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Newspaper Page TextYa'ni Iks It Qk St Columni 7 and I Weather Data for 24 hours to 7 a.m. Temperature: Maximum 66 Minimum 37 Forecast: Clearing tonight and Wednesday. A Community Newspaper For Every Member of the Family 1imSIMlf!li3llil!i,l1IIN!lflfll! ESTABLISHED 1896 LA GRANDE. OREGON TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE 12. 19-15 FIVE CENTS ifsy n s y Japs Grande Ronde Irrigation Survey Report Expected By Army During Summer Report of the Grande Konde valley irrigation project in vestigation may be submitted to Governor Hurl Snell this ;. J summer, it was indicated today by information received from i Senators Guy Cordon and Wayne Morse. ; Received by George Cochran, chairman of the chamber of i commerce irrigation committee, the letters and telegrams from Washington declared that the report is expected to be completed by the army engineers by July 15. S . i Verlin Kef f er Is Killed In Action On Mindanao Verlin Keffer, La Grande youth who has been serving in the PhiliDDines. has been killed in ac- tion, the war department this morning notified his parents, Mr. i and Mrs. S. T. Keffcr, and his !'. wife, Mrs. Margaret Keffer of La '! Grande. Telegraphic information re '! ceived from Washington declar ' ed that Keffer was killed in ac t tion on Mindanao island on May 19. He had been in the service ' only a few months and had vis ited La Grande on furlough about I two months ago. Keffer, the father of two sons, is also survived by a brother, i Lesley, who has been in the ; service stationed at Camp Attle i boro, Indiana.- ,., ..,vt, . .. ., Keffer - was widely known in I this area, having attended local ' schools and Eastern Oregon col ,f lege. Ho made an outstanding lecord in athletics while in s school, particularly in football. County Officials Will Get Salary f Raises June 16 1 SALEM, Ore, June 12 (UP) f County officers whoso salaries were raised by the 1!I4S lcgisla- lure effective June Hi, may bo t paid the difference between their present salaries and the new ones : from cmrgncy funds until July 1, Attorney General George Nou , ner ruled today. County 1045-46 budgets, which include the new salaries, become i effective on July 1, and Ncuner I told Deschutes county district at j torney A. J. Moore that the sal o ary difference may be paid from t emergency funds, or .from some 'other county fund if necessary. until then. I ; The amount may not, however, be paid out of money left over in general budget appropriations. Ncuner said, because of a law rc- . cumins that such balances be . transferred back to the general -.fund. Hopkins is Mum On Moscow Mission t WASHINGTON, June 12 (UP) 1 r Harry L. Hopkins returned to day from a special mission to Moscow for President Truman. He went immediately to the White House to give the chief executive a first-hand report on his confcrcfxcs with Marshal Josef Stalin. Hopkins' wife went to Russia with him but did not return. He explained that "the army has her visiting hospitals in Europe." !: Hopkins would not comment : on his mission to the Soviet ' capital or his conferences with Stalin. Berry Unopposed For School Board No further filings were ro cteiired yesterday, final day, for tho expired five-year term on thfc La Grande school board, it was announced this murning by R. O. Williams, clerk of the board. ' Claude Berry, incumbent can dkte. will run unopposed in the lc)lion which will be held next Mcday. June 18, at both Green wood and Central schools from SflVr 7 p. m. Flee I District engineers completed the report early this month and will submit it to the Washington office next month. Following submission of the report, a public notice will be :ssued informing all interested parties that the report has been submitted and setting iorlh the recommendations made in gen eral terms. Morse disclosed. In Washington, the report, which was begun in 1941, will be reviewed by the board of en gineers for rivers and harbors and will be sent to the chief of aimy engineers for further re view. Following this action, the report will be sent to Governor Sncll for state comment and then will be processed for submission to congress. ,,The governor will have three months in which to make comment. "It is our hope to get the pro ject in such shape that it can be considered by congress in relar tion to any post-war program," Cochran said, "and this informa tion indicates that the report will be made public shortly." Episcopal Summer School is Opened On Cove Campus COVE, June 12 (Special) Rt. Rev. W. P. Remington of Pendle ton, Episcopal bishop of eastern