June 21, 1943 (4 pages)

Sera } White Shoe Cleaner oS apes & "OMS, . y ; CHoice F DONT WAIT FOR ‘. Dear; Mr. Leete: . AN OPA ORDER -FLZA KILROY Editor Nevada City Nugget, The splendid custom Nevada City and Grass Valley have observed for the following We also carry White Shoe Cleaners: CORONA, SHU-MILK, . _-.NERGINE, SHINOLA SHU-SHINE, BIXBY PEE-CHEE, WHITE-ACE FLYING” @BUY ® DEFENSE ®STAMPS % —e-— re Chamber of Commerce * OFFICE IN CITY HALL : ; nates 575 : \ Fourth of July celebration in alter(so many years in holding a joint ‘nate years in each city, observing ans . ‘Birth of our great Nation, is worthy of perpetuation. : The spirit of neighborly friendliness and cooperation whch this custom inspired cannot but be beneficial to both communities. . This year our sister city has un-. cent. dertaken. the herculean task of the! celebration with great. enthusiasm. Last year the Grass Valley .committee headed by Bert -Chegwidden ‘turned out en masse, both in floats participating in the Nevada City Parade, and in great numbers of citizens who turned out to see it. Bert Chegwidden is again head of the committee in Grass Valley and is doing a grand job. It behooves each Nevada City organization and citizen here to step up enthusiastically ‘and do_ their share in giving the celebration in Grass Valley every assistance in their power, not only by words but by participating in the parade, entering floats, and doing whatever needs to be.done to maintain that cordial relationship between this city and Grass Valley, and to put on a bang-up celebration that all can be proud of. Let us show Nevada County and the world that Nevada City “knows how.’ Don’t wait for an OPA order. Sincerely yours ELZA KILROY. Miss Frances Pryor, teacher in the Walnut Grove schools, is spending this week in Nevada City with her sister and brother in law, Mr. and Mrs. E. Martine. WAGES TAKE 303 PERCENT JUMP IN CALIFORNIA “An increase of 143 per cent in; number of wage earners, and a jump . of 303 per cent in wages paid to, California workers from 1939 to, 1942 in all industries is revealed in. a new economic’ survey issued by) the Research Department of the (California State Chamber of Com-. merce. During this same’ period, the . report shows, the increase in number of wage earners for the nation as a whole was 48 per cent and the increase in wages paid was 135 per In the metals and metal products industries which include machinery, transportation equipment, aircraft, ships and similar products, the effect of the war-production program in California is*clearly evident. In these industries there was a gain in 1942 over the pre-war year, 1939, of 455 per cent in number of wage earners and an increase of 823 per cent in wages paid: The durabe goods industries, which include other essential materials: closely identified with the war production, such as lumber, timber products, stone, clay and glass, have shown an increase over the 3 year period of 297 per cent in number of wage earners and 568 per cent in wages paid. The average number of wage earners, in all California manufactulrinf establishments during 1942 was 671,200 and wages paid aggregated $1,473,700,000, or 5.8 per. cent and 6.8 per cent respectively, : of the national totals. During the. decade prior to World War I, the survey points out, the number of wage earners in California repres-. ented from 1.6 per cent to 1.8 per cent of the U. S. total. By 1919 this percentage had increased to 2.6 per cent, and during suceeding years { there was a gradual increase until WE REPAIR _ AND WE FIX Lawn Mowers, Locks, Vacuum Cleaners, Washing Machines, Electric Irons, Stoves, in short almost anything that is used around the house or the yard, we can repair. : ART’S REPAIR SHOP. RAY’S FIXIT SHOP 109 WEST MAIN STREET Grass Valley DRIVE IN FOOD PALACE Groceries, Fruit and Vegetables Beer and Wine COR. YORK AND COMMERCIAL STREETS NEVADA CITY, PHONE 808 FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE UPHOLSTERY OF ALL KINDS q ‘ S & f John W. Darke 109-3 * 108-M Phones Work Called for and Delivered (Clarence R. Gray 520 Coyote Street Phone 152 summer? Under Management of 108 W. Main Street, Grass Valley . Delicions Mixed Drinks to Please BEER WINES, LIQUORS Buy War Bonds now to help pay for vacations after Victory! ae