May 13, 1942 (4 pages)

The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month Nevada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST a AREA IN CALIFORNIA weno! ee ae 08 PAGE poe This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, ,your neighbors, read The. Nugget. Vol. 16, No. 39. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Cote Center ni “THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1942.” Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. Have we come to a turn in the lane? We think so. A good many others, some of them in very high places, believe that the United Naturned the corner when a U. S. fleet with adequate.air power met in ‘Coral Sea, a Jap fleet. At this writing it is guessed in Australia and elsewhere that. the U. S. eagles are still pursuing Jap® ensignia hither and yon. Not that there is not’a world of work and fighting still to do, but at any rate the Japs took one mighty beating, according to the news despatches. On the Russiai front that much heralded spring offensive has yet to be launched by the Huns. What is holding it up? Well it may be that the air front in the west, or second front, if one prefers, that the British and some American airmen have opened, may be keep-: ing too many German planes there, needed to insure the success of another surge into Russia. We doulbt if Hitler, for all his genius in diabolic treachery and double dealing for a moment ever sees the same picture that his generals do on the Russian front. The loss of nearly two million veterans on the Russian front, reported Sunday by Winston Churchill, during the campaign to date, is embarrassing to the Prussian generals, who are good workmen only when they have the tools. But we doubt if the full impact of that loss has yet reached Hitler. It probably will not until he supplies the gaps in the ranks with young boys of high school age. Then even he, will note a difference. ‘The recent battle over a. convoy in the arctic sea, in which 90 per eent of the convoy continued: on its course with supplies for Russia is probably a fair test of Ger-, man naval strength in such tasks. For no one has yet accused the Huns of coming into battle with too little, and too late.Ten~pereent is a high interest rate to pay, but fortunately the United 'Nations can afford it. And since the Russians are fighting the greatest battle in all history, their allies must provide every aid possible. What the Russian peace objectives may be is something on which consideration must be postponed. It is a bridge to cross when we come to it. Thus far there is no hint of land invasion of Europe on_ the west. Churchill in his Sunday talk of course, was careful to give no hint. But still there isa sizeable U. S. army in Northern Ireland. and: probably growing. Yes, we think there will be a western front just about the time Hitler is throwing his utmost resources into the Russian two-thousand mile battle. Perhaps, Hitler, too, thinks so. That may be another reason why there is no ‘great. concentration of forces as yet in any one area along that long eastern front. If Churehill’s report is correct, that there is no such gathering of German forces, it is another indication that the United Nations have turned a corner. One cannot yet appraise the recent Chinese entrapment of Japs in Burma. It may have wide significance. But this much can be said, it is a notable victory in itself. Whether the Chinese can continue the offensive thus gained is something for time to prove. As a matter of fact most of us can do with a modicum of good news such as we have received in the past week. Americans, since Pearl Harbor, have had to suffer much humiliation. Our losses have been heavy, especially at Pearl Harbor and in the Phillipines. We: are enduring major losses in the submarine warfare on he Atlantic eoast and more recently in the Gulf of Mexico. We still face the probability of bombing attacks on our Pacific sea board. More so now since our army bombers visited Japanese cities. If for no other reason we.may expect such attacks as a-matter of Jap face recovery —the delicate Jap face. Yet, the & 3) tions have turned a corner. They © “WILD BILL” Lieut. William (Wild Bill) Bennett of Nevada City, husband of Mrs. Ruth. Bennett and son of Mr: and Mrs. Ellsworth Bennett of this city, is shown above. Lieut. Bennett one of the “Fighting Four’ air corps officers who have: been taking a heavy toll of Japanese Zero fighters, was nicknamed ‘‘Wild Bill’ by his fellow officers simce his arrival in the Far Pacific war theatre. —Cut courtesy Sacramento Bee BONA-FIDAS CLUB ORGANIZED BY GROUP OF LOCAL LS A new club of girls, Bona Fidas, has been vada City. At a.meeting at the home of Sylvia Tyhurst officers were elected. They are: Polly Keckler, Doris Garwood, vice president. Sylvia Tyhurst, secretary. June Laird, treasurer. The club memibers discussed plans for a play which will