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Alexander Named To Athlone's Job In Canada LONDON, Aug. 1 (UP) King George VI Has appointed Field Marshal Sir rarold R. L. G. Alex ander to succeed the Earl of Ath lone as governor general of Can ada. It was understood the date for Athlone's return to great Bri tain and the installation of Alex ander has not yet been set. The earl's normal term was due to expire in.June and he said Mhcn he did nat propose to extend his term for iriy length of time. It is expected-he will leave Can ada by late summer. ' The earl, "who is 71, is the k king's uncle. lie has been gov J ernor general since 1940. Lady Margaret Alexander said Her husband, now in Italy, will require several weeks to settle his affairs and thus it is uncer tain when they will leave for Canada. Alcxander,:i52 at the time of his appointment, .was the young est officer ever to hold field mar shal rank in.;the British army. At 35 he commanded the Irish guards and at 45 he was the youngest major general in the British army. Elliott Roosevelt Wants Lies Told Only About Him WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UP) . Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt, son of- the late president, wants his critics to confine their attacks to him instead of spreading "per nicious lies" about his father, "who can't talk back." Young Roosevelt lashed out in a statement in which he assumed full responsibility for his mucli- publicized business affairs, in cluding several loans now being investigated by congress and the treasury. He took cognizance of charges his father had helped him nego tiate the loans and described those as part of the "hate cam paign" being conducted against the late president's memory. tranklin D. Roosevelt never Promoted or assisted my personal usincss affairs, he said. "Any statement that he did so is a de liberate, infamous lie. I conduc ted my own .business affairs. The responsibility ifor-them was and still is mine. 'and mine alone." Odd Portlanders Will Get Breaks PORTLAND, Aug. 1 (UP) One group of Portlanders has found it pays to be odd. .Summertime' watering restric tions call for odd-numbered houses to sprinkle lawns one day and even numbers the next. But the end of Ju.ly..on the 31st and beginning of August on the 1st gives the odd-numbered residents two consecutive days for water ing, i What's more, the same thing jppens in August and Septem- CLEARANCE SALE! WOMEN'S COATS SUITS DRESSES Values $8.95 to $24,75 Now! $5 - $10 - $15 Norton's Kiddy Shop 1111 Adams Ave. Phone 202 m value for LIMITED TIM El NUmnu" 1 I '(Li I SHAMPOO ids xclusiv salon ihamp -es, with Prim Shampoo, this stunning beauty can be yours the gorgeous hair of women who go to Primrose House, famous New York beauty salon, for their shampoo Try Prim Shampoo ond see what alluring sheen ond Jester ond soft highlights you can attain with this . very special formula for every tyon of hair. PAYLESS DRJG STORE Christian Church Summer School Has Started at Cove OBJECTS TO HUSBANDS NUPTIAL PLANS Mrs. Ruth Schults, Chicago, (left), wife of Capt. Carl G. Schulti (right) and mother of hit two children, interferred with husband's planned marriage in Germany to WAC Sgi. Manella Koulouvaris, Brook lyn, N. Y. when she refused him a divorce. The captain claims he believed wife was killed in accident in May. Booklet Available On Food Mailing Booklets on food, for overseas mailing are now available at the office of Miss Doris McWhrter, Union county home demonstra tion agent. The booklets feature sugges tions on things to send, such as dried fruits, nuts, fruit cakes, and seasonings. Restricted food lists permissable to send to prisoners of war or interned civilians are also included. All recipes contained in the booklet were tested by members of th state extnsion staff in the "Guadalcanal room" at Oregon State college, where the temper ature is kept the same as in the south Pacific. Recipes in " the booklet include sugar - saving honey drop cookies, spiced nuts, applesauce cookies, mincemeat drop cookies, and dark fruit cake. Brownell to Meet Oregon Republicans PORTLAND, Aug. 1 (UP) National Republican. Chairman Herbert Brownell, jr., today