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_ ‘help to provide that minimum liv“ing standard for the millions of
ity which famines in ‘China “and:
_ India, now impose ‘on the less
crowded and _ richer nations—
What we have resented is simply
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Vol. 17, No. iS: The County Sent Paper_
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NEVADA. CITY, Y, CALIFORNIA
_The Gold Center MONDAY, SEPT EMBER af af 1943
Thinking
Out Loud
By H. M. L.
Too much emphasis, perhaps, is
being placed on the need of an airtight agreement between the Anglo-American peoples and the Russians as a condition to » world
peace following the war. We lost
sight of the fact that Russia, from
a modern standpoint ig a new,
one mighit almost say, virgin country with vast resources in land,
minerals, timber and oil, that have
just begun to be developed. It
would seem as if another ‘century
will roll by ‘before Russia is in a
position to compete seriously in
world markets, for instance, with
the Anglo-Americans. Whatever
the form of government, on her
economic phase one can gamble
that Ru8sia will be occupied for
generations to come in developing
her resources. There is in Russia
no. land hunger, no legensraum
that might lead to ambitious sallies against richer neighbors, and
as a matter of fact, from ‘the
standpointt of natural wealth there
are no richer neighbors, not even
the United States, and probably
not even the British Empire with
all its tremendous natural riches.
As a world: power, however,
Russia has one great need, a need
that thas existed ‘cenituries ago, one
which has never ‘been satisfied. .
That need is a warm water port
that can be used the year around.
The lack of such a port may account in large measure for the
general backwardness of Russia as
compared .with the Seandinavian
countries, and Western European
nations. We surmise that if Anglo-American statesmen could find
a way to internationalize the Dardanelles, and make it the world
thoroughfare that either the Suez
or the ‘Panama (Canal, is, Russia
might be quite willing to forego
its ambitions to recapture that part
of Poland lost in the first World,
War, and parts of Finland, that
now seem to hamper cordial relations among the United Nations.
Off hand ‘we can think of no good
reason that’ adjustments could not
be made to provide Russia a corridor to the Persian Gulf. We do
not mean, a forcible seizure of the
property of small nations to appease a greater nation. But since
we have found that we can raise,
around the world 500 billion dolJars for war ‘purposes, it seems
reasonable, if tthe United Nations
leaders were to put their minds
to it, more billidns might be found
‘to compensate’ Turkey or Persia,
for whatever rights were ceded, or
poth, if such ‘contribution would
assist in mainitaining a long term
‘peace, i
To aid inthe development of
Russia’s food resources, minerals,
and petroleum, would not enly be
a real service to (Russia, when
‘peace is established, ‘but would
gsulbmerged Asiatics who now ‘have
only a day to day security against
hunger. In the long run it would
lessen the burden of actual charricher in the sense of natural endowments and industrial developments.
Sesioer ce oeaeaetees .
-'The world will need Russian
commodities when the war ends:
There will be .a market, indeed,
for everything that human hands.
can produce anywhere around {tthe
globe, and the.more hands ‘that
ean be busied producing food,
clothing, building materials, and
all’ the infinite variety of things
for human ‘consumption and use,
the more permanent the peace
will be.
he Ou sta, 1
We never ‘have been much concerned with ‘Russia’s internal governmental arrangements. If 'they
suit the Russians they suit us.
something -that Russia herself
would not tolerate, namely ‘a vast
system of proselyting ito convert
other peoples to their philosophy
of government. But we think Russia has gotten over this phase of
As a measure of assistance in the
present ‘War Bond drive, the Bank
of America branches ‘have made
special arrangements to allow interest for the month of July and
August on funds withdrawn from
savings accounts for the purpose of
purchasing ‘bonds at this time.