be presented next month. _ Following the business meeting and élection” of officers the Bona Fidas members enjoyed cards and were served refreshments hy their hostess. the Neemled formed in . x president. New Trinity Windows To Be Dedicated Trinity Ejpiscopal Church will hold a dedication service this coming Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service to officially welcome three new stained glass windows given in memory of three pioneer families of Trinity Parish and Nevada County. The new windows are in memory of: 1 Mrs. Helen Pond Searis, beloved mother of Messers. Fred, Carroll, Robert, Henry and Niles Searls, and ‘Mrs. William Bray. 2 William Gilbert Richards and Mary Gluyas Richards, parents of Mrs. Carl Libbey and Mrs. E. M. Rector of Nevada City. Mr. Gilbert Richards df Sacramento, and the late Mr. Gluyas Richards. 8 Thomas H. Reynolds and Martha Jane Reynolds, parents of Mrs. Minerva Wright and Thomas. Reynolds of Nevada City, Manford Reynolds of San Francisco, and Mrs. Nellie Low of Ogden, Utah. ( These three pioneer families played a large part in the early development of Nevada City and Trinity (Parish. A large attendance of descendants and friends of these three families is expected at Trinity Church on Sunday morning. A cordial invitation is extended to all friends to be present. Special music has been aranged for this occasion by Mrs. Carl Libbey, director of Trinity choir. ‘clouds are lifting a little. The long lane ‘begins to turn. Let us not be impatient. For we “do not wish to spend the lives of our Dboys as prodigally as do the dictator nations. Careful ‘preparation is life insurance in war. That preparation we must leave in good faith to our naval, air and army leaders. t ;in its accounting department, ithe office on the belief the younger The convention will open with a banquet at the National Hotel at 7 o’clock. Mayor Benjamin Hall of this city will welcome the visiting city officials. Many of the delegates to the convention plan to remain in Nevada City overnight and to spend Sunday sightseeing in this area. ‘Mayor Tom Monk of Sacramento, former resident of this city, will be the guest of honor at the conclave. (Mayor Monk will be one of the speakers. i Following the banquet there will fbe a ‘business session and program. The local city council has arranged ffor the appearance here of the Grass Valley Cornish Gold Mining 'Sihgers to entertain the visiting city officials. The Nevada City High School: band ‘will play from the balcony of the National Hotel and Bill Tobiassen ‘will sing numblbers. E. H. Spoor, one of the directors of the California League of Municipalities, will tbe the principal speaker at the conclave. THEO. KOHLER. JR. FILES CANDIDACY _ Theo. A. (Ted) Kohler, Jr., one of the most popular young men of Nevada County, has tossed his hat into the political ring with the announcement he will be a candidate for public administrator at the Angust primary election. Kohler, member of a pioneer Nevada City-Grass Valley family, needs no introduction to most of the voters ‘of the county. The popular young man, at present employed by the Idaho-Maryland Mines Corporation seeks generation should take a moré-active part in the political life of the county and hopes to merit the support of the voters on that basis as well as his qualifications for the position. The public administrator candidate attended the Grass Valley Grammar and High Schools. He received a business education at Mt. St. Mary’s Academy in Grass Valley. For several years Kohler was connected with the advertising staff. of the San Francisco Chronicle, _returning to Grass Valley two years ago to make his future home. Shortly after his return to Nevada County Kohler obtained a position in the office at the Idaho-Maryland Mine. Kohler is well known in fraternal eircles. He is a past master of the Grass Valley DeMolay Chapter and at present holds the position of third vice president in Quartz Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, He also is a member of the Grass Valley Elks. Lodge. The candidate is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Theo. A. Kohler, Sr., of 120 South Church Street, Grass Valley. Kohler promises to conduct the office of public administrator in a capable manner if elected and his many friends believe his candidacy is deserving of support. League of Municipalities Meets Here Saturday The California League of Municipalities, Northern California division, will meet in Nevada City Saturday with the local city council as hosts to an expected 100 city officials from the northern area of the state. Salvage Drive, Cleanup Week Starts Tuesday Uncertain weather caused the postponement until next week of Nevada City’s Cleanup campaign. Mayor Benjamin “Hall announces the schedule planned for gathering salvagable material this week will be followed out starting next Tuesday. Local home owners are asked by