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Hosiery; is
Item That
By S. BURTON HEATH
. And DOUGLAS LARSEN
- NBA Stall Correipondenti
i WASHINGTON, April 20
The chances are that you have
heard at least one woman re
mark, of late: "How can I go
out? I haven't a thing to wear,
and there Isn't anything in the
stores.".
' 'Tain't so,' generally. Produc
tion Of women's woolen suits
was up last year to double the
pre-war normal. Production of
women's rayon underwear is
above normal. There are rela
tively plenty of dresses in the
stores at a price of a kind.
The difficulty is that both de
mand and prices are up. Where
the price of a particular style and
grade is not inflated, the less ex
pensive grades aren't available
and the housewife is forced to
step out of her class. The only
Item of women's wear that is ex
ircmely tight is hosiery, where
production is only iwo-imras oi
normal. Don't shoot in this di
. rection we're merely reporting
! what we've heard but there are
those who claim that women
don't actually suffer for lack of
Stockings. They can get enough,
fny these hard-hearts, for genu
ine need, though sometimes not
enough to satisfy vanity.
The office of civilian require
ments hopes, through the WPB
program, to produce about 80 per
cent of the normal supply of un
dergo cotton and rayon dresses.
Can'l Meat Demand
There is no reasonable chance
that there can be enough wom
en's or children's clothing pro
duced to satisfy current demand,
however, because women want
from 20 to 70 per cent more of
Various items than were avail
able even before war production
got top priority.
" Almost any mother will tell
$bi that children's clothing is al
most Unobtainable. Cotton knit
Underwear and sleeping gar
ments are scarce. Also diapers.
Store shelves appear to support
,tWs complaint. Yet the records
show that production of under
wear and sleeping garments is up
i. third, and of diaper cloth up to
double the pre-war figures.
'w'The number of babies taking
0 to 2 sizes hns increased 31 per
ient since 1037, and the under
. wear for such infants is up 42 per
cX-nt. There are no more chil
dren in the 2 to 12 size range,
yet production of underwear for
them 1 up 25 per cent. Doubled
production of diaper clolh still
lttgs 20 per cent behind prosper
ity demand for such material,
v. Surveys indicate that overall
(fUpply of children's clothing is
lagging about SO per cent behind
'Stimulated demnnd. If the avcr
v ago mother will buy what she
needs when she needs it, and not
Squirrel away a lot of things
through fear of a coming short
age, the OCR thinks that about
0 per cent of demand can be
satisfied.
'. , In spite of the serious shortage
of. cotton yarn, 130 million yards
ftf woven cotton has been allo
cated, during the first quarter of
this year, to play suits, under
wear, boys' shirts, pajamas, etc.,
to take up some of the lag. Manu
facturers hope to improve even
tiic existing record output of dia
per cloth.
False Optimism
The entire situation regarding
clothing, as discussed up to this
point, is current nnd historical,
and when government agencies
discuss what they will try to do
they are talking on the only safe
Assumption, which is that the
war in Europe will go on forever.
One reason for existing short
ages in many lines, including
clothing, is Unit both milltury
and civilian lenders joined the
general public lust fall in a wave
of false optimism, and began cut
ting back production on the the
ory that Germany would capitu
late before the new year. It
didn't, and now we are suffering
for our error by seeking to catch
uf on what should have been
manufactured before.
Misled by that over-confidence,
perhaps, we speeded up the tem
po in the Pacific When Hitler
clung on, we found ourselves
with two major offensives to sup
port simultaneously.
.' It is doubtful that either mili
tary or civilian leaders will re
peat that mistake. .They prob
ably will keep producing fighting
mt.teriel at tup speed until the , I
Nazis actually surrender ami uic'l
disarmed. I !
Then, whenever it may be. I
there will be cutbacks in war i
production and shifts to civilian
goods output. How great these j
will be, and how quickly they
Will be reflected in retail stocks, .
none can predict. But the Very j
fart that the nation's gigantic
production machinery is being
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Pfrytfclan nd Surgeon
V. t. Cor, E. BurnlU and Qrasd An,
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Only Women's Wear
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Hosiery supply will not increase until demand for nylon para
chutes diminishes.
Bread Produced Locally by Eddy's
Bakery to be Marketed Tomorrow
First locally manufactured bread will be placed on the market in
northeastern Oregon by Eddy's bakery, new La Grande business,
Thursday morning, Ralph Nelson, manager of the organization, an
nounced today.
A general meeting of sales rep
resentatives from Baker, Pendle
ton, Enterprise, La Grande and
surrounding points will be held
in La Grande tonight at 7 o'clock
to launch the sales and distribu
tion program for the area, he
said.
