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ESTABLISHED 1896
LA GRANDE, OREGON TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1945
FIVE CENTS
4-N Fai
Set Here
Tw8 Days
County wide 4-H club fair
for the exhibition of club
projects will be held Sept. 19
and 20 at the county fair
grounds, it was announced to
day. '
All 4-H club exhibits are sched
uled to be in place by 10 a. m.
Sept. 19, with judging beginning
immediately and continuing un
til all projects have been placed.
The faif eliminates the judg
ing of 4-H club projects at local
achievement days, and will be
the members' only opportunity
for projects to be judged. ;
Scheduled for Sept. 20 are a
livestock judging contest and de
monstrations for 4-H club mem
bers, a n d county style review
(judged not on the workmanship
of the dress so much as how it
appears on the girl).
- Four-H: leaders are hoping to
have a judging contest for the
girls, also, although definite plans
have not yet been made.
Dairy s t'ock to be exhibited
must be tested for Bang's disease
if the animals are six months old
or older, it was announced.
Bradley Declares
'Jobs For AH'
Prime Concern .
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UP)
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, new
veterans administrator, told sen
ators considering a "jobs for all"
bill today getting a job is "the
greatest concern" of the return
ing veteran; Bradley said a lot
of soldiers coming back are not
going to be satisfied with the
jobs they left when they went
to war. if-
"They are going to want to ap
ply what they have learned in
the service," he said.
The four-star general made it
clear he does not want his testi
. -mony to ube, taken, as indicating
either "approval or disapproval"
of the bill-under consideration.
Bradley was lead-off witness in
senate banking committee hear
ings on the measure.
Committee Chairman Robert t .
Wagner, D., N. Y., told reporters
he believes the bill will reach the
u senate floor by mid-September
and said it "should go into efleci
as of Jan. 1, 1946."
Wagner said the bill is on the
list of "must" legislation Pres
ident Truman will submit to con
gress when it reconvenes Sept. 5.
- . rn-'
Marshall Aide New
State Assistant
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UP)
i President Truman today ap
pointed Col. Frank McCarthy of
Richmond, 'Va., to be an assistant
secretary of state succeeding Ju-
! lius C. Holmes, resigned.
' McCarthy has been on the war
department's general staff as an
i aide to Gen. George C. Marshall,
chief of staff. In his new post,
McCarthy will direct administra-
' tion of the state department and
the U. S.'Toreign service.
Baseball Results
lA AMERICAN LEAGUE
. New York 3 8 0
Chicago 0 5 1
Batteries: ' Ruffing and Gar
bark; Lee, Johnson (9) & Tresh.
R H F.
Philadelphia 7 17 1
Detroit 6 14 1
, Batteries: Newsom, Berry (7)
and Rosar; Benton, Caster (7),
Houtteman (9), Tobin (11) and
Swift, Richard (7).
' R H E
Washington 11 15 1
Cleveland 8 13 2
Batteries: Ullrich (7), Picrctti
(8) arid Ferrell; Klieman, Salve
son (5), Hoag (7), Reynolds 9)
and Hayes.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R H E
St. Louis 8 13 0
i Boston 4 12 6
Batteries: Barrett and O'Dea;
Hutchings. Hendrickson (2), Sin
gleton (8) and Masi.
R H E
Pittsburgh 12 18 0
Brooklyn I 8 2
Batteries: Gables and Lopez;
Gregg, King (1), Lombardi (6)
and Sandlock.
Weather
Data for 24 hours to 7 a. m.
Temperature:
Maximum 86
Minimum 40
Forecast: Mostly clear tonight
and Wednesday.
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DEFEATED JAPS LAND AT
Jap surrender arrangements delegation file out of a C-54 transport on arrival at Nichols field, in
Manila from Ie Shima. The Jap officer leading his party is Lt. Gen. Torashiro Kawabe. vice chief
of Japanese imperial staff.
