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cffVNEWS NOTES- frWT. of Foreign .j roil Be' a runaway nufon the train k,?Ckridgeand t. was sent on her ft Long Beach ?J1nin ticket and few.- rtS to look after reports the loss of the key to her bicycle. No. PH 605-U. Minor damage u done by a flue fire Thursday at 5:05 P m. at 217 Eleventh Avenue east, accord ing to the city fire department. The anniversary picnic of the camp and auxiliary of the Spanish-American war veterans witl be held at the home of Mrs. Sam Richmond and daughter, Miss Helene Richmond, at Springfield Sunday. Dinner willtoe at 1 p. m. This is the anniversary of the or ganization of the USWV camp in Eugene. - - Mrs. E. Meier of Elmira was a Eugene visitor Thursday and had business at the courthouse. A meeting of the. Disabled American Veterans will be held Monday, July is,- in wuw nan. Eighth Avenue west anu uncoin "STTwo Stores 917 Wiii.m.tt. m ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED VITA u Vitamins kcuuM UTILES . ETCHER'S A5T0MA $1" LION'S bth Powder 33e METAL BOBBY PINS Box of 144 79C HAIR PINS Large box BOOK MATCHES Carton of SO . " LISTERINEL ANTISEPTIC 12C Large 59 Ironized Yeast Tablets 69C Borden's Hemo That Vitamin Drink 59c lasehold Therraoraeters 49c street. State officers will be pres. i ent. All disable 1 veterans are in-i vited to attend this meeting, with i a spec'al invitat.on to veterans of woria war z. : H. AL Neal of lllmiia lranta,. business at the courthouse while in Eugene Thursday. Mrs. W. J. MuP.uu and rhllrlrvn Betty and Christine, of Eugene are :n ntseourg, visiung at the home 01 mts. mumns- mrther-in-law, Mrs. C. M. Mullins. Mrs. Steve Lorenr has returned to rtoseburg, following a brief stay in Eugene on business and visiting friends. I SAW: A well-known Eu gene man drop a penny in each Jn three parking meters on Wil lamette street so the lwners of three cars, unknown to him, would not be tagged for meter violation D. B. , Ml a. Miles McKay, accompanied by her children, Douglas and Linda, is here from Seattle, visit ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Strobel. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Watson and daughter of Albany are spending a few days in Eugene and vicinity. vismrg friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hoffman have returned to North Bend, fol lowing a week's visit in Eugene. s. C. Mitchell is on a business trip to southern Oregon points, having been at Medford, Ashland and Klamath Falls the past few days. - Officials of the R. C. Newbury Co., whose plant was threatened by fire Tuesday evening today praised tne worK 01 tne Bethel volunteer fire department and employes of the Southern Pacific company in confining the blaze to a small area. Efficiency of- thr volunteer firemen was especially praised. Material is now on hand at the Red Cross production, rooms to make six gross of comfort kits, re ports Mrs. Percy W. Brown, who heads the group in charge of comfort kits. Plenty of sewing is now at the production rooms to be worKed on. Jerry Franc of Pendleton. Ore gon, is visiting here with his grandmother, Mrs. Marie Franz, 1U74 seventn Avenue west. Lt. jg) Edward Wells, Eugene, is now stationed at Quonset, Rhode Island. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Wells of Eu gene. A. F. Holmer, secretary of the University of Oregon YMCA leaves Friday night for Los An geles to attend the institute of student personnel work at the University of California at Los Angeles. This institute will take up problems in post-war read justment for young people. Holm er will represent the canrous Y ; at this gathering. He also plans A I n to stop at Palo Alto on business, i U WllCf LOStH KflCG Four Autos Stolen; too. Andrew Sullivan, machinist's helper, told Eugene police Thurs day that his Waltham 21-jewel wristwatch was stolen July - 11 from the Southern Pacific club house at Crescent lake. Mrs. Mary Harlan of the United Stales National bank staff left Friday for a week's vacation. Mrs. Fannie B. Goude. Cottage Grove, who reported on huge gooseberries some weeks ago. writes she is still meeting some 'Doubting Thomases regarding the measurements. To those doubting, here is to say the ber ries were measured nere in the Register-Guard office. - L. S. LeRoy, 133 Hilyard lane. charged with, failing to destroy noxious weeds, paid a tine of fis in justice court Friday. The com plaint was filed by W. E. Poole. county weed control officer. The weeds in this case were alleged