a co c"! o r o jrj O h a i r o o w -) H O o o 70 'X pi o . c Mm Golden Wedding Observed Tuesday By G. M. Allyns Couple Felicited By Family, Friends On Christmas Day Tuesday was not only Christmas -to Mr. and Mrs. G M. Allyn of lexington, it also was their golden wedding anniversary. The occasion was observed by members of their family residing in this area who gathered around the parental table at 2 p. m. for the bountiful feast prepared for the double celebra tion. Present were all their child ren and grandchildren except their son Lewis and his son Darrell of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Allyn were present ed with a dinner service for 12, a gold lace pattern, and gold trimm ed ice tea glasses a gift from their children. A table lamp and other gifts, as well as congratulation cards from a host of friends were received by the golden-weds. A centerpiece of gold and yel low chrysanthemums graced the dining table to which sat down Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Allyn, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Allyn and daughter Marjorie Mr. and Mrs. James Cowins, Mel vin Allyn, Mrs. Ruth McNeill, Mrs. Rae Carter and son Jimmie, Robert Warfield and Obert Najarian. ANSON RUGG STATIONED IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Technician Fifth Grade Anson E. Rugg, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rugg, reside at Heppner, Ore., and whose wife, Mae, resides at Wallowa, Ore., is serving with the 4025th Signal Service group in Ma nilla as a courier in his unit. He arrived overseas at Biak, Ne therlands East Indies, on Nov. 28, 1944. He was later transferred to Leyte, Philippines. From Leyte he moved to Luzon where he is serv ing with his present unit. Cpl Rugg attended the Heppner high school graduating in 1933. He is authorized to wear the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre ribbon with three battle stars, Victory ribbon, Philippine Liberation ribbon with one battle star, and the Good Con duct medal. HERE FOR BANQUET Here to attend the joint installa tion of Masons and Eastern Star Saturday evening were Mr. and Mrs. RQger Thomas of La Grande, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Chetwood of Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. James Webb, Walla Walla, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deter, Seattle, Mr. and Mrs. E. Markham Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lindstrom and Mr. and Mrs. Carl P. Linn of lone. Mr. Deter is the son of Mrs. William Barkla and is returning to Seattle after the hol idays to attend school. TAX ASSISTANT COMING A deputy collector from the of fice of Collector or Internal Revenue will be in Heppner Wednesday, Jan. 2 for the purpose of assisting farmers 'in preparing and filing their forms 1040-ES, Declaration of Estimated Tax for the Calendar Year 1945, or the preparation and filing of their income tax returns for the calendar year 1945 in lieu thereof. Other taxpayers will be as sisted later, announces J. W Malo ney, collector. HERE FOR CHRISTMAS The Earle Gilliams were doubly happy this Christmas, having both of their sons home, Lt. Jackson Gil liam, accompanied by his wife, came from Spokane to spend the day, being met at Pendleton by his father and Charles Vaughn. How ard Gilliam has been home for some time on leave. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 27, 1 945 End of World Harnessing Atomic Energy for Industrial Expansion Prospect for Start in Year 1946 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL 7 The unit sales of arkl drf- th ct r -i, OUTLOOK FrtR 1Q1R f -ft u F M1? c?st of kving will continue to uulLUOK FOB 1946 partment stores will begin ,to de- rise during 1946 due largely to in- ' By Roger W. Babson cine some time during 1946; . but creased wages. 1. The great event of 1945 was safes, of the food and variety 16. Providing jobs for returning the ending of World War H. A c11 mW continue at peak fig- soldiers at satisfactory wages will great event of 1946 will be the start ures- be the big political task of 1946. at harnessing atomic energy to bring 8. The great question mark of There wil1 be jobs for all, but not about a new industrial era. 1946 will be how, to whom &nd at at tne wages desired. OUTLOOK FOR 1946 .... what price the government will RETAIL SALES 2. A year ago the United States dispose of its billions of dollars 17. The volume of retail sales Babsonchart Index of the Physical worth of ,unneeded supplies. ' will be about the same as in 1945. Volume of Business finally regis- FARM OUTLOOK Sales of ladies' apparel and gener tered.145. Today it is estimated at 9. Pending a weather upset, luxuries will suffer but many 128 justifying my forecast of a more bushels of corn and wheat items now unavailable will be pur year ago. The Canadian Babson- and more bales of cotton will be chased. chart Index of the Physical Vol- raised in 19"46 than ever before in 18- The total dollar retail sales ume of Business finally registered our history. Although some prices should exceed 1945 with an increas 205 a year ago; today it is estimat- maV slide off the total farm incornp e( demand for woolen and cotton ed at 190 1946 will show a further v.u aecune in Don uie urmea States and Canadian business. Fur- thermore most of the following comments apply to both countries. 