652 Turnover
axes Made
totaling $12V
lAdud. Principal and
r-lsmxiebythe Ux de-
r. ! the sheriffs office at
r'( the county treasurer
it01!!- .vment were
different rolls, aU the
l1.. 1,1 944-45 to that
(ran uw
unions on the different
follows: roll of 1944-
with
'rrf 1942-43, $6318.49
.Interest, " rt. ..,
928:?' interest
M ? .,rii 209.50 in-
L f""L, in with S299.38
;: I""' ii i.h S397.18
T7A 05 with
. !'l5.'.. '.o,4 sTl.202.95
Pjlll.80 Interest.
Ln Dnnlon. 860 Adams.
fe.Vcharls. representative.
Willamette Rises To
5.51 Feet Wednesday
The Willamette river came up
to the 5.51 foot level at the Eu
gene gauge Wednesday morning,
showing effects of the downpours
of rain In the foothill area, anrt
tributary sections.
, North of Eugene the Willamette
reached 10.8 feet at Harrisburg,
but the 12-foot flood stage was
not expected to be exceeded, the
weather office reported.
Colder temperatures were re
ported in the high mountain re
gions. The highway office said
reports from Willamette pars
Wednesday stated it was clear
there with 63 inches of snow
packed down along the side of the
road. The pass has been open
throughout the storm, although at
times chains have been necessary.
ASKS TICKET CEILINGS
WASHINGTON, March 21. Of)
Price ceilings on movie tickets years.
Liberated Nurse Stops Here;
Tells Santa Tomas Experience
uhd
Oft
Optometrist
174 Esst Bfdwa
'ft
Dr. Elliott
Optometrist
Eyesight Specialist
Numont
Glasses
Bifocals
Trifocals
Zenith
Hearing Aids
I.O.O.F. Bldf.,
Broadway Oak
and barber and beauty shop serv.
ices were urged by Price Admin.
istrator Chester Bowles today for
their "psychological effect." Be
fore the senate banking commit
tee, he argued that such costs are
important items in the average
family's budget and that their
exemption from price control "has
had a demoralizing effect upon
our whole retail price control program."
By DOROTHY LENHART
"It's so wonderful to be home
again!" We can imagine that this
statement would be said by almost
anyone who had been overseas for
12 years and especially anyone
who had spent the last three of
those years in a Japanese prison
camp. And this was the enthusi
astic exclamation of Lt. Vivian
Wcissblalt, army dietitian, who
was liberated from Santo Tomas
Feb. 3, and who gave a few min
utes of her "welcome home" time
to a Register-Guard reporter on
arrival in Eugene Tuesday.
Her parents. Mr. and 'Mrs. E. M.
Shriver of North Bend, were at
the airport to meet her. Thev
hadn't seen their daughter ln 12
we couidn t believe it
When asked about the treatment
of nurses in the camp. Lieutenant
Weissblatt stated that nurses, as
a group, were treated all right.
"But there is still that all-over
policy of starvation in all prison
camps! '
Goshen To Commence
New School Building
The first unit of a new school
building at Goshen will bf built
this year, it was announced Tues
day by Carl Lowry, chairman of
the board of directors of the dis
trict, who was here conferring
Everyone worked so many hours ' with L. C. Moffilt, county sup-
day, alto, at the camp. "But . erintendent regarding the project.
An architect will be consulted
immediately, Lowry said, and
work is expected to be started
went ever Ks quota, Clyde Quam,
chairman of the group, reporting.
The women's division, which
exceeed its goal of $80po at the
first ..progress report luncheon,
Monday, is continuing to increase
its total, reaching $13,661 in the
Wednesday report.
we were grateful for that. All
work was for the maintenance of I
the camp." Lieutenant Weissblatt,
as a dietitian, was in charge of the I
children's diets. "There were 3,700 1
people in the prison, 600 of them
children."
On amine back to the states,
I the lieutenant was taken to San
Francisco for removal of shrapnel
from her leg, received during the
shelling of Santo Tomas by the
Japs the week following the
camp's liberation by our soldiers.
