November 26, 1942 (4 pages)

The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”” — Daniel Webster ~~ } evada City Nugget This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read a. month The Nugget. COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA Vol. 16, No. 95. The County Seat Paper_ _ NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold C Center "THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1942 Phabing Out Loud By H. M. L. Little business men throughout the land, fathers and mothers with sons in the armed services, patriots fearful that if the war lasts a long time we may have a dic-tatorship saddled upon us in our own country—all can take heart. Our Uncle Sam is in there pitching. In Burma, in Indo-China, in New Guinea, in the Solomons, and in French Africa, good and mighty blows are being delivered to the Axis. / United Nations leadership in (London and Washington deals out the news with admonitory qualifications, which, recalling the disasters of Bataan, Corregidor, Singapore and other earlier defeats, is quite understandable. The cry for a united command continues but what the American people want is results and we have begun to get them. If the present system, and really there is convincing evidence of a united command, wins battles and enemy territory for us, we will not critical of how it was managed. The blow in North Africa is perhaps the heaviest the Huropean Axis partners has suffered. There “is. plenty of:evidence that it hurt Herr Hitler considerably. He hurtiedly withdrew troops and plane squardons from the Russian front. He reinforced his Italian bastion with regiments of Gestapo, fearful that Italy would seek peace. He rushed paratroops to Tunisia. The North African battle is still just Frits beginning but it promis‘es well. “Te is good news that Daka menace to Uniinar is no longer ted Nations shipping, and may, deed; become a considerable aid to the allied cause. Solomons the Jap navy has taken another trouncing even greater than those of the , Coral Sea and Midway. A generar eommentary on the Jap naval performances, would be that the little yellow chaps are too new to modern war machines to make the best use of them. They do not lack courage, fanatical and suicidal, they give all they have got in battle, in air, on land or sea, but they lack that understanding of, and: resourcefulness with machines, which is a common Anglo-Saxon heritage. For instance the Zero planes which the Japs have lost in a ratio of eight of theirs to one of ours, are so. simplified in mechanical construction that the pilot in battle has no protection whafever. He must win or die. Now, we know that pilots, well trained, are worth more than planes. But the Japs sacrifice their pilots with the same prodigality that they do their ground forces. This is poor war business. It takes a long time and plenty of money to train a proficjent pilot and when he is lost replacement is expensve. In The outcry against any kind of an alliance between U. S. leadership and Admiral Darlan, who, apparently has.turned his coat again, thas no place in this fight. Whatever the man may have been in the past in the way of aid to Hitler, if he can help us now in Afriea, that is just so much to the good. If French leaders are wrangling among ‘themselves now for post-war plums in the new set-up it should concern us only to the extent of forcing them io realize that the war is not won. When it is won, we believe ,the French people themselves should, and no doubt will, have the opportunity of choosing their own leaders. So far as the French are concerned with the various jealousies and feuds between Vichfrance and Free France leaders existing, with Hit“Yer pulling all the strings within his reach to enforce his will on Vichyfrance. leaders, it would seem the part of diplomacy ‘to unite all the Free French with the United Nations. And, the only free French are those outside of France. The North ‘African French troops, apparently are paying liti} tle attention to, dissension between Pecan lias me followers of DarMARVIN KITTS BLOOD DONOR IN ARMY HOSPITAL (Marvin Kiits, younger brother of (Carl Kitts, of the California highway patrol, writes from Fort Slocum ‘New York City, that he is now stationed in the laboratories of the army hospital there. Young Kitts volunteered for army service last March after undergoing surgery necessitated by injuries due to an automobile accident. Even after his arrival in New York, it was found that another operation was needed, and in this bit of surgery eight feet of his intestines were. removed. Since that time he has enjoyed such good health that twice he has ‘been called upon for blood transfusions for soldiers critically ill in the hospital. DRIVE TO SAVE TIN CANS OPENS At a special meeting of the Nevada County (Salvage (Committee held Monda evening two tin can repositories were designated. The session was in charge of Captain J. E. Blake of the California Highway Patrol, general chairman of the committee. Two central collection centers are in Grass Valley, the scrap pile opposite the California Highway. Patrol building at Hills Flat. In Nevada City—Nevada City Delivery at the Plaza. Ice . To inspire housewives, and every/one, for that matter, it waS announcled that a general. collection cans would made in Saturday, December trucks assigned to the varj ious residenitial districts to pick up ‘all boxes of cans placed on the curb‘ing in front of the homes of donors. jae is asked that cans be placed in a . vaged be . ; twin. cities on . 