Today We Pay
Tribute to
' David G. Sanderson, S.C.
2c, is now serving at Davis
ville, R. I., on limited service,
after 13 months in Dutch
Harbor, Alaska. The 215-year-old
son of Mrs. Rosa Sander
son of Elgin, attended ele
mentary school in Summer
ville and was graduated from
the Elgin high school in 19117.
Prior to entering the navy
October, 1942, he was em
ployed as fireman on the rail
road. He is a member of the
Knights of Pythias lodge of
Elgin.
Pfc Klaryi Paxlon,
marine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph H. Puxton, arrived home
recently on a two weeks fur
lough from Qimp ' Pendleton,
Oceanside, Calif.
Pfc. Jack D. McGhean
of P. O. Box 576, La Grande, is
now being processed at Camp At
lanta In northeastern 'France, as
a member of the first ETO ar
mored division to be ordered to
the Pacific.
Pfc. McGhean is a member of
67th armored Infantry battalion
and served with the 13th armored
division in the battle of the Ruhr
pocket and in the drive through
Bavaria into Austria. Ho holds
the combat infantryman's badge,
EAME ribbon with two battle
stars. ' " '
', The 13th, popularly known as
the Black Cat division, captured
mAre than 20,000 German prison
ers in the fighting in the Ruhr
and took un additional l'J.000 in
Bavaria. In the closing days of
the war in Europe, it captured
Hitler's birthplace city of Brau
nau, Austria, and liberated 14,000
allied prisoners of war.
Pfc. McGhean is the husband
of Mrs. Lorraine McGhean, P. O.
Box 576, La Grande. He will be
given a furlough before the divl
,ion begins Its training for ac
tion in the Pacific.
France Bunten,
RFD 1, La Grande, with the 72Bth
railroad division in France, has
been promoted from technician
fifth grade to technician fourth
grade.
Del Brcshcars,
USN, is visiting his aunt and
cousins in Cove.
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JULY
Assassination of
Matteotti Kept
Mussolini Scared
Dumini, Killer,
Did As He Wished
Afterwards
ROME, July 21 (UP) Inside
story of the brutal murder of
sociulist leader Giacomo Matte
otti in 1024 was told to the Unit
ed Press today after the arrest of
the assassin, Amerigo Dumini, on
Thursday in Piacenza.
It s a long story of terror,
blackmail, bribery, and blood
shed, It's aftermath held Mus
solini terrified and helpless lor
two decades.
A well - informed American
government official said "Musso
lini knew that he had to get rid
of Matteotti if his plans as fascist
dictator were to succeed. He sent
to Milan for Dumini, a well
known thug, and three compan
ions. Mussolini offered them the
equivalent of approximately $25
to knock off Matteotti.
Prepared
For a week they shadowed
him. They learned his schedule,
his routine, and then picked him
up on the murder night as he
came from his home.
"They threw him into a cur
and immediately started off. One
of the thugs was injured because
the car left loo fast and he was
dragged. The trio had the mur
der carefully planned, even to
the point of carrying lime sacks
in the car with which they in
tended to destroy all evidence.
"But Matteotti put up such a
bitter struggle they were forced
to stub him sooner than they had
planned. Thero was so much
blood in the car and it began
dripping so fast that they got
frightened and hurriedly dumped
the body. They buried it in a
shallow grave.
Cleaned It
"Then, still scared, they de
cided on the bold course of driv
ing their car directly into the
courtyard of the government
palace where II Duce had his of
fices. They left it there, parked
under the very noses of the po
lice, while Dumini cleaned away
the blood."
The government official con
tinued, "The car stood outside
the palace even while Signora
Matteotti knelt la front of II
Duce's desk pleading for her hus
band's life. The Duce sat there
holding the blood-soaked envel
ope containing Malleotti's private
papers, rings, and watch and
promised her he had already giv
en a personal order for her hus
band's safe release."
Portland Police
Hunt For Slots
PORTLAND. Julv 21 (UP)
Portland police, at the orders of
their chief, Hurry M. Niles, be
gun scouring the city today to
i confiscate slot machines.
Thn sudden interest in the slot
machine situation came from a
finnt-naue storv in the Orcgonian
which said the "one armed band
its" are back on tho job in Port
land. C'llv nolim found little conso
lation from Gov. Earl Snell, who
declared enforcement of the slot
machine law is a lob for local
authorities hut his office "inter
prets the law to meun that in
-vont the situation is out of hand
locally the executive department
has very definite obligations and
responsibilities."
