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PAGE TWO cotUfie fcrovr jtatm ri •» Oswego Couple First to Receive Preparedness Sticker W. C. M A R T IN ..................................................... ........... Editor-Publisher SU B SC R IPTIO N RATES (Cash in Advance) In Lane-Douglas Countie« Outside Lane-Douglas Counties One Year .. $1.75 One Year ..................... .......... $2 00 Six Months . .90 Six Months __ ______ _ 1.25 Throe Months ___________ .50 Three Months ..................... . 65 Foreign rate 50 cents year additional. No subscription accepted for leas than three months. O regioql P U B L IS tjE R^s' SPACER SATIATION COOPERATE FOR YOUR OWN GOOD M e rriia u d is in g organizations have issued much valuable advice on how consumers may help, re ta il stores provide m a xi mum service d u rin g the war. D on’t ask fo r deliveries except when unavoidable. C a rry sm all packages y o u rs e lf so tlflit tru c k space may he saved fo r big packages. D o n ’t, make a practice o f changing and re tu rn in g merchandise— that wastes tim e e ffo rt and m aterials. D o n ’t insist on unnecessary w ra pping am i packaging service— the government is requesting re ta ile rs and a ll other business to con serve m aterials to the utm ost. In short, consumer cooperation can help save tire s and gaso line, save scarce m aterials, prom ote o rd e rly m a rke tin g , and pre vent panicky b u yin g and hoarding. The w a r has brought some m ig h ty tough problem s to the re ta ile r. A m i be is doing the best he van to solve them. T hou sands of m erchants in a ll lines, are doing a notable jo b o f con sum er service in the fact o f unprecedented d iffic u ltie s . R e ta il ers are pushing the n u tritio n drive. R etailers are w o rk in g w ith m anufacturers to develop suitable and inexpensive substitutes fo r p r io r ity goods Retailers have shown the finest k in d o f co operation in c a rry in g out the com plicated p rice -co n tro l order. The consumer who docs not make unnecessary demauds on tin* re ta ile r he patronizes is a c tu a lly b e n e fitin g him self, am i h e lp in g to conserve m aterials and la b o r needed fo r w g r p u r poses. R etailing has lost thousands o f experienced employes to the m ilita ry services and w a r industries, and these pim ple ean- not be easily replaced. It is doing a re m a rka b ly good jo b in m a in ta in in g its high standards under th ese eireumstances. ' ___ __________________________ ’Creeper’s H alt’ One device culled the -,crre| e r’» lull," Is heavy enough to provide » raw ter w i U i physical exercise but s light enough tor a batiy to pick ip easily. The bull holds its shapr lul is filled with soft kapok so that I can't bounce violently and io thut ts owner cun safely use II us s jrop while mastering the Itrst prob ems of locomotion. Thicw Away Jewels G irolum o Savonarola, born In 1452. was a great reformer, who unce preached so pow rrful u sermon against vanity that many of the women in Florence. Italy, tote uH off their costly Jewels and flung them down in the public square PINCHES to leiiev. region shortages. It' that doesn't work, th e re ’ll al- M r. and Mrs. R ied Stone of Oswego. Oregon, arc the firs t to receive new "W e Stand Prepared" s l i c k ers being issued by the state o ffice of c ivilia n defense. Je rrold Owen, slate d ire cto r of c ivilia n d e fense. rig h t, presents the emblem. The Stones are parents o f Lt. W e n tw orth Stone who was recently cited fo r valor in the M arshall Island Campaign. Block wardens a ll over the state are going on tx jr s of inspection and w ill present the "W e Stand Prepared s tic kers to a ll homes in which proper c iv ilia n defense measures have been taken. f* C * I V N T u i 'i T i i u a l A b I K L t I OILS (/ZI LrOD J0WMP ’ & most su re