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-7- Weather A Community . Newspaper For Every Member of the Family Data for 24 hours to 7 a.m. Temperature: Maximum 82 Minimum 49 Forecast: Partly cloudy with scattered showers, tonight and Friday, cooler east of Cascades Friday. iTirriui til i nil liti i -! Vafat Willtvt C-taaffai i . . ESTABLISHED 1896 LA GRANDE, OREGON THURDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1945 FIVE CENTS FIT(gS Pioneers Holding Reunion More than 125 pioneer sons and daughters of Union coun ty met for their annual pot luck luncheon and program to day at Riverside park pavil ion. Memorial service for Hattie Proebstel Eckley, charter mem ber of the Union county pioneers and organizer of the sons and daughter group was held, at which Mrs. Edith Curry made the memorial address in which she praised the civic activities of Mrs. Eckley. She reminded the audience the present site of the park is the Proebstel homestead. Beauties of Valley Address of welcome by George T. Cochran was responded to by Grace Wright Powers, daughter of the late Dunham Wright, pio neer of the county. Mrs. Powers again pointed out the beauties and excellence of the Grande Ronoe valley. Cochran, who led the meeting, real a telegram from Walter Pierce, former governor and for mer senator, a valley pioneer, voicing his regrets he could not attend. Jesse Hindman, former ly of the valley, now of Chico, Calif., wrote his greetings to his old friends. ' " Dinner Tonight Members were present from Cove, Alicel, Elgin, Summerville, Island City, Union, La Grande, and from the greatest distance Mrs. Belle Hawley McAllister of Portland. ,,After the formal urogram the i pioneers visited7?rhey will have a. dinner tonight and the histori cal society will meeta nd elect officers. Ed Reynolds who is in Klamath Falls visiting relatives, missed the reunion for the first time in many years. City Will Sell Six Tracts For Taxes July 28 Six tracts of land will be sold for delinquent taxes at the July 28 sale, the city commission de cided last night. The city has liens against tracts 2, 4, and b, but will protect only the liens against tract 4, lot 6, and portion of lot 7, block 25, Predmore's addition, minimum price $120; and tract 6, lots 12, 13, block 21, Predmore's addition, minimum price $190. The commission also passed a resolution to start suit to quiet title for the west 23 feet of lot 25,. and all of lot 26, blick 6, Predmore's addition. Bill presented by C. D. Kclley for 428 street markers, less 10 percent retained, was allowed. M. J. Goss talked to the com mission on the matter of build ing more seats for the Maverick club show to be held this fall at the fairgrounds. J. T. Hood, from the Eastern Oregon Light and Power com pany, explained to the commis sion a plan for a change in the lighting system on Adams ave nue. City manager's report for week ending July 14: General re ceipts, $7,525.14; feeneral dis bursements, $7,797.24; cash on hand, $47,400.80. Water receipts, $1,908.81; water disbursements, $91.78; cash on hand, $4,705.23. Funeral Saturday For William March Funeral services for William March, 71, who died at Portland Wednesday, will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at Snodgrass funer al home. March had gone to Portland about two years Ego to work in the shipyards. Born in Missouri, he had been a resident of Union county for about 35 years. Besides his sis ter, Mrs. Clara Stewart of La Grand, he leaves two brothers, James and Harve, both of La Grande. PACKERS STRIKE " ST. LOUIS, July 19 (UP) Fifteen hundred workers in three St. Louis packing houses went on strike today, further aggravat ing an already serious meat situation. t.Hr rmmmm mmmm mmllmmm mm mmmm mm m mm mm mm mmm mi mmm mm TRUMAN PRESIDES AT FIRST BIG THREE SESSION President Truman presides over the' first full-dress session of the Big Three conference as it got underway with a "preliminary exchange of views on matters requiring decision by the he ads of the three governments." President Truman, with his aides on either side, is seated with back to earner. Premier Stalin and his aides are seated further on right, while Churchill and staff can be seen at left. County Share of School Support Fund $118,607 Union county's share of the $8,000,000 state school support fund is $118,607.06, it was an nounced today by the state de partment of public instruction. Wallowa county's share is $51, 691.81. Suspended districts do not par ticipate in the money received by the counties, nor do districts in which the school tax levy is less than three mills, Miss Ethel Han sen, county superintendent, said. ,., In Advance y' '' , First ..payment will be -made Oct. 15, and will be followed by another Apn; 15. The tabulation has been distributed to 'he coun ties so they will know their share in advance. The apportionment, based on a combination of pupil-days of attendance and the teacher units in each county, amounts to about 19 cents per pupil day, and $257. 