PORTLAND PATTER By . . . som e em ergency reasons. O fficials said the ban w as necea- : sa ry because of the stra in on arm y com m unication channels im posed by m ilitary m essages. The ru lin g also prohibits the tran sm issio n of requests for indi­ vidual inform ation concerning the physical condition of specific indi­ viduals overseas. I t w as ponted out th a t the w a r d e p a rtm e n t’s policy is to rep o rt se­ rious illness of fig h tin g men to the n ex t of kin as a m a tte r of routine procedure and th a t in the absence of an y such re p o rt it m u st be a s ­ sum ed th a t th e individual’s condi­ tion has not changed. P o rtla n d is a p re tty big place derson is still w owing 'em a t the isn ’t it? Well so is th a t Y. W. C. A Cloud Room. W hy d id n 't she m ake . . . H ave you ever been th ro u g h the movies ? We ask ed h er th a t the there, I m ean all of th e building o th e r night. The an sw er w as re ­ We had a p rivate, see ev ery th in g vealing . . , does h er cred it . . . tour. Yep, personally conducted by S atchm o is still h an g in g around, th e b eau tifu l and ch arm in g P u b ­ too. C an ’t m uch blam e him th ough licity R ep resen tativ e . . . Rooms . . . still v isitin g everyw here. Only Room s . . , and m ore of them . N ot public ap p earan ce off th e record . . . dorm itories, b u t room s devoted to Acme Club. the e n te rta in m e n t and p leasure of New places to call hom e for some the w eak er ( ?) sex. L arg e dancing well known P o rtla n d ers the H erb ert room, I guess th a t w as th e A udi­ Lew is’ new hom e on H aig h t S tre e t torium , nice big G ym nasium (seem s I R e s ta u ra n t and Softball) . . . pop­ Counterfeit Ration like th e teen -ag ers like to dance u la r M rs. Jan ice Lewis moved into m ost in th e G ym ), big b u t cozy h er new hom e on G antenbein av e­ Tokens Appear Here lounge for the Service Personnel, nue this w eek, too . .. m u st be Lewis F irs t evidence of any c o u n te rfe it­ WACS, etc., conducted by th e U. S. w eek in th e Real E s ta te world. ing of ra tio n tokens ir this d is tric t O. . . . th e b ran d new C anteen . . . We found o u t who those WACS h as ju s t com e to lig h t in P o rtla n d the ad jo in in g kitch en . . . th e R eg ­ were. T h an k s to a good friend. is try Room to help g irls find a place R eadin’ the m ail has become qu ite a w ith the ap p ea ran ce of a rubberized to live. S everal sm aller room s all p astim e . . . one girl w rites in to red disc tu rn ed in to the d is tric t w ith a definite purpose b u t each say she doesn’t th in k WACS a re so O PA office by a consum er who said connected by a com m on cause . . . hot, th ey w ear cool uniform s. I don’t he had received it along w ith sev­ eral genuine ratio n tokens from a im p o rta n t people giving th e ir tim e g e t it. freely fo r th e sam e cause . . . like E v er see one of those X -R ay local store. I t is the sam e size as the R eception Desk. Lovely people, g ad g ets click . . . no? . . . n eith er re g u la r ratio n tokens b u t is u n ­ a refined atm osphere, spacious have we . . . we will before long m arked. Since the custom er had :raded a t q u a rte rs, lots o f re c rea tio n a l a c tiv i­ though. Tell you all ab o u t it n ex t several stores, he w as not sure ties, w hy is m ore of our g irls do not w eek . . . if we can sneak o u r cam ­ ta k e a d v an tag e of th e privileges e ra in th e re we will g e t a p ictu re w hich one had ta k en it in. J a c k L. Davis, d istric t O PA coun­ and o p p o rtu n ities o ffered by th e for you . . . w h ere? . . . in Doc J o y ­ te rfe it sp ecialist, requests th a t if “Y” . . . never mind, don’t an sw er n e r’s sw an k y office, of course. th a t one, th a t is, unless