October 28, 1943 (4 pages)

co ‘; Nevada City Nugget — Thursday, October 28, 1943 , « — Sn ee Phone 36. Christian Science Society of Nevada City holds services every Sunday morning in their church at eae ed Bdltor aos A ee a ee day school at 9:45 a. m. Subject of this week’s Lesson-Sermon is “Everlasting Punishment.” at Nevada City. A Wednesday evening DENTISTS 114 Boulder Street at 11 o’clock.* Sun A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Publish Z PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH HEROES AMERICAN BY LEFF Nevada City Nugget 305 Broad Street. pagnn R. BELL ~~ DR. JOHN DENTIST Office Hours:.8:30 to 5:30 testimonial ‘Evenings by Appointment at Nevada City, California, and entered as m1 jis held on the first Wednesday of Morgan & Powell Bldg. Phene 321 each month at 8 o’clock. Our reading matter of the second’class in room Published Semi-Weekly, Monday Nevada City under Act of 1879. : ana’ lh aisday the: postoffive at March 3,. Congress, at.117 Broad street is DOCTORS open every day except Sunday and holidays ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES DR. A. BURSELL from’ 2 to 4 p. m. One year (In Advance) ..-.-----1-----01--1-= $3.00 ne ee ECA 30. cents jf acm One Month ... BAUM The public.is cordially invited to PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON the Res. and Office, 446 Broad Srteet,:-. jattend our services and visit Nevada City. reading room. “Everlasting Punishmenitt”’ will be Hours 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. CALIFORNIA’S OWN The first all:California contingent of WACS_ has _ just been commissioned, and the group now takes its place proudly beside other California units of our military forces carrying coke the Bear Flag. ‘}the subpect of the “‘Lesson-Sermon Sunday, October 31, in all Churches B. W. HUMMELT, M. D. {of (Christ, Scientist, branches of The PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (Mother Church, The First Church of (Christ, It is not the first time that California women have serv Scientist, in Boston. The ae 400 Broad Street Office Hours: 10-12 a. m.; 2-5 p. m. Evenings 7-8. Phone 395 X-RAY Golden Text will be: ‘‘Let Israel hope in ‘the Lord; for with the Lord there ATTORNEYS & ed in the armed forces in wartime, but it is the first time they is mercy, and with him is plenteous r lay wounded. A have done so as a state unit. In the last World War women redemption.” (Ps. 130:7). High on a Tunisian cliff a Fre French soldie t the cliff. The HARRY M. McKEE agains ed vapati i ‘ od u p . Ei bullets s ! Other Bible citations will include: were dispersed among many services and did not get together ATTORNEY, AT LAW ON oe rig What batl of lead they brought their ally down. squad went on. “And, behold, men brought in a bed 205 Pine St., opposite courthouse: of Fairfield, Ill, and as state groups until after the war when the various veteran For that exploit Staff Sergeant Roy L. Bates ny P. Coll of JohnsNevada City, Calif, a man which was taken with a palsy Privates Hobert Branscum of Delta, Ky., Antho won Silver Stars. organizations, were formed. town, Pa., and William B. Griffin of Sylvester, Texas, and they sought means to bring him They deserve your War Bond backing. In the years to come when this war is done, the women in, and to lay him before him—And FRANK G. FINNEGAN sti4 4 to tale proud a have will own” who served with ‘‘California’s “. when he saw their faith, he said 1]. S. Treasury Debartment ATTORNEY AT LAW , 207 North Pine Street junto them, Man, thy sins:.are fortell. The California WACS will surely make their own mark ‘Nevada City, California The War Production Board statement said that the return given thee.” (Luke 5:.18.20). and create their own traditions—to be remembered and glori; Telephone 273 of elastic thread might be a little slow at first. But it emprasizfied in future years. METHODIST CHURCH Organization of the all-state units will induce many more ed that return it would. And most of us won't care whether H. WARD SHELDON ATTORNEY AT LAW California women to enlist at a time when the War Departthe snap in the old garter is due to:snythetic or natural rubber, Sunday school at 10 a. m. PreachUnion Building Broad Street free to women for need g ing service at 11 a. m: Worship in pressin Army's just so long as the snap is there. ment reveals the Nevada City Telephone 28. . sacred music before the beginning of fighting men. ‘'—and the OPA, which has allowed the regular service. Organ prelude, FUNERAL DIRECTORS It is a bold challenge to the women of California, and we