May 7, 1942 (4 pages)

fe ki The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per ° evada City ugget . This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read Thinking Out. Loud By H. M. L. (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of the Generalissmio, in an article in the current Atlantic, has something to say that might have been taken out of an American text book. Of course, Madame Chiang did have the advantage of a Vassar education and undoubtedly her thinking reflects that influence. From all accounts this influence is mot only subjective but objective, in that the Generalisimo, himself,. is much influenced by his wife. We are especially impressed ‘with this statement from the art-_ icle written by her: “Possession of wealth . does not confer the right: to take unfair advantage of the less._fortunate. But neither does China believe in Communism or wish to obtain it in our land. We prefer leveling up _ to leveling down!”’ ‘ That last sentence is pregnant with meaning R.evolutions generally speaking ‘‘level downward.”’ Bvolution “levels upward.’’ ‘Revolution usually is encompassed in a few years. Evolution builds higher over the centuries. What Madame Chiang says regarding communism is her own individual view. From this distance one may suspect that China will shift to the left when the war is over. But judging somewhat by China’s history, the shift will be slow. In many respects China is one of the most individualistic “of nations. Perhaps nowhere on earth, in. normal times, are property rights more precious or more protected. This fact makes for. evolution rather than’ revolution, for a large property owning group invariably puts the brakes on communism. In Russia, property owners were only a-small fraction of the poputation. Revolution was eomparatively easy and extremely drastic. Not only were property owners, even little ones like the kulaks, victims of long suppressed wrath, but even the intangible things such as intelligence and acquired knowledge were suspect. Wise men and property owners often combined in one person, were led to the slaughter, or forced into exile. This process in Russia was decidedly a leveling downwad. So drastic was the purge of the intelligent group, that Stalin for years, was forced to import brains, especially engineering rains. Even in the courageous struggle the Russians today are making against the German invasion hord@s, one suspects that German brains trained the Russian officers. The great Russian purge of military leaders three years ago, resulted from the suspicion, which may have been well grounded, that the German officers engaged to train Russian army leaders had done their job too well. They had indoctrinated their Russian pupils with Nazi ideology-as well as ‘giving them the best of German military science. The democratic. iprocesses in this country have been a “leveling upward.”’ Sturdy stocks of Europe, peasants, craftsmen and professional groups have not. only found a haven here from various oppressions, but they have been quickly assimulated. Often they have grown rich in the new soil of freedom in which every individual has been at liberty to carve out for himself.a career of useful service. One only has to view, in normal times the huge parks of automobiles in the vicinity of any factory throughout the land, to realize that to all practical purmoses, whether working with his hands or his brains everyman is the equal of every other man, in so far as conveyance on streets and highways is concerned. Like the doctors, “lawyers, or the millionaire factory owners the workmen get to their work easily and expeditiously., Most workmen pos-. sess the. common conveniences, such as refrigerators, hot water heaters, washing machines and all manner of household appliances . AT DUTCH FLAT Jand the election iwill follow in Grass tition.» \L. Landry. Is Heart Victim Here Larry Landry, proprietor of the Montana Cafe on Commercial Street, was found dead early today in his apartment in the Davies Building, opposite his place of business. The body of Landry was found by James Murphy, whom Landry occasionally employs as bartender. Mur(phy had worked yesterday for Landry because the latter had been feeling ill. At 11. o'clock last night Landry visited with Murphy and then _ returned to his apartment with the intention of going to bed. When Murphy closed the cafe he went to Landry’s apartment and found him on the floor. (Coroner A. M. Holmes, Chief of Police Max Solaro and Deputy Sheriff Carl T. Larsen investigated. Coroner Holmes is continuing the investigation bpt it is apparent Landry died of a heart attack. Landry had been in Nevada City approximately 1/2years. He came here from