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Newspaper Page TextUlny, April 16, 1915 Classified Advertising a Grande Observer A Community and Family Newspaper Lbllshed Every Afternoon Except tsunaays ana Holidays the Grande Ronde Valley publishing Company 1710 8th Street La Grande, Oregon phone La 'Grande 000 u & nolltlcallv Independent 1 L nnfihMRtirn Oroonn. National Representatives anta, cnicago. lunaas uiiy, nm-imi. New York. St. Louis, Ban FranclKO, Cincinnati renzen ana Tnompson, inc. Member ABO Subscription Rates By Carrier ..10.20 -8S Bv Mall ..19.00 ... 4.76 ... 8.50 Months Months 11 subscriptions In Advance ired as second class mawer oi Wat Olflce of La aranae, uregon the act of March s. iom. (Full Leased Wire) United Press Classified Advertising Tnfnrmntlon Classified Advertising is accepted llect to the rules and regulations he uranae nouuv "? - r u,Mei, will not be re- nslble for any errors after the first crtlon and reserves the right to i- .in.aif' nil Advertisements, "" ..." o, nimt- etc ODiecuonnmo wu.m., ----- es or to refuse any aavenisomei" CASH RATES ,. . MAB)n hnlnw renre- e caoa row r ti b 33 aiscuuiii " f-J wltnin vo uojo. - - . . . . . I- TJ -T-T ft hj FOUH LINES ions 1-Vna - - 00 ey4o 8c IVi' words Sount four and one-half ithe line. Contract wares on PHONE 600 t Ad-Tuner or a represen tative will call at your office- tlthH Jfaichols To Mr. and Mrs. CBude Nichols, of La Grande, a ddbghter, April id ai oi. hlpital, lists 1-A f OJlRDEN SEEDS Vaughn's -. Afc.,. fieri h loriSl Iiuwui 'A.nrttiWln coeds. First time of- J , t n-nnrin ("let them nm FL1TZGERALD FLOWER HOP,, phone l.J. LEKGE VARIETY of flower and Tteeetable garden seed. Also J c.irn'nt Pen collection. CHERRY'S, lJnone ii t and Found 10 VT: Pair nf rimmed glasses in Rue case. Name on nisiuc- ill 869-J, Lorraine Butler, 1)07 Pine. AYED: Brindlc heifer came my place last sepiemoci.. brand, underbit on right r,Tnr- mv have bv iden- ffv'ing and paying feed bill and ctvei'tisemenl. K. u. miw's, mi. tl cial J this side North Powder. Notice .12 fTICE: DRt E. C. KELLOGG Seated in Sac. Annex, using Jr. Moon's waiting room. DAKCE AT ZUBER HALL every , Sbturday night for young and old. Door prizes, good music. II LA BERRY AAS, formerly at :evnaud's will be at Mabels Beautv Shoo beginning Mon- . dyy, April 16th. . DRiKUGENE T. MOON accounts - win u'j pavauiu cii.ivhjuii wub . or 1702 Fourth street. POnal Service 13 OiijJ. E. WOODELL Ciilroprac- m & Naturopath. West-Jacob- np. BWg., phone 104 Closed Saturday afternoons. S9'ices Misc. 15 RIS Home Corsetry. Girdles, foundations and bras. Mrs. Oklia Gates, 2104 Greenwood feet, phone 612-W. HrflS expertly restyled and re piired. Mrs. Henry Lyon, 1908 IJiird St. J . BRICK WORK, plastering, stuc : Co and painting. Harry Searles, union, Oregon, Gen. Del. E FIXIT SHOP, 218 Fir street. 1 f it's broken, we can fix it. V.'elHiniT Inrninp rlrillinc. MPf'inc. Anvlinp mechanical, furniture, clocks. 487W. Biildina Services 18 IMPERIAL and PAN AMERI CAN wall paper. Also Rendy ! t'astrd trim. Se all the pat- 1 l'-rns in our display room. liDME LUMBER & COAL CO. WIRING & REPAIRS Prompt ki efficient service. 116 Depot .Itreet. Phone 93. I LA GRANDE ELECTRIC j & HARDWARE rf.!RWAY ELECTRIC now un- r new ownership. Roy Ram- f v, formerly of H & S Llec ftric, wiriftg foreman. L. f- 22 GREEN WOOD, $7.00 a double load. For S loads $32.50. West Brothers, Union, phone 2981. Situations Wanted 23 CUSTOM WORK, mowing plow ing, wood sawing, tractor work and grain grinding. 2112 Wal nut, Orville Pellett, La Grande. Help WanteO 24 WANTED A capable man pre ferably with selling experience and with ability to manage a department. Apply manager, Montgomery Ward and Co. MALE HELP WANTED: Section and extra gang foremen wanted on Oregon and Washington lines. Good pay and first class accommodations. State experi ence, age, draft status and when available. Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway company, 1101 N. W. Hoyt street, Port land, Oregon. Merchandise 25A BORG PARCEL POST SCALES. 