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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-10-09
CALIFORNIA GOLD
Mine INDUSTRY
A WAR CASUALTY
RAPID SHRINKAGE IS LIKELY TO
MAKE GHOST TOWNS OUT OF
MOTHER LODE COUNTRY


MAKE GHOST TOWNS OUT OF
MOTHER LODE COUNTRY
California's $50. oo0. ooo-a-year gold
mining industry Is var casualty. It's
rapid shrinkage bids fair to make
shadow towns, II not downright ghost
cities. in the storied mother lode
country.
Records Of the regional United
States bureau Of mines show q
monthly decrease Of about 100000 In
gold production from January. 1871, to
last May Labor shortage, priority re-
strictions and the fixed price Of gold
are causes
The Argonaut mine at jackson, q
marginal mine producing low grade
ore, has closed down. The central
Eureka mine at Suffer Greek will close
Oct 1. At Grass Valley. the big Idaho
Maryland mine, which normally en-
ployes around 1000 men. now Is OPP
Grating with about $50. The Empire
North Star, which had payroll about
the same size, is now getting along
with a skeleton crew Of about 800.
A visitor to the mountain counties
already can see signs Of creeping
blight. Restaurants have closed down
Many stores are vacant. A few found
ries and machine shops are finding a
little war work they can do, but most
of the permanent residents, especially
elderly homeowners, are dipping into
savings to keep going.
Albert Knorp, secretary of the Cal
ifornia chapter, American Mining
congress, and Of the Gold Producers
Of California, says there now are not
many more than TOO miners and
muckers at work in the states gold
mines. Not a few are oldtimers who
have come out of retirement to take
jobs deserted by younger men.
But shed no tears for the miners.
When the Carson Hill mining mill
at Melones, near Sonora, burned down
last May every one Of the 100 men
thrown out Of work had at least one
job offer by nightfall of the day after
the fire. Labor scouts from quick
silver and copper mines didn't get a
man. They went to higher paying jobs
in the shipyards or at army canton
ments, or joined the fighting forces.
"a miner has a lot of skills sought
after in war industries" says Knorp
HE is a good man at almost any
thing except farming"
Mine operators say they can't
compete in the labor market with wal
industries or those in which price
rises have been sanctioned because Of
increased operating costs. The in.
dustry's product has fixed price OF
$35 an ounce, set ,by its only customer
Uncle Sam.
Complaints have been voiced In
some quarters that the gold mining
industry is being deliberately stiflec
under a government policy which re.
CARDS it as good thing to cease dig
ging up gold for reburial at Fort Knox
KY, in wartime, and force the people
whose living depends on the mine:
into essential jobs.
Knorp is convinced this is not the
case, though there may be some self.
appointed philosophers who think golo
should be done away with altogeth-
er."
Placer gold mining was given
priority rating last November so low
that replacing machine parts is ex-
tremely difficult. In March, the favor.
able rating which other gold mining
had held was withdrawn.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-10-09
Why your own cars Zero Hour
comes at 90 miles an hour

You're off safely, because oIL-PLATING safely stays
on-ready to lubricate before any oil can circulate.
This season don't merely change oil. It's fully as
simple and inexpensive to change to an on-PLATED
engine. Just change to patented Conoco Nth
oil at Your Mileage Merchants Conoco station.
Continental Oil Company
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-22
sueAR TAIEF oETs "a pAYs

SUGAR THIEF Ok ) ~ DAYS
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal-UP -
Police Judge Nicholson believes in
fitting the punishment TO the
crime. To George Murray, As year
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-22
Rural Events
TO-DAY
stony Greek

TO-DAY
stony Greek
Christmas program held az church
beginning at O'Clock.
Saline
A Christmas program will be civ
en- in the school auditorium by the
music departments Of the school.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. %
London
Christmas program 20 be held at
church In the evening.
Salem
Union School Christmas program
to be held at Salem Town Hall at
5 o'clock.
York
Lewis school Christmas exercises
10 be held at school house In eve
ming.
THURSDAY, DEC. "a
Sheldon
Program and tree at church
sponsored by Sheldon School at 5
o'clock.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-22
ARRESTED AFTER ACCIDENT

Reed City, Dec. 22-Waiving sV.
animation on manslaughter charges
in justice court here Monday when
arraigned In connection with the
death in a hit-run automobile &C
cident Sunday OF Fred Samuels, So.
year-old Norwich Township farm
er, Fred Kage, %. was bound 20
circuit court State police arrest
ed Kage after they discovered evil
dence thath is car had been involv-
ed in an accident at the site where
Samuels body was found
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-22
KILLED IN ACCIDENT

