La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 02, 1945, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textfyge Two More Schools to Get Navy Trainees I WASHINGTON, May 2 (UP) Secretary of Navy James Forres-tal-has approved 25 additional colleges and universities for na val reserve officer training corps 'units. Courses will begin around Nov. 1, 1945, the navy said. These courses will be in addition to 27 units now in operation. The new units include: ' '.' University of Utah; Stanford university; University of Kansas; University of Idaho, and Oregon Plate college. . A New Shipment Has Arrived at II. C. STEVENS CO. "Sunshine by the Yard" CALIFORNIA I"Authentics" llund-Srrvencd PRINTS A very fine selection of cool, crisp, Mar imba nnd Sepulveda Prints in colorful pat terns, plus four bolls of Suede Town Plaids that, are hand washable. You will want some of them! - . II. I o q o (typmiiiitegbidb o q q I iiililiilil i I LOANS Illliiiiiiii! H&! !! ;i!!'!!mi!ii! " ! LOAN S ii..1 1 1 ,1 it: ! ii; "iiiiiu! l". . I '; .. .1 I HI LOANS ;H!;;i:::;:i'!;:;:;;;!;;:;!!!!i;;;;:;:i;; 1 1 ti "t t 11 111 LOANS limit iiKMi LOANS LOANS ::;;:t:;::i:::ti::i::;::::::::::;:i LOANS LOANS LOANS LOANS LA iinni ..in- . Engineer Killed as Train Leaves Track ROCHESTER, N. Y., May 2 (UP) The locomotive "and eight cars of the New York Central's passenger train "Wolverine" left the track on a curve here today killing the engineer, W. S. Skin ner, and injuring 45 persons. The train was rounding a curve at an overhead bridge vhen the locomotive tore loose and plunged down a 20-foot em bankment into a housciv', " The locomotive overturned and sheared off the aide of a nearby frame dwelling, nning Carrnon I'ietrantoni, 79, bedroom. his fust (floor C. STEVENS CO. 11(1.1 Adams ill!! liiiiiiii 1 fl A II Money for a great var iety of useful purposes Loans to individuals'. . .' also for agriculture, business and industry Prompt and courteous service , GRANDE BRANCH ii. 1 1 l.ill - 1 1 1 nrMdii rzr?rrjrin mora THE markets Steel Shares Spark Market Decline NEW YORK, May 2 (UP) Slocks moved irregularly through showed declines to bring losses a relatively quiet session today. A sufficient number of leaders into the averages. ' But there were many gainers, and some of them sizeable. Traders display ed a bit more caution in making new commitments pending defin ite word oni thq.end of the war in Europe which the uncondition al surrender of German forces in Iialy seemed to bring nearer. President' Truman's recom mended $7,000,000,000 cut in funds for shipbuilding brought declines in the steel shares rang- j ing to IV4 points. Rails were displaying a bet ter tone near closing. CHICAGO GRAIN . CHICAGO, May 2 (UP) War developments prompted extreme nervousness in grain futures on the board of trade today. Sus tained strength in May rye tend ed to hold prices within a nar row range until the close when deferred deliveries in all pits cased. Rye finished the day up 1 to off 'i'cht j bushel; wheat off 'lll'ttl. Mil i. off- A d barley 'i to ; corn up 'A. to outs up V to off J, 'and off lM to . An unsettled tone prevailed in wheat but the market held to fairly even keel bolstered by the ;bcavj cash demand and some mill buying. Educators Will lie Speakers at Graduation Rites Faculty members of Eastern Oregon college will be the speak ers at commencement exercises at a number of high schools in the eastern part of the state, it was revealed today. Among them are the following: Amanda Zabcl, associate pro fessor of literature, Arlington, May 24. Dr. Charles W. Quaint ence, assistant professor of biol ogy, Elgin, May 17; John M. Mill er, director of teacher training, Wallowa, May 16, Boardman, May 17, and Burns, May 22; President Robcn J. Maaske, Echo, May 11, Irrigon, May 18, Joseph, iv ay 1, worm rowocr May 1 I Wasco,. May, 23, . Mora, jMay. , 2i iiu uiiiuii, iviuy za: ijyie n. Johnson, registrar and dean of men, Umatilla, May 10, Stanfield. I May 17, and Haines, May 24; and Josepn si. uaiser, associate pro fessor of sociology, Lexiimton. May 18. 0 t:!::!::!:i! ii!i!!i!pii!ii liiiii !!!!):!!!!!!!! i LOANS LOANS i mm t LOANS LOANS IflAfK vnii v LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. OREGON, President Slashes Billions From 1946 War Budget (Continued from Page 1) transportation situation a cut of $3,300,000. Petroleum Administration for War-'-Reduction'of $345,000. Federal Security Agency A $43,710,400 cut from the $44,845, 300 proposed budget for the of fice of education. This was rec ommended with the idea, of halt ing the training program for de fense workers. The, president, however, recommended an in crease of $15,000,000 in the over all federal security budget' of $416,000,000 to provide for aid to older people and mothers with dependent children who have had war jobs but are expected to quit work as conditions change. War