La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, March 30, 1945, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text..scs.5 1 Coast League Baseball Season to Open Tomorrow Big Year in Prospect Despite Handicaps SAN FRANCISCO, Mnrch 30 (UP) More Ihun :i5,00u fans arc ex pected to co throuKh the turnstiles tomorrow us the Pacific Coast lcajuo opMis its fourth war-time season. Boasting more talent than at any time since start of the war, with most clubs at least two-deep in all regular positions, club owners are looking forward to the geatcst id-ycur-oia loop. Seven men with. Drevious ex- n r perience as coast league manag ers, plus one freshman pilot, to day named their opening day hurlers. And each and every field boss was optimistic in his opinion on chances to finish at least in the first division. Anfolf Are Favorites The Los Angeles Angels, fa vored to annex their third straight flag, will meet the San Francisco Seals before a predict ed crowd of 12,000. Manager Bill Sweeney will cull upon Don Psborn (15-13), to face Ken Bron doll, Manager Lefty O'Doul's choice for tile Seals. Blonde!!, r.ew tJ this league, won 13, lost 0 for Jersey City last year. Oakland, a red-hot baseball city lust year, expects to attract 10,000. for its opener with the lough Portland Beavers. ' Floyd Stromme (11-11). is Manager Dolph Camilli's hill choice. For Marv Owen's Beavers, the veter an Ad Lisku (18-H) will toe the slab. Guy Fletcher (I2-I),is Mali nger Karl Shecly'B choice for mound duty for the Sacramento Salons against the Hollywood Stars. Pilot Buck Fuuselt, the inanageriul newcomer, has noini ' noted Ronnie Smith (10-12), to toil for the Stars. A crowd of 8,000 is expected. Pepper Martin returns to the leugue at the helm of the San Diego Padres and has chosen 42-year-old Jim Brilllieart to oppose the slugging Seattle Hauliers In Hie curtain raiser. Manager Dill Skiff has countered with another 40-ycar-old slur, Lefty Carl Fischer, who won 111, lost 13 last year. Novikoff Called for Draft Examination LOS ANCKLBS, Mar. 30 (UP) Lou Novikoff, baseball's Mad Russian, today await. 'd the re sult of a surprise prc-induction physical he took yesterday. Novikoff, previously deferred because of his wife's illness, re cently joined the Los Angeles Angels after a stormy career with the Chicago Cubs. He is the father of two children. liombcreltcs Go Into Hoop Tourney Finals ST. JOSEPH, Mo March 30 (UP) The Vullec Eombert'ltes, Nashville, Tenn., make the final defense of their national AAU women's basketball title when they meet a strong Little Rock, Ark., Dr. Pepper squad tonight. The defending champions took a 28 to 11 victory from the Wich ita, Kans., Boeings lust night in the tournament semi-finals. BAKSI IS FAVORITE NEW YORK, March 30 (UP) Heavyweight Joe Uaksi of Kulp mont, Pa., is favored at 13-5 16 win tonight over veteran Lou Nova, for whom he formerly served as sparring purlner. i Washington Merry-Go-Round Continued From Page 2 it made sp.'cial concessions to preachers' sons. Hut the general also ails to list this in who's who, perhaps because he was asked to leave by the faculty when u piofessor came by and saw a freshman Iv ing mildly hazed. Actually, Tom Handy was just looking on, but the professor suspected him of Icing the ringleader. 'Flint was the tinning point in Tom llundy's start toward befoul ing n full general. lie went to the Virginia military institute, w.