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Data for 24 hours to 7 a. m.:
Temperature:
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Minimum ,....51
Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight
and Sunday, scattered light show
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and east portions.
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ESTABLISHED 1896
LA.fiBAWDE. OREGON SATURDAY EVENING. AUGUST 18, 1915
K1VE CENTS
Japs Will
OpenTalk
Monday
MANILA, Aug. 18 (UP)
Japan's surrender mission
took off from the enemy
homeland at 3 p. m. PWT Sat
urday and the formal confer
ence with Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur will open Monday, it
was announced today.
A spokesman for MacArthur
said the Japanese surrender party
should arrive at le Shima about
12:20 p. m. Sunday (8:20 p. m.
PWT Saturday).
At Duik
Thqr Japanese credentials will
be examined immediately. The
Japanese will then be transfer
red to an American plane for the
flight to Manila. The flight to
Manila, it was explained, will re
quire about six hours.
A headquarters spokesman said
the surrender party should reach
I Manila "about dusk." He said the
type of planes carrying the Jap
anese party could not bring more
than four passengers each in ad
dition to the crew.
Use "Balaan"
Further clarifying the proced
ure of the envoy planes, MacAr
thur at 11 p. m. (7 a. m. PWT)
messaged , Japanese imperial
headquarters r a d io codewords
and channels at Ie Shima and
again emphasized the call sign
"Bataan" was to be used in iden
tifying the Japanese planes.
"In reply to your message No.
9 dated Aug. 18, the aircraft con
trol tower at Ic Shima is desig
nated "Mocn" and will guard
6970 kilocycles for voice commu
nications," the message said.
"The air communications cen
ter will guard 8915 kilocycles
with the voice call 'pinball' and
'RD7' for voice or code trans
missions. "Desire your two airplanes use
call sign "Bataan One" and Ba
taan Two" as designated in my
radio of Aug. 13."
MORE JAPANESE
SURRENDER TO "REDS" ' '
LONDON, Aug. 18 (UP) A
soviet communique tonight re
ported Japanese troops in sub
stantial numbers are surrender
See JAPS . . . Page 7
Jaycees Discuss
Proposed National
Building Fund
A proposed national building
fund for the junior chamber of
commerce was discussed today by
directors of Oregon and Wash
ington stale Jaycee chapters.
The matter came up at the tri
state meeting which will have an
institute on Jaycee problems all
day tomorrow and which will be
joined by Idaho members. Ban
quet tonight will wind up the
proceedings of today.
Building
The suggestion o the national
building fund will be passed on
to local chapters for action as
will discussions of other proposals
such as the suggestion to organ
ize national committees to deal
with public relations, govern
mental affairs, fire prever) ion,
public safety, Christmas activi
ties, aviation and town meetings.
Proposals for participation for
activity to find jobs for return
ing veterans, recommendations
'or establishment of a state pub
lication and a national radio week
were also discussed.
Medford was chosen as the site
o fthe next meeting of the state
board, probably in October.
80 Arrived
More than 80 Jaycees from the
two states had arrived, by this
afternoon and the delegation
from Twin . Falls, Nampa and
Boise is expected late tonight.
Speaker at the banquet tonight
will be Mearns Gates, national
executive vice president, and Lof
ton Tatum of Portland, state di
rector, will be toastmaster.
Other national officers present
are Henry Kearns. Pasadena,
president; Harold Herman, exec
utive vice president; and Robert
Graham, Washington national di
rector. Delegations are here from Kla
msth Fall, Medford, Salem, Port
land and Eugene, besides the lo
cal froup, and from Wcnatchee,
Seattle, Spokane, Bellingham.
Vancouver, Everett, Yakima,
Pomcroy, La Crosse, Richland,
Sunnyside. Pullman, Dayton and
Walla Walla.
END WARNtWG SYSTEM
SALEM, Aug. 18 (UP) Gov.
tarl Snell announced today ter
mination of the air raid warning
.ommunication system in Oregon
and the western defense command.
AIMS HIGH Release of the
atomic bomb has caused R. L.
Farnsworlh, above, of Chicago,
president of the U. S. Rocket
society, to petition the govern
ment for rights io use atomic
energy for rocket plane trips
io the moon. Reports say the
trips will be "inexpensive!"
