La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 16, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextData for 24 hours to 7 a. m.: Temperature: Maximum 93 ' Minimum 54 Forecast Scattered thurider showers east of. Cascades Friday,, otherwise partly cloudy tonight and Friday. "Through Japanese Eyes," New Serial Oh Feature Page twtt ESTABLISHED 1896 LA GRANDE, OREGON THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST Hi, 1945 FIVE CENTS ; iilir 2i I . ; ... .. Bsfcirod:oin) Lifted ink THROUGH A "SCOPE" such as one above, radar observer sees splotches of light on a glass screen which give him a picture of objects picked up by the beam. By aiming antenna, he can scan entire horizon despite bad weather RADAR PICTURE, in scope, looks like this in some cases. Here, a plane's radar has picked up a bomber flying close by. Enemy plane rarely would be near enough to show like this. Jaycee Plan For Tri-State Meet Here Complete Junior chamber of commerce officials here are completing plans for entertainment of visit ing Joycees who will be here Sat urday and Sunday for the tri slate meeting of junior chamber board members and officers. Wives of local Jaycees will en tertain visiting wives at tea at 2 to 4 p. m. Saturday at the Neigh borhood club rooms. Wives of local officers will be hos'esses. At the institute, wfiich lasts all day Sunday, wives will pre pare a dutch lunch for the guests at the Sacajawea hotel. I Union Pacific railroad has co ; operated in the event by agree ing to stop the City of Portland streamliner here to let Henry Kearns, Pasadena, national pres- (. ident, and Harold Herman, exec r utive vice president, get off. Kearns, Herman and Memos T. Gates, Pomeroy, Wash., im mediate past president, will re ceive from the local club a gift which is typical of eastern Ore gon. Each will receive a large plate made from Ponderosa pine, made by Oscar Poarch, craftsman here. Army Revises Its Deployment Plans PARIS, Aug. 16 (UP) Amer ican army authorities cancelled all troop movements from the European theater to the Pacific and announced today radical re visions in the redeployment pro gram. More than 60,000 veterans will start for the United States as soon as possible. The 63rd, 69th, 103rd, infantry divisions, the sixth armored di vision, and the 17th airborne bave been scheduled as the first five to go. Madame Petain to Stay With Husband PARIS, Aug. 16 (UP) Mar shal Henri Philippe Petain's at torneys told !he United Press to day Madame Petain will be al lowed to live with her imfirjs oned husband and will rejoin him shortly. One attorney said Petain's stay at Portalet prison was only tem porary, but it was undecided where he would be taken later. or darkness. Bulletin WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UP) President Truman called on management and labor today to keep strikes and lockouts at a minimum during the transi tion from war to peace. o WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UP) Presida.it Truman today accepted the resignation of Un dersecretary of State Joseph C. Grew and appointed assistant secretary Dean G. Acheson to succeed him. Garfield Simmons Found Dead of Gunshot Wounds Garfield Simmons, about 55, for many years Union Pacific railroad engineer here, was found dead of a gunshot wound in the head on a hillside near Kamela early today, county authorities said. Simmons, members of his fam ily said, had been ill for some time and had been despondent because of this. He had finished his run on a helper engine this morning shortly af'.er 8 o'clock ;ind his companion, Claude Bailey, had gone to turn in his report, while Simmons was to wait at car. When Simmons did not return, inquiries led to the discovery of his body. He was secretary of the Bro therhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen here. He leaves his wife, Edith. Funeral serv ices hav-? not been fixed. Baseball Results - NATIONAL St. Louis 4 7 2 Philadelphia 0 2 1 Burkhardt and O'Dea; Sproull and Seminick. R H E Chicago 1 7 1 Brooklyn 2 9 2 B-itteries: Chipman (8), Van denberg (8) and Rice; Seats and Peacock, Datonio (9). AMERICAN LEAGUE R H E Washington 2 6 3 Detroit 9 14 0 Batteries: Pieretti, Ullrich (5) and Evans; Xewhouser and Richards. Gasoline Business Booming ' As American economy and living: started the long: trail back to normal after four years of war) and two days of celebrating' many restrictions tire being rellixed and are im mediately reflected in trade here, according to La Grande business men. Forecast of an end of all ra tioning by