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Fighting A War Is Not All Shooting Materiel Ranges from Anchors to Zinc TACOMA. :Wash., May II) (UP) It takes a lot of tilings besides bullets nod battleships to keep the navy punching -in the Pacific. Following the first press tour of the new 290-acre U. S. naval advance base depot at Tacoma, newsmen realized that wars are also fought with pencils and potato peelers, refrigerators and electric flat-irons. .'. The depot supplies sea-bees in the Pacific theater with construc tion equipment ranging from four-penny nails to. 40-ton derricks equipment for holding beachheads In initial operations and later for establishing permanent ports, bases and airfields. . ' Commanded by Capt. R, P. Five Get Diplomas At Exercises of Cove High School , COVE, May 18 (Special) Five seniors of the Cove high school received diplom?s at graduation exercises Wednesday evening at which the principal address was presented by Ray F. Hawk of Portland, rc)jc:vch director for the Oregon state teachers' asso ciation. Hawk's subject was "There Will Always Be An America. ' The graduates were Rhoda Lloid, Verna Towlc, Mncclla Neiger, Marie Kight and Floyd Robinson. Scholarships Awardad Harry E. Dawson presented variuus awards as follows: Mills memorial, for good citizenshipi Ilhbda Lloid; best average schol arship, Verna Towle; outstanding scholarship achievement, Rhoda Lloid and Floyd Robinson; Carl Gray scholarship for 4-H club work, Verna Towle; Eastern Ore gon college scholarship) Rhoda Lloid.. ! Scholarships also were award cd to Eltla Mae and Roy Chil ders, who' were graduated last year. The program opened with ex ercises for eighth grade students, for whom Marilyn Puckett and LaVernc Lbree were salutatorian and ' valedictorian, respectively. Mrs. Daisy Ronne presented their diplomas. Jacklyn Slareo and Clarice Conklin playod the pro cessional and recessional, and the invocation was given by Rev. Eva Brown.... Verna Towle and Rhoda Lloid were salutatorian and valedictor ian, respectively for the . high school class, and diplomas were presented by Lee Childers. Miss es Towle and Neiger presented "In A Monastery Garden", as a two-piano, .number . and "In , the Heart of the Hills"' was present ed by Bertrand Wardell, Thomas Towle, Louis Lantz and Ernest Brunson, accompanied by Mrs. Dean Towle. RATION CALENDAR Processed Foods: Book 4 Blue stamps H2 through M2 valid through- June 2, , Blue stamps N2 through 82 valid - through June 30, Blue stamps T2 through valid through July 31. Blue stamps Y2; Z, Al, Bl, CI valid through UgUSt 31. ; ';' , Meat, Butter, Fats, Cheesei Book 4 Red stamps Y5 -hrough D2 valid through June 2. Red stamps E2 through J2 valid through June 30. Red stamps K2 through P2 valid through July 31. Red stamps Q2 through U2 valid through August 31. Sugar: Book 4 Sugar stamp 35 valid through June 2, Sugar stamp 36 valid through August 31. . Shoes: Loom stamps invalid. Book 3 Airplane stamps 1-2-3 now valid. New stamp valid Aug. 1.. Gasoline: Coupons not valid un less endorsed: "A" 15 coupons expire June 21. Slorss Apply local board for oil, gas stove certificates. Wood, Coal, Sawdust: Delivery by priorities based on needs. Fuel Oit:';-' Period 1-2-3-4-5 coupons valid through August 31. Not more than 93 per cent of season's ra tion's should have been used to date. Wasia Paper: Bundles ni npwsnnnpre and magazines may be left at the storage depot, 1106 Jefferson ave. PANY NEVER SUSPECT CAUSE TH Old Treatment Often Kings Happy Relief MtDf nfftrm relieve aufing batki'b cjuitlly, once tliy discover that t h real cautt U tbeir trouble rtuy b tired LnJocyf. The kidnevi arc Natural chief way tf tit Id tUeireaa -! and wait out of tdebV 1 it 