La Grande evening observer., April 13, 1945, Image 6

i. 1
1)
'ti
; !
II
i
1 1,
o
Powerful Prosecution of
War to Victory and Just
Peace Pledged by Truman
(Continued from Pago One)
7 To the While House came SU-t-tlnius
for confirmation of Tru
mnn's pledge that the San Fran
cisco conference shall be held as
planned and for affirmation of
Truman's hope that at San Fran
cisco will lie erected the founda
tion stones of n permanent peace
after the plans long advanced by
Roosevelt..
War Leaders Assemble
And to the White House came
the top leaders of the war effort
to hour Truman implement the
pledge he gave the nation as he
was sworn in last night to suc
ceed Mr. Roosevelt. The pledge
was that the war would be prose
cuted "on both fronts, east and
west, with all the vigor we pos
ress to a successful conclusion."
i In the nation's sorrowing cap
ital leaders of all shades of opin
ion shouldered up with pledges
to stand with Truman and the
n;,linn In the sudden hour ol
Inieodv.
,From the senate republicans
oame a pledge ol coope'i uwun
"for the winning of the war ana
a successful peace at home and
abroad." To which the republi
can, senators added an "expres
sion of our faith and trust" in
tho man who until Jan. 20 had
been their democratic colleague
from Missouri.
Takes President's Desk
.As Truman entered the White
House with a brisk step at i) a.m.
this morning and sat down at
the president's desk still lit
tered with the jumble of knick
knacks and curios which were
Mr. Roosevelt's joy the funer
al cortege was forming up in the
green Georgia hills at Warm
Springs. At 11:13 a.m. EWT the
president's special train started
its last, long journey northward.
. A! tho Whito House Truman
plunged into work. He talked
briefly with Stettlnius who had
already called in lho repre
sentatives of tho big four for
a noon conference to aflirm
the pledge thai the San Fran
cisco conference would go for
ward as planned.
Then, he swung into his war
duties. For 55 minutes he talked
with the chiefs of the war effort
-rr Secretary of War Henry L.
$11 ins on; Secretary of Navy
Jfimcs Fnrrestal; Admiral Wil
liam D. Leahy, Clou. George C.
Marshall and Adm. Ernest J.
King, m e m bum of the joint
dhicfs-of-slaff.
Thoy left the conference grim
Jipped and silent. But thore was
mi doubt of what they had told
the new president that the
war in Europe stood at the verge
of victorious conclusion and that
the war in the Pacific was mov
ing smoothly, if more slowly, to
ward the same end.
. Nature Smilos on Capital
" It was a mellow day in Wash
ington, soft with the April Sun
shine. Uutised the While House
there was little to indicate that
the helm of the null o n had
changed hands at a critical mo
ment in Hie world's history.
But imido, in the cool oval
room whoro lor 12 years, one
month and eight days Frank
lin D, Moosovolt had guldod
American destiny, sat a now
president and commandorin
chiof, onco a Missoupri farm
boy and man of background
and career that could hardly
havo contrasted more vividly
with that ot tho man whom he
succeeds.
The new president gave no out
ward sign thai his sudden re
sponsibilities gave him any pause.
He strode into the White House
ipringily, like a soldier summon
ed to a new command.
His first task was to learn the
lop facts of a fast-moving world
situation a situation moving
so rapidly on the European war
front thai even the geneials and
high commanders could hardly
keep abreast with the lightning
pace of the American armored
forces.
Roassuros Allies
In the international field his
first task was to issue quiet re
assurance to America's shocked
alliis, numbed by the loss of Mr.
Roosevelt and worried abuut the
future.
Already from London where
1'iiine Minister Churchill sum
moned his cabinet in emergency
session there had come fears tht
the president's death was a blow
the San Francisco objectives.
Churchill was sending Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eil'ii to at
tend the president's funonil,
There was no doubt that more
than a gQslure ot respect lay In
the art li in.
Eden to Attend Funeral
Tlu aival of Eden witiQn -III
lirs of the president's death
will afford the first npporluuit
for a (uiekQ3i'iew by IhcCP.rit
isii foreign scciclaiy and the
American pnsident O the com
plex problems whQi center
around the peace.