San Francisco. Mrs. Landry went to San Francisco on a visit earlier in the week. She has been notified of her husband’s death and is due to return to Nevada City this afternoon. The body of the deceased is at the Holmes Funeral Home here. An autopsy is to be performed. RED CROSS DESIRES . ADDITIONAL WOMEN FOR KNITTING WORK The Nevada City Red Cross Chapter will receive 560. yards of muslin for hospital shirts and 80 yards of material for women’s blouses. It ‘will require the service of many workers and those wishing to volunteer for such work are advised the weekly meetings are held at the National Hotel on Tuesdays. Mrs. Belle Douglass states the local Red Cross has navy. sweater yarn on hand and a quantity of colored yarn for civilian sweaters, The Red Cross here has shipped 27 pairs of army socks and 28 army sweaters to the San Francisco Presidio. Ten pairs of gloves have been sent to San Jose and three turtle neck sweaters, four caps and one helmet sent to the navy supply depot. MINERS TO MEET The May meeting of the California Hydraulic Mining Association will ‘bbe held Sunday at’ the Dutch ‘Plat Hotel at 2 p. m. Secretary 'W. W. Esterly announced a luncheon will be served at one o’clock for those who care to be there to eat. He said the luncheons are informal and all are welcome. Nomination of officers and directors will ‘be in order at the meeting Valley in June. “Scoop” Thurman, assemblyman, has arranged special entertainment for the meeting. NAVAL BOARD TO MEET AVIATION CANDIDATES * The Naval Aviation Cadet Selecition Board of the Twelfth Naval (District, San Francisco, California, will visit. Marysville Junior College on May 13 for the purpose of interviewing and physically examining students interested in naval aviaThe board will be composed of Ensign George Wingfield Jr., line officer, Lieut (.jg) E. B. Johnson, medieal officer, C. A. Alva, Yeoman 3rd Class. and H. E. Guio, Pharmacist (Continued on Page Two) 'for the United States Army, a newlyPTET ‘PROUD OF YOUREX Lieutenant Bennett has been in almost daily combat with Japanese airmen and it is hoped the cablegram will express in a measure the feelings of pride Nevada Cityans have for him as a result of his conspic” ious bravery in air battles against the Japenese who seek to dominate our country. When infomed of the action by the high school student body in sending the cablegram -to Lieutenant Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Bennett ————— PLOITS’ READS CABLEGRAM SENT LIEUT. WILLIAM BENNETT In tribute to the courageous exploits of Lieutenant William (Wild Bill) Bennett, alumnus of the Nevada City High School, in the Australian War Zone, the local high school student body today dispatched a cablegram to the Nevada City army air corps officer. “Nevada City High School students are pround of your courageous exploits and admirable bravery,” the cablegram read. month The N L COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA , ce Vol. 16, No. 37 ____TheCounty SeatPaper_ NEVADACITY,CALIFORNIA —TheGoldCenter. =—S—SsST'HURSSDAXY. MAY’ 7, 109447, Seiden ea Of Welfare parents of the army officer, expressed appreciation for the gesture ahd said) they ‘believed the cablegiram will ‘bring happiness to’ their son. Ruth Curnow Bennett wife of the lieutenant, also expressed her gratitude for the high school action. Lieut. Bennet and three other army fliers, through their skillful and brave flying, have accounted for many Jap planes in the New Guiena area. They have beet namgd the “Wighting Four’ by army men in the Australian Zone. On one trip the “Fighting Four” iwére accompanied by Lieut. Col. B. D. Wagner. Col. Wagner shot down three Japanese Navy O fighters and also helped Lieut. Bennett and other three memibers of the ‘‘Fighting Pour’? smash a,dozen grounded Japanese bombing planes on the Lae airdrome and, bomb and machine gun enemy installations and troops at\Salamaua. In addition to Bennett, the fighting four is composed of Lieutenants J.J. Bevlock, G. L. Schrimmer and C. Falletta. Lieutenant ‘Colonel Wagner in commenting about his fight with the “Fighting Four’’ in the raid on the Japanese bases, said: “Aifter leaving Lae we pulled over a hill and spotted the ground installations at Salamaua. We all made a pass at them. “We saw the Japanese running like rats and we all swooped down on them, machine gunning. I don’t ‘think we left much workable at that spot. There was iplenty of smoke coming up when we finished. We ‘knocked the whole side out of a building. That took about ten secbase when we spotted about a dozen Zeros coming. “Let’s have a crack at them,’ a couple of our boys hollered, and they peeled off. » “The next minute all twelve Zeros were piling on those two, so we all turned back and joined in. “For twenty five minutes we had ithe best dog fight I ever saw. We chased each other back and forth between Lae and Salamaua, never above 1000 feet fighting down almost to the water and skimming the treetops.’’ Capt. Chapman Given Important Position By Army Captain Allen Chapman, son of Dr. and Mrs. (C. W. Chapman of Ne-! vada City, has been appointed to an important position directly under. General Arnold, director of flying created ‘branch of the armed services. ‘Captain Chapman was notified of his appointment in Denver, Colo., and flew to Washington to take over his new duties. : “It is very necessary work,’ Captain Chapman writes, ‘‘for we are directly responsible for aircraft aconds. We were preparing to return to STUDENTS WIN City and Neal Ivie of Nevada City ment exercises’of Placer Junior-ColDr. D. E. Oertel, dean, following the Elaine Mobley, S. M. Barooshian and Earl Crabbe. erage of 2.30 during her four semesters at the college. She.was editor of the Placer Phoenix, the college annual, this year, She is a graduate of the Nevada City High School. erage of 2.25 for the three semesters he has attended Placer Junior College and one quarter Young University, Provo, Utah. entered Placer-as a transfer student during his freshman year. Ivie has been prominent in dramatics at college. chapter of Alpha Gamma Sigma, state scholarship honor_society. Peter Knoles, Sacramento historian, to deliver the commencement dress. The supervisors adopted an order fixing the salary of Welc . rare Director Charles Ingram at $2100 per year. It was further ordered that the two public assistant workers in the department of social welfare, of which Ingram is the director, be allowed not to exceed $10) per month for traveling expenses. The _ stenograipher in Ingram’s office will be allowed a salary of $1260 per year. A motion was carried granting the county recorder extra help of one assistant at a salary of $80 per month for 12 months. The agricultural commissioner was granted extra help of one assistant at a salary of $80 per month for 12 months. The above orders were renewals of the previous fiscal year’s extra help grant for the two county offices. Gertrude Esterly, public assistant worker, was granted a one month leave of absence by the supervisors. The supervisors ordered the purchase of a flag and the installation of a pole on the courthouse: lawn. An ordinance dividing the county into three judicial townships ‘was adopted by the board. ‘Nevada Township will include Nevada, Bloomfield, Washington, Eureka and Bridgeport Townships. Grass Valley Township will include Grass Valley, Rough and Ready and Little York Townships. Meadow Lake Township will the same as previously, TWO NEV. CITY be JR. COL, HONORS Miss Margaret Norton of Nevada have been selected to ‘be student speakers at the annual commencelege in the Placer Auditorium May 21st. The announcement was ‘made by recommendation of the administrative committee, composedof Miss Miss Norton has a grade point av‘Neal Ivie has a grade point avBrigham He at Both are members’ of the Placer Dr. Oertel anwounced selection of adcident prevention. It is an-outgrowth of a sattistical section which classified and investigate accidents but now due to the rapid expansion of the air force the directorate has fbeen given the necessary authority to very much interested in the work. administrative work and am assistant in charge of the Accident Prevention Section. Other departments are Statistical, Investigation and Analy“At present I am in charge of the Mate First Class. take any preventive action. 1 am] sis.” Consolidate Townships The Nevada County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting this month, granted salary increases to the county welfare agent and other courthouse personnel. : The increases are to take effect on July Ist: Supervisors Boost Salary Director; War Effort To Be Aided In Campaign Cleanup Week will start Monday in Nevada. City and will end on Saturday, May 16. Mayor Benjamin Hall, in his capacity as head of the city council and also chairman of the Nevada City Civilian Defense Council, has proclaimed a general city wide cleanup. ‘Cleanup campaigns have been held before but added emphasis is given to the one this year. All articles which may be useful in the war effort are asked to be set aside, They will be picked up by city trucks. These articles include scrap metal, iron casting and all kinds of other metals such as brass, copper and zinc. Tin cans are not wanted; but newspapers, wrapping paper and cartons are desired. The paper should be folded flat and all tied in neat bundles. cal defense council, headed by Geo. W. Gildersleeve, will