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THE COQUILLE VALUT MENTINE!- COQUILLE, OKKOON, THURSDAY, MAY 27. IMS.
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The Sentinel
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TWENTY YEARS AGO
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Weekly Letter From Washington, D ,c.
BY CONGRESSMAN HARRIS ELLSWORTH
| (Taken from The Sentinel of Friday,
May 25, 1923)
The Soldiers’ Memorial service will
be held at the Liberty Theatre Sun
day morning, May 27, at 11 o’clock.
Rev. W. S. Smith will be chairman
and Rev. H. E. Roaseel will preac|> the
I sermon. Mr. Leslie will nave charge
of the music.
of the Glendale, Oregon, high school
for a year or so after he graduated
from the University. The'state De
partment book entitled “Peace and
War," the story of our foreign policy
during the past decade, was prepared
under his direction—he wrote most of
it. I asked him to tell me why under
the sun that book is called a "white
paper.’’ He said he really did not
know—that the term was not used
by the State Department. I was re
lieved to have that information be
cause 1 hate to see our government
adopting the diplomatic Jargon of
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The following is the fist of the .
eighth grade graduates from Coquille, Washington, D. Cn May 22.—It' how he was sorely disappointed over
school district: Clara Bean, Alice seemed to me that most of the mem- his committee assignments his first
Collier, Alta Belie Elwood. Grace i bers of Congress were pretty well term but was later able to climb on
Horner, Edward Johnson, Thelma 1 pleased with Prime Minister Wirutton up the seniority scale. We will not
Nelson, Roy Shuck, Kathleen Vowell, , Churchill’s speech Wednesday They discuss pending legislation, nor did
Ollie Gisholt, James Agostino, Royce . certainly gave him a fine applause we discuss affairs' of state. It was
Richmond, Blanche Jorgensen.
when he was ushered in and when he was a social visit—I was curious to
finished speaking . < hurchiti is a have first-hand knowledge about the
Entered at the Coquille Postotfiee as
Mrs. Karl Leslie came in Monday short built, rolly-polly man with a man who (for the next 18 months^at
Second Claas Mail Matter.
Four thousand copies of the "Mi from Milton, Ore., where she and Earl I ready and mischievous smile. He evi least) handles our relations with for
kado’s Messenger" have been issued spent the past school year
dently likes to move around a lot eign governments.
from the Sentinel press thia week,
My visit with Mr. Hull came about
while speaking. A space about six
Week’s highlights:
Rumi Plan
advertising the "Mikado," which Is
John Miller. Arthur Ellingson, F. C. feet in diameter was cleared on the this way: Carlton'W. Savage, a for
failed again—this time by eight votes.
to be produced at the Liberty Theatre Hudson and E. M. Gallier, of Bandon, speaking platform Just beneath the mer class-mate of ‘ mine at the Uni
Still pending. Several appropriation
here next Monday and Tuesday eve went out to Winchester, just north of Speaker’s roatrm. An enormous bat versity of Oregon, is one of Mr. Hull’s
bills passed—but by the time the com
Roseburg, last Friday evening .
nings May 28 and 29.
tery of microphones was arranged confidential assistants. Savage has
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mittees get through screening them
and brought home about 400 pounds along the desk normally used by the been in the State Department for the
there is nothing much to do with
At the meeting of the city council of Chinook Sunday afternoon.
clerk when he calls the roll. Churchill past 15 years. I have seen him sev
them on the floor of the House but
j Monday evening the dog question
stood far back from the mikes. He eral times since I have been here.
pass them. Things are quieting down .
I held the boards for about air hour.
Coquille people during the recent had a manuscript on the desk be The other day Carlton called me up
and there is general talk of a recess
Salvation Army drive, contributed neath them—pulpit height—and ap and suggested I come down and look
during July and Auguit.
