June 24, 1943 (4 pages)

t The Nugget is delivered to “God stems, liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to rage and defend it.”—Daniel Webster } This paper gives ‘your complete ‘CALF ORNIA, F¢ FOR Red Cros Sends Out your home twice a week coverage of all local happenings. . Sur baly Stems Ber It If you want to read about your Pree friends, your neighbors, read — The Nugget. a ~ COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA : a Vol. 17, No. 50. The County Seat Paper NEVADA \ CITY, CALIF ORNIA Ove Gold Center THURSDAY, JUNE. 24, UNE. 24, 1943 . Thinking : Out Loud 1 By RALPH H. TAYLOR The tragedy of errors which has ta marked the government’s handling & ‘of the food problem appears to be mounting to a new peak of cone fusion confounded and dangerous d bungling of the OPA goes ahead with its subsidy scheme to “roll ‘back the cost of living’ There are so many patent ab} -Surdities in the program that it is i@ difficult to determine where to iy start in listing its fallacies. Per: haps the crowning insult in the Ru States -government party to a 1a scheme to deceive the people into > believing that their living costs , are being lowered when no such reduction is being — jaccomplished. : The whole program smacks of ‘economic quackery and political insincerity, for it does nothing whatever to check inflation—and yet is represented as an attempt to deal with that problem. As a , matter of simple truth, any small : saving which the householder may } achieve in his daily living costs by reason of this program, he will be forced to make up with interest—in increased taxes. What he doesn’t pay the grocer (and the actual reductions will be small, indeed), he will pay the tax collector, or his children, who come after him, will pay. Farmers, if they took a shortsighted, selfish view of the matter, might be expected to support the rollback subsidy .scheme, for under it the farmer will continue to get the same amount for his products, and yet the consumer will pay the grocer less. But farmers recognize that any program which misrepresents actual eonditions and which postpones action on the ertical problem of inflation is dangerous both to them and to the entire country, The American. Farm Bureau Federation, the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, the National Grange and many other farm groups have gone on record as vigorously opposed to the subsidy program. Albert S. Goss, master of the Grange, warned the Senate Agricultural Committee, that the program to lower retail prices by subsidy payments to proceseors would create a food shortage and declared: “Had we deliberately set out to create a food prob. lem, we could scarcely have’>-dons more than has been done in pursuing our policies on labor, machfinery and price ceilings."’ ‘Washington experts now estimate that it will take TWO BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR out of the federal treasury to carry out the program and subsidize processors to roll back prices to. the levels which existed on September 15, 1942. And that huge expenditure of government tax funds to lower prices is proposed at a time when Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau is intensifying his appeals for increased public buying of war bonds to pay for the costs of military supplies and equipment, and when President Roosevelt has just told congress that taxes must be sharply. increased again if the war bill is to be paid. Looking at the problem from another angle, this proposal to divert two billion dollars in, tax funds from the war effort to the payment of subsidies—avowedly so that the people won’t have to K pay so much for the things they ~ buy—comes at a time when other government officials are sti] considering the imposition of a ‘‘forced savings” plan to siphon off exeess earnings of the people and thereby check the trend toward inflation. A few days ago, War Production Board Chairman Donald Nelson served notice that the American people must be prepared to get along with 20 per cent less Ss a services in the last half ‘of 19438 than were available in the same period of 1942, due to the fact that war needs must take constantly increasing share of our production. i The hard fact of the matter is that prices can’t be rolled back plan is that it makes the United . {the Miner’s hospital here where he LIEUT. JAMES ODEGAARD DIES IN AIR CRASH Dr. C. W. Chapman was in receipt of a telegram this morning stating that Lieutenant James Odegaard was killed in an air accident on the Covington flying fiefd in Tennessee. The telegram came from Mrs. -Margaret Odegaard, his mother. Lieutenant Odegaard was the youngest son of the late Oscar Odegaard Sr., former manager of the Nevada County Lumber Company, and the brother of Oscar Odegaard Jr. also a commissioned officer in the armed forces and of Misses Gertrude and Margaret Odegaard. He leaves a wife who was also living at Winston-Salem. SOLDIER SON OF C. V. COUPLE DIES IN JAP CAMP Private James (Jimmie) Chester, 21 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Chester of the Watt Park section, died at a Japanese prison camp in the Philippine Islands, fis parents were informed by the War Department this week. 2 This message, based in information from the International Red Cross at Geneva, Switzerland and relayed by the Japanese government or neutral Red Cross workers in the Philippines, came three months atfter Chester was reported as a prisoner