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+ The Nugget is delivered to
4 your home twice a, week
for only 30 cents per
month
are ready to guard and defend it."—Daniel Webster
a
levada City Nu U
This paper gives your comple
coverage of all local happenings.
f you want to read about Matar
toning le Cae ——__COVERS RICHEST GOLD GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ,ee Thinking PLUG xDD TEACHERS ASSN. KINGDOM HALL, [MAYO OUTLINES [POPULATION .
itl . Out Loud . /FOR LEAK IN = SINT iN php EMPTY . HIS PLATFORM e INFLUX a )
Sbbeccy: Unless people of difpolitical
" faiths and racial variety can live
her peacefully under the law,
‘democracy fails. In war times, es-'
getidity, intolerance raises its ugly
Good citizens lose their cus:
and * charge
ferent religious creeds, ©
i ie, good ‘sénsé,
“each other . intémperately:
‘Jack Of patriotism: it ‘Should
“the part then of _ every soy
thinking man-and woman in
with
tlates, to see*to it that no. rights af
any citizen are abrog@ted by the
passions ofthe Uniaking ang
pasate.
ti
“The outrages of thé past weekend, in which salesmen of religfous tracts on Grass Valley and
‘Nevada.City streets were pelted —
high
cm
nt
to the need of visilanp-watehful. .
with eges at the hands of
school boys, and their place of
worship visited with destruct
by a mob of men and boys; po’ i
ness on the part of ‘very © good ©
-titizen who believes in a government of laws. rather than of men.
It will be recalled that the first
symptoms of Nazi thinking appeared in Germany with the formation of mobs which broke the
, Windows and stoned the owners of
Jewish shops, Most of these mobs
“Were composed of young hoodums imbued with the idea that
* they. were doing their country a
patriotic service. The excesses of
_ hatred that proceeded to the mur®, der of thousands of innocent persons, followed logically. In the
news Teports of these outrages on
Jehovah’s Witnesses of Grass Valley and Nevada City, leaders. of
has this parellel. It is charged that
who took part.in these
‘had the backing of oldPersons, probably too “cowardly
Make the attacks themselves.
“Pour of the ‘he ‘hoya 2 are under arand it is believed the officers
« law will deal with them
‘adequately, insisting that restitu. ton ‘of property destroyedbe
and that their conduct will
_ for sometime be under legal sur-Yeillance, » ‘If adult persors’ are
_. concerned, they should be © ferteted out and be made responsible
tor whatever mischief they have
The times cry out for staunch
port of the laws under which
live, the laws which we ourp have created. ~~ Ariything
les than this ultimately leads to
rehy.: We especially decry’ ‘the
ites 6f candidates tor “ot© play on “thé: passions . and
ce § created /by war in.seekThe Jayanese problem,:
ance; -ig complex. : Bat one
eta very’ clear.” * Bivery
We. level at J ese’:
citizens is leveled: at our
. if Japanese American
Br i
just, as ‘effectively as
sis ore 2 Se
SERVICE
IS ARE ON
RT BASISRanger Frank B. Delaney
“ahoe National” Forest staat Downteville, announces
: Thomas J. Williams has
to his headquarters at Wild
! pry Station, where he has
© of the Tahoe pack mules.
A Ms first job will be to truck
from pasture at Welling‘M0, Nevada to the Tahoe Forest,
te they wit be distributed among
is ranger districts for the
Use. Delaney states that the
re maintaiied on an alert
bughout the fire season for
ps
By RALPH HL TAYLOR
In thse days of ross govern‘Mental expenditures running into
billions of ‘dollars, whén' we are financing’ the most costly war in all
history, ana going heavily into debt .
‘to do it, perhaps it Would bé well to
‘Temenmibe? thé® ola, ‘Scotch saying’: ‘
Many,’ & Mickie Makes @ muckle.”
Phe: iggiyideal taxpayer’ may feell,
¥ little he can do to plug the]!
rke, When: ‘billions are involved, but
it is still true that the little Jeak‘ages; taken collectively throughout
ithe ‘state and’ nation, © mount into
huge figures. This, again, is a ‘casé
where’ if we'watch’ out for the little
things, the big things will take care
The Notede Coskey Teachets Association Tuesday night met dnd
dined in the social hall of the Methodist Church. Publie school teathers from all parts of the county attended to liear addresses by Malcolm
{4 Murphy, president of the Northérn
California section of the Califorhia
‘Teachers Association, and M. J.
