October 8, 1942 (4 pages)

Fan SRR a SS ano le 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 guard and defend it.’”” — Daniel Webster Nevada City usset Se paibie: oad? hee Poune 1 I Ware anrniiptae ONES Hs bt i Se a COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA al ta ago ge 0S Bae Pie FAT 505 Fer RS, This ~paper_ gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. Vol. 16, No. 81. The County Seat Paper NEVADA cIry, CALIF ORNIA_ The Gold Center _THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 19 942. = Thinking Out Loud By. H. M. L. While it is easy to ‘criticise the cool reception Henry J. Kaiser received in Washington following his proposal to build a huge number of cargo planes each of 200 tonnage or better, it may be well to pause and consider various factors in the proposal. first. In this week’s Aeronautical News for instance appears this item: The American Aircraft Industry is building thousands of cargo planes for the swift transportation of men, munitions and other supplies to every front in this global war, through the operation of the Army and Navy’s air transport services. Henry Kaiser’s plan involved building ‘bigger and larger planes in greater numbers, and on a timeschedule comparable with his 10day ship-~construction feats. But apparently the Army and Navy were already getting cargo planes from a half dozen air plants. To have given him a contract would have disrupted plans, perhaps, that had been long in the making. The Aeronautical News goes on to say: By the end of 1943, Army force commanders have indicated the number of air transport cargo planes will have swelled to so many ‘thousands that air transport will approach parity with wartime shipping. air t would have mollified popular his reception indignation, over in Washington, when Kaiser made his praposal, if this fact, heralded week in the Aeronautical been made public at the conference with Don\But somehow, at that of highly in Washingonly las News ha time of hi? ald Nelson. time, despite \myriads paid publicity \\men ton, it was not Wivulged. terior, dozens of them dail their way to Australia and hae Zealand; others are flying to Alaska and thence to Russia and China; another route takes the cargo plan es to the British Isles via Iceland, and great fleets of them are operating via South America to Egypt from which point they continue their flights to India and the South Pacific battle areas. Some of the cargo planes now Yolling from roduction lines at the aircraft plants are wholly new models, and others are modifications of existing transort liners which have proved their ability to take it through multiple-thousands of miles of service over the coun‘try’s established commercial air lines. After Kaiser’s record in ship building, however, no layman who knows little of either ship building or plane building, will believe thait anyone else in this country could have built so many cargo planes and such big ones, as could Henry Kaiser if he had been given a chance. For the man _ himself, the country has a vast admiration. NNo enemy country, nor for that matter any of the United Nations has produced his like. Americans not only applaud his accomplishmenits but on the rare occasions when he speaks, they listen -with rapt attention. When he talks of the future he heartens the whole country. Last week in Oakland he said: “A very considerable number of men are fretting themselves because of tomorrow. Their thoughts run about like this: ‘What will we do with all expanded plant and equipment when peace is declared?’ ‘What will the new army of trained labor do when the war is over?’ ‘What will ibe the effect of the present wage scales when the post-war depression sets in?’ ‘How can we ever service the huge debt which is now being created?’ “There is another great anxiety (Continued on Page Three) The War Department today appealed to the public to help speed (Christmas mail to soldiers in service in every part of the world. The public was urged to cooperate so that the gift packages and letters may be delivered in the most, expeditious manner. Special emphasis ‘was laid on properly addressing the mail. Following is the way the Army wants you to address a “Christmas ‘parcel: From: Pvt. John R. Doe, 12345678 .-Co. B. 999th Infantry Fort Douglas, Utah. To: Pvts William D. Roe, 3434272 Company F, 167th Infantry A. P. O. (No.) care Postmaster San Francisco, California. “Mail from home,’ the”: department said, ‘is perhaps the most important contribution to the morale of a soldier and of all times of the year, the gifts and messages delivered at the Christmas season have the ;most profound effect upon the soldier . who is fighting overseas.”’ There are approximately 700 Ne. vada County men in the service. . Every resident of the county either /has relatives or close friends fight‘ing for our country. They are urged ‘to contribute to the morale of these . soldiers by sending a Christmas gift ‘to at least one. . Here are the regulations and procedure to ibe followed, as prescribed iby the Army, in sending gifts. . : jnot only comply with Army regula-. tions but also aid local and other! postal employees in seeing they are) . delivered promptly and correctly. ye Parcels should be mailed be-. tween October 1 and November 1. 