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n se In cl a In ai tc el m nl at li P Today We Pay Tribute to SSgt. Ta!lert M. Wennett, 26, son of Mr. mid Mrs. li. A. Bennett, Kt. 2. He attended Greenwood and Willow grade xchools, and La Grande high school. He drove a loifjjinK truck for Howman-llicks Lumber company in Wallowa before cnlistmir in the army Aug. 14, J9 12 m Walla Walla, Wash. On Aii. 14, 1940, he married Manrine Westenskow, who now lives at Kt. 1. The couple have a miuil! son, Ter ry Michael. Sergeant Dennett, a lower ball turret gunner on a H-24, has been awarded (he air medal with oak leaf clus ter. T4 Laura G. Dunn, 2510 North Fourth street, has re cently been promoted from cor poral. She is a clerk in the pe troleum branch of the engineer service seciion oi mis case, iiu: main army service force in the Mediterranean theater of opera tions in Italy. Daughter of Wil liam A. Dunn, she has been in the army since June, 1!I43 and overseas 21 months. Prior to entering the service, Sergeant Dunn was an Knglish and ait in structor at Baker junior high school. She is a graduate ot La Grande high school and eastern Oregon college of education. Her brother, HolxTt W. Dunn, is an officer in the air transport com mand of the army air forces. Cpl. Solby G. Wcavor. son of Mrs. Pearl Weaver, Wal lowa, has arrived in I.a Grande to spend 110 days with relatives and friends. He attended grade school and high s.'hool in Wal lowa and was graduated from the Mnler Barber college in Portland. Befoie entering Hie service, lie was employed at the OK barber shop. On Oct. 0, llllll, he mar ried Uuth Udene Igo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elrio Igo, 2(10(1 N. Ash strict. He entered the service Nov. 11, 1!M2, and has just returned from France where he has been stationed for some time. After his leave he will re port to Drew field, Florida, for reassignment. DISSOLVE BOARD . WASHINGTON, Aug. Ill (UP) Office of war utilities of the war production board announced today it would be dissolved by Kept. Jitp-hold noutraliied island hting Jap subs I m M 5SEI1CED .' Spotting Jab ' tmk force ,i;k . JH, ?ot-i v Woathor baso lor patrol bombort ' . X - - . l S,g SEA-GOING REPAIR BHOPS OUTFOXED JAPS Undo Sam's boys dreamed up so many tricks to ' outfox the enemy that tho Nips probably would have died ot frustration it they hadn't surrond orod. Typical was the aircraft tondor, really a hugo Heating repair shop which enabled the navy's huge PDM Hying boats to support our lsland-pwiting technique without shore bases. Map at top. prepared by aviation maintenance, illustrntm how it was done. Island in center has been soiled, but Japs are still fightnij back In the hills. There is no airstrip, so land planes cannot operate. But. thanks to tho soaplano .ender, the big PI1 Ms, capable of Hying distances for many hours without refueling, go into action. II a Jap convoy trios to snk past, they spot It. bomb it. They detect Nip counlor allack task forces. Thoy spot Jap tubs, strata nearby Jap held isles. It damaged they taxi up to the repair ship, are lilted aboard. At night they settle down nearby, protected by he ship's guns. Photo at loft shows a PBM Marin r being lifted aboard a tender tor overhaul and repair. At right, a PBM is refueled from the fantail of a loader somowhore in the Pacitic. Work On New Church at Cove Advances Rapidly As Congregation Gives Help COVE, Aug. iH (Special) Work is progressing rapidly on the new Advent church. An architect from Walla Walla has been here for three days this week when all of the men of the church were working. George Boycnton lakes charge when he is not present. Mr. and Mrs. Elmon Cloward ad small son of Milwuukcc arc here visiting their mother, Mrs. Mary Johnson, and her brother, Johnny Johnson, and her sister, Mrs. John Haefer and family. Mrs. Clara Lund and her daugh ter, Phyllis, of Phoenix, Ariz., are the house guests of Mrs. Anna Lund and Mrs. Thomas Towle. The cherry picking is about over. Many orchardists are through and many nearly com pleted. No count has yet been made of the number sent out. