The Weather (Courtesy Cottage Grove Lake Weather Station) High Ixiw Pre. l)ec 1 55 36 .i, 1 >vc 2 .36 .22 Dec. 3 52 25 HF 1 )ec. 4 44 27 HF 1 )ec. 5 ............ g 66 1 H*«*. 6 44 tl De«*. 7 44 32 HF 1 H*<*. 8 I.' 34 •HF invanii Iwnvy frost VOLUME I..XI (Cottage Sroue Sentinel Thornton Corners I livid«* Moaby Creek Bennett Creek Harvey Rd. LATHAM L____________ COTTAGE GROVE. LANE COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1940 Atom Secret Theft Is Two c. g . udies LILIENTHAL READS HIS n • jd r I« u j Named in Queen of Denied By Ex-Atom Head America contest ,. „ ....... ’ Lt Gen Idealle R Groves, war- time chief of the nation's atomic project, testified at Washington WciliHxday neither H«*nr>*A Wal lace nor the late Hurry Hopkins ever prodded him to give up atom­ ic secrets or material to Russia. But h<* said the Soviet embassy in Washington used spies in re- pcated attempts to crack th«* secret of the atom bomb during World War II. Testifying before the house un- American activities committee. Groves, now n*tir«*d, named the»«*' «alient |M>int«: I He approve«! a wartime So­ viet purchase anil slrfpm«*nt of a few pounds of uranium metal in this rountry, prlmipally to find out if th«* Russians had a source of uranium in the United States that h<* didn't know nlxiul. They did not get enough to make an atomic bomb. There was a "great deal of in- fluence" and pctMiKure put on th«* U S lend-leasr administration "to give the Soviets everything they sought" during the war. He didn't know who apph«*d the preasurv. No re|x>rt ever reach«*«! him that any secret atomic (lmb approvetl gov­ ernment licences for shipment of uranium «xtmpounds to Russia In 1943 .-------------------------- 1 DOE ATTEMPT« TO Two Cot tug«* Grove ladies re- Ji Ml* I EN< », ceiv«*d recognition in Tuesday'» BREAK« NECK Oregon Journal in Mary Ann Campbels’ column "What's on the (Mrs. Gale Roby) Air”, in the first half of th«* local An unusual incident «x*curre«l part of the Queen of America con- on«* night lust w«*«*k almost in t«*st lx*ing conducted by Mutual's front of the Blackbutte [xixt office daily feature, "Queen for a Day." when a young cka* deer attempted Th«* top five winners were nam«*d to jump the garden fence, appar­ by KIHU, for the first three ently catching a h«xrf and break­ weeks arc: Mrs. Florence E. B«*at- ing her neck. She wax discovered ty. 4066 N. Castle avenue, Port­ w«*«lncxdny morning by Frank land; Mrs. Mary Even. Cottage Taylor, who rcjsirted the animal Grove; Mrs. Martha McKeown, t«» th«* gam«* warden who gave in- Hood River authoress; Barbara shuctionx for burying the re­ Jean Olson, 7223 N Minnesota mains. Three other d«*er were seen avenue, Portland and Mrs. Elsa the next evening near th«* forks of Five more contestants will b<* th«* road, outski«* th«* fence. chos«'n winners In the next three- LIMAI. STUDI XT TO APPEAR week segment of th«* preliminary. cont«*xtx, and the 10 Oregon wo­ IX PORTLAND AUDITION men then will compete nationally in th«* finals for th«* title of Queen of America. Contestants are nomi­ nated by their organizations in re­ cognition of outstanding commun­ ity service. Mrs. Spriggs was selected by members of th«* local Baptist church as one whose life has he«*n spent is service for her family and community, and 20 years of faith­ ful s«*rvic<* ax church treasurer. She also did janitor work at the church without pay for ten years when the church couldn't afford a janitor. No one by the name of Mrs Mary Evers rould lx* lcaranc<* with th«* Portland Sym­ blaze starting in the sub floor ber of Commerce announced y«*s- Brownsville, Oregon on September What do you do and what do you phony orchestra will he h«*ld in . near the ba«f of a fircpl. in» teniay. following a survey erf the 4* 188°* that® J“**“ call it when your daughter becom­ Portland January 12, 13, arid IT new dwelling owned by Lois Hath­ business district by the merchants M and Sophronia Coshow Howe es your daughter-in-law? That’s Members of th«* city «xiuncil con­ under th«* sponsorship of the Ore­ R Y. Porter, 92. life-long rcsi- away at 24 North 16th street and At the age of ten years the family what Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Williams sidered several matters at the gon Federation of Music Clubs. dent of latn«* County, died Sunday, occupied by George Lpng burned committee This practice was fol- moved to Eugene where Mr Howe are wondering since their daugh­ Taking part in the auditions, Dc«*emlx*r 4 at hi« home