1944 rates. ROSENBAUM'S STONE SET BARRETTS Spe cial on leather bill folds, novel ty stationery. THE GIFT SHOP Phone 435-W. ONE OF OUR Pie Ducklings is just the thing to use when baking fruit pies. It saves the juice. For sale at MELVILLE'S FULLER BRUSHES B. T. Kit- terman. Try our all purpose cleaner, wet mops, dust mops, brooms, furniture polish, waxes. 40314 Spring St. Phone 340-J. Miscellaneous for Sale 26 FOR SALE: Wood and coal Ma jestic range with coils and tank.' All in good condition, $60. Call 466W or inquire 801 4th street. FOR SALE: AC model M Craw ler tractor. Good condition. Harry Karther, Lostine, Ore. JUST RECEIVED a new ship ment nf wall-Daoer in new snrimf colors and patterns. Al so TRIMZ paper. TEEL PAINT STORE rnp RAT.F.: 4-wheel trailer. Les. lie Walls. Rt. No. 1. Contact about 10:30 a.m. FOR SALE: 3 small electric mot ors, Vt h.p., 16 h.p. and n n.p. Inquire 1602 Oak Street. mp sat.f- Whitnev unright hiimn. Standard size fn-'riood condition, $150. Call or write Mrs. Frank Fchrman, Mt. Em ily Camp. VOR SALE '36 V-8 motor, good condition. Wesco wood and coal range. Rabbit hutch, room for 8 does. Call 238-W. WAT.I, PAPER See our 1945 patterns of wall paper. A paper for everv nurnose. Living -., Hinino rnnm. bedroom hnihrnom. halls and closets. By far the largest showing of wall paper in east ern Oregon. ZIMMERMAN'S FOR SALE: Factory built trail house All builts-ins, ac commodates 4 people. May be i Auto rnurt acrbss from state highway shops. Gaylord Coonse LINOLEUM FLOOR COVER INGS Sclex inland, cut or ' laid. Sclex is a stainless lino leum built for years of sans fneinrv service. Quaker-Arm strong and Congoleum print linoleum in 6-9-12 ft. widths. "Congoleum rugs 6x9 and 12x12. ZIMMERMAN'S LOG 'CHAINS, cow stake chains, peevics, sledge hammers, scoop shovels, pitch forks, cross-cut saws, buck saws, splitting weriees. lanterns. Many hun dred of other things useful on the farm. F & T TRADING POST paint"; Nnw's the time to ar range for spring painting. We are local representatives for the famous Fuller line. We can furnish a Daint for every Dur pose, inside or out. Automo - bile, implement, roof, concrete. stucco, slains and varnishes. ZIMMERMAN'S Home Furnishings 26A A XICE-ASSORTMENT of table lamps. Chenille and shag rugs in manv colors and sizes TURN'S FURNITURE STORE SCATTER RUGS Axminstcr. r,H or all wool, oval or ob long, rag rugs, rayon, braided shag, hand woven wool. ZIMMERMAN'S TABLE LAMPS from $9.35 to $27.50 Also lamp shades bridge, table, floor lamps and boudoir parchment, rayon cr silk. ZIMMERMAN'S Farm Products & Equipment FOR SALE: Fruit trfrs. peaches and apnlcs. F. W. King, 2R05 N. -Birch. BEARDLESS BARLEY SEED High f.minatio(fc) xtra clear, no werri seed. Idea! for nurse crop and to thicken hay stands. $60 per ton. L. H. Williams. North Powder, phone 6F5. ; FOR. SALE Wood, Coal, Fuel Chcx-r-fd Hay. oneo3. Good THE Farm Products & 27 Equipment (Continued) FOR SALE Pasture grass seeds, uiome, tan meadow oats, tim othy, creeping fesque, red clo ver. English rye and alfalfa. ERICKSON & LOTTES ' HIGHEST CASH PRICE paid for cream ana eggs, Baoy cmcKS and turkey poults for sale. Karl R. Stone, 1505 Jefferson. Wanted to Trade or Buy 30 WANTED TO BUY: Rabbits does or baby rabbits. Call 869J. Lorraine Butler, 2907 Pine. WANTED: An excellent car 41 or 42 model not under 40 model. Will pay cash. Call 718 Baker, or write Kelly Ander son, 2839 Jackson street, Baker, Oregon. WANTED TO BUY: 1935 to '38 coupe in good condition. In quire Mr. Cosby at Montgom ery Ward. WANTED TO BUY: Two-bedrm. house in La Grande with acre age. Write Box 304, La Grande Evening Observer. Rooms for Kent TWO SLEEPING rooms for rent. 1306 4th street. Call 272-R. Apartment for Rent APARTMENT FOR RENT: 2- room apartment also sleeping room for gentleman. 1502 Washington avenue. FURNISHED VACANCY Base ment apartment. Moyer apart ments, 110 Depot street. 