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Show THE HELPER JOURNAL PAGE 8 Salary Increase Have LETTERS FROM SON IN JAP PRISON a report made by According Superintendent Reeves at the school board meeting May 19, teacner contracts are being signed and returned to the board of education very satis- factorily. Much of this is attributed to the new salary schedule which increased the salaries of most of the teachers $300 over last year. The board members awarded the contracts for servicing district typewriters and the auditing of of the books. A letter of commendation from David H. Allied, school lunch official, was read by Superintendent Reeves, The letter contained praising comments upon the lunch survey made by the district in March. to A mother's heart was made a bit lighter: a father's ifaith .became stronger and two brothers, a sister and a sweetheart were all made supremely happy last Friday, when Mr and Mrs R. J. Vaughan of this city received two brief letters from their son Robert J. Vaughan, an internee in a Japanese prison camp near Kobe since December 10, 1941. "Bob" was a civilian MOOSEHEART GRADUATE IN JUNE .r of employee the Pan American Airways HELPER BOY IS Co., and was stationed on Guam when that island fell to the Japs shortly after heir sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. The two letters were actually the first messages direct from Bob, signed in his own handwriting, the Vaughans have received since he : .. h became a prisoner. They have reat ceived indirect communications intervals during the past couple of TWO PRICE AIRMEN RELEASED FROM years. So that the many friends of Bob Vaughan may know the content of fcis messages they are being reprinted below: Hyogo-Ke- GERMAN PRISON CAMP Internment Camp n Kobe, Japan September 5, 1944 Mrs R. J. Vaughan (Mother) Helper, Utah Dear Folks: Received your letter of January Wallace Howard 30, 1944. Here Is the brief story of a homeinternees of Kobe moved to town boy who, in spite of early and one camp in the mountains. Am of serious reverses, has made good. It the opinion the climate will be much concerns Wallace Howard. In giving healthier here. the details, the secretary of the HelYour loving son, per Moosa lodge No. 1659 said: Robert J. Vaughan. after the death of "Immediately Hyogo-KeInternment Camp Wallace's father, application was Kobe, Japan made to the Governors of Mooseheart December 8, 1944 by the Helper lofee for the admission Mr and Mrs R. J. Vaughan (parents) of the boy to the Moose Child City Helper, Utah of Mooseheart, the internationally Dear Folks: known trade and academic school in Jnst recently received Red Cross Illinois, founded in 1913 by the Loyal clothing and food. It helped consid- Order of Moose. The application was erably. granted and Wallace was admitted in Have had little news from you and March, 1937. With him went his older Bone from Ann this year. Am sur- brother, Lynn, who has since graduatprised none of the family have ever ed from Mooseheart, and his youngwritten. er sister, who is still at Mooseneart. At present in good health and mak-to- f "For more than eight years," conout all right. tinued the secretary, "Wallace HowThis will prohably be a belated ard has enjoyed all the privileges greeting, but Merry Christmas and a and opportunities of the Moose proHappy New Year to all, and I know gram of child welfare. This program means for every Mooseheart child the you're wishing the same to me. Your loving son, best of care in homelike surroundRobert J. Vaughan. ings, spiritual and moral training, and a sound education both academic and vocational. In the latter, WalSAFETY INSPECTOR lace has specialized in a commercial All n , Relatives of two Price airmen re ceived welcome and long awaited news last Wednesday concerning Lt. Lynn Goetzman and 2nd Lt. Leo Zupon. They had first been reported missing and then prisoners of the Germans, both finally meeting in the same prison camp, Stalag Luft 1. Lieutenant Lynn Goetzman cabled his wife and his parents, Mr and Mrs H. B. Goetzman recently that he was safe and well and expected to be home soon. Second Lieutenant Leo Zupon likewise informed his sister, Mrs Ed Sheya and his mother, Mrs Mary Zupon, that he is in good health and. "would be home soon. Lt. Goetzman has been a prisoner of war for the past 18 months. .He spent six months in a German hospital from injuries received when he apparently bailed out over the Baltic sea. He was a pilot of a an.d was carrying out his eleventh mission. He had received the air medal, purple heart and foreign duty decorations. Lt. Zupon was reported missing last August 29 over