'r V"' tttftcpaMabowtS pmta tday. f'fefeunuuta latter to reoiain ia ymir bl-x!. it rtuw Usgfin: ha KsVhe, rheuiuallc l.ftina.kg pains, kna c4 pep ami enrrcr, fri line un tiicliU, aWlifi, purliiiew urxter tt yrw, fawljfhes ami limine. Frequent or M-anty raiKtfa ,th am at Unit '" Ii'irnin 'tueuruea atmara there ia auUieUung wtoo yur ki-iaeya or bhvhler. . .7" "' A,lc ',r nit 1W Dmd IiU'.UflediurrwMK br imlli..ua lt-r ovt-r -li) Trra. I beVYTW flippy rrlirf uul w ili help the li biUea i4 keihey tubea ti wti out poiMuow tc ir&ta j-attf tlcod. Uu Io-a'a lMla, Carlson, the multi-million dollar project is the only one of its kind in the northwest and oho of such depots in the United States. With the exception of 10 naval officers, the staff of some 2,800 employes consists entirely of civilian per sonnel. . Supplies Widely Varied "Every ounce of material ex cept food, ordnance and clothing used by Sea-Bees in the Pacific poms through '.this installatibn or its sister-depot at Port Hue nme, Calif.," Alex Jonsson, pro ject manager, said. . "Materials flow into the depot from manufacturers throughout the country and then are tran shipped from here by rail and boat. to the fighting areas." Under normal operations, some 30,000 tons of material valued at more than $10,000,000 passes out of the depot in a single month, Jonsson said. He admitted that since V-E day, operations have stepped up to a point nearly dou ble that figure. The vast expanse of the instal lation is stacked high with all materials essential to setting up permanent bases on conquered islands huge piles of cut-to-fit lumber for pier construction, mountains of pontons and milos of pipe, wire and cable. One section contains row after row of ships' anchors weighing up to 12 tons and endless coils of anchor chain. Vehicles Get Tests Another area is, blanketed with an assoitment of motor vehicles ranging from long ranks of Red Cross-marked ambulances to pug-hosed bull dozers. Al though the vehicles come directly from factory astombly lines, each one. is run through a grueling icst before' being shipped over seas, Jonsson explained. "We can and do handle com plete equipment for building fair sized communities from the ground up," he said in summary, "some 5,000 separate items are included in our stockpile." Jonsson expressed the opinion that despite the war shift to the Pacific; the-eastern advance base depots at Gulfporl, Miss., and Davisville, R. I., will continue to play their present vital roles. . "That prediction is based part ly on the fact that the port of New" York City alone has three times the shipping facilities of the entire west coast," he ex plained. "Still, that too may change. We've done a lot of things considered impossible when the Japs hit Pearl Harbor." Church to Sponsor Girl Scout Troop An organization meeting of a Girl Scout troop, to be sponsored by the Catholic church, will be held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday in the Catholic rectory. All moth ers are invited. This troop will include girls from the fourth, fifth, sixlh and seventh grades. Literature con cerning the activities of the Girl Scouts will be distributed to the children at the two-week sum mer school session conducted yearly by the church. Aroostook county, Maine, nor mally grows about one-ninth of the entire potato crop of the United States. IV RED o- cancm I Distributed by COLUMBIA DISTRIBUTING CO. 1 10 N, W. Second Avanua, Portland, Oragon Idamary Prouty Becomes Bride of Capt. W. O Kurtz Announcement is being made here of the wedding of Mjss Ida mary Prouty,. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Prouty of Lu Grande,- and Capt. William O, Kurtz, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L, Kurtz of Adrian, May 9 in Cald well, Idaho. . '.' ', a. The service was read oy Rev. John Anderson before a flower banked fire place in his homo. The ' couple was unattended. The bride wore a street length aqua mesh dress with a white bridal hat and matching acces sories completing her attire. Her only adornment was a wrist watch, a gift from Kurtz. ; The wadding ring was one worn by the bride's great great grandmother and later by her grandmother. . Those ; in attendance . at the ceremony . included the bride's and groom's parents, an aunt, Marjorie Prouty of Weiser, Ida ho; Mrs. . Carrie McLaughlin, Boise, grandmother of the bride' groom; Joyce Kurtz,' his sister, and the John Anderson family. : Mrs. Kurtz graduated from the La Grande high school and East ern Oi'PBun colleno. CaDtaln Kurtz attended the University of Montana and Eastern Oregon col lege. He returned on May 6 from two years in Africa and Italy. Tha newly weds will report in Santa Monica, Calif., on June 1, where Kurtz will report for re assignment. ' Girls Entertain ; Mothers at Scout : Troop Program Girl Scouts i ." Hoop No. 1 en tertained . at a Mothers, tea ' at their meeting lust night, in the college room ." of the . Christian chinch. A coinage was present ed to each mother. Mrs. W. J. 5' lodgrass, Mrs. T, E. Conrad, Flo.'inn Beeson and Mrs. C. H..Crrag'!, members of the troop committee, poured. Marjorie I'll was chairman of the program committee. School Days, and Daisi'-s. two skits, were presented by Itavcrly Gragg and Alice Dockwcilcr, and a guitar solo, "Juanita, ' was played by Marie Pratt. Thelma and Max- ine Marquis, Margaret Greene! Phyllis Jean DeLong and Ruth Gragg sang "Mother. The room v. is decorated with lilacs. Mary Lynn Abel was chairman of the e'ecoration com mittee, Junet, Michel of the 're fr'oshmcnt committee, and on trie serving- committee 1wpre Maxioi ancr Tnoima ..Marquis, Janice Cantrell, Margaret Greene, Ruth Gragg anl Maisie Tummonds.: The evening closed with tho members singing "I'm A Little Teapot," "White Coral Bells" and "I Would 3c True." Piano Scholarship Offered at College A piano scholarship-equivalent to $90 has been granted Eastern Oregon college by Miss Hilda B. Anthony, private piano instruc tor of the Institution. . The scholarship will be award ed' on the basis of competence and promise to a deserving stu dent, preferably in the freshman class next fall. We Carry a Fine .Stock of Boys' Clothing Two-piece suits, lightweight slacks, T-Shirts, Sweaters, Hats and two-piece water re pellant suits! Sizes 1 to 8. NORTON'S go? 1114 Adams Phone 202 NOW AVAILABLE MEDIUM SWEET AND SWEET WINES LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 : . . 'flews and Engagements A Social Friday, May 18, 19455 Social Calendar sATuspAY. - 2:00' p.ni. ' Oliver- P. . Morton, Women's Relief Corps, IOOF hall, 8 p. m. "Auxiliary to Veterans of foreign Wais, K of P,ball. ; MK5KDAY, ; , . t " . 7:30 p.m. Eagles' auxiliary drill team and of fleers,, lodge hall.:. . 8, p.m. American Association of University , Women, Dorion hall.. ' - ' . -V : '' H ''.':'' ' ' fejjTy j,,,,.n.,..,, , . .- , , .r,w "' pglr' "trtm i t f.imt,...,,, jr.:, ... - .' ; ' '"uniiiinm 1 i iiiiniiiiiiiii i r-i ii-tii i imnOtm.a i mwls)JhirijL I94S I a year for donation, too. The kind the war lords will understand. A gift of bombs and incendiaries. Of mighty broad sides from our battleships. It's going to cost plenty to show those Japs we aren't , the suckers they played us for. And that's where each and every one of ALL OUT FOR THE MIGHTY 7th WAR UNION COUNTY HAS A QUOTA OF TO RAISE DO YOUR PART! o o o o o o r' ' Tl'li li Activities .' . . Wedding Events Pane 3 Howell Home Is , Scene of Reunion The country home of Mr. and Mis. Gardie Howell was " the scene' of a family reunion Tues day, whin 17 members of 'the Howell family met for a day of feasting and,, visiting. - ; Guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lamm of Dunsmuir, Calif., Mrs. Harold Lyman, Klamath Falls, and Mrs. Walter Parker and children, Patty Jo and Lad die Ross, of Portland. 