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PAGE FOUR THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE Comments thfe Week >10,000,000 NEEDED FOR GREEK WAR RELIEF In a nationwide appeal to the American people, The Greek War Relief Association is now seeking >10,000,000 through local committees in process of formation throughout the coun try. More than five hundred such committees are already at work soliciting gifts from the American population from coast to coast, and parallel committees of Americans will shortly be announced. Through a strong National Citizens Committee, likewise under way, the Association hopes to enlist the cooperation of every group and educational channel to carry the story of little Greece and her needs far and wide among the American people. HOW THE FUND WILL BE SPENT Because of the threat to shipping by air bombing and torpedoes, relief materials will at the present time be purchased in this country only when proper arrangements can be made. With this in mind, provision has been made to cable contribu tions, virtually as they are made, for expenditure in Greece by the Administrative Committee of American Relief in Greece, a special committee of six prominent Americans and four Greeks already organized there for that purpose. LOCAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED AND OPERATING A Vernonia committee has been appointed by Mayor Boll inger to conduct the drive for funds locally. The American Legion Ladies Auxiliary has been contacted relative to main taining an office headquarters so that the drive may be carried out satisfactorily. Vernonia’s quota has been set at >500 which is a large amount for a community of this size. However, the worth of the cause cannot be overlooked. We of this nation believe in democracy and sincerely hope that those democratic nations now fighting the axis powers are victorious. Any help we give them will be another step to vict ory fqr democracy as opposed to dictatorship. It is very likely that this call will not be the last and that each succeeding call during March at a cost of $3,598.45. will be even larger than the one we now have but these calls Old age assistance, in which class- will be small enough assistance if the axis is defeated without iiication there were 352 cases, cost bringing the battle to these shores. A LESSON SHOULD BE LEARNED Undoubtedly the leading news event of the week is that of the accidental death of a Japanese near here Sunday eve ning. The circumstances of that death should serve as a force ful lesson to automobile drivers who must learn that laws of the highway must be obeyed. There is another highway law which is broken daily right in the city limits of Vernonia. The violation of that law may easily lead tq, a serious accident although none has as yet occurred. Safety lanes are provided for pedestrians who cross the street from one sidewalk to the other and those safety lanes, when occupied, require that the driver of an automobile stop his car until that lane is unoccupied. COUNTY NEWS St. Helens WORK ON PROJECT STARTED— Winter rains apparently over with, work which has been held up by wet weather since Jan. 16 was begun again last week at the Sauvies island flood control project when a crew began operations on the dike being ibuilt in unit 1 of the $800,000 project. This section is located on the west side of the island frontin'"’ on Willamette slough and has approximately 35 per cent of its yardage in place, John Tay lor, acting area engineer, said. Completion of the big project, de signed to protect several thousand acies of Sauvics island property behind earthen dikes, is not sched uled Until the end of this year and piobably not until the early months of 1942. Although nearly eight miles of levee have been completed around tie southern tip of the island, some 10 miles of dike remain to be fin ished, installation of a pumping plant >s yet to be completed and a 3 '.i mile drainage ditch is only 60 per cent excavated. $7,490.35, aid to dependent children with 45 cases was $1,518 and vhe • blind cases in the county cost $213. A tctal of 69 new applications have been received for addition to t’’e old age assistance rolls, Mrs. T-ce said. Figures were not available on cost of the food stamp plan to the county for March, but operation of the plan here in February cost $19.23. CLERK’S INCOME FOR MARCH DOWN SLIGHTLY— March income at the county clerk’s office totalled $538.80, siightly under the $557.85 taken in during February. The marriage license department, which declined to the dismal low of $3 in Febru ary, had an income of $12, which means that three permits to wed were issued. Other sources of income were: Recording fees, $366; county fees, $64; circuit judge, $13; district at torney, $10; probate court, $38; lew library, $10.30; miscellaneous, $25.50. TUBERCULIN TESTS GIVEN 71 IN MARCH— Tuberculin tests were given to 71 Columbia county children during March, Miss Nettie Alley, county nurse, reported to the Columbia Red Cross chapter last Monday night at a session held at the