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4 Heppner Gazette Times, October 7, 1943 Heppner Gazette Times THE HEPPNER GAZETTE Established March 30, 1883 THE HEPPNER TIMES Established November 18, 1897 CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912 Published Every Thursday by CRAWFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY and entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as second-class matter. O. G. CRAWFORD, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $2.50 Two Years 4.50 Three Year? 6.00 Six Months 1-25 Three Months t5 Single Copies 05 Far From Beaten It is not difficult to believe that Hitler is losing the conflict, but to contend that he is beaten is surely stretching a point. The Nazi war machine has shown some of its reserve strength during the past week, and while the Allies have met this re sistance with only a slight check in their forward stride, it is to be seen that the enemy' is still capable of putting up a strong delaying action. This not only is costly to the Allies but gives the Nazis much-needed time to strengthen the inner defenses of the fortress of Europe. fno nF the nhacpc nf the Italian ramnaitrn in TSlkS VI 111 U J IlltOO V 1 HIV VMIllMlgll which we at home are most deeply interested is the war ot hate being waged by tne retreating Nazis. It is doubtful if a single important Italian town through which they pass will be spared all the destruction they can wreak before being push ed out by' the determined Allied armies. Every home rendered desolate means more demand for relief funds from America. Thrs campaign of wanton destruction will continue as long as Ger man armies are on foreign soil. It is their purpose to leave nothing for the populace to survive on and with winter close at hand, it is readily seen that relief will have to be provided at an early date. In the present effort to raise the quota set up by Oregon War Chest, Inc., we must ever be mind ful that the war is far from won. On the contrary, much of the hardest fighting lies ahead. The supreme command knows this and has told the people to steel themselves for what is coming for it is anything but a pretty picture. Through our high command we are pledged to release the con quered peoples from their bondage and to supply them with the necessities of life until they are able to take care of themselves. It is not a task to be accomplished in a week, a month or a year. It will require several years at the least and we will have to accustom ourselves to the idea of giving liberally and often. In the first week of the relief fund drive in Morrow county returns have been small, consider ing that more than $4,000 have to be raised. This is less than one dollar per capita and something that many should contribute to rather than leave the bulk of the subscriptions up to a comparative ly few generous donors. If you have a relative and who has not in the great conflict, don't for get that he is offering his life to free the conquered peoples and restore to them the right to live under the type of government they choose. He has no choice but to obey his commander's orders. He cannot concern himself about a new fall outfit, an unnecessary trip, a good time or the numerous other things we at home indulge in. He has to fight, to kill or be killed. And if he fails our money won't be worth much to us. Let us look the situation squarely in the face and resolve to set aside a few dollars for this worthy cause before we start spending too much f on ourselves. There is plenty to go around if we budget carefully and if every one does his or her share the burden will not be heavy on any one of us. o Actual Figures Minimize Losses Railroad wrecks involving serious loss of life seldom occur and when they do the public as a whole is deeply shocked. There is no apparent reason for being shocked, unless it is due to the fact that our railroad system has a record un equalled by any other transportation method in the matter of safety and when a disastrous wreck occurs it gets far greater publicity. This was demonstrated recently when several serious ,train wrecks occurred in the east. Figures show that the chances of the average passenger being killed in a train wreck are on a ratio of but one chance in four million. This means the average passenger can look forward to traveling in safety 370,000,000 miles a journey which would require constant travel for about 1200 years. And this ratio is made on a basis in cluding the higher passenger casualty list this year, which will exceed that of any year in the past 20 years. Fatalities for 1943 per 100,000,000 passenger-miles are very little more than they were in 1940, 1926 and 1925, and less than they were in 1922 and some of the earlier years. If you have been losing sleep over the loss of life in railroad accidents, compare the record in three years since 1940 with one year of automobile accidents. Since 1940, seven bad railroad crashes cost the lives of 175 persons, whereas in the single year of 1941 automobile accidents killed 40,000 persons inthe United States. Also bear in mind that this record of safety has been maintained throughout a period of unprece dented rail travel in conjunction with a tremendous movement of freight. It is a record to commend the railroads for public consideration when travel under normal conditions may be resumed. O Let's Get Rid of Them! There is hope that the earwig pest may be elim inated to a large extent, if all property owners will cooperate in a general fall clean-up. No less an authority