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Official Paper for Morrow County
Preparing for the
Peace
One year ago August 14 President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister Chur
chill anounced that they had signed
a common statement of aims and
principles for the kind of peace
free men can make.
That statement became known as
the Atlantic Charter. It was adopt
ed in the United Nations Declaration
signed in the White House on New
Year's Day, 1942, by Mr. Roosevelt
and Mr. Churchill for the United
, States and Great Britain, by Am
bassador Litvinov for Russia and
by Foreign Minister Soong for Chi
na. On the following day repre
sentatives of 22 other countries sign
ed the Declaration and the number
of United Nations rose to 28 when
Mexico and the Philippines adhered
to the Declaration June 14.
The Atlantic Charter's economic
objectives have been formally made
the basis of the Lend-Lease agree
ments concluded with our allies and
all 21 American republics adhered
to the principles of the Charter at
the Rio de Janeiro conference last
January.
The Charter has thus become the
central statement on the kind of
peace that the United States and
United Nations are now fighting for
the chance to build. It is a world
wide charter, as its text plainly
states. It applies to all the world's
peoples, to those who live on the
Pacific and Indian oceans as well
as to those who live on the Atlantic.
It is called the Atlantic charter be
cause it was signed aboard a battle
ship on the North Atlantic during
last summer's meeting of the Pres
ident and Prime Minister.
Incidentally the name of the bat
tleship where these principles of a
free men's peace were laid down
was the Prince of Wales. That bat
tleship was sunk four months later
off Singapore, fighting to her death
against the Japanese wing of the
Axis drive to conquer the world for
tyranny.
The Charter has eight points.
Their purpose is establishment of
the kind of peace that will:
1. Afford to all nations the means
to live in peace and safety within
their own borders.
2. Assure to all people the op
portunity to choose their own gov
ernment and to "live out their lives
in freedom from fear and want."
This purpose is stated in points
three and six of the Charter. The
Charter's other points implement
this purpose: no seizures of other
people's lands (one); no territorial
changes except by choice of the peo
ple concerned (two); restoration of
sovereign rights and self-government
to those forcibly deprived of
them (three); equal access for all
peoples to the trade and raw ma
terials of the world (four); inter
national action toward securing for
all a higher standard of living, im
proved labor standards and social
security (five); freedom of the seas
for all men (seven); disarmament
of the aggressors followed up by set
ting up a permanent system of in
ternational security that can keep
the world at peace (eight).
Despite favorable weather in the
country as a whole there were 465
more fires caused in national for
ests by willful or careless acts of
man during the first six months of
1942 than during the same period
last year. Oregon had fewer, but
August and September are the
worst months.
Week of the War
. Continued from First Page
were put out of action. He said the
type of operation being undertaken
in the Solomons is one of the most
difficult in warfare.
The Navy raised the toll of Jap
anese ships sunk or damaged in the
Aleutians to at least 22 by adding
a destroyer to those hit in the sur
prise attacks of August 8-9 on Kiska
Harbor. U. S. headquarters in the
European theater reported Army Air
Force fighters participated with the
R.A.F. in 31 sorties off the coast of
England in 48 hours ending August
13. Air Forces heavy bombers based
in India and China continued de
structive raids against the Japanese.
The Navy announced the sinking of
seven United Nations' merchantmen
by enemy submarines, the lowest
number of such sinkings announced
in the past 16 weeks.
Rationing
Sugar Ration Stamp Number 8
will be good for five pounds of su
gar in the ten-week period begin
ning August 23 and ending October
31, the Office of Price Administra
tion announced While not changing
the basic ration of one -half pound
per person per week, it will enable
consumers to make purchase in lar
ger units and facilitate the disposal
of 5, 10 and 25-pound packages.
Price Administrator Henderson
and ' Petroleum Coordinator Ick s
announced jointly that fuel oil ra
tioning on the east coast may be
unavoidable next winter. All East
ern motorists were told by the OPA
to display their gasoline ration stick
ers immediately, because "it is ille
gal for any service station attendant
to sell gasoline to a vehicle unless
the sticker corresponding to the type
of book is conspicuously displayed
on the car." The rationing regula
tions for new passenger automobiles
were amended to make members of
the U. S. Armed Forces eligible to
purchase new cars upon proof that a
car is needed for transportation be
tween residence and post of duty or
no official military vehicle is avail
able. Stabilization of Wages
The National War Labor Board
granted an increase of lz cents an
hour to 61,000 workers in 40 New
England and 11 southern textile
mills. The Board denied any wage
increase, however, to 32,000 employ
ees in 10 plants of the Aluminum
Company of America and 900 work
ers in the Buffalo, New York, plant
of the American Magnesium Com
pany because these workers "had
received average hourly rate in
creases sufficient to compensate for
the 15 percent rise in the cost of
living which had occurred between
January 1, 1941,- and May, 1942."
The Navy, acting under orders from
President Roosevelt, took over the
strike-bound plant of the General
Cable Company in Bayonne, New
Jersey. The strike occurred at the
plant, working exclusively on pro
duction of war materials, after the
NWLB had refused a request for a
general wage increase.
