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A thrilling fight between four American
airplanes and five japanese planes was described Saturday in‘a United States Press dispatch by Lieutenant William Bennett of Nevada City, who since his arrival at an Ameri
‘can airbase near Australia has been _ nicknamed ‘‘Wild Bill’ by his fellow officers.
Bennett, husband of the former Ruth
Curnow of Nevada City and son of the Ellsworth Bennets, told how he and three other
United States Army Air Corps officers accounted for a Japanese bomber ‘and at least
two.enemy navy O fighters in a fight over
New Guinea.
“Japanese bombers were over the air field
and five Zeros were streaking like bats out of
hell and up we go. Soon nine fighters, our *
four and the five Japanese, were swirling and
twisting.
“IT think I was blacked out twice during
the fight and couldn't see the controls. . managed to keep some sort of consciousness by
pushing my chin on my chest and screwing
my head around over my left shoulder.
Schrimmer way up, chasing’a bomber, and
Bevlock chasing another Zero.
.
“I saw Hoot Bevlock racing in from the
side. He drove straight between my tail and
“It wasn’t until the four of us landed that
I learned they got one bomber and one Zero
the Zero. I don't know how we avoided a
for certain and another probable.”’
triple collision.
._
Lieutenant Bennett, and Lieutenants J. J.
“The Japanese must have pulled his joy : Bevlock, G. L. Schrimimer and C. Falletta are
stick right out getting into
a loop turn to get
pals and always together, the United Press
away but I saw tracer. bullets entering his
dispatch read.
_
cockpit. Black; smoke squirted out and he
Lieutenant Bennett is probably the first
went down in a flat spin.
Nevada Cityan to see action in the present
“. looked around and
saw
Falleta
and
conflict.
Nevada City Nugget
The Nugget is delivered to
your home twice a week.
for only 30 cents per
:
month
COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA
Vol. (6. No. 36.
NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA
The County Seat Paper
,
This paper gives you complete
coverage of all local happenings.
If you want to read about your
friends, your neighbors, read
The Nugget.
SSS
The Gold Canter
MONDAY, MAY 4, 1942.
ene.
Granting of New Sugar Rationing Registration Starts
Trial Is Appealed
To Higher Court In Nation Today; Local Residents
Thinking
Out Loud
By H. M. L.
“Tax Front,” a weekly magazine
published in New York, presents,
in the current issue, a general program to be followed now by: state
and local government which is so
sanely appealing that it is herewith reprinted for Nugget readers.
As a rule tax payers do not
like to read about taxes. They prefer to kick about them, and a
great majority do just that with
out devoting ten minutes a year to
thoughtful
consideration of this
universal burden. But to those few
who do think about taxes the following will be helpful in clearing
away
confusion
and
providing
a
course of action:
District Attorney Vernon Stoll
has filed motice of appeal to a decision ‘by Justice of the Peace George
Gildersleeve
atwarding
Packer, charged with
-Mrs.
Mary
The
all-out
ffederal,
state,
fiscal
and
effort
re
action
by
local
govern
ments. The defense program is nec
Will Register In Alphabetical Order
Lon Paine, one of the few surviv
Nevada City householders today began applying for war ration book No. . which will en: ing stage coach drivers, today reachto a minor, a new trial.
ed his 77th year of life.
:
title them to one half pound of sugar each perweek.
The new trial was granted by JusRegistration for the books began this afternoon at two o'clock and will end Thursday. The occasion was celebrated quietly at the Paine home on Sacramento
tice Gildersleeve Friday afternoon on
the’ motion of William ‘Cassettari, attorney
for Mrs.
Packer
whd
with
her husband, Maurice Packer, operate the Bottle Shop here.
‘The day ‘previous, Judge Gildersleeve had-found Mrs. Packer guilty
of selling liquor to a minor.
The new trial was granted on the
ground the prosecution failed to introduce into evidence an analysis: of
the contents of the bottle of liquor
defense
consistent
Caught
in the
Riffles
selling liquor
purportedly sold to the minor, as requires
ESTEE
——ee
quired by law.
Following
ruling.
Judge
District
Gildersleeve’s
Attorney
mediately signified.~his
Stoll
im
intention
of
essarily a federal resonsibility. but
appealing
its execution can be promoted and
Judge George L. Jones’ court.
the
ruling
to
night.
