May 4, 1944 (4 pages)

1944 In IN é ‘ 4 194 ‘The Nugget is delivered to + ANd Dor. your home twice a week both ’ of for only 30 cents per God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guatd and defend it.”’—Daniel Webster Nevada Cit y Nugget . : If you want to read about your Thinking Out Loud —————_ ‘By LEONE cea’ The decline and fall of the press agent certainly isn’t at hand, but it may be anticipated if the American gociety of (NewspAper Editors succeeds. in the task it names as_ its “first duty to the public.” “We must have an end to the flooa. 10Sely by unemployment (which apric of government propaganda,” declarpierre exist depending on whether of . eg Roy Roberts, Society president. the mye 7: ea a : ae wal ar time Borde of prose Bs pea Ome to the Heitinatos one . 702 a a “nave engulfed {Washingjton should father the: ihek ee ie . ag . be driven out. The same practice of couislateki with ite 4 erties edness ! bureaucracy has developed in busi-. jae is : as pe ness until we are submerged with Homatin e gt had merc ieana cL releases On everything. except the}]. es ees of wearing t) live, ‘mentally and Physically within siamese out own boundaries. bought .us, Propaganda is at the flourishing] among other things, Pearl Harbor. he qpulent peak of its existence, del-. The peace: psychology which replacuging the desk of every country edi-. es ‘War psychology hindered any atefor-and every city room alike. Mag-. tempts of Wilson’s (because he did il agines and newspapers are brimful. Mot recognize it as such) from comof it, and the most casual reader hag! Pleting the intent of his, now famous as Jearned to spot which story likely! Fourteen Points. “(Normaley” as we of originated. with an actress’ press. knew it, cannot. be. rt . agent, which may have ‘been planted 3 “Can we abate nationalism ‘by a concern at interest and which! and curb the sovereign state? ’’Nawas. prepared by a trained publicity . tionalism and the power of the sov: man on the federal payroll. The} ereign state have become almost a sources of most such material are. Treligious faith, says Dr. Becker. ‘ often as plain as the return on the. This sentiment and power, howeve;y, il envolpes that brought it. can be used intelligently if we conal : _. Sider the same qualities: as being a : But it is captious to conclude that part of the rights and interests of ec, . all. patent puwhblicity is contrady to othe? nations. _ ; ld’ the Reeth 20 the keh Hood or to/ 4 “Can we abolish power politics A the editor’s viewpoint. It is. silly to’ and end imperiilasm?” To this Dr. suppose that editors generally are Becker. applies another question — es the: dupes of propagandists. Would the lesser powers be able to S, Reams arrive daily from the blood. @™J0y the fruits of peace. without bank, the war’ loan. office, the. °U!, Mmilitary-strength? Could India churches, the Red Cross Comniunity . Chest, Boy Scouts, Chamber.of Commerce, the local labor office, the main local industry and various Sate and federal offices. Much of it , brings to editor’s desk facts he has neither the time nor the facilities to dig: out. ‘. about China? And Australia? In orOn the other hand, as any pub~ lsher is aware, prapaganda of insidious character—the type at which . Herr Goebbels and a few prototypes fi this’ country, excel, depends for its appeal on un-truth, half-truth and twisted truth. Ulterior motive of any degree marks its publicity in the game way. & : Since an editor is rarely blessed with all omnipotent knowledge and ability to peer personally ‘behind closed doors many miles away, he joT tearns, either to trust his publicity re! alewe and feature sources, or not to. wae Mr. ‘Harrison. George publishes few & . Téleases from’ the U. S, Chamber of ‘ merce in his (People’s Daily id.“ And Mr. McCormick of the oO shine ied reprints few ediag raive. Propaganda mills nartheir output only when they @eceptance for their _ MMaeceptable publicity ‘when.the editor mistrusts and puts his foot down. anwhile, it is logical to assume What Mr. George or Mr. Mck or any qther editor finally es in bis columns is in rea. agreement with his own conMietions. Ana that what he doesn’t} Socialism, Communism. or. Fascism. { political order can we have?” 'This 4isions or. unity ‘ot Britain, and the United States, Europe; and the United States in the Far Bast—that is supposing that Russia month friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. —_—— iin COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA BESS Vol. 18. No. 36. _the County Seat Sa NEVADA CITY, TY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center By CARL L. BECKER Dr. Becker ‘tackles the title-question under eight sub-headings— 1 “What is ‘wrong with the ‘world we have?’’ To his way of thinking “the worst wrong. thing ‘with our world is war,’ followed manage without the‘ British? Could Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philipuines manage without the United States? \What disaster would befall (Ceylon, North Boreno, the — Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States, Singapore and Hong. Kong, without imperial Britain? What der to maintain a durable peace, ang a balance of power, the great ‘powers must base such a peace. on what they regard as their vital interests and on using their power to make that. peace and maintain it. This brings us to the fifth question “What are.we fighting for?’ (No matter how you look at it we are fighting “for the preservation or recovery of national independence, and for the cause of human freedom.” 6 “What kind of collectivism do we want?” To mention collectivism is to mentally picture socialism and finally communism to most thinking Americans, according to Dr. Becker. He feels the trend towards colectivism is a natural one—the danger being the intelligent, application of collectivism—whether we shall direct its course towards a Social Democracy rather than a facsimile of That needs concerted. drive. Drifting leads most likely to Fascism. . 7 “What kind of international ‘will @epend largely on the joint deRussia, Great, in and China, Great Britain mt, isn't. stays out. of that phase of the war. “A new and better world, in the na81) Vil AIRMAIL IVICE FOR S.F PRANCISCO, May *isco’s network of civilian air portation was increased ek when western air lines initiated we daily nonstop San Francisco‘Angeles service Monday. © new service will operate out city’s municipal airport, which serves United Airlines and TWA been selected as operational ters’ by Ryan Aeronautical my and Southwest R expect to fly routes to many fa cities and towns off esairlines after the war. The WAL service will be operated “fwenty one passenger Douglas ‘ ports, connecting ‘with for San Diego, Mexico City Latin. American points. Future all tor-extension of a coastUte to Seattle and later Fairbanks, and Anchorage. . tional and the international realm, can be created only if and in so far as the essential causes of econdmic confusion and conflict are ‘understood, and only if and in so far as the great and small states of the world are willing to unite in measures that are necessary if those causes are to be eliminated.” This brings us to the eighth and final question: “What kind of international economic order can we have?” That. necessitates the solution of “two related and complicated problems. One is the problem ‘of abating the social conflict within nations, the other is the problem of abating the economic and political conflist between them. Both problems are. fundamentally economic and neither can be considered to good purpose without taking the other into account.” It. would appear that the newness of the better world will consist of the firm determination of the Four Powers to work jointly through to a ‘peace consistent with. our old ideals 1.—Gan this Airways to ‘be fixed so that they are profitable — a ee MOTORISTS ARE WARNED TIRES ARE NOT READY Local OPA board members in the Sacramento district of 24 counties are. shaking their heads dolefully as the result of a national press release that all B' and C card holders are eligible today for new synthetic tires or Grade 1 tires. The plain truth is that sufficient tires are not available at this time and quotas have not been increased enough to meet the need of all B and C ration holders. Gilbert MoNeil, district rationing executive, stated today that “eligibility” and ‘availability’ are two different things and that B and C card holders, if allowed to get tires through their local rationing board indiscriminately at this time, would clean out the available supply in less than a week. “At this critical.time in tire ra tioning, ‘when using up tires by over speeding rand unnecessary driving would be a national calamity, we are sp ANOTHER DOG. ANOTHER BITE. Brownie, the much petted mascot of the court house, is now listed as one of the city’s biting dogs. The three ,year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Sandow was treated Monday by Dr. Norbert Frey for a.lacerated cheek, caused by the dog’s attack. Tests are being made to determine the possibility of rabies infection. Brownie had formerly a good reputation. He was affable and friendly with all persong including children. He spént most ofhis time at the entrance to the court house. Today, however, he is in the city pound. Chief of Police James Allen reports that this makes the seventh complaint of attacks and bites by dogs. His recent public notice that he would dispose of all dogs without muzzles found on the streets and public places, has caused a gskurrying around for muzzles. It. develops that none are to be had in Nevada City stores. The ordinance, under which ‘the still urging the public to save tire wear. by slow driving and forming of ride sharing groups,” McNeil said} today. “It is true that tires are on the way but there will-be considerable delay while the needs of the armed forces and those of absolutely ‘vital drivers are being met.”’ MINING LEADER ENDORSES MAYO “T am very ohpeful of your siiccess in the coming: election,” Paul Claiborne, Placer County. mine owner and secretary of the ‘Western ‘Mining Council, wrote Senator Jesse M. ‘Mayo,’candidate for ‘Congress at the primary election, in a letter dated April 21, 1944. Claiborne in his letter reviewed 12 years legislative record of Senator ‘Mayo in behalf of the mining industry pointing out that Mayo had sponsoged ‘legislation which: saved the industry more than $1,500:000 insurance costs over a 10 year, period. He praised Senator Mayo for his fight against a severance” tax on gold mining, lumber and natural resources in the mountain: counties as well as his sponsorship of the Sea‘well Mayo ‘Bill to aid in the resumption of hydraulic mining ‘in California. : . (Claiborne concluded _ his letter with the assurance, “‘there is every reason to believe you would meet with the same success in congress that you had as our state legislator.” J The San Francisco Chronicle says: “We agree with Chester Bowles that when the Emergency Price Control. Act ig extended for ‘another year, it had better be substantially’ in its present form. A couple of amendments the ‘Price Administrator fears may look proper at first sight, but when examined more closely they are seen to be packed with trouble. “One is. a requirement that prices to every last business concern. That would be asking OP to guarantee that every business firm make money, something that has never yet happened in any, times, and could not be secured except by making prices so outrageously high that the most. shiftless or foolish businessman could not fail to make a profit. The other amendment would permit individual OPA price regulations to be challenged in each of the 93 federal districts courtp, which would glut the courts and produce chaos in price regulation.” Dick Lane, former business man of this city, came up from his home in the Long Beach area and is enjoyihng a weéek’s vacation and fishing trip. He is engaged in war work. . ter understanding of the rights and need for independence of all weaker ot create: mains a betfrom the creek. 'muzzling order was issued, was pass[ed in 1912 by the city council when rabies were prevalent. Not: only dogs but horses and cattle were afflicted with the disease. IT’S LIEUT. HAL DRAPER. NOW Hal D. Draper Jr. who has been a cadet at Kirkland Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to official’ advices received, has graduated and has received a commission as second lieutenant and the silver wings of a bombirdier. Lieut. Draper is a graduate of the Nevada City High School with the class of 1940. He was vice president school annual and a member: of the Glee Club. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Draper of this city, and formerly assisted his father in the ‘Draper Assay Shop here. Besides completing the ‘bombordier school, Lieut. Draper graduated from the Army Air Forces flexible gunnery school at Las Vegas, Nevada. CHILD DROWNS IN GOLD RUN CREEK Sam (Beveridge, Nevada (City school ‘boy, fishing along the banks. of Gold): Roun Creek, but a ston’s throw trom ‘the city Valenta, aged 9, water. The youth dragged the body At that point ‘Walter Hawkins fishing in. the . opposite direction,; came along. The two. boys tried first . aid then summoned help. With the sounding of the general alarm, members of the ‘Nevada City Fire,Department arrived at the . Department utility truck with pulmotor equipment drove to the Gold Run Creek area to render assistance. Working tirelessly for over an hour and 4 half, pulmotor crews and first aid members of both ‘Nevada City and Grass Valley fire. departnia Highway Patrol, sheriff’s office and/r. \Norbert Frey made every effort to revive a spark of life in the body of the little girl. She was pronounced dead when all efforts at resuscitation proved unavailing. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Valento are parents of the child. Some time ago Mr. and Mrs. Valento purchased a home in this section. "eee father ds a well known auto mechanic of this city and serves occasionally on ‘the Nevada City Police Department staff as relief man.’ : Doubly hard to the parents is the tragedy of last night in view of the fact that in 1941 (Mr. and Mrs. Valenta received notification from the War Department that their son, with the U. 8. Navy had been lost in action at sea fied and Deputy Coroner H. M. Bahow at the Hooper-Weaver or MT. ‘ EE -; been assured by various governmentof the senior class, matiager of the. {is anticipated in considerable amount limits Tuesday evening}. . found the body of Carlyn Darlene lying in shallow! Hall and with the Grass Valley. Fire. ments with members of the Califor-. ‘en in preparing clams during sumCoroner Alvah Hooper was noti-_ b wards took charge of the remains,. . CONGRESS MAY AID BEFORE CATTLE STARVE WASHINGTON, May 1. Immediate assistance to livestockmen in connection with a current feed shortage and related problems of the industry has al agencies as the result of demands for action made by a special bdi-partisan California congressional’ committee appointed by Rep. Clarence Lea, dean of. the California delegation. The committee, composed of representatives Alfred Elliott, chairman; John Phillips, John Anderson, Bertrand Gearhart and Clair Engle, was organized following urgent. requests by livestockmen for permission to graze stock in the national parks aifd on other federally owned lands during the present feed. shortage emergency. Seriousness of the emergency was emphasized by a report submitted to the committee by Rep. Engle who has recentfy visited the livestock areas in northern California. ! : Highlights of the committee’s first meeting with representatives of various agencies follow: 1 The U.S. forest service ‘will grant permit as much additional grazing as forest lands ean absorb. 2 The national park service makes no definite commitments, but indicates that some park aréas .may ibe opened to choice breeding stock: iNewton Drury, director of the park service, is scheduled to make a dafinite commitment within a few days. : 3 \The Commodity Credit Corporation cannot guarantee an fncrease. of shipments into California of imported graing due to a shipping shortage, The CCC will, however, send additional amounts of concen¢rates into the feed shortage areas. 4 The OPA has sent a representatve to California to. investigate. reports that refrigerated storage planta! are ‘overloaded” with veal and low-. ' er grades of beef due “principally to, the fact that reltailers do not have. © ‘sufficient ration points to move the Stored meat.” The OPA asserts that. if conditions warrant, it will reduce point values in order to get the. meat} moving, “‘tlius cea storage Plants for future slaughtering which due, at least partly, to a feed shoriage. ” 6 At the request of the dinunit: tee, the. war manpower commission} is investigating a proposal to return . © . experienced workers ‘to slaughter . : the meat movement, A a duarantind order forbidding the gathering of mussels, except tor use jas Tish bait, is ‘announced by. BS, Wilton L. pggeig 9 eameligge ss Department of (Publié Health. order covers all. mussels along t Reason for the ban, ioeiSll % placed annially, is that mussels become toxic from ingesting a minute organism, the gonyaulax, which is ing the summer months. : ““The toxin occurring in mussels ly known,” Dr. Halverson warned. ‘Last year there were. four deaths in Humboldt county among, He warned that care should be taxmer months. They should be cleaned and washed thoroughly and all dark is present it would ‘be concentrated in the dark of ‘The state quarantine requres that mussels gathered for fish bait must be processed with salt to make them tion.” Sinisa _THURSDAY, MAY. 4, 1944, the preparations of Plans and: and packing plants to help expedite present in Pacific coastal waters ‘‘dur4 during the summer is the most dead-}' people who ignored the quarantine.”’. ; spots should be discarded. If poison . . unfit for use ag food and that con-. wit! tainers in which they are oe THIS MONTH By CLEM WHITAKER . California’s second special le lative session of 1944, which scheduled to convene right on heels of the May primary elect: will likely face a docket: of a doze issues. : Taking shape as one of the 1 subjects, slated for submission the extraordinary meeting, of state legislature, is a proposal to locate $40,000,000 additional the present surplus in the. gent fund to post ‘war construction. This legislation, if enacted, ‘boost to more than $100,000,0 reserve funds which have been marked for an after the war h ing program, designed to provid the state with new office buildings, schools, hospitals and institut and to provide a “work pile’ £ period when factories are being verted to peace time production Special session _ approp: i probably ‘be voted for immedi work by architects and engineers fications so thag. actual cons work can start ‘without dela the war is over. * vee There is also a possibilit the special legislative’ se restore the state sales . ated to chins oid basis of population, ae ficials on thei? attitude 1 rproposal. _ Other pipet wheat $130,000, 000 to * 5 12 year period. New fencing Aik has carried manok eneentine eke

