La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 07, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texti jT w f p 9 w f y f M if f r f r f 'F f tj Tf tj f ft y t r? ? T B-29s in A Community Newspaper For Every Member of the Family i Five Way ft- zm Assaults lfflmMilfflffi1!Mt!tl!1!l o GUAiM, July 7 (UP) Jap anese homeland, aflame from Tokyo: to the inland sea under one of the greatest fire raids in history, was proclaimed wide open for invasion today after 32 days of continuous aerial bombardment. More than 600 Superfortresses struck probably the heaviest blow of the Pacific war during the night. They splattered almost 4,000 tons of demolition and in cendiary bombs into five big Jap anese war centers lying along a 275-mile arc of central Honshu. Fires Rage - Columns of smoke and finmc spouting four miles into the night sky gave fiery proof the flimsy target cities had joined the death list of 27 other Japanese towns gutted by! the B-29s. Tokyo admitted fires were still raging out of control in parts of the bombed cities after duybrcak today. The raid capped an all day scries of fighter and bomber forays yesterday in which Amer ican fliers sank or damaged 10 more Japanese ships and destroy ed 24 grounded enemy planes on Kyushu. Primary Job Even before the announcement of the new raid, the U. S. fleet marine force's new commander, Lt. Gen. Roy S. Gelger, dcrlarcd the aerial soflening-up already hud accomplished its primary job. "Now it is just a question of wading in and finishing this war," Geiger told a Pearl Harbor press conference. American troops, he added emphatically, can land in Japan "any time we want to." The 00-year-old marine com mander predicted flatly that the United States' overwhelming su periority in personnel and equip ment will make it impossible for the Japanese to repulse the inva sion. Possibly Quit Geiger blushed aside the Jap anese suicide planes and civilian "home guard" as no more than nuisances. He conceded the pos sibility Japan's big industrialists might force their military leaders to capitulate . His words were echoed on Oki nawa by the veteran Gen. Joseph W. Stilwcll, who declared flatly that it; would take more than overwhelming air power to beat Japan "it will take invasion." Meanwhile, Japan's ordeal by fire is continuing and mountaing In fury. At least three army air forces, backed by marine and navy fliers, are hammering at the memy's war centers and two more the eighth and 13th arc on the way. SHAEF Dissolution Soon Takes Place PARIS, July 7 (UP) Supreme . headquarters today arfnounceri command of the allied expedi tho termination of the combined lionaiy force and the dissolution of SHAEF, effective on or about July 13. With the break up of SHAEF, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will relinquish command of all ele ments of the allied expedition ary force, including supreme hearlquartars and attached or as signed units. He is U. S. repre sentative on the allied contt.ol commission in Germany and military governor of the American-occupied zone. Announcement of the exact date and time of the SHAEF dis- ai'iuuuii win uo uciayed in or der to permit the readjustment of certain troops" and until the return of General Eiscnhowc-, who desires an opportunity of saying farewell lo the principal commanders and members of his staff. Pf c Paul Roe Has Developed New TypJe of Cartoon Pfci Paul K. floe, 10, son of Mrs. .Catherine Roc, 1003 X avenue, is developing a car toon style in the army. In terested in becoming a profes sional cartoonist when the war is over, he is presently find ing experience as a public re lations cartoonist with the 32nd division. Fifteen months of his 22 months service in the armed forces have been overseas. H; has worked as a wireman, and during the current fighting in northern Luzon was awaidcd the Purple Heart for wounds sutained in action. The cartoons combine the mechanical skill of Sgt. Bill Maudlin and the humor of Lt. David Breger. Typical cartoons siw a tank going 25 feet out of its way to demolish a shack: a sailor home on leave describ ing hand-to-hand fighting with the dubious aid of a dressmak er's form; and a scrawny lieut enant standing before a scmjid of husky GIs, saying: An hour's work-out each day will