in Ljnx from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. before lowed last year prior to Christmas regular session of the council attended school, and in 1900 he en­ ter. Kathryn, married their adopt­ Monday evening W. L. Workman from the University of Oregon, Hollow, near Walker. He was born the fire truck was pulled away. day and was instituted for the convenience of the shoppers. Quite tered the University of Oregon ed son, Fred. and Damon Scott. member« of th«* ar«* Jarnos Kays, tenor, Eugene; on Mosby Creek near Cottage The occupant of the house drove* where he was a member of the Ixiard of education of district 45. Walter C. Martin. Jr, baritone. Grove February 14, 1857, the son to the fire station at 2:00 a.m. a number of the stores will also University football team. ALBANY, ORE.: Ex-Senator ap|>eiircd before the council and Cottage Grove; Phillip Green, of John and Sarah Dorris Porter, and reported that his house was be open«*d on Saturday evening, He married Bernice F. Reid at Charles Childs recently astounded requested aid in getting a side­ Portland, baritone; Lucille Olson, early Lane County pion«*ers who full of smoke, but that he could1 the 24th. Closing time will be walk and curb in front of three rontrnlto, Spokane, Wash.; and came to Oregon by wagon from not locate the blaze. Without, 9 p.m. The Lane county juvenile home on 12, 1914. They a New Yorker by telling him there pmpei I h s <>n South Tenth str« < i Barbani Detrick, sopi nno. I .a Missouri in 1853. committee has received a total of' ived in Salem a“d Portland for were more Indians in New York sounding an alarm, the firemen on the west si«!«* of the street lx*- Grande. One vocalist and one in- When Mr. Porter was still an pulled out to the location of the $492.32 since the start of the cam­ many years, moving to Bremerton. than in Oregon. What a disap­ Iswn the high school and grade xtrumentalist will lie chosen from infant his family moved to Win­ house and started hunting for the paign to secure funds for remod­ Washington in 1942. where he was pointment for the Easterners, who school. W. L. Coiner, city engineer those making the auditions, and ter's Donation Land Claim in source of the smoke. It was finally 1 eling the proposed home on the employed in the Navy yard during somehow think ambushed Indians agreed to contact th«* property these two will ap|M?ar as soloists Lynx Hollow, and he lived then* found when the fin* chief crawled Coburg road in the Eugene area, it World War II. They moved to Cot­ lurk in every parking lot. owners and see what could be done with the Portland Symphony or­ until his death. As a young man under the house and after a thor- ! was learned Thursday night fol­ tage Grove four months ago, mak­ toward making this improvement. chestra in Portland on March 6. he was a stock buyer, and drove ough search saw a spark drop Today a joint meeting of all val-. lowing a meeting of the commit­ ing their home with Mr. and Mrs. Ages of th«* contestants arc stock overland to market in Cali­ from the subfloor at the base Karl K. Mills. Mr. Howe nad been The c«>uncil effect«*«! a compro­ Of ley communities in Lane County tee in Eugene. No individual soli­ mis«* In the proposed rezoning of from 19 to 3(i years, and they fornia and Montana. He marri«*d the fireplace. will be held for the primary pur­ citation is being made, but per­ a member of the staff of Mills the property on East Main «troct come from all parts of Oregon, Margaret Horn at Walker Oct. 26, pose of electing the 1950 Com­ sons wishing to make individual Mortuary since coming to Cottage from residential to central com­ and counties of Washington lx>r- 1894. He was a member of the munity Committ«*e and a delegate donations may do so by sending Grove. Survivors include his wife; one Creswell Grange. mercial, beginning at 10th str«*et dcring Oregon. and alternate delegate from each their offer to the Citizens com­ nml running east to the city park Surviving are his widow; three community to attend the county mittee, P. O. Box 621. Eugene. daughter. Mrs. Jane Sheldrake of UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. sons, William. Eugene; Lester and The Collins Laundry building'on convention scheduled for Satur­ Oregon. Contributions received Washington. D. C.; two grandchil­ Oregon, the corner of 10th and East Main Eugene, Dec«*mlw*r 7 (Special) Lawrence, both of Lynx Hollow; Contributiois received dren: one brother, Lloyd Howe of day, December 