ly be eonsum er ra tio n in g o f meat. P acking executives • By Donald K a b le ri say th e com bination o f price ceilings and war-boosted income In the production of a ll farm is c h ie fly responsible fo r demand o u tru n n in g supply. crops and commodities, several hours are spent before the actual sowing o f the seed in th in kin g over the practices and procedures L n w a rra n te d fe a r o f a te rril,le depression fo llo w in g the in going about preparing thp soil c u rre n t w a r is h in d e rin g the w a r e ffo rt. T hurm an W . A rn o ld , fo r a p a rtic u la r crop. So in the pieparation o f a fine green lawn assistant U. S. a tto rn e y general, said M onday at Cleveland. ‘ N ot u n til we get over this phobia can we become re a lly fo r next spring and summer, some u n ite d .” he declared. " I f we re a lly believe in the c a p ita lis tic tim e should be devoted now in the m aking o f this lawn. system we can m ake i t produce p ro s p e rity a fte r the w a r.” F or those interested in sowing A rn o ld said th a t fo r Am ericans tp th in k in term s o f •'eco a law on sod. I would suggest nomic. pessim ism ” was to w o rk under a psychological handicap th a t fe rtiliz e r be obtained so as to The Instructors U nit of the U. S. th a t has been h u rtin g the nation fo r the last few years and has cover the present grass sufficient- Citizens Defense Corps, has been b< com,’ more dangerous since the w ar started. (ly. Sheep manure is probably the established in an adm inistrative best although chicken and cow order issued by James M . Landis, WHEAT ACREAGE SHIFTED Oregon, the report shows. No manure are both good. As soon as Director of the U. S. Office of C ivi lian Defense. TO MORE VITAL WARCROPS wheat was seeded on 1571 farm s the rains s ta rt this manure should The insignia fo r Instructors con be turned under w ith a shovel and for which applications fo r insur sists o f an inverted equilateral t r i The extent to which Oregon ance had been made in 12 counties. all portions o f the sod chopped up angle, centered above which is a farm s are sh iftin g from wheat to W ith low priced wheat now a vail finely. I f passible several loads of fa llin g bomb, to the left o f which is a chemical retort, and to the rig h t more needed warcrops is indicated able fo r feeding to livestock and good top soil should be added, o f which is a flame in red, w ithin leveled, and rolled to make fo r a by a report on p articipation in the p o u ltry through the government's a white triangle in a circular field ¡firm seed bed. 1942 federal crop insurance pro feed wheat program, A A A o fficials o f blue. The insignia may be used Red creeping fescue c f blue-tag generally but not on arm bands or gram, released this week by the believe that even less wheat w ill state A A A office. be planted this fa ll in western probably makes fo r the best lawn brassards. Duties of the Instructors in the O f the 6387 Oregon farm s ap Oregon and other diversified fa rm - on the acid soils in this commun- U. S. Citizens Defense Corps shall I ity and should be applied at the p lyin g fo r wheat crop insurance . ing areas in the state. rate o f three to fo u r pounds per consist o f giving courses of tra in last fa ll, only 3991 were seeded to ing and instruction to units of the one thousand square feet. I f the Defense N E W H IG H W A Y S T R IP O P E N wheat fo r harvest this summer, Corps, as prescribed from ig ro w e r would like a m ix tu re then the repent shows No data is a va il Two and a q ua rte r m iles o f new equal parts o f ce rtifie d blue tag time to time by orders or instruc tions o f the Director. Appointment able on the kinds o f crops grown road on H ighw ay 99 in Douglas as instructors shall be restricted to on the acres shifted from wheat, county was opened