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VOLUME LIU
OOTTAOE GROVE, LANE COUNTY OREGON, T ill ItSIlAY. JANUARY 21 1943
Rains and Snow State Guard Kept
Impede Normal AI m by New Bill
Activities Here
Second Snow and Rain Storm
Hit* Here ot. Thuriday
Night
COLO SNAP SENDS MER
CURY DOWN TO 8
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M orea xnow and rain Thursday
night brought everything
Io a
sta nd still w ith a ll lum ber opcra-
tions shut down Publication of
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The Sentinel wax delayed 24
hours by lack of power. A d d itio n
al p recipitation lust night brought
from tw o to five Inches of snow
but failed to bring the expected
drop in tem perature. T ra ve l is
slow and hazardous on a ll roads.
Row riv e r threatened to cut o ff
trave l from the east, but trave l
was s till going through this m orn
ing.
A ll ru ra l telephone lines are
down, many going out last night.
Flood prospects on the Coast
F o rk are w ell In hand, according
to a report before communications
went out. The w a te r In the basin
was at a low level n t th e xt i r t o i
recent rain« and snow.
NUMBER 23
Baptist Church to
Burn Mortgage at
Celebration 28th
The house |NiNMi*d the nt ate
guard b ill Wednesday and »enl it
to G overnor Snell, lex» than 24
hour« before expiration
of the
1941 state guard act.
The vote wax unanlinou«, there
being no debate The house o rig
in a lly hud paxxcd the measure,
hut It had to I n * xent hack from
the senate fo r concurrence In the
upper houxe'x amendments.
The m a jo r xenute amendment
provide« that the xlate guard xhall
rem ain in active service u n til the
governor proclaims It lx no longer
needed. Presumably, It would lx
dlxlMinded when
the national
guard, now fig h tin g In the regu-
|ar arm y, comes back to Oregon
The o rigin al house b ill provided it
be disbanded six months a fte r the
war.
Governor Snell said he would
sign the h ill today. If the b ill had-
nol been passed tom orrow, e nlist
ments ot the 9,000 states guards
men would have expired, and the
men would have had to be signed
up again W ith me h ill's passage,
enlistm ents are a utom atically con-
t inued.
Fathers May Be
Drafted Before
Summer’s End
The F irs t B aptist church w ill
celebrate the fu ll payment of its
debt on the building. Thursday
evening, January 2H The m o rt
gage w ill be burned at this time.
The evening w ill begin w ith a
pot-luck supper at 6:30. in the
church basement A t 7:30 the con
gregation w ill assemble In the
xanotuary. The follow ing program
lx planner! fo r this happy occasion:
Prelude, p ianist; Hymn by con
gregation. 'T h e Church'« One
Foundation;"
prayer;
scripture
reading: anthem, choir; history of
our church, M is. Sam W arren;
quartet, members o f Allen fa m ily;
■ n nu t from
aez »rwa o the
hue r /»Eli
v-z«kt zxsi and
ex exzi
gieetings
churches
form er pastors; slides, showing
pictures of our church in the past
to be shown by D r. O. C. W rig h t
of P ortland; solo. Mrs. Benton
Schrenk; burning of the m ortgage;
sermon by D r. F. W. S ta rrin g of
Portland, executive secretary of
Oregon Baptist Convention; Doxo-
logy.
Plans for the Drafting of Men
With Children to Be
Known Soon
BOYS OF 17 ELIGIBLE TO
ENLIST
S T A T E HOUSE Ax the legis-
l«‘ ur’? gets w ell into Its second
o i w ork ,h<‘ controversial
bills a,c beginning to show up in
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Ixjth houses. Several lax bills a n 1
in which would m odify the state
income lax. T ru ck bills arc w ith
us again which would increase
weight and length. Several local
option measures have also been
introduced, anil more to come.
Tw o have the strong backing of
the Anti-Saloon League and the
W.C.T.U. And or course it would
not be the legislature if we d idn't
have a few fish and m ilk bills on
By b u r r a o o f P u b lic R e latio n «. U . S W a r D c p t.. W a s h ., D . C .
the lawm akers' menu. A ll the
ROPE FERRY ON ALCAN HIGHWAY—A typical engineer ferry
alx»ve measure« are hot suhjects
U tilizing the speed o f the current to force the boat across by the use
and ore sure to bring fo rth much
o ra to ry if they ever reach the
o f a wire cable stretched from shore to shore.
floor. Hut firs t they must run the
gantlet in committee, which re-
|x>it ih i b ilk out
la , pass or gunner in a bomber squadron. He ~
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j -vr
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zs
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x. zx •
d w. Hanks
The most severe cold spell In
O fficers are investigating
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„ the m ',n > <* ’ b«-ae measures w ill get a„ d „ nephew of Mrs. A. E. Sharp.
