La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 05, 1945, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextT 1 THE IV Thursday; 'Jirty , 'l94'rF:' .-WDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON Page Seveti 1 h ( Classified Advertising La Grande Observer A community and Family Newspaper published Every Afternoon Except Sundays and Holidays By the Grande Ronde Valley Publishing Company 1710 6th Street La drande, Oregon Phone La Grande 800 . This Is a politically Independent publication promoting the best In terests of northeastern Oregon. National Representative Atlanta. Chicago. Kansas City, Loe Angeles, New York, Bt. Louis, San Francisco, Cincinnati , Lorenzen and Thompson, Ino. Member ABO Subscription Rates By-Carrier ( Per Tear .. . 12.00 1.00 i Per Month "V 1 Per Tear By-Mall -18.00 4.71 .. a.60 Biz Months ........ ! Three Months All Subscriptions In Advance ' Entered as second class matter at tbe Post Office of La Orande, Oregon under the act of March 8, 1807. United Press (Full Leased Wire) ? .1 Classified Advertising :, 1 Information , Al Classified Advertising Is accepted ' eiject to the rules and regulations at the Orande Ronde valley i-uonsn-a Company, wtjlch will not be re al nslble for any errors after the first b, ertlon and reserves the right to pr perly classifyall advertlsementa, 4i ete objectionable 1 words or Bent Mi a or to refuse any advertisement. CASH RATES y . oush rate shown below repre ss its a 25 discount for payment within live aays. MINIMUM INSERTION FOUR LINES fiidertlons Per Line 9fci : 140 ?.( three . o fc feur 8o I Plve . '. 8o I: 0U 7i4o I Pount four and obe-balf words to the line. .Contract Rate on Request PHONE 600 Uk for the Ad-Taker or a represen , tatlve will call at your office. A0C CLASSIFIED directory-ft:; DEPARTMENT STORES ' : FALK'S La Grande's Better Store FURNITURE STORE ZIMMERMAN'S ; The home of3ovely furniture. 'GIFTS THE GIFT SHOP Gifts, Diamonds and Watches , l (Formerly1 Richardson's ' S Art and Gift Shop) MELVILLE'S Dinner ware; glass ware and houe ware. HARDWARE V .. ZIMMERMAN'S i , ' Hardwara,for: every use, f ; from tack?' to stoves. Lost and Found 10 LOST Gas-cap with ring of four keys. Return to Bradford Richfield Service Station or ' call 132-W after 3 p.m. L0ST: Five N,o: 4 ration books iln red folder. Issued to Elmer Peck and family. Return to Observer office. LQST: Gold Army discharge but ', ton in north''end of city. Phone , 619-J. , " " ..OST JUNE 20th Bed roll be tween La Grande and Pendle ; ton. Finder please notify Ruth ; Casteel, Pendleton, Ore. Special Notice 12 t)VE SWIMMING POOL OPEN EVERY SUNDAY from 1 to 6 .m. Bring your suits and Rowels please. NpTICE My office will be Closed from Julv 7th to 16th. , ; A DR. WOOD ELL PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM can be rented at the Y FAIRWAY ELECTRIC 107 Depot St. Phone 7C3 DON'T WORRY Take it to the r FIXIT SHOP. First class rc- pairing on all- mechanical ap f pliances. furniture and radios. VttK HXIT SHOP 418 Fir St. Phone 487-W fiAIRWAY EfcECTRIC Bring i your electrical troubles to us Nothing too large or too small for us to repair. New fixtures lor home and office. L. F. JOHNSTON 107 Depot St. Phone 763 Service .Misc. 15 'CHARIS HOME CORSETRY Girdles, foundations and brats, t llrs. Celia (Gates, 2104 Gre- .ood street, phone (8J2-W. f Repair wrli. motorcycle S parts and accessories. tA GRANDE CYCLE SlZtlP 219 Fir St. Phone 726 Services Misc. (Continued) TALBOTT ELECTRIC CO. 1 220 Fir St. Phone 606 31 years electrical experience. LA GRANDE ELECTRIC Wiring, Repairs & Contracting. SIRRINE & ROUNDY 116 Depot St. Phone 93 PROMPT REPAIR of typewrit ers, adding machines, and other type of office machines. All work guaranteed, Official UN DERWOOD Agency for Union, Baker, Wallowa, Harney and Grant counties. We call for and deliver. HALL'S TYPEWRITER SERVICE 109 Depot St. Phone 4.01 Schools Instruction 17 