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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Phone 600
Complete Local Reports '
Wednesday, August 8, 1945
Gene Cooper Chosen
To Coacli High School
Gene Cooper of Glenns Ferry, Ida., will be physical educa
tion instructor and football coacli of La Grande high school,
Superintendent Fred S. Patton announced today.
Cooper completes the physical education and coaching
staff for this year. '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.
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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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