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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1944)
F if t y - S ix t h Year No. Official County Paper Moro, Oregon Friday, January 28, 1944 H Howard Conlee Nazi S o ld ie r s A p p e a r H a p p ie s t W h e n N o t F ig h tin g Possibility of Actual Cost Being War Bond Sale Report, Not ° For Service Encouraging Charged Nears • Mr and Mrs L. R.Conlee have received official notification th a t th eir son, H ow ara M. who served E Bonds Sell Slower Than Other Schools May Follow 13 m onths in the middle east a i In September and Other a m em ber of th e B15 B om bard Lead of Wasco and Put m ent Sqdn. has been aw arded tl\e Issues Barely More D istinguished Flying Cross for Elementery Tuition Up participation in the fighting in R eported sales of bonds in Sher- Possible change in the present» , , x .»• * , * th a t zone. man county indicates considerably «J*^f <*11 k ” * eme® rY The citation reads: ‘ Howard M. i€SS in te re st in buying than in Because continued purchase« of • J ”1** a yx - r ,Wn S Conlee, technical serg ean t, fo r Septem ber, according to the men aluminum from the Aluminum n ,.y be made before another diatjnguiahed and meritorimM actually in fteld. Company o f Canada were so fr e oo nm begins. chievemenfc while p artic ip a tin g in T h a t this is not due to lack of quently referred too in the auoceaa- This y e$ r the W asco school is a e rjaj flight ag a in st th e enemy in money is proven by the fact that ful -fight waged by Washington charging $150, fo r tuition of ele- tbe Middle E ast th e a tre of oper- more money » in the hand» of and Oregon congressmen to pre m entary pupils se n t th ere for ed- Tb<; nutwUnding skill farm ers and o thers th an in Sep- vent the closing of plant» a t Spo ucation. A t both G rass Valley ¿¡gp| ayed by Serg. Conlee in tem ber when the Third W ar kane, Tacoma and Troutdale, a and Moro th e actu al charge ia c a rryjng out his duties as A erial Loan cam paign began. brirf review o f the contract with $80 although, raises have been erg in p er bas been a co n trib u to ry The slackened inclination to t ’i? £ 'ripsaw concern , may be of considered, or even voted. fa cto r in the successes achieved buy w ar bonds has not been so i r le - t to resklents o f the nor- F ig u res on the la s t full i»chool by ^be 376 B om bardm ent Group evident in th e sale of E bonds a» th ’ '■*! The original contract was year show th a t actu al cost ot ?n tbe middle east, in the sup- jn the o th er issues. The county’s mad * • M etals Reserve Co-, a t giving education a t Wasco was popt of the Allied invasion of to tal quota is $142,100 of which • " t of th e office of pro- the i $155.25. Cost a t Moro was >1>1- and i n th e stra te g ic bomb- $89,400 is to be in E bonds. This duction m anagem ent, in May. * few h<mrs rcs| beeQ granUd u these Naii »owners who are pictured en tertaln l:« th crv c lv es 4C and a t G rass Valley was $142- 7 " Italy and oth er E uropean leaves >52,700 to be raised from 1941 when the need fo r enorm ous w m rw hcre alon< RuiMXn fr»at. With R ussia’s great ally, winter, now la action there is lX lc t m e fo r re s t 5 6 . sbown u n w a w r- the sale of other bonds and to supplies o )f f alum inum became ap- p, G erm an ranks. This p ictu re w as found by the R ussian s. R ight: This photograph Which which w w a as s ra d io e d f r o m _ xargtwi. - „ex,™™ fin™ The co n tract w , , fo r AJ r , U,ow. y .o n , N .A g a . g r . .1 th . rath r« ^ m e .