October 13, 1945 (4 pages)

: . The Nugget is-delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to quate and defend it.””—Daniel Webster . Nevada City Nu COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ pe. amie > oget —-J This papergives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your town, read The Nusa Vol. 19, No. SI The County Seat Paper NEVADA. CITY, CALIFORNIA _ The Gold Contes THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L — We recently heard a radio ‘commentator speak with admiration of Russians in judging and condemning German war criminals. Under their system d® accused German is very soon a dead German. Occasionally a prison sentence is imposed, ut that means maintaining life; the Russians prefer the death penalty. The commentator did not say how the Russians conducted their trials, or if there were trials in any senge ithat Americans~ would understand. The Russian method was compared with the Anglo-Saxon methods of judging the German guilty. With us no matter how red with blood are the hands of the accused, counsel is appointed to defend him, and he is expected to put up a bang-up defense, just as are the attorneys in this country who are appointed by the court to defend those charged with crime and without means to hire an attorney. This method consumes a dot of time to be sure and in the end the sentence is usually the same as meted out by the Russians. But the criminal has been granted a chance to defend himself, his witnesses have been heard, a jury of some sort has ‘brought in a collective verdict. We surmise that most, indeed all hut a small percentage of those convieted ‘by the. Russian system are guilty. But -we suspect that the Russians are not much disturbed when 4 mistake is made and an innocent man is executed. There is an Oriental suddennesg about Russian justice and death sentences that disturbs our Occidental. conscience. Dealing out mass justice is bound to result in individual injustices, from our point of view. In war time, of course, the innocent; perish along with the soldiery, never ‘more so than in the war just ended. But in peace time we strive to restore the orderly processes of justice, the kind of justice which our ‘bill of rights guarantees us. Instinctively we give the Germans, our recent eneniies, the benefit of our system. : In the long run we believe that our system will prevail to the ends of the earth. Even the Russians, at jong last, will find it better. They are too recently risen from barbarism to understand it now. They are now fond of the word ‘‘realistc.’’ We are -supicious of realism that denies justice to any one of our recent enemies. We have wished often that our justice were speedier. It is frequently complained that our justice moves too slowly. It is a fault, to be sure, but is it the alternative to faults much worse. In due time the German criminals in our hands will pay the penalty of their crimes. But they and we will be certain that the punishment is just. We note that our jurists in charge of the trials on the German criminals, are to establish_a new crime. It is proposed to make aggressive war a crime. Some of the Germans are to be tried on this charge. The statute was enacted, so ta speak, after the crime had ‘been commtted. We confess to a doubt here. Probalbly the man who stole the first horse hanged and law against horse stealing enacted later. But we wonder a little whether the English jurists who participate with us in the trials of. German criminals, will not remember uneasily their own history in India, and the more recent Boer war. We'do not remember that we# have ever waged an aggressive war, a war merely for expanding boundaries, for loot and pelf, but still we do have a queasy doubt about the Mexican Waar. was It would seem to us, offhand, as though when we declared war on Germany and Japan; we should then have set up the new standard, and promised then and there that if we ‘won, we put the leaders ‘of our enemies to death for the ‘‘crime’”’ of aggressive war, The Russians we can be sure, will not give this matter much thought, but it does seem to ms something-to think about. We think there is plenty of law to hang every guilty German or Jap without vesorting to an ex post facto law, MISS CORR TO ACT ASHIGH SCHOOL HEAD The Nevada City Board of Education has designated Miss Evelyn Corr to act as yice principal of the high school until the return of Ed Frantz, naval officer and former instructor in the high school, who has ‘been chosen to fill the post as soon as-he is discharged from the service. William L. Tamblyn who has been acting as ‘principal and as phySical education instructor, and has asked to ‘be released, ‘will be replaced in that department by William Joyal former student in the high school who has been. honorably discharged as an officer in the U. S. Forces. : Extending the bus service for the school children was debate® and the board agreed that a change is necessary to bring children home earlier than is now possible for them. GOVERNOR ASKS FOR BEST SCHOOL SYSTEM INU.S. SARAMEINTO, Oct. 15—California should never be_ satisfied until it has the best school system in the U nited States, Governor Warren told a convention of 500 educators here last week. : Addressing a point meeting of the California school trustees tion and the association of California public school superintendents, the governor said they were the people who have successfully carried on the work of education through difficult war period. Warren announced he hag selected