2 Heppner Gazette Times, July 30, 1942
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Washington, D. C, July 30 A few
of the stove-making concerns, a lim
ited number of manufacturers of
farm implements, etc., will be des
ignated by war production board to
produce for the non-military pub
lic and all other plants in those par
ticular lines will be closed by the
government unless they can find
war work. The object is to give to
civilians as little as possible of dur
able goods and save materials for
the war effort. The program will
result in hundreds of small factories
being closed for the duration, while
their competitors operate at full ca
pacity. The selected factories will make
one kind of an article for the in
dustry; trade mark goods will be
"out" for the duration at least, and
the shops closed will receive some
sort of payment from profits of the
operating plants. How this will af
fect Oregon is not certain yet, but
it may touch the furniture factories
or some of the stove factories in that
area. Selection of the favored few
will be governed by availability of
electric power (plenty in Oregon),
the abundance of labor (shortage in
Oregon), dwellings, etc.
The government, through WPB, is
stepping in and telling these small
industries what they can do and
what they must do. It is a close
parallel to what Hitler is doing in
Germany, but as has been repeated
ly said, in war time this country
will need a dictator for the dura
tion, and among others who have
said that is former President Her
bert Hoover within the past few
weeks..
Several small packers in Oregon
have joined in protesting against
the no ceiling on livestock and a
ceiling on processed meat. The de
partment of agriculture is trying to
work out a plan which prevents the
small packers from being forced out
of business. It is suggested that the
government purchase 75 percent of
the product at lend-lease prices,
which are going to the large packers,
and then sell the meat to retailers
at a price which will enable them
to make a profit and at the same
time protect customers. The govern
ment will lose on the transaction, of
course. Another proposal is for the
government to buy the livestock and
pay the packers a fee for processing
it.
The lend-lease program is upset
ting domestic prices. It is causing
the big concerns to outbid the small
packers for livestock. The price of
butter has been upped three cents
a pound for the lend-lease. This, in
turn, is affecting the price of fluid
milk, but if a dairyman can find
labor to milk the cows it is a benefit
to him. There is no ceiling on butter.
Ralph Mitchell, executive secre
tary of the Oregon state salvage
commission, advises that organiza
tion will have between 1500 and
2000 patriotic volunteer workers in
the national drive to save waste ma
terial. Incidentally, Walt Disney
will have a cartoon movie urging
conservation of fats. It is Disney's
contribution.
To harvest the pear crop in Rogue
river valley Senator Holman's office
has been asking the department to
permit CCC enrollees at the several
camps in that vicinity to go into
the orchards to do the heavy work
the lighter work being handled by
women and children. The answer is
that the government will take all
the boys home (as their parents had
been promised) and that all will
work together. The suggestion that
the boys who would like to pick
pears be given their transportation
and return home after the harvest
met with emphatic refusal.
In the counties of Clatsop, Tilla-
Mrs. America Meets
The War
(Editor's Note: War touches every
home and every citizen. This col
umn, based on official government
information and prepared by the
Office of War Information, shows
how the war will affect Mrs. Amer
ica and her home.)
Saturday night baths or blue Mon
day wash days won't cost Mrs. Am
erica any more in the future than
right now because the OPA is keep
ing soap prices from slipping out of
hand. The new regulation was
prompted because it is difficult for
most consumers to distinguish small
variations in the size of soap bars
or packages of soap powder since
the weight and quality is not mark
ed on most soaps. It is the first
OPA regulation dealing exclusively
with standards of quality and quan
tity. So you'll be getting your mon
ey's worth for every purchase of
household soap toilet, laundry,
flake, chip or granule.
There may not be as many "Anna
Held" bathers this year because the
WPB cosmetic order cuts down on
the amount of "bath milk" that can
be produced. However, there cer
tainly shouldn't be any shiny noses
for the duration because there ought
to be just as much face powder
available in shops as there was in
1941. The same is true of lipstick,
mascara, and bath salts. The pro
ducers may manufacture the same
quantity as in 1941, but the number
of marketable units are to be cut
down so it looks as if you'll be buy
ing cosmetics and toiletries in lar
ger packages. That will help save
precious container materials.
Cupid may be taking quite a set
back through a revision of the tire
rationing regulations of the OPA.
Flowers and candy probably won't
be sent right out to the best girl
friend as they used to be because
privately operated trucks carrying
these articles will not be entitled to
new or recapped tires after July 26.
Neither will tires go to trucks that
deliver radios, furs, jewelry, or oth-
mook, Lincoln, Lane, Douglas, Coos
and Curry the proprietors of resorts
have banded together and asked
congress for relief. It is estimated
that $2,000,000 is invested in resorts
in these counties alone. They can be
reached only by automobile and the
tire situation has caused business to
drop at an alarming rate. Next year,
they fear, it will be worse. Senator
McNary has introduced a bill auth
orizing RFC to make loans to dis
tressed resort owners up to 75 per
cent of the value. This proposal is
similar to that of Home Owners
Loan Corp., which loaned to the
home owner to pay off a mortgage.
