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“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are aay to
t guard and defend it.’ ‘Denial Webster
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coverage of all local happenings.
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_CCVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA
Vol. 19, No, 41
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NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA
The Goid Center
Helen Chapman Writes INTIMATE NEWS
of War’s Endin EuropeOF THE PEACE
THINKING OUT
LOUD
By H. M. 1,
THURSDAY, MAY 24_ 1945
FORUM
OF THE AIR
CONFERENCE
By EDW. C. UREN
=
ARMY ARMORED
UNITS TO BOOST
MIGHTY SEVENTH
The city’s most popular corner>
On the international scene, Russia
Germany, May 3, 1945;. Stnanige birds who have undergone’
waiting
point for
the
continues to be an enigma to most . Dear Poppy:
local
bus;
great change. Anyone over here has .
SAIN FRANCISCO, May 24—With meeting place for the local open
I have received your letter writto make great
Americans, and, apparently, to @.
June 7 is set aside as “Bond” day
air
adjustments,
and I. departure of all heads of big five forum, is the Pine Street side of the in Nevada Sity.
great many Britains.
ten
on
the
12th
and 18th of April. I hope they are allowed to do it.
In our .view
Most delegations except Secretary StettiBank of America building.
American citizens would do well to hope the difference in dates means of them iwill have
On this occasion Gaorge Calanan,
to think it out 'nius, the UNCIO got down to intengive more attention to what goes on you are ‘busy and
chairman of the Mighty Seventh War
not
anything quietly by themselves. I wonder
if sive work in commitee, in the hope of
Here on a narrow shelf
of:
the
Loan drive, announced a high speed
in Russia. its diplomatic approaches wrong. I am ‘having a maenificent that
will ibe their fortune, or if they . finding a solution to the
building,
now
discolored
and
worn
major
reN-8 armored car and other afmy exto world affairs, and its policies in experience over here.
will be hounded. I have developed a
. maining problems—such as trusteesmooth by the efforts of people to hibits will be in the city:
adjoining Balkan cauntries and along
It has just. been announced that great deal off sympathy
for the Gls; ship of colonies, regional security sit on it without sliding off, you can
Among the pieces on display will
the war is over in_Italy. That means as you see.
the Baltie Sea,
. pacts, and veto powers—and formuget an earful of public opinion by . be a 37mm gun.
The armored car
Buzz is out of it and maybe the will
We came on further and set up a
lating a charter for the new world listening in on the arguments of the ; will -be complete
in
battle gear. A
be
to
go
home
because
the
34th
Diyrelatively
permanent stand, and my . organization.
The good neighbor policy inaugulocal intelligentpla.
. Second piece will be a M8-A-1 scomt
ision
has
had
the
longest
continuclubmobile
was
rated by the late President Roosesent on detached serMeanwhile, San
Francisco
con
If you want to find out the cause car carrying 30 and 50: caliber mavelt to reassure South and Central ous experience over there. How glad vice. My experiences hére have. been tinues to note interesting items of
of
the cigarette shortage; the high Le guns, A returned aviator will
I
am
the
whole war has disintegout of this world. We became
e“American states and to win their
the human interester connected with its
price
and.small size of a drink or the . be on hand to talk to residents. The
rated
over
here.
I
suppose
it will be first American women to cross tke
friendship, we believe ha,s proved a
visitors. Among those recently noté
reason
for the scarcity of corned heef lexhibit will’ be here from 10 a. m.
only
a
short
while
now
Elbe
until
there
river.
We shall never igo to Berwere:
suceess. Only stupid blundering on
and cabbage all you have to do is atuntil 2° p. m.
will ‘be-a formal announcement endlin except toy sight see
the part of the
much later,
(State
Department
Dollars and Stamps’ — The silver . tend and
The Nevada City
‘hear both sides of the ques-.
Rotary.
€lub,
could now lose us that friendship. ing 'the 'war in Germany. Here on my however. That is purely Riussian ter-.
dollars common in the west, but sel. metting
for their regular luncheon,
tion.
But when we reflect that Russia is a front the war has been over for-sevritory.
‘
‘dom seen elsewhere, have fascinated
. will entertain the personnel coming —
We thave serveck coffee and donuts
much nearer neighbor than any of eral weeks and the Russians and the
. foreign and out of state visitors alik.e
World wars one and two are often
eat with the armored exhibit.
