4 Heppner Gazette Times, June 1 1, 1942
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Our Flag
No more fitting reminder of flag
day, June 14, can be presented than
that of Roy N. Vemstrom, saff ser
geant, USMCR, transmitted this
week with a Marine Corps booklet,
"How to Respect and Display Our
Flag."
Vernstrom writes: "Old Glory
speaking for itself makes one's spin
al column the xylophone of our
system tingle to the taps of Pa
triotism: "So long as men love lib
erty more than life itself; so long as
they treasure the priceless privil
eges bought with the blood of our
forefathers; so long as the princi
ples of truth, justice and charity for
all remain deeply rooted in human
hearts, I shall continue to be the
enduring banner of the United Stat
es of America.' "
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Turner mo
tored to Portland Thursday and
visited with son Bob and family, and
daughter Anabel, returning Friday
evening. A birthday dinner was
attended at son's home for grand
son Mike's third birthday. In a re
cent letter from their daughter, Mrs.
Raymond Huddleston, at Valdez,
Alaska, they learned that no plans
were being made there for evacua
tion of women and children, and
Mrs. Huddleston expressed deter
mination to stay as long as they
would permit her.
Mrs. Zella Dufault visited last
week at Bremerton, Wash., where
she went in company with her sis
ter, Mrs. James Furlong, who re
turned to her home there after a
visit here. Mrs. Dufault reports see
ing Howard Furlong who is station
ed at Bremerton with the navy med
ical corps, who told also of seeing
Arnold Sharp, former local baker,
now baking for Uncle Sam's navy.
Guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Moyer are their daugh
ters, Louise of Enterprise and Caro
lyn of Ontario, both teachers, Mir
iam, student at University of Ore
gon, and Mrs. Robert Owens of Wal
terville, Wash., who is accompanied
by Mr. Owens.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hayes are in
receipt of word from their son,
Richard, who informs them he is
"somewhere in Australia." He said
they were having a grand time and
enjoying life very much.
Relatives here have received word
that Jack Fell, Sammy Johnston,
Donald Bellenbrock and Earl Cris
mon are all with Uncle Sam's ex
peditionary forces "somewhere in
Australia."
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Par
segian (Beverley LeTrace) at the
home of Mrs. Ed LeTrace in this
city June 8, a 7 3-4 pound daughter,
Linda Jean.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Biddle left
Sunday for DeLake on the coast
where they recently purchased pro
perty, and where they expected to
spend the summer.
Mrs. William Driscoll is in Oka
nogan, Wash., assisting her daugh
ter, Mrs. M. Zimmerman, who re
cently underwent an appendictis
operation.
Mrs W. P. Herron, nee Gladys
Benge, of Medford is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Rose Eskelson.
GIVE APPRECIATION
The Boy Scout troop of Heppner
wishes to thank all those who helped
in any way in the waste paper drive.
Due to the fact that the warehouses
of Portland are filled there will be
no further collections made until
further notice.
VICTORY MILK CANS ARE FULL CANS
Full milk cans depend upon well fed cows. Every acre of Pacific Northwest land that is shifted
from surplus grain production to pasture and hay crops and every acre of these erosion controlling crops
that is made to yield its best through supplemental irrigation, pasture improvement and other conserva
tion farming means more milk to market for the United Nations. U. S. D. A. Soil Conservation Service photo
Week of the War
Continued from First Page
tive industry in Detroit, said Am-
erican industry could "more than
double present production by 1944."
He also said the government syn
thetic rubber program would be able
to take care of "all war production
and essential civilian needs" by 1944.
Despite the fact that almost twice
as many light arms are required per
man since the development of par
achute troops, the Army has enough
weapons to arm every soldier in the
U. S., and all it can send abroad
under present shipping conditions,
War Under Secretary Patterson re
ported. He said over-optimism re
garding production schedules is un
warranted, however, because of
rubber, nickel and copper shortages.
A record total of 58 ships were
delivered into service during May,
while 65 other ships were launched
and keels were laid for 75, the Mar
itime Commission reported. This
compared with 36 delivered and 51
launched in April. The President
asked Congress for an appropriation
of $1,100,000,000 for the WSA to ac
quire and operate merchant vessels
to carry American arms.
Federal Agencies asked Labor
Management Committee in 800 war
.production plants to keep American
workmen fit and healthy because
sick and injured war production
workers are now causing a loss of
6,000,000 work days every month.
War Declared Against Balkan
States
'The U. S. declared war against
Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania.
The President said the three coun
tries previously declared war on the
U. S. as instruments of Hitler, and
currently they are engaged in mil
itary operations against the United
Nations and are planning to extend
those operations. The Justice De
partment said enemy alien restric
tions will be applied against na
tionals of the countries in the Uni
ted States. Assets of these countries
have already been frozen.
Foreign Relations
The U. S. signed a lend-lease
agreement with China, substantially
the same as its aid to Britain, and
proposed lend-lease agreements on
the same terms with the Norwegian,
Belgian, Polish, Greek and Nether
lands governments in exile. Lend
Lease Administrator Stettinius said
under the joint control of the com
bined boards in London and Wash
ington the resources of the United
Nations are now, in effect, one big
pool, with each nation contributing
to the extent permitted by its re
sources and military position. Re
ciprocal aid from nations receiving
supplies from the U. S. is providing
material for American troops abroad
without dollar payments, he said.
The Agriculture Department report
ed 5 billion pounds of farm products
were delivered to United Nations
representatives between April, 1941
and May 1, 1942.
