fyge 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
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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
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Loans to individuals'. . .'
also for agriculture,
business and industry
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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
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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
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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.
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President Slashes
Billions From
1946 War Budget
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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 ;
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SI SI ' clothes are as good today as they've al-
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. ' and fabrics you still et the finest,.,.,
when you buy clothes with the Vi"
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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
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Wednesday, May 2: 194K
Calendar of
Coming Events
May 2 Music week choir re
hearsal, First Methodist church,
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