to tr a ffic last H ighland bent grass and red eligible persons who have regis but it is believed th a t many o f toe week. The new s trip between T u r creeping fescue should be applied tered fo r tra in in g and have satis at the above rate. farm s grew w in te r legume seed, key H ill and Rice H ill has been fa cto rily completed prescribed and K entucky and other common fib e r flax, and feed and forage completed w i t h exception of blue grasses require considerable approved courses o f training or in structions, by the Local Defense crop*. graveling the shoulders and pro- The trend away from wheat was , vides eight miles o f continuous amounts o f lim e so are not too Council, on the basis o f a b ility to adaptable to these soils. Astoria perform prescribed duties, by the especially outstanding in western modern highway. and Seaside creeping bent grasses leg ally authorized appointive au have been used to some extent fo r th o rity o f any State or community subject to any fu rth e r rules, regu lawns in this com m unity but they lations, or orders, issued by the are susceptible to attacks by Director. weeds and frequently develop bad Instructors who arc graduates of cases of "brow n patch" which are W ar Department Civilian Protec undesirable in lawns. Also they tion Schools may wear the pre u--------------------- S Cw*M Of 9Mk*«a scribed insignia encircled by a S Y ie r ii v require a great supply o f w ater wreath » .S rJ L T s - of laurel. to keep them in nice shape in the - - V - summ er and fa ll. The Nazis have ordered G erm New lawns should be handled in ans who picked fru its and vege lik e manner. tables to supplement th e ir meag -r RXN9NJ5 1 0 5 /( 9 0 G0VT««UX WASHINGTON DC 17 J 5 6 g diets to tu rn this food in at col € C SAMS’. RRES10CNT" Chemicals for Life lection depots. FEAR OF DEPRESSION Secretary Morgenthau Pays Tribute to 1609 Penney Stores in Their Ju ly Bond Sales WESTERN U N IO N ... 3 C RENNET C 0«5J0 BEST J4 ST* REPORT FROM J . C PESSEY COMPANY SHOWING A TOTAL OF $ 8 .4 ? » ,3 5 5 ’.6 5 SALE OF SAP SAYIRGS BONDS AND STAMPS EQUALING T n ENTT-FOUR AND T K N T Y -C IG H T PERCENT OF TOUR CROSS BUSINESS FOR THE MONTH OF JULT IS A SPLENDID PERFORMANCE-. I WISH TO THANK YOU'. YOUR EXECUTIVES*. ARD the thousands of j . c . rennet * compant e m p lo y e es *, all of « mom HAVE MANIFESTED A SINCERE APPRECIATION OF THE 0B3ECTIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY SAVINGS PROGRAM IN THE SERVICE THEY HAVE RENDERED» YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FEEL VERT PROUD OF THE EFFORT YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS MAM AfD*. I AM SURE. S ILL CONTINUE TO MAKE IN THIS EMERGENCY* HEMNY MORGENTHAU JR SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY» The J ;’ C. Penney Company’s 1609 stores, whose 4% Ju ly quota fo r W a r Stamp and Bond Sales was $1,200,000.00, turned in the staggering to ta l o f $8.422.553.Rr, o r alm ost 25% o f its merchan dise sales! To realize w hat this figure stands fo r in actual w ar m aterial, this sum w ill buy one destroyer plus one submarine plus I l»»J r .r c a l Mx, ìa t iì M p .’ •ffe hut tn. h i /(h Il hu M <u«prul" BEPTEMBER w ' 2i J -Trw.itY at Varsoillat SnJ. 1 'if Inq American Ruvolu- livo uy wit, 1783. w . - 1 W il I C ir.l »1«, III. nrnw _J2 . stufloii "punad m Now .B Jfi, York. 1082. J I'u s t C iilln s i h il Coo- » V » nwsta. 1774. I Ii'w.dM.l MEuilay shot tW t 7 -C .ilea defeats Eulkvon lor I he l.sasys-elghl chutnplvtuihlp. 19,2 • Ssn-iti I Huay P long assassinated. 