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March 11, 1943 (4 pages)

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pee Rea Rv aby SUF UR ACRE oe a tes “God grants liberty énly to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it. ”—Daniel Webster —, The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month = Nevada City Nu nn Vol. 17, No. 20. ae It is notable that congress, with down the ing those within military age limits and otherwise eligible, a greater asset to the country by putting them in the armed forces. There is also a trend in ward reducing which bureaucracy the con far, to funds lives upon and has (Congress fortunately, No Help—No Cotton— -No Parachutes even in the days of New Deal debasement, never quite relinquished its grip on the purse strings of the Thus we can note a two-pronged attack on the bane of bureaucracy. First put a lot of the younger men into a real service to their country, and, second, cut off in so far as necessary the flow of money in to the bureaus. Bureaucracy doesn’t need to live a day longer than the tax payers decree. We should all remember that when-we-next vote for congressmen. The candidate for congress who declares he will, God and might help him, strive with main to reduce the numbers and meddlesome functions of the bureaucrats, and whose word in the past has been as good as his bond, should be elected. was reached that the state cannot afDean of Instruction, to supervise the Here are additional contributions ford to wait for action by the federal tests. received by the Red Cross commitgovernment. ' Chastain also announced that high tee since the last published list in the One concrete suggestion from the school students from Placerville, ‘Nugget. R. J. Bennetts says the camconference was for appointment of! Roseville, Grass Valley; Nevada City paign is going forward but that it is a director of food, who would work and Lincoln will be permitted to ride going to take considerable digging to through the counties in efforts to on the junior céllege busses that day meet the Nevada City quota of $5,coordinate the allocation of labor and if they desire to come to Auburn to 100. farm machinery throughout the state. take the tests. ‘Another suggestion was for a farm ADDITIONAL RED CROSS Only the following groups ~are J labor coordinator to do similar work eligible: DONATIONS PHOENIX, (Ariz.)—Used for forin the djstribution of workers in the age instead of parachute and balloon nation. THURSDAY. MARCH 11. J 3943 The little hamlet of Graniteville, perched 5000 feet up in tallest part of Nevada County, leads the entire county in. average contribution to the Red Cross War Fund. There are ‘Number 1 problem for the main sesschool graduates and. college stusion.of the California legislature. dents. Tests are set at Room 51 of six people up there within hollerin’ distance of each other and Food problems were brought to the the college Friday, April 2. they contributed an average of $3.00 each or a total of $18. 00 fore in a meeting of farm and food Dean Harold C. Chastain has namfor Graniteville. That should spur those who still linger in a distribution groups which met in the ed Barl Crabbe, armed services repcontrov ersy with their conscie nces, to give up and give. capitol Friday, at which agreement resentative, and S. M. Barooshian, number of federal employes, now totaling close to 3,000,000 by mak gress, only a trend thus The Gold Center —— By LLOYD LAPHAM Placer Junior College of Auburn SACRAMENTO, March 11.—(UP) has been named as a testing place _ ~——Relief from acute food and farm for the Navy’s new V-12 program. the labor shortages loomed today as the open to high school seniors, high its many new Republican faces, is much more anxious than in former years to meet the responsibility imposed upon it by the Constitution. There is a marked disthere to cut NEVADA CITY,CALIF ORNIA —E RELIEF SOUGHT PLACER JR. COL. Graniteville Leads All the the FOR FOOD AND TO GIVE NAVY Rest in Average Red LABOR SHORTAGE TEST APRIL 2 Cross Donations By H. M. L. its being. _friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. ~ a in re The County Seat Paper Thinking Out Loud position . Ga, t = COVERS RICHEST GOLD zsAREA IN CALIFORNIA Se . This paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If