-ii graduated, won a dtcorulion in France, along with MacArtluir Jind in the .Huimo'l'cration. Alter the war he taught at VMI. the lame school Ironi which General Marshall was graduated. During the years of peae:, when nthi r officers were playing golf, bridge . or polo. Handy was working iiixfit and day. Quirt, shy, con fident, he went through all the advanced schools. In the lust three yiurs he has rii-'ii ti(n) lieutenant colonel to full general and is now deputy thief of stuff, the i ight-li.uul man to Marshall. Probably his father never had a church which paid lilin over $1,20(1, but on that In raised four boys and a girl, in cluding one of the highest-ranking generals of the unity. i financial year in the history of the Country Clubbers, Falk Fivs Wirf Bowling Series LADIES LEAGUE STANDINGS W. L. Pit. Big Bear Mkt 22 7 30 Country Club 15 12 21 Farnam Supply 12 15 18 Coca-Cola '14 13 17 Odorless 13 14 16 Hosana Shop 12 15 18 Glass Drugs 12 15 15 Falk's 8 19 11 The Country Club quintet re tained a 3-point hold on second place in the women's bowling league by defeating the Rosana shop team three points to ono lust night, while the Falk five made a similar showing against the Odorless Cleaners, Bea Hull of the country club bcrs rolled high game and series scores of 107 and 400 respective The scores: Hosana Shop Players 1st 2nd 3rd L. Kurther 1411 120 111 Ttl. 389 242 833 354 390 179 125 I. Olson M. Smith .. B. Huff I. Heniek .. M. Smith .. Handicap Totals .... Ml) 102 120 85 .11!) 1,10 .115 150 122 U 119 179 49 .. 311 .007 38 Oil) G79 2012 Country Club K. Donnelly G. Blake 11. Hull 10. Trimble ... M. Graham Handicap . Totals 114 1311 140 115 147 138 144 21 393 400 409 395 384 03 132 155 102 117 . 21 15!) 107 155 123 21 .041 704 705 2110 Falk's P. Iteid 141 155 158 454 K. Burress 134 109 125" 308 M. Bracket! .... 05 104 104 353 J. Skjonsby ... 113 140 159 412 M. Loveless ...125 144 143 412 Hiindicap .... !M 91 91 273 Totals 009 1)23 7110 2272 Odorless Cleaners M. Sperling .... 80 III 90 293 L. Winburn ...101 157 108 420 O. Ziinnierk!....l()8 118 90 310 N. Masse 141 125 149 415 J. Chadwick. .103 15H 144 400 Handicap .... 78' 78 78 234 Totals 677 742 605 2084 O Fight Results By United Press Worcester, Muss. Johnny Cool. 132, Worcester, outpointed Rocky Proguno, 129, Stamford, Conn. (10). Hollywood Artie Dorrell, 145, Dallas, Tex., knocked out Reno Deleon, 145, Tijuana, Mex. (6). Swing Shift Maisie Sequel on Screen Ann Solliern's role of "Maisie," Ihe swing shift welder ill an air craft plan! In "Maisie Goes To Iteno," is a sequel to the "Swing Shift Maisie" comedy role In which she scored a pronounced hit. Tlie film will lie given its final showings tonight und tomorrow ut the Liberty theater. John llo diak has the chief supporting role. Tuberculosis Tests May be Compulsory SEATTLK, March 30 (UP)---Compulsory exainiliotion of Washington state residents may be included in the state's uiili tuli.'ivulosis program, Dr. Arthur L. Uiiigle, stale director of health, Slid today. The entire stale probably will be divided into health districts. Dr. H ingle said. lie was appointed by Gov. Mm C. W.illgren in January to suc ceed. Dr. Lee Powers. Dr. Dingle formerly served as district health officer for lleiilon, Walla Walla and Franklin counties. All uv-.-ragr niieep yields about nine pounds of w ool at h shearing. mum TOD Y and S.UTltD.W ANN SOTHERN , BS2JC her best yet HflE AH.lUfHflV.V It' H it:'- V , i.A GKANDE EVENING OHSKKVKK Phone 600 Complete Local Reports Friday, Mutch 30, 1915 "Thoy loll mo you T v. " . . ni ' 11 " - ' Today's Sport Parade By JACK CUDDY NKW YORK, March 30 (UP) Just a cyclone in a cuspidor! That's what they turned out to be today those wild rumors thai swept sports-suspicious New York last night after the Oakic PePau! basketball upet. The rumor-mongers certainly Went to work after Oklahoma A. tc M. registered its surprise 52 4.4 victory over DePuul, which hud been n five-point favorite in probably the season's biggest bet ting game. Thoy found delicious fodder in the fact that tall George Mikan. slur of the DePuul team und the nation's No. 1 offensive player, hud "fouled out" of the classic in only 14 minutes of the first half. He left Madison Square Garden's court after referees Pat Kennedy und I lagan Anderson called five personal fouls against him. And when Ray Meyer, DePuul coach, wus closeted luter