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Paft Eight Taxes Distributed To Cities, Schools The eight cities of Lane county Thursday received a aisiriDuuon of city taxes from County Treas urer Grace Schlska. In addition, the treasurer made a distribu tion of $10,671.93 to quite a num ber of the school districts in the county. ' The cities were given the fol lowing respective sums: Eugene, $8398.77; Springfield, $667.73; Creswell, $43.18; Coburg, $21.69; Cottage Grove, $419.79; Junction City, $100.75; Florence, $37.01; Oakridge, $49.88. Aluminum Clay- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 in congress for the splendid fight they have put up for the construc tion of this plant in the north west," McNutt said. ' John W. Keelly .secretary of the Oregon post-war commission, said that such s plant could be built in about 18 months. Three hundred men would be needed to build it, he estimates, and 150-men could run it after completion. Kelly pointed out that the plant could not be located in any large city because of existing labor short ages. , The demonstration plant as authorized by the war production board would be constructed by the Chemical Construction. company of New York and would be operated by the Columbia Metals corpora tion of Seattle. Of 50-ton capacity, the plant would demonstrate the process of substantial tonnages of clay from deposit sites in the northwest, thus making it possible to build a plant for the production of large ton nages of alumina from the most Eczema Itch Fought 1st ' D you iuffr from Xtehlnv , f Day lug. soiling na sewnta-UM nam, sum Soienti. Acnt, Ringworm or Athlete' Foot? iny of thcM ymptomi may t duo to urftet, non-ijitm Skin Troublaa In such Mill Nliodarm ( phyileian'i pre scription) usually ctirta to work helping the kin look clearer, softer, smoother, with the Terr nnt application. NiioSWm works while MluAAiiaia fMt It helps NIAUUVriU your skin. Itching Skin? . Btop Scratching! Here It Quick Ease and Comfort Vow that clean, powerful, penetrat ing Moone'a Emerald Oil U available at drug etoree thouundi hava found halpful relief from the dUtrewtng itch In and torture of raahee. ocaema. poi son Ivy and other externally eauaed ann Trouoiea. Not only does the ' Interna Itching, burning of atlnaing quickly eubelde, but healing la mora quickly promoted. ' Get an original bottle of Emerald Oil OreaMleie Blalnleea. Money re funded. If not eatlafled. , EVERYBODY'S DRUG STORE Inspiring to see, luscious to EAT are the big vitamin-packed apples from Washington's famed Wenatchee Valley. They'll be the wows of International Apple Week, October 23 thru 30. Tons of healthful fruit now are rolling to markets and military commissaries via GREAT NORTHERN a dependable transportation service on which the Wenatchee apple industry long has relied. ' S T 2 economical site and using the most advantageous deposit. A total of $4,000,000 has already been alloted for plant construction and equipment. The WPB and the defense plant corporation will have final say upon the site of the demonstration plant. City Manager- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 a perfect form," Etter stated, con tinuing: "Its success or failure turns in large part on the man ager; it places a heavy load on one person; there may De a lack or political leadership in a manager city; but, it has generally reduced the unit costs of services and has been abandoned by few cities." Earlier In his talk he discussed the history of forms of city gov ernment, going back to colonial forms and the varied set-ups that followed the American Revolution on down through times since. By 1910, the manager plan had started on its way, he said. "It has grown quite steadily ever since. Few cities have abandoned it and along with the strong- mayor plan, it has continued the trend toward a strong, single ex ecutive," he added. Discussing what has given rise to each form of city government, Etter said "As for the manager plan, the disadvantages of the commission plan, plus a desire to organize city government com pletely along Business lines have contributed to bringing this form into prominence." , . Following his talk, members of the league participated in a dis cussion. City manager form of government has been one point featured in the league's studies and activities for good govern ment. . USES Announces Shift In Directing Staff ' Shifts ! in personnel of the United States employment serv ice, directly affecting the Eugene branch,' were announced here to day.. The . changes became effec tive Thursday. October 21. George A. Bellonl, field super visor of Area 1, including field of fices at Albany, .Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, : Klamnth Falls, Lebanon, Marshfield, Medford, Roseburg, and Toledo, will leave next week for military service. His position will be taken by Guy W. Lang, former supervisor of Area 2, for mer superintendent of schools in Washington, who has been with the USES since 1037 and served as manager at McMinnvllle. Eldon Cone, former manacer at The Dalles, pntarlo. and McMinn vllle, will reolace Lang for Area 2, Including USFS offices at As toria, ' Baker. Hermlston. Hood River. La Grande, McMinnvllle, Ontario, Pendleton, Salem, The Dalles, and Tillamook. Joseph" D. Wilsonj eenlor em nloyment officer at Snlem, will become manager t, McMinnvllle. Lang and Cone will maintain of fice in the .'Portland administrative headquarter. HUtni JUIIII.EMJ R. S. ROPER, Trav. Fit. Agent 530 American Bank Bldg. Portland, Oregon New Polio- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 dissatisfaction with the city health board's decision not to close the schools. Tuesday and Wed nesday, parents gradually were sending their children back, many of them bringing their chlldrea and reporting that they had been "misinformed." They said they had received telephone calls from unknown persons in many cases, according to Dr. J. F. Cramer, city schools superintendent. Some of these anonymous telepboners stated: "Edison school will be closed for the next two weeks. . It will not be necessary for you to send your children to school." Others callers said over the wire: "This is the school nurse. , iieep your children home." When the parents asked, "What nurse is this?" the caller liung up. These calls were not authorized either by the city health board or by the city board of education. Edison school has not been closed. Dr. McCloskey, interested citi zen, .Thursday reiterated his rea sons for disagreeing with the city health board's decision not to close the schools. "The Eugene board of health," he said, "is a sincere group of citizens doing what they think is best. It so happens that I differ with them on the handling of the poliomyelitis situation. - Conse quently, I seem to have precipi tated myself into a public contro versy with that board and also to have given the public the impres sion that at the meeting to which the board invited me, I had noth ing to say. The following state ment will, I hope, correct that Jm pression: "One of the most striking things about poliomyelitis is the absence of the fund of certain and verifi able knowledge which we possess in regard to other communicable diseases. Much experimentation and research are being carried on, but the authorities are not in unanimous agreement. Certain things are matters of fact; others are matters of opinion, "It is generally agreed that poliomyelitis is an infectious di sease; some writers refer to it as 'contagious,' although Black's Medical Cyclopedia maintains that the distinction between infectious and contagious is purely artificial. "Research has established the fact that infantile paralysis is caused by a virus. This virus has been isolated and experimented with in the laboratory. The virus has, experimentally, conducted the disease to mice and rhesus monk eys Recent studies Indicate that the virus may be found in water and on flies and rodents. Studies within the past two years em phasize the fact that the virus is very prevalent in sewage and may be spread to human beings by flies. Investigations conducted in February of this year suggest that there might be a relationship be tween human poliomyelitis and an Infectious agent carried by house mice. A publication of the Ameri can Medical association in Febru ary, 1942, presents evidence that there are apparently healthy Ju venile carriers of the disease, one fatal case having been traced with certalntly to a child carrier who was himself Immune. "How the disease is communi cated to human beings has not, however, been conclusively proved. The fact that the virus is found in sewage and is spread to human beings by flies does not rule out the sneeze as a means of spreading poliomyelitis, says Hygeia for Oc tober, 1942. In the light of pres ent knowledge, says this publica tion of the American Medical