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ioriday, April 30, 1915 TtE LA GRANDE KVKfftNO OBSERVES, LA GRANPE OREGON Markets: Hn. ..' "... ?Hir Shares Lead tdl Street Rally YORK. .April 30. (UP) .y. obile shares led an active Ivion.the stock market today. nana iuc wie iuuwid inw. traders' anticipation of a na post-war, future for the ianies. i Other peace shares d the rise, ' while the" .war ps were a bit slower catch up. Rails lagged for a time, ough some of them . had wide is,, notably Norfolk and Wesi- ! which was up more, than t points.'. 'he rally began in the early ?rnoon following an irregular line., that came, after a steady firm, opening.",'. This . .decline ed tp bring in .any liquidation traders resumed their pur- ases-with greater vigor. IICAGO r . ; ... , ' '. LIN ..'-' CHICAGO. April 30 (UP)' . rain futures made substantial late on the board of trade jday despite nervousness. . over ar news most of the session. Ihort-coverine and evening - up In the first notice day accounted r much of (he activity Wheat finished the day up Va lYt cents' a bushel; corn up Vi Vi; oats.,unchanged to up ; ;ye up ' -.jo- one cent, and bar ley unchanged Jo up Is. i Momentary expectation of Gerr fnan ' surrender gave an uneven irend to wheat before the late tally. The trade tended to hold ,off commifnlents pending war tnd political developments. I PORTLANDS LIVESTOCK : ' ' i PORTLAND, ' Ore., April -30 '(UP) Livestock: Cattle 1,500, calves 150. Ac itive, fully- steady on all classes, p Good-choice-' .-fed steers 15.50 i 17.00. Common-medium steers 12.00-15.00., Heifers 11.00-14.00. Good fed heifers 15.25. Canner cutter cows 7.00-10.00.1 Medium good beef cows 11.00-13.00, Medium-good bulls 10.50-12.75. Good beef- bulls 13.00-13.70. Good choice vealers 15.00-16.00. ': Hogs 250.'.,. Steady at ceilings. All weight butchers 15.75. Sows 15.00.- Heavy feeder pigs 17.00- 17.50.: . . Sheep 300. Steady, quality con sidered. Good woolcd lambs 15.50. Medium-good shorn lambs 14.00. Light,.feeder lambs 11.00. Spring lambs scarce. No. 3 pelt shorn ewesJ.OO. Wooled ewes quotable to 9.00. t , ' ,w. ;,. . s . I. - vr- ' .- - f . PORTLAND, ; . DAIRY ' i PORTLAND,- Ore., April 30 (jJP) A steady tone was noted in th butter market today with prices unchanged. ;'. The egg.,' market remained !strong. Storage demand was hold ing up, and retail volume was improving. ; prices were un changed. . . : Butter Cube 93 score '420; 92 score 42Vtc; 90 score 42c; 89 score 41'Ac pound. ;. Eggs Prices to retailers AA large 44c; A' large 42c; medium A j!9c; small 35c (dozen. ! Cheese Oregon triplets 27.2c; daisies 27.7c; Oregon loaf 27.9c. .Jobbers payvc below quotations. ' :' ' Treasury Frowns On Bond Ruffle - .- - - ;, WASHINGTON, April 30 (UP) A $5,000 w'1 bond raffle among employees, if three government . buildings was held as advertised today despite treasury depart "ment disapproval, but there will be no more. . The top prize, a $1,000 war bond, went to Louis Keller, 58. economist with the research divi sion of coordinator of inter-American affairs. He said he would salt the bond away." A spokesman for the Federal Works agency said the idea of raffling war bonds "arose spon taneously among employes" of several government departments, He said the; raffle was "strictly unofficial" and that motives of the government workers were pa triotic but unwise. Ted Gamble, director of the treasury s war finance division, opposed such means of disposing of war bonds. He said these sales "are not the kind that stick.' Surrender Demand To Japan Urged WASHINGTON, April 30 (UP) Sen. Homer E. Capchart, R., Ind, proposed today that the United Nations meeting at San Francisco issue an unconditional surrender ultimatum to Japan., Capchart'-Void the senate that -'since victory in Europe is only a matter of"days, or perchance hours," it Raises thy) quest inn of how much help the United States will get in thciir with Japan. "What a'wnndcrful thing it would be If ' these 46 nations would now issue an ultimatum to Japan that unless she agreed to surrender unconditionally within a certain period of time, all of Ihese 46 nations would agree to declare war on Japan and each help in furnishing nun and ma terials" tf7SiS.r Mussolini Begs For Life asjfer Faces Execution (Continued from Page 1) route to Como . at the moment they laced the firing squad. Morgue attendants found pin ned to her underdo" hing a diamond-studded gold iecket, a gift from II Puce. . -. , ... , It bore this prophetic inscrip tion: "Clara:. I am ihte. thou art me. Ben." ' Sharing the morgue ...w :lth II Duce an Clara were the. bodies of 16 of his henchmen, executed like them. by Italian- patriots af- t'er a "people's trial." They shared his final disgrace as they had the infamy of his life. .