< W e n captive In luiy. They „ ,1 1 . .1 .he Co’ t ’ v a? « ch » * ing courage. a , well a» a conn,,- corporations, p aren t. Reports from headquarters of io n 17 cents cents a ca m e ra , apparently pleased that they are prisoners and no longer m ust fight and fan» the difficulties of war times to a large extent, because ten t dcfli re to serve.” 170.000 m lotrir etric to n s s a at t 17 of school costs th a t differ from Howard is now a t B erry College allotm ents made to this oounty », imd. the th en pevailing prie* t h r A llie s . one year to another. Over a per-, ?n G e o r g ia , atten d in g school pro- from corporation quotas hav* t»»e Vpltr-d S lates. An a d v a n c e --------------------------------------- iod of y ears costs do not vary parftto ry to tak in g instruction aa not yet arrived and the only „av m en t of $25.000 WHO w as made In fill much between schools. Pay of a pilot. known allotment is $6,000 from bv RFC a t 2 percent in terest, to be > i t - f H U U H Ï Ü f l teachers has the g re a te s t inflv.- the National Farm Loan Asso nm orilized at th * ra te o f 6 2-3 ence on cost of education. ciation. Others, however, have re n ts per pound of alum inum de- made bond purchases in the state Means of giving residents of N F L A B u y s B o n d s ; ’ vered. Ten da vs la te r office of _ ru ral d istricts some c m tro l c << r The county quota for other than nrnduction m anagem ent asked th a t J o U m e y 1 Q R Q fl expenses of tov.n schools to E bonds and other than corpora th e « u an titv to be purchased ba C ircuit Judge George U pdegralf, which they pay expenses do not tion bonda is $37j000. If all this dnnhlod and another loan o f »26.- PaUntinl s e r v i« men left W«d- Fred Krusow , who was m ost ac- exist. To have .?. p art in town An investm ent of >6000 in W«»*' am ount w as bought in Sanaa C nno non at 3 .ner c-n t internet wa* ° f «*>'» *® uk<> P*1? ............ ...... . , gK.a i exam iations p re p ara to ry to A pproxim ately 2000 Oregon five rn the sale of bonds in World wbool affairs it would he nrevs- Bonds by the Federal I>and Ban* notes w ith which income tax can mad« bv th e evoort-nrm oTt bank. • r K J . . to . . be . paid . . it . would . Spokane bas been credited be a small part fa rm ers obtained com m odity loans W ar I, and L. E. Kaseberg, pros- 8arY them to ioin the town In negotiations w ith th e alum - nJw „U «l to a s s ir t in m a rk e tin g 1943 c ro p , perone V o » fa rm er. were' nam ed d istrict. Towns Tow n, in in S herm an an « u n Sherm ‘oun' Sherm an county, V ictor G. P e te r of the county’s income ta x pfij- RQnj secre tary - tre a su re r of the menta i™’™ ** jn e a n v . . fo r physical exam ination a t le a st according to a re p o rt released T h u rsday as a c o m m itte e to a u g ty are so sm all th a t ru ral . resi- -----, hinld and ooerat« plant« in tnis gp_ w^ k by th e &tMe AAA offic,, m ent the of oth er than E dents could easily dom inate DaUeg Group N a tional Farm Loan . The Sherm an County Brancn, co u n trv a price of 15 ce n ts per service m ay call them in on Com modity C redit loan pro- bonds in 9h«rm an county. Princi- school affairs if such consol id a- asgocgfttion, revealed today- F irs t N ational bank h as sold pound was «obtained, and Alumin- depending gram s adm inistered by county pal in tere st of_$hp com m ittee will tions were made. h a s ju st invested >3,- $47,475 in E bonda, the Waaco nnrv, C nm nsnv of C an sd s w as in- replacem ents. AAA c o m