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Thinking
Out Loud
Dae ee eee ee
Nevada City Nu
COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA gget
in the right to publish the Truth,
with good motives and for justifiable ends. — Alexander Hamilton
From the Californian,
March 15, 1848:
The Liberty of the Press consists
H. M. L.
How strangely remindful of today’s CIO activities are excerpts of
‘this circular issued by Metal Mine
Workers Union No. 800 of the Industrial Workers of the World,
September, 1919, to employes of the
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.
After years of oppression by
the masters of the miners in
this district you have been compelled to demand a shorter work
day. Are you now organized into a real working class organization? Some of you are, but a
large number of you have not
yet decided that your interests
lie with the rest of the workers
in the I. W. W. Some of you are
not membérs of any organization
and some of you are members of
an organization that makes your
fight hopeless.
If you continue to allow a
few men of the Moyer type to
do your thinking for you, you
will always lose. The members of’
the I. W. W. tell their officials
that the strike is on and the officials dare not say they will
,sanction the strike. Have you
ever heard of the I. W. W. scabbing? Has the W. F. of M. done
anything else during the last
seven years when a strike was
called by any other organization?
There is one way to win ‘this
strike and that is to join the One
Big Union of the working class.
Use up-to-date methods and forget the old obsolete methods of
the past. +
Demand a six-hour day and
when you get it demand a fourhour day, and then your masters will have to go to work and
be of some use to society. You,
the workers produce all, but
you own nothing: The masters
produce nothing but get everything. This condition can be
changed by you, the working
class, joining the only working
class .organization, the I. W. W.
If you have an International
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
card, paint her red. :
in
Almost twenty years ago, ‘the I.
W. W. put out the same kind of lurid
‘Jiterature’’ that the CIO does today
in the ‘‘Miners Voice,’’ and by changing a few names and lotalities, the
one might ae be substituted for
the other.
The appeal for less ‘hours ‘for lab. 12, No. 37. _The e County Seat Paper
NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1938.
AIR MAIL WEEK
MAY 1521 T0 BE
tional Air (Mail Week, May 15 to 21
collectors in this city to know sWe
has ordered the new six cent air mail
stamp which will be on sale jeither
the day after first day of issuance
or as soon as she receives them.
She has appointed Elza Kilroy of
the local post office staff as chairMan to contact ‘business houses. He
is meeting with 100.per cent co-dperation among the ibusiness men of
Nevada City. Merchants will decorate
their windows in the national colors,
red, white and blue. The goal has
been set at one air mail letter for
every citizen in Nevada City during
air mail week.
‘Stamp collectors are being notified
and. exhibits of air, mail stamps will
'be on display in different windows in
the business district during the
week. Names of exhibitors will be
published in a later issue of: the
Nugget.
Twenty years ago or May 15, 1918,
air mail service was inaugurated in
an experimental way by the United
States post office department.
Nevada City schools have completed essays on the subject, “Wings
Across America,’ in a nationwide
school contest. A list of attractive
prizes have been offered pupils. The
local committee chosen as judges
were, Miss Margaret Rector and Mrs.
and Miss Mary [Meservey of the Nevada -City post office. They selected
the article submitted by John J.
Muscandini of the Nevada City high
school as ‘being the most original and
outstanding.
Post ‘Master Betty Martin West
awarded the local prize, a world
globe, to Fred Denton of ‘the Washington grammar school. Lucille Hefelfinger of the grammar school won
honorable mention for her essay.
MRS. TOGNARELLI BADLY
HURT IN CAR CRASH
Mrs. John Tognarelli, who is conor, and once granted, ‘for still fewer .
hours, is a hundred years old at!
least. And it has ‘been recognized
everywhere as a legitimate appeal,
and in the last fifty years hours of}
labor have generally ‘beencut from
12 to 8 per day ,and now there is a
well defined ‘trend toward a 7 hour
and even a 6 ‘hour day. The point
that the CIO miss, and [WW ibefore
them overlooked, that reduction
in the hours of labor require a long
and patient adjustment in all indusis
tries, in order to avoid disastrous
dislocation in our economic machinery.
“We are going to give the workers a 30 hour week,’’ trumpeted Reid
Robinson, one of the John L. Lewis
officials during his visit in Grass
Valley a few months ago. ‘‘Labor
will soon force the 30 hour ‘week into effect and make the pay equal to
that paid for a 48 hour week or a
56 hour week.”
