»'XOB r w u
THit
K ftr h \K u tv r r .u ifc c umuvk . orjwion
T ill KSDAV. A l ì l l ’HT 24, 11(44
Also, he saw- M r. T in k e r ly in g
spra w le d out th e re on Uie ground
by
He rem e m be re d how he had ducked
under the com m a nd ca r w h ile M r
T in k e r fire d his ru le
The reco lle c
A ÌZ C b lD lJ |b ? t » l f i t t f c j G l O t h w i J
tio n m ade h im feel craven, especial
ly when now M r T in k e r would nev
1 t'D"
e r get hia Ja p
j
He decided th a t he m ust get h im
fo r M r. T in k e r
T here w ere the A lphabet. F reddie.
Ja c k , and the o ilie r men to th in k
about, too. I t in fu ria te d h im that
Sergeant C zcid cskro w ski lay dead
THEOD
It m ade h im see red to th in k th a t
a fte r F re d d ie had been m ade Into a
PRATT
W .N U R C LS A S e
decent person, h r had been k ille d
(C o ntin ue*! fro m last w eek.)
in ste a d , ne heard the q u ic k tirin g ' H is b ru .n seared w ith a hot flam e
at the tho ugh t o f Jack
o f a G a ra n d
He could see M r
CHAPTER X II
I t seemed to be the m ost n a tu ra l
T in k e r's feet and p a rt of his legs,
th in g in the w o rld to p u ll F re d d ie 's
M r W in kle pu lle d his steel he lm e t brcce d to take up the shock fro m
body fro m the gun. S w iftly , he e x
m o re secu rely on his head and the gun.
am ined it. The gun was in ta ct. It
m e plane cam e over. I t appeared
pressed on the a c c e le ra to r o f the
i n e e d e j only a new t e ll of a m m u n i
car.
to know e x a c tly w here to come
tion
The jeep shot o ff the road and T h e re was a rush and a t e r r i f i c ,
He claw ed about In the sand and
along the sand t r a il leading to the sta cca to banging, several loud e x
GOOD OLD UNCLE SAM
am ong the bodies for .in a m m u n itio n
plosions
th
u
t
shook
the
ea
rth
,
and
beach.
The
co
m
m
a
n
d
e
a
r
stood
1‘rvs.s dispatches the past week tell u.s th at lead lease aid
box. He stepped on s o il flesh and
will be granted 1 urkey. So Turkey will soon be on the grave} w here it had been le ft, in a p a rtia lly then it was gone
d id n 't m in d it.
The firin g stopped.
payroll. Nobody know , w hat perc. ntasre e f the lend 1 use will cle are d space enclosed by low-
D ig g in s fu rio u s ly , he found what
M r W in kle opened his eyes w ith
palm s. M r. W in kle stopped a lo n g
■lentually be collected. It is also noted that in a good many side it. |
out h a v in g re a lize d th a t he had he wanted. He strip p e d the n e a rly
rases w here lend leas has been g ranted. Uncle Sam has been
spent b e lt fro m the gun. and in
As they got out. he glanced at ...,
the closed them .
spending more money in the nation than the nation is spending tent, set at one side am ong the trees
A g a in he saw M r. T in k e r, who serted a fresh one
As he w o rked he knew how good
in itself, p articu laily in South Anieriea and now we hear the O rd in a rily , the o ff-d u ty m em b ers of was now stan din g h a lfw a y to the
argum ent that this aid should be continued even a fte r the w ar the m achine-gun crew w ould be lo ll- rid g e He was reloa din g his rifle nnd wise it was th a t he had been
tra in e d to op e ra te a m achine gun.
?nds to hold the good w ill of the nation.
ing o r sleeping there. I t was e m p ty
and lo o kin g m a le v o le n tly at the sky.
He wished th u t he was b e tte r a t It.
The plane cam e back.
Such argum ents are just as assenine as the a rg u u iin t w e
1 p 0,1 l i ’ e
rid ge , fifty feet
But a ris in g surge o f confidence
O nce m ore it spit heavy death
heard about four y ea.s ago to the effect that if the w rap iron a* ay' a
h*»d
m ade h im sure he would t e good
fro m its nose, and tig h te r, m ore gen
sh ip m .n ts were stopped to Ja p a n the Ja p s would get mad be, RecogIuling them. he WBVcJ tle
enough
death fro m its wings. M r T in k
The f lr r t boat was n e a rly a t the
Bint scrap us. I lie pay day on all of our generosity is approach- briefly and then disappeared
e r tired rig h t back at it. H it m outh
M r W inkle sighted the gun
mg and g o o d old I Dele Sam may fnid him self holding tne bag
" I t a in 't lik e h im ."' M r T in k e r w rs open, he scowled fie rc e ly , and shore
as in 1918 with one ex eption ami thr* exception is that it observed, "n o t to be ho spita ble io he was y e llin g some kin d o f im p re fo r the spot he figu red the m en
w ould be when they stepped out.
looki liite the billions we loaned i.i 1918 will be chicken feed his frie n d s .”
catio n th a t c o u ld n 't be heard.
