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O " $ EDITORIAL PAGE La Grande Evening Observer Frnnk Schiro, Publisher FRIDAY KVKXIXn, APIUI- fi. 1!) I.'i I'tige Two Fruit's Almost Ripe Ml EVENING OBSERVEK'S PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete lh Grande Ronde y alley irrigstW projl. LA GRANDE A city of lO.tHH) Estemi the city MwiU. TODAY'S TEXT Aiul Daviii bvok all the fWVs ar.J herds, which they lirave U'fore those other cattle, and said. This is David's spoil. 1 Samuel 150:20. I'nitrd MY Stand Sunday. April S. there will be at Kluin under the auspices of the Uxl and Gun club of that community, a rneotins of representatives of 2i' spnntsmen's ov pani7atiois from four eastern Orecon counties. I'niun. Wallowa, Haker and Imatill. l'uryt"'' of the meeting wfll Ik? the (Vrmiition of an eastern Oroeon stvrti inen's conned to tentatively stated: "Foster, mcrvase and propagate the wild life of eastern Oivjron. and to act as a medium for passing on to the state yame comr-sion the sentiments of the spoilsmen of eastern Oiegun relative to the fish and same laws of this siVt'.oJi of Oregon. "To cvvpeiate with all cw.wvation oijraiiiriitions in the pnpas::r.ion and conservation of same, to the end thai there shall Iv an abundance of same for our sportsmen and remrr.irii: so.Uiicis." 1'veiy sjvrtiiuan m the area should rally to the cause.- with particular . re ference to those of I'nion and Wallowa counties, shirts centers of this sU.te and jsletitia1!y the pivatest stvits re gion in the I'nited States. Paster:; Oregon has much to ofscT sportsmen, .if its natural rosiv.rve in the -x.i.v oj :":sn at:i -;a:r.e ate ;iv;vrly i'Velosl. Ihvjt r ue elopmer.t fails yt: thehoiilder.oi the state Wsh and e.arne cumin -sion. . . Funny Itusiness Our lakes and streams are a potential veritable paradise for the sportsman when (hey become properly stocked and receive full attention hum the fish and tame commission. These lakes and streams can serve not only the fish-:rmen of eastern Ore gon but of the entire state of Oregon. Penally important, they can Income a hiarhly attractive drawing card for tour ists of this nation. In the post-war future, Oivpon ex pects to draw heavily from the tourist trade. Sports and other recreation faci lities wili do more to bring them than any other single factor. Our forests are a good haven for iU'.iv.e -- yame which is projxrly pro tected from the predator hunter and 1'ivm the ravages of ratine. Sotting of deer and elks seasons on an overlapping Or consecutive Ikisis has ;vi hoi:; to the best interests of cur ;:an;e. Cries of our sjvtrtiunen have soiie unheeded,--! oiuuse ti.e sportsmen were liot or..:an;.:ed .sufficiently to make their voices heard. Deer and elk huntinir and all other types of himtin.sr. too. will draw many tourists to Pastern Oregon and further on into Ore-iron if they are propagAUxJ ami iHvtoc'.ed front the point of view of offcrms the pre.v.est amount of i iir.tir.c to ti.e prvatest numlcr of lx p'e. without .iiopat ui.'ttijr the existence of the s-me. There are many ether proUt'tv.s, too ina:: to state hare. The si-oi tsmen o.f the area are on the r'pht track. . Orsmtiration of a strong spottsnteri's council will enable Them to study the fish and came situation from r''o ri'lrt of view of the Ust interests of all. ;::.) eomuly iir.'iorlant. it the::: to speak with force y. r.-.a;s::-. it mar.da;ot v for e co:ni::,ssior! to listen rat !. r t .an ir.erely to e st ro :: wjtur.ired t,"Acades. ), t ui w :,i e::a;.e " :,rd author the f:sh a:ui -heir eo'.i: the voves v ices w est' . pj- r - m . g-. j?V - H:;t ! " ii . f--1 v . -V V WIT-,- - any.- :c ,v' v-- v i t vl- S;. .1 . 1 : 1 V-. SO IHEV SA1( :f.e B.-4:. -Vr R.w.('.' r.i::MS .: laj c rtii : ff:n to :! US iT..5 ;OjtS.i- Will ?:'i.-. i.iic:.y. t-i lJt.i.C.J Ta fw nk him mk 9ccd hu prmi lnt it ow hurt:" o- O O A S.