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Official Paper tor Morrow County
Can We Lose?
Impatience is growing among Mr.
Average American on the street for
opening of a second front. So says
results of a recent Gallup poll. Be
times are heard ever louder and
louder rumblings of a new psychol
ogy: "We can lose the war."
Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma
says our air efforts in Australia are
bogged down by lack of airplane
parts and supplies. A senate inves
tigating committee is personally
headed for Alaska to see what is
lacking there. President Roosevelt
has three big wigs investigating the
entire rubber situation. And comes
a war correspondent's, report from
Russia that the democracies may
lose the war in forty days if Russia
is not given assistance pronto.
Then there is the demand for a
commander in chief of United Na
tions' forces; another demand for
complete divorce of the air ami
from army and navy and building of
cargo ships so that the bombers and
fighter planes may be more quickly
serviced, their range of operations
widened.
All these things are a bit confus
ing to Mr. Average American on the
street whose personal generalship is
working out the best methods of at
tack. Such a hodge-podge of opin
ions and reports also might bring a
smile to the countenances of Hitler
and Hirohito. But perhaps they may
recall how Americans as individuals
have taken the initiative on battle
fields before, and maybe, just be
cause he didn't have the orders quite
clear, did the unexpected and won
the day.
Our war machine has been build
ing rapidly. There are bound to
be mistakes, excesses and lacks in
many places. But just what we do
have, and are going to do with it,
immediately, the general command
may not be expected to divulge to
the enemy, hence cannot broadcast
at home. Us street generals must
keep our shirts on with the know
ledge that the cream of our football,
baseball, basketball and other ball
players are in there pitching, and
that when they come out the axis
will know what a ball game is like.
mes, August 6, 1942
FNB of Portland Buys
Finance Company
Announcement was made in Port
land last week by E. B. MacNaugh
ton, president of the First National
Bank of Portland, that the bank has
purchased the Oregon assets of the
Pacific Finance Corporation of Cal
ifornia in the form of notes, con
tracts, and other receivables due the
corporation.
For the time being the Pacific Fi
nance Corporation office will be
continued, for the convenience of its
many customers. Payments due the
Pacific Finance Corporation, how
ever, can be made at any branch of
the First National bank throughout
the state.
William Bell, vice president of the
Pacific Finance corporation, and his
staff will continue in their former
capacities. Bell will also become a
vice president of the bank. He has
had a long and successful career
with the Pacific Finance corpora
tion and is widely and favorably
known in the automobile trade
throughout the northwest.
In commenting on the transaction,
both Mr. MacNaughton and Mr. Bell
expressed pleasure in its consum
mation. The Pacific Finance Cor
poration of California has operated
on a coast-wide basis for many
years principally in the field of au
tomobile loans.
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Copyright 1942, B.P.O. ELKS
"SORRY CLARISE-1 GOT TA GO BACK TO SHIP -I'M EXPECTING A LETTER FROM HOME."
TWO NEW OREGON Week of the War
SCS MEN TAKE UP
DUTIES WITH OSC
Fullest possible service to Oregon
farmers and ranchers in meeting
their wartime production job was
given today as the immediate object
ive in the appointment of men to
fill vacancies in the Soil Conserva
tion service staff in Oregon.
The SCS announced the appoint
ment of Leo L. Anderson as state
conservationist, succeeding the late
Solon T. White, and the SCS and O.
S. C. extension serice jointly an
nounced the appointment of Gerald
T. Nemcomb as extension soil con
servationist, both with headquarters
at Corvallis.
In assuming White's former duties
as state coordinator and in his ca
pacity as state conservationist, An
derson will have somewhat enlarged
responsibilities, explains J. H. Christ, .
now regional conservator for the
Pacific coast, with headquarters in
Portland. Anderson will have com
plete administrative direction of all
SCS operations and activities, some
of which are conducted cooperative
ly with the state agricultural exper
iment station, the O. S. C. extension
service, and other groups.
Newcomb, who succeeds Ivan De
Armond, will be available to give
technical assistance throughout the
state in establishing or continuing
soil conservation practices by farm
ers who are faced with the necessity
of producing at a maximum to help
win the war, and at the same time
maintaining their soil in good con
dition for the post-war period, said
W. L. Teutsch, assistant director of
extension.
Anderson has been with the SCS
since 1935, having served as project
manager and area conservationist in
different parts of the northwest. He
is a soils specialist by training and
experience and a graduate of North
Dakota Agricultural college. He
comes to Oregon from Moscow,
where he was area conservationist
for North Idaho.
Newcomb is a graduate of Oregon
State college, first in 1939 and with
a master of science degree in 1941.
He served a year as assistant coun
ty agent in Arizona and has been
on the O. S. C. extension . staff for
two years as assistant soils specialist.
Continued from First Page
sold in bottles or paper containers
at the distributor's highest Maic1!
level. The action was taken to pre
vent a price "squeeze" on milk re
tailers by some milk distributors.
The office set a ceiling price of four
cents a pound for waste kitchen fats
now being sold b housewives in' the
salvage program, and a ceiling price
of five cents a pound for the sale
of the same fats from meat dealers
to renders.
Price Administrator Henderson
established a 60-day temporary
ceiling on wholesale and retail lamb
prices, at the highest levels charged
by each seller during the period
July 27-31. The temporary ceiling
on lamb prices, effective August 10,
places every major meat item except
poultry under government price reg
ulations. The OPA said Armour and
Company, Swift and Company, and
Wilson and Company, Inc., have
agreed to submit for auditing the
sales records of all their branch
houses for the purpose of refunding
to their customers (wholesalers and
retailers) all charges made in excess
of the maximum prices for beef and
pork.
