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Weather
Aids Fire
Fighters
PORTLAND, Aug. 7 (UP)
Raging flames today con
tinued taking their toll of tim
ber at fire areas in western
Oregon and threatened the
water supply of two towns.
On the Forest Grove front, fire
iighters from the Portland army
base, state forest service crews,
loggers and Forest Grove volun
teers battled to save the city's
watershed as flames approached
a third of the 2,600-acre area. A
few miles away, the Hillsboro
water supply was threatened by
fire which Sunday jumped out
of bounds on Scroggins creek.
Only 12 Miles
U. S. forest servicemen today
were strengthening their lines
north of the Siuslaw national
forest as a new branch of the
fire raced out of control down
the north fork of the Trask river
and across the old 1933 burn,
rcachin gto within 12 miles of
the protective area.
As the fire passed the month'
mark today, desperate forestry
officials mapped a new battle
line for possible use five miles
south of the flames and parallel
ing a cleared telephone right of
way from Cherry Grove through
the Trask river watershed to
ward Tillamook. It was the only
route through the rugged moun
tains on which bulldozer equip
ment could operate.
Much Slower
Higher humidity today slowed
the fires appreciably.
State Forester Nels Rogers said
130 lightning fires have been re
ported since Sunday and Monday
storms over southwestern Wash
ington and western and southern
Washington and western and
southern Oregon. The worst
series of lightning strikes in
many years.
A new fire is sweeping up the
slopes of Hembre ridge in the
Jordan creek sector threatenine
to connect with another at the
summit and outflank fighters,
who so far have been successful
in holding fire lines at that spot.
45 More
Flames were racing along the
very edge of the Nehalm river
while soldiers and loggers fought
to prevent a river crossing that
would eat into valuable timber.
At Grants Pass, forest officials
reported some 45 fires started by
electrical storms in state-owned
forests. Four.'bf '"here ""are con
sidered dangerous one In the
Williams creek district, one on
Murphy creek, one at the head of
Jackson creek, and another on
Panther creek in the Applegate
district.
Gordon Creek To
Join District 23
As Result of Vote
Gordon creek school district No.
JO will be consolidated with El
gin school district No. 23, follow
ing elections- held Saturday in
both districts. Miss Ethol s Wnr,.
sen, Union county superintendent
oi scnoois, announced today.
The required majority of votes
was favorable to t h e proposed
consolidation, with five affirma
tive and three negative votes be
ing cast in Gordon creek, and 11
affirmatives being cast in Elgin.
Gordon creek had been the only
rulay district immediately tribu
tary to Elgin which had not con
solidated No. 23. Nine other dis
tricts voted some time ago for
consolidation with the Elgin dis
trict. Pupils of the consolidated dis
tricts will enjoy the advantages
of the new school which will be
erected soon, and which will be
modernly equipped.
Officers Pledged
Good Use of Bomb
LOS ALAMOS, N. M., Aug. 7
(UP) An army general who
helped develop the atomic bomb
and saw the first one explode in
a cloud of light which reached
the substratosphere said today he
hoped the new power "always
will be used for good and never
for evil."
Among those who say the first
test, said Brig. Gen. Thomas F.
Fan-el, there was a feeling "those
concerned with the nativity of at
omic power should dedicate their
lives to the mission that it would
always be used for good."
Union, Wallowa
Men Wounded
The navy war casualties re
ports as wounded Pfc. Gene
Ear Wells, U. S. marine corps
reserve, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert L. Wells, and Pvt. Clif
ford Edwin Burford, USMCR,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Orphia B.
Burford, all of Union, as well
as Pvt. Ivan Ray R o b e r s,
USMCH, husband of Mrs.
Agnes L. Roberts, Enterprise,
and Cpl. John Lowell Wortman,
uomlk, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ord Wortman, and Wesley
Milton Wortman, seaman first
class, USNR, son of Mrs. Vir
ginia Wortman, all of Wallowa.
