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(Summary of information on im
portant developments of the week
made available by official sources
through 5 p. m., Monday, March 16.)
War Production Chariman Nelson
said man-hours now being put into
military production could be doubl
ed if all equipment involved were
used 24 hours a day. He asked man
uacturers for monthly reports to
show how rapidly industry is being
converted to war work, the degree
of utilization of equipment and any
factors interfering with maximum
production.
The WPB reported 95 of the ra
dio and phonograph industry, which
ceases civilian production April 22,
will be completely converted to war
work before June 30. Production of
communication equipment needed by
the military services is expected to
exceed a rate of $125 million a month
by the end of the year. '
Chairman Nelson announced 31 re
gional conferences of labor and man
agement represetatives from prime
contracting plants engaged in mak
ing guns, ships, planes, tanks and
machine tools will be held during the
next two weeks. The meetings will
lay plans to meet or exceed the pro
duction goals announced by the
President. The WPB ordered the
' production of domestic laundry
equipment to be discontinued by
May 15 so the entire capacity of the'
industry can be devoted to war pro
duction. The WPB said during the three
months following Pearl Harbor more
than $72 billion had been made av
ailable for the war effort. Appro
priations by Congress and additional
funds made available through the
RFC were larger than all the funds
authorized for defense during the 18
months before the attack The total
for the 21 months amounted to al
most $140 billion.
Rubber, Gasoline, and Oil
President Roosevelt in a letter to
state governors proposed speed lim
its of 40 miles per hour be establish
ed throughout the country to con
serve rubber. He also proposed the
states enact regulations requiring
frequent checking of tires to insure
repair and retreading at proper
times. The Office of Defense Trans
portation and Department of Justice
offered their assistance to local bus
iness enterprises seeking to pool de
livery services as a means of con
serving trucks, tires and other
equipment.
The WPB said deliveries of gaso
line to service stations and bulk con
sumers in 17 eastern states, the Dis
trict of Columbia, Washington and
Oregon will be cut by one-fifth be
ginning March 19. Service stations
in the curtailment areas must limit
their operations to a maximum of
12 hours in any one day and to a
total of 72 hours a week, except to
provide service for certain essential
civilian users. To conserve stocks
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Elks to Induct Big
'Win the War' Class
On request of the grand exalted
ruler to all Elks lodges in the Uni
ted States. Heppner lodge 358 will
initiate a "Win the War" class of
candidates at the regular lodge ses
sion this evening, which marks the
last initiation rites of the current
lodge year, announces Exalted Ruler
J. G. Barratt. Fifteen candidates
have been prepared for induction.
In addition to the initiation, elec
tion of officers for the ensuing year
is also slated, and ladies of members
are being entertained with a ladies
night.
"BUCK" LIEUALLEN IN RACE
C. L. "Buck" Lieuallen, who at
tended high school in Heppner be
fore joining Uncle Sam's navy at
the time of the last war, and who
now serves as mayor of Pendleton,
has filed for the republican nom
ination as state representative from
Umatilla county, according to an
nouncement this week. He is a bro
ther of Mrs. J. G. Barratt of this
city.
Those who enjoy a good evening
of laughter are reminded not to
forget the junior play, "Her Incu
bator Husband," tomorrow evening,
Friday, at 8 o'clock in the local
gym -auditorium
Volume 58, Number 52
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Harold Kincaid
Succumbs To
Infantile Paralysis
lone Young Man
Paid Tribute by
Many at Last Rites
Funeral services were held at, lone
Sunday afternoon for Harold Kin
caid who died Thursday at The Dal
les. Mr. Kincaid had been ill since
last fall with infantile paralysis, and
had been treated in a hospital in
Portland. Quite recently he was re
moved from the iron lung, and on
the fourth of March was permitted
to come home. When his condition
became worse again his wife start
ed to take him back to Portland in
an ambulance, but at The Dalles he
passed away.
Harold O. Kincaid was born De
cember 25, 1911, the son of J. O. and
Clara Mason Kincaid, and had lived
here all of his life. He was a grad
uate of lone high school. February
20, 1933, he was married to Ruby
Padberg in Heppner. His widow and
four small sons, Rodger, Ralph, Lind
say, and Lyle, and his mother, sur
vive. Funeral services were in charge of
the Elks lodge of Heppner. Martin
Clark preached the sermon. Pall
bearers were Earle Bryant, Garland
Swanson, Richard Lundell, Charles
Carlson, Carl Allyn and Roy Lind
strom. The floral offerings were
many and beautiful. Out of town
relatives attending were Miss Ella
Mason, Mrs. Leslie Roundy, and Mr.
and Mrs. Huston Bryson of Portland.
