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Mailed In Con formity w i t h P.O.D. order No. 19687" 4 1 VOLUME LIV OOTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTV. OREGON, TIIURSOAV, JAM ARV 20. I9H Fourth War Loan £ Quota for Section Set at $429,888 Public Warned Of War Shift To Pacific Area Everyone to Be Given Chance to Buy Fourth War Loan Bonds. Shift The F ou rth W ar Loan drive started January 18 and w ill run u n til February 15. The quoin fo r South Lane ax net from a ( mt eap- Itu entíntate Is «429,888. The granges w ill bundle th e ir re<qa*rtlve te rrito rie s again fo r the F ourth W ar Loan drive the name an they did in the th ird drive. The I>orena and lle h ro n grange mem- liem met w ith Fred Knox of Eu A le tte r received here Tuesday gene anil received th e ir m aterial Tuesday evening at 8:00 p. in. in hy Mrs, Ethel Applegate from her the local council chamber. Plana cousin. Mrs. K a le S Blake, a fo r ir e also underway to contact res mer resident now livin g at R ich idents of the S ilk Creek and Ce mond. C alifornia, conveyed the news 1,1 Hi,' d r.iih ,ii I? R I.. dars communities. The C ity of Cottage Grove has Blake, a pilot w ith the Hth arm y been divided in to sections and w ill a ir fotce Mrs. Blake statist thut be solicited by vo lu ntary workers. she had been notified "by the w ar Anyone w illin g Io donate a few departm ent that her son, L t. R. L. hours of his or her tim e fo r this Blake h id died over the European Very w o rth y and necessary cause urea on December 31st unit that Is asked to contact the local chalr- she would w rite fu rth e r on re man, Jia- Brlcher, as he has com ceiving additional details. She ex plete supplies on hand and w ill lx? pressed a hope that there might glad to assign u suitable te rrito ry . lie a m istake somewhere and that M r. B rich er is contacting some of her son was s till livin g the women's clubs in an e ffo rt to I-t. Blake had been stationed in get ihe entire c ity covered, as England about sixty days W heth this plan has met w ith marked er he was kille d in action, died of success in P ortland and other c it wounds or died from some other ies where It has been used. cause was not learned H i“ a tte nd I f the quotu Is to la- reached, it ed school here and graduated from w ill be necessary fo r every per the local high school w ith Ihe class son to have an o pp o rtu n ity to buy of 1940. receiving his silver wings bonds, as past statistics show that from the Lubbock. Texas fly in g 59 “X of the people solicited Isiught school und wus la te r stationed at liondx of some denomination, Moses Luke. W ashington whereas only 17', of the people not solicited bought bonds of th e ir own volition. Will Tax Labor Tran»portation to the Limit. Home Boys und Girls in the FIGHTING FORCES of O ur Nation and Predicting the shift of the w ar to Ihe Pacific would bring prob lems that would completely over shadow anything the Columbia riv e r area of Oregon and Wash ington has faced in the past, a house naval a ffa irs sub-com m it tee praised the |M*oplc of the P o rt land, Ore.-Vancouver, Wash., sec tion yesterday “ fo r th e ir splendid accomplishments." NUMBER 23 Let’s Go Over Top in Paralysis Drive Scott Lumber Co. Mill Destroyed By Fire Friday "L e t's go over the top in the south Lane county in fa n tile paral ysis cam paign." N. J. Nelson, chairm an urged yesterday at the s ta rt of the campaign to raise $5tM).