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LA GRANDE EVRNING OBSEItVEH - Phone 800 Complete Local Reports Tuesday, June 19, 1945 Scliultz Single Wins Game for Dodgers NEW YORK, June 19 (UP) If any Individual if to b credited wlih the rite oi the Brooklyn Dodgers to the giddy heights of first plan in the National league, long Howie Bchultx. the guy who was loo tall to gel into the army, is the man. . Highpockelt Howie, who placed a college education ahead of a carrier with the Dodgers, was late in reporting because he wanted to get hie degree from Hamline university at St. Paul where he created quite a stir as an amateur basketball player last winter, Baseball Standings By Unlttd Preu NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Brooklyn 31 21 .5110 Plttsburuh 30 23 .608 SI, Louis 20 23 .958 New York 30 24 .550 Chicago 20 22 .542 Boston 25 25 .500 Cincinnati 22 27 .440 Philadelphia 14 42 .250 No games In American or Paci fic Coast leagues yesterday. o Coasting Along By HAL WOOD United Press Staff Correspondent SAN FRAN CISCO, June 10 (UP) Sport shots: The word from Cincinnati is thai Frankic Dusso, 20:gumc win ner with San Diego last year, may be traded to the Chicago Cubs his home town ... Wist coast bookies made at least a miniature killing on the Kentucky Derby and the Preak nrss just becouso the avcruge lioss player can't get away from sentiment. Wore informed that thousands of Califoinias "laid a bob or two" on C. S. Howurd's Sea Swallow. The son of Sea biscuit finished out of thcifnonoy In both big events. After losing left-handed first baremun manager Dolph Comllli, the Oakland Acorns still possess two of the finest southpaw first suckers in the league in Les Scar sellu and Vic Plcetll. Given good weather, the $100,- 000 Simla Anita handicap is ex pected to attract the greatest crowd in all racing history of the Americas and in all prob ability will set a new fbettlng 1 'cord, too. Stanford u n I versity officials are taking u ribbing over their refusal tu resume football in 1045. San Francisco Bay area sports columnists think the "farm" has many more civilian athletes avail able than most of the five north western schools of the Pacific Coast conference, which will be playing this fall. Showmanship in professional baseball is reaching giddy fashion heights. The Sim Francisco, goals blossomed out in'rnnv maroon and blue uniforms a couple of weeks ago and the rival Oak land Acorns came out this week with a darling satin outfit em broidered in blue! Result for both teams: Those come.hither whis tles from the bleacher boys. Three Qualify For National PGA Meet PORTLAND, June HI (UP) Stinking through 30 holes of goll at the Portland golf club yester day with a foui-undi'i-par 110, Joe Mo.el, Pol I land golfer, had the distinction today of topping all northwest qualifiers for the National I'CJA meet and captur ing the Northwest Professional Golf association's 1045 crown. Three other golfers qualified for the national match at Toledo, O., starting July 8. Neil Christ ian, former Portlamlcr now in Spokane, had u 144 for second place, and Larry Lamborgrr, Portland golf club pro, carded a HO for third. Chuck Cungdon, Tacoma, automatically qualified on the strength of reaching the semifinals of the national meet last year. New Scholarship Is (liven Local College Receipt of a $74 tuition schol arship troni the Calilomia-I'aci-lie Utilities company of La Grande was announced today by President Roben J. Maaskc ot Lasti rn Oregon college. The scholarship Is designated for an outstanding and deserving Mudcnt of La Grande high school. o ARMY REJECTS BECRFR CHICAGO, June 10 (UP) First baseman lleintz Uecki'P of llii' Chicago Cubs today prepared to return to his club from Dal las, Tex., whcie he was rfjActvd for military service. Bicker came up from fjy Mil waiikcc Brewers last year'. SPDRT S Page 6 The 0-foot, 7-inch youngster, now in his third season with the Dodgers despite the fact h? is only 22 years old, moved into Brooklyn a little more than two weeks ago, and since that time Hie Dodgers have moved from fourth place to the league lead, knocking off 10 victories in 12 starts. Never a heavy hitler, he is noted for coming through in the pinch and he played the role -to perfection last night as the Dod gers