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The Boys at
The Front
Normandy Invasion
By Billy Cochcll, Musician lc USN
In the electric interval of our in
activity, between the moment of
released anchors and our ' appointed
firing time, the' Krauts caught our
rapidly clearing silhouette in their
sights and shore batteries initiated
our untried crew in that first soul
shaking baptismal of enemy fire.
A searching, insistent stabbing of
their shells into the waters near'
the ship, with the added shock and
concussion of the explosive misses
and near misses, really set us on
our ears for a moment
Those topside Were witnesing
the ugly spouting of shell-geysers
and we below decks imagined from
the terrific shock of the underwa
ter concussions that we were being
hit! My God, would we never open
fire? My nerves were really taking
a beating and I realized I was
shouting at . tthe phone-talker
(battle -stations connect with "con
trol' by phones throughout the ship
and we depend on the "talker" prin
cipally, to pass the word in all ac
tions) to give us the word! "Is that
a hit?" "Jeez, that last one put us
in a bracket", shouted the talker!
This terrible anxiety was to be
repeated often enough during the
12 days in which we stood along
the beachhead area, but that first
breathless plunge into action tops
it iall!
wWn our own batteries opened
fire in return we were a relieved
crew. The shore batteries were re
ceiving our destructive fire fully
ten minutes before we had sched
uled our bombardment. Our super
ior fire power and an uncanny ac
curacy spelled doom for this initial
adversary. We were subsequently
to see them rubbed out one. by one
shattered and twisted remains of
he German guns and pulverized
pillboxes that suffered our direct
hits. v
Our training requirements had
been well visualized with the pro
blems in our sort of operation well
covered. D-day went further in
most respects, and notably, in tht
case of our ship being on battle
stations (General quarters). We
had "suffered" a long G. Q. period
in training of 24 hours. This involv
ed eating and drinking and caring
for those necessary "calls of nature"
on our battle stations. In action we
were on our stations constantly for
a period of aout 112 hours. We were
eating battle rations, and- in, the
main surgery, where I am located,
we stood watch every four hours.
Now, as a result of knocking out
all the coastal artillery that might
possibly menace our land of troops
and supplies, we gained a respite
and an opportunity to bathe and e'at
a regular chow.
Throughout this period of our
vigil off the Norman Coast we were
subjected to regular night-bomber
and radio-controlled bomb attacks.
These attacks took a heavy toll oi
our sleep. It would have been pos
sible, alter defeating the short based
threat of the enemy's heavier ar
tillery, to relax but for these fright
fully persistent air attacks.
Thle air attacks made on our
ship dispositions were methodical
and consistent in a pattern of their
operations. The most dreaded as
pect of the tactics involved a pro
digious use of flares over our an
chorages. These parachute-flares
, floated in a maddeningly intermin
able descent, illuminating the area
to a brightness more dazzling than
daylight. Psychologically, the radio
controlled bomb proved to be a tre
mendous nuisance; our means of
combatting these bombs being sat
isfactory to h great extent. No one
would care to under these deter
Continued on Page Five
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 30, 1944
Big Names Listed
On Program of EO
Wheat League
Wayne Morse and
Joseph L. Orr on
Arlington bChedUle
An address on wlW nrohlpms of
the future by Joseph L. Orr. assis-
tan to the administrator of the
AAA, and an address by Senator,
Elect Wayne L. Morse are high-
lights of the opening session of the
Eastern Oregon Wheat league's
seventeenth annual meeting at Ar
lington, according to the program
just distributed by Charles W.
Smith, secretary-treasurer.
These addresses will be Fridav
morning, Dec. 8, when the main taken into custody Saturday and is vited by the state AAA committee purebred Romney ram, according to
siession opens, following the pre- being held in the county jail await-' to assist with the job. ' Morton Tompkins, master of the
liminary committee meetings sche- mg a hearing on a charge of rape oals suggested for Oregon have state grange.