f you want te read about your material is this Phoenix, Arizona cotton field because lack of harvest help forced owner to plow the crop under. W. E. Meason and Keith Taylor (left to right), Phoenix ginners, ruefully survey the useless long staple cotton. President Roosevelt has approved a plan calling for release of army units state. (a) High school and preparatory school graduates who will have at ger, A Friend, Mrs. Browning, John Phelan, Cary Weldon, Iva Foreman, Mrs. D. C. Johnston, Mrs. Jack Taylor, W. S. Nichols, Earl Phelps, Mrs. Julia Walker, Mrs. Cordoni, Mrs. Podurug, Betty Malcolm, ‘Mrs. Vera Walker, Noel Weldon. NOTE: An additional list of Red Cross donors’ will appear in the Nevada City Nugget on Monday. $50—Mrs. Betty Martin West. $25___ Women’s Civi¢ Improvem3nt CHMA MEETS IN AUBURN SUNDAY William D. Hadler, executive sec tained their 17th but not their 20th Club. retary of the California retail merbirthdays by July 1, 1943, regardless $10.00—Nevada City BElementar? chants and grocers association, deof whether they are now attending School PTA. Belle M. Tickell, Nevada clared that the food shortage now is college. (City Garage, Fred Anderson, Mrs. one only of “‘items’’ but that there (b) High school and preparatory is great danger of a genuine, overschool seniors who will be graduated Betting Haley, A Friend, Native Sons to assist the farmers in harvesting all shortage within a month or two’ by July 1, 1943, provided they will. lof Golden West, Victor E. Buck. The next meeting of the California ‘1943 crops. The troops assigned to unless the labor distribution prob$5.00—Jennie Hosking, ‘Mrs. Anhave attained their 17th but not Hydraulic Mining Association will be the. Arizona cotton fields will go to nie T. Shurman, Mary Doolittle, Mrs. their 20th birthdays by that date. work the week of March first, and lem is solved. held at Auburn in the Auburn Hotel Martin Vanberg, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Turning to food rationing, Hadler will be bivouacked near their work. (c) Students who will have attainnext Sunday at 2 p. m. A luncheon MAYOR HANSEN, GRASS VALLEY MAYOR, RESIGNS said that the point system would ed their 17th but not 20th birth make thé feeding of Mexican labor days by July 1, 19438, who do not particularly “difficult. He said the hold certificates of graduation from average Mexican worker normally a secondary school but who are now!. Coan, Mr. and Mrs. John Alice Moore, Mrs. E. H. Herboth, at 1 p. m. will preceed the meeting Gailey, <Al to which officers and members are vin Walthers. $3.50—Mr. and. Mrs. Otis Brown. $3.00—Susan J. Carr, Mr. Pohley, invited. eats about ten pounds of beans a continuing their education in an acMr. and Mrs. Long, Mrs. M. Colomj}month, but that under point rationcredited college or university. © . bo, Harry Wong. . ing could get only about six pounds Furthermore, to be eligible for $2:50—iMr. -and Mrs. QO. E. Betta month, and then only at the exselection each applicant must: cher, Charle Williams, Mr. and Mrs. pense of sacrificing all other vege 'Garden Club to Aid Camp Beale Planting (a) Be a male citizen ‘of the Uni tables. ted States. A. E. Boreham, Mr. and Mrs. EB. GC. The Nevada City Garden ‘Club meeting at the heme of Mrs, Arthur (Meachum, Frances Hawke. Hoge elected new officers: Mrs. Mayor John H. Hansen, at a meetEffects of wartime shortages also (b) Be morally and physically $2.00—-Mrs. H. Blodgett, A Friend, Hoge, president; Mrs. Mare Edmonds, ing of the Grass Valley city council showed up during the week in anqualified for this program, including Tuesday evening, resigned as member other, less; important field—that of a minimum uncorrected visual acuity ‘M. N. Robinson, Blanche. Beck, M. J.!; viee -president; Mrs. Lloyd Hiscox, Baxter, Mrs. Isabel Harry, Mr. and’, Secretary; Mrs. R. B. Champie, treasbut their aries of $10,000 a year, of the council and as mayor of Grass liquor. The state board of equaliza of 18 /20 for each eye. (Mrs. Price, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Wae-. urer. draw tion usually reported Valley. es that He ‘black’ market” had been a member of wives and relativ (c) Be unmarried, and agree to chter, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Robinson, . various for The club is going to collect shrubs, the