Christmas except for sugar, butter and other fats brought some relief as motorists cranked up their cars and put their blue ration stamps with their souvenirs. "You're not just kidding!" was the reaction of the filling tlation operators who were asked here this morning if mo torists were asking them to "fill 'er up." One motorist actually put 20 gallons into his gasoline tank. It uppeared his car was so empty he coasted into the station. Rushing Business has been rushing for the filling station men ever since 4 p. m. Tuesday when the word of the peace arrangements was flashed. Everyone started using up his ration tickets then. When more tires are available, according to service men, many more persons will start going to some of the places they have wanted to go. One man today drove his car to work for the first time in months. In fact, it was covered thickly with dust. . Bought More Two motorists had not heard the godd news this morning and tried to force; gasoline ' coupons on one operator. When told they didn't need tickets any more they ordered a few more gallons of gasoline. When military tires are releas ed it is expected they will ease some of the strain on the short slocks of tires which filling sta tion men have now on hand. It will especially relieve the short age of truck tires, operators think. No Change End of rationing of canned goods and fruits has not made any difference in sales here. Heavier business today was at tributed to the fact the stores were closed two days or so. Grocers say onding of use of red points will really 'boom' sales if they can get the meat and fats supplies to meet the demands of a public which has not had enough butter or lard or meat for months. End of sugar rationing, not expected for some lime, is also awaited eagerly. Lack of sugar has per haps stimulated some sales of canned fruits. Th-3 office of defense transpor tation today lifted seven wartime regulations governing commer cial motor vehicle operations. They included the mileage limi tation on taxicabs and tne pio hibition against automobile rac ing. Removes Ban The ODT also removed its ban on the holding of state and reg ional fairs and relaxed restric tion on conventions and fairs. ODT Director J. Monroe John son emphasized ODT regulations governing the frequency of wholesale and retail deliveries are still in effect but will be lift ed ' as soon as conditions permit." With the end of gasoline ra lioning.OPA has started a new system to determine the eligibil ity of motorists for tires. , Shoes Soon Certificates may be issued for passenger cars used for occupa tional purposes and a "limited number" for non occupational uses if the applicant demon strates denial would cause hard ship. The WPB will continue con trols over leather for a while but the end of shoe rationing prob ably will not be delayed more than three or four months. With the war over, military require ments have dropped tremendous- ly' Relief from pork rationing win come with the slaughter of the spring pig crop this fall. Beef supplies have been on the up grade for several months. Chinese Congress Ratifies Charter CHUNGKING, Aug. 16 (UP) China's legislative Yuan unani mously ratified the united na tions' charter today. Truman Outlines Postwar Program Japs 'Stall' Surrender Mission MANILA, Aug. 16 (UP) Japan stalled off the dispatch of her surrender mission to Manila again today, radioing word to Gen. D ouglas MacArthur the Japanese emissaries will not be able to arrive tomorrow as he ordered. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UP) Gen. Douglas; MacArthur may require the Japanese high command to sign the instruments of surrender in Emperor Hirohito's palace at Tokyo, military sources suggested today. T his would mark a triumphant reversal of the arrogant .assertion of the late Adm. Isorok u Yumamoto early in the war that he would dictate peace terms to the United States in the White House. MncArthur's headquarters said radio To kio finally had replied to his broadcast in structions on the surrender negotiations. Full Employment Prime Domestic Issue, Says Morse PORTLAND, Aug. 16 (UP) The No. 1 domestic issue in the immediate months ahead is full employment, Sen. Wayne Horse of Oregon said today. He declared leaders of both ma jor political parties should for get partisanship and achieve uni ty on employment, taxation, in dustry reallocation and the other economic policies which must be adopted to maintain the American system. Morse said the Republican party should advance and sup port a constructive program of