La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 21, 1945, Image 8

Historic Oregon Newspapers

La Grande evening observer., April 21, 1945, Image 8

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1945)

Prev Page of 8 Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.4 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 8 Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextO O O .. I. kM ) . vi- Pendleton Noses Out La Grande In Track Meet Tigers Hold Lead Until Final Event, When Bucks Forge Ahead by 3 Points PKNM.KTON, April 21 (Special) Thu track and field team of the La Grande hinh school seemed on the way to win the annual track meet here yesterday, holding the lead until the final event, which was won by the IJuckaroos, and I.a Grande taking third place to give the local team the meet hv a score of 57 '2 points to La Grande's MV. Mac-lli was third with 42, and llermiston and IJaker finished fourth and fifth with 30 and II points. Goss, Tiger hurdler and high jumper, was high point One meet record went uy me hfurds, when Hasliinu, Pendleton jumper and hurdler, leaped 5 feci, 10 ',4 inches, lo take first place in the high jump. The rec ord formerly was held by Stafl ef Pendleton. Goss of Lu Cirande finished second, and Knapp of La Grande end Scktnun of Mac-Hi tied for fourth, and Henderson of Baker took fifth place. Runnor Falli, but Wins Another highlight of the meet was the running of the mile, which was won by Iloxie of Pen dleton in 4:58.2, although he fell down at one point in the race, Lemmon of linker was second, Hendricks of I'endleton, thild, Leal Graham of La Grande, fourth and Schoonover of Mer it, islon, fifth. Other results follow with com petitors listed in the order they finished: 100-yard dash Kelly P, Schoonover (H), Garrison (LaG), Keith (B), Olson (M). Time, 10.8. 120-yard high hurdles Goss (LaG), Thomas (H), .(VIcElroy (M), Aickle (M), Rowell (II). Time, 15.0. I Shot put Kilgore (LaG), Sekl r.un (M), Hyde (LaG), Hatfield (12), Uugg (11). Distance, VI ft., i4 in. Pole vault Aickle (M), Win ston (M) and Houndy (LaG), lie, Shoemaker (LaG), Gorman (B). Height, 10:0. Javelin Wells (P), Myrick (H), Alford (P), Ward (LaG), Schoonover (11). Distance 147:2. Discus Smylhe (LaG), Hugg (H), Howell (Hi, llyile (LaG), Mills (M). Diatiince 110:11.5. 440-vard dash Myrick (P), Piur.(M), Kollcll (II), Marshall (P), Brinlon (li). Time 55 sec. 220-yard dash-Kelly (J1), My rick (P), Keith (II), Garrison (LaG), Olsen (M). Time, 24 sec. 200-yard low hurdles Unwell (111, Smylhe (LaG), Kdingcr (M), McKlrath (M), Hasliinu (P). Time, 20.2. tiUO-yaid run Merkenrider (II). Li.mb (M), Ciraham (LaG), Hall (M), Anderson (P). Time, 2:0!). Broad jump Cox (P), lliishuio (P) and Cioss (LaG) tie, Garrison ,LaG), Malott (II). Distance 10 lit., 10 in. Union Wins 11-2 Game from Elgin UNION, April 21 (Spmal)--Nine hits, well bunched, unit tin ce errors kiivo Ihe Union hinh school baseball team a victory ever Elin by score of II to 2 here yesterday. Elgin's starting pitcher, Wiles, was knocked from the box in the third inning, after Union bad lolled up It) runs, four each in the first and second i 11 (i i n t s. and two in the third frame. Widdell ' held the Union hitters lo n single additional tally during I lie final thtcc innings. Johansen of Union was the hit linn star of the yatne, M-orinn two homers and a single in four t:mrs at the plate, and Widdell accounted for one of his team's inns, slashing out a homer, and netting a two-baKtU'i' in foui tunes up. Roberts held the four scattered hits. Elgin team lo i : Cafe Closure IjOoiiis In Wage Dispute HKKMEHTDN. Wash., April 'Jl (CP) The IliemiTlim rcsUiui rnt industry, en! 'nil to roll back the war-.sw nllt ii wages of em ployes, today awaltid outcome f an appeal id the older with prediction:, that dental of the ap p( al would tort widespread cafe closttn s. A slllke threat iiy members ol the Hotel, Rest, mi ant and llar li'iuleis' union (AFI.) was averted es!..'rday by union leadeis. AFGHANS ARE SHIPl'ED Forty-three afgha!