Lee G.
Miller
Discharge Points
Do Not Interest
'Gen. V under furu'
By I.EE G. MILLER
WITH THE 35th DIVISION AT
BAl.ETE PASS, Luzon (By Wire
less) One of the most interesting
soldiers in this veteran division
is staff sergeant beg pardon, 1
mean Lieut. C:lcn?l Jay D. Van
dcrpool, alio known (to Japs) as
Major General Vanderturu.
He is short and wiry there's
no suet in his 140 pounds. He
used to box and play football, and
although his job here is primar
ily a desk job he gets plenty ol
exercise plowing around the front
lines.
Van is regular army. His par
ents are d.ad and he is unmar
ried. His grandmother, Mrs. Belle
Smith, liws near Wetumka, Okla.
Van's father moved around a
great deal whin he was a kid,
and his education was snatched
in five stages.
H enlisted ii 1936 ai 19 and
wu assigned to the Hold oitil
lry. It look him three yars
to make Pic and his permanent
rank is still only staff seigeant.
Van has more than 150 points
toward a discharge. But he is
not intere.ii.-'d in going home ex
cept for a brief leave. Soldiering
is his profession.
Van whh commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant eight months be
fore Pearl Harbor. He was at
Pearl on that fateful day. The
25th division lost a score of men
to Jap Uniting. The following
October the division left for
Guadalcanal, and Van began to
show his stuff.
Foi instance the lime ha won
a bronze star for "being a damn
fool." as ho says. His pijlol
was empty when a Jao. armed
with a grenade, confronted him.
Van brandished th empty pis
tol aid llw Jap surrendered. Ii
he had bean a liltlo smarter or
braver ho might have wiped
out Van and tho five men fol
lowing him.
Van fought with the 25th
through S'"M Ueoig:a and Vella
Laivllu. But when the division
was training in New Caledonia
for the Philippine invu.sion they
picked Van for a special assign
ment. In October of '41 he embarked
from New Ciuinea in a submarine
with three officers, 10 men, and
20 tons of radio equipment, am
munition, et cetera. He landed
on Lu.oo Nov. 2 and proceeded
to oigani.e the bickering and
feuding guerrillas of Cavite, Ba
tanga.s and western Laguna prov
inces, He moved around boldly, in full
army uniform, estal.-liHhing coast
watcher st.itions and u courier
network and discouraging the
guerrilla practice of killing cou
riers for their guns. He helped
crashed aviators escupe. Me per
sonally sue. iked into Nichols air
drome at Manila to estimate the
Nips' stie.ixth there.
After lho Lingtiyoi invasion
his guerrillas knock-id out com-
- municalions and blocked high-
- ways. In February ho com
manded 10 guerrilla riflo com
panies which shared with para
troopers aid amphibious troops
lho spectacularly successful lib
eration of internes al Los Qanos.
Dm iiij; those guerrilla upci a
tiims the .laps capltueil a letter
signed "V.'iiuh.'i pool major genei -al
-staff "wi ps.'1 Apparently th;1
Japs didn't know what the gen
eral staff corps was. They de
cided tile mi'ililli r was a bigshnl.
anil hulili'il haul hut vainly fui
"Major :;:lii-i a! Vamlet turn"
which was .is cilisf as Nips cmilll
conn.- to piollwmicilig tile name.
Van has .ins: received the le
gion ol meiil tin thoti' opciatlmi...
Now he spends milch ut Ills
tnn. puiiii;; uvei niitps and .mti.iI
pilutus and .lap iloi unu.'ilts, 1a(;
llig trli phune reports ;iilil cnlleet
ing all av ailable nilui tnal inn tor
gindliln:.' .1 the tin Ilia, ins.
lint he lilies In gel up flout ami
sic the tenaili tin hiliiMit. He
was with Hug. Urn. Dusty Dal
lun wlii-ii a sniper k'llid the gen
eial. "That will make an- a little
llioie caleltil !m a illiilll'l nr mi,''
he said llin.ii;ni uilly. I was gel
ting Urn oeti ,'
But the nt l day he w ,t:, np
theie ai;.un '. all ium; a in u H
sku inish.
Van sas
army .liter
ai my any .
it.
ii.s In- Alii ta in In.'
tei- ' he- w .n - in unie
is tile a a Ui' puis
SOUTHPAW IS CHAMP
HOl'STUN, Tex.. Jum.- ; t LT
Tony Hi os, Ul-yem-oUl Mexi
can southn.txc, was, tile new Texas
lightweight boxing diampion to
day a a i Milt ot a l--rounil de
cision over Gen.- Spencer ot Chi-
CitfiO.