economic legislation giving the maximum aid to private enter prise economy, to maintain high purchasing power and to support and advance the American stand ard. The first step, he declared, is. a taxation program which will cause present frozen savings to be invested. ' The Republican party should recognize that, to the extent that private enterprise cannot do this, the government must be ready will a program," Morse comment ed. Senator Mors-a said he was op posed to congress' taking a recess but "administration leaders ap patently felt a period of time was needed for drafting legislation. Madame Hopeful Communists Will Avoid Civil War By JOAN YOUNGER NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UP) Madame Chiang Kai-shek said today "I hope and pray the Chi nese communists will put nation al interests above party interests and let wisdom prevail to avoid civil war." In an exclusive interview in her temporary home on the heights overlooking the Hudson river, the wife of the Chinese generalissimo said she would re turn to China within the next two months to work with the generalissimo in whatever "I am culled unnn tn rln." Sho hue heen in the United States about a vear. I She said she hoped the seat of the postwar Chinese government would be in Peking, where the climate would not aggravate the serious skin disease which has curbed her activities at home and abroad for three years. Asked what the government's position was regarding the com munists, Madame Chiange said they were regarded as "a polit ical parly with political rights," but without the right to their own army. She likened China's current situation with that fac ing the United States before the Civil war in 1861. Bomb Balloon Falls in Union County A Japanese bomb balloon land ed near the Wallowa county line in Union county during the height of the balloon attack., it was revealed here today, with the lifting of censorihip nun'. State Patrolman George M. RtiKers of the Enterprise area handled the balloon and removed the detonators from the bombs to render it harmless. State police here could nut am plify the matter tiwlay and RB ers could not be readied for a description of what happened. Not Successful The balloon was not a success ful weapon in Oregon or any where else, according to army The Japanese reply complained, however, they had not been giv en sufficient time to prepare their delegation and the envoys can not reach Manila tomorrow. Soon as Possible However, it said, the emissaries will take off "as soon as pos sible." The broadcast expressed "great embarrassment" over the delay which ascribed in part to Japa nese uncertainty over the type of plane McArthur wanted them to use. There was no immediate com ment from MacArthur's head quarters on the new hitch in the negotiations, or on a warning from Tokyo it probably would be 12 days before cease-fire or ders could reach all of Japan's armed forces. An official Okinawa broadcast earlier had said the Japanese del egates, probably four in number, would arrive at Ic island, near Okinawa tomorrow. That, how ever, appeared to be based on MacArthur's instructions. ... Special Planes , ',' ' ' In a second message to Mac Arthur, reporting the members of the imperial family would ad vise Japanese front commanders of Hirohito's surrender instruc tions, Tokyo said these envoys would fly in special planes. The planes were described so that al lied gunners could allow them to pass unharmed. The broadcast said MacArthur would be notified again when the mission was prepared to leave. The second message said that the planes carrying the message to Manchuria and China would he low - winged twin- engined monoplanes of the Mitsubishi MC-22 type. The plane for the south was described as a middle sized bomber with cigar-shaped fuselage resembling a B-26. The planes were marked with the rising sun flag and a red streamer 12-feet long. Agencies to Hunt Jobs for Veterans PORTLAND, Aug. 16 (UP) Federal agencies will emphasize a long-range program to find, classify and fill civilian jobs in the peace-time reconversion era, Lee C. Stoll, Oregon state war manpower commission director, said .today. Stoll declared that the lifting of wnr manpower employment con trols, effective on the official VP day as proclaimed by the presi dent, will signal tile shift in em phasis. Army to Release 500,000 Monthly WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UP) The army will be discharging 500,000 soldiers monthly by the end of the year, Gi n. Brehon Somervell, commanding general of the army service