La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 31, 1945, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text! CHEERI OO LA-LAI Pert Shirley Tapert. five feel three inche of Texas pulchritude, brought cheer to the boy at a Hollywood aquacade held at Harlingen B-29 gunnery school, where she acted ai cheer lead er. No doubt aha made the boy wim faster. Officer's Story Of Wife's Death Investigated BERLIN, July 31 (UP) The army's inspector general held a long session with dipt. Curl G. Schultz today, trying to discover whether the Chicago officer actually received notice his wife had been killed before he mar ried a WAC s.-rgcanl. Schultz, who claims his brother wrote him his wife had been kill ed, accidentally, recently married WAC Sgt. Kanolla Koulouvaris of Brooklyn in the first army wedding to lake place in Berlin. The army clamped down on all news concerning the investi gation but promised to release findings "when the investigations are complete." i . Neither Sargeant Koulouvaris nor Schultz is available for com ment, but the last person to talk to the captain said he had be come highly emotional and seem ed almost near I he point of break ing down. He even sobbed at times. Eisenhower Not In Agreement With Truman WASHINGTON, July 31 (UP) Army circles here are wonder ing about the ultimate disposi tion of the question of allowing army wives lo join soldier hus bands who are assigned to occu pation of Germany. Interest has been heightened by the apparent ly divergent views held by Presi dent Truman and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Truman told the service paper Stars and Stripes he is opposed to soldiers' wives visiting Europe. He said he didn't want Americans to "settle in Europe" and thought the problem could best bo solved by bringing home the soldiers as soon as possible. . When Eisenhower was in Washington recently he told newsmen in answer to questions that Mis. Eisenhower would not accompany him back to Europe, and added: "I think for the people that are going to stay indefinitely, sooner or later we should, if pos sible, take their families over. Hut Germany today is destroyed as a country; it is a hostile coun ti, and we are short of quar ters, of foml, ol everything else. Until it is possible to establish policies by which any G.l. as well as mysclt can take advantage of, it would stem lo be out of char acter, al least (or me, to seek a favored position, " TODAY and WEDNESDAY As loinl (is il Ih-iivi-Mi'iv fOIIMMt'C will iff jL .V.Vr-j :fimim -AvAittm . njfs lb HCHNICOIOR l!VlNl''',',JBROn I 1 .... coKNti want A I I MMIOCH . (I0KI C0UI0UIII II jl I K'CA. t mii'win Poor Repairs On Warships Due To Man Shortages New Devices Left Off Sometimes, Says Committee By DEAN W. DITTMER WASHINGTON, July 31 (UP) A special congresional commit tee reported today repaired war ships are leaving west coast ship yards without the latest and best equipment because of a shortage of skilled' help. Rep. John J. Sparkman, D., Ala., head of the special house military affairs investigating com mittee, said in some cases ships are sent back to sea "without be ing adequately repaired." Blames Army The committee placed part of the blame on the army. "It is apparent the war depart ment, under the cloak of military necessity, has not cooperated suf ficiently with war activities and other governmental agencies in these areas,' 'the report said. Calling for immediate action by the office of war mobilization to alleviate the west coast manpow er situation, the group recom mended that the proper agencies consder: 1. "Means of inducing 4-Fs and workers not subject to selective service to remain on war jobs." Liberal Deferments 2. Continuation of liberal draft deferments until job-jumping of 4-Fs can be stopped. 3. Increased efforts to recruit skilled labor. 