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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1945)
See Editorial Page Today For Outline Of New Farm Plan Society, Local News and Service Men, Pages 3, 5, 6 H!1!'l!"S:!:;''!ii!!::,':".!il,,'ll''1'"!!,!lili (' 94 Willow Ceeafiei ESTABLISHED 1S96 LA GRANDE. OREGON MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 6, 1945 FIVE CENTS M infills IP, At 1 aim Stockman Talks of Local Problems Needing Federal Attention, with Board of Chamber Union county problems necessitating- federal action were brought to the attention of Lowell Stockman, repre sentative from this district, at a meeting: of La Grande chamber, of commerce board of directors; and its industrial committee today noon. Methods of achieving affirma tive action in regard to the four-year-old quest for a veteran's hospital in this area were dis cussed with Stockman by Fred Kiddle, chairman of the commit tee in charge. Trace Advantages Kiddle traced the activity of the chamber of commerce in at tempting, to bring the necessity of such a unit in this area before the veterans' administration. La Grande has long demonstrated its geographical advantages for the hosjtfiai and the availability of a site and other requirments, he said. ' Stockman declared his office has placed the matter before before various agencies and sug gested further $teps. . He assured his cooperation in having made public the Grande Ronde valley irrigation report, the history of which was elabor ated by George Cochran. The report, Cochran said, was to have been sent, to Gov. Earl Snell and other authorities-tn-this area far- final ratification on July 15, but no action has resulted. . Airline Stop Suggestion to have the La Grande case on a permanent air line stop at the municipal air port appealed and to present all pertinent information to the civil acronauical board was made by Stockman, who declared the principal national development now consideration is aviation. "It will behoove every com munity to take as much action as possible in regard to aviation," he said. Presentation of the airport sit uation was made by Dr. C. L. Gilstrap and supplemented by Charles Reynolds. The meeting was opened by Ray Gray, president of the chamber, who introduced Stock man, and was conducted by Frank Schiro, chairman of the industries committee. Lower Temperature Forecast For State Lower temperatures tomorrow are forecast by the weather bu reau today, promising relief from the hot spell which caused La Grandes official mercury to flirt with the top yesterday, with a maximum temperature of 94 de grees. Sunday was the hottest day of the year for Portland, with the airport recording 100.5 degrees, and the downtown weather sta tion recording 98 degrees. Other high Sunday tempera tures recorded in Oregon were: Baker, 90; Bend, 88; Burns, 93; Eugene, 9; Lakeview, 94; Mea cham, 87; Medford, 100; Pendle ton, 95; Roseburg, 98; and Salem, 89. Eisenhower Sees Reich Hardships BERLIN, Aug. 6 (UP) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower messaged the German people in the Amer ican occupation zone today the coming months will be a time of trial, with shortages of food, fuel, housing and transport. Coal will not be available for heating their houses this winter, Eisenhower told t h c Germans, and they must gather wood from the forests for fuel. Western Railroad Need (15,000 Men PORTLAND. Aug. 6 (UP) Western railroads need 65,000 ad ditional workers, E. B. Miller, dis trict manager of the railroad re tirement board, has announced. He indicated Oregon alone des perately needs more than 2,000 skilled and unskilled workers. 5) HIRAM JOHNSON: One of last survivors of 'little band of wil ful men' dies in naval hospital. Forest Fire Again Out of Control; More Help Sent QRTLAND,Aji.. 8 (UP)- Western Oregon's forest fire rag ed out of control on two fronts today as winds fanned the flames. On the Hembre ridge front at the southwest end of the main Wilson river fire, flames swept across fire lines and forced fight ers to retreat. Officials reported the fire was within a mile of the Cook creek outlet on the Nehal em river and threatened rich tim berland across the river. 150 Fighters Some 150 specially trained fire fighters in the air forces were rushed from Portland and vicin ity to Reehers camp and Spruce run where flames were reported advancing. New volunteers were sent into the Forest Grove sector to con tinue battling for the city's water shed. Advancing beyond the 500 acre burn of Saturday, the flames were threatening to burn out the headwaters above the city reser void. At the southeast end of the Wilson river fire, flbmes have consumed 500 acres in the head waters area of Sein creek. Temperatures of 100 and hu midity of only 20 made the woods tinder dry yesterday but a shift of winds and broken clouds was forecast today to slightly improve condition on the fire front. More Favorable The situation northeast of Glen wood and the consolidated