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T5 > Pa ere 2 Friday, April 9 . 1943 B E A V E R T O N E N T E R P R I S E , Beaverton, Oregon la b so n Analyzes First Qnarter Activities H. 1L J K m t l K S , Publisher Published Friday or each week by the Pioneer Publishing Co , at Beaverton. Oregon. Entered a* second-class matter at the poatofflce at Beaverton. Ota -.41.00 _ .50 One Year _ Sis Months Three Months Subscription Payable I 4óa In Advance. ; Things Freeze U p ! The thing th at gets me is this talk about r a is in g more potatoes* Washington, D. C.. April 9—The first quarter of 1943 was marked by several outstanding events in busi ness and finance. Some of these are | resulting in vital changes in our 1 economic and family life I have space to comment upon just a few of them. Congress B elow Standard Beaverton Office— Enterprise Bldg., Phone Beaverton 2321 We entered 1943 with a better po 1 Hello Folks: Hillsboro Office— Room 5, Delta Bldg., Phone 1641 Well things can Freese Up fer a litical situation that had existed foi Portland O ffice- 308 Panama Bldg., 3rd and Alder Phone ATwater 6591 There has beer* contin week nowadays before you know some time. whats a goln’ on! Look at the short- ued evidence that the calibre of Con improved. It remains, nin’ grease and a few other things gress has | Churchill and Hitler crossed words i however, below the standards o f the after-democracy it represents This may I what froze up over here , on the air! I reckon we will git uaed I not be the fault of Congress itself | to such things as the war increases, i but the fault of the voters who elect Even in these strin I ’ll bet the 'am thing what Fsv'-zes the Congress. up will be W H IS K E Y ! Now don’t gent times people are failing to take Until misunderstand me, I am willin’ fer an interest in government. everything to freeze up and let us they do we can expect little of a con live on snake eggs and dog milk If structive nature from Washington. that’s what It takes to beat the dev- Commodity Prices L IV E S VS. C A S H llilh Axis bunch! But I git rcgust- The prediction I made in my Annu O t "• ^ & & ... . i ed when a red nosed feller talks to al Forecast that there would be con- “They gave their n< s you end | me about the hole world a gettin’ to i « tinued pressure to pierce price ceil- your money” is the U S traaaui-v I —" ------- ------ uraituiy ruined that he is afeard that things ¡nKg has materialized. T in has slogan for the Second war loan drive j will go completely to the devil and been almost a complete di rd of which continued during JanuSry and Molasses O rder Must retail prices ceilings. Inflationary February, (X« ooo «no 0«»e* On T h i>O m<1 ,H that !t ,hat whukey they may fer * ven mak- (W0,000,000,000. This mean, he in- a have while, to 4 quit 0 ne of forces are set for a good ride and New Industrie« Be Placed at Once l600fl00°f ,alae man *13’" I that Of the new products being develop- i/OO.OOO, about $100 *,hOU for d every ^ . breed T . talked . . . . to me the . other pressure on wholesale prices, which Dairy farmers to use mo- 1______ ’ .7,. ‘" “ " ¡day. I asked him how many farms have been quietly getting up steam, ed in research departments, little can . __ ... who , plan . . 1 r 11 . . i he drank down hiz windpipes to soak may blow up thewhole price control now be said. But readers can rest s e 1 * glass and le- Elsewhere in this paper .. an ad j hiz noge and bra,nB? H e said that gume silage are urged to place their program. Inflation of prices may assured that out of the increase in sponsored by patriotic merchants. ' hig b(znegg , He ghous looked orders with their dealers at once, be slowed down, but will not stop, industrial and scientific research oc- professional men and individuals u rg -!it» Hence, wholesale prices will undoubt casioned by the War, many revolu saul 1 »line1 S Toivend, as it is °ui ing everyone to do their part. Men; B A R B W IR E B IL L edly work higher tlona.y services and materials will l ^ h ‘T * War and women will call on you soon— f “ Soul liberty is the prerogative Rationing ■ *>• available after the War In fact. jn effect ag )agt for your pledge Do your part noW “ V . . of the individual man or woman. Starting with tires, gasoline and the great improvements in the fields An panning to use molasses so that this horrible wai will end Letters From Soldiers It should never be surrendered to fuel oil and extending to food and of chemistry» and electronics have a. for / £ * hig QW soon. 1 Even Include Poetry any civlq organization, whether it shoes, rationing, together with a dry ready been nosed about