1935. DR H. A. HAGEN Chiropractic Physician I ’ l.A S NFW lilt A IT I <)»< IN It»] New ill a ll legislation to make Die 19 and ¡9 year old youths e li gible toi iiiilii. m • i \ » • topped’ a progi um mupijcd out last week fur the 77th congress, Chairman Sa tai th of (he houle rules com m it Us said Thursday such legist t- tln il Is like ly to la- passed before the cluse id the present cungrcsr. Blur Headlights Blue headlights are mure visible io raiding airm en than any other color light of the same Intensity, accord ing to researchers at Stanford uni versity. i Meatless days. heat less apartm ents, soughss telegram s, lyounoelcas tennis halls, spiccless spice cakes . . . These arc some o f thp recent threats that keep im pressing on us. in various new -forms. the fact, th a t th e re ’s no escaping the backlash o f w ar on c iv il life . Even up to a couple o f m onths ago. food was one item Am ericans h a d n ’t w o rrie d about at a ll in connection w ith the w ar. Yet so sweeping has been the tid e o f th is global w a r th a t already therE are a num ber o f elements in the c iv ilia n food sup- p ljr s itu a tio n th a t cause concern and readjustm ents, i f not " w o r r y . ” T h e re ’s no cause fo r alarm concerning the over-all io m l situ a tio n , hut w e’ ll surely feci m any pinches in the w av o f specific foods. These w ill p ro b a b ly be te m p o ra ry and regional in nature. A lre a d y W P B has recommended a llo ca tio n o f meats M - ilT E .M liE K Historical Events Whisky Making Banned Nov. 1st M iin u fiic lu ic o f whisky, gin Slut other (leverage spoil» fo r other thun w ur purpose» w ill cca»c hy next November 1. M atthew J. M iicNam tira. whisky conversion o ffic ia l of the W ur Production board, said Monday at f'hlcngo. MucNamuru m id a meeting of the N utlonal Alenluil lleveiuge C ontrol association that all of the n ations 129 distilleries w ill be converted to the production of w ar alcohol hy the end of < *C- loher. lie suld •t7l’>,lKKJ,(NN) gallons of war alcohol would la* n<*cdcd next ¡year, more than half of It fo r the i m anufacture of butadiene for syn thetic rubber The remainder, lie said, w ill I k * used fo r producing smokeless |M>wiivr, various pro duets in in illtu ry w arfure and the most essential civilian uses M e m i& i I T ill KSbAY THK SENTINEL. COTTAGE GROVE. OK EGON The Cunningham, newly discov ered comet, contains certain chemi cals from which under suitable con ditions life m ay develop, signals from the comet indicate, scientists report. The comet was discovered in 1940, at H arvard university and came nearest to the earth in the first few weeks of 1941. Scientists revealed that the head of the Comet Cunningham was filled with the mol ecules of gases, consisting of car bon atoms, combined with hydrogen atoms, also with nitrogen and oxy gen atoms. The A t m y is saving great quan titie s of copper fo r other w a r p u r poses by su bstitu ting steel fo r brass in shell cases. 100 a rm y fig h te r planes plus 36 _______________ _ - ligh t tanks! W hile gathering Junk fo r the The importance of this achieve i ju n k campaign gather up the little ment was acknowledged by a used or discarded a rtic le from the telegram of commendation from a ttic or basement and let an in Secretary of the Treasury M or expensive Sentinel w ant ad sell it genthau, who took p a rtic u la r noie | fo r you. Lots o f m aterials are hard of the tremendous scope o f the to get. Now is the tim e to sell the Company-wide p u b lic ity program a rtic le around »he home o r farm which made these results possible. ¡you no longer use. I NEW W OODAKI» KENIIAKNCK l'M » K lt CO.NSTRI'CTION W. A. Woodard has a new resi dence under construction, located near where the Latham school b uilding fo rm e rly stood and west of the Woodard residence which burned about six weeks ago. Proper Flag lU iplay When Uie F lag of the Untied Slates is di>pluye<l in the body of a church it should be displayed from a staff placed in the position of honor at the right i f the congregation as it faces the clergyman. I f if is dis played in the