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r New Bomb to Add 3,000 Fold Power To Superforts Bv FRED SCHERFF WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UP) New atomic bomb has theoret ically multiplied the destruction power of the American fleet of Superforts at least 3,000 times. The 800 B-29s which recently raided the Jap islands would have the blasting effect of 2,400, 000 planes carrying TNT. Latest figures show B-29s are each carrying seven-ton loads of explosives on their raids. The atomic bomb dropped on Hiro shima had more power than 20,. 000 tons of TNT or about 3,000 times the blasting effect of the seven tons of old-type bombs car ried by one B-29. These computations are based on the premise a Superfort can cany only one atomic bomb at a time. However, no information concerning their size, shape or weight has been disclosed. It is believed the explosive atomic matter is comparatively small but the fuse mechanism to set it off may possibly be ponderous. It was also pointed out these figures were largely theoretical in the sense large-scale raids as we now know them with atomic bombs would, be impossible. The blasting effects would be such that closely packed aircraft would be blown up as well as the tar get. Robins Expects Big Developments PORTLAND, Aug. 7 (UP) The Pacific northwest is bound to become highly developed be cause of its natural resources, f.Caj. Gen. Thomas M. Robins, de puty chief of army engineers, said here today. He reported army engineers are planning for this post-war de velopment through the Willa mette valley project, the Uma tilla dam and four or five dams along the Snake river. RATION CALENDAR Processed Foods Blue stamps: Bonk 4, Y2 through CI valid through Aug. 31. Dl through HI through Sept. 30. Jl through Nl through Oct. 31. PI through Tl through Nov. 30. Meal, Butler, Cheese Red stamps: Book 4 Q2 through U2 valid through Aug. 31. V2 through Z2 through Sept. 30. Al through El through Oct. 31. Fl through Kl through Nov. 30. Sugar: f j Book 4 Sugar stamp 38 valid through Aug. 31. Endorse can- nihg sugar coupons with, ration book 4 number and your name. Shoes: Loose stamps invalid. Book 3 ' n'i'P'ane stamps 1-2-3-4 now val- Kl. Gasoline: "., , Coupons not valid unless en dorsed. "A" 16 coupons, 0 gal. each, valid through Sept. 21. "B" 7-8 ami "C" 7-8 valid, 5 gal. each. Stoves: "'l Apply local board for oil stove certificates. Wood, Coal, Sawdust: Order now. Dealers determine delivery pri ority from - consumer's annual needs and quantity on hand. Fuel Oil: Fill tanks now. 11)41-1045 period 1-2-3-4 and 5 coupons expire August 31, 1945. II )5-l!Mfi period 1 coupons ex pire August 31, 1946. Waste Paper and Cans: Bundled waste paper and pro pared tin cans may be left at the salvage depot, 1106 Jefferson street. Official Records Water turned off, Aug. 6: Mrs. L. S. Mattoon, 1402 B av enue; J. R. Nichols, 2008 Cedar street; Floyd Reeder, 1707 -'to av enue; M. M. Howill, 2608 Fir street. Water turned on: K. C. Orcutt, 2706 Depot street; Daisy Lundeen, 2303 Ash street; Mrs L. S. Matoon, 1208 F avenue; luhn N. Davis, 2008 Cedar street; Ben H. Schnff, 1402 B avenue; M. M. Howill, 1615 Washington J street. Mure than 1500 people have written biographies of Abraham Lincoln. - . 3 liality "'''"ssssssMtwirifis OKINAWA GUINEA PIGS RISK MALARIA V olunlary "guinea pigs," Col. M. W. May, Brook haven, N. C. (left), and Lt. (jg) N. Frannevelqua. Chicago, 111. gave a hand to an experiment thai may end in deadly malaria, in tests conducted at 219th malaria survey detachment at Nago, Okin awa to determine if mosquitoes carry filarisis. Approximately 75 mosquitoes in containers, may feed on the men's right hands. Government Still Needs Workers For Atomic Bomb Plants WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UP) The government still needs work ers for the atomic bomb project. More than 179,000 have been re cruited so far. Because of the ex treme secrecy involved, the job of getting workers was one of the most difficult ever undertaken by the war manpower commis sion. The recruited workers were un aware of the nature of the proj ect even after they had been em ployed some months. U. S. em ployment service officials, ip deal ing with prospective workers, merely referred to a "highly secret job. Of the 179,000 workers recruit ed, 80,000 were for the Hanford plant in Washington, approxi mately '90,000 for the Clinton project p Tennessee and about 9,000 for all