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U Th Nwi-HtYiw, How burt, Of Ffl., Oct. 14, 1M Gadgets To Light Cigarets Draw $50 Million Year From Americans By HAL, BOYLE NEW YORK (P In world of free matches Americans are forking out $50,000,000 annually for gadget! to light their cigarets. The First World war popularized the wrist watch. And what that war did for the wrist watch the Second World war has done for the cigaret lighter. j "Now the flint business alone Industry 15 yean ago," said Al ia bigger than the entire lighter fred R. Nathan, vice president of the Konson Art Metal works, Inc. The Ronson company the equivalent of General Motors in Its field soon will market its 35.000,000th li"htc It was founded 56 years ago by the late Lou, v. metallurgical engineer v jt the voice In the mama do ' vv son, who died in 1940, v " cheeked man with a passion for maroon he even wore m- . shirts. "Oddly, as a young man ht once won a $5,000 prize from the Belgian government for develop ing a safety match," Nathan re called. Big Fortune Amassed Repenting of' this, Aronson turned to the mechanical lighter. His biggest contribution was a push button invention that brought the light to life with the pressure of a finger. It made him so much money he could pal aroqnd with kings. He even bought a 70-foot yacht so he could sail to see them. "He had lighters from one end of the yacht to the other," said Nathan. "Even had one In his bathroom." One of Nathan's present vice presidential duties is the assem bling of a museum of mechanical lighters. "In the early years they put lighters in everything from sword canes to baby shoes cast In bron ze," he said. This rococo period is dying out. The Ronson company, for exam ple, has cut down it number of models from 1.000 to about 100. "The thing was Just getting out of hand," Nathan said. Soldiers Grateful In his museum collections are a number sent by grateful sold iers who said the lighters saved their lives by stopping flac, shel fragments or bullets. One sold ier scratched his will on his light er, "I leave everything to bro ther Jim," and Nathan said the will was held valid. Why should anyone fork out $6 to $5,000 la custom built, Jew el encrusted Jobl for a lighter, when nearby every drug store now offers giveaway maUhe. . "We don't want to make any Gift of Myrrlewood at Ordinary Gift Pricts! LOWEST PRICES EVER Must Reduct Inventory Myrtlewood Treasure House Winston, Oregon Phons 192 J J Do Th Job MM NIMfMM DISSTON Ont-Man CHAIN SAW few your inuKle. Head for the wood with thtt new Diitton One Man Chain Saw. Light weifht, gat elinc -driven power taw. Fella . . . Buck . . . Umbo. Operates at any ntJt . . . even upside down. CARL J. PEETZ Phon 279 920 S. Stepheni HIGHWAYS ARE AT THEIR GOLDEN BEST pa You Get All These tltms on Fall Trips by Cxtra SAVINGS Low Greyhound fares mean extra cash for Mfra fun. Take a tip take your trips by Greyhound this fall.. .at only 13 the cost of driving! 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"We hope through our committee to render every aid In seeing that everything possible is done to defend the Northwest and the territory." , Magnuson said he believes every area should have adequate defenses and that they do not i have them now. He said New Engiind, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Northwest and Alaska are among those areas not adequately taken care of in the defense program. WINDOWS DOORS FRAMES PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 1 YELL POUTS PROWLER PENDLETON. Oct. 14.-t.? A janitor's voice frightened an intruder away from the Junior high school early Wednesday night. The Janitor heard the sound of breaking glass and yell edand whoever was trying to break in left hurriedly, leaving two pinch bars behind. The Intials "TV" have been introduced Into the language as being synomynous with t e 1 e v I-sion. For ops an Dralnboards See Phil Durnom Lino'eum Laying and Venetian Blinds 920 S. Moin 1336-J YOU'RE 'Hon"'6 ! TALK OF YET -. OLD-"6 ' ujX f" WHISTLES b TH6 m0 THAT W sHOP QWRTBT h OP TH6 " ,h ,-SBSS, odious comparisons." remarked Nathan, Indicating the match in dustry couldn't understand that one either. neonle like to be modern. A lighter is modern, and people leci less awkward using them than they do matches. That's our belief anyway." How about a lifetime llchler that will never need refueling? "Maybe one will come along that will last a year without re fueling," he said, "but not in lifetime In our lifetime." ONE JOB ENOUGH HOUSTON. Oct. 14. UP) Houston trade unions contend firemen should fight fire and not build time. The Houston building trades council asked the civil service commission yesterday to stop fire men from working In spare time as carpenters and painters. Reports were that one group of ; firemen had contracts to build a house. .sAlJ JUST TELLTHe AftpERIAl, VOU VA" 1 Imperial is made by Hiram Walker. Blended whiskey. 86 proof. 70'o grain neutral spirits. 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