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surrounding
the a r<*al » « k in g over from the law- both of S pringfield. He has been
several years term inated Into a circumstances
The follow ing listed men are
The postal receipts o f the Cot-
wet snow that covered the lowei death nt C. E. Hughes. 88. who makers who are on said com m it - stationed at the arm y a ir base at registrants o f Lane C ounty Local tage Grove
office continue to
valley w ith from eight to fourteen wax burned to death in hlx home *vcs-
Rice Field, C alifo rn ia. A fte r a t- Board No. 3. Eugt ne, Oregon, and show a consistent gain, according
Inches today, but the story has a h alf m ile west o f Loiane Sat«* One of the hottest of the hot tending high school at Cottage arc now delinquent. Any one hav- to a belated rc p o it subm itted by
not yet been told, oeeurding to urday night sh o rtly a fte r 9:(S) bills Introduced so fa r is the meas- Grove, he w orked fo r a tim e in ing inform a tion concerning any o f N. J. Nelson, postmaster. Receipts
b arom etrr readings Yesterday and. o'clock F ire which consumed his ure to m odify the tax paid by cm- Springfield
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before going into the these registrants should tran sm it fo r 1941 totaled S23.3I5.96 against
today. Wednesday ami Thursday, home was thought to have started ployers to the w orkm en's unem- arm y in April,
th a t inform ation to the local $24,628.70 fo r 1942, a gain o f 5.6
the barom eter has stood at its from un overheated stove. He was ployrnent compensation fund. This
board, and advise the men th a t it percent over the past year. The
Sam M edford, 24. gunner's mate
lowest reading, the reading as this alone at the tim e o f the fire and measure w ill be b itte rly fought
,
,
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. . w ill be to th e ir best interest to December qua rte r receipts of 1942
,u l? y ,.r„ . r . e contact the board v o lu n ta rily :
also showed a proportionate gain
is w ritte n at 2:00 Thursday Is the believed to have been asleep. He by organized labor Labor has « ,...*5 . uJi.L*
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lowest ever seen here, according " a s found lying across a col
hug,- bankroll available to m ain- b“ 's been m the navy threej/ears^
Edward Charneski, O rder No. over the corresponding period o i
to one veteran weather .observer
The remaind« r of the fa m ily tain a potent lobby to w
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ard
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' 1941. The December 1942 quarter
and temperatures from 10 to 15 were not at home at the tim e o f any such e ffo rt on the part o f cm- "la c k b u tte route, Cottage Grove,
Roy Johnson, O rder No. 10245 receipts totaled $7,772.63 against
degree» may be expected w ith in ‘ be fire. Mrs. Hughes was visiting
plover-, and this lobby is already be w vn‘
school in —
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George Charles McFadden, O r- SL562.29 fo r 1941
the next twelve hours.
■ daughter In Coquille. A son and on the scene of action.
W ord ha!t
here der No. 2819
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Patron» Can Help
Tha snow fall hen-
measuring
¿,v in « ,n »h<? bouxe wcre
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th a t Tom H a„ has
tran sfe r-
Chester Dan Southern. Order
Nelson and a ll postal employes
•b o u t rig h t Inches. was heavier to ,o ‘ ,hp * ven,nK
One p a rtic u la r b ill introduced red from Gadsden,
Alabama. No. 3127
have issued a plea to patrons of
the fcouth where In ¿he London
• u ivtM n g
in addition to the last week didn't cause much com- where he was in a chemical w ar-
P h ilip Kelley St. C lair, Order the local office to do q u a n tity
com m unity it i* »aid to measure a
’ ov' . * r 'i „ fo llo w in g children: ment at the time, but there was fare unit, to Santa Ana. C alifo r- ^ ° - 1408.
buying in the m a tte r o f stamps,
foot according to o fficia l advice«
,, 111 ■ y '’’ k |,'y ” f Coquille, plenty of p olit ics wrapped up in nla. fo r arm y a ir corps tra in in g
postal cards, etc. Instead o f buy
Johnson °*
of Coquille
J
In the h ith e r a ltitu d e tow ard the , 1rs .