54 per teacher unit. The money is derived from state income taxes. The total was raised from $5,000,000 to $8,000,000 by the 1945 legislature. Amounts Money going to each county: Baker $101,606.23; Benton, $142,067.10; Clackamas $476,820.- 95; Clatsop $152,282.56; Columbia, $161,343.58; Coos $215,298.53; Crook $40,710.4.1; Curry $27,999. 43; Deschutes $125,276.36; Doug las $216,209.83; Gilliam $20,963. 52; Grant $46,714.94; Harney $35,405.80; Hood River, $80,556. 63; Jackson $281,821.70; Jeffer son $12,721.40; Josephine $124, 299.33; Klamath $264,155.83; Lake $44,951.03; Lane $564,712.42; Lin coln $96,065.93; Linn $291,999.01; Malheur $160,539.48; Marion $465,614.33; Morrow $37,901.57; Multnomah $2,510,630.72; Polk $160,594.70; Sherman $16,620.69; Tillamook . $85,632.43; Umatilla $220,953.57; Wasco $78,170.02; Washington $330,000.06; Wheeler $20,130.77; Yamhill $218,930.20. Oscar Poarch Makes Nearly Everything of Wood But Hasn't Yet He eventually may have to build a large house to take care of the expanding products of his hobby, but Oscar Poarch, artisan in wood, figures it's worth it. Poarch turns out beautiful specimens of woodworking in his basement shop at 2006 Cedar, shaping the rough pieces of wood on his lathe, and polishing and varnishing the pieces by hand. Some of his products have been given away, several have been sold, but the remainder rest in every available space, under beds, on tables, in boxes, and on shelves, making the house a treasure trove of wooden master piccs. Furnitura Poarch has made every imag inable article from wood, and a few unimaginable, such as a purse for Mrs. Poarch, made of hinged strips of pine. He has of fered (threatened?) to make a hat, too, but Mrs. Poarch is still a littl apprehensive, " although she admits her husband's hobby has come in mighty handy when it comes to such things as nut bowls, flower pot coasters, ash trays, wall shelves, and bud I VFW Officers at Union Installed, Charter Presented Officers were installed and charter was presented last night at the first meeting of Crag Mountain post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Union. Officers installed were: Earl Johnson, commander; Estel Fosey, senior vice - commander; Alfus Mayes, junior vice-commander; Clarence Dobbs, chap lain; William Dobbins, quarter master; Norman Haskell, adjut ant; and Merton Davis, L. D. Harris, and Edward Griggs, trus tees. Death Comes To Mrs. Crouter, Union Resident Mrs. Daniel H. Crouter, 74, of Union, who has been a resident of Union county for 47 years, died at a hospital hero this morn ing after a long illness. A native of Heppner, Ore., she had been a lifelong resident of the state, and was a well known resident of Union. She was a member of the Methodist church there: Funeral services have not been fived until members of the family who live at a distance can be heard from. Besides her husband, she leaves five sons, L. D. ol New York City, Paul of Malta, Mont., Alfred of Union; Daniel of the U. S. ma rines, Robert of Prosscr, Wash.; five daughters, Mrs. B. W. Mackie of Redwood City, Calif., Maude of Astoria, Mrs. Mary Ellis of Pittsburgh, Mrs. R. H. Dunning ton of Aldorwood, Wash., Mrs. M. C Allen of West Inglewood, and Dora ol Union; two brothers, Arch Gcer of Salem and Bert Geer of Marysville, Wash; a sis ter, Musa Geer of Goodnoug Hills, Wash.; 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild. A son, Cmdr. Mark H. Crouter, was killed in action in the south west Pacific. Tried to Make Women's Hats vases. He has made several pieces of furniture too, such as a bed, pine breakfast nook table and bench set, tables, drop leaf tables, cof fee tables, dressing table and bench, and two and thrce-ticred conversation-piece tables. Many Wood Poarch also has made some graceful honey-beige box elder standing lamps, half-sphere can dlestick holders, salad bowls, fruit bowls, picture frames, sew ing baskets, plates, pin-up lamps, and a pine paperweight with a top made from - a thunder egg agate given him by a friend, Ce cil Parsons. He makes most of his products from ponderosa pine, but has sev eral articles marie from tenino mahognay, myrtlewood, (which is grown in only two places in the world tha Holy Land and southwestern Oregon), mtplc, box elder, juniper, South Amer ican maple, California redwood, Honduras mahognay, teakwood, camphorwood, ch'.Try, apple, and Troy walnut. Troy walnut was planted by the first settlers on the Grande Rondc river, who Truman Bargains Supplies Against Aid in Pacific POTSDAM, July 19 (UP) -r President Truman carried into the third big three session today the most potent bargaining stock of the conference billions of dollars of American aid to be balanced against military help in the Pacific. Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill are learning Truman's position in this conference is strictly give and take. An official announcement one of the few pieces of concrete in formation-seeping through the) ifigid censorship revealed Tru man gave an official state dinner tonight. Churchill, Stalin and five representatives of each gov ernment attended. Schedule The big three had established a schedule of regular meetings. The foreign ministers were meet ing daily at 11 a.m. lo prepare the material for the following meeting of Mr. Truman, Stalin, and Churchill. The procedure began Monday with Secretary of Stale James F. Byrnes pre siding and the chairmanship ro tating thereafter. Charles. Ross, While House press secretary, disclosed Gen. Omar N. Bradley was summoned to the conference compound Fri day to discuss his new job as chief of veterans administration with Truman. . . No Goods The president's policy, it can bo revealed, is essentially this: The United States will not pour out its tremendous material wealth without something con ciete in return. It will not under- lake fresh economic burdens without some concessions from the other side. And Truman is completely un interested in concessions invol ving goods or cash because there simply isn't any of either in Europe. brought seedlings of Missouri black walnut with them, planting them at what is now Troy. Prefers Pine Poarch prefers pine not only because it is a native wood, but also because such a variety of colors is found in it: shadings from blue to purple, pink to red. beige to brown-black, and white to sun-yellow. A spontaneous growth when the cap rises in the spring and summer causes the colors. Poarch has sometimes been asked by customers if the colors are painted in, but no paint made could achievo the delicate shades put there by natural means. The colors, however, sometimes may be artificaily pro duced by laying the wood in a moist place. Poarch also prefers pine he cause striking contrasts are mafic possible, proven by a rich tiger striped beige and brown salad bowl, a marble-pine plate with watermelon colored stripes, a rolled-edge birdseye bowl, a rus set bowl with golden flecks, and an ivory-white bowl with dark stripes, with a border of stripes See OSCAR . . . Page 5 Annual4-H Club Crops Tour Will Begin Friday for 115 Oregon Boys Annual eastern Oregon -1-H livestock and crops tour has been scheduled for Friday and Saturday, July 20-21, Price Schroeder, assistant county agent in charge of 4-H club work, announced today. Because of wartime restric tion, the tour will be held prin cipally at the experiment station at Union. The 4-H boys and leaders from eastern Oregon counties will assemble on the grounds Friday morning at 9:30. At 10 will be pope holsters, ty ing livestock, etc.; 12 lunch; 1 Hall ranch on Catherine creek, branding, dehorning, castration, vaccination, and range manage ment; 4:30 grasses and weeds; experiment station; 5:00 games: 7 Softball; 8 assembly; 10 to bed. Camp at Station Saturday starts with breakfast at 7 a.m., 8 beef judging and management; 9:30 sheep judging and management; 11 weeds and crops identification; 12 lunch; 1 dairy judging and management; 2:30 hog judging and manage ment; 3:30 swimming at Cove. The boys will camp on the grounds at the experiment sta tion and meals will be served on the tables provided for picnic purposes at the station. Each boy is to provide his own table ser vice and bedding and everything is so arranged that the program will move smoothly from 9:30 Friday morning until its close with the swim at Cove on Satur day afternoon. Large Group A large delegation is expected, since beside the 60 members from Union county planning to attend, mere win be eight members from Umatilla county, 10 from Mal heur, 25 from Baker, four from Grant and six from Wallowa. The delegations from the vari ous counties will be headed by: Union, Assistant County Agent Price Schroeder; Umatilla, As sistant County Agent E. M. Houser; Baker, Assistant County Agent James Parent: Grant. County Agent William II. Far rell; Wallowa, Emergency Assist ant Lee Hulburd. L, J. Allen, assistant state 4-H club leader and H," G. Averv. superintendent of the Eastern Oregon experiment station, will -e in cnarge ol the tour. 14 Injured, None Killed in Halifax Arsenal Blasts HALIFAX, July 19 (UP) Fire spreading uncontrolled through the nearby Royal Canadian naval arsenal sel off a continuous drumfire or heavy ammunition today, driving thousands from their homes in Halifax and Dart mouth and pinning them against the sea. No trains were leaving or ar riving and all boats had fled. Wild rumors began sweeping the city at dawn as residents ven tured into the glass-strewn streets after a sleepless night. There were only 14 persons officially reportedl injured, but there were numerous rumors that at least six persons were killed. Communications were jammed and there was no way to check the rumors. The city was almost