4 Heppner Gazette Times, May 14, 1942
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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.
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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."