May 10, 1943 (4 pages)

. . . . The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per’ month 9 “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster Nevada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ee —— . This paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. Vol. 17, No. 37. The County Seat Paper The Gold bConter ee Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. Frank Gannet, New York state newspaper publuisher, has made a survey of food prospectsthroughout the countr in which -were recorded the opinions of more than 5,000 farmers, and 1,000 newspaper editors. The net results of ‘this nation-wide survey follow: Handicaps to great production were listed thus by farmers: Lack of experienced help— 89.8%. Too much regulation from Washington—88.8%. (Misurrderstanding of farm problems in Washington—85.9%. (Need for profit insuring pric-— es—82.9%, Lack of machinery—78.8%. ‘More than half the famers questioned expect a decrease in production this year and their estimates of that decline range from 5 to 20%. Only 15% hope production will increase. Half the farmers feel that regulations from ‘Washington have hampered their business. Twenty percent of them said the agricultural policies» of the administra-~ tion had been helpful. ae Only seven per cent felt the fixingof prices would not affect acreages this year. They were outvoted by the 82 per cent who see it as a discouraging factor. How farm. labor has been affected by the rush to industries was reflected in the statement of 96 per cent who said they could: not hope to compete for labor factory prices and factory hours. Many of them argued that hours for factorjes and farms should be evened off, asserting the war. production would increase tremendously if the farm hours were enforced. (City: folks feeling the urge to volunteer for farm work might be discouraged by the fact that 85 per cent of the farmers think such aid useless. They put emphasis on the need of experienced help, saying it takes two years to train a farm worker. “T hold this surveyto be of a most importance,” said ,Gannet. “For the first time the farmers had a chance to answer a questionnaire without, feeling ‘that someone in authority was standing over them. Side remarks were most illuminating. “One reading those comments could not question the patriotsm of the men who are in a most distressing position. They wish to produce the food but find themeelves tied down by lack of proper help: and tools and by the pros-pect that their financial return will not equal expense. “The majority = are opposed to euch control and such bungling as has occurred under the New Deal, Their time is being wasted in many ways and they are discouraged by the obstacles placed in their way. “One farmer wrote that ‘we will try to do our best but I don’t see anything except decreased production.’ Many pleaded for a wetter understanding of farm problems by the consumer and by the theorists in Washington. “Lack of feed for livestock is a matter that comes up continually. Everywhere there were complaints of shortages in protein foods. This was something which they felt cannot be remedied without: a change in conditions. Most of them emphasized the need of quick action if this year’s production of food si to be aided.” The pool of newspaper executrepresentative of the The farm survey ives was whole country. ‘evoked resposes from 47 states, although the heaviest returns were from the. Northeast. Newspapermen conceded food to be the great problem of the year and were néarly unanimous in selecting trained help shortage as the great lack. They disagreed sharply with farmers as to the possibility of increased supplies, 40. 6% predicting heaviep crops in their areas. : As for factors threacening a shortage of machines as next to lack of trained help and mentioned the difficulty of obtaining needed supplies such a fertilizer, seeds pasoline and feeds. \ STATE SCHOOL SUPT. DEXTER TO SPEAK HERE Dr. Walter Dexter, State Superintendent of Public Education, will speak at the Methodist Church here Wednesday evening, May 12th, at 8 o’clock. Helm Kjorlie; city superintendent of schools will introduce the speaker, And Rev. Cedric Porter, rector of the Trinity Episcopal Church, will offer prayer. The Nevada City High (School \Chorus under the direction of Mrs. . 'Carl Libbey will sing a number of selections. All school teachers of the county are specially invited to attend the meeting, which is: to be a community affair. OAKLAND CAMP FIRE GIRLS WILL ARRIVE IN JUNE Theresa R. Beckberg, the Oakland Camp Fire Girls, were in Nevada City Saturday to make arrangements for the annual encampment of the girls at their camp on beautiful Lake Vera. The first -group will arrive June 28th and stay until Monday, July 12th; the second will begin their stay July 12th and leave July 26th.