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NEVADA CITY NUGGET THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1941.
Nevada City Nugget
305 Broad Street. Phone 36.
A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published
at Nevada City.
H,. M. LEETE Editor and Publisher
Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Thursday
at Nevada City, California, and entered as mail
matter of the second class in the postoffice at
Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3,
1879.
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Graduation .
The youngster, when he graduates from school, as thousands of California youngsters are doing just now, is stirred
by the immensity of it all. He is out in the world, seeking the
iche which will make him immortal. It is ever thus, and ever
will be. And mere adults, who have failed to find their heart's,
desire, still know that it is there —-somewhere between here
and the rainbow — and hope, with all their being, that their
children will find it. °
of Employment, knowing that graduation day is here, broadcasts an appeal to the thousands of high school and college
graduates to register and seek employment. “We are anxious
to have all graduates register with one of our offices,” says
the Department of Employment announcement, “in order that
they may be referred to summer or permanent employment,
or to training for defense industries.”
When a boy, with dowr on his chin, gets his first job, he
has really graduated. When a girl jots down her first stenographic hieroglyphics in, her notebook, she has really graduated. And a year or two from now, that boy and girl may be
leading the pack in our business community. That's America’s
system of graduation.—Contributed.
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sand a
\ ce See California First!
Oe od
Officials of the 11 Western States, hanging out the welcome sign for the nation’s tourists, are energetically broadcasting the slogan-invitation: “See the Old West This Year!”’
That’s an invitation in which we heartily concur. But
to millions of Californians, who are busily planning their
summer vacations, we feel inclined to append the words: ‘See
California First!"
Strange as it may seem, California is still an unopened
book to tens of thousands of Californians, except for their
own home towns and a few favored playgrounds. Yet it is
the most interesting travel book in the whole library of vacation literature.
~ We have 58 counties in California, each with its own
particular claims to fame; each boasting attractions which can
be found no where else on the face of the globe. And resort
surveys indicate that less than ten per. cent of the men and
women who live in California really know California—in all
its 58 varieties of vacation attractions.
This is a good year to get acquainted with our own State;
to spend our money with our fellow Californians and help
restore California prosperity. —Contributed.
Flag Day .
The Red, White and Blue is a grand flag. Never has it
been sullied. It flew at the halyards when this nation came into being. It flew, through turmoil and strife, when this nation
was rent by Civil War. It flew in the Gay Nineties and it flew
in Depression. It flies now, a symbol of freedom, in a world
shorn of reason.
Why do we love this Flag? Because we love to be free
men. Why is it so important now? Because most of the world
is in chains. Because lizerty, today, is as priceless a possession
as it was when this nation was created.
_ When Flag Day comes on June 14, probably we shall all
be at our given occupations. Probably we shall be a little preoccupied with the business of the day. But when, on that day,
we pass Old Glory, let’s give thanks—just for a moment—
that, we live in America. Let’s give thanks that we live under
the Stars and Stripes. Let's say, very humbly: ‘‘God Bless
America!’’—Contributed.
The Public Revolts
The most conclusive evidence that has yet come to light
of the public’s growing disgust with the many costly defense
industry strikes which have been undermining the nation’s
production of war materials is contained in the latest Fortune
survey of public opinion.
This survey, with a reputation for accuracy that, never
has been seriously questioned, disclosed that even factory
laborers—the very ones who are called out on strike in defense
industries by their leaders—believe the government should
_ forbid strikes in defense industries. !
By a substantial majority, these factory laborers said that]
_ defense strikes over wages, hours, closed shop and, jurisdictional disputes should be forbidden. (Only 44.2 per cent believed the government should forbid strikes over working conditions. )
_ Even more significant, perhaps, was the overwhelming
approval shown by this group for the proposition that a government agency should be created to ‘‘force settlement of difnces between employers and labor.” A total of 68.3 per
cent of factory laborers said “‘yes’’ to this question, while 10
per cent said “it depends,” 17.4 per cent said “no,” and 4.3
cent said they didn’t know.
Fortune’s own conclusion is that “public opinion is overLife, to be sure, is sadly realistic. The State Department .
still is no place fora yachting cruise.
is to be replaced by the hour-glass figure.
snooty? Her husband quits her. in two years and the public in
five. oe
HEY! TAKE YOUR HAND OFFI
~ WoNDER-IW
. JULs4r
I wonder at the city dwellers—
Perhaps this may refer to you,
Who think that those who live on hilltops
Find very little work to do.
I wonder Mr: and Mrs. Mountaineer, if you are sometimes amused by the naive queries of visiting city friends. Did
you ever engage in a conversation resembling the following?
What do you find to busy yourself about up.here? Just
stick around for a few days and you'll see. Doesn't time drag
very slowly? No, time flies here as elswhere. Do the days
seem long? No, they are all too short. Aren't you terribly lonely? No.