and resulted tajnelg ug bu,k de„ w i„ have to he that of a township, a state, a ing up of many consumer goods sup in upward flurries in certain chem. be taken Qne J molasses will t . . , ( A local service man saw a poem in nation, or a World Federation.” The be avaj,able at Foregt Q|.ove thig In England it has been estimated j p,.jnt clipped it out and sent it home plies, has been the means of bringing « 1 radio and other securities Cer technical training many of oui wfetk , f dairymen wait untU the that one efficient man or woman, av- to his parents. The parents for some our war economy home to all. need h molagge3 ! ei aging four hours a day working in undisclosed reason prefer not to have Uinly, the point system pf rationing young men are now receiving assures tjme ^ will be extended ultimately to cloth- our leadership in terms of better and the, e |g ye chance ^ | a Digging for Victory garden can the man’s name mentioned. SIGNS OF SPRING This is Ing and a good deal sooner to many cheaper products for a generation to ^ n<jt be ab,e tQ obtajn gtate; | produce more than $100 worth of the poem: food in a year. * types of foodstuffs. But rationing come. Torvend. Orders should be placed What are the signs of spring? of clothes is unlikely before next fall, , — V well in advance of the time the mo- A robin in the yard . . victory T H E D R A F T DODGER --------------- V--------------- gardens . . budding . .. . . , At least 90 percent of the bicycle I am writing this short letter if then. , j-, i-. lasses will be needed. _ . .. trees , word . is true stock Market K . id n e y s L iO r a r --------------- V--------------- But there i* . another ¡ndugtry.g facilities devoted to | And every yes, all these, . . . I muumrjr • ■ acumen are tievoiea , We have had a gradually ’ ising A veal kidney or four little lam b; An organization of technical re sign o f spring to notice particularly ! ^ , . piodlK.tlon making airplane I D^_n ‘ look av’. ay- d,aft dodKer Children start playing outside For it’s addressed to you stock market now for over twelve kidneys will serve two people very searchers now offers a loose-leaf ser- parts, bombs and bomb parts, small rhooting a game of marbles along the arms and other articles of war. You feel at home and in no danger months. The advance in «Jcurities liberally. A beef kidney, a beef heart vice on substitutes for hundreds of curb . . . getting up a game of Back in the old home town; was particularly marked during the or calf tongue, served with plenty of scarce materials. --------------- V --------------- scrub in the street . . . zipping You cooked up some good story first two months of the current year, vegetables, will serve four. --------------- V --------------- around on their bicycles . . roller So the draft board would turn But it took a few million-share days --------------- V------- - Cardboard liners for concrete forms USE THIS YARD STICK r-katlng on paved streets. you down. to wake up most investors. Ri^ht A woman member of » methods have been developed to add resist- Youngsters shouldn’t play in such | Here we record a strange thing You never think of real men, now there is a decided rush for peace group at a large war plant offered ance to abrasion as well as to freez- dangerous places, i of stocks and for cheap stocks. Many suggestions for manufacturing ope- ing and thawing. » course. " But “ ‘ After the Japanese had taken a b l g v Who . * leave there day by day . , you know how kids are. They d o n t !gUce QUt of China we gee , he Qene * | You just think of the girl friends I have foolishly bought stocks without j rations that more than cut operator- V --------------- That you get while they are away | any asset value at all behind thorn time in half. Advertising is salesmanship. you parents to caution them and head in China, praying daily for You just sit at home and read youi | Holders of good stocks should con- . tinue their position and disiegnd =HI=IIIEIIIEIII=IIIEIII=lll*m£IN3!NSIII=lll=lll=m=UI=lll=lll=lll=IIIEIH*MSIIISUi9(lt3lltSHia paper, you motorists to wntch out for them. these same Jap people. So his Be especially alert these days, Jump and yell “ W e'll win.” minor and corrective flunctuation* | § friends report. And yet it is with Just where in hell do you get that Considering the large amounts of Iji won't you? Think how you would reason that the great man pleads be iii "w e” stuff? available cash, it is only natural to jjj feel if you killed a child! fore the God of heaven to have mer expect that its ultimate investment — This war will be won by men. ---------------V --------------- Ml cy