In Moscow iO:o wa.O.'oncern
and sorrow equalling that of
London. No oilier world leader
had iiuile achieved the intimacy
and informality of the relations
between Premier Stalin and Mr.
Roosevelt during the Yalta con
ference.
To the average Russian Mr.
Roosevelt had been the very sym
bol of America and the name of
Truman was unknown. Whether
the Russians would match the
British gesture by dispatching
Foreign Minister V. M. Mololov
to the United States was nrjt
known but was regarded as un
likely. On Capital hill where Mr.
Truman made the unprecedented
gesture of journeying up to con
sult his old associates there were
plans for a memorial service V
Mr. Roosevolt. Tho date was not
immediately fixed. Congression
al leaders expressed doubt that
Mr. Truman would address a
joint session in the near future,
as had been reported. '
A call to the nation's workers
to maintain the national war pro
duction unbroken, despite the
president's death, was -issued by
the war production board in line
with what were believed to be
Truman's desires.
Stettlnius rushed into Mr. Tru
man's office at 10:15, He was the
first administration official to
confer with tho new president,
Stettinius stayed With the
president 25 minutes. He was
almost mobbed by newsmen in
the lobby on tho executive offi
ces, but he sped through saying,
"Not a word. Sorry."
Momorial io Roosevelt
It Is Mr. Truman's desire that
San Francisco constitute a mem
orial to Mr. Roosevelt's ambitions
that it constitute the foundation
stones of a permanent structure
of world peace.
Mr. Truman arrived it the
White House exactly at 0 n. m.
of a sunshiny spring day.
Mr. Truman stepped from n
black limousine under the watch
ful eyes of secret service men
and walked into the White House
with a sprihgv step.
The first caller of his admin
istration was Hugh Fulton, coun
sel for the senate war investigat
ing committee when Mr. Truman
was its chairman. Fulton came
to the White House with the
president and spent more than
an hour with him.
Fullon is expected lo be one
of the new president's closest
advisers.
Pledges Vigorous War
Shocked as all others by news
of Mr. Uoosevell's death, the new
president spoke his promise to
the world a few minutes after
taking the oath of office last
night.
"The world may be sure," he
said, "that we will prosecute the
war on both fronts, east and
west, Willi all the vigor we pos
sess to a successful conclusion."
In simpler and considerably
more forceful language he has
expressed lho same thought many
times before.
"We've got lo whip those so-and-so's,"
he would tell you,
"and whip 'em good."
Asks Cabinet io Remain
The now president look the
oath of office at 7:0(1 (EWT) last
nighl on word from Warm
Springs, Ga., Unit Mr. Roosevelt
was dead.
He asked Mr. Uoosevell's cab
inet lo "slay on" even before
Chief Justice Harlan Fisko Slone
administered tho oath, which the
new president took in the White
House cabinet room, his family
looking on.
Last night the Truman s sic"'
in their five-room Connecticut
avenue apartment in northwest
Washington. There they will re
main a little while before mov
ing to lho While House. Hut
erything last night was begin
ning lo change.
The secret service guard which
had been somewhat of o formal
ityand a bit of an innovation,
too was imposed in earnest. The
modest man from Missouri was
discovering himself one of the
world's great public figures with
responsibilities lo match. Great
problems of strategy and slate
were piling up, not for mother
to determine, but for him.
The richest nation in tho world
was adjusting itself to a new
managing director. ' In the sharp
est sense of the phrase, Mr. Tru
man was on the spot, confronted
with as difficult a job as this na
tion ever entrusted lo any man.
Hit Her Is Featured
In Comedy Movie
Arthur Treacher, whoso role of
a buller is well known to motion
picture goers, Hias one of the lead
ing supporting roles in lite Ab
bot! and Costollo picture, "In
Society," stiowhiR - tonight and
tomorrow at the Liberty theater.
,p4,io picture provides the come
dians with wide latitude for
demonstrating their particular
(a) iety of cnni'dy, in which Irtiy
are siippoited by aOhrge easl in
telling the story of a pair of
plunilvrs who break into society
in an unusual manner.
See
sfflte
Eiviisr
)
It"
I J fc;M
y
iflliiisiariO .