T h a t was w hat he had been taught
T he in d iv id u a l s a v in s s o f m il l io n s of A m e r i c a n »,
com pared with the money which has been advanced th re u rh
Mr- W in kla took th e ir tools fro m
It A m r . ' l u n til a m om e nt a fte r
He s till had a m om ent. H r e m
PUT IN T O W A R B O N O S , S A V IN G S A C C O U N T S A N O
the
back
seat
o
f
the
jeep.
H
is
the
™.i,»»
h
^J
gone
again,
out
over
the lend lease m ethod of the present war.
ployed it by ce.olly ta kin g off h it
LIF S IN S U R A N C E IN THE F IR S T T W O W A R Y E A R S ,
hands shook a little . He pulled his the oceun. tha t M r T in k e r's a rm s
A M O U N T E D TO A T O T A L O F 31 B IL L IO N D O L L A R S .
he lm e t s till m ore securely over his dropped and the rifle slid (ru m his glasses and u .p tn g them d ry w ith
OUR OWN BACK YARD
his h a n d ke rch ie f. He wiped his face
W h il e e a c h o f u s a d d s o to o u r o w n s e c u r it y
head and said. "W e 'd b e tte r get to hands.
and neck, both o f w inch stream ed
" T h e wisest thing, we suppose, th at a man can do for his w o r k ."
w e AOO EO t o t h e s e c u r it y O F T H E N A T IO N —
He
reached up. m e th o d ica lly,
w ith sweat.
land is the work that lies under his nose with the tools that lie
OUR IN D IV ID U A L S A Y IN G S A ED O Y /W G T O d f r * « «
" We can take a m in u te ." M r. slo w ly, and pushed his he lm e t back
He glanced about
under his h an d .” We may not be a king as he of whom Kipling T in k e r said, " t o see w h a t’ s going on h.s head as if to get cool.
TO M A K E A M /G K T y F O fiC E /A /
T h is was where he w ould die.
wrote. We may be only " little ” people without influence o r on UP th e re ."’
He looked about.
He
had
often
w
ondered
in
w
hat
OUK
FO KW AK O S U / t 6 € TO V / C T O M
R e lu cta n tly. M r. W inkle follow ed
He m ig h t have been bew ildered.
power. But the slogan applies to us - w herever we live, w hat
circu m sta n ce s and in w hut lo c a lity
h
im
to
the
ridge.
H
is
voice
choked
and
gurgled
ever we do.
it w ould occur. Now he knew
It
T hey d id n 't rece ive a v e ry w a rm
when he called. "P o p . . . Hey
A few of you will rem em ber how E dw ard link sta rte d out w elcom
w a s n 't such a bad place
H r saw
e. " I f you got to com e h e re .”
Pop . . .*•
New Taste
it alm ost fo r the firs t tim e , the wav-
to beautify America a lifetim e ago. He d id n ’t urge extravagant Sergeant C zcidcskrow ski snapped,
.7 s worth any sa crifice , it need be.
T te n he crum p led , lik e som ething
A re you serving the sam e con-
iifg p a lm trees, the flo w e rin g h ib is his v e ry life .
plans, to accomplish tile tn d at the beginning.
It w asn 't a "g e t down in .”
s tiff g o re soft, fo ld in g up and s in k
■oium e o r cle a r soup tim e and
cus.
great cam paign. But as a result of bis work, roses began to
T hey scra m b le d below ground lev- in g to the ground.
W ilb e rt W inkle w anted m ore ene
a tta in '
Add some th in crescent
He
lik
e
d
it.
grow where there were weeds and o u r Lttle tow ns became gar- el. hunching them selves in to the fox
m ies to k ill when a ll these were
M r. Winkle, watching this from
slices of C alavos ju st tiefore serv-
I l was ro m a n tic
dell spots. All he did was to get people to beautify their own bole, c ro w d in g F redd ie . Jack, and beneath the com m and car. c o u ld n 't
gone, when no one stood on his feet
U g and see what a pleasing effect
A m y. h r thought, w ru ld be glad
back yards.
