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S -rr rune-way, june m JVU J J . Page Two ,1 V 'Baiting to Control Grasshoppers Is iUrgetJ in County County Agent R. W. Schaad (announced today that grasshop pers arc beginning to hatch ' the southern end of Union coun tyi arid he urged farmers to start I control measures immediately. 1 1 He said farmers who need bait ; arrange for It through the county i j agent's office. He said baiting 'l Ishould be done on a warm, dry j day when the hoppers are out i Ifeeding. The baiting program will be I 'carried on this year the same as j jjn past years with poison bran land sawdust vailablu at the ' county shops free to users in any ramount, Schaad said. Containers .must be furnished when securing 'the bait. The baiting program is being directed through the county agent's office in La iGrande. An estimated 157,500 acres ,were Infested with grasshoppers last year. This same acreage and probably more will be infested this year with considerable dam age expected. $130,250.00 estim ated damage was caused by the grasshoppers on all crops in Un ion county last year, with $50, 500.00 estimated savings to farm- as n w.anlt nf thn hnifinp nm. grtwi. Rumor qf Portland Strike Is Penied i PQRTLAND, June 13 (UP) (Reports of a general strike vote to be taken over Oregon by Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Ware housemen and Helpers union lo jcals in sympathy with a Coos (Bay local's demond for wage in creases from' three truck lines .operating (n that area, were 'termed "without foundation" to 'day by Phil Brady, Portland president of the AFL joint cpun cil of drivers. I "There's not going to be any I strike," Brady declared. "We're I not going to violate the pledge we gave the great Franklin Roosevelt. That goes for Coos Bay and the whole state of Ore gon." Teachers In Service Get Salary Benefits ' ' SALEM, Ore., June 13 (UP) Salpm's school teachers who are now with the fighting forces of the country will be admitted back I to their jobs at a pay scale which I has continued to rise as though i they never had left. ' This was decided at a meeting . of the directors of the Salem i school district Tuesday night, who said that the teachers should nut be. .-penalized for serving in the armed forces. is DON'T SEIL YOUR BONDS, SON La Graside Branch Olfice of Tbt United States National Bank 27 BRANCH OFFICES IN OREGON 'nrt' loybeoni, cottle? metoli end cool. '" "'""" ' "' ' immm. c m ijiUan churi aw (;- iMotMt&mm I 'iiji'Ii ''J!"1 ' ' ''7 Vii!l!,'!"i.".".!' t. to ni'iinjf 11 - J"rV ' ' SmMSMma 1 . Jl '. l ! , " ,s , w,J ,Ji, !f .tfmfciJfjaJvM; 'idSS-SSSSSSl 1 T?Z9 j l?lfl ll SSfe?- fiipi ond planes from Okinawa bases could support Allied invasion of China WHAT U. S. PLANES CAN DO FROM OKINAWA BASES Some of the rcasais for Japan's sui cidal fight to prevent capture of Okinawa, are illuslratod by tho map above. From Okinawa bases, U. S. air forces can largoly isolate Japan proper from the Chinese minland, culling off large numbers of troops and dopriving war industries of raw mat erials from Asia. Allied bombers and mi.ie-sow-ing planes can continually disrupt sea traffic betw een Asia and Japan water routes that are the enemy's real lifelino lo China, lo Korea (through which war products from Manchuriapa sstby rail) and to Mauchuria, vitally important for its resourcos. Army Will Take All Surplus Lambs PORTLAND, June 13 (UP) T. T. Swonson, government live stock reporter at north Portland, today announced the department of agriculture had wired that the army had decided to take all sur plus common, good ond choice grade surplus lambs at the price at Portland. The new policy was seen as a blow to u recent move to have the OPA establish a point free policy on lambs, which producers said they were unable to ship or market in the northwest. With the army taking the lamb surplus, it was antleipatecl there will be a scarcity of lamb for consumers. YOU HEED OBTAIN A PERSONAL LOAN DON'T CASH ANY OF YOUR WAR BONDS It's really a simple, matter to keep all of your War Bonds intact and, at the same time, meet family emergencies with cash. All you need do if you require money for any worthy pin pose is apply for Personal Loan at this bank. Credit requirements anil repayment terms are icason.ihle. So, KliKP your War Bonds for yourself ami your govcrumcntl More Money for OWI Asked By Truman WASHINGTON, June 13 (UP) President Truman urged con gress today to restore the funds which were cut from the 1040 budget of the office .of war in formation by the house repre sentatives. ' The .house last week slashed $17,000,1)00 from the OWI's $30, 000,000 budget for the coming: fis cal year and directed that the cut be applied to activities in the United States and Europe. A house conmittcfi' previously re duced the figure from a budget estimate of $42,000,000. The bill i.'