City folk should not worry about sky line friends. Living
high or low, in densely populated cities or in small rural communities, is'just a matter of adjustment. Adjustment is the
universal problem of life, and when one has solved it, one can
live wisely and well, happily and usefully anywhere.
We sometimes hear the thought advanced that,children
living in rural districts are deprived of indispensable advantages and hidden from opportunity. If this is true, the fault lies
entirely with parents and teachers.
One of the wisest and most understanding of all the men
I have ever known was born and reared ina _ small mining
town of the San Juan Ridge in Nevada County, California. He
taught the Sweetland school at a time when there were no
state highways, no horseless carriages, radios and other means
of contact with the great world beyond the hills and now, after long years, whenever two or more of his pupils are gathered together, they speak of him almost reverently and never
fail to say, “he was the best teacher we ever had.”
This teacher's interest in his pupils was not restricted to
hours spent in the class room. After school hours, an Saturdays and Sundays and holidays, he often joined them in little
excursions to fields and forests and unostentatiously excited
their interest in the flora and fauna of the region, its especial
points of interest and the romance of its colorful history.
Sometimes he led .his young charges into the great canyon of the hydraulic diggings to study geology and to encourage the collection of petrified wood, moss agates, crystals and
other exciting objects which may be found in the exposed
channels of pre-historic rivers. He strove constantly to create
in the minds of his pupils, that inquisitive awareness upon
which city dweller or member of small rural communities must
build their temples of knowledge and self culture.
While still very young, Charles Brown of Nevada County, left the little Ridge town to accept a highly important and
responsible governmental position in the city of San Francisco,
a post which he filled with honor and distinction until he passed from earthly scenes of joy and sorrow into the realms of
infinite knowledge and*understanding of which we mortals
dream. From the example of this man’s life, we learn that the
teacher in a small and isolated rural. community has a worthy
task to do, a task to which should be brought all the wisdom, .
understanding, ability and earnestness of which the individual
is capable. To awaken in the mind of a child an intelligent
understanding of his surroundings, to aid him in making prop-'
er adjustments to hs environment, will enable both teacher
and pupil to escape from what some mistaken persons might
regard as their limitations.
—A. MERRIAM CONNER.
whelmingly opposed to permitting strikes in defense industries. All this seemingly adds up to a rejection of arguments
in favor of strikes, a warning to labor not to interfere with defense production for its own ends, and a mandate for the government to step in if labor persists in doing so.”’
Labor has had every chance to wake up and take note
of the growing public resentment against defense strikes, but
union leaders so far have paid too little attention to this warning “not to interfere.”
The Red Sea may be open to American shipping but it
‘
Time marches on—we read that the sundial silhouette
What reason has the average motion picture actress to be
THIS WEEK
e
President Roosevelt proclaimed
July 1 as Selective Service registration day for all men who have be-,
come 21 since the first registration .
on October 16, 1940. Selective Serv-.
ice Deputy Director Hershey asked .
local boards -to give serious acts
eration to individual claims for de-.
ferment of men engaged in agricul-.
ture, Gen. Hershey notified local}
boards that Agriculture Secretary
Wickard. reported the defense program has drawn heavily upon the
supply of farm labor and an adequate
supply is becoming a serious problem, particularly along the Atlantic
Seaboard, in Ohio and Michigan, and
Minnesota and Arizona.
. Army
Army Chief of Staff Marshall announced that training. maneuvers
this summer and fall are designed to
create an “‘all-purpose’”’ force capable
of operating in the Arctic, the tropics, in deserts or mountains. He said
every man must be given ‘basic infantry training before he can ‘‘pull
his weight’’ as a specialist.
Undersecretary of War Patterson,
speaking in ‘New York, denied charges the Army is devoting too much
time to basic training. He said ‘‘ours
is not a mass Army, staking its success on sheer weight of men and machines.’’ He said the ratio of infantry
to air service—nine to one in 191718—is now amost one to one and
“our plans call fora ‘higher proportion of armored and motorized units
than Germany has today.”’
Navy
Navy Secretary Knox announced
the Navy will open 23 schools for
training regular and reserve. enlisted
men as petty officers. Mr. Knox estimated 114,500 of the Navy’s 256,000 enlisted men will be petty »fficers by July 1. The ‘Navy also announced a three months course at
Harvard to train 400 college graduates as supply officers,
Air
The Air Corps announced that examinations of applicants for flying
cadet appointments who have not
had two years of college have been
changed to include seven instead of
nine subjects, with two of the subjects elective.
War Secretary Stimson annotnced
arrangements to train 8000 RAF
pilots, bombardiers and navigators
in U. S. civilian and army schools.
The U. S. will defray some of the
cost from lease-lend funds. Mr. Stimson said the program would not interfere with U. S. pilot training.
