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Hawaii Mars To Be Raised From Chesapeake Bay Sunk by Speedy Landing; Hull Broken Open LOVE POINT, Md., Aug. 8 (UP) Glenn L. Martin company on ginecrs began preparations today to raise (he Hawaii Mara, world s largest airplane, from the Chesa peake Bay where it sank yester day during a high-speed emer gency landing. None of the 10 men aboard the big 72M-ton flying boat was in jured seriously when loss of a ver tical stabilizer interrupted a test flight and forced her down. Hull Crashed The impact cracked open the hull and the big ship began sink ing. The wafer was only about 25 feet deep, however, and the tail and tip of one wing remained above the surface. Veteran test pilot William E. Coney, who was at the controls, told the United Press that his in strument panel blacked out after the ship lost the stabilizer at about 7,000 feet. "T h e instrument panel went dead because the ship was in a yawed (shaking) condition," he said. "But the crew decided it could be landed and wc tested the plane for 30 minutes at partial en gine power." Back to Plant The Hawaii Mars had been launched only two weeks before as the first of 20 such transports being constructed for the navy. The Martin company said it would be taken back to its Baltimore plant for overhauling. Coney, who was at the controls when the ship went up on its first flight two weeks ago, said it would be examined for structural weaknesses. The next piano of the Mars type, he said, "will be structurally perfect." Mitscher Predicts Millions of Japs To Blow Selves Up NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (UP) Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher pre dicted today thousands, perhaps millions, of Japanese will be or dered to lash themselves to ex plosive and blow themselves up in the path of American forces when they invade Japan. The former commander of task for 58 said some of the Japanese "will bo lashed to dynamite. Others will be steering bombs or torpedoes." "The Japanese army has in structed the '100,000,000 people' of Japan to halt all invasion by 'death-defying charges' and by 'bodily attacks against tanks'." Mitscher wrote. "A body can stop a tank only if it is attached to dynamite . . . Japs lake calls to suicide very seriously." Mitscher said, however, mass hati-kiri will not materially les sen or postpone Japanese defeat. Defense against the self-destroying kamikaze has been so effective since its first organ ized appearance off Leyte last October that only one in 100 suicide pilots now crashes into an American ship, Mitscher said. No kamikaze has yet sunk an American carrier, battleship or cruiser, he aid and one destroyer was still afloat after sjx direct hits. U. S. to Intervene In B-29 Plant Halt CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 6 (UP) Government intervention today was expected in a thrcc-day-old Wajkout at the Lockland, O., pWit of the Wright Aeronautical corporation which has halted pro duction of 11-2!) engines and idled approximately 27,000 workers. Federal conciliator James Me Namara said he would attempt to arrange a meeting between offi cials of the company and the Unit ed Auto Workers (CIO) in an ef fort to settle the dispute which flared into open violence over the weekend. A union official also said a let ter had been sent to the regional war labor board at Cleveland charging the company had refus ed to bargain with the union over its accumulated grievances. Airlines to More Soldiers by Air SEATTI.K, Aug. ti (UP) Local offices of United and Northwest airlines said today they had been ratified they will begin trans porting troops across the conti nent by plane shortly after Aug. 20. On that day, the army will ln--gin turning over 08 C -47 trans port planes to the airlines. The army also is assigning 200 pilots to the commercial lines for this work. They will fly planes from New ark, N. J., to Seattle, San Fian ciseo. and l.os Angeles. It was illegal to drink wine undiluted with water in anicent Greece. Horace J. Nelson I.IFK - FIKK AUTO Qtuilitv Insurance Service Tel. 351-W 703 K Ave. La Grande, Ore. 0 OFF TO KAMAISHI TARGETS big warships of Yank 3rd fleet point barrels of mighty 16-inch Steel works at Kamaishi, on northern Honshu, hurling salvo of plants, second largest in Japan. Mrs, Burnia T, Lively received an overseas telephone call, Aug. 3, from her husband, Staff Sergeant Lively, who is in the Pacific area. Cpl, Carl G. Larson of Walla Walla air base, is in La Grande visiting friends. William H. Lovan. 