Truman Order Ends Lend-Lease
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UP)
President Truman has ordered
an immediate halt in the United
States' multi-billion dollar lend
lease program, the White House
announced today. The lend-lease
program, initiated in 1940 as a
defense measure and continued
as an instrument of war after the
United States entered the con
flict, has cost this country about
$39,000,000,000.
The president ordered Leo T.
Crowley, foreign economic ad
ministrator, to cancel "all out
Ogilvy Trial May Start in October
Rancher Held on Charge of Murder
Trial of Claude N. Ogilvy, 70, Cove rancher, on charge of first
degree murder in the death of Jack Stareo, 57, will probably start
the first week in October, according to District Attorney Colon
Sberhard. ' ,
Ogilvy is still in the county Jail and has not yet obtained coun
sel. He has not been arraigned and has not asked to be admitted
to bail. The charge on which he is held is not a bailable offense.
He was arrested July 25.
Ogilvy wus arrested at his ranch home by Deputy County Sher
iff Hugo Klinghammer after witnesses told slate police and the
county officials Ogilvy had killed Stureo with a shotgun blast in
an argument over a fence.
Burned House, 14
Roadside Fires,
Butchered Cow
OLYMPIA, Aug. 21 (UP) A
weekend spree is over for three
persons accused of burning
down a house, lighting 14 road
side fires and butchering a cow
without the owner's permission.
Ed Angwood, 27, Michigan
Hill, Wash., pleaded guilty in
superior court yesterday to a
charge of arson and drew a 20
year prison term. Two 'teen
aged accomplices, Jim Cordell
and Dennis Ruble, have been
charged with arson, but prose
cutor Levy Johnson said a new
information will be filed charg
ing burglary. A 15-y e a r - old
youth also implicated was re
leased. Sheriff Frank C. Tomblyn
said the escapade began with
Angwood driving a car along a
highway south of Olympia
while the boys tossed out light
ed matches. Later the quartet
burglarized a farm house and
then burned it.
The trail led to a ranch where
the four shot and killed a cow,
mut off the hind quarters and
cooked them at the home of
Vance Newhart, Michigan Hill.
Newhart is held for investiga
tion. Synthetic Tires
'Here To Stay'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UP)
Motorists can look forward to
an end of tire rationing by the
first of the year, but synthetic
tires and tubes are here for a
long stay.
That's the opinion of rubber
experts. The war production
board expects rationing of pas
senger tires to end "within two
or three months" and truck tires
"within three or four months."
The "victory" passenger tire
is expected to have a synthetic
rubber tread and natural rubber
ply. It's going to be a good tire,
according to WPB experts, and
will have a 40,000-milc life or
better. That is equal to the dura
bility of the average prewar tire
of 100 percent natural rubber.
This year 25,000,000 passenger
tires will be produced from these
improved processes.
MANILA Preceeded by an American
standing contracts for lend-lease"
except where allied governments
are willing to make payments or
where it is "in the interests of the
United States to complete them."
The White House statement
said Truman also authorized
Crowley to negotiate with cus
tomers for the sale to them of
lend-lease supplies.
The stockpiles abroad total be
tween $1,000,000,000 and $1,500,
000,000, the White House said.
Another $2,000,000,000 worth of
lend-lease contracts for non-mu
Attorney Henry Hess
Awards Scholarship
A sophomore scholarship in the
amount of $74 has been awarded
to Janette Mae Frazler of Milton,
who will be a sophomore at East
ern Oregon college next fall. The
scholarship was granted by Hen
ry L. Hess, attorney here.
Forest Fire Again
Races For Coast
PORTLAND, Aug. 21 (UP)
Flames of Oregon's 150,000 acre
month-old forest fire raced to
ward the Tillamook county coast
today after fighters had the blaze
controlled for nearly a week.
Dense smoke clouds and flying
embers covered the new burn at
the edge of Nehalcm bay pasture
lands whore the flames jumpd
the natural fire line and ate their
way toward Botterson.
