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Lee G. Milier Finds Mud Slows Aussie Activity On Tarakan AnnAnn A CRUISER IN THE CELEBES SEA (By Wireless) My D-day landing on Tarakan inland ho v in been woefully short of dignity, since I hit sho.'e out of breath and scrambling for cover, I decided to try again on D-ulus-one. This lime I look a couple of Mtr admiral and assorted other office along to make it more olficial. During a pause on the way rit.horc 1 was helow decks on a Pt,boat reading a fistful of mail which had just arrived by courier plane from Manila. So I missed seeing a Jap shell of maybe ' thrt-3-lnch caliber hit the water a hundred-odd yards from it That's what a batch of mail does to you out here. Well, the PT wih Admirals Forrest Royal and Russell Ber kcy and the icst of us headed for tile southern pier where I'd had trouble the day before. I mum bled to Admiral Berkey that maybe it might be more comfort able to shift to a smaller boat that could take us clear to the inner end of tho pier, so that we wouldn't have to do a tight-rope .act, , 'maybe under fire, on the pipelines sponning those three breaches in the pier timbers, The admirul thought the Aui; sios would havo repaired the gaps by now, so we clambered onto the pier and set out. The first two breaches on the 400-yard pier had been patched somewhat all right. But when we gt to the third one the big one-Ht was still n gaping abyss, With only the pipes to cross on. The admirals looked, hesi tated, pondered, and came to .the judicious conclusion that maybe the northern pier might ". be better. So our little column did a rightabout. Admiral Roy al commandeered a LCVP and - w proceeded to the north pier, . which was intact. .' You don't go around saying to admirals, "I .told you so," but a certain smugness may have crept iiitb my expression. It was low tide, und the muddy shore still bore deep tracks left by the boots of tho Australian assault infantry that plunged ashore on D-day from small boats. Small craft were fast in the mud heio and there. A bull dozer named Miss Vermont was bogged in yard-deep muck. But tiucks of many kinds were ply ing the beach and toads, in some places over steel airstrip matting were laid on sheets of fiber to thwart the oozy mul. Big LSTs were unloading onto a causeway prefabricated from huge melnl tubes and floated in on D-day, . Aucsle troops wore every where. I saw one with two fresh-klllod ducks and a look of happy anticipation. Othors Were sleeping on cots, protected rllghtly from the broiling sun by sheets of tin rooting placod over mosquito-net braces, A cluster of oil tanks was in tiller ruin. Some fires still burn ed. Shellholi-s gaped. Areas of several acres were burned and blasted till literally nothing re mained. But despiti! five days oT ' bur shelling and bombing plus Jap demolitions, a number of fragile native houses looked in tact, and several big Jap pillboxes had an unscathed appearance, Tho Japs apparently had derided t(i abandon them unmanned and make their stand at an airstrip, which on D-plns-iine was still being held. We made our way to the tent of the commander of the Aussie troops. We learned that elec- tlically controlled land mines were slowing the Aussie advance on the airstrip, and blown up bridges were impeding the tanks. The troops wer .- proceeding cau tiously, with few causallies, and . the commanders siemcd satisfied with the progress. Our little procession presently returned to the pier, ,-nd as we were boarding Adi'utch ojoyal's barge we heard ? Swiss rivo'i'arl up intanil, ap' we bad i't!s Hut "hid 8 KIT t...i. t 9 Ami ti..itm) 10 tnitrnucni.s 1 1 Pokoi slake II! Couple 17 Goddess ot discord and-""an r emperor 10 Against 20 Solid (comb form) toam Hivcr (ab.l IP Shortly . Hawaiian food21 woman MTiioi 23 Mimic 28 Enrich '. 