Tuesday Tenth
Birthday For
Social Security
I Marking the tenth "birthday"
I of the social security act, Rich-
3 aid M. Neustadt, regional direc-
f tor for the social security board
at San Francisco announced to
day that payments under the act
in Oregon amounted to $78,388,
000 up to Jan. 1, 1945.
The payments go to retired
workers and their dependents,
( dependents, the survivors of de
I ceased workers, the unemployed
M and the needy.
n'l,......u th'ji.Hnwnnt iM-fwIcinns
I for familyt-widc protection un
I der old-age and survivors insur
es ance are on)y about five and a
i half years old. I h i s insurance
system is expected eventually to
pick up the- bulk of the long
. term load now carried through
I tadt said. Similarly, he added,
I the unemployment insurance pro
I gram for some years has stood as
a bulwark between families and
nesiuuuen quring snuii periods
of unemployment.
The first monthly benefits un
der the old-age and survivors in
surance progVahi were paid in
Oregon in April 1940. By the end
of 1940, 2,400 men, women and
children were on the rolls for
$46,000 each, month in benefits.
By the end of 1944, the number
had increased io 12,400 and the
I monthly amount of benefits to
$232,000.
' The June 1945 payments in
Oregon were distributed approx
imately as follows:
Tolal
beneficiaries ....15,141
Number
Retired workers,
aged 65 or over 7,349
Wives, 65 or over,
of retired
workers 2,038
Widows with
young children 1,396
Children of de
ceased or '
retired workers 3,527
Aged widows of
' deceased wkrs. 771
Aged dependent
parents 60
$287,150
Benefits
171,535
27,167
27,422
44,938
15,301
787
Nurses Aides Get
Award For Merit
SALEM, Aug. 14 (UP) The
award for merit, highest honor
granted by the civilian defense
organization, was presented to
the Salem nurses' aides in a
church graduation ceremony here
Monday night. -.
Members -of thc-corpsj' the "un
sung heroes of the home front,"
were praised by Gov. Earl Snell,
who said their "loyal, unselfish
and patriotic devotion contribut
ed much toward bringing about
the day of final surrender."
o RATION
CALENDAR
Processed Foods Blue stamps:
Book 4, Y2 through CI valid
through Aug. 31. Dl through HI
through Sept. 30. Jl through Nl
through Oct. 31. PI through Tl
through Nov. 30.
Meat, Butter, Cheese Red
stamps:
Book 4 Q2 through U2 valid
through Aug. 31. V2 through Z2
through Sept. 30. Al through El
through Oct.: 31. Fl through Kl
through Nov. 30.
Sugar:
Book 4 Sugar stamp 36 valid
through Aug. 31. Endorse can
ning sugar coupons with ration
book 4 number and your name.
Shoes:
. Loose stamps invalid. Book 3
airplane stamps 1-2-3-4 now val
id. Gasoline:
Coupons not valid unless en
dorsed. "A" 16 coupons, 6 gal.
each, valid through Sept. 21. "B"
7-8 and "C" 7-8 valid, 5 gal. each.
Sloves:
Apply local board for oil stove
certificates.
Wood. Coal, Sawdust: Order now.
Dealers determine delivery pri
ority from consumer's annual
needs and quantity on hand.
Fuel Oil: Fill tanks now.
1044-1915 period 1-2-3-4 and 5
coupons expire August 31, 1945.
1M5-I946 period 1 coupons ex
pire August 31, 1946.
Waste Paper and Cans:
Bundled waste paper and pre
pared tin cans may be left at the
salvage depot, 1106 Jefferson
street.
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SCASONINO
City News
In Brief
ON BUSINESS Charles R.
Hicks, Kansas City, president of
tne aowman-Hicks Lumber com
pany, was in La Grande recently
on business before going to Wal
lowa.
SIX SKIP BAIL Otto Schliep,
La Grande, was fined $15 in city
court yesterday after pleading
guilty to a charge of being drunk.
