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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 2, 1943
Volume 60, Number 36
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Our Men in Service Farm Truck Status
Not So Good for
944 Report Shows
HOME ON LEAVE
Russell O'DonnU is spending
his 15-day leave at home follow
ing completion of boot camp at
Farragut.
BACK TO TRAINING
Merle Burkenbine left Tuesday
. for Alemeda , Calif. , to resume
training after a leave of about a
month, during which time he as
sisted in the operation ol the Hep
pner market. Reese Burkenbine al
so called home because of their
father's illness, will return to his
post this week-end fcf an exten
sion of his leave is not granted.
From Los Angeles, Capt. Frank
C. Alford writes the Gazette Times
to extend his subscription. "I have
been away from Heppner so long
it seems like I have lost touch with
everyone, so even though at times
the paper may be slow in catching
up with me, I know I would rather
have the news late than not at all."
ON PACIFIC COAST
. Howard Furlong. Ph M 2c has
finished his course at the nr)-al
medical school at Bethesda, Md.,
and is now located fit Mare Island
where he is connected with the U.
S. Navy hospital, so he has in
formed D. A. Wilson.
Boyd Redding, former bank em
poye of Heppner now training at
Ellensburg, Wash., believes in the
value of the program. Boyd starting
his training in August, 1942 has
more than 700 flying hours. "I
think the Aviation Student Train
ing program is one of the best,"
he said, "and it really helps the
fellows out. It gives each student an
idea what a plane is like and is real
encouragement for the future they
have before them. I like my job
here very much and have found
great pleasure in working with the
aviation students. I would like to
get in the Ferry command, but
since I have been placed here I
intend to make the best of the job.
After all, there is plenty to leam
here."
Contact With High
Tension Wire Fatal
To Leo Lieuallen
STILL THE LIST GROWS
Donald K. Peck is another Mor
row county boy showing ability at
xifle practice. At Buckley Field,
Colorado, he made the grade of
sharpshooter with carbine and re
ceived a medal for same.
The scheduled four-fold increase
in civilian truck production in 1944
doesn't forecast an early easing of
the tight farm trucing situation,
according to information received
by the county farm transportation
committee. Farmers will still have
to depend for the most part on ex
isting equipment to keep farm pro
ducts moving to market, and extra
emphasis will have to be placed on
repair and maintenance of trucks
and tires.
The reason is that the greatef
share of scheduled truck produc
tion cannot be made available until
the latter part of 1944. due to lim
ited production facilities. An ex
pansion program is being launched,
but an increase in the output of
trucks cannot be expected until the
second half of 1944.
The WPB production schedule
calls for an output of 123,492 new
trucks. Medium trucks are sched
uled as follows: First quarter, 1944,
6,250; second quarter, 12,062; third
quarter, 20.118; fourth quarer, 20.
120. Light heavy trucks, first quar
ter, 500; second quarter, 1,000;
third and fourth quarters. 6.424
each. Heavies, first and second
quarters, 1500 each; third and
fourth quarters, 2,734 each. No
light trucks, one-half ton, J4 ton
and one ton. are scheduled for ci
vilian production.
Of the total output of 123,492
trucks, agriculture is expected to
get between 25,000 and 35,000,
about 20 percent of anticipated
needs.
A recent OPA survey of the gas
oline supply situation indicates
that all farmers will be allotted
enough fuel to meet essential re
quirements, bvl further sacrifices
are in store for civilians.
The mounting offensive in the
Pacific backs up OPA's plea for the
greatest caution in the use of gaso
line even for essential uses.. Far
mers are asked to hold off -highway
allocations for tractors, combines,
ets., to a strict minimum. Conser
vation now, says OPA, means more
gasoline in the leaner days ahead
when military needs increase.