other phases of the activity. Producers Ceiling On Pears Unchanged PORTLAND, Aug. 7 (UP) Producers' ceiling prices for the 1945 pack of canned and frozen pears in Washington and Oregon will be the same as'those in ef fect last year, the department of agriculture and OPA offices here announced today. An average grower price of $73 per ton' will be used in construc tion of processors' ceiling prices. Prices for certain grades based upon the average price have been set. The announcement stated that if the average price paid by a processor for each grade clas sification is less than the announc ed price for such grade classifi cation the ceiling prices for pro cessed pears will reflect this re duced raw material cost. Father of Quads Urged to Return PITTSBURGH, Aug. 7 (UP) William (Red) Thompson, former army sergeant, was in receipt of a message today sent by Nora Carpenter, unwed English girl who bore him quadruplets 17 months ago, to return to England. The message was delivered by T5 Albert Krazer who returned to Pittsburgh three days ago. Ac cording to Frazer, Miss Carpen ter asked Thompson to return to her and their1 ;thrce remaining children. Meat Production Higher Last Week CHICAGO, Aug. 7 (UP) The war meat board announced today federally inspected meat produc tion totaled 267,000,000 pounds for the past week, compared with 265,000,000 pounds for the preced ing week and 308,000,000 pounds for the corresponding week of 1944. Pork, lamb, and mutton produc tion for the week ending Aug. 4 decreased from the preceding week. Horace J. Nelson LIFE - FIRE - AUTO Quality Insurance Service Tel. 351-W ' . 703 K Ave. La Grande, Ore. youM 4e Schilling 0 VACUUM PACKED COFFEE Film History Repeats Itself Nine years ago there flashed on the screen one of the greatest motion pictures ever produced. It was Ernest Hemingway's "Farewell to Arms," a poignant love story told against the brutal background of the Italian rout at Caporctto in World War I. Its stars were Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes. Today Gary Cooper is starred in another great Ernest Heming way war romance. It is Para mount's technicolor "For Whom the Bell Tolls," playing at the Liberty theater today and Wed nesday with the lovely Ingrid Bergman portraying Maria to Cooper's Robert Jordan. This Hemingway love story is drawn against the excitement and heart break of the Spanish civil war and it resembles its memorable predecessor in dramatic power and romantic appeal. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" has, in addition, a technicolored scenic splendor that makes it one of the most beautiful pictures ever filmed. Canned Fruit Set Aside Is Reduced PORTLAND, Aug. 7 (UP) Quantities of canned fruit and fruit juices to be set aside for government agencies have been reduced, the U. S. department of agriculture officer here announc ed today. Canned prunes and plums were removed from the list of set aside commodities. A simultaneous an nouncement said today civilians will have 10,000,000 more cases from the 1945 pack of principal canned vegetables than previous ly allotted. Reductions on set aside orders included applesauce from 54 per cent to 48; fruit cocktail, 54 to 52; peaches, 64 to 60; pineapple, 70 to 66; Pineapple juice, 48 to 36; lima beans, 36 to 34; beets, 52 to 46; sweet corn, 44 to 42; peas, 43 to 38; pumpkin, 46 to 44; sauerkraut, 70 to 40; spinach 77 to 76; tomato catsup 47 to 37; to mato juice 27 to 16. Senator Fears Man May Destroy Self DENVER, Aug. 7 (UP) Sen. Ed C. Johnson, D., Colo., ranking member of the senate military affairs committee who has raised his voice recently over an army "absurdly too large,' 'to day said the atomic bomb should bring a speedy end to talk of peacetime conscription. "The big trouble has been that the scientists have progressed faster than the statesmen," the senator declared. "Unless the statesmen catch up the destruc tion of mankind itself may be in sight." Kellogg's Corn Flakes bring you nearly all the protective food ritsynents of the whole grain declared essential to hu man nutrition. ' Made from - v 3 Uf, -f- J 4f Premium Grains r J&im 4 "THE 6RAINS ARf GREAT FOODS" fj fmjj I j) fl FT) y-T - ft -Kit Rejection by VFW Of Veteran Draws Ire of WRA Head. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UP) Director Dillon Meyer of the war relocation authority said today the members of post 51 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars should ieconsidcr their rejection of Pic Richard Naito, Japanese-American soldier, for membership. "I fully concur with Colonel Miller's keen indignation," Meyer said, "over the action taken by a minority of members of post 51 of the Veterans of foreign Wars, Spokane, Wash., in excluding Private Naito from membership on the grounds of his ancestry, The great majority of Americans and of VFW members every where will, I feel sure, repudiate this act. They will join with Col. Miller in insisting that the Jap anese-American soldiers return ing from battle and their parents coming home from relocation centers must be treated with de cencv and fairness." Hospital Notes St. Joseph's hospital: Admitted: John Skillings, Im bler, Mrs. Jerry Pierson, Mrs. George Gray, La Grande, Mrs. Lawrence Hermann, Hamilton, James Calhoun, Summerville, medical; Dorothy Holcomb, Ba ker, laboratory. Dismissed: John Folsom, Mar tha Swart, Mrs. Walter Primm, Mrs. Donald Traverso and son, Mrs. Margaret Keffer and son, La Grande, Mrs. Elias York and son, Summerville. Grande Ronde hospital: Admitted: Donald Blacker, Robert Dean, Ruth Dean, Robert Joe Thompson, Mrs. C. W. Fross, La Grande, Edgar J. Newman, North Powder, Randolph E. Sharp, Joel M. Sharp, Evelyn Lee Shark, Newbridge, Dnnieta Wil liams, Richland, David Harper, Wallowa, all surgery; Fayc Har old, Bill Noble, Gayle Ei.abeth Cork, Hurry Myers, George II. Vane, Vcrna Mason, La Grande, Charles A. Dalton, North Pow der, medical. Dismissed: N. A. Clark, Red mond, Mis. R. Grosgcbauer, Frcewater, Mrs. Millie Parsons, Elgin, Mis. Earl Aller and son, Mrs. Fred Hearing and daughter, Wallowa, L e a m a n Goodwin, Starkey, Rex Thomas, Mrs. Rob ert Clark, Ian and Ewan Gerstel, Mrs. Wallace Chandler, Mrs. J. H. Booher, James W. Grandell, Mrs. F. E. Jones, Miss Nina Kamc, and Mrs Anna Wright, La Grande. nr JiliiiJ' i HaM - AVIATION OiSnilHf SSaSSli l 'Gt fj'f U"" ' "N NIWI TIMI Wj t. M. M.ndo,, tgndoy, thyttdo, and hide; DON til MUTUJU NITWOIK o Society Briefs Mrs. Elizabeth Carr of Port Orchard, Wash., spent a week in town visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Lowell W. Knapp and other rein fives and friends. Mrs. Carr made the trip with Mr. and Mis. Eldon Sloan and two children, Rickey and Gordon, who went on to North Powder to visit Mr. Sloan's mother. Pat Knapp returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Jack son in Eugene. While there they made a trip to the sea shore. Riverside Aid will not meet this Thursday, it was announced to day. The meeting has been post poned indefinitely. Navy mothers will meet 8 p. m. Thursday in the USO club rooms. Mrs. Noreen E. Nagey, daugh ler of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Berry, left this morning for Sioux Falls, S. D., to rejoin her husband, Pfc. Alex Nagy, who is stationed there. Drs. Joe and Margaret Ingle and their daughter, Mary, have returned from a short vacation at Wallowa lake. Mrs. Abe Harris of Redwood City, Calif., is in La Grande vis iting her mother, Mrs. Roxena strong and her brothers and sis ters. She plans to leave Friday to return to her home. Mrs. J. F. Paradise of Baker, visited recently in La Grande with her sister, Mis. R. R. Rags dale. Mrs. Vincent Gibson, the form er Darlene Millering, arrived in La Grande yesterday morning and will remain here with her mother, Mrs. Delia Millering, while her husband is overseas. Mrs. Gibson has been living in Sacramento, until her husband's departure. Mrs. Joe Kohn and daughter, Mrs. Bert Anderson of Portland have returned there after a visit in La Grande at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Antone Freisinger. Mrs. Kohn is a sister of Mr. Freis inger. Mrs. Cecil Ripley, the former Dorothy Brownton, and her.threc children of Okanogan, Wash., are expected to arrive here tomorrow to be guests for 10 days at the home of Mrs. Ripley's parents, Dr. and Mis. H. S. Brownton. Mrs. Rosemary Belts and her father, Charles Tullis of Pendle ton, spent yesterday in La Grande. Britons eat an average of 14 ounces of bread daily, or 312 pounds annually, per head of the population. Big baby with a bife. Here's sixty tons of trouble for Tokio. This majestic B-29 can carry forty 500-lb. calling cards for Hirohito and a heavy armament of machine guns and cannon to insure that they'll be delivered. I Superforts like this, built in the West by Boeing, are test-flown and delivered on Chevron Aviation Gasoline. Someday, a highway version of this. great gasoline will power your car, too. Then like Boeing you'll find there's a world of dependable power and performance behind the Chevron label. 