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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1941)
Coquille Valley Sentinel _____ :___ SECOND SECTION ■ Family Caused His Reclassification One of the troubles of farmers is labor. Available labor has been drafted or gone to the cities to work in plants with government orders. The selective service has ordered lo cal boards to be careful about drafting farm help, but nothing can be done about labor going to cities where wages are higher. The case involved in the following letter which l«vi L. Bunch, chairman of Coos county draft board. No. 2, sent to a Portland newspaper is so unusual that the Sentinel prints in full the letter, a copy of which Mr. Bunch handed this newspaper last Thursday afternoon: Washington, D. C, June 5—Within a few months a great aluminum plant will be built in the Columbia valley with moneys furnished by RFC and operated by the government. The en terprise will be larger than the Alcoa plant ui Vancouver or the Reynolds Metals Co. at Longview. No site has been selected, and it may be placed anywhere—Grand Coulee, Pu get Sound, or right at the site of Bonnevillle. This will be the first time that the government has ever directly invaded the aluminum in dustry, but having made up its mind, it is planning to compete in a big way. Nor is it the purpose of certain power-minded officials to close the plant when the emergency is over; they intend continuing in operation to put Alcoa out of business. More than 50 per cent of aM alum inum manufactured in the months to come will go into airplanes, with an other large percentage going to the navy as the fighting ships are equip ped to shield them against bomb div ers. A smaller amount will go to the steel industry for alloying and deox idizing purposes. What aluminum goes to commercial channels you can put in your eye; that is out, and vacu um cleaners, pots, pans, refrigerator trays will be made of something else. Thousands of massive bombers have been ordered in recent weeks. It is difficult to keep track of the air ships, so many statements have been issued, but it is possible to check through the pilots. Army air corps has been turning out 12,000 a year and this will be upped to 30,000 be ginning next month. There is a bomber pr .fighting plane, for every pilot. That gives an idea of the army air force. By next year you can stand outside any time of the day and see them droning over the house; they will be as numerous as that, and con stantly increasing in numbers, re gardless of the bombers flying in England. Back of all these, of couye, will be the aluminum plants of the northwest, for fully half of all alum inum produced will come from Bon neville-Grand Coulee power. Over advertised TV A, where much was ex pected, has almost no power and is depending on steam plants. This is a result of water shortage. This is so serious that the S S. Normandie (French ship seized by the coast guard) may be taken to Mobile and used to provide power—either that or an obsolete battleship. GOODYEAR ta fer Megera On SHELL SERVICESTATION Feeding the British is one of the major tasks assumed by the adminis tration under the lend-leaae bill. Ob servers from Britain say that the people have become accustomed to being bombed and accept it as a mat ter of course, although many are killed, but the food question is another matter. It is calculated at the present rate, unless food supplies arrive earlier, January win see the British hungry, and a hungry man cannot fight. While the administration is trying to poke the production of planes, tanks and munitions into greater activity another government agency is busy purchasing food r.nd sending it abroad. Trainloads have been sent to Atlantic ports and shipped overseas. In this field farmers of the north west are benefitting to some extent. The government put in a call lor berries, black, logan and young, but learned that there is no surplus; the canneries require every pound to fill their own orders for domestic and overseas suplies. Demand for prunes lor the British is also increasing. Growers of tomatoes have been asked by the government to increase their acreage 10 per cent, for canned toma toes have vitamins needed for Ameri can ttoota. and...Britf«11 Eugene Shore Mode A Sergeant At Chanute Field of Chanute Field whose abilities and adherence to duty warranted this honor. Eugene C. Shore, of Coquille, Ore. who was corporal at the Air Corps FOR SALE -“Farmer« Bamf" — Technical School, Chanute Field, Ill., Tank — Cows — Team — Heifer — was recently promoted to the non Posts *— Shakes — Fruit Jars — commissioned officer grade of ser Bottle Capper — Car Radio — Drag geant by order of Colonel R. E. Saw — Ducklings — Piano — See O'Neill, commending officer of the FARR ELWOOD'S “Swap While the army is reaching out for post. Shore is one of 82 enlisted men Board.” pilot material, the NYA is opening up vocational training schools in ev ery state, in every large