-. II Due Btgi for Life . . - "Mussolini' died badly,'-', said Edbuardp, leader of the 10-man firing' squad which sent the dic tator to, his death. When, he." was sentenced , to death,' the man who had ruined llis. career through' illusions . of empire ironically cried, "let me save my life, and I will give you an empire." "No, no," were the last words from 11 Duce, who had said "yes, yes? sp many times tp his axis partner, Adolf Hitler. He cried his "no's" as the men of the firing squad raised their rifles to their shoulders.. ...i. . ...... . Mussolini, the "jackal" to the last, was caught as he attempted to flee to Switzerland in a 30-car convoy, his bulky frazre cloaked in a German military overcoat to escgpe detection. New Peace Rumor By Himmler Is Rumored in Britain (Continued from Page 1) the Japanese wanted to avoid as long as possible. The same sources in Paris said that Himmler, in reuorted nego tiations with Count Bernadotta of Sweden, said that Hitler was fighting in Berlin as a "simple soldier." The often inaccui ate Brussels radio this evening broadcast what it called an "unconfirmed report" that Himmler him:olf was in I Stockholm conducing or seeking peace negotiations. Stockholm dispatches said the Intermediary, Count Folke Ber cadotte, director of the Swedish Red Cross, met Himmler Sunday morning somewhere in Denmark He was expected to leave Copen hagen. for Stockholm... sometime today, the.dlspatches.satd, , Many Rumors Heard . With Germany tottering on the brink of total collapse, rumors of developments within the shaken country and her Mill-occupied neighbors came thick and fast from continental sources. All unconfirmed and many of them conflicting, they included: 1. Adolf Hiter is mad, dying or already dead. 2. German anti-nazi partisans kidnaped Foreign Minister Joach im von Ribbentrop. 3. German sailors :nutinecd. at the Baltic port of Rostock : and are engaged in fierce fighting with SS troops. 4. A representative of Dr. Ernst . Kaltenbrunner, Himmler's deputy, for Bavaria and Austria, is meeting with Swiss officials at Vaduz, .capital of neutral Liech tenstein. The subject of the ne gotiations was not disclosed, but may involve the surrender of fur ther portions of Germany or Aus tria. .5. German army : and nazi leaders in Denmark are ready to capitulate and withdraw their troops. 6. The Quisling government in Norway resigned. Russians Assert Fall of Berlin Matter of Hours (Continued from Page 1) K. Rokossovsky's Second White Russian army had swept through five big road junctions between Berlin and the Eallic. Among them was Greifswa'd, on the coastal trunk raiiway 51 miles from Rostock and 05 northwest of Stettin. Rokossovsky's forces also over ran Treptwo, 27 miles south of Griefswald; Nuestrehtz, 60 north of Berlin; Fuerstenbe g, 43 north west of Berlin; and Granscc, 37 northwest of Berlin. A Moscow dispa'ih forecast that Marshal Stalin will have his greatest symbolic victory of the war the capture cf Berlin to present to the Russian people for their May day celebration. The decimated Sb garrison was in. its "last throes of resistance," Moscow said. Most of its artillery is gone and its hold on the cen ter of the doomed capital ,s shrinking hourly. Tens of thousands of German troops deserted to the Russian lines. The captured commander of a German police battalion es- raialed that at least 40,000 desert ers had thrown away their uni forms and were hiding in Berlin cellars. Laid end to end, 250,000 of the mallet bacteria would measure only one inch. 1 Arrest of Briton In Italy Reported LONDON, April 30 (UP) Radio Milan said today that Ital ian patriots have arrested John Amery, 33-year-old Briton who denounced - his British cabinet minister father to broadcast "for the' nazi and fascist radios. . The lirief Milan broadcast re porting the arrest of Amery, son of Leopold L. S. Amery, British secretary of state for India, gave no details. A. . ,.,He apparently' was .seized by the . same Italian, . patriots who, executed