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4 Thursday, Jan. 15, 1942, Vernonia Eagle, Vernonia, Oregon Comments *e Week WE COULD SAVE SOME PAPER AT THE START Since the necessity has arisen to save waste paper and drives have been started to collect that material from every home the thought arises that the use of much of that paper could be prevented in the first place. To be more specific, we refer to the numerous publicity releases which are received each week by this paper. Those releases come from every con ceivable place, the myriad of government agencies, both state and federal, private business firms, patriotic organizations and many other far too numerous to mention. No attempt is made to say just which releases received are of value as true news items which will interest readers and which releases could well be discontinued due to that fact that they merely seek free publicity which could just as well be presented legitimately as advertising. The fact remains that an attempt is being made to con serve waste paper that could just as well not be used in the first place. The so-called news releases received by this one paper probably does not amount to much but stop to consider the number of papers in this nation and the aggregate of paper needed to inform every publisher with material that ends its period of usefullness in the waste basket. Much of the need of conserving waste paper could well be stopped at the source. DEFENSE SAVINGS BONDS AT A RALLY A chance to learn the need of purchasing Defense Savings Bonds is being offered every person here next Tuesday at a Patriotic Rally sponsored by the I. W. A. Those attending that rally will have the opportunity to hear Palmer Hoyt, publisher of The Oregonian and chairman of the State Defense Bond committee, who to knowledge has never been a visitor in Ver nonia. With him will be Robert S. Farrell and Charles W. Robi son, both prominent speakers in the state, who will also ad dress those attending on the bond subject. The rally should be well worth the time of those attending. THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE ^ FERN« Gecw SO PEET STATE POLICE MAKE MORE ARRESTS IN ’41— St. Helens PAPER MILL HIT BF EXPLOSION— Damage estimated at about $1,- 000 was caused last week when a diffusing tank at the St. Helens Pulp and Paper Co. blew up, virtual ly wrecking the side of the build ing next to the vessel and halting operation of the mill until' 4 p. m. that day. Although several men were in the vicinity of the explod ing unit, none was near when the accident occurred so no worker was hurt. Max Oberdörfer, president of the pulp and paper company, said cause of the explosion was uncertain but he thought that it was probably caused by defective material in the tank itself. The unit had been in service for about 10 years. SPEEDUP PLANNED IN SHEET METAL CLASS— Either crime was on the upswing in iCIolumbia county during 1941 or the state police were more vigilent, for records of the year showed last week that the four officers station ed in this county made 646 arrests last year, which is 170 more than were made during 1940. The f ur state police cars were on the road pretty steadily in 1941, the records reveal, for they travel ed a total of 133,037 miles, for an average of 33,259.25 per car, or nearly 206 miles per arrest. The number, of investigations in which arrests were not made is not includ ed in these statistics. Mileage as well as arrests showed an increase in 1941 over the prev ious year when the four cars trav eled 109,744 for an average of 27,- 438 miles per vehicle. Clatskanie COUNCIL ORGANIZED sheet FOR COMING YEAR— The St. Helens aviation metal class shifted into high gear Monday when it started holding sessions from 6 p. m. until mid night six days a week in place of the present five days a week oper ation. According to Robert Fulton, instructor of the class, the need for trained sheet metal workers is such that men are being accepted from here at Boeing after they have had 150 to 200 hours of instruction although the course is supposed to take three months. . At present Fulton and his as sistant, A. J. Lytsell, have a full class enrolled, but indications are that a number of these students will ieave next week for Boeing so that there will be vacancies then. In any case, men interested in this type of work should sign up im mediately at the class, which is held in the high school basement. Instruction, use of equipment, etc. is free, there are no education re quirements and the class is open to any man from IB to 40. The Vernonia Eagle MARVIN KAMHOLZ~ Editor and Publisher Entered as second class mail matter. August 4, 1922. at the post office in Vernonia. Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Official newspaper of Vernonia. Ore Ray Jubinville was sworn in as the only new member of the Clats kanie city council at the regular meeting and was appointed in charge of the fire department. AH hold-over or re-elected mem bers of the council will be given the same duties as last year. Ed Dear will have charge of the police department and garbage dump; Ed Larsen, city park; George Dye, streets; R. E. Culbertson, ceme teries and the mayor will again be in charge of finance. Rainier SCHOOLS CLOSE AT RAINIER— Rainier, along with the rest of the world, has felt the pinch of winter, the coldest nips that have been felt here during the past four winters. Morning temperatures have dropped to 14 to 18 on a number of days, and only under the direct rays of the sun has melting occurred at any time of the 24 hours. Wednesday morning saw a silver thaw in effect in Rainier. Auto mobile traffic was greatly hamper ed and the high school called off school because of bus travel diffi culties. On Wednesday the grade school held as usual but on Thurs day morning it followed the high school in shutting down for the re mainder of the week. MANY MACHINE TOOLS One new airplane factory uses over 2,000 different kinds of mach ine tools. I AVEPAfit EQUIPMENT FOR evERy BRlHGlHG back rue B88REL— / m ERICA TOPAy HAS MORE THAN 200 steei companies with plants in \ 2B states VERNONIA SHOULD BE WELL PREPARED Considering the amount of work that has been done here to date towards completing every detail of the civilian defense organization, Vernonia should be well organized. Although no definite information is available as to the progress made in other towjis of this size, the amount of work so far accomplish ed here cares for nearly every detail of local defense. Civil reserve policemen have a thoroughly organized plan, the fire men are ready for any eventuality, an emergency hospital is practically complete and air raid wardens are rapidly being prepared for their work. During the time all these groups have been brought into existance, air raid observers have been on duty 24 hours a day and will continue so until no further need arises. The observers have the most steady work of any, it being necessary for them to be alert at all times. The other divisions of civil defense being active only when the need arises. COUNTY NEWS- < HIGH. IH JAV*_ , IMS PLSOPMU GIPUCA, A 5PICIE« Of FERM. AT0UH* TUI* seifiuT, yer iHe 51CM I# ONLY A RpW INCHES THICK Portland, Ore., January 7—The mid-winter Press conference held last week in Eugene, brought forth Eime very interesting discussions. Many vital problems are now con fronting editors and publishers of weekly newspapers in Oregon which they will have to meet. Among ethers, representatives of the army and navy intelligence units address ed the conference, which was well attended considering the severe weather those traveling to the meet ing had to contend with. The milit ary let it be known that all war rews, especially the movement of troops, etc., which would give aid to the enemy is “taboo.” So, here after for the duration, if you don’t see such news and many other items in your home town paper don’t blame the editor. He is co operating 100 per cent. Another foregone conclusion is that the pub- Fsher will be compelled to advance the price of subscription and ad vertising rates of his paper if he is to stay in the business. Mounting costs of newprint, labor and all other materials have forced such a move. Another hard blow to the publisher is the cancellation of some national advertising accounts caus ed by the priorities diversion of the government which has prohibit- « d the manufacture of many new articles, such as automobiles, frigi daires, etc. for the duration of the war. Heretofore such manufacturers have been substantial advertising accounts in weekly papers. All in ail. the publishers wilt have a mighty tough row to hoe for many months to come. Now is an excell ent time for large and small busi- i ess interests of each community to give support to their home town paper through advertising. People have more money to spend now than they have had for years. They ere sure to buy if merchants will carry the message to them through advertising. This isn’t a sales talk this writer is trying to put over to readers of The Eagle but, on the contrary, just a plain case f facts. The people of Vernonia know The Eagle has always sup ported the community and its in terests. So let the many good turns