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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1945)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 Today We Pay ; Tribute to Strawberry Crop Nearly Non-Existant Shortcake, Jam Supplies Hard to Find 1 ft' 1 i Sgt. Arnold M. Malone, 21, son of Mrs. William Malone, 70S M avenue, La Grande, who served in the south Paci fie area. i He attended Riveria ele nientary school and graduated from the local high school in 1942. Before induction, Feb I'uiiry 17, 1943, Sergeant Ma lone was employed in a shi y'ard. , Him wife, the former Vio leltu McMurran, and their younc son, Ronald, reside at 708 M avenue. .Return of Tech. 5 Donald E. Uvirlr f I .n 'Hrnndp to tho Unitod Ktiili-s for discharge after servini; overseas lor .13 monins, is an nounced in a message from Hon .ii1, i He entered tho army in March, 11J4U ana wns wim me coasi nrm lery in the Marianas and Volcano island- campaigns and has been stationed o Iwo Jima. (Corporal Shade is the son of Mrs. Perry, E. Lofton of La Cjrande. His wife, Thelma, and tjicir children, Franklin, 11 and Ssan Mary, 10, live in Boring. i He wears the American defense ii'nd Asiatic-Pacific campaign rib lions with two bronze battle sjlars. He has a total of 124 dis charge points'. ' ' . r - "" ' . Official anouncemont was re ceived here today from an eighth air force fighter station in Es sex County, England of the award or the air medal to 2nd Lt. Wil liam G. Spencer, 24, son of Guy W. Spencer of La Grando. Lt. Spencer, whose wife, Ina, lives in Tallahassee, Fla., re ceived the award for "meritorious achievement in aerial flight over enemy occupied Europe," during which he destroyed three Ger man planes on the ground and shared in the destruction of a loutrh. Prior to entering the AAF Lt. Spencer was a student at the Uni veisily of Oregon. George M. Carlson of La Carlson of La Grande, has been promoted to the rank of techni cian lifth grade at McCloskey general hospital, Temple, Texas where he is a ward technician. He has been in the service five years and eleven months and has served in Hawaii. His wife Alma .esides at 1909 3rd St., La Grande. Second Lt. LeRoy G. Rochester of La Grande, has informed rela tives and friends here that he has been transferred to El Paso, Tex as, from Sioux City, Iowa, where he has been receiving instruction as pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Included in the transfer is his assignment to an instruction class in piloting a B-29 Superfortress. Starts Wednesday in the Evening Observer IfSERVlCE j w mi U .. R II By Unlttd Press Strawberries are going to be mighty scarce this year on the west coast. - The ordinary housewife will be lucky to get many berries for can ning or to top off a shortcake. A combination of black market activities, OPA ceilings, weather, reduced acreage, labor shortages, and other factors are the main reasons why strawberries will be limited. Many growers are reluctant to sell on the open market at OPA ceilings when restaurants, can neries or black market operators will pay considerably more. Many growers find city folks arc com ing right out to the furm to take the berries. A United Press survey of prin cipal marketing areas of the west coast revealed a general reduc tion of supplies .over previous years. Acreige Drops Drastically In Sacramento, for example, the normal strawberry acreage of from 1200 to 1400 acres has drop ped to 100 acres with evacuation of the Japanese. There is no can ning or processing reported be cause the retail demand is so heavy, and no appreciable black market is operating. Prospects for next year are a little better. The Los Angeles strawberry 'crop has been extremely short for two years. Growers dropped acreage when this high labor cost crop was not designated as es sential. The OPA filed injunc tions against four large growers lust month for attempting to get above-ceiling prices by elimin ating brokers and selling direct to retailers. Northwest Supplies Light The growing season is less ad vanced in the northwest and only the very early crop has reached the market. In Portland, the wholesale trade virtually was blanked us the farmers failed to offer tho berries for sale, prefer ring to deal direct with retailers. Black market activities were said to be heavy and the OPA kept a close watch on outlets. Some stores reportedly bought berries at retail ceiling and sold without profit merely to accommodate their customers. Wholesalers in Seattle have re ceived few berries yet and a re tail grocers' spokesman said most ire headed for freezers. Freezing weather in ths Ta coma aiea ruined the smaller-than-average crop expected. One produce nouse reported ' many farmers had plowed under their berries and ther will be only one tenth the former output.