4 Thursday, September 24, 1942 Vernonia FacHe County News St. Helens BOARD UNABLE TO MEET LAST DRAFT QUOTA Because work of reclassifying men with collateral dependents and others had not been completed, the local selective service board was unable to meet its quota of 45 men Monday, September 14, and instead sent only 28 to the Portland induc­ tion center. The first call early in September was met fully, however. According to information received last week from the state selective service headquarters, reclassifica­ tion of men with only wives as de­ pendents will be accelerated with an eye to providing registrants of this category for calls possibly as early as November and very probably by December. Until that time the requirements set for this board are expected to be met by 1-B men, registrants with collateral dependents—'that is, those with dependent parents or other rel­ atives—and such few single men as are left. If, however, the calls extended the Columbia county board are in­ creased from the average 80 to 100 men a month, which they have been running, there appears to be a probability that married men with­ out children may receive a call to se-vice earlier than December. One reason the local board is having difficulty meeting require­ ments for lanpower is the fact that many men are enlisting in the r.avy or ci ast guard shortly before they are due for induction into the army. In addition the board has granted some deferments and these cut into the number of men avail­ able for induction. As yet there has been no official indication here when men with de­ pendent wives and children may ex­ pect a call for service. If the supply of men toith only dependent wives is large enough, call for those men wi.h more dependents will be de­ layed, and if congress decides to make 18 and 19-year-olds eligible for the draft, married men with shildren will be deferred still long­ er. the elementary grades, Clatskanie school got o f to a good start Mon- S’ day morning. At noon on the first day al’, high school classes were dismissed in ord­ er that students could help in the bean harvest and other rushing seasonal work. "Your first obliga­ tion is at home if your pa-ents have harvest problems, but we hope every student who has no other work obligation will go to the bean harvest,” students were told by Mr. Dennis, superintendent of school. “High schools all over the nation are rallying to the ca'l for help in saving the food crop.” Rainier GRADE SCHOOL OPENS WITH 248 ENROLLED The local g ade school opened Monday, September 14, with an en­ rollment of 248, as compared to 241 a year ago. Registration took« place on Monday and all classes were in full session Tuesday. However, the Rainier union high school opened with an enrollment of 211, a marked decrease in num­ bers due to .the fact that many s.u- dents are working. It is thought, however, that there will be an in­ crease in enrollment as the school year advances. TMOU6H AH ALFALFA PLANT MAY BE OHLY TWO OR THREE FEET HIGH, THE ROOTS MAY EXTEND TO A . DEPTH OF MORE THAN 50 FEET/ I n SENDS A WORKER A LITTLE REP FEATHERTO WEAR IN HIS HAT EVERYTIME HE SUBMITS AN IDEA. ALREADY SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES LOOK LIKE INDIAN CHIEFS IN FULL DRESS PERU. SOUTH AMERICA. A RIVER ON THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FLOWS IN opposite directions i the stream STANDS MOTIONLESS ON LEVEL GROUND THEN FLOWS DOWNHILL ON OPPOSITE SIPES OF THE'DIVIDE*; fASTIDTHE ATLANTIC OCEAN, WEST TO THe PACIFIC MORE THAN GLASS SPRINGS. > WHICH RETAIN THEIR. ELASTICITY OVER. A BROAD TEMPERATURE RAN6E, ARE NOW BEING MANUFACTURED 3/ A GLASS COMPANY MILLION t ■ WOMEN -- AT LEAST 25% \ OF TOTAL CURRENT EMPtOyMEI \ ARE NO«/ WORKING \ IN THE U.S / “Bob did no talk on it. He work­ “Bein’ in my second childhood, it' edit in the way of the Army—ac­ not in my dotage as yet, I’ve a spe­ tion, begad! Action according to cial feelin’ for the boys wno are ief plan. For this he hit on two prime to home and kept in school while points, each simple and pls in as a older brothers are off to war or to pair of calked boots. For wan, the war jobs,” remarked Old Larri.y, farmhouse roof was in a bad way the bullcook. to stand the winter weather to come “I’m thinkin’ of Jack Wright, a ad no roofers to be hired for love fine lad of seventeen, and of his or money. For two, Jack had been brother Bob. Jack has had to do, a primed