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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1950)
I PAGE SIX C o q u ille V a l l e y S e n tin e l C O Q U IL L E , O REG ON $2 JULY 13. 19M. NEW SPAPER \ k PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATION then you must be ready to give aid and your form a separate country o f the imaginative creativeness in our great strug southern h alf o f the country. The gle. Republic of Korea (th e territo ry It means but one thing. Added diligence in south of the 38th p a ra lle l) was securing more and more educational training form ally formed December 12, in this year to come, next year, and the next 1948. I t was recognized by our possibly will be the greatest gift you can government on January 1 and make to your country, to your fellow man, shortly thereafter by most o f the United Nation members. M ea n and to yourself. With each war more leaders w hile, the Russian government had are needed, and leaders today are at a premi ordered the iron curtain dropped um. The best citizen today is very likely the at the 38th parallel. I f the sur man who does the toughest job of all—stays' prise move by force is successful in school and prepares to take on the tougher] in Korea I th in k w e m ay expect a jobs of leadership when a country calls sim ilar operation in G erm any. It him. m ay be that the Korea a ffa ir is a •OOTHWESTERN OREGON’S LARGEST WEEKLY A n Independent Paper Dedicated to the Development of Southwestern Oregon Surprise In Korea? War is always a shock when it comes nearer; and the Korean outbreak was no ex Entered at the post office a t Coquille, Oregon, ception to the-American people. They were as 2nd-class m atter under A ct of Congress of shocked, excited, stunned, that war could M arch 3, 1830. suddenly be so close. R i lph P. S tu ller M . D . Grimes Surprise in Korea? Well, not exactly. Publishers Thinking people have pointed to the possibil ity of war for the past five years. The dis Ralph P. S tu ller ----------------------------Editor cussions of our weak and vaccilating foreign W. C. Pritch ard _ — Advertising M anager policy have pointed to the open invitation we Elian N e s b itt__ ; ..Society Editor issued thq aggressor nations to attack. But W. H . O rtm an _ M echanical Supt. . . when the guns started booming jn M. D. G rim e s __ Linotype Operator Korea, we were shocked in the realization Loo C a l l _______ _________ Pressman that what we had considered as a very real Xaode A. Riddle --------------------- Job Printer possibility, was now an actuality. Surprise in our nation’s condition? Perhaps that would be what is running through the Progress Again Comes minds of our people now more than anything else. The lack of a war machine to back up We would say that in our humble opinion strong words. And it is evident that marked progress continues to play its benign our while we were doing lots of talking about de smile upon our thrifty and prosperous com fense military expenditures, our high munity, and despite the rumblings of the officials and were little to prepare us to C. of C. of our neighboring cities, Coquille fight a war if doing and when we are attacked. shall lead the world. Yes, that more than actual warfare in Korea This week marks the completion of the is what has surprised us. The evident mis Myrtle Lane Drive-In Theatre, a fine and management of our military preparedness by complete outdoor theatre which Lloyd Claver our highest defense authorities. and Orville Wood have readied for the recre Now it comes that we must face realistical ation of the people of Southern Coos coqnty. It is a fine theatre, in fact one of the finest ly the next move of Russia and her satellites. in the Northwest, and you should make it a What she will do is a question, or rather a point to visit it when it opens next Tuesday. series of questions. Come the winter fog and It represents confidence in this area, a sure she could attack our Berlin. She could take regard for the people of Coos county, and a over the far-eastern oil fields which we have desire to give the residents of this growing brought to a height of industrial capacity. She could attack Formosa, and Indo-China. valley the finest in entertainment. Through some inept and unrealistic out In Coquille proper on Saturday the new Stevens Hardware building will open, look on the world from Washington, we ap housing the Stevens Hardware company and pear to be in the position of “watching and in another space the McClary Appliance com waiting.” We