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"Through Japanese
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ESTABLISHED 1896
LA GRANDE, OREGON THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST Hi, 1945
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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.
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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.