July 9, 1945 (4 pages)

l “God draiits liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster The Nugget is delivered to evada . This paper gives. you complete . coverage of all local happenings. If, you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your your home twice a week for only 30 cents per jf month pit , We could, ally surrender. We do not share that ity Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _.town, read The Nugget. Vol. 19, No. 54 The e County Seat Paper_ NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold C Canige MONDAY, JULY 9, 1945 LOUD By H. M. L. css = 9 Pe cS a OA Good news comes from the Pacific. Hunting is excellent. More than a hundred ‘thousand Japs killed on Okinawa, some four hundred thousand in the Philippines. This business of tallying dead eiemies leaves us ‘with sensibilities a bit calloused. For, truth is, we remember Pearl Harbor quite vvidly. And Secretary Hull had ‘been treating the Japs so handsomely. Let them have thousands of tons of petroleum, thousands of tons of scrap metal. They used our oil to steam close to.the Hawaiian Islands, and then let us have a shipjoad our metal back. The ratio of enemy dead to one of our boys is about four to one. It jen"t high enough, and we feel like serving notice on Nimitz, Halsey, MacArthur and company, that we want the ratio raised in future dealjngs with the little ‘brown. vermin. A's a matter of fact there are several boys from Nevada City in the armed services we would not trade for the entire population of Japan. There isn’t any scales in which to strike a ‘palantce. We recall when Doolittle made his plane raid on Tokyo over two years ago, an excited woman rushed into the office and asked us all: ‘Why. didn’t they drop a bomb on Hirohito?’’ We did not know, exactly, but surmised aloud that the, Japs held gome 255,000 American and British, and if Hirohito got a bomb splinter in his holy person, the little brown men would probably slaughter them all. We are not sure even now why so much deference s paid to Hirohito.and the imperial palace in Tokyo, but unayestionably it is more important to ‘blast airdromes ‘and manufacturing plants. INow it is too late to damage Hirohito much. In all likelihood he is in some palatial burrow and only shows himself on a white horse when the sky is clear of planes. In the days of ‘the privateers when a lucky cannon ‘ball carried awaythe figurehead no especial injury was done the ship, but it used to make the crew mightly mad. The Japs are already mightymad. So we surmise that‘ Hirohito in the long run may be more useful to us a live suecimen of Jap godhood, than a dead martyr. . for instance take charge of him and perhaps re-educate the heathen Nips who worship him. He . cB8uld issue American written ukases . that the Japs, all wrapped up in their worship of him, might carry through. We do believe that the Nipponese are even more in need of re-education than the supermen Teutons, whio have so recently had their super sheared. Nothing but the densest ignorance of the world at large and of the U. S. in particular could have gotten the Japs so far off the beam that they could venture the Pearl Harbor attack. They just didn’t have a glimmering of our history, resources or abilities. They got us all wrong. Their collosal conceit was ~only matched by their abysmal ignorance. They surely need a re-education, especially about us Yanks. And there is a chance that a live Hirohito might function usefully after our military and naval men have coached him. : ; Pa A good many. peoule believe the Japs are coming rapidly to a state of mind when they will unconditionopinion. If their skins were white they might quit and save something out of the national wreck. A white man with a bashed nose and two fplack eyes who has failed to leave any indelible marks on his opponent, usually says ‘‘Uncle.’’ But the burrowing Japs with utter disregard of jife here and now, and over-weaning regard for the life hereafter, apparently do not care whether the home islands are left afloat or not when the war’s done. We shall have to dig them out and dispatch them like go many badgers. Another thing which we think the war has taught us, is that Hirohito has no real power, Presumably he is ne or . POLITICAL POT BOILING AGAIN By \Clem Whitaker The political cauldron soothsaying with That wizard of production, J. Kaiser, builder of ships and probable post war invader of the automotive industry is being touted now as a. prospective democratic candidate for governor. The flashy Mr. This: report, is boiling —and the merry witches who preside over it are indulging in a veritable orgy of to next year’s elections! respect Kaiser according to the bourbon. oracles, is definitely interested and the democrats, ing a Strong candidate, are said to tbe definitely interested in Kaiser. which follows close on the heels of a story that Will Rog~ . OPATOAD VETERANS IN TIREBUSINESS As a further step in revising its rationing regulations to assist returning veterans wishing fo open small business, the OPA today made it possible for veterans of the present war to become tire dealers on a small scale. S Because of the acute shortage of ! ires, OPA for the last year has not given permission to anyone not already in the tire business to get certificates for truck or passenger tires. In keeping with the government’s program to aid returning veterans OP:A is now relaxing this regulation to permit veterans to obtain stocks Henry need'ton—and now claims to be a hun_Angeles incidentally, is being boosters Jr. son of the late humorist is being groomed for the gubernatorial race by another