Monroe, Dec 22-Monday after
noon Mrs. Emma LaFountain, 46
years old, Evergreen AYES, a near
by subdivision, was killed when the
car in which she was riding was
struck by a southbound passenger
train at the Pere Marquette Elm
Ave. crossing. Her husband, Hon.
er, ~. who was driving, was SER
iously injured.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-22
TAXES TO STAY up

Lansing, Dec. 22-Monday Audi
tor General Vernon J. Brown pre-
dicted that the current flood of tax
dollars into tho states general
fund would continue, and that the
result would be a surplus or not
less than $4,000, 900 at the end
OF the l942-43 fiscal year June 30.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-22
uNDuLANT FEVER INCREASING

Lansing Dec. One hundred
cases of undulant fever have been
reported i'm MICHIGAN this year
DR.. II. Allen Meyer. state health
commissioner, warned the public to
drink only pastourIzed milk Pas
teurization, he pointed out, Mns
the organism which causes undl.
liant fever
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-22
BOY SCOUTS GET CHAPEL

PENDLEION, Orc--UP-- The
Chapel Of Sir Galahad believed
the only chapel in America 10
Gated in the headquarters of a Boy
Scout troop-was dedicated here
recently before S. members and
friends Of Troop 81. The chapel
was erected 10 the memory of Lord
Baden Powell, scout founder. and
to Daniel Carter Beard, pioneer
scout leader in America. It was
sponsored by the Church OF the
Redeemer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-22

tory gardening seriously. Reusser
laid out his own vegetable plot.
and produced a IS inch, four pound
carrot and a IS inch parsnip.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-22

old shipworker. caught stealing
"a pound sack Of sugar, because he
likes his coffee sweet. the court
melted out a sentence OF q days
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-22

in jain one day for each pound
and no sugar az an In his coffee
during the duration OF the sent.
ence.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-22

BELDING Mich. Up Glenn
Reusser. 10 year ola Ion.~ county
farm boy. really Is tlkluE this VIC
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Pacific Zone Evacuees
Reach San Francisco
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. March 2.-The
18th Naval District said last night
that one OF the largest groups Of
evacuees to reach the American
mainland from the Pacific war zone
had arrived in San Francisco.
Included among the evacuees were
men wounded in action and the
wives and families Of servicemen
and Of Pacific naval base con-
tractors and employees.
Word of the impending arrival of
the evacuees was given volunteer
women's organizations in time to
prepare thousands of sandwiches,
hot drinks, and to provide clothing
for many who were nearly desti-
tute
The evacuees were not allowed to
talk of their journey except to say
that it was without mishap. The
number of evacuees and the time of
arrival was withheld by the Navy.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Mrs. Estelle Baldwin
Honored at Tea by
Law Sorority

Mrs. Estelle Baldwin, . past dean
Of Kappa Phi Epsilon Law Sorority
at Southeastern University, was
guest Of honor at q farewell tea
given by the sorority yesterday at
the Dodge Hotel.
Mrs. Baldwin, who is leaving for
Philadelphia, where the Bureau Of
immigration and Naturalization is
being transferred, received an en-
graved wrist watch as q gift from
the chapter in recognition of her
efforts In its behalf. Miss Mary
Emery was in charge Of arrange
ments.
Hostesses included Mrs. Gladys
Elliott Whalley, dean of the sorority;
Miss Sue Arbuthnot. associate dean;
Mrs. Josephine Bailey, Miss Gwen
dolyn Fowley, Miss Nina Lupton
and Mrs. Sophronia j. Lasica,
faculty adviser and historian.
Other honor guests were DR.. James
Alexander Bell, president Of South
eastern University, and Mrs. Bell.
and DR.. Arthur Anderson, dean Of
the law school.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Pen WOmen's League
To Hear Address
By Mrs. Bliss