- now before the senate appro priations committee. - MONEY Food Prospects of Nation Brighter, 1 Crops Loom WASHINGTON, June 13 (UP) The yeal's first major crop survey-promised plenty of nourish ing food for Americans and plenty of wheat for foreign relief. It did not, however, promise meat-hungry U. S. citizens all the steaks and chops they want. The agriculture, dartmvnt's early June forecast ca.J an unex pectedly optimistic light over the nation's food pro.spol this year. Working overtime to make up delays due to a cold, rainy spring farmers have planted a "sur prisingly large" acreage, the dcy partment reported. Total produeJ promises to be well above aver age and banner harvests are in sight for several important crops. Record Crops Indicated For the second successive year wheat, the all-important relief food, may set a new record. Com bined winter and spring produc tion is expected to surpass 1,01)4,- 000,000 bushels. Record output also is predicted for early potatoes, peaches, sweet cherries and truck crops. Total fruit production may be almost record. The oat crop will be the second largest in 20 years. The word "shortage" appears nowhere in the 32-page report. Even meat, the nation's No. 1 seaieity, is touched on favorably. Livestock, the department said, is in "thriving condition." May milk output continued at record level. The survey had its darker side, howeviT. Adverse M;,y weather took a 38,U0n.(HI0-bushel toll of the win ter wheat crop. This was more than balanced, however, by tire spring eiop. The barley crop may !. the lowest since 1038 and rye the firth smallest since 1000. Apple production probably will hit a new low. The ll.ntz mounu-.ins of Sax ony, once reported as a hiding place for Hitler, are famous for canaries, witches and mammoth caverns, u-.e of which will hold 1V1II0 people. 1. M crack aviator . . . takes you for a spin over the "Hump" . . . the world's most dan gerous air route ... in WE H.EW WITHOUT GUNS" - v-f ....... ? : ' Mm Po- War Burgling Who Wants 'fo Argue SEATTLE, June 13 (UP) Seattle Police Chief Herbert D. Kimiey today gave millions of reasons why burglary as a post-war profes sion has been dealt a mortal blow by World War Two. "Burglars, .said Kimsey, will ened, light-sleeping veterans fully with all the highly-trained violence Jhey employed o.i ihe baltle- Jield." ' Old-line burglars to whom Kim sey has talked recently, tie said, are discouraged over prospects o! making a livelihood at their old profession after' this war ends, even more so than after .the first world war. "There was a considerable in crease in burglaries for a year after the last war ended," Kimsey recalled, "but that was because jobs were scarce. But secor.d stgry men, the old-timers, think things are going to be different this time." Several of them, Kimsey said, have decided to retire for good from their profession because of mounting risks. "Recession" Is Expected Admitting that burglary is flourishing at present, Kimsey said he expects the situation to improve rapidly from the police .viewpoint, and deteriorate from Ihe viewpoint of burglars. Said Kimsey: "There's biyn evidence of tha: already. One old repeater told me that whereas formerly many houses were occupied only by women, now that more and more thousands of servicemen ore re turning to those homes, breaking and entering is getting 'just plain risky.' "Especially if they happen to pick a serviceman's house, one who has been out killing infil trating Jap's and Germans for the past two or three years. Bur glars are lucky to get out of a house like that alive." Don't Need Weapons "Most servicemen sleep like cats, and when they wake up, even if they haven't got bazookas parked by their beds, they have unarmed night fighting down to a science. We have a couple of would-be burglars who have been worked over by veterans in our custody now. They are in rather battered condition." Many other thousands of serv icemen's homes, he said, will be stocked with "souvenirs" the vet erans know how to use. The fact that millions of vet erans also have been trained in highly-effective methods of forc ing entry themselves, doesn't wprry Kimsey. "That part of it they'll forget, once they get home to jobs, but thpy won't forget how to defend what" is'theirs." ' 1 ''It's a beautiful thought, isn't THE SEVEN GREAT BATTLES highlighted here and the many other, big and little that aren't mentioned have brought us step by step closer to victory. The success of the SIX WAR LOAN DRIVES already completed has contributed immeasurably, too. BUT TOTAL VICTORY is still not ours. There are slill many battles ahead un taught unpaid for. You can help win lhom by buying WAR BONDS MORE BONDS in the 7th WAR LOAN. 