1 ' ' ' ' ' ' 4 Heppner Gazette Times, April 9, 1942 Heppner Opposes McNary Gazette Times THE HEPPNER GAZETTE. Established March 30, 1883; THE HEPPNER TIMES, Established November 18, 1897; . CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15. 1913 Published every Thursday morning by CRAWFORD FITBLISHINQ COMPANY and entered at the Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second-class matter. JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $2.50 Two Years 4.50 Three Years 6.00 Six Months 1.25 Three Months 65 Single Copies 05 Official Paper for Morrow County Week of the War . Continued from First Page eral agencies and more than 3,500 investigators are cooperating with the board in the surveys. Prices The Office of Price Administra tion froze manufacturers, wholesale and retail prices of plumbing fix tures and of 44 common household electrical appliances, all at March 30 levels. Ceilings were also set on wholesale prices of bond, ledger, book and plain and fancy cover pa per and bristols, and on producers quotations for Pennsylvania anthra cite coal. The Agriculture depart ment said the retail cost of food is now 15 above the 1935-39 aver age, but is still below the 1929 level. Civilian Defense Civilian Defense Director Landis said Axis air raids on American war industries this spring are "entirely possible." He said "it is worth a dozen bombers to the Germans to wreck vital industries, even in the heart of the country." Mr. Landis said $20 million of OCD funds have been transferred to build facilities for manufacture of civilian ' gas masks. First shipments of helmets, arm bands and other equipment for air raid wardens and auxiliary fire men and police were sent to more than 40 Atlantic and Pacific coast cities. The Armed Forces The Senate passed and sent to the House a bill granting pay increase from $30 a month to $42 for privates and apprentice seamen, and provid ing proportional increases for other classes of enlisted men in the arm ed forces. The Post Office depart ment issued regulations for grant ing of free first-class mailing priv ileges for all ranks of the armed forces. The Senate passed and sent to the House a bill eliminating re strictions on marriage of Army and Navy officers during the war. The President signed legislation to per mit the War department to recruit ..American technicians serving in for eign armed forces and to pay them more than $21 a month during the first four months." The Navy department said meet ings have been arranged in 35 states between April 0 and 17 to acquaint educators with tlie Navy Officer IProotiwiment program under which BC0 college freshmen and soph omores will be recruited annually. The students will be enlisted as ap prentice seamen and allowed to re main in school at least to the end of, the second year. About 35,000 will be selected each year for further training leading to commissions as ensigns in the Naval Reserve. The House passed and sent to the Senate an $18 billion War appro priation bill, providing almost $7 billion for military airplanes. The Senate passed and sent to the House a Naval Public Works bill to pro vide a billion dollars for expansion . in aircraft and storage facilities. The War department ruled officers and enlisted men, except those of the regular Army, may campaign for and hold political office, if such activity does not interfere with mil itary duties. Selective Service head quarters instructed local boards to start classification of February 16 registrants, and to prepare to fill the Army's June call, and possibly the May call, from these men and the earlier registrants. SS head quarters also issued instructions to all local boards for registration of an estimated 13,500,000 men between 45 and 64 on April 27. The War Front The Navy reported as of April 4 Arthur ML Geary, who has filed his declaration for republican nom ination for United States senator, states that according to the state wide straw vote which he has taken the majority of Oregon citizens de sire that Senator Charles L. Mc nary be defeated for re-election, and that "if the election were to morrow" they would vote for Arthur M. Geary in preference to Senator . McNary. "My life long specialty has been ocean, rail and highway transporta tion, and my life long .specialty has not been 'politics,' 'fence-straddling' and 'vote-getting'," continued Geary. "My repeated visits to and study of many foreign and domestic ports and their facilities should make me helpful in coping with transporta tion, our chief 'bottleneck' in win ning this war. "At this time it is highly import ant that congress display itself more by action than by words. Delay in debate and failure to take prompt and definite stands invite further disaster." total Japanese losses inflicted by U. S. Naval forces included 21 war ships sunk, 13 possibly sunk and 22 damaged; 48 non-combatant ships sunk, 14 possibly sunk and 14 dam aged. The Army and Navy said Ax is submarines sunk or presumed sunk by the Navy total 24, and those by the Army number 4. As sistant Secretary of War for Air Lovett said U. S. pilots in the Far East are shooting down five Japan ese planes for every plane lost. The forces of Lt. Gen. Wainwright in the Philippines repelled 'several enemy attacks by land, sea and air on Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island with heavy Japanese losses. Japanese bombers sank the U. S. Aircraft Tender Langley, the De stroyer Peary and the Navy Tanker Pecos in