La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 18, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 i- Polish Leaders Confess Anti - Red Activities See Column 3 A Community Newspaper , For Every Member of the Family Weather Data for 24 hours ending 7 u. in. Temperature: Maximum 85 Minimum 4S Forecast: Clear tonight and Tuesday. twtt ; Wallow Cef.(i ESTABLISHED 1896 LA GRANDE. OREGON MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1915 FIVE CENTS Cagghorosi b LvPPed Dim Fooiry Mmi Enemy Holdouts Encircled By Yanks GUAM, Friday, June 19 (UP) Tenth army troops encircled disorganized thirst crazed Jupunc.sc troops on the southeastern const or Oki nawa today and lunged for ward in a frontal assault against isolated pockets of re sistance that promised a quick end to the 80 day old cam paign. ,. . . . Four American divisions ad vanced in a co-ordinated offen sive against crumbling opposi tion from 3,000 beaten enemy troops. Late battle reports said individual groups of Japanes3 soldiers were losing contact with ono another in a death pocket of less than seven square miles. Maj. Gen. Archibald V. Arn old's 7th division on the eastern flank closed a trap on decimated Japanese remnants fighting along the coast and moved in for a mop-up. t Maj. Gem--Lemuel- C. Shep herd's Gth marine division and Maj. Gen. Pedro De Vallc's 1st marine division, now fighting abreast on the western flank, ex ploded a head-long attack against a series of ridges south of Mez ado, scarcely two miles from the cljff-lincd tip of the island. Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley'? 96th division, fighting in the cen ter of the American line, killed 115 grenade-throwing Japanese who infiltrated its positions in a suicidal counter-attack. Of the original Japanese garri son of 85,000, American troops had killed at least 80,450 and captured 1,680 in the first 77 days of the campaign through Satur day. The invasion - jittery Tokyo radio reiterated its warning to the Japanese people that a new American invasion could be ex pected soon, but admitted it did not know in which direction the blow would be aimed. La Grande Soldier Lands With 86th Cpl. Eugene F. Grrincr, Hemic 1, La Grande, is among H,28!l members or the 80th (BJackhawk) division who were being proces sed today at Camp Kilmer, N. J., preparatory to 30-day furloughs before resuming their trip from the battlefields of Europe lo thoro of the Pacific area. The regiment arrived in New York harbor yesterday in four transports after going through the European operations with only 800 casualties. It was because of the compara tively light casualty list in four major batiks in Germany thai the 86th was selected as the first combat outlit to be redeployed against Japan. Gleincr and 03 other members of the division from Oregon are being sent to Fort Lewis, Wash., H?forc being given their fur loughs, press dispatches from the .east coast said. Eugene Man Is New VFW Leader MEDFORD, Ore, June 18 (UP) Paul Tharajson, Eugene, was the new stale commander of dis abled veterans today after being named to the position in the clos ing sessions of their two-day con tention hero. John Soummi, Oregon City, was elected vice commander and Clarence D. Griffith. Med ford, only world war II veterans named to an office, junior vie? com mander. Pat Graham, Medford, was elected cccutivc committee man, and Dave King, Portland, .-.rijiri.-int. Remnants on E Bond Sales of $8645 Daily Are Needed in County Union county residents mult purchase an average of $8,645 in E bonds daily between now and June 30 lo meet tho quota set for the county by the treas ury department. This was announced today by W. C. Porkins, war finance committee chairman, after compilation of Saturday's sales, which brought the total of 7th war loan sales of E bonds to $504,893.75. The day's sales were $5,906.25 of Series E, and $5,000 to corporations. The Saturday sales bring the sales of all types of bonds to dale to $669,021, or 69 per cent of the quota of $964,000. A report from Portland today raid sales of all types of bonds for the state as a whole were $75,679,923, or 62.8 per cent of the quota. Voters to Ballot Friday on Two State Propositions Voters of Oregon