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Sell! Buy! Lase! The Low Cost . Quickest Way A Classified Ad Will Do It! Phone 600 ctJti ESTABLISHED 1896 LA GRANDE. OREGON WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 16. 1915 FIVE CENTS (UIDCDQ A Community Newspaper For Every Member of the Family Jap S n p 1 . , ' - - , PLEADS FOR HUSBAND S RETURN Mrs. Doris Bernard of San Francisco appealed to Admiral Ki.-.g to obtain a leave for her sailor husband, Y3 C William Bernard, now overseas, before expected death of their 2 '2-year-old son, Jackie, pictured with her. The youngster has developed a lung cancer, rare and al most always fatal in childrcii. Germans to Administer Own Affairs Under Ally Control LONDON, May Hi ,(U1') Prime Minister Churchill said today Hint the Germans will administer their own country under strict allied supervision and supreme headquarters revealed that the regime of Admiral Karl Doenilz the allies. - '- "We have, no, intention or undertaking' the burden of adfhinis- tcving Germany ourselves," Churchill told commons. He spoke as n number of announcements brought the setup in Germany, pres ent and prospective, into its sharpest focus since the Nazi surren der. Gen. D w I g h I Liscnhowcr s headquarters made it plain that the Doenilz setup is being used solely as a tool to expedite the disarmament and demobilization of the German armed forces. Af ter tluU- the high command will be dissolved. , Even now the Doe nilz. regime is nut rccogni.;d as a "government." The allied powers have reach ed general agreement on mili tary control of Germany, but the question of specific occupation zones has not yet been settled. Churchill said. Churchill, replying to questions on the occupation of the rcich, said Britain's policy dovetails with the oveiall plans announced by U. S. Secretary of War Henry L.' Stiinson on Mtiy 11 for Amer ican participation in the military control by the United Stales, Britain, France and Russia. Churchill and members of his war cabinet conferred sepaiately with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery on the military control queslion befoie going to the house. Churchill -intimated in com mons thai the allies will make every effort to avoid a "soft" attitude toward the defeated nazis. Enterprise Marine Wounded in Action A casualty list issued today by the office of war information for the navy department, includes the name of Cpl. George J. Evans of Enterprise, a member of the marine corps, who is listed as having been w ounded in action at an undisclosed place. His wife, Mildred, is a resident of Enterprise. Jurist Selects Aides For Military Trials Of Top German War Criminals WASHINGTON, May 16 (UP) Supreme court Justice Robert If. Jackson, whipping into his duties as chief U. S. prosecutor of war criminals, has chosen llu'c top legal ex perts lo aid himh prepare ami ports to aid him prepaid and ng.iin.-4 leading Axis evildoers. , lie picked thice "experienced trial lawyers " Maj. Gen. Wil liam J. Donovan, chief of the office of strategic scrvivc and former 'assistant attorney' gen eral, Sidney's. Alderman, gen- cru solicitrfT ,(or..U;c Southern railway, ana Assistant Alto) !in.4 Aj.ts! already is under full control of Long Delay Seen In Auto Making WASHINGTON. May 16 (UP) Henry P. Nelson, the govern ment's automobile reconversion chief, said today th;(t present indications are that about 200, 1100 passenger cars will be made Ibis year and 400,000 during the first three months of 1046. As leaders of the' automobile industry gathered today in Wash ington for reconversion talks, the war production board estimated it would take 15 months from the day manufacturers started mak ing passenger cars to reach the pie-war rate of 4,000,000 vehicles a year. In eight months from the time the industry gets a green light civilian cars should be rolling off assembly lines at the "break even" rate, which is 2,000,000 annually, WPB said. These estimates were an nuuncvl as conferences began with the industry on problems expected to arise in partial re conversion, which may come this summer. Polygamists Start Terms in Prison SALT LAKE CITY, May 16 (UP) Fifteen male polygam isls, with a combined total of 55 wives and 287 children, today began prison terms ranging from one to five years. They filed through the gates of Utah stale prison laic yesterday after third district court judge J. Allen Crockett denied a writ of habeas corpus from sentences imposed May 20, 1044, on charges of illegal cohabitation. ney General Francis M. ShfS to aid him in preparing and trying the eases. Once U. S. charges against Nazi criminals are drawn up here. Jackson and his staff will proceed to Europe where they will present this nation's caie before an international military tribunal yet to be estabIu;hQV Once such a tribunal u upon, a