TELEPHONE LINE
REPAIR URGED
The local defense council has been
informed that when this county is
ordered to definitely set up its air
craft observer stations and go on
duty, all information will be con
veyed by telephone. Since practic
ally all telephone lines in this coun
ty are owned and operated by rural
telephone companies, it is especially
urged that these companies put their
line in first class condition imme
diately. Mr. Farrington, manager of The
Dalles office of the Pacific Tele
phone system, met recently with
members of the local council and
Dointcd out the importance of all
telephone lines being put in work
able condition now, and before
farmers get busy with their spring
work and before we are directed
to set up air-craft observer sta
tions. All information going to or com
ing from out rural communities
must go over rural lines and hence
their immediate conditioning is of
utmost importance.
"See to it that your lines are in
good condition now," says J. O. Tur
ner, coordinator.
Defense Bond Sales
Increase Much Here
Morrow county contributed its bit
toward putting Oregon in first place
of states in the nation in sale of
Series E defense bonds which it has
held since the beginning of the cam
paign, reported Ray Conway, re
gional administrator, this week.
By months since the start, Morrow
county was credited with purchase
of Series E bonds as follows: July
4,762, August 4,781, September 19.
593, October 8,868, November 21,261,
December 35,380, January 43,443.
Here, as over the state, marked
increase in sale of bonds right after
Pearl Harbor is noted.
State totals showed 6,713.682 for
January as against 1,530,238 for July,
1941, the first month of tabulation.
The pledge card campaign and
Pearl Harbor were shown to have
had a marked effect upon sales gen
erally over the state.
More State
Aid Schools
A bill sponsored by a number of
lay organizations and the Oregon
State Teachers' association amend
ing Section 4, Article VIII, of the
constitution of Oregon will be sub
mitted to the voters of Oregon at
the general election in November.
Section 4 now states that the
"common school fund," which is the
interest on the irreducible school
fund, shall be distributed among the
several counties in proportion to the
number of children resident therein
between the ages of 4 and 20 years.
The proposed amendment provides
that' this fund shall be distributed in
proportion to the number of days of
actual attendance.
The amendment also provides that
all receipts above $7,500,000 in any
year from state taxes, on or mea
sured by net income, shall be dis
tributed on the same basis as the
common school fund.
The constitution of Oregon in Sec
tion 3 of Article VIII directs the leg
islative assembly to provide by law
Tyke on Bike Carries
Own Emergency
Tire Solution
Petite Mary Mollahan,' daugh
ter of Heppner's police chief, evi
denced preparedness for any ev
entuality of tire shortage in the
bicycle realm.
Equipped with roller skates she
mounted her bicycle and rode off
down the street, Tuesday.
Politics Quiet as
Filing Time Shortens
So far, no indication of competi
tion for county offices has been in
dicated for the coming primary el
ection, May 15, and it now appears
probable that all incumbents will
file to succeed themselves.
Official announcement only has
been made by L. W. Briggs, treas
urer, though Judge Bert Johnson,
Commissioner George Peck, and As
sessor Tom Wells are all understood
to be considering filing before the
time is up April 1.
Representative E. Harvey Miller
has indicated that he will probably
not be a candidate to the house po
sition again, and local scouts are
busy to find an eligible candidate
from this county to succeed him.
Scouts Get Paper, See
Deer, Help at Fire
Demands on the Boy Scouts for
paper collections are proving a real
task, reports Martin B. Clark, scout
master. They are doing a good job
and if everyone will be patient they
will see that all the paper is han
dled. Monday night the troop, accom
panied by the scoutmaster and Ci m
mitteeman Ken House journeyed to
the mountains and witnessed an in
teresting sight. From one spot on the
hills above the city well, the boys
were able to see numerous deer
feeding in groups of from fifteen to
twenty. In all, , they probably saw
from one hundred to one hundred
and fifty deer.
The boys proved their worthiness
last night in the house fire of Mrs.
Blanche Brown when they aided in
the removal of household goois
from the burning building.
Physical Fitness and
Consumer Heads Set
Namine of Alden H. Blankenship
as physical fitness director and Mrs.
Marie Clary as consumer director
featured a' meeting of the county
defense council at the Heppner city
council chambers Monday evening.
So far no one has been found to
succeed Vawter Parker as chairman
of the council, Mr. Parker now do
ing military service with Uncle
Sam's army.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 19, 1942
Funds To
Sought
for the establishment of a uniform
and general system of common
schools. As the legislature has met
from year to year, it has made pro
visions for a system of public schools,
but it has never made any provision
whatsoever for the maintenance of
such schools by the state, with the .
single exception of the 2-mill state
elementary tax. This tax is tech
nically a state tax, alhough it is in
effect a county tax because each
county receives back the exact am
ount that it pays into the fund. There
is only one other state in the union
that does not provide a state fund
for the maintenance of the public
schools.