council $5,000, liquor operations apparently were r for six years anothe remain and unmarried until commissiondown had Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Paul Chesebro, W. , perennials and flats of annual plants. been mayor for a yearvand a half. starting because of the duration ban ed, unless sooner services, which makes the family released by the J. Tickell, Mr. and°*(Mrs:~ Martens;' to help beautify the ground at Camp The reason for his resignation was on the production of spirits. Navy Department. mcome about $15,000 a year. None Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johnston, Mr. and Beale. if up that give The board cited two cases, one .(d) Evidence ‘potential officer due solely to health. His eyesight was of them want to Mrs. Theodore Nelson, Mrs. Lamar} are, they as Anyone having any surplus plants dim and his being where a bar owner was charged with hearing it, help had qualifications, including appearance become they can Fleming, Rowena Uetner, Hazel Forecan communicate with any of the they way steadily The more selling stolen whiskey and another difficult. beings. The two human reand scholarship records. frail man, Miss Alice Gomert, Mr. and above officers of the club. think maining members of the city counwhere liquor was watered down in ean earn it, and we don’t Mrs. L. F. Whitney, A Friend, O. A too is The date for these plants to be cil, year John R. Thomas and Richard wholesale quantities.. Severe penalthe $15,000° a the as_ congressmen, Most of. refrequently Merry-Go-Round minds us, get not only their sal even much, is to find out what their, constituents want and then vote for it. We doubt if any intelligent “LIBRARY REPORTS senna pane AVERAGE DAILY vioia Muns, Mr. and Mrs. William Wagcollected has not been set but will ner, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Polglase, ,be as soon as possible. Word must Mr. and Mrs. Ed Murchie, Mrs. Helen! be received from Camp Beale as to Macmillan, Mrs. A. Bates. ‘when they can collect them. A cen wanted this nation to run 35. bil; city elective officers when vacancies',of Gov.Warren’s $463,000,000 budget reoccur between elections. The next lion dollars in debt for various was underway at week’s end with the of election will take plade in 1945. forms that have had the effect
$1.50—Lt. and’ Mrs. Robert Roark, tral spot will be selected for anyone constituent of any congressman pauperizing and subsidizing a large section of the population. its part One factor which plays today. rt effo in hampering the war y -man t grea a is the fact that ing gett are le peop of s thousand rnment along comfortably on gove they you, pensions, ‘and, thank Dedon’t have to get in and dig. plenty of spite this fact, there are crackpots that want to up the pen sions of the aged,so that a man le who spends his youth and midd age grasshoppering can live as old comfortably as an ant in his can age. Any one with half an eye are observe plenty of old men that cash in e mor now getting a lot in pensions than they ever paid . lives ss ftle thri r thei ng duri taxes ress We would like to see cong do something to. encourage. the Trathen, must now choose which one, ties were shall be mayor. The city: charter protions. vides that as.long as a mojority of the board exists they shall appoint promised for such ATTENDANCE, 73 Mrs. Norman Oates, Mrs. M. A. O’donating plants. The ladies would Connor, Mrs. Henry Hose, Mrs. Willike for the plants and shrubs to be assembly ways and means committee liam Wasley, Mrs: G. H. Crism. tagged ‘by name if possible to help Mayor Hansen said that the nermaking a preliminary study of fund $1.00 —-Mrs. ‘Margaret Weldon, the boys in planning the gardens. vous strain involved in the consid(Mrs. Iva Williamson, city librarrequests. of state departments. ian reports that in February books Miss Fanny Holland,’ Frank el eration of the city’s business aggravThe committee made evident its ‘borrowed for home use totaled 1067; Oliver Charters, Harry Overcracker,. ated his condition. His two fellow determination to stick as closely as fiction 841; juvenil 134, miscel(Mr. Russell, Baby Goree, L. M. DadCamp Beale Chaplain members of the council voted him an possible to: cuts made by the governor laneous 92 Daily attendance was 73 son, Mrs. Robert R. Skeahan, Mrs. is