(rj t o d a y v ere shipped to Ihe naval ln(V i ilal at Corval'5 Mis. llaio.nl Dow is in charge of the making mid shipping of the envoi lets, Inch nave been made by all the organizations of the county, and channeled through the camp and hospital unit. man. Baseball Standings AMERICAN I EAGUE W. New York 4 Chicago Washington 2 Detroit 2 Philadelphia 2 Cleveland 1 St. Louis 1 Boston 0 Pel. 1.000 1.000 .5or .500 .500 .333 .250 .000 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. New York 4 1 Cincinnati 2 1 Brooklyn 2 2 Pittsburgh 2 2 St. Louis 1 1 Boston 2 3 Chicago 1 2 Philadelphia 1 3 Pet. .75.1 .007 .500 .500 .500 .400 .333 .350 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Seattle 14 0 .700 Portland 14 0 .700 Snn Diego 10 11) .500 .Sacramento 10 10 .500 Oakland 10 10 .500 San Kninciseo 0 1 1 .450 Los Angeles B 12 .40') Hollywood 5 15 .250 Rainiers, Beavers Win Twin Hills By Narrow Edge By Unilod Press The Seattle Rainiers and Port land Beavers remain in a dead lock for first place in the Pacif ic coast league today by virtue of winning double headers. Seattle beat the Oakland Acorns, 3-2 and' 2-0. on the stiength of some very fine pitch ing by the veteran Carl Fischer and Cilenn Elliott, while Portland look a twin bill with the llolly v.ood Stars, 1-0 and 7-0. Seals Win Again The San Francisco Seals con tinued their domination of the Sacramento Solons, tt-2, and the Los Angeles Angels evened up their series with the San Diego Padres, 7-3. Two of the 1045 Seattle acquis itions paid off with base hits in the twin Rainier victories. In the first tilt third baseman Chuck Aleno singled to center to score I two runs in tin1 fifth: in the sec end catcher Boh Finley drove Inline Aleno and Ted Norhert. Nnrhert hit a circuit clout in the first his eighth of Ihe season. ! Manager Lefty O'Doul's Seals won their third game in four i starts against the Solons with a j big four-run splurge in the sev i enth. Hob Joyce, on the mound for the winners, scattered eight hits and chipped in with a pair himself in Ihe 17-hit attack on J.-.ckie Wilson. Del Young got four for four. Lou Novikoff was the big gun in the 14-blow attack of the An gels on three Padre hurlers. The e slwhile "mail Russian" pound it: out three singles and a triple. In the .ipener at Portland pitcher Jake Mootv was the hero. While holding the Stars to six hits, Mooty also doubled in ealeh- ei Eddie Adams with the lone n,n of the game. .loo Mishasek, Star hurler, allowed only four other safeties. Tin nightcap went II innings after the Beav ers came from behind lo overtake a si-run Hollywood lead. Roy llelser got the pitching victory l limiting Hollywood to 10 hits. Final Chfcku ii of Farm (Vnsus Near Lee (ii liter, illstiirt supervisor ol the national census of agricul ture, today announced that com pilation of the ttata for eastern Oiegon is iiearing completion He requested that anyone who ow ns tluec acres or more of land : end who had $'J50 or mole m , gioss receipts from any type of ul.i ieultuie in 1044 notify his of- C):ce if they have not boon visited by an emunvi ator. I'pontVeing 'untitled, liiiner said, the census ! bureau office at Bums. Om..)will sun! an enumerator tq' gather t informal ioti.) ' Covered tyyiluc census are pri sons engaged in any ijf Ihe fol- ' lowing phases of agriculture: I'lli'n houses, mushroom fetl.it nurseries, hatchei is, daily nfe. ducts, poultryp iVe keeping": Ktcwillg of flotlVK !"tlh: iied ,,A GltAMJK KVKMNG tlHSKIl V KH riione 6011 Complete Saturday, April 21, lHI.'i Sportsmen to Meet Here Tuesdsiy Night - Ernie Walden, president of the La Grandj Sportsmen's club, today urged all sportsmen of the area and members of the organization to attend a meeting Tuesday evening in the city hall. "We have a number of plans ' offerting the activity of the club and many of them vitally con- I cerning the welfare of sportsmen ' to consider," Walden said. "Ev- I cryonc interested in fish and game matters should be present." Business will include reports f.n recent meetings and consid- tion of appointment oe com mittees to handle distribution of pheasants and fish offered by the f,ume commission for release in Ibis area, he said. Plans for enlargement of the scope and activities of the group will also be discussed, including plans for a dinner in the near fu ture. White Sox Trim Champion Browns In Extra Inning NEW YORK, April 21 (UP) The Chicago While Sox made it three in a row yesterday in their first home game of the season when they squeezed out a 3-2 victory in the tenth inning over Ihe champion St. Louis Browns. Outfielder Oris Hockett hit his third single, went lo second on Johnny Diekshol's sacrifice bunt and scored on Roy Schalk's dou- I ble. Ed Lopat, veteran south- ! paw, shaded Al Hollingswoiih, Biownie lefty, in a duel in which both were hit frequently, hut at scattered intervals. Also atop the American league with four straight victories are the New York Yankees, who beat the Senators at Washington in tneir home opener. 