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JUNE 6, 1946
^ ^ ^ M 2 g _ P IL O T
BROOKINGS OREGON
Home of the Croft Lilt,
the organi;
'an, of
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Irday evenj
‘n route
rk. Mr.
s during
dc for the
-India-Bu
>ns. He
the Daj
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Sullivan
om Re
her daughti
e. Mrs.
d in he;
vestigations have revealed that
none of this destruction was wan
ton. Property deliberately de
stroyed consisted almost entirely
of ammunitions, gases and other
items of the chemical warfare
service, and armament, including
combat aircraft, which had no
salvage value or which it was
not desirable to leave in foreign
countries. In some instances the
property could be demilitarized
♦ stripped of its military signifi
cance) but in others it was much
cheaper to dump it in the ocean
or b u rn .it. Spoiled food, rotten
or lice-infested clothing and cer
tain useless items which presented
a fire or health hazard were also
destroyed.
ffHOUND BUSES TO GLOW IN DARK
Newest Highway Safety Measure
j of Grrvhmmd buses will soon
t night from reflected lights o f
i, according to the president o f
abound Lines F. W. A ckerm an.
| jifetv, Greyhound will trirr
i w -deveioped plastic film
thousands o f m icroscopic
_ s in every square inch. T h e
d dog and designs on sides,
L mr tie covered with this ma-
ppetnnce of the bus rem ains
1 in daylight.
re
In the Pacific, however, due to
lack of buyers and the rapid de-
j Greyhound's 4,500 buses
safety feature w ill cost
. Mr Ackerman said, and it is
i Greyhound's example will en-
! other motor vehicle operators
t similar safety m ethods.
J Greyhound drivers carry emer-
|iires, so our buses are at n o
¡thout illumination,” th e bus
: said. "Most large truck corn-
site similar precautions, but
OUT
INET
terioration of property, it has Nevertheless, even if the govern
been decided to return for sale ment dies not make money by
in this country new and service bringing certain of these surplus
able items selected for shipment es hack, this property will lie
useable in American in the over
by General MacArthur. It is an all domestic economy and will not
ticipated that through July. 125 be left to rot uselessly in the
ships will leave the Pacific bring Pacific bases.
ing back property, a large part
of which will be goods of civilian
Mi and Mrs. \V. L. Crissey re
character. It is problematical, Mr. i ceived a card the first of this
RoyalJ said, that the sale of the
goods so retruned will make any week, from Mr. and Mrs. II. O,
money for the United States since Eri, of Boring, saying that they
loading, shippingg, unloading and had arrived home without serious
warehousing and selling in this inconvenience following their ac
country will be quite expensive. cident just north of town. May 25.
Shipments back to the United
States have included only needed
items of a strictly military char
acter plus a specified list of crit
ical items. Markets for surplus
property in the European thea
tre are available, storage facili
ties are good, and prices paid
justify retaining the material at
those places for future use or dis
posal.
other vehicles stopped along (he high
ways without lights are a magx hatard.
'is'e believe when motorists see how
effective this new reflecting plastic is,
they will adopt rt and demand (hat
manufacturers make it standard equip
ment on new cars."
Piiije N in e
O’ NEAL
E L E C T R IC A L
E L E C T R IC
C O N T R A C T IN G
New Philco Table Models and Portable Radios
are here now. We have several used and
reconditioned radios—reasonable!
Used Montag Heater—Used Wedgewood Range
We have moved next d o o r-fo rm e r office of
Dr. Stevenson, dentist
< r' Gr*^^üüWH-
of the Foreign Liquidation Com
missioner has completed its sale.
Records of all items must be
kept regardless of the disposition
made, and inventories will con-
JJty-four per cent of Amer- tinuc to he checked. The whole
mny property estimated as Pr°blem is being expedited both
lto the needs of the armies , bY the army and the OFLC in
upation has been screened ordcr to release troops needed
boosed of in some way in *° handle and guard the prop-
theatres, according to erLv« to avoid deterioration and
■nent issued bv Under-Sec-i ,oss of value; and to afford op-
"t War, Kenneth C. Roy- Portunities to realize as much
his return from a globe- as Possible through the sale of
tnp to study the whole surPlus items.
f army surplus prop-
i n order to facilitate handling
property not needed by the
••‘present, he said, prop- occupation troops two or three
'' v >!ue ot 11 billion,* large depots have been set up
doll.itx which has in each of the European countries
F t *"1
laration as I *diere vast quantities of supi
L
destruction because were available to American arm-
^•'eat to world peace, life ies. In the Pacific smaller bases
r its return to the are being rolled up and their
: ’ ' ' national supplies transferred to centers
i'’r ’raining pur- more accessible to buyers and,
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maintenance of where they can be guarded and
army This does not maintained by the least number
.
^ne^’ iba* army of troops.
M to othe
'Pcrty
Mr. Royall pointed out that it
s
is quite true that the army has
I r-b, ? 1 * warehouse, ( destroyed property at a price
1 ^ntain property de- cost of over one billion dollars.
us until the office However, he emphasized That in-
)Ius Property
tsed Overseas
1
CABINETS
CUSTO M
B U IL T
Drawers
Doors
Breakfast Bars
And such built-ins
MATERIALS on hand
A x D Y
M ELLON
At Sand bo Auto Camp
to
i
en M ost Other in*
Fares in Ur egan are 40% Lower Since 1933
STRANGE as it sounds. Pacific G reyhound
fares in O regon have been reamed
BECAUSE the service is being increased/
L ook at it this w a y ...
As Oregon commun.ti *s grow an ’ a
more frequent service is
people ride Pacific Gr< ’
passengers can be e a r n . .
Aaub*ul ColorCover Blankets
r
00 < in peach, cedar, blue and rose colors.
( orner Shelves
.....
Special i
...-
T. S. ABBOTT, Agent
j, ; J •
no more than it costs to carry 25. I t costs
little more to operate a d epot fo r 6 buses
a day than it does fo r 4, and so on.
If more people ride, Pacific Greyhound’s
t > go down. A n a Pacific Greyhound
; . »ei this saving on to the people o f Oregon...
♦ r . of lower fares and better, more
u >ei vice than ever.
Woody Building, Brookings
$ 1 .0 0
tieere x Variety
and apparel shop
PACIFIC GREYHOUND
Convenient, Dependable Local Service