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Today We Pay Tribute to KM GM 1c Meade Mallard, jr., son of Meade Ballard of Union. He had six months training at San Diego, and v-a later transferred to Ivor folk, Va. He went overseas in March, 191,'), and was in North Africa for 10 months, He participated in the invti. sions or Sicily and Salerno ne fore being transferred to Erie land, after which he took Dart in the invasion of France. His wife and two small daughters live at Union. MSgl. Ernest G. Kelts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Koltz, La Grande, has reported to Buer field. Indiana troop car rier commund air base, for redo. ploymenl and reassignment. Ho went overseas in September, 111411, and was stationed in r.ngland and France with the 72nd T. C Sqdn. where he was flight chief. He returned to the United States on July 2, 11145, and has been awarded the air moral, presiden tial unit citation, good conduct medal, and ETO ribbon with five bottle stars. Before entering the armed forces, he was employed at Boeing Aircraft company, Se attle, and is a graduate of La Grande high school. Sgt. Eugene Farmer, who has been visiting friends In La Grande the past twaveeks, left last night to visit his parents, Mr. and Mis. Charles D. Farmer, Tacoma. CoL Franklin Eberhard. son of Mr. and Mrs. Colon Eber hard, has probably by this time arrived at his destlhation,' Salz burg, Austria, with the army of occupation, according to word re ceived by his parents here. Colonel Eberhard left Saturday night from New York by army plane and was to go to Salzburg instead of Vienna. He was to travel via Casablanca, north Af rica. Colonel Eberhard spent a couple of days with his parents eorly this month. oYour GI Rights Problems of Men ; In Service OUSitEN l SEpjcEj By DOUGLAS LAHSEN WASHINGTON (NEA) Here are some general questions from veterans and their relatives: ' Q. What are the eligibility re quirements for readjustment al lowances? t A. To be eligible for a read justment allowance a veteran (u) shall have served in the active military services of the U. S. at any time after Sept. 1(1, 1040, and prior to the end of the present war; (1) shall have served in ac tive service SKI days or more, or been discharged by reason of an injury or disability incurred in Service in the line of duty; (c) liiust claim allowances for weeks of unemployment occurring not later Hum two years after tile end of the war. or, if he is not lis charged until alter the end of the war, then he must claim his al lowances for weeks of unemploy ment within two years after such discharg? and prior to five years from the termination of the war. , Q. May a veteran who has no service - connected disability be entitled to a pension? A. Yes, if there was war serv ice and if certain requirements ore mel. However, a World Wur 1 veteran or a World War II vet eran may be paid u pension for a non-service connected disease .or Injury only if the disability resulting therefrom is rated as permanent and total. Other pro visions of the Civil War, of an Indian war, or of service In the Spanish-American War, and other engagements, but here may be entitlement irrespective of t h e existence of a service-connected disability. If the only service In the armed loives was other than itti time of wer. pension may be paid to a vel only for scrvice cunrrfvtcc) disability. . M.Mov a v-'Ur.m receive pen jsiMO and lulvislcnco allowance at it$ fuma time? . A. Vei. . Japanese End Air Defense Measures To Allow Landings Also Announce New . Deal Internally In Justice SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21 (UP) Japanese air defense measures, including the blackout, "light control and sound control will be removed effective at mid night today," an imperial defense announcement broadcast by Ra dio Tokyo said today. Presumably lifting the oir de fense precautions was to pave the way for early anticipated land ings by American airborne troops. tarlier Tokyo broadcasts record ed by United Press said the gov ernment had authorized retool ing of Japanese national economy and governmental controls to fit the coming peace. A finance ministry office charged with formulating post war finance plans began to func tion today, the broadcasts said. Pudposes are to: 1. Reorganize government institutions, 2. Form ulate provisional measures for control and disposal of army and navy property, 3. Advise on debts guaranteed by government, 4. Revise policies of economic con trol, 5. Dispose of special Jap anese corporations abroad, 8. Continue banking, 7. Advise on monetary questions pertaining