March 30, 1942 (6 pages)

Nevada City Nugget ~303" Birond Street. Phone 36. A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published at Nevada City. = ¢ 4 H. M. LEETE ~ Editor ang boas-.-4 Published Semi-Weekly, Monday ana iis.rsdiy at Nevada City, California, and entersd a:°m: . matter of the second class in the postottirre a' Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3, . . S79. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Gre year (in Advance) One Monthk: 25.526 a a eee -$5.00 30 cents . A FATHER SPEAKS UP J not permit anyone who i3 letter from a member of t the Uni interpolate or embelli: ould only serve to detract from the} elements of sheer force? iaiae s fee ‘at make it a document every thinking citizen of thece United States should read and ponder. The letter follows: “To. The Commericial Appeal: “My only son was born while I was in France during the first World War. Today he is a member of the United Stctes “Marine Corp-. He sailed from California the first of January, and we have heard nothing from him since. We know he is somewhere in the Pacific. We are anxious about him. Thousands of other parents are like us. ‘**The President says we do not have enough ships to send supplies to our troops, and that we must build ships in a hurry. Even as he spoke several hundred shipbuilders refused ta work -on Washington's Birthday because they were not paid double time. Z **How can fathers and mothers of boys who are in the danger zone and who are beins called upon to sacrifice their lives fee: any ‘surge’ of unity when the President and Congre*s permit a bunch of shipbuilders and munitions workers to quit when they get good and ready. ? ‘“‘Do our boys at the front get ‘overtime’ and ‘double ‘time’ in the fox holes of the Philippines? Do our sons who are “giving their lives to protect the iobs of these and others like them quit on holidays? Like hell they do! ‘.~ “One of my friends, who is a good mechanic, with a family to support, went. to get a job in a munitions plant. ‘Every day we hear on the radio and read in the newspapers that such men are needed to turn out munitions for our soldiers, sailors and marines. But this man was refused a job until he could get a union card. He could not get a union card because he did not have enough money to buy one. **Is it the idea of our government that it is more important to preserve labor unions than it is to preserve the American Union? Why can’t a freeborn American citizen get a job in a plant where the government needs workers without having to pay tribute to a high-powered labor leader? “If our sons are to be drafted to give their lives for their country, why should not Labor and Capital be drafted to sun” ply them with munitions of war? Why should Congress. -* which has the power to make !aws,.be so tender of the regard or laborers and management who work and prosper in safety while having an utter disregard for the lives of the boys at the front? *“‘We don't like it, and we don't saind saying so right out loud. Maybe it is time we were electing some senators and congressmen who will crack down and compel Capital and Labor to get into this war. And, come to think of it, this is election year, and we might as well get busy while we have the time and opportunity.” “JOHN C. SHEFFELD.” Helena, Ark. Reprinted from The Commercial Appeal, he State the ted St tec 3 forees he dia Memphis T,enn., Feb. 28, 1942. GOLD MINERS’ PLIGHT The story of wartime conditions in the Mother Lode gold country has become familiar to everyone. And the outlook ‘for this historic area in the next year or so is none too cheery. For the Mother Lode, it seems, is in a fair way to becom-inb a-casualty of war. The trouble is that gold, once’precious ‘metal for which men fought and died, is not so precious now rand probably won't be again until the war is won. The price of gold has long since been pegged by the gov‘ernment—and it is a price which, you may be sure, the gov“ernment will not raise under present conditions. But the cost _of producing gold is rising, nevertheless, so the few mines} -that barely made ends meet a few months ago are in real trouble now. That is not