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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (June 9, 1944)
VAÓt X ^HERMAN i I C U IX N lt JU L Í l N a L. AlOKO. U ltlitU A J * b m n a n C o u n ty J o u r n a l Published Every Friday at Mbro, Oregon Giles L. French Editor E nt« r id h * second d a n m a t lo r m P o s to f f ic e a t M o ro , O re « o n _ n a d e r o t C o u v res » o í M a rc h 3. 1879. th e A ct NATIONAL É D IT O R IA L ASSOCIATION O u d o O trfsrtru AT p u i ns 4t«y 44 s M‘,* t I 0 ■ OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance ONE YEAR ............................ $2<9 JU N E 9. 1944 Those w ho w o u ld tr a d e fre e d o m fo r s e c u r ity a re d eserví n'g o f n eith er. Í OMPARE Look ng down the street Tues day morning while Ghe radios were telling the story of the l attle raging over the coast of Normandy one could not help but consider tlhe contrast. Over there bombs were tearing rt the soil of France, shells from battleships blasting at concrete defenses, tanka were crawl ng a- gam st smaller shelters and men lehind machine guns were giv •ng and receiving mortal wounds. Tl»e result of years of planning for war was being brought to 1 ear on both sides.. The cost in money was staggering and in lives was immense. Here the sun whs shining through a slight haze as befits a peaceful June morning, the locust trees were in full bloom and their peasant fragrance filled the air Not many vehicles were moving, an indication that most of us had not actively begun the day A tur tle dove in tlje park was cooing Boys from th s town, or from ether towns like this, were in a much different setting. We cannot ignore the destruc *t on in France. We are a part of it, our flesh and blood, our shells and mortars, our suppl es and money. We have sent all of them »0 the struggle and will have to rend more. N ext week begins another call for money with which to carry on the fight. It is an invasion call for funds. Those who have al ready sent many of their dollars to war will send more to mak? th s the final phase of the long struggle; those who have not bought bonds will surely feel that new there is no delaying’ possible This peace we have on our farm s and towns is only possible b< cause our sons and our money Leve kept the battle far away if we are to win—and we are— we must supply our war machine w th our dollars. This county has ar. excellent reputation in that regard—a reputation it will un doubtedly keep and cherish and exhibit with pr de when, in later days, there is » discusión o f the yurt we played in the war for a better world. LOCUSTS IN BLOOM The locusts are in fuller bloom tb a year than usual. Many of them are alm ost white, so proli fic are the trees The town sm ells of them,* a sw eetness plea- runt and pervading It is a» if w? lived in a flower garden. Whether the abundance of lo cust blooms has any «onnection with sim larily bounteous crops of giain we do not know. There seems to be no records that e s tablish heavy locust seed crops with heavy wheat production al- ‘bough auch a record might give us some comfort if there was similarity. , But certainly an economic con- -.:ad 04 X jtw w w i -jou si uosioau in it us to enjoy the fragrance and beauty o f the locust trees v ben in full bloom. Whether they j -'eoage prosperity or poverty they are very pretty and therefor? g.ve pleasure. SCHOOL COSTS Note is made elsewhere that the Waaoo and Moro school dis tricta are asking for special lev iea with which to carry on tho>e sdhools for the coming year. Th«» Grass Valley district needs but 1 ttle tax money, if any. It tranr- Txirts its high school. Naturally the covt of keeping school has gone up with higher salaries to teachers and other ris tag coats. N atu rally the per cap- lta cost has gone up alarmingly because so many children have gone elsewhere to obtain the kind of education their parents want and can now afford. People have the money to pay for school now , . i . , , rnd the extra co .t .a not burden- some. Thera w ill be no complamt. The pinch w ill come when there are poor wheat crops and a p r :« based on surplus nstead of scar city. The base of educational cost now established will be still with us and the people will not be able to pay for it. The Wasco school d is tr e t lias a valuation o f $9X4,139; the Moro district a valuation of $753,660, mnking a total of little over $1.700,000. Except for grade and a few high school pupils schools at rich Rufus, con sol dated Kent and Grass Valley these two dis- tricta educated all the children ir the county last year. The vat- ration of the county is $9,189,703 and less than a fifth of it is carry ng the burden of school costs. The town of Wasco is valued at $200,369 for tax purposes; the town of Moro is valued at $182, 697. Thus the towns in which the schools are located are less than a quarter of the valuation of th e districts. The farm ers close to the towns bear the major burden of educating the children of farm ers farther from town. "Town resi- dents are not large property