You can speed. his visit home by giving up your summer train trips Hich point in many a service man’s life is his short leave or furlough after months of strenuous ’. training. This is often his last chance to visit home before going overseas — a last chance to see his’ parents, wife or sweetheart. Furlough days are far too precious to be spent waiting for train acommodations. Yet nowadays our trains are so crowded that even service men on furlough sometimes have to “wait their turn.” ’ Will you help make more room on our trains for service men and other essential war travelers this Please cancel reservations promptly if your plans change — release this space for use by other travelers. Postpone all train trips of a merely social, sight-seeing or pleasure nature until after the war. This summer — unless your train trip is urgently necessary — you can do your country a real service by staying close to home! The friendly Southern Pacific fk Cd ; in the fact that of ‘. }service medal the avid. radio amateurs. throughout ‘ships to the operating companies and . then charged with all the details of . . Nevada City Nugget — Mon 1941 when the California percentage was 3.8 per cent. This jumped to 5.8 per cent last year because of the tremendous expanson in production of aircraft, ships and other ‘war sup-) plies. E . Further. evidence of California’s shift to a war ecenomy is revealed 276,000 wage earners employed inall industries in 1939, 40 per cent were in the durable group and 5i5 per cent were employed in non-durable goods industries. In 1942 the average number of wage earners in durable goods industries represented approximately 74 per cent of the state total, leaving onl 26 per cent as the proportion employed: in the non-durable group. : JAPSREPORT MERCHANT SHIP SKIPPER ALIVE Captain Haakon A.~Pedersgn, master of a ship long ago reported lost, was awarded a distinguished ‘posthumously’ on April 1st. His son, Cadet Kenneth Pedersen who is‘ in training at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, L. I., accepted the award. On April 22, a great number of STOCKTON PAPER ENDORSES MAYO. FOR CONGRESS If Governor Sarl Warren calls a special election to choose a successor to the late Representative Harry L: Englebright of Nevada City, as he presumably will, State Senator Jesse M. Mayo of Angels Camp would» be a logical candidate. He should be prevailed to run for the office. Englebright, able veteran legislator and Republican whip in the House, whose untimély death recently came as shock to Californians, represented the largest district, geographically spéaking, in the United States. It embraces the 18 mountain counties of Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Plumas, Sierra, Nevada, El Dorado, Placer, Alpine, Amador, Calavera,s Tuolumne, Mariposa, Mono and Inyo. This huge area is the Second Congressional District. Mayo as state assemblyman for three terms, represented 10 of these counties in the legislature. As senator, he -represents Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Mariposa Counties, all three in the late congressman’s district. Needless to say, Mayo is thoroughly familiar with the greater par of the congressional distri¢t and its needs. In Sacramento, the (Calaveras man has_ served’ with great credit and distinction. His loyalty to the mountain area and his aggressive talents could bes employed to good effect in the larger field of the national legislature. the United States who listen to the short wave broadcasts, heard the Tokyo announcer read a message from Captain Pedersen to his family. On the following day they heard the announcer read other messages from 17 members of the crew. The vessel had been considered lost with When Representative Englebright all hands aboard. a died his term in Washington still had The amateurs, in the ~ traditional custom of DX radio, wrote to Mrs. 20 months to go. It is to be hoped 1943, will become'a candidate and be elected. No available contender would make a better representative than the tried and proved Calaveras man. FIRE GUARD day, June 21, CAMP CLOSED SATURDAY The fire guard, training camp on the Miller ranch, 12 miles east of Camptonville, held annually by the Forest Service, closed officially Saturday morning. It was appraised by Guerdon