worrying the Mother toda as tuoh os another point, however. Gold producing machinery cannot be retats under wartime restrictions on the use of metal products. There is no waftime need for gold; hence no wartime priority rating. So the miners have to get along with their present equipment; if a part wears out, they scout around among the mine supply outfits for another but if they can't find one the mine closes, probably for the duration. : It's a sad story, but it’s getting to be an old story. You can't build tanks or planes or destroyers out of gold. Today's precious metals are such utilitarian ones as steel, aluminum, “copper, magnesium, or zinc. But the Mother Lode is not alone with its troubles. There ‘are scores of areas in this country that depend far more than this one on a product that suddenly has come to have relatively _ little value in a wartime economy. F All the other principal products of _the Mother Lode area—lumber, fruit, livestock, dairy products—are-at -boqgm time price levels, and can doa good job of keeping the a 3 in --gild mining from putting a damper on the whole economic Sa The Con mmercial Anreal does not a mem ber of the staff to write ‘its editorials. ‘There are many reasons ; for this rule, reasons too numerous to recount . here. Today we eqerend the rule to present as an editorial a4 Arkansas Bar who served. with) first World War. Any effort to. By HARLEY M, LEETE, Jr. (Broadcast over KJBS 12:30 P. M. March 20.) So a thousand men put on their hats, And left the Richmond yard. The boys in Bataan’s swamp flats, ~ Would take that mighty hard. RA ® 5 In the Philippines, they sweat and e : roast, ie ° = : Beneath a tropic sun, + : S % They die beneath that sun, but most. % ring * . Would finish what’ sbegun., . e : ; oe Re . k + * e ‘+ Their-job is hard, but they won't » i Bi Tr V¥Y . K leave. + ime ‘ . In search of higher pay. de 7 They're fighting for whatthey Ex Pe ITH x a believe * AGAIN W * Will be a better day. + IS HERE ; > “ he Eicht hours per .diem is nought to je ALL THE NEW AND ee them, . Ba a They think our way of life’s a gem, K% : x 4 That pays for all they do. = STYLES me Pa —“ Those thousand men are back at " e@ * work, x Pp ’ 5 They found the rumors false. + SEE x i Some Axis agent. wears a smirk, x * ~ hen Since work so quickly halts. . a ‘de . + OUR : . The bullets are thick on Bataan now, % oe Loa But the boys who died there are’ . % N W * id serene. + E + = i oe , Before the Jap they’ll never bow, $ ae . They'll win or lose it clean. a ARRIVALS : e The thousand men who left their job, : leat le, Red Cross workers are on the job in all Army and Navy camps and stations Are hard to understand. ; IN 2 : throughout the country to assist in the important task of maintaining morale. Enslaved by a dollar, moved by aa ‘ : * » 4 a Above, an Army fiier leaves unfinished personal matters for the Red Cross mob? * NELLIE DON : : ' field director to take care of while he embarks on an emergency flight across A greedy little band *country. The Red Cross is the official means of communication between service ‘ : = DRES men and their families back home. We hope our fighting men afield, . @ te Will never hear this tale. x : % FT] For here a touch of rot’s revealed, . % SPRING COATS. : Of the kind that made France fall! . % ® % , 4 : MEF No good can come of a move like * GOLD STRIPE % cr that, ¢ HOSIERY < apy Nae f Save a lesson hard and stern, : @ * The Nevada City Chamber of Com-{ 4nd, Test, we all grow soft and fat, ¢ EASTER HATS é MAR YFENTON Q] merce members will meet He the : e = Ape 1B By ae chamber headquarters here tonight. Money’s no good unless your're free! * : Mat OrreWwine’ © felaiives and) elect new directors, who in turn With labor’s mighty lever, = AND_LOVELY bpiduas pi Aicaal iG the St Paniee will name a president, vice president We ae and wrench till we + ACCESSORIES : Catholic Church here this morning _ romet eagle ‘ : Both strong and free forever! 