Rotary Speaker honorary member of the council. and the department of finance in deLloyd Penrose presented the libH. I. Scholefield, Harriett Williams, "The mayor’s resignation came at partmental requests, although nearly At the Rotary meeting today Horrary with a copy of: ‘“Anybody’s Phil Hufft;Mrs. Julia Murray, a the end of a busy session of the ace Curnow program chairman, preevery agency to appear asked restorJones, Mrs. James iMalcolm, Mrs. couneil. Gold’’ by Joseph Henry Jackson in ation of the slashes. Charles Kitts, sented Chaplain Brown who spoke on memeory of Mrs. Belle Douglas. It Marvin Hart, Mrs. A new fire ordinance which was some of the activities of the President Robert Gordon Sproul of 13th will be placed with our California Mrs. W. &. French, Lester Orzalll, being considered to enlarge the fire Armored division the University of California made a and discussed the Mrs. R. A. McKnight, Mrs. J. J. Jackbooks. zone, include the west side of the strong plea for restoration of at mission of the armored forces in mod_ We received ‘“‘Miss Billy’’ by Eleason, Jr., Mrs. F. EB, Pierce, Neal street in.the ‘fire zone, was least part of more than $3,000,000 $1.00—Virginia White, A Friend, ern warfare. nor H. Porter: from Marian Wolf. withdrawn, pending an. attempt cut:from the school’s budget. He deAs he served in World War No, 1 “The Problems of Lasting Peace,, ‘C. S. Wiley, Mr. and Mrs. James Wilto reach an agreement among the although not overseas, he gave some clared ‘the additional money was by Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibliams, Mrs. Archie (Malcolm, Mrs. Board of Fire Delegates, Superininteresting comparisons between the necessary to maintain thé state’s Son, and Son was presented to us with the auGeary Feagans, Mrs. Hooper tendent of Utilities John Fontz, and ‘training in this war andthe last. $55,000,000 investment in plant and thor’s compliments. ‘Mrs. J. B. McKinney, Mrs. V. A. CarAlvon Jones, one of the owners. of ‘Before entering the army in June “incalculable” investment in faculty. ‘We received from Senator Jerrold lyle, Julia Ernest, Mrs. E. B. Fields, the building, burned down at the 1941, Chaplain Brown was director Committee members looked with A. James ‘C. Seawell a copy of The California iMrs. Lulu ‘McCartney, ‘corner of Mill and Neal streets, that of the Luther Hospice in Philadelsome disfavor on an ambitious plan Legislature by Joseph Allen Beck; ‘Campbell, Mrs. Maud IM. Penrose, was to have been used for a USO Phia, pastor for the Inner Mission. of the California youth authority for center. and we also received Senate Bills andDavid Daniels, Mrs. Jimmie Solaro, ary Society of the Lutheran Church. rehabilitation of youthful offenders. Jones presented a set of, plans for Resolutions and Assembly Bills and Mrs. Roy Dodge, Mrs. Marjorie HatHe has served at Fort Bragg, N. The authority proposed to set up) and Mrs. Al. Sommers, Bill Resolutions for January 19438. and a new building which provides for en, Mr. C., Fort Sill, Okla., Camp Beaurethe Senate and Assembly Semifinal Kilroy, Mrs. Ludwig Netz, Mrs. Rose gard, La., prior to coming to Camp state farm for 60 youths and a fory indeJones, Harry Douglas. History. living and planning. Ever Beale. . : estry camp in Shasta county for anthose Thirty books were taken from the pendent, goul must loathe e Before ew he was other 100. James H. Phillips, adminViola assigned to the 13th rs. $1.00—M entely rent shelf and placed in the general tax laws which delibera n, Elsie Siegfried, Armored Division. he spent a month istrative officer of the authority, deAnderso BE. Golden OF E circulation. courage prodigal living SOR clared the state’s two reform schools June Denny, Matha Caplantz, Mrs atthe Chaplains School at re ‘‘AS says: young. The Good Book were full because of war time in Dettner, ‘Mrs. G. S. English, Mrs. University. D. ”’ and we city hall for the use ‘of civilian deJ. D. Rafferty Accepted ye sow, so shall ye reap, crease in juvenile delinquency and Skeahan, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Evaline good counfense workers who hitherto have been have an idea that this that @dditional facilities for detenfor Officers Training . Berger, George Noyes, lL illian Granpay day one quartered in the police department will try of