4. "Release from aimed forces of men having skills needed for war activities which are now hav ing emergency manpower short ages on condition they go to and remain in specified jobs.' S. Relieve the west coast of as much war traffic as possible by using Atlantic and gulf ports to the maximum extent possible. Ship Repair Most acute west coast manpow er problems were said to be in the railroads and ship repair yards. In one case, the report said, a large carrier was scheduled to leave a shipyard on a certain date. "When the time came for that ship to leave, although it was in condition to fight, all better ments were not completed, and it was able to put into air only 90 percent instead of 100 percent of its plane capacity within a given time," the report said. Two Appointed To State tfealth Jobs SALEM, July 31 (UP) Miss Dorothea Vore and Harold A. Bishop have been appointed state supervisors of health and physi cal fitness instruction in the pub lic schools of Oregon, Ilex Put nam, state superintendent of public instruction, announced to day. Miss Moore is a graduate of the University of Colorado, and took her master of aits degree at the University of Oregon, where she was instructor of physical edu cation. Bishop was recently released by the army. He was athletic officer and assistant plans and training officer at Fort Mac Alt h u r. He is a graduate of Springfield college in Massachu setts, and is working on his Ph. D. at the University of Oregon. WEATHER ODDITY The moon's tilt at the so-called "wel" and "dry" angles can be predicted accurately hundreds of years in advance, but wet or dry weather cannot be foretold weeks ahead. Granada . REYNOLDS ESMomo "ST AIM'S W KDN KSDAY Got Nothing They've .v.i. el MURDER! mil nn Him except H 20- Marshall Today We Fay Tribute to 1 . M X , : Chief Petty Officer Rich, aid (J. Walke r. N.A.T.T.C Corpus Christi, Texas, who instructs radar an (I is tend chief in (he hangar at the main base. lie is 29 years old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. George 15. Walker, 1811 Spruce street I .a Grande. He attended Greenwood elementary school and La Grande high school. Walker formerly worked for Radio & Music Supply Co., and at the time of his enlist ment in the navy was em ployed by the West Coast Telephone company. His wife, the former Annie Moore, daughter of Henry Moore of Island City, is in Texas with him. Lt. Col. Phares O. Sigler, whose wife and children live in La Grande, is with the judge ad vocate general's department at the Alaskan headquarters. The range of services under Colonel Sigler includes everything from the problems involved in courts-martial to the procurement of payment for claims of military and civilian personnel who have suffered loss or damage of prop erty or injury because of army operations. Military personnel and their dependents, whenever the latter may be in Alaska, are given such legal assistance as they may require in connection with both official and personal affairs. One of the more interesting variations of JAGD activities found only in the north is the consideration of claims arising from the ravages of williwaws, ice, floods and the darkness pe culiar to Arctic Alaska. Lt, Charles (Boots) Walium, U. S. navy, is here visiting rel atives and friends. He is a grad uate of La Grande high school. Pfc. Shirleigh D. Tucker, jr.. 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Shirleigh Tucker or 1001 Fifth street, La Grande, was recently awarded the Combat Infantryman's badge and the Good Conduct medal, while serving as a rifleman in an infantiy regiment which is en gaged in mopping up operations against the remnants of a once powerful Jap force on a Pacific outpost. The c o in bat infantryman's badge, which is the fighting foot soldier's mark of distinction, is awarded only to members of the infantry who have performed satisfactorily in actual combat against the enemy. It signifies that he is an accomplished fight ing man, and has passed the final lest of training. The Good Conduct medal is presented "for fidelity through faithful and exact performance of duty, efficiency through capacity to produce results, and behavior such as to deserve emulation." Private Tucker was engaged in farming prior to his induction at I t. Lewis, Wash., in May 11144. After completing basic training at Camp Huberts, Calif., he em barked for the Pacific in Nov ember 1:144, and joined his pres ent organization the following month, at a South Pacific base. In a d d 1 1 i o n to til? above awards, he also holds the Asialic I'acilic theater ribbon with a blone battle star. William H. Lovan son of Mr. and Mrs. Oren Lovan left lor Poitlamt Thursday eve ning and enlisted in the merchant marnus Friday He will go to Catahna island for his live weeks of preliminary training. TRANSFERS TITLE WASHINGTON. July ;tl (UP) The White house said today Picsulcnt has signed legislation !'