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and Fancy
J. S. McEwen, one of the oldest the .sum of $360.
peared to read from it moat of the over the State Department, and that
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residents of Coquille, passed away at
time, although how he could read, he would arrange an appointment
We carry a complete line of V-
The following is the list of players typewriting at the distance he was With the Secretary for me—which he
The dog-poisoner is at large again. his home on Spurgeon Hill at one
Belta for all makes of Refrigerators,
signed
up
for
Coquille
baseball
team
standing
from
the
desk
is
beyond
me.
.o
’
clock
Wednesday
morning.
.
.
He
did.
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This criminal is treading a dangerous.
Washing Machines and other equip
this season: Carl King, Carl Gilbert, My impression is that he was almost j
path because sometime a young child was born Mar. 14, 1836.
Carlton Savage was born and ment. Washer Service Co., 385 W.
Arthur
Berg,
Carl
Turns,
Rodney
constantly
in
motion
—
always
mak-
I
may be the victim and more than the
Front,. Coquille. Phone.
16tf$
At one o’clock this morning one of Smith, Gordon Slade, Howard Hob* ing a step or two forward and then | raised in Oregon.' He was principal
finger of suspicion will be pointed
our oldest citizens passed away when son, William Fortier, Harry Oerding, back. Quite evidently wise to the i
at him or her. We speak of this Joseph H. Bledsoe died at his home I Kid Cafson, Harry Dement, Cliff Per-
t
ways of radio broadcasting, he did i T
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low-grade moron indefinitely as if
not move form side to side but' kept I
here after a short illness.
.
1 kins. •
the owners of the poisoned pets
always squarely in front of the mike
were -unsure of the sex of the sneak
battery.
who feeds strychnine to their dogs. tivity or possibly we should go to the explained that Kiska could be re-
Several Senators have expressed
othsr
extreme
and
say
we
would
feel
'
taken
from
the
enemy
whenever
it
Instead, people of a small town know
one another pretty well and there | like the old darky, dressed up in her [was necessary by paying the price. dissatisfaction with Prime Minister
Churchill’s assurances regarding help
is usualy only one person In a neigh best bib and tucker who, when asked The assumption is that this may be
in the Pacific. I doubt if it would
where
she
was
going,
answered:
‘
Tse
considered
the
opportune
time
to
borhood deemed capable of such a
clean out the Japs and remove that have been practical for him to have
already been where I’s gwine."
nefarious act.
obstacle on the road to Tokyo. All in said much more than he did, but I
The killer of pete is lacking in I
We have secured additional Body Mechanics, so we are in
all, the general picturi of the Pacific am glad to have constant emphasis
mentality If he—or she—thinks the
a position to take immediate care of all Auto Painting
looks as though Unde Sam will be placed upon the necessity for aggres
cloak of anonymity coven his—or
increasing his forces in that theatre sive action against the Japs. We
her— deeds. Wo are all what we are
and Body Work
and put forth a strong effort before Pacific Coast people know the im
and no one need think our associates
portance
of
knocking
those
monkeys
the year’s end although, at the same
cannot size us up correctly, whether
time, throwing most of his strength out before they got too well con
we be murderers at heart, saints or
into
Europe to engage the Germans. solidated. Washington and the East
the average run-of-the-mill citizens.
generally is getting Pacific-minded
in a'big way, which is moat encourag
David
Nites,
one
of
the
six
assist
The Germans have been guilty of
ants of the president with “a passion ing.
so many black crimes, it is strange
Edward, Duke of Windsor, and his
for anonymity," is charged with be
that one more shocks us but the tak
ing the man to handle the under charming wife, Wally, along with a
ing of General Giraud’s daughter and
cover campaign for a fourth term for group of notables, sat in the gallery
his four grandchildren from Tunis
Mr. Roosevelt and that Postmaster Just above and back of me. I tried
to the Eropean continent makes us
General Frank Walker is only the to keep from turning and staring at
want to call down the wrath of God
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“front." Mr. Niles is the man who, them but, hang it, I had never Seen
upon the monsters in human flesh
when in the department of commerce an ex-king of England before, to I
who do this.
