PORTLAND PATTER
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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-
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