4V,
INFANTRY IN ACTION Three members of the "Here's Your Infantry" troop which will appear
on the high school alhletic field here Juno 15 are shown above as they go into action with auto
matic rifles. Their demonstrations and exhibits w ill give the oeople of this region first hand infor
maton on how their war bonds go into action ag ai-at the Japs.
SERMCE
mi
mm
Cpl. and Mrs. Lyle Crouser ar
rived last night from Gulfport
field. Miss., for a two-week visit
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Crouser of lmbkr and Mrs. Nell
Thacker of La Grande.
Cpl. Crouser is attached to the
physical therapy department and
Mrs. Crouser is a civilian em
ployee in the convalescent train
ing office of the base.
Lt. Scott Payne, son of Mr. and
Mis. E. C. Payne, La Grande, is
hue on an extended sick leave
from Barnes general nospilaJ
Vancouver, Wash.
Lieutenant Payne sustained a
broken leg and ankle injury
when shot down over Germany,
lie was listed as missing, and
was found in a German hospital
by allied troops who tuuk that
territory.
His wife is the former Lillian
Hillhouse, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W H. Hillhouse, La Grande.
Pfe. Walter Gene Garrett, mar
ine signal cuips wrote his mother,
Mts. Walter Garrett, formerly of
the Pleasant Giove district and
now uf Portland, that he visited
four days with Lloyd German,
also of the Pleasant Grove areu,
un Okinawa.
German, of the fleet marine
hospital corps, and Carre it, were
con.s I a nl companions from the
lime they entered elementary
school until entering the set vices.
Both attended the rural school
and the Imbler high school.
Four soldiers from U n 1 u n
county mid one from Wallowa
county were among I'.iii overseas
veterans from all branches of
the army who were announced
yesterday at Fort Lewis, Wash.,
to he en route huute on rotation
furloughs.
The Union county veterans are
Sergeant's Oscar tjiaper and
Donald K. KvhIiImmi, both of Un
ion. Staff Sg'- Cliiford Ii. Nt d
hain, Cove and Sgt. Howard W.
West of Ninth Powder.
MaMer So geant lialph. M.
.lu.slice of Kntetpnse and Pvt.
Hugh A. Johnsc.n of Joseph were
ihi: olhei mcml; 'is ol tile group.
Second Lt, Ariel S, Bean, 22,
of La Grande, eo-pdol on a B-17
Flying Fortress, has been awaid
imI thi air medal, according to a
message today fiom the HI h an
Ion .' b,iM- whiMt. he is stationed.
Lt. Be. in, the son of Mr. and
Mi s. George A. Bean, is a tin in
ber ul the loiuh hombaidnirnt
W'oiip, which i rceived the pi 'm
deutial citation for bombing Ber
lin, and shar- -s another similar
eitation lor England to Allien
liuIHe b o ni h i it g of aircraft
plants in Get oianv.
Amoiiji
it?
l.'lr;un VH
;e Hum the
l toiiay at
wmler v.n itni-
'AlUbtJ lllM'tai
was annoane
Lewis. V;i,lr.
.n toy
Koi t
in o
vision of the aev demobilisa
tion pioiain weie thi; lulhmine,
tiom l.'nion and Wallowa coun
ties; Mas'er St. Mat van Ii.
Smith, L'mou. Start Su'- Clar
ence 15. Wulman, Ktum, and T I
Lee ,1. ix Knioi pi i!v
Cant. Louis H. Caipenlcr l
La til auiie, now w eat s an uak
Nat chiMel mi hi.s distmeuiieo
tin it citation liade, Mine Itih
.''Att lighter timi o I he Mtli
an tot ce wa.s aw ai ued a caui
Mu h honor .it the imc in Kn;
'ana. Capl, Caipenter is coin-
Add Now Beauty tu
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Handy tmtt (mm, thins with
water. l)ii;.s. in III n 1 1 nun
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color Mi.idi'N in ,u,i. t and gal
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Teel s Paint Store
1308 Adams
Today We Pay
Tribute to
SkL Javw Clin tint Walkvr.
:I7, iin air force mechanic. He
is the .son of Frank Walker
of Hei iniston.
Before entering; the armed
service in March, 191-'. he
was eniraeed in fai ntimr near
La Grande. He attended gnide j
schMil at K I k i n and hih ;
school at Knterpri.se i
'it; Jtir ':
K tiili' ti ii iff i '.ifi'i vii-" i i
1912 to V'iola L. G'oodwin, who ! ,KX' of the troop, was
now resides at .Rafter, GaJif.!"-' y-'y con erring with
. Sims and other local citizens on
mandiny officer of the hoadnuar
ters detachment of his group.
