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Thursday, Jan. 31, 1946 VERNONIA EAGLE
Events in
Oregon
DEER DYING IN
COOK CREEK AREA
NEHALEM — Th<> cause for
deer dying in the Cook Creek
burn area, which has caused con­
siderable speculation and interest
was found a few days ago by
Wesley Batterson of Nehalem,
game warden, who has been mak­
ing an effort to solve the mys­
tery.. A worm several inches in
length was found in the throat
of the deer causing death when it
bored into the animal’s windpipe.
ROAD NAME CHANGED
TO SUNSET ROUTE
SALEM — Now it is the Sun­
set highway. That, at least is the
edict of the state highway com­
mission which last Friday, at the
motion of Merle Chessman, As­
toria publisher and highway com­
missioner, moved to change the
name of the highway which had
become known as the Wolf Creek
highway. In making the change
the commission hopes to make
the name of the artery of more
significance and less confusing.
The name, which is believed
to be significant in view of the
fact that the highway leads to
the west and to the sea, will
also honor the famed 41st divis­
ion, made up of national guard
troops from the Pacific North­
west.
EAGLES TO BUY
NEW SITE HERE
HILLSBORO — The Gresham
aerie of the Eagles lodge at a
meeting
Monday
took
steps
toward securing its own meet­
ing place when the lodge author­
ized a committee to look for
property in Gresham for the pur­
pose of purchase.
Mother Born Again
Far from home and mother,
the boy listened to the man who
came over noontimes to read to
them out of the Bible. And one
day, away down inside the fel­
low there was a stirring. The
fingers of his heart reached out
and laid hold on Christ as the
Saviour who loved him and died
to save him. God honored the
fellow’s faith and took up in
him. By that the chap was born
again, born of God from above
and made one of the people of
God.
See the new life -work out. The
fellow quit his wandering to take
a steady job. He saved up to go
back to the old home and moth­
er. The night before he sailed,
his countrymen handed him sums
of money for their folks over
there. Back among them, he told
what the Lord had done for
him in dying for his sins and in
giving him a glad heart. And
out of it his mother also turned
to the. Lord from what he told
her and from his coming out of
the old rowdy wajrs into Christ-
like-ness.
Ye must be born again. I
verily, verily say unto thee—YE
MUST BE BORN' -’-GAIN.
This space paid for
Washington people. If
part in this gospel by
send your sum, large
by Oregon-
you wish a
newspaper,
or small.
RHEUMATISM
and ARTHRITIS
I suffered for years and am so
thankful that I found relief from
this terrible affliction that I will
gladly answer anyone writing me
for
information.
Mrs.
Anna
Pautz, P. O. Box 825, Vancouver.
Wash.
Adv. tf
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This newspaper,
through special arrangement with9 the
Washington Bureau of Western News­
paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W.,
Washington, D. C., is able to bring
readers this weekly column on prob­
lems of the veteran and serviceman
and his family. Questions may be ad­
dressed to the above Bureau and they
will be answered in a subsequent col­
umn. No replies can be made direct by
mail, but only in the. column which will
appear in this newspaper regularly.
Unemployment Increases
The veterans’ administration has
paid out approximately >102.750.000
as of December 15, for unemploy­
ment compensation to approximate­
ly 331,000 veterans of World War II.
For the week ending December 1,
the total of jobless veterans was
247,360 out of about 4,000,000 dis­
charged from the armed services.
But according to records of the
veterans’ administration, each week
sees an increase in the number of
jobless in all states except three.
These three are Michigan, where as
of November 24 and the week end­
ing December 1, unemployment had
decreased from 18,414 to 13,770;
Ohio, where the decrease was from
3,954 to 1,337 and in Oklahoma
where jobless decreased from 2,430
to 1,434.