,, J«flr>*on
‘ °9 UI,,C- it The measure would consolidate Tom is a graduate
o «-
f the local
ing one o r tw o stamps, make your
Bohemia d istrict, a ll telephone
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“ 'L o ra n e . and a the o ffice of corporation commis- high school and also of W iliam -
purchases fo r a t least th irty days.
line» are down and no report 1» '*7 ’ H r
SUiter liv in g in Iowa, «doner w ith the state ta n k in g de- ette U niversity w ith the class of
L ittle sales consume about as
available, but from a ll available
u/ >erMl «^rvicca were h< ld from partm ent Just a week before .Mr. 1942 and was listed in the Am er- T
j
a
much tim e as large ones and the
.can colleges'
colleges "W ho's Who.
Who "
Inform ation the snow fall then* the Poole
post office has the same problem
. . . Chaix’
. . ! in . Eugeni ,,, Tues- Sprague became an ex-governor ican
as the business man o r m erchant;
was »aid to have been three to day, H erbert A rm strong o ffic iâ t- he reappointed Mr. Lloyd Sm ith,
ing.
Pvt. Robert Moody, son o f Mr.
corporation commissioner, to an
fo u r foct
The Jefferson school and th^ greater . number
» . of
. . sales w , ith few-
and Mrs. T e rry Moody, has ju s t
o
the
r
four-year
term
,
which
de
The «torm played havoc w ith a ll
finished' boot' camp tra in in g and
K ™ * PuP'ls of ‘ he Adams er emP ’°>es 0 °
wor
prived Governor Snell of a juicy
comm unication and transportation
has
been
assigned
to
the
fleet
“
h00»
purchased
$2.501.75
w
o
rth
plum fo r someone o f the boys
line»: p ra ctica lly a ll ru ra l lines
of w a r bonds in a week's contest
Howevei. the state banking job marines fo r eight weeks more
• re down and w ill be nut o f serv
tra
in
in
g
He
is
stationed
at
Camp
en<hng I-riday the 15th. The high
Is up fo r appointment in a short
ice fo r some llnie. The Sentinel
E llio tt. San Diego. C alifornia.
rooni «mong the contestants fo r
'Concluded on pace two.)
w ill be at least 24 hours late, due
selling the most bonds was th a t
to fa ilu re o f power service here.
A rriv in g at the U. S. N aval o f Miss Taggert w ith a to ta l pur-
T ra in in g S tation at F arrag ut, chase o f $1,004. The prize was a
university o f oregon ,
Eight Above
Eugene The 251 h annual Oregon
Idaho, Jim m ie Russell Brown, son potted plant. Second prize, also a
Reorganization of wholesale and
A cold rain tu rn in g Into snow-
Press conference w ill open on the
o
f
Mrs.
W
L.
Goodwin,
V
illa
rd
potted
plant,
went
to
the
room
of
re
ta
il flu id m ilk prices to allevl-
yesterday was preceded by tw o
U nive rsity o f Or«gon campus F ri-
C ourt, Cottage Grove, has begun Miss Inslow
w ith
a to ta l o f ate shortages in m any communi-
days o f the coldest weather seen
bere y e t m o m e t e r ' read- f ’ y ' J?nuary
« P « « » “ «-
his recruit tra in in g fo r service $550.25. T h ir ty
pupils received ties was announced Saturday by
w
ith
the
U.
S.
Navy.
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vex
fro
m
m
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s
t
of
the
sla
te
s
blocks
of
wood
from
the b attle - State OPA D ire cto r Richard G.
ing at the Cottage Grove dam
N. J. Nelson has again been ap-
leading papers expected to be on
ship Oregon fo r buying a bond o r Montgomery.
reached a low reading o f eight
20,
Eugene A rth u r Anderson
hand fo r the tw o day session. (minted in charge of In fa i ntile
com pleting a stamp book.
County u n it prices were fixed
above. Tw o days o f eold weather
M ary Conn Brown. Redmond, is Paralysis drive fo r Southern Lane son o f M r. and Mrs. Ben Ander-
The contest was sponsored by w *‘ h certain exceptions and the
froze pipes, cars and stopped p r a e - __ . .
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county.
son. Disston Rte., is studying to
tic a lly a ll lum ber .m ils O n e m ill
o f the assoc-iat.on.
the student council and Mrs. W il- new Prices were not all higher,
M r. Nelson announced just be- become a specialist in the navy
N
early
every
discussion by con
The highest re ta il prices in the
liam Thum.
cast o f town w»«i the only one In
fore
we
went
to
press
that
there
a
‘
‘
b*’
U.
