Star for gallantry in action, and the Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster, is touring stations of the Army Air Forces Training Command giving . four-engine and two-engine bomber pliots the benefit of his combat ex— perience gained on the Middle Eastern front. A bomber pilot has a great responsibility to master all the minute details with flying and fighting his Plane, the major told his listeners, now in transition training learning to fly the twin enginer B-25’s. The pilot must be able to handle the job of any member of the crew so that he can keep his men on their toes and the the same time he muet know his job so that the crew will maintain its confidence in him. “Eighty per cent of your flying overseas will be formation or instru‘Major Kilgore, who fought for ten months from the pilots chair of a B-24 Liberator. He explained that good formation flying is an absolute necessity, since it gives a concentration of fire power against attacking aircraft and at the same time makes it easier for our own fight: ers to blanket the bomber formation with protective covering.RATTLESNAKE SWALLOW: s RABBITS a Ray Wilde, Sr., states his brot in law, Wilford Jenkins, rancher Sierra_City, had a most unpl experience recently when he tigated a queer noise in . pens. He found a rattl a gopher snake each sv small rabbit in o: rattlesnake had al er rabbit and she Jenkins killed the s the whole bunch in