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Prison JShakeup Follows Charges LANSINQ.ljuly 27 (UP) State Corrections) (Director Garrett lloyns lotluyslook over adminis trillion of .Juliksun stale prison in ihe wake olljorto of the greatest prison shak$P in Michigan his tory. Suspension' of seven officials, including Warden Harry Jackson, was announced early today fol lowing charges by Attorney Gen eral John R. Dethmers that in mates were allowed to leave the prison at will for visits to bar rooms, parties and brothels, and that they .were permitted to op erate gambling syndicates, meet it...: nnl cumntlipnrtQ in llll-'II WIViTa.onu a..--.- - screened priori hospital beds, and ... i-ii, i SCI! ".SOU pi !"! J""a, - . &', Instructions For Handling Meat In Locker&iAvailable Instructions' for wrapping, freezin" and. storing of meats are now available at tlie office of Miss Doris McWhorter, Union county home demonstration agent, it was announced today. Different grades of locker wrapping paper are available, Miss McWhorter stated, research lias been made, and recommenda tions will be given to interested persons. 1 Meals must be wrapped cor. redly, since frost-like freezer burns develop if meats are wrap ped or stored impropertly. Freez er burns dry meats, making them tough, dry and inedible. Booklets may be obtained by calling at or writing to the home demonstration agent's office, post office building, La Grande, ask ing for AWI-75, Freezing of Meat and Poultry Products for Home Use. Soil Conservation District Petitions To fie Distributed Petitions for organization of a soil conservation district in the Hot Lake, Ladci Canyon and Un ion district. will be assigned for circulation .to varjous members of the Hoi LalW.soil conservation committee at 8:15 p.m. today in the Hot Lake sanitarium. The petitions, it was an nounced, will probably be circu lated about the first of next week. They will then bo pre sented to the state board of soil conservation,; which will decide il the district is desired, and will set a dale for a hearing before final decision'.' : Members-of -ttoe committee are Gilbert Cournight,' J. C. Bedding field, Charlie Grandy, all of route two, La Grande, and Royal Allen, Cove.: : WLll Orders CIO Hack to Cannery PORTLAND, July 27 (UP) "A war labor board directive or derig striking members of Hie CIO cannery and food process workers union at the Portland plant of Libby McNeil & Libby company to return to work will be considered by the strikers at a mass meeting to be held late today. Lowery D. , McLane, business agent, said the strikers will meet at 7 p.m. to discuss the WLB order received Thursday by both company and Union officials. The war labor directive demanded union officials and company ex ecutives get all strikers back on the job without discrimination. Lumber Shipments In Oregon Less PORTLAND. July 27 (UP) Comparative figures on lumber orders, shipments, and production based on information from 99 mills furnished by the western pine association disclosed today orders for western pine lumber for the week ending July 21 to taled 63,459,000 feet, compared with 65.563,000 feet for the pre vious week and 90,871,000 for the corresponding week last year. Similar comparison of s h i p mpnts show 63,585.000 feet. 55, 022.000 feet" and 83,812,000 feet and of productio nare 73,754.000 feet, 66,539,000 feet and 9,924,000 feet. JUST ARRIVED! Blouses Many Styles. Plain Colors, r White, Pnstcl, Morals. Stripes. Checks $2.95 to $4.65 NORTON'S KSY 1114 Adams Phone 202 CLEARANCE SALE! WOMEN'S COATS SUITS DRESSES Values S8.9.- Now! .