Benito Mussolini and 17 other fascist leaders north of Milan Saturday. American Forces Split Mindanao v MANILA, April - 30 .. (UP) American, troops split Mindanao in two . and. pushed south along Davao gulf today after capturing Padada , airfield only 31 miles from Davao.. ...The, airfield apparently was seized .intact by units of the 24th division, as Gen. Douglas Ma'cAr thur'g communique said Ameri can .planes already were using the flying strips along the Davao "" J . .... . ' Other U. S. troops of the 31st division northward through Min danao's central mountains reach ed a point 17 miles above Kaba can, midway between Davao and the Moro gulf invasion beaches. ' X , w 1 In 1915, this $4,850 touring car was a good automobile one of the best money could buy. In 1915, Union 0,1 made a good line of greases-8 different types "to meet every lubrica tion need." Today, the lowest-priced cars are far better than that 1915 touring car. And they sell for about M as much. Nvmber of dltltrtnt gnosis mode by Union Oil 1915 8IS2SSSS2S I MO I BeeseaeeeeeoBsaeBSBBeeeess 49 1 BessasamaeaaeseaiBaaaa i? BBBBBBBaeaew 78 BBBBeaeeaaaaaaaaaaBesassua gggggggggggggggggrinnriiiyjg 4 But each one knew that if he could put out a little bit better product than his competitors, ho could get more business. So they all kept racking their brains for improvements. Prog ress, from year to year, was gradual-as it always is. But in 30 years, these combined improvements made a phenomenal total. Q 0 UNION OIL, 60 VI P OF CAMFQR lit A Gen. Clark Says Nazi Resistance Broken in Italy (Continued from Page 1) . turcd by Italian patriots. Negotiations continued tor the surrender of the Italian Ligurian army of captured Marshal Rodol fn Graziani, an estimated five divisions numbering perhaps 50,-. 000 troops. In Venice the ' eighth army joined with Italian partisans and completed the mopping-up of the city. Eighth army units already were 17 miles beyond Venice at points, within 70 miles of both the Yugoslav and Austrian bor ders. . The allied bag of prisoners had soared to the 100,000 ntark and more were pouring into the pages. Dispatches from the front said it was obvious the Germans no longer were putting up an organized fight. The American first armored division has captured four more German generals in northern Italy, including Major-Gen. von Behr, commander of the 90th panzer grenadier division, and his entile staff. MAXY AND MINNIE MUMS Max and Minnie GreVnbaum, Greenfield avenue, Greendale, Wis., raise giant and dwarf chrysanthemums, calling the large ones Maxy Mums and the small one Minnie Mums. '.' i it '" if, if; J v-Zy Calendar of Coming Events May 1, Royal Arch Masons, Masonic Temple, 7:30 p. m., Baker chapter, guests. . May 2, La Grande lodge of Ma sons, 7:30 p. m.,. Observance of Music Week Set (Continued fron Page 1) various church choirs and other singers will participate, will be Thursday at 8:30 p. m. in the Methodist church. A program by musicians from Eastern Oregon college will be piesented at 8 p. m., under Eh lcrs' direction. The Neighbor hood club is sponsoring a Com munity . night program at 8 o'clock May. 8, . and the observ ance will be concluded with a concert by the La .Grande high school band directed by. Leroy Darling, at 8 p. m., May 11. The theme of the 1945 national music week is "Foster American and World Unity through Music." National music week is the outgrowth of a movement insti tuted in 1917 by a music .trade magazine, but it did not get un der, way, on national scale until lf)24, when i programs were pre sented in.840 cities, and today it' is estimated that more than throe times that number have adopted he idea and will have programs next week. . m Ml . n ; n n 2 Today, Union Oil makes 78 different greases for indus try instead of 8! And their quality is equally superior. This doesn't mean the car manufacturers and ourselves weren't doing the best we knew how in 1915. But it does prove the value of competition. 