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Page Ten Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday, May 22, 1941 v at Mm I Washington, D. C, May 22. Out side the iron fence on the Pennsyl vania avenue side of the White House there has been for weeks a 24 hour picketing brigade. Barely more than a dozen are in the picket line and usually only one or two men; the rest are young women, very young women almost high school girls white and colored. They carry an American flag, an il luminated coal oil lantern on a pole, banners denouncing war. demanding the United States be kept out of war. This picket line prevents no one from entering the White House. Mrs. Roosevelt, who studiously observes other picket lines throughout the country (she went miles out of her way on the west coast to avoid such a line and was picked up at a dis tance by an airplane) rides in and out of the White House grounds ig noring the pickets. At the gates of the driveways, at either side of the pickets, stand police, Washington guides, visitors watching the perig- nnatmg paraders. The strikers against war work on shifts and re lieve one another through the day and the long watches of the night- Dawn finds them still parading in an enlongated line. Nothing happens until nightfall. Comes dark, and a soldier or two ar rives, a member of the marine corps, a couple of soldiers. Gradually the young men from the armed forces are reinforced to 20 or 30. Hundreds of civilian agitators gravitate to La fayette park, across the street, and wait. The pickets say nothing, con tinue their march, the light in the lantern gleaming. Police move a little closer to the pickets With a sudden rush the sailors, marines and I soldiers swarm upon the pickets, de livering as many blows as possible before the police, reinforced by se cret service men from the White House, break up the brawl. The lan tern may be smashed, the girl pick ets shoved roughly around, the man or two in the picket line receive a cut face, black eyes. Then all is quiet, the crowd leaves and the picket line continues as be fore, with possibly a soldier, marine or sailor landed in the guardhouse of the White House. The nightly iracas has become routine, but the pickets are hogs for punishment. These marchers are said to be Com munists and some of them are, but the police interfere only when the marchers are attacked. In no other country could such a scene be en acted. Also in front of the White House, but 300 feet from these anti-war pic kets, is another picketing group. The police pay no attention to them, nor do the White House occupants. .These pickets struggle along the sidewalks on crutches, in wheel j chairs, and are a pathetic sight. Each carries a banner and at the head of their parade is one carrying an Am erican flag. In this picket line are the people who are demanding that work of some description be pro vided for the physically handicap ped. They want work, they picket for jobs which, they say, have been promised but not delivered. Only during the day do they picket and frequently all squat on the stone coping of the fence, weary, while one picket pulls himself along on sticks maintaining the protest. This picket line, too, appears to be a permanent fixture. White House picketing began with Woodrow Wilson, when suffragets built fires on the sidewalk and rais ed Cain generally until they were jailed. Present technique is to let the picketers wear out their shoe-leather. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER MAY 31 1B0ARDMAN Boardman Schools Closing May 28th By MRS. CLAUD COATS Mrs. Crystal Barlow and mother, Mrs. O. T. Ferguson, were callers in the county seat Tuesday. Mrs. Ferguson had been visiting here for a week and returned to her home 'at Gold Beach on Wednesday. Mrs. J. F. Barlow was afflicted with a mild case of erysipelas in the right side of her face last week, but is much improved at this writ ing. Also Mrs. Ella Blayden trip ped over a hidden wire while out working in her garden, causing her to fall and dislocate her right wrist. She is also better at this writing. The Boardman school closes on the 28th. Friday at 2 p. m. in the . . . . . i i i muaitorium is tne ciass aay pro gram. Sunday at 11:15 a. m. is the baccalaureate service and the com' mencement will be May 28th, at 8 p. m. in the auditorium. Mr. and Mrs. Z. J. Gillespie and sons Donald and Lynn and Mrs. Claud Coats were transacting bus iness in Pendleton Wednesday. The senior frolic was held in the gym Friday evening. Among the out of town people attending were Essie and Esther Jones of Pendleton and Hermiston, Peter Farley of Portland, Stanley Partlow, stationed at Fort Lewis, Miss Elinor Tilden and Mrs. Elmer Sullivan of Portland. The two latter remained for the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Corwin. Claud Magers who has been home this winter from his work near Bak er on account of an accident while at work, returned to work Saturday. Mrs. Magers remained here with her father, Mr. Darr. Mr. and Mrs. George McCutcheon of Walla Walla spent the week end at the home of John Fisher and other friends. While here we learn ed their son Bob has been sent from the NYA school in Pendleton to Burbank, CaL where he is employ ed in an aeroplane factory. The Mc Cutcheons were former residents of the project. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Barlow and daughter Carma left Thursday for Wallowa where they spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Almon Geiss. How to protect the wheat growers of America against being engulfed in the rising flood of surplus wheat while maintaining adequate supplies for any future contingency is the present concern of the Agricultural Adjustment administration. If the marketing quota proclaimed recently is approved by the growers on May 31, production will be controlled to a reasonable extent and wheat loans will be continued, says Will Steen AAA chairman for Oregon. ' for the aluminum industry. It is now considered as in the cards that con templated contracts for PUDs, for Bremerton navy yard and the fur nishing of power to REA coopera tives may be abandoned, or at least curtailed. With Bonneville now fur nishing power for 30 percent of the aluminum production in the United States, the higher-ups predict that this will be increased three times, at least, before national defense will have sufficient of the white metal. Of course, what happens to the pow er problem affects the economics of the entire Pacific northwest. With insufficient magnesium to meet requirements an investigation is being made of a possible plant in Spokane. Magnesium can be made from ores in Washington or from ocean water along the Oregon coast. There will be a bottleneck in cop per and zinc. Plenty of both in the