November 11, 1943 (4 pages)

ee ae ee Se The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per . month — «COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.” —Daniel — evada City ugget This paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read: about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. ‘\ Vol. 17, No. 89. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, TY, CALIFORNIA "Thinking . Out Loud This is the second installment of an article by Charles Downie © appearing ‘in jthe San Francisco Ohronicle which gives an overall picture of the operation of » the Lend-Lease Act. By CHARLES DOWNIE In England the U.S. armed forces is a kind of Aladdin with the British War Office in Whitehall as its lamp. A telephone call to Whitehall will bring just about anything—immediately. . All requests of the U. S. Command have 1A priority. Perhaps the prime example occurred last year. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and ,.General Bernard Montgomery faced one another across the bar-_ ren coastal neck at El Alamein. Both were massing forces for an offensive. It was a race to see which would be prepared first. In ‘England supplies had been scheduled; fuel, men, planes, trains allocated. Preparations for the Allied invasion to come in North Africa when (Montgomery had Rommel on the run were already going forward. Then an American officer called Whitehall: ‘‘Colonel this is the U. S. Army Headquarters in London. "Can you get me —tank cars of gasoline at —depot tomorrow? I will need that many every day for a week or 10 days.”’ The British colonel stayed up all night. By morning timetables had been shuffled, refinery pumping orders had been revised, and the gas was at the U. S. depot. No one stopped to ask the U. S. of‘ficer what he wanted his supplies for. Not all the requests are so serious .The U. S. Army askéd for 100.000 pinochle decks to supply the Post Exchanges. The only hitch was that the English didn’t play pinochle and thus there were no pinochle decks to be had. But special ,.plates were made and the decks struck off. At the larger airfields in Britain revetments were widely dispersed. It was often a long hike from the ready room to the plane and American fliers complained. The Air Force asked for 13,009 bicycles. Now in England the bicycle is not a child’s plaything. Even before gas rationing it was the common man’s vehicle. his ticket to the country on his day off. With rationing, of course, the bicycle was in even greater demand and they were hard-to find. But the pilots got their 13.000 bicycles. It was the same with corn. The British normally dont grow or eat corn. But the Americans wanted corn and so hundreds of acres of “maize” now grow in England and, American soldiers get their corn. on the cob. The landing of Allied forces in ‘North Africa was as pretty -a mixture of lend-lease’ plus reverse Jend-lease as can be found. Most of the landing craft were American, ‘but the large _.part of the crews were British. U. S. fighter squadrons used 160 ‘Spitfires over Algeria. The engineering troops that janded and laid down new. air fields or repaired old had been supplied by the British with 100 miles of portable runways. One U. S. division went into action completely equipped with British 25pounders. British pilots flew P40's and Bostons. Every United Nations outfit had simply stocked up with the equipment it needed from the nearest supply base. If it was British they used British equipment, and if it chanced to be American they used American supplies. No one bothered to write it down on the books for posterity and a post war squabble over dollar values. As the campaign progressed and the casualties ,flowed back, they were evacuated by British or American ships indiscriminately. Brigadier “Gon. Paul R. Hawley, Chief: Surgeon of U. S. Forees in Europe, put it very nicely. “British-American medical understanding is as hear perfect as it can be. We share British hospital ships, and if there is no room in our hospitals for our men we put them in British ships. And there is no haggling about who pays. British and Americans are lying side by side in the hospital wards, drawing the same rations, and we keep no financial accounts for presentations.” Most U. S. hospitals in Britain are built or being built under reverse lend-lease. When they are finished they are handed over complete tothe last scalpel and eyedropper. So far fourteen ‘county hospitals are being readied and five are already in American hands. The British built complete “ambulance trains ‘according to specifications of U. S. Army Medieal men. For the North African affair, U. S. forces were supplied with several 1000 bed field hospitals, operating facilities. (Continued Next Issue) EBAUGH AGAIN . FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE ~ William Ebaugh, 35, of Willow Valley--adjoining Nevada City, charged with grand theft, was yesterday a fugitive from justice. Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen states that he has evidence that Ebaugh killed three head of cattle belonging to cattlemen in the general vicinity of Ebaugh’s cabin, Following ctues provided by Charles Morandi, whose cattle range from Scott’s Flat westward down the Deer (Creek canyon to Willow Valley, Sheriff Tobiassen and Game, Warden Earl Hiscox yesterday morning approached the Ebaugh cabin to investigate. Ebaugh warned by his dog of their approach bounded out the rear door; through his berry patch and into the thick brush. Hiscox fired one shot Jbut this only fJinoreased Ebaugh's fast. pace. An eximination of his cahin revealed the fresh forequarter of a yearling steer, and meat ready for canning in glass jars. A young steer with the forequarter missing was found within 500 yards of the cabin. A felony warrant for Ebaugh’s arrest was issued yesterday afternoon and the sheriff with several of his deputies set out in search of Ebaugh. They did not find him but did find a itub of decaying meat suspended down one mine shaft on Ebaugh’'s property and gunny sack filled with meat hung down another shaft. Both lots were fly blown and of extremely high voltage. Sheriff Tobiassen stated last evening that if necessary he will call in his mounted posse and ‘thoroughly search the Willow Valley country for the missing man. : Ebaugh has twice of rape during the last. five years. He wears his hair in tawny ringlets and sports a golden hued beard. been acquitted In his collisions with the law, at. torneys defending him usually persuade him to ehear his mane and thus shorn he makes a presentable ‘}appearance in court. When he is apprehended and placed on trial this time Deputy Sheriff Carl Larsen de clares, he will haye no benefit of barber, but will be presented to the jury in the same guise as she is known to his neighbors in Willow Valley. DEATH CLAIMS — LIFE LONG NEV. CITY RESIDENT The sudden death Tuesday morning. of Mrs. Nellie ‘Rolfe Wright, widow of the late H. J. Wright was a shock to her many friends in Nevada City. ‘Mrs. Wright had been in apparently the best of health for some -ltime past, working about her home at 548 East Broad Street and only last week attended the anniversary in the Elks Club. Mrs. Wright was born in Nevada City on July 7th, 1860. Despite her years she was exceedingly active and took a keen interest in her home life, and in the affairs of Nevada City. She was well informed in the activities of the city and while devoted to her home she found time to be neighborly and helpful. She and her late sister, Mrs. Belle Douglass possessed active minds, o. remembered events of the past and delighted in recounting .them to friends. y She was the mother of seven sons, five of whom survive. The are: Dr. H. Julian of Healdsburg; Frank and Court of Nevada Sity; Roland of Sacramento and Harlan of Hayward. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Holmes Funeral Home with Rev. Cedric S. Porter of Trinity Episcopal Church officiating. ay 4 WILLOW VALLEY ACREAGE Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Oliver of Oakland purchased the fice acre tract of land and house of Mr. and Mrs. Will Davis of Willow Valley. It is known as the Sarah Howe property and is situated near the recently burned school house in Willow Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver plan to make it their home. dinner of Trinity Episcopal Church: RUBBER SOLED KIDDIES SHOES UNRATIONEDSOON To provide relief from the shortage of children’s shoes, the Office iof Price Administration has announced that a new supply of children’s rubber-soled shoes will be available ration free about the first of the year. In. general children up to about eight years of age will benefit, since ration free sales are limited to small sizes to encourage production in the pre-school’ and early school’ age range where the’ ‘au lainns is now most serious. In addition, a limited anwiee of “‘obsolete’’ adults’ shoes will also be sold ration free as soon as dealers have filed necessary lists with the OPA Ditrict Office. Types of wearable shoes that have deteriorated or are out of style will be sold ration free only at one dollar or less a pair. If higher prices are charged, ration stamps must be obtained and turned over to the district office of OPA within five days. : Hereafter, ration stamps _ issued for refund to customers returning shoes will no longer have a 30 day time limit but will be good indefinitely. TWO IMPORTANT MINE MEETINGS INNEVADA CITY Nevada City will be the scene of two important mining ‘organization meetings this week. The Western Mining Council will meet in the National Hotel tomorrow evening, and the California Hydraulic Miners Association will meet in the same place Sunday afternoon. On the program of the Western Mining Council are a report by Capt. John D. Hubbard on the iron deposit survey, information from Congressman Clair Engle on the same Lsubject, a decision on amendments to the Scrugham Stock Pile bill, a report from the committee which :recently conferred with Gov. Earl Warren, and a review of the councils action seeking reopening of the gold mines. The California Hydraulic Miners Association will ‘discuss methods of getting out scrap mining machinery from abandoned mines. CHARTS TO SHOW AUTO LICENSE FEES POSTED Charts showing the amounts due in motor vehicle license tax and registration fees for 1944 on all types and models of motor vehicles will be placed in Nevada City gasoline service stations about December 1st. While the fees due in 1944 will be exactly the same as were paid for license renewal this year, vehicle owners of Nevada City who do not remember how much they paid this year may ascertain the amounts they will have to pay for 1944 registration by consulting the charts. Gordon H. Garland, Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, announces this. arrangement has been made with tHe California Petloeum Industry Committee in order to eliminate the expense of mailing specof the state. Despite a sharp increase in values of used vehicles, a legislative act sponsored by the Department ‘‘freezes’’ the vehicle’ license fees for 1944 and 1945 at the 1943 level. Director Garland gives this advice to vehicle owners: “Your lieense and_ registration fees are due January 1st. If your registration card does not show how much is due and you do not remember how much you paid this year, consult the charts which the petroleum industry of California has kindly