Heppner Gazette Times, February 19, 19423
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Washington, D. C, Feb. 19. Most
lively row in congress is over the
way office of civilian defense is be
ing conducted. "Volunteer" work
ers have been hired at a rate of $22
I a day up to $8000 a year more than
an army colonel receives. On the
payroll are fancy dancers (congress
men refer to them as fan dancers) ,
movie actors, several who are on the
blacklist of the Dies committee on
un-American activities. In brief.
OCD has the appearance of prepar
ing for civilian defense a vast vaude
ville show, with folk dances for
children and entertainment for ad
ults. The pay for these people comes
out of several blank checks which
were given to the president and this
particular account still has a balance
of $600,000. For days members of
congress have been denouncing the
kind of civilian defense OCD is plan
ning, such as finding substitutes for
toys children formerly had, giving
instruction in the Virginia reel, in
teresting movie stars in shows under
STAR Reporter
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
SIERRA SUE
Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette,
Fay McKenzie
Gene sings "Be Honest With Me"
and "Sierra Sue." "Ridin' the Range"
and "Heebie Jeebie Blues" are sung
by Smiley Burnette. Among the best
of the Gene Autry westerns.
Plus
SWING IT SOLDIER
Skinny Ennis and Band, Ken Murray,
Don Wilson, Frances Langford,'
Brenda and Cobina
Tune in on the fun with these radio
revelers see your favorite radio
stars in this swell musical which is
jammed full of entertainment.
SUNDAY-MONDAY
Lillian Hellman's Famous Play
THE LITTLE FOXES
Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall,
Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson
One of the season's most powerful
screen offerings will be keenly ap
preciated by moviegoers. Every
member of the cast plays her or
his role to the hilt as the picture
steadily weaves its engrossing plot.
the auspices of OCD.
Feeling hostile at waste and ex
travagance (which it does occasion
sionally) congress denounces the
treasury for paying Disney $80,000
to draw a colored cartoon of Donald
Duck to popularize the income tax.
The cartoon is ready to be displayed
in 12,000 movie theaters, but why a
Donald Duck is necessary to get the
people in the mood to pay taxes is
beyond the congressmen.
The matter of waste paper in is
the hair of the legislators. In 1941
the government used 205,000,000
pounds of paper, most of it for pro
paganda purposes by the various ag
encies. The department of agriculture
alone allocated to every congress
man 400 copies of its year book,
which weighs five pounds. Thus
every congressman received one ton
of paper from this single source.
Under the censorship rules it is
forbidden to give the nam of a con
tractor. However, it can be said that
two concerns in Oregon and two in
TUESDAY
Bargain Night
Washington submitted the lowest
figures for building 100 barges to be
use by the British on the Tigris
river. Bids came from all over the
country but the four lowest were
those from the northwest. No one
was allowed to bid on more than 100
barges. They will be knocked down
and shipped, being put together on
the Persian gulf.
War deparment has given its of
ficial O.K. on the measure to create
a woman's auxiliary for the army.
Women will not be assigned to com
bat duty, but there are many tasks
that fighting men are now doing
which can be done expertly by wo
men. Compensation is expected to
be $21 a month, with housing and
uniform; lieutenants or leaders re
ceiving higher pay. Method of se
lecting the women has not been de
cided whether by draft after reg
istration or volunteer. The auxil
iary may be authorized, organized,
drilled and equipped in time to serve
in the military cantonment to be
created in the Albany-Corvallis
area.
Noithwest legislators are talking
in favor of the war departmen tak
ing over the Japanese situation. The
department of justice has been too
lenient with the alien enemies to
suit some of the congressmen, who
assert that the army would be more
severe. The difficult problem is
what to do with the Nisei, the American-born
children of Japanese
parents. Under the law these American-born
are full fledged American
citizens, entitled to the rights of
any other citizen, but these second
generation Japanese are viewed with
suspicion. When Japanese bombers
attacked Pearl Harbor several were
-hot down, and on their bodies were
found fraternity rings of the Uni
versity of Oregon and of high schools
in Hawaii.
Reclamation Commissioner John
Page has been trying to have the
army guard the reclamation projects
in the west Owyhee, Roza, etc. but
the army refuses, insisting that the
reclamation system provide its own
protection. It is possible that a bat
talion of military police may later
be assigned to this duty.
As solution for the sugar shortage
Senator McNary has proposed to
Donald Nelson, boss of war produc
tion board, that the large carryover
of wheat and corn be used. The
senator says this carryover is a real
surplus and a large part of it is own
ed by the federal government Under
existing price levels McNary de
clares that it is as cheap to convert
this grain into industrial alcohol as
it would be to convert molasses. By
this action about one-fifth of the
sugar production for 1941 would be
available for domestic consumption;
simply make alcohol from the grain
and not from sugar.
GRANGE MEETS TOMORROW
Rhea Creek grange will meet to
morrow (Friday) evening with pot
luck supper at 6:30 and regular bus
iness session at 7:30, announces Hen
ry Peterson, master.
SOUTH OF TAHITI
Brian Donlevy, Broderick Crawford,
Andy Devine, Maria Montez,
Henry Wilcoxon
Lots of action in this story or ad
venture seekers looking for pearls
on a tropical island.
"Skyline Serenade" and "Trail of
the Buccaneers"
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY
NEW YORK TOWN
Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin,
Robert Preston, Aldm Tamiroff,
Lynne Overman, Eric Blore
A story unfolding against the great
backdrop of New York with its
ceaseless flow of comedy, tragedy,
drama, smiles and heartbreak the
performances of all of the top-ranking
cast are good.
"Popular Science"
"Meet the Champs" and News
of the Day
HEBE GOES 25 FEET OF
Every time an American anti-aircraft gun
lets go with a big 3-inch shell it uses up
nearly 8 pounds of copper the equivalent
of 25 feet of rural or suburban power line.
Copper, the most practical carrier of elec
tricity, is also a vital part of all ammunition
-the shell case, the primer, and the coat
ing on the projectile.
Now that America is producing millions
of 6hells a day, you can imagine how scarce
copper has become. War production offi
cials estimate their copper requirements at
5,000,000 tons to the end of next year. Only
3,200,000 tons are in sight.
If our army and navy are to have all the
bullets they need to win this war, civilian
use of copper must be drastically curtailed.
For example, power companies, normally
the largest civilian users of copper, can no
longer build long extensions to serve farms
or suburban homes.
Nor can new electrical installations be
made to serve industries without approval
of the War Production Board. For in power
lines, as well as in industrial plants, Amer
ica must get the utmost out of existing
facilities if we are to avoid wasting prec
ious time, materials and manpower.
Just as soon ,as the enemy has been
thoroughly defeated, Pacific Power & Light
will again continue its policy of extending
copper lines almost anywhere to deliver its
cheap, dependable electricity.
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your electric service requirements, PLEASE SEE US FIRST. If it's possible we'll rearrange
our present facilities to serve you. If not, you'll be saved expense and disappointment.
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