44 r Wanted to Rent WANTED TO RENT: 2 or 3 bed room house, furnished, by reli able couple. Cooperation rep resentative. Write Box 318 in care of the Observer. Real Estate !50 FOR SALE: 7-room home, 9 lots; nice garden spot, som-3 outbuildings. Contact at 10:30 a.m. or write Leslie Walls, Rt. No. 1. FOR SALE: 5-room. modern house. Hardwood floors, sta tionery tubs, furnace, garage. Three-room apartment attach ed. Call at 1405 N Ave. or call 431-M. Automobiles for Sale FOR SALE: '36 Lafayette con vertible coupe. Fair condition, good rubber. Call mornings till 1 p.m., evenings after 5 p.m., 1601 X Ave. Automobile Sen-ices EXPERT BODY and FENDER work and general car repair. Also painting. John's Body Shop, S Ave., Mr. Caiman. n You Miss our Paper Cail itftft Before . WW 6:45 P.V Isolationism Is Held Obstacle To World Peace . (Continued from Page 1) with other nations, which will require as much given as take and consideration of the others as wo expect for ourselves. I Dr. Millar covered the qucs- tion of color of races saying that 1 humanity is demanding its rights. India, China and Africa being cited as cases in point. He said that every year 76,000,000 more persons are born into the world, 16,000,000 nf whom are white and the rest colored. He named four approaches to the color problem, political, economic, social and democratic, and cited exception work done by members of other lhan the white race. "The world today is a danger ous world, he said "and wo are now in the midst of world revo lution, which, though it cannot be stopped, can be directed. He said the approaching San Francisco conference will be only a step toward world peace and will be more a question raising conference than a solution, but will bring up problems to be agreed upon lateT. The meeting opened with the group singing of -'America" and the pledge of allegiance. The Lions club members sang the Linns song under the direction of Leroy Darling, and Horace J. NeUon, .president of the Lions' club presided. He introduced three monitors of the Enterprise Lions club, M. J. Rutherford, mayor of Enle-iprite, L. E. Jor dan, and Carl Miller. Lyle Johnson, program chair man, presented the high school students, Beverly Smith, who played a viola solo, accompanied by Mary J.ispor, and Douglas Tal-ni-y, who played a clarinet solo. Ilcv. 'Malk A. .Talncy read a resolution which had hern pre pared upon request, in repaid to world organization for the niain ttiiiiance of pcar-r Copies of the resolution will I-1 sent to all leadrvs of the organi;ttl''.n.t rcp rrwntcd at to-lay's luncheon and to those who will rcprejPiit the Uniti'd Stff"s at lh" Rail Fran- f.ift.o conlrl rite. , , - . -T "O i.;" drinks .nnuaila;) in normal! times. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDB. OREGON hAr Ik J 35 Pi KSsJ OUR NEW PRESIDENT Har ry S. Truman, upper left. In his uniform as a soldier In World War I in France, and his latest photograph, made last year. Bolow he is shown as a boy of 11 years and as a baby in his homo town of Lamar, Mo., where he was born May 8. 1884. Superf orts Rain i Destruction On Burning Tokyo (Continued from Page One) troops closed in today on Baguio, last major Luzon city held by the Japanese. One of three converg ing columns was reported only three miles from the city. In southern Luzon other Amer ican troops seized Cagrary island off the east coast of Albay gulf. On Okinawa American army troops beat off Japanese counter attacks and, according to Tokyo, prepared for a full-scale offen sive against Naha, the capital, at the southern end ,of the island. The drive had been stalled for nearly a week by stubborn Jap anese defense lines four miles north of Naha. I Domei (Japanese) news agency reported Monday that "countless I numbers" of Tokyp residents were rendered homeless by great : fires that swept through the city after the Saturday superfortress ! i r.id. A dispatch recorded by United Press, San Francisco, called the American B-29 pilots "white al bino apes." A large number of refugees, "cornered by1 a huge inferno," were saved at Ihe last minute when the imperial guard