31 Symbol for Irldlui ' 32 Of the Qilng '. 33 ecai JTn M .nenl nm?'lf Hi IndlvigjiflC : 42 ! 2(1 Point . 4M9'act. 4tfricnds i 49 Solicitude 52 Pednl part 63 Sesame ' 54 Easy 50 Youth 57 Before 58 Lubricant '. 59 Compass point VERTICAL ' ! S"ot po-t.v rm fttf m.-i I., v.i j 1 1 hr-r- U dli Li-fftH i i i i i rrv. i T 55 CD jama CHANDLER TAKES OVER LANDIS' CHAIR Sen. A. B. "Happy" Chandler, baseball's new commissioner, occupies tho huge chair left vacant by death of Judge Kenesaw Landis, for many years the czar of organized basoball. Chandler came to Chicago to dis cuss feasibility of moving commissioner's office to Cincinnati. C0 Teams For State Contest CORVALLIS, Ore., May 7 (UP) More than 60 loam entries will be enlerod in the 19th annual Oregon state high school track meet at Oregon Stale collogo on May 11 ohd 12, it was indicated today on Iho basis of week-end qualifying meets. Jefferson high of Portland is the defending champion and will be hard to beat again this year, after barely trailing Grunt for district nine honors. Only six :f the nine1 Portland schools will be repiesonted in the slate meet. Here is the lineup by districts, with scores of the week-end quul ifications: District I: La Grande won the meet and 10 schools won places, including a ono-man spree by Lilly of Boardman, whe gave- his team all its 15 points with victories in the 100-yard dash, 220 and broad jump. Tho scores: La Grande, 4 5 ',2 ; Pendleton, 40; Mac Hi. 22'i; Hormislon, 18; Boardman, IS; Vale, 14; Buker, 13; Adrian, 10; Helix, 8; Athena, 7; Nyssa, 7; Echo 5; Ontario, 4; and Im blor, 1. District 2: Seven schools rep lesenled, lid by winning Bend team with W'.i points. Redmond was next with )()'!, Prineville was third with 2;l and Hood River fourth with 11 50. peorge Hasnuissen ol Bend set a new pole vault record at 12 feet. (The B division was won by Moro with I), Arlington second with 7 'j and Rufus third with 3 '4.) District 3: Klamath Falls placed seven men and a relay team in scoring 50 Mi points to win the district meet at Med ford. Mefltord was next with II 'i, Ashland had 31, Grants Pass, 14 and Rogue River 3. District 4: Springfield won the Eugene meet with 45 points and Kugene was next with 2!);'i. Others were Iiosclnirg, I (i ;1 1 ; Cot tage Grove, IS, and Coquille with 1 H : i . Springfield, district winner last year, placed nine competi tors while Kugene will have five at Coivallis and a relay team. Coivallis Qualities IE District 5: Coi vallis won . tho district meet and qualified Iti men, while second place Albany onalilicd !1 and llarrisburg, i. The three-school delegation was the lowest from any district. District (i: Seappoose won the title Willi 45 points, followed by lleaverlon, Seaside, 24; llills horo, 2(); Astoria, 15; Vei'nonin, 13: Forest tiiov. , 12; Tigaid, SI; SI. Helens, 7; Willamina. "; Til lamnok. 4: t'kilskame. 4. and McMinnville 1 District 7: Salem won the dis trict meet win, 14 men anf ;, lay, with Woodburn, M'ul.illa, I'h.'inawa and Silverton follow ing. District II: Milwaukie topped the field Willi r!l points and quali fied lour; Oregon City was sec 30. 34 i ond Willi 41 and Ullallhcd three lumbia Prep ol Portland was at," rrt with 3i. and oualified 35 Shi1' I'arkrose had 2l;: West .16 Sun " un" quahtied two; (' n 37 Men.- atliolie. Hi'..; Greshain, 13 of uualified two. '38 Wife Jet II: Jefferson 'neat Grant Orainidistrict Idle, point totals Artliuria.ant, 3ii; Jefferson 31; legond ,, Krankhn. ': Tell, !l and Roosevelt, ll. 'iiaiified 10 Grant nun 'its and j I feison ,(s)l ifiers in nine events -.01011 nu uie .Male meet ;yvd on finishing fust oi n a district n.eet. except Pol Hand meet qualified iisl thice men. ilinnnaries will be held next lay and finals Saturday. Hi a . iZZ :.w Qualify Baseball Standings By United Press PACIFIC COAST W. L. Pel. Portland 25 11 .004 Oakland 20 10 .550 San Diego 20 17 .541 Seattle 10 17 .528 Sacramento 10 18 .514 Los Angeles 17 20 .450 San Francisco 15 22 .405 Hollywood 11 25 .300 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Chicago 0. 