ROOSEVELT AT WORK Typical picture of the late President
is that above, which shows him at his desk in the White House
going over the voluminous documents that frequently came to
him for approval. His dssk was littered with numerous knick
knacks, in which ho took great prido, and some of which are
discernable i.-i the picture above.
Pollution, Eroision Menace Fishing
Conservation Move Up To Sportsmen
PORTLAND, April 13 (UP) It is obvious that there are many
practice's now in effect which will have to be curbed seriously or
eliminated if post-war hunting and fishing are lo remain high on
the list of northwest pastimes.
And yet every agency and expert in the field knows whose fault
it will be if these ideas are not put into effect, now that so much
times has been taken in exploring their many facets.
It will be lho fault of every hunter and fisherman in the nation.
Women Bowlers
End Weeks' Play
In Three-way Tie
LADIES' LEAGUE
STANDINGS
W. L. Pis.
Big Hear Market
Country Club
l'ainam Supply
Coca-Cola
Odorless Cleaners
Rosana Shop
Glass Drugs
Folk's
25
lii
15
. 17
HI
. 15
14
II
The Karnain S u ) p 1 y team
moved into thud place in II:-.1
women's bowling league last
night by a two-point margin
through a :M point victory over
llie Folk I'iw, while Coca-Cola
and Glass Drugs splil their eon
test '.! and 2, creating a three
way lie for fimllli place.
Ruth Hroslx'ars of the Karnaiii
live lolled both' high fame and
serii-s witli si-oies of lilll and -ITi:
respectively.
The scons:
Falk's
Players 1st 2nd .'I id Ttl.
P. Iteid . 12!i 1 11! 127 '1112
E. Ulll'less .. 121 125 117 :tli:l
J. Skjotisiiv . 117 Ilia 15-1 '1(1(1
M. Bracket! 117 I'.il i:;:i :1I2
L. Winbiun 1111 12:1 I:i2 :i7-l
Handicap ... 1)4 111 HI 2.'2
Totals . .. 717 (iiiii 75.'l 2i:w
Farnam Supply
C. Jones . Mil 1 l!i Mi! -Ill
L. Li'O 154 142 102 :i!lll
C. Spaeth ... 137 15B 1S l.i:.
R. lircashcars lilll Kin 1 :" 47i:
M. Spaeth 127 172 151 .153
Handicap . . 20 211 20 tin
Totals 770 771 7.lii 22)16
Coca-Cola
L. Hamilton I 15 1311 137 4211
11. Cross . . 137 120 llili 303
M. Williams. 110 103 73 230
M. Hyde . 157 133 127 422
L. Zecha 115 171 170 405
Handicap 42 42 42 120
Totals 700 712 001 2002
Glass Drugs
Max Smith III 137 101 400
R. Knight 131 l:tfi H7 303
M. King inn 77 115 2'r'
E. Jones ... 125 123 120 370
NOW lllltl SAH Kim"
t$g0
I
1
I.bM'I
O,
O -News itfrn.ttt-oTiif) .O
Q
Take the ease of stream pollu
tion. Mure and more ares arc
being logged off, more and more
land is being incorrectly plowed.
When this is done the silty top
soil runs off and spoils spawn
ing beds.
Ditches Trap Fish
SI 1 cams dry up more apielly
than I Ivy should. Farm irriga
tion ditches I rap small and large
fish before tiiey can reach their
destination, wlK'llier it be the
.-'(a or tho spawning grounds.
Pollution of rivers also ori-gin.-iles
from industries and from
metropolitan areas. Yet meas
ures to clean up streams are of
ti 11 dofoak'd by taxpayers.
Hunters ami fishermen have
idiou 11 little care for the law in
some instances, yet they pay
Inxrs to have them enforced, and
would like lo have the game
whit ti a lew illegally take.
However, the future is bright.
Tn e farms are alroady being
1 slalilisheil in many forests.
Tin si u ill protect watersheds.
Seicnhfie farming is being prac
lacd inei easingly throughout the
stale, k'.-'pinu the vegetation in
1 lie soil upon u h it'h wildlife feed,
and keeping fishing streams from
i roumg into races which salmon
spurn.
At I lie' present time many cities
are laying awav money for post
war sewage disposal plants, and
indications during recenl elec
tions are that the trend is in-
elea.sing.