5, with cardboard or wooden box to facilij tate easier handling. On the second Saturday of each month cans will be collected for shipment to Marysyille where they will {be placed with the general accumui lation of conserved tin cans picked ‘from various cities and ° towns throughout the valley. When a sufficient quantity has been gathered they will be shipped by rail to San “Mrancisco for processing and redemp, tion of the pure tin. 3 . The government has stressed the ‘need of tin greatly and is very dependent upon the .thoughtfulness of housewife, restaurant and hotel jkeeper and anyone having tin cans that would ordinarily be discarded. \Captain Blake urges that every home adopt the ‘save-the-can; paign immediately. The process is simple—merely cut. the ends out of the cans and flatten them, allowing about a quarter inch clearance inside the can. Place them in a handy box to be képt expressly for the purpose and when full set to one side for collection or place the box in the family car and drop it off at the Plaza at Nevada City or salvage pile at Hills Flat. Toboggan Injury Suit Submitted to Court Trial of the damage suits brought by Roy C. Douglas and his daughter, Mrs. Doris Pfaff against Phillip Van ‘Lubken and the Southern Pacific company for damages totaling ap‘proximately $40,000 -was concluded Tuesday. Following testimony of wit. ) nesses and arguments by counsel the case was submitted to the court. A non-suit was granted the Southern Pacific company by Judge George L. Jones. Damages were asked by the plaintiffs for injuries resulting when a toboggan they were riding struck a depression in the ski course of the Ski Hut, allegedly belonging to Van Lubken. lan. They are in there fighting with American and British troops and giving 4 mighty good account of themselves, And this much can be said for Darlan, and has been said forcibly several times by British and: Americans leaders: he hav greatly reduced the. cost of the African campaign to us, in blood and materials, and has defly snuffed out the menace of Dakar, which was giving the New World governments a lot of jitters: of sal-. the . camthe governor, with bravery ; ; our “Our crops are bountiful, spared from natural calamity. Californians Have Cause To Be Thankful _ SACRAMENTO, Nov. 26.—(UP)—Governor Culbert L. Olson today issued a proclamation designating November 26 as Thanksgiving day in California and listing numerous reasons why citizens of the state should be thankful. “Even in the midst of a bloody world-wide war,’ “we have much for which to be thankful. Our nation is meeting the test of its ability to survive with courage; our people are unflinchingly making all sacrifices which are necessary; our armed forces are bearing the burden of battle workmen in the assembly lines and our farmers in the fields are faithfully dedicating their energies to. our all out effort; and all of the people of America are one in their determination to preserve liberty and democracy. " said our people healthy, out state “It'is fitting that one day of chanksohviric each year be ‘observed as a day for religious and patriotic consecration; a day of gratitude for the blessings of the past; the opportunities of the present and the hopes of the future; a day of rededication when we pledge to our country the best that is in’ us for the preservation of our democracy. FARMERS LEARN LESSON OF LAST WORLD WAR Western farmers learned their lesson from the ups and downs that came with the first World War. At the present time, with their incomes greatly augmented, there is ‘no wild splurging, and very few are buying more land. The present day farmer had ‘his:feet in the clay and is buying bonds with his surplus. This is shown in recent reports issued’ by the Federal Land Bank and the Production Credit Corporation of Berkeley, covering the states of California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. During the month of: October 467 land bank and Land Bank Commis; sioner borrowers paid off their mort~gages before maturity, ringing up the cash register with $914,680. During the same month repayments to thirty production credit associations in the same four states totaled $6,500,000. This was done in the face of an all time record for loans made for this month, totaling $5,400,000. Another interesting ‘phase is that there was. very little more money outstanding this October than for the same month last year. Other figures given out show that from January through October of this year 3,188 farmers paid off their loans to the land bank with’ $6,092,180 while for the entire -years of 1941, 2,383 liquidated their debts with $4,669,133. In other words, 5,571 farmers paid off their mortgages ahead of schedule in the