4 io pay final reabests t6 Mrs. Mace ke Tonight’s meeting will be presided te ; Fenton, 91, who died at the home of . . Lover Pr Uy gent BB. Kons CLARENCE MAIN AGAIN ; a son, en. Fenton, in Berkeley. af Ge the absence of Guerdon Ellis, who tek a Jane gerled of ilincak oF is in Hollywood acting as technical HEAD OF PEACE ; Father P, J. O'Reilly officiated at cose: for a movie based on the life OFFICER ORGANIZATION the last rites for the respected pio-. ie oe ie aula: aicts The Nevada-Sierra County Peace neer. Burial was in he Catholic; seen! “. Officers Associati reelected Claré (Cemetery under the ie of re Pee ee ee wl ye Bevel: AEE ee ea oe Folmes Funeral Home. . oe sasusiauiat a ene oe. ficer, to head the organization for Mrs. Fenton had made her home em arid en ae aes eapaoes the next year. The election took in Berkeley for many years. She wa A ue : place in Grass Valley Friday night. the widow of William Fenton, pia-} William LeMarr of Truckee was O : { So eE, ao jneer_miner and rancher of Nevada penning In Bay Area named first vice president; William . ¥ K and Yuba Gounties. s. Fthel MecClish will spend this . Mullis of Nevada City, second vice. * . Mrs. Fenton as a child came toa' a visiting in the bay area. president; Alvah Hooper of Grass rd : California across the plains in a ecova aes in __. Valley, third vice president; H. F. 113 Broad Street ered wagon with her parents. The * © City BOY Nas SoD about me Sofge of Nevada City, secretary trea-. *¥ Nevada City K family settled in Indiana Ranch in} {i78t Visit to the country. and wha’ . super; Frank Knucky of Grass Val-. # Yuba County. It was there that Mrs. permed <a teve aero eee Bint Paes: ley, sergeant at arms and Gene John= Ld Fenton grew to womanhood and mar-. “2° the mother pis. son of Grass Valley, range officer. + ried William Fenton. Later the famEe ea rere Seek en as Mie ‘ ; he said. ““There were a lot of little ¥ ily moved to French Corral, where]thay resided for 35 years ones, too, and they chased the big REVERE 8 mm : : : one all around till they caught it. CINE EQUIPMENT AND $ Seven children were born to the SUPPLIES * Fentons, five of whom survive. They then all the little ones lay down and : We ao : “ . chewed all the buttons off its vest.” * ; * William Fenton and Miss. Mamie evaltadiing 4a Baaliont dor-devel ‘ Ae are : y iz 3 Xx ‘ VE iz % Fenton, both of Nevada City, Mrs. oping grace andl poise.” : % Will Robinson anid Mrs. Frank Wyl-}. “Oh, yeah! Haven’t you ever seen Hdloleinietoieieieteieietetetofeteiteoteeotteotes, lie of Oakland and Ben Fenton of. a duck?” ; Berkeley, FOR CHAPPELL FINED $100 ae on ; City Judge Miles Coughlin fined} EVERY : ICTORY oe cee local, residen: PAY DAY : sins i<y on a drunken driving charge: Authorized De & aler The fine, meted out Saturday. is ito fi egy BOND DAY LARD / UNITED ST be paid in $5 monthly instalments. } ieee cue > ee i Chappell’s driver’s license was sus. i Opposite Postoffice BONDS * STAMPS pended, l Grass Valley : 1] 10 NUGGET SUBSCRIBERS In Happy Camp— =~ Mrs, Vernie Deschwanden and} Will you please notify the children have left for Happy Camp, . ¥ Nugxet Office any time you de where they will spend Easter week not rveive your copy of thr with Tony Deschwanden, master meNevada Ciry Nugget. : chanic at the Gray Eagle Mine for thé -PHONE 36 * " 7 . pores an 'iIn Beautiful Historic Monterey There's a job here for the mining engineer and the prospector— providing they can get the divining rod to wiggle for (6) e something less precious and more strategic than gold. —Sacramento Union. a ” . : d adn G ay OSs . IF YOU WANT A NEW RADIO! We have only a limited number of new modefs to choose from—and these will probably be the last we'-will get for the duration of the war. It is just possible that no more new radios will be shipped to us after this month, so make your selection now. WE STILL SELL RADIOS ON MONTHLY life of these mountain communities. __. For the miners themselves, however, the sad fact is that h ed them with two alternatives—conversion r, OF gradual : stagnation. Hence, the Mother Lode’s curic problem would seem to be to develop some of ‘metals wa heretofore have psc by-products ~~ PAYMENTS Foote. Electrical Co. Phone 122 132 Mill Street ‘ DANCING, GOLFING, we eta Rates from OVERLOOKING THE BLUE BAY AND FORT ORD SWIMMING, HORSEBACK RIDING “oe SBOATING, FISHING : $3. 50 Double MANAGEMENI—PETER W. ATSON$2.50-Single-{. -—

