Thursday. . July 2. 1945
IWnr Contracts Cut
h Billions in June
' WASHINGTON, July 20 .'(UP)
War contracts .were 'reduced
$3,478,000,000 in June, and as a
result 160,g0 workers J in 972
plants wilUbe laid off by the
first of next year, the war . pro
duction board revealed today.
Approximately 35,000 workers
in 365 plan were laid off im
mediately, MPB said. Another
116,000 will.., be laid off during
July, August and September,
(i,000 durifcC;.October, November
and , Decoltbei!, and 2,700 the
first of tluyvVar. I );.;.;.
The Juin "contract cutbacks,
l r..fin-ti.i.r ihifvhift to a one-point
i war, brought Vtotal cutbacks for
the first sixfVnonths of 1945 to
' SI 6,300,000,000, The heaviest June
'.' ,. ei ni7 nnnr.nn in
army service?i' forces contractsx
-$i,lllJ,UUU,uuu in miy tui luitra
.,$432,000,000 ii navy and $u.wi,
000 in maritime commission
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$ Asphalt Roofing & Shingles
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Asbestos Siding
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Wood Shakes for Walls
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FIRST S A Tl 0 A L H A A K
OF PORTLAND
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Vaughn Home.
After 22 Months
Navy Service
UNION. July 26 (Special)
"Billy Vaughn, RMM 2C. son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Vaughn, re
turned to Union Saturday after
22 months service, the last six
months of which was spent at
Pearl Harbor. Vaughn will re
main for a 30-day leave when he
reports to Bremerton, Washington
for reassignment. . ,
Sgt. Lyle Helm'an arrived Sat
urday evening frpm Colorado
haying been re-assigned to March
field in California, after a short
visit with friends in Union he .will
go to Sacramento to' spend the
remainder of his ten day leave
with his wife and baby who are
now living in Sacramento. . 1
M. L. Watts from Olympian
Wash., arrived in Union Monday
evening, accompanied by his son,
Cpl. Robert Watts, his grandr
daughter, Miss Margaret Cleve
land and his grandsonj Donald
Anderson and are guests at the'
home of Mrs. Charles Strode. The
family will remain a week visit
ing with relatives and friends.
Funeral of- Mrs. D.- H. Crouter
held at the Methodist Church in
Union Monday afternoon was
largely attended by relatives and
friends of the family. Two sons
and their families,. Mr. and -Mrs.
Paul H. Crouter and son Dan of
Malta, Monrnnu, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Crouter and family of
Prosser, Wash., a daughter, Mrs.
D. R. Dunnington and husband
of Alderton, Wash., as were Miss
Musa Geer of Goodnough Hills,
Wash., and Bert Geer of Murray
hill, Wash., sister and brother of
the deceased. Other relatives from
out of the city were Clarence
Crouter of Baker, Mrs. Tom Mur
tha of Haines, and Mr. and Mrs.
Welden V e d d e r of La Grande.
Friends attending from La Grande
were Mrs. Marvin Hartle, Miss
Earlyn Maslen and Miss Grace
Snook.
LARGE SELECTION
So many patents were filed on
butter churns between the years
1830 and 1900 that a new type of
churn could have been available
every two weeks.
umber Company
GRAIN GROWERS
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FIRST iWIOML Bill
When your County Agricultural
Conservation Committee prepares
your loan papers, be sure to
specify this Branch of the
First National Bank of Portland.
You'll receive prompt and efficient service.
