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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1945)
Lee G. Miller Admiral' 8 Interest In Life Is Not Entirely War By LEE G. MILLER ' ABOAHD A CRUISER IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (By Wire less) Almost every morning un orderly comes around and says Hear Admiral Russell S. Berkey would like to have the reporters tome to the bridge or to his sea cabin. So we go topside and there Is the admiral with a sheet or two of penciled notes. A few officers and the correspond! W gather around, and the admiral relays to us Uie news he has pick-id up on his radio later news than the ship's four-page m i m e o graphed morning paper carries since it goes to press about 1 a.m. Sometimes the admiral will hold back the biggest events of tho day while he works off ine lesser items. And then nis eyes will twinkle as w-3 exclaim at this or that sensational develop ment. . Thai's fho way wo go! the first report of Hitler's death and many other things. (The ship's paper scooped the ad miral on Mussolini's death, but buriod it on page three). The ruclio with which the ad miral dues his news gathering is u fourth-hand job ho bought for $5. He tinkered with it until now he even gets Berlin direct. He loves gadgets and machines, and naval communications are one of his preoccupations. Inci dentally he has invented a new kind of can opener. When we are sitting with the admiral and Captain Jack Dun can in tho cool of tho evening, high up on tho forward super slructuic, his smart iyoung or derly is always standing stiffly mar his chair, along with a "talker" who xt'lays .-, telephone messages from below. If the sun set is particularly gorgeous, the admiral will send the orderly be low for his movie camera and record u minute or two of it. Admiral Berkcy is fond of swimming and fishing. But his real passion is good food. Bruised sweetbreads are his favorite dish, according to Lieut. Hugh Jones ol New York City and Utica, his "flag lieutenant" or aide. Hugh, who has a great liking and respect for the admiral, has been known to spend hours combing n pint city for sweet breads. . ; When the admiral dines in a restaurant ashore he is apt to con sult learnedly with the chef about the dark secrets of fine cookery. Sometimes he takes ashore his own dessert, fabricated hy his steward. Baked Alaska '. is one of his passions. And he : has mint beds planted at half a dozen Pacific islands. They suy 'he is an authority on the various apicies of mint. Now maybe this is overom ',' phasiiing the lighter phases oi Admiral Berkey, , So I might ' mention that ho was awarded . tho navy cross for his lmport ' ant share in the battle of Surl gao strait. He was In com mand of the cruisers and de stroyers which formed our right flank in that cruicial action which cost the Jap two battleships plus other craft and sent Japan's navy reeling back from an ambitious attempt that might with luck have imperil ed the whole Philippine cam paign. Admiral Berkey was born in Cioshen, Ind., 51 years ago. He v. as graduated fifth in the Anna polis class of 11)10. In the first world war lie served on the bat tleship New York. Later he com manded successively a gunboat, Ii destroyer, an ammunition ship, i light cruiser, a ciuiser division, and now lie is "eomcruseven'.h fleet" commander of cruiser-, seventh fleet. At the time of Pearl Harbor he was stationed on Iceland. He saw serviiv in the Aleutians, in raids on Tarawa and Wake, it. the Bougainville. Gilbert islands. New Guinea and Bismarck Archi pelago opei aliens. And then Morotai, Leyle, Mindoro, l.in gayen, .Siihie, Convgidor, Uata:n, Zambuungu and Cobu. And most recently .it lloinco, So he's no! exactly n homebody type. The admiial's wife lives i" oid Lyme. I'onn. His mother and biotlxT, Howard, live in Tulsa. The admiral is bald and use's a Arrival of Walter M. Berry, 21, ieaman first class, at the naval air station at Seattle after f've ind one-half months at the con valescent hospital at Arrowhead Springs, Calif., is announced by the uir state commandant. Horry underwent a major operation ul Arrowhead. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Berry of 1002 Sixth street and . was. a student prior to entering the service Iwe years ago. It Howard H. Weatherspoon, 23 naval, aviation radioman, fust class, has returned from the Paci fic area on leave after flying 54 missions as radio man on a Lib erator bomber as a patrol squad ron. He is a former student at La Grande high school and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer L. Weath erspoon of Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ainsworth received word that their son Sgt. Donald J. Ainsworth, tail gun ner on a B-17 of tha 8th air force in England who was seriously wounded in combat over Ger many on March 18, has arrived safely in the United States und is at Mitchell field cuntonment hospital, New York. Staff Sgt. Tony Svelieh is here on 21-day furlough from King man, Ariz., where he is stationed with the air corps, visiting his mother Mrs. Joe Thomas, and his wife, the former Mabel Wolfe and his brother, Steve Svetich, who recently returned from the south Pacific area. Pvt. George L. Sanford 1000 M avenue, a combat infantryman, veteran of 12 month service in the Asiatic-Pacific theater, is at the army ground und service foroos redistribution station in Hot Springs, Ark., for reassign ment. Prior to checking in at Hot Springs, he was on a 21 day furlough. First L'.. Harold K. Lockwood 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Lockwood, 10314 Greenwood street, is one of a group of offi cers to receive their discharge at Boca Raton, Fiji. Lt. Lockwood, whose wife is a nurse in service, served in the European theater as a B-17 pilot. A veteran of 13 missions involv ing 100 combat hours the lien tenant's crew accounted for five FW-l'JO's and a pair of ME Kill's. Lt, Lockwood wears the air meni al and clusters, the purple heart and the distinguished unit cita tion. Before being cnlle-el to the serv ice, he was employi'd by the Boe ing aircraft company in c.A'ii montul work at Spokane, Wash. Three Named to Civil Service Board , SALEM, Ore., May 21 (UP) Gov.. Earl Snell announced the appointment of the three mem bers of the state civil serviee commission authorized by house bill 2!M of the recent legislature, here Sunday. They aiv A. C. Cumniack, Port land; Mrs. Effio Turnoaurc, Hood River, and J. N. Chambers, Sa lem. .The commission's job is to set up a merit system or civil service program (or all state employe's, with cert lin exceptions. WAR SUPPLIES FROM CHINA Air forces cargo planes flying supplies into China have brought back more than 20,000 tuns of vital materials for eise in the United Stale's. cigaret holdiT and his voice has a long leach, but 1 have'ii't heart' him use it harshly, even when somebody fumbles an instruction. He is a thetughtful man Ik likes to do favors fer people. Once when tho young sons of a lne'iul in Australia expiesed in terest in the ship's searchlights, lie told them to keep their eyes open early the next mornim;. And he didn't forget. As the cruiser lelt its anehoiae, hound lor a e t i o n, a big seaiehhj'.l't probed ashore until it picked out the boys' homo and blinked them a good-bye. Li? t it ...... .-...'.J . ... fJS -i THE KIDS' CHOICE This picture coud bo taken at any pork visited by Pittsburgh Pirates for immortal Hoius Wagner, who remaj is in baseball as coach of the club with which he set multi ple records, is still idol of generations who novor saw him play shortstop. Today We Pay Tribute to Simeon W. Donne, 21, navy yeoman second class, the sun of Mr. and Mis. V. V. Donne of Union. Donne al tended elementary nil (I high school n! Kast Iiein hlnclt, Ky., and Drapers School of Commerce in I.a (inutile. Prior to entering the1 ser vice in October, he was employed al I he Cooperative creamery. I KADIM; Ii.VTSMKN OK MA.IOIt I.KAt.TKS National League Player & flub ( Al! U Itii II Pit. M .-120 37 .-m M .382 3!l .3(11 2li .351! I 34 .333 I 20 .333 : 2!) .330 I 22 .32-1 Holmes, Boston 2fi 101 27 Ott. New York 20 02 20 Knruwski, St. I. 25 03 lit Olino, Brook. 24 00 15 Hinges, Phila. 27 1011 Hi Amovican League Cuecinello, Chi. 21 73 13 Case, Wash. 20 102 Hi Stephens. St. I. 21 7fl 13 Etten. New Y. 2-1 flit 14 IWo.-es, Chicago 17 08 10 Mickey Rooneij Is Starred in Film The stoiy of how a waif from the' London slums diitt.d into the eouuiiy and found a home w ith a lamdy w ho changed his ntire iMillouU upon lite is told in 'National v e'ive!" now : hewint; el the Liberty theater. Mickey Konney has the mle of the boy, and the e-liiei suppoititi'; lole is taken by 12 year-old Eliz abeth Taylor. Induction of Ship Repair Men Halted WASHINGTON, M;iy 1M (I'D -Si'Kvlivc- today ordc-tvH s t ;t t i' ditvctnis in l'nlifnni:i, W;tshinttn ;ti Oiti;tm tit pust pniif m.U'f imW-ty thr itidut't inn ul' tlu1 employes of speeitio west roast ship n pair yards Kmmi U ss ol' ai;e or classification. The step was taken luvatiic of the "utmost nectssity" of repair ing ships m these yanls as soon as possible, se! -ftive sor'iee sai'. Names ol tin1 slnpyatcis atfe'e tetl were wilhlu Id ir seeuiity ason.