own- . . , , » ere and, except for vacant loie, have not often left taxes u n - pa d. Polit cians all over the worfd hastened to get in on the pub- licity attendant io D Day whicn was, and should nave been allow ed to remain» strictly a GI sold iert day. He was the man who u as dying. FRIDAY, JUNK 9, 1944 "W ake U p , A m e r ic a ! ' Kelly’s Column (Continued from Guadalcanal Rain Page One) .... , . more than s x million o f such g ar Iaenta U d agw ciea can women are denied even les-. rfreMe». The drew shown by him was, he said, “a finar dress than carried by any ¡„ a m ere* today.” Mrs Rogers, a representative from M assachusetts examined the cloth and remarked that it looked very much like 4 he uniform s worn by marines except f cr a narrower stripe. The sam- pje of dress for lend-lease bore a label reading ‘‘Product of the United S tates, one of the United N at ons,” but the label was loose ]y attached and fell, off while the garm ent w as being examined- , . • • • The recent act of congress in voting pensions to survivors of civilian em ployes who bu It the Panama canal is expected to serve a precedent for w n d a r claims Oregon and Washington men T.-tao werc » fo r tify ng Wake island when that remote station whs captured by lb e Theae men were taken Jspan and h a\ . in concentration camps w. h «»»T infrequent news of their fate. may assumed» how ever, t the hardships to which they have u,r ' (been subjected could not be less trying than the suffering endured Jby workers in the disease-infested Panama canal zone and that they ere equally deserving of care and •compensation. In many cases the famil es of these prisoners ar? nct-dy and many of them have a- .bandoned hope o f ever being re united with husbands and fathers. LINED COPPER BETTER The little king of Italy has lied The secret of safe cookery in to the world again He promised to re»«n when Rome m taken « « W -r , u U iw ils is, first n t »11, to by the Allies. All he did was g iv e keep them in a shiny and gleam his son-—who isn’t much better— ing cond tion, as European house power of attorney. His action 1» w ives have done for generations, no credit to our political maneu nays Lois A. Lutz, extension spe cialist in home management >• at vers in Europe. esc. Because of the natural a ffin ’The Germans could have de fended Rome for many month» ity - of copper for certa n sub bad they planned to do so. They stance», most copperware is lined inunt have either made a mistake with tin or some other metal to or decided that the good will jf rinsure safety irT cooking and to the world in »neb a m atter was m ake the utenails easier to cart going to 'be valuable soon. Our for, she adds Add foods, when Italian force« have proven th at4allow ed to stand or cook in con- tbe Allies can beat the German tact with copper sometime* corn- army in battle when we turn them bine with it to form poisonous h ose. Nearly every Ally had compounds. Th.a is also the rea- tloops in the Italian campaign. son ¿ h a t copper is thoroughly washed with soap and water a f ter having been shined with vinegar and salt. The War Production board ha* allowed ample supplies of tin for From the Observer, Jane 9, 1905 replacing coo-k ng utensils. Mort restaurants supply Antelope was touched by a hotels and cloud burst last week. Fortunately houses are equipped to retin w< 1 u but 1 ttle damage resulted. Throe opper utensils, thus saving time freight teams wetre on Main streetWand labor of frequent scouring, a t the time. The current was noujas well as any worry over the sw ift enough to wash away th e!p ossib ility of harmful effects of haded wagons. g food cooked h direct contact with The first locomotive pulled into« copper. Condon May 31«t. / Unlined copper pans, or those The migratory stock law enact- worn linings, will give milk vo by the recent legislature is to f< a tallowy flavor, hence are be put to a test as to it« consti- not recommended for cooking tutional ty Lake county sheep men milk dishes such as cream sauces will test the law. m.lk gravy, custards and cocoa. Several Sherman county far- ^«pper also affects the flavor of iners, with their wives and sw eet- coffe«. In Other Day.j hearts, will take a lay off and Representative Gannon of Mis- go to the coast for recuperation wuri a bill to repeal the day- before harvest ¿acts n earnestly. j Having misadventure and From the Observer, J one 12. 