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16, 1944 {
“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”
Nevada Git
COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA y Nu
—Daniel
gget
.
Webster
This paper gives your complete
coverage of all local happenings.
f you want to read about your
friends, your neighbors, read
The Nugget.
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the colons your home twice a week
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WD 96” wall Vol, 18, No. 21. The County Seat Paper
of how 4 Ss sg a
Dunishmey —
Mrs, (Gg 4 "i
er. Thinking
oe Out Loud
AN By H. M. L. . y MRS. A. J. HEETHER
Nelch ap sini «
1eir home Ss he von gard party which is being enh ha This is to express a few thoughts given at the Elks Hall Wedues day
leh’s raed mp the political outlook as it efnight will start Promptly at 8 ve
is in Wis " tects ug here in Nevada County. Reservations do not have to be made
broke doggy Wa aH ot much eondérne# th Io piay cards, Go come carly ane
im. 7} purely county or municipal hag your tables. The master of ceremonK ond p ye i Peete trom long expérlente /ies, R. J. Beimelts, who hs 5 kindey will so we know that in the smaller poltIx consented, to. assist, will be introe ; ] units mg people who live . duced just before card playing starts.
ied next door t the candidates, know . Rey. Virgil, Gabrielle Will also. assist.
all about them, and are seldom . tjoyq Geist will then lead in sing« Sie proved wrong in their conclusions. . ing “God Bless America’ accompanied
: isn , en by Mrs. Hitchens at the Piano. Do
bias . “ But before us is a choice’ of twe saataetans Mr. Geist, Father Gabrielle,
. men who are running for Congress
the Second District, Congressman Clair Engle, elected to the
_ gnexpired term of the late Harry
. @nglebright, and State Senator
Jesse M. Mao, defeated in the
same election, who for many years
represented this county im the
state assembly and who is now in
the state senate,.and again seeks
the Second District seat in House
of Representatives.
We note with some surprise that
Congressman Engle voted to sustaine the president’s veto of the
late tax bill thereby aligning himself with the minority New Dealers in Congress, and against the
Republicans and’ Southern Demoqats. He had also a leading part
NE in publicizing conditions at Tule
lake. We have lately deplored the
excessive excoriation: of the Japs,
OTT especially those at Tule Lake as
’ tending to make the lot of white
persons, military and_ civilian,
sill in Jap prison. camps, harder.
That the State Department in retnt Months is no longer able to
negotiate another, a third, exthange of prisoners with the Japs, ;
we believe directly results from
. all the agitation regarding the
IES . Tule Lake scandal and proposed
deportation of Japs when the war
ends. We-are-in accord with the
CK . thought that alien Japs be deportsoon as feasible, and that the
ment of Jap camps in this
_be radically improved,
think much of the agitathis time, has been ill ad-.
md ‘We suspect that much of
grist in political mills.
. We doubt if Congressman Enti the brief time given him,
done anything to warrani
mg him back there as minorar in a congress which
indication becoming
Odenatingly Republican be3 1945. The fact that he
with minority New Déalers
the president’s tax veto
cates his téndencies,
labor what
® For we, cannot
ye t#% aapécts’ of the bill, but
. tert to placate’. Phillip
# CO, “Wid, objectto. deeotint for, thé
"at Dlucks. trom union
. in dies and extottionate
;
ie 5 , He first in
‘gis SR ticer replacement, He landed ft
tlie War 18 over we shall . Algirés, eer ding, to letters received
SAeToub lg With labor
town arrogant under the
12 yea coaatihg and
(We would hardly beneelves in the Second Dis‘Te-electing a man whose
s at Redding, where labfor a short time, at
TIME TELLS OF
vada (ity High School now fighting
Time magazine. It reads:
strongly ‘held building,
drtiliery fire at a point only 75
‘yards for ‘his own men. Five direct
by his father, Dr. CW: Chapman of
this city, a week later he waa in the
in 1939.
the ones who will collect the money?
forms to hand out the tickets and
you had better hang on to them as
there are five door prizes.