Sheriff Martin T. Pnilt of Mult
nomah county rcporlod there are
no slot machines in nperalion in
the county outside of Portland.
Doug I as A n n ou n ces
Orders Reduction
SANTA MONICA. Calif.. July
21 (UP) Douglas Aircraft com
pany today announced a drop of
moiv than one-lhird in its back
log of army orders and a 24 per
cent cut in production during the
past six months, reflecting army
cutbacks fur a one-front war.
Vice-president and controller
Ralph V. Hunt rcporlod in a mid
year statement the backlog of
dropped almost 35 percent to
orders at the end of May 1IH5
$.052,7!ii,()UO. compared with $1.
(il2.05!l.0H0 the vear before.
I Planes completed in the first
half of Ibis year totaled 64,552.
OilO pounds a 24 percent re
duction from the same period in
HI44.
Employment at all Douglas
plants dropped to SI5.126 last July
1 from a peak of 157.200 iii
August 1SI4.I.
Japs Strengthen
.Vast Hurma Hold
CALCUTTA. July 21 (UP)
Japanese troops in tho Myitkyo
Men. 20 miles northeast of Pegu
oi eastern Burma, have streng
thened their hold by moving into
near-by villages, n southeast Asn
command communiuc said to
day. Indications havo increase'.,
they might attempt an earlv of.
tensive.
ail , ...
"mum artillery hammered I no
to 150 Japs ,n the area 10 miles
esi oi loungoo and caught an
other party ,,f ;t(i .solcli.-rs busy
digging m the Gaunggyi neigh
hoi hod, 117 mibos risi of Meik
tila. Hardest food to eat with chop
sticks is a soft pigeon egg m soup.
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ABOVE THE CROWD Two
members of the famous Flying
Concello troupes with the Rus
sell Bros. Pan-Pacific Circus to
show here at 2:30 and 8 p. m.
Friday.
Man Learns Doesn't
Pay to Interfere
In Children's Fights
VANCOUVER. Wash., July
21 (UP) Eugene Van Tress,
52, learned a $55 lesion today.
It doesn't pay to intervene in
a fight between neighborhood
youngsters, Van Tress paid $55
in justice court after being
found guilty of slapping the
face of S-year-old Darlen West,
after the girl hit his 4-year-old
daughter.
De Mille Flooded
With Letters Over
Radio Controversy
PORTLAND, July 21 (UP)
Cecil B. DeMille, dean of motion
picture producers, and a noted
radio personality of the last few
years, said here last night he hud
received more letters over a re
cent $1 assessment fight against
the American Federation of Ra
dio Artists, in which he was
forced off the airways when he
refused to pay the $1 fee, than he
has on all the motion pictures he
has ever made. Most of the let
ters came from members of un
ions, DeMille said.
DeMille said in referring to the
recent high-publicized clash with
labor officials, he believes in un
ions and collective bargaining
but he would give his "last drop
of blood to fight the dictates of
a few men who believe they can
control the political rights of
American citizens."
Oregon Man Will
Command Marines
KLAMATH FALLS, July 21
(IIP) Col. Merlin Schcnidcr.
arrived here today to take com
mand of the Klamath Falls mar
ine barracks, succeeding Col.
George O. Van Ortlcn, who will
ii turn to overseas combat.
Col. Schneider, a native Orc
gonian. recently returned to the
United Stales from Okinawa,
w here he had an outstanding rec
.ird. The departing commander,
Colonel Van Orclen, came to Kla.
math Falls aftor service overseas
in the early days of the Pacific
war. He has been head of the
post for seven months.
Silrer Falls Timber
Plant Sold to Iiahh
SILVKHTON, July 21 (UP)
The Silver Kails timber company
plant lias been sold to the R. A.
Habb Hardware company of Eu
gene. M. C. Woodward, Portland,
president disclosed today.
Habb indicatod the mill will be
-iismantled, but planers will like
ly open early in August to finish
lumber for government and civil
ian use.
Th;' deal includes the sawmill,
planets, land and locomotives,
but dues not include tho down
town retail yards, Woodward
said
The Silver Falls timber com
pany null closed June !) after 25
years of operation. At the time
of lis closing1, 250 men were em
ployvd at tin- mill.