most of the personnel of an eight member commission which the 1945 legislature authorized to survey the schools of the state and recommended possible consoldation of districts. Such consolidation he pointed out is sulbject to a vote of the people in the districts and the commission’s work will be advisory only. We should ask ourselves whether the one room school is not a thing of the past except in the case of isolated areas, Warren said. Every child in California is entitled to the best educational facilities and techniques. ARMY ASKS CITY TOSHAREIN some: of associathe ‘HOSPITAL XMAS The Army through ‘Camp = and Hospital Services of the American Red Cross is asking this community to help make Christmas a pleasant one for the wounded men and women in—our-hospitals, For them the war is far from over. The communities share this year will be 300 Christmas boxes. 30 filled with gifts suitable for WACS, 270 with gifts for disabled soldiers and medical carpsmen. Boxes not to exceed $1.50. The WAC ‘boxes will contain such items as ‘bath’ mitts, toilet water, soap, hand lotion. Soldier boxes, soap,. shaving lotion, writing folders, address books, cigaret cases, hair oil, lets. Vveryone in talcum, picture frames, walbeen year the past has more than generous and this the need is even greater. Everyone wishing to help may contribute money in whatever amount they are able of may purchase one article or several to go in the boxes, Wm. Home of the Home Men Furnishing Store has kindly consented to be headquarters. You may leave your contributions with him where each person will be given credit. Nevada City through its Gray Ladies is serving DeWitt General Hospital and Camp and Hospital Service, serves the hospital at Camp Beale to which hospital these Christmas box@s will go as soon as they can be assembiled. ALL OFFICERS NIGHT Several memlbers of [Evangeline Chapter attended ‘‘all officers night”’ of Crystal Chapter, Auburn, Thursday night,. October 11. ithe abundance of dogs FIVE TONS OF CHOICE APPLES ON DISPLAY Approximately five tons of Nevada ‘County’s choice apples, in colors ranging from -the deep red of Arkansas Blacks to the lovely Golden’ Delicious, are on display in the show windows of Nevada City and Grass Valley to celebrate the: Apple Week. This is the estimate of the display weight of apples, made yesterday by L. G. Lageson, county agricultural commissioner, when the Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers of ‘(Commerce delegated to put on the biggest Apple Week in the county’s annals. Lageson for many years lias urged farmers to take care of their orchards, both pears.and apples, a to plant more trees of both fruits, when conditions of soil and drainage warrant. 3 All service clubs in both cities dre serving apples at their weekly luneheons, Apple trees were planted in Nevada County \by first settlers, Lageson points out, Nevada County began to plant orchards some of which are still yielding choice apples when properly sprayed and cultivated. Nevada County’s apples, according to Lageson’s records, for many years have won top prizes in the California State Fait; and he is already making plans for a big display of this fruit when the big, fair opens next year. Apples are on sale at the Farmers Market in Glenbrook ag well as in all grocery stores of the Twin Cities. : RENT CONTROLS UNCHANGED Because of recent publicity. giten the ‘lifting of rent controls in nine areas in southern’and southwestern United States, Henry A. Cross, San Francisco Distriet OPA Rent Executive today made it clear that there ‘was no relaxation in this area of the rigid OPA rent control program. As further proof that the need for rent control is a ‘‘strictly local problem ‘based on supply and demand’”’ Cross cited the new Placer-Nevada defense rental area in northern California’ which on October 1 was brought under OPA rent regulations for the first time. “Halting of war activities in the nine southern state areas permitted speedy removal of rent control there, in line with OPA policy’’ Cross pointed out. ‘On the same btsis, rent control was established in the new Placer Nevada area due to serious housing shortages resulting from increased activity at five nearby military installations and on the railroads.” “So long as there are more prospective tenants in the San Francisco district than there are adequate housing facilities,’ he continued, “rent controls must be applied to protect everyone, landlord and tenant alike, from the danger of a disastrous step toward the inflationary living costs of the post world war I years and the resulting depression.”’ SOME DOGS HAVE MEAT, SOME MEN HAVE NONE Some days ago there appeared in “Thinking Out Loud’’ an essay on and what should be done about them. A few days later there came a letter from Astoria, Oregon, commending the sentiments expressed and offering the following poem on the topic: HUMANITY TO ANIMALS The huge Great Dane is fate and sleek, It dines on chopped steak fine; While stale French roast at hamburg John’s Is still the fate that’s ‘eiad., The cat on top the penthouse _roof ‘Kats liver every day. But IT have none, nor hope to have; My butcher’s gone away. He’s working for another man Because of lack of meat That went to feed my neighbor’s pup So it could have a treat. and fifty years ago; Student Pilots Pass U. S. Tests EK. J. Lemantine, Civil Aeronautics inspector, gave tests to three student pilots at the Nevada City Airport and issued them permits last week. The three are Carl Powers, Charles Pease and Lieut. Walter