} This is the sixteenth consecutive year the Oakland Camp Fire Girls have visited Lake Vera. Whether mento Camp Fire Girls. who also have their vacation camps on Lake . Vera, will this year visit tite like is tot yet known. STATE C OF c ASKS BAN ON FRESH ARGENTINE MEAT SAN FRANCISCO, May 10. order that the nation’s fresh see supplies may be protected, the California State Chamber of Commerce has communicated with members of congress from this state urging them to uphold the present restrictions against the importation af Argentine fresh meat. Although importation of fresh meat from the Argentine is being advocated as a method of supplementing the nation’s meat supplies these proposals do not take into consideration the dangers of foot and mouth disease, nor the fact that an outbreak of this disease would restrict our domestic meat production, the communication points out. “We have not forgotten the verious losses caused by the foot and mouth disease in 1924” the State Chamber communication said, ‘and are fearful of another outbreak if ‘Argentine fresh meat is permitted to enter this country. We hope that . the present regulations which protect our livestock industry and our food supply will be sustained.” Hal D. Draper, Jr. rat Texas Tech. College Hal Daniel Draper, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal D. Draper is at Texas Tech College at Lubbock, Texas for course of Army Air Force instruction lasting approximately five months prior to ‘his appointment as an aviation cadet in the Army Air Forces. During this period he will take numerous academic courses, as well as elementary flyiing training. Upon completion of the course he will be classified as a pilot, navigator or bombardier and go on to schools training in these specialties. Almost 60% said foor pinches were observed in their territories and found that the product most dangerously curtailed now is milk. Newspapermen were freer in discussing the political sides of the production problem and asailed’ ‘Washington's part in it. Their suggestions dealt for the most part with the posibility of lighter regulations, changes in drafting of farm workers, freeing of machinery and parts and encouraging the planting of victory gardens. (Mrs. *°Geraldine R. Potts, and Mrs.! executives of} the Piedmont and Sacra-. of the Flying Training Command for HUNDRED MEN START WORK ON NEW HOSPITAL With over 100 workmen of all kinds already on the job at the site of the government hospital near Auburn, the project is. proceeding according to schedule. Fred Burrows, has arrived in Auburn to take charge of the work for MacDonald and Kahn, Inec., which firm holds the general contract. Burrows announced he had ten employes ‘on the job for his firm and_ this would be increased to 60 some time this week. Beyond that time Burrows would not predict as 2to how fast his firm would increase employes. He did predict however that they would have an, employe list of 8090 men at the peak of construction. This figure would include some 200 carpenters, the rest brick layers, electricians, heating experts and laborers. Van Valkenburg and Kruly who have the contract for placing all main sewer and water lines are represented on the job by Steve Pizula. This firm had 25 men on the job last . week. The A. Teichert ‘Co. who have the: contract for the job. for a site to locate their cement plant where the mixture will be} weighed and placed in trucks for: ; hauling to the hospital project. . sent indications point to location of . . 'the plant along the railway tracks at! head of Lincoln Way in Auburn. NEVADA ¢ CITY, , CALIFORNIA GAFSA, TUNISIA—An “American sapper, (kneeling at holding an Axis mine which he has just dug from the sand near Gafsa, in this picture ‘just released. The picture was made after the U. S. fantry Division took Gafsa without a fight.» From here the British and Americans forged northward and today’s news is of continued battling north of Sousse and Kairouan which were captured April 12. PULLING AXIS “FANGS” BEFORE GAFSA the right) ist InWE MUST HAVE excavation and grading. have approximately 50 men now on. . who deprecated secret treaties and! MacDonald and Kahn are looking understandings among nations; ‘OPEN COVENANTS OPENLY REACHED By FRANKLIN HICHBORN It was President Woodrow Wilson laid! . down the principle of open covenants} . openly arrived at. He abandoned that} principle at the Versailles peace conPre-. . ference. Had he stood firmly for it, ;and his fourteen points, in all prob. ability the world would not be in the mess it is in today. Wilson has been criticized for his! ‘yielding at Versailles. This writer has always regarded such .criticism All men working on, the project; . will be called through the hiring, ; hall being operated by unions in the Odd Fellows building in Auburn. Clarence Anderson gineer on the job for gineers. Col. R. C. Hunter from the Sacramento office of the U. S. Engineers will have direct supervision of the project. PAST GRAND MASTER GOV. EARL WARREN WILL ATTEND REUNION Northern California Past Master’s Association will confer past master degree at Auburn May 15th. A special meeting and reunion of the Northern California Past Masters’ Association will be held Saturday, May 15 at the Masonic Temple, 956 1-2 Lincoln Way, Auburn, beginning with dinner at the temple at 6:30 p. m. As you know, all masters and all past masters whether by affiliation or otherwise are eligible to membership. Our most worshipful grand master, Leslie E. Wood and past grand master Earl Warren, governor of ‘California, are planning to be in attendance. Past