subdue the Qiunts, 2 to 1, in 13 innings. The Dodgers wore having their troubles against Harry Peldman of the Giants. .They didn't score until the last of the ninth.. Ace Adams, who tok over for Feld nian, and Clyde King, Dodger re lief pitcher, settled down into a duel and it looked as if the 'game might go on indefinitely, Schultz broke it up. Miffed because Manager Mcl Ott of the Giants had passed two pluyers, Walker and Luis Olmo, to get him in the 13th, Schultz promptly screeched a single into center to scoie the game-winning run. The victory increased Brooklyn's lead over the idle rirates to a game and a half and dropped the Giants to fourth place, behind the St. Louis Cards. Afield Schultz has been the makings" of an infield that needed only a rangy first base man. The versatile Olmo was moved from the outffeld to third base. Though he is usurc fielder he is a "scatter" thrower ' and needed a big target like Schultz at first base to steady him. Short stop Eddie Basinski and second basemen Eddie Stanky benoHtod in the s.une way, they were able to concentrate mor on fielding and less on throwing the bull with Schultz reaching' practically from right field to the pitchers mound to retrieve their heaves. Beavers Have Good Chance to Boost Coast Loop Lead By United Press The Portland Beavers play host to the hard hitting but erratic Sacramento Solons this week, with the odds good they will in crease their present 4 'ii game lead in the Pacific Coast league to a mid-season advantage that Will be hard to overcome. , . The Beavers, billed ill the start of the season as potential slug tiers, nave turned up a mound corps with a distinct professional flavor. Unless the Solons ran get the range of such veteran 'hur lers as Ad Liska, Roy Helsir, Jack Tising and Jacke Mooty, Manager Earl Sheely may have to decide on a permanent berth in the recond division. San Francisco mid Hollywood play a split series this week that may shape up a bit better than the usual first division team ver sus cellar dweller contests. After a disastrous start the Twinks. now under Manager Uuck Fuw setl, have been playing belter than .500 baseball for several weeks. In other games this week the Oakland Acorns invade Los An geles their first road trip un der new manager Billy Raimond; and Pepper Martin s San Diego Padres journey to the lair of the second-place Rainiers, who seem to have little chance of getting higher than that in the league standings (or quite a while. 12 May Start In Santa Anita Derby ARCADIA. Calif, jure 10 (UP) Santa Anita race tra "k officials today listed a field or 12 prob able starters for the $50,000 Santa Anita Derby next Saturday. Enti. mis remaining (loin the original 5 eligibles include Char les S. Howard's Sea Sovereign, Santa Catahna handicap winner who is oupl.d with Bismarck Sea; Louis H. Mayer's Busl'er, llashy three-year-old filly who won the San Vicente handicap; Quick Reward, Best Effort. Val dina Stieak. Careful Agent, Chccki rhall. fiymeabond. Son of Clianiv, .uniting and Wise Eagle. The New try:- .-., . TODAYS 'S PORT vPARADE, Ml 1 1 1 "i1 By JACK CUDDY UP Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 10 (UP) It is a splendid tribute to base ball that General D w i g h I D. Eisenhower desired today's mam moth welcoming program to in clude a major league game. The sandwiching of a ball game into the mightiest welcome ever accorded by A m e r i c a 's largest city crrtainly giv:.i the horsehide sport a magnificent pat on the back. General "Ike" former out fielder of the Abilene, Kus., high school team made it clear be fore leaving Europe that ho want ed today to be "BB" day, when he could invade the icolm of the hot dog, peanut and home run. That's why he and his distin guished entourage were sched uled to establish their observa tion post at the Polo Grounds at 3 p. m. today for the Braves Giants game. General Eisenhower, in a re cent letter from Europe to Gen eral George C. Marshall, chief of staff in Washington, wrote: "I have no suggestions to make re garding the entire trip, but sec retly I hope that New York has that ball game. I really would like to see the big leagues play again." "Ike," supreme commander of the allied expedilionaiy force, is a red hot sports fan. In addition to baseball, he