The playing of cards will then
start. What games? (Bridge, whist,
Pedro, cribbage, pinochle and mah
jongg. And do you know the fellow
with the broad smile? He will be
there to award the door prizes. Who
is he? Rey, Cedric Porter! who will
be assisted by Rev. Gabrielle. The
COMMUNITY CARD PARTY
COMING UP WEDNESDAY NICHT
Foley. and: Louise Polglase are
There will be. two young ladies who
Will be dressed. in Red Cross uniNEVADA CITY
DUTT SI
STL , CALIFORNIA TheGibld Conse. MONDAY, MARCH . 3. 1944,
door prizes will be awarded at the
end of the 8th hand of whist. As the
numbers are called out the two girls
in uniform will deliver them to the
ones who hold the\lucky numbers.
At the end of the 16th hand the
scores will be collected and many
prizes will be awarded. Where did
the prizes come from? from people
of (Nevada City. Then there will be
those pies and ¢akes donated by several of the city’s good cooks, which
will be auctioned off by Rev. Porter.
Then there will be those doughnuts,
made especially for you, and: you and
you! Coffee? I’ll say! Made by George
jCarter, aided by ‘Ray Worthley. Irving Long, Hilmen Kjorlie and Andy
Holmes—attention Andy! And U. S.
IN. Johnson of the Bret Harte Dairy
who so generously donated two gallons of cream—yes, I said Cream!
Then there’s that $8,300 which
seems to be such a headache so remember give all you can it will not
only help to reach our quota, but
help to save the lives of many of our
boys, who are all fighting so hard
for us. So come and give all you can
and we’ll call it the end of a perfect day.
GRASS VALLEY
TO GET ADVICE
ON AIRPORT
The committee studying the post
war plan for a Grass Valley airport
for ‘the chamber of commerce, headed by Dr. 0. F. Lang, invited.
Ray I. Hess, district engineer for the
Civil Aeronautics Administration, to
visit Grass Valley at an early date,
and give the committee advice respecting air field sites.
has
A letter received from’ R. W.
Schmidt . of.\Santa ./Monica, superintendent of airport services for. the
Civil Aeronautics Administration,
stated that Grass Valley has a classification 3 for airport development
when the war ends, which is far
higher than anything now afforded
in the county.
Major Warren ©. Chapmap born
in this city.and graduate of the Neon the Cassino front in Ita y, Féceived_a metition in the current issue of
“Major ‘Warren C. ‘Chapman (NeVada City, California), attdcking a
called’ “for
point ‘only 75
hits landéd on the place. Said Chapman: “When a smoke was cleared
+ H 3 iF ar ee Tes 4
the building wasn’t there’ any. more.
"Ghaptdd et Washington, by. mili.
tary plane January 20th, as an. ofthick of the fight at Cassino, and
leading an infantry detachment in
attack. Major (CChauman graduated
from ‘West Point Military Academy
Were obstreperously, obnoxHead him to think that the
‘Second district approves the
mts labor policies. This
has two industries, lum4nd mines, in which attempts
de to recruit union
ly when the war is done.
wil be no obpection to this
labor organizations are
"sponsible for industrial
Fé corporations and emerally. But this has not
€xperience in Nevada
Tn @ Republican year we
Should be represented
t by a Republican whose
on r policies have been
‘itt several years in the state
a ere lately in the ass
46 our farming and livestries are concerned,
Wislinea’ to look with sus. This is due to the fact that have
always have been the first-to be
squeezed in disputes between industrial concerns and labor. It
was only by heroic struggle that
farmers have been able to maintain their right to drive their
own trucks, to market their own
crops in those trucks, and to sell
their produce. free from labor exactions. Even now, with a free
market in San Francisco, eupported. by both farmers and el
ers, due to union labor opposit on
the whole project hangs in the
but which no repbrt has’ yét pedn}
i
'
Superintendent Walter Carlson, DisSchools, H. E. Kjorlie, and teachers,
Friday displayed their series of forest movies in Nevada’ City High andElementary Schools, During the week
eral rural sections,
schools combining for the event.
be shown in the Grass Valley schools.