forces, fore cast today. authorities. .One of the many rumors about the balloons, that they carried germs for bacteriological warfare, was not true. About i5 percent of the bal loon alarms phoned to the au IhiiiitiPS turned out to be false. Counties in which the balloons fell included C'larkamai (whore It a as reported at the tune, or of two only reported publicly), Coos, Lre, Irfkc, Union, Harney, Jef ferson, Malheur, Umatilla, Des chutes, Jackson and Douglas. Near Medford One! balloon landed on the Ol iver Tice farm near Mcdiord last Japanese Army Counter Attacks Russian Forces LONDON, Aug. 16 (UP) The Red aimy drive in Manchuria ground almost to a standstill to day and Moscow reported the Japanes Kwantung army was counter - uttucking furiously in spite of Hirohito's order to cease firing. A soviet communique said Jap anese forces hurled repeated sian armies closing in from the sian armies closing in from theh cast and west on Harbin.. . Moscow said all the Japanese counterblows were beaten off, but the communique reported only slight progress in the con verging drives on Harbin. ' The soviet trans-Balkan army ran into stiff resistance after cap turing Tacon, 180 miles west of Harbin, and the second far east ern army mot similar opposition before taking Kiamusze, 190 miles east-northeast of the Manchur ian center. Still another big Russian force, the first far eastern army, con tinued a slow, fighting advance through stubborn Japanese de fenses 160-odd miles due east of Harbin, where it captured the villages of Walzen and Tehzin. 133 BRITISH. YANK WARSHIPS IN FLEET GUAM, Aug. 16 (UP) At least 133 American and British war ships including nine battleships and 20 aircraft carriers partici pated in the .third fleet's final air-sea assault on Japan during the past month, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced today. The huge armada, totaling more than 1,000,000 tons of war craft, was the most, powerful ever assembled for a single operation. It still was off the Japanese coast awaiting orders to enter the ene my's territorial waters at last re ports. A lone Japanese "snooper" plane approached the fleet this morning and was chased away by protective carrier planes. Other Japanese planes attacked the warships yesterday and five were shot down. Mrs. Freisinger Honored For Sales Mrs. A. C. Freisinger, 1203 M avenue, was honored recently when her picture appeared in "The Home Front Journal," a monthly publication edited by the women's section of the war fi nance division. The caption of the picture said "Saluting Mrs. A. C. Freisinger of La Grande, Ore., who sold 450 bonds during the fourth, fifth and sixth, and another 210 bonds before the end of the seventh, a good record." February. The balloon exploded a few feet above the ground just at dusk and dropped a two-foot long bomb, which failed to explode. An army bomb removal squad took it to San Francisco for ex amination. The first balloon known to have reached the United States came down I. 4, 1944, near San Pe dro, Calif. It was of a meteorol ogical type Olid carried a radio transmitter believed used by the enemy to trace its course. The first balloon which carried bombs was found near Kalispell, Mont., in December, 1944. It had already dropped its explosives. Hopes to Keep Atom Project To Help Peace WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UP) President Truman today pro claimed Sunday a day of ilhunks givlng for victory and prayer for God's guidance "into the ways of peace." . In his first news conference since Japan's surrender, the pres ident disclosed that, the war won, he will ask congress to authorize continued research in atomic power for the welfare of the world. , r , . ; Now Time He reminded the people that after two days of riotous celebra tion of victory it is now time to think of God "who has now brought us to this glorious day of triumph." , A - "Let us give thanks 'to Him, and remember we have now dedi cated ourselves to follow in His ways to a lasting and just peace and to a better world," the presi dent said. Truman left no doubt he con siders atomic energy t'jhe awe some weapon to which Japan at tributed her defeat could pro vide an avenue to '.'a better world." Huge Plants He said he would ask congress, soon after it reconvenes Sept. '5, to approve continuation of the $2,000,000,000 project which cre ated the atomic bomb. He will- ask, specifically, Trur man said, -that congress puss leg islation authorizing maintenance of research at the huge atomic energy plants In Tennessee and Washington and at the laboratory in New Mexico: Truman also reported: 1. The war labor board's days are numbered. He said it will continue in existenco for a while but indicated postwar labor mat ters will be handled by the labor department. On Training . He will present his views to congress soon on universal peace time training. 