Today We Pay
Tribute to
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Nicholas Miles Ka.'mlmch,
mo. M.M. 1 c. 2.1, serving
wi(h the niivy.
He attended (ijide school
in Elgin and at Central school
in La Grande, as well as the
local high school. He held a
position of mechanic for civil
service before enlisting in De
cemher, 1911.
He is a charter member or
Sons of American Legion at
La Grande and is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Kalmback,
now of Portland.
He obtained his last pro
motion last February, work
ing up from apprentice sea
man. Li. (1. g.) L. E. Fulmor
bus been assigned to the new
heavy cruiser, Oregon City, and
lias left for Newport, R. I., lo
join the vessel's crew. He will
help lo select ami train Hie crew
for this vessel. He was accom
panied by his wife and his two
children are slaying here with
their grandmother, Mrs. Hay Ful
mer. The children arc Kugcncnnd
Muriel Hay.
Warrant Officer John L. Hoddon
of La Grande has been promoted
to senior warrant officer. He is
now stationed at Mindanao, Phil
ippine islands. Warrant Officer
Hoddon is Hie son of J. L. Hed
don, 702 L uvenue.
Pfc. Orvan C. Malono, infantry,
has been awarded the Bronze
Star in the Kuiopcan theater
"for heroic achievement" In ac
tion Feb. 15, 111-15, in the vicin
ity of Hl.-ishiuckon woods,
France.
"When his platoon was held up
by intense enemy machine Rim
fire, Malon-:.-, on his own initiative
und at a groat risk to his life
Pmrmv iMJ;g-',uij!'i:i
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crawled fnnvitt'dto Tin' n riflr
KK'liadi' llKit litstioviil the I'lH'tny
Hun .iiul killed mu uf ils civw,"
Ihc iKViniiiKinyini; citation iv;ul
"Hri-ausc lu hail lakrn llir j
uthri- four nifiiihriit itl" tlu- mm
civw pristtiu'is, his company was j
iibk to us. in I'm ni;ili;n gained
from tiu'in in duct-tint; its at- i
tack.
"Tfc. Malon. s bravery and dc- 1
votinn to duty ivflict credit upon
hutiM-lf and upon, the armed for- ,
ccs of the V. S."
He is Ihr st'ii of Mrs. Kdna
Malone, is IM veins old and was
manuals. t ti.iiu I. a t.iarulc hii;h
:,chool iu liUH. He hit for ser
vice in r-Vhiiiaiy tit that year, ;
and went inn;.i'is in Nov-mhImt
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Islands Captured
HUAM. Auk. 11 U'P)Five ad
ditional r n c in y ii-lands in the
north i n Mai ianas have been cap
turei hy . V. S. task foivc. and
military governments have been
cstahh.shi d, it ilisctosetl today.
An Ann rican dt stroycr escort
and three landing craft put three
companies of mat incs asht e on
MaiiK. Asuncion, Agnhan, Ala
masan and Sarigan.
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By JACK CUDDY
United Press Correspondent
NURNBERG, Aug. 11 (UP)
As far as middle distance runner,
Pvt. Lee Orr ol Pullman, Wash.,
is concerned, the army's much
heralded sports program for the
European theater "stinks" and he
doesn't care who knows it.
The speedy-striding Orr, who
sliced a second off his own Eu
ropean theater track record yes
terday when he ran the 400 met
ers in 50 seconds flat, said he had
plenty of reasons to be critical of j
the army s big plans to keep (,. I.
Joe occupied while he is await
ing transportation home.
No Equipment
"Up to now there has been lit
tle or no athletic equipment pro
vided for companies and battal
ions stationed in small towns
where the need is greatest," he
said. "I am stationed at Weil
heim, 35 miles from Stuttgart, as
part of the 10()lh division of the
seventh army and as yet we
haven't gotten a single piece of
equipment. We wanted a baseball
so badly we bad a cobbler devise
a makeshift ball out of old shoe
leather and carved a bat from
wood. Then we played bare
handed." Orr, former Washington stale
athlete, said he didn't have track
shoes for training until be ap
peared in the division champion
ships. Less Need
"I borrowed a pair which rais
ed five blisters," he said. "All
the G. I.s at Weilheim are com
plaining they are forgotten men."
The handsome six-foot athlete
said there is little argument thai
the spoi ls program is working out
well for servicemen who are sta
tioned in large centers, but said
they had less need for it because
of various other attractions.
