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Miller Men With Rifles Bear Brunt of Winning War j 'j LEE G. MILLER WITH' THE 25th DIVISION AT BALETB PASS, Luzon (By Wireless) "1 firmly believe ho would tave been diead of the urmy , someday." suid Muj. Gen. Charles L. Mullins, jr., cotnmund ing general of this division, He was talking about his os sistunj division commander, Brig Clcn. :"PiKty" Dulton who wus kitlccf by a Jap sniper. "I' Wm planning to recom mend that he be given a divi .lon," : h general ald. "I don't' linPW ot ny man In ser vice; with more tactical brilli ance gr admintttratlve acu men, Gehei-nl Dulton won a silver tnr ulth nn oukk-uf cluster, and n lironvn star. He. had been a general only biiejly. Until March he was o colonel, commanding the lfllst reelmnnt. which he took over riurlhif, the Guadalcanal cam paignT and General Mullins said he had made it a regiment as gouc"pji any in tho army. General' Dalton was 38. He vias'irjulue'ed from Went Point in JIW3. . His wifo who writes poetry' vundpr her maiden nume, Kathfrlne.Starblid, Is (ho daugh-er-.br Brig. Gen. and Mrs. A. A. SlrbjH.:: She lives In Burling fon,,'yte'.V ; ". , ' I Wo long. talk with General Dqlton !) his tenl "e day before he w0s' Killed, and I was impres sed .with' his keenness. He obvi v 'rfia a lot of thinking. ' . Ha' s talking about the doiighfpots, and he was full of praise fur them. ., ' "Th'u 'dozer operators and the rmJle Vnd u ot of others do a ijiugiiificllfilt job,"., he said. "But it's.' tlis'. rifleman who has to go in against the machine giins'.V..? .'"' "A 'dpzer operator has nn nn rnediutip sense of accomplishment. So cjbci) 'the medic who helps a v.ouridud man. A rifleman has to take' fllll just whvi hu hurdly knows""- and when it's .taken what's 'he got? Just another hill ahead of him. ' . .- "Ernie Pyle was dead right when tie seld a soldier's war Is Juit hundred yards or to on each side of him. He doesn't see .'the , big picture. And he went to go home. ' "A man who has been fighting this long lias seen friends killed and he is tired and he figures he has about run out his chan ces.' But he has to take another hill. And he takes It." i! The general thought the cor respondents had a great respon sibility to try to muku people back home understand how things are out here. ', He mentioned the phruste "niup ping up" which sometimes gives Jptople the wrong idea of a rough operation like this at Balete Puss. "If a correct phrase mill I Urily,". he said, ' "You break i the enemy strategically and the J decision is won. but the job , remains of defeating strong enemy remnants. Thais mop ! ping up. and in using the terms .; the army doesn't mean to imply any lack of ruggedneas." General Dulton was a discip linarian. He discouraged officers Irom addressing men by their first names. ' "When an officer gets ioo fam iliar with his men," he said, "he become hesitunt about ordering a dangerous mission. He is like ly to muke a ruquost instead of issuing an order. But a soldier doesn't like that. He doesn't want to take the responsibility of sending himself into danger. For one tiling he feels it's throw ing down his family back home. Hi wants an officer to muke the decision. There's; not much vol unteering in the urmy, and I'm against it. Men want to be told what to do." General Dalton was able am; willing to do anything he asked his men to do, General Mullins said. "And he could do it brt 'ter than any of them," he added. General Dulton liked the troops nnd they liked him. He told me: "When I need a little bulking up I go up there" he pointed off through tin; rain and mist to the front lines "and talk to tin inert with the rifles." Fag Purchase from Sailor livings Fine SEATTLE, June 1 (UP) Stage and screen actor David Hodman today wus fined $50 and costs for purchasing 15 cartons of ora-etnrc cigarettes trom a sailor. The .IB-year-old actor was ar rested Tuesday by a federal tax agent. He came here from Holly wood two months ago utter he coming involved in studio labor troubles. 