May 7, 1945 (4 pages)

Page Fc Four WITH OUR BOYS AND GIRLS IN GLOBAL WAR dames E. CHftord— Combat Infantryman’s badges for “exemplary conduct in action against the enemy’ have been awarded soldiers of 104th (Timber Wolf) Division in Germany commanded by MajGen. Terry Allen. Among those reeeiving the award was Pvt. James E. Clifford, Rt. 1, Berggren Lane. ONE OF ERNIE PYLE’S LAST LETTERS ARRIV the last of Ernie Pyle’s Re: orfer One oin the Marianas he died in front of a Jap machine. gun on Okinawaw. The letter was gen: to Mrs: K. D. Younkin of 215: Nevada Street by her son, Pfc. neth D. Younkin. now with the U. letters was written Air Forces in the Miarianas. The ee ter follows: IN THE MARIANAS ISLANDS, — Feb. 22— (Delayed) “You may wonder why we have American troops at all here in the ‘Marianas Islands, since we are 1500 miles away from the Philippines, China, or Japan itself. Well, it’s beeause in this Pacific ~. Stuff can go a few weeks before! . KenED _NEVADA_ CITY NUGGET _ THURSDAY, "war of vast distances, we have . make up gigantic bases of each group . of islands we take, in order to build !up supplies and preparations for future invasions farther on. The Marianas happen to be a sort of crossroads in the western Pacific. either west or north from here. Whoever sits in the Mariamas can have his finger on. the whole web of the war. Thus the Marianas are becoming a heart of the Pacific war. Our naval “and military leaders make no bones about it, for the Japs know it anyhow, but they’re too far away to do anything about it. The Marianas are both thrilling and engaging right now. Scores of thousands of troops of all kinds are here. Furious building is going on. Planes arrive on schedule from all directions ag though this were Chieago airport+-only they’ve come thousands of miles. over water. Convoys unload unbelievable tonnages. These islands will hum throughjout the war and they. will never relturn to their former: placid life, for we are building on almost every inch ‘of useable land. Supplies in staggering quantities are being stacked up here for future use: You can take your pick of K-rations or lumber or bombs, and you'd find enough of either to feed a city, build one, or g. . blow it up. -Fleets can base here Fe wack engagements. Combat troops train here. Other troops come back to rest. Great hopsitals are setup for our future wounded. Pipelines criss cross the islands. Trucks bumper to bumper dash forward as though they were on the western front. Ox cart trails turn almost overnight into four lane mac‘adam. highways for military traffic. There is no blackout in the islands. tin operation aaa to. If raiders come the light are turned off, but they seldom come anymore. The Marianas are a pretty safe place now. Great long macadam airstrips are and others being laid. The Marianas are the seat of some of our B29 bomber fleets which will grow and grow. = Thousands of supare tents, thousands of curved steel Quonset huts, thousands of huge permanent warehouses and office buildings dot the islands. Lights burn all night and the roar of planes, the clank of SDulldozers and the, clatter of hammers is constant. It is-a strange .contrast to the stillness that dwelt amidst this greenery for sO many centuries. There are 15 islands in this chain, running due north and south. They string out a total distance of more than 400 miles. We are on the southern end. ~ We only hold three islands, but they are the biggest and the only 3 that count. The other islands are completely ‘“‘neutralized’’ by our occupancy of these three. There are few Japs living on some of the others, but there’s nothing: they ean do to harm us. The islands we haven’t bothered with are small and worthless. Most of them have no inhabitants at all. The islands we took are Guam, Tininian and Saipan. Guam had been ours for many years before Japan took it away from us just after Pearl Harbor. Tinian and Saipan had been Japanese since the last war. We took the whole batch last summer. Guam is the biggest: and southernmost. Tinian and Saipan are right together, 120 miles north of Guam. You can fly up there in lass than ‘an hour, and our transport planes shuttle back and forth several times daily me cee ars = — on regular eodure They. have to make a “‘dog leg” around the island of Rota, about half way up for,there are etill Japs on it with 50 caliber machine guns, and they’ll shoot at you. I’ve been an all three of our islands, and I must admit two things —that I like it here, and that you can’t help but be thrilled by what the’ Americans are doing. And from all I’ve picked up so far, I think it can be said that most Am-~ ericans like the Marianas islands, assuming