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6 Heppner Gazette Times, June 17, 1943 at fjyrHE Under date of June 4. two weeks go. this column called attention to certain, remarks made by Repre setative Voorhis of California con cerning a contract entered into be tween navy department and Stan dard Oil Co-, for development of the Elk Hills naval oil reserve. This column further stated: "Charges reminiscent of the Teapot Dome scandal of the Harding administra tion were made on the floor of the house." Last Monday rumors of con niving and fraud broke out in the open. Several senators will join in a resolution demanding a thorough probe of the whole affair. It is said that Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, and others, will be called up on to explain the whole deal. In the next few days this matter will make headlines and it has all the ear marks of a coming field day for the orators in both houses of congress. BIG chief of chiefs, "Honest Har old Ickes. who besides being secre tary of the interior, is high mogul over all gasoline, fuel oil, coal mines. Bonneville, Grand Coulee and sev eral other things, last week flatly declared that all gasoline for pleas ure driving, anywhere, any time, was absolutely out. Reports just re ceived here state that Richard Montgomery, chief of OPA for Ore gon, tells the home folks they can save up their gasoline for short pleasure trips which OPA is happy to allow. All of which proves that Oregon's OPA Montgomery used to do a swell job delivering book re view programs via radio Ain't we ct fun! A senate resolution adopted a few days ago calling for an investiga tion of supply and disribution of hydro-electric power in the west has some funny angles connected with it. Generators at both Grand Coulee and Bonneville are running to capacity. Some of the smart boys rround these parts say the investi gation will show a big shortage of electric power necessary for war production work in the west. There fore, it is important that additional power be made available at once. All of which could mean a new and dif ferent move to persuade the people of Oregon, Washington and Idaho that they need more water storage dams for the Bonneville and Grand Coulee projects or other hydro electric developments, such as Uma tilla rapids. 4 About once a week the mail brings several pages of mimeo graphed reports from the budget director of New York state and other departments showing the splendid state of affairs of all de partments in the state and proving beyond a doubt that Governor Dew ey is really doing a grand job. Ev ery newspaper man in the national capital gets these weekly releases, and we hear that all newspaper men in the national capital get these weekly releases, and we hear that all newspaper publishers thru but the United States will be put on the list shortly. Now, why should newspaper publishers be interested in New York state, especially those out west, 3,000 miles away. It's easy to figure out why newspaper men here receive these beautifully word ed releases each week. Nothing more or less than a big build-up for Governor Thomas Dewey who, regardless of his previous statements on the subject would ike to be elected president. These reports show Governor Dewey to be a bril liant executive successfully direct ing the expenditure of hundreds of millions annually in handling the affairs of the most populous state jn the union. The Dewey people had a whole year to work on the buijd ir and are not losing any time. When convention time rolls around next June a well organized "draft Dewey" move will be in full swing. The huge New York delegation, laigest in the convention, is being lined up for Dewey, which he is sure to get- At least the New York governor is going to be in a sweet trading position, if nothing else. War food administration's order of last Monday, requiring all livestock slaughter houses to set aside 45 per cent of all steer and heifer beef for the army, will cause a further shortage of such meat for Oregon and Washington civilians. Deliveries of all meat, says the order, must come up to army specifications in the form of boneless and carcass beef. Army and navy have had a hard time lately obtaining enough beef in the northwest for their dai ly needs- Both states have many army camps and naval training sta tions populated by about 250,000 men, coming and going. It is ex pected this number will materially increase during the summer months. The order means civilians probably will not be able to buy any such meat at all from now on. It looks like beefless days are here for John Q. Public who resides in the Pacific northwest states. Army and navy requirements heretofore necessitated the setting aside of 35 percent of the available supply -of the designat ed beef. Karl