Edwards. Students passing their tests for solo flights, but not to take up passengers were Darwin Conover, Major Archie ‘Littlejohn, ‘Carl Ackerman, Henry Murphy and John Noyes. Thomas Bowles airport ‘mtnager and instructor, was appointed Civil Aeronautics flight examiner. Bowles reported that ships.,carrying six or seven passengtrs had. been -able to land on the Nevada City airport with ease. David Lamson to Address Grass Valley BPWE David Lamson, short story writer, will 'be guest speaker at the meeting of the Grass Valley Business and Professional Women’s Club Wednesday night at dinner in Bret Harte Inn. Mrs. Eileen (Mitchell, program chairman ‘will present the speaker. Mrs. Veda Meeker, club president, will preside. Jean Grant Dotson Weds Naval ‘Commander Friends in this city have received announcements from Mr, and Mrs. Robert F. Grant, ‘former residents here, of the marriage of their daughter Lieut (jg) Jean Grant Dotson. . USNR, and ‘Commander Jack Arthur Obermeyer, USN, on Septembber 15 in Christ Church, Cambridge, Mass. The ‘bride is a graduate of the Nevada City High School and of a nursing school in New York City. Franz Luschen Plays Cello for Rotarians himself a statistic the other day and Franz Luschen, music director the Nevada City High School, this noon entertained the Grass Valley Rotary Club with selections wpon the cello, Luschen formerly was a member of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and was widely known as a cello soloist, Mrs. Thomas White today played his accompaniments: He was introduced by George Raddue, Sr., program chairman. of . Ruth Bennett Cane Weds Capt. Stanley Halls Mrs, Ruth Bennett of Nevada City, became the bride of Captain Stan-. ley H. Halls Sunday afternoon at a! 4 o'clock ceremony at the Cathedral of the Hills in Grass Valley. Asa préade to the wedding Mrs. Carl. Libbey of Nevada City sang two beautiful selections, and ‘‘At Dawning.”’ The bride was lovely in a pearl} grey Charmaine gabardine suit and wore brown accessories. Her corsage ‘was of brown orchids, She was given away in marriage by her father. Mrs. Willard Winder of Riverside was her sister’s attendant and wore a brown galbardine suit. Her corsage was of golden begonias. The groom’s brother in law Lieut. John A. Boyd, Jr., USNR, who is stationed in San Francisco acted as best man, Elton Bennett of Grass Valley and “Because”’ Lieut. Robert Nickerson of San Francisco were ushers. Rev. David Ralston, a life long friend of the bride’s family performed the ceremony. eo» Fhe church was artistically decorated by Lloyd Penrose of Nevada ‘City. Ivory candles and large bouquets of golden chrysanthemums, carrying out an autumn theme, made a lovely setting for the wedding. After a reception at the home of the bride’s parents, Captain and Mrs. Halls. left for Southern California where they will spend their honeymoon. Mrs. Halls-is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Curnow of Nevada City, She attended local schools and completed her education at San Jose State College. For the past few years she has been teaching at the Hennessey School in Grass Valley. Captain Halls is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Halls of Ellsworth, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and hag for the past 4 years been serving with the United States Anmy. He is now stationed at Camp Beale.:: The young couple plan to make their home in Nevada City until Capt. Halls receives his diecharge from the army. BUYINGPOWER DEPENDS ON PRODUCTION By Ralph H. Taylor A most. confusing flow of .uninformed thinking and unsound planning is loading the press wires out of Washington these days: on the subject of jobs. One of the “‘experts’’ described as an “important government official’’ and “spokesman for the Securities and Exchange Commission” grabbed: leaped to an amazing conclusion. This man announceé that U.S. corporations have piled up a working capital of nearly 47 billion dollars— and then concluded that the corpora-. tions are so rich they can ‘‘keep this country prosperous for a long time, if they have the courage to invest their capital.’’ It seems difficult to imagine even a bureaucrat making such a ridiculous statement with a straight face. There need be no unemployment problem, ficial’’ because the corporations can hire anybody who is out of a job. All. they need is enough courage—and. the problem of jobs is solved. It should be plain to anyone above . the mental age of 12 that job creat-. ing power of the corporations repres. ents only a fraction of the job creat. ing power of the nation — all of . which must be used intelligently and. soundly to provide the only means of . reasonably full employment which is . simply general prosperity. The corporations’ 47 billion dol-. lars (if that is the correct figure) can be seen in true perspective when compared with the Federal Reserve Bank’s figure on the savings of the American’ ‘people. The liquid assets held by businesses and individuals— securities, time deposits, demand deposits, currency in. circulation and war bonds—had risen to a total of 194 billion dollars many months ago. The corporations Hold less than a fourth of the nation’s liquid assets. : And the corporations have power to employ but a fraction of the nation’s workers, even if all the enterprises and plants they control were humming at top speed. Nothing is more misleading than to say the corporations have the power.to vote yes or no on the question of. providing full employment for the nation’s bread winners. Am-. erican