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Heppner Gazette Times, May 7,1942 3 ) -AT ' JfTHE ' Washington, D. C, May 7. Every employe on the cantonments under construction at Medford and Cor-vallis-Monmouth area must show proof of his citizenship and finger prints must be taken and checked by FBI. Employes also must sign a statement that they are not affil iated with any organization detri mental to the best interests of the U. S. government. It is the law that none but American citizens can be employed on any government work. Naturalized citizens have less diffi culty in producing proofs than a na tive born, for until 25 or 30 years ago there were few communities where vital statistics were kept, and it is impossible for many Americans to offer documentary evidence that they were born here, or where they were born. A birth certificate is now a highly important paper and will be more so with the passing of time. Already 145 guards are employed at Medford in 40 different guard positions and these are maintained 24 hours a day. Three patrol cars are on duty all the time within the reservation and there are seven tel ephone stations located within the area. As the project progresses fire equipment and trained personnel will be added. At present there is one fire station, one fire truck cen trally located and three firemen in attendance at all times. A retired captain with 20 years experience is fire chief and he has a volunteer fire brigade. This month two more fire trucks will be available. A simi lar set-up will be instituted at the Corvallis-Monmouth cantonment. Storage for the wheat crop is wor rying high officials as well as far mers of Oregon. Hearing there would be a scarcity of warehouses many farmers and cooperatives be gan last winter making applications for priorities. Practically nothing, yet, has been done with the appli cations although the department of agriculture realizes that a serious situation is in the immediate future. Some applications have been made for priorities while others have ap plied for a loan with which to pay the cost of construction. The Dalles, for example, by special election vo ted $150,000 for a grain warehouse and is awaiting federal action. Half a dozen towns in eastern Oregon have applied for priorities to accom modate the surrounding farmers, such as Condon, Heppner, etc. The wheat farmer is confronted with a great crop and a heavy car ryover and no opportunity to dispose of his grain abroad. The British are obtaining what wheat they need from Canada. Europe is suffering from a shortage of bread, but the American farmer cannot send a bu shel to Axis dominated countries. And now the farmer is having dif ficulty finding materials for ware housing, plus the problem of finding help for harvest. OPA, which is rationing gasoline, announces that farmers can have all the motor oil they require to oper ate farm machinery and trucks for transporting food to town or to can nery. This exception does not ex tend to city dwellers unless they are engaged in urgent occupations requiring the use of motor vehicles. The pleasure driver is distinctly "out" and the amount of gas he will be permitted to buy will be so little that, in Oregon where vast spaces must be covered in going to town, he will have to remain at home. Now the rationing is confined to Washington and Oregon on the west coast, but within a few months the prediction is made that rationing of gasoline will be national. There is no shortage of gasoline or fuel oil, the trouble is that the sub marines have sunk too many tank ers and the railroad tank cars and tank trucks cannot keep pace with consumption. Homes and buildings with oil burners in Oregon have been advised to change over to burn coal, but there is no assurance that the metal will be available. The army regulations call for one pint of milk for every soldier every day, if the milk is obtainable. There will be, approximately, G0,000 sol diers in the two Oregon cantonments when they are completed, sometime late this year. This will require a minimum of 15,000 gallons of milk every 24 hours and probably more than that. Portland has been ship ping milk to Fort Lewis, near Ta coma, 170 miles, to supplement the supply at that place. The quarter master department is already calcu lating its requirements for the Ore gon camps. A measure has been introduced in the senate (will probably pass that body) authorizing the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation to make loans to farmer cooperatives to es tablish distilleries in which to con vert the waste fruit of the state into industrial alcohol. Surplus grain al so can be used. These proposed dis tilleries are intended to conserve sugar (now rationed) by using waste fruit instead of sugar for making al cohol. Also suggested is the chemi cal waste from pulp and paper mills which is now emptied into the streams. Our idea of a real optimist is the fellow who gets comfort out of the fact that a flat tire is flat only on the bottom. Boys'-Girls' Aid Drive Solicits Support of A!! "Oregon has one crop that must be protected," asserts Mrs. R. I. Thompson. "That is the orphan crop being cared for by Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of Oregon. As county chairman in charge of rural solicitation, Mrs. Thompson is appealing for the cooperation of all organizations and individuals of the county in raising funds under the present drive for money with which to support this work the coming year. She is being assisted in Hepp ner by Josephine Mahoney, county co-chairman, in charge of city so licitation. Contributions are being taken at Humphreys Drug store and First National bank. Mrs. Thomson shows what con tributions in varying amounts will do to support the work: $1 will supply new toothbrushes for 10 children, or 24 handkerchiefs. $5 will provide health-building cod liver oil for a child for 6 weeks, or new overalls for 5 growing boys, or 75 children's combs. $10 will furnish a complete outfit for an infant, or yearly school supplies for 15 children, or new shoes for 3 children. $15 will buy material for 20 cotton dresses for children, or yarn to make sweaers for 12 boys and girls. $25 will clothe one child completely for a year and a half. Gifts to The Boys' and Girls Aid Society of Oregon are deductible io computing federal and state income taxes, Mrs. Thompson points out. Each dollar received goes 57 per cent for food, shelter, boarding care; 22 percent for medical, dental and case service; 14 percent for admin istration; 6 percent for clothing, and 1 percent for depreciation. Always look on the bright side of things; but if you are buying them, it's well to look on both sides. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends for the beautiful floral pieces and for (he many kindnesses shown at the time of our bereavement, in t'.e death of uur beloved mother. Sarah Williams, Betty Hawks, Dixie McCraw, Wyatt Mc Craw, Roby McCraw, Troy McCraw. iniuiuiinii.iuM.i,ii.Miii,iiiJNm:.,uiiiiiiii,uiiiii,iiiiiiiuuiiiiiiiiiiijiiniiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiui.jjiiMniiijiiiuiiiiiiuuiuiiujuli REPUBLICANS WRITE IN (X) Henry E. Peterson For Representative 22nd Congressional District Note-Two candidates are to be nomi nated. The name of Giles L. French appears on ballot. To make the second party nominee it is necessary to write the name in and place an (X) before it, Paid Adv. by Morrow County Central Comm. T in ITU STORY OF CARBOLOY How a Most Strategic Material off the War-Invented in Germany -Was Made Available to the United Nations More Precious Than Diamonds in War Produc tion . . . Carboloy is an American trade mark for cemented tungsten-carbide, an alloy second only to diamonds in hardness, more precious than diamonds as a vital material in America's war program. It is used tor the tips of cutting tools, and for wear-resistant dies. Carboloy is used in small quantities; it is difficult to make and difficult to use but it has never been scarce in modern times. There is no scarcity now. Invented in Germany Krupp Protected by U. $. Patents . . . Cemented carbide was in vented in Germany it belonged to Krupp ot Germany, and this made all the rest ot the world Krupp's customer. In this country, Krupp was protected by patent grants from the United States. General Electric Creates Independent Produc tion . . . The General Electric Company two years before this had begun research on tungsten-carbide and foresaw its importance in industrial production. For immediate use in its own plants and lor easier availability to others, General Electric undertook the long and arduous negotiations for the American rights. Limned rights were obtained in 19:8, with Krupp continuing to export the mate rial to its United States customers a busi ness which languished, however, as General Electric painstakingly developed its own Carboloy technique. This paved the way for General Electric to make the United States entirely independent of Germany for its cemented tungsten-carbide supply as early as 1936. American Tool Costs Half That of German . . . From the start, two totally different busi nesses were involved. Krupp originally ex ported cemented carbides in chunks and was unsuccessful. General Electric and its subsidiary, Carboloy Co., Inc. found it necessary to develop a complete engineering and manufacturing service, making various types of Carboloy equipped tools, training men in their use, and offering to its customers a specialized and successful production tech nique. For purposes of fair comparison, a typical German cemented carbide tool in 19:8 cost $22.26 in the United States, while a comparable American Carboloy tool cost $11.11. Loss to General Electric for Many Years Art Taught to Industry ... In times of peace and 1928 was such a time the measure of success ot industrial adventure is to be found in profit to the adventurer. By such a measure, Carboloy could not be called successful. Initial expenses were great. For a time the Company lost at the rate of i 1000 a day, and once had an operating deficit of more than a million dollars. One of the major contributing reasons was the continuing high cost of development, standardization, and training. In 1936-37 alone, training courses were given to 10,000 men in industry. More over, six major price reductions were made in the face of operating losses, until the stand ard tool blank had been reduced in price 90 per cent. Faith and Perseverance . . . Depression was still another reason labor-saving tools could not be sold to industry or labor at any price. But General Electric, with determination that now seems providential, kept on increasing its Over the entire period of its existence up to "January ist, 1941 the total net profit of the Carboloy Company was 2.5 per cent of sales. capacity, granting new licenses, condoning instances of unlicensed production, staywig ahead of its market. Production Multiplied Forty-five Times in Four Years . . . Cemented tungsten-carbide could easily have been a source of weakness here, as it was in England, had it not been tor Gen eral Electnc's policy of continued expansion. In 1939, the production ot the Carboloy Company was less than 20,000 lbs.; in 194O, it was 55,000 lbs.; in 1 94. 1 , it was 163,000 and in December came Pearl Harbor. Now, in 1942, the Company's production is going at a rate that is 45 times that ot only tour years ago. Britain Dependent upon Us . . . By contrast, British companies, which had been content to continue as customers of Krupp, found themselves cut off from the vital material when Poland was invaded. Bui the General Electric Company was able to supply sub stantial quantities to British industry im mediately and since then has continuously filled British orders. It has, in like manner, filled Canada's requirements since 1936. It is currently supplying Canada, Russia, and other United Nations. All this in addition to supplying the greatly expanded needs of American industry. An Inspirational Story of Americcn Industry . . . Thus, the story of Carboloy does not end in "too little and too late." Like many previously untold stories of American industry, it continues, a sturdy and in spiring example of public service born of private enterprise, and characterized by hard work, ingenuity, investment, research, risk, and courage a familiar pattern on this side of the Atlantic. General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York. GENERAL ELECTRIC