Millers Observe 25th Anniversary In Fitting Manner st Salem Hsme Something Every Automobile Owner Should Know! The New Oregon Motor Vehicle Safe ty Responsibility Act of 1943 Be comes Effective June 9, 1943. The sum and substance of this law, effective June 9, 1943, is that if an automobie owner or operator is in volved in an accident casing bodily injury or death, or property damage, he must, within 24 hours, make a complete written report of that accident, and if he is not covered by insurance or a bond, the Secretary of State must suspend the operator's license and all registration certificates of the owner unless and until he has fur nished, and thereafter maintains, proof of financial re sponsibility by an insurance policy, a surety company bond or the bond of two individual sureties each owning property in Oregon and each having an equity therein of at least $11,000, or by the deposit of $11,000 in cash or approved securities. (This is a partial summary of the Responsibility Act) Protect Yourself! A copy of the Digest of the New Ore gon Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Law may be had at the office of F. W. TURNER Real Estate and Insurance Phone 152 Heppner, Oregon In 1942 American railroads car ried 638 billion ton-miles of freight, or a third more than in 1941, with one-quarter fewer freight cars than were in existence in 1918. Use G-T want ads to dispose of your surplus stock. (Contributed) The 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs- Karl Glenwood Miller wps celebrated at the horns' of Mr Miller's sister, Mr. and Mrs. Gail H. Jones. 1605 Jefferson street, Sa lem, Sunday, June 6, with a recep tion from 3 to 6 o'clock p. m. Pre ceding the reception, in the presence of relatives and close friends, Mr and Mrs. Miller ("K'arl" and "Ed ith") were reunited in marriage in a beautiful ring ceremony, at which Rev. S. Raynor Smith of the Jason Lee Methodist church of Salem, of ficiated. Rex Hartley sang "Be cause," accompanied by Mrs. George Henderson. A. Edward Miller, a brother, sang "To the End of the World With You," accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Gail H. Jones, who also played the wedding march, ac companied on the violin by her eldest son, Richard Jones. Pouring at the tea hour were Mrs. P. L. Blackerby, Mrs. George A. Schulz (an aunt), Mrs. O. B. Put nam, Mrs. Rex! Hartley. Mrs. George Henderson, Mrs. Hazel Budden and Mrs. William Lunsford. Serving were Mrs. Ruth Hall, Mrs- E. Har vey Miller. Mrs. A. Edward Miller and Mrs. H. Merle Miller. Assisting about the rooms were Miss Lola Shulz, Miss Clara Miller, Mrs. Nellie Phelps and Mrs- Flor ence Haines. Mrs. Edmund Clark arranged a ' varied program, which was given at intervals during the afternoon and which included vocal selections by Max Alford. Leslie Springsr, Rex Hartley, A. Edward Miller and E. Harvey Miller and readings by Mrs- Ruth Hall, Miss Lola Schulz and Edmund Clark, and a piano selection by Master Gary Jones Singing by the group was enjoyed in the late afternoon. All the 10 children of the late E. C. Miller were present Mrs. Er-n-rt Warner coming the greatest dis.tr nee, Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. E. Harvey Miller and children, Col ken, Marion and Jimmie of Hepp ner; Mr. and Mrs H. Merle Miller end children Merlene, Carol, Gene Marjorie Ann and David of Lexing ton ;Mr. and Mrs. A. Edward Miller. John Miller and Mrs. Florence Haines of Portland; Mr. and Mrs J. Edmund Clark of Jefferson, and Mr. and Mrs. Gail H. Jones and Richard and Gary of Salem, and Mr. and Mrs. Karl G- Miller, in whose honor they gathered. Mrs. Nellie Phelps and Mr. and Mrs. William Lunsford (sisters of the "bride)") from Kelso also were present, as was another sister. Mrs. Hazel Budden of Salem- Many friends called during the afternoon to wish the Millers an other 25 years of wedded bliss. Many lovely gifts were received. War Takes 96 Of Each Dollar Out of every $18.75 that is in vested in a War Bond, $18 goes into guns, planes, tanks, ships and other military equipment. The 75 cents goes for ordinary governmental expenditures. Gut of every dollar 96 cents goes toward the war effort and 4 cents goes for Government "business as usual." The same ratio applies to all other securities the Government has offered investors in the Second War Loan campaign for 13 billion dollars. I : Town Folks with Farm ExperieiKeffeXl 1 You're wanted back on the farm , & J Ifv fevw to help win the war. There's an V-sH- jp L ' ' urgent need for farm labor. For ti"x x jr ' Jk health and patriotic reasons plan ' J sJbT' ' V now to spend every day you can , ': ' '&W' 1 spare working on a farm; jlr jjr MMtiMteui" hi inrtin'y i ... County Agent's Office Space For This Message Contributed By BRADEN BELL Tractor and Equipment Company