industry is operated by nearly 10 million employers and self em(ployed persons. More than half of these employers and self emiployed Americans who make up ‘the nation’s industry are farmers—5,1158,000 of them. ‘Engaged in'all other industries are 4,600,000 in the employer and self emiployed classifications. INo one economic group in America can guarantee the nation’s future. That is a job for all Americans to tackle, and it will take all of the intelligen¢e foresight and hard work the entire people can muster to gain the objectives of a higher standard of living and opportunities for full; employment and fair profits in in-. dustry. All groups must .prosper alike if the general objective is to be achieved in:full, Buying power, which creates production and jobs, must be evenly distributed, if the “courage”’ our theorizing bureaucrat speaks of is to be stimulated and not destroyed. , Men invest money in production— whether in building automobiles or in planting an orchard—-when they have reasonable assurance of selling what they produce for a profit. Farm prosperity can assure the city. manufacturer. of buying power to absorb the farm machinery he produces. Urban prosperity and nothing else, can assure the farmer that he can plan on consumption of what. he grows because ‘city populations will be able to‘pay for it. No “industrialist” big or small, will undertake to make goods or provide services just to keep people ‘busy if he has no reliable market for his products or services. If he did, he would go broke. If he did, he would not be lacking in “courage” but lacking in common sense, The best way for government to stimulate industrial courage would be speedy withdrawal of the antificial controls still hampering all inreasons this ‘‘important of-* ‘able are . We dislike doing this, isire to talk matters over _MONDAY, “OCTOBER 15. 1945 a j MANY SAILORS TAKE ANOTHER HITCH IN NAVY TREASURE ISLAND, San~ Francisco—Although most. Naval Reserve bluejackets are at present more interested in ‘getting back into civvies’? than continuing their navy careers, a substantial percentage— particularly among men holding first class or chief petty officer ratings and young men who went directly from high school into the navy—are finding it to their advantage to reenlist for four more years in the service, according to Commander F. N. Maas, USNR, executive ‘officer, U. S. Naval Receiving Ship Treasure Ig; land. Tiwo classes of men are showing the most desire to reenlist, according to officers in the Naval Receiv— ing Ship who meet thousands of men returning to the United States after extensive sea duty on battle fronts of the. Atlantic and Pacific. Many young men of pre ‘business age. who consider naval service to be valuable education in trades they desire te follow in the future and older men in top petty officer ratings to. whom navy income and security are valninquiring about the possibility or remaining in the service. Commander Maas asserts the volume of men in the latter category is exceptionally high. , ‘Nearly 50 per cent of the USNR men to whom I have talked who hold . chief petty officer or first class petty . officer ratings, sie like to reenlist . in the reqular:navy”’ he said. “(Many of them cannot be accommodated because of certain limitations in the billets available in our peace time force, a situation which leaves. us no alternative but to turn them down. for in most cases they are men of valuable training-and personality.” an “When such men are not able to “ship over’’ they still have the right ; to request extension of active duty through their commanding officers, for action by the Bureau of Naval Personnel,’’. Commander Maas said. Men discharged from the naval reserve on the point system may reenlist within ninety days of their return to civilian status, oif they: meet requirements. It is expected that a comparatively large numiber’ will wish to do so, after resting at home, as many individuals have expressed . an interest in reenlistment but dewith their families before doing go. FARL COSPER BORNE TO REST Funeral serevices took place yesterday for Earl Cosper who died in the Hooper and Weaver Mortuary at 2 p. m, for Earl Cosper who died Wednesday following surgery for an acute abdominal condition. Rev. Jesse Judkins conducted the services. Interment was in the Elm Ridge Cemetery. Cosper had resided of Grass Valley for 13 years. He was born in South Dakota 63 years ago. He was a member of the Mine Workers Protective League, Surviving the deceased is his wife, Mrs. Luella Cosper, two step sons, Edward and Clifford Hamilton, and six grandchildren. PRISCILLA CIRCLE The Priscilla Circle held their monthly luncheon on Wednesday in the Social Hall of the Methodist Church, Venison stew was the/ main dish and a large crowd was present to enjoy it. Following the luncheon Rev. Moore gave an interesting talk on The War Gardens in the Philippines. . Washington to restore governmental economy and lessen the tax drain on the nation’s financial lifeblood. It ‘would also be helpful if someone in authority in Washington put an end to loose statements by public officials which indicate unsound thinking, for such / /statements only add to public confusion and certainly do not make for confidence. If we are to build an abundant — economy, it will require teamwork _ and the best-efforts of all the Ameri— can people—ta m people, city peop employers and employees, as well their government representatives, dustry—and a house pay. in And no group can glibly pass the Durden to some other group.