toward his enemies. For the Just what do you think, draft dodger vill be a dominant factor in further jjj THE NEW ARMY IH General himself was once in heathen That this free nation would do higher stock averages. If all the men were dodgers army of I ‘•»' • ‘ ness and It was by the prayers Manufacturing Ml War has created a new And» afraid to fight like you? ' | of others that he was brought into During the first quarter, a great Ml tiie enemy. This army permeates the Gospel light and to Christ who Well, I guess that's all, Mr. Slacker many industries showed unusually For I suppose your face is red. 1 good results. The total volume of war plants and homes. Aside from has become the fulness of life to him. 1 Christ tells us to love oui enemies j America is no place for your kind business has been well maintained, _ individual carelessness, its ranks in Ml but profits on the whole, due to tax ID O regon’s Own Author clude haste and confusion and substi and he gives us a yard stick that I And I mean every word 1 said, tells us how far our love reaches | So in closing this letter draft dodger ; provisions, have fallen. Exceptions IM tution. The war worker rushing t o . Just remember what I say: to this however, are not uncommon work and neglecting to turn off the Here we have it ONE lxive your Ml TW O Bless them that Keep away from my girl, you bum, ! to find. Competition has been keen. stove, the confusion of hurriedly enemies. For I'm coming home some day. Ml , many small manufacturing concerns, T H R E E Do good to slapping together a housing project curse you. FOUR Pray stores and shops have had to shut = ..... li i « suits in poor construction them that hate you. Ml up. It has not been a time to es- ||! «mil mi fir* p w w t i f l * facilities, the j for them that despitefully use you A x is Mine Fields Ml tablush new enterprises, but certainly ¡¡j rubstltutlon of highly flammable m a-1 aud persecute you. Located in O regon we can look forward to many new S ii i ials where ordinarily metal would Now bring it down to date and take ill have been used these are the kind | your own measure. ONE Love your Areas covered with ferns» and oth developments to take up some <•* the j Ml Author Frederick Haberman of things of which the wartime fire ¡enemy. That means to love the Jap er dead growth from last year have i post-war slack m hazard army is made. j people in spite of their treachery at been an explosive menace to life and | Retail Trade fl ¡jj For example, glass Is now widely | Pearl Harbor. TW O To bless them, property during recent weeks. In February and March were pretty ; s iji used as a substitute for metal In con i Yes. In spite of their taking over the extremely dry spring weather dead good months for retailers. Volume i 'J! Ml tainers holding flammable liquids Philippines. T H R E E To do good to feins will blow up In flame from a Was some 25% higher than the co r-' m Kerosene, cleaning fluid and gaso them In spite of their planning to en spark. responding months of a year ago j ill FOUR And to pray for line are common In every home. Fire slave us. This spring the fern fields of O re-! piices may be well maintained but Ml department officials and the fire in them in spite of their treatment of gon are in effect land mine fields of as I stated in my Annual Forecast I surance industry have sought for our men taken prisoners. the Axis. The men required to fight expect the year to show a decline in jjj Ml So we see the Japanese as an out fern fires are so many men taken volume. years to teach people to store these Customers have jumped = ill volatile liquids in non-shatternble law nation that must be rounded up from war production. Farm fires the gun on clothes and on other types i DC I containers. Yet today metal has be- and their guns taken away At the are a serious hazard to timber need- of merchandise T H E A N G L O - S A X O N C H R I S T I A N ASSN. Ml With employment ' jjj = «un«' precious and the dangerousl sunn time we see them one by one , for war ugcg at Its highest level and many families j = ÍM jar is reappeniing in the g s-! as souls fol whom Christ died We; Patriotism requires extreme pre- able for the first time in years to re- j = 212 Davis Building lure und laundry room. Special kinds ¡are to pray that they may he lifted ; cautio , W|th fire anywhere outdoors place worn out goods and materials.! jjj HI of glass have been developed which ( from heathen darkness into the glor- f,.om „ ,w untn the heavy rains of it was natural for retailers to bene- - Portland, Oregon 'eslst breakage But they do break : tons light of the Gospel In spite