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THURSDAY. MARCH 9, 1944. THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON. OREGON. PAGE SIX The Hermiston Herald ARMY ORDNANCE HANDLES MUCH WAR TONNAGE Home Condition* Chiefly Blamed for Delinquency Family discord is the major cause of delinquency, according to probate court judges, prosecuting attorneys, of schools, sheriffs Army Ordnance is handling more i superintendents and other local officials in Michigan. invasion tonnage than any other This information was obtained from Entered at the post office at Hermiston as Second branch of the Army, according to Col. replies to letters sent 2,000 local of Buyers, commanding Umatilla Ord ficials of Michigan by the governor Class Matter, Dec. 1906, Umatilla County, Oregon. nance Depot. The Army, as a whole, recently. Questions asked included Subscription Rates handled 41.875,000 tons last year, of the following: 1. Is there a delinquency problem which Ordnance depots move 18,700,- $2.00 One Year.................................. in the community or the county? •00 tons. 1.00 Six Months .............................. 2. What are the ages of the chil- “There are fifty-one Ordnance stor dren involved? Payable in Advance age depots,” Colonel Buyers said. 3. Is the problem war related? What local facilities are avail- “They are strategically located in 2051 Office Telephone .... various parts of the country and able to meet the situation and what Residence Telephone 2333 serve both the European and Far local leadership is available? 5. What is being done in the home Eastern theatres. During the calen community to meet this problem? dar year 1943, these depots moved 6. In your opinion, what are the 625.000 carloads of battle weapons, actual causes of delinquency? automotive vehicles and spare parts. | 7. What might the cure be? The question with the most uni This would make up a train that would reach from New York to San Fran- form reply dealt with the causes of delinquency, the answers placing j cisco and back east past Chicago. most of the blame on the condi “The total land area of all Ord- tions within the family. Family dis | nance Depots is about 292,000 acres cord and breakdown were named the i or about half the size __ of __ the __ state __ of prime factors in problems of chil- The Great Invasion Seems Near at Hand Rhode Island. If all the railroads in dren. Among other causes listed in Ordnance depots were put end on end, the analysis were employment of From all we read in the newspapers and hear over there would be 1192 miles of track mothers outside the home, leaving the radio the day of the great invasion is near. Eng children unsupervised; lack of re that would reach from New Yprk to ligious training in the home; in- | land, as one writer remarks, is sinking with the beyond St. Louis. Latest statistics, in creased earning power tempting par- ' weight of armies and equipment, in preparation for dicate that 86,806 people-—officers, ents to seek personal pleasures away , enlisted men. civilians—are working from home; frequent indulgence in the trip across the channel. The coast of the main in Ordnance depots. This is about the alcohol and gambling; general low land is being bombed like seeding of wheat for hund size of the population of Harrisburg, ering of standards of conduct; and reds of miles along proposed beach heads. Where separation of fathers from the fam Pennsylvania. ily group for military service or em the invasion will strike, no one knows, nor in how “During the month of December, ployment in distant war plants with many places, but that it will be immense is certain, 1943, Ordnance depot workers moved ensuing emotional strain and in and that its success will determine the end of the war 12 per cent more tonnage than a simi creased financial responsibility on lar number of people in January, 1943, the mother. in Europe. The element of surprise is part of such Ordnance depot workers constitute military movements, and we may expect all our in the army behind General Eisenhow terests to be stirred beyond any other events of the er's invasion army and General Mac- Urges Care to Avoid war since Pearl Harbor. Germany, with its millions Arthur’s Southwest Pacific veterans. Contracting Rabbit Fever Forty-five percent of army tonnage of slave labor, is reported to have built several lines Families who may be using wild now being shipped and air-transport rabbits .for meat