Cattle Industry
Demands Increase
In Production
Six Point Program
Suggested liy
Cattlemen
DENVER, Aug. 1 (UP) De
mands of the nation's cattle and
beef industry upon the govern
ment to "bring a substantial in
crease in beef production for the
coming season were made pub
lic today by F. E. Mollin, execu
tive secretary ol the American
National Livestock association.
A six-point program" which
was presented last week to Sec
retary of Agriculture Clinton P.
Anderson by the cattle and beef
industry committee of the asso
ciation," was outlined and recom
mendations made to show how to
reduce cattle numbers on the
ranges and farms, filling the
fcedlots in the process.
Raiso Price
Following is the six-point pro
gram which Mollin said was re
commended: 1. Increase of at least 50 cents
a hundredweight in the maxi
mum compliance price on AA
and A grades of beef, with com
pensating increases in the whole
sale and retail ceiling prices on
these grades.
2. Elimination of the over-all
ceiling price on cattle and calves,
inasmuch as prices arc controlled
by maximum compliance prices.
Two Grades
"3. Subsidy removal as average
drove costs decline from the top
of the stabilization range to be
at llw rate of two cents for each
3-cent decline in price, instead
of 4 cents for each 5-cent de
cline in price under the present
order.
"4. Establishment of two grados
on baby beer arcasses, mm
would be completely outside of
the category of aged beef; this
in order to promote the feeding
of a greater number of calves.
"5. Securing a firm commit
ment from all meat purchasing
agencies of the federal govern
ment. "6.' That it might be necessary
to work out a system of priori
ties covering freight transporta
tion, ranking livestock and meat
products next to munitions of
war, to prevent slowing down the
expected heavy movement."
Two Plead Guilty
To Butter Thefts
From Puget Yard
SEATTLE, Aug. 1 (UP) State
ments of two men who pleaded
guilty to butter thefts from the
Puget Sound navy yard, caused
U. S. District Judge Lloyd L.
Black to order the navy officer
in charge of the yard to appear
in court tomorrow.
The men, Calvin Snyder, 37,
and Henry Huebeit, 36, said they
had been told "more than a ton"
had ben taken from the food
locker when it was being clean
ed. They added they had been
told 'to take some. As a result,
both lost their jobs at the yard.
John E. Belcher, assist U. S.
.ttorney, described the case as
"a scandalous situation."
Judge Black said "if the navy
insists on prosecution, the court
should know who was in charge
of the locker."
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"ranchiied Bottler: PopiiCola Bottling Co. of Pendleton"
Prayer Puts New
Angle on Traffic
Violation Case
PORTLAND, Aug. 1 (UP) MM
nicipul Judge John B. Searbrook
is an expert on traffic violation
alibis but he got a new angle
from a sweet little old lady who
promised to send him some cher
ries from her orchard because he
suspended her $5 fine. Traffic of
ficers said the little old lady had
driven through a red light.
"But," she protested gently, "I
have a little praypr for red lights
when I approach them I keep
saying, 'change, my beloved;
change, my beloved; change my
beloved.' ,
"And when this one changed
to green, I said what I always
say 'thank you, God.' "
Neither the judge nor the cop
had the heart to tell her that the
only thing wrong with her prayers
in this ease was that there is no
green light at that intersection,
only a flashing red signal calling
for a complete stop.
Battleship Hit By
Suicide Plane Now
Back in Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UP)
The navy revealed today the
battleship Mississippi was hit by
a suicide plane Inst January at
Lingaycn gulf with 40 casualties
to her crew. It was the first
time the 28-ycar-old battlcwagor)
had been hit during the seven
major campaigns in which she
has participated in this war.
She is aiow back with the fleet
after returning to Pearl Harbor
in March for battle damage re
pairs and an overhaul which in
creased her fire power 300 per
cent. The Mississippi today has
one of the most potent anti-air
craft batteries among the ships
fighing the enemy.
The Japanese dive bomber
caused 22 deaths and injured It)
other crew members when it
crashed into the port side of the
Mississippi on Jan. 9, 1945. But
the damage was not sufficient to
remove the battleship from the
diring lines and her crew had ex
tinguished all fires in 20 minutes.
