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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1942)
4 Thursday, August 6, 1942_____Vernonia Eagle County News St. Helens ST. HELENS WOMEN GET SHEET METAL JOBS A pair of St. Helens women, Mrs. Alice Howard and Mrs. Jean Sut ton, declared war this week on the Axis in a particularly effective manner—they took jobs Tuesday on the production line of the Columbia Aircraft Co. in Portland. There, with rivet guns in hand, they’ll la bor from 4 to 12 on the swin<> shift using the knowledge and train ing they acquired at the govern ment-sponsored aviation sheet metal school at the high school here. Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Sutton are the first feminine products of the class to obtain employment, but several other women have com pleted the stipulated 180 hours of instruction and are awaiting call to either Boeing or Columbia Air craft. A temporary materials short age has slowed hiring at these ma jor airplane factories, but within a couple of weeks it is expected that these and other plane plants will be demanding more workers than training schools can supply. the University of Oregon, wi teach science, physical education and coach athletics. Last year he coached sports in the Pleasant Hill high school, his basketball team missing the district championship by the narrow margin of one point. Gladys Shelley is scheduled ,o teach social science, English and serve as librarian. Graduating from the University of Oregon, Miss Shelley completed the required two extra terms of study and secured a teacher’s certificate at the age of 19. Although she was the youngest high school teacher in Oregon last year, it is reported by the super intendent’s office, her success at Rogue River High School was out standing. LABOR SHORTAGE FORCES FIR-TEX TO HIRE WOMEN For the first time in the history of the Fir-Tex Insulating Board Co. here, women workers will be em ployed in its mill, R. W. Simeral. manager of the concern, said last week. The current labor shortage which has seen many men leave for the armed forces or for employment in war industries was the direct cause for this action by the St. Helens company. At present only about 12 jobs are open to women in the mill and these will be prici- pally in the finishing room, Mr. Simeral declared. News that ithe company intended to hire feminin? help in its mill spread to such an extent earlier last week that appli cations for the comparatively few jobs which will be available have come pouring in to such an extent that it was evident there is no shortage of woman power locally. Plans now are to check the appli cants this week and to employ the 12 feminine workers next week, Mr. Simeral said. Clatskanie FOUR NF.W TEACHERS ARE GIVEN CONTRACTS At a special medting of the Clats kanie school board held Friday evening. July 24, the evening was given over to a discussion of prob lems related to the organization of the school for the ensuing year. Elected to positions in the elemen tary school are Alberta E. Wilson, eighth grade; and Virginia Miller, second grade. Miss Wilson, a form er teacher in Tillamook county, was principal in one school for eight years. Frank Anderson, a graduate of The Vernonia Eagle MARVIN KAMHOLZ Editor and Publisher Entered as second class mail »latter, August 4. 1922, at the post office in Vernonia. Oregon, under The act of March 3, 1879. •fficial newspaper of Vernonia, Ore. PuiLISIfEy44sft£lATI0M N ational A pvkrtisinc R epresentative NEW YORK . CHICAGO . DETROIT "T he aluminum used in one mooern bomber , is equivalent to A FOOD manufacturer HAS GONE INTO LARGE - SCALE PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC- PLyWOOP AIRPLANE AND GLIDER. PARTS .Te"- .. ... A NEW RECORD WA5 SET IN A PACIFIC COAST SHIPYARD WHEN ONE LIBERT/ SHIP WAS LAUNCHED 36 DAYS AFTER IT‘S’ KEEL WAS LAID MINT GROWERS TALK ASSOCIATION A group of Columbia county mint growers planned a meeting of mint 'farmers at the Delena school house Wednesday, August 5, for the purpose of considering the forma tion of a mint growers association. Army, Navy and Maritime Com missions are taking steps to obtain refunds on excessive war profits. It is the intention to obtain profit refunds through review of finan cial statements, if possible. No set foimula will be established. Some companies might be permitted a 7 or 8 percent profit, while others might be granted a highei' percent age in order to maintain normal op erations and set aside a cushion against post-war conversion needs. THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO MAKE 60.000 COFFEEPOTS Rainier PACKERS, FISHERMEN HOLD HEARING IN DISTRICT COURT Columbia river salmon packers, officials of packing companies, the Columbia River Fishermen’s union and its secretary were arraigned in Portland district court at 10 A. M. Monday on charges of