likes football, goir. volley ball, riding and the G.I indoor pastime poker, lie is an expert poker pla.vor. Daring Officer to Get Higlj Honor WASHINGTON, June 10 (UP) The war department announced today the award of the legion ol merit to Col. Paul R. Goode, Cor vallis, for daring with which ho facet! German prison guarsd anil gastapo agents while a prisoner in Polish and German prison camps to demand and obtain im proved treatment for American and British prisoners. The award will be presented to Col. Goode' at his home in Coi -vallis, where he is rocupcrathu: (rom the imprisonment. As senior officer in the prison camp, he succeeded in making the Germans live up to the agree ments in the Geneva pact of 1020. Col. Goode has been in service since his graduation from West Point academy in 1017. Triple Murder and Suicide Indicated COKVAI.LIS, Ore, June 10 (UP) Sheiiff W. M. Harper of Benton county todav announced finding the bodies of Clifford J. ; Allen, 34. his wife, Loretta. 20. ! and their two young sons in their j isolated home at Summit. Sheriff Harper said first indi- I cations were that Allen had shol and killed his wife and two sons, j then committed suiced with a .30 ! caliber rifle The boys wei Larry, fi and Dickie. 4 months. Pigs are sometimes titled with rings through the nose to prevent th.'m from doing too much dam age when foraging for food. A One-Coat Taint for Oulsiile I'se . . . EaaawlizeA Dense Paint It's a super treated oil product of the finest iuality. Huy it to do a t.'.il job' White only in gallon and two-gallon con lannrs. Ted's Paint Store 1308 Adams mm Menace IWO TIM A STAMP A special lhroo-ccnt stamp, commemor ating tho capture of Iwo Jima, and reproducing the famous flag-raising picture used in tho seventh war bond loan, will go on salo July 11. The purple stamp was suggested by Sena tor Joseph C. O'Maho.iey of Wyoming. Gambling Declared Baker "Necessity" PORTLAND, Ore., June 10 (UP) A retail beer license for the Pastime cigar store of Baker, Ore., was denied today by the stale liquor commission after lilaine I hillock, attorney, pleaded for .a lieens.' on tho ground that gambling is a "definite necessity" in Baker to take care of the em ployes of the mines and mills who drift into the cityn Satur day night. The commission had previously denied a license to the cigar store motivated by the fact there was gambling in the establishment. Hallock contended that previ ous board action was too severe in face of the "need for gambling in Baker." Army Keeps Trucks Moving In Chicago CHICAGO, June 10 (UP) Ap proximately 15.1)00 soldiers wore assembled in the Chicago area today under orders to keep trucks carrying war ar.d civilian goods moving despite a strike by two tmii.ns in defiance of government orders. Th.' steel-helmeted soldiers con sisted of truck drivers and mili tary policemen who escorted trucks driven by civilian and sol dier drivers. It was estimated that 10.000 drivers remained away from their jobs. The drivers on strike are affiliated with the Chicago inde pendent truck drivers union, with ti.500 members, and the brother hood of international teamsttv.;, Willi K.O0O members. Each kernel of an e'lir of corn has a strand of coi n silk, so you i an H i! how ivtany silks there are by counting the kernels. 44 Union Qoynty 411 Clubbers Go To Summer School Forty-four mombors of Union county 4-H clubs left today for Corvallis where they will attend the 4-H club' summer school at Oregon state college along with scores of others from all parts of the state. Each of the Union county boys and girls was selected for out standing club work, in which each is carrying on one or more projects in cooking, sewing, can ning, gardening, child care, home rnakin, hundrafts, livestock and crop production. All are be tween 12 and 1H years of age. Mrs. O. E. Cochran, clothing club leader in La Grande, and Mrs. Cliff Hugey, homemaking club leader at Starkey, arc ehap erones for the groUp, and Price Sciiroeder, assistant county ugrnl, went to Corvallis previ ously to participate in the sum mer school activities. Scholarships, through which it was possible for so many young people to go to the school, were cntributed by many individuals and business concerns of the county. The scholarships cover most of the costs