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4 Heppner Gazette Times, May 14, 1942 Heppner Gazette Times THE HEPPNER (JAZETTE, Established March 30, 1883; THE HEPPNER TIMES, Established November 18, 1897; CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1913 Published every Thursday morning by CBAWFOBD PUBLISHING 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 A Privilege "This time I can pay for some one to fight for me. It is the first time in my life that I have been in this position." That is the statement of an ex-service man heard this week, one of the most appealing rea sons we have yet heard for purch asing war savings bonds and stamps. There isn't particular lethargy on the part of anyone to escape the duties imposed by the present at tempt to curb lawlessness of dic tator nations. It is more a matter of procrastination. We all intend to buy bonds and stamps, but -we have n't yet acquired the habit of doing it regularly and in amounts compar able to circumstances. That was in dicated when no one responded to Chairman Mahoney's request for showing of hands by those who had purchased the war securities until it hurts. There may not yet be occasion to give up necessities, but curbing of luxuries is definitely called for to supply the sums being asked that the armed forces may be sustained in the manner demanded by the sit uation, and more widespread pur chase of the war securities must be had. This same ex-service man who felt it a high privilege to pay for some one to fight for him instead of hav ing to do the fighting himself as he did in World War I, also said he had heard that Japanese was a mighty hard language to learn and he did n't want to be forced to learn it. In purchasing war bonds and stamps, the immediate sacrifice of the individual, if any, is later com pensated for when the bonds are redeemed at face value, a mighty handy sum when days of readjust ment come. The act now is a high privilege, to pay for someone to do our fighting in reality a real in vestment in personal and property security. Word comes that quotas will be increased month by month. Therefore there must be an increasingly steady flow of dollars into the war fund. It can and must be done. O. M. YEAGER CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Cabinet and Mill Work HEPPNER, OREGON Graduation Time and Jewelry Jewelry, the gift of a life time, is most appropriate to commemorate graduation, an important milestone of life. PETERSON' S Week of the War Continued from First Page to clear priority and other problems confronting about' 3 million service institutions such as banks, laundries, etc. The Commerce Department said income payments to individuals dur ing March were 21 percent higher than a year ago and reached the record annual rate of $106 billion. The War Front The War Department announced the planes which recently raided Japan were U. S. bombers. The at tack was made in clear weather, in the middle of the day, and at low altitudes. The selected targets "were accurately attacked with demolition and incendiary bombs," the depart ment said Japanese broadcasts ad mitted that between 3,000 and 4,000 casualties and fires which raged for 48 hours were caused by the raid, the department said. The Navy Department said 21 Jap anese warships were sunk or dam aged in the battle of the Coral Sea with relatively slight losses to U. S. forces. U. S. losses will be re ported when the information is with out value to the enemy, the Navy said, but all Tokyo claims of dam ages inflicted were declared without foundation. The Navy reported 85 Japanese warships and 96 noncom batent vessels had been sunk or damaged from Pearl Harbor to May 11. Resistance of U. S. and Filipino troops on Corregidor was finally ov ercome. The Navy reported the tor pedoing of 1 more merchant vessels off the Atlantic coast. Army and Selective Service First regulations were issued for the Army Specialist Corps which was set up to make available to the Army specially skilled persons not otherwise eligible for active duty. Officer and specialists will make up the corps. Officers pay will range from $2,600 for second lieutenants to $9,000 for the director general, and specialists pay will range from $1,800 to $3,500. The department said construction has been started on flight strips adjoining highways in a strategic area on the Atlantic seaboard. The War Department said it cannot answer individual inquir ies as to Army casualties or the whereabouts of Army personnel. Selective Service headquarters said occupational questionnaires to de termine civilian skills will be mai)ed not later than May 27 to men of the first and second registration who are not already in the armed forces. SS Director Hershey instructed lo cal boards to give careful consider ation for deferment to individual registrants engaged in 141 critical occupations in the coal and railroad industries, as well as in