rendered in the past by your home town paper, deserve in return, some good turns now. Quite a few dignitaries also at tended the Press conference. Gov ernor Sprague delivered the main address. Incidentally, a few of his ■ieutenants milled around among the publishers, keeping their ears cocked for any political opinions which might be expressed, but there was tittle political talk. The able, efficient, politically wise Peg gy Phillips, secretary to Earl Snetl, was also on the scene and no doubt picked up some valuable informa- ÇH0RTA6E6 of metal ANP PAPER BOAR PARE RESULTING IN INCREASEP PROWCWM . IN THE BARREL INPUSTRP^ tion for her boss. Scouts for other potential candidates were in atten dance, but the publishers turned a deaf ear to any talk except their own business problems. Olice Bar ber, hill-billy columnist for several valley dailies, stole the show with her humorous talk, which “wowed” the conference. The gratifying suc cess of the conference was due in no small part to the excellent man agement by Harry Schenk, manager for the Oregon Editorial associa tion. Another good sized jog the pub lishers were called upon to do, is to canvass their towns, listing small manufacturers who might be in a position to turn out defense mater ials. The military is of the opinion that there are many small plants and shops in Oregon which could be manufacturing parts for war supplies. Portland is to have a per manent exhibit of defense needs which small manufacturers are urg ed to look over with a view ot con tracting to supply some of our war needs. Here is a real opportunity for many communities in Oregon to get defense work and it should not be overlooked. Here are a few more “don’ts” which your home town editor has to follow in order to cooperate with the military: Don’t publish any weather reports, or advance reports. Don’t write anything discounting the Japs as fighters. It will be a long hard war. Don’t publish wild war rumors or stories, which is bad for civilian morale. And don’t pub lish any military news wjiich might be of value to the enemy. The pub lishers were asked to apply this voluntary censorship to their own news columns, as it is not the de sire of the military to apply a strict censorship unless absolutely necessary. The battle still goes on to keep the aluminum fabricating plant at Troutdale. Every member of the Oregon delegation in congress is working day and night to hold this hard fought for industry here. Jesse Jones of RFC, who passes put the money for these new projects, has had the solid Idaho delegation on his back to move the plant to Boise, which is the required 400 miles from the coast. The military brass hats say such a move would make the plant safe from any en emy bombing attack. However, word trickles through that Oregon may still win. Idaho is a long way to transmit the huge amount of necessary Bonneville power which the plant will require. So, hold your hats, boys, we still might win. Eagle Items Of Past Years ONE YEAR AGO— Total circulation of books from the Vernonia Library was 8.742 volumes for the year 1940. Columbia county stockmen heard George Nelson, county agent, re port that approximately 2,700 acres of county land had teen seeded for pasture. FIVE YEARS AGO— Mias Mary Schmidlin purchased the Margaret Beauty Shop from Margaret Powell. The shop was lo cated above the Hoffman Hardware store. J. C. Moran, chairman of the grade school board, announced re signation from the board because of duties in the state forestry de up the victory effort. partment. 3. Control financial transactions of enemy corporations and admin TEN YEARS AGO— J. E. Kerr was elected president ister other alien property. This al of the chamber of commerce. H. E. lows the President to use aun-ost McGraw was made vice-president $7,000,990,000 of alien property and Emil Messing secretary-treas in the Country for the best nation al interest. urer. 4. Permit agencies to enter into defense contracts without competi tive bidding, without performance bonds and to modify or amend con tracts. The added power over con tracts was needed, according to the Senate Judiciary Committee, to speed up the purchase of war ma terials. Congressmen pointed out The swirl and tumult of war-time that under this power the Presi Washington have pushed twelve dent could bring small businessmen non-defense agencies, or parts of into the victory program by remov agencies, out of the city. Following ing existing restrictions on Gov- a Presidential order, over 10,000 ernmênt contracts. Government employees will have An amendment requires the Pres moved out of the Capitol