Press 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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."