asso ciation, poliomyelitis may be spread by contact, droplet infec tion, feces, polluted drinikng water, polluted beaches or swim ming pools, milk, food, and in sects. No one has produced evi dence to show which of these po tential methods of infection, or which of the several possible ways the virus can get into the body, is the most common or the most im portant. The great discovery is that it can be sewage-borne. Fab er and Sllverberg suggest that poliomyelitis is probably acquired as rule, by the alimentary route. "What should be done? Frank ly, it is, to a great extent, a mat ter of opinion, and I am simply exercising the right of an inter ested citizen in a democracy to ex pres my dissatisfaction with the existing methods of control. Dr. D. W. Gudakunst, medical director of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis, said in June of 1942; For the parent it is well to remember that infantile paralysis is a communicable disease; it is spread from person to person. Dur ing epidemics avoid all unneces sary contacts. . . . Leave no more to chance than must be. He said further: Coughing, Sheering, even breathing by vims-infected persons may create a spray.of di sease droplets which may bring on the horrible symptoms in some susceptible man, women, or child In the crowd. This much we do know the virus does not come Asthma Mucus Fought Easy Way Choking, rtuplnf, whtstnf, recurring at tarki of Bronchial Asthma ruin your mmd and rob tout blood of vitally important oxytcn btttuM you finlwt air In and out of your lungs proptrlv. Bui now It Is no longtr nt - ry to iuur (rota ttwta Urrl bis attacks without trw bn!U you but r rlvf from a phvuleiana proscription called Mtntfaro. Withm a very short tims after ths ftnt doss. Minds Infrrditnts start clr ruUtlnt thru th blood, Ihui rtchtng ths amalltal ai wtll ss ths Urtttt Bronchial tubsa whsra thsjr usuallr quickly hlp liou fy, toossn and rsmovs thick Strang! Ins. tnueui phlftnt, thsrshy promotlni Imt brsathlnt and mora rtatful slop. In fact, M4tr has proved to successful in hatpin thousands of suffsrsraJlrom Tacurrlnc spasms at Bronchial Asthma thai It Is sold tindar a fuaratitM of monty bark unless rompleUly satisfactory. trt Ma m m from your Mcndtaco wir THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON- from out of the nowhere; it Is spread by those sick with infantile paralysis, by those exposed to it, by healthy carriers who harbor the infection but develop no symptoms. It comes from and is carried by those persons and things infected with it." Margaret S. Arey, an assistant consultant in orthopedic nursing, said in September of this year: Keep your child away from crowds of any kind at theaters, at picnics, and country fairs. Stay away from swimming pools. The list of such opinions could be greatly extended. "In the light or the present un certain state of knowledge, it seems to me wise to take every available precaution to check the spread of the disease. It is my opinion, .therefore, that the exper iment may well be tried for for bidding the congregating of chil dren everywhere for the time in terval required for a single incu bation period of the disease. While it Is true that I have read no authorities so far who bluntly say 'Close the schools,' neither have I read any who suggest that closing the schools is not a wise precau tion. Those people who have been keeping their children home from school are not, I am con vinced, panicky; on the contrary, they are following those dictates of common sense which motivate them to do what they think best for the protection of their children. It is my opinion, also, that our milk and water supply should be carefully scrutinized as possible carriers of the virus. Likewise, our sewage disposal system; in par ticular, the open privies in Hen dricks park should be sealed shut for the duration and the park closed. I should like to hear that our health authorities have tested sewage to ascertain If the virus is present. I believe that the board of health should wage a vigorous campaign for the extermination of flies, mice, and rats. It Is my con viction that the prevalence of flies in our food markets and restaur ants is a civic disgrace. I believe, finally, that in the absence of cer tainty, any reasonable course of action is better than waiting for the future to give us that unpre dictable certalntly." TO MEET FRIDAY Eugene post, No. 3, American Legion, is to hold