Farm Prices
Livestock price ceilings would re
quire very complicated controls of
marketing conditions, even to in
spection at indivdual farms, Agri
culture Secretary Wickard said.
Such ceilings would benefit small
packers, he stated, but would not
increase supplies. If it becomes nec
essary, however, the Department of
Agriculture will assist in working
out a ceiling program, he said Mr.
Wickard reported the available meat
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Copyright 1942, B. O. ELKS
Sugar Stamp 8 Good
For Five Pounds
Stamo No. 8 of vour war ration
book will be good for five pounds
of sugar any time between August
23 and October 31, Richard G. Mont
gomery announced today.
"This does not mean that the al
loment of sugar, one half pound per
person per week, has been increas
ed," Montgomery said, "but only
that you will be able to buy a five
pound bag rather than the two
pounds which you were previously
able to buy."
This new change from two to five
pounds for one stamp will save the
grocer tbe inconvenience for the
small packaging.
supply, after deduction of lend-lease
and military requirements, would
furnish four pounds more meat per
person between now and June 1943
than the average percapita con
sumption from July 1931 through
July 1940. The Agriculture Depart
ment estimated the number of cat
tle on feed for market in the Corn
belt States on August 1 had drop
ped 19 percent from the comparable
figure a year ago, apparently be
cause imposition of ceilings on beef
prices caused feeders to deviate from
their plans as reported in April this
year.
Secretary Wickard said the corn
supply is being used faster than corn
is being produced, and next year,
"unless we feed more wheat than
usual," over 200 million more bush
els of corn will be used than is be
ing raised this year. There are still
large stocks, however, in the na
tional granary, he said.
The Armed Forces
The Army announced an intensive
recruiting campaign to enlist 100,000
skilled mechanics and technicians for
service in the Army Air Forces, the
Signal Corps and the Ordnance De
partment. All applicants must be
male U. S. citizens between the ages
of 18 and 44, inclusive, and all must
obtain clearance from their Selective
Service Boards. The War Depart
ment said it will train dogs as sen
tries, messengers, pack dogs, air
plane spotters and for other pur
poses. Dogs for Defense, Inc., a pri
vate organization, will "continue to
act as the Army's procurement Ag
ency, and the dogs will be trained
at the Quartermaster Remount De
pot at Front Royal, Virginia. The
Department announced a reorgani
zation of its various public relations
units to eliminate the issuing of
conflicting statements.
The Office of Civilian Defense will
help recruit full-time personnel for
the Coast Guard Temporary Reserve
for beach patrol and coastal lookout
duty. The Navy said it will appoint
retailers in designated trading areas
to help carry out its plan for con
trolling the sale of ready-made uni
forms to officers or chief petty of
ficers, beginning October 15.
Transportation
Mail deliveries and pick-ups face
curtailment in many localities be
cause of lack of men and the need
to conserve trucks and tires, the
Post Office Department announced.
Definite curtailment plans were an
nounced for Washington, D. C, and
Detroit. The Office of Defense
Transportation said local transport
systems throughout the country will
face the heaviest load in history by
mid-September. The ODT prohibit
ed railroads, effective September 15,
from hauling refrigerator and box
cars carrying civilian freight unless
they are loaded to capacity.
Heppner Gazette Times, August 20, 1942 3
PINE CITY NEWS
By BERNICE WATTENBURGKR
Mr. and Mrs. Reid J. Buseick and
family of Long Creek stopped over
night Thursday at the A. E. Wat
tenburger home. The Buseicks have
been to Portland for a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Abercrombie
and family called Thursday evening
at the A. E. Wattenburgers.
Homer Sprague was driving der
rick for Jasper Myers Wednesday
when the single tree broke and hit
him in the face. It cut his lips,
knocked out two teeth and maybe
a third will be lost. He was taken
to Pendleton and put in St. An
thony's hospital for a few days.
C. H. Bartholomew has purchased
a new truck.
Lowell Young who joined the
marines is in Pearl Harbor, so he
writes his sister, Mrs. Ollie Cox.
Jerry Myers was driving his fa
ther's John Deere tractor from the
barn to the house and it caught on
a fence post in the gateway and
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turned over. Jerry jumped and was
not hurt, but the tractor received
some broken parts.
Friends are glad to have word
from Oscar Jarmon, better known
as Sam, that he is safe. This is the
first word since December 7. They
do not know of his whereabouts now
because he can't tell.
Margaret McGreer writes friends
that her husband is in Florida, and
expects to go over seas soon, and
Bobby Groundvall is in Hawaii.
Mrs. Jackie Orr of Pendleton
spent Saturday night and Sunday
at the A. E. Wattenburger home.
Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Abercrombie
and family spent Tuesday in Pasco,
Wash.
Margaret McGreer has moved to
Portland from Spokane and is work
ing for the Standard Oil company.
Miss Helen Vogler left Monday
for Connell, Wash., for a visit.
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