Vinson Expects
Lower Business
Taxes By 1946
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UP)
Lower taxes next year, espe
cially for business, were seen to
day as a distinct possibility fol
lowing a press conference state
ment by Secretary of the Treas
ury Fred M. Vinson.
Vinson said the treasury is giv
ing serious consideration to re
vision of taxes on 1946 income.
He would -not enlarge on this
statement but referred reporters
to his mobilization report to con
gress July 1, in which he called
for modernization of Uie tax
structure.
Meanwhile Sen. Harold O. Bur
ton, R., O., a member of the sen
ate commerce committee, de
manded reduction of the excess
profits lax by Jan. 1.
Sen. Dennis Chavez, D., N. M
predicting congressional study of
the reconversion tax problem by
year end, promised to seek tax
reductions for those who have
lost jobs in war industry and re
turning service men.
Burton said he docs not think
drastic reductions in in individ
ual income taxes are as urgent
as cuts in the levy on corporate
earnings. Congress should wipe
out the excess profits tax or "any
tax that tends to restrict produc
tion or investment in new indus
try." Downey Wants Proof
Draf t Is Necessary
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UP)
Sen Sheridan Downey, D.,
Calif., today demanded proof
continuation of the draft is nec
essary beyond the end of the
Japanese war.
The question of continuing the
draft is expected to be one of the
first issues to confront congress
next month. The war depart
ment wants to continue drafting
50,000 men a month to relieve
long-service veterans.
Downey, a member of the sen
ate miiitay affairs committee,
said he has an open mird on the
question. He said, however, he
will "have to be shown."
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PARADE IN HONOR OF VICTOBY While thousands of La
Grande and other eastern Oregon residents looked on, the paradr
in honor of victory over Japan marched through lhe downtown
P r on ra m ?kS93
For Farms
Merged
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18
(UP) -Secretary of Agricul
ture Clinton P, Anderson an
nounced today a reorganiza
tion of his department to ef
fect "a marriage of produc
tion and marketing activities"
in various commodity pro-
A new unit, the production
and marketing administration,
will start Monday.
Undersecretary of Agriculture
John B. Hutson will head the
PMA. Gale G. Armstrong, spe
cial assistant to t h e secretary,
will be administrator. PMA will
be composed of 10 commodity
branches, several functional
branches, and an over-all field
service branch.
Also included are the commod
ity credit corporation, whih Hut'
son will head as president, and !
the federal crop insurance corpo
ration. Frank Hancock, who re
cently iosign;d as CCC president,
will continue as farm security ad
ministrator. The reorganization was pro
posed by a special committee
headed by Milton S. Eisenhower,
president of Kansas state college.
Regional agricultural adjust
ment agency offices will be dis
continued. Anderson said the re
organization may "magnify the
AAA because it brings marketing
problems rght in hand with pro
duction problems."
He said the new administration
"has a good clear line of author
ity and should result "in substan
tial savings and some other things
badly needed.
Japanese Lost 333
Ships, Nearly 3
Times U. S. Loss
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UP)
The Japanese lost nearly three
times as many warships as the
United States in nearly fpur years
of war il was learned today.
A naval spokesman revealed
the Japanese lost at least 333
warships from submarines to bat
tleships while total U. S. losses
in these categories including
those lost in the Atlantic war
come to 143. The Japanese also
probably lost 130 submarines,
which inflicted very small losses
on U. S. warships.
The Japanese began the war
Dec. 7, 1941, with a maximum of
242 warships. During the war
years they built approximately
203 ships, mostly destroyers and
submarines. They now have a
maximum of only 112 combatant
ships, many of which are dam
aged. Thomas Appointed
By Farmers Union
SALEM, Aug. 18 (UP) State
representative Lylc D. Thomas,
Dallas, has bscn appointed field
representative of the Oregon
Farmers' union, ronald E. Jones,
state president, announced today.