n rtte e s. be the sale of Series C savings D espite a consistently conser- 0(X),000 in Series A T reasu ry Cer p o ^ fftc e >13.681.25. the Moro duced to reduce ots price accord- G(j, W illiam C lothier, C lyde L. Kiddle, com m odity loan notes w hich-can b e used fo r pay- vative policy on th e p a rt of the tifl<.a tes as its p a r t in th e Fourth pogtoffice >2475.00 and tbe GTrass inglv. To c*ht>arn t h 5« reduction a™* ’ assistant fo r the AAA com m ittee, m ent o f income taxes. They are m ajo rity of school officers an J W ar Loan drive, R. E. Brown. Valley poatofllce has an estimated inter-sf on th* advwWe ipavnt/hts krocer w hh w ife and dau- out thftt lf>ana arp offer. th ree y ea r notes and come in citixens of the county th eir has president, advised. Mr? P eterson. 320.OOO makh»< a total <rf >*8.- wart: waived. The reduction from g h te r, Clyde F ridley of Wasco, ed producerR to m ain tain .prices denom inations fro m $100 to $1,- been a good deal of change in Each of th e fo u r state* served by 6gi 25. Inasm uch as a large p a rt 17 to 15 cents saved M etals Re- Ronald Bishop of R ufus, Mac a t support levels, and to enable 000,000. ' the school system in the p ast five the b an k , M ontana, Idaho. W ash- Qf tJ,e €Ou n ty h as been covered serve Co.. $16 000 000 while oniv HaU of M oro, H elyer of Kent, grow ers to hold th e ir crons until Ix>cal farm ers, som ew hat wor- Year8- There is now th ree ington and Oregon, has been ere- by sale»m«n th is total, al- >2 500.000 w as waived in in t-re s t d K e lk ’of M(yro and Gordpn they can be m arketed th ro u g h ried OV€r the C(vmpiexities of th» h ig h schools instead of five with dited w ith >500.000 and >1,000 tboUgh n ear the quota, b dot ar production board re- Malcolm nnrmal «Hannels. Loans were on inc07ne tAK blanks, and consider- indications th a t th ere m ay be (X)C ba,s been credited to th e city ag larg e ag the county usually a- in 1942 w ar in fh e r in c re a s e in n u r. ^ l€y ,__ J # fo u r com m odities, potatoes, w heat. inf? it poP^ bie th a t th ey m ay be °ne before th ere will be five again of Spokane, head q u arters of the a t this st*ge o f . the cam q u e s te d a n o th e r 11 i v i in •„» - , w u r n in iiiiiu u n fc » , ----- ln g poSaru.c ...v chase of Canadian alum inum bv McDermid of W asco w as already bgjrley &nd dry T l. additional pay- No ru ral school is still in opera- }^ nk. paign. 370 000.000 nounds.T hri war m ” d- in. P ortland and Newton Fuller talam o u n t borrow ed bv grower» mJent arp buyjng tb e R? /,onds as a tion although th ere has been lit Of oth er bonds >1648 have been tle tendency to consolidate dis- a t the reduced s»b»dule. Th» now of P ortland w ere also called. waR $7,508.248 54, a sh a rp drop safety mca.s u re . repQrted sold and m ore work wbl from th e year previous. A nother featu re of the bonds tric ts e x c e p t' when necessary by C o n s o l i d a t e d C u t s need to be done to bring the alum inum is 'being delivered reg- county up to its quota in this Most of the loans were m a d e th e y m a y be used as col- _ u larly . but the co n tra ct provides J DI on w heat, w ith 1910 loans irelng lateral for loans, thus giving pro- , The d istricts in the south end Q p » -y if£ AlOHfi[ ROVltC p a rt of th e drive. o r a fixed basis of cancelation on (jFC C D <1(1(1 ttlU C made on 6.136 955 b u s h e ls in tert'o n ae ^in st income tax inac- ^ e county have consolidated The G rass Valley area was o r any p a r t of th a t alum