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An average yield of 35 bush
cl an acre is expected from
Union county's 48.000 acres of
wheat, with some few farms
bringing in SO to 60 bushels an
acre, the county agent's office
announced today.
The condition of the wheat,
owing to hery spring rains, is
good, with a loan value of
' $1,283 per bushel for No. 1
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LA GRANDE, OREGON TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 194,")
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WASHINGTON, July 10
, (UP) ! The agriculture de
partment; today forecast a
IMS corn cron of 2,68:,328,-
000 bushels. This would com
pare with 1914 production of
3,228,361,000 bushels and the
VJ34--I3 average of 2,433,060,
000 bushels.
This first estimate of corn pro-
.1 !.. Iliio unnc U!1K hlisvH 1)11
conditions as of July 1.
The crop reporting board estim
ated land planted in corn at 92,
2211,000 acres, compared with the
1045 goal of 011,008,000 acres.
An average yield of 20.1 bushels
-. an aero was indicated compared
with last year's average of 33.2
bushels.
The wheat crop was estimated
f at another all-time record of
if,l 28,000,000 bushels. Report last
month forecast l.uui.uaz.uuu ou-
shels of wheat, compared with
1044 production of 1,078,047,000
bushels.
The winter wheat crop was in
dicated at 834,180,000 bushels
against the June estimate of 707,
255,000 bushels and a 1944 output
of 764,073,000 bushels.
The spring wheat crop was set
at 294,501,000 bushels. This com
pares with a June estimate of
287,307,000 bushels and the 1944
crop of 314,574,000 bushels.
Two Killed, Eight
Missing in Flood
EASTON, Pa., July 10 (UP)
At least two persons wore killed
and four others were missing to
day as the result of a torrential
storm which lashed a 30-mile
area in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey along the Delaware Tiver.
A series of flash floods followed
in the wake of the two-hour rain
and hail storm last night causing
thousands -of - dollars damage , to
dwellings and crops through the
area.
At Phillipsburg, N. J., four or
more persons were reported miss
ing when a four family frame
dwelling was crushed by a retain
ing wall which tumbled from a
30-foot high embankment during
the downpour.
At Coplay, Pa., John Horbow,
60, of nearby Egypt, was electro
cuted when lightning struck a
transformer at a plant where he
was a night watchman, i
Robert A. Florey, 38, Bethle
hem, Pa., was killed when he
came in contact with a power line
as he attempted to clear a high
way of a fallen tree.
The storm, most severe on rec
ord in the area, washed out a
number of streets and highways.
Electrical service was interrupted
and several communities were in
darkness for hours at a lime.
Qualified Personnel
Will Go.Overseas
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UP)
All qualified army personnel in
this country who have not ser
ved at least six months overseas
will be replaced by next May 1
so they may be given foreign
assignments.
Secretary of War Henry L.
Slimson said the replacements
will tc made by returning veter
ans and others in special cate
gories. The changes will affect
about 400,000 men under 35 who
are now in this country.
The army for several months
has adhered to a policy of giving
overseas assignments to person
nel in this country and replacing
them with veterans. The new
order, however, sets May 1 as
the deadline for the changes.
The order applies with special
emphasis, it was said, to men un
der 35.
Trace Found of
Missing Youth
BILLINGS, Mont., July 10
(UP) Sheriff Herbert Bailey
believed today Montana author
ities may be on the trail of 16-year-old
Lcland Owings of Sher
idan, Wyo circus worker who
has been missing since June 28
when the ATthur Bros, circus
played in Helena
A letter from Mrs. Mary Frry
of Craig received yesterday by
Bailey reported she and her son
had picked up a boy answering
Leland's description near Helena,
June 28.
According to Mrs. Frcy. the
boy gave his name as Bill Fisher
and said he had been working
with a circus. He stayed at the
Frcy home until June 30, she
said, and then look a bus to
Great Falls.
Voice Cracked
LONDON, July 10 (UP)
Frank Sinatra took an editorial
pounding from "Stars and
Stripes" yesterday for raising his
voice against camp shows put on
by the USO and the army special
services. The voice, quoth the
army newspaper, "is hardly an
authority on either military or
workaday show business."