10, 1949. thus far range from $15.00 to Vallejo. California: two sisters, The quick results of a small ad street was rezone«! from residen- , Waller Martin, son of Mr. and nine grandchildren; four great­ The joint meeting is for the Rural building permits for No- Miss Lola Howe and Mrs. Eliza­ in our paper last week is surpris­ tial to central commercial and the Mrs. W. C. Martin, Cottage Grove, grandchildren, He was the last Cottage Grove, Pleasant Hill, $240.00. Letters have been sent to more beth Mills, both of Cottage Grove. ing and gratifying to several remaining property was left ax is one of th«* soloist basses for member of a family of 14 children. | wmber, issu«*d in Eugene for Lan«' Lorane, Springfield. Eugene. Irv- Services will be held at Mills parties, especially to W. B. Layng, residential. Property owners af- Handel's oratorio, "The Messiah", Services wen* held at Mills Mor­ county were up about 50 per cent ing. Elmira, and Junction City 100 organizations over the feeted by th«* proposal joined in which will be presented by th«* tuary, Tta'sday at 2.30 p.m. with over the October period. Jim Pat­ Communities and is schedul«*d for, county asking contributions or Mortuary Friday, December 9, at who had lost 19 head of valuable ridge. county building inspector extending their thanks to th«* University of Oregon Choral Un­ the Rev. Frank Brown officiating. 1:30 p.m., Thursday, December Si^at the club sponsor some fund 2:00 p.m., with the Rev. William cattle. After being gone for 26 ion of 7(M) voices and the 70-pi«*c<* Interment was in the Masonic and announced at Eugene Saturday. at the 4-H Club Building. Lane, raising activity. Sutterlin officiating. Cremation days from the Johnson meadows council for the action. Th«* rural permits numbering 93 will follow. in the Bohemia section, he decided Lloyd Fournier of 128 P street symphony orchestra at 8 p.m., IOOF Cemetery. County Fairgrounds, Eugene. ‘ ------------------------ total«*«! $378,000 for November as Off street parking is available to advertise for them, giving a appear«*«! before the council and Sunday. December 11, in McAr­ Oregon. The program for this VOTERS MUST REGISTER compared with $225,700 for Oc ­ Attention is called to all citizens for those attending the services, on liberal reward for there where­ protested th«* parking of trailer thur Court on th«* campus. tober. Of this number 66 permits meeting is as follows: Martin is a major in music. who plan to vote at the next elec- Seventh street, between Washing­ abouts. houses across the street from his 1:30 p.m. 1950 Farm Program were issued for the construction of j tion—if you have become 21 years ton and Adams. Lloyd Swanson, east of town on horn«* on th«* grounds that th«* 1 dwellings. A total of $5,678,000 and Lan«* County program opera­ Row River, saw the ad Friday of age since the last election: if tion. houses constituted an unsanitary has been issued by t h e county condition. The sewer committe<* 2:00 p.m. "Outlook on Se«?d and you hame changed your name eagles auxiliary to help night and took out in his Aeronca building department, since the Chief Saturday, and in one hour F«»ed Crops" and “Price Supports", since voting at last election; if BROWNIES CELEBRATE was instructed to contact the The University of Oregon band county zoning act went into effect and ten minutes he had located (xiunty health department with by E. R. Jackman, Farm Crops you have moved from one precinct BIRTHDAY will open the series of Cot tag«* in 19*19. follow up instructions. A motion Specialist. Oregon State College. ‘aaanOtuer in<1 ifJyour mailing lueB. 13 head of the cattle and was back The Eagles auxiliary lllvl met Tues- Grove «-oncerts this evening, when About 3:00 p.m. Individual Com­ address has changed, regardless if day evening and discussed plans home. They had strayed from their was approved that the city at­ Injuries suffered Friday night it ap|x*ars at the high school audi- munity Election Meetings at con­ you have moved or not. you will for aiding the Girl Scout Brownie pasture approximately 15 miles torney draw up a trailer house in an automobile accitient near torium, beginning at 8 p.m. The ordinance. clusion of Mr. Jackman's remarks. have to register before voting. For troop No. 78 to celebrate the south to Crawford lake in the Drain proved fatal to Cecil Glenn program follows: All farmers cooperating in price instance, those who lived on Dis- birthday of the troop on Decem- Adams mountain