The new citation was IxMuw
ed upon his outfit for assisting
in clearing the ground for the
allied airborne invasion of Hol
land last September.
The distinguished unit citation
badge is blue and gold and is
worn on the right side of the
soldier's uniform blouse.
aiaii oi. biuoii a. ouwic. uie
s. , "V'8, " -
,i.cie oi i.m ii avenue, is -
vi.'llicu 111 a eoiniiiillliuiiuiiii irjin i
the headquarters of the lilind in- ; of C.llllurniiI-s wnlrai vuHt.y pr.
faulty in northern Luoii t.) be t
the recipient uf the good conduct j " Th(l whje) WJlltfS up rcg
" iulaily with tNich new interior
In the service since .January. ,j, im, ,u iippropriations bill
U-2, Steele has seen action in u n.-thM- to build power lines to
the Buna, New Guinea, Leyte ! cinpi-i c with the Pacific Gas
campaigns, lor which In; lias also ami Khctriu L'u.. or permit it to
ryecivui the silver Mai-, (list in- . i -tain its monopoly in '.he cen
uuished mm badKe ami the Asm-: tral valley unchallenged will
tic-iaciiic i ibhon. e voted upon lomorruw under a
Oakley Miller. AH'V 1 C. son u
Mr. ami Mis. I). l. Miller, ar
rived taM muht to pemi a .'iU-dav ;
leavi: with 'us family and fi lends.
Me ha.-, be -n siatiom d at a naval
base in Bi.iil for UJ months. Al j
tile conclusion uf his leave he will
iejoit In Brennilon, Wash,, fori
i ea:;.i.;iune:it.
Lyh: Divio Saili.ehl. ,on
of :
Mis, .1. !' SalUteld o I, Ui
Grande, w;'s 'V .idualed i "even I ly
tiom the o.:val ,iir Maiiiiiif; bases
at Corpus Ghruti and was eoni
m;:sioned a;i eiiu;n in the L!. S.
naval air re.sei c.
H ave
finest beer ever
by Roeseh Brewery? Ask
tor ELK HORN BEER
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Doughboys Will
Present Realistic
War "Show" Here
fCuntinut.''' from Puge 1)
Juno U will be a combat team
ul .'J!i overseas veterans, a 28-piece
band of the 83rd army ground
kuccs, why spent two and a half
.vcais in Akiska. The overseas
s-.'ivice of the members of the
combat team by whuin the battle
demonstration will be stjyed, ag
gregates I.14J months, or an
average of almost 'M) months.
Cove Soldier is Member
In addition to the combat team
and band the group includes 13
ntl'icu's, technicians and other
soldiers, all overseas veterans.
Fifteen of the men are from Ore
gon, one of them fc-.-ing Tech. Sgt.
Uelmar C. Richai ds of Cove.
Twelve the men arc former
members of "Oregon's own" 41st
division.
Commanding the group is Lt.
Heiman E. Daniels of Harlowton,
j Mont., and Lt. T. Dak Ferguson
i of Abbeville, S, C, is combat pat
I rol leader. Lt. George P. Mooney
! ol Kent, Wash., is the announcer
; and Chief Warrant Officer Isaac
C. Hall uf Ml. Vernun. Mo., is
1 band leader.
(."apt. Carl M. "Melntyre uf Cor
vallis, himself a veteran of long
overeas service, and who is ad-
arrangements for th" demonstra
tion, and to arrange housing for
the soldiers duriug their stay. -
He announced arrangements
were made to house thef over
night in the gymnasium at East
Lin Oregon college.
California Power
Vote Is Delayed
WASHING TON. June 5 (UP).
"'he senate has put over until
Wednesday a decision in its an-
... . ti ,i,t ,,,,.. ,,,,,,.
unanimous consent aKieenient
leaehed at yesterday's session.
Tm voto will come oil a sen
ale appropi lahons c o m m it tee
amendment which restore! two
items stricken from the bill by
Hie house.
The amendment would appro-j:iiak-
Si;r,;H(t) for planning of
the Delta sit am power plant and
iiil.iUMI tor planning uf transmis
sion i nits .m thi: Sacramento
I iiM w vl. in vvit.ei land, ami
K umau, in IJohemia, wiml tin;
n t arliei agricultural colleges
o In- eMabliMic;!, in I7!)7.
vou
tried the
produced
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TDDAW
SPCRT.PARAI
By JACK CUDDY
UP Stall Correspondent
NEW YORK, June 5 (UP)
Possibilities of the first super
duper outdoor boxing show since
Pearl Harbor rest upon the broad
shoulders of Ike Williams, the
21-ycar-old Negro from Trenton,
N. J.. who is recognized as light
weight champion throughout Na
tional Boxing association terri
tory. To pave the way for this out
door extravaganza, ypung Wil
liams must beat Willie Joyce and
his darting left jab at Madison
Squuie Garden1 Friday night.