‘ be o th e r m en who sat lis te n in g at- b e lie ve at firs t tlgat it was actuul.
in the w rith in g , s h rie k in g mass on
toe» have
to know it was such an a tlr a c liv e
the wet sand
W e all know how one rundow n house will d e p rr ¡ate the
or kneeled to stare out e ve r It hed happened too q u ic k ly , too
place.
He saw m ore a t the approach of
p roperty value of an entire street. And how fixing up one place ,he °cian'
much w,u,ou, * arn,n8
be ony
It
occu
rre
d
to
h
im
that
fo
r
the
F re d d ie , at the m ach in e gun d iffe re n t fro m field ta c tic s in w hich
the o th e r tw o boats
Q uite c a lm ly ,
is contagious - m aking all property on the street more valuabb whose sr.out pointed across the picked m en sim u la te d those h it firs t t in e in his life he w a sn 't a fra id w ith o u t e xcite m e n t o f any k in d , and
to die He even exu lted in It. He
W hat has this to do with u.s today? Well, maybe we are beach. greeted the m , “ M aybe when the planes cam e over.
not re a liz in g he was fo llo w in g A rm y
he ard his voice. He was laug hin g
w ondering around Robin Hood's barn - but are getting right
pro ced ure p a in s ta k in g ly tau ght h im ,
Then he realized th a t the plane
He fe lt released fro m hard, p a in fu l
back to the post-w ar period - and to personal responsibility.
he inserted an othe r fresh b e lt of
h a d n 't been a frie n d ly o re
bonds. He knew th u t. a t last. W il
a m m u n itio n
How your town handles the situation of jobs for returning
He c ra w le d out fro m beneath the b e rt C c» rge W inkle, in the flesh and
In s tin c tiv e ly , as if som ething told
veterans, post-w ar unem ploym ent, eonve. ion of factories to
c a r and got to his fre t.
H is legs not in a new spaper headline, wus
h im to. he looked behind h im . over
seemed to fu n ctio n a u to m a tic a lly ,
peaee time production - will have a lot to do with the way the
proud to fight
the edge of the fox hole
w ith o u t any v o litio n on his p a rt, as
nation and the world handles the same problems.
He tu rn e d back la the gun.
It
A Ja p o ffic e r was stea lin g his
he
m
ade
his
w
ay
to
M
r.
T
in
k
e
r
wes
n
e
a
rly
tim
e
.
If you keep friendliness alight ; if you keep up the habit of
way to w a rd h im . H r was the one
The bbiod spre ad ing o ve r M r
The a rs a u lt boat beached in sha l
w orking together: if you. like the pioneeis who founded Am er
who had got aw ay fro m the gro up
T in k e r's chest m ade h im sick and low w a te r
M en s ta rte d ju m p in g
ica, solve y our problem s in a neighborly, cooperative spirit,
o f five The sw a rth y little m an was
weak
He bent and touched h im . out and splashing throu gh the wa
there is a lot better chance for the nation - and for the world.
between the ca ts and the body of
w h isp e rin g his nam e B ut M r T in k ter. He c o u ld r e t th e ir fa te s, brow n,
M r. T in k e r
This is the d u ty of the little people in the little towns - of
e r did n t answer.
slant-eyed, e xp rcssio n lc: s M r. W in
M r. W inkle grabbed the nearest
you and me and our friends and neighbors. We must beautify
M r. W inkle realized som ething kle let them a ll get out. T hen, c a re
rifle . He swung it in to position to
our own back y a rd s and make ou r com m unity a living proof
• else
When the plane went ove r the fu lly sig htin g, he squeezed the t r ig
fire, re s tin g It on the edge of lhe
of w hat conscientious, cooperative planning can do. W e must
second tim e the A lp h a b e t's m achine
ger
fox bole
gun
h
a
d
n
't
fired.
There
was
a
snap
and
a
Jerk.
prove that we are ju st as intelligent in time of peace as in time
Concluded next week.
F
ro
m
the
fox
Hole
now
the
re
cam
e
The gun ja m m e d w ith o u t firin g
D o noi 1* wiikoul osir
of w a r; that wc care just as much about ou r neighbors as we
no
m
ovem
ent.
A
ll
about
there
was
F
ra
n
tic
a
lly
,
he
worked
at
the
gun
do about our Allies; th at poverty, destitution, w ant, persecu
silence
One fing er caught in the m e d ia
I l»uttlu)l,l Furmtkingi Poliiy ikst
Good Keasonlnga
tion at home move us to action as these same things stir us when
He ran to the rid g e
He a rriv e d
n ism .