- An other house said farmers can black market berries for more than the fruit companies pay. Acreage is 60 per cent less than 1940 because of the labor short age and cold weather. Farmers Sell Direct The trend or prices was cited by one Tacoma fruit company man who said he paid $1.56 for a flat of strawberries but farm ers were selling direct to con sumers for $4 a flat. Spokane school children are being organized by the YWCA into victoiy crop corps to begin picking this week, weather per mitting, and wholesalers admit ted the trend started last year lor customers to go direct to the growers to buy berries. Supplies will be more plentiful if the sun. shines. Salem retailers told a similar story of farmers selling direct to the retail trade, often right out of the patch, eleminating need for records, ceilings, trucking or low margin of profit. The crop is smaller than usual. San Francisco has few straw berries and ull go into the retail trade. The lack of volume cut down probability of black market operations, although wholesalers said it is possible that some existed. OLD TEST OF VIRTUE A unique test of womanly vir tue was used by the Bretons who lived in northern Europe centur ies ago. Powdered agate was sprinkled in the beer of the doubted one, and if she couldn't hold it down, she was considerod impure. f cm? fins ra m ra7-nl ffi M C3 CD UNION PACIFIC llll. INCOMOIAIID Society Briefs Miss Dolly Lawrence and Miss Edna Sheperdson, Baker teach ers, are among the summer ses sion students at Eastern Oregon college. .Mr., and Mrs. James Schilling Save returned from a week's va cation in Portland. Mrs. W. R, Moseley of Poca tello, Ida., and Mrs. H. M. Allen of Halfway stopped in La Grande for a short time Saturday en route to Salem where Mrs. Allen will spend the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Mosely are former residents of La Grande. He was a member of the police department. La Grande Woman's Mother Succumbs Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Olson, who were called to New Plymouth, Ida., Thursday night by the criti cal illness of her mother, advised friends hero yesterday that her parent died Saturday night. Fu neral services will be conducted tomorrow in Payotte. Publisher and USO Chief on Honeymoon SAN MARINO, Calif., June 11 UP) MaJ. George Palmer Put nam, 50, publisher and former husband of missing aviatrix Amelia Earhart, was honeymoon ing today with his fourth bride, the former Margaret I. Haviland, 30. Capt. Willard F. Learned, army air forces chaplain, performed the' wedding services yesterday. The bride is director of USO mobile service work in the Los Angeles area. . O RATION CALENDAR Processed Foods: Book 4 Blue stamps N2 through S2 valid through June 30. Blue stamps T2 through X2 valid through July 31. Blue stamps Y2, Z, Al, Bl, CI valid through August 31. Blue- stamps Dl through HI valid through September 30. Meat, Butter, Fats, Cheese: . Book 4 Red stamps E2 through J2 valid through June 30. Red stamps K2 through P2 valid through July 31. Red stamps Q2 through U2 valid through August 31. Red stamps V2 through Z2 valid through September. Sugar: Book 4 Sugar stamp 30 ulid through August 31. Shoes: Loom stamp invalid, Book 3 Airplane stamps 1-2-3 now valid. New stamp valid Aug. 1. Gasoline: Coupons not valid un lets endorsed: "A" 15 coupons (4 gals, each) expire June 21. "A"-10 coupons (6 gals, each) valid on June 22. Stoves Apply local board for oil, gas stove certificates. Wood, Coal, Sawdust: Delivery by priorities based on needs. Fuel Oil: Period 1-2-3-4-5 coupons valid through August 31. Waste Paper and Cans: " Bundled waste paper and pre pared tin eans may be left at the salvage depot, 1106 Jefferson street. , am azmnsE ANSWER: The same as the problems of a full war. Half a peace won't give us any new buses to serve you. It won't eliminate the need (or planes, tanks and guns. News and Engagements Social Monday, June 11, 1945 Legion Auxiliary to Nominate Staff at Wednesday Session The American Legion auxiliaiy will meet at 8 p.m. In the Saca jawea hotel, to nominate officer for the ensuing year. Mrs. Lee Thomas, president will