Manpower Commission Cut of $1,598,000. Office of Scientific Research and development $13,200,000 re duction. Oregon Coal Price Increased 45 Cents WASHINGTON, May 2 (UP) The office of price administra tion announced the retail cost of soft coal will go up nearly two per cent on the average as the result of authorized price in- I'.creases to producers. The in creases are effective at once. The office of economic stabil ization approvedithe increases averaging 16 centsak ton to compensate produ,eW?in part for higher costs resulting from min ers' wage Increases in the new wage-hour contract. Ceiling increases for producers, by districts and type of mine, in eems per nei ion, inciuaeo: uis trict 23 Washington, Oregon and Alaska, all mines, 45 cents. A. B. Olson Chosen ,Cub Scout Leader I A. B. Olson accepted the re sponsibility of Cub Master for , Cub Pack 114, when committee members and den mothers met 1 last night in the First Presbyter ian church. Elected to the pack committee were Dr. Lucas Sterne, Gordon Capps, C. W. Carroll, Wesley Bond and Fred Steinbach. Den mothers are: Den 1, Mrs. Glen Charlton; Den 2, Mrs. Wes- ley Bond and Mrs. Gladys Mar and'.DenA Mrs. C. W. Car roll and Mrs. R. Williams. They reported that 14 of the Cubs will receive the Eisenhauer medal for collecting 1000 pounds or more of scrap paper in the April drive. Plans were coirmlotnd for a 1 polluck picnic at Riverside park j 1 or tnc Cubs and their parents May 15 when advancement Lyie A. HimseivMcctrician's mate third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry HansenBij home on leave after 18 mnrtftis duty in the Atlantic area. He has been in the navy 27 . months. Cpl. Delbcrt Hnl,pson of Mr. and Mis. Harvey tyalj, 205 Hall street, La Grande, lias returned home after nearly ( l(ieo; years service in the southwest Pacific with the list division.-He joined Co. K, Oregon Natitinal Guard, four years and nine months ago and was called into, active serv ice with that group. He was flown from Biak to San Francisco the latter part of Jan uary and later transferred to Fitzsimons General hospital at Denver where he received a dis ability discharge. He received the American de fense ribbon, the good conduct ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon and the purple heart, with stars for the campaigns of New Guinea. Taupanan and Biak, and the infantryman combat badge. Pvt. Norman H. See. USMC. left last night for Ocuanside. Calif., for further training, after a leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adrin O. See. in 'I.a Grande He entered the service Febru ary 12 of this year, and has been stationed at San Diego. vJack Murphy, nxlio mn third class, U.S. navy. si of tr. and Mrs. Hay Murphy, is huiv un a 30-day ieave, after two years duty in the south Pacific. At the ter mination of his leave tie will re port at Boise. Idaho, for dutv. Walter M. Kerry, seaman ln.it 4 (IN It Has;., is scnt'dmcd to arrive in La Grande tomorrow from a conva lescent hospital at Lake Arrow head, Calif., for a seven days li ave wit) his parentis, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur I,. Berry, Iti02 Sixth strecU He will go to Bremerton to report fat duty. Ty Cotb,,bjiLti'.! star of jld. , had a 24-ycar mair league bat ting average of Baccalaureate Services Are Set Baccalaureate services for the graduating class of La Grande high school will be conducted May . 13 in the First Methodist church with Rev. Irvin S. Motz as the speaker. Music will be provided by the music depart ment of the high school. ., . u . The La Grande Ministerial as sociation annually, sponsors the services. Admittance is by invi tation only. Commencement exercises will be at 8 p. m. May 18 in the high school auditorium. Rex Putnam, state superintendent of public in struction, will be the speaker. Approximately 115 seniors will be graduated. Local Railroad Men Promoted Promotions of present and for mer La Grande officials of the Union Pacific railroad were an nounced today in connection with the retirement of F. N. Finch, executive assistant in Portland, who has been connect ed with the railroad since 1918. . D. B. Pidcoek,- former assistant superintendent and trainmaster in La Grande, becomes assistant superintendent of the Oregon di vision with headquarters in Al bina. M. G. Breuner becomes assist ant superintendent here, after serving as trainmaster in La Grande and The Dalles. Pidcoek has been with the railroad since 1910, and Breuner's railroad service dates from 1925. Louis P. Peterson Called by Death 1 Louis Peter Peterson, 69, 1918 Q avenue, a lumber grader, died yesterday in a local hospital after a long illness. He was born February 27, 1876 in Denmark, had been a resident of La Grande 19 years. He was H member of the Lutheran church and the La Grande Ma sbnic lodge. ! Surviving are his widow, Han nah, two sons, Howard M., a first