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4 THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, 1946 ^VeU' As « service to veterans in the community, this newspaper will publish a weekly column of ques tions meet frequently asked con tact men of the Veterans Admin istration in this area. For more detailed information, veterans should contact or write to the nearest VA contact unit at P. O. Bide-, Rm. 216, hongview. Q. Are insurance benefits re ceived by the parent considered income in determining eligibility for compensation? A. In determining dependency, amounts received by the mother or father from any insurance un der the War Risk Insurance act, or the World War Veteans act of 1924 as amended, or the Na tional Service Life Insurance act as amended will be disregarded. Q. Can I obtain a loan to pur chase a business if I am em ployed? I wish to purchase a small grocery store which I will manage but would like to con tinue on my present job until I am assured of a satisfactory in come. A. You are eligible for a loan guaranty if you plan to conduct the business yourself, either on • full or part-timp basis. <J. If I have obtained a guar anteed loan to purchase a farm, am I still eligible to receive the self-employed veteran’s readjust ment allowance? A- Yes. You may obtain the monthly allowance, depending on the length of your military serv- Mt, up to a maximum of 10 2/5 months. The payments guarantee to the farmer a minimum net in come of $100 a month during the period of hie entitlement. Q. What is the time limit for Applying for educational benefits »Oder the G.I. bill? A. Education may not extend beyond nine years after the ter- ndmation of World War II or alter discharge, whichever is la ter. You must start your edu cation not later than four years after either the termination of World War II or your date of discharge. Q. If I obtain a real estate Ioan to purchase a farm and it is guaranteed by the VA, may I also •Main a VA guarantee on a loan to purchase machinery, livestock, seed and other farm equipment? A. Yes you may obtain a com- bumtion of real estate and non mol estate loans. However, the percentage of the guarantee max imum used by a veteran tin ob taining one type of loan reduces by that percentage his entitle ment to guarantee of another type loan guarantee of $2000, his non-real estate guarantee maxi mum would be $1000. Events in Oregon Vernonia Cleaners am —Rev. H. Gail McIlroy, Pastor 9:45—Sunday school with clas ses for all ages. 11:00—Morning worship. 7:30—Evangelistic service. 8:00—Wednesday, prayer meet ing. 7:30—Friday, People’s Night BUSCH ELECTED BANK PRESIDENT FOREST GROVE—L. P. Busch was elected president of the For est Grove National bank at a meeting of the board of directors recently. Busch has been a member of the board of directors of the bank since 1935. He is Associated Oil company distributor for Wash ington county and previously was in the service station business. Busch is a native of Washington county, having been bom in the Davids Hill district and receiving his education here. • REFRIGERATION and RADIO SERVICE Appliance Repairing STRONG’S RADIO AND ELECTRIC 969 Bridge St. Ph. 576 EVANGELICAL —Rev. Allen II. Backer, Minister 9:45 — Sunday school Promotional Service. 6:30 p.m.—Young People’s service. 7:30 p.m.—Evangelistic services. Wed. Eve., 7:30—Bible study and prayer meeting. RADIO RANGE BEING INSTALLED HILLSBORO — A new radio range, one of the first of a new type of VHF—very high frequen cy-installation, is being placed about a mile east of Hillsboro airport, it was, revealed Monday by Donald S. King chief of the planning and control staff of the regional office of the civil aero nautics administration at Seattle. The $50,000 installation is de signed to serve Portland airports, and is part of a civil airways sys tem in the northwest for the guid ance of airliners and other radio equipped planes. EAGLES AERIE WILL BE INSTALLED OCTOBER 6 PRINEVILLE — Sunday, Octo ber 6 has been fixed as the date for the installation of a new Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Prineville. Plans are under way to have a large number of visiting delegations with drill teams, drum corps and| bands here for the occasion. Officers of Bend Aerie have been delegated to exemplify the ritualistic work for the installation. Licensed Contractors ASSEMBLY OF GOD REYNOLDS PLANT WILL OPEN SOON GRESHAM — Rehabilitation of the aluminum reduction plant at Troutdale is making good prog- ess, but still has not reached the stage where announcement of a definite opening date can be made. Replacement of millions of dol lars worth of silver used as a war measure instead of the cus tomary copper has required much time. The silver was loaned by