Green areas only one and a
halt miles from the small Mohler
community are burning. Sol
diers from Neahkanhie camp and
pumpers have been sent to the
urea.
Accurate scouting of the east
Foley peak is prevented by heavy
smoke. Foley peak is by the
edge of the old burn at the south
ern corner of the new outbreak.
The fire there is near green tim
ber which extends to the coast,
and in the path of dry easterly
winds.
The Snoqualmie, Washington
national forest fire has spread
over 900 acres.
Pat Cavanaugh Finds Primitive State in
The following excerpts were
taken from a letter received by
John Cavanuaugh from his daugh
ter, Pat, now a cryptographer in
Puerto Rico. The latter was
dated Aug. 14:
"Everyone Is very excited
down here on the rumors of the
war ending in the Pacific. After
all the false rumors, I won't be
lieve anything until I see a writ
ten statement by the war depart
ment. I've heard San Francisco
and New York did quite a lot of
celebrating because they didn't
officer, members of the IB-man
nitions and finished goods is un
completed. Halt in lend-lease shipments
became effective for each country
when its mission received notifi
cation. The president's instructions to
Crowley stipulated "if the mili
tary needs lend-lease supplies for
the movement of troops or for
occupation purposes, the military
will be responsible for procure
ment." Ross did not elaborate on the
possibility some lend-lease con
tracts will continue.
Robert Bradshaw
Again in Hospital
Robert Bradshaw, 16, was re
admitted to Grande Ronde hos
pital yesterday afternoon with
a fractured skull. Young Brad
shaw, o.io of eight youths iri-
jured in a wreck near Island
City early Saturday, had been.,
released from the hospital af
ter examination, as having
"minor injuries," and the frac
ture became apparent only re
cently. Still In the hospital are: Paul
Carmen, 17; Jim Nichols, 16;
Julieanne Dunn, 14; Carroll
Jean Nichols, 14; Robert Math
is, 15 Roy Allen, 14. and Stan
ley Porter, 16, have been re
leased, More Bean Pickers
Needed at Once
PORTLAND, Aug. . 21 (UP)
Much of Oregon's one-million-plus
dollar bean crop will be lost
unless more pickers show up this
week, the farm labor office re
ported today.
Losses will run into several
hundred thousand dollars, the of
fice said. From 150 to 200 acres
in Lane county around Eugene
will have to be abandoned. In
the Salem area, a thousand pick
ers are needed by the middle of
the week. At least 500 pickers
are needed in Yamhill county
around McMinnville.
Mi s. Ed Wright
Dies in Portland
Funeral services for Mrs. Ed
Wright, former La Grande resi
dent who died yesterday morning
at Portland after illness of a
month, have not yet been ar
ranged, according to word receiv
ed here by her brother. Will
Clark.
Mrs. Wright was a native of
Cove and had lived in Union
county for many years. Her hus
band was for a long time county
clerk. When he died in 1927 she
moved to Portland to be with her
mother. Her son, John, who is
in the armed services, was home
on leave at the time of her death.
believe the news was false.
"The other day, I went for a
drive in the country and saw
what life is like in the tropics
where there isn't any civilization.
We drove along a winding road
along the Atlantic. Here and
there were straw, one-room huts
where as many as 10 people lived
without any visible means of
sanitation and no beds but ham
mocks and rags on the floor. 1
tows and rowa of tutor cane,
millions of cocoanut trees, and
banana trees. :
Yanks toOccupyJapanese
HomelandStartingSunday
Murder Mart Killings
SEATTLE, Aug. 21 (UP) La
belling him the operator of a
"murder mart," peddling homi
cides for $500 each, King county
authorities today filed charges of
attempted murder against Wil
liam Jennings Cooper, 47, after
disclosure of a plot to kill a 39-year-pld
Seattle woman.
Cooper's bail was set at $25,
000. '
Authorities said they uncov
ered the operations of the al
leged murder syndicate during
an Investigation into the boot
leg slaying of Waltre Bernard
Foley, jr., 22-year-old former
liquor investigator, Aug. 6.
