September 2, 1943 (4 pages)

The Nugget ie 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 Jevada City Nu _COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA. gget his paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read : The Nugget. : m1 * Vol. 17, No. 69. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA x The Gold Center ieaettaomenen a Thinking Out Loud . : By H. M. L. OLDSCHOOL — HOUSE BURNS IN. WILLOW VALLEY At the risk of stressing the obvious, it may not be out of order to call attention sharply’ to conditions which nationally promote juvenile delinquency. Already, ac. eording to reports of those who make a study of this subject, juvenile delinquency has has jumped 50 per cent through the nation since the war began. There are man organizations besides the Parent Teachers Associations which are taking an active interest in this war phenomenon, but the curve continues to show a sharp rise. * In its extremes juvenile delinquency indicates a national breakdown of orderly life. We can alk remember that during the revolutions following the first world’ war Russian youth was on the loose without controls of any kind except squads of soldiers who mercilessly slaughtered the orphaned and starving ‘‘wolf packs.’’ can happen ofly, in countries where human life has been ‘60 cheapened by war and famine, that existence no longer carries values. In the Russian philosophy the children were better dead, and perhaps under the circumstances, proponents of any philosophy might acquiesce. There will be no ‘‘wolf packs” of children in this country. We still place’ high values on human life. We still fight our wars on the condition that we shall sacrifice as few of our fighting men as possible, ‘second ‘front or no second front, whether Russia likes it or not. On the home front, by the same. token, we shall not sacrifice our children’s future, and resign ourselves to a period of lax control followed a few years later by a stern season of consigning men of neglected childhood to prisons already crowded. ‘We have faith that when the ugly truth of present conditions conductive to juvenile delinquency is driven home something will be done about it. The first and largest cause of juvenile delingnency is broken homes. In peace times these are eaused by divorces or the abandonment of parental responsibilities, one mate merely ‘‘walking out’ on the other. In war time this tendency is drastically increased. Under the incentive of high wages, both mothers. and fathers abandon their homes, leaving their children in the precarious care of hired reasons with or without experience in child rearing. (Children themselves of high school age enter war industries for the high wages paid. Laws against child labor are laxly enforced under the war pressure for arms and materials. The drafting of fathers of little children, now imminent, will not help this situation. In some cases it will force young mothers to get jobs outside the home, relinquishing the children to such -haphazard ‘ware as can be obtained. In our county, within the last ten days seven out-of-state boys have been arrested at Truckee for erimes ranging from burglary to car stealing. Their ages ranged from 13 to 17. A felony charge has been filed against the alleged secducer of the 17 year old wife of a sailor in the navy. A mother of three little children under five years of age found naked and hungry by local peace officers, was arrested after making the rounds of local bar, rooms. These are local straws in the wind to indicate the national trend and something of national scoe needs to be done about it. The hard fact is that the laws which protect and guard children are not sufficient. The responsibility’ for rearing children rests primarily on the parents. We believe that laws further curbing parental neglect, and forcing upon parents their responsibility should be enacted and enforced. It wont do to shuffle off this responsibility upon the schools though the schools can and do help to train children. We do not recall at the moment ever hearing or reporting a case in which a parThis Peace officers are investigating ‘two fires in Willow Valley, which they think may have been of incendiary origin. The first fire was across from the Willow Valley schoolhouse which building, with the woodshed and outbuilding was completely destroyed. With the building was also destroyed a quantity of stored furniture belonging to a family in the neighborhood. ‘The building belongs to Will Davis and no school has been held there for several years. The other fire was across the road from the destroyed building and burned over four acres of dry grass. DELINQUENCY CHARGE MADE BY U.S. NAVY MAN Earl Wing, :charged with contributing to the delinquency of the minor wife of a sailor in the U. S. \Navy, has deposited cash bail of $1,000, and.is now at liberty. The complaint against Wing is signed by the woman’s husband, Everett Newman, formerly of Chicago Park. Wing was arrested Saturday by Undersheriff William Woods at the ‘Narrows Dam, where he is employed as an electrician by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. He spent Saturday night in jail. His preliminary hearing will take place Friday at p. m. before Justice