S.
naval
tra
in
in
g
school
ference representatives w ill cen-
state were unchanged at 14 cents
that area to keep running. Others - ........
...e w
a a quur(
o rlla n u anu
r
quart ui
in r Portland
and Pendle-
were suspended because o f fro z e n , ‘ c r
<’f ,he
w « " . w i l be no b irth da y ball, but fo r diesel operators on the campus
Donds rilia-s o r lack of log«
I “ 11 arfecta ,he Press ln general W ishing W ells w ill be placed about ° f Iowa s ,a ,e «»Hege at Ames. 0 q |
ton, w hich had those prices in ef-
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and Oregon newspapers in par- ‘ be business d is tric t and scrolls Iow a.
fect in M arch, 1942.
From a ll press
aPj tlcular. Representatives o f various w **l be sent to a ll clubs in the
A rriv in g at the U. S. Naval
N ext highest prices were set at
‘t h T V .ir x 't ’ i f n w ’ lxh,<r m r l Th“ n . | W,,r " * pnc* " ' A b id in g the can-1«“ ’ Y and «urroundlng country and T r X in g ^ S t a ’t t o ^ t e i i t r t
13 >2 cents in Salem and T illa
in the
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the
w ^ t h d e ' x ^ ' x J - i in ! ° " hlp ’ i f ‘Ce' ° f f 'Ce ° f W“ r ' n ' pvery POM,b,e
;‘ n« w ill be used m
ounta(ns o( _______
northern Idaho,
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at
Col. Donald Laehey, d is tric t en- mook.
the snow wa« th< <lc< pw»t jkm n In form ation, VVPB and OPA w ill be to " give * ......
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“ a chance
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everyone
M axim um s o f 13 cents were set
several years and was so heavy on hand t() ,,nswer questions.
,lU
in c o m e p m itt, son o f
H enry Johnson U. S. Engineers, made the pert fo r Benton. Clackamas, Clatsop.
that it had to be shoveled from
Featured speaker fo r the meet- manner so that Cottage Grove p r u m 'o f Disston route, last week odic inspection o f the
Cottage Columbia. C urry. Douglas, Hood
the fla t roof buildings.
recruit tra in in g fo r ser- Grove dam area Friday, the 15th. River, Jackson. Linn. Marion.
i ing w ill be Wendell Webb, Asso " iH nKn,n Hiake the usual good
ciated Press corres|xindent who showing ns in the past.
This was the firs t inspection since M ultnom ah, Tillam ook. Washing-
vice w ith the U. S. navy.
: covered the battle of M idway.
Look fo r mote about this in
the appointment o f M a jo r W a lte r ton and Y a m hill counties, and fo r
Lester Blackmore is w ith the R. Lalonde, in charge of the Cot- the cities of Prineville, Bend. Red-
Governor E a rl Snell and re tirin g nex‘ week's Sentinel.
1st
Provisional
Engineer Co. tage Grove reservoir.
Governor Charles A. Sprague also
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| mond and K la m a th Falls.
(Dep) in N orth A riic a . S ta ff Sgt.
STATE TAX AUniTOK TO
an- expected to apix-ar on the
Col. Leehey was \\c ll pleased
\b e 13 cents price applies also
Three boys, all minors, were | program o f the Journalistic gath-
Norm an Blackm ore is stationed at w ith conditions at the dam and ‘ ° Lane county east of the coast
BE HERE FEB 20-8$
('am p McCoy. Wisconsin. They are the performance o f the dam under ranKe No increase in the reta il
reprimanded by c ity officers and j erlng.
o fficials last I’hursday a fte r th e y :
The state tax comrtiission this J the
"1 sons of M r. “ and
l,u Mrs. v O. ' W.
" ' flood conditions. Claude C. Mon- ^ rlpP, ,n Eugene, fo r which there
confessed to stealing chickens and
Blackmore.
week
announced
the
itin
e
ra
ry
o
f
1
ai
m
o,e-
gold w ith the d is tric t office in Eu- hau been considerable clam or, was
»EPUTY COLLECTOR HERE
agreed to pay fo r the stolen ch(ck- [
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the state tax auditors, who w ill
Lieutenant and Mrs. Claude Kpnc was also in the inspection announced. However, representa-
ens. Part o f the chickens stolen
deputy collector fo r the in- vlsit the various comm unities fo r M ille r arrived Saturday from F o i; party.