85 $1 Portland Beavers Widen Leadership By Beating Seattle By United Press The Portland Beavers increased their Pacific Coast league lead to two and one-half games last night by downing the second place Seattle Rainiers, 0-0, be hind the effective mound work of veteran Sid Cohen. The Oakland Acorns pinned back the ears of the Sun Fran cisco Seals, 11-7, as Bob Joyce, ace of Lefty O'Doul's hurling corps, went down to his fifth loss uguinst 1U wins. The improving Hollywood Stars mude it two out of three against Los Angeles by a II t) count in 10 innings, while tl,u Sacramento Solons stopped Sun Diego, 4-11. ' 1 Batting Spreo Wins Portland scored four runs in wild fourth inning to hasten Seattle's downfall. The offense was paced by singles off the bats of Mel Nuncs, Larry Barton and John O'NeiJ. Oakland couldn't touch Joyce for five frames, then hopped on him for four runs in the sixth and three more in the seeenth. Chet Rosenlund, Noun Dewcose and Tom Hufey collected four hits each. Guy Hotelier scattered seven Sun Diego li its as Sacramento rapped Frunk Tincup, Jim Brill heart and Curl Dumler for 1 1 sufetics. It was Fletcher's 10th victory and he had solid support from Jess Londium, who swat ted a triple and single in four tries. Joe Mishasek of Hollywood outlasted five Los Angeles twir lers. He also scored the winning run in the 10th inning. Fishing Prospects For Week-end Are 'Fair' to 'Poor' PORTLAND, Ore., June 1 (UP) Lane, Columbia. Curry, Jose phine, Jefferson, Deschutes and Malheur counties offer best Ore gon fishing possibilities for this coming weekend, according to the angling bulletin of the Ore gon state g:ime commission today. Angling is reported "poor" or very poor" in Douglas, Jose phine, Jackson, Lake, Crook, Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler and Wallowa ?ountics. In Lane, streams are reported right for angling, with good catches coming from upper Luke creek, and perch fishing in Silt Coos lake "fair." Benton county conditions ire only fair. In' Columbia, good catches of trout arc expected with possibili ties of bag limits this weekend for catfish perch and criippies Over the entire diked district. Tillamook and Coos counties report only fair angling condi tions but in Coos calfishing in the Cociui'le and in drainage ditches has brought limit catches. Perch fishing is good at Ten Mile lake, and the inlet and buy are good for striued bass, best by trolling. In Josephine, angling is poor, but salmon fishing good in the Rogue and promise is for excep tionally good fishing there as soon us the water settles. Roads to Tannen and Uolen lakes are snow-blocked. RESUMES DUTIES Mrs. C urie Trollinger has re sumed Ivt'i' duties us secretary of the La Grande chamber of com merce, alter having been em ployed by another firm 11 few weeks. :.. ",. v.. ... I TOTEM TOTER H' nor try log J tjuuJbly "W man. en 0 lOlvm Bnttf." ) Viik ham. W(3 jHund 'Sjtj cTIiuTefi Ml IXiktUff i& BtoO te) '(fi ) totem (pfNHietmn,te)l his ivico in I'M fl I .Uifj LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER I'lionc 600 Complete Friday, June 1, 1945 .Mjl-g j snnptM num. OS vvVr COOPER THE BRAVE Manager Bob Coleman is pleased with conditions of Mort Cooper's $100,000 arm. Following salary squab ble, Sf. Louis Cardinal ace wont to Boston Braves for cash and pitcher Charley Barrett. Baseball Standings By United Press AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. .02!) .010 .51b .500 .457 .452 .441 .4110 New York 22 1:1 12 10 10 111 17 10 21 Detroit 19 Chicago 17 St. Louis 10 Boston 18 Cleveland 14 Washington 15 Philadelphia 14 NATfONAL LEAGUE New York 20 1 1 .70.1 Brooklyn 21 HI .508 Pittsburgh I!) 10 .54:1 St. Louis 20 17 .541 Chicago 18 10 .521) Cincinnati 15 111 .455 Boston Ill 20 ..to Philadelphia 10 211 .20.1 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Portland .37 .32 .32 . 2!) . 30 21) 27 .21 .027 .580 .525 .402 .401 ,4;i .450 .450 Sivattlu Oakland San Francisco Sun Diego Sucranitnto .... Los Angeles .... Hollywood Sharp Reductions Made in Funds Of War Agencies WASHINGTON, June 1 (UP) The house appropriations com mittee today slushed more than $111.0011,000 from funds for 10 war agenci-.'s for the year begin ning July 1. It proclaimed thai the reduction marked "the begin ning of the end" for most of lliem. The coinniitlec approved legis lation providing $700,704,850 to operate the I!) agencies. This was $111,812,050 less than budget bu reau recommendations and $21)0. 