of the Peace Charles Morehouse. VAGABOND COWS RAVAGE VICTORY Stray cows that wander in from dry pastures outside Nevada City and destroy victory gardens overnight, are soon to get their owners in a peck of trouble, according to Chief of Police James Allen, who has to get up in the middle of the night and herd the bovines out of town. For, while Nevada City has a pound for dogs there are no. facilities for impounding larger animals. Residents of West Broad" street lhave been particularly sul¥ject to ravages of stray cows. Mrs. Everett Robinson reported to the chief that two nightly visits of vagabond cows had completed the ruin of her garden just at the time when corn and tomatoés were ripening. trying to ascertain the names of cow owners, so that outraged residents may sue for damages. — —_— = SWEEPS COUNTY With all returns complete, from N.*MeCormack, county clerk, yesterday announced that Mrs. Grace Englebright, candidate for congress to succeed her late husband, Harry L. Englebright, had polled 2,363 of the 3,084 ballots cast in the special election Tuesday. Senator Clair Engle was a distant second with a total of 386 votes, and Senator Mayo was third with 335. Absentee ballots, of which 189 were taken out, are still to be counted. Harrison Randall Is Officer At Camp Roberts Officers who. have arrived at Camp Roberts recently for duty in the infantry replacement training center include 2nd Lit. Thomas H. Randall of Nevada City. ent was sent to prison for neglect of his or her children. They are sometimes jailed for non-support, for short trms, but we believe that wilful and flagrant neglect of parents should be made a felony and the law strictly enforced. The business of bringing children into” the world and then abandoning them to the state, should be and can be halted. 9 . GARDENS IN TOWN Allen is! MRS ENGLEBRIGHT the 42 precincts in Nevada Countyrk . THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS LEAVE HIGH SCHOOLS WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2.— “By the hundreds of thousands boys and girls who in other times’ would have completed high school are now leaving the school before gradua‘tion to go to work,’’ says the Educational Policies Commission of the National Education Association as it surveys with some alarm the tendency of restless sixteen and Seventeen year old youth to interrupt their educational careers. The drop outs in high school were serious last year and the commission feels that large numbers of high school students in summertime employment will not lay down their tools and take up their books when the school bell fines m September. ‘In some communities,” dus from high school ‘has already reached proportions which are alarming to all concerned for the success of the war effort and for the longtime welfare of youth. In practically all communities; withdrawals have reached the point where they require immediate attention and action. And almost everywhere, the rates of withdrawal are steadily mounting.’’ SEVERAL FIRES ARE CONTROLLED Palls of smoke over Nevada County due to fires in the lower foothills were gone yesterday following ‘promt and efficient, control of two ,extensive brush and grass burnings along the Grass Valley-Auburn highway in the vicinity of Higgins Corner and several ranches on the MeCourtney Road weet of Grass Valley. State Fire Warden William Sharp of able to muster several hundred men iin control work, most of them soldiers from Camp Beale. Tuesday evening a fire started in Willow Valley adjacent to Nevada ‘City burned over a couple of acres. A ifire suppression crew from the Tahoe National Forest’s camp at (White {Cloud aided the state fire warden in promptly checking and extinguish‘ing this fire, which threatened a residence section. ' Another forest fire at Chalk Bluff near the Remington Hill gravel mine was promptly checked by the national forest crews yesterday. RAILWAY PROFIT. SAN HFRANCISCO, Stpt. 2.—Aided by gasoline rationing and a huge increase in population, San Francisico’s Municipal Railway earned a profit of nearly three quarters of a million dollars, after all charges including depreciation. and bond. redemption, in the fis¢al year ended June 30,. 1943. The municipal system operates on a 5-cent fare. eTotak income during the _ fiscal ured. ae an increase of $1,281,854 over the previous fiscal year. The net profit was $746,048, an increase of $562,129 over net in‘come in the preceding fiscal year. The Municipal Ratlway is operated by the Public Utilities Commission which also operates, San’ Franecisco’s Hetch Hetchy water and power system, the city’s -water department and the municipal airport, Mills Field. ; General W. T. Hannum Of Debris Commission, Retires The retirement of Gen, Warren T. Hannum, as chief of the Pacific Division of the United States Corps of Engineers, and president of the California Debris Commission, has been announced. General Hannum, who hase served many years, has been ordered into retirement under the age rule. : General Hannum is well known here, where he has attended many of the meetings of the California Hydraulic Miners Association. He was in charge of the Upper Narrows dam during its construction period and later gave his personal attention: to hydraulic mining problems. continues the commission, ‘“‘the exo-' y \planning on the State Division of Forestry was) S.F.MUNICIPAL — ae ees ‘TO TEST BUTT COUNTY TIN ORE CHICO, Sept. 2.