group of democrats, indicates that the 1946 contest will not be lacking in color, regardless ‘of its ultimate outcome. It also appears more certain every day that Lieut.Goy. Fred Houser, who ran far ahead of-his ticket in last year’s election, is definitely headed for a joust with that grizzled veteran Hiram. W. Johnson, for the right to represent this state in the United States senate. Houser is a chap with real votegetting ability—and if he should take the venerable Hiram in the republican primary, the democrats would be hard put to it to head him off at the general election. There is an interesting and somewhat amusing geographcal angle--to this impending -senatorial wrangle. . ‘By reason of a long standing gentlemen’s agreement, this state’s two represenatives in the United States senate are supposed to be divided equally twixt the north and_ the south—and when Houser’s name first bobbed into santorial speculation, the objection was raised in some auarters that if he were elected this: would give southern Canfor-+Puble :Health: Seetion.-of.he Comnia both U. S. senators, as Senattor (Sheridan Downey of recent yearq, also has claimed the southland as his home. Downey, who has alternately lived at Sacramento, Atherton, Los Angeles and and Orange County has resolved, this problem, however by mioving his residen'ce back to Atherdred per cent northerner. ‘Assemiblyman Don Field of Los ed by some of the repulblican leaders as a likely successor to Houser in the lieutenant governor's office. In democratic quarters say the soothertson of Santa Barbara has his eye on the lieutenant governor’s chair. That’s the new year’s forecast for 1946, as it appears in mid-June of 1945. Miss Georgia English of (Bloomfield was in Nevada City Saturday to attend the funeral of the late ‘Dennis Coughlan, he would like to save as many of his subject millions as possible. Presumably he would call off the war if he could. But we do not believe he ean. He is caught, like the meanest coolie, in the maelstrom of war, and cannot swim free . Should we tell the Japs just what we mean ‘by unconditional surrender? That question seems tio be vexing the nation just now. It is doubtful whether if the Jap leaders knew the worst they would like it any better than ‘plain unconditional surrendjer. . Suess what unconditional surrenider . means by perusing the news from Germany, wrong even -with that demonstration before their eyes. For there is no especial parallelism ‘between their case and the Germans, save that both asked for war and got it. If, for instance, we planned on military occupation of Japan to ride herd on their industries and_ their educational system for, say, a half century, they would probably go on even more bitterly with the last ditch defense. Or, they might ask for a truce in which to debate the matter. Undoubtedly we could strike a bargan with them, but:we hold steadfastly to the thesiis that we want no among the Japanese 4ntelligentsia . and knows the jig is up. Presumably , pargains with the nation that stahbed us at Pearl Harbor. of tires, as was done earlier in fhe year in the case of rationed foods. ically short, the stocks allowed the veteran necessarily must be small, and OPA recognizes that they would be tory incomes from their sale alotie. It is felt, however, that even a small stock will be valuable adjunct ‘to the veteran entering an alliedautomotive business such as the sale of gasoline,” the maintenance of a garage, . or the recapping and repairing of, CLUBFAVORS VOLUNTARY HEALTH PLAN favor of encouragement of voluntary ballot announced today. . distribution to all club members of the section’s report, ‘pressed its preference for a volungayers, Assemblyman Alfred W. Rob-; vis paid per unit of service he rendNorth . : ‘DRAGLINE MINER The Jap militarists probably can . though they might guess} ᠀琀栀攀礀 took over the crude start in this With total tire supplies still critinsufficient to provide satisfactires. SAN FRANCISCO, July 9—Commonwealth Club memibers voted in health nsurance bu't in opposition to compulsory plans in a membership The ‘ballot followed study by the monwealth Club of California and ‘pro and con arguments and summaries of the principal health insurance measures. G ‘By a two tl one vote, the club extary rather than a compulsory system. Members favored state regulation of voluntary health plans as to: character and solvency, premiums charged, and extent and quality of services. They opposed state financial assistance to voluntary plans but favored educajional assistance and legal status clarification. While opposing compulsion, the majority held -that if a comlpulsory plan were adopted the ‘‘fee system”’ of paying doctor bills would be preferable to the “per capita system” ‘Under the fee system the physician ers, and under the per capita system he is paid per patient enrolled with him. The majority also held that if a compulsory plan were adopted, Gov. Warren’s bill AIB 800, in the recent legislative session would be preferable to the CHO ‘bill AB 449. HARRY ENGLAND DIES IN OREGON Harry England, pioneer in dragline operation, died of injuries received in an automobile accident. gal Prairie City, Oregon, June 10: He and several other operators ‘thaas. their first venture in dragline when type of mining made at Palermo, Butte County, by the late Horace Onyett of Oroville. He and four other partners become very successful in this type of mining. He was also one of the owners of the Wyandotte Dredge Com'pany which operated at Greenhorn Creek a.few years ago. He and his family made their home in Nevada City during that time and made many friends while they