Oregon, yesterday opened the an nual 10-day summer session on the oald Ascension school cam pus, for which leaders of the church -in eastern Oregon arc serving as faculty members. The sessions have drawn a large attendance of boys and girls who arc housed in cabins on the historic estate. Members of the faculty include Rev. Remington, Rev. H. C. Gard ner, dean of St. Mark's cathed ral, Salt Lake City, and head of provincial youth commission; Rev. Arthur VlaU-Spir,os.i rector of St. Paul's church, Walla Walla; Mrs. Remington and Miss Hazel Morrison, UTO worker. Camp officers in addition to Rev. Remington, arc: dean, Rev. Fred Wisscnbach; chaplain, Rev. Vall-Spinosa; boys' counsellor, Rev. Eric O. Robathan; camp captain, Rev. Arthur Beckwith; girls' cour'.cellor. Ml;. Reming ton; recreation director, Rev. J. B. Salter; directors of gamfs and ; evening programs! Rev. Vail- - Spinosa and Rev. Edward Cook; ! sacristan, Rev. Robathan; regis trar, Rev. Clarence Kopp; com missar. Miss Morrison. The daily program opens with holy communion at 7 a. m., and indues class sessions from 9 a. m. to noon; a rest hour from 1 to 2 p. m., games and recreation from 2 to 3 o'clock, and swim mirg. hiking and other diversions during the remainder of the pre dinner hours. Evening programs are held from 7:15 to 8:15 p. m. House Votes To Outlaw Poll Tax WASHINGTON, June 12 (UP) Republicans and northern dem ocrats overrode southern opposi tion agai ntoday and approved legislation to outlaw the poll tax as a voting requirement in fed eral elections. The bill was passed by a roll call vole of 251 to 105 and rent to the senate, where two earlier house - approved anti - pool tax bills have died. Seven southern states still re quire payment of a poll tax for voting Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas and Tennessee. as Borneo Aussies Meet But Light Opposition In First Thrusts Towns Are Burned By Enemy Forces Upon Evacuation MANILA, June 12 (UP) Aus tralian troops drove down the Brookcton-Brunci road today against little opposition and wer.- within 11 miles or less of Brunei town, capital of the tiny Sultan ate on rich Borneo. Fast progress also was report ed on Labuan and Muara islands, first objectives in the Borneo in vasion. The Australians already had a base for covering planes on Lab uan, where they took the airfield in the first few hours of the in vasion. That was one of the few points where any stiff fighting was reported. Ninth division troops moved rapidly inland af ter taking Victoria town and at last reports from the front had gone -4,000 yards inland. Brunei Bay was denied to the Japanese by the landings on Labuan, Muara, and Cape Polom pong on the mainland, which p" the Australians in position to sweep the mouth of the bay wwt their guns. Troops from the ninth division veterans of Tobruk and other battles with the Germans made their first landing on the main land on the beaches of Cape Pal ompong, jutting into Brunei Bay. Quickly they drove 1,500 yards across the cape and set up head quarters in the evacuated town of'Brooketon.rTho Japanese hud blown up everything of value in Brooketon beforo fleeing inland. United Press correspondent Rich ard Harris reported from Borneo the town was a shambles. Vic loia town, on Labuan, also was ruined and deserted. OPA Continuance Recommonded By US Chamber Chief WASHINGTON, June 12 (UP) Eric A. Johnston, president of the U. S. chamber of commerce, today urged extension of the price control act without amend ment but with a policy statement "recognizing the need of profits" on all commodities. Johnston testified before the house banking committee to which administration leaders looked hopefully to kill a senate amendment to the extension measure which they said would be inflationary. The chamber of commerce executive said present OPA faults could not be corrected by amend ment but rather by improvement in administration. He said price administrator Chester Bowks had done a good job under "severe personnel ruvlicaps" and pro posed an "immediate search for a larger number of competent executives" to help him. He proposed that the princi ple of profits on all meat items, recently stated by Bowles and at tached to the senate bill in the form of an amendment bv demo cratic leader Alben W. Bark ley, be "extended to other industries." New Clashes Are Reported in Syria BEYROUTH. June 12 (UP) Fighting again broke out in Syria vestcrdav when 3D wnrp wounded in a clash between Syr ians and native troops under the French, dispatches from Damas cus said today. The brief battle nprnrrr-rl ul Jisr Elchagour, halfway between 1 Airaquie ana