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Hiiii'sdny, July 5, 1915
FEPC Employes
Paychecks Will
Likely Be Late
No Hope to Finish
War Agencies Bill
Any time Soon
WASHINGTON, July 5 .(UP)
Congressional, bickering ovor the
fair employment practices com
mittee today threatened to tie up
paychecks of thousands of em
ployes in nearly a score of gov
ernment agencies.
Administration leaders aban
doned hope :of completing action
this week on the $752,000,000 war
agencies appropriation bill fur
11116 as southern Democrats re
fused to give in to demands to
include funds for FEPC.
Jlo Money
" Under a' previously approved
measure, all agencies except
FEPC may continue to incur ob
ligations until the appropriation
bill is passed. But a spokesman
for the gcnVral accounting office
said pending final action on the
measure, no money may be with
drawn from the treasury to meet
payrolls from the fiscal year
which began July 1.
Government' payrolls are on a
staggered b'&sis, with tomorrow
the scheduled payday for four of
thj agencies the office of scien
tific research and devclopmnt,
office of economic stabilization,
office of deensc transportation
and the coiilr.ovcrsial FEPC.
Tho house, was expected to ap
prove an emasculated version of
the war agencies bill today, pos
sibly after knocking out as much
as $843,000,000 of the $753,000,000
total before sending it on to the
senate. T"
tyholo Issue
Under hOifsb' rules, appropria
tions cannot be made for pur
puras which are not authorized
by specific legislation and 11 of
the agencies covered in the bill
were set up by presidential order
rather than by legislation. Hence,
funds for any or all of the 1 1
agencies can be stricken from the
bill by the objection of a single
member. .
FEPC supporters, angry ai
committee failure to vole iunos
for the agency, said they are
ready to object to appropriations
for the other executive agencic
in order to throw the whole issue
into the lap of the senate.
NDH EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE. OREGON
Millions of Uncharted German Mines
Are Peacetime Death-Traps for French
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'Here Come Waves'
New Crosby Film;
Clever Musical
A;. .delightful'1-mixture .of ro
mance, songs and comedy pays a
screen tribute to the gallant
Waves in Paramount's "H-ere
Come the Waves," a Mark Sand
wich production which opened in
gala fashion at the Liberty thea
ter last night.
Sparking this hit motion pic
ture are three of Hollywood's fin
i est Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton
and Sonny Tufts. It's Bing's first
picture since the widely-acclaimed
"Going My Way." With
Betty Hutton playing twins in a
dual role and Sonny Tufts lifting
his voice in song for the first
time, "Here Come the Waves'
takes on a: variety aspect which
may out-spangle "Star Spangled
Hyiithm.'' ' .
'IT. -re's plenty of meal to this
picture's story, though, with the
emphasis on complications. First
i ". tjettv-'s twins in the film,
playing a dual role as Susie and
i.tiM-inary Miller. The twins join
the Waves and meet Bing. sing
ing idol of the nation. Both Bing
and his buddy, Tufts, fall for
Rosemary and their efforts to win
her hand result in some real
bully-laughs by the audience.
Susie, too, wears her heart on her
sleeve for Crosby and arranges to
put "the groar.er" in hot water
with the navy from the admirai
down. "
In the final shown-down, Son
ny and Susie confess their crime
and Bing wins Resemary with
'J'ufts findinij'his true love in Su
sie. The show presents the fin
est routines seen in a long lime
with a Crosby-Tufts black-face
ail which bi ought clown Ihe
house. Betty takes off with the
inimitable Hutton gyrations for
which she's duly famous while
even Sonny (brcaks into song, his
first attempt of his picture career,
incidentally', "
Songs, sentimental and swing;-,
aie creations' by Johnny Mercer
and IlaroUrtArlcn which include
such hit puj-ade tunes as "A-.--i'rnl-tchu-at
the Positive," "Let's
Take Ihe Lohn Way Home."
Piuniie Yfu,';' "There's a Fella
Wailin' in Pouahkcopsic" and Un
title song, "Here Come the
Waves."
The tallest n;:live Amciican
bird is the sandhill crene, which
i.ttains a height coual to that ol
i-n average rr.air.when it is stand
ing c-i :ct.
in a uorman-marked mine
field in France that has taken
its loll of alliod soldier dead,
en American officer moves for
ward with a detector to pick
out any hidden explosives that
may remain,
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A British naval diver, wearing
9 self-contained suit that does
not require air from surface
pumps, pictured just before a
hazardous descent into booby
trapped, mine-laden Cherbourg
harbor.
Canadian Troops
Riot at Alder shot
'aLDEKSHOT, England.' July 5
(UP) Military authorities to
day opened an inquiry into last
nighl's wild street liot during
which some 500 Canadian sol
diers venUd their Impatience
over the delay in pelting trans
portation home by wrecking part
of this historic military town.
