La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 13, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextRussians' Position In Far Eastern War? See Edson, Page 2 Sport's iVeura; (P 6) Gives Latest on Beavers, Tigers wawBiMiawiiiiiiiiiiw ESTABLISHED 1S96 LA GRANDE. OREGON MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1945 FIVE CENTS War Drag s n As J si p) mi ese m " '- v w 1 i . - . k. Meeting Favors Pool with Schools La Grande's swimming pool ought to be established in connection with the school system, the majority of a group of (representatives of various groups decided Satur day night after a discussion of the question at the high school. Harvey Carter, chairman of the county Red Cross water safety committee, presided. The motion on which the vote was taken was offered by Walter Lindsay, bish op of the Latter Day Saints church in this area. Carter declared he thinks it ought to be the a i m to teach every child in town to swim and also feels adults ought to have opportunity to use the pool also. Second Pool With tho others present, Carter favors an enclosed pool which can be used the year around rather than one which would be usable two months at best. Chet Peterson and Arle Noyes, president and committee chair man of the junior chamber of commerce, reported the Jaycecs have discussed the matter and have studied pools in other cities. They made no recommendations for location of a pool. It was granted by all present, a pool will not pay back the cap ital cost, and the fees charged adults for the use of such a pool in the summer time and during the evenings and week ends of the school year would have to be used to maintain the pool, etc. Civic Project District Judge R. J. Green de clared the pool must be a civic project. It is understood the city now has about $25,000 accumulat ed for construction of a pool. Reward Off ered For Sender of False Flash NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (UP) Hugh Baillie, president of the United Press, last night offered $5,000 reward for the identifica tion and convction of the person who fed into the UP wire sys tem shortly after 0:30 p. m. a false flash saying Japan had ac cepted the allies' surrender terms. UP immediately reported the case to the federal bureau of in vestigation and the federal com munications commission. The flash was fed into the UP's southern wire system at 9:34 p. m. Sunday. It carried a Wash ington dateline and said the Jap anese had accepted surrender terms. Within two minutes the UP ascertained the flash had not originaled in its Washington bu reau. A kill on the flash was then sent, but the crrorneous infor mation already had been broad cast by some radio stations and pet off celebrations in some places. Stalin Declares U. S.-Russians Must Be Friends MOSCOW, Aug. 13 (U) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said to day Marshal Stalin had told him American-Soviet friendship "must be perpetuated." Eisenhower, who has received the plaudits of Russians of all ranks on his visit here, said in thanking Stalin for his hospital ity, he told the marshal in com ing to Moscow he hoped to help implement friendship between the two countries. Stalin replied "this friendship must be perpetuated," the gen eral said. Stalin's statement was made as Eisenhower joined him atop the Lenin mausoleum yes terday to review the giant soviet sports parade. Churches Arrange V-J Day Meetings Churches north of the Union Pacific railroad tracks have com pleted plans for a union service of thanksgiving at Fir Street Methodist church at 8 p. m. the day the surrender of Japan is an nounced. Rev. . FSoyd White, chairman, said today. Churches taking part are Fir Street Methodist, Church of God and the Nazarene church. Rev. T. M. Mitchell will have charge of the music and Rev. O. A. Crof ford will deliver the sermon. Churches on the southside will have separate meetings. Walter Parker,, who said he has made a considerable study of the project, declared the Pioneer park site for a pool had been favored by the vote on bonds for a pool. He said the city commission thinks the water from artesian wells near the park would need no heating for use in the pool. He also asserted the Pioneer park site is nearer to the schools of the city. Carter, however, as serted the Pioneer park site is nearer only to one school than is the proposed high school site. .All Take Part Sid Burleigh also said