No Jump in Shoe Sales
Seen by Eugene Stores
By Lynne Romtvedt
“You can get shoes, they can get shoes, all God’s chillun
can get shoes’’ according to the OPA—Yes, shoe rationing of
ficially ended yesterday and the stores of Eugene could once
again sell shoes without a stamp and still have no fears of the
black market bugaboo. Gordon’s customers boueht onlv a
few more than usual. The clerks
figure that people are not rushing
because they can casually walk in
any day of the week and buy as
many leather coverings for their
feet as they want.
Rain Blocks Blocks
Everyone working in Blocks had
prepared for a busy day but just
a steady drizzle of customers
came in as they usually do. How
ever, business should pick up as
more people learn the news, and
the rain stops.
Burch’s had a heavy day and
some people did use their stamps.
One boy had purchased a pair
Tuesday but forgot his ration
stamp so just to keep everything
legal, the clerk accepted his cou
pon. Others merely wanted to get
rid of theirs and thought the store
may as well have them.
The manager at Buster Brown’s
said “Everyone was very sane and
sensible about the whole affair
and didn’t buy more than three or
four pairs apiece.” In fact, the
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busines didn’t compare with the
end of the 17th stamp sale.
Gay Day
Sales were up approximately 25
per cent at Leeds and everyone was
overjoyed at their new-found free
dom.
Morrison and Henning’s had the
slowest day in weeks. They attrib
ute this to the fact that American
people are characterized by not
wanting a product if they can have
unlimited quantities.
“Men take everything very calm
and consider their every move, they
don’t like to rush into things,” ob
served the manager at Nun Bush
—a store which specializes in men’s
shoes only. They weren’t besieged
by customers as a result.
Powell and Edbloom’s was really
rushed but not quite a vicious as
the ration-free periods.. Twice as
many shoes of general types were
sold but there was a run on sad
dles as they happened to have in a
large stock.
Reporting a quiet day, Health
Spot Shoe Shop clerks think it is
because people never buy a great
many shoes in the middle of the
week and don’t care to get their
other shoes wet shopping for new
ones.
Double Trouble
It was double green stamp
value day at Russels yesterday so
any rush was because of that in
stead of the end of shoe rationing.
Students were all happy or not
so happy over the release of shoes.
Connie Van Allen, Alpha Xi Delta,
was exhuberant to find a pair of
saddles with red rubber pre-war
soles. She really went on a shoe
buying binge and bought a pair
of very darling black impractical
dress shoes. Virginia Bonebrake,
Alpha Xi, went out and bought a
whole new outfit and was able to
get shoes to match for the first
time since the war started.
Shoe Nuff?
Tri Delt Lila Nevin is going to
take lots of time and get a pair
of loafers because she knowns they
will be plentiful. Dorothy Thomson
also a tri-Delt had written to her
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AWS Appoints
Virginia Scholl
'Capers' Head
Virginia Scholl, junior in liberal
arts was named general chair
man of Coed Capers by the AWS
council this week. The following
skit chairmen were selected: fresh
man skit, Prudie McCrosky; soph
omore skit, Pat Webber and Glo
ria Grenfell; junior skit, Butch
Leckie; senior skit, Lois Mc-Con
key; activity skit, Marge Skor
dahl, and faculty skit, Mrs. Grace
Glang, assistant dean of women.
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general properties, Pat Metcalf
and Ann Burgess; mistresses of
ceremonies, Barbara Hawley and
Kay Schneider; dream girl contest,
Jean Watson and Florence Hint
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rens; finance, Martha Thorsland;
tickets, Barbara Johns; house cos
tumes, Ailsa Bynon; refreshments,
May Bignell; senior cops, Aldine
McNott; clean-up, Penny Welsh;
and decorations, Pat Jordan. Com
mittee members will be chosen
later.
girl friend in San Jose to get a
stamp to buy some shoes in Port
land this weekend but that deal is
all off now. .
Dale Tyler was trudging along
in his beat-up saddles Tuesday
when some benevolent soul came
up and gave him a shoe stamp.
Jeanne Carpenter and Bev Dei
chler of Alpha Chi have an abun
dance of stamps which would have
been useful last week but now they
have no money. It's one thing or
the other.
One young lad, name of Dave
Goss, had been jealously hoarding
his precious little coupon so he
could buy a flashy pair of loafers
next week end, but now he won’t
have the pleasure of giving it to a
demanding shoe clerk.
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Russian Women Equal
To Men, Says Speaker
By BARBARA JOHNS
Russian women have achieved
full equality with men in every
human endeavor through force
and drive was the belief of Mme.
Nina N. Selivanova, noted Russian
lecturer and author, in her address
before the AWS in Gerlinger yes
terday.
Mme. Selivanova emphasized
the entrance of Russian women
into every phase of their country's
activity. “The progress was slow
at the beginning, she stated, "but
now their citizenship has been
fully recognized.” The women’s de
partment of the Communistic
lehgue was developed to give
women training in civics. One rep
resentative was chosen from every
10 working women and one from
every 100 women engaged in
peasant activity. “The women in
industry led the march to emanci
pation,” Mme Selivanova declared.
Mme. Selivanova expressed the
belief that prejudice was their
greatest handicap in securing
equality. However, during the war
every Russian woman did the
work of three persons. “Now
30,000 women are employed as
sailors, 30,000 are aviators, many
railroad stations are compjetely
manned by women, and one-third
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