home MARVIN KAMHOLZ of J. W. Thompson, chairman of RELIEF LOAD RISES Editor and Publisher the group, Completion of a success- IN COUNTY— Conclusion of work on the Bon fu! series of home hygiene classes Entered as second class mail matter. August 4, 1922, at the post neville transmission line through was also reported. office in Vernonia, Oregon, under the county and curtailment of the the act of March 3, 1879. Columbia WPA quota resulted in a Official newspaper of Vernonia, Ore. 19-case increase in the general as sistance load during March, Mrs. Eva L. Tice, county welfarç admin JUPE FORGETS RPtR istrator, said yesterday. The welfare CLATSKANIE— O ri 6 CIATI 0» department handled 193 cases in PSRLIS Old Jupe has either been on a ‘he general assistance classification strike or has forgotten his official capacity. Ralph Kleger, who has charge of the weather bureau i in this local- ity sent in the reports of precipita tion for the months ci January, February and March for the years from 1936 through to the end of March, 1941. The average rainfall for March in the last six years was 5.41 inches Invites You To Bank By Mail if with the previous five year aver- age reading at 6 inches. The total for January, February Inconvenient To (kinie hi Person and March this year is 14.21 inches with January registered at 8.63; J. A. Thornburg, P -rident. February at 3.12; and March with "THE ROLL OF HONOR BANK” 2.46 inches of rainfall. In 1940 ‘he reading for the first three months was 26.28; in 1939, it was 23-.05; in 1938, 23.20; in 1937, 21.36 and in 1936 it was 30.77. The Vernonia Eagle FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1941 VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON Clatskanie The Forest Grove National Bank Oregon-American LUMBER CORPORATION Vernonia, Oregon BIG LOG TRACT TAKEN BY YOUNG'S BAY OUTFIT— The Young’s Bay Lumber com pany will enter, for the first time the logging f:eld in June when iperations will be started by the 1 m on 40 million feet of fir tim- oer purchased recently from the dig Creek Logging company near Benecke creek in the Nehalem va.- ley. About 40 men will be on the job to start with. The timber purchased was on an 800 acre tract beyond the operat ing limits of the Croasett-Western rail logging operations in that area. Strikes caused by disputes as to which union should have its mem bers working on the jsb a-e slow ing construction in a number of places. But in general, the indus- trialiats r/h> are building these new plants a.e far ahead of schedule. One plant will be ready to make Rolls-Royce engines in 9 months when the government estimated it would take 12; two machine gun f ctories will be ready months ahead of schedule; an aluminum foundry will be ready to produce rr. 6 weeks instead of an expected 12 weeks. Marvel us things have been done to achieve this record. Structural steel framework out in the open has been kept he ted behind insul- aiion because frozen steel cannot be woiked satisfactorily. E’sn froz en earth is dug up, run through a heater, thawed out, replaced, and kept heated. But none of these remarkable things will do any good if, when these plants are completed, their svnplies of raw materials are cut eff or thev are closed down direct ly by strikes. American ingenuity w 11 fail because short-term interests or individual groups are ranked ahead of the whole natron’s safety. Book Talk . . • “The Country Lawyer” by Belt- Far.ridge. Th;s is ;he s.ory of the author’» lather, the typical country lawyer cf the I860 ». The book give* an interesting picture of village life of th .t time and is full of amusing anecdotes. Among them is the story i f the townspeople’s prayer for rain curing a ring and hard drouth and its prompt answer. A veritable downpour came and with it thunder and 1 ghtning. The townspeople re; ;oiced in the answer to their p.ayeis but the vil.agc skinflint cut short their joy by bringing suit against item fcr the loss of his barn caused by the lightning. The country law- j or defended the townspeople and won the verdict for them by prov ing that while the people had pray ed for ra'n no mention had been r ade of lightning ind it had been thrown in merely for good measure by the Almighty. An average of almost 3,000 death claims are paid in the United States every day by life insurance companies, of which more than 180 each day are on the lives of per sons whose policies were in force less than a year. Business- Rv EDNA ENGEN (0u^iinqton ffaiapshot* J ames P reston Only time will tell whether the President’s new Board can keep strikes from hamstiinging defense production, just as time proved to Washington that something needed to be done about strikes. Some people in Washington, par ticularly Congressmen who know what strikes are all about, feel rather dubious. They point out that the government has the power to crack down on defense industries, even to the point of taking them over and running them itself, but it does not have nor seek similar pow er over workers in the plants. They become especially pessimistic when they