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f age Two THE LA GBANDE EVENIN&OBSERVER.LA GRANDE, OREGON Pyle Spends First pi ! Night on Okinawa In Marine Foxhole (Continued from Page I) JIo Is very quiet, but thoughtful of little things and , they both sort- of looked after mc for sev eral days. These two have be come very close frifcnds, and af ter the war they intend to ro to I 60 to UCLA together and finish J their education. , The boys laid w could all ' lhr sleep lide by side in the nim "bed." So I got out my 1 contribution to the night's beauty rest. And it was a very much appreciated contribution, too. For I had carried a blan- kt as well as a poncho. These marines had been sleep- i I lug .'every night on -the ground l) ' with no cover, except their cold, j rubperlzed ponchos, and they had I almost frozen to death. Their i packs were so heavy they hadn't I been able to bring blankets : ushoro with them. ! Our next door neighbors were ; . about three feet away in a simi i ' lar Jevel spot on the hillside, and ' they had roofed it similarly with : j ponchos. These two men were I I Sgt, Nell Anderson of Coronado, : Calif., and Sfjt George Valido of ! j Tampa, Fla. (Incidentally there's ' another Neil Anderson in this ' same battalion.) So we chummed up and the fivo of us cooked supper under a ' Ired just in front of our "house." ' The boys made a fire out of j sticks and we put canteen cups I and K rations right on the fire. Other little groups of marines I had similar little fires going all over the hillside. As we were , eating, another marine came past , and gave Bird Dog a big piece I of fresh roasted pig they had just , cooked, and Bird Dog gave mc I some. It sure was good after days of K rations. Several of the boys found ibeir K rations mouldy, and mine was too. It was the old I fashioned kind and we finally realisod they wero 1942 rations and bad beon stored, probably J in Australia, all this time. I Suddenly downhill a few1 yatds, we heard somebody yell I and start cussing and then there i was a lot of laughter. What had happened was that one .marine had heated a K ration can and, ' because it was pressure packed, it exploded when he pried it open and there were hot egg yolks over him. Usually the boys open a can a little first, and ' release the pressure before heat- ing, so the can won't explode. I After supper we burned our K ) ration boxes in the fire, brushed j our teeth with water from our canteens, and then just sut on the 1 wound around the fire, talking. Other marines drifted along . and after a while there wero ' more than a dozen sitting around, j We smoked cigarets constantly, ' ond talked of a hundred things. As In all groups the first talk Is of surprise at no opposition to our landing. Then the talk drifts to what do I think about things over here and how docs it com I pare with Europe? And when do I think the war will end? Of ! course, I don't know any of the j answers but we've been making conversation out of it for months, i The boys tell jokes, they cuss a lot and constantly drag out I stories of their past blitzes and sometimes they speak gravely t alout war and what will happen to them when they finally get Are You in Liht Globes? ADD THEM TO VOITt UKOCEKY OKDEK! Hill's Ilios. COFFEE 32c lb. Marquis Maycianaise, qmrt Durkee's Dressing, Isofilc (Add a Teaspoon full to your rcKtilar dressing) M Monte Tomato Juice, can Mew Shipment Cello. Packed Cookies Cnro Draffs, lb. 25c Dry Gaions, lb. 5c Crisp, VrtKh in, Hunch Celery, lb, . . . 15c Tsiriaifs, 2 fe? 25c Toi4 Chitps round ttoubd Steak Tounci Jlixyc 9 1812 Ccdur St. YANKS CAPTURE REICH CELEBRITIES On the roster of big name Germans in allied hands are Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (uppsr left), son of the Kaiser, and his mother (upper right), Empress Hermine, widow of Kaiser Wilhelm of World War I. Captured also were Mbrshal August veil Macke.iten (lower loft) 93-yonr-old German army commander of World War I, and Dr. Munntr.'d Zapp (lower riqhl) chief nasi propagandist in the United Stales from 1936 to 1941. 