you w a n t W ill som ebody please tell th e g u y an y m ore of th e little sham c a r t­ to. M aybe some le tte rs on th e su b ­ . . . th e w ay to g e t off th e bus is to w heels a re accepted as change, th a t je c t would be v ery enlightening. step down on the tread le and th e th e y be rep o rted and tu rn ed in a t once to the local OPA office in the C elebrities still around, Iv y A n ­ doors will open. Bedell Building. tion of the various services ex ­ tended by th e lib ra ry to all m em bers Vanpoit Organizes of th e com m unity who w ish to avail them selves of its resources. Inter-Racial Council The P o rtla n d Public L ib rary a t V an port C ity, Ore., Ju ly 18— Van- p o rt C ity is all out for an in te r­ T en th avenue and Y am hill s tre e t Hershey Thinks racial council, which has been re ­ w ishes to extend a w elcom e to all Men Will Hold on cen tly organized, and will hold a resid en ts of P o rtla n d w ho a re in ­ m eeting tonight. This group of citi­ te re ste d in read in g for in fo rm atio n Draft Age List zens a re a tta c k in g the educational New York, Ju ly 13— D irector an d en tertain m en t. side first, because th ey feel th a t The lib ra ry consists of a num ber Lewis B. H ershey of th e Selective education is essential to any group, of d ep artm en ts w here read ers can Service declared W ednesday th a t and to n ig h t an educational p ro g ram find books o r m ag azin es to su it unless the m ilita ry situ a tio n should will be outlined w ith such persons th e ir individual in te re s ts an d ta k e “unforeseen tu rn s,” th e n a ­ assistin g as Mr. Lucas, principal of needs. The R eference D e p artm en t tio n ’s p resen t d r a f t ag e policy “will School No. 2. M is. Skeen, principal is equipped w ith encyclopaedias, of School No. 1, and M r. H am ilton, m e^t th e dem ands of th^ f u t u r e ” referen ce books of all kinds, add S p eak in g before th e C om m erce who is su p erin ten d en t of V anport m agazin e indexes w hich m ak e it and In d u stry A ssociation, M ajor C ity Schools. possible to an sw er questions re ­ G eneral H ersh ey s ta te d : This m eeting is being held a t q u irin g m ore o r less research. R ecreation Hall No. 6, a t 8 p. m. “So long as th e dem ands rem ain T he Technical D ep artm en t contains Those persons who a re in terested in a t th e p resen t stag e, th e use of th e books an d m agazines concerning th e racial problem s th a t exist, and over-30-year-old-group would not th e sciences, technical tra d e s and those th a t we shall be faced w ith seem necessary, b u t th e an sw er professions, and m uch useful and a re asked to come to V anport C ity re sts on th e w a r situ a tio n .” valuable m a teria l on c u rre n t w ar G eneral H ershey added th a t m ost an d join in w ith the discussions, and industries. The School D ep artm en t of th e fu tu re dem ands fo r m en will help set up the p ro g ram for the includes all books and periodicals be for m aintenance and rep lace­ year. p e rta in in g to school activ ities, and Mr. Canfield and Mr. C. C. Baily m ent. th e teach in g and allied professions, H ershey said th e p resen t selective a re co-chairm en of the group, w ith while the C hildren’s D ep artm en t service policy is to induct all pos­ th e R everend H. C. C heatham as m eets th e book needs of children sible able-bodied men u nder 26, to counselor. from the pre-school ag e th ro u g h defer in the 26 th ro u g h 29 g ro u p all the g ra m m a r grades. “n ecessary m en” in activ ities w hich M agazines covering a wide ran g e local boards deem n ecessary and es­ of in terests, and new spapers from Answers 7 Million sential, and to d efer men over 30 in all p a rts of th e U nited S ta te s are essential em ploym ent. Questions; Resigns availab le for read in g in the P erio d i­ cal D ep artm en t, and th e C ircu la­ NEW YORK..