"It is possible Frankie was dis
traught and tired when ho made
his statement," it added. "He had
just finished seven gruelling
weeks overseas during which he
sang several times every day,
and in addition he had granted
an audience to the pope and
wised up his holiness on the
crooning racket, and that taxes
State Will Build
North Powder
Road Shortly
Rejection by the state highway
commissioners of a $7,560 bid for
construction of 4.65 miles of road
from. North Powder to the Baker
county lines docs not mean the
road construction will be passed
up, it was announced here this
afternoon.
The ista'e will complete the
patch and oiling project by force
account, that is, using its own
equipment and employes, rather
than by giving the job to a con
tractor. The only bid received
was too much higher than the
estimate of $5,996.
The road is an important federal-state
secondary highway
which the county maintains, a!
though the- federal-state setup
builds the road, County Engineer
S. B. Morgan said. It follows the
North Powder river and connects
with the Anthony lake-road. Log
hauling has been one of the prin
cipal uses of the road, with the
Oregon Trail Lumber company
at Union as one of the main users.
Highway commissioners
studying bids on the Carlton
timber access road project in
Yamhill county, opened yester
day in Portland. Of seven bid
ders, E. R. Hutchman, Mill City,
was lowest with a bid of $52,792,
on the 1.96 mile project. The
engineer's estimate was $58,016.
Unidentified Woman
Held in Kidnaping
Of Baby in Ohio
MARION, O., July 10 (UP)
Twcnly-nine-year-old P h y 1 i s
Lanmen, Marion, today con
fessed the abduclioi of Jean
Eileen Crevislon.
MARION, O., July 10 (UP)
Uoscoe D, Mczger, grandfather
of kidnaped baby Jean Eileen
Crevislon, said today the family
has received no word of the in
fant's whereabouts despite pre
dictions solution of the case was
imminent.
Mevgor, wholesale grocery ex
ecutive, wearily told a newsman
"there just isn't anything new."
His daughter, the baby's mother,
was taken to her parents' home
immediately after the kidnaping
Sunday night.
An unidentified woman was
picked up for questioning in Co
lumbus today after Sheriff Leroy
Reterrcr had promised an arrest
"before noon" and the FBI had
said it understood the case had
been solved.
Mrs. Wilbur Snyder
Dies in Portland;
Formerly Lived Here
Mrs. Wilbur Snyder, formerly
of La Grande now of Poitland
died at 6:10 a.m. today in a Port
land hospital following a long
iilness.
She leaves her husband, Wil
bur Snyder of Portland; a son,
Tom Kinzer of La Grande; a
daughter, Mrs. Mary Richter of
Vicksburg. Miss., and a son-in-law.
Lt. Col. Eugene Richter.
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder were in
the auto business in La Grande,
having the Pont iac agency before
the war.
Funeral services will be at 2:31)
p. in. Thursday. July 12, at Snod
grass Funeial Home. The body
will be brought to La Grande
tonight and burial will be in the
Masonic cemetery.
M r,,i unH Hre iii.iii.r re
cently returned from the south
Pacific, are at the Kinzer home in
La Grande.
Smother
Capital's
Defenses.
GUAM, July 10 (UP)
More than 1,200 American
army and navy planes, backed
by the greatest naval armada
afloat, are smashing at Tokyo
and a broad stretch of the
Japanese coast late today af
ter eight hours of sustained
bombardment that smothered
enemy defenses.
Counting some 500 lo 550 Su
perfortresses that set five Honshu
war centers ablaze before dawn,
almost 1,800 American warplanes
were over the Japanese home
land. Near Capital
Standing perhaps 200 miles off
Tokyo bay throughout the as
sault were scores of American
carriers, battleships, cruisers and
the lesser craft of Vicc-Admiral
John S. McCain's task force 38
the fighting spearhead of Admir
al William F. (Bull) Halscy's U.
S. third fleet.
Tokyo said the American fleet
was southeast of the capital and
included 10 aircraft carriers.
They broke radio silence con
tinually in a bold challenge to
the remnants of. Japan's air and
sea forces to come out and fight.