9 "But mama, I haven't got a thing to wear!" (What about the millions in tunr-tom hinds who arc arttiiilli neurit naked? Bring your spare clothes, shoes and beddinft to the nearest depot of the United Na tional Clothino Collection or pucrscas war relic.) home. : We talked like that for about an hour, and then it grew dark and a shouted order came along the hillside to put out the fires and it was passed on and on, and the boys drifted away to their own foxholes or hillside dugouts, and Bird Dog and Gross and I went to bed, for there's nothing else to do after dark in blackout country, PROTEST STRIKE CALLED PARIS, April 10 (UP) The ad ministrative council of the gen eral federation has called on all 1vcnrh workers to hold a one day strike May 1 in protest to the government's alleged delay in carrying out social reforms and purging Vichyiles. En. and l'p (IMits Tax) I.ols of MATCHES 25c 8 32c Ctn. Slew Ovsters Tint Jar living; Ovsleis (tSpc Tint Jar ?t Thme 7511 Nazis Are Driven From Po Bastion ROME, April 10 (UP) British Eighth army forces have driven the Germans from the Argenta gap northeast of Bologna and ad vanced six miles from their last reported positions to within 15 miles of the Po river, allied head quarters announced tonight. The Eighth army's Fifth corps poured out onto the Po plain on a four to six-mile front. It cap tured Bcnivignantc, 11 miles southeast of Fcrrara. U. S. Fifth army troops pushed to the outskirts of Planoro, seven miles south of Bologna. Fifth ormy forces were official ly reported making "spectacular" advances after capturing Mount Adone, 10 miles south of Bologna. The 655-meter high peak was considered the :'.m;iin bastion of German defAises south of Bo logna, and speedier progress was expected with its capture. WloJUJ- m mi I 'hi , ,i i VNS 26: I if If J ' :tanz; Lighting nmmvmi is "moin tht m" inrtoors, tinrtt'ing us tli biittit of outdoor daylight, for healthier, brighter living. CoiiMtvt (a light today. PUix fot' brighter Eastern Oregon Light & o Committee Plans Drive for State ' c KuiMing Funds . PORTLAND, April 19 (UP) Ralph D. Moorcs, head of a cam paign to pass the $10,000,000 state building bill at the June 22 spe cial election, announced today the statewide membership of the r-jwly-formcd united citizens committee will be given when the executive group meets in Portland next week. Friends of higher educational i nstitutions, labor and agricul t u r a 1 organization representa tives, business and professional men, participated in the organi zation meeting, headed by E. C. tammons, president of the U. S. National bank. Passage of the bill is "abso lutely necessary," Sammons said, if Oregon is to discharge her obligation to returned veterans and other youth." He said approval of this bill to raise $4,000,000 for higher edu cation buildings and $6,000,000 for general state buildings will not cost property taxpayers one cent. "The bill, for technical reasons, levies a special tax on property for two years, but we are as sured by the legislature and state lax officials the entire levy will easily be offset by income tax receipts," he said. Veterans Named to Be Stassen-Aides WASHINGTON, April 19 (UP) Cmdr. Harold E. Stassen today selected two wounded fighting men to help him represent the United States armed forces throughout the San Francisco security conference. Stassen, who is considered the armed forces' representative on the eight man U. S. delegation, announced that army Sgt. John Thomson of Minneapolis and Marine Lt. Cord Meyer Jr., of New York will be his aides at the United Nations parley. Meyer lost an eye in the Paci fic after surviving the bloody battles of Kwajalein, Emwetok and Guam. Thomson was wounded serious ly last January in the battle for Aaaehen, Germany. Grange Will Have Initiation, Dinner The Blue Mountain grange will meet at 7:30 p. m. Saturday in grange hall for a potluck dinner which will be followed by initia tion of a number of candidates into the third and fourth degrees. The first white men to discover and record southern California's native palms were Floridans. li ' ' apt ! 