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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1945)
ft' Thurmlay, June 21, 19-15 a..... WH.rff , Sgl. Fi'ins. Uealo, son-of Mrs. Eva BJale, l'Urandc, is on duty us manager ofthe Enlisted Mens club of the.vj Hth Bn. at Romilly, France. He entered the service in September 4942, and has been overseas 21 Jnoftlhs and is in the AAA. ' . Another -'son" ' "Pvt. " Donovan Bealf, is seryinjg with the meeh- amzm mvau'-ui ine inira army, as a mcehaW'.at a motor pool near live Swiiy-German border in the Alps. -M Pvt. Bealf) entered, the service " jn March, 1944. His wife, Lou ise, and their two children re side in Portland. Ben Dave Ward, radioman third class, arrived yesterday for leave withjiis parents, Mr. and Mrs- Ben of La Grande, alter 14 mjllhs. in the Pacific area, whom IJejseived on on LCI. He particWd in the invasion of the Luzon, jirV) 'wo jima. He wears the Paeific-Asiatjc, Philip pines and American defense rib bons. 1,1 At the termination of his leave, Ward will report in Bremerton, Wash., for reqssignmont. JUST RECEIVED! 14, II.P. Electric Motors I Footballs Pointing' Trowels I Kellogg: Brush Assortment Dccoraicd Salad Dishes 2-Qt. Double Boilers I 1 -0(. X.-ince Piins. 2-qt. covered sauce puns an z-coui porcelain Spatildihg- Tennis Rackets Tennis Halls No. 8 -Weatherproof; WireMi;- Gunge Type Trouble Lamps Wheel Garden Cultivators Rubber Cement Mb. Cans Putty Bohnenkamp's Journey Home Nears for War Refugees INDIA r i ju.il 1 1 LgL'ijfLijw jrr r- OlifnfVI- -- SAUDI ' ' ,. ' "''N Tanganyika jTrrji-jTi,. in... ;."'.': ;.t- :SSKS3sSS i S. -ttMIUmMtttdz. ttln for 100,000 or mora Euro. ; sSSSSSS. f,. Y 'V VJ-;IIWHWtl.H-' I""" '"'"d b w,r ' ! '"! : ANGOLA y, j ', j.-,iii2P'8SS5 in Afrlc. the Middla Eaat, India SB93JiWJ5fN. RHODESIA i 1 ""' "e,,l"r, Conilttinj, lor the BSS""""""!-"p- iTfSr 133255 m" part' 0,"k'. Polaa, Jtw 'v "SaOcy isSSSS and ". the unfortunate. ST 2SS53SS. IW T' li" a-UAnraii ,jiii525P SSXSX; "w are aheltered in carnpa auper- ' SSAK ' rJKS53 iSSHSS i"y ht Unitod Natiom' Raliol i SSSS -4 J l .y S.',ADAGASCAR and Rahabilitation Admlniitration, ST S5S551 BECHUA-,''"I O j3S which upacte to complete their - SSSS2St NA i i jESSSSSS ""'' by '" winter, il aulll- : K J X'JkJ Ci"n, ,hil'PinK ' "ilable. Prlnci- ZS. -fc.- Y'mJ :TE F'al concentrationa. ol the refugeea : Change is Made In Farm Gasoline, Truck Procedure Union county farmers will ap ply directly to ODT ond OPA for new farm trucks and farm gasoline after Saturday, E. H. uasoline after Salunliiv. F H I AAA committee, announced to-I'duy. AAA will have neither funds nor authority to continue services to farmers rendered for the past three years in connection with applications for truck tires, tiac tor tires for replacement ond con version, new trucks ond farm gasoline. DeLong said processing will be completed for applications on file, but that no new applications ean be accepted after Saturday, June 30. TOBACCO AS A SEASONING U.P tq the 18th century,' tobac co, o r du n d...lo. a . noivrfr :mH mixed with ginger, was used as a not spice in China to flavor rice. pork, and wine Abattoirs Close, Cutting Portland Supply of Meats PORTLAND, Juno 21 (UP) F. L. Ritter, ad iser to the Ore gon meat council, disclosed the closings today of three Portland slaughterhouses together with plants in St. Paul, Hillsboro, and Salem. OPA, non-profit custom killing price regulation was given as the cause. Meat buyers for hospitals and restaurants, as well as Portland retail meat dealers, will be af lected. At least 10 wholesalers will be without meat supplies, Ritter said. The OPA hi!! m n H r. mn changes in their regulations, but according to Ritter, "they will still be impossible to follow," Oregon cattle producers were .also, dealt a blow by failure of wholesalers to bid prico upi and drops ranging from $1.50 to 50 cents a hundred pounds were re ported at Portland stockyards. Today We Pay Tribute to Let's Push Union County's Quota "Over the Top" Bu Ex I ra Bonds Now! 1!'