to occupational army, and 8. Settle reparations. The broadcasts also reported a I Japanese "new deal" from the justice department. At a press conference, Justice Minister Chu- zo Iwata said that while public order will be strictly enforced, legal proceeding)!, proseciltionls. and personal rights will be re spected. Broadcasts announced amuse ment centers will reopen and censorship of mail will be discon tinued. Second Atom Bomb Crushed Houses 10 Miles Away SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 21 (UP) Rudlo Tokyo said today the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan turned Nagasaki into desert of rubble and even crushed farmhouses 10 miles dis tant. A photograph of the center of the city published in the Tokyo newspaper Mainichi shows noth ing but rubble "as far as the eye could see," the enemy broadcast said. A second picture was said to reveal "the tragic scene 10 miles away, where farm houses are ither crushed down or the roofs torn asunder." The bomb was dropped on Na gasaki, arsenal and naval base ity on western Kyushu, by a ings Superfortress Aug. !). three days after the first atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima. Strategic air force headquarters n the Pacific said the bomb used against Nagasaki was of such im proved design and power it made the one dropped on Hiroshima obsolete. Tokyo said a photographer who rushed to Nagasaki immediately Iter the raid found it a "dead ity." Kirk Says Soldiers Men, Not Cases' FORT LEWIS, Wash., Aug. 21 (UP) The U. S. soldiers for horn the war is not' 'all over" the men wounded in action had their inning last night when Maj. en. Norman T. Kirk, surgeon general of -the U. S. army, told their story at Madman hosuitul didicution ceremonies. "On August 14. there were 312.- 000 army hospital patients in this country an all-time high. With in ill) days all Pacific casualties will be back in the United States. Then watch the figures go up." He was quiet a moment, and then snapped: "1 saw too many would-be wvll wishers make bums out of wounded service men in the last war. Wounded men don't want charity. They've already been subsidized by the government. They don't want phony sympathy. They are men not cases." Sold ier's Da u g h ter To Get Treatments MAI. DEN, Mass., Aug. 21 (UP) A young army officer left for his Texas post today while the 3-year-old crippled daughter he had offered for adoption was hos pitalized under cure of a fellow officer, a spastic paralysis spe cialist. Lt. Travis Bryan disclosed lust night his blonde, blue-eyed daughter, Diana, was taken to the hospital cottages for children B! Buldwmsville. a stut,. institu tion, where she will be treated lor the paialysis which hus af flicted her since birth. 1 EA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 Complete Local Keports Tuesday, August 21, 1945 Today's Sport Parade By JACK CUDDY LONDON, Aug. 21 (UP) O. R, Glanvill, chairman of the British lawn tennis association, believes the next Davis cup finals will be held in Australia early in Jan uary, 1947. Such a prediction by Glanvill verges. on the historic because this tall, lean, gray-haired man of 7J rarely speaks for publico tion. He probably is the most conservative and most respected individual in international tennis. Took Risk His armor was penetrated by United States sports writers dur ing the weekend U. S. army tour nament ut Wimbledon, when he promised to hold a press confer ence in London at the Cumber land hotel if we Americans would promise to drink tea. We had wry faces, much to his delight, but said we would risk the gastro nomic repercussions to obtain the nterview. Glanvill, properly suited in gruy tweed, sat at the end of a long table and rolled like a boxer with the punch when they pre sented a fish course, seemingly the only entree in England, while the Americans rolled their eyes in holy horror. Glanvill, who has seen every Flying Will Bring 'New Era' in Sports Declare 2 Coaches PORTLAND, Aug. 21 (UP) A new era in athletics in which teams will be flown across coun try and even over the oceans for games was envisaged today by the University of Oregon's two outstanding coaches, G. A. (Tex) Oliver and Howard Hobson. . Both coaches arc just returned from service coaching, Oliver to pick up the football chores where lie left off three years ago and Hobson to resume his basketball duties. Speaking to a Portland audi ence, they said plans are made to fly football and basketball teams from the west coast to New York's Madison Square Garden, to Honolulu and probably event ually to British and European