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TWENTY YEARS AGO
John Seeley, Rollo Saylor^ Carlton
Smith. James Agostino, Royce Rich­
mond;
Mrs. P. J. Rooney, of Marshfield,
came over Monday to assist Mrs.
Bertha Smith in her office for the
next month.
At the business meeting of the Co­
quille Fire Department last evening
it was decided to stage Capt. Crum­
ley’s play, "Over the Ridge," at the
The Coquille high school finished
Liberty Theatre here next Thursday,
its year’s basket ball schedule last
March 18.
.
Friday night with a win from Marsh­
field, 14 to 11.
Insurance
TO CURB UNION RACKETEERING
Rationing restrictions are so tough
During his recent lecture under the
and so many housewives are finding
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more
extensively
the
coming
of
neith-
sponsorship of the Columbia Univer­
it difficult to buy food that congress
sity Institute of Arts and Science, ! er war should have been the shock
* wl
> is expected to insist upon some modi­
each
was
to
our
peace-loving
hearts.
William H. Davis, chairman of the
fications. Housewives are told they
In more than one respect Wallen­
War Labor Board, recommended leg-
can buy all the fresh vegetables they
¡station to curb racketeering and to stein was a prototype for Hitler. Both
'
wish but, for instance, they are being
make public the financial records ofwere unscrupulous, both were victors
asked to pay ten cents for a single to-
in many military actions, both were
recognized trade unions.
1 mato. And Oregon prunes, which
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Specifically, Mr. Davis suggested possessed of a boundless ambition
have been so plentiful that the
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that all unions certified by the gov­ and both were followers of the stars,
growers could not get rid of them,
firm
believers
in
astrology.
Whether
« j
ernment as collective- bargaining
require 20 points of the 48 monthly
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agents be required to embody in con­ Hitler has suffered the fate of Wal­
points for one pound dried.
Some­
lenstein
is
not
clear
at
present
for
stitutions provisions for the demo­
time next autumn look for milk to be
Wallenstein
was
assassinated.
He
was
cratic election of union officers. To­
rationed; evaporated milk is now al­
gether with a limitation on the terms guilty of great treachery and, though
most unobtainable.
forwarned
by
spies
of
the
plot
against
... fi
of union officials to two years, this,
Mr. Davis told his auditnee, would go his life, he met the fate of murder as
Washington, D. C., March 10—Day
far to prevent control by racketeers. forecast by his astrologer. Probably,
nurseries established by the federal
He recommended also tha^the fi- though, it is the padded cell for Hit­
government for the benefit of mothers
national records of unions certified ler.
working in war industries are being
as bargaining agencies be thrown
Mrs. Roosevelt Is on record as say­ set up in Oregon. The nurseries—
open to public inspection like the
Reversing the downward trend of
several of them in Portland—are be­
records of corporations. The "small ing it is too soon to begin thinking
the last three years, the Oregon Jan­
ing
installed
wherever
there
is
a
struggling unions” not recognized for about a -fourth term for President
uary traffic death rate in 1043 soared
Roosevelt and that talk about it stirs shortage of manpower and mothers
bargaining Mr. Davis said should be
upward to 11.5 persons killed per one
are
at
work.
Eiigene
has
already
been
political feeling and hurts war effort.
exempt from such a regulation.
hundred million miles of travel, ac­
selected, and other cities will have
Why union racketeering has been A simple, honest statement from the
cording to figures compiled by Rob­
these facilities. The major part of
permitted has been a mystery to most president that he does not choose to
ert S. Farrell, Jr., secretary of state.
run for a fourth term would do more the nursery expense is paid by the
of us for a long time. Possibly some­
In 1942, the January death rate
government but the maintenance is 4
to
stop
the
talk
than
all
the
plead
­
thing can be done about it now that
was eight; in 1941 it was 8.8 and in
expected to be borne by fees collected
the WLB head has agreed that the ings of his wife to soft pedal it for
1940 it was 9.8.
Farrell explained
from the mothers who leave their
the present.
need for its correction is so urgent.
that the traffic death rate was the
“Children in these institutions. It'is,
The burning questions of the day: said that one reason for absenteeism ’Iriie indication of the safe driving
Shall it be Early Rose or Burbanks, in war industries, which is causing 'and walking practices in traffic. The
shall it be bush or pole beans, shall much concern, is that employed moth­ rate, he said, shows the number of
it be parsnips or salsify, shall it be ers take time off to look after their persona killed in relation to the
amount of travel or exposure to ac-
crook neck or straight neck summer children and shop for the household.
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cident.
squash, shall it be cabbage or broccoli, The nurseries are presumed to over­
i “The fact that the death rate for
continual bombing of German in the little two by four garden?
come part of this absenteeism.
; the first month of this' year is up, is
The town dweller with one city lot
, proof that we cannot expect restricted
looks upon his farmer neighbor with
For the 1,598 acres in 50 tracts driving alone to take cere of our traf-
envious eyes and if this rationing is
extended much farther rural families bought by the navy department in fic accidents problem,” the secretary
will have riches money cannot buy Tillamook county for the establish- of stole said. “It is true the actual
ment of a lighter than air station, the number of persons killed this January
for the rest of us.
price is reported at $263,891. Most of —17—is lower than the toll for Jan-
this land was used by dairymen and uary of 1942 by two fatalities. But
its sale has resulted in a decreased the fact that the number of persons
milk production through disposal of killed in proportion to the mileage
the cows. These dairies were wiped ' traveled in this state is greater, shows
out. No report has been made public that we must increase our efforts to
as to cost of the land in Camp Adair, prevent these accidents.”
purchased by the army, and which
Greater concentration of motor ve-
also eliminated some dairying. The Meles in limited areas, due to war
Tillamook transaction was inserted in industries, and the use of inferior
the Congressional Record.
. equipment due to inability to obtain
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Birth Certificates
GEO. E. Oerding
at Bank Bldg.
January Trend
Was Upward
Fragment» of Fact
and Fancy
the beer with
the
Cream O’Coos Ice Cream Co. Distributors, Coquille
Hessian soldiers on American soil
proved themselves true heirs of Wal­
lenstein’s military creed. Washington
Irving in his “Life af Washington”
says that “He, (George Washington),
caculated upon the eager support of
his trodps, who were burning to re­
venge the outrages on their homes
and families, committed by these for-
to a petty despot, fighting for sordid
pay, and actuated by no sentiment of
patriotism or honor. They had ren­
dered themselves the horror of the
Jerseys, by rapine, brutality, and
ward. In the last fifty years there
has been a longer step forward and
the length of that step is increasing
with the years.
Will Carleton’s poem, “Over the
Hills to the Poor House,” could not
be written today for the reason now
we have county hospitals, widows’
pensions, old age pensions and com-
hind these relief agencies is making
‘a continuous, healthy and fruitful
i growth. Poor-houses were run on a
per head contract. County hospitals
are run on a basis of kindly, friendly
service for the occupanto of the
.home.
Thoughts tn the Night
Jesus Christ humanized Gocl
gave mankind chart, compass
Oregon state legislature was one of
many sending memorials to congress
to adopt the pay-as-you-go plan for
making ihcome tax payments.
The 1
Oregon memorial, with the others,
was turned over to the ways and
means committee where it was filed.1
It ig expected that about the middle of
July the committee may evolve some
such installment paying plan. There
is general approval of the Rumi plan,
but. most members of the committee
have ideas of their own for modifica­
tions, variations and amendments. •
¿-AwtWpirtWi»
asilors in the I
department is
extra beds. O
constructio
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