Because of this. Lieutenant Weiss
blatt is not gaining back the lost
weight from starvation as rapidly
as some of her comrades. "Why,
some of them coming back to the
states are gaining a pound a day,"
she exclaimed.
when we heard that she was com
ing home." Mr. Shriver said ex
citedly. And from Mrs. Shriver.
i "I just haven't gotten my feeling
oacn yet." Tney both agreed that
it was a wonderful thing though.
Mlsslnt' A Year
"There was about a year after
Corregidor that we didn't know ;
where she was," the parents com-i M . . I PI 1
2221 J8" gvme direct tales Musi Close At
nv,u uwi uuiaca emu uuici uus-
pltal technicians returning on the
Gripsholm from Bataan and Cor
regidor about a year ago."
It was ln 1930 that Vivian I New complications had devel
Weissblatt, then a civilian, left the ; oped today (Wednesday) in the
united States for Honolulu to midnight curfew situation for ,
work as a dietitian at Queen's hos- amusement olaces. This time the !
pital there. In 1933 she came back brunt of the ban is felt again bv !
FOR REHABILITATION
NEW YORK, March 21 UB
Some $90,000,000,000 in consumer
goods will be needed for war- j
torn countries of Europe in the !
first 18 months after the war, and
'SSSZErL.1 " -SS to the states to leave again soon : restaurant,.
Midnight, Says OMC
this spring or early summer. The
new building will be a separate
structure and when all the rooms
are eventually completed the old
one will be torn down. It is
planned to build three rooms.
The Goshen district has at pres
ent $4700 in a sinking fund for
a new building and It la planned
to meet the cost of the balance
of the construction by providing
for it in the budget and possibly
issuing negotiable interest-bearing
warrants.
The people of the Edenvale
school district are also planning
a new building or an addition to
their old one-room structure and
a meeting will be held there Wed
nesday night to discuss the plan.
Superintendent Moffitt has been
invited to attend. The building
is overcrowded and at present
there are 30 pupils crowded into
the one room.
PROTECT JAPANESE
PORTLAND, March 211) A
committee to protect the constitu
tional rights of Japanese and oth
ers affected by war emotions had
been named todav bv the nreslrient
i of the Multnomah Bar association. I colar
Eugvne Register-Guard, Wednesday, March 21, M4S Page 8
Navy Announces
Submarine Losses
WASHINGTON, March 21 U.B
The navy announced today that
the American submarine Barbel
has been lost, presumably in the
Pacific or far eastern waters.
Forty American undersea craft
have been lost during this war.
Less than a month ago, the navy
disclosed that the submarines Es-
and Shark were overdue
from patrol and presumed lost.
The Barbel carried a normal
complement of 65 men. All of its
crew were listed as missing in ac
tion and their next of kin have
been notified.
SIGWART'S
REPAIR
EVERYTHING ELECTRIC
958 Willamette
500,000,000 of bare essentials will
have to be Imported, the New
York trust company predicted today.
One gusher ln Queensland, Aus
tralia, produces more than a quar
ter of a million gallons of water
dally.
THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL
(HECK YOUR TIRE WEEK
?iretont
RECAPPING HEADQUARTERS
WILL
STORE YOUR CAR
WHILE RECAPPING
, , . or we will
loan you Hree
Slxe 6.00x16
JBEMBER . . The OPA urge you to Recap while you eem
FIRESTONE
STORES
Eugene, Ore.
tone 448 11th & Pearl
BURGE
Home and Auto Supply
Firestone Dealer
5th A Main, Springfield
In a bulletin from
u I I i Internat,onnl .hos- , the Oregon manpower commission 1
u.ioi ... a. Qiemion. ; which clarifies the midnight clos-
From there she was transferred to , ing orderi lt is expialned that all ;
Manila wheje she later married i restaurants which had nbt been
rranr Weissblatt. I remaining ni i hnnra riav
It was while she was here at
Sternberg General hospital in Ma
nila that she was called into the
army. December, 1941, and was
sent to Bataan. Lieutenant Weiss
blatt was sent to Corregidor March
9 of that year. At the time of her
imprisonment Lieutenant Weiss
blatt was one of many captured
on Corregidor MBy 8. 1942, and
taken to the Santo Tomas prison
camp. .
