La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 18, 1945, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Texti SECEj Claire Edward McManui. coxswain, of 1620 Washington street, aboard the USS John Land in the Pacific, has helped this navy transport pile up an enviable record during her first year in the Pacific, carrying nearly 10,000 marines and sol dicrs into action in invasions from Saipan to Iwo Jima. Under the command of Capt Frederick A. Graf, USN, of Bick ncll, Ind., the ship has partici pated in actions at Tinian, Pole- liu, Leyte, Luzon- and in every major campaign in the central Pacific, landing troops and sup plies while mortar and artillery shells burst around her. . It was a boat from the Land that carried Gen. of the Army Douglas MacArthur ashore at Leyte, where Gen. MacArthur made his now historic I have re turned" speech to the Philippine people. During the assault phase of operations the Land handled cas ualties and her medical depart ment's mortality rate was less than 1.5 percent of several hun dred wounded handled. ' Between operations, the Land's crew stages amateur theatricals and "smokers" for visitors. Hal C. Carter, son of Mi. and Mrs. Harry Car ter of La Grande, is in the group of Oregon ground technicians and airmen of the IHlh AAF's Bomber Barons Liberator group which has been awarded two distin guished unit citations. Carter has been in the army three years and has served almost continu ously in the south Pacific area. Granada A Cute Trick gels a trick 'shot' of n murder before, it happens and then she becomes The Picture of the Week in the Rogues Gallery! Double Exposure Starring Chester Nancy Morris , Kelly Jane Farrer Phillip Terry Added "POP-PIE "HLUE W1NNEHS" ALA MODE" What Makes a Swim Champ" PARAMOUNT NEWS Ml I U tl I M 1 fTT n ni rnti DAY nrrrDc KXTBA V ' THE MOST HIIARIOUS ASiS I f(,S , ..'SLIGHT SINCE 'THE $2"' k sISi.wo e N'i v .;; " ) I Jj 4. The uproarious ' 4fk " j jJ lowdown on 3 y;.y' J luscious love- V t'W-' V'tVjfk their eyes on Today We Pay -Tribute to o2 Ni.lnn M. Youne. fire con- trolnian third class on an at tack transport, who is tne son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Younir. 2908 Spruce street, La Grande. lli was Imrn Jan. 31. 102.') at Alicel, attended Greenwood elementary and La Grande hiL'h school. He entered me navy .Inly, 194.'). On Oct 17, 1943. ne niarnen Miss Vivian Kami of La Grande, who is at present in California. Boat Fire Leaves 16 Seriously Hurt POUT EDWARD, Ont., July 18 (UP) At least 10 persons wore reported in a serious contrition today as a result of the fire which burned the liner Humonic to the waterline in the St. Clair river yesterday. Some 200 others were treated for injuries, most of thorn light. All of the 397 persons on board escaped death. TODAY and THURSDAY Today Thru Saturday .Ml , ..avt:. v M-G-M Ao' ' V flCTURE' 3 nil l n AJf 'V-' ..I (11 ! 1 ?tjyr V Charley Barret Beats Old Mates With Nine Hits Cards Cut Down Cub Lead; Indians Top Red Sox By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, July 18 (UP) The rollicking Red Birds of St. Louis, who like mountain music almost as well as baseball, found a "tailor-made" candidate for their current gas-house gang when singer-pitcher Charley Barrett moved over from the Boston Braves. To be sure they lost a talent ed gas-houser in Mort Cooper, who was able to give renditions of such Cardinal hill-billy favor ites as. "Willie, My Toes Are Cold" and "The Chill On the Hill." Leader But if Billy Southworth, the doughty Cardinal pilot, had made a house-to-h'ouse canvass of every player in baseball , he probably couldn't have found one that fit ted in better with the spirited, hard-driving and fun-loving play ers on his ciub than "Red" Bar rett. The talkative "barber" has be come the Caridnal cheer-leader, needling opponets both when he is pitching and when he is lolling in the dugout. On top of that he has become the club's top pitch er with nine victories and three defeats since joining them late in May. Yet he was supposed to have been merely the premium in the big