0 to '.i. First Baseman Nick Etten drove in three runs with three hits to lead the U-hii attack. Floyd Bevens, with relief help from Al lictlol, gained the victory. Indians Boat Tigers Cleveland gained its first tri umph, topping the Tigers al De troit, 4 to 1, on Stove Gromek's six-hit pitching. Southpaw Frank (Stubbyi Overmire permitted all he Indian runs to score in the first three innings. A two-run homer by Frankie Hayes in the first inning started ine I'liiiaiieipuia as oil to a a lo 3 victory over the Red Sox at Boston. It was the fourth straight loss for the Sox. Don Black senl teied nine hits to gain the win for the A's. Elmer (Butch) Neiman hit a three run homer in the ninth to i.ivo the Boston Braves a 0 to 5 victory over the Phils in their home opener al Philadelphia. He- ( lief Piteher Charley Coart was the victor, taking over in the M'vonth. Vince DlMaggio hit a . two run homer for Philadelphia, i Homers Aro Numerous 111 a battle of homers, the Hi- ants won their home opener from Ihe Brooklyn Dodgers, 10 to li, Phil Weintraub getting two end Pitcher Harry Feliiman one for the winners. Eddie Stanky and Mike Sandloek got their first j hig league homers for the Dodg- j ci.n in a losing cause. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs, expected to be pennant contenders, put on a bat tle royal at Pittsburgh, the Cubs ' winning, 5 to 4, when Al l.opez singled in the eighth to score ' Fvankie Gustine from second. Tlllett (Rip) Sewell won his1 moth major league victory, go ing the route for Pittslnugli. St. Louis and Cincinnati in the National were not scheduled , $ Fight Results By United Press Providence. R. I - Bert l.ytell. IM. Fresno. Calif , outpointed Joe Liddick, 157, Pateison, N. J. (Itn. New Vol k Jake l.amotta, Iliii. New York, outpointed Vic Dollt curli, 158 'j, New York till). Hollywood Nick Moian. lit). Mexico City, decisioned Kudie Liaison, i:nj, Chicago (10 W illi AliMK AM) 101. 1. Y COWKOVS D.-nct Starts at 8:30 p.m.' )U VttDVD Ullfl M IliiJbt I? . . ( ' SPORTS Local Reports I'age S TODAY'S S PORT PARADE. By LEO PETERSEN NEW YORK, April 21 (UP) The field for the successor of the late Kenesaw Mountain Landis as baseball commissioner has narrowed down to such an extent that it no longer is a question of whom the club owners want, but whom they can get. The two men who could have hi.d the job have turned it down. James A. Farley eliminated him self in the deliberations of the :pecial four-man committee vhich Ihe major leagues set up to recommend Landis' successor. Tile money he is receiving as an execuitve with a soft drink manufacturing eoncern was too much more than the 50,000 a year the commissionership pays. Antl Edward Grant Barrow de rided against the job because of his health and his advanced y ais. He soon will be 77. So it looks like Ford Frick, president of the National league, is going lo get the job after all. He has been the only campaigner for the post and he would have had the job now had it not been I for opposition within his own league. I The situation is such that there j seems to he doubt whether the ' major league club owners will be able lo muster the majority of 1" votes necessary to select Landis' successor when they get together in Cleveland next Tues day. The word from the pipe line department now is that the , commission is going to recom mend two men, Frick and Leslie I , O'Connor, who for years serv ed as Landis' secretary. A deadlock may develop since O'Connor is strong in the west, but has no support in the east. If Prick cannot be named as a compromise candidate, the ma jors may have to go through the si.