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Monk and small son of Texas are visiting thcri parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Boycnton. Mrs. Glen Sands was hostess to the Widows club Monday after noon, entertaining for her moth er, Mrs. Mabel Ronnc. The after noon was pleasantly spent social ly and in guessing contests and lunch was served. Women pres ent were Mrs. Cora Bloom, Mrs. May Antles, Mrs. Sallie Conlcy, Mrs. Fannie Conklin, Mrs. Addie Geer, Mrs. Anna Lund, Mrs. Ly dia M. Lanlz, Mrs. Margaret Moore, Mi's. Nellie Marten, Mrs. Mabel Ronne, Mrs. Pearl Rich ards, Mrs. Julia Wilson and Mrs. Lucretia White. Mrs. Moore will be the next hostess. Miss Jane Elias, who has been the house guest of Mrs. J. E. Mills, spent a few days with friends at The Dalles and is back wilh the Mills family. Mrs. May Kelley, who has been visiting her son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Kelley in Haines for the past two weeks, came home Wednesday. Mrs. Sallic Conlcy and her fam ily here attended the Jasper family reunion held at Langdon lake last Sunday. There were about GO present, from Portland, Kcnnewick, Walla Walla and various other places. From Cove were Mrs. Sallie Conlcy, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Conley, Mr. and Mrs. Merril Conley, Virgil and Max inc Conley. 27 Pass Drivers License Tests in Exams Friday Out of 3(1 La Grande residents who look drivers license exam inations yesterday at I bo city hall, only nine fail.'d to pass the tests, according to F.xamincr Wil liam I). Geidl of Pendleton, who will give tests here again Aug. III. Those who passed the tests for drivers liecns.s are Helen J. F.us lace, Walter A. Fold, Everett An thony Ghrusoski, Juanila Tarvin, Mitchell Asia (clviiifferlf's li cense), Arthur W. Il'.-nry, Henry D. Emery, chauffeur's license also), Donald Clark Jotdnlil, Bes sie Marjorio Pellet), Joan Rae Peiehel, Marvin A r 1 o Legore, James Hoy Craig, Eugene E. Nn viaux, Beryl F.lvii Perard, B. J. Winter, Verna B.-rnice Vickers, Arlie Haitniess (chauffeur li cense). Dclmr.r C. Richards, Ruth Wesleskow, Mrs. Ruth Guthrie, (Iiace Halverson, Velma Ford, Donald Smith, I). L. Newman, Lillian llartzng, Paul Mack and William II. Ran. Island tnkon airstrip undor construction Miss Arline Denning, who is studying at Spokane, came home for a short vacation this week. She will spend a few days in Pendleton before she returns. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Anderson, who have been living in Portland for the last three years where he has been cnployed in the ship yards, came to Cove for the holi day. They were rs.'ling on their old friends. Mr. Anderson was a former postmaster here. Mrs. Wallace Simmons has moved into the rectory at the As cension farm. Wallace is in the navy and Mrs. Simmons has been living with her mother, Mrs. Wcl den Simmons, ever since he was called. Aspirants Come Close to No-Hit Games This Year By AL VEHMEEH NEW YORK (NBA) This might have been a banner year for no-hit games were it not for the sinful deeds of eight scound rels who still trod, unpunished, on major league fields. They are. the men who, with a single swing of the bat, shattered a pitcher's most precious dream. For eight times this year a hurler has been on the threshhold of the elusive no-hitter, only to miss by a solitary blow. The pitching victims and their spoilers follow: Pitchers Spoiler Wyse, Cubs Salkeld, Pirates Haynes, White Sox; Webb, Tigers Newhouser, Tigers; Stephens, Browns Ferriss, Red Sox;....Cuccinellri, White Sox Vandenbcrg, Cubs .... Libke, Reds Wolff, Senators Peck, A's. Donnelly, Cards; DiMaggio, Phils. Gregg, Dodgers; Medwick, Braves It is interesting to note that the charitable outlook toward a pros pective no-hitter, sometimes no ticeable in pre-war seasons, has entirely disappeared. In other years it was not considered im proper for the last man in the ninth inning to stand there and take his three strikes if he game was already hopelessly lost. But that attitude has vanished as hit ters swing viciously from the hips, eager to slam the blow that will splinter a pitcher's dream. Maybe it is the war that has brought about this change, and maybe not. But we recently viewed an instance which told the story pretty well. Two navy teams, made up of former pros, were having at each other and one side drew far ahead, holding the other