duled for Thursday, Dec. 7. The Amoth was arrested on complaint been checked by the Oregon pro- Graiige quotas for county as
meeting continues through Satur- of Mrs. Fern Ekslrom who charged duction capacities committee, ap- annuneed by Mm. Minnie McFar
day, December 9. lhat the attack was made on the pointed by Dean William A. Scho- gj $67 iS Creek teX"
Governor Earl Snell will be night of Nov. 21 at the Amoth enfeld, of which E L. Potter, head Wiuows $G6,500 and Lexington $42.-'
guest speaker at the banquet Fri- residence. of Ae agricultural economics divi- Greenfield ,a,t Boardman in
day night. Several specialists from Amoth is sa d to have been sin at Oregon State college, is eludes the nor: hern part of the
Oregon State college and the Uni- drinking heavily and since being chairman. This committee will re- coujity and possibly will draw some
versi- of Idaho and representatives incarcerated has refused to take port its recomendations to the of its support irom payroll in that
of organized labor, the state depart- nourishment. All day Monday he Portland conference. dividing the responsibility in get
ment of agriculture, the Portland was defending himself against im- The state's production schedule ting in the war fnds, recognizing
chamber of commerce, and various aginary enemiet , using the jail for the coming year probably will V1q"' re v the advantage of
federal agencies are on the pro- broom as a defensive weapon. Mon- follow closely the national patterns, necessity o' cminating the use
gram, which follows in condensed day morning he told Sheriff John calling for a leveling off of output' o crs mueh Cs possible. It is
for-m- TSiian fhof nM Crtft ruwmlo uroro Without itlprPRsinU the h'fll totals i . J 1 !11 -U.U 4
form:
Thursday, Dec. 7. 10:00 a
rnmm,itek mp'otincre oil Aar
m,
Friday, Dec. 8. 9:30 a. m., opening
ceremonies "resident's 'address
TW Forman Anlooo- "WhPt
Problems of the Future.'' Joseph L.
AAA. bJ i cw iv
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Orr AAA- HorP:s Kv Rmatar.PW.
Wayne L. Morse. -
Afternoon, 1:15 p. m., preliminary
reports of committees; "Shall We
Keep Wheat Allotments," E. J. Bell,
FCA, Spokane; "Industrial Uses of
Wheat," Olof E. Sternberg, Univer-
sity of Idaho; "Looking Ahead," D.
D. Hill, Oregon State college; 6:30
p. m. banquet, Governor Earl Snell,
guest speaker.
Saturday, Dec. 9, 9:15 a. m., com
mittee reports; address by Eugene
Allen editor of the Oreeon Labor
rt J. ru,' fl;,f t?
Press; "Oregon's Agrticujlture," E.
T . .1: j. -i.A J -
u. x-eterson, aarecwr 01 swie ue-
partment of agriculhire; Proposed
Life Membership Plan,
Roy For-
man, president,
Afternoon, 1:15 p. m. "The Agri
culture of Argentina," S. B. .Hall,
Multnomah county ag?nt; "Let's
Take a Look at Oregon," D. B
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c;mlKn rvr-pdrlpnt of Portland
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Chamber ot commerce, business
meeting.
BACK IN STATES
Mrs. R. C. Lawrence received a
letter from her husand, Oapt. Rich- ical on Nov. 20 and is home await- yts to our own, and to our neigh- wouid d(,sire although it was esti
ard Lawrence, stating that a friend ing call. Jfe-ts availabte for general bors- sonSi t , Wednesdav that etween $75,-
of his was leaving for the States
soon and that upon his arrival the
friend would call her and tell her
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li Ct KfJ U t 111111) J"" lA-in-Ai-ij j w
Lawrence received a long distance
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call irom New York, not trom his
1 1 ..i e 1 1 j Ti-
liiena dui 110m ner nusuanu. ne
has been hospitalized for some time
ir, T?a-nA Ut tV,0 rloctorc thpro
thought he should be moved out of
top . To joy of
. 11 concWd he said the armv
will send him to a hospital nearest
to his home, which is probably Mc
Caw General, and that he hopes to
gpend Christmas with his family.
Capt. Lawrence has been away
from his family for 15 months, and
m
England for the last 13 months.
FAYS $30 FINE
Laurance Ellis Ingram paid a fine
of $30 and costs of $3.50 in Justice
J. O. Hageis court Friday when
haled before that official on a
drunk and disorderly count. Police
Chief Bill Morgan made the arrest.
Ingram also drew a jail sentence of
on j 1 - , T ,. .