Master George L. Jones of Nevada City wll be a candidate and has kindly consented to deliver an address at the dinner. .Please check, with your local lodges and if any eligible Mason is not already a member, endeavor to induce him to come in at this time. Applications can be supplied to you by our secretary, or members of the committee. We promise an eventful evening and an early closing hour. (Committee in charge: V. G. D Campos, Penryn. B. C. Jull, Auburn G. E. Dimmen, Nevada City, Joe Neuerburg, Roseville. Sierra County Surpasses High Goal In War Loan Drive $57,000 was the quota. for sparsely settled Sierra County for the Second War Loan Drive. It was a very steep sum for the mountain town but they went over the top to the tune of $11, 775 above the quota. The east end of the county sold $36,700 and the west end $32,075. Mrs. Mary Hutton was committeman for the Goodyear’s Bar area, Mrs. for Sierra City:and Mrs. Margaret Lambert and Mrs. Bertha Reed for Downieville. GARDEN CLUB MEETS A good attendance was present at the recent meeting of the Garden Club held at the home of Miss Emma Ramm. Miss Ramm‘s own beautiful garden was viewed and it was planned a tour of the gardens of the community would be made in June. Various plant diseases were discussed and, many important brought out. Tea was served during the afternoon. Sophie Tschopp} points} jing on the battlefronts of the world,! is resident en-. the U. S.:En-. ‘as unjust. Unfortunately, the indignities which our president suffered . at the peoce conference have be2n given little publicity in this country. . The scrapping of his fourteen points! had begun even before he. reached! Europe. Confronted with the duplic-. ity of European diplomacy, which . was far from “open,’’ President Wil-. son was helpless. The results of President Wilson’s failure must be taken now in stride, along with the bleating ascarils of the unavoidable ‘‘blood, sweat nd tears,’’ but the lessons of that mee ure need. not be igndred; must not be ignored if another world visitation of “blood, sweat and tears’’ is . to be avoided and the hard-won freedom of the Ameritan people preserved. With this thought in mind, it is a bit disconcerting to receive word out of Washingiton of proposal to bar the press from the conference on the post-war food problems to be held at Hot Springs, Virginia, beginning May 18th. Particularly is this upsetting to the American people who, when all is said and done, will be called upon to pay, out of tax.money or -debt money, the major part of the cost of feeding the war-racked world. The American people who will foot the major part of the bill are entitled to know the commitments which may ibe made in their name. And, as this is still the representative government which our forefathers won for us with their ‘‘blood, sweat and tears‘’’ it is the right, privilege and duty of the American people, through their duly elected representatives, to repudiate such commitments if they do not, approve them. And ' once again, it is the right, privilege and duty of the American people, if they find their representatives selling them down river, to replace such unworthy members’ with Americans more intelligently concerned with the security and well being of these United States. But if the Wilsonian policy of open covenants openly arrived at is to be scrapped at the food conference, how are the American people to know of the commitments: being made in their name? i “The administration,” declared Congressman Clare E. Hoffman of Michigan in a widely published statemen, “apparently is planning’ to give away prey hing it Wiener ea8 to do it secretly.’ “Tt apparently plans to givé away American food at the United Nations Conference, and neither congress nor, the press is to know anything about) it. “While Americans are away fight-. foreigners are to be brought in to, take their places, These foreigners will not only be farm workers. They will be small storekeepers, who will set up businesses while American merchants are at war. “If there are placed on this administration, congress and the press. can: those crecks. And it is imperative that we put an end to ithese secret treaties, secretly arrived at.’’ Congress, and as much of press as remains independent of mysi terious influences, are aroused over . the proposed secrecy of the conference proceedings. By the time this' article reaches Grange News readers . jithe attempted suppression of news ae ; the proceedings may be, and it is to be devotedly hoped will be abandoned. But that. such suppression has been contemplated and even urged, is alarming and should put Americans on the alert. The proposal that . representatives of the press be barired not only from the meetngs but from the grounds of the hotel where the meetings are ‘to be held, may be good form in Europe, but it is decidedly bad form in these United States. It is by no. means reassuring to find apparently the same secrecy in planning for post-war financial systems as has been Propesod for the food conference. EMIGRANT GAP . COMES TO LIFE Reports coming in from the little town of Emigrant Gap, situated near the junction of the Southern Pacific Railroad and Highway No. 40 in Placer County, indicated