Depositors making such withdrawals will therefore enjoy the benefit of savings bank interest practically wp to date of making purchases
and will receive government bond
interest thereafter, thus avoiding the
usual penalty attached to withdrawal. of funds between bank interest
periods. :
E.' M. Rector, vice president and
manager of the Grass Valley ‘branches and H. A. Curnow, manager of
‘Nevada ‘City branch, unite in stating that numerous depositors of the
banks .have expressed their desire to
ibuy war bonds, but have refrained
from doing so because of losing’ the
‘ interest on‘ their savings accounts
!‘for approximately two months when
. making withdrawals for bond pur. chases. ;
Depositors Protected
The bank’s present concession will
take care of this ‘situation and protect such depositors. It is therefore
. hoped that those who now desire to
buy war bonds and charge the same
to their savings accounts will feel
free to take advantage of the bank’s
precent regulation. Such applicants
‘for bonds should present their sav. ings pass books at the banks person-jally when filing their applications.
It must be remembered that this
jis the first bond drive of the preslent war in which commercial banks
. have not been permitted to buy
bonds for their own account: There
‘is a sound reason behind this,
‘government for
i]
es,
4
purchases now
inasmuch as such practice results in in'flation. When the banks pay the
their bond purchasthe government immediately
‘deposits :the same amounts with the
banks, as is the ‘case when people!
‘buy bonds and charge the cost: of
same to their bank accounts.
banks have made substantial puch-!
ases of ‘bonds in previous
es, the strain imposed upon public;
is correspondingly
re-;
heavy. 2
Must Redouble Efforts
Grass Valley and Nevada City
with their former population of miners reduced from 2500 to 200 or 300
are therefore faced ‘with a tough
problem. While Chairman Howard
Bennetts, (Co-chairman Clarence
Grenfell and the various committee
members have ‘been working ‘hard
and long to attain the quota set for
Grass Valley ($325,000) and H. W.
Sheldon, committee chairman ‘for
Nevada City.has been doing the
same (quota '$240,000) the results
to date are somewhat disappointing,
and indicate that Nevada county
people, new as well as old, must double and redouble their purchases of
the county quota of $827,000 is to
by the help given Russia in this
war have demonstrated ‘they have
certain advantages. Russia for instance had given no help to her
alliés, ‘her task simply being too
huge for any additional strain of
providing, the Balkans for in-.
stance, with the means to fight off
'the (Germans.
So, when the war ‘is. over, it
would, seem doubtful whether Russia, even if so disposed, will be
able to raise any money for subsidizing propaganda in the democracies.
So far as communism invading
nations poverty stricken because of
German invasion, is concerned,
that, too, fails to arouse consternation. We ‘believe so devotely in
each nation or people working out
its own salvation and government
within its national framework,
that we don’t give w continental if
all of Germany goes bolshevik at
war’s end. It seems to wus, we
should not be jinterested except
when the internal’ tea-pot boils
over on, adjacent peoples and
threaten to involve them in war.
Then lets us hope, that we, the
United Nations, «will have the
.power and, even more “necessary,
the wisdom, to put out the fire
before anyone gets. burned. her development. The democracies
As the .
bond driv-,
‘an in the WAC and qualified young
BANKS WILL PAY JULY AND
AUGUST INTEREST ON SAVINGS
WITHDRAWN TO BUY WAR BONDS
be achieved. (Nevada county has had a
past record of going over the top.
COPPER OUTPUT
OF KEYSTONE IS
DOUBLED
Otto HE. Schiffner, general manager of Lava Cap Gold Mining Corporation, reports that he has increased
his working forces at the Keystone
(Mine at {Copperopolis, Calaveras
county to 140 men, and ‘has -now
reached his first objectivé; the pro. duction of 6,000,000 pounds of copper annually. ~
“While we are nowproducing
‘500,000 pounds of copper monthly,”’
. Schiffner said, ‘“I.am confident that
we will be able to double that production within a year.”
All work on the Lava (Cap has
been suspended but the well-equipped machine shops of the mine. located at the Central Shaft, are busily
engaged in turning out forgings for
the government. A staff of 12 men
is engaged in tthis work.
RECRUITING
STATION AT
GV. POSTOFFICE
In« connection
drive being launched to
thousands of more women
lin the ‘Women’s Army Corps who are
jneededto take over vital jobs for
the United States Army, a new U. S.