(X) fo r th is fund. He said. "The above slogan is about the best way to express the meaning Blaze Is Said to Have Followed of w hat's necessity to meet the Explosion of Acetylene needs o f 1944 and to pay o ff Our indebtedness of 1943. when more Tank. lhan 150 cases o f in fa n tile paral ysis were cared fo r in Lane coun The m ill' o f the Scott Lum ber ty. This is ten times more cases than ever before. This is w hy 1 Co., at Culp Creek, th irte en miles ask you to give double w hat you east of here was destroyed by fire gave last year. And south Lane "a rly F riday m orning. W hile ac county w ill have no trouble in cording to early re to rts the origin going over the top. T h a t goal is of the fire had not been deter mined, the blaze followed an ex «500.00. from a n "You w ill not be called on by plosion. presumably solicitors, but instead 1 ask you acetylene torch w ith the resulting to look fo r a place to do your explosion o f the tanks and gener bit. W ishing wells w ill be placed ator. Welders were said to have in a ll school rooms in and around been at w ork underneath the m ill Cottage Grove and in p ra ctica lly building at the sta rt o f the fire, which q uickly spreail over the en a ll stores. “ Clubs and organizations w ill be tire building. The owners, A. Merle Scott, Sid sent pledges which they w ill please piesent to th e ir organiza ney Sheets and W ilb u r Pitcher, tion or officers and re tu rn the plan to rebuild as soon as the receipts to me a t the earliest available m aterials can be obtain pra ctical tim e. Due to lack of ed, it was said. Included in the tim e and of gasoline I ask schools loss was considerable new equip outside o f Cottage Grove to please ment, to be used in overhauling call at the post office fo r th e ir the m ill. The loss was p a rtly covered by w ishing wells when in town o r better have someone who is com insurance according to u n o fficia l reports. ing to town pick it up fo r you." The m ill was purchased is 1929 B y this m ethod everybody w ill have a place to make th e ir dona from the D aughtery Lum ber Co., tion w ith o u t being called upon. and at the tim e o f the fire employ Parents can send th e ir co ntribu ed about sixty men. Estim ated tions to school by the children. capacity of the m ill was 75.000 I know from the cooperation feet daily and the loss was this d is tric t has given in the past, roughly estimated at «75,000. you w ill again help a ll you poss Most o f the lum ber cut by the ib ly can in this w o rth y cause. m ill in recent weeks was saved. N. J. Nelson, chairm an south The m ill crew assisted by the Lane d is tric t m ill crew of the Bohemia Lum ber $*.500 Is C ounty Goal Co., located across th e highway M arvin W a rlic k , county chair i south from the Scott m ill fought man of the in fa n tile paralysis fund the blaze asd was able to keep th« yesterday opened the campaign to flames from spreading. to secure «7.500 fo r Lane xount> and outlined the needs- over sta tion KO R E yesterday noon, saying that the county fund had been com pletely exhausted. F a t h e r Francis Leipzig o f Eugene was the p rincipal speaker. "H ow ever these |M*ople must lie told what is to be expected of them. There is imm ediate and urg Pvt. Bessie Radtke S m ith w ith Cpl. George R. Stout, 21, son of ent necal that the jo in t chiefs o f the m oto r transport division of Mr. and Mrs. F rank Stout, w ith s tu ff reasonably inform the au the Women's A rm y Corps station- *he a im y a ir corps now serving th orities us to wnat is to be ex ed at Camp A tte rb u ry, Indiana. *n Graduate» w ith class of pected of them when the a n tic i pated shift to the Pacific becomes D aughter o f M r. and Mrs. Paul 1940 and enl ’ ,S,ed neua r,y ,w o years p . . lL, , ,u i . L ag0 S|X o,h<*r brothers are in the a re a lity ." Radtke of this city. Pvt. S m ith armed forces, some of th e ir pic- The com m ittee reviewed the enlisted in J u ly 1943. lures to appear later. area's huge production of ships, plant’s and w a r m a te ria l and ------- 1 ~ ' months. A t the tim e o f his call, pointed out Portland's population News of Boys and Girls in he was a reserve o ffic e r and em had increased 150,000 to 45O,fXX) ployed as a buyer for E. C. M u r since 1940 and in the Vancouver phy o f Eugene. area had increased from 50,000 to 100.000. Cpl. John Dugan arrived from "W e were Impressed w ith the In a recent Salt Lake C ity, Utah Laredo. Texas, to spend a 10-day p otentialities of the drydock fa c il paper appears the picture o f Pfc. ities," the com m ittee said, "and O rval M cDaniel, a form er Cottage furlough w ith his parents, M