in a ho tel room with Coach Harold G. Olscn of Ohio Slate, tournament manager of the national colleg iate athletic associution, the gale of gossip reached its height. Prin cipal rumors were;: (1) That the DePuul coach had lodged n protest willi Olsen against the officiating of Ken nedy and Anderson; (2) that Ol sen had called Kennedy and An derson to the conference; (3) that a "big" niidwcstern gambler had called u New York "operator" yesterday afternoon und told him not to bet on DePuul because Mi kan would be fouled out in a hurry; (I) that Olsen was ready to "blow the lid off" demand a thorough investigation, and that tin official announcement would be made "any minute." Alert reporters kepi the tele phones hot. Finally. Olsen a n il Mover emerged from their room. Thoy were ulone. No sign of the two referees. A reporter asked breath lessly, "Will there lie an investi gation, Mr. Olsen'.'" "Investigation!" ejaculated Ol sen. "What are you talking about?" "Didn't t'nnrli Meyer register a protest against the officiating?" Meyer personally caught I his one off the hack-hoard, and re plied, "I made no protest uguinst unykidy or anything. You boys seem lo have been misinformed. Mr. Olsen was merely consoling me for our defeat. Why should I (pranada 1 1 " Tci:u6tit MT Gene tft3fe "I Ml I ,.J ititoy SPORTS Page 6 use ho rabbit punch!" Hnitod Press Staff Correspondent protest? We were beaten that's all. I still consider DePuul the belter team; but that's a personal opinion. Our record for the sea son speaks for itself." But wcVen'l those five personal fouls called on Mikan in an aw ful hurry? a reporter wanted lo know. '"I'll" say they wore, Meyer admitted. "Mikan has been foul ed out of other games, but never until lute in-the game say in the last 10 minutes of play. The fouls called on Mikan this lime were judgement fouls actions that seemed lo be fouls in the judgement ol the referees ac tions that seemed to be charging, hacking, and the like. I will say that thoy certainly threw th? book at Mikan. And I'll admit I'm burned up because I had no voice in selecting the referees. And I don't think Kennedy had one of his better nights as a ref eree. Hut I've made no protest.'' Advanced U. S. Air Base Abandoned CHUNGKING, March 30 (UP) The 14th air force has aban doned its air base at Laohokow', in northern Hupch province, in the face of a new Japanese drive, the U. S. army announced today. The Laohokow base, one of the most important of the Hth's ad vance bases north of the Yangtzt river, was evacuated last Mon day. It is approximately 350 miles northeast of Chungking and less than 200 miles northwest of Hankow. The Japanese, driving west ward through Hupeh und Honan provinces from the Hunkow Peiping railway, lust were re ported only five miles from Lao hokow. New Vndulant Fever Cases Are Reported Eighteen new cases of undulant level diiiii'.'? the weck ending March 21 are reported ill the weekly bulletin of the Oregon stale board of lieiilth, which re ports those are t ho only new cases in the state for that period. The report shows five eases of scarlet fever and one of pneu monia were reported in Union county during the same period. TONIGHT iNI) SATURDAY BUKHttTl l'ltis woo-woo: HiiKh Herbert Comedy Snapshots and News 98 New Statutes Mae Effective by Emergency Clause SALEM, Ore March 30 (UP) Ninety-eight new laws are now on Oregon's statute books and in full effect this week, following the 43rd session of the legislature which passed them. Ordinarily bills do not become law for 90 days after their signa ture by the governor, but these 98 bills carried the emergency clause, making them in "full force and effect" after their sig nature. Thirty were senate bills, 68 were house bills. The new laws cover u whole variety of subjects from appro priating millions of dollars to granting claims against the state for less than $500, and from mak ing