1 O t a n o r- a O t A Week of the War (Summary of information on im portant developments of the week made available by official sources through noon EWT, Monday, Aug uust 24.) War Production Chairman Nel son announced the " War Production Board is rerating every project in the war program to secure the "max imum impact on the enemy now." Combat planes, particularly bomb ers, are at the top of the new list, Mr. Nelson said. Chairman Nelson reported the U. S. is now producing munitions three and a half times the rate in Novem ber 19-11, the month before Pearl Harbor. July production, he said, was 16 percent above June produc tion, but 7 percent short of pro duction forecasts made at the be ginning of July. "The big job ahead of us right now is to bring our pro gram into balance and make sure that we use our materials and facil ities as wisely as possible," he said. "This means that we must redouble our efforts, particularly on the low spots, if we are to make our goals by the year's end." I Aircraft production, increased 11 percent in July over June output, Mr. Nelson said. Although combat plane production rose 6 percent, it was not up to expectations. He also reported overall ordnance produc tion in July increased 26 percent ov er June output, and was very close to schedules; production of medium tanks was 35 percent greater than in the previous month and consider ably ahead of schedules; light tanks up 15 percent also were ahead of schedules; anti-aircraft guns ex ceeded schedules by a "wide mar gin"; merchant ships were up 6 per cent and "nearly on schedule for the month"; deliveries of major combat vessels were ahead of those in June and "considerably ahead of forecasts." The War Front Gen. MacArthur's headquarters in Australia reported Allied fighter pilots using new battle tactics shot down at least 13 Japanese planes, and probably 15 or more out of an Continued on Page Three Moro Man Takes Over Heppner Truck Line Vernon Flatt of Moro, who oper ates a truck line of his own between The Dalles and Antelope, has taken over the Heppner Transfer line from Don Jones. Jones has enlisted in the navy and expects to report for duty in the near future. Lon Day will drive the local truck for Mr. Flatt, and with Mrs. Day ar rived this week to make the family home here. Mr. Flatt announces that daily mail service will be handled by the newly acquired truck line, giving better service to Heppner residents. Pick-up and delivery will give good morning service on freight ship ments, Mr. Flatt said. The new manager was in the city Tuesday completing transfer of the operation. Mr. Jones, who is now awaiting call to navy service, has not dis posed of his franchise for the local run, announcing that he will be back on the job "after the duration." MOTHER PASSES IN PORTLAND Mrs. W. H. Rockwell received word this morning of the death of her mother, Mrs. Margaret Fagan, 77, at Portland last night. Mrs. Rockwell had been in the city with her mother four days last week. Fu neral services will be held at Mc Minnville, Saturday, and Mrs. Rock well leaves tomorrow to be in at tendance. Mrs. Fagan was born in the east, coming to Oregon when 26 years of age. With her husband, N. H. Fagan, and family, she settled first at The Dalles. She had resided at Sheridan for the last 35 years. Surviving sons and daughters are Dr. E. J. Fagan of McMinnville, William Fagan of Sheridan, Mxs. Vance Blair and Mrs. Marie Wilson of Portland, and Mrs. Rockwell of this city. Eddie M. Kenny is , visiting at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kenny, this week. He recent ly resigned his position in Pendleton and expects to enlist in some branch of the service shortly. Volume 59, Number 22 Big Meeting To Talk Synthetic Rubber Set At Pendleton Granges, Grain'g row ers to Hear National Men September 4 A huge all-day meeting sponsored by granges, wheat leagues, farm bureaus, co-ops, etc., of Idaho. Ore gon and Washington to learn the facts about making synthetic rub ber from wheat, then putting the wheels into motion to get it done, is slated to be held September 4 in Pendleton, according to announce ment of Ernest C. Davis, secretary of the Pendleton chamber of com merce. All sessions will be held in the Vert Auditorium. The first order of business begins at 9 a.m., Septem ber 4. Throughout the day and evening you will . be thrilled with the program arranged, says Davis. "Remember, there is going to be synthetic rubber and wheat pro duces an excellent grade. We have a huge surplus of wheat, inadequate storage and another bumper crop now being harvested," the chamber secretary declares. Nationally known men who are close to the problems will be on the program. It is now almost cer tain an "inside" story of the Gillette 1 committee will be presented. Fulton Lewis, Jr., will either attend or send a personal transcript for presenta tion. Davis emphasizes that this is a "people's" meeting, promising to be one of . the largest, and best of . its ; kind through the tri-state attend ance, and urges everyone to be there who possibly can. Hotel reserva tions and further information may be arranged through the Pendleton chamber of commerce. TEACHERS ASKED TO ENLIST The teacher shortage in both el ementary and high school levels ap pears to be growing increasingly severe and schools over the state are faced with a serious problem, says Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county school superintendent. "In order to meet the situation