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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JAN. 5, 1945
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Heavy Use Of Gas
In Wartime Spurs
Conservation Act
Austin, Tex. ilPi With nearly
half the natural gas reserves In
side Its borders and the value
of the product becoming greater,
Texas soon will take new steps to
conserve this natural resource.
Previously the Texas Railroad
commission, regulatory body for
oil and natural gas, had little
reason to take concerted action
J'aiowaiu tujiacivaiiuii ui gda, i lit;
tv-esouree was worth next to noth
1 Mng though thousands of cubic
B'Heet daily were produced along
with the vast amount of crude oil
that was flowing out.
While much attention was
given to laws governing produc
tion rtf nil lho natural one rocm.
Slation rocked along. Actually,
some felt there was little incen
tive to regulate natural gas be
cause unlike crude oil, it had
small market worth.
Possible Rival to Oil
Now, however, wartime discov
eries have proven that natural
3 gas can be used for many things.
'Some purchasers are paying as
,high as 10 cents per 1,000 cubic
ifeet for it at the wells, and the
''price, in the view of many ex
perts, will go higher, possibly ri
waling oil in the future years.
J The next Texas legislative ses
sion likely will be asked not only
to broaden conservation authority
of the Railroad commission, but
also to increase the state tax on
natural gas.
Currently the tax is based on
value of the resource at the well,
a plan which has caused numer
ous law suits and has caused
state tax collectors no end of
worry and controversy.
Annually the tax brings the
state about $3,000,000 a mere pit
tance considering that the state's
gross production tax on crude oil
is that high now in a single
month.
Higher Tax Expected
Some postwar prophets of
state finance say that the crude
oil Income will decrease . when
peace comes.1 Consequently that
will mean a drop in tax receipts
frOm nPtrnlAIlm UuhlfH tmntin
for a large portion of money to
ujjc-iaiu me &ituu government.
Tn nffsnt thic nntlnlnntnrl in
cline, a higher tax on natural gas
,3 rAjrtit:u iu ue prupusea.
Texas has 13fi fmlHc uHth nrli.
6,000 wells producing natural gas.
mere are no plants io extract
gasoline from casinghead and nat
ural gas, which have a process
ing capacity of 5,237,528,000 feet
daily.
CANCER TOOK 1(13,000
Houston, Tex. ll Cancer Is on
the increase in the United States,
says Mrs. Emily Bogart of Den
ver, and is threatening this coun
try more seriously than the Japa
nese. Mrs. Bogart, Colorado state
commander of the Women's Field'
Army of the National Cancer so
ciety, said at a recent meeting of
the Harris county group that can
cer took the lives of 163,000 Amer
icans in 1913.
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Street Fighting Philippine Style
Officii U.S. Army Photo
The Philippine village of Pawing, on Loyle Island, offers a moment of rest but not relaxation to these American
infantrymen of Gen. MacArthur's liberation army. Cleaning out the last of the enemy required not ouly men,
but hundreds of items of materiel which were made possible only by your purchases of War Bonds.
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Bend Sergeanf Sends Nippon
Souvenir Home From Pacific
Fort Lewis, Wash., Jan. 5
Members of the 41st division are
coming home in substantial num
bers. They're not all coming at ;
once that's impossible due to the
lack of shipping space. But one of
the largest groups to return in j
many months arrived this week
at war department personnel cen-1
ter, Fort Lewis, most of t hem on
the rotation program, and a lew
on straight 30-day furloughs.
The straight furlough men will
go overseas again. They are key
men who are not readily replaced.
But after "rotation processing,"
which included issue of new cloth
ing, physical check-up, and get
ting their GI pay, the others will
spend 21 days at home, then go
to a redistribution center at banta .
Barbara, Calif., where they will j
relax in a luxurious hotel. ten days
before being reassigned to duty in
this country.
The battle-scarred veterans
were surprised at such a "deal."
' When lite at the redistribution
center was .briefly, described by
Lt. Robert B. Purdy, the reception
station's adjutant, such comments
as "Where's the catch?" and
"What do we have to do?" came
from the crowd. They may take
their wives lo Santa Barbara. i
Some have two and three-year-j
old children they have never seen.
TSgt. Dean E. Stanley, 201 W.
35st, Vancouver, Wash., was in-1
terested in only one tiling: to see
his 30-months old son, Jerard.
"That will be about the biggest
thrill I ever had," he beamed.
Stanley and his buddies. Cpl.
Harry Swerdlik, Sgt. Allen Jones,
and SSgt. Pat DeBiose, all of
Portland, were mustered In at
Fort Lewis, took basic training
here, and were together through
33 months of some of the fiercest
Jap-fighting in the South Pacific.
Jones was wounded in action at
Nassau Bay.
Souvenirs were in abundance
Jap swords, helmets, flags, and
knives. Pfc. Harry Melcher, 4510
N. E. 15th Ave., Portland, is tak
ing an elaborate hari-kari knife
home for his first sergeant, Emil
K. Moen of Bend, Ore., who found
it in a cave. Moen has not yet re
turned to the states.)
The handle of the razor-sharp
knife is set in jewels and wrapped
with a shiny fiber. "The knife is
supposed to be handed down from
one generation to another," Mel
cher said. "Each generation sets
in a new layer of jewels, and re
wraps the handle. The thing is re
garded as a prized possession of
the family."