that it is rapidly taking on new life. This is due to the fact that Morrison and Knudson, contractors, are rushing to completion camps to accommodate 450 men who will be employed in construction and maintenance work on the railroad between Colfax and Truckee. A large hotel at Emigrant Gap has been reopened and an adjacent building is being renovated for office use. While it is planned to maintain headquarters for ‘the crew at Emigrant Gap, housing many of the men there, tires and gas are offered others who live in the vicinity of work along the line, provided they will use their cars to capacity by carrying other employes to and from work. When 20 to 30 men‘come from one community the contractors will provide buses. Employment may be obtained through the United (States Employment Service in Grass Valley. Sixty hours. of work will be required for $57 wages weekly. Sheriff on Guard Against Cattle Rustlers While no complaints of losses of cattle have come to the sheriff’s ‘office, the situation is reported as quite seri us in other sections, To t. .nd the sheriff has called a meet as to be held Wednesday, (May 14.0 at To’clock in the Grass Valley Rifle, Rod and Gun headquarters to discuss the matter and steps that can be taken to prevent wholesale rustling. Sheriff Tobiassen plans to take the matter up with the cattlemen’s association and is sending out a cirlecular letter to all stockmen inviting them to attend, but state that if any do not receive a letter they are very welcome anyway. ‘canning. to be any checks, only. impose . . size. ,Side of each disk is a sealing com. pound which . ter of seconds. The sterilized disk is . laid flat on the . screwed down tightly with the originjal jar cap. ‘ideal for juices, yet large enough for Club}! MONDAY, ! MAY 10, 1945, ti AND A HALF REUSABLE PACK JARS ‘Clever American housewives have always saved and re-used pickle, mayonnaise; coffee, and other jare in putting up their own garden crops. That’s intelligent wartime economy as well as good housekeeping practice, War Production Board officials emphasized today. This year glass manufacturers will make at least 1,500,000,000 such reusable commercial pack jars. Some of them will. come with mouth diameter of. 68 mm. (about 2 1-2 inches), others with a mouth diameter of 70 mm. (.abeut 2 3-4 inches). Both types are re-usable for homeThe metal screw tops that come with them can also be re-used. With. the paper linings pried out or the sealing compounds inside scraped away—a simple, quick operation— the screw tops can be used to hold regular home canning disks on the: jars during procéssing. These home canning disks — the only items home canners need. ta. buy—are available at any store, in either the 63 mm. or the 70 mm. Embedded around the undertakes the pface of a . Separate rubber jar ring. Sealing jars with them ‘is a matthen jar mouth, Immediately after processing, with screw top intact, the jar is ready .4 to be set aside in an upright position to cool. After'24 hours, the screw top may be remowed — but carefully, so as hot to disturb the disk and break the seal. The jar can be tested for leakage by taping the lid with a spoon after the screw top has been removed. A clear, ringng note indicates.a perfect seal, a dull sound, leakage. If all the screw tops that come with commercial pack jars were reused in this easy way, home canners would save 30,000 tons of critical steel that would otherwise «be needed to make standard home canning covers. The 63 iam. screw caps, aside from being re-usable, are especially economical with respect to steel. The 63 mm. mouth is small enough to be canning whole or. sliced fruits and vegetables. When the canning season approaches, there will be many more jars'on the market than there are now—twice as man jy emfwy yy are now—twice as Many as last year, ceven times as many as in 1040, and billions of covers. Right now, glass manufacturers are busy making jars to ‘hold the nation’s commercial food pack, but, as in previous years, they will have the great bulk of home canning jars ready just ‘before the peak of the season. Grass Valley to Hold Defense Test Drill William Cassettari, chairman of the Grass Valley Defense Council, announces that an incident drill or defense test of Grass Valley and the new control center, had been scheduled for Friday evening, May 14. The defense test will be planned and carried out by the ersonnel of the Grass Valley Defense Council and plans and schedules will be announced at the Monday, May 14 méeting of the Defense Council at the city hall building. ‘Following’ the test next,,!Friday . night, some outstanding motion pictues of the war in 1942 will be presented, the OCD personnel and the general public at the Veterans Memorial Building. ; The new control center. has been outfitted since the state inspired defense test of several months ago and the communications weaknesses which were apparent. at that time are expected to be corrected in the new setup. i} ~ RATION STAMPS . : RED STAMPS for meats, cheese, butter, other fats, oils and canned fish, F and G now valid and baja continu valid to May 31. % H becomes valid May 16 a continue valid to May 31. J becomes valid May 23 . continue valid to May 31,