Washington, D. C„ May 28—Two
There were top-ranking officers, consequences of the war production with Harry Hopkins, ignored the guess I did quite a bit of gazing. Ed
there were ' valuable technicians,1 announcement that there Is now Democratic party organization in ward, bland and washed-out looking,
•here were strong soldiers, whom the , ! enough industrial alcohol on hand to Oregon and turned over the patron is not an impressive person. But.
age foF taking the 1940 census to the Wally! She certainly is attractive.
Nazis could have evacuated instead meet all requirements
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through 1944
of a helpless woman and tittle chil- """f^^nter^’to O^gon.’rirat, Commonwealth Federation and in Dressed limply in a dark blue outfit
WITH AN AUTO PUBLIC LIABILITY AND
formed western Democrats that no and with very little "make-up,” the
dren.
is the statament that because of this
PROPERTY
DAMAGE INSURANCE POLICY
Duchess
was
not
in
the
least
spectacu
one
who
was
not
a
100
percent
new
From the start Hitler has used ample supply the previously an
Written Through the office of
the love of one relative for another nounced plans for five new grain al dealer had a right to a place on the lar <n appearance. The entire assem
bly cheered the Duke and Duchess
to gain his ends. To overcome op cohol plants have been deferred, thus federal payroll.
long and loud both when they entered
position from those not subjugated, putting a quietus to Arlington's hope
he has often threatened harm and that it would secure such a plant;
Apparently acting only as indi and when they departed. Duke Ed
torture to their loved ones who are and, second, the prospect that distil viduals, a super-cabinet has been de- wards stood at the top of the step«
and made numerous bows in ac
within his power.
leries will be permitted to resume, ' veloped in the White House with the knowledgment of the applause.
This barbarous use of hastes«« for 60 days the production of whiskey, full approval of the president. This
may be as old as war itself but civ the growing scarcity of which war cabinet consists of Harry Hop
ilized nations long since ceased to brought about rationing in Oregon kins (Harry the Hop), Judge Sam
Yesterday morning I had the pleas
countenance it
It was when we and a threat that the state's old-age Rosenman (Sammy the Rose), Bhr- ure of spending nearly an hour alone
were struggling with Caesar’s Com pension set-up would be disturbed. ney Baruch, Jimmy Byrnes, office with Secretary of State Cordell Hull
Installment Payments Without Intereat
mentaries in the original that we first
Revenue derived from the sale of al of stabilization, and Admiral William in his great office in the homely old
A whole year for holders of “A” Ration Cards
appreciated the meaning of the word, coholic beverages through state- H. Leahy. Their meeting place is at State Department Building. Mr. Hull
*‘B” and “C” Cards a trifle higher
hostage. We cannot remember much owned stores has been the principal 1600 Pennsylvania avenue. To their is one of America’s distinguished citi
of that long-ago study but we do ra- source of this fund and the demand presenoe are summoned top drawer zens, an interesting conversationalist
Service also given on
call sensing the cruelty of the Bomans upon it was increased by action of the officials to be questioned and given and a mighty friendly man.
The
in demanding the young sons of the
last legislature in increasing month instructions. Although these five Secretary is 72 years of age, is vig
Helvetians as hostages. After two
men have no authority, they manage orous, keen and alert. He served in
ly allowances for the oldster.
thousand years it would seem that
and all other insurance and I heartlv solicit
Ever since the grain alcohol pro to be shaping some of the politics and the Congress for nearly a quarter of
humanity should have advanced be gram was initiated Arlington has decisions and impose their will upon a century, more than 15 years as a
youi patronage
yond the practices of Julius Caesar in
been an active candidate as a site supposed “big shots.” No one has member of the House. He told me of
spreading “kultur” of that day by
for one of these plants to handle sur resisted the decisions of the unofficial his experiences as a “freshman”—
the sword, but no. Hitler and his
plus wheat grown in the state and for war cabinet as yet and, if given time,
gang could give pointers to all the
a time the prospect that it would be they may be able to straighten out
oppressors of the past for they have
some of the discord and jealousies
selected was highly encouraging.
reverted to an age of barbarism more
now so rampant in the numerous al
cruel than any of recorded history.
phabetical agencies of the govern
Independent merchants in Oregon ment.
