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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
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WOMEN -- AT LEAST 25%
\
OF TOTAL CURRENT EMPtOyMEI
\
ARE NO«/ WORKING
\
IN THE U.S
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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 <his pro the state, 165 Oregon growers have
gram, one may use the letter “W” Cv.lected on their 1942 wheat crop
next to its serial numbers and the insurance policies so far, the s ate
other “H”. No firm will be “per AAA office reports. Indemnities
mit.ed to spread its name over the paid to date total 18,000 bushels.
land and in .oreign countries” at At the same time, growers are re
the expense of those temporarily minded that September 30 is .he
converted to war production.
final' date for insuring 1943 wint
er wheat.
While WPB did not attempt to
handle the problem of “profit pool WPB Restricts Building
ing” in the bicycle industry, offici
Moving to further conserve ma
als are working on a p an to per terials, the War Production Boa'd
mit firms which cease manufacture has placed a $200 limit on new res
to share the profits of companies idential construction permitted with
permitted to continue. In the bicycle out prior WPB approval. Permitted
industry, however, it was explained fam construction, other th n dwel
that the ten firms which cease mak lings, remains a. $1,000 County
ing the bicycles will derive pro.its USDA War Board can give informa
from the manufacture of munitions, tion on applying for construction in
in which they are now engaged.
ex-ess of those limit!
The following industries are next
in line for concentration: clocks
and watches, sewing machines,
-anges, lumps, vacuum cleaners,
farm equipment, pottery, clocks etc.
F.ashlights and batteries, small
electric appliances of all types, raz
or b'ades, domestic mechanical re
frigeration, fractional horsepower
motors.
Lawn mowers, ice refrigerato-s,
outboard motors, metal signs, all
types of toys, umbrellas, office
supplies, marking devices, sporting
goods, hair pins, power cycles, mu
sical instruments, bells and gongs,
pencils and pens, baby carriages,
caskets, military insignia and but
tons, all types of emb ems, cigarette
lighters, ceramics, electro plating,
flatware and hollowware, cutlery,
manicure cutlery,
mirrors and
frames, motion picture film, photo
graphic supplies, kitchen and house
hold L’.ensils, jewelry, mortician’s
goods, hardware supplies, vending,
amusement, gaming, and weighing
machines.
Meat from Wheat
The feed when engram is he’p-
ing put Oregon arm produce on
a factory basir, tie sta.e USDA
War Board rer j ;Hundreds of
tons of wheat from the Ever-Nor-
mal granary ha e bc*n fed io Ore
gon livestock nod ] ultry, convert
ed into meat, milk, wool and eggs.
Con serve Farm I rucks
Twenty-six Oreg.n counties have
organized f rm transportation com
mittees, with the No. 1 objective of
keep ng farm trucks and cars rol
ling for the duration.
At The
Churches . .
Evangelical Church —
—Rev. Allen H. Backer, Minister
9:45—Sunday school.
11:00—Sermon: “Wonderful Love.”
7:00—Junior and young peoples’
C. E.
8:00—Inspiring song service; ser
that blows.
mon: “Covered Sin.”
But new he’s happy because he
Wednesday evening at 8 :00—Mid
knows—
week service of prayer and Bible
Somebody’s eyes are gfis.ening,
s.udy.
Lcok ng for one loved form,
Somebody’s ears are listening;
Church of Je>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. Every time an Virginia Bruce, Brod Crawford,
American buys a War Bond, Dick Foran. Porter Hall, Shemp
the Japs lose faee. Buy year Howard. Richard Lane and other
10% every pay day.
screen favorites.
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