_
Registration here will be at the Nevada City Elementary School. The hours each
day
through Thursday will be 29’clock to 6 p. m. and from 7 p. m. to 8:30 p. m.
To speed registration, the local rationing officials have arranged the following schedule:
Owners Of Property
Condemned by Army
Soon To Get Money
Today,
May 4th:
Paine is one of the few living individuals in
the country who. never
did adjust himself to the automobile
Registration of
age. True enough, the former stage
coach driver accepted rides in auto
all those whose last names begin with thobiles on occasions but he
never
A through F.
did learn to drive one of the “new
Tomorrow, May 5th: Registration fangled’”’ contraptions.
of all those whose last name begin
Paine ‘is well known throughout
with G through L.
Wednesday,
tion of all
‘
Mdy
those
6th:
whose
. the mountain area of Nevada and Sitegistra-. era Counties. He has resided in Nelast names . vada City for the past 27 years.
begin with M through R.
Thursday,
May
7th:
Registration
of all those whose last names begin
with S through Z.
Superior
Street.
“My
North
Bloomfield
spy
No.
Z-2 reports continued trouble by
the inhabitants of that patriotic
little hamlet in growing their Vic
The War Department has-assured "Congressman Harry
This is the biggest registration job
. L. Englebright that landowners within the Yuba-Nevada cantory Gardens, it seems the does
ever undertaken in so limited a time
ated by harmonious state and lofiled against (Mrs. Packer by Sheriff tonment, Camp Beale, whose
property
was
acquired
by
con
and fawns won't let a carrot get
in
the
United
States.
Within
four
These governments. (Carl J. Tobiassen, who testified becal action.
demnation proceedings, will receive their money as soon as days the nation, 130,000,000 men, an inch above the ground until
can expedite defense throwgh their (fore Judge Gildersleeve who. conthey nibble it off—something will
:
women, and children, will be regisservices and their fiscal policies. . ducted the trial without a jury, that possible.
ah
have to be done.
tered and ‘will receive their ration
They can ‘hedp control the forces . he (personally (witnessed the sale of
Congrestman Englebright, books.
that are now pushing prices up. liquor by the defendant to John Wilfollowing receipt of a number To accomplish so ‘big a job in that
ward, They can -prepare now to jjiams. 19:
fiyst two days of fishing seaof inquiries from landowners short space of time, the Office of son,TheBillie
The sheriff also arrested: Williams
off-set depression in the post-war
and Norman Hoskin -left
whose property was condemnPrice Administration, which adminhome early in the morning and didn’t
who pleaded guilty to the charge of
period. The sum of their financial
a minor purchasing liquor and was
ed, contacted. Major General isters rationing, is urging every apreiurn home until after the sun had
operations is of such a magnitude
the
economic
repercussions
miti
in policies would contribute greatly to the defense prounity.
that
read
gram and the subsequent
The
liquor
violation
charge
was
sentenced to a 25 day jail terth.
At the completion of the trial for
‘Mrs.
Packer Judge
Gildersleeve an
nounced
it was his opinion
RE-ORIENT GOVERNMENT
fendant
was
ACTIVITIES
he set the time for sentencing at tiwo
justment.
The
‘
defense
involves
efifort
a
transfer of more human and mato military ends
resources
terial
before
has ever
than
at
(been
tempted in this country. It means
and
materials
the diversion of
satisfaction
the
from
manpower
-of individual and community wants
to the requirements of national
prosecurity. This program has
gressed
to a phase in which fur
the expansion of the armed forces
and their equipment, as well as
aid to other countries fighting aggression, can be obtained only ‘by
of many types of procurtailment
duction for civilian use. Thus for
the time being governments must
re-orient their activities, business
must restrict expansion and.
replacement
of non-defense
plants
and equipment, and individuals
must accept Many restrictions up
on their habits of
While
consumption.
supply of
the
consumers’
goods is being limited, defense em
‘ ployment itself is adding to the
money that the people are receiving. Federal taxation and borrowsubstantial
ing are absorbing a
part of these funds and may be ex
peeted to take more as the pro_gram continues. Nevertheless, the
output of civilian goods cannot
keep pace with the increase in the
money
able
incomes remaining availconsumption-spending.
for
Prices already have advanced substantially in spite of efforts to con
trol
them.
ibe
effective
Price
controls cannot
unless
supported
‘by
harmonious fiscal policies, federal,
state
and local.