will go to tho polls Friday to express their feed ings on two propositions designed lo provide funds for a $10,000,000 building program for state insti tutions, and on a 2-ccnt cigaret tax to provide additional funds for public schools. Widespread support is being given the building program pro posal, which provides for the ex penditure of income tax funds without levying any additional tax. No organized opposition has been expressed. The cigaret tax proposal is mctting some opposi tion. The polling places in La Grande where the election will be held are as follows: Precinct 1 Frank Cleavingcr residence, 502 Third street. Precinct 2City Hall. Precinct 3 Shell Service Sta lion, Second and Adams. Precinct 4 Lane Chapel, First and Crook.' Precinct 5 Fruitdalc school. Precinct 6 Willow school. Precinct 7 - Lane Mbtel, 205 Hemlock street. Precinct 8 -Court House. Precinct 0 -Red Cross building, !) Depot street. Precinct 10 Methodist church. Precinct II Gracia Hesse resi dence, 1006 Cedar street. Precinct 12H. W. Riley, 1400 Madison street. Precinct 13 -North Side Im provement club, 1311 Y avenue. Point Values of Fats Are Increased WASHINGTON,, June 18 (UP) Point values of lard, shortening and oils arc now 12 points n pound Instead of the 10 points tl.ey have been. The OPA raised the value Saturday night because civilians' shares have been re duced for the third quarter of 1045. Butter and Margarine values were left at their present high point levels - butter 24 points a pound and margarine 12 points. At the same lime OPA cut third quarter use of fats by in dustrial users to place all con sumers food manufacturers, rtstauranls and householders en the same basis. Trial of Officer' Slayer is Begun VALE, Ore., June 18 (UP) Selection of a jury began here today in circuit court for the trial of Kenneth Bailey, Klamath Falls. Ore., chaiif,;d with the first degree murder of Sgt. Ted Cham- oers, 43, Oregon state policeman, who we kifled in a nun hntil,. near Weiscr, Ida., last April 29. BalJcy was indicted by a.Jial heur county grand jury on tho murder charge and alio, on a "Charger" (if - assault with, intent to kill. (wi "Terrorism" Blamed Upon London Poles MOSCOW, June 18 (UP) Fifteen of 16 Polish under ground leaders charged with terroristic acts against the Kcd army pleaded guilty to day to all or part of the charges when tltey went on trial before a Soviet military tribunal. Gen. Bronislaw Okulicki, lead er of the Polish home army, was among a group of 12 defendants who pleaded guilty to all the charges. Three others pleaded guilty, in part, to tho charges and the sixteenth, identified as Zbig nicw Stypulkowski, declared him self innocent. One group of the Poles was charged with the organization of armed bands in White Russia and the western Ukraine on instruc tions from the London Polish government for the purpose of attacking Red army formations. , ... .Battle Orders Given A second group Was charged with using ' Clandestine radio stations. The indictment chiirr.-rl that Oklulicki admitted under prelim inary examination that lie or dered the Polish home army to maintain Itself intact in order- to fight the Hod army. It said he admitted operating, during 1944, 25 secret radio sta tions in Poland and 10 in the western Ukraine. Okulicki also was acciled of espionage and sabotage. The indictment quoted an al leged order from Okulicki to one Colonel Slaboda, dated March 22, 1045, a few days before the Pnli..:h group was arrested. This said: "A Soviet vietorv nuni- fine. many will threaten not only Bri tain's interests in Europe but will threaten also nil nf Knnmn Considering British interests in Europe, uriiain will mobilize all Europe's forces, ir.J.o an anti Soviet block. "It is clear that vn u-ill r,. cupy first place in this European anti-Soviet bloc which cannot hn organized without the participa tion ot Germany which will be controlled by Britain. "The Polish linrlet-firnimrl (un joined this anti-Soviet bloc or ganized by Britain." Jan Jankowski, vice-premier of the Polish London government, said in reply lo a question: "I am guilty of the main count." The indictment Hiarwrl i !,-, the group disseminate.! .mii. Soviet propaganda through sec ret radio stations and .ik. main. tainrd constant contact with the London regime from which it re ceived directives. Japanese Flee Victorious Yanks MANILA, June 18 (UP; American mechanized troops sped across the Cagayan valley floor today in pursuit of the last large Japanese force on Luzon, an estimated two divisions. American navul units mean while pounded the beach defenses fronting the Seria and Miri oil fields of north Borneo. The Jap anese, apparently fearing anoth er invasion, put the torch to at least 20 oil wells, and Chinese fishermen indicated the enemy was retreating inland. The Philippines fighting stole the spotlight for the moment in the southwest Pacific as two col umns of the 37th division raced 13 miles along the Cagayan val ley against virtually no opposi tion. 0 Two enemy divisions the sote siziiaMe enemy force left on Lu totr were believed to be some where in the Cagayan valley, but they showed no signs yet of mak ing a stand. Okinawa &kt& tf r V c ' DESTROYER VICT'M OF JAP SUICIDE ATTAC K This was the bridge of the heroic destroyor USS Haselwood (left before bombs oi a Jap sulci de plane exploded amidst flaming destruction of its gasoline, left 77 Americans dead or missing in flames and explosions lhat wiped out the bridge (right) and forward superstructure. The gallant ship limped into San Francisco harbor undor her own power for repairs. Gen. 'ike' Is Given Tumultous Ovation on Return to Capital Order Banishing Bridges Cancelled By Supreme Court WASHINGTON, June 18 (UP) The supreme couit today can celled an order calling for the de portation of Harry Bridges, west coast labor leader, to Australia as a communist. The decision was 5 to 3. The ruling brought lo a close the long series of hearings over deportation proceedings started against Bridges in lll.'lH. Bridges, who has remained an alien since coming to this coun try in 1020, turned lo the federal courts after Attorney General Francis Biddlc on May 28, 1042, ordered thai he be sent back to his native land. Biddle held that Bridges, head of tho powerful Longshoremen's fiid Warehousemen's union (CIO) was an undesirable alien as a member of the communist parly which taught overthrow of the U. S. government by "force and violence:." Tho supremo couit reviewed the entire "(proceedings upon Bridges' bid for freedom through a writ of habnes corpus. Bridges appealed after Federal Judge Martin I. Welsh in California lo fused to issue the habeas eorpu writ and his refusal was upheld by the ninth circuit court of appeals. Chinese Open New Invasion Route CHUNGKING, June 10 (UP) Chinese troops opened a second invasion gate to Eastern China today with the capture of the big treaty port of Wenchow, 410 miles west of Okinawa. A communique said the Chi nese elite, d Wenchow, 210 miles south of Shanghai, driving Ihe Jupani.se garrison across Hn Wu river to the north. The cqually-importai.l seaport of Foochow, 150 miles to the south, fell to the Chinese svertf weeks ago. Deep in the interior of south China, other Chinese forces eioaid in on the former American Ur base of Liuchow from th? nuitliw!, west and southwest. --$ WASHINGTON, June 18 (UP) (ion. Dwight 1). I0inen howcr, a conquering hero come home, told the world's leaders today lhat the combat soldier of this war expects them "to preserve the peace he is winning." The S'l-year-old Texas-born Kansan, given perhaps the most tumultuous and hcarl-fclt homecoming reception in this capital's history, declared in an address before congress that "the problems of peace can and must be met." The grief of those who mourn New Officers Arc Seated at Lion's Club Meeting Officers of the La Grande Li ons club, headed by A. 13. Olson iis pivsidcnt, wore installed Jit the weekly meeting today in the Stein cafe banquet mum, wild Lyle Johnson serving as tin in stalling officer. Oilier officers arc: Marcus Kocsch, first vice president; Jesse Rosenbaum, Jsccoiid vice presi dent.; I). W. Hall, seci.'tary; Mil lard Smith, treasurer; Gordon U Capps, lailtwister; Hay fl. ItaRs diile, Liontainer, and Ihe follow ing directors: II. J. Nelson, S. II Weimer, Ilalph K. Jones, Loics M. Ghan and Gene Delrick. In presenting the gavel to Ol son, ictiring president Horace J. Nelson reviewed the accomplish ments of the club during the past year, including a I'M) percent in crease in membership, success fully staging the first annual Li ons club talent show and unlink ing for new street signs through out the city of La Grande. John Newman, member of the club boys and girls' work com mittee, announced that a begin ners archcrv class will be spo:i Sc; NEW OKKICEKS . . . Page 5 Youth Reveals Plot To Kill Montgomery COPENHAGEN, June If) (UP) Authorities announced lod;iy Unit Ihe alleg.