Americans
“have
met.
a
few
yards
ifrom ees s land. Not One South American delegate got fought all over again with
the Latin republics, excepting only
weapons . .
Sunday evening, speaking before.
I don’t ‘know whether this eee shot was fired. W
. Mexico, we think the good neighbor
have met the . 20 of them.at a ‘bank presented one the world never dreamed
of.
The} an audience at the Broadway
theaon
deRussiane, iand that is & night I shall/to each member
policy should be extended to include pass the censor, but IT am
of his delegation to nearness of VE
day
hag
brought tre, George Calanan
stated: ‘Too
Russia and vigorous efforts made to tached service to the 64rd Division. . never forget as Jong aI live. Weltake home as a souvenir.
forth some of the most ilfustrious.
many people are not ‘Murchasing “KR”
I have sent you their paper so you . . Were invited to dinner
e-win-and keep Russian confidence and
Dy the ee .
.
Secretary
Stettinius
has
given speakers of the day and, if you see ibonds. These
bonds can be purchased
iwill
have
a
little
idea
of
the
part
of . eral staff of the division. \ Really, . every delegate
friendship.
a book containing $15 some individual striking a Napoleoii, by the
citizens only and it will be an
the war I have been in. For awhile! they wanted to show
that American . worth of United States stamps; inic attitude, with arms
}
folded and effective help toward the
prosecution
California and the entire Pacific! we were left far behind the troops women as well as Russian werd
help-. cluding the special conference -stamp. milling around in a four foot circle
of this war. People should ‘Temémand
did
no
serving. We would merely ing in the war:
Coast stands to profit
‘by
cordial}
!'The book is handsomely bound in . you may be sure that some heavy ber that
Germany declared war on
trade relations with Great Russia, move, ‘wait, and mave again. For the
Bunny and May and I were actin:
blue cloth with the gold sea] of the! verbal artillery is being loosed.
us and Japan attacked us. We are
whose undeveloped resources are in; past three weeks, however, we have hostesses, one might call
it. Ther
Other commentators may be more
United States.
therefore defending our homes ag
some respects similar to those of the . been working hard and lond. That were many compliments flying back
Flags—Now
that
the
official composed. They balance themselves well as the
honor of our country.
United States, a hundred years ago.!. always happens.
When the army and forth, many toasts Russian atyle,
. mourning period for Roosevelt has. on the ledge of the building while Surely
for
on
a
e
this
we should make same
Russia is undowbtedly the richest of “works we-ddn’t and vice versa,
and exchanging 6f medals and patehended, four sets of United Nations questions are fired at them 4nd anssacrifice.
and purchase these bonds,
As I mentioned ‘briefly in my rees. A Russian major
all nationsin natural resources.
gave
me _ his flags will be displayed in the civic wered with indifference. Ocecasional}even if it is in small denominations.
With our Yankee good sense and na. cent hasty notes my trip to my pres-. medal Which his division
received center daily from 8 a. m. to 6-p. m. ly a speaker's upper
plate
drops
Our failure to make our quota would
tional friendliness, it seems to us. . ent ‘place from the other side of thie} for the defense of Moscow.
They There will be 47 of
them,
since down and cuts his oratory
.
to
an! be construed by Japan to
mean that
there is no reason why we should not! Rhine was extremely, interesting. . sang Russian songs and could
dance White Russia and the Ukraine use abrupt gurgle causing his hearers to we
are already tired and war weary.
win Russia to our good neighborty. have describd in other letters about
just like you see them in the movies. the USSR flag.
east startled look his way to see if
Let us resolve/they shall not have
!
sphere and retain her through the . the freed slave laborers’ streaming That was definitely one of the high-.
Lost’ and Found—-The
veterans’ . he has had a heart attack.
that opportunity by any sins of omyears as a powerful and cordial ®long the roads and the hundreds, of er lights of my adventure.
building maintains a lost and found
At a VE day, minus one, it was mission on our part,
friend among the nations.
. German ‘priseners ‘being taken to the
Furthermore————
At present the situation is such department, where
decided that the frenzied Hitler, Von these
mislaid
pipes,
bonds are the best investment
Wee
. rear.
. that we are beginning to become an fountain pens, gloves and other art. Ribbentrop and
Himmler, instead of the safest we can make.
