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Lee G. Miller Water Buffalo, Horses Are Luzon Traffic Problem i By l.EE G. MILLER WITH THE 25lh DIVISION AT ijAI.ETE I'ASS, Luzon (Hy Win.- ),.SS) Wo jci'pi'il niirthwm i tlirouKh Manilu, ii crowded Hi zal avenue Willi its hundreds nf tiny shops and ils sidewjlks uswarm with Filipinos nnd siuli'. soeinK soldiers und sailors. Out past till! quaintly beauti ful Chinese cemetery with its pj godaed shrines, past the Ualiu lewok brewery in the eily's out skirts where conquering- doutth foots pau.u-d in February to quench their thirst by the hvl metfuls. And on up the concrete high way, between rice fields, over tlv meccano-like Bailey bridtf-'s ;md other bridges of limber that our engineers had installed alonKside the misshapen wrecks of pre-war spans. Wa paused from time to lime to let a carabao lumber crost the road to hit wallow, or to let an MP cheek our trip ticket, or to sit out a congestion caus ed by slow-moving Filipino vehicles drawn by undersised horses or plodding water buf falo. We veered to the right, cast ward of Mount Arayat, which rears in) lonely grandeur from the fertile plain. All darkness fell the rain started, gently at first but iinally in torrential buc ketfuls against which the jo 'p lop was as useless as checscclu'ri. I had my nylon poncho with me yet, ladles, nylon; but I had wrapped my typewriter in It. So some three inches cf rai.ifall had access to ever inch of me. We came upon a stalled truck ful of dripping soldiers, and gave them a tow. Three times their motor got started and we stopped to undo the tow rope, but thive times their engine sputtered out again. After some miles it tfot going properly and wc drove on unencumbered through the down pour, which by now was getting chill. . Finally we reached the divi sion's rear eschelon headquar ters, where we wolfed some cheese, bread nnd coffee, got ii-.-to dry underwear nnd hit lh sack in n comfortable billet. The next mornl-fl we drove on,1 to the division command poit and were getting tettled in a pyramidal tent when bat teries of 1SS mm. long toms and 240 howilicrs. emplaced almost ; within spitliig distance, began mnmina ralislhenicft with ' blasts that rippled the tent and 1 convulsed my innards. 1 Lieut. Col. .lay V. Vnnderp.Mil. ' who is only 28, gave us the Inst '. briefing I'd ever had. tracing the ' progress of the division on an e ' rellent relief map. ; Brig. Gen. James L. "Dusty" J ballon dropped by for a talk. He turned out to be a West l'oin; rlassniat. and brother-in-law of ' my friend Col. Dodd Storbird, who he iwlieved was now with j Central 1'atton. i General Dalton, who was a: -J sistant division commander, said he knew favorably Sergt. Hob -riniK oldest son of the late Hubert P. Seripps and grands.in I of the late K. W. Seripps, found er of the Sei ipps-How ard nevf- papers for which I've workid since l!'2:i. I General D.iltun said Bob wis I up forward and I could si-c hi"! later. (I had just finished writing I this three days after that ceo versation when a soldier broug.it j word that a Jap sniper had kill'd General D.ilton. of whom in.w I lalori. t" I went around to pay my re i spei-ts to the division comma n I- ing gener.il, Ma). Gen. Charles L. Mullms.. jr.. a West Pomt-r ' whose wife lives m Li-s Oliv ,s. Calif. Gct Ail MtOlins knew V'rnie Pyle. That was years ago w.ie.t j Ernie and J.