Ellis, supervior of the Tahoe National Forest, as one of the best in his experience. ‘High lighting the program was a stimulated forest fire on Friday in which the entire camp consisting of more than 100 persons, participated, each one playing the part that would fall to him, in event of a real fire. On simulated extinction of the simulated fire, Guedon Hllis was haled before a kangaroo court and tried on charges of havng set the fire. ‘“Judge’’ Warren Barnes, trict ranger of ‘Big ,Bend, ruled in favor of “defense attorney,’’ Peter Land, Sierraville ranger, on a “‘legal” technicality much to the. dismay of “prosecutor”. Charles Parsons, fire dispatcher. Ellis was finally acquitted. DEATH BERG—In Nevada City, Nevada County, June 16, 1943, Jacob Berg, a native of Sweden, 74 years of age. Funeral services were held June 17, 1943. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery. “In most. marriage ceremonies they drop the word ‘obey’ now.’’ “Too bad, isn’t it? It used to lend that State Senator, Jesse M. Mayo a little humor to the occasion.” Pedersen and to the families of all! the men reported by Tokyo. They re-. peated the message accredited by the’ Japanese to Captain Pedersen. It read: ‘I am well and in good health. Don’t worry. My thoughts are always . with you and the children, Love.” . The messages poured in by seore, marking the. first ocacsion . during this war when relatives of merchant seamen have been advised . by an enemy country that men had . survived a sinking. The Japanese . also reported that the loss of life aboard the vessel hadbeen ‘“‘very small’, giving rise to the belief that other members of’ the 48 man crew may be alive. ° U. S, SHIPPING ALL SET WHEN WAR OPENED American shipping probably was much better prepared for war when it came than any other industry in the United States, according to the. American Merchant ‘Marine Institute. The men engaged in steamship Management were charged with the job of delivering Lend-Lease materjals for two years before the Japs struck at Pearl Harbor. They had gained wide experience in operation on new and strange, routes. They had learned how to handle wartime} argoes of great bulk. which were difficult to stow. They had also learned how to discharge such cargoes under the most trying circumstarices. : é When this country became engaged in the war, American steamship management was ready for the ” “=S y wise home-owners throughout the West. «+ @ The choice of ” ‘S, ALPHA STORES, Ltd. Nevada City—Phone 5 Grass Valley—Phone 88 ess \ — s emergency. There, was no confusion during the transition from ‘peacetime to wartime dress. There was only the problem of increasing personnel and expanding facilities to take up the extra burdens of managing. more ships and sending them out to sea with greater speed. Hotel Clunie This was effectively accomplished in direct cooperation with: the government which did not attempt to set up its. own operating agencies. Instead, the War Shipping Administration was organized to allocate the to pay them only enough to meet overhead expenses. They were not permitted. to accumulate reserve funds for the re-building of their UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT IT’S FAMOUS COFFEE SHOP AND COCKTAIL BAR : ARE RENOWNED IN CALIFORNIA RATES FROM $1.50 UP Excellent Service—Best Food © N fleets, once the war has ended. That system still prevails. The WSA merely assigns tonnage 8TH AND K SRREET, TOY AND JACOBS. JACK BRUNO, Manager SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA to. the steamship companies who are operation. NEVADA CITY ASSAY Practical mining tes percentages Frank Ghidotti, local merchant, is enjoying a two weeks vacation. He spent a few. days-in San Francisco last week and the rest of his vacation is being spent trout fishing in nearby streams. “Have you found anything. in. your Victory Garden yet?” “Oh yes, a lot of things. Mostly Plymouth Rocks, Leghorns and rabbits.” s AND REFINING OFFICE m 75 to 1000 pounds, giving the free gold of sulphurets, value of sulphurets and tailings. Mail ordér check work promptly attended to. Aun. made for gold, Agent for New York-California-Underwriter-, Westchester and Delaware Underwriters Insurance Companies, . Automobile Insurance silver, lead and copper. Proprietor dis-, ’ ® we Bass Fe

