La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 07, 1945, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextV Today We Pay Tribute to pyv ) A , . J u .A Selby C. Weaver, 27, cor poral in the air corps at De Ridder, La. He is the son of Mrs. Pearl Weaver, Wallowa, and attended grade school and high school there. He attend ed Moler barber college and before entering the army on November 27. 1942 was em ployed in the O. K. barbel shop in Ui Grande. lie was married October 6, 1910 to Ruth U. Dene Iko, who is at present living in De Ridder, La. MM mm Villiam F. Youmlmt, Y2c, , USNR, 503 M avenue, nnd Dallas D. LeGore. S 1c, USNR, 1415 Y avenue, La Grande, fought at Okinawa aboard the venerable man o' war, USS West Virginia, the only baiuesnip wnicn naa taken part in every major land ing operation in the Pacific in the last six months. Blasted at Pearl Harbor by two bombs and at least six torpedoes, the old battleship was resurrected and repaired, then joined the fight against the Japs with a vigor that has won her a reputa tion as the "one ship task force." Copt. Johnny Groupe of La Grande, who has been through four battle fronts, North Africa, Italy, France and Ger many, had his closest call after the cessation of hostilities in the European theater, he wrote his father, Charles O. 'Groupe. ' He said recently while riding on the Autobohn, (Germany's superhighway) near Heidelberg in a jeep, the vehicle was struck by a two and one-half ton truck. The jeep turned over once throw ing the driver and another cap tain out, but Captain Groupe was still in the jeep whin it stopped rolling. The two captains suffer ed only cuts and bruises though their driver sustained a broken back which will require months of hospitalization. Sgt. Desmond O. Larson has returned to La Grande lifter 16 months service in the Euro pean theater with a medical de tachment. F.nrmile to La Qrande he. vis ited in Salt Lake City, and will spend the rest of his 30-day fur lough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oi in L. Larson. At the termination of his furlough he will report to Fort Douglas, Utah, for reassignment. Before entering the service in April, 1!M3, Larson was a stu dent at Brigham Young univer sity. Provo, Utah. Bernadino Hungerford. Yl c. WAVES, will leave tomorrow night for her base at Alameda, Calif., after a two weeks visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mis. 11. L. Hungerford. Miss Hungerfoid has been stationed there for about two years. Pvt. Glonn Bayliss has arrived in Florida and is ex pected to bp in La Grande in about a week Bayliss has been in Italy for the past 18 months. He telephoned his wife, Mis. Velma Rayliss. upon his arrival in the United Stales. This will be his firs! visit with his nine-months-old daughter, Glenda. Bayliss is the son of Tom Bay liss of La Grande. BAR MEETING CANCELLED McMlNNVILLE, Aug. 7 (UP) Plans for a state convention of Oregon state bar have loen can celled. President Francis F Marsh, 'McMiniiville, announced today. I m) P I K I A l WAUPAMSf Sec our wide selection of ih fi cintting now ticMunn in ibis m i u s w a 1 1 p pe r i h It i s gv iw t Hi wiihjhle and fast to liftht A surul'lc prices. TeeTs Paiat Stere 1308 Atfami CB J Many Men WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UP) Here are some of the men who helped perfect the new super agent of destruction the atomic bomb: Maj. Gen-. Leslie R. Groves army construction engineer who had executive charge of the en tiro project. He is 4!) and a native of Albany, N. Y. His home is here. Dr. J. Robert Opcnheimcr a leading physicist and a pioneer in the field of atomic research. He planned, organized and directed the special laboratory in the New Mexico desert where the bomb was perfected, Dr. Vannevar Bush director of the office of scientific research and development, who had charge of the project in its early phase. Bush, 50, is a native of Everett, Mass, Dr. Neils Bohr Danish physi cist, winner of the Noble prize for science, who was literally stolen from the grasp of the Nazis. He conducted early experiments at Princeton university in 1939. Dr. James B. Conanf president of Harvard university, who has had close contact with the project since its inecption. , Dr. E. O. Lawrence a leading physicist who had an active part in the solution of scientific prob lems. He has been a professor of physics at the university of Cal ifornia since 1930. Dr. A.' H. Sompton winner of the Noble prize for physics, a member of the advisory panel. Dr. Enrico also a member of the panel. Fermi, 43, a native of Rome, Italy, was awarded the Noble prize for physics in 1939. Dr. Karl T. Compton president of the Massachusetts institute of technology. Dr. Richard C. Tolman scien tific adviser to U. S. members of the combined policy committee He has been professor of physics and chemistry at the University of California since 1922. Lt. Gen. Wilhelm D. Stycr- member of the military policy