they have to be away from home at all. The savage heat and the dread diseases and the awful jungles of the more southern Pacific islands do not exist here. The climate is good, the islands are pretty, and:the native Charorreg are nice people. Health conditions among our men are excellent. They work in shorts or without shirts and are deeply tanned. he mosquito and fly problem has been licked. There is almost no venereal disease. Food is good. The ‘weather is always warm but not ecurelly hot. Almost always a breeze is blowing. Anywhere you look, you have a pretty view. Yes, the islands are a paradise and life is fine—except it’s empty and there is no diversion and the monotony eventually gnaws at you. ATTEND STATE CHAMBER H. E. Sofge, secretary of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, accompanied by Guendon Ellis, forest supervisor, Bert Foreman, president of the chamber, George Hallock, president of the California Hydraulic (Mining ‘Association and Harry Camp forest resources manager, on Friday attended’ a meeting of the State Chamiberin Sacramento. . but there’s still a war to win! : Yes, victory in Europe is wonderful news, but we still have a war to win in thé Pacific. This is no time to let down and take things easy. Greyhound realizes that it must continue to provide vital war transportation. All Greyhound employees are sticking to this important job. Let’s all carry on to COMPLETE victory. Let’s buy more War Bonds. Let’s continue to support the Red Cross. Let’s give more blood to save lives. y Let’s stick to the job and finish the job! Ss y < : ¥ ? SERVING. THE ARMED FORCES AND ALL AMERICA WITH FREQUENT, DEPENDABLE TRANSPORTATION aa “.S/IMPROVEMENT — IN TRUCKEE DISTRICT BEGINS Spring work on the Truckee district of the Tahoe national forest . ’ ‘became miore active this week with the addition of the following personnel in their respective lines of work announced District Ranger H. I. Snider; Ralph Pierce, recently graduated from the College of Forestry at Corvallis, Oregon, who has worked as fire guard, foreman and} patrolman the past five years on the Truckee district started: as fire control assistant in place of Leo Chatfield, who resigned to work at Mare Island navy yard. Rex Levisee returned to Tahoe campground station as patrolman for the area between Brockway and the Chambers Lodge at Lake Tahoe, hi telephone number being Tahoe City 360. where he may be contacted by local residents desiring burning and campfire permits. Willis Hall, ex-marine of Pacific area, and Buthrie Barrett of Reno, are maintaining telephone lines and marking out land ownership boundary lines for next season’s Christmas tree cutting areas, until their summer jobs of fireman and suippression crew foreman become effective-y John Lindstrim and Ronald Payne have resumed work on range improvements and will later work on timber stand miprovement. Precipitation at the Truckeé ranger station for the month of April was one and twenty four hundredths inches, nearly -normat/’ for that month, which gives a total of twenty six and seventy four inches since last Bey ne: 1, or an over normal! of fouy and seventy two inches according to District Ranger H.I. Snider. Summer weather temperatures have’ been prevailing here several days the past two weeks and plant growth on the livestock ranges has been quick to start as soon as the snow ve and Snider believes the gummer forage conditions will . be good. Gregorio Giovanetti _ of Goodyeers Bar Passes Funeral services were held Friday t the Holmes Funeral Home for Gregorio Giovanetti, miner of Goodyears Bar, Sierra County, who died Wednesday in a local hospital, Giovanetti was born in Italy in 1882 and had resided in Sierra County and mining communities in this vicinity for 30 years. He suddenly became ill Tuesday and was brought to Nevada City for medical treatment. He had been employed for several months in the Ruby. Mine near Downieville. afternoon in Rev. Virgil Gabrielli conducted the service. Interment was in the Catholic Cemetery here. BIRTH MAICK—In Nevada City, Nevada County, April 30, 1945, to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mack, a son. $ Homer J. Livesay, hundredths . . MAY 3, Pvt. w. R. Livcay Dies on Oginawa Mrs. Mary Louise Livesay has received a telegram. from: Navy stating that her husband, William ©. Livesay, in the U. S. Marines was Killed April 13th in the battle for Okinawa. ee Pvt. Livesay leaves, besides his wife, two young cdhildren, Billy, 4° years old and ,Sandra Lee, three. The family recently purchased a residence at the corner of Park Avenue and Boulder Street, where Mrs. Livesay conducted a beauty shop. Mrs. Livesay stated that her husfoand