Beavers Grab Six
Game Lead With
Double Wins
Win Four in Row
From Hollywood; e
Seattle Loses
By JACK DAILEY
Portland Beavers leaped ahead
six games in the Pacific coast
league pennant race as they beat
the cellarite Hollywood Stars for
the fourth consecutive time last
night 2-1.
Seattle, second in the stand
ings, went down to defeat before
the fourth place San Francisco
Seals 7-5. The Sacramento So
Ions defeated the Los Angeles
Angels 3-0. The San Diego
Padres split a twin bill with the
Oakland Acorns, the Padres drop
ping the opener 3-2 but recoup
ing in the nightcap 9-6.
Sevan Hits
Beaver hurler Wandell Mosser
gave up seven hits to the Stars
but struck out 11 batters in the
process. Frank Shone continued
his hitting streak by driving in
the first Beaver run in the open
ing frame when Harris and Dem
arcc had got on base by a walk
and a hit. Hollywood's lonetally
was made in the fourth on a
walk and a fielder's choice by
Willingham.
Sacramento's Gu" Flotc'h.r hold
Ihc Angels to fiv,; hits as the So
lons tied up the current series at
two-all. The Sacs scored twice
in the second on Ed Zipay's sin
gle, Ted Greenhalgh's centerfield
blow, Jack Calvey s double and
Fletcher's fly to right.
Two Each
San Francisco scored two each
in the second and fourth and
sixth innings. The Seals added
the seventh run as Neil Sheridan
drove a line drive home run over
left iield wall. Gus Suhr with
two singles, a triple and two
walks accounted for three Seal
tallies. ' Joe Sprinz singled twice
and doubled to bring in two.
In the first game, Ferguson,
Padre pitcher, with a two-run
lead, blanked the Acorns for six
innings but allowed Oakland to
tie it up in the seventh. Les
Scarsella, who had hit a homer in
the fifth, tripled in the eighth
for te winning run when Padre
reliefer Nelson balked. Del Bal
linger, enraged over umpire Bill
Dorian's decision, threw the ball
into the stands. San Diego man
ager Pepper Martin rushed in to
protest and other players of both
teams joined in the melee. Po
lice were called to restore order.
High Nazis Doubt
Hitler Escaped
On Submarine
KIEL. Julv 21 (UP) High Ger
man naval officials say Adolf
Hitler and Eva Bruun definitely
could not have escaped to Argen
tina aboard the recently interned
U-boat 5110.
Vice Admiral Ebcrhard Godt,
chief executive staff officer of
Germany's U-boat fleet under
Grand Admiral Kuro Docnitz,
said yesterday the U-5H0 "went
to sea from Kiel or a Norwegian
port but probably from Kiel
March 3." .,
Hitler is knmvn to have been
still in Germany later than thai.
British intelligence officers
said they were "Oil per cent" sat
isfied Hitler and his girl friend
did not escape by sea and Unit
Adolf died in Berlin.
Godt said Ihc U-5.'f0 was never
ear-marked for any special Hit
ler mission. He said, as far as
he knew, there had never been
any submarine plans for Hitler's
escape.
Vice Admiral Hebniith llevc,
one of Germany's greatest naval
intelligence chiefs, said: "I be
lieve Hitler died in the Berlin
chancellery. It is impossible for
a man like Hitler to live as an un
known Mr. X. If he did not die
in Berlin it would be impossible
for both me and Docnitz not to
know about it."
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Saturday, July 21, 1945
Dodson Leads in
St. Paul Tourney
By WALTER BYERS
ST. PAUL. Minn., July 21 (UP)
Leonard Dodson, golf's swash
buckling "clown prince" of a few
years ago, has reformed. He now
is a deadly serious player, mak
ing him the man to beat today as
second round play gtets under
way in the 72-hole St. Paul open.
Dodson staged a story book fin
ish when he blazed a five under
par 07 over the Keller country
club course yesterday to take a
one-stroke lead on the 110 man
field and to show that at long last
he has become a businessman
golfer.
Leads Field
Now 32, and a slim 150 pounds,
the Kansas City veteran has
dropped the devil-may-care
clowning and betting which made
him the game's merry-maker
during 1941 when he was a big
money winner.
Dick Metz, the Kansas cowboy,
was leading the field with a 68
when Dodson finished his first
nine with a 35, one under par.
Then Dodson fired four birdies,
three in a row, on the incoming
nine for a four-under-par 32.
Not once during the 18 holes did
he slip to a bogie.