“ ves °* ‘ be OPA started an inves-
,i:‘ 1:rxT . . ,x' froni ,hp l'7 'm ‘>ips ta rn al revenue service «1 Portland the purpose of assisting taxpay- Knox, Kentucky, and are vis itin g
I tig atio n into the county price
o f L. W. Coiner, c ity recorder. On w ill be here February 8th to assist
situation.
the nexi offense, C olnef said he taxpayers in m aking out th e ir In era in m aking th e ir income tax «1 the home o f M r. M ille r's par- AR M Y DESERTER P IC K E D I ’ P
returns. An a uditor w ill he at the ents, Mr. and Mrs. M alla M ille r,
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would p e rm it the case to go be come tax.
.SURGICAL GAUZE ( LASS
¡c ity hall on February 20 and 22. and M r. M ille r's sister and broth-
W ildren Leo Yates, 24. alleged
fore the justice o f (»eace fo r fu ll
ORGANIZED „
er-in-law , M r. and Mrs. W. H. arm y deserter, was picked up
prosecution.
Bachelder.
They
,r~:o
aecompani-
here
F
rid
a
y
by
M
yron
Perry,
The boys are accused o f steal
Monday evening at the Masonic
ed from A storia by th e ir son and chief o f police, and sent to the temple a class was organized fo r
ing chickens from two d iffe re n t
Mrs. M ille r's m other. Mrs. Anna county ja il to await the a rriv a l of the purpose o f m aking surgical
people.
Thompson who are also v is itin g the U. S. M arshal o f Portland, gauze dressings fo r the Red Cross,
here. Lt. M ille r left the firs t of Yates is alleged to have deserted w ith Mrs. J.
F. Finneran
in
tided upon Io make a real 'be week fo r Camp Beale. Marys- the arm y at Orlando, Florida, charRe Thpre wprc pichtppn pres.
A state-wide 4-H club mobilize-1 depend»
sPverat
tlon week fo r Oregon lias been set coni lib u tlo n to the food-for-vic- v l, lr - C alifornia. M rs. M ille r w d l about 18 months ago. He is w ant- pn( Monday n i„ h t
program, says Seymour.
fo ll,w as soon as liv in K quarters ed by the 9th corp« area at F o rt morp woulfJ
wplcomp This cIass
fo r February 6 to 14, announces to ry ___________,
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We w ill sta rt running pictures H. C. Seymour, slate club leader
Ogden, Utah.
Service clut»s arc being urged to arp available.
is in addition to the tw o classes
feature 4-H club in th e ir pro-
that meet on Monday and Wed
‘/ ¿ r ie r o M w e n t ’v B v e w d l '.mt’/ a 'r
a
u
r.
,p" ,ure
‘
" ,pu P " ’*
A-C Elw yn Woodson, son o f M r.
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?ty ' f v
. H| 1 “ r
A program much like that fol- grams that week, as arc granges, an() Mrs , E Woodson who h is COPIES OF HOUSE, SENATE nesday afternoons and w ill meet
in The Sentinel at an early date, lowed In 1942 culls fo r 4-H club PTA groups, and churches. Some | „ „ in
BILLS AVAILABLE
every Monday night from 7:30 to
been stationed at Santa Ana. C ali
Unmounted, glossy p rin ts are p re - ' agents, local
leaders, and club comm unities are planning Io hold
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9:30 at the Masonic temple. T h°
fornia, has been transferred to
ferred as they make the best re- members themselves Io tr y to in-J achievement programs to make
Copies of the current legisla- hours o f the afternoon
classes
K ing C ity where he is ta king
production. I f you have not sent form others about the progress awards to club members fo r out-
tive bills including the house and have been changed from 1:30 to
tra in in g in flying.
a picture o f yo ur husband or son, and achievements o f 4-H club standing w ork last year. A special
senate are available fo r reference 4:30 instead o f from 2 to 5. New
do so now,
w ork and the greut need fo r ex- 4-H club m obilization day radio
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Mrs. J. E. Woodson
has recciv- at this office. Anyone interested comers are asked to bring a cap
Wc also w ant the address o f panding it this year. W ith the nn- program w ill he heard from KO A C ed a le tte r from a Miss Jones of in know ing the context o f any o r bandana and a washable smock
every serviceman in this d is tric t, tlon, and even the w orld, facing an January 25 al 7:30, followed by Berkenhead, Cheshire,
England, p a rtic u la r measure is welcomed to o r garm ent to be w orn during
Your cooperation w ill bo appre- unprecedented
demand fo r farm s im ila r ones from
o the r radio saying she had met her nephew,
use our files compiled fo r yo ur class period and which can be left
dated.
