4 Heppner Gazette Times, August Jj,J942
H covery by Army fliers of ingenious-
CppnCi ly contrived markers, aimed direct-
-w ly at Eastern airfields and airplane
(jClZCl tC I IITICS factories. The markers,' invisible
frcm the ground, were eradicated
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE. danger to the war bases
Established March SO. 1883: averted, the announcement said.
THE HEPPNER TIMES. "Proper action" was taken against
Established November 18. 1897; prsons who built the markers.
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY IS. 1W Transportation
Published every Thursday morning by The WPB approved the proposal
CBAWTOBD PTTBLISHINO COHPAHY of Henry J. Kaiser, shipbuilder, to
and entered at the Post Office at Hepp- construct 500 70-ton cargo-carrying
ner. Oregon, as second-clasa matter. patterned after the flying
JASPER V. CRAWFORD. Editor boat .,Mars for Nayy
SUBSCRIPTION RATES program is contingent, however,
Year $2.50 "upon our being able to do it with-
Two Years 4.50 out interfering with the present
Three Years 6.00 combat plane program," WPB Chair
Six Months 1.25 man Nelson said. Army Air Force
Three Months 65 Commander Arnold said at present
Single Copies 05 21 of M Army Air Forces
Official Paper for Morrow County multi-engined plane production is
being devoted to transport planes,
Week of the War ande pgram caiis for this Pro-
Continued from First Page J01 t0 r31Sed l 30 P""1
probably will be well into 1943 be- lnThe of Tr rt
fore we equal merchant shipping as ation imatel 4mm
of December 7, 1941. , , , .,, cr , . , .,
,, , . school children who ride daily in
The WPB announced inaugura- m Mn , , . , ,c ' . ,
. . . , . . , 93.000 school buses will be affected
tion of a nationwide inventory ot , vrvr j - n
. . , , by ODTs order to reorganize all
used construction machinery to be . , , services ThG Dlan calls
made through WPB field offices in( . , , uji jj
... . , & , , , CA tor staggered bus schedules and de
an effort to place an estimated 500,- . , , , , , ,
. r ., ,, , , nits special bus service for students
000 pieces or vitally needed con- , T , , -i a
f. . . . . . who have less than two miles to
struction equipment into use. A com- . t , , , .,,
. , . M. r , . . . walk to and from school (with cer-
plete inventory of available equip- . . .. . , ,
1 . ... . , , . X tain exceptions) and where areas
ment will be kept up to date at the . , , , ,. . ,
, ... , , . , . .. are serviced by public carrier routes,
regional offices for the information .
of war agencies and private con- Ratl0,,lng
tractors engaged in war work. Pi esident Roosevelt set up a three-
The War Front man cornm'ttee, headed by Bernard
The Navy announced "United Stat- M- Baruch, to study the entire syn-
es Naval and other forces have at- thetic IU,bbf Prgram- fhe Presi-
tacked enemy installations in the dentfaid the, committees findings
Southeast part of the Solomon Is- wlU form a ,basls for future aftlon
lands in force and the attack is con- not only with respect to synthetic
tinuing." Later the Navy said "con- rubber- but also such matJters as
siderable enemy resistance has been nationwide gas rationing and motor
encountered and it is still too early transportation. The OPA said it is
to announce results or to estimate Panning a universal ration book to
either our own or enemy losses" be put into the hands of every (Am
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters in ?nc as ?ar of clts machinery to
Australia reported August 10 that handle rationing of many commod
Allied planes from Australia were lties whlch J? notre(ulr; rationing
maintaining a 24-hour-a-day offen- Present. The office said traveling
sive over the entire invasion zone salesmen will not be permitted more
in support of the attack against the than aABa lon in addltl0n to
Solomon Islands. The Navy also re- thelr A books
ported U. S. Naval forces "bombard- Farm Labor Supply
ed enemy ships and shore establish- Agriculture Secretary Wickard
ments at Kiska" in the Aleutians, announced the Farm Security Ad
simultaneously with the beginning ministration and the U. S. Employ
of the attack on the Solomon Islands, ment Service will recruit additional
Maj. Gen. Clark, Commanding workers for farmers in areas where
General of U. S. ground forces in there are seasonal shortages of la
Britain, said the U. S. Army is send- bor. The workers will be recruited
ing "picked combat divisions" to nly after the farmer and the Em
Britain and "the sooner a Second Payment Service have been unable
Front could be opened the better." to obtain workers locally. The work
He said "obviously we are not here ers must be paid the prevailing
to sit on the defensive." The Pacific wage, to be determined by the Farm
Coast, from the Canadian to the Security Administration, but in no
Mexican borders, was ordered dim- case less than 30 cents an hour. If
med out beginning August 20 and for the workers come from a distance,
the duration by Western Defense farmers must pay transportation
Commander DeWitt as a precaution costs up to 200 miles and te FSA
against enemy attack at sea and on will pay for additional mileage. The
the shore. The Navy announced the workers mut be properly housed
torpedoing -of 14 additional United and work guaranteed for at least
Nations vessels. three-fourths of the time they are
Sabotage and Subversive Activities in the area.
The White House announced six The OWI reported an arrangement
of the eight Nazi saboteurs landed has been concluded between the U.
in this country by submarine were s- and Mexico making possible tern
executed in the District of Colum- Prary migration of Mexican farm
bia jail August 8. The sentences of workers into this country to help
the other two were commuted by combat the seasonal farm labor
the president to life and to 30 years shortage, especially in the southwest,
imprisonment, "because of their as- Army
sistance to the government of the The Army announced formation
United States in the apprehension of two completely airborne divisions,
and conviction of the others." The consisting of about 8,000 men each,
first ground air support command in to be stationed initially at Camp
New York City announced the dis - Claiborne, Louisiana. The War De-
Copyright 1942, B. P. O.RXS
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lr., Secretary of the Treasury, today announced
the August War Bond Quotas for the 3,070 counties
in the nation totalling $815,000,000.
The August quota for the State of Oregon is
$8,750,000.
In arriving at the county quotas for August, as
shown in the above map, the Treasury Department
took into consideration major factors affecting in
comes which in turn cause significant variations in
sales during the twelve-month period.
Hereafter actual Bond sales in the various states
will be compared with quotas on a cumulative basis.
The amount by which sales fall short of or exceer1
quotas in any month will be added to or subtract?
from quotas for future months.
parment said more than 7,000 vol- ficer training) have been inducted for large quantities of wool cloth
unteer officer candidates (men clas- into service. The Department said which will call for most of the doni
sified as 3-A who volunteer for of- in a short time it will place orders estic wool clip now available.
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dealers are America's "Truck'
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