It did not enter his sophomoric heaa
that such an innovation ‘‘forced’’ on
employers would close a majority of
industrial plants throwing millions
out of employment, as in -fact, has
been done, throughout ‘the country.
He does not now threaten.a ‘‘4-hour
day,’ as thee father of tthe CIO
threatened, but this movement to
“force” one thing or another upon
industry canries that implicit threat.
The longest and most uproarious
applause to greet Robinson’s perfervid outburst on the occasion of
his visit was in response 'to this gem
of oratory:
It may take a little time to
iron out the Grass Valley situation but it is going to be ‘taken
care of because we have friends
in places where it does us some
£0.04. Whenever’ President
Roosevelt ibecomes confused we
send John L. Lewis down to the
White House for dinner and he
straightens things out.
In our opinion Mr. Robinson’s picture of President Roosevelt having
“things straightened out for him’’
by Lewis, is not overdrawn. Or at
least at the time it was wuttered it
was not exaggerated. But as the
President is just now fishing somewhere in Carribean, it will’ be ditfficult for John L, Lewis. to dispel
the President’s “confusion.” The
7%
fined to her bed with a
tendance lis getting along as well as
can be expected from injuries suf. .
. } fered in an auto accident Sunday
when the car which her husband}
was driving evidently skidded from .
the road and turned over ‘three times.
They were just below Grass Valley .
enroute to the lbay district when the
accident. occurred. Mr. Tognarelli
escaped with bruises but his wife’s .
chest was ‘badly bruised and her left .
shoulder fas so badly sprained tha
it had to be-placed in a cast.
J. C. Filler, former Nevada City .
business man, and wiife have returned to Nevada City to reside. Mr.
Filler is now in the employ, of the
Bret Harte dairy. They have been
away from here about a year and
their many friends are welcoming
their return.
Mrs, Fred Low and son, Gilman, of
Pike City returned yesterday from
a week spent in San Francisco. They
stopped over in Nevada City for a
short time to visit friends, while enroute home.
worried Lewis languishesin -Washington and probably, like the lovelorn lass of the song, ‘“wonders.who’s
kissing him now.”
In the meanttime the tide of national sanity has turned sharply toward the land. By the press we note
that the NURB has. hastily withdrawn several of its radical and drastic decisions, notably that of the
Ford company. The Labor Board is
just a little bit frightened by questions which this and other companies have raised in the Federal Courts
respecting the methods used in coming to its decisions. There is also a
restive spirit in Congress, low mutterings of coming storm which undoubtedly presages a far reaching
investigation in the-Labor. Board’s
activities-and its very depressing effect on the Roosevelt depression.
The old IWW with its cards painted red, was not more fanatically rad-i
cal than the year-old CIO with its
yellow buttons In Reid Robinson’s
oratory.lies the explanation of why
the CIO has surpassed its IWW progenitor. When the President is ‘“‘confused’? John L. Lewis goes to dinner
in the White House.
BIG EVENT HERE
Postmaster Betty Marin West of
Nevada City states in regard to Na-. eral.months while Rey.
that ic will be good news to stamp
. ceo Bee says
Elza Kilroy of the school factulties .
REY. E, GRAY TO ATTEND
tév. Elwood Gray
City Wednesday
left
evening for Sacra
the work. Mr.
work in Sacramento and later
Stock'ton: for conference and anticipates an
. He has made many friends
youth activities in the church.
joyed also.’
REPORT ON NEV.
~ COUNTY CLASH
MAY BEDELAYED
SACRAMENTO, May 6.—The Sacthat Governor
i Frank F (‘Merriam reports that he
may receive the report of his special
Nevada County Inquiry Commission
today, but has not’ decided whether
to make it public immediately.
One member of the commission informed him, he said, the report was
almost ready for submission. It is
based upon a hearing the commission
conducted in Nevada City after a
clash ‘between Committee for Indus‘trial Organization jickéts on one
side and townspeople and employees
of ‘the Murchie mine.
Many of the CIO members who
charged they were fiorced out of the
county by vigilantes brought suit
against the county and city officials,
the mine and individuals. The damage action is scheduled to be considered in 'the federal court here next
Monday.
(Merriam said-in view of the fact
the-commission heard only one. side
of the story when the city and county
officials declined to present their
version of the trowble, he is considering withhoiding the report until
after the ‘federal icourt action. He
said “it was suggested’’ the Nevada
. County officials should have a chance
nurse in at.
