4 Heppner Gazette Times, July 2, 1942
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Freedom of spirit, though the
physical being be shackled in bond
age, is the heritage of every man.
It has expiesed itself since the time
of Ben Hur, but it remained for the
founders of America to so unite
free-thinking men into a nation
founded upon the principles of in
dependence of human action as well
as independence of thought.
Saturday we of America will again
pause upon the anniversary of the
signing of the Declaration of Inde
pendence to give solemn thought to
the meaning of independence, now
made more dear through being jeo
pardized by aggressor nations, while
mayhap in action we exemplify the
great heritage of citizens of this
great republic.
While the arch protector of free
dom sits in the nation's capital at
Washington, we need not look there
for exemplification of our liberties.
It is in the institutions here at home
that touch our daily lives that we
may judge the rights of human free
dom ia America the churches, the
schools, and yes, thank God, the
press, which so far are at liberty to
perform the dictates of a free mind,
guided by a conscience steeped in
philosophies of human freedom, love
of home and of country.
Through the right to own property
and to use the profits of his own
labor, Americans have builded the
greatest nation on the face of the
globe. We in Morrow county have
this week seen fruition of the sys
tem which has bridged the gaps of
ever narrowing frontiers through
such individual effort. It is in the es
tablishment of the Heppner-Butter
Creek mail route. It was not by or
der of a high executive that the
route came about, but by petition of
the people to be served. That, and
the action of the Babbits, if you
prefer those with the vision and
energy for community development.
We in America enjoy the privil
eges of a free ballot; to name those
whom we desire to hold the reins
of government. It is through this
privilege that we have the guarantee
of keeping monarchy from gaining
control from within.
Presently out army and our navy
are engaged in combat, even to the
death, to keep dictatorship from
gaining control of America from
without.
So Saturday, the anniversary of
independence for Americans, should
be a day of rededication for every
loyal American, to the principles of
right and justice, and to the prose
cution of this war to the utmost;
that government "of the people, by
the people and for the people shall
not perish from this earth."
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Week of the War
Continued from First Page
(exclusive of anti-aircraft), more
than 50 000 machine guns and 50,000
submachine guns. "We are well on
our way towards achieving the rate
of production which will bring us
to our goals," the President said.
This is no time, however, for the
American people to get overconfi
dent, he said, because there are
plenty of serious production prob
lems ahead, particularly those caus
ed by raw materials shortages.
War Production Chairman Nelson
called on Americans to observe In
dependence Day this year by work
ing for their freedoms, because "We
at home dare not have a July Fourth
Holiday in war production." Mr.
Nelson said the U. S. war produc
tion program will call for $220 bil
lion worth of war goods, of which
$140 billion must be bought at the
average rate of $6 billion a month
during this year and next, compared
with the current rate of $3.8 billion
a month. The FBI arrested eight
specially trained Nazi saboteurs
landed by German submarines at
Long Island, N. Y., and at Ponte
Vedra Beach, Fla. A number of
"contact men" for the saboteurs
were also arrested.
Rationing
The OPA announced that plans
for permanent gasoline rationing
for the east, effective July 22, pro
vide all passenger car owners are
entitled to A books based on 2,880
miles of driving a year and contain
ing six pages of eight coupons each
each coupon worth four gallons.
Application for supplemental ra
tions may be filed when motorists
register for A books on July 9, 10,
and 11. In order to qualify for
supplemental B or C books, a motor
ist must prove occupational driving
is in excess of 1,800 miles a year and
that he has formed a car-sharing
club. S-l and S-2 books for trucks,
ambulances and Government vehi
cles will contain 96 and 384 coupons,
respectively, each coupon good for
five gallons.
Filling stations may give prefer
ence to defense workers, trucks and
ambulances, after posting notices to
that effect, if their supplies are in
sufficient to meet all demands, OPA
ruled. The Offices suspended deliv
eries to 64 -filling stations in New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
bringing to 78 the total suspensions
for alleged violations of rationing
regulations. The OCD asked 3,000
defense councils in the east to es
tablish machinery for bringing au
tomobiles owners together in car
sharing clubs. Tire and tube quo
tas for July were increased over
June to take care of greater wear
during the hot summer months.