permitted-us-to” place in your neighborhood service station. Your application together with the fee may be mailed to the nearest main branch offite of the department of presented at, the registration counters after January ist.” _The Gold Center ee THURSDAY, NOVEMBER H, I 11, 1943 Tin Cin Pick-up In Grass Valley Tomorrow Capt. Jos. E. Blake of the Califor nia Highway Patrol and chairman of the Nevada County Salvage Committee announces that tin cans throughout Grass Valley will be picked up tomorrow. Beverage company trucks will make the rounds. All those who live. outside the city limits are requested to bring their tin cans to the community pile in Hills Flat tomorrow. On Saturday Army trucks from Camp Beale will haul the cans to Southern Pacific freight yards. War Chest Campaign Opens In Grass Valley Stephen H. Crase, vice president of the: California War Chest, Monday evening addressed a big meeting in Grass Valley of participants in the drive. The meeting took place in the James S. Hennessy school auditorium with William Wilson; drive chairman, presiding. Mrs. Hugh Brown; chairman of the residential districts section, reported that 20 committee have secured aids, insuring rapid ‘progress when the ‘house-to-house campaign opens. ig Business sections of Grass Valley women are being canvassed. Del Powell is the chairman, G. G. Cramer is charge of the drive in the Hills Flat . section. Grass Valley Methodists To . Celebrate Mortgage Lifting The members of the Methodist Church will celebrate the end of the mortgage liftine drive with a dinner in Wesley Hall, Lieutenant Colonel H. F. Travis will be the guest speaker. His topic will be Our Post War Responsibilities. The victory dinner will be held Tuesday evening, November 16th, and marks the clearing up of a debt buildings, Wesley Hall and furnishings and equipment, on a large lot on South Church street. (Col. Travis the speaker for the occasion commanded a battalion of Military Police during the first world war, and has had much to do with the work of interning and con‘trolling the Japanese during the present war. : Prize’ Awards For Sale Of Flowers For Blind Aid At the close of the flower. sale held last Saturday by the national brotherhood of service for the blind and shut-ins, Miss Ruth Libbey, who had charge of the sale, reports that Jenny Lampson earned the first prize, having ‘secured $14.84. Other prizes -were earned as follows. Second by Jackie Sheldon, who secured $11.32. third by Joan Sheldon, who secured $8.39, fourth by Lucerne Hawthorne and Jean Knight $7.92 and fifth by Raymond Ellis, $7.47. The next three and the amounte collected were. Barbara Williams, $6.77, Lois Beverage $6.27 and ‘Mervyn Hanson, $6.03. Others workers were made happy by movie passes. . The sponsors are grateful to those who worked so faithfully and to all who contributed in any Way to the success of the undertaking. County Share In Gas Tax Is $13,020 SACRAMENTO, Nov. -11.—State ial notifications of amounts due to ; ‘Controller Harry B. Riley today apthe nearly 3,000,000 vehicle owners ; portioned $13,020.54 in gasoline tax “money to Nevada County as part of a $11,308,250 distribution for the quarter ending last September 30. Nevada County’s share was computed on the basis of a-motor vehicle registration of 4,872. ‘Centroller Riley said the apportionment was $1,970,646 or 15.15% less than that for the corresponding quarter last year; Riley distributed one third of the $11,038,250 to the counties, and deposited the balance of $7,358,833 in the state highway” fund. From the latter amount, fhe Division of Highways will allocate $1,839,708to be expended for highway construction and maintenance within cities of (California and the balance of $5,519,125, remaining in the highway fund will be expended on the state highway system. in. of ,approximiately $3/900, all that remains on a property valued’ at $65,000 consisting of the church} ! 'tic rubber LL GAS CRISIS, SAYS GEN. EMMONS IS APPROACHING Lt. Gen. Delos C. Emmons, commanding general of the Western Defense Command, has called upon all motorists to help avert a ‘‘gasoline shortage in the west of drastic proportions’ and jan “alarming shortage of tires.’ “The Pacific Coast today faces a major transportation crisis,’ Emmons said. ‘For that reason I appeal to every citizen to cooperate with the government by complying strictly with the mileage rationing regulations of the Office of: Price Administration, making use of public transportation, and by sharing rides with others.’’ Despite ‘tremendous increases in the output,of refineries, less gasoline is available for civilians use. Le:s automobile gasoline is being processed from each barrel of crude oil as increasing amounts of oil go into high octane aviation fuel, toluene for explosives,/butadiene for snythe_and into scores of other petroleum war products. Demands of the*armed forces will soon reach 55 per cent of the total gasoline output, according to advice received by the OPA. Gasoline available to civilians is running some 500,000 barrels short of the daily pre war supply as miiitary needs take increasing amounts. War demands will swell with every shipment of tanks, jeeps, and ‘planes sent abroad. Less automobile gasoline is being processed from each barrel of crude oil as increasing amounts of oil into high octane aviation fuel, toluene for explosives, butadiene for synthetic rubber, and into scores of other petroleum war products. Only about 25% of each 42 gallon. barrel of crude oil now goes into gasoline for civilian use, as opposed to 37% in 1940-1941. Need. for 80 octane all purpose gasoline is increasing rapidly, but tetraothyl or “lead for stepping up this fuel to its high level is not plentiful. Lead