should not allow Congress to sleep as pany store. This building done in the latest, most modern fashion is a real asset to the peacefully as they have in the past five years. community. Designed for beauty, it also is We should demand that Congress unite on a designed to give added service to the com non-partisan military policy and do away with petty political pettyfogging. munity. We congratulate Orville Wood, Lloyd ~It is true that the United States of America Claver, Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Stevens and the could be standing on the verge of a struggle in which we will enter a life and death battle1 McClary Appliance company. with a ponderous, evasive enemy. The clock hands point to a much later hour Get Your Training than even the most critical had imagined. It is time right now to do something about This is for the high school lads who, flirting the struggle between Democracy and com with that magical age of 18, are prone to munism. And for a first step we would say imagine, and with all the right in the world that a non-governmental board of examiners too, that they are the chosen group of this be set up for loyalty investigations. After all, era of guns and planes and mortars and government defense is top secret work. We tanks, and warfare. need to rout the liberal left-wingers who may Yes, you are America and the America that have communistic sympathies from our gov we who are older like to think of in our ernment. silent contemplative moments. You are our Second, we would side with Senator Robert reason for doing many things that would be Taft in saying that Secretary of State tiresome and come in the category of drudg Acheson’s usefulness is long over-lived. His ery were it not that you are 17 and 18 and bumbling double-talk and meaningless child are so expectant and so clear-eyed. ishness have shown that he is no longer a But . . . being 18 or nearly so . , . there leader capable of standing up for our country is more to be done than getting into the and our 150,000,000 Americans who, many of nearest uniform. Our nation may face a them, may be caleld upon for the supreme battle to survive, and if that becomes true, sacrifice. House of Representatives passed j the extension of Selective Service for another year w ith only f o u r , dissenting votes. The tax b ill also^ was passed by an overw helm ing) m ajority. I f the m ilita ry situation ' F ro m T h e S en tinel Files of 20 Years Ago becomes more serious, the Senate may pigeon-hole the tax b ill which calls for repeal or reduction of (T aken from The Sentinel of F r i Bandon over the holidays. The numerous w a r excise taxes. day, Ju ly 11, 1930) Loggers won Saturday’s game, 8-5; A new corporation, the Coquille had lost on Friday, 12-11, and won The trouble in Korea is a mess Lum ber company, w ith directors, on Sunday, 10-7. of our own making. The fact that D . D. H all, J. Arthur) Berg, W. H. the United Nations organization Mansell, George W. Bryant, C. D. James Aaron Wilson, small son endorsed our errors does not lessen W alker, Dennis M cC arthy and James Hobson, has an option on of M r. and Mrs. Levi Wilson, cel our responsibility. Here, very b riefly, is the K o the old E. E. Johnson m ill. They ebrated his th ird birthday an n i- plan to start operations next yersary Thursday, Ju ly 10th. Those rean story: U n til liberated by the ‘ invited to the p arty w ere Betty month. defeat of Japan in W orld W ar I I Buckingham, Bobby Simpson, the Koreans had suffered • 40 Richard and B illy W alker, M ary A num ber of members of the Anne W alker, Bonnie and Helene years of Japanese oppression, In Am erican Legion w ere present at Gage, Phyllis M ae Johnsen, Col the Cairo Conference in 1943, it the council meeting M onday even leen Holm an, Wanda Bell and was agreed between the United States, G reat B rita in and China ing to make form al request for the Dorothy Jane Von Pegert. that Korea should be reestab leasing of the Set-a-spell in M y rtle • • lished as a free and independent p ark to the Legion for meeting A bridge luncheon p arty was country. This agreement was ap purposes. given by Mrs. Luckey L. Bonney proved by Russia in the Potsdam • Thursday at her home in honor of declaration of Ju ly 1945. That The Hotel Annex is rapid ly ap a popular bride-to-be, Miss Bea agreement has never been altered proaching completion and the low trice Peters, whose marriage to or questioned— it has sim ply been er floor is so nearly done that the Hom er C. G ant w ill take place at violated by Russia at