to be Canadian thistles. Mrs. Charles Drenkhahn left Thursday for the Adventist camp meeting at Gladstone and from there will so to Portland to visit relatives and friends. Elmer rotter and Robert E. Lane, both of Springfield RFD 1, were in Eugene iTiday and trans acted business at the courthouse. Claude 8. Thomas, arrested at Renton, Wash., a few days ago on warrant . issued here, chsxeine mm witn grand larceny, is now in the county jail, having been brought back by Deputy Sheriff nelson t: wnipps, arriving Thurs day night. He was indicted by the grand jury , here -on a charge of stealing a car belonging to Albert Olberg in Eugene. Thomas indi cated that he would plead guilty, wnipps saia. Bill Farrisb, formerly employed as salesman in the Hendershott sporting goods store, . now in the army and stationed in Kansas, is here on a furlough. He was joined at Boise. Idaho, by Mrs. Parrish. who is employed there, and they are both visiting their relatives here. - buo Himiwiy, who was wounded on Biak island, in the southwest Pacific June 7, is now in a hospital in New Guinea but is tin and around .and dninv V T duty, according to a letter re ceived from him "by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hathaway, Fridav. The letter wan written July 4., A wave of automobile thefts, in which one Eugene man vainly pursued a thief in his own car as far as Junction City before being outdistanced in a p re-dawn race, cost four local car owners pos session of their vehicles early to day, one car being later recovered. Ernest Seaberg, 891 Eighth Ave nue west, heard his car being started about 4:45 a. m., arrived outside in time to see the car leaving. He gave chase In another car and took the dust of his own car as far north as Junction City, where he lost sight of his prop erty. George Lamb. 812 Fourteenth Avenue east, told officers that his sedan was stolen between 10 p. m. ana o a. m. ' - Victor Zahn, 522 Eleventh Ave nue east, said that his sedan was stolen from in front of his home between 10:30 p. m. and 7:30 a. m. All four stolen vehicles contained five gallons or more of gasoline each, the police record said. btolen from in front of 792 Jef ferson street, but later recovered, was the sedan of Lyle Tomlinson, who lives at that address. The rear window-glass was broken, and a 100-foot steel tape was taken.- school districts, Eugene Register-Guard, Friday, July 21, 1144. nign scnool dis- follovs: To 1 440.27: union tricts, $34.69; non-high school dis trict, $11.77; cities, $181.37; road districts, $3.24; port of Siuslaw, $10.72; water districts, $3.16; fire patrol, $22.64; fire protection dis tricts, 41 cents. Page 3 Used Car Dealers Meeting Is Called Dealers in used cars will learn details of the revised MPR which covers their sales at a meeting to be held Friday at 7:30 p. m. at the war price and rationing board office, 29 Eleventh Avenue west. Since all used cars now come under specific ceilings, it is im portant that dealers learn the "straight facts" on their sales se lhat they may comply with them, UPA emphasizes. Records CIECU1T COUET Charles and W. D. Hue are plain tiffs In a suit filed against Lewis Mcnt. 1 la FACTORY METHOD mm AT FIRESTONE Our guaranteed, factory method recapping will give you longer, safer mileage. Don't put off your recap ping. . . . If you are in any doubt about your tires we suggest that you drive in at once and let us inspect your tires. Remember no ration certificate is required for recapping "No Rationing of Service at Firestone" fey oPenOoW a 'ggA $eVeY r i PHONE 448 11TH & PEARL Eugene Second City In State Building Eugene led all Oregon cities out side of Portland in. new-building construction during both May and June, according to a report on northwest building prepared by the statistical department of Equitable Savings and Loan asso ciation, Portland. Estimated cost of new buildings started in Eugene came to $51,433 tn June, $67,835 In May. During these same months, Portland's totals were $473,815 and $811,250, respectively. Albany was third in the state with $44,275 and $55,700. Harvey E. Enockson MAPLETON Harvey E. Enoch- son, 89, died Thursday at his home. ' He was a native of Nor way, having come to Oregon 11 years ago, and having lived in Mapleton for the past seven years. He is survived by four broth ers: John, of Mapleton, with whom he had made his home nearly all his life, Gay, of Great Falls, Mont Tom of Briceland, Minn., and Enick, of Austin, Minn.; two sis ters, Mrs. Bertha Nelson of Maple