-.. tn atlilition, ;vlect i e ser ice dll .-cted all Imal luvitds to eon sider tlie s!iiji aid t'liin ieney in ruling on tjm-ls el skilled vtorkrt ti tt.ttisi r to jols in the f h eitied ,nds Si lit tut : Hue that "etr.i euhim;' t ili:t'." aie hi .m; m;K:'' to i eoi ud s'si!! d wovkei o ev M) yeais M ai;e aiul lliose not qualided for nnlitary sim u to lake work in the vaids. I , a a a ooa Browns Move Up On Tigers By Whipping Yankees NEW YORK, May 21 (UP) The St. Louis Browns swept their four games with the Yankees by winning a double bill at St. Louis yesterday. 10 to 1, and 5 to 2, ond-move'el up to a second place tie with Detroit. The Browns ga;nee1 no ground on thi' leading While Sox, who won their fourth Sunday double headi-r at Chie'ago, beating Bos ton, 4 to 2 and 8 to 2. The White Sox rallied late to win the fin.t game for Lefty Thorton Lee with three runs in the sixth. They supported Oival Grove more ouickly, clinching the second game with four runs in the sec ond. The smallest pitchers in the majors, Frank (Stubby) Over more of tile Tigers, and Marino (Bantam) Pieretti of the Sen ators, won at Detroie?t. Overmore scattered seven hits to beat Wash ington, 4 to 1, George Binks scor ing the only Si'nator run with a home r. In the second game, Pier e iti won a 1 to 0 eluel from Alton P.enton, handing the Tiger ace his fiist defeat aftor five wins. The Athletics anel Indians split at Cleveland, Philadelphia win ning, t to 2, on four 10th inning runs which gave Charley Gassa way his first vicloiy. The In dians tool; the seconel, 4 to 2, to give Chaile'.v (Red) Enibree hi': second win. Cubs Win Pair 'I'he Chicago Cubs highlighti'd National le-ague play by winning two from the ambitious Dodgers at Brooklyn, 4 to 2, and 4 to 1. Hill Nicholson's homer gave Paid Derringer the margin for his fifth victory, while three tuns off Hal Gregg in the first inning r,avo Hank Wysc nil the incentive he needed to win a four-hit sec ond game. Bill Voiselie won his eighth . straight game for the Giants, beating Pittsburgh, 5 to 1. The Phillies held the Cards to an even break at Philadelphia, j winning 7 to li. after losing, 6 to 2. j Huekey Walters was a hitter instead of a pitcher, getting two j l.omers to make up for the 15 hits he allowed on the mound as j C'.nemnali Ileal the Braves at I Boston, 10 to 8. The Braves won tin second game, 9 to 4. TODAY and TCKSDAY TOMTK anil TCKSDAY DANGER AHEAD! t1 TT ilBelstiqWnTop Hre Rriarers in Doable-Header By Unlld Press For the f list time this sous.on Pacific Const league games vill be played on a Monday when San Francisco faces Seattle and Los Angeles meets Portland in the northwest cities tonight. Rain prevented tha clubs 'rom indulg ing in full scrips last week. Tho Angeles served notice yes terday : that they ore finally rounding into form, when they grabbed a daubleheader from the leading Portlanders by scores of 12-5 and 8-0. Seattle tabbed San KVanfcisco twice, 10-8 and 0-1, while Sacramento made it four out of seven from Oukland with 5-4 and Ifl-J victories. The San biego Padres took the opener from Hollywood, 3-0, but the tailcnd Twinks. came back for a 10-1 triumph in the night cap. . -. : ,. ' Acorns Prop- Pair One of the . biggest crowds in Oakland baseball history saw the Acorns kick awoy- a chance to edge up on Portland and Seattle. Damon Hayes was easing along behind a 4-1 lead in the eighth inning of. the first game when Sacramento, exploded . for four runs on only , two hits. Most of the damage was caused by errors by Vic Pieelti and Glen Stewart Joe Wood Jr. was the winning pitcher. Les Scarsella homered for Oakland and. repeated the feat for tho horne club's only tally in the second game. Seals Trim Halnlers Tho pitching -of ancient He.l Turpin and young Alex Palica was too much for San Francisco as Seattle strengthened its hold on second place... Round-trippers hy Ted Not'bert and Johnny Gill ided the Rainier' moUndsmen. Lou Novikoff. 'big Los Angeles outfielder, . had 8 ' field day at Portland. Ho collected six hits and two walks ,in nine appear ances at the plate, including three doubles in the , first game. The Angels tallied 12 tiipcs in the seventh frame. Wayne Osborn limited the Beavers to three hits in the finale.'