the local civilian defense council to clean wp their houses, basements, attics and garages and to save all waste which may be essential for the war effort.This includes metals of all kinds, old. rubber, magazines and newspapers. The home owners are asked-to pile the salvagable articles and materials in neat .bundles so they can ibe handled easily by the workers who will gather them. E. J. N. Ott is general chairman of the cleanup drive committee. The following schedule for gathering the salvagable articles has been adopted: Tuesday M,ay . district, bounded ‘by Sacramento, ' Boulder Streets and Gold Run. Wednesday, May 20—Piety Hill district, bounded by Gold Run and south side of Deer Creek. Thursday, May 21—-Nevada Street and East Broad Street. Friday, May 22.—Lost Hill, East Broad Street to the Plaza and north side of Deer Creek. 19—Prospect Hill, BPWC’ + Present Skit At War Bond Rally On May 20th By DOROTHY K. ADAMS Isabel Hefelfinger, newly installed ‘president of the Nevada City Busi. ness and Professional Womens Club presided over her first ‘business meeting at’ the National Hotel last evening. iMany plans are being made for the coming year and to start the ball rolling the club will present a skit as part of the entertainment for the War Bond Rally to be held on May 20 at the Elks Hall. The skit to be presented, written ‘by Maudie Shaw, is of a patriotic nature with members representing the different braniches of the service and the people behind the scenes we are helping to win this war. In cooperation with the Rice Bowl parade on June 6 in Grass Valley, it ‘was unlanimously decided to represent the club with a float. ‘At the close of the meeting Mrs. Hefelfinger’ urgently requested that every member atittend the dinner meeting on May 27 at the National Hotel. It was announced that many surprises will be in store for those who attend, ‘but the nature of the evening is to be kept a dark secret. Sacramento To Be Receiving Center SACRAMENTO, May 14—(UP)— Sacramente has ~been designated as the Northern California receiving center for injured and sick persons from ‘‘target cities’’ along the coast in the even of enemy bombing, it was announced by the state»defense council. NEW PRICES IN EFFECT Nevada City ‘barbers placed new prices in effect today. Haircuts henceforth will be 65 cents instead of 50 cents and. shaves will tbe 35 cents instead of 25 cents. Children’s . . haircuts will remain at 50 cents. The two barber shops here have agreed to remain open until 8 p. m. on Saturdays. benefit ball. In presenting facts about the suffering of the Chinese people, Mrs. uageson said: “After a bombing raid, the wounded are brought in to be operated upon with anesthetics. The need for anesthetics is much greater than the supply. Little children are very brave about it. They know there is not enough to go around. They grit their teeth and bear it. Very often they faint. Many of them die of shock. They could be saved if they had ether. Let us not comfort ourselves by thinking the Chinese do not feel pain as we do. They are made of flesh and bone; as we are. “Since the war started about. fifty million Chinese have heen made homeless. Some have found work and some have been cared for by friends or relatives but over half of them are. still homeless, sleeping in the streets huddled together to keep warm. They become so ‘weakened the California Highway Patrol living room. were missing. Gastiansen told the officers he believed husband came to the house while he was at work and persuaded his wife to leave with him. Gustiansen said Mrs. Jacobs had intended to go to Reno to obtain a divorce. along with the officers are puzzled regarding the bullet riddled sofa and the bullet holes in the room. Bullet Riddled Sota Case Mystifying To Authorities The mystery which confronted Undersheriff William D. Woods, Deputv Carl T. Larsen and Captain Joseph Blake of Tuesday night may well have been entitled ““The Case of The Bullet Riddled Sofa.” When the officers answered a call to investigate a shooting in a house at Shaw's Hill on the Nevada City-Grass Valley Highway, ‘they found a sofa had a half dozen bullet holes in it and about that many bullet holes in various eo of the Ernest Gastiansen, 25, a-miner, who lived in Ne house with another miner and a woman, Hester Jacobs, 23, told the authorities Mrs. Jacobs and $100 he had cached in the’house the woman's ‘He, however, Rotarians Hear Need Of Support To Chinese Bowl Of Rice Ball . Nevada City Rotary Club members today were given a graphic picture why all ‘Americans should support the benefit Chinese ‘‘Bowl] of Rice‘ Bal, which will be held on June 6th at the Memorial Hall in Grass Valley. Mrs. Wanda Lageson, who is chairman of the “Bowl of Rice’’ committee in Nevada City, told the local Rotarians the need for support of the from exposure and hunger that they are easily taken by typhoid and cholera. “Hospitals and