-.V-.seK 0 3"-'-- O G Washington Merry-Go-Roilnd By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON Over in the Pentagon building, the military problem which the generals are watching and worrying about most today is supplies. Actually it's nut the production of supplies on the home front wliiclt so much concerns the army, but getting them from the channel ports to the fast-moving western front. If gasoline, bread and bullets Can keep up with the tanks and armored' cars ef Generals Patlon. Simpson and HodgLs, then not much in th'.' way of German resistance is expected. But the inside fact during Patlon's light ning advance' was that he ran out of gas and supplies; and he stayed out of gas and supplies for .12 long days. He was power less to move. That was the turning point in the war last year. This hitherto untold chapter of the west em front campaign occurred in September, after Patton's spectacular tank dash across France to the edge of Germany. It reveals uiie the sore spots in the European pic ture and one reason why the military sched ule, which called for victory last autumn, got sidetracked. Gtneral Pa'.ton, whom the Germans fear most, had been rushed out ahead and was being used as a decoy to diwrt attention from the First and Ninth armies, which were scheduled to mas against the mere vulner able northwest German border. But Palton ran out of gasoline, and had to wait, chew ing his nails, with empty fuel tanks. General Eisenhower ordered mountains of supplies sent direct from the United States. But although civilian production at home got the blame, the real bottleneck was not In the United States, but with the entire distribution system in France. In fact, this has been the subject of dri.stic inside in vestigation by top generals in the Pentagon building. Rd Ball Hiahwir In the last war, U. S. transportation in France was under W. W. Atterbury, presi dent of the Pennsylvania railroad. In this war, transportation and supply distribution have lxen kept under professional army men. Instead of recruiting railroad and trucking experts, two West Pointers, Lieut. Gen. John Clifford Hodges Lee and his deputy. Brig. Gen. Royal B. Lord, took over the job. Criticism of supply has been such in side the army tr.e General Marshall ordere a personal oprobe, Und even Gen.' B. B. Somervell, in cotnand of services of supply, wrote a critical four-paje report and sent Maj. Gen. Leroy Lutes to France to report on the situation. Lutes took with him a slaff of colonels, made n thorough survey, and submitted a blistering report urging that the entire supply set-up in Franco be revamped including those in command. Endless meetings followed in the Penta gon building at winch effort3 were made to patch up the mistakes. This was ot the time when an army propaganda drive talked about failures on the home front and said that men in the front lines were left with out supplies. Meanwhile a representative of Time magazine was taken in General Lee's spe cial airplane for a tour of the supply front, and later published a glowing description of the supply job. That description, how ever, did not correspond with the highly critical report of General Lutes. One criticism was that the much-advertised "Red Ball Highway" under Maj. Gen. Frank S. Ross was not sufficient to carry war goods from the channel ports to the front. Meanwhile, insufficient railroad troops and equipment were taken to France to repair the battered French railroads. Supplies Gt Mixed Another criticism was that supply officers had mixed up the bills of lading, so that some ships had to sit for days while a com plete inventory of cargo was retaken. Also, supplies got so mixed that a front-line com mander needing 104 mm. shells would get carloads of 155 mm, while an outfit wantina C rations would get a mountain of K rations. As a result, front - line commanders complained that they couldn't start an offensive for fear their supply lines would fail to keep up with them. This situation is believed partly responsible for General Bradliy's inability to launch a full strength general offensive simultaneously aong the western front last fall. General Somervell himself made a per sonal inspection of the situation and as signed Maj. Gen. Thomas B. Larkin to prop up Leo anud Lord. Meanwhile, the Penta See WASHINGTON . . . Page 6 WE, THE WOMEN Br BUTH MILiXTT In Toledo. Ohio, a woman who charged that her husband frequently fell asleep while smoking ciarets leceived a divorce on grounds of -gross neglect." Un't that set-.ing a dangerous precedent? Think of all the wives Vhcn wc again have govKi cars and go,i tires who could charge their husbands .th "gro neglect" tfriuK they drive too fait aid don't listen to the advice of ' the family's back seat driver. And think of the men who cou'.d brin4 divorce procteiir.j:s ainM Ihtnr wives for the ross r.g!ec:" of V"? womn who bicks into other cars when trying :o pari and tear off gorjge doors. , And the b.