supervise the gathering of discarded metal, newspapers, ete. ° The committee also urges local residents in their cleanup aperations to save all kinds of discarded rubber goods. The cleanup campaign will not only add to the appearance of the city and provide materials needed for war but will also remove fire hazards in homes and surroundings. The general chairman of the rcleanup campaign is Bmil J. Ott. Dates for picking up salvagable materials will be announced by Ott later but in the meantime anyone desiring additional information can secure it by calling Ott at Nevada City 32. LOCAL MINING MAN WILL SUPPLY CHROME TO GOVERNMENT John ;Hampton Lashbaugh of this city reports he has a contract to supply 125 tons .of chrome per month to the federal government. Lashbaugh said he has_ several properties in this county under option, including the Grass Valley Extension (Mines in the Deer Creek district, the Nick Pello property in the same area, chrome (property in the Washington district, the Maben ‘Mine below Grass Valley and seventeen acres in the Lady Jane Manor section. Lashbaugh also has chrome property in the Forest Hill district. He said efforts are being made to have a stock pile for chrome either in Colfax or Auburn. : (Constable James Williams was taken to the county hospital this week after his illness became aggravated. The constable has been ill for the coming week as a time for . . The salvage committee of the lo-, leaves a sister, Joan DeWitt of Nevada City. Pe highway department staff, has transferred to a Los ngeles trict. He and his family left fc city yesterday. Mr. and Patrick of Anaheim, pare Caught in the Riffles For one half hour Monday night a man paced Broad Street from Pine Street to the City Hall. The look in his eye was convincing proof he wasn’t out for exercise. There was a suspicious bulge beneath his coat and visible from the front was the leather strap of a shoulder holster. A friend stopped him and attempted to persuade him to go home. Angry words came forth. “T'll kill him as soon as I see him!” the man shouted. The pacing continued, interrupted occasionally by the disappearance of the man into a beer parlor. Then Chief of Police Max Solaro walked from the City Hall. The sidewalk was clear. Solaro walked down as far as the postoffice and returned. He saw no one. S$06n the man. stepped from a beer parlor and continued his search. Solaro, apparently observing him from the City Hall, caught up with him at Pine Street. There was an exchange of greetings. The chief shook hands with the man and with the other hand 'reached into his coat and removed the gun. It was loaded! And they say nothing ever happens in Nevada City! Grass Valley Superintendent of Schools H. R. Spiess, one of the officials in charge of sugar rationing registration, received a telephone call Monday. A woman inquired whether she could apply for a rationing card for a child she is expecting in a day or two! In the opinion of Game Warden Hiscox the water snakes at Scotts Flat reservoir are taking too heavy a toll of the fish life. So yesterday Hiscox opened war on the snakes and reduced the reptile population at: Scotts Flat > somewhat. The local game warden recalled last fall he saw a group of the snakes rolled into a huge ball at Scotts Flat. He emptied his gur into the ball of snakes and killed about 15 of them, all sizes. It has been learned that some of the larger water snakes will eat. trout as large. as ten inches in size, One ‘branch of the government urges gigantic celebrations for departing selectees with bands playing, speeches, etc—sénd offs similar to World War I. ‘But the Selecttive Service headquarters prohibits newspapers to publicize dates and time of departure. The average citizen would like very much to see soldier trainees given rousing sendoffs but how can they participate when they are kept in ignorance of the departing time? $ : The public information committee. of the Nevada County Defense Council, is considering the sending of a letter to General Hershey in Washington, D. C., in an effort to abolish the rule prohibiting newspapers publishing departure dates. . Funeral Conducted For Charlotte E. DeWitt Last rites were conducted at the. Holmes Funeral Home. here this afternoon for Charlotte E. DeWitt, 7 — year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James DeWitt of Father Patrick .O’Reilly of the St. Canice Catholic Church officiated at the services. Burial Grove Cemetery. é ‘Nevada Street. was in Pine The local girl, a student at the Nevada (City Elementary School, passed away in Weimar after a month’s illness. ae In addition to her parents, she Dan E. Dodge, member o ‘Her the past several weeks. '. Dodge helped the fai ‘pi fa