preside and members of the refreshment committee will be Mrs. T. B. Lumsdcn, chairman, Mrs. J. D. Meyer, co-chairman, Mrs. Harry Moon, Mrs. Elmer McManus, Mrs. Ed Maybcrry, Mrs. Stanley S. Mills, Mrs. Chris tine Neilson, Mrs. K. H. Williams, Mis. Harry Turner, Mrs. Lloyd Jones, and Mrs. J. B. McLaugh lin. The committee has asked each member to take a cup, sugar and spoon. , Delmer Denny and . J. E. Lawrence Wed Delmer E. Denny became the bride of James E. Lawrence at the home of George II. Currcy, justice of the pence. Mrs. Hazel D. Stevens and Joe Lee Stevens and the groom's mother and sister were the only witnesses. The couple will make their home at the Mt. Emily camp, Sturkey. Eastern Star Will Honor Past Officers Hope chapter 13, Order of East ern Star will honor past matrons and patrons at the meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Masonic temple. Mrs. Ray Winters, worthy mat ron and Bruce Morehead, worthy patron, will preside. Mrs. Nate Zweifcl is the chairman of the icfreshment committee. More Meat To Be Provided For Some Areas of West ....... . r. WASHINGTON, June U (UP) The office of price administra tion today announced a tempor ary plan to make more mea available in sparsely populated areas of California, Washington, Oregon and Nevada where the shortage is acute. Effective June 11 through Oct. 15, tho action was designed to bring more meat to rsetauranls and commissaries serving laborers ir. lisheries and lumber camps in this four-state area." "Many small towns and rural areas have increased population as u result of war," the announce inent said. "These new people work as farm laborers and in fisheries and lumber camps where they are almost totally de pendent upon restaurants and commissaries for their food." The measure would allow the OPA district director to desig nate meat shortage areas of no more than 25,000 population "deficiency areas." He also could authorize retail ers in these areas to increase their sales of retail meat cuts to other retailers for resale and to restaurants. The sales limit would be 70 per cent of the total monthly dollar volume. LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE You may be able to drive your car from the American continent to Russia and on to Europe some day. Some modern engineers say it is not too fantastic to dream of a tunnel beneath Bering Strait. C II K Y II O II N D BUS H. A. Decker, Airritt Sacajawca Annex ' V "55-? Activities . . . Weddings Events Page 3 Social Calendar MONDAY 7:30 p. mt Camp and hospital unit, USO center. 8 p. m. Townsend club pro gram and business meeting, lOOF hall. 8 p.m. Royal Neighbors, IOOF hall. TUESDAY 8 p.m., Woman's Benefit Asso ciation, IOOF hull. 8 p. m. St. Ann's guild, Mrs. Jack Hutmukcr, 1204 First street. WEDNESDAY 8 p. m., American Legion aux iliary, nomination of officers, Sncujawea hotel. 8 p. m., Hope Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Masonic temple, THURSDAY 1 p. m., Lutheran ladies' uid, Mrs. H. R. Voethcrg, Cove and Watson avenues. Economic, Social Body Approved at Security Parley SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 (UP) The united nations confer ence started its last lap today by receiving a final committee re port recommending creation of on international economic , and social council which will seek to eradicate some of the causes of war. Commission II one of the tour into which the conference is div ided met publicly to receive and consider tho report of its technical working committee on social and economic cooperation. It was the first of a series of open commission meetings which probably will be held daily until all of the 12 committee repot Is are received and adopted. The committee on security council en forcement action one of the vi- 4al sections of the proposed world charter is scheduled to report to commission III tomorrow. Field Marshal Jan C. Smuts of South Africa presided at today's meeting and Manuel Noriega Morales of Guatemala read the committee report. The latter is rapporteur of the committee.' The objective of the council will be to promote higher stand ards of living, full employment, cultural and educational cooper ation, solution of economic and social problems, and universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. Considered the latest and best fighter in 1922-2-1, the Vought VE-7 was equipped with two .30 cal. guns and uttained a top speed of 110 mph. 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