inum M etals warehouse« and farm sto rag e, curacies with little loss of usable one m aking the m ost ihod- Consolidated F reig h tw ay s, Inc. ganized Sunday when A. A. D un Reserve Co., m av d*ride not to ^ t a i D D S U S a b k S O O II em d istric t as to size and cover- having already curtailed service U p 1{>cal ^ ¡ r m a n , called a meet- T o ta l a m o u n t lo a n e d on w h e a t c a p ita l. buy. Money advanced the AJum- age of ^pupils atten d in g within tQ ¡n eastern Oregon fo r purpO8e Solicitor« inom Co., of C anada is in the Green S tam ps K, L, and M in was $7 385.712.30. The avern»- the borders of the county. has askwl p abiic U tilities com m is- were for the dHTcrent form th e e repav*-.emt consum ers iv»u ioan ratP fo rm o of f loans lo a n s i fo o r r m r e n a v '. . n u u Book w n 4 will be used by j la c , fo r th e s ta te was $1.20 _ D • The younger people who a ie gioner George Flagg, for perrnis- around that town. Harold of which nearlv 500 900 090 (rounds fo r buying processed foods be- a bushel. R eflecting improved f a f n iC F S I H y id g living on farm s are m ore inclined gion discontinue daily service an<J DeU E akin eastern of alum inum has already been de tween F eb ru a ry 1 and March 20 m ark etin g conditions, th e 1943 tow ard school consolidation than t() 5Q oth er U w ns ¡n Oregon. Rea- gection from bbe Rutledge rofid w h^at k » n volume w . , !<■„ than J o N F L A s S O C i a t Î O I l th e OPA announces. livered. are th eir elders. And the young- gon given lack of m anpow er n o rth , George Wilcox and L. K. The to ta l o u tp u t of alum inum These are the la s t green sta m p , h a lf th e previous y e a r’s figure. h«.s been so g re e t th a t an enonrn- on th e page, and th e la st green T he num ber of harlev losns P acific northw est fa rm ers last ones have the children if n ot an(J d eg ire p revent delays. Smibh w o ^ e d from there to the - ^ „ ¡ l / t o a « n r . u l a « n < -n 4 stam p» th a t will b . used fo r the .to o w as eenalderahlv l e „ than ycar wippd o u t „8,000.000, or 22 the p roperty. - N earby ■ -------- -------- w h.r.h p innegan road. Art Schilling c - u n u . . . and „d towns th ro u g h which < w a > _ . ... . _____ •_ _1ft U ono koincr . , ____a------- ------------------------------ the big trucks will roll w ithout MiHard Eakin the southw eat d»k- it was th is reason th a t w a r nm duc- tim e being. New Blue s ta m p ' in 1942. w :th oniv. 19 lo a n s b e in g p e r c e n t o f t heir to tal m ortgage stopping are B iggs, Blaylock, trfc t an(, E M A |k y an«| Tom Hon board ord-m d the c o i n e r of a nd ra tio n coupons will be used m ade on 37 753 b u ’hels. G row ers indebtedrtp^, to the Federal Land Boardm an, H eppner Junction, Mil- Q ^ ^ t t the town w tth Mr. Dunlap 12 govem m »nt financed alum inum F eb ru a ry 27. Both m ay be used received $28.292. a t an average Bank of Spokane, R E Brown. r a r m e f S 1(1(6(10 ( 0 ler, Mosier, Rufus. B ranch lines fi|y ng jn nlnrcts in th e e a s t and south. Th« from F eb ru a ry 27 qntil M arch 20. loan ra te of 75 ce n ts a ^ 1*aeL president, reported to his b o a rd P l a n t H e a v i l y of the service have already been order does n o t affect p la n ts a t Green stam p s should be used P o tato loans w ere m ade to 45 of directors a t the annual meet- discontinued o r sold, fo r instance I T w «ch f i r s t a s thev expire first. -producers 4.494.690 pounds of the tb(> bank. . * io lnsvanw _ 25 ■» roducers on 4,494.600 