-d lender of ii n.izi eontrolled terrorist group con fessed thiil he planned lo assassi nate Marshal Sir Bernard I.. Montgomery when he visit...! Copenhagen soon uftir the ca pitulation of Germany." "I actually stood with a gie nWc in my hand, ready to throw," the youth was quoted. At the last moment he was dis suaded by fear of the heavy Dan ish police guard along the road. Shatteredfe'S for the dead, he said, "can he iclieved only by Ihe faith that all this .shall not happen again." Congross Halls Jammod The congress in joint session received the general with ap plause, shouts, and whistles in nn ovalion lasting a full inimit". Jammed into the Iioiijv; chamber also were Ihe supreme court jus tices, Die cabinet, and a host of foreign .imhassadois, ministers and charge d'affaires. The gal leries were' packed. The mudesl man whose Anglo American ai mies whipped Hie nai we'lirmaebl's best, went be fore congress after a parade past crowds of huiidi-'jds of Ihnusands along the avenue which has le verbratrfl in the pa:;l lo the names of Grant, Sherman, Dvvjty, ami Pershing. On a vasl haulier floating high over Pennsylvania avenue were tin' words, providing the sbouled refrain from the thousands who saw him, "Welcome Ike." The capital had gone all out to honor him with a day-long piogiam a parade, a tribute Sec THOUSANDS . . . Page 5 Military Objector Caught at Alicel , The ane;l Sahiiday nighl of Harold Wcldon Rhymer, previ ously sentenced to five years in a federal penitentiary as a consci entious objector and paroled on the provision he remain in a CO camp, treminated a year's seaieh for Ihe offemh r by the KM. Rhymer, who fled from a.,ron scientious objector camp in Cali fornia, was arrested by Maislwil Haines nd Sgt. W. A. Fouler of thc state pohev, ;il mi Aliee.l ranch. Sgt. Foster said this is the third lime Hhyiier has fated a similar charge, o He is being held here for the arrivul of 11 United Styles mar shal, who will take hini'o Port land to be tried in the federal & Centers of Nippon Targets of B-29s . j GUAM, June 18 (UP) A fleet of 4.10 Superfortresses burned the port of Kajfoshinta to the water's eoVe and set fires visible up to 150 miles in three other cities along a 500 mile front in Japan today. ';, The 21st bomber command said preliminary reports in created "excellent results" in all four target cities KagoV shima and Omuta on the southern island of Kyushu and Yok-' kaichi and Ham'"""41" " thc central Island of Honshu. ' Nearly .'1,000 tons of fire bombs were dropped in the four way assault, it marked the opening of tho second phase of the air offensive against Japan, tho attacking of secondary cities now lhat thc major Industrial centers of Tokyo, Osaka, Magoya, Yokohama, .lobe and Kacasakl have been devas- tated. Striking in the predawn dark ness between 2 und 3 a.m., thc big bombers caught the Jupiinosc defensos napping and burned out thousands of piece-work "shadow factories" in the cellars and bnck yards of thc four cities. Returning crewmen said Kagoahima, a major port of the southern lip of Kyushu, burn ed to the water's edge and sent smoke billowing 12,000 feet. They called it one of tho most successful B-29 raids In recent weeks. Street and port lights were on when thc bombers uttacked and even navul craft in thc harbor wero showing lights. Meager 'to heavy 'anti-aircraft .fire and only a few flghlers wero encountered. Good to excellent bombing was reported at Omuta, a chemical and synthetic oil center 100 miles nm th of Kagoshima. At Yukkaichi, a port und tex tile center 25 miles southwest of Nagoyu, airmen counted three large conflagrations und 30 small er fires. Flumes engulfed several square miles of the city und sent smoke up 1,000 feel, Ihoy suid. Fire