18, has enrolled at the U. S. mari time service enrolling office, Portland, for training as a mer chant seaman. He will receive basic training at the training station at Avalon, Catalina island, and upon com pletion of his training will be as signed to duty aboard a merchant vessel. Pvt. Winfield H. Eales son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben L. Eales, La Grande, was enrolled this week in the AAF training com mand's basic airplane and engine mechanics course at Kecsler field, Biloxi, Miss. The course will extend over a 70-day period during which time he will receive instruction and actual experience in aircraft maintenance. This training will prepare him for entrance into a specialized course where ground crew students will receive addi tional instruction in maintenance and truble shooting. Sgl. Horman Lassley has returned to Camp Maxcy, Texas after a 20-day furlough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Lassley, 101)5 Third street. A brother, Jack D. Lass ley is expected home from the Philippines soon. First Lt. Bob Spencer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Spencer, is in La Grande on a (id-day con valescent leave. This is his first visit home in four years. Recent ly while in Baxter general hos pital, Spokane, he was given his promotion to first lieutenant. He left La Grande with the national guaid and served in the south Pacific with tin.- -list division, one of the first divisions to go into combat there. He was wounded March 10 at Luzon. At the termination of hi have lie will report to Fort Lewis for reassignment. Pfc. Cecil Minch has been 20 months in combat zones without firing n round. The 550th field artillery battal ion challenges any organization to beat its mark, or match its hard luck story of no battle stars. Formerly the second battalion of the Slllh field artillery regi ment, the 550th missed out on battle participation stars by six degrees laitude once and again by six days and six miles. And the woist part of it ;,, ,, .si.,, would put many members over mo critical 85 -point score, and two stars would entitle Ho per cent of the battalion to dis charges. t.t. Lot. Daimev W of Hrnokhavcn. Miss. I'ownsend iiimnnd- dig officer, told of th,. s;id nhelo of the SMIth during assembly area command redeployment process ing at Camp Miami ileal Chalons r ranee. The battalion went to Kodiak, Alaska, in June 1IM2, and there oceanic Hie most h VI V ;n n,i..l aiiiuery unit in existence. In ad- onion to the regular iii"t.i of 12 15Smin howitzers, the cannoneers manned 12 Long Toms 155mm Ml guns. a six-inch naval " nun. aoo a coin- ii'le set of mortars and infanliv weapons. Hut not a round was iiieo. and latitude dill cost them a star. Iiedoslgnatid the 51 its return to the V. S 1!44, the artillerymen trained in fantry troops for the liig pushes intho E'I'O, then went to Kumpc ( JNJ . MM. . , - 1 Northern Japan home islands U, S, navy photo. i.,i' ; a aj I It . svttf.Y FOOT WARMER Smart bird is this parrot, mascot of Master Seaman Harold Knitter, Chica go. Polly likes to keep her feet warm on her pal's pipestem as they ride a coast guard-manned transport somewhere in the Pacific. Glorious Romance In' Bell Tolls' At Liberty Theater Last night Paramount threw its hat into the academy award ring with ts presention of the technicolor triumph, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" at the Liberty theater. Co-starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman, the Ernest Hem ingway novel about the Spanish levolulion lives as brilliantly on I ho screen as it did in his great book. As Robert Jordan, the American fighting for his ideals in Spain, Gary Cooper is perfect ly cast. Others ill the cast arc super lative performers, too. A k i m Taniirofl is Pablo, Katina Paxi nou is Pilar, Aituro de Cordova Agustin, Joseph Calleia El Soldo; all of them make "For Whom the Bell Tolls" a movie must. in March. 