Sera } White Shoe Cleaner oS apes & "OMS, . y ; CHoice F DONT WAIT FOR ‘. Dear; Mr. Leete: . AN OPA ORDER -FLZA KILROY Editor Nevada City Nugget, The splendid custom Nevada City and Grass Valley have observed for the following We also carry White Shoe Cleaners: CORONA, SHU-MILK, . _-.NERGINE, SHINOLA SHU-SHINE, BIXBY PEE-CHEE, WHITE-ACE FLYING” @BUY ® DEFENSE ®STAMPS % —e-— re Chamber of Commerce * OFFICE IN CITY HALL : ; nates 575 : \ Fourth of July celebration in alter(so many years in holding a joint ‘nate years in each city, observing ans . ‘Birth of our great Nation, is worthy of perpetuation. : The spirit of neighborly friendliness and cooperation whch this custom inspired cannot but be beneficial to both communities. . This year our sister city has un-. cent. dertaken. the herculean task of the! celebration with great. enthusiasm. Last year the Grass Valley .committee headed by Bert -Chegwidden ‘turned out en masse, both in floats participating in the Nevada City Parade, and in great numbers of citizens who turned out to see it. Bert Chegwidden is again head of the committee in Grass Valley and is doing a grand job. It behooves each Nevada City organization and citizen here to step up enthusiastically ‘and do_ their share in giving the celebration in Grass Valley every assistance in their power, not only by words but by participating in the parade, entering floats, and doing whatever needs to be.done to maintain that cordial relationship between this city and Grass Valley, and to put on a bang-up celebration that all can be proud of. Let us show Nevada County and the world that Nevada City “knows how.’ Don’t wait for an OPA order. Sincerely yours ELZA KILROY. Miss Frances Pryor, teacher in the Walnut Grove schools, is spending this week in Nevada City with her sister and brother in law, Mr. and Mrs. E. Martine. WAGES TAKE 303 PERCENT JUMP IN CALIFORNIA “An increase of 143 per cent in; number of wage earners, and a jump . of 303 per cent in wages paid to, California workers from 1939 to, 1942 in all industries is revealed in. a new economic’ survey issued by) the Research Department of the (California State Chamber of Com-. merce. During this same’ period, the . report shows, the increase in number of wage earners for the nation as a whole was 48 per cent and the increase in wages paid was 135 per In the metals and metal products industries which include machinery, transportation equipment, aircraft, ships and similar products, the effect of the war-production program in California is*clearly evident. In these industries there was a gain in 1942 over the pre-war year, 1939, of 455 per cent in number of wage earners and an increase of 823 per cent in wages paid: The durabe goods industries, which include other essential materials: closely identified with the war production, such as lumber, timber products, stone, clay and glass, have shown an increase over the 3 year period of 297 per cent in number of wage earners and 568 per cent in wages paid. The average number of wage earners, in all California manufactulrinf establishments during 1942 was 671,200 and wages paid aggregated $1,473,700,000, or 5.8 per. cent and 6.8 per cent respectively, : of the national totals. During the. decade prior to World War I, the survey points out, the number of wage earners in California repres-. ented from 1.6 per cent to 1.8 per cent of the U. S. total. By 1919 this percentage had increased to 2.6 per cent, and during suceeding years { there was a gradual increase until WE REPAIR _ AND WE FIX Lawn Mowers, Locks, Vacuum Cleaners, Washing Machines, Electric Irons, Stoves, in short almost anything that is used around the house or the yard, we can repair. : ART’S REPAIR SHOP. RAY’S FIXIT SHOP 109 WEST MAIN STREET Grass Valley DRIVE IN FOOD PALACE Groceries, Fruit and Vegetables Beer and Wine COR. YORK AND COMMERCIAL STREETS NEVADA CITY, PHONE 808 FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE UPHOLSTERY OF ALL KINDS q ‘ S & f John W. Darke 109-3 * 108-M Phones Work Called for and Delivered (Clarence R. Gray 520 Coyote Street Phone 152 summer? Under Management of 108 W. Main Street, Grass Valley . Delicions Mixed Drinks to Please BEER WINES, LIQUORS Buy War Bonds now to help pay for vacations after Victory! ae You can