PRIVATE LESSONS in Modern Ballroom dancing. Mrs. James S. Clark, call 46B-J between 6 and 7 p.m. for appointments. Building Services 18 FARM WIRING Complete jobs, house, barns, outhouses. Done under state wiring code, under direct inspection oi uregon State Electrical inspector. TALBOTT ELECTRIC CO. 220 Fir St. Phone 666 HANDTYLE, an enamel fin ish, lustrous, crack-proof, econ omical and durable. Colors white and ivory. FIR-TEX insulating board. We have it in many lovely colors. TEEL'S PAINT STORE Hauling; & Storage 20 MOVING Anywhere In Ore gon, Washington and Idaho. Insured Carriers. Office in La Grande and Baker. SMITH BROS. MOVING SERVICE 215 Fir St. Phone 88 Situations Wanted 23 WILL CARE FOR CHILDREN in my home. 2202 Pino St. Help Wanted 24 HELP .WANTED Full or Part Time to Help Set Up and Run the American Legion Circus Ride help Working men Ticket sellers Cafe help "-.'Call ifuEdrsbn at the Kali - grounds Sunday, July 8, p.nv ESTABLISHED ROUTE in Union County, over 900 farm families. Watkins Products.' Excellent earnings and post-war oppor tunities. Write the J. R. Wat kins company. 4512 Hollis St., Oakland 8, California. IF YOU LIVE in Union county, if you can talk the farmer's language, if you have a car, or if your income is than $1.50 per hour, write H. F. Dun lap, 435 River Road, Eugene, Oregon. WANTED: Price clerk, previous office exprerience necessary. Apply at ration office between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. THE OREGON JOURNAL has a permanent job open for La Grande town manager. Good pay, pleasant work. Write box 407 or call 462-R for appoint ment. WANTED: Woman for general house work. For further in formation call 1032-J. WANTED: 15 laborers and 10 Carpenters. Apply at job, 14th and H street. Merchandise J5A SOME MERCHANDISE RE LEASED Staplers, staples, clip boards, clamps, paper clips, scotch tape 15c size and gifts galore. SHORB'S STATIONERY Typewriters Office Machines Phone 111 1 EXTRA NICE Guitar, nice bird cages, 5-gal. oil cans, good log chains, 1 snare drum, car horns, 1 garden plow, car jacks and many useful things for the home. F & T TRADING POST Miscellaneous for Sale 26 FULLER BRUSHES B. T. Kit terman. Try our all purpose cleaner, tooth brushes, mops, hair brushes, waxes. 403 H Spring street, phone 346-J or 950-W. NEW White enamel 2-burner electric hot plates. ZIMMERMAN'S FOR SALE: Atwater Kent radio. Phone 312-J. Wanted to Rent or Lease on long term basis Furnished house for member of Evening Observer Staff Call 600 'La Grande Evening Observer Miscellaneous for Sale Continued FOR SALE: 1 six-inch bench sow, 1 one-third h.p. motor, both new. 1 Brunswich phonograph with records. THE FIXIT SHOP 218 Fir St. Phone 487-W SOMETHING NEW Small blackboard kitchen reminder in lovely frames. Drop in and see them at MELVILLE'S. GIFTS AND FINE JEWELRY Charm bracelets and charms, pearls, watches, pins and earrings. THE GIFT SHOP (Formerly Richardson's Art and Gift Shop) ELECTRIC SAW -CHIEF, Mall Saws, Skill Saws and Drills. CORY COFFEE MAKERS and extra parts, Cory rods, lids and etc, ROSENBAUM'S 1412 Adams Avenue Home Furnishings 26A FOR SALE: 1 Universal range, 1 Illinois ice box, 75 lbs., in good condition. Phone 934-J or see at 2803 N. Third St. WE HAVE a new shipment of Floor Lamps, Table Lamps, pin up and bed lamps. Come in and see them at ZIMMERMAN'S RUGS We have a large ship ment of Numba and felt hat rugs in all colors and sizes. Big selection of clothes hampers in a variety of colors and sizes. See them at ZIMMERMAN'S. FOR SALE: Refrigerator, large , 2-door, brand new. Westen- skow Supply, Union, Oregon. Phone 2591. Farm Products & Equipment - 27 FOR SALE: Deering Ideal Giant horse mowing machine, D-it. good condition. Herber Con rad, Highway Ave. FOR SALE: 1 John Deere Trac tor hay buck. Harold Zurbriek, Phone 3R11. . . FOR SALE: 6-ft. International combine, good condition, 7-ft. John Deere Tractor disc at Willis Wright place. FOR SALE: G-4 Minneapolis combine, new last year, 12-ft. pick-up leel with sacking at tachment. Phone 13R2. FARMERS: We have Prime elec tric fence controls on hand NOW, also rubber tire deluxe metal wheelbarrow. 