The Oregon yamo commission
I was ,nieii permission by the last
legislature to install and finance
fish sen-ens lor irrigation ditches,
l-'anm i s have had lo stand most
of this expense in the past and
a good many fish have been trap
pi d io die 111 unscreened ditches.
Tlii' slate fish and game com
mission and the fisli and wildlife
si rvirc of the U. S. department of
tin interior report that through
educational piograms the public
is being made more aware daily
of tl-.; necessity of conserving
our natural resources to make a
hitler post-wiir hunting and fish
ing slate of Oregon, as well as
tla enlire northwest.
1. Ri-nick .
1 lamlu-ap
Totals .
110
53
11)1
53
140
53
450
15!)
030 721 002 2052
fratiada
, THE KING AT HIS BEST . . . . IWNG, SINGING,
V J ROMANCING TO THE STIRRINO TEMPO OF
THRILLING
YfyW 'J i
Sports World Had
'Friend At Court'
In Late President
NEW YORK, April 13 (UP)
When President Roosevelt, early
In his first term, answered critics
of his policies with the words,
"I don't expect to make a home
run every lime I come to bat,"
the sports world knew it had a
frii'iids in the Whito House.
Without the provisional "green
light" for baseball which he is
sued in one of his last press con
ferences there would have been
little hope for continuation of
the sport into its fourth wartime
season. (
May Delay Opening
There had been hope to the
last that he might follow up the
"green lighl" declaration by
throwing out the first ball at the
presidential opener between the
Senators and Yanks at Washing
don next Monday.. ,
Now, in respect to tho staun
chest friend the major leagues
ever had in tho White House, the
game may be cancelled, and there
was a definite possibility that
(he opening of tho regular season
on Tuesday also may be delayed
for a day or so.
iMr. Roosevelt in urging the
continuation of baseball for 1945
said he did not think the sport
ihould use perfectly healthy men
who could do something more
useful in the war effort. The
learns probably would be a little
older and maybe not as profi
cient, he said.
Then he told the newsmen that
ho liked to soo baseball games,
even if played by sandlot out
fits. .
That removed the final vestige
of about whether there would be
professional baseball this season.
Backed Night Baseball
Similar "green light" declara
tions preceded the other wartime
seasons, the president emphasiz
ing the need of the nation for the
wholesome diversion of an after
noon $r an evening out-of-doors
when its war chores were finish
ed. He was considered responsible
for extension of the major league
limit on night games after a press
conference in 1943 when he sug
gested that more after dark games
.would; be beneficial to the many
government workers in Washing
ton whose hours were in the day
time. The major leagues prompt
ly gave Washington special dis
pensation to play an unlimited
schedule of night games and last
year extended the number of
games for all clubs whose parks
had lighting facilities.
It was the president's fondness
of swimming which led to his
life-long affliction from infan
tile paralysis. He was swimming
at the family summer home at
Campo Bello Me., in 1021 when
he acquired the virus and short
ly thereafter was paralyzed in
'both legs.
State's Irrigation
Outlook Is Good
PORTLAND, April 13 (UP!
Surviys by the soil conservation
f-srvice and Oregon agricultural
experiment station show 03 per
cent of Oregon's irrigated farm
lands have good water supplies
in store for 1045.
Water prospects have shown a
remarkable improvement in the
past month and only a few small
localized areas will have defi
cient supplies.
There appears to be little dan
ger of high water damage in the
spring runoff period.
Hockey Title In
Sight For Toronto
TORONTO. Out., April 13 (UP)
Tho Toronto Maple Leafs were
within n game of the National
league Stanley cup championship
today, establishing a new playoff
record by handing the Detroit
Redwings their third straight
shut out, 1 to 0.
Frankie McColl, freshman
goalie for the Maple Leafs, blank
ed the Redwings. The victory
gave Toronto a 3-0 lead in the
Tho Encyclopedia Britannica
was first published in parts, in
Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1708
1771. TONIGHT
,1A7 SATURDAY
ADvlnTUREI
ROY ROGERS
TRIGGER
if
i
Bellow HIose or
Ihexas
miiii lint
nun anoi
run tM Mtfi mtt
III Mill w
111 lll II
minis.