medical supplies are very scarce. Oiften none are available. Young Chinese doctors and nurses even though they have been trained, lack medical equipment. Iodine and gauze are needed badly. Thousands die from gangrene and lockjaw. “We must not let ourselves think there are so many Chinese that what little we can give would be useless. In China a dollar’ buys more for a human being than it does any place}: in the world. One dollar will.buy ether for fifteen operations. Ten dol] lars will save fifteen ‘people from lockjaiw. Twenty dollars will buy (food, clothes and shelter for one refugee for a year. “The Chinese people are doing all they can do for themselves in this desperate situation. Food is being "distributed to the children and the homeless. They are now setting up small factories to make drugs they lack. But China cannot devote her time to the relief of her people. They must go to war which is in its fifth year. “The Chinese are not a strange peole, fighting an unknown~ war. They are ‘brave, too proud to press us, but they look to us with suffering ‘ hearts. Their cause of war. is our cause. Their fight is our fight. They are our allies.’ TO PLAY IN MARYSVILLE The Grass Valley Miners will play the Marysville Giants in a Sacramento Valley League game Sunday. The game will be on the Marysville: diamond.OPERATED UPON IN S. F. (Mrs. David Ralston, wife of Reverend Ralston, pastor of the Nevada City Methodist Church, is recovering. in a San’ Francisco hospital from an operation underwent earlier in the SS ne Caught in the Riffles You have been living in Nevada City fo a long time if you can remember when: Hook Johnson was the town’s only negro and used to chagrin the local Irish colony. by strutting onSaint Patrick’s Day with a flowing green tie. . . When He’s Inn, operated by John Donnelly was a flash in the pan during the days of the Noble Experiment. When the window of a Broad Street millinery store ‘was pasted with hand written protests of its fiery proprietor. . When Yellow ‘Bean, the Chinese peddler, chased the annoying lads with his butcher knife. . . When the: National Hotel Bar was the rendezvous of the min. ing profession and it dining room featured ham an for a quarter. . When three raps on the door -and a mysterious word got you a flash of panther steam at a. Plaza address. .”. When Henry Lane lost a corpse-filled casket out of his horse drawn hack going up Boulder Street . When a bucket of suds was a dime at Hieronimus’ Brewery on Sacramento Street. . When the barefooted squaws came to town to be befriended by J. J. Jackson Sr. . When the. son of a prominent family planted a donkey in the office of the grammar school principal onHallowe’en Eve. When Texas Tommy ran the Palace— and the boys in the back room in one: mad. moment threw the player piano into Deer Creek—Cost them a pretty penny too. Ah, Those were the good old days! neers) A Newcomers to the Nevada City area have expressed amazement. at. . the beauty of the Scotch Broom, which is now in full blossom inthis area and in the North SanJuan district. : Scotch Broom is looked upon. somewhat as a nuisance by Nevada Cityans but those who see _ the bright yellow bush in full bloom ° for the first time find it quite a beautiful treat for the eyes. One of our Nevada City residents away from home during the April registration of 45-65 year-olds, had a hard time convincing the registratian authorities that Nevada City was in California. They had, very apparently, never heard of the town. Perhaps if they will read the newspapers a little more thoroughly in which the exploits of Nevada City men and women are featured, they may learn this little city, one of the oldest in California, has contributed over its nearly century old existence, many famed men and women who have served their country with conspicious courage and intelligence. War’s spot light quite frequently turns on sons and daugh-— ters of Nevada City. First Fred ._. Searls, Jr. on one of the WPB committees ‘in Washington, is rated by the weekly, Time, as one of the outstanding executives who work with Donald Nelson. Next. Bill Bennett, son of the Ellsworth Bennetts of this city, fights a winning air battle with Japs in the vicinity of Port Moresby, New Guinea. The United Press recounts . his exploits. A few days later we — get the news from Washington that Capt. Allan Chapman, son of Dr. and Mis. C. A. Chapman __ of. Nevada City, has been called to Washington to assist, in the office * of General Arnold, air chief of U. S. forces, in reducing air training accidents. Hard on the heels of this honor to one of Nevada City’s sons, comes an Associated Press story from Northern Ireland describing the role Nancy Mott Jones, daughter of Judge and Mrs. — George L. Jones, plays in the Rea. : Cross services to the Yanks is raul have arrived in Ulster. ~ Quite aside from the saiilide, tion derived from the fact men and women, to use a week.