In New York unemployed veter­
ans increased from 32,000 to 52,000;
Texas from 12,000 to 22,000; New
Jersey from 11,000 to 16,000; Califor­
nia from 10,000 to 14,000; Illinois
from 9,000 to 13,000 and Massachu­
setts from 13,000 to 17,000. All other
states showed a proportionate in­
crease.
Questions and Answers
Q. My boy entered the army In
June, 1943, and went overseas early
in December of the same year. I
am his aged and crippled mother,
all the dependent he has. Is he en­
titled to a discharge? — M. IV.,
South Edmuston, N. Y.
A. Not necessarily. If you wish
to apply for his discharge on a de­
pendency or hardship basis, con­
sult with your local Red Cross about
inaugurating such a discharge.
Q. Would a discharged soldier
with 40 months* service, 27 months
overseas, be eligible for the $20 per
week income, where he has rented
a farm and moved to same, is mar­
ried and has no regular income?—
A. L., Winfield, Kans.
A. No. The veterans’ administra­
tion says you must register with
the USES and apply for a job in
order to be eligible for unemploy­
ment compensation. However, the
law says that where a veteran en­
ters business for himself and his
earnings in the previous month were
less than $100, he may apply for
an allowance equal to the differ­
ence between $100 and hfs net earn­
ings for that month. Suggest you
apply to your nearest regional vet­
erans’ administration office to deter­
mine if farming is regarded as a
business.
Q. My brother has served four
years in the army, two in the states
and two overseas. He is in the air
corps and has 70 points. Why is he
not already discharged? — Sister,
Converse, La.
A. There is no reason why he is
not already out of the army, if he
wants to be out, unless he is in the
Pacific theater where there is a
shortage of transportation. Return
of some high point men is being
held up because of lack of trans­
portation from this area.
Q. M.v husband was inducted into
the army in July, 1942, at which time
we had one child. For three months,
August, September and October,
1942, 1 did not receive an allotment.
Am I entitled to get that pay now?
1 wrote to them many times but
never got an answer. My husband
is now discharged.—Wife, Green­
bush, Minn.
A. Write to the Office of Depend­
ency Benefits, War department,
Newark. N. J.
Q. If boys who had signed up for
one year in the regular army are
sent overseas, will they be returned
to the states when their year is up
or will they have to remain until
they get enough points?—F. L., Lan­
caster. Wis.
A. If you mean boys who have re­
enlisted in the regular army for one
year after at least six months’ serv­
ice. they will be discharged at the
end of the year's service.
Q. Is there any chance of my
husband getting a discharge from
the army on the ground of owning
a small farm? He is over 35 but has
only three points to his credit.—A
reader, Columbus, Ohio.
A. There is not much chance un­
less he can prove that the produce
from his farm constitutes a public
necessity in his community.
Q. Please tell me why there are
men walking around with dis­
charges and 41 points and no chil-
dren, when my husband is in Eu­
rope with 68 points and four chil­
dren?—Mr». L. H., Charlottesville,
Va.
A. Your husband is certainly eligi­
ble for a discharge and the war de­
partment says he should be home
by January 1, 1948. unless he has
requested continued overseas serv­
ice. All men with three children are
eligible tor discharge under present
discharge rulings of army.
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To the editor:
The students side is this:
We did not demand a price
cut, we only asked for a cut
through a petition presented by
a committee of arbitrators to
Mr. Dow. The arbitrators need
not have gone though, as Mr.
Dow would not listen to their
proposals. In fact he made' the
statement that “The price is 50
cents and it will remain 50c. You
can boycott if you want to. It
will only leave more room for
adults.” He also stated, “That is
straight from the shoulder.”
Mr. Dow left us no alternative
but to picket his theater in or­
der to achieve the objective as
set forth in the petition.
Our first picket line was es­
tablished Jan. 24, ’946, with, in
contradiction of the Oregonian < f
Jan. 30, 1946, only 12 students
participating. The line, or “wall”
as it was stated in the paper,
did not employ fcrce nor could
the crowd be described as a
n/ob. It was merely an organized
protest regarding the unpropor­
tional? prices charged by the
Dows.