ship con struction and in coastal, intercoastal and offshore water transportation SS headquarters said a reexamina tion of approximately 100,000 men disqualified because of heart disor der is now advisable, because func tional derangement in many cases was caused by temporary facors. Navy Navy Secretary Knox reported Navy personnel now total 500,000 compared with 140,000 in the sum mer of 1940. He said the Navy will include one million men by July 1943. The Senate sent to the White House a bill authorizing an increase of 200,000 tons in the U. S. submarine fleet. The Navy said two new avia tion technical schools will be con structedat Memphis, Tenn,. and Norman, Okla. to train 10,000 men every six months. The training cen ter for negro enlisted men will be at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. California "Dimout" The OCD ordered a "dimout" of the California Coast from the Oregon border to Santa Maria, California, for the duration of the war, in order to keep the coastline clear of any lights that could be seen by lurking sub marines. The order affects 48 cities and towns in nine, counties. Street lights must be painted or shielded, display illumination must be shield ed or eliminated, and night traffic must be rerouted or required to move at reduced speeds with park ing lights only. The order was re quested by the 12th Naval District and will be enforced by the 9th Regional OCD office. Prices and Consumer Credit OPA said it will not tolerate wholesale evictions of war workers by landlords attempting to evade maximum rent regulations by bring I ing in new tenants at higher rents. Beginning May 18, retail prices may not exceed highest levels charged by each seller during March and every retail store must display pub licly the ceiling prices for "cost-of-living" commodities. The Federal Reserve Board ruled installment purchases must be li quidated within 12 months and plac ed new limitations on charge ac counts. Loans of $1,500 or less to be met in one payment must mature within 90 days. The Board also made down payments, ranging from one fifth to one-third the purchase price, mandatory on all products. War Bonds and Taxes The Treasury reported War Bond sales during the first six business days of May were 21 percent great er than in the same period in April and totaled more than 25 percent of the nation's May quota of $600 mil lion. Treasury Secretary Morgen thau, in a letter to Congress, said the time has come to lower personal exemptions under the individual in come tax to $6600 for single persons, $1,200 for married couples, and $300 for each dependent. Civilian Supply The WPB prohibited use of cop per, bronze or brass after May 31 in manufacture of about 100 house hold and common civilian items. Use of iron and steel in more than 400 such items was prohibited after July 3. The orders include such products as waste baskets, fountain pens, flashlights, electric razors, cash reg isters and baking pans. Designs of glass containers were restricted to existing mold equipment. The board said this standardization would in crease production of such containers by 30 percent and help meet a pos sible tin can shortage. Grinding of cocoa beans during the rest of May and June was restricted to 70 per cent of the amounts ground in the corresponding period last year. A G-T want ad will do wonders if you have anything to sell, trade or exchange. Results every time. 10 OF INCOME IS OUR QUOTA !.' WAR BONOS Dr. W. H. Rockwell Naturopathic Physician & Surgeon Gilman Bldg. Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Exam free Ph. 522 Heppner, Or. YOUR c scrap inori S Wlbb lllibr WIM I WAR Ml 1 UTHHLK K J m - From where I sit. .. iy Joe Marsh Yon ought to meet my friend, Will Dudley. I suppose Will must be seventy-eight or nine . . . but you'd never know it He's tall and lean and hard as a hickory. And al though the only formal education he ever had was a few winters in the old red schoolhouse, I think that he's the wisest man I know in many ways. For one thing, Will taught me the value of what he calls "Just a-settin!" Come upon Will in the evening, when his hard day's work is done, and you'll find him "just i-settin," in a rocker on his porch. In one hand he'll have his old briar pipe and in the other, a tall cool glass of beer. "Wholesome, appetizin' beer," says Will, "is standard equipment for proper settin! Puts a feller in an easy-goin' peaceful mood." You see, Will holds the theory that in our present mixed-up world, a man needs a quiet hour every day. An hour in which to sit down No. 40 of a Series (PAID ADVERTISEMENT) Carboloy-G. E. Reveal Inside Trade Story U. S. Production Believed Higher Than Nazis Because of the charges concern-' lng use and misuse of patents, and international cartel agreements be ing made by the Department, of Jus tice before Senate Committees, the Carboloy Company, a subsidiary of General Electric, has revealed