make men of you guys." n ESTABLISHED 1896 JVT. TOTAL CLIK IK.9I'. ( "OUT -y r-SL cl.veland M I V io,. v j"di okott. j Tiy trrCr nhVH " 'ITtrVX-rWWIiburgh, iY7'07 87 -' A'-. J VinoIohiO 197:06,. Philadelphia, . vT'wio-S 4 LJ..i. te't'6 67,0 YtCtl. X 0en?,84.' N.,6fl7-74 - 64 W 86". Hif-!Li V 6K 68jJ5Lr- y 7 4 r I - I -rrnirr':v r 1M 5o Phoenii.7; Oklahoma Cily.69"o J mi Q Colum6ia, r. (Middle ol etlime . ; (Sun risei partially 1 '( Allanla, 7.ni 49 CCUKCiNDS Ml"n"l 'i A ' echpied) T -l 6KII 62 V' ATsuvest -s.Jj f ) -jJ c-----w lnWlm Orleans, ' ' (Sun ma partially L ' !fr t eclipsed) T MIDDLtOFtCUPSE. f ' 49" I AT SUNRISE 1 i ECLIKeBtGINS J ATSUNKISH HOW U. S. WILL SEC ECLIPSE OF SUN Map above shows how various soclions of country will view July 9 total eclipse of sun, starling at sunrise near Boise, Ida. In map's white area eclipse be gins after sunrise. Figures at city names give eclipse time and degree of totality. Only in strip from Boise through Helena, Mont., will eclipse be practically complete. In eastern halt of shad ed section, eclipse begins at sunrise, in western half sunrise comes in middle of eclipse. Watchers along coastal strip of southern California will miss it altogether as it will be over by sunrise. FBI School Will Last Five Days; Barnes To Speak Marshall I. Barnes, Pendleton, special agent for the federal bureau of investigation, will ad dress tho first meeting of the police school held Monday, July Ho will speak on the subject of police courtesy, and will also discuss the program and explain the shcdulc of the school, which will be hold from July 9-13. Circuit Judge R. J. Greene will lecture Monday on the Oregon laws of arrest, followed by a panel forum on the subject. Pro grams of other days will be an nounced as completed. C. C. Lund, chief of police, will be in charge of the school, which was brought here largely through his efforts. The school will be for all peace officers, federal, stale, county and city in eastern Oregon. . Garden Exceeds Hope, Says Ford La Grande's two acre commun ity garden is exceeding expec tations, according to Ed Ford, city manager. The garden, located in the Con nordalo addition, between Twelfth and ThirteenlOi streets and H and I avenues, has been di vided into 40 family-sized plots of approximately 30 by 40 feet each. The ground for the gardens was readied for "vegetable-occupancy" by the city, which also furnished water and fertilizer. Onions, carrots, radishes, in fact, exerything from pickles to pumpkins is being grown. Aiissies Complain Of Treatment In Panama Canal Zone SYDNEY, July 7 (UP) Almost 700 Australian troops, enroute home from German prison camps, jrrived in Sydney today protest ing bitterly over rough treatment by native policemen and courts in the Panama Canal zone. Aussies said trouble over the Australian - American currency exchange rate started a free-for-all at Colon, while their ship was passing through the canal. The Australians said the fight broke out when they and a group of returning New Zcilandcrs ob jected lo receiving only S2.50 for the English pound instiad of $4. Native Panama policemen "in terfered" and used their clubs on the Anzac veterans, and arrested many of them, they said. "The courts sat day and night as Australians and New Zealand ers lined up to be fined," said one soldier. "The native police were given a percentage of the fines." Body of Girl Found At Base of Cliff RENO, Nov., July 7 (UP) The badly broken body of an attrac tive young woman was found yesterday at the base of Cave rock beside the highway skirting Lake Tahoe in Douglas county, and sheriff's officers are conduct ing an invesigation to dcter 'ovinc her identity. A preliminary investigation by hfhcriff's officers from Minden UI1U MHIL pUilLU JllUiltJU'U, 11IUI the woman had jumped, fa'tien or been th:fv.n from the top of Cave rock, althgh because of ne exiremejj'i'crusnea graic or. he body, a possibility she had been struck by a car or truck was considered. 27 Auto Deaths in State During May SALEM, July 7 (UP) Thir teen persons died for every 100,000,000 miles of automobile traffic in Oregon during May, the slate department safety division reported today, or 27 deaths in all. For the first five months of 1945, 12 persons died for the same distance traveled, and the rate was eight during the same period of 1944. Traffic deaths during the first five months of the year totaled 118, compared to 96 for the same period last year, an increase of 18 percent. Exces sive speed was blamed for a large share of the accidents. 