Nevada City Nugget ~303" Birond Street. Phone 36. A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published at Nevada City. = ¢ 4 H. M. LEETE ~ Editor ang boas-.-4 Published Semi-Weekly, Monday ana iis.rsdiy at Nevada City, California, and entersd a:°m: . matter of the second class in the postottirre a' Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3, . . S79. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Gre year (in Advance) One Monthk: 25.526 a a eee -$5.00 30 cents . A FATHER SPEAKS UP J not permit anyone who i3 letter from a member of t the Uni interpolate or embelli: ould only serve to detract from the} elements of sheer force? iaiae s fee ‘at make it a document every thinking citizen of thece United States should read and ponder. The letter follows: “To. The Commericial Appeal: “My only son was born while I was in France during the first World War. Today he is a member of the United Stctes “Marine Corp-. He sailed from California the first of January, and we have heard nothing from him since. We know he is somewhere in the Pacific. We are anxious about him. Thousands of other parents are like us. ‘**The President says we do not have enough ships to send supplies to our troops, and that we must build ships in a hurry. Even as he spoke several hundred shipbuilders refused ta work -on Washington's Birthday because they were not paid double time. Z **How can fathers and mothers of boys who are in the danger zone and who are beins called upon to sacrifice their lives fee: any ‘surge’ of unity when the President and Congre*s permit a bunch of shipbuilders and munitions workers to quit when they get good and ready. ? ‘“‘Do our boys at the front get ‘overtime’ and ‘double ‘time’ in the fox holes of the Philippines? Do our sons who are “giving their lives to protect the iobs of these and others like them quit on holidays? Like hell they do! ‘.~ “One of my friends, who is a good mechanic, with a family to support, went. to get a job in a munitions plant. ‘Every day we hear on the radio and read in the newspapers that such men are needed to turn out munitions for our soldiers, sailors and marines. But this man was refused a job until he could get a union card. He could not get a union card because he did not have enough money to buy one. **Is it the idea of our government that it is more important to preserve labor unions than it is to preserve the American Union? Why can’t a freeborn American citizen get a job in a plant where the government needs workers without having to pay tribute to a high-powered labor leader? “If our sons are to be drafted to give their lives for their country, why should not Labor and Capital be drafted to sun” ply them with munitions of war? Why should Congress. -* which has the power to make !aws,.be so tender of the regard or laborers and management who work and prosper in safety while having an utter disregard for the lives of the boys at the front? *“‘We don't like it, and we don't saind saying so right out loud. Maybe it is time we were electing some senators and congressmen who will crack down and compel Capital and Labor to get into this war. And, come to think of it, this is election year, and we might as well get busy while we have the time and opportunity.” “JOHN C. SHEFFELD.” Helena, Ark. Reprinted from The Commercial Appeal, he State the ted St tec 3 forees he dia Memphis T,enn., Feb. 28, 1942. GOLD MINERS’ PLIGHT The story of wartime conditions in the Mother Lode gold country has become familiar to everyone. And the outlook ‘for this historic area in the next year or so is none too cheery. For the Mother Lode, it seems, is in a fair way to becom-inb a-casualty of war. The trouble is that gold, once’precious ‘metal for which men fought and died, is not so precious now rand probably won't be again until the war is won. The price of gold has long since been pegged by the gov‘ernment—and it is a price which, you may be sure, the gov“ernment will not raise under present conditions. But the cost _of producing gold is rising, nevertheless, so the few mines} -that barely made ends meet a few months ago are in real trouble now. That is not worrying the