-iry were touring ' Central Ae.ieiua and Mullms w.is establishing a military academy for Nicaragua. Fame wrote .i 1 pi-ee about htm. Months ago the general wrote lo Ernie urging bun lo visit tl-o I southwest Paeihc. Einie lepln-d he would alter spending some ! lime with the navy. Average Ape of Kig Leaguers is 2S-2 CHICAGO, May 26 iVF--Baseball isn't such an old man's game this year alter all. The Ameuean loague report ed today lhat the -average ag of its players this season is 2s Jt. which is only a shade ft Novo the lififtu s average ol 27 7 l!Hl. the last pt .ipcnme e.u. The ".V.oit fi cr rate as t!" 'kid ciuo" of 'he riiciiit llii yo.u with an Average of 27 n, while the Boston Red arc the oldest with nnvra-fe of 29.3 yer$. d.) Outfield Mhroes Ueat Beavers in 13 Inning Game By Uniicd Press In a game marked by a total of 19 hits, I ho San Francisco Seals last night staggered through a i;i-inning 5 lo 4 victory over the Portland Ecavtrs whose league leadership was cut to a single game over Seattle. In the other contests the Oak land Acorns shut out the San Diego Padres 0 to 0 behind tho six-hit pitching of Hod Mann; the Rainiers made it four straight over the Los Angeles Angels by u score or 2 lo I and Hollywood defeul-.'d Saeiaimnto 10 to (I. Bob Joyce, who hurled only one of the LI innings, was form ally credited with the Heavers' downfall, but ungry Portland fans blamed a lot ol it on Bea ver cmlcr fielder Frank Shone. Shone Aids Opponents In the fifth Shone threw from the outfield into the dugout, per miting two runs to score. In the seventh two mora came in when he slipped and fell while attempt ing to get under Ken Biondcll's long fly to center. And in the 13th he k'l an easy one of Hoy Nicely' go by, allowing Joyce lo score. The winning run in the Seattle Los Angeles game came when Hoy Johnson scored on Joe Dob Lins' long My lo right fkld. The fampaging Hauliers' first score came when Bob Garbound sin gled, stole second, went lo third on a fielder's choice and seoied on Joe Demoran's infield out. TI--3 Solons staged their own version of a comedy of errors, which gave the Twinks four of thei- first six runs. Southpaw Bob Williams was the winner. Santa Anita Derby Candidates Meet ARCADIA, Calif., May 2fi (UP) Nine candidates for the nth $50,000 Santa Anita derby ro to the post today in th? tuneup 000 San Felipe stakes at six fur longs. Of the starting 10 thorough breds, only Ri 7.e rte has not been named for the famous derby, June 23. Top weight of 13 pounds his been assigned to Coward and Du puy's Father Neptune, on the ba sis of his victory in the Haw thorne juvenile championship last year. Favorites will probably be Don Am.'hie's Sir Bim, who won he only start by seven lengths, run ning the six furlongs in 1:10 4-3, and Charles S. Howard's speedy Sea Sovereign, who also easily triumphed in his sole outing. Sea Sovereign is paired ,vitn Bismarck Sea. Johnny Long ten will ride Sir Bim, and George Woolf will be on Sea Sovereign. Also in the field are Gold Bolt. Quick Reward. Proclamation, Pa tvr. Rolling Bar and Greylord. Gresham Racing To Start June PORTLAND. May 26 (VP) An M-day spring horse racing meet at the Noi t Invest Jockey club on the Gresham track will get und.T way June 5 lh Mult nomah Cminiy Fair association manager announce! today. A starting stable ol 111! horses, now quartered at the San Fran cisco Bay Meadows oval, ate due in this week. Karl H.unll is slated to offi ciate as lacing i-HTet.uy and pre Mding judge. Tom l.outfl will Iv the judge representing the Oio gon racing commissi m. Oswald West and Jack Day will act ;:s finish judges and Boh Murray will preside over tl mulnel dfpm tment O Fight Results By United Press New York Rocky G i ana 10. 