scheduled conferences with Ore gon party leaders Friday on his 24-hour stopover in Oregon. Brownell lias "been in' Califor nia and while in 1he northwest also will stop in Seattle, Yakima and Spokane. Republican party workers will meet with Brownell in an open session Friday afternoon and pre cinct workers will join him Fri day night. He will meet with uni versity of Nebraska alumni at a breakfast. Civilians to Get More Butter WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UP) Civilians will get 10,000,000 pounds more butter during Au gust as the result of a new cut in government prchases it was dis closed today, but there will be no further reduction in butter's red point value. Secretary of Agriculture Clin ton P. Anderson said manufac turers will be required to set aside for government purchase only 20 percent of their butter production instead of the' originally sched uled 30 percent. This was possible, he said, because July production was higher than expected, and it now appears August output also will be above early estimates. No Eating Houses Open in Large Town AUBURN, Calif., Aug. 1 (UP) Fifteen restaurants, the only public eating places in this Sierra foothill community, closed today, and city officials wondered how they will feed 7,000 to 9,000 hun gry harvest pickers and other transients. Meantime, 11 eating places in Colusa county closed because of ration point shortages, with only one restaurant in the town of Col usa remaining open. Restaurant men were to confer with OPA of ficials today and plans were be ing made for city feeding centers. Hospital Notes St, Joseph's hospital: Admitted: Foster Robertson, Cove, Nedra Parish, Mrs. Foster Ferris, Ben Eales, La Grande, Mrs. Ernest Allison, Haines, sur gery. Dismissed: Patricia Robinette, La Grande, Lorna Green, Baker, Arvcl Mcintosh, Island City. WINS ANTI NOISE AWARD NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UP) The national noise abatement council announced today Memphis, Tenn., won the council's 11)45 grand na tional gold plaque for outstand ing civic achievement in the abatement of useless noise. Won't Wrinkle, Slide! $1.00 Durutwill Ties by Wilson Brothers Buv several of Wilson Brothers beautiful, neckties in bUKATWILL ... a revolutionary fabric that is successfully wrinkle-resistant . . . that will not slip when knotted! , First introduced last vear with tremeiiflimg success, DURATWILL is today the most-talked of necktie that money can buv. And so little money is needed a dollar 'does it! ' DURATWILL is exclusive with Wilson Brothers. Hurry in for your pick of crisp new patterns and colors! TROTTERS Will Continue All Week; 96 Present At Cove Camp COVE, Aug. 1 (Special) Chris tian church delegates arrived Sunday for their summer school which will continue until Aug. 4. There are 96 students, age from 12 to 20. Rev. C. F. Swander of Portland is their dean and direc tor. Other members of the facul-, ty are Rev. and Mrs. Eugene S. Chamberlain, of La Grande; Rev. and Mrs. Henry Young, Vale; Rev. O. W. Jones, Wallowa; Rev. and Mrs. Gene Jewctt, Milton; Rev. Paul Moore, Athena; Rev. O. D. Harris, Pendleton, Rev. and Mrs. Cecil Warner, The Dalles; Rev. H. L. Porter Dufur; Rev. and Mrs. Wendall Herbison, Heppner; Mrs. Jessy Mae Martin, Halfway; Mrs. Hattie Menzies, India; Mrs. Marian Snyder, La Grande; Rev. Glen Warner, Milton. Mrs. Menzies has been a mis sionary in India for 40 years and is here on a vacation. Funeral services for Jack Star eo, were held at the Baptist church Saturday afternoon, with Rev. Charles Hancock in charge. Mrs. Hancock and Ernest Gray furnished the music with Mrs. Sandra Haefer at the piano. Pall bearers were Oscar Gorham, T. R. Conklin, T. C. Hefty, Thomas Towle, Ray Williams and Hobart Brazille. Burial was in Wild Rose cemetery. There was a no hostess party at T. C. Hetty's Sunday as a com-' pliment to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Towle and their two daughters who are visiting here from aVn couvor. Guests were, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Towle, Inez, Vera, Clif ford, and Anite Towle, and Mrs. Anna Lund, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Conklin, Clarence Gayle, and