of war of the Nipponese. He; had originally been listed as “miss. ing in action’ by the American gov-. rnment, following. the surrender of Corregidor and. Bataan. The death of the Grass Valley boy occurred June 16, but the cause of death. of disposition of the body was not contained in the brief report. Whether Chester was wounded, ill, or suffered from malnutrition or the! rigors of a. Japanese prison camp will probably never be known. Regret was general in Grass Valley last evening at the news and sympathy was extended to the bereaved family. Jimmie Chester was a graduate of Grass Valley high school and a prominent Boy Scout of the Grass Valley area and Tahoe Council. He was a leader in scouting and youth activities. Chester was one of the first volunteers from Grass’ Valley in the days three years ago when the country first became defense conscious. He was trained at Hamilton Field, and in the summer of 1941 was sent to Clark Field, Philippine Islands. Chester experienced the air raid on Clark Field when American aircraft were destroyed on the ground and the Army Air Forces ground troops fought as infantrymen under MacArthur at Manila, through the Bataan peninsula and finally on Corregidor. \Chester was among the thousands of Americans who were taken by the Japanese in February, 1942. Alleghany Resident Falls From Tree Dislocates Neck Michael ‘Shay, over 70 years of age, a retired miner, while pruning the trees around his home in Alleghany yesterday fell about 15 feet into the brush and dislocated his neck. Holmes ambulance brought him to was treated by Dr, Norbert B. Frey. His condition is not thought to be critical. Mr. and Mrs. Roach McIntyre of Roseville and Mrs. May Merrill of Grass Valley. visited their aunt, Mrs. Mary Guenther of Boulder steet, and other relatives Sunday. The two ladies are sisters and are former residents of Nevada City. ifarmers of the state this year. . /make it a co-operative deal by givLACK OF LABOR, MAY LOSE CROPS. When Chester Davis, War Food Administrator, said that despite floods and an unfavorable’ spring the present outlook indicated greater farm production than any time in history, with the exception of last year, he did not take into consideration the fact that harvesting the crop was the big item yet to be considered this year. California faymers are facing a greater problem in harvesting of their war time crops than any. other state, and since they produce 46 per cent of the fruits, vegetables and nuts which go into interstate commerce, Washington has at last; recognized that California is the key to the food munitions in this country— recognition which came again this year, too little and too late. — Alarm is spreading at the magnitude of the job of harvesting this huge crop and already Prof. R. L. Adams estimates that 24,000,000 days of man work must be found to; save California’s crops. Even if 50,Pictures of Nancy Jones In the window of the Nevada City Red Cross production room in the Schmidt building on Broad street may be seen a picture which was forwarded to the local chapter from the publicity department, Washington, D.C. It portrays a group of soldiers in a American convalescent ward in Ireland. Miss Nancy Jones of Nevada City is the center of this group, and is shown in the role of entertainer with a ukalali. This picture was taken in the very early days of the over seas Red Cross work. Miss Jones was one of the first to leave for foreign parts in this role, and her efforts have met with great appreciation from those with whom she has so_ unselfishly worked. Arthouse Davis Arrested on Complaint of Arthur Hoge Arthur Davis mining man, and rancher residing on the ‘North Bloomfield Road east of Sugar Loaf Mountain, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen and Deputy Sheriff George De Soto on a complaint of malicious 000 Mexicans were brought in, which is the number contracted for, by the federal agency, they could dd . about 6,000,000 days of work this} season, leaving a deficit of 18,000,000 working days to be found. The nation as a whole has lost: one-fourth of its farm workers to. the draft and the defense industries —California has lost 50 per cent, . yet farmers in the state pay out in farm wages a little over 14 per cent of the money spent for farm labor in the nation. Tired of the bungling of federal, agencies on the food front in Cali-: fornia last year the farmers asked . the legislature to set up a state . ageney to take over the haste da duties of organizing and planning . for labor to meet the needs of the. Wash-,; ington tried hard to kill this type of local revolt against confusion and regimentation by Washington. In fact Secretary of Agriculture Wickard sent a telegram to Governor War ren trying to sidetrack state action. However, since the bill passed there have been efforts by Washington to ing it a federal-state status. The sponsors of the bill and the direciors of the food and fiber council, appointed by Governor Warren, have indicated their desire to. cooperate with federal agencies but not as a junior partner. War Food Administrator Chester Davis has long been known to favor participation of farmers along democratic lines, but unless he gets the word from Washington, he is thelpless in his efforts to set up such a program, — Apparently Davis is looking ahead at the gravity of the situation, for he knows that without the responsible help of the farmers in solving the food problem, the country