Brickley, of the Sacrainetito. Junifor
(College ° faculty. *
Murphy discussed subjects of interest to the teaching profession and
Brickley gave’ an intéresting — account of Russia’g déveloping role in
world affairs.
When the addresses were eoncluded the téachers adjourned to the
' Hinetobi Halt stands*empty and
deserted for the time being. On the
advice of District Attorney. Ward
Sheldon, the members ‘of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Tuesday removed
their furniture, since the broken
door would’ admit any thief to carry
‘away the chairs. —
According to’ Mrs. Charles Kitts
who witnessed the raid on the building: Sunday night immediately following sérvices there, the raiders
camein'two cars and there were approximately A2 of them. Rev. Howell D: Holcomb, 'carpénter and builder, who leads the congregation, declares' that-he is satisfied some of
the raiders Sunday night were men,
ment of policies he would follow
Nevada Copnty is a part.
ial . possible.
complete:
must be built around the ¢
next Tuesday, today issued a brief
outline of his platform and statethe event of his election to Congress
from the Second District, of which
War effort — No ‘effort must be
spared to sée that every soldier and
sailor gets the best fighting materOur victory must be
Post-war peace—America can no
longer isolate itself, but must assume its rightful place among the’
nations of the world. The cornerstone of a world peace program
United
Nations of the United States, Great
this sect properly call attention —
-. eral‘government for the ’same operof themselves.
a B. Dillinger of Placerville.
of Glendora ag its chairman,
submitted a partial report of
schools.
Critics of certain types of
shade making, and*many other types
-of adult education are not a proper
charge against the state. Criticism
has also been leveled at the methods.30me times used to secure and}
calculate attendance as a basis for
collecting state funds for such classes.
The committee, in taking note of
these critcisms, has found that state
expenditures for this purpose have
jumped from a total of $1,500,000
just after the transfer of the socalled county matching: requirements
to the state, to a total-now in excess
of $6,000,000.
The legislative committee notes,
fin all fairness, that the large increase shown for the last three years
is undoubtedly dué to the war—the
training of industrial workers, defense personnel, air.raid. . wardens,
ete.
Then the committee makes this’
“It ‘should also be pointed’ out
that, in addition to the monies refor’ the ‘purpose’ ‘of ‘conducting * war
production traihing, the ls took
advantage of the. situation and also
claimed these same trainees for ADA
from the state. This gts pte in those
schools conducting ® war‘ production
training courses, under~ ‘the: euise of
compensation from the state and fedation.” ‘ : a
In addition’ to the foregoing costs . .
to the state of adult education, the
report ‘notes; bonus apportionients
are allowed’ ‘adult ‘education ‘schools
for the first 30 units of ADA @ach
year. Then the committee Teports:.
“We have determined that some
school districts are taking advantage
of this bonus apportionment law in
that while the legislature ybdeaet
intended that only one honus should
go to a school district for special
day and evening classes, it has been
interpreted that bonis apportionments will be allocated to each
adult school in the district, with the
result that in one school district we
find seven adult schools tlaiming
With that in mind, many legislative interim committees are studying
the ‘state’s fiscal problems, among
them the Joint Legislative Gommitee on Study of Tax Structure and
Adult Edueation, headed by Senator
a’ sub-committee of this group,
with Assemblyman Lee T. Bashore
has
its
findings, dealing with asserted leaks!
in school expenditures which it be-. ;
lieves can be eliminated with benej fit to the taxpayers. No one knows
better than farmers ‘the vital importance of Maintaining ani effic.
ient educational system — and the
thumb nail review of this legislative
sub-committee’s findings should not
be construed as an attack on the
adult
education classes have for years inSisted that tap dancing, .golf, lampceived from: the ‘federal government
adult ‘edueation; Fecéiving double] ’
auditériam of the “Nevada
Elementary School ‘whére’ folk date
the Nevada City High School
chestra directed by Frane Luscher
family settled in Forest Springs,
days, passed away Tuesday in
Francisco. ° Funeral
are being webb by Holmes Funeral
Home. . ;
Mrs. Page was a nafire of Wisépnsin, aged 78 years. She came ‘with
her family when a young girl
California. The family traveled overland with horses and wagon. :
Surviving are two sons, Nags
pand Robert Gates of this city,
daughter, Mrs. Marcelene Fisher ae
San Francisce, eleven grandchildren
and two great grandchildren. Two
grandchildren are in the armed services. Sgt. Etiard Gates, and Pfc.