schools, which could be included in collegiate athletic schedules. Talbert Topseeded At Southampton SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 21 (UP) William Talbert, Wil mington, Del., unbeaten in tourn ament play all season, was top seeded today in the men's single competition of the annual South ampton invitational meet which drew a field of 40 players, many of them service men. Among the top-flight service stars who are buck and who also will play at Forest Hills arc Lt. Gnrdnar Mulloy of Miami, Fla.; Lt. Seymour Greenberg of New York, fifth ranking na,tionnlty; l.t. Hal Surface, veteran Kansas City player back from three years in India; Capt. Robert Dix on of Los Angeles, returning to competition after a distinguished record as an army air forces fight er pilot. U. S. Ready To Do Business With Finns WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UP) United States is ready today to do business again with Finland former axis satellite which hus established u democratic form of government through "free elec tions." , Prospects of similar action in Greece and Uulgariu governments are not so good. CkDGD QtiUi'il-fl GuhbGd Knstcrtt Oregon Federal Savings and loan Ahmi, of nakor ' ,2014 Brondwtr. Baker, Ore -.;.!. V" SPORTS Page 6 UP Staff Correspondent British championship tournament in the past 50 years even those before Wimbledon said, "don't forget Australia still holds the Davis cup, which it won before the war. ' "Since Australia is the defend er. it is up to Australia to pro. pose soon as resumption of Davis cup play, which tne Aussies win do because they are not only joi- ly good sports but excellent ten nis players. The preliminary rounds prob ably will be held in most coun tries next summer, but tne iinais will be put off until January in Australia, since that month cor responds "down under" with our July. U. S. Certain The challenge round resulting from the preliminaries in the Eu ropean and American zones prob ably will be staged at Forest Hills, N. Y. Glanvill said the United States was virtually certain to become the western hemisphere representative because "the de velopment of excellent tennis players seems to be one of the main industries of both Califor nia and Florida." But he was uncertain what country will represent the Eu ropean zone, being under the im pression plenty of tennis was played in various sections of France throughout the war al though the better French players ore not now known. Britain's prospects he described as uncertain because of six years of war, but he reported several promising young players, most of them still inserviee, are being de veloped in the British isles. He doubted their ability to become sharp enough by next summer. Asked whether amateur and professional tennis players ulti mately would meet in "open competition, as in golf, Glenvill replied acidly: "Gentlemen you must, you rahlly must, have another cup of tea." Beavers to Meet. Angels This Week By United Press Manager Bill, Sweeney's Los Angeles Angels, defending cham pions fading inexorably back into the also-rans will take an underdog stand against the title- hungry Portland Beavers this week in their Pacific coast league scries. The Angels will meet the top dogs in the north city, odds-on favorites to lose. The two time pennant holders were chosen at the season's start to cop the flag, but the manager evidently needs ball players to win ball games. Other games on the week s aganda pit runner - up Seattle against the tough Oakland Acorns, straight from a 4-4 stand off with Portland last week, while Sacramento comes to San Fran cisco, and San Diego visits Hollywood. f rtlttfV '7 RETAILERS ilfeTif IaIi 'twill lib p Ml Olstributot) fey COLUMBIA PISTftlftUn NG CO. ' W. Ui4 Awtmttr fWtton Ore Louise Suggests Course Record in Women's Western By WALTER BYERS CHICAGO, Aug. 21 (UP) A freckled-face young lady from Bobby Jone9' hometown, Louise Suggs of Atlanta, Go., was the same k 1 n d of a .threat in the women's . western amateur golf tournament today as the "old master" used to be two decades ago when he started his sensa tional winning streak. The strength . of Jones' game was his driver and putter, "Ca lamity Jane." And Miss Suggs' history of those two clubs is what makes the 21-year-old Georgia miss such an outstanding threat as the opening round of match play in the women's western am ateur begins over the Knollwood club course. . Miss Suggs, duration southern amateur queen, is an odds-on fa vorite to eliminate Rena Nelson of Chicago in her match today on the basis of the record shatter ing 73 she fired yesterday, giving her medal honors among the 32 who qualified. It left such big-name stars as defending champion Dorothy Germain of Philadelphia and Mrs. Babe Didrikson Zaharias of Los Angeles far in the lurch. Miss Germain posted a 38-40 78 to take fourth place behind two veteran Iowans, Ann Casey of Mason City and Phyllis Otto of Atlantic, who tied for second wilh 76s. ' Baseball Standings By United Press AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. .580 .566 .527 .518 .518 .500 .465 .321 Detroit : 65 47 Washington 64 ' 49 Chicago 59 '. 