ESTABLISHED 1896
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B-26s Renew
Against Japan
GUAM, Aug. 7 (UP) A fleet
of 125 Superfortresses h i t the
Toyokawa naval arsenal with 880
tons of high-explosive bombs to
day while smoke still belched
from atom-bombed Hiroshima,
300 miles to the west.
Radio Tokyo said 40 Iwo-based
American Mustang fighter-bomb
ers led by a lone B-29 almost
simultaneously bombed and straf
ed military installations and
"cities" in the Tokyo-Kokohama
area foran hour for the fourth
4-H Club Girl's
Camp Opens With
Demonstrations
Union county's two-day 4-H
club girls camp was officially
opened this morning at the east
ern Oregon experiment station at
Union, with registration at 9:30
and general assembly at 10.
Jennie Marie Warren, Umatills
county home demonstration agent
from Pendleton, gave demonstra
tions before the group, followed
by lunchen and rest period.
Clayton Fox, national Moses
trophy winner, talked on national
contests, and Miss Doris McWhor
tcr, Union county home demon
stration agent, lectlred on "Table
etiqhette and meal service."
Tolr of Inspection
The camp was set up at 3:30,
followed by a tour of inspection
conducted by H. B. Avery, super
intendent of the station.
After dinner, group singing will
be held,' with Mrs. Schock plays
ing the piano.
Panel discussion on "Your Fu
ture 4-H Club Work" will be led
by Dr. Roy Skeen of the Eastern
Oregon college of education.
Movies will be shown at 9 p. m.,
followed by lights out, bringing
the first day of the camp to its
close.
Swim at Cove
Highlights of the program to
morrow will be an assembly at
8:30 a. m. conducted by Mrs. Aza
lea Sager, state home demon
stration leader from Oregon state
college, talks on "Your Health,"
by Mrs. Anne Thomas, Union
county health nurse, "Overseas
Adventure," by Jean Williams,
experienced Red Cross recreation
worker, and work in leather
crafts, conducted by Mrs. Wil
liams. The two-day camp will be end
ed with a swimming party at
Cove, with Harvey Carter, in
structor at Pine Cone swimming
pool, in charge.
Man Dies in First
Robbery Attempt
CAMARILLO, Calif., Aug. 7
(UP) Julian P. Foster, shot as
lie tried to get away with $2,300
he allegedly stole from the bank
of America here, died today in
Ventura county hospital. The
former Oxnard, Calif., high school
English teacher was shot yester
day in his first robbery attempt
officers said.
Foster told officers he escaped
six months ago from Camarillo
state mental hospital.
SOONG RETURNS
MOSCOW, Aug. 7 (UP) Pre
mier T. V. Soong of China ar
rived today to resume his discus
sions with Premier Josef Stalin
which where interrupted by the
Potsdam conference.
Does No Good
Get New Oven
If your freshly canned jars of
fruits and vegetables explode in
the oven, don't rush out and buy
a new oven, which can't be done
anyway, and don't kick the jars
in anger, which only makes it
wnrut Tnslnad. learn the method
ot canning, Miss Doris McWhor-
ter. Union county home demon
stration agent, advises.
The agent's office recommends
the hot-pack method, with more
linniH nnrf tpss nark, for eood
heat penetration. The fruit should
be dropped in boning syrup, pre
rnnlfina it fnr three to five min
utes. This shrinks the fruit, so
more can be packed in the jar,
and also allows for mole equal
Daytime Blows
Naval Base
time in five days.
Several British planes partici
pated in the Tokyo raid. Tokyo
said. It marked the first time Brit
ish land-based planes have been
reported in action over the Jap
anese capital.
400 Planes
From Okinawa came a belated
report 400 bombers and fighters
of the far eastern air force had
utterly demolished what appear
ed to be robot plane launching
installations and other military
targets at Taramizu in southern
Kyushu. The city itself was left
a sea of flames, airmen said.
Returning pilots said they saw
on the ground a number of small
planes resembling the V-l or VI
jet-propelled anr" rocket bombs
used by the Germans against
Britain. It was tneorized the Jap
anese might have been plotting a
robot bombardment of the Amer
ican invasion base of Okinawa.