Warren Garrett, La Grande, was
fined $25 on a charge of drunken
ness ana indecent exposure. M.
K. Erickson, Oriri N. Hass, both
of La Grande, Dan McDonald,
Walter Bradford Wilson, Jim Al
fred Duerock, transients, and
Henry L. McFarland, Jefferson
Barracks, Mo., all of whom had
been arrested on charges of being
drunk, each forfeited' $15 bond
posted for their appearance in
city court.
FENDER DAMAGED Forty
dollar damage was estimated to
automobile owned by Hal Bohn
enkamp, La Grande, which was
parked yesterday on Elm street,
when truck driven by Arlin P.
Fitzgerald, Summervlllc, came
from an alley, catching the left
rear fender of Bohncnkamp's car.
ONE ARRESTED: Jack New
man, Stanfield, was arrested by
city police last night on "charge
of being drunk. He is being held
for appearance in city court to
day, police records show. ' ,
NEW D. A. V. MEMBER Earl
Carpenter was initiated last night
as a member of the Disabled
American Veterans at the meet
ing in the city hall. William Arri
vcy presided over the discussion
which followed the regular order
of business. Next meeting will
be Sept. 10.
SCOUT AWARDS Achieve
ment awards and service stars for
one-year membership will be
awarded at the meeting of cub
pack No. 112 7:30 p. m. Thursday
in the high school stadium, J. L.
Pyle, cub master, announced to
day. Softball will be played af
ter the meeting.
TO MAKE VISIT Willis
Wright, Beaverton, arrived last
night for a week-long business
visit. Wright is a former resident
of La Grande, having lived here
for 70. years, teaching school in
Union and Wallowa counties.
RETURNS HERE Sgt. Lewis
Johnson, of the Oregon state po
lice, returned frbm Ontario today,
and is now in Baker on business.
82 APPLY Applications from
82 families, most of whom are in
essential industries, have been
received at the chamber of com
merce office for houses in La
Grande's 80-unit housing project
now being erected, it was an
nounced today.
Rogue Valley pear
Harvest to Start
CORVALL13, Aug. 14 (UP)
The Rogue river valley pear har
vest around Mccfford will start
late this week, J. R. Beck, state
farm labor supervisor in the Ore
gon State college extension serv
ice, said today.
The Rogue river pear growers,
in looking forward to their labor
needs in picking this year's big
crop, estimated their total pro
duction at around, 2,426,000 box
es. This is about 420,000 boxes
more than were picked last year
and nearly a million boxes more
than two years ago. While it
may be a bit premature to place
a value on this year's Rogue riv
er pear crops, last year s smaller
crop was estimated to be worth
around seven million dollars.
Ciatskanie Oil Test
Reaches 3,804 Feet
PORTLAND, Aug. 14 (UP)
Drilling on a wildcat oil test in
the Clatskanic region has reached
a depth of 3,804 feet, Texas com
pany officials said today.
A core drill is being run ahead
of the rotary bit 'at certain in
tervals to guard against sudden
tapping of a high pressure reser
voir which might damage the
work done and to gain informa
tion on formations which might
be encountered. Formatin speci
mens are first exomined by geol
ogists at the drilling site and then
sent to the company laboratory at
Los Angeles, for further examination.
Schilling
Celery Salt
Rial celery flavor
in x jiffy
The Fall
Jeweled Satin Suits and Long Beau
Brummel Jackets Are Season's Hits
By EPSIE KINARD
NEA Staff Writer
NEW YORK Man-styled suits,
but styled to the dandified taste
of the French courtier and the
English Beau Brummel, are strik
ing fashion innovations in new
fall collections.
The French dandy's satin togs
influence this year's cocktail suits
dreamy combinations of light
and bright jackets lit up by spar
klers and posed against slightly
flared dark skirts. Example is
the Jo Copcland-designed suit,
center, which combines a waist
hugging, flared jacket of cerise
satin, highlighted by a jewelled
cotton and a black satin skirt,
Liquor Sales to .
