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Today We Pay Tribute to William Diinald Shade. 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. William N. Shade, 1.107 I'cnn avenue, La (Jrandc, served with the mountain infantry in Italy. He attended Central ele mentary and La (Jrandc hi(?h school and studied at the Art Center Los AnRcles, Calif. Prior to entering the sei--vice on June 8, 1943, he was employed as a locomotive fire man at the U. I'. railroads. He received his basic training in infantry at Camp Hood, Tex., and was reassigned to Camp Swift Tex. He'was married in 1910 to Murjorie LaVflle Ilawes, who with (heir son William Don ald, resides at 1 126 Washing ton avenue. ' Shade is a memher of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Knginemen. m in Dorolha M. Eckrick, HA 1c, on lenve from Ctimp Mclntire, Great Lukes, 111., is visiting in Elgin. Marcor Bouldin, pharmacists mute third cluss will leave today for San Diego where he is stationed at a naval hos pital. He has spent 10 days in La Grande visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Bouldin. Boul din has teen in the navy 1!) months, and prior to that lime attended the University of Ari zona where he had taken two years of premcdieal course. Wallace Rudd, gunners mate second class left for Oceansiile, Calif., to report for duty, lifter visiting his family here. He was accompanied as fat as Caldwell, Ida., Iy his wife, the former Marieln Keller, who will visit there wilh her grandpar ents. Army Discharges More Than Draft WASHINGTON, Aug. B (UP) War Department records show to day in the three mi ml lis since V-K clay the army has discharged under the point system only 40, 000 more men tlinn it has drafted. Meanwhile, the overall army size has dropped 1)111,00(1 during the same period because of los ses from all causes, including the point system, which have not been replaced. It was also disclosed 7!n,00fl of the H.Snn.OOO Americans in Eu rope had heen returned to this country. Since Germany ipnt, the army has drafted 210.000 men. or 70. 000 a month. To offset this about 2.riO,OllO have been given point discharges, while another 150,000 have been separated from the army Ih'CuiiiV of age, casualty status or other reasons. ADOPT V-J DAY PLANS PORTLAND, Aug. 8 (UP) Portland stores have adopted plans for closing on V-J day. A. W. Ilolin, president of the Port land retail trade bureau revealed. Drawing CH WLI In yeon gon by I'd oft decry -.ij. My neighbor's barnyard habit t ". . . Bur now I find I'w About hit hens Control Set Up For Austria By Found Allies Vienna Also Will Be Occupied Jointly WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UP) The allies today set up control machinery for Austria similar to the Germait plan and announced the separation of Austria from Germany as one of their primary objectives. The plans for four-nation con trol machinery, and the zones of Austria to be occupied by the United States, Britain, Russia and France, were released simultane ously in the four allied capitals. Four Commandants The control machinery provides the city of Vienna will be direct ed by an inter-allied governing uuthority to be composed of four commandants one from each al lied nation. The control machinery provides the city of Vienna will be direct ed by an inter-allied governing authority to be composed of four commandants one from each al lied nation. In addition to separation of Austria from Germany, the pri mary tasks of t h e commisison will be: "To secure establishment of a freely elected Austrian govern ment." Moved In The Russians proposed at Pots dam that the provisional govern ment headed by Karl Renner now relegated to Vienna be ex tended to all of Austria. President Truman and the British insisted the decision be postponed. The occupation plan provides Austria, within Its 1037 frontiers, be divided into four zones. The northeastern zone will go to the Soviet Union; northwestern' to t h e United States, western to France, and southern to Britain. Newspapers Gave 62 Millions Lines To Seventh Loan WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UP) American newspapers donated nearly 82,000,000 lines of news, art and editorial support to the recent seventh war loan drive, Chairman Frank E. Tripp of the allied newspaper council report ed today. In a report to the treasury war financing division, Tripp said the newspaper support amounted to more than 20,000 full pages of war bond drive news and promo tion. Of the total, he said, 2 per cent was front page space, ex ceeding the showing in any pre vious loan. Vatican Concerned At t AM 9 I. looui atomic nomo VATICAN CITY, Aug H (UP) Vatican sources expressed grave concern today over the inhuman aspects of the atomic bomb. Osservatore Romano, the offi cial Vatican organ, said editor ially that worship of power, in stead of solving problems of hu manity, is leading to annihila tion. 