every turn M t. States Power company an tici Portland some tim e this month. of events. W e have only feebly pates moving in in another week. _ • protested the various Russian • Mrs. James Watson is enjoying a moves. The groceries, meat markets and For convenience on V - J D ay, an bakeries w ill have another holiday visit from her nieces, Misses Pearl n ext Thursday, the occasion being and Ruby Snyder of Portland. The im aginary line was draw n on the the fifth annual picnic of the as young ladies are tw in sisters map o f Korea at the 38th parallel. North of that line the Russians sociation. The a ffa ir w ill be held daughters of Capt. L evi Snyder. a t Bandon, Ju ly 17. • • took the surrender o f the Japanese • South of that lin e the Japs sur Those desiring to take lessons in rendered to our forces. T h a t was how and w h y the line was draw n. piano should note the advertise I t was never a division of the m ent of Miss Inez Rover on an other page of this issue. Miss country which was by agreement to be liberated and have its in R o ver received her instruction in Seattle. dependence. But the Russians oc cupied the northern section and called i t th eir “zone.” T hey re One of those terrib le accidents fused to cooperate in any w ay w hich so often happen around m a toward unifying Korea. T h e sit chinery occurred at the Clausen uation became almost an exact du Bros.’ ranch near Lampa Wednes plicate of the situation in G erm any day morning when George R. M ilita ry action in Korea has Clausen was k ille d instantly by blanked out almost all other topics which was also set up at Potsdam. Instead of insisting that the o ri th e ensilage cutter there. o f conversation here since the sud • ginal intent of the big powers re den move of the Communists garding Korea be carred out, we Coquille Loggers won tw o out o f three of the baseball games at native now. We threw aw ay our ing to regain te rrito ry taken by "T h e opportunity to do things right and the Communists by fbrce. clean when w e w ere strong and Seventh Fleet w ill see that this is done,” says President Trum an! I t the Russians w ere weak. — —— — — — — — • One thing about o ur new A tla n tic policy troubles me. I th in k w e are m aking another grave error. On the Korean peninsula i t is our policy to help d rive the Communist troops back and regain territo ry ’ hey have taken by force. But, at the same tim e we are sending the United States Seventh Fleet to Formosa to prevent the Chinese rehearsal and a tria l ballon to test Nationalist government from fig h t- V. our attitude and our srengh. Regardless of how it got that way, we face a very serious situa tion. W e now must go down the hard road— but there is no a lte r- QUESTION: I am a sales man and I use my car in business. How do I obtain insurance which would en- ible me to pay for renting another car if mine was stolen? I’m referring to the period from loss of the car till it was either recov ered or the company settled for the loss. Ernie Smith INSURANCE AGENCY Roxy Bldg. Phone 3501 P A IN T IN G C O N T R A C T S P A P E R H A N G IN G BRUSH OR SP R A Y E N A M E L IN G Darrell L. Cox Coquille, Oregon. Since 1928 Telephone 8199 E S T IM A T E S A N D COUNSEL O RDER S FO R F IN E P A P E R S ' Step-On Kitchen Cans ANSWER: The standard auto theft policy provides for reimbursement not to exceed five dollars per day for rental of a substitute car. Total payment for this pur pose not to exceed one hun dred fifty dollars or the cash value of the stolen car. W If you’ll address yo u r own insurance questions to this o f fice, w e’ll try to give you the correct answers and there w ill be no charge or obligation of any kind. seems to me the people of Asia are going to be completely bewildered by this contradictory action on our part. 1............................ IN , $1.45 Lightweight cans Heavy Square Cans with Aluminum Inside C*an ........................_............... Ask For Your S & H Green $4.98 Stamps M ASO N 321 W. Front St. each Hardware and Paint Co, “YOUR FRIENDLY STORE” Store hours 8:0« A. M. to 6 P. M. Coquille, Oregon Phone 681 T A IM C IM IW CF F F F FAST— u» — . brok, . sets hw StyUlin. Ox tux« 2-Door Sedan Drive home the facts ! First and Finest for thrills and thrift Chevrolet brings you the finest combination of thrills and th rift. . . with its new 105-h.p. YaJve-in-Head Engine*—most powerful in the entire low- price field—or its highly im proved. more powerful stand ard Valve-in-Head Engine. 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