The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month Nevada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST a AREA IN CALIFORNIA weno! ee ae 08 PAGE poe This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, ,your neighbors, read The. Nugget. Vol. 16, No. 39. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Cote Center ni “THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1942.” Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. Have we come to a turn in the lane? We think so. A good many others, some of them in very high places, believe that the United Naturned the corner when a U. S. fleet with adequate.air power met in ‘Coral Sea, a Jap fleet. At this writing it is guessed in Australia and elsewhere that. the U. S. eagles are still pursuing Jap® ensignia hither and yon. Not that there is not’a world of work and fighting still to do, but at any rate the Japs took one mighty beating, according to the news despatches. On the Russiai front that much heralded spring offensive has yet to be launched by the Huns. What is holding it up? Well it may be that the air front in the west, or second front, if one prefers, that the British and some American airmen have opened, may be keep-: ing too many German planes there, needed to insure the success of another surge into Russia. We doulbt if Hitler, for all his genius in diabolic treachery and double dealing for a moment ever sees the same picture that his generals do on the Russian front. The loss of nearly two million veterans on the Russian front, reported Sunday by Winston Churchill, during the campaign to date, is embarrassing to the Prussian generals, who are good workmen only when they have the tools. But we doubt if the full impact of that loss has yet reached Hitler. It probably will not until he supplies the gaps in the ranks with young boys of high school age. Then even he, will note a difference. ‘The recent battle over a. convoy in the arctic sea, in which 90 per eent of the convoy continued: on its course with supplies for Russia is probably a fair test of Ger-, man naval strength in such tasks. For no one has yet accused the Huns of coming into battle with too little, and too late.Ten~pereent is a high interest rate to pay, but fortunately the United 'Nations can afford it. And since the Russians are fighting the greatest battle in all history, their allies must provide every aid possible. What the Russian peace objectives may be is something on which consideration must be postponed. It is a bridge to cross when we come to it. Thus far there is no hint of land invasion of Europe on_ the west. Churchill in his Sunday talk of course, was careful to give no hint. But still there isa sizeable U. S. army in Northern Ireland. and: probably growing. Yes, we think there will be a western front just about the time Hitler is throwing his utmost resources into the Russian two-thousand mile battle. Perhaps, Hitler, too, thinks so. That may be another reason why there is no ‘great. concentration of forces as yet in any one area along that long eastern front. If Churehill’s report is correct, that there is no such gathering of German forces, it is another indication that the United Nations have turned a corner. One cannot yet appraise the recent Chinese entrapment of Japs in Burma. It may have wide significance. But this much can be said, it is a notable victory in itself. Whether the Chinese can continue the offensive thus gained is something for time to prove. As a matter of fact most of us can do with a modicum of good news such as we have received in the past week. Americans, since Pearl Harbor, have had to suffer much humiliation. Our losses have been heavy, especially at Pearl Harbor and in the Phillipines. We: are enduring major losses in the submarine warfare on he Atlantic eoast and more recently in the Gulf of Mexico. We still face the probability of bombing attacks on our Pacific sea board. More so now since our army bombers visited Japanese cities. If for no other reason we.may expect such attacks as a-matter of Jap face recovery —the delicate Jap face. Yet, the & 3) tions have turned a corner. They © “WILD BILL” Lieut. William (Wild Bill) Bennett of Nevada City, husband of Mrs. Ruth. Bennett and son of Mr: and Mrs. Ellsworth Bennett of this city, is shown above. Lieut. Bennett one of the “Fighting Four’ air corps officers who have: been taking a heavy toll of Japanese Zero fighters, was nicknamed ‘‘Wild Bill’ by his fellow officers simce his arrival in the Far Pacific war theatre. —Cut courtesy Sacramento Bee BONA-FIDAS CLUB ORGANIZED BY GROUP OF LOCAL LS A new club of girls, Bona Fidas, has been vada City. At a.meeting at the home of Sylvia Tyhurst officers were elected. They are: Polly Keckler, Doris Garwood, vice president. Sylvia Tyhurst, secretary. June Laird, treasurer. The club memibers discussed plans for a play which will be presented