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Newspaper Page TextEDITORIAL PAGE OF THE'REGISTE R-G U ARD Mondi September a, J Page Four. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER rpuhllahtd Wwmy Wvmtina and undari EDITOR AND PUBLISHES Alton W. 1U MANAGING EDITOR ...... Wflllim M. TUfmU KEW3 SERVICB . AewUtd Prao. United Pr KKMBEM .... Audit Buruu of Circulation! Entrd at tiu Post Offio at Buimm. Orexan. at aaeond alum matter. Tba autar-GuAd'f ooUrr If ttw oomplata and tmparttal publication In Its ew ram of all oaws and aUUfntat an mws. Oa this pan th ditora of Tha MaaHtar-Ouard etfar thatr optnloe on vanta ol tba day and mattars oi Importance to Um comrjuaity. andaavorina; to ba candM but lair and nurmu to tn oaveuoofnant 4 "SCHOOLS PRE-MILITARY CENTERS" ' Returing from the recent war council of American educators in Washington, D. C, Dr. Frank W. Parr, executive secretary of the Oregon state teachers' association announced: "Oregon schools from now on must con- slder themselves centers for pre-military trains irg." This is a dictum which needs to be tempered with common sense. For years this newspaper has advocated more attention to funda mentals and basic disciplines and has been mildly critical of sugar-coated educational j experiments. j Now, we would deplore just sincerely any ! hog-wild effort to "regiment" under the pa- i triotic pretence of "helping the war effort." j The same basic principles are sound for j war or peace. Except possibly for high school j seniors, most of the children in public schools ' are too young for military rigors or anything like that. The army and navy and the waiting world will be content if young people come up to the age of service who know how to add and subtract, read and write, and take a simple task and do it well, for the greatest "break down" has been in work habits. If there Is any department in which spe cial emphasis is needed it is in HEALTH. We have had too much athletics, too little thorough-going physical training. It isn't go ing to be. easy to strengthen these depart ments because the armed service are robbing the school of "physical ed" people, i However, what the. nation needs is the "sound mind in the sound body" and not so much meandering in the "millenial haze." The school program for war or peace calls for good sound sense. these female auxiliaries will perform. In the Air Corps they will fly planes for the ferry command. In all branches they will serve as typists, telephone operators, airplane dis patchers, clerks, laboratory technicians, li brarians, bookkeepers, hygienists, dietitians. There are very interesting opportunities for any woman who has the command of foreign languages or one who understands ciphers and codes. There are many phases of combat intelligence where women can be just as ef fective as men, as for instance in the inter pretation, of aerial photographs. The gal who joins up to get romance will have to do a lot of hard work if she hopes to stay in long enough to rate romance. The discipline is stern. It begins to look as though every able bodied female is going to have war work of some kind. Lillian Van Loan came back from a vocational conference the other day at which some Washington big shots declared that by the end of 'another .year three quar ters of the women of the United States are go ing to be in war work. Apparently he hasn't been checking up on the number that are having babies. But anyhow the number of women in service qf some kind is going to be very large. WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMITY (Christian Science Monitor) "Don't expect the stately minuet of cricket," warns a booklet which the RAF places in the hands of its fledglings sent to the United States for flight instruction. And an American corollary just issued for soldiers going to England concedes that cricket may seem slow to boys used to the hustle of base ball, but remarks that it isn't really an easy game to play well. If British taxicabs have comic-looking front Breakfast Event On Tuesday - By MARIAN LOWRY ON event for Tuesday morning will be the annual "bosses' breakfast" given by the Credit Women's Breakfast club. This year's event will be at the Osburn hotel at seven o'clock. Featuring the program will be a' skit by Dean J. R. Jewell of the University of Oregon school of education; and numbers by a vocal trio, Mrs. Mignon Car michael, Mrs. Ora Blowers, and Mrs. Margaret Minturn with Miss Ellamay Small as accompanist. Mrs. Jack Norris is program chairman. Miss Mardelle Edwards will preside as president WEDDING REPORTED Word has been received here of the marriage of Mrs. Elizabeth Knox Price to Clair A. Anthony in Long Beach, Calif., on Sunday, beptember 20. Mrs. Price was formerly .of Cottage Grove and Eugene. NEBRASKA CLUB Nebraska Ladies' club will holdj tne urst meeting of the fall term Wednesday, at the Springfield Methodist church parlors. Miss Wilhelm To Wed On Sept. 28 Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wil helm of Junction City are an nouncing the approaching wed' ding of their daughter. Miss Mary wiineim, to Edward O. Uttinger. son of Mrs. O. E, Uttinger of San Francisco. The ceremony is planned for September 28 in the army chapel SUGGESTIONS ON SPREADING WAR . WORK. One of the next moves of WPB may be an effort to distribute large portions of war in dustries to smaller cities. Several represen ' tatives of WPB have been in Eugene the last few days conferring on this problem. The purpose is twofold: 1. To relieve unbearable congestion In such cities as Portland and Seattle. 