is going to face a tremendous food: shortage in the coming months. In a recent radio address he said that despite the fact that records were established in food production last year, ‘four civilian consumers alone ate up 85 per cent of that enormous production, with only 15 per cent of it going to our armed forces and lend-lease:’’ He also. pointed out that food lend-leased by this nation last year amounted to only six per cent of production, while this year it will amount to 11 or 12 per cent. In the meantime it must be kept in mind that California must obtain 250,000 additional farm workers to harvest its crops. All the efforts of school students, civic organizations and women’s clubs must be mobilized for volunteer labor to secure food for themselves, the armed forces and lend-lease. Gray Eagle Produces : 700 Tons Copper Monthly unless wages (and other costs of production) are rolled back. A x another hard fact that the government should hammer home, instead of soft-pedaling, is that no matter how much money we may have, there will be less to buy with it. We have a war to win— and we must ‘pay for it. And we would all be better off if the government would tell the people that instead of regaling them with (Mine at Happy Camp Saturday. Mr. Widauf is signing up miners to: return with him and has secured sevation and is said to be about 700 tons of copper monthly together with an appreciable amount of both gold and silver. Fred Seheck and John P. Widauf, formerly of the Murchie: staff came down from the Grey Eagle Copp2r eral men so far. The 700 ton mill is in full operproducing rollback subsidy fairy tales. mischief filed by Arthur Hoge, one of the owners of the Great Northern Mine. The mine property adjoins the Davis ranch, and Davis, it is alleged, has removed certain signs erected in the vicinity of the mine, which has been closed for three years. It is also alleged that Davis tampered with water pipes or ditches which Hoge claims. Davis states that the acts complained of took place.pn his own land. The district attoney is investigating the matter. Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve permitted Davis his liberty without bail. Funeral Service For Late Robert W. Brown Funeral services were held ven afternoon for the late Robert W. Brown, who passed away Monday last in Richmond, California, while'visiting his daughter. The services took place in the Holmes. Funeral Home, Grass Valley with Rev. (Mark Pike of the Methodist Church officiating. es The deceased was a retired farmer, a native of Tennessee, aged 69 years. The following survive: his wife, Mrs. R. W. Brown, and’ children, Miss Rowena Brown and Mrs. Loretta Atkins of Grass Valley, Sergeant L. W. Brown of the U. 5S. Army, Mrs. Velma Atkins, D. C. Brown and W.P. Brown all of San Pablo, Private Robert Brown, ZJr., U. S. Army, Mrs. Mabel Stutton of Richmond and Miss Emma Brown of Grass Valley. FBI Wants High School Graduates SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.+—Opportunities for students graduating from high school this week to secure emplo nt at the Federal Bureaw of Investigation have been announced by N. J. Pieper, special agent in charge of the local FBI’ office San ‘Francisco. Male and female high school graduates who are_ sixteen years of age or older are eligible for clerical positions at both . Washington, D. C. and San ‘Francisco. No experience is required for many of the positions, and training is provided for those applicants interested in filing, indexing, messenger, mim eo-graphing, photostating, switchboard and teletype work. Entrance salaries for clerical positions are from $1440 to $1620 per. annum. Typing and stenographic appointments are also available at $1620 to $1800 a year. There are excellent opportunities for advancement into more responsible and higher salared positions: City Council To Connider. Meat Ordinance Tonight The Nevada City Council will mest this evening: in special session to consider a new license ordinance for meat markets and for providing in>}spection. William E. Wright city attorney will meet with the council. This action. is taken following a repert by the chief .of police, Max Solaro and the city health officer, George Calanan, ‘that ininspected meat is being offered for sale here. Some.two months ago the city ordinance governing the sale of DEATH CALLS MRS, LILE PASCOE Mrs. Lile Pascoe, wife of Jonathan Pascoe, passed away Tuesday. afterhoon at her home at 510 Sacramento street, Nevada City. Her death followed a long illness. During her illness she was a patient at the Miners Hospital and was removed to her home after hospitalization proved unavailing. . She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Williams and was born at Grass Valley November 12, 1877, making her age at death. 