Many people
came to
town Thursday and Friday night
to go to the show but they all
returned home regarding our pro­
tests.
Mrs. Dow made various phone
calls through Thursday and Fri­
day endeavoring to remove our
line through city and countv of­
ficials but they had no jurisdic­
tion over the matter. Mrs. Dow
then summoned two men from
Portland, one of them being Mr.
O. J. Miller, secretary of the Ore­
gon Independent Theater Owners
association, who arrived in Ver­
nonia on Saturday. He asked for
a meeting during Saturday aft­
ernoon at which time he could
represent Mr. and Mrs. Dow.
During the course of the meet­
ing he asked that the students
recall the picket lines and allow
the theater to op=rate. This re­
quest was denied due to the fact
that they gave no specific time
at which
tho price
would be
changed. Had we allowed the
theater to operate, we would
have defeated the purpose of the
demonstration and the prices
would have remained the same.
Jack Rilev
Jack Buell
To the editor:
Vernonia theater is closed. We
believe that a statement to our
friends and patrons in this com­
munity is called for.
On Thursday? January 24th
we were called upon by a group
of students from the High School,
demanding that we immediately
institute a reduction in admission
for high school students.
We
tried to explain to these young
people that motion picture con­
tracts, committments
and con­
tracts with producers, tax pro­
grams and admis. ion tickets w.th
the Internal Revenue Dept, made
such an action impossible, and
even showed these high school
students our contracts to support
our point. However, either be­
cause they were to immature to
understand, or because they were
being advised by others who did
not understand, they refused to
listen, and in a few hours we
received a letter, over the signa­
ture of V.H.S. students, demand­
ing a student rate. This was fol­
lowed that evening by a picket­
ing on the part of the students,
aided and abetted and encour­
aged bv many adults standing
across the street from the thea­
ter, encouragin" these’ young peo­
ple in their actions. We were un­
willing to humiliate anv of our
patrons by keeping
the show
open, and therefore closed the
doors. The following evening the
Dickering was increased by the
children
linking
their
arms
around the entrance to the show,
and we again closed cur ticket
office. A mass meeting was held
on Saturday, at the Union Labor
Hall, at wh:ch t me the Independ­
ent Theater Operators of Oregon,
for and on behalf of the man­
agement, attended, and attempt­
ed to explain the difficulties con­
fronting the operators in grant­
ing school rates, and the loss
that wo-.ld result to the opera­
tor. The meeting arrived at no
solution, and we were given to
understand we shauld operate our
theater at a loss. Because we
saw no other alternative, we have
therefor? closed the doors.
We do not want our friends
in this community to feel that
we are vindicative in the act of
closing our theater. We explained
to the children that it would take
time to work out with the film
companies and the Federal gov­
ernment the changes they de­
manded, but with no effect; the
condition has not been altered.
We are still going to have to
take the time, to work out these
changes. The difference is that
those of vou who would have
enjoyed the theatre must be de­
prived of that privilege by the
act of those who are unwilling
to patronize our show at the
prevailing prices, and in addition
thereto, are unwilling that you
may attend and have that priv­
ilege. When this is worked out
and we can ascertain what we
can do. we will come back to
Vernonia.
This is not a wage dispute; it
does not involve the men and
women of this community. It is
an effort on the part of unin­
formed high school students to
tell the proprietors of a business,
who have an investment of thou­
sands of dollars, what they must
charge in order to stay in bus­
iness. We do not object to the
children staying away if they
feel that our prices are too high.
We did not refuse, nor do we
now refuse to see what can be
be worked out. We were not
given an opportunity of a wait­
ing period, which even in the
labor matters, is urged by the
leaders of our labor organiza­
tions, our government and our
industries. Without warning we
were told what to do, and we
could not do it, and have taken
the only course open to us.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dow
Proprietors, Vernonia Theatre
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