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million dollars. While the company fighting ships were finished- almost had approximately 340,000 employees aS many as were finished in the en at the end of 1942, the average num- tire year of 1942. “Our production of high explosive ber.during the year was 336,000. Now suppose these excutives were willing powder has been six times greater By George Peck to work for nothing, and the savings than during the last war. (Taken from The Sentinel of Friday, the nurse came over with him. Repeatedly in this column, I have "We have shipped to lend-lease entailed thereby were divided equal June 22, 1923) H. A YOUNG, stated my opinion on labor and labor countries almost twice as many motor ly among the 336,000 employees, it Just as we go to press we learn Being unable to secure the Tele- unions. I wish to say it again: »1 vehicles as we produced for ourselves One Year __________ . »2 00 ' graph for an excursion to Bandon that J. F. Mast, a former, resident am for organized labor. I recognize would amount to 39c per week for alone in the last war If all these Six Months.---------- ----- - -------- --- 1.00 I Sunday, when the Coquille and Ban- of this county, was killed in an au bargain col each employee. Three Months.-------------------------- .60 I don baseball teams meet for their tomobile accident between here and the right _ of __ labor to ___________ I doubt if there is a single union vehicles were parked bumper to lectively by all legitimate methods. I No subscription taken unless paid of the United States Steel bumper they would reach twice emplo; tor in advance. This rule is impera second engagement. Cliff W. Perkins Myrtle Point this afternoon. . . > .He believe, however, that this must be employee Corporation who expects those ex across North Africa.” tive. ¡done wlthout dictation, coercion, 1 made arrangements for a fare and a to a cousin of Judge R. H. Mast Mr. Byrnes went on to describe the ecutives to work without compensa half for the round trip. The Charm 0 ¡domination or interference of any remarkable achievements of Ameri tion .or who begrudges one single Entered at the Coquille Postoffice ss can take about 80 down at 9:15 in The death of Mrs. Frank A. Hol- ;mnd. I deplore the fact that a small ca's new inventions such as radar, Second Class Mail Matter. the morning and the Norma will man last Sunday afternoon was a minority of labor’s leadership is made penny of that 39e per week, any more the locator which is giving us fight-, than he begrudges a single penny of shock to Coquille citizens, many of bring them home. Without any more up of men who either are commun superiority over the Axis, the new rain there will probably be several whom had not heard of her illness. istic, or are exploiting the workers the 46c per week which the average ___ destroyer escort which is hunting union member pays into his union. autos going down for the game. It for their own selfish ends.” <— down enemy subs, and other ingen- Jean McNally, daughter of Mr. and Now, I would like to amplify that Both are essential expenses — one should be a good contest. provides the job at which he works — ious new developments Mrs F. C. McNelly, celebrated her statement a bit. I further believe II Ottqof I This tribute is paid to the same the other gets for him the largest ’ Art Berg, Wednesday morning, re fourth birthday anniversary Wednes-, that any employee is ill-advised, «Tl I I PlILIiMi American industry which the Axis ceived a consignment of eight dozen day, June 20th, with a party at her1 provided there is a well-managed possible compensation for that work. ' powers thought capable only of pro The United States Steel Corpora young Chinese pheasants which he home on the Coquille Highway. Dain- union, be it CIO, AF of L or inde- ducing refrigerators, washing ma • ••••••••• and Dr. O. E. Low and J. L. Holy ty favors marked places for the fol- pendent, at the plant that employs tion has been used as an example be chines, and other essentially peace- cause it is principally the large com cross liberated along the Marshfield lowing little guests: Helen and Ruth mm, if he does not join that union. time products. highway that morning. , • • . *, Graham, Betty and Calvin Savage, But, he himself must be allowed tp panies at which criticism has been • and Fancy Joan and Lynn Perrott, Elizabeth make that decision to join that union 'levelled because Of alleged exorbi- ’ Little did our enemies realize that of his own free will and accord, with- I Unt “Jaries P®“1 « while free American enterprise was 1 Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Skeels intend Pierce, Gretchen Neal, Patricia Peart engaged in manufacturing the every » ’ ¥ y. Interestins is most Interesting to learn that Big and Jean McNelly. leaving tomorrow morning in their out threat of reprisals if he fails to Anyone of our citizens who day conveniences which gave to the less per Steel ’ s management costs car for Eugene where their daughter. do so. , , ' i abroad early in the morning before member- American people the highest living week per worker than his Marvin Jane Hawkins entertained Miss Marvel, will receive her. diploma A well-managed, well-organized the street sweepings have been re standard in the world, it was at the Monday morning as a graduate of the the following girls at a progressive union is an essential cog in the Amer ship in the union. moved must admit Coquille lacks same time building up, the skill ahd Pit party Wednesday evening, at the ican industrial set-up! It performs a State University. something in civic pride. If a cam the know-how that are being so ef hoine of her parents on Spurgeon Hili: real service for its members—it helps Ü. 8. PRODUCTION 18 paign were started among the chil ficiently applied in the present emer OVERWHELMING The Star, one of Chas. W. Ashton’s Misses Florence and Mary Ella Cary, to assure for them reasonable wages dren against littering the sidewalks gency. fleet of