Chief deputy prosecutor John
J. Kcnnett and chief of county
detectives George H. Lohrer, said
two men, farmer Calloway Thom
as, 25, and Robert Timme, 37, also
were formally charged after they
signed statements admitting one
of them was hired to slay Mrs.
Gladys Pauline Bailey,
Timme was charged with grand
larceny growing out of murder
WPB Ends Control
On Building of
Some Factories
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UP)
The war production board to
day relaxed construction controls
to permit the building of factor
ies, plants, and other industrial
facilities.
The agency estimated industry
is ready to go ahead with about
4,500,000,000 worth of such con-
Birucuuii. wr-o uiuei was lssueu,
It said, to speed up reconversion.
The agency listed these pro
jects which now may be con
structed without its authoriza
tion: 1. Mining, smelting and refin
ing, foundries
2. Logging and lumbering op
erations including retail.
3. Pulp plants and industrial
research, laboratories.
4. Food processing plants.
5. Textile mills, excluding
tailors' or dressmakers' establish
ments. 6. Printing and publishing
establishments.
Four Members of
Doolittle'8 Band
Taken From Japs
CHUNGKING, Aug. 21 (UP)
Four members of Lt. Gen. James
H. Doolittle's Tokyo raiders have
been liberated by American para
troopers dropped at Peiping, it
was revealed today, but several
other paratroop rescue operations
encountered Japanese or Russian
objections.
The Doolittlc airmen were
among a group of 12 Americans
liberated in the Peiping area by
a group of paratroop volunteers
of the office of strategic services.
Body of Sailor
Found in Canal
KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 21
(UP) The body of Andrew Ye's
ko, AMM 3c, Erie, Pa., was re
covered yesterday after he plung
ed to his death from a bridge
railing here.
Navy officials reported Yesko
was accompanied by five other
sailors and four girls. He tried
to walk the railing of the bridge,
slipped, and fell into the govern
ment canal. Two of his compan
ions, J. R. Jenkins and K. M.
Butler, leaped after Yesko but
were unable to rescue him.
"Right in the middle of no
where, we developed a flat tire
that couldn't have been any flat
ter. To top things off, the jack
had been stolen. So Mrs. J. and
I stood by the car waiting and
hoping for another to come by
while Colonel J. went hiking
down the road to see what he
could find. Pretty soon along
down the road comes a crowd of
jabbering natives carrying huge
machetes; in the middle of them
we distinguished Colonel J., who
was doing a lot of motioning
racket operations and is also
charged jointly with Thomas of
conspiracy to commit homicide.
The assignment to kill Mrs.
Bailey was not carried out, but
instead the men said they hid
the woman in an auto court and
conspired to collect the money
on the pretense they had earn
ed it.
Timme, a carpenter, Kennett
said, admitted he wei hired for
the murder but he in turn ap
proached Thomas, a night club
Stockman Hopes to Advance
Grande Ronde Irrigation Plan
PORTLAND, Auk. 21 (UP)
Stockman of Oregon said today, the bintrost problem now,
m lus opinion, is to take the tetters olf industry.
Pentup buying' power will solve the unemployment, prob
lem if industry is granted such freedom, he believes. Stock
man estimated reconversion will last from four to six months
and with the controls of industry
the natural demands of the pub
lic will create new jobs.
The shipyard layoff situation is
"regrettable, but the end of the
war caught everyone unprepar
ed," he suid.
Stockman' favors secretary of
agriculture Clinton Anderson's
farm program and believes that
the lifting of restrictions on ag
ricultural production and ration
ing will result in more buying
rather than lower prices.
When Stockman returns to
Washington, D. C, he intends to
work for some Oregon irrigation
project. His special projects, rang
ing from $3,000,000. to $8,000,000
each, located at Bully creek, Mal
heur county; Powder river, Ba
ker county; Grande Ronde.