next month. _ Following the business meeting and élection” of officers the Bona Fidas members enjoyed cards and were served refreshments hy their hostess. the Neemled formed in . x president. New Trinity Windows To Be Dedicated Trinity Ejpiscopal Church will hold a dedication service this coming Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service to officially welcome three new stained glass windows given in memory of three pioneer families of Trinity Parish and Nevada County. The new windows are in memory of: 1 Mrs. Helen Pond Searis, beloved mother of Messers. Fred, Carroll, Robert, Henry and Niles Searls, and ‘Mrs. William Bray. 2 William Gilbert Richards and Mary Gluyas Richards, parents of Mrs. Carl Libbey and Mrs. E. M. Rector of Nevada City. Mr. Gilbert Richards df Sacramento, and the late Mr. Gluyas Richards. 8 Thomas H. Reynolds and Martha Jane Reynolds, parents of Mrs. Minerva Wright and Thomas. Reynolds of Nevada City, Manford Reynolds of San Francisco, and Mrs. Nellie Low of Ogden, Utah. ( These three pioneer families played a large part in the early development of Nevada City and Trinity (Parish. A large attendance of descendants and friends of these three families is expected at Trinity Church on Sunday morning. A cordial invitation is extended to all friends to be present. Special music has been aranged for this occasion by Mrs. Carl Libbey, director of Trinity choir. ‘clouds are lifting a little. The long lane ‘begins to turn. Let us not be impatient. For we “do not wish to spend the lives of our Dboys as prodigally as do the dictator nations. Careful ‘preparation is life insurance in war. That preparation we must leave in good faith to our naval, air and army leaders. t ;in its accounting department, ithe office on the belief the younger The convention will open with a banquet at the National Hotel at 7 o’clock. Mayor Benjamin Hall of this city will welcome the visiting city officials. Many of the delegates to the convention plan to remain in Nevada City overnight and to spend Sunday sightseeing in this area. ‘Mayor Tom Monk of Sacramento, former resident of this city, will be the guest of honor at the conclave. (Mayor Monk will be one of the speakers. i Following the banquet there will fbe a ‘business session and program. The local city council has arranged ffor the appearance here of the Grass Valley Cornish Gold Mining 'Sihgers to entertain the visiting city officials. The Nevada City High School: band ‘will play from the balcony of the National Hotel and Bill Tobiassen ‘will sing numblbers. E. H. Spoor, one of the directors of the California League of Municipalities, will tbe the principal speaker at the conclave. THEO. KOHLER. JR. FILES CANDIDACY _ Theo. A. (Ted) Kohler, Jr., one of the most popular young men of Nevada County, has tossed his hat into the political ring with the announcement he will be a candidate for public administrator at the Angust primary election. Kohler, member of a pioneer Nevada City-Grass Valley family, needs no introduction to most of the voters ‘of the county. The popular young man, at present employed by the Idaho-Maryland Mines Corporation seeks generation should take a moré-active part in the political life of the county and hopes to merit the support of the voters on that basis as well as his qualifications for the position. The public administrator candidate attended the Grass Valley Grammar and High Schools. He received a business education at Mt. St. Mary’s Academy in Grass Valley. For several years Kohler was connected with the advertising staff. of the San Francisco Chronicle, _returning to Grass Valley two years ago to make his future home. Shortly after his return to Nevada County Kohler obtained a position in the office at the Idaho-Maryland Mine. Kohler is well known in fraternal eircles. He is a past master of the Grass Valley DeMolay Chapter and at present holds the position of third vice president in Quartz Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, He also is a member of the Grass Valley Elks. Lodge. The candidate is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Theo. A. Kohler, Sr., of 120 South Church Street, Grass Valley. Kohler promises to conduct the office of public administrator in a capable manner if elected and his many friends believe his candidacy is deserving of support. League of Municipalities Meets Here Saturday The California League of Municipalities, Northern California division, will meet in Nevada City Saturday with the local city council as hosts to an expected 100 city officials from the northern area of the state. Salvage Drive, Cleanup Week Starts Tuesday Uncertain weather caused the postponement until next week of Nevada City’s Cleanup campaign. Mayor Benjamin “Hall announces the schedule planned