1 i ' ' i,A 'k- u .V'' ':' I , i - ,' ' .i . - ; '' : " ...,.''. y i . -' 1923 was tho yoor in which the most Our donation then included food, clothing, devastating earthquake of our time ravaged medicines even doctors. They repaid us for Japan. It was also the year that a sympa- this softhearted gesture, all right at Pearl thetic America rushed relief by the shipload v Harbor. And that was only the beginning to the stricken islands.' of their gratitude. Thin Advertisement is O . . o o o o 7 I Ji H offuinl V. S.Trisiury aJi trllieminl Mission Group Has Pledge Luncheon A pledge luivheon was held yesterday at the home of Mrs. J. K Wright when members of the Presbyterian Missionary society gathered for their monthly meet ing. ' . : Mrs. Qbn Thompson, president, conducted . the meeting. Mrs. Harry Cleaver presented the de votionals, and reports were giv en, on the recent Presbyterial. Miss Bess Geibel, a graduate of Moody Bible institute of Chicago, spoke .on her. work among the Hebrew people in. Chicago. ,' Mrs. L; B.-Moe, Mrs. Mark Tal ney and Mrs. Mae'Moran assist ed tile hoitcss. Leader to Visit : University Women The American Association of University Women will meet with the state department president, Mrs. Mablo Winston, at B o'clock Monday evening at Dorion hall. All members are invited. Dessert will bo served, Ut comet in for our share of the cost. If you are to meet the quota Undo Sam has set for you in his great 7th War Loan, it will mean sacrifice on your part. Well, we've learned a lot since 1923. We've learned a lot about sacrifice . . . and war. The best way to get this business over Sponsored in the Interest or O af ko M) (iiiinde's Hettcr Depart men t Store - prepared unitt tuiirei nf Trtitury Servicemen Want Special Poll Ballots HAI.F.M, Oic, May 10 (L'l 1 - Stall? diaitniont of!icii.ls saitl to day about . 275 applications for absentee ballots have been re ceived from servicemen for the June 22 special elections. The election was outhorized by the recent legislature for a vote of the people on a proposed cigarette tax of two cents per package, to raise $2,000,000 year ly for schools; and on an offset tax levy of $10,000,000 for two years for school and institutional building. TOISONKD FOOD AT THE PROPHET'S SCHOOL' Sunday Evening at 7 M Soloist: LaDonna Johnson f 9:4!i a.m., The Church School 11:00 a.m , "WHAT TIME IS T" - - Mr. Paul Knauli, Soloist Broadcast on KLBM First RaptiHt Church Sixth and Spring with fast is to support our Forces to the limit of our ability with cash. Remember last year, by this lime, you had twice bought extra Bonds. The Mighty 7lh is really two loans in one : that's why it's bigger than before. Find out what your quota is . . . and make it ! the "Ik War Loan by 0 o o 4 . o o oo Prpdrlmrnt ni Itir AJvtrl'tthig Council. Vt VFW Anniversary. Party Is Planned The sevKng fcroup of the aux iliary lo l.-.e Veterans of Foreign Wars met yesterday ut the home of Mrs. Karl Courtney for an afternoon of crocheting and cut ting clippings lor the scrapbooks. Final arrangements wore made for the 11th anniversary of the auxiliary and post, which will be celebrated Saturday night in the K of P hall. Mrs. Harry Coleman is acting chairman in the absence of the president, Mrs. R. H. Sen ton. The hostess served refreshments. It. E. Stanley Hunt Pastor , Offlcul U. 4. Nr niM S,. MIOHTYI 0 I sam
