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RATIONING CALENDAR 7he MEATS, CHEESE, etc. Book 2 red stamps. P, Q and R val id through July 31. PROCESSED FRUITS & VEGETABLES Book 2 blue stamps N, P and Q val id through August 7; R, S and T val id August 2 through September 7. VOLUME XXXVI SUGAR Book 1 stamp 13 good for 5 pounds through August 15, stamps 15 and 16 good for 5 pounds for home can- PLANS FORMULATING ning. COFFEE FOR BOND AUCTION Book 1 stamp 21 worth one pound through July 21; stamp 22 worth one ON CITY STREETS pound July 22-August 11. SHOES Book 1 stamp 18 good through Oc tober 31. GASOLINE Coupons worth 4 gallons each. No. 7 becomes valid July 22. FUEL OIL Period 1 coupons in new fuel oil ra tions valid until January 3. 1944, worth 10 gallons per unit. Last year’s period 5 coupons valid through Sep tember 30. No Gag To Go To Gardens Special rations of gasoline for tra vel to Victory gardens were discon tinued July 12, although rations al ready issued for this purpose may be used as long as valid. This action was taken by DPA upon advice of the De partment of Agriculture that gardens planted after that date would be too late to produce enough food to war rant extra use of tires and gasoline in cultivating them. Co-ops Can Replace Stocks Farmers’ cooperatives and any oth er dealers who sell farm supplies at cost or at a markup of not more than three percent, are permitted to re plenish stocks on farmers’ certificates on a dollar-for-dollar basis, under a recent amendment of Priorities Regu lation No. 19. Previously, the dealer could use the farmer’s certificate to get supplies only up to 75 per cent of his sales. The amendment enables farmers’ cooperatives which sell ap proximately at cost to make full re placement of their stock. ‘ Rations For Sick Although the need to conserve ra tioned foods is great, no hospital pa tient’s health need suffer, the OPA has announced. Local rationing boards have been given authority to provide supplementary allotments to meet the dietary requirements of patients in hospitals—whether or not such pa tients are on special diets. — Fuel For fjici'hntorg Fuel oil for incubators, brooders, and other equipment used in raising poultry, livestock, or other agricul tural products can now be obtained regardless of the age of the equip ment. OPA has recently removed these items from the list of equipment for which no fuel oil rations were previously allowed. Coal Production Lags Coal production for the first half of 1943 was an estimated 1,729,000 tons less than for the same period in 1942, Solid Fuel Administrator Har old L. Ickes has reported. “The gra vity of this loss of production is em phasized by the fact that the Nation will need an estimateti 25,000.000 tons of coal more this year than last,” he said. Casualties Of War Casualties of the United States Armed Forces from the out-break of the war to July 3 total 91,644. This total, based on War and Navy De partment reports, includes: dead, 16.- 696; wounded, 21.828: missing 31,579; prisoners of war, 21.541. Of these, Army casualties total 64,621; Navy, 27.023. Winter Cover Crop Seed Large supplies of winter cover crop seeds, acquired by the Government in stabilizing prices for the 1942 crop, will be released for planting this sum mer and fall. AAA will release about 20 million pounds of Austrian winter pea seed for sale by the CCC to deal ers at $5.65 per hundredweight. F.O. B. Oregon points. Cover crops, which are a soil conservation measure, in crease the nitrogen in the soil when plowed under and thereby reduce the amount of fertilizer required and re lease nitrates needed for munitions. More Fertilizer To Be Available From 5 to 10 percent more chemical fertilizer will be available in the year ahead according to WFA officials. It is estimated that U. S. farmers used about 10 million tons of chemical fer tilizer during the 12 months beginning July 1. 1942. Although the supply of nitrogen and phosphates will be great er, potash is expected to be less plen tiful. Enough Floor Coverings Smooth durable linoleum and print ed floor coverings are being produced in substantial quantities to meet the greatly increased demand, WPB has reported. Used in new housing pro jects and in reconditioning old build ings. smooth surface floor coverings save lumber, nails, and labor, and con tribute to sanitation. BERG IS NAMED CHAIRMAN HERE Tentative plans for a gigantic bond auction to be held in the west end of Umatilla county were made Monday night with Echo. Stanfield, Hermis ton and Umatilla as participating cities. A similar idea is being formu lated at Pendleton and Milton-Free water. Pete Berg, operator of the Hermiston Grain & Feed Co., was elected general chairman of the event Monday night and appointed repre sentatives from each town to meet Thursday (tonight) to set a date for the auction and make other definite plans. Guy Johnson, county chairman of Pendleton, has announced that the county quota for July is $190.000 in bonds. Should, however, the county purchase $110,000 over the quota, or $300,000 in bonds, the government has promised to name a giant bomber, “The Spirit of Umatilla.” This ulti mate goal will be the slogan for the coming drive. Several plans for the forthcoming auction were discussed Monday