2-Heppner Gozette Times, Heppner, Oregon,
EDITORIAL
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Not Funny
The cHrncst young veteran, who is trying to
m;ikr a livine or Cain an education while raising
a family under trying housing and living-cost
conditions, is suffering additional hardship as the
result of the hare brained driv ing habits of Amer
ican youth in general.
So bad is the accident -record of Young America
tlit many automobile insurance companies will
not accept applications from anyone under 25 or
26. no matter how deserving the individual may
be. Some companies are more lenient, but all of
them are aware of the heavy toll the recklessness
of youth Is taking on the highways an aware
ness demonstrated by premiums one-third higher
for those familus in which someone under 23 is
permitted to drive.
A news item from Los Angeles tells of the arrest
of a 22-year-old for speeding at fifty miles an
hour without a steering wheel. The dare-devil
was using a pair of pliers to guide his jalopy,
which also had defective headlights, a faulty
windshield, no registration and stickers placed
illegally on the windshield, in addition to speed
ing, the youth had gone through a stop signal.
The story was told in a humorous vein but re
flection should convince everyone that there is
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 22, 1918
.R F. Wigglesworth, accompan-
led by Oscar Borg, John Vaughn
and Will Ball, left Tuesday for
Orofino, Idaho, where he will
load 12 cars of lambs to be ship
ped to the Chicago market. The
men will go on to Detroit where
Mr. Vaughn will purchase a new
car and the party will return
home by auto.
The new school house at Board
man, costing approximately S10,
000 is nearly completed. There
are two stories and full base
ment Misses Leona Leach. Cecil
Scott, Margaret Jackson, Florence
Casey and Cosentia Glatt passed
through Heppner Saturday after
noon on their way to the timber.
The Misses Leach, Scott and Jack
son are prominent young ladies
of Lexington and Miss Casey and
Miss Glatt have been visiting at
the Jackson home.
Egbert Simons died at Vancou
ver, Wash., on August 9 after a
Princess Dance
Sponsored by Lexington Grange
Honoring
Heppner Civic Center Pavilion
Saturday Evening
August 21
FARROWS ORCHESTRA
Admission $1.25 per person (tax included) Refreshments
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more of tragedy than humor in the incident,
which is only an extreme example of a much too
general disregard by youth of the safety not only
of themselves but others.
More than one insurance man will tell you
that it is the youth of the drivers and not the age
of the cars that has brought about the discrimina
tion by insurance companies against the young
The insurers must remain solvent. It is a situa
tion that cannot
automobiles, for
here cars are tested.
ten times more
volved in fatal
a group of state
short illness. Mr. Simons was for
many years a resident of Hepp
ner where he was engaged in
business with his father, J. R.
Simons who conducted a black
smith shop here.
V
M. H. Gillette, a well known
wheat rancher of the lone coun
try is moving with his family
to Alberta. Canada, where he will
continue in the ranching game.
Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Vaughn re
turned Friday from an extended
vacation in the East. They spent
the greater part of the time at
Pine lake in Michigan.
Dr. C. C. Chick of lone reports
the birth of a girl to Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Keith ley of Eight
Mile on Friday, August 16.
The past week has been one of
many showers. Monday night
there fell almost an inch and a
half of rain, and this shower was
preceded by many smaller ones.
The rains seem to be general
over the county, and as a result
harvest is delayed and some loss
Princess Vesta
August 19, 1948
ASSOCIATION
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be solved by city inspection of
the screening out of young drivers
prevails in Portland as well as elsewhere, and
A report showing that 16-year-old drivers are
likely than their elders to be in
accidents was issued recently by
highway officials and traffic en
gineers The report, based on studies of fatal
accident statistics, showed that 16-year-olds drove
2.300,000 miles per fatal accident whereas the
comparative statistic for persons 43 to -19 years
was 21.900,000.
It is time to crack down on reckless driving by
America's youth through better law enforcement,
stiffer penalties for law violators and stiffer li
cense requirements. We owe it to the earnest
young person who Is conscientiously trying to
get ahead. The Morning Oregonian.
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By CHARLES L. EGENROAD
Washington, D, C.-WHO SAID
THIS? (With apologies
to the
of the
popular radio, program
same name).
'. . . the desperate need of the
United States for ships ought to
be used as a weapon to obtain
closed shops where for '25 years
no closed shops have existed . . ."
Mr. Truman said that in com
menting on a strike in a Diesel
engine plant in St, Louis, Mo.,
May 29, 1941.
"If it becomes necessary to tell
men and women where they can
or must work, we will have to
have an effective priority and al
location svstem. We must elim-
has resulted. However, it has .put
the summerfaUow in fine shape
for fall work.
Charles V. Overman, a young
man of Monument, passed away
at the Heppner sanatorium Wed
nesday morning as a result of
exposure in the storm Monday
night.
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GENERAL CLARK IN OREGON
It is general knowledge that
the Russian situation is 'touchy'
but what is not so well under
stood is that the same situation
exists in Austria," said General
inate fear of peonage and racket
eering. . . . And they must be
certain they will not be exploited
for the profit of any individual.
Mr. Truman said that in an ad
dress in Kansas City, Mo., on Oc
tober 21, 1942,
"... I shall vote for the amend
ment, but I think the time has
come when labor unions, coop
eratives, and similar organiza
tions which have grown to such
vast proportions during the past
few years are going to be requir
ed to make an accounting of their
funds and -of what they do with
them, for the benefit of the pub
lic and in the public Interest.
There is no difference between a
labor leader with too much mon
ey to spend on an election and
Mark Hanna with too much mon
ey to spend on an eleetton."
