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THE HEPPNER GAZETTE.
Established March 30, 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES,
Established November 18. 1897;
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912
Published every Thursday morning by
CRAWFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
and entered at the Post Office at Hepp
ner, Oregon, as second-class matter.
JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor
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Official Paper for Morrow County
Who, Me?
Have you heard the fellow who
knew all the mistakes Uncle Sam
made before he was attacked by the
Jap? And, too, just what should be
done by those in command to get
it over with in a hurry?
Probably he's the fellow who has
n't purchased any defense bonds or
contributed to the Red Cross.
Or, again, he may be the guy who
is bellyaching because he can't get
any tires to replace the ones that
should have been replaced several
months before the rubber freeze-up.
He had just as well learn to make
the best of it, and lay in a supply of
honey for the time when sugar will
be scarce. There's good authority
that it will be one of these days.
Which doesn't mean to rush to the
grocers for an extra sack. There's
plenty of sugar to last until the end
of 1942.
No, there's no good trying to
hoard. The house might bum down,
or rats get into the larder. Some
thing might happen, just as the snow
which covered the green grass. And
when the rancher forgot to put out
the feed, the cows just climbed on
top the haystack and helped them
selves. There's a lesson to be learned
from those dumb brutes. Not that
it is justifiable for anyone to jump
into the middle of the stack and
help himself to all he can got. The
point is that when someone up
above the Guardian Angel, you
might say fails to look after a fel
low in the manner to which he is
accustomed, there's always a lot of
virtue in his being able to do some
thing about it himself.
A Century Begins
Forty-one years ago the British
and the Boers were at war. In the
issue of the Heppner Gazette, dated
January 17, 1901, Col. J. W. Red
ington, editor, sagely advised,
"Watch the Kaffirs." The British
Boer war was being fought in Kaffir
country, and the natives were un
friendly to both combatants. They
would resent invading armies tak
ing their food, and, rising against
them, might cause the British and
Boers to unite to protect themselves.
And thus, might come an end to
the British-Boer war. ..Thus, with
war in the world 41 years ago, we
learn from the edition recently left
on the editor's desk that wheat was
selling at 77 3-4 to 78 cents in Chi
cago, and that "Joe Hayes this week
bought 600 head of fat yearling
wethers from D. O. Justus and J.
H. Nunimaker for $4 a head, and is
shipping them to Portland." . . . "At
Antelope Monday Jas, Connoly had
87 sheep smothered while crowding
through a ravine." . , . The profes
sional directory showed C. E. Red
field, attorney at law; G. W. Phelps,
attorney at law; J. W. Morrow, at
torney at law; D. E. Gilman, gener
al collector; Dr. M. B. Mctzler, den
tist; Gentiy & Sharp, tonsorial art
ists. J. W. Morrow was shown as
manager of the Palace Hotel; W. L.
Houston was managing the Heppner
Flouring Mill Co., and Castoria ad
vertised itself as "the kind you have
bought for 30 years." .. . Again we
learn from "Always a Worker
People who for years have noticed
the untiring industry of Henry
Heppner, after whom this town was
named, know that with him it is not
H eppner
A WEEK OF THE WAR .
("A Week of the War" summarizes
information on the important devel-
opments of the week made available
bv official sources through and in-
eluding Fridav. January 16.)
The President established a War
Production Board headed by Donald
M. Nelson, former mail-order firm
executive and more recently Exe
cutive Director of SPAB and Prior
ities Director. The President direct
ed Mr. Nelson to "exercise general
curecuon over me war v iwuieme.u ,
and production program, to super- j
vise the OPM and issue production;
and procurement directives where
necessary to all other government
agencies. The President said Mr.
Nelson's decisions shall be final.
Vice President Wallace and other
members of the SPAB, now abolish
ed, were made members of the War
Production Board.
In letters to OPM Directors Knud
sen and Hillman and other produc
tion officials, Mr. Nelson said "we
must enlarge all our previous activ
ities ... all our facilities . . . must pro
duce 24 hours a day, 168 hours a
week." OPM Director Hillman,
speaking in Washington, said the
nation's force of workers in war
industries must be doubled or trip
led, more women must be trained
and brought into the labor force to
take the place of men going into the
armed services. He asked employ
ers not to bar aliens in war indus
tries except in plants turning out
secret weapons.