LA GRANDE EVEJIWG OBSERVER
Ptesfeoa 0
Complete Local Reports
Friday, April 13, 1915
Today's Sport Parade
By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor
NEW YORK, April 13 (UP)
Although no definite decision has
been reached, the major leagues
may use the off days usually set
aside for the all-star game lo
raise money for various war
charities this year, with a se
rie's of inlra-city contests.
The all-star contest was can
celled this year as the major item
in baseball's voluntary program
to curtail travel 25 per cent be
cause of the critical transporta
tion shortage.
, Giants, Yanks to Meet
So on July 9, 10, and 11 all but
two of tho 16 major league clubs
will have nothing to do. The two
that are busy, the New York
Giants and Yankees, will meet in
a Red Cross benefit game in New
York. The Giants-Brooklyn and
the Yankees-Brooklyn already
have ployed benefit games for
that ogranization.
Last year each of the 1G clubs
designated one of their home 1
games for tho National war fund,
with all receipts going to that
agency, which in turn distributed
it to various relief organizations.
Whether the same program
will be followed this year, with
the additional July off - day
games, may be decided at Cleve
land April 24 if the club owners
don't take too long to got to
gether on a new baseball com
missoner. The matter at least
will come up for discussion, if
no! a decision, a! that time.
Thus far baseball has been
second only to racing in the
amount of money raised for
charily since Pearl Harbor. The
game is anxious to improve on
that record if it can be done
Coast League
Games Cancelled
By United Press
All scheduled Pacific coast
league baseball games were can
celled last night because of the
death of President Roosevelt.
Clarence "Pants" Rowland,
league president, who announced
the cancellation, said flags of all
baseball parks will remain at
half mast for 30 days. Spectators
will be asked lo join in ajnoment
of silence ot each game until af
ter burial services Sunday.
Games tonight:
Portland at San Francisco;
Oakland at San Diego; Los Ang
eles at Sacramento; Seattle at
' Hollywood.
I Baseball, preparing for its
I fourth wartime season called a
I halt today to its final tune-up
activities in respect to the death
1 of President Roosevelt who more
I than any other one man had
been responsible for the per
petuation of the sport since Pearl
Harbor.
The game between the New
York Yankees and the Brooklyn
Dodgers, scheduled for tomorrow
at Ebbets field was called off.
Sponsors of the city series be
tween the Chicago Cubs and
White Sox announced that all
games had been postponed until
after the president's funeral.
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...
"
" When tfcis war is all over, Judge, there will
be some mighty interesting books written
about it. Expect we'll learn a lot of things
we didn't know before."
"Yes, Fred, when Uie record is finally
written we'll realize what a gigantic
operWion this war really was and how
important lo final victory many factors
rcallv were."
'Take, for example, just one industry.
fiv people realize the importance of tlie
(Treat work done bv the bevcr.' distillers
during the ar. A high government official
SPORTS
Page 6
without hampering the war ef
fort. And the qhanees arc that it
can. ...
The extra games would see the
Cardinals and Browns meet in
St. . Louis on one of those off
days, the Cubs and White Sox in
Chicago! the Red Sox and Braves
in Boslon, and tho Phillies and
Athletics in Philadelphia. To
augument that natural rivalry,
Detroit and Cleveland could be
matched, Pittsburgh and Cincin
nati could get together, with
Washington meeting the Yankees
and the Dodgers playing the
Giants.
Because of the three days off,
most clubs probably will be at
home so not much travel would
be involved. And if such a pro
gram can be arranged it should
result in a lot of dollars going
into relief channels.
Caltech Favored
To Beat Trojans
In Track Meet
LOS ANGELES, April 13 (UP)
Coach Dean Bartlett Crom
well and his University of South
ern California Trojans face the
uninviting prospect of losing
their dual track meet Saturday
to Coach Floyd Hanes and his
California institute of technology
engineers.
The venerable and caustic
Dean was exhibiting no notice
able smiles even thoTigh the loss,
if realized, would be only the
second dual meet loss in the 10
years for the Trojans". t
If anything, it was likely to
cause Cromwell to scowl even
more fiercely he doesn't like to
lose.
This year il seems the Trojans
have only a mediocre war-time
track team. The engineers seem
to have one that's a little better
than mediocre ' Thcv have an
other advantage in that their
navy trainees can spend more
than the year and one half at the
university that Southern Cali
fornia's trainees are limited lo.