hitless as the ninth in ning cam up. When the first two batsmen were retired in the ninth, the manager of the losing team pre sented himself as a pinch hitter. On the first pitch he crashed a single into rightfield. I A moment later the game was ' over and two naval officers, dis- j pleased with what they had seen, ' remarked what a shame it was ' for a pitcher to come so close to a no-hitter, only to have a zeal- . ous batsman spoil it. They said it loud enough for him to hear and tho batsman walked directly to the officers and said: 'Pardon me, sirs, but suppose you are out in the Pacific with a fleet of 27 ships. All of a sudden a bunch of Jap planes come out of the clouds and they sink 2(i of your ships. Then would you feel inclined to let them sink your 27th ship, too, just so they would have a perfect day? Well, that's just the way I feel about a ball game, too." said the player. And lie walked off the field. Rescuing Spotting Jap uuwnea riyors convoy 4- . . Neutralized ' ffylw Islands . iV Dodgers Lose Both Game, Temper to Cubs, Umpire Walker Called Out In Close Play, Game Over By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (UP) ir thn rvtrlfioi-K lost hall panics the way Manager Leo Durocher loses his temper practically every lime lie sees an umpire, they'd be miles behind the last place Phi- lies. cn..i,,n:itflv fnr Dode-cr fans. the team's record is a little bet ter than Durocher s, hut both ..invnrc .,nrl Iviss were sulking to day over a decision by Umpire Tom Dunn gave inicago a iu 3 victory in the ninth inning yes terday. Called Out It was a hard one to lose and the Dodgers are hard losers. Trailing 4 to 1 in the last of the ninth, thev put on one of their typical rallies to score two runs on a walk to Mike Sandlock, a bunt single by Eddie Stanky and a long double by Augie Galan. All of that happened after two were out but Dodger hopes never die. , Up to the plate came Dixie Walker, tho "mayor" of Flatbush, and he sent a grounder to deep short. Umpire Tom Dunn ruled I hoi ho wjiii nut nt first bare, but Puroehcr, tho Dodgers, and 24,- 739 furious fans tnougni ovner ...im Tho nooisinn u.-ive Chicaeo a 4 to 3 victory, but though it ended the game, it didn't and the demonstration. Giants Win Dick (Kewpio) Barrett of the uhMiioc or.i th nod over Charlev (Red Barrett of t h e Cardinals with a 3 to 2 victory at Phila delphia. Th; Giants made an early lead stand up for a 3 to 2 victory over the Pirates at New York. Jack Brewer gave up six hits, one a homer io Johnny Barrett, to beat rookie star, Ken Gables. Rnrlrtv Lewis hit his first homer since returning from the aimy to the Washington Senators ma 3 to 1 victory over the Tigers at Detroit. The victory put Wash ington only two and a half games out of first place. Cleveland climbed to within a half game of third place by beat ing the visiting Athletics, 6 to 4, for the sixth straight Indian vic tory. Yanks Lose Boston stopped its six game losing streak against the White Sox at Chicago, 8 to 2, with a 15-hit attack. The Brow n s li a n d c d the Yankees their eighth straight loss, 4 to I, at St. Louis, equaling the longest losing run in Man ager Joe McCarthy's 15-ycar-legime. The defeat tumbled the Yanks to sixth place but Man ager McCarthy and First Base man Nick Etten weren't around at the finish. Etten was eject, d for tossing dirt on umpire Red Jones and McCarthy went out in an arguir. 'lit on the play involv ig Etten, a close one at first base. It was the first time in 10 years McCarthy had been ejected from a game. Cincnnati and Boston were not scheduled in the national. Hunters Likely lo Get Enough Shells WASHINGTON, Aug. IK (UP) A WPH spokesman indicated today prospects are favorable hunters will be able to g-t most of their needs for shotgun and rifle shells by the time tho hunt ing season opens lbs fall. The spokesman said, however, the continued shortages of lead and tin still cloud the situation. A belli r estimate of ptospecls .should be available soon, he said. 15 Million New Homes Expected WASHINGTON. Aug. 1H (UP) American families will havo 15.000,001) new homes within the next III years. This is the estimate of the na tion's post-war building chief, Hugh Potter, head of the inter agency committee on construc