violation of federal anti-trust statutes, ac cording to warrants served upon the defendants within ithe last few days. About a month ago indictments cf the defendants were issued by the federal grand jury in Portland charging conspiracy to fix prices of both fresh and canned chinook sal mon taken from (the .Columbia river. Although most of the defendants named by the jury are active in the Astoria section, there is interest in the case locally because many mem bers of the Fishermen’s union work in this area, the CRPA has a re ceiving station here and other fish companies buy salmon in this dis trict. THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE stricken businesses. These are basic to the development of the campaign to back the President’s seven-point anti-inflation program with law. Ex cept a Presidential announcement to prime an historic debate soon. Free enterprise may be the crux. If sub sidies are set up for the farmer, labor and war-stricken business— the government would be taking a long step in the direction of bigger and better paternalism that would outlive the war and shape the pat tern for post-war casting. AMMSAS amp k'AfJSAS TAKE THEIR. NAME« FROM INDIAN TRIBES' ARKANSAS FROM THE ARKANSA INDIANGl KANSAS FROM THE KANSA TRIBE Machinery for a Small Wail' Plants Corporation is being assem bled to accept prime contracts from war procurement agencies—but ca pacity to spread the 150 million IN ORDER. TO CONSERVE. dollar fund voted for the purpose by CARDBOARD CONTAINERS, Congress is limited by raw mater ONE SUPPLY ial shortage and the expanding pro FIRM TAPES' THE BOXE5. duction of established all-out war INSTEAD OF GLUEING OR material producers. WPB Clhief Nel •STAPLING 1HEM, son has appointed Lou E. Holland ■SO THE/ CAN BE COLLAPSED of Kansas City (Chairman), Jame3 ANO RETURNED FOR RE-USE. T. Howington of Louisville, Wm. S. Shipley of York, Pa., Albert M. A war department engineer at Port Carter of Murphysboro, Ill., and land has been instructed to visit Samuel A. Smith of Boston, as directors of the SWPC. Ontario and make a study. The War department promises nothing, There is growing sentiment in but says Ontario and its facilities Congress against enacting any per and possibilities will be given con manent legislation overhauling the sideration in the event new trair- patent system until the National ir.g schools are decided upon. Patent Commission has had an op portunity to complete its study and submit recommendations. Certain members believe that none of the bills sponsored by Chairman Bone cf the Senate Patents Committee should be passed until the views of this commission are known__ a point repeatedly made by the Na byjAMES P reston tional Association of Manufacturers The political grapevine reflects growing concern over war progress —or lack of it— particularly in aimed circles. All want more offic ial frankness on developments. Off the record, officials believe real news is more alarming than head lines. Consensus is that politics-as- Church of Jesus Christ usual would vanish into thin air if the American people realized the Of Latter Day Saints— Sunday school convenes at 10 enormity of the war job and de a. m. at the I. O. O. F. hall under manded action. the direction of Charles Ratkie. Controversies over wage levels, superintendent. ,aim parity, prices and rationing are inevitable. Wage stabilization Assembly of God Church which ties up directly with parity —Rev. John W. Hodges, Pastor must be dealt with at once, as the Sunday services: spectre inflation looms. The wage 9:45 A. M.—Bible school, direct situation was brought to a head by ed by Alban Colsen, superintendent. the WLB 15 per cent grant but 11:00 A. M.—Morning worship, the Administration still shies at f :30 P. M.—Christ Ambassador’s wage control. USWA will take the services. 44 cents and demand similar raises 7:45 P. M.—Evening services. for half a million more steelmen. Wednesday night, 7:45—Bible The Administration wants wage con study and prayer meeting. trol without the war tag. High of Thursday, 2:00 P. M.—Ladies ficials hope to get Congress to build missionary and prayer band. a wage-fixing board which would Friday, 7:45—Christ Ambas grant increases based on living sadors. costs. Meantime the farm bloc is We invite everyoni ‘o be in our sues an ultimatum on 100 per cent services. parity fixation if wages are set. kuown mineral or metal, but there has never been the slightest sign of tin in the bureau' samples taken from Squaw butte. A dozen scient ists have made individual studies and still no tin. In the face of all this, Burns insists that tin exists in quantity at Squaw butte and wants the president or congress to do something about it. * • • Between Medford and Ashland, in the Rogue rivei' valley, the-e is a deposit of low grade coal. Bureau of mines has directed one of its en gineers to make