the U. S. treasury and was re turned to it several months ago. The number of workers on the government payroll is still far beyond the 1,611,000 limit fixed by law at the end of the fiscal year on June 30, 1947, according to a recent estimate. Reporting for the point con gressional committee on reduction of nonessentikl federal expendit ures, Senator Harry Byrd chair man, said that total federal em ployment for May was 2,848,527, including military personnel, and represents an increase of 24,813. For everyone separated from the war and navy departments during May there was almost an equal number appointed in other departments, the committee des closed. Lopping 1,500,000 surplus desk Time I took my suit for clean workers from the federal payroll ing and pressing. Think I'll would save American taxpayers have it moth-proofed, too. $4,000,000,000 a year, in Senator Byrd» opinion. The present an nual payroll amounts to nearly $9,000,000,000. Made-to-measure suits The committee has criticized old-line government departments —including labor, state and trea sury—for attempting to perpetu The Vernonia Eagle ate war-born personnel inflation. An all-time peak in total govern Marvin Kamholz ment employee was reached in Editor and Publisher August, 1945. when payrolls to taled 3,649,000. Official Newspaper of Under the ceiling clause writ Vernonia, Oregon ten into the federal pay act of Entered as second class mail 1946 the overall total of govern matter. August 4, 1922, at the ment employes would be gradu poat office in Vernonia, Oregon, ally reduced to 1,611,000 at the close of the current fiscal year. under the act of March 3, 1879. Senator Byrd has pointed out Suhecription price, $2.50 yearly that the government was "bloated beyond any power of description” with 1411 main bureaus, in addi 4fe«ii4ee tion to the regular departments. • 01t staff U S/*P 11 Algin, the marine gum secreted by the leaves of a seaweed, was first used aa a binder for ink NATIONAL ÉDITORIAL— in China over 3000 years ago. Since its discovery in the west in 1883, algin ha* been used for scores of medical and industrial purposes. — H m m m — At the Churches THE EAGLE, VERNONIA ORE. FIRST CHRISTIAN —Ernest P. Baker, Minister 9:45—Bible school led by M. L. Herrin. 11:00—Morning worship and Jun ior church. 7:30—Sunday evening service. 7:30 Wednesday—Prayer meeting. Fire Weather Service . . . It is interesting to a profes sional writing man to observe that the government bureaus which gave the best public service and employ the most non-political specialists are the weakest in propaganda activities. A prime example is the weather bureau. Its work by regions and states is a necessity to modern life. One of its most important phases in the Pacific Northwest is the fire weather service that has been in operation for about twenty-two years. This service guides the plans of rangers, war dens, woods bosses and all others who are responsible for safety of forests. Its reports may lead to closure of a thousand logging camps and the barring of tens of thousands of recreation seekers out of fishing and camping areas —all in a day. Back in the old days, when a Yacolt fire could burst out on the population without a real warn ing, and then be trailed by hun dreds of small but destructive fires, there was no such service from the weather bureau. Even ten years ago its warnings could not be broadcast as they are today. The weather men have hun dreds of prime true tales to tell about their forest-fire prevention service, but they have no high- powered, high-priced pack of PR men to do the telling or to get it done. Even for this piece I had to dynamite (almost) to pry a few sober facts out of Fire Weather Specalist Ben Malin. Item* of History ... For a good many years prior to 1924 foresters had been study ing behavior of fires in the woods, their causes, and possible methods of prevention and control. What ever the kind of forest, and wher ever its location, the important factor proved to be the weather. And so it was obvious that fire weather reports were just about No. 1 need for forest-fire pre vention. • ' Progress was held to what one weather man could do to deal with the many and varied prob lems ia timber districts as large as those of Oregon and Washing ton. At first only a warning service could be provided. That is, the specialist on this assign ment would keep regular watch for conditions of forest-fire weath er. He worked as a detective on a big scale. He was prowling for coming low humidity, big winds, lightning, and the like. When his clues led to them and spelled danger, the Weather man would send warning by telephone and telegraph to wardens, rang ers, loggers, and others. The forest industries and the public