Hymn, prayer, outrageous mark ups to handlers ‘Mrs. Chas., Kitts. and spirit gallant the with met be will it on predicti venture the ‘that even disturb the gentlemen who pastor. Sermon by Colonel French HOLMES FUNERAL HOME’ courage that mark California women. . profit by them, petitions congress for of the Salvation Army who is one Vas. X : SN FARMERS DEM SQUARE DEAL The. Holmes Funeral Home serof the finest preachers in the Salvavice is priced within the means of LAND GRANT RATE CRISIS ‘No'w let’s look.at some specific intion Army on the coast. It will be all. Ambulance service at all hours. Phone 203 The tremendous demands of war on transportation have Editor’s Note:’ Farmers have been stances of APO “price fixing’ which a great chance for ‘our people to Nevada City hear him. Adjuntant Sainsbury will 246 Sacramento St. outspokenly critical of the Office of the that i have sent prices sky high and which proportions such to condition unjust magnified an be with us and take part in the serPrice Administration. In many of the shadow of unfairness is now threatening western agriculture ‘branches of agriculture, there is have had the effect of bilking both vice. Closing hymn, prayer, doxology. the producer and the consumer. The and industry. It is, of course, essential to California's welfare. growing and open revolt against the ,consumer today is paying more than Youth Group at 6 p.m. All young get transportation rates to Eastern markets are at a minimum. OPA. Have you wondered why? Then {16 cents a pound for grapes, that people are invited. Ten minutes of MRS. CHARLES ELLIOTT 414 Nihell Street ut under present land grant rate reductions on freight shipread this challenging § article, the ibrought the grower Only from 3 to song service led by Parker BorgPhone 464 feldt. Come and help in the singing. to first in a series of three on “The .5 cents a pound—yet the farmer gets ped by the government, civilian shippers will soon have Nevada City Come and 'Farmer’s Case Against OPA!” Mr. lcalled a profiteer. Part of the ex‘Sermon by the pastor. shoulder a big share of the fast increasing burden. : = aa pera gay ‘pring your friends. . Taylor, who writes these articles, is . planation—a big part—lies in the; The government is permitted 50 per cent reduction in . the executive secretary of the Agrijface that the wholesale MINING ENGINEERS ' Week events: The Priscilla Circle margin aljcash subsidies to roll back prices! VOCAL INSTRUGTOR not jcultural Council of California, comlowed by OPA on fresh table, grapes} will meet Wednesday at 2 p. m. in rates on all transportation of militaryoeand naval Pine property for civil use. But government traffic has so increased that . prising 40 of the state's major farm . from (Calitornia*was 56 cents per lug. the home of Mrs. Arthur Price 421 J. F. O°;CONNOR whereas prior to 1939 the land grant deductions were approxco-ops, with a membership of 70,-,box, or as much as $600 per car. That ,East Broad Street. All members and Mining and Civn Engineer United States Mineral’ Swrveyin, . was more than three times the ‘friends are invited. Bible study and imately ten million dollars a year, by the end of June, RAZ, . 000 California farmers. hicensed’ Stirv:eyor °° The average farmer doesn’t want . wholesale marketer’s usual charge, . prayer hour Wednesday at 7:30 p. they were about twenty million dollars a month! 203 West Main St. Grass Valley ‘to cheat—or be cheated. but OPA fixed the mark up and the m. At the close of the prayer hour As the Interstate Commerce Commission has stated, “‘the . And he objects violently to being ‘wholesalers, of course, accepted it. the official board will convene. All country must support whatever system of transportation it placed in a position where he’ must There were other charges in keeping members of the official board are re PENTISTS: uses.’ Therefore, if transportation systems must carry aeither become, a chiseler or go into. —-a 40 per cent mark up for the re-. .quested to be present. : wtailer, for example—and the net remajor part of their business at a loss, rates on the rest of their jbankruptey. ' ; That. in two sentences, is a frank ‘sult was that the consumer paid {statement of the basic objection \$4.54 for a box of grapes for. which traffic must be raised to meet this loss. ac a eons SSE . DR. ROBT. W. DETTNER San Francisco has the only mem DENTIST “Land grant railroads, which are principally in the west, iwhich California farmers have to ‘the grower actually got about $1.25, orial tablet in the world honoring X-RAY Facilities Available the originator of a mixek drink— a Hours: 9:00-5:00. Evening’ appointhave repaid the government many times over for the land \present practices and policies of the or at the most, $1.40. ments. 