'Never before as now has il been necessary to go h a c k to Christian solidarity that feeling of responsibility that induced Leonardo da Vinci to destroy a submarine he invented, frarin,; that il would turn merely into a leadly weapon," the organ said. 3 Logging Camps Closed by Strikers KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. II (UP) Ilnlh logging camps uf 'he Weyerhaeuser Timber com pany and luggers at the Bly log ging company are nn strike to day, wioui -iou men are idle. The dispute started when a night watchman refused to join the un ion and notice was served he must become a member bv Aug. 7. The company in return told the union "the union maintenance provision which is included in the contract gives to any employe the right to remain outside the union and requires all your union nieni- hers to continue working with such individual or individuals." Cards Al changed my mind and rabbits. J- IP : ' . , 'j HE SAILS THROUGH THE AIR . . .Norman Spor, defending champion in forthcoming national AAU outdoor highboard diving event, demonstrates how he will perform in championship meet at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Aug. 9, 19, 11, and 12. 6T FAWN'S FUN Rescuod from a pack of dogs, Bambi, the 2 months - old fawn pictured above, quickly became a house hold pet in the home of its savior. Dean Holt, of Bain bridge Lsland, near Seattle, Wash. Bambi is very much at home, oven sits at the dinner table and begs for scraps. Above. Mrs. Holt feeds her from a nursing bottle. Australians Pound Retreating Japs MANILA, Aug. 8 (UP) Au;; tralian ground forces hammered retreating Japanese units in the Balikpapan area of southwest Borneo today after savage aerial strafing attacks flushed the en emy. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com munique said seventh fleet search planes, hitting the island's west coast, attacked transportation fa cilities and buildings in the vicin ity of Kuching, damaging n num ber of motor vehicles, a river boat, and three luggers. Fifth aii force medium bombers, ranging off the Asiatic coast, de slmyed an enemy freighter in Fusan harbor, in southern Korea. Seventh fleet patrol bombers attacked landing craft off the south China coast and wrecked lolling stock and barges near Hai phong, in Indo-China. Other bombers destroyed or diiniage l fiw enemy schooners off the Ma laya coast. Atom riant Workers Can Now 'Hoist One9 SANTA KK, N. M Autf. 8 (UP) lluiulivtis of so Id iors ;md civil ian rrstNuvhiTs poured into this New Mexico cnpital city todny free for the first tune to "take a drink or two" without fear of letting me uf the war's greatest verets slip into the hands of the enemy. Santa Ke's hais and nightclubs wi re crowded as workers from the army's secret research labor atory at nearby t.os Alamos lift ed their glasses to toast the pro duct of their two yea is' labors. Many of the city's bars and res taurants i nn out of food and drink with the first rush of the "fchost men" last mi;ht. J Known Dead In Iterator Explosion POliT AirmCH. Out., Auk. k ll'P) KifWvn piM'sons wvrr know m (ir.nt today, nine wt i i mii-MHi; and 37 wrtv seriously injured as lesult of the explosion ol it gram elrvator hero yester day. Pot ire and reseuo workers were still digpriK in the nuns of the htK eonerrtc stmrture for bodies p.'isons wete regularly nnployed of the inissmu Mole than a0 ;n the unloading department of the elevator but it had not been established how many were on the job when the explosion oo umvd shoitly alter 11 u.m. Modem Cinderella On Silver Skates At Liberty Screen Vera Hruba Ralston, four years ago "the girl without a country" when she came here from Czecho slovakia, today is the glamorous star in Republic's pretentious ice musical, "Lake Placid Serenade," with Robert Livingston as her leading man, showing at the Lib erty theater Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Miss Ralston is a spectacular figure skater on ice, a talented dancer and a dramatic actress of rare talent. She com bines her triple talents in her new role as a skating beauty who finds her way to America and romance, in a story that is not unlike her own biography. When she was a sensational figure with the Ice-Capades in 1040, Miss Rals ton became a causa celebre when immigration authorities ruled that her visitor's permit had ex pired. Her plight became front page news and she received 3,000 proposals of marriage in a week. Failure to Take Own Advice Makes Adviser Unhappy MEDFORD, Aug. 8 (UP) E. P. Lcavitt's face should be a bright hue for several days. The superintendent of Crater Lake national park has preached one theme for years "don't feed the park bears, don't leave food where they can get it, and keep your doors locked." After Mr. andn Mrs. Leavitt had taken guests to see the rim of the lake, they returned to find their kitchen ransacked, the cupboards bare, and a pan of newly baked cookies gon Leavill hail left the door un locked and, just as he had always said, a hear helped himself. Truman Ratifies Security Charier WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UP) President Truman today formal ly ratified the United Stales' membership in the united nations world security organization, By til fixing his signature to an ornate instrument of ratification in a simple ceremony at tho While House. Mr. Truman made? this country the first to put into force the world security charier adopted June 2(i to 50 united na tions. Signed first by Secretary uf Stale JaiiK's K. Byrnes and then by the president, duplicate copies til the instrument, supplemented by full copies of the