the southwest Pacific, with an estimated loss of 700 men. The Navy reported the torpedoing of 15 more United Nations merchant ves sels in the Atlantic. Shipping The Maritime Commissoin report ed all contracts have been awarded for the 23 million deadweight tons of merchant shipping nearly 2,300 cargo ships and tankers which the President has set as the 1942-43 goal. The Senate passed and returned to the House a bill enlarging the war risk provisions of the Merchant Mar ine act to allow insurance of foreign as well as of domestic ships. Agriculture The Department of Agriculture said it had purchased more than $800 million worth of farm com modities, totaling more than 7,500 million pounds, during the first year of the department's expansion pur chase program March 15, 1941, to March 15, 1942. More than half of all purchases were for meat, dairy, and poultry products. Most pur chases were for lend-lease ship ment The Agriculture department re ported prices of all farm products combined were 99 percent of parity on March 15, 1942, and 46 above the 1909-14 average. The Commod ity Credit Corporation reported it has contracted for the sale, during the period ending April 30, of about 5,500,000 bushels of corn and about 240,000 bushels of wheat to be pro cessed into industrial alcohol. 4-H Mobilization Under Way This Week - Mobilization of all 4-H clubs in the United States is under way this week to meet the need of the war emergency program. All 4-H club mmbers are being called upon to reaffirm their pledge to devote their head to clearer think ing, their heart to greater loyalty, their hands to larger service and their health to better living for their club, community and county. They are being called upon to increase production of food items, to give ad ditional assistance to community ac tivities, especially those related to national defense, and devote addi tional time to their club meetings to studying the principles of democ racy. With over 1,600,000 club members enrolled in 4TH club projects thru out the United States, we have a program that very definitely affects the future thinking of the people of our nation, states C. D. Conrad, county agent, and through this or- NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned administratrix of the estate of Harry M. Archer, de ceased, has filed her final .account of her administration of said es tate with the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County and that said Court has fixed Mon day the 11th day of May, 1942, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock A. M. of said day as the time for hearing objections to said final account and the settlement of said estate and all persons having objections thereto are hereby required to file the same with said Court on or before the time set for said hearing. Dated and first published this 9th day of April, 1942. LETHA ARCHER, . Administratrix. ganization we aim to develop better farmers, homemakers and Ameri can citizens. Learning by doing is the princi ple on which 4-H club work is founded and the boys and girls are learning to produce by producing. They are learning democratic prin ciples by practicing these principles at the 4-H club meetings, Conrad adds. Because of the importance of farm home gardens this year for insuring green vegetables for the family and relieving commercial production and shipping facilities for the army and allied nations, there has been a large increase in 4-H garden club mem bers. Prior to this year, Conrad states, there has been no 4-H garden club members in the county and to date there have been 26 boys and girls enrolled in the garden program and there may be more. There will also be an increase in the production of meat animals by 4-H club members in Morrow county this year. There are several new livestock club mem bers and the older club members are increasing the size of their pro jects. Conrad states that one of the best ways that 4-H club members can aid with the all-out production pro gram is for them to do a little bet ter job of the things they have been doing in their 4-H club work. Has the FLAG at your place of busi ness or home be come soiled or worn? Be sure to display a bright, clean .flag by having it cleaned, or better still, replace it with a new flag. Order now to insure deliv ery for Decoration Day. 4 ft x 6 ft. bunting flag, sewed stripes . $2.50 4 ft. x 6 ft. bunting flag, 12-ft. pole, pavement housing $5.00 Contact Lee Howell, Frank Davidson or Loyal Parker TUB IEPEHDABL FE5 fifl E F E SEW (GE fi m trigs SEW BE mm Today, more than ever before, this sign beck ons all car and truck owners who want the skilled, reliable service that comes with: (1) trained mechanics, (2) quality materials, and (3) reasonable service rates... .You can expect this kind of service from your Chevrolet dealer because, for years, Chevrolet dealers have had the largest number of "trade-ins" and there fore the widest experience in servicing and conditioning all makes of cars and trucks. "CAR CONSERVATION PLAN" FOR "SERVICE THAT SATISFIES -SERVICE THAT SAVES" T Check and Rotate Tires 2 Get Regular Lubrication 3 Service Engine Carburetor . Battery 4 Test Brakes 5 Check Steering and Wheel . Alignment 6 Check Clutch, Transmission Rear Axle 7 Check Cooling System 8 Protect and Preserve Finish FERGUSON MOTOR COMPANY Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spe cialist of Pendleton will be at the HEPPNER HOTEL on WEDNES DAY, APRIL 15th. Heppner Oregon