Japs Say
Halsey to
Hit Soon
By WILLIAM F. TVHEE
GUAM, July 21 (UP)
Tokyo spokesmen hinted Adm.
William F. Halsey's allied bat
tle fleet is bearing back for
Japan today to follow up its
11-day bombardment of the
home islands with a new blow
at southern Honshu or Hok
kaido. There was no official
word from fleet headquarters
on the whereabouts of Hal
sey's Armada.
But Japanese broadcasts said
American and British warships,
perhaps 150 strong, had rearmed
and refueled at a secret Pacific
rendezvous and are expected at
any time.
New ''Secret' '
At the same time, the enemy
boasted of new "secret weapons"
awaiting the allied raiders and a
naval spokesman declared the
remnants of the Imperial fleet
would shortly be thrown into
action for "one last blow."
Swarms of U. S. army war
olanes from Iwo Jima and Oki
nawa, meanwhile, carried the pre
invasion bombardment through
its 45th straight day with a series
of slashing attacks on Honshu
and Kyushu.
All Alone
Cen. Douglas MacArthur's Oki
nawa-based airpower joined in
the assault on Honshu for the
first time, when a lone B-24 Lib
erator bombed the Miho airfield
on the southern part of the main
island.
At the same time, a fleet of 94
seventh air force Mustang fight
ers flew 1,600 miles round-trip
from Iwo to strafe airfields and
aircraft factories in the Nagoya
Osaka area.
Striking in successive waves,
the Mustangs beat up the area
with rockets and machine gun
fire, meeting no aerial opposition
and only moderate anti-aircraft
fire.
Got Six -
They spotted only 12 enemy
planes and destroyed one and
probably a second of those, dam
aging six others. Fifth air force
raiders from Okinawas were
over Kyushu in force throughout
the day, bombing and strafing
airfields railroad targets, water
front installations and factories
near Kushakino and Miyakonojo.
Another 200 heavy and medium
bombers and fighters from Mac
Arthur's command .ripped, up.five
airdromes and dock facilities at
Shanghai in their second straight
raid on the Chinese,, port. Large
fires were set all over the target
area and nine grounded Japanese
planes were destroyed or dam
aged. ' i
Next Paper Scrap,
Tin Can Pickup
Next Weekend
The lowly tin can and the un
worthy scrap paper, both of
which have assumed great im
portance in the fight against the
axis, are still in demand and La
Grande residents are urged to
prepare the tin cans and scrap
paper they have to be picked up
next week.
During all the coming week,
Cub Scouts will be calling on
householders lo remind them the
pickup is Friday and Saturday,
and to help them prepare the
cans and paper. Cans must be
flattened and paper must be
bundled.
First pickup will be Friday
afternoon for all the city west of
Fourth street; the next pickup
will be for all of the city east of
Fourth street and will take place
Saturday afternoon. Bundles
and cans should be placed on the
curbs in the morning.
Lynne Bohnenkamp, salvage
committee chairman, said a dona
tion will be made by the com
mittee to the Masonic hospital
fund.
Yank Subs Sink 11
More Jap Vessels
WASHINGTON, July 21 (UP)
American submarines have
Mink 11 more Japanese vessels in
lar eastern waters, the navy an
nounced today. The bag included
four small combatant craft.
Vessels destroyed were two
minesweepers, two patrol escort
vessels, one large cargo trans
port, one medium transport, three
"nail merchant vessels and two
freighters.
This brought to 1,174 the num
ber of enemy ships sunk by
American undersea craft In this
war. TJhis total includes 144
enemy warships.
Todays announcement of sub
marine losses was the first since
early this month, ahe the sink
ing of 10 Japanese ve! was an
nounced. Q ti O
Weather o
Data for 24 hours to 7 a. m.
Tefi5erruret
Maximum 9fc)
Minimum 52
Forecast: Partly cloudy toniphi
and Sunday. Scattered shower,
cooler Sunday.
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HALIFAX ROCKED BY EXPLOSIONS One of the explosions
which rocked the city of Halifax and surrounding countryside as
the big ammunition dump of Royal Canadian naval arsenal went
up in flames. Disaster started when fire spread from burning
beige at arsenal pier.
First Flight Made
In La Grande to
Portland Service
Air service between eastern
Oregon and Portland today be-
eamfe available withj the first
daily charter flight being made
this morning from La Grande to
Portland.