than County Agent Cliff Conrad has stated that the pesky little crawlers will multiply so long as there is plenty of cover for them and when that cover is removed and their egg beds are exposed to cold weather they will perish. Egg beds deposited under rocks will have to be treated with poison, it is pointed out. A drive to rid the community of earwigs and other garden pests will serve a double purpose that of getting rid of the bugs and" improving the general sanitary condition of the town. In addi tion it will enhance the appearance of property that now is overburdened with weeds and debris. A general cleanup is desirable and should be participated in by every loyal citizen, whether he be a property owner or not. O None of the 32 other states that use an income tax has an arrangement anything like Oregon's "Walker Plan," adopted by the 1943 legislature, that adjusts amount to be paid by a taxpayer to the amount of revenue required to be raised by that tax for state purposes. Wisconsin, where income tax surtax rates were abolished this year, is par ticularly interested in Oregon's new leveling-off device. O Hitler must have sensed what was coming. He put his master of retreat strategy in charge of the Nazi forces in southern Italy. If anyone can get the Heinies out of a tight spot it is Rommel. Professional Directory J. O. Peterson Latest Jewelry and GUt OooOa Watches Clocks . Diamonds Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing Heppner. Oregon T Blaine E. Isom All Kinds of INSURANCE Phone 723 Heppner, Ore. A. D. McMurdo, M.D. Trained Norse Assistant PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Ofllce tn Masonic Building HEPPNER, ORE. 0. M. YEAGER CONTRACTOR & BUILDER All kinds of carpenter work Country work especially Phone 1483 Dr. W. H. Rockwell Naturopathic Physician & Surgeor 227 North Main St. Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Exam free Ph. 522 Heppner, Or. NEW AUTO POLICY Bod. Inj. Pr. Dam. Class A 6.25 5.05 Class B 6.00 5.25 Class C 7.75 5.25 F. W. TURNER & CO. J. O. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 17? Hotel Heppner Building Heppner, Oregon CLEANING Wednesday-Thursday-Friday SERVICE HEPPNER CLEANERS Morrow County Abstract & Title Co. INC. A.BSTBACTS OF TITLE TITLE INSTTBANCE Office in, New Peters Building Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. Dr. L. D. Tibbies OSTEOPATHIC PhyBlcian & Snrgaon FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. Rec. Phone 1182 Office Phone 192 HEPPNER. OREGON Heppner City Council Meets First Monday Each Month Citizens having matters for dis cussion, please bring before the Council J. O. TURNER, Mayor r Directors of Funerals M. L. CASE G. E. NIKANDER 802 Phones 282 Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Building, Willow Street Heppnfer, oYegon W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENEBAL INSTBANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance You Can Eat Your Points and Have Them, Too! Just drop in occasionally and have one of our unexcelled Steak Dinners and use the points saved to buy need ed meats and fats for household use. Open Daily 1 1 a. m. to 9 p. m. Elkhorn Restaurant From wliere I sit . . . a$ rffV oe LarsJ PLANNER DIET AID TO HEALTH factors adequately, including, of bread during the day? The vitamin-B-complex plays a course, needed amounts of vitamins Dried beans or peas as often as very important part in preventing cf the B-complex. These foods are once a week? fatigue. Recent studies show that among the good sources of one or individuals suffering from deficien- more of the vitamins of the B-com- cies of the vitamin-B-complex tire Iplex. Why not check your food to easily and show greatly diminished see whether it supplies all the fac ility to work We are all mind- tors whkh &K necessary for health ful of the fact that reaching produc- , ., ... ,. i j j . . and vitality. tinn ovinia nnrn H rr a rrronr tent on the health of the workers. Do , you have at least a pint of since they will be playing a larger And in turn, health depends in milk a day? P" m eals than thay have in , ' , . , generations, they ought to be as large part on proper nutrition. The Do you eat a whole-grain cereal delicious M pbie. as nutritious food suggested in rules- for good with milk for breakfast? as possible, and served in as great nutrition supply all necessary food Do you have some whole-grain variety as possible. How long since you've had liver? Do you eat generous servings of raw vegetables and fruit? With restrictions on practically every food, cereal products now take on a new wartime role. And Every time Lem Martin, hears about another Jap battleship be ing sunk-or another Nazi city being blasted-Lem grits his teeth, and digs into his pocket for more War Bond money. "With our soldiers over there doin' better V better at their scorin'," Lem says grimly, "vvc can do the same at home." It's easy to think that if the war is going well, we can afford to let down just a little instead o' realizing that the bigger our. offensive gets the more our boys are going to need equipment and munitions. From where T slf . hero's the way it is . . . It's up to everyone of us to put not only our spare money into War Bonds, but to figure out new ways of saving so that we'll have still more money to invest in Victory. As Lem says: "We asked for plenty of action-and we're sure getting it. All over the world our men have got them Axis fellas on the run. Let's Back the At tack with War Bonds." No. 71 of a Series Copyright, 1943, Brewing Industry Foundation