Czechoslovakia. and has He was a pilot of a 7 been in the service for about three years. He has been a prisoner of war in the same camp at Lt. Goetzman for several months. He has been awarded three stars for fighting on three fronts and .the air medal. B-3- 8 . B-1- the Attack- - ESTABLISHED BY PRICE 17MC: COUNCIL NAMED TO MAKE SURVEY At a meeting held May 21 at the Price city hall, a directory of veterans services was adopted by the Advisory newly formed Veterans council, which is sponsored by the war manpower commission., The directory lists all agencies within Carbon county which can and will give service to returning veterans. The council also decided to devise ways and means for obtaining information through an economic survey of the number of jobs open for returning veterans, and the specifications of each job. The purpose of the directory, according to Jack Forrester, chairman of the council, is to "render service to returning veterans so that such veterans may be directed to the proper agencies designated by the federal government. These agencies will assume such responsibilities and perform such services as may be required to assist each veteran to resume his or her place in the civilian economical, and social life of the community. Although not complete as some of the agencies have not given definite specifications to to their services, the directory lists 19 agencies in the county through which the returning veterans will be able to obtain information which will be helpful to him as he returns to civilian life." Two agencies, the Carbon County Central Labor Union and the U. S. Employment Service are designated to aid the soldier on employment problems. For the filing of disability and insurance claims, the veteran should contact, the American Lebion Post No. 3, at- - Price; American Legion Post No. 21 at Helper; the Veterans of Foreign Wars; and the American Red Cross. Agencies which will give advice and help in obtaining financial aid for the veteran are the American Red Cross, and the U. S. Farm Security Administration. Legal advice may be obtained from the Eastern Utah Bar association. and reemployment Registration facilities are available at the U. S. Selective Service office. For rehabilitation and training, the returning veteran may contact the Carbon Junior College or he Carbon County Extension Service. il, 145 ported that a peak total of 83005 war prisoners will be used in contact work in the period through July as agricultural laborers. Last year approximately 65,000 prisoners of war were available. The men will be assigned through the nine service command areas of the army. The type of farm work they engage in will be determined by the directors of state DIRECTORY OF VETERANS SERVICES Stimulated Teachers To Sign New Contracts BOOST VAUGIIAN FAMILY SPIRITS THUR8DAY, MAY HELPER, UTAH To Be Used In extension services. WFA will request an even larger number of POW's for Agriculture The War Food Administration an- farm work in the peak of the fall nounced that it has been assured by harvesting season. the War Department that increased We now have a supply of numbers of prisoners of war will be Lettering Pens, 10c Speedball for agricultural available this year each at the Helper Journal. work. The WFA Office of Labor re More War Prisoners ' MKmamamMCmcmamam v V V 1 w LINOLEUM REMNANTS PIECES 12 FEET OR LESS 0 70 , ml HELPER FURNITURE & HARDWARE COMPANY PHONE 3 HELPER "V" SERVICE FLAGS available at the Helper Journal. OFFICIAL course. NAMED BY UTAH FUEL COMPANY "In addition, Wallace has received a broad cultural education in literature, music and art, and he has learned to 'play the game' on the athletic fields of this noted child In , To take over duties as safety director of the Utah Fuel Co., Stanley C. Harvey, Price, chief coal mine Inspector with the State Industrial Commission, has resigned his position effective June 1, is an announce, jnent made by Claude P. Heiner, rice president and general manager of the fuel ftmpny. According to Mr Heiner, the appointment was made to improve and strengthen mine safety measures, at tb various Utah Fuel and Calumet Co. properties. Mr Harvey waj prominent in the investigation and study of the' explosion May 9 at Utah Fuel's Sunny-tidnv'"e which killed 23 persons Bd injured seven others. In his new jKwltion, Mr Harvey will have charge of all safety work at the company's coal properties in Sunnyside, Castle Gate and Clear Creek. Utah, and Somerset and Delcarbon, Colorado. "My efforts will be directed entirely toward making safer mining conditions for Utah Fuel Co.,- Mr Harvey stated, "All phases of safety work