administrative changes in the unemployment compensation law to accepting a new dental school for the state. PUD Bill Causes Furor - The emergency clause which caused, the most furor in the re cent session was the one attached to senate bill 62, the "PUD" bill designed to prevent the purchase by people's utility districts of outlying facilities. Opponents thought that the emergency clause wus tacked , on to prevent a referendum of the measure to a vote of the people. The clause prevents referen dum, and it is unquestioned that in some instances the clause is used for that purpose, but ordi narily it is placed on a bill for the reason its name implies that an emergency docs exist and the law is needed, and right now. Appropriations Urgent Most of the appropriation bills, for instance, carried the emer gency clause, because the money is needed to carry on state gov ernment. Among the bills which carried the clause, and arc now part of Oregon s law, arc the appropria tion bills; laws raising either per manently or temporarily the sal aries of county officials in many caunties; bills appropriating mo ney 'to finance interim commit tees and the bill authorizing a special election on June 22. This last bill needed the clause so that preparation for the elec tion could proceed. . Oilier new laws include a num ber of changes in the administra tive procedure in a number of departments, particularly t li e compensation commission; money for forest land acquisition and the eradication of pests; author ization for the fish and game commission to propagate wildlife, place screens on irrigation ditch es, and change the fishing sea son in many places; authorizing the destruction of useless papers by county courts; changing the bounty laws, and authorizing loans to veterans and funds for the bureau. FrenchForces Open Italy Offensive ROME, March 30 (UP) The Fifth and Eighth army fronts along the Po valley continued quiet today although a broadcast French communique said French forces had opened a campaign along the Franco-Ilalian border Jusl below Switzerland. The French troops were report ed to have stormed and captured a German strongpoint on the southern slopes of Mt. Valazzun near the St. Bernard pass leading inla northern Italy. The French announcement came a day after allied warsbijs were revealed to have carried out four days of attacks on German positions along the Mediterran ean coast near the Fronch border. Allied headquarters disclosed that tactical figliler-bomliers yesterday around the Hrenner again raided rail installations pass, Germany's vital communi cation link with northern Italy. IMPORTANT CHANGES 49 (or New Arrival and Departire Times " SkIT? " " ' " - OVERLAP 0 r?-o 1 B MSfflEg tP Onu'tJ , ONION fACIFIC STAGES, INC. s V.fSlft Iff, , . -..jijfii-tmVftf m T' JMBf. Ti.L-WiiiiBiirir-iiHiiliiriiwirw u , ' HITLER DECORATES YOUNG NAZI FIGHTERS Extremes lo which nazis have gone in recruilbjj reinforcements for their harassed armies are indicated ii this photo, radioed from Stockholm to New York, showing according io accompanying German caption, Adolf Hitler bestowing iron crou on Alfred Czech, 12-year-old Hitler youth soldier, and on 20 other youngsters who participated in battles against Russians in Pomcrania and upper and lower Silesa. Picture was made at Hitler's headquarters on March 19th. Special Election In June to Cost State $75,000 SALEM, Ore., March 30 (UP) Tin; June 22 special election, when the voters will decide on the fate of the proposed two-cent cigarette lax and Ihe five-mill property levy, will cost around $75,000, it has been estimated by David O'Hara, chief of the elec tions division here. The election was culled by the recent legislature to enable the state to raise $14,000,000 in the next two years for the schools of he stute and for instituional building. The smoke tux would be permanent, bill the property levy would be for