Week of the War
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replace within six weeks the present
20 percent limitation on deliveries
in 17 eastern states, Washington,
Oregon and the District of Columbia.
The War Production Board said new
typewriters produced during the re
mainder of 1942 will go to the Ar
my, Navy and other government
agencies. The OPA will ration to
civilian users stocks of new ma
chines now held by dealers.
Production and Conversion
War Production Chairman Nelson,
in a radio broadcast, said airplane
production has increased more than
50 percent since Pearl Harbor, "but
this is no reason for false compla
cency. We are nowhere near our
goals ." Commerce Secretary Jones
reported the Defense Plant corpora
tion had made commitments as of
March 7 for construction of more
than 700 plants. He said the govern
ment is spending $600,000,000 for
construction of synthetic rubber
plants.
Shipping
Navy Secretary Knox said of more
than 1,000 ships which have cleared
New York for southern ports and
have observed Navy orders to travel
in specially-designated north-south
lanes, only five have been sunk. He
said the Coast Guard force pro
tecting harbor installations is being
increased from 35,000 to 60,000 and
a large number of patrol vessels
are being added for the entire At
lantic coast line. The Maritime Com
mission said its liberty ship produc
tion program, now on schedule calls
for putting 1,488 new freighters in
war service by the end of 1943.
Air
The President asked Congress for
more than $8 billion to expand the
Army Air forces by purchase of 148,
000 planes in 1942 and 1943. The
Civil Aeronautics Administration
said its standardization center in
Houston, Texas, will graduate a class
of pilots every 10 days for the Army
ferrying command. The Office of
Education and the CAA announced
plans for a nation-wide aviation ed
ucation program in elementary and
high schools.
Army Broadcasts from Fighting
Front
The War Department said a series
of "Army Hour" broadcasts every
Sunday beginning April 5. 3:30 to
4:30 p.m. EST over the NBC net
work will link men in the Armed
Services fighting abroad with Am
erican fire sides in this country. The
programs will attempt to promote
understanding of military and mor
ale problems. They will mark the
first time in United States history
the Army will directly sponsor and
supervise a radio program to ac
complish a military mission.
Labor
President Roosevelt said by fall
labor shortages probably will begin
to develop, although at the present
time there is sufficient manpower
for war industry. The President
stated nowhere in the country is any
one prohibited by law from working
more than 40 hours a week. WPB
Chairman Nelson, addressing CIO
leaders in Washington, asked labor
to suspend for the duration the priv
ilege of getting double-time pay for
work on Sundays and holidays.
The President ordered the Office
of Defense Transportation to seize
the strike-bound Toledo, Peoria and
Western railroad and to operate it
"for the successful prosecution of
the war." The President acted after
the railroad management rejected
repeated government requests that
the strike be submitted to arbitra
tion. Labor Secretary Perkins said
of the 15 million workers to be em
ployed in war industries by next
January about one-third will be wo
men. Priorities and Allocations
The WPB ordered manufacturers
of domestic laundry equipment to
salt production by May 15, and man
ufacturers of certain vending mach
ines, of juke boxes and other amuse
ment machines by May 1 . The board
directed retailers of men's and boy's
clothing to omit trouser cuffs after
March 30. Priority assistance was
granted materials needed for repair
and maintenance of existing plumb
ing and heating installations on
farms, in residences and office and
apartment buildings. The board lim
ited metallic plates for state and
local auto licenses to 10 percent of
the weight issued during the year
ending July 1.
The Senate completed Congres-
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Oregon where it operated with goon
squads several years ago until sev
eral leaders were indicted and sent
to prison.
Heppner Gazette Times, March 26, 19425
F00DF0RVICT0RY
Washington, D. C, March 26. An
other $500,000 of airport projects
have been approved for Oregon. Of
this sum the Clatsop airport re
ceives more than half; the allotment
for this airport, which is near As
toria, is $280,528. Another approved
project of size is the new airport at
North Bend. For this the allotment
is $199,386 to be used in clearing,
grubbing, installing culverts, tide
gates, catch basins, grading, surfac
ing, extending runways, etc. For the
Medford airport $13,479 is allowed
for paving runways. There is to be
development of the airport at Sakem
and the airfield for The Dalles,
which is located on the Washington
bank of the Columbia. These and
the many other airfields which CAA
is constructing in the state are not
only for the duration but part of a
planned program to carry on into the
distant future. It is recognition of
the importance airplanes will play
in the life of Oregon. Incidentally,
CAA is preparing to train 75,000 civ
ilian fliers, with the understanding
that when they are competent their
services will be available to the fed
eral government.
According to a decision of the su
preme court, members of the team
sters' union are not violating the law
when they demand that a farmer
pay them for taking a truck into a
city. If anyone not a member of the
teamsters' union tried it he would
be guilty of violating the anti-racketeering
law. The senate committee
on judiciary has started hearings on
amendment to the law, submitted
by Senator Holman, which would
prevent any more decisions such as
the. one just rendered. The amend
ment is attracting national attention
because of importance of the prin
ciple involved, the prominence of
the teamsters' union and the atten
tion being given by the trust-busting
division of the department of jus
tice. The union is well known in
sional action on the Second War
Powers Bill, which includes pro
visions for a fine of $10,000 and a
year in prison for priorities viola- .
tions. The WPB said it will begin
investigations soon of pig iron dis
tribution in foundries, as well as
inventory conditions of copper scrap
dealers.