will be considered, including training of men in rescue work and first aid." Mr Harvey has had 33 years of coal mining experience, the past 25 foreman or years mostly as mine mine superintendent. ' He worked for the Utah Fuel Co. before from 1913 to 1928 as foreman. In 1942 he served as coal mine Inspector for the TJ. S. Bureau of Mines, working in Colorado and New Mexico. He returned to Utah to become superinCoal Co. tendent of the at Rains. Mr Harvey has been chief coal mine inspector for the State e - Uta-Carbo- n CASH FOR USED CARS FOB THE BEST DEAL SEE city." A member of the local lodge, A. J. Carlson, now a resident of Portola, California, will be at the graduation exercises at Mooseheart, to personally congratulate Wallace for his achievements. Mr Carlson was secretary of the Helper lodge at the time Wallace was admitted to the of this MooseThe g heart graduate will e appropriately celebrated by the lodge at an early date.. A feature on the program will be,, the initiation of a "Mooseheart Graduate's Class." Present indications point to this class being the largest of the year. . RAILROAD CABS WITH GLASS TOP TO BE PRODUCED Introduction of a new glass-topassenger car has revealed a war time collaboration between two of the greatest peace-timcompetitors the automotive and railroad industries. Primarily, the innovation will consist of a raised middle car section, with two levels and a glass "astral done" top. Seats on the upper level will enable the passengers to view the scenery on all sides thru the newest type of glass, developed during World War II for use in Allied p e bombers. The lower portion of the section will maintain provisions for a snack or cocktail bar. The cars will increase the attractiveness of the ride. They will be put on runs in scenic territory. General Motors' sculptors and designers in the styling section developed the pattern when they were asked to approach railroad car plans with no inhibitions or restrictions by past men have given J. Bad eh Denver, Colo. Staff Sct. Rat Bolerjack it Pueblo, Colo. it Pvt. Henry Vernon Brandon Grand Junction, Colo. James Darreix Bromley it Corf. Salt Lake City, Utah ic Sat. Ivan Brown Grand Junction, Colo. GM 3rd Class Harland G. Buckley Grand Junction, Colo. ir Lieut. P. E. Burk ; Grand Junction, Colo. it Marine Corp. Chad M. Burns Salt Lake City, Utah it First Lieut. Thomas H. Busby Denver, Colo. it Sct. Julio L. Caparella Glenwood Springs, Colo. it it it their lives to keep America free it it Loot. Ross home-comin- Seaman 1st Class Frank Clifford Coombs Salt Lake City, Utah Pvt. Samuel Edward Coombs Grand Junction, Colo. Marine Sct. Walter Herbert Dennis it it it it it it it it Montrose, Colo. it it it it Elmer John Dunn Denver, Colo. it Pfc Merlin LeRoy Fawcett Salt Lake City, Utah Pvt. John Henry Garreffa South Fork, Cola List complete to May 1, 1943. . ' Rifle, Colo. Pvt. Jay William Jensen Salt Lake City, Utah Cow. Clarence Dale Karren Ogden, Utah Pre. John Francis Kennedy Kelker, Colo. Caft. Kenneth George Ladd Salt Lake City, Utah Tech. Sot. Frank C. Latto Grand Junction, Colo. Marine Pfc. Victor Leon Liggett Denver, Colo. Pfc. William Thomas Lindsey Alamosa, Colo. it k Pfc. Joseph DeVincentis Pfc. Edward Eugene Gourdeaux Denver, Colo. n Hut, Marine Pvt. Gerald Denver, Colo. Seaman Leo Mark Janzekovics it it Lieut. Kenneth David Nicol Grand Junction, Colo. Corf. Austin Joe Parker Grand Junction, Colo. Lieut. Willis Madison Poteet Pueblo, Colo. Pre. Juan Ruben Rendon Hermosa, Colo. Pre. George Alvtn Scharf Denver, Colo. , ' Pfc. Dean Pete Schmidt Salt Lake City, Utah railroad standards. They worked at the problem during such portions of the past year as were available in view of various war assignments. Then they conceived he idea of giving the passengers an entirely new and unobstructed view of the country through which they ride, seeing it from all sides as well as overhead. Adding machine Industrial Commission paper at tha for the past BEFOBE YOU SELL months. He will continue to reside in Price where he will have his office head- In Martinelli Garage quarters. Building Phone 51 Helper HlOrGfOnde Moose City. Journal Offle. BUNNELL GARAGE These Memoriam "FOR IT IS US the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain . . . that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.1 Abraham Lot colic 14 Eldred M. Royle, chairman of the state industrial commission, said that until a successor is named to Mr Harvey's position, the work will he carried on 'by Robert Schultz, deputy coal mine inspector. Gettysburg Address, Nov. 19, 1863. 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