He to re it aw ay
h.ood
Good
seasonings
fo
r
snap
beans
they are thousands of miles away.
proietti so mutk sfatati loti liy tire
b re a th in g ha rd, r o t fro m exe rtion ,
spurted, but he paid no a tte n tio n
in clu d e ham n r baron fa t, m inced
Unless we can retain w ar time unity, unless with our a d
but fro m e xcite m e n t. He gasped ct
lie kept p ic k in g at the ja m m e d onion, a few drops of lem on Juice or
—• yet cosi» to little (-onsult ut tur
vantages we can dem onstrate the fo u r freedom s in Am eri a.
w h at he saw.
c a rtrid g e . F in a lly he got it out. and v in e g a r fo r tartness, a dash of
One of the shells fro m the plane's
a new one in the firin g cha m be r, the W orcestersh ire , or a s m a ll p o rtio n
they can nut he made secure any place in the world.
"Jir law rslct oa your (ionie.
cannon had exploded in the fox hole
gun prepa red p ro p e rly .
W e d o n ’t have to do the whole job at once. All we have to
o f d ry m u sta rd or prt-jin re d horse
The bodies of the m en lay about,
F iv e m en had run ahead, off to ra d is h to add zrst. Any nu m b e r of W O I I T I I I I A K V K Y I S S I l l \ \ < E
do is our p art of it - all we have to do is to el< an up our own
some of them h a lf bu rie d
F redd ie
one side.
M r. W inkle swung his sauces can be used to add g'a*d
bacx yard.
NHKYK K
was spra w le d o ve r the gun. as if
gun around, c o n c e n tra tin g on them fla v o r to snap beans
C re a m , to
l ’hone 3*
p ro te c tin g it. Sergeant Czeidcskrow-
firs t
T h is tim e the gun tired
He m a to . cheese, and m ushroom sauces
A FAIR TEST
ski was on his back, his open eyes
C o lla g e f i r m e H o te l H ld g .
was astonished to rce the men fa ll
a re a ll fa v o rite s
Rarely does the public have an opportunity to com pare the
s ta rin g s tra ig h t up at the bu rn in g
He w a rn v sure if one o f them got
sun and not b lin k in g . In a tangled
relative m erits of governm ent versus priv ate operation of in
aw ay.
p ile . M r. W inkle cau gh t sight of
S E M I-A N N I A I. K r.l'O K T
dustry. unclouded by p reju d i-ed argum ents and accidents of
He swung the gun back, s p ittin g
Jnnunry 1, l!i44 In June 30th. 1944
T h e jeep shot off the road and the side of J a c k 's s till fa te .
circum stance which make im partial comparison difficult. But
vengeance at the la rg e r group As
( lln tli bates Inclusive I
A sin gle thought ran throu gh him
the b u lle ts spat c u t fro m under his
it has such an o p p ortunity in the case of the railroad industry. along the sand tr a il.
re p e titin u s ly . How w ill I eve r te ll hands, a s till new and g re a te r w o rld Folal Tax and Interest (3ollected
$209.211,«'.
It is w orth repeating th at in the first world w ar the railroads y o u 're ju s t in tim e fo r the p e rfo rm the P ettig rew s? He asked h im s e lf
Special Turnover (1 2 ‘a 'r Yield Tax)
1,200 40
opened before h im .
w ere operated by the governm ent. D uring the current world ance.”
Special
Turnover
(
2
'i
Gross
Earnings)
How w ill I eve r to ll the P e ttig re w s ’
1,058.99
T
h
is
was
w
hat
he
had
liv
e
d
for
I f they t r y any la n d in g h e re ,”
w ar. they have continued as a private enterprise. The periods
The sound o f su rg in g w a te r made
L ife had a m e a ning and u pu rpo re
$211.501.05
of respective operation have been under sim ilar circum stances. Jack threatened, " t h e y 'll get blast h im tu rn his head.
o f w hich he h; d never dream ed.
C O LLE C T IO N S C IV IL A C R IM IN A L DEBT.
Therefore, the public can bas- its judgm ent upon perform ance ad back to w h ere they cam e fr o m .”
Out of the m is t had com e a Bat-
T otal A uto License Fees Collected
$ 1.239.50
alone. D uring the first war. operation of the railroads by the
grenades hanK‘ ng fro m nosed Jap an ere assault boat.