The crew members repaired
the damage so efficiently the ship
cnntinuid to operate efficiently
for sevei ela weeks before return
ing to Pearl Harbor. Capt. Her
man J. Redfield, of Coronado,
Calif., is skipper of the Missis
sippi. Tammany Victor
In Primary Vote
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UP) The
present organization of Tam
many hall, torn by intra - party
battles, retained its leadership to
day by sweeping all nine districts
leadership places on the basis of
unofficial primary elections re
turns. Voting was light in city-wide
primaries yesterday as Republi
cans nominated general sessions
Judge Jonah J. Goldstein as may
oralty candidate, and Democrats
nominated King's county district
attorney William O'Dwyer. Both
were unopposed.
Mayor Fiorello II. LaGuardia.
elected in 1933 on a fusion ticket,
did not seek renomination.
Today We Pay
Tribute to
f'nl. Clinton Paul Alcxan
dcr, 25, is serving; with the
army air corps in the Philip
pines. He is a mechanic with
the 72nd bomb squadron and
lias been in the southwest
and south Pacific since Lie
centner, 1912.
He is the son of Mrs. Albei t
Hutchinson. 2104 Third St.,
I,a Grande. Alexander attend
ed elementary school at Cove
and Island City, and hih
school in Ut (iiande.
Hefore entering the army
he was employed by the high
way department.
Col. Kathleen Comstock
marine corps women's reserve, is
spending a 15-day leave at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. S. Comstock, Cove. Cor
poral Comstock, who entered the
service in 1943, has been station
ed at El Centra, Calif.
Second Lieut. Roy Comstock,
of the marine air corps, has ar
rived in San Diego after 12
months in the south Pacific, ac
cording to word received by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Com
stock, Cove. Lieutenant Corn
stock will have a 30-day leave,
starting the first of next week,
which he will spend with his
Darents. He entered the service
in 1942.
Robert Eugene Clark,
motor machinists mate third class,
will arrive in La Grande today
for a 30-day leave with his wife.
the former Gerry Pierson, and
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Clark. Clark, who entered
the navy in August, 1943, has
been in the New Hebrides islands
in the south Pacific for 22 months.
Pfc. Jack McGhean
is in La Grande for a 30-day fur
lough after his recent return from
the European war, and prior to
reassignment to duty in the Paci
fic. His wife is the former Lorraine
Hcndrickson, and he is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack McGhean.
He took his basic training at
Camp Hood, Tex., transferred to
the 13th armored division in
September, 1944, and went over
seas in January of this year.
McGhean participated in the
battle of the Ruhr and has battle
stars for Rhineland and Ger
many. Their main objective was
from Nuernburg to Braunau, Aus
tria. His group remained there
until coming to the United States.
Joel Charles (Jerry) Bingncr
signalman third class, left lat
night for Shoemaker, Calif , after
leave spent in La Grande whore
he was a guest at the home of
ni.-. parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Ringner. Until recently Bingiier
has Invn on convoy patrol duty
in the Mexico gulf, and is to be
icassignrd to more sea duty.
Ensign Ronald Mohr
i.rnved in La Grande last night
to visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Mohr. his brother.
William Mohr, and his sister, Mrs.
IVicv Lowell
Ensign Mohr .is met in Pen
dleton in- his parents and will go
io iH,tik lu new station, tomor
row nioMuni;.
Seven Germans To
Hang For Murders
DARMSTADT, Aug. 1 (UP)
Residi nts of t h e bomb-ruined
town of Darmstadt are silent to
day, gumiy aware seven German
civilians, including two women,
have been sentenced by an Amer
ican military court to die.
Those sentenced to death were
chargid with participating in the
mob murder of six United States
airmen near the village of Russel
heun last August. Three others
dtew long prison terms. One was
acquit'.eol.
The stunned villagers sat rig
idly lust night while the seventh
army military commission, af:cr
a foui -hour deliberation. unnoutK'-
ed tt.e sentences. Time and place
v( the hangings will be deter
mined by Lt. Gen, Wade ll.us!ip.
oommSjidcr of the seventh.