Aleppo. Two Bri tish tanks intervened and re stored order, the dispatches said. NURSES' AIDES HONORED SALEM, Ore., June 12 (UP) The U. S. office of civilian de fense today announced the award of its citation for merit to the nurses aid corps of Salem. The award, highest which the OCD can grant, has been made to less than 40 other organizations in the country. One other, to tho Multnomah county defense coun cil, has g?n granted in Oregon in the past. HE HAS THE RIGHT IDEA When W. B. (Bill) Evans. Union Pa cific railroad agent in Shelton, Nub., a veteran of World War I, sold his farm rece.iily for $26,600, he promptly provided himself with a war-winning hand by investing tho proceeds in war bonds. He paid $55 per aero for tho farm 17 years ago, sold it for $150 per acre. And his $26,600 in bonds will be worth $35,466.67, another handsome profit, when they mature. Elks to Entertain Unit at Dance Party Thursday Members of the "Here's Your Infantry" troupo of 80 men who are scheduled to. present the spectacular bond drive event Friday night at 8:45 o'clock in the high school stadium, will be entertained Thurs day evening by the La Grande lodge of Elks at a Dutch lunch. Following the lunch a dance wi.i be held inme lodge rooms for the soldiers and for Elks and thoir wives and families. ..Dancing will start at 9 o'clock and music will be furnished by the troupe's own Former Prisoner Of Nazis Returns Lt. D. C. Conn c r, Ji, La Grande pilot on a B-17 Flying Fortress which was shot down over Jugoslavia last July 28, ar rived in La Grande Sunday night on a fin lough after spending nine months in German prison camps. At the expiration of his leave he is under orders to report t" the air force station in Santa Monica, Calif., for reassignment. LI. Conner and his crew were on a bombing mission when their plane was damaged and they were forced to bail out. All landed safely and only two members of the ten-man crew were injured slightly. They were taken pri soner and sent to a na.i camp at Budapest, but were moved re peatedly as tho Russians forced the Germans westward. They were liberated last April 29. The D. C. Connors also have another son who has been in the ,vt rvice in Germany as a membei of an engine unit of the 7th U. S. army. He is William Henry Con ner, who has been in the service for approximately three yours. England Honors Eisenhower; King Bestows High Decoration LONDON, June 12 (UP) Gin. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Kansas farm boy who led the western allies to victory in Germany, was given Ik; hon orary freedom of the city of London today amid cheers from scores of thousands of Britons. The five-star general, the tunic of his tield uniform splashed with ribbons, rode in an open carriage behind two spanking brown horses through crowd-lined streets to Guild hall and Mansion House for the rare and ancient ceremony. Only four other Americans have received the honor, the last previous one Gen. John J Pershing. American command er in world war I. The others were President T h e o d o r e Roosevelt and Ulysses S. Gi ant and philanthropist George Pea body. Still other honors awaited Eisenhower this afternoon. Then he will go to Bucking ham palace to receive from King George VI an unspecified Invaders Push Inland Infantry Show ban.d. "Here's Ycur Infantry" ap pears in La Grande co-ineident with Infantry day, June 15th, commemoration of the assump tion of command of the continent al army by George Washington in 1775. Preceding the show, Friday, a retreat will be held at 7:30 o'clock at Eastern Oregon college, to which the public is also invited. A bond premiere, originally scheduled for tomorrow at the Liberty theater, has been post poned indefinitely according to Mrs. George Decker. Postpone ment was made in deference to the infantry show. Foster Sims, chairman of the infantry show for the Elks' club, urges the public to attend the show for which there will be no charge, nor will bonds be oM All gates at the stadium will bu opened to the public except the north gate, he said, before which the equipment will be arranger! VETERAN IS SLAIN SEATTLE. June 12 (UP) Pfe Cecil K. Cain, 20. here on leave after 1(1 months on Attu in the Aleutians, was shot and k'll-d early today during a quarrel cli maxing a birthday party in an auto court. but exceptionally high British decoration and the king's per sonal thanks for his work as allied commander. Lt. Gen. Bedell Smith, Eisen hower's chief of staff, will re ceive a high though less rate decoration at the same time. Lt. Gen. William Simpson, com mander of the American ninth army, wc n t to Buckingham palace