In. these srowing Ranger Paul Case
always allows time for a question and
answer period. ‘Pupils are invited to
FOURINRACE
FOR THREE SEATS
ON CITY COUNCIL
There are four in the race for the
three seats on the Nevada City
Council. Only one incumbent, Irvine
Seaman, is a candidate for re-election. The other three w have filed
their nomination petitio#s are Ernest
Young, for several yéars an emPloye of the city, Irving Long, insurance man, and Antone J. Rore,
former fire chief and.employe of the
(Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Two incumbent -councilmen declined to enter’ the race. They are
Dr. J. R. Ivey and. Frank Davies:
Two councilmen whose terms expire
two years hence are Al Bates and
Mayor Ben Hall.
Deadline for filing nominations
was Saturday noon. The election will.
take place April 11th.
RED CROSS. FUNDS.
GROWING FAST ©
Richard J. Bennetts, chairman of
the Nevada City Red (Cross ‘drive, reported yesterday that $4,800 lias’
been’ raisédtoward: its quotd of $8outlyiig towsis, which ate. includdd
Teyekee, North. fan. Juan ang, etapr.
outlying towne, which ahe ineluded
in the Nevada City Chapter’s drive,
t
t
rs
dies
received. ;
Mrs. Lawrencd TAG gs —
of the Red Crogs drive in Grass Val. .
ley, fas peidineds ah collections A
as of Saturday athouhted to $8,713]:
which ix 51 pér cent of its quota: of}
$17,100 to be raised:
CONSERVATION pasty
Continuing the observance of Conservation Week, forest service offisials with the aid of County School
Vv
trict Superintendent of Nevada City
R
the pictures have been shown in seva number of
Fae gi
Beginning Monday the movies will
since she was notified he was a prisREPORTS RISE IN
COUNTY YOUTH
DELINQUENCY
officer, rendering his report to the
probation committee, calls attention
to a considerable increase in juvenile
delinquency.
handled ,64 cases involving truancy,
moral lapses,
unfit homes,
mischief, and robbery. The number
of iboys dealt with was 66, and girls
55.
Gagin handled was 80, in which 101
boys were involved and 46 girls. Due
homes were without
Showed a considerable increase. Vandalism accounts for reprimands and’
diseiplind for 4'7 boys includda in the
total: The numer of girl delinguénts
however, shows a.
A942 total. beh pean
The establishment of a detention
‘home on the (Murchie Road, just outsilie’ Nevaaa ©
‘out’ last
given by the Peardale and Forest
Springs Farm Centers Friday evening, March 17th, in Peardale Hall
on the Colfax Road to which urban
friends of the members from Grass
invited.
be divided in betiefits
County Censervation District and-the
shown early in the evening and dancing will follow. Refreshments will be.
served by the Home Department comMASONIC 0
BRASS LANTERN
SHINES AGAIN
A big, square brass lantern that
;once burned kerosene, lighting the
. doorway of the Masonic Hall when
it Was completed in 1864, has been
resurrected, polished and fitted with
-an electric lamp and now hangs over
'the Pine Street doorway of the hall.
‘In gilt on the glass sides is the Masonic emblem of equare and compass.
The lantern was. discovered during renovations made in the hall,
‘which include remodeling a portion
of it and adding an amusement and
recreation room for use of members.
RICHARD TUTTLE
HUN PRISONER.
WRITES MOTHER
In a letter to friends in this
city, Mrs. Claire Tuttle, widow of the
late. Justice Raglan Tuttle, writes
that she has at Iéngth heard from
her son, Richard Tuttle, 8th American Air Force bombadier lost on a
mission over Germany, last Novem-_
ber.