3 .750 New York 10 5 .fi(i7 Detroit 0 5 .043 Washington 0 8 .52(1 Philadelphia 7 9 .437 St. Louis 5 8 .3R4 Boston 0 10 .375 Cleveland 4 9 .308 NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 12 4 .750 Brooklyn !) 6 .000 Chicago 8 0 .571 St. Louis 8 0 .571 Boston 7 8 .406 Cincinnati B 7 .401 Pittsburgh 0 0 .400 Philadelphia 3 13 .187 MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS LEADING BATSMEN NATIONAL LEAGUE Player G AB R H PC Olmo, Brooklyn.. 15 44 7 10 .400 Nieman, Boston .15 50 15 20 .4(10 O'Brien, Pitt. .14 53 0 20 .377 Oil, New York . 10 50 20 21 .375 Dinges, Phil Ill 05 !) 24 .300 AMERICAN LEAGUE Cliceinello, Chi. 11 38 8 15 .305 Stephens. St. I,. 11 3(i 10 14 .38!) Mayo, Detroit .. 14 54 10 1!) .35'! Case, Wash Hi (12 14 21 .330 Slemweiss, N. Y.15 54 15 18 .333 EGG TRAVELS FAR WARREN, Me. (UP) Mrs. Liudley Wiley was notified an egg she packed a year ago turned op in an army mess ill Belgium. Packaging the eggs for a neigh borhood store, she had written her name and address on one. - I G R K Y 11 O U N D W V S D E V O T t, 10 vQlC IVl I II. A. Decker, Agent ... I J I Saenjawca Annex l'hone -I'J the Woundw j Fzn ro l c. ..a i I i iii i u i i x v lu u a -7, ! La Grande High Wins District Track and Field Meet Pendleton Is By Tigers As Mac-Hi Finishes Third The La Grande high school tigers won the annual Eastern Oregon track and field meet on the local field Saturday after noon by rolling up a total of 45ia points against stiff com petition, the closest of which was from the Pendleton Hucli aroos, who finished second, but 52 points behind the local team. Mac-Hi was a poor third with 22'i points. Other point winners were Ilermiston, 18; Baker, 15; Vale, 14; Adrian, 10; Helix, 8; Nyssa, 7; Athena 7; Echo, 5; Ontario, 2, and Imbler, 1. La Grande placed at least one man in every event except the 440-yard run. One of the outstanding high lights of the meet was the show ing of Lilly of Boardman, who made all his jsppol's points, by winning" the? broad jump and 100 .nd 20 yard dashes. La Grande's vicjory was some thing of a surprise, as Ponelleton had been given better than an even chance to win, but the local lads put on a burst of speed that proved too much for the team that beat thorn out in two meets earlier this season. The scores follow, with com petitors finishing' in the order named. 100-yard dash Lilly, (B); Kel ly (P); Garrison LG); Mulligan (P); Knapp (LG). Time 10.5 sec. 220-yiud dash Lilly (B); Kelly (P); Garrison (LG); Olson (McL); Bragiotli (If). Time 23. sec. 440 yard run Myiick (P); Brinton (Bakor); Poppe (V); Burr McL); Follett (H). 8110-yard run Culp (V); Han kenrider (II); Lamb (Mc); Lee Graham (LG); Wilson (LG). Time 2:00. Mile run Nelson (A); Lemon (Baker); Hendricks (P); Leal Graham (LG); Porter (Mc). Time 4:51. Half-mile relay Pendleton, La Grande. Vale, Baker, Mac-Hi. Time 1:37.2. 220-yard hurdles Ballantyn'e (B); Smythe (LG); Raymond (H); Rowell (He-); Moore (N). Time 25:2. , .in J i i , , 120-yard high hurdles Glass (LG); Raymond (H); Mooro (N) Smythe (LG); McEhath (Mc). Time 10 sec. Shot put Essclstine (E); Kil gore (LG); Sektnan (Me); Sheard (A); Rugg (He). Pole vault Sheard (A); Rundy (LG); Shoemaker (LG); Aichelo (Mc) tic for third. Height 10 ft. 0 in. High jump Elliott (A); Ho shino (P); Mooro (N); Sektnan (Mc); Knapp (LG). Height 5 ft., 0 in. Broad jump Lilly (B); Cox (P); lianimack (V); Ileleman (P); Garrison (LGJ, Distance 20 ft., 11 in. Discuss Smythe (LG); Sekt non (Me); Kelly (P); Rugg (He); Winstrom (Mc) and Byer (Imbler) tied for 5th place. Distance, 120 ft., 5 in. Javelin Myrick (He); Wells (P); Schoono-.vr (He); Goode (O); Ward (LG). Distance 153 ft., 5 in. Note The designation of school by letters in parenthesis shows (II) for Helix and (He) for Ilermiston. Many Slavs Have Roles in Movie Many famous people of the en tertainment world are in the cast of "Hollywood Canteen." now showing at the Liberty theater. Among those who make ap pearances are Eddie Canlor, Jack Henney, the Andrews Sisters. Joan Crawford, Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, John Garfield. Bette Di vis. Joan MeCracken. ane Jane Wyman, and many others. The romantic interest is pro vided by Bob llutlon and Miss Leslie, and Dane Clark and Janis Paige. NURSES Wf- o d k, zZr "Z IUY Wl I0HDS fflrWjl Nosed Out by Close Marg in Beavers Stretch Coast Loop Lead By Twin Victory By United Press Portland's mighty Beavers had a five-game lead in- the Pacific Coast league today, largely at the expense of the lowly Hollywood Stars. , The two clubs have mot 14 times this season with 11 deci sions going to the Beavers. They maintained their mastery over the basement-dwellers yesterday hy annexing both ends of a dou bleheader 7-6, and 10-0. This gave Portland the series, six games to one. Oaks Take Pair The Oakland Acorns, flashing ono of the best pitching staffs in the circuit, climbed into second place by downing the Seattle Rainiers twice, 12-2 and 5-1. The Los Angeles Angels stop ped the San Dii'go Padres, 2-1. in tho first game of their twin bill, but the Padres pleased 9,300 backers by taking the nightcap, 5-4. But the Angels had adge in the. series. a 4-3 Sacramento's Solons pasted the slipping San Francisco Seals in both games; 15-7 and 11-1. Portland runs up against stiff opposition this woek at San Diego, while Oakland visits Los Angules and San Francisco gets a whack at Hollywood. The c-,rr1,,in ...111 U I .. ...:.L i.Ainumt; will uf iuuiiuuu Ul I Willi s.iei.,n,,n nhvlns hnc, , Seattle. Yesterday's stars: Roy Youn kcr of Saeramonto pounded out six hits in eight trips to the plate, including a grand - slam homer in the first game; "Streak" shone of Portland collected six for nine, including a homer, triple and double; Tom Hafey hit his second round-trippor in two days for Oakland; Red Mann racked up his fourth pitching win for Oakland by limiting Seattle to three hits; Ken Hicks of Los An geles won his own. game in the 11 -inning nightcap with San Diego by singling infield off Carl Dumler, ace Padre moundsman. OXYGEN FOR RAPID CLIMB Aviators must take oxygen at lower levels than mountain climbers. The latter ascend more slowly, and their bodies adjust j themselves to the rare-f:od air. Granatin TOiNITE and TUESDAY L'l'waii iiwaw ALL THE THRILLS I YOU CAN STAND! I VApxv Kennedy Comedy News and Sport Heel Sjtrfys wTllIam's j V I CMS ' MARTIN 30,000 wounded men are returning from battle fields every nuinth. Nurses are needed note.' There is no higher service that American women can give their country. Ask the Red Cross today. Overland Greyhound's big war job is carrying America's manpower until complete victory. Then Overland Greyhound will take you in new luxury to sec "This Amaiing America" you worked to keep free. Browns Drop Two To Unpredictable Detroit Tigers NEW YORK, May 7 (UP) The Detroit Tigers, sporting an odd combination of tightwad twirling and a "hit or miss" batting order, where responsible 1oday for a new wartime shortage score board zeros, It's either feast or famine for Iho Bengals, who generally spend their time shutting out the op position or getting shut out. Yes terday it -was tho. opposition that got horse-collared twice. Lefty Hal Newhouser blanked the champion St. Louis Browns with just one hit to win, 3 to 0, and in the second game, Althon Ben ton won his fourth straight game and his second shutout, l to 0. Rookie Blanks Yankees Tight pitching highlighted other