Mrs. Ethel H. Bliss, executive
secretary of the American Farm
School of Thessalonike, Greece, will
discuss its work in war and peace at
the weekly tea of the District
Branch, League of American Pen
Women, from 3 to 6 pm. Wednesday
at the league studio. Mrs. Bliss,
who is the daughter of the schools
founder, will illustrate her talk
with moving pictures.
Mrs. Herbert Gould, whose hus-
band was formerly connected with
the American Legation In Greece,
and Mrs. Homer Davis, whose hus-
band was president Of Athens Col
lege, will be among those assisting
at the tea table. Others will be Mrs.
Beverly Robinson and Mrs. j. Frank
Rice.
The tea hostess, Miss Anne Char
lotte Darlington, will have Mrs
Bernice Rowe Daniel and Miss Ann
Celestine Singleton as co-hostesses
A book review by Mrs. Cloyd Heck
Marvin will follow a luncheon at
the studio Friday. Members and
guests are invited to bring their Red
Cross knitting and sewing.
Prizes in the short-short story
contest Of the evening fiction group
will be awarded at a meeting at 8
pm. Friday at the studio. Mrs
Helen Orr Watson will speak on
The Character Study" the subject
of the next contest.
Mrs. Edward r. Seal and Mrs
Eva Grant Marshall were the prize
winners in the recent patriotic
story" contest sponsored for mem
bers of the branch by the president,
Mrs. H. Lyle Campbell The awards
were Defense stamps.
Mrs. Seal won first prize for her
entry, Trailer Patriot" while Mrs.
Marshall won second prize for by
Any Other Name"
Three stories which tied for hon.
orable mention were entered by
Rose Myrtle Richards. Imogen B.
Clarke and Matte Parry Evans.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Government Bond
Is Gift to D. A. r.
CHAPTER House

A $500 Government bond Is among
the gifts recently made to the
Chapter House Of the District
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton at 1882 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV.
Presented by Our Flag Chapter,
the bond was turned over to the
endowment fund of the Chapter
House at the February meeting. AS
the gift will entitle the chapter to
a division of the bookcase at the
Chapter House, several donations
in books also were received.
Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins pre-
sented a volume of Sir Walter
Scott's "Marmion" bound in calf
skin and published in 1909. Mrs.
Corbin Thompson gave a set of
books on the lives of the Presidents.
Mrs. Everard Meade. regent Of
Our Flag Chapter, made the presen-
tation to Mrs. Harry c. Grove,
chairman of gifts. They were &C
cepted by Mrs. Harry C. Oberholser,
State regent. and Miss Lillian
Chenoweth, president of the Chap
ter House Corp.
Representative Jennings Randolph
will address the Committee on Ma
tional Defense Through Patriotic
Education of the District D. A. r.
at II am. Friday at the Chapter
House. His subject will be America
Meets the Challenge"
For McHenry Chapter will present
an American flag to the Maryland
Girl Scout Troop No. IL at O'Clock
tonight at the Bethesda Baptist
Church. The flag will be given in
honor of Mrs. Oberholser.
The chapter recently presented a
large flag to Pine Mountain School
in Kentucky in honor of its past
regent, Miss Viola Reece.
Senorita Carmen Lara, who is in
Washington as holder of the friend
ship scholarship awarded by the
National M. Eleanor Breckenridge
Club of Washington, will be guest
at the meeting of the Emily Nelson
Chapter tomorrow evening at the
home of the vice regent, Miss Grace
E. Carr. Mrs. Frank L. Mason, the
chapter regent, is treasurer of the
club which brought Senorita Lara
to the Capital.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Koreans Add X
To ABCD Alliance

CHUNGKING. March 2 Up
Anti-Japanese Koreans, who have
a provisional government and an
army Of $4,000 men in China, cele-
brated the 23d anniversary Of the
Korean declaration Of independence
yesterday with huge mass meeting.
These Koreans linked their fate
with the Allied cause in huge
placards inscribed "ABCDK"-add-
ing the *" for Koreans to the
ABCD for American, British, Chi
nese and Dutch.
Speeches were made by several
members of the Korean provisional
government established in Chung
king. which hopes to be recognized
by China and the other Allies.
Korean Foreign Minister Tjo So
jang said Korea. first victim of
Japanese aggression, still Is fighting.
confident of eventual liberation"
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Dietetic Society
Meets Wednesday

DR.. o. K. Fike Of Doctors Hospi-
tai will conduct a round-table dis
cussion following the reading Of
several papers at meeting of the
District Dietetic Association at 8
pm. Wednesday at Providence Hos
pital. Sister M. Marcella and Miss
Mary Warmth will be hostesses.
The following papers will be pre-
sented: Institutional Food Pur-
chasing" by Miss Mildred Parker,
ST. Elizabeth's Hospital, and Mrs.
Ann Myers, Emergency Hospital;
Institutional inventories" by Miss
Alice Latson, Children's Hospital;
Feeding Employees" by Miss Ruth
Ahnert. Doctors Hospital, and
Problems of Waste" by Mrs. Helen
Burns, Walter Reed Hospital.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Red Cross 10 Establish
Service Clubs in ireland