. to submit their case in court before
, the commission’s report is made public
‘Although he said, he has not made.
up his mind regarding the question,
he intends to give the request of the}
ofificials some consideration.
FRED C: WORTH
FUNERAL IN
SACTO, TODAY
Funeral services for the late Fred
C. Worth who passed away in Sacramento Tuesday will ‘be held this
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Klumps
Chapel, 8th and O streets, Sacramento.
Fred C. Worth, a resident and
active business man and civie worker in Nevada Qity from 1924 until
the past few years, will ibe greatly
missed by his many Nevada City
friends. His passing came as a great
shock to them, He passed away after
only a short illness. His son, Richard S. Worth of Nevada City was at
his bedside at the time of hiis death.
Fraternally, the late Fred C.
Worth was affiliated with ‘Auburn
Lodge of Masons and during his
membership advanced to the highest station of the order, that of 32nd
degree (Mason. He was also affiliated
with Nevada Lodge, No. 518, B. P. O.
E., and took an active tinterest in
its affairs.
The deceased man is survived by .
D. Worth, . four children, Mervyn
Santa Cruz; Richard S. Worth, Nevada City; Leslie S. Worth, San
Ftancisco and Fred lL: Worth, San
Francisco. Also surviving are two
sisters, (Miss Mabel ‘Worth, -San
Francisco, and Mrs. Louis. Baton,
Palo Alto.A brother, BE, J. Worth, of
Palo Alto also survives.
Carl Johnson left Wednesday for
Alleghany where he will spend several’ days attending to business affairs,
John Craig returned yesterday
from a week ‘spent in Berkeley with
relatives. Mr. Craig is looking after
his aunt, Mrs. MecKenzie’s mining
property west of Nevada City.
CONFERENCE IN SACTO.
Nevada
mento where he will attend quartersisted him until he can now carry on
Gray will enter revival . of '
go. Bret Harte Inn on Saturday, May 14,
north for a while. He will return to. at 2
appointment at that time.
while
. here and has taken an active part in
His
splendid voice has been grealtly enHYDRAULIC ASSN.
3allots have been & mailed all mem. ly conference. Mr. Grayhas filled} bers of the California Hydraulic as.
the Methodist church pulpit for sec-. $ociation for the purpose of electing
H. H. Buek-j Officers and directors for the ensuner was seriously ill and later as-. ing year. Ballots must be mailed or
; presented so as to be in the hands
the: Secretary W. W. Esterley at
o'clock p. m. at whitch time the.
. next meeting of the association will .
be held.
A report to the members reads as
follows:
For your information, our assoeia'tion has already accomplished the
greater part of its origina] program.
The North Fork of the American
river dam contract has already ‘been
let; the Middle Fork of the American river dam and the Yuba river
dam are also approved and are expected to get under way in the immediate future. This will allow us to
focus our attention on the Bear river
/HEAGUE COMMITTEE IS
NAMED TO NEGOTIATE.
MAILS BALLOTS
Preparatory to reaching an agree. ayeit with mine’ operatives
July 1, the Mine Workers Protect.
ive League met last Sunday and.
. named the following committee to.
. take charge of negotiations: Edward. a ‘wo reel picture of Boulder Dam,
John . showing the construction of the dam Jones, Fred Carter, Jack Perry,
tussell and William Penaluna.
.
. Ship-reveals’the fact ‘that .
1425 members paid up
a ,
it now has .
in good .
COUNCIL DEBATES
PLAN T0 CREATE
LAKE IN PARK
At-the City Council ‘meeting last
night, the town fathers passed on the
bills for the month and discussed at
some length a.proposition to create a
dam, with the expectation of quickly bringing this dam to a similar
status. We also have ‘been able. to
; help in precuring reduced mining
compensation rates; co-operated in,
a legislative progrdm with other al-.
lied mining interests; gave financial
and moral support to other mining
organizations; and many other things
too numerous to mention.
JAPAN QUITS
SALMON FISHING
IN ALASKA
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.—The
Alaska fishing industry is expressing quiet if slightly dubious sa'tisfaction over Japan’s announced decision to withdraw her experimental
floating canneries from the salmon
fishing grounds off the Alaska
‘coast. Actually the Japanese decision settles nothing; it merely postpiones the clash between the U. S.Canadian fishermen, who maintain
their exciusive right to fish for salman, and the Japanese packing industry which is determined to seek
new fishing grounds as their Kamchatka fisheries become depleted.
Pacific Northwest rumiblings echo
in Washington fhere fiery speeches
and the Dimond Bill still assert U. S.
