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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1941)
V 7 / A * P t , SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL. MORO. OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1941 Program Given Sherman County Observer Established Nov. 2, 1888 Grass Valley Journal Established Oct. 14, 1897 CONSOLIDATED March 6, li Wasco News-Enterprise Established Nov. 1891 * CONSOLIDATED March 4, 1! ^Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon Entered as second class matter at the Postoffice at Moro, Oregon under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. O il h m s SPpLP E ft CIATI OH OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance ONE Y E A R ........................ $L50 DECE V BER 19, 1941 THE WAR Since the attack of the Japanese on Hawaii the papers have devoted less space to the fighting in Eu rope and Africa. Our greatest in terest, naturally, is with our own lighting men in the far east. Yet, the war will very likely depend on what is being done in Russia, for the defeat of Germany, the real strength of the Axis, is of much more importance than the defeat of the two weaker countries, Japan and Italy. The reports of Russian successes have gone on now for ten days or more and, in the absence of Berlin denials, must be accepted as being partly true at least. The radio gives an intimation that panic is striking the retreating German army which is unaccus tomed to losing. There are stories of the outbreak of typhus in southeastern Europe and this may well spread too the armies if they try to Jive through the winter in cramped underground quarters. Typhus has ended wars before now. Consider the difficulties of en gaging in war in temperatures as low as 60 degrees below zero, in snow so deep that tanks cannot manoeuver. Men with minor wounds die from exposure in a few minutes or have arms and legs frozen. Retreating armies suffer the most; their first aid men cannot reach the wounded. They are forc ed into the open and away from whatever dugouts they may have constructed. They lose equipment and supplies of food and clothing. The German retreat may well be a disaster similar to that suffered by Napoleon's army. When and if the German army becomes so weakened that it can not recover enough to jnaVe a 8UC" cessful stand against its'foes the people of Europe will ris£ against the oppressor and the entire con tinent will be bloody ground, probably to the shame of mankind. In the east our armies and navy are holding off the Japs with fair success. Landing parties are mak ing little headway, if any, to judge from the reports which are un doubtedly made as optimistic as possible. * . The British are slowly retreating toward Singapore and Hong Konk is undergoing a siege that may be successful. We have been unable to meet the Japanese fleet and un til the sea is cleared will have difficulty in taking replacements to our forces. Even if one believe but half the news, and that is probably a good percentage, there seesps little like lihood that the Allies will lose this war. With three quarters to four fifths of the resources of the wor’d on our side defeat is hardly possi ble unless leadership commits some very bad blunders. - 1 ' ay li Bv K ent- Grass Valiev The Legion and Auxiliary Car nival held ' at Grass V#Uey Sat urday night, December 13 was a decided success. The program con. sisted of band selections from the Grass Valley and Kent school bands under the leadership of Mr. Kane and Mr. Simpson, respective- ly; a comedy with parts skillfully played by Helene Lemley, George, Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Norris Gilki- son and Clara Kock and coached bv Mrs'. Potter, a skit by Rita von Borate] and Miss Swanson; a tap dance by Phyllis Oestreicb and Eileen Lemley was well received b\ a large audience who also ap parently enjoyed the games of chance, raffles and lunch. The receipts of the evening were $206.70. Kelly’s Column (Continued from page onel School will be dismissed today at noon in order to give teachers chance to to get to to ineir their nome homes in a chance plenty ° f time for Christmas Mearle Marion Miller and grandmother, Mrs. Gladys fiuXton returned by stage from Portland Wednesday evening to remain over the holidays.^ Mrs. Lester ' Conlee left for Tacoma, Washington to visit her brothers there. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thompson have both been ill this week, Claude with th e , flu and Mrs. Thompson with lumbago. Ed Ross will not take over the management of the Bucholtz con fectionery at the beginning of the year but will continue to travel in the Bucholtz & Galley truck for a few months longer. (Randall Martin is working for Mel Schadewitz in the Moro Garage and his family is living in the house vacated by W. C. Schilling. Dr. Poley was listed as a patient at The Dalles hospital Wednes day. ... Eldon Wyman, an ensign in the navy, who was killed in Hawaii was an old school mate of W. H. Close in Portland. » T derground garages in government buildings: the third an underground hole where gas tests were made in 1917, and there is a population of one million. Office of civilian defense, where GEORGE G. UPDEGRAFF Fiorella I>a Guardia is director and Attorney A t L a w Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is first assistant, has been a part time job, with volunteers. Neither LaGuar M o ro and W asco dia nor Mrs. Roosevelt remain at headquarters; they