cash transaction for Coop or, because his record of nine wins against 16 losses with the Braves in 1944 should have led no one to believe he would de velop into a big winner. Beats Braves Although Cooper, meanwhile, has compiled a fine percentage record of eight wins and one loss, he also has acquired arm trouble and hasn t started a game since June 7. So all around the Cards figure to have profited. They let the juke box boom out in his honor last night because he finally got a chance to beat his ex-mates, 3 to 2, with a work manlike nine-hit job for his 12th victory of the season. It was the first time that Barrett's turn to start had come during a Brave scries and he took advantage of the situation with some brilliant pinch-hitting. The Cardinal victory reduced the lead of . the Cubs to three games because of their 2 to 1 loss to the Giants at Chicago. Bill Voiselle outpitched Paul Erick son in a duel in which each gave up five hits. Sox Lose The Dodgers broke Nick Slrinccvich's winning streak at six straight games with a 5 to 2 night victory over the Pirates at Pittsburgh. H.ll Gregg gained the Dodger victory, his 11th. Rookie Dick Mauney outpitched veteran Joe Bowman to give the Phils a 3 to 1 victory over the Reds. Mauney gave up three hits while Bowman yielded only four. Steve Gromek won his 11th game of the season at Boston as the Indians topped the Rod Sox, 0 to 1, behind his nine-hit pitch ing. He had a shutout going into the ninth when Johnny Lazor spoiled it with a homer. He is sued no walks and struck out six. All other American league games wore rained out. COWBOY ACTOR D'ES HOLLYWOOD, July 18 Ad ilison Randall, cowboy actor and husband of actress Barbara Ben nett, who was killed when he fell from a horse during a motion pie lure scene, will he buried to morrow at Forest Lawn Memor ial park. La Grande FAIR GROUNDS Friday JULY Performances at 3 & 8 P.M. Doors Open & 7 P.M. merico's Newest B'g Show Tho HiaMEB.T-CI.AS9 RAILROAD CIRCUS ON EARTH, P..,.ng ,N OVERWHELMING lYvOf . NCONCflVAeiY MAGNI'lCENt NEW :EMust hopucucn.'om) the vOSiOS 'OSEK'OST ACTS S'S T!5T Wv,),nJ The Bldint CRIST1ANI9 I Tickets on Sale Circus Dav at UK S.MAN DRUG IU 27 TODAY SPORTi By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent By JACK CUDDY NEW YORK, July 18 (UP) When baby-faced Tony Janiro climbed down from Madison Square Garden's ring on the night of March 9, a bespectacled, gray haired man greeted him at the bottom of the steps, shook his hand warmly and congratulated him upon his masterly perform ance in beating Monte Pignatore in the six-round semi-final. Photographers snapped the pic ture of this congratulation, but everyone near the ring steps seemed to be paying more atten tion to the bespectacled man than to Janiro. This turn of affairs puzzled the 18-year-old welter weight from Youngstown, O. Vice Presida.il In the dressing room, Janiro asked Frankie Jacobs, his man ager, "Who was that man who shook my. hand when I came down from the ring?" Jacobs replied, "Why that was Harry Truman, the vice presi dent." Somewhat awed, Janiro mut tered, "Imagine that the vice president of Madison Square Gar den shakes my hand." Manager Jacobs exploded, "Madison Square Garden hell! He's vice president of the United Stales." Attractive And that's the way things have been happening to baby-faced Janiro. He's such a nice, clean looking kid with his fair skin and curly brown hair and such a brilliant boxer, that the very best people are attracted to him in droves, in hundreds, in thou sands. In fact, there'll probably be more than 10,000 fans and a gate of more than $70,000 at Madison Square Garden Friday night when the peach-fuzzed pugilist makes his most important bid for national recognition in an eight round main event against hard hitting Johnny Greco of Mont real. Meets Greco Because of this crowd and gate and the lucky train of events since he turned professional 12 months ago, Young Janiro re. gards the world as a lovely, gold en paradise. Nothing could be finer than his current existence winning friends and fame and "frogskins" by