Hit Arsenal
Superfortresses thundered over
the naval arsenal at Toyokawa,
35 miles southeast of Nagoya, at
the noon lunch hour today in
their first daylight raid on the
enemy homeland in recent weeks.
Iwo-based fighters escorted the
big bombers.
Preliminary reports indicated
excellent results were achieved
in pin-point bombing of the main
surviving source of Japan's naval
ammunition. The arsenal also
turned out machine-guns, aircraft,
cannon, anti-aircraft guns and
rifles.
The arsenal was situated on a
narrow coastal plain northeast of
Atsumi bay.
"Some damage" was caused
during the" 9b-minute raid, Radio
Tokyo admitted.
21 Killed, Four
Wounded When
Vessel Hits Mine
WASHINGTON, Aug. .7 (UP)
Twenty-one men were killed
and four wounded when the 2,100
ton destroyer Lavallette struck a
mine off Luzon last February, the
navy revealed today.
The three-year-old destroyer
is now at Hunter's Point naval
drydocks, San Francisco for per
manent repairs. She had been
damaged once previously when
a Japanese torpedo hit her off
Guadalcanal in January, 1943.
The Lavallette has accounted
for at least 11 Japanese planes
and several troop-laden enemy
barges in operations extending
from the west African coast to
the Philippines.
The ship has had four com
manding officers during her ser
vice. They include Comdr. Wells
Thompson, of 1725 Naomi Place,
Seattle, Wash.
Einstein Won't
Talk About Bomb
SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., Aug.
7 (UP) Prof. Albert Einstein
"thoroughly understands" h o w
the atomic bomb works, his sec
retary said today, but he won't
talk about it.
The 66-year-old master physic
ist, whose theory of relativity
pointed the way toward the de
velopment of the fantastic explos
ive, has been given the subject
intensive study.
He will withhold any statement,
for political and military reasons,
she said.
to Kick Jars or
If Jars Explode
heat distribution, since the jar is
hot when the fruit is packed.
Tht jar should then be placed
in boiling water bath for 20 min
utes, with the bath coming an
inch above the top of the jar.
Tin cans are nice for canning
fruits and vegetables, Miss Mc
Whorter says, if sealers are avail
able, since the enns may be cool
ed immediately after cooking,
when too quick cooling of the
jars causes breakage.
When jars are used, the boil
ing syrup should be about one
an done-half inches below the lop
of the jar, and the fruit should
be oiuvhalf inch l!ow the top.
Racks should be one-half inch
above the bottom of the canner.
LA GRAJSDE, UKEUUM TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7,
I K " mr'l
PLANE WHICH CARRIED Maj. Richard Bong to his death Is this
type of P-80 "Shooting Star," jet propoled. It does belter than
550 m.p.h. and Its ceiling is more
!
Major Bong Dies
In Crash of P-80
In Test Flight
By PATRICIA CLARY
BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 7 (UP)
Maj. Richard I. Bong, Amer
ica's e-reatest ace. was killed in
the flaming crash of a jet piano,
from which he desperately tried
to jump clear, investigators said
today.
Bong, 24-year-old congressional
medal of honor holder, died yes
terday as he struggled to free his
heavy clothing from the narrow
escape hatch of the P-80 Shooting
Star he was testing. He had al
most bailed out when the crip
plied aircraft exploded.
"Safe" Duty
The force of the blast, which
shattered the plane into picces
less than three feet square, shot
Bong's body clear of the plane.
He had pulled the ripcord of his..
parachute, and its silken folds
swirled about the crumpled body
as flames swept over it.
Bong was brought home for
"safe" duty after he became
America's all time air ace by
shooting down 40 of the enemy
without a scratch. "Safe" duty
was testing the jet-propelled P-80,
the army's newest fighter model.
In Trouble
Bong contacted the control
tower at the field almost as soon
as he was airborne, officials said,
and reported he was "having
trouble."