'HOUSE HUNTING' Members of a jeep crew of the Third army's 26th Infantry division take cover behind their vehicle while searching out snipers hidden in a house in Germany. Combat Casualties Of U. S. Approach 1,000,000 Mark WASHINGTON, April 19 (UP) Officially announced U. S. combat casualties, approaching 1,000,000, reached an overall total of 912,000 today. This was an increase of 12,810 in a week. Meanwhile, German casualties on the western front are mount ing by the hundreds of thou sands. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson disclosed at his press conference today that British and U. S. armies have captured 2, 100,000 Germans since Normandy D-day last June 0. Of this total, 900,000 were caj-.tuied in April alone. The U. S. combat casualty total included 813,870 army and 98,330 navy, marine corps, and coast guard losses since Dec. 7, 1941. Stimson reported that U. S. army casualties in Europe during March "were limited" to 47,023. This included 6,214 killed, 35,443 wounded, and 5,366 missing. Ground force losses in Europe since D-day, he said, now total 473,215, including 79,795 killed by the Germans, 334,919 wounded, and 58,501 missing. The all-service figures for total U. S. casualties: Army Navy Total Killed 162,505 37,920 200,425 Wounded . 490,803 45,554 542,357 Missing 83,926 10,595 94,521 Prisoners .... 70,636 4,261 . 74,897 Totals 813,870 98.330 912,200 Of the army wounded, 261,596 have returned to duty. A. LMOST EVERY DAY someone asks us, "What kind of lighting are we going to have after the war? Will it be new and different?" The pros pect is really exciting, and the time is not far distant when all of us can live in a new world of indoor sunshine. luiwe tomorrow. PowerCo. n... , - i y, ..,,,--. ,f,-Vf -v ...,: k 1$, vr iV l Firemen Try, But Can't Save Roast SPOKANE, Wash., April 19 (UP) A fire department com pany of three engines and two trucks, one police car, 27 fire men and a first aid crew raced to the home of Mrs. Joe La face today, rushed into the smoke-filled kitchen, but were too late to save a veal roaut worth :i0 points. The sun travels tluough space at the speed of 11 miles a second. B5uy All Ynr Meeds Here For HOUSE CLEANING! Old English No Rubbing Wax, pt. 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Oka was tlx- f"st Japanese-ancestry, veteran ner to become a legionnaire. Both Schneider and Oka blamed "intolerance" by world war I legionnaires for their decisions. From where Have Dee and Jane Cuppers used to say that as soon as the children had flown the roost, they were going off together on a second honeymoon ... take a trip.,, or rent an apartment In the city. So after little Suo got married, I stopped in to say goodbye. Dee was sitting in his favorite chair before the fire, sipping a mellow glass of beer. And Jane was busy with her knitting, Just as always. Ihej looked abont as restless as the tubby cut on the hearth. "Jane and I figured," Dee ex plained, "that you couldn't beat jYu. 113 of a Series JVR VlCKS VA-TRO-NOL Envelopes Regular or Air Mail Pkg. 4c 1000 Tablets Saccharin Gt, 69c RELIEVE PAIN NOV 1 Cutting rorni votinelf ti dan gemu! L.pCIEIS.IT. the liquid way ol removinn coriu with pam-tcliesins pad). m GIT? Foam For Washing Woolens 'kg. 25e fit mi smaii n j fvfg 24c EL i DnycGif i mul Cards Fin sitli'rtinn nn nivinhivl Buy DAUGHTER IS BORN Dr. and Mrs. L. F. (Jack) Eakiij are the parents of a clanighterv born today in Spokane, . Wash. The infant, who has bee(T named' Nancy Lou, is the great grand daughter of Mrs, E. E; Kiddle of La Grande. , The world's highest suspension' bridge spans the Royal-Gorge of the Arkansas river at a height of 1053 feet. AT FIRST .SIGN OF A Cold Preparations as directed I sit ... ly Joe Marsh. The Cuppers a Dream Come True being at home alone together, . with our own things -talking and reading-enjoying my glass : of beer, and Jane her buttermilk -living and letting live. I guess you can't beat home!" !(.,- From where I sit, Dee's had a better dream come true the dream of peace and tolerance and understanding that we all are fighting for, and praying for, today. 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