-v. $5 - $10-. $15 Norton's Kiddy Shop 111 I Adams Ave. ttYl ! SE Ccpt. Howard K. Dixon cf La Grande is now enroute home from Saipan on a rotation leave, Mr. and -Mrs. H. E. Dixon, his parents, were informed by letter this week. Marine Capt. Bill Canlrel arrived Tuesday to spend a 30 day leave at the home of his mother, Mrs. Eda Chapin, J514 Monroe, Captain Cantrel has been in the service four years, seven , months of which he was carrier-based in the Pacific. He wears the navy : cross, the air medal, and the purple heart for wounds received at Kure naval base, Japan, March 19, 1945. Elery John Thielen, F 1 e, arrived in La Grande Thursday morning from San Diego for a 10-day leave to be spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Thielen. He enlisted in the navy in December, 1944, prior to which time he attended the local high school. While awaiting the com missioning of his ship he attend ed naval school in San Pedro, and has recently been on sea duty. Sgt. Bud Millet leaves tonight to return to Camp Robinson, Ark., after a furlough spent here with his wife Mrs. Veronu Miller, and visiting with other relatives. M. T. Childers, 39, shipfitter first class of 1902 Jefferson street, La Grande, left Camp Parks, Calif., Wednesday for a 30-day leave at his home following his return to the states after 27 months with the Sea bees in the Pacific. After his leave he will be reassigned at that base. Childers was a pipefitter for the Union Pacific railroad in La Grande before entering the Sea bees. He was a member of the national guard for five years. While overseas he s e r v e d in Hawaii and on Guam. Morse to Block Vote Unless Debate Unlimited WASHINGTON, July 27 (UP) Sen. Wayne L. Morse, Oregon, threatened today to block the ad ministration drive for a vote this week on the United Nations char ter unles unlimited debate is guaranteed. Morse told reporters senate re publicans are solidly determined "we are not going to let the Dem ocrats throttle debate." He said a group of senate Republicans agreed on the matter at lunch. Morse recalled Chairman Tom Connally, D., Tex., of the senate foreign relations committee im posed a time limit on his efforts to speak on the Oregon lamb sit uation late yesterday. This, Morse said, is a violation of the princi ple of unlimited debate. "Until the Democrats demon strate an appreciation and respect for that principle, I shall not con sent to any unanimous consent proposal to limit debate or set a time to vote on the charter," Morse said. New Subsidy Will Aid Production Of Lambs, Sheep WASHINGTON, July 27 (UP) Secretary of Agriculture Clin ton P. Anderson announced today details of a new subsidy program designed to encourage production and feeding of lambs and sheep. Payments will range from $1.50 to $3.15 a 100 pounds on lambs weighing more than 65 pounds and will be a flat $1 on all other lambs and sheep. The program was authorized under the O'Ma honey bill passed last week by congress. The department said the pub lic eventually will benefit by an increased supply of lamb meat, but warned the increase will not be immediate because of the time involved in fattening and produc ing the animals. It reported because of high cost and decreasing profits sheep growers have been selling flocks and getting out of business. The number of stock sheep has de clined from 50,000.000 to about 41,000,000 in the last three years. The variation in payments is intended to increase the returns from heavier lambs and the larg est subsidy will be paid during the season "fed" lambs are nor mally marketed. to $24.75 0 Phone 202 FOO, Cove Couple Has 1 25th Anniversary i COVE, July 27 (Special) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tdwle cele . brattd the 25th anniversary of their wedding, Wednesday, July 25, and their daughters, Inez and Verna, planned a party for them Wednesday evening, inviting their neigbors to help them cele brate. The party was a complete surprise. There were about 50 guests. Mrs. Lester Robinson enter tained the Ladies Aid at her home Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Glen Sands and Mrs. Albert Ron ne assisting. Mrs. Hefty presided and Mrs. Smulz led devotions. Mrs. Smut? also gave a short talk on Mission ary work. Mrs. Baker, who has charge of the missionary work gave an interesting reading, Guests were Mrs. Sarah Conley, Miss Maxine Conley, Mrs. Shir ley Smutz, Mrs. May Kelley, Miss Besse Kelley, Mrs. A. H. Orton, Mrs. Harlan Koger, Mrs. T. G Hefty, Mrs. L. M. Lantz, Mrs. Dena Towle, Mrs. Anna Lund, Mrs. Nellie Marten, Mrs. J. E. Mills, Mrs. T. R. Conklin, Mrs. A. A. Antles, Mrs. Daisy Ronne, Mrs. Mabel Ronne, Mrs. Glen Sands, Mrs. J B. Love, Mrs. Pearl Richards, Mrs. Marian Roes, Mrs. Roy Baker, Mrs. John Kirby, Mrs. Bert Towle, Mrs. Hazel Cochran, Mrs. Jane Elias, Mrs. Gladys Harris and Mrs. A. G. Conklin. Mrs. Hazel Cochran of Los Angeles is a guest of Mrs. Nellie Marten. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Towle are entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Bert Towle and two daughter of Vancouver, Wash. They came Wednesday. Towle is employed in the post office in Vancouver. Jimmy Chaffee of Los Angeles, i(S spending the summel- with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Hefty. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Chaffee. . The Adventists worked on their church Wednesday and made considerable progress in its con stiuction. There were a dozen or more men working and the women of the church served din ner. Miss Vera Hanna of Warren is the guest of Mrs. Fred White. Mrs. Luella Hadden of Nampa, Idaho, passed away Tuesday evening after a long illness. She lived in Cove before her mar riage and has a number of rela tives here. Sisters are Mrs. Cora Bloom, Mrs. Delo Gauthier, Mrs. Herman Allen and brother, Sim Van, who will attend the funeral today.." ..' o . : . - Misses Florence Severs of De troit, Michigan, and Mrs. Bon nie Roberts of Seattle, arc guests of their brother, Rankin Severs. Miss Severs was formerly a teacher here and is now a lib rarian in Detroit and Mrs. Rob erts formerly lived in Cove. Committee to Study Child Delinquency SALEM, July 27 (UP) O. H. Bengtson, state representative from Medford, was named chair man of the legislative interim committee to study child delin quency at the first meeting of the group here Thursday. J. O. JoJhnson, Washington county, is secretary. Created by the 1945 legislature, the group is charged with the job of s t u d y ing delinquency problems and how they may be solved. The resolution calling for the,' creation of the committee was originated by the Eagles lodge, and suggested establish ment of such institutions here as boys town. Other members are Sens. Thomas Parkinson, Roseburg, and Joel G. Booth, Lebanon; and Reps. Paul Hendricks, Salem, and Bengtson and Johnson. Oregon Electric To Use Six New Diesels PORTLAND, July 27 (UP) Six 1,000-horsepower diesel elec tric engines costing $500,000 have been purchased by the Ore gon Electric Railway to pull freight trains between Portland and Eugene, Thomas F. Dixon, vice-president and general man ager of the company, annouced today. The new 1,000 horsepower en gines which will handle regular freight mostly, will also handle log trains from the Sweet Home area. KIDNEYS MUST REMOVE EXCESS ACIDS Help 15 Mile, of Kidney Tubee Fluh Out Pouonous Waits If Ton ha vean excetiof acids in jrourblood, 1 nillea of kldner tubei mar be over worked. Theaetlnr filler! and tubenarewori Ing day and night to help Nature rid your itm 6l.nm e'd" and poitonoua waste. Ltn diwrderof kldner function perniu PoIkwwui matter to remain In your blood, it marcauieliarainBbackache.rheumaticmini. leg Mini, lo of pep and energy, getting up nlthta, .welhng. puflinena under the eyei, beadeehei atO diiilneu. frequent oraeanly Iasiage9 wiui smarting am) burning aome. litoea ahowi there 1. lomelh'ng wrong with our kidneri or blaild'r. 