past twenty two months. Lionel Davis Enlists ‘In U. S. Marines Lionell Davies, former Nevada ‘City police officer, arrived in Nevada (City to visit with ‘his father, Frank Davies and other relatives prior to reporting at Mare Island for duty next Monday. He enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps, His youngest brother, Craig Davies, reported. for duty last Heck and is in training at a “boot camp”’ of the Marines. : Lionell Davies, since leaving Nevada City has been doing police duty at McClellan Field near Sacramento. GAS SALES TAKE DROPFOR OCT. SACRAMENTO, Nov. —— Increasin'g lossés of income eae from the sale of gasoline in California were reported today by Richard E. Collins, chairman of the State 3o0ard of Equalization. On the basis of sales amounting to 155,348,954 gallons of gasoline during the month of October, the tax totaled $4,660,468,64 as compared with $5,527,752.88 for the. same month of the previous year. This represents a loss of 15.7 per cent, the ireatest decrease reported by the board since war time demands restricted the use of automotive equipment. Despite this substantial comparative loss, the October income was greater than the $4,529,015.85 reported from the month of September. The gasoline tax for the current calendar year totals $48,130,880.79 as compared with $52,938,232.87 for the first ten months of 1941, board records revealed. CHRISTMAS CLUB CHECKS TOTAL $10,000, NEV. CITY More than 278,000 checks, addressed to as many members. of Bank of America’s Christmas Club throughout California, are to be mailed this week end for delivery on or about. December 1. Total disbursement represented by these checks will exceed $19,000,000., In this community diane, approximately $10,000 will be paid out to 170 club members, according to figures just released by manager H. A. Curnow of Bank of America in Nevada City. (Mr. Curnow commented that this money, so conveniently accumulated during the past twelve months, should prove ‘very welcome to the club members, who will find themselves in a better position to meet tax bills, make additional war bond purchases and make essential Christmas season purchases. follows: (Signed) Donald Nelson Appeals to Farmers for Scrap The remaining weeks of*!942 are to be given over to the recovery of more scrap metal from the country’s farms. telegram received yesterday from Donald M. Nelson asks for aid in the. resumption of the scrap campaign. A The telegram Harley M. Leete, Nevada City Nugget, The government is asking the American farmer to dedicate the remaining weeks of 1942 to an_ intensified scrap hunt. Steel mills need more heavy scrap and the farms are one of the best sources of this type of metal. We need your further help in this farm drive. All salvage commitees are being instructed to continue to make available to the farmer all their transportation facilities and manpower, and ito cooperate with you in every possible way. The nation jis looking to the Am. erican farmers. I am sure with your help, he/will come through. DONALD M. NELSON, (Chairman. — FORECAST, 1943 LEGISLATURE By CLEM WHITAKER Veteran leaders in the state legis-. lature, looking forward to a period of close cooperation between the executive and legislative branches, of government during Governor-elect Warren ’s administration, are forecasting thiat the 1943 session, which convenes in January, will chalk up a new record for unity and brevity. Instead of a long drawn out session running into June or July, the legislative leaders believe it will be possible to whip through ‘necessary war time legislation in record time and reach an adjournment by the middle of April, or not later than the first of May. Both the Senate and Assembly, in all likelihood, will have unusually capable presiding officers, who will be able to step up legislative production and avert needless delay in acting on the biennial budget. and other major proposals. Lieutenant Governor elect Fred Houser, who proved himself an able, clear-thinking legislator during his years in the assembly, will wield the gavel in the senate and will undowbtedly have the whole-hearted cooperation of the members in gearing procedure to wartime needs. In past sessions, most of the legislative logjams have occurred in the lower house, but current indications point to the election of Assemblyman Charles W. Lyons of Los Angeles, perhaps the smartest tactician and parliamentarian in the legislature, as the speaker of the assembly. And’ Mr. Lyon can be depended upon to put punch into proceedings. He has already indicated that he plans to simplify the cumbersome committee structure in the house. The major objectives of the 1943 legislature, it is generally agreed, will be to aid Governor-elect Warren in putting the state on an allout war basis—and bills already are being drawn to achieve that purpose. Included in the. ‘‘war_ legislation”’ schedule are proposals to strengthten the state guard, to build 4 more adequate. Civilian Defense, to adopt a 35 mile speed limit in conformity with national policy, to provide for day time nurseries for the children of ‘women in war industries, to aid cities and counties in meeting war emergency problems, to eliminate nonessential, non-defense agencies. 