content of automobile gasoline has already been redacted. Government agencies predict further curtailment of this compoyent in civilian gasoline, with a consequent decline in motor and mileage performance. West Coast crude oil production has increased from 630,000 barrels daily in December 1941 to 770,000 barrels daily at present. Nevertheless military demands have caused total petroleum stocks to decline during that period by some million barrels. Pacific war demands are taxing the productive ability of the West Coast to the limit. (Many people have no conception of the need for gasoline and rubber conservation. They want to get just as much gasoline as they can get—— instead of leaving as much as they can in the national reservoir for use by the armed forces. The tremendously important role oil and gasoline play in the lifeblood of our war machine is illustrated by the following highlights: To train an American pilot for the front lines requires 12,500 gallons of gasoline. We are training 100,000 pilots. 12,500 x 100,000 equals 1,250,000,000 gallons of gasoline. In actual combat, one engine of an army or navy plane uses approximateely 100 gallons of gasoline an hour, or 1 1-2 gallons a minute, A destroyer at sea uses more than 5000 gallons of fuel oil an hour, or about 84 gallons a minute. An aircraft carrier gallons of fuel oil an hour, or 550 gallons a minute. ‘A Flying Fortressjuses 400 gallons per hour. One pies “lasts 9 seconds. In a recent bomber taid over Germany one million gallons of 100-octane gasoline wer® consumed. MUSICAL EVENT Sixty guests attended the musical program of Franc Luschen in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Radue Sr. on Empire Road on Sunday. Luschen is a musician of note and has played in the Hollywood Bowl during the winter programs for several years. There were several from Nevada City attending the affair and enjoying the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Radue in their home. . uses 33,000 : ROOSEVELT FACE TO FACE WITH — MAJOR DECISION By CLEM WHITAKER The smashing defeats which the Democratic Party machine. suffered in New York and New Jersey last” week, and in several other states where Republican candidates bowl-— ed over their New Deal rivals in the late fall elections, have served to revive reports that President Roosevelt may call it quits when his present term expires and not seek reelection. : It ,is doubtful, however, whether .even the president knows yet what his ultimate decision will be'in the matter, for it will be the most difficult decision of his whole politica career. : In view of the new surge of Republican power, Roosevelt faces the threat of losing even his home state of New York, if he seeks a fourth term—-and it is highly questionable whether he could win without it. @ After three, precedent-shattering terms in the White House — more than any other president has served in the entire history of the nation —-it would be a_ disastrous anticlimax to be defeated seeking a’ fourth term. And Roosevelt, great dramatist that he is, always has shied away from anti-climax. On the other hand, regardless of what his personal desires may be, oosevelt will be literally and actually ‘drafted by the Democratic National Convention to run again, unless he flatly says ‘‘No’’ to the demands of all the party leaders. Four year ago, the “draft Roosevelt’’: move was a pleasant political subterfuge; Roosevelt wanted to be nominated and would have been the most surprised man in America if he hadn't been. But in 44, it will be different; the party now needs him, for it faces almost certain defeat without him. There are. simply’ ao possible successors to the throne ‘worthy of mentioning—and with defeat. likely even with Roosevelt heading the-ticket, it would be virtually inevitable without him. The Republican party, despite its sweeping successes in recent elections—and its high hopes of victory next year—likewise is faced with a difficult decision. Wendell Willkie, the GOP standard-bearer in 1940, is actively campaigning to become the "44 nominee—and has made~ good headway in that direction. If the Republican convention were held today, Mr. Willkie, aceording to most astute observers, would probably win the nomination on the first ballot. ; On the other hand, there is a definite ‘Stop Willkie’? movement under way among GOP leaders who don’t like the blunt-spoken gentleman. But it’s a fundamental rule of politics that “You can’t beat somebody with noboby.”—and thus ‘far the anti-Willkie contingent hasn‘t been able to find-or agree on a candidate of sufficient stature to pit against him. Those who are spearheading the “Stop Willkie”’ drive would undoubtedly rally to Governor Dewey of New York, if Mr. Dewey would consent ta bé their candidate—but Dewey, having promised the people of New York that he would serve out. his four-— year term as governor, could only accept the presidential nominaffonif it were actually forced on him. He can’t openly campaign; for it—and lhe probably can’t beat Willkie unless he does campaign for it. That’s his dilemma. And it’s almost as tough as Roosevelt's. Small Boy Heart Broken One of the meanest persons is one who, will break a child’s heart. A little Nevada City boy, Roy Draper, mourns the loss of a small pet dog that disappeared from his home ‘three weeks ago and is still missing, The child and his dog were insepar— able companions over the past three years. When he started to school the dog went as far as he could and then when. school Was: out, ‘hurried out*to greet his” little: The little dog answers to_ of “Mister” and is a kindly tle dog and this little bo; deeply grateful to any seen his pet. It disa pea home on~-Grovestreet morning hours, Oct¢ ae