"Eddy's bread and bakery pro
ducts have been served in this
area for a long time," Nelson
said. "Now we are set up to
serve it fresh from our ovens in
La Grande. Grocers throughout
northenstern Oregon will have
Eddy's bread on their shelves
Thursday morning. We fiel we
hove a superior product and are
delighted to be able now to de
liver it fresh in the area each
duy."
The local organization has
been Improving Its facilities nnd
acquiring new equipment since
the bakery was purchased from
K. J. McWilllams. Ultimate to
tal employment will reach more
than 30, Nelson said.
DATES ARE TABOO
It is not considered convention
al for Moslem men and women to
make dales or be seen talking to
gether. Should a respectable wo
man be found talking to a man
of another family, scandal nnd
bloodshed usually overtake at
least one of the couple.
shifted to consumer goods should
then stop "precautionary or pan
ic buying, release hoarded goods,
and generally relieve the situa
tion all along the line.
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Length of Service
To Rule in Army
Discharge Plans
WASHINGTON, April 25 (UP)
Soldiers who have been In the
army the longest will be among
those getting preferences for dis
charges when the army puts its
point system Into effect after V-
E day.
Under the point system, which
is part of the partiul demobiliza
tion plan to become effective af
ter V-E day, credit is given for
length of service based on the
total number of months in the
army since Sept. 10, 1040.
Credit is also allowed for num
ber of months served overseas,
for decorations and combat ser
vice and for the number of de
pendents up to three children.
Credit for length of overseas
service and combat would tend
to be larger for those who have
been in the army the longest.
Thus it was believed substan
tial numbers of the soldiers draft
ed at tile outset of selective ser
vice and those who entered fed
rul service through the national
guard would hav sufficient points
to be eligible for demobilization
after Germany is defeated.
Various estimates, none offi
cial, have placed the number of
those who will become surplus
to the army alter V-E day at be
twrcn 1,000,000 nnd 2,000,000.
it will take many, many months
to bring them home.
electric fencer. Wo carry a
complete stock of Parniak and
Richard's Fencers at our store,
Richard's
h'loctric Foncer
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
Superintendent
Is Appointed For
School in Cove
COVE, April 25 (Special) The
appointment of Firman Fowler of
Astoria as principal and superin
tendent of schools for the 1945-46
school year has been announced
by the trustees of district No. 15.
Other teachers to whom con
tracts for the next school year
have been approved are: Mrs,
Anne Johnson, high "school; Mrs.
Daisy Ronne, 7th and 8th grades;
Miss Arline Anderson, 5th and
eth grades; Mrs. Leafy Sands, 3rd
and 4th grades, and Mrs. Helen
Conklin, 1st and 2nd grades.
Commencement Is Set
May Day will be observer in
the school gymnaisum May 4
with a program which will in
clude coronation ceremonies for
Verna Towle, who will be queen
of the May. Her princesses will
be Marcella Neiger, Rhoda Lloid
and Marie Kight. Floyd Robin
fon will be the queen's attend
ant. Children of the elementary
grades will participate in the
program under the direction of
their teachers.
The members of the royal court
constitute the high school class
which will be graduated at com
mencement exercises May 16
with Prof. Hawk of Oregon State
college as the speaker.
Baccalaureate exercises will be
held the evening of May 13 in
the Methodist church with Rev.
M. A. Talney of La Grande as
the speaker.
The junior-senior dinner will
be held Friday evening in Allen
hall with the Baptist church wo
men in charge.
Trial of Master
Of Tanker Drags
PORTLAND, Ore., April 25
(UP) The government's case
against Edward Crabtree, former
master of an oil tanker that
burned while docked at Portland,
today was under indefinite post
ponement while attorneys thresh
ed out the details.
Federal Judge Claude McCul
loch yesterday ordered the post
ponement at the request of Ma
son Dillard, U. S. attorney, who
sought time to prepare an argu
ment in defense of the indict
ment which Crabtree's attorneys
contend was faulty.
Crabtree was charged with em
bezzlement of $1,650 in govern
ment funds, discovered to be
missing from the ship's safe after
a fire Dec. 28. 1
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Your Studebaker dealer
merits your
YOU WONT find a finer group of Americans any
where in civilian life than the men who proudly
identify themselves ns Studebaker dealers.
Since the curliest days of the war, they've recognized
nnd accepted the responsibility of doing everything in
their power to help keep cars and trucks on the job.
They've gone even further they've made their establish
ments clearing houses for the redistribution of used cars
nnd trucks they've provided owners with reliable infor
mation on wartime regulations covering car and truck
opVrations.
Helping the war effort through conserving transporta
tion i the constant objective of Studebaker dealers. Tho
old friends they've held mid new I t lends they've w on
show how much the public relics on them. It's a trust
that's well-deserved.