-isnn without a commissioner. That the major league execu tives, seasoned business men who j have made million dollar in- lustry out of baseball, would let anything stand in the way of re placing the commissioner is in conceivable even though it could hi ppen. Baseball never needed a eoni leissioner more. Within the next year dozens of service men are likely to return to their clubs af ter military leaven and the re sulting confusion may produce many disputes which only a com missioner could settle. Hinp Crosby Film Booked at Liberty The motion picture. "Going My Way." which brought Bing Cros by the l!M4 "Oscar" of the mo tion picture academy, will open lonioirow at the Liberty theater for a w eek's run. Crosby appears in tho role of a young priest, while Barry Fitz geiaki has the part of an elderly man of liu- cloth, and Frank Mc Iluch is seen in a similar role. Chii t' members of the suppos ing cast are Ki:.' Stevens, opeia . lid conceit star. Gene Lockhart ami Janus Btown. The sloiy is that of a young pi a si who is suit to a small par ish to lake charge of its activi ties ond put it on a sound finan cial h.isis Posing as an assistant to Ihe , hierlv Father Fitzgeiald. I accomplishes results while at the same time catering to the whims ol Ins superior. Musical features ale "Adeste Fiih Its ' Ave Maria", sung by Ciesbv and Miss Stevens with the Ko, Miuhel boys' choir. Attention Sjjjrtiineft! .t Special M noting Tut. April 21 ill S p.m. ( itv Hall , Many :n. liters or importance to hunlcis and fishermen will come up ,'f(,f "discussion. Be sw to .itt"ut fVD, Spot t.-rttyi ln iteP w I.A ;R W'DK SI'OKTSMK.VS CIA I! Marines Luk Odd Souvenirs, Wear Assorted Headgear (Continued from Page I) horses lo carry heavv pieces. One ol the marines had tied the pack onto his horse with n Japanese oboe one of those brightly col ored reams of sash Japar.vse women bear on their backs. And here came this marine, dirty and unshaven, leading a sorrel horse with a big bowtie of black and white silk, thrco feet wide, tied across its chest and an other similar one tied under its belly, the ends standing out on both sides. Troop I carry the oddest things when they move. One marine had a Jap pholo album in his hand. One had a wicker basket. Another had a lac quered serving tray. They even had an an American phono graph with Jap records, strap ped onto a horse. Lots of them wore Japanese insignia or pieces of uniform. Later an order came out that any marine caught wearing Jap cloth ing would be put on burial detail. I guess that was to keep marines from shooting each other by mis take. There were frequent holdups ahead of us and we would stop ;.nd sit down every hundred yards or so. One marine com menting on the slow progress said: "Sometimes we take off like a ruptured duck, and other times we just creep along." The word was passed down the line, "Keep your eyes open for planes." About every sixth man would turn his head and repeat it and the word was rent back along the colui.in like a wave. Except toward the rear they made it comical "Keep your eyes open lor Goisha girls." We were walking almost on -'-'ach other's heels, a solid double line of marines. Mv friend, Bird Dog Clayton was behind me. He said, "A column like this would be a Jap pilot's delight." Another said, "If a Jap pilot came over the hill, we'd all go down lik-s howling pins." But no Japs came. At one of our halts the word passed back that we could sit down, but not to take off our packs. From down the line came music, a French harp and ukclelc, playing, "You Are Mv Sunshine." Wh.-n it was finished the marines would call back request numbers and our little concert went on for five or ten minutes out there in the Okinawa fields. The haimonieist was Pfc. Wil liam Gabriel, a bazookaman from a farm on rural routo 1H, about 10 miles out of Houston, Tex. He is only 10, but a veteran with one wound. He is a redhead and the shyest soldier I've ever mot. He is so bashful he can hardly talk. Bui he makes a harmonica talk. Playing with him was an of ficerLieut. "Bones" Carsters of Los Angeles. Bonis has a mortar platoon. He strumiv. 'd cords on a sort of ukclelc common to Okin awa. It has three strinus and the head is always made of tightly stretched snakeskin. It gives vou the willies just to look at or.;. When we started on again the way ahead was clear and we went that time like the well known ruptured duck and ait-.'r about a mile we were there, all panting. w & i I I 7 staiitix(; Sissiday "ONE OF THE YEAR'S TOP SURPRISES!" I PV'' V -IM 0j Ullei ron.:i" f,'- YVI Vj -Goml Mr Wy' .