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Salem Alumina Plant Continues PORTLAND, Aug. 10 (UP) Operation of the Salem experi mental plant for production of alumina from clay will be con tinued until results show wheth er its process is commercially feasible, according to Senator Guy C. Cordon. In a wire to Gov. Earl Snell, the senators said ht ,.ao ueen informed by the reconstruction finance corporation that the $4, 000,000 - plant would have a chance to show what it could produce. L One-half Pound Regular ft 25 Price Z Special J JJJ Cleanser and he.au tiller HARRIE t PAYLESS DRUG STORE W4 A M J CEEEDD QEQQEQMTT!) Distributed by COLUMBIA DISTRIBUTING CO. 1 10 N. W. Second Avenue, Portland, Oregon Evangelical Church Drops Mission Right PORTLAND, Aug. 10 (UP) The Oregon-Washington confer ence of the Evangelical church has voted to surrender its right to missionary aid from the gen eral church and become a self supporting unit, it was announced today. This action releases $8,000 a year for world missionary work by :he church. The step was taken th 'ee years ahead of the date re quested for it by the general church. The ponferpnp hns re ceived the aid since its establish ment 62 years ago. of supreme quality. HUBBARD ) BETILER vjdDD addnOnonal N to, eome in and tefl v frankly what you wont to do... how much My your buiinet nds. We mute yc our whole-hearted cooperation in plonning a financial progrom designed specifically for your business. fffltrofl naflnoracal band 00N'l lUftIN MUCH AN! Of CBlftlf i News In Brief MANAGER'S REPORT Re- port of Ed Ford, city manager, for the week ending Aug. 4: gen eral receipts, $877.62; general dis bursements, $5,609.24; cash on hand, $42,788.53; water receipts, $3,114.48; water disbursements, $1,138.03, cash on hand, $6,313.64. SUMMONS ISSUED: Sum mons were issued yesterday for automobile with license No. 215 14 for overtime parking in load ing zone. The car was parked on Fire street, in front of the Sacajawea hotel. CARS TAGGED Automobile with license No. 620-13 received a summons yesterday for parking in a restricted zone, police rec ords show. Automobile with license No. 473-582 received a summons yesterday for overtime parking in a loading zone. The automobile was parked in front of the Foley hotel, police said. COLLISION Automobiles own ed by Dara E. Dalton, North Powder, and Elton Rigg, Boise, Ida., collided last night on high way 30. There was no damage, police records show. EAGLES MEET La Grande lodge No. 259 of Eagles will have its annual picnic at 1 p.m. Sun day at Riverside park. There will be a basket lunch at 4 p.m. and the lodge will furnish drinks for the members and families. Six candidates were initiated at the meeting last night. . GREEN SERVICES Funeral services for Walter J. Green will be held at 2 p. m., Monday, Aug. 13, at the Methodist church in Union, with the Rev. O. A. For- Clearance! CHILDREN'S COATS, Slies 1 to 6'i Sizes 7 to 14 Reduced lo Only $5 $7 All Summer Apparel is Clearance Priced! NORTON'S 1114 Adams Phone 202 City ROOFING MATERIALS All Types and Kinds! Brick Insulated Siding Payment Plans Arranged UMn. ROTH IE Lumber LA GRANDE iimi . d. i. c A GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 News and Engagements Social Fiiduy, August 10, 1945 Navy, Mothers Meet To Make Scrapbooks Navy Mothers club met at the USO last night to work on scrap books and to see a display of afghans which will be sent to the hospital at Corvallis. The scrap books will be sent to the McCaw hospital. Mrs. Harold Dow pre sided, reminding the members Aug. 14 is their day to furnish food for the Do-Nut hut. Social Calendar MONDAY 2 p. m. Daughters of Union Veterans, Neighborhood club house. 8 p.m. Royal Neighbors lodge, IOOF hall. No formals. Church Votes In Favor of Murger PORTLAND, Aug. 10 (UP) Oregon - Washington conference of the Evangelical church today voted unanimously for a proposal to merge the Evangelical and United Brethren denominations. The northwest group was the first Evangelical conference to vote. National interest was cen tered in the action, since six of the seven negative votes cast at the last general conference were from the northwest. tune officiating. Interment will be in the Union cemetery. CLERK VISITS HERE Lowell Murndorf of Portland, clerk of the U. S. district court for Oregon, was in La Grande today, calling upon local attorneys. Company and UNION monoy Activities . . . Weddings Events Page 3 Stork Shower In Honor Of Mrs. Thompson Mrs Palsy Thompson was hon ored at a stork shower given by Mrs. Ruth Batchelor at her home Thursday night. Games were played and prizes were won by Mrs. Hazel Westfall and Mrs. Hazel Hanson. Mis. Mabel An son gave a reading. The hon oree received many gifts, which were opened at the shower. Present were Miss Ethel Peach, Mrs. Erma Powers, Mis. West fall, Mrs. Maxine Peach, Mrs. Beulah Draper, Mrs. Hanson, Miss Phyllis Brown, Mrs. Jessie Atkinson, Mrs. Marian Evensen, Mrs. Ruth Weber, Mrs. Hattie Kelly, Mrs. Augusta McClure, Mrs. Mabel Anson, Mrs. C. F. Merrill, Mrs. L. F. Brown, Mrs. Florence Kessler, Mrs. O. P. Klein, Mrs. Florence Walden, Mrs.' Lillian Hills, Mrs. Mary Evensen, Mis. Tressie Winey, Mrs. William Peach, Mrs. Lydia Hughes, Mrs. Alberta Harsin, Mrs. Maude Phillips and