{Canadian exclusive rights to North
American spawned salmon. On the
Pacific Coast, waterfront labor is
prepared to back ‘tthe Northwest
fishermen’s stand by declaring an
embargo on Japanese vessels if.a satisfactory and permanent settlement
is not arranged Incidentally, this
threatened action in violation of all
‘existing agreements between unions
and waterfront employers would precipitate a ‘complete tie-up of Pacific
Coast shipping.
Solution. of the problem _has the
State Department on the horns of the
proverbial ;dilemma. Recent policy
utterances have stressed “orderly
process” in settling international
disputes, ‘but Northwest fishermen
have threatened direct action to remove the Japanese ‘boats. Alaskan
fishermen claim that their self-imposed and costtly conservation of.salmon entitles them to an exclusive
right to fish the marginal seas. The
State Department realizes that their
demands can not be vindicated under
international law.
Compromise appears to be the only
way out. If international friction is
to be avoided and the salmon industry protected from destructive fishing, the United States must conclude
treaties with all_nations wishing to
fish Alaskan waters, e. g. Japan,
Great Britain, Norway and possibly
the U. S. S. R. Proper regulation of
salmon fishing in the interest of all
nations would probably require that
each be granted the right to fish a
. }share of the. annual _permissable
. catch,
What’s what, and why, in the
Alaska salmon fishing industry’s altercation with Japan was discussed
at length in Far Hastern Survey for
March .2, 1938. In has also been coyered, from the special viewpoint of
Alaska fishermen, in a-series of articles in Pacific Fisherman,
CIVIC CLUB TO HEAR SPEAKER
The Women’s Civic Club will gather next Monday night at the Methodist Episcopal church to hear.a talk
by Mr. E. Olgert is very well versed
in his subject and a very enjoyable
evening is anticipated.
TRINITY CHILDREN TO
ers,
service.
lake ff Pioneer ‘Park where the baseball field is now. Proponents of this
suggested change declared that the
lake would ‘be very much more of an
atRraction [han the (baseball field
because the position of the grounds
is-so low that because of muckiness
it makes a very poor ibaseball field,
while it could make an_ excellent
lake.
made an estimate and survey for the
proposed changes. The cost of making the change and the feasability
of,turning Little Deer Creek into the
grounds were discussed. Other minor
matters were considered.
GENERAL FUND
Ted Sigourney, $162.30; Nick Sandow, $117.00; Chas. Thomas, $27.00; Lloyd White, $92.25; Tom White
$87.75; Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
$238.72; Pacific Gas and Electric
Co., $27.31; Pacific Telephone and
Tel. Co., $35.76; Alpha Stores, Ltd.,
$84.83; Nevada City Nugget, $26.00;
Dickerman Drug Store, $2.74; Christensen Brothers, $9.85; John Zunino,
$10.00; Lawrence Motors Service,
$.36; Michael Flynn, (Mrs., $5.00;
Edward R. Bacon and _Co., $120.50;
‘Mary Hoskins, $5.00; R. J. Nickless,
$5.00; Frank Guenther, $5.00; Mrs.
Moody, $5.00; C. H. Ninnis, $52.00;
Samuel Gould, $20.35; Clara Phillips, $5.00; Mrs. ‘William Hooper,
$5.00; Miss Minnie Sandow, $5.00;
3ank of America, $100.00; Marysville Tractor and Equipment Company, $154.25; Richard L. P. Bigelow, $1.00; Nevada County Lumber
Company, $12.32; Gene Blake, $54.00; Nevada City Garage,
‘Marysville Tractor and Equipment
Company, $2.89; E. B. Gallagher,
$1.02; G. H. Cleland, $12.56; Bosworth Furniture Co., $11.70; Jones
and Finnegan, $100.00; W. S. Williamson (Service Garage, $12.82; H.
S. Anderson (Service Garage), $5.3; B. P. Robinson. (Service Garage),
$8.60; H. E. Harris (Drug store),
$11.85; Plaza Super Service Station,
$15.95; Geo. “W. Gildersleeve, $13.09; Miners Foundry and Supply Co.,
$9.38; J. W. Shebley, $23.30; H. S;
Hallett, $150.00; Jas. Allen, $100.00; R. L. P. Bigelow, $100.00; Garfield Robson, $125.00; George} H.