"He was dipping first one
wing, then the other," said one
witness. "The motor was making
a muffled popping. He flew over
some telephone wires and un
der high tension wire making
for a vacant lot."
The ship lurched over a clump
of trees and exploded in the
field. Smoke and flames bellied
up 400 feet and brought crowds
running from the airport.
By the time the wreckage was
reached it had been almost con
sumed and Bong's body badly
burned. When the wreckage
cooled, bystanders piilled the
veteran flyer's body from the
jumble of molten metal and toss
ed a gray blanket over it. One
wrist and hand protruded, show
ing Bong's army identification
tag.
With Body
Mrs. Bong leaves today ti ac
company the body to Superior,
Wis., in an army transport plane.
Bong, who fought his twin
engined Lockheed fighter
through the toughest battles of
the southwest Pacific, also wore
the distinguished jscrvice cross
and the silver star. In all he
held 26 decorations.
His death left Lt. Col. John C.
Meyer, of Forrest Hills, N. Y.,
the nation's leading ace with
37 44 planes to his credit, the war
department said. Maj. Thomas B.
McGuire, jr., of San Antonio,
Tex., listed as missing in action,
was credited with 38.
Johnson Will Have
Simple Funeral
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7 tUP)--Kuneral
arrangements are being
made today for Hiram Johnson.
California's 78-year-old R'-puhli-can
senator who died yesterday.
Announcement of burial plans
was being held up pending the
( rrival from California of his son,
Hiram. He was expected some
time today.
The body probably will be
laken to California for internum
after simple services here. In
keeping with Johnson's wishes,
the family was expected to rul
out the elaborate ceremony of a
state funeral.
mis
than 40,000 feet.
t'
MAJ. RICHARD BONG: He
roturned to "safe" duty from
fighting in south Pacific.
Valley's Wheat
Quality Exceeds
Expectations
Quality of Grande Ronde val
ley winter wheal now being har
vested has held up well beyond
expectations despite scorching
summer weather, Merlon Kiddle
of the Pioneer flour mills at Is
land City said today.
Kiddle, running tests on wheat
now being hauled to the mill,
declared that the quality has held
up to No. 1 with only a small
amount dropping below 60
pounds to the bushel. Qual'ily
has ranged over the 63 pound
mark.
Yield has also held up beyond
cxpectationX Lon Eycrs hast
estimated a 60 bushel per acre
harvest for his operation in the
Cove area. W. W. Wright is
averaging 70 bushels to the acre
and Joe Harrison of Gekelor lane,
who begun harvest yesterday, is
estimating a minimum of 50
bushels.
Kiddle declared pre-harvest in
dications pointed to a lower
quality, similar to that experi
enced in the Umatilla valley, hut
so far quality has remained high.
Spring wheat, which had little
chance to mature before advent
of the hot weather, may suffer,
he added.
Cottage Grove Man
Wounded by Police
EUGENE, Aug. 7 (UP) Don
Frazicr, 25, Cottage Grove, was in
a Eugene hospital day after be
ing wounded in the arm and leg
while trying to escape from the
Cottage Grove police station Man
day where he was held on a fel
ony charge.
New Energy
WASHINGTON, Aug. fi Oil')
The dawn of the age of atomic
power brings with it visions of
fantt'itic changes. Men of science
can see reason now for believing
some time such things as these
can be:
Automobiles, trains and air
planes that run for their lifetime
on a single fueling of n bit of
stuff from which atomic power
can be released al will.
Hugo Power
Furnaces of vest-pocket size.
Power for whole cities pro
duced from a few handfuls of
matter.
The experience of the past in
r (til " ,
1945
n - ra n a
Think Control of Atomic Energy
Sufficient: to Deter Aggressors
By R. H. SHACKFORD
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UP)
The advent of the atomic bomb
today made imperative the de
mands of peace-loving peoples
there mustbe no more wars.
And it placed in the hands of
the United States an instrument
the threat of which alone may
deter any future would-be ag
gressors. With It go great responsibility
for the United States and im
mense problems of how this wea
pon of utter destruction can be
used to keep the peace.