By MBS. OKAB BXETMANjr
Leo Lieuallen, whose death oc
curred Saturday at the Edward
Tucker ranch, formerly the Corri
gal place, was the son of Roy Lieu
allen, who with Mrs.. Lieuallen op
erates the Victory cafe in lone. Leo
was electrocuted when he attempt
ed to sever or disconnect a high
tension wire on his father-in-law's
place. Funeral services were held
in Walla Walla the first of the
week. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lieuallen
closed the cafe a few days, having
gone to Walla Walla to attend the
funeral.
Since Leo was working alone at
the time of the accident it is not
known just what occurred. Sheriff
John Fuiten and District Attorney
Phil Mahoney visited the scene and
concluded that Lieuallen grasped
a high tension wire with one hand
and probably was holding onto a
guy wire with the other. He had on
gloves and both showed burns on
the palms.
Young Lieuallen had just recent
ly come to the ranch which Mr.
Tucker purchased a few weeks
ago from Mrs. Gladys Corrigal.
Sole of Christmas fcw War Service
To Be Undertaken
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By Local People
Earl Bailey arrived home early
Friday morning from Farragut,
having finished boot camp there.
After a day or two with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. N. D, Bailey, he
went to Portland to spend part of
his leave. Albert Bailey left , this
morning for Pendleton on his way
to Farragut, having been accepted
on a volunteer basis. His parents
took him to Pendleton.
Support Prices for
Hogs Now Effective
The establishment of government
support prices for hogs at all mar
kets became effective Monday,
Nov. 29. The support price for
Portland, which in effect becomes
the floor price, is $14.75 a cwt and
fanners need not sell for less at
that market.
Slaughterers who fail to pay far
mers the support price stand to re
alize a substantial loss, as roll-back
subsidy payments will not be made
to price-cutting slaughterers. Sub
sidy payments of $1.30 a cwt. for
hogs, and they are available to
slaughterers who butcher 2500
pounds of meat or more hogs,
cattle and sheep a month for sale
as meat.
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OUTGOING PASSENGERS
Passengers on Monday's stage
for outside points were Eunice Os
min and Claudine Drake, return
ing to school at Salem after spend
ing Thanksgiving at home, and
Claude Drake who went to Cor
vallis to visit his brother, Bay
Drake Jr.
SIX MEN ACCEPTED FOR
SERVICE PAST WEEK
Everett Leroy Her. first of the
fathers to be inducted through the
Morrow county local board, has
been accepted by the navy. Her was
nc in line but volunteered s that
he could go to service this month.
Other Morrow county men ac
cepted by the navy were Albert
William Partlow, Boardman; Don
ald Gean Miller. Irrigon; Roy
Walter Frederickson, Irrigon. and
Glen Arnold Fell, registrant from
Multnomah county.
Anson Edward Rugg of Wallowa.
son of E. E. Rugg of Heppner, was
accepted by the army.
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DEPUTY COLLECTOR TO
BE HERE DECEMBER 6
Advice has been received from
the office of J. W. Maloney. inter
nal revenue collector, Portland,
that a deputy collector will be in'
Heppner Monday, Dec. 6, to assist
taxpayers in the filing of declara
tions of estimated income and Vic
tory tax for the calendar year 1943,
on Form 1040 ES. Filings must be
made on or before Dec. 15.
Taxpayers unable to avail them
selves of the services of the deputy
collector on the 6th may obtain
the same assistance at the office
of the Collector of Internal Revenue
Customs House, Portland.
FELLOWSHIP MEET SLATED
A district fellowship meeting has
been scheduled for Dec. 8 at the
Assembly of God church, accord
ing to the pastor, Clifford W. Noble.
Three services will be conducted,
10:30 a. jm,, 2:30 p. in. and 7:30
p. m. The pastor has extended an
invitation to everyone to attend.
Rev. and Mrs. H. N. Waddell ar
rived from Nyssa Wednesday of
last week. With them are, their son
Willard and small daughter Char
lotte. Their son Richard will re
main in Nyssa to finish his senior
mar in hi oh school. Rev. L. W.
Flenner of the Congregational
church of Condon spent Sunday
afternoon visiting the Waddells.