left for the Pacific war area ten months ago. Prior to his induction into the Marines he was employed in the Lava Cap Mine. Surviving in addition to his immediate family, is his grandfather, ‘Bert Palmer of Grove Street, his parents Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Livesay of Los Angeles and two brothers, Deloss, in the 5th Army in Italy, and recovering from illness contracted in the service in a hospital in Rhode Island. The deceased was a native of South Dakota 29 years of age. GRASS VALLEY HIGH NINE WINS TOP SPOT Grass Valley’s high nine now holds top spot in the ‘Sierra Foothill (League. Friday afternoon the Grass Valley nine won against Yubt City which had shared the lead for one week by three to two. The box score was: Grass Valley 3 runs, 1 hits and one error; Yuba City, 2 runs, 3 hjts and no errors. The game went into an extra inning with both teams tied in seventh. A double by Metz, Grass Valley’s first baseman, with Hamilton on third, won the game for Grass Valley, in the eighth inning. Football league games are limited to seven innings save for ties. Both. Hamilton, left fielder and LaCrosse, second baseman on the Grass Valley nine, each two times at bat hit dowbles. Albert Ali, Grass Valley pitcher struck out. 12 and walked one. Butler, Ypba City pitcher, struck out 11 and walked four. Grass Valley will play its last game of the series with Roseville, at Roseville, next Tuesday. BIRTHS HARRIS—In Nevada City, Nevada County, May 3, 1945, to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Harris of Loyalton, Sierra (County, a son. WIATTSOIN—In Nevada City, Nevada County, May 2; 1945, to Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wilson of Tyler, Nevada County, a son. DIVORCE STIRIAILING—In Nevada City, Nevada County, May 3, 1945, Doris M. Straling vs. Thomas W. Straling, suit filed: cruelty. STANDARD BURNER OILS Bvery drop of Standard Furnace Oil fairly bulges with heat (many exacting tests see to that). Every drop burns completely—goes farther. Keeps your burner clean and at peak per formance—saves you.mone~. Standard Furnace Oil outsells all others in the West because it delivers the maximum value for your fuel dollar. Alpha Stores, Ltd. Phone 88 Grass Valley Phone 5 Nevada City NEVADA COUNTY BUILDING . 244 Boulder Street eg “THE PIONEER LUMBER YARD" LUMBER COMPANY MATERIALS.

Page Fc Four WITH OUR BOYS AND GIRLS IN GLOBAL WAR dames E. CHftord— Combat Infantryman’s badges for “exemplary conduct in action against the enemy’ have been awarded soldiers of 104th (Timber Wolf) Division in Germany commanded by MajGen. Terry Allen. Among those reeeiving the award was Pvt. James E. Clifford, Rt. 1, Berggren Lane. ONE OF ERNIE PYLE’S LAST LETTERS ARRIV the last of Ernie Pyle’s Re: orfer One oin the Marianas he died in front of a Jap machine. gun on Okinawaw. The letter was gen: to Mrs: K. D. Younkin of 215: Nevada Street by her son, Pfc. neth D. Younkin. now with the U. letters was written Air Forces in the Miarianas. The ee ter follows: IN THE MARIANAS ISLANDS, — Feb. 22— (Delayed) “You may wonder why we have American troops at all here in the ‘Marianas Islands, since we are 1500 miles away from the Philippines, China, or Japan itself. Well, it’s beeause in this Pacific ~. Stuff can go a few weeks before! . KenED _NEVADA_ CITY NUGGET _ THURSDAY, "war of vast distances, we have . make up gigantic bases of each group . of islands we take, in order to build !up supplies and preparations for future invasions farther on. The Marianas happen to be a sort of crossroads in the western Pacific. either west or north from here. Whoever sits in the Mariamas can have his finger on. the whole web of the war. Thus the Marianas are becoming a heart of the Pacific war. Our naval “and military leaders make no bones about it, for the Japs know it anyhow, but they’re too far away to do anything about it. The Marianas are both thrilling and engaging right now. Scores of thousands of troops of all kinds are here. Furious building is going on. Planes arrive on schedule from all directions ag though this were Chieago airport+-only they’ve come thousands of miles. over water. Convoys unload unbelievable tonnages. These islands will hum throughjout the war and they. will never relturn to their former: placid life, for we are building on almost every inch ‘of useable land. Supplies in staggering quantities are being stacked up here for future use: You can take your pick of K-rations or lumber or bombs, and you'd find enough of either to feed a city, build one, or g. . blow it up. -Fleets can base here Fe wack engagements. Combat troops train here. Other troops come back to rest. Great hopsitals are setup