2. They should be limited to the size of an ordinary shoe box and) weigh no more than six pounds. 3. Each should be addressed with . the full name, serial number, service ‘ organization and Army post. office number of the addressee. . 4, Hach should be securely wrap. ped to withstand rigorous handling. . Postage must be fully prepaid hat the regular parcel post rates only ty the point of embarkation. “rae War Department explained , that ot more than one Christmas ‘parcel, may ‘be mailed 5. toxicants\may be mailed, that no inflammable\. materials (ineludin!g matches or\lighter fluids) accepted and not be mailed. Metallic, wooden, or at least corrugated cardboard\ cases’ enclosing packages are absolutely -essential. that currency should Such packages cannot, be handled with too much ‘care they .get bounced around in holds of ships. They should be packed\ with the idea they contain crockery to be shipped ‘by freight. Fi reason alone, everything in a is ruled out. Practical Christmas gifts suggest6de5. i Books of all types, razor blades (electric razors are liable to turn up in New Caledonia or some _ place where there are no handy electric outlets), toilet articles, pencils and fountain pens, stationery, playing cards, games of various kinds, dominoes. Tennis shoes, bathing suits and sun glasses are very welcome in South Sea Island posts. Baseball equipment and boxing gloves bring smiles to recipients: Particularly gloated over are pictures from home. Cigarettes and tobacco are excellent presents but "they must ‘be packed in airtight tins. Perishable foods are out. ENROLLS AS MEDICAL STUDENT Walter (Bud) Weaver of the Hooper-Waaver Mortuary firm left yesterday for Berkeley to enroll in the University of California as a medical student. Weaver, a licensed embalmer, has always desired to be a physician and surgeon and intends to complete his six years of study to realize the life long ambition. Fol-! . lowing out the recommendations will) in any one ) ‘week to he same address, that no in-} will be; War Department Issues Regulations On Mailing Xmas Gifts To Soldiers ‘County Wide Scrap Drive Is Underway The California Highway Patrol, its Nevada County auxiliary, the police departments of Nevada City, and Grass Valley anid other agencies yesterday opened a. county -wide scrap drive and inventory to determine the extent of scrap metal in the county for possible future use. The Highway Patrol established a scrap depot opposite the patrol office in Hills Flat. : t Richard R. Goyne was appointed head of the Nevada City sub. committee. It is the plan of the present drive officials ‘to collect all possible scrap now but also to conduct a thorough survey of the mines, sawmills, ranches and houses of the county to find out just what:tonnage of scrap can be obtained in the future if necessary. (Captain J. E. Blake of the California Highway Patrol, plans to :contact the highway maintenance department and county supervisors in an effort to obtain trucks to trans. port the scrap obtained at this time. The drive will continue for 30 days. Asked For Camp Beale The Nevada (City (Chamber of (Commerce, at its meeting here Tuesday night, adopted a resolution endorsing the use of a school bus to ‘transport defense workers from Ne‘vada City and Grass Valley: to Camp . Beale. . There were only a few present at the meeting ‘but those who did attend were glad they did not miss it. Joe Spence gave a report on his efforts to obtain two busses to inaugurate a bus line to the camp. Spence is the operator of the Nevada ‘City-Grass Valley ‘bus line and he would extend his service to Camp Beale provided he could obtain the necessary equipment. i Mr. Kenyon, in charge of the laundry at Camp Beale, stated he has signed up 150 workers in Nevada ‘City and Grass Valley ‘to handle the cantonment laundry work. Additional help will probably be obtained from the two communities. Secretary H. F. Sofge announced is intention to attend the _ state amber of Commerce highway comt which the principal topic of ion will be the transportation CUTTERS NEEDED BY RED CROSS A’ new consignment of material has been received by the Nevada City Red Cross Chapter and local women are urgently requested to act as cutters in preparing the material for sewing. : : Help is needed from as nfany of their time to the cause. Nevada City residents who have soft leather—old leather handbags will do—an‘d fur of any kind are asked to leave them at the City Hall. They will be used in interlining garments for aviators. School Bus women as can possibly devote some, On Despite Order Closing Mines Will the order closing the gold mines of this area mean the commercial death of Nevada. City and Grass Valley? That question seems to be in the minds of every resident of the two communities now that the War Production Board has “cracked down” on the gold mining industry in an effort mineral mines. The