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Trapping
Enemy Force Aim In
Shuri Encirclement
GUAM, May 21 (UP) Marines and army infantrymen
on Okinawa battled to complete the encirclement of Shuri
today in a drive that" threatened to trap the main strength
of tlie Japanese garrison in a one-square-mile area.
Strong1 tenth army patrols entered Yonabaru, east port and
anchor base for the sagging Japanese lino bisecting south
ern Okinawa, front reports disclosed.
Marines used flaming oil and anti-tank guns fired like
Americans Split
Luzon Japs, Take
Mindanao Airfield
MANILA, May 21 (UP) Amer
ican troops, killing almost a
thousand Japanese daily in the
Philippines; split open an enemy
pocket on Luzon and seized an
other airfield on Mindanao, it was
announced today.
Gen. Douglas C. MacArthur an
nounced 13,866 Japanese wet?
killed in the Philippines in the
past two weeks. Only 602 pri
soners were taken. These figuros
brought the total of Japanese
killed or captured in the Philip
pines campaign since the Ley It
landing seven months ago yes
terday to 369,818.
Enemy Force Divided
The 43rd division drove a
wedge through a force of soveral
thousand Japanese on Luzon by
opening the highway from nova-hchc-s,
five miles north of Man
ila, to Ipo dam. The dam itself
was taken two days ago.
On the. east coast of Lyzon, in
u.k'pp - f cogging, .shore-to-shoi e
operation, Filipino guerrilas land
ed at Dinanchican Point. 48 miles
east of Manila and six miles be
liw the port town of Infanta.
On Mindanao Island, the 24th
division seized Sasa airdiome
north of Davao and advanced two
miles beyond it to enter the vill
age of Panacan.
The 3lst division, driving up
the center of the island, pushed
throe miles more along the Sayre
highway to within 11 miles of
Mnlaybalay, capital of Budkinon
province, Malaybalay is the agri
cultural center of the middle
Mindanao.
GI's Over 40 Will
Get Discharges
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UP)
Army enlisted men aged 40 or
older were made eligible today
for discharge on their own ap
plication.. This represents a lowering of
the discharge age from 42 years,
which became effective April 17.
The reduction affects about
30,000 enlisted men in the 40 and
41-year age groups.
When the military situation
permits, a further reduction will
l:e made in the ase limit, the war
department disclosed
These discharges are separate
from those made on the point
system which applies to all ages
. The new policy is also applic
able to enlisted WACs 40 and
older who have served for one
year or more.
Gl Gets Nation's
Frorh President
WASHINGTON, May 21
(UP) President Truman today
personally presented the medal
of honor to Tech. Sgt. Jake W.
Lindsey in a ceremony of tri
bute before congress to the
growing list of heroes who have
served their country "beyond
the call jf duty."
The 24-year-old soldier from
Lucedale, Miss., was the 223rd
serviceman and 100th infantry
nun ia this war to be awarded
th na lion's highest military
honor.
He was the first, however
to receive,, it directly from the
president in the presence of
both houses of congress and the
country's highest military and
civil leaders and many foreign
diplomats.
Lindsey's great deeds, per
formed against superior enemy
forces in Germany last Movent
ber, stemmed straight fiom his
own. person; courage, l-Yno
president said.
The ceremony took plnre in
a hushed house chamber. Seal
of Main
I Shuri.
Casualties mounted by the hun-
dieds in close-quarter, fighting as
the Okinawa campaign entered
its. 51st day. American dead,
wounded and missing through
Friday totalled 30,526 more
than 10,000 greater than casual
ties on Iwo. Japanese dead
alone for the "period totalled
43,103. .
Ma), Gen. John R. Hodge
said the nightly enemy artil
lery fire dropped from 15,000
rounds in mid-April io fewer
than 1,000 in the past week.
However, he warned there has
been no corresponding weaken
ing of enemy morale.
The decrease in artillery fire
might indicate tn ammunition
shortage or the movement of
heavy pieces farther south for
the final all-out effort.
U. S. Fleet on "Prowl"
The Domei (Japanese) news
agency said an American fleet
was "on the prowl" off southern
Japan. It appealed to be ap
proaching Kyushu for new at
tacks on the Japanese homeland,
ulthought there were no late re
ports in its whereabouts Monday
(PWT), "'-...
United Press'War Correspond
ent Frank H. Bartholomew ob
served the battle of Shuri from
a ridge a mile and a half north
east of Naha. From there he saw
first division leathernecks emerge
from their front lines and move
southward along an escarpment
paralleling Shuri on the west.
