Thursday, September 26,
Washington, D. C, Sept. 26. Daily
the impression deepens in the na
tional capital that the United States
is headed for war. General Marshall,
chief of staff, in a radio broadcast
declared that military danger (war)
may develop in six months. Because
of this apprehension the high com
mand is speeding up manufacture
of munitions and expects in 1941 the
production of planes, bombers, pow
der, tanks, etc., will be under way
but peak capacity will not be attain
ed until 1942.
Here are some of the steps taken
for national defense: Islands at ei
ther end of the Panama Canal are
being acquired as air and navy bases
and the defenses of the canal are be
ing increased. In exchange for 50
over-age destroyers the U. S. has
been given a 99-year lease on air
and navy bases from New Foundland
to the Caribbean. Each of these sites
will be developed and equipped with
all possible dispatch.
' An agreement has been completed
with Canada for mutual defense in
case either country is attacked. In
accordance with this agreement, a
special commission is now looking
for defense sites to protect the Pa
cific northwest from Alaska south.
These sites will be manned with
Canadian and American soldiers
equipped with artillery and combat
planes. Similar protection is being
prepared on the Atlantic.
On October 16 some 16,000,000 men
between 21 and 35 years will register
and from these about 900,000 will
be conscripted for military service
for one year. After one year of serv
ice these conscripts will be in re
serve for ten years. Ultimate aim
is an army of trained men, active and
reserve, of 5,000,000, which is ap
proximately 500,000 stronger thaD
the German army.
The government is rushing estab
lishment of munitions factories in
the midwest and these will be in
production next year. Aircraft fac-j
tories have so many planes to build
that present capacity is inadequate
and all of the plants (principally on
the Pacific coast) are being expand
ed Thousands of youngsters are
being trained to pilot these planes
and other thousands as ground crews
to service the bombers, pursuit ships
and training planes. Factories are
being ordered to expedite manufac
ture of rifles with which to arm the
soldiers and other factories are turn
ing out ammunition for the weap
ons. Two more immense plants are
under construction to make smoke
less powder.
Contractors are preparing to pro
duce tanks for the motorized army;
tanks of 20, 40 and 50 tons, and de
signs are being drawn for a 70-ton
tank. Every navy yard is engaged
in building fighting ships and pri
vate yards have been assigned some
of this work. About 50 destroyers
are to be constructed on the Pacific
coast in addition to submarine ten
ders, seaplane tenders and a fleet
of speedy motorboats which carry
torpedoes. Five years are required
to construct the super-battleships,
but while these are on the ways the
navy will be busy providing itself
with smaller craft.
To house the new army, canton
ments are under order (901 build
ings at Fort Lewis alone), requiring
the employment of a great number
of skilled members of the building
trades and trainloads of lumber and
other material. Contracts for build
ing shelter for the troops specify
that the work must be completed in
90 days. A time limit has been placed
for the delivery of uniforms, blan
kets, shoes and other requirements
for the soldiers, not to mention the
food supplies.
All is hustle and bustle in the na
1940
tional capital as the nation launch
es its preparedness program, as tho
ugh to be in readiness in six months
when, as General Marshall said, mili
tary danger may develop.
Before next spring it is possible,
according to high officials, that the
British fleet may be using United
States ports on the Atlantic coast,
in the event of an invasion of Eng
land, for operations against the en
emy. For these defense preparations
congress has appropriated since last
June more than $16,000,000,000, in
addition to the "$7,000,000,000 for the
normal operation of goernment. Vot
ing more than $23,000,000,000 in less
than six months gives the general
public some idea of what they can
expect in taxes. The billions voted
for defense can be regarded as only
the beginning.
Well over half a million barrels of
flour have been purchased in the
northwest by Japan during the past
week. All of this huge cargo will
move out of the Columbia river ba
sin territory before January 1. Those
in position to know expect cessation
of hostilities in the Far East very
soon. When this comes about Ore
gon and the northwest should once
again be the largest sellers of food
stuffs, lumber, etc., to Japan.
Through the offices of Senator C.
Through the offices of Senator Chas.
L. McNary last July contact was
made between representatives of a
Swiss aluminum company, next in
size to the Aluminum Company of
America, and members of the na
tional defense commission in the
national capital. The Swiss gentle
men frankly stated their mission
was to find a site in the United
States for an aluminum plant, and
they intimated that they had their
eyes on the TVA area. Senator Mc
Nary informed them of the advan
tages offered by the Pacific north
west and called attention to the
fact that the rates of the Bonneville
hydro-elecric plant were lower than
could be obtained anywhere else in
America.
Senator McNary's efforts were
aided by Edward R. Stettinius of
the defense commission, who inform
ed the visitors that no surplus elec
trical energy is immediately avail
able in TVA while Bonneville could
supply their needs on short notice.
The Swiss company proposed a $5,
000,000 plant which would require
30,000 kilowatts for its operation.
The fact that the Aluminum Com
pany of America had already lo
cated a plant on the north bank of
the Columbia river was not re
garded as a handicap, and investiga
tors were sent to Oregon to look
into the situation.