r. and recommend fu ll exploitation by Grove resident who is home on .Mrs. John Dugan, a fte r w hich he the naval and m ilita ry authorities furlough from the Aleutians. In w ill leave fo r S a lt Lake C ity, of these fa cilities, in view o f the te llin g o f the atta ck on Kiska he Utah, fo r fu rth e r training. inevitable increase in repair ac says: "W e were set to land at A lfre d S trong serving w ith the tiv itie s accompanying the shift (o f dawn on August 15. N a tu ra lly we navy a ir corps, stationed at C or Ihe w a r) to the P acific." were a little nervous and keyed to pus C hristi, Texas, visited last Tim ber Help Short a high pitch and then when we week w ith has grandparents, M r. T lie report found the area is landed and met no opposition we and Mrs. L. L. s»rong and aunts plagued With serious employment couldn't quite figure it out. We M rs. C. E. Brown and Mrs. Ed shortages in the meat, d airy, were relieved and not a bit mad Decker, going fro m here to M y rtle transportation, fuel, lumber, food because they had left. The amount Point to visit his parents, M r. and MchooU H a v e *12.law G oal and u tility industries. It said these o f equipment left tSrtb«- Island in Mrs. Leslie Strong. who returned The local schools have set th e ir shortages should be solved at once dicated the Nips had made a h u r w ith him Monday. goal during the present campaign and the railroad bottleneck in ried w ithd ra w al. Supplies and also nt $12,000. The high school goal Is P ortland remedied im m ediately. It a great num ber o f new woolen W ord has been received from $6,000 and the grade school is also Data on the Bonneville A d m in said the w ar m an|w wer commis blankets were le ft." Pvt. McDaniel Jim m y Adkins, Ph. M. 3 C, who Sti.iMM) the same us in the th ird istra tio n survey on a ll cities and sion has done an excellent job in brought liaek many souvenirs, in was wounded in action in the loan, w hich was exceeded. m unicipalities In the W illam ette obtaining manpower fo r industries cluding a piece o f one of the South Pacific, th a t he has arrived Industries to Hr Holielted valley from Cottage Grove north in Ihe section and at present then* blunkets; Jap shells he has made at the Oakland naval hospital Spring arrived in 1944 about B rlche r said yesterday th a t Juck to P ortland has recently been re is no shortage generally. It added, in to ash Bays and o the r trinke ts, MEN N E E D E D FOR NAVY where he Is recuperating from his fo u r months ahead o f schedule. I-ewia of Eugene had been named leased anti a copy o f the survey however, the Kaiser shipyards had and some o f the oak leaf leaflets injuries. as chairm an of the ind ustria l com was received at the Sentinel office been authorized to recruit an ad the Am ericans dropped on the Men are u rg en tly needed to be (A t least it had apparently as th is m itte e and would solicit the m ills come commissioned officers in is w ritte n , but we are not p re d ict ditio na l 10,000 workers and the Japs. The oak leaf to them is a Those a rriv in g Wednesday from yesterday. The publication con of this d istrict. three new specialized b illets in ing the kind of w eather we may problem m ight become serious la symbol ol disaster. Pvt McDaniel Camp Fannin, Texas, to spend a tains maps o f ill areas w ith a said the men lived in foxholes the 7-day furlough w ith th e ir parents the Navy, the office o f naval pro have when the Sentinel goes to description of a ll ind ustria l sites ter. press.) And apparently too the firs t week and were continuously were Pvt. Gordon E lfvin g , Pvt. curement announced recently. Ihe lo c a lity has to offer. weather man Is helping out in the The b illets im m ediately open to wet. A fte r the firs t week they Jack Kennedy, and Pvt. and Mrs. SELECTIVE SEKVK E In uddition Ihe data eontuins qualified men include that o f cost w a r situation, since tra ve l is so lived in tents on the beaches u n til CHANGES Lawrence Keele. tacts of a ll m unicipalities included inspection officer, engine