! V' y fr I I PPT m r" fj W fit. "A :': Cattle Feeders in Get U. SSubsidv Through AAA Here E. H. DeLonir:. Uni AAA chairman, today announced that cattle feeders mnv no... ..r.. Ply to the county AAA office for oeei came production payments unoer ine Bovernment'i! nnu gram to stimulate the production "i meat. Feeders aiv encouraged to feed more cattle. iiiWudmw n,,,o v... purchases us well as those he raises, to good and choice grades under the tiew Drnuvnm . Tho method of payment is sinii)iii tn the dairy payment program also handled through the county AAA Office. acmi'Hinir tn nni.niii AAA chairman E. H. lX'Long. The beef cattle Droduptinn nw. ment amounts to 50 cents per hundredweight on eoorl nr r-lmir.u animals weighing BOO pounds or more and selling for at least the minimum slahilb.itinn which for sales in this ennntv tc $14.95. Tho navment is nirnili.M.. tn nt. feeders, including slaughterers who also are feeders. mmHrU their cattle meet the quirements To be eligible, a fH ccruiy on his application (1) that he owned the cattln n! ).m,i fin aays before their sale. o. thni ths cattle weighed at least 80U pounds when sold, (3) that the cattle brought not less than SU.. 5, and (-1) that the cattle were sold lor slaughter to an author ized slaughterer. An authorized fihiuiilikn'nt' I.- any slaughterer who operates un der federal inspection or under an OPA oonnil nt the Mnu h slaughters the feeder cattle on wnicn Hie payment has been mada. A fceder-sluuaihtcror is i.Iiuihl.. to receive payment provided pay. ment had not'1 Divvionslv Iwn made on his cuttle. He may also receive payment on cattle he raised provided they are eligible under the program. A feeder other than a feeder- slaughterer must present sales receipts, invoices, scale t ir-lr. t m- other written evidence from the buyer to verify, date, of sale, the name of the buyer, the no nt of sale, the number of head, the total livev 'in'hit. ithe Tiripe re ceived, and the name of tho legal ly authorized slaughterer In whom sold. . Pfc. Phil Handle Ainsworth; 11, son (if Mr. and Mrs. (.. A. inswrlh, 1910 Adams ave nue, a II-17 mechanic. 52,000 Workers Remain on Strike As .39,000 More Threaten To Leave Jobs By United Press Production in many industrial ureas' across the country was crip pled by strikes tndnv. Mnn ! o nun ,. i ... . - . . " wm.uuw 'r.via in ii cities siaveu away from their jobs and 39,000 others in four manufacturing areas threatened to walk out. . , . One thousand strikers nt the General Electric co., Bridgeport Conn., returned to work today. The strikers, all males, claimed their wives were earning more money than they were in othor divisions ui me pituii. Page Five He at fended crude school at (ircenwod and irradiialed jlrom the local hijjh school. Ilefore induction Feliruai-v 2:1 1912, he was employed by the union racinc raiiroads as machinist. , He is stationed nl r'nlnm bus, Ohio. DIMAGGIO 'REJECTED PHILADELPHIA. Juno 21 (UP) Vince UiMaggio, home run flpeoialist , of- the.. Philadelphia Phillies, again has beon rejected lor military service, it was dis closed today. , More man sunn um-bm-o m turned to work at the Bethlehem steel company's Hobuken N .1 snipyura uiler a three-day strike over a pay dispute. Clucaao. Detroit 1111(1 Atri'MM were faced witlv the most serious strikes. 10,000 Truckers Out. In Chicaeo. lO.nnn tmir ,i,-i,. staved owuv from thnlp ini.c the sixth day as the army con tinued to mOVe in POmllllt Imnm to operate the lines. Other strikes in the Chicago area involved 5,500 workers at the McCormick works nf ih in. ternational Harvester co., 700 at I he National MulKihlo si.w.i v. Custings co., and un undisclosed numhur of AFL printers and pressmen in two large plants. The United Anln wnrknin ."ir-i at National Malleable walked out in protest OL'ainst nnrnnnv ... fusal to discharge four workers wno were exuelleri from thr. nn. ion for alleged dual union activi ties. . All of the Chicaeo strikes tinuvd in Hefinnen nf uim ll.,... board back-to-work orders. 8.100 Idle in Detroit More than 8.100 Detroit u,n,ir. ers were idle in jurisdictional dis putes affecting the Budd Whci-l co., the Packard plant, the Ford River Rouge plant and Chrysler corp. Another 2.000 mpm)i-a nt u United Auto workers, CIO, struck at the Zenich carburetor tlivkinn of Bendix aviation corp. to pro test guards "ordering workers around." Eight hundred AFL workers were nut in IS Inmlw.,- yards in a bid for a closed shop, higher wuaes and viieiiiinn' nn.. while 105 more were out In smnll scutterod strikes. A strike of 18.000 memlinm nf the United Rubber workers, CIO, at the Goodyear tire and rubber eo.', Akron, O!, was certified to the WLB while 10,000 workers at the Firestone tire and rubber company voted to walk out. The WLB ordered 500 momhei-a : of the sheet metal workers, AFL, I to return to their jobs at the Tam--I pa, Flu., shipbuilding corp. The strikers left their jobs Monday in an argument with the AFL carpenter's union over which should weld chairs to decks ships, . Strikes also continued at small er plants from coast to coast. Three hundred coal miners left their Jobs at Two Bell City, Ky., eoal mines in protest against the meat shortage. Meanwhile, the AFL machin ists union planned to netilion the WLI) for a slliko vote omnnv iu.uiiu workers at the E Seunnrln Calif., plant of the Doncias air craft corp. Nearly 1,000 produc tion and maintenance workers employed bv the Ponnsvlv.