Total Legal Fees Collected
657.06
Behind it, but som ew hat off to
governm ent was inefficient and w asteful. A news dispatch of ’* e .
, . . . . o, u.
e ith e r side, were tw o m ore.
May 25. 1919. says: ‘"To finance the railroads for the balan- e hardly recognizjng lhe tough. reck.
$ 1.896.56
M r. W inkle sank to his knees,
T otal Collections
$213,397.61
of the year and to pay the governm ent’s operating loss to r lb i e?s yOuth as the sam e person he both to get out of sight and becam e
D E P O H IT E b W IT H COUNTY TR EAS U R E R
m onths up to this m onth, an ap p ropriation of $1.200.000,000 knew at home,
his legs w o u ld n 't hold h im up any
(Tax Departm ent i
was asked of congress yesterday by the D irector G eneral of the
M r. W inkle peered out o ve r the m ore.
January 1st to January 31st. Inclusive. HUI
$ 33,597 45
U nited States Railroad Adm inisti ation. The $1.20Q.000.000 is w a te r. I t m ade h im w ant to re tu rn
A fte r a m om e nt, he kr.ew th a t he
F ebruary 1st to February 29th, Inclusive. HUI
47.628.94
in »ddition to the $500.000.000 ap p ro p riated by the last I 'on- to h ‘f ow n w ork. A t a sharp buzz m ust do som ething He realized that
March 1st to March 31st, Inclusive, HU-1
30,765.35
in g noise in the fox hole he ju m pe d. the whole position on T a liz o m ig h t
A p ril 1st to A p ril 30th, Inclusive, 1914
36,425 3!)
gress.
The A lp ha bet picked up the field
May 1st Io May 31st, Inclusive, 1944
.37,966 22
D uring the present war. the railroads have paid billions in telephone. He id e n tifie d his post, be lost if the m en in those assault
June 1st to June 30th, Inclusive, 1941
22,858 31
boats eve r landed and in filtra te d
taxes to the governm ent, instead of creating Federal deficits— liste ne d fo r a m om e nt and then th
ro u g h the ju n g le .
nearly $2.000.000.000 in the year 1943 alone. Aside from their said. "Y e s . s ir . , . No, s ir, it
$209.241 66
He found h im s e lf s c ra b b lin g about
tax contribution to victory, they have carried the unpreceden h a sn 't lifte d y e t.”
S P E C IA L TU R N O V ER
Y IE L D T A X
in the sand of the fox hole fo r the
January 4, 1914
He put the in s tru m e n t down and field phone. I t w a s n 't in sight.
617.27
ted transportation load of mechanized w arfare without a hitch.
February 10, 1944
172.91
An imm ediate question a fte r the w ar will be w hether or not to ld his v is ito rs ‘T h a t was yo u r
He saw the Signal Corps w ire lead
A p ril 6. 1914
30.25
socialized ind u stry in the United S tates shall displace the enter- b°ss- He wanted to know it you got in g up out of the hole. He grabbed
June 27, 1944
79.94
prise of the private citizen. In the railroad industry, public here Like you beard I ditto t give it. and sta rte d p u llin g on it.
aw ay you being w ith us. but you
A broken piece o f the shattered
ownership and private ow nership have had a fair test. That test b e tte r get back w here you belong
1,200.40
phene cam e in to his hands.
2G GROSS E A R N IN G S
should be a determ ining factor in the final choice of the road and beat it as soon as y o u 're
A p ril 27, 1944
He dropped it fro m nerveless fin
1,058.99
America follows.
th ro u g h .”
•
gers.
D E P O S IT E D W IT H ('X)UNTY TR EAS U R E R
T hey went, M r. W in kle w ith a la c
H elplessly, M r. W inkle w atched
(C iv il and C rim ina l -Dept.i
r it y and M r. T in k e r w ith reg ret.
OPA LAWYERS
the le ad ing assault boat com e on.
AU TO LIC E N S E F E E S '
L iftin g the hood of the com m a nd Now it was less then a hundred
January 1st to January 31st, Inclusive, 1944
DPA has over 1.350 law yers on its payroll according to one
$ 770.75
February 1st tn F ebruary 29th, Inclusive, 1944
145.00
report. This num ber of course serve« only the DPA and have ca r. they looked fo r the tro u b le , M r. y a rd s fro m the beach.
