4 Heppner Gazette Times, June 25, 1942
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Enemy Shells
It was hard to believe that the
enemy had shelled the Oregon coast
when we first heard of it Monday
morning. We had been at Gearhart
for two days attending the Oregon
Newspaper Publishers convention.
That was near the scene of the at
tack which came on Sunday night.
We had left Gearhart shortly after
noon that day.
The weather was perfect. Clear
and warm. The Pacific looked tran
quil all too peaceable to conceal the
lurking sea craft which opened its
guns upon the sand dunes.
As was the case in the first enemy
attack near Santa Barbara some
time before, damage was negligible.
It failed to greatly perturb residents
of the region. It did, show, however,
that our coast is vulnerable to such
a sneak attack, and will undoubtedly
serve to increase vigilance.
Coming at a time, as it did, of ad
verse news on the several war fronts
this incident is proof that wishful
thinking so far as a quick end to the
war is concerned, should be dismiss
ed. The comparatively few successes
so far, while proving superiority of
our forces when they meet in equal
combat, must be repeated many
times before the war can be conclu
sively won.
We are now getting into stride in
the production of war goods, it is
true, and more and more exception
ally well trained soldiers, sailors and
marines are going into action to
strengthen our conviction that the
enemy will be overcome. That, how
ever, should not lead to overconfi
dence, the downfall for many a well
trained team through relaxation of
vigil and industry.
Conversations are now under way
in Washington led by President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister Chur
chill. These conversations have to
do with grand strategy in connec
tion with the war in the Pacific.
That such conversations are now
necessary is evidence that the high
leaders do not consider the situa
tion well in hand.
Tobruk has fallen. Sevastopol is
hard pressed. England itself faces
dire threat of invasion, according to
informed observers. The while the
Japs have taken a toe hold in the
Aleutians, and more merchant ships
have been sunk in the Atlantic.
The late news is as discouraging
as the news a week before was en
couraging, verifying the president's
statement that there will be good
news and bad news before the vic
tory is won.
The American people have shown
the stamina to take the bad news,
and the good news must be taken in
stride as well. There must be but
one determination, and that is to
stand back of the war effort with all
we have. In that way, and in that
way alone can we hope for early
victory, if such is possible. In the
meantime we may be thankful that
the first enemy shells coming to
Oregon fell on waste sands.
Like logging operators, farmers
need spark arresters on their motor
equipment. Last year 69 insurance
claims representing a total value of
$406,225, involved in rural fires on
claims caused from explosion or
sparks from combustion alone, were
filed. These claims were in addition
to loss of home and human life and
represented losses of farm buildings,
livestock, crops hay and grain in
the field. Statistics such as these
leave little doubt as to the need for
a Green Guard among rural youth,
or for organized volunteer fire prevention.
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Week of the War
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scientific qualifications and with es
sential skills. The WPB said Pacific
Coast lumbermen will be consider
ed for temporary draft deferment.
Agriculture Secreary Wickard said
the farm labor supply problem
might be solved if either the Gov
ernment paid transportation ex
penses as part of the war program,
or farmers pooled expenses to bring
in the migrant labor they need.
Railroads have already agreed to
reduce fares for migrant farm work
ers. Truck Transportation
The ODT established a U. S.
Truck Conservation Corps to mob
ilize the nation's 5 million trucks
greatest truck fleet in the world
for more effective war service. The
Office distributed to truck drivers,
trucking firms, parts dealers and
garages throughout the country in
formation designed "to assure the
continued and uninterrupted flow
of the materials of war and the
necessities of civilian life." All are
being asked to pledge they will co
operate to "keep 'em rolling" during
the emergency.
Rubber and Oil
The House passed and sent to the
Senate legislation authorizing $93
million to complete a barge canal
from St. John's River, Fla., to Port
Inglis, Fla.; for an oil pipeline from
Port St. Joe, Fla., to Jacksonville,
Fla.; for enlargement of the existing
gulf intercoastal waterway from the
St. Marks River, Fla., to Corpus
Christi, Tex., and its extension to
Brownsville, Tex.; and for construc
tion of a pipeline from the Tinsley,
Miss., oil fields to Charleston, S. C,
and Savannah, Ga.
