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Wednesday, -"August 15, 1945
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OKSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
Victory Special Pago Five
If
Shipyards Celebrate
But Future Uncertain
PORTLAND, (UP) Impact of peace upon the shipyards
of the Portland-Vancouver area is expected to touch off a
big celebration but the future of the wartime enterprises is
uncertain. , '
From the peak of 125,000 shipyard workers last year, em
ployment has tapered off until there are now about 80,000
workers on the job. The three Kaiser yards employ about
65,000 of this number.
Admiral Howard Vickery ol
Jine maritime commission has as
sured KaiS'r and other shipyard
heads repeatedly any cutback in
operations will be gradual. But
practical - minded e m ployment
bosses-believe that the workeis
will not wait for a closedown but
will leave in large numbers.
Many already have left for their
former homes to get restablished.
On the basis of existing con
tracts, however, there is Aplenty
ofwork lined up. The Vancouver
shipyard of the Kaiser company
is building large troop trans
ports on a schedule through 1946,
and the ships are adaptable to
merchant marine cargo purposes.
So are the Victory ships con
structed at Oregon shipyard, with
contracts at least through-1945.
Large Supply '
The tanker contracts at. Swan
Island are more likely to be cut,
as there is undoubtedly a large
supply of tankers available.
Many of the shipyard opera
tions in this area can do ship re
pair work but tile yards built for
Air Strips Now
Building in Chile
PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (UP)
Work is going on to connect
the extreme south of Chile to the
rest of the world by air. Airfields
are being constructed at Porven
ir, Springhill, Felipe bay, Gente
Grande, Cape Catalina and Cape
Delgada with the co-operation of
local sheep interests.
These modern installations will
be the stepping stones for the
Chilean Air Line "LAN" services
to the Punta Arenas, Tierra del
Fuego and Ultima Esperanza regions.
new construction are not too
likely to be converted into other
industries, one high official said.
He pointed out a shipyard, like
most other wartime enterprises,
is made for one specific purpose
and is expendable for the war
effort.
Postwar Plans .
Should Begin Today
in Earnest
, . Plans for the Returning Serviceman
Plans for a Better America.
We have planned for Victory, now let's plan
for progress without let down or change of
pace. Shell has gone all out for war NOW
all out for peace.
. M. Sherrill
Selling Agent
SHELL OIL COMPANY, Inc.
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THIS DAY IS
COMING, TOO!
Just a little longer and the
drearrts so long put off will come
true.;.
We have worked to back him
up on the battlefield, now we
must work for him until he gets
back home and after he is home.
J. H. PE ARE 8 SON
JEWELERS & OPTOMETRISTS
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Yanks Bargain and
Barter In Paris
Exchange Mart
By ROSETTE HARGROVE
NEA Staff Corrsspondeni
PARIS Parisians in the market
for cameras, fieldglasses, lighters,
fountain pens, watches, radios
all articles which have long since
disappeared from French stores
are finding their way to G. I.
exchange mart. Its location is in
that section of Paris which goes
from Rainbow corner to the Mad
eleine. It operates somewhat er
ratically. As a matter of fact, it
largely depends on tiocp move
ments no longer a miiltai y secret
but there's more of a crowd at
the "aperitif" hour than at any
time of the day.
Paris is one of the largest leave
centers for U. S. forces. Into the
city every day pour thousands of
GI's on passes. Many of them be
long to our occupation troops in
Germany and there are few- Joes
who, in their passage through the
Reich, have not picked up some
"souvenirs."
Expensive Cily
Paris is an expensive city, espe
cially in terms of GI pay. The
"souvenirs" can only be acquired
by the French at Black Market
prices. It didn't take long for men
on furlough to find they could ex
change a watch or a camera for
quite a respectable number of
francs. Enough, at any rate to
buy champagne in night clubs and
costume jewelry and perfume for
the girl friends back home. Prices
are at least 50 per cent below
current rates and French buyers
consider this a fair deal. .
The GI "exchange and mart"
Crowds gather dally in Paris, In the area between the Madeleine
and the Opera, to attend the GI exchange mart. Here Yanks sell
souvenirs, most of them picked up in Germany. Parisians pur
chase scarce cameras, watches, lighters, field glasses, and fountain
pens. Black Market prices prevail. ,
$ lots Mry&S
X-ray Field Offers
Places For Women
CHICAGO (UP) Women who
are skilled in the use of X-ray
will find a growing demand for
their services after the war, ac
cording to the U. S. department
of labor.
Approximately 80 per cent of
the 20,000 registered X-ray tech
nicians working ill hospitals, doc
tors' offices, and other medical
establishments during 194S arc
women, the department reported.
The X-raying millions of men
for selective service accelerated
the demand for technicians. Or
thopedic injuries resulting from
the war further have Increased
This enterprising Yank bought a bicycle ii England and brought
it to Paris. At the exchange mart, Parisians will test their limited
Englsh vocabulary on Ya.iKs with goods to sell, while GIs improve
their bargaining abilities.
Soldiers are constantly accosted
by French men and women, and
even by youngsters, anxious to
.-Lure a bargain. Negotiations
is wide open and above-board.
The light of free
dom now shines on
the entire world.
May We Hold
It Fast For
All Time
Smith Bros.
MOVING SERVICE
215 Vi Fir Street Phone 88
usually a'.tract a sizeable crowd
ofj Interested spectators.
the demand, the labor depart-,
ment report stated.
In the years to come, the re
port predicted, periodic chest X-.
days will be; generally recognized
to be as important as periodic
dental examinations.
Although the plural of goose is
geese, the plural of mongoose is
mongooses.
Work for a
Lasting Peace
La Grande's part in solving the problems of
wartime has been your job and ours. And,
now that peace spreads over the county like
a rainbow, the problems of a peaceful future
will be yours. ' "' l'
We have the leadership, the resources, the ,',
opportunity to build soundly and well to
make La Grande the place our boys have
dreamed of coming back to. How well we , . '
succeed will depend on all of us, and the part
we take in making our own community the
place we and all our boys want to live .
in,
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Mo Jo 0(D5
STUDE11AKER
CHEVROLET
The Wheels of War...
are stopped. Now we must speed
the wh e e l s of progress for the
creation of peacetime jobs and
prosperity.
First National
Bank ol Portland
La Grande Branch
We Carved not a line . . . We Raised Not a Stone,
But We Left Him A lone With His Glory!
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