type restricted th a t going south fo r the they were relieved. The only thing w ith the imputation, chief indus specialist office^, and aviation en w in te r isn't much pleasure any Occupational deferments gener Pvt. McDaniels objected to was tries, police protection and labor more, so the south has been gineer officer. a lly w ill be denied 18 io 22-year- the w ind and fog. I situation. Six sites are listed in College graduates w ith a t least brought here w ith its sunny a fte r old registrants, o the r than those ,|he C ollage Grove area, the la rg Pvt. M cDaniels entered the three years experience in the field noons and balm y weather. in a griculture, fathers and non est of which is 3,600 acres. A map arm y in December 1942, receiving Sure signs o f spring. Pussy w il o f accountancy, or men w ith tvyo fathers alike, unless they are en of Ihe Cottage Grove dam sector years’ college plus five years prac lows are in bloom. Several bloom M a rvin W a rlick of Eugene, is also shown w ith possibilities o f gaged in activitie s in w hich defer his tra in in g as a m ountain infan tica l experience are eligible fo r ing pussy w illow s Lave been seen chairm an o f the Iutne county in irrig a tio n from the dam as w ell ment is specifically authorized, ac trym an at Camp Hale. Colorado. P rivate Quentin W . Geyer. A ir the cost inspection service. W hile over town. M rs. E sther S tra tto n , fa n tile paralysis campaign was a as Irrig a tio n from shallow wells cording to Selective Service. Fur- He is a graduate of the local high theim ore, all registrants w ill be school, having moved w ith his Force classification specialist, w ill a c e rtifie d public accountant’s cer the new In te rtyp e operator at the guest of the Chamber of Com given pre-induction physical ex m other, Mrs. Bertha McDaniel, to be at the Cottage Grove c ity hall tific a te is desirable fo r appoint Sentinel said she was able to merce Tuesday. He told members WILLAMETTE COUNCIL am ination at least 21 days before Salt Lake C ity some tim e ago. the 20th, 21st, and 22nd o f Janu ment to this b ille t, experience in gather a nice bouquet o f pussy” the existing need fo r mote funds MEETS AT SPK IN G ITE I.D being inducted. Therefore, the per January 15 he reported fo r d uty ary to Interview women eligible cast accounting w ith heavy in w illow s the firs t o f the week. The is urgent, p a rtic u la rly in view of fo r enlistm ent as A ir WACs. A ir dustries is acceptable. Men from boys have started playing m arbles iod o f three weeks in the enlisted at Camp Carson. Colorado. the unusual number o f cases that WACs are members o f the Wo 28 to 40 are wanted. and this is the second best sign. reserve now granted by the A rm y The January m eeting o f the have occurred over the county L t. H arold F. Minney, stationed The cincher is however due to the past year and the prospects W illa m e tte council, Am erican L e and the one-week |x>nod granted at Seattle, Washington, left Sun m ens A rm y Corps serving w ith LO NDON WAR LOAN the fact th a t Godfrey G raber’s are that the number o f cases w ill gion, was held hi the quarters o f hy the Navy w ill be elim inated. day a fte r spending a 15-day leave the A rm y A ir Forces both at home and abroad. This new branch W ORKERS NAM ED daffodils are coming through. not dim inish in Ihe near fu tu re . the S pringfield post Sunday and These changes becom e effective here w ith relatives and friends. o f service has opened many new Godfrey has turned more to g a r February 1. was attended by a good represen Over 500 people in Ihe county C hairm an fo r the London pre dening and h o rtic u ltu re now w hile Dale Brown, S. K. 1 C and Par interesting occupational fields to were stricken the past year and ta tion from the d is tric t. women. A ir WACs are needed to cinct, entending from the Hebron w a itin g fo r more hardware to sell. is Breedlove, S. K. 1 C left Sun SUTH ER LIN SOLDIER Judge C lin to n H urd o f Eugene over 150 were hospitalized, he DROW NS day fo r Pleasanton, C alifornia, serve as librarians, a dm in istrative dam to B lackhutte, on the W ar P. S. Save this article, i t may said. Most of the o utlying cases was the guest speaker and gave an where they w ill receive fu rth e r and office workers, artists, m edi Loan drive, is Mrs. Jeanne M or give you a little encouragement Robert Updike. 