group of be 5 and 50 Nazi leaders. agreed twien ineiiidini? Hermann Gopr'inu. will be tried. Hcinrich Himm- ; j l;.. ...;n u 1C1 , 11 iii;iuivu ciivi, win included. Fighting In Europe Is Ended LONDON, May 16 (UP) All German resistance on land had ceased today one week after the reich's capitulation and the number of U-boats surrendering to the allies wns increasing al most hourly. ' ,' Nearly 50, German, submarines already had put into allied ports on both sides of the Atlantic or had surrendered at sea to allied warships. The last German ground resist ance in Europe wns crushed by the Yugoslav army. Marshal Tito announced that his third army had surrounded and compelled German and pro-Nazi Ustachi forces in the upper Dravn valley to capitulate after a violent three day battle. The Soviet high command re ported succintly in what may be its last communique of the Euro pean war: "The rounding-up of captured German officers and men on all fronts has been concluded." TRIESTE SITUATION TENSE TRIESTE, May 16 (UP) Yugo slav troops were reported with drawing from the Italian border area west of the Isonzo river to day, but the situation inside Tri este remained tense as Marshal Tito's partisans patrolled the city within full view of a ncwly-ar- rived British naval squadron. British eighth army officers said they had received formal notice that Tito had ordered his men back to the casUsidc of the Isonzo, effective at noon today. in an effort to ease the troubled situation .created by the Yugo slav occupation of Trieste, Go rizia and the disputed border area. Alliod Demand Ignored Tito's order apparently was not connected with the latest Anglo American diplomatic note asking the Yugoslavs to withdraw from the entire frontier zone, pending a definitive settlement of (he dis pute at the forthcoming peace conference. The note apparently still was unanswered late today and the Yugoslavs retained their firm grip on Trieste, but there were indications that the British and Americans were preparing to take action if Tito's reply proved unsatisfactory. British cruisers and destroyers steamed into the harbor of Tri este yesterday while American heavy bombers thundered over head. Truman Gets 'Bin Three' Pointers From Elliott Roosevelt WASHINGTON, May 16 (UP) President Truman, eager for an early big three meeting, to day sought Information about past international conferences from two first-hand sources Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt and Mrs. Annn Bocttlger. Gen. Roosevelt attended the Teheran and Casablanca confer ences with his father, the late President Roosevelt, and Mrs. Bocttigcr was tit Yalta. The brother and sister were scheduled to call at the White House today. White House Press Secretary Charles G. Moss said Roosevelt had placed himself at the piesi dent's service al Truman's spe cial request. Baseball Results AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Chicago pustpon cd, rein. Philadelphia t Detroit post poned, rein. KATIOBAJU LEAGUE St. Iiouis B'tsl'in IT IIIMlltKh. Bycrly, lmnclly and Otiea: Tohin, HiV-hioc? Barrett iand Masi. Pittsburgh ... Brooklyn Gtrhauscr and Owen. Cincinnati ... 1 5 I 3 0fl 2 Salkeld; Gregg W 2 7 0 a a i .-ind Lakcm.'Ui; and Philadelphia Hcusser, Fox Bacutl and Mancuso. Diplomas To Be Awarded Youths In Service at Commencement of La Grande High School Tonight The general public has been invited to attend the commencement exercises at 8 o'clock Wcdnesday.night in the high school auditorium when 113 seniors of La Grande nigh will be graduated. The lower floor will be reserved for parents of the graduates, but the gallery will be open to the public. Rex PUtnam, state superintend ent of higher education, will de liver the main address, . and scholarship announcements and presentation of the class will be made by Principal Ralph E. Jones. Claude Berry, chairman of La Grande school board, will present the diplomas. j Invocation will be said by Rev. Floyd E. White, pastor of the Fit street Methodist church, and benediction by Rev. R. E. Stanr Icy Hunt, pastor of the First Bap tist church. . ; The high schcol orchestra will play processional and recession al. Musical numbers on the pro gram will be "Prayer Perfect" and "Who Is Sylvia" by the girls' sextette, and a violin solo, "Ro mance," played by Irvin Wright. 