3. The re-conversion of industry from war to peace business will in- crease during much of 1946. How- pvpr. timp rpmiirprl for rp-mnvpr- sion will not be as great as most nonnlp heliovp 4. Inventories, emoted both at their price values and their volumes will increase during 1946. Both raw material piles and manufac- tured goods will be larger-' COMMODITY PRICES parity program due to fear of a United states. 5. Some rationing may continue postwar collapse in farm prices. 23. Both the British Empire and through most of 1946; but it will TAXES Russia will keenly compete for for rapidly be eliminated. Price re- 13. Taxes will not be increased eign trade during 1946; but cartels strictions will gradually be les- during 1946'; and there may be fur- and government monopolies will be sened. ther reductions. Some nuisance frowned upon. 6. The retail prices of most man- taxes will be eliminated altogether. 24. Russia, Germany and Eng ufactured products will, be higher 14. The Federal Debt will con- land may try to "gang up" against during 1946 than at present. Thetinue to increase during 1946, but the United States but we will fear prices of some of te food products I expect no War Bond drives. lessly oppose such actions if they may decline. .15. Whatever is done about taxes, Continued on Page Eight Heppner Post to Have Own Quarters Heppner Post of the American Legion spent part of Sunday clean ing up the former Catholic church property in preparation for mov ing in and making that a perfna cently acquired by purchase and nent home. The property was re will be developed to meet the re quirements of the Legion post and the auxiliary. At present two rooms at the rear of the building will be occupied while the post makes alterations on the main portion. Part of the furnishings have been moved in and the rest will be moved this coming Sunday. The post has been occupying quarters on the second floor of the Oddfellows building. The building sits about center of block 5, Ayers addition to the City of Heppner and has an area of 550 feet by 116 feet. The Legion has had opportunity to sell some of the lots for residence sites but has made no decision regarding such a move. BENGE RESIDENCE SOLD Terrel Benge reported the sale Saturday of his residence property in Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Warren, Dry Fork farm operators were the purchasers and plan to move to Heppner to make their home. One Word Sufficient One word can be used to make a whole sentence or a short para graph if given the proper tones. That's in the Chinese language. (In American parlance a sentence fre quently includes two words 30 days). The word "bing", for in stance may be used in succession as much as eight times provided the speaker changes the tone or pitch each time and a complete sentence is formed. This interesting sidelight on Chi na among others formed the basis of a talk by Major Frank C. Al fred who spent many months deep in China with non-combatant forces War Big Event of 1945; for 1946 should hold up fairly well. i. There should be an increase in certain fruits fish products vegetables with a decline in prices, The u s have more to eat in 1946 than in 1945. The per capita consumption should be 10 percent above the prewar level of 1935-39. 11. Dairv and ooultru nroducts will continue to increase in volume with tin inrrpasp in nripps. Thprp will be a ereat surolus of eees: but fats, sugar and some canned goods will continue short. 12. Farmers will start in 1946 to work to extend legislation on their PAPER LATE THIS WEEK TOO MUCH WORK The Gazette Times is late this week and the publishers are some what apologetic. There is but one explanation too much work for a Christmas. There also was a matter small crew, with one day out for of linotype trouble which hasn't helped matters and altogether the situation has not been one to bring cheer to the collectors and dispen sers of news. It appears useless to make rash promises about the future, but hope can be expressed that conditions will be more favorable to meeting publication schedules. SHRINE CLUB MEETING AND DINNER SCHEDULED The annual Morrow County Shrine club meeting and dinner is scheduled for New Year's day. The meeting will begin at 2 p. m. at the Masonic temple. The dinner for members and their wives will be held at 6 p. m. in the dining room of the Masonic temple. OUT OF NAVY Merle Burkenbine returned home Tursday evening from Bremerton, Wash, separation center where he received his discharge from the navy earlier in the week. He is now associated with his mother, Mrs. Mabel Burkenbine, and brother Reese in operating the Heppner market. to Form an Entire of the United States. Major Alfred introduced the subject at the chamber of commerce luncheon held at the Elkhorn restaurant Dec. 17 and was asked to continue his discussion last Monday at the Lu cas Place. The speaker answered numerous questions relative to education and politics in China, all of which was was off the record and not much of which can be quoted. He did state it is his unofficial opinion that more universal education and establishment of a modern transpor tation system are badly needed to place China in a position to secure tetilel 19. There will be a great demand for men's clothing and especially for shirts with honest standard length "tails". t a snopTrs ,wm . Duy wn7 tney need and not at stock up ""II B"lie8" FOREIGN rRADE 21. The United States will own over 50 percent of the worlds shipping in 1946. 