T in k e r saying. "T h is is a good tim e
.March
1st
to
March
31st,
Inclusive,
1944
He looked back a t the jeep U n
96.50
no eonn etion with the hundreds of other bureaus. Many of to fo llo w procedure. Pop. We fo llo w
A p ril 1st to A p ril 30th, Inclusive, 1944
66.25
these young law yers connected in a legal capacity with the enough o f it, we can hang around a less the b u lle t holes throu gh its
May 1st to May 31st, Inclusive, 1944
58.25
w in d sh ie ld m eant m o re than they
various bureaus are young college graduates and many of long tim e .”
June 1st Io June 30th, Inclusive, 1944
95.75
appeared to. th - c a r w ould s till run
the laymen are beginning to wonder if instead of steering Uncle
T hey began to w ork. M r. W inkle He could get ta c k in it to give
$1.239.50
m o vin g fast. M r. T in k e r ta k in g his the a la rm at the next post.
Sam out of trouble, if they are not getting us in deeper.
He sprayed the m illing men dawn January 1st to January JlsE h u ’t o s^v^'lib P l
tim e and g lan cing at the beach
B ut by tha t tim e , the Japs would
$
83.86
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February 1st to February 29lh, Inclusive, 1944
FEWER SCHOOL CHILDREN IN EIGHTEEN COUNTIES rid g e .
have effected th e ir la n d in g
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M r. W inkle was the firs t to hear
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March
1st
to
March
31st,
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1944
•
M r. W inkle wished th a t it was not
Eighteen Oregon counties—exactly one-half—hail fewl-r the plane.
133.55
he who had been placed in th is posi He had a m ad, b in d desire to an A p r il 1st to A p r il 3 0 th , In c lu s iv e , 1944
100.10
children atten d in g public schools d u ring the 1943-44 school
n
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and
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the
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F ro m out over the sea there cam e
94.80
y ear than during 1942-43. according to the state school super a sudden ro a r. Guns began to sp it tion. He w anted, fe rv e n tly , fo r it to seemed lik e a to rre n t pent up in J u n e 1st to J u n e 3 0 th , In c lu s iv e , 1944
84 30
be another m an. a fig h te r, a k ille r , a
in te n d e n t’)« recent comparison of “ total pup’l-day of actual v ir tu a lly at the same in sta nt. T here younger, a d iffe re n t, a b e tte r m an h im fo r years and s p illin g out in
attendance” . The counties, most of them in Eastern Oregon, was the c ra c k le of the A lp h a b e t's than he. I t flashed throu gh his m ind one o v e rw h e lm in g rush.
$
657.06
He sprayed it on the m illin g m en T o ta l D e p o s ite d w it h C o u n ty T r e a s u r e r
m ach in e gun. Added to it was the th a t it had been a m is ta k e to d ra ft
tn cj showed a decline in school attendance, were:
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Benton. Coos, Deschutes. Gillum. G rant, Harney, Hood lo u d e r firin g o f m o re m ach in e guns and m ake a so ld ie r o u t o f a mouse. ; down there. T h a t b u rst was fo r S T A T E O F O R E G O N , C O U N T Y O F F A N E ss
I. O. E .Crow e, as S h e r if f o f L a n e C o u n ty , O re g o n do h e re b y e e r-
River, Jackson. Jefferson. K lam ath. Lake. Malheur. M orrow ,1 and w h at sounded lik e a s m a ll can He fe lt g u ilty at not h a vin g resigned Jack. T h a t one was fo r F re d d ie
T h is long o re fo r M r. T in k e r. Now t i f y j h * ’ th e j fo re g n o in g . is a tr u e and c o rre c t . rc|>ort
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" D u c k ! ” ye lle d M r. W inkle. He here now. in his place, w ould have j one fo r the A lp ha bet. S till m ore fo r p a r tm
cline in pupil-days of school attendance may reflect a shift of dropped the w rench he was holding
the oth er m en. W ilb e rt W inkle, who i,n d J a * C o lle c to r f o r F ane C o u n ty , O re g o n , f o r th e |x *rlo d e o m m e n c -
know n w hat to do.
operutes The F ix it Shop, firs t m g r-1
J a n u a r y 1st, 1944, an d e n d in g J u n e 3 0 th , 1944, b o th d a te s in c lu -
population to defense-industry com m unities.
and d ive d under the com m a nd car.
Then M r. W inkle knew w hat to do. j tie d selectee In the 38 to 48 d ra ft- 8 Ve
The percentage of school attendance decline was largest
L y in g there, his h e a rt beating so
I t o ccu rred to h im tha t he hadn’t
Dated this 1st day o f July, 1944, A. D.
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be «'ailed, is k illin g
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