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6 Heppner Gazette Times, Nov. 5, 1942 Washington, D. C , Nov. 4, At the request of the Klamath coun ty potato growers association Sen ator Charles L. McNary has taken up with the automotive supply di vsion of the office of price admin istration the plight of the potato and grain growers of the Klamath section. In this section of Oregon more than a million bushels of potatoes remained in the field, it was stated, and a large quantity of grain due to the fact that the normal num ber of trucks were not available for hauling owing to tire shortage. Unless there was early relief the association predicted that a large amount of valuable food stuffs would be lost. Not all the heroes in our armed forces are those in contact with the enemy. A resident of the west coast recently returned by air from a business trip to Brazil. En route home his plane made a brief stop at a jungle airport. Here, in complete isolation from the rest his race, reposed a lone sergeant, a Pennsylvania farm boy a few years ago, who said he had been on duty at this isolated post for more than 18 months His only contact with white men had been when an occasional plane landed. The airport was literally carved out of the jungle. Youngsters, and oldsters too, who may be inclined to grumble when their rationed gasoline will not stretch far enough for the customary week-end plea sure trip may ponder the fate of the Pennsylvania boy. New York is unhappy. Mayor La Guardia, the vociferous spokesman for the metropolis, is unhappy, and the New York senators are not far behind the mayor. This all comes from the fact that New York is rated as having something like 400,000 unemployed. Naturally, a high perentage of these are train ed in textile lines, which has been New York's industrial hobby. But many others are trained in me chanical lines and still others class ify as common labor. The blow which is causing most expression of dissatisfaction is the effort to draw these unemployed away from New York instead of ordering factories established in New York. When Henry J. Kaiser entered the city with an appeal for 20,000 workers for his Pacific coast ship yards, consternation spread and intense effort was made to prevent it. If the administration applied to New York the strategic rule which seems to have been made for the Columbia river basin not one war industry would be permitted there. The difficulty in securing cheap ground in the populous center is, of course, known to all. With New York's influence upon the adminisL tration which has been demon strated through years of WPA and PWA operations, it is a surprise to most observers that everything New York asked has not already been granted. Apparently condi tions have changed. One civil service employe of the government sat down the other day to figure out how the recently passed tax legislation would affect him. He was not happy over the picture. First, his pay check gets a five percent reduction for the re tirement fund. Then he has pledged 10 percent of his salary for war bonds. This leaves him but 85 per cent of his original paycheck. An other 10 percent of his salary goes for life insurance. Now his check is down to 75 cents on the dollar. He is obligated to send 10 percent of his salary to a partially depen dent relative; he has 60 cents of his dollar left. Out of this 60 per cent f his income he must pay his income tax, which will be about $30 a month, or another 14 percent of his pay. In other words, after he has met his fixed obligations he will have 46 percent of his paycheck left out of which he must pay rent, feed his family, clothe them and pay the doctor and dentist. Multiply this government worker by several thousand and it is not hard to fore cast that luxury goods will soon be a drug on the market in the na tional capital Recent action of the war de partment in authorizing construc tion of an "air forces installation,", which means an air base, near Madras met with whole-hearted Good Printing Is a mark of distinction That's why so many business houses prefer printing that comes from the Gazette Times Printery approval of the people of the northwest. Present plans call for the expenditure of some $2,000,000 under supervision of Portland dis- trict army engineers. This should provide a much needed and well protected operating base, suffici ently removed from the coast and yet near enough for coastal protec. tion. No information is as yet avail able as to the probable time when construction will begin. IQNE NEWS By MRS. BL.MBR GRIFFITH Pete Cannon was taken to Hep pner Saturday afternoon, suffering from pneumonia. He had played in the football game in Pilot Rock Friday afternoon. He is the son of Mrs. Ada Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Krutcher and children, Phyllis and Lee, of Brightwood spent the week-end at the home of Mrs. Krutcher's pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Lind strom of Morgan. Mrs. Fred Pettyjohn and sons, Claude, Clyde and Jimmie left Sunday on a trip to California. They plan to visit Mrs. Pettyjohn's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd Jr. Mr. Hynd is employed in defense work. The social meeting of the Wo met's Topic club will he held at the home of Mrs. Omar Reitmann next Friday evening, Nov. 6. Mrs. Howard Eubanks and Mrs. Lloyd Morgan were honored Satur day afternoon with a shower at the Grange hall. A large number of ladies were present, and many not present sent gifts Hostesses were Merdaimes Delbert Emert, Wallace Matthews, Louis Halverson, Paul Pettyjohn, A. E. Stefani, John Eu banks and Miss Eva Swanson. banks and Miss Eva Swanson. Mrs. Charles Chapman returned Sunday from Couer D"Alene, Ida., where she went to get more of her household goods. Harry E. Yarnell returned Sun day from the mountains with a buck, an elk and a cow elk. Bert Mason, who was with him, remain ed for a longer hunt. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Swanson and little son left Sunday for their home in Portland after a ten day visit with Mr. Swanson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Swanson. Rev. and Mrs. J. Fred Sttilwell, Mrs. ella Corson, Mrs. Frank 'En gelman. Mrs. Laxton McMurray and Mrs. Ida Grabil attended ser vices at the Christian church in Heppner Sunday evening and en joyed hearing Rev. W. W. White. Mrs. Victor Reitmann enter tained friends Saturday afternoon with a bridge luncheon. Prizes were won by Mrs. Charles O'Conner and Mrs. Agnes Wilcox. Others present were Mesdames Delia Nance, Gene Inskeep, Harriet Hunt, Roy Brown, Hugh Smith, Louis Bergevin, Clyde Denney, M. E. Cotter, Werner Reitmann, C. F. Feldman Clel Rae, Miss Dorothy Gurney and Miss Georgia Currer. banks, Alaska; Beulah Davin of Sacramento, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Paul O'Meara of lone, and one brother, Francis Reith. Funeral services will be held in the Catholic church in lone, Friday morning. Interment will be in the lone cemetery with Phelps Funeral home in . f&IS THERE GOWm UN YOURgf N CELLAR? SEWING MACHINES Automatic Lift Drop Front Style When lid is raised a section of table to left drops down so that lid sits in flush with tatble top. When lid Is raised the head automatically raises to sewing position and lid in front is drawn back out of way. Long Shuttle Treadle Model $56.95 Twenty Years Guarantee Gamble Store Dealer CONLEY LANHAM, Owner MRS. NEWLON PASSES Mrs. Clara Mary Newlon of lone ded in Heppner Tuesday even ing after an illness of several weeks duration. Mrs. Newlon was a native Oregonian, having been born in Pendleton, July 7, 1876. For the past ten years she had made her home in Morrow county. 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