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2 Heppner Gazette Tices, Nov. 5, 1942
Hordmon News . . .
By ELsa M Leathers
A wedding of interest this week
was that of Venn McDaniel, dau
ghter of Mrs. L. H. Robinson, to
Kenneth Batty of Kimberly. The
Battys are well known in Morrow
county, Kenneth having gone to
high school here. Vern is also . a
high school graduate. They were
married Thursday at Wedser, Ida.,
with Vera Mc Daniel, sister of the
bride and CopL Buddy Batty, a
brother of the groom attending
them. They will make their home
in Grant county where Mr. Batty
is engaged in farming and stock
raising.
Elk season opened here the 28th
wth snow on the high peaks. The
second day also saw snow as far
south as Hardman.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Devin and
son and Mrs. Maida Britt stopped
briefly in Hardman from Heppner
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hams received
word this week, that their son, Ves
ter, who is stationed in Colorado,
was promoted to first class pri
vate. This means a $5.00 increase
in wages and a step up toward ser
geant.
; Mr. and Mrs. Charley Haines of
HUlsboro are spending the week
here hunting and visiting the Vc
tor Lovegrens, Al Lovegrens and
Owen Leathers.
Forest Adams was rejected from
' army duty when he went to Spo
kane for final examination last
week. He returned to his work in
Heppner Wednesday..
Ernest French spent part of this
week visiting his father, W. H.
French and hunting. Their party
got a nice buck. Mrs. Elmer Nel
son also visited her father and
brought Mrs. Gene . Toothman
home.
Ser. Creston Robinson from Pen
dleton field visited his parents, Mr.
and Msr. Roy Robinson on a three
day leave. He is chief clerk of his
squadron at Pendleton. While home
he got in some hunting. He also
visited his sister Rita in Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Garrett
and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Vick from
Stanfield visited and hunted last
week several days with Mrs. Ella
Bleakman at Reid's mill. Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Redding and Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond McDonald also vis
ited there.
Due to engine trouble the Hal
lowe'en party was postponed, until
Monday night. A masquerade and
hot lunch was enjoyed by all.
Fan Miller is spending a vaca
tion in town from the Archie Ball
ranch. He plans to elk hunt be
fore retumng to work.
Mr. and Mrs, Sam McDaniel, Jr.
spent several days in town from
Reeds mill.
Mike Salings who has been visit
ing with the Carey Hastings and
elk hunting has been the only per
son successful in bagging an elk.
PINE CITY NEWS
By BERNICE WATTENBURGER
A. E. Wattenburger and son Burl
went to Portland Saturday to bring
home Mrs. Wattenburger who has
been in the hospital there for the
past two weeks. She is much im
proved in health.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wiggles
worth and family of Echo.and Matt
Batterick of Echo spent Sunday at
the E. B. Wattenburger home. The
day was spent in hunting birds.
Pine City club met Tuesday n
stead of Thursday. Next meeting
will be Nov. 19.
Mr. and Mrs. John Healy and
ton Billy and Mrs. Anna Q. Thom
son spent Saturday in Heppner on
business.
Henry Vogler is home from
Pasco where he was ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Finch and
daughter Patty spent Saturday in
Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bartholomew
spent Thursday transacting busi
ness in Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Finch and
daughter Patty and Mr. and Mrs.
George Currin and sons attended a
Hallowe'en party at the Jerry
Brosnan home at Lena.
The wheat farmers are getting
ready to do their fall seeding after
the good rains of the past few days.
Garnet Abarcrombie is at Corn
wall, Wash, seeding for Strothers.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Strothers
are spending a week in Spokane.
Have You Heard?