1 set of George Lawrence harness priced' at $120.66. , ZIMMERMAN'S HAY FOR SALE In the field, on an oiled road. Phone 21R13. Wanted to Trade or Buy 30 WANT TO BUY OR RENT 2 or 3-bedrm. modern house. Write Box 340 in care of Observer. Horses & Dogs 32 FOR SALE: Pure bred Irish Set ter pups, nine weeks old, at Roy Leonard's place one mile south of Island City. Phone 15F15. Apartment for Rent 36 FURNISHED Single apartment for rent. 1802 Third street. Misc. Rentals 40 FOR RENT: Good pasture for 1 saddle horse. Phone 680-W. Wanted to Rent 44 WANTED TO RENT: Modern furnished home by Karl It. Stone, phone 962-J or 718. Wanted To Rent 6-ROOM MODERN HOUSE by Permanent Tenant. - Call 600 Real Estate 50 WANTED HOME TO BUY 2 or 3 bedroom, prefer near Erade school. Write Box 342, a Grande Evening Observer. FOR SALE: Income property with small business brings up to, or exceeding $3600 per year. Cash price $14,000. Write Box 339, Evening Observer. FOR SALE: A diversified farm of 200 acres, modern with elec tricity on good road. For fur ther information Write Box 343 in care of Evening Observer. FOR SALE: Modern 5-rm. house, nice yard, located near Green wood school. 1501 U Ave. FOR SALE: 5-rm. modern house, complete with furniture. 1509 Madison. If You Miss Your Paper Call AA Before -WW .4g p y 55 FOR SALE: 1938 Willys deluxe 4-door sedan, $432 OPA ceiling price. New paint, A-l condi tion. G. W. Fager, Pine Cone Auto Camp. WILL PAY CASH for good 1929 or 1930 Model A. Call 14F21. FOR SALE: 1929 Model A, call 851 -W or see at 3207 N. Third street. Automobile Services 56 JOHN'S BODY SHOP Expert body and fender work.- Paint ing and general overhauling. Mr. Carman, S Ave: Phone 932-J. Legal Notices 60 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE is hereby given that the County Court of the State of Oregon for Union County has ap pointed the undersigned as Ad ministratrix of the Estate of WALTER H. MARSH, Deceased; and all persons having any claim against the said Estate should present the same within six (6) months from the date of this Notice to the undersigned, at the office of Dixon & Burleigh, in the West-Jacobson Building, at La Grande, Oregon, as attorneys for the Administratrix. Dated this 21st day of June, 1945. EDNA M. MOORE, Administratrix of the Estate of Walter H. Marsh, Deceased Dixon & Burleigh. Attorneys for Administratrix June 21-28 - July G-1Z City News In Brief TRAILER TITLES A law pro viding for the issuance of certifi cates of title to trailers has bae'n passed by the 1945 session of the Oregon legislature, according to a communication received from Robert S. Farrell, secretary of state. The law becomes effective July 15. Application for titles are to be made at the sheriff's office. A foreign title, bill of sale or other evidence of ownership should be attached to the applica tion, and the serial number must be shown. If there is no serial number on the trailer, one will be assigned. A fee of $1 is the charge for the certificate. NEW INSPECTOR W. T. An drews has been transferred to La Grande as pogal inspector, re placing M. F. Blake. Mr. Andrews previously worked in La Grande, Portland, ,-and Wenatchee.