opened the gates of the emperor's garden and let them come in, Domei said. This report said fires broke out in the Yotsuya ward of Tokyo end spread so swiftly over a wide area that many 'fire fighting bri I fades and thousands of civilian fire fighters "were unable to get them under control." ' Loiwigthof( MnnnfaaJn. Hidslbrg 'KaHmilw Ptoratiiim Bodenn SruftaonS ; ;V;"-M'VV.., 0ffei.bt9 )pReBtTingsn7Jyt "'Sigmariraeiv-r' M'&-i!6tt- ;'WJv; vr- "" ,$4 h t& 4 i SWITZERLAND (r' i-tfW';; tt?A''fl I'lJ ::'?f-VsJ- T. CROCE PASS. ,un is1'.. ..yr'ir.: WW" " u ,reno fw..i.. n l 1. ivru i ) , j v i lti - yv - v j zs f. i l- z r. 1 1 . vHERE NAZIS PLAN TO;'H?'LE tip' Mi.p shows BavAtOii I wfo lop Wa?.i .Wadert-'expecl rj euihor Curl Flics-, daring !(3re already in the Rrduit. NM n") snois, acrorn ing io mess, nave e.nrauy m7i imu i mu., inHtmi.H r.n m.nC?!." ?v:dn nU'i is 3id lo be of lonn sUndinn. but decision to put it In occrilicM. yiifi a eio houiQf! ai maJe at a mectina of generals at Bich!e5gad;n on . f J r ' jwawiaiiii.i.u mull President Asks National Unity (Continued from Pago 1) jeopardize the future security of all the world." ."Machinery for the just settle ment of international differences must be found. Without such machinery, the cptire world will h,ve to remain an armed camp." "I appeal to every American, regardless of party, race, creed, or color, to support our efforts to build a' strong and lasting Uniied Nations organization." "Nothing is more essential to the future peace of the world than continued cooperation of the nations which had to muster the force necessary to defeat the conspiracy of the fascist powers to dominate the world." On domestic policies: "In our time, tremendous pro gress has been -made toward a really democratic way of life. Lei mo assure the. forward-looking people of America that there I will he no lelaxation in our ef forts to improve, the lot of the common people." . AUSTRALIAN NATIVE The black swan, a graceful bird cf somber plumage with a red peak and the uncler sides of its wings white, is native only to the continent of Australia. - . Wurzburg ff Futrtfi ROTHANBURO M...Mk.M niNltEl RBlWMe ' I ii . W tkkitaH' AALEN ' OMUENO J HEIDEMHEIM 9lnrRCH . 'A - "A - 1 crailsheim ': ', 'i'V ' I D0NAuw6'EirH'9,,,rt"'r . ' V&sr: -V VI S(Z 300,000 troop, r.R;lsmo- ., .f rp niifi ill tim " w "- , A i i ffirkmtt 'v ' Y ..'.it rrisaricnintjTcn "iv,.-- vm - j . - - . . i 1 lUaii'MiflVB. , -V y" .hli - . 7-;..,i!.r,. 1 Jc) hold out. oe.-drfrg to their secret "Plan K, uncovoroa Dy noioa trip inlo iWecupied Gormany. Ho roporl $!ia! 100,000 picked Iroops March 23. Calendar of Coming Events April 10 Order of De-Molay, Masonic Temple, 7:30 p.m. April 17 Royal Arch Masons, Masonic temple, 7:30 p.m. April 18 La Grande lodge of Masons, Masonic temple, 7:30 p.m.'. -"' ' ; " " Huge Black Market Activity Charged CHICAGO, .April 16 (UP) W. S. Grcuthousc, president of Frye and company, Seattle pack ing house, said today that 60,000 hoys and 20,000 cattle move an nually through black m a r k k- channels into private food Int ers in II) western Washington state counties. These animals are obtained "without benefit of ration points," ho testified before a house committee investigaling food shortages. Greathouse blamed the OPA for black markets and said the agency should- take some imme diate action "that would be very concrete." He said that the OPA is not the proper agmcy to enforce Its own regulations. A 1 Begsnil . Alos area ol southern Germany Hillor. Himir.lsr and Woimacht :fell'o, ''v.