fe ki The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per ° evada City ugget . This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read Thinking Out. Loud By H. M. L. (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of the Generalissmio, in an article in the current Atlantic, has something to say that might have been taken out of an American text book. Of course, Madame Chiang did have the advantage of a Vassar education and undoubtedly her thinking reflects that influence. From all accounts this influence is mot only subjective but objective, in that the Generalisimo, himself,. is much influenced by his wife. We are especially impressed ‘with this statement from the art-_ icle written by her: “Possession of wealth . does not confer the right: to take unfair advantage of the less._fortunate. But neither does China believe in Communism or wish to obtain it in our land. We prefer leveling up _ to leveling down!”’ ‘ That last sentence is pregnant with meaning R.evolutions generally speaking ‘‘level downward.”’ Bvolution “levels upward.’’ ‘Revolution usually is encompassed in a few years. Evolution builds higher over the centuries. What Madame Chiang says regarding communism is her own individual view. From this distance one may suspect that China will shift to the left when the war is over. But judging somewhat by China’s history, the shift will be slow. In many respects China is one of the most individualistic “of nations. Perhaps nowhere on earth, in. normal times, are property rights more precious or more protected. This fact makes for. evolution rather than’ revolution, for a large property owning group invariably puts the brakes on communism. In Russia, property owners were only a-small fraction of the poputation. Revolution was eomparatively easy and extremely drastic. Not only were property owners, even little ones like the kulaks, victims of long suppressed wrath, but even the intangible things such as intelligence and acquired knowledge were suspect. Wise men and property owners often combined in one person, were led to the slaughter, or forced into exile. This process in Russia was decidedly a leveling downwad. So drastic was the purge of the intelligent group, that Stalin for years, was forced to import brains, especially engineering rains. Even in the courageous struggle the Russians today are making against the German invasion hord@s, one suspects that German brains trained the Russian officers. The great Russian purge of military leaders three years ago, resulted from the suspicion, which may have been well grounded, that the German officers engaged to train Russian army leaders had done their job too well. They had indoctrinated their Russian pupils with Nazi ideology-as well as ‘giving them the best of German military science. The democratic. iprocesses in this country have been a “leveling upward.”’ Sturdy stocks of Europe, peasants, craftsmen and professional groups have not. only found a haven here from various oppressions, but they have been quickly assimulated. Often they have grown rich in the new soil of freedom in which every individual has been at liberty to carve out for himself.a career of useful service. One only has to view, in normal times the huge parks of automobiles in the vicinity of any factory throughout the land, to realize that to all practical purmoses, whether working with his hands or his brains everyman is the equal of every other man, in so far as conveyance on streets and highways is concerned. Like the doctors, “lawyers, or the millionaire factory owners the workmen get to their work easily and expeditiously., Most workmen pos-. sess the. common conveniences, such as refrigerators, hot water heaters, washing machines and all manner of household appliances . AT DUTCH FLAT Jand the election iwill follow in Grass tition.» \L. Landry. Is Heart Victim Here Larry Landry, proprietor of the Montana Cafe on Commercial Street, was found dead early today in his apartment in the Davies Building, opposite his place of business. The body of Landry was found by James Murphy, whom Landry occasionally employs as bartender. Mur(phy had worked yesterday for Landry because the latter had been feeling ill. At 11. o'clock last night Landry visited with Murphy and then _ returned to his apartment with the intention of going to bed. When Murphy closed the cafe he went to Landry’s apartment and found him on the floor. (Coroner A. M. Holmes, Chief of Police Max Solaro and Deputy Sheriff Carl T. Larsen investigated. Coroner Holmes is continuing the investigation bpt it is apparent Landry died of a heart attack. Landry had been in Nevada City approximately 1/2years. He came here from San