1 -J O o 3 n o o o h o i: r- v: rJ U Vt . . . . - o O O ?J : i -j i o '. r: A Week of the War (Summary of information on the important developments of the week made available by official sources through noon EWT, Monday, Aug ust 17.) Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Forces, said Amer ican airplanes generally are super ior to those of the enemy. He said that' in" the Pacific theater since the war started 1,110 Army planes have battled with 1,459 Japanese aircraft and have shot down 190 with loss of only 104. These figures do riot in clude planes destroyed on the ground, those shot down by anti aircraft fire, Navy and Marine Corps action, or the work of the Ameri can volunteer forces in China. Gen. Arnold said the goal of a 2,000,000-man Air Force with 185,000 fighting planes would be met. He said the recruitment and training of pilots, bombardiers and naviga tors is progressing perfectly. There is, however, a growing demand for gunners, various enlisted technicians, radio operators and glider pilots. Gen. Arnold said American planes are arriving in Britain every day in preparation for the aerial offen sive against Germany in union with the R.A.A.F. Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander of the U. S. Army For ces in the European theater, said in London that training of U. S. units there must be intensive in all its phases. "This is true," he said, "first, because the time is short; second, because the problems we have demand the ultimate in train ed personnel; and third, because our men must be toughened and hardened physically to stand the most rigorous operations." The War Front In the first offensive action by United Nations' Forces in the South west Pacific, U. S. Marines effected landings and then consolidated their positions in the Tulagi area of the Solomon Islands. At the same time. S. Army and Allied shore based aircraft from Australia continuous ly attacked "Japanese air bases and ship concentration in enemy held harbors," in support of the invasion. Ccmmander in Chief of the U. S. Fleet King reported early in the bat tle that the U. S. appeared to have had at least one cruiser sunk and two cruisers, two destroyers and one transport damaged, while a large number of enemy planes were de stroyed and enemy surface units Continued on Page Three Mancell Krebs Victim of Auto Accident Mancell Kvebs, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Krobs of Cecil, was fatally injured about 4:30 Sunday morning in an automobile accident on the Columbia river highway at Heppner junction, when the car in which he was riding, driven by his twin brother, Marion, collided with the railing of the bridge which crosses Willow creek at that point. Marion and Corbett Valde of Mt. Vernon, also a passenger in the car, were severely injured and taken to The Dalles for treatment. Their condition was improving at latest re ports. The voung men were cn their way to Cecil from a dance which they attended at Rufus, and officers here who investigated, said that the driver apparently dozed through sleepiness, causing the accident, which practic ally demolished the car. The Krebs twins, both formerly prominent students of Arlington high school, were both enrolled as juniors at Oregon State college, and were members of Sigma Chi frater nity. Funeral rites, attended by a num ber of friends from Heppner, were held yesterday morning from the Methodist church in Arlington, with Rev. Raymond C. Kratzer officiat ing. Interment was to be at Port land. IS TIKE INSPECTOR Frank W. Turner has been named tire inspector for the Morrow coun ty rationing board to succeed Pat Mollahan who resigned this position to become chairman of the rationing committee. Elaine Sigsbee of Condon spent Tuesday evening in Heppner. Volume 59, Number 21 Circus Day Brings Big Crowd, And Fun In Spite Of Dust Failure of -'Big Top' to Rise Disappoints; Local Horses Seen Monday was circus day in Hepp ner. Many harvest crews shut down for tiie one advertised afternoon performance, and Heppner saw its largest crowd since last rodeo time. But as folks took opportunity to enjoy the one major entertainment event of the season, they were im pressed that the war is having far reaching effect. They arrived at the grounds to find, first, a blacken ed terrain where ashes of the re cently burned grass filled the air with fine charcoal; second, absence of the "big top," which normally houses Russell Bros.' big three-ring performance. The management explained that the short-handed crew had worked overtime at Pendleton the night be fore in breaking up for the one afternoon stand here before opening at The Dalles the next day. It just wasn't possible to set up for the big show. As a concession they re duced prices about half for the two shows staged in the side show tents. . The crowd, largely, braved the dust- blackened atmospheres to see Christiansen and his trained horses which came originally from the Swaggart farm in this county, and to give kiddies a view of the ele phants, trained ponies, zebra, gnu and other members of a well-filled menagerie. The various side-show acts got a good play, soft drinks went rapidly'. Local merchants reported Monday one of the liveliest trading days in recent months. SAFEWAY STORE CLOSES AUG. 29 The Heppner Safeway store