Calanan, $20.00; Dr. E: M. Roesner,
$80.00; ‘Mrs. E. Foley, $12.50; Miles
Coughlan, $12.50; Max Solaro, $71.50; Howard Penrose, $1.09. Total,
$2391.77. a
FIRE FUND
‘Max Solaro, $51.50; Gamewell
Fire Alarm Co., $86.34; J. W. Shebley, $4.57; Alpha Stores, Ltd., $2.06.
Bal. cash April 1, $2544.33.
RECEIPTS
Water collections $1899.40; Liguor Licenses, $514.23; Business Licenses, $494.10; Court fines, $80.00; Miscellaneous, $233.20. Total
receipts, $3220.83.
Warrants paid April 1822.48. Bal.
cash $3942.68.
OBSERVE MOTHER’S DAY
Trinity Episeopal church Sunday
school will give a Mothers Day program Sunday morning, beginning at
10 o’clock. Each class will be called
on to give recitations or Some selections. they have chosen. In this manner the different groups will have!._
something different to offer. Miss
Elma Hecker is superintendent and
is assisted by several other teachThere are 75 children in the
classes. Each child in the school is
expected to bring a mother to the
in Ne-.
[vada County for the year beginning .
A check of the league’s member. construction and finally
Ed Uren, city engineer, has!
$14.60; .
CONSTRUCTION
OF BOULDER DAM:
SHOWN ROTARY
The Rotary Club yesterday viewed
. from the first to the last stages of
the filling
. of Lake Mead, behind the dam, and
the power houses ready io operate at
its foot. Following this was a one
reel picture. of ‘women’s athletie
meet at Fleishhacker pool in San
Francisco. The pictures were displayed ‘by Harry Punshon, sales manager for Associated Oil in the Northern California district, and Bob
Evans, local distributor for the company was program chairman.
Frank Finnegan, past president of
the club, formally welcomed three
new members into the club. They
were William Hiome, Robert Hendricks and Rolland Wright.
The picture of: Boulder Dam. gave‘a vivid impression of the huge enterprise. which resulted in rearing the
highest dam in ‘the world, and provides for irrigation for the largest °
irrigable area, and the generation of
power and light for the largest popalation yet provided by any dam in the
world. The events pictured’ at ‘the
Woman’s athletic meet made a big
hit with the club, particularly the
comic diving which closed the series
of aquatic events.
H.E. Kjorlie, principal of the Nevada City high school reported that
for five years the high school graduates entering the University of California. have maintained a scholarship
standard of 1.79 as compared with
the average for California high
schools of 1.15. A perfect scholastic
score he stated would ‘be about 2.05.
Incidentally he mentioned the fact
that Robert Proctor, graduate of the
high school, had made a straight
“A” record since matriculating in the
state university.
It was announced yesterday afternoon by Clyde Gwin, program chairman, that May 19 has jbeen set aside
as ladies’ night. A special program
‘will be arranged and all ‘members are
cordially urged to bring their wives
and sweethearts,
HENRY KOHLER
OF WASHINGTON
PASSES AWAY
Henry O. Kohler, widély known
and the friend of all who knew him,
passed away yesterday afternoon at
3 o’clock at the Schwartz Brothers
ranch in Pleasant Valley. For many
years he drove the stage berween Nevada City and Washington He owned the water and electric systems in
that historic little town and enjoyed
the distinction of being Washington’s unofficial mayor. His many
friends in Nevada City and in the
county will mourn his ‘passing. .
In 1910 Mr. Kohler married Miss
Bertha Schwartz. and it was at the.
home of her brothers, that he passed
away. Besides his wife he leaves a
son, George Kohler, of Grass Valley.
‘Mr. Kohler was a man of generous
impulses and lived a life rich in
friendships among people -inevery
walk of life. :
Funeral sérvices will be held in
the chapel at Holmes Funeral Home
in Nevada City at 2 o’clock Sunday
afternoon with Rev. E. O; Chapel of
Grass Valley officiating. Interment
will be in Pine Grove cemetery.
P.T-A. FOOD SALE
FOR CAMP FIRE
GIRLS BENEFIT
The elementary group of the Par-ent Teacher association will meet
this afternoon at 2:30 at the elementary school auditorium. Mrs. Warnecke’s fourth grade pupils will dosome drill work and Joan Lee will
Play a piano solo. rae a
A-large attendance is desired, all
room mothers, should be present tohelp complete the plans for the food —
sale to be given on May 14, This sale
is being given to raise funds or “¢
Camp Fire Girls. More mt ta
cerning this sale will 1 be publ
later.