12044 Mill Street, Phone 77 given them. They have more-than earned the right to equality Office of Prige Administration. i Another instance of OPA mis{plaque in the Montgomery Block to Grass Valley, Calif. as a class, pride them;management and its consequences is Duncan (Nicol, inventor of Pisco selves on their integrity. They have . found in the potato situation. Califorpunch. mercial rates as any other shipper. \ never” learned to wink at law viogrowers aré reported ~to have No less an authority than’ Joseph B. Eastman recently delations—at least until the OPA came inia dumped U. S. Grade No. 2 potatoes (California aircraft, shipbulding and . into being—and yet many of them because they couldn’t sell them. Why miscellaneous transportation ‘equipLT have recommended to congress that land-grant deductions are now face to face with the fact couldn’t they sell them? Because the ment plants employed 521,000 wage be abolished in their entirety. Of the soundness and justice that they must either cheat or be OPA set a wholesale ceiling price on earners in August, 1943 or 54 per cheated. That’s a hard choice—and (No. 2 potatoes in the Los Angeles of these recommendations . am thoroughly convinced.” farmers don’t intend to remain in market of $1.10 per sack of 100 cent of all factory wage earners in “It is of the utmost importance to the agricultural and inthat equivocal position if they can the state: with railroads to which the government pays the same com Farmers, CARL clared, ‘As Director of the Office of Defense Transportation dustrial interests of the west that congress consider this issue remedy it. pounds and allowed the retailer PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON — Office Hours: 1 to 8; : THE SEED OF PEACE 7 te 8p: m. Sundays 11:30 to 12:30 129 South Auburn St., Grass Valley S. F. TOBIAS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON a 214 Neal St., Grass Valley Office Hours: 12-3 and 7-8 ‘mark-up of 30 per cent. Then it turnBut the invitation to chiseling goes ed around and put a price ceiling on far beyond the faraming industry. U. S. No. 1 potatoes in the same marAbsurd and impossible price regulaget of $3.15—and again allowed a tions of the OPA are an open invitaretail mark-up of 30 per cent. The tion to black market operations. retailer did some ‘quick figuring, at' the very earliest opportunity. DOCTORS POWERJONES, M. Phone: Office 429. Residence 1042 DANIEI L. HIRSCH, M. D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON _ The vast significance of the conference now under way Offices and Receiving Hospifal, 118 Bush St. Hours:'10-12; 275, evenings in Moccow, ;of foreign secretaries of the United States, Great Consumers are being outrageously found that he could make 95 cents a 7-8 P. M. Day or night phone 71. Britain and Russia, is recognized by every thinking person i over charged. Middlemen and whole sack selling No. 1 potatoes and only 9). the nation. oe salers, in many instances, are mak33 cents a’sack selling No. 2’s.—and NEVADA CITY There is a universal feeling of relief that representatives ing extortionate profits — with the so he bought and sold only No. 1’s. and ecouragement of: OPA. Before 1942, incidentally, the Los FRATERNAL AND of the three great powers of the United Nations have finally consent And the farmer, under OPA _ misAngeles brokerage charge on potasat down at the conference table to iron out whatever differmanagement, is getting a constantly toes Was never more than five per CLUB DIRECTORY ences may have existed among them both in regard to the dwindling share of the pricé his comeent, but in. 1942 the OPA allowed WOMEN'S OIVIC prosecution of the war and the peace to come. The only regret modity brings on the retail market. seven per cent to brokers—and this CLUB Regular ‘meetings the’ 2nd and Let’s look’ at the facts! jjyear, 14 per cent. is that China, the fourth great power, is not represented. $50.00 GOLD PIECE 4th Thursdays of the month, at the If the conference can lay the basis for genuine agreement Before the, war, the farmer used Perhaps that explains the price of Will pay $100.00 up? depending on Srenear School Auditorium. (2:30 to get about one half or more of the potatoes—and perhaps it also exvariety and condition of coin, Also/ m, : on a collective security pact under which the great powers consumer‘s. dollar. In other words, plains