1M-", Brooklyn. stopped Al tBummyi Davis, l-lti, Biooklvn. 4 . Wive.ler. M.i- s. Timo ;; (Buddy) Have.. '2X, Boston, on' pointed Tom Fn;y, 12;', K.;1) Rivor. t8. Milwaukee -- Juste Vonlane, 1S.V Milwaukee KO'd S'i.i p:i o, l.i.i. c v Yo; k '. Hollywood Fdgai Kooin-,i. l.oi Angel -:. dcCiStoiiod Joey Al bino. 3fS. Poitl.iiid. On, uS' " (iraziarw Wins Shot At Welter Champion NKW YOKK. May 2d UP Koi ky i: a. LtTii, ,i ,iv rl-.jLv f H'.rti v ir.-T; P:-. k! r. fct ts a r.mi t' if -.t ,t wt '.U : Al k h.iMipion Kff.liic Ui. h:..ne i i ,L::.r 2'.' iuc..ue oi.t rouc':"d - and :.'poii Al " l'u':i!n ' lVvi ; iA b t! the i :ri(, - m 44 -: tilUl.s Ol V.U ioii"i-l !Ol;!Vi ;,t M.ld : (.n StAli.i''.' t;,i:.ii't !..-t r :;!.( LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER r Phone 600 Complete Local Reports Saturday, May 2fi, 19l" "You can't imagine what a lime wo had finding a team physician?" Giants Stretch Load lly locating Sedbirds NEW YORK, May 26 (UP) Bulwarked by Catcher Ernie Lom bardi't busy bat, the New York Giants are putting the lie to critics who said thoir pennant bubble would burst once they got on the road. Instead they are winning as consistently as when ih.iy were aiming tor the short barriers al Ihe Polo Grounds and unless some team stops them soon they may make a run-away of the rare. Lombardi hit a Und mark homer yesterday lo pace the Giants lo their third straight victory al Cincinnati. 5 lo 2. Baseball Standings By United Press AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. New York IV 11 .607 Cliie:.fo IS 10 .600 Detroit 15 10 .600 St. Louis 13 12 .520 Cleveland : 12 14 .462 l!c.?ton 12 15 .444 VashinRton 12 17 .414 Philadelphia 11 18 .37!) NATIONAL LEAGUE Tvew Yoik 24 7 .774 niooklyn 17 13 .567 St. I .on is 17 13 .507 I Pittslmi-'jn 15 14 .517 'Chicago 14 14 .5110 Boston . 11 16 .407 Cincinnati 1 lfi .385 Philail. Iphi;. 8 23 .2: PACIFIC COAST Poll land 33 20 .(523 Seattle :il 20 .Bin; Oakland 20 25 .537 San ltnuo 27 28 .4(11 San Kiam-i.-vo 25 28 .742 S.ulanienlo 25 28 472 Los Am-.-l.-s 25 2'- .4(53 I Hollywood 18 35 .340 .414 Kvcnonc is Happy Over Cooper Deal, Fvrcni Mnuho Card t f)l M UllH l HI ( PlTTSm'KGH Vav 26 (PP) Tlie ll.i l, n Hiaves ; d. iv. t.R Molt Coo; and tlie Pittlnilgh re happy I.--er is happy PKat.-s a". happy, !oo. Co-ip, r was surp. ..--'ed Put at! satislied with the deal that s.'P' him to l';e lV.ave Irom 1 ho prn- nanl -w ini-pp.g St. 1 s Caldin.i!;. The Hi.ivs w.-re glad lo add t'lu.pei- to Iheir mound .-.taff. Aral t!ie Piiaes wr:e happv liecaase Cooper will not pdeh in tin- eui -loeker loom had it thai, m addi re:it Pittslvi: ch Boston sen.'S. I'neoiifinni-d repoi's from ll.e ii.in to tra,i:nc Ked Bairet:. t'u Braves paid the Cards S-75.0i'0 in i.ih fi: the h;R i iRht-hander. And f.nth.'r .c.sip said Coo;: -r wiil Pe paid ilOO instead of the ICfuVl ihe t-.ird.nals signed hi-vi tor. an.i ,v!m !i ted lo lus dissali-l.u-u.-n. wiiik-.'ul and tianfei. CUBS BUY CHRISTOPHER HUSTON. V.-:y 2:i UTM-Out- eidi r I..k ,i k!u ivti.pher of the LoMt.n Kid S,. who w,s diall ed l.t ye.:!- f;-om Seattle of the r.irit U' Coast le.-oie. toil.iy as en loute Xo ,nn tin Uhieato Cub who pure hav d hen ..I the waive? : pi uv ol SLTmHI. Chi ii.-pher b.t;.-d .214 with :.oiL nv. BUY COAL for Next Season! any future slmi t.-.-.'.e lino to tvarsixnti ti.'ii tie-u;is Buy it rnv ami lao ,t in i-ur lm lv5:1v fir w inter. iiilhrN fWl Co. Kim Jrffrrson ' Phone oi W SPORTS Page 8 The Cubs needed 1G hits to heat the last place Phillies. 