She states that a card in her son’s
handwriting hag been received
through the Red Cross, the first
oner in Germany. He wrote, “though
this isn’t a bed of roses, everything”
is O. K. and I am well.”
A.W. McGagin, county probation.
His report shows that for 1942 he
petty viet: drinking,
runaways, malicious
In 1943 the number of cases Mco the fact that a large number of
tenants at
imes, window smashing last’, yéar
decrease under the
i
ity,’ the’ réport poitits .
1,600.
A St. Patrick's Day party wjll be
alley and Nevada City are cordially
°
The proceeds of the party are to
to Nevada
ed Cross. Motion pictures will be
ittee.
d
FOOD. SURVEY S$
os
The ‘Nevada City Price and Ration
t labor organizations.
up the laws would reetify little in the
situation — unless \ perhaps
changes could be’ made in the
of human nature.
swing toward’ steadier standards. In
the meantime, the . best stabilizer
Probably is thé continued .
comment of the fighting men’ who’
believe the home front’ spree. cduld}2
be tempered about 99. per. cent,
Wholesome effect on ee War. effort,
year saved the county .
hers of the War Labor Board haye
irately declared that the cost of living figures prepared and issued’ by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
Department of Labor were inaecurate, definitely
were altogether too low. As a result
Partisan committee of experts.
spite of these findings. a minority
FURLOUGHED
a
SEE HOME FRONT
IN NEW LIGHT
By LEONE BAXTER
brief respite from. battle is
is quite another.
letse Another pegs the public
war bonds, as tactics to undermine
both the war effort and the peace to
follow. :
Any defense of the high tension
hilarity now on display throughout
the land-must be the defense of reason, not excuse. Part of it springs
from the undercurrents of a war
-hysteria born of family upheaval,
disrputed routine, pressure and worry. From those unhappy adjuncts of
war, scarcely an individual is immune.today, and reactions depend
on personal temperament and stability. Actually, much of the gayety
on the home front is about as carefree underneath the grease paint as
the joke on the Jips of a Marine under fire.
Regardless of all that, the raucous scene of extravagance and careless conduct cannot be pardoned for
its uphappy effect on boys home from
the battle lines, nor for its damaging waste to the nation as a whole.
its imprint will remain long after the
war is finished. That is the historic
pattern for wartime.
(Many workers in the war centers,
spending too much of their new high
salaries on 40 dollar hats, watered
highballs and race tickets instead of
paying their old bills and _ buying
war bonds, will fervently wish on the
morning peace dawns that they had
played a more sensible role in the.
sreatdrama.
And those parents who are participating. in the bonanza at the exPense of the neglect of young daughters and sons will find, when
they get their feet on the ground
again, that the youngsters haven't.
The Same attitudes that disgust
the serviceman irk the . thoughtful
civilian just as sorely. Tightening
some
laws
Peace eventually. will Dring a,
critical’
I
é rloustiess.
u
he
Organized labor and labor menicharging that they
f these charges an expert and neutral audit and-check of these figures, /P/oyment of women on equal
as well as the method used in compiling them: has been. made by. the
American
This association made an exhaustive
survey, it also held © hearings
heard from witnesses from all the
groups. Now the White “House has
announced that the 40 year old inStatistical Association. .
and
ex as used by the Bureau of Labor
tatistics has been. upheld by a non-. .
In}
MEN
What the furloughed fighter expects to find on home soil during his
one
thing. What he is finding, according
fo reports from the men themselves,
‘One man considers the gayety in
the overflowing cocktail bats and.
night spots pretty nauseating after a
two year bout with bombs and bulattitude’ toward the war as that of a
ball game in ite hugely enjoyed seventh inning. Others see the relaxed
moral standards and the extravagant
buying of non-essentials instead of
i
. Arbitration dévikiohy
legally: Ba a oe
strikes oF lockouts are called,
majority believed. (about 9-1),
smaller majority (590 yes, 444 n
favored a law fonbidding agre
that employees shall be hir
through the union. © ee
with men for jobs for w
equally qualified (780
membersiip on ‘the same.
rmen (859, yes, 163 no.)