¡products, club members are b e in g 1 stations.
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convenience.
at the hall fo r th a t purpose.
Officers Probe the
Death Lorane Man
With the
Armed Forces
.h.. i,,ik
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Cpl Lynn i1- YZalker *28 r»r Registrants Asked to Postal Receipts Show
•Do not iMs». • and it s a cinch ,« ,he n, Mm.
Contact Board No. 3
Consistent Gain 1942
son of Slim Med,ortl Sr- of 500
\j£uonu*.
Grade School PllDlls
¿2 , oviiwui rupao
FurCllilSC $2,501.75
n
x
In War Bond Contest
Oregon Press to
Convene Jan. IÏ
Fluid Milk Prices
Are Reorganized
Nelson Appointed as
Head of South Lane
Paralysis Campaign
J) Leeliey Makes
Inspection of Dam
^i- ’ “
Chicken Thieves Are
Reprimanded, Freed
Pictures Wanted
4-H Mobilization Work in Oregon
February 4 to 16
0'^ 0" S’"
Selective Service soon w ill an
nounce plans to lif t the ban on
the d ra ftin g of m arried men w ith
children, a uth orita tive sources said
Monday at Wasnington.
I t was learned th a t p re lim in a ry
reports of a nationwide survey by
d ra ft o fficials on the number o f
single men and childless m arried
men available fo r call to the a rm
ed services showed th a t it would
be necessary to call m arried men
w ith children and co lla tera l de
pendents by the end o f the sum-
IT.T.
When d ra ftin g o f these men be
comes necessary, it was said, those
w ith collateral dependents prob
ably w ill be called firs t, then
those w ith one child, followed by
those w ith two, three, o r more
children.
Boys Eligible to Enlist
Boys who have reached the age
o f 17 are eligible to enlist in the
arm y enlisted reserve corps and
the a ir corps enlisted reserve pro
vided they have the consent of
th e ir parents, it was revealed a t
Washington Monday night.
There was no form al announce
ment o f the new policy. I t came
to lig h t through orders sent to
arm y recruitin g stations through
o u t the country and through an
announcement in Boston by M aj.-
Gen. Sherman Miles o f the firs t
service command.
The
enflstecs w ill
not be called to active d u ty u n til
they reach 18. A ll w il, be called
to active d uty w ith in six months
a fte r reaching th a t age.
lT-year-oM
Richard Lasater
Tells Experience
In South Pacific
B y V ivian Pollock
Richard Lasater, sophomore o f
'42, on leave from the Navy, re
turned to Cottage Grove January
19. R ichard stated he had seen
tw o big battles, the b a ttle of
Santa Cruse which was the long
est a ir b attle in history, lasting
from 11:15 a. m. to 6:24 p. m.. and
a battle at Guadalcanal where as
he stated, “ we ran in to the whole
Jap navy.” The battleship R ichard
was on sank one battleship, three
cruisers and another ship. This
was the fir s t battle in which 16-
inch guns wrere used. In the battle
o f Santa Cruse three waves o f
planes came over and his battle
ship shot down 32 planes. They
w ent to New Caledonia, a Free
French island fo r repairs. D uring
the battle R ichard carried m edi
cal supplies to the wounded amid
gunfire. H is o ffice r rewarded him
by giving him
leave and the
chance to jo in the medical division
and attend school which he w ill do
upon retu rning to New York, Jan
uary 27.
Rationing Dates
Im p o rta n t rationing dates are
listed below:
Coffee
January 4- Coupon number 28
became valid. I t w ill be good fo r
1 pound o f coffee and valid u n til
February 8.
Sugar
January 31- Coupon N um ber 10
in W ar Ration Book One is good
fo r 3 pounds o f sugar through this
date.
Mileage— Gasoline and Tire«
January 21—Last day fo r ¿sing
Num ber 3 Coupon in “ A ’’ coupon
books. Num ber 4 coupons become
valid January 22.
January 31 Last day th a t tem
porary " T " coupons w ill be issued
d ire c tly by rationing boards. Be
ginning February 1, “ T " rations
w ill be issued on the basis o f O D T
C ertificates of W ar Necessity.
February 28— Holders o f " B ”
and “ C” stickers m ust have tires
inspected by th is date.
March 31— Holders of " A " s tic k
ers must have tires inspected by
this date.