A column devoted to the analysis, the source, the motive, the
effect and the answers to the many rumors now being passed,
innocent and otherwise, by word of mouth to the detriment of
our war effort
Hitler recognizes the tremendous
importance of creating distrust and
confusion in the minds of the peo
ples of his enemies. Toward that
end he is carrying out a program
of propaganda and blackmail which
he expects to create dissatisfaction
with our prosecution of the war
and distrust with our allies and
their efforts. -
Hitler's war strategy should be
well known by now but many
Americans still give aid and com
fort to the enemy by spreading
such stories as the following:
RUMOR: "An old sea captain
returned from a cruise in the Med
iterranean on a ship made by Ore
gon Shipbuilding Corp. V'n said
that the welding job was terrible,
Ihet the ship was leaking all the
wsy over and that the boat was
merely put together in that way
because thpy figured ttyy wr.
going to lose so many anyway that
it didn't make any difference."
FACT: This is one of many of
the same ilk that have been ro
ported Eeryone knows the haz
ards of submarines and bombers
that our seamen face who are op
erating merchant ships. If our ene
mies can add to that by convincing
the people that there's a hazard in
the very ship itself, they -may deter
men from signing on. Some actual
records of Liberty ship perform
ances is reflected in the S. S. Philip
Schuyler, the S. S. Fisher Ames,
the S. S, George Clymer. Each of
these completed a voyage of from
17,000 to 25,000 miles with nothing
more than minor repairs. Quoting
from Alex Ingram, chief engineer
of the Joseph N. Teal, Oregon's
famous 10-day vessel, after her run
from the Columbia river to San
Francisco: "The engine worked
perfectly. We have a good ship
and a fine crew. Give my regards
to the boys in the yard for the
good job they have done. The ship
is the talk of the town down here."
Here are many more that have
come to the attention of and been
investigated by the rumor and pro
paganda division of the Oregon
State Defense council
RUMOR: "That damajre and cas
ualties at Dutch Harbc was much
wfrse than reported. That Thit'-h
Harbor was completely obliterated."
FACT: Army says comnlete and
accurate casualty list has been
published. Life magazine published
actual photos and story. Purpose
of rumor to exalt Japan's power
and invincibility and deprecate
our own weakness.
Rumor: "Don't buy United States
war bonds and stamps; you'll never
get your money back. The go vern -m:
n defaulted on the Liberty
bcndi of the last war."
FACT: War bonds are ib-z round
est investment in America, from
standpoints of both finance and
patriotism. . The government . did
not repudiate the Liberty bonds
and has no. intention of repudiating
the new war saving bonds
Soon after the first World war
some people took a loss on Lib
erty bonds, but the losers were on
ly those who sold their bonds on
a flooded market. The war bonds
now bzing sold are non-negotiable
and can. be converted into cash
only by Uixning them in to the gov
ernment which guarantees pay
ment of the sum invested, plus in
terest up to the time they are con
verted. RUMOR: "That Japs were ge't
ting $50 per month plus room and
board."
FACT: The truth of the" above
is as follows: "$16 per month plus
room and board for doctors and
dentists $12 for skilled labor plus
room and boards $8 plus room and
board for common laborers.
RUMOR: "Old toothpaste and
shaving cream tubes can't really
be UF?d for 'anything, ro why
should we turn thtm in? The gov
ernment's ju?t destroying them.
(Elfect): To spread., doubt., about
the shortage of tin and to h'ndcr
the government's efforts to allevi
ate this shortage."
FACT: This rumor is not true,
the salvage division of the office
of civilian defense asserts. The
Japs conquered two of the world's
greatest tm-producing areas, the
Malay States and the Dutch East
Indies. The third is Bolivia. The
collapsible toothpaste and shaving
cream tubes contain a high amount
of tin. Before WPB required con
sumers to turn in their old tubes
between 20 and 25 tons were be.
ing thrown away every day.
No rumor is too small, unbe
lievable or too unimportant. The
Axis will try to take advantage of
all of them.
You can help stop vicious stories
The rumor and propaganda divi
sion of the Oregon State Defense
council urges all loyal Americans
to not repeat tales, of those, who
tell them to you. . Find out , where
they got the information and report
such direct to their headquarters,
101 Oregon building, Portland, Ore,
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