will close its doors for the duration on August 29, announced H. E. Oneal, district manager, who was in the city this week arranging to close out the stock. "Unavoidable conditions brought shout by the war make operations such as the one in Heppner im practical," said Mr. Oncal. "We hope to be back after the war to again serve our many friends here," he added. Mr. Oneal said it is with regret that his organization leaves the local field, as the Heppner store has been one of the best paying stores in the district ever since they entered this field. However, the large number of Safeway employes who have enter ed the service, the commodity short age and other conditions have com bined to make operation in some of the smaller places impractical. Transfer of Mel Selre, recent man ager here, to La Grande as manager of the store there, was announced by Mr. Oneal. Mr. Serle has left for his new position, and his place is being taken until the closing date by Ivan Parks. PIONEER RESIDENT PASSES The daily press this week carried account of the passing of Mrs. Re becca Crawford on Tuesday morn ing at Pendleton. Mrs. Crawford, 83, was said to be a pioneer of Umatilla and Morrow counties. Born in Sil verton she lived in Heppner, Elgin and Pendleton, residing at the latter place since 1892. With her husband she was trapped in the mountains near Heppner the summer of the Indian war but escaped. She is sur vived by three daughters. TRUCK BURNS IN FIELD Work of firemen prevented spread of flames to nearby grain when the truck of Victor Lovgren burned in a grainfield in the Eight Mile sec tion this week. GREEN GUARD DOES "It's easy to get to be a Green Guard," Dale Lander, 15-year-old Roseburg youth tells Oregon boys and girls. "Just drop a postal card to address shown on card I am holding and sign your name. The Green Guard program is a splendid one for the boys and girls of Oregon to join to help our nation win the war. You know, we watch and report fires in our forests." Harris Ellsworth, Roseburg publisher and Keep Oregon Green chairman for Doug las county looks on approvingly to Green Guard Lander's novel way of enlisting Green Guards, as does Harry Pinninger, county civilian defense coordinator. Mail Route to Camp 5 Discussed by Chamber That people of Camp 5, Kinzua Pine mills' logging headquarters at Wineland lake, have expressed in terest in being given mail service from Heppner, was reported at a meeting of directors of Heppner chamber of commerce at the office of F. W. Turner Tuesday evening Directors present believed such an additional mail route might well be feasible with the expected 250 pop ulation of the woods town adding to the number of other residents of the region who could be served. Good reports were given of the satisfaction of people served by the recently established Heppner-Lena-Butter creek route. Superintendent George Corwin and Charles Jones, chairman of the board of education, were present to assist in a discussion of a proposal to delay opening of school due to probable need of high school labor in harvest later than the proposed opening date, September 7. They acceded willingly to the chamber request that they check the student roster to determine how many stu dents are assisting in harvest, and to survey the harvesting situation to see what likelihood there may be of harvest extending beyond the proposed opening date. Should the demand justify, the school men ex pressed themselves as ready to co operate to the fullest extent, though the short time now remaining might make it impossible to notify all the teachers. D. W. Glasgow, manager of Mor row county grain growers, also pre sent for the discussion, said harvest in progressing well in the north part of the wheat belt, with operators finishing almost daily. Delay in fin ishing in the Lexington section, how ever would be necessitated awaiting completion of additional storage fa cilities at Lexington which will not be ready until the 3rd or 4th of September. This delay will affect 140,000 bushels of wheat, he said. Glasgow further stated that a num ber of farmers now finished with their own harvest who had planned to harvest for others had pulled their machines into the shed, fear ing that further use this year might wear the machines to the point where they would not be usable for their own harvest next year. It was expected some relief in the upper country might be given by release of crews finishing up in the lower country, but the extent of this could not be anticipated. It was said transient labor might go to the hop fields or elsewhere in preference to the short harvest run that might be expected in the upper country. Blaine Elliott was elected as di rector to succeed George Howard who recently moved to Portland. William Bucknum made a busi ness visit to Portland this week. Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, August 20, 1942 t THINGS IN BIG WAY V GARDEN SHOW SLATED FOR 29TH Four-H club members of Morrow county will exhibit their produce at a Victory Garden exhibit in Hepp ner Saturday, August 29. The exhibit will be in the store space recently vacated by W. O. Dix end will be on exhibit from 2 p.m. till 10 p.m. There are 26 garden club mem bers in the county this year of which about half are at Boardman and Irrigon. County Agent Conrad states that arrangements are being made for the boys and girls of the north end of the county to have their ex hibits at Heppner on the 29th. He adds that there are some very fine 4-H gardens in the county this year regardless of the lack of irrigation water. There will be classes for individ ual varieties of vegetables as well as a class for project exhibits. A special class has been arranged in which everyone having a garden can help out. This class is known as the Community Victory Garden exhibit and vegetables from any or all gar dens in a community may be used; however, the 4-H Garden club in the community must assemble and arrange the exhibit for the com munity. The judge for the garden show will be Gene Lear, assistant county agent at Hermiston, who everyone remembers from his work in Morrow county in 1938 and 1939 as assistant AAA secretary. Plans for the annual 4-H livestock and home economics fair are going ahead but this year in order to save on travel and time, the fair will b limited to one day and will be held much later, probably the latter part of September. Ten Portable Elevators Coming to County Ten portable elevators are being shipped to Morrow county by Com modity Credit corporation, according to word received this morning by the county ACA office from N. C. Donaldson, state manager. Though definite word had not been obtained, Donaldson said it was probable that the elevators would remain the property of the corporation and would be loaned to fanners having wheat under loan for filling the storage bins previous ly supplied by the corporation. NORMAN BERG STROM ENLISTS Morrow County Selective Service board has received notice of accept ance into the navy of Norman Berg strom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Bergstrom of lone. He enlited. Lee Scritsmier who has been re ceiving treatment for a week at a Portland hospital for a broken arm is reported to be doing nicely. Nid Full Complement Teachers Retained For School Year Supt. Corwin Comes to Prepare Opening; Date Still Uncertain George Corwin, new superintend ent of schools, arrived the first of the week preparatory to establishing the family residence for the coming opening of school. He is bringing the family to Heppner today, including Mrs. Corwin and children, Lauren 13, Joan 12, Claire 5 .and Steve 4. They will reside in the Mrs. A. Q. Thomson house on Baltimore street. Definite date of school opening will depend on a survey being un dertaken by the superintendent and board of education on request of the chamber of commerce to determine how many students will be needed in harvest work after the tentative opening date, September 7, Mr. Cor win said. Should there prove to be a considerable need for the high school labor, the opening will prob ably be delayed a week. Mr. Corwin reported that a full complement of teachers has been retained for the coming year, the last position to be filled, that of Smith-Hughes agriculture instruc tor being taken this week by Don ald Strait of Newberg, who has al ready arrived to start his work. The school plant is already being put in readiness, and everything looks promising for a smooth beginning of the school year, the superintend ent said. New teachers for the coming year are: Joyce Hugill, commercial, high school, graduate' of Willamette uni vei'f ity with graduate work at Gregg college. Chicago, III, University of New Mexico. She has taught two years at Crane high school, two years at Dayton high school and two years at Wallowa high. Her home is Hubbard, Ore. Donald Strait, agriculture attend ed Oregon State college three years and graduated from Pacific college, Newberg. His home town is New berg where his folks own a farm. Worked for a farm machinery com pany for a year. Supervisor of a boys' camp at the coast for two years with an attendance of 60 boys. This is his first year of teaching. Evelyn Youngberg, home econom icsattended Linfield college two years and graduated from Oregon Estate last spring. Home town is Carlton. Folks have farm there. Mvithona Martin, .first grade graduate of Oregon College of Ed ucation at Monmouth. Has had years' of teaching experience in Deschutes county. Taught four years at Col umbia school near Hermiston and two years at Boardman. Her home town is Madras where her folks have a farm. Bonnie Bartlett, second grade graduate of Oregon College of Ed ucation last year. Home town is Scholls, near Sherwood. Father used to freight into Heppner in pioneer days. Floyd Perry, seventh grade and grade athletics graduate of Eastern Oregon College of Education, La Grande. He taught last year near Touchet, Wash., where he was prin cipal of the grade school. He is a letterman, having been a member of some of the athletic teams in col lege. His home town is Athena. Married and has a daughter. Earl Johnson, grade principal and band graduate of Oregon College of Education at Monmuth. Taught two years in the Alsea public school l where he had charge of instrumental music. Taught one year at the Har ris school in southern Oregon. Taught four years at the Pine Grove school near Nehalem. He organized orchestra there. Mr. Johnson was quite an athlete in college, having played football, basketball and base ball. He is married. Home town is Monmouth. Also a licensed aviator.