—Plans for the {September meeting of Western Mining Council are now being made by (Capt. John D. Hubbard of Paradise, president of the’ Butte County chapter. It will be held in Chico on the evening of Sept. 9th, following some afternoon ‘tests of tin ore.in_ the ‘testing plant of Wm,.‘G. Kurth, 1464 Magnolia St. : SAN BERNARDINO ORE Two sacks of ore are now on hand from the claims of W. S. Bruton, 950 S. Hoover St., Los Angeles, located in San’ Bernardino County, Bruton has-tests that run from traces to 12.60% tin content, with substantial supplies of gold, copper, iron, sulphur, arsenic, mercury, zine and silver. Bruton is a council member. A special committee composed of man and assayer, H. R. Brandenburg, Idaho Maryland chemist, Kenneth peer, head chemist for RagoolandBroy and secretary of the San Francisco chapter, Jas. Melone, head of the Plumas: chapter, of. Colorado School of Mines, Frederick E. Browne, Auburn engineer, Mrs. Freda McGill, head of the Napa chapter, David C. Davis of Western Gold and Platinum Works, M. C. Merrell, head of the California Supervisors Strategic Survey and Walter Bradley, state mineralogist, will attend the tests and report at the evening meeting. Mr. Bradley writes that he will be represented by his Sacramento district engineer. Chas. Averill. All interested in the tests also are invited. Mr. attending. ARRANGE FOR GOLD SURVEY . bids fair to, become most pressing! j H ‘this winter due to the inability of A special committee will report on arrangements for a survey of all gold ee eee I sical fitness. CLAIR ENGLE. THANKS NUGGET “Nevada City Nugget: “The unofficial tabulation indicates my election. FEF appreciate the . splendid support received at the polls jand wish ress ti Capt. Hubbard, experienced mining . to. express: by appreciation to my opponents for a clean courteous campaign. I will be at the service of you and your community in doing anything I can to help you as your represenative in congress.’’ CLAIR ENGLE. FREE DEAD WOOD IN FORESTS FOR THOSE WHO ASK Supervis@m, Guerdon Ellis of the Tahoe Nati®nal Forest edraws attention to one of the wartime problems ibeing experienced by mountain and Bruton, owner of the claims, is!valley communities. Ellis states the wood ptoblem in these communities local fuel contractors to secure labor. properties available for lease and op-/In addition, the possibility of a fuel eration. The.council intends to present the result of this survey as a means of supplying post-war work. Ray Herrera, head of the Sierra ©ounty chapter, will report on the hearing with Sen. Scrugham in Reno on Aug. 13, on the stockpile bill, S. 1160. IRON SURVEY Jas. Melone, president of the Plu-; gather dead timber from government . mas chapter, will make a report on the congressional appropriation of ‘$2,000,000 for an iron deposit. survey. The survey is the first move of congress toward the decentralization . of the steel business. Secretary-Treasurer Paul Claiborne will make a complete financial report to date of the organization. A directors’ meeting will be held during the dinner hour. The general meeting will be held in the Chico Vet@érans Memorial Building. WELFARE DRIVE FOR 18 MILLION — SOON TO OPEN SAN -FRANCISCO, Sept. .2.— Needs of war relief and welfare to be met by Californians in campaigns scheduled during October and November total approximately $18,000,000, Ralph T, Fisher, President of the California War Chest, representing the National War Fund, revealed at a meeting of county campaign representatives held here over the past week, end. ‘More than 40 delegates from county campaign organizations in northern California attended the meeting. A similar session, scheduled for September 10 in Los Angeles, will be attended by district and county chairmen and war chest executives of Southern California. A total of 1,000 (California) ommunities will parti¢iate in the state wide fund raising drive. PS Fisher cited the National. War Fund campaign, with which the California War CHest is affiliated, as the “biggest thing in organized philanthrophy the world has ever seen.” “Our state appeal is a part Of the nation wide fund raising effort which unites 17 war relief and welfare campaigns in one drive,” he said. “A total of $250,000,000 is needed nationally for services to our fighting men. United Nations relief organizations, and home front health «and welfare organizations. This great ‘cause maintains the morale of men on the fighting front, bolsters the morale of our allies, and keeps the home fires burning. oil shortage makes the problem of ‘securing wood for home heating one }most families must solve by cutting their own wood. fe Local residents and: others from earby communities may make ap;plication at the nearest forest service . Tanger station for a free use permit ;which grants them permission to ‘lands for ‘home use, Forest Supervisor Ellis points out the necessity of observing federal, state anid county fire laws by people using the national forest during the dry season. The mountains and foothill areas, according to