the Inside trade story. Carboloy, an American trade mark for cemented tungsten-carbide, the hardest sub stance known with the single a ception of diamond, is used for the tips of cutting tools and for wear resistant dies. It is esential in the manufacture of machine tools large ly employed in war industries. Once very scarce, Carboloy has spent years perfecting this alloy, training men to use it and has in creased production until the supply is now ample, not only for all U. S. industry but also for the nation's allies in war. Meanwhile, the price has been reduced by 90 per cent. At one time, Carboloy had a deficit of over $1,000,000, and now that pro duction is 45 times that of four years ago, it shows a net profit of only 2.5 per cent of sales for its en tire period of existence. General Electric officials here have received a transcript of state ments made by Dr. Zay Jefferies, Chairman of Carboloy. Dr. Jefferies' statement in part follows : "I want to make it clear that we are in favor of reasonable legisla tion which will make it possible for the government to secure the bene fits of any and all patents for our war effort. We are glad also to re port that Mr. Lewin, justice attor ney, has agreed that the General Electric Company, the Carboloy Company and the individual defend ants in the Carboloy case, are oper ating that industry at reasonable prices, free from all restrictions, and are doing all that they can in that industry to further our war effort. It means that the complaints, whether justified or not, relate only to past practices and not to any present activity. "Obviously, no l..ef statement can more than touch a few of the high spots of Mr. Lewln's disserta tion 6n tungsten-carbide. Stripped of much detail and technicality, the charge that the General Electric Company and the Carboloy Com pany operated their carbide busi ness in the United States so as to result in a bottleneck in the produc- quietly and restore his strength and courage. Will thinks, and I agree with him, that a man ought to forget all his own and the world's worries dur ing that hour-of-peace. And Will feels that a glass of fragrant mel low beer helps most to bring yon quiet relaxation. Show me the man who sits down quietly of an evening with his glass of beer and I'll show you a man who is wise in the ways of living. Such men, like Will Dudley, live to a ripe old age, unembittered by the troubles of the world. They seem to remain, all their lives, sweet-natured and kindly. Time has a way of rendering ac curate judgments on the value of the things men use and enjoy in the world. And Time . . . thousands of years of it . . . has handed down the verdict that beer is a pleasant and worthy companion for all men of good will. Copyright, 1942, Brewing Industry Foundation of machine tools for war pur poses, is without foundation. Not only are we supplying ourselves, but also other important units of the united nations. "The Department of Justice has stated that we did charge unreason ably high prices for tungsten carbide. Later, the Department rep resentatives learned that the opera tions of the Carboloy Company for the first eleven years showed a deficit. Carboloy had a large deficit in 1929, in 1930, in 1931, etc. In spite of these deficits, there was a price reduction in 1930, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1940 and another in 1942, at which time the price was about 7c per gram. "It now seems probable that the American production is higher In pounds than that in Germany. At least, the rate of production in America now is more than three times the reported rate of consump tion in Germany in the early part of 1939. Carboloy Companies' 1942 production budget is 45 times its 1938 production. This increase pro vides not only a large share of the United States requirements, but also a large amount for export to Canada, England and Russia. "The English situation was men tioned. The major part of the car bide used in England was originally imported from Germany. In 1939, when war broke out, German expor tation stopped abruptly. The Carbo loy Company was able immediately to ship material to England similar to that which Krupp had been sup plying. Shipments to England have continued ever since and at an in creasing rate. "These facts must be kept in mind: In the early days, Krupp owned the rights under the patents and could, under the patent laws, have withheld the use of this im portant material from the United States completely. Agreements of 1928, as modified in 1936, have had the effect of making the United States absolutely independent of Germany or any other foreign power in Its carbide industry. The high spots of Mr. ewin's disserta point is that the General Electric Company and the Carboloy Com pany, through initiative and enter prise, built an important industry in the United States which is one of its greatest facilities for national defense."