30 days which Justice Hager waiv-
ed so defendant, who is a timber
worker, could leave town and go
to work.
HAS SOrtlE ONE A PAIR
OF GLOVES TO TRADE?
If anyone reading this story has
he gloves in quest.on or knows
the person who has them, Mrs. I,
D. NeiU will be grateful to learn
the identity of said person:
Instead of seeking to recover
property, Mrs. Neill wishes to re-
turn a pair of gloves which she
picked up by mistake, probably at
the golden anniversary nartv at the
WeIls home. life gloves are much
better &an the gloves she took to
e recePtion fnd she feels sure
Lldl olneo"e simerea Keen
disappointment oVer her loss. Mrs.
NeiU has tned to locate the owner
of &oves and finally WPealed
to the Gfet Tlmes to aid her in
me search.
Man Held in Jail
On Rape Charge
Ivor Amoth, lumber piler,
was
w. fc-w
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after him. The sherif thinks his
prisoner will become more rational
when he goes off the hunger strike,
Amoth's wife was taken to the
Pendleton jail Fridav to serve a 50-
.... . - . .
day 3ail sentence imposed upon her
a fpw wf-ks afo. Rhp nairl t.hp fine
a few weeks ago. She paid the fine
of $60 fct the time and the justice
of the peace withheld the jail sen-
tence pending good behavior. When
sls got into a tight with another
woman one day last week, Hager
caused her to be taken up for the
sentence. Because the local jail
lacks a woman's- ward she was ta-
ken to the Pendleton jail.
FOUR MORROW COUNTY
BOYS JOIN THE ARMY
Four .boys out of a group of in-
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ductees gomg to Portland this
month have been selected for army
gervioe The left Noy 16 and
induded T vinson of Lex.
ineton. son of Mr. and Mrs. Elza
Vinson of Lena; Elroy G. Martin,
t j ir Tri irt;
oI L-d; Henry R Krebs ,s
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. KrebB,
r";l n,v,J f.onmo r.rnnt Ach.
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hanSh of Heppner, son of Mr. and
Ashbaugh of Portiand.
v,0r,Wir, M Vir,r.Un t fir,
Franklin M. Kincheloe of Irrigon,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Kinche-
ioe, passed his pre-mduction pnys-
military service,
"
E LUNCH LINE ON
SALE KILL IS ERROR
Readers of the Gazette Times
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vertisinff fin finction sale at the L.
K- Peterson ranch near Monument
and others who may read advertise-
mf"1 "f8!" .f this district
will m the impression that free
lunch 13 to b served at sale
next Wednesday. Such is not the
cas5" . " . x,
" ""---h "
Pter got the free lunch idea (a
formed through years of set-
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"llla w"c. ac,s" 1U1
distribution. A correction has been
made in the advertisement in this
issue of the paper which states
that the church women of Monu
ment will serve dinner at the sale
for a nominal charge. So don't go
to the sale expecting free lunch.
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...A"1 bazaar and food sale of
the women s auxiliary of All Saints
Episcopal church J held &t.
afternoon opening at 2 p. m.
at the parish house. Tea will be
served during the afternoon.
Crop Goals for 1945 to
Be Set at Portland
Oregon's 1245 farm production
goals, t() be worked out at a CQn.
ference of farm leaders and agricul.
tural officials -n portsjnd 1
and 2, are expected to call for a
total planted acreage about the
same as this year R B
Taylori chairman of the state A vA
h
Information on the estimated 1945
stock
reauircments for crops and live-
all military end civilian
needs will be brought to the con
ference by a delegation from the
War Food pdlninistration in Wash
ington headed by G. F. GoisEler,
director of AAA's western reje1.
On the basis of these requii emt:: s
sr.d of i he capacity of Orego 1 farms
and ranches to produce iKiuer ex
pected conditio s, the oals will be
worked out by Oregon people in-
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c , m. i i vt
f recent seasons, Tayxur s.id. lie
pointed out. however, that the time
nas not yet come wnen iarm pro-
ducers can ease up and cut down
on production. While some individ-
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vuwp aajus.men are
decreases in some crops will &e
decreases in some crops
offset by increases in others, with
the total acreage just about equal
to 1944. '
3-A Committees to
Meet December 4-5
Annual k meetings of the triple A
in Morrow county will be held Dec.