Army and Selective Service
The House passed and sent to the
Senate the $42 billion Army supply
bill for the fiscal year beginning
July 1 the largest single appropri
ation in U. S. history. Services of
Supply Commander Somervell said
the Army will reach 4,500,000 men
by the middle of 1943. The Army
food bill in 1943 will be $1,300 mil
lion, he said. Beginning July 1, the
CAA will train 13,000 pilots for the
Army Air Forces enlisted reserve
as glider pilots, airline co-pilots,
service pilots and pilot instructors.
Men between 18 and 37 are elgible.
The War Department said the air
ferrying and the air transport op
erations of the Army will be coor
dinated into a new air transport
command, effective July 1.
Selective Service headquarters
said local boards should segregate
registrants into four categories and
call them to service in the following
order: 1. Those without financial
dependents; 2. Those with financial
dependents other than wives or
children; 3. Registrants who mar
lied prior to December 8, 1941, and
who are maintaining bona fide fam
ily relationships; and 4. Registrants
who have wives and children or
children only with whom they main
tain bona fide family relationships.
SS headquarters said local boards
will decide on disposition of men
who were in process of being in
ducted at the time the categories
were set up.
Navy Expansion
The Senate passed and sent to the
House a bill authorizing the Navy
to increase the size of the U. S. fleet
by 1,900,000 tons at an estimated
cost of $8,500 million. The program
will give the Navy a total of 5,650,
000 tons of combat ships, far in ex
cess of any other Navy in the world.
The President signed legislation au
thorizing a 25 percent increase in
pay for Naval officers assigned to
submarine duty and . providing a
$5-an-hour bonus for Navy divers
engaged in hazardous undertakings.
The War Front
A European theater of operations
for U. S. forces was established with
Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
formerly Assistant Chief of Staff in
charge of the Operations Division, as
Commanding General. Headquarters
will be in London. Brig. Gen. Hugh
Casey of the Army Engineer Corps
reported to the Allied Works Coun
cil and the U. S. Army Engineers
in Australia have built 100 military
airdromes, built or improved thous
ands of miles of strategic roads, and
are working on 12,000 separate pro
jects in Australia. U. S. airmen
damaged a Japanese cruiser and
sank a transport in Kiska harbor in
the Aleutians. The sinking of 17
more Allied merchant vessels by
enemy submarines was announced.
Transportation and Rubber Salvage
The Office of Defense Transport
ation established a U. S. Truck Con
servation Corps to mobilize the
country's 5,000,000 trucks for more
efficient war service. The office said
conversion of the trucking industry
to a wartime basis is effecting a big
saving of rubber and equipment,
despite a sharp increase in the vol
ume of business. Railroads in 1941
set an all-time record of ton-miles
of freight carried and increased cir
culation of freight cars by 33 percent
over 1929. Passenger service of both
railroads and buses is about 50 per
cent greater this year than last, Mr.
Eastman said. He requested discon
tinuance for the duration of all
county and state fairs in order to
conserve transport facilities.
President Roosevelt extended un
til midnight July 10 the scrap rub
ber collection campaign because the
response was disappointing and
yielded only 219,000 tons as of July
27.
Agriculture
Agriculture Secretary Wickard
said the U. S. will have to rely more
and more on the contribution small
farmers can make toward meeting
wartime goals for food production.
He said the Agriculture Department
is doing everything it can to help
such farmers purchase new equip
ment and stock for expanding crops.
The Department estimated the 1942
pig crop at a record total of 105
million head, compared with 85 mil
lion head in 1941. Total milk pro
duction as of June 1 was more than
3 percent greater than last year.
The Department reported almost 12
million persons employed on farms
June 1 more than a million above
the May 1 total and 99 percent of
the 1910-14 average. Farm wage
rates on June 1 were 183 percent of
the 1910-14 average.
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