President Roosevelt told his press
conference there are three reasons
for the current meat shortage in the
east and some mid-western states:
(1) It is the- off season for beef. (2)
People have a good deal more mon
ey with which to buy more and bet
ter cuts of meat. (3) This country
has around 4,000,000 men under arms
for whom meat suplies must be pre
pared months in advance. Mr.
Roosevelt said the people will have
to expect new shortages from time
to time because that is part of the
price of winning the war.
Farm Income
During the first half of 1942 cash
income from farm marketings total
ed $5,773 million compared with $4,
012 million in the same period last
year, the Agricultural Deparjmen
reported. Income from crops was up
36 percent and income from livestock
and livestock products was 48 per
cent greater. The Department said
a record volume of marketings is
expected in the latter half of 1942.
Total cash income from farm mar
ketings during 1942, including gov
ernment payments probably will ex
ceed $14,500 million, the report said.
Rationing
The outlook for obtaining sugar
supplies from the Caribbean has
"taken a turn for the worse" be
cause of submarine warfare and the
amount of shipping diverted to war
purposes, the OPA said. The Office
asked sugar refiners in Louisiana
and Texas not to ship to sugar
markets in Indiana, Illinois, and
Ohio until at least September 1 be
caue of a shortage in their home
states. OPA said these restrictions
will have to be continued if receipts
from Cuba and Puerto Rico are be
low expectations.
Under rationing regulations per
sons owning more than one type
writer may dispose of their mach
ines only to authorized dealers or
to the procurement division of the
Treasury, OPA said. The Office rul
ed all new adult bicycles are subject
to rationing "even though they may
have been disassembled or altered
or the parts changed."
War Bond Purchases
July sales of War Bonds totaled
$900,900,000, second highest monthly
amount on record and $150 million
above June sales, Treasury Secretary
Morgenthau said. The highest mon
thly total was that of January when
the amount was $1,060 million. "Be
cause of seasonal variations in in
come distribution, it would not be
practicable to establish monthly
quotas at a uniform figure of $1,
000,000,000," he said.
Transportation ,
The Office of Defense Transport
ation took over allocation of all new
buses ' and froze all integral-type
buses in the hands of manufacturers.
Under the new plan, the ODT will
grant permission to buy new buses
only when the purchasers sign an
agreement giving ODT authority to
transfer the buses for use else
where if transportation difficulties
develop. ODT Director Eastman ajk
ed public service commissions of tha
states to make a nation-wide survey
of local rail and bus passenger ser
vices to eliminate duplications. War
Production Chairman Nelson said
the WPB is studying the proposal of
ship-builder Henry Kaiser to build
5,000 large cargo planes in converted
shipyards. The Maritime Commis
sion reported U. S. shipyards broke
all records in July as 71 merchant
vessels were put into service, mak
ing a total of 299 cargo vessels and
tankers produced during the first
seven months of this year.
The War Front
Lt. Gen. Stilwell's China head
quarters reported U. S. airmen have
broken the back of an elite force of
Japanese bombers and fighters as
sembled for the purpose of driving
them out of China. The climax w?s
reached July 30, the communique
said, when 17 Japanese bombers and
new type zero fighters were shot
down. Gen. MacArthur's Australian
headquarters announced allied
planes conducted raids on Japanese
positions from Ambonia Island in
the Netherlands East Indies to
Guadal-Canal Island in the Solom
ons. The Navy announced the sink
ing of four United Nations merch
ant vessels by enemy submarines.
Trial of Nazi Saboteurs
The Supreme Court ruled that the
charges preferred against the eight
Nazi saboteurs allege an offense
"which the President is authorized
to order tried before a Military
Commission," that the Commission
is lawfully constituted, and that the
saboteurs are held in "lawful cus
tody." The saboteurs were brought
again before the Military Commis
sion. The Armed Forces
The President signed a bill creat
ing the Women's Auxiliary Reserve
in the Navv, which will be made up
at first of 1,000 commissioned officers
and about 10,000 enlisted members.
He also signed a bill to permit the
CAA to train airplane mechanics in
its civilian pilot training centers. The
Army has asked for training of 31,
000 mechanics. Selective Service
Headquarters instructed SS local
boards to induct during August some
men classified in 1-B with certain
types of physical defects.
CALL FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received until
August 15, 1942, for transporting el
ementary pupils of the Hodsdon
school district No. 50 into Lexington.
MERLE MILLER, Chairman,
R. B. RICE, Clerk.
Oregon 4-H club members will
compete this year in all 14 of the
national contests arranged under
the auspices of the national com
mittee on boys' and girls' club work.
HUGH CURRIN INDUCTED
Clarence Hugh Currin was recent
ly inducted into the U. S. army at
Portland and reported this week for
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PORTABLE WELDER
We go out p.nd fix anything on
ranches. Just telephone 822.
McCLINTOCK'S WELDING
& Repair Shop Heppner
Washington, D. C, August 5. While maintaining
a tentative annual level of twelve billion dollars as
its goal, the Treasury Department today fixed the
August quota for the sale of War Bonds at $815,000,
000 as shown by the accompanying map by states.
In lowering the quota from a billion dollars in
July to $815,000,000 in August, the Treasury has given
recognition to certain factors which may be expected
to result in variations in sales over the 12-month pe
riod, such as the seasonal character of farm income.
These factors have been taken into account in
determining each state's share for the national quota
for August and will be given consideration in fixing
quotas for subsequent months.
In addition to the state quotas as set out in the'
map there is a federal payroll allotment quota of
$9,750,000 and territorial quotas as follows: Alaska,
$760,000; Canal Zone, $213,000; Hawaii, $4,800,000;
Puerto Rico, $440,000, and the Virgin Islands,
$17,000. U. S. Trtonry Diportmtnt