; The Club. alsé opposed 1 ‘
no, or labor (40 yes, 10
use of technologi
MAY ADVERTISE
The Grass Valley Chamber of
Commerce at its luncheon meeting
yesterday named a committee to iavestigate a plan to advertise the city
as climatically suitable for the relief
of those, suffering from asthma or
Sinus troubles; Named on the committee were Dr. 0. F. Lang, chair‘man, Art Rumpel and E. R. Ingalls.
Dr. Lang, also chairman of a committee investigating séevéral sites
suitable for an airfield, stated that
examinations of some. fields were
still to be made and. that the com—
mittee was not yet ready to make @
Vernon Stoll, president, named
report. a)
publicity committee consisting of
R. Ingalls, chairman, J. C. Tyrrell
and Harold Robinson. A letter was
read from Capt. A. B. Wolf chief of
the Royal Nederlands Air Force flyers who recently enjoyed a rest per-.
fod in Grass Valley, warmly thanking the chamber for its. hospitality
while they were-here, and declaring —
that he and ‘his cormades were amazed at the low prices for all kinds of
merchandise offered for sale i
Grass Valley. He stated that this is
far different from their usual ex
perience in the towns and villages’
situated near great military campa, _
A letter was received from the
Pacifie Motor Transport, which
seeks to purchase the trucking busi~
ness of the Nevada Cousty Narrow
Gauge, asking that a committee be
named to ascertain the sentimente
of the business community respect~
ing this transfer. Brooks® Hartman
was named: to head the committes,
assisted by O. P. Steele, William
Davey and Alvon Jones.
COMMON
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.
Machinery to settle, industria:
ioe disputes, after voluntary 1
ail and before strikes or lock
are permitted, should be estal
now for the post war era, t
monwealth Club of California reg
mended today by a majority of nine
to one in a membership ballot in
‘which 1100 members participa: .
¥
The Club opposed repea
Wagner Act (414 yes, 589
favored requiring both . wi or
ganizations to incorporate. (4
ye aa finan
) Dublic
4 2a,
4 three ye
onférecable (968° yeu, ~
hé Clubvoted,” “and.
De prohibited. ag
cars
The Club voted in favor of
hich -they
y either management (130
cal developments,
Jong time be. write essays upon conservation them-. Board offices will be closed Tues-. group in’ the presidential committee deiodtes at
~ balance. It will be a long to get . selyes using pictures as spring board. day and Thursday, it is announced . composed ‘of labor wutiion members. iheria ico
fore farmers. will be sble ill en. for their themes, Judges will select. by the secretary, Miss Eleanor Vanstill insist that the figures are in_
prices for their ChODS ia cn: the best of these and announce nam-. berg, to permit her and Mrs, J. J. orrect and that the ‘cost of living . ana vaécinated 425
ablé them to pay Wages, ther in. es of the authors. _ . Jaekson to make food surveys in. since January, 1942, has risen 43.5% pox. Not all t)
suatée “those pald oh Nites this city and in the upper end of the . rather than the. 24% sh wn by the served ag n
daathiap OF eee retore, peounty. . ston, North] ee, seUres, OF the Baivedu sl thioss wis were oni
Dealers: in Washington, egret Mrs. A, J. Heoether entertained} They will visit Washington, North sustained by the American Statisiito return in three
need expect little pen d Dis. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Cole of Sacramen. San Juan, French Corral and other}cal Association in the ’ president’s second t jane
agriculture in the: = ‘ to over Friday and Saturday. centers. committee, men : a _ jie given, owe
trict. nee oe ease