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"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.
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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
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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.
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Mrs. runaij
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left Mora:. '.'J M,i BMbir. r
Stanford Untrcnif.
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Monday. Mrsb
California.
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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.
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and Mu Crt trj"?"!
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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
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EUGENE BRANCH
10th and Willamette Sl
Eugene, Oregon
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By Bill M
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