for gathering salvagable material this week will be followed out starting next Tuesday. Local home owners are asked by the local civilian defense council to clean wp their houses, basements, attics and garages and to save all waste which may be essential for the war effort.This includes metals of all kinds, old. rubber, magazines and newspapers. The home owners are asked-to pile the salvagable articles and materials in neat .bundles so they can ibe handled easily by the workers who will gather them. E. J. N. Ott is general chairman of the cleanup drive committee. The following schedule for gathering the salvagable articles has been adopted: Tuesday M,ay . district, bounded ‘by Sacramento, ' Boulder Streets and Gold Run. Wednesday, May 20—Piety Hill district, bounded by Gold Run and south side of Deer Creek. Thursday, May 21—-Nevada Street and East Broad Street. Friday, May 22.—Lost Hill, East Broad Street to the Plaza and north side of Deer Creek. 19—Prospect Hill, BPWC’ + Present Skit At War Bond Rally On May 20th By DOROTHY K. ADAMS Isabel Hefelfinger, newly installed ‘president of the Nevada City Busi. ness and Professional Womens Club presided over her first ‘business meeting at’ the National Hotel last evening. iMany plans are being made for the coming year and to start the ball rolling the club will present a skit as part of the entertainment for the War Bond Rally to be held on May 20 at the Elks Hall. The skit to be presented, written ‘by Maudie Shaw, is of a patriotic nature with members representing the different braniches of the service and the people behind the scenes we are helping to win this war. In cooperation with the Rice Bowl parade on June 6 in Grass Valley, it ‘was unlanimously decided to represent the club with a float. ‘At the close of the meeting Mrs. Hefelfinger’ urgently requested that every member atittend the dinner meeting on May 27 at the National Hotel. It was announced that many surprises will be in store for those who attend, ‘but the nature of the evening is to be kept a dark secret. Sacramento To Be Receiving Center SACRAMENTO, May 14—(UP)— Sacramente has ~been designated as the Northern California receiving center for injured and sick persons from ‘‘target cities’’ along the coast in the even of enemy bombing, it was announced by the state»defense council. NEW PRICES IN EFFECT Nevada City ‘barbers placed new prices in effect today. Haircuts henceforth will be 65 cents instead of 50 cents and. shaves will tbe 35 cents instead of 25 cents. Children’s . . haircuts will remain at 50 cents. The two barber shops here have agreed to remain open until 8 p. m. on Saturdays. benefit ball. In presenting facts about the suffering of the Chinese people, Mrs. uageson said: “After a bombing raid, the wounded are brought in to be operated upon with anesthetics. The need for anesthetics is much greater than the supply. Little children are very brave about it. They know there is not enough to go around. They grit their teeth and bear it. Very often they faint. Many of them die of shock. They could be saved if they had ether. Let us not comfort ourselves by thinking the Chinese do not feel pain as we do. They are made of flesh and bone; as we are. “Since the war started about. fifty million Chinese have heen made homeless. Some have found work and some have been cared for by friends or relatives but over half of them are. still homeless, sleeping in the streets huddled together to keep warm. They become so ‘weakened the California Highway Patrol living room. were missing. Gastiansen told the officers he believed husband came to the house while he was at work and persuaded his wife to leave with him. Gustiansen said Mrs. Jacobs had intended to go to Reno to obtain a divorce. along with the officers are puzzled regarding the bullet riddled sofa and the bullet holes in the room. Bullet Riddled Sota Case Mystifying To Authorities The mystery which confronted Undersheriff William D. Woods, Deputv Carl T. Larsen and Captain Joseph Blake of Tuesday night may well have been entitled ““The Case of The Bullet Riddled Sofa.” When the officers answered a call to investigate a shooting in a house at Shaw's Hill on the Nevada City-Grass Valley Highway, ‘they found a sofa had a half dozen bullet holes in it and about that many bullet holes in various eo of the Ernest Gastiansen, 25, a-miner, who lived in Ne house with another miner and a woman, Hester Jacobs, 23, told the authorities Mrs. Jacobs and $100 he had cached in the’house the woman's ‘He, however, Rotarians Hear Need Of Support To Chinese Bowl Of Rice Ball . Nevada City Rotary Club members today were given a graphic picture why all ‘Americans should support the benefit Chinese ‘‘Bowl] of Rice‘ Bal, which will be held on June 6th at the Memorial Hall in Grass Valley. Mrs. Wanda Lageson, who is chairman of the “Bowl of Rice’’ committee in Nevada City, told the local Rotarians the need for support of the from exposure and hunger that they are easily taken by typhoid and cholera. “Hospitals and medical supplies