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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, May 1, 1941
STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
Workers Excess
Speakers' Prediction
Tax Changes
Rv A T. LINDBKCK
Salem. Oregon has 322 machine,
woodworking and sheet-metal shops
suitable for conversion into defense
industries, the Oregon Economic
council told Governor Sprague this
week. These shops now employ 4206
men and would need 11.670 skilled
workers for capacity production, the
report pointed out. A total of 15,
845 skilled workers were listed in
the report as available for defense
production jobs in this state.
the Dropertv owner goes to tav his
taxes next March, if he pays cash
in order to take the discount he will
be called on to pay only 50 percent
of his normal tax. If, however, he
is of the class that takes advantage
of the installment payments his
March installment will be up to the
usual average but there will be only
two installments to pay instead of
the customary four.
Then in July, 1942. the various tax
levying bodies school district, city,
county, state, etc. will make an
other levy. This one will be for a
full year, the first installment of
which will become due in November.
1942. with subseauent installmpnte
due every three months thereafter.
0. D. Adams, state director for
vocational education, has been grant
ed an indefinite leave" of absence
from his state job in Oregon to serve
Uncle Sam. Adams, who has been
away from Salem the past six
months on a temporary leave, is a
lieutenant commander in the naval
reserves and is in charge of the ed
ucational program for both civilian
employees and enlisted men at the
Bremerton navy yard. Oscar Paul
son, assistant director, is pinch hit
ting for Adams during his absence.
A third act of the recent leris
lative session was made the target
for attack this week when the Asso
ciation Against Public Taxes for
Public Schools started circulating
petitions in an effort to place the
free text book bill on the ballot. The
act under fire extends the use of
free text books to pupils enrolled
in parochial and private schools as
well as those in public schools who
are already enjoying this privilege.
Sponsors of the referendum which
is understood to have the backing
of the Oregon Parent-Tteachers as
sociation, must secure 15,866 veri
fied signatures of registered voters
by June 13 in order to prevent the
act from becoming effective.
The prediction of Speaker Robert
S. Farrell, Jr., that the legislature
will be called into special session if
this nation becomes embroiied in the
world war, is not taken seriouslv bv
state officials generally. Governor
Sprague's only reaction to the pre
diction was to call attention to the
fact that the state has just gotten
rid of a legislative session and noth
ing now on the political horizon
would appear to point to the need
for another gathering of the law
makers before January, 1943.
The action of five Portland hos
pitals in increasing their charges for
the care of injured workmen whose
bills are paid by the industrial acci
dent commission has revived discus
sion of a proposed state hospital to
handle these cases. The suggestion
has been advanced by responsible
state officials that such an institu
tion could care for hospitalized per
sons on the relief rolls as well as
injured workmen who are protected
by the Workmen's Compensation act
Although the Board of Control
has awarded the contract for draft
ing plans for the new treatment
hospital at the state hospital in Sa
lem it is not expected that actual
construction work on the new build
ing will get under way until next
fall. Dr. John C. Evans, superin
tendent of the institution, expects to
leave soon for a tour of mid-west
and eastern states where he will vis
it other institutions of this kind in
order to gather new ideas to be in
corporated into the Oregon institu
tion.
A total of 413 Oregon motorists
were arrested by state police for
drunken driving during 1940, ac
cording to the annual report of
Chas. P. Pray, superintendent. Vio
lation of the basic rule resulted in
502 arrests and 319 motorists were
arrested for reckless driving.
The changes in the assessment and
taxpaying dates voted by the last
legislature do not become effective
until next year.
Even then the transition will be
so gradual as to be scarcely notice
able. Tax levies will be made next
November as usual except that they
will be reduced to 50 per cent of the
normal levies. This means that when
Oregon now has approximately
18,700 men in Uncle Sam's armed
forces, according to records of xtaie
! selective service headquarters. This
number includes 16,493 officers and
men commissioned or enlisted thru
regular army, navy and marine corps
channels, and more than 2200 who
have been inducted for a year of
training under the selective service
act. By the end of June, according
to Lt Col. Elmer V. Wooten,, state
director of selective service, there
will be more than 20,000 Oregon men
in the armed forces of the nation.
Of the 16,493 Oregon men com
missioned or enlisted through reg
ular channels 6,004 are in the reg
ular armv and oreaniznd resrvc
5715 are in the Oregon national
guard now in active service, 3,964
are in the navy and naval reserve
and 810 are in the marine corps.
The cash balance in the state trea
sury hit a new all-time high this
week with a total of $19,278,350 to
its credit, it was reported by Leslie
M. Scott, state treasurer. Heavy in
come tax payments account for the
high total at this time.
The Board of Control has agreed
to sell a ten acre tract on the state
hospital farm southeast of Salem to
the city lor use as a garbage duirm.
The tract includes a deep ravine
which the city wants for this purpose.
Gasoline taxes totalling $2,955,688.-
50 for the first three months of 1941
showed an increase of $404,804.53
over the same period in 1940. ac
cording to a report by Secretary of
State Snell. Gasoline tax collections
for each of the three months in the'
quarter showed an increase over the
comparable month a year ago.
The Salem city council is giving
consideration to an ordinance creat
ing a restricted building zone around
the state capitol group. This action
is being taken as the result of a
storm of protest aroused by the pro
posal to locate another filling sta
tion on Capitol street directlv across
from land being acquired by the)
state for the proposed new office
building.
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DISTRIBUTE WEIGHT
Even distribution of weight in the
car is important, according to the
emergency road service of the Ore
gon State Motor association. If a
driver weighs about 150 pounds and
his one passenger occupies the left
rear seat, their combined weight is
approximately 300 pounds. This un
even distribution of weight affects
the springs on the left side of the
car. It also increases swaving on
curves at high hpeed.