are warned to be of defense, first along the coast, then 30 miles back, ed overseas to our global invasion ar on their guard against tularemia or and then 90 miles farther inland. Unless these are mies comes from Umatilla and other “rabbit fever” by Dr. W. V. Halver- destroyed or rendered ineffective by air power, the sen, bacteriologist with the Univer Ordnance depots. sity of Idaho agricultural experiment landing may be difficult, and attended with great' “The march to Berlin and Tokyo be station. For handling wild rabbits losses. We can begin to breathe easier only when gins right here in Ordnance, Oregon.” he offers the following suggestions: 1. Leave the too-easily secured our forces are safely landed, and the underground rabbits alone. If a rabbit is an easy forces of the conquered countries are released into sh: t. the chances are it is infected action with our own men. wi h tularemia. 2. Do not olean the rabbit if you By Mrs. Grace Shoun It will bring sorrow to many homes, but we hope have any open sores, cuts or other for the greatest success of the plans of our war The Irrigon people in Hermiston lesions on your hands. It is always Monday were the C. W. and H. W. advisable to wear rubber gloves board, in order to bring the carnage to an early end. | Grims. The Mike Hinkleys and the when cleaning the rabbit. Infection R. Hinkleys, the Harvey Coopers and is usually acquired through contact with the animal’s blood or internal Mrs. J. A. Shoun were also there. By setting aside the senatorial toga Governor Earl Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooper and organs. 3. Be careful in cleaning the rab Snell has raised himself greatly in the eyes of the son Billy are spending some time bit rot to cut yourself with the knife, with her parents, the E. A. Stephens. people of Oregon. It is no small thing to forego a puncture a finger on a broken rib, Mr. Cooper is working at Hanford. or in some other way cause a break great ambition when it was so easily within his grasp, Mr. and Mrs. Sinice Moore and sons in your skin. and such an opportunity may never come again to 4. Cook the rabbit meat thorough Dale and Darrel were Pendleton visi him. Whether his appointment was a good one or ly. The infection can be acquired by tors Monday. not is beside the question. The governor could have Mrs. Nora Wilson and Mrs. Nina eating insufficiently cooked infected Harris are spending a few weeks in rabbit meat. been United States Senator for the asking, and with Portland and at Woodlawn. Wn. his usual vote getting ability would no doubt have Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Egbert of Yaki English Bedrooms been elected to the office in November. Neverthe ma have moved into the farm west of In many houses and flats built in less, by the act he remains governor for his present town that they bought of Frank England before the war began, the French. Thè French family moved bathtub is placed in a separate little term nearly three years yet, and can feel certain of into one of the Leicht cabins until the room of its own. Thus if one bath re-election in 1946 for another four year term, and to er likes to splash for 20 minutes, roads are better so they can go to he doesn't tie up traffic for the rest be governor of his native state for eight years should California. of the family. be very satisfying to any good citizen of Oregon. Pft. Donald Fraser of Kendrick, Another interesting touch in some Idaho, spent from Thursday until Fri of the newer English houses and flats which seems to appeal to Amer LAND SALE NOTICE PILGRIM HOLINESS CHVRCH day with his uncle Kenneth Fraser ican soldiers is the placing of the and family. J. W. Stuart, Pastor Clifford Rucker is the third son of lavatory or washbowl in the bed NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Sunday School, 9:45 a. m. room. In many of the newer houses, That the undersigned. Sheriff of the Ruckers to go into service, joining there is a lavatory with hot and cold Umatilla County, Oregon, by virtue of | Morning worship, 11 a m. the navy. running water in every bedroom. an order duly made and entered here- | Young People’s service, 7 p. m. Calvin Allen has passed his exam While the idea of a lavatory in in by the County Court of Umatilla | Evangelistic service, 7:45 p. m. ination and is waiting to be called by every bedroom has been used to County, Oregon, on the 2nd day of j Prayer service Wednesday, 7:45 p. some