river boats, was considerably Marcella and Catherine Fox, Vera , and better working conditions. As In his first speech since he was and pavements with trash, it might damaged by fire Saturday; the cabin Fortier, Jean Young, Phyllis Me- no service worthy of the name can named Director bf the newly formed Calling cards, ov ror »1.00 be possible for our down town section Curdy, Pauline and Grace Ellingsen 1 be performed without cost to the re Office of War Mobilization, James F. being burned. to have a neater appearance at all and Gloria and Beatrice Getz. I cipients of that service, it naturally Byrnes, presented some conclusive times. As for adults, however, it to Jos. Achenbach, who has been at follows that members of a union must figures on overwhelming production. hard to teach an old dog new tricks Erling Brauti, who has been with 1 pay reasonable weekly or monthly the Umpqua Hotel in Roseburg since “The 100,000th plane manufactured so a certain amount of paper, wrap- SO a certain “"'uunl OI■ J**"’. W™P" hjt ,troge of paralysis early last the Fuhrman’s Pharmacy here for the 1 dues into their union. Union leaders since we began our war production ' who successfully manage the affairs program came off the assembly line 7„ •“ >“• fn«1" H“<h «.rtoeker -"d ■< IbUnd, ta,v!n, ! of the union are entitled to fair, rea today,” he said. WE PHOTOGRAPH * ” ■ J. S. Barton drove out to get him and for there before the first of the month. sonable compensation for the duties “During the year, we will double they perform. tlie size of our fleet. There has been much condemnation Somewhere between 150,000 and The employee, who in the face of “In the month of May this year we BABY’S PICTURE of those who thronged the shoe stores 200,000 acres will be required for the every evidence that the union at his produced three times as many pieces just prior to the expiration of their project which, it is thought, like the plant is really doing a helpful, con of artillery for ground troops as we FAMILY GROUPS first shoe coupon. It is entirely Yakima plant, will be erected for the structive job on behalf of the em did in all nineteen months of the last plausible that many if not a majority manufacture of powder. The site ployees collectively of that plant, war. of these shoppers, along with other Old Photographs will be fairly close to the big ammu and who refuses to pay for his fair “We are building merchant ships members of their families, would need Restored nition dump located just outside share of the cost of maintaining that four times as fast as they are being more than one pair of shoes apiece Hermiston. Ore. The Hermiston am union is, to put it mildly, lacking sunk. in the next four months; this is surely munition igloos can store the entire in appreciation, team-work and pub “America has turned out 2,225,000 true of growing children. The other output from both the Yakima plant lic spirit -but, we again repeat, he machine guns since it began to re excuse for the bdyers’ stampede is and the proposed new one. Huge must not be forced to join. arm. that.many people do not enjoy war quantities of water are necessary for Granting that unions are essential “In 1943's first five months 100 I time high wages and that it was dif such manufacturing and the Colum to the workers, and that they should ficult to find the money for the pur bia river answers that requirement.' be supported financially by the chase of footwear until' the shoes This particular region has only a few workers, it is not equally as reason were really needed. inhabitants and the majority ot the able that workers should be willing land is owned by the government. that fair compensation be paid to the It's a great morale builder: to Wide open spaces are needed for management of the company, which find John L. Lewis is more powerful lnforT^ such manufacturing, and both aides keeps it operating on an even keel, than the government of the United' pultico, here on other business, has some interesting things to say con of the Columbia river meet such re thus providing the jobs? For^JMhe States! cerning the political complexion of quirement. company is not operated successfully, his home state. It has been known it goes out of business, throwing all In a recent interview with Henry Prior to July 15 high school grade of its employees out of work And Ford, as published by a current mag tor some time that the G. O. P. forces us tea in Washington and Oregon who no union official, no matter how azine, it was revealed that he and in the state ot Washington has been desire to enter West Point or Annap smart, can bargain with a defunct grooming the dynamic and popular President Woodrow Wilson during olis should file their request with company for reasonable wages and the first world war took a pledge to youthful Eric A. Johnson, of Spokane, their congressman in Washington, improved working conditions for his president of the United States cham read a chapter in the Bible every D. C. A book of instructions rela men. __ —— day and that for a quarter of a ber of commerce, as dheir best bet tive to requirements of each institu- So twould seem that two things to capture the senate^aept of Demo century this has been his habit. Win However, our in- tion together with other information are essential to a worker in connec ston Churchill has been quoted in the crat Homer Bone. last few weeks as saying that there formant says a large group of prom will be sent the applicants to en tion with his job—his union and the able them to prepare fror the prelim successful management of his com are too many books and placed the inent democrats will attempt to per inary examination on August 1. Rep. pany. Both render service to him and suade ex-Govemor Clarence Martin Bible and Shakespeare as the founda Fred Norman of the Third Washing both must be paid. tion for any man’s reading. We all to try to snatch the party nomination ton district- has announced that ex The United States Steel Corpora know the Bible