615 years, 7 months and 10 days. Her entire life was spent in Grass Valley and Nevada City and _ her genial disposition won her many frieids in both cities. She was married to Mr. Pascoe on January 7, 1907, and their married life has been an extremely happy one. Mrs. Pascoe, was a member of Neva Rebekah Lodge No. 119, I. O. O. F. and took an active part in its work until illness made that impossible. Besides her husband she is survived by the following daughters, sisters and brothers: Mrs. Olive Mav Irving, San Jose; Mrs. Bernice Richards, Berkeley, daughters, and Mrs. H. E. Mountain, stepdaughter, Oakland; Mrs. Kate Robinson, Mrs. A. ‘Nevada City; Mrs. of Grass Valley. FOR MORATORIUM meat in Nevada City was repealed H. Reynolds, Mrs. Gove C. Celio of Susie Gill, OroMrs. Lizzie Harris, Grass Valley; Mrs. Edna Nunn, Sacramento, sisters; and Albert Williams, Esparto and Leland Williams, Sebastopol, ville; ‘brothers, There are also ‘several grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral arranegments «are ‘in charge of Hooper-Weaver Mortuary MINE INTERESTS URGE BILL PASS group of western members of congress and mining representatives urged the Senate Mining Committee last week to approve a bill (S344) designed to relieve gold mining companies and operators who were forced to stop operations because of the War Production Board’s order shutting down gold mining. The legislation would grant @ moratorium on obligations of mining operators forced to shut down because of the order, and _ permit them to borrow from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation sufficient funds to continue work required to protect their properties and keep them in condition to resume — tions after the war. Senator Murray (Dem., Mont.), who introduced the measure, declared the order had failed in its purpose of diverting labor to copper mines and had created a_ chaotic conditon in towns depending upon gold mining operations. “Unless this legislation is enacted the gold mining industry will be largely wiped out,’ Murray told the committee. “Thousands of citizens will be financially ruined.”’ Harry F. Sears, president of the ‘Calaveras Central Gold Mining Company of San Francisco, supported testimony of previous witnesses and suggested amendments to the Dill which would take in all classes of gold mining properties ajnd grant broader relief to the operators. Senators Scrugham (Dem., Nev.) MeFarland (Dem.,. Ariz.) and Johnson (Dem., (Colo.), supported the bill. Johnson, acting chairman of the committee, told the operators the committee would hurry action on the measure and said ‘he was confident congress would expedite action. Fred Scheck of Happy Camp spent the past week end in Nevada City with his wife and family. Upon his return he was accompanied by Mrs. F, E. Pearce who is now visiting a gon, Holden Pearce, and Loy at that camp. and the services of Dr. EB. M. Roesner, vyetinary, who had _ inspected meat markets in Nevada City for many years, were discontinued. The city council now finds that tlie state} law does not require inspection of meat sold in counties’ of less than 28,000 population and the city has. . no protection against wale ‘of Je _. yesterday afternoon MR. WINNSPEAKS — ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TONIGHT — Charles W. Winn, member of the . ‘Board of Lectureship of the First ton, will deliver a lecture this evening in the Elementary School Aude itorium in this city. Introducing the speaker, ‘Macie M. Bush will say: Friends — The Christian ScienceSociety of Nevada City welcomes you this evening to hear a lecture on (Christian Science enititled: Chr ian Science, a — of Freedom and Dominion. “Our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has provided in the Manual of the Mother Church, the First Church of (Christ, Scientist, in Boston, M chusetts, for a board of lectureship Mrs. world the facts pertaining to the life of our leader; the science which she taught and practiced. It is the same science of Christianity which Way-Shower, Christ Jesus, practiced many centuries ago. “The speaker this evening is a member of this board and it is now my privilege and pleasure to introduce to you, Mr. Charles V. Winn of Pasadena, California, who will now address you.’’ (See Mr. Winn’s address on Page Three.) HARRY COX WILL FILED FOR PROBATE The will of Harry B. Cox whn died Friday, June 16th, was. filed in the county clerks office by Attorney Vernon Stoll with a petition for probate. The estate is of a value in excess of $10,000. The will directs that George Inness Ellsworth, his wife’s son, be named trustee of an “‘inheritance to which I may be now or hereafter be entitled from the’ state of Thomas Potter, deceased.’ the interest this is to be “paid to his daughter, Mrs. Betty Cox Avila, during her life time, and at her death the principal is to go to Thomas (‘Nugent Troxell Jr. Mrs. Avila lives _ at 4272°U street, Sacramento. To his daughter Clarice Cox, 18, Cox bequeathed. $1. Miss” Cox resides in Oakland. : : All furniture and furnishings of the house at Barnegat Ranch are left to Mrs. Avila. Barnegat ranch and the remainder of his property is left to his wife, Mrs. Juliet Inness Cox, with the understanding that my wife’s son, George Ellsworth Inness will have full management of Barnegat ‘Ranch’.’ GAS FOR HARVEST Volunteer farm labor recruiting agencies of Northern California have filed a joint request with OUA. Administrator Prentiss M. Brown, for a simpler procerude in supplying gasoline required by volunteer” harvest labor for transportation to an j their places of work. This ¥ nounced today by the San Wartime Harvest Council. The telegram to Administrat Brown was signed by the Har {Couneil, the San Francisco ( jof Commerce, CaliforniaChamber. of Commerce, the Ca nia State ‘&mployees Associ: Sacramento Chapter, the Secr to Harvest Council, _ the Berkeley Man Power. ‘Committee. ie The message points out ency of the farm labor pro Calta and calls atten imp sibilty, Ee zo) sent OUA regulatio line for tre spected meat. Church of Christ, Scientist, of Bos; whose duty it is to present to the . our a