Orr, who was clocked for the
440-yard run in :40.B seconds in
the Princeton invitational meet
in 1044, said he wasn't able to
run that fast now because he has
been on constant guard duty
whlih has given him little chance
to train.
Got Home
Ik" has been jn the army two
years and six months and was in
combat with a howitzer squad
ron. "I, like all the rest of the serv
icemen, want to get home as soon
as possible to my wife and J(b,"
he said.
Meanwhile, marking time and
waiting will be u little easier, he
thinks, if the army will "Just pro
vide enough equipment for iso
lated men to remove the curse of,
boredom."
"They're not all lucky enough
to enjoy coming to a big meet
like this."
Judge Assigned To
Hear Morals Charge
SALEM, Aug. 11 (UP) Chief
Justice Harry II. Belt of Oregon,
has assigned Circuit Judge Arlic
U. Walker of Yamhill county to
preside at the tiial of former
chief of police lluivel of Kla
math county on morals charges.
Judge IJ. H. yandcnbcig of
Klamlh county disqualified him
self in this case and an affidavit
of p r e j u d i c e has bivn filed
ngainsl Judge Charles 11. Combs
of Lake county.
Circuit Judge George It. Dun
can of Marion county has been
assignedtu relieve Judge Walki-r
in Klamath county while llv lat
ter is Hying the Klamath county
suits.
RECORD SEVERE QUAKE
NKW YOHK, Aug. 11 (DP) A
fairly severe earthquake, believ
ed centered s o in o 2,'ZiH) miles
away in Central America, was re
corded on Kordham University
seismnuiaphs last night.
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Old Timers Upset
Leaders in Rye
Tennis Tourney
RYE, N. Y., Aug. 11 (UP) Two
unseeded old-timers, Francis X.
Shields and Sidney B. Wood, jr.,
broke into the clique of favorites
dominating the eastern gras court
tennis championships today after
leaching the semi-finals with up
set triumphs. Both are from New
York.
Wood, returning t active com
petition for the first time since
11)42, was a 3-6, 7-5, 8-4 victor
over second-seeded Lt. Gardnar
Mulloy of Miami, Fla., yesterday
and Shields topped El wood
Cooke, recently discharged naval
lieutenant, 7-5, (1-3.
Both are underdogs in their
matches today. Wood faces fiery
Francisco (Pancho) S e g u r u of
Quayaquil, Ecuador, who gained
a (1-2, 3-0, 8-8, victory over Lt.
Hal Surface, jr., of Kansas City.
Shields meets top seeded Billy
Talbert, jr., of Wilmington, Del.,
who swept ta a 0-1, 8-2 triumph
over Jack McManis of New York.
Jn the women's rounds of four,
defending champion Pauline Bet,
of Los Angeles meets Louise
P.rough of Beverly Hills, and
Margaret Osborne of San Fran
cisco opposes Mrs. Sarah Palfrey
Cooke of Los Angeles.
Miss Betz eliminated Mrs. Pat
ricia Canning Todd of San Fran
cisco, (1-0, 0-2; Miss Brough won
from Doris Jane Hart of Miami,
Fla., 0-2, 3-0, 7-2; Miss Osborne
ustod M';iry Arnold of Los An
geles 0-4, 0-3, und Mrs. Cooke
stopped Shirley Fry of Akron, O.,
0-1, 7-5.
Bunco Artists
Take $1,000
PORTLAND, Aug. 11 (UP)
Bunco artists fleeced an Oregon
city man of $1,000 in a fake ar
rest involving three men posing
as plalnclotlu'smen, it was reveal
ed here today.
The man, whom police did noi
identify, was stopped on the
street and "arrested" by two men,
one of whom flashed a police
badge. Charged with committing
a disorderly act, he was released
with a warning but later "rear
rested" by an accomplice.
This time he was told he would
have to pay bail. The fake po
liceman and his victim drove to
Oregon City where Ihc money
required was withdrawn from
the bank. They then returned to
poliire station and parked in front.
The man was told he could avoid
publicity by paying the money
outside. After paying his "bail"
of $1,000, the victim was told he
could go back to work und that
he would be contacted.
Finally becoming suspicious the
man went lo the police the real
police this time.
Yards Complete 42
Ships During July
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11
(UP) West coast maritime ship
yards complete'd 42 vessels total
ing -Kill, B43 dead weight tons
during the month of July, the
U. S. maritime comniisison an
nounced today.