.:ii.,feriing a tiact of land in Douglas county, Oregon, known as Hie Kosoburg rifle ra'nge, from the war department to the recon struction finance corporation. itstt McCarthy Likely To Quit; Five Others 'Out?' Coleman Fired By Graves; Others Not Satisfied By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, July 31 (UP) One major league manager is down, another out and at least five more may be slated to go before the 1946 season rolls around, a check into the baseball boss situation indicated today. Joe McCarthy, manager of the Yankees was down in bed at home near Buffalo from worry over the worst New York team he has managed. It was reported leliably he had decided not lo return and that President Larry MacPhail would name a new manager in a day or so. New at Braves Bluff Bob Coleman is out as manager of the Braves, turning in his resignation after a bad load trip climaxed by a none game losing streak as yet un broken. Del Bissonette was named to replace him by Gen eral Manager, John Quinn, who said he would continue "as long as he does a good job." Meanwhile there were grum blings of fans at Pittsburgh, Cin cinnati and Philadelphia n the National and at Cleveland and Washington in the American. McKechnie, Too Fiery Frankie Frisch of the Pirates, whose players unfortun ately don't always reflect his en thusiasm, is blamed in some quarters for the lack of consist ency that has characterized Ihom this year. The Pirates, pro-season choice of many writers to win the pennant, now are in fifth place. Likable Deacon Bill McKech nie of the Reds has another of his typical teams at Cincinnuti, a "good field, nb hit" club. Few equal it in low-scoring tight de fensive play, but th,o fans there are longing a little for a slam bang club that goes for breaking up games with homers. No Better The long-suffering Philadelphia fans have noticed no improve ment in the Phils since Ben Chapman inherited the impos sible job of getting them out of cellar. Ossie Bluege of the Senators, who might qualify for a job in the state department after his "good neighbor" efforts with the Latin America players he inher ited, was under fire last season but rose in stature when the team bounced back into the pennant picture recently. However, it isn't going well now and the heal may go on again. The Indians, who are disappointing year after year, seem to be as high in the race as could be expected os such personnel, but Cleveland long has been a managerial "grave yard" and young Lou Boudreau might will be the next victim. Cards Drop ,Thc Giants wcie-disappointing after a fine start, but Mel Ott is lairly safe even though there has been some criticism of his hand ling of players. Leo Durocher, never a favorite of General Man ager Branch Rickey, seems safe fiom the clutches of everyone but MacPhail after his standout job with the Dodgers this season. If his old boss beckons, he might yield to the temptation to man age the Yankees. In the only major league game yesterday, the Reds ended a six game loing streak with a 5 to 4 victory over the cards al St. Louis. Eddie Miller, with a triple and a two run double, led the way for Ed Heusser's seventh win, which he achieved over rookie Ken Burkharclt. Ii was the Cards' Kith defeat by one run this season and the fifth to Cincinnati. They dropped to third place. Deeds Filed C. J. Eaton to Raymond E. Swan et ux, portion of Lot IK. all of Lots 1!), 20, Blk. 147, Chaplin's addition, La Grande city, $10. Thomas Armstrong McKinstrv, by administrator, lo William M. Harvey et ux, portion of Lot 1, Blk. 58, Chaplin's addition. La Grande city, $3810. C. D. Putnam et ux to Charles Cater et ux, portion of Lot 5, Blk. 8, Coggan's addition. La Grande city, $! and other consid erations. M. Mildred Schnore to Clar ence J. Hazelwood et ux, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and portion of Lot S. Illk. G7, Hindman's addition. Elgin! f 10 and other considerations. Union county to W. L. Lane Lots 11. 12. 