1148,8110 less than current year funds. Two Years of War Seen During hearings on the legis lation, however, the committee heard Krp. J. Bnel Snyder. D., Pa., chairman of the subcommit tee on war department appropri ations, estimate that the war against Japan would last at least another two years. As the 11)40 war production board appropriation was being ...i.wwl... ...I I.I .1 niittee: "Japan still has about 8.000.OOO soldiers, about 2.50(1,000 in the islands and about 5,((l).00( in Manchuria. I would say that I can see possibly a war of two or more years with Japan." As reported by the committee, the appropriation measure marks a reduction for every agency ex cept the newly created office of war niobiliation and reconver sion and the office of economic stabilization. The office of war mobilization had only jl.itm.488 for Its short life during the current year. For 1040. the committee recommend ed $4:1.055,400, which was $20, 041.000 Mow budget bureau rec ommendations. For OKS, tin' committee recom mended sitiio.250 compared to the $1011,0011 it received this vear. PRICE CONTROL DROPPED WASHINGTON. June 1 (UI'l Cabbago will 1h lemoved from retail price control on June 0, he office of price administration onnmincfd too.iv. Tin l.a (Jiitnde .Masonic l.otge Will .Meet :il the ej !inittjgtass I'uneiul llimie -:IH1 p.m. Sa To attend and conduct the fin.,! of George W. Hill man. tic mdtr of W M. C. M. Humphreys Ql SPORTS Local Reports Page 6 Veteran Hurler Leads Reds to Win Over Phillies By United Press Walter Beck, 42-ycar-old veter an of seven' big league seasons, and former Philadelphia Philly hurler, sot his former team mates down with five hits yesterday and gave the Cincinnati Reds an 8 to 1 victory, Beck's second of the year. The Reds gave him 13-hit sup port, every membor of the team lulling sufr.ly at least once, and seven scoring the runs. Rookie Dave Ferriss of the Red Sox had everything necossary to win, beating the Indians, 6 to 2, but this lime he had to share the American league honors with another ex-G.I. Joe, Les Mjiel k'l- of the Detroit Tigers. Tigers Blank Yanks Mueller, storting his first big league game after several relief stints blanked the Yankees with just two hits for a 2 to 0 victoiy at New York. Beating live Indians left Fer riss. Willi only one league team, the Senators, to conquer. Hu has beaten the others once and the White So.x twice. Relief pitcher Joe Berry, who took over when Don Black wren ched his back, gave the Phila delphia A's the rubber game, 3 to 2, Bobby Kstallelu singling home the winning run for him in tile eighth. Milt Byrnes cleared the right field barrier at Washington with a homer for the first time this season to highlight the Browns' 5 to 2 victory over tho Senators, which ended a five-game losing streak. L.'fty Al Hollingswotth won his first game, taking it easy after tile Browns mude four runs in the second. Dodgers Take Long One Cloodwin Rosen tripled home two runs in the 13th lo give Brooklyn the rubbor game in a series of three at Pittsburgh. 0 to 4. Relief Pitcher Clyde King allowed one hit for seven innings until the 13th when he loaded tha basf s on three short singles, then caused the last batter to ground out. Rookie Jack Kreel won his third game for the Cardinals at St. Loins, scattered 10 hits to beat tlu1 Braves. !) to 4. A five run Cardinal rally in tho first inning gave him plenty of wink ing margin. Tommy Holmes hit a homer for the Braves. Stamp taxes were paid on more than 125,(100,000.000 cigarets in the United States in a single vear. Granada COMPANION Mexociie naum ILIY f GILBERT HOWARD Army Prisoners Riot, Slay Guard. Destroy Barracks INDIANAPOLIS, June 1 (UP) A guard was killed and three soldier-piisoncrs wounded during a riot which broke out last night during an incendiary fire in the disciplinary compound at Fort Benjamin Harrison, fifth service command headquarters said to day. The riot started with the ston ing of guards by tho prisoners, all soldiers serving courts-martial sentences. The prisoners broke lights al the same time. A slant time later fire broke out in u barracks and the in firmary. Tlio two buildings weie at opposite ends of the disciplin ary compound. "Except for the fire the riot was soon quelled, but hot before me guard wus killed," the state ment said. The compound held some 3,000 soldier-prisoners, it was reported. Fire Fighter Dies A fireman was a fifth casually. Everett Jackson, 40, died thij morning of a stroke he suffered while fighting the flames. "Immediate, cause of the riot was believed due to extra duty for infraction of prison rules," said u statement issued under authority of Major-Gen. James 1.. Collins, commanding generul of the fifth service command at Col umbus, O. One prisoner was wounded seriously and two others only slightly, the Btutitncnt auid. Names of the casualties were not announced. Nine barracks buildings were destroyed, the statement said. Salmon Canning To Be Concentrated WASHINGTON, June 1 (UP) Concentration of the salmon cun ning industry of Puget Sound, Wash., started lust year to save manpower and equipment, will be continued during the 1945 season, Harold L. Ickes, secretary of interior and coordinator of fisheries, announced today. Although the general theory