panic stricken. The worst was waiting for the next explosion. Rites Monday For M. A. Stephenson Milan A. Stephenson, 79, died early today in a hospital here Ho was born Aug. 10, 1865, in Eugene, but had lived all hii life in Union and Baker counties. Surviving him are two ions, Clarence, La Grande, Archie, Huntington; one sister, Mrs. Lou Shaw, Portland; four grandchil dren, two great grandchildren, and olher relatives. Funnral will no 2 p. m. Monday at the Snndgraas funeral home Interment will be ,n the Masonic cemetery. ADEQUATE SPACE BOSTON, July 19 (UP) Un der a front page heading of "of ficial" news of the big thi con ference, the Boston Globe today had a two inch square of blank pace. East, Weafc HONSHU Q 0SHIMA TARGET BY NIGHT In the first night lea bombardment of Jap homeland. Hitachi, war "boom" town 75 miles north of Tokyo, is smashed by teriffic shelling of Admiral Haliey's third fleet, while 1500 carriers continued to strike capital. Record Force of B-29s Hammers 4 Honsu Cities GUAM, Friday, July 20 (UP) A record-breaking force of more than 600 Superfortresses, follow ing up the greatest fleet surface and air bombardment in history, showered almost 4,000 tons of fire bombs on four Japanese in dustrial cities of Honshu island early today. The newest and greatest Super, fort attack came while Tokyo bay echoed from the crash of Ameri can gunfire from a naval squad ron which shelled the mouth of the enemy stronghold in a bid to flush out the remnants of Jap an's Imperial fleet. 47 Blasted The Honshu cities of Hitachi, Choshi, Fukui and Okazaki were the targets, raising to 47 the number of Japanese industrial centers blasted in the 20th air force's knockout campuign. In addition, the Superforls pin pointed the Nippon Oil company lefinery north of Osaka with a sargo of high explosives, making it the tenth oil center sought out. The navy revealed American carrier pilots sighted and attack ed Japanese "combat shipping" at the Yokosuka naval base just inside Tokyo bay yesterday, sug gesting major enemy fleet units might have been caught there. On the List Units of the great Suporforl.ess fleet dropped their incendiaries over a 810-mile stretch of Hon shu. Hitachi, vital war produc tion cenler 75 miles north of Tokyo with a population of 52, 000, was still reeling from a bom bardment by heavy fleet units Tuesday night. "Hitachi came up for its turn coincidental,'' a headquarters spokesman said. "It has been on our list for a long time." Choshi, Honshu's most import ant fishing harbor, lies 00 miles cast of the bomb-battered Jap anese capital. Fukui, perfectural capital, is one of the leading in dustrial cities of western Honshu. Okazaki is an industrial suburb of Nagoya. Ceilings To Be Susp On Some Jewelry, Fur Br OWEN MORGAN WASHINGTON, July 19 (UP) The government soon will an noume a broad change in price control policy which will lift or suspend price ceilings on 50 to 100 items, including jewelry and many types of fur coats, author itative sources revealed today. This action Is being taken, it was said, lo "streamline the of fice of price administration so it can spend more of it budget and manpower on basic reconversion pricing." Free Enorffy Deputy 1'rre Chief Jan-tea F. Brownlcc Was scheduled to hold a pitas confertm-e on f -conversion pricing lata) today. It wi!, doubted, however, ha would announce the llw s exemption policy since it has not yet rcch- JtlliNOMIYA. I 3S CHOIH "3 I V Croix de Guerre With Palm Given Sergeant Seward Receives One of Highest Honors From French Sgt. Harlcy Seward, 27, La Grande, husband of the former Gloria Wilkerson and son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seward, has re ceived the Croix de Guerra with palm for taking part in the liber ation of France as a member of the first engineers, his family re ceived word today. The honor is one of the high est award by the French to a soldier. Sergeant Seward did not de scribe the particular action for which the cross was awarded, but did reveal in his letter he expect to be starting homeward soon. He is in a camp near Rouen, called "20 Grand" from which soldiers are deployed to Le Havre from where they are sent home. From de Gaulle The citation he received came from Gen. Charles de Gaulle. Sergeant Seward has been, in service five yearts, having left with the national guard, and has been overseas 18 months. He was In -B'-hospltal In Britain with a back injury on D-day, howover, and when recovered from that underwent an emergency appen dectomy. Born at Elgin Born at Elgin, Sergeant Sew ard went to grade and high schools hero. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, And of the Eagles. He was the first Eagle to leave here in ser vice in this war. At present, he writes his wife, ho is helping to build camps for troops awaiting nome orders or for occupation troops. Besides the decoration already mentioned he has four ribbons for combat campaigns, etc. He lacks one point of having enough uir uiscnarge. Sergeant Seward Is the La Grande soldier to receive this award, the fust being Lt. Fran cis (Hans) Snodgrass. Five Chinese Die For Killing Men CHUNGKING. Julv tn HIP The Central news agency today reported the execution of five Chinese army officers convicted of murdering more than 100 of their own troops, some of whom were buried alive. In addition to wholesale mur- uer me cxccuicd oillcers were accused of misappropriating mili tary supplies, torturing relatives oi ineir troops, extortion and other crimes. The five officers of the Chinese 80th army were convicted by the inspectorate general for military law. A sixth officer involved in the case died while awaiting trial. ended Soon . . . Coats, Luxuries cd the "directive stage." The specific purpose of the new policy will be to remove or sus pend control on "less Important items" to free OPA enemies and manpower for "must" programs. How It Works The exemption policy will work this way. 1. Ceilings will be suspended rather than removed in cases where supply meets demand and prices, are not expected to go above ceilings. These would in clude items made of basic mater ials. . Ceiling will be "either sus pended or removed" from numer ous items which arc "not signif icant" in their effect on the cost of living but involve adminis trative time and money to control. New Spot Flames Scatter PORTLAND, July 19 (UP)' With Tillamook county fires creeping east farther in to Washington by the hour and roaring west toward the ocean fanned by whipping winds, exhausted navy men have had to be returned to Astoria today for respite, af ter many days gruelling bat tie. '. Additional replacements from Fort Stevens, Fort Lewis, and Camp Adair were being rushed In. today to stations at a camp set up where the Wilson river road crosses the Wilson river.- At noon, the entire country side In the vicinity of the Con solidated lumber company camp was reported by spectators as an inferno, where flames leap from tree to tree, and new spot fires started from embers burst into house size conflagrations every quarter hour. ) Spreads ; One large spot fire born dur ing night hours between the 28, 000 acre Washington county; northeast Tillamook county and the 5,000 acre Salmonberry river fire, was spreading in both direc tions. Officials Sre charge ex pected the three fires to merge some time today. Astoria and Tongue Point sail ors narrowly escaped during the night, when fire moved toward them. They lay on the ground and sprayed the aea .with fire extinguishing fluid before they could move, , From Washington county head quarters at 'the .lumber company camp, Dwight Phipps, assistant state forester, fire chief for the Wilson river burn, Is directing the work of nearly 2,000 men working frantically to check the oiafze before it reaches green timber. The Salmonberry blaze was advancing northward, while the Wilson river fire was gaining to ine norm at the- west end. At the Portland mills camp at the west end of the Wilson river conflagation the roofs were burned off the donkey engines. The Wilson river highway was closed between Glenwood and Tillamook function. Re-opened Tuesday it was reclosed yester day because of burning snags, hot rocks, and dense smoke. A. J. Ford, district mainten ance superintendent of the state highway department, said Me Numer's camp, a former WPA construction camp, is in the nath of the fire. Out Again More than 400 flro fighters from Fort Stevens camnert at the Smith logging operations were forced to move back to the Tillamook air base, 20 miles dis tant, as the huge blaze on Its western front in Tillamook swcdI coastward on both sides of the. wuson river. In Polk county, the Willamette valley lumber company fire broke out of control again, 30 miles west of Dallas, covering some 2800 acres, aeenrrfino in Earl Fulgham, comminv m.n. ager. He said the fire had de stroyed an estimated 4,000,000 feet of logs and some $8000 worth of Willamette valley's equip, ment. The Wilson river ronfln a rat inn has also Invaded an Island f gieen Stimson tirnlw iri of old-growth Douglas fir and the last remaining belt spared by the famed Tilla moolc fir nf ioiq according to Gordon T. Hanson! Stimson official. Mountbatten Goes lo iaee Mac Arthur ' MANILA. July in (Hpiaj, miral Lord Louis Mountbatten visited Gen. Douchis lfini.ii..... headquarters last wrnk ordinate the final pushes against me uapanese irom the southwest Pacific and the India-Burma the' ater, it was announced today. Mountbatten, allied snnrpm. "i,iMiuuer m southeast Asia, was accompanied by key mem bers of his staff on the visit to McArthur's headquarters. Mountbatten commands the forces facing the largest Japa ncseheld land masses so far un- Invaded by the allies, Including Malaya, Thailand and Sumatra,' as well as a number of Indian ocean islands and parts of Burma.: i