sergeant in the army in the Philippine islands, and Lt. Don old E., in the army air forces in New Jersey; two daughters, Mrs. Eimer Moon and Agnes Winburn, both of La Grande, three bro lliers, two sisters and three grandchildren. Funeral servcies will be held aj 2 p. ms.Friday at ; Snodgrasr,; lunerai nome unoer ine auspices oi the Masonic lodge, with Rev. Rollin ' Tomeraasen officiating. Interment will be in the Masonic cemetery. BRIDGE-AND-TUNNEL RAILWAY One Italian railroad onlv 54 miles long crosses 38 bridges and viaducts and passes through 31 tynnels, which total 23 miles. The roilway operates between Flor ence and Bologna and was built at a cost of $1)0,000,000. M "o Uliange in ; p.fM HART SCHAFFNER fjIPf & MARX ; XlVfr 1 e3 lts a f act Hart Schaf f ner & Marx SI SI ' clothes are as good today as they've al- vS. ways been! In style, workmanshin. fit . ' and fabrics you still et the finest,.,., when you buy clothes with the Vi" o mous Trumpeter label.- ' T O - IVy 1 1 Hi LXPKJ . . . HOME OF HARTttAFFXEHl&MAA'-LOTHES OO - German Resistance Collapses Before Victorious Allies (Continue froi Pae 1) against only spotty resistance, while to Patton's right the sev enth army suddenly found itself without an assignment as a re sult of the Italo-Austrian surren der. Salibury Forces Surrender ' The surrendering German for ces included those in Salzburg province, which loops arouid perchtesgaden on three ; sides and within 10 miles of tH Alpine town where Adolf Hitler often set up headquarters.' Virtually all of Lt. Gen. Alex ander M. Patch's seventh army front Jine tropps were in. the Voralberg and Tyrol provinces. Thus they had no remaining re thus they had no remaining re sistance between thera and Gen. Mark W. Clark's troops pushing up from the south. The suddenly realigned strate gical situation left only a rela tively small pocket of Austria to be overrun by the converging armies of Patton and the Rus sians west of Vienna. Hospital Note St. Joseph's hospital: Admitted Master Edward Johnson, La Grande, George Trickel, Baker, Mrs, Florence Lanius, Union, Mrs. Julia Mc Nees, Pendleton, Baby George Barch, La Grande, Mrs. Henry Banton, La Grande, Mrs. Mary Jasman, Washington, medical; Alan Wolfe, La Grande, Mrs. Va nita Murray, Enterprise, surgery; Miss Dorothy Rathjin, La Grande, luooraiory. Dismissed Ermtl Trump, La Grande, Julia McNees, Pendle ton, Baby Louis Lathrop, Wal lowa. Grande Ronde hospital: Admitted Mis. Eleanor Ham blat, La Grande, Sylvia Boner, Joseph, Charlie Davis, Union, Mis. Stella Hallgarth, Elgin, sur gery; Charles Black, Mt. Vernon, M. J. Cunningham, Union, Mrs. Louis Statler, Pondosa, Marie Duncan, La' Grande, Betty Lou Conrad, Union, Mrs. Ernest Mill er, Cove, medical. Dismissed Vernon Hale, La Giande, Charles Dalton, North Powder, Mrs. John Wyatt and son, Union, Mrs. Millan Sitton and son, Marie Duncan, La Grande. Lemon Juice Recipe Checks Rheumatic Pain Quickly If you Buffer from rheumatic, arthritis or nrurltlii tmln, try ttila simple Inox penal vo homo rrclpn that thousands ore using. Oct a pock aco of llu-Ex Compound, a two-wrek supply, lodny. Mix It with a quart of witter, add the Juice of 4 lemons. It's easy. Ko trouble at nil and plenasnt. You Deed only 5 tablespoon tula two tlmca a any. Often wlthlo 48 hours snrtidlmra ovemluhl splendid results are obtained. If the palna do not qulcklv leave and If you do not feel better, return th6 empty package and Ru-Kx will o'St you noth ing to try as It Is sold by your druggtat under Ml nl mo lu to mnrjev-tiark tmnrAnt .,t.-. i Compound Is for sale at I rceouimfindod by loon lints Co. and drug llorw evfrrwherft. 12 Enroll in New Show Card Class The first class in a series, teaching show card lettering, was held Monday night at the high school, with twelve persons en rolling. The classes, sponsored by the state vocational education de partment, is offered to anyone interested, and will be of four weeks duration with two hour classes on Monday and Wednes day nights, starting at 7:30 o'clock.. Don Poarch is the Instructor. for warm weather driving ahead HAVE LUBRICATE YOUR Heavier summer lubricants are now needed to save wear on moving parts. Sludge and fuel dilution must be removed from crankcase Transmission, differential and front wheels'' require new lubrication. Don't put off this job . . . Drive your car in and have it done here .Tk 6 GiVClotiirites I scienli11"- -1 PERKINS MOTOR CO. OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE Wednesday, May 2: 194K Calendar of Coming Events May 2 Music week choir re hearsal, First Methodist church, WHATCAUSU EPILEPSY? n A booklet containing tht oplfltfti o fa, ioui docloti on Inltr.itlni HiblM will bo will FREE, whtlo thty loot, to any f.ad.r writing lo H10 Educational OwiIm S35 Filth Ai., NewVoth. N.V.. Oto,E-1103 H . J II t:rii CAR! 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