security charter ami international court of justice statue, then were de posited m the archives of the stae. department. BEAN PICKERS NEEDED ALBANY, Aug. 8 (UP) More than 20(1 bean pickers are needed in western Linn county to save the aieas bean crop. W. V. Mer rill, wcslei n Linn county farm labor assistant, said one cause of the shortage is failure of pickers to stay tin the job. (jiraitada ' .. "W Ivtn fh en Bit) wh rNv3 1 lvd tnougk to ok V .."V no qi-atham hod to fact the frarful doubt Pid h ft art to Kill fo Wp thtii fov feftvtf yovrtg . , NILS ASTHER HELEN IWKAMOl'NT NKWS American League May Show Low Final Percentage Teams Bunched In Race; Tigers Leading By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (UP) The slow motion pennant pace of the American league contenders may produce a winner with the low est final percentage in the history of the majors, the figure frater nity pointed out today. ' i- The race couldn't wind up any closer than last year when the Browns won their first pennant on the final day of the season. But the Tigers, teetering along at a percentage of .568, will have to play .610 ball from now on to top the 1044 final percentage of .578 by the Browns, which equal led the all-time major league low. Only one other club, the St. Louis Cardinals of 1926, ever finished with such a low mark and still won the pennant. Not Too Much The Tigers have won 54 games and lost 41. In order to beat the low percentage mark, they will have to win 36 of their remaining 59 games, which isn't too much to ask of a pennant winning club, but which is a little better than they have done to date. It will be tougher for the other contenders, the second place Sen ators, who would have to go at a .621 pace, winning 36 of their 58 games, and the third place Yankees, who would have to win 40 out of 61 remaining games for a .656 mark. All this is possible but not probable. To date the various teams have played cut throat baseball and there has heen no pronounced standout over any extended period. Close to Seventh Although the 1944 race tight ened in the last month when at one time tne Browns, Tigers, Yankees, and Red Sox all were within a game of each other, it wasn't as close from first place to seventh at this time a year ago as it is now. Today only eight and a half games separate the seventh place Brownies from the leading Tigers, The Senators are just a half game behind in second, the Yankees are three games off the pace in third, Chicago's White Sox are five games behind in fourth and the the Cleveland Indians are six and a half games behind in fifth Boston s Red Sox have a respec table record of 48 wins and 49 losses and are only seven games behind in sixth place. Faded At this time in 1944, 16 games separated the leading Browns and the seventh place Athletics and the Browns were playing at .596 clip, from which they faded in the final month and a half. The third phase of intersection al warfare in the majors begins today with the American league teams in the west and the nation al league clubs in the east. The Tigers begin their home stand against the fairly consistent Red Sox, while the second place Sen ators .begin a long road trip Chicago. The White Sox have been one of the standout clubs in the circuit during the past month and if they continue at their present pace they might cool off the Senators, who have won nine of their past 10 games In the National league, the Cubs, arc seeking to clinch the pennant and begin concentrating on the world series, begin their road trip at Boston where the Braves are trying to get squared around after a shaky stretch in which Manager Bob Coleman re signed. The only game scheduled yes terday, Brooklyn at Boston in the national, was rained out. Baseball Standings By United Press COAST LEAGUE W. L. ' Portland Seattle Sacramento .... Oakland San Francisco San Diego t A ....I. I LjUS fliifcn--;, .... ' Hollywood TONIGHT and THURSDAY WALKER ZZJZTJtSr WMOIM KIM Sl'ORT REEL CARTOON 1 .- U122Jtttttt TODAY nrPARAi By JACK CUDDY United Preii Correspondent T.nNnoN. Aua. 8 (UP) Staff Sgt. Charles (Milke) Mileusnich of Columbus, O., is an ultra-optimist. He believes first his United Kingdom all-stars will win the European service baseball cham pionship at Mannheim, Germany, late this month, and secondly the British public is learning to love the horsehide sport. Mileusnich, slender, darK-nair- ed and 30, may manage his u. K." team to the title because he has at least four ex-minor lea guers, but any British trend to ward the diamond looks like wishful thinking on his part. ! Have Leagues But he swears differently. "The British are becoming so baseball conscious they ve got leagues and umpire associations at Birmingham," he said. "Many clubs are springing up through out Britain where enthusiasts are trying to imitate the American style of play, and also the lingo. British civilians, and also ser vicemen, became interested re luctantly when United States army athletic officials requested and generally received permis sion to use cricket fields for base ball. There to Stay But they would not permit us to build pitcher's mounds, mak ing it tough on the hurlers," he added. "They had to watch hor rified as- American players tore up the hallowed turf with