, TODAYS
SPORT PARA!
By CARL LUNDQUIST
UP Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UP)
It would take caviar and corpone
to get Larry M a c P h a i 1 and
Branch Rickey seated at the
same table, but the host who
could arrange such a menu might
be rewarded with a scoop on the
most whopping baseball trade of
all a manager for a manager.
Because Yankee proxy Mac
Phail and Rickey, domo of the
Dodgers, don't travel in the same
social circle, they probably never
thought of cooking up a deal. Yet
the fact is inescapable both are
t e m d c ramentally incompatible
with the guys who run their
clubs.
And it just happens gentleman
ly Joe McCarthy, manager of the
Yankees, is exactly the type of
fellow you would expect to be
running a club for the equally
gentlemanly Rickey. Moreover,
explosive Leo Durocher already
has demonstrated he can direct
a winning team for MacPhail,
who was his boos in Brooklyn
when the Dodgers won the pen
nant in 1941.
When MacPhail took over as
head of the Yankees last winter,
there was a buzz of speculation
over ho wlong he and McCarthy
would get along. Rumors of fric
tion became fact when McCarthy
tried to resign after MacPhail
criticized the club's lack of hus
tle. And MacPhail, though he
emphasized he held McCarthy
blameless, didn't help to repair
the bieach whin he peddled
Hank Borowy, one of McCarthy's
favorite pitchers, to the Cubs.
Year at Time
Durocher must have had the
feeling for more than three years
that he has been walking on eggs.
Considering their "North Pole-
South Pole" personality clash, it
is a wonder Rickey has kept him
this long. Durocher is a Broad
way dandy with radio, night club
and theatrical connections.
Rickey's love of "bright lights"
ends with the reading lamp.
Never, since he took over the
club in 1943, has Rickey given
Durocher more than a one year
contract. At the start of his re
gime he warned Durocher that
there must be no more high stake
poker and that there must be
stricter training rules. And
when Lippy Leo was spellbind
ing cadio audiences with special
appearances last spring, Rickey
reminded him tartly that he
would have to decide whether he
was going to hold down one job
or the other.
McCartny could get along with
Rickey, who leaves actual direc
tion of the team solely to his
manager. And Durocher, though
he frequently indulged in historic
histrionics with MacPhail, some
how managed to keep red-head
Larry in his place. MacPhail of
ten invaded the sacred precepts
of the Dodger dressing room and
usually Durocher was glad to see
him. If he wasn't he was likely
to tell his club house hoy to "keep
that red-haired lug out of helo
or I'll beat his brains out with a
ball bat."
Coe A. McKenna To
Tax Commission
SALEM, Aug. I (UP) State
Senator Coe A. McKenna, Port
land real estate broker, late
Tuesday was named state tax
commissioner, the state board of
c o n t r o I announced. McKenna
will succeed Earl B. Way, com
missioner for years, who resigned
to return to active management
of his ranch in southern Oregon.
McKenna has been slate legis
lator since l'Wii. serving two
terms in '.he senate. He is a grad
uate of Portland and Notre Dame
universities. He is a past presi
dent of the Portland realty hoard,
ami past vue prisident of the
National Association of Realty
Hoards, as well as having solved
for 13 years on the Portland
planning board.
McKenna was named unanim
ously by the hoard of control.
Other tax commissioners who
will continu-.' in office include
Charles Galloway and Earl Fish-
lt. McNenna's term expires Dec.
31. 194ti.
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Sacs Take Third
From Seals As
Rainiers Climb
By JACK DAILEY
With the first place Portland
Beavers and the last place Hol
lywood Stars idling last night,
middlemen of the Pacific Coast
league had their day with a one
hit game turned in by San Diego
hurler Vic Trahd and emergence
of Sacramento into third place
with a 7 to 3 victory over Los
Angeles.
The Padres split a twin bill
with Oakland.'dropping the open
er 11 to 6 and finishing up with
a 2 to 1 victory in the nightcap.