53 Cleveland :..;58 54 St. Louis 57 53 New York 54 Boston 53 Philadelphia 35 54 61 74 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 74 39 . St. Louis i -...09 57 Brooklyn 63 51 New York ....63 54 .655 .595 .553 .538 .513 .454 .309 .296 Pittsburgh :...:...61 58 Boston M : 65 (Cincinnati ...;.: ...45 68 Philadelphia .'.34 81 Cigaret Winner Too Young To Use Them NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (UP) Seventeen-year-old Tom Brown's first major league homer, the first hit into the upper deck of Brooklyn's left field stands this season, didn't even, net him the usual reward a carton of ciga rets. ... After Brown hit ' the homer against the Pirates yesterday and returned to the dugout, he was presented with the cigarets, given by the sponsors of a radio broad cast of the ball game. Dodger Manager Leo Duroehcr promptly confiscated them. "Too young to smoke," he said. SHOP HERE REGULARLY FOR GROCERIES and MEATS You'll save money because our prices are low. You'll save time because we deliver. Start trading here tomorrow! Sinden's Grocery 1323 Y Ave. . Phone 981 Newhouser Wins 201 Ii To Hold Tiger Lead By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (UP) The Hal Newhouser "express" was exactly on schedule today, winging along toward the best two-year record for any major league pitcher since Dizzy Dean's peak years of 1934 and 1935. Newhouser, the American league's most valuable player last season, finished with 29 victories and nine losses for the Tigers. This year, with Detroit favored to win the pennant, he has won 20 and lost seven to date, which is the identical record he pos sessed Aug. 21, 1944 Win Pair Yesterday he won his fifth shutout of the year, a 4 to 0 job on the visiting Athletics, who were humbled twice. Les Muel ler beat them, 4 to 1, with a four hitter in the second game. New houser was the first iri.jor league pitcher to hit the 20-victory mark this season. If he goes beyond 25 victories, he will be the first Aemrican league pitcher to do the job two years in a row since the regime of Robert Moses Groves of the A's in 1932. The Washington Senators re mained a game and a half behind the Tigers by winning two at Cleveland. Marino Pieretti pitch ed a three-hit shutout to win the opener, 7 to 0, and Alex Carras quel hurled a 6 to 0 seven-hitter in the second game. Yanks Win The Yankees made four runs in the ninth' to top Chicago's ace night-gome pitcher, Earl Cald well, 4 to 1. Walt Dubiel was the winner.. The Browns continued their "hot streak" at St. Louis with a 10 to 6 win over the Red Sox, which they sewed up with a seven-run rally in the second. Ken Burkhardt, Cardinal rook ie, became the first St. Louis pitcher to hurl three straight shutouts since Howie Pollet left for military service in 194:1. Burkhardt blanked the Braves ut Boston, 2 to 0. Foxx Helps Chicago's lead in the National w&sf reduced to six-and-a-hul games wiieii me uianis oeut tuu i T.r 1. iif n . t aic, nuiiti njfse, v 10 o, ai nuw York. It was the second straight defeat for Wyse, league leading pitcher with a record of 18-8. The Giants made 14 hits off Wyse be fore he was ousted in the eighth. Van Lingle Mungo coasted to his I inn win. Jimmy Foxx, who won his first game a sa major league pitcher Sunday, came back yesterday to give the Phils their fourth straight , win with a homer and a single with topped Cincinnati, 4 to 3. Mobiloii Foxx rpDloced Vance Dinfies at I first base when Dinges suffered a broken collarbone. Pittsburgh took advantage of seven Brooklyn errors to win, 11 to 1. Babe Dahlgren and Pete Coscarart hit Pittsburgh homers and 17-year-old Tom Brown got one for the Dodgers, which inci dentally was the longest hit at Ebbets field this season. Di Maggio Awaits Doctor's Decision ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 21 (UP) SSff. Joe DiMaggSo was awaiting today the okay of army medicos to leave a conva lescent hospital, where he is re covering from a stomach ailment, so he can rejoin the New York Yankees. 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