11)45. Security and in i I i t a r y government duties around Simiiiern, Germany, oc cupied their attention through Y-K day. Privato Max W. LoGore whose wife, Mrs. Orma LeGore, lives at Kill) Jefferson St., La Grande, and wtiose mother lives at 1415 V ave., is a member of an army railway operating unit in India which is playing an im portant part in keeping supplies moving along a vital link in the line of communications to our Chinese allies. Charles R. Knapp, ships cook, second class, is now in New York, he wrote his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell W. Knapp of La Grande. He had Lien in training in Miami, FUi., and New Orleans, since January. Another son of the Knapps is Pfc. Loyde W. Knapp, still in the Philippines. His first letter stated he had been in Manila the first time since February and re marked on the many changes, t'ales and stores, are being opened he said, but that prices are still very high, with a chicken dinner costing three to four dol lars. Willi his company are Jack Matott, Lawrence Filnuire and Lewis Dining. Pic. and Mrs. H. C. Burgess and daughter Ann Louise of Clovis, N. M , are visiting friends and relatives here. Mrs. Burgess is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kd Davis. CB 1 MTV Ss Now Thru WVflnpsrhiv I upon j rwiM i - I 1H Ann I I.. .,, i'. rr-J:-IW"-. I i -r v i vm r . i '1 4 receive sample of U. S. wrath as guns toward impenar iron ana explosives which liquidated the Baseball Standings By United Press AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Detroit 53 40 Washington 54 42 New York 50 43 Chicago 40 46 Boston 48 40 Cleveland 40 48 St. Louis 45 47 Philadelphia 32 62 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 63 34 St. Louis 5!) 42 Brooklyn 55 43 New York 54 47 Pittsburgh 51 50 Cincinnati 43 53 Boston 46 55 Philadelphia 26 73 PACIFIC COAST Portland 82 46 Pet. .570 .563 .538 .516 .405 .489 .489 .340 .649 .584 .561 .535 .505 .448 .455 .263 .641 .578 .523 .500 .500 .455 .419 .403 Seattle 74 54 Sacramento 68 62 Oakland 64 66 San Francisco 64 64 San Diego 60 72 Los Angeles 54 75 Hollywood 52 77 Talbert Wins His Home Town Meet WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. C (UP) Billy Talbert gave his home town of Wilmington top honors today in the Delaware state men's invitational meet, after beating Francisco (Pancho) Segura, 0-0, 6-2, 6-2, in championship finals Sunday. After a slow start, Talbert re couped quickly in the second set and thereafter had tlve upper hand. Pauline Betz of Los Angeles, the national women's champion, and Margaret Osborne of San Francisco advanced to the finals in the "women's division of the grass courts championships. Miss Betz had to go three sets before eliminating Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Cooke of Boston, 4-6. 8-6, 6-2. Mrs. Cooke, recent winner of the national women's clay court championship, dominated play through much of the first two sets, but faded in the third. Miss Osborne, defending cham pion in tiie Delaware meet, oust ed Louise B r o u g h of Beverly Hills, CaliL. 0-7. 6-1. Miss Brough, the nation's third-seeded woman star, sparkled in the long deuce set but couldn't get going in the second. Football to Return To Portland Stadium PORTLAND. Aug. 6 (UP) Giving tangible evidence that col lege football is back in Oregon, civic stadium manager James J. Richardson has announced reser vations are being accepted for the games to be played in Portland. Two Pacific coast conference tilts are scheduled for the sta dium Oregon State vs. Washing ton Oct. 20 and Oregon vs. Wash ington on Nov. 3. Paper Company Buys More Timber PORTLAND, Aug. 0 (IT) Negotiations for the Acquisition of 44.408 acres of limb, rland by the Crown Zollorbaeh corporation have been practically completed, it was revealed today. The land runs along the Molalla river and is now owned bv the Ostrander Railway and Timber company and the E. S. Collins estate. The tract brine's to 420,000 acres the area involved in the company's plans for sustained yield operations. Granada TOM TK anil I I KSI) Y J&s0 20. p -f" (INTV11 rot rvl ' Portland Star Wins Utah Golf Tourney SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 8 (UP) Harold West, Portland link star, today was the winner of the $1, 500 Utah open golf tournament after shooting a six-below-par 83 for a new course record in Sat urday's semi-final round. The Oregonian shot a 73 during play yesterday morning and came back with a 68 for a three-day tor tal of 274. Second with a 279 total was Earl