Francisco. Mrs. Landry went to San Francisco on a visit earlier in the week. She has been notified of her husband’s death and is due to return to Nevada City this afternoon. The body of the deceased is at the Holmes Funeral Home here. An autopsy is to be performed. RED CROSS DESIRES . ADDITIONAL WOMEN FOR KNITTING WORK The Nevada City Red Cross Chapter will receive 560. yards of muslin for hospital shirts and 80 yards of material for women’s blouses. It ‘will require the service of many workers and those wishing to volunteer for such work are advised the weekly meetings are held at the National Hotel on Tuesdays. Mrs. Belle Douglass states the local Red Cross has navy. sweater yarn on hand and a quantity of colored yarn for civilian sweaters, The Red Cross here has shipped 27 pairs of army socks and 28 army sweaters to the San Francisco Presidio. Ten pairs of gloves have been sent to San Jose and three turtle neck sweaters, four caps and one helmet sent to the navy supply depot. MINERS TO MEET The May meeting of the California Hydraulic Mining Association will ‘bbe held Sunday at’ the Dutch ‘Plat Hotel at 2 p. m. Secretary 'W. W. Esterly announced a luncheon will be served at one o’clock for those who care to be there to eat. He said the luncheons are informal and all are welcome. Nomination of officers and directors will ‘be in order at the meeting Valley in June. “Scoop” Thurman, assemblyman, has arranged special entertainment for the meeting. NAVAL BOARD TO MEET AVIATION CANDIDATES * The Naval Aviation Cadet Selecition Board of the Twelfth Naval (District, San Francisco, California, will visit. Marysville Junior College on May 13 for the purpose of interviewing and physically examining students interested in naval aviaThe board will be composed of Ensign George Wingfield Jr., line officer, Lieut (.jg) E. B. Johnson, medieal officer, C. A. Alva, Yeoman 3rd Class. and H. E. Guio, Pharmacist (Continued on Page Two) 'for the United States Army, a newlyPTET ‘PROUD OF YOUREX Lieutenant Bennett has been in almost daily combat with Japanese airmen and it is hoped the cablegram will express in a measure the feelings of pride Nevada Cityans have for him as a result of his conspic” ious bravery in air battles against the Japenese who seek to dominate our country. When infomed of the action by the high school student body in sending the cablegram -to Lieutenant Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Bennett ————— PLOITS’ READS CABLEGRAM SENT LIEUT. WILLIAM BENNETT In tribute to the courageous exploits of Lieutenant William (Wild Bill) Bennett, alumnus of the Nevada City High School, in the Australian War Zone, the local high school student body today dispatched a cablegram to the Nevada City army air corps officer. “Nevada City High School students are pround of your courageous exploits and admirable bravery,” the cablegram read. month The N L COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA , ce Vol. 16, No. 37 ____TheCounty SeatPaper_ NEVADACITY,CALIFORNIA —TheGoldCenter. =—S—SsST'HURSSDAXY. MAY’ 7, 109447, Seiden ea Of Welfare parents of the army officer, expressed appreciation for the gesture ahd said) they ‘believed the cablegiram will ‘bring happiness to’ their son. Ruth Curnow Bennett wife of the lieutenant, also expressed her gratitude for the high school action. Lieut. Bennet and three other army fliers, through their skillful and brave flying, have accounted for many Jap planes in the New Guiena area. They have beet namgd the “Wighting Four’ by army men in the Australian Zone. On one trip the “Fighting Four” iwére accompanied by Lieut. Col. B. D. Wagner. Col. Wagner shot down three Japanese Navy O fighters and also helped Lieut. Bennett and other three memibers of the ‘‘Fighting Pour’? smash a,dozen grounded Japanese bombing planes on the Lae airdrome and, bomb and machine gun enemy installations and troops at\Salamaua. In addition to Bennett, the fighting four is composed of Lieutenants J.J. Bevlock, G. L. Schrimmer and C. Falletta. Lieutenant ‘Colonel Wagner in commenting about his fight with the “Fighting Four’’ in the raid on the Japanese bases, said: “Aifter leaving Lae we pulled over a hill and spotted the ground installations at Salamaua. We all made a pass at them. “We saw the Japanese running like rats and we all swooped down on them, machine gunning. I don’t ‘think we left much workable at that spot. There was iplenty of smoke coming up when we finished. We ‘knocked the whole side out of a building. That took about ten secbase when we spotted about a dozen Zeros coming. “Let’s have a crack at them,’ a couple of our boys hollered, and they peeled off. » “The next minute all twelve Zeros were piling on those two, so we all turned back and joined in. “For twenty five minutes we had ithe best dog fight I ever saw. We chased each other back and forth between Lae and Salamaua, never above 1000 feet fighting down almost to the water and skimming the treetops.’’ Capt. Chapman Given Important Position By Army Captain Allen Chapman, son of Dr. and Mrs. (C. W. Chapman of Ne-! vada City, has been appointed to an important position directly under. General Arnold, director of flying