of the stay in Corvallis. , The young people, and the scholarship sponsors under which they arc attending the school fol low: Wayne Berry, RFD 1, La Ci'ande, .Claudi; Weight imple ment co.; Doyle Brown, RFD 1, La Grande, Chandler tractor co.; Orville Williams, Alieel, Cove livestock clubs; Barrio Gassett, Cove, La Grande branch U. S. national bank; Donald Sands, Cove, Grande Ronde grain co.; Shannon! McDanpels, Imbler, South Forty club; Larry Wilson, Union, Union branch First Na tional bank; Clifford Towle, Cove, Cove merchants; Dickie Conklin, Cove, Coce high school; Nelda Jean Vogel, Union, Oregon Cat tle and Horse Raisers association; Peggy Burns, La Grande, Phyl lis Godsey, Union, and Dorothy Godsey, all from 4-H leaders' as sociation; Ardith Gorham, Cove, Ml. Fannie grange; Doris Jean Cray, Valgene Conrad, both La Grande, Central P-TA; Shirley Cochran, La Grande, Chris foods; Adaline Huffman, Union, La Grande branch First National bank; Gay Conklin, Cove, Cove P-TA; Vcrna Towle, Cove, coun ty farm bureau. Donna Rees, Cove, Eastern Oregon Light, and Power com pany; Shirley Hibberd, Imbler, Eastern Oregon Review; Rode rick French, La Grande, self; Barbara Jean Hill, Telocascl, Falk's La Grande store; Norma Lee Curten(an, Union, Blue Mountain grange; Joyce Hagey, Union, Pomona grange; Ardith Thompson, Elgin, M. J. Goss co.; Virginia Urquid, Union, Joe Dc Wuhs; Jacklyn Stareo, Cove, Shorb's stationery; Rosella Price, La Grande, Interior Grocery co. Anna Louise Hug, Elgin, La Grande Rotary club; Patricia Shaw, North Powder, La Grande chamber of commerce; Phyllis McCanse,. North Powder, La Grande Soroptimists club; Flor ence Games, Starkey, Perkins motor co.; Phyllis McClure, North Powder, La Grande Lions club; Arleta Hug, Elgin, Union county public health association; Norma Hunt. Imbler, Pleasant Grove grange; Karalce Wilson, Union. Union Co-op creamery; Joyce Bechtcl, Elgin, Blue Mountain creamery; Geraldine Gordon, El gin, Eastern Oregon Light and Power co.; Lorraine Talley, North Powder, Lo Grande Ob server; Joyce Curtis, La Grande, Sprouse-Reitz co.; Gale Hug, Starkey, 4-H leaders' association; and Connie Puckett, Cove, Cove merchants. Iwo Jima Invasion Shown in Film A pictorial account of the bat tle of Iwo Jima, filmed in techni color by navy department pho tographers, will be a feature of the bill opening tomorrow at the Liberty theater. There are two reels of the film which shows various phases of the initial fighting for the tiny Pacific island. It is titled "To the Shores of Iwo Jma." On tho same bill is the "Dough girls." the screen adaptation ol the Now York stage hit. The stars are Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Charles Ruggles, Jack Carson and a number of other prominent Hollywood personali- t ies. Acceptance of two Union coun ty boys for enlistment in the navy was announced today by the avy recruiting service. Both have returned to their homes pending calls to active duty and assignment to a training center. -'They arc Robert Edward Hyde of La Grande ond Noel Vaughn Gorham of North Powder. Both are 17 years, or age. Hyde is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hyde, and Gorham is the son of S. J. Gorham. Staff Sgt. Virgil Sanderson has arrived home on leave from Mc Caw hospital at Walla Walla, where he has been under treat ment for a broken foot, incuried in an accident while serving with the third army in Germany. His sropent visit with his wife gav-3 him his first opportunity to see his 10-week-old daughter, Elizabeth. . Sanderson is the son of Dave Sanderson of Summerville, and the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. John Gietlhuber of La Grande. Ronnie Brazeau arrived in La Grande yesterday after receiving an honorable discharge from tne U. S. marine corps, following a leg injury received at San Moa mey island and hospitalization at San Diego marine base hospital. Brazeau, who Is only 17 years old, enlisted in the marines in February of this year. He is the son of Mrs. Clyde Brazeau of La Grande. Evelyn Carter, MaM 2C, left Saturday evening for San Fran cisco to resume her duties in the navy postoffice after spending a two weeks' leave with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Car ter, and her sisters, Dorothy Jean and Iris