La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 06, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPress for Report on Irrigation Board of directors of the chamber of commerce today is preparing; to send letters to Senators Guy Cordon and Wayne Morse, the bureau of reclamation, and U. S. army Liiftircors to ask them to ex periiate issuance of the final report on the Grande Hondo valley irrigation project. Tho letters will be wiitten as result of adoption of a losolu tion yesterday by the chamber board, which discussed the mat ter at some length. The resolution was adopted in an effort lo bring the pro posed Grande Ronde river pro ject before bureau officials in Washington, in hopes it will be incorporated in the bureau's program for post-war construc tion. Bureau of reclamation repre sentatives wore in town last week conferring with George Cochran, one of the leaders in the irriga tion movement.- ft is their opin ion that existing wator supplies are far below current require ments, and they said it is evident the city cannot expand industrial ly until an adequate supply of wilier is provided. Additionally, they said there is insufficient wuter to take care of agricultural . expansion. If the project is approved, approximately 80,000 acres' will be irrigated, Cochran said. More than .one million gallons of water are being used daily by various industries, Cochran added. The railroad uses ap proximately 700.000 gallons each day: Mount Emily Lum ber company, 500,000 gallons: meat packing plants, 30,000; and creameries, 25,000, Cherry Trees in Union Need Spray Schaad Declares Growers of Union county's $300,000 cherry industry should begin spraying their trees to pre vent the occurrence of the cherry fruit maggot, R. W. Schaad, coun ty agent, announced today. Horticulture inspection will be made within the next two weeks. Since Union county is a quaran tined area for the cherry fruit fly, the gi;qw;;rs'.,.associatipn' will noi accept unsprayed truit tor processing. Violation of the quar amine is a misdemeanor punish able by a fine of from $20 to $500. Materials to use for spraying are: f. pound of lead arsenate, two quarts syrup or molasses, 10 gallons of water. This may be applied with a sprayer, or if no Sprayer is available, a broom may be used. The leaves at tho top of the tree are all that need be covered, since this is a bait spray. Many Rubber Men Return to Work AKRON, O., July 6 (UP) Ap proximately 83 percent of the first shift workers reported to work today under navy supervi sion at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company, which has been closed by a strike until President Truman's seizure order yester day. Capt. H. J. Clark, navy officer in charge, said he is "extremely pleased" by the response of Unit ed Rubber Workers (CIO) to his dirctive to resume production. He said it was the highest per centage of returnees on a first shift of any plant seized by the government. Four Soloists on Institute Concert Charles Wilson Lawrence, guest instructor of th-3 vocal music institute at Eastern Ore gon college, assisted by Mis. Florence Lynch Miller, voice in structor at the college, will pre sent four solosts and a chorus of 50 voices in the college auditor ium at 7:30 p.m. today. The pub lic is invited to attend. Soloists are Barbara Detrick Lynne Russell, Retta Wooden Lhlers and Shirley Milos. Miss Marcia Miller is accompanying at the piano. Lawrence is professor of voice at the Universilv of Washington, Seattle. BULLETINS , WASHINGTON. July S (UP) -The White House announced today that President Trumao wUl nominate Fred M. Vinson, war mobiliaaiion and reconvar mob chief, to bt secretary of treaaury alt.r in. ehMi ,XKU. Mve ranuu from the Big ThrM confer.. WASHINGTON. July 6 (UP) Th house today approved a reconversion lax bill which would increase lb excess pro 'Is. tax exemption on 1946 earnings and authorize speed ups in cayman of more than SS.000,000,000 in tax refunds. T ESTABLISHED 189G r if v,n ' . ' : - ' u i ' . 1 i' ,i i Photo by Pendleton East Oregonian KEITH PROVINCE, co-partner with Merlin Johnson in Eastern Oregon Airways, acts as a marker for Lonnie Shurtleff who is using a light plane to dust peas, shown in the picture. Province, John son and Shurtleff have dusted more than 1,200 acres of peas in the Grande Ronde and Pendleton valleys in the last few weeks, S Pea Weevis, Aphids to Find Airplane Has Come to Stay; Device to Spread Rotenone A proc-3ss' rather new in east ern Oregon, that , is, using the airplane to dust thousands of acres of peas to rid them of wee vils and aphids, has been success fully used this summer in tho Grande Ronde and Pendleton valleys by Keith Province and Merlin Johnson of Eastern Ore gon Airways and Lonnie Shurt leff, airport manager at Baker. Using rotenone against the wee vils and lelhane 10 control aphids, the partners i.avc dusted