resided here who will be sorry to hear of his passing. He was 44 years of age. Herbert and Henry , Paine of ‘Bloomfield were in town Saturday. shown that the new housing is esi but cougd not show a defense indus-. pressed surprise—statng that WASHINGTON NOTES By Congressman (Clair Engle WASHINGTON, D. C. June 29—Housing Shortage. The following communities have applications pending with the National Housing Ageney for authorization to Build additional housing; Alturas, Grass Valley, Jackson, Inyokern, Nevada City, Placerville, Portola, Sonora, Susanville, and Yreka. These applications are being processed in the field at the present time, and are to be submitted to the national office here in Washington by July 31st. Recently Bishop, Inyo County, made application but the record of it has not as yet ‘been transmitted to the national office. If there are any others I would appreciate the interested communities contacting me so I can assist in securing favorable consideration. Applications ‘Should Cite War Needs—tIn order to get favorable action on application for priorities to build additional housing it must be sential in some way to the war ef-! fort. My home city, Red Bluff, was! interested in getting more housing itry or anything connecting the hous. ing with the war effort. A new lum-_. ber operation has moved in since that time and Red Bluff could now probably qualify. Most of the commun-. ities mentioned above are connected . in some way with the lumber industry. Lumber is number one critical in the war effort. And although it takes lumber to build housing, the! ‘applications will be readily granted if the housing will facilitate the production of more lumber which is so vitally needed. Regional Office National Housing —The regional office of the National Housing Administration is in San! Francisco. All applications for new housing should be submitted to that office. No. particuiar form is nectessary. The application should indieate the need and the connection of the required housing with some essential industry or activity in the war effort. The San Francisco office is run by Preston Wright who has made a very good impression upon Me and upon the people in the district he has dealt with. He is on the hottest spot in the United States as far as housing is concerned. He ‘s short handed and swamiped with, applications. With the above list from my district you can imagine what it is in the metropolitan area. Why the Shortage in Mountain Counties—Many people are surprisedwhen I tell them that there are very few communities in my district which are not short of housing. Some people in the district itself have. exthey thought the mountain communities had lost population. Many of the permanent residents of the district have moved out—either to wo#k in the defense areas or to go to war. The number of registered voters has dropped substantiailly in most counties. But new people have come in. The wives and families of service men have moved ‘back into the mountains of California—out of the metropolitan areas—where the living costs are more reasgpable ind the climate better. The lumber industry has moved large numbers of people intqa,some areas. The net result of it i at I cannot think of a single major community in the entire second district which would not welcome some housing and where every thing available is not rented. What Next: for Gold—tThe lifting of L-208 on July Ist will not solve all,@f the problems of the gold miter by any means. This week T introduced a bill in the house to authorize the RIC to fnance the rebalilitation of gold mines. The measure was introduced on the senate side by Senator Murray, Mont., Senator Hayden, Ariz., and Senator McFarland, Ariz. But the gold miners are entitled to consideration for the terrific sacrifice they have ‘been required to make, and certainly the gold producing industry is. important enough to the economy of this country to merit very careful attention from the national government, Many things will be considered. Some suits will no doubt be filed and special claims legislation introduced. The other day I_received a letter from one of my gold operators who suggested that the gold mining in; lage diameter 1 ineluding wing and PLANETAKES9 TONS OF PRODUCE TO MARKET SALINAS, July 9—The largest shipment of fruits and vegetables ever carried by a commercial cargo plane in the United States, took off from here July 4th, at 9:30 a. m. in the City of Salinas, the largest plane ever built for commercial air cargo, following its’ christening last evening by Mrs. Ralph E. Meyers. It,.carried a load of 2000 pounds of Driscoll strawberries, from Salinas, 4000 pound'’s of peaches from Visalia, 2000 Pounds of apricots from Stockton, 4000 pounds of tomatoes from Fresno, and 4500 pounds of lettuce from Salinas, a total of 18,500 pounds more than nine tons. : The giant new four motor Consolidated' Vultee City of Salinas is scheduled to arrive in Cleveland early tomorrow fruits morning with these and vegetables which were 2400 miles away in California fields and orchards yesterday afternoon. This specially ‘built ship by Consolidated Vultee, now chartered to the Ralph E. Meyers (Co., of Salinas pioneer in air transportation of fruit and vegetables, will be operated by American Air Lineg and will become the flagship of the Meyers Air Transport Fleet, it beng the twenty sixth plane flown and operated in . air transportattion for the Ralph E. Meyers Company. The City of Salinas designated as Model 39, has a length of 90 feet and a wing span of 110 feet with a fuseof 10 1-2 feet. Many of the famous Liberator bomber type components were used in its design. landing gear. The fuselage has a 15 inch clearance from the ground, which facilitates direct loading from trucks through two 6 feet by 6 feet doors. Onperating at a gross weight of 62,600 pounds, the .plane carries a payload of approximately. 