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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.
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noutraliied island
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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- .
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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
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Complete Local Reports
Saturday, August 18, 1945
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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