more than 1,200 acres of poas to date in the Grande Ronde valley and (he Pendleton valley. There will be three or four weeks more o' the work. No More Temperature must be at least 70 for the weevil to be active and the wind must be less than seven miles an hour for the plane dusting to be satisfactory. When the weevil comes out, he gets the dust on his feet, licks his feet find pretty soon isn't active any more, ever again. The plane flies along at 50 to CO miles an hour about six inches to two feet above the peas. It covers a strip about a rod wide on each trip across a field and thus can cover an acre each trip in a half mile field. Dust Swirls The hopper full of dust is right behind the pilot, and the dust, seleased through a tube which widens toward the vent, swirls swiftly as it reaches the ground, thus covering the bottom leaves of the plants as much as the top leaves. The plane also can get right into the fence rows, where the weevil "hole up" to migrate into the fields, a job ground dust ers are not so able to do. Shurtleff has done all the fly ing on the job so far. Most of the dusting has been for individual owners and for the Associated Seed company. Under ideal conditions, the plane- will easily cover 30 to. 40 acres an hour. Balky Time Lock Holds Up Bond Sale PORTLAND, July 8 (UP) A balky time lock on the safe in the 'marble palace" headquarters of. Portland boilermakcrs' local No.' 72, held up a whopping wai bond transaction Thursday. The safe contained, in addition lo the $100,000 check which fin ally purchased seventh war loan bonds, keys to the union's safe deposit vault in a Portland bank. Capt. W. E. Meagher, officer in charge of Portland area ship building at Willamette iron ar.d SteH, accepted the check f'm Hugh Fagan, financial secretary. SPECIAL MEDAL WASHINGTON. July 6 (L'P Fres-idoiit Truman today sig.'i:d kgi.-latiuii diiectinf the aimy and navy lo i.watd a special medal to .t! members of the United .State:" armed forces in this war. mm m s Scholarship Offered In Dentist Course President Roben J. Maaske today announced receipt of a scholarship in the amount of S75 from Dr. Thomas E. Grif fith, director of The Dalles hos pital in The Dalles. This scholarship is to be awarded a freshman student interested in enrolling in the course for the training of modi-cat-dental assistants, a new two-year .terminal course which is being offered for the first lime in Eastern Oregon college this coming fall. . High school graduates in terested in training in this field and wishing to apply for this scholarship may do so by writing Lyle H. Johnson, regis trar. Phony Medical Discharge Plot Involves Many HEMPSTEAD, N. Y., July G (UP) First air force investiga tors at Mitchell field disclosed today they have discovered a soldier-civilian racket reaping huge sums from sale of false medical discharges and transfers from outfits alerted for combat duly overseas. Names and details will be re vealed later. First air force head quarters said, but the preliminary report said two non-medical offi cers attached to the hospital staff of the Mitchell field base were involved, along -with others. With investigation still in pro gress, the First air force said the freedom-for-money, safety-f o r cash racket was a cooperative scheme linking civilian middle men and military personnel. "Evidence indicates," headquar ters said, "payments of money were made to certain unscrupu lous civilians in the metropolitan area and the soldiers (names) were passed on by them to mili tary members of the conspiracy at Mitchell field who then effect ed completion of the fraudulent processing." Bogus medical discharges were priced at "several thousand dol lars," investigators snid, and transfers from '.'hot outfits" (those ready to ship overseas foi" combat) to units in a safer posi tion cost less. A majority of tho.te who benefited from the racket were from units in distant part:! of the United Stales and not connected with Mitchell field. Weather Data for 24 hour!, to 7 a. m. TcrnpTature: . Maximum 91 ' Minimum . 48 Forecast: Scattered clouds night and Saturday. mmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmw LA GRANDE. OREGON FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1945 Housing Project Ready to Occupy Within 60 Days Unit 8 Available To Workers Here Essential Jobs La Grande's 40-unit govern ment housing project is now un der construction, and will be ready for occupancy within 60 days, Ray Gray, president of the chamber of commerce, announced today. The units, which are being transferred in sections from Pros ser, Wash., will contain one, two, and three-bedroom houses, and will rent up to $37.50 a month. They will be located in the Con nordale addition, at 14th s'.rect and H avenue. Water, electricity and garbage disopsal will be pro vided for by the government, and the houess will be partially furn