The Solons took over third place
from the San Franqisdo Seals
who were blanked 2 to 0 by the
Seattle Rainiers. The latter ad
vanced to 5 Vi games behind the
idling Beavers, who open their
series with Hollywood tonight.
Seattle scored both its runs in
the sixth, when Joe Dobbins'
triple brought in George McDon
ald and Chuck Aleno, who had
singled. Both teams made 11
hits, despite the paltry scoring.
Chet Johnson on the mound for
Seattle struck out seven Seals,
while Frank Seward of the Seals
funned six.
Bob Boken, first batter up for
the Padres in the final inning,
won the nightcap with a home
run off Johnny Babich. In the
seven-inning opener the Oaks
trailed util the fifth when they
scored seven runs to five hits
and a hit batsman. Tom Hafey's
homer with one on climaxed the
rally.
Leading Players
Still in Tourney
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 1
(UP) Leading women tennis
players of the country prepared
for third round competition to
day in the Delaware grass court
championships long regarded as
the "little nationals" after one
upset marked yesterday's compe
tition. Shirley Fry, Akron, O., nation
al junior champion and eighth
ranking player nationally, whs
eliminated by Barbara Krase, un
rnked San Francisco girl, 3-6,
7-5, 8-6. The match was moved
indoors because of heavy rains.
National champion Pauline
Betz, Los Angeles, defeated Betty
Ann Tulbert, St. Louis, 6-3, 6-0,
and Dorothy Head, Alameda,
Calif., topped Jean Doyle, San
Diego, 6-2, 6-2.
Survivors yesterday included
Margaret Varner, Los Angeles;
Mrs. Helen Rihbany, New York;
Nancy Chaffee, Ventura, Calif.;
Louise Snow, Batersfield, Calif.,
and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Cooke,
Brookline, Mass.
New Songs Part
Of Film 'Alaska'
Several new songs are sung
during the action of "Alaska,"
Monogram's thrilling picturiza-
lion of a Jack London story which
opens a three day engagement
at the Liberty theater Thursday,
with Kent Taylor, Margaret
Lindsay, John Carradine, Dean
Jagger and Nils Asther in the
featured roles. The numbers
were written by Edward Cher
knse and Edward Kay, the latter
the musical director of the pic
ture. All the songs are featured dur
ing scenes in a great concert hall
and saloon in an Alaskan town,
crowded with miners and the
flotsam of the gold fields,
"Bombalera," one of the finest
in the series of lavishly produced
Paramount two-real technicolor
musicals, will be seen, beginning
Thursday at the Liberty theater.
It stars Olga San "Juan, sensa
tional new screen find plus a
strong supporting cast and a col
orful array of specialty entcrtain-
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Wednesday, August 1, 1945
Yanks Beat Ferriss
Third Straight Game
By CARL LUNDQUIST
NEW .YORK, Aug. 1 (UP)
When the Yankees gave Dave
Ferriss his first bumps as a big
leaguer after he had won eight
straight games they let it circu
late via the grape-vine the big
ropkie could be hit successfully
if the batters "waited him out."
After scoring their third
straight victory over the hand
some kid, yesterday, It seemed
evident that they knew what they
were talking about. They beat
him, 4 to 2 in 10 innings, for his
fourth defeat against 17 victories.
They had to go beyond regulation
distance, but they tagged Ferriss
for 10 hits, four by George (Tuck)
Stainback. His last one, a single,
drove in the winning run in the
10th after which Frankie CroBet
ti squeezed in another with a per
fect bunt.
Win Sixth
Walt Dubicl pitched the
Yankees to their sixth victory in
eight games since Coach Art
Fletcher took as acting manager
for ailing Joe McCarthy.
The other big American league
winner, Hal Newhouser, got a lit
tle more extra inning support,
winning his 17th game for the
Tigers in the 12th when Jimmy
Outlaw singled to beat the Browns
at Detroit, 5 to 4.
The relief pitcher Pete Center
gained a 6 to 5 victory over the
White Sox at Cleveland, pitching
scoreless ball after the fifth.
Johnny Dickshot hit a homer for
Chicago.