No one was injured and there
was no evidence of looting or
diunkuiress, but the Canadians
smashed windows in 25 shops and
bloke every automatic machine
in a local amusement arcade,
causing about $-1,000 damage.
The disorder was said to have
I. on started by a false report
three Canadians were being held
in the town jail.
By ROSETTE HARGROVE
NEA Staff Correspondent
PAHIS There will be no sea
side vacations for French people
this summer no sunbathing on
the famous beaches of the Medi
terranean, the Atlantic ..or ..the.,
channel coast resorts.
Practically all the coastal
areas, which were methodically
mined by the Wchrmacht before
O-day, have been closed to the
public. Authorities estimate that
as many as ten years may be re
quired to clear these areas com
pletely. Forty-five of France's 96 de
partments reportedly are dotted
with 10j,000,000 mines. This
represents around 000,000 acres
of ground, every square yard of
which may hide a death-dealing
explosive. Millions of these mines
were laid during the battle of
France. Nazi headquarters appar
ently purposely kept no plans of
land minefields and ammunition
dumps, which will make the job
of de-mining that much mure
difficult.
Curiosity Set Off Mines
De-mining has already started
in Brittany, Normandy, in north
ern and eastern France and the
viillcy of the Khone, as well as in
the coastal regions. So far some
150 types of mines have been un
eartned. Many innocuous-looking sea
side homes have proved to be
death-traps because the enemy
laid booby-traps in every con
ceivable place where an instinc
tive movement of curiosity or
need can lead an unsuspecting
human being to set one off. In
one small bieton coastal town 54
children na.c oien killed in one
month cither by mines or booby
traps. The allied armies have used
American or 13u,ish-made clec-tio-magr.etic
deuctors which are
r..pid and foolp. oof. But there
are not enough of these to clear
the whole ot tr.incc and while
French industry has been able to
supply some oi this apparatus,
production is further limited be
cause of the lack of raw materi
als, principally i ubber for insulators.
Courses to instruct Frenchmen
in the art of mine-detecting have
been started in Ihe most heavily
mined regions. In addition, 100,-
000 German prisoners soon will be
put to work. Each German mine
delecting gang will have to be
closely supervised, of course, to
make sure that they work con
scientiously.
Pleasure Resorts Will Como Last,
France's de-mining plan is sim
ple- Most urgent is the restora
tion of public utilities. Viaducts,
power plants, gas mains have
either been mined or blown up.
In the devastated regions, all in
dustrial plants will have to be
cleared so that every industry
necessary to the revival of the
nation's economy can go to work
without delay. Agriculture is
equally important hence the
imperious necessity of de-mining
11 grazing and arable land in or
der to allow farmers to produce
the foodstuffs for the nation's
needs. The remaining industries
ill be taken care of in order of
importance.
That is why there will oe no
vacationing at the seaside this
year de-mining of pleasure re
sorts comes last on the already
too long list.
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X?iNK PLENTY OP FLUIDS-
PARTICULARLY
FRUIT JUICER,
Damage Slight in
3 Auto Collisions
Automobiles driven by Irene-
Webb, Walla Walla, and Lane
31ack, Heimiston, collided yes
crday on highway 112. Damage
was slignt.
Automobiles driven by Mrs.
dith H. Miller, Baker, was hit
jy Hie car oi an unioeninieu
rive ras she was backing up on
ighway .10 near Pine Cone park.
Damage amounted to $25.
Automobiles . drive n by Irene
llioit, Elgin, and Henry Hill, La
Grande collided yesterday on
ighway 82. Damage was slight.
Linseed oil is used for paints
nd varnishes, printing ink, foun-
ry molds, adhesives, wallboaid
soaups and fabrics, for processing
ealher, linoleum and oilcloth.
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THE SPHINX LAUGHS AT LAST A genius, a great leader,
strong man of the hour, savior of the nation yet an enigma.
Such, paradoxically, is Joseph Stalin. Russia's one-man political
power who, in above layout, progresses into what passes for one
of his rare smiles. Sequence of pictures was taken from a movie
made during a one-hour speech, "Tho Roport to the Nation." In
that he called Japan an aggressor nation,
Americans Better
Clothed, Housed,
Fed During 1944
Still Turned Out
More Munitions
Than Enemies
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UP)
America managed to keep its
citizens better fed, housed and
clothed than any other nation
last year despite the fact it turn
ed out nearly half tho world's
munitions.
J. A. Krug, war production
chairman, reported to President
Truman today on what ho term
ed a year of brilliant achieve
ment on the production front."
In 1944, he said, America's pro
duction machine made almost 45
percent of the combined combat
munitions of both the United Na
tions and the axis.
Three to One
Total world arms output in
1944 was valued at $101,500,000,
000, Krug reported, with the U.S.
share $43,500,000,000. The United
Nations, he added, outproduced
the axis three to one.
Overall U. 3. production for
1944 reached $199,000,000,000.
Total war production, including
construction and other items not
directly of a combat nature,
amounted to $01,300,000,000.