Thomas is a graduate of the
Oregon college of education and
the university of Oregon. For 10
years he was principal of the west
Salem schools, and for two years
was principal of the Dallas junior
high school.
ght
El
A
cciderit Near
Offer to Give
MALDEN, Mass., Aug. 18 (UP)
A social service worker's prom
ise of aid gave renewed hope to
day to a distraught army officer
and his ailing wife who in des
peration offered their paralyzed
daughter for adoption, so she
might have adequate care.
"Only as a last resort would
we permit our baby to be adopt
ed," said Lt. Travis T. Bryan of
Vancouver, Wash., who was due
to leave for a camp in Texas
Tuesday.
What we want is proper in-
institutional care. I did say if
there was no other way out we
might consider adoption. But we
would only 'do if we were sure
foster parents really loved our
baby, were financially able to
lake care of her and could if nec
essary place her in an institution.
Love the Child
"We didn't mean to make any
sensational offer. When my wife
saw how awful it sounded she
started crying and she sobbed all
88,000 Lumbermen
In Four States to
Vote On Strike
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UP)
The national labor relation
board today completed plans for
taking its first big strike ballot
since the war ended poll of 88,
000 lumbermen in four north
western states.
Representatives of the lumber
workers and the 415 companies
involved met meanwhile with
war labor board members in sep
arate conferences. Employes arc
represented by the Americun fed
eration of labor and the congress
of industrial organizations.
Chief issues are wages.
NLRB said the strike poll,
which it is required to hold un
der the war labor dispute act,
will be conducted by mail. Em
ployes of 353 companies will vote
Aug. 29, those of 36 companies
Sept. 1, and those of the remain
ing 20 firms Sept. 9. The com
panies are in Washington, Ore
gon, Montana and Idaho.
NLRB said it must continue to
process strike votes as long as
the war labor disputes act re
mains in effect. It has 144 strike
vote requests pending.
Sergeant Appeals to
Get Hack In Army
SPOKANE, Aug. 18 (UP)
A former sergeant, veteran of
nine years in the service, ap
peared before a traveling in
duction board here today with
a fervent appeal:
"Get me back in the army,
quick," he said. "I've been out
a month now and can't stand
this civilian life. What's more,
I feel silly in white shirts and
pretty tics."
section of lhe ciiy Wedneiday. Here is shown some of ihe mem
bers of ihe Mavericks club and a portion of lhe crowd which
gathered to celebrate ihe end of the war.
Youths Hurt in
Up Baby Brings Response
night. The story seemed to make
us look cruel and heartless. We're
not, we really love our baby even
if she isn't normal."
The child in question eldest
of the couple's three daughters
is Diana, a blonde, blue-eyed 3-year-old.
During birth she was
injured and incurred spastic
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OPEN FOR BUSINESS This forward-looking B-29 crew of the
"City of Columbus" has same spirit as lit namesake city. Already
ihey scorn io be bidding for iho post-war travel business in iheir
area. '
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Japanese Continue to Attack
Yank Reconnaisance Planes
OKINAWA, Aug. 18 (UP) One American was killed and two
wounded today in a running fight between two photo reconnais
sance B-32s and 14 Japanese- Zero fighters over the Tokyo area.
John V alter y Finds
Self After Hunt on
ML Emily Starts
John Vallery, 73, is tired to
day and no wonder after
picking a gallon of huckleber
ries, being lost for ihrco hours,
and walking from Ml. Emily
io La Grando.
Vallery, with his sister, Mrs.
Ray Bucll, Mrs. Otis Palmer,
and Mrs. Palmer's nophow, had
gone huckleberrying in the
mountain yesterday, and he had
become sick white separated
from lhem. Lying down to rest,
he fell asleep, and remained for
three hours while the other
members of lhe outing called
and searchod for him, finally
notifying police.
Vallery awakened about 10
p. m., and finding no one
around, proceeded to walk to
town, a distance of about 10
miles.
paralysis. It rendered h e r legs
useless. She neither can talk
nor feed herself.
Her pretiy young mother, who
weighs but 96 pounds, has been
in a hospital several times and
Bryan said it was almost impos
sible for her to cart- ror Diana
and the other cnlidren, Patricia,
It was the second time in two
days that Japanese fighters had
nttacked Amcrcan reconnaissance
planes over the Tokyo area des
pite the fact Emperor Hirohito
presumably has ordered his arm
ed forces to cease operations
against the Americans.