The five men loft at about 7:30
a.m. today in a Waco cabin plane
owned by Eastern Oregon Airways.-
Regular scheduled flight
will start next Monday.
As guests of Merlin Johnson
and Keith Province, proprietors
of Eastern Oregon Airways which
instituted the service, Raymond
Gray, president of the chamber
of commerce La Grande, Harry
McCarthy, La Grande merchant,
and Frank Schiro, publisher of
the La Grande Evening Obser
ver, made the first flight into
Portland.
Gray, manager of Eastern Ore
gon Light and Power company,
said on arrival in Portland, "this
rvice is of tremendous import
ance to our section of the state.
It provides a long-needed mod
ern passenger service, linking
eastern Oregon with Oregon's
metropolis."
The five will return later to
day for completion of the first
dual-way service. A $500,000
municipal field provides the La
urande base.
WLB Decision Not
Affecting Labor
Conditions Here
Decision of the national war
labor board in setting aside the
$1.75 an hour rate for power
sawing in the west coast lumber
industry does not affect the Mt.
Emily Lumber company, it was
announced here today.
The decision leaves in effect
the guide rate of $1.40 an hour
with' certain' differentials, which
arc right in line with rates estab
lished in this area and which the
west cc)ist lumber commission
had also established. Labor mem
bers of the board dissented from
the decision.
WLB Says 'Above
All State Laws'
WASHINGTON, July 21 (UP)
The war labor board today ses
itself above new state laws pass
ed to offset WLB policy on main
tenance of membership and other
forms of union security.
In deciding a Florida case the
WLB said its decisions supersed
ed state constitutions as well as
state laws. It decided that the
vote last November by the peo
ple of Florida for a right-to-work
amendment to their state consti
tution is not binding upon the
board.
The decision v. a the board's
first involving labw legislation
approved Hi laid Novumber's elec
tions or enacted by, 1945 state
legislature'. It was regarded as
a precedent tor decisions vlhilh
may involve similar state acts or
constitutional Smendments ap
proved in Arkansas, South Da-kotar-and
Ojer states.
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CAPT. BOB KARTHER de
scribes flights to Jap home
land from Guam.
Karther Finishes
27 Air .Missions
Against Japan
Capt. Bob C. Karther, La
Grande, has "completed 27 mis
sions against the homeland of
Japan, a total of over 400 com
bat hours.
He is- commanding officer of
the Superfortress "City of Ra
leigh," (Jughaid III to the crew)
based on Guam.
Captain Karther, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Karther, and
husband qf the former Mildred
Hardey, entered the air force in
March, 1942, and graduated from
the Roswell, N. M., field in Feb
ruary of '43, when he transferred
into combat training. His over
seas duty began in February of
this year.
Lead Crew
He recently has been promoted
to captain and has been awarded
the distinguished flying cross and
the air medal with two oak leaf
clusters.
His is an authorized lead crew
and has- led several formations
over their targets in Japan. He
also rides check flights with co
pilots who are trying to qualify
for first pilot on B-2!)s. The
Superfort shown in the June 18
edition of Life magazine is Cap
tain Karther's plane. It is the
one shown with the Jap plane
just off the left wing.
An excerpt from his latent let
ter follows, telling of incidents
from flights.
Hat Record
"Jughaid III has established a
record here in our group. She
has 35 missions to her credit
without having to return to base
before the mission is completed
I believe there is only one shin
in our group thiit has any more
missions than Jughaid
"We had quite a lot of St. El
mo's fire last mission. SI Klmos
fire is static electricity. Several
times the prop tips Inok-.-d like
neon signs. One time npht aft.i
we loft the target it war. h"PP'n!
around the Inside of the ship At
the same time it was jumping
about a foot 6ff my prop
didn't tell you about the time wr
vre struck by lightning. ,ml'
ur,y)I will; tell you a!! about it.
I really expected it ags'.n when
we were on this last mission."
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LA GRANDE, OREGON SATURDAY EVENING, JULyTi,
Little
lmsbUinidlirCin)feir
Homes in
Area Still
Emptied
PORTLAND, July 21 (UP)
Rain that beiran falling to
day mitigated the peril trom.
forest tires to two western
Oregon communities fr o m
which many residents had
fled.