DIVERSE PROBLEMS TO BE
MET
It is recognized that the financial problems of the state and local
governments
differ
from _
state
to state and municipality to municipality. At the moment some states
are enjoying revenues in excess of
expenditures;
other
states
and
many local governments have but
a slender margin between the two;
and still others have not -recover— (Continued on Page Two)
o’clock
time
guilty as
Friday
the de
charged
and
afternoon.
At
that
Attorney \Cassettari
made
the
new trial motion and it was granted
liby Judge Gildersleeve.
MINERS LOSE
T0 OROVILLE
SHERIFF CARL
TOBIASSEN WILL
SFEK REELECTION
Carl J. Tobiassen, sheriff of Ne
Ulio of the United States Pplicant for a ration book to come set, going without food all day. So
prepared with accurate information
Army and received the followto all questions which the registrars yesterday, the third day of -the sea
ing reply:
son, they had
‘will ask when filling out the applicuperate.
Reference is made to your letter ication form,
announces that he ‘will seek re-elecof April 10th concerning the payIf
you
answer
the
questions
tion at the August primaries.
ment for land acquired in connection promptly the OPA estimates it will
with the establishment of an Army take only four minutes to fill out the
The sheriff needs no introduction
camp in Yuba and Nevada Counties. form.
:
to the people of the county, for he is
California.
Here
is
the
information
you must
known ‘by Jirtuafly everyone. He
Investigation reveals that on Febhave:
has jconducted law enfocement in
ruary 25, 1942, the United States
the county in its greatest period of
1
Come prepared with a list of
filed a (petition in the United States
growth and has seen the expansion
District ‘Court for the Northern Disthe members of your family, giving
of work of that office many fold in
trict of California, Northern Divisthe exact name of each.
the past two terms.
2 Have the exact description of
ion, involving the lands comprising
vada County for the ipast eight years.
to stay
home
to
re
i
Sonny Townsend knee high to a
grasshopper, didn’t even get a bite
opening day of fishing season. Said
he:
“I
can’t
do
anything
I'm a fly fisherman!”
with bait.
:
Cheer up, Sonny, A few warm days
and the trout will begin taking flies.
David Lamson who chose
Nevada City’s atmosphere
to
Sheriff Tobiassen is a native of the cantonment area of the Camp each member of the family unit, givwrite a novel will have anothing the height, weight, color of eyes,
(Nevada County, and has resided with[Beale project, and on the same day
the court made possession
of
the color of hair, age and sex of each
The Oroville Olives won a ten inin its confines all his life rearing a
one.
day Evening Post, out Wedarea
available
to
the
United
States.
large
and
widely
known
family
of
ning ‘ball game from the Grass Val3
Give
your
exact
relationship
to
‘Until recently, representatives of this
ee
ley Miners yesterday to send the children.
department ‘were negotiating
with each member of your family.
Remember.” Its a story of a
In
seeking
re-election
Sheiff
ToSacramento Valley League again in4 Disclose the amount of sugar
the
various
landowners
in
an
effort
biassen points to the fact that now,
to a four way tie.
:
man’s
way with a maid.
to elose as many cases as possible on in the possession of the family at the
The Olives scored two runs in the perhaps as never before experience is
a direct purchse basis, and where nepresent time.
A United Press dispatch in The
top of the tenth to win 7 to 5. The needed in the sheriff’s office to assist
One and only one, member of each Sacramento ‘Bee brought to. Lieutgotiations were successful, the money
the
federal
and
state
authorities
in
many fans from Grass Valley and
‘was paid directly to the landowners. family unit is to go to the school to enant Bennett’s relatives here their
Nevada ‘City who witnessed the game combatting espionage, sabotage and
(However, since many of the landapply fo ration books for the whole first news in a long time of the Neare still discussing the umpire’s desubversive activities by aliens.
family. Single people not members
vada (City air ace, who with three
Sheriff Tobiassen and hhiis table Owners have refused to sell their
cision in calling a Grass Valley runof
a family unit, even if they board othdr army officers are inflicting
land
at
a
price
commensurate
with
ner out at first base in the ninth indeputies are fully cognizant of the
the government appraisals, it has with a family, must-apply for themheavy damage on Japenese in the
ning. From the stands it looked like dangers which exist, for they have
been
decided to file Declaration of selves.