ished. The units will have com munity ironing and washing fa cilities. The units are available only for railroad employes, or people in other essential industries. Ap plications, 10 of which have al ready been received, may be made at the chamber office in the New Foley building. Work started on the project several weeks ago and the exca vations have been completed for some little tim. Subsidy Raised On Canned Tomatoes WASHINGTON, July 6 (UP) The government has raised the processor's subsidy on commer cially canned tomatoes in an ef fort to stimulate production. Neither grower nor consumer prices will be affected by the in crease. Ceiling prices on sal?s to the army and other government procurement agencies will t-s ad justed. Slolen Meat Missed Worse Than $1J00 SEATTLE, July 0 (UP) It was bad enough when thugs smashed open the safe of a Se attle restaurant last night and look $1,300, proprietors Ralph Grossman and Ernest Hughes told police. "But it was the last straw when they carted away two shoulders of pork and our supply of hams," Hughes said. ATTEND YALE STUDY PORTLAND, Jyly 6 (UP) Mrs. W. W. Gabriel and Dr. Thompson L. Shannon, members of the Oregon educational advis ory committee,ill attend Yale university's third annual section on alcohol studies. 95th Division 'Boiling Mad' At Long, Hard Trip in Day Coaches Morse Moves For Relief for Lamb Problem Incipient relief on the string ent Oregon lamb situation was foreseen early this afternoon by Senator Wuyno Morse as the re sult of u confrence with Presi dent Truman this morning. Morse' action came as the re sult of his determination to "in sist on a program which will ab solutely protect lamb producers from suffering losses this year as they have suffered from OPA mistakes in the last two years." Full text of Morse' telegram, addressed to the published of the Evening Observer, follows: "Have just returned from dis cussion with president this morn ing about Oregon lamb situation. Feel confident a solution of the nrnhlem will be forthcoming soon. However, will you please I keep me informed as to latest developments because I shall continue to insist upon a program which will absolutely protect lamb producers from suffering losses this year as they have suf fered from OPA mistakes during last two years. "Senator Guy Cordon and I have made arrangements for meeting with secretary of agri culture later this afternoon. Wayne Morse, USS. Senator Morse accused the office of price administration of "gross Incompetency" IH handling, the situation, and called for a 00 to 90 day rationing holiday for lamb in the northwest. He said slaughterhouse qi.otas should be lifted so Oregon lamb can be slaughtered for local con sumption. It cannot be shipped and hence must be consumed in the producing area. He added OPA price and rationing policies have made it impossible to do this. He also said the government "must stand ready" to buy the "necessary quantities" of lamb at ceiling prices to protect produ cers. Cannery Machinery Moved From Here After Two Years Because permanent adequate housing was not available here, the government - owned equip ment of the La Grande school community cannery will be ship ped Monday to Salem and other Oregon cities, Ray Giay, presi dent of the Chamber of Com merce, announced today. The cannery has been operated during the past two years by the La Grande schools under the aus pices of the' state vocational de partment. Latt April, when a portion of the federal reimburse ment was w i t h d r a w n, local schools offered to manage and sponsor the cannery, if a suitable building could be found, or a new building built. The chamber of commerce ap pointed a committee consisting of Ed Ford, city manager, chair man, M. J. Goss, and Frank Schiro lo investigate". The com mittee's report said it was unable to find a building with a cement floor which could be used. The decision was reached to ask the county commissioners to cooperate with the city in build ing a suitable building, the cost of which would have been $3,000. Since only 300 persons outside of La Grande used the cannery dur ing the past year, the county of ficials decided county funds could not be used. City officials could not carry the cost of the project alone, since there was no provision in the budiet. Two Mile Stretch Opened to Fishing ASTORIA, July 6 (UP) Coast guard officials announced today leopening to fishing of a , two mile stretch of the lower Colum bia river. Packers who Requested thi opening say it may double the fish catch In August. The area had been closed for nearly three years. Claude Berry Says Brothers-in-law Are Here to Stay Claude Berry, well-known local real-estate man, . today has the utmost praise for all brothers-in-law, and stoutly maintains they are handy gad gets to have, anywhere. This assertion arises from a "deal" Berry was trying to put across yesterday. He