the growing resentment fi of the other pioneer gold’ coins. MRS. HAL DRAP "WANT BR, Pres. “L, BE. SHEROW Nevada City ee ne ‘peace and the common sense measure necessary to maintain worth of apples, the grower who that’s only part of the story. The P. O. Box 2 produced them got 50 cents and the next article in this series will turn 9-27-7p it, then there is good reason to believe that the present conNEVADA OITy LODGE, No. 518 various handlers of the product divthe spotlight on chiseling practices 4 flict may see the end of major wars for some time to come. B. P. 0, BLKS I WiLL PAY $1 Each For 1909. In-. which are growing up throughout ided the other 50 cents. Meets every second and fourth If the conference fails, it means more bloody shambles But today, the OPA’s system of the country as a result of unequal dian head cents with letter ‘‘S’’. ! Thur sday evening at 8 p. m. in below wreath and 1909 Lincoln ahead, when each nation will sacrifice the flower of its manfixing the mark-up on each turnover and ruinous price ceilings. Elks Home, Pine St. Bhore 108: hood, just as happened in the first World’ War and is happenthe farmer who produces the crop Next: ‘Is America to Become a ing today. In common with the rest of mankind, the people of gets only from one-fifth to one third (Nation of Cheaters.” date and initials ““VDB” near low-. the United States are determined that everything possible shall of the price his products bring on the dollars, $2.50 and $3 pieces. Box head cents with letter ‘‘S’ below Oe ae of peace—or of war. The ability of the three nations to reach after victory, such as it has never in all history enjoyed., niture bought and ‘sold.’ Hills Flat Reliable Transfer, Grass Valléy, . NO MISTAKE OR MISUNDERSTANDING is possible when one makes a selection from’our merchandise, for all : If your socks droop, your suspenders sag and your wartime girdle does less for your figure’than it should, don’t give up hope. Relief is near. aon ay Production Board has removed all restrictions from the manufacture of elastic thread made from synthetic ' That means that the manufacturers of garters, galluses, rdles and similar appurtenances, can again resumic their int responsibility as the great support of the American ce much depended upon so little, and few of us realized atil tha little bit of elastic was gone. Its absence has caus strong men to shrink in embarrassment, and pretty women . in confusion. Th ret prices are marked on all goods in plain figures. _ . This enables one to keep the cost of service entirely within the limits he feels proper. Feel free to consult us at any time. Such consultations are held in strict privacy ‘ and confidence. Holmes Funeral Home “DISTINCTIVE FUNERAL SERVICE” SERVICE AT REASONABLE PRICES Nevada City, 246 Sacramento St. Grass Valley, 150 S, Auburn St. 24 HOUR AMBULANCE Phone 203 nen) sf abe ee: 1 Phone 56 Phone 471-W or 39. EXPERT RADIO YDRAULIO PARLOR PARLOR NO. PVPRAUIC NO, 6a5 Meets evéry Tuesday pais at Pythian’ Castle, 232° Broad ‘Stre et Yaiiine Native Sons welcome: _GERALD D, PE » Pres. DR, C. Ww. CHAPMAN,ne Sec' y 3-1tf REPAIRING — Loud Speaker Systems for Rent. Complete stock of portable and large type radio batteries. ART’S RADIO oes W. L. TAMBLYN, LAMBERT THOMAS, Sec. er edge on reverse. Also want gold . , ‘retail. market—and the middlemen ‘The most hazardous industry in 2, Nevada City. 9-277p and handlers get the rest. California in 1942 in number of ac“The Moscow conference contains within itself the seed Yet the farmer, whose share of the cidents per worker employed and the’ LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE] consumer dollar has been constantly . man hours of employment, was}, moving in standard furniture van. an amicable agreement may usher in a period of world peace, dwindling, gets blamed for gouging: lumbering and wood manufacturing. First class staroge facilities. Fur be done to avoid such a recurrence. Visitinw Elks welcome. —S— would agree to subscribe unqualifiedly to the principles of when a housewife bought a dollar’s farmers toward OPA regulations. But HOSPITAL — Specialists in Radio ills. 112 South Church OUSTOMAH LODGE, ace gl @. OFF.” ever ; 7:30, Odd Falore Hat, a aptedla ; CHESTER PERSON, N. G. ‘ONOTHAN PASCOB Ree. Sec’y. JOHN W. DARKE! Fin. Sec’y. — as Street, Grags Valley. Phone 984. 2-19tf When shopping mention the Nevada City Nugget ads Advertise in the Nugget for resus Workers in a Michigan ref ine ery fixed up a very low, fal se = door leading to the pay office, eeBia Me codecs “You will ese 0a duck n 1 ' if you do! don’t