. . . . The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per’ month 9 “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”—Daniel Webster Nevada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ee —— . This paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. Vol. 17, No. 37. The County Seat Paper The Gold bConter ee Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. Frank Gannet, New York state newspaper publuisher, has made a survey of food prospectsthroughout the countr in which -were recorded the opinions of more than 5,000 farmers, and 1,000 newspaper editors. The net results of ‘this nation-wide survey follow: Handicaps to great production were listed thus by farmers: Lack of experienced help— 89.8%. Too much regulation from Washington—88.8%. (Misurrderstanding of farm problems in Washington—85.9%. (Need for profit insuring pric-— es—82.9%, Lack of machinery—78.8%. ‘More than half the famers questioned expect a decrease in production this year and their estimates of that decline range from 5 to 20%. Only 15% hope production will increase. Half the farmers feel that regulations from ‘Washington have hampered their business. Twenty percent of them said the agricultural policies» of the administra-~ tion had been helpful. ae Only seven per cent felt the fixingof prices would not affect acreages this year. They were outvoted by the 82 per cent who see it as a discouraging factor. How farm. labor has been affected by the rush to industries was reflected in the statement of 96 per cent who said they could: not hope to compete for labor factory prices and factory hours. Many of them argued that hours for factorjes and farms should be evened off, asserting the war. production would increase tremendously if the farm hours were enforced. (City: folks feeling the urge to volunteer for farm work might be discouraged by the fact that 85 per cent of the farmers think such aid useless. They put emphasis on the need of experienced help, saying it takes two years to train a farm worker. “T hold this surveyto be of a most importance,” said ,Gannet. “For the first time the farmers had a chance to answer a questionnaire without, feeling ‘that someone in authority was standing over them. Side remarks were most illuminating. “One reading those comments could not question the patriotsm of the men who are in a most distressing position. They wish to produce the food but find themeelves tied down by lack of proper help: and tools and by the pros-pect that their financial return will not equal expense. “The majority = are opposed to euch control and such bungling as has occurred under the New Deal, Their time is being wasted in many ways and they are discouraged by the obstacles placed in their way. “One farmer wrote that ‘we will try to do our best but I don’t see anything except decreased production.’ Many pleaded for a wetter understanding of farm problems by the consumer and by the theorists in Washington. “Lack of feed for livestock is a matter that comes up continually. Everywhere there were complaints of shortages in protein foods. This was something which they felt cannot be remedied without: a change in conditions. Most of them emphasized the need of quick action if this year’s production of food si to be aided.” The pool of newspaper executrepresentative of the The farm survey ives was whole country. ‘evoked resposes from 47 states, although the heaviest returns were from the. Northeast. Newspapermen conceded food to be the great problem of the year and were néarly unanimous in selecting trained help shortage as the great lack. They disagreed sharply with farmers as to the possibility of increased supplies, 40. 6% predicting heaviep crops in their areas. : As for factors threacening a shortage of machines as next to lack of trained help and mentioned the difficulty of obtaining needed supplies such a fertilizer, seeds pasoline and feeds. \ STATE SCHOOL SUPT. DEXTER TO SPEAK HERE Dr. Walter Dexter, State Superintendent of Public Education, will speak at the Methodist Church here Wednesday evening, May 12th, at 8 o’clock. Helm Kjorlie; city superintendent of schools will introduce the speaker, And Rev. Cedric Porter, rector of the Trinity Episcopal Church, will offer prayer. The Nevada City High (School \Chorus under the direction of Mrs. . 'Carl Libbey will sing a number of selections. All school teachers of the county are specially invited to attend the meeting, which is: to be a community affair. OAKLAND CAMP FIRE GIRLS WILL ARRIVE IN JUNE Theresa R. Beckberg, the Oakland Camp Fire Girls, were in Nevada City Saturday to make arrangements for the annual encampment of the girls at their camp on beautiful Lake Vera. The first -group will arrive June 28th and stay until Monday, July 12th; the second will begin their stay July 12th and leave July 26th.