; Army Recruiting ‘Station has been
opened at Post Office Building in
\Grase Valley.
with a nationwide
Norman Skarsten from the
San Francisco ‘Recruiting and Induc‘tion headquarters, 444 Market street,
lis ithe new sub-station commander
. whose duties wild include recruiting
lfor the Aviation Cadet Board as well
lag for the. Women’s Army.
[cc Bb,
The new sub-station commander
will spend a good part of his time
contacting women’s clubs, civic organizations and business groups in an
effort to. bring before them the immediate need for every eligible wommen in the Army Air Forces.
To enlist in the Women’s Army
Corps a woman must be between the
age of 20 to 49 inclusive, an American citizen, in good health, and
with no dependents or children under the age of fourteen years.
Young men seeking enlistment in
the Army Aviation Cadets must be’
between the age of 17 to 26 years
inclusive.
‘Office hours at the new Grass Valley recruiting station will be from
8 a.m. until 5 p. m. ‘daily except
Sunday.
XMAS SEALS FOR
OVERSEAS MAIL
NOW ON SALE
The Nevada City. Chapter of Red
Cross has received a large supply of
the familiar Christmas Seals, which
have been sold: for many years for
the benefit of the Tuberculosis fund,
They are usually sold about
Christmas time, but they are being
sold earlier this year as Christmas
presents are being. sent to the boys
and girls in the armed services overseas, and October 15th is the dead
line for mailing them,
They will be on sale in the offices
of fhe newspapers; the Save More
and Bolton’s Variety Stores and the
two drug stores.
Persons who are sending their.
Christmas gifts to their loved ones
in the services, are“urged to buy
these stamps for the proceeds are
used for a useful purpose—fighting
the dread white plague.
recruit .
to serve .
. not give it to me.
thealth officer to have her removed
ther property. Totten’s plea of self
defense, following his efforts to keep
NEVADA CITY.
INVESTS $63,009
IN 3RD WAR LOAN
District Attorney Ward Sheldon,
chairman of Nevada City. Third War
Loan Drive, states that $63,000
worth of bonds had been sold toward
a total of ‘$255,000 assigned to this
city.
/
Horace Curnow, manager of the
‘Nevada City (Branch of the Bank of
America, states that savings depositors who withdraw gavings for bond
purchases will receive July and August interest. This concession also
applies to savings withdrawn from
the Grass Valley branch.
Curnow and Fred F. Cassidy are
members of the committee assisting
Sheldon.
TOTTEN SENT TO
SAN QUENTIN
William ‘Totten,
and degree murder,
killing Harvey McVean on July 15th,
Was annoyed Friday morning when
‘Judge George L. Jones, asked him to
stand while he was sentenced. He
state he had. not got a square deal
and declared there was no reason
why the should stand in the presence
of the court.
Judge Jones gave him the statutory sentence, imprisonment for an
indeterminate period. The court ordered him to be confined in a state
prison. and directed the sheriff to
convicted of sec. deliver him to the warden of San
Quentin. The penalty is imprisonment from 5 to fifty years, the term
to be fixed by the State Board of
Prison Terms and Paroles.
Following sentence Totten
lto the reporter’s table and said to
the correspondent for’ the Sacramention for ‘a new trial made by: Attorney George E. ‘Foote of Sacramento
on tbehalf of Totten, J-dge Jones
was about to pronoun sentence
when Totten interjecte!. “I did not
have a fair trial.’’ (Curt Reporter
Miles Coughlin’s transcript. of the
proceedings follows:
The Court: Very well,
ant will stand up.
Totten: I ask what for, first.
The Court: For the purpose of
pronouncing judgment in the case.
Totten: I have not been fairly
dealt with. If a man is supposed to
put things of imagination
‘when I was there, and the man I was
supposed to shoot was only six ‘o
two inches from me and the doctor
said there were powder burns—if a
man is not allowed self defense, in
this state or any place, especially
when the is crippled—if I am not allowed to protect myself—I have no
reason to stand up before the court.