Schneiter, Ogden, Utah. Tee Branca, Salt Lake country club professional was third with a 280 score. TODAY By JACK CUDDY UP Staff Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 6 (UP) Col. E. E. (Swede). Larson, chief of I he special service branch of the marines and a former navy foot ball player and coach, said today a tremendous morale problem for troops in the Pacific is in the offing when the war ends with Japan. "It is much "greater problem than the one the army now is handling in the European thea ter," he said. "We estimated the combined services will have nearly three million men in the Pacific before Japan surrenders. Because of the vast distances in volved it will take a long time to get them back home, therefore wc are planning the most exten sive sports program ever attemp ted anywhere. Cost High . The equipment alone will cost more than 50 million dollars dur ing the next 20 months, Larson said. Larson was one of a combined group of "brass hats" represent ing the special services of the marines, navy, army and the Red Cross, who arrived today from Paris to witness the G.I. track meet at London's White City, starring a couple of swift Swedes, Gunder Hagg and Arne Ander son. The group arrived at Paris over the weekend from the United States and other scattered points. All flew to London in a special plane accompanied by five Amer ican sports writrs. Major Bases The combined group is .expec ted to study the army's European program more than a month be fore completing plans for the Pacific program. Larson said plans now are for at least five major sports bases or "stagings" to be established in the Pacific. These bases, he said, probably would be in the Philippines, the Marianas, Okinawa and the main land, either Japanese or Chinese. "We now are studying the army's European program which is magnificently organized," he said. "We expect to benefit from the army's work and avoid any possible mistakes." Larson said he expected soft ball, baseball, hasknthnl) hnvlna and volleyball to be the ptincipal Pacific sports. Jesse Owens To Show His Speed PORTLAND, Aug. 6 (UP) Jesse Owens, co-holder of the world century sprinters' mark, will show Portlanders a sample of his speed during the baseball jubilee here tonight and Tuesday. Owens will race against a horse, compete in a handicap race against baseball players and show how quickly a human can hit the four bases of a diamond. His appearance 16 scheduled for a seventh-inning pause during the all-star game between the Harlem Globetrotters and the Bearded Davidites. Leonardo da Vinci drew plans for a helicopter more than four centuries ago. Gelto 4,000,000 farm helpers are urgently needed, full or part time. You can help raise and save the vitally necessary food. Men, women, boys and girls are eligible. No experience necessary. Board, room and transportation free with liberal wages paid. Ask your County Agent oow. UNION PACIFIC WACES, INCORPORATED LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER v - Phone 600 S Complete Local Reports : Monday, August 6, 1945 Senators Within Half Game of First Place By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (UP) As if there weren't enough confusion in Washington a 1 r e a dy, the chances were bright today for the world series to be there, provided of course the office of defense transportation permits it to be held anywhere. The Senators, climaxing one of the most remarkable performan ces in years, are only a half game out of the first place after playing five double headers in as many days and winning all but one of the 10 games. Wins 13th Before the spree began last Wednesday, Washington was five and a half games behind the Ti gers. The only reason Detroit wasn't overtaken is that it was having a winning streak of its own until the week-end. While the Senators were sweeping their double header with the Red Sox, 3 to 4 and 4 to 1, yesterday, the Tigers were dropping a pair to the White Sox at Chicago, 12 to 3 and 3 to 2. The Senators, whohave one of the most Solid pitching staffs in either league, carried the burden again yesterday although it took three men to settle the issue in the 14-inning opener. Mickey Haefner .finally gained the de cision, while Rogef W6lff knuck led down and went the route for his 13th win in the second game. Win Eight The calamity that befell the Tigers