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51 O xmm i; CO O -o to o t- A Week of the War (Summary of information on the important developments of the week made available by official sources through 5 p.m. EWT, Monday, May 25.) President Roosevelt, in a special message to Congress, reduced his WPA request for fiscal 1943 from $465 million to $283 million. He said the war effort is drawing workers from every available source, there by reducing the need for a work relief program. To meet labor short ages, he said, even organized migra tion of workers may be necessary. The revised WPA program would provide for an average monthly em ployment of about 400,000 persons "who will not be hired by private employers because of age, lack of skills, or other handicaps." Chairman McNutt of the War Manpower Commission directed the U. S. Employment Service to main tain lists of skilled occupations es sential to war production in which a national shortage exists, and to make preferential referrals of work ers to employers in war industries. He directed the WPB to classifly war plants and war products in the order of their emergency to the war pro gram. He also instructed Selective Service local boards to confer with local U. S. Employment Service of ficials before reclassiflying any men skilled in war occupations. Mr. McNutt said if it is possible to insure full utilization of man power through voluntary means, "it will be unnecessary to put into ef fect legal controls" to limit freedom of action of workers and employers. He said compulsion "may from time to time be necessary," however, in the administration of the manpower program. He stated four-fifths of all jobs in vital war industries can be handled by women. Rubber and Gasoline The WPB said if Americans do not conserve the transportation miles in their tires it may be necessary ev entually to transfer automobiles and tires to communities where they are needed more. The board reported no rubber can be spared in 1942 or 1943 to make new tires for ordinary passenger cars, because the armed forces need all the rubber the na tion can muster from its stockpile, synthetic program and greatly cur tailed crude sources. The synthetic program might produce 30,000 tons of rubber this year and 350,000 tons in 1943, the board said. Price Administrator Henderson reported a preliminary count of car Continued on Page Four Materials on Ground For New Elevators Materials are now on the ground at Heppner, Lexington and lone for new grain storage capacity at Mor row County Grain Growers facilities, and construction will be pushed as rapidly as possible, the management announces. Concrete for foundation has already been poured at Lexing ton. These additions, all for bulk han dling include addition of facilities for 87,000 bushels at Heppner, 220,000 bushels at Lexington and 220,000 bu shels at lone. BLANKENSHIP HONORED A. H. Blankenship was honored at Monday's Lions luncheon at Lucas place when fellow club members tendered him a remembrance thru J. O. Turner, president, who told of the recipient's faithful service to the club and to the community while superintendent of schools. Mr. Blankenship expected to take his family to western Washington in a few days, and after winding up his duties here to leave for New York to start graduate work on a fellow ship received from Columbia uni versity. WINIFRED WINNARD PASSES Funeral rites were held in Port land yesterday for Winifred Win nard, former teacher in the local schools, who passed away at the home of a sister in Klamath Falls, according to word received by local friends. SELLS PENNEY BUILDING Mrs. Truman Babb this week con summated sale of the J. C. Penney store building in this city to Hart Isaacson of Los Angeles. Volume 59, Number 9 First, Second Draft Registrants To Get Job Questionnaires Six Go to Service; 578 Registered in Fourth Classification The next big order on the docket of Morrow County Selective Service board is the mailing of occupational questionnaires to all signers under the first and second calls. Regis trants in the third draft have already received and returned their job classification forms. Latest inductees from the local board were Charles Marcel Jones, George Herbert Pointer and Maurice J. Elder, who were accepted for service last week. Also reporting from here at the same time as trans fers, and passing muster, were Her bert Richard Davidson of Gilliam county; William Bennett Wheeler of Boise City, Idaho, and Lowell Ellis Clark of Los Angeles, Cal. Registrants of the fourth registra tion, numbering 578, received serial numbers May 20. These registrants will not receive order numbers. Mailing of occupational question naires to first and second draft registrants was expected to begin either today or tomorrow, and Bert Johnson, chairman of the local board, asks all registrants to read carefully the questionnaires and follow direc tions as given thereon. Fill each item out carefully with ink or type writer; fill the questionnaire in du plicate as instructed. If there should be any question you do not under stand the clerk of the local board will be glad to explain but do not expect the clerk to fill out " your questionnaire. The work of the local board has increased to such an ex tent that it is necessary that the registrants do this work themselves. There will be no necessity of going before a notary public with these questionnaires. The registrants can complete them at home and mail them. The length of time for com pleting them and returning them will be ten days. The local board requests the cooperation of the reg istrants in this matter. 