'nera mar tletd help the lame ai bow .1 1 . JTour "gtlil for ll. an'. I'illi a ellraulret dluretle, uied iueeeaifully by mil S1".11"''" 'ear.. Lbu'i gi.e haw re lef and I will help the 10 milea of kidney Ll!3 ?!".!"rt "'""'""a " from your beiod. Get Lkiaa a I'iui. 11 WOULDN'T DANCE Patsy Reno (above), 18, and another USO junior hostess, Maiiee Palmer, 19, both of Santa Mon ica, Calif., charged they were instructed to dance with Italian prisoners of war while Ameri can soldiers, refused admission, stood outside Camp Roberts, Calif., dance hall. Circus Here Today For Two Shows Loaded with thousands of tons of enchanted cargo, the big Rus sell Bros. Pan-Pacific circus train rolled into La Grande this morn ing. The big show, here for a one day visit, exhibited at the fair grounds at 3 and will show at 8 p.m. Scores of gaily painted wagons and colorful paraphernalia in enormous quantities were un loaded by circus workingmen and teams of harnessed elephants immediately follow ing the ar rival. Before the last circus car was emptied of its fascinating freight, canvas crews were erecting a magic city of tents, including the huge .five-pole big top, at the circus grounds. Staged by Bar bette, world famous stage direc tor and big top producer, this year's Russell Bros. Pan-Pacific performance is ultra modern, yet "circusy" to the core. One of the outstanding acts is the trained and performing bears. HEAR MR. AND MRS. HELMUT!! BEKOWELS of When (on, ill,, Sing the Gospel at Holh Services. 9 I'll a. m., The Church School 11 tt. m., "Conscience at the Great Divide" Broadcast on KLHM 8:00 p. in., "Not Far From the Kingdom" FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH R. E. Stanley Hunt Sixth and Spring Minister. Have Your Car Expertly Washed, Waxed an Polished at the UNION OIL STATION 1601 Adams OUR INSIDE WASHRACK KEEPS RUN OFF YOL K CAR WHILE WET! We Use Wonder Wash, a Cleanser . . . Not a Soap. GUARANTEED LUBRICATION BATTERY CHARGING o Lynn Anderson Your Independent Union Oil Dealer Phone KG O 0 O Society Briefs Mrs, R. I. Pope and her son, Gene, are guests at the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. S. A. lngerson. Miss Lorna Leffel arrived to day from Millon where she has been employed for the past few weeks. Mrs. Mary Poulter returned to her home in Ellensburg, Wash., after a six weeks visit in La Grande where she was a guest at the home of Mrs. Hattie Poulter. Rev. O. A. Crofford and fam ily and t h e Clarence Berkley family will leave next Tuesday for a' two weeks vacation lit Wal lowa lake. , The Edwin Alexander family plans to leave the last of next week for their vacation at Wal lowa lake. ' ' ' Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Jordan, brother of R. E. Jordan, arrived Wednesday evening for a visit. Their home is in California and for the past few weeks they have been visiting their daughter in Ontario. Rev. Jordan was former ly pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in that city. Miss Dorothy Kirby is In La Grande, a guest at the home of her mother, Mrs. E. B. Kirby, af ter 18 months in Haiti where she instructed in a high school. Miss Kirby is a former teacher in the local high school. , e Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Smedberg of Portland and daughter, Carol Page, are here this week visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Peter son. They will return to Portland the first of the week. Jolly 600 Club Has Potluck Luncheon Members of the Jolly 000 club liiet yesterday at the home of Mrs. Fred Beeman in Island City for a potluck luncheon. The af ternoon was devoted to playing games. Prices were won by Mrs. Kenneth Workman, Mrs. Heber Allen and Mrs! Hattie Poulter. A collection was taken to donate to the Do-Nut hut. Husband told to Give Hack Cigarets CHICAGO, July 27 (UP) Electrical engineer Carl Behne today was under court order to give his estranged wife back her cigarets. Judge Stanley H. Klar kowski granted Mrs. Naomi liehne a temporary injunction against molestation by her hus and ordered Behne to return six packages of smokes, among per ronal belongings he allegcdlj took from her home. FIRESTONE ACCESSOR KH WE FIX fLA'f HUES o o County Pioneers uxihary Meets For Luncheon The Frances Brown auxiliary to the Sons and Daughters of Un ion County Pioneers met at Riverside park yesterday for a 1 o'clock potluck luncheon with 28 members present. One new member, Pearl Hun ter Harrison, was added to the auxiliary. After discussion of ways and means of saving sugar, it was decided all were