4 to 3, Hank Wyse gaining his fifth victory, a seven hitter Vine DiMaggio's sixth homer was the only telling blow he permitted. Wyse won his game with a sin gle jn the seventh scoring Bill Schustor. who had tripled. The Pirates won their fifth straight at Pittsburgh, beating P.oston, 5 to 3. for Elwin (Prea cher) Roe's fourth triumph against two losses. Veteran I Jackie Saltzgaver paced the 10- hit winning attack with two sin gles and a double. The Cards won their fourth straight over the Brooklyn Dod gers, 9 to 7, at St. Louis in a la.ttle which found neither stait ing niteher surviving the first -.nninn- Brooklyn made four runs and Ihe Cards fivo. Ray Sanders clinched the victory with a three mil homtr in the fourth. Yanks Displace Sox The Yank i s, winning tin loiuth stiaiRhl at ' New York, knocked the White Sox out ot first place and went in them si Ives with a 5 to 4 victory, brought about by George Slit n v.uss" two run triple in the i:ghlh. Nick Ktlen led tro 14 h it Yankee attack with- three singk s. Nelson Potter gave the Browns their first victory in three at Iloston, shutting out the Red 5 10 " 1,ir h,s H,unh '"" ; ,,,!,. The Browns made 12 hits. players niiuiig saie at least once j Lefty Al Smith gave th: CUvc- land Indians their second straight i. -hut-out at Washington, 3 to 0. 1 over the S-.T.ators who have gone : 24 innings without a run. Smith ! peimithd three hits and only eiehl hails, inrludinp five flits. i v,;,nt lflU) ,ho eulfield. Calclar Paul Richards doubled ta score Jinuvv Outlaw in th-? ninth and pivo Detroit a 2 to 1 vu toiy in er the A s at Philadel phia. P:ank iS'iUhbyl Overmire outpilcht d Louis (Bobo) Newsom. thouch he was touched for 10 hits. Nelson and Snead In Title Match FLUSHING. N Y May 26 UP Byron N Ison and Sam Smad t.e oil ;.t Fresh Meadow rourr,: v iSuh today in the gi "'.'t i st ;.;!-!: -nothmj; match m golt hlMo. . As thi ins tew . Mi hoi unoiii. ., v oi li golfs g. tigi y sent their drives boom : vi the :ust gitvn to opt n i- medal play battle th;v appmg str okes for tht I eii.impionship of th And the only payoff for id dust twins ns pn-s- TODAVS SPORTiPARADtL NEW YORK, May 20 (UP) Frank (The Verce) Sinatra was saying, "I wish Tami Mauricllo would really train, because " and Chriss Dundee was saying, "This Jose Basora is the greatest fighter I ever saw, although he trains in a night club." Everyone was saying some thing, and no one was paying much attention to what anybody said because important conversa tion was babbling everywhere at the hotcha supper given by the light "pecpul" last night ut Toot's Shor's for former Mayor Jimmy Walker. The dinner marked th; 25th anniversary of ex-Mayor Walker's writing of tho Walker law which has governed New York boxing for a quarter of a century. We shook off the general bab ble and concentrated on Dundee, who was sitting with the vory athletic-looking Jose Basora of Puerto Rico. Basora is the guy who recently amazed the bxoing world by fighting a draw with the great Ray (Sugar) Robinson. Hay generally is referred to as "uncrowned king of the welter weights." What did Dundee meat.? This chap Basora trains in a night club. Dundee said "I ain't kidding. B.ifora is the outstanding middle weight in the world today be cause of his legs. Where does he get those legs? He gets them by dancing the rhumba and conga every night he's in New York." We said to Basora largest Puerto Hican boxer we've ever seen "what about his dancin trainin' business?" Basora said, "1 would rather dance than eat, which I do both. It is much more pleasure to dance then to rkeep rope. Of course, I like to eat al so, which I do very well with arroz