4 THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, 1946
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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