1925 bas received many letters exprej- Several improvements have been dislike for the plan. It js added to the DeMoss Park during no more popular here than elae- thc past year. A wide foot bridge where because it has saved noth- bu It over the swale In the park j ng and confused everything, and new buildings built. Soott Fortner underwent an op < ration in Moro on Tuesday where Ly he donated hi» tonsils to th e medical profession in return for re Kef from future attacks o f tonsil itis. E R Hickson and Henry Ruggles returned Tuesday from a Ashing trip to Shearer bridge. Hickwon •brought back 17 trout and Rug- glea eight. They report the river high and alighty muddy The third annual reunion of A C Thompson fam ily w 11 be held a t DeMoss Park Sunday» June 21 st. . - ’ v From the Observer. June II, 191É Carroll Sayrs accidently sh ot )| binrw?lf in the foot Friday noon j at the farm went of Moro. He w ae t rcught to town the next day r.nd is now able to l>e about Martte Wea (D) at Texas and tow n on crutches. x tbalrmaa af the cammlttee an m>- The first Oregon grown peach American affairs. The hem e in es for thia season were shipped vestigator stated that those who ape- into Portland June 11th from the tU lise In “ vUtona propaganda“ on he called to account. Fleck orchard company at Rufus, tao air may _______ ______ The DeMoss Lyric Barda have *----- ---------------------------- r------------ arrived home, after a sucoeaaful a t the home o f the parents of the concert tour of the middle wezt «bride in Portland Mr apd Mjra states. ( H ulse w i|l be at home on the f a m M as Mary J. Taylor and R P ea st o f Moro, after a brief hohey- Kulae were married Wednesday n.oon . i ___ d by - HŒD O . C lA t X ; G eneral C hairm an Awwrican Economic 1 Foundation Should Our Foreign Folte? Bo Backed by Force? As debated by H on. T om Connally lio n . B arton K . Wheeler {/. 5 . S en a to r fro m M ontunai V. S. S en a to r from T e x a ti C h airm an , 'fo re ig n R elation» C o m m ittee Chairman, Intentate Commerce Committee , SENATOR CONNALLY OPENS: We must make this war finaL We must so disarm our cruel and savage ^enemies they can never again lift a ,kword against us. The United States Is so powerful, with such tremendous striking power, it is invincible against any single power. It is equally pow erful in world councils. We gave freedom to the Philippines: withdrew our army from Cuba. The world knows we cherish no schemes of con quest, no ambitions for mP’tary rule. JThe hour has struck for / meriea to Instill those principles Into world pol- |iegr. We must declare that our influ- ’ence, out might, will be dedicated to ‘.maintenance of world-peace and sup pression of military aggression wher- {ever it may lift its venomous head. [The U. Sdwiuxt be a member of the world peace agency. We fight a war ‘o end war. The supreme object of var- any war—is the establishment of peace with terms dictated by the victors. We do not fight for conquest and loot, but for peace, security ,among law-abiding nations. The peace settlement»,if distinguished by equity and Justice, should be maintained land preserved. So long as the nations ¡imposing peace ire ready to main tain that peace by the last argument ;of military force, it will live. ! SEN A TO R 8ENATO* WHEELER OPENS: So far as concerns international coopera tion for sensible ends, the American people have been In the forefront of nearly every International effort and enjoyed the moral respect of other nations. But such cooperation has not and should not involve surrender of the sovereign right of the American people to dictate the '•ollcies of this nation, or impair its fieedom and in*, dependence, by joining any interna tional police organization controlled by foreign nations. On the contrary —a strong, free, independent Amer ica, vigorous military defenses, resto ration of our domestic economy, and' revitalization of our constitutional government, are the surest bulwarks against future wars—the most help-' ful starting point for our contribution to peace. It is always better to rely on one’s own atrekgth than on others.; The threat of international force to preserve the peace is a contradiction in terms and ideas. Force, or threat of force, arouses resistance — not acquiescence. Not only does force produce hostility and antagonism, but it produces profound distrust This, in turn, forecloses cooperation. Im portant nations cannot be coerced— only persuaded. They cannot be con trolled by “in international police force.” 1 cannot believe America will give any International organization the power to bomb New York at Ws[ discretion. SENATOR CO NN A L L Y CHAL W H E E L E R CHAL- 'LRNGES: Overwhelming power nev er has solved the problems of Europe and in defeating Hitler we should not accept the premise on which he worked. The German problem is only part of the whole European problem and the whole European problem must be solved to establish a basis <or world peace. To accomplish this two steps are necessary. First, the maintenance of the countries of East ern Europe, between the Baltic and Aegean, as independent communities and their integration as an organic whole. Second, further restricting German influence, by a federal or ganization of Western Europe and •the ^integration of Germany into this new European order—such fr eiu •tion to be based on human liberty and national equality. ‘ SENATOR CONNALLY REPLIES: We fight for peace. To attain this cherished goal enemy lands must be •laid waste, their navies sunk, armies defeated. These terrible and costly ■measures must be taken not through 'love of War and Death, but for love of Peace and Life. An international agency to determine disputes over boundaries, arrest aggress on, arbi trate quarrels, must have V? power ’to enforce its decrees, p i- i viola tors for their crimes agu«n. . a civil ization, of which, I might remind the •‘isolationists“ we are a prominent part The Connally resolution means peace by force whenever and wher ever necessary. God grant Americans will not shrink from this noble task. U . S. M a rin a C orpa P h o to Guadalcanal, scene of the first United Nation offensive operation against Japan, has two seasons—the rainy season, between Novem ber and May, and the wet season. “White men leave and natives Al«.