answer, many believe, is in the negative. The one big concession granted gold mine operators by the WPB was ‘that they will be able to maintain skeleton crews for dewatering operations and timbering to prevent the underground workings from caving. ‘A preliminary survey shows the gold mines, outside of the Lava Cap, which, by the way, will probably not be effected by the order’ through production of a necessary flux in the smelting of lead, have at the present time hardly more than a_ skeleton crew and all men at present on the payroll, will probably be retained for the important upkeep work. Apparently to forestall any exodus of the men they do have on the payroll, the Empire4Star Mine Company officials reportedly told their men yesterdaynotto quit, that work will be provided for them. In addition to the substantial maintenance crews to be employed in the closed gold mines, the county can reply on. the Lava Cap, where 300.men are employed and an pected large amount of business from Camp Beale, where 40,000 soldiers will be stationed T-he cantonment will require hundreds of civilian employees and many of those employees will be obtained from the communities of Nevada City and Grass Valley. : The WPB will find Nevada City gold operators cooperative in doing everything possible for the war ex,to provide additional miners ‘for copper and other essential Charles V. Averill, engineer of the bureau of mines, said no figures are immediately available on either the number of mines in operation at this time or on the number of employes involved in the shutdown. He pointed out, however, that a great many mines were already closed so the order does not involve as many workers as it would-have last year. The purpose of the order, under consideration for some time, was to release miners from the gold fields for work in mines producing strategic metals such as copper. The move was-opposed by senators from gold producing states and gold mine operators who met with WPB officials last week to make their pro-. ' tests. The WPB: action to close the mines will be taken under the war powers delegated to Chairman Donald M. Nelson by the president. In. similar manner the WPB ordered the automobile industry to convert to war production. Estimates as to the number of gold miners who would, ‘be available to produce other metals varied widely. Some western congressmen opposing . the order said it would yield only a few’ hundred workers to the nonferrous metals mines while WPB officials placed the mumber at several thousand. No steps were planned to compel the gold miners to work in the copper and other mines but officials exef pected that the men would turn to! fort. Said Albert Crase, general man-/ those miners voluntarily for patriotic ager of the Idaho-Maryland Corporation, producer: “We will carry out the recomijmendations or orders of the 'governWe are going to do just ds the I guess that is all ment. government says. that can be said: Crase said he could not estimate the number of men that will be required to keep the mines from flooding or caving. John Mann, general manager. of the Empire Star. properties, said he awaiting receipt of the actual order to determine what plans his company will make in obeying the order. Regarding the Lava Cap, General ‘Manager Otto Schiffner said: “The Lava Cap is not classed as a gold mine, but as a strategic mineral producer. I do not think the order will apply to us or the War Production Board would not have granted us the same priority rating that is given to shipyards and other defense industries.” is Mines} and economic reasons. Those who do the state‘s largest gold! not officials said , Might be expected to seek work in other war industries. Gold production in the United Staltes, including the Philippines and . Alaska, amounted to 5,611,171 fine ounces valued at $196,391,000 in +1939. Representative ~Englebright contended that the closing of mines would serve no useful purpose and said he would ask the WPB to reconsider its decision He declared ‘there were less than 2000 hard rock miners in the western gold operations, that these averaged 45 to 48 years of age and that few could be expected ‘to seek employment in copper or other strategic minerals. Englebright added that gold mining supported the economic structure of 15° northern California counties and that while the operators were “willing to make any sacrifice and had no desire to compete with war industries, the operations are not competitive in nature.’’ HERB COOPER, FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN AUBURN Nevada City residents regretted to learn Tuesday of the death of Herbert M. Cooper, 70, superintendent of the Drum division of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for more than 25 years and former Nevada City resident. Many local residents attended the funeral services for Cooper. The rites were held .today in Auburn, He reCooper’s death was’ sudden. suffered a heart attack. Cooper tired several years ago. He moved from Nevada City to Auburn in 1910 but was a frequent visitor here and had many friends in this city. The deceased. was a member of the Nevada City Elks Lodge. He was born in this county in 1872. Surviving relatives include two daughters, Mrs. William Hughes of Auburn and Mrs. Phi Nolan of San Francisco. His fe Mrs. Nettie ‘Cooper, died several years ago in Auburn. He also leaves a siser, Mrs. Helen Lear of San Francisco. De SR OTT ARE ee eee ‘discuss plans for ANNUAL PARISH DINNER IN NOV. The Parish Council of Trinity Church will meet Monday evening at the home of Rev. Cedric Porter to the annual parish dinner and every member canvass to be conducted during the first week in November. The date for the parish dinner has been set for Friday evening Novemiber 6, On Saturday, November 7, a ecard party, food sale and bazaar has ‘been planned; and on Sunday, November 8, Bishop Noel Porter of Sacramento will be the special preacher at a loyalty Sunday service. The Parish Council is composed of all members of the vestry, plus the heads of each of the parish organizations. LOCAL WOMAN INVOLVED IN GRASS VALLEY ACCIDENT Mrs. Elizaibeth Self of Nevada City was the operator of a car which struck ‘Mrs. William Novak and her one year old son in front of the office of Dr. Carl P. Jones on Auburn Street in Grass Valley. : The accident took place as Mrs, Novak stepped on the ‘street. The child was knocked from her arms onto the pavement but an X-ray showed there were no fractures. the gold; Twenty eight Nevada County men were accepted for the Army Thursday. They will depart from Nevada City on October 20th and the Neighbors of Woodcraft of this city will entertain them. _ Fred Juliff, who recently married Dorothy Roberts of this city, will be acting corporal in charge of the group, composed of: George S. Wallace, Harry ©. Gayle, Hobart L. Childers, David L. Catlhoun, Clifton Tisher, William H. Rowe, Louis Leist, Dennis Coughlan, Jr., John G. Roscoe, Bernard Ve Veto, Cecil R. Childers, Frank Angelini, John E. Wellington, Donald J. Leary, Henry J. Toccalini, Arthur Johnson, Roger B. Wilson, Laurence Personeni, Phil V. Solaro, Louis Dolinar, Carlton H. Pascoe. Charles E. Gray, Elwood A. Williams, Roger R. Rockholm, Clyde J. Burnett, Anton Bernhardt, Jack L. Kennedy and Juliff. It cost the Lava Cap Mines,a pretty penny when an ore skip broke loose in the Central shaft, jumping ‘the track below the 13th level and ripping out the sets of timber all the way to the sump. The cable was damaged and a new one had to be installed. Speaking of the Lava Cap, a two cent dividend on the stock was declared Saturday by the directors and a similar dividend is forthcoming ‘at Christmas. One wonders how {the order closing the gold mines will . aaron Idaho-Maryland Mines _ stock. Not so many years ago the stock sold for less than ten cent a share. It eas to beyond $7 at the peak of . production several years ago and ;since the war has dropped to around $2 per share. pees . Walter Parrish, 43, former bill ;collector and blanket salesman of this . district, was convicted by a jury in . Sacramento for manslaughter in the . slaying of his 76 ear old neighbor, . Frank Lore. Few deer are being killed. Game . Warden Earl Hiscox said it is be. cause of the dryness and heat, that the deer hide out all day, But another reason may be that hunters are running out of she:ls and were foreed to abandon their hunting. . The Native Sons Building at Commercial and Pine Streets, formerly occupied iby Rose’s Fashion Shop and at present headquarters for the Elementary School dehydrating program, may be fixed up as a lounging place for soldiers. During the past week Nevada (City residents have seen lots of men in uniform. Most of them were non commissioned officers assigned to Camp Beale. Only a few privates have arrived u ihe camp so far. > When Hobart Childers of Nevada City passed his physical examination for induction into the Army Tuesday the Army doctor paid him a fine compliment. The doctor said Childers had the finest set of teeth of any soldier applicant he ever examined. . Arthur I. Dow has secured a rating as.chief petty officer in the Navy and is expecting his call to Norfolk soon for six weeks basic training . . Bob Paine, much to his surprise, was granted his request for the air corps branch of the service. Paine is now in Florida receiving his basic training in officer’s school. Dick Goyne of the Miners Foundry is doing his part in the scrap metal drive by donating an historic cannon. . . We've always wondered why the iron doors on most of the buildings in town haven’t been contributed to the war effort. NO RUBBER, NO MILITIA CAMPTONVILLE, Oct. 8:—A meeting of the local unit of the state. militia was held Friday evening at the local Masonic Hall. The new en© rollment -blanks that were sent here for the re-enlistment of the local men, were discussed. ¥ ‘Because of the particular graphical situation of this community, the long distance necessary to travel to drill, the tire and gasoline — situation, and the new provisions ofthe new enrollment prevented the local men from again signing up. So for the present there will be no active unit of the picasa ate, geo-