Caswell Fisher. * —
ST. AGNES GUILD
TO HOLD aishie
ON CHURCH LAWN
St. Agnes Guild will give an Allied
Nations Bazaar on the lawn of Trinity Episcopal Church on June 3rd.
This date; was fixed at a meeting of
the guild in the home of Mrs., J. P.
Morgan.
Mrs. A. IL. Roderiguez is general
@hairman of arrangements. Booths
ave been assigned as follows: Pacific Area, Mrs. D; °F: Rambough:
Russian, Mrs. D. A. Daniel, Chinese,.
Mrs. H. P. Davis; “Amerit¢an,; Mrs:
. Champie; Romanian, Mrs. Leland
Smith.
Bs
‘Mrs. Charles Elliott Will have
charge of the musical program and
Mrs. L. V. Michell of the. “watte
vines” com mittee. .
ies pelea at heteames i es
fatse funds for furnishing thie new
gocial hall Of Trinity: ‘Parish. :
}
¥y
~~"
._iMany. attins réhetihiadestidl atl are
made by the Bashore subcommittee
which, for lack of space, can’t be
reported’ here, but these basic conclusions should be_ noted:
“Tax levies for the support of
public schools should be on the basis
of need. Our state laws should be
strengthened to prevent schoo districts from using various programs
as a vehicle for building up their
local finances. aa .
City
ing’ was demonstrated followed by a
social dance in which the teachérs
participated. Music was provided ‘by
OrMrs. 5 palais Gates. Page, whose
west of Grass Valley, in the early
arrangements
to
rer member of the sect, ‘‘because wal
. Frank Hewes, whose son, Edwin
. Petty}\is in the U. Ss. N avy;
not boys.
who lives in the neighborhood.
ment.
in selling religious tracts on the
strets of Grass Valley and Nevada
der the direction of. District Attorney Ward Sheldon were questioned
by the authorities the raid on Kingdom Hall Sunday evening, in which
an estimated $100 damages was
done. The boys admitted throwing
eggs but denied they had taken part
in the attempt to demolish Kingdom
Hall.
Earl Smith, a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Who was the object
declared:
“This. attack on our eine
nothing but an act of Nazis. twig
fight Naxis. in Burope when we have
them here at home? No need to tell
me that these boys, these hoodlums,
are doing this on their Own. Older
persons are putting them up to it.’
The pulpit, valued by Smith at $40
had been. taken away bodily. The
front door, large, eight panel, had
apparently been hit by a. battering
ram. The large west window was
lying out on the lawn, one half of
it with every pane’ smashed. Rocks
had been hurled through other windows. Inside the hall was 4 scene of
disorder. Outside plant had even
been torn out of the . ground and
Were scattered about the lawn. !
District Attorney Ward Sheldon
stated that he hadfiled a ‘petition
asking’ that the youths appear . to
show cause why they should not be
made wards 6f the juvenile court.
The building is: the Property ‘of
Mr. and’ Mrs: Charles Kitts, who live,
only a couple of hundred: feet —
it on the hillside.
x
. “We are being perseeuted, we bé.
lieve,” said Howell Holcomb anothdo not believe in war. However;
". four’ mothers who: are members of
Jehovah's Witnesses hére, have sons.
in the armed services. They are Mrs:
Mrs:
Lenora Douglas, with two sons in
the Army, Harold and Gordon; Gordan was seriously wounded at Bougainville;* Mrs. Nancy Seay, whose
son, Denman is in the’ Navy, and
Mrs. Belle Hallett, whose son, Harry is in the army. :
Road Up Middle Fork
Of North Yuba Improved
Road Foreman L. L. Land and his
crew of five men completed their
The only bit of furniture left in
the hall is theflag, which hangs in
one corner. ‘The raiders did not. disturb that. works program will be’ needéd to
The lost pulpit was found .by. supplement private employment. We
. David Houson, a 12 year old boy . want no more WPA or SRA.
It
was discovered much batttred on ‘the
bed of the old narrow guage railtoad right of way, where it had been
dropped off a twenty foot embankFour Grass Valley high school
seniors charged with pelting with
eggs Jehovah’s Wittesses, engaged
City Saturday, were rounded up unof an egg. barage Saturday . while ae
selling magazines. in Nevada City, . m
low’ <= dams ay gold. to yar a
shape.