Minors Now Will
Be Prosecuted
PORTLAND, Aug. 14 (UP)
Oregon state liquor control com
mission, preparing to enforce a
more stringent policy in prose
cuting persons for the sale of li
quor to minors, announced today
a policy whereby warrants of ar
rest may be issued against the
licensee and the minor. The li
censee will be prosecuted in state
court and the minor in juvenile
court, the commission said.
Japs Prepare For
Special Broadcast
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14
(UP) The Japanese will make
specird efforts to provide electric
current on all circuits at noon to
morrow, 8 p. m. pwt today, so
everyone can hear the important
announcement which is forthcom
ing, the FCC monitors reported
today.
A Tokyo broadcast said at noon
electric current will be fed to lo
calities where it is not ordinarily
available during daylight hours.
This will enable all Japanese to
tune in their radio receivers.
Plenty of Gasoline
For Northwest Area
PORTLAND, Aug. 14 (UP)
A gasoline industry survey show
ed today there will be plenty of
gas in the northwest for long
overdue vacation trips when gas
rationing is lifted soon after V-J
day.
The survey revealed not only
is there enough for the Portland
area but for Oregon and southern
Washington as well. Trade re
ports indicate "ample supplies"
in the Seattle area.
The travel "bottleneck" in the
next few months appears to be
rather, "will the tires and the car
stand the trip."
A cantaloupe is just one type
of melon belonging to the musk
nielon family.
Eastern Oregon Federal
Savings and
2014 Broadway
Suit Is a
j& FT I L V
gored into the new fooling of ful
ness. The long eighteenth-century
English coat sometimes fitted
and sometimes loose-hanging, like
a diplomat's joins up with both
skirts and dresses to. make some
of the snappiest suits of the sea
son. The chocolate brown wool
coat, left, is one such coat high
lighting Ben Rcig's new collec
tion. It tops a one-piece dress
with a matching brown skirt and
a blouse-like top of gray satin,
bow-tied at the neck in the Lord
Byron fashion.
Also new and jaunty are jac
kets that wrap around, tie, and
close at the side. This new side
Chinese Appoint
New Minister
CHUNGKING, Aug. 14 (UP)
It was persistently reported here
today the Chinese government
has decided to appoint Gen. Hsi
ung' Shih Hui to an important
diplomatic and administrative
post in Manchuria to protect Chi
nese interests in the face of the
imminent collapse of the "Man
chukuo" puppet regime before
the Soviet advance.
His official title is expected to
be "commissioner general of
northeast provinces." Hsiung two
years ago was head of the Chi
nese military commission in
Washington and now is secretary
general of the central planning
board.
It was officially announced
Gen. Lo Cho Ying had been ap
pointed governor of Kwangtung
province, now Japanese occupied.
Warren Will Stay
On As Governor
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14
(UP) Gov. Earl Warren today
said he definitely is not a candi
date for the senate vacancy left
by the late Hiram W. Johnson.
Warren told a press conference
following Johnson's funeral he
intended to "stay on the job" as
governor. Warren, who was
scheduled to leave for Washing
ton today to attend a governor's
council called by President Tru
man, emphasized he has "no in
tention of remaining there as the
new senator from California."
Warren also announced ho will
call a special session of the legis
lature after conferring with busi
ness, labor, farm and legislative
leaders, some of whom have ask
ed for an early session.
Horace J. Nelson I
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Baker, Oregon
Dandy
slant is buttoned up under one
arm in an important collection of
black woolen suits, the jackets of
which have jeweled court em
blems as big and shining as head
lights. Full sleeves or deep yokes are
often used as the excuse for in
troducing color cointrasts or fo
cal points of decoration into suits,
as the Samuel Kass model, right,
illustrates. Here a gray and white
striped suit of simple design gets
into the spotlight with a yoke,
faked with rows of cross-stitched
chenille, which opens into black
velvet-faced revers.