100 VOLUNTEER WORKERS ASKED One hundred volunteer men are being called for Friday morning to give one or two hours work between 7 and 9 o'clock to clean the Heppner cemetery of all white top weeds be fore Memorial day, reports C. D. Conrad. Everyone who can possibly get away for an hour or so on that morning should come and help as it is impossible for any small group to devote enough time to get it done; whereas, if everybody will turn out for an hour or so, the whole thing can be cleaned up. In addition to making the ceme tery more sightly, those who volun teer will be helping to temporarily remove a menace to all town and country property below. Everyone, men women and chil dren, can help on this and should bring along a hoe, rake, pitchfork or shovel. GOOSEBERRY SERVICES A district mission meeting at Val by Lutheran church in Gooseberry is set for Monday evening, June 1, at 8 p.m., and Tuesday morning at 10 a.m., with basket dinner at 12 m., and service at 1:30 p.m. by Pastor Stanley Sandberg of Seattle, and Pastors J. A. Martin of Warren, Paul J. Randolph and Carl W. Soder gren of Portland. Sermons will be given as follows: Monday, "I believe in the Holy Christian Church," Pas tor Carl W. Sodgren; Tuesday morn ing, "I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sin," Pastor Paul Randolph; Tues day afternoon, "I Believe in the Life of Everlasting," Pastor J. A. Martin. Asks Full Civilian Aid To Keep Forests Green Civilians of Morrow county were urged today by Sheriff C. J. D. Bau man to aid law enforcement officers and military authorities in the cam paign to keep saboteurs from firing Oregon's valuable forests and de stroying crops, factories and homes during the dry summer months. "The 'Battle of Oregon' may be fought in the millions of acres of forest lands in this state," the sher iff stated, in his appeal to the public to lend their aid wherever possible. Sheriff Bauman of this county, state head of sheriffs' association, has sug gested to Oregon's county officers that they cooperate with the Keep Oregon Green association in its cam-' paign to 'enlist adults and youth of Oregon into' one great fire preven tion group. "Smoke from enemy started forest fires would serve as an ideal smoke screen for enemy bombers to pierce our airfighter protective forces," the sheriff pointed out. "We on the home front must be on guard. Every Awards Given at High School Graduation Commencement exercises for the 27 graduating seniors of Heppner high school Friday evening were fea tured by the address of Dr. Gertrude Boyd Crane, Pacific university; pre sentation of diplomas by C. W. Bar low, chairman of the board of edu cation, and presentation of awards. John Skuzeski received the Norton Winnard cup, as best exemplifying the high qualities of the honored departed member of the class of 1918. Wanda Howell was given the honor plaque award, and Dorothy Green, was recipient of the Jane Mitchell pioneer trophy, presented by Jane Boyer, granddaughter of the honored pioneer. At senior assembly closing the school term, citizenship medals were awarded Birdine Vance as outstand ing girl, and John Skuzeski as out standing boy. Scholarship awards for highest grades in each class were made to Peg Tamblyn, senior; Rita Miclntyre, junior; Marjorie Sims, sophomore, and Jean Turner, fresh man. Tennis awards were made to Bob Pinckney, Tom Starkey, Glen Fell, Walter Skuzeski, Jim Barratt, Dorotha Wilson, Wanda Howell, Wilma Beymer and Loma Mae Jones. Boys'-Girls' Aid Work Lacking in Support Livestock and grain men are run ning neck and neck, but the towns are still laggard in support of the drive for funds for support of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society for Oregon, reports Mrs. Ralph I. Thompson, county chairman. The drive has but one more week to go, and Mrs. Thompson pleads for maintenance of the county's high record for support of all humanitar ian causes. The homeless boys and girls must be taken care of, she adds. CIIET CHRISTENSON ENGAGED Mrs. Karsten That, residing at 3033 Dumas St., Point Loma, San Diego, California, announces the en gagement of her daughter, Miss Bet ty Louise Thot, to Lt. Chester L. Christenson, son of Mrs. Chester A. Brown, Warrenton, Oregon, and the late Chester Christensen of this city. The wedding will take place in mid July. The bride-elect, daughter of the late Karsten Thot, attended school in Hawaii and Pasadena, Cal. She is a graduate of Point Loma high school in San Diego. Lieuten ant Christenson, a graduate of Ore gon State college, received his com mission in the marine corps in 1941. News of the engagement was first told at a Mother's day luncheor., attended by members of the family and close friends at San Diego. UNION MEMORIAL SERVICE There will be a union Memorial service at the Church of Christ at 8 p.m., Sunday evening. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 28, 192 civilian should find where he can best serve. Our forest lands will be the possible target for attack from enemies within our borders. We must be on guard and alert to pre vent any sabotage of our resources, for men fighting fires cannot pro duce lumber and other materials of war which our armed forces need so badly. "The responsibility rests upon all of us to prevent damage to our fields and forests. I want everyone in this county to know," the sheriff stated, "that as your sheriff, I, and all my deputies are going to enforce the laws of Oregon against unper mitted fires, right up to the hilt. We will regard every fire in this county as an axis fire, set by an enemy of the Unted States until it is proven otherwise. I ask every 'citizen- of our county to give its officers and our military forces their fullest co operation in protecting our forests and farms during this critical sum mer season." LEX SCHOOL GETS SERVICE FLAG One of the noteworthy service flags of the county is the one pre sented to the Lexington school by Mrs. Lilian Turner at last week's commencement. There are 21 stars, one of which is gold, and new ones are being added at once as word is received of other Lexington boys who are now in the service. Everyone of these boys has been a pupil under Mrs. Turner, and she has been writing to them all. When anyone is home on furlough, he al ways visits liis old teacher in the seventh and eighth grade room. Another outstanding event of the Lexington school was the buying of a bond by the seventh and eighth grades and another one by Mrs. Tur ner. When these bonds mature in 1952 they are to be the nucleus of a student loan fund to enable de serving young people to go on to college. If this were an obituary, we should mention that Mrs, Turner has done a wonderful service during her long years as principal of the Lexington grade school, and , as teacher there. We hope that she' will continue for as many more. County Behind on May War Bond Sales Morrow county is considerably behind on its May quota of $29,400 in sales of war bonds, announces P. W. Mahoney, county chairman, who ur ges that those who have been in tending to buy, but putting it off, do so in the few remaining days of the month. Mahoney stresses that increasing quotas can be expected in coming months, as the production of war materiel increases, and it is the at tempt of the treasury department to have everyone with an income pur chase bonds to at least ten per cent of the net. It is realized that in a farming community the income does not come at regular intervals, and it is not possible for producers to estimate what their net income for year may be. He anticipates that a slump in sales may occur here for a few months, but is looking forward to Morrow county being on top of its total monthly quotas for the year when the books are closed in De cember. ENGAGEMENT TOLD , Miss Chris Brassfield of Palco, Kansas, has announced her engage ment to Loyd Burkenbine of this city, the marriage to be an event of the near future. RAINFALL REPORTED Gooseberry rainfall for the month to May 22, is reported at 1.65 inches by V. L. Carlson, obserer. Friday's fall was measured at .65 inch. Seventeen Morrow' 4-H Clubbers Going To Summer School OSC Sessions Draw Many Young Folk With Scholarships Seventeen Morrow county 4-H club members and two chaperones will leave Tuesday morning by spe cial train from Heppner Junction for the 1942 4-H club summer school at Oregon State college. Mrs. Adolph Majeske of Lexington and Mrs. Leonard Carlson of lone will chaperone the group. C. D. Con rad, county agent, will go to the college with the group and help with the summer school session the first week. The boys and girls going from Morrow county and the sponsors of their scholarships include: Freddy Rugg, Safeway; Bud Peck, Heppner Branch of the First National Bank of Portland; Dorothy Cutsforth, Braden-Bell; Eldon Lilly, Elks lodge; Marian Miller, Auxiliary Morrow County Wool Growers; Darleen Bid die, Carolyn Bauman, Morrow Coun ty; Audrey Majeske, J. C. Penney Co.; Mildred Carlson and Dorothy Bergstrom, Rhea Creek Grange and Morrow County; Roberta Miller,, Hilma Lee Tyler, Chloe Barlow, Dorothy Roach, Morrow County; Albert Ball, Boardman Grange H. E. C; Harold Baker, Boardman P. T. A.; Emabelle Peck, Boardman Ladies Aid. The dates of the summer school this year are June 2 to 12 inclusive.. Earlier this year there was some doubt as ( to whether the summer school would be held, but state 4-H club officials met with representa tives of the war department and were assured that the school should be continnued. Conrad adds that the members go ing to Corvallis on the special train June 2 will be the only group this year that will receive excursion rates on the Union Pacific railroad and the 4-H people aprnreciate the cooperation of the railroad com pany. Big 4-H Meet Comes Tomorrow Afternoon All 4-H club members of the sou thern part of Morrow county will meet in the I. 0. O. F. hall in Hepp ner Friday afternoon, May 29, at 2 p.m. to discuss 4-H projects and ac tivities for the summer months, ac cording to C. D. Conrad, county ag ent. Four-H club members' part in the" Food for Victory program, their part in the national salvage campaign, fairs, and other community activi ties will be discussed and a summer and fall program planned. Plans will also be made at this meeting for the number and kind of 4-H club meetings, Conrad adds. He states that the 4-H activities, the same as all others will feel the ef fects of the gasoline and tire shortage but with some planning the club members can be assured that the 4-H program will continue even on a larger scale because of the need during these times of the contribu tions which club members can make to the war effort. Four-H enrollments this year, es pecially in garden, livestock and poultry, are larger than in past years. All club members are urged to attend this meeting and their par ents and other boys and girls who are not now enrolled are also in vited. NEW MATERIAL AT LEXINGTON Lexington unit of the Morrow County Red Cross has received new material to work on and meets ev ery Wednesday afternoon in the Ladies Aid room of the Congrega tional church. Everyone is welcome and cordially invited to attend these meetings and assist with the Red Cross sewing. O r to o o rn i