22. We will make England and some other countries loans pro- vided they will agree to spend a fair proportion of the money in the Oregon War Chest Fund Exceeds Quota Morrow county's quota in the Oregon War Chest fund has been oversubscribed, according to a re port received this week from Char les A. Sprague president and Irl S. McSherry, executive director. It is one of 10 counties going over the top prior to Dec. 6 and one of the few to exceed the quota to any extent. Blaine E. Isom, Morrow county chairman, telephoned state head quarters on Dec. 6 that a total of $4,888 had been subscribed here. Total budget for all purposes was $3,119 and Oregon War Chest share was $3,669. Several of the larger counties were considerably short of their quotas at the last report. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Tolleson are expecting their son and daughter home in the near future. Floyd Tol leson was scheduled to leave Ho nolulu Christmas day for the Mainland to get his discharge and their daughter, Miss Leila Tolleson, is to get her discharge papers this week. o Steward Cole is enjoying a much needed rest from his arduous duties as stereotyper at the Gazette Times office. He went to Joseph, Ore. to spend Christmas with friends and relatives and has not yet re turned. Sentence in Chinese ly hold her place among the fam ily of nations There are vast un developed resources which should be developed, and not exploited, by nations financially able to assist. He looks for a new China to spring out of the chaos that has been been wrought by the Japanese inva sion, since that "episode" has served to unite the numerous pro vinces stronger than ever before. Major, Alfred is spending a fur lough with his family in 'Heppner and hopes to reestablish permanent residence here in a short time. Volume 62, Number 40 - 1 ; COi Morrow Holds 3r$ Place in E Bond Sales in Oregon Few More Sales Could Put County At Head Of List Morrow county is in third place in the state in the safe of E bonds, figures disclosed by the Oregon War Finance committee early this week revealed. The state committee's figures received prior to Dec. 19 gave this county a rat ing of 139 percent of quota but re ceipts since that date have raised it to approximately 141, according to B. C. Pinckney, who checked over the state figures and tabulated re cent sales to get an approximate total. Several large purchases of E bonds were made the past week and Pinckney is convinced that if others of like size could be made before the campaign ends Monday there is a strong possibility that Morrow county would gain top po sition in the state. Leading Morrow are Benton and Union counties, both by small mar gins. Sales in those counties would have to be larger in proportion, due to heavier quotas, to maintain a lead over this county where a few thousand dollars more would raise the percentage noticeably. Pinckney . stated that no further sales had been reported from postoffices, al though there is a possibility that more funds will be turned in when the final check-up is- made early next week. While final tabulations remain to be made, estimated sales of E bonds in the county to date are around $175,000. Another $20,000 would put the total sales in a bracket that would challenge any of the other counties to surpass. HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Among returning veterans to en joy Christmas at home was Rich ard Robison, son of Lotus Robison and Mrs. Maud Robison, who re ceived his discharge from the navy two weeks ago. Richard joined his wife in Portland and waited until transportation could be secured for her to Heppner. UP FROM GRANTS PASS Mr. and Mrs. Gerald G. Acklen and children of Grants Pass are the holidays with Mrs. Acklen's pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dinges of Lexington. WORTH THE INVESTMENT Christmas is past but you can still ,buy Christmas seals to aid in the fight against tuberculosis and they're worth the money, as can be seen in the following conversation between two colored gents. Sambo: Where yo' goin' boy?" Quimbo: I'se goin' down to get myself some anti - tuberkerlosis seals. Sambo: What's dey? I ain't never heard tell of 'em. Quimbo: Every Christmas I get myself fifty cents worth of these here anti-tuberkerlosis seals and sticks 'em on mah chest and I ain't never had tuberkerlosis yet. OPEN SEASON CANCELLED On account of protests sent ii from Baker county, the special elk season announced for the las! four days of December in that are; has been cancelled by the Oregon State Game Commission. Anyone who has purchased ar elk tag since Dec. 17 will be entitl ed to a refund by forwarding tc the Game Commission office ii Portland the elk tag and a written request for refund. u The only clause in a peace treaty that could give most nations wha. they want is Santa Claus. WaL Street Journal.