If it be pleaded that they are a
The yield
It
was while we were at! Steinheim . occupation army. What happen
s next) icles dropped by conference members. ‘committing hari-kari had debarked
is amost 3 per cent.”
Strange people with strange custome . a few days that the presid
:
ent died. and when is the question.
argtaken. Ira .G.
the . in a submarine headed for the Ar-}
Thompson,
and strange methods of government, . There was a little talk about
it and .
This whole thing is runnine from
building secretary, says the number)
grentine, where it is known the nazis
we can truthfully say that these ire then it was dropped and seldom men-'
the sublime to the rediculous sand . of articles Jost during the confer; had
large bank deposits and a host}
nod stranger than China and Chinese .tioned
again. The reaction cannot be! back asSain
so fast it kgeps my head ence has been remarkably small, and. of native nazi
collaborators. Here he
ways, and we have been
China's . measured in terms of the people at . whirling. Anything
happens
here. the turn over very quick. Principal, would have every facility to organfriend for almost a century. We have . howe. Jf every one’ felt as I did
the
. One moment I may be eating chow at object mislaid at UNCIO meetings 1s ige War
No. III. closer to nome.
gotten along with the Chinese as man on the front line is concern
ed! a mesg igéar in the middle of a woods eyeglasses.
That DeValera, who called at the
friends, partly ‘because
we
have ‘with living and dying almost entire-. sitting on the ground with
BERKELEY, May_24—Dave Dava bunen
German consulate on VE day to offer
known them well. There stands a ly. He .remembers there is politics
. of buck privates, and the next I may
this condolences after Hitler’s defeat idson, chairman of the California
building at Montgomery and Cali-. and there is another world, but
just! be dining off mahogany tables with
was as much a quisling as Quisling AAA committee stated todey that W
fornia Streets in San Francisco, built . now ‘with a gun poinitted ‘down his . white
linen. and precious china with
FA hag announced beef production
himself.
BEEF PAYMENT
SUBSIDY READY
brought
from
China
in. throat, the main thing is to gee that . generals. It sure is fun, though.
the Argonaut days It was cheaper to
build of Chinese grante,. brought over
he
survives.
Here
the
business
at}
NAT. FOREST
SERVICE OFFICER
‘VISITS CALIDA
I suppose Muller is back at work
hand was to ‘continue the bitter ee now. How
long was he home?
as ballast in the clipper ships, than of defeating an enemy. The death
off
To answer a few of
your
ques-.
it was to bring granite from Nevada ; the president did not change that, it
. tions. I received the German gramCounty for instance, down +9 the bay couldn’t. The average and most Gis .
mar. It is great help, ‘but T still need
with mules or oxen.
loved him dearly and felt badly, but a “dictionary
DOWINIEVILLE, May. 24—E. BE.
‘
badly. I reteive some
the thing at hand at the moment was copies
. Carter, chief division of timber manof the Nugget now and then,.
Like that granite
building,
our his own life, and so the war continubut not all of them. I have a lot more agement, fromthe Washington offriendship for China
has
endured ed as if nothing had happened.
German stamps for you. Keep well fice of the forest service, assistant
through the years.
Gradually the
We left Steinheim to move on anand be
careful. Your loving daughter, regional forester, B. O. Hughes, and
(Chinese have become less strange to} other 100 miles more or
J. R. Berry, logging engineer, from
less. We
HELEN.
us. As a concession to modern styles stopped at a
the orest service, San Francisco ofcamp set up to collect
the Chinese have shed their long and see to it that liberate
fice, afd Tahoe
resource
officer,
d allied
:
Italy May 9, 1945 Harry W. Camp, visited the Calida
braided. pigtails. Actually they are prisoners ‘were taken care of.
I shall
Dear Poppy:
going western in a big way and. are never forget those
Lumber ‘Company government timmen, nor the ones
I am having an enjoyable time
attempting to establish a democtatic I saw albout an hour ago going by, by
ber sale in company with District
seeing the beautiful part of Italy, and
way of life adapted to the needs of a the truck load. I met~ British
Ranger Frank B. Delaney, on Thes
men
who ‘had Ibeen prisoners since Dunhave evén been 20 feet across the day, May 15. From the Downieville
ple. We do not believe that Chiang ‘kirk, American prisoners since North Swiss border. No where at home have district the (party continued on to
Kai Shek is a right leader guide the Aifrica. What they niust think and I seen mountains that resemlbled the Susanville.
