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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1942)
r A Week of the War O c: 'i ' a 73 n o r d o H O (Summary of information on im portant developments of the week made available by official sources through noon, EWT, Monday, Aug ust 3.) Price Administrator Henderson announced that maximum gasoline prices in the rationed area of the 17 eastern states and the District of Columbia will be reduced 2V2 cents a gallon beginning August 5. He also announced reduction of 0.9 cents for kerosene, 1.1 cents on distillates and light heating oils, and 15 cents a barrel on residual fuel oils. Mr. Henderson said the reductions were made possible under the re cent agreement worked out by the Office of Price Administration, the Office of Petroleum Coordinator and the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion, whereby the Defense Supplies Corporation will absorb the extra costs for moving petroleum into the Atlantic seaboard areas. Commerce Secretary Jones report ed the Defense Plant Corporation will finance a two-point program to convert existing steel dry-cargo barges into tank barges to transport oil, and to improve existing inland waterways. The Bureau of Manes estimated the national gasoline de mand for July, August and Septem ber will be about 17 percent less than in the corresponding period last year, eliminating the necessity for a large winter accumulation of stocks. Consumer Supply and Maximum Prices President Roosevelt issued a state- . ment that every user of fuel and heating oil on the east coast "should face realistically the fact that there can be no guarantee that he will get enough oil even to meet his minimum needs." Petroleum Coor dinator Ickes asked all sellers of fuel and heating oils in the East to re quest their customers to convert oil burners to the use of coal or, other available fuels. The Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator reported bituin ous coal stocks in storage in the U. S. increased an estimated 5,850,000 tons in June, to a near-all-time record. The office said consumer stockpiles, however, continued in sufficient to provide adequate pro tection against possible shortages during the fall and winter. The OPA established a wholesale ceiling price on milk and cream, Continued on Page Four FRANK TOUSLEY FLYING Mrs. Frank Tousley went to La Grande last week end to visit her husband who is studying at that city for civilian pilot training. He expects to graduate the last of Aug ust. Mr. Tousley trained hores at the Rodeo grounds last fall and this spring. Thornton Makison, who as sisted him with the horse training is in the army air corps stationed at Hawaii. Mrs. Tousley reports that Mr. Tousley has completed examina tions for acceptance into the Civil ion Pilots Training corps for train ing as instructor for glider pilots. Mr. Tousley passed the entrance exams with an average of 97 and was one of five men to pass the exams.i After completion of" the training course at La Grande he will be transferred to 29 Palms, Cal., to complete training as a commission ed officer. He will be joined there later by his family. ENTERTAIN IN MOUNTAINS A pleasant party was held at Hynd Brothers company timberline ranch on Sunday when Mr. and Mrs. Elvin R. Schaffer and family entertained and dined the following persons: From Pendleton, Cecil Lieuallen, Mrs. Cecil Lieuallen, Suzanne Lieu allen, Frank Lieuallen, Mr. E. C. Hosea, Mrs. Hosea, Bonnie Hosea, Jimmie Hosea, Claudia Hosea; from Ukiah, Charlie Hynd, Mrs. Charlie Hynd, Lilias Hynd; from around Morrow county, Charlie Luckman, Walter Luckman, Paul Hisler, Mrs. Paul Hisler, Joan Marie Hisler, Francine Ann Hisler, W. G. Hynd, David Hynd. A very happy day was spent. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brosnan arrived Saturday from their home at Port land and visited until Monday after noon at the home of Mr. Brosnan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Brosnan, at Lena. Volume 59, Number 19 Late School Start, m m mm 4-H hair, bet Action Of Commerce Body Camp 5 Relations Committee Set; For est Pictures Shown Feasibility of delaying the opening of schools at Heppner, lone, Lex ington and Hardman for two weeks will be investigated by Heppner chamber of commerce on advice of farmers that harvest may extend be yond the scheduled opening time, September 7, and that help of many high school students now engaged in the harvest will be sorely needed. That was one item of business be fore the dinner meeting before the chamber Tuesday evening at Lucas Place, with twenty persons in at tendance. The chamber resolved in favor of holding a one-day county 4-H club fair or achievement day in Heppner this fall at a time found convenient. C. D. Conrad, county 4-H leader, said that harvest labor conditions have complicated the matter of set ting a date, but hoped it could be made soon enough to show produce of the exceptionally large number of boys and girls doing victory gar den work. A lively interest was exhibited in the new Kinzua Pine Mills town at Camp 5, now under construction where 250 people are expected to be housed within the next few mon ths, and a neighborly relations com mittee was authorized. The town will be permanent logging headquar ters for the big lumber company. Consideration was given the mat ter of use of the local CCC camp, and opinion was paramount that should the government desire to use the camp for concentration of con scientious objectors, the town would express no opposition. Kenneth House, chairman of the Heppner Boy Scout executive com mittee gave an interesting and de tailed report of the Blue Mountain council scout encampment which he attended at Wallowa lake last week. Edgar Parker, assistant in the local forest office assisted with explana tion of the Camp 5 development and showed a large number of color slides. The majority of the slides showed native wild flowers, but a number of landscapes taken from mountain peaks in the local area, and another group of airplane pic tures taken over various parts of the northwest added to interest of the assemblage. Blaine Elliott and George Sanders were introduced at new members, and affiliation of Mrs. Margaret Phelps was announced by F. W. Turner, secretary. President P. W. Mahoney, presided. 