May. Cpl. Adin D: Sloan arrived in Perry this week after receiving a discharge from Bushnell gen eral hospital, Sloan spent a year in the European theater of war, was in four major battles and re ceived the purple heart medal for wounds received in action. He is the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Alvah O'Neil of Perry. T5 Eugene F. Greiner, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Greiner, has arrived in the United Slates from Europe and plans lo be in La Grande - within, a few days to spend, his furlough. He was in the 86th division of the Third army, serving as a ra dio operator in Germany and Austria. Probe of Iron Sale To Japan Sought WASHINGTON, June 10 (UP) Rep. J. Parnolt Thomas, R., N. J., introduced a resolution today to set tip a special 7-man house committee' to investigate scrap iron shipments to Japan in the 10 years prior to Pearl Harbor. "It is that same scrap iron which today is killing and wound ing thousands of our boys in the Pacific theater of war," Thomas said. "If Japan had been unable to purchase huge stock piles of scrap iron from us, there prob ably would not have been a Pearl Harbor. The American people should be taken behind the scenes arid acquainted with these facts." FIRE LOOKOUTS PLANNED . 'EUGENE, Ore:,-June 19 (UP)--.Five new lookout towers, will be placed in the .Willamette notional forost this- summer to guard against fire hazards, J. R. Bruck art, forester, disclosed today. .They will cover logging areas I and old burns, he said. THE BACK. COUNT Y DfilVIR . ; . whose car knows every rut in the road and plenty of roads that aren't on the map. But rough going can't wreck its engine. RPM Motor Oil' sfRONGL'R OIL FILM. , .U- I I 1 ') vMia vcl uuuer eeii uic iuuiich toaus. Rf M Motor Oil Takes Better Cart, of Your Car, TojO Today We Pay Tribute to 'WVij "- I M i ' 1.4 Nft. Jimmy I.. Bt'icke., 1!1, son of Mr. ttnil Mis. E. I.. Beickel, .T201 Fourth street La (J ran tic, who joined the army air forces October lfi, 1911, and who served in the Pacific area as a mem her of a IJ-29 bom Iter crew. He attended Rivcria grade school and was frraduuk'd from La (i ramie hifrh school with the class of l!) l.'l. Hefore enterinK' the armed forces he was employed by the U. 1. railroad. Sgt. Itelckel was wounded at Ssiipan in January ttn.l was sent to Hawaii to recuperate, and subsequently received a disability discharge. PERRY NEWS PERRY (Special) Mr. and Mi. Alvah O'Neil of Perry celebrated a triple event Sunday, the day being their 41st wedding anni versary, Father's Day and Mrs. O'Neil's birthday anniversary. A potluck dinner was served at six o'clock and many gifts were presented to Mr. and Mrs. O'Neil by the guests. Mr. and Mrs. James Ruth and children have moved from Perry to Trinidad, Calif., to make their home in that city. Granada LAST TIME TONIGHT STARTS WEDNESDAY MEET THE QUEEN! ..."SHE'lL" MOIDCR ANYflNI MUD CI 7 J '"-V "CUE" AlkPTI - f , ,-i K n IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT Conservative Beats I MacKenzie King . OTTAWA, June: 19 (UP)'-! Prime Minister Mackenzie Kiri lost his parliamentary seat today ufter the final tabulation of thu soldier vote in the recent Ci nadian elections. King lost his Prince Albert rid ing to E. L. Bowerman, coopera tive conservative candidate,- by 120 votes. Leaders of King's liberal party said ho probably will, run again for the east Ottawa seat won by Liberal Jean Richard, who would step aside. They said that the soldier vote made no other changes in the over-all results of the national election last June 11. ' The liberals claimed that King's government will control at least LIO seats when Canada's 20tli parliament convenes. ' The gov eminent needs I2.'i fin- a hare ma jority. Medford Will Have Civilian Air Strip MEDFORD, Ore., June 19 (UP) The city of Medford held per mission today from the civil aero nautic authority for the building and operation of an air strip for civilian fliers. City Superintendent Frank Ro gers said work on the strip will start as soon as manpower and equipment are available. LAST TIME TONIGHT' Gram .NT.vr- muETHEL Barrymore STARTS WEDNESDAY V jack 1 f-'tff JOHN JtlDGELfJOHN AlEKAMOMCAIG SICVINl AllAJU MOWN AtAN MOWlitAY Special! 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