-min electric CO. in 43 western Pnnn. sylvania cities voted to strike to protest WLB denial of wage m creases. WYSE TO BE INDUCTED CHICAGO, June 21 (UP) Henry Wvso. star riiihthanrlcirl pitcher of tho Chicago Cubs, takes ine mounu against the Pittsburgh. Pirutes al Wrielev field Inrlnv in what may be his farewell appear ance lor the duration. Wyse, 27, leaves tonight for his Tulsa, Okla., homo where ho is sched uled to be inducted into military service Sunday. Continual Experimentation Tho U. S. department of agri culture makes numerous expel 1 ments with weed seeds to deter mine their power to germinate lifter being buried for long periods. QIC U. S. Casualties for Week Total 6,350 WASHINGTON, June 21 (UP) fj. S. combat casualties taliilen 1,023,453 today, un increase u.1 0,350 in a week. The total included 903.701 army and 119,752 navy, marine corps, and coast guard losses. The table: Army ' Navy Total Killed Wound. Missing Prisoner Totals 1H9.2M4 500,83(1 39,95(1 113,015 1103,701 45,417 59,190 10,9011 4,231 234,711 " 020,032 50,8(11 17,8lll 19,752 1,023,453 Buy Foods Here! You Are Assured of Fine Quality Fresh Meats Fresh FrtiiU and Vegetables Staple Foods of All Kinds Free Delivery ' Plenty of Parking Space . Kingsley Grocery '(Formerly McClay's Gio.) 170-1 Adams Phono. (515 E S i s A I A S 1 JrZ :i . Sena i K aall : i.l . ' :Xj ... M . I KJK1 PORT t (f). This Advcrlisemenl is ( onti ihuled by (he O Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co. Dry, Hot Weather Gives Boost To Most State Crops PORTLAND. .Tl.no 91 fITP Hot weather n hioh no inn degrees in Medford and North guiles is drying out Oregon s lurm soil raoidlv. nnrt mnim-inu fiuit and vegetable crops, the u. s. department of commerce icpoi ted today in its weekly crop summary. Corn showed improvement. winter wheat is ripening in the winniLr areas, ann snrma whr.ni is heading. Sliawberry harvesting ; n,n. gressing under favorahl,. r-nnrii. tions, with the eron o,.nr.r..iiu uLiiur man was expecled. Cher ries are ripening, and a few have been picked. In mnlir.nnii, county, there have been com- piuinis inai cncrries ure small. Later fruits are developing j win, wun indications being for a favorable nut crou. llw Maieo. I Haying has made god progress. ' .-nine uemg slacked and baling in i HiuKiess. i-usiures continue good. 1 Fiber flax is beginning tu blom. Sugar biets are rii.vr-l.. ing well, some having been thin- ned and some hoed. Shipping I in leuuce conumied, and harvest ing of peas is becoming general. Bians have been hurl bv frost in some anas, but on the whole, the crop is improving. Potato planting continues, ond some re- I planting is being done. Special Over the Top Push...7th War Loan $1000. Bonds ($750.00 Issue Price) Needed $1000. Bonds ($750.00 Issue Price) Sold Balance to Sell to Make Quota Before June 30 134 (0) ($100,500.00) ($6,750.00) ($93,750.00) You are liable to inoseculmii ' f postal authorities if you send, j or attt nipt to send, matches by I mail. i Men, Women! Old at 40,50,60! WantPep? Want to Feel Years Younger? fV( T'i tlm ciht'itiM. wi,rtwi.jt fiiin on irl i I IhWri tin d,i,t I rrt.ljiM t'Mjli ti:r,r k 40 tti. wi LPi-t ..1-1 iw.i.(-r,w in in-n l Uir-l i' n rr j Try Txi.lt : 11- tt.I.,f irm .,;t,ft r--i,i,f Uy I luf ll 1 t dll.l allfta ...r. .1.... 1 I Remember . . It is most important that every person in Union County purchase extra bonds. If you can not invest $7f0.00 now, buy all you can. From this source we must receive subscriptions in the amount of $50,000 in the remaining portion of the quota. Every .$18.75 bond you buy brings us closer to our goal. Call and Order Your $1000 Bom! $ow! Telephone Your liiink, Post Office ) or Mrs. Currie Trnlltnecr, Hecietuiy (Phone S, Iji (,'iando) or liny memlrbr of the Vnian (atnty Bond Jomraitiw, ti'tfat&fiiiy War Finance Committee n ($) ! f: t - - F ly iy t m iy Id