Fan SRR a SS ano le 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 guard and defend it.’”” — Daniel Webster Nevada City usset Se paibie: oad? hee Poune 1 I Ware anrniiptae ONES Hs bt i Se a COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA al ta ago ge 0S Bae Pie FAT 505 Fer RS, This ~paper_ gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. Vol. 16, No. 81. The County Seat Paper NEVADA cIry, CALIF ORNIA_ The Gold Center _THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 19 942. = Thinking Out Loud By. H. M. L. While it is easy to ‘criticise the cool reception Henry J. Kaiser received in Washington following his proposal to build a huge number of cargo planes each of 200 tonnage or better, it may be well to pause and consider various factors in the proposal. first. In this week’s Aeronautical News for instance appears this item: The American Aircraft Industry is building thousands of cargo planes for the swift transportation of men, munitions and other supplies to every front in this global war, through the operation of the Army and Navy’s air transport services. Henry Kaiser’s plan involved building ‘bigger and larger planes in greater numbers, and on a timeschedule comparable with his 10day ship-~construction feats. But apparently the Army and Navy were already getting cargo planes from a half dozen air plants. To have given him a contract would have disrupted plans, perhaps, that had been long in the making. The Aeronautical News goes on to say: By the end of 1943, Army force commanders have indicated the number of air transport cargo planes will have swelled to so many ‘thousands that air transport will approach parity with wartime shipping. air t would have mollified popular his reception indignation, over in Washington, when Kaiser made his praposal, if this fact, heralded week in the Aeronautical been made public at the conference with Don\But somehow, at that of highly in Washingonly las News ha time of hi? ald Nelson. time, despite \myriads paid publicity \\men ton, it was not Wivulged. terior, dozens of them dail their way to Australia and hae Zealand; others are flying to Alaska and thence to Russia and China; another route takes the cargo plan es to the British Isles via Iceland, and great fleets of them are operating via South America to Egypt from which point they continue their flights to India and the South Pacific battle areas. Some of the cargo planes now Yolling from roduction lines at the aircraft plants are wholly new models, and others are modifications of existing transort liners which have proved their ability to take it through multiple-thousands of miles of service over the coun‘try’s established commercial air lines. After Kaiser’s record in ship building, however, no layman who knows little of either ship building or plane building, will believe thait anyone else in this country could have built so many cargo planes and such big ones, as could Henry Kaiser if he had been given a chance. For the man _ himself, the country has a vast admiration. NNo enemy country, nor for that matter any of the United Nations has produced his like. Americans not only applaud his accomplishmenits but on the rare occasions when he speaks, they listen -with rapt attention. When he talks of the future he heartens the whole country. Last week in Oakland he said: “A very considerable number of men are fretting themselves because of tomorrow. Their thoughts run about like this: ‘What will we do with all expanded plant and equipment when peace is declared?’ ‘What will the new army of trained labor do when the war is over?’ ‘What will ibe the effect of the present wage scales when the post-war depression sets in?’ ‘How can we ever service the huge debt which is now being created?’ “There is another great anxiety (Continued on Page Three) The War Department today appealed to the public to help speed (Christmas mail to soldiers in service in every part of the world. The public was urged to cooperate so that the gift packages and letters may be delivered in the most, expeditious manner. Special emphasis ‘was laid on properly addressing the mail. Following is the way the Army wants you to address a “Christmas ‘parcel: From: Pvt. John R. Doe, 12345678 .-Co. B. 999th Infantry Fort Douglas, Utah. To: Pvts William D. Roe, 3434272 Company F, 167th Infantry A. P. O. (No.) care Postmaster San Francisco, California. “Mail from home,’ the”: department said, ‘is perhaps the most important contribution to the morale of a soldier and of all times of the year, the gifts and messages delivered at the Christmas season have the ;most profound effect upon the soldier . who is fighting overseas.”’ There are approximately 700 Ne. vada County men in the service. . Every resident of the county either /has relatives or close friends fight‘ing for our country. They are urged ‘to contribute to the morale of these . soldiers by sending a Christmas gift ‘to at least one. . Here are the regulations and procedure to ibe followed, as prescribed iby the Army, in sending gifts. . : jnot only comply with Army regula-. tions but also aid local and other! postal employees in seeing they are) . delivered promptly and correctly. ye Parcels should be mailed be-. tween October 1 and November 1. 