The American Red Cross will es-
tablish two service clubs for Amer
lean troops stationed in Northern
Ireland, it was announced yesterday
by the organization.
The clubs are being set up under
the direction of Bernard S. Carter,
Red Cross delegate to Britain. They
will be equipped with canteens,
sleeping quarters and recreational
facilities for service men on leave,
1t was said
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Liberty for Koreans
Declared Peace Aim
OF United Nations
Liu Chieh Sees Future
Hope for Country
At Conference Here

The integrity and welfare Of the
Koreans, now under Japanese DOM
ination, are included among the
peace aims of the United Nations,
Liu Chieh, counsellor of the Chi
nese Embassy, last night told the
closing sessions Of the Korean Lib
erty Conference at the Lafayette
Hotel.
IT feel that after these decades OF
Japanese exploitation, a great turn
ing has at last come in the Korean
situation" Mr.. Liu said. Korea was
annexed to Japan in 1910, about Is
years after Japanese representatives
began to undermine Korean inde-
pendence from within.
Declaration of Liberty.
The Declaration Of the United
Nations contains resolution which
states that the governments sigma
plete victory over their enemies is
essential to defend life, liberty, in
dependence and religious freedom,
and to preserve human rights and
justice in their own lands as we'll as
in other lands.
China is in full accord with this
sentiment. China has given hespice
to the patriots Of Korea and has un-
hesitatingly supported their cause.
We have found the Koreans to be
faithful friends. In our long war
against Japan their help has been
and continues to be of ineStimable
value.
Let this historical conference be
epoch making as not only marking
the 23d anniversary Of the Korean
declaration Of independence, but
also as the beginning Of Korea's
unreserved and organized entry into
the fight for freedom"
On March l, 1919, % years ago,
the exiled organizers of the Korean
Republic signed a declaration Of in
dependence. China so far Is the
only government which has recog-
nized this republic. The Korean
Liberty Conference brought forth
q request for American recognition.
First japanese Victim.
Korea was the first victim Of
japanese aggression" DR.. Maurice
Williams of New York, recalled last
night DR.. Williams for 80 years
has been friend of DR.. Syngman
Rhee, who was the first president
Of the provisional government OF
Korea and who now is Washington
representative for that government,
which has its headquarters in
Chungking.
Germany, Italy and Japan will be
crushed. The people whom they
have crushed will be free-and by
that mean every nation now under
the Axis yoke. There can be no Sc
curity for one. 1t must be security
for all
Korea was the worlds crime. To-
day the world is paying for that
crime"
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Federal Workers Meeting

A discussion on Our War Effort"
will be led by Cedric Fowler, as
sistant director of the c. I. O.. at q
meeting of the Women's Auxiliaries
of the United Federal Workers of
America, at their headquarters, 1407
L street NV, at BIS pm. Wednes-
day.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Dance to Aid Red Cross

A benefit dance for the Red Cross
War Relief Fund of the Navy De-
partment will be held at the Will
lard Hotel at $50 pm. Friday. Door
prizes will be given and a floor show
is listed on the entertainment pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Davises Fly West

The chairman of the War Labor
Board and Mrs. William H. Davis
left Saturday by plane to spend q
few days in Tucson, Ariz.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Literary Club Party

The Excelsior Literary Club will
meet for luncheon at l pm. tomor-
row at the Taft House Inn, Six
teenth and K streets NV.
Evening star., 1942-07-23

Water.Proofed!
"Zelan" treated
resistant to water
and perspiration.
Evening star., 1942-07-23
Knox Will Address
.FbI Police Academy
Graduates Saturday
Diplomas to Be Given
To Men From Il States,
Conudu and D. C..

Secretary of the Navy Knox will
be principal speaker at the gradu-
alton exercises of the 10Th session
of the FBI National Policy Academy
at the Departmental Auditorium
Saturday morning. FBI Director
j. Edgar Hoover announced today.
DR.. Daniel A. Polling of the Bap-
tist Temple, Philadelphia. and Mr..
Hoover also will address the gradu-
ates. The FBI chief will present
the diplomas.
Diplomas will be awarded to 81 law
enforcement officers, representing 81
States, Canada and the District of
Columbia, who have successfully
completed the academy's 12-week
course. 1t. Beverly C.. Beach of the
Metropolitan Police Department and
1t. William H. Gould of the Capitol
police are among those who will
receive them.
Also in the graduating class are
two Canadian police officials. In
spector Cecil Ray Crawford of the
Toronto Police Department, and In
spector John F. Ihresher, Royal
Canadian Mounted Police.
Evening star., 1942-07-23
(EteDenth OF a Series J