24 Graduates In Service Twenty-four boys in the armed services will be graduated .with their class tonight, and though they will not be present, their diplomas will be presented to their parents. - Thay are Wesley Ayars, Wil liam E. Bailie, William F. Bailey, John Bccson, Ronald Brazcau, Erwin H. Carpenter, Robert H. Carey, Harold J. Courtney, Charles DeFries, Tom Dunbar, Dual Eldridge, Arinond Emmons, Fred Kaup, John Marrs, Charles F. Marshall, Larry Ovcrbsrg, Peter G. Russell, Robert E. Shep herd, Gerald S. Sherwood, Ray Shinsel,, Walter W. Smith, Lucien Whealy, Jerry A. Cantrell, arid Sec LA GRANDE . . . Page 5 Doughboys Meet Bitter Resistance In Mindanao Fight MANILA, May 16 (UP) The island of Mindanao was 90 per cent liberated . today but Ameri can doughboys cleaning up tin last Japanese pockets were lock ed in some of the deadliest hand-lo-hand fighting of the Pacific war around Davao city. American and Japanese sol diers slugged it out tee to toe w ith bayonets, rifle butts, and even fists as enemy resistance reached its final, desperate stage. The remaining Japanese troops were mostly trapped in the hills of the central interior between American forces advancing from north and south. On Li(:on, the rain'y season has began and troops battling for Ipo dam fought their way for ward through torrential rains and sticky mud. Vinson Is Given Food "Czar" Status WASHINGTON, May 16 ( UP) Congressional sources said to day that President Truman has made War Mobilizcr Fred M. Vinson virtual food "czar" ond had directed him to work out a program designed to end charges of administration bungling in the meat situation. These sources aid Vinson will order payment of direct sub sidies lo cattle feeders and an increase in subsidies for packers in a drastic effort to alleviate the meat shortage. Japs End Lives Att German Sub Crew Surrenders WASHINGTON, May 16 (UP) Admiral Jonas H. In gram, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, revealed that a 1,600-ton German submarine headed for Japan. MiiTcndcrrd on Sunday with three high luflwaffe 'generals and two dead Japanese aboard. . Ingrain said that the subma rine surremtored 500 miles cast of Newfoundland. Charts and aviation equip ment of the German air force were found in the sub. The two Japanese it is not known whether they were ci vilian or military military per sonnelhad committed hnra kiri. Jap Defenses On Okinawa Costly To Marine Forces GUAM, May 16 (UP) Weary marines of the sixth division bat tled Ihrough'a hell of mortar and shell fire- within 1,000 yards of the' center of Naha, rubble-heaped capital of Okinawa, today. They were fighting house to house through the capital In bloody no-quarlcr combat. Ma rine vanguards already had forced the Asato river, bisecting the city, but a murderous ruin of enemy fire still cut down re inforcements crossing the stream. Japanese troops savagely coun terattacked marines of the sixth division near Dakeshi Monday night, front reports disclosed to day. ;' , The ' counterattack decimated two marine companies, and the position of the leathernecks be came so desperate that cooks, butchers, and bakers wore called into the combat' line, before the enemy attack slackened, The- Inland citadel of Shuri and east coast port of Yonabura also were under siege along the five-mile front- across the south ern tip of Okinawa. The first marine division fought toward Shuri from the north west. .... Yonabura was attacked by the 96th infantry division after it beat off. an enemy counter-attack in the.viciniay of newly-captured Conical hill. A new Japanese attempt the second within a week to land troops behind the American lines near- Machinato airfield, five miles north of Naha, was broken up by naval gunfire. Moscow Demands Noose For Nazis LONDON, May 16 (Ul1) '''Ill Moscow radio, joining the clamor over purported coddling of cap lured -German leaders, said to day that the "only fit way of dealing with such criminals is the hangman's noose." Indignation mounted in London with disclosure that Willi Messer schmitl was living in luxury and comparative freedom in a pleas ant residential district of London, the city his planes helped to wreck, British newspapers said. An English language broadcast from Moscow denounced the in terviewing of Reichsmarshul Her mann Gocrlng by allied corres pondents. The radio said it was like talking to "a murderer who has just killed a child and is still carrying a blood -covered hat chet." Aftr'r prescribing the hang man's noose for "such criminals," the broadcaster attacks a Flens burg radio report that the Ger mans had some control ovei themselves. Destroyer Escort Lost In Atlantic WASHINGTON, May 16 (UP) The destroyer escort Frederick C. Davis was sunk recently by enemy submarine in the Atlantic with heavy casualties, the navy announced today. The navy said nrxt of kin of casualties have been informed. The vessel, which carried u nor mal complement of 200 men. dis placed 1200 tons and was 306 feet long. This brings to 308 the number of U. S. warships lost from all causes in this war. La Grande Prisoner Of Germans Freed Mrs. Grace Helen Kiswlhurgh has receurd a tel.'gram from her husband. Capt. A. James Kissel burgh, jr., through the Red Cross, notifying her of his liberation from a German prison camp. Captain Kissclburgh, pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress and squad ron commander, was Rhot d:wn over Regcnsburg, Germany, Feb ruary 25, 1U44. Nip Pilots Flee Yank Navy Men WASH IN(;TON. Miv ' (HI') A "very great force" of more than 50U Superfort resses has struck again at Nagoya, Japan's principal air craft production center, the 20th air force announced to day. It was another fire bomb attack, similar to the one on Sunday that burned out large areas of Nagoya. GUAM, May 16 (UP) Preliminary reports indicated today that American carrier aircraft neutralized 19 suicide-plane bases in southern Japan at least temporarily in a shattering two-day air as sault Sunday and Monday. The Ameiican navy planes de stroyed or damaged 284 and pos sibly 357 Japancco plans and wrecked airfield installations on Kyushu ond Shikoku islands, Pucific fleet headquarters an nounced. Jap Strength Weakens The attack brought a sharp duction in Japanese suicide-piano raids on American ships and ground forces on Okinawa. Only 35 enemy planes leached the em battled island on the first day of the strike. Since then, only a handful of Japanese aircraft have appeared. The carrier-based assault was announced while detailed results of Monday's record Superfortress attack on Nagoya, Japan's, big gest aircraft manufacturing cen ter, were awaited. Admiral Chester W. Nimiliz in dicated 'the carrier raids were the heaviest on Japan since the March 18 battle of the inland sea. About It) American planes were lost and one major American fleet unit was damaged by counter-attacking Japanese planes. U.idio Tokyo said the task force turned south yesterday. ABOARD ADMIRAL CLARK'S FLAGSHIP, May 1(1 (UP) Car rier pilots returning from devast ating attacks on Japanr.se air fields and military installations said today the United Stales con trols the air ov-::r Japan. Supporting this opinion was Hear Admiral James (Jocko) Clark's stalemcnl that most-used Japanese maneuver in the skies is "running like hell." "The Japs are amazing poop' :," said Clark. "They use '.ricks, such a s sneak attacks and sui cide pianes, but Ihey run from our mass attacks. We have to g.i in and dig them out lo kill thorn." Lt. Cmdr. Marshall U. Deebe, Siattlo, Wash., commander of a carrier fighter squadron, aid his planes swept over Japan at will. He said his men had no fear of enemy pilots, who ho described as "inferior and scared." Former La Grande Soldier Killed Mrs. Klina I'.ateheloi of Hoi mis ton has bei n advir -d by the war department that her son, I'fc. Woodrow nalchelor, formerly of La Grande, was killed in action on Luzon on April 26. He was well known in La Grande anil has been in the ser vice since Oclobi r 12, 1042. lie leaves tlx? following, broth ers and sisters: Mrs. il.essie Kiiapp and Mrs. Helhel Aekli yof La Grande; Girrie and V. I,. liatelielor of II e r in i s ton, I'fc. i Lloyd Hateh'-lor in the army in New Orleans, Mrs, Thehna llran j non, Loiigview, Wash., Mi s. Heu lab Lovely, Sweeth Home, On1., aqd Mrs. Capilola Melntyre, Luke Onon, Mich. filant In Powdrr Plant Kills Foreman TACOMA, Wash , May lli (lll'l One man was killed in an cai Ih.'liaking blast that demol ished the glaze mill in Ihr black povder plant of the K. I. Dupopt company 15 miles soulli of Ta coina today. O n Archie 15. Fleming, 62, Taeomn foreman of till: plant, was killed instantly ja.lhc blast wbVm he re ported for work one JJvur before the regular shift to start plant operations. There were no other casualties. Cove Is First Community In County to Reach 7th War Loan Campaign Quota First community in Union, county to reach its 7th war loan quota, the city of Cove today reported sales of E bonds in excess of its entire quota of $2!,r00. J. 13. Mills, chairman of the campaign in Cove, reported to W. C. Perkins, county war finance committee chairman, that sales in Cove to this morning aggregated $26,000, all in E bonds, and that he expects to increase these sales to $30,000. in the next few days. Community Repeats In becoming the fitst commun ity to go over Its quota in the 7th war loan campaign, Cove re peated its 6th war loan achieve ment, having been the first to report more than its sales quota within u few hours after 4ho drive started. Meanwhile, progress was re ported in other communities and in La Grande, but no specific figures were avuilablc pending a complete check-up of the various groups at work on the drive to sell $741,000 in E bonds to in dividuals in the county. The current campaign is being aimed especially ut individuals who have surplus money, and emphasis is being laid on the campaign among farmers and others who may have money laid away in bank accounts or other depositories pending the time Ih-Dy moy be able to utilize It for capital investments such as the erection of new buildings, mach inery purchases and similar in vestments such as the erection of new