committee. Rear Admiral William H. Pur nell member of the same com mittee. George L. Harrison special consultant to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and president of the New York life insurance company. Three La Grande Men Honored By Commander TWENTIETH AIR FORCE HDQS., Aug. 7 (Special) For the part they played in the his toric series of five low level in cendiary attacks on Japan during an all-out offensive, three men from La Grande and hundreds of other enlisted men at B-29 bases in the Marianas have been com mended by the commanding gen eral of the twentieth air foi-ce. The men are: Sgt. William Grant Runklc, whose wife lives in La Grande; Pfc. Oscar H. Howe, whose wife, Alice, live at Kill Fifth street, and Cpl. Or villc G. Witlen, whose father, Walter I. Whitten, lives at 1805 Alder street. They are with ground echelons supporting the almost daily Su perfort assaults. Throughout the period of sus tained b o m b ing attacks, these men and other members of the ground staff worked night and nay, virtually without rest, to keep the army bombers in the air and striking at the enemy. Jack Zanders Plan To Make Home Here; Recently Discharged Jack Zander and his bride are in La Grande to make their home. He recently was given an honor able discharge from the army on the strength of his 122 points and five and one-half years of serv ice. Three years and 15 days of thai time were spent in the South Pa cific where Zander participated in the Papuan. New Guinea. Bis marck archipelago. Netherland East Indies and Philippines cam paigns. He has the award of merit, the pro-Pearl Harbor ribbon the Pacific-Asiatic, and American De fense ribbons. Mr. and Mrs. Zander are at the home of his fathvr, Henry K. Zander, Prize Crew Brings Jap Shi) to Port AN ALLIED PACIFIC POUT. Aug. 7 (UP) A navy prize crew from two seventh fleet dcstrm-cit brought t h e Japanese hospital ship. Tachibana Mam. into an al lied harbor Monday after it had lxen discovered to lie carrying arms, ammunition and other con traband. The navy turned over 1,5(52 pa tients, 13 oflicers and 63 men of the crew to U. S. urmv authori- ties. It was the largest single haul ! of pi mmcrs In the Pacific war. Navy wews are till digging out contraband hid it n in t!.it ship's hold. Took Part AERIAL BOXCAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE Gigantic aerial boxcar, first North American Aviation-built C-8B packe after maiden flight 30 days ahead of schedule has wingsproad great enough lo shelter AT-6 Texan trainer (left) and P-51 Mustang fighter. The Fairchild-designed cargo plane is being produced for army air forces at North America's Toxas plank : ' Australians Push Toward Vital Oil Port on Borneo MANILA, Aug. 7 (UP) Aus tralian units found an opening today along thi well - guarded road to Samarinda, vital oil port in southeast Borneo, knocking out defensive positions with ac curate mortar fire. Snvnnth division. Australians. In th nrnn north of BaliknaDan. followed the mortars with rifles and hand grenades as the enemy slowly withdrew to the north. Gen. D o u gl a s MacArthur's communique anounced more than 400 far eastern airforce bombers and fighters on Sunday dumped tons of jellied gasoline on iaru mizu, on the eastern shore of Kagoshima Bay in southern Kyu shu. Returning pilots reported their bombs and rockets left smoke columns visible 30 miles away. Fifth and seventh airforce Lib erators, B-25s, and A-26s, escorted by Mustangs and Thunderbolts, also participated in the attack. Frau Goering Says Hitler Blocked Peace Parley By CURT RIESS NEAR GERMAN CZECHO SLOVAK BORDER, August 7 (NNEA) Frau Emmy Goer ing believes if Adolf Hitler had not held up a message from Win ston Churchill, her husband could have prevented world war II. Hermann Goering was opposed to the war, she claims, but she did not give me any idea what he could have done about it. Albert Forsler, later gauleitcr of Danzig, was in England short ly before hostilities broke out in 1931), Emmy told me. He was asked by Churchill to tell Goer ing that the Briton (not yet prime minister at that time) would like to talk to him. "Tell Goering to come to Eng land," Churchill urged Forsler, according to Emmy. The message was relayed to Hitler, and Goering heard noth ing about it until a year later, Emmy says. Forster mentioned it to Goering only after the war was in full swing. "Why didn't you toll mi," the Rcichsmarshal asked then. "This might have prevented the warl" Goering soon realized the air blitz of England could not win the war, she told me. He want ed to discontinue it. He would argue that his crews were too tired to go out again, or that the weather was unfavorable, but Hiller would insist on more raids. "The Fuehrer wants me to send my men into certain death," Goering would lament. And often he would ask, as al lied planes increasingly devas tated the reichi "What can I tell the Gor man people?" The naive explanations and ex ruses made by Emmy, however unconvincing to others, seem worth repeating because they probably foreshadow the defense her husband will make when he goes on trial. "If the allies kill Hermann they must kill all of their own soldiers," she cried. "He did only what they did obeved orners. Allied Troops Meet Savage Jap Battle CALCUTTA. Aug. 7 (UP) Al lied troops operating between Myilkyo and the old Sittang liver channel in the flooded area of southeastern Burma are meeting with savage Japanese resistance, a southeast Asia communique said today. Other allied troops have clear ed enemy elements from astride : h e IVgu-Martaha.n railway. A Japanese attack on a village sit uated on the south bank of the Siltang channel. 