getting along satisfactorily compared to the pioneers who crossed the plains in 1862 and 1864. Jessie Hoak was appointed chairman of the flower commit tee. It was announced that the next meeting of the auxiliary will be held at Riverside park on August 23. Girl Scout Troop Finishes Utensils Girl Scout troop No. 1, spon sored by the Christian church, met last evening for its regular session, and completed the tin craft project, the making of cook ing utensils for camping. ine scouts discussed plans for a morning hike. It was sched uled for 8 a.m. Wednesday. Plans were made for an overnight hike Aug. 9. The rest of the evening was spent playing games and singing songs. Maverick Club Plans For Fall Horse Show Fifty members and families nf the Maverick's club met last I night at the Mickey McCoy home for a hamburger supper. The hamburgers were cooked on the outdoor grill and the supper was served picnic fashion, with water melons served by the club. After the supper, the members discussed coming entertainments of the club and plans for the future, including the horse show scheduled for tho autumn. Harge Contract Let To Kaiser Company PORTLAND, July 27 (UP) An unanounced number of barges for use by the navy will be con structed at the Oregonshipbuild ing corporation in Portland as soon as materials are available, it was disclosed today. FOOT MISERY? When feet burn, Btlntr, Itch and . ,e? .'co1 " '"y " cutting right Into the lloh. get a bottle of Mooae'g l!merald Oil and ruh well on feet and ankles morning and night, for a fewj.iuv., .. A real, dlaoovery for thousand.; who . have found hlcnni'd relief. Monne's Kmcrnld Oil In easy and ileununt to unit It does not lnln. Kfoiiijiiilenl money luirk If not at tailed good drugglata everywhere. Moon Drug Co. f Buy, Sell, Rent or Lease the low cost way i . ' . .' I Run Classified Ads Thousands of People Rend Them j ! Phone OOO La Grande Evening Observer o Qo o o o o .. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 News and Engagements Social Friday, July 27, 1945 Mrs. Alexander Has Party For Daughter Mrs. Frank Alexander enter tained a group of children yester day afternoon, nt the home of her mother, Mrs. Adrin See, in cele bration of the first birthday an niversary of her daughter, Jo Anne,. Games were played and gifts were presented to the honoroe. Ice cream and a cake, brightly decorated and lighted with one candle, were served to the guests. Present were Mary Lou Hal sey, Bruce Morris, Jerald and Jewell Mobley, Margaret Ann, Wendell and Nancy Marie.See. Overnight Camping Trip Is Discussed Mrs. B. Davin last night as sumed the leadership of the girl scout troop sponsored by the Catholic church. Mrs. Davin re places Miss Velma Alhunas who is leaving soon to make her home in. North Bend. The girl scouts discussed ten tative plans for an overnight camping trip soon. Games were played before the close of the meeting. r SETS . v...frv; (Limit 2 to a Customer) STANDARD QUALITY, LONGWEIr BRAND 128 threads per square inch. Torn size before hemming, 81x108 inches. Special woven ribbon tape salvage prevents splitting at edges. Come early. Store opens at '9:15 a.m. Alway's shop at Ward's for hard-to-nuy mer chandise Right Now, shop through our entire store during our big July CLEARANCE SALE Montgomery Ward Activities . . . Weddings Events Page 3 Social Calendar FRIDAY 8:30 p. m. Westway club pot-, luck picnic, Riverside park. . SUNDAY Annual picnic of the combined Veterans of Foreign ' Wars and United Spanish War veterans, Riverside park, 3:30 p. m. TUESDAY ' ' 5 p.m. G.I.A. to B. of L. E., potluck supper, May park; cof fee, cream, melons furnished. SOCIETY HAS LUNCHEON Twenty. members of the Pres byterian Missionary society met at Riverside park yesterday for a potluck luncheon. The after noon was spent visiting. Mrs. Mae Moran and Mrs. Ed Jasper were tho committee In charge of arrangements..' FLY TO PORTLAND! Daily except Sunday charter plane service at low rates. Make Reservations. Eastern Oregon Airways Phone 6R13 49 EACH