A fleet of 1)7 ships 8!)S,ltl5 dead
weight tons w a s delivered by
commission controlled yards of
the na'.ioii. For the first time
since 1SI42 delivery fell below the
100 mark.
Carload of Jeeps
Heady For Public
PORTLAND, Aug. 11 (UP)
A carload of Willys jeeps is on
its way to Portland from the
Willys-Overland factory at Tole
do, O., it was revealed today.
Prospective customers and
dealers will be able to examine
the new "University Jeep." nian
ulactuied especially for civilian
trade, at the Kdward E. Cohen
Motor company.
aunaay
Monday - Tuesday
Things Happen In this Plctorl
It's Whlmslcall It's Chucklesomej;
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tkkn-ack taurs
Iter likes and dislikes, her
future role and ivspensibil
itv as the American woman
of trtlllol lOW.
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A New Hat
For St.
NF.W YORK, Aug. 11 (UP)
The somewhat casual Cubs faced
a menace today that has thwarted
other good teams in re-cent years
the annual August rush act of
the Red Birds.
If the- Cubs have come to re
gard the winning of the National
league pennant a foregone con
clusion, they might do well lo re
call the craekup of the Brooklyn
Dodgers of I42. Time could be
a remarkable paralk'l.
The Cardinals, who charleris
tically get hoi when August ar
rives, have won seven out of i-ichi
games since the month began and
now are only four and n half
games behind th-- Cubs.
Two Homors
A three-run homer by Ken
O'Dca highlighted third inning
fireworks that gave St. Louis a
5 to 2 victory at N; w York yes
terday. Al Schoendienst also
homered in lire big inning in
which Bill Voisellc was batted
out for his 11th defeat. Charles
Barrett gained his Kith victory.
At Boston Al Javery tested his
repaired sore arm with a 2 to 1
victory over the leading Cubs,
Hank Uorowy suffcong ids first
National league loss. The Cubs
made only three hits.
Dodgers Win
Luis Olnio took over Ihc luns-hatted-in
lead- from team mate
Dixie Walker, driving in throe as
the Dodgers topped Cincinnati at
Brooklyn, !) to 4. Olmo's total is
93. Cult davis ended a four-game
losing streak to win his eiglh
game.
The Pirate, and Phils split at
Philadelphia. Pittsburgh w o n
the openr, 10 lo 2, as Fred Oster
inuoller wcai his second game
since leaving the army. Bob Kl
liolt's grand slam homer clinched
his five-hitter. Oscar Judd went
him one belter with a four-hitter
in the ti to 1 nightcap lor the
Phils.
Yanks Advance
The third place Yankees moved
within two and a half ganus of
the li-ad ill the American with a
10 to -I Mitory al Cleveland, ller
seel M.ulin and Nick K.tten piieed
the l.r)-hit attack with homers.
Jeff Heath hit ail Indian homer.
Randy Ilellin won his first
game alter five failures, bliinking
the leading Tigers. ! to 0. as his
Red Sox mads gave luin 12-hit
suppil including a homer hy
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I'liiversal News and Solwtod Short Subjects
in the Ring!'
li Starts
Cards
Leon Culberson. Al Benton lost
his third game.
The White Sox held back the
Senators, 6 to 3, Thornton Lee
gaining his 12th win, beating
knuckle-baller Roger Wolfe.
The Browns won a double
header from Philadelphia for
their new owner, Richard Muck
eiman, a 2 to 1 first game duel
followed by n 14 to 13 win in 11
innings. Homers decided both
games, Mill Byrnes hitting one to
break up the second game while
George McQuinn protected Nel
son Potter's five-hitter with one
in the sixth in the opener.
Tommy Holmes Hack
In League Lead In
Hatting With .370
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UP)
Tommy Holmes of t h e Boston
Braves, who gave up the major
league batting lead to Goody Ro
sen of Brooklyn last week, re
hounded during the week and to
day has u 10-point lead over Phil
Cavarretta of the Chicago Cubs,
who displaced Rosen.
Holmes, left-handed outfielder,
had made Hil hits in 106 games
through Friday, for an average of
.370. seven points" up from last
w e e k. Cavarretta's .360 is one
point ahead of Rosen. Tony Cuc
cinello of the Chicago White Sox
maintained his American league
lead with .325, nine points bet
ter than George Case of Washing
ton and George Slirnweiss of New
York Yankees.
Holmes still dominated the de
partments, wilh 101 hits to 143
for second place Rosen; !)5 runs
to 811 for Rosen, and 1H home runs
which tie him for the lead with
his teammate Chuck Workman.