But fleet dispatches said thus far
not a single enemy plane or ship
had been sighted.
Up and Down
Racing westward under forced
draft, the carriers pulled within
striking distance of Tokyo before
daybreak and sent the first of
their, 1,000 bombers and fighters
roaring over the capital a few.
minutes after-6 a.m.-
Alarmed Japanese broadcasts
said the navy fliers were ranging
up and down the east coast of
Honshu on all sides of Tokyo.
The Japanese said a third
American striking force compris
ing 30 Liberators, 30 Mitchell
medium bombers and about 70
fighters sliuck from Okinawa at
Targets in western Kyushu.
Fire Guides
Around mid-day, the enemy
reported another 100 army Mus
tang fighters, accompanied by
"several" B-29s joined in the
navy strike by attacking shipping
one! shore installations in the
Osaka-Kobe area southwest of
Tokyo.
They were guided into the
enemy shores by the light of
huge fires claping through five
Japanese cities-, where a force of
500 to 550 B-29 Superfortresses
had unloaded 3,500 Ions of de
molition and incendiary bombs
shortly before daybreak.
McGee Gets Six
Months in Jail
FORT DEVENS, Mass., July
10 (UP) Pvt. Joseph V. Mc
Gee, 25, of Worcester, who served
a jail sentence for slapping nine
nazi prisoners, was sentenced to
day to six months in jail at hard
labor for being AWOL the third
tune in six weeks.
Maj. Frank Reeder, president
of the special court martial, an
only 10 minutes. It ruled also
only 10 minutes. It rulid also
that during the six months Mc
Gee must forfeit .$.')5 a month out
of his pay.
McGcc received national atten
tion as a "bemedaled hero" who
was jailed because he slapped
nine German prisoners of war in
France. His two-year jail sent
ence was commuted recently.
Water Still Seems
Hut Soap Goes Way
Of Sugar, Steak.
By United Press
If the corner grocer is looking
more harried than uual of late,
it's safe to assume a shortage of
soap, latest item on the list o(
waitlmc unobtainable:, is to
blame.
In virtually every city' in the-
country, supplies of package soaps
and the better-known bar seaps
have virtually disappeared, a
United Press survey discloses.
Less popular brands, however,
usually are available.
Many felt deceased production
because of a scarcity of Hts and
oils was a factor. Others said
rumors of rationing actually had
created the shortage.
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MARINES HOLD FIRE AS JAPS SURRENDER Marine rifle
man signals his companions to hold their fire as a Japanese soldier
emerges from a cave on Okinawa. Persuaded by a smoke grenade,
the occupants of the hideout surrender to the leathernecks, adding
lo the large bag of prisoners taken in this island campaign.
County Officially
Over Quota in War
Loan Campaign
Although Union county was
'over the top' in the seventh war
bond drive more than a week
ago, the official announcement
of the standing of the county was
not announced until today when
E. C. Sammons, state war fund
committee chairman, declared E
bonds sold. here. and..rvportcd by
the treasury banks to state head
quarters now total $771,266. E
bond quota was $741,000 .
Union is one of only eight
counties in the state which have
thus far exceeded their quota of
E bonds in official reports, al
though unofficially and actually
others have reached their goal:..
The other seven counties over
are Harney, Clackamas. Klamath,
Evikr, Hood River,. Wisco and
Washington.
Quotas were exceeded in every
phase of the drive hero including
corporation and prsonal sales.
Although further corporation
sales were not officially reported
they had brought total purchases
up to more than $1,150,000. Coun
ty quota was $064,000.
"I want to compliment W. C.
Perkins (county chairman) and
all the volunteers of Union coun
ty for having done sucli an out
standing job on the campaign,"
Mr. Sammons telephoned the
Evening Observer from Portland
this morning.
Truman Enroule lo
Historic Meeting
ON THE ATLANTIC WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMAN, July 10
(UP) President Truman today
was aboard an American warship
in mid-Atlantic bound for Europe
and his meeting at Potsdam, Ger
many, next week with Prime
Minister Winston Churchill and
Generalissimo Josef Stalin.