4nd to reduce state taxes so that the tax‘payer will be better able to meet increased federal burdens. The incoming legislature will be confronted with more serious problems than any other in recent years, due to the dislocations and demands of the war period. But the members believe they will be able to handle a much greater volume of work in less time, asa result of the fact that the governor and the lawmakers, which marred the four years of Governor Olson’s administration, will be at an end. The keynote of the 1943 legislature, according to its members, will be unity. And unity, they believe, will beget brevity! Rural Teachers Club Visits Camp Beale The rural.teachers and guests, accompanied by Walter Carlson, county superintendent, and ‘Mrs. Sylvia Mosher, rural supervisor, made the scheduled visit to Camp Beale Saturday afternoon. According to. arrangements made with Colonel Cowley by Mr. Carlson, the group was met at the Hennessy School by Corporal Lierance and Private William Urbian, who were the genial escorts for the trip. Two hours were spent exploring the camp with very intertseing and enlightening results. Upon the return trip, a brief stop was made at the Indian Springs school for a. business meeting of the Rural Teachers’ Club. Necessary committées were appointed to care for the nomination of officers for the new year and to make plans for the December meeting. A preference was expressed for this to follow a social hour at luncheon or dinner similar to the October meeting, which was held at Truckee during institute. Mrs. Grace Carson, employed in war work in the bay area, spent a two day vacation in (Nevada City with Mrs. Minnie Young recently. Pa UNITY, BREVITY CAMP BEALE GETS READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY "Just in case Camp Beale should one day be bombed by the’ enemy, ‘Col. Harris, chief of 13th Armored Division’s Medical Corps and Hospitalization, has asked for a survey of housing space that could be used for cots for the injured in event of such a catastrophe. Attorney William Cassettari, chairman of the defense council of that city, found that by using the schools, the Memorial Hall, the hotels, the CCC camp buildings, and public halls, about 5,000 cots could be accommodated. ; ‘Mayor Ben Hall head of the local defense council, estimates that space in the hotels, and public buildings of Nevada City will give room for another thousand cots in case of necessity. Further. along the highway rorth of Truckee are the empty buildings of Hobart Mills where two or three hundred cots could be accommodated and at Calpine, near Floriston are the buildings of another sawmill propérty that have lately been ‘placéd in excellent condition preparatory to establishing a resort there. Here two to three hundred cots can be placed. ‘ (Col. Harris stated while here that he did not propose to wait until disaster visited Camp Beale, but intended to be well prepared for any emergency that might arise. All communiwithin a eomparatively short distance of the camp have been asked to supply data for hospitalization in case evacuation on a wholesale scale is, necessary. E. M. Stone of the Tahoe National Forest provided the figures of available cot space outside Nevada City, some of which is'in the U. S. Forest domain, and assisted with the survey of local accommodations which could be made available in case of need: CORNISH CAROL SINGERS ARE REHEARSING The Cornish Carol Singers, ander tthe leadership of Harold George, ‘theld the first full rehearsal meeting of the year Sunday in Wesley Hall of the Methodist Church of Grass Valley. Although the war has called many members of the choir to the armed forces or to war industries, George ‘believes he will have at least twenty five singers, veterans of past Christmas musical events, on which to build a new organization. Already he is in receipt of invitations asking the choir to sing the carols of Cornwall during the holidays in the larger cities, but owing ‘to gasoline rationing he is not certain whether such. appearances will be made. STATE BAR HAS PASSED 209 NEW ATTORNEYS The Committee of Bar Examiners of The State Bar of California today announced that 209 California men and women had passed this year’s examination. successfully and will be recommended to the Supreme Court for admission, Despite the disruption of war, more than 46 per cent of the applicants passed the examination as compared with 45 per cent last year. Ths year the Committee Bar BExaminers approved a plan for applic-ants in he armed forces. enabling them to take the September examination at stations wherever they were located around the globe. : The examinations came in from Dutch Harbor, Alaska; Canal Zone, Panama; an “unknown” Atlantic Island; Alabama, Colorado, Di!strict of Columbia, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, aoe Virginia and -Wyoming. : The Committee of Bar. ‘Examiners will move the admission of t cessful applicants at séssions Supreme Court held in San co on December 8, and in geles on January 4; ties