1944 In IN é ‘ 4 194 ‘The Nugget is delivered to + ANd Dor. your home twice a week both ’ of for only 30 cents per God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guatd and defend it.”’—Daniel Webster Nevada Cit y Nugget . : If you want to read about your Thinking Out Loud —————_ ‘By LEONE cea’ The decline and fall of the press agent certainly isn’t at hand, but it may be anticipated if the American gociety of (NewspAper Editors succeeds. in the task it names as_ its “first duty to the public.” “We must have an end to the flooa. 10Sely by unemployment (which apric of government propaganda,” declarpierre exist depending on whether of . eg Roy Roberts, Society president. the mye 7: ea a : ae wal ar time Borde of prose Bs pea Ome to the Heitinatos one . 702 a a “nave engulfed {Washingjton should father the: ihek ee ie . ag . be driven out. The same practice of couislateki with ite 4 erties edness ! bureaucracy has developed in busi-. jae is : as pe ness until we are submerged with Homatin e gt had merc ieana cL releases On everything. except the}]. es ees of wearing t) live, ‘mentally and Physically within siamese out own boundaries. bought .us, Propaganda is at the flourishing] among other things, Pearl Harbor. he qpulent peak of its existence, del-. The peace: psychology which replacuging the desk of every country edi-. es ‘War psychology hindered any atefor-and every city room alike. Mag-. tempts of Wilson’s (because he did il agines and newspapers are brimful. Mot recognize it as such) from comof it, and the most casual reader hag! Pleting the intent of his, now famous as Jearned to spot which story likely! Fourteen Points. “(Normaley” as we of originated. with an actress’ press. knew it, cannot. be. rt . agent, which may have ‘been planted 3 “Can we abate nationalism ‘by a concern at interest and which! and curb the sovereign state? ’’Nawas. prepared by a trained publicity . tionalism and the power of the sov: man on the federal payroll. The} ereign state have become almost a sources of most such material are. Treligious faith, says Dr. Becker. ‘ often as plain as the return on the. This sentiment and power, howeve;y, il envolpes that brought it. can be used intelligently if we conal : _. Sider the same qualities: as being a : But it is captious to conclude that part of the rights and interests of ec, . all. patent puwhblicity is contrady to othe? nations. _ ; ld’ the Reeth 20 the keh Hood or to/ 4 “Can we abolish power politics A the editor’s viewpoint. It is. silly to’ and end imperiilasm?” To this Dr. suppose that editors generally are Becker. applies another question — es the: dupes of propagandists. Would the lesser powers be able to S, Reams arrive daily from the blood. @™J0y the fruits of peace. without bank, the war’ loan. office, the. °U!, Mmilitary-strength? Could India churches, the Red Cross Comniunity . Chest, Boy Scouts, Chamber.of Commerce, the local labor office, the main local industry and various Sate and federal offices. Much of it , brings to editor’s desk facts he has neither the time nor the facilities to dig: out. ‘. about China? And Australia? In orOn the other hand, as any pub~ lsher is aware, prapaganda of insidious character—the type at which . Herr Goebbels and a few prototypes fi this’ country, excel, depends for its appeal on un-truth, half-truth and twisted truth. Ulterior motive of any degree marks its publicity in the game way. & : Since an editor is rarely blessed with all omnipotent knowledge and ability to peer personally ‘behind closed doors many miles away, he joT tearns, either to trust his publicity re! alewe and feature sources, or not to. wae Mr. ‘Harrison. George publishes few & . Téleases from’ the U. S, Chamber of ‘ merce in his (People’s Daily id.“ And Mr. McCormick of the oO shine ied reprints few ediag raive. Propaganda mills nartheir output only when they @eceptance for their _ MMaeceptable publicity ‘when.the editor mistrusts and puts his foot down. anwhile, it is logical to assume What Mr. George or Mr. Mck or any qther editor finally es in bis columns is in rea. agreement with his own conMietions. Ana that what he doesn’t} Socialism, Communism. or. Fascism. { political order can we have?” 'This 4isions or. unity ‘ot Britain, and the United States, Europe; and the United States in the Far Bast—that is supposing that Russia month friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. —_—— iin COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA BESS Vol. 18. No. 36. _the County Seat Sa NEVADA CITY, TY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center By CARL L. BECKER Dr. Becker ‘tackles the title-question under eight sub-headings— 1 “What is ‘wrong with the ‘world we have?’’ To his way of thinking “the worst wrong. thing ‘with our world is war,’ followed manage without the‘ British? Could Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philipuines manage without the United States? \What disaster would befall (Ceylon, North Boreno, the — Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States, Singapore and Hong. Kong, without imperial Britain? What der to maintain a durable peace, ang a balance of power, the great ‘powers must base such a peace. on what they regard as their vital interests and on using their power to make that. peace and maintain it. This brings us to the fifth question “What are.we fighting for?’ (No matter how you look at it we are fighting “for the preservation or recovery of national independence, and for the cause of human freedom.” 6 “What kind of collectivism do we want?” To mention collectivism is to mentally picture socialism and finally communism to most thinking Americans, according to Dr. Becker. He feels the trend towards colectivism is a natural one—the danger being the intelligent, application of collectivism—whether we shall direct its course towards a Social Democracy rather than a facsimile of That needs concerted. drive. Drifting leads most likely to Fascism. . 7 “What kind of international ‘will @epend largely on the joint deRussia, Great, in and China, Great Britain mt, isn't. stays out. of that phase of the war. “A new and better world, in the na81) Vil AIRMAIL IVICE FOR S.F PRANCISCO, May *isco’s network of civilian air portation was increased ek when western air lines initiated we daily nonstop San Francisco‘Angeles service Monday. © new service will operate out city’s municipal airport, which serves United Airlines and TWA been selected as operational ters’ by Ryan Aeronautical my and Southwest R expect to fly routes to many fa cities and towns off esairlines after the war. The WAL service will be operated “fwenty one passenger Douglas ‘ ports, connecting ‘with for San Diego, Mexico City Latin. American points. Future all tor-extension of a coastUte to Seattle and later Fairbanks, and Anchorage. . tional and the international realm, can be created only if and in so far as the essential causes of econdmic confusion and conflict are ‘understood, and only if and in so far as the great and small states of the world are willing to unite in measures that are necessary if those causes are to be eliminated.” This brings us to the eighth and final question: “What kind of international economic order can we have?” That. necessitates the solution of “two related and complicated problems. One is the problem ‘of abating the social conflict within nations, the other is the problem of abating the economic and political conflist between them. Both problems are. fundamentally economic and neither can be considered to good purpose without taking the other into account.” It. would appear that the newness of the better world will consist of the firm determination of the Four Powers to work jointly through to a ‘peace consistent with. our old ideals 1.—Gan this Airways to ‘be fixed so that they are profitable — a ee MOTORISTS ARE WARNED TIRES ARE NOT READY Local OPA board members in the Sacramento district of 24 counties are. shaking their heads dolefully as the result of a national press release that all B' and C card holders are eligible today for new synthetic tires or Grade 1 tires. The plain truth is that sufficient tires are not available at this time and quotas have not been increased enough to meet the need of all B and C ration holders. Gilbert MoNeil, district rationing executive, stated today that “eligibility” and ‘availability’ are two different things and that B and C card holders, if allowed to get tires through their local rationing board indiscriminately at this time, would clean out the available supply in less than a week. “At this critical.time in tire ra tioning, ‘when using up tires by over speeding rand unnecessary driving would be a national calamity, we are sp ANOTHER DOG. ANOTHER BITE. Brownie, the much petted mascot of the court house, is now listed as one of the city’s biting dogs. The three ,year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Sandow was treated Monday by Dr. Norbert Frey for a.lacerated cheek, caused by the dog’s attack. Tests are being made to determine the possibility of rabies infection. Brownie had formerly a good reputation. He was affable and friendly with all persong including children. He spént most ofhis time at the entrance to the court house. Today, however, he is in the city pound. Chief of Police James Allen reports that this makes the seventh complaint of attacks and bites by dogs. His recent public notice that he would dispose of all dogs without muzzles found on the streets and public places, has caused a gskurrying around for muzzles. It. develops that none are to be had in Nevada City stores. The ordinance, under which ‘the still urging the public to save tire wear. by slow driving and forming of ride sharing groups,” McNeil said} today. “It is true that tires are on the way but there will-be considerable delay while the needs of the armed forces and those of absolutely ‘vital drivers are being met.”’ MINING LEADER ENDORSES MAYO “T am very ohpeful of your siiccess in the coming: election,” Paul Claiborne, Placer County. mine owner and secretary of the ‘Western ‘Mining Council, wrote Senator Jesse M. ‘Mayo,’candidate for ‘Congress at the primary election, in a letter dated April 21, 1944. Claiborne in his letter reviewed