buildings, machinery pur chases and similar investm-mf, or for the erection of purchase of new homes, or improvements lo existing housing. It has been pointed out by leaders of the war bond drivo that Investment of these Idle funds now in bonds will tend to curb inflationary tendencies and at the same time help provide tho materiel for speeding the war against Japan. Registration Will Close Next Week For Special Poll County Clerk C. L. Graham to day wari:?d voters that they have only until ti p.m. next Tuesday to register for the special elec tion June 22 at which two lax proposals will be voted upon. He said cards also have been sent to voters who did not vol: at either election in 11144, and unless tin y are. lelurned to his flice immediately it will be necessary for tl.o electors to re register for the special election. One proposal on the June 22 ballot is for creation of a $10, 000,000 stale educational and in stitutional building fund, and the other would authorize a tax' of 2 cents on each package of cigarels sold or given away in the stale, the receipts, above a maximum of $5,001) for adminis tration, to go to the stale school support fund. Graham anounced thai regin liation rcqtiircmciils are six months residence in the state, lie said any person who will become 21 years of age on June 21 may register before May 22 lo vole :n the special election. Britain Continues to Draft Men Under 30 LONDON, Mav Ifl (UP) Lalioi Minister Kinest Itevin announced today lhar Hritain will demobil ize almut 750,000 servicemen this yiar but will continue conM-ript-ing men up to 30 years of age in order to maintain her armed for ces for the war auiiinst Japan. Germans Appeal To U. S. Authorities; For Permits to Escape Russ Control i NAUMBERf I, Geimaiiy, May It) (IIP) Hiindieds of Ger mans and displaced Latvians in Ihis ri fug' e pai ketl town ar- pleading with American' military government aulhuri lie); fur perihuoiiitn to trinvt) westward beyond the lino IhrV believe will make the linit).lt; Russia's orcilplitum (mr. Ciipt. Vei'nim MurCay, iyV)il ia, Walla. Wash..fmiliiivv imv- ernoifern this sector lidO) co-respondents the Diin(bJ r oW'O- pic seeking trniMt) permitsMvas Compromise Clears Way For Work On Security Charter SAN FRANCISCO, May M(J (UP) United States and X-ntlri American leaders today put the finishing touches on their 'com promiEO formula for the bother some regional arrangements problem a compromise reach ed only after the personal inter: vcntlon of President Truman, i The Latin Americans, It was learned, accepted the formula for bringing the inter-American security Into the framework of the world organization only al ter President Truman, through Secretary of State Edward H. Sttetinius, jr., promised to under take negotiation of a peacetime treaty to replace the wartime act of chapullcpcc. : ., .,;'; ' . The compromise still lackr. approval of Soviet Russia. -J-i drel A. Gromyko, Russiar bassudor to Washington, a" head of his country s d' at this United Nations co . it, awaiting word fron , before giving his forr Britain, China and understood to have''' - the plan, however, i, of the Latin Amerlc j Tentative settlomor- 4i gional problem, whll mied conference prouj oays, cleared the waj lively quick drafting of' . tor for the proposed W ganizalion and leaders a June 1 us a possible adjoul deadline for the conference, House Group For Lower Tariff Plan WASHINGTON, May 10 (UP) The administration today won the first round of its fight far more liberal tariff-making powt era. The house ways and means committee approved a reciprocal trade bill carrying additional au thority to reduce import duties. The committee voted 14 to II against Republican amendments lo extend the reciprocal trade law for only one or two years. The committee-approved admln islralion bill calls for a inioe year extension. '; By the same vote, the commit--lee approved the dispu'ed provi sion authorizing the negotiation ef agreements culling tariff duties a maximum of 50 per cent below present levels. " GETS PULLMAN JOB . CHICAGO, May Ifl (UP) Pull man, Inc., anounced today that Steve Early, former assistant (jo President Franklin D. Roosevelt, has been elected a vice-president, effective June 1. Weather " Data for 24 hours to 7 a. in. . TcmiKM aUtre: -V MaiilmurA 59 tv Minimum 40 ." Precipitation JS Forecast: Partly cloudy, show on tonight and Thursday. increased considerably in thte past two weeks. C. Most of the would-be trave lers are asking to be sent to the Ilhineland west of Kussel. Ana Ihey ire being told to stay' Wlif' the are, regardless of whether Russian or American, CdMia iMcupy this territory' Wftil) tb9 filing) readjustment of Alrhinistrativo boundaries (Ut) mfldpr - 'flMj can't let them shift' about just bccai they do nol: like the thoiighlVf Russian op' citio s. Murray. ,