DeGaulle lo Hear
U.S. Wants No
French Soil Bases
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UP)
President Truman is expected
to assure Gen. Charles do Gaulle
during his forthcoming visit here
the United States does not want
any air or naval bases on French
territory in the Pacific.
j IV was learned' today VTruman's
'recent statement "about'Amcrican
aspirations for Pacific bases is
one of the subjects do Gaulle
plans to raise at the White House
next week.
Truman announced last night
de Gaulle's long-planned visit to
Washington how is set for this
month and the president of the
French provisional government
would arrive here a week from
tomorrow.
MASS PICKETING BANNED
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 14 (UP)
Mass picketing of Samuel Cinlri
wyn studios by film strikers was
banned today by Superior Judge
Emmet T. Wilson, who said ho
would issue a similar order af
fecting Mutro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
WANT FREE KOREA
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 (UP)
The Korean Society of Soldier
and Sailors, Relatives and
Friends today urged a free post
war Korea, uninfluenced by for
eign rule.
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Royal Neighbors
Initiate One
New Member
The obligations of the Royal
Neighbors lodge were given to a
new member, Mrs. Louise Har
mon, when the group met last
evening in the IOOF hall.
The charter was draped in hon
or of Mrs. Lora Burleigh.
Mrs. Lester Ncukirchner was
elected to the post of sentinel,
replacing Mrs. Art Gulzow who
resigned,
A picnic was planned for the
next meeting, Aug. 27, to be at
6:15 p. m. at Riverside park.
Members were reminded that
the 21st day of the month is their
day to furnish food for the Do
Nut Hut.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Walter Swart, chairman of
the committee, assisted by Mrs.
Augusta Buntcn, Mrs. Layton
Johnston, Mrs. Charles Carroll,
Mrs. William .Driscoll, Mrs. Bes
sie Westcnskow and Mrs. Ralph
Asia.
The tables were decorated with
bouquets of black-eyed Sucans
and baby breath.
U. S. Employment
Services Ready
PORTLAND, Aug. 14 (UP)
Managers of 200 field offices of
the United States employment
service on the Pacific coast have
been "alerted" to meet any emer
gency which may arise as the re
sult of a sudden V-day proclama
tion, regional war manpower di
rector Fay W. Hunter, disclosed
today.
Hunter said government em
ployment service offices will con
tinue to direct continuing labor
needs of production or services
directly related to the supply of
our armed forces and the trans
portation of material and person
nel to and from the Pacific the
aters. Sugar Certificates
Temporarily Halted
PORTLAND, Aug. 14 (UP)
Issuing of home canning sugar
certificates to housewives in six
western slates was temporarily
halted today through an OPA
order directed to Frederic F. Jan
ncy, acting Portland OPA dis
trict director, from Charles R.
Baird, regional OPA administrat
or in San Francisco.
Baird said the order will affect
Oregon, California, Arizona, Ne
vada, Washington and northern
Idaho.
Conservation of critically dwin
dling supplies was given as the
leason for the sugar stoppage
and it was stated the new order
will remain in effect until a Pa
cific coast sugar inventory can be
made, after which a new basis for
issuance will be announced. The
maximum allowance has been 10
pounds a ration book holder, al
though at the start of the home
canning season it was 15 pounds
a person.
Used Truck Tires
Unrationed Aug. 17
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UP)
Used truck tires will be remov
ed from rationing Aug. 17, the of
fice of price administration an
nounced today. OPA said it is
also planning lo allow unratin
cd sales of passenger tires made
from reclaimed rubber.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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; News and
Engagements
Social
Tuesday, August 14, 1945
Society Briefs
Mr. and Mrs. John Gccrtsen
and their sons, Gary and Peter,
of Eugene, are in La Grande to
visit 10 days or two weeks with
relatives, , They are guests at the
home of Mrs. Qeertsen's father
and sister, Alex Burns and Ruth
Burns. Mrs. Geertson is the for
mer Rossie Burns.
