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Page A-16 — Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021
HISTDBYATA auras
January 1942
11 early January 1942, only a month after the
Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the United
States entered World War II, the Shelton-Ma-
son County Journal announced that “in line with
curtailment of extra services being made necessary
in these times of national emergency” it was dis-
continuing its Tuesday edition and canceling home
delivery by carrier. The paper would publish every
Friday, and all delivery would be made through the
post office. The Journal would continue to publish
all the news of Mason County
butcertain portions would ap-
pear in more condensed form to
reduce the use of paper as re-
quested by the government.
The Journal had printed 2,500
copies of air-raid rules that had
been included in the Jan. 15 pa-
per and was offering them free.
The Mason County chapter of
the National Red Cross began a
war relief drive on Friday, Jan.
2. This was in response to a tele-
gram from the chair of the N a- *
tional Red Cross that said, in part, “The bombing of
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Manila, the invasion of the
Philippines, the submarine attacks in the Atlantic
and Pacific wherever our heroic soldiers, sailors,
and airmen are defending our soil, you find the flag
of the Red Cross alongside the Stars and Stripes.
Funds are urgently. needed to keep intact these
frontlines of mercy. War Relief Funds are used for
communicating with prisoners of war, perform-
ing a social service to the men in the services and
their families, assisting in solving pressing family
problems, establishing recreation centers adjacent
to military hospitals, enrolling nurses for military
service, providing surgical dressings for military
forces, etc.” .
Nine Mason County civilian defense leaders at-
tended a three-day school of instruction in Olym-
pia, where they learned defense measures such as
combating incendiary and other types of bombs and
various types of poison gas, black-but techniques
for both home and industry, how to decontaminate
gassed areas and how to handle sabotage. The next
step was to prepare ways and means for passing
the knowledge along to the public.
The state director of the Victory Book Campaign
~appointed Shelton librarian Laura Plumb to direct
the campaign in Mason County. Mrs. Plumb had
arranged for collection points and storage space and
By JAN
PARKER
said the drive to collect good books of every kind to
fill the shelves of U.S.O. reading roOms throughout
the nation would begin on Jan. 12.
By Jan. 23, a new 35-foot observation tower had
been erected on Hillcrest to allow Aircraft Warn-
ing Service volunteers to scan the skies for enemy
aircraft. Local 38 International Woodworkers of
America began discussions on the subject of setting
up anti-sabotage committees within the organiza-
tion’s ranks for the purpose of guarding against and
ferreting out fifth columnists who might be at work
in Mason County.
Local granges had entered into a program to col-
lect scrap iron from farms for building battleships,
tanks and armaments.
The Mason County sheriff urged automobile
' owners to note the serial numbers on their tires,
“which may become as scarce as proverbial hen’s
teeth. This will assist authorities in recovering
them if they are stolen.” As a further move to
conserve rubber, he also warned people against
West Railroad Avemie at First Street is seen in the early 19403. Courtesy
photo
throwmg bottles or any glass on roads or beaches.
Violators would be subject to a fine of $100.
In compliance with a request from the War De-
partment, owners of mules and horses under the
age of 10 were required to register them with the
county agent by Jan. 10 and include information
on the condition, training and availability of the
animals. l
On a lighter note, as the first baby born in Ma-
son County in 1942, Miss Kathryn Laney, born at
3:27 p.m.,on Jan. 4 .to Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Laney,
received an impressive collection of presents from
local merchants, including an automatic bottle
warmer from Lumbermen’s Mercantile, a chenille
bed spread from J .C. Penney, a month’s supply of
milk from the Mason County Creamery and an—
other month’s supply from 4-E Dairy, a large tinted
photograph of the new arrival from Andrews Photo
Studio, and a baby toilet set from Steele’s Cut-Rate
Drug. Miss Laney’s parents had recently moved
from Missouri to Mason County, where Mr. Laney
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