Ships
The ‘Maritime Commission awarded contracts for 123 additional merchant vessels, To date, the conrmission said, 850 ships have been ordered—-312 emergency vessels, 85 .car~
go ships for prite concerns, 72 tankers and 60 ships on British contracts,
The commission said the first of the
emergency ships will be completed
by November, a month ahead _ of
schedule.
Materials
A sample campaign to test effectiveness of scrap material collection
by the public is being conducted in
Richmond, Va., and Madison, Wis.,
under the direction of local defense
councils, If the campaign is successful, the OPM said, it may be made!
nation wide. In the meantime, citizens in other areas were asked to rofrain from similar campaigns.
Prices
Leon Henderson, Price Control Administrator, reported that although
industrial production is now almost
35 ‘per cent higher than in 1929. the
: cost of living has risen only about
difficulty in
THINKING OUT LOUD
(Continued from Page One)
bergh’s view of the world war is
near sighted. It may be a long
war, and as he predicts a war of
attrition, but in such a war, time
is on the side of the democracies.
In man power, natural resources,
and industrial capacity the demoocracies outweigh all of Germany
and all the countries Germany has
overrun. Germany with a head
start of six or seven years, is hav.
ing her great moment now. But
the toad that tried to puff itself
up to the size of an ox, we remember, came to a sad end—it exploded, Lindbergh’s view of the war
situation in out of focus. His view
is the short, not the long view.
Funeral Held Yesterday :
For Mrs. Emma Rowe
Funeral services’ were conducted
parts of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,. 44 the Holmes Funeral Home here.
yesterday for Mrs. Emma Rowe, 84,
long time resident of this city whodied Monday.
The pallbearers were:
Edwin Powell) Ed C. Uren, William J. Tickell, R. J. Bennetts, Jas.
Penrose and Thomas W; Richards. °
Burial -was in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
LOCAL FISHERMEN BREAK
THROUGH TO LINDSEY LAKE BUT
LUCK NOT AS GOOD AS THEY
EXPECTED
Robert and William Tamblyn, Delbert Schiffner and James Solaro
bucked roads to reach Lindsey Lake
earlier in the week. They. caught a
total of six excellent fish but the
number did not compensate for the
reaching the fishing
spot.
MOTORISTS—Take a ‘Motorola with
you on your vacation. ‘Listen to
_ your favorite programs while traveling Prices $24.95 up. ‘Art’s Radio
Hospital, 112 S. Church Street,
Grass Valley. 6-52tp
WANTED—Job as cook in restaurant
hotel or camp. Call at 426 Spring,
Nevada City. 6-2-2tp
WANTED — Partner — Saw mill
business. Few hundred dollars
needed. Opportynity to deal yourself ‘“‘Ace in the hole” for next few
years. Circumstances force me to
act. You deal with first class mijlwright. White for details. Box
400, care Nevada City Nugget.
5-26-9tp
CRUSHED ROAD ROCK
Concrete Material
Pea Gravel
Brick
Building Rock
Fill Material
y
Grass Valley Rock and Sand
Grass Valley Phone 45 i
iXPERT . RADIO REPAIRING —
Loud Speaker Systems for Rent or
Sale. Authorized Philco Auto Radio
Service. ART’S RADIO HOSPITAL
— Specialists in Radio Ills, 112%
South Church Street, Grass Valley.
Phone 984, 2-19tf
WATCHES CLEANED, $1.00. Mainsprings, $1.00. Watch Chrystals,
round, 25¢, fancy, 50c. All’ work
guaranteed. J. M. Bertsche, Watch
and Clock repairing. With Ray's
Fixit Shop, New location, 109 West
Main Street, Grass Valley. 12-1tf
; three per cent and ‘wholesale prices
. only about seven per cent in the past
year, conisderably less than during
the comparable period of the World
War. :
He said leading oil companies in
New ‘En kfland? and middle-Atlantic
areas have agreed not to’ increase
gasoline prices ‘‘substantially’’ unSia
FINE
WATCH REPAIRING
Radio Service & Repairing
Work Calledtor and Delivered
‘Clarence R. Gray
520 Coyote Street Phone 152
less basic cost conditions change. He
announced a ceiling will soon be plac-!
ed on cow hide prices. He requested
producers of ammonium sulfate used'
as fertilizer to continue prices at the]
present level because’ there is no.
justification for an increase,
Defense Housing
President ‘Roosevelt approved construction of 9,900 additional dwelling units for civilian industrial
worker families and Army and Navy
enlisted. personnel in 32 localities,
and use of 274 trailers, renting for
from ‘$6 to $8 per week, as temporary housing in defense areas. Defense Housing ‘Coordinator Palmer
reported total allocations for family
dwelling units to be 87,260 as of May
24, During the ‘week ended ‘May 24,
1,600 homes were finished making
the total completed 12,261 Mr. PalmIf it’s soiled, we clean it. If you
need a new one we supply it.
Ed Burtner
GRASS VALLEY CLEANERS
111 Main Street, Phone 375
er reported. Grass Valley