Husband Captured
Her husband, a U.P. correspond
ent, was also captured and im
prisoned In the Jap concentration
camp of Bllibid for three years.
This camp, it was emphasized, was
just four blocks from Santo Tomas,
where his wife was Imprisoned
not allowed to communicate ln any
way. , "Never In all of those years
were we allowed to see or get ln
touch with one another ln any
way," the lieutenant exclaimed.
"After the camps were liberated,
however, he came to Santo Tomas
to be with me for a few days and
I saw him for a few days In Hono
lulu and again in San Francisco,
where I was receiving medical
treatment at Letterman general
hospital."
"When we finally heard that the
camps were free we were so
thrilled and happy! But we had
been expecting it for three yearsi
reauy, we neara aoouc me move
ments at Lingayen and Leyte and
waited very anxiously."
prior to the curfew order are now
to close at midnight.
Heretofore the understanding
had been that restaurants could
remain open until their regular
closing times as long as they shut
off their Juke boxes or other coin
operated amusement devices.
Midnight closing Is supposed to
be ln effect for affected restaur
ants unless an exemption can be
Pace Slows-
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
and wants to do his part if he can
help!
His attitude and interest have
been inspiring not only to the Red
CToss drive but to all other home
front efforts, his determination to
help after nearly three years Im
prisonment rallying all others to
be sure they are doing their part.
Paul Van de Velde, consul for
Belgium at Mexico, will give a
talk also, on the legends and folk
lore of the Interior of Mexico.
All persons interested in hear
ing Sly and Van dcVeldc and ln
seeing the Bed Cross workers
obtained from the state manpower j wind up their formal drive In the
for exemptions are restaurants
which serve food to war workers.
If certain requirements are met,
the state manpower director may
grant exemptions to such places,
the bulletin explains. Requests for
such exemptions must be tiled ln
accordance with regulations of the
closing order.
The compliance situation here
remained otherwise unchanged
despite the announcement by i
Mayor LaGuardla of New York
that the deadline there has been I
changed from midnight to 1 p.m.
LaGuardia's action was followed j
by admission from War Mobilizer :
Byrnes that the federal govern- ;
ment has no means of forcing '
compliance. ,However, he and
President Roosevelt have urged
voluntary compliance
W - "V
1
sen you
MOM CANNiStfOODS
Save used food cant, Remove labels,
wash, flatten,
Deliver to your nearest Lane
County public or parochial
school March Z8, 27 or 28. KEEP
SAVING TIN CANS FOR THE
DURATION,
1945 war fund are Invited to at'
tend the Thursday gathering.
President Appeals
Spurring on Red Cross drive
workers and the contributing nub
lic everywhere was the appeal by
Preslden Roosevelt ln a brief radio
talk Tuesday night.
"This Is no call for charity,
this Is our chance to serve those
who serve us. . . , The need never
was greater. It will not soon be
lea s," President Roosevelt Is
quoted as saying. The president
said he could testify from per
sonal observation to usefulness of
the Red Cross ln battle rones. He
declared It has sent food, cloth
ing, and medicines through tlic
barbed wire of enemy prison
compounds, collected blood plaS'
ma that saved thousands of lives,
provided refreshment, enterlaln-
Mayor Earl McNutt of Eugene ment, and cheer of home for fight-
said he has no intention of fol
lowing LaGuardia's example,
Dow-Jones
NEW YORK, March 21 "J.F9
Dow Jones closing bond averages:
40 bonds 106.66 off 0.15; 10 1st
grade rails 115.06, oft 0.05; 10 2nd
grade rails 95.14 off 0.54; 10 pub.
utll. 109.18 off 0.02; 10 Indus.
107.25 unchanged.