agencies, in turn would alert their protection forces and add to them if the danger seemed bad and growing. Year by year a network of lookout towers and a communication system was built up. Protection was organized in crews of smoke chasers to get on a detected fire at top speed, pa trols for snag patches and other areas of high danger, and standby forces for fighting the big fires. In all this ths value of ths firs weather service waa basic. In 1937 this fact received recog nition from congress, which pro vided money for forecasts twice a day and for a special mobile service for fl.re duty. The mobile outfit carries a complete weather observation and forecasting unit with radio communication ele ments. Two men run the rig. On a fire it makes for contact be tween meteorologist and fire boss. Thus the boss is enabled to plan hlis fight on a fire to take ad vantage of weather conditions and prospects. Observations are made and sent in from hundreds of stations in Washington and Oregon. So much is no more than a hint of the whole service. Knock on Wood . . . The weather has been against us in protecting the woods through most of 1946 to date. But to date really devastating fires have been prevented before they started or were detected at the start and surrounded soon. We inkslingers for Keep Wash ington and Keep Oregon Green like to pat ourselves on the back for keep.'ng the public posted on the need to be careful about fire in the forests. No doubt we have a few pats coming. But between pats we ought to about-face and swing up a few salutes at the modest men of the weather bureau who have built their fire weather service into a real power for the common good in this forest country. They did their work in 1946, no doubt about that, and it was a great part. NAZARENE CHAPEL The church that cares. —H. L. Russell, Pastor 1208 Bridge St. 9:45 a.m.—Sunday school. 11:00 a.m.—Morning worship. 7:45 p.m.—Evangelistic services. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday—Praise and prayer. You’ll find value galore on i every shelf and more coming • in all the time. | FOWLER’S : New & Used Store; Automobile Insurance Complete Coverage on All Makes and Models LATTER DAY SAINTS Sunday school convenes at 10 a.m. at 925 Rose Ave und er the direction of Charles Long, Branch President. Polly H. Lynch, Superintendent. 7:00 P.M. — Evening Sacrament ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC Rev. Anthony V. Gerace Rev. J. H. Goodrich Mass: 9:30 a.m. except first Sunday in month—Mass at 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Confessions from 7:45 a.m. on. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST Services on Saturday: 10:00 a.m.—Sabbath school. 11:00 a.m.—Gospel service. A cordial invitation is extended to visitors. • A ball one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter has probably reached the greatest speeed achieved by a mechanical device. Enclosed in a high vacuum, it turns at 211,000 revolutions per minute. If such speed were changed to straight line motion, the ball would circle the world in 40 minutes Remember When you buy Automo bile insurance remember —just as in everything else—you get only the quality of protection and sei-vice that you pay for. Insufficient insurance isn’t any better than an umbrella with a missing section! VERNONIA INSURANCE EXCHANGE 905 Bridge Street Phone 231 Vernonia If you Will, I Will Back in the Promised Land in the days before Christ, the Cho sen People were offered all riches if they would keep the law and the commandments. Flocks, herds, fruit, grain, gold and families ef size, if they would only keep right with God. But God has good things for us of 1946 also, even if we have lived in sn. I will call them My peo ple which are not My people, said He, meaning us who were afar off. No man has sunk too low for God’s mighty love to lift. Did not Christ come to seek and to save that which was lost? Are not the saved God’s riches, a holy nation, a people to set forth Christian-likeness at home and wherever? Bible promises are in two parts. They are: If you will, I will, says God. Your part is to believe God, that the blood of Christ has cleansed away all your sins and cleared your page. From that on count yourself born of God, born again. God's part is to gve you new life. Now step ahead and grow up. Look utterly to Christ for strength and prove the new life. If you will, I will, says God. S.W. McChesney Rd.. Portland 1, Ore. This space paid for by an Oregon family. • Despite the severe conditions caused by war and defeat, the population of Italy increased from 44,600,900 ia 1930 to 45.800,000 in 1946. JF Thinking of Borrowing? THINK FIRST OF THIS BANK. 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