games. At Boston, Rookie Dave Ferris of the Red Sox proved his sensational debut last woek was no fluke by blanking the Yankees, 5 to 0, for his sec ond straight shutout. He scat tered seven hits and made two himself. Hank Morowy turned ihe tables for New York, winning the nightcap, 2 to 0, on a five hit job that reduced his earned run average to .50 per game for four victories. Sox Win Twico The White Sox took a firmer hold on first place at Chicago, beating tho Indians twice, 3 to 2, and 0 to 4. Pitcher Ed Lopat gained the first 'victory when Oris Hockett singled home the doubling Wally Moses in the eighth. Emil (Dutch) Leonard, back after being rejoeted from military service, pitched a three-hitter at Washington, beating the Athle tics, 2 to 0, after Philadelphia won the oponcr, 3 to 2, to break a six-game losing trcak. Although he gave up 12 hits, Russ Chris topher went the route for his lourth victory in the opener. The Giants and Dodgers are one-two in tho National lcaiuie J to create a metropolitan mono poly atop the standings. The Giants beat the Braves, 4 to 3. and tied them 1-all at New York in a soven inning second game, called because of rain. . Dodgers Take Pair The amazing Dodgers, tabbed as certain second division limber,- took two at Philadelphia, 7 to 5, and 10 'to- 7. Outfielder Luis01mo got four hits in ooch game, including two doubles and a homer, batting in six runs and scoring three. The world champion St. Louis Cards finally started disporting themselves -in pennant winning style, knocking the visiting Chi cago Cubs out of second place with a double win, 6 to 2, and 5 to 1. Their acos Lefty Max Lanier and big Mort Cooper were the winiK'is, each giving up seven hits for their second vic- Now Thru Wednesday IV Pi LA GRANDE EVENING OHKERVKK Phone 600 Complete Local Reports . Monday, May 7, 19 15 L. A. Pro Is Winner Of California Open FRESNO, Cal, May 7 (UP) George Fazio of Los Angeles, a wiry little guy who was in the navy up to a few months ago, held the California open golf championship today. Fazio won the annual $3,500 classic on the tough Fort Wash ington course yesterday with a 54 hole total of 210, six under par. Army Sgt. Jim Ferrier of the San Francisco Presidio, former Australian open titlist, missed a long putt on the last hole which would have tied the southern Cal ifornia professional. Bill Fritz, San Francisco amateur, and Ray Mangrum, Los Angeles pro, tied for third with 215. Son of War Admiral Wins Tijuana 'Cap TIJUANA, Mex., May 7 (UP) Bric-A-Bac, son of War Admiral, won a surprise victory and set a new track record in the renewal of the $20,000 Tijuana handicap yesterday. The game horse ran the mile and a quarter in 2:02 2-5 yester day, clipping a fifth of a second off the mark set 12 years ago by Gallant Sir. Bric-A-Bac finished three lengths ahead of the favorite, E. B. Johnston's Jury Box, with Mrs. J. B. Burnstcin's Okana third. It was the second track record to be posted at Tijuana this year by Bric-A-Bac. In February he won the mile and one-sixteenth Santa Cruz handicap in 1:42 3-5. tones. Ed Heusser, who has allowed only two runs in thre-3 winning games, gave Cincinnati a 3 to 1 victory at Pittsburgh in the open er. " Tructt (Rip) Sewell coun tered by giving the Bucs a 5 to 1 victory in the second. THIS REMINDS Ml Its the TT is widely recognized by scientists and master brewers that one of the most important factors in making good beer is the natural brewing properties in the water. "It's tbe Water" from our subterranean wells, combined with premium quality grains and hops and the skill of Olympic' master brewers that gives such refreshing, taste and rare good flavor to OLYMMA- America s Original Q BE EH "It's the Watj OLYMPIA BREWING COMPANY Qlynpia, W hington, U.S.A. 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