area. A motion was approved that th«* Bernatzki, 15. son of Mr. and Sons of the Brave March, Bidgood support, conservation or purchase ston route before it was changed ber 23rd. The lodge will present a On Sunday Swanson led Layng, city attorney draft all sections of Mrs. Raymond P. Bernatzki, Offenbach the Oregon motor vehicle code, not Drain. Th«* boy was injured in a Orpheus Overture Preliminary reports of Oregon's agreement and loan programs are to Route 1 or put on mounted birthday cake to the troop The Clair Hogate and Frank Wilson, Toreador Song, from Carmen, November traffic fatalities list 28 eligable to vote - this means every route and given a house number, next lodge meeting on December the latter two of Layng Creek now covered by th«* present city head-on collision while riding in Bizet , _ ............. ordinance. . , Philip - Green persons killed. S«.»cretary of State farm operator and farm owner in but have not moved, will have to 20 will be the annual Christmas Ranger station, to the pasture an automobile repotted by stat«* ... where the cattle were, and assist­ Ordinance No. 1330 deferring to police to have been driven by Voices of Spring Waltzes, Strauss Earl T. Newbry reported today the county. re-register before they can vote. I party for the auxiliary. Morrisey The final death toll, increased ed in getting them back to their th«* licensing of card tables, shuf- Itonnld F. HagquiRt. Death « h *- Martinique , Intermission with later reports of deaths due to $55,000.000 BONUS ISSUE own pasure, and will receive his leboarda, etc., was referred to the curred Satiirdnv"nii«hi In n Fnoono n lay n,«h’ in " Eu«en« Repar pe for Piano and Band, injuries suffered in N«wember, is ON BALLOT percentage of the reward. How­ finance committee for further hospital Born at Hubbard Orceon Anril c D’V a B„ nne , t Kinney expected to exceed the 28 fatali- The American Legion and the ever. stx head of cattle are still study. Ordinance No. 1331, per­ the bov h ui m id.* his R0C“ cco Meyer-Hei- tics recorded in November a year Veterans of Foreign Wars have missing. The lesson: when you taining to pinball machines and 22 1934 ihm , tn« noy naa mund. solo oboe, oboe. Charles Hum Hum- agO. . mad, his , mund, laid plans for a $55,000,000 bonus similar devises for amusement home in Drain , for the Christmas decorations will lose anything of any size that can past 11 | phreys. For October the deatfi figure for Oregon World War II Vet­ be seen from a distance in the air, only, was paved by the council. years and was a student in Drain ' Comedians Galop adorn the business district by ----- — — — — uj this Kabalevski. has reached 38, resulting in a erans. get a plane to locate it for you - Ordinance No. 1332, establish- high school. Headline, a Mixiern Rhapstxiy week end, unless some unforeseen (plus and ad in the paper). The Veterans’ groups will cir­ death rate of eight per hundred Ing parking restriction« in front Surviving are his parents; a Colby million miles of driving, the sec­ culate initiative petitions, to place Swanson is a veteran at flying of the city hall, to facilitate the - ---------- occurs, it was an­ brother, - ------- Danny , Lee, anil his Bagley retary said. Th«* mileage death on the November 1950 ballot a entrance and exit of fire trucks , grandmother, Mrs, L. L. Kunkle, National Emblem March nounced here Monday. The com- his Aeronca Chief, and a member 4 to za and «1 ttzl fl>z>m ~ 1 I was pas- . .. rate relates fatalities to exposure constitutional amendment provid­ from (L,, the nil,, city I. hall A unanimous verdict of guilty munity is already about two or of a ATC Flying Service. His plane , all residents of Drain. and is nationally used to compart* ing for the bonus. of murder in the first degree with three weeks late with this enter­ is kept at the Cottage Grove Air­ «ed. The ordinance permits park- Funeral services will be held MEN’S GYM CLASS The bonus would I h * paid through a recommendation for life im­ prise, probably because the pre­ port, south of town. traffic statistics, he explained. Ing in front of th«* city hall build­ at 2 p.m. Tuesday in th«* Church . AT HIGH SCHOOL state-issued bonds, which would prisonment was returned late Fri- liminaries were not started soon ing for (he transaction of the city j of Christ, Drain, with interment A men's gym class has been I h ? retimi by a stat«» tax on real day night at Roseburg against enough. Usually Christmas deco­ business. ' following in West