have other en gagements—LaGuardia has to run the affairs of the ICity of New No. 113, I. O.O. F. York. Their numerous aides, also Moro, Oregon part times, are society women and Meets 1st and 3rd debutants whose principal problem Tuesdays in tl i has been trying to decide what kind I.O..O.F. hall Tra» of a uniform they should wear. sient and visiting There are many social workers-in brothers are cordi the ranks. The Parent-Teachers ally invited to meet association decided that school .vith us. children should have identfication Joe Ritner N.G. tags in case they were bombed. V. runn Millei Sec. Despite the warning of army offi Bethlehem Chapter, No. 78.O.R.S. cers that the safest place in an Moro, Oregon air raid is indoors, the schools have Meets Every Second and been practicing fire drills to send Fourth Thursdays in each the children into the streets when Month. Visiting members and if an air raid warning is given. Invited Among government workers are Patricia Woods Sec. thousands who are hysterical and D nrolha Moore, W.M, in a constant state ,of jitters. On “the hill” war is the only talk in I.’v ek a Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-M Meets on the 1st and dulged in’ by legislators and mem 3rd Thursday eve bers from the Pacfic coast are re nings of sach month. ceiving mailbags full of letters Visiting members are asking unanswerable questions. cordially invited to Government workers no longer’ meet with us. have a snap; they fnust work long hours and bureau chiefs are mak Wendell Balsiger, W. M. ing their help wofk overtime and C V. Belknap, Secretary Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116 on Sundays, too. Moro. Oregon Meets 2d & 4th Tues day of each month. Visiting members wel come.;, Helen Martin N. G. Florence Johnston, Se< From the Observer, Dec. 22, 1922 SO CHRISTMAS MAY COME AGffiSN ...TO CHILDREN EVERYWHERE DEFENSE SAVINGS BONDS and STAMPS o FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND In Other Days John and Serai Searcy returned home from Corvallis for the holi days expecting to continue their studies after the first of the year. W. P. Luttrell and wife are vis iting T. W. Alley. Luttrell re ports that the Grass Valley people are tired of being isolated and had borrowed Arch Russell’s Yuba tractor and broke the road to the top of Nigger ridge. Walt Williams came back from Portland with a new 1923 Ford car which is much improved having sloping windshield and ' one man top. The highway location crew has just finished its job of locating the Sherman highway from Shani ko to Criterian. Traveling in a truck., they were 28 hours getting from Shaniko to Kent and 13 hours from Kent to Moro. One .yf the men had his feet frozen. \ •, From the Observer Dec. 20, 1912 H. M. Shull, L. L. Peetz and Eugene Cushman were in The Dalles last week outfitting with new machinery for next year. The Christmas tree program will have recitations from Oollis Moore, Katie Peetz, Leota Caibreath, Tel- LEWIS WINS va Martin, Raymond Henrichs and A few weeks ago the United Abbie Mortensen. Greta Freeman States were prematurely happy and Jessie Hoskinson will sing a over the fact that apparently the duet. president had licked John L. Lewis-? |Dr. O. J. Goffin tendered his and stopped the strike of the coal resignation as mayor of Moro. Now miners. The president said that let’s elect a woman and recognize the government would never sanc the new voters. tion a closed shop and received the The high school basketball team plaudits of the multitude. composed of Robert Elcock, Harrv Then a few days later the media iPinkerton, Roy Kunsman, Bei. tion board met. It had been Tomlin, George Meloy, Ben Hock- named by the president to settle man and Elmer Barzee will play the m atter of the closed shop. One teams at Heppner, Condon and man was from the steel makers, Ione. one from the government board— temporarily a civilian—and the From the Observer Dec. 19, 1902 C. D. O’Leary and bride, former other was Lewis. 7 , On the.day the Japs attacked ly Betty Sigman, arrived overland Hawaii this board brought in its from The Dalles Sunday. - J. C. McEachemn and report. It was for the closed shop in the coal mines. Lewis got what Biggerstaff returned Saturday he wanted although he had to wait from ‘ a cross country trip into a week or so while the president Crook county. It took them two took a bow for preventing the clos days from Mitchell to Antelope, x The hospitable .home ^ p f-o u r ed shop. friends Ruggles down on the John Day is becoming more accessible JPeace on Earth, Good Will by a road down the steep mountain Toward Men. Love Thy Neigh- side. Born to the wife of Richard . bor as Thyself. These are some of the words that bear the Christ Morgan Monday night a daughter. Dave Biggerstaff and (Ben Peets mas spirit. But perhaps out of Its testing the Christian spirit will will' build th a t’ railroad extension from Antelope to Mitchell. <pme stronger than before. [hristmas IN THIS FORTUNATE LAND comfort IN AMERICA can you find so many such scenes and enjoyment—the complete absence of drudgery. And only in the Northwest do you enjoy electric: appliances at such low rates. For Pacific Power & Light has reduced its rates-again and again, until now the electricity you buy costs only, about % as much as it did when Pacific Power & Light began business 31 years ago. O nly P R E IF IÇ - PO W ER ELECTRIC • 7 - ' & L IC H T t 0 HI p e n V RATES 3 4 % BELOW N ATIO NAL AVERAGE . 'Z Z 4