bank. V ancouver an '’" F L - L j ’ rtamt,» will be w orth the an a v e ra ie ra te o f *V37 a h fn L payxiffa. p rio r to m atur- A widespread intention am ong ty,e John Day Valley line, which J J g j g k b o r S H a V C which arc p riv ate ly owned Green atwnrpe w , « J * w eW th e ,o a n i t o t , , . ^ )y douWe th e Oregon farm ers , 0 try agajn fo r F u u F rcd a Mc N u rr have ‘ ’ C II ! U U V Examination Many Farmers C om m ittee Take Loans On Named To Aid Investment Sales ^0000 Farm Products Mo’ o f'h o w delav in th - b“ » trill be ’w orth 10 pointe each .?» , 5»».«». W««*«* , , loan v value a lu e in m e a ares= r e ”»3 an d the in so some anu serio u s consideration c f hills mav • - lic k of suitable sto rag e facilities be caused by the fads and idioayu 117 ww— 14A«v*e i i o th e r areas tended to lessen crasies of m m nbers o f congress W aSC O W 0(11311 n C a F S row er in tere st in th» potato found tvpical illu stratio n when ] >an p ro g ram . Kiddle believes O f L o st B r o th e r the senate was passing on com m ittee amend-m^pts to the new ta x m oam re S enator l a n c e r of Donald C raiK. b ro th er of Mrs , . n m N rook R t-rO R D N orth D akota, who has e-tah lirh Jack Witoon, w as n u n « ..................... - — - - , one A of eight . - M - - A - - y g A y E TR O U B LE .d Of a r r n . l t . U o n f o r e ig r L n « ,. Take a 4cok_ a t the fa m ily . a An n e exam in th “ - blues will be w orth 10 pointe A x a rn ple ^ l of o f h how o w d delav el prccedine ycar and principal pay- __________iro™ m pnts on ^ e r ioans were 38 percent ahpad of 7942 4 ^ in new loans b >o^ th<> banR fin_ i.hed the year w ith $«8.271 .«72 ,n the tnortiraite loan account, ax aeainnt $83.664.084 on Dec. 31. an all-out record production of th o s e cror>s an d liv e sto c k p r ro o - those crops and livestock ducts m ost needed to help win w ar wa8 noted in the 36 c o ^ t y ag ricu ltu ral planning meet- '"*» »««M by the s ta te A gricultural Adju&tment agency ®nd the 0 . S. C. Extension aer- vice. A t these m eetings leading 42 * 1942. . -aA.. honV nnid off farm ers sa t down w ith m em bers the ¿ 6 t . 0f , 16.000.00« o f otp ital « ^ t h e county^ to d - puTcha»ed. C o o B n C c r T e e t t e e P o o U u r r W in g ------------------------ vvU ***** W asco Y o u n g P e o p le H onor O r g a n iz a tio n s Reminsoent o f <n old trine bam raising about tan (armors came to town Tuesday and helped LeRoy W right pour the con- crete CICl* for BWI the walls of the founde- tion to hia naw house. The forms ilia have been up »«v- IiFlO Ivilllw e v e r y th in w»a In r e a d in g including ik evening the - L ast Thursday th e M ethodist parsonage was «i Qf n liiFfl R c M I rOV scene of -the s ta n a a ru « to to a n d legTsliaHv» foibles, offered an a . un d er aeige in a jungle outpost w a r ration b o o k , to d a y to m ake stock A s c r ib e d by the govern. ^ a e ^ « U n g a aub- they „ 'n g songs until tim e to go «r , plenty of aand and gravel and cnendm ont increasing the exemo- CTMtor setg J th a t every one lh„ th » m ent during the ea rly th irtie s, Report» on th ose m eetings sub- they „ n g songs u n tu r jcfc tion fo r dependent children froni d u rm g w h i c h j ^ u r t i * e8 add^ w th e cover fill'd in com- thus placing its stock en tirely in f i t t e d to R B T avlor, sta te AAA t o ' °{ ad^ ” ed in one day although the rfiori $36« f ^ th e firsts CMM _uo J " $9.800 fo r e ic h t children nnd $2 - They spent 13 days w alking 600 each