chancel or on the plat form it should be placid on the cle r gyman's right as he faces the con gregation. Women Sow Live Longer Am erican women ars crowding the biblical life span of three acore > and ten years. The expectation of life at birth in 1939 was «14 .years for whffc females and 62 6 years tor white males, statisticians of an in surance company said recently Since 1900 women have added 15% years and men 14% years to Uieir average life expectancy. Serious About I I An 13-ycar-old Detroit youth may be able to fulfill his desire to Join Lhe m arines instead of serving a Jail sentence. The youth. Donald Burns, was convicted of Lrcuklng into a gasoline station. His explanation was that he wanted Uie money to pay for dental work to that he could qualify for enlistment in the m a rines A dentist volunteered to re pair the youth's teeth Court at taches told Burns he probably would be released on probation so that he could enlist. Months of Human Year The last four months of the old Roman year were given number names, Septcm <71. Octem <8,. No- vem (9, and Decern »10, instead of being named for Roman emperors like Julius Caesar and Augustus Cae sar because the Romans believed tnal after Augustus Caesar no man could be sufficiently great to be so honored. The gun carriage of a 155 mm gun calls fo r 1,030 separate d ra w ings, plus 5»)0 more fo r the recoil Salesbooks, receipt books, book- mechanism. keeping systems. The Sentinel. J U S T O P E N E D !! Irish Convalescent Hospital * W ell Pleased With Tenant A Seattle couple lived ui u rented house fur 12 yeurs, and the landlord was so pleased with them us tenants , that he willed them the house Taa Revenue From Food Food produced mure slate salrs tax revenue than any oUier item* In Missouri during 1940 It yielded 9S.779.95U. automobiles $3,683.244 Color-of-th«-AiXon4i In O idatrr ol 120 Nut go tons ago an o id itrr of 120 died at Uvxford. Canadu, named Daniel Alkm . During hi» Ide he hud ruotracted seven m a rria g is and bud an incredible number ,H children, grandchildren and g reat grandchildren. in all about 570. of which 370 were boys and 2tW girls UlemUcf NOACAStlUt Y o ur nawcM lu lo r is »wk. n iw red planted to tpark up darker uai, too«». You ge, Apple Red ,M,ly in ru- m I mym Noe-haM Non-CnkSb fabric. F ig h ta w r ia k lsa , keep, /red). See our i t r i t i l M ior/»otH A W aterbury. Connecticut w om an ami her daugntcr win, rccall,*<l the shortage o f fats during the lust w a r und Iwgan saving fats December 7 have contributed 13») ixjunds o f fttts thus present drive. lat to the Men’s Toggery A. W. H EIX IW eLL "Everythin« (or Man" PLEASE TRAVEL OVER LABOR DAY! T he w arcan't stop fo r holidays, but Y O U can post- pi,ne a pleasure trip ! O ver this Labor Day w ar w o rk ers must get to jobs as usual. M ilita ry traffic must ro ll regardless. W e all must realize: PLEASURE travel is n o w a peace - tim e l u x u r y . H andling additional thousands o f passengers over Labor Day means increased strain on already over loaded transportation . . . handicapping v ital tra f fic upon w hich victo ry depends. That's why we say:’ D O N ’T T R A V E L O V E R L A B O R D A Y ." But—if you MUST travel—help avoid crowding and delay ★ Oef fu ll In fo rm atio n on your trip In nduaneo. ★ Purchase flcfcefa N O W to avoid la tt mlnuto ruth a t tho dopot. ★ Fake as lltflo bag p ap a a t possible. ★ Taha a ih o rt trip In proloranco to a long one. ★ H you eon p o ttlb ly arran g o It, le ave b efere Saturday an d roturn o f tor M onday. Do you w ant Io recuperate in it pt ivate rest home w ith hoapital care am i tra in e d attendants? < ’o m t'o rtn b lr beds P estp ea* p lsa su rs trips-BUY WAR BONDI INSTIAB and good food. Reasonable prices. M ake Y o u r Reservations Now. 1992 Potter St.—Eugene, Ore. Phone 1080W GREYHOUND