ours Mrs. New Order to Liquor tion of youths would have to be proJames D. (Dick) Rafferty law enholm, Mr. and Mrs. C. Roberts, President for through the nose Peard, vided. Clarence Mrs. Rickard, Levina e, a spree forcement officer of the Tahoe NaDealers is Issued 45 years old into the fighting Roosevelt’s spending spre The authority plans also to place tional. Forest office, has been acceptMrs. Chester Clemo, Mr. and Mrs. , ress cong of rity ranks, then withdrawn them, let majo Supervising liquor control officer, on which the some%400 youths in labor camps for ed as a volunteer for officers trainMarvin Kitts , V. Garesio, Mrs. H.F. acDemocrats, them leave the army, if they wishRepublicans and guayule projects in the San Joaquin ing. He is to report for duty on Shaw, D. Wells, Mrs. -J. J. Jackson, Russell B. Farley of the State Board ed, but now have decided to ‘draft of Equalization has just received companied him. an Valley, but Phillips said that the fed/March16th. Sr., Minnie White, ‘Mrs. Cameron them after all. We mean the Boob order from the board effective March. eral government would pay for the Larsen. g rrin refe ‘Rafferty has been extremely acMcNutt sort of thing. Why should We are not, of course, 3, 1943, as follows: : youth’s services, and the state would further our tive in his official duties and also the tax payer be taxed to support $1.00—-Mrs. Mary G. Glider, Mrs. to expenditures which “(No licensee shall suffer or permit. realize a slight profit. t we as a scout leader of Troop 24 of the Phyllis Smith, Carl Pierce, Mrs. Carl any person to consume pompous inbecilities. The colonel war and ultimate victory. Wha , or possess: ie The committee -directed a subBoy Scouts. His wife and family will open the is d min in ly blimps that ordered the gold mines have distinte Baker, Mr. and Mrs, John Cicogni, for consumption, any olcoholic— committee to investigate the possibilirmove to Dunsmuir,where they will iMrs. Bessie Bogle, Mrs. Steve Eden, erage closed throughout the country, treasury flood gates that still in any on-sale premises exce’ rf ity of discontinuing the distribution pasture, make their home while Rafferty is E. K. Ernest, Mrs. J. B. Waechter, between the hours figuring on a-basis of a 1940 cenrigate a lot of peace-time of 10 a. m.and of surplus commodities to school war sus that they would find at least in the service. which ought to be growing Miss Ada Eden,’J. M. Brown, Mr. and 12:00 p. m. o'clock of the sam : children under the free lunch pro10.000 copper miners for the war crops, and not sinecures for New (Mrs. D. K. Ribble, Mrs. Fannie Eden, This is in addition to the ru gram in reviewing the budget of the The effort, and got, actually less than législature to authorize a relativeiy Ed Holland, Mrs. Mary Orzalli, Mrs. fecting the sale of alcoholic Deal or any other politicians. department of social welfare. One a thousand. small but well trained state guard. Herb Hallett, Mr. and Mrs. L. Cic-. by on-sale licensees between big wigs that tell us we can. ’t have committee member pointed owt it Hays declared the need of the ogni, Mrs. Pheobe McGuire, Mrs. hours of 10 a. m. and 12 p. m sliced makars bread and after trywas obvious there no longer were any Gentle readers we can’t do much guard would be subordinated to man Nellie Worthington, Ray Clark, Mrs. night) of the same day. ing it awhi’e change their Olymsurplus food commodities. about it now. But let us think pian minds, after inflicting needpower, materials and food necessary Ed Baker. Licensees violatin about the next election ‘and put for the war effort. However, he de~ Jess cxvense on millions of houseLess than $1.00—Mrs, Yarborough, ‘ing it necessary to fi men in congress instead of clothes Brig. Gen. Ray Hays, the adjutclined to indicate the exact size or Mrs. R. L. Hall, Mrs. Jack Bngle, with the board, are wives. ~The brass hats that” have thrifty sood old Yankee traits of the external fire proofing of a proposed structure. (City Attorne William Cassettari, . chairman of the civilian defense committee, requested and was granted the use of a basement room in the an agricultural camp on the Napa ; first ordered mep*between 38 and horses, ant general, discloggd ‘he will ask the . cost Py of: his recommended guard unit. Thelma. Platt, S. Granger, Mr. Gran‘ *