Alps. Ours ascend
gradually,
but
affairs of China now. We think he feel. The Americans told me
Forest Supervisor Guerdon Ellis,
that
their rise straight up out
began well, but like other leaders of they were treated worse than
of
the and his office assistant Harlow W.
any
other peoples, he has come upon a other nation. It was becaluse of the Plains. Lake Maggoire is beautiful Wood, spent Thursday, May 17 at the
and densely populated with homes of
time, when the country would be bombings.
Downieville ranger station,
going
the
rich and resorts. Tahoe is uninbetter offf with other leadership. We
Our fboys had marched 700 miles
over with District Ranger Frank B.
great industrious and intelligent peo
do not like the though\, for instance, since the end of January until the
first of April from Russia. They liv
of American boys fighting in China,
while half the Chinese army was delegated to watching and guarding
(Chinese communists,
rather
than
fighting China’s foe and our foe. We
think that is the worst leadership
we have witnessed
on
in this war.
However, the Chinese people go
forever, while Chiang Kai-Shek
occupies only a
This
is
true,
and
Russians.
moment
too,
of
Stalin
in
history.
Joseph
Stalin
will
pass,
but
the Russians will continue for thousands
of Years, and
our
national
policy
sian
should be
people our
to
make the
friends.
Let
Rus
us not
ed on almost no food at all. A slice
or bread and watery soup for one day
was good. If they fell out of line they
died. That,
cause of
the
the
marching,
Russian
was be
push.
Before
that their life was less rugged. More
than one said that the Red Cross
habited in comparison.
The ‘people
here
and
Sia ‘vanis to be
friends just as
surrounded
we
want
with
friends
in
Central and South America. And al
of
18,000
liberated
recently:
They
must \be happy. I hope the people at
home don’t make them
unhappy as
most anyone fifty years of age in this
country, can
state
remember
department
ously in Mexican politics.
our lations with Russia. Great Britain
outrageand Russia may clash, but let us
stay out’ of the clash and assure both
when
meddled
for the coming
fire
no
Detailed payment
Uncle Joe, Stalin too, it appears is with that date:
geranium. His past history, in procedure are not yet available but
case you care to dig into it, will not} will ‘be announced shortly.
These
bear too close an inspection, for it Probably will be similar to the dairy
reeks
with
combined
sabotage
with
Britain and Russia and we intend to
Russia wants peace in which to stay out. Our interests are not Britdevelope her tremendous resources. ish interests. And, when those two
She wants peace, and needs it so badnations understand that we intend
fly, she will fgiht for it, if she must. to be friends with both and to take
Let us not be guided one iota by sides against neither, they
will
British diplomacy as regards our remore quickly come to agreement.
the
. lost feeling of having
completed a
job and not ‘knowing what to do now
or which ‘way to turn.
Of course,
many. units can just natura}ly look
forward to going to the Pacific. but
in the 34th most of the people think
the division will be the first. or one
of the first, sent to the states. However. We-don’t know yet: so are Ssit
ting on pins and needles. There is
also the possibility of being used as
occupation troops.
The other ‘day I sent you some
stamps
that an ex-fascist gave to me
3
and “handitry,
murder,
in
which
production
payment program under
which payments are made directly
to
producers by county AAA offices.
Payments will be made on good
Was ‘so interspersed with bursts of and choice cattle if owned and fed
Uncle Joé was the chief actor.
All in all, this particular meeting
oratory and logic that Manager Cur
by the applicant at least 20 days,
now of the bank came out fgrom his and if sold to a licensed slaughterer,
sanctum and personally congratulatand if liveweight is 800 pounds or
ed the speakers, stating that it was more, and if the sale price is at least.
the best meeting he had heard for the amount listed for minimum stabilization range for good grade catmany weeks.
tle.
Being hard of hearing and somewhat dumb we looked at the closed
windows of the bank building above
Mosquito Ridge
us and inquired of the manager how
in heck his sense of hearing was so Road Survey Resumed
acute that he could hear what was}
Road surveys on
the
Mosquito
being. said outside.