300 Attend Vocal Institute Recital; Chorus, Soloists More than 300 music lovers of La Grande who attended the vo cal recital at Eastern Oiegon col lege auditorium Friday night are looking forward to the institute next summer which will probably again offer a closing recital. The institute this summer, last ing three weeks, under direction of Charles Wilson Lawrence, guest instructor, was productive of excellent results, judging from the conceit last night. Soloists were well choeen and were well received by the audience. Professor Lawrence's easy, ef fective directing of the chorus of 50 voices gave charm lo the pro gram of well balanced selections. Of the 70 students registered for the institute, at least 50 took part in the chorus, which had an out standing contralto section. Mrs. Florence Miller, vocal in structor at the college, was in charge of the details of the pro gram and Miss Marcia Miller was accompanist. Jap Attempt On Mac Arthur Foiled MANILA, July 7 (UP) It was confirmed loday a Japanese spy ring attempted to assassinate Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The seven spies who took part in the plot all were caught and hanged June 7 and II. They in cluded four Japanese civilians, two Japanese soldiers, and one Filipino civilian. The spies infiltrated American lines after MacArthur arrived at Manila. They were armed with revolvers and grenades and they made attempts to get within range of MacArthur. However, they were never able ti. get close enough to do any damage. The plotters asked too many questions, and that probably was their undoing. They persistently questioned Manila residents about MacArthur's movements. They also had been instructed to de termine the schedule of move ments of other high officials. Angell Declares Power Rates High WASHINGTON, July 7 (UP) R p. Homer D. Angell, It., Ore, charged today consumers of elec tric power from the Bonneville, Ore., project were forced to pay inequitably high rates. Ange'l said the $17.50 kilowatt year rate set by the federal pow er commission could be reducid lo $14.50 if "Oregon rate payers are not penalized by having sub sidies in their rale base to pay reclamation costs in other districts." LA GRANDE. OREGON SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1945 Vinson In Favor Of Broad Base For Income Tax WASHINGTON, July 7 (UP) Personal income tax payers in cluding the little fellows can expect little from Fred M. Vin son who has been chosen to be come secretary of tho treasury next month. Vinson believes excess profits taxes on business should be re pealed immcdiatly after Japan is whipped. He would write post war tax bills to encourage capi tal to take job-making risks. But he be'.ieves the personal inocmc tax base should be broad that is, I he exemptions should be low. Ideas Shown Actually, of course, congress writes the tax laws. But the rec ommendations of the treasury usually weigh heavily. y Vinson will step up from direc torship of the office of war mo bilization and reconversion. He is a Kcntuckian and a graduate of the house of representatives. Vinson's ideas on postwar tax es and spending were revealed a week ago in his report as war mobilization director lo the pres ident and to congress. Huge Budget "It is reasonable to expect," he said, "the government will be spending, on the average, about $25,000,000,000 a year, about thioc times the prewar budget." Vinson endorsed the pending full employment bill. It is a plan to make estimates of business and employment conditions under circumstances which would per mit the government to expand or contract its own spending to keep everyone employed. The bill has been mightily applaud ed and equally condemned. Its opponents contend the margin of error in such proposed estimates would be disastrously great rind costly. Reds, Poles Sign Repatriation Pact; lior is Unreconciled LONDON, July 7 (UP) The Soviet and Polish governments have signed an agreement mak ing possible the repatriation of