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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
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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
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