13. Blk. 14. Chaplin's addition. La Grande citv, $175. Esther H. Pitts to Walter L. Lane, portion l.ol 4. Blk. 4, Cog gan's addition. La Grande city, $1 and other considerations. State of Oregon to Eastern Oregon Federal Savings and Loan association, ooriion of SWU of SE'j. Sec. i. twp. a S, H. 38 E, $1 and other considerations. Eastern Oregon Federal Sav ings and Loan association of Ba ker to Jesse Breshears et ux, por tion of tract "11" of KoiOg's ad- union, La Grande city, (Sj andfjj Mosquitoes could be worse. Only adults bite, and Jlien it's only certain species. aM).l these That Sounds Familiar! KMiiEaw ; SAM THE CHAM lU , rue emi 30s WHEU I I 4W T4i M TMUGSAPE 60IH6, WU S7M A?rM GOLF-- Today's Sport Parade By JACK CUDDY NEW YORK, July 31 (UP) In an effort to work up a feud be tween colleges and the national football league, some collegians have made much . of the recent Roger Harding case without un derstanding the case. You may recall thai Harding, playing with the University o: California last year, was the out standing center on the Pacific coast. When he was signed re cently by the Cleveland Rams, loud wails of protest rose from the U. of C. graduate manager Klint Evans and Coach Buck Shaw. Protest Evans said, "if the national league plans to continue to come on the campus signing outstand ing players who intend to grad uate and who have college eligi bility remaining, it may some day find all the colleges in the land co-operating with the rival league t h e all-America conference which has declared a strict rule to bave colcge players alone until they have concluded their college eligibility." Before paying too much atten tion to Mr. Evans' protest, per haps we should point out that the University of California brass hats took yyung Harding very much to task because he became cotiii'Tiini, lli, "roH nvp" fmm Stanford U. to California U. at Berkeley. The "red axe," we un derstand is the Pacific coast fac simile of the "little brown jug" over which Michigan and Minne sota battle, or the "old oaken bucket" forf which Indiana and Purdue tilt. Not Eligible Anyhow, the U. of C. author ities decided that Harding was over-zealous in his activities to recapture the "red axe" from Stanford. And they declared sum marily Harding was ineligible for the first three Pacific conference games this fall. Harding, who already had been instructed by the Cleveland Rams to go back to school, became "fed up" with the Golden Bear's de cision that he should sit out half the season at Berkeley. He polite ly suggested the U. of C. officials take a swan dive into the bay. Then he contacted the Cleveland Ranis. Cleveland was given permis sion by national league headquar- I lei's to sign Harding when it was j established he had been declared ' ineligible by his university. Eastern Oregon Federal Savings and 20tt)Hro;i(lur -- LATseae S4MS0HG op rue k VANKccS'Ht-jk UP Staff Correspondent The national league shed few tears when Coach Shaw began crying all over the coast about losing a good center for his 1045 eleven. The national leaguers felt Shaw's tears were partially brought on by the thought Hard ing also would be lost to the San Francisco team of the all-America conference a mythical team of the future with which Shaw is alleged to have a cloe personal connection. We learn, first hand, that na tional leaguers care not a whit about Shaw's lamentations: but they do feel sorry for graduate manager Clint Evans of U. of C, who apparently has digested only one side of the story not only in connection with young Hard ing; but also in connection with the all-America conference, which has been accused of raiding the college-players, right- and- left. - ' Baseball Standings By United Press NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Chicago 58 32 .844 Brooklyn 53 39 .576 St. Louis 54 40 .574 Pittsburgh 49 48 .516 New York 49 40 .516 Cincinnati 41 47 .480 Boston 41 51 .446 Philadelphia 26 70 .271 (American and Pacific Coast league standings unchanged.) Hagg Fails To Equal Record FALKOEPING, Sweden, July 31 (UP)Gunder Hagg, holder of the world mile record, failed yes terday to break his world mark in the 2.000 meter run. Against a weak field he ran the distance in the comparatively slow time of 5:26.8. His mark for the run is 5:11.8. Need Supplies for Home Canning? 