lawn cemetery, j started at the high school gym- YOUTHS CAUGHT IN RE8ERVATIONH FOR property. It would go to Veterans Joseph Louis Kiel, 42, for the rations are erected shortly after • An ordinance dividing the city Eugene. Arrangements are in nasium under th«* direction of R. JAIL BREAK CHAMBER BANQUET Four youths, inmates of the who served during the period from strangulation murder of Stanley Thanksgiving and are taken down Info districts and prescribing the charge of Stearns mortuary, Oak­ L. Dusenberry. Badminton, volley­ WANTED AT ONCE 1 after the new year. uses of the districts was passtv* land. ball, basketball and other games : Lane county jail, made their es- Sept. 16, 1940 to June 30, 1946, on James Tucker. cape from th«* county hostile Sun ­ the basis of $10 for each month The jury of four women and The erection of the lights and The ordinance particularly had will I h * offered th«* interested men. Reservations for the annual reference to th«* remodeling of Classes ar«* from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. | day night to b«* caught at Coos of stateside service and $15 for eight men deliberated nine hours wreaths has been turned over to Chamber of Commerce banquet Ray a few hours later in a stolen each month of foreign service or and 10 minutes before reaching the Fire Department. C. L. chould be made at once. MI m Cantwell '76 Service Station each Monday evening. car, th«* youths made their break sea duty. th«* decision in the Douglas Coun- Thrasher, fire chief, said Monday .Dorothy Jackson, secretary-man­ 624 Ninth street which was "i> by sawing a bar in two, dropping ty Circuit Court. proved. that the department would start ager said she hoped to have al! HIT BY WINCH HANDLE .... , the ground in a blanket and JETTY CONTRACT AWARDED According to testimony intro- making the wreaths Monday reservations in by Friday noon. Clifford Smith entered the Eu- j J Joseph Andregg, employe of the . escaping in a stolen car. The Umpqua River Jetty con­ duced by District Attorney Rob- night; the wreaths will be used to The banquet will be held in the DRAIN YOUTH HURT । gone hospital , Monday and under- I city, , Iwxrxr* «uuimiion —* "as painfully hurt last I Their froedom was brief as they tract has been awarded to Kern ert G. Davis, Kiel strangled hang on each light pole. Light new dining room of the Methodist Cecil 0, Bamatzki, 15, Drain, W0llt P »Yin inr l*YU..._ ui . b0“5, °?pra,lon on Thur«tay when hit in the head by | drove into a police net at Coos was in floor condition at Sacred his leg luexday. This is the nine- [a winch handle. The wound re- Bay. One of th«* youths from L>s and Kibbcc Company of Portland Tucker with a belt in the early strings will be repaired and hung church and plana are being made hours of Oct. 30. Kiel' at t each street ____ intersection. Bar­ to accommodate 150. Harris Ella- ...... __ _____ _______ ___ Heart Hospital Saturday after he teenth ofx*ration on his leg since qUire<1 several stitches to close it. Angeles was being held for car and McKimmon Construction Co. morning was Injured Friday evening in an he was injured in 1935 when cm- ¡The accident occurred while a city theft; two had escap«*d from (heir of Sandy, according to a report , then thtew the ixxly over the rail ring unforeseen circumstances, worth, of Roseburg, congressman from the Army Engineers. Their of Pruner bridge, near Riddle, the business district will have a from the 4th district will be the auto accident near Boswell ployed al Woodard Lumber Com-1 crew was working on the pipe line " Everett, Washington homes and low bid of $1,141,667 won them th«* Davis had ask«*d the jury for the holiday atmosphere by the week guest speaker. The plates are Springs, south of Drain. pany as a (took tender. jcrossing the Coast Fork. one ran away from Coos Bay. contract. —Umpqua Courrier. death penalty. lend. ?1.75 each. _ Council Considers Routine Matters R. Y. Porter, 92, Lane Co. Pioneer, Passed Away Sun. County Juvenile Home Committee Receives $492.32 Lane County Farm Meeting Will Be Held December 10 Small Ad, Swanson Plane Brings Results to Layng County Building Permits Total $378,000 for Nov. Youth Killed In Auto Accident Near Drain Dec. 2 University Band To Open Concert Series Tonight November Auto Death Toll in Ore. Stands at 28 Christmas Lights, Decorations to Be Erected in Business District Soon Joseph L. Kiel Is Found Guilty of First Degree Murder Charge dimeulty 'it Undergoes 19th Operation Since’35 |