OUR MEN AND WOMEN
1 life
Pfc. Marvin E. Twidwell
has been transferred from Cump
Shanks, N. Y., to Baxter General
hospital. He was wounded in
Germany April 28, in action with
the field artillery.
He expects to bo home next
week on a convalescent furlough.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Twidwell. A brother, James,
is with the army in the Aleu
tians, another brother, Wilford,
was lost in action a year ago, and
a brolher-in-lw," Aldon Quinlan,
is with the seabecs in the Pacific
area.
Cpl. Gail Malhows,
U. S. marine corps, who has been
at San Diego, is home on fur
lough visiting his patents, Mr.
and Mrs. Noah Mathews, before
reporting for duty at Cherry
Point, Va.
Pfc. Maxine Peterson
is spending her furlough in La
Grande with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Peterson. She made
Ihe trip from Westovcr field to
Uoisc, Idaho, with friends ,who
ware driving, and cumc Ihe rest
of the way by train.
She will return to Massachu
setts at the conclusion of her fur
lough, to resume her duties as
flight control operator.
Lt. Robert C. Sponcer,
son of Mr. and Mis. Hoy Spencer,
Hf'D, La Grande, who was
wounded in action in the Philip
pines, has been transferred from
San Francisco to Baxter General
hospital in Spokane.
Lieutenant Spencer telephoned
his parents recently and stated
that he expected to be home soon
on a convalescent furlough.
Hex Wall,
machinists mate first class, has
received a medical discharge
from the navy after 34 months
action in the Pacific. He has
been hospitalized at the national
naval medical center, near Wash
ington, D. C, since March 1.
He has gone to Boston to visit
frionds and enrouto here will
slop for a few days with Ray
McFarland who is stationed near
Chicago. ,
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Wall, expect him to arrive here
between- the lUth and 20th of
this month.
Capt. William J. Smith
has been awarded the bronze star
modal for meritorious service in
participation in the campaigns in
Germany.
His army position is military
"government officer attached to
417th infantry regiment.
Captain Smith is the husband
of Mrs. Helen E. Smith, 214
Eighth street, Pendleton.
Mrs. Jay Ro:dor
has received from her son, Or
ville Malheson, a German rifle,
bayonet, cartridge packs, belt,
trousers, blouse, sword and nazi
insignia.
Mallieson. driver of an auto
weapon truck, was with General
Ration's third army in Germany
and is now with the ary of oecu
' pation in Munich, lie has been
in Ihe army more than two years,
and overseas almost a year.
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P.
S Sgi. Dallas Suydam
has been granted n medical dis
charge from the army and is now
at his homa in La Grande. He
entered the army more than three
years ago,, being stationed in
Texas most of that time. Prior to
his army service he was a truck
driver.
Sgi. Norman Greene,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Greene, is on a 14-day furlough
from Walla Walla air base, and is
at the home of his parents. Ser
geant Greens is a radio operator
and gunner on a B-24 Liberator
bomber. Ho has been in the
army 20 months. Prior to that
lime he attended high .school
here. H,fe furlough terminates
July 17.
Sgi. Harold Mohr.
son of Mr. and Mis. Harry Mohr,
arrived here yesterday, accom
panied by his wife, for a few
days visit at the home of his par
ents, and with his sister, Mrs.
Percy Lowell, and his brother,
William Mohr.
He has recently returned from
111 months service in England
where It was assistant flight
Chi--; in the P-Sl Mustang fight
er group of the lit li air force.
Sgt. Moln- lias received a presi
dential citation and the good con
duct medal. He has been hos
pitalized since May 21.
Sergeant and Mrs. Mohr will
spend the rest of his ,'10-day fur
lough at their home In Burns be
fore he reports to Santa Ana for
reassignment.
Seattle May Have
Shortage of Milk
SEATTLE, July 7 (UP) Seat
tle housewives may find it diffi
cult lo buy milk next fall unless
Ihe ceiling price is boosted one
cent a quart, producers said to
day. ,
A spokesman for the Seattle
Milk Producers' association said
dairymen found it more profit
able to sell their milk to cheese
and butter processors. The asso
ciation asked the OPA for per
mission lo charge distributors an
additional 55 cents a 100 pounds.