tossing leather. He loves to fight, and he is re markably proficient. He lost but one of 40 professional encount ters, and later reversed that deci sion. Betting men have made Greco a 13-10 favorite because of his five years experience and because of his punch. They realize young Janiro has advantages of speed and skill; but they know he will be facing a Greco who is desper ately determined to win to re deem himself after his last un satisfactory appearance at the Garden when he became "sick to the stomach" and lost to Bobby Ruffin. Portland Likely To Stay In First And Stars Trail By United Press Changes in the present order of Pacific coast league baseball teams during the next week of play arc expected, but with two exceptions. The only changes not expected to occur involved the first place Portland Beavers and last-place Hollywood. These two teams are currently playing each other in the Rose city, and Portland's superiority in all departments is counted on to increase its lead. Beat Stars Tuesday night the Beavers started out with that idea in mind. They went on a rampage good for IB hits and a 13-3 vic tory over the Stars. In the only other league contest Tuesday nifilit, San Francisco came out of its tailspin long enough to defeat the Rainiers, 3-1, behind the four-hit pitching of lanky Bob Joyce. The victory was Joyce's 21st and protected his honors as the leagues leading hurler. It also was the Seals fifth triumph in their last 17 games, of which Joyce won four and Bob Barthel son tho other. The Suds' defeat increased Portland's lead to four end a half games. 13 Hits Hollywood nudged veteran Ad Liskn for 13 hits but they were good for only three runs. Port land, on the other hand collected 16, amounting to 13 runs. Man aper Marvin Owen's team scored in evcryi nning but tho fifth and seventh. They didn't bat in the '.;ist of tho ninth. Wednesday the revived Oak land Acorns play host to the Pan Diego Padres. Manager Hilly Kaimondi will send Len Clilmore to the mound while Pep per Martin remains undecided about his pitching choice. Los Angeles entertains Sacra mento in a scries that may see the Seraphs continue their bid 'or a first division berth. ThO Si-ilons are now in fourth place ith Los Angeles in sixth. PARADE. JL M-JLTT A 3k I LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER . Phone 600 Complete Local Reports Wednesday, July 18, 1945 Hagg Only Few Steps From 4 Minute Mile By HUBERT UXKULL MALMOE, Sweden, July 18 (UP) Gunder Hagg, Swedish swifty, was less than a half doz en steps today from the "impos sible four minute mile. If he could have picked up just six steps somewhere along the- Ime yesterday as he swept to a new world record of 4:01.4 in beating A r n e Andersson, he could have run the distance, in a time science once insisted was impossible. ' Andersson, who set the previ ous mile mark of 4:01.6 last sum mer, was a distinct favorite when they met on the fast Malmo track. It was here that Anders son ran his record race on July 18, 1944, but he never had ' a chance against Hagg yesterday. SURPRISING Victory by the gaunt haber dashery salesman was all the more surprising because of his mediocre showing last spring in an indoor tour of the United States when he failed to win a race and ran all of them in poor time. After his failure in America, track and field experts figured he was through and that Anders son, the Swedish schoolmaster, would replace him as the only living human who had a chance to break the mile mark. Baseball Standings By United Press NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. Chicago 48 30 .615 St. Louis 46 34 .575 Brooklyn .....46 35 .568 Pittsburgh 1.41 39 .513 New York 43 41 .512 Boston 39 41 .488 Cincinnati 37 39 .487 Philadelphia 22 63 .259 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 44 32 .579 Washington 40 34 .541 New York 41 36 .532 Boston . 