in his high school with the man’s work on the Wright farm hows and wherefores of carpenter to help his dad make out at all, wo k and bvildin’ for simple con­ what with Bob drafted a year and struction on the farm. He had be­ a half ago, and the oldest of all the come extra well ejica.ed on roofs. three brothers a family man him­ “So Bob started talkin’ roofs to self, and also a key worker in war Jack, and exudin’ admiration at the loggin’, bein’ a donkey-puncher. answt.s he got. Afore long he was “Well, Bob has been home on in the thick of plans with the lad furlough. And a real hero he is. All as to jist how new shingles could of this he couldn’t tell, even to his be laid right over the old ones, folks, but ’tis well surmised he earnt how they was war allowance for his sergeant’s chevrons along wit’ materials for farm repairs, and gettin’ himself a' wound stripe, in such like— and it was no time be­ all the shootin’ at Jap airyplanes fore the job was started, with Jack sommers around Alaska. You can the boss of it. And 'hat was Bob’s figger how proud the Wrights was furlough, snuggin’ up the hocse with of him, and how much they platted a new roof and in the work makin* and planned to make his furlough .he kid brother feel that the like wan good time and auspishus event of this was as fine and big a duty after another. in its way as his oyn blastinn’ of “But what Sergeant Bob got was Jap ai yplanes. ano.her thing entirely. He run into “It all ended up with Jack’s a job at home, and like a good sojer teacher and class in farm carpenter he tackled it and done it. There was work cornin’ out in force for a roof­ acshully two jobs. Not the least warmin’, as you might soy. And wan was with the kid brother. Sergeant Bob gave thim a talk, not “Jack had big pride in his sojer on hero stuff, but on how figh.in’ brother, of course, but some resint- was but one duty in the war, and mint also. Bob understood it, He that building’, wit’ many other jobs knew how dull and drab the work apart from shootin’ and flyin’, are of the farm must seem to Jack, and di ties which has to be done to win. how the lad would stack up his “So it all come out in .he wash term of schooly ag’in all the ad­ with the Wright family. Jack is on venture and excitement that Bob longer broodin’ his heart out for would be goin’ back to. So Bob set not bein’ a fightin’ sojer like his himself as he tolt me, to the job brother. His big plan now is simply of straightenin’ Jack out and mak- to go ahead and put a new roof on in’ him feel good. the leaky barn. One Fighter's Furlough . . . Portland, Ore. Sept. 23—The gauge of battle has been -thrown down by the president in respect FUEL REGISTRATION BRINGS to his anti-inflation movement. He IN 661 SIGNERS HERE challenged congress to act before Fuel registration, which was con­ October 1. He demanded that the cluded Wednesday night here, re­ farm price issue be revised so that sulted in 602 individual's and 59 the farmer would get no more than commercial users indicating amount parity, or the present price for his of their fuel supplies on hand and products, whichever is the higher, the amount and type of fuel they and put this before attacking the expect to need during the coming wage increase problem. , winter, according to figures re­ What effect this will have on leased by the rationing board, which congress remains to be seen. There handled the registration. are indica.ions that congress will Originally the sign-up was intend­ not stop with farm price regulation ed to cover only Thursday, Friday but will' include wage stabilization. and Saturday of last week but the Congress had previously tried to lack of response in this and others pass wage control bills, which the of the 29 Oregon cities where the president opposed, yet the brunt registration was held prompted au­ of the responsibili.y for the threat­ thorities to extend the sign-up time ened inflationary condition is put to Monday, Tuesday and Wednes­ up to congress by the president. day of this week. Administration statisticians de­ In comparison with the response clare that the gross income of the expected generally over .the state, nation during this fisc .1 year will St. Helens citizens responded well be about $115,000,000,000. It is to the fuel registration call. If the stated by these same authorities 602 individuals registering can be that $67,000,000,000 of this total said to represent an average (fam­ will be used in the purchase of ily of four persons, then something goods and services which are essen­ over half of the St. Helens popula­ tial. Simple subtraction leaves $48,- tion has registered. 