18.500 pounds. Four Pratt and itney 1350 horsepower engines are used to give a cruising speed of 200 miles per hour. The standard air cargo plane now in. . general use in the United States hds a payload of 7000 pounds. The fruits and vegetables are packed in small individual cellophane cartons and each head of ‘lettuce is separately wrapped in cellophane all labeled Magic Carpet Air} Borne Foods, and because they are transported at high altitudes no icing is necessary, thus preserving the) farm fresh flavor, DENNIS COUGHLAN IS SUMMONED Dennis E. Coughlan, janitor of the Nevada County Court House for the past ten years, died at 10:45 o’clock Thursday morning following a protracted illness resulting heart ailment. The deceased was born at Colum‘bia Hill, Nevada County, 66 years ago. During his earlier years he was employed as a miner at Forest, Sierra County, and in later years was superintendent of the Mugwump Mine in the same vicinity. Surviving are his wife Mrs. Laura Ann Coughlan two sons, Charles J. Coughlan of San Francisco and Sgt. from a that because the ‘production in order to assure food DANES MAY AID INFEEDINGNAZ The German trait of providing for their own needs, may prove a Dlessing in disguise that will partially solve the acute food shortage in some ._ of the starving European nations, according to a report to Vernon Stolk from the National War Fund. _ ets disclosed, says the report, nazis permitted Denmark to maintain normal food for themselves, Denmark is in a position to help feed other nations, previded the” Danes are. supplied with . equipment and materials necessary . to keep up production and steps are taken to help improve health conditions. _ The report to Chairman StoH mak es: “Denmark traditionally has been a producer and exporter of dairy products, bacon and other foodstuffs. During occupation the Germans took for themselves a major share of the Danish food, but they maintained food production by providing such necessary materials as fertilizer and oil. Now that Denmark has beehi freed, exportable food surpluses meay' become available to augment the de+ ficient food supply now existing ig most liber’ted countries, if only Denmark’s food production can be maintained or increased. Such ex‘ports would also reduce the demands on certain scarce American food supplies. ea 2 “Tf the Danes are to produce food now for use of allied armies of oecupation and the liberated areas, it will be necessary to provide them. with what they most need to keep up this production—coal, oil, fertilizer, oil seeds, railroad equipment, tires and various raw materials. American Relief for Denmark, . member agericy of the National War providing relief for Danish workers ae who were victims of nazi oppression and for Danes who were ——— : JAMES M.COX KILLED WHEN CAR GOES OVER BANK The ‘body and wrecked car .of James Martin Cox, employe of = Calida Lumber Company of Brandy City, Sierra County, was found om Thursday morning near the former. convict camp, 2 miles west of Goodyears Bar at the bottom of 150 foot declivity along the North Yuba river. A. M. Holmes, funeral director of ~ Nevada City, who took charge of remains, states that apparently Cox ran off a curve along the river on @ wide stretch of on the paved road that leads into Downieville. Little is known regarding Cox, save that he was an honorably discharged veteran of World War If, and had a sister living, supposedly in Oregon. His car was so complet— ely wrecked that it would be difficult to determine the cause of the accident. Funeral services were held in Nevada City Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Dennis BE. Coughlan, U. S. Army. Three daughters, Mrs. Bernice Dav-' ies and Miss Gertrude Cough] of Nevada City, and Mrs. Una Erkkila . of Richmond. Funeral services under the direction of Holmes Funeral Home took place Saturday morning at 10 o’clock . at the family residence, 542° Main Street. Rev. Virgil Gabrielli read the services. Interment was in the Catholic Cemetery. dustry could possibly. receive some assistance from the average department by special provisions in the next ‘tax bill and proposed: First, that rehabilitation costs to put the mines in condition to get into production be deductible against taxes in production years; Second, that maintenance expenses, including state and county taxes, insurance, etc. should be deductible against taxes in production years, and Third that deferred depreciation during the shut down period should be deductible against taxes in production years. This proposal merits careful consideration. Holmes Funeral. Home. Interment {took place in Pine Grove Comme To Install Officers ‘of ‘(Oustomah Lodge ; The new officers for the ensuing term will be installed by Mistletoe Encampment No. 47, and Oustmah . Lodge No. 16,.I. 0.0. . F. tonite with joint installation ceremonies. The encampment officers will he instaled by D. G. P. Wm. B. Me— Clard and Odd Fellows by D. D. G. \M. John W. Kauffman of District No. 4. a Encampment members and ‘eee ladies, Odd Fellows and ladies and Rebekahs and escorts are invited. ‘Refreshments will be served after the installations. 3 DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED _ L. E. Dove, of Sacramento, ing guilty to driving while inte ed on the night of July 3rd, _ .fine of $125, imposed by Just the Peace George Gildersleeve. arrest was made by the © highway patrol.