of next autumn. Governor Snell has fit. The record national income of Therefor*, highly volatile agents all their deviltry we are to plead advanced the date of the closed flro $121.115,000,000 has also been a fac E H I = l l l = l l l 3 l M E I I I E I M = :I M = M I = M I E I I I = I I I E I I I = l l l = I I I E I M = I M = l l ( = I M E M I E I I I E I I I E I M = l l l = l l l = I M = I M = such as naptha and lighter fluid l before God for their souls. season. Those who set fires without tor in the retail business, but last should be kept in small bottles not I Is it from a sense of duty that you permits from authorized forest offi November and December showed a more than a few ounces, so that if '• obey Christ and pray for your enemy? ecus are subject to arrest. reversal of the trend in income they should break, the consequent Or is It from a heart of love? The And let’s not forget that fern fires vapors will not have sufficient expío- fruit of the Spirit Is love and being and so-called brush fires are destruc sive force to endanger life. This * fruit, it must come In by growth, tive in any year. As many as 25,000 should be possible because these and ! How comes that growth? How does Douglas fir seedlings have been T H E O LD JU D G E S A Y S ... similar materials are seldom used In j the Holy Spirit bring you into such counted on a single acre of logged-off quantity. Above all else, never store | love? What means does he use? land, under screens of fern. flammable liquids in rooms contain-1 Does he point you to some needy --------------- V — ------------| Ing stoves or open flame, i soul near to hand and you make It Pedestrians, when you are crossing The army of fire hazards is beyond your Christian duty to help such n ¡busy streets, don’t day dream. Stay ^ the reach of the mightiest bomber. one? And in time you find your awake. “ Usq your head as well as Just because a bomber can't reach It, self acting from love? How comes it your feet.” we should not underestimate Its pow-ithnt you love your enemy? er. It can strike ns swiftly and 1 Mail me a postal that I can use Caution ia the only safeguard deadly as the most efficient panzer and on It say how you came into the against traffic accidents. Don't put dlviaion And, unlike the panzer, | deeper love. your trust in luck The only one <ince It strikes It sometimes cannot who should put faith in a rabbit foot be stopped The army of fire haz ia a rabbit. ards can be licked only by civilians. And they can lick It only If they Cloverdale, Oregon R A TIO N BOOK REM INDER think fire V'eventton. day and night, This apace paid for by an Oregon Clip this Rationing Calendar and at home and at work. businessman. attach to ration book for conven ience. HI=M!5IMEIII=IMEIM=IMEIMEIMSMIEIMEIII5IM=IIISMI=IM5IHEIM=m=UI=MI=IM=lll=IM=IM=tH5ll. 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M4 IK .N TIST The Public Is cordially Invited | GASOLINE i A book coupons No. 5 good for four | gallon* each from March 22 to May | ¡jj 21 outside the eastern gasoline short age area flKlCM March 31 Cara with A books must have tires inspected before this date, j m Santa basic rules as for passenger , I j cars apply to motorcycle D books IN Tire* Recapping with reclaimed rubber | 3 cantelback for tires smaller than ■ 17 50-20 permitted without ration cer- I | tiftcate 1 AUTOMOBILES New 1941 models may be purchased by merely filing statement of need with dealer, 1942 model* listing at more than $1500 and convertibles may be sold on ration certificates to anyone needing car and not having "‘■arviceahle car” If engaged in gain ful employment or war or welfare work: other 19«2 models may be sold on ration certificates to persons elig ible for C gas rations “ Hnd any new 4 from George and his family since they moved away. Judge?” “ Yes. I had a letter from him day before yesterday. He's in Kentucky ...the family's tine and they all like it there. George says tie has a fine job in a beverage distillery. Me brought out an interesting ixiint in his letter I hadn't thought of before. He said that while the beverage distillers are work ing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week turning out war alcohol for the government for ammunition, tires, medical supplies and chemicals, they still are able to account tor nearly a billum and a half dollars in taxes each year. That’s on account of the fact the leverage distillers, though working 100*« for the government, are still able to supply the public with beverages from the reserve stocks made during jreacetime. ' (Juite an unusual case, isn’t it, Jinr i ‘r r m iM lt t U u B «