a survey of this coal bed to determine its depth, ex tent and quantity o'f the coal. Army is interested, for ttie White canton ment in the Rogue river valley will require 80,000 tons of coal and the army always prefers obtaining coal as close to an ‘army post as possible. If the coal proves satisfactory this Jackson county fuel will be almost in the heart of the cantonment. * * * War production board has bee” advised by the local grange and shippers that the Borgan branch of the Union Pacific in Willow creek valley, Harney county, will handle 2100 head of cattle and 6000 lambs this fall, and the only way to mark et is over this railroad. War pro duction board, however, announces that the road does not contribute to winning the war and it will take the rail's anil use them elsewhere. * * * Dr. S. R. Hyslop, chairman of the Oregon flax and linen board., has been advised that flax impor tations are now restricted to gov ernment agencies. Commodity credit corporation has just closed a con tract for flax from Peru, where seed was sent last year from the flax organization at Mount Angel. Christian Church * * • Ti>,. Livingstone*. Minister» Farm parity and wage stabiliza With level country and plenty of The pastor will be here Sunday sunshine, Ontario is asking the war tion are, in effect, direct steps to department to establish a training ward subsidies which will, in turn, and all services will be held as school for fliers at its new airport. call 'for government help for war- usual. ^aJiinqton ^¡kncifMhcU Portland, Ore., Aug. 5—When the Democrats elected Judge Fred Fisk of Eugene their state chairman at the annual state convention last Saturday astute political observers expressed the opinion that the choice was a wise one. Fisk, who was unopposed for the chairmanship is well schooled in the art of po litical campaigning and knows many of the answers. Democrats, as a whole are jubilant over the election of Fisk, who, they believe, is the one and only political Moses to lead them out of the wilderness. The one big surprise of the all day session was the overwhelming drubbing given that old warhorse Democrat, Walter Gleason, for the office of secretary. Les Josslin. former secretary to Governor Mar tin, defeated Gleason by a vote of 38 to 8, which means that Mr. Gleason is definitely in the class of political has-beens. This is about the tenth straight time Gleas on has been defeated for the sever al offices to which he has aspired during the last several years. All the state committeemen and women were in attendance, with the exception of those from the following counties: Baker, Crook, ICurry, Douglass, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Lake, Malheur, Umatilla, Sherman, and Wheeler, which shows the Democrats are well organized. * * * While it had been supposed that an artillery range would be located somewhere between Bend and Bur {i it has now been decided that some 50.000 acres are wanted east of Harrisburg and Halsey, in Lane county. This is to be used in con nection with Camp Adair, near Cor vallis. Protests to army engineers have been unavailing. The army en gineers say the target range is an integral part of the cantonment and while they regret that there is opposition by numbers of farmers in the affected area, the range will be located as planned. • * * Business men of Burns are on the lampnge against the federal bureau o! mines: think a congressional in vestigation should be made, and a petition has been sent ter the White House, to Vice President Wallace and to members of the Oregon dele gation. Burns people are convinced that there is a deposit of tin at Squaw butte. Much publicity was given the Squaw butte “find“ last year, for if there was tin it is just what the government wants, tin be ing so scarce that it cannot be used on bottletops and tin allocated tc canneries has been reduced to a minimum. (In the east tin cans are being saved and sent to detinning plants). The Squaw butte area has been examined and testes! by every known method of disclosing tin and none has been found. Bureau of mines has assayed samples and has used a machine that unerringly dis closes the smallest trace of any At The Churches . . Official U. S. Treasury War Bond Quotas for August «WAN* ■700, 000 N08TH OMOti ' UIHHSOTI $2.250 00 0 WUSI1.HI 1800.000 00.000 i $«506000 6.000.000 $10.000000 $30250000 17.MQ000 I 6 750,OH $11,250,000 HIM >1750,000 Nf It ASKA $6,000,000 0 7 A H ‘«s m ». UlOUDI ’5.750,000 «»I«*. Mixte« KANSAS $7850.000 MISSOURI _____ 1 ^50.000 I OKLAHOMI I hham SAS [06,500,000 !ft25QOOO •IFICIALTKAtURV MMtTMSn RCVAtl »«■H sei» n e»n,wts »7. wq 000.000 »27,250.000 ★ H ATI MAL «MS QUOTA io« alaust «»isooaooo Army to Support Warning Posu Each chief observe, cf {round b- servation posts o'. the Aiiciaft Warning Service received a lettei from Brigadie. General M. E. Kep ner commanding