Pacific northwest, but the tight point is in smelters. Every month revisions have been made in requirements and what was enough a year ago is inadequate to day. Shortage of steel, aluminum and dozens of other articles because this national defense (and aid to the British) program is expanding daily far beyond the wildest dreams of 12 months ago. As rapidly as production reaches an indicated ob jective new developments arise and production must be doubled. This has happened time after time, and no one knows where it will stop for it is believed that the war will run for at least five years before there is an armistice. On this point, how ever, one person's guess is as good as another. There is a possibility of the power policy of Bonneville and Grand Cou lee being changed to meet the re quirements of the war department OSC Women's Dean To End 1 8-Year Service Oregon State College Dr. Kate W. Jameson, for 18 years the dean of women at O. S. C, has announced ner retirement on July 1 in con formance with the established rule in the state system of higher education. Her successor is expected to be cho sen at the next meeting of the state board of higher education. Dean Jameson has put into effect many innovations among the 1600 co-eds here, including the coopera tive living organizations and a num ber of self-government features handled through the Associated Wo men Students. She also started Women's week end, which will be observed for the eighteenth time May 9 to 11. Lodge Representative Ties for Second Place Ilia Gililland of Fossil, represent' ing Heppner lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks, tied for second place in the regional round of the national elks "national defense" oratorical contest when she spoke at Hood River last Thursday evening. Miss Gililland was accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. Norton Lun dell and Mr. and Mrs. Earle Bryant. Mr. Lundell is secretary and Mr. Bryant, esteemed leading knight, of the local lodge. Rose Anne Burgess of La Pine, representing Bend lodge, was first place winner, claiming the right to speak at the state Elks convention to be held in Astoria, August 21-22- 23. In second place with Miss Gilil land was Bill Love of Grant high school, representing Portland lodge. No, M'Dear, Nicotinic Acid Is Not from Fags A hurry-up call to inform the public that nicotinic acid has no connection with nicotine is being sent out by nutrition specialists fol lowing reports. that some consum ers have gained such an idea in connection with the nation-wide program to restore vitamins to white flour. As one of the three parts of the vitamin B complex is known as nicotinic acid, many questions have been asked regarding its pos sible relationship to nicotine. There is no connection, says Dr. Margaret Fincks of Oregon State college, secretary of the state nutri-, tion committee for defense. Neither does it add any acid to flour in the ordinary sense of the term, to spike another rumor, is the enriched flour any more fattening than other sorts. ATTEND UNCLE'S FUNERAL Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Carlson left Wednesday for Portland to at tend the funeral of Mrs. Carlson's uncle, Elmer Lewis, who died on Saturday, May 17. Professional Directory Maternity Home Mrs. Lillie Aiken Phone 664 P.O. Box 142 Heppner, Oregon E C. Starr, professor of electrical engineering, but, because of the de mand for speed, a full-time research worker and a graduate assistant will be obtained to carry on the research for the next year at least. Professor Starr previously worked with the United Airlines company in the elimination of radio inter ference. The new project is to carry the study further for the benefit of military as well as other types of aircraft Phelps Funeral Home Ambulance Service Trained Lady Assistant Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. J. 0. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 173 Hotel Heppner Building . HEPPNER, ORE. Defense Research Set At State College An allotment of $6900 to support special research in the elimination of static from airplane radio com munication during storm conditions has been made to the electrical en gineering department -at Oregon State college by the national defense research committee. The project will be carried on under the direction of KEEP BOOKS AS TAX AID Gold Beach With prospects of higher income taxes and lowered exemptions, Curry county is one of those leading the way with com munity conferences to set up simple farm accounting plans as a basis for next year's income tax returns. County Agent R. M. Knox recently arranged a series of meetings where Dr. G. W. Kuhlman of the farm management department at O. S. C. conferred with dairymen and other groups of farmers throughout the county and explained the use of farm account books of various types. Knox plans to call these same farm ers together next January to assist in summarizing their accounts. NEW AUTO POLICY Bodily Injury & Property Damage Class A $13.60 Class B $17.00 See us before financing your next automobile. T. W. TURNER & CO. Heppner City Council Meets First Monday Each Month Citizens having matters for dis cussion, please bring before the Council J. O. TURNER, Mayor GLENN Y. WELLS ATTORNEY AT LAW ATwater 4884 ! 635 MEAD BUILDING 6th at Washington PORTLAND, OREGON A. D. McMurdo, M. D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained Name Assistant Office in Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon Heppner Abstract Co. J. LOGIE RICHARDSON, Mgr. BATES SEASONABLE Roberts Building Heppner, Ow. P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENEBAL INSURANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance J. 0. Peterson Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods Watches Clocks - Diamond Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing Heppner, Oregon Vawter Parker ATTORNEY-AT-LAW First National Bank Building Dr. Richard C. Lawrence DENTIST X-Ray and Extraction by Gaa First National Bank Bldg. ' Phone 562 Heppner, Oregon Dr. L. D. Tibbies OSTEOPATHIC Physician & Surgeon FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. Rec. Phone 1162 Office Phone 493 HEPPNER, OREGON Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon V. R. Runnion AUCTIONEER Farm Sales and Livestock a Speolalty 405 Jones Street, Heppner, Ore. Phone 452 MAKE DATES AT MY EXPENSE Morrow County Abstract fir Title Co. INC. ABSTRACTS OP TITLE TITLE INSURANCE Office in New Peters Building Peterson fir Peterson ATTORNEYS AT LAW U. S. National Bank Building PENDLETON, OREGON Fraotloe Is State and Federal Courts Real Estate General Line of Insurance and Bonds W. ML EUBANKS Phone 62 Notary Pnbllo lone. Ore. M. L. CASE . G. E. NTKANDEB Directors of Funerals 862 Phones 262 t