Ellis, are critically dry at this time of, the year, and smoking or earelessness in the woods will endanger valuable timber now urgently needed by the armed forces and war industries. The patriotic duty of every citizen is the protection of those majerial resources which, contribute to the preservation of ‘our nation. RAILROADS TO BULWARK POST WAR PROSPERITY If the railroads are soundly posi‘tioned financially after the war, they should continue to be.a bulwark to ‘the prosperity of the country, in the opinion of A. T. Mercier, president of the Southern Pacific Company. Financially strong railroads could serve the nation, he says, not only by providing efficient and economical mass transportation which is a first essential of business and industry, but also by turning purchasing power into channels of trade through employes and, additionally, through very heavy purchases of materials and supplies. Mercier points out that a large amount of maintenance work not absolutely necessary to safe operation. of the’ railroads at this time has had to be postponed during the war period. Consequently, he adds, after the war there will be need for rehabilitation on a large scale, and this is important to the country. In announcing new all-time high records for freight and passenger traffic in the first half of 1943, Mercier said. “This is the first period in which railroad earnings have approached a reasonable return in more than a decade. The level of rates under which traffic is moving is the lowest in history by unit of work performed. For the first five months of 1943, Nevada City Schools To Stress, Four Important Subjects; Teaching Personnel Announced In a letter issued to teachers of the elementary and hi schools of the Nevada City Unified School Distict 1 Kjorlie, superintendent, states that 4 subjects ‘will be specially stressed in both divisions this year. They are global geography, an intelligent appreciation of other nationalities and races, a more thorough foundation in the three Rs, and phyvast sums paid in wages to railroad, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1943 Saas . j Kjorlie states that while these subjects have not been neglected in the past, this year they will receive special attention. He is particularly interested’ in building up an uniderstanding among future citizens of the civilization made by other peoples. This year Kjorlie expects that ithere will be a further falling off in ;average daily attendance. Three, less ‘teachers will be employed when ‘school opens September 20th than . was the case last year. Announce— {ment of the teacher personnel folSate : High school—Miss June Brown, ‘home making subjects; Miss Helen (Chapman, history; Miss Evelyn Corr, ‘English; Miss Adelaide Elliott, commercial subjects; Mrs. Isabel Hefel= i finger, hygiene; Russell Hoyle, sci/ence; Mrs. John LaRue, English, social science; Mrs. (Marion Libbey, ‘choral music; Frank Luchen, instru-. ,mental music; Charles ‘Parsons, vice’ ‘principal, general shop work; William Tamblyn, boy’s physical educa. Elementary school—Miss Edith Goyne, first grade; Mrs. Doris Foley, — . first and second grades; Miss Savory Ford, second grade; Mrs. Mary War;necke, third grade; Mrs. ‘Mabel . Flindt, third and ‘fourth grades; . Miss Elise DeMattie, fourth grade; ‘Miss Elizabeth Ryan, fourth and 'fifth grades; Miss Ruth Hogan, fifth grade; Mrs. Virginia Gressel, sixth {grade; Mrs. Luvyia Kilroy, seventh \grade; Lloyd. Geist,.vice, .principal, ‘eighth grade. f . ‘ . r JURY PANEL IS DRAWN FOR TRIAL OF WM. TOTTEN . A panel of jurors has been drawn :in the superior court, with Judge George L.’ Jones presiding, from which the jury to try William Totten ‘charged with the murder of Harvey McVean will be selected. The trial of Totten, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of: insanity, has been get for September 13th. The murder occured July 15th in the backyard of Mrs. Mary Fields, Totten’s aunt. McVean was the prot, prietor of an auto camp on the Idaho ‘Maryland Road, adjacent to the Field home. The jury panel follows: Garwood, Mrs. Kate Wasley, Donald E. Steger, Mrs. Sadie Angiolini, Mrs. Virginia O’Neill, Clifford P. Pooler, Thomas Lawrence, Nevada township. Michael F. Keleher, Edward lL. Baldwin, Abraham Tick, Mrs. Paulina M. Zugnoni, -Mrs. Gertrude H. Ahearn, John D. Blamey, John J. Feldman, Paul G. Ullrich, Mrs. Minnie Carter, Mrs. Winnie Murphy, (Howard Wasley, Francis W. Bennallack, Thomas Bone, Carl F. Merkle, 'D. Clinch, Robert Jeffery, Anita Dv ‘Keegan, (/Mrs.)Malcolm Hammill, ‘Daniel C. Stewart, ‘ear, Francis Viscia, Ida ' (Miss), Jearold ‘F, Brust,-Mildred L. 'James, John R. Smitheram, Mrs, Lillian M. Kingham, Grass . township. sare ae Eric T. Ravn,’ Frank Abbott, John> ship. : William M. Englehart, Smith (‘Mrs.), Frank Gainnie, A, B. Polyanich, Meadow Lake Townshi George L. Murphy, Donald Staples, Bridgeport township. Archie Miller, Mrs. Landsburg, Bloomfield townshi Mrs. Rene Cain, Washington ship. ; Frank §&. Bice, ship. Thomas KE, township. taxes absorbed mo railroads’ real net William E. Wyman, Mrs. Lila E. Valley” P. Fippin, Rough and Ready town— Sr., Tillie. culture and contributions of value to,.—~ Fred. Foote, Fred G. Coombs, Grace “Daniel .V. Asni-Termine, . v