“ during the rainy season, according to natives. Above Is a typical Guadalcanal scene during the rainy season. One Marine reports that every time he crawls Into his “sack” (bed) he gets BUY£^4 WAR BONDS 7ôcfû2// LENGES: The Senate passed the Con nally resolution declaring. “That the United States, acting.through its con-' NOTICE OF NON-HIGH SCHOOL DIST. BUDGET HEARING stitutional processes. Join with free* NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,in compliance with section 111 and sovereign nations In the estab 1244, O.C.L.A., to the legal votera <f the Nonhigh School District lishment and maintenance of inter national authority with power to pre-, of Sherman County, Oregon, that a meet ng will be held at the vent aggression and to preserve the Courthouse in Moro, Oregon on the 1 day of July, 1914, at 8:09 peace of the world " The resolution o ’clock p.m. for the purpose ol discussing the budget i‘or the fi s was adopted by a vote of 89—5. It* provides that such agencies shall have cal year beginning July 1, 1944 tnd ending June 30, 1945, herein “power” to prevent aggression and after set forth- to preserve the peace of the world. The measures suggested by isolation-:^ ESTIMATED RECEIPTS ’ /¡r ? 7 ’ ism did not prevent the bloodiest, the Estimated available cash on hand at beginning of year NONE most disastrous and the most hor rible war known to history. Isolation-, Estimated rece pts from delinquent taxes NONE Ism has failed—it has been drowned Amounts received from other sou roes NONE in a sea of blood. The road to peace, is international cooperation backed' ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES by force when mad mullahs and In Est. ITEM Expenditures for 3 fiscal years Expenditures sane Hggressors scorn every argu ment except that of the sword. preceding current school year and budget for Expcn- SENATOR WHEELER REPLIES: tu re s • six mos. current Right-thinking people everywhere 1940-41 Expen. 1941 42 1942-43 Budget 1944-45 agree that we should make thia war 8058.57 «352.03 7662.32 > 7625.06 4712-15 Tuition final. The question is how. Willi Rogers well said that we never lost; 1612.09 1308.01 J219.ll Transportation 1612.09 978.55 a war but we never won a confer-; 6 0 0 6.00 6.00 3.00 Post. Tel. Tel. ence. The so-called Connally resolu 10.50 10.50 5-75 Supplies 0.30 tion means nothing—it was so loose-f ly worded that it can and will be. 45.00 M «c.-Audit 22.50 22.50 22.50 11.25 construed to meet any occasion. I’ 1 TOTALS 9274.95 9721.54 8898.23 22.50 5710.70 9709.66 all ri to give lip-service to supp ■ i of military aggresst «»ij SUMMARY OF EST. EXPENDITURES. RECEIPTS & LEVY But Ru^»ia was the original aggressor) against Poland nnd Finland. We; Total estim ated expenditure* $ 9709.G6 didn’t act then. And now our State, Deduct total estim ated receipts ard available cash balances NONE Department tells Finland to make) Amount necessary to balance budget 9709 '>6 peace on Russia's terms. Apparently; we don’t even dare tell Russia not to) Balance to >be raised by taxation 970?.C6 partition Poland. We cannot erect, Total estim ated tax levy for the cneuing year 9709.66 political order on a breach of trust, A M E R IC A N H E R O E S Indebtedness on warrant# or on other NONE Dated June 3, 1944 Wily W. Knighten. clerk L .D .P ro u d fo o t, c h a irm a n of boai ! BY L E F F Dies Probe? Scouting on foot in Tunisia» Pfc? Charles H. Evans was captured by 30 Italian infantrymen and marched to the rear. A bayonet at his back, Evans whirled, disarmed his guard, and escaped. Although wounded by rifle fire, he hid in a cactus patch till nightfall, slipped back to our forces with valuable information picked up as i a prisoner, For this be wears the Purple Heart and the Silver Star. r. Celebr »rate Evans* escape with another Wnr Ro” d x~. ,t. S a /e Time by using > this M odern Deposit Plan Quick Ea»y - T h e y are grateful for everything the telephone operators are doing to get them a Long Distance Safa line to home. v — Writ« or Call for Complete ^formation T h e y w ill thank you, too, i f you leave the Long Distance wires from seven to ten for the service men. *a h<Jï D a ll e s B r a n c h of the U n i t e d S ta te s N a t i o n a l B a n k Buy War Bends for Victory Hc^id O ffic e , P o r t i.in d . O re g o n « M U IR s i i i R >; u r a s c T h a t is the best time many o f them have to call. ro si o h a ’ io s THB P A C IFIC T I U F H O N I A N D T U IG K A F H C O M P A N Y *