t The Nugget is delivered to “God stems, liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to rage and defend it.”—Daniel Webster } This paper gives ‘your complete ‘CALF ORNIA, F¢ FOR Red Cros Sends Out your home twice a week coverage of all local happenings. . Sur baly Stems Ber It If you want to read about your Pree friends, your neighbors, read — The Nugget. a ~ COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA : a Vol. 17, No. 50. The County Seat Paper NEVADA \ CITY, CALIF ORNIA Ove Gold Center THURSDAY, JUNE. 24, UNE. 24, 1943 . Thinking : Out Loud 1 By RALPH H. TAYLOR The tragedy of errors which has ta marked the government’s handling & ‘of the food problem appears to be mounting to a new peak of cone fusion confounded and dangerous d bungling of the OPA goes ahead with its subsidy scheme to “roll ‘back the cost of living’ There are so many patent ab} -Surdities in the program that it is i@ difficult to determine where to iy start in listing its fallacies. Per: haps the crowning insult in the Ru States -government party to a 1a scheme to deceive the people into > believing that their living costs , are being lowered when no such reduction is being — jaccomplished. : The whole program smacks of ‘economic quackery and political insincerity, for it does nothing whatever to check inflation—and yet is represented as an attempt to deal with that problem. As a , matter of simple truth, any small : saving which the householder may } achieve in his daily living costs by reason of this program, he will be forced to make up with interest—in increased taxes. What he doesn’t pay the grocer (and the actual reductions will be small, indeed), he will pay the tax collector, or his children, who come after him, will pay. Farmers, if they took a shortsighted, selfish view of the matter, might be expected to support the rollback subsidy .scheme, for under it the farmer will continue to get the same amount for his products, and yet the consumer will pay the grocer less. But farmers recognize that any program which misrepresents actual eonditions and which postpones action on the ertical problem of inflation is dangerous both to them and to the entire country, The American. Farm Bureau Federation, the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, the National Grange and many other farm groups have gone on record as vigorously opposed to the subsidy program. Albert S. Goss, master of the Grange, warned the Senate Agricultural Committee, that the program to lower retail prices by subsidy payments to proceseors would create a food shortage and declared: “Had we deliberately set out to create a food prob. lem, we could scarcely have’>-dons more than has been done in pursuing our policies on labor, machfinery and price ceilings."’ ‘Washington experts now estimate that it will take TWO BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR out of the federal treasury to carry out the program and subsidize processors to roll back prices to. the levels which existed on September 15, 1942. And that huge expenditure of government tax funds to lower prices is proposed at a time when Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau is intensifying his appeals for increased public buying of war bonds to pay for the costs of military supplies and equipment, and when President Roosevelt has just told congress that taxes must be sharply. increased again if the war bill is to be paid. Looking at the problem from another angle, this proposal to divert two billion dollars in, tax funds from the war effort to the payment of subsidies—avowedly so that the people won’t have to K pay so much for the things they ~ buy—comes at a time when other government officials are sti] considering the imposition of a ‘‘forced savings” plan to siphon off exeess earnings of the people and thereby check the trend toward inflation. A few days ago, War Production Board Chairman Donald Nelson served notice that the American people must be prepared to get along with 20 per cent less Ss a services in the last half ‘of 19438 than were available in the same period of 1942, due to the fact that war needs must take constantly increasing share of our production. i The hard fact of the matter is that prices can’t be rolled back plan is that it makes the United . {the Miner’s hospital here where he LIEUT. JAMES ODEGAARD DIES IN AIR CRASH Dr. C. W. Chapman was in receipt of a telegram this morning stating that Lieutenant James Odegaard was killed in an air accident on the Covington flying fiefd in Tennessee. The telegram came from Mrs. -Margaret Odegaard, his mother. Lieutenant Odegaard was the youngest son of the late Oscar Odegaard Sr., former manager of the Nevada County Lumber Company, and the brother of Oscar Odegaard Jr. also a commissioned officer in the armed forces and of Misses Gertrude and Margaret Odegaard. He leaves a wife who was also living at Winston-Salem. SOLDIER SON OF C. V. COUPLE DIES IN JAP CAMP Private James (Jimmie) Chester, 21 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Chester of the Watt Park section, died at a Japanese prison camp in the Philippine Islands, fis parents were informed by the War Department this week. 2 This message, based in information from the International Red Cross at Geneva, Switzerland and relayed by the Japanese government or neutral Red Cross workers in the Philippines, came three months atfter Chester was reported as a prisoner of war of