this morning and re ceived from the king the in signia of an honorary knight of the Biitish empire. WASH I NG TON, June 12 (UP) Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower is coming back to a hero's reception here on Mon day. The reception will be "sim ple," they say. But by the thru it's over General Ike will know he's had one and so will upwards of 500,000 other folks including congress, the capital's civil leaders, the army high command, President Tru man and Mrs. Eisenhower. Special Venire Is Called to Get Jury In Bowman Trial 11 Are Seated As Court Convenes In Murder Case Completion of tho jury in the trial of Albert Forrest Bowman, accused of murdering his father, was in prospect this afternoon in the court of Circuit Judge R. J. Green as a special venire of ten talesmen was summoned from which the attorneys expected to get two jurors. One will serve as an alterants. When court was convened this afternoon eleven persons were seated in the jury box, after three who were tentatively accepted at the opening of the trial yesterday had been excused. 10 Are Challenged To noon today defense attorneys Henry Hess and S. H. Burleigh had removed six prospective jur ors by peremptory challenge and four were removed by the same means by acting District Attor ney C. R. Eberhard, who Is con ducting the prosecution with the assistance of assistant district at torney George Cochran. Remaining in the jury box of tho five originally accepted yes terday are Mrs. Zilla Carlson of Summervillc and Earl Sager of Elgin. The others of the 11 ten tatively accepted when court was convened today are: Gus Fowlor, Perry; Mrs. Frankie Baum, Un ion; George Bccm, Elgin; Ray mond r Waelty, Elgin; -' Wesley Street, Ur,:on; John Allen; La Grande; Ruth Baker, Cove; Ren wick Clark, La Grande, and Era French, Cove. King Government Majority is Cut Tn Canada Poll OTTAWA, June 12 (UP) Prime Minister W. L. McKcn.ie King's wartime government was back in power today, but its par liamentary strength was weak rncd slightly by opposition gains. Two of King's ministers were denied seats in the house of com mons by voters in their horn districts in yesterday's national elections. The results showed a loss of 3il seats from the 155 King's govern mont had in the previous parlia ment. The progressive conserva tives gained 21 scats and the CCF 13. Eleven scats were in doubt. The total number in the house of commons is "M5. The minor par ties won 31 seats. Defense Minister Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, main target of the progressive conservative party's attacks on King's conscription policies, was defeated in his bid for a parliament seat from his home district of Qu-Appclle at Indian Head, Sask. D. Laurence McLaren, ministci of national revenue, lost his bid for reelection from Saint John Albert, N. B., Riding, to progres sive conservative D. K. Ha.en. Junior Chamber to Assemble Tonight Members of the La Grande jun ior chamber of commerce will meet at 7:30 o'clock this evening in the Neighborhood club house for a business meeting and Dutch lunch, president Price Schroeder announced today. ' He said several important busi ness matters will be discussed and plans made for a dance. I'resid enlial A ide Will Switch John WASHINGTON, June 12 (UP) Edward D. McKim, chief ad ministrative a.sshttanl to Presi dent Truman, will switch jobs to become deputy federal loan ad ministrator, the White House an nounced today. White House Press Secretary Charles Ross said Mi Kim, an old friend of the president, will make the change immediately to be come A deputy to federal loan administrator John W. Snyder. Troops Scale Cliffs 1 With Rope Ladder To Rout Out Enemy GUAM, June 12 (UP) American troops, scaling the Yaeju-Duke escarpment on rope ladders, opened a general assault today against the Japanese survivors on Okinawa who rejected a surrender ultimatum and, chose to fight to the death. ' ' '. - Massed artillery blasted a path for marines and doughboys as thoy swarmed up cliffs and attacked with flame-throwers, bayonets and grenades. .