Director Odium of the OPM Con
tract Distribution Division said a
plan has been prepared to set aside
one percent of all available mater
ials to assist small manufacturers
in keeping their plants going until
they can be converted to war use.
He said the nation's entire produc
tion facilities all of those "hidden
away in thousands of cities and
towns and vllages" must join in the
tofal war effort. He asked all may
ors to have every manufacturer in
their cities register at the nearest
OPM Contract Distribution Division
field office and to 'go after war con
tracts with every ounce of ingenu
ity .and energy they possess."
THE WAR FRONT
The Navy Department reported
the sinking of five enemy vessels in
Far Eastern vaters three transports
and two large cargo ships. The an
nouncement brought to 25 the total
of Japanese vessels reported defin
itely sunk by the Navy and Marine
Corps in the Pacific. The Navy also
announced two allied merchant ves
sels were attacked by Axis submar
ines off Long Island. Throughout
the week Gen. MacArthur reported
heavy land and air fighting in the
a new habit. His sister, Mrs. Buch
holz, of Springfield, Mass., now vis
iting here, says she well remembers
Henry as a boy before he left home,
51 years ago. He was then eternally
on the rustle, busy as a bee from
morn till night, always doing some
thing. . . Henry Heppner has had ups
and downs, good times and bad, and
has had many a hard bed to lie on
and at times no bed at all, but
through his hardships and toil his
industry has reaped its reward. And
well has he earned it, for he pio
neered all the way up the coast
from San Francisco and Yreka and
all over Eastern Oregon and Idaho."
Simply stated is the fact that the
Heppner football team is now cham
pion of the state. "Last Friday the
Multnomah team, of Portland, came
to Heppner and played a match
game, and the Heppner team won,
the score standing 10 to 0, The wea
ther was mild during the game, but
as the snow had just melted away,
the ground was very muddy. A
large crowd witnessed the game and
the line-up of the Heppner team
was as follows: Wra. Ball, Elbert
Leland, John Beal, Jack Matlock,
A. Anderson, W. Eastland, Frank
Spaulding, Elmer Spaulding,- A.
Clark, Sig Young, Frank Randall.
Substitutes Louis Bisbee, Oris Rob
ertson, W. Driskell. . . "
The local column conveys, among
other tilings, "Hon. Phil Metschan,
in connection with Mr. C. W. Know
les has taken over the Imperial ho
tel in Portland. .. Judge Ellis re
turned Saturday and is again en
joying home life. . . . Elmer Beaman
is going to keep right up with the
20th century procession, and so has
had a telephone put into his Hepp
ner wood and coal yard." . . And
there was a gold rush in Alaska.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
Philippines but said American and
Philippine troops were putting up
effective resistance and U. S. looses
were low.
IP MY
War Secretary Stimson announced
thr: Armv will be increased from
the recent total of 1,700,000 men to
3,600,000 men this year. Combat air
units and armored units will bp
doubled; 32 motorized divisions will
be added, and at least 50 more mil-
ry poljne lJnitg for Purdinf, mo
,,.,c,ioT, facilHies wi1 be cratf,d
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10,000 more than 90,000 privates will
be selected to attend officer-training
schools. All training centers and
"osts will be enlarged and five tem
porary tent camps will be set up.
To make 2 000 000 more men eligible,
the Army will lower age limits for
aviation cadets from 20 to 18 years,
make married men eligible, and
change educational qualifications by
eliminating college credit require
ments. Selective Service Director Hershey
?aid the Army increase could be ac
complished without calling up men
with dependents. He said there are
now 1,000,000 menin class 1 -a but not
yet called, and 900 000 more men can
be obtained by reclassification of
other men and from those men who
will register February 16. He said
deferment cases would be re-examined
but deferments will continue to
be given where possible to avoid
undue disruption of family life. He
said married men with one or more
children probably will not be called
until an Army of 7.000)00 to 8.000,
000 has been built He estimated 10,
000.000 is the top number of men the
U. S. could mobilize for service even
with lowered physical standards.
LABOR DIPSUTES
The President abolished the Na
tional Defense Mediation Board and
established a National War Labor
Board with NDMB Chairman Davis
as chairman. Four commissioners
will represent the public, four will
represent employees and four, in
dustry. The new board has wider
authority than the old board and
can arbitrate or mediate disputes as
it sees fit exceut that it cannot dis
regard existing labor legislation.
The Maritime War Eemergency
Board established war bonuses for
sailors on merchant ships.