for our future wounded. Pipelines criss cross the islands. Trucks bumper to bumper dash forward as though they were on the western front. Ox cart trails turn almost overnight into four lane mac‘adam. highways for military traffic. There is no blackout in the islands. tin operation aaa to. If raiders come the light are turned off, but they seldom come anymore. The Marianas are a pretty safe place now. Great long macadam airstrips are and others being laid. The Marianas are the seat of some of our B29 bomber fleets which will grow and grow. = Thousands of supare tents, thousands of curved steel Quonset huts, thousands of huge permanent warehouses and office buildings dot the islands. Lights burn all night and the roar of planes, the clank of SDulldozers and the, clatter of hammers is constant. It is-a strange .contrast to the stillness that dwelt amidst this greenery for sO many centuries. There are 15 islands in this chain, running due north and south. They string out a total distance of more than 400 miles. We are on the southern end. ~ We only hold three islands, but they are the biggest and the only 3 that count. The other islands are completely ‘“‘neutralized’’ by our occupancy of these three. There are few Japs living on some of the others, but there’s nothing: they ean do to harm us. The islands we haven’t bothered with are small and worthless. Most of them have no inhabitants at all. The islands we took are Guam, Tininian and Saipan. Guam had been ours for many years before Japan took it away from us just after Pearl Harbor. Tinian and Saipan had been Japanese since the last war. We took the whole batch last summer. Guam is the biggest: and southernmost. Tinian and Saipan are right together, 120 miles north of Guam. You can fly up there in lass than ‘an hour, and our transport planes shuttle back and forth several times daily me cee ars = — on regular eodure They. have to make a “‘dog leg” around the island of Rota, about half way up for,there are etill Japs on it with 50 caliber machine guns, and they’ll shoot at you. I’ve been an all three of our islands, and I must admit two things —that I like it here, and that you can’t help but be thrilled by what the’ Americans are doing. And from all I’ve picked up so far, I think it can be said that most Am-~ ericans like the Marianas islands, assuming they have to be away from home at all. The savage heat and the dread diseases and the awful jungles of the more southern Pacific islands do not exist here. The climate is good, the islands are pretty, and:the native Charorreg are nice people. Health conditions among our men are excellent. They work in shorts or without shirts and are deeply tanned. he mosquito and fly problem has been licked. There is almost no venereal disease. Food is good. The ‘weather is always warm but not ecurelly hot. Almost always a breeze is blowing. Anywhere you look, you have a pretty view. Yes, the islands are a paradise and life is fine—except it’s empty and there is no diversion and the monotony eventually gnaws at you. ATTEND STATE CHAMBER H. E. Sofge, secretary of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, accompanied by Guendon Ellis, forest supervisor, Bert Foreman, president of the chamber, George Hallock, president of the California Hydraulic (Mining ‘Association and Harry Camp forest resources manager, on Friday attended’ a meeting of the State Chamiberin Sacramento. . but there’s still a war to win! : Yes, victory in Europe is wonderful news, but we still have a war to win in thé Pacific. This is no time to let down and take things easy. Greyhound realizes that it must continue to provide vital war transportation. All

Greyhound employees are sticking to this important job. Let’s all carry on to COMPLETE victory. Let’s buy more War Bonds. Let’s continue to support the Red Cross. Let’s give more blood to save lives. y Let’s stick to the job and finish the job! Ss y < : ¥ ? SERVING. THE ARMED FORCES AND ALL AMERICA WITH FREQUENT, DEPENDABLE TRANSPORTATION aa “.S/IMPROVEMENT — IN TRUCKEE DISTRICT BEGINS Spring work on the Truckee district of the Tahoe national forest . ’ ‘became miore active this week with the addition of the following personnel in their respective lines of work announced District Ranger H. I. Snider; Ralph Pierce, recently graduated from the College of Forestry at Corvallis, Oregon, who has worked as fire guard, foreman and} patrolman the past five years on the Truckee district started: as fire control assistant in place of Leo Chatfield, who resigned to work at Mare Island navy yard. Rex Levisee returned to Tahoe campground station as patrolman for the area between Brockway and the Chambers Lodge at Lake