l “God draiits liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster The Nugget is delivered to evada . This paper gives. you complete . coverage of all local happenings. If, you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your your home twice a week for only 30 cents per jf month pit , We could, ally surrender. We do not share that ity Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _.town, read The Nugget. Vol. 19, No. 54 The e County Seat Paper_ NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold C Canige MONDAY, JULY 9, 1945 LOUD By H. M. L. css = 9 Pe cS a OA Good news comes from the Pacific. Hunting is excellent. More than a hundred ‘thousand Japs killed on Okinawa, some four hundred thousand in the Philippines. This business of tallying dead eiemies leaves us ‘with sensibilities a bit calloused. For, truth is, we remember Pearl Harbor quite vvidly. And Secretary Hull had ‘been treating the Japs so handsomely. Let them have thousands of tons of petroleum, thousands of tons of scrap metal. They used our oil to steam close to.the Hawaiian Islands, and then let us have a shipjoad our metal back. The ratio of enemy dead to one of our boys is about four to one. It jen"t high enough, and we feel like serving notice on Nimitz, Halsey, MacArthur and company, that we want the ratio raised in future dealjngs with the little ‘brown. vermin. A's a matter of fact there are several boys from Nevada City in the armed services we would not trade for the entire population of Japan. There isn’t any scales in which to strike a ‘palantce. We recall when Doolittle made his plane raid on Tokyo over two years ago, an excited woman rushed into the office and asked us all: ‘Why. didn’t they drop a bomb on Hirohito?’’ We did not know, exactly, but surmised aloud that the, Japs held gome 255,000 American and British, and if Hirohito got a bomb splinter in his holy person, the little brown men would probably slaughter them all. We are not sure even now why so much deference s paid to Hirohito.and the imperial palace in Tokyo, but unayestionably it is more important to ‘blast airdromes ‘and manufacturing plants. INow it is too late to damage Hirohito much. In all likelihood he is in some palatial burrow and only shows himself on a white horse when the sky is clear of planes. In the days of ‘the privateers when a lucky cannon ‘ball carried awaythe figurehead no especial injury was done the ship, but it used to make the crew mightly mad. The Japs are already mightymad. So we surmise that‘ Hirohito in the long run may be more useful to us a live suecimen of Jap godhood, than a dead martyr. . for instance take charge of him and perhaps re-educate the heathen Nips who worship him. He . cB8uld issue American written ukases . that the Japs, all wrapped up in their worship of him, might carry through. We do believe that the Nipponese are even more in need of re-education than the supermen Teutons, whio have so recently had their super sheared. Nothing but the densest ignorance of the world at large and of the U. S. in particular could have gotten the Japs so far off the beam that they could venture the Pearl Harbor attack. They just didn’t have a glimmering of our history, resources or abilities. They got us all wrong. Their collosal conceit was ~only matched by their abysmal ignorance. They surely need a re-education, especially about us Yanks. And there is a chance that a live Hirohito might function usefully after our military and naval men have coached him. : ; Pa A good many. peoule believe the Japs are coming rapidly to a state of mind when they will unconditionopinion. If their skins were white they might quit and save something out of the national wreck. A white man with a bashed nose and two fplack eyes who has failed to leave any indelible marks on his opponent, usually says ‘‘Uncle.’’ But the burrowing Japs with utter disregard of jife here and now, and over-weaning regard for the life hereafter, apparently do not care whether the home islands are left afloat or not when the war’s done. We shall have to dig them out and dispatch them like go many badgers. Another thing which we think the war has taught us, is that Hirohito has no real power, Presumably he is ne or . POLITICAL POT BOILING AGAIN By \Clem Whitaker The political cauldron soothsaying with That wizard of production, J. Kaiser, builder of ships and probable post war invader of the automotive industry is being touted now as a. prospective democratic candidate for governor. The flashy Mr. This: report, is boiling —and the merry witches who preside over it are indulging in a veritable orgy of to next year’s elections! respect Kaiser according to the bourbon. oracles, is definitely interested and the democrats, ing a Strong candidate, are said to tbe definitely interested in Kaiser. which follows close on the heels of a story that Will Rog~ . OPATOAD VETERANS IN TIREBUSINESS As a further step in revising its rationing regulations to assist returning veterans wishing fo open small business, the OPA today made it possible for veterans of the present war to become tire dealers on a small scale. S Because of the acute shortage of ! ires, OPA for the last year has not given permission to anyone not already in the tire business to get certificates for truck or passenger tires. In keeping with the government’s program to aid returning veterans OP:A is now relaxing this regulation to permit veterans to obtain stocks Henry need'ton—and now claims to be a hun_Angeles incidentally, is being boosters Jr. son of the late humorist is being groomed for the gubernatorial race by another group of