As his powerful fighting ship
drove through unusually placid
Atlantic waters, the president
held continuous conferences with
two of his top international ad
visers Secretary of State James
F. Byrnes and Fleet Adm. Wil
liam D. Leahy, chief of staff to
the president.
A Washington soap maker at
tributed the situation to "a short
age of fats and oils and an nver
supply of government regula
tions." Cake sales were estimated at
one-fouith and these of granu
lated and flake soaps al emc half
of last year in Detroit, when- a
swollen population put an addi
tional strain on existing supplies.
Laundries reported s Q in c in-crease-d
business, be'cause wash
women were telling their cus
tomers, "No so;ip no clothe s."
Dealers in Denver, Cleveland,
Atlanta. Columbus and Kansas
City all reported a stampede to
the soap counters. The soap-run
eased, they added, when the "I
fice of price administration an
nounced it had no immediate
plans or rationing. '
Chickens Hop On No
Feet On This Road
PORTLAND, July 10 (UP)
State highway commissioners
agree perfectly with Bend
farmers chickens stuck in road
oil can't scratch a living for
themselves and can't help much
in the war effort.
So, at their meeting here late
Monday, they agreed to join
with the city of Bend in clean
ing up spilled road oil which
leaked from a tank car and
flooded private property.
Cherry Growers
To Seek Raise
In Wage Ceiling
At a meeting of cherry grow
er's associations last night, it was
decided to apply to the war food
administration for an increase in
the wage ceiling for picking. The
Pumpkin Ridge Cooperative
Cherry Growers' association will
apply for a ceiling price of 3V4
cents a pound, an increase of 'A
cent over the rate last year.
Prices askeel on applications from
other associations are not yet
known.
While it is still too early to de
termine .accurately, picking on
Royal Annes is tentatively sched
uled for the last week of July.
Picking on Bings will start ap
proximately 10 days later.
About 500 tons of cherries are
expected to go through the asso
ciation this year, while Cove's
association estimates a harvest of
from 350 lo 400 tons.
Police Free Girl;
Shot Hoy Friend
I.OS ANGELES, July 10 (UP)
Police today released 27-year-old
Rita Powers Clements, reel
haired Detroit war worker ex
onerated by a coroner's jury for
the "accidental" killing of her
truck driver sweetheart, Thomas
Gibbons, 39.
Miss Clements, who came here
from Detroit to marry Gibbons,
was carried from the inquest
chamber by detectives after
fainting during early testimony
that she accidently shot him with
an "unloaded" gun when he
leased her by biting her neck.
Plentiful
Representatives of the two
largest soap-producers said they
arc mainlainiru! normal opera
tions. They deplored the well
known "vicious circle" which they
said starts with rumors of ration
ing, followed by hoarding, and
finally the need for rationing.
Liquid seiaps were appearing on
the market for the first time in
many cities and dealers did a icc
ord business in tie-in sales, frown
ed on by the OI'A.
The Lincoln Neb. Journal print
ed a standard recipe for home
made soap on its women's page.
In Omaha the wife of a chain
store manager peistponed her
washing a week because she
didn't have laundry soap. Oilier
housewives began using less-
scarce toilet soap for laundry and
dishe3.
Grew Warns of
Listening to
Peace Feelers
Says Japan Has
Not Offered
To Quit
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UP)
Acting Secretary of State Jo
seph C. Grew, denying Japan has
offered to surrender, said today
the enemy is attempting lo split
the allies by provoking public
discussion of Pacific surrender
terms. '
Ho denied for the third time
in recent weeks Japan has made
conditional surrender offers
"either through official or un
official channels."
Feelers, However
But in a. surprise statement
warning against a relaxation of
the allies' unconditional surren
der demand, Grew acknowledged
many "alleged peace feelers" on
the part of the Japanese have
been reported to this government
through indirect channels.
Itemizing some of these "feel
ers," Grew said they are "famil
iar weapons of psychological war
fare" being tossed into the battle
now the enemy's military posi
tion is deteriorating and the
plight of Japanese civilians is be
coming more critical. a
Ho said "conversations relating
to peace" have been reported to
the slate department from vari
ous parts of the world.