Sure to Find It
Scientists the world over know
a lot about the theory of atomic
energy. Sooner or later they arc
certain to make the same dis
covery American-British scien
tists have. But the United States
and Britain now know the most
about it and he Unied States has
a monopolistic head start in facil
ities for its production.
Misused, the atomic bomb
could probably destroy civili
sation. Well used, lt should enable the
Capital of World
Suggested Near
San Francisco
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UP)
A virtual "capital of the world"
probably will be established with
in 100 miles of San Francisco,
birthplace of the united nations
charter, to house the mechanics
of the international organizations
planned for post-war operation,
the United Press has been in
formed. A treasury spokesman disclos
ed the plan today and said inas
much as it has been pretty well
agreed such organizations as the
international monetary fund and
the international bank for recon
struction and development are to
be located in the United Stales,
it was almost certain they will be
situated in the same area.
It was suggested furthermore
that a world university for the
study of finance and economics,
peace, labor and the intcrnatinal
aspects of aviation already men
tioned in numerous quarters be
set up within the borders of the
"capital," which would bd a dis
trict 10 miles square patterned
after the District of Columbia.
Location of the two in New
York is opposed on the ground
that they would become too
closely asociatcd with Wall Street;
to locate in Washington, oppo
j nenls have declared, would ex-
pose them to entanglements in
politics.
Petain 'Wanted'
To Rejoin Allies
PARIS, Aug. 7 (UP) A form,
or Vichy official testified today
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
told him in February, 1044, he
vanted to unite France with the
allied administration in Algiers.
The witness was Francois Mar
tin, former radical socialist dele
gate in the chamber of deputies
and a departmental prefect under
the Vichy regime.
Martin said when the Vichy
militia look over power in Jan
uary, 1944, he asked to be re
lieved of his duties. He had a
talk with Petain in Fcbraury, and
quoted the old marshal:
"You are doing well to leave.
You can lay down your duties,
but I am charged With duties
that I cannot hand over to any
one. I have taken a pledge not
to leave France. I am a prisoner
of the Germans."
to Bring Fantastic Changes
dicates such achievements will
com by very gradual steps. Stu
pendous problems in technical
and practical science have to be
overcome.
The? first great peak has been
surmounted with discovery of
how to use atomic energy as an
explosive force. The vistas of
the future, however, remote, be
gin to tak shape.
In simplest terms, two funda
mental problems face the post
war scientists.
First, they must learn to gov
ern the release of atomic energy
so that it will produce heat at a
temperature practicable for use i-i
II w
Encr wars
great English-speaking nations
to assurca world of peace. The
threat of the bomb alone might
be enough to prevent any saber
rattling. Revolutionary
That is the hope of President
Truman, Winston Churchill, Sec
retary of War Henry L. Stimson
and other officials who are aware
of the awesomeness of the new
military weapon.
The war department described
HENRY HESS: "If drafted for
the office I shall serve."
Hess Boosted For
U. S. Attorney
For Oregon
If Henry Hess, La Grande' at
torney, is offered the post of U. S.
district attorney for Oregon he
will accept it but ho has not made
any application for the job and
will not actively campaign for it,
he said today.
A telegram to Richard R. Nacy,
vice chairman of the democratic
committee, recommended Hess
for the post, and was sent by Lew
Wallace, national committeeman.
Elton Watkino asked to be with
drawn due to the pressure of his
private law practice.
Wallace was not joined in the
proposal by Nancy Honcyman
Robinson, national committee
woman, Stale Chairman Henry
Aike nor Vice Chairman Celia
Gavin.
Carl Donaugh's term ended
July 23 and President Truman
will be able to act directly upon
any nomination sent him.
Hess ran for governor in 1938,
defeating Governor Martin in.the
primaries and losing to Charles
.Spraguc in the fall. He had pre
viously served five sessions in
the stale senate for Union and
Wallowa counties. Since 1921 he
has been practicing law here,
and was in partnership with R.