Britain, Russia and China.
eral, state and local. A sound public
Bureaucrats must go— Congress
must regain its rightful place in our
government. The nation’s three million bureaucrats must be drastically
reduced and their power over the
‘. Tives of American People eliminated.
Discharged servicemen —Congress
charging disabled service men now.
Legislation to continue the sé@rviceman’s pay for-one year ‘after discharge would be a sound ‘step in the
rehabilitation of all discharaye veterans of this war.
Federaltaxation—Taxation nhust
be levied upon the ability to pay but!’
business and industry” to create private employment , after the war.
Complete revision of our tax structure must. be made with more simplified tax forms. ;
era Ra ban a: ci i encour-}
s. natural economic level which is paw:
near $100 per ounce:
stimulate early reopening of our ‘Bold,
mines as soon as men and. materials;
are available.
Lumber. industry— Pull cong
ional support in the matter of. ee
ation and reforestation can keep our
lumber industry going after the war
to provide jobs for our citizens and}:
business for our communities.
Agriculture and. livestock —Consress should give the American
farmer a chance to produce the food . '
and fei for our armed forces and/
civili; free .
ponte Relieve the farmers of the
millions of bureaucrats who’ plagus
him with rules, regulations ~
questionnaires. :
Keep the Japs out—iWe should tke
tion. ‘All: alien and disloyal Japs
should be‘ deported as CO0R Be: BOS.
sible. American-born. Japs left here
after the war should be:
tered so that né such Here ee,
will be possible sacl _ California, had
ne to the’ ‘war. :.
fae mecripad
~) With lights. assu:
athletic events by the
. Post-war jobs—Jobs in private industry .at prevailing ° wages ‘should
be the goal of our govérnment, FedShould enact. a sound policy of dis-. _
it must not destroy the incentive off
all Japs from California for the dura-. 8°
‘gotsah a
for nightly . fa
nt Valley} 6
in
Golden ‘Ousoreablig: and journ
here to participate in the lar ‘
millions have done before, ma:
far less of man made bount;
ing them than history ie
The mounting demands
enormous army of war plant:
ers and other war ‘time
here, for schools, housing,
tection, fire rides
forcing an aldrming Cade
government standards. The 2
local tax money Mist: memes
thin. : .
Unjustly, in these same a
Ownership” of. propertyof a
business or farm—is still the
uring rod for his local tax es
ility: The millions of newe
until they acquire such
are guests at the feast; thetz
are the residents who have
a mapor duty ag citizens by: in
their savings in ieie own
towns.California can handle its ful
of visitors, and welcomes he
majority, arrving here not
searching for better things but
ying to contribute their bi
acquiring them; become
citizens. Some even ‘becom
or. But the visto Bioee ;
cities in. desperation tr "
to turn back agers a
tic phosadlyony add
problem, . Fires have greatly
ed and the’ oe
‘manpower ‘shortsgea'at
es. And yet: a sens ma.
from bureateratic Ee a
Popneaie: tae
‘City
Ball
Frank Bloohbr; sreddent
open a program for —
soon.
The council agreed to pay for <the
labor necessary in reinforcing light
Poles in Memorial Park; with ‘stubbing poles. Purchase of light ‘Blobes
Was also authorized, Superintendent
of Public Works John. Fontz agreed .
to put the soft . ball diamond in
The coutcll received a
asking that? the
Council, the ong! Valley Soft %
request . ¥
from William. Wilson, principal. of
the high school,
The conditions in school districts
for which the committee recommends
en schools.” remedial action are, this writer heThe legislative committee then/ lieves, aos a, of a sees _
hat sections of the lawjmany branches of governme
ee cae bonus. pacha disposition on the part of various
be repealed, thereby saving the state/agencies to take advantage of eirapproximately $1,099,260 per year.j/cumstances to bolster oe
The legislative committee further. sometimes without regard for
taxpayers who foot the bill, The
fault, however, lies! almost as much
With the public, y has disrethe bonus apportionment for the
first 30 students in each of the sevbetterment work on the Lavezzola
Ranch Road from Downieville to the
Lavezzola Ranch, located 6 miles
north of Downieville on the Middle
Fork of the Yuba River yesterday.
This road has long been in need
pot betterment work, such as widen:
ing, eliminating steep grades, and
location, of
that students. may receive instruction that no class in adult education
it to fires in the Tahoe or
Coe
‘ over a‘one .
. ing it.
established or continued for + svete such tos a eee é .
3
municipal pool be opened in order. ®
tion as life savers during the Brn