Luis Olmo of Brooklyn has bat
ti'd in 03 runs to 92 for his team
mate Dixie Walker.
George Myatt of Washington is
top base-stealer with 23. Holmes
leads in doubles with 34. one
more t h a n Walker, and Slirn
weiss' 13 Iriple'S gave him the
lead in that department.
Dave Kerriss' 18 victories were
the most for an ypitcher. but the
best percentage is the 1.000 of
Cleveland's Pete Center on five
won and none lost.
Sunday
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Portland's Lead
Cut to Five Games
By Rainiers' Win
By United Pru
The Seattle Rainiers reduced
Portland's Pacific coast league
lead to a mere five games as they
handed the Beavers their third
straight defeat by a score of 7 to
3 Friday night.
, San Francisco dropped back
into a fourth-place tie with Oak
land by losing a h a r d-fought
match, 5 to 4, while Los Angeles
took a 4 to 1 lead in their current
series by beating Hollywood 7 to
1, and San Diego put Sacramento
down, 9 to 4.
The Rainiers ran Sid Cohen off
the mound in the first with four
runs brought in by three hits and
two bases on balls, aided by Jack
Whipple's triple. Jake Mooty re
placed Cohen on the hill for the
Beavers, and Seattle proceeded
to chalk up three more runs, none
of them earned. The Rainiers
made two more in the fourth and
one in the sixth.
Vallie Evans pitched his 18th
victory for San Diego. Gene Gab
bitt was pounded hard by the
Padres, and yielded the hurling
chores to Jim McCarthy in the
seventh.
Bob Boken and Dick Gyselman
came to the fore for. San Diego,
each batting in three runs.
The Angels sewed up their
game with Hollywood in the sec
ond inning with four runs on four
hits. Los Angeles got two more
in the fourth and one in the
seventh, while the Stars regis
tered their lone tally in the
fourth
Baseball Standings
By United Press
NATIONAL
W. L. Pet.
Chicago 65 36 .644
St. Louis 62 42 .596
Brooklyn 59 43 .573
New York 54 50 .519
Pittsburgh 64 52 .509
Bo:fton 48 57 (457
Cincinnati 43 57 .430
Philadelphia 28 76 .269
AMERICAN
Detroit 66 43 .566
Washington 55 44 .558
New York 52 48 .542
Chicago 52 48 .520
Cleveland 49 50 .495
Boston 50 51 .495
St. Louis 48 50 .490
Philadelphia 33 65 .337
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Portland 82 49 .626
Seattle 77 54 .588
Sacramento 70 64 .522
Oakland 68 68 .493
San Francisco 68 68 .493
San Diego 62 74 .456
Los Angeles 58 76 .433
Hollywood 53 81 .396
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Saturday, August 11, 1945
Rowland Foresees
Pacific as Major
PORTLAND, Aug. II (UP)
Clarence Rowland, president of
the Pacific coast baseball league,
today reiterated his belief the Pa
cific league will advance from
class AA minor to major league
standing within the next five
years.
As evidence, he cited a one
week's attendance in four cities
of 185,000 and called it 'definitely
a major league attendance stand
ard, not one of a minor league.
President Rowland expressed
approval over the Beavers' recent
purchase of the Salem Senators'
park and franchise in the western-international
league and said
he expected other coast league
clubs to interest themselves in the
league.
President Rowland expressed
approval over the Beavers' recent
purchase of the Salem Senators'
park and franchise in the western-international
league and said
he expected other coast league
clubs to interest themselves in
the league.
Stradivarius, famous Italian
violin maker, sold his instru-
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Basora Loses To '
Lamotta by TKO
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NEW YORK, Aug. II (UP) '
Jake LaMotta, rugged New York' B
middle-weight, stopped Jose Ba-.
sora of Puerto Rico last, night In
the ninth round of their bout at'-,
Madison Square Garden by a
technical knockout.
Referee Johnny Burns stopped
the fight after 58 seconds of the
ninth round of the scheduled 10
round go with Basora buckling '
and bleeding on the ropes.
CRACKPOTS ACTIVE
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug.
11 (UP) The Grand Rapids
crackpot club was not to be sub
dued in commenting on Japan's
offer of surrender. The club wired .
President Truman, urging h i m
not to accept surrender until the
Jap emperor agrees to let Ad
miral Halscy ride his white horse,
on the streets of Tokyo.
Horace J. Nelson
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