- - I I ' PEOOENOORFN II Mortal Remains Of Former Leader Are Laid to Rest (Continued from Page i) Kctnel men from thtx Brrrtod forces I there were no honorary pall bearers bore the casket to the erave. . Behind'the 76-year-old Rev. W. George Anthony, stood Mrs.; Roosevelt, with a son, Brig. Gerf. Elliott Roosevelt, on one .side, and her daughter, Mrs. Anna Boettigcr, on the other. Behind them stood her four daughters-in-law and her son-in-law, Col. John Boettlger. Behind them was another fam ilytlie nation's, official family, Harry S. Truman, his assistants and heads of the armed forces. Dr. Anthony, , wearing the black cassock, white surplice and black skull cap of the Episcopal church, began his prayer. "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me," he intoned, beginning the Episcopal commit tal. , "Unto Almighty God," the Rev. Anthonv began. A bomber overhead swung low, dinned in salute, and almost drowned out the -prayer.. "We commend the soul of 6ur brother departed and we commit his body to the ground;, eartyi to earth, ashes to ashes and dust to dust. In sure and certain hope of the resurrection unto eternal life: through our Lord - Jesus Christ, at whose. coming, in gldri: ous the earth and sea shall give up their dead and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep In Him shall bo changed and made like Tt: -ln..t .... Itnsltr nninrrilnrf in eb.mYgMywheVeb; to subdue all things to Himself," I Then followed the Lord's pray- cr. and three other short prayers. The Rev. Anthony then read the first verso of a hymnal: "Now the labourer's task is o'er "Now the battle day is past "Now upon the farther shore "Lands the voyager at last "Father, in Thy gracious keep ing . . "Leave we now, Thy servant sleeping." Bugler Sounds "Taps" At 10:46 the traditional three. volleys were fired over the grave. I A minute later, taps sounded I softly through the garden, i The crowd turned away. Mrs. Roosevelt went to the side of the elderly aunt, and a icvl minutes later, walked, chin .firm, head erect, from the garden. I Mrs. Roosevelt wore a small black hat and a tlowing macK, peak, and other . deferred con veil. Mrs. Boettigcr wore a black' , tracts mot heflVy" buying; W Con skull cap and smaller veil. The I sjderablc short-covering account-daughters-in-law wore no veils. . ed: for much of the activity. After the crowds had departed, Profit-taking on the hard spots lvl,o T?oncet,eH rnfumeri. Sho l.nnrerl cnins. . ' ' stood for several minutes in si ! lence, looking at her husband's grave. She joined ner tamiiy ior the lonely trip back to Washing ton. Ampriran Forces Drive Eastward - i To Join Russians (Conlinued from Page One). , made the first contact with the Red air force today. The fliers, hunting moving targets in the narrow sector between thc.U, S. and Russian forces, ran into a formation of 10 Russian planes on a similar mission. , The Russian planes were .fly ing very low and when the Amer icans spotted them they thought they were nazi planes. The Americans swopped down and th-3 Russians promptly flipped their wings to disclose the Red star insignia. Simultaneously, the first army wheeled strong lank and infan try formations northward to join with the U. S. ninth army in the pay-off battle for Berlin. Units of the first and ninth armies linked up along the Elbe about' 15 miles south of Barby, trapping thousands of by-passed Germans in ll.o Harz mountains behind them. Far to the west, the Ruhr pocket .all but vanished with the surrender of the Gel man corps commander there, adding tens of thousands of prisoners to the 218,000 captives taken by the U. S. first, third and ninth armies in the past three days. British Near Hamburg British second army troops to the north were reported unoffi- riairy within 15 miles of Hami burg, while the Canadian first army to the wi'st rammed through to the north sea coast on a broad front, capturing uron- ingen and bringing the great naval base at Knulcrr within direct artillery range. But the buj hnick-thrnugh ap peared lu have begun on the U. S. fust and third army fronts, where the Hussiitn Klul Anricriean lilies now are 70-i'Jd miles apart. flnly i the front beforce, 8i'r( tin wotv t lie nazi lines li'jtylmi: and tho nvV- first Jinny till). I thrc.'itcnc d toibrMfc tnlit resisl- anee ih sliuil order. O O ELAR HUNTING EXPENSIV V A rcrcnt,-i;tiidy made of the i T)laek MSar Pennsylvania has I levcaled that sportsmen spend an (climated $.W00 in bagging each bear. The money is spent oh t-ave!, gunc, ammunition, lodg ings, clothus -and other items. - Page Hy Markets Stocks Jump to Eight-Year Peak NEW YORK. April 16 (UP) Stocks rose to new highs since August 25. 