'Depression' Looms With Tough Vets? encounter millions of battle-hard prepared to defend their homes Veteran Is Named Pental School Dean PORTLAND, June 13 (UP) Dr. Ernest E. Starr, staff member for many years of the Noith Paci fic Dental college of Portland, yesterday was approved by the state board of education as acting dean of the University of Oregon dental school. A $314,040 budget for the new est addition to the state system of higher education, the former North Pacific Dental college at Portland, was also approved at the board s meting. Hearing is Called on Ship Repairers' Pay WASHINGTON, June 13 (UP) The war labor board today set June 20 to hear an appeal from its shipbuilding commission's re fusal to order an 11.6 per cent wage increase for repair workers southern California shipyards. The appeal was made by the metal trades department of the American Federation of Labor, which demanded that this higher pay rate now. in effect in San Francisco arid north of there be extended t yards in the Los An geles and San Pedro area. it," he smiled. "Millions of men of whom burglars are scared to death, back in their millions of homes oil over the country. Mil lions of men who know how to booby trap, shot if they' have to, and fight without weapons at all. "Really a beautiful thought." AT ALL PEALERS NORMANDY LANDING The Miracle Invasion After months of battling up the Italian boot, the allied armies marched into Rome on June 4, 1944. The horrors of the Anzio feeachhead were post, the back-breaking Cassino battle had been won. The eyes of the world were on Allied Supreme Head quarters. What new step would be taken to bring tho war straight into the heart of Nazi held Europe? What new stroke would boldy paint our pattern of Victory? As the icy waves in the English Channel roared their fury against the heavy skies, a greater fury the greatest ever mustered by man was loosed in the name of free dom. It was D-Day, June 6, 1944. Our inva sion of Western Europe had begun. At 6 a.m. the first boats scraped the French shore on the Normandy beaches be tween Cherbourg and Le Havre. Behind them streamed 4.000 ships that made up a mighty armada for victory. Tons of sup plies, hordes of grim-faced men, endless tanks and jeeps and guns rode the unruly Channel eastward from England. Overhead, swarms of b o m b e is, fighters, transport planes streaked across the morning sky. Dropping from the air were thousands of paratroopers of our Airborne forces. Pour ing ashore from Coast Guard-manned as O o Walter Marsh Is Called By Death Walter Howard Marsh, 68, of 213 Fir street, a painter and resi dent of La Grande for four years, died yesterday in a local hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services will be con ducted at 10 a. m. Friday in the Snodgrsss funeral home, and burial will be ,in 'the Masonic cemetery. He is survived by four sisters, Mrs. R. M. Moore of La Grande, Mrs. Frank West of Salem, Mrs. Nellie Hamm of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Sophia Seheehter of Pasa dena, Calif., and three brothers, Ralph of Salem, Charles of Los LET'S GET ASSOCIATED FOR BETTER TIRE CARE , We'll check air pressure, cuts, bruise, faulty valves, dangerous worn spots One of many free Associated services is seeing that you get the full amount of wear from your present tires and that you are advised when switching or recap ping is necessary. If you have I A EYTDA Grade 1 certificates aiwuuujiiin I BAIKM for new tires, we of- II mm fer Fisk, America's II mtmon alidlitv tire. " Buy Bto" Bond in th Svnthl Buy fxfra Bonds In lh 5venthl VICTORY depends on you TIDE WATER ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY AT ASSOCIATED DEALERS sault barges and smaller landing craft were American Rangers and Infantrymen and British Commandos in wave after wave. Roaring landward from mighty warships lying off shore were terrific shell barrages pulverizing the ciastal defenses. All hell had broken loose and now, 4 years after Dunkirk, the Nazis was getting it butt end! On the beaches our men were met with machine gun and artillery fire from the cliff-entrenched enemy. They crouched in the swirling ice-cold water, inched forward step by step through the land mines and the tons of wreckage, looked back ever reas sured at the hundreds of reinforcements landing always behind them. And they ad vanced heroically, unstoppably against the rain from above. All day long the shores were black with landing men and machines. All day long our trucks tilted over in the muck, our ships foundered in the shallow waters, our soldiers dropped on the bloody mud of the shore. But behind them were more men, more ships, more trucks and tanks and guns. They came to conquer, to liberate, to purge the woild of Nazi horror. We were on our march to Berlin! Fifth of a series commemorating SEVEN GREAT BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II published in the in teresi of a GREATER AMERICA. Next week, the IWO JIMA BEACHHEAD TO TOKYO. Talk A La Grande's Better Store Angeles, and Harry of Aberdeen. " So. Dak. ' ' ' I'i,' All of Marsh's sisters, .his bro... ther, Ralph, and two " nieces, '' Georgia Ponto of Pasadena and ' Betty Marsh of Salem, were wfth him when he died. BUcHheadi. Too Wpnt c.. 1 Yn, It I ttur, thrif Is MiB owralfbt uilt utti toloMcp and removi Ullly blucklieudl. 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