The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”” — Daniel Webster ~~ } evada City Nugget This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read a. month The Nugget. COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA Vol. 16, No. 95. The County Seat Paper_ _ NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold C Center "THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1942 Phabing Out Loud By H. M. L. Little business men throughout the land, fathers and mothers with sons in the armed services, patriots fearful that if the war lasts a long time we may have a dic-tatorship saddled upon us in our own country—all can take heart. Our Uncle Sam is in there pitching. In Burma, in Indo-China, in New Guinea, in the Solomons, and in French Africa, good and mighty blows are being delivered to the Axis. / United Nations leadership in (London and Washington deals out the news with admonitory qualifications, which, recalling the disasters of Bataan, Corregidor, Singapore and other earlier defeats, is quite understandable. The cry for a united command continues but what the American people want is results and we have begun to get them. If the present system, and really there is convincing evidence of a united command, wins battles and enemy territory for us, we will not critical of how it was managed. The blow in North Africa is perhaps the heaviest the Huropean Axis partners has suffered. There “is. plenty of:evidence that it hurt Herr Hitler considerably. He hurtiedly withdrew troops and plane squardons from the Russian front. He reinforced his Italian bastion with regiments of Gestapo, fearful that Italy would seek peace. He rushed paratroops to Tunisia. The North African battle is still just Frits beginning but it promis‘es well. “Te is good news that Daka menace to Uniinar is no longer ted Nations shipping, and may, deed; become a considerable aid to the allied cause. Solomons the Jap navy has taken another trouncing even greater than those of the , Coral Sea and Midway. A generar eommentary on the Jap naval performances, would be that the little yellow chaps are too new to modern war machines to make the best use of them. They do not lack courage, fanatical and suicidal, they give all they have got in battle, in air, on land or sea, but they lack that understanding of, and: resourcefulness with machines, which is a common Anglo-Saxon heritage. For instance the Zero planes which the Japs have lost in a ratio of eight of theirs to one of ours, are so. simplified in mechanical construction that the pilot in battle has no protection whafever. He must win or die. Now, we know that pilots, well trained, are worth more than planes. But the Japs sacrifice their pilots with the same prodigality that they do their ground forces. This is poor war business. It takes a long time and plenty of money to train a proficjent pilot and when he is lost replacement is expensve. In The outcry against any kind of an alliance between U. S. leadership and Admiral Darlan, who, apparently has.turned his coat again, thas no place in this fight. Whatever the man may have been in the past in the way of aid to Hitler, if he can help us now in Afriea, that is just so much to the good. If French leaders are wrangling among ‘themselves now for post-war plums in the new set-up it should concern us only to the extent of forcing them io realize that the war is not won. When it is won, we believe ,the French people themselves should, and no doubt will, have the opportunity of choosing their own leaders. So far as the French are concerned with the various jealousies and feuds between Vichfrance and Free France leaders existing, with Hit“Yer pulling all the strings within his reach to enforce his will on Vichyfrance. leaders, it would seem the part of diplomacy ‘to unite all the Free French with the United Nations. And, the only free French are those outside of France. The North ‘African French troops, apparently are paying liti} tle attention to, dissension between Pecan lias me followers of DarMARVIN KITTS BLOOD DONOR IN ARMY HOSPITAL (Marvin Kiits, younger brother of (Carl Kitts, of the California highway patrol, writes from Fort Slocum ‘New York City, that he is now stationed in the laboratories of the army hospital there. Young Kitts volunteered for army service last March after undergoing surgery necessitated by injuries due to an automobile accident. Even after his arrival in New York, it was found that another operation was needed, and in this bit of surgery eight feet of his intestines were. removed. Since that time he has enjoyed such good health that twice he has ‘been called upon for blood transfusions for soldiers critically ill in the hospital. DRIVE TO SAVE TIN CANS OPENS At a special meeting of the Nevada County (Salvage (Committee held Monda evening two tin can repositories were designated. The session was in charge of Captain J. E. Blake of the California Highway Patrol, general chairman of the committee. Two central collection centers are in Grass Valley, the scrap pile opposite the California Highway. Patrol building at Hills Flat. In Nevada City—Nevada City Delivery at the Plaza. Ice . To inspire housewives, and every/one, for that matter, it waS announcled that a general. collection cans would made in Saturday, December trucks assigned to the varj ious residenitial districts to pick up ‘all boxes of cans placed on the curb‘ing in front of the homes of donors. jae is asked that cans be placed in a . vaged be . ; twin. cities on . 