night. To “perk up” bond buying the night of the auction, merchandise articles will be sold to the highest bidder in war bonds for each sale. These arti cles will be solicited as donations from the various merchants of the west end cities. A program will also be lined up for the evening. The Pendleton air base will send a band to the auction and will form the nucleus of a parade. Other features for this event were al so discussed. Local talent from each town will be utilized for the program with a master of ceremonies.or auc tioneer to be chosen tonight. Definite plans for the forthcoming event will be announced next week. HOP HARVEST IS DUE NEXT MONTH Picking operations at the Williams & Hart hop ranch (formerly L. W. Dixson) are expected to get underway about August 25. according to Ralph Williams and Harry Kessler who were in Hermiston Wednesday- Mr. Williams is part owner of the hop ranch while Mr. Kessler is foreman. The 28 1 acres, located in the Co lumbia district, give indication now of an excellent crop. Mr. Kessler stated that he would need quite a number of pickers and hoped that lo cal residents would come to his rescue when picking starts. EXTRA SUGAR IS NOW AVAILABLE Housewives who are worrying about running out of sugar due to a heav ier scheduli of canning than in for mer years may obtain extra sugar for canning by applying to the local of fice of War Price and Rationing Board. Board officials, however, wish to make it plain that all eligible stamps be spent for sugar before ap plication is made for more. Also some housewives are buying a quantity of fruit and vegetables and then discover that they are short of sugar. Due to the busy office hours it is impossible to grant this applica tion imemdiately and the canning must wait. It is urged that applica tion be made prior to the obtaining of the fruits or vegetables. SILK MATERIAL STILL NEEDED The campaign for silk and nylon hosiery is progressing nicely with the demand for more is still urgent, ac cording to Mrs. Walter Hamm, local chairman. “From several sources we have heard rumors that the silk and nylon hosiery program was to have been discontinued as of July 1. Such is not the case, however.” Material may be left at the Hermiston Drug Co. from where it will be properly dispersed. One lot of 100 pounds has already been shipped with another lot of similar amount nearly ready. “It has been reported that in sever al instances garments other than hos iery have been included in the re turns,” states a representative of the campaign. “Of course, nothing but silk and nylon in hosiery is acceptable and any other items must be thrown out for waste. Rayon hosiery is also not wanted.” 4ezmiito n -aalé OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 22. 1943. SGT. BILL LAAS HOME FROM WAR IN SO. PACIFIC Sgt. Bill Laas, brother of Pete Laas, returned home Tuesday on a month’s furlough from the U. S. Ar my. Sgt. Laas has just come from the war zone in the South Pacific, having undergone months of hard ship and active fighting. He has been away from the United States over 10 months. Although he is not prone to tell much of his experiences, he has con fessed several incidents during the past several months. Although the bars on his uniform reveal the fact that he has been in four major en gagements. he has only one small scar as an acute reminder. He received a shrapnel wound during an aerial en gagement, being an aerial gunner. He expects to make a visit to see his mother in Kansas prior to report ing back for duty August 21 at El Centro, Calif. Sgt. Laas states that news material, censored by army au thorities. will be received here in the next few days for publication next week. LITT a RIGORE HOUT Yt YOURSELF Any Excuse You Can Find For Not Upping Your Bond Buying Will Please Hitler PARATROOPER KNOWN HERE NUMBER 49 PLAY UNDERWAY IN SECOND HALF OF BALL LEAGUE League Standings W. L Pct. 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 0 1 .000 .000 0 1 U O D .............. ..... ..... Indians Hermiston Kids ..... Stanfield ............. .... Boardman —...... Echo ..........2......... .... EXODUS BEGINS AT TERTLE TOWN FOR RENOVATION WORK JOB TO PROCEED WITH NO DELAY A general exodus began Wednesday at Tertle Town west of Hermiston Wilfred J. Thomas, army private, when about 20 families began moving who recently made headlines for kill Scores Sunday Contests to Ordnance. Regular caravans of ing three Italians in the Cicilian cam Hermiston 11, Boardman 9; U.O.D. furniture, clothing and other belong paign, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. 