Distributors said the increase,
if granted, would be passed along;
lo consumers.
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Retired Fireman
Saves Man's Life
PORTLAND, July 7 (UP) A
retired fire captain, Frank God
frey, who was attending funeral
services for his sister, rescued
Ernest C. Wiley from possible
death when fire broke out in an
adjoining building of the Port
land crematorium yesterday.
Wiley, a gardner, was hospital
ized for second degree burns and
a possible leg fracture.
According to investigators, Wi
ley had run into the building a
combination workshop, garage
and living quarters to save his
belongings. Apparently over
come by smoke, he fell down
stairs into the lower part of the
enrage, where Godfrey found
him.
Origin of the fire had not been
determined.
HIGHWAY BOARD TO MEET
! SALEM, July 7 (UP) Month
j ly meeting of Ihe Oregon slate
! highway commission will be held
in Portland Monday. Bids on a
nnnil ,-r of small loutine projects
will be opened.
FUST I VAL OF THRILLS
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TENTED FAIRYLAND
Today We Pay
Tribute to
John Peter Paxton, electri
cians mate third class, who
in nerving in the south Pacific.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. It. Paxlon. 20UH Penn
avenue, m. (irando. He at
tended (ntra: grade school
and La Grande high. Prior
to entering the service .June
7, 19-12, he was employed as
a shipyard worker. .
i ,...niifi hiu basic train
ing at San Diego, and electri
cians scnooi in m. i-nu.
Van Johnson Stars
In New MGM Film
Willi Van Johnson starring in
the title role, and the supporting
cast of favorites and brilliantly
promising young players headed
by Lionel Barrymorc, M-G-M's
"Between Two Women," which
opens Sunday at the Liberty
theater, offers a highly entertain
ing, big boxofficc combination of
sure-fire comedy summons ami
dramatic suspense that marks it
as one of the season's most aus
picious pictures.
Gloria De Haven is cast in her
first dramatic role, as a chorus
girl whose mysterious illness
baffles the medical world.
In addition to Miss De Haven,
Keenan Wynn, Shirley Pattcison
and Tom Trout also lurn in fine
performances in their respective
roles.
Marilyn Maxwell plays the
part of a wealthy welfare worker
in determined romantic pursuit
of Johnson.
Keenan Wynn, as a night club
master of ceremonies gives one
of his smoothest portrayals, with
plenty of outlet for his comedy.
Keys Luke is seen in one of
his favorite roles as a Chinese
doctor. Others in the cast are
prom i s i n g newcomers, Tom
Trout, Malic Blake, Nell Craig,
Walter Kingsford and Alma
Kruger.
"Between Two Women" was
directed by Willis Goldbcck, who
made his debut as a director on
"Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant,"
two years ago in which Van
Johnson started his bid for star
dom. Goldbcck was previously
one of Hollywood's top scenario
writers.
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was just about the holiest spot
in Oregon yesterday, the wea
ther bureau said.
The temperature elimlvd to
degrees, a 1!45 high, and
the hottest since September
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Other hoi spots were Med
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Solons Bid For
Third Place In
Pacific League
Only Simile Game
Behind; Oakland
Pares Lead Also
By JACK DAILEY
Thi. Sneramentn Solons today
bid for third place tie in Pacific
Coast league standings wren incy
face the San Francisco Seals for
the sixth time this week.
Nnui snDaiaicu u.v a amKic
game in Ihe standings, by virtue
of a 7-2 victory over the Seals
last night, the Solons will send
Jim McCarthy to the mound to ;
oppore Manager Lefty O'Douls
rhnieo of Frank Seward. The
scries now stands 4-1 in favor
of the Sacramento club.
