La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 29, 1945, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Texti ji I fage Two r . rif 'f .vt w if ' Fill 1 1 SUMMER WHITE HOUSE IN MISSOURI Roofer!, painters and decoralora iwarm over the sum mer White House in Independence. Mo. It'i the Harry S. Truman homo at 21? N. Delaware St., where the president plana to spcid lorai of the summer months. " . Yanks Gird For New Drive on Japs In Northern Luzon MANILA, May 20 (UP) The 25th division headed tor the open, tonic ground of northern Luzon today after capturing Sunta F-i, gateway to the rich Cagayan val ley; Most of the remaining Japanr.se forces on Luzon are scattered across the northern areas of the island. Once in the open the Americans can use their over whelming mechanized superior ity; which has been little good in the hill fighting so far. The breakthrough into the Cay agan valley was aitod by a blis tering bombardment of enemy positions and rear areas during which 450 tons of bombs were dropped by planes of all types. Light bombers zipped back over target areas to strafe whatever Japanese person nel remained above ground. A new battle shaped up in cen tral Mindanao, where the Jap anese remnants in the hills man aged to refoim some soil of line running north and south, parallel to the Sayre highway. The Australian forces rn Tara kan Island pushed through the jungles to reach Djeoata on the north coast, thus cutting in two the Jupunese-held portion of the island: Counties Limited To One Memorial SALEM, Ore., May 20 (UP) Oregon counties are empowered by law to construct only one vet erans' memorial building or mon ument, Attorney General George Neuner today advised Arthur J. Moore, district attorney of Des chuti's county. Notwithstanding the signified willingness of the citizens of both Bend and Kudnioiul to have such structures located on land owned by or donated to the county, the 1045 law specifies that $25.(100 may he expelled on only one such monument or building. Neuner said. The limitation was raised from $10.1100 to $25,0110 by the re cent legislature. O RATION CALENDAR Processed Foods: Book 4 Hlue stamps 112 through M2 valid through June 2. Blue stamps N2 through S2 valid through June 30. lilue stamps T2 through X2 valid through Julv 31. Blue stamps Y2, Z, Al, lit, CI valid through August 31. Meat, Butlor, Fats, Choose: Book 4 Hed stamps Y5 through D2 valid through June 2. lied stamps F.2 through J2 valid through June 30. Red stamps K? through P2 valid through July 31. Hed stamps Q2 through L'2 valid through August 31. Sufjari Book 4 Sugar stamp 35 valid through June 2. Sugar stamp 38 valid through August 31. Shoes: Loose stamps Invalid, Book 3 Airplane stamps 1-2-3 now valid. New stamp valid Aug. 1. Gasoline: Coupons not valid un ities! ondorsod: "A" 15 coupons expire Juno 21. Btovoi Apply hwal Ixiard for oil, gas stove certificates. Wood. Coal. Sawdust: Delivery by priorities based on needs. Fuel Oil: Period 1 -2- 3 4-H coupons valid through Align t 31, Wastf P'pfi and Cansi O Bundle,: waste paimr mud pro pared tin rang "may be h it ,u the salvage depot, il()ii JettoHo)! street. O o ( " 0 "Little len" of Arctic Are No Myth " ' Probers Find Solution To Old Mystery HEADQUARTERS, Alaskan Department, May 28 (Delayed! (UP) A fantastic story of raw tribal superstition and military sig nificance came out of the bitter, mirage-hung mountains of the Alaskan Arctic today. It is an old story with a new twist the story of the "little men" the malicious pigmys who for centuries are said (o have harassed the swart, husky whale and walrus hunters of the Arctic. Ypkohama is Left In Flames After Great B-29 Raid (Continued from Page 1) for Tokyo and northern Japan. The big bombers struck from medium altitude nt the 9 a.m. morning rush' hour and, Tokyo accounts said, unloaded their car goes of death and destruction in a steady rain for two and a nan hours. ' Fighters Guard Bombers Mustang fighters from Iwo estimated by Tokyo at 100 to 150 strong ran '-interference for the Superfortresses and tangled with enemy fighters high over the port city. Tokyo said Jap anese anti-aircruft batteries also were in action. A Japanese communique said 30 B-29'3 Were shot down and 40 heavily damaged out of a force it estimated at 5Cd Ii-20's and 100 Mustangs, lt said the raid lasted a hour and a half with some bombs alo falling on Tokyo and Kwasaki, midway between Tokyo and Yokohama. Japs Say Damage is Heavy "Considerable