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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.
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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.
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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