within ident to make a public record of all two months. With the influx of nets taken under the contract pow defense workers at the rate of 1,500 er. If he thinks that such publicity a week, Washington has all ths would be against the public inter appearances of a boomtown. est, he need not reveal the act in The additional space is welcomed question. by administrators who are hard Now that the President has the pressed to find living quarters for incoming Federal workers and of power to streamline the complicat fice space for new defense agen ed defense set-up, Washington busi nessmen are expecting a new re cies. Among the larger agencies mov alignment of defense materials. Plans for “After Pearl Harbor’’ ing out of Washington are the Patent Office and the Securities are being kept secret by high mili and Exchange Commission. The Pa- tary and civilian planners. Only tint Office with 1200 of its em one thing is certain . . . that thu ployees makes its new home in job is collosal. Already Administra Richmond, Va. The SEC, with its tion ment are discarding old esti 1,400 employees, will operate from mates of 30 to 45 per cent of the national income for armaments in Philadelphia. What effect, if any, this mass 1942. OPM’s internal setup has been exodus will have as a decentraliz ing factor in executive control over revised in the interest of speed. the agencies affected is a subject The shake-up brought all industrial branches dealing with civilian mat of speculation here. ters under the supervision of Direc No stone is being left unturned tor General Knudsen and Associate in an effort to vest the President Director Hillman. This leaves Leon Henderson, Civ with enough power to meet every emergency with speed. Not only ilian Supply Administrator, uni has Congress granted him the pow Douglas C. McKeachie, Director of ers which President Wilson had Purchases, who formerly controlled during the first World War, but it civilian branches, and Floyd Odium, also went its predecessor one bet Director of OPM Contract Distri bution Division, as idea men . . . ter and extended those powers. By unanimous action of both the OPM sources predicted. It also House and the Senate, the Presi leaves the responsibility of dealing dent was given authority to: with non-essential civilian produc 1. Censor all forms of fomgn tion up to OPM’s two top men, news. Knudsen and Hillman. It is antici 2. Redistribute Government ad pated here that future curtailment ministrative functions. This, the or cessation orders will come from writers of the Act hoped, would them. permit the President to cut red tape where there was possibility of its becoming tangled and slowing Lodges Business-Professional Directory For Your Beauty Need* ELIZABETH’S BEAUTY SALON Vernonia Lodge No. 246 I.0.0.F, Meets Every Tuesday 8 P. M. Alton Roberson, N. G. Paul Gordon, Secretary 4-41 — Vernonia F. O. E. Phone 431 (Fraternal Order of Eagles) Elizabeth Horn l.O.O. F. Hall Hair Stylist and Cosmetologist Vernonia Marshall A. Rockwell M. D. 2nd and 4th Friday Nights Physician and Surgeon Office Phone 72; Residence 73 Dr. U. J. Bittner 1 Phone 662 Expert Tonsorial Work BEN’S BARBER SHOP Vernonia, Oregon Lodge No. 116 Vernonia, Oregon Meetings:—I. O. O. F. Hall, Second and Fourth Mondays Each Month. Pythian Sisters Vernonia Temple No. 61 Vernonia, Oregon Meeting.:— I. O. O. F. Hall Second Nehalem Valley Motor Freight 7-41 Knights of Pythias Harding j Dentist Joy Theatre Bldg. 8 o'clock Arthur Kirk, W. P. Willis Johnson, W. Sec'y. and Fourth Wednesdays Each Month 2-41 Order of Eastern Star CASON’S TRANSFER 153, O. E. S Regular Communi cation first and third Wednesdays of each month, at Masonic Temple. All visiting sisters and brothers wel come. Verla Porterfield, Worthy Matron Mona Gordon, Secretary 1-42 LOCAL and LONG-DISTANCE HAULING A. F. & A. M. Frank Hartwick, Proprietor Portland - Timber - Vernonia Sunset • Elsie • Cannon Beach Gearhart - Seaside Vernonia Telephone 1042 SEE US For Your Old-Growth 16-INCH FIR WOOD AND CEDAR SHINGLES Roland D. Eby, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Town Office 891 NEAL W. BUSH Attorney at Law Joy Theatre Bldg., Phone 663 In Vernonia Mondays and Tuesdays Nehalem Chapter Vernonia Lodge No. 184 A. F. & A. M. meets at Masonic Temple, Stat ed Communication First Thursday of each month. Special called meetings other Thursday nights, 7:30 Visitors most cordially wel- Special meeting. Friday night.. Elmore Knight, W. M. Glenn F. Hawkins, Sec. 1-4« VERNONIA POST 11» AMERICAN LEGION Meet. First Wed. and Third Mon. of Each Month. AUXILIARY Fir.t and Third Monday* 1-41