151'Y ALL OF YOl'R NEEDS HERE! Place Your Orders for Fresh Fruit Early. Sinden's Grocery 1323 Y Ave. Phone 981 j flo future lump-sum payment worries when i we finance your home. Lan Assn. llaker, OlfRon LA GRANDE EVENING OnsERVER Phone 600 Complete Local Reports - Tuesday, July 31, 194") Nelson May Become 'Babe Ruth of GolF By WALTER BYEHS CHICAGO. July 31- (UP) A little freckled faced kid, using a crosshand grip, grabbed a golf club in a Ft. Worlh, Tex., caddy yard to lake a practice swing 21 years ago. Today he rules alone. He's J. Byron Nelson, tall Texan, now 33. Nelson, by breezing to victory in the all-Amcrican open yester day, stretched his winning streak to nine straight individual tour naments for an all-time record. He thereby reached the stage where he very likely will pocket $80,000 this year an unheard ef sum in sports until the Bam bino received that much for his home run swatting as a Yankee outfielder. Sure Shot The little kid with the awk ward grip never dreamed of such money when he first took that practice swing. And he never dreamed of it during the depres sion when his railroad auditor job was knocked out from under him and he had lo turn to golf for a living. Nelson played his first tourna ment in 1932 and ended with $12.50 for the year. But today, after winning the record $13,600 in war bonds that goes to the all American open champion, he boosted his winnings for seven months in 1945 to $45,200. Brutal Margin His victory in the open, by the brutal margin of 11 strokes over Gene Sarazen and Lt. Ben Hogan in second place, sets him up al most as a sure shot to win $80,000 this year. There is a tournament every week from now through December and with that possible money plus the numerous ex hibitions Nelson plays, the man with the steely hands and icy nerves appears to be golf's first and possibly only "Babe Rulh." Few could doubt that he'd reach that sum if they could have seen him run a great field of golfers into the ground yesterday as he took the all-American with a .72 hole total of 269, strokes, )9 under par over a tough tourna ment course, the 6,770-yard Tarn O'Shanter. For his four rounds he had a 66-68-68-67 to bury completely such golfers as Slammin' Sammy Snead, Hogan, Harold (Jug) Mc Spaden and the rest. Enough Sarazen and Hogan shot bril liant rounds I'm- 980 jtrnl.-nc ripM I nnriop nnr nnH cliffininnt trr ,if- toiy in the pre-Nelson days. Mc Spaden, Denny Shuto, of Akron, O., and Vic Ghezzi of Deal, N. J., star in their own rights, weren't tar off the pace with 281s, yet that was only good for a fourth place tie. Art Doering of Denver won the amateur by one stroke when he Good beer With a good book, your favorite radio program, or just relaxing, a glass of light OLYMPIA adds to your comfort. ssss Its the that makes OUMPIA OLYMPIA, E ! $9 SPORT S Page 6 holed a curving 10 foot putl on the final green for a 72 yesterday and a 72 hole total of 282 strokes. Hot on his heels was Bob Coch ran of St. Louis who came in with a blazing 67. . Marine Lt. Patty Berg, making a comeback afler a year as a re cruiting officer, took the women's open title by one stroke over when she shot a 77 yesterday to Dorothy Germain of Philadelphia Miss Germain's 80. ... In a third place tie were Phyl lis Olto, Atlantic la., and Betty Jameson of San 'Antonio, Tex., each with 321 strokes. 1 Portland, Stars Meet This Week; Some Good Games By United Press The head and the tail of the Pacific coast baseball league Portland and Hollywood go at it again this week starting Wednes day night down in southern Cal ifornia. The two teams don't play Tuesday evening because the Beaver club must be permitted extra time to make tho long coast junket. The rest of the week's schedule boasts some potentially excellent games. Second-place Seattle vis its the San Francisco Seals who are currently holding down third spot. However, between them, the gap is so great nine games even on the remote possibility the seals ao snap out oi men- lein argy and sweep the series they couldn't overtake the skiffmon. A slam-bang week-long battle is anticipated at San Diego wilh manager Billy raimondi's team supplying the opposition. Only two gamos stand between the Padres and their right to tenancy in fifth position. Los Angeles comes up from the south this week and into Double day park in Sacramento to tangle with the solons. The seraphs, w.ho failed miserably last week against Hollywood when they lost tire series to the Stars, 6-1, may hit their stride in the cooler climate. ' A New Shipment of IMPERIAL WASHABLE VALLPAI,'ER Has Been Received Lovely new patterns ior every room in your home), Come in and choose the ones you de sire. It's washable .... and guaranteed so! , . ., Teel's Paint Store . 1308 Adamt Water SO &OQf(),, BREWING COMPANYO WASHINGTON, U.S.A. r i species it's only the females.