1937. today in the most active trading In nearly a year. The gains added a billion dollars' to the valuation of all list ed securities . 'H Utilities led in volume, mak- nt ing up about one-third of all the & business transacted on the mar ket. The average reached a new high since July 31, 1937. Industrials made a new nign since Sept. IB, 1937, ana raiis were at highest levels since July 27, 1937. Trading started the day with a rush. Low-priced utilities ap peared on blocks ranging to 40, 000 shares. The tape strained to keep up with the transactions. The 2,000,000-share mark was passed before the end of the fourth hour. PORTLAND DAIRY PORTLAND, April 16 (UP) The Portland dairy market had a favorable .ton in the butter mar ket, owing largely to government demands. Prices are unchanged. Although the egg shortage con tinued generally, it was felt less in the consumer trade. Prices no are 'unchanged...: V Butter-Cube 93 score 42y4C; JK nL -ore 42c; 89 , " J ,"' ,.. AA "I. ,, E8K-Pri.ce ' l8' .mlom rf'' large 44c A large 42c; medium 0. - V. j" ""'V Cheese Oregon triplets 27.2c; Jobbers pay. c below quota- IJ "ons- , , CHICAGO ;f' GRXTN ; - , CHICAGO, April 16 (UP) Grain futures advanced sharply . on the board of trade loeTay in a M heavy session. Part of the buy- - ing stemmed from trade endorse ment of the hew administration. Strong stock and cotton markets, a sharp reduction in grains at terminal markets, efforts to ex- , pedito -wheat and flour to export uointsanH mill buying were tti,er bullish influences. Wheat finished the day1 up to 1 cents a bushel; corn up Vi i. Mr to 7a; oats iifi Vt to ; rye up to 2, and barley quoted off to . May wheat failed to equal the 21-year high .established last week, July topped the season Thousands Flee as Rivers Rise In Tri-State Area . .OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Ap ip-. edj irn ril 16 (UP) Refugees stream' out of the bottomlands of caster Oklahoma, southern Missouri and northern Arkansas today as more rain fell on the tri-stato area where millions of acres of farm land already are inundated by rampaging rivers. At least seven persons are dead in Oklahoma. A three-quarter inch rainfnll yesterday added to the flood swollen rivers in, Oklahoma. The greatest .destruction was caused by the Grafld, Arkansas and North Canadian rivers in Oklahoma. In the Missouri riwra nn,l nnrlhern ArknnanK. tlie White river neared an all time crest and authorities of both stutcs joined in evacuating fami lies from the bottomlands. j I Torrential rains during the I past three days threatened to ! send tho White to record break- ing levels and a 17-font wall of (" water was . pouring over tho Ozarks Beach, Mo., power dam, adding to the destruction down stream. .. Reed Springs, a village in the Missouri Ozarks with a popula tion of 353 persons, was virtu ally "swept away" in a cloud burst Into Saturday. . Army engineers at Memphis is sued a flood warning for the St. Francis river between Poplar bluff, Mo., and Trimman, Ark. , ALEXANDRIA, La., April 16 (UP; Scores of rowbonts were usee! today to evacuate citizens of Pineville after the Red river levee broke nt dawn and sent a six foot wall of wetcr into the town. People were rescued froni roof tops and trees by the coast guard. Pour Nazi (federals Cafitured injluhr '' WITH l?. S. FIRST ARMY IN GERMANY, April 16 (KP) Four nvc German gcnigasl were rap- tiiil by American troops in the 1(mIi toH.-tv iinrl it is believed Rlt the Wa-ranking nazi leader, Field MarshaOWalter Von Model, v.(i.e still trapped in the pocket wit about 30,000 soldiers. - T(j, Germans in Ihe western pocket w c re surrendering jn swarms without fighting. A staff officer said it wns a good possi bility that the entire Ruhr pocket would be cleaned out entirely by twiight. .- ; ff; ov; U lit. rft- O Vohnston, o'A-ner. alfalfa. Fhone