Mother toda as tuoh os another point, however. Gold producing machinery cannot be retats under wartime restrictions on the use of metal products. There is no waftime need for gold; hence no wartime priority rating. So the miners have to get along with their present equipment; if a part wears out, they scout around among the mine supply outfits for another but if they can't find one the mine closes, probably for the duration. : It's a sad story, but it’s getting to be an old story. You can't build tanks or planes or destroyers out of gold. Today's precious metals are such utilitarian ones as steel, aluminum, “copper, magnesium, or zinc. But the Mother Lode is not alone with its troubles. There ‘are scores of areas in this country that depend far more than this one on a product that suddenly has come to have relatively _ little value in a wartime economy. F All the other principal products of _the Mother Lode area—lumber, fruit, livestock, dairy products—are-at -boqgm time price levels, and can doa good job of keeping the a 3 in --gild mining from putting a damper on the whole economic Sa The Con mmercial Anreal does not a mem ber of the staff to write ‘its editorials. ‘There are many reasons ; for this rule, reasons too numerous to recount . here. Today we eqerend the rule to present as an editorial a4 Arkansas Bar who served. with) first World War. Any effort to. By HARLEY M, LEETE, Jr. (Broadcast over KJBS 12:30 P. M. March 20.) So a thousand men put on their hats, And left the Richmond yard. The boys in Bataan’s swamp flats, ~ Would take that mighty hard. RA ® 5 In the Philippines, they sweat and e : roast, ie ° = : Beneath a tropic sun, + : S % They die beneath that sun, but most. % ring * . Would finish what’ sbegun., . e : ; oe Re . k + * e ‘+ Their-job is hard, but they won't » i Bi Tr V¥Y . K leave. + ime ‘ . In search of higher pay. de 7 They're fighting for whatthey Ex Pe ITH x a

believe * AGAIN W * Will be a better day. + IS HERE ; > “ he Eicht hours per .diem is nought to je ALL THE NEW AND ee them, . Ba a They think our way of life’s a gem, K% : x 4 That pays for all they do. = STYLES me Pa —“ Those thousand men are back at " e@ * work, x Pp ’ 5 They found the rumors false. + SEE x i Some Axis agent. wears a smirk, x * ~ hen Since work so quickly halts. . a ‘de . + OUR : . The bullets are thick on Bataan now, % oe Loa But the boys who died there are’ . % N W * id serene. + E + = i oe , Before the Jap they’ll never bow, $ ae . They'll win or lose it clean. a ARRIVALS : e The thousand men who left their job, : leat le, Red Cross workers are on the job in all Army and Navy camps and stations Are hard to understand. ; IN 2 : throughout the country to assist in the important task of maintaining morale. Enslaved by a dollar, moved by aa ‘ : * » 4 a Above, an Army fiier leaves unfinished personal matters for the Red Cross mob? * NELLIE DON : : ' field director to take care of while he embarks on an emergency flight across A greedy little band *country. The Red Cross is the official means of communication between service ‘ : = DRES men and their families back home. We hope our fighting men afield, . @ te Will never hear this tale. x : % FT] For here a touch of rot’s revealed, . % SPRING COATS. : Of the kind that made France fall! . % ® % , 4 : MEF No good can come of a move like * GOLD STRIPE % cr that, ¢ HOSIERY < apy Nae f Save a lesson hard and stern, : @ * The Nevada City Chamber of Com-{ 4nd, Test, we all grow soft and fat, ¢ EASTER HATS é MAR YFENTON Q] merce members will meet He the : e = Ape 1B By ae chamber headquarters here tonight. Money’s no good unless your're free! * : Mat OrreWwine’ © felaiives and) elect new directors, who in turn With labor’s mighty lever, = AND_LOVELY bpiduas pi Aicaal iG the St Paniee will name a president, vice president We ae and wrench till we + ACCESSORIES : Catholic Church here this morning _ romet eagle ‘ : Both strong and free forever! 