20 miles cast of Pegu, was repulsed. Air command Spitfires and Thunderbolts supported ground units. II B-l J -V?J f J 4 JfiLJI in Developing Bomb Airport News . . . Salem Girl Goes Home After Her First Solo Flight Jane Pearmine of Salem has returned to her home after mak ing her first solo airplane flight at the local airport, terminating two weeks of instruction. Flying to Portland Monday were Judy Moore of La Grande, and Dr. S. Ballentyne and Dr. C. W. Taylor, both of Portland, who flew here Saturday. Flying to Portland today were Myron Flcser of Minam, Roth Mc Cullough of Haines and Mac Shanks of Union. Pilots checking in at the local airport over the weekend were: Clay Porter, flying a Piper cub, Cy Gallogley, in a Cub cruiser, and H. H. Hart, in a Taylorcraft, all of Pendleton; E. C. Welch, of John Day, flying a Taylorcraft; Virgil Davis, and Arthur A. Her tel, both flying Luscombes, and both of Walla Walla; H. E. De Vore of Ontaria, in an Interstate; Ardis Brinton and Raleigh Mun kers of Baker, and both piloting Taylorcraft; Charles Freeman of Vernal, Utah, in a Taylorcraft, and A. Johnston of Seattle, who was ferrying a Stinson from Okla homa to Seattle. Contract Cutbacks Reach 15 Billions WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UP) War contract cutbacks, affecting 1945 and 194(1 production sched ules, totaled more than $15,000, 000,000 up to July 28, the war production board reported today. The WPB emphasized, however, that this figure was not adjusted to reflect new contracts that have been or will be let for war work or of any inei-easo in production due to rescheduling. The boaid said that its produc tion readjustment committee had processed cutbacks totaling $l,- 509,000,000 in war contracts af fecting 1945 schedules and a total of 0.725.000,000 affecting 1945 schedules. About three-fourths of the 1945 cutbacks take effect in the last five months of the year, when they will average close to $1,300, 000,000 a month. Portlander Escapes Having Throat Cut PORTLAND, Aug. 7 (UP) Millard M. Spratt, 53-ycar-old Al bany, Ore., railroad worker, prob ably will think twice before ac cepting rides from now on. Spratt told police he met a man Sunday who took him riding in an automobile. After the two had a few drinks and were about five miles out of Portland, the strang er stopped the car and remarked: "I think I'll cut your throat." A struggle ensued and Spratt finally escaped after suffering knife wounds in his throat. He walked back to the city and was given first aid at St. Vincent's hospital. B-29 Engine Plant Closed by Strikers CINCINNATI. O.. Aug. 7 (UP) U. S. Conciliator James McXa mara today renewed his efforts to end a five-day walkout at the Lockland, O., plant of the Wright Aeronautical corporation which has idled 27.000 workers and halt ed production of engines. McNamara met separately yes terday with officials of the com pany and the United Auto Work ers (CIO) but neither would make the first move to , r.d the strike. The strike bei;an Friday when 14 employes refused to accept lower paying jobs. Place Orders Now Vnr CANNING FRUITS Then w f can place our orders in advance and have firshcr, finer triut available (or you when the fruit is in season. Sinden's Grocery 1323 Y Ave. Phone 981 Talbert, Bets In Top Seeded Places In Rye Tourney RYE, N. Y., Aug. 7 (UP) Wil liam Talbert of Wilmington, Del., and Pauline Betz of Los Angeles were seeded No. 1 today in the men's and women's division of the eastern grass court tennis championships which open at the Westchester country club tomor row. Lt. Gardnar Mulloy was seeded No. 2 in the men's singles with Francisco Segura No. 3 and El wood Cooke No. 4. Margaret Os borne was seeded second among the women followed by Mrs. Sarah P. Cooke and A. Louise Brough. The opening round paired Tal bert against Nick A. Buzolich of San Pedro, Cal.; Sqgura against Harry Buttimer of San Francis co while Mulloy and Cooke drew byes. In the women's singles first round Miss Betz will meet Betty Rosenquest of South Orange, N. J.; Miss Osborne plays Connie Clifton of New Smyrna Beach, Fla.; Mrs. Cooke goes against Lillian B. Lopaus of New York and Miss Brough meets Edna Steinbach of Richmond Hill, N. Y. The men's division drew 24 entrants, the women's 