Prices
The Labor Department reported its
cost of living index on February 15
was 113 percent of the average for
1935-39 and almost 15 percent higher
than in August, 1939. The OPA set ,
price ceilings on gasoline at service
stations in 17 eastern states, Oregon,
Washington and the District of Col
umbia at levels prevailing March 13.
A Chicago Federal Grand Jury in
dicted 101 cheese dealers, processors
and distributors for violation of the
Federal Antitrust Law.
Aliens
The President established the War
Relocation Authority within the Of
fice of Emergency Management to
permit persons forced to move from
military areas to enlist voluntarily
in work corps for the duration of
the war. A bill imposing a fine of
$5,000 and imprisonment of one year
for persons violating regulations in
military zones was sent to the White
House.
The War Front
General Douglas MacArthur, ac
companied by a staff of officers,
broke through the Japanese block
ade and proceeded from Bataan
Peninsula to Melbourne, Australia,
to assume supreme command of the
forces in that region, including the
Philippines. Lt. General Jonathan
M. Wainwright succeeded Gen. Mac
Arthur in command of American
troops on Bataan. Generalissimo
Chang Kai Shek placed Lt. General
Joseph W. Stillwell, U. S. Army, in
command of the fifth Chinese Ar
mies, operating with British forces
in Burma.
After almost one year of delay
Metals Reserve corporation has fin
ally financed a development of zinc
properties in the Santiam country,
Marion county. This is not the com
plete development originally sub
mitted, as it included a refinery to
be built somewhere in the vicinity
of Portland. The smelter is in abey
ance. However, the enterprise has
been allowed sufficient funds to open
up the zinc deposits and concentrate .
them. The concentrates will be sent
to Anaconda, Mont. Until there was
a shakeup in OPM and WPB took
over the zinc section of OPM dis
couraged all mineral development
in Oregon with a view to preventing
the establishing of competition for
the big mining corporations.
The change in attitude applies to
chrome. Earl K. Nixon of the Ore
gon bureau of mines has succeeded
in having Metals Reserve Corp. in
terest itself in the deposits of chrome
in southern Oregon, eastern Oregon
and northern California. The former
requirements were such that no pro
ducer could afford to attempt to
sell chrome to the government. It is
said there are about 5,000 miners in
the territory who are interested in
chrome, and under the new arrange
ment the price effective April 1
there is a chance for them to make
money.
On the suggestion of a mint grow
er in Columbia county Leon Hen
derson, price administrator, has set
his staff to making a study of the
peppermint oil situation. The Ore
gon suggestion was made that $7.50
a pound would be a fair price. Hen
derson's men reported that it is too
late to fix the price on oil from the
Corn Sausage Casserole
By Mrs. Ed' Parker
1 can corn, 2 cups white sauce,
10 little sausages cut with scissors,
about five pieces for each sausage,
two dozen crumbed crackers. Butter
casserole and add alternately crack
ers, com and sausage. Top with
crumbs and dot of butter. Bake 1
hour at 350 degrees.
1941 crop as it is already in the
hands of dealers or consumers. The
staff will consider fixing a price on
this year's crop. Mint is grown in a
dozen different sections of Oregon
and is a specialty crop
Farm tractors were given priority
on rubber tires, but now WPB has
issued an order abolishing rubber
tires and the manufacturers of trac
tors are told to make them with
steel wheels. There is not enough
rubber available, says WPB, to make
a golf ball. Advice going out to
farmers from the national capital
is that they should become more
cooperative and use the same farm
machinery, moving it from place to
place after the fashion of a thresh
ing crew.
Government officials have been
warned that dwellings to accommo
date approximately 60,000 people
will have to be built in Portland
and Vancouver, the shipyard district,
and that private capital is not pre
pared to make such a heavy invest
ment. In other sections of Oregon
a housing problem is developing but
the army of workers to be employed
at the shipyards present the noet
severe problem ever experienced in
that state. The public schools also
will be taxed to the limit of their
accommodations.
Vegetable Casserole
By Mrs. Jesse Turner
Combine fresh peas, lima beans,
green beans, sliced carrots, canned
corn with cream sauce. Add 1 tea
spoon lemon juice and pinch of
mustard and teaspoon sugar to
sauce. Put in hot oven for 25 min
utes. Casserole of Vegetables
By Mrs. Alden Blankenship
6 medium potatoes thinly sliced,
1 small turnip cubed, 1 cup canned
peas, 1 cup canned tomatoes, 1 on
ion slice, Vi cup rice, washed and
cleaned, 1 teaspoon salt, 1-8 tsp.
pepper, 1-8 teaspoonful allspice, 4
cups beef boullion cubes in water or
meat stock. Put ingredients in al
ternate layers in casserole. Pour on
stock, cover, cook three hours or
until rice is tender, in slow oven,
about 250 degrees.
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