created ‘branch of the armed services. ‘Captain Chapman was notified of his appointment in Denver, Colo., and flew to Washington to take over his new duties. : “It is very necessary work,’ Captain Chapman writes, ‘‘for we are directly responsible for aircraft aconds. We were preparing to return to STUDENTS WIN City and Neal Ivie of Nevada City ment exercises’of Placer Junior-ColDr. D. E. Oertel, dean, following the Elaine Mobley, S. M. Barooshian and Earl Crabbe. erage of 2.30 during her four semesters at the college. She.was editor of the Placer Phoenix, the college annual, this year, She is a graduate of the Nevada City High School. erage of 2.25 for the three semesters he has attended Placer Junior College and one quarter Young University, Provo, Utah. entered Placer-as a transfer student during his freshman year. Ivie has been prominent in dramatics at college. chapter of Alpha Gamma Sigma, state scholarship honor_society. Peter Knoles, Sacramento historian, to deliver the commencement dress. The supervisors adopted an order fixing the salary of Welc . rare Director Charles Ingram at $2100 per year. It was further ordered that the two public assistant workers in the department of social welfare, of which Ingram is the director, be allowed not to exceed $10) per month for traveling expenses. The _ stenograipher in Ingram’s office will be allowed a salary of $1260 per year. A motion was carried granting the county recorder extra help of one assistant at a salary of $80 per month for 12 months. The agricultural commissioner was granted extra help of one assistant at a salary of $80 per month for 12 months. The above orders were renewals of the previous fiscal year’s extra help grant for the two county offices. Gertrude Esterly, public assistant worker, was granted a one month leave of absence by the supervisors. The supervisors ordered the purchase of a flag and the installation of a pole on the courthouse: lawn. An ordinance dividing the county into three judicial townships ‘was adopted by the board. ‘Nevada Township will include Nevada, Bloomfield, Washington, Eureka and Bridgeport Townships. Grass Valley Township will include Grass Valley, Rough and Ready and Little York Townships. Meadow Lake Township will the same as previously, TWO NEV. CITY be JR. COL, HONORS Miss Margaret Norton of Nevada have been selected to ‘be student speakers at the annual commencelege in the Placer Auditorium May 21st. The announcement was ‘made by recommendation of the administrative committee, composedof Miss Miss Norton has a grade point av‘Neal Ivie has a grade point avBrigham He at Both are members’ of the Placer Dr. Oertel anwounced selection of adcident prevention. It is an-outgrowth of a sattistical section which classified and investigate accidents but now due to the rapid expansion of the air force the directorate has fbeen given the necessary authority to very much interested in the work. administrative work and am assistant in charge of the Accident Prevention Section. Other departments are Statistical, Investigation and Analy“At present I am in charge of the Mate First Class. take any preventive action. 1 am] sis.” Consolidate Townships The Nevada County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting this month, granted salary increases to the county welfare agent and other courthouse personnel. : The increases are to take effect on July Ist: Supervisors Boost Salary Director; War Effort To Be Aided In Campaign Cleanup Week will start Monday in Nevada. City and will end on Saturday, May 16. Mayor Benjamin Hall, in his capacity as head of the city council and also chairman of the Nevada City Civilian Defense Council, has proclaimed a general city wide cleanup. ‘Cleanup campaigns have been held before but added emphasis is given to the one this year. All articles which may be useful in the war effort are asked to be set aside, They will be picked up by city trucks. These articles include scrap metal, iron casting and all kinds of other metals such as brass, copper and zinc. Tin cans are not wanted; but newspapers, wrapping paper and cartons are desired. The paper should be folded flat and all tied in neat bundles. cal defense council, headed by Geo. W. Gildersleeve, will supervise