he is in favor of having the pool in con nection with the school but feels a way must be found for city, county and memorial fund to par- Jap Air Force Attacks Third Fleet; Tokyo Area Assaulted GUAM, Aug. 13 (UP) While tho Japanese air force attacked the third fleet, hundreds of U. S. and British carrier pianos de stroyed or damaged several score enemy aircraft and hit important military targets in the Tokyo area in a daylong assault today. Flagship dispatches reported "considerable" enemy aerial activity in the vicinity of Adm. William F. Halsay's naval armada. Some Japanese planes were turned back before they reached the allied carriers. Others were reported "in the vicinity" of the fleet. At least 4-H Club Program At Pendleton Ram Sale Arranged Four-H club program will be presented Thursday in connec tion with the annual ram sale to be held at Pendleton Friday, it was announced today. At 10 a. m. four classes of cows will be judged at Mytinger's dairy, and feeding and manage ment practices, production, rec ords, and care of young stock will be discussed. Luncheon will be held at the Pendleton round-up park, with ice cream furnished by the Ore gon Wool Growers association. Ram show will be held at 1 p. m., with discussions on the sheep industry and its importance, management, feeding and breed ing practices, breeds and types. Four classes will be judged, with specialists and breeders assisting. James M. Coon, assistant man ager, Pacific Wool Growers, will talk on "Wool What to Look For" at 3 p. m., followed by a free swim at the Pendleton nata torium. Senate to Demand , Conscription End WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UP) Members of the senate military affairs committee today joined house demands for an end of se lective service immediately upon Japan's surrender. They proposed the army use voluntary enlistments for its oc cupation forces. Chairman Elbert D. Thomas, D., Utah, said "something obvi ously must be done" to the selec tive service act as soon as con gress re-convenes n September. Baseball Results AMERICAN LEAGUE R H E New York 4 9 2 Detroit 15 20 2 Batteries: Bonham, Rosar (6) and Robinson, Garbark (8); Trout and Richards. NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. Pittsburgh ; 4 10 1 Boston 6 13 0 Gables and Salkeld; Andrews, Hendrickson (3) and Masi. Northwest Airlines Expects to Have Stop Here Eventually Northwest Airlines expects I,a Grande will eventually be one of the stops on the air line service from Portland pnst rial" tir.ularlv that La i Grande will be a principal stop between Portland and mine, Mont., according to word re ceived bv Dr. C. L. Gilstrap from A. F. Floan, Northwest secretary. Dr. Gilstrap is chairman of the chamber of commerce airport and air service committee. ticipate in the building. Carter was authorized to ap point a committee from the group to gather data on the subject and submit this data to the various governmental s u b d i v isions or groups involved. Present at the meeting were Mrs. Orion Funtain of the Scrop timists; Mr. and Mis. Parker; Rev. Mark Talney; Bishop Lind say; Don Poarch, Noyes and Pet erson of the Jaycees; Chauncey Walker; Fred Patton, superin tendent of schools; Mrs. Ruth Stoddard, who represents a group of railroad people; Raymond Gray, president of the chamber of commerce; Mrs. Reid Blacker, county PTA president; Judge Green, and Burleigh. one torpedo plane was shot down after it penetrated the fleet's de fenses. Hit Sub Base Striking while Japan still de bated whether to surrender, hun dreds of American and British carrier planes also bombed, rock eted and strafed a submarine base, shipping, railway targets and other military objectives in a sudden resumption of their as sault on the enemy homeland. A Japanese announcement said 800 carrier placs attacked the To-kyo-Hokohama area for 12 hours and caused "some damage." The broadcast claimed 17 planes had been shot down at least 25 others dmaged. CHINESE DRIVE NEAR BIG JAPANESE BASE CHUNGKING, Aug. 13 (UP) Chinese troops driving up t h e Kan river valley of Kiangsi prov ince have smashed within ap proximately 35 miles of the big Japanese base of Nanchang, it was announced today. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek's troops are driving up both banks of the river, in pursuit of Japanese forces retreating north ward. Striking out from Sinkang and Tsingkiang, the Chinese Sat urday had reached the area of Fengcheng, 35 miles south of Nonchang. In north China, Chinese troops operating behind the Japanese lines have captured the four-way road junction of Taolin in Sui yuan province. The capture was effected on July 18 the bulletin said. SOME JAP TROOPS CEASED FIGHTING SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13 Radio Chungking said today Japanese troops in Chekiang province on China's east coast have ceased fighting because of Japane's surrender offer. The broadcast, recorded by the KCC, said a Japanese liaison of ficer had been dispatched to the Chinese first ground division "to negotiate surrender." "It also was revealed Japa nese troops are being disarmed in that province," the broadcast said. Chekiang province lies just south of Shanghai. Murray Blames Congress Again BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 13 (UPi President Thomas A. Murray of the New York state federation of labor charged today that congress has failed to prepare "a sound and broad-scale reconversion pro gram." Floan's letter to Dr. Gilstrap follows: "Dr. Gilstrap: "The examiner in the west coast case recommended La Grande aa a stop on service proposed by another air carrier and this will undoubtedly be very beneficial to La Grande. "It is our opinion that ulti mately we will be permitted to serve La Grande and probably after we have established the Portland Butte service i would not be loo difficult to IN , S 9 rf FOR EMPEROR Crown Prince Iiugu of Japan, 11 yew old heir to throne of Nippon, who may be groomed as env peror if allies insist on depos- inn Hiv,V,,in TtiA uminn nfinra'. wno would oe nam emperor in royal line of gods is shown. Cancellation of Normal Tax Seen As Likely Soon WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UP) Cancellation of the 3 percent normal tax was viewed today as a likely first postwar step. This could bo in effect by Jan. 1 while congress considers more revisions. Repeal of the normal tax would eliminate income tax obligations of persons now paying up to $3,') annually under the present struc ture. It would mean a reduction for 50,000,000 taxpayers. Still standing would be the heavy surtax which starts at 20 percent and graduates to 81 per cent. For the normal tax an exemp tion of up to $500 is allowed only for those members of a family who actually receive income. For the surtax, however, the wage earner may take a $500 exemp tion each for himself, his wife, and cacli other dependents. If the normal tax is repealed, a family consisting of man, wife, two children with a gross in come of $2,000 and a prese nt tax hill of $3!) would no longer pay any tax. Likewise a married couple with one child and a gross income of $1,500 would no long er pay the tax. The same goes for a married couple with $1,000 of income. In all these cases, none is subject to surtax. A man with a $5,500 income, a wife and one child would find his tax bill lessened by $135 per year. Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson said the postwar fed eral budget probably will he about $25,000,000,000. Project Leaders to Meet Here Tuesday Project leaders of the Union county extension unit will meet all day, starting at 0:30 a. m. Tuesday in the Presbyterian church basement to prepare f'i their first meeting this fall. "Conserving with the scrap bag" will be featured, and arti cles will be sewn for kits l I"' used in demonstrations. Women that make articles will get them back after the November meet ing, it was announced. have La Grande cerlifiod as an intermediate slop thereon." "Very truly yours, "A. F. Floan." j United Air Lines has asked for ; flops every 100 miles or so, which would make their stops from Porl j land cast at Pendleton, Baker, ; Coise, etc. La Grande is on a di j rtct line from Portland to Butte. ! about half way between the two, i and as an intermediate stop on j Northwest Airlines would give j service directly to the midwest Reds Land X Kea Troops on Sakhalin LONDON, Aug. 13 (UP) To kyo said Soviet amphibious forces landed today at two points 00 miles apart on the Japanese half of Sakhalin island, which stretches within 20 miles of tho enemy's homo island of Hoaido. The Soviets went ashore at An bctsu, on the west coast just be low the Soviet-Japanese border on Sakhalin, and as Esutoro, 60 miles farther south. Cross Frontiers Tokyo reported last Friday some Soviet troops had crossed from Soviet-owned northcrn'i1ialf