: . The Nugget is-delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to quate and defend it.””—Daniel Webster . Nevada City Nu COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ pe. amie > oget —-J This papergives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your town, read The Nusa Vol. 19, No. SI The County Seat Paper NEVADA. CITY, CALIFORNIA _ The Gold Contes THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L — We recently heard a radio ‘commentator speak with admiration of Russians in judging and condemning German war criminals. Under their system d® accused German is very soon a dead German. Occasionally a prison sentence is imposed, ut that means maintaining life; the Russians prefer the death penalty. The commentator did not say how the Russians conducted their trials, or if there were trials in any senge ithat Americans~ would understand. The Russian method was compared with the Anglo-Saxon methods of judging the German guilty. With us no matter how red with blood are the hands of the accused, counsel is appointed to defend him, and he is expected to put up a bang-up defense, just as are the attorneys in this country who are appointed by the court to defend those charged with crime and without means to hire an attorney. This method consumes a dot of time to be sure and in the end the sentence is usually the same as meted out by the Russians. But the criminal has been granted a chance to defend himself, his witnesses have been heard, a jury of some sort has ‘brought in a collective verdict. We surmise that most, indeed all hut a small percentage of those convieted ‘by the. Russian system are guilty. But -we suspect that the Russians are not much disturbed when 4 mistake is made and an innocent man is executed. There is an Oriental suddennesg about Russian justice and death sentences that disturbs our Occidental. conscience. Dealing out mass justice is bound to result in individual injustices, from our point of view. In war time, of course, the innocent; perish along with the soldiery, never ‘more so than in the war just ended. But in peace time we strive to restore the orderly processes of justice, the kind of justice which our ‘bill of rights guarantees us. Instinctively we give the Germans, our recent eneniies, the benefit of our system. : In the long run we believe that our system will prevail to the ends of the earth. Even the Russians, at jong last, will find it better. They are too recently risen from barbarism to understand it now. They are now fond of the word ‘‘realistc.’’ We are -supicious of realism that denies justice to any one of our recent enemies. We have wished often that our justice were speedier. It is frequently complained that our justice moves too slowly. It is a fault, to be sure, but is it the alternative to faults much worse. In due time the German criminals in our hands will pay the penalty of their crimes. But they and we will be certain that the punishment is just. We note that our jurists in charge of the trials on the German criminals, are to establish_a new crime. It is proposed to make aggressive war a crime. Some of the Germans are to be tried on this charge. The statute was enacted, so ta speak, after the crime had ‘been commtted. We confess to a doubt here. Probalbly the man who stole the first horse hanged and law against horse stealing enacted later. But we wonder a little whether the English jurists who participate with us in the trials of. German criminals, will not remember uneasily their own history in India, and the more recent Boer war. We'do not remember that we# have ever waged an aggressive war, a war merely for expanding boundaries, for loot and pelf, but still we do have a queasy doubt about the Mexican Waar. was It would seem to us, offhand, as though when we declared war on Germany and Japan; we should then have set up the new standard, and promised then and there that if we ‘won, we put the leaders ‘of our enemies to death for the ‘‘crime’”’ of aggressive war, The Russians we can be sure, will not give this matter much thought, but it does seem to ms something-to think about. We think there is plenty of law to hang every guilty German or Jap without vesorting to an ex post facto law, MISS CORR TO ACT ASHIGH SCHOOL HEAD The Nevada City Board of Education has designated Miss Evelyn Corr to act as yice principal of the high school until the return of Ed Frantz, naval officer and former instructor in the high school, who has ‘been chosen to fill the post as soon as-he is discharged from the service. William L. Tamblyn who has been acting as ‘principal and as phySical education instructor, and has asked to ‘be released, ‘will be replaced in that department by William Joyal former student in the high school who has been. honorably discharged as an officer in the U. S. Forces. : Extending the bus service for the school children was debate® and the board agreed that a change is necessary to bring children home earlier than is now possible for them. GOVERNOR ASKS FOR BEST SCHOOL SYSTEM INU.S. SARAMEINTO, Oct. 15—California should never be_ satisfied until it has the best school system in the U nited States, Governor Warren told a convention of 500 educators here last week. : Addressing a point meeting of the California school trustees tion and the association of California public school superintendents, the governor said they were the people who have successfully carried on the work of education through difficult war period. Warren announced he hag selected most of the