In Washington county, the Wil
son river fire had covered 46,000
acres more than 70 square
miles before the rain slow-ad
its fiery march, although on one
salient the flames continued to
advance between the communi
ties of Cochran and Glenwood.
Fires Merge
State highway officials report
ed rain falling over the Pacific
coast with good prospects for a
drenching of the stricken area.
Earlier, two fires along the
Wilson and the Salmonberry
rivers had merged to Imperial
Glenwood and the nearby Con
solidated timber company's saw
mill and community of 60 homes.
From both of these places many
had moved out on army trucks
and private vehicles. "
In addition to the partial eva
cuation Consolidated camp fami
lies, a group of 22 boys and girls,
most of them from Portland, wore
forced to evacuate the Highbanks
play school summer camp in the
woods near Glenwood, in face of
the steadily, advancing flames.
Out of Control
In Polk county, residents of
the pioneer district prepared to
evacuate their homes as a forest
fire again flared out of control
and gained on all sides.
The city of Dallas was darken
ed by billowing clouds of smoke
most of the day Friday as flames
were reported only 12 miles from
the city.
Portlander Awaits
Sentence; Started
House in War Time
PORTLAND, July 21 (UP)
Edward L. Kropp, Portland busi
ness man, awaited sentence today
in federal court afler pleading
guilty to violating WPB order
L-41 in starting the construction
of an $8,000 home without mak-
ng application lo the war pro
duction board.
United States District Judge
James Alg.-r Fee referred the
case to the chiel probation of
ficer for pie-sentence investiga
tion and committed Kropp to the
county jail until sentence could
be passed.
Maximum penalty for the of
fense is $10,000 fine and one year
jail.
Judge Fee said earlier he was
cognizant of extenuating circum
stances, but inasmuch as Kropp
had been an employe of the war
production board when the of
fense was committed, he believed
that a severe sentence is called
for.
Early Riser Gets the Bird, Ornithology
Classes Taught by Dr. Quaintance Find
Now that his ornithology (bud
study) classes have been com
pleted, Dr. Charles Quaintance
can gel some sleep. Dr. Quain
tance, associate professor of bio
logy at the Eastern Orogon col
lege of education, has been aris
ing al 5:30 a.m. and sometimes
pi 5 a.m. to conduct the field
trips taken by his class and
it's hard on the nervous system
Dr. Quaintance, however, is
not complaining. It's the early
user that gets the bird, as provi n
by the unusual birds to?n by the
class on their field trips. Vari
ous habitats were visited, such
as Dal canyon, Riverside paik.
the Kate Henley bird nmetua. y
along the Grande Ronde river,
the ce.nelery, the campus, Hot
Lake, the airfiort, and around the
viaduct. eVv-ar!' studvnU alio
v.e.nt to Wallowa lake on various
occasions, Dr. Qualt tande said.
To Trine
i Not all members of the class
were students in the college, al-1
j though the course is part of the
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"THEY BROUGHT IT ON THEMSELVES" A tour of the German capital, now a specter city,
strewn with rubble and studded with skeleton b uildings, brought out the comment from President
Harry S. Truman "This terrible thing they brough t on themselves." Photo showi center of Berlin.
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Big Three Close
To Decision in
Discussions
POTSDAMJ July 21 (UP) The
big three has reached the decision-making
phase of their discus
shins, it was bclievcdtoday.-
That was indicated by state
ments from the American delega
tion that the work of the confer
ence is going forward steadily
and that "much serious business
has been done."
The Americans revealed Presi
dent Truman, Premier Stalin and
Prime Minister Churchill have
met an average of three hours
daily.
Long Hours
The three foreign secretaries
have been meeting even longer
hours while the numerous sub
committees and committees of
experts have worked into the
late evening hours preparing ma
terial for the nig three.
The material is screened by
the experts, submitted lo the for
eign secretaries and then passed
on to the big three in final form
for decisions.
Thus, it was believed, the pre
liminary sifting of a myriad of
problems virtually has been com
pleted leaving the big three free
to make thir deisions.
Inspect Borlin
Members of the president's
party arc spending a good deal of
time inspecting Berlin. Edward
W. Pauley, chairman of the
American section of the repara
tions commission meeting in Mos
cow, said "after seeing Berlin I
didn't feel so bad about London."