The report of these investigators
has now been made and, needless to
say, it is favorable. There remains
the matter of obtaining a site and
this is now under consideration.
Whether the company will locate in
the Portland area depends upon
availability of site and the price
Which must be paid for the desired
acreage. It is understood that ne
gotiations are now in progress.
Hereafter and during the "emer
gency" state highway commissions
will have little to say about what
new roads are to be built and what
improved with the aid of federal
funds. In the regular federal-aid
authorization bill there is a clause
which alters the picture, allegedly
in the interest of national defense.
It stipulates that priority be given
routes designated by any defense ag
ency, which means that in some
states a large portion of their funds
must go to highways of military val
ue. The bill also provides for federal
studies, when requested by states,
for "flight trips" along highways
where planes may be landed with
out interfering with ordinary traf
fic. It is not expected that other steps
will be taken immediately for the
carrying out of a program for mili
tary highways. What is to be done
about the inadequacy of present
highways to bear the burden of hea
vy motorized movement may come
later as a part of the national de
fense program, but no provision will
be made at this session.
Powerful farm groups are putting
pressure on congress to pass the
Jones-Gillette bill amending the 1937
agricultural marketing agreements
to be administered by AAA. The
plea is offered that this is necessary
because of loss of export markets.
Canners are opposing enactment of
the measure as they don't want
marketing agreements on products
they buy.
At present, only milk and a lim
ited group of fruit and vegetables
can be controlled through marketing
agreements. In the Jones-Gillette
bill apples not produced in the Pa
cific northwest are the only products
not blanketed by its provisions.
Preliminary steps toward bringing
about the setting up of a Columbia
Valley Authority similar to" TVA
have been taken in the name of na
tional defense and progress to that
end is being watched with interest
by private utility companies of the
Pacifc northwest. The first move
was an order by President Roosevelt
placing in the hands of Administra
tor Raver of the Bonneville project
the power of marketing both Bonne
ville and Grand Coulee, with an ev
entual pool of 2,400,000 kilowatts.
The step is a proposal which has
been made by Administrator Raver
that the Bonneville administration
be vested with authority to buy
plants and facilities of private utility
companies and re-sell them to pub
lic utility districts and municipalities,
RFC has already offered to furnish
money to PUD'S to pay for proper
ties purchased for operation by the
public.
The pooling of the electrical out
put of both Bonneville and Grand
Coulee is held to be justified in
order to encourage the establishing
of industries producing materials
necessary to national defense, and
to the extent that this is true com
munities in the northwest will ben
efit. But it is well understood that
the underlying purpose is to bring
about a situation which ultimately
will result in creation of the long
contemplated central authority for
administration of the affairs of both
these great projects and federal con
trol of the entire electric industry in
the Pacific northwest.
SUMMONS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON IN AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF MOR
. ROW.
The Federal Land Bank of Spokane,
a corporation, Plaintiff,
vs.
Arthur L. Larsen and Delia E. Lar
sen, husband and wife; C. S. Calk
ins and Anna B. Calkins, husband
and wife; Helen J. Strain, former
ly Helen J. Slanger, and Alvin
Strain, wife and husband: Anna
Elizabeth Slanger, a minor; Fred
erick J. Slanger, a single man;
The Unknown Heirs of Anna C.
Slanger, deceased; Harriet NJ
Dickerhoff and W. G. Bickerhoff,
wife and husband; Frank Walker
and Jane Doe Walker, husband
and wife; West Extension National
Farm Loan Association, a corpor
ation; and Also all other persons
or parties unknown claiming any
right, title, estate, lien or interest
in the real estate described in the
complaint herein, Defendants.
TO: Harriet N. Dickerhoff and W.
G. Dickerhoff, wife and husband;
Helen J. Strain, formerly Helen J.
Slanger, and Alvin Strain, wife
and husband; The Unknown Heirs
of Anna C. Slanger, deceased; Ar
thur L. Larsen and Delia E. Lar
sen, husband and wife; Also all
other persons or parties unknown
claiming any right, title, estate,
lien or interest in the real estate
described in the complaint herein,
DEFENDANTS.
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF OREGON you are hereby re
quired to appear and answer the
complaint filed against you in the
above entitled Court and Cause
within four weeks from the date of
the fist publication of this sum
mons, and if you fail to appear and
answer, for want thereof, the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in its complaint as
follows, to-wit: For a decree order
ing that the sum of $100.00, being
the par value of 20 shares of stock
in The Federal Land Bank of Spo
kane, pledged by the West Extension
National Farm Loan Association as
additional security for the loan made
by the plaintiff herein, be applied
Oregon
to the payment of the amount se
cured by plaintiffs mortgage; and
that the plaintiff have judgment
against the defendants, Arthur L.