extent in American homes, it March, 1944, will, on the 11th day of the navy. has never found wide applica April, 1944, at the hour of 10:00 m' Mrs. Calvin Allen has taken a job o’clock in the forenoon, sell to the! On Sunday night the 12th. our dis- tion. Equipped with a wide ledge highest bidder for cash at the front trict superintendent. Rev. E. R. Him- at Ordnance depot with the grand- serving as a convenient shelf for door of the Umatilla County Court el right of Clarkston, Wash., will bring mother caring for Kenneth. cosmetics, the lavatory in a bedroom House, Pendleton, Oregon, subject to Donald Miller is studying radio at in postwar homes will be used as a a minimum price of $60.00 therefor, the message. Be sure to come and Wisconsin university, he writes his dressing table. to be paid in eash, at the time of sale, hear him. You are welcome to all parents. the following described parcel of land, our services. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Musgrave of heretofore by Umatilla County, Ore Dried Fruits gon, acquired for delinquent taxes, to- CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES Heppner visited the W. C. Isoms. The Spoilage in dried and dehydrated wit: i women are sisters. Mrs. C. Eggers fruits is not a matter of life and SE‘ of SW‘ Section 16, Town also visited them. She is a niece. death as in the canned products. ship 5 North. Range 28 E, W. M. Services every Sunday at 11:00 a. Wiley Benefici has been promoted Darkening in storage of apricots, R. E. GOAD. Sheriff of m. at the American Legion hall. All to Chief Warrant officer. He is sta peaches, pears and apples is unde Umatilla County. are cordially invited to attend. (March 9-April 6) tioned at Seattle. He has a great sirable because it indicates a loss number of relatives and friends here. of vitamins and change in flavor, but Mrs. Vivian Finner of Fort Worth, the dark fruit is not poisonous, Texas, is visiting her parents, the says Dr. E. M. Mrak, assistant pro fessor of fruit technology on the Chas. McFalls, and other relatives Berkeley campus of the University here, arriving Sunday. of California. The Ladies Aid met Thursday in Darkening can be prevented by the Presbyterian church basement and sulfuring the fruits before dehydrat ing, by drying as rapidly as feasible, finished a quilt. Mrs. Dave Steagall and Mrs. Henry and by storing in closed containers a cool place. Prunes and figs SO WE MUST TAKE CARE OF OUR Miller were Hermiston visitors Mon in should not be sulfured. They will day. and Mrs. C. W. Acock and Chas. ferment unless dried to the proper PRESENT EQUIPMENT. Jr. were Hermiston visitors Tuesday. degree. To test the dryness, take a The small son of the George Scar handful and squeeze tightly; if the letts passed away early Sunday morn fruit retains the shape of the hand ing. The baby had been ill for only and does not fall apart, it is too wet. CHECK that air cleaner regularly. a short time with glandular fever and had been taken to the Hermiston KEEP oil and grease compartments full of good Pastry Scraps hospital shortly before. The baby was There are many variations of tasty clean lubricant. buried in the Umatilla cemetery tidbits that can be made from scraps Tuesday afternoon after services at of pastry. Cheese sticks can be • BE CAREFUL where you drive. Prann’s Funeral Parlors at Hermis made by sprinkling grated cheese ton at 2 p. m. He was two months old over the pastry and then cutting it • CHECK air pressure in tires regularly and keep and is survived by his parents and into strips. Poppy seed or paprika can be used in the same way to properly inflated. small sister, and grandparents and give variety. These sticks are par other relative*. There was a nice ser ticularly nice as appetizers, or soup • KEEP rubber tires protected from weather when vice for him and many flowers were or salad accompaniments. For aft not in use. • presented. ernoon tea, sugar and cinnamon pas try sticks are very attractive. Another dainty use for pastry is PAINT your machines to protect from rust to bake two rounds together, the top one having a hole in the center, fashioned with a small cutter. When the pastry is baked there will be a small depression in the center that can be filled with jam, jelly or any filling one may desire. Pendleton, Oregon Phone S18 Published Every Thursday at Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon. 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