The Court; Mr. Totten, the court
is simplly suggesting that you follow custom and the usual practice
of the court. Of course, I appreciate
your views of the case, but it makes,
really very little difference whether
you stand or not.
\ Totten: Give me the gas chamber
if you want. I am a paralytic and I
am only fortunate to get to my feet.
I did not have any help. J asksed the
district attorney for help and he os
the defendThe Court: That has been decided. If the defendant does not wish
to stand—
Totten: The whole affair is a setup. If the law enforcement officers
haven’t a right to enforce anything,
they ‘have a black eye. I wouldn’t
stand before the court. You may give
me what you wish.
Judge Jones then
pronounce sentence.
“The jury last week -found Totten
guilty of murder in the second degreé and sane at the time ‘the committed the murder. Harvey McVean,
according to the testimony \at the
trial, had befriended Mrs. Mary
Field, aged aunt of Totten, who lived
adjacent to the MeVean auto couft.
Totten had besought the district attorney and the sheriff's office to
keep ‘McVean away from his aunt,
and also tried through the county
proceeded to
to a home for the feeble minded,
with a view of obtaining custody of
and
as the result of}
. Yuba Pass,
SIERRA HIGHWAY
ASSN. DINES AT
YUBA RIVER INN
DOWNIEVILILE, Sept. 27.—The
dinner meeting of the Sierra Highway Association held at Yuba River
Inn at Sierra City on September 17
was attended with a great deal of interest and many spirited discussions
were heard. The association is now
an official non-profit organization
with Supervisor Elton: O. Carvin,
president; Fred Baumhauf of -the
(Calida Lumber Company, vice president; District Attorney A. L. Lowey,
secretary treasurer, and a board of
nine directors: Joel Conklin, of the
(Clover Valley Lumber Company,
District Ranger Frank DeLaney, Halsey Dunning. of Marysville and a
member of the following neighboring counties: Nevada, Plumas, Butte,
Sutter, Yuba and Sierra.
The following are members of the
finance committee: Lewis MHuelsdonk of Downieville, Antone Lavez‘olla of Downieville and. Judge McIntosh.
The number one project of the
association is to further the Down
the River Highway a cut off of the
to shorten the distance!
and make a more accessible route to
the Sacramento. Valley. .
to Bee: “Be sure to get that in the!
Bee.”
Following the denial of the moalee .
access road comes in that way, unside foundation and inside piers are
well along and many of the 12x12
posts are standing, a veritable forest
no child’s play and has run outa
‘Imargin of lumber on which.to draw
for dimensions as needed.
NABS MAN WHO
KILLED DOE
Sierra Apartments pleaded guilty to
killing a doe Saturday morning in
Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve’s court.
that Kelso killed the doe Friday afternoon, dressed it, and hung it in
the brush. He returned for it at 10
o’clock Friday night andthe game
warden was waiting for him along
with the doe. Kelso said he had mis-taken the doe for a buck. The county
hospital had another venison dinner.
BRANDY CITY
LUMBER PROJECT
WELL TINDER WAY .
DOWINIEVILLE, Sent. 27.—4Dur‘ing the week two men have been addied to the labor
turned!
personnel of the
Brandy City lumber project.One is
O. L. Cole from Olympia, Wash. He
‘is a millwright and has been work-.
marine boat service. He,
will be associated with Mr. Seawell,
as they have worked together some
time in the past. He is also an acquaintance of Mr. Brook. The other
man to work at the mill is Kenneth
Miller from Lodi. He has had experience in heavy construction work,
having recently completed a strenuous work at the arsenal at Benicia.
He is now getting his effects ready to
move to Downieville. He has a wife
and two children.
At the mill site Floyd Gordon is
using the caterpillar and bulldozer
to widen and deepen the old Huff
reservoir which is to be used for the
ing in the
mill pond. Water to keep it full will:
come for one and one half miles
from Cherokee Creek, part way in a
flume and the rest in open ditch. The
level ground where the mill buildings stand will be extended to the!
west for a quarter mile to assure .
adequate piling space for: lumber. ‘her daughter, Mrs. Martha StephenThe ground is already partly leveled. The location stake for the new
der the west end of the mill site.