Mr. Truman, who vetoed the
Taft-Hartley Act and who heads
the party which is pledged to re
peal that Act, said this on the
floor of the Senate on January
18, 1944.
"Although war requires that
we curtail our privileges and al
low the various agencies to exer
cise powers which we would nev
er consent to in times of peace
the war does not require that we
do this in such a way that after
the war we cannot restore the
American way of life."
"I don't want Government of
ficials, whether selected from the
rank of businses or not, determ
ining who will produce and how
much will be produced."
Mr. Truman, who wants gov
ernment controls, said that in an
address before the Industrial Con
ference Council on September 21.
1942.
"No" to the Norris Amendment
on June 1, 1939, to expand TVA
Mr. Truman said "no" when he
voted on the amendment. Now he
is asking millions with which to
expand TVA.
"A statesman is only a dead
politician. I never want to be
statesman."
Mr. Truman said that in a talk
before an A. F. of L. meeting in
Kansas City on September 26,
1944.
Mark W Clark who came to the
capital this week to confer with
Governor John Hall and Major
General Thomas E. Riloa. Ore
gon's adjutant general and direc
tor of selective service lor Ore
gon. Before taking over command of
the Sixth Army on his return
from Europe, at the end of World
War II, General Clark spent sev
eral months in Austria where tic
was in constant contact with the
Russians.
Commenting on current mili
tary news topics he said the
peace time draft was essential
and is the only way we can build
up an army and that the miltary
manpower committees could bo
most beneficial to the recruiting
program as the army is not yet
meeting their quota, although the
west coast is stronger than the
rest of the country. Speaking on
the removal of the adjutant gen
eral's office from the state's cap
ital to Portland he said, "From
what I know and hear of it, it
seems it would be moving closer
to the fire."
General Clark arrived in Salem
from Klamath Falls, stayed two
days at the capital and left for
Foit Lewis to check on the pro
gram for 18-year-olds who are
there to take their year of train
ing. This is the first trip over
the Sixth Army area he has made
since being appointed to take
oxer unification of the services,
including army, navy and the air
force.
CALLED TO WASHINGTON
national draft director. Colonel
Wooton said the nature of his
nounced. Col. Wooton has a long
nounced. Col, ooton has a long
military record, having serveu
on the Mexican border in 1911
Col. Elmer V. Wooton, Oregon's
selective service director for
World War II, left for Washing
ton, D. C, Monday to report to
Maj. General Lewis B. Hershey,
167 infantry regiment and two
with the Third Oregon Infantry,
in 1913 went into service with the
vears in France, returning with
the rank of captain. With the
termination of the World War II
selective Service law last year
he was relieved of active duty,
Since then he has been civilian
director of the state selective ser
vice office records.
CEMENT SHORTAGE EASES
Complete shut down of prac
tically all construction work on
new state buildings was narrow
ly averted last week when ar
rangements were completed to
obtain cement from Washington
state contractors. For the past ten
days a cement shortage in the
Willamette valley area caused
the lay off of workers on the new
state office building, the new cell
block at the state penitentiary,
the Oregon state hospital, Hil
crest school for girls and other
local construction units.
DRAFT INDUCTION CENTERS
Major General Thomas E. Ri
lea, director of selective service
for Oregon, has designated local
induction centers for Western Or
egon at Portland and Eugen
while Eastern Oregon counties
will send men to Bend. Thirty
draft boards are being set up in
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DRIVE TO LAKEVIEW
County Agent Nelson Anderson,
Tom Wilson and Marvin Wight-
man, representing the soil con
servation district, and Ernie
Kirsch, Gilliam county agricul
tural agent, made up a party
leaving Wednesday for Lakeview
to attend the range reseeding
demonstration being held today
at Valley Falls. Teh demonstra
tion is sponsored by the Lake
view Rotary club in the interest
of revitalizing the grazing areas
of the west.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rose
wall and Mr. and Mrs. Allen fas
.irove to Cove Sunday to attend
the Shrine penic. Mr. and Mrs.
Blaine Isom were also on hand
to represent the Morrow County
Shrine club. About 125 persons
were in attendance. Horseshoes
and a Softball game provided di
vert isement for the day.
the state, five of them In Multno
mah county.
The registration of 25-year-old
men is scheduled to start in Ore
gon August 30.
NEW LEGAL OPINION
When a school levy exceeds the
ix per cent limitation the school
directors are not personally liable
f the budget has been approved
by the voters beforehand, Attor
ney General George Neuner ruled
this week.
OREGONIAN TO LEAD ASSAULT
An Oregon man, Lt. Colonel
Marion Carl, Hubbard, holder of
he world's official air speed rec
ord of 650.7 miles per hour, and
fellow marine pilots will spear
head a total of 167 navy, marine
and airforce aircraft in exercises
at Virginia Beach, Va., this
month. The exercises will include
an amphibious assault to be par
ticipated in by West Point cadets
and Annapolis midshipmen.
Carl, a Pacific theater war ace
and former Oregon State college
man, first checked out in a jet
plane over three years ago.
UQUOR SALES SLIPPING
The graph of liquor sales in
Oregon is still on the down slant,
having dropped $1,811,910 during
the last year as compared with
the previous fiscal year, accord
ing to a report of the Oregon
State Liquor Control commission.
The sharpest decline was made
during the three months ending
June 30, 1948 with sales down
$689,000 as compared to sales
made in the same quarter of 1947.
HEPPNER
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cussion, please bring before
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Cleaners
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Heppner, Oregon
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