ee ae ee Se The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per . month — «COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.” —Daniel — evada City ugget This paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read: about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. ‘\ Vol. 17, No. 89. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, TY, CALIFORNIA "Thinking . Out Loud This is the second installment of an article by Charles Downie © appearing ‘in jthe San Francisco Ohronicle which gives an overall picture of the operation of » the Lend-Lease Act. By CHARLES DOWNIE In England the U.S. armed forces is a kind of Aladdin with the British War Office in Whitehall as its lamp. A telephone call to Whitehall will bring just about anything—immediately. . All requests of the U. S. Command have 1A priority. Perhaps the prime example occurred last year. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and ,.General Bernard Montgomery faced one another across the bar-_ ren coastal neck at El Alamein. Both were massing forces for an offensive. It was a race to see which would be prepared first. In ‘England supplies had been scheduled; fuel, men, planes, trains allocated. Preparations for the Allied invasion to come in North Africa when (Montgomery had Rommel on the run were already going forward. Then an American officer called Whitehall: ‘‘Colonel this is the U. S. Army Headquarters in London. "Can you get me —tank cars of gasoline at —depot tomorrow? I will need that many every day for a week or 10 days.”’ The British colonel stayed up all night. By morning timetables had been shuffled, refinery pumping orders had been revised, and the gas was at the U. S. depot. No one stopped to ask the U. S. of‘ficer what he wanted his supplies for. Not all the requests are so serious .The U. S. Army askéd for 100.000 pinochle decks to supply the Post Exchanges. The only hitch was that the English didn’t play pinochle and thus there were no pinochle decks to be had. But special ,.plates were made and the decks struck off. At the larger airfields in Britain revetments were widely dispersed. It was often a long hike from the ready room to the plane and American fliers complained. The Air Force asked for 13,009 bicycles. Now in England the bicycle is not a child’s plaything. Even before gas rationing it was the common man’s vehicle. his ticket to the country on his day off. With rationing, of course, the bicycle was in even greater demand and they were hard-to find. But the pilots got their 13.000 bicycles. It was the same with corn. The British normally dont grow or eat corn. But the Americans wanted corn and so hundreds of acres of “maize” now grow in England and, American soldiers get their corn. on the cob. The landing of Allied forces in ‘North Africa was as pretty -a mixture of lend-lease’ plus reverse Jend-lease as can be found. Most of the landing craft were American, ‘but the large _.part of the crews were British. U. S. fighter squadrons used 160 ‘Spitfires over Algeria. The engineering troops that janded and laid down new. air fields or repaired old had been supplied by the British with 100 miles of portable runways. One U. S. division went into action completely equipped with British 25pounders. British pilots flew P40's and Bostons. Every United Nations outfit had simply stocked up with the equipment it needed from the nearest supply base. If it was British they used British equipment, and if it chanced to be American they used American supplies. No one bothered to write it down on the books for posterity and a post war squabble over dollar values. As the campaign progressed and the casualties ,flowed back, they were evacuated by British or American ships indiscriminately. Brigadier “Gon. Paul R. Hawley, Chief: Surgeon of U. S. Forees in Europe, put it very nicely. “British-American medical understanding is as hear perfect as it can be. We share British hospital ships, and if there is no room in our hospitals for our men we put them in British ships. And there is no haggling about who pays. British and Americans are lying side by side in the hospital wards, drawing the same rations, and we keep no financial accounts for presentations.” Most U. S. hospitals in Britain are built or being built under reverse lend-lease. When they are finished they are handed over complete tothe last scalpel and eyedropper. So far fourteen ‘county hospitals are being readied and five are already in American hands. The British built complete “ambulance trains ‘according to specifications of U. S. Army Medieal men. For the North African affair, U. S. forces were supplied with several 1000 bed field hospitals, operating facilities. (Continued Next Issue) EBAUGH AGAIN . FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE ~ William Ebaugh, 35, of Willow Valley--adjoining Nevada City, charged with grand theft, was yesterday a fugitive from justice. Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen states that he has evidence that Ebaugh killed three head of cattle belonging to cattlemen in the general vicinity of Ebaugh’s cabin, Following ctues provided by Charles Morandi, whose cattle range from Scott’s Flat westward down the Deer (Creek canyon to Willow Valley, Sheriff Tobiassen and Game, Warden Earl Hiscox yesterday morning approached the Ebaugh cabin to investigate. Ebaugh warned by his dog of their approach bounded out the rear door; through his berry patch and into the thick brush. Hiscox fired one shot Jbut this only fJinoreased Ebaugh's fast. pace. An eximination of his cahin revealed the fresh forequarter of a yearling steer, and meat ready for canning in glass jars. A young steer with the forequarter missing was found within 500 yards of the cabin. A felony warrant for Ebaugh’s arrest was issued yesterday afternoon and the sheriff with several of his deputies set out in search of Ebaugh. They did not find him but did find a itub of decaying meat suspended down one mine shaft on Ebaugh’'s property and gunny sack filled with meat hung down another shaft. Both lots were fly blown and of extremely high voltage. Sheriff Tobiassen stated last evening that if necessary he will call in his mounted posse and ‘thoroughly search the Willow Valley country for the missing man. : Ebaugh has twice of rape during the last. five years. He wears his hair in tawny ringlets and sports a golden hued beard. been acquitted In his collisions with the law, at. torneys defending him usually persuade him to ehear his mane and thus shorn he makes a presentable ‘}appearance in court. When he is apprehended and placed on trial this time Deputy Sheriff Carl Larsen de clares, he will haye no benefit of barber, but will be presented to the jury in the same guise as she is known to his neighbors in Willow Valley. DEATH CLAIMS — LIFE LONG NEV. CITY RESIDENT The sudden death Tuesday morning. of Mrs. Nellie ‘Rolfe Wright, widow of the late H. J. Wright was a shock to her many friends in Nevada City. ‘Mrs. Wright had been in apparently the best of health for some -ltime past, working about her home at 548 East Broad Street and only last week attended the anniversary in the Elks Club. Mrs. Wright was born in Nevada City on July 7th, 1860. Despite her years she was exceedingly active and took a keen interest in her home life, and in the affairs of Nevada City. She was well informed in the activities of the city and while devoted to her home she found time to be neighborly and helpful. She and her late sister, Mrs. Belle Douglass possessed active minds, o. remembered events of the past and delighted in recounting .them to friends. y She was the mother of seven sons, five of whom survive. The are: Dr. H. Julian of Healdsburg; Frank and Court of Nevada Sity; Roland of Sacramento and Harlan of Hayward. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Holmes Funeral Home with Rev. Cedric S. Porter of Trinity Episcopal Church officiating. ay 4 WILLOW VALLEY ACREAGE Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Oliver of Oakland purchased the fice acre tract of land and house of Mr. and Mrs. Will Davis of Willow Valley. It is known as the Sarah Howe property and is situated near the recently burned school house in Willow Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver plan to make it their home. dinner of Trinity Episcopal Church: RUBBER SOLED KIDDIES SHOES UNRATIONEDSOON To provide relief from the shortage of children’s shoes, the Office iof Price Administration has announced that a new supply of children’s rubber-soled shoes will be available ration free about the first of the year. In. general children up to about eight years of age will benefit, since ration free sales are limited to small sizes to encourage production in the pre-school’ and early school’ age range where the’ ‘au lainns is now most serious. In addition, a limited anwiee of “‘obsolete’’ adults’ shoes will also be sold ration free as soon as dealers have filed necessary lists with the OPA Ditrict Office. Types of wearable shoes that have deteriorated or are out of style will be sold ration free only at one dollar or less a pair. If higher prices are charged, ration stamps must be obtained and turned over to the district office of OPA within five days. : Hereafter, ration stamps _ issued for refund to customers returning shoes will no longer have a 30 day time limit but will be good indefinitely. TWO IMPORTANT MINE MEETINGS INNEVADA CITY Nevada City will be the scene of two important mining ‘organization meetings this week. The Western Mining Council will meet in the National Hotel tomorrow evening, and the California Hydraulic Miners Association will meet in the same place Sunday afternoon. On the program of the Western Mining Council are a report by Capt. John D. Hubbard on the iron deposit survey, information from Congressman Clair Engle on the same Lsubject, a decision on amendments to the Scrugham Stock Pile bill, a report from the committee which :recently conferred with Gov. Earl Warren, and a review of the councils action seeking reopening of the gold mines. The California Hydraulic Miners Association will ‘discuss methods of getting out scrap mining machinery from abandoned mines. CHARTS TO SHOW AUTO LICENSE FEES POSTED Charts showing the amounts due in motor vehicle license tax and registration fees for 1944 on all types and models of motor vehicles will be placed in Nevada City gasoline service stations about December 1st. While the fees due in 1944 will be exactly the same as were paid for license renewal this year, vehicle owners of Nevada City who do not remember how much they paid this year may ascertain the amounts they will have to pay for 1944 registration by consulting the charts. Gordon H. Garland, Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, announces this. arrangement has been made with tHe California Petloeum Industry Committee in order to eliminate the expense of mailing specof the state. Despite a sharp increase in values of used vehicles, a legislative act sponsored by the Department ‘‘freezes’’ the vehicle’ license fees for 1944 and 1945 at the 1943 level. Director Garland gives this advice to vehicle owners: “Your lieense and_ registration fees are due January 1st. If your registration card does not show how much is due and you do not remember how much you paid this year, consult the charts which the petroleum industry of California has kindly permitted-us-to” place in your neighborhood service station.. Your application together with the fee may