On the opposite side of Shuri,
soldions of the 96th infantry
fought their way. southward in
a great pincers move designed
See ENCIRCLEMENT . . . Page 5
Local Budget Law
Upheld By Court
SALEM. Ore., May 21 (UP)
Marion County Circuit Court
Judge George Duncan today up
held the validity of house bill
403, the "local budget bill" of
the recent legislature, in the
form in which it was signed by
the governor.
The complaint should be dis
missed, he said. ,'
Opponents claimed that a con
ference committee report, adopt
ed by both house and senate, was
not enrolled in the bill, making
it invalid as not being in the
form the legislature intended.
The suit will now go to the
state supreme court, according
to F. H. Young, manager of the
group which brought the action
The conference report would
have lowered the amount muni
cipal corporations could reserve
for cash working funds from 15
to 10 per cent of estimated ex
penditures. Highest Honor
at Public Rites
ed on thj front row to the left
of the speaker's rostrum were
the hero's nearest relatives
his father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Jake L. Lindsey and his
sister, Mrs. Pauline Smith, .all
of Lucedale.
Lindsey was accompanied to
the chamber by Gen. George
C. Marshall, army chicf-of-staff.
Gen. Marshall read the cita
tion which summariied Lind
sey's act, which includrd the
knocking out of two enemy
machine -juns. capture of two
more and forcing the with
drawal of two enemy tanks,
tus securing bis unit's position.
As President Truman placed
the ribbon bearing the medal
around Lindsey's neck he said
history of the war is filled with
countle-ss acts of valor by our
soldiers Lnd marines, and he
noted that of 100 infantrymen
who have received the medal
of honor, 50 died performing
the acts for which they wore
honored.
LaborOuitsChurchillGovernmeni
Pin Money Drive
Is Accelerated To
Boost Bond Sales
Women's Division
Agrees To Sell
Quarter of Quota.
Emphasizing the Importance of
every bond purchase in the win
ning of. the war in the Pacific,
Mrs. Mary Gould Wilson,, chair
man of the "pin money" cam
paign of Ine women's division of
the La Grande campaign tof the
7th war loan today urged that
every family make a special ef
fort to save small change and put
it into bonds.
"It costs $5 a day to care for
a wounded service man, and $2.50
for a first aid kit for him," she
said, "and every $50 bond that
is purchased now will provide
that first aid kit and a week's
hospitalization for a wounded
soldier, sailor or marine."
She said war stamp books are
bjing made available to everyone
to simplify saving for a $50 bond,
making it unnecessary for any
one to keep any appreciable
amount of "pin money" around
the house.
Mrs. A. B. Freisinger was
hailed by Mrs. Wilson as one
of the leaders in sales in the
wome.i'j division. To date she
has sold 100 bonds with sales
value of S30.595.
Thft women's division of the
county, .war .finance tteommittee
has accepted" the Job of selling
25 percent of the county E bond
See PIN MONEY . . . Page 5
Lions Club Staff
For Next Year Is
Put In Nomination
A. B. (Spud) Olson was nomin
ated for the presidency of the
Ln Grande .Lions club for the
next year at the weekly meeting
today in the banquet room of the
Stein cafe, at which nominations
of other officers were announced
as follows:
Marcus Roesch, first vice presi
dent; Jesse Rosenbaum, second
vice president; D. W. Hall, sec
retary; C. M. Humphreys, treas
urer; L. M. Chan, R. E. Jones and
S. H. Weimer, directors; Gordon
Capps, tailtwister, and Ray K.
Kagsdale, Lion tamer.
The election will be held nexl
month. -
Committee is Named
President Horace J. Nelson
appointed, Forrest Zirkle, C. R.
Eberhard and Capps as a com
mittee to confer with City Man
ager Ed H. Ford to determine
what can be done toward induc
ing property owners to improve
the appearane of some of the
buildings in the business district.
A. H. Labbc, chaiiman of the
club's war bond committee, re
ported the drive is getting under
way with prospects for a good
showing by the committee.
Harvey Carter of the education
committee, discussed the San
Francisco security conference,
and told of the influence Lions
clubs were having there with In
ternational Lions President H. J
Skeen as an authorized consult
ant. Zirkle, who was program chair
man, introduced LeRoy Darling
who presented winners of the
national music contests.
Marine Geralds, accompanied
by Mary Snyder at the piano,
played a flute solo "Serenade"
by Shubert, "Low Tide," by Wil
liams, was played by Mary Sny
der as a piano solo; Dick John
son, played "Beautiful Colorado"
on the baritone horn; Ellen Mc
Cormick, presented a piano solo,
Forest Songs" and Duuro Ham
mond, cornetist, presented "My
Regards."