spikes, but they gradually became in terested in the game and began experimenting and b o r r o w ing equipment. They realized Ameri cans are not completely nertz, be cause baseball is fun. Believe me, baseball is here permanently in Britain. Mileusnich is a former insur. ance salesman from Columbus where he played second base on a sandlot team and coached. His all-stars include former pitchers Capt. Ralph Ifft of Springfield the Three-Eye league; Cpl. Ed ward Sehoenform of Minneapolis in the American association and Sgt. Charles Kimmel of Atlanta in the Southern, as well as short stop Cpl. Daniel Carnevale from Buffalo in the International cir cuit. Mileusnich talks like a major league manager. "I ain't promising we'll win the title," he said, "but we'll be in there hustling." Athletics Acquire Oakland Shortstop PHILADELPHIA, Aug 8 (UP) The Philadelphia Athletics an nounced today they have acquir ed Jake CaUltled 20-yeart-old shortstop from Oakland in the Pacific coast league, in exchange for outfielder Charlie Metro and two players to be named later. The Philadelphia Phillies bought Caulfield late last winter for $35,000 but he was unable lj report because he had a west coast war job, so the deal was called off. He will report at the end of the Pacific coast league season. WINS FIRST HEAT GOSHEN, N. Y., Aug. 8 (UP) Titan Hanover, the wonder horse of harness running, won the first heat of the 20th annual running of the Hambletonian Stakes to day. keTlacid Jerenade IUOINI PAlllTTI VEIA VAOUI tOtftl UVINGSTON STEPHANIE ftACHHOi WAim CATUTT HOYT) C OWC AN tUTH TtttY tAT NOU AND OtCHtSTVA MAIIT OWINt AND Hit tOYAl HAWAIIAN! 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'He will be assisted by Bob Quinn, Joyce Driven To Showers Seeking His 25th Victory By JACK DAILEY Mr. Big of the San Francisco Seals pitching staff lanky Bob Joyce like old Mother Hubbard went out after his 25th victory against Oakland Tuesday night and when the blasting was over Joyce was charged with his eighth loss of the season. Oakland drove Joyce to the protection of the bomb proofs in the fifth inning in registering an 0-4 victory behind the steady hurling of Mitch Chetkovich who held the Seals to six mows, in addition, the triumph put the Oaks a full game ahead of San Francisco, now in fifth place. Four Runs San Diego routed Sacramento, 5-3, on the strength of a four run splurge' in the first inning. Los Angeles scored II runs dur ing four innings and came away with an 11-2 victory over Hol lywood on Gilmore field. The Acorns didn't waste time going to work on Joyce's offer ings. They pushed across three runs in the first time at bat and continued with single tallies in the second and third innings and two more in the fifth and one again in the seventh. Sold to A's Glenn (Gabby) Stewart, with three for four including a triple, paced the Oakland attack that amassed a total of 16 hits. Jake Caulfield celebrated his sale to the Philadelphia Athletics by banging out four for five. Los Angeles' lopsided victory was scored behind Red Adams who held the Stars to eight hits while striking out nine. He fan ned the side in the fifth. Cherub batsman Rip Russell connected safely in hs tenth straight game. rm?mrrmm Chances Are You Won't Get New Tires for a Long Time to Come! HERE ARE THE FACTS: It is true that more new tires ore being allocated but only most essential "B" and "0" card holders are getting them. "A" card holder are not eligible. You can keep your oar rolling by recapping your tires now the Firestone way. CI Your Tires Cannoip- Q , on H n and let Us H.lp T5re certificate Perkins OPPOSITE POST OFFICE SPORTS Page 6 iormeriy oi uie jlh&ichi ,iuguu college coaching staff, Dee Mc- Linn, Goodland, Kas., and Clif ford Exley, Colville, Wash. Hoyt on Leave Quinn will substitute for Har old Hoyt as top basketball men tor. Hoyt is on leave from the post while serving with the navy. Cooper was a star quarterback with the Pocatello high school, Albion Normal and University of Utah teams. He has been coach, ing at Glenns Ferry for three years and his football teams have consistently led their league and last year his basketball squad won the state class B champion ship. He is now attending the sum mer coaching school at the Uni versity of Washington. Ho has attended five summer coaching sessions at the University of Utah. Great Player Ike Armstrong, famous U. of Utah mentor rates Cooper as one of the greatest players he ever coached and Orville Hult, ath letic director of Albion Normal said of him: r. "Cooper was the outstanding man of the year. He was twice quarterback of our championship teams and in his last year was elected captain of the eleven by a unanimous vote." When Cooper meets the Tigers at the first official football turn out Sept. 1, he will Jind he has plenty of top-flight material, but he wi)l have a scant two weeks to whip them into Bhape for a non-league tilt with the Indians from The Dalles and only one more week to prepare for the first Blue Mountain league bat tle with Baker's Bulldogs Sept. 21. ' He made two hits. j. Adams hit thrpe fnr four, including a double. Bob Ferguson scattered seven Sacramento hits before a crowd estimated at 4,000. 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