-Wash. George M. Duncan, Lumberman, Dies PORTLAND, July 5 (UP) Capt. George M. Duncan, prom inent Oregon - Washington lum berman, died yesterday in a Port land veterans' hospital. Born in Kentucky, he lived in Houston, Tex., befoie coming to Portland in 1912. He was a form er president of the Duncan Lum ber company, the Corvallis Lum ber company, and the Leudin house Lumber company. At one time he owned sawmills in south west Washington and Corvallis, Ore. He was appointed by the late Gov. Julius Meier to succeed Ru- fus C. Holman as a member of the port of Portland. He obtain ed his captaincy through servce in the Spansh-Amcrican war. A nephew, Harry Duncan, in Bingen, Wash., and a brother in Texas survive. George Washington, great gen eral that he was, lost more mili tary battles than he won. Alley Oop Automobiles for Sale mtf WE'LL JUST WE'VE ALREADY 7 WHAT, FOR.RS4 f 1 CKMB ACTION rm g MICE WORK, YOU' AIN'T 50N' NOWHERE " " "V. HAVE TO I WAITEP TOO 1 IM&TAWCE iPv3 N THAT CM-LS L ti OOP... WOW TILL 1 GET BACK! I'LL BE ll j"- WELL, WAITANP LONG,.. I'M FOR. V? ? JfiifM I FOR ELBOW s JtA WHERE DO TOO BUSY T BOTHER. JSf NOW 1 SEE, I POINT SUMPIN Jfr SS! k ROOM! yT T 1 WE GO? 1 WITH EXCESS trrWl g SSSSSSSSemmif!'.00. FATHEAD, IP yOLfp" T7, ' f WELL. I PONT CARE WHAT ) "rU 't'ZT 1 ESS VOU CAM'TVvLET ME weeCK TH' L,'&M THE REST OF YOU y -t-N JJ U6 FIXED THINI&? BUDGE ) TAi it GO AWAY ANPTIME-MACHINE AS ytaSTST PO... BUT I'rW NOT OH, YOU iSi u&'1 SXZ-.BMiEHy J EASV OSCAU-A LEAVE US IN I DOC WANTED, f fe STAVlNie HERE AIN'T, EH? l!t VSfT lZr!$&i A SITUATION VOU WOULDN'T I I Efi WAITIKJ& FOR 1 JJjj 5kFt 1 W3 '''!r j 7 MA ANOTHER VICTIM OF JAP SUICIDE PLANES Her entire after deck gaping ruin, the USS Newcomb limps into port after Jap suicide plane attack off Ie Shima, April 6, left her dead In the water. The heroic destroyer sufierod 91 casualties. markets Stocks Decline as Margin is Raised NEW YORK, July 5 (UP) Stocks declined today on a 50 percent rise in margin require ments announced over the holi day by the federal reseive board. Trading lighted. Murgins were pushed up from 50 percent to 75 percent, effec tive today on new transactions, but not retroactive. This was even larger than the lise miiny market experts had expected. However, there rt-as a tendency to lighten committments. Losses ranged from fractions to more than a point. In u feu instances they ran to " points in such high priced issue as Nor folk & Western. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, July 6 (UP) Hogs: 4,000. Active, fully steady; goud and choice barrows and gilts 110 lbs. and up at 14.75, ceiling; good and choice sows.. at 14.00; com plete clearance. Cattle 4 IK 12,000. Calves 800. Fed steers and yearlings prcdominnl edwn receipts and sold generally steady, top 18.00, (he ceiling paid for 1240 and VMHMb. averages; long yearlings 17.75; heifer year lings 17.60; bulk fed steers 15.75 17.60; most heifurs 14.50-17.01); 730 lb. heifers bringing 17.00; fully steady market on cows, bulls and vcalers; latter IG.OO down; weighty cutter cows fl.OO down; weighty sausage bulls to 13.5 and heavy fat bulls as high as-15.50; stock cuttle scarce. Sheep 1,000; market fairly ac tive, and fully steady, strong. Good and "Choice native spring lambs 16.00 to 16.40; bucks 1.00 less; medium and good 14.50 15.50; common lightweight down to 13.00; one short deck 94 lbs. good and choice old crop .shorn lambs 14.85, and one deck 96-lb. good and choice shorn yearlings 13.85; both lots No. 1 pelt shorn aged ewes mostly 8.00 down to 6.50, according to grade. A soldiers' "bonus" march on the seat of government was held in June, 1783. Philadelphia was at that time the home of con gress. Josef Hofmann, famous pianist, wrote an original mazurka when five years of age tint5. Today We Pay Tribute to I 'ft'. John R. Rollins, sun of Mr. mid Mrs. W. 1'. Rollins, Inihler, who is serving with hi-iil(iiiti'lcrs department of (he 12th army in France since .lime, 191 1. lie attended elementary and high school in I miller, prior to entering the service was employed by Union Pacific railroad, ( i i , . i i Douglas Fir May Output Increases PORTLAND, July 5 (UP) Lumber production in Douglas fir regiuns of Oregon and Wash ington was 626,000,000 board feet in May, according to WPB estim ates. The figure shows an increase of nearly 36,000,0110 over March and was attributed to better weather. The effect of continuing man power and lire shortages