d a m age was caused in the city of Yokohama," the communique said. The raid was the Tlrst in strength on Yokohama, a modern city of 72 square miles packed with shipyards, motor vehicle plants, steel plants and assorted aircraft, rubber, radio and petro. leum works. Bombs were aimed at three main areas, YokVihama harbor with its docks and breakwaters; the modern commercial and resi dential sections to the southeast, and the northeast district, where numerous war plants lie on re claimed land jutting out into Tokyo bay. Last lliles Are Set For Pioneer Sheriff ALBANY, Ore., May 29 (UP) Funeral servicis have been sot for 2:30 p.m., Friday fur D. S. (Vanliy) Smith, 87, widely known fornur Linn county sheriff and circuit court bailiff for tho last 60 years. Smith died at his home here Sunday night after a short ! illness. He was a son of Delazon Smith, first United Stales senator fiom Oregon and was the last surviv ing member of Co. E., first regi ment, 2nd brigade of the Bannock Indian war. Memory of Oregon Pioneers Honored ST. PAUL, Ore. May 20 (UP) Memorial Day will be observed in St. Paul with the unveiling of a marker in memory of Phil lipe Deere and Francois Rivet, who were with Lewis and Clark and initialed to Oregon about 1(120. The Ameriean Pumper Trails assttciation is holding ivrcmoni-'S at the giaves of as many Lewis ,.nd Claik men us can he found. St. Paul church reeoixls show I't-cre was buried in IH47 at the t.ge of 108. and Rivet, in 1852, at P5 J KeepJt O'tn lfil OttTiwh and tarrtm-n, I lnutn . W' IM Bn WlOMr Vllf n naixut ctrdl cumfori. rtriinartrft surmnt 1 j cm , m cm m wtt itmm I r Cuuu .ton kfjn itr-t- M - 1 THE The white man never believed the yarns about the little men who appeared each fall In Eski mo villages to raid and pillage and then mysteriously vanish. But they believe them now. They believe them because a careful investigation by an American ar my officer has been made of the phantom-like marauders of Asi atic countenance and cruel hab its. And further investigation is in progress. The white men believe the "lit tle men" stories now because they remember how Japanese fur pi rates in past years raided Aleut and Eskimo villages from Bris tol bay to the Seward peninsula. And it has occurred to them the Eskimos and . their cousins the Aleuts suffered from raids on the part of the "little men" long be fore .the white people of North America did. Recently a party of Eskimo members of the Alaska terri torial guard on patrol up the Nbaiak river wre visited twice by the strange "little men" and wore forced to en gage them in a gun-battle be fore the intruders would de part, The Eskimo making the report, a captain in the ATG, said "they were very small men and they did not speak English. But they didn't sneak Eskimo, either." The incident resulted in an in vestigation conducted by Major Marvin Marston, Seattle, who on the authority of Lt. Gen. Delos Emmons, and Governor Elnest II. Omening of Alaska, travelled by dog team deep into the heart of the Baird mountains through areas no white man had visited in 40 years leaching the remote Kiana village on the seacoast. There M.irston interviewed the members of the party which had fought with the little men. The vlling? had been guarded by ATG sentries following an at tempted raid by the little men whom the Eskimos said commun icated by means of shrill bird like whistles. That fact alone interested troops here since it recalled that Japs on Attu often used bamboo flutes in signalling to one an other. Chinese Continue To Push Southward CHUNGKING. Iay 29 (UP) Chinese vanguards are approach ing Sullu, 48 miles southwest of the captured air base city of Nan ning and only 50 miles from the French Indo-China border, a com munique annouced today. Othere Chinese troops i cached the vicinity of Pinyang, 50 miles northeast of Nanning and 70 miles south of Japanese - held 70 miles south of Japanese-held Liuchow, another former Ameri can base. Because he admired the orna ment, one Miinbettus tribesman pierced his lips w ith an ivory pin. r 1 - l of this Clean, AjjTHE OnusTUN Science Monitor Free from crime end surmrtcmal aevs . . . Vree from Dolirirai bias . . . Free from "special interest" control . . . Free to sU yoa the truth about orla mmn. Its own worldwide aio of corre spondents brtns) you otwhrpot news and its mmn ins; to you end rout ftmily. Each issue Ailed with unique stit hnip frarana to clip and ktm j Tfc Cbrouu Um r,iM hwt J I - mt umeit