The Japanese, it w a s plain,
knew what they were doing.
When one of the B-32s was hit
by a Japanese fighter, It called
out to the companion plane over
the iitytorcommuJiLcalions 'radio:
"Can you slow down? My num
ber 3 engine Is shot out and I
can't keep up with you."
A Japanese fighter said:
"Yes, please slow down so I
can catch you and shoot you
down."
Both the B-32s managed to re
turn to base here but on?, com
manded by Lieut. J. R. Anderson,
of Columbus, Ind., and Charlotte,
N. D., was badly holed.
Yesterday a flight of four B-32
photo reconnaissance planes was
also attacked by Japanese ligni
crs. B-32s shot two attackers
while making their getaway
without casualties.
Carrier Escapes 11
Planes, But 12th
Completes Attack
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UP)
The escort carrier Sangamon,
vhich has seen service from
north Africa to Okinawa was
knocked out of action by a Jap
anese suicide plane, the navy re
vealed today.
The converted tanker, one of
the first of the navy's "baby flat
tops," suffered casualties of 12
dead, 13 missing, and 18 wound
ed. She was swept by raging
fires for five hours.
The action look place near Ok
inawa, at 7:33 p. m. May 4.
Twelve Japanese planes attack
ed. Nin were shot down by ma
rine Corsairs, a 10th fled, the
11th was shot down by the ship's
guns, but the last one got through
to crash the center of tiro flight
df'k.
The enemy pilot had dropped
his bomb just before crashing.
For five hours the Sangamon
but-mid, for five hours the crew
fought fin: without communica
tions, sometimes without control
of the ship and sometimes with
out water pressure. They won
despite the fact the fire divided
the ship, making it Impossible
for those in the forward portion.
to reach those in the alter part.
Island
to Couple
10 months old, Jerl 8 months.
Offer Help
Bryan said he told his story
only after being unable to place
the child in a state institution.
These hospitals, he said, are over
crowded, understaffed and un
able to take a child as young as
Diana. Only two private Institu
tions would take the child, he
said. One charged $175 monthly,
the other $95.
"Since my pay is only $290 a
month that would be too much
for me to handle," he said. "I was
a sergeant before the war and
may be dropped to that rank in
peace time which would mean
I'd get only $114 a month."
Soon after thij story appeared
in newspapers, the couple said,
Mrs. Helen Stevens of the greater
Boston community fund said she
expected to help them and per
haps find a means of having Di
ana admitted to a state institu
tion. Harry C. McCIay
Dies; Grocer
Here Many Years
Funeral services for Harry C.
McCIay, 1709 Adams, retired gro
ceryman and prominent Mtison,
who died Friday, will be held at
2 p. m. Monday at the Snodgrass
funeral home, with Rev. Logan
Prullt officiating.
La Grande lodge No. 41, A. F. it
li, will take part in the services,
with burial In the Masonic ceme
tery. ' '. ! '.:
McCIay had been ill for a long
time and had sold his business a
few years ago. He had been in
business here since 1929.
He was born in Stark, Kas.,
but came here 27 years ago. He
was a member of La Grande
lodge and of chapter No. 9, Royal
Arch Masons.
Besides his wife, he leaves two
sons, Jack and Robert H., both
of the U. S. army. Robert, in the
air corps, is now home on leave
his mother, Mrs. Maude McCIay
and five brothers in Los Angeles
Japs Release
6,800 Civilians
LONDON, Aug. 18 (UP) The
Japanese have released 6,800
American, British and Dutch ci
vilian internees from prison
camps in Shanghai, the British
foreign office disclosed today.
A message received in London
from the Swiss charge d' affaires
in Shanghai said the internees
were freed last Wednesday. The
Swiss official said he had recom
mended, however, that they re
main in the internment camps
pending the arrival of allied
troops.