co ‘; Nevada City Nugget — Thursday, October 28, 1943 , « — Sn ee Phone 36. Christian Science Society of Nevada City holds services every Sunday morning in their church at eae ed Bdltor aos A ee a ee day school at 9:45 a. m. Subject of this week’s Lesson-Sermon is “Everlasting Punishment.” at Nevada City. A Wednesday evening DENTISTS 114 Boulder Street at 11 o’clock.* Sun A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Publish Z PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH HEROES AMERICAN BY LEFF Nevada City Nugget 305 Broad Street. pagnn R. BELL ~~ DR. JOHN DENTIST Office Hours:.8:30 to 5:30 testimonial ‘Evenings by Appointment at Nevada City, California, and entered as m1 jis held on the first Wednesday of Morgan & Powell Bldg. Phene 321 each month at 8 o’clock. Our reading matter of the second’class in room Published Semi-Weekly, Monday Nevada City under Act of 1879. : ana’ lh aisday the: postoffive at March 3,. Congress, at.117 Broad street is DOCTORS open every day except Sunday and holidays ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES DR. A. BURSELL from’ 2 to 4 p. m. One year (In Advance) ...-.-----1-----01--1-= $3.00 ne ee ECA 30. cents jf acm One Month ..... BAUM The public.is cordially invited to PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON the Res. and Office, 446 Broad Srteet,:-. jattend our services and visit Nevada City. reading room. “Everlasting Punishmenitt”’ will be Hours 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. CALIFORNIA’S OWN The first all:California contingent of WACS_ has _ just been commissioned, and the group now takes its place proudly beside other California units of our military forces carrying coke the Bear Flag. ‘}the subpect of the “‘Lesson-Sermon Sunday, October 31, in all Churches B. W. HUMMELT, M. D. {of (Christ, Scientist, branches of The PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (Mother Church, The First Church of (Christ, It is not the first time that California women have serv Scientist, in Boston. The ae 400 Broad Street Office Hours: 10-12 a. m.; 2-5 p. m. Evenings 7-8. Phone 395 X-RAY Golden Text will be: ‘‘Let Israel hope in ‘the Lord; for with the Lord there ATTORNEYS & ed in the armed forces in wartime, but it is the first time they is mercy, and with him is plenteous r lay wounded. A have done so as a state unit. In the last World War women redemption.” (Ps. 130:7). High on a Tunisian cliff a Fre French soldie t the cliff. The HARRY M. McKEE agains ed vapati i ‘ od u p . Ei bullets s ! Other Bible citations will include: were dispersed among many services and did not get together ATTORNEY, AT LAW ON oe rig What batl of lead they brought their ally down. squad went on. “And, behold, men brought in a bed 205 Pine St., opposite courthouse: of Fairfield, Ill, and as state groups until after the war when the various veteran For that exploit Staff Sergeant Roy L. Bates ny P. Coll of JohnsNevada City, Calif, a man which was taken with a palsy Privates Hobert Branscum of Delta, Ky., Antho won Silver Stars. organizations, were formed. town, Pa., and William B. Griffin of Sylvester, Texas, and they sought means to bring him They deserve your War Bond backing. In the years to come when this war is done, the women in, and to lay him before him—And FRANK G. FINNEGAN sti4 4 to tale proud a have will own” who served with ‘‘California’s “. when he saw their faith, he said 1]. S. Treasury Debartment ATTORNEY AT LAW , 207 North Pine Street junto them, Man, thy sins:.are fortell. The California WACS will surely make their own mark ‘Nevada City, California The War Production Board statement said that the return given thee.” (Luke 5:.18.20). and create their own traditions—to be remembered and glori; Telephone 273 of elastic thread might be a little slow at first. But it emprasizfied in future years. METHODIST CHURCH Organization of the all-state units will induce many more ed that return it would. And most of us won't care whether H. WARD SHELDON ATTORNEY AT LAW California women to enlist at a time when the War Departthe snap in the old garter is due to:snythetic or natural rubber, Sunday school at 10 a. m. PreachUnion Building Broad Street free to women for need g ing service at 11 a. m: Worship in pressin Army's just so long as the snap is there. ment reveals the Nevada City Telephone 28. . sacred music before the beginning of fighting men. ‘'—and the OPA, which has allowed the regular service. Organ prelude, FUNERAL DIRECTORS It is a bold challenge to the women of California, and we Hymn, prayer, outrageous