the IV Fightei Command, explaining the plans for rdditiona. Army suppa.i io ground .observation pests. “The Fighter Command,” Geneial Kepner said, “is now in a position to provide centralized and controlled transportation for ground observers from their homes to the observation post and return where commeicial transportation is not available and where the distance to be traveled requires some f rm of transporta tion. Details are also being worked out on a plan whereby this Com mand will assume rhe expense of in stallation and the monthly rental charge for telephones used exclus ively for reporting of flash messag es.” Was Welcome New» This was welcome news to most Chief Observers who have faced an increasingly difficult problem in providing transportation for observ ers, particularly at the outlying points where many of the observa tion posts are, of necessity located. Observers have been scanning the skies twenty-four hours a day, day in and day out, since Pearl Harbor, in order that no airplane might ent er and part of the Pacific coastal area without being reported to the IV Fighter Command. The task was imposed upon .hese observation posts suddenly and there have been many problems presented which were not possible of solution im mediately. Without these posts the Pacific Coast could not have con sidered itself prepared for air at tack and not only the (Chief Ob servers but all citizens will benefit by the increased support now made available by the IV Fighter Com mand. General Kepner pointed out that the assumption by his Command of certain expenses of operation of ground observation posts does not relieve the local community, the county or the state civilian defense agencies of their responsibilities for meeting other expenses nor does it in any way relieve them of the responsibility for recruiting volun teers 'for these posts. The Ground Observation Corps, which is an es sential part of the Aircraft Warn ing Service, is important to all civil ian defense since without the Air craft Warning Service local com munities could not be warned of the approach of enemy aircraft and would not be in a position to take the passive measures for which such communities are organized. There devolves upon these com munities, therefore the responsibility to assist the ground observation posts and where a community or county is not able to do this the State Council of Defense has in dicated its willingness to assist them. To Have More Control General Kepner said, “In pro viding for the more urgent re quirements pertaining to mainten ance of the Ground Observation Corps it will be essential that this Command have direct control of the Corps.” This is understood to mean that the Army will exercise direct supervision over the Corps through civilian supervisors appoint ed by the Command in each county and in districts within a county. The County Director will remain in posts in his county. The State Di rectors in each one of the three states on the Pacific Coast will serve as liaison officers with the IV Fighter Command. General Kepner indicated his Command was deeply indebted to the state and county representatives for the assistance they had given the Command since Pearl Harbor. He also expressed thanks to all observers and chief observers for their loyalty and devotion to the Ground Observation Corps. With out these patriotic citizens, who serve with little recognition from the community at large, it would not now be possible for the IV Fighter Command to perform its mission of defending the Pacific Coast from enemy attack by air. LIGHT IN DARK Washington. D. C., August 5.—While maintaining a These factors have been taken into account in de tentative annual level of twelve billion dollars as its goal, termining each state's share for the national quota for the Treasury Department today fixed the August quota August and will be given consideration in fixing quotas for the sale of War Bonds at S815.00ll.000 as shown by the for subsequent months. accompanying map by states. In addition to the state quotas as set out in the In lowering the quota from a billion dollars in July map there is a federal payroll allotment quota of to $815.000.000 in August, the Treasury has given recog $9.75«.000 and territorial quotas as follows: Alaska, nition to certain factors which may be expected to result $760.00«: Canal Zone. $213,OM: Hawaii. M. 8*0.000; in variations in sales over the 12-month period, such as Puerto Rice, $440.000 and the Virgin Islands, i 617,o#$. (I. g. rrMMr; the seasonal character of farm income. .Industrial research men are mak ing an intensive study of phosphor escent materials for blackout light ing. Phosphorescent paint will store up energy while lights are shining and then will glow when the lights go off. In that way such paint will help plant workers to find their way about in a sudden blackout. *