be mailed to the nearest main branch offite of the department of presented at, the registration counters after January ist.” _The Gold Center ee THURSDAY, NOVEMBER H, I 11, 1943 Tin Cin Pick-up In Grass Valley Tomorrow Capt. Jos. E. Blake of the Califor nia Highway Patrol and chairman of the Nevada County Salvage Committee announces that tin cans throughout Grass Valley will be picked up tomorrow. Beverage company trucks will make the rounds. All those who live. outside the city limits are requested to bring their tin cans to the community pile in Hills Flat tomorrow. On Saturday Army trucks from Camp Beale will haul the cans to Southern Pacific freight yards. War Chest Campaign Opens In Grass Valley Stephen H. Crase, vice president of the: California War Chest, Monday evening addressed a big meeting in Grass Valley of participants in the drive. The meeting took place in the James S. Hennessy school auditorium with William Wilson; drive chairman, presiding. Mrs. Hugh Brown; chairman of the residential districts section, reported that 20 committee have secured aids, insuring rapid ‘progress when the ‘house-to-house campaign opens. ig Business sections of Grass Valley women are being canvassed. Del Powell is the chairman, G. G. Cramer is charge of the drive in the Hills Flat . section. Grass Valley Methodists To . Celebrate Mortgage Lifting The members of the Methodist Church will celebrate the end of the mortgage liftine drive with a dinner in Wesley Hall, Lieutenant Colonel H. F. Travis will be the guest speaker. His topic will be Our Post War Responsibilities. The victory dinner will be held Tuesday evening, November 16th, and marks the clearing up of a debt buildings, Wesley Hall and furnishings and equipment, on a large lot on South Church street. (Col. Travis the speaker for the occasion commanded a battalion of Military Police during the first world war, and has had much to do with the work of interning and con‘trolling the Japanese during the present war. : Prize’ Awards For Sale Of Flowers For Blind Aid At the close of the flower. sale held last Saturday by the national brotherhood of service for the blind and shut-ins, Miss Ruth Libbey, who had charge of the sale, reports that Jenny Lampson earned the first prize, having ‘secured $14.84. Other prizes -were earned as follows. Second by Jackie Sheldon, who secured $11.32. third by Joan Sheldon, who secured $8.39, fourth by Lucerne Hawthorne and Jean Knight $7.92 and fifth by Raymond Ellis, $7.47. The next three and the amounte collected were. Barbara Williams, $6.77, Lois Beverage $6.27 and ‘Mervyn Hanson, $6.03. Others workers were made happy by movie passes. . The sponsors are grateful to those who worked so faithfully and to all who contributed in any Way to the success of the undertaking. County Share In Gas Tax Is $13,020 SACRAMENTO, Nov. -11.—State ial notifications of amounts due to ; ‘Controller Harry B. Riley today apthe nearly 3,000,000 vehicle owners ; portioned $13,020.54 in gasoline tax “money to Nevada County as part of a $11,308,250 distribution for the quarter ending last September 30. Nevada County’s share was computed on the basis of a-motor vehicle registration of 4,872. ‘Centroller Riley said the apportionment was $1,970,646 or 15.15% less than that for the corresponding quarter last year; Riley distributed one third of the $11,038,250 to the counties, and deposited the balance of $7,358,833 in the state highway” fund. From the latter amount, fhe Division of Highways will allocate $1,839,708to be expended for highway construction and maintenance within cities of (California and the balance of $5,519,125, remaining in the highway fund will be expended on the state highway system. in. of ,approximiately $3/900, all that remains on a property valued’ at $65,000 consisting of the church} ! 'tic rubber LL GAS CRISIS, SAYS GEN. EMMONS IS APPROACHING Lt. Gen. Delos C. Emmons, commanding general of the Western Defense Command, has called upon all motorists to help avert a ‘‘gasoline shortage in the west of drastic proportions’ and jan “alarming shortage of tires.’ “The Pacific Coast today faces a major transportation crisis,’ Emmons said. ‘For that reason I appeal to every citizen to cooperate with the government by complying strictly with the mileage rationing regulations of the Office of: Price Administration, making use of public transportation, and by sharing rides with others.’’ Despite ‘tremendous increases in the output,of refineries, less gasoline is available for civilians use. Le:s automobile gasoline is being processed from each barrel of crude oil as increasing amounts of oil go into high octane aviation fuel, toluene for explosives,/butadiene for snythe_and into scores of other petroleum war products. Demands of the*armed forces will soon reach 55 per cent of the total gasoline output, according to advice received by the OPA. Gasoline available to civilians is running some 500,000 barrels short of the daily pre war supply as miiitary needs take increasing amounts. War demands will swell with every shipment of tanks, jeeps, and ‘planes sent abroad. Less automobile gasoline is being processed from each barrel of crude oil as increasing amounts of oil into high octane aviation fuel, toluene for explosives, butadiene for synthetic rubber, and into scores of other petroleum war products. Only about 25% of each 42 gallon. barrel of crude oil now goes into gasoline for civilian use, as opposed to 37% in 1940-1941. Need. for 80 octane all purpose gasoline is increasing rapidly, but tetraothyl or “lead for stepping up this fuel to its high level is not plentiful. Lead content of