5, with cardboard or wooden box to facilij tate easier handling. On the second Saturday of each month cans will be collected for shipment to Marysyille where they will {be placed with the general accumui lation of conserved tin cans picked ‘from various cities and ° towns throughout the valley. When a sufficient quantity has been gathered they will be shipped by rail to San “Mrancisco for processing and redemp, tion of the pure tin. 3 . The government has stressed the ‘need of tin greatly and is very dependent upon the .thoughtfulness of housewife, restaurant and hotel jkeeper and anyone having tin cans that would ordinarily be discarded. \Captain Blake urges that every home adopt the ‘save-the-can; paign immediately. The process is simple—merely cut. the ends out of the cans and flatten them, allowing about a quarter inch clearance inside the can. Place them in a handy box to be képt expressly for the purpose and when full set to one side for collection or place the box in the family car and drop it off at the Plaza at Nevada City or salvage pile at Hills Flat. Toboggan Injury Suit Submitted to Court Trial of the damage suits brought by Roy C. Douglas and his daughter, Mrs. Doris Pfaff against Phillip Van ‘Lubken and the Southern Pacific company for damages totaling ap‘proximately $40,000 -was concluded Tuesday. Following testimony of wit. ) nesses and arguments by counsel the case was submitted to the court. A non-suit was granted the Southern Pacific company by Judge George L. Jones. Damages were asked by the plaintiffs for injuries resulting when a toboggan they were riding struck a depression in the ski course of the Ski Hut, allegedly belonging to Van Lubken. lan. They are in there fighting with American and British troops and giving 4 mighty good account of themselves, And this much can be said for Darlan, and has been said forcibly several times by British and: Americans leaders: he hav greatly reduced the. cost of the African campaign to us, in blood and materials, and has defly snuffed out the menace of Dakar, which was giving the New World governments a lot of jitters: of sal-. the . camthe governor, with bravery ; ; our “Our crops are bountiful, spared from natural calamity. Californians Have Cause To Be Thankful _ SACRAMENTO, Nov. 26.—(UP)—Governor Culbert L. Olson today issued a proclamation designating November 26 as Thanksgiving day in California and listing numerous reasons why citizens of the state should be thankful. “Even in the midst of a bloody world-wide war,’ “we have much for which to be thankful. Our nation is meeting the test of its ability to survive with courage; our people are unflinchingly making all sacrifices which are necessary; our armed forces are bearing the burden of battle workmen in the assembly lines and our farmers in the fields are faithfully dedicating their energies to. our all out effort; and all of the people of America are one in their determination to preserve liberty and democracy. " said our people healthy, out state “It'is fitting that one day of chanksohviric each year be ‘observed as a day for religious and patriotic consecration; a day of gratitude for the blessings of the past; the opportunities of the present and the hopes of the future; a day of rededication when we pledge to our country the best that is in’ us for the preservation of our democracy. FARMERS LEARN LESSON OF LAST WORLD WAR Western farmers learned their lesson from the ups and downs that came with the first World War. At the present time, with their incomes greatly augmented, there is ‘no wild splurging, and very few are buying more land. The present day farmer had ‘his:feet in the clay and is buying bonds with his surplus. This is shown in recent reports issued’ by the Federal Land Bank and the Production Credit Corporation of Berkeley, covering the states of California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. During the month of: October 467 land bank and Land Bank Commis; sioner borrowers paid off their mort~gages before maturity, ringing up the cash register with $914,680. During the same month repayments to thirty production credit associations in the same four states totaled $6,500,000. This was done in the face of an all time record for loans made for this month, totaling $5,400,000. Another interesting ‘phase is that there was. very little more money outstanding this October than for the same month last year. Other figures given out show that