32. Russia Will Renew Finnish Relations By United Press Finnish and Rumanian broad casts said last night Russia has decided to resume diplomatic re lations with Finland and Ru mania. The decision was taken "in view of the fact Finland has so far loyally complied with the terms of the armistice agreement" signed last September, the Fin. nish broadcast said. Radio Bucharest said a simi lar memorandum was given Ru manian Premier Petre Groza by Col. Gen. Ivan Z. Susaikov, So viet chairman of the allied con trol commission in Rumania. Moscow Papers All Carry Bomb Stories LONDON, Aug. 7 (UP) Radio Moscow said all Moscow news papers published President Tru man's statement on the atomic bomb today. Morning news papers in London filled their front pages with details and side lights on the new weapon. Edi torials praised the work of sci entists, but expressed grave fears for civilization. MacKenzie King Elected to House ALEXANDRIA, OnL, Aug. 7 (UP) Prime minister W. L. Mac Kenzie King held a seat in the house of commons today after a landslide victory over Dr. Rich ard Monahan in a Glengarry rid ing by-election. The liberal party leader's vote yesterday was 4,623 against 327 for Dr. Monahan, an independent liberal. The by-election was made nec essary by King's defeat in the Ca nadian general election in June, which King's party won. To con tinue as prime minister he need ed a commons seat. W invit you to gtt ih detraJi of OMT DirKt-Rtducfa'qn Mom Loan PWi that k bringing debt to so many others. Eastern Ortrn federal Savings and Loan Assn. of linker .2014 Broadway. Baker, Or Pennant Fever In Detroit Halted By Bad Chills Tigers Lose More Than Won Last Month By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (UP) Detroit's pennant fever was com plicated with severe chills today, brought on by a month of medio cre play in which only two clubs, the Red Sox and Athletics, have lost more games than the first place Tigers. C-Since July 7 the Tigers have won 13 games and lost 14, hardly the pace 'with which to win a pennant. That they still remain In the lead, although by only a half game, is an indication of How tight, the race has become since mid-season. The Washington Senators, now Jn second, were playing just so so 'ball themselves until they ran into five double headers in as many days and won nine of the 10 games. That gave them a rec ord of 16 wins and 13 losses for the month, about the same pace as the White Sox set in leading the western half of the circuit with 15 victories and 11 defeats. The Cleveland Indians were next With 16 victories and 13 losses. ' Loses More Even the trouble-beset Yan kees did better than the Tigers, winning 12 and losing 12. The seventh place Browns, who were leading the league at this time a year ago, played at exactly the same pace as the Tigers, winning 13 and losing 14. The Red Sox were just a shade worse, winning 13 and losing 15 while the A's won 10 and lost 17 to bring up the rear. The Tigers broke even in a double header with the White Sox at Chicago yesterday, muff ing an opportunity to gain on the idle Senators. Al Benton, who has won five of the 13 Tiger victories during the month, gain ed his 11th win against two de feats in the opener, beating the Sox, 6 to 2. Browns Lose It was Detroit's first victory in five games with the Sox, but they couldn't stand the pace and Johnny Humphries shut them out on four hits, 7 to 0, in the second game. The champion Brownies drop ped to a new low for the season, losing two to the Indians at St. Louis, 9 to 7 and 8 to 4, to go all alone into seventh place. Previously the Browns and In dians had been tied for sixth, but the double win moved Cleveland into fifth, place ahead of Boston. The Browns suffered a blow worse than defeat in the opener when third baseman Mark Christ man was hit in the head by one of Allie Reynolds' fast pitches and suffered a brain concussion. He is in a serious condition in a St. Louis hospital. Homers ac counted for both Cleveland vic toris, Pat Seerey and Frankie Hayes delivering in the opener and Mickey Rocco and Jeff Heath connecting in thp seonnri damp No other American league games were scheduled and all in the National were rained out. Hagg, Andersson Will Visit in U. S. LONDON, Aug. 7 (UP) Swed ish distance aces Gunder Hagg and Arne Andersson said today they both definitely will come to the United States for the in door track season next winter in an effort to set new world marks for the mile and two mile runs. "You can tell Dan Ferris, the secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union, that we are all set," An dersson said. "We are making the arrangements now." "INSECT SUBMARINES" Caddis fly larvae were build ing submarines millions of years before man came on earth. These tiny worms encase themselves in an armor of silk, stones and shells In this undersea craft, they roam about the ocean, rising to the surface or sinking, at will. Have you tried the finest beer ever