city, teaching boys and men the use of tools; the first principles of shipbuilding, air plane making, iron work. The gov ernment is spending «150,000,000 to . * ig • i. ■ w- ' yp ■ » 7.” train men to work on ships, in air plane factories, in plants with orders for tractors, tanks and anti-aircraft guns, and to build up a reservoir of mechanics for the ground crews need ed at all airports, of which a half dozen are already established in Ore gon and Washington, with more to follow. It is being proposed that CCC and NYA be merged, as they are competing with each other for the same group of boys. Abolition of the CCC, however, is not favored in the northwest. r WATCH? ! Miss May's UMOVAL Wrecker Service New modern "Holmes Speedking' wrecker has Special Devices for Tow ing and Picking up so that your car will not be further damaged in handling —- Can Apply Daily For Licenses Townsend Clubs Townsend Club, No. *, had a very enthusiastic meeting Tuesday eve ning, with 42 members and seven visitors, four of whom came from Myrtle Point and two from Washing ton and one from Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Hatcher acted as secretary as Mrs. Collier was ill. District convention at Cottage Grove next Sunday. We hope to have several members present. Mrs. Leach was quite popular with her red sweet peas. Basket social was a real success, both fiancially and so cially. The club was fortunate in having Walter Laird present to auc tion off the baskets. Four new mem bers were added at this meeting, Howard Sieck sang a comic song, Club closed by all repeating the Townsend pledge. Come out next Tuesday evening— Press Correspondent. Coquille Townsend Club No. 2 After a short business meeting, the Townsendites enjoyed a fine program. Mrs. Murphy sang "The Night Wind" and the audience joined with her in singing “God Bless America.” Bettie Preston played "Value Caprice,” by Newland. Howard Sleek sang "Be fore and After Marriage." Mrs. Flor ence DeNaina gave a reading in cos tume, “My Sister's Best Fellow." In conclusion Mr Baker of Myrtle Point gave a splendid talk. The program was then turned over to the game committee. Mrs. Buck ner won the quiz contest; Mrs. Mc- uffin won the bean carrying contest id Miss Prejton won the spice smell - J?. 7 DAYS A WEEK NIGHT & DAY Residents in the Coquille district may obtain driver’s license renewals at temporary offices established at the City Hall in Coquille, according to an announcement from the office of Earl Snell, secretary of state. The office will be open here daily begin ning, June 7, tor the convenience of local residents who wish to renew their driver's license, due before July 1 of this year. The clerk on duty will be Mrs. J-. E. Norton. Persons who hold current driver’s licenses and who are under 70 years of age may renew their licenses by filling out the application form and paying the fee of «1.50, it was said. The only persons required to take the examination under provisions of law are persons 70 years of age and over; those who were not licensed during tne period July 1, 1939, to June 30 1941. and persons with physical disabilities. The Oregon , driver’s license examination consists of k test on the Oregon motor vehicle laws, an eye test, a test on ability to understand road signs, and the driving demonstration.' Those who are required to take the examination are advised to inquire at the local office and arrange to con tact one of the regular state license examiners in this territory. ■ Call Coquille Day 83—Night 105 green Southwestern Motors CHEVROLET & BUICK *> SALES A SERVICE COQUILLE Myrtle Point Dillard Market Phone 135 SPUDS 378 Front St WhCTeDvÄ NO. 2 50 lb. bag 49c K FA MATH CRACKEBS 3 45? GRADE "A" BUTTER 40c PARKAY 38e 2 SUNSHINE MACARONI CERTO lb. 2&c ’ol,d CABBAGE 6 lbs. 25c CANDY BARS AiiPopuiuBr«^ 3^10c PAPER NAPKINS 1 ,b NOODLES 2*“ 15c O-So-Good 15c JELLO GRAPE JUICE 1 pint bottle c—- SUNBRITE CLEANSER DEVILED MEAT GRAPEF 3'" 10c 2 — Sc CboxCtn. MATCHES IT JUICE 5C ]9c No. 2 tin |3c |QC 2 cans.. 49c OT SAUCE 3 cans 10c bunch cc Carrots, Turnips army «nd oversee» Beautiful Davenport & C uttered at SUBSTANTIAL DISCOUNT ment where delicious refreshment* were served. This measuring party gave the* club a fine start on the delegate fund. Thank you all for your generous sup port. Don't forget next Monday, June 8, our next meeting night.— Press Correspondent •» Under parity payments approved by the president, Canadians can pay four cents a bushel and dump their wheat on the American market. To prevent this destruction of a home market the president, by proclamation, has limited the amount of wheat importa tions. Canada can ship in 785,000 bushels, or all but 5.000 of the total TEN-ACRE Dairy Ranch half mile amount With parity payments of west of Coquille, on river, for sale 85 cents, and other payments, the at a bargain. Terms. See Spike is around 91 cents. Raspberries and Cherries at the lowest available prices Palmdale Coffee ^^3 lb. can 49c