The Nugget ie 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 Jevada City Nu _COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA. gget his paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read : The Nugget. : m1 * Vol. 17, No. 69. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA x The Gold Center ieaettaomenen a Thinking Out Loud . : By H. M. L. OLDSCHOOL — HOUSE BURNS IN. WILLOW VALLEY At the risk of stressing the obvious, it may not be out of order to call attention sharply’ to conditions which nationally promote juvenile delinquency. Already, ac. eording to reports of those who make a study of this subject, juvenile delinquency has has jumped 50 per cent through the nation since the war began. There are man organizations besides the Parent Teachers Associations which are taking an active interest in this war phenomenon, but the curve continues to show a sharp rise. * In its extremes juvenile delinquency indicates a national breakdown of orderly life. We can alk remember that during the revolutions following the first world’ war Russian youth was on the loose without controls of any kind except squads of soldiers who mercilessly slaughtered the orphaned and starving ‘‘wolf packs.’’ can happen ofly, in countries where human life has been ‘60 cheapened by war and famine, that existence no longer carries values. In the Russian philosophy the children were better dead, and perhaps under the circumstances, proponents of any philosophy might acquiesce. There will be no ‘‘wolf packs” of children in this country. We still place’ high values on human life. We still fight our wars on the condition that we shall sacrifice as few of our fighting men as possible, ‘second ‘front or no second front, whether Russia likes it or not. On the home front, by the same. token, we shall not sacrifice our children’s future, and resign ourselves to a period of lax control followed a few years later by a stern season of consigning men of neglected childhood to prisons already crowded. ‘We have faith that when the ugly truth of present conditions conductive to juvenile delinquency is driven home something will be done about it. The first and largest cause of juvenile delingnency is broken homes. In peace times these are eaused by divorces or the abandonment of parental responsibilities, one mate merely ‘‘walking out’ on the other. In war time this tendency is drastically increased. Under the incentive of high wages, both mothers. and fathers abandon their homes, leaving their children in the precarious care of hired reasons with or without experience in child rearing. (Children themselves of high school age enter war industries for the high wages paid. Laws against child labor are laxly enforced under the war pressure for arms and materials. The drafting of fathers of little children, now imminent, will not help this situation. In some cases it will force young mothers to get jobs outside the home, relinquishing the children to such -haphazard ‘ware as can be obtained. In our county, within the last ten days seven out-of-state boys have been arrested at Truckee for erimes ranging from burglary to car stealing. Their ages ranged from 13 to 17. A felony charge has been filed against the alleged secducer of the 17 year old wife of a sailor in the navy. A mother of three little children under five years of age found naked and hungry by local peace officers, was arrested after making the rounds of local bar, rooms. These are local straws in the wind to indicate the national trend and something of national scoe needs to be done about it. The hard fact is that the laws which protect and guard children are not sufficient. The responsibility’ for rearing children rests primarily on the parents. We believe that laws further curbing parental neglect, and forcing upon parents their responsibility should be enacted and enforced. It wont do to shuffle off this responsibility upon the schools though the schools can and do help to train children. We do not recall at the moment ever hearing or reporting a case in which a parThis Peace officers are investigating ‘two fires in Willow Valley, which they think may have been of incendiary origin. The first fire was across from the Willow Valley schoolhouse which building, with the woodshed and outbuilding was completely destroyed. With the building was also destroyed a quantity of stored furniture belonging to a family in the neighborhood. ‘The building belongs to Will Davis and no school has been held there for several years. The other fire was across the road from the destroyed building and burned over four acres of dry grass. DELINQUENCY CHARGE MADE BY U.S. NAVY MAN Earl Wing, :charged with contributing to the delinquency of the minor wife of a sailor in the U. S. \Navy, has deposited cash bail of $1,000, and.is now at liberty. The complaint against Wing is signed by the woman’s husband, Everett Newman, formerly of Chicago Park. Wing was arrested Saturday by Undersheriff William Woods at the ‘Narrows Dam, where he is employed as an electrician by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. He spent Saturday night in jail. His preliminary hearing will take place Friday at p. m. before Justice of the Peace