2. To increase efficiency in war production. Eugene has had some important experi ence in this problem. Last May the Chamber of Commerce raised a small special fund and sent Fred Brenne to Portland to make direct contact with government agencies and major contractors. The two hundred and fifty thous and dollar order for army truck bodies to be made in our planing mills and assembled in the big riding ring at the fairgrounds is the , direct result of this effort, but it has been well nigh impossible to do much in metal in dustries because most of our shops arc very small lacking tools and experience for mass production. This leads to some conclusions: 1 1. Except in lumber, plywood and; Indust ries natural to the country it is a waste of time and effort to labor with production pools. 2. In lumber, plywood and the new field of plastics big achievements are possible and es pecially it WPB could assist with competent technicians in some of these fields. 3. The only other way in which WPB can hope to spread production effectively Is by In ducing established concerns in big cities to erect temporary wartime branches in smaller cities where large portions of their materials could be fabricated while in transit. For instance, although Eugene is not like ly ever to have any shipyard greater than Chet Good's, there is nothing to prevent Kaiser or any other concern from erecting very simple factory sheds, moving in the ma chinery and the workers and making certain portions of their job here or any other point outside of the congested area. It is not likely that such a plant would be permanent but it would serve its purpose. This town has plen ty of money and energy to put into projects which have some chance of permanence here. We could render considerable assistance to these emergency plants in the way of sites, water, power and facilities, but "boot strap promotion" is out of our line. If WPB means business, let them put the prod on going con cerns to spread out a bit, and we will give such help as we can. When it comes to in dustries which arc natural to the country that s a different proposition, vv c can go the limit in those lines. wneei structures, watcn mem turn arouna in i - ."u : twelve-foot street and you'll know why. "The ' rt Stevens.Oregon, British are leisurely but not really slow. Their ' crack trains held world speed records," the Amer- ! . . ' Ovn.1t li-an hnnlflpf rminris It rearfers "A British iVlin TO MEET MONDAY held the trans-Atlantic record. A British car and St Clare guild of St. Mary's a British driver set world's 6peed records in Amer- Episcopal church is meeting Mon ica. ..." day evening at the home of Miss In America, says the British booklet, "the idea Grace Griggs at 2160 Onyx street is to win, not just to have a game and it s not a : seven-imrty oeiock. bad Idea for a fighting man. Americans, continues the British brochure, are gregarious. "It has been said that of the three great democracies, France specialises in equality, England in liberty, and the United States in fraternity." Fortunately, circulation of at least sizable ex cerpts from the booklets has been rather general In both countries. Each pamphlet, in its own witty, friendly way, contributes to the amity and enlarged understanding between the two great allies that have so much in common in their religious, poli tical, and economic backgrounds. It is fine, too, that the booklets emphasize so clearly that under standing between the twb nations is not only a wartime necessity. The tasks of peace these young men and their friends will face will call for co operative endeavor through the years. WHAT DO WAACS. WAVES, WAAFS DO. From many readers we are getting in quirics as to just what the Army's WAACS and the Navy's WAVES and tjie Air Corps WAAFS will do when they have been trained to military fitness. The answer is that the WAACS, WAVES and WAAFS will relieve men in uniform of a great variety of duties. It is quite likely that these women will see much service overseas. That is one of the main reasons for putting them in uniform be cause most of the civil service women employ ed by the armed forces arc not "fitten" or eager to enter combat zones. Xbsre is ategst no end to tjie choice waji& WASHINGTON LETTER By JOHN W. KELLY WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 21. FARMERS of the