41 37 .562 Chicago 40 39 .506 St. Louis 37 38 .493 Cleveland 37 39 .487 Philadelphia 26 51 .338 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Portland - 67 41 .620 Seattle 62 45 .579 Sacramento 54 53 .505 San Francisco 54 55 .495 Oakland 52 55 .486 Los Angeles 48 58 .453 San Diego 49 60 .450 Hollywood 45 64 .413 FAMOUS FOR FIRSTS Besides being the home of the Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia was America's first scat of government, saw the making of the first American flag, had the first navy yard, and had the first mint. Glad . refreshment time for the younger set Wherever the gang get together, those friendly words Hi a Coke play a big part in the fun and refreehment. Whether it's served from the fimily refrigerator or from a bucket of ice down at the pier, Coca-Cola draws a stnile from everyone. Be sure to keep a supply of Coca-Cola on hand. lOtTUO UHDU AUtHOlltT Of tHI COCA-COIA COMPANY IT COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.. La Grande. Oregon PORTS Page 6 The race renewed for the sea son an intense two-year rivalry that began in 1943 when Hagg was making his first American tour. Almost at the time that he was setting a new American rec ord of 5:05.3 at Cambridge, Mass., Andersson, a previously obscure schoolteacher, set the new world mark of 4:02.6 in Sweden. That eclipsed Hagg's mark of 4:04.6, set in 1942 and established the rivalry. . Hold Monopoly The Swedes ran at various distances during the next season and Andersson again lowered the mile mark with a mark of 4:01.6. . Sweden has had a monopoly on mile honors since Hagg took the mark' away from Sidney Wooderson of England with a 4:06.2 mile in 1942. Later that same year he reduced it to 4:04.6. Glen Cunningham, the Ameri can running star from the Uni versity of Kansas, held the mile mark from 1934 to 1937 at 406.8. THROW AWAY THAT Old Hat You've Been Wearing! Put on a New Straw Hat Feel cooler, better dressed and more comfortable in a porous, air conditioned hat during- hot days ahead. We have many smart styles to show you. They're reason ably priced, too! $2.65 up TROTTER'S you drifted over . . . Have i? Tom Malloy Upsets Behrens At Net RIVER FOREST, 111., July 18 (UP) Seventh-seeded Tom Mal loy, Panama City, Fla., today enters the semifinal junior men's matches of the River Forest open tennis tournament, after his un expected dafeet of third-seeded Buddy Behrens, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 6-4, 7-9, 6-4. Behrens was the national boys' champion last year. Other favorites advanced to the semi-finals yesterday were top-seeded Bernard Bartzen, San angelo, Tex., who beat Hugh Stewart, San Marino, Calif., sixth-seeded, 6-1, 6-3, and Her bert Flam, Beverly Hills, Calif., seeded No. 2, who defeated Ed Davis, Baton Rouge, La., 6-2, 6-2. A gizzly bear can outrun a horse in a 100-yard dash. Chances Are You- Won't Get New Tires for a Long Time to Cornel HERE ARE THE FACTSi It is true that more new tire are being allocated but only most essential "B" and "0" card holders are getting them. "A" card holder axe not eligible. You can keep your oar rolling by recapping your tires now the Firestone way. lf Your Tires Conn- Qut on in and let Us Help fi .rtifieat. for the FtR'VplON Perkins OPPOSITE POST OFFICE m -6 )US Tlx C-C Union VFW Will Install Officers, Receive Charter Officers will be installed and charter presented at -8 p.m. to day at an open meeting of Un ion's new Veterans of Foreign Wars post, it was announced to day. The post, named Crag Mountain post, was organized June 27 by Earl Culver, representative of departmental ti e,a d quarers in Portland. Meetings will be held. the second and fourth Mondays of each month in the Legion hall. CONTINUOUS CIRCUIT Rivers, glaciers and clouds con stantly are pouring water into the sea almost as fast as it is be ing taken out by the sun through evaporation. Get Tinstone factory. 31 E T II O D ' RECAPPING (Bt?- Other Sixes Proportionately Lew Firestone recapping, alone, gives your tires the famous BoLuxe Champion Gear -Grip Tread for extra safety, extra traction and longer mileage. Prompt Service ooeaoped, Come Motor Co. Phone 500 a Coke Coke'.Coca-Coli You mturally fcenr Ce-COla called by iu frkndly rrn.- I Coke . Both man the qiaty pm J uct of The Coc-Col Compny. Co..