4 io pay final reabests t6 Mrs. Mace ke Tonight’s meeting will be presided te ; Fenton, 91, who died at the home of . . Lover Pr Uy gent BB. Kons CLARENCE MAIN AGAIN ; a son, en. Fenton, in Berkeley. af Ge the absence of Guerdon Ellis, who tek a Jane gerled of ilincak oF is in Hollywood acting as technical HEAD OF PEACE ; Father P, J. O'Reilly officiated at cose: for a movie based on the life OFFICER ORGANIZATION the last rites for the respected pio-. ie oe ie aula: aicts The Nevada-Sierra County Peace neer. Burial was in he Catholic; seen! “. Officers Associati reelected Claré (Cemetery under the ie of re Pee ee ee wl ye Bevel: AEE ee ea oe Folmes Funeral Home. . oe sasusiauiat a ene oe. ficer, to head the organization for Mrs. Fenton had made her home em arid en ae aes eapaoes the next year. The election took in Berkeley for many years. She wa A ue : place in Grass Valley Friday night. the widow of William Fenton, pia-} William LeMarr of Truckee was O : { So eE, ao jneer_miner and rancher of Nevada penning In Bay Area named first vice president; William . ¥ K and Yuba Gounties. s. Fthel MecClish will spend this . Mullis of Nevada City, second vice. * . Mrs. Fenton as a child came toa' a visiting in the bay area. president; Alvah Hooper of Grass rd : California across the plains in a ecova aes in __. Valley, third vice president; H. F. 113 Broad Street ered wagon with her parents. The * © City BOY Nas SoD about me Sofge of Nevada City, secretary trea-. *¥ Nevada City K family settled in Indiana Ranch in} {i78t Visit to the country. and wha’ . super; Frank Knucky of Grass Val-. # Yuba County. It was there that Mrs. permed <a teve aero eee Bint Paes: ley, sergeant at arms and Gene John= Ld Fenton grew to womanhood and mar-. “2° the mother pis. son of Grass Valley, range officer. + ried William Fenton. Later the famEe ea rere Seek en as Mie ‘ ; he said. ““There were a lot of little ¥ ily moved to French Corral, where]thay resided for 35 years ones, too, and they chased the big REVERE 8 mm : : : one all around till they caught it. CINE EQUIPMENT AND $ Seven children were born to the SUPPLIES * Fentons, five of whom survive. They then all the little ones lay down and : We ao : “ . chewed all the buttons off its vest.” * ; * William Fenton and Miss. Mamie evaltadiing 4a Baaliont dor-devel ‘ Ae are : y iz 3 Xx ‘ VE iz % Fenton, both of Nevada City, Mrs. oping grace andl poise.” : % Will Robinson anid Mrs. Frank Wyl-}. “Oh, yeah! Haven’t you ever seen Hdloleinietoieieieteieietetetofeteiteoteeotteotes, lie of Oakland and Ben Fenton of. a duck?” ; Berkeley, FOR CHAPPELL FINED $100 ae on ; City Judge Miles Coughlin fined} EVERY : ICTORY oe cee local, residen: PAY DAY : sins i<y on a drunken driving charge: Authorized De & aler The fine, meted out Saturday. is ito fi egy BOND DAY LARD / UNITED ST be paid in $5 monthly instalments. } ieee cue > ee i Chappell’s driver’s license was sus. i Opposite Postoffice BONDS * STAMPS pended, l Grass Valley : 1] 10 NUGGET SUBSCRIBERS In Happy Camp— =~ Mrs, Vernie Deschwanden and} Will you please notify the children have left for Happy Camp, . ¥ Nugxet Office any time you de where they will spend Easter week not rveive your copy of thr with Tony Deschwanden, master meNevada Ciry Nugget. : chanic at the Gray Eagle Mine for thé -PHONE 36 * " 7 . pores an 'iIn Beautiful Historic Monterey There's a job here for the mining engineer and the prospector— providing they can get the divining rod to wiggle for (6) e something less precious and more strategic than gold. —Sacramento Union. a ” . : d adn G ay OSs . IF YOU WANT A NEW RADIO! We have only a limited number of new modefs to choose from—and these will probably be the last we'-will get for the duration of the war. It is just possible that no more new radios will be shipped to us after this month, so make your selection now. WE STILL SELL RADIOS ON MONTHLY life of these mountain communities. __. For the miners themselves, however, the sad fact is that h ed them with two alternatives—conversion r, OF gradual : stagnation. Hence, the Mother Lode’s curic problem would seem to be to develop some of ‘metals wa heretofore have psc by-products ~~ PAYMENTS Foote. Electrical Co. Phone 122 132 Mill Street ‘ DANCING, GOLFING, we eta Rates from OVERLOOKING THE BLUE BAY AND FORT ORD SWIMMING, HORSEBACK RIDING “oe SBOATING, FISHING : $3. 50 Double MANAGEMENI—PETER W. ATSON$2.50-Single-{. -—