ioriday, April 30, 1915
TtE LA GRANDE KVKfftNO OBSERVES, LA GRANPE OREGON
Markets:
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?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.
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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.
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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.
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Treasury Frowns
On Bond Ruffle
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;, 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Gen. Clark Says
Nazi Resistance
Broken in Italy
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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. .
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