mark ups to handlers ‘Mrs. Chas., Kitts. and spirit gallant the with met be will it on predicti venture the ‘that even disturb the gentlemen who pastor. Sermon by Colonel French HOLMES FUNERAL HOME’ courage that mark California women. . profit by them, petitions congress for of the Salvation Army who is one Vas. X : SN FARMERS DEM SQUARE DEAL The. Holmes Funeral Home serof the finest preachers in the Salvavice is priced within the means of LAND GRANT RATE CRISIS ‘No'w let’s look.at some specific intion Army on the coast. It will be all. Ambulance service at all hours. Phone 203 The tremendous demands of war on transportation have Editor’s Note:’ Farmers have been stances of APO “price fixing’ which a great chance for ‘our people to Nevada City hear him. Adjuntant Sainsbury will 246 Sacramento St. outspokenly critical of the Office of the that i have sent prices sky high and which proportions such to condition unjust magnified an be with us and take part in the serPrice Administration. In many of the shadow of unfairness is now threatening western agriculture ‘branches of agriculture, there is have had the effect of bilking both vice. Closing hymn, prayer, doxology. the producer and the consumer. The and industry. It is, of course, essential to California's welfare. growing and open revolt against the ,consumer today is paying more than Youth Group at 6 p.m. All young get transportation rates to Eastern markets are at a minimum. OPA. Have you wondered why? Then {16 cents a pound for grapes, that people are invited. Ten minutes of MRS. CHARLES ELLIOTT 414 Nihell Street ut under present land grant rate reductions on freight shipread this challenging § article, the ibrought the grower Only from 3 to song service led by Parker BorgPhone 464 feldt. Come and help in the singing. to first in a series of three on “The .5 cents a pound—yet the farmer gets ped by the government, civilian shippers will soon have Nevada City Come and 'Farmer’s Case Against OPA!” Mr. lcalled a profiteer. Part of the ex‘Sermon by the pastor. shoulder a big share of the fast increasing burden. : = aa pera gay ‘pring your friends. . Taylor, who writes these articles, is . planation—a big part—lies in the; The government is permitted 50 per cent reduction in . the executive secretary of the Agrijface that the wholesale MINING ENGINEERS ' Week events: The Priscilla Circle margin aljcash subsidies to roll back prices! VOCAL INSTRUGTOR not jcultural Council of California, comlowed by OPA on fresh table, grapes} will meet Wednesday at 2 p. m. in rates on all transportation of militaryoeand naval

Pine property for civil use. But government traffic has so increased that . prising 40 of the state's major farm . from (Calitornia*was 56 cents per lug. the home of Mrs. Arthur Price 421 J. F. O°;CONNOR whereas prior to 1939 the land grant deductions were approxco-ops, with a membership of 70,-,box, or as much as $600 per car. That ,East Broad Street. All members and Mining and Civn Engineer United States Mineral’ Swrveyin, . was more than three times the ‘friends are invited. Bible study and imately ten million dollars a year, by the end of June, RAZ, . 000 California farmers. hicensed’ Stirv:eyor °° The average farmer doesn’t want . wholesale marketer’s usual charge, . prayer hour Wednesday at 7:30 p. they were about twenty million dollars a month! 203 West Main St. Grass Valley ‘to cheat—or be cheated. but OPA fixed the mark up and the m. At the close of the prayer hour As the Interstate Commerce Commission has stated, “‘the . And he objects violently to being ‘wholesalers, of course, accepted it. the official board will convene. All country must support whatever system of transportation it placed in a position where he’ must There were other charges in keeping members of the official board are re PENTISTS: uses.’ Therefore, if transportation systems must carry aeither become, a chiseler or go into. —-a 40 per cent mark up for the re-. .quested to be present. : wtailer, for example—and the net remajor part of their business at a loss, rates on the rest of their jbankruptey. ' ; That. in two sentences, is a frank ‘sult was that the consumer paid {statement of the basic objection \$4.54 for a box of grapes for. which traffic must be raised to meet this loss. ac a eons SSE . DR. ROBT. W. DETTNER San Francisco has the only mem DENTIST “Land grant railroads, which are principally in the west, iwhich California farmers have to ‘the grower actually got about $1.25, orial tablet in the world honoring X-RAY Facilities Available the originator of a mixek drink— a Hours: 9:00-5:00. Evening’ appointhave repaid the government many times over for the land \present practices and policies of the or at the most, $1.40. ments. 