Guests were H. E. Dixon, Jack
Yeager, and H. E. Baer. H. D.
Wilson, was intrexiuced as a new
member.
Weather
Data for 24 hours to 7 a.m.
Temperature:
Maximum 59
Minimum 41
Precipitation Trace.
Forecast: Cloudy and wairmr.
piobably showirs tonight ami
Tuesduy.
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CAPTURED BY AMERICANS Leni ReifenrtahL actress and
one-time reported girl friend of Adolf Hitler, and Dr. Robert Ley,
former German labor front leader, pictured after their capture
by American troops.
Retailers Blame Black Market
i
As Meat Supplies Grow Smaller
Carving knives lay idle in kitchen drawers through the U. S.
today as meat dealers reported black market operations cutting
deeper into dwindling meat and poultry supplies.
Lines lengthened before the corner butcher shop. And most
houswives considered themselves lucky to obtain meat of any kind
or poultry, the next best substitute.
Tomorrow is Ldst
Day to Register
For June 22 Poll
Tomorrow is the final day
for voters to register for the
special election on June 22.
County Clerk C. L. Graham
announced tint registration
books for the election will close
at the close of business tomor
row and anyone whose regis
tration is not un to date must
register lo qualify to voio on
the state building and educa
tional proposals.
One proposition is for crea
tion of a $10,000,000 building
fund for educational and other
state institutions, and the other
would levy a tax of 2 cents a
package on cigarets to raise
school support funds.
Anyone who has lived in the
stale six months or more is eli
gible lo register lo vole.
Local Man Named
Officer of State
Junior Chamber
Vein Van Vrankcn, a director
of the La Grande junior chumbci
e-f commerce, yesterday was elec
ted a vice president of the state
junior chamber at the closing
session of the annual convention
in Salem, at which Lee Stidd of
Portland was elected president.
Price Schroeder, president of
the La Grande organization, an
nounced today that Stidd will
visit La Grande Thursday, when
a special meeting of the junior
chamber will be held at 7:30
p.m., in the Slein cafe. He said
tomorrow evening's meeting has
been cancelled.
Sehioeder and Al Long repre
sented the La Grande group a',
the slate conclave, which was
one of the largi st assemblies
held in recent years by the i-late
organization.
Others elected to vice presi
dencies of the slate group .'ire
Merle Nash of Eugene and Mar
vin Hixson of Klamath Kail
Bruce Gilbert of Bi ml was el"' -ted
secretary, and Victor Milnis
of Medford, treasurer. I-otlmi
Tatum, retiring president, v.'.-s
elected national director.
Pendleton Golfers
Win Local Match
Pendleton golfers, participate I
in the first three-way inter- j
city tournament staged yesterday j
by thel.a Grande Country rluh. j
took all honors with a total -core
of tw.'t, Chauncey Walker, club!
pre-sidi nt, announced today.
La Grande golfers gani'ied
!8h'- points for second plat-' !
and Bak- r wound up in cellai
position with Oa.'i. )
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MONDAY KVKMNU, MAY 21,
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In Chicago, the meat packing
center, officials estimate that sup
plies have-dropped 50 per cent
rri the past six months.
Most markets have adopted a
practice of opening only two or
three days a week while other
close as soon as the day's supply
is exhausted.
Black Market Blamod
Almost to a man, the retaili-rs
blameel Hie black market.
"A retailer can gel all the meal
he wants if he has a high-income
clientele and will pay the price,"
one complained bitterly.
In New York, half the butcher
shops are closed und showcases
in the ol'icrs are empty despite
an enforced ban on meat sales.
The war food administration
has held out little hope for in
creased meat, poultry and egg
supplies in the number one popu
lation center. It points out, how
ever, that "fish arc coming int
the market at the rale of 1 000.
000 pounds a day, 300,000 above
the normal supply."
San Francisco's market shelves
invariably lire empty by noon.
Fish Is plentiful and lamb avail
able in small amounls.
Poultry along the west coast
Sec RETAILERS . . . Page 5
G. A, Smith Named
Mormon Leader
SALT LAKE CITY, May 21
(UP) George Albert Smith 75-year-old
president of the Latter
Day . Sainis (Mormon) church
council of 12 apostles, today was
named eighth president of Un
church, succeeding-, He-ber J.
Grant, who died last week.
Hij r-ppoiiitment was announc
ed after a meeting of the apostles.
Church members will be asked to
sustain the selection al the next
Kcmi-unnual church conference
in October.
Many Nazi Spies
Executed By U. S.