20. residend of were lig h t, however. Three new interesting ta lk on youth prob- naval train in g , a fte r spending cal assistants, mechanics, com ton. Co-workers are: M rs. Elvis before spring re a lly gets here to S utherlin, who has been in arm y cases occurred In Junction C ity | lems, operators, beauti Kelley. M rs. M axine Freeman and know that you have had at least, th e ir leave here w ith Mrs. Paris m unications tra in in g at Camp Adair, near C o r the past week. He related that N eil Slee|»er o f Eugene presided cians, auto drivers, public rela Mrs. M a ry Jo Phillips. House-to- a couple o f weeks of spring like Breedlove and son, and nt the one o f the Eugene hospital nurses in the capacity o f W illam ette vallis, Ore., was drowned F riday homes of M r. and Mrs. Ira Beidler tions reporter, w eather observer, house calls w ill be made. Those weather. was sent south to learn o f the council commander, w ith Roy night, according to word received and M r. and Mrs H. B. Breedlove and photographer. These are only not at home vvhen calls are made S ister Kenny treatm ent and came W oodruff as a djutant. Ed Gotch, at Roseburg. a few o f the many jobs now a v a il or w ishing to purchase bonds be He was the son of Mrs. M ay to Eugene to do some valuable kx’al commander represented Ray Lester R earrick left today fo r able to women about w hich P r i fore o r a fte r calls, are requested w ork when her services were bad Gleason, d is tric t commander who Updike, S utherlin, and a b ro the r induction in the navy. vate Geyer w ill fu rth e r explain on to contact one o f the w orkers so ly needed. was absent. Legionnaires a tte nd o f Edna Updike. Spokane, and I th a t bonds purchased m ay be his visit to Cottage Grove. Belated news was received here F ifty per cent o f the campaign ing from here were A lb e rt Wood Mrs. G rovlc Dunn and Lois Updike credited to this precinct. [last week of the death o f Pvt. co ntributions stay in the county ard, Kenneth Booher, Chet Van- o f Roseburg. TRI MAN ( LARK PA IN FU L LY Wm. Simons, a paratrooper in I t and fif t y per cent are sent to the Denbutg and Ed Gotch. ELIM IN A TE AIR RAID Portland, Oregon — Cottage HURT aly. Pvt. Simons was wounded in national foundation to be used in PRACTICES Grove is represented by three on action on November 15 and died RITES FOR U. E. STEW ART research w ork in com batting the i the latest lis t of enlistm ents in la te r the same day. He attended Trum an C lark, m illrig h t at the HELD FRIDAY disease, he said. M r. W a rlic k was The W a r Departm ent and O ffice the arm y a ir corps enlisted re the local high school and entered Woodard m ill south o f town was introduced by N. J. Nelson, local ' of C iv ilia n Defense have e lim in s e rv e announced by M a jo r B. P. the armed services in J u ly 1942. p a in fu lly injured F rid ay about chairm an. Rites fo r C. E. Stew art 80, ated practice a ir raid alerts and Cody, commanding o ffic e r o f the He is the son of M r. and Mrs. W il 3:00 o'clock when caught between blackouts involving public p a rtic i Oregon re c ru itin g and induction A special feature of the Cham [Who died January 12th were held liam E. Simons of Blackhutte two conveyors in the d ry kiln. He pation, except in coastal areas in d is trict. They are Ross H. B rad ber program Tuesday was the ¡front tin - M ills chapel F rid ay af- sustained bruises and a crushed cluding Verm ont. The barometers apparently are route. Pennsylvania ford, Richard E. Campbell and ta lk by Miss P hyllis Foster, Lane jte in oo n at 2:30 p. m. w ith the pelvis bone. and the D is tric t of Columbia. Michael A. Quaglia. county's outstanding 4-H clubber, J Rev. George Hardy, m in is