camp was more favorable today, with lines holding. Easterly winds car ried the Scoggins creek finger of fire beyond the immediate reach of fighters. The Trask river sector was be coming so serious the U. S. Forest Service strengthened lines north of t h e Siuslaw national forest, now within 10 or 12 miles of the fire. During the night, lightning storms over the Siskiyou and Rogue river forests set several fires which are being fought to day. Another storm was reported over state forests east of Eugene but no fire reports had been re ceived. FIRE UNDER CONTROL Fire at the foot of Mt. Emily, west of Imhler, called out state foresters yesterday afternoon, it was announced today. The fire covering approximately 150 square feet, was apparently started by a cigaret. Owsley canyon fire, foresters report, is under control now, and should be thoroughly extinguished in a few days. DANISH PAINTER DIES PORTLAND, Aug. 6 (UP) Funeral services will be held to morrow for F r a n c e s c a R. C. Grothjcan, oil painter, who died Sunday. Hiram Johnson, Ranking Senate Member, Dies One of Last Of League Blockers Left in Senate WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UP) Sen. Hiram Warren Johnson, R., Calif., one of the few survivors of the "little band of wilful men" who fought the league of nations in 1920, died today a few weeks after he had reaffirmed his life long isolationism. Dean of the senate Republi cans, he died in his sleep at Be thesda, Mjd., naval hospital at 6:45 a.m., EWT. He would have celebrated his 79th birthday Sept. 2. Against Charter Johnson, who had been in ill health for several years, took little part in the charter debate. He telephoned his "no" vote, the first recorded, to the senate foreign affairs committee when it approved the charter. When the senate itself voted, Johnson was unable to be on the floor, but was payedagainst thecharter. The other "two survivors of the little isolationist group in the 1920 senate voted for the charter this time. They are Sen. Arthur Capper, R., Kas., and Sen. David I. Walsh, D., Miss. Wife With Him Johnson had been in the hos pital since July 18. During the past several years, he had been absent froW'thc senate floor for long periods due to illness, and had presented an appearance far removed from the fighting orator of his earlier days. Cause of death was given as cerebral thrombosis.H i s wife the formeW Minnie L. McNeal, was with hm when he died, and his only remaining son, Lt. Col. Hiram W. Johnson, jr., 55, was flying here from San Francisco. On Committees He was the second ranking member of the senate in terms of continuous service. He had been a senator continuously since March, 1917, beng outranked only by Sen. Kenneth McKellar, D., Tenn. His death leaves vacancies on five senate committees. Most im portant was his position on the foreign relations committee of which he was the ranking repub lican member and, in event of a change of administration, of which he would have been chair man. Dr. Skeen to Speak At First Session Of 4-H Girls Camp Oregon college of education will lead a panel discussion on "Your future in 4-H club work" tomor row at the first day of the 4-H club girls camp at the eastern uregon experiment station at Union, it was announced today. MlSS .lennio Ma rU Wurrnn home demonstration agent from t-cnoieton, a 4-H club girl, and a 4.H Pltih loiirlnr kntU (, hi. chosen at the camp, will assist him. About 75 crirlx nri vnnrpH In attend the camp, which will be neia tomorrow end Wednesday. Coin Artiste Get Busy in Portland PORTLAND. Aug. I (UP) PortlaaeVi coumntcbing artists are mt it ajnia. Ben M. Tartar, Sealile, re ported to oolice he was engaged in conversation by two strang ers at the central but dopot Sunday. The result was a match ing game, when he took out his purse to pay off hit losses, the pair snatched lt and fled. The purse contained $200, Terhark said. PRINCE CHARMING IS REAL ROYALTY His Royal Highness Prince Amir Mohammed Ibn Abdul Aiis, son of King Ibn Saud of Saudi, Arabia, and recent Saudi delegate to united nations con ference, phones nightly from? Washington to prolly Mary Moham md. 22, Detroit, Mich., stenographer of Arabic doscnt, and former WAVE (right) who admits romance is flattering. Couple met in Detroit, enjoyed attractions of New York in visit there. Huge Fires Sweep Over Four Jap Centers After B-29 Raid By WILLIAM F. TYHEE ' GUAM, Aug. 6 (UP) Towering fires touched off by 580 Super fortresses swept through four Japanese cities today and President Truman in Washington announced a new "atomic bomb," the world's most powerful explosive with blasting power of 20,000 tons of TNT, has been used for the first time against Hiroshima, Jap anese training center. ' N Tokyo said Hiroshima was struck by a "small number" of Super fortresses, dropping both incendiaries and demolition bombs, begin ning at 8:20 a.m. Monday, Tokyo time, (4:20 p.m. Sunday, pwt.) President Truman said the new bomb unleashed . against Hiro shima