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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1943)
o r tJ ?j o h o 2 r s o o w . .-I 73 GlttttftB Price of Feed Wheat Advanced February First Government Stocks Going From 92 tc 93 Cents a Bushel Government stocks of wheat available for feed purposes will ad vance from 92 cents to 93 cents per bushel on Feb. 1, according to in formation received by the local AAA office this week. The Com modity Credit Corporation, govern ment agency, has in storage some 855,000 bushels of the golden grain and it is hoped that a good share of this, which is holdover from the 1941 crop, will be moved in the next few months to provide storage space for the 1943 crop. Total storage capacity of the county is 3,718,199 bushels, accord ing to Merle Cummings of the local AAA office. Broken down it gives a total farm bulk storage of 1,337, 199 bushels; 1,181,000 bushels sack storage and 400,000 bushels bin storage held by the Commodity Credit Corporation. With the movement of the 1941 crop, or a considerable portion of it, and additions made to storage facilities the past season, the pros pect for storage of the 1943 crop Predictions as to the volume of the 1943 crop cannot be made at this Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 28, 1943 Volume 59, Number 44 ujp$f i ' ' If j Sift faS5tiil ' Bond Presentation lo Be Made at Dinner Tonight Rod Finney to Make Delivery of Paper For State Director After several postponements, de finite plans have been set for for mal presentation of the $1,000 bond j HIT . 1 " u, uie morrow county salvage fater usual It is a campaign commit ree. ne event laudable movei but the bills seem nas been scneaiued tor b:JU o clock this evening (Thursday) at the Lu cres Place. A dinner for members of the local salvage committee and others interested in receiving the proceeds from the bond will ba the setting for . the presentation which will be made by Rod Finney, as sistant secretary of the state salv age campaign committee. It is understood that the bond will be purchased by Mayor J. O. Turner and the proceeds placed in hind the CTC iff & cl tfc Salem By Rep. Giles French Despite the fact that the presid. ing officers of both the house and the senate have insisted that the members remain in session until Saturday noon of each of the two weeks of the session, it does not seem to have made the session any move, to come in only about so fast. For instance the bills of the many administrative agencies have not been written in most cases. There have been some insurance bills and some from the code com missioner making little change in the wording of the law or deleting obsolete matter. Other than that, nothing. A new governor seems to have difficulty in getting his program iirrlfton infrY Kills: W nrmnrentlv trust with the Morrow County concentrated on gctting his ideas iieaun association, ine luna uius HE'S SPEEDING UP THE MARCH OF DIMES: Office boy Abe Solomon, of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in New York, has bad his work doubled for him these days with the huge demand tor greeting cards for President Roosevelt's birthday, Saturday, January 30. With th present manpower problem, something had to be done and Abe's ingenult finally came to the rescue. Now he uses roller skates to keep up with th increase. "I want to help these people all 1 can," says Abe, "and the quickei created will be held in reserve for use only in cases of direemergency. Although not announced, it is proboble that Finney will bring some word relative to the salvage campaign in 1943. It has been esti- into his speech for the inaugura tion. Then he has to find some one to write it into a bill. It doesn't sound hard, but history indicates that it requires some time. The tax program has just started to take shape this week as the mated that about 50 percent of the houge taxation and revenue oom. scrap iron ana steei avaiiaoie in mi inpatient because of the Morrow county was gathered m lack of bnlg -m its handS) started curing me lau campaign wmcn . oa . nn . mtw without time but based on normal crop the cards go out, the more time people will have to send their contribtt placed this county first among the , Monday the school bill conditions storage facilities now in use and ready for use in the counr ty will be ample, AAA officials believe. tions to the White House." Abe will have to hang up hit skates In a fiv counties of the state and brought