000,000,000 which the people will have over and above so-called ne­ cessities. In what manner can this huge sum be assimilated? England, Canada, Australia and surveys in other regions were more will permit apple processors to in­ DIM-OUT LAW other countries have found no ser­ promising. The geographical survey, crease their maximum prices for NOW EFFECTIVE A new dim-out ordinance was ious difficulty in controlling an in­ in cooperation wi.h the Oregon canned apples, applesiuce, apple passed Monday night at the regular flationary movement. Why the Unit­ bureau of mines, made a survey in juice and sweet cider, and dried ap­ ples to compensate for increased ed States should be going through council meeting in Clatskanie. Harney county in 1919, and in the costs of production. Price, differen­ parazysms in a similar effort is not The purpose of the ordinance is Bandon and Ceos Bay quadrangle in tial is to be allowed in the east to to provide authority for making understood.. Critics of .he adminis­ arre-ts and conducting trials for tration insist it is all due to the 1901, which was followed by an encourage the drying of apples for any violation of the dim-out ruling, prtsident’s program of not opposing Oregon bureau survey in 1919. military demands. which is an army order, in Cla.s- the demands of labor, and as 63 per Mendenhall stated that the Bandon Two zinc mines have had to close kanie rather than having to take cent of the cost of manuf ctured region showed some possibility of goods goes for labor the lack of yielding oil but he doubted tha. it down in the northwest because the violator to the county seat. miners have left for better paying control of this element if cost is existed in comnie ical quantities. STUDENTS HELP • * • jobs, most of them going to the held by opponents of the president IN BEAN HARVEST to be the most impor.ant factor in Increased production of wooden naval training camp at Lake Pen d’ With a beginning enrollment of the threatened inflation. tugs and barges in west coast ship­ Orielle, which will be as large as 118 in the h gh school and 182 in The president did not ask for a yards is not considered likely by the Great Lakes training s.ation. ceiling on wages but talked about Admiral Land of the mari.ime com­ Operators of these mines have pro­ The V ernonia Eagle stabiliza.ion. Under the Judge Ros- mission. He regards it as possible tested to Paul McNutt, head of enman plan, so far as worked out that some wcoden ships will be manpower commission, but for the MARVIN KAMHOLZ by the labor board, “stabi ization” built for lend-lease, but with the in­ present there appears to be no way Editor and Publisher has meant an almost constant in­ creasing difficu ty in obtaining of holding miners on their jobs while government sanctions higher Entered as second class mail crease in wage levels. As a rule, the lumber expressed doubt of a re­ tatter. August 4, 1922, at the post highest pay of an area has been tak­ newal of the wooden ship building pay in its own activities. ’ iffice in Vernonia. Oregon, under en as a targe, to shoot at and one program unless condi.ions change. the act of March 3, 1879. after another of the craftsmen in Douglas fir is being used however, Official newspaper of Vernonia, Ore that area have demanded the right c n the flight decks of some of the to come up to the higher level. new aircraft carriers. • • • The pcem that follows was com­ W. C. Mendenhall, director of .he Not all education is confined to posed by Mrs. Dora Washburn and 0 R £ cloO LW S ffr [ * geographical survey, is not at all schools these days. The education is dedicated to the wives and moth­ P U B 11 S »S 4-%S Q1.I AT I 0 N optimistic over the possibility of bureau of the services of supply of ers of sailors. commercial production cf oil in the war depar.ment is copsidering either Harney county or the Coos completing a motion pi.-ture which SOMEBDOY’S SAILOR BOY Bay region. In essence, he says in was started by Bonneville adminu- Slowly the ve.