each other's nationals, Radio Mos cow said today. The agreement, signed in Mos cow yesterday, provides that Po lish Jews who had Polish citizen ship on Sept. 17, 1930, can aban don Ihcir Soviet citizenship and emigrate to Poland. In return Russian, Ukrainian. White Russian, Ruthcnian and Lithuanian nationals can aban don their Polish citizenship and emigrate lo Soviet territory. A Zurich dispatch reported the Swiss federal council has decid ed to recognize the new Polisn government in Warsaw. Gener al Tndeusz Komorowski issued an order of the day here to Po lish troops, in which he said he hoped they still would recognize the London government as the only legal government of Poland Weather Data for 24 hours to 7 a. in. Temperature: MaxiWium 92 Minimum 57 Forecast: Clear tonight and Sunday. Not much temperature change. NORSE DECLARE WAR WASHINGTON. July 7 (UP; Norway has declared war on Ja pan, the Norwegian embassy here said today. Gut in Announced About July Former Pleasant Grove Youth Dies In Okinawa Battle Walter Garrett, Marine Private, Imhler Graduate Pfe. Waller Gene Garrett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Gar rett, for merly cl Pleasant Grove, was killed in action with his mar ine corps outfit on Okinawa June JU, according lo word received by his parents, who now live in Portland. Private Garrett had been in the Marshall and Gilbert islands cam paigns and hud come through them safely. A native of Oregon, he had at tended grade school at Pleasant Grove and was a graduate of Im bler high school in 1942. After graduation he worked at the Ore gon Shipbuilding c o r p o r ation i nn4 n On..(1..nrl n..;n. 4 hie ' I'iciiii at rui.ianii, pi iui ,u ma enlistment in tho marine, Feb. 20, 1943, at Portland. He took signal corps training at San Diego and was sent over seas Sept. 17, 1943. He had never had a furlough. He was In a signal company, headquarters battalion of a marine division. Besides his parents, he leaves his grandfather, W. H. Miller of Pendleton; and aunts and uncles; Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Garrett of The Dalles; Ed Garrett of Yakima; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur of La Grande, Mr. and Mrs. John Gar rett and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cates of Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Read of Enterprise, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garrett of Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Miller of Ashmd, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. MSllcr of Pen dleton, MH and Mrs.- B. H. Gar rett of Yakima, and Mr. and Mrs. Br uce Hamilton of Salem. 600 Acre Forest Fire Still Rages QUILLAYUTE, Wash., July 7 (UP) State fire wardens and navy personnel today battled a 600-acre forest fire on the wcsl crn edge of the Olympia national forest. The fire had raged out of con trol since Thursday afternoon, eating a mile-wide path through cut-over land. The navy's auxiliary air sta tion at Qiullayute was closed to permit all personnel lo join the battle, and 150 other navy men were flown to the fire lines from the Whidby island naval uir sta tion. Bulldozers and other navy equipment was rushed into the forest. Four sections of standing timber were in the path of the flames. Rivers protected both the Cjuil layutc air station and the town of Lapush. Nicaragua First To Approve of Charter WASHINGTON, July 7 (UP) The United States senate kept to its hurry-up schedule on the united nations charter today al though it had Inst the race to make the United Stales the first nation to ratify. Nicaragua became the first na tion to formally subscribe to the charter of the new world peace league last night when its con gress passed and its president signed the historic document. President Truman has expres sed himself as hoping this coun try would be the first, or at least one of the first, to ratify the charter. Administration leaders in the senate undoubtedly will concentrate on making the U. S. one of the very early signers perhaps first among the big pow ers. British Push Back Jap Reinforcements CALCUTTA, July 7 (UP) -British troops have thrown back the Japanese from positions as tride allied communications lines in the Sitting river bend, a corn ttllrnique reported