J. Green until the latter was
elected circuit Judge In 1938.
A veteran of the world 'war,
he saw action in France and
had been practicing law at North
Powder before the war. Born at
Rexburg, Ida., ho moved to Ore
gon when a youth and attended
high school at Union. He is a
graduate of the University of
Oregon law school.
Weather
Data for 24 hours to 7 a. m.
Temperature:
Maximum 97
Minimum 56
Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight
and Wednesday with scattered
showers.
conventional power plants, or
develop unconventional power
plants that will use it as it can
lie released.
Reduce Cost
Secondly, they must in some or
many ways reduce the cost of
this operation.
This is the same hurdle science
has faced with the discovery of
every new substance or process
since the beginning of time. The
answer has been found before.
Then fantastic imaginings of
the Sunday supplements will be
commonplace, and perpetual mo
tion will be virtually an accomp
lished fact.
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WAY TO DESTRUCTION
LONDON, Aug. 7 (UP) The
Manchester Guardian, one of
the world's moil erudite news
papers, lummed up the atomic
bomb In these wordsi
"Man U t lait well on the
way to mastery of a meant of
destroying himself utterly."
FIVE CENTS
it as "a revlutionary weapon des
tined to change war as we know
It, or which may even by the in
strumentality to end all major
wars." , ,
One of the first questions
raised was: Will the United
States make the new discovery
available to the united nations
organization? . '
Keep Secret .
The answer probably is, this
country will use the atomic bomb
in the Interest of the united na
tions, but keep under its own
direction the secrets of its de
velopment and the experience
gained in producing it.
The United States congress will
have the last word on that. Tru
man has promised the congress
will be responsible for the con
trol of both production and use
of atomic power within the U.S.
TRUMAN SAYS U. S.
WILL RETAIN CONTROL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UP)
The potentialities of atomic pow
er are so great President Truman
See "CONTROL" . . . Page 5 .
Germany Within ,
Five Months Of I
Own Atom Bomb
21ST ARMY HDQTRS., Ger
many, Aug. 7 (UP) Germany
was within five months of com
pleting her own atom bomb when
the European war ended.
A British task force four months
ago discovered that German sci
entists almost completed work on
the bomb in a two-room labora
tory In the heart of a small silk
factory north of Hannover.
The bomb, it was calculated,
would wipe out everything with
in a radius of six miles.
A famous German research sci
entist in charge of the experi
ments was flown immediately to
Britain at the time. He estimated
his work would have been com
pleted by October.
He said the German govern
ment had given him unlimited
funds and equipment and had not
demanded any immediate results.
Contracts Signed
For Remodeling
Of Courthouse ,
Contracts for remodeling and
improvement of the county courts
house were signed by Weldon
Vedder today, following accept
ance of his $3,480 bid by tKe
county court. Work on the court
house will begin as soon as mate
rials arrive, it was announced. ,
Moin improvements will be the
biulding of a larger fire-proof
and burglar-proof vault in the
basement directly below the presr
cnt recorder's office, and a now
stairway to be built from the
first-floor vault to the basement
vault, with the stairway being
used for stacks. "M
Changes will also be made in
the locations of offices, it was an
nounced. A doorway will be
made between the county re
cordcr's office and the present
county superintendent will then
office, which will be converted
into the county clerk's office. The
ounty superintendent will then
move to the present location of
the county clerk's office on the
second floor.
Chinese Forces
Recapture Port
CHUNGKING, Aug. 7 (UP)
Chinese forces have captured the
south Kwangtung port of Yeung
kong, and Tanchuk airfield in
eastern Kwangsi province, it was
announced today.
Bulletin
PORT ARTHUR. Ont Aug.
7 (UP) Twenty persons were
believed to have been killed
and at least four were missing
as t result of an explosion in
No. 5 Saskatchewan wheat
pool elevator today. -
NEWPORT NEWS. Va Aug
7 (UP) President Truman re
turned to this country today,
exactly a month after he left
to attend the momentous big
three conference at Potsdam. .