} This is the sixteenth consecutive year the Oakland Camp Fire Girls have visited Lake Vera. Whether mento Camp Fire Girls. who also have their vacation camps on Lake . Vera, will this year visit tite like is tot yet known. STATE C OF c ASKS BAN ON FRESH ARGENTINE MEAT SAN FRANCISCO, May 10. order that the nation’s fresh see supplies may be protected, the California State Chamber of Commerce has communicated with members of congress from this state urging them to uphold the present restrictions against the importation af Argentine fresh meat. Although importation of fresh meat from the Argentine is being advocated as a method of supplementing the nation’s meat supplies these proposals do not take into consideration the dangers of foot and mouth disease, nor the fact that an outbreak of this disease would restrict our domestic meat production, the communication points out. “We have not forgotten the verious losses caused by the foot and mouth disease in 1924” the State Chamber communication said, ‘and are fearful of another outbreak if ‘Argentine fresh meat is permitted to enter this country. We hope that . the present regulations which protect our livestock industry and our food supply will be sustained.” Hal D. Draper, Jr. rat Texas Tech. College Hal Daniel Draper, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal D. Draper is at Texas Tech College at Lubbock, Texas for course of Army Air Force instruction lasting approximately five months prior to ‘his appointment as an aviation cadet in the Army Air Forces. During this period he will take numerous academic courses, as well as elementary flyiing training. Upon completion of the course he will be classified as a pilot, navigator or bombardier and go on to schools training in these specialties. Almost 60% said foor pinches were observed in their territories and found that the product most dangerously curtailed now is milk. Newspapermen were freer in discussing the political sides of the production problem and asailed’ ‘Washington's part in it. Their suggestions dealt for the most part with the posibility of lighter regulations, changes in drafting of farm workers, freeing of machinery and parts and encouraging the planting of victory gardens. (Mrs. *°Geraldine R. Potts, and Mrs.! executives of} the Piedmont and Sacra-. of the Flying Training Command for HUNDRED MEN START WORK ON NEW HOSPITAL With over 100 workmen of all kinds already on the job at the site of the government hospital near Auburn, the project is. proceeding according to schedule. Fred Burrows, has arrived in Auburn to take charge of the work for MacDonald and Kahn, Inec., which firm holds the general contract. Burrows announced he had ten employes ‘on the job for his firm and_ this would be increased to 60 some time this week. Beyond that time Burrows would not predict as 2to how fast his firm would increase employes. He did predict however that they would have an, employe list of 8090 men at the peak of construction. This figure would include some 200 carpenters, the rest brick layers, electricians, heating experts and laborers. Van Valkenburg and Kruly who have the contract for placing all main sewer and water lines are represented on the job by Steve Pizula. This firm had 25 men on the job last . week. The A. Teichert ‘Co. who have the: contract for the job. for a site to locate their cement plant where the mixture will be} weighed and placed in trucks for: ; hauling to the hospital project. . sent indications point to location of . . 'the plant along the railway tracks at! head of Lincoln Way in Auburn. NEVADA ¢ CITY, , CALIFORNIA GAFSA, TUNISIA—An “American sapper, (kneeling at holding an Axis mine which he has just dug from the sand near Gafsa, in this picture ‘just released. The picture was made after the U. S. fantry Division took Gafsa without a fight.» From here the British and Americans forged northward and today’s news is of continued battling north of Sousse and Kairouan which were captured April 12. PULLING AXIS “FANGS” BEFORE GAFSA the right) ist InWE MUST HAVE excavation and grading. have approximately 50 men now on. . who deprecated secret treaties and! MacDonald and Kahn are looking understandings among nations; ‘OPEN COVENANTS OPENLY REACHED By FRANKLIN HICHBORN It was President Woodrow Wilson laid! . down the principle of open covenants} . openly arrived at. He abandoned that} principle at the Versailles peace conPre-. . ference. Had he stood firmly for it, ;and his fourteen points, in all prob. ability the world would not be in the mess it is in today. Wilson has been criticized for his! ‘yielding at Versailles. This writer has always regarded such .criticism All men working on, the project; . will be called through the hiring, ; hall being operated by unions in the Odd Fellows building in Auburn. Clarence Anderson gineer on the job for gineers. Col. R. C. Hunter from the Sacramento office of the U. S. Engineers will have direct supervision of the project. PAST GRAND MASTER GOV. EARL WARREN WILL ATTEND REUNION Northern California Past Master’s Association will confer past master degree at Auburn May 15th. A special meeting and reunion of the Northern California Past Masters’ Association will be held Saturday, May 15 at the Masonic Temple, 956 1-2 Lincoln Way, Auburn, beginning with dinner at the temple at 6:30 p. m.