HOPPE EXTENDS LEAD
CHICAGO. April. 13 (UP)
Challenger Willie Hoppe has a
Kill-point lead over Champion
Welker Cochran in their cross
country world's champion three
cushion billiards match after
winning last night 60-3!) in 20
innings. Cochran won the after
noon game 60-57 in 30 innings.
Hoppe has a total of 2,304
points to Cochran's 2,135.
Pitcher Dierickx
Signed By Heavers
PORTLAND, Ore.,' April 13
(UP) Francis Dierickx, who
twice beat the Portland Beavers
while pitching for Salem of the
Western International league last
year, today was signed as a Beav
er hurler, and will join the club
April 18 in Portland.
Dierickx has been attending
medical school in Omaha while
playing semi-pro ball,
best 4-out-of-7 game series.
called it'an almost unparalleled example of
Uic overnight conversion of an entire indus
try from peace to war.' He also said not so
many months ago, while speaking about syn
tUrtic rubber. 'It is fair to regard the rubber
manufactured io date as' being almost soly
the product ol the beverage distilling indus
try. That's the type of thing 1 have in nid
... the way great American industries at
iiuuic euuperaica 10 licip OUT Drav$ ngJWg
mea, abroad." 0 O"
"T see whatCyoucmeaiv Judge. ..a com
pile history -4 Aineric;t) teamwork."
IS)
Q
ru .urfNtliioml
Sportsmen Await
Openings Of Trout
- -, 1 ,
Ttinorre i she ihitfijlei' which
the dkieiplus f Iwiifh Walton
have been waiting tlfc opening
of the trout season in -all eoun.
ties of Oregon exceptjlitke eoun.
ty. The season closes October
31. - ;' ' ,
The bag limit remains the same
as last year 15 fish, ' but not'
more than 15 pounds and one
fish in a single day, and 30 fish
but not more than 30 pounds and
2 fish in any seven consecutive
days or in one's possession at one
time.
Thousands Licensed
While there are some 150,000
fishermen jwho1- have state lj.
censes, and thousands of young
sters under 14 who. are disciples
of the older devotees of the rod
and reel, the prospects for a good
start for the season are said to be
not over-bright, as many of the
streams are muddy due to recent
rains and melting snow. ' ;
While travel to the usual
haunts of some of the State's
anglers will be restricted this
year because of wartinio restrje
iions on travel, there are majvy
fine fishing streams- nnd lakes
not too far from home where the
wily trout abound. ;
The state has approximately
15,000 miles of streams and hun
dreds of lakes along which the
seekers after the piscatorial deli
cacies will assemble bright apd
early eager to "wet a fly" an
hour before sunrise, the official
hour of opening, and many will
be found still at it when the day's
sport comes to an official clpse
an hour after sunset, ," r:
Fishing licenses c1st $3 for
those who have been in the state
six months or longer, - and $5 -for
non-residents, with a 10-day li
cense for non-residents priced
at $3. All service ven are en
titled to purchase licenses at the
resident fee regardless of their
status as-residents.
La Grande Sailor fc
Is Member of Navy
Hoop Champions
Jerry Sherwood, seaman sec
ond class, who is here on leave
after completing boot training at
San Diegr naMU training sta'
tion, played basket -ball in his
company team. The naval train
ing center newspaper, "The
Hoist", carried this report of their
team. , . , ',',
"Rugged Co. 42 Team Captures J
Cage Title." Three games in one
day gave the iron men of Co. 42 .
keep them from wining the intern
company basketball champion
ship by defeating Co. 5!) in the
finals, 2!)-27.
Sherwood's company comman
der had attended Eastern Oregon
college. Sherwood has gained 18
pounds during his boot training
and thinks the navy is tops. He
played in 30 games, losing only
three.
A New Shipment of
Lucite :
Photo Frames
"L"-Pattem single frames and
many double folding frames.
They're beautiful! Also a
variety of single and double
leatherette photo frair.-is.
Lovely Framed Pictures
in Many Subjects
Teel's Paint Store
1308 Adams
o
Ctrjrtj, AL-,llu Bncti (i Indultiiu,
i
I
'1
i