was driv ing through town, at what he admits might have been any speed from two miles to any thing nn hour, when a traffic officer, in an officer's inimit able way, stopped the speed ing real estate man with the usual inquiry of "Where's the fire?" Getting down to busi ness, the officer asked the name for the impending ticket, and upon the reply that the name was Claude Berry he said, "Oh, yes, your brother-in-law at Boise told me to be sure to look you up. He is one of my best friends." Berry replied, "Well, you certainly found me." No ticket was written,' just a stern warning to "watch it." 600 Superforts Attack Five Jap Industrial Areas GUAM, Saturday, July 7 (UP) A very large force of Super fortresses, numbering probably 550 to 600 planes, attacked five Japanese industrial cities today, spreading incendiary and explo sive bombs across 275 miles of Honshu island. The assault, carrying the air war against Japan into a 32nd consecutive day, raised lo 31 the number of enemy homeland cit ies hit in the 20th nil-force's knockout campaign. It followed an attack by upwards of 250 American fighters against the Tokyo area and suicide plane bases on Kyushu yesterday. Targets in the night five-way strike included Shitnotsu, oil cen ter 30 miles southwest of Osaka; Kofu, industrial center 60 miles west of Tokyo; Shimizu, ocean port 75 miles southwest of Tok yo; Chiba, industrial extension of Tokyo 16 miles southwest of the capital, and Akashi, aircraft en gine production center 275 miles southwest of Tokyo. It was the first time the Super forts had struck at fie major cities in a single raid. Postal Employes Get $400 Increase WASHINGTON, July 8 (UP) President Truman today signed legislation granting an average basic salary increase of $400 a year to :100,IIOO postal employes. It is the first basic pay raise the postal employes have had since 1025. The increases gener ally arc in line with the "little steel" formula limiting war-time wage increases. The act will raise basic pay roll for postal workers about $150,000,000 a year. Postal em ployes received a temporary war lime increase of $:I00 a year each, which will be cancelled. New rates are letroactive to July 1. Cities Not Getting Surplus Property PORTLAND, July fl (UP) Cities attempting to obtain sur plus government priix;rty are meeting difficulty, particularly on trucks and road building equipment, Mayor Earl Ililey of Portland reported today on his return from the executive meet ing of the American Municipal association in Chicago. Kiley said there was ktvn dis appointment expressed at failure of Portland voters to approve a civic center project at the recent eleclion. CITY HALL FLOODED SEATTLE, July.,,6 (UP) City hall officials were extremely busy yeslnrday swinging mops to keep the flood out of their of fices. A plumber, installing a wash basin, broke a pipe, loosing 500 gallons of water on the sec ond floor. FIVE CENTS SALT LAKE CITY, July 6 mm Two hundred sixty tmiv imttlp.wpnrv men, of the 95th infantry division. most cf them wearing medals along ui,ln tlniir uprvice ribbons, ar rived here "boiling: mud" after traveling from Camp Miles Standish, Mass., in crowded, poor ly ventilated day coaches curry ing signs "Buy Bonds Buy Pullmans." The men, grimy, disgusted, left tho Massachusetts camp near Boston Monday und had ridden in day coaches all the way. "Buy Pullmans" When the Union Pacific train of five cars rolled' into the sta tion here, every coach was cov ered with signs in chalk. On one cnoch, a disgruntled GI hau written "Buy Bonds Buy Pullmans" another ' had written "Pullmans for PW coaches for for us." Union Pacific officials here said the cars are "a mess." Maj. H. P. Thoreson of San Birnardino, Calif., who traveled with his men. the full extent of the arduous journey, said troops of an Italian service unit were transferred from day coaches to tourist coaches at Kansas City. "Plenty Sore" All of the weary soldiers saw tho transfer and 'it made them plenty mad. It is the most Ironic homecoming my men could ever expect" the major said. Sixty-four of the men were taken to Ft. Douglas separation 'nnnln. Un.. 1 -ft! iciibvi iii-tu ucic, laiiiuuu mil- cials said. The remaining men were transferred to "standard Pullmans" for, the remainder, of their, journey,. About 100 of them left early this afternoon by western Pacific for Camp Beale, and the remainder left by Union Pacific for Camp MacArthur, near San Pedro, Calif. TO GET NEW TRAINS CHICAGO. .Tnlv (1 iIIPl A spokesman for the Association of Western Railways promised to' day travel conditions for service men will be relieved slightly next monin wnen the first of 1,200 new Iroop trains Is delivered, Aussies Hold AH Of Balikpapan; Continue Inland MANILA, July 6 (UP) Aus tralian troops hold all of Balik papan today and are on the verge of taking Pandansari, site of the biggest oil refinery in the