Nelle Grimmett
Resigns as Clerk
Of Ration Board
- Nolle Grimmett, chief clerk at
the rationing bourd, has resigned
effective Sept. 1, it was an
nounced toduy. She has been a
board member since the start of
rationing.
"Now that the majority of ra
tioning has been discontinued,"
she said, "my duties arc no long
er necessary, so I plan to return
to my insurance business."
Man Held Confesses
Stealing From Mail
GRANTS PASS, Aug. 21 (UP)
Robert Patrick Morgan, 27, is
in county jail here today pending
arrival of postal authorities to in
vestigate charges of mail box rob
bery. Morgan was arrested by state
Police Sgt. J. A. Maulding and
Police Chief Carl Dallus on a
complaint made by Carl Carpen
ter. Finding no mail in his box,
Carpenter held a conference witii
the mailman and discovered mail
had been left at his home. The
two men stopped Morgun, the
only stranger in that vicinity, und
held him in the Carpenter car un
til police arrived.
Morgan confessed to the theft
and also admitted taking mail
from boxes in Portland, Vancou
ver, San Francisco, Sun Bernar
dino, Calif., and cashing checks
contained in the letters.
AUDIENCE WITH POPE
VATICAN CITY, Aug. 21 (UP)
Pope Pius XII gave a private
audience today to Edward D. Mc
Kim, special assistant to Pres
ident Truman. McKim talked
with the pope for half an hour.
Puerto Rico
with his arms. He couldn't speak
Spanish and they couldn't speak
English so you can imagine how
they got along. Finally another
car came along and lent ut their
jack, so sfter a lot of jibber-jabber
they ot the tire on end
Colonel i. tot thm up to a lit
tle hut that evidently was their
bar and bought them a drink.
Said he couldn't down the stuff
they had but ordered drinks for
all of them. He skirted out with
ten fellows and ended up with
20."
$500 Each
bouncer and former prise fight
er for the job,
Thomas then disclosed t5 Tim
me, Kennett said, he was en
gaged to Mrs. Bailey's daughter
and the pair agreed to. save her.
The deputy prosecutor said the
plot apparently had its origin in
an altercation between Mrs. Bail
ey and Cooper.-Mrs. Bailey has
charged in a civil action Cooper
had beaten her during an auto
mobile ride and threatened to
kill her.
U. S. Representative Lowell
Public Schools' to
Cost 30 Millions
During 1945-46
SALEM, Aug. 21 (UP) Cost of
operating Oregon s public schools
for the- 1945-48 school year prob
ably will reach $30,025,000, Gov.
Earl Snell's tax study commission
was told yesterday.
Supt. Rex Putnam estimated
that the. largest percentage of
cost would ba employment, of
teachers and administrative offi
cials...... , X
School . cost in Oregon last
school year was $22,544,558.
Estimated enrollment- for the
coining year is 237,387, an in
crease of approximately 11,000.
Putnam suggested that mini
mum slate equalization fund be
provided to effectuate the state's
share of the school, program to
about 59 percent of the current
operating costs.
The commission announced
James Barrik of Washington, D.
C, has been employed as the
commission's executive secretary
and administrator.
State Senator Coe McKenna
newly-uppointed member of the
committee, said he does not in
tend to advocate a sales tux be
fore the commission. He prev
iously hud publicly endorsed the
sales lax.
The next commission meeting
will be held early in September,
It wus announced.
Commander Has
One Lucky Day
PORTLAND, Aug. 21 (UP) Lt.
Comdr. Albert A. Muttera really
hud a lucky day.
Firsl while in the shipyard
where his minesweeper is being
repaired from south Pacific in
vasion inflicted damages, Muttera
lost his wallet containing over
$100. As he hunted for it, u yurd
worker returned it to him.
A half hour later, the navy re
ceived word of his promotion to
lieutenant commander. He'd been
waiting for it several months.
Celebrating at a party, he won a
first prize. He is from Roches
ter, N. Y.