tion in Hie office of war mobiliza tion and reconversion. Pol'er said construction of homes will start slowly and we'll be fortunate if we tan build as many as SOO.OIIO in the next thive years.' Feller Soon Will Rejoin Cleveland GREAT LAKES. Auq. 18 (UP) Chief specialist Bob Feller, pro-war pitching ace of the C'evplnnd Indians, will be re leased from the navy within 72 hours, the navy disclosed today. Commander R. M. Emmctt, ol the Crcat Lakes naval train ing station, said the process o! transferring Fcllrr trom the navy to civi1 an life would be gin at the training station this atterneen. From there he will go to the navy demobilization center at navy pier in Chicago. Ho should be released from there within 72 hours. Emmctt said. If everything goes as sched uled. Feller probably can re join the Cleveland club by Thursday. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 Complete Local Reports Saturday, August 18, 1945 It J ml W 'Vi I 1 I LUSCIOUS LORELEIS Kitty Frei and Sara Booth, Asheville cuties, select flies preparatory to baiting lines in hope of luring some of the perch that fill Neel's creek, a stream set aside for fisherwomen in North Carolina. Today's Sport Parade By JACK CUDDY LONDON, Aug. 18 (UP) Two bespectacled sergeants, complet ing the first tennis tournament at historic Wimbledon since 1939, were matched today in the finals (of the European theater singles competition. Tiie opponents are little Sgt. Dick McKee of Miami, Fla., and tall lean Staff Sgt. Charles Hare, the ex-British Davis cupper, now an American soldier from Chi cago. Both represent the com munications zone. The finals were in the number one court, capable of seating only 6.000, instead of the famous cen ter court where 15,000 can be ac commodated. The center court was so bomb damaged the stands are not safe for fans and a por tion of the roof on the cast side w-as torn off. Except for that there was little damage despite the fact litis was one of tile heaviest bomb-ravaged areas in London. Hundreds of American service men and women wandered about the Hi grass courts anrl the nine hard courts remarking about -their beauty iK'forc watching Friday's semi-finals. Joe Kahut Knocks Out Colored Giant PORTLAND, Aug. 18 (UP) Woodburn's dynamite boy in blue, Joe Kahut, proved last night naval duty hasn't weakened his punch by flooring Moose Ken nedy, Negro giant, in 1:59 of the fifth round in a main event re match before 5000 persons in the Portland auditorium. Kennedy weighed 19G, Kahut 180. KNUS TONKJHT "THK rvi'itttva Ain't That Ducky Merrii' Melody Cartoon I SilL l ,'"i""'"n' OS) SPORTS 1'age 8 UP Staff Correspondent Norah Cleather, the acting sec retary of the all-England Tennis club which operates Wimbledon, said she was delighted that tourn ament play was being resumed and that she hoped it would be running full blast with interna tional competition resumed short ly. However, that may be a tricky problem because some Londoners object lo repairs being completed on a tennis club, no matter how historic, until they can get roofs over their own heads. Amateur Cochran Leads Nelson 9 Strokes in Open MEMPHIS, Aug. 18 (UP) Out of the amateur ranks came St. Louis' Bob Cochran today to make it virtually certain Byron Nelson's remarkable golf tourn ament winning streak is about to end. For nine holes in the Memphis invitational tournament yeiVer day, Cochran traveled at record pace, finishing tho round with a HO, best card for the distance ever chalked up over the Chickasaw course. He cooled off only a Utile on the return, finishing the day with a seven under par 65. That gave him a two day total of IM, two strokes ahead of an other outsider, George Low of Clearwater, Fla., who had a Vio, and nine strokes ahead of Nelson, whose 142 total made him 13th in the field. Others at par or better for the two days included Al Zimmer man of Portland, Ore. THRKK CABALI.EROS" SUNDAY MON DA Y TU KSD A Y CHAlt tUGGlES ' DOROTHY GISH EUIAH BONDI-JMES BUOWIs Bill EDWAIDS 4 rtllMOUNT tictuil Fox News Down the Fairways Coast League Comes Close to New Mark By United Press The Pacific coast baseball league came close lo meeting a record Friday night when only one relief pitcher was called in from the bullpen to rescue a starting pitcher. Otherwise all Baseball Standings By United Presi v AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Detroit 62 '45 .579 Washington 60 48 .556 Chicago 57 51 .528 Cleveland .'