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6 Heppner Gazette Times, December 30, 1943 whether they are in Australia (Ore gon and Washington federalized national guardsmen), in Italy, India, Sicily or anywhere else on the globe as well as at home. President Roose velt, back from Cairo and Teheran, has expressed himself as being in favor of these absentee voters. As most of the Republicans and many of the southern Democrats see the picture the administration hopes to capture the soldier vote, and they Lexington News Court of Honor Held by Scouts Tuesday Evening By Mrs. Ruth McMillan EXPLANATION of Gen. Behron Somervell that he ordered the Canol A Boy Scout Court -of Honor with both HeDoner and Lexineton scouts are insisting that state laws should participating, was held at the school govern elections and the absentee house Tuesday night. Scout Chief balloting H .D. McDermott of Walla Walla Southern Democrats for instance, of He wmSrtf argue that if a federal law govern- ceremonieS Four scouts were- ing the election is enacted the poll awarded badges. Carter House and tax qualification will be ignored Billy ulrich of Heppner' received and this would enable thouands of Vi- five i-ilaec! Qr4 cur Ko A (Toe ro- investment of $130,000,000 m the oil voters (many of them colored) to spectively. Truman and Franklyn field at Fort Norman and the build- vote who never have paid a poll Messenger won second class adges. ing of a pipeline and refinery to tax and who, if they were in their There were five boys inducted into prepare tor the third war does not native state, would not vote for the tenderfoot class. satisfy Harold Ickes, secretary of they would not be sufficiently int the interior and petroleum admin- erested in votint? to nav the tax. In the past the southern Demo crats have been apprehensive that if the colored people voted they would support the Republican tick et and this would make the Demo- peeved at being by-passed. They crats a minority party in the south. Pvt and Mrs. Eldon Padberg. Eldon regard Somervell as acting too high mow tnpv ar mr(,prT1(liri u recently received a medical dis- uu.-i colored citizens vote tor Mr Knn. volt for a fourth term, and many of the southern Democrats are fed up with Mr. Roosevelt, and say so in no uncertain terms. istrator. Gen. Somervell did not consult Ickes nor the war produc tion board on this use of war de partment funds, he testified, and this makes both WPB and Ickes Mr. and Mrs. Oris Padberg and son Charles were hosts at their home for a family gathering Mon day. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Padberg and Mn. and Mrs. Archie Padberg and family of Heppner, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Vin son and tamily ot Lexington, and man Ruhl. Mr. and Mrs. S. G McMillan and Mrs. Eula Barnhouse and daughter Jean left Thursday to spend a week in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dinges have returned from Grants Pass where they have spent the last two weeks with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Acklen. Mrs Frank Munkers returned to her home Tuesday after undergo ing an operation, in The Dalles. . Ralph Jackson was called to Hub bard Wednesday by the death ot his father Jerome Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall drove to Pertland Wednesday to visit with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wickersham. Mrs. C. C. Carmichael has been confined to her home with the flu for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt and family spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Warner and Mrs. Lou Broadley. Gene Majeske, Alice Marshall and Walter Wallace were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wallace over Christinas. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere appreciation and thanks to the many friends who so kindly came to our assistance during the illness and dsath of our beloved brother and uncle. Millard F. French, and their expressions of sympathy and flowers in our bereavement and also to those who contributed to his entertainment ard comfort dur ing his last weeks ar.iong ue. Leon W. and Opal D. Briggs . Ray M. and Loa Taylor and tamily Berl Gurdane handed. No ahead on his own initiative for such a vast sum of money, but Somer vell is like that and he, it should be remembered, is a buddy of Pres ident Roosevelt's closest friend Har ry Hopkins. Secretary Ickes says the United States 'has furnished 95 percent of all the aviation gas that has been used by the allies in this global war. Others of the United Nations have large supplies but which hitherto have been inaccessible because of war conditions. This means that only five percent of the gas for the international fliers has been fur nished by the British and the Rus- REPUBLICANS, count on the colored vote where the colored people were permitted to vote, realize that they have lost this asset (very important in certain northern states) and they are in- charge from the army. Albert Edwards, A. S. son of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Edwards, is confined to sick bay with scarlet fever at his station at Farragut. Ralph Leach is a flu patient in who once could the Heppner hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jones and daughter Charlene of Meacham are spending the holidays with Mrs. Jones' parents, Mr. and Mlrs. Ted McMillan. Edna Luttrell, student from the sisting that a federal law covering University of Oregon at Eugene, is soldier absentee voting would vio- spending the .Christmas holidays late state rights. Present laws in with her brother-in-law and sister. Oregon and Washington provide for Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Munkers. absentee voting, but the adminis- M,r' anci Mrs- John McMillan and : family left Friday morning for ' " L ' ions of the state laws could not be sians. After the war, Ickes says the complied with in time to permit the T T j 1 m i . 