of operating a few firms at top pro duction will apply this season, four instead of three plants will be authorized to pack salmon for 1 1 firms. , Ickes maintained the plan will save 450 cannery workers for the mainland, employing 100 in the San Juan islands where labor is available. About 20 cannery tend ers will be released for use in Alaska, he said. Famed Musician is Co-starred in Film Jose Iturbi, famous pianist and symphony conductor, appears as a conductor with a problem ill the motion picture, "Music For Millions," now showing at the Liberty theater. His problem is one ol man power, as the war causes women to leplace men in his orchestra. Co-starred ate Margaret O'Brien. Jimmy Durante and June Allyson, who plays the p ill of a bass fiddle player in the symphony orchestra. TODAY and SATURDAY T O N I G II T AND SATURDAY FEATURE Cantrell Bags Two Japs Tn One Minute $ 4 4 i Marine Pilot Wounded, Plane Is Riddled ABOARD AN AIRCHAFT CARRIER IN THE PACIFIC (De layed) A blazing 30 minutes over Japan won a hero's place for Marine Captain William A. Cantrell, a fighter pilot from La Grande. Oregon, Captain Cantrell, a member of the "Eightball" squadron on this carrier, destroyed two and damaged two Jap planes as his plane was riddled with gunfire and his right foot became numb from shell fragment wounds. When his squadron leader's compass failed to function, Can trell was ordered to lead the out fit back to the carrier. Until he landed on one knew he had been wounded, or that his' plane was damaged. Cantrell scored his kills over the north of Kure in southwest Honshu when the marine's wen: lo the aid of a group of navy pilots. As the Japs attacked from tho rear, Cantrell went to the lescue of a Corsair with1 two Japs on its tail. Firing until he was about 100 feet from one Jap, Cantrell evidently killed the pilot, and the plane turned en its back and "screeched" for each. He bagged his next plane in less than a minute when he hit one of three Japs attacking a Corsair. Flames poured out of the engine, as the enemy went down. While attacking a third Jap, Cantrell'g plane was hit und lie was wounded in the foot. His plane jolted, and there was e small explosion as black smoke leaked into the cockpit and hy diaulic fluid splattered over him. He took a quick look and found a large hole in his left wing. His right foot had become numb, and he found shell fragments in his shoe. Hearing a shout for help over his intercom, he pulled his Cor S T BONDS! War ilonols are the power . . . War Iloiuls are the plow ... of the mighty war maciiine America is operating. We must plow deep, straight and thoroughly . . . cover for nil time the rulilile, refuse and stench of the axis hordes, in older to plant and reap the "Victory Garden" of free meni This Advertisement Contributed in the Interest of the 7th War Ijian. hv BUNTING Tractor Company, .Inc. TKrgPaf&) 2 sair into a sharp turn, and spoi led a Jap making a high run on another Corsair. He damage'd the Jap plane with u blast of , gun fire. ' Whe'n the leader of the slrikv ti.und his compass damaged, he turned the lead to Cantrell. After three planes landed and brfoi Cunlrelll could land, enemy planeV attacked. They we re driven off by unti-uircrafl fire, but it was u half hour before Cantrell, whose gas was running low, could land. Five pieces of shell fragment were removed from CantreU's foot. For every five tons of steel used by railroads, four tons of iron and steel scrap are returned to tho mills by them. House fur Sale A modern 2-ledroom house with basement, including 2 Ions of coal. On Mth street, 2 blocks from stale highway shops. Total price $2K.r.). Only $700 down. See II. W. Smith in The Log Cabin Store em verythiogD LET'S PUSH UNION COUNTY'S QUOTA OVER THE TOP NOW! " CATERPILLAR MF.Slvl. TH VCTOIW ( : hltutl lAi.lMv tit . i l i iit 00 Par i,t i C,.:.,.;.h o La Grande Teacher Wins Room Rent Charge Suit OLYMPIA, Wash., June 1 (UP) Tho Washington state supreme court held in a seven-to-two de. cision yesterday that Letha Mai com is entitled to recover a sum from Black Rock school in Yaki ma county. ,,y The district agreed-'to pay Ivr $1,200 a year but withheld $40 for rent of a room adjoining the school building. ThVcourt ruled that the monthly room rent wa subterfuge to avoid paying the full annual salary. One hundred pounds of apples are reduced to 13 pounds of de hydrated fruit for military eon-sumption. A New Shipment of FIRTEX JUST UKCK1VEI) Ceiling ' Plank Board 4xl2-ft. Sheets Use it to remodel and insulate your home. 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