-l", & ' 48W "Sxingmj On A Stir" ,;! ;?? , ' Sir tJ" T.V:.ji'' . ' -siimt Hiint. Hoir f l j .. fjr V'.' . .Mf MjmHoOMFnoMn V'J '?- a'f. . dm 10k ' II mkV m ftjj find ce-i B.ii mr it best! -A Paramount Picture vith Barfy Rtxgrald Ftonk McHugh U-Klbt JltVtN5S:KZi. l,m"n hi tint r l n w T.nHc Tnniohf J"" LAST PICTURES OF ERNIE PYLE Ernie Pylo. famous war correspondent, is pictures here, cen ter foreground, a? he lalkod lo Marine Pvt. I. P. Murray, a short time before he was killed in the little island of le, off Okinawa. Btlow, he is show i talking with "that girl. ' his wif, Mrs. Geraldiie Pyle in their home in Albuquerque N, M a few days before ho left for the Pacific. . Jim McPherson, F 2 c, who re cently completed his basic engi neering course at the naval train ing center al Gulpfort, Miss., is spending a short leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.-James Mc Pherson, and sister, Kathleen, al Iheir home, 1312 O avenue, be fore reporting to Shoemaker, Calif., for further assignment. ' Staff Sgt. Donald D. Severns, son of Mrs. and Mrs. .1. M. Sev- cms, 1415 W avenue, La Grande, has arrived in the United States I ol: furlough from' the European theater of operations, where he , served six months duty with the I t.ighth number command, as i waist gunner on a B-17. He com pleted 35 missions, totaling 250 combat flying hours. Richard II. Stoddard. 24. son el' Mr. and Mrs. David I. Stod dard, route 1, La Grande." was lecentlv commissioned second the sil i lieutenant and received ver pilot's wings of the army air forces al Ihe Altus, Okla.. armv ; ir field. From this advanced two-engine pilot training school of the AAF, he will go on to further advanced training at a mulli-engincd bomber or fighter school, or to 'v.V l:-V BING AND HIS GANG WITH HIS BEST HIT SONGS BEST. PICTURE! BING CROSBY Porter Hk' Tortunio Bona nova - "rLFMcCARF t.. A"hur Lee Bowman the central instructors' school fi; ndolph field. Robert Terry, electricians mate third class, is here on leave from Great Lakes naval training sta tion, to visit his grandmother, .liter reporting back to that sta tion he will be transferred to the west coast. Cpl. Keith E. Lasslt y, : -,n of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lassley (.: La Grande has been given a medical discharge from the army alter being in service since 1041. j Corporal Lassley, who has ' three brothers and a brother-in- ' law in the aimed forces, has been hospitalized for the jiast ft ill" months in France. He has sirved two tours of overseas duly, seeing service in North Af- mm- 1 . .tttF'iMKSr. iMK'i iff! MMI DBI!fr,!K.1L,J Ww: Y, f. ii imii.ii. n ii i I mMm; 1 lts i 1 M t 4?, Vs? lukas v:wm& fi n i Jfei m ... ... mwmwmm mtk Carl ESMOND Pster M EYGK Mady CHRISTIANS Morris CARNOVSKY ond introducing Ihe 1 "B" OXCJST!IO St"n Play by new screen cfijeovery . I . O I t. V KLHv) " Herbert Dalmos from th. best-selling book ond Reader's Digest Story by Kressmann Taylor SI'ECIA L A DDE I) A TTRA C'JION! "Kl'KY IN T UK PACIFIC is one of Ihe best motion pic lutes of its Kind I have.seen." Lt. Gen. A. Vandrorift Commandant of the Mirint Cerpt O On the Wax, uQo O I.eon Krrol Comedv I5IRTHDAY BLUES" .JrJ$z'tR&;i K lSl,i. a ,..-... ...... n CD UNIYERSAL-EV?S at lira, England, Holland, Belgium, i Germany and France. Slaff Sgt. Donald D. Severns ni rived Thursday night for a fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Severns. Sergeant Severns has been a waist gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress in ac tive service. HOSPITAL CHIEF MOVED FARRAGUT, Ida., April 21 (UP) Capt. Harry S. Harding, commanding officer of the Farra gut naval hospital since its es tablishment more than two years ago, has received orders trans ferring him lo the east coast. He will leave Monday. Capt. Alva C. Smith of the navy medical corps will succeed him. Sunday Monday - Tuesday 8.000,000 heard (hit cry in RCAD3IS D10ESI!' Best Battg)St.ri, u no JiniA.! I'.est ItatflON Seia rs O CVOC,: KLlfii FOrC63'ftii(B.SJ C0 report Red, O O ,') o a ,,.,,-. c.l". Is 0 f!essim9jsr "IMPATIENT YEARS" IS1 w o .Q.