. 56 51 .523 St. Louis 54 52 .509 New York 52 52 .500 Eoston 52 58 .473 Philadelphia 34 70 .327 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 71 38 .651 St. Louis 67 46 .593 Brooklyn 62 48 .564 New York 61 52 .540 Pittsburgh 59 56 .513 Boston 52 63 .452 Cincinnati 45 64 .413 Philadelphia 31 81 .277 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Portland 87 53 .621 Seattle 80 59 .676 6Vi Sacramento 75 66 .532 12 San Francisco.. 72 69 .511 15Vj Oakland 68 74 .479 20 San. Diego 65 78 .455 12 Los Angeles.... 61 80 .433 26 Hollywood 56 85 .397 21 Pauline Betz Will Meet Osborne For Tennis Trophy CHESNUT HILL, Aug. 18 (UP) National champion Pauline Betz of Los Angeles and Marga ret Osborne of San Francisco, who have divided their two prey-1 ious 1945 tournament matcthes, meet today in the finals of the Longwood Cricket club women's invitational tennis tournament. Miss Betz advanced into the finals by defeating Louise Brough of Beverly Hills, Calif., 10-8, 6-2, in a match marked by Miss Betz inspired rally after she trailed by five games in the first set. Miss Osborne eliminated Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Cooke in a minor upset, 6-8, 6-2, 6-4. In doubles play, Miss Brough and Miss Osborne will play Miss Betz and Doris Hart of Miami, Fla., for the championship. The Brough-Osborne team de feated Mrs. Patricia Canning Todd ot Lafayette, Calif., and Barbara Krase, San Francisco, 6-0, 6-1. The Misses Betz and Hart eliminated Mrs. Cooke and Dorothy Bundy, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2. Many War Workers Have Other Jobs, Many Plan School PORTLAND, Aug. 18 (UP! Approximately 15 percent of the discharged employes at the Kais er company yard at Vancouver said in interviews today they plan to return to their home states immediately. Forty per cent said they are already look ing for other jobs,. and about one third of the workers laid oH dis closed definite promises of other employment. About 10 percent of those dis charged, all married women, said they intended to resume the ca reer of housewives. A small per centage of those laid off an nounced plans to go to school. Grail a i a S Daffv detecting turns honeymoon into wacky wedding nigntmaret tW p 1 sfess p0RGE MURPHY W(pHSM i j LENOREAUBERT k o.'l B? M-JFjto'V"i -d br K5M" nilCWS jtAtJO , $ Iff V'xJi? X :'" IVh4 by tOCXf SUTMtttAHO T '. j VvV).9'j! Li f Sc. HoT hy Howo-d J .. f j :. p v y "f? yf starting pitchers finished in the approved fashion. Standout mound performance Friday night was given by 17-year-old Joe Vivaldi who restrict ed Hollywood to ithree hits while his Sacramento teammates pound ed out a 2-0 victory. - The runner-up spot for pitching efforts went to Charley Cuellar of Los Angeles, who turned back Seat tle with five hits in winning, 3-0. Wins 14th ,v Oakland stopped Portland, the pacesetlers. 5-4, with Damon Hayes besting Roy Helser. Frank Seward won his 14th pitching victory for San Francisco with a 5-1 triumph over San Diego. Young Vivaldi was making his debut as a starting pitcher and he held the Stars hitless until the fifth inning when Hollywood got two hits and followed with ithe final hit in the next stanza. Los Angeles scored three pay off runs in the eighth inning. Rip Russell batted in the first two scores with a single. Then stole second and came on across when Mel Hicks rapped a single off shortstop Joe Dobbins' shins. Wiped Out C Tl nnl. n UrinF nnn.nin lead in the third but that was promptly wiped out in the next frame when San Francisco scored a pair and followed through with two more in the fifth and an ex tra tally in the sixth. Oakland bagged one run in the second frame, but Ted.Gullic sent the Beavers ahead in the same frame by clouting a homer with Charley English on first by a hit. Oakland came back in the fifth. Portland tallied its last run in tha seventh. Monday! Sew and Save! . Printed Percales A back to school sewinjr opport unity. Over 1200 yards of fine quality yard wide percales in this offer in";. SHOP EARLY! Mondayn-dTuesday lib W1 Sh liilil? r- r-s 5-" . I