Larsen and Delia E. Larsen, husband
and wife; C. S. Calkins and Anna
B. Calkins, husband and wife; and
West Extension National Farm Loan
Association, a corporation, . and
against each of them, for the balance
then remaining unpaid on said in
debtedness, to-wit: The sum of $3,
090.86, with interest from the 29th
day of June, 1940, until the entry of
decree herein at the rate of 5V2
per annum on $1,507.20 thereof, and
6 per annum on $1,289.18 thereof;
and for the further sum of $150.00,
or such other sum as the Court may
adjudge reasonable as attorney's
fees herein, together with plaintiff's
costs and disbursements; that the
mortgage described in plaintiff's
complaint be foreclosed and that the
mortgaged premises, together with
all water and water rights used upon
or appurtenant to said lands and
however evidenced, be sold in one
parcel in the manner prescribed by
the laws of the State of Oregon and
the practice of this Court; that the
proceeds thereof be applied towards
the payment of plaintiffs decree,
costs and accruing costs; that at said
sale plaintiff be permitted to become
a purchaser; that the defendants
above named, and each and all of
them be foreclosed and barred of
all right, title, claim or interest in
the premises described in plaintiffs
mortgage except the right of re
demption allowed by law, and that
plaintiff have such other and further
relief as is meet and equitable.
That the lands covered by the said
mortgage which will be sold under
foreclosure are as follows, to-wit:
The Southwest Quarter of the
Southeast , Quarter of Section
Eleven, Township Four North,
Range Twenty -five, East of the
Willamette Meridian; and
All water and water rights
used upon or appurtenant to said
lands and however evidenced;
Together with the tenements,
hereditaments and appurtenan
ces thereunto belonging or in
anywise appertaining;
Situated in Morrow County,
State of Oregon.
This summons is served upon you
by publication thereof for four con
secutive weeks in the Heppner Ga
zette Times by order of the Honor
able Bert Johnson, County Judge,
which said order was entered the
26th day of September, 1940, and the
date of the first publication of this
summons is the 26th day of Sep
tember, 1940.
P. W. MAHONEY,
Postoffice Address: Heppner,
Oregon.
One of Attorneys for Plaintiff.
NOTICE
No trespassing or hunting will be
allowed on the F. D. Cox and Mrs.
D. O. Justus lands in Morrow coun
ty. Anyone found trespassing will
be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law. !
F. D. COX,
28-30p. MRS. D. O. JUSTUS.
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR MOR
ROW COUNTY.
In the Matter of the Estate and
Guardianship of CHARLOTTE
CANNON and PETE CANNON,
Minors.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
pursuant to an order and license
made and entered by the above en
titled court on the 15th day of Aug
ust, 1940, the undersigned guardian
of the above named minors will from
and after the 27th day of September,
1940, offer for sale and sell at private
sale for cash, subject to confirmation
by the above entitled court, at the
law office of Jos. J. Nys, Heppner,
Oregon, all the right, title and inter
est of the above named minors in
and to the following described real
property, situate in Morrow County,
Oregon, to-wit:
The Wk of NEy4) NWy4 of
NEy4, Ey2 of SEy4, swy4 of
SEy4 and SEy4 of SW of Sec
tion 23, ad SWy4 of NEy4, SVz
of Nwy4, Nwy4 of Nwy4, swy4
and NWy4 of SEy4 of Section 24
in Township five (5) South,
Range 26 East of Willamette
Meridian.
Dated and first published this 29th
day of August, 1940.
ADA L. CANNON, Guardian.
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NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned executors of the estate
of Ralph W. Harris, deceased, have
filed their final account with the
County Court of the State of Ore
gon for Morrow County of their ad
ministration of the estate of said de
ceased, and that said Court has fixed
Monday, the 21st day of October,
1940, at the hour of 10:30 o'clock
in the forenoon of said day in the
I County Court room at the Court
House, at Heppner, Oregon, as the
time and place for hearing objec
tions to said final account, and the
settlement of said estate, and all
persons having objections thereto,
are hereby required to file same
with said court on or before the
time fixed for said hearing.
Dated and first published this 19th
day of Setember, 1940.
LAXTON McMURRAY,
FRED McMURRAY,
I Executors.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, administrator of the es
tate of Pearl Parker, deceased, has
filed his final account with the
County Court of Morrow County,
and the Court has set Monday, No
vember 4, 1940, at 11:00 A. M. in
the Morrow County Court Room of
the Court House in Heppner, Mor
row County, Oregon, as the time
and place for hearing of said final
account. All persons having objec
tions to said final account must file
the same on or before said date.
Dated and first published this 26th
day of September, 1940.
ARTHUR P. PARKER,
Administrator.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned executrix of the estate
of Lillian Cochran, deceased, has
filed her final account with the
County Court of the State of Ore
gon for Morrow County of her ad
ministration of the estate of said
deceased, and that said Court has
fixed Monday, the 21st day of Oc
tober, 1940, at the hour of 10:00 o'
clock in the forenoon of said day
in the County Court room at the
Court House, at Heppner, Oregon,
as the time and place for hearing
objections to said final account, and
the settlement of said estate, and
all persons shaving objections there
to, are hereby required to file same
with said court on or before the
time fixed for said hearing.
Dated and first published this 19th
day of September, 1940.
SARAH E. McNAMER,
Executrix.
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