two years only. The election's cost is higher than it would have been before the legislature raised elections officials pay from $3 to S4 daily. Of the amount the counties will contribute about $50,000,. the stale about S25.000. Draft Probe Leads To Murder Charge PORTLAND, Ore., March 30 (UP) Special Agent Joseph Thornton of the federal bureau of investigation today announced that Ranriel Thronebcrry, 28. murder suspect wanted in Hay den, Colo., was arrested yester day afternoon near Eugene by the FBI. He had been wc: king on a farm outside of Eugene since February 0. His brother, also a suspect, is held in custody in Colorado. Thronebcrry was picked up on a violation of selective service charge, which led to his connec tion with the murder case. He wus wanted for the strangulation slaying of n sheep herder at Steamboat Springs, Colo., in 1043. The Modern Finish; Nu-Enamel One Coat Covers! No Hiush Murks! It's washable, durable, econ omical and easy lo apply. Will not chip, crack or peel. Quick to dry. Ask for it at this store. New Shipment of Dccals Teel's Paint Store 1308 Adams Seattle Thugs Run Into Trouble When Victims Put Up Fight SEATTLE, Mart).! 30 (UP) Thugs roamed Seattle streets again last night, but ran into stiff opposition from most of their in tended victims. Mrs. Rose Magrillis reported a man left a bus behind her and u moment Inter seized her und tried lo throw her to the ground. She managed to get a revolved out of her handbag and to fire one shot. He fled and she didn't know whether he had been hit. Miss Agnes Thompson said she was slugged on the head by a man but that he ran when she screamed. L. R. Neese, navy chief petty officer, wus jumped by three men but he fought them off with his fists. He showed the marks of the battle when he re ported the affair to police. Ray Wiggins said he lost $75 to a young gunman who held him up us he was putting his car in his garage. COUNTY AGENT QUITS CORVALL1S, Ore., March 30 j (UP) The resignation of Walter A. Holt, Umatilla county agent who will be an associate of Har old Earner., cattle, wheat and pea rur.chti, will become effec tive April 1, Dean William A. Schocnield of Oregon State col lege said today. Holt's successor has not been announced. i ANNOUNCEMENT! THE TWIN CITY CREAMERY has consolidated their business with ihe KARL R. STONE CREAM STATION l.i(l."i .lefl't'l'son All patrons who clt'livuied cream lo the Twin City Creamery are asked to Initi"; theircream hereafter to the Karl It. Stone Cream Station. Twin City Creamery Effective April 1, Overland Greyhound Lines will furnish you with additional bus service. Tn addition, all pressaf arrival a ad (fo parferes will be changed. These changes and the added schedule will improve your inter-city bus service. We arc constantly strivinj; to serve you better. Phone your Overland Greyhound agent now to familiarize yourself with these new schedules. NlWSOfOW f MENf WOMEN Wltilfr IN UNIFORM Ll. Robert N. Zweifel, 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nute Zweifel, 2016 Adams avenue, was gradu ated this week as a B-24 bomber pilot at the Fort Worth (Texasjk army air field. Lieutenant Zweifel received previous flight training ut Math er field, Calif., 'and wus commis sioned February 13, 1944. He also served as instructor at Ran dolph and Ellington fields, Texas. Pvt. Rusfel G. Meroney, win wus graduated recently from the maintenance school at Ft. Knox, Ky., is spending a furlough with his mother, Mrs. Ray Williams of Cove, prior lo reporting at Fort Ord, Calif., for assignment to duty. ' City News In Brief Automobiles driven by C. P. MeCullough of Island City and Jack E. oiivc- o( 1802 First street collided at Second and Main streets at 5 p. m. yesterday, caus ing minor damage to the vchi- CleS" Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Millering left today on a business trip to Boise. They plan to return Sunday. o