4 Heppner Gazette Times, April 16, 1942
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Brighter Skies
April is the usual month for begin
ning wars, especially those fought in
temperate zones, for it is then that
fair weather comes to make move
ment of armies more tenable.
It is now April, and already there
is indication of increased action on
the more northerly war fronts. This
action may be expected to increase.
Some observers say there is now
increased danger of air raids on the
Pacific coast.
However alarming the latter pos
sibility, there is good news withal.
It comes with word of the success
ful attack by United States bomb
ing planes upon positions of the
Japanese in the Philippines. They
reportedly carried out a thousand
mile attack and returned intact.
Though belatedly to save many of the
heroic defenders of Bataan, this at
tack marks what we all hope will be
the beginning of the end of Japanese
invasion in the far lands of the Pa
cific, and is proof that any attack
by Japanese upon the Pacific slope
of the U. S. will be of minor conse
quence. Brighter skies will find the firma
ment more gleamingly studded with
air warriors of the United Nations,
and in that lies hope for extinction
of the Rising Sun.
And yet there must be continued
and renewed efforts of home protec
tion, of production of war commod
ities still sorely needed to bring
about obliteration of the Rising Sun
without further costly losses of our
men at arms.
A soldier to the end; fearless in
combat, in the armed or civilian
service, was General Hugh S. John
son whose pen, stilled by death, will
bo. greatly missed.
Protect the Schools
Current "Education News," organ
of the state department of education
cites excerpts from February "Spe
cial War Extra Bulletin" of National
Congress of Parents and Teachers,
emphasizing strict care in protection
of schools. Quoted:
"The worse the war becomes, the
more It costs in money and men, the
longer it lasts, the more we shall
need the enduring purpose and
strength which good schools create.
Without the work the schools do, we
should lose the very things that
make America worth fighting for.
Let us not desert ourselves. . . .
"Parents and teachers must stand
strong against any attempt to curtail
the school program 'for the duration
of the war. Although some col
leges and universities are 'telescop
ing' their courses, shortening the
time required to complete them, and
relaxing certain of their regulations
to permit students to enter the arm
ed forces, it must be remembered
that many educators on the univer
sity level were advocating this plan
long before the war and that it has,
therefore, been carefully studied and
adjudged to be reasonable at that
level. However, no such curtailment
at the elementary or the secondary
school level can be considered for
one moment
"The education of America's chil
dren cannot be slighted without per
manently disastrous results to Am
erica. We must not 'sell the day to
save the hour.' The United States
would never have come to its full
prosperity without its public schools,
which have given so generously of
the benefits of education to persons
in all walks of life. The high stand
ard of living in America, which ac
counts for the nation's great wealth,
is due in large part to the influence
of the free public school, which puts
that standard within the reach of
millions. To cripple our schools now
would be to cut down our country's
prosperity at the root a shortsight
ed form of economy, surely!
"Whatever else must be neglected
because of the war, parents and tea
chers must fight without ceasing
against the ignorant claims or the
self-seeking clamors of those who
would rob the children of their in
alienable birthright. They must
struggle without ceasing to protect
the common ground of their dual
endeavor, the schools that build
those children into free men and
free women, worthy inheritors of
life in a free and happy land. They
must stand solidly together behind
Service Offered to
Displaced Farmers
The extension service and the Soil
Conservation service are now coop
erating with farmers who are to be
displaced in the Corvallis and Med
ford cantonment areas by providing
information regarding farms that are
offered for sale in order that they
may have available reliable infor
mation as to the capabilities of farms
before purchasing.
The Soil Conservation service has
assigned certain of its technicians
to work full time from April 1 to
May 16 in making a detailed soil
capabilities map for any farm that
every bulwark they can build to
maintain that defense and that inheritance."
a farmer in the cantonment area is
interested in buying, if he makes
the request at once and if the pre
sent owner of the farm is willing
that the map be made.
Any farmer from the cantonment
area who is interested in purchasing
a particular farm in any county in
Oregon and wishes to have a soil
capabilties map made for the farm
should place his request with the
county agent in the county where
the farm is located. Approval of the
owner of the farm for having the
map made will then be obtained by
the prospective buyer or the county
agent. The county agent will then
notify the area conservationist of
the Soil Conservation service in the
area of the request and the Soil
Conservation service technicians will
make the map immediately.
TO BROADCAST
On Monday, April 27, Bruce E.
Stewart, county Farm Security ad
ministration supervisor, and Hazel
L. Duncan, home management su
pervisor, will again speak over KUJ
on the Farm Front program The
time for this weekly feature has
been changed from 2 p. m. to 11:15
a. m.
BIG TURN-OUT AT GOOSEBERRY
Seventy-five persons attended the
pot luck dinner at the Henry Peter
son home in Gooseberry followed
by missionary meeting in the af
ternoon at Valby Lutheran church
last Sunday. Rev. Lundblad from
Gresham preached in the morning.
Girl wanted, front or back end.
Will teach. Merrill's Cafe.
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