The WPB announced American
chemists have perfected a petroleum
cracking process for making aviation
gasoline and butadiene, a vital in
gredient of synthetic rubber, in the
same operation. The U. S. signed an
agreement with the Republic of
Costa Rica, under which this Gov
ernment will purchase all of Costa
Rica's rubber production for the
next five years, and will aid in de
velopment of potential rubber re
sources there. The Post Office De
partment directed rural carries to
cooperate in "every reasonable way"
in the scrap rubber collection drive,
and to help transport the scrap to
collection depots from homes and
farms on their routes.
Lend-Lease
President Roosevelt reported to
Congress lend-lease aid in 1942 thru
May totalled $4 billion in goods
and services, at a rate equal to 12
percent of our entire war effort. He
said lend-lease is now on a recipro
cal basis. The Agriculture Depart
ment said farm products costing $154
million were bought in May for
lend-lease, second highest total since
the program began in March 1941. In
m u setter
14 months, through May, farm
products valued at $1,225 million had
been purchased for lend-lease. Bel
gium and the U. S. signed a master
lend-lease agreement.
The Armed Forces
The President signed legislation
granting pay increase to members of
the armed forces retroactive to June
1, with a minimum base pay of $50
a month the first general pay in
crease in 20 years. Congress alsj
completed action on a bill to pro
vide financial aid for dependants of
men in the four lowest grades of
the armed forces and authorizing
deferment of married men with legi
timate home ties.
The Senate passed and sent
to the House a bill to provide men
who entered the armed forces since
passage of the Selective Service Act
with $5,000 insurance in event of
injury or disease contracted while
on active duty.
The War Department directed "no
military personnel on duty in any
foreign country or possession mav
marry without the approval of the
commanding officer of the United
States Army forces stationed in such
foreign country or possession."
The House passed and sent to the
Senate the $8 billion Naval Ex- ,
pansion Appropriation bill to pro
vide 500,000 tons of aircraft carriers,
500,000 tons of cruisers and 900,000
tons of destroyers and destroyer es
corts. The President signed a bill
permitting the Navy to increase the
number of its lighter-than-air craft
from an authorized strength of 48
to 72.
The War Front
The White House announced
British Prime Minister Churchill and
President Roosevelt are conferring
in the U. S. on "the war, conduct of
the war, and the winning of the
war."
The Western Defense Command
announced a submarine presumed
to be Japanese on June 21 fired six
to nine shells into a sandy waste on
the Oregon Coast line near Astoria,
in the second attack on the North
American Pacific shore in 24 hours.
Earlier, shells were fired at Esteven
Point, Vancouver Island. The Navy
said tvo ships previously announced
sunk by submarine fire off the Vir
ginia Coast were sunk by enemy
mines, the first authenticated in
stances of mines in American waters
in this war.
The Navy said U. S. Air Forces
engaged in "restricted air opera
tions against Kiska," Aleutian Is
lands, where enemy "tents and mi
nor temporary structures were ob
served to have been set up on land."
A small force of Japanese ships in
the harbor was bombed by Army
aircraft, with hits scored on on
cruiser and one transport sunk. Ear
lier, U. S. bombers sank an enemy
cruiser, damaged an aircraft car
rier, three enemy cruisers, one de
stroyer, a gunboat arid a transport,
and shot down four enemy planes.
On the Australian Northeastern
front, Allied forces lost 11 planes
comparecTwith 26 Japanese shot down
and several destroyed on the ground.
U. S. bombers based in North Af
rica scored several direct hits on
two Italian battleships, and shot
down one German plane. All U. S.
planes returned safely to their base.
During the week 16 Allied merchant
vessels were sunk, including eight
of U. S. Registry.
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