PARIS, May 21 (UP) Fifty
of the .r() nazi spies who infil
tiated American lines during the
Ardennes offensive last Decem
ber have I. -en triid and executed
and all but 10 of the others were
shot and killed while trying to
escape capture, allied headquar
ters re veaL-d today.
The fate of the lemaining 10
still was uncertain, according to
Col. H. (;. Sheen, Washington,
D. C, chief of headquarters counter-intelligence
who directed the
counter-measures that smashed
the enemy plot.
DANISH NAZI CAPTURED
LONDON'. May 21 (UP) Co
penhagen dispatches said today
that Wei tier Best, former nazi
governor of Denmark, has been
turned o.i-r to Danish authori
tiii after his arrest by allied
troops.
1945
Tito Troops Quit ,
Corinthia; Trieste
Situation Tense'
' Yugoslav Leader
Would Compromise
Italy Occupation
LONDON, May 21 (UP) Mar
shall Tito withdrew all 20,000
Yugoslav troops from Austrian
Caiinthia today and expressed
wllingntss to come to un agree
ment with the western ullies on
the occupation ot disputed veni
zia Giulia province in northeast
Italy.
At the same time, however,
Tito uxprcssed his indignation
and surprise, over Marshal Sir
Harold R. L. G. Alexander's al
legation that Yugslnvia's attitude
in the Venizia Giulia dispute was
"all too reminiscent of Hitler,
Mussolini and Japan."
An Amcticun battalion which
had been sent to Trieste to pre
sent a united allied front with
drew and rejoined the remainder
of the I) 1st division in the Goriziu
sector to avoid supply problems
in the event of hostilities. James
Roper, United Press correspond
ent, said the situation in Trieste
is "extiemely tense."
British and New Zealand for
ces remained In Trieste, along
with un even greater number of
Yugusluv trops. Sonic 1,300 of
Tito's troops paraded through
Trieste with 13 American-made
light tanks, three British-made
uimored cars, a Germun-inade
light tank, 11 German guns and
two light untl-tunk guns in a
show of strength yesterday.
Only 1,200 civilians watched
the parade and they showed u
noticeuble luck of enthuisiiism,
Roper said. He estimated there
are 65.000 Yugoslav troops In
Venizia Giuliu.
4 War Criminals
Captured By U. S.
Troops; Fifth Slain
LONDON, May 21 (UP) Four
more accused war criminals, one
of them the self-styled original
"Lord Maw Haw," were held by
the allies today.
A fifth, Maj. Mario Carila,
chief of the Italian SS, was slain
by American fifth army troops in
a mountain hideout in northern
Italy. His 2l)-year-oId mistress
was wounded in the brief gun
battle. -
In Moscow, the Soviet press
calkd on the western allies to
rrresl and try immediately mem
bers of the Doenilz government
and the German general staff.
Any further delay may lead to
real chaos in Europe and perhaps
a thild world war, the Soviets
said.
European dispatches said the
latest batch of accused war crim
inal rounded up by the ullie-s
were:
Norman Baillie-Stewart for
mer British officer who had been
working for the German propa
ganda ministly and foreign of
fice for five years. He said he
had made the original "Lord
Haw Huw" broadcasts from Ger
many. Kernund cle Brinon former
Vichyile ambassaelor to Paris.
Dr. Bernard Menetrel for
mer personal physician and col
laborator with Marshal Henri
1'rtain, and II. ij Amin El Husse
ini, exiled grand mufti of Jeru
salem, wanted for unti-Je-wish
activities.
DeValera Bids For
World League Seat
DUBLIN, May 21 (UP) Pre
mier Eamon Ue Valera has made
his first post-war bid for Irish
membership in the new league
of nations.
De Val- ra, who was president
of the old league, spoke during
a military parade yeoterday and
said:
"As we wore a loyal memler
of the old league of nations so
we are prepared to become a
loyal member of any new leagiiQ
that nftghl be furnieU for col(tV
live security if It promises to be
an effective instrument of peace
and guarantees to all nations full
equality of rights."
HEROIC COMMANDER Capt.
Leslie E. Gehre, who brought
"Big Bon," the U. S. aircraft
carrier Frunklii, through tha
most terrible ordeal any Amer
ican ship ever survived.
French Shooting
In Beyrouth Stirs
Political Crisis
BEYROUTH, May 21 (UP)
Disclosures that, French Senegal
ese troops fired on Lebunesc'
demonstrators imd killed several
of them,yesterday brought a new
midddla eastern politicul crisis to
a heud today.
The fatal shooting occurred
near u French cooperative store
in Beyrouth. The Senegalese
troops were guarding the stores
and opened fire when the demon
strators approached.