Far East.
the runner was safe. The winning attended Federal Bureau of InvesTaking
in
conjunction
with
the
pendTo us one of the most heartinrun ‘would have scored for Grass Valtigation and other schools of
The registrars are teachers of the
ing
proceedings.
breaking
effects of war is the anxstruction, and have learned of the
local schools. During the period of
ley if the runner was called safe.
Instructions -have previously ‘been
iety
and
worry
suffered by relatives
methods
used
by
enemies
of
this
registration there twill (be no afterDr. ‘Norbert Fry of Nevada City
issued to the field representatives
of those in action. Letters from those’
noon sessions of school.
participated in the opening day cerecountry and have learned to combat
working in the Camp (Beale area to
them.
monies at the ball park.
Wholesalers and retailers registerin the front lines seldom arrive, and
forward
condemnation
assemblies
to
The sheriff and his staff have ably
ed last ‘week. In the Nevada City dissometimes the only news of loved
‘The (Miners iwill play: Chico
in},
Washington immediately in
order
ones is gained through dispatches of ©
assisted
the
FIBI,
and
are
organized
trict 52 registered.
Grass Valley next Sunday.
that Declarations of Taking may be
press services.
to give assistance at any ‘moment to
foe
prepared for filing, at which time
So Lieut. [Bennett’s tale to a Unimilitary, federal or state authorities.
ted (Press correspondent of a sensaSheriff Tobiassen was one of the there will be deposited in the registry
tional air battle with the Japanese
prime movers in the county civilian of the court the estimated compen
er story in this week's Sature
nesday, entitled “A Girl Can
FOUR COUNTIES POOL
ROSE A. BELISLE _
ENGAGED TO WED
defense setup, and is now chief of sation for the land. The deposits will FRANK DAVIDSON
RESOURCES FOR
lbe based on the appraisals submitted
protection for the county in that
DISASTER AVAILABILITY civil
to this department. ‘Under this proorganization. He. has organized an
At a recent informal gathering of
family friends Mr. and Mrs. William
to assist in cedure, the court may release to = ‘A. Belisle annomnoced the engage
Herb Hallett, city superintendent efficient ‘body of men
of streets attended a meeting of the
was just like a letter to the lieu
any emergency, and at the same time
ment of their daughter, Rose A. Be
tenant’s wife, parents
here.
and_
John Bertsche, Jeweler,
Moves To Larger Shop
sister
(Continued on Page Three)
\California Defense (Council in Sacraalso holds in reserve
the
regular
lisle, to Frank Davidson.
mento Friday.
sheriff’s posse, to serve as’ reserve
Davidson graduated from Grass * John Bertsche, jeweler and expert
Hallett said Nevada, Yuba, Sierra civilian police. His organization has methods, but has obtained confessValley High School with the class watch repairer, has found business
and Placer Counties are in the llth been approved by ‘both the
U.
S. ions from many criminals’ by studyof 1941.
He is now employed in so increasingly good that he has
defense zone. There are 12 zones in military and state authorities and is ing their mental processes, and using Grass. Valley. Miss ‘Belisle will be a been obliged to move from 109 W.
the state.
complete to the last detail.
kind treatment and understanding of graduate of the Class of 1942 at NeMain street, Grass Valley, to 114%
‘A plan twas adopted whereby each
Nevada County’s sheriff is known their personalities to ge their desired vada City High School.
E. Main: street, for larger shop
zone would pool all equipment and over almost all of the west as a courinformation.
ae)
The wedding twill be an event of room. He states that while there is
manpower and in the event of a disteous, fearless officer, and has the
{Pointing to the fact that he has the early summer.
not quite as much demand for new
~
aster in’any one community all respect of
the
law
enforcement administered the duties of the office
‘watches as last year, there is a col
available resources will be available agencies with whom he ‘cooperates. without fear or favor, Sheriff TobiasTo Leave For Mariposa—
;
:
stant call on his albilities
for that city.
In his two terms of office he has sen said that policy will always be
Jack (Curry of Névada City plans and keep in order cle
Each community will render a rehandled 1800 prisoners, and none of adhered to, and peoples civil rights to leave Nevada City tonight or toof his clientele. Bertsche
port to the defense council on equipthem has escaped, an excellent recand property will be protected on the morrow for Mariposa, where he will erly in charge of
South
ment and men available.’
ord, He never has used third degree basis of equality for everyone.
be employed in'a mine.
[time pieces and-clooks.
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