1 JK rM:MA LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 if 1 ' i i ii " ii News and Engagements Social Tuesday, AtiRiist 7, 1915 Blue Mountain Camp Council Meets To Discuss Trip to Army Hospital Friday . Blue Mountain camp and hos pital council met last night and discussed the Friday trip to Mc Caw general hospital at Walla Walla, with Mrs. C. F. Roberts reading a report on the visit. Ward 21, furnished by La Grande contributions, and the Elks' room are both in use, it was reported. Current magazines, books, sta tionery, beads, yarn, pin-up lamps, toothbrushes, belt buckles, and scraps of plain colored silk, for use in occupational therapy, and also contributions for eve ning treats and record funds have been requested. The need for telephone funds -is especially acute, it was announced, and the boys are requesting an additional birthday party be given each Mrs. Martin Haasch Honored at Dinner Mrs. Wayne McKee entertained Saturday evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Smith, at a dinner honoring Mrs. Martin Haasch Present were Mrs. Haasch, Mrs. Evan Halsey, Mrs. Gerald Butcher, Mrs. Lewis Coffey and the Misses Darlene Mayficld and Emogene Stein. Mrs. Haasch left yesterday for Seattle where she will meet her husband who landed in New York Friday on the Queen Mary after two years overseas with an engineering unit in the European theater. He will have 30 days before reassignment. His parents live at Milton. Mrs. Haasch is the former Eloise Stein and is employed by the Union Pacific railroad. After the 30 days she expects to re turn to La Grande. She was accompanied by her sister Emogene Stein, who will return to La Grande by plane on Thursday. LEARN TO FliYl Student flight instruction by experienced, competent flyers. Phone for detail.s. Eastern Oregon Airways Phono 6R13 cta a.in Ann r r s a r n ti Ii Ary'.-s I V7M.i Activities . . . Weddings Events Page 3 month. Attending the trip to McCaw were: Mrs. Fred Lanzer, Mrs. B. W. TillotSon, of the motor corps, who furnished cars, Mrs. R. R. Ragsdale, Mrs. C. N. Palmer, Mrs. L. E. Walters, Ina Mae Walters, Mrs. J. D. Larson, Mrs. Frank Dunn, Mis. E. G. Moore, Mrs. C. F. Roberts. Zion Lutheran Has Outdoor Services, School Picnic Zion Lutheran church members and thoir families enjoyed a day in the woods with a church ser vice and picnic at the Stump Patch, Following the Sunday school services at the church, the parents and children went to the picnic ground and held services about 11:30 a.m. After that a picnic dinner was served, and games were played with ice cream served later in the afternoon. More than 50 per sons attended. Cannery Workers Choose no Vnion KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 7 (UP) An election among south eastern Alaska cannery operators to choose a union bargaining agent resulted in an insufficient majority vote yesterday. The em ployes were voting on whether to choose the AFL, CIO or Alaska native brotherhood unions. None received a majority. Clearance of Children's Coats One Special Group g Sizes 3 to 12. All, Olhor Children's Coats Greatly Roduced, NORTON'S PY 1114 Adams Phone 202 jl f MeTtofe&u ftefrurns To Loya'l Star Mrs. Lula Day was reinstated in the Loyal Star lodge when the organization met last night at the Neighborhood clubhouse. The 12 members present voted to change the social club meeting for this month from the 16th to the 23rd. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Connie Zander and to Mrs. Elam Briggs. After the business meet ing refreshments were served by Mrs. James Smith and Mrs. Mah lon Rogers. , Social Calendar TUESDAY 8 p. m. VFW auxiliary, K of P hall. 8 p. m. Neighbors of Woodcraft. lOOF hall. WE CARRY ALL THE VERY LATEST RECORDS and SHEET MUSIC HERE ARE A FEW OF THE MANY RECORDS: "Till the End of Time" Perry Como with orchestra. "Daybreak Serenade" Jess Stacy and his orchestra, "Tchalkowaky Walti" from the Sleeping Beauty. "Blue Danube Walts'" and Tales from the Vienna Woods Johann Strauss, Albums Tchaikowiky Manfred - Symphonic Poem for Full Orchestra. Artie Shaw Featuring his inspired clarinet. Piano Reflections Jo Reichman. BLANK RECORDING RECORDS and CUTTING NEEDLES Phono Needles of All Kinds from 10c per pkg. up. RADIO 8 MUSIC SUPPLY CO. Geo. Tiss Prop. 1st National Bank Bldg, La Grande Enterprise Phone 805