FLASH FLOODS SWEEP FOUR STATES Rampaging Kinderhook creek, swollen to river size in
cloudburst, swept Slevenlown, N. Y home off Us foundation and washed away Rutland & Chatham
railroad bridge. Damage to highway and other property in Slevenlown was high and flash floods
caused millions oi dollars worth of damage in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
Balance Shown In
County Tax Funds
Bulances, in the semi-annual
report of county funds, according
to Al Harlow, county treasurer,
are iis follows: general fund, $59,
654.39; road fund, $25,470.58;
murket road, $30,877.47; county
school fund, $11,090,933; employ
er's bond fund, $59.59; trust fund,
$51.88; . public utilities fund,
$692.83; bond fund, $80,680; road
construction sinking fund, $60;
county fair fund, $9,659.44; irre
ducible school fund, $30.45; real
estate sales, $33,393.72; boundary
board fund, $697.57; fire patrol
fund, $,074.03; game law fund,
$17; non-high school, $22,808.67;
special cities fund, $9,057.60; spe
cial schools fund,. $13,032.15; in
digent soldiers' fund, $1,735.68;
library, $702.79; county law li
brary, $93.40; dog fund, $446.70;
cash on hand, $287,353.92.
British Fighters
Break up Attacks
By EARNEST HOBERECHT
. ABOARD ADM. McCAIN'S
FLAGSHIP OFF JAPAN, July
26 (UP) Fighter planes from
British aircraft carriers operating
fom the wold's largest task force
bokc up a Japanese torpedo
plane attack yesterday in the
first instance of a direct enemy
laid against the third fleet since
,it opened its attack July 10.
'British piiots'woht into 'actiort
against ten raiding Japanese
planes and shot down three. !
American fighters accounted for
a fourth.
The attempted attack came as
our massive fleet of carrier
planes completed its second day
of continuous blows against the
Japanese fleet bottled on its in
land sea bases.
Damaging of 20 warships and
scores- of- other- craft,- and de..
struction of many precious Jap
anese aircraft, evidently stung
the enemy into action against us
for the first time since we began
this operation at Tokyo 16 days
ago.
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Lindbergh Believes
Third War in Making
CHICAGO, July 6 (UP) The
Chicago Tribune reported today
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh be
lieves a third world war already
is in the making in Europe.
Colonel Lindbergh, recently re
turned from a research mission in
Europe, passed through Chicago
on a business trip, the Tribune
said.
"The fear of continued warfare
and revolution is widespread in
Europe," Lindbergh was quoted
as saying.
"Seldom in history has a nation
been defeated as completely as
Germany." "Most of her cities are
in ruins; millions of her people
are dead.
"Yet the disturbing fact re
mains that, while our armies have
been victorious in arms, we have
not so far accomplished the ob-
I iectives for which we wont to
war. we iiave noi esiarjnsneu
peace or liberty in Europe."
Chopin Tunes Bring
Drama to Film
The old single theme song the
violins used to sob and wail
through early sound pictures was
replaced by the five or six songs
of the modern musical. And
sometimes two or three of them
are hits.
But in Columbia's technicolor
picture,'"A Song to Remember,"
Mme. Sand's romantic interlude
with Frederic Chopin,
opening
theater,
Sunday at the Liberty
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want U-UM lo ft", ,at auton-ati-the
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Lighting research Is "moving the sun" indoors, bringing tis
the benefits of outdoor daylight, for healthier, brighter living.
Conserve on light today. Plan for a brighter home tomorrow.
Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co.
tile music department found it
self delegated ;the pleasant task
of putting 18 (count 'em) hit
pieces into a single picture. '
The 18 Chopin pieces put into
tlie Paul Muni-Merle Oberon star
icd in which Cornel Wilde por
trays Chopin, ' have been hit
P'cces for over a hundred years.
When baked for weddings,
buklawa, a cake of the Near East,
may have as many as a thousand
paper-thin lyersi
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Army in Control Of
Piy'upod fane tor y
SPRINGFIELD, Ore., July 26
(UP) The army today controlled
the Springfield plywood corpora
tion' plant under a presidential
order to resume production of
critically reeded war material.
The 300 worker plant closed
last Thursday when AFL mem
bers walked out because the CIO
holds a contract with the com
pany. Six army officers seized
the plant last night. Both unions
announced cooperation in Retting
their members back to work.
It was anticipated full produc
tion would be resumed today or
tomorrow. The plant turns out
five million feet of plywod a
month but is nine million feci
behind on war orders. .'
Armed Forces-Cut
Claims on Beef 1
WASHINGTON, July 26 (UP)
Armed forces today reduced
their claim on the nation's beef
supply. This will leave a some
what larger share available for
civilians.