democrats, indicates that the 1946 contest will not be lacking in color, regardless ‘of its ultimate outcome. It also appears more certain every day that Lieut.Goy. Fred Houser, who ran far ahead of-his ticket in last year’s election, is definitely headed for a joust with that grizzled veteran Hiram. W. Johnson, for the right to represent this state in the United States senate. Houser is a chap with real votegetting ability—and if he should take the venerable Hiram in the republican primary, the democrats would be hard put to it to head him off at the general election. There is an interesting and somewhat amusing geographcal angle--to this impending -senatorial wrangle. . ‘By reason of a long standing gentlemen’s agreement, this state’s two represenatives in the United States senate are supposed to be divided equally twixt the north and_ the south—and when Houser’s name first bobbed into santorial speculation, the objection was raised in some auarters that if he were elected this: would give southern Canfor-+Puble :Health: Seetion.-of.he Comnia both U. S. senators, as Senattor (Sheridan Downey of recent yearq, also has claimed the southland as his home. Downey, who has alternately lived at Sacramento, Atherton, Los Angeles and and Orange County has resolved, this problem, however by mioving his residen'ce back to Atherdred per cent northerner. ‘Assemiblyman Don Field of Los ed by some of the repulblican leaders as a likely successor to Houser in the lieutenant governor's office. In democratic quarters say the soothertson of Santa Barbara has his eye on the lieutenant governor’s chair. That’s the new year’s forecast for 1946, as it appears in mid-June of 1945. Miss Georgia English of (Bloomfield was in Nevada City Saturday to attend the funeral of the late ‘Dennis Coughlan, he would like to save as many of his subject millions as possible. Presumably he would call off the war if he could. But we do not believe he ean. He is caught, like the meanest coolie, in the maelstrom of war, and cannot swim free . Should we tell the Japs just what we mean ‘by unconditional surrender? That question seems tio be vexing the nation just now. It is doubtful whether if the Jap leaders knew the worst they would like it any better than ‘plain unconditional surrendjer. . Suess what unconditional surrenider . means by perusing the news from Germany, wrong even -with that demonstration before their eyes. For there is no especial parallelism ‘between their case and the Germans, save that both asked for war and got it. If, for instance, we planned on military occupation of Japan to ride herd on their industries and_ their educational system for, say, a half century, they would probably go on even more bitterly with the last ditch defense. Or, they might ask for a truce in which to debate the matter. Undoubtedly we could strike a bargan with them, but:we hold steadfastly to the thesiis that we want no among the Japanese 4ntelligentsia . and knows the jig is up. Presumably , pargains with the nation that stahbed us at Pearl Harbor. of tires, as was done earlier in fhe year in the case of rationed foods. ically short, the stocks allowed the veteran necessarily must be small, and OPA recognizes that they would be tory incomes from their sale alotie. It is felt, however, that even a small stock will be valuable adjunct ‘to the veteran entering an alliedautomotive business such as the sale of gasoline,” the maintenance of a garage, . or the recapping and repairing of, CLUBFAVORS VOLUNTARY HEALTH PLAN favor of encouragement of voluntary ballot announced today. . distribution to all club members of the section’s report, ‘pressed its preference for a volungayers, Assemblyman Alfred W. Rob-; vis paid per unit of service he rendNorth . : ‘DRAGLINE MINER The Jap militarists probably can . though they might guess} ᠀琀栀攀礀 took over the crude start in this With total tire supplies still critinsufficient to provide satisfactires. SAN FRANCISCO, July 9—Commonwealth Club memibers voted in health nsurance bu't in opposition to compulsory plans in a membership The ‘ballot followed study by the monwealth Club of California and ‘pro and con arguments and summaries of the principal health insurance measures. G ‘By a two tl one vote, the club extary rather than a compulsory system. Members favored state regulation of voluntary health plans as to: character and solvency, premiums charged, and extent and quality of services. They opposed state financial assistance to voluntary plans but favored educajional assistance and legal status clarification. While opposing compulsion, the majority held -that if a comlpulsory plan were adopted the ‘‘fee system”’ of paying doctor bills would be preferable to the “per capita system” ‘Under the fee system the physician ers, and under the per capita system he is paid per patient enrolled with him. The majority also held that if a compulsory plan were adopted, Gov. Warren’s bill AIB 800, in the recent legislative session would be preferable to the CHO ‘bill AB 449. HARRY ENGLAND DIES IN OREGON Harry England, pioneer in dragline operation, died of injuries received in an automobile accident. gal Prairie City, Oregon, June 10: He and several other operators ‘thaas. their first venture in dragline when type of mining made at Palermo, Butte County, by the late Horace Onyett of Oroville. He and four other partners become very successful in this type of mining. He was also one of the owners of the Wyandotte