The families have been friends for
a number of years prior to moving
from Montana to Oregon a few
years ago, -
Word has been received of the
marriage of Miss Guyla Cason and
Rudolph Misetich in Portland Nov.
16. Mrs. Misetich is the daughter
of Mrs. C. W. Burton of Portland
and granddaughter of Mrs. Lana
Padberg of lone.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ray spent
Thanksgiving with their sons and
families Billy and Claude of Iiye
Wash.
Mrs. Pauline Boyer left Tuesday
spending Thanksgiving with rela
tives in Portland before returning
to her home in Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Omar Rietmann and
family left for Portland Wednes
day to spend Thanksgiving with
Mrs. Rietmann's mother. Mrs. Inez
Freeland. Also visiting Mrs. Free
land were her other daughter, Mrs.
W. W. King and family of Redmond.
Rev. Joseph Stevens and family
moved to his father's ranch above
the Rugg place on Monday. Due to
the shortage of farm help Rev.
Stevens will assist his father with
the work and drive to lone each
Sunday for services here.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bryson have
received word from their son Hus
ton who is stationed in Honoluu.
He wrote of visiting with Joe En
gleman. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Salter spent
Thanksgiving with their daughter
and family, the Richard Sturgills
of Bremerton, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baker and
family drove to Walla Walla to
spend the Thanksgiving vacation
with relatives.
Miss Mary Eamett spent the hol
idays with her family the Ray
Barnetts of lone. She reported her
grandmother, Mrs. Charles Nord of
Portland is slowly recovering from
two major operations. Mary re
turned to Portland Sunday to re
sume her studies.
Mrs. Ella Davidson was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dick Sr. of
Heppner on Thanksgiving day.
Misses Doris Palmateer and Mar
jory Peterson spent the Thanks
giving vacation with their families
They are taking student nurses'
training in La Grande
Mrs. Vera Warfield and son Da
Continued on Face riT
Seals Moving Fast
As a result of the first week of
the Christmas seal campaign came
in it was found that a total of $212
worth of the little stickers which
mean so much to tuberculosis suf
ferers had been sold. This repre
sents one-third of the amount set
as the goal for Morrow county, ac
cording to Mrs. K. A. House,
chairman, who added "we have
great hopes of reaching this goal,
which was carefully set by offi
cials of the Morrow County Health
association as the exact sum needed
to carry on next year's work."
Prizes of a doll and an electric
wood burning set will be given to
the girl or boy in Morrow, county
guessing the number of Christmas
seals sold up to Dec. 24. The age
limit is 10 years or under. Last
year's total was 63,350. Participants
are asked to leave name, address,
age and number of seals at the of
fice of the Pacific Power & Light
company or mail same to Mrs. Ro
ger Thomas, Heppner.
New B and C Cards
Grant Five Gallons
Holders of B and C gasoline ra
tion books are advised that all such
books issued up to and including
Nov. 30 are worth three gallons of
gas per coupon and will continue to
be worth that amount as long as
they can be used.
B and C coupons issued on and
after Dec. 1 are worth five gallons
to the coupon. The C coupons are
red with a figure 2 while the B
coupons are green, the only change
being that they too have a figure
2 on them. A cards are unchanged.
A movement has been launched
by Heppner lodge No. 358, B. P.
O. E. to arrange for blood dona
tions in Morrow county. Exalted
Ruler Clyde Denney and Lee Beck
ner were working on the project
in Heppner today and it is ex
pected that a full outline of the
plan will be released next week.
Interior areas such as this have
not been called upon before due to
the lack of facilities for handling
the plasma, Blood will not hold its
strength more than a few hours and
this made shipments by rail or
truck inadvisable. Recently, the of
ficials in charge of the Portland
blood bank have devised a method
of preserving the blood a little be
yond the natural period and have
fitted up a station wagon to visit
outlying districts. Schedules are be
ing set up in various communities
where on certain dates local physi
cians take blood and deliver it at
once to the station wagon.