Such a triumph would indicate
the superiority of "Champion"
Williams over challenging Joyce
and pave the way for a title-deciding
bout between Williams
theNBA champ and Cpl. Bob
Montgomery of Luke Field, Ariz.
who is recognized as champ in
New York and affiliated states.
Promoter Mike Jacobs believes
a bout to settle the title dispute
could be arranged between Wil
liams and Montgomery for a big
outdoor show if Williams beats
Joyce impressively Friday night.
All thr?e principals involved are
Negroes.
The betting favors Williams at
12-5, although Williams was de
feated twice before by fast-stepping,
smart-jabbing Joyca of Los
Angeles.
Fight Results
By United Press
Balliitioi"; George Kochan.
18, Akron, O.. knocked out Red
dy Evans, mrt, Hackensack, N.
J., ().
Philadelphia Wesley Mouzon,
137, Philadelphia, stopped Jimmy
Joyce, i:j4, Gary, Ind., (8).
Providen -v. R. I. Pete De
Kuzza, 133, New York, stopped
Ralph ZaiK'lli, ljl). Providence.
R. I., ( l.i.
Holyok", Miss. Marion. Oehoa,
184, Havan.i, drew with Joe Red
dick, 105, Palerson, N. J., (10).
i Miami, na. only Lima, wu,
Havana, Cuba, knocked out Jack
ie Blount, 124, Jacksonville, Fla.,
13).
Rescue Workers
Seek Blast Dead
PARIS, June 5 (UP) Rescue
workers dug for bodies in the
rubble of Bremen's American
military government building,
where two mysterious explosions
yesterday killed at least 15 and
injured 8U other Americans and
Germans.
A number of Germans still are
believed buried in the debris.
The military government office,
until recently headquarters for
German SS detachments, were
wrecked.
Camp Adair to Be
Replacement Depot
WASHINGTON. June 5 (UP)
Camp Adair will be reactivated
as an ove-seas replacement de
pot. Senators Wayne Morse and
Guy Cordon of Oregon said to
day. The huge military installation
between Albany and Corvallis
has been used the past several
months as a naval hospital.
Cordon said the war depart
ment approved the ronclivalion
to care for 12,(1(111 to KI.OIMI men.
The camp will serve as a prti
ci'S.sinc nolllt hack;nu tin tlu:
purls of Poitlaml and Scuttle.
FREE TJIOVIE DAY
t JUKI 6th , V .
Any size type E Hontl purchiisiud Wednesday,
.lime (i entitles you to a K It E E MOVIE at
either the Liberty or (iittnada Theaters.
I'resent your Uond or a receipt sliii" inu; it was
put clmscd June 6 to the cashier and get yottr
KREE MOV IE TICKET.
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G-I Jo Says: "You Buy
Ketft Em We 11 Fight
Boat Kml"
Turnstiles Click
Merrily at Coast
League Parks
By United Pr:s
With slightly more th in one
Thc four Sunday gam:3 pulled
the Pacific Coast league pennant
chase has developed into a Poit-land-Seattle
battle for first place
but that isn't keeping fans
away from the ball park3.
The four Sunday games pulled
in 47,642 paying customers, with
San Francisco, as usual, drawing
the largest crowd 15,042. The
fourth-place men of Lefty O'Doul
.ki,u Jn vprv well financially
j again Ihis week when thev enter
tain the seconajjspoi eeawe
iers.
The Portland Beavers risk
their 'two and one-half margin
when they invade the lair of the
improving Los Angeles club. The
series will not start until tomor
row night because of travel con
ditions. The Oakland Acorns, still in
third place six games from the
top, visit Sacramento, while San
Diego gets a chance to "enter
tain'' the t a i 1 e n d Hollywood
Stars.
GreshamToOpen
Race Meet Tonight
GRESHAM. Ore., June 5 (UP)
Purses toialing $1900 were post
ed for tonight's opening of the
northwest jockey club U-night
horse racing program at the
Multnomah county fairgrounds
here.
Feature event vuli be the in
augural, with $400 in prizes, and
the last race on the eight-event
program will carry a $300 purse,
with $200 in prizes for each of
the other events. The final event
will be six furlongs, with the oth
ers scheduled for five.
Most of the horses entered are
now to Oregon tracks. Post time
fin- the first race each night is
! 8:15 p. m.