child above th a t nvm ankle & ? p mud flo-p mud her. S enator L an g er wrguyd th a t Sgt. P eter adoption nf his am endm ent wonld Sa n . Francisco SCO w „ com- tend to a v e rt a -locre.ym g h .rth of unU . , N ative Ka- ra te a f te r the w a r b v im h w .m g . v0,untBera and the Amerl- ls rp c r nronort-on o t - «y n r th iw daw 24 h , den en w m tyhov nmrnU wh ymy enU M , , ch.ldl-ss. The amerykment_ ■ ,.heir cscane Thy relented w ithout t " 1’«»11' b u t e re m y surrounded th e post sod delayed o rd erly prfy_^ they escaped over an sen ate or a const ipaas only our <>url’ a ' added lu s t so innch to t b cost of , apfl Three d a y , later, w ith p rin tin g the C ongrce.tonal Re- reinforcem ents^ th e y ret,ym ed and V rte ra n . of a r e a lr e a d y th e victim s of union C o n tin u e d , „ ^ nsted hv th e OPA hecaus- hundrw i , o n f f hw 1 - t t ra ratio tio n n hooks. hooks. w h,> b h a w hpen d rn n w d ln ,hc mai)>by findpra. aP„ being sen t to ...... .............. ............ fbp dead letb>r nfflce fo r ]ack ....... nf a r nddnIaa M sn , Itch book, retu rn ed if co rrect ad- ha5 a|tr(,ed forw ard a ,oat ,b ook ,f th?' ow ner can be located. Rem inder— sc a re starnn nnm- the W nUr day w a . pretty »«1. «.osociation, and l a r m e r V a r ^ o t . 'f u lly Ju n io r L ea g u er, an d frie n d s h.,1 before ’ the l a * barrow full was The bank cut t jte e s ta » te y nri>biPnv , a a dinner dinner and evening of dumped. The bank cu w r e real a . »- , h continued problem and evening of g g am a m es e , $r .r dum ped „h. boua. yentory to 39 fa n u s . reduc Bo0l f It - f#TOa„ t.on of 131 from D ^ 3 U 9 4 2 . and y_ >n() tjons were very nice affa, „ for yrill be moved on a decrease 4.00 g ettin g th e job done than in the young people jnvolved. _ _ _ _ _ g ettin g the job peak in March 1937. reg isterin g com plaint» about their. - - ----------------- - ELMER PEARSON BURIED * B 1 I Jl vf)N RORSTEI. M AKES adm itted difficultiea. One b rig h t sp o t in th e produc- /\I l(lr C W L a ilO lC S IzlC S Elmer Peiuwon, wfco has _ tion picture is the fact th a t a . « ed for many y e a » O9C HONOR ROLL mild w inter in Oregon so fa r has D a U ^ h t ^ F S H O H lC er ranch, died there Sunday night Jackie von Rorstel, son of Mr resulted in relatively lig h t use of bnown band at the age o f dT. SWWHWt p m h ne nd and Schoen- £ J ^ L i d a y F rank von B orstel, who feed -so th a t if even norm al con- \ n e ., nt experienced between leader m our school h<>nor t „ e th „ aUnpd re , whose tWE O: h i l X e w X ^ f o r T ' son- fo r flve points in th e purchase of r„ „ a t the end o f the fall sem es crttica, f ~ d sh o rU g c Ithat loom- fall world w s r N o . pli4!a were frm n ^ p l a r e t frmfh a n d ^ „ « « t g e . Th.» te r w ith ^ V ' . n d is 1 d au g h U r in M ar— who have been given m«dica1 di*- ohn r „ s of n a t t o n ^ f tr r m jo a ,, on b e in g labor P age Two m ad? con deert at N „ . h u t, and had o; . - . . t ^ h , « ™ . ^ a.»____ h . J v o r J E , ^ i n g ^ v e r a l ontrorul ^ w t t o n ^ e ^ su>bi(*ct3. su b ject, ^w0 b a rs of soap whole tim e. during N or is it good fo r the purchaso total of 16. evening aaviral ha. been In the fo r «eye United ” State« ha, . young V -. Ann. Id. He w as A n g d e . and f f V . t o d ^ t o t . - detailed report of plant- buried Monday. January 24, at Mlnnneapolto. — piace. H - friend. inWaaco Funeral A m o r e <l©taib out the state is being prepared. deeply regret hi« death. being mad» hi the Berâîea»