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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
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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. " - ,
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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.
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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.