Mrs. Thompson. Flame Threat To Water Supplies JNow Checked PORTLAND, Aug. 10 (UP) Progress of flames threatening the Hillsboro and Forest Grove supplies has been checked, it was reported today by forest officials. At the same time a new major fire front is developing today in the Warm Springs Indian reser vation where two fires are threat ening to merge into one 4,500-acre burn. Started by lightning, the fire has jumped from 1,000 acres to its present size and is about 10 miles east of Olallie lake in the Mount Hood forest. Guy Johnson, forest fire con trol officer here, reported a 2,-000-acre blaze in the Chelan na tional forest near Methow, Wash., which today was burning in grass, sage brush and scrub timber. A 1,500-acre slashing fire in Cow litz and Lewis counties is out of control, with 400 men fighting it M 3 iQtia'v mcall o dayl OttTIIIIN (at Iwwnlul m Payless Drug Store n Society Briefs Sgt. Eugene Farmer, U. S. ma rine corps, arrived in La Grande last night and is a guest at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Joe Shep ro, where he will visit for several days, before returning to his home in Taeoma. Sergeant Farm er recently returned to the United States after 33 months In the Pa cific with the second marine di vision. . Mrs. Phil Sarboe, former La Grande resident, whose husband is the new coach at Washington State college, is visiting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. u. L, Big' gors, 15U8 First street. Mrs. Mae Reaser of Ashland O., and a friend, Mrs. McFadden, visited in Wallowa with her cou sin, George Coleman, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. MeDaniel. The two women were enroute from Victoria, B. C, to their homes in Ohio. First Lt. and Mrs. John O. Lar son are in La Grande to spend his 10-day leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Larson 1505 Monroe street. Lieu tenant Larson will return to Bax ter General Hospital in Spokane for further treatment of injuries received in Germany. Ho served 10 months in the ETO before be ing wounded April 7. . If , Mi's. Harriet Freeman of Tulsa, Okla., is in La Grande visiting her brothers, Frank and Walter Young and their families and her sister, Mrs. Nell Thacker. Mrs. Freeman is a member of an old pioneer family of the valley. Miss Hilda Anthony and Miss Ida McMeekin have returned from a 10-day trip to Portland and the Oregon coast. They were accompanied to Portland by Miss Marie Tigglebeek and Mrs. Nell Thacker. Seth Sirrino and Mr. and Mrs, Henry Hess left yesterday for Reno, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Sirrino will visit his daughters in Oakland and with relatives In Los Angeles, where Mr. and Mrs. Hess will visit with a son who is in the service. Mr. and Mrs. George Miller of Enterprise were in La Grande Thursday transacting business. Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Morten sen and family and Mrs. M. A. Dolson are spending this week in Portland. Dr. and Mis. Kenneth Williams and their son, left 1 Wednesday night for their home in Portland after a two weeks vacation here. Mrs. C. C. Burns of La Grande today accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Joe Caudle to their home in En terprise. She plans to return here Sunday. Bob Smith and Johnny Spray are spending a waak's vacation in Portland. Mrs. John Jorger is in La Grande today before going on to her home in Pendleton. She has been in Enterprise with her sister, Mrs. Kenneth Hall, who recently received a notification that her son, William K. Hall, radioman gunner on a torpedo bomber, is missing in action in the Pacific theater of operations. Ask Safety For Emperor flirohilo (Continued from Page 1 Japan has long been one of the most debated points. The emper or is regarded in Japan as a god, above all morlul strife. Because of this, some students of Japan have lung speculated when the time came for Japan to surren der the offer must be made by him. Japan's fighting forces are most widely dispersed. The Japanese are fighting the British and In dian troops in Burma; Chinese and American forces in China proper; Australian troop; in the islands of the stoulh Pacific; Americans in the Philippines; Russia in Manchuria, Korea and Sakhalin. Whether the emperor who was cited by Tokyo radio as initiating the surrender offer could main tain effective control over such fire-rating Japanese forces as the quasi-independent Kwantung army against which Russia is ar rayed was a question. BACKACHE, . LEG PAINS MAY BE DANGER SIGH Of Tired Kidneys If bafra -b and Ufr pnin am vutMnfffov Hi It n i !'! tjuttrorap)ninn4d0ao4Junff taut Uwm. Ntu r miir ba wnrmiag yo tfettto jruur knli.ea tit attanllua, Tl ttwdr)FrtreNaturt iitf ref tabinf ttrcM and and piiuuiwua wiwtr out of tito lit -A '1 U4T tWlP UMt pupl POM Hfctttf plrts ft 'Uf. U the it- Kk of klHiurr tuUa an4 ilfam. don't work wf II, I'oimtxj'IS wattarrutlUrr ttiqra In th tiloo&ThtV ...(iof) may nan ftaraiftft ,harkachei, rhmi rnnliU leini, Ufl-p-lni,iaC pep and rnerfjr, getting up nlf hta,!!,' pufflneif unfertile fyw, htwdachet ftd dlilW net. Frequent or tennty ffiruita wlihanwU 1 nil and burning nmUinuiOwwraUwf 1 1 tome. Utinir wrong with your? fclilnrya or bladder. Don't wait! 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