is in dicated by a compaiison of Muy figures with those of May, 1944, which ran 41,000,000 board feel higher. Production for the first five months of this year is 11 percent lower than that of a year ago. llemluck production during may was 57,000,000 board feet; spruce, 20,000,000, red cedar, 13, 0011,000, and all other species, 10, 000,000. The Navajo Indian "red ant cure" for certain diseases, con sists of gulping down a basketful of squirming red ants. t r :Ci - Truman Approves Reciprocal Plans WASHINGTON, July 5 (UP) President Truman today signed reciprocal trade legislation giving the administration mora liberal tariff-cutting authority for its program of international econ omic ocoperation. The bill was the first of a scries of congressional moves to implement administration foreign policy. Still to come are senate ratification of the United Nations charter1 and senate action of the house-approved bill to ratify the B r e 1 1 o n Woods international Monetary agreements. The reciprocal trade bill ex tended until June 12, 1947, the 11 -year-old trade agreement law under which agreements have been negotiated with 28 nations for leciprocal reduction of bar riers to international trade. Mackinac Island Parley 'Off Air' CHICAGO, July 5 (UP) A spokesman for the National Asso ciation of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians related today how a round table discussion of the Mackinac Island governors' a "dead mike" because of n con confoionoe was conducted before tract misunderstanding between the union and . the American broadcasting company, : B. F. Fredenhall, NABET vice president and chairman of the in dependent union's Chicago chap ter, said that a scheduled sym posium between light prominent newspapermen had been cut off PtpiUCdla Company, r"ranchltd Bottlen Pepsi - Two Communities In South Return To United States (Continued from Page 1 on the courthouse staff for the first time in 85 years. Vicksburg, Miss., victim of the bloodiest siege of the war be tween the states, observed its first Independence day since Gen. U. S. Grant entered the cit 82 years ago. In the "cradle of liberty," Bos ton's famed Faneuil hall, a sol emn gathering hoard Catholic Archbishop Richard J. Cushing warn that "nationalism, racism and socialism tinged with hatred can only be principles of destruc tion." Bostonians placed wreaths and flags on the graves of John Han cock, John Adams and Robert Treat Paine, original signers of the declaration of independence. At a mass meeting in Cleve land, Lt. Cmdr. Joseph O'Callu hun, chaplan of the heroic air craft carrier Franklin, offered n prayer for the nation and her fighting men. 39 Dead A tentative count showed 30 holiday dead as compared wi'h a figure of 300 violent deaths pre dicted by the national safety council. Despite heavy automobile traf fic, stimulated by increased gaso line rations, traffic deaths were the lowest on record. Most factories and shipyards were on normal schedules with the exception of the war-busy Detroit area. Most of the nation's pleasure seekers thronged parks, beaches, zoos, resort areas and sports events for their holiday fun. A season's record was set at Coney Island where some 1,500,000 swarmed over the amusement park and beaches. The supply of hot dogs was exhausted by 2 p. m. HAVE NO EFFECT Cannon fire and bombings do not cause rain. Scientists say man cannot alter weather until he can change the court of 190, 000,000,000 tons of air. the air because radio technicians at th point of contact were not members of the union. Fredenhall said in spite of the fact the contract called for use of NABET labor ,the company had arranged with WXYZ, a Detroit station affiliated with ABC, to make the pickup. WXYZ's em ployes, he said, did not belong to the NABET.. Many Hard of Hearing Can" Hear Tomorrow with Ourlne drotM utra with a nlmiilr fYrlnir. 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