Pacific Northwest are due lor a headache within a few months over the gasoline and tire rationing. Joseph Eastman, office of defense transportation, will soon have distributed several million ques tionnaires to owners ana operators of motor vehicles from taxicabs to farm trucks fonlv excention will be private passenger cars), in which the owner must explain what he uses his vehicle for and must Justify its use or got off the highways. Farm ers of Washington and Oregon can readily justify the use of motor vehicles in the harvest season. moving crops to market, but aside from this short harvest season farmers can expect difficulties. Mr. Eastman is determined that every non-passenger motor vcniele tnat does not have a legitimate excuse shall be placed in cold storage for the duration, because rubber must be saved. A Chicago printing house has been' grinding out the questionnaires and they are now being shipped to representatives of ODT In both states and will be distributed to owners of non-oassenger motor vehicles. Truck operators have been waiting for something of tins sort, but not the farmers. On hundreds of farms a light truck Is the only means of transportation, serving for marketing throughout the year as well as during harvest Deprivation of tne farmers method of locomotion will raise a storm, and farmers are never loath to voice their plaints. ODT is assembling lists of motor vehicles from the motor vehicle departments of Oregon and Washington and these will be used to reach all licensed trucks, taxicabs, bussCs, etc. Rationing of gasoline on a national scale, long predicted by this service, is designed to save tires, which will soon be beyond price. Federal officials assert that one year hence non-essential cars of all descriptions will be almost extinct in the program to conserve rubber. The gasoline tax. collected by the slates, has been holding up fairly well, but from now on a substantial drop in this revenue is forecast. Reports from the northwest say that very few people have regarded the loss of tires seriously and have been using their cars (passenger type) without stint, either considering the alarm over rubber shortage as propaganda or believing that synthetic rubber will bo available by the time they require new tires. This view has not been shared, however, by logging truck operators, who despite priorities are finding tires harder to get with each succeeding month 'Bond' Show Set ' For Friday Night "Salute to Our Heroes" month, during which bond sales are be ing directed by the motion pic ture industries of America, will receive its final boost this week with local theaters engaged in special projects to encourage sales. Friday night at 11:30 o'clock, the McDonald will present a pre view of "The Pied Piper," ad venture comedy featuring Monty "The Man Who Came to Dinner" Woolley. Admission to the pre view can be obtained only by pur chasing a bond before that date. A free ticket will be given each purchaser. An important short feature for the preview will be a technicolor subject showing the Jap attack of Midway last December. Running about 20 minutes, the short was taken during actual fire by Com mander John Ford. Academy award winner, who was present at the time. The reel shows the sinking of a Jap transport and the activities of the fighting marines there. James O'Connell, McDon ald manager, says the short is "one of the finest reels you'll ever see." Also encouraging sales is the project in which the Heilig, May flower, McDonald, and Rex are sponsoring this week. Each per son who brings an uncompleted war stamp book to the box office and purchases stamps to fill it up will be given a free ticket to one of the four theaters. The tickets will be good through Fri day, and the unfilled book must be brought with the purchaser, it is announced. (iniiiii i 'ii-fhiiin-ii unpin in,, yaf..AiaWft:i lay Cast Gives Party Saturday LIONORING Mra. Eyler Brown, director, and Marvin A. Krenk. members of the Very Little Theatre cast ot "The Philadelphia Story" held a party late Satur day evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Parker. Mrs. Parker is president of the groun and Mr. Parker had a part in the production. Cast members presented a writing portfolio to Mr. Krenk, who left Sunday for Chico army flying school, California, for ser vice. Earlier, Mrs. Brown had been presented with a corsage. Among those present at the gathering were Mr. and Mrs. Ken. neth Griffith, Miss Patricia Cole- rick, Miss Dorothy Parks, Horace W. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Mar vin A. Krenk, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Walker, Mrs. Ottilie T, Seybolt, Miss Patricia Parker. Miss Marjoxie Clear, Major and Mrs.