ton and Hanna Enochson of Den ver, Colo. Funeral announcements will be made later through the, Poole- Larsen mortuary in Eugene. Interest Reductions To I Benefit Local Farmers, Land Bank Announces SPOKANE, Wash., July 21 0JJ0 An estimated 13,000 farmers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana will benefit by a reduci tion in the Interest rate on land bank commissioner loans which became effective this month, R. E. Brown, president of the Federal Land Bank of Spokane, said to day. Brown pointed out that the rate has been scheduled to become five per cent July 1, but that congress cut the rate on land bank com missioner loans to four per cent for the year ending June 30, 1945. 1 The land banKs voiuntaruy set the rate on their regular loans made through national farm loan associations at four per cent," Brown said. "This is an increase of one-half of one per cent over the previous rate subsidized through congressional appropria tion until the recent action by congress, but it means a reduction for borrowers In the four north-; west states, because the older land 1 bank mortgages still outstanding j called for various higher rates, I even up to 6 per cent. These have : now been leveled to four per ; ' FREE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE Mayflower Theater, July 24, 8 p. m.. Auspices First unurcn or inrist. Scientist, Eu gene. You are invited. who started having spasms be cause he couldn't find a house to live in. Dr. Lloyd Tainter said two elec tric pads placed against Schone's forehead temporarily "stunned him out of the hiccups." When he regained consciousness he ate his tint full meal since the attacks started and then fell asleep. Earlier attempts to cure the hiccups by hypnotism produced only brief relief. i . - In saving tin cans, wash well, cut both ends from the cans, and then step on them to press and to save packing space tor salvage. mm 35c Only 20c $2.25 Dot. ? Callahan's cent.' Electrical Shocks Bring Relief From Hiccups LOS ANGELES, July 21 (U.R Electric shock treatments today temporarily halted the 12-day hiccuping siege of Lawrence Schone, 31-year-old machinist, Zenith Hearing Aid DR. ELLIOTT Optometrist Eyesight Specialist 87 East Broadway Phone 419 Kuppenheiraer Clothes The Man'e Shop BYHOM & KNEELAND S3 Bast leth Dr. Chapman Now Lieutenant Colonel Dr. W. H. (Hal) Chapman, Eu gene physician, who has been with the American army in the south west Pacific for more than two years, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, accord ing to word reaehing his family here. Col. Chapman has been in action in the south Pacific somewhere for some time. He went out from Eugene with the national guard four years ago this summer, and arrived in Australia two years ago the past spring with the 41st di vision. Mrs. Chapman and their two sons have remained in Eugene. . Teen-age Dance The ' weekly teen-age dance, sponsored by the city recreation commission, will be held again this Saturday night at Woodrow Wilson junior high school, instead of at Roosevelt as earlier sched uled. Open to all young people of junior high and high school age, the informal dance will be held from 8:30 to 11:30. The student committee hopes that the crowd will be as large as that for last week, when 205 attended. A small admission price is charged to pay expenses. ' Land Sale Turnover A county land sale cash turn over was made at the office of County Treasurer Grace Schiska Friday by Helen Soransen, head of the county-owned land sale de partment, amounting to $1607.96. This sum was collected during the period from June 9 to July 1. The amount was segregated as gomtry, Jr., for appointment of a re ceiver to take charge of property and money Involved In partnership pend ing final determination of the milt. Evelyn O. Walker li plaintiff in a divorce luit agalnit John Bell Walker. PROBATE COURT The administrator! of the estate of Cordelia L. Ankeny. deceased, have been discharged, the estate having been closed. BUSTNZSS KAMI Certificate) of the assumed bustnew name. Young and Son Logging com pany, located at Creswell, has been filed by Leonard A. Young and Fred Young. BUILDING; FEUtTTS Build garage, 1808 West Eleventh. Ray J. Sherwln, $178. Repair residence, 3303 Blroh line, L. O. Wright. $100. Bepalr hospital, 11 T Hilyard, Bisters of St. Joseph. S100. Repair residence, 10O9 Hast Twenty fifth. Katharine E. Sallee. . Alter residence, 1081 Jefferson, Brvln Johnson, $25. 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