Dredge Com'pany which operated at Greenhorn Creek a.few years ago. He and his family made their home in Nevada City during that time and made many friends while they resided here who will be sorry to hear of his passing. He was 44 years of age. Herbert and Henry , Paine of ‘Bloomfield were in town Saturday. shown that the new housing is esi but cougd not show a defense indus-. pressed surprise—statng that WASHINGTON NOTES By Congressman (Clair Engle WASHINGTON, D. C. June 29—Housing Shortage. The following communities have applications pending with the National Housing Ageney for authorization to Build additional housing; Alturas, Grass Valley, Jackson, Inyokern, Nevada City, Placerville, Portola, Sonora, Susanville, and Yreka. These applications are being processed in the field at the present time, and are to be submitted to the national office here in Washington by July 31st. Recently Bishop, Inyo County, made application but the record of it has not as yet ‘been transmitted to the national office. If there are any others I would appreciate the interested communities contacting me so I can assist in securing favorable consideration. Applications ‘Should Cite War Needs—tIn order to get favorable action on application for priorities to build additional housing it must be sential in some way to the war ef-! fort. My home city, Red Bluff, was! interested in getting more housing itry or anything connecting the hous. ing with the war effort. A new lum-_. ber operation has moved in since that time and Red Bluff could now probably qualify. Most of the commun-. ities mentioned above are connected . in some way with the lumber industry. Lumber is number one critical in the war effort. And although it takes lumber to build housing, the! ‘applications will be readily granted if the housing will facilitate the production of more lumber which is so vitally needed. Regional Office National Housing —The regional office of the National Housing Administration is in San! Francisco. All applications for new housing should be submitted to that office. No. particuiar form is nectessary. The application should indieate the need and the connection of the required housing with some essential industry or activity in the war effort. The San Francisco office is run by Preston Wright who has made a very good impression upon Me and upon the people in the district he has dealt with. He is on the hottest spot in the United States as far as housing is concerned. He ‘s short handed and swamiped with, applications. With the above list from my district you can imagine what it is in the metropolitan area. Why the Shortage in Mountain Counties—Many people are surprisedwhen I tell them that there are very few communities in my district which are not short of housing. Some people in the district itself have. exthey thought the mountain communities had lost population. Many of the permanent residents of the district have moved out—either to wo#k in the defense areas or to go to war. The number of registered voters has dropped substantiailly in most counties. But new people have come in. The wives and families of service men have moved ‘back into the mountains of California—out of the metropolitan areas—where the living costs are more reasgpable ind the climate better. The lumber industry has moved large numbers of people intqa,some areas. The net result of it i at I cannot think of a single major community in the entire second district which would not welcome some housing and where every thing available is not rented. What Next: for Gold—tThe lifting of L-208 on July Ist will not solve all,@f the problems of the gold miter by any means. This week T introduced a bill in the house to authorize the RIC to fnance the rebalilitation of gold mines. The measure was introduced on the senate side by Senator Murray, Mont., Senator Hayden, Ariz., and Senator McFarland, Ariz. But the gold miners are entitled to consideration for the terrific sacrifice they have ‘been required to make, and certainly the gold producing industry is. important enough to the economy of this country to merit very careful attention from the national government, Many things will be considered. Some suits will no doubt be filed and special claims legislation introduced. The other day I_received a letter from one of my gold operators who suggested that the gold mining in; lage diameter 1 ineluding wing and PLANETAKES9 TONS OF PRODUCE TO MARKET SALINAS, July 9—The largest shipment of fruits and vegetables ever carried by a commercial cargo plane in the United States, took off from here July 4th, at 9:30 a. m. in the City of Salinas, the largest plane ever built for commercial air cargo, following its’ christening last evening by Mrs. Ralph E. Meyers. It,.carried a load of 2000 pounds of Driscoll strawberries, from Salinas, 4000 pound'’s of peaches from Visalia, 2000 Pounds of apricots from Stockton, 4000 pounds of tomatoes from Fresno, and 4500 pounds of lettuce from Salinas, a total of 18,500 pounds more than nine tons. : The giant new four motor Consolidated' Vultee City of Salinas is scheduled to arrive in Cleveland early tomorrow fruits morning with these and vegetables which were 2400 miles away in California fields and orchards yesterday afternoon. This specially ‘built ship by Consolidated Vultee, now chartered to the Ralph E. Meyers (Co., of Salinas pioneer in air transportation of fruit and vegetables, will be operated by American Air Lineg and will become the flagship of the Meyers Air Transport Fleet, it beng the twenty sixth plane flown and operated in . air transportattion for the Ralph E. Meyers Company. The City of Salinas designated as Model 39, has a length of 90 feet and a wing span of 110 feet with a fuseof 10 1-2 feet. Many of the famous Liberator bomber type components were used in its design. landing gear. The fuselage has a 15 inch clearance from the ground, which facilitates direct loading from trucks through two 6 feet by 6 feet doors. Onperating at a gross weight of 62,600 pounds, the .plane carries a payload of approximately. 