Charles Morehouse. VAGABOND COWS RAVAGE VICTORY Stray cows that wander in from dry pastures outside Nevada City and destroy victory gardens overnight, are soon to get their owners in a peck of trouble, according to Chief of Police James Allen, who has to get up in the middle of the night and herd the bovines out of town. For, while Nevada City has a pound for dogs there are no. facilities for impounding larger animals. Residents of West Broad" street lhave been particularly sul¥ject to ravages of stray cows. Mrs. Everett Robinson reported to the chief that two nightly visits of vagabond cows had completed the ruin of her garden just at the time when corn and tomatoés were ripening. trying to ascertain the names of cow owners, so that outraged residents may sue for damages. — —_— = SWEEPS COUNTY With all returns complete, from N.*MeCormack, county clerk, yesterday announced that Mrs. Grace Englebright, candidate for congress to succeed her late husband, Harry L. Englebright, had polled 2,363 of the 3,084 ballots cast in the special election Tuesday. Senator Clair Engle was a distant second with a total of 386 votes, and Senator Mayo was third with 335. Absentee ballots, of which 189 were taken out, are still to be counted. Harrison Randall Is Officer At Camp Roberts Officers who. have arrived at Camp Roberts recently for duty in the infantry replacement training center include 2nd Lit. Thomas H. Randall of Nevada City. ent was sent to prison for neglect of his or her children. They are sometimes jailed for non-support, for short trms, but we believe that wilful and flagrant neglect of parents should be made a felony and the law strictly enforced. The business of bringing children into” the world and then abandoning them to the state, should be and can be halted. 9 . GARDENS IN TOWN Allen is! MRS ENGLEBRIGHT the 42 precincts in Nevada Countyrk . THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS LEAVE HIGH SCHOOLS WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2.— “By the hundreds of thousands boys and girls who in other times’ would have completed high school are now leaving the school before gradua‘tion to go to work,’’ says the Educational Policies Commission of the National Education Association as it surveys with some alarm the tendency of restless sixteen and Seventeen year old youth to interrupt their educational careers. The drop outs in high school were serious last year and the commission feels that large numbers of high school students in summertime employment will not lay down their tools and take up their books when the school bell fines m September. ‘In some communities,” dus from high school ‘has already reached proportions which are alarming to all concerned for the success of the war effort and for the longtime welfare of youth. In practically all communities; withdrawals have reached the point where they require immediate attention and action. And almost everywhere, the rates of withdrawal are steadily mounting.’’ SEVERAL FIRES ARE CONTROLLED Palls of smoke over Nevada County due to fires in the lower foothills were gone yesterday following ‘promt and efficient, control of two ,extensive brush and grass burnings along the Grass Valley-Auburn highway in the vicinity of Higgins Corner and several ranches on the MeCourtney Road weet of Grass Valley. State Fire Warden William Sharp of able to muster several hundred men iin control work, most of them soldiers from Camp Beale. Tuesday evening a fire started in Willow Valley adjacent to Nevada ‘City burned over a couple of acres. A ifire suppression crew from the Tahoe National Forest’s camp at (White {Cloud aided the state fire warden in promptly checking and extinguish‘ing this fire, which threatened a residence section. ' Another forest fire at Chalk Bluff near the Remington Hill gravel mine was promptly checked by the national forest crews yesterday. RAILWAY PROFIT. SAN HFRANCISCO, Stpt. 2.—Aided by gasoline rationing and a huge increase in population, San Francisico’s Municipal Railway earned a profit of nearly three quarters of a million dollars, after all charges including depreciation. and bond. redemption, in the fis¢al year ended June 30,. 1943. The municipal system operates on a 5-cent fare. eTotak income during the _ fiscal ured. ae an increase of $1,281,854 over the previous fiscal year. The net profit was $746,048, an increase of $562,129 over net in‘come in the preceding fiscal year. The Municipal Ratlway is operated by the Public Utilities Commission which also operates, San’ Franecisco’s Hetch Hetchy water and power system, the city’s -water department and the municipal airport, Mills Field. ; General W. T. Hannum Of Debris Commission, Retires The retirement of Gen, Warren T. Hannum, as chief of the Pacific Division of the United States Corps of Engineers, and president of the California Debris Commission, has been announced. General Hannum, who hase served many years, has been ordered into retirement under the age rule. : General Hannum is well known here, where he has attended many of the meetings of the California Hydraulic Miners Association. He was in charge of the Upper Narrows dam during its construction period and later gave his personal attention: to hydraulic mining problems. continues the commission, ‘“‘the exo-'