the Nipponese. He; had originally been listed as “miss. ing in action’ by the American gov-. rnment, following. the surrender of Corregidor and. Bataan. The death of the Grass Valley boy occurred June 16, but the cause of death. of disposition of the body was not contained in the brief report. Whether Chester was wounded, ill, or suffered from malnutrition or the! rigors of a. Japanese prison camp will probably never be known. Regret was general in Grass Valley last evening at the news and sympathy was extended to the bereaved family. Jimmie Chester was a graduate of Grass Valley high school and a prominent Boy Scout of the Grass Valley area and Tahoe Council. He was a leader in scouting and youth activities. Chester was one of the first volunteers from Grass’ Valley in the days three years ago when the country first became defense conscious. He was trained at Hamilton Field, and in the summer of 1941 was sent to Clark Field, Philippine Islands. Chester experienced the air raid on Clark Field when American aircraft were destroyed on the ground and the Army Air Forces ground troops fought as infantrymen under MacArthur at Manila, through the Bataan peninsula and finally on Corregidor. \Chester was among the thousands of Americans who were taken by the Japanese in February, 1942. Alleghany Resident Falls From Tree Dislocates Neck Michael ‘Shay, over 70 years of age, a retired miner, while pruning the trees around his home in Alleghany yesterday fell about 15 feet into the brush and dislocated his neck. Holmes ambulance brought him to was treated by Dr, Norbert B. Frey. His condition is not thought to be critical. Mr. and Mrs. Roach McIntyre of Roseville and Mrs. May Merrill of Grass Valley. visited their aunt, Mrs. Mary Guenther of Boulder steet, and other relatives Sunday. The two ladies are sisters and are former residents of Nevada City. ifarmers of the state this year. . /make it a co-operative deal by givLACK OF LABOR, MAY LOSE CROPS. When Chester Davis, War Food Administrator, said that despite floods and an unfavorable’ spring the present outlook indicated greater farm production than any time in history, with the exception of last year, he did not take into consideration the fact that harvesting the crop was the big item yet to be considered this year. California faymers are facing a greater problem in harvesting of their war time crops than any. other state, and since they produce 46 per cent of the fruits, vegetables and nuts which go into interstate commerce, Washington has at last; recognized that California is the key to the food munitions in this country— recognition which came again this year, too little and too late. — Alarm is spreading at the magnitude of the job of harvesting this huge crop and already Prof. R. L. Adams estimates that 24,000,000 days of man work must be found to; save California’s crops. Even if 50,Pictures of Nancy Jones In the window of the Nevada City Red Cross production room in the Schmidt building on Broad street may be seen a picture which was forwarded to the local chapter from the publicity department, Washington, D.C. It portrays a group of soldiers in a American convalescent ward in Ireland. Miss Nancy Jones of Nevada City is the center of this group, and is shown in the role of entertainer with a ukalali. This picture was taken in the very early days of the over seas Red Cross work. Miss Jones was one of the first to leave for foreign parts in this role, and her efforts have met with great appreciation from those with whom she has so_ unselfishly worked. Arthouse Davis Arrested on Complaint of Arthur Hoge Arthur Davis mining man, and rancher residing on the ‘North Bloomfield Road east of Sugar Loaf Mountain, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen and Deputy Sheriff George De Soto on a complaint of malicious 000 Mexicans were brought in, which is the number contracted for, by the federal agency, they could dd . about 6,000,000 days of work this} season, leaving a deficit of 18,000,000 working days to be found. The nation as a whole has lost: one-fourth of its farm workers to. the draft and the defense industries —California has lost 50 per cent, . yet farmers in the state pay out in farm wages a little over 14 per cent of the money spent for farm labor in the nation. Tired of the bungling of federal, agencies on the food front in Cali-: fornia last year the farmers asked . the legislature to set up a state . ageney to take over the haste da duties of organizing and planning . for labor to meet the needs of the. Wash-,; ington tried hard to kill this type of local revolt against confusion and regimentation by Washington. In fact Secretary of Agriculture Wickard sent a telegram to Governor War ren trying to sidetrack state action. However, since the bill passed there have been efforts by Washington to ing it a federal-state status. The sponsors of the bill and the direciors of the food and fiber council, appointed by Governor Warren, have indicated their desire to. cooperate with federal agencies but not as a junior partner. War Food Administrator Chester Davis has long been known to favor participation of farmers along democratic lines, but unless he gets the word from Washington, he is thelpless in his efforts to set up such a program, — Apparently Davis is looking ahead at the gravity of the situation, for he knows that without the responsible help of the farmers in solving the food problem, the country is going to face a tremendous food: shortage in the coming months. In a recent radio address he said that despite the fact that records were established in food production last year, ‘four civilian consumers alone ate up 85 per cent of that enormous production, with only 15 per cent of it going to our armed forces and lend-lease:’’ He also. pointed out that food lend-leased by this nation last year amounted to only six per cent of production, while

