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P S B U S IIE L S 4 s is 0 Ol AT I 0 N
ASSOCIATION
ANOTHER QUININE FEUD
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TU.K S E N T IN E L . C O TTA G E (JUOVE. OREGON
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I lie spark " '.el. set oft the firew orks between \ ice-presi-
den, W a lla ce a m i R l l director Jones was the m atter of a few
million quinine seeds W allace claims that Gen, Douglas Mae-
A rthur sent several million quinine semis to the ag ricultural de-
parfm eiit ot the I uited States to he planted io t'u sta Riea in
order that the arm y might have quinine, the only specific known
cure for malaria. Ju st why seeds have not been planted we do
not know hut other experim ents in planting quinine seeds have
been very ineffective. Even in Jav a, where most of the quinine
now comes from, it took many years and lots of scientific ex
perim entation before • quinine” trees that were w orthw hile be
came a reality. E fforts have been made to grow quinine from
seed in various central American countries as well as in the
Philippines with only m oderate success. It took the Dutch 40
years before this experiment showed any signs of successful
fruition. Quinine hark, in order to l»e commercially valuable,
must contain six per cent, or more, of quinine sulphate. Most of
AMERICAN HEROES
H E R E ’S T H E IV K N A G E
W O M IN
BY U F F
Someone is always fig urin g out
s tiitis lic s on something or other,
so iu>w liruce fo ie ixMties ulollg
w ilh his findings on what makes
an average woman As reported m
Your L ite Magazine, here are the
details
M arries at the ug«‘ of tw enty-
four.
Q uan els at least twice u month
w ith her husband.
Has a baby weighing seven aial
one-half pounds
Spends fo u r year's washing
dish««.
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i By H arris E llsw orth. •Member of
Congress from Oregon*
W A SH IN G TO N , D. C. As this
is w ritte n , the smoke o f the jangle
between the house and
senate
over the appropriation bills has
not cleared away Q uite largely
as the result of a lot o f hart! and
effective w ork by Senators Mo
N a ry and Holman, and the Rep-
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1 tegon and Washington, the ap-
propriation item fo r forest fn e j
protection was approved on the
basis of the larger amount w r it
ten into the b ill in the Senate.
Money fo r Coos County coal ex
ploration. and the operating ap
propriation fo r the new Rureau
of Mines Laboratory at Albany,
fin a lly cleared
both
houses. 1 j
cannot give the exact amounts.
bu, am as8Ured the>
what we hoped for.
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Capitol employees and numer-
ous other government people will
be late in receiving their pay
I\ew Guinea Ace
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Is five feet four Inches tall
I hr Pi»linaai»hed h e n irv C rew lia* b rrn a u a rih d Mult Sgl Ito y lr
Kim inrry of lliiiilin ito ii, T rx a t, for n n n n m | a •tili m n h in r gun anil
rrlurning tin- tire of low-dying rn rm y p lau rt during llir J jp allai k
on Hicham l irld. W lien In* ammunition was gone h r ran from llir
ro v rr of hi» truck Io grt niorr, and krpi Arina until llir truck »«•
bombed. H r >lto»rd bravery beyond llir ra il of duly, fig u re out for
yourrelf how murh you can invest in War Saving« beyond what you
are doing now.
checks this m onth because the
congress spent many days argu
ing over the dismissal, by congre»-
sional action, o f three bureau em
ployees who are alleged to have
T U E M IM I 1 \ TH E HO M E
communist connections,
Agree-
ment was fin a lly reached hut not
Ry Dr. H. A. Hagen
u n til a fte r the regular payrolls
F irs t lesson fo r parents: Your
were held up several days, This
appropriation b ill was kitown as ch ild is not your property; but an
independent soul needing
guid-
the emergency deficiency bill.
A fte r the appropriation
bills lanee as the plant needs a tre llis.
th e S o u th A m e ric a n h a rk is co n sid e re d u n u s u a l i f it c o n ta in s as are completed, there appears to " oul‘ l you scold or whip a rose-
m uch as th re e p e rce n t. In s p ite o f th e fa c t th a t q u in in e is no be little else of a pressing nature bush if the bloom was not per
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lo n g e r a v a ila b le to th e c iv ilia n p o p u la tio n e xcep t f o r m a la ria , that should have the atte ntio n of
There is something in every
th e re are la rg e s to rk s o f it in th is c o u n try , th a n k s to the fo re - congress im m ediately, so a recess
child that rex|)ond.s to the high
s ig h t o f the a rm y a n d n a v y d o cto rs. T he e x a c t a m o u n t is a in ili-
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as S?^n HS
appropna- est appeal of which you are cap
the
rem
ainder
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the
tary secret. as well as is its whereabouts. But there are tons of
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able. Reach that something and
tion bills are passed.
it to help prevent ami cure the m alaria that our boys may ac
yo u r problem of “ discipline” is
The proposal to establish a
quire while fighting the devils in the m alaria-infested jungles.
solved forever.