see what they consider to be indications of the administra tion’s attitude on tlie situation. There was House debate recently over the following remark attribut ed by one columnist to a high Wash ington official: “The right of the CIO to strike is paramount to the right of this country to have a national defense program, and prior to the safety and welfare of this nation.” The official has not publicly diS- avowed this statement, so some leg- lslators assume it is correct, And tiiey object vigorously to letting any group declare that for any reason whatever they do not. choose :to make goods for defense. Less than two weeks ago, lalbor- ’.tes were successful with their prop aganda to the effect that strikes weren’t interfering with defense. Even the President said so. And then officials began to get curious. They found some astounding facts. The over-all conclusion is that if foreign agents had deliberately set out to impede production with as few strikes as possible, they couldn’t hope for better results than are being achieved. Here are some of the facts that were disclosed. Powder for shells and ibombs is a No. 1 need. Private industry is building a number of powder plants. One at Radford, Va., was opened with fanfare, three months ahead of schedule. Another at Charles town, Ind., promises to be finin.^ed two months early. But the Radford plant can produce at only one-quar ter of its capacity until the Allis- Chalmers plant catches up on time lost by strikes in making gener ators. And the Charlestown plant will be even in a worse spot. Fuses for explosives are “must.” One concern has a contract foT apout a third of the fuses needed. It wants steel for them. But a CIO 3lrike has stopped the flow of steel so that the fuse-maker has inform ed the Government that he may have to shut down. Aluminum is so essential for de fense planes, shells, radios, and the like, that the govemmeht tempora rily isn’t letting any aluminum be used to make pots ;nd pans. Yet an aluminum strike in a key plant is delaying production of millions of dollars worth of aluminum. The Government's own arsenal at Frankford. Penn., is being delayed in its production of ammunition for small arms because of a steel strike. Another strike is impeding Penn sylvania production of howitzers, the heavy guns now most favored by defense experts. There’« a lot of book* on the library • helves'*, Just waiting for you to help your selves. So why not come in and take a look There*« nothing better than a real good book.*' Professional Directory Gas, Oil, Batteries, Tires LODGES Auto Repairing ROSE AVENUE GARAGE 717 Rose Avenue I. W. A. — C. I. O. Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union No. 5-37 MEETINGS every Friday evening at 7:30 except the second Saturday in each month. Saturday meeting at 1:30 p. m. EXECUTIVE BOARD meetings each Monday evening, 7:30. OFFICE HOURS Mon. to Fri., in clusive, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m.j 3 p. m. to 7 p. m. SATURDAY 9 a. m. to S p. m. Alford Doree, Pres. 5-41 — Dwight Strong, Recording Sec. Vernonia Lodge No. 246 .O.O.F. Tuesday 8PM Mike Willard. N. G. Paul Gordon, Secretary 4-41 — Vernonia F. O. E. For Your Beauty Needs ANNETTE BEAUTY SHOP Phone 431 Elizabeth Horn Hair Stylist and Cosmetologist Marshall A. Rockwell M. D. Physician and Surgeon Office Phone 72; Residence 73 DRESSMAKING ALTERATIONS Cleo Caton The Apparel Shop (Fraternal Order of Eagles) Dr. U. J. Bittner Legion Hall Vernonia Dentist Phone 662 Joy Theatre Bldg. Friday Nights 8 o'clock Alford Doree, W. P. Willis Johnson, W. Sec’y. J. E. TAPP 7-41 Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 116 Vernonia, Oregon Harding Meetings:—I. O. O. F. Hall, Second and Fourth Mondays Each Month. Sisters and Fourth Wednesday? Each Month 2-41 Order of Eastern Star 153, O. E. S. Regular Communi cation first and third Wednesdays of each month, at Masonic Temple. All visiting sisters and brothers wel come. Allie Dickson, Worthy Matron Mona Gordon, Secretary 1-41 Nehalem Chapter A. F. & A. M. Vernonia Lodge No. 184 A. F. & A. M. meet, at Masonic Temple, Stat ed Communication First Thursday of each month. Special called meetings on all other Thursday nights, 7:30 p. m. Visitors most cordially wel- come. Special meeting* Friday night*. C. L. Brock, W. M. Glenn F. Hawkins. Sec. Phone 241 Expert Tonsorial Work Vernonia, Oregon Nehalem Valley Motor Freight Frank Hartwick, Proprietor Portland - Timber • Vernonia Sunset - Elsie - Cannon Beach Gearhart Seaside Vernonia Telephone 1042 CASON’S TRANSFER LOCAL and LONG-DISTANCE HAULING SEE US For Your Old-Growth 16-INCH FIR WOOD AND CEDAR SHINGLES Roland D. Eby, M. D. 1-42 VERNONIA POST 119 AMERICAN LEGION PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Town Office 891 NEAL W. BUSH Meet* Fir*t Wed. and Third Mon. of Each Month. Attorney at Law AUXILIARY Fir.t and Third Monday* Prompt Delivery BEN’S BARBER SHOP Vernonia Temple No. 61 Vernonia, Oregon Meetings:--- I. O. O. F. Hall Second All Kind, of Wood 1-41 Joy Theatre Bldg., Phone 663 In Vernonia Mondays and Tuesdays