from January through October of this year 3,188 farmers paid off their loans to the land bank with’ $6,092,180 while for the entire -years of 1941, 2,383 liquidated their debts with $4,669,133. In other words, 5,571 farmers paid off their mortgages ahead of schedule in the past twenty two months. Lionel Davis Enlists ‘In U. S. Marines Lionell Davies, former Nevada ‘City police officer, arrived in Nevada (City to visit with ‘his father, Frank Davies and other relatives prior to reporting at Mare Island for duty next Monday. He enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps, His youngest brother, Craig Davies, reported. for duty last Heck and is in training at a “boot camp”’ of the Marines. : Lionell Davies, since leaving Nevada City has been doing police duty at McClellan Field near Sacramento. GAS SALES TAKE DROPFOR OCT. SACRAMENTO, Nov. —— Increasin'g lossés of income eae from the sale of gasoline in California were reported today by Richard E. Collins, chairman of the State 3o0ard of Equalization. On the basis of sales amounting to 155,348,954 gallons of gasoline during the month of October, the tax totaled $4,660,468,64 as compared with $5,527,752.88 for the. same month of the previous year. This represents a loss of 15.7 per cent, the ireatest decrease reported by the board since war time demands restricted the use of automotive equipment. Despite this substantial comparative loss, the October income was greater than the $4,529,015.85 reported from the month of September. The gasoline tax for the current calendar year totals $48,130,880.79 as compared with $52,938,232.87 for the first ten months of 1941, board records revealed. CHRISTMAS CLUB CHECKS TOTAL $10,000, NEV. CITY More than 278,000 checks, addressed to as many members. of Bank of America’s Christmas Club throughout California, are to be mailed this week end for delivery on or about. December 1. Total disbursement represented by these checks will exceed $19,000,000., In this community diane, approximately $10,000 will be paid out to 170 club members, according to figures just released by manager H. A. Curnow of Bank of America in Nevada City. (Mr. Curnow commented that this money, so conveniently accumulated during the past twelve months, should prove ‘very welcome to the club members, who will find themselves in a better position to meet tax bills, make additional war bond purchases and make essential Christmas season purchases. follows: (Signed) Donald Nelson Appeals to Farmers for Scrap The remaining weeks of*!942 are to be given over to the recovery of more scrap metal from the country’s farms. telegram received yesterday from Donald M. Nelson asks for aid in the. resumption of the scrap campaign. A The telegram Harley M. Leete, Nevada City Nugget, The government is asking the American farmer to dedicate the remaining weeks of 1942 to an_ intensified scrap hunt. Steel mills need more heavy scrap and the farms are one of the best sources of this type of metal. We need your further help in this farm drive. All salvage commitees are being instructed to continue to make available to the farmer all their transportation facilities and manpower, and ito cooperate with you in every possible way. The nation jis looking to the Am. erican farmers. I am sure with your help, he/will come through. DONALD M. NELSON, (Chairman. — FORECAST, 1943 LEGISLATURE By CLEM WHITAKER Veteran leaders in the state legis-. lature, looking forward to a period of close cooperation between the executive and legislative branches, of government during Governor-elect Warren ’s administration, are forecasting thiat the 1943 session, which convenes in January, will chalk up a new record for unity and brevity. Instead of a long drawn out session running into June or July, the legislative leaders believe it will be possible to whip through ‘necessary war time legislation in record time and reach an adjournment by the middle of April, or not later than the first of May. Both the Senate and Assembly, in all likelihood, will have unusually capable presiding officers, who will be able to step up legislative production and avert needless delay in acting on the biennial budget. and other major proposals. Lieutenant Governor elect Fred Houser, who proved himself an able, clear-thinking legislator during his years in the assembly, will wield the gavel in the senate and will undowbtedly have the whole-hearted cooperation of the members in gearing procedure to wartime needs. In past sessions, most of the legislative logjams have occurred in the lower house, but current indications point to the election of Assemblyman Charles W. Lyons of Los Angeles, perhaps the smartest tactician and parliamentarian in the legislature, as the speaker of the assembly. And’ Mr. Lyon can be depended upon to put punch into proceedings. He has already indicated that he plans to simplify the cumbersome committee structure in the house. The major objectives of the 1943 legislature, it is generally agreed, will be to aid Governor-elect Warren in putting the state on an allout war basis—and bills already are being drawn to achieve that purpose. Included in the. ‘‘war_ legislation”’ schedule are proposals to strengthten the state guard, to build 4 more adequate. Civilian Defense, to adopt a 35 mile speed limit in conformity with national policy, to provide for day time nurseries for the children of ‘women in war industries, to aid cities and counties in meeting war emergency problems, to eliminate nonessential, non-defense agencies. 