MM I I Hum j ! " (1 SVm Mf n-mctt ! trip. tast,...ti.ltei,i.... V-44l wA'tnasi t - j LA GRANDE .EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, iOREGON Np Cause for Alarm Seen in Growing Manpower Surplus SAN FRANCISCO," May 29 (UP) Despite a steadily in creasing labor surplus on the Pocific coast due' ' to cutbacks Mid cancellation of war contrac s, manpower officials are confident there exists no cause for alarm or lessons to believe an urmy of ex-war workers soon will be sell ing apples. Instead, they predict that the Pacific coast, because of its prox imity to the Japanese war, will probably have the smullest pool of surplus workers in the United States. In other words, there arc and will be plenty of jobs. The increase in the number of workers now out of jobs because of industry chunge-over is pure ly temporary. The war man- power commission terms it a period of adjustment. Ship Repairmen Needed Paradoxically enough, side by side with the surplus there exists a critical labor shortage in coast ship repair yards. Battle-damaged vessels are standing off-shore at Bremerton ond San Francisco because there are not enough electricians, machinists and other skilled and semi-skilled workers to do the job. The WMC army, navy ana maritime commission estimate 20,000 workers arc needed im mediately in the industry.; Plans ore underway to import eastern labor again to help fill the hole. Point of confusion in the paci fic coast labor situation is that the manpower surplus cannot be drawn upon to fill the skilled repair-worker shortage. The repair yards are a nigniy skilled industry and sometimes refuse to accept men with pipe fitter or machinist ratings simply because the men have had no actual experience in' ship repair work. However, WMC estimates some 75,000 priority jobs on the west coast arc available to take up the current and pending worker surplus. The figure does not in clude the 20,000 needed in the ship repair industry. Aides Are Sought By State Agencies The Oregon merit system coun cil has announced an examination has been set tentatively for July 7 for applicants for a number of professional and skilled posi tions in the state service. Appli cations must be filed with the council by June 23. Full inform ntion may be obtained from Prof. William Griffith, 018 Mead Build ing, Portland, 4. Among the positions in which vacancies exist are key punch, tabulating machine operator and senior tabulating machine oper ator, unemployment commission, staff assistants in social work and fields representative, public wel fare commission and state health officers (nurses and doctors) san itarians and sanitary engineers, by the board of health. All ap pointments will be on a perman ent basis. Hospital Ship Hit By Japs Reaches Port LOS ANGELES, May 29 (UP) The hospital ship USS Comfort is in Los Angeles harbor today for repairs after a Japanese sui cide plane attack killed 21 per sons and injured 52 aboard the ship last April 28 near Okinawa Authorities said the mercy ship was plainly marked and carried lights. NEW WESTERN TONES FOR WESTERN HOMES Quick ant! tty. One nat cuvcrs tnv lurfuce . . . including all BUY MOKE BONOS Van Petten Lumber Co. 7T7T7 TTZ TT-1 Family Newspaper L2L fciA,nrf w in 'HEAVE TO FOR BOARDERS' Photo above depicts a hither to undisclosed historic incident in the war against Germany, A navy escort carrier task group attacked, boarded and captured the U-boat 505. marking the iirst time In U. S. history since 1815 that U. S. forces boarded and seized an enemy warship in battle on the high seas. Photo shows U. S. boarding party on the sub marine. . British Capture Nazi Propagandist WITH BRITISH SECOND ARMY, Germany, May 29 (UP) The British second army hold William (Lord Haw Haw) Joyce, nasty-tongued British nazi who i anted at his homeland over the German radio, in custody today and sought means to try him as a v. ar criminal. (The uuthoritative British press association said Joyce will be tried for treason in England de spite his naturalization as a Cerman subject. It was possible Britain will refuse to recognize the naturalization on grounds that it occurred during wartime. Treason can te punished by hanging.) Joyce was captured in northern Germany by British second army officers combing the area for war criminals. He was placed under close security guard for addition al questioning. Ceiling On Early Apples Is Raised WASHINGTON, May 29 (UP) Ceiling prices for the 1945 crop of early apples, fob