personnel of an eight member commission which the 1945 legislature authorized to survey the schools of the state and recommended possible consoldation of districts. Such consolidation he pointed out is sulbject to a vote of the people in the districts and the commission’s work will be advisory only. We should ask ourselves whether the one room school is not a thing of the past except in the case of isolated areas, Warren said. Every child in California is entitled to the best educational facilities and techniques. ARMY ASKS CITY TOSHAREIN some: of associathe ‘HOSPITAL XMAS The Army through ‘Camp = and Hospital Services of the American Red Cross is asking this community to help make Christmas a pleasant one for the wounded men and women in—our-hospitals, For them the war is far from over. The communities share this year will be 300 Christmas boxes. 30 filled with gifts suitable for WACS, 270 with gifts for disabled soldiers and medical carpsmen. Boxes not to exceed $1.50. The WAC ‘boxes will contain such items as ‘bath’ mitts, toilet water, soap, hand lotion. Soldier boxes, soap,. shaving lotion, writing folders, address books, cigaret cases, hair oil, lets. Vveryone in talcum, picture frames, walbeen year the past has more than generous and this the need is even greater. Everyone wishing to help may contribute money in whatever amount they are able of may purchase one article or several to go in the boxes, Wm. Home of the Home Men Furnishing Store has kindly consented to be headquarters. You may leave your contributions with him where each person will be given credit. Nevada City through its Gray Ladies is serving DeWitt General Hospital and Camp and Hospital Service, serves the hospital at Camp Beale to which hospital these Christmas box@s will go as soon as they can be assembiled. ALL OFFICERS NIGHT Several memlbers of [Evangeline Chapter attended ‘‘all officers night”’ of Crystal Chapter, Auburn, Thursday night,. October 11. ithe abundance of dogs FIVE TONS OF CHOICE APPLES ON DISPLAY Approximately five tons of Nevada ‘County’s choice apples, in colors ranging from -the deep red of Arkansas Blacks to the lovely Golden’ Delicious, are on display in the show windows of Nevada City and Grass Valley to celebrate the: Apple Week. This is the estimate of the display weight of apples, made yesterday by L. G. Lageson, county agricultural commissioner, when the Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers of ‘(Commerce delegated to put on the biggest Apple Week in the county’s annals. Lageson for many years lias urged farmers to take care of their orchards, both pears.and apples, a to plant more trees of both fruits, when conditions of soil and drainage warrant. 3 All service clubs in both cities dre serving apples at their weekly luneheons, Apple trees were planted in Nevada County \by first settlers, Lageson points out, Nevada County began to plant orchards some of which are still yielding choice apples when properly sprayed and cultivated. Nevada County’s apples, according to Lageson’s records, for many years have won top prizes in the California State Fait; and he is already making plans for a big display of this fruit when the big, fair opens next year. Apples are on sale at the Farmers Market in Glenbrook ag well as in all grocery stores of the Twin Cities. : RENT CONTROLS UNCHANGED Because of recent publicity. giten the ‘lifting of rent controls in nine areas in southern’and southwestern United States, Henry A. Cross, San Francisco Distriet OPA Rent Executive today made it clear that there ‘was no relaxation in this area of the rigid OPA rent control program. As further proof that the need for rent control is a ‘‘strictly local problem ‘based on supply and demand’”’ Cross cited the new Placer-Nevada defense rental area in northern California’ which on October 1 was brought under OPA rent regulations for the first time. “Halting of war activities in the nine southern state areas permitted speedy removal of rent control there, in line with OPA policy’’ Cross pointed out. ‘On the same btsis, rent control was established in the new Placer Nevada area due to serious housing shortages resulting from increased activity at five nearby military installations and on the railroads.” “So long as there are more prospective tenants in the San Francisco district than there are adequate housing facilities,’ he continued, “rent controls must be applied to protect everyone, landlord and tenant alike, from the danger of a disastrous step toward the inflationary living costs of the post world war I years and the resulting depression.”’ SOME DOGS HAVE MEAT, SOME MEN HAVE NONE Some days ago there appeared in “Thinking Out Loud’’ an essay on and what should be done about them. A few days later there came a letter from Astoria, Oregon, commending the sentiments expressed and offering the following poem on the topic: HUMANITY TO ANIMALS The huge Great Dane is fate and sleek, It dines on chopped steak fine; While stale French roast at hamburg John’s Is still the fate that’s ‘eiad., The cat on top the penthouse _roof ‘Kats liver every day. But IT have none, nor hope to have; My butcher’s gone away. He’s working for another man Because of lack of meat That went to feed my neighbor’s pup So it could have a treat. and fifty years ago; Student Pilots Pass U. S. Tests EK. J. Lemantine, Civil Aeronautics inspector, gave tests to three student pilots at the Nevada City Airport and issued them permits last week. The three are Carl Powers, Charles Pease and Lieut. Walter Edwards. Students passing their tests for solo flights, but not to take up passengers were Darwin Conover, Major Archie ‘Littlejohn, ‘Carl Ackerman, Henry Murphy and John Noyes.

