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June 5, 1941 (6 pages)

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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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year (In Advance) One Month): ii5.5:25.--2-.3 2 ei ea ws Teglewomise cubeleoeer ass $3.00 30 cents oe = . : . 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. : 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