CORRECT LUBRICANT
Only the lubricant recommended
by the car manufacturer should be
used for the transmission and rear
end, according ' to the emergency
road service department of the Ore
gon State Motor association. Grease
not specially adapted to those parts
may cause expensive damage.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned was duly appointed by
the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Morrow County, admin
istrator of the estate of William T.
Craig, deceased, and all persons hav
ing claims against the estate nf
said deceased are hereby required
to present the same to the under
signed administrator at his offi
Heppner, Oregon, with proper vou
chers duly verified, within six
months from the date hereof.
Dated and first published this 3rd
day of April, 194JL
JOS. J. NYS, Administrator.
Washington, D. C, May 1 War
work in the national capital is a
social relaxation. It is a combina
tion of cocktail drinking, sewing cir
cle i and church bazaar among the
upper crust, of "dancing will win
the war" by hundreds of govern
ment workers who volunteer to
visit nearby cantonments (in char
tered bus loads) to trip the light
fantastic with the troopers. The girls
"in government" concentrate on the
soldiers at home; the society dames
discuss the distress abroad and pay
no attention to the American sol
dier men.
Cocktail parties are given for this
or that "cause" and the ladies are
quite adept at hoisting them. After
a stint at making bandages for the
Red Cross, the women relax with
a few snifters; feel better for their
sacrifice and demand that the United
States get into the fray. It has been
noted for months that the people
who want war are principally wo
men in the cocktail bars and at
dinner parties. By this source there
is an ever increasing number of
congressmen convinced that there
must ba convoys and active parti
cipation. regardless of what the con
stituenta back home think.
there are all sorts of activities and
drives to raise money. There are
concerts to aid the Chinese; bazaars
lor the relief, of Greece; bundles
for Britain, the Pickadilly arcade,
which is an auction of odds and ends
gathered here and there a sort of
antique .shop and when auctions
are held to sell Aunt Maria's wed
ding dress or Mrs. Smith's heirlooms
the customers first attend private
dinners and then go to the auction
place in a mansion, pay $1 for the
privilege of entering and making a
bid. Women can roll bandages in
any dress, but to lend color to the
excitement they put on a nurse s
uniform, or something suggesting a
nurse's uniform, for the occasion
and walk to the place where the
bandages are prepared along throng
ed streets to advertise their war
work.
A concert for the aid of China is
a strictly social event; white tie,
top hat and tails. Ushers are Amer
ican born girls from the local Chi
nese colony dressed native stv1
One of these concerts, it was dis
covered by the patronesses, planned
to divert half of the take to a com
munistic organization, so the patron
esses withdrew. The Greek war was
over before the reliefers were fairly
started and just as arrangements
were being made for a Yugoslavia
benefit that country sued for peace.
despite assurances of the minister I
.i . t . . . i
mat, ms country would light on and
on. I) or a whale Finland and Poland
were the objects of sympathy, but
Washington society forgot them for
the Netherlands and France, and
now the3 latter countries are in the
discard.
Through it all, however, the wo
men still have the British to relieve
and send bundles and make band
ages. The entire embassy is con
stantly on call attending receptions.
examining doll collections, pictures,
antiques; it is now an important
part of their job. The embassy is
supplemented by Lord and Lady
Whosit, sent here for propaganda
purposes along with novelists, dra
matists, song writers, movie neonle
from England, while isolationists on
"the hill" demand that the FBI in
vestigate British propaganda as well
as German, .and get nowhere with
their complaint. As a matter of fact,
congressmen who insist that Ameri
ca be given first consideration are
considered almost Benedict Arnolds
and they are not invited to the con
certs or cocktail parties. They are
Secretary of the Interior Ickes calls
them "stooges of Hitler."
Ambassadors and ministers dis
appear from the scene as their
countries are absorbed. Up to that
time they were engaged in the work
of relief for this or that; comes Hit
ler, and they look for a new job and
society knows them no more. The
city is also full of wealthy refugees
who mingle in the "best set" and
inquire, "What is America waiting
for? Why doesn't it fight?"
In the movie houses are propa-
I ganda films; news reels, war pic
I tures of the sea, land and air. The
music is "God Bless America" and
I the audience stands up. The movies
reach the common people. But the
man on the street and the girl in
government attend pretty much to
their work. Not for them the play
acting of dressing up and attending
cocktail parties or the concerts. The
wives of navy yard workers are
not found rolling bandages nor the
mothers of draftees. These know,
and their men folk, that come next
year the income tax will take from
them more than they can afford;
more than the cost of a concert
ticket or an old clothes bundle. '
Cabinet meetings have become
quite serious since the recent re
verses of the allies. Few of the
members have any illusions as to
the general situation, and especially
the Republican secretaries of war
and navy. Thev expected an occa
sional reverse by the allies, but did
not expect them to be chased out of
one country after another. They
know that America can produce war
material but time is required, and
the Germans are not waiting for
America to equip Europe. Some of
the warmest discussions in the cab
inet is what the adrninistration
should do about strikes. There is
a difference of opinion on the subject.
J. 0. Turner
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
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BATTERY CARE
Batteries in automobiles have al
ways been one of the most used and
abused parts of the car, and today
they carry more responsibility than
ever, according to the emergency
service department of the Oregon
State Motor association. Located un
der the hood in new model cars, the
battery benefits by increased ease
of servicing and less chance of ne
glect. On the other hand, more mo-1
tor heat is absorbed bv a battery I
uner the hood, causing more rapid
evaporation of water in the cells and
need for more frequent attention.
Once a week is not too often to
check the water level.
Vawter Parker
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
First National Bank Building
Dr. Richard C. Lawrence
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Vacant corner lot on Main street.
50 x 132 feet, for sale. Inquire this
office.
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