produced by Roesch Brewery? Ask for ELK HORN BEER TH E BEER OF LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 ' v Complete Local Reports Tuesday, August 7, 1945 Baseball Standings By United Press AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Detroit 54 41 .568 Washington 54 42 .563 New York 50 43 .538 Chicago 50 47 .515 Cleveland 48 48 .500 Boston 48 49 .495 St. Louis 45 49 .479 Philadelphia 31 62 .340 TODAY SPORTvPARA By JACK CUDDY United Press Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 7 (UP) Now the holocaust of war is just a bit ter memory to the thousands of American servicemen still in Eu rope, the army is ready with the biggest and most concentrated sports program in history to make them forget battles and their burning desire to come home. There are two million men, mostly combat veterans, who are awaiting redeployment which necessarily must be delayed for many months because shipping facilities are so urgently needed for the Pacific theater. Explains Maj. Gen. Ben Sawbridge, chief of the athletics division of the army special services, explained what the army intended to do. "All of these men wish to re turn home right away which is impossible,' he said. "But we can't let them rot. They deserve top treatment while they are waiting. It is our job to keep them happy and to prevent homesickness. "Now they no longer are in combat, we can't keep drilling constantly. Hence we must burn their energy with athletics, the kind where all compete. And we must entertain them with pro gressive competitions wherein fi nally the best compete in big tour naments inspiring divisional pride. No Chance Sawbridge said he saw "no pos sibility" of the American world series baseball teams coming to Europe to put on their classic for servicemen. "The weather after September is too rainy and uncertain to at tempt anything like that," Saw bridge said. Sawbridge, a former Stnford university student who said he never made the first team any where although he tried out for everything, is a tall well-built veteran with graying brown hair. He is assisted by Col. Ken Fields, former army athlete from West Point. Fields was halfback in the early '30's, being graduated in 1934. Also on the staff is Col. Frank McCormick, former direc tor of athletics at Minnesota, who recently returned from America. Informal Now being distributed as fast as transportation facilities are made available are huge stock piles of softball, baseball, nd vol leyball equipment, the staff also is invoved in the supervision of numerous tournaments now in progress. Thew include baseball, soft ball, golf, tennis, track and field, archery, horse shoe pitch ing, and swimming. Boxing now is being carried on informally throughout the seven European sports commands but will be included with football as one of the major phases of the winter program. GOOD TASTE SPORTS Page 6 Bob Joyce to Try For 25th Win In Oakland Series By United Press Bob Joyce bids for his 25th victory of the Pacific Coast lea. gue season tonight as his team mates on the San Francisco Seals enter their "make or break" series with the Oakland Acorns. Both teams arc lied for fourth place, four full games behind the third-place Sacramento So Ions and 19 games behind the top spot Portland Beavers. A clear cut series victory for either might go far toward securing a berth in the post-season playoffs for the winner and tumbling- the loser into the second division perman ently. In other games tonight the Sac ramento Solons invade San Diego, while Hollywood and Los Angeles battle for undisputed possession of the loop cellar, Tomorrow night the Seattle Eainiers begin trying to whittle down Portland's eight-game lead. But even sweeping the eight game series would leave the Rainiers a full game behind the Beavers. The latter took a 4 to 3 edge in their series. Stiner Starts On All-Civilian Team CORVALLIS, Aug. 7 (UP) -Coach Lon Stiner today is work ing on the problem of construct ing the Oregon State college 1945 football team exclusively from civilians, navy officers having served notice navy students 'will not be available for play. . An ROTC unit- will' be estab lished at OSC in September, but navy regulations stipulate the students under ROTC must be in residence one quarter before be. coming eligible for intercolle giate sports. Thus, the navy men will be eligible for winter and spring sport teams. For OSC's first varsity foot ball team in three years, Stiner is counting heavily on freshmen to form the bulk of his squad, with additional help from dis charged veterans, practice opens Sept. 8, with the first game slated with the Klamath Falls marines Sept. 29. TODAY and WKDNKSDAY k'lt toning GARY COOPER INGRID BERGMAN IN TCHNCOi.OR .d Coniinp; Thursduv "Lake Placid Serenade" Csirnisacla LAST TIME TONIGHT STARTS WEDNESDAY A dtllUfaMFl.'-"f' vll fot cny imrol Weird, if ;j to an amazing climax! 3 Paromojnt prewnf M&9 Mlf ""'. - ww WW- with NILS ASTHER ;i r...