automobile gasoline has already been redacted. Government agencies predict further curtailment of this compoyent in civilian gasoline, with a consequent decline in motor and mileage performance. West Coast crude oil production has increased from 630,000 barrels daily in December 1941 to 770,000 barrels daily at present. Nevertheless military demands have caused total petroleum stocks to decline during that period by some million barrels. Pacific war demands are taxing the productive ability of the West Coast to the limit. (Many people have no conception of the need for gasoline and rubber conservation. They want to get just as much gasoline as they can get—— instead of leaving as much as they can in the national reservoir for use by the armed forces. The tremendously important role oil and gasoline play in the lifeblood of our war machine is illustrated by the following highlights: To train an American pilot for the front lines requires 12,500 gallons of gasoline. We are training 100,000 pilots. 12,500 x 100,000 equals 1,250,000,000 gallons of gasoline. In actual combat, one engine of an army or navy plane uses approximateely 100 gallons of gasoline an hour, or 1 1-2 gallons a minute, A destroyer at sea uses more than 5000 gallons of fuel oil an hour, or about 84 gallons a minute. An aircraft carrier gallons of fuel oil an hour, or 550 gallons a minute. ‘A Flying Fortressjuses 400 gallons per hour. One pies “lasts 9 seconds. In a recent bomber taid over Germany one million gallons of 100-octane gasoline wer® consumed. MUSICAL EVENT Sixty guests attended the musical program of Franc Luschen in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Radue Sr. on Empire Road on Sunday. Luschen is a musician of note and has played in the Hollywood Bowl during the winter programs for several years. There were several from Nevada City attending the affair and enjoying the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Radue in their home. . uses 33,000 : ROOSEVELT FACE TO FACE WITH — MAJOR DECISION By CLEM WHITAKER The smashing defeats which the Democratic Party machine. suffered in New York and New Jersey last” week, and in several other states where Republican candidates bowl-— ed over their New Deal rivals in the late fall elections, have served to revive reports that President Roosevelt may call it quits when his present term expires and not seek reelection. : It ,is doubtful, however, whether .even the president knows yet what his ultimate decision will be'in the matter, for it will be the most difficult decision of his whole politica career. : In view of the new surge of Republican power, Roosevelt faces the threat of losing even his home state of New York, if he seeks a fourth term—-and it is highly questionable whether he could win without it. @ After three, precedent-shattering terms in the White House — more than any other president has served in the entire history of the nation —-it would be a_ disastrous anticlimax to be defeated seeking a’ fourth term. And Roosevelt, great dramatist that he is, always has shied away from anti-climax. On the other hand, regardless of what his personal desires may be, oosevelt will be literally and actually ‘drafted by the Democratic National Convention to run again, unless he flatly says ‘‘No’’ to the demands of all the party leaders. Four year ago, the “draft Roosevelt’’: move was a pleasant political subterfuge; Roosevelt wanted to be nominated and would have been the most surprised man in America if he hadn't been. But in 44, it will be different; the party now needs him, for it faces almost certain defeat without him. There are. simply’ ao possible successors to the throne ‘worthy of mentioning—and with defeat. likely even with Roosevelt heading the-ticket, it would be virtually inevitable without him. The Republican party, despite its sweeping successes in recent elections—and its high hopes of victory next year—likewise is faced with a difficult decision. Wendell Willkie, the GOP standard-bearer in 1940, is actively campaigning to become the "44 nominee—and has made~ good headway in that direction. If the Republican convention were held today, Mr. Willkie, aceording to most astute observers, would probably win the nomination on the first ballot. ; On the other hand, there is a definite ‘Stop Willkie’? movement under way among GOP leaders who don’t like the blunt-spoken gentleman. But it’s a fundamental rule of politics that “You can’t beat somebody with noboby.”—and thus ‘far the anti-Willkie contingent hasn‘t been able to find-or agree on a candidate of sufficient stature to pit against him. Those who are spearheading the “Stop Willkie”’ drive would undoubtedly rally to Governor Dewey of New York, if Mr. Dewey would consent ta bé their candidate—but Dewey, having promised the people of New York that he would serve out. his four-— year term as governor, could only accept the presidential nominaffonif it were actually forced on him. He can’t openly campaign; for it—and lhe probably can’t beat Willkie unless he does campaign for it. That’s his dilemma. And it’s almost as tough as Roosevelt's. Small Boy Heart Broken One of the meanest persons is one who, will break a child’s heart. A little Nevada City boy, Roy Draper, mourns the loss of a small pet dog that disappeared from his home ‘three weeks ago and is still missing, The child and his dog were insepar— able companions over the past three years. When he started to school the dog went as far as he could and then when. school Was: out, ‘hurried out*to greet his” little: The little dog answers to_ of “Mister” and is a kindly tle dog and this little bo; deeply grateful to any seen his pet. It disa pea home on~-Grovestreet morning hours, Oct¢ ae