te r of poor w eather forecasters the last Ivan Hoyer, son of M r. and Mrs. He was rushed to a Eugene hos Along the A tla n tic and Pacific who told of her visit to Chicago the Baptist church here o ffic ia th irty days during the tim e of our V. B. Hoyer. and John McCauley, In m aking this announcement, and of the entertainm ent provided tin g . Interm ent was in the Ma- tropical afternoons. IXiesday and son o f M r. and Mrs. John McCau p ital, Where an e arly report said Coasts such alerts and blackouts M ajor Cody urges 17-year-old men Wednesday the high temperatures w ill be authorized once every w ith the am bition of becoming 600 vis itin g 4-H clubbers there. sonic-I. O. (). F. cemetery. ley of Lynx Hollow, went to P o rt he was resting satisfactorily. at Ihe weather station at the C ot three months on Sundays only. fly in g officers to investigate the In trod ucin g Miss fo s te r was E. land F riday evening and were in Among the out of town friends tage Grove dam stood at 58. the The measure was taken to de arm y a ir forces intensive procure V ISIT EU G EN E POST A. Danielson, county 4-H club attending the funeral w ere: Judge ducted into the a rm y a ir corps highest since November l l t h . M a crease interference w ith produc ment campaign designed to enroll agent. He presented Miss Foster C linton Hurd. W a lte r D lllir d . Roy for aviation cadet tra in in g S a tu r F our members o f the Calvin tion o f w a r m aterial. a county award medal and a six W oodruff, W elby Stevens, Ray jo r W a lte r R. Lalonde, resident day. The boys w ill finish this year men fo r a viation cadet tra in in g engineer stated that indications year achievement card. He prom Bowers, Allen W heeler and W en of schooling at the local high Funk post. Am erican Legion, paid as pilots, navigators and bom bard are that the good w eather w ill be school. a courtesy v is it to the Eugene le IM PROVING EAST BANK OF ised fu rth e r that a fine watch, dell Bartholom ew, a ll o f Eugene. iers. Those enrolled at 17 are over in the next fo rty-e ig h t hours. DAM R ET A IN IN G WALL gion post F riday evening and w it called to active d uty some tim e given Miss Foster on her Chicago Evidently tlie storms coming W ord has been received here by nessed the obligation o f a class of Leonard and Slate have been a fte r th e ir 18th birthday. tr ip would be presented at a 4-H EXAM INER HERE this way have passed to the W. H. Cochran of the prom otion of nineteen members of W orld W ar awarded a contract to improve club leader conference. southwest, lie said. The low tem his brother, Captain M aurice D. RED UROSH QUOTA SET A vote of thanks was given S. A trave lin g exam iner of oper perature yesterday m orning was Cochran, who lias been promoted No. 2 into the organization. Those the east bank retaining w a ll be attending from here were: L. A. low the Cottage Grove dam. The T. Kampmunn, d is tric t forest ran ators and chauffeurs w ill he at the 30 degl ees above. to m ajor. M ajor Cochran is serv Naish, Bob Nelson. A1 ,C. Wood purpose o f this w ork is to save The Oregon Red Cross quota has ger at Rujada fo r a large w all c ity hall on F rid ay tlie 21st fo r We have only had 2.31 inches ing in the South Pacific in the ard. past commander and Edw. J. the road th a t comes into the gate been set at $1,753.800 and the map o f the Umpqua forest, cover tlie purpose of exam ining those of rain in January thus fa r against arm y a n ti-a irc ra ft service where Gotch, commander o f the local chamber, according to M ajor W al- county quota at $71,(MX), i t wax ing the Bohemia d istrict. w ishing to obtain a perm it. a normal ra in fa ll of eight inches. he has been fo r the past seven post. 1 te r R Lalonde, resident e ng in ee r.1 learned here Monday. ARMED FORCES Bonneville Survey Recently Released Spring Is Here 4 Months Too Early M. Warlick Tells Of Need of Local Paralysis Fund 4ir HÍ4G HWed For Local Area 3 Local Boys Enlist In Army Air Corps Enlisted Reserves Barometer Won’t Forecast Weather; Storms Pass Over