today. The communique said (lie Jap anese were trying to reinforce their troops in the area, roughly 25 miles r.orthif Pegu. Heavy casualties were inflicted op a force of 200 Japanese troops, 'Wio tried to cross the Sittang river 16 miles southeast of Pyu. Butter I i" I' Ik i LAST OF REBELS HOIST OLD GLORY Stars and Bars are brought down in Dade county, Goorgia., to be replaced by Stars and Stripes as last hold-out rebels of southland join union after 85 years as independent state. W. W. Williams, American Legion, (left), and Judge M. C, Townsend unfurl Old Glory as Flc Isaac Maxwell brings down Confederate flag. I "Psychological Appetite" of Soldier Has Medics, Guessing By LARRY DALE ATLANTA Ga., July 7 (UP) Harassed army doctors, pressed for details on the bottomless stomach of Pfc. Chester J. Salvatori, today called a press conference at which they promised newsmen "all details." They are ready to release a medical report on the Southbridgo, Mass., G-I whose appetite threatens to bankrupt army mess halls. Last previous data from doctors had suggested Salvatori's appe tite was "psychological."' But anyone who could polish off 36 pork chops and relax after dinner. at a Red Cross canteen or a USO quietly consuming a few dozen doughnuts, some ice cream, and sandwiches Argentine Given Promise of Free Election in Fall BUENOS AIRES, July 7 (UP) Tho Argentine people today had tho promise of a free elec tion in November for a president of their own choice. Gen. Eel mior Farrell, president, said he will turn over the government to the man elected. "I will do everything in my power to insure completely free ejections and the man selected by the people I repeal, the man selected by the people shall he the head of the government," he said. First in Years It will be the first presidi'iilial election since Sept. 5, 19,17, when the Into President Riibc.lo M. Ortiz was named. I'l csidrnt Ortiz resigned because of ill health a few months hi lore his (hath in 1942. Hamon S. Castillo succeed ed him from tire vice presid' 'ii.-y and was unsealed in a military coup the following year. Argen tine's last legislatiir: was elected in March, 1942 in ti'e country's last general election and was dis .solvcd by Castillo the same year. Farrell said his government is not "manufacturing its own suc cessors" in answr r In general cri ticism Vice President Oil. Juan D. I'enin vas working for the presidency. Sncoch I'eron also made a speech pro testing against Ion ign criticism!; ol the regime established by force Mi June 4, 1943. "We ask nothing extraordinary fi old destiny, except that Argen line probhnis be solved in Argen tina by Argentines," he said. "That is our aspiration and our right as a free sovereign people. We greatly respect other nations because we al:so want lo be in spected by them." More Gasoline Used During May in State SALKM, July 7 (UP) Six percent more gasoline was used in May, 1945, than in May 1944, throughout Oregon, Secretary ol Slate Hubert S. Farrell, jr., said loday. This is the first lime gaso line consumption has shown an upward trend since 1941, lie said. Twenty millien seven hundred eighty-two thousand five hundred twenty-nine gallons was used, or an Increase of 1,321,390 gallons. Taxes on gasoline during the month were $1,039,120.47, the first time gasoline taxes have gone over the million-mark a month for a year and half. Point 11 1J i.. IS; nJ was worth "observing.".; Not Satisfied They! "observed" for the : past several days, and perhaps with an ulterior motive. For Salvatori, to whom army life is one glorious smorgasbord, simply cannot be satisfied wilh the army's maximum allowance of $5 a day. According to Pvt. Harold Julian, Long Beach, Calif., who has the dubious distinction of rating right next lo Salvatori, the army has offeied Salvatori sev eral discharges but "The Stom ach" won't think of it. A Snack "He wants to slay in the army where he can gel plenty to eat," said Julian. One G-I musician wauled lo clear up what he considered an earlier misstatement by the press to the effect that "The Slomnch'.s"; favoi)t,? breakfas'M consisted of 40 eggs, 20 slices of lnasi, eight strips of bacon anrl at least three quarts of milk. He said the egg estimate "should be around 00." He said one day "jusl for a jnki " the boys in (he band built a ' pig trough" three feet long and 12 inches deep, filled it with army mulligan stew and put it before their eating wonder. "We figured anyone who could eat that, could eat anything," his pal said. "And he did, after which he asked for more." Chester Peterson To Head Jaycees Chester Peterson was e'eeted president of the junior chamber of commerce at their meeting last night. The office was form ( fly held bv Assistant County Agent Price Sehroeder, who will leave Aug. 1 lor Corvallis, where he will be state super visur of turkey arid poultry. Alden Long has been moved up to Peterson's position as first vice-president. Farmers To Have Repairs Priority WASHINGTON, July 7 (UP) Farmers will be granted priority assistance to replace and repair farm machinery damaged by floods, windstorms or lightning in 1944 and in 1945, the war pro duction board said today. Farmers may obtain permits for priorities from local WPB of fices and file the permits with their county agricultural adjust ment agency. Priorities will not be granted, however, lo farmers to repair farm machinery for other reasons. FIVE CENTS Values U. S. Will Buy Much Less Soon WASHINGTON, July 7 (UP) Agriculture Secre; tury Clinton P. Anderson an nounced today a sharp cut in government purchases of but ter. I OPA said this wilt make a possible reduction in ration point values of butter July 29. Anderson said government purchases in. August will be only 20 per cent of creamery butter production, compared with the 50 per cent taken this month. , As a result of the action, Ches ter Bowles, price administor, said a "slight cut" in red point values will be possible for the next monthly ration. , Tho amount of the point cut will bo announced later, probably a reduction to 20 points a pound. It has keen 24 since Dec. 20. , Anderson reported that civil ians may expect to get 90,0'00,000 pounds of butter during August compared with about 80,000,000 this month. , Today's action followed charges in congress last week that the high point value on butter was causing it to accumulate in stor age in some areas, wth spoilage resulting. ; It was learned that OPA fav ored immediate reduction In point values to take care of these "trouble spots." Anderson, how ever, tok the firm view that the present butter supply situation would not warrant the cut until next month. 'With the set-aside at 50 per cent during July," Anderson said, the supply of butter available for civilian consumption will not be sufficient to justify a chango in point values for the remainder of this month." Windsors Avoid Meeting Queens LONDON, July 7 (UP) Court circles said today the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have limed their planned visit to London next month to avoid embarrass ing meetings wilh Queen Eliza beth or the dowager Queen Mary, The royal family will bo on vacation at Balmoral, Scotland, when tho former king and the woman for whom he gave up the British throne arrive here. Tiro duke and duchess will stay at some London hotel, probably Caldridge's, and not at one of the royal residences. It was expected, however, the duke will confer wilh King George to decide what if any future Job he will fill now that he has retired from the governor ship of the Bahamas. r Sources close to the duke said ho will not make a long stay in London because he is eager to prepare his residence on the Boulevard S o u c h c t in Paris, where the Windsors probably will mime ineir home. Boy Learns Dud ' Bomb Dangerous : BEND, July 7 (UP) Vernon Johnson, 15-year-old Bend youth, learned today that prac tice bombs even though they aio duds can be employed as fourth of July fireworks with near fatal results. Johnson was in a hospital recovering from a badly cut and burned hand and an injury to his right eye after he and a companion exploded a one-1 pound bomb which they found on the army's practice range near Horse Ridge last Wednes day. ! Stale Officer Glen Ray, who conducted the investlgaliom said the boys had exploded some of the bombs by use of a string and an Iron bolt. How ever, one bomb exploded pre maturely causing injuries to Johnson which were described by hospital attendants as "crhV ical." Johnson's companion was not Injured. 291