was Abraham Lin from Senator Bone next year. This aminations for appointment to West tion recently issued its annual state politico further predicts that if ex coln's main textbook. Thus four great Point and Annapolis will be held Au ment for 1942. It reveals that the to men have been unanimous on the Governor Martin to successful in such gust 21 at Aberdeen, Chehalis, Long- tal compensation paid to all of the a race, and assuming that Eric John value of the Sacred Book and, as View, Olympia, Raymond, Vancouver executives of that company, receiv Henry Ford intimates, a passage from son did get the G. O. P. nod, the pic and other centers which may later be ing 810,000 or more a year during ture might change to a considerable the Bible, a hymn and a prayer at the designated. Oregon towns where 1942, was 86,947,746, less than one start of every school day is a cus degree. Martin would make material examinations will be held will also be per cent of its total payroll of 738 inroads on the republican vote, says tom we should never have outgrown. our friend, and would probably de announced. Any high school grad teat young Eric Johnson. But on uate meeting the scholastic and phys Did you know: the other hand, should Senator Bone ical requirements to eligible for nom That the bayonet was named for capture the nomination, he figures ination as a principal or alternate as Following the city of Bayonne in France, where Johnson will defeat him. He also midshipman or cadet. soldiers at Louis XIV first affixed the predicts that some of the democratic formal nomination by the congress congressmen who went down to de man the boys will undergo exhaus blade to the end of their muskets' feat last year will again toss their tive physical and iftental examina That Sicily has been visited twice hats in the ring against the incum tions to prove their qualifications. by terrific earthquakes in the past bents, who are expected to seek re Boys who will not graduate from « two hundred and fifty years? In the election. Governor Langley will have high school until June, 1944, are nev earthquake of 1893 the number of ertheless eligible for the preliminary a. hard time to again capture the people killed was placed at 60,000 and in 1908 the deaths were listed | G. O. P. nomination, continues the examination and for nomination for politico, and if he does the governor appointment to West Point or An at 76,483 in the earthquake that will have a still tougher time defeat napolis for the term starting July 1, visited Sicily and southern Italy, i ing a good democratic nominee. He 1944. Both the candidates and their Possibly some-of the residents there is also of the opinion that the demo parents, under the regulations, must would now prefer a convulsion of the 1 cratic national committee will exert be bonafide residents of the district earth’s surface and the eruption of considerable effort in both Oregon in which they apply for the prelim- Mt. Etna to the catastrophe they are and Washington in behalf of con-1 inary examination. being subjected to by allied bombs. ' gressional candidates. The bourbon | ----- -—• TWENTY YEARS AGO • Cost To Labor Of Monagemént Fragments of Fact and Fancy Coquille Studio ex “* The per capita income payment in hi«h «,rnmand fe*> ’ th«* «M Oregon in 1940 was »378. Mercy on *v*ral -eate to their side of the aisle from the northwest. us, some one else must have paid a major portion of ours and we did not The president has until Friday even know It. night to sign, file without his sig- When one looks at the pictures of nature or veto the Connally-Harness lhe wearers at soot-suits one can anti-strike bill. Opinions were about only hettrv« that the fashion arose evenly divided on his action until among youths who were compelled lasl Sunday, when the coal mhftrs to wear the cast-off clothing of larger for the third time began walking out men. Boys so humiliated probably «8»*n Now the prognosticators pre found comfort in banding together,. diet he will sign the bill. Public just as misery loves company, and opinion, they point out, will force thus the style was set and a gang of such a move although the president hoodlums created. Minor crimes led may not have wanted to. Telegrams to greater ones probably as the in- from Jabor leaders in both Oregon » Stele Fair Canceled As AW To w„ Effor( Oregon will have no state tyür in 1943, the state director of agriculture, E. L. Peterson, announced following an executive meeting, the first semi annual session of 1943, with the state board, of agriculture in Salem June 18, when the matter was discussed from all angles and unanimous agree ment reached that the war demands that all efforts on the part of agricul ture be directed toward the produc tion of food. Old papers 5e a bunah. wanted! Men And Women Who Are Hard Of Hearing try have flooded* the White House, pelled them to assert themselves. Inci —Along this same line we have often urging him to veto the bin. northwest congressmen, observed that al) children at one dentally, stage or another of their development like others, are getting “hail Colum To make this simple, no risk hear become self-assertive to the point of bia" on the one hand and highest ing test. If you are temporarily deaf impudence but the child with a praise on the other for their vote on ened, bothered by ringing buzzing head noises due to hardened or ooagu- stable home environment where gra the measure. <c««-uman), try the Ourine cious manners are taught by example Home Method test that so many say t The south bank of the Columbia has enabled them to hear well again more than by precept, quickly out I grows the “smarty” age and feels river east of Arlington may be se You must hear better after making this simple ____ test or you get your money no need to meet the public with a lected by the army engineers as the_______ back at once. Ask about Ourine Ear site of another large mystery plant. Drops todav" at 1 Barrow Drug Co. chip on hie shoulder. f= i f ■r ' 0 J