- Win Game
Del Bissondtte'fl first day as
manager of the Braves was a hec
tic one in which he saw practical
ly everything happen in a split
of a double header with the Gi
ants at New York. The Braves
ended their losing streak at 10
games by winning the second
game, 9 to 4 with a five run ral
ly in the 13th. They lost the
opener in the last of the ninth,
4 to 3.
Workman's second homer spot
lighted the Braves' slump-busting
rally in the nightcap. Buddy
Keer hit a Giant homer in the
second game and Manager Mel
Ott got his 499th major league
homei in the opener. Tommy
Holmes got a second game homer
and Whitey Wietelmann hit one
in the opener for Boston.
Rained Out
The Reds made it two out of
three over the Cardinals at St.
Louis by splitting a double head
er. St. Louis took the opener, 4
to 3, when Al Jurisich, making
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his first start since May 18, turn
ed in a six-hit game for his ini
tial win.
Bucky Walters, returning to his
favorite habit of beating the
Cardinals, gave Cincinnati a five
hit, 2 to 0, shutout in the second
game. It was his 10th victory but
his first this year over the Cards.
Eddie Miller's homer provided
the margin of vctory.
The Philadelphia As at Wash
ington and Brooklyn at Phila
delphia Phils double-headers were
postponed because of rain.
Baseball Standings
By United Press
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Chicago 58 32 .044
Brooklyn 53 3!) .576
St. Louis 55 41 .573
Pittsburgh 49 46 .516
New York 50 47 .'615
Cincinnati 42 48 .467
Boston 42 52 .447
Philadelphia 26 70 .271
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 51 36 .586
New York 47 40 .540
Washington 45 41 .523
Boston 46 43 .517
Cleveland 44 44 .500
Chicago 44 45 .494
St. Louis 42 44 .488
Philadelphia 30 56 .349
PACIFIC COAST
Portland 75 45 .625
Seattle 70 51 .579
Sacramento 61 61 .500
San Francisco 61 02 .496
Oakland 59 64 .480
San Diego 58 67 .464
Los Angeles 53 68 .438
Hollywood 51 70 .421
USE INDIAN TACTICS
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1
(UP) An Australian war corres
pondent reported today that Aus
tralian 6th division troops, copy
ing tactics of the American In
dian, use flame arrows to set fire
to Japanese-occupied huts in the
Wewak area of Northern New
Guinea. Aussies bind gasoline
soaked rags to the arrows, set
fire to them, and shoot the ar
rows into the thatched huts.
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Football Stars " V-'
Look Forward
To Big Pay
Bv JOE CUSTER
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UP)
Professional football stars ligk-
ing their chops in anticipation of .
skyrocketing salaries in post-war
competition between rival lea
gues are doomed to frustration,
Vice-President Tom Gallery of
the Brooklyn Tigers predicted
today. '
"Cut-throat bidding for play,
ers, with resultant team-jumping, '
may occur for a while but it's
doomed for an early demise," he
said. "The law of economics will
take care of that."
Gallery's forecast was in ans- , ;
wer to speculation that inaujur- L
ation of the proposed all-Amer- If,
ica league in competition with
the 19-year-old National league
might spark a disastrous "player
war." "Such a 'player-war' is likely
when the all-America league
goes into operation," Gallery ad
mitted, "but it will, not continue
long enough to do serious dam
age. "In the first place, the men
behind the new pro football car
cuit are a sagacious, seasoned
lot who know exactly what
they're doing. Then, too, they
have the precedent of the Fed
eial league before them, when
this organization went broke try.
ing to take stars from the Amer
ican and National baseball lea
gues; the interlopers ran out of
money, which is a natural con
clusion in cut-throat bidding,
"The all -American league
won't make that mistake. . Sal
aries are governed by overhead '
and gate receipts; you can seat
only so many spectators, at so
much a seat, in any stadium in
the country, and your salaries are
part of that overhead."
Ancient Roman sports fans at
the circus or races relished fried
peas as a snack, much as we' rel
ish peanuts and popcorn.
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All Riders!
in Union County interested
in participating in the
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Thursday at 7i00 p.m.
and Sundays at 4 :00 p.m.
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