2. They should be limited to the size of an ordinary shoe box and) weigh no more than six pounds. 3. Each should be addressed with . the full name, serial number, service ‘ organization and Army post. office number of the addressee. . 4, Hach should be securely wrap. ped to withstand rigorous handling. . Postage must be fully prepaid hat the regular parcel post rates only ty the point of embarkation. “rae War Department explained , that ot more than one Christmas ‘parcel, may ‘be mailed 5. toxicants\may be mailed, that no inflammable\. materials (ineludin!g matches or\lighter fluids) accepted and not be mailed. Metallic, wooden, or at least corrugated cardboard\ cases’ enclosing packages are absolutely -essential. that currency should Such packages cannot, be handled with too much ‘care they .get bounced around in holds of ships. They should be packed\ with the idea they contain crockery to be shipped ‘by freight. Fi reason alone, everything in a is ruled out. Practical Christmas gifts suggest6de5. i Books of all types, razor blades (electric razors are liable to turn up in New Caledonia or some _ place where there are no handy electric outlets), toilet articles, pencils and fountain pens, stationery, playing cards, games of various kinds, dominoes. Tennis shoes, bathing suits and sun glasses are very welcome in South Sea Island posts. Baseball equipment and boxing gloves bring smiles to recipients: Particularly gloated over are pictures from home. Cigarettes and tobacco are excellent presents but "they must ‘be packed in airtight tins. Perishable foods are out. ENROLLS AS MEDICAL STUDENT Walter (Bud) Weaver of the Hooper-Waaver Mortuary firm left yesterday for Berkeley to enroll in the University of California as a medical student. Weaver, a licensed embalmer, has always desired to be a physician and surgeon and intends to complete his six years of study to realize the life long ambition. Fol-! . lowing out the recommendations will) in any one ) ‘week to he same address, that no in-} will be; War Department Issues Regulations On Mailing Xmas Gifts To Soldiers ‘County Wide Scrap Drive Is Underway The California Highway Patrol, its Nevada County auxiliary, the police departments of Nevada City, and Grass Valley anid other agencies yesterday opened a. county -wide scrap drive and inventory to determine the extent of scrap metal in the county for possible future use. The Highway Patrol established a scrap depot opposite the patrol office in Hills Flat. : t Richard R. Goyne was appointed head of the Nevada City sub. committee. It is the plan of the present drive officials ‘to collect all possible scrap now but also to conduct a thorough survey of the mines, sawmills, ranches and houses of the county to find out just what:tonnage of scrap can be obtained in the future if necessary. (Captain J. E. Blake of the California Highway Patrol, plans to :contact the highway maintenance department and county supervisors in an effort to obtain trucks to trans. port the scrap obtained at this time. The drive will continue for 30 days. Asked For Camp Beale The Nevada (City (Chamber of (Commerce, at its meeting here Tuesday night, adopted a resolution endorsing the use of a school bus to ‘transport defense workers from Ne‘vada City and Grass Valley: to Camp . Beale. . There were only a few present at the meeting ‘but those who did attend were glad they did not miss it. Joe Spence gave a report on his efforts to obtain two busses to inaugurate a bus line to the camp. Spence is the operator of the Nevada ‘City-Grass Valley ‘bus line and he would extend his service to Camp Beale provided he could obtain the necessary equipment. i Mr. Kenyon, in charge of the laundry at Camp Beale, stated he has signed up 150 workers in Nevada ‘City and Grass Valley ‘to handle the cantonment laundry work. Additional help will probably be obtained from the two communities. Secretary H. F. Sofge announced is intention to attend the _ state amber of Commerce highway comt which the principal topic of ion will be the transportation CUTTERS NEEDED BY RED CROSS A’ new consignment of material has been received by the Nevada City Red Cross Chapter and local women are urgently requested to act as cutters in preparing the material for sewing. : : Help is needed from as nfany