Dodson dropped out of the big
turnament play after his out
standing Ml and '42 seasons and
has been working as a club pro
since, his latest job being at San
Francisco. Now he's back, un
attached, trying for a comeback
as are so many former stars.
Two Ties
Chuck Congdon, T a c o m a,
Wash., slipped in late with a 34
34 08 and then Henry Ransom,
warrant officer in the merchant
marine academy at New York,
added his 33-3568.
Toney Penna of Dayton, O.,
too kfifth place with a 35-3469,
while bunched at 70 were Ky
Laffoon of Chicago, Ed Furgol of
Detroit, playing his second tourn
ament as a pro; Jim Gauntt of
Ardmore, Okla., Jimmy Hines of
Chicago and Virg Shreevc.
Senators Say U. S.
Must Retain Bases
WASHINGTON, July 21 (UP)
Senators insisted today the
United States must retain post
war control of strategic island
bases in the Pacific despite Presi
dent Truman's statement in Ber
lin yesterday that the United
States will "not want one piece
of territory" out of the war.
Sen. Edwin C. Johnson, D
Colo., ranking majority member
ci the senate military affairs com
mittee, said this country must
"occupy and fortify" all vital
strategic Pacific bases and "con
trol all tho potential bases" in
that sweep of ocean.
"But I feel Truman was not
talking about the Pacific," John
son added. "I think he was talk
ing about the Atlantic and Eu
rope." Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O.,
said he "preferred to assume
Truman was just overlooking"
the matter of strategic island
bases in the Pacific. Tuft be
lieves the U. S. should keep con
trol of all the islands north of
(he equator.
One complete field range can
be purchased by the U. S. army
for S75 spent on a war bond.
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FREE AGAIN Pitcher Phil
Marchildon, first jjriioner of
war to return to diamond, is
back with, the Philadelphia
Athletics after discharge from
U. S. army. Here he is in dug
out at Shlbe park.
Baseball Standings
By United Press
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Chicago . 50 31 .617
St. Louis 48 38 .371
Brooklyn 47 37 .560
Pittsburgh ...43 41 .512
New York .45 43 .511
Boston : 40 42 .488
Cincinnati 38 40 .487
Philadelphia 24 46 .270
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 46 34 .575
Washington ; 42 36 .538
New York 41 38 .519
Boston . : 42 39 .519
Chicago .. 42 40 .512
St. Louis 39 38 .506
Cleveland 37 41 .474
Philadelphia 28 51 .354
PACIFIC COAST
Portland .....70 41 .631
Seattle 64 47 .577
Sacramento 56 55 .505
San Francisco 56 57 .496
Oakland 54 57 .486
Los Angeles 50 60 .455
San Diego 51 62 .451
Hollywood 45 67 .402
Rematch of Greco,
Janiro Promised
NEW YORK, July 21 (UP)
Promoter Mike Jacobs today
promised a re-match after Jolting
Johnny Greco of Montreal ham
mered out a close but unpopular
decision over young Tony Janiro
in their eight-round bout last
night before more than 16.000
fans at Madison Square Garden.
In this "natural" between a
slugger, Greco, and a boxer, 18-year-old
Janiro, Greco lived up
to the 8-5 odds favoiing him and
won the unanimous verdict. But
young Janiro made such a grand
fight of it the fans booed the de
cision lustily.
Greco weighed 143 pounds; Ja
niro 14114. ; ,
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Browns Get Back Into
1944 Stride, Win 2
By CARL LUNDQUIST
NEW YORK, July 21 (UP)
The wise guys took a first look
at Sigmund Jakucki's pitching
and guessed that the "strawberry
roan" of the St. Louis Browns
soon would be back on the Texas
sandlots as a semi-pro.
That was in 1944 during the
first swing around the circuit for
the amazing Browns, whose fol
lowers hadn't got used to their
leading the league.' The Browns
might stay up there, they hoped,
crossing their fingers, but Ja
kucki not much chance. He
just didn't look like a big leaguer.
Fine Tricks
Today the Browns are back
and Jakucki is up but they aren't.
How neatly the Galveston, Tex.,
paper-hanger fooled the experts,
makes one of the most pleasant
success stories of war time base
ball and the scoffers now are
pulling hard for him to make the
grade in peacetime.
The Yankees wouldn't know
how he does it, but were ready
to testify today that the ex-star
of Ray Dumont's semi-pro tourn
ament at Wichita, Kan., brought
along a fine bag of tricks when
he came to the majors.