- Carlton E. Spencer of Salem, Miss Patricia McCarthy of Port land, Glenn- Hasselrooth, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Earl, Mr. and Mrs. Ethan L. Newman, Mr. and Mrs. Eyler Brown, and the hosts. TYPICAL OF FALL 1942' nretly-but-prlm-and-purposefiil school room fashion is this red checked gingham dress. Apples on skirt as well aa for teacher and wearer. Fill Will Replace Part Of Long Bridge A dirt fill 345 feet long will replace all but 92 feet of a long county bridge on the Jasper-Fall Creek road, crossing a low place a short distance above Jasper, County Engineer P. M. Morse announces. This Is the first of a long bridges, crossed after leaving Jasper going east. The present bridge is 437 feet long. The 92-foot stretch will be left In the center. Work will be started as soon as it is possible to get lumber for the 92-foot span, which is to be rebuilt. The Navy Offers Radio Training to Men An opportunity to all Ameri can men between 17 and SO to take a three-year course of college level training in radio and sound engineering will be offered Lane county men Tuesday through the naval recruiting office, by Ensign R. H. Smith. U. S. naval reserve, who will be in the postoffice build ing navy headquarters on that date for special consultation. Chief qualifications to be ad mitted to this important course of study are that men be physically fit and that they have taken high school algebra and physics. The courses will be taught at Texas A, and M., Northwestern University, or at Treasure Island naval school Acceptance means receipt of a rating of radio technician, second class (equal to that of staff ser gcant in the army), pay of $96 per month plus $34.50 for dependents, opportunities for fast promotion and to qualify as chief radio tech nlcian. The course is equivalent to three years of college training In this field, but because of inten sified methods due to importance of the war, It will be completed in a time considerably short of that. Each scholarship in radio en gineering costs the government $1500 per man. Among advan tages offered are free clothing and medical attention, good food, best of physical development un der expert trainers, and prepara tion for an excellent job after the war is over. The navy office will answer in quiries and arrange for opportun ities to talk with Ensign Smith during his Eugene visit The tele phone is 1252. SHEEP11ERDERS and cowhands nearlng the ; next bridge to the east will be 50-year mark are being drafted by local boards in Washington and Oregon. These herders and cowboys are not married. Taken from the ranges, they are being shipped to reception centers and ranch own ers are already protesting at this loss of farm labor. Despite their age. too old for combat, these men of the open spaces are expected to be assigned as mule skinners or horse wranglers. If they are not rejected for physical defects. Taking men 4S and over is a foretaste of what can be expected In the near future. IN THE SEARCH to find spruce the government has sent timbermcn to Alaska to look over the situa tion. It is the Intention to raft the spruce logs to Puget sound and the Columbia river, from which points they will be distributed. According to re ports, this Alaska spruce will not be obtainable before next spring as roads cannot be built in the rainy winter season. There is only a small amount of spruce and hemlock on the Oregon roast but a larger amount In western Washington, all of which is scattered. Loggers with timber stands contain ing spruce are still waiting for some method of financing roads prior to the rains. One timberman who has the spruce and hemlock of extra large sise has no money to build roads and although this timber is within six miles of a river a leading bank refuses to cooperate, despite the anxiety of the ffovemment to obtain Iocs. The bank, it is alleeed. I is holding the timber as security for a loan and Insists that the entire loan be repaid before it will i punat it jus to tgms Ht m mo mau, rebuilt entirely. The National Labor Relations Board considered 11,000 cases in 1941. ELECTRIC RANGES . STILL AVAILABLE jtotpgtiifc LYONS & PETERS Women Praised For Work In Lumber Mills Who said women are the weaker sex? With lack of man power they have developed pro ficiencies for welding and other jobs. In Lane county's lumber In dustry, at the present time, 27 women are working in the Westfir Lumber Co.. and in the River Lumber Co., doing "men's JOBS." According to the employers, the women are doing as well as Inexperienced men would be doing on the same job, and "they like their jobs, too." The U. S, employment service en courages the employment of women wherever possible to ac celerate the war effort. MlSS Frk T - . ForStaniorr3 Mrs. runaij elder daughter M,' "X H left Mora:. '.'J M,i BMbir. r Stanford Untrcnif. mrhscToor,n8rcrai Sron i its M dm; Monday. Mrsb California. yew week visiting Eugene diri wedged At OSC fne. pledged Delta tSuVl srority. Mi v.D"u &l Shower Is Given For Bride-To-Be A miscellaneous shovr was given last week for Miss Myrtle Davis, bride-elect of Thomas Chamberlain, by her sister, Miss Florence Davis and Mrs. R. S. Chamberlain. The following guests' were