eon polio (chicken with rice)." We said to Dundee, "Why do you permit this nightclub danc ing business when you have charge of a fighter with such apparent promise?" Dundee a-eplitll, "You forget that I am specialist in middle weights. I managed Georgia Ab rams, who would have been champion if he hadn't gone into the navy; and I managed Ken Overlin, who was middleweight champ, and who was called 'King of the cocktail lounges'. Oveiiin owed much of his rythm and dex terity to dancing. Besides, it's a lot cheaper to let your boy dance a few rounds with a gal for nothing than to pay sparring partners $10 or $15 a round. See what I mean?" Basora said, "Chrees, he is right. Thecs girls like lo dance wiz me for nozzing." But what does your wife say to this dancing training'.' Basor grinned and explained, "My wife the very beautiful Maiia Elisa feels very sorry for thees girls. She knows how I aance what you might call solid when 1 am in training. And when they go groggy to thei! cornels I mean tables she feels j like cooking for them some arroz con polio. Wiz nie it is a very serious thing thees dancing." Dunde said he has been flood ed with offers since Basora drew with Robinson at Philadelphia, but he expects Jose to make a big fight in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Julv 4. and then to meet I ,.r,rt nf three tiin-niitrh,-rs in Mad- ison Square Gard.-n in late July: j (!) Robinson. (2) Jake Lamotta. ! or (3) Tommy Bell. i "And he'll lick anv of them." j Dundee concluded, "he's dancin' i swell." I KAHUT WINS ON TKO I PORTLAND. May 26 (UP) j Sailor Joe Kahut of Woodburn, Ore , 180. smashed his way to a I ninth round TKO ovi i game, j hard-slupRing Moose Kennedy, 397 of Vancouver, Wash., at the ; auditorium hore last night. ' ii estimated to cost the United j i Stales $145,525,000 annually. OraiiaCla 1 1 u ii ffltia i-T Added I .nnn shnK on Kn nt J Kdjrar 'Slo Bum' Krnnrdr ( umedj . ,'-'' v. " -.- , v, . JAP BALLOON ATTACKS REVEALED Announcement by U. S. war and navy departments that Japan has beea sporadically attacking western United Slates with bomb-laden paper balloons lent fresh interest lo this pholo released some months ago. It shows officials examining balloo.i bearing Japanese inscriptions which was found in western U. S. Left to righl: Maj. J. F. Bol giano, army air corps balloo.i expert; Capt. W. S. Standard, army inlelligenee officer; W. G. Banisler. FBI agent; and Ens. P. M. Jackscn, navy inlclligance. llf fiVW'-UVlAfci. FALA'S SUCCESSOR "Mike. Irish setter pup presented by Postmaster General Robert Hannegan. is the new White House dog, succeeding the fa mous Faia. Above. Margaret Truman, daughter of Ihe presi dent, takes Mike for a stroll on Ihe While House grounds. iXew Farm Chief is Invited td Oregon PORTLAND. Ore.. May 1G (UP) Clinton P. Anderson, sec retary of agriculture nominee, has been ask.d by Roy A. Waul, acting chairman of the Portland chamber of commerce agricultur al committee, to include Oi'cl'cii in his Ju.ie visit to the Pac::lc coast, it '-cs disclosed today. In a wire to Anderson, Ward said the chamber's agricultural department would be glad to ar range a meeting for all faun groups on a date suitable to Ai--dcrson. , Controls on Domestic Silver Use Lifted WASHINGTON, May 2(3 (UP) The war production board lift ed today all controls on the u?e of domestic silver. Restrictions on the use of foreign silver v:!l continue. Users of domestic silver here to! p have been limited to quotrs established on a base year. WPB said the supply of silver in wire and sheet form is