Page Six 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. ill:BSi31teiiil!IIl 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 Hotel Heppner Building HEPPNER, ORE. A. D. McMurdo, M. D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained Nnrse Assistant Office in Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon Heppner Abstract Co. J. LOGIE RICHARDSON, Mgr. BATES SEASONABLE Roberts Building Heppner, One. P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENEBAL INSURANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance J. O. Peterson Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods Watches . 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