it seems necessary to discover the potential teaching power that ex ists in almost every community in tire persons qualified, Oregon cer , tificated teachers who have retired from active duty," said the sup erintendent. The superintendent has mailed questionnaires to a number of ex teachers but since no official list is' available there may be others who wish to receive these questionnaires. They may be had by calling at Mrs. Rodger's office. Not all persons who have taught in Oregon would be eligible to teach now. Any person who holds or has held a one-year or a five-year cer tificate to teach in Oregon based on graduation from a standard normal school, teachers' college, college or university is eligible for re-certification by making application to the state department of education and paying the required fee. The date of the issuance of the original cer tificate has no bearing on the mat ter. Any teacher holding a life cer tificate to teach in Oregon is eligi ble to teach at this time. Some of those who hold special certificates or certificates based on examination are also eligible to teach, but this must be determined by the state ' department of education. Similar action must be taken in the case of those persons whose credentials come from out of this state. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ellis and fam ily of Willows were in Heppner one day last week shopping and visiting with Mr. and Mrs. William Ellis. Scrap Collection Depots Set Scrap depots for the collection of rubber and all vital metals except iron and steel will soon be set up in each town in Morrow county as the result of a meeting in the coun ty agent's office last night, at which the petroleum, automobile, and tire interests of the county were repre sented. The industries have pledged their fullest support to the scrap program and Gene Ferguson was elected chairman and Ed Dick, Jr. of Hepp ner, Lee Sparks, Lexington; E. R. Lundell, lone; Tom Caldwell, Irri gon, and Crystal Barlow, Boardman, were appointed as a working com mittee to represent the oil, car, and tire people and work with the coun ty salvage committee throughout the national scrap harvest. The com mittee members will be responsible for the erecting of the salvage de pots. C. D." Conrad, county salvage chair-man, states that a county -wide NOTICE TO PUBLIC Beginning September 1, man agement of the Heppner Gazette Times reverts to the owners, Mrs. Cora D. Crawford and Mrs. Lera G. Crawford. Publication is be ing continued by Crawford Pub lishing Co. Jasper V. Crawford. War Bond Sales Nearing Month Quota War bonds sales in the county for August this morning had totalled $25,000, with prospects good for making the month's quota of $27, 800, reported P. W. Mahoney, coun ty sales chairman. The county's quota was boosted $1800 Wednesday by the purchase of bonds in that amount by the Morrow Grazing association. The money for the purchase of the bonds came from surplus grazing fees paid in by licensees on Oregon Grazing District No. 7 in the north end of Morrow county, since the organiza tion of the grazing association in 1937. Directors of the association voted at their last meeting to use the sur plus fees for the purchase of war bonds. After the war, the money will be pro rated back to all who have paid fees into the association, states C. D. Conrad, secretary for the as sociation. Infantile Paralysis Group to Organize There will be a meeting of the National Foundation Infantile Par alysis county chapter at the Hepp ner hotel Wednesday evening, Sep tember 2. At this time there will also be election of officers. Everyone interested in this work is urged to attend the meeting, an nounces Josephine Mahoney, secre tary. Music Study Club Slates Season Opener The first meeting of the Heppner Music Study club will be held at the Peterson home the evening of Sep tember first with Lucy Peterson and Lucy E. Rodgers as hostesses. Lilian C. Turner is to be the lead er with Central American and Mex ican music as her program. The study for this year will be Music of the Americas. Lucy E. Rodgers is the new president. HEPPNER BAKERY MOVES Heppner bakery, operated by Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Sanders, completed moving the plant the first of the week into the newly renovated quar ters in the former Patterson & Son drug store building on Main street. The new quarters are modern and attractive and reflect the progres sive spirit of Heppner's modern lit tle bakery. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 27, 1942 In County scr ap rally "day and" scrap iron har vest will be held as soon as harvest nears completion but salvage depots for rubber, copper, aluminum, bronze, brass, zinc and other small er metals are necessary at the pre sent time. The depots will be lo cated so that scrap materials may be put in them any time day or night. All scrap materials at the depots are to be donated and all funds de rived from the sale of such mater ials will be turned over to the Mor row County Civilian Defense coun cil to help defray expenses of the council. Everyone is urged to search his home and place of business for all pieces of scrap and turn it in. Scrap iron should be held, however, until a later date when everyone will be given an opportunity of making a 100 percent scrap iron clean-up. Usable items, which if donated would have to be replaced, should not be turned in. 13 SELECTEES GO TO SERVICE A contingent of thirteen Mor row county selectees