The McNary bill requires that taxes
shall be paid, the mortgage, if any,
disposed of, the property maintained
in good condition and insurance kept
up. No payments would be required
by RFC until two years after the
end of the war.
While the bill was inspired by re
sort owners on the Oregon coast, the
measure, if enacted, would help
practically every resort in the moun
tains as well and also hundreds of
resorts in the Atlantic coast states.
er "luxury" goods that is, unless
their transportation is only incident
al to the main service performed by
the delivery truck.
Go light on your luggage when
you're traveling by train these days.
Limit yourself to one bag wherever
possible in the passenger car, and
check whatever extra you have. Be
cause of the crowded conditions of
coaches and pullman cars, extra
baggage is difficult to handle.
Wartime difficulties of importing
fish liver oils from Normay won't
keep your son in Uncle Sam's air
corps from getting the vitamin A
he needs to increase his night vision.
California fishermen are bringing
in valuable shark livers which proy
duce an oil with thirty times the
potency of cod liver oil. Likewise the
new California shark liver industry
is helping fill Lend Lease shipments
to Britain where this oil is used to
enrich margarine. Incidentally, this
also means a new source of shark
fins for Chinese restauranteurs to
use in shark fin soup.
It is estimated that the keeper of
the family purse strings, Mrs. Am
erica, and her sisters will have an
extra thirty billion dollars more in
come in 1943 than the value of
things for which that money can be
spent. That might lead to inflation.
The government experts answer for
the prudent and patriotic is: "Share
the cost of war through taxation,
pay your debts and put the balance
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Rural Fire Group Stops
Blaze in Able Fashion
Definite "dividends" have already
been returned to one Umatilla coun
ty community for having set up a
trained rural fire fighting organiza
tion, according to word received by
Art King, in charge of emergency
farm fire protection project for the
extension service, from County Ag
ent Walter Holt.
When a wheat fire broke out on
the farm of Don Woodward, about
10 miles north of Pendleton, one
evening recently, organized and well
equipped fighters responded so
quickly from the Despain and Stage
Gulch communities that the fire was
brought under control after burning
only 10 or 15 acres. The fire appar
ently was caused by a spark from a
truck exhaust pipe.
Farm women spread the alarm
quickly over rural telephones and
in a matter of minutes farmers be
gan arriving, equipped in practic
ally every case for fire fighting,
whereas in former years it was not
uncommon for volunteers to come
without the necessary tools and
equipment.
Approximately. 1100 such rural
units are now organized in the state,
determined to hold fire losses to an
absolute minimum this year, says
King.
in war bonds and stamps to help
pay the cost of the war and to accu
mulate savings that you will need
when the war is over."
Public Drawing for
Game Tags Slated
A public drawing will be held by
the Oregon State Game commission
at its offices in 616 Oregon building,
Portland, at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday,
August 5, 1942, if the number of ap
plications for the special tags per
mitting the taking of doe deer, cow
elk or antelope exceeds by August 1
the specified quota of tags to be is
sued. The commission has authorized
the issuance of 3,000 tags at $3.50
each for the taking of female, spike
male or immature deer in a certain
portion of Grant and adjoining coun
ties; 2,000 tags at $5 each for the
taking of antlerless elk in specified
portions of Umatilla, Union, Baker,
.Malheur, Grant, Harney, Morrow,
Wheeler and Gilliam counties; and
1,500 tags at $3.50 each for the tak
ing of antelope in certain portions
of Lake, Malheur and Harney coun
ties. At the rate that applications are
being received by the game depart- '
ment office, it is apparent that a
drawing undoubtedly will be neces
sary to determine to whom the doe
deer taks shall be issued and also
perhaps for the antlerless elk.
Anyone wishing to take part in
the drawing should have his appli
cation in by August 1. Each appli
cation must be accompanied by the
proper fee together with the infor
mation as to the number and kind
of 1942 hunting licenses held by the
applicant.
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RELEASE THE PRESSURE OH YOUR WRIHGER
ROLLS WHEH THEY ARE HOT IH USE. . . . THIS
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FOR INJURED APPLIANCES
When any appliance is damaged or out of
adjustment, no matter how slightly, consult
your local electric dealer at once. He's
equipped to make thorough repairs. His
charges are reasonable. When you "put it
off" you invite larger repair bills later and
possibly permanent damage.
MAKE YOUR
WASHER LAST
... so PP&L's cheap
electricity can keep on
doing the hard part of
your work on wash days.
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