—The New York Limit on Overseas Central railroad’s original "quiz tion D ep artm en t offers novels a p ­ kid” has quit answering ques­ pealing to all ta stes, in addition to Messages Announced tions—after having replied to W ashington, Ju ly 13—The W ar books of non-fiction, including biog­ more than 7,000,000 of them. John raphy, travel, history, poetry, a rt, D ep artm en t called a h a lt T h u rsd ay W. Cooper, clerk at the informa­ psychology, h ealth and m an y o th e r on tran sm issio n of m essages to th e ­ tion bureau at Grand Central subjects. This d ep a rtm e n t includes a te r com m anders of req u ests th a t term inal, retired at the age of 70, also the M usic Room, w hich circu ­ m ilitary personnel serv in g overseas after 53 years in the service at la tes both m usic and books on m u­ be re tu rn e d to th e U nited S ta te s be­ the railroad. cause of illness in th e fam ily o r fo r sical subjects. L ib rary card s free to all resid en ts of M ultnom ah C ounty m ay be ob­ tained a t the R eg istratio n D esk on th e second floor of th e lib rary , and A V ictory Bond R ally and B an q u et sponsored by th e N egro Ship­ p rin ted folders of lib ra ry rules are y ard W orkers will be given Sunday, J u ly 30th, a t the M asonic also available there. These cards Tem ple, W est P a r k and M ain Sts., P o rtlan d . F eatu re d e n te rta in ­ m ay be used bo th a t th e C en tral L i­ m en t will be speeches by rep resen tativ e s of shipyard m an ag em en t b ra ry or a t an y of th e seventeen and re p re se n ta tiv e N egroes. Included a re Mr. R obert H ayw ard, b ran ch libraries located th ro u g h o u t b arito n e soloist, fo rm erly w ith “P o rg y and Bess”, P e a rl Drew, th# city. R eaders will find one con­ P o rtla n d ’s up an d com ing young soloist, accom panied a t the piano veniently located in th e ir neig h b o r­ by M rs. T herese R oberts, V an p o rt’s m ost accom plished p ian ist and hood ,if th e y do n o t w ish to use the teach er, and o th e r e n tertain m en t. P ro g ram begins a t 5:00 p.m. C en tral L ibrary. T ick ets of adm ission will be $5.00, w hich will include your dinner A t the In fo rm atio n Desk on th e and a chance to win a $100, $50 o r $25 bond on d raw ings a t the second floor of th e library, read ers banquet. BONDS W ILL BE G IV E N TO LUCKY TIC K ET w ishing to consult reference books, H OLDERS. o r to borrow books or m agazines E v ery N egro is expected to a tte n d to m ake this p ro g ram a suc­ a re directed to th e proper d e p a rt­ cess to show th e ir p atio tism to the N egro on the fig h tin g front. m ent, and m em bers of th e lib ra ry F o r fu rth e r in fo rm atio n co n ta c t W. I. M arshall. 443 N .E. Thom p­ s ta f f a re alw ays glad to be of se rv ­ son St., M U rdoch 6903, P o rtla n d ; T. P. S cott, 4010 Cottonwood, ice w h atev er th e read e r's needs A pt. 876, V an p o rt: Mr. M. Sm ith. 224 F ”r £. G eorge St., B urton m ay be. H om es: W ath a Daniels, K232 Hudson House. V ancouver, W ash.; The foregoing inform ation neces­ C. A. Jones, 4106 Cottonwood, Apt. 901; T. P. Baugh, 3812 V ictory, sa rily gives only th e b riefest idea Apt. 2122: Mr. Wm. B annister, 2027 N. W illiam s Ave.; Mr. C. o f activ ities of th e lib ra ry a s a A rtennia. A T w ater 7987; G. H opkins. M Urdoch 2492; Mr. J. W. whole, and will be followed in la te r Brown. 263 F. H ath aw ay . B urton Homes. issues by a m ore detailed deecrip- Public Libiaiy Invites Readers ANNO U NC E ME NT A store is known company it keeps HART SCHAFFNER & MARX DOBBS HATS CAPS + ARROW SHIRTS & TIES INTERWOVEN SOCKS FINE SPORTSWEAR BOSTONIAN SHOES EDWIN CLAPP SHOES