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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the measures taken by property owners
and municipalities to reduce fire losses
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