of Sakhalin island into the Japanese-held section, but these ap parently were only oneconnais sance. With 'the invasion of the southern half of Sakhalin, Red armies , now are across all com mon frontiers with Japan. Russia ordered her far eastern armies to -speed their already deep invasions of Manchuria and Korea. Changchun, Manchurian capital, already has been partly evacuated, Tokyo said. Port Burns Soviet amphibious forces have captured the Korean ports of Yuki and Rashin, 12 and 10 miles south of the Soviet border. A third port, Seishin, 38 miles south of Rashin, also was in flames from Soviet air attack and may be the next objective of Ad miral Ivan S. Yumashev's am phibious troops. In Manchuria, Marshal Alexan der M. Vasllevsky's three far eastern armies-, gained -up--to 88 miles in swift advances toward tho military and railway hub of Harbin, 150 miles north of Chang chun. Further Slashes In Contracts to Be Made Shortly WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UP) Further slashes in war con tracts to clear the decks for in dustrial reconversion are in pros pects today with the navy get ting ready to trim aircraft or ders by as much as $2,300,000,000. The war department is prepared, loo, for wholesale cancellation of contracts. Other government agencies are geared to place their reconver sion programs into action. A war production board official said if the Japanese surrender becomes official within a week, it might he possible to produce as many as 550,000 new automobiles by the end of the year. Previously authorized quota was 250,000. The official said a quick end of the war will eliminate the sheet steel shortage. Within the next two or three weeks, both armed services are expected to order cuts in con tracts for ordinance, food and clothing. Some government economists estimate unemployment will in crease 6,000,000 during the next six months. They believe, by noxt January or February there will be at least 8.000,0(10 jobless. The army is known to be pre paring to reduce the discharge point, perhaps below 50. Men with tho 85 points or more now required, however, would get priority. Weather Data for 24 hours to 7 a. in.: Temperature: Maximum 83 Minimum 45 Precipitation .31 Forecast: Clear tonight and Tuesday. Little temperature change. and east. The other airline referred to by by Floan is the Empire airlines which has boon authorized to in clude La Grande on its service ;oute. It would give the city con nections north and south partic ularly.. After V-J day it is expected that materials and personnel for operation of these airlines will become readily available and that no great time will elapse before these services will be attempted here, Dr. Gilstrap said. NAGASAKI UP IN SMOKE1 Three minutes after second atomic bomb used against Japan struck Nagasaki, giant mush room column of smoke rises higher than 20.0C0 feet above the city. Three and a half hours later smoke blanketed city to same alti tude, making observation impossible. AAF photo. " - , i I tJ ,-L .uu ' S . I -If t? 13, HEHE WAS HIROSHIMA Reconnaisanco planes of army air force photographed this giant column of smoke over Hiroshima at altitude of 20,000 foot above Hiroshima a few minutes after first atomic bomb vas dropped on tho city as smoke spread over 10.000 foot on target at baso of rising column. AAF photo. Pelain Defense Says Marshal 'Fall any' PARIS, Aug. i:i (UP) Defense counsel in the trial of Henri Phi lippe Pelain charged today the fallen leaders of the Third re public were seeking the aged marshal's dojflh to cover their own responsibility in the defeat of France. Opening the defense's final summation, chief counsel ,Jas iues Payen declared Pelain was being made a scapegoat for for mer premiers Kdouaid Daladier, Paul Heynaud and Leon lilum, ex-commander in chief Gen. Maxime Weyg.'ind and other chieftains of pro-armistice France. Howard (lasselt to Leader 4-U Clubs Howard Gassett, Cove, has been appointed temporary Union county 4-U assistant leader until a new assistant county agent is named, it was annourged today. Gassett has lived and farmed in Cove all his life, and now owns his farm. lie t was a 4-11 club member when the national or ganization wits in its infancy, and has been a 4-H club leader for several years, leading dairy herd record, beef, dairy, and sheep clubs. In addition to his new duties, Gassett will continue as 4-H club k'iukT, it was announced. J ?i .... i - ' Imbler School to Elect Directors IMI31.ER, Aug. 13 (Special) A school board of directors will be elected for Imbler consolidat ed schools at 8 p. m. Tuesday at the Imbler high school building. Three directors will be elected from the consolidated districts at large consisting of Imbler, Wil low creek, Pumpkin ridge, Dry creek, and Pleasant Grove. One director will be elected for one year, one for two years, a. id ore for three years, Albert Hopkins, suK'iinlendent of schools, an nounced today. Imbler directors, Oscar How ell, Chris Hunt and Ben Robin son will hold office until after the election. The resignation of this board is in the hands of the county school superintendent. This action was taken to give consolidating districts opportun ity to elect representatives to the board. Chinese Appoint Mayors For Cities CHUNGKING, Aug. 13 (UP) The Chinese government, in ap parent expectation of an Immi nent surrender, has appointed mayors for tho occupied cities of Shanghai, Peiping, Tientsin and Nanking, it was learned in reli able quarters today. dy to Drop 3rd -Bomb WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UP) The hours and the war dragged on today. At 3 p. m. PWT, nearly 55 hours after the allied reply to Japan's surrender offer, there still was no word from the White House the enemy had tttfcepted. White House Secretary Charles G. Ross said the allies had placed no time limt' for an answer to. their note dispatched at 10:35 a. m.j Saturday. .1?, Doesn't Know -Asked whether a third atomic bomb would be dropped on Ja pan If no reply 'we're forthcom ing soon, he said: "I do not know. If I did, I wouldn't say. o The Chinese ambassador Dr. Wei Tao Ming conferred with President Truman briefly, short ly after 11:30 a. m., (EWT) and told reporters later he personal ly believed that the "good news will come at any moment;" Ask ed on what he based his belief, he replied: "On many things, but I'd bet ter not say. But it will come I believe it will come." " ' Meanwhile, a Japanese Domei news agency broadcast said it is canceling' certainly regularly SWISS SAY JAPS HAD TERMS Kg SUNDAY BERN Aug. 13 (UP) An au thoriatlva Swiss source said io- night the Japanese statement" the allied reply had been re ceived' In Tokyo only today was not, correct and lb replj;" actually has been in Japanese hands since yesterday morning,' The Swiss statement indicat ed the Jejjaneie may be spar-;.. ring for time in an effort to decide on the allied terms. The Swiss sources said in the first place the allied reply was turn ed over to the Japanese min ister in Swilserland Saturday. regularly scheduled transmissions to the Orient for the next 12 hours. No explanation was given. Bombs Ready Today Japanese broadcast said Erqperor Hirohito, who has be come a sort of pawn in the ex change of messages, received for-' eign minister Shigenorl Togo at the imperial palace t h i s after noon. Presumably they were con-, suiting on a reply. Meanwhile, the allies are pre pared to unleash unprecedented blows against the Japanese if tiiey decide to stall indefinitely," 1 More atomic bombs are ready for use. President Truman wailed at tile White House for the news which would mean world war II was over except for the final formalities of signing the sur render articles. Aitlee Ready At No. 10 Doning street in Lon don, Prime Minister Clement At tlee went to work early to be ready for the expected word. Surrender signatures will be affixed somewhere in the Pacif ic Manila, Okinawa or, perhaps, aboard one of the vessels of Ad miral William F. Halsey's brawl ing third fleet. Flames in Cedar ; Creek Area Raging :,: PORTLAND, Aug. 13 (UP) Flames in the Cedar creek area of Warm Springs Indian reservation today arc raging over BOO acres, Approximately 150 men were fighting to keep the blaze frorij the Mount Hood national forest only five miles away. All other Oregon fire areas were reported under control to day although forest officials said that dense snags continued to make fighting difficult in the Trask river sector. High Peace Time 1 Employment Seen ;;; PORTLAND, Aug. 13 (UP) WPA deputy regional director Paul Hirsh has predicted a high peacetime employment in the Pa cific northwest. Hirtji pointed out lumber and woodworking industries have been operating with 15,000 fewer workers than in peacetime and the national lumber inventory last spring was 14,000,000,000 board feet under normal.