The men are definitely glad to
get back. "The guys still over
there want to come home, too,"
said Lewis Hatcher of Seattle.
"But most of them realize what
the situation is. I have an idea
every soldier overseas would like
to come home. There s nothing un
usual about that."
Average age of the men is
around 25. But there are a few
who look much younger. While
enroute from the port of embar
kation, the train stopped at Eu
gene, Ore., and Pfc. Lawrence
Peterson of Astoria, Ore., stepped
off with two buddies, Pfc. Marry
Melcher. .Portland, and SSgi.
Otto E. Boylan, McMinnville, Ore.
Strolling into a cafe, the trio
sat down for a bottle of beer. The
22-year-old Peterson, who wears
the combat infantry badge, and
who drove a truck loaded with
TNT and gasoline under fire, was
told by the waitress, "Sorry, son
ny, I can't serve you beer. You're
too young:"
Counties Select
Welfare Offic er
Madras, January 5 (Special)
Mrs. William Ilyslop, for two
years with the Douglas county
welfare commission in Roseburg
has accepted the position of ad
ministrator for the Crook and Jef
ferson welfare commissions, tak
ing the place of Mrs. Lillian Tur
ner Millsap, who resigned follow
ing her marriage several weeks
ago.
Mrs. Ilyslop attended the Uni
versity of Oregon where she grail
uatedin public welfare work.
Mrs. Ilyslop will reside in Prine
ville; her husband being with the
armed forces overseas.
Mis. Millsap was administrator
for a year and a half. She left
Thursday for Olympia where she
will make her home while her
husband is stationed at Ft. Lewis.
Additional Sports
Horrell Resigns
As UCLA Mentor
Los Angeles, Jan. 5 ilPi The Uni
versity of California at Los Ange
les was in the market for a new
football coach today after accept
ing the resignation of Edwin C.
(Babe) Horrell, head Bruin men
tor since December, 1038.
William A. Ackerman, graduate
manager ef athletics, said no im
mediate action would be taken
toward selecting a successor until
HorreU's resignation becomes ef
fective March 1. He declined to
state whether he favored appoint
ment of a "big name" coach or the
promotion of one of the Bruin
assistants.
Assistant coaches Bronco Nag-
urski and Ray Richards also sub
mitted their resignations to the
university's board of control. They
said they had no Immediate plans
lor me luture.
Is Voluntary
HorreU's resignation was volun
tary, Ackerman said, when asked
if the action was prompted by
well-known and widespread alum
ni dissatisfaction with the Bruin's
series of poor seasons.
Horrell, who coached the
Bruins' only Rose bowl team in
1942 when it lost to Georgia in
the New Year's day classic, 9 to 0,
stepped out, he said, because of
other business interests. He has
been engaged for some time in
the produce business as a sideline.
HauptPays Fine
iln Justice Court
Billy Haupt, 330 Olney, was
fined $50 in justice court here at
3 p.m.. yesterday by Wilson
George, Bend pustice of the peace,
after pleading guilty to a battery
charge preferred by John Murray.
Haupt stated that he was not
guilty of a similar charge pre-
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Vi REMAIN IN G.A.K.
Boston Ui'i Of the hundreds of
thousands of iN'ew England men
who answered Lincoln's call to
arms in 'GI, only 12 G.A.R. mem
bers still are alive.
Simon P. Conroy
Dies in Nanaimo
Madras, January 5 (Special)
timon P. Conroy, an early day
husmess man here, died in Nan
aimo, British Columbia Tuesday
at ' the age of S)2. Mr. Conroy
came to Oregon In 1904, and be
came associated with Max Putz
and Henry Dietzel in forming the
Madras Mercantile and Milling
company in that same year. The
company also built a large store
building which stood on the cor
ner lot west of the present Texaco
service statiun. Later it was
moved to its present location and
is now occupied by the Deschutes
I Gram and . I-ecd company. Alter
several years here Mr. Conroy,
I moved to British Columbia,
j Mr. Conroy was a Mason and
j Shriner. Two sons, Bradbury
Conroy nad William Conroy, of
i Madras survive, and his wife and
'six daughters residing in British
Columbia.
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ferred by Walter Prlchard and
asked for a trial. George granted
this request and released Haupt
on his own recognizance. Date of
the trial has not yet been set.
The disturbance in which Haupt
allegedly participated occurred at
the Eastern Star grange hall last
Saturday night. Haupt was not
arrested.
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between the three allied armies
and perhaps a fourth the Ger
mans still were concentrating
their main forces on Ration's
armor in the south.
The weather was still bitterly
cold, hovering not far above zero,
and the skies were overcast im
mobilizing much allied air power.
However, unlike yesterday when
blizzards raged over much of the
battlefield, it was not snowing.
More than 48 hours after the
start of the big drive on the
northern flank, the nazis still had
failed to mount a major counter
attack on that front.
Field dispatches said the Ger
mans were falling back slowly be
hind a vast mine-field, fighting In
small groups with dug-in tanks
and machine gun nests emplaced
in the snow-covered ravines of
the Ardennes.
STATE OF VACATION HOMES
Boston till The state of Maine
leads the nation in percentage of
its home occpied only during the
vacation season. A recent New
England council survey reveals
that more than 10 per cent of
Maine homes are recreational or
seasonal.
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good tables (now being refitted) good equipment,
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LUNCH COUNTER
Opening soon under new management cleaned,
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Alley Open Sat., 1 p. m.
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