4nd to reduce state taxes so that the tax‘payer will be better able to meet increased federal burdens. The incoming legislature will be confronted with more serious problems than any other in recent years, due to the dislocations and demands of the war period. But the members believe they will be able to handle a much greater volume of work in less time, asa result of the fact that the governor and the lawmakers, which marred the four years of Governor Olson’s administration, will be at an end. The keynote of the 1943 legislature, according to its members, will be unity. And unity, they believe, will beget brevity! Rural Teachers Club Visits Camp Beale The rural.teachers and guests, accompanied by Walter Carlson, county superintendent, and ‘Mrs. Sylvia Mosher, rural supervisor, made the scheduled visit to Camp Beale Saturday afternoon. According to. arrangements made with Colonel Cowley by Mr. Carlson, the group was met at the Hennessy School by Corporal Lierance and Private William Urbian, who were the genial escorts for the trip. Two hours were spent exploring the camp with very intertseing and enlightening results. Upon the return trip, a brief stop was made at the Indian Springs school for a. business meeting of the Rural Teachers’ Club. Necessary committées were appointed to care for the nomination of officers for the new year and to make plans for the December meeting. A preference was expressed for this to follow a social hour at luncheon or dinner similar to the October meeting, which was held at Truckee during institute. Mrs. Grace Carson, employed in war work in the bay area, spent a two day vacation in (Nevada City with Mrs. Minnie Young recently. Pa UNITY, BREVITY CAMP BEALE GETS READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY "Just in case Camp Beale should one day be bombed by the’ enemy, ‘Col. Harris, chief of 13th Armored Division’s Medical Corps and Hospitalization, has asked for a survey of housing space that could be used for cots for the injured in event of such a catastrophe. Attorney William Cassettari, chairman of the defense council of that city, found that by using the schools, the Memorial Hall, the hotels, the CCC camp buildings, and public halls, about 5,000 cots could be accommodated. ; ‘Mayor Ben Hall head of the local defense council, estimates that space in the hotels, and public buildings of Nevada City will give room for another thousand cots in case of necessity. Further. along the highway rorth of Truckee are the empty buildings of Hobart Mills where two or three hundred cots could be accommodated and at Calpine, near Floriston are the buildings of another sawmill propérty that have lately been ‘placéd in excellent condition preparatory to establishing a resort there. Here two to three hundred cots can be placed. ‘ (Col. Harris stated while here that he did not propose to wait until disaster visited Camp Beale, but intended to be well prepared for any emergency that might arise. All communiwithin a eomparatively short distance of the camp have been asked to supply data for hospitalization in case evacuation on a wholesale scale is, necessary. E. M. Stone of the Tahoe National Forest provided the figures of available cot space outside Nevada City, some of which is'in the U. S. Forest domain, and assisted with the survey of local accommodations which could be made available in case of need: CORNISH CAROL SINGERS ARE REHEARSING The Cornish Carol Singers, ander tthe leadership of Harold George, ‘theld the first full rehearsal meeting of the year Sunday in Wesley Hall of the Methodist Church of Grass Valley. Although the war has called many members of the choir to the armed forces or to war industries, George ‘believes he will have at least twenty five singers, veterans of past Christmas musical events, on which to build a new organization. Already he is in receipt of invitations asking the choir to sing the carols of Cornwall during the holidays in the larger cities, but owing ‘to gasoline rationing he is not certain whether such. appearances will be made. STATE BAR HAS PASSED 209 NEW ATTORNEYS The Committee of Bar Examiners of The State Bar of California today announced that 209 California men and women had passed this year’s examination. successfully and will be recommended to the Supreme Court for admission, Despite the disruption of war, more than 46 per cent of the applicants passed the examination as compared with 45 per cent last year. Ths year the Committee Bar BExaminers approved a plan for applic-ants in he armed forces. enabling them to take the September examination at stations wherever they were located around the globe. : The examinations came in from Dutch Harbor, Alaska; Canal Zone, Panama; an “unknown” Atlantic Island; Alabama, Colorado, Di!strict of Columbia, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, aoe Virginia and -Wyoming. : The Committee of Bar. ‘Examiners will move the admission of t cessful applicants at séssions Supreme Court held in San co on December 8, and in geles on January 4; ties