II ever there was one simple rule
laid down to cover the whole field
of espionage, it is "be inconspicu-
ous." Among those who are incon-
spicuous naturally are walters, bar
tenders, taximen and-children In
espionage, many child has been
sent to do mans work, and sue
ceeded where man would have
failed. Therefore. children loiter-
ing about defense projects should be
regarded with as much suspicion as
an adult. That little boy idling
around outside your defense plant
Evening star., 1942-07-23
Funeral Services Held
For Charles L. Weost, II
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON, Va, July 23.-Fun-
eral services were held yesterday
for Charles L. Weast, 70, Augusta
county farmer and former president
OF the Augusta Farm Bureau. who
died Tuesday in Rockingham Meln-
orial hospital. Harrisonburg. Mr..
Weast was one of the organizers of
the Farm Bureau.
He also had been vice president
OF the Virginia Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton.
Mr.. Weast is survived by his wife
and several nephews and nieces.
The funeral was held from Mount
Horeb Presbyterian church, with
burial in the church cemetery.
Evening star., 1942-07-23

tary Of the city Red Cross chapter,
said the display will continue all
week as part of campaign to en-
list volunteer workers to help sup
ply the large surgical dressing quota.
Two new surgical dressing units
have been started, one at ST. Paul's
Church and the other at st. Rita's
Parish Hall in Mount Ida. A night
unit will begin next month at the
Alexandria Red Cross headquarters.
Evening star., 1942-07-23
(o;oeJ Boy King Become Spy ond Beot
~P'~~' the Armies Of Mighty Rome

ing this he made excellent use of
the information gathered as his own
secret service, for armed with this
and an inferior army, he made high
ly successful war against the Roman
Empire, humbling her foremost gen.
erals, among these the invincible
Pompey
Ironically, it was one of Mithri-
dates own sons, whom he had for
gotten to murder. who ended the
kings career by the effectively SIM
pie road of poison.
Urchins Passed Lines.
During the First World War, dis
reputable little uchins carried
forged passports and genuine mes
Evening star., 1942-07-23

may be the eyes and ears of an
adult spy.
Probably the greatest of all child
spies lived more than 1000 years
ago, in the first century BIC. At
the age of II he was crowned King
of Pontus; in Asia Minor. However,
he had reason to fear his mothers
Jealousy. Therefore, after the third
attempt to assassinate him, he fled
from his kingdom, and took refuge
in the mountains. He felt the
dangers of savage life were incon-
sequential compared to the risks at
the hands of his mothers hired
killers.
Wandered Far.
Disguised as caravan bow. he
wandered over Asia Minor, master
ing dialects, learning geography at
flrst hand. and incidentally making
careful notes of military and naval
strength. Thus he prepared him.
self for the stormy career which Law
ahead.
At II he returned to Pontus. Upon
arrival. he killed his brother who
had usurped his throne, and. with
out compunction, had his mother
thrown into prison. 1t was follow
Evening star., 1942-07-23

sages through the German lines for
Alice Dubois. She knew it was be-
meath the dignity of Prussian un-
terofflcier to stop and search a grimy
child. Alice's young spies were re
markably efficient, lettering in places
forbidden to adults and bringing
back to her choice bits of needed
information.
There Is no record of any OF these
child spies being caught. In es-
pionage. sometimes children do
mems work.
Evening star., 1942-07-23
Alexandra Red Cross
Opens Bondage Display

New Army surgical dressings,
masks and sponges are on display
in booth in the Alexandria post
Office and in the window of the J. C.
Penny Store.
Mrs. Doris Rhea. executive secre-
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Mrs. Smith Heads
D. G.. Pen Women

Newly installed officers of the
District branch, National League
of American Pen Women, are Mrs.
nellie Van D. Smith, president;
Mrs. Anna B. Cajigas. first vice
president; Miss Ruby Nevins, Sec
ond vice president; Miss Margaret
Jean Bailey, recording secretary:
Mrs. Trudie Lyon, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Blanche P. Nelson,
treasurer; Mrs. Eva Grant Mar
shall, historian; Mrs. Dorothy New
ell Schultz, registrar; Mrs. Eliza
beth S. Tilton, librarian: DR.. Mary
Meek Atkeson Moore, auditor: Mrs.
Margaretta Campbell Taylor, legal
adviser, and Mrs. Florine Maher,
parliamentarian.
Mrs. Bess Heath Olmstead, past
president of the District branch, in
stalled the new officers. Mrs. Smith
plans an extensive patriotic pro-
gram for the year.