12044 Mill Street, Phone 77 given them. They have more-than earned the right to equality Office of Prige Administration. i Another instance of OPA mis{plaque in the Montgomery Block to Grass Valley, Calif. as a class, pride them;management and its consequences is Duncan (Nicol, inventor of Pisco selves on their integrity. They have . found in the potato situation. Califorpunch. mercial rates as any other shipper. \ never” learned to wink at law viogrowers aré reported ~to have No less an authority than’ Joseph B. Eastman recently delations—at least until the OPA came inia dumped U. S. Grade No. 2 potatoes (California aircraft, shipbulding and . into being—and yet many of them because they couldn’t sell them. Why miscellaneous transportation ‘equipLT have recommended to congress that land-grant deductions are now face to face with the fact couldn’t they sell them? Because the ment plants employed 521,000 wage be abolished in their entirety. Of the soundness and justice that they must either cheat or be OPA set a wholesale ceiling price on earners in August, 1943 or 54 per cheated. That’s a hard choice—and (No. 2 potatoes in the Los Angeles of these recommendations . am thoroughly convinced.” farmers don’t intend to remain in market of $1.10 per sack of 100 cent of all factory wage earners in “It is of the utmost importance to the agricultural and inthat equivocal position if they can the state: with railroads to which the government pays the same com Farmers, CARL clared, ‘As Director of the Office of Defense Transportation dustrial interests of the west that congress consider this issue remedy it. pounds and allowed the retailer PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON — Office Hours: 1 to 8; : THE SEED OF PEACE 7 te 8p: m. Sundays 11:30 to 12:30 129 South Auburn St., Grass Valley S. F. TOBIAS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON a 214 Neal St., Grass Valley Office Hours: 12-3 and 7-8 ‘mark-up of 30 per cent. Then it turnBut the invitation to chiseling goes ed around and put a price ceiling on far beyond the faraming industry. U. S. No. 1 potatoes in the same marAbsurd and impossible price regulaget of $3.15—and again allowed a tions of the OPA are an open invitaretail mark-up of 30 per cent. The tion to black market operations. retailer did some ‘quick figuring, at' the very earliest opportunity. DOCTORS POWERJONES, M. Phone: Office 429. Residence 1042 DANIEI L. HIRSCH, M. D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON _ The vast significance of the conference now under way Offices and Receiving Hospifal, 118 Bush St. Hours:'10-12; 275, evenings in Moccow, ;of foreign secretaries of the United States, Great Consumers are being outrageously found that he could make 95 cents a 7-8 P. M. Day or night phone 71. Britain and Russia, is recognized by every thinking person i over charged. Middlemen and whole sack selling No. 1 potatoes and only 9). the nation. oe salers, in many instances, are mak33 cents a’sack selling No. 2’s.—and NEVADA CITY There is a universal feeling of relief that representatives ing extortionate profits — with the so he bought and sold only No. 1’s. and ecouragement of: OPA. Before 1942, incidentally, the Los FRATERNAL AND of the three great powers of the United Nations have finally consent And the farmer, under OPA _ misAngeles brokerage charge on potasat down at the conference table to iron out whatever differmanagement, is getting a constantly toes Was never more than five per CLUB DIRECTORY ences may have existed among them both in regard to the dwindling share of the pricé his comeent, but in. 1942 the OPA allowed WOMEN'S OIVIC prosecution of the war and the peace to come. The only regret modity brings on the retail market. seven per cent to brokers—and this CLUB Regular ‘meetings the’ 2nd and Let’s look’ at the facts! jjyear, 14 per cent. is that China, the fourth great power, is not represented. $50.00 GOLD PIECE 4th Thursdays of the month, at the If the conference can lay the basis for genuine agreement Before the, war, the farmer used Perhaps that explains the price of Will pay $100.00 up? depending on Srenear School Auditorium. (2:30 to get about one half or more of the potatoes—and perhaps it also exvariety and condition of coin, Also/ m, : on a collective security pact under which the great powers consumer‘s. dollar. In other words, plains the growing