Dutch East Indies. The Australians also have cap tured valuable Manggar air drome, 12 miles cast of Balik papan, a communication from Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head quarters reported today. , The Borneo beachhead meas ures about 15 miles wide and is as deep as four miles inland at some points. With the capture of Balikpa pan, once a teeming oil port but today a smoking, blackened pile of rubble, the Australians won a cracking plant, 'an oil refinery, and a lubricating oil and paraf fin refinery. Pandansari, their next objec tive on the left flank, was built just before the war on reclaimed swampland by the Hoyal Dutch Shell oil company. Today's com munique said the defenses of Pandansari had been "penetra ted." Harry Hopkins Now Umpire For Union . NEW YORK, July 6 (UP) Harry L. Hopkins, former spe cial assistant to the president, is labor umpire of the New Yolk women's coat and suit industry today. Hopkins' acceptance of the post of imitaiHial chairman of the industry formerly held by former New York mayor James David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' union. o WATER MAIN BREAKS PORTLAND July 6 (UP) A large area of southwest Portland was without water today after break of a 24-inch water main in downtown Portland released a torrent of water, breaking the paving, and deluging cars and pedestrians. ;1 nBy Wants No F 'Careless Handling9 WASHINGTON, July fj t (UP) President Truman, t n d a vC: ordered all federal agencies to review expendi tures m any instances wnere there is "the slightest irround to suspect either misuse or ,1 careless nanming ot govern ment funds." He sent government agency and department chiefs a special memorandum underscoring his determination to prevent mis handling of federal money. There has been "little evl- dence of abuse" so fair, the president said. But he noted - inai expenditures are ai unpxa- - . cedented levels and that many1 utiiciaia an enaxgea Wlin dis bursement of these funds. Any instances of suspected mis use or careless handling of funds, Mr. Truman said, "should be in-' vestlgated promptly and, where appropriate, a vigorous disciplin ary uctlon should be Invoked." . He said he had been concerned with the need for extreme care in tho treatment of government funds "throughout the war per. iod." ' "I am certain," ha added, "that you share my satisfaction -that there has been so little evidence of abuse, and that you also share my strong desire that this good record shall be preserved." Committee Named To Help Increase Post War Work National Need Is Said 10 Million 'New' Jobs Frank Schiro, publisher of the Observer, "was appointed chair man of the. Union county com mittee for economic development at the' chamber of commerce lun cheon in the Stbin club , yester- efny. -"The committee has been formed to stimulate and help businessmen to plan now for post-war jobs. Reconversion in the northwest after the end of the war in the Pacific will necessitate many new jobs through expansion, de velopment ot existing and new businesses; and new products and markets, and the use of new skills and facilities, the committee for economic development says. Approximately 55 million civil ian jobs are estimated to be need ed In post-war America, 10 mil lion of which will have to be created. This is a 20 percent in crease in (he nation, and a 35 percent lnprease in the Pacific northwost. Lars Carlson, Seattle, regional manager of the committee of economic development, and Don ald R. Smith, assistant vice-president of the U. S. national bank of Portland, wore in town last week conferring with the board of directors, and will return for another meeting later in the month. Wrong Side Right Side For Soldier HONOLULU, July 6 (UP) A bullet that must have been aimed at the heart of Pvt. Kenneth W. Cunningham, 20, or Oregon, left the soldier laughing about it, be cause his heart wasn't there. The Stars and Stripes reported from Okinawa Cunningham was shot, in the upper chest, and doc tors were amazed he was still alive, because the bullet pierced the area where the heart is usu ally located. But Cunningham's heart, it was discovered, is on the right side, and as a result he has a Japanese bullet where his heart would have been. Pfc Eugene Stitzel Wounded in Pacific The office of war information today announced Pfc. Eugene D. Stitzel, son of Amos Stitzel, box 15, Union, was wounded while with the army in the Pacific re gions, v It All Depends On The Point of View o SEATTLE, July 8 (UP) Se attle police chief Herbert D. Kimsey is not joining the cam paign against women's shorts launched by his counterpart in Decatur, III, "I'm no authority, no critic I'm aeuirel," said Kimsey, when asked if shorts would be permitted on city streets here.' "One dress-clad woman I saw getting Into an auto yesterday would have beo.i better clothed if she had been wearing shorts."