4 and 5, according to Henry Baker
manager of the local office. Meet-
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ings wilt be held at tfoardman and
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mitteemen will be chosen for the
irriuuii ivjjiMiuay. wnen local coin-
ensuing year, and Tuesday there
will be a TOUnty meeting at the
drcuit room in the court-
house for the purpose of hearing a
report on the work oi the past
xn arA f,. fVio 0nt r.f
e.
Itovcy M.ller , Jicld operations
otiicf-r or lhe AAA. will fittond the
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meeting and outline the program
for 1945.
vvnAT no WF
what do we owe lhe of Eis.
enhower of MfcArthur of Nimitz u
Surely it is little we are asked
to do compared to the sacrifices
they are making for us. Let
us. J-iet us
back them up now as we never
have before and make the soldier'3
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prayer come true. He says:
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"God give us strength to fight
and win and with His will, to see
our home and loved ones again."
Sy dtyto .
wni ,;
Saturday, Dec. 2 is the American
yQu 1
tory and bring
our loved ones
home.
Mrg B president
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TVTrc CI'iraTl TTr-nrrVi Vtrio frviniirnri
word from her son, Earl Crismon,
..A t, . , ' . i,Uol. J
,it. ni-j T , th. f;-c ,,,,1
Mrg French 'has received from him
since September 26. His letter was
,.if- M -.o j .
twQ weeks 'ming through from
goutn pacu-jc
s
Robe G f
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the local branch of Braden Bell is
tekmg a few if this week
fer a strenuous summer of keep-
ing farm equipment running.
Volume 61, Number 36
County's Granges
Responsible for
Farm Loan Quota
Greenrield Tops
Four Groups With
$67,000 to Raise
Morrow county's four granges
will be responsible for this coun
ty's farm quota in the sixth war
loan, it was announced early this
week by P. W. Miahoney, finance
chaiinan.
Granges of eastern Oregon are
competing in selling bonds in this
cnr.in.ii'm for a registered Atjk.r
xe.i An pus buH and a purebred
DuroC Jersey sow, while in western
Oregon granges ai j in competition
for a registered Jersey bull and
CX'T-'ELIGO. t lliev Will UUl-ciUl LUC-n
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quotas without much solicitation.
Most of the heavy investors m war
bonds are iouna among giants
members.
intt iic nitpntirm on me jei duhu
ing its attention on the "E" bond
special emphasis on
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individual purchases. Although the
county has met each quota wim an
oversubscription, the fact remains
that not enough small purchases
are being made, that is, too few '
buyers. It is the desire of the com
mittee to put a let of names on the
list of purchasers in the sixth
campaign.
A big feature of the present cam-
will be the free movie night
partidpation by the Star Theater
TVkets have been placed m the
of selling agencies and
purdiasers oi txinds oeiween jiuw
d Dec. 7 WJH be admitted free.
jf bonds have not been jsreviously
purchased they may be secured at
thb box office and the free ticket
given at that time. Non-purchasers
wiu noi dc exciuuea um i,
a JtJette uavis num,oer.
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tlcKels nona puidiaa'Jis. AJie
star has scheduled , a children's war
bond matinee for the afternoon of
T)of 0 nnH uir honrl nrfmifr for
the evening of Dec. 12.
Bond purchases to date have pot
000 and $80,000 has been invested in
the present issue.
Seek to Form Mode!
Gub in Heppner
A meeting will be held Fridny
evening, Dec. 1, in the city hr.11 for
the purpose of gaining support for
the organization of a model club
the youth of Heppner and vi
cinily. Parents, youths and all olh
oth
ers interested in such a project are
being urged to attend the meeting,
which will be dalled at 7:30 o'clock.
Projects pending include scale
model military equipment air craft
planes, etc., model railroads of all
types steam, diesel and electric;
buildings and scenery in miniature;
boats of various types, and midget
automobiles past, present and fu-
ture.
Object of the club is to provide
intertsting diversion for the young
people in spare time.
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DR. McMURDO ILL
Dr. A. D. McMuido has been con-
fined at home for nearl twQ weks
.suffering from a bad cold. His of-
fice has been closed but he is seeing
patients at his residence.
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