THE STVDEBAKER CORPORATION
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Studebaker ... Peacetime builder of fine cart and trucks
Meat is Destroyed
As Plant Burns
PRINEVILLE, Ore.,- April 25
(UP) Thousands of pounds of
fresh meat burned in a fire that
destroyed the plant of the Prine
ville Packing co.
The plant only one serving
Crook, Jefferson and Deschutes
counties burned while two fire
trucks from Prineville dashed
back and forth over the two
miles to Prineville for water,
which was not available in near
by irrigation ditches. Only wa
ter with which to fight the fire
was that in the fire trucks' tanks,
which had to be replenished dur
ing the relays to Prineville hydrants.
WPB Chief Denies
Post-War Ships
Are Being Built
WASHINGTON, April 25 (UP)
War Production Chief James
Krug today denied a charge that
American shipyards are building
ships for use after the war by
other countries.
Krug's denial was made at a
house postwar economic policy
committee hearing after Rep.
Richard J. Welch, R Calif.,
o:;ked why thousands of work
ers were being used to build such
ships if there is a steel shortage.
Welch said Dutch interests bor
rowed .$100,000,000 at IVfe per
cent for postwar ship construc
tion and that the vessels were
under construction at the Sun
shipyards in Philadelphia and at
yards along the Columbia river.
"No steel is being obtained for
any ship unless it is needed in
the international maritime ship
ping pool for prosecution of the
war," Krug replied. He said steel
will remain tight to the end of
the Japanese war.
"I can substantiate what I say,"
Welch retorted. "If Mr. Krug
wants to go with me to the Sun
yards I'll show him."
When committee Chairman
William M. Colmer, D., Miss.,
suggested that Krug investigate
and report to Welch, the Califor
nian said:
"He won't have to go any fur
ther than Chairman (Emory S.)
Land of the maritime commis
sion. "Adm. Land is the claimant for
all steel used for building ships,"
Krug said. "If the admiral is
claiming steel for .war shipping
and. turning it over to postwar
shipping I'd certainly like to
know about it."
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School .Building
Progrm Endorsed
PORTLAND, Ore, April 25
(UP) Of measures to come be
fore Oregon voters June 22, the
Oregon state federation of labor
favors the state school building
program but opposes the cigaret
sales tax.
J. T. Marr, executive secretary,
! today said support of the $10,-
000,000 state school building fund
was voted by the executive board
"on the grounds of the extreme
need of state educational and
other state institutions for build
ing expansion to meet the mini
mum of-demands upon them for
service to the public."
The proposed cigaret sales tax
was deemed a possible opening
wedge for a general sales tax.
Powder of precious stones, and
the ashes of gold, silver and cop
per, are used in tonic medicines
in India.
RICHFIELD'S
SUMMERSHIELD SERVICE
has been developed by RICHFIELD
engineers to get your car ready for
summer driving, Ask your RICHFIELD
dealer about this one-stop service for
summer at one special price . . NOW.
SPARK PLUGS cleaned, ad
justed and tested.
AIR CLEANER cleaned and
re-oiled.
CRANKCASE drained,
cleaned and refilled with .
Richfield Motor Oil.
DIFFERENTIAL drained,
cleaned, refilled with Rich
field Gear OH.
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BATTERY checked and filled,
cose ond terminals cJcoocd
and carrier bolts tightened.
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SAWMILL IS BURNED
EUGENE, Ore., April 25 (UP)
Fire destroyed the Austra lum
ber company sawmill, in the
southwest corner of Lane county,
Monday night. , .
t Pepsi-Cola Company,
Franchisee! Eoitler: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. ox Pendleton
Ml field
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Wednesday, April 25, 1945
City News
In Brief-
Mr. and Mrs. Ivel .R. Hibbs
have returned from' Portland
where they were called by the
sudden death of Mr. Hibbs' moth
er, Mrs. George Goodwin, at Ver
nonia. Services were held in
Portland at The Little Chapel of
the Chimes, with interment in
Portland.
Charles Erickson, a, transient,
last night was arrested on a
charge of being drunk, and this
morning was ordered to leave
town. .
Two minor traffic accidents
yesterday were reported to the
local police. Cars driven by W.
D. Terpany of Elgin and A. K.
Larsen, Imbler, collided as Ter
pany backed from the curb on
Adams avenue near Fir street
and vehicles driven by Cpl. Don
Eveland, Walla Walla army aif
field, and Neal Suydam, La
Grande, bumped at Fir and Ad
ams avenue.
Long Island City, iV. Y, j
TIRES checked, inflated,
cross-switched.
FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS
cleaned, inspected, lubri
cated. RADIATOR drained, cleaned
and refilled.
CHASSIS completely Iwbri
cated with highest qualitjr
lubricants.
MISSION drained.
refilled ritfl Rich
Gear Oil.
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