For one thing, he said, there
was a smaller working force. In
1944, the armed services aver
aged 11,380,000 persons or 2,500,
GOO.moro than in 1943, while the
civilian labor force dropped al
most 1,000,000,
Got Less
"While all , batllcfronts were
ablaze . . ,'thc American consum
er was furnished with more goods
and services than in any year
since 1941." The consumer spent
more and got less for his money,
however.
Here are, some of the 1944
achievements:
96,359 planes including 10,048
heavy bombers; 30,889 ships; 17,
565 tanks; 595,330 army trucks;
3,284 heavy field guns and howit
zers and 7,454 light ones; 152,000
army aircraft rocket launchers,
215,177 bazookas and 1,416,774
tons of ground artillery ammuni
tion. By 1944, synthetic rubber pro
duction had risen to 753,000 long
Ions compared to 8,000 in 1941,
aluminum production was tiob
led between January, 1942, and
October, 1944; magnesium pro
duction was 50 times 1939 output;
r'-.-i 1 production was up 33'4
percent over 1940; penicillan pro
duction was 80 limes over that of
19-13; aviation gasoline produc
tion doubled in 1944.
Young Woman Found
Dead of Stab Wound
Near Seattle Tracks
SEATTLE, July 5 (UP) Stab
bed to death with a hunting
knife, the body of pretty, auburn
haired Wilma Ross, 19, was found
today sprawled beneath a boxcar
on the Seattle waterfront.
Police said the young woman's
husband, Charles Ray Ross of
Knoxville, Tenn., unable to tell a
fully coherent story of the slay
ing, told authorities that he and
his wife were attacked by four
sailois. Ross, police said, was be
ing held for safekeeping until he
regained his composure.
Two coastguard patrolmen said
Ross, clothes disheveled and vis
ibly shaken, first told them of the
killing and led the way to the
spot where his wife lay across
the tracks near the wheels of
the boxcar. Two of the sailors,
Koss said, knocked him uncon
scious while the other two grab
bed his wife. ' Police said the
young woman's dress and blouse
had been torn in the struggle.
A blood-stained hunting knife
and a sheath lay near the body.
Club A pplication
Receives Approval
The city commission, at its
meeting Tuesday night, approved
an application by Roy D. Mug
den for operation of the Central
club, 1207 Adams.
City manager's report for week
ending Juno 30 is as follows;
General receipts, $2,905.17; gen
eral disbursements , $10,088.03;
cash on hand, $72,034.02.
Water receipts, $203.17; water
disbursements, $118.62; cash on
hand, $12,995.90,
' Chemist's developed ah explos
ive called pentaerythritcletaani-trale.
All kinds of them.'
We carry delicious cold meats,
jams, peanut butler, crisp let
luce and all those other things
to make satisfying sundwiches
for summer meals.
Serve Cool, Healthful
Salads Oitvn
They make a fine change from
the regular type of ir.eul.
Choose fresh fruits and vege
tables here.
Sinden's Grocery
1323 Y Ave, Phone OBI
Lt. Worth EplinjrJ
Home After Five
Years in Service
First Lt. Worth Epiing arriva l
in La Grande yesterday for a
day leave with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. Epiing, and his
brother, Golan Epiing, after serv
ing almost two years in the Euro
pean theater of operations and
three years in the Pacific.
- Lieutenant Epiing made the
trip from England via Scotland,
Iceland and Labrador, landing ii
Massachusetts.
Ho -entered Ihe army Nov. 10,
1939, and now wears, the Silver
Star; has been recommended for
tho Distinguished Flying Cross;
has the American defenso badge
with one bronze star for ono year
overseas before the attack on
Pearl Harbor; the Asiatic Pacific
ribbon with three bronze stars for
battle participation, one each for
Pearl Harbor, Midway and Wake;
the European theater ribbon with
four bronze stars, one for the
landing on D-day, one for Nor
mandy, one for southern France,
and the fourth for participation
in the battle in Germany; 'also
the good conduct badge.
COMING
LA GRANDE
FAIRGROUNDS
6 KIG DAYS 6
STARTING MON., JULY 9
THRILL SHOW
Auspices
American Legion
Festival of Thrills
Everything New
Hut the Name
NKW RIDKS ACTS
SIDIi SHOWS '
JJIGGHU and 15I2TTKK
EARLIEST PRINTED BOOK SACRED NUMBER
The earliest printed book! Tibetans hold the number 108
found lo date came from the sacred. Their holy book contains
caves of the Thousand Buddhas, i 108 volumes and, when Ihey give
in China. The book was dated ' important banquets, the meal has
098 A. D. ' 108 courses.
If you flew the most direct , It has been estimated that the
route from New York to Manila, , internal temperature of the sun
you'd fly over the Arctic coast- is 50.000.000 decirces. Its surface
, temperature is 6000 degrees.
line of Canada.
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