very limited and will be difficult to obtain for some time. Sunday Monday - Tuesday tlULI HbHina vibiniviid: Thrill to the stirring wgi of fearless men who challenged the might of nittdess gno me earl; Ameriu! -"-. itw vl. IVivetsii News Arsenal Explosion Death Toll Grows EDGEWOOD, Md., May 26 (UP) The death toil in a load ing platform explosion which wrecked a building at the Edge wood army arsenal rose to 12 to day as 16 of the 50 injured were detained at the arsenal hospital. All of the dead were women war workers. The third service command reported that four of the hospitalized victims were in critical condition. Army officials said a fve-m-n board is investigating the blast which occurred late yesterday. Romance, Murder Form Plot of Film A plot icvolving around New York's cafe society in pre-wai times is presented in the motion picture "Laura," which opens to morrow at the Liberty theater. Romance and murder arc woven into the story, in which the leading parts are played by Gene Ticiney, in the role of an advertising c-xecirtive, Dana An oiews as a detective, and Clifton Webb as a man-about-town. Vincent Price and Judith An derson head the supporting cast. On the sale bill is another in the series of "This Is America" films. It tells the story of how coal is utilized in producing scoies of products which afiect the every-day life of modern civ ilization. An airplane travels 10 lo 15 mik-s in writing a two-word sen tence in the skv. hr-' efe Special "ALL STA1 Slai . 0 Iloh Hope Jeanne ( rain Linda I'htrnell June Hater Frank Sinai ra D "T.mU x Fihlier Mt(;ee and Molly Hairy James and His Orchestra Ends Toniuhl Quisling Is Held By Oslo Court As Traitor to Norway OSLO, May 26 (UP) Trial of Norway's traitor, Vidkun Oui. ling, today was fixed for Aueust V 25 and it was revealed that tho j- " husband of Kirsten Flagstad has ' been arrested. j. The famous opera star's hus- r band, Henry Johansen, was taken I into custody on charges he co- f: operated with the Germans, par. 2 :i ticularly in business transactions. When the court read to Quis. , ling the main charge', that he haj delivered Norway into enemy I hands, Quisling protested in a t low voice, "I never did anything J aeainst Norway." . Another of the charges was that he had ordered the shoolino of Norwegian policemen who had refused to arrest girls who al legedly were avoiding the labor iegulations. The number of Norwegians ar rested on treason charges is re ported to be 10,000, aDout one fourth of the estimated number of Quisling's followers.' Probe of Ban On Gold Mining Asked BOISE, Ida., May 20 (UP)-A request for a senate investigatiin of the 1!)42 federal order closing gold mines was sent to congress men today by delegates to the first gold conference of the west, em economic and mining affil iates, inc. The gold mining delegates ask ed for immediate lifting of the gold mining ban and for bett-.T mine equipment priorities. DOCTOR DROPS DEAD PORTLAND, Ore., May 26 (UP) Dr. Edward S. Donnelly, 64, Woodourn physician, col lapsed in a dressing room at tho municipal auditorium here last night and was pronounced dead upon arrival at St. Vincent's hos pital. NEW WESTERN TONES FOR WESTERN HOMES Quick ind city. One coj( covm ny iurfacc... including paper. ppnnnrr BIT MORE BONDS Van Petten Lumber Co. Sunday Monday - Tuesday I Ml 3 "AjpJ The dramatic story of how -ti"..L coa' P';'.vs sucli an import y,lif!(C? ant part in our daily lives. Attraction I9HB RALLT" line ivian Blaine I!ing Crosby IU'tly (rulile llarpo Marx Carmen Miranda "THE VERY THOl'GHT OF YOl" Is ' E 0