the gathering of discarded metal, newspapers, ete. ° The committee also urges local residents in their cleanup aperations to save all kinds of discarded rubber goods. The cleanup campaign will not only add to the appearance of the city and provide materials needed for war but will also remove fire hazards in homes and surroundings. The general chairman of the rcleanup campaign is Bmil J. Ott. Dates for picking up salvagable materials will be announced by Ott later but in the meantime anyone desiring additional information can secure it by calling Ott at Nevada City 32. LOCAL MINING MAN WILL SUPPLY CHROME TO GOVERNMENT John ;Hampton Lashbaugh of this city reports he has a contract to supply 125 tons .of chrome per month to the federal government. Lashbaugh said he has_ several properties in this county under option, including the Grass Valley Extension (Mines in the Deer Creek district, the Nick Pello property in the same area, chrome (property in the Washington district, the Maben ‘Mine below Grass Valley and seventeen acres in the Lady Jane Manor section. Lashbaugh also has chrome property in the Forest Hill district. He said efforts are being made to have a stock pile for chrome either in Colfax or Auburn. : (Constable James Williams was taken to the county hospital this week after his illness became aggravated. The constable has been ill for the coming week as a time for . . The salvage committee of the lo-, leaves a sister, Joan DeWitt of Nevada City. Pe highway department staff, has transferred to a Los ngeles trict. He and his family left fc city yesterday. Mr. and Patrick of Anaheim, pare Caught in the Riffles For one half hour Monday night a man paced Broad Street from Pine Street to the City Hall. The look in his eye was convincing proof he wasn’t out for exercise. There was a suspicious bulge beneath his coat and visible from the front was the leather strap of a shoulder holster. A friend stopped him and attempted to persuade him to go home. Angry words came forth. “T'll kill him as soon as I see him!” the man shouted. The pacing continued, interrupted occasionally by the disappearance of the man into a beer parlor. Then Chief of Police Max Solaro walked from the City Hall. The sidewalk was clear. Solaro walked down as far as the postoffice and returned. He saw no one. S$06n the man. stepped from a beer parlor and continued his search. Solaro, apparently observing him from the City Hall, caught up with him at Pine Street. There was an exchange of greetings. The chief shook hands with the man and with the other hand 'reached into his coat and removed the gun. It was loaded! And they say nothing ever happens in Nevada City! Grass Valley Superintendent of Schools H. R. Spiess, one of the officials in charge of sugar rationing registration, received a telephone call Monday. A woman inquired whether she could apply for a rationing card for a child she is expecting in a day or two! In the opinion of Game Warden Hiscox the water snakes at Scotts Flat reservoir are taking too heavy a toll of the fish life. So yesterday Hiscox opened war on the snakes and reduced the reptile population at: Scotts Flat > somewhat. The local game warden recalled last fall he saw a group of the snakes rolled into a huge ball at Scotts Flat. He emptied his gur into the ball of snakes and killed about 15 of them, all sizes. It has been learned that some of the larger water snakes will eat. trout as large. as ten inches in size, One ‘branch of the government urges gigantic celebrations for departing selectees with bands playing, speeches, etc—sénd offs similar to World War I. ‘But the Selecttive Service headquarters prohibits newspapers to publicize dates and time of departure. The average citizen would like very much to see soldier trainees given rousing sendoffs but how can they participate when they are kept in ignorance of the departing time? $ : The public information committee. of the Nevada County Defense Council, is considering the sending of a letter to General Hershey in Washington, D. C., in an effort to abolish the rule prohibiting newspapers publishing departure dates. . Funeral Conducted For Charlotte E. DeWitt Last rites were conducted at the. Holmes Funeral Home. here this afternoon for Charlotte E. DeWitt, 7 — year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James DeWitt of Father Patrick .O’Reilly of the St. Canice Catholic Church officiated at the services. Burial Grove Cemetery. é ‘Nevada Street. was in Pine The local girl, a student at the Nevada (City Elementary School, passed away in Weimar after a month’s illness. ae In addition to her parents, she Dan E. Dodge, member o ‘Her the past several weeks. '. Dodge helped the fai ‘pi fa