was brought about by the collapse of its vaunted pitching staff. Erstwhile ace Paul (Dizzy) Trout gave up 12 of Chicago's 17 hits before going out in the seventh of the first game and Les Mueller blew up in the last of the ninth after pitching eight scoreless innings. Relief pitcher Johnny Johnson won the first game. Frank Rapish, who took over for L c f t y Thornton Leaf pitched one inning to win the sec ond. It was the eighth straight Sunday double header the White Sox have won at home this sea son. The Athletics kept New York from taking advantage of De troit's slip by trouncing) the Yankees twice at Philadelphia, 6 to 3 and 4 to 3. That ended the A's losing streak at 10 games. Dick Sicbert, with a three-run triple in the first game and a double and single in the second, paced the hitters. Lewis (Bobo) Newsom won the opener and Jess Flores, with help from jittery Jo Berry took the second. Hit Homers The Indians and Browns di vided at St. Louis, Cleveland took the opener, 6 to 3, the Browns won the second, 10, to 9, off to an eight-run lead in three innings. While the American race was tightening, the trend was the other way in the national where the Cubs ran their lead to six fu'l games by winning two at Cincin nati, 12 to 5 and 5 to 1. The pres ence of Commissioner Albert B. Chandler was no help to the Reds, who were pounded for 22 hits, five by Phil Cavarretta in the first game. The Cubs used a strikeout to start their winning rally in the second game, Harry Lowrcy getting on when the ball got away from the catcher. He and Cavarretta scored on a single by Heinz Becker. Claude Passau won his 12th game in the night cap. The Pirates and Cardinals di vided alt Pittsburgh. St. Louis toir GREYHOUND BUS DEPOT '-j M. A. Decker, Agent " "f rCi Phone 49 Sacejaweti Annex ) ryr " " " 5 AIR CONDITIONED PORTS Page 6 made 21 hits to win the opener, 12 to 5, Charley Barrett chalking up his 15th win. It was Pitts burgh's turn to hit the ball in the second game, a 10 to 3 triumph for Fritz Ostennucller, pitching his first game since being dis charged from the army. Johnny Barrett, and Al Gionfriddo got Pirate homers in the two games. Art Herring pitched a two-hit shutout to give Brooklyn a 7 to 0 victory but Boston countered to win the second game, 10 to 1, with a 16-hit assault on three Dodger pitchers. Bob Logan was as steady as he needed to be in winning the second game in which Chuck Workman's two run homer was a key blow. The Giants won two from the futility boys from Philadelphia, 14 to 5 and 4 to 2. Bill Voiselle struck out 11 in winning his 12th game in the opener, getting off to an early lead on Buddy Kerr's homer. Florists Still Lead Legion Junior Ball PORTLAND, Aug. 6 (UP) Lind-Pomeroy Florists are still champions of the Oregon Ameri can Legion junior baseball lea gue, following yesterday's win over Challenge Creamery, 2 to 0. Paced by pitcher Don Hagen, the defending champs held the Creamery lads scoreless in the playoff game ending the tourna ment here. The Florists will now head for Boise, Idaho, where the American Legion junior regional baseball tourney will be held August 11, 12 and 13. 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In late weeks, the Sacramento Solons have been doing a good job of sewing up third place, That leaves the rest of the clubs to battle for the No. 4 spot In the governors' cup playoffs Partic. ularly San Francisco aid Oak land. Yesterday Portland further strengthened its claim to the top rung by trouncing Hollywood twice, 7-4 and 14-5 to. win the se ries, seven games to one; Seattle whipped San Francisco in two, 17-4 and 6-3 and won the series, 5-3. Sacramento turned the same trick by downing Los Angeles, 5-3 and 3-2 for an 8-1 series tri umph, and Oakland: whipped San Diego in a pair, 4-2 and 8-3 for a 6-3 scries edge. . . ' Crosby Fourth In Movie Tournament HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 6 (UP) Bing Crosby, a more successful crooner than golfer, carded a 75 yesterday to finish fourth in Di rector Frank Borzage's movie col- f ony golf tournament. The motion picture golf cham pionship went to Jim Erratt, tech- nicolor company employe, who slipped under the wire with a 72. Few of the 2,000 fans saw him win, though. Most of them milled srnnnJ PrnsK,, nrkn Innb a 111 V on me oacK nine, including birdie three. i v - - '