Earl Foster, local stone and cement man, is in charge of the concrete work at the machine shop. Outin themselves.
At the temporary mill a 60 horse
power Diesel caterpillar runs the five
foot saw and carriage. This mill is
GAME WARDEN
A. W. Kelso, who resides at the
. He was fined $50.
Game Warden Earl Hiscox stated
his threats to kill both of them, the
MecVean away. from his aunt, jury, apparently, found inadequate.
. the chapel of Holmes Funeral Home
j Tuesday morning in a local hospital
jlege of the Pacific when that insti-’
SALVATION ARMY
INVADES SICILY
Word has been received by Adj.
Helena M. Sainsbury that the Salvation Army has invaded Sicily. Delayed reports have revealed the landing of six Salvation Army mobile
canteens on the shores of Sicily during the third day of the allied invasion of this island: fortress.
Beachhead had barely been established when the canteens splashed
ashore. ftom ‘landing barges to take
their places with the allied troops
advancing inland. eee
This was not a surprise to the boys
for they had learned in the African ©
landing and in the Tunisian cam-~
paign that the Salvation Army would
be there when the goipg got tough.
A brief summary of the Salvatidn
Army war work is as follows: From
Africa to Australia, Iceland to New
Guineau through Canada, England,
and the United States, the Salvation
Army operates 2,509 stationary and
mobile Red Shield Canteens supported from voluntary donations and local appeals.
LAST RITES FOR
MISS MULLOY
Funeral services held Friday for
the late Miss Winnie Mulloy were at. tented by scores of ‘ther life time
«. friends and a mass of floral offer. ings attested the affection in which
iShe was held by all who knew her.
The Rev. David Ralston; pastor ‘of
the Methodist (Church officiated in
and interment was in the Pine Grove
(Cemetery. Pall bearers were P. G.
‘Scadden, Thomas [W. Richards, Fred
M. Miller, Perey V. Carr, Carroll
Crawford and Dr.: C. W. Chapman.
(Miss Mulloy passed away early
. following a malady of long standing.
'She was reared in Nevada City and
attended schools here and in Riverside, and was a graduate of the Coltution was located at San Jose.
She was the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Alah Mulloy and ‘a
niece of the late Charles Mulloy, early day merchant.
During her-life she was a member
of the Nevada City Benevolent Society, the Women’s Civic Club and of
Laurel Parlor, Native Daughters.
MRS. LINCOLN IS
BORNE TO REST
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock in Grass
‘neral Home chapel for the late Rich-=
Valley for the late Mrs. Laura WLincoln who passed away at the home df
son Wednesday evening. ~ Poverty
The services ‘were held in the
Hooper and ‘Weaver Mortuary chapel
and interment was in the Greenwood
Cemetery. ean
Mrs. Lincoln was a native of Odense, Eynn, Denmark, and: was aged
73 years. Most of her life had ‘béen
spent in Cromwell, Connecticut, ‘but
of late years she had lived with her
daughter on the Loma Rica Rane. °
‘Surviving her beside her daughter,
Mrs. ‘Stephenson, are two sons, ‘Herman H. Anderson og Oakland, Cali-.
fornia, and Asa C. Lincoln of Connecticut, a daughter Mrs. Albert
Cadger also of Connecticut, and several grandchildren. ¢
LAST RITES FOR
RICHARD EDDY
The last rite was said Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock in Holmes Fuard Eddy, retired) machinist, who
passed away Wednesday night. Reverend Carl Tamblyn of Marysville fan
conducted the service and interment
was in Pine Grove Cemetery. :
Eddy was a native of Cornwall,
England, and came to Nevada City
with ‘his parents when a boy of five
years. He was educated in’ the public schools here. He early learned th
machinists trade and for appro:
ately forty years was employed i
Miners Foundry.
Surviving him: are hie
Kate Eddy of this city, an
er John Eddy of Colfax, Placer
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