Pauley was amazed that al
though on a national basis only
?0 per cent of German industry
was destroyed Berlin itself has
been largely obliterated.
regular summer school schedule.
Several boy scouts, working for
merit badges in bird study, also
went along on the field trips.
An average of two field trips
each week was taken, with one
day each week devoted lo reports
from the verious members of the
class. The course lasted five
weeks, with the last trip being
taken Monday, to Hot L a k e.
Nephi Comb, bird imitator, ac
companied the clajs, giving some
excellent examples of his bird
whistles.
Find Radniurt
Several unusual birds wcr? ob
seived by the class, among them
th American redstart, a warb
ler discovered by Dr. Quaintance
a (ew, yeais iif i. While it Is an
cjnlcrn bird, il has apparently
takm a liking to the 'ftivcrajdc
park district.
Evening grostarakeJ very vivi-
cioui :birds, were seen earlier in
the season, also in the Riverside
park district, Quaintance said,
and sever! green-tailed towheek
twtt
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Duke, Duchess To
Return to England
WASHINGTON, July 21 (UP)
The Duke of Windsor and the
woman for whom he gave up the
British crown arc going back to
England together for the first
time since their marriage in 1937.
British officials said torfay the
Duke and Duchess will visit Lon
don within a few weeks. The
Duke has been back occasionally
since he. abdicated but the duch
ess, the former Wallis Warfield
Simpson of Baltimore, has not
returned to England since their
famous exile began.
While in Britain, tho famous
couple probably will stay at the
duke's Surrey country place,
Fort Belvedere.
Regional OPA
Unconvinced By
Anderson Move
PORTLAND, July 21 (UP)
The regional OPA remained
adamant today on the slate-wide
lamb point controversy as news
came from Washington Secretary
of Agriculture Clinton P. Ander
son hud requested removal of
points on Oregon "soft liimb,"
giving promise of a lamb-producer
victory over the OPA.
McDannel Blown, district OI'A
head, said Oregonions long have
enjoyed more meat than has Ihc
rest of the nation and he didn't
think the points should be re
moved to give local people more
meat than the rest of the coun
try, and especially when the
lumy needs meat.
Meanwhile, E. L. Peterson,
slate director of agriculture, ex
pressed satisfaction with Ander
son s recommendation, saving
"That's what wp've been asking
for."
were seen
district.
the Deal canyon
Several mourning dove nests
were scon at the bird sanctuary,
and black terns and nvocets were
yeen at Hot Lake. The avocct is
a beautiful shorebird related to
tin sandpiper, only more dramatic-appearing.
Ti," class also has seen thou
sands of swallows, which hav
just finished nesting colonies
t.f roui.'h-winged swallows, cliff
swaJlows, and barn swallows.
ApereTes
One of the highlight! of tho
season as the glimpsing of the
long-tail-'d chat, which whistles
like a human, in the foothill can
yon" by Hot Lake. o
And while it wasn't a require
ment of the court)', Dr. Quiiin
taneu said, several of his stm
dents, un their own initiative, In
augurated the serving of coffee
into tho early morning course.
Dr. Quaintance, who appreciates
initiative (and also coffee) ap
proved of the idea.
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Nuernberg Will
Be Scene of
War Trials
LONDON, July 21 (UP) Trials
of European war criminals will
be held in Nuernberg, the nazl
shrine city where the German
fascist party met each year to
lay the foundation for war, It was
revealed today.
American, British and French
delegations of the war Crimes
commission, which selected the
site, left by plane today for
Nuernberg to examine courtroom
and other facilities.
Decision to try tho major Eu
ropean war criminals in the pic
turesque German city where the
nazis held their annual party
congresses was a gesture of re
tribution. Further details of po
pulations for the trials are ex
pected when tho delegations re
turn to London tomorrow.
The absence of Russian dele
gates from the party flying to
Nuernberg caused surprise. The
only explanation was "circum
stances had arisen unexpectedly
which made it impossible" for
the Russians to make the trip.
The delegation's visit to Nuern
berg prompted speculation the
dale for the first of the trials
may he announced soon. One of
the big-name prisoners may be
me msi in nice tno court. There
was some speculation it might be
Ueichsmnishiil Hermann Goering.
