2 Heppner Gazette Times, July 20, J944
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VETERANS BENEFITS
1 As jobs are plentiful, only a few
i of the thousands of returned vet
erans of world war 11 have filed
claims under the Oregon law for
unemployment benefits. In June
last the claims filed showed a
slight increase over May of this
year but are lower than they were
in May or June last year. About
200 claimants are now drawing the
$20 a week for 52 weeks allowed
to most service men. The past
year's total of benefits paid was
$103,717. Commercial fishermen
drew nearly half of all benefits
paid. Cannery employees of Eugene
were second in unemployment
claims last week. About 75 percent
of claimants in the shipbuilding in
dustry were from other states.
Since the passage by Congress of
the GI bill of rights the state is
confronted with complications in
the payment of benefits to return
ed soldiers of this war. Supplemen
tary benefits provided by the fed
eral bill will start Sept. 4 of this
year. Some veterans have assets
held by the state from pre-war
earnings under the Oregon law
which have been operative since
1938.
OATCH COMING HOME
Rear Adm. Thomas L. Gatch will
come home to Salem Aug. 14 to re
ceive an honorary degree from the
university of which his grandfather
was president. Acceptance of Wil
lamette university's invitation wrs
received by the institution's presi
dent, G. Herbert Smith, this week.
The rear admiral was born and
raised in alem. Following the
brilliant performance in the south
Pacific of the U. S. S. South Da
kota, which he commanded, he was
named judge advocate general. He
will be given the honorary doctor
ate in law which he was to have
cceived at the June commence
ment exercises, but was unavoid
ably detained.
GOVERNOR FILLS VACANCIES
Governor Earl Snell has an
nounced the appointment of James
" Marr, executive secretary of the
State Federation of Labor, to a
membership on the post war ad
justment and development com
mission, succeeding the late D. E.
Nickerson. George Gleeson, Corval
lis was also named to the commission.
VISITTNG HERE
NO FUEL SHORTAGE quite a thrill to her but just an- lla.lu..M1vB Lawrence Cochran of Monument
Fuel problems that loomed so other plane ride for him. Sgt Ritch- Kmgsley Chapin was a week-end at the home of
menacinSy in Oregon a year ago ie is stationed at Hendricks Field, visitor in Heppner coming from
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former state fuel coordinator Lynn
F. Cronemiller. He was so efficient
that he worked himself out of a job
or the necessity of the existence of
the office. Portland, that was the
acute spot of fuel shortage, now
has a surplus of sawdust, slabwood
and timber-cut wood as has the
rest of the state. Hardwood is the
only bottleneck and that is not se
rious. Slabwood sells for from $7
to $9 a cord in Portland and less
in most other parts of the state.
Hardwood sells for from $12 to
$15 a cord with the market easing.
ACCURACY OF FORESIGHT
There has beer, no meeting of the
state emergency board since Oct.
23, 1942 and the unusual will oc
cur if the biennium of 1943-4
should pass without the board being
Killed upon to meet a financial
emergency of some department.
Since 21 months have gone by with
out a meeting of the board the
foresight of the budget makers of
the 1943 legislature is reaching an
all-time hign in long distance
calculating.
The state fish commission may
break the spell however if their
recent appeal to Governor Snell to
call the emergency board to supply
funds to complete their fish prop
agation program is successful.
FIRE HAZARDS
Because of existing fire hazards
forest lands in 11 eastern Oregon
counties and two western Oregon
counties were closed the past week
by the state forestry department.
Permits' to enter the closed areas,
except on public roads which do
not come under the order, will be
issued to responsible persons as
heretofore by local wardens or ran
gers. At all entrances to state for
est lands a map is. posted with n
"location tack" designating where
the warden is at the time. Where
roads run adjacent to fishing
streams, signs are placed to show
where fishing is permissible.
Closing order's now include Jo
sephine, Jackson, Union, Wallowa,
Lake, Klamath, Deschutes. Jeffer
son, Crook, Wheeler, Umatilla and
Morrow counties.
MILLER SERVICE
FIRE FIGHTING and SAFETY EQUIPMENT
P.O. Box 546 La Grande, Oregon
I 1-2 Qt. and I Qt. Fire Extinguish
ers. 2 1-2 Gal. Foam Type.
5 Gal. Indian Pump Thinks.
3-4 in. Garden Hose.
Fire Extinguishers Refilled and Re
paired. Hydraulic Jack Service.
See- HARRY MILLER
Heppner Hotel
WILL LEAVE SUNDAY NIGHT
WANTS HARVEST JOB
NEXT YEAR
Sgt. V. I. Ritchie has written
Judge Bert Johnson he'll be home
next year and wants the judge to
see that he gets a harvest job. Ir
vin stated that he is on a 15-day
furlough and that he and Mrs. Rit
chie flew from Miami to Key West
her first plane ride which was
As A Customer You Can
Help In the Package-Paper
Shortage - - - -
Our customers, as well as the customers
of other stores, can help materially in
the current package and paper short
age! First, you will be doing a real ser
vice if you will return the cartons or
boxes in which your groceries were
packed for delivery. Second, don't de
stroy paper bags that have not been
soiled or broken. If you have no use for
them, save them until the next salvage
drive. Third, don't ask for extra wrap
ping on products already packaged
like bread, cereals, etc.
The paper shortage is serious and is
rapidly approaching a critical stage.
Give us your co-operation and we will
continue to serve you to the best of our
ability.
Central Market
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BURNED WEES?1
RETREATING soldiers burn every
thing behind them. They realixc
it will take years to rebuild communi
ties . . . decades to rcgrow forests.
Tbty must lost natural resources to
win the war.
IN AMERICA, we are not retreat
ing, yet hundreds of thousands of
acres of growing timber are burned
annually. Most forest fires are the
result of carelessness, or incendiarism.
Both types can be stopped before they
start.
REMEMBER, Timber is one of our
most important of war materials . . .
it replaces metal sorely needed for
actual fighting tools and fills myriad
other uses. We need our forests to
help "keep 'em flying."
FOREST FIRES IN AMERICA
HELP THE AXIS do your bit and
see that your neighbor does his in
keeping fire out of the woods.
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Kinzua Pine Mills
Company