of their time to the cause. Nevada City residents who have soft leather—old leather handbags will do—an‘d fur of any kind are asked to leave them at the City Hall. They will be used in interlining garments for aviators. School Bus women as can possibly devote some, On Despite Order Closing Mines Will the order closing the gold mines of this area mean the commercial death of Nevada. City and Grass Valley? That question seems to be in the minds of every resident of the two communities now that the War Production Board has “cracked down” on the gold mining industry in an effort mineral mines. The answer, many believe, is in the negative. The one big concession granted gold mine operators by the WPB was ‘that they will be able to maintain skeleton crews for dewatering operations and timbering to prevent the underground workings from caving. ‘A preliminary survey shows the gold mines, outside of the Lava Cap, which, by the way, will probably not be effected by the order’ through production of a necessary flux in the smelting of lead, have at the present time hardly more than a_ skeleton crew and all men at present on the payroll, will probably be retained for the important upkeep work. Apparently to forestall any exodus of the men they do have on the payroll, the Empire4Star Mine Company officials reportedly told their men yesterdaynotto quit, that work will be provided for them. In addition to the substantial maintenance crews to be employed in the closed gold mines, the county can reply on. the Lava Cap, where 300.men are employed and an pected large amount of business from Camp Beale, where 40,000 soldiers will be stationed T-he cantonment will require hundreds of civilian employees and many of those employees will be obtained from the communities of Nevada City and Grass Valley. : The WPB will find Nevada City gold operators cooperative in doing everything possible for the war ex,to provide additional miners ‘for copper and other essential Charles V. Averill, engineer of the bureau of mines, said no figures are immediately available on either the number of mines in operation at this time or on the number of employes involved in the shutdown. He pointed out, however, that a great many mines were already closed so the order does not involve as many workers as it would-have last year. The purpose of the order, under consideration for some time, was to release miners from the gold fields for work in mines producing strategic metals such as copper. The move was-opposed by senators from gold producing states and gold mine operators who met with WPB officials last week to make their pro-. ' tests. The WPB: action to close the mines will be taken under the war powers delegated to Chairman Donald M. Nelson by the president. In. similar manner the WPB ordered the automobile industry to convert to war production. Estimates as to the number of gold miners who would, ‘be available to produce other metals varied widely. Some western congressmen opposing . the order said it would yield only a few’ hundred workers to the nonferrous metals mines while WPB officials placed the mumber at several thousand. No steps were planned to compel the gold miners to work in the copper and other mines but officials exef pected that the men would turn to! fort. Said Albert Crase, general man-/ those miners voluntarily for patriotic ager of the Idaho-Maryland Corporation, producer: “We will carry out the recomijmendations or orders of the 'governWe are going to do just ds the I guess that is all ment. government says. that can be said: Crase said he could not estimate the number of men that will be required to keep the mines from flooding or caving. John Mann, general manager. of the Empire Star. properties, said he awaiting receipt of the actual order to determine what plans his company will make in obeying the order. Regarding the Lava Cap, General ‘Manager Otto Schiffner said: “The Lava Cap is not classed as a gold mine, but as a strategic mineral producer. I do not think the order will apply to us or the War Production Board would not have granted us the same priority rating that is given to shipyards and other defense industries.” is Mines} and economic reasons. Those who do the state‘s largest gold! not officials said , Might be expected to seek work in other war industries. Gold production in the United Staltes, including the Philippines and . Alaska, amounted to 5,611,171 fine ounces valued at $196,391,000 in +1939. Representative ~Englebright contended that the closing of mines would serve no useful purpose and said he would ask the WPB to reconsider its decision He declared ‘there were less than 2000 hard rock miners in the western gold operations, that these averaged 45 to 48 years of age and that few could be expected ‘to seek employment in copper or other strategic minerals. Englebright added that gold mining supported the economic structure of 15° northern California counties and that while the operators were “willing to make any sacrifice and had no desire to compete with war industries, the operations are not competitive in nature.’’ HERB COOPER, FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN AUBURN Nevada City residents regretted to learn Tuesday of the death of Herbert M. Cooper, 70, superintendent of the Drum division of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for more than 25 years and former Nevada City resident. Many local residents attended the funeral services for Cooper. The rites were held .today in Auburn, He reCooper’s death was’ sudden. suffered a heart attack. Cooper tired several years ago. He moved from Nevada City to Auburn in 1910 but was a frequent visitor here and had many friends in this city. The deceased. was a member of the Nevada City Elks Lodge. He was born in this county in 1872. Surviving relatives include two daughters, Mrs. William Hughes of Auburn and Mrs. Phi Nolan of San Francisco. His fe Mrs. Nettie ‘Cooper, died several years ago in Auburn. He also leaves a siser, Mrs. Helen Lear of San Francisco. De SR OTT ARE ee eee ‘discuss plans for ANNUAL PARISH DINNER IN NOV. The Parish Council of Trinity Church will meet Monday evening at the home of Rev. Cedric Porter to the annual parish dinner and every member canvass to be conducted during the first week in November. The date for the parish dinner has been set for Friday evening Novemiber 6, On Saturday, November 7, a ecard party, food sale and bazaar has ‘been planned; and on Sunday, November 8, Bishop Noel Porter of Sacramento will be the special preacher at a loyalty Sunday service. The Parish Council is composed of all members of the vestry, plus the heads of each of the parish organizations. LOCAL WOMAN INVOLVED IN GRASS VALLEY ACCIDENT Mrs. Elizaibeth Self of Nevada City was the operator of a car which struck ‘Mrs. William Novak and her one year old son in front of the office of Dr. Carl P. Jones on Auburn Street in Grass Valley. : The accident took place as Mrs, Novak stepped on the ‘street. The child was knocked from her arms onto the pavement but an X-ray showed there were no fractures. the gold; Twenty eight Nevada County men were accepted for the Army Thursday. They will depart from Nevada City on October 20th and the Neighbors of Woodcraft of this city will entertain them. _ Fred Juliff, who recently married Dorothy Roberts of this city, will be acting corporal in charge of the group, composed of: George S. Wallace, Harry ©. Gayle, Hobart L. Childers, David L. Catlhoun, Clifton Tisher, William H. Rowe, Louis Leist, Dennis Coughlan, Jr., John G. Roscoe, Bernard Ve Veto, Cecil R. Childers, Frank Angelini, John E. Wellington, Donald J. Leary, Henry J. Toccalini, Arthur Johnson, Roger B. Wilson, Laurence Personeni, Phil V. Solaro, Louis Dolinar, Carlton H. Pascoe. Charles E. Gray, Elwood A. Williams, Roger R. Rockholm, Clyde J. Burnett, Anton Bernhardt, Jack L. Kennedy and Juliff. It cost the Lava Cap Mines,a pretty penny when an ore skip broke loose in the Central shaft, jumping ‘the track below the 13th level and ripping out the sets of timber all the way to the sump. The cable was damaged and a new one had to be installed. Speaking of the Lava Cap, a two cent dividend on the stock was declared Saturday by the directors and a similar dividend is forthcoming ‘at Christmas. One wonders how {the order closing the gold mines will . aaron Idaho-Maryland Mines _ stock. Not so many years ago the stock sold for less than ten cent a share. It eas to beyond $7 at the peak of . production several years ago and ;since the war has dropped to around $2 per share. pees . Walter Parrish, 43, former bill ;collector and blanket salesman of this . district, was convicted by a jury in . Sacramento for manslaughter in the . slaying of his 76 ear old neighbor, . Frank Lore. Few deer are being killed. Game . Warden Earl Hiscox said it is be. cause of the dryness and heat, that the deer hide out all day, But another reason may be that hunters are running out of she:ls and were foreed to abandon their hunting. . The Native Sons Building at Commercial and Pine Streets, formerly occupied iby Rose’s Fashion Shop and at present headquarters for the Elementary School dehydrating program, may be fixed up as a lounging place for soldiers. During the past week Nevada (City residents have seen lots of men in uniform. Most of them were non commissioned officers assigned to Camp Beale. Only a few privates have arrived u ihe camp so far. > When Hobart Childers of Nevada City passed his physical examination for induction into the Army Tuesday the Army doctor paid him a fine compliment. The doctor said Childers had the finest set of teeth of any soldier applicant he ever examined. . Arthur I. Dow has secured a rating as.chief petty officer in the Navy and is expecting his call to Norfolk soon for six weeks basic training . . Bob Paine, much to his surprise, was granted his request for the air corps branch of the service. Paine is now in Florida receiving his basic training in officer’s school. Dick Goyne of the Miners Foundry is doing his part in the scrap metal drive by donating an historic cannon. . . We've always wondered why the iron doors on most of the buildings in town haven’t been contributed to the war effort. NO RUBBER, NO MILITIA CAMPTONVILLE, Oct. 8:—A meeting of the local unit of the state. militia was held Friday evening at the local Masonic Hall. The new en© rollment -blanks that were sent here for the re-enlistment of the local men, were discussed. ¥ ‘Because of the particular graphical situation of this community, the long distance necessary to travel to drill, the tire and gasoline — situation, and the new provisions ofthe new enrollment prevented the local men from again signing up. So for the present there will be no active unit of the picasa ate, geo-