. .' . ; Carl Dumbler racked up his ninth decision of the season for San Diego in the first game against Hollywood, yielding only two blows. Jim Sharpe scattered five Padre safeties in the second contest. , ... : The Ontario ;, department of Lands and Forests fits its planes for winter service, with . metal skis instead of Wheels., , ' MEMO TO ADVERTISERS lihlksa 'Jy Simple G O C. AUDIJ BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 00 Complete Local Reports Monday, May 21, 1945 Baseball Standings By United Press AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Chicago 15 7 .682 Detroit 13 tf .Silt St. Louis 13 fl .591 New York 13 11 .542 Washington 12 14 .402 Philadelphia :.10 15 .400 Cleveland 9 41 .3P1 Loston 0 15 .375 NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 21 6 .778 Brooklyn 17 9 .654 St. Louis 13 13 .500 Chicago 12 13 .480 Boston 11 13 .458 Pittsburgh 11 14 .440 Cincinntai 10 13 .435 Philadelphia 7 21 .250 PACIFIC COAST Portland 32 16 .067 Seattle ; ; 26 10 .578 Oakland J ...26 24 .520 San Diego 26 25 .510 Sacrametno 24 25 .490 Los Angeles .: 24 25 .490 San Francisco : 21 26 .447 Hollywood ;.15 34 .306 BLAST KILLS WOMAN BREMERTON, Wash., May 21 (UP) A gasoline stove explo sion Saturday took the life of Mrs. Hazel Sabo and severely burned her husband, Inval Sabo. The blast occurred in the Sabos' home. Their throe child ren escaped injury. COMBINE OVERHAULING ' - All Sizes and .Makes A Completely Equipped Shop for Making All Kinds of Repairs or Overhauling. JIako Appointments Now for Your. 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C. report giving aQited facts and figures about our circulation. SPORTS Page 6 Racing Revival Arouses Protest NEW YORK, May 21 (UP) An organization of former service men and men who have relatives in the Pacific war theater de plored the nation-wide resump tion of horse racing today after a two-day meeting, The group known as the "That's the Spirit League," pass ed a resolution which stated that "the only spirit horse racing en genders in high-octane betting spirit." "It is deplorable that the horse and dog racing bans were lifted without fiist getting a symposium of reaction from the Pacific war theater's fighting men," the re solution stated. "They were dumbfounded with the news of the Sudden lifting of the ban." Joseph F. McDonald of New Orleans was named president of the league which was formed when Germany surrendered with the aim of helping to end the war in Japan quickly. McDonald said the league had the support of veteran's organizations. TUDO WINS HANDICAP TIJUANA, Mex. May 21 (UP) War veteran Frank Chojnacki rode Tudo to a surprise victory in the Caliente handicap at the Hipodromo de Tijuana yesterday c o v e r in g the six furlongs in 1:11 45. Tudo, owned by the RedsuM brothers, was well up, but slight ly off the early pace, then came up with a rush in the stretch to win going awoy. FARMS Phone 420MX Rules for Profitable advertising establish and maintain definite stand ards of circulation, audit the circula tion records of the publisher members and report this verified information to advertisers. Annually, one of the Bureau's large staff of trained auditors makes a thor ough audi t of our circulation. The verified facts and figures thus obtained are issued in an official A. B.C. report. Our A. B.C. report tells how much cir culation we have, where the circulation goes, how it was obtained, how much people pay for it and many other facts that you should know when you buy newspaper advertising. Thus when you advertise in this newspaper your invest ment is in known and verified values. o Evening o 2. a . , f n . FACTS AS A MEASURE OF ADVERTISING VAtUE MoreLumber to Go To Civilians SEATTLE, May 21 (Up) Supplies of lumber for civilian construction will be eased duilnB the lust months of 1945, the army-navy lumber information committee said today. The committee emphasized that the supplies will be tightly controlled for army and navy needs in the war against Japan for the next four months. A cur rent lumber manpower shortage has hampered increased produc tion, the. committee-bald. ' . . ( . LUMBERMAN DIES PORTLAND, May 21 (UP) Charles Dant, 87, Portland lum berman since 11)03 and founder of tho Dant and Russel lumber company, died today in his cor after return from, a Deschutes river fishing trip. , His widow, three sons, and two daughters, all of Portlandi sur vive. "K3ii cv "When that Richfield Reporter tele graph key starts tapping at 10 o'clock I'm listening. I like the Reporter because every bit of news is de pendable, unbiased and it s complete. JACK BENNY :30 P.M SUNDAY NBC i 'to o1 o o i ratf v. i ikiuiinDMi