18.500 pounds. Four Pratt and itney 1350 horsepower engines are used to give a cruising speed of 200 miles per hour. The standard air cargo plane now in. . general use in the United States hds a payload of 7000 pounds. The fruits and vegetables are packed in small individual cellophane cartons and each head of ‘lettuce is separately wrapped in cellophane all labeled Magic Carpet Air} Borne Foods, and because they are transported at high altitudes no icing is necessary, thus preserving the) farm fresh flavor, DENNIS COUGHLAN IS SUMMONED Dennis E. Coughlan, janitor of the Nevada County Court House for the past ten years, died at 10:45 o’clock Thursday morning following a protracted illness resulting heart ailment. The deceased was born at Colum‘bia Hill, Nevada County, 66 years ago. During his earlier years he was employed as a miner at Forest, Sierra County, and in later years was superintendent of the Mugwump Mine in the same vicinity. Surviving are his wife Mrs. Laura Ann Coughlan two sons, Charles J. Coughlan of San Francisco and Sgt. from a that because the ‘production in order to assure food DANES MAY AID INFEEDINGNAZ The German trait of providing for their own needs, may prove a Dlessing in disguise that will partially solve the acute food shortage in some ._ of the starving European nations, according to a report to Vernon Stolk from the National War Fund. _ ets disclosed, says the report, nazis permitted Denmark to maintain normal food for themselves, Denmark is in a position to help feed other nations, previded the” Danes are. supplied with . equipment and materials necessary . to keep up production and steps are taken to help improve health conditions. _ The report to Chairman StoH mak es: “Denmark traditionally has been a producer and exporter of dairy products, bacon and other foodstuffs. During occupation the Germans took for themselves a major share of the Danish food, but they maintained food production by providing such necessary materials as fertilizer and oil. Now that Denmark has beehi freed, exportable food surpluses meay' become available to augment the de+ ficient food supply now existing ig most liber’ted countries, if only Denmark’s food production can be maintained or increased. Such ex‘ports would also reduce the demands on certain scarce American food supplies. ea 2 “Tf the Danes are to produce food now for use of allied armies of oecupation and the liberated areas, it will be necessary to provide them. with what they most need to keep up this production—coal, oil, fertilizer, oil seeds, railroad equipment, tires and various raw materials. American Relief for Denmark, . member agericy of the National War providing relief for Danish workers ae who were victims of nazi oppression and for Danes who were ——— : JAMES M.COX KILLED WHEN CAR GOES OVER BANK The ‘body and wrecked car .of James Martin Cox, employe of = Calida Lumber Company of Brandy City, Sierra County, was found om Thursday morning near the former. convict camp, 2 miles west of Goodyears Bar at the bottom of 150 foot declivity along the North Yuba river. A. M. Holmes, funeral director of ~ Nevada City, who took charge of remains, states that apparently Cox ran off a curve along the river on @ wide stretch of on the paved road that leads into Downieville. Little is known regarding Cox, save that he was an honorably discharged veteran of World War If, and had a sister living, supposedly in Oregon. His car was so complet— ely wrecked that it would be difficult to determine the cause of the accident. Funeral services were held in Nevada City Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Dennis BE. Coughlan, U. S. Army. Three daughters, Mrs. Bernice Dav-' ies and Miss Gertrude Cough] of Nevada City, and Mrs. Una Erkkila . of Richmond. Funeral services under the direction of Holmes Funeral Home took place Saturday morning at 10 o’clock . at the family residence, 542° Main Street. Rev. Virgil Gabrielli read the services. Interment was in the Catholic Cemetery. dustry could possibly. receive some assistance from the average department by special provisions in the next ‘tax bill and proposed: First, that rehabilitation costs to put the mines in condition to get into production be deductible against taxes in production years; Second, that maintenance expenses, including state and county taxes, insurance, etc. should be deductible against taxes in production years, and Third that deferred depreciation during the shut down period should be deductible against taxes in production years. This proposal merits careful consideration. Holmes Funeral. Home. Interment {took place in Pine Grove Comme To Install Officers ‘of ‘(Oustomah Lodge ; The new officers for the ensuing term will be installed by Mistletoe Encampment No. 47, and Oustmah . Lodge No. 16,.I. 0.0. . F. tonite with joint installation ceremonies. The encampment officers will he instaled by D. G. P. Wm. B. Me— Clard and Odd Fellows by D. D. G. \M. John W. Kauffman of District No. 4. a Encampment members and ‘eee ladies, Odd Fellows and ladies and Rebekahs and escorts are invited. ‘Refreshments will be served after the installations. 3 DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED _ L. E. Dove, of Sacramento, ing guilty to driving while inte ed on the night of July 3rd, _ .fine of $125, imposed by Just the Peace George Gildersleeve. arrest was made by the © highway patrol.