18-20 BOYS SENT QUESTIONNAIRES ' Morrow county local board mail ed selective service questionnaires to registrants of the fifth draft, 18 to 20 year group, order numbers 10275 to 10202 inclusive, on July 28. As registrants of the fifth reg istration reach their twentieth birthday they will be mailed sel ective service questionnaires ac cording to present regulations. Classification of registrants of the fifth registration has been started by Morrow county local board. Clarence Hugh Currin has been accepted for service in the Army of the United States. He reported at the induction station on August 4th. Boyd Everett Redding has been accepted in the U. S. Army Air Corps Enlisted reserve. Friends here have received word from Mrs. Nellie Anderson, former ly of this city, that she is now locat ed in Salem, holding a position with the state. Credit Agency Sends AW 216,000-Bu. Storage Seventy-two 3000-bushel grain storage bins have been received in the county from Commercial Credit corporation to relieve the congestion of local storage facilities and assist in caring for the 1942 crop, an nounces the local ACA office. Thirty of the bins have already been set up, 15 were sold to indiv idual farmers, and ten men are em ployed in setting up the remaining bins, which are going up rapidly. Farmers who have wheat under loan to the corporation, in storage in the county and who are in need of sacks should immediately advise their warehouse and the sacked wheat will be put in the bins to re Many New Books Received by Library A fine assortment of new books has been received by the Heppner Public library. Included are: The Just and the Unjust, James Gould Cozzens, selected by the Book of the Month club as the best book of the month; Tinsley's Bones, Percival Wilde; The Last Time I Saw Paris, Elliot Paul; Assignment in Brittany, Helen Mclnnes, who wrote Above Suspicion, one of the most popular books of the year; Blood on Her Shoe, Medora Field; See Here, Private Hargrove, by Mar ion Hargrove; Majesty's Rancho, Zane Grey; Frenchmen's Creek, Daphne DuMaurier; Past Imperfect, Ilka Chase; Brfath of Life, Faith Baldwin; Only One Storm, Gran ville Hicks; Trail Town, Ernest Hay cox; Rock and the Wind, Vivien Bretherton; Flying With the CAA, Theiss; Seventeenth Summer, Mau rine Daily; Ginger Lee, War Nurse, by Dorothy Deming. For children there are also a num ber of new books: Away Goes Sally, Coatsworth; Cumbo of the Circus, Disney; Little Cat That Would Not Sleep, Fox; Raggedy Andy Stories, Gruelle; Oh Susannah, Halberg; Hansi the Stork, Ludmann; Crybaby Calf, Evers; Cowboy Tommy, San ford Tousey. County FSA Office Moved to Pendleton Borrowers have received notice from the district Farm Security Ad ministration office at Pendleton that the Heppner office of that federal agency has been consolidated with the Pendleton office, and that Uma tilla, Morrow and Gilliam counties will in the future be serviced from this office. Since the distance involved would eliminate all but correspondence contacts with the Pendleton office, arrangements have been made for a monthly office day in both Heppner and Condon. Beginning on Monday, August 10, the supervisor may be contacted at the Heppner hotel from 10 to 12 a.m., and at these hours on the second Monday of each month thereafter. In Condon at the Condon hotel, the supervisor's hours will be' 1 to 4 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month effective August 11. IS NEW SAFEWAY BUTCHER Don Larson of Pendleton, accom panied by his wife and small son, arrived this week to take the posi tion of meat cutter at the Safeway market. They are residing at the Halton cabins. The Larsons wer originally from Minnesota, and have been in Oregon for four months Mrs. Margaret Bennett visited in the city Monday from Walla Walla where she holds the position of sec retary to, the military post com mander. She was accompanied by her son, Billy, and two friends from Seattle, Miss Lucille Manion ard Robert A. Byrnes. Billy remained here at the country home of Mrs. James Morgan to stay until school starts. He attended the Boy Scout camp at Wallowa last week and passed his tenderfoot work. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 6, 1942g 2 lease the sacks, the office advises. If bins are not already set up, they will be right away for dump ing '41 crop wheat under loan, and more bins can be obtained if they are needed. . The office also advises that appli cations for insurance on 1943 crop are now being taken, and Louis Bergevin of lone was announced as the first applicant. Merle Cummings, ACA secretary, is now on vacation which he is util izing by assisting in harvest at the John Lane place as sack sewer. In town this morning he announced that Mr. Lane's Rex wheat is going right at 40 bushels to the acre. LOCAL SCOUTS ENJOY OUTING Kenneth House, executive council chairman; Martin B. Clark, scout mater, and six members of the local troop joined the Blue Mountain council Boy Scout encampment at Wallowa lake last week. The troop members were Lowell Rippee, Tom Hughes, Billy Ulrich, Glenn Coxen, Frank Gentry and Carter House. Special recognition was given the local boys for camp improve ment, as they were privileged to display a mounted elk head three days out of the four they were in camp, the mounted head being so" displayed in front of the tent showing the greatest amount of improvement each day. A complete schedule of supervis ed activities covered the time the boys were in camp, including hikes, swimming and other sports. One of the local boys was privileged to make a horseback trip to Aneroid lake, while most of the others, in cluding Mr. House and Mr. Clark, joined in a hike to the top of Mt. Joseph. A spectacular court of hon or, Indian style, featured Friday evening's activities. Fifty boys in all were in attend ance including Dick Belt of Hermis ton who the camp boomed for pres ident in 1964. Advancement to second class scouts was made by Tom Hughes, Lowell Rippee and Carter House, while Billy Ulrich made three, merit badges. Organizations of the city contri buted toward expenses of the trip. Mr. House reported the trip to the Lions club Monday and to the chamber of commerce Tuesday eve ning. JOHN McNAMEE PROMOTED Oklahoma City, Okla., August 6. Promotion of Private John L. Mc Namee, formerly of Heppner, Ore., to the grade of private first class has been announced by headquar ters of the Oklahoma City Air de pot. Private McNamee is a member of an ordnance group at the depot, newest establishment of the Air Service command for the mainten ance and repair of aircraft and the training of air depot groups. Private McNamee is the son of Mrs. Anna E. McNamee of Heppner. He for merly worked for the Beamer Oil company, and has been on duty since April 29. Lee Pettyjohn, private first class in the marines, enjoyed visiting Heppner friends last week end while in the county on furlough from Camp Elliott near San Diego. A hard-hating back on the local foot ball team before going into the ser vice, Lee praises marine training highly. Just as an example, he said he weighs 15 pounds more than he did upon entering the service while still wearing the same size clothes; He has seen many screen and radio stars who have appeared for camp entertainments, and too still does a little footballing for recreation. Wanted Young saddle pony. Write Box 61, Heppner. 19p. n Causes $25,000 Fire At Kinzua Pine Mills . Heroic Work of Mill Hands, Neighbors Subdues Bad Start An over-heated motor started a fire, estimated at less than $25,000 in the Kinzua Pine Mills planing plant and factory last Friday after noon, reports "The Pine Log," mill mimeographed newspaper. "Kinzua employees with material aid from Fossil men, and men from surrounding ranches battled for four hours with a persistent blaze that swept under the factory and plan ing mill floors," the report said, con tinuing: In the words of Mr. J. F. Coleman, vice president and general manager, "The only reason the whole plant didn't burn is because the men and women just wouldn't let it." Plunging into the smoking build ing, crawling beneath the floors ., searching out the flames, soaking wet, smoke-sick men whipped the fire to a standstill about 5 p.m. All the courage of an army was shown by these men and women. The gas masks loaned by County Defense Co-ordinator Joe Schott were a material factor in letting the men work in the smoke for long periods. Fortunately only two men suffer ed injury. One was overcome by smoke, but was dragged out and given artificial respiration. Another was jabbed in the back by a nail. With the hazards involved: of suf focating, smoke, water, swinging tools, crowded departments full of lumber, this low injury rate was no thing short of remarkable. Pumping facilities and water sup ply were found to be more than ad equate to take care of this fire. Damage has been estimated at less than $25,000. Mr. J. F. Coleman laid immediate plans for replacement of the vital flooring areas so the plant will be running by Monday, August 3. The reconstruction work was bus ily going before the mopping up work on the fire was finished. At the height of the fire, 14 2V2 inch streams of water were counted. All thankfulness was expressed by officials of the Kinzua Pine Mills company, Mr. E. D. Wetmore, pres ident, of Warren, Pa.; J. F. Cole man, first vice president and general manager of Kinzua, for the valiant efforts of the company employees, and those of Fossil and surrounding country men who rushed into the work of extinguishing the blaze. Budd Jones, insurance company appraiser, was in Kinzua early Sat urday morning and remarked he had never seen such clean-cut ac tion in getting a fire under control, and starting the reconstruction work so quickly, The sawmill, woods and green chain, and dry sort crews were op erating their usual departments Saturday, to produce the lumber so badly needed in the war production. DR. LAWRENCE LEAVES Dr. R C. Lawrence departed Monday evening for Fort Douglas, Utah, to be inducted into the army as a first lieutenant. He was ac companied as far as Pendleton by Mrs. Lawrence and daugters, Anne and Patricia, who are maintaining the home here. Harold Dobyns, with the U. S. for est service wild life department, in charge of predatory animal control, has been working in the local dis trict this week. His headquarters fire at Pendleton. J. O. Turner, county defense co ordinator, was in Salem last Thurs day , to attend a state meeting of defense workers. Ivan Leathers of Monument was a visitor in the city the first of the week. Overheated Motor O r (f o o re 1