Many Holes Dua For
street Markers
Horace J. Nelson, chairman of
tnc L,ions club commitUio on
street murker placement, today
extended the thanks of the club
lo those in the area of the city
WII.-IL- niaiKers are being planted
who have completed digging the
holes for the markers at the street
corncin In front of their property
and urged others to complete
wiL-ir uigging.
.The city has marked the sites
"f the holes with stakes and the
stakes, when the holes arc dug,
should be saved so Ihcy may be
used over again.
Reason householders are urged
to dig the holes for the street
marker posts is that the city just
simply doesn't have enough man
power available to do the work.
The first group of markers will
be put in some time next week,
Nelson said.
ISO Attend Vocal
Recital at College
More than ISO I Grande mu
sic lovers lait flight hear Flor
ence Coardy, contralto, premnt
a well balanced and interesting
i-ccital at the colleg auditorium.
She was presented by the East
ern Oregon college of education
anil asaisltcl by Marjorie Scobert
Wilson, pianist. Oo O
Miss CoaMjosang a program
which included both classical and
modern numbers. Numerous en
cores testified to the pleasure
which the audience received from
her singing. Mrs. Wilson also
was well received.
A Community
Newspaper
For Every
Member of the
Family
FIVE CENTS
300 Acre
Area in
Flames
U. S. forest service expects
to have the forest f ire in
Whitman national forest on
the Little Minam river under
control by late evening, Char
les Arlington, fire control as
sistant, aMhe headquarters in
Baker said today.
Seventy men. including ran-''
gen, brush crews and firemen,
thus far have confined thai
blase to the 300 acres of the'
original sits, which is at ihe
mouth of Big Canyon creek on
the Utile Minam. The fire Is
about two miles west oi the'
Horse ranch, a dud ranch, and .
iha ranch is the only habita
tion nearby.. With tha wind in
iha souths the danger to iha
ranch ia remote. The lire is
about five miles southeast oi''
Point Prominence, Arlington
said.
Most of the timber involved is
lodgepole pine and upper slope
types, Including fir, according to"
Arlington. The fire broke out
at 4:30 p.m. yesterday and by 7
p.m. had covered 300 acres. I
Fire trenches have controlled
the fire on all sides, and the work'
has been entirely done by hand
since the terrain is too rugged
for use of machinery, such as
bulldozers.
Supplies with which lo fight
iha blaae have lo be packed in ;
from Moss Springs, forest ser
vice supply center,. , which U
seven miles from the scene oi
the blase. As soon as the blasa -is
brought under control, Ihe
crews will Iraverse lhe area to
put out the "last spark" of
blase.
Rain, which is forecast for
this part of lhe state Sunday,
would be most welcome in con
troling the blase, Arlington de
clared. Rain raises ihe humid
ity to the point where the fires
smother down.
The blaze was discovered by
lookouts at Mt. Emily, High ridge,
Goodman ridge and Flat lake in
this district, Floyd McLin, dis
patcher here, said; and was ob
served at Bone Springs in the
Walla Walla district. Readincs
guve tho location of the blaze.
Strike Cripples
Eugene Plywood
Manufacturer
EUGENE, July 21 (UP)The
Springfield Plywood corporation
plant was crippled today by a
strike of AFL workers who
walked out over a jurisdictional
dispute, curtailing work on nine
million board feet of unfilled
government orders.
An earlier report that a group
of CIO workers at the plant quit
their jobs was denied by labor
officials, who said the men re
ported to work but were turned
back by the company.
The national labor relations
board granted the AFL a strike
vote, which was held July 9, but
refused a bargaining election in
which tho AFL would have
sought to represent the workers.
There was no production today
or Friday at the plant as only 80
men reported in warehouse and
shipping departments of the nor
mal shift of 140.
National war labor board
chairman John D. Galcy tele
graphed the company and men
Thursday that the west coast .
lumber commission had directed
continuation of work. The com
pany replied it would comply to
the limit of its ability, and CIO
officials said they would try to
bring in workers from other ply
wood plaats.
Pfc Howard Bowman
Of North Powder
Reported Wounded
Army war casualties announced
today included Pfc. Howard D.
Bowman, son of Mrs. Helen Bow
man, roulo 1, Box 8, North Pow
der, who was wounded while In
ihe Pacific regions. No details
were given with the announce
ment of Bowman's injury.