1 1, .... . United btates should protect its supply of gasoline and should as sist American citizens in efforts to develop oil fields in other parts of the world than the United States. He estimates that there is a supply of oil that should serve this country some 20 years but that the demand for fuel oil, motor gasoline and avi ation gas will be so tremendous that the wise thing for Uncle Sam to do is to begin looking everywhere for new fields. absentee votes being returned and counted. How the absentee ballots would reach the boys from Oregon and Washington is a problem, but by use of aii-planes the ballots could be returned within 48 hours from any point on the globe and there Portland to visit relatives and friends. Dorothy Cutsforth, who is at tending St. Joseph's academy in Pendleton, spent the holidays with her pefrents, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Cutslorth. Jack O'Harra arrived Friday from Moscow, Ida., to spend a short va cation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Newt O'Harra and sister Patty. A Christmas pageant depicting "Star of the East" was preented by thould be no delay from that source. Apparently, the location of the Lexington school Thursday eve the soldiers would have to be re- ning before a large audience. In ad vealed by the war and navy depart- dition to the pageant, the primary srades were presented in various . i uu pioiesung mat ballots under the provisions of numbers. the state laws the war department declined to open oil wells in Alaska instead of going to Canada, the Alaska fields according to government reports being far superior to the pool in the Fort Norman district. Original ly. Somervell explained that the Japanese threat of invasion caused him to direct the Canol deal, but later he qualified this statement and announced . that the Canadian enterprise was also designed to meet a possible situation in world war No. 3. This still does not suit Secretary Ickes, for if the Alaska territory is to be a hot spot years hence the Alaska oil sould be de veloped. THE administration forces are very anxious to enact legis'atiDn which will enable soldiers to vote in the primary and general elections, SPENT CHRISTMAS HERE Billv Schwarz and familv Christmas with relatives in Hepp- Shepherds, Wayne Papineau, Floyd ner. They returned to their home in Breeding, and Charles Padberg; The Dalles Sunday evening. Wisemen, Ray Papineau and Nor- Something NEW I n I nsurance See Bill Isom about 80 per cent collision on your car. B. E. ISOM Heppner, Oregon Our Staff Wishes You All A XL h - I Nat J C " - Jf We aren't worried about the New Year when we remember the fine spirit of cooperation that you have shown in your dealings with us .in 1943! Surely, the American people cannot fail while such a spirit motiv ates their actions. We wish to thank you for your patience and under standing during these critical months Central Market DRIVE TO CORVALLIS ,Rev. Bennie Howe. Mrs. Howe, Pfc. and Mrs. Don Romine and George A. Corwin drove to Corvallis Sun day afternoon, leaving immediately after church. The trip was made to get Don Romine back to Camp Adair before midnight, the date of expiration of his sho'rt Christmas furlough which was spent in Hepp ner. Mrs. Romine remained in the valley for the rest of the week while other members of the party returned home Tuesday, stopping at Hood River enroute. i 1 felfc fl of HAVE BABY DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gains Portland announce the birth on Dec. 16 of a daughter, Shirleeann. weight 10 pounds. The mother is the former Jean Huston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Huston, who are quite elated over their first grandchild. , i RETURNS HOME Mrs. Elizabeth Moore left for her home in Portland Tuesday af spending a few days at Christmas time at ihe home of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wells. CHRISTMAS IN PENDLETON Mrs. Catherine McTntrye and dau ghter Rita visited in Pendleton over (he Christmas week-end. DR. STRAW OPTOMETRIST Wishes You and Yours the Season's Greetings . and may you enjoy Gcod Health and Good Sight for the coming Year! stp.am orncAL COM? AMY Pendleton, Oregon iiiiiitiitmmiiHiii Characters of the pagaent were; readers, Faye Cutsforth and June Van Winkle; Mary, Marcie Pieper; Joeph, Kenneth Way; Angels, Ida SDent Buchanan and Carla Whillock; The Best Wish for the NEW YEAR World Peace by next New Year So help insure it Buy War Bonds every month of the New Year!