12 years legislative record of Senator ‘Mayo in behalf of the mining industry pointing out that Mayo had sponsoged ‘legislation which: saved the industry more than $1,500:000 insurance costs over a 10 year, period. He praised Senator Mayo for his fight against a severance” tax on gold mining, lumber and natural resources in the mountain: counties as well as his sponsorship of the Sea‘well Mayo ‘Bill to aid in the resumption of hydraulic mining ‘in California. : . (Claiborne concluded _ his letter with the assurance, “‘there is every reason to believe you would meet with the same success in congress that you had as our state legislator.” J The San Francisco Chronicle says: “We agree with Chester Bowles that when the Emergency Price Control. Act ig extended for ‘another year, it had better be substantially’ in its present form. A couple of amendments the ‘Price Administrator fears may look proper at first sight, but when examined more closely they are seen to be packed with trouble. “One is. a requirement that prices to every last business concern. That would be asking OP to guarantee that every business firm make money, something that has never yet happened in any, times, and could not be secured except by making prices so outrageously high that the most. shiftless or foolish businessman could not fail to make a profit. The other amendment would permit individual OPA price regulations to be challenged in each of the 93 federal districts courtp, which would glut the courts and produce chaos in price regulation.” Dick Lane, former business man of this city, came up from his home in the Long Beach area and is enjoyihng a weéek’s vacation and fishing trip. He is engaged in war work. . ter understanding of the rights and need for independence of all weaker ot create: mains a betfrom the creek. 'muzzling order was issued, was pass[ed in 1912 by the city council when rabies were prevalent. Not: only dogs but horses and cattle were afflicted with the disease. IT’S LIEUT. HAL DRAPER. NOW Hal D. Draper Jr. who has been a cadet at Kirkland Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to official’ advices received, has graduated and has received a commission as second lieutenant and the silver wings of a bombirdier. Lieut. Draper is a graduate of the Nevada City High School with the class of 1940. He was vice president school annual and a member: of the Glee Club. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Draper of this city, and formerly assisted his father in the ‘Draper Assay Shop here. Besides completing the ‘bombordier school, Lieut. Draper graduated from the Army Air Forces flexible gunnery school at Las Vegas, Nevada. CHILD DROWNS IN GOLD RUN CREEK Sam (Beveridge, Nevada (City school ‘boy, fishing along the banks. of Gold): Roun Creek, but a ston’s throw trom ‘the city Valenta, aged 9, water. The youth dragged the body At that point ‘Walter Hawkins fishing in. the . opposite direction,; came along. The two. boys tried first . aid then summoned help. With the sounding of the general alarm, members of the ‘Nevada City Fire,Department arrived at the . Department utility truck with pulmotor equipment drove to the Gold Run Creek area to render assistance. Working tirelessly for over an hour and 4 half, pulmotor crews and first aid members of both ‘Nevada City and Grass Valley fire. departnia Highway Patrol, sheriff’s office and/r. \Norbert Frey made every effort to revive a spark of life in the body of the little girl. She was pronounced dead when all efforts at resuscitation proved unavailing. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Valento are parents of the child. Some time ago Mr. and Mrs. Valento purchased a home in this section. "eee father ds a well known auto mechanic of this city and serves occasionally on ‘the Nevada City Police Department staff as relief man.’ : Doubly hard to the parents is the tragedy of last night in view of the fact that in 1941 (Mr. and Mrs. Valenta received notification from the War Department that their son, with the U. 8. Navy had been lost in action at sea fied and Deputy Coroner H. M. Bahow at the Hooper-Weaver or MT. ‘ EE -; been assured by various governmentof the senior class, matiager of the. {is anticipated in considerable amount limits Tuesday evening}. . found the body of Carlyn Darlene lying in shallow! Hall and with the Grass Valley. Fire. ments with members of the Califor-. ‘en in preparing clams during sumCoroner Alvah Hooper was noti-_ b wards took charge of the remains,. . CONGRESS MAY AID BEFORE CATTLE STARVE WASHINGTON, May 1. Immediate assistance to livestockmen in connection with a current feed shortage and related problems of the industry has al agencies as the result of demands for action made by a special bdi-partisan California congressional’ committee appointed by Rep. Clarence Lea, dean of. the California delegation. The committee, composed of representatives Alfred Elliott, chairman; John Phillips, John Anderson, Bertrand Gearhart and Clair Engle, was organized following urgent. requests by livestockmen for permission to graze stock in the national parks aifd on other federally owned lands during the present feed. shortage emergency. Seriousness of the emergency was emphasized by a report submitted to the committee by Rep. Engle who has recentfy visited the livestock areas in northern California. ! : Highlights of the committee’s first meeting with representatives of various agencies follow: 1 The U.S. forest service ‘will grant permit as much additional grazing as forest lands ean absorb. 2 The national park service makes no definite commitments, but indicates that some park aréas .may ibe opened to choice breeding stock: iNewton Drury, director of the park service, is scheduled to make a dafinite commitment within a few days. : 3 \The Commodity Credit Corporation cannot guarantee an fncrease. of shipments into California of imported graing due to a shipping shortage, The CCC will, however, send additional amounts of concen¢rates into the feed shortage areas. 4 The OPA has sent a representatve to California to. investigate. reports that refrigerated storage planta! are ‘overloaded” with veal and low-. ' er grades of beef due “principally to, the fact that reltailers do not have. © ‘sufficient ration points to move the Stored meat.” The OPA asserts that. if conditions warrant, it will reduce point values in order to get the. meat} moving, “‘tlius cea storage Plants for future slaughtering which due, at least partly, to a feed shoriage. ” 6 At the request of the dinunit: tee, the. war manpower commission} is investigating a proposal to return . © . experienced workers ‘to slaughter . : the meat movement, A a duarantind order forbidding the gathering of mussels, except tor use jas Tish bait, is ‘announced by. BS, Wilton L. pggeig 9 eameligge ss Department of (Publié Health. order covers all. mussels along t Reason for the ban, ioeiSll % placed annially, is that mussels become toxic from ingesting a minute organism, the gonyaulax, which is ing the summer months. : ““The toxin occurring in mussels ly known,” Dr. Halverson warned. ‘Last year there were. four deaths in Humboldt county among, He warned that care should be taxmer months. They should be cleaned and washed thoroughly and all dark is present it would ‘be concentrated in the dark of ‘The state quarantine requres that mussels gathered for fish bait must be processed with salt to make them tion.” Sinisa _THURSDAY, MAY. 4, 1944, the preparations of Plans and: and packing plants to help expedite present in Pacific coastal waters ‘‘dur4 during the summer is the most dead-}' people who ignored the quarantine.”’. ; spots should be discarded. If poison . . unfit for use ag food and that con-. wit! tainers in which they are oe THIS MONTH By CLEM WHITAKER . California’s second special le lative session of 1944, which scheduled to convene right on heels of the May primary elect: will likely face a docket: of a doze issues. : Taking shape as one of the 1 subjects, slated for submission the extraordinary meeting, of state legislature, is a proposal to locate $40,000,000 additional the present surplus in the. gent fund to post ‘war construction. This legislation, if enacted, ‘boost to more than $100,000,0 reserve funds which have been marked for an after the war h ing program, designed to provid the state with new office buildings, schools, hospitals and institut and to provide a “work pile’ £ period when factories are being verted to peace time production Special session _ approp: i probably ‘be voted for immedi work by architects and engineers fications so thag. actual cons work can start ‘without dela the war is over. * vee There is also a possibilit the special legislative’ se restore the state sales . ated to chins oid basis of population, ae ficials on thei? attitude 1 rproposal. _ Other pipet wheat $130,000, 000 to * 5 12 year period. New fencing Aik has carried manok eneentine eke