Thomas Bowles airport ‘mtnager and instructor, was appointed Civil Aeronautics flight examiner. Bowles reported that ships.,carrying six or seven passengtrs had. been -able to land on the Nevada City airport with ease. David Lamson to Address Grass Valley BPWE David Lamson, short story writer, will 'be guest speaker at the meeting of the Grass Valley Business and Professional Women’s Club Wednesday night at dinner in Bret Harte Inn. Mrs. Eileen (Mitchell, program chairman ‘will present the speaker. Mrs. Veda Meeker, club president, will preside. Jean Grant Dotson Weds Naval ‘Commander Friends in this city have received announcements from Mr, and Mrs. Robert F. Grant, ‘former residents here, of the marriage of their daughter Lieut (jg) Jean Grant Dotson. . USNR, and ‘Commander Jack Arthur Obermeyer, USN, on Septembber 15 in Christ Church, Cambridge, Mass. The ‘bride is a graduate of the Nevada City High School and of a nursing school in New York City. Franz Luschen Plays Cello for Rotarians himself a statistic the other day and Franz Luschen, music director the Nevada City High School, this noon entertained the Grass Valley Rotary Club with selections wpon the cello, Luschen formerly was a member of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and was widely known as a cello soloist, Mrs. Thomas White today played his accompaniments: He was introduced by George Raddue, Sr., program chairman. of . Ruth Bennett Cane Weds Capt. Stanley Halls Mrs, Ruth Bennett of Nevada City, became the bride of Captain Stan-. ley H. Halls Sunday afternoon at a! 4 o'clock ceremony at the Cathedral of the Hills in Grass Valley. Asa préade to the wedding Mrs. Carl. Libbey of Nevada City sang two beautiful selections, and ‘‘At Dawning.”’ The bride was lovely in a pearl} grey Charmaine gabardine suit and wore brown accessories. Her corsage ‘was of brown orchids, She was given away in marriage by her father. Mrs. Willard Winder of Riverside was her sister’s attendant and wore a brown galbardine suit. Her corsage was of golden begonias. The groom’s brother in law Lieut. John A. Boyd, Jr., USNR, who is stationed in San Francisco acted as best man, Elton Bennett of Grass Valley and “Because”’ Lieut. Robert Nickerson of San Francisco were ushers. Rev. David Ralston, a life long friend of the bride’s family performed the ceremony. eo» Fhe church was artistically decorated by Lloyd Penrose of Nevada ‘City. Ivory candles and large bouquets of golden chrysanthemums, carrying out an autumn theme, made a lovely setting for the wedding. After a reception at the home of the bride’s parents, Captain and Mrs. Halls. left for Southern California where they will spend their honeymoon. Mrs. Halls-is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Curnow of Nevada City, She attended local schools and completed her education at San Jose State College. For the past few years she has been teaching at the Hennessey School in Grass Valley. Captain Halls is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Halls of Ellsworth, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and hag for the past 4 years been serving with the United States Anmy. He is now stationed at Camp Beale.:: The young couple plan to make their home in Nevada City until Capt. Halls receives his diecharge from the army. BUYINGPOWER DEPENDS ON PRODUCTION By Ralph H. Taylor A most. confusing flow of .uninformed thinking and unsound planning is loading the press wires out of Washington these days: on the subject of jobs. One of the “‘experts’’ described as an “important government official’’ and “spokesman for the Securities and Exchange Commission” grabbed: leaped to an amazing conclusion. This man announceé that U.S. corporations have piled up a working capital of nearly 47 billion dollars— and then concluded that the corpora-. tions are so rich they can ‘‘keep this country prosperous for a long time, if they have the courage to invest their capital.’’ It seems difficult to imagine even a bureaucrat making such a ridiculous statement with a straight face. There need be no unemployment problem, ficial’’ because the corporations can hire anybody who is out of a job. All. they need is enough courage—and. the problem of jobs is solved. It should be plain to anyone above . the mental age of 12 that job creat-. ing power of the corporations repres. ents only a fraction of the job creat. ing power of the nation — all of . which must be used intelligently and. soundly to provide the only means of . reasonably full employment which is . simply general prosperity. The corporations’ 47 billion dol-. lars (if that is the correct figure) can be seen in true perspective when compared with the Federal Reserve Bank’s figure on the savings of the American’ ‘people. The liquid assets held by businesses and individuals— securities, time deposits, demand deposits, currency in. circulation and war bonds—had risen to a total of 194 billion dollars many months ago. The corporations Hold less than a fourth of the nation’s liquid assets. : And the corporations have power to employ but a fraction of the nation’s workers, even if all the enterprises and plants they control were humming at top speed. Nothing is more misleading than to say the corporations have the power.to vote yes or no on the question of. providing full employment for the nation’s bread winners. Am-. erican industry is