are very scarce. Oiften none are available. Young Chinese doctors and nurses even though they have been trained, lack medical equipment. Iodine and gauze are needed badly. Thousands die from gangrene and lockjaw. “We must not let ourselves think there are so many Chinese that what little we can give would be useless. In China a dollar’ buys more for a human being than it does any place}: in the world. One dollar will.buy ether for fifteen operations. Ten dol] lars will save fifteen ‘people from lockjaiw. Twenty dollars will buy (food, clothes and shelter for one refugee for a year. “The Chinese people are doing all they can do for themselves in this desperate situation. Food is being "distributed to the children and the homeless. They are now setting up small factories to make drugs they lack. But China cannot devote her time to the relief of her people. They must go to war which is in its fifth year. “The Chinese are not a strange peole, fighting an unknown~ war. They are ‘brave, too proud to press us, but they look to us with suffering ‘ hearts. Their cause of war. is our cause. Their fight is our fight. They are our allies.’ TO PLAY IN MARYSVILLE The Grass Valley Miners will play the Marysville Giants in a Sacramento Valley League game Sunday. The game will be on the Marysville: diamond.OPERATED UPON IN S. F. (Mrs. David Ralston, wife of Reverend Ralston, pastor of the Nevada City Methodist Church, is recovering. in a San’ Francisco hospital from an operation underwent earlier in the SS ne Caught in the Riffles You have been living in Nevada City fo a long time if you can remember when: Hook Johnson was the town’s only negro and used to chagrin the local Irish colony. by strutting onSaint Patrick’s Day with a flowing green tie. . . When He’s Inn, operated by John Donnelly was a flash in the pan during the days of the Noble Experiment.. When the window of a Broad Street millinery store ‘was pasted with hand written protests of its fiery proprietor. .. When Yellow ‘Bean, the Chinese peddler, chased the annoying lads with his butcher knife. . . When the: National Hotel Bar was the rendezvous of the min. ing profession and it dining room featured ham an for a quarter. .. When three raps on the door -and a mysterious word got you a flash of panther steam at a. Plaza address. .”. When Henry Lane lost a corpse-filled casket out of his horse drawn hack going up Boulder Street .. When a bucket of suds was a dime at Hieronimus’ Brewery on Sacramento Street. .. When the barefooted squaws came to town to be befriended by J. J. Jackson Sr. .. When the. son of a prominent family planted a donkey in the office of the grammar school principal onHallowe’en Eve. When Texas Tommy ran the Palace— and the boys in the back room in one: mad. moment threw the player piano into Deer Creek—Cost them a pretty penny too. Ah, Those were the good old days! neers) A Newcomers to the Nevada City area have expressed amazement. at. . the beauty of the Scotch Broom, which is now in full blossom inthis area and in the North SanJuan district. : Scotch Broom is looked upon. somewhat as a nuisance by Nevada Cityans but those who see _ the bright yellow bush in full bloom ° for the first time find it quite a beautiful treat for the eyes. One of our Nevada City residents away from home during the April registration of 45-65 year-olds, had a hard time convincing the registratian authorities that Nevada City was in California. They had, very apparently, never heard of the town. Perhaps if they will read the newspapers a little more thoroughly in which the exploits of Nevada City men and women are featured, they may learn this little city, one of the oldest in California, has contributed over its nearly century old existence, many famed men and women who have served their country with conspicious courage and intelligence. War’s spot light quite frequently turns on sons and daugh-— ters of Nevada City. First Fred ._. Searls, Jr. on one of the WPB committees ‘in Washington, is rated by the weekly, Time, as one of the outstanding executives who work with Donald Nelson. Next. Bill Bennett, son of the Ellsworth Bennetts of this city, fights a winning air battle with Japs in the vicinity of Port Moresby, New Guinea. The United Press recounts . his exploits. A few days later we — get the news from Washington that Capt. Allan Chapman, son of Dr. and Mis. C. A. Chapman __ of. Nevada City, has been called to Washington to assist, in the office * of General Arnold, air chief of U. S. forces, in reducing air training accidents. Hard on the heels of this honor to one of Nevada City’s sons, comes an Associated Press story from Northern Ireland describing the role Nancy Mott Jones, daughter of Judge and Mrs. — George L. Jones, plays in the Rea. : Cross services to the Yanks is raul have arrived in Ulster. ~ Quite aside from the saiilide, tion derived from the fact men and women, to use a week.