this year it will amount to 11 or 12 per cent. In the meantime it must be kept in mind that California must obtain 250,000 additional farm workers to harvest its crops. All the efforts of school students, civic organizations and women’s clubs must be mobilized for volunteer labor to secure food for themselves, the armed forces and lend-lease. Gray Eagle Produces : 700 Tons Copper Monthly unless wages (and other costs of production) are rolled back. A x another hard fact that the government should hammer home, instead of soft-pedaling, is that no matter how much money we may have, there will be less to buy with it. We have a war to win— and we must ‘pay for it. And we would all be better off if the government would tell the people that instead of regaling them with (Mine at Happy Camp Saturday. Mr. Widauf is signing up miners to: return with him and has secured sevation and is said to be about 700 tons of copper monthly together with an appreciable amount of both gold and silver. Fred Seheck and John P. Widauf, formerly of the Murchie: staff came down from the Grey Eagle Copp2r eral men so far. The 700 ton mill is in full operproducing rollback subsidy fairy tales. mischief filed by Arthur Hoge, one of the owners of the Great Northern Mine. The mine property adjoins the Davis ranch, and Davis, it is alleged, has removed certain signs erected in the vicinity of the mine, which has been closed for three years. It is also alleged that Davis tampered with water pipes or ditches which Hoge claims. Davis states that the acts complained of took place.pn his own land. The district attoney is investigating the matter. Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve permitted Davis his liberty without bail. Funeral Service For Late Robert W. Brown Funeral services were held ven afternoon for the late Robert W. Brown, who passed away Monday last in Richmond, California, while'visiting his daughter. The services took place in the Holmes. Funeral Home, Grass Valley with Rev. (Mark Pike of the Methodist Church officiating. es The deceased was a retired farmer, a native of Tennessee, aged 69 years. The following survive: his wife, Mrs. R. W. Brown, and’ children, Miss Rowena Brown and Mrs. Loretta Atkins of Grass Valley, Sergeant L. W. Brown of the U. 5S. Army, Mrs. Velma Atkins, D. C. Brown and W.P. Brown all of San Pablo, Private Robert Brown, ZJr., U. S. Army, Mrs. Mabel Stutton of Richmond and Miss Emma Brown of Grass Valley. FBI Wants High School Graduates SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.+—Opportunities for students graduating from high school this week to secure emplo nt at the Federal Bureaw of Investigation have been announced by N. J. Pieper, special agent in charge of the local FBI’ office San ‘Francisco. Male and female high school graduates who are_ sixteen years of age or older are eligible for clerical positions at both . Washington, D. C. and San ‘Francisco. No experience is required for many of the positions, and training is provided for those applicants interested in filing, indexing, messenger, mim eo-graphing, photostating, switchboard and teletype work. Entrance salaries for clerical positions are from $1440 to $1620 per. annum. Typing and stenographic appointments are also available at $1620 to $1800 a year. There are excellent opportunities for advancement into more responsible and higher salared positions: City Council To Connider. Meat Ordinance Tonight The Nevada City Council will mest this evening: in special session to consider a new license ordinance for meat markets and for providing in>}spection. William E. Wright city attorney will meet with the council. This action. is taken following a repert by the chief .of police, Max Solaro and the city health officer, George Calanan, ‘that ininspected meat is being offered for sale here. Some.two months ago the city ordinance governing the sale of DEATH CALLS MRS, LILE PASCOE Mrs. Lile Pascoe, wife of Jonathan Pascoe, passed away Tuesday. afterhoon at her home at 510 Sacramento street, Nevada City. Her death followed a long illness. During her illness she was a patient at the Miners Hospital and was removed to her home after hospitalization proved unavailing. . She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Williams and was born at Grass Valley November 12, 1877, making her age at death. 