-.el is nearing the response to a request for further fration showing the value of the Co- quay. investigation of the old possibilities lumbia rives dams to the war effort. The c ew gave a rousing cheer. N ational A dvertiaing of these regions, that he considered ——— Back . rom countries far away. R epresentative further field work in those areas OPA has announced that price Back to their land so dear, NEW VO»K . CHICAGO • DETROIT inadvisable, since reconnaissance regulations are forthcoming which The sailor has braved every wind Clatskanie The Forum ^ÿrnrmUamJ! - THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE To dash public lay hopes, skele­ tons instead of rabbits came out of the big Labor Day stabiliz.ti.n drive. Congress, wi.h a one-way ticket dated October 1, must reach the terminal on time or pull off into a siding for the War Power Special. Capitol Hill bowed and wavering under pressure groups, election!, and executive lash, debates ways and means for adequate stabiliza­ tion—not solved by any program extant. Meantime wages and prices soar and lamb chops reach new highs. Any Congressional midnight oil formula, in the opinion of many, will be acceptable to the White House so long as it conforms to the specifications of the President’s original seven-point program. WAR NEWS Gr«i eit Farm Output Latest crop report shows U. S. .aim production this year will be 35 per cen; above 1923-32 aver­ age, and 12 pe.cent asove previous highest year—1937. Goak exceeded fur all crops except two, paiatoes and peanuts Swing Rubber Compulsory Britain has put .eeth in the sa ­ vage campaign. A f ne and impris­ onment awaits anyone throwing away scrap rubber, such as old w. t- er bottles and ovei shoes. Record Meat Production The Food Requirements Commit­ tee reports tha. 1942 meat produc­ tion will exceed 24 billion pounds, by far the g eatest output on rec­ ord. But even this huge amount will fal; three biili n pounds short cf providing enough mea. for the needs of the armed fu ees, lend- le. se, and normal domestic con­ sumption. Dras.ic civilian product con­ centration machinery has been set up to speed the war production pro­ gram. All manufacturers, from baby carriages to caskets, will be affect­ ed. Plants converted to war produc­ tion will be jiermitted to keep trade marks and trade names alive through advertising on a scale based Seed Starts for Britain on previous advertising investments. Shipment oi Oregon ryegrass, to fill Britain's request for seed to WPB has designated two of the boost her livestock production s.art- twelve concerns that have been ed this week, the state AAA office making bicycles to produce all bi- reports. First lend-lease seed came cyc es .o be manufactured in the from Lane county. Meanwhile, Ore­ United States “for the duration.” gon cover crop seed continues to These may produce a combined to­ move to the sou.hern states, with tal of 10,000 bicycles a month over 500 carloads shipped. which represents 20 percent of the July-August production of all firms. Wheat Losses Paid While trade marks may not be used Despite bumper crops throughout by either concern under u< Christ Somebody’s heart grows warm. Of Latter Day Saints— Somebody’s cheeks a:e glowing, Sunday school convenes at 10 Waiting in anxious joy. a. m. at the I, 0. O. F. hall under Somebody’s lips are breathing a the direction of Charles Ratkie. welcome. superintendent. To somebody’s Sailor Boy. of God Church T ears on the ocean, but now he is Assembly —Rev. John W. Hodges, Pastor home.- Sunday services: The hearts of the men are gay. 9:45 A. M.—Bible school, direct­ Peril and storms they met on the ed by Alban Colsen, superintendent. foam. 11:00 A. M.—Morning worship. But all things are bright today. 6 :30 P. M.—Christ Ambassador’s And .here on the shore in the services. whispering breeze. 7-45 P. M.—Evening services. Is one loving face, and the Sailor Wedtesday night, 7:45—Bible sees— study and prayer meeting. Thursday, 2:00 P. M.—Ladies Somebody’s eyes are glistening. missionary and prayer band. Looking for one loved form; Friday, 7:45—Christ Ambas­ Somebody’s ears are listening; sadors. Somebody’s heart grows warm. Somebody’s cheeks are glowing. •BUTCH’ IS ON SCREEN Waiting in anxious joy. "Butch Minds the Baby” is -the Somebody’s lips are breathing a second Damon Runyon story to be prayer. produced at Universal wi.hin a year. For somebody's Sailor Boy. The first was “Tight Shoes.” The new Damon Runyon picture. Lost and found columns of "Butch Minds the Baby,” features Tokio newspapers are crowd­ ed these days. 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