Mrs. Fred Scheer left Monday
morning for Arcata, Calif., to be with
her daughter, Mrs. K. O. Stockhoff,
who is to undergo e major operation
1 been enlisted in the hopes of locating Wooton declared.
'many registrants now listed as de
It was also intimated that regis
linquent'but whose delinquency was trants could expect increased activity
probably unintentional and cunaisteJ upon tiie part of law enforcement of
Arthur M. Fish, former Coquille and i chiefly of forgetting to report a ficers to investigate persons between
Coos county resident, and who was change of address to local boards. 18 and 65 who tailed to carry regis
for a time a game warden In the coun ¡Only by immediately contacting local’ tration certificates. Persons 18 to 45
ty, has been calling on old friends boards can registrants suspected of must not only carry with them the
here this week.
He brought hia ' delinquency hope to clear themselves, registration certificate but also a no
mother down to Marshfield last Sat he pointed out.
tice of classification if they have been
Notices of delinquency have been regitsered for six months or more.
urday from hia home In Vancouver,
'Wash., and is spending a ten days’ sent to 8,467 Oregon registrants since
In connection with the new re
vacation in Coos county.
Mr. Fish the beginning of Selective Service quirement that a registrant have no
is now In the sheet metal and heating ! operations, but 1515 of this number tice of classification in his possession,
business in Vancouver and says it ig cleared themselves with local boards Colonel Wooton urged registrants be
one of the busiest cities in Washing i without being reported to the United tween 18 and 45 to obtain duplicate
States District Attorney, The bal classification notices from Local
ton.
ance includes 752 registrants listed boards if the originals have been last.
•s delinquent but not yet reported to All registrants have been classified
tlie United States District Attorney with the exception of the 18-year olds
and 1,200 who were reported to that who registered during the latter part
j official. Of the 1,200 reported to the of December
United States District Attorney, 709
were either cleared or prosecuted and
See our largi display of choice pot
491 cases are pending.
Laf-a-Let Club ,
plants
at Bergen's, across highway
Beginning February 1, delinquent
The Laf-a-Lot
club met last
from telephone office.
Not the
registrants
can
expect
law
enforce
Thursday at the home of Mrs. O. K.‘
cheapest
but
the
best.
Phone
64.
s
Rakestraw of Fishtrap. Attending ment officers to “crack down hard”
lit
was
indicated
by
Colonel
Wooton.
were Mesdames George Qilmin, Cora
Mackey, W. E. Cross arid Huldah El “In time of war even unintentional Chadwick Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
•
«
lingson,
shirking of a prime duty of ctlizen-
Special communication Chadwick
shlp la reprehensible, and a deliberate Lodge No. 68, Ai F. A A. M, Friday.
Mr. and Mts. Geo. Chaney and attempt to evade service for the na January 29. Work in M. M. degree.
George Jr., left last Sunday for a trip
tion cannot be condoned." Colonel
R. C. Johnson, W. M.
to southern California.
To Crack Down On
Willful Selective
>
Seryice Delinquents
Start of a campaign to locate for
compliance or prosecution all Oregon '
registrants listed by local boards as!
delinquents was announced by Col-'
onel Elmer V. Wooton, state director 1
of Selective Service, following a can-’
ference with United States District
Attorney Carl C. Donaugh and repre
sentatives of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. ’*
Willful violators of the Selective
Training and Service Act can expect
speedy prosecution and stringent
penalties, United States District At
torney Donaugh has assured the state
director. Maximum penalty under
the act is five years in prison or $10,-
000 fine, or both.
Although willful violators of the
act can expect no leniency. Colonel
Wooton indicated that registrants who
had become delinquent only through
unintentional neglect to notify local
board? of change of address or other
unintentional minor infractions of the
law would receive less stringent treat -
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Lumber Production
On West Coast
The weekly average of West Coast
lumber production in 1942 was 168,-
327,000 board feet, in comparison
with weekly production average of
166,232,000 b. f. for 1941.
Weekly
average of production in December
(S weeks) was 118,316,000 board feet,
or 61.3 per cent of estimated capacity.
Orders averaged 141,535,000 b. f.;
shipments 139,966,000. Weekly aver
ages for November were: Production,
154,450,000 b. f. (78.4 per cent of the
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THE LIST OF THE 1Û BEST OF 1942.
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