10, Echo 7; Indians 28, Stanfield 3. ings could be seen moving all day. C. Thomas of Hermiston. The family | --------- Other residents will continue to move resides in the Hanby trailer camp Games Coming Sunday to Ordnance until the entire 83 hous- while Mr. Thomas is employed at the Echo vs. Bombers at Boardman; ! es have been vacated with work of U.O.D. Pvt. Thomas made a visit to Hermiston vs. Indians at Hermiston: rebuilding Tertle Town slated to get Hermiston in March to visit his par U.O.D. vs. Stanfield at Stanfield. underway soon after all families have ents. He has been in the service moved. about 112 years and apparently en A long distance call to Pendleton Play got underway Sunday in the joys the “work”. second half of the baseball league with Thursday morning to Brennan & Ca Thomas was among a group of par the U.O.D., Indians and the Hermis hoon, contractors for the new work, atroopers who dropped 600 feet from ton Kids winning over Echo, Stanfield resulted in the following information. a transport plane to wreak havoc and Boardman respectively. The In Work of renovation will get underway among the defenders of the large is dians-Stanfield contest proved a July 26 with the contract calling for land. They prepared the way for the “track meet” for the Indians who won the units to be ready for occupancy landing of other armed forces. -1 28 to 3, but the other two tilts were by October 9. I Included among the work to be | nip and tuck ending in close scores. HUNTING HOURS On the Hermiston diamond the U. i done are the addition of a dinette to ALARM SOUNDED ARE EXTENDED 0. D. tangled with Echo in another | each unit. The houses will all be typical game with the veteran Muri raised and placed on new foundations BUT NO ETRE Berry of Echo losing a duel with the and all will be painted. New roofing Secretary of Interior Ickes this I more youthful Smallwood of the Ord will be placed on each house and con Wednesday morning started off week announced that hunting of mi nance team. The final score favored ditions generally improved. A new just like the Wednesday a week ago gratory game birds will be permitted the U.O.D. 10 to 7 but the first half community building will be erected with the sound of the fire siren. An this year from half an hour before winners had several anxious innings for use of residents of Tertle Town. Other work calls for street construc urgent call for help came from a lady sunrise to sunset. Last season the before the tide finally turned in their “five miles out on the Butter Creek hours were from sunrise to sunset. favor. tion and new landscaping. Residents who are being forced to highway.” Several carloads of fire Sportsmen will be allowed to retain The Hermiston Kids, liberally men hurried to the named spot and in birds lawfully taken for a period of sprinkled with old timers, eked out a leave their victory gardens for a quired for several miles around but 45 days following the ending of the 11 to 9 win against the Boardman short time will be glad to learn that could find no trace of a fire. open season in the state where the soldiers. Had it not been for the steps will be taken to guard them as The firemen were consoled with one birds were killed—an extension of 15 aged Bob Woodward things would much as possible. This information thing, however, the fire could not days. have been much different. When both was released by Col. W. J. Hoffman, have been very large or would have The fall 70-day hunting season will Bill Schoonover and Gerald Keller public relations officer of the Uma found some smoke at least. begin September 25 in the northern failed to stem the tide, the “old re tilla Ordnance Depot. After Tertle (It was reported Thursday that a zone, October 15 in the intermediate liable” took to the mound. He al Town has been rebuilt, former resi wood box fire at the Canal House was zone and November 2 in the southern lowed only one run in five innings, dents will have the option of return the cause for the alarm. No damage zone. getting 13 strikeouts during that ing to their prior residences or re maining at Ordnance. resulted.) time. Old timers who helped the Hermis- A APPLICATIONS cause included Julius Gimble. HER ALD TO PRINT RELIEF FROM HOT CAUGHT IN RUSH ton Charles Wilcox. Jim Boylen, Keller NEWS OF U.O.D. WEATHER SEEN and Woodward. Persons who were late in applying IN NEXT ISSUE The gradual climb of the thermonit for their A ration cards for gasoline BABE STRAYS BUT ter in this area reached a climax (we will be forced to wait several days be FOUND SAFELY The Hermiston Herald, through ar hope) Monday of this week when it fore receiving their new allotments. rangement with Col. W. J. Hoffmann, The deadline was Wednesday and it read 101 degrees in the shade, ac public relations officer, and Lt. R. F. An urgent call to the Fred Hensel Purse, personnel officer, of the Uma cording to Chas. Taylor, local weath was estimated at the local office of War Price and Rationing Board that home north of town brought Chief of tilla Ordnance Depot, will each week er man. The next day again broke into three figures with an even 100. only slightly over one-half of the ap Police Nation and several others to hereafter devote the entire left hand plications were in. the scene in a few minutes. Little Wednesday, however, it was cloudy Due to the rush during office hours, Diane Hensel had strayed from the column of the front page to news from all day much to the relief of everyone. employees of the board will disperse yard and could not be located. It was the U.O.D. Through a government The report for the week follows: the applications before and after clos feared that she had fallen into an ir order, the “Tumbleweed”, official Max. Min. Date ing hours and persons applying should rigation ditch that was flowing full publication from the Ordnance during July 14 ................. 92 66 the past months, will be discontinued not expect to receive their books to the brim. July 15 ....................... 