,
single food control is a sound and
Never correct a child in the
—C orvallis (fazett-Times.
.v ita l one. but w ith the resignation
presence o f another; lest resent
of Chester Davis, a man in whom
ment supplant regeneration.
members o f congress on both sides
THE MAMMA PAPA PROBLEM
"B re a kin g a ch ild ’s w ill" is
o f the aisle had confidence, en
breaking
a parent's influence;
thusiasm
fo
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the
food
a
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in
istra
Joe Serra w riting in the Industrial News Review has this
m aking a ch ild ’s w ill is mxn
tion b ill cooled down. I t is con-
to say:
a parent’s power. A head-strong
“ Everything I pick up to read, or when I tune in try in g to sl^ rcd impractical if not unpos baby makes a life-size man; add
sible to get th a t b ill out fo r pass
fm«l a station w ith no dram a, it seems 1 run into the “ youth age now. F u rth e r more, the Presi to head-strongness heart-sweet
problem .” Youth delinquency. Everybody seems to want to dent has indicated in ra th e r posi ness and your man is finished.
People in a fam ily need vaca
throw up th e ir hands and give up. It gives me a pain—quite tive language th a t he does not ap-
sizable. The whole a ffa ir is no •‘youth problem ” ut all— it is prove the Idea hence, he would tions from each other. It was
mostly a •‘m am a and papa problem .” Delinquency begins at doubtless veto the bill if passed, never intended that to ur walls
and a roof, a lineal map. and a
home.
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social code should bound and re-
No social w o rk er is g on na do a n y th in g a b o u t it. in p a r-
There w ill be a vacancy at the s tric t human activity Take the
tieu lar. e x jy p t keep, p .n je e jo b b y ta lk in g a b o u t it a nd by keep- U. S. N aval Academy at Anna- dog and go camping once a year
iiq p tb e llin c h c f o l« iu -a la th e r on how to f i x it .
polis fo r appointm ent in 1944, Hobnob, occasionally, w ith Jake
r* “ A n d b ack to th e m anias and papas— th e c a v o rtin g pnes— from our fo u rth d is tric t The navy j ones from Nowhere Alley, whose
the ones who allow their off-spring to. run wild versus staying bas announced a plan tor special ancestois your ancestors wouldn i
home theiius«teis and keeping th e youngsters under control. ’rain,nK preparatory to the quali- apeak to in Heaven i w hich is im -
These cavort« ™ will disappear in time. The wheel ehair or the .y,”K 1 , vT’ vfTr?- h” 8 1 hi -*% n iiM t, po!“ ,b,‘‘ nn7 *a y . ,n r prideful n< i-
u n d e rta k o r w ill f in a lly get them . The m am as and papas o f to - th
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f , i „ „ ln Do>!> no
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arm eo to r« s Blacken your face, run o ff to th.-
n iq rro w w ill be th e G ir l S to u ts a l“ 1 t , " ‘.
‘ s < o u m o f to d a y .
my prelim inary c iv il service n rx t town and
ir
W e can re ly upon them . T h e y w ill be in th e saddle l o ye ars com petitive exam ination date has M in s tre l show Sneak aw a v in ¡«
hence.
been stepped up. Boys in m y Con- vacant u,, Wlth the K|d acroKJ! , he
“ In the meanlitnc. the police can handle the had eggs quite gressional d is tric t who wish to street, and play W ild In jun the
handily if the uplifters d o n ’t barge in. A zoot-suiter should be make a tr y to r the appointm ent whoop and holler. Do anything
no great problem .”
should w rite me im m ediately, half way respectable or there-
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sta ting th e ir desire to do so. I am abouts. to break up the hum-
THOSF W HO SPRVP
anxious to have as many as pos- drum , slei-oy-hollow. heavier-than-
W flU 9£& V E
sible take the exam ination. The tea<1
plumb-dumb
dom esticity
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C iv il Service exam ination w ill b< th a , halters and hampers and
D espite the fact th a t a num ber of people arc h a v in g an ap- held at 9 :« ) a. m.. Ju ly 31. 1943 holds you down. .N R Take your
p a re n t d if f ic u lt y m sp e n d in g w h a t th e y m ake a m i m ost are at the post offices in Eugene. w jie a)ong she needs a change
e a rn in g m ore m oney in th is w a r th a n at a n y p e rio tl in th e ir liv e s M arshfield.
