Oroville Mercury Register
December 18,
1946
Pvt. Weaver Here
May Go To Orient
Pvt. Bob Weaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Weaver,
is visiting his parents on delayed orders preparatory to reporting
to Camp Stoneman, near Pittsburg, for possible overseas assignment. Weaver entered the service last September after attending
University of California for two semesters. He
was majoring in forestry. He recently finished
basic training at Fort Lewis, Wash. He expects
to be sent to Korea or to Japan for occupation duty. Weaver played four years on the Oroville high school varsity
football team, was on the track team and participated in intramural
boxing competition at the high school. He also
was a member of University of California boxing team in the heavy
weight division. He will report to Camp Stoneman
Dec. 26. He expects to be in Oroville until that
date.
Oroville Mercury Register
December 18,
1946
U.S. Won’t Meddle In Chinese Internal
Affairs, Truman Asserts However, Attempts
Will Be Continued To Work Out Peaceful Settlement Of Strife
Washington – UP- President
Truman today promised that this country would not interfere in internal
Chinese affairs, but would “persevere” in an effort to help the
Chinese people toward internal peace and economic recovery. Mr. Truman expressed “deep regret” that China has not yet
achieved unity “by peaceful methods.” But he
said, “we are ready to help China as she move’s toward peace and
genuine Democratic government.” Mr. Truman, obviously mindful of
some criticism on Capital Hill because American forces are still
in China, said in a 3000 word statement that while a year ago we
had some 113,000 soldiers, sailors and marines in China, today “this
number is being reduced to less than 12,000.”
“We believed then and do now that a united and democratic China
is of the utmost importance to world peace, that a broadening of
the base of the national government to make it representative of
the Chinese people will further China’s progress toward this goal,”
he said. The President said this government still
believed that China has a clear responsibility to the other United
Nations to eliminate armed conflict within its territory as constituting
a threat to world stability and peace.”
Oroville Mercury Register
December 21,
1946
Housing Projects for Veterans Are
Ordered Stopped
Funds of Housing Authority Are Exhausted;
State Aid Suggested
Eleven of the 28 units in Oroville were to have
been ready for occupancy by Jan. 1. Sackett E Booth, Oroville member
of the Butte housing authority, said that he believed the 11 units
would still be ready by then. “They are almost
ready now,” Booth said, “and I believe that by Dec. 27 they can
be finished….Langdon W. Post, regional director of Federal Public
Housing Authority expressed “deep” disappointment in being unable
to complete the program for homeless veterans but “we’ve exhausted
our funds and we have no alternative but to halt work. Supervisor Scott Lawton said today that the only source of
money available for continued construction of the projects was from
the state. He said that the special session of
the legislature might consider the matter when it meets in January.
Oroville Mercury Register
December 23,
1946
Work Stops On Vet
Housing; Order Is Blow To Applicants
(Picture Caption) George Walby of Oroville,
carpenter
on the veterans housing project at Broderick street, is shown boarding
up the windows on one of the eleven units almost ready for occupancy. Work stopped today on the 29 units comprising the project
here following an order from the FPHA, which stated that the appropriation
for the project had been spent, E A. Leonard, carpenter foreman,
is seen on the right directing the work. On his
right is a sign that reads “Construction Authorized”
Stu’s Notes: At the recent Butte County Supervisors
meeting Oroville Veterans Committee Members, Wayne Brock, Manual
Johnson and I presented a card of thanks to Jane Dolan, retiring
District 2 Supervisor, after 32 years of Service.
She voted yes every time the Oroville Veterans
Memorial Park came up on the agenda.
The County took our Project and now soon, I can
say it will be built.
Perhaps
we should have helped the Nationalist Chinese prevail in China and
kept it a democratic government.
As we know the Nationalists fled to Formosa the Communist
took over China and millions died there and in future wars, Korea
and Vietnam. Now China maybe
could foreclose on America, we owe them so much.
I
will have to find my 1947 papers and see what happened to those
Veterans boarded up houses down town. Homeless Veterans is obviously not a new
thing they just didn’t make the news back then.