resentment fi of the other pioneer gold’ coins. MRS. HAL DRAP "WANT BR, Pres. “L, BE. SHEROW Nevada City ee ne ‘peace and the common sense measure necessary to maintain worth of apples, the grower who that’s only part of the story. The P. O. Box 2 produced them got 50 cents and the next article in this series will turn 9-27-7p it, then there is good reason to believe that the present conNEVADA OITy LODGE, No. 518 various handlers of the product divthe spotlight on chiseling practices 4 flict may see the end of major wars for some time to come. B. P. 0, BLKS I WiLL PAY $1 Each For 1909. In-. which are growing up throughout ided the other 50 cents. Meets every second and fourth If the conference fails, it means more bloody shambles But today, the OPA’s system of the country as a result of unequal dian head cents with letter ‘‘S’’. ! Thur sday evening at 8 p. m. in below wreath and 1909 Lincoln ahead, when each nation will sacrifice the flower of its manfixing the mark-up on each turnover and ruinous price ceilings. Elks Home, Pine St. Bhore 108: hood, just as happened in the first World’ War and is happenthe farmer who produces the crop Next: ‘Is America to Become a ing today. In common with the rest of mankind, the people of gets only from one-fifth to one third (Nation of Cheaters.” date and initials ““VDB” near low-. the United States are determined that everything possible shall of the price his products bring on the dollars, $2.50 and $3 pieces. Box head cents with letter ‘‘S’ below Oe ae of peace—or of war. The ability of the three nations to reach after victory, such as it has never in all history enjoyed., niture bought and ‘sold.’ Hills Flat Reliable Transfer, Grass Valléy, . NO MISTAKE OR MISUNDERSTANDING is possible when one makes a selection from’our merchandise, for all : If your socks droop, your suspenders sag and your wartime girdle does less for your figure’than it should, don’t give up hope. Relief is near. aon ay Production Board has removed all restrictions from the manufacture of elastic thread made from synthetic ' That means that the manufacturers of garters, galluses, rdles and similar appurtenances, can again resumic their int responsibility as the great support of the American ce much depended upon so little, and few of us realized atil tha little bit of elastic was gone. Its absence has caus strong men to shrink in embarrassment, and pretty women . in confusion.. Th ret prices are marked on all goods in plain figures. _ . This enables one to keep the cost of service entirely within the limits he feels proper. Feel free to consult us at any time. Such consultations are held in strict privacy ‘ and confidence. Holmes Funeral Home “DISTINCTIVE FUNERAL SERVICE” SERVICE AT REASONABLE PRICES Nevada City, 246 Sacramento St. Grass Valley, 150 S, Auburn St. 24 HOUR AMBULANCE Phone 203 nen) sf abe ee: 1 Phone 56 Phone 471-W or 39. EXPERT RADIO YDRAULIO PARLOR PARLOR NO. PVPRAUIC NO, 6a5 Meets evéry Tuesday pais at Pythian’ Castle, 232° Broad ‘Stre et Yaiiine Native Sons welcome: _GERALD D, PE » Pres. DR, C. Ww. CHAPMAN,ne Sec' y 3-1tf REPAIRING — Loud Speaker Systems for Rent. Complete stock of portable and large type radio batteries. ART’S RADIO oes W. L. TAMBLYN, LAMBERT THOMAS, Sec. er edge on reverse. Also want gold . , ‘retail. market—and the middlemen ‘The most hazardous industry in 2, Nevada City. 9-277p and handlers get the rest. California in 1942 in number of ac“The Moscow conference contains within itself the seed Yet the farmer, whose share of the cidents per worker employed and the’ LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE] consumer dollar has been constantly . man hours of employment, was}, moving in standard furniture van. an amicable agreement may usher in a period of world peace, dwindling, gets blamed for gouging: lumbering and wood manufacturing. First class staroge facilities. Fur be done to avoid such a recurrence. Visitinw Elks welcome. —S— would agree to subscribe unqualifiedly to the principles of when a housewife bought a dollar’s farmers toward OPA regulations. But HOSPITAL — Specialists in Radio ills. 112 South Church OUSTOMAH LODGE, ace gl @. OFF.” ever ; 7:30, Odd Falore Hat, a aptedla ; CHESTER PERSON, N. G. ‘ONOTHAN PASCOB Ree. Sec’y. JOHN W. DARKE! Fin. Sec’y. — as Street, Grags Valley. Phone 984. 2-19tf When shopping mention the Nevada City Nugget ads Advertise in the Nugget for resus Workers in a Michigan ref ine ery fixed up a very low, fal se = door leading to the pay office, eeBia Me codecs “You will ese 0a duck n 1 ' if you do! don’t