M edford and Rose- worse than you do «
th e re are n u m b e rs in the .. coast area w ho a . re _ g iv in g fre e ly
boys al-
. o f burg. Exam inations fo r ___
“ Company m a n o c s are fa m ily
th eir time without pay to protect the coast from invasion. W e ready in the armed forces n o ;
‘ good enough fo r
refer to those who help man our Aircraft w arning service, serv- m a,ter where they may now be the home fo lk s ’ being the last
ing a ll hours of the «lav without a thought of compensation and Tia t'° nTd
Wl)1 **’ ,a rra n *?d funeral w ail of the gravedigger of
in m any instances m aking personal sacrifices in ord er to render
? T nui / he se,^"resi*ct-
this service Such people together with our fighting forces 7 7 T
ellglble>
must
A good rule for the dining
m is n e r v iix . cn ivii p<
lu g e n ii i v u n u u i
” 17 years of age on or before A p ril room- A n v h n d v t h - . t e o m r , l - . . . . u
really make this country worth fighting for. They are willing j 1944 and
ol(k.r than 21 as [h<? fQod
or
to saeoifice in tim e o f need, w h e th e r it be peace o r w a r.
of that date. M arriage makes a shajj deposit one cent in the I k -
havior Box: said receptacle to lie
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opened m onthly end the contents
n o t w a it to place flo w e rs on th e ir caskets o r say nice th in g s o f
The big row in the a dm inistra- expend'sl according to the wish of
them a fte r th e y hav<- passed o il. T h e y deserve th e b ou qu ets now . tion between Vice President W al- the person having the fet est
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lace and Jesse Jones has caused fines.
IN POST-WAR PLA NN IN G
q uite a buzz o f discussion here.
Where children are im p life,
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. “ inside s tu ff” because it is p re tty parents is a rtific ia l. Conb-lence
E v e ry citizen has an opportunity to particip ate in the post- obvjous is , ha,
N( W r>.a ,
(,,ur„ , y; ,ind , , , ,.y
w a r p la n n in g to m ake th is c o u n try a b e tte r place in w h ic h to wants to get rid o f Jones. Jesse would become a Lord Chester-
liv e a lt e r the present scrap has lm< n Ki ttle d . M ost states have Jones is head o f RFC and in that field at his be>t if Its patents
nam ed a post-war p la n n in g eom m um on. W e have ours, b u t y o u r capacity has vast sums o f money knew and trusted him Horn the
idea m ay be w o rth a great deal m ore th a n th e ideate a dva nce d under his control. He is generally heart out.
by th e commission. W ith th is th o u g h t in m in d the co m m ission conceded here fev-vn by his ene-
Homes make goocne s, but n« t
has issued a general in v ita tio n fo r a ll c itiz e n s to p a r tic ip a te and m *es- except Vice President W'al- greatness. The chronic fa m ily vice
a ll suggestions w ill be w elcom ed.
iace)
have made a good record is smallness. From the habit of
The sta te com m ission has askcrl th is n e w sp a p e r f o r sug- R wo“ W, n°* • * %uite a“ u" “ e ‘ ° discussing at horn«- the great
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the
aciinm istration is events, great individuals.
«real
This group nnrfiliering 150.000 on the west eoast and many boy ineligible.
hundreels in our own district deserve comm endation. We should
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gcstiorw and wc arc passing the bought on to our readers with cracUing up with jnterna, gtrlfe dlscov; r ^ , and g,,.ttf p«,*,. IP
the lU^pe th at it may bling results.
but it is a fa ct th a t there is ties that lif t human life above the
considerable dissention in w hat horizon and extend the vision i j
m ight be termed the inn er circle. the realm of the Superman.
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W ill 11(11 IIS
"Smoko fo fe r i"
A battli-wagon IcnJrd v.ith various
explosives, bombs, torpedoes, oil
■ rut gnsollne Is not’ the sufeit place
to be with ■ (ire raging, so all but
the sm aller ships ot our Navy are
equipped with elaborate lire fight
ing apparatus.
Spending 8,78-1
hours
(five
years I gossiping
Weighs 128 pounds Until she
becommi careless u I kmi I her figure
Spends $312 In beauty parlors
and $.387 on drugstore cosmetic*
A ttend* 3.H27 movie matinees,
many of them double features.
Threatens al least eight times
to go home to m other hut never
Itm ig—am i down went 10 Jap w ar-
doea.
plsnrs. Amt Hung Is his name.
' ' Spends thisn' years and eight
First ».lent. K h h artl I. Hang, uf
months ta lkin g on the telc|>hunc
I'uplar. H is., has shot ituwn 10 Jap
Never learns to play u golf
planes over New tiulnra.
guns' that autlsflea her husluind
Ex-G orilla Trainer
Listens to eighteen radio aerials
Private Eranclweo Vrgiagl of W ill
each we«'k.