Diey Conklin and Mrs. A. A. Ant ics, Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Koger. The Vancouver Towles left Sun day afternoon. Capitol Cleaner 8 Can't Remove Blood WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UP) Crews of workmen today were giving the capitol its annual sum mer housecleaning. But they don't expect to remove the half-century old bloodstains from one of the main stairways. House clerk South Trimble ex plained the stains have been there since Feb. 28, 1890 when William Preston Taulbee, a representative from Kentucky, was shot and fatally wounded by Charles E. Kincaid, Cincinnati newspaper man. The shooting climaxed' a feud of many years. Before house attendants got around to clean up t h e blood stains, Cook said, they had soak ed so deeply into the porous mar ble no amount of ordinary rub bing would remove them. Gas Stoves Taken Off Ration List WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UP) Gas stoves were removed from the ration list today, but it still doesn't mean) clear sailing for householders who use liqufied pe troleum gases. Butane and propane, most com monly used of these gases, con tinue to be in such heavy mili tary demand, according to depu ty petroleum administrator Ralph K. Davies, that restrictions on their use cannot be eased. SOCIETY BRIEFS C. H. Hendrickson left this morning for California to visit his daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Garrett. . Mr. and Mrs. William Haytcr of La Grande are the parents of a daughter born July 30 at 10:32 p.m. in Grande 'Ronde hospital. The infant, weighing six pounds, eleven and one-fourth ounces, is their third child. . Mrs. Mary Lamb and her daughter, Carol, of Union were overnight guests last evening at the home of Mrs. W. H. Fergu son in La Grande. Mrs. Alvin Miller and daugh ter, Kathryn Lee, of Cove, who were house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Laird in La Grande for the past week, have returned to their hmc. Pat Sullivan, recently returned from the Philippines, left for Mc Caw hospital Tuesday noon, after several days as the housegucst of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gray. Mrs. J. L. Munhall of Redmond is in La Grande visiting her son, Bob Munhall. Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Nelson of Spokane, and her father, Walter Nowland were in La Grande Sun day visiting friends. Mrs. Nelson is the former Mary Nowland of La Grande. Miss Jayno Moss is spending her vacation in La Grande with her mother, Clara Moss. Miss Moss plans to return Sunday to Portland where she is employed. . Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Huff and their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ma rion Huff, and her baby, return ed Sunday night from Bremerton where they visited with the Huff's son, Eddie. Marion Huff went from Eugene where he at tends the university, to Seattle to spend the last few days of their vacation with them. While in Bremerton they visit ed the Puget sound navy yard, open to visitors for the first time since 1940, and went aboard the Enterprise. , Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Morten sen and children plan to leave Saturday for Portland where they will remain a week on a combin ed business and pleasure trip. Mrs. Elmer Weise of The Dal les was a recent guest at the home of her sister, Mrs. H. A. Dotson in La Grande. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kaup and their daughters, Georgia and Benny, left last night for Los An geles, where they will visit with Fred Kaup, jr., who is stationed there with the army. They plan to be away about 10 days. Blue Mountain camp and hos pital representatives will go to McCaw hospital Friday to spend the day. . . . making a neighborly confab friendly That-boy-named-Bill and that-gtrl-named-Jill meet on common ground at the words Have a Cole. When Coca-Cola enters the picture, friend' liness and refreshment move in with it. Have a Cole is a simple little three word lesson in how to get along with folks a refreslurig and , easily understood way to say Let's be friends. lOTUCO UNDER AUTHORITY Or THE COCA COIA COMPANY IY COCA-COA UOTTLINO CO., La Grande, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Down ing and daughter, Jeanne, of Pcn delton, were in La Grande yes terday to meet another daughter, Joan, who returned from the youth camp at Wallowa lake. Buford Morris of Baker, was in the city yesterday to meet his daughter upon her return from the Presbyterian youth camp at Wallowa lake. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Brad ford have as their house guests, Mrs. Bradford's sisters, Miss Ber tino Olson, teacher at Portsmouth school, Portland, Miss Anne Ol son, home demonstration agent of Monterey county, Salinas, Calif. Miss Gail Jacobs, who has been n house guest of Miss Ellen Mey ers, 408 Main avenue, has return ed to her home in Eugene. Fraternity Plans Post War Revival PORTLAND, Aug. 1 (UP) Plans for the post-war revival of college fraternity life were made here today by tho supreme ex ecutive committee of kappa Sig ma fraternity. The committee an nounced plans for a memorial to the 11,000 members of kappa Sig ma in the armed forces. Worthy grand master Estes Sncdecor said fraternities are an integral part of the educational system and "wo aro discussing plans whereby kappa sigma may measure up fully to its respon sibility of leadership." Optometry College To Join University FOREST GROVE, Aug. 'l (UP) The Pacific College of Optome try, one of the few such schools in the nation, today was joined with Pacific university at Forest Grove, with classes to start Sept. 17. The optometry school has been inoperative for three years, fol lowing 22 years of operation in Portland. Dr. Frank Bcmis, president of the Oregon Optome try association, gave the charter to Dr. W. C. Giersbach, Pacific president, in ceremonies yester day. The new school will offer four years of work leading to a B. S. degree with a major in optome try. Graduate work leading to the doctorate is contemplated later. Standards will be the same as hose at Columbia university, University of California and Ohio State college. Symbol of all things firm and strong, the Rock of Gibraltar is now chained up to keep its sum mit from toppling into the sea. Many Hard of Hearing Can Hear. To morrow tvilli rturlm ft win uimI with n "-Imiil Rytlngp. If Vtnt uir ilf nlf iirti, ff lirirtl liy fliiKiDfl hurrliiK lip.nl KiIriii4M(il:iit-ri'rl or ( O.mnlatrd w.n (milium), try thr OiMliif Himir Mntlio-1 tmt (Im( tui m.uiy My hii rnnlilrd tlirin lo lir.tr well itgufn. Voll mimt lirnr Iwltrr nftrt making tliii ultntilr (ml or you get Wt moiiry ljt It nt out c. We iciuuimciid Uuilua Piiyloss Drug Slorn Don't fence me LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 ,i - News and Engagements Social Wednesday, August 1, 1945 Stork Shower For Mrs. Clarence Rizor Mrs. Cordelia Davis and Mrs. Percy Lowell entertained 24 guests yesterday afternoon at the Davis home, with Mrs. Clarence Rizor the guest of honor at a stork shower. The afternoon was spent socially, and the gifts were unwrapped and displayed. Later refreshments were served by the hostesses. Shower Honors Mrs. England Mrs. Harold England was the recipient of manv lovelv oifts nt a cradle shower given at her home last niaht bv Mis. l.nn n. Thompson and Mrs. Earl Beery. ine snower came as a complete surprise to the honoree, and after, the flifts were nnnnpH rnfrnh ments were served to the 13 guests. Give Your Automobile the Vital Protective Services of Slicllubrieation Drive in and let us keep your car running smooth, sweet and trouble free. We are com pletely equipped to give real service. Quick, Courteous Service Car Washing and Waxing Battery Service Tube Vulcanizing ' Goodyear Tires and Tubes Ray's Shell Service 2nd and AditntH Phone 664W Your Neighborhood Shell Dealer Kay Province . out... Have a I a a,j 'Jf -r 1 Iff f f Activities . . . Weddings Events Page 3 Social Calendar THURSDAY 8 p. m. L. S. to B. of L. F. and E., IOOF hall. 8 p. m. L. A. to B. of R. T., initiation, at Neighborhood club house. 8 p.m. Sew and So club with Mrs. Gerald Waite, 2810 Fourth street. HEALTH TO YOUI Corract ftsctaf, Colo Alknm Htmortholds (PUas). Fl ut, Fistula, Hernia (Rup tut) cUitror hallh-pow 1 to eain-abtlfty to noy 1U. 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