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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1942)
: W x ■...............■ Rivertort News Seventeen pounds of salvaged kitchen fat provide enough glycerine to fire 85 anti-tank «hell*. T he Town P ump innrrflrd to mor e than ten million« the last quarter oF 1941 and double this in the second quarter of 1942. Of the nearly $62,- 000,000 increase in manufacturing, about half was in basic and finished lumber production. Construction made the greatest proportionate gain, more than doub ling its pay roll, mainly because of the Hermiston job. With canton ments, air fields, shipyards munitions dumps and other war-time plants under construction, this industry may hit a new high in 1942/ Here are the comparisons in the main pay roil divisions. Agriculture, forestry and fishing $ 830,663 $ 1,190,360 Mining - - 2,737,371 3,276,188 Construction 11,606,356 25,424,467 Manuf’turing 113,813,047 175,587,010 Communication A utilities 28,356,404 31,457,980 Wholesale, retail trade - 70,180,612 85,603,580 Finance, realty 10,002,308 12,338,356 Service - 16,048,533 20,356,030 YOUR STANDARD SffiVlCl MAN Today! School Patrols - Reduce Accidents HOW TO PREPARE A BLACKOUT ROOM! Plenty of BEER... Plenty of BOTTLES ..SHORTAGE OF CAPS! Buy ,he party size < ' , Quart and y Gal|on bottles of acme befr / whenever Possible' / / WAR SAVINGS bonds • stamps CREAM O’COOS ICE CREAM CO. Coquille Distributors