5 As a result, the American oi! and automotive industries today have completely outstripped the rest of the world. No monopoly-private or govcrnmenlal-could have accomplLhed as much. For there simply aren't the incentives to better your product when you already control all the trade. Erroneous Peace Rumor Launches Premature Fete NEW YORfc, April 30 (UP) The nation got back to the busi ness of winning the war today after a week-end in which an er roneous . Associated Press dis patch from San Francisco touch ed off premature peace celebra tions. A personal denial by President Truman Saturday night that Ger many had surrendered stopped the. nation-wide celebrations,. At the "time he made , his denial thousands of persons were on the sidewalks in front of the While House, singing "God Bless Amer ica" and ."The Star Spangled Banner." . After President Truman's de nial the AP issued a statement on which it identified Sen. Tom Connally of Texas, vice chairman of the American delegation at the San Francisco conferencej as the "high American official" mentioned as authority for its er- I roneous announcement. WASHINGTON, April 30 (UP) The capital awaited " further news on the reported German surrender bid today. Since Saturday night's prorha ture peace celebration, there had boen no sign that any big devel opments were imminent. Routine activity was reported .Sunday at the state, war and AH V flora floea ns we m '''''' MOVE ON RANGOON., CALCUTTA, April 30 (UP) Armored columns of the British 14th army, have reached within 30 miles of Rangoon, capital of Burma, In a drive south down a main highway, a communique said today.- In the Irrawaddy sector of cen tral Burma, other Biitish troops have captured Minbu on the west bank of the river opposite Magwe. WHEN BRIDES THREW GARTERS. v . '.The . sii'perstitious people ' of llth' and I5th century France bo Jieyedthat whoever caught the garter,', or, stocking' of the' bride when it was! thrown would.be the next to wed. From this comes the modern, custom of throwing the bridal bouquet. n?vy departments," There was a mild flurry of excitement when President Truman , visited the White ,' House after attending services at Foundry . Methodist church. .' ' " . However,' the president spent only 25 minutes at the White House, and it has not been made known whether there was any significance in his visit. -. There has been no word of any kind here on Stockholm reports, that a Swedish Red Cross official, Count Folke Bei'hadottp, was in contact with gestapo chief Hetn rich Himmler for the second time in connection with Nazi attempts to negotiate surrender 3 After all, people were quite satisfied with 1915 automo biles and grcases-in 1915. If no improvements had been intro duced we'd be satisfied with them today. For we'd know of nothing better to compare them with. But fortunately the manufac turers weren't satisfied. Not that they were any more idealistic than the average citizen. 6 So as long as there's still room for improvement in an, iifduslry, the only way to guarantee maximum progress is to. have an economic system that guarantees maximum incentives. Our American system provides these to a degree no other sys tem has ever approached. This scries, sponsored by the people of Union Oil Company, is dedicated to i a discussion of how and why A merican business functions. We Iwpeyou'lt feel free to send in any suggestions or criticisms you have to offer. Write: , The President, Union Oil Co., Union Oil Dldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif, j AMERICA'S firrH FREEDOM IS mil INTIRPRISI Red, Yank Forces In New Juncture (Continued from Page X) minent in the south, where the liazis' boasted Bavarian redoubt was breaking up under converg ing blows from five and possibly six allied armies, ' There the American third and Russian third Ukrainian armies were closing up a gap of perhaps 30 miles or less between their vanguards in the Danube valley northeast sof' Berchtesgaden. Doughboyi'of the American ninth army drove 22 .miles east ward plong the northeastern hank of he F.lbe to' join up with, the Russians for the first time in' the Wittenberg area, 40 miles south west of the enemy capital. At the sarne time, U- S. first army 'patrols stabbed up from.th southwest to irieet the Soviets in the same general area. The first army already was linked up with the Soviets farther south of Tor gau and Riesa. The juncture . gave the Ameri cans and Russians a solid cor ridor through the heart of the rcich along a 50-mile stretch on tlie 'Elbe between Wittenberg in the north and Riesa m the south. BIRDS CUED PLANE DESIGN ' The first airplanes had no wing fltps 'qr ailerons such as planes now have. Pilots maintained con trol , by . warping the . flexible wings, much . as a bird works its wings when gliding. . f