operated by nearly 10 million employers and self em(ployed persons. More than half of these employers and self emiployed Americans who make up ‘the nation’s industry are farmers—5,1158,000 of them. ‘Engaged in'all other industries are 4,600,000 in the employer and self emiployed classifications. INo one economic group in America can guarantee the nation’s future. That is a job for all Americans to tackle, and it will take all of the intelligen¢e foresight and hard work the entire people can muster to gain the objectives of a higher standard of living and opportunities for full; employment and fair profits in in-. dustry. All groups must .prosper alike if the general objective is to be achieved in:full, Buying power, which creates production and jobs, must be evenly distributed, if the “courage”’ our theorizing bureaucrat speaks of is to be stimulated and not destroyed. , Men invest money in production— whether in building automobiles or in planting an orchard—-when they have reasonable assurance of selling what they produce for a profit. Farm prosperity can assure the city. manufacturer. of buying power to absorb the farm machinery he produces. Urban prosperity and nothing else, can assure the farmer that he can plan on consumption of what. he grows because ‘city populations will be able to‘pay for it. No “industrialist” big or small, will undertake to make goods or provide services just to keep people ‘busy if he has no reliable market for his products or services. If he did, he would go broke. If he did, he would not be lacking in “courage” but lacking in common sense, The best way for government to stimulate industrial courage would be speedy withdrawal of the antificial controls still hampering all inreasons this ‘‘important of-* ‘able are . We dislike doing this, isire to talk matters over _MONDAY, “OCTOBER 15. 1945 a j MANY SAILORS TAKE ANOTHER HITCH IN NAVY TREASURE ISLAND, San~ Francisco—Although most.. Naval Reserve bluejackets are at present more interested in ‘getting back into civvies’? than continuing their navy careers, a substantial percentage— particularly among men holding first class or chief petty officer ratings and young men who went directly from high school into the navy—are finding it to their advantage to reenlist for four more years in the service, according to Commander F. N. Maas, USNR, executive ‘officer, U. S. Naval Receiving Ship Treasure Ig; land. Tiwo classes of men are showing the most desire to reenlist, according to officers in the Naval Receiv— ing Ship who meet thousands of men returning to the United States after extensive sea duty on battle fronts of the. Atlantic and Pacific. Many young men of pre ‘business age. who consider naval service to be valuable education in trades they desire te follow in the future and older men in top petty officer ratings to. whom navy income and security are valninquiring about the possibility or remaining in the service. Commander Maas asserts the volume of men in the latter category is exceptionally high. , ‘Nearly 50 per cent of the USNR men to whom I have talked who hold . chief petty officer or first class petty . officer ratings, sie like to reenlist . in the reqular:navy”’ he said. “(Many of them cannot be accommodated because of certain limitations in the billets available in our peace time force, a situation which leaves. us no alternative but to turn them down. for in most cases they are men of valuable training-and personality.” an “When such men are not able to “ship over’’ they still have the right ; to request extension of active duty through their commanding officers, for action by the Bureau of Naval Personnel,’’. Commander Maas said. Men discharged from the naval reserve on the point system may reenlist within ninety days of their return to civilian status, oif they: meet requirements. It is expected that a comparatively large numiber’ will wish to do so, after resting at home, as many individuals have expressed . an interest in reenlistment but dewith their families before doing go. FARL COSPER BORNE TO REST Funeral serevices took place yesterday for Earl Cosper who died in the Hooper and Weaver Mortuary at 2 p. m, for Earl Cosper who died Wednesday following surgery for an acute abdominal condition. Rev. Jesse Judkins conducted the services. Interment was in the Elm Ridge Cemetery. Cosper had resided of Grass Valley for 13 years. He was born in South Dakota 63 years ago. He was a member of the Mine Workers Protective League, Surviving the deceased is his wife, Mrs. Luella Cosper, two step sons, Edward and Clifford Hamilton, and six grandchildren. PRISCILLA CIRCLE The Priscilla Circle held their monthly luncheon on Wednesday in the Social Hall of the Methodist Church, Venison stew was the/ main dish and a large crowd was present to enjoy it. Following the luncheon Rev. Moore gave an interesting talk on The War Gardens in the Philippines. . Washington to restore governmental economy and lessen the tax drain on the nation’s financial lifeblood. It ‘would also be helpful if someone in authority in Washington put an end to loose statements by public officials which indicate unsound thinking, for such / /statements only add to public confusion and certainly do not make for confidence. If we are to build an abundant — economy, it will require teamwork _ and the best-efforts of all the Ameri— can people—ta m people, city peop employers and employees, as well their government representatives, dustry—and a house pay. in And no group can glibly pass the Durden to some other group.