days, as he'll be off to Join the army. the local salvage committee the 1 ' 1 coveted $1,000 war bond. Texas Land of Wide Open Spaces Chairman Urges More Speed on March of Dimes Whether he remembers other Contributions have been coming features of the state or not Ed- toward in mund Gonty says he will always n remember that Texas is the land of fantile paralysis fund but more wide open spaces and magnificent speed is urged by Postmaster distances. This is one impression Charles B. Coxr county polio he brought home from a recent trip cnairman he and Mrs. Gonty took to the Lone ' , -.l ... -1 t. u i.u rr It should not be necessary to Star state to visit his brother Tom and family at Fort Worth. Al- remind the people about the ur- though they did not penetrate the gency of this fund,, but with so nation's biggest unit very deeply many calls for money confusion they saw enought to form an idea gnd for reason it OI its S12& Weather "conditions were favor- is necessary to do a little plugging, able during their brief stay, with The time has been extended the exception of two days when a through Feb. 6 and it may be ne BRINGS IN FIRST KNIFE W. P. Hill seems intent upon being first in matters pertaining to carrying on the war. When the call for coat hangers was made, W. P. made the first deposit, a was under discussion, Tuesday it was the income tax, whether it should be reduced, how much, etc. Wed nesday the corporation excise tax, Thursday the reserve plan advo cated by Governor Snell which will run ahead of the school bill. Shall . ,. , , TI the reserve fund be made merely A fire alarm awoke Heppner - ... irMuciiia cuiu va.ii.x7u. txic vuiiuivccrji Fire Department Routed Out Early fire department out at an dozen hangers, in the Gazette Times hour Tuesday, 3 a. m. to be exact, box. Last week, a word was said but fortunately damage was corn about hunting knives for the boys paratively slight. li. o 1 ti f j - An overheated flue in the upper in the South Pacific and in comes . floor of the O. M. Yeager resi- Mr. Hill with a fo-mldable weapon d(jnce was doing a good j(b to which we wouldn't care to have wards starting a lively conflagra- a Jap or any other enemy use on us. tion but was soon extinguished. , or for post-war needs as the fov- tee will talk about the pay-as-you-go plan and by Saturday will be at least partially prepared to be gin making up its mind on the mass of information gathered dur ing the weeks' conference. People willing to donate the type of knives asked for by the ermy may have them at Aiken's or if more convenient, leave them at the Gazette Times office. In either event they will be sent to A partition was partially burned ferent fa eastern and rafters and other nearby wood work received a severe scorching. typical Texas "norther" visited Fort cessary to effect a broader organ- b wh() are waiting to use Oregon country. Here it is sort of a pest that no one expects, or wel comes. There are no snow plows to take it oif the streets and roads and, apparently no snow shovels to take it oif the side walks for Gas rationing is exerting an in- pedestrians are walking in the County Represented At Baker Meeting Worth, and since returning home ization to reach the goal set for - " "J "' ; 'he, reptiles S Y T r3 uwamng, ln, !Z Lm .A f,nm Tnm to thp Mnrrow countv. In the meantime, them on the JPs nd other reptiles fluence over conventions if at. streets between the capitol and the thev have heard from Tom to the Morrow county. In the meantime, effect that the mercury has .risen contributions will be received at to the point where it is necessary the postoffice and I know if the for him to put the cowl ventilator people will just keep this impor on his car into use. Tom is em,- tant matter in mind the fund will ployed in an airplane factory in be raised." Fort Worth. He has been there infetting the South Pacific. about a year. The trip to Texas requires three days and three nights, Edmund Gonty states. Greatest loss of time -was getting started from Arlington, Ernest Clark Loses Life in Air Crash tendance at the Oregon Woolgrow- town because the trail is broader ers association convention from and better packed there. It rained Morrow county is to be taken as the first of the week and it is an indication of the general trend, likely that the storm is pretty well Approximately two passenger auto- over except for a few days of wad mobile loads went to Baker last mg in slush, that would be a