-uicgrooms who are sure their health is suffering from the meals they get at Rome. P.xir cooking cou!.i be grjss nt Kct. toe. couldn't it? Fur-uiun-Monring. Toe And so could a wife's moving the furni ture around so often that a man always stumbles over it in the dark. And a hus band's insisting on driving home after a cockuil p.;r:y at which he has done a little too much celebrating. Couples even the, most happily mated have a tendency to blame all their accidents around a house on each other. "If you just wouldn't init on putting . these blamed little rugs around everywhere," a man says w hen he picks himself up after slipping on a scatter rug. Anj. "I told you you ought to fix that back p.rch step," a wife says after jtie trips on a loose board. See ho-.v busy the divorce courts would be ii husbands and wives were encouraged to g-et divorces for 'gross neglect" which is nothing but everyday careiessress. Behind Scenes in Washington PETER CDSON. La Saad Evtaiag Observe Weehinqtoa Canaepaadaai WASHINGTON Anti-Trust division of the Department o! Justice will sCon enter '.he picture ts an active ijC.jr in determin ing who can buy whit s-irclus government property, if'its orijunai cost ws more than, a. miliion collars. Now in preparation for iM-uaace lr. the r.r future U a Dtjiirt mer.t of Justice :r.rr.or..n.inm which wtU be i guidebook on wr.r.t ccnditions of the Sherman Anil-Trust Law a preface live pur crieser will have to rr.ext. and. what he will hav e to de' or be to get jirporva!. Assistant Attorney General, Weiyiil. Borge. in charge c-f the Ant -Trust ' ir. ..-:.. has already started :i tram a s"-aif ro process thfe y-: sa:e .. ar.y.T.e A o.-r. iciy.e wi.. approved -r..f.v a a y v. t. . . . ..... ' e .n irateresrir.. s trve ir.'f.- petil.. n . -.i rerre.v sr-v.ll l-s:rKss. fu'.i e"r. vrr.on'. ro'.ine. Tt- cvn:r..-u:iori any sa'.e ,i .'.1 rr.ke to ari l..l -. r.:;jioyrr.cr.; v. ihus rx-crr.e 4 t.-: .: -rit i.r any live prvr.:. Aiwmlnum Pie-rift Aa Test Cu As :." ean:r',e of r. r.tse ar.ii-tm. r-::ir:io.-s rr3y ce arc. a, . , rr.:v er.: now o'rs n F-.n;s. ; at tr .-.-: i:.:--rWs r.;r.. j.rrrjar itSftt ; -.ob' 3 r.jM. z ::: . iZ ihi h; ir.l.slry cpi-.'.:; A'.-rr If pe-r ; fC-5 O ofi 3. - r Cft-.t. Kf yn.lcn -. Ujl; Oil- C-T' J q 'Yy c--y , :-.c0:.'w ft (p). ;0-.:s ); . re ,-!n, cor.gr-.s ca the growth XS.h).n -CrJS-r.Q'. N U, .Q4'..-V.s. Tr.e Ar.t.-Tr D:VU:J8 --. :o :tr.r.t Q ? t" (3 (l) . ccracr, it-a , iW ctT private i.-.dustr-, a couple of complicating factrrs enter the picture. ' First the Small Business Committee of the senate has launched an investigation of the light' metal industry. That lends an other iecideaiy ar.ti-ix.orer.polistx' cut to ti-.e arocx-eiiags. . SrconJ. the U. S. Circuit Court of Hew York, a.tir.g for the Supreme Court, has ruie-d lhat the. Aluminum Company of America i;d formerly have a mcnopo' on , ing't rr.-.uction. The point generally over looked -.sas that the Circut-Court withheld' i-j-iinun: on whether the Aluminum Com rvry s-.culd be dissviwd. saving in effect that this snould wait on uisposai of gDvem mem'.tV.cilrties to see what the "artem of p.st-war ownership might turn out to be. Ir.e implied threat here is that if th es of sur- Al.Tr.r.u.-n 'Company aevjuirt much add: on 1! :ha ti.tai' -r. jot producing capacity it will have to to c c.af .lived as a m.onjro.y. . m-' Asks GoTermeal Guarantees le- A rt.-e-i government witness before the so. Sm.a.i Business cer.n-uttt. Samuel Ntrment es. of t.-.e Beoneviue Foer Airr.1njtrat.0n, ..-j e er v. -:nt so far as to say that the gcv- a '.rr.ii-.r.: sr.iud make such favorable teres a.' .e..-. . r .ae to te rrrnu.-ers tna: tneir .T..-i-.i A.uni be g-arin'f f.r .ve years, t"-v.V. juier.ases Kr a s:T.ir.ent itock- rrirtTr.t of Justice ?t its authr-ity t.''av.e r. swrjlui property iir.'a; from v; ;ot.n.