The American Red Cross said it
has aided almost 750,000 war victims
in the middle east and distributed
more than $2 million worth of re
lief material there, largely purchased
with U. S. government allocated
funds. The State Department said
193 persons, including many U. S.
citizens who have been awaitirg
pasage to Sweden, arrived in New
York on the SS Gripsholm, and 10
Axis officials and approximately
930 Axis civilians sailed for Lisbon
on the Drottingholm.
The Armed Forces
The House passed and sent to the
Senate a $3 billion supplemental
Naval Appropriations Bill to pro
vide 200,000 tons of submarines, 500,
000 tons of auxiliary vessels, $150
million for aviation plant facilities,
and other funds. Chairman Vinson
of the House Naval Affairs Com
mittee said approximately 99 more
combat ships will be commissioned
during the remainder of 1942. Three
more destroyers were launched. The
CAA and the Navy completed ar
rangements to train 20,000 naval re
servists as pilots at 600 CAA train
ing centers during the coming year,
if money is appropriated. U. S. Ar
my training films, especially those
showing mechanism and tactical use
of U. S. equipment, are being re
corded in universal Spanish, Port
uguese and Chinese, "the War De
partment said, for exchange with
other members of the United Na
tions. Civilian Supply
WPB Materials Director A. I.
Henderson said vital materials can
no longer be used except for war
and maintenance of those things ne
cessary to the war because from now
on "it will be a continuous problem
to provide materials to meet the
needs of our fighting forces." The
WPB said preferred applicants for
new telephones cannot obtain ser
vice unless they prove the service
is essential to the discharge of their
responsibility 'for public health,
welfare or security. The Board is
sued an order relieving from re
strictions lumber deliveries for more
than 100,000 of the most essential
housing units now under construc
tion. The FHA authorized its field
offices to begin insuring to the
extent of $500,000,000 loans of pri
vate lending institutions for con
struction of housing for war work
ers. A Food Requirements Commit
tee, headed by Agriculture Secretary
Wickard, was set up to control pro
duction and allocation of all civilian
and military food supplies.
Rationing
All motorists will receive A books
containing a year's base supply of
48 coupons under the new perman
ent gasoline rationing system which
will be established in the East about
the first week of July, OPA said.
Supplementary B books with an ad
ditional 16 coupons will be issued
to motorists who prove need for
extra rations, providing they are
members of a car pool. No unlim
ited privileges will be granted any
one, but C books containing 96 cou
pons will be issued to some motor
ists. S books for trucks and buses,
good for a four month period, will
cover just enough fuel for the mile
age allowed in forthcoming ODT
regulations. Motorcyclists will re
ceive D books, good for 40 percent
as much gasoline as A books. Under
the new system service stations and
distributors will be required to turn
in collected coupons when purchas
ing new stocks. The OPA released
about 10,000 bicycles to War Pro
duction plants qualified to buy them
for transportation of workers.
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HEPPNER, OREGON
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Good Music
Sam Sato Writes of
Jap Relocation Camp
Walter Skuzeski this week receiv
ed a letter from Sam Sato, Japanese
boy who attended Heppner high
school before going to the War Relo
cation camp at Tule Lake, Califor
nia. Young Sato writes of the camp
as follows:
"I arrived at this relocation camp
last Wednesday morning about 10:30
a.m. This camp is very large, it is
said to be able to house 17,000 peo
ple. The camp is made up of blocks
of barrack like buildings. Each
block has a mess hall, wash rooms,
laundry rooms, ironing room, nur
sery, recreation room, etc. The bar
rack like buildings are almost lux
urious. They are made into four
apartments. Each apartment is able
to hold five people. They have five
windows in each apartment. Each
apartment also has a small heating
stove. The beds are regular army
cots with army mattresses. The
WRA also provides with four wool
army blankets. ' The food is good
and we get plenty of it.
"The weather out here is much
like the weather in Heppner. The
wind that blows around here is
very cold.
"This camp is situated on a dried
up lake bed. We are still surround
ed on three sides by Tule Lake. The
land around here is mountainous. I
can look out of my window and see
snowcaps a few miles from here.
"There are a few soldiers guard
ing us, but not many. The soldiers
have a camp at the south end of the
camp. There are two fire houses at
the north and south ends of this
camp. There is also a large hospital
here. They plan to build a large
grade and high school here. They
also plan to open a library here
within a few days. Last Saturday
night they had a dance. They are
building a baseball diamond here."
STAR Reporter
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
HEART OF THE
RIO GRANDE
Gene Autry makes another welcome
appearance with his boots and sad
dles comedian Smiley Burnette,
comely Fay McKenzie and popular
Edith Fellows. Tadpole is also back
again. "Deep in the Heart of Texts"
is featured among other pleasant
tunes.
Plus
SHUT MY BIG
MOUTH
Joe E. Brown, Victor Jory
Adele Mara
The little man with the wide open
face visits the wide open spaces and
gets mixed up with bandits and
Indians. A funny burlesque comedy.
SUNDAY-MONDAY
BAHAMA PASSAGE
(In Technicolor)
Madeleine Carroll, Stirling Hayden,
Flora Robson
A scenic gem with all the ingredients
of good entertainment ... a top
notch cast in a dramatic story of
the tropics.
Superman Cartoon in Technicolor
TUESDAY Bargain Night
Adults 25c Children 10c
TORPEDO BOAT
Richard Arlcn, Jean Parker,
Mary Carlisle
Super-thrills with Uncle Sam's spit
fires of the sea.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY
THE REMARKABLE
ANDREW
Brian Donlcvy, William Holden,
Ellen Drew
A sidesplitting story that is sharply
off the beaten path.
: plus :
INDIA IN CRISIS
Latest issue of the March of Time
emphasizes the urgency of the situa
tion in that great sprawling country
containing one-fifth of the world's
population.
Donald Duck Cartoon in Technicolor
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