Former Ruler of
Ring's Lightweights
Has 63d Birthday
CHICAGO, June 5 (UP) The
bell rang today tor the 63rd round
in the- life of Battling Nelson,
boxing's gallant lightweight
champion of more than two dec
ades ago. ,
Nelson, born 63 years ago in
Copenhagen, Denmark, now is a
postal clerk in Chicago's main
postofficy. He rooms in a little,
run-down Clark street hotel
where he lives deep in the mem
ory of former fistic glory back
in the early l!)00s when he ruled
the lightweight division over such
famed rin warriors as Young
Corbctt, Jimmy Britt and the re
vered Joe Cans.
"The fight game hasn't changed
much," he said. "Great .fighters
come and go and although there
might not be great fighters in the
lightweight division today, there
will be af'er the war."
Although he's slightly stooped,
and gray at the temples, Nelson
still weighs in at 133 pounds
the same weight at which he rose
to ring glory from 1905 through
1!WB.
Baseball Standings
By United Press
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Team W. L. Pel. GB
Portland -'HI 24 .lilt)
Seattle .'IK 20 .SHI 2'i
Oakland ;I4 :il .52:1 fl
San Francisco. :i I .12 .4!I2 II
San Dii-un :I2 .'14 .4115 (I'i
Saci-aincnto ...31 :i:i till 8"-
Los AnccluH .... :il :i:i .1114 H.
Hollywood 21 2 :.:.YA HI
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Complete Local Reports " :
Tuesday, June .", 1915
Stars Are Plentiful
In Major Circuits
By CARL LUNDQUIST ':
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK June 5 (UP) There'll be no major league all-star
oame this year for the first lime since 1933. but that little detail
today isn't bothering a host of player, in both major circuit, who
are playing as if their lives depended on being named for the an-
nual baseball extravagania.
Granting that the standard of
baseball is lower than in peace
time, it is hard to deny that there
are more individual stars than
usual, probably because those of
major league caliber that remain
are able to dominate the rookies,
oldsters, and minor league fill
ins, who have absorbed the gaps
in the ranks.
On the basis of play to date it
would be interesting to see what
the following teams, selected on
the basis of all-around excellence
at bat and afield, would do if
the all-star game went on as
scheduled in Boston in July.
American League
Player, Team, Pos. Bat. Ave.
Cusp. Senators, of 331
Krrevich, Browns, of
Moses, White Sox, of
Cuccinello, White S. 3b
G. Stirnwoiss, Yanks, 2b
Stephens, Browns, ss
McQuinn, Browns, lb
.289
.299
.355
.313
.317
.233
.274
Tresh, White oox, c
Games W-L
Dave Fcrriss, Red Sox, p
Borowy, Yanks, p
Gromek, Indians, p
Christopher, A's, p
National League
Player, Team, Pos. Bat.
I Holmes, Braves, of
! Olmo, Dodgers, of
I Mel Ott, Giants, of
Kurowski, Cards, 3b
Stanky, Dodgers, 2b
Marion, Cards, ss
Cavaretta, Cubs, lb
Lombardi. Giants, c
Games W-L
W. Voiselk. Giants, p 82
M. Cooper, Braves, p 3 0
C. Barrett, Cards, p 5 3
Derringer, Cubs, p 6 3
Diamond Czar To
Aid Service Men
NEW YORK, June 5 (UP)
Baseball's new commissioner.
Sen. Alber' B. (Happy) Chandler,
said today he would work with
a committee of 12 from the ma
jor and minor leagues to help
readjust returning service men to
the best oossib'e positions in the
post-war period.
"I intend to exert every influ
ence to sea that bail players re
turning from the armed services
get a chance to remain in tho
game," he said.
Chandler,, meeting New York
siiorts writers informally for the
first time, said he has not decid
ed when to giv up his United
States senate post, but that he
already has begun active duties
in his new job as successor to the
late Judge K. M. Landis.
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SPORTS
l'ftge 6
62 Horses Named
For $100,000 Race
ARCADIA, Calif.; June 5 (UP)
General Manager Gwynn Wil
son today announced 62 nomina
tions for t:ie eighth , running of
the worlri'j i'leVesi. horse race
the $lG00,fl-'.G 3z.i.U Anita handi
cap June 3d.
Most of i he horses entered for
the mile and one quarter classic
already are on the ground. These
Dayton, champion of all Mexico;
include Burt and Denton's Gay
Louis B. Mayer's Busher, winner
of the Santa Susanna, and
Thumbs Up, winner of the San
Pasqual; Dun Ameche's Sir Bun,
winner of the San -Felipe, and
Happy Stable's Issue, winner of
last winter's Hollywood park gold
cup.
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