3. There will be no separate allied occupational zones in Ja pan; pllicd forces will be merged under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. 4. MacArthur will announce the signing of surrender docu ments, and the president will thereupon proclaim V-J day. He thinks the people have had enough of victory celebrating and V-J day therefore should not be a holiday. Study Taxes 5. Experts are sliudying the problem of tax adjustments and should be shaping up a program soon, 6. He proposed to Clement Attleo and Winston Churchill in Potsdam thai as many Jews as possible be admitted to Palestine and that steps be taken to make Palesline a Jewish national state. 7. With Japan reduced to "to tal defeat" he now has time to think about such things as a suc cessor to retired supreme court Justice Owen J. Roberts and a nominee for the post of federal loan administrator vacated by re conversion director John W. Sny der. TURKS RATIFY CHARTER ANKARA, Aug. 10 (UP) The Turkish assembly ratified the united nation's charter today. In Nebraska, a balloon explod ed in Omaha shortly after mid night April 18. Free Rldo At least four Japanese bal loons fell in Utah. On last Feb. 23 Sheriff Warren W. Hyde of Tremonton had a free half-mile ride when he clung to the ropes of u balloon. The balloon was dis mantled and shipped to the west coast fdr study. One balloon came down near the secret atomic bomb plant at Hanford, Wash., but it did not ex plode. Another was reported to have been touched off by incen diaries from the balloons. " '.urn uujy . &J PRESIDENT TRUMANi "Mter two days' of celebration. Amor-' leans need a day for prayer." ,,' RFC Hopes to ; Spread Surplus Much as Possible Two representatives of the Re construction Finance corpora tion's Porfljjnd office were in La Grande today calling on business in regard to surplus government property which is expected to be available in1 great quantities shortly. I .-j- They'are W. J, Roork,;chief of tHe" machine' tool section,! and R. E. Jenness, chief of the adver tising section. They said the RFC's main de sire is to get wide distribution of surplus material making the benefit as widespread as possible, ' as opposed to huge quantity deals with big operators. One of its principles to protect the pub lic, is that whenever a list of available surplus is announced, no sale is made for 10 days, thereby permitting- anyone inter ested reasonable time to inspect the offerings and make an offer. Whilo most sales up to now have been to 'the highest bidder, RFC is changing over as rapidly as possible to a set price policy, with a drawing of lots whenever two or more seek the same item. At the present RFC is finding considerable interest in its sale of electric power units for farms and summer homes beyond the reach of power lines. Treasury Plans Gigantic Victory Loan Drive Soon WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UP) The treasury is making plans today for a gigantic "victory" bond drive to help meet huge cost of demobilization, contract cancellation and other expenses incident to the war. 'J Secretary of the Treasury Fredi M. Vinson called nil state war fi nance leaders to a meeting here Saturday to plan a drive for raisJ ing $10,000,000,000 to $14, 000? 000.000. The end of the war has not endj ed large expenditures, Vinson said. There are millions of mert overseas and billions of dollars will he needed to bring thenrt home. Money is also needed t(J niee': mustering-out pay, costs of caring for the disabled and fo other expenses of the war, he said. He said the victory drive should be the last organized effort to sell bonds but sales of savings bonds especially under the payroll de duction plan, should continue. As a result of the end of hostile ilies, "war" spending will probT ably topple from a previous esti" mate of $70,000,000,000 to around -$40,000,000,000 in fiscal 1946 which ends next June 30. Non war spending, according to esti mates of the budget bureau, wrll be about $15,000,000,000. 1 MO MOIC LlOUOt , PORTLAND, Aug. 1(1 (UP) The end of the war will mean no increase in liquor rations or even the lif'ing of liquor rationing, at least for the present, RM Con way, administrator 0f the Oregon liquor control cohumssion, said today.