Cut Beavers Lead
The Oakland club pared the
Portland Beavers' lead in the
pennant race to Vk games on the
strength of a 6-1 victory behind
Mitchell Chotkovich. Charley
Cuellar of Los Angeles was lust
night's hard luck.hurler when he
limited the Seattle Rainiers to
two hits and still lost the gamo
2-0. San Diego's early lead proved
loo inueh for the Hollywood Stars
and Ihey dropped a !i-4 decision.
The Solons won their game
with a four-run splurge in the
fourth when Ihey bunched three
hits, a walk, an error and a wild
pitch by San Francisco hurlor
Elmer Orclla.
Scoro Runs
The Acorns went into a 3-2
series lead, the, Les Scarsella
Frankie Hawkins combination ac
counted for the first Acorn run
in the fourth when the Oakland
clublicd the score.
Thiee Los Angeles errors and
a couple of hits were all the
Rainiers needed to defeat the An
gels. Seattle's first run came in
the sixth when Bill Lyman walk
ed, stole second and went to
third as Angel catcher Mickey
Kreitner threw the ball into cen
terficld. Lyman scored on Hal
Sueme's fly to center. The Suds
lead the scries 4-1.
The Padres won the game in
the third when they scored four
runs. Dick Gyslman and Lou
Vezelich each batted in two runs
for the winners.
Segura Wins Long
Set; Cooke Forced
To Leave Match
RIVER FOREST, III., July 7
(UP) The winner, of today s
match between top-seeded Wil
liam Talbert, Wilmington, Del.,
and Lt. Hal Surface, of Berry
Field, Nashville, Tenn., will meet
Eeuadorean ace Francisco (Panr
cho) Segura for the national clay
courts singles title.
Segura, defending champion,
reached the final round yester
day after Elwood Cooke, dis
charged navy veteran from Los
Angeles, was overcome with leg
cramps and forced to default in
the second set.
Cooke had battled on even
terms with the South American
star, losing the first set by a phc
nomenal 18-10 score. The set,
which ran for one hour and 20
minutes, was one of the longest
in the history of the meet. Both
players were near exhaustion by
the lime a decision wi s reachd
Segura led 4-;t in the second set
when Cooke dropped out.
Talbert, the nation's second
ranking player, ivaehed the semi
finals yesterday by defeating Ber
nurd liarlzi'ii, San Augelo, Tex.,
(i-2, (i-2, li-l. Tile other contest
ants had completed their uuarlcr
finals assignments Ihe day before.
In the women's division, Mrs.
Sarah Palfrey Cooke, Los Ange
les champion with 37 national
litk-s to her eredtt, won from fel
low C'alifornian Mary Arnold
I li, 8 (i, 7-5, in a semi-final
match.
A women's doubles, leain of
Pauline Hetz, Los Angeles, and
Doris Hart, Miami. Fla., defeated
Itarhara Krase, Los Angeles, and
Dorothy Head, Alameda. Calif.,
It 0, 0-4. in a third-round match
Baseball Standings
By Unilod Press
AMERICAN
LEAGUE
W 1.
41 27
38 30
38 31
35 34
35 30
32 35
... 32 35
2'! 45
Deltoit
Washington .
New York
I Boston
I Chicago . ..
St. I. cm is
I Cleveland ...
I Philadelphia
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W 1, Pet.
42 29 .f.12
39 28 .582
40 30 .571
38 35 .521
38 34 .51 1
34 35 .4')3
32 34 .485
20 34 .'IM
Brooklyn
Chicago
St. Louis
Now York
; Pittsburgh ...
' Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia .
PACtriC COAST LEAGUE
Portland
57 39
. Si' 42
. 47
49 48
48 49
..c
43 53
40 57
.594
.558
.515
.505
.495
.475
.448
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Seattle
San Francisco
Sacramento .
Oakland
San Digeo
Los Angeles ....
Hollywood
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CAN'T ANYTHING STOP HIM? Byron Nelson, like the U. S.
mail, always comes through. Despite heavy rain and the handi
cap of a sprained back. Lord Byron biased to triumph In the Vic
tory national golf tournament, which replaces the historic open
for Ihe duration of the -war. He finished with a 13 under par 275
in taking $10,000 feature at the Calumet club in Chicago.