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Last Friday, May 21, marked the engaged in the sale of foodstuffs are
sixteenth anniversary of Lindbergh’s protesting to their congressman, in
Here’s Another Suggestion
arrival at Pari« after his epochal dividually, against the latest order
For
Control Of Dogs
flight across the Atlantic ocean. His of office of price administration fix
ing
a
higher
ceiling
for
them
than
From
Evanston, Illinois, the follow
plane, "The Spirit of St. Louis,” now
on display at Smithsonian Institute for the operators of chain stores. ing item appeared recently in a San
in Washington, D. C„ bears little re They resent the intimation that they Francisco paper. It is passed along
semblance to the aircraft of today. are unable to compete and blame the to the Coquille city council as a pos
Indeed, the development of air OPA for creating the impression that sible, means of eliminating the dog
travel may be the _ outstanding their prices are higher than those menace to gardens in Coquille;*
Evanston residents looked forward
achievement at the twentieth century. charged by the chains. Such discrim
It was Just a score of years ago this ination by an agency of the govern to a tiresome summer of dog walking
spring that newspaper writers were ment is declared to be unjust and that today.
The city council last night passed
agog over the flight of two army avi it operates to their injury.
One of the letters of protest, which an ordinace making dogs guilty of
ators from Long Island to San Diego
In one day, from noon of the first is a sample of many received from trespassing if they walk on a neigh
day to noon of the second day, mak the state, doses with this statement: bor’s lawn, and owners may be fined
ing the 2700 miles in 27 hours. It "We are called upon to buy bonds, from |5 to 8200, depending on the
was termed incredible, miraculous, solicit for Red Cross funds, take our dog’s behavior while trespassing,
The ordinance has a patriotic basis
wonderful and unthinkable. Fifteen part in civilian defense, and carry
yean later, in 1938, a pilot cut down the load of community activities, and —dogs invading Victory gardens
the time of the transcontinental we do not like to be discriminated would be harmful to'the war effort.
against by our government officials
flight to ten hours.
One dog fancier, who thought dogs
The speed of the fastest aircraft whom we are supposed to stand be- i should not be subjected to such con-
now in use is a military secret, al- j hind.” OPA price ceilings effective | fining man made laws was ejected
though that of the mosquito bombers 4 as of May IS permit a differential of from the city council’s chambers
which carry the mail from England to from two to four cents between in when she objected too strenuously.
Berlin and keep the residents of that dependent and chain stores presum
city awak^ night after night, are re ably on the assumption that the latter
President Roosevelt has proclaimed
ported to travel faster than four hun are able to undersell. This assump June 14th as Flag Day. Every house
dred miles an hour.
Is It incon tion, the protests declare, “is not only hold should hang out the American
Pims
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of Fact
Body and Auto
Painting
Southwestern Motor Co.
Effective as of June 9th, 1943
Safety Financial Responsibility Law
ProtectYourself
SEO. E. OERDING
at the low rate of $14.00
In Oregon Auto Insurance Co.
Real Estate, Birth Certificates
stance, they might leave New York
at nine o’clock in the morning and
reach Portland at the same hour; in
fact it would be nine o'clock all
across the continent as their shadow
fell on the towns, valleys and moun
tains they passed over.
If the speed of an airplane ever ex
ceeds that of the sun, then we feel
that we are on the threshold of un
derstanding Einstein's theory of rela-
set con
ing that independent stores cannot sisting of a Flag, a Jointed pole and
compete.”
The protests are being bolder for 83 00 complete, at Nor
filed with OPA, but it remains to be ton's.
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seen whether any action will be
taken
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Regarded as a straw in the wind of
what the future holds for the Jap
anese is the retaking of Attu island
and the reputed bombing of Kiska
in the Aleutians. High command has
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