-es C;ifc-si ntr-.e-i to rtfci'J tai r.f-t t i'ppi-o.e salva o.' pr-ooi.-ties ccsiing :ce t.-i- ft. miiiicra (trUars. But in the S-rji.s Pxnef.y A- tna Department of J-itio as given autho.jr.' to rass an the di-'ty sui ii a'J prtT-fTiues oAtmt more tuan ir mii'.i n d.-lrs. and :f me War Mcoiii ratitn a.-.i Recocversiur. Act Justice a re- y be that ao Kna'to g.ve aov: sasposa; cf sst .nd 'abr.cat.r .st cases Th v KV aium.num jl.r- itliars- iset rro-.-r cent 01 r..ii Crrr.- o Side Gbxteu TT i eewt iwiyiiu tivict. c.t. wc. ti. i. mt. off. f7 "With your experience here selling groceries, your father should suggest that lhey quit making you dig foxholes, and give you a job managing a post exchange!" 9 McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WM. E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority W.RREN BID MAKES SLAM CHOICE EASY (This is the third of three articles on the Warren slam convention.) As already stated, most slam conventions show aces first, then in a later rebid disclose the kings which the responder holds. How ever, using the Warren slam con vention, these key cards are shown in the same response, and thus, upon the basis of the re sponse to the slam convention. e A 6 5 VK642 K 6 5 4 3 e I 7 4 3 N QJ10I WE2 t J IOC S o 10 9 8 S 7 . None i2 1 p'r 10SS 7 I : v 4 N T 7 .V. T. K tAQJT A Q 2 AQJ43 WtU North Pass Pass Pass Pass 1 5 N. T Pass Opening J. But Pass Pass Pass Pass 1 When the opening lead was made, South was able to spread his hand and claim all the tricks. His fortunate choice of nd trump rather than hearts avoided the only possibiliay of disaster. o IN FORMED YEARS 30 Years Ago Members of the farmers' union have drafted resolutions asking the city commission to provide hitching racks near the business district. John Costello, who at one time was a brakeman for the O.-W., was ordained -i priest at Mt. An gel college. He is the nephew of Martin King, who with Costello will go to . Alexandria, near Omaha, where Father Costello will celebrate his first mass. Fred B 0 c k ' of La Grande bought the only butcher shop and meat busines in Condon and is at work in his new location. The family remained here until school closed. it may be easier to decide wheth er to stop at a sure six or try for a certain seven. In today's hand, after North's trump response to the heart bid. South was not fearful about the safety of a contract of six. but when he bid four no trump, and his partner responded with five no trump, showing five points. South could safely contract for the grand slam, and rightly chose no trump as the final con tract to avoid the possibility of a first round ruff, as thirteen tricks culd be counted in top cards Questions & Answers Q Why is Speyer, Germany, noteworthy? A It is the oldest city on the Rhine, dating from the 5th cen tury B. C. Speyer has been in vaded by Caesar. Attila, Louis XIV and Patton. Prewar popula tion 30,000. IS Yean Age " ' Claude C. Pratt and his family returned to La Grande after hav ing been away a year and a half, during which they traveled more than 17.500 miles. Pratt operated a lumber company in La Grande for many years. Climbing to 78 degrees. Old Sol gave the Grande Ronde Valley a summer day, a record breaking temperature for this time of the year. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hanks and son, lb, drove to Salt Lake City to attend the centennial celebra tion of the LDS church. Q Does liberated Albania have its on government? A Tnere is a government headed by Col.-Gen. Enver Hox ha: he asks recognition from the allies. 10 foexi Ago The first carload of vinegar from La Grande was shipped east by the Blue Mountain Vinegar company, in a special car with 8.000 gallons capacity. Upon its return it will again be filled and reshipped. The plant started ' operation in August.. All apples used for the making of vinegar were obtained in this valley. Eddie Hot'mann caught the . limit, 20 trout, at Catherine Creek, the first day of the sea son. Steelhead fishing continued popular despite the opening of the trout soasnn. 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