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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1945)
? I i" ,1 I'M i'l (.1 I: i 1, 1 ll I i'age Two THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORKfJON Monday, May 14, 1945 Slash Ordered In Lend-Lease To Britain, Russia WASHINGTON, May 14 (UP) More big lend-lease cuts, in cluding a slash of nearly 50 per cent In U. S. war aid to Britain, were in prospect today following curtailment of the bulk of this country's $300,000,000 a month shipments to Russia. At the same time some top U. S. officials were said on good au thority to believe the drastic cut In lend-lease to the Soviet Union might figure In relaxing the stalemate in the Polish situation. Though the Russian curtail ment' assertedly was based 801611 on the fact that Russia is no long er a fighting allyv it was said to demonstrate a willingness on this country's part to be "tough." This, it was felt might further convince Soviet Marshal Josef Stalin that the U. S. will not yield to Russian wishes in regard to Poland. ' ' Russia Is eager to win rccogni tion for the Soviet-sponsored Po lish government now installed In Warsaw, while British and the U. S. are insisting that the gov ernment must first be recognized In line with the Yalta agreement. President Truman is ejtpocted to make an announcement on Russian lend-lease shortly. Foreign Economic Adminis trator Leo T. Crowley said "new shipments to Europe" have been halted except those destined for countries still fighting Japan or those where lend-lease would aid redeployment of American arm ed forces. tail : . M LABOR'S CHOICE Tho American Federation of La bor's Teamsters' union has In dicated their President Daniel Tobin, above, as their choice to succeed Secretary of Labor Perkins should she resign.' Scholarships Are Of fered Physical Therapy Candidates .Mrs. George Hulchison today announced scholarships will be made available to qualified per sons who desiie to go into train ing to become physical therapists to treat infantile paralysis vic tims. 'The national foundation for in fantile paralysis has appropriated $1,267,000 for training these spe cialists, whose tuition, mainen ance and incidental expenses will be paid by the foundation while they attend approved schools of physical theapy. To qualify applicants must be graduate nurses, graduates of a school of physical education or have completed two years of col lege training including courses in biology and other basic sciences. Complete information may be obtained from Eugene W. Hall, 608 Park Building, Portland, 5. Imbler Graduates To Get Diplomas Tomorrow Night Ray F. Hawk of Portland, direc tdr of research and field service for the Oregon State Teachers' associatiin, will be the principal sneaker at commencement exer cises of the Imbler high school at 8:15 p. m. tomorrow in Wade hall. His subject will be "There Will AlwayB be an America." The exorcises will open with invocation by J. S. Lloyd, and will include a vocal solo by Shir ley Hibberd, accompanied by Mrs. Andrew Paroz, who also will play the processional and reces siunal. Student speakers are Elva Mc Kinnis, salutatorinn, and Shirley Wilson, valedictorian. Awards will be presented by Superintendent Albert Hopkins and diplomas by Claude Hale, chairman of the school board, John Couzens, president of the graduating class will make the response. Benediction will be by Leonard Billing3. tils Find it Hard to Obey ISaia On Fraternizing with Enemy FAMED ACES FREED LONDON, May 14 (UP) Lt. Col. Francis S. Gabreski of Oil City, Pa., and Col. Hubert Zemke of Missoula, Mont., two of Amer ica's most famous aces of the European war, have been liberat ed from a German prison camp, it was announced today. By TOM WOLF WITH THE NINTH ARMY, Germany (NEA) From a purely military point of view the most difficult aspect of the occu pation of Germany is the prn fraternizatbn policy. The Linger we stay in Germany, the more difficult it's going to become. Strictly speaking, the non-fraternization rule prohibits any and all dealings with civilians from smiling at youngsters on the street or u "Guten Morgen" to the local burgomeister to more ro manlic relat': iships. To make sure that every sol dier knows about this rule and has no opportunity to forget it, the army has put on its most elaborate educational campaign of the war to date. Dozens of times daily the armed forces net work sandwiches a couple of plugs in between regular ; radio programs: "Jerry's home folks his father, mother, sister and cute baby brother are Just as German as he Don't be a sucker. Dont fraternize." ' ' ! ' Hourly Rominders Hourly time 'signals are deco rated with such ' reminders as "The time is noon. Time to re member that Germans think kind ness to an enemy is ' weakness. Do not let them think we are weak. Don't fraternize." '' The GIs arc read lectures on keeping away from Germans al most us often as they're Tead the articles of war which Is very often. One division has vied with the next to think up striking trick ways of reminding men not to slip. The 84th Division, for ex ample, begins and ends all non official notices: "Be wise don't fraternize." Since enforcement of the non fratornizntion rule is a command, responsibility and penalties for infringements vary widely be tween the divisions. Some soldiers have been fined as little as $65. Sume, of a different division, who were found gullty of the same vi olation have been sentenced to dishonorable discharge and two years at hard labor.