- The Japanese radio said that the Americans landed rein forcements at Minatoga, a small port on the southeastern shore of Okinawa. Only six weary, bleary-eyed Japanese accepted Lt Gen; Simon Bolivar liuckner's offer of surrender. The remaining garrison of approximately 10,000 men elected to die in a hopeless cause. When Buckner's offer expired at 0:30 p.m. Tuesday (Okinawa time), orders were flashed to all U. S. artillery and warships to icsumc fire. They blasted Inter lacing Japanese fortifications und caves atop the plateau In tho kick-off for the final, all-out ground offensive. Buckner's was the first such formal offer made to the Jap anese in tho 3'8 -year-old Jap aneso war. Nino copies of the surrender demand wore drop ped by American torpedo planes in canisters near what was be lieved tho Japanese commander's headquarters at 0:30 a. m, Sun day. On the southeastern rim, Maj, Gen. Archibald V. Arnold's 7th division ascended tho rocky slopes on rope ladders and smash ed forward in a frontal assault. Tho 7th offensive was based on strategic hill 05, a half mile west of Gushicon. Enemy's Fate Sealed Buckner's forces sealed the enemy's fate yesterday by seiz ing and enlarging two footholds in tho Yaeju-Dake line in uphill battles against withering, often pointblank enemy machinegun, ninrtar and artillery fire. They burned out, blew up and mopped up nearly 800 ot the loitified eaves and caverns from which the Japanese had been blocking the American advance up the escarpment. Pushing on to the south across, the plateau, the Americans hurled thousands of Japanese hack toward the sea. Civilians May Get Autos In January CHICAGO, Jure 12 (UP) Government priorities on civilian passenger automobiles wil 1 be lifted next January, according to Hi nry P. Nelson, war production hoard reconversion coordinator for the automobile industry. Nelson told the Chicago Auto mobile trade association last night that after production of a scheduled 215,000 cars for essen tial users the market can l;e thrown open to all buyers. Although WPB controls of civ ilian car purchases will be drop ped, some form of informal ra ti o n i n g will he continued by manufacturers and dealers, said. he Cancer Fund Is Near $571 Quota Contributions to the cancer campaign fund total $520, it was announced today by Mrs. A. T. Trollingcr, secretary of the chain her of commerce. The quota being sought is $571. Newest contributors were listed as Mrs. W. E. Adler, Harry Cleav er, Mae Stearns, Lumber and Sawmill Workers' union, Veter ans of Foreign Wars, Soroptimist club, Ruth Herzingcr, Dr. C. L. Gilslrap, Dr. Ray Murphy, Mrs. E. D. Steincamp, Glass Dciug and Ruth Wilson. CONGRESS RECttS LOOMS WASHINGTON, Juia- II (UP) Congressional Icwlera reported to President Truman today that they expected the house and sen ate would bo ready to begin a two months' recess some time in early July, rcconv-ynji Just after Labor day. 'J" American Airmen ; Continue Pounding At Jap Homeland SAN FRANCISCO. June 12 (UP) American warships bonv barded Matsuwa island in the Kuriles Monday night (Toky lima), the Japanese radio re ported today in a broadcast x-' corded by United Press, San' ' Francisco. Matsuwa Is 1,088 miles north of Tokyo. GUAM, Juno 12 (UP) Ameri can planes ranging from fighters to superfortresses attacked south- , crriT Japan today, putting the air assault against the enemy" horruv land on a virtual around-the-clock schedule , 1 ' r The new raids were reported by radio Tokyo after the 21st bomber command announced thai B-20s alone have burned out 103.23 square miles of eight of Japan's largest industrial cities since last November. Tokyo said two B-24 Libera tors, teammates ' of the flying fortresses in the aerial devast tion of Europe, flew over souths crn Japan for the first time. They were sighted over eastern Kyu shu, but apparontly dropped no bombs. About . 40 Thunderbolts and other American fighters, like tho Liberators presumably based on Okinawa, attacked airfields near the Kanoya naval base and else-: where in southern and eastern Kyushu, radio Tokyo said. Home Waters Are Mined An equal number 40 Super fortresses mined waters off Kyu shu early this morning, presume ably under cover of darkness, enemy broadcasts said. ' Pacific fleet headquarters disj closed that other American planed destroyer or damaged 68 onerrty aircraft, wrecked a number of ships and blasted installations from the Paramushiru naval base in tho northern Kuriles north pj Japan to the Sakishima islands southwest of Okinawa Sunday and Monday. Norse Premier and Cabinet Resign OSLO, June 12 (UP) Premier John Nygaardsvold and his cab inet resigned today to permit til? formation of a more representa tive government now that Nor way has been liberated. King Haakon asked the cabi net to continue until a provl. sional government has been form ed. Baseball Results By United Press American League R H E Washington 5 1? 8 New York 3 10 ,1 Leonard, Wolff and Fcrrcllj Dubiel, Turner and Crompton.,.., National League New York 4 7 2 Brooklyn 7 9 Mungo, Emmerich, Adams and Lombardl; Lombard! and Dan tonio, 8 . "Y Philadelphia 0 4 1 Boston ...10 12 0 Wyatt and Mancuso, Scmlnlck? Hutchings and Masi.