its regular semi-monthly meeting, Friday, 8 p. m., Knights of Pythias hall. . -, California's Central Valley Project will increase the state's vital war crop production by more than 1,000,000 tons annually. War Contract- CONTINUE) FKOM PAGE 1 correction before they came to Warren's attention. -False Teeth Item An item-of $225 for false teeth for an employe of a contractor, mentioned by Warren, involved the navy department, not the war rlepattment, Patterson said, and odder: "But I make nc point of that." . ' ' This case, he said, arose under a contract with an automobile companv for the services of expert mechanics to repair engines in Russia, the government agreeing to furnish lodging, fuod, hospital ization, medical care and other necessities for the group. Patter son testified' the navy wrote the company that items ordinarily in daily use '.vere entirely unobtain able in the trea and . to suggest that "persons wearing glasses should bring more than ono pair. Also those having dentures should have at leaf t one spare set" . .'TcV'wing this instruction," Patterson testified, "Tlw company furnished an employ going to Rus sia under the contract a spare s:t of false teeth. Since the govern ment hud agreed to furnish, all tho necessities for the personnel, Oil's item was charged to the contract This action seems to me to have been deceii' under the circum stances and the terms cf the con tract. Incidentally, ! am advised that the employe broka his taelh in Russia end had to use the spare set." . Hitler Being- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) Africa's grand bid soldier and statesman, Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, was throwing a different' shot of the same picture on the screen. Said he: "Hitler is no longer fighting for victory, but for time for some thing to happen for those acci dents which so often upset the run of events. His only hope now is to prolong the war on the off chance of something happening; some new-weapon; perhaps some difference among the allies; war weariness coming to his assistance and producing a stalemate and a compromise peace." Certainly the complexion of the nazi conference would support that thesis. It was an extraordin ary assemblage for war-time and spoke clearly of a great crisis. Perhaps the most significant fact of all, however, was that this big . net4- - raiX . . Hot 1- 1. vu- -Ave -..rQ5 .i v" meeting was called by Keitel and not by the fuehrer who claims that he was divinely ordained to lead the German people. - Keitel is the . mystery man of the high command mysterious because he keeps his own coun sels and lets others do the talking. Because of this characteristic he has been compared to Field Mar shal von Moltke, generalissimo in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, who was known as "the great sil ent one." Keitel typifies the Prussian military tradition, al though he is of Saxon descent. CONDENSED REPORT OF CONDITION The First National Bank of Eugene, Oregon October 18. 1943 RESOURCES Cash and due from Banks $8,662,843.81 U.S. Government Bonds and Certificates 15,533,433.85 Municipal Bonds and War- ' rants . . 634,302.27, Loans 2,477,446.71 Slock in Federal Reserve - Bank 24,000.00 Bank Building ' and other Real Estate ...J ............ 122,326.39 Other Assets . 10,325.19 Total ..$27,464,678,22 i,.tfjV6 , tO to5' ctSOtA 0 ..eft" 1 l i. .1 ..-.,ttc cestuv jMigr: .so.. wW . ,rrtc"- . ...rV w atl. Lane Schools Earn Model Plane Awards Twenty-nine Oregon junior high and high schools, including two in Lane county, have been awarded certificates for completing their quotas In the scale model aircraft project Notification to . Rex Putnam, state superintendent of public in struction, was made Thursday in Salem by the navy bureau of aero nautics .according to ah Associated Press dispatch. Lane schools which have com pleted their quotas Include Cot Deposits Capital Total A HOME OWNED BANK SERVING LANE COUNTY SINCE 1883 1 Deposits insured up to $5000 through the FJJ.LC .to to rr. ..helT -tlTtVT -I. 1 . r ,u'' Thurs3r - 41 I tage Grove ar,4 schools. The models for uT 14, centers. OrJ? "a tJ models. NOW Mm,. t FAISV fro( lwecuriTbl 53 HlPPlnf or woWiarVJSi plates llmer iS- wey pest, W crwclc. "pi,,, osorT& LIABILITIES -522,871,631 . War, Loan Deposit ... 3,645 Total' Deposits .. 26.517M Unearned Discounts 5 Re serves . i 200,(01 Surplus J 600,OOC1 Undivided Profits .... 114; $27,464M