This amendment calls for no addi
tional tax of any kind. The $7,500,000
mentioned in the amendment rep
resents approximately the total am
ount now required from revenues
derived from the state income tax
to pay the operating expenses of the
various state departments which
were formerly suported by millage
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$2000 FIRE HITS
FRYE RESIDENCE
Fire of unknown origin broke out
in the upper story of the large frame
house of Mrs. Blanche (Frye) Brown
at the supper hour last evening and
did estimated damage to house and
contents of $2000.
The loss was insured and J. I).
Blascn, adjuster from Pendleton
whs expected today to make the
adjustment.
The residence, constructed many
years ago by Mrs. Brown's parents,
the late Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Frye,
is a landmark of the city, being lo
cated at the west end of Church
street.
Mrs. Brown has resided in . the
house alone since the passing of her
mother, and an aunt, M5ss Gilman,
about a year ago. She was in the
lower part of the house and did not
discover the flames until they had
made progress to where it was im
possible to save furnishings from
the upstairs. In spite of quick action
by the fire department the upper
portion of the house was gutted, and
probable two-thirds loss to the en
tire property was sustained, accord
ing to F. W. Turner who had the
insurance.
Draft Order Numbers
Not Yet Available
Order numbers for men in the
third selective service draft in Mor
row county are not yet available,
pending arrival of the master list
from Washington, announced Bert
Johnson, chairman of the local
board, this morning.
As soon as the master list arrives
and the names can be checked, the
names with numbers will be pub
lished in these columns.
There were 272 signed in the last
draft here, for whom numbers were
drawn from the fish-bowl in the na
tion's capital Tuesday. Those who
checked the drawing on the radio
might arrive at their older number
by counting down the list of all
numbers below 272 until they come
to their own draft number.
LEAVES FOR CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Norton Lundeil departed yes
terday for El Segundo, Cal., where
she goes to join Mr. Lundell who is
employed at a large airplane factory
near that place. She reports that
Mr. Lundell likes his work fine but
didn't realize the plant' could be so
big. Says he has to follow the crowd
or get run over.
APPEAR BEFORE LIONS
Homer Beale, district manager of
Pacific Power and Light company,
and Bill Freitag, also with the com
pany were in the city Monday from
Pendleton. They apeared before the
Monday Lions luncheon at Lucas
place. v
Wheat Moving For
Livestock Feed -Relieves
Congestion
Lexington Man Buys
Back Own Grain,
Says It's Profitable
The effects of the feed wheat sales
program of the Commodity Credit
corporation is being noticed locally
in the movement of some Morrow
county loan wheat, according to
word received from the local AAA
office. To date approximately 35,000
bushels has been shipped. It is im
possible to tell just how much local
wheat may be used under this pro
gram, but almost 1,000,000 bushels
has been made available.
That Morrow county feeds are al
ready taking advantage of the pro
gram is evidenced by the order of a
group of farmers in the Boardman
community for a carload and by
Newt O'Harra of Lexington who
purchased back all of his 1941 loan
wheat which is to be used for feed.
Mr. O'Harra thinks that Morrow
county feeders have been entirely
too lax in taking advantage1 of the
possibilities of using wheat for fat
tening livestock and wants to do his
part in not only helping the Food
for Freedom program but also prov
ing that the feeding of wheat is
profitable. Mr. O'Harra intends us
ing the wheat for fattening out both
hogs and cattle.
Harold Buhman To
Take Lakeview Job
Closing eight years work with the
Heppner schools in which he brought
much recognition to this city in his
work with the school bond, Harold
Buhman, grade school principal,
eighth grade instructor and band
director, announces that he will go
to Lakeview next year to take charge
of band work in the school there.
In the years of band leadership
here, taking all raw material to
build the first school band Heppner
ever had, Mr. Buhman has every
year placed the band for recogni
tion in district, state and regional
competition, and several years gain
ed superior rating. At one time,
when judged on competitive basis,
his organization placed) first among
blinds of its class in the state.
The Buhmans' leaving is sadly
heralded by their many friends, but
well wishes of all accompany them
to their new field. No successor foi
Mr. Buhman's position has yet been
announced.
Wool Sales Top at 40c
With Buying Active
Continued lively activity in wool
contracting was reported by buyers
this week, with top price of 40 cents
featuring the transactions.
One buyer said a large portion of
Morrow county's clip has been con
tracted. ON BOYLEN JURY
Charles Vaughn of Heppner and
Johan Troedson of lone, are Morrow
county men sitting on the jury in
the trial of Tom Boylen, Jr., in fed
eral court in Pendleton this week.
The trial opened Monday, on a
charge arising from alleged sale of
mortgaged sheep.
SELL RESIDENCE
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Turner re
cently sold their residence on Jones
street to Herman Neilson, and ex
pect to give possession about the
middle of April.
CARD OF TIIANKS
We wish to thank the many friends
who called on. or sent messages to
Harold during his illness.
Clara Kincaid, Ruby Kincaid
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gentry and son
and Mrs. Cecile Medlock are spend
ing a week's vacation in Okanogan,
Wash., visiting relatives.
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