Tahoe, hi telephone number being Tahoe City 360. where he may be contacted by local residents desiring burning and campfire permits. Willis Hall, ex-marine of Pacific area, and Buthrie Barrett of Reno, are maintaining telephone lines and marking out land ownership boundary lines for next season’s Christmas tree cutting areas, until their summer jobs of fireman and suippression crew foreman become effective-y John Lindstrim and Ronald Payne have resumed work on range improvements and will later work on timber stand miprovement. Precipitation at the Truckeé ranger station for the month of April was one and twenty four hundredths inches, nearly -normat/’ for that month, which gives a total of twenty six and seventy four inches since last Bey ne: 1, or an over normal! of fouy and seventy two inches according to District Ranger H.I. Snider. Summer weather temperatures have’ been prevailing here several days the past two weeks and plant growth on the livestock ranges has been quick to start as soon as the snow ve and Snider believes the gummer forage conditions will . be good. Gregorio Giovanetti _ of Goodyeers Bar Passes Funeral services were held Friday t the Holmes Funeral Home for Gregorio Giovanetti, miner of Goodyears Bar, Sierra County, who died Wednesday in a local hospital, Giovanetti was born in Italy in 1882 and had resided in Sierra County and mining communities in this vicinity for 30 years. He suddenly became ill Tuesday and was brought to Nevada City for medical treatment. He had been employed for several months in the Ruby. Mine near Downieville. afternoon in Rev. Virgil Gabrielli conducted the service. Interment was in the Catholic Cemetery here. BIRTH MAICK—In Nevada City, Nevada County, April 30, 1945, to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mack, a son. $ Homer J. Livesay, hundredths . . MAY 3, Pvt. w. R. Livcay Dies on Oginawa Mrs. Mary Louise Livesay has received a telegram. from: Navy stating that her husband, William ©. Livesay, in the U. S. Marines was Killed April 13th in the battle for Okinawa. ee Pvt. Livesay leaves, besides his wife, two young cdhildren, Billy, 4° years old and ,Sandra Lee, three. The family recently purchased a residence at the corner of Park Avenue and Boulder Street, where Mrs. Livesay conducted a beauty shop. Mrs. Livesay stated that her husfoand left for the Pacific war area ten months ago. Prior to his induction into the Marines he was employed in the Lava Cap Mine. Surviving in addition to his immediate family, is his grandfather, ‘Bert Palmer of Grove Street, his parents Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Livesay of Los Angeles and two brothers, Deloss, in the 5th Army in Italy, and recovering from illness contracted in the service in a hospital in Rhode Island. The deceased was a native of South Dakota 29 years of age. GRASS VALLEY HIGH NINE WINS TOP SPOT Grass Valley’s high nine now holds top spot in the ‘Sierra Foothill (League. Friday afternoon the Grass Valley nine won against Yubt City which had shared the lead for one week by three to two. The box score was: Grass Valley 3 runs, 1 hits and one error; Yuba City, 2 runs, 3 hjts and no errors. The game went into an extra inning with both teams tied in seventh. A double by Metz, Grass Valley’s first baseman, with Hamilton on third, won the game for Grass Valley, in the eighth inning. Football league games are limited to seven innings save for ties. Both. Hamilton, left fielder and LaCrosse, second baseman on the Grass Valley nine, each two times at bat hit dowbles. Albert Ali, Grass Valley pitcher struck out. 12 and walked one. Butler, Ypba City pitcher, struck out 11 and walked four. Grass Valley will play its last game of the series with Roseville, at Roseville, next Tuesday. BIRTHS HARRIS—In Nevada City, Nevada County, May 3, 1945, to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Harris of Loyalton, Sierra (County, a son. WIATTSOIN—In Nevada City, Nevada County, May 2; 1945, to Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wilson of Tyler, Nevada County, a son. DIVORCE STIRIAILING—In Nevada City, Nevada County, May 3, 1945, Doris M. Straling vs. Thomas W. Straling, suit filed: cruelty. STANDARD BURNER OILS Bvery drop of Standard Furnace Oil fairly bulges with heat (many exacting tests see to that). Every drop burns completely—goes farther. Keeps your burner clean and at peak per formance—saves you.mone~. Standard Furnace Oil outsells all others in the West because it delivers the maximum value for your fuel dollar. Alpha Stores, Ltd. Phone 88 Grass Valley Phone 5 Nevada City NEVADA COUNTY BUILDING . 244 Boulder Street eg “THE PIONEER LUMBER YARD" LUMBER COMPANY MATERIALS..