speed. his visit home by giving up your summer train trips Hich point in many a service man’s life is his short leave or furlough after months of strenuous ’. training. This is often his last chance to visit home before going overseas — a last chance to see his’ parents, wife or sweetheart. Furlough days are far too precious to be spent waiting for train acommodations. Yet nowadays our trains are so crowded that even service men on furlough sometimes have to “wait their turn.” ’ Will you help make more room on our trains for service men and other essential war travelers this Please cancel reservations promptly if your plans change — release this space for use by other travelers. Postpone all train trips of a merely social, sight-seeing or pleasure nature until after the war. This summer — unless your train trip is urgently necessary — you can do your country a real service by staying close to home! The friendly Southern Pacific fk Cd ; in the fact that of ‘. }service medal the avid. radio amateurs. throughout ‘ships to the operating companies and . then charged with all the details of . . Nevada City Nugget — Mon 1941 when the California percentage was 3.8 per cent. This jumped to 5.8 per cent last year because of the tremendous expanson in production of aircraft, ships and other ‘war sup-) plies. E . Further. evidence of California’s shift to a war ecenomy is revealed 276,000 wage earners employed inall industries in 1939, 40 per cent were in the durable group and 5i5 per cent were employed in non-durable goods industries. In 1942 the average number of wage earners in durable goods industries represented approximately 74 per cent of the state total, leaving onl 26 per cent as the proportion employed: in the non-durable group. : JAPSREPORT MERCHANT SHIP SKIPPER ALIVE

Captain Haakon A.~Pedersgn, master of a ship long ago reported lost, was awarded a distinguished ‘posthumously’ on April 1st. His son, Cadet Kenneth Pedersen who is‘ in training at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, L. I., accepted the award. On April 22, a great number of STOCKTON PAPER ENDORSES MAYO. FOR CONGRESS If Governor Sarl Warren calls a special election to choose a successor to the late Representative Harry L: Englebright of Nevada City, as he presumably will, State Senator Jesse M. Mayo of Angels Camp would» be a logical candidate. He should be prevailed to run for the office. Englebright, able veteran legislator and Republican whip in the House, whose untimély death recently came as shock to Californians, represented the largest district, geographically spéaking, in the United States. It embraces the 18 mountain counties of Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Plumas, Sierra, Nevada, El Dorado, Placer, Alpine, Amador, Calavera,s Tuolumne, Mariposa, Mono and Inyo. This huge area is the Second Congressional District. Mayo as state assemblyman for three terms, represented 10 of these counties in the legislature. As senator, he -represents Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Mariposa Counties, all three in the late congressman’s district. Needless to say, Mayo is thoroughly familiar with the greater par of the congressional distri¢t and its needs. In Sacramento, the (Calaveras man has_ served’ with great credit and distinction. His loyalty to the mountain area and his aggressive talents could bes employed to good effect in the larger field of the national legislature. the United States who listen to the short wave broadcasts, heard the Tokyo announcer read a message from Captain Pedersen to his family. On the following day they heard the announcer read other messages from 17 members of the crew. The vessel had been considered lost with When Representative Englebright all hands aboard. a died his term in Washington still had The amateurs, in the ~ traditional custom of DX radio, wrote to Mrs. 20 months to go. It is to be hoped 1943, will become'a candidate and be elected. No available contender would make a better representative than the tried and proved Calaveras man. FIRE GUARD day, June 21, CAMP CLOSED SATURDAY The fire guard, training camp on the Miller ranch, 12 miles east of Camptonville, held annually by the Forest Service, closed officially Saturday morning. It was appraised by Guerdon Ellis, supervior