No Offer
"But," he emphasized, "In no
case has' an approach been made
to this government, directly or
indirectly, by a person who could
establish his authority to speak
for the Japanese government, and
in no east hB an "offer'of sur
render been made. ""
"In no case has this govern
ment been presented with a
statement purporting to define
the basis upon which, the Jap
anese government would be pro
pared to conclude peace."
Grew cited one occasion when
"leading Japanese industrialists"
and he emphasized the quota
tion marks around this phrase
were reported as eager to know
"the best possible conditions."
"Intimated"
Grew cited an instance in
which a member of a Japanese
mission to a neutral country "in
timated" to an American citizen,
through a German newspaper
man, "that real American inter
ests in the Far East should lead
the United Slates to abandon un
conditional surrender and pro
pose terms."
"Finally," he said, "an uniden
tified person approached an
American mission in a neutral
coifntry, claiming he had been
authorized (by whom was not
indicated) to approaeh the goav
ernincnt of the neutral country
with a view to persuading the al
lies to drop unconditional sur
rendcr and to propose terms."
Big Three Chiefs
Of Staff Agree On
Governing Reich
BERLIN, July 10 (UP) Chiefs
eif Ihr American, Kussian and
British occupation force's nvl to
day and agreed upon the iintno
diale establishment of an inter
allied governing authority lo
direct the joint administration of
Berlin.
An official announcement of
the agreement was issue.'d after a
confe'irncc e,f big three lcarlers.
Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov ol
Russia, LI. Gen. Lucius Clay of
the United States and 1,1. (Jen.
Sir Ronald Weeks of Jirilain
we-ie- Ihe ceinforercs. Zhukov prc
sielrd. They decided to establish at
once tin' mixe d governing author
ity "to direct joint ly the admin
istration of greater Berlin under
the interallied agreement on con
trol machinery in Germany."
"A satisfactory arrangement
was made tei meet the immediate
pretble?ms ef food supply for ll.e
civil population eif Berlin on the i
I
sis ol e-ontiiliution from all the
zones of nevitpalion,'
anounevmeiil said.
the official
SPECIALISTS ARRIVE
BERLIN, July 10 (UP) An tin
usually large number of trans
port planes swarmed through the
skies over Berlin today, giving
rise lo the assumption the van
guard of specialist and import
ant personalities were arriving
for the Big Three meeting.
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Follet Family Has
Quota of Accidents
The Jesse Follet family of
dents for a long time, if the law
on to work, because at the rate of bunday and Monday they ,
have their share.
Sunday, while Jesse Follet was driving a team, until that:
time placid enough, the horses
of control. They crashed the wagon into the lence, into the"
corner of the barn, then into a hay rake, circled the area','
several times and finally tore into the timber, throwing Fol-;"
let from the wagon, severely bruising him and dislocating?
his right shoulder.
Yesterday his son, George
bone when thrown from a bucking . horse, and is now in
Grande Rondo hospital receiving treatment.
There was a bright spot in the weekend however, that be
ing the arrival at the parental home of Warren Follet with'
his new bride. He was recently discharged from the navy
because of injuries. ' ,
Laws of Arrest
Explained to
Police School
FBI Agent Talks
On Telephone
Courtesy
Cilcuit Court Judge R. J.
Green, principal speaker yester
day at the first day of La
Grande's five - day ' FBI police
school, lectured on the Oregon
laws of arrest, dealing with ar
rests with and without wai rants
in misdemeanors and felonies.
"An officer," he stated, "may
make "misdemeanor'1 arrests''Sun
days in only three cases: when a
warrant has been issued, when
the offense has been committed
in the officer's presence, or when
a telegram has been received
fiom officers in another county
instructing the arrest of a speci
fic individual. . Arrests for fel
onies may be made at any time."
Must Help
Judge Green defined a mis
demeanor as an offense punish
able by cither fine or imprison
ment in the county jail, and a
felony as an offense punishable
by imprisonment in the state peni
tenliary. "Whim an officer requests aid
of a citizen in making an arrest,"
he continued, "it is a misdemean
or for the citizen lo refuse to
give the requested aid."