- One of the difficulties in en forcing the rule at first was the belief that many German girls were purposely encouraging ro mantic GIs in order to cry rape and get tho soldier court-martialed and perhaps sentenced to death. Even if the rape charge was disproved the soldier was heavily penalized for violating Hie non-fraternization rule. Cases took the lime of investi- 1 2 i. Loose body bolts in an auto mobile often develop a poise that may be mistaken for an engine knock. The strictly-business attitude of this American sergeant giving directions in a battle-wrecked German city is typical of our army's dealings with enemy civilians. Friendlier association brings penalties ranging from fines to discharge and prison. gators in the court-martial and soldiers involved. And if the sol dier was found guilty he was out of combat for feme time just as much of a casualty as if he had been machine-gunned. At first, too, there was some confusion as tc whether the Ger man who fraternizes is guilty of breaking a rula and therefore li able to punishment. SHAEF re cently cleared up this question by pointing out that the whole idea of the non-fraternization rule is to show the Germans that we scorn them and have no desire to associate with them. Therefore, the rule has nothing to do with the Germans and they cannot be punished for their nat ural desire to associate with us their conquerors. The Germans, used to the nazl practice of forcing prostitution on women of occupied countries, as yet don't get the idea of non-fraternization at all. It's not uncom mon for mothers to attempt to hide their daughters in the belief that otherwise the girls would be taken for army brothels of which the American army has none. WAVES Sought in La Grande Area Reopening of tho WAVES to unlimited enlistment of women betwen the ages of 20 and 30 years is .announced by Rives Waller of the navy recruiting sta tion in Baker wljich serves this area. He said the navy is seeking 2,000 more Waves monthly to ex pedite the war againiit Japan, many for assignment to the navy hospital corps in which they will serve as technicians. Full information may be ob tained by writing Chief Special ist Waller at the postoffice build ing, Baker. V 1 tmm fgy Award of the air metal to Lt. Richard W. Moore, pilot of a car rier based naval fighting plane, is announced by the headquarters of the 13th naval district in Seattle. He is the son of the late Dr. C S. Moore and Mrs. Mabel Moord of La Grande and the husband of Mrs.Betty Lou Moore of Chula Vista, Calf. The medal was awarded for his part in battling Japanese forces on Attu in the Aleutians. The citation accompanying his award says in part: "Lieutenant Moore courageously and with ag gressive determination pressed home repeated accurate, effective strafing and glide bombing at tacks on hostile positions, con tributing materially to the suc cessful captule and occupation of Auu. ' Assignment of Pc. Maxine Pet erson of La Grande to duty as a flight control clerk at Westover Field, Chicopee Falls, Mass., is announced in a communication from that base, where she was transferred from Mitehel Field, N. Y. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Peterson of La Grande, she was employed toy the army sig nal corps in Anchorage, Alaska,, prior to enliting in the WAC in March, 1943. Official Records Building Permits George Cox, repair a one and one-half story frame dwelling, 2203 north Fir street, $500. midshipman training at North western university, and later at tended the tactical radar school at Hollywood, Fla. He also saw service at Miami, Fla. Lt. Williamson wears the American and Eui'opLun-Afi'ican-middlo eastern theater ribbons, His patents are Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Williamson of 1012 Oak street. He was graduated from the University of Oregon in 1943. Tech. Sgt. Isaac Shafer, jr., is here on furlough from Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Shaf er of Island City and his sisters, Mrs. Charles Goodwin, Mrs. Ned Jones and Mrs. George Courtney. Staff Sgt. Virgil Sanderson has written his wife in La Grande, that he is now in Eng land. Sgt. Sanderson was eva cuated by hospital plane from Germany to Paris and then to England, and he states that all the men are receiving excellent medical care. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Conner have received a telegram from their son, Lt. David Conner, who has been held in a German prison camp, stating that he is well, had not been ill while confined and hopes to be home soon. The camp Lt. Conner was in was liberated April 29, and this is the first direct word his fam ily has had from him since then. Today We Pay Tribute to Lawrence Shaffer, 20, navy seaman first class, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shaffer of Island City. He now is in the Pacific area and also served in Asia, Middle East, Europe and North Africa. Before entering the navy May 25, 1943, he was em ployed by the railroad here. His wife, the former Beatrice Hayes, and their son, Larry Lee, live on rural route No. 1, La Grande. If Oil 0 M I M I I I O I I A I DIPOll He's saving money for my college by buying War Bonds, and hanging onto them too! But he says that he knows what to do In case we need money in a hurry sometime when tho family budget gets out of balance or an emergency comes up-like the time Granny was sick. He says we can borrow at the First National Bank! My Pop says borrowing from a bank is good business and that it doesn't cost as much that way. 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