Preliminary closing Dow-Jones
stock averages: industrial 155.30,
off 1.07; railroads 51.38 off 0.36;
utility 27.64, off 0.16; 65 stocks
57.59, off 0.39.
Sales totaled 1,340,000 shares
compared with 920,000 shares yes
terday. "Big board" bond sales
were $8,370,000 compared with
$8,094,000 yesterday. Curb stock
turnover was 380,000 shares
against 310,000 shares yesterday.
T'es le bienvenu, vieux frere...Have a Coke
( GREETINGS, OLD MAN)
"a way to show friendship to a French sailor
A 'isiting French sailor may not know English, but he is quick to know
fotndlinoss when he sees it. And he always sees it the minute someone says
" Gkt, It's an invitation that speaks all languages. There's the good
hometown American spirit behind it . . . the same as when you serve
borne. Coca-Cola stands for the pame that reresbes,-hu become
lond of sympathy between kindly-minded folks.
otuto uNDti AUTHOtirr or thi coca.coia coarNT ir
COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF EUGENE
660 Ferry St,
'Coke .Cocs-Cols
You Mtiirsll; htir Coct-Coli
called by its friendly abbrrviaticD
Vom .Both mesa the quality pnA
act of The Coca-Colt Company.
ing men in nil parts of the world.
He called on the American pub'
11c to oversubscribe the 1945
quota.
Red Cross Drive Chance
To Build Self Tully
' Much has been said on the great
need for the Red Cross, of the
magnificent ministry it carries on
for those In the armed forces, for
those suffering disasters at home
and abroad, in securing blood
plasma, In serving in Hospitals and
in nursing, in providing some com
fort for those held prisoners but
there is more to this campaign to
raise money it represents an op
portunity to give for ourselves, to
build character and to build up
our inner resources.
So declared Dr. Norman K.
Tully, pastor of Central Presby
terian church, in addressing the
Lions club meeting Wednesday in
conjunction with the third of the
Red Cross campaign progress re
port meetings here.
Soul Enterprise
This campaign Is not one to
raise money, but one to raise men;
the giving attitude la necessary in
order to round out living; this
campaign is a "soul enterprise."
Dr. Tully told the group, pointing
to giving to the Red Cross as a
needed discipline to build our in
ner selves, our inner resources.
Other comments in behalf of the
1945 war fund were given by Wil
liam H. Lush, general drive chair
man in Lane county, and H. V.
Johnson, chairman of the county
chapter ot tne American Kca
Cross.
On the check-In reports, the
government division in the city
isware Coughs
Following Flu
After the flu Is over and gone, the
riush that follows may develop
l-ito chronic bronchitis If neglected.
Creomulslon relieves promptly be--Jiufe
It noes riftht to the seat of the
; rouble to help loosen and expel gersn
laden phlcdm. and aid nature to
soothe and heal raw.tendrr. Inflamed
bronchial mucous membranes. No
matter how many medicines you
have tried, tell your druggist to sell
vou a bottle of Creomulslon with the
understanding you must like the way
II quickly allays the cough or you are
to nave your money back.
CREOMULSION
or Couchi, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
SHEET METAL WORK
Furnaces, Gutters, Jobbing
Blowpipe Systems,
Air Conditioning
Phone 3750
DESKS - FILES
New and Used
mil Bur or Hell Call 113
K0KE-CHAPMAN (0.
Prlnten-Htalloners
7.1 East Broadway
iJii-
Dress Up
for Easter
... it will change your
whole outlook on life
CARDIGAN COAT In
the sottect of wool
weaves , . . ln beige,
lime, gold.
CARDIGAN SUITS
Spring's lop fashion
iuccess. In lovely
pastel tones,.
$29.95. $36.93
Gordon's
of course
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If your
for Your "Business
Working capital, in sufficient quan
tity, is the lifeblood of business. Adequate
financing is a prime factor in making
business grow. Growth . . . now
. help assure postwar success.
business requires money for expansion,
' let us discuss your plans with you.
EUGENE BRANCH
27 Branches In Oregon
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