Lamotta Wins Over
Ohio Welterweight
NEW YORK, July 7 (UP)
Jacob LaMotta, rugged Bronx
middleweight, won a unanimous
10-round decision over Tommy
Bell, rangy young Ohio Negro
welterweight, in Bell's first New
York appearance bcfor-2 8,708
fans at Madison Square Garden
last night.
Bell's Metropolitan debut was
spoiled by the defeat; but he put
up such a fight the fans booed
the decision for five minutes and
he made such a favorable impres
sion that he will be used often at
ihe Garden in the future.
Moose Kennedy Wins
Fifth Round Kayo
' PORTLAND, July 7 (UP)
"Moose" Kennedy, Negro heavy
weight of Vancouver, Wash., last
night scored a fifth round knock
out over George "Kayo" Tracey
of San Francisco, before 1,739
boxing fans in Portland's audi
torium. The bout was a sched
uled 10-roundcr.
The dusky 197-pound shipyard
worker had little trouble in put
ting away his 192-pound San
Francisco opponent. The end
came in 1:42 of the fifth when
Kennedy landed a right cross on
Tracey s jaw.
Traccy, draped over the lower
ropes, gamely tried to get to his
feet but was ountjd out by Ref
eree Ralph Gruman.
By virtue of his victory last
night, Kennedy earned a chance
at a rematch with Sailor Boy Joe
Kahut, who knocked him out in
their lasl meeting here.
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Lou Novikoff For
Sale, Angels Say
To Chicago Story
LOS ANGELES, July 7 (UP)
President Don Stewart of the Los
Angeles Angels admitted today
the Chicago White Sox had of
fered to buy outfielder Lou Novi
koff, but denied they offered any
specific sum.
Stewart said he knew no de
tails of how major league clubs
had tried to claim Novikoff from
the Chicago Cubs, the Angels'
parent team, as reported by the
Chicago Daily News.
The Daily News article re
quested that baseball! commis
sioner Sen. A. B. (Happy) Chand
ler investigate the "Novikoff
deal" by which the player was
"dumped" into the minor leagues
while the White Sox offered $15,-
000 for him.
Stewart said he received the
following tclegilamVast njght
from White Sox vice-president
Harry Grabincr:
"The Chicago club is interested
in the purchase of .Novikoff
I Understand from press that he
will not sign with your club. Ad
vise if you have any reasonable
proposition."
Stewart replied the Angels
. wanted lo keep Novikoff "at
that time, he said.
Novikoff, now batting .310 fo:
the local club, said he would wel
come an investigation.
"I know I could do jusl as well
as some of those other players
now going to the majors," Novi
koff said.
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I NEW YORK. Julv 7 (UP)
a r..nfirijrl hnnm was under-
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way today for Tommy Holmes of
the Braves to win tne waiionai
lonmin's most valuable player
award. Holmes brought the mat
ter to the attention ol aw con
cerned yesterday by breaking
Roger Hornsby s 23-year-om ra
tional league consecutive garr.2
hitting mark, running his string
to 34 games.
Yesterday was nis DiEcesi cay
in the majors. Hitting a double
hie first time un in each same.
he led the Bravos to 14 to 8 and
13 to 5 victories over the Pirates.
In the opener he hit a homer,
double and single to drive in two
runs - and in the afterpiece he
his three straight doubles to
ririvp in four more, rounding out
the day by scoring two runs in
each game. Elmer (Buien) nie-
mnn hit a oranri slam homer to
highlight a six-run rally in the
opener while a reven-run secona
inning sewed up the nightcap.
Brooks Lose
The reign of the league leading
Dodgers was threatened at Brook
lyn when the Cards pounded out
a 15 to 3 victory to cut the mar
gin to one game over the second
place Cubs. First baseman Ray
Sanders paced the la-hit Card
attack with a double and three
singles.