.--
Mrs. C, C. Burns returned yes
terday from Enterprise where she
visited at the farm home of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Caudle.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Gilbert
left last night for a week vacation
in Portland and the Oregon coast.
Sew and So club will meet at
8 p. m. Thursday at the home of
Mrs, Grant Chandler, truitdale.
Transportation will be furnished
by Mrs. Sheldon Price. ..- 1
j -, . ... ,, .
Miss Jean Williams,, who was
in Europe as a member of the Red
Crdss, will address tho Northside
improvement club at 2:30 p. m.
Wednesday on her experiences.
Mrs, Elmer Hansen' will play
some piano solos.' '
..;.,.'
Mrs. Cella Gates returned Sat
urday from Portland where she
had spent several days on busi
ness last week. She was attend
ing a school conducted by factory
representatives of the company
for which she works.
-
Mr, and Mr. W.' F. Defrces,
Pendleton,' were ' in town today
visiting Mr. Defrees' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Defrces, 101 Elm
street.
Mrs. Jack Hialt left last night
for Pendleton to be with her
daughter, Mrs. Jeff Beanwho is
ill. '.
"
Meeting of" the Daughters of
Union Veterans scheduled for
yesterday was cancelled at the
last moment, and has been set
for 2 p. m. Monday, Aug. 27 at
the Neighborhood club house.
'
Mrs. Hazel Shane, clerk of
school district No. 60, Kamcla,
was in La Grande today trans
acting business for the school.
U. S. W. V. TO MEET
James E. Page, camp, U. S. W.
V., and auxiliary will meet al 3
p. m. today with Mrs. A. P, Nel
son at S08 N street.
WINDSOR VISITS TRUMAN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UP)
The Duke of Windsor visited
President Truman today but did
not disclose the purpose of his
call. .
HEY KIDS!
School Kids
Matinee
Wednesday, Aug. 15th
Granada Theatre
2:00 o'CIock
feature a special
W alt Disney show
Free to all school children who
will bring one large bundle of
scrap paper well lied. Gather it
up and come ruhnin'.
Sponsored by the
JAYCEES
In Cooperation With
J. DONALD MEYERS
Activities :
. Weddings
Events
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Presbyterian Aid
To Have Reception
J
The Ladies Aid of the First
Presbyterian church will sponsor
a reception from 2 to 4 p. m."
Thursday in the church, honor
ing Mrs. T. Dougla? of Canada
who is here visiting her son-in
law and daughter. Rev. and Mrs
Mark A.i Talncy. The reception
is for all women of the church.
Wesleyan Guild Has '
Potluck Supper ; j
Wesleyan Circle - guild, Firf
street Methodist church, held it
potluck supper Monday evening
at the-church park, with a busw
ncss meeting, conducted by Eva
Daugherty, following. Mrs. Floyd
White had charge of the study
on Latin America. ' .
Social Calendar
TUESDAY ;
8 p. m., W. B. lodge at I. O. O. F;
hall. 'j
' ' . '
WEDNESDAY' '
2 p.m., North Side Improve-.
ment club at clubhouse on Y ave
nue. -,--.(;
6:30 p. m., Riverside aid, pot
luck supper at the home of Mrs'.'
Owen Maxam. . :i
8 p. m. Wives and Mothers
Service club, U. S. O.
THURSDAY - J'
12 m. L. A. to B. of R. T. pot
luck luncheon at Neighborhood;
club house. Business meeting at
1:30 p. m. y
2 p. m. Ladies auxiliary to
V. F. W., sewing group, park, no
hostess meeting. '
2-4 p. m. Presbyterian Ladies
Aid reception for women of
church, In the church. ' ,
8 p. m. Eagles auxiliary reg
ular meeting in lodge hall. .
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SATURDAY
2 p. m. Women's Relief corps,
I. O. O. F. hall.
8 p. m. Ladies auxiliary to
Veterans of Foreign Wars, initiaX
Hon, K. P. Hall. ' , ;j
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Also 'teen age girls sizes.
Boys: to size 8 '
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