AUTOS
The OPA announced auto ration
ing would begin February 2 in the
same manner as tire rationing. Of
the 202,000 cars in the industry quota
I'or January, about 150,000 cars will
be stored with dealers who promise
not to sell without permission pro
bably not be granted before Jan
uary, 1943 and then only at OPA
established prices.
OPA issued a schedule of prices
for "retreadable" tire carcasses and
"retreads" and forecast a ceiling ov
er all used tires "in the very near
future." Federal Loan Administra
tor Jones announced plans to increase
synthetic rubber production capa
city to 400,000 tons by pooling re
sources and skills of the rubber and
oil industries if priorities can be
obtained on steel needed to erect
plants. OPA Administrator Hender
son said tire rationing would proba
bly not be affected because of in- j
creasing military needs for rubber.
CENSORSHIP
Censorship Director Price, after
consultation with newspaper, mag
azine and periodical editors an
nounced a code of conduct which
publications were asked to follow in
handling information in order to
prevent information of a military
nature reaching the enemy. Prohib
ited, unless officially released, are
most details of military, naval or
industrial establishments, casualty
lists, damages to war facilities,
movements of troops and ships, wea- ,
ther reports except of certain types, j
and movements of the President or j
of official military or diplomatic
missions. 1
AGRICULTURE j
Agriculture Secretary Wickard
said goals have been revised to call
for the greatest agricultural pro- j
duction in U. S. history, with par- j
ticular emphasis on the production
of oil-bearing crops such as peanuts
and soybeans The corn goal was
stepped up by five million acres in
order that there be feeed supplies to
continue exansion of meat, dairy and
poultry production. Dry edible bean
Oregon
and dry pea production increases
were called for. An additional five
million bushels of rice was asked and
provision made for an increase over
1941 of- more than 18 million cases
if canned fruits and vegetables.
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
TV,, nrri ,r,A t us ann ,rr,1
nntJ ham nn in'tkJ ,r!,
rrnliran defense services, including
1,423 "55 assigned to training or du
ty in the protsctve services. The
ofiice also announced a Victory
Garden Program under which all
families in any community can joint
ly till community gardens, use the
produce themselves and give the
surplus to schools and institutions.
Surgeon General Parran told the
U. S. Conference of Mayors in Wash
ington "the enemy has planned and
n my opinion will use bacteriolog
ical waifare wherever possible." He
asked the mayors to begin at once to
take every possible precaution.
CONSERVATION
The OPM Bureau of Industrial
Conservxation opened a program to
mobilize the nation's 1,700,000 retail
stores in a continuous drive to sal
vage materials wastepaper, scrap
metal, old rags, rubber needed to
produce weapons for the fighting
forces. Signers will display window
emblems signifying their part in the
"Salvage for Victory" program. The
shipping public was asked to help
conserve tires, trucks, and paper by
carrying home bundles instead of
depending on delivery service. Con
sumers of natural gas in nine states,
mostly in the Middlewest were ask-
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War demands on materials are causing
a scarcity in many lines and have put a
damper on new construction. That
makes it important to do those little
repair jobs before they become big ones.
Broken Furniture
Damaged Walls
Roofs
Ceilings
all should have prompt attention.
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TELEPHONE 912
Thursday, January 22, 1942
Frost Conditions
Interrupt Power
Weather conditions prevailing for
the last week caused ice and frost
jto form on wires and apparatus in
teveral
ections of the Pacific Pow-
er and Light company territory
Ice on a transmission line trom
the company's Tygh Valley gener
ating plant in eastern Wasco coun
ty is the cause for interruptions in
slectiic service at Heppner during
the week, according to K. A. House,
local manager of the company.
Company crews have had to clear
:ce which blanketed facilities at Du
ur before the trouble area in the
high Tygh Valley country could be
isolated and service from other
company power plants restored to
the affected areas, House said.
An emergency crew from Kenne--ick,
Wash., commanded by C. S.
Knowles company supei-intendent of
construction, was rushed to the af
fected area last Thursday to rein-o-
ce local line crews until the sleet
trouble is dissipated, House stated.
Max Schulz was in Portland over
the week end visiting his sisters. He
reported sunshiny weather during
his stay in the city. A dwelling fire
off Broadway was observed, and on
the return he saw an upset pick-up
that had been loaded with furniture
being taken out of the ditch near
Ihe Dalles.
ed to cut consumption as much as
possible.
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