were visible 100 milci away as the bombers turned foi home. The Yokkaichi raiders also saw Ilamamalsu burning 150 miles away. Crews who attacked Ilamamalsu, u railway and air craft center 55 miles southwest of Nagoya, reported huge con flagrations, smoke rose 15,000 feel, they said. Death Summons Capt. John Gardner News of I he death of Capt. John T. Gardner, .'ill, a native of La Grande, in an nrmy hospital in Pasadena, Calif., Sunday was received by friends here today. He had been ill for several months. Gardner was the son of John Gardncr'and Editli Gardner Ford, formerly of La Grande. He was born here April A, 11107. He had been a resident of Wal la Walla, Wash., since IIH4, and was a dentist there when lie en tered thc military service in 1 1112. He is survivdd by his widow and two small girls pi Walla Wal la, and his mother, and a brother, Dan Gardner, in Portland. Funeral arrangements are pend ing. W o'unded Soldier is Expected Home Soon Mr. and M;rs. L. P. Kinsgliy neenlly received a telephone call from their son, I.I. Floyd (Koscoe) Kingsky, wlio is a patienl in an at my hospital near Tacoma. Wash., receiving treatment for v, minds incurred in Germany February 22, while serving with the third, army. Though Lt. Kingsley gave no information concerning the na ture or extent of his wounds, he intimated that he expects to IX home soon. Lt. Col. Carey In Home oiteave Lt. Col Hubert It. Carey, V. S. army service supply .arrived this Morning fruryi ColumbusP Olitfl, where he is stationed, for fl) 12 day kve in Jiartlrandc 'witii his family.' G Proir to entering the service lieQ.'as conticelod wlUO Bunting Tractor company. Defense Attacks ; Sfnfp Tpstimnnv In Bowman Trial ;; Attorneys for Albert Forrest Bowman, on trial on a charge Of' nn.,nn V.i rttin,. nt frini.. Nnrth SMIJIiig Ilia lumn - n.w.. ' - - Powder ranch in April, toaay vigorously cross-examined state" witnesses In an effort to develop that a purported "confession" of the defendant was not given vol untarily. Captains H. W. Howard, S. A. Mulehorn and A. G. Dunn ot tho state police testified that the ac euewdmnn nn-mndorjiinterrogn-lion ul the North Powder ranch und in thc district attorney's of fice in La Grande from 3:30 p.m., to 11 p.m. without food or lost, and it is during this questioning that the defense contends Bow man's willpower was broken down and ho made damaging ad missions of an altercation with his father. It wus testified that one officer offered him food but it wus refused. .- The officers testified under Questioning by defense attorneys Henry Hess and S. H. Burleigh, that on April 22, while ho. was milking, his father cursed him,, accused him of stealing two guns and some bonds, and started to ward with a milk stool, mean time threatening to shot him. They lestfied that the accused man told them ho took the stool away from his parent, and that they scuffled into the barnyard, where he picked up a rock and struck his father on thc head. Prosect that thc trial will con tinue throughout thc week was' indicated. Truman to Start To Coast Tuesday : WASHINGTON, Juno 18 (UP) The While House said today lhat President Truman still as sumes that the United Nations security conference will end on Saturday, when ho is scheduled to address the parley. r White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said that despite published reports that thc con1 ferencc finale may be delayed until next week, Mr. Truman still is "assuming it wilt end on Sat urday." "All plans are based on tha'.," he said. Iloss said the president will leave for Olympia, Wash., tomor row nt 8 a. in. EWT in his spe cial plane the one that brought Gen. Dwight F,isenhow'cr to Washington today. Younff ililth Hiker Faces Theft Charge.0. A Cwilrolia, Wb., youth who reached hi lSlh birthdy yosh day, vas arrc.Uert in Lt Qran(v by police, on a cliarfc of larceny and will be takiyi before Juvc. nile Judge Kenneth MeCormlck. The boy, who was hitch hiking, was given a ride hy Harry Mur phy of Boise, Idalui, and when lie left the car at Union Saturday night it was discovered that be tween $25 and $30 had boon tuken from the purse of one of the passengers. Stutc police took thc you(h from a west bound stage in Lu Grande'.