opened a "new and revo lutionary increase in destruc tion." Canadians Arrive There was no immediate re action from the 20th U. S. air force command or other military leaders here to President Tru man's announcement of the first use of the atomic bomb. It was disclosed officially Can adian troops have arrived in this area to participate in the final offensive against Japan and re ports from the third fleet "some where in the Pacific" indicated it was deliberately trying to keep the Japanese guessing as to when and where it will strike the next time. Hit Tokyo, Too Veteran B-29 crewmen return ing from their 3,850-ton prc-dawn raid said they started tremendous fires at the industrial centers of Maebashi and Nishinomiya-Mik-abe on Honshu, Saga on Kyushu, Imbari on Shikoku and at the synthetic gasoline plant at Ulic. Tokyo reported U. S. fighter bombers hit Tokyo and five sur rounding prefectures a few hours after the Superfortress smash. mWW " . ML fc.6 , eiii nl mi mi mi mwntirf nalwni 1 1 luriir - I -m-llinin n i n YANK ATTACKS SWEEP SOUTHEAST HOK KAIDO Sweeping attack of Japanese home is lands engulfs southeast Hokkaido, Honshu, leaving military installations and their targets 'smoking ruins after bombing and ilraling attack of Adm. Halsey'i 3rd fleet carrier based planes. Bridge (lever left) received direct hit Mid-stream from 1,000 pound bomb as photo is shot, ) rMfc Chinese Break Into Big Port CHUNGKING, Aug. 6 (UP) Chinese troops have broken into the stialcgic port of Ycungkong on the southern coast of Kwang lung province, 153 miles west of Hongkong, and are fighting the Japanese in the streets for pos session ot the city, a high com mand communique announced to day. Ycungkong is the largest Chi nese port between the Luichow peninsula and Macao. Capture of the city would give Chinese for ces from the west a major out let to the Pacific. Ycungkong lies athwart the coastal road which the Japanese used last month for withdrawal of their garrison from Hainan is land to Hongkong. Oil Drilling Again ST. HELENS, Aug. 6 (UP) The Richfield oil company has enter ed Columbia county for oil pros pects, filings in the county clerk's office disclosed today. Leases con tained clauses as to drilling with in a certain period have been ob tained on land west of Scappno.se. Foe Warned 'Rain of Ruin' Will Fall Unless Ultimatum Accepted By CHILES COLEMAN WASHINGTON,-Aujr. 6 (UP) United States has unleashed against Japan the terroC of an atomic bomb 2,000 times more powerful than the biggest blockbusters. President Truman revealed this great scientific achievement today and warned the Japanese they now face "a rain of ruin from the air the like of which has never been seen on this earth." More and more of these devastating bombs will tumble on Japan if they continue to reject the Potsdam surrender ultimatum. The new atomic bomb was used for tho first time yesterday. An American plane drop ped one on the Japanese army base at Hiroshima. Cost 2 Billions Its use marked victory for the allies in the greatest scientific role in history. The U. S. ' put $2,000,000,000 and the work of 125,000 person in the project. A single bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of TNT. It has more than 2,000 times the blast power of the British "grand slam" bomb, the largest ever used pre viously. Secretar;1 of War Henry L. Stimson disclosed an improved bomb will be forthcoming short ly that will increase "several fold" the present effectiveness of the new weapon. No Roport The war department said it is not yet able to make an accurate report of the damage caused by lha first bomb. Development of the bomb, a victory of American scientists in a desperate race with Ger many, is "the greatest achieve ment of organized science in history,' Truman said. The United States, he added, is now prepared "to obliterate more rapidly and completely every pro ductive enterprise the Japanese have above ground. Sent Into Action He revealed the ultimatum to Japan from Potsdam was made "to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction." When the ultimatum was re jected, the atomic bomb was sent into action. Truman revealed "t w o great plants and many lesser works" employing more than 65,000 work ers are producing the new atmic bomb Even more destructive bombs ore being developed, he said. Production centers are lo cated ot Oak Ridge, near Knox ville, Tenn., ot Richland, near Pasco, Wash., and near Santa Fo, N. M. Closely Guarded Truman's statement, released while he still was enroule home by cruiser from Potsdam, lifted the secrecy from one of (he most closely-guarded enterprises of the war. Truman did not reveal the ef fects the first bomb used against Japan. He said, howt'veri that despite the vast multiplied poten cy of the bomb, "the physical size of the explosive charge is ex ceedingly small." "11 an ntnmir hnmh. lit' Raid. Sec "FOE WARNED" .. . Page 5 3 9 Jap Cifeo Test Atomic Bomb Vaporized Steel, Left Deep, Wide Crater WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UP), The first test' firing of an atomic bomb immediately vaporized a steel tower from which the weapon was suspended and sent a massive cloud billowing into the stratos-. phere with "tremendous power," the war dppartment said today v j "At the appointed time," an official description of the test said,: "there was a blinding flash, lighting up the whole area brighter than the brightest daylight. A mountain range three miles from,' the observation point stood out in bold relief. Soil Conservation Group to Meet; Discussion Set Members" ot c soil con'serva lion committee will meet at 7:30 p. in. today in the Hot Lake san itarium to assemble petitions for the organization of a soil conser vation district in the Hot Lake, Ladd Canyon and Union district, R. W. Schaad, Union county ag ricultural agent, announced today. Considerably more t h a t the necessary 25 signatures have been received, it was announced, and the petitions will be sent to the state board of soil conservation in Corviillls within the next week. Proposal to establish a soil con servation district in Wallowa county will be discussed at pub lic hearings to be held Aug. 10 and 11 at Enterprise, Wallowa and Flora. The proposed district will cm grace all of Wallowa county, but the determination of the boun daries of the district will be de cided upon at the hearings and the determination of whether the soil conservation district shall be established will be made at a subsequent election in which every land owner is entitled to one vote. Yanks Start To Clean Up Luzon MANILA, Aug. 8 (UP) Amer ican patrols worked their way through .the wilderness of north ern Luzon today In the opening stages of a final mop-up in the Philippines campaign to finish off Japanese opposition now re duced to units of only company strength. Gen. Douglas MacArlhur's com munique announced that 4,740 ad ditional enemy dead were count ed in the Philippines last week, with approximately 3,800 found on Luzon. B-25 Mitchell bombers and P-38 fighters on Friday drop ped jellied gasoline, as well as high explosives on Japanese po sitions. Two Make Pictures Of Valley Here For National Geographic Ray Atkeson and P. T. Gable of Portland are in La Grande taking photographic shoti of the Grande Ronde valley for National Geographic magaiine to go with an article on the state of Orefoa. The aiaterial wttt compiled a oil the story written by Leo Bovofe, of the National. Geo- grapfate daring two months in , iao Tpriatl wnen ne tourea urn Ht'tt. slopping at spots of scenic interest. The two Portland men are with Photo Arts in Portland and were assigned by the magaiine to make the picture. "There cam a tremendous : sustained, roar and a heavy r preiiura wave which knocked 1 down two men outside the con trol lower (10,000 yards from the explosion). "Immediately t h e r eafter a huge multi-colored surging cloud boiled to an altitude of over. 40,-. 000 feet. Clouds In its path dis-. appeared. Soon the shifting sub stratosphere winds dispersed the narrow gray mass.. "The steel tower (from which the bomb had been suspended had been entirely vaporized," the description continued. "Where the tower had stood, there was a. a huge sloping crater. "Daied but relieved at the uccew of their tests, the sci- enilits promptly marshalled their forces to estimate the , strength of America's new wea- : pon. Answer to their findings rests in the destruction effected on Japan today. The bomb was tested for the first time at 5:30 a.m. July 16, 1045, in a remote section of the Alamogordo air base, 120 miles southeast of Albuquerque, N.M. PROBABLY QUAKE WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UP)tt There was a faint earth murmur on tho seismograph at George town university last night at 6:22 p.m., tho same day the first ato mic borrib was dropped upon Jap an from an American plane. Uni imroift. nrr;;.,i,. . however, to attribute th all- J. turbance to repercussions VfroWf. thn nnuum'Fnl nmi, nvnlncii.A POWER OF BOMB " LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (UP) Here is the power of the atomic bomb: One bomb equals five tralnloads of TNT, or two cargo shiploads, or 0,600 Flying Fort' less loads during their first strikes against Berlin, or four times the weight of our heaviest day's assault against the entice Japanese home islands, or 40 times the weight of tho biggest assault of the London blitz. That's one bomb. Police Help Search For Youth Here City police today are looking for Cultus C. McClothen, 16, be Moved to be in or around La Grande. Young McClothen's grandmother has been seriously injured in an automobile accident at McCall, Ida., and has been calling for her grandson, accord ing to a phone call from David McClothen, father of the boy. Weather Data for 24 hours tw 7 a. m. Temperature: Maximum .... 94 Minimum JO Forecast: Scat tered showers t o t g h t and Tuesday, with a few light show ers in Cascades. THREATENING slightly cooler today.