People living a . rugged outdoor
life such as is characteristic of east
ern Oregon are deemed the best
blood donors. That is one reason
why the blood bank officials are
desisous of reaching into this ter
ritory. A listing station will be arranged
at some central office, probably the
Gazette Times, where those wishing
to donate blood may enroll. It is
expected the wagon will visit here
every 60 days, since that is as often
as it is' safe to drain the vital fluid.
TRUCK MEETING SCHEDULED
FOR NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT
J. H. Headrick from the truck
and tire division of the Oregon OPA
office will meet the truck opera
tors of the county in the music
room of the high school at 8 p. m.
Thursday, Dec. 9. Tire inspectors,
fleet owners, commercial truck
drivers and owners are urged to
attend. In a sense, this is a "must"
meeting, officials of the local ra
tion office state.
HEALYS HAVE SON
A seven pound 13 ounce baby
bov was born Monday. Nov. 29 to
Mr. and Mrs. James Healy at St
Anthony's hospital in Pendleton. It
was a cesarian birth and both mo
ther and babe are doing nicely,
so the proud father informs this
newspaper. Te young man, born on
his uncle St. Sgt. Willard Martin's
birthday, has been named James
Michael. ' 1
DIGGING POTATOES
Mrs. C. C. Carmichael of Lexing
ton has a crew of potato diggers
at work in a 29-acre field near
Hardman this week. Although the
spuds have been through some win
try weather they are in good shape,
she reports, although the yield has
been cut some by frost. The field
was one planted by her brother, the
late Ivan Leathers.
W. II. FRENCH SERIOUSLY ILL
A letter from his daughter, Mrs.
E. R. Nelson, Forest Grove, in
forms the Gazette Times that W.
H. "Harry" French is seriously ill
at Providence hospital in Portland.
He was stricken Thanksgiving night
and was taken by ambulance from
Stevenson, Wash. . to the hospital
where his condition is growing
gradually worse. Mr. French left
here a few weeks ago hoping to
recuperate his health with the ex
pectation of going to Mineral
Wells, Tex. to make his home.
Among those coming from outside
points for Thanksgiving were Billy
Schwarz and family of The Dalles,
who spent the day with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schwarz,
and the Leonard Schwarz family.
The visitors returned to The Dalles
Thursday ereniag.
Christmas Packages
Due by December 8
Donors of Christmas packages
for distribution by the Blue Moun
tain Camp and Hospital council
should remember that the parcels
must be in the hands of the coun
ty chairman by Dec 8, according
to Mrs R. I. Thompson, Mjorrow
county chairman. The gifts are be
ing received at the office of the Pa
cific Power & Light company in
Heppner. Donors are reminded that
contents of the bags should cost no
less than $1 and not to exceed $2.
lone school childen are concen
trating their gifts on the December
gift box for the McCaw General
hospital. Mrs. Thompson reports.
A meeting of the council will be
held in the parish house of the
Episcopal church in Pendleton Fri
day, Dec. 10. Mra Thompson urges
that any Morrow county people in
Pendleton that day avail themselves
of the opportunity to attend and
get an insight of what is being done.
Added interest will be found in the
checking of Christmas boxes during
that meeting.
BIG PLANE MAKES RECORD
LANDING AT HARDMAN
A four-motored bombing plane
made a forced landing in a wheat
field adjoining Hardman Monday
evening. No reports as to injuries
to personnel have been made but
the plane was damaged to the ex
tent that it had to be dismantled
for removal. A large crew from the
Pendleton base was sent in to do
the salvaging.
It is reported that the plane ran
out of gas.
MISS ORWICK BRIDE OF
SGT RONNIE OSCARSON
.The marriage of Donna Lee Or
wick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jess Orwick of Heppner, to Sgt
Ronnie Oscarson was an event of
Nov. 22 at Lorado, Tex. The bride's
grandmother, Mrs. William Harri
son of Heppner. accompanied her
to the Lone Star state for the ce
remony. The groom is a member
of the Oscarson family that re
sided in Heppner several years ago
and now living at Newjort, Wash.
.Mrs. Harrison will visit relatives
in Colorado before returning to
ker home.
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