‘Whereupon he Ridge, Ralston Divid
e timber access
pointed high overhead to a tilted road
are in progress again after beventilating window which acts as a ing disco
ntinued last fall due to insounding board for those inside.
clement weather announced forest
The money changers it seems, afengineer Shock
of the Tahoe national
ter throwing out the last depositor
forest today.
and locking the door at closing time,
Eric Erhart of the public roads adhave nothing to do ’till tomorrow, so minis
tration will have charge and
with chairs tilted back and feet on F. L. Davis will
be chief of the surthe desk they relax and listen in.
vey party. The public roads adminThis would be sort of hum drum istration
surveymen are from Utah
with nothing exciting but the arrival and
Colorado, however, local men
and departure of the local bus had it from
Placer County and the Sacranot been for these highly entertainmento Valle
y area will be hired to
ing meetings of the air, so the bank complete
the crew which will consist
polkas. The American music dance
nine days of May ‘has depleted our
steps are not popular here like they
snow pack in the mountains. Ranger
are in Naples, Rome, Florence, etc.
(packages ‘were ail that saved them.
Delaney reports snow drifts of over
I control a fairly lange sector, and.
Yet they received only part of them,
. five feet in places on the north side
have to travel a lot to visit my units. .
and the Germans had plenty of food.
of the higher timbered ridges. HowWe have uncovered warehouses full, I also have social appointments, like ever the recent storms will contridinner with bishops and a count and;
and at present we are eating a lot
but materially to
produce’
hetter
countess. Off course, I also have my
feed for the cattle and shéep which
of their food.
troubles of soldiers getting drunk
grazes annually on the summer rangSome of the girls stayed there at
officials are
and shooting people, and ‘somewhat
the camp ito serve coffee and donuts
es of the ‘forests of the Downieville
supporter
s.
similar incidents.
district of the Tahoe national forfor awhile.
The Americans were .
;
When the war ended there was no
flown out as fast ‘as possible, so the}
celebration or noticeable dileronce
sia knows them much better than
job ‘was short. I understand that the
we. Let us not worry about Romania,
among the infantry
personnel. But I
ones I saw going lby today were part .
:
ve
believe that we all have a certain
Jugoslavia or the Baltic states. Rus
get too excited about the Poles. Rus
Delaney, plans
their cusand field season.
toms and way of life, are Picturesque
According to the automatic rain
and amusing. Now they are in a festgauge at the Downieville ranger staive mood ‘because the war is over.
tion, our precipitation to date, has
Every night they have dances in the
exceeded our seasonal average. While
town squares, and dance waltzes and
a dry spell during April and the first
That China so far has been merely. payments at 50-centts per hundredgoing through the motions of fightweight would be paid to cattlemen
ing the Japs and is patiently waiting and feeders effective May 19: eis
for us to come over and do the job most important that cattlemen retain
evidence of cattle sales beginning
for them.
naturally
enthusiastic
of approximately
eS
twenty men.
* It is contemplated to complete
the
But it is a lot;easier to concenSurvey to Bear
Trap Saddle with re-est.
‘
trate while sitting down rather than conna
isance on to the Ralston Div.
The rain record follows: Rain'fall
to stand around with your hands in ide, stated Shock,
this last storm 3.88 inches; rainfall
your pockets playing with a bunch
this month to date 4.42 inches; rainof keys, and everyone is hoping that
fall this date last year 44.15; rainthe city council will install a comElementary Students to
fall to date this season 59.87.
fortable bench
on
this busy corner,
Present One-Act
Comedy
and Mrs. Frank Odgers and not so much for the forum as for
The
Eleme
ntary
Schoo
l students
two daughters of Roseville and Mr. those poor people who have to stand
will give their annual, play tomo
rrow
and Mrs. John Odgers Jr. of Sacraand wait for the bus.
evening in the school auditorium.
—
mento spent Monday visiting with
IN STANFORD HOSPITAL, S. F. Title of the one-act ‘comedy is Elrelatives in Nevada City. The men
mer.
‘Mr.
enjoyed part of the day: fishing.
A Hooper and Weaverambulace
on Tuesday conveyed Mrs. Margaret
in a moment of weakness. I have Casey of Colfax, suffering
’ from a
had practically no~
mail
recently. fractured leg, from Jones Memorial
Only a few letters from Dotty. Love. Hospital to Stanford
Hospital in San
BUZZ.
Francisco.
Bill Moore will carry the title
role. Shirley Bach will impersonate
Susan, and the twins will be Rose
Lavelley and Joyce Lée. Other play
ers are Betty Sealight, Jenny Lam
son, Raymond Hillis
Howe.
Re
and
a
of granite
“e