country ship ping point, have been increased from $2.85 to $3.33 a bushel, the office of price administration has announced. This means retail ceilings for early apples will go up about luj cents a pound, OPA said. The increase will be effective from today through June 20. The in crease was necessary because of adverse growing conditions, OPA explained. . . i FMarr.qsfrrrTujiijfi' sMarssiarri' 'Skki This covered wagon rides the clouds i ; ! , 1 1 ' ill Western Air wmmm -wr JL 1 Arguments Are Set In Budget Law Case SALEM, Ore., May 29 (UP) The Oregon supreme court today set June 6 for hearing arguments in the injunction suit attacking house bill 403 of the 1945 legisla ture, known as the "local budget law." The Oregon business and tax research, inc., of Portland, ap pealed the suit against the secre tary of state after an adverse de cision in Marion county circuit court last week. The tax group claims the bill, as signed by the governor, was not the bill as in tended by the legislature. 6 OUT OF 7 WOMEN ARE CHEATING ON RED POINTS Among housewives recently Interviewed, 6 out ot 7 were cheating themselves passing up extra red points because they did not save all their used Tats. These women were saving only the easy amounts from frying bacon or broiling. They were throwing away the little bits . . . the meat trimmings and table scraps. Yet those small amounts, saved and melted down, can fill fat salvage cans In no time at all! Have you been cheating your self? Then start saving, every scrap today I Our country needs fuU urgently to help make battle field and home-front essentials. 1 1 t&mgmm!mam. i yl0' liL StCrn -Jmm' mSmmmmmmmt On sky roads that arch over the West, the sturdy DC-3's of Western Air Lines skim trails Kit Carson broke, link towns first joined by stage and covered wagon. Today, Chevron Aviation Gasoline brings extra power, range, dependability to var-busy planes likathesc. Tomorrow, there'll be a highway version of tkis famous flyinguobringskyway performance to your tines flies AVIATION W GASOLINE Occidental Tenant Of Nisei Farm is Ousted By Jury OREGON CITY, Ore., May 2D UP) Masavuki Fujimoto, 28- yeur-old Japanese-American bur ly farmer, won In court last nigiu permission to rcoccupy the farm lie leased when interned aft-'!' Pearl Harbor. Tho jury was out only 15 min utes. Fujimoto had leased his 00 acre berry farm in Clnrkamas county to ivir. and Mrs. Dale E-3rgh, who agreed in the lease to surrender the premises to Fu jimoto after 30 days notice upon termination of the national emer gency and his r e tu r n to the county. After being released from the Hunt, Jdaho, relocation center, Fujimoto served notice to regain his land on March 24 ond the Berglis took, the case to court. Bergh has been a loader in the Grtsham anti-Japanese f.roup. Fujimoto was born in Portland and attended grammar, high school and Reed college there. He is married and the father of two children. L Oregon's present facilities are inadequate to provide the higher educational opportunities which have been promised to returning j , service men. A special election has been called for June 22. to enable the citizens to approve a $ 10,000,000 State Building Fund ' to provide these facilities as well as adequate State Hospital and Houses of Correction improvements that arc badly needed. - ! Normal progress of Oregon as a State demands that the J $10,000,000 State Building Fund be voted. It will not mean l increased tax rates. The money already is on hand, and requires only authorization from the voters to be used. VOTE 300 X YES Paid adv., United Cituent Commit It, Inc., Ralph D. Moore, Manager, 233 S. W. Stith Avtoua, PorlUnd I W0T?IT?I1 I p.to i 11 si &j is .' M m i i teatiai d vla lth wmmm sv mi wm n aki'v . ,-1 H kfl MX B fc.Qfr-.reMBM'igVT ran': I STANDARD OF CALIFORNIA Tuesday, May 29; 1945 Pilot of Famous B-17 Quits Army CAMP BEALE, Calif., ; May 29 : (UP) Maj. Allen Martini of San Francisco, pilot of the Flying : Foitress "Dry Martini" which set record in 1943 ' by ' shooting ciown 21 German planes in 15 minutes over Paris, has endrd Lis army career, it was disclosed today. The 25-yoar-old officer has been given inactive status un der the point system. -i . Herman Goering 'Ondyi broad-; cast a warning that his. luftwaffe would "get" the "Dry Martini" the only time the nazi official is known to hava challenged an Amei iean plane or pilot by name. . Oregon Must urn imitv vv ncii isui i car. rag JO j, - , ... 0 (')