As you know, all masters and all past masters whether by affiliation or otherwise are eligible to membership. Our most worshipful grand master, Leslie E. Wood and past grand master Earl Warren, governor of ‘California, are planning to be in attendance. Past Master George L. Jones of Nevada City wll be a candidate and has kindly consented to deliver an address at the dinner. .Please check, with your local lodges and if any eligible Mason is not already a member, endeavor to induce him to come in at this time. Applications can be supplied to you by our secretary, or members of the committee. We promise an eventful evening and an early closing hour. (Committee in charge: V. G. D Campos, Penryn. B. C. Jull, Auburn G. E. Dimmen, Nevada City, Joe Neuerburg, Roseville. Sierra County Surpasses High Goal In War Loan Drive $57,000 was the quota. for sparsely settled Sierra County for the Second War Loan Drive. It was a very steep sum for the mountain town but they went over the top to the tune of $11, 775 above the quota. The east end of the county sold $36,700 and the west end $32,075. Mrs. Mary Hutton was committeman for the Goodyear’s Bar area, Mrs. for Sierra City:and Mrs. Margaret Lambert and Mrs. Bertha Reed for Downieville. GARDEN CLUB MEETS A good attendance was present at the recent meeting of the Garden Club held at the home of Miss Emma Ramm. Miss Ramm‘s own beautiful garden was viewed and it was planned a tour of the gardens of the community would be made in June. Various plant diseases were discussed and, many important brought out. Tea was served during the afternoon. Sophie Tschopp} points} jing on the battlefronts of the world,! is resident en-. the U. S.:En-. ‘as unjust. Unfortunately, the indignities which our president suffered . at the peoce conference have be2n given little publicity in this country. . The scrapping of his fourteen points! had begun even before he. reached! Europe. Confronted with the duplic-. ity of European diplomacy, which . was far from “open,’’ President Wil-. son was helpless. The results of President Wilson’s failure must be taken now in stride, along with the bleating ascarils of the unavoidable ‘‘blood, sweat nd tears,’’ but the lessons of that mee ure need. not be igndred; must not be ignored if another world visitation of “blood, sweat and tears’’ is . to be avoided and the hard-won freedom of the Ameritan people preserved. With this thought in mind, it is a bit disconcerting to receive word out of Washingiton of proposal to bar the press from the conference on the post-war food problems to be held at Hot Springs, Virginia, beginning May 18th. Particularly is this upsetting to the American people who, when all is said and done, will be called upon to pay, out of tax.money or -debt money, the major part of the cost of feeding the war-racked world. The American people who will foot the major part of the bill are entitled to know the commitments which may ibe made in their name. And, as this is still the representative government which our forefathers won for us with their ‘‘blood, sweat and tears‘’’ it is the right, privilege and duty of the American people, through their duly elected representatives, to repudiate such commitments if they do not, approve them. And ' once again, it is the right, privilege and duty of the American people, if they find their representatives selling them down river, to replace such unworthy members’ with Americans more intelligently concerned with the security and well being of these United States. But if the Wilsonian policy of open covenants openly arrived at is to be scrapped at the food conference, how are the American people to know of the commitments: being made in their name? i “The administration,” declared Congressman Clare E. Hoffman of Michigan in a widely published statemen, “apparently is planning’ to give away prey hing it Wiener ea8 to do it secretly.’ “Tt apparently plans to givé away American food at the United Nations Conference, and neither congress nor, the press is to know anything about) it. “While Americans are away fight-. foreigners are to be brought in to, take their places, These foreigners will not only be farm workers. They will be small storekeepers, who will set up businesses while American merchants are at war. “If there are placed on this administration, congress and the press. can: those crecks. And it is imperative that we put an end to ithese secret treaties, secretly arrived at.’’ Congress, and as much of press as remains independent of mysi terious influences, are aroused over . the proposed secrecy of the conference proceedings. By the time this' article reaches Grange News readers . jithe attempted suppression of news ae ; the proceedings may be, and it is to be devotedly hoped will be abandoned. But that. such suppression has been contemplated and even urged, is alarming and should put Americans on the alert. The proposal that . representatives of the press be barired not only from the meetngs but from the grounds of the hotel where the meetings are ‘to be held, may be good form in Europe, but it is decidedly bad form in these United States. It is by no. means reassuring to find apparently the same secrecy in planning for post-war financial systems as has been Propesod for the food conference. EMIGRANT GAP . COMES TO LIFE Reports coming in from the little town of Emigrant Gap, situated near the junction of the Southern Pacific Railroad and Highway No. 40 in Placer County, indicated that