y \planning on the State Division of Forestry was) S.F.MUNICIPAL — ae ees ‘TO TEST BUTT COUNTY TIN ORE CHICO, Sept. 2.—Plans for the {September meeting of Western Mining Council are now being made by (Capt. John D. Hubbard of Paradise, president of the’ Butte County chapter. It will be held in Chico on the evening of Sept. 9th, following some afternoon ‘tests of tin ore.in_ the ‘testing plant of Wm,.‘G. Kurth, 1464 Magnolia St. : SAN BERNARDINO ORE Two sacks of ore are now on hand from the claims of W. S. Bruton, 950 S. Hoover St., Los Angeles, located in San’ Bernardino County, Bruton has-tests that run from traces to 12.60% tin content, with substantial supplies of gold, copper, iron, sulphur, arsenic, mercury, zine and silver. Bruton is a council member. A special committee composed of man and assayer, H. R. Brandenburg, Idaho Maryland chemist, Kenneth peer, head chemist for RagoolandBroy and secretary of the San Francisco chapter, Jas. Melone, head of the Plumas: chapter, of. Colorado School of Mines, Frederick E. Browne, Auburn engineer, Mrs. Freda McGill, head of the Napa chapter, David C. Davis of Western Gold and Platinum Works, M. C. Merrell, head of the California Supervisors Strategic Survey and Walter Bradley, state mineralogist, will attend the tests and report at the evening meeting. Mr. Bradley writes that he will be represented by his Sacramento district engineer. Chas. Averill. All interested in the tests also are invited. Mr. attending. ARRANGE FOR GOLD SURVEY . bids fair to, become most pressing! j H ‘this winter due to the inability of A special committee will report on arrangements for a survey of all gold ee eee I sical fitness. CLAIR ENGLE. THANKS NUGGET “Nevada City Nugget: “The unofficial tabulation indicates my election. FEF appreciate the . splendid support received at the polls jand wish ress ti Capt. Hubbard, experienced mining . to. express: by appreciation to my opponents for a clean courteous campaign. I will be at the service of you and your community in doing anything I can to help you as your represenative in congress.’’ CLAIR ENGLE. FREE DEAD WOOD IN FORESTS FOR THOSE WHO ASK Supervis@m, Guerdon Ellis of the Tahoe Nati®nal Forest edraws attention to one of the wartime problems ibeing experienced by mountain and Bruton, owner of the claims, is!valley communities. Ellis states the wood ptoblem in these communities local fuel contractors to secure labor. properties available for lease and op-/In addition, the possibility of a fuel eration. The.council intends to present the result of this survey as a means of supplying post-war work. Ray Herrera, head of the Sierra ©ounty chapter, will report on the hearing with Sen. Scrugham in Reno on Aug. 13, on the stockpile bill, S. 1160. IRON SURVEY Jas. Melone, president of the Plu-; gather dead timber from government . mas chapter, will make a report on the congressional appropriation of ‘$2,000,000 for an iron deposit. survey. The survey is the first move of congress toward the decentralization . of the steel business. Secretary-Treasurer Paul Claiborne will make a complete financial report to date of the organization. A directors’ meeting will be held during the dinner hour. The general meeting will be held in the Chico Vet@érans Memorial Building. WELFARE DRIVE FOR 18 MILLION — SOON TO OPEN SAN -FRANCISCO, Sept. .2.— Needs of war relief and welfare to be met by Californians in campaigns scheduled during October and November total approximately $18,000,000, Ralph T, Fisher, President of the California War Chest, representing the National War Fund, revealed at a meeting of county campaign representatives held here over the past week, end. ‘More than 40 delegates from county campaign organizations in northern California attended the meeting. A similar session, scheduled for September 10 in Los Angeles, will be attended by district and county chairmen and war chest executives of Southern California. A total of 1,000 (California) ommunities will parti¢iate in the state wide fund raising drive. PS Fisher cited the National. War Fund campaign, with which the California War CHest is affiliated, as the “biggest thing in organized philanthrophy the world has ever seen.” “Our state appeal is a part Of the nation wide fund raising effort which unites 17 war relief and welfare campaigns in one drive,” he said. “A total of $250,000,000 is needed nationally for services to our fighting men. United Nations relief organizations, and home front health «and welfare organizations. This great ‘cause maintains the morale of men on the fighting front, bolsters the morale of our allies, and keeps the home fires burning. oil shortage makes the problem of ‘securing wood for home heating one }most families must solve by cutting their own wood. fe Local residents and: others from earby communities may make ap;plication at the nearest forest service . Tanger station for a free use permit ;which grants them permission to ‘lands for ‘home use, Forest Supervisor Ellis points out the necessity of observing federal, state anid county fire laws by people using the national forest during the dry season. The mountains and foothill areas, according to Ellis, are