In cluded: Miss Myrtle Davis, Mrs. R. S. Chamberlain, Miss Florence Davis, Mrs. Clarence Davis, Mrs. Leo Cox, Miss Lucille Walker, Miss Gertrude Davis, Miss Carol Davis, Mrs. Lester Johnston, Mrs. Mae Sherbondy, Mrs. Ids Bert, Mrs Bessie Starmer, Mrs. Laura Nel. son. Miss Esther Ecklund. Games were played and refresh. ments were served. The party was given at the home of the honor guest Meeting Tuesday The executiv board meeting of tne womens society for Christ ian Service of the Methodist church will meet at ten-thirty Tuesday morning. The meeting formerly had been announced for eleven-thirty. A morning program will be nresented at eleven-thirty nth Mrs. W. F. Lilian in cnarge. Miss Eleanor Scott will be in charge of the devotions on the afternoon program. ... . nam -spring Irora Uniy -Miss Lvla Tll j and Mu Crt trj"?"! ! listed, mog,he' ma i-ni Beta. Mis. ti . . thiSvea.-mmP..S'Tol.raJui Calendar Monday ,n?:3 P-m-Quota club i ing, Osburn hotel St. Mary's Episconal ehi o p.m. Oregon Rosi ki. meeting, Moose hall ! 8 p.m. Graduate . , Women of Moo,, of Mrs. Elmer Geiger. P-m.- acuity Wives tit Tuesday .9:30 a.m.-Alphi miata circle all day meeting, B.pi church. 11:30 a.m. Women's Sociii for Christian Service, Met! odist church, meet at church. 1 p. m. lllahee Divtsio mncneon, nome of Mrs. Otto noxvi near apringtield. 8 p.m Royal Nlkh. America meeting, W.O.W. hi 8 P.m.Eagles auxiliary me3 mi, &cies nan. 8 p. m. Methodist Sirei. guild meeting, church parte, EXPERT ROOKrvn XMtvrri "New Is the Time to Re-Rwi Acne Sooting Co- 733 Oliti HELD ON TlfE FT CHARGE ROSEBURG, Ore., Sept. 21 (U P.) A 19-year-old youth, William E. Briggs. who admitted to police officers that he was absent with out leave from the army, was held to the grand Jury today under $1000 bond after being arrested on a charge of theft Hard Of Hearing Society Begins Program For Fall Fall program of Eugene Society for the Hard of Hearing opens Tuesday evening, Sept. 22, at 7:30 at the vocational school, Fourth and Madison in the second floor studio room. Various department heads will interpret the subject "Know Your Vocatiaonal School," with a resume by Mrs. Lillian Van Loan. Any interested person may attend. Beginning Tuesday evening, September 29, at 7:30, free classes in lip reading are to be conducted weekly, also in the studio room. Persons with defective hearing, whether members of the society or not, are invited to take advan tage of this opportunity to learn lip reading. Home Sales Reported By Local Realty Firm The F. 'j. Berger Realty com pany has announced the sale of a i number of city homes tne past few days. The horn of Mr. and Mrs. William F. McKibben at 958 East Twenty-first has been sold to Hat tie I. Hall who has just moved In. Vale Parker's home on Bessie street and Whitney avenue has been sold to E. L. Karr and wife. The new home of J. L. Har pham at 82 East Twenty-fifth Ave nue was sold to Vale Parker. Jake Marguth's home has been sold to, Mary Bacina at 195 Jeffer son. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Leas at 2581 .Friendly has been sold to -Mr. and Mrs. James Pat ton from north, of Eugene. Hazel Warfield has sold her new home at 1521 West Eighth Axenue to Joe B. Ross and wife and ex pect to move there within a few days. The home of Max J. Robertson and wife at 1542 Washington street has been sold to T. J. Busch and wife from the Harlow district and now are moving in. The new modern home at 72 East Twenty-fifth Avenue be longing to J. L. Harpham company has been sold to Matt V. Futreel and wife of Noti. . ' Our government needs money for war munitions, that your boy and mine may have the where withal to fight. Buy today, and buy till your purse is lean. NEW ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS No Priority Needed See C. M. UREY CO. 8th and Olive Sts. We Must Win! BUY WAR BONDS We Sell Them $23 to 11,000 EUGENE'S FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS LOAN ASSN. 148 Miner Bldg. Fbont 1211 JUST AS MUCH , AtktTm 4$ MYjomsrm t3m 1 A "good morning" brtakfast enriched with Vitamin Hi Next time, try golden-brown Albert Corn Plaices. They're eriip fresh, finer Btvored ! Made right in tht West, they reach you dy fresher, stay crisp longer in milk or cream. Mighty thrifty to serve. Extra healthful, too, because pep-up Vitamin B, has bee added. Enjoy Aibers Corn Flake often! .mums. mmuLum iviibunuLUswn, The first airplane flight by Or ville Wright at Kitty Hawk, N. C, lasted only 12 seconds. HOME LOANS HELP EASE THE LOCAL HEADACHE! We hTt ample f , t finance lor thrift' M PACIFIC IS FEDERAL SAVINGS an tin ixaiii'1" EUGENE BRANCH 10th and Willamette Sl Eugene, Oregon "IT NIVCR THUS! By Bill M JOE LOOKS AS WAPPY 1 AS THOUGH flE'S GONNA CHRISTEN TH' NEXT B0AT- WHATTCOOKIN' ? f 4m .taint cookin'-it's t rnniccn B.B7 powu VuioeT) MAKE ANYBODY BEAM THEY'VE FIXED -Wj UP SO THAT HE DRlvt: P1VETS WITHHISBARE WITH Hlb H"0""nl1 IK UMClSAMaW.TOOWgf;. WITH WOO THf KBPft. SOLDER BLUELIC