83 48 while they are in the office. They A quick search, however, found little with this week’s issue. July 16 ....................... 89 50 Due to the fact that the “Tumble will be mailed out as rapidly as pos Diane playing about a half mile from July 17 ....................... 91 63 weed ” has proven popular and val sible and will be taken care of in the home safe and unharmed. It was July 18 ...... ................. 97 54 uable to Ordnance workers, The Her order they were received. quite a relief to all concerned. July 19 ....................... 101 56 ald has made this arrangement in or July 20 ...... --......... 100 61 der to continue some of the functions UMATILLA YOUTH AUTO HITS BIKE and activities of the popular little pa All the news printed in the col SATER MOVES GIVEN MEDAL AT CROSSROADS per. umn will be edited at the U.O.D. and ______ TO PENDLETON will contain not only matters of per Sgt. Vernon E. Davis, son of Mr. Serious injuries were narrowly sonal interest but also will contain an Ermol Sater, for many years em and Mrs. Fred Davis of Umatilla and avoided Wednesday evening when an nouncement of events and matters ployed at the Umatilla Cooperative grandson of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. automobile driven by Clarence Cramp pertaining to the work. The editors of The Herald regret Creamery as all-around man and la Stockard of Hermiston, was recently ton struck a bicycle driven by Junior ter as assistant butter maker, re- awarded a soldier’s medal. He was Cherry, 12, with his younger brother, that this is the last issue of the signed his position recently to become among a group of officers and enlist 3, riding on the handlebars. Cramp “Tumbleweed” as it has been ably effective this Saturday evening. He ed men of the U. S. army fourteenth ton was entering the highway at published from the beginning. will begin work at the Golden West air force stationed in China, Burma “Pumpkin Center” in the Columbia Creamery in Pendleton the first of and India who received similar district while the boys were coming the month as butter maker. The awards from the war department. down the highway. The left front HERMISTON LOTS Flights in these areas are particu move comes as an advancement for fender of the car struck the bicycle. SOLD AT AUCTION larly dangerous due to the mountain Except for skinned faces and knees, Mr. Sater. 1 ,, - r » I • ’ ’ The Saters have rented their home ous terrain and rapid-changing wea the boys escaped from the ordeal with R. C. Peters and B. I. Whitney, who here and will move to Pendleton next ther necessitatng operations from out serious hurts. Due to the high high altitude fields. grass near the road Crampton did not recently platted a piece of property week. see the boys until right on them. He east of town, have announced that the was absolved of all blame by state po sale July 11 was well received and that they are contemplating another lice who checked the accident. Points Out Location Where United Nations ------ 9 • =-------- such event in the near future. Plans are now to extend the city Prisoners Are Held In Italian Prison Camps RED CROSS WORK water underway main to the new tracts and TUIN TO BE RETURNED plans are already being formulated for some construction. Mr. Peters announces that the fol Mrs. J. R. Huffman, local Red lowing purchased parcels of land: A. Cross sewing chairman, requests all Wolf, A. Cassens, Ray Scroggins, W. those having Red Cross work to re turn it as soon as possible whether it E. O. Criger, Frank Sargent, R. M. Finch, S. M. Carter and Jens Skovbo. is finished or not. Materials may be left at the Huffman home on Gladys Avenue. HUTCHISON TO Considerable work has been accom plished by local women during the HAVE AUCTION past year. Most of the classes have been held at the U S.O. The next auction in this area has been scheduled for this Saturday, O’Grady's Purchase Residence July 24, at the Baxter Hutchison Mr. and Mrs. T. A. O’Grady this ranch 21 miles east of Hermiston. week purchased the former George R. C. Peters, auctioneer, announces Hodge home and two lots. The prop that activities will get underway at erty is located just east of the former 1:00 o'clock. B. I. Whitney will clerk Charles Hodge home now occupied by the sale. This pretty little Washington Miss is being shown on a map of Included in the sale will be consid Mr. and Mrs. Friday. The O’Grady's Italy, locations of Italian prison ramps where United Nations prisoners expect to make their home there in the erable furniture, farm implements and of war are held. The Red Cross volunteer also shows the Washington future. Mr. O'Grady is employed at livestock. Mr. Peters also states that Miss the contents of the standard American Red Cross prisoners of war the Hermiston Auto Co., having for several head of livestock will be food parcel, which the International Red Cross forwards in sufficient merly owned and operated Stewart brought to the sale. Also anyone hav- numbers ta make possible weekly distribution to each American military prisoner. (American Red Cross for the Office of War Information) Auto Cabins south of town, now own- I ing articles to sell should bring them | to the auction. ed by H L. Connor. 0 1 .000