(A Cairo dispatch said clashes
in Syria and Lebunon had put
the whole middle-east on edge
over French policy in the Levant
stales. A Lebanese legation offi
cial said 17 persons were wound
ed when SeneguleEe troops dis
persed crowds in Damascus.)
The shooting climaxed a series
of Incidents provoked by the ar
rival of French troops in Syria
and Lebanon, which have re-solved
jointly lo refuse lo negotiate
with the French on the question
of landing additional troops in
the two countries. The decision
was designed to pluce the blame
on Franco for any further clash
es. Tokyo Mobilizes
Youth For Defense
TOKYO May 21 (UP) Japan
reiterated its denial of peac-e
feelers today and mobilized 20,
UGel.OOO stuelents for the defense
of the homeland.
Sadao Iguchi, spokesman for
the Japa.vso board of informa
tion, was quoted by the Tokyo
radio as naying that Japan "at
no time, at no place and through
no channi-l whatsoever has ever
proposed peace to the United
States and Britain."
Truman Economy Program May
Create U. S. Business Manager
WASHINGTON, May 21
(UP) President Truman today
is developing an economy pro
gram that may lead to ap
pointment of a "general busi
ness manager" for the Uniteil
States governmemt.
Chairman Robert Hamspeck,
D., (Ja. of the house civil serv
ice commission, told the United
Pre-ss the president has given
considerable thought to the
business manager idea. Such
an official would be responsi
ble for finding and eliminating
waste effort money und per
sonnel in the mnny government
departments und agupcies with
their 2,500,01 feeteral em
ployes. "The presiilent definitely is
interested in the suggestion
that a general business mana
ger lie appointed," Hamspeck
said. "In my opinion he will
give moie time to the manage
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Policies p
At Issue!
LONDON, May 21 (UP)
The Labor party decided t-
day to break away from tht
coalition jr o v e r n merit and
force a British election, .d1
i)ito an unrent plea by Prime
Minister Churchill to put off
politics until Japan is :der
feated. . v; ';
Meeting nt Blackpool, the labor
party rejected Churchill's .pro
posal to continue - ttre coaUtlbr)'
government and offered to go Ip
the pools any. time. The sttji
meant the death ln a short tlnv-ir
possibly next month of the gov
ernment Churchill formed flv
years ago to guide Britain tq Vic
tory in Europe. -i'
In a ' last- minute maneuver
Churchill suggested that an un
precedented national referendum
be held on whether the 10-yea-qid
parliament should continue' i'l
office.- . -',..'.
Heady for Vol Test .V'i- :.
Deputy Prime Minister Cfa
ment R. Attlce and Home Secre
tary Herbert Morrison, In a preu
conference at Blackpool, sdld
the party believed the election
should be delayed until autumf),
but was ready for it. in-JuiyC
.the. earliest ipossibl. time.:-:-
The convention, including 1,'lOtf
delegates representing 3,000,000 .
lumbers, was only two vpt
short of unanimity in balloti'n
against staying with Churchill'
conservative majority In a com
bined government until the war
in the east is over. . '
Churchill made his proposition
in a letter to labor party mem
bers. He a c k n o w lodged the
need for expression of the na
lion's will to vote, but Urged
that for reasons ubove party
See LABOR . . . Page S'
Striking Truckers i
Threatened With f
Federal Seizure
CHICAGO, May 21 (UP)-Ap-proximately
0,500 members., of
the Chicago independent truck
drivers union today had an ulll
matumo to end a five-day wajk?
out or face seizure of their trans
portation facilities. . " ...
The drivers have been ' on
strike since last Thursday in pro
test to an 8 cents an hour wage
increase granted by the war ta
bor board. They said the wage
boost is too small und does hot
meet union demands. .'!"
Deliveries of perishable foods,
merchandise and war materials
were hulled by the walkout.'
Approximately 100 army arid
navy trucks took over delivery
of vital war materials into war
plants. Firms making "C". ra
tions for fighting forces in the
Pacific, radar plants and small
electrical equipment shop manu
facturing for the navy were' af
fected by the walkout. .
ment side of government thari
any president in my memory.'f
Rumspeck came to congress irl
1029.
Hamspeck was not proposing
a housecleaning of government
personnel or agencies. He had
in mind an efficiency program
which would insure the use by
government of the latest time
and money saving business
machines and other methods
by which private ftiterprise
meets stiff competition. ;-
"If you save just one cent on
each piece of paperwork in
government " snid Ramspeek,'
"you will save millions of doU
lars over p period of years.". '
Ideas of that kind appeal to
Mr. Truman. He was yelling
for economy ond efficiency
in government throughout the
Investigations of war produc?'
tlun by the senate committee'
which bore his name, , '