I oilay's Sport Parade
By JACK CUDDY
NEW YORK, July 7 (UP)
For those baseball fans who like
"long shots," -tho Washington
Senators today are a good psycho
logical bet to win the American I
league pennant. Thev are the j
ultimate in long shots because
they finished last in tb 1944
American league campaign. And
'.hey weren't expected to do great
things this year.
But the Senators are shrugging
off tho past and giggling at the
present as they travel through
the west on their latest tour.
They have won 13 of 17 games
since leaving home June 22, and
they aro working on a string' of
six straight victories. They are
in second place, three games be
hind the Detroit Tigers.
Not Expected
This second swing through tho
west was supposed to be tough
for the Senators, who stacked up
against the supposedly powerful
western clubs the Tigers, the
champion Browns, and the Chi
cago White Sox.
The Senators, with nothing ex
pected of them and working un
der no pressure, went into the
west and won two of three at
Detroit, thiee of four at Cleve
land, four straight at Chicago,
and climaxed these triumphs with
two victories over ihe B-ow.ns
last night.
New Power
What has happened'? First,
they have suddenly developed
punch to power their well-balanced
pitching staff. Since leav
ing Griffith stadium, they have
hit nine home runs. Second, Har
land Clift, the Senator third base
man who was considered on the
skids, has gone to town as a pow
er hitter. Since the learn left
home he has added nearly 50
points to his batting average, al
though he still has a mark of
about .229. Third, the Senators
have ben playing in smaller
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The Cubs fattened up at Phila
delphia with 11 to 5 and 5 to 1
wins over the Phillies, making 17
hits in Ihe opener and 15 In the
second.
The Reds, working on a come
back, beat the Giants at New
York, 3 to 2, as Howard Fox out
pitched Van Lingle Mungo.
In the American league the
Senators won both games from
the skidding Browns at St. Louis,
fl to 3 and 5 to 2, to mave within
three games of the leading Tigers.
It was their sixth straight and
their 16th victory in 20 gaWs.
Catcher Rick Ferrell set a new
major league record of 1,722
games by handling the twilight
game, surpassing the 1,721 mark
of Ray Schalk, the old White Sox
catcher.
Tigers Lose
The Yankees downed the
Tigers, 5 to 4, at Detroit, Floyd
Bevcns outpitching Frank (Stub
by) Overmir-3. '
Cleveland extended its win
ning streak to five games by tak
ing both ends of a double bill
from the visiting Red Sox, 3 to
2 and 4 to 2.
The Philadelphia A's handed
Thornton Lee of the While sox
a hard-luck defeat, 1 lo 0, when
Ihey capitalized on the one walk
he issued to score the only run
of the game.
UP Staff Correspondent
parks and have not been sub
jected to an cveiynight diel of
night baseball.
With all of the Senators'
hnucklc-ball (lingers and other
mound artists pitching effective
ly, they have the best pitching
depth in the American league. 1
Three of them have won nine
games each: Dutch Leonard,
Roger Wolff and rookie Marino
Picretli; meanwhile Mickey
Haefncr has won six and Grand
pa John Niggcling after a dis
appointing start has taken two
in a row.
Setting Pace
The Senator infield is clicking,
bolstered by veterans Clift at
third and Joe Kuhel at first, and
pepped up by the improvement
of Fred Vaughan at second and
Gilberto Toires at shortstop.
Their outtield star is George
Care, the stolen base artist who
leads both leagues with 11 thefts.
Case also has moved into the
American batting lead with a
mark of .330. Meanwhile rookie
George Binks shows signs of be
coming as fast as Case on base
paths and had demonstrated a
long-ball punch. Case and Binks
arc setting the pace for hustle
afield.
Gay Dalton Odds-on
Favorite in Race
ARCADIA, Calif., July 7 (UP)
Gay Dalton, thoroughbred idol
of Mexico, goes to the post to
day an odds-on favorite to defeat
10 livals in the $5(l,000-added San
Juan Capislrano, closing day fea
ture, for his first Santa Anita
victory.
The Burt and Denton stretch
tunncr, carrying top weight of
130 pounds, appeared to have a
j distance that suited him perfectly
j in the mile und one-half hnndi-
cap raie.
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