Of the Shanghai internees, 650
are American civilians, 6,000 are
British and 150 Dutch. The Brit
ish empire group includes 230
Australians, 175 Canadians and
40 New Zcalandcrs.
Baseball Results
AMERICAN
Philadelphia 4 11 1
Cleveland 7 12 2
Knerr, Berry (5) and Rosar;
Bngby and Hayes.
lloston 1 8 2
Chicago 16 16 0
Heflin, Hausmann (8) and
Holm; Lopat and Tresh, Castino
(8).
New York 1 2 0
St. Louis 3 9 0
Bcvens, Page (8) and Garbark;
West and Mancuso.
Washington 11 12 0
Detroit 5 13 4
Wolff and Ferrell; Benton, Cas
ter (6), Wilson (8) and Swift,
Richards (7).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 7 12 1
Brooklyn 3 0 2
Drrringer and Rice; Lombardi,
Hurker (8), Herring (8) and Pea
cock. Cincinnati 10 16 3
Boston 13 17 5
Fox, Harris (1), Llscnbce (1),
Modak (4), Riddle (7), Libke (7).
Pittsburgh 0 3 2
New York 8 8 1
Auto
City
Two Girls,
4 Boys in;
Hospital i
Tire Blows Out,
Causes Car to
Leave Road
Two girls and four boys are:
in Grande Ronde hospital to?,
day following an accident on
the Island City road at 12:45
a. m. today in which they nar
rowly escaped death. .
Injured are: e.
Paul Carmen. 17, 1512 First ,
street, who wae driving, frac-,,
iured left collarbone, cult aboui
ihe head and chest, and minor :
injuries.
Jim Nichols, 16, 1513 H are- ,
nue, deep cut In chest near the
back of ihe right shoulder, and
minor injuries. '.,
Julleanne Dunn, 14, 1513 H
venue, back injuries.
Carroll Jean Nichols. 14. 1513
H avenue, back, chest, and pel
. vis injuries.
Roy Allen, 14, H avenue, back
Injuries.
Robert Mathia. 15, by Green-. .
wood school, fractured right
wrist and back injuries.
Two others, Stanley Porter, Y
avenue and Robert Bradshaw, by
Greenwood school, both 16, re
ceived minor injuries, and have
been released from the hospital.
Bradshaw and Mathis are half
brothers, and. Carroll Jean and
Jim Nichols lire brother and
sister. ' ' ' ' " - -'
' The accident occurred on the
bend of the highway entering
Island City when the left front
lire blew out on the 1932 Ford
sedan in which they were riding.
The car swerved from the road,
hitting the guy wire of a tele
phone pole, and tearing off the
top of the automobile.
The 'teen agers were "just go
ing for a ride," traveling north
on the highway, when the tire,
badly worn, burst.
State police arrived at the
scene shortly after the accident
occurred, an ambulance was sent
for, and parents of the children
were notified.
Building Here in
July Increased
From Year Ago .
July building volume for La
Grando, compared with figures
for July, 1944, shows 92 percent
Increase, with 17 percent in
crease from June, 1945. Figures
arc: July, 1945, building, $6,155;
June, 1945, $5,225; July, 1944,
$3,200.
Showing the most Intensive
building activity of any month
thus far in 1945, July building in
the northwest reached a high of
$7,256,089 in 38 key northwest
cities, and showed a 112 percent
gain over July, 1944. Residential
construction accounted for 45
percent, or $3,308,306 of the total
building, due in part to building
priority granted war veterans.
Washington state reported the
highest increase of 205 percent
over a year ago, with Oregon
next with 135 percent. Two
thirds, (24 out of 36) of the north
west cities surveyed gained 100
percent or more over July, 1944,
the greatest number of cities for
any month to double or better
their year-ago building.
Figures for Pendleton building
are: July, 1945, $17,270; June,
1945, $10,510; July, 1944, $750;
change from June, 1945, to July.
1945, 64 percent; change from
July, 1944, to July, 1945, 2200
percent.
Building figures for Portland
arc: July, 1945, $952,125; June,
1945, $998,385; July, 1944, $381,
320; change from June, 1945, to
July, 1945, 64 percent; change
from July, 1944, to July, 1946,
149 percent.
BULLETINS
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1
(UP) President Truman or
dered ioday that labor dispute
wtilch lnierefere with recon
version shall be subject io the
tame penalties that were ap
plied to disputes in war plants.