615 years, 7 months and 10 days. Her entire life was spent in Grass Valley and Nevada City and _ her genial disposition won her many frieids in both cities. She was married to Mr. Pascoe on January 7, 1907, and their married life has been an extremely happy one. Mrs. Pascoe, was a member of Neva Rebekah Lodge No. 119, I. O. O. F. and took an active part in its work until illness made that impossible. Besides her husband she is survived by the following daughters, sisters and brothers: Mrs. Olive Mav Irving, San Jose; Mrs. Bernice Richards, Berkeley, daughters, and Mrs. H. E. Mountain, stepdaughter, Oakland; Mrs. Kate Robinson, Mrs. A. ‘Nevada City; Mrs. of Grass Valley. FOR MORATORIUM meat in Nevada City was repealed H. Reynolds, Mrs. Gove C. Celio of Susie Gill, OroMrs. Lizzie Harris, Grass Valley; Mrs. Edna Nunn, Sacramento, sisters; and Albert Williams, Esparto and Leland Williams, Sebastopol, ville; ‘brothers, There are also ‘several grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral arranegments «are ‘in charge of Hooper-Weaver Mortuary MINE INTERESTS URGE BILL PASS group of western members of congress and mining representatives urged the Senate Mining Committee last week to approve a bill (S344) designed to relieve gold mining companies and operators who were forced to stop operations because of the War Production Board’s order shutting down gold mining. The legislation would grant @ moratorium on obligations of mining operators forced to shut down because of the order, and _ permit them to borrow from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation sufficient funds to continue work required to protect their properties and keep them in condition to resume — tions after the war. Senator Murray (Dem., Mont.), who introduced the measure, declared the order had failed in its purpose of diverting labor to copper mines and had created a_ chaotic conditon in towns depending upon gold mining operations. “Unless this legislation is enacted the gold mining industry will be largely wiped out,’ Murray told the committee. “Thousands of citizens will be financially ruined.”’ Harry F. Sears, president of the ‘Calaveras Central Gold Mining Company of San Francisco, supported testimony of previous witnesses and suggested amendments to the Dill which would take in all classes of gold mining properties ajnd grant broader relief to the operators. Senators Scrugham (Dem., Nev.) MeFarland (Dem.,. Ariz.) and Johnson (Dem., (Colo.), supported the bill. Johnson, acting chairman of the committee, told the operators the committee would hurry action on the measure and said ‘he was confident congress would expedite action. Fred Scheck of Happy Camp spent the past week end in Nevada City with his wife and family. Upon his return he was accompanied by Mrs. F, E. Pearce who is now visiting a gon, Holden Pearce, and Loy at that camp. and the services of Dr. EB. M. Roesner, vyetinary, who had _ inspected meat markets in Nevada City for many years, were discontinued. The city council now finds that tlie state} law does not require inspection of meat sold in counties’ of less than 28,000 population and the city has. . no protection against wale ‘of Je _. yesterday afternoon MR. WINNSPEAKS — ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TONIGHT — Charles W. Winn, member of the . ‘Board of Lectureship of the First ton, will deliver a lecture this evening in the Elementary School Aude itorium in this city. Introducing the speaker, ‘Macie M. Bush will say: Friends — The Christian ScienceSociety of Nevada City welcomes you this evening to hear a lecture on (Christian Science enititled: Chr ian Science, a — of Freedom and Dominion. “Our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has provided in the Manual of the Mother Church, the First Church of (Christ, Scientist, in Boston, M chusetts, for a board of lectureship Mrs. world the facts pertaining to the life of our leader; the science which she taught and practiced. It is the same science of Christianity which Way-Shower, Christ Jesus, practiced many centuries ago. “The speaker this evening is a member of this board and it is now my privilege and pleasure to introduce to you, Mr. Charles V. Winn of Pasadena, California, who will now address you.’’ (See Mr. Winn’s address on Page Three.) HARRY COX WILL FILED FOR PROBATE The will of Harry B. Cox whn died Friday, June 16th, was. filed in the county clerks office by Attorney Vernon Stoll with a petition for probate. The estate is of a value in excess of $10,000. The will directs that George Inness Ellsworth, his wife’s son, be named trustee of an “‘inheritance to which I may be now or hereafter be entitled from the’ state of Thomas Potter, deceased.’ the interest this is to be “paid to his daughter, Mrs. Betty Cox Avila, during her life time, and at her death the principal is to go to Thomas (‘Nugent Troxell Jr. Mrs. Avila lives _ at 4272°U street, Sacramento. To his daughter Clarice Cox, 18, Cox bequeathed. $1. Miss” Cox resides in Oakland. : : All furniture and furnishings of the house at Barnegat Ranch are left to Mrs. Avila. Barnegat ranch and the remainder of his property is left to his wife, Mrs. Juliet Inness Cox, with the understanding that my wife’s son, George Ellsworth Inness will have full management of Barnegat ‘Ranch’.’ GAS FOR HARVEST Volunteer farm labor recruiting agencies of Northern California have filed a joint request with OUA. Administrator Prentiss M. Brown, for a simpler procerude in supplying gasoline required by volunteer” harvest labor for transportation to an j their places of work. This ¥ nounced today by the San Wartime Harvest Council. The telegram to Administrat Brown was signed by the Har {Couneil, the San Francisco ( jof Commerce, CaliforniaChamber. of Commerce, the Ca nia State ‘&mployees Associ: Sacramento Chapter, the Secr to Harvest Council, _ the Berkeley Man Power. ‘Committee. ie The message points out ency of the farm labor pro Calta and calls atten imp sibilty, Ee zo) sent OUA regulatio line for tre spected meat. Church of Christ, Scientist, of Bos; whose duty it is to present to the . our a