critically dry at this time of, the year, and smoking or earelessness in the woods will endanger valuable timber now urgently needed by the armed forces and war industries. The patriotic duty of every citizen is the protection of those majerial resources which, contribute to the preservation of ‘our nation. RAILROADS TO BULWARK POST WAR PROSPERITY If the railroads are soundly posi‘tioned financially after the war, they should continue to be.a bulwark to ‘the prosperity of the country, in the opinion of A. T. Mercier, president of the Southern Pacific Company. Financially strong railroads could serve the nation, he says, not only by providing efficient and economical mass transportation which is a first essential of business and industry, but also by turning purchasing power into channels of trade through employes and, additionally, through very heavy purchases of materials and supplies. Mercier points out that a large amount of maintenance work not absolutely necessary to safe operation. of the’ railroads at this time has had to be postponed during the war period. Consequently, he adds, after the war there will be need for rehabilitation on a large scale, and this is important to the country. In announcing new all-time high records for freight and passenger traffic in the first half of 1943, Mercier said. “This is the first period in which railroad earnings have approached a reasonable return in more than a decade. The level of rates under which traffic is moving is the lowest in history by unit of work performed. For the first five months of 1943, Nevada City Schools To Stress, Four Important Subjects; Teaching Personnel Announced In a letter issued to teachers of the elementary and hi schools of the Nevada City Unified School Distict 1 Kjorlie, superintendent, states that 4 subjects ‘will be specially stressed in both divisions this year. They are global geography, an intelligent appreciation of other nationalities and races, a more thorough foundation in the three Rs, and phyvast sums paid in wages to railroad, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1943 Saas . j Kjorlie states that while these subjects have not been neglected in the past, this year they will receive special attention. He is particularly interested’ in building up an uniderstanding among future citizens of the civilization made by other peoples. This year Kjorlie expects that ithere will be a further falling off in ;average daily attendance. Three, less ‘teachers will be employed when ‘school opens September 20th than . was the case last year. Announce— {ment of the teacher personnel folSate : High school—Miss June Brown, ‘home making subjects; Miss Helen (Chapman, history; Miss Evelyn Corr, ‘English; Miss Adelaide Elliott, commercial subjects; Mrs. Isabel Hefel= i finger, hygiene; Russell Hoyle, sci/ence; Mrs. John LaRue, English, social science; Mrs. (Marion Libbey, ‘choral music; Frank Luchen, instru-. ,mental music; Charles ‘Parsons, vice’ ‘principal, general shop work; William Tamblyn, boy’s physical educa. Elementary school—Miss Edith Goyne, first grade; Mrs. Doris Foley, — . first and second grades; Miss Savory Ford, second grade; Mrs. Mary War;necke, third grade; Mrs. ‘Mabel . Flindt, third and ‘fourth grades; . Miss Elise DeMattie, fourth grade; ‘Miss Elizabeth Ryan, fourth and 'fifth grades; Miss Ruth Hogan, fifth grade; Mrs. Virginia Gressel, sixth {grade; Mrs. Luvyia Kilroy, seventh \grade; Lloyd. Geist,.vice, .principal, ‘eighth grade. f . ‘ . r JURY PANEL IS DRAWN FOR TRIAL OF WM. TOTTEN . A panel of jurors has been drawn :in the superior court, with Judge George L.’ Jones presiding, from which the jury to try William Totten ‘charged with the murder of Harvey McVean will be selected. The trial of Totten, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of: insanity, has been get for September 13th. The murder occured July 15th in the backyard of Mrs. Mary Fields, Totten’s aunt. McVean was the prot, prietor of an auto camp on the Idaho ‘Maryland Road, adjacent to the Field home. The jury panel follows: Garwood, Mrs. Kate Wasley, Donald E. Steger, Mrs. Sadie Angiolini, Mrs. Virginia O’Neill, Clifford P. Pooler, Thomas Lawrence, Nevada township. Michael F. Keleher, Edward lL. Baldwin, Abraham Tick, Mrs. Paulina M. Zugnoni, -Mrs. Gertrude H. Ahearn, John D. Blamey, John J. Feldman, Paul G. Ullrich, Mrs. Minnie Carter, Mrs. Winnie Murphy, (Howard Wasley, Francis W. Bennallack, Thomas Bone, Carl F. Merkle, 'D. Clinch, Robert Jeffery, Anita Dv ‘Keegan, (/Mrs.)Malcolm Hammill, ‘Daniel C. Stewart, ‘ear, Francis Viscia, Ida ' (Miss), Jearold ‘F, Brust,-Mildred L. 'James, John R. Smitheram, Mrs, Lillian M. Kingham, Grass . township. sare ae Eric T. Ravn,’ Frank Abbott, John> ship. : William M. Englehart, Smith (‘Mrs.), Frank Gainnie, A, B. Polyanich, Meadow Lake Townshi George L. Murphy, Donald Staples, Bridgeport township. Archie Miller, Mrs. Landsburg, Bloomfield townshi Mrs. Rene Cain, Washington ship. ; Frank §&. Bice, ship. Thomas KE, township. taxes absorbed mo railroads’ real net William E. Wyman, Mrs. Lila E. Valley” P. Fippin, Rough and Ready town— Sr., Tillie. culture and contributions of value to,.—~ Fred. Foote, Fred G. Coombs, Grace “Daniel .V. Asni-Termine, . v