Is positive that her child is bet- Rogcrt Field. Okla , a»«U(tant to the
fsmoua Cuban gorilla-trainer. Jose
le r than that brut next d«wir.
Tomas, one« toured the states arsi
Buys 38B hats and 582 dreaaes
Uw West coait from Alaska to C a li
IS'Vulcs the best seven years of
fornia practicing his unique trade
her lit«* to attem pting to make Bom in ildboa, Spain, U rgiagl has
her htixtiand over w itho ut suc also trained giraffes, rtb ras. and
cess.
Camels, Utough gorillas are his spe
Rums three fenders on the car cially.
and tear* o ff one garage door.
( k*easionally wishes she’d m ar
Oae houle wesi (fees oaf »to
ried someone else.
a war We’ve çel feagher
Lives five yeaix longer than her
husband.
Uwei d i t i
1 kirns 4,827 pairs o f socks.
Never learns to drive a nail
w ithout h ittin g her thumb.
And mak«*s a darn good w ife in
For F»o*<fo«n • S o lo
spite o f it all.
Buy Mere
Wei Bands
‘ Run Over* by T rain
Every year lumeboay g«w» to
■lerp on a railroad track and let« •
train roll harmlc»»ly over hun T h u
year It was a tea m iter In Berlin,
Md.
When the frantic engineer
■topped the train and hurried back,
he found the Icaninter (till ■deep,
uni-armed.
Films Developed
and Printed
6 nnd 8
Exposures
R E P R IN T S 3c E A C H .
It m ay be that this ««juipment
never w ill be used during the en
tire course of the war. but it must
be paid for out «if the W ar Bonds
and Stamps that we are setting aside
each payday. ;;
7«^-f«u»r UrSeriairei
R A D IO R E P A IR S
Guaranteed W o rk.
By
Thrift-Wise
D exter Som ers
SIM M a ia
Cottage Grove. Ore.
Have You a Man
in the Service
of O ur Country?
Son? Husband! Brother! Father!
Employe! (Daughter! Sister?)
Then You Must Be Proud Enough of Him. (or Her) to
Display An Official War Service Flag In the Window of
Your Home or Store or Plant. Think What T hey’re
n oing For You.
Size 8"x 12’
Guaranteed Washable
A Blue Star for each person In service
Payroll Savings Buys Comfort
For Your Fighting Relatives
Not all of your payroll aav-
l» (a and ether W ar Rond pur
chases arc used for tanks,
planes and gunpowder. A part
of your investment goes for the
comfort of your father, brother,
son or friend.
Put your w ar bond buying
through your payroll savinga
plan on a fam ily basts to do the
most effective job in providing
tor the care and safety of your
men in the arm ed forces. F ig
ure It out for yourself how much
beyond 10 per cent of the ag
gregate income of jo u r fam ily
you ran put Into w ar bonds
above the cost of the necessities
ot life.
Remember a single SIR.75
war bond w ill buy for a fighting
soldier on the front: Two cot
ton undershirts at ft cents; two
pairs of cotton shorts a t 76
cents; two pairs of cotton socks
at 34 cents; one pair of shoes
at S4.31; a cotton khaki shirt
at S4.64; pair tw ill trousers at
14.1C; one web waist belt at 33
cents: two cotton neckties at 44
rents; 2 khaki caps at S1.2R
and one tw ill jacket at *2.16.
Total SIR.74.
An SI8.7S w ar bond should
make a marine com fortable for
the night with a 23-pound m at
tress at S4.'Jd; two blankets at
»13.54; a pillow at SO cents and
two pillow eases at 3# cents.
Total SIR.00.
O r he could be provided with
a rubber poncho at »4.77; a hel
met with Ils lining and other
Items of Ils assembly nt »5.02;
a rifle cartridge belt at »2.15;
a m arine corps pack consisting
of haversack, knapsack and
suspenders at $5.10: a canteen
and its cover at »1.05. Total
»18.00.
Those of you who worry about
th«- comfort of your boy In serv
ice can help insure his comfort
by buying war bonds. And 10
years from now you’ll take back
»25 for every 518.75 you put In.
V. S. Trtatuty Vrpaiimtnl
The added “V ” Symbolize«
F I or of Today
the
Service
N ot a print but a heavy woven material
This is 1942 vertion of official Service Flag
used in W orld W ar 1
Only
each
We are displaying also w ar w orker flags and b eau tifu l A m eri
can flags a t $1.00 each.
See these flags. A n ex trao rd in ary value
Cottage Grove Sentinel
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