Customers
"When an officer reeiucsls aid
of a citizen in making an arrest,"
he continued, "it is a misde
meanor for the citizen to refuse
lo give the requested aid."
Customers
Resident Agent Mill. shall I.
liarne's preceded Judge Green
yesterday, explaining the school
schedule and introducing Instruc
tors. He lectured on police cour
tesy and telephone couitesy, com
puting taxpayer-police relations
not as an employer to employe,
but as a customer to a store
owner. Session today was opened with
lectures on interviews and report
writing, given oy Special Agent
Howard B. Patterson, followed by
a class In defense tactics given
by Special Agent Max E. Taylor.
Drilling to Start
A ug. 1 On Oil Well
Drilling on the as yet un-named
oil well, located two miles north
of Hot Lake', will start about the
first part of August, Hugh Berry,
vice - president of the Grande
itoneic (JH anel Gas company, an
nouncer! inrl.-iv
i !-'m:iiir'inir nf II, n ir,.ll ult.i'lnl
Somi'time last year, should be
completed by then, Berry stated,
and the lotary drill equipment,
now being checked at Union, will
have been transferred lo the well
site. 29 Crewmen Lost
On Brazil Vessel
HIO 1)K JANEIRO, July 10
(UP) The ministry of marine
said loilay at least 201 out of 427
BraMian crewmen perished in Ihe
sinking of the cruiser Bahia
which apparently struck a mine.
The death toll was at first re
! leased as 395,
but a ministry of
marine communique last night
said 33 survivors had been picked
up by the British freighter Balfc
Mid that 100 more had landed in
the island of Fernando Noronha.
Elgin shouldn't have any acci-','
ol averages can be dependea
became terrified and got out "
Follet, received a broken collar
Six Districts Vote
On Consolidation
Withlmbler
Consolidation of six elementary'1
school districts with the Imblcr
district was voted upon at a spe
cial election at 2 p. m. today.
The election, the results of
which may not be known for two .
days, was held in the following
school districts: Summervillc,
Pleasant Grofc, Dry Creek,
Pumpkin Ridge, Alicel, Willow
Creek, arid Tmbler.
It the measure is passed, the;'
six districts win be incorporated
in the Imblcr district, meeting
in the school house there.
Ford Asks Respect
For Restricted
Parking Districts
Unless motorists cooperate in"
l he futulo in respect of observa
tion of the city s restricted dis-;,
tricts, strict enforcement of the
one hour parking limit will be
started, Ed Ford, city manager,
announced today.
Owing to the shortage of help
Ford said, the city has not been"
enforcing Ihe one hour parking!
limit on Adams avenue. NumcrJ
ous complaints have been ro-J
etived about employes of busi-i
ness houses parking all day in)
the restricted district. There haa
also been abuse of the loading
zone areas, he stated. The work1
crs are asked to park their cars
on side streets during business'
hours.
"Wo also wish lo notify tho
children that it is very dangerous
lo rido two on a bicycle and 'also
that riding on the viaduct and
city sidewalks is prohibited," ho
staled. . 1
State Judges Fund i
Increases $10,000
SALEM, July 10 (UP) The
slate judges retirement fund has
increased nearly $10,000 during
the past year, State Treasurer
Leslie M. Scolt leported herd
Monday.
The fund, erealeel by the 1043
legislature, now has $28,010.54,
compared to $18,004.33 last year,
anel the original $10,000 apprd
prialion. The fund is maintained
oy transfers from the general
fund, withholdings from judges
salaries and income from invest-'
menls. (("
All but a small portion, $885.35,
is invested in U. S. government
securities, Scott said.
Dr. Gage Renins
As OPA Director
PORTLAND, July 10 (UP)
Re signalion of Dr. Daniel D.
Gage, Portland district OPA cent
director, said Gags is to leave
Aug. 1 to return to his post at
Eugene, where for 13 years ho
was connected with the teaching
staff of the University of Oregon
school of business administration,
No successor to Gage has been
named. "'
Weather r
Data for 24 hours to 7 a.m.
Temperature:
Maximum 97
Minimum : 60
Forecast: Clear tonight aid
Wednesday. Not much change in
temperature.