of the Tahoe National Forest, as one of the best in his experience. ‘High lighting the program was a stimulated forest fire on Friday in which the entire camp consisting of more than 100 persons, participated, each one playing the part that would fall to him, in event of a real fire. On simulated extinction of the simulated fire, Guedon Hllis was haled before a kangaroo court and tried on charges of havng set the fire. ‘“Judge’’ Warren Barnes, trict ranger of ‘Big ,Bend, ruled in favor of “defense attorney,’’ Peter Land, Sierraville ranger, on a “‘legal” technicality much to the. dismay of “prosecutor”. Charles Parsons, fire dispatcher. Ellis was finally acquitted. DEATH BERG—In Nevada City, Nevada County, June 16, 1943, Jacob Berg, a native of Sweden, 74 years of age. Funeral services were held June 17, 1943. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery. “In most. marriage ceremonies they drop the word ‘obey’ now.’’ “Too bad, isn’t it? It used to lend that State Senator, Jesse M. Mayo a little humor to the occasion.” Pedersen and to the families of all! the men reported by Tokyo. They re-. peated the message accredited by the’ Japanese to Captain Pedersen. It read: ‘I am well and in good health. Don’t worry. My thoughts are always . with you and the children, Love.” . The messages poured in by seore, marking the. first ocacsion . during this war when relatives of merchant seamen have been advised . by an enemy country that men had . survived a sinking. The Japanese . also reported that the loss of life aboard the vessel hadbeen ‘“‘very small’, giving rise to the belief that other members of’ the 48 man crew may be alive. ° U. S, SHIPPING ALL SET WHEN WAR OPENED American shipping probably was much better prepared for war when it came than any other industry in the United States, according to the. American Merchant ‘Marine Institute. The men engaged in steamship Management were charged with the job of delivering Lend-Lease materjals for two years before the Japs struck at Pearl Harbor. They had gained wide experience in operation on new and strange, routes. They had learned how to handle wartime} argoes of great bulk. which were difficult to stow. They had also learned how to discharge such cargoes under the most trying circumstarices. : é When this country became engaged in the war, American steamship management was ready for the ” “=S y wise home-owners throughout the West. «+ @ The choice of ” ‘S, ALPHA STORES, Ltd. Nevada City—Phone 5 Grass Valley—Phone 88 ess \ — s emergency. There, was no confusion during the transition from ‘peacetime to wartime dress. There was only the problem of increasing personnel and expanding facilities to take up the extra burdens of managing. more ships and sending them out to sea with greater speed. Hotel Clunie This was effectively accomplished in direct cooperation with: the government which did not attempt to set up its. own operating agencies. Instead, the War Shipping Administration was organized to allocate the to pay them only enough to meet overhead expenses. They were not permitted. to accumulate reserve funds for the re-building of their UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT IT’S FAMOUS COFFEE SHOP AND COCKTAIL BAR : ARE RENOWNED IN CALIFORNIA RATES FROM $1.50 UP Excellent Service—Best Food © N fleets, once the war has ended. That system still prevails. The WSA merely assigns tonnage 8TH AND K SRREET, TOY AND JACOBS. JACK BRUNO, Manager SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA to. the steamship companies who are operation. NEVADA CITY ASSAY Practical mining tes percentages Frank Ghidotti, local merchant, is enjoying a two weeks vacation. He spent a few. days-in San Francisco last week and the rest of his vacation is being spent trout fishing in nearby streams. “Have you found anything. in. your Victory Garden yet?” “Oh yes, a lot of things. Mostly Plymouth Rocks, Leghorns and rabbits.” s AND REFINING OFFICE m 75 to 1000 pounds, giving the free gold of sulphurets, value of sulphurets and tailings. Mail ordér check work promptly attended to. Aun. made for gold, Agent for New York-California-Underwriter-, Westchester and Delaware Underwriters Insurance Companies, . Automobile Insurance silver, lead and copper. Proprietor dis-, ’ ® we Bass Fe