left Heppner yesterday tvening to report for induction. Two other selected men were transferred to other local boards. Those leaving Heppner were: , Conrad B. Hanson, Charlie Jo seph Marshall, Grattan Luther Hoffman, Ivan Nile Tunison, Wil liam Byron Crum, Charles Delbert Botts, . Charles Anderson Thomas, Jr., James Frederick Bailey, Law rence Elby Matteson, Cecil Curtis Goodwin, Robert Earl Brace, Hiram Elbridge Vinson, Ray M. Schenck. Ray M. Schenck, youngest member of the contingent who registered in June, was appointed leader, and Lawrence Matteson and Charlie Marshall, assistant leaders of this group. The men transferred for induc tion to other local boards were Ash ton Foerst and Alex Stanley Zuba. Hazel Duncan Weds Joe Anderson in Rites Miss Hazel ' Duncan, for several months home demonstration agent with the local FSA office, was uni ted in marriage to Joe Anderson of Condon at rites in the Presbyterian church at Ontario last Sunday af ternoon at 2 o'clock. Miss Florence Bergstrom of this city attended as a bridesmaid. Mrs. Anderson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Duncan of On tario. She was given in marriage by her father. The double ring cere mony was used. Other bridesmaids were her sister Elaine, Miss Beulah Budke of Corvallis, maid of honor, and Mrs. James Hutchinson of Port land. Jeff Anderson, twin brother of the bridegroom, was best man. The newlyweds will be at home in Condon. PURCHASES CAFE George . Cook, former Heppner boy, who has been cooking in The Dalles for a good many years, an nounces that he has purchased Jeff's Cafe of that city and extends an in vitation for ofd-time friends to call on him. DANCE POSTPONED A dance advertised for next Sat urday night at Willows grange hall, lone, has been postponed in defer ence to the Altar Society dance to be held at the county pavilion in Heppner on the same date. Mr. and Mxs. Norton King arriv ed Sunday from Portland for a two weeks' visit with relatives and friends. They brought Mrs. King's mother, Mrs. Hilma Anderson, home. Mrs. Anderson has been making good recovery from a recent major operation. September 8 Set : Official Opening Date For Schools lone, Lexington De lay a Week; Teacher Shortage Noted The usual date for the opening of schools this year would fall on Aug ust 31. birt due to the shortage of labor and the lateness of the har vest season September 8 has been designated as the official date for beginning of the school activities, announces Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county school superintendent. Some districts, including Lexington and lone, are postponing their openings even a week later and will open on September 14. The later the open ing date the later the closing date in the spring will be, said Mrs. Rod gers. "It must be remembered that Labor day is not a school holiday and school districts are privileged to do as they choose about opening school on that day which falls on September 7 this year. "No doubt there will be some high school students who will be unable to enroll by September 7 or 8 be cause they are still helping with the harvest. These students can make arrangements with the principal of the school which they expect to at tend for special work to make up that lost by a late enrollment. "The school year is none too long for covering the amount of work outlined by the courses of study and school days come but once in a lifetime. Every effort must; be made to keep the educational program as nearly as possible on a normal bas is," Mrs. Rodgers said. Mrs. Rodgers noted a serious tea cher shortage condition in various districts. She listt-d opening dates and teacher situation, in various dis tricts as follows: Heppner: September 7, registra tion day. Mr. George, A. Corwin, superintendent. This school has a complete ptaff of teachers. Lexington: September 14. Mr. T. R, Burton, principal. Lexington al so has a complete staff of teachers. lone: September 14. Mr. Eugone In.skeep, principal. One high school teacher is needed. Boardman: Expects to open Sep tember 14, but as yet only two tea-. chers out of a staff of eight have been contracted with. The board of directors is in Portland this week seeking" to line up a principal and the remaining necessary teachers. Irrigon: September 8. Mr. Ladd" Sherman, principal. One high school teacher is still needed. Hardman: September 8. Mr. Carol Robe is to be principal, of the union high school this year and Mrs. Robe will be the assisting teacher. Mrs. Robe will be remembered as Elaine Nelson who is a graduate of the lone high school, the University of Oregon and who has taught at Uma pine for several years. Mrs, Neal Knighten will teach in the elemen tary school and one other teacher whose contract and certificate have not as yet been registered will com plete the staff for these schools. Pine City: September 8. Mrs. Helen Currin has been engaged to teach this school but the enrollment appears to be so much greater than it has been for several years that the board of directors is endeavor ing to secure a second teacher. If they succeed, Mrs. Currin will teach the four lower grades. Twin Pine: August 31. Mass Mar guerite Glavey, teacher. Eight Mile: September 7. Mrs. Anna Heiny, teacher. Matteson: September 7. Mrs. Margaret O. Cason, teacher. Liberty and the Hirl schools as yet have no teachers. Harvest Ball at Open Air pavilion, Saturday, August 29. Music by Mer rill's orchestra. Sponsored by Ladies Altar Society. o Jl l- Ul o