Japs Have Only 55
Combat Ships Left
GUAM. Aug. 21 (UP) Only 55
combat vessels, including six Ger
man submarines, remain of Ja
pan's once formidable fleet of 382
fighting ships, it was announced
today by Adm. Chester W. Nim
itz' headquarters on the busis of
official reports confirmed by
Japan's surrender envoys.
Rear Adm. Forres. C. Sher
man, deputy chief of staff for
Nimitz, said that Japanese offi
cials at the Manila conference
with Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur
had confirmed the "complete
destruction" of the enemy's navy
and the reduction of her once for
midable merchant fleet to a rela
tive handful of ships.
The Japanese naval envoy at
Manila, Sherman said, asserted
l he nearly complete choking off
of the island empire's sea lanes
hud brought an acuto shortage of
food, transportation and gasoline.
Air Men
Will Go
In First
MANILA, Aug. 21 (UP)
Japan announced today the
American occupation of her
homeland will begin Sunday
when airborne forces will land
in the Tokyo area,
.The Japanese high command
revealed the airborne occupation
forces would be followed t w 6
days Inter by American naval
forces, landing at Yokoshuka at
the entrance to Tokyo bay.
No Contact -V
Withdrawal of Japanese army
and navy forces from the occu
pation areas was ordered after
Tokyo propaganda broadcasts
had expressed fear some "hot
headed" Japanese army men
might attempt to battle the oc
cupation troops.
The Japnnese high command
sought to reassure the Japanese
public which apparently feared
occupation areas might be turn
ed into buttle zones. It also or
dered "non-fraternization."
The first American troops will
kind at Atsuki, just southwest of
Tokyo, the Japanese announce
ment revealed.
Send Police
Gendarmes are to be sent to
maintain order in the area from
ivhich the military has been with
drawn, . -, .
, The public was barred from'
use of railroads in the affected
area because all rail facilities will
be required for the troop move
ment. Anyone who ordinarily
uses trains to ride to work is in
structed to stay at home while
the movement is being carried
out.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, su
preme allied occupation com
munder, announced yesterday he
will "proceed to Japan" within
10 days with ground, air and na
val units to receive Japan's sur
render. Whether he personally
will travel by plane or warship
was not announced.
Japanese Surrender
Envoy 8 See Chinese '
CHUNGKING, Aug. 21 (UP)
The Chinese central news agency
reported today that a Japanese
surrender delegation arrived at
the Chihkiang airfield.
The Japanese delegation was
headed by General Yiyoshi, dep
uty chief of staff to Gen. Yasuji
Okamura, the Japanese com
mander in China. Okamura is ex
pected at Chihkiang. Thursday.
The British mUtTary mission
reported British naval units are
now enroute to Hong Kong to ac
cept the Japanese surrender
there. The Japanese were report
ed to have signed a separate sur
render at Amoy with the local
Chinese commander who took
over the port city.
52,000 Japanese
Surrender to Reds
LONDON, Aug. 21 (UP) The
soviet communique tonight re
ported 52,000 more Japunese pris
oners have surrendered to ' ad
vancing soviet far eastern forces
in Manchuria. Among those taken
prisoner were the commanders of
tho first, third and fifth Kwan
tung armies, the communique re
ported. Soviet forces on Sakhalin
island also advanced.
The Red army advance was ac
companied by a broadcast to sov
iet troops to remember they had
entered Manchuria as liberators
rather than as conquerors.
The broadcast came as three
soviet armies completed the oc
cupation of Mukden, Harbin and
Changchun, Manchuria's three
most important cities, and began
mopping up..
Japanese troops' were surren
dering by the tens of thousands.
Mr. Fred Gaxkell
Die at Grants Ps
Mrs. Fred C. Gaskell, former
resident of La Grande, has died
in a Grants Pass hospital where
she wn convalescing .from a
heart ailment, according to word
received here toduy. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow
pending the arrival of relatives.