it is rapidly taking on new life. This is due to the fact that Morrison and Knudson, contractors, are rushing to completion camps to accommodate 450 men who will be employed in construction and maintenance work on the railroad between Colfax and Truckee. A large hotel at Emigrant Gap has been reopened and an adjacent building is being renovated for office use. While it is planned to maintain headquarters for ‘the crew at Emigrant Gap, housing many of the men there, tires and gas are offered others who live in the vicinity of work along the line, provided they will use their cars to capacity by carrying other employes to and from work. When 20 to 30 men‘come from one community the contractors will provide buses. Employment may be obtained through the United (States Employment Service in Grass Valley. Sixty hours. of work will be required for $57 wages weekly. Sheriff on Guard Against Cattle Rustlers While no complaints of losses of cattle have come to the sheriff’s ‘office, the situation is reported as quite seri us in other sections, To t.. .nd the sheriff has called a meet as to be held Wednesday, (May 14.0 at To’clock in the Grass Valley Rifle, Rod and Gun headquarters to discuss the matter and steps that can be taken to prevent wholesale rustling. Sheriff Tobiassen plans to take the matter up with the cattlemen’s association and is sending out a cirlecular letter to all stockmen inviting them to attend, but state that if any do not receive a letter they are very welcome anyway. ‘canning. to be any checks, only. impose . . size. ,Side of each disk is a sealing com. pound which . ter of seconds. The sterilized disk is . laid flat on the . screwed down tightly with the originjal jar cap. ‘ideal for juices, yet large enough for Club}! MONDAY, ! MAY 10, 1945, ti AND A HALF REUSABLE PACK JARS ‘Clever American housewives have always saved and re-used pickle, mayonnaise; coffee, and other jare in putting up their own garden crops. That’s intelligent wartime economy as well as good housekeeping practice, War Production Board officials emphasized today. This year glass manufacturers will make at least 1,500,000,000 such reusable commercial pack jars. Some of them will. come with mouth diameter of. 68 mm. (about 2 1-2 inches), others with a mouth diameter of 70 mm. (.abeut 2 3-4 inches). Both types are re-usable for homeThe metal screw tops that come with them can also be re-used. With. the paper linings pried out or the sealing compounds inside scraped away—a simple, quick operation— the screw tops can be used to hold regular home canning disks on the: jars during procéssing. These home canning disks — the only items home canners need. ta. buy—are available at any store, in either the 63 mm. or the 70 mm. Embedded around the undertakes the pface of a . Separate rubber jar ring. Sealing jars with them ‘is a matthen jar mouth, Immediately after processing, with screw top intact, the jar is ready .4 to be set aside in an upright position to cool. After'24 hours, the screw top may be remowed — but carefully, so as hot to disturb the disk and break the seal. The jar can be tested for leakage by taping the lid with a spoon after the screw top has been removed. A clear, ringng note indicates.a perfect seal, a dull sound, leakage. If all the screw tops that come with commercial pack jars were reused in this easy way, home canners would save 30,000 tons of critical steel that would otherwise «be needed to make standard home canning covers. The 63 iam. screw caps, aside from being re-usable, are especially economical with respect to steel. The 63 mm. mouth is small enough to be canning whole or. sliced fruits and vegetables. When the canning season approaches, there will be many more jars'on the market than there are now—twice as man jy emfwy yy are now—twice as Many as last year, ceven times as many as in 1040, and billions of covers. Right now, glass manufacturers are busy making jars to ‘hold the nation’s commercial food pack, but, as in previous years, they will have the great bulk of home canning jars ready just ‘before the peak of the season. Grass Valley to Hold Defense Test Drill William Cassettari, chairman of the Grass Valley Defense Council, announces that an incident drill or defense test of Grass Valley and the new control center, had been scheduled for Friday evening, May 14. The defense test will be planned and carried out by the ersonnel of the Grass Valley Defense Council and plans and schedules will be announced at the Monday, May 14 méeting of the Defense Council at the city hall building. ‘Following’ the test next,,!Friday . night, some outstanding motion pictues of the war in 1942 will be presented, the OCD personnel and the general public at the Veterans Memorial Building. ; The new control center. has been outfitted since the state inspired defense test of several months ago and the communications weaknesses which were apparent. at that time are expected to be corrected in the new setup. i} ~ RATION STAMPS . : RED STAMPS for meats, cheese, butter, other fats, oils and canned fish, F and G now valid and baja continu valid to May 31. % H becomes valid May 16 a continue valid to May 31. J becomes valid May 23 . continue valid to May 31,