Tigers Lose
Big Sig used both his bat and
his arm to beat the Yankee, 4 to
3, yesterday and old Al Hollings
worth followed with one of his
better days, winning the second
game, 3 to, 2, to give the Browns
a sweep. . '
Washington turned the tables
on the leading Tigers, moving
Today's Sport Parade
By JACK CUDDY
NEW YORK, July 21 (UP Un
questionably Bobo-the-hobo New
som is referring to himself in the
victorious third person today,
saying for example, "Good old
Bobo won his third straight yes
terday ."
Newsom, b i g right-handed
pitcher of the Athletics, refers to
himself generally in the first per
son only when he loses, with such
remarks as "I done my best but
nobody was hittin' behind me."
22 Changes
Bobo has had plenty of oppor
tunity to use the first person dur
ing the current campaign because
he clicked off 12 straight defeats
until he finally managed a vic
tory over the Browns on June 12.
When Bobo had achieved his
12 straight defeats with the A's,
almost everyone in baseball fig
ured that he had won himself a
ticket to another club. They
thought Newson's yen for travel
had overpowered him, and that
he would make his 22nd club
change since entering organized
baseball in 1928.
But he didn't . He stayed right
with ancient Connie Mack of the
A's. And Connie Mack has been
playing along with him, indirect
ly denying rumors Newson was
to be shifted to another club.
Wants to Stay
Because of Bobo's three-game
winning streak, many sideline
observers insist big Newson is
trying at last to make certain he
is not shifted again that he
wants to end his playing days in
Philadelphia.
This could be true because
Newsom is the most travelled of
all current ball players. His
status has been changed 21 times
since he became a professional
with Raleigh in 1928. He is 35,
and a grandfather; but be doesn't
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He was bold and handsome
and he swept her away from
the dull men she knew...
for twenty-four adven
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with 6oJI Sothbont Nlgtl firuct
Cecil Ktllawoy Ralph Forbtt
back within three games of the
top with 4 to 3 and 3 to 1 victor
ies. Well pitched games by Emil
Leonard and Roger Wolff provid.
ed the margin.
The Tigers in a losing cause
executed the first triple play 0(
the major league season when
second baseman Eddie Mayo
snared a line drive in the sev.
enth inning of the second gam.
He threw to shortstop Skeeter
Webb to catch George Case off
second and Webb's quick throw
to first nailed George Myatt, who
had a long lead.
. Athletics Win
The Athletics defeated the In
dians twice at Cleveland. Louis
Newsom chalked up his third
straight victory after 12 straight
defeats to win the second game
3 to 2, after Jess Flores won the'
opener, 8 to 3. George Kell got
a first game homer for the A's '
Brooklyn "almost" won a game
against the leading Cubs at Chi.
sago. The Dodgers held a 10 to i .
margin after eight innings thn
proceedings were uspended be
cause the Dodgers had to catch
a train. The game will be com.
pleted in September.
Pittsburgh caught Bill (Com
plex) Voiselle of the Giants on
one of his "down" days and ham
mered him unmercifully to win,
13 to 5. He couldn't hold a, five
run lead, being batted out when
the Pirates made three runs in
the fourth and six in the sixth.
Relief pitcher Walter (Boom
Boom) Beck won his first game
as a Pilate.
UP Staff Correspondent
feel he is through. And why
should he?
Best Season
uuuu 1UV.IVL-U Up llie
best earned run average of his
career, ?.B2, and this year is do
ing fairly well, considering that
in seven of his losses this season,
the Athletics colleqted for him
a grand total 'of seven runs.
Newson has done a great many
things in his pitching career for
which he deserves credit; but it
was apparent to all who watched
his work that he craves strikeout
honors. He was frustrated in
1937, through 1941. - Always he
was second, wj!,i someone else
moving in to take top honors.
Undoubtedly, Bobo's greatest
season was in '40, when he won
21 and lost only five.
Newson, belligerent and tired
of regimentation, set' a standard
for the Washington papers a few
years ago when he barked at a
fan in Washington "Meet me af
ter the game." Newsom swag
gered out of the dressing room
and met his heckler, who hap
pened to be heavyweight Natie
Brown, who once went the limit
with Sgt. Joe Louis.
CHINESE STUDY ROADS
SALEM, July 21 (UP) -Methods
in highway construc
tion and maintenance will be
studied here by .three Chinese
engineers during the next four
months, the state highway depart
ment said today.
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