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4 Heppner Gazette Times, July 16, 1942 Heppner Gazette Times GO AHEAD tf SHOOT un r gj WE NEVER PULL OUR PUNCHES THE HEPPNER GAZETTE. Established March 30. 1883; THE HEPPNER TIMES. Established November 18. 1897; CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15. 1913 Published every Thursday morning by CRAWTOBD PUBLISHING COMPANY and entered at the Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second-class matter. JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $2.50 Two Years 4.50 Three Years 6.00 Six Months 1.25 Three Months 65 Single Copies 05 Offlolal Paper for Morrow Connty Week of the War Continued from First Page be kept healthy, he said. William L. Batt and James S. Knowlson were named vice chairmen of the board. Lou E. Holland, formerly president of the Double Rotary Sprinkler Corp., of Kansas City, Mo., was ap pointed WPB deputy chairman in charge of the Smaller War Plants Corporation. Chairman Nelson said the corporation should attempt to confine the manufacture of relative ly simple war items to smaller fac tories, increase the farming out of manufacture of bits and pieces by large corporations which hold prime contracts, and encourage conversion of additional small plants to essential civilian production. The WPB es timated, however, that 24,000 small manufacturers whose annual sales three years ago amounted to $4 bil lion, will be forced to close before October 1 because of inability to convert to war or essential civilian production. The WPB said expenditures for war purposes by U. S. Government agenicies in June were at the aver age daily rate of $158 million, 6 per cent higher than in May. Congres sional war appropriations to date total more than $225 billion, the board said, but the U. S. actually has spent less than $40 billion. The WPB Bureau of Finance obtained $62 million in the form of loans or advances on payments' for war ma terials for almost 400 manufacturers in June. During the past six weeks, the Army Signal Corps has given final acceptance each day to more than $2 million worth of radio and communications equipment, and aw arded contracts for $1 billion worth of additional apparatus. Labor Supply Persons who desire jobs in plants on secret or confidential government contracts will no longer be required to turn in birth certificates to prove American citizenship, the War Man power commission, announced. .The WPB Labor Division said the air craft industry will require more than 1,500,000 workers by the end of 1943. A total of almost 20 million persons will be drawn into war pro duction and service in the armed forces during this year and next, the WMC reported. Consequently, em loyers can no longer afford to set arbitrary age limits or discriminate against workers because of sex, race or nationality, the commission stated. The WMC said the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of Am erica (CIO) is conducting a drive in 40 war production plants to en courage hiring and upgrading of ne groes and workers in other minority groups. Rationing The OPA said about 8 million eastern motorists have received ba sic permanent gasoline rationing coupon books. Congressmen, mem bers of state and local legislatures and other government officials will be eligible for "special rations" for use in legislative or official business, and bona fide political candidates may have extra rations for travel necessary to the prosecution of their candidacies, the office said. Special rations will also be issued for travel to obtain medical service, to demon strate cars or boats for sale, to trans port equipment and personnel of scientific expeditions and to operate a vehicle in tests essential to the war effort. The office ruled newspaper re porters and photographers will be eligible for supplementary rations up to a quantity sufficient to permit 470 miles of occupational driving a - rflpr " "" V7 'MHr jjm Copyright 1942, B. P.O. FIKS A.DUPOttT Vlb.c RtCRlRTIOIt OfFICt PtfW.-HfWBOBTH. 9$mt& 'em a letter month if they can meet car pooling provisions. Increased monthly gas oline quotas will be given stations servicing war workers. The WPB granted OPA authority to require filling station operators to submit coupons or other evidence that ra tioning regulations are being com plied with, when gasoline is deliver ed to their stations. The OPA said local rationing boards may refuse to issue new tires to eligible motorists if an inspector's report shows the purchaser has abused his old tires. The "bonus" sugar stamp, number seven in War Ration Book No. 1, may be exchanged for two pounds of sugar until midnight August 22. The War Front Recent Far Eastern events indi cate "the turning point in air oper ations has been reached and the Japanese are now more on the de fensive whereas the American air forces are on the offensive," U. S. Army Air Forces headquarters in China reported. U. S. submarines within two days sank or destroyed five Japanese destroyers in the Al eutians, the Navy said. The War De partment said American troops are now stationed at Port Moresby, al lied base in New Guinea. The De partment also announced that U. S. crews, manning American-made me dium tanks, knocked out a number of German tanks in the Battle of Libya in mid-June without any loss es of their own personnel. Gen. Mac Arthur reported more allied raids on numerous enemy bases in the southwest Pacific. The Navy an nounced the toredoing by Axis sub marines of 16 additional United Na tions merchant vessels. War Information Director Elmer Davis of the Office of War Information issued OWI reg ulations number one, stating "the Federal Government will issue as promptly as possible all news and background information essential to a clear understanding of this nation's war effort . , . the impact of the war on all phases of American life will be reported. So will the cooperative efforts of the United Nations. Only information which would give aid and comfort to the enemy will be withheld." Mr. Davis established three major branches under himself and OWI Associate Director M. S. Eisenhower, with an Assistant Di rector for each branch. Gardner Cowles, Jr., President of the Des Moines Register and Tri bune and President of Look maga zine, was placed in charge of Dom estic Information Operations; Rob ert Sherwood, in charge of Overseas Information Operations; and Archi bald MacLeish, Policy Department The Armed Forces The Army Specialist Corps, with 190,000 applications for membership, will enlist more than 11,000 men during the rest of this year, the War Department said. WAAC Di rector Hobby reported two of the first eight WAAC companies, will consist of Negro women, commanded by Negro women, who will attend the first WAAC Officer Candidate school, President Roosevelt signed a bill authorizing $8,500 million in new naval warship construction with emphasis on aircraft carriers. The Marine Corps said it is now promot ing competent noncommissioned offi cers in the field to meet needs for additional officers. Sabotage Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, head of the Military Commission conven- WAR BONDS Ships of the Destroyer type com prise the bulk of our fighting ships in the American Navy. Their aver age displacement is about 1800 tons, and they are fast, powerful, and hard hitting. They have been par ticularly effective in convoy duty and gave a good account of themselves in the Coral Sea engagement. They cost approximately $3,600,000 each. Every Navy shipyard is turning out Destroyers in record time. They are essential for our two-ocean Navy. Purchase of more and more War Bonds will assure all-out pro duction of these vital units for the Navy. Buy every pay day. If ev erybody invests at least ten percent of his income in War Bonds we can do the job. V. S. Treasury Department ed by President Roosevelt to try eight German saboteurs landed in the U. S. by submarine, said the great volume of evidence to be in troduced is expected to prolong the trial. The commission granted per mission to the Army Signal Corps to make photographs and silent pic tures of the trial scene in the Jus tice Department building in Washington. Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spe cialist of Pendleton will be at the HEPPNER HOTEL on WEDNES DAY, July 21st A carpenter named Mr. Jedd Hit the nail on the head when he said "The Bonds I am buying Will help 'em keep flyin' And bomb all the Axis guys dead!" Help your county reach It War Bond quota and giro Amerioa the "tool." for Vic tory. Invest 10 of your income in War Bond orery payday. Eft V it fOOD PRINTING is not only our business but also a hobby of ours. We never pull our punches but give all we have on every job. We are equipped to assist you in laying out the job with correct type faces, proper paper stock and with illustrations, if desired. We print business stationery ef all kinds, letterheads, invoices, bill heads, , blotters, order blanks, envelopes, folders and ruled forms. 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