bene- Th? fact that the power driving week from this county, whereas in licence to the grain fields but a saw upon which he was work- peace time there doubtless would ifaX1t here Continued on Page Six Millwright Escapes Possible Death ing had been shut off anfl the Fnw be several times that number, was slowing down possibly saved , Braving the weather and travel Lt. Ernest Clark, son of Mrs. the life of Henry Plumindor. m-11- hazards incident to the war to at- , . T it. i i t v -m t tj T51,,f r'dif W!' fit ax me neppner J-iumuer ienu ine annual tunvtuuuii were the train being several hours late, Julia Glasner of Red Bluit, Calii. ri,- j rx,A rvo, rn,mMn. 7 . :..j T7 u u: ivr,, mimr company plant. Plumindor wns Harold Conn, Steven Thompson, DUI ai Uiai uiey m.ivcu ... was uic viv-uu J o !- r.Ur, co,.,c T,, Frnnt- Wiltincn Mr nnH Mrs rpiane crasn winuii vicmucu - , , - , . t i t rm. Worth onlv two and one-half hours of an air late Returning they arrived at Pen- the lives of five airmen and seri- dleton six hours behind schedule, cusly injured two others. The accr morning and decided to open an Ralph Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. L. oil line while the rig was slowing D. Neill and Mrs. Alex Green. State Nutritionist Meets Local Group Mrs. Laura Wells, nutritionist for the state ooard of health was in Heppner Thursday and met with aieum six nours 1 T TZ t down. It probably was something Returning as far as Pendleton, "eppner rnurstiay ana met wun but caught a ride from there to dent occurred at Belhart, . Tex Mfg R L Tlwm wgs met by the county nutrition committee. HePPner- sef f ne f armyS g his foot slipped as he reached to- Mrs. Harold Cohn and they went to The object of her visit was to stress schools. THERE WAS MUCH SMOKE First word Lt, Clark's death BUT NOT MUCH FIRE was received by Heppner relatives Where there is so much smoke Tuesday when Mrs. Glasner tele there usually is some fire but this graphed them to make arrange theory was put somewhat at var- ments for memorial services here, iance Monday morning when Edith Only meager details could be giv- ward the shaft and he was plunged Salt Lake City to attend the na- the need for organization of the against the still fast-moving saw. tional Woolgrowers association con- community ior nutritional pur- suffered on These were dressed at a cian's office and he was placed in larv' inch rashes on the uiDer arm. dent ana Mrs. uonn secretary or - ... phvsi- the National Woolgrowers Auxil- tory gardens and programs to ex- lUJH UK 11 lllCCtb OiUtlUlg CUIU food distribution. innoo Mrnriflv mominff wnen nxaitn umy uicasci uwmo vum bi- , , , , ct nA F.thAl TTrarP ratv en in the dispatch ' relalti!ve to nosPliai ror d iew.f ATTEND FUNERAL Morrow county nutrition corn- specialists at Myrtle's beauty salon manner and time of death. The MRS GUY HUSTON Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aiken drove mittee is composed of the follow- lighted the oil stove preparatory body will be brought here for in- PASSES THIS MORNING to Long Creek Sunday to attend ing, C. Conrad, chairman; Mrs. to going to work. In a short time torment, date and arrangements to Mrs. Guy Huston of Eight Mile the funeral of Tom Williams. Mr. Clara B. Gertson, secretary; Mrs. there was an explosion which put be announced later. passed away at 7 o'clock this morn- Williams was a well known horse- Lucy Rodgers, school lunches; Miss out the fire but raised a terrible Ernest was born Feb. 17, 1918 and ing after a long illness with an man and stockman of the John Day Evelyn Youngberg, nutrition cours- smoke. spent practically his entire life incurable disease. Up to time of region and was a familiar figure es and demonstrations; Mrs. B. C. As soon as they recovered from here. He graduated from Heppner going to press, funeral arrange- at the several rodeos and roundups Pinckney, education program; pub. the shock the operators went to high school in May 1935 and had ments had not been announced, staged in this part of the state, licity, Mrs. 0. G. Crawford. Rural work cleaning up and soon had the been in the service two years, re- An obituary will be found in He was well known in Heppner educational program and victory shop in readiness for the day's cently attaining the rank of lieu- the Gazette Times in next week's where he manifested a deep inter- garden chairmen have not yet been run. tenant in the glider corps. issue. est in the annual wild west show, chosen. CO o o m