The war' department announc
ed it had asked the percentage ol
choice, good and commercial
grade beef set aside for the arm
ed forces be reduce from 25 to
20 percent. The military set-aside
of utility, can tier and cutler
grades would be reduced from 65
to 55 percent.
Tlie order, which will be put
into ffect by the department of
agriculture July 30, applies, to
beef processed in federally-Inspected
plants. . 1
Eggs keep fresher if they are
stood with the small ends down.
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-LMOST EVERY
DAY someone asks us, "Whot
kind of lighting are we going to
have after the war? Will it be
new and different?" The pros
pect is really exciting, and the
time is not far distant when all
of us can live in a new world
of indoor sunshine.
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Milk Stool, Block
Salt Taken; Owner
Says: 'Take Cow'
WATSEKA, III., July 20 (UP)
Mrs. H. Burghardt has a cow,
but she isn't sure for how much
longer.
Kor the last week someone
has been milking the cow be
fore Mrs. Burghardt has, had
a chance to get down to the
barn. Monday, someone took
the milking stool, and yester
day the cow's block of salt was
missing. In desperation, Mrs.
Burghardt entered the follow
ing classified advertisement to
day in the Watsewa Times:
"Will the party who has been
milking my cow, stole my milk
stool, and now the cow's suit
please call at the house and
I'll give you the cow. You need
her worse than I do."
CASUALTY INCREASE
WASHINGTON, July 26 (UP)
U. S. combat casualties reach
ed 1,058,842 today, an increase
of 5,741 over last week's com
pilation. The total included
020,220 army and 138,622 navy,
marine corps, and coast guard
casualties.
Last Days
of Wards
Many Prices Are Further Reduced!
Regular $14M Bobby CoqlS .
l()l)wo(il in beautiful pastel plaidji,
Clearance priced at only : ......r,,,..
Regular $4.98 Summer Handbags
Attractive styles in white with "jj 77
plastic trims. Now priced at A O
Many other handbags reduced!
Women's Reg. $4.98 Sweaters
All wool in red, blue and tan ffSClj
pastels. Now selling at mifmJ
$2.98 M en's Straw Hals Reduced
' (Not only these, hut all in Hlockare . , M t
clearance priced). The 2.9S are JLfl:tF
Sanforized Men's Work Pants
Choice of light green or tan. ''Cfc
Will give gond service. Now Mm W 1.W
Men's Slacks Now Reduced
Buy a pair for summer at this
money -saving clearance price ttf W
$2.98 Boys Coat Sweaters
Ciet one for school while they flC
are priced so very .low JL mli9
Reg, S3c Ball
Mason Jars
Qts. 59c Doz.
During Clearance Sale!
A Huge Overstock !
Metal Pot Cleaner Pads t
(ialvanii'd wire. Large size. Buy t
a number of them al this price
Folding Clothes Baskets
Folding wooden frame with clolh basket. CW
Don't miss this one at
Clothes Pins Now Reduced
Flat wooden pins are imlujled in ic
this clearance. Dozen only Q-M
5-lb. Pkgs. Washable Kalsomine
A variety of colors. Kiisy to apply. ffc
The clearance price is f
79c Self Polishing Wax
No nibbing: no polishing. A flljf
A full (iiart now for JLttr-'
Reg. 59c Box of Machine Bolls
50 assorted sizes and kinds. Handy
to have in shop or home i09Jr
Carriage Holts, box of ."0 2i)c
$2GM Metal Lawn Chairs
Tubular incla! I'raiiH1 with lilue,
padded hack and set. Special at .
Regular $9.45 Shag Rugs
I're-shrunk. Washalile. .'Slx.'il
oval size. Pastel colors
One Lot High Chairs Reduced
Natural wood finish. Teddy bear M ST
(h'caJcoiiiania decorated. Now J"-Ji:J
Montgomery Ward
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A liberty ship was named for
Mason L. Wsems, early biogra
pher of Washington and reputed
originator of the cherry tree
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