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5xv b mm Full News of Men In Service Given Every Day ( Page 6) Japanese Describe Effects of Atomic Bombs (Page 5) WIMJ!.Wilffl!!ra!Wl(iffll!l IIIITT.Ifll.lilffHHIIMHJll ; tfeZewa cf fits ESTABLISHED 1896 LA GRANDE, OREGON WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1945 FIVE CENTS ffihe Total Tsm Sim Japs MacArthur to Meet Foe on Battle Wagon in Tokyo Bay MANILA, Aug. 23 (Thursday) (UP) Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced early today that the surrender of Japan will be signed aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo bay Aug. 31. MacArthur revealed all Japanese shipping has been ordered to re main at its present location in preparation for surrender to the allies. Japanese submarines are to remain surfaced and fly a black flag. The announcement said MacArthur will accompany airborne forces which will land at the Atsugi airdrome in the Tokyo area Aug. 28. Simultaneously naval and marine forces will land in the vicinity of the Yokusuka naval base. Permits Flights MacArthur ordered all Japanese military, naval and civil aircraft grounded bud in response to a special appeal from Tokyo gave his permission for a minimum number of filghts on urgent missions. The outline of the occupation planes was given as huge fleets of C-54 transports and other large aircraft hastily mobilized from army airlines and combat regions all over the world and assembled on Okinawa airstrips ready to cany the occupation troops to Japan. To Report "Weather permitting," MacAr thur's announcement said, "air borne forces accompanying the supreme commander for the al lied powers will land at Atsugi, See MacARTHUR . . . Page 5 Russians Reject Election Proposal Of U. S., British LONDON, Aug. 22 (UP) Sov iet government organ Izvestia said today " Russia '"flatly reject ed proposals by the western al lies for allied supervision of elec tions in liberated countries. Such supervision, Izvestia said, would constitute unwarranted interfer ence with sovereignty. The Izvestia dispatch was re layed from Moscow as the United States, Britain and France pre pared to supervise elections in Greece. Britain and the United States also had protested to Bul garia against her arrangements for elections next Monday. The dispatch marked the first authoritative disclosure of Rus sian policy on the matter and disclosed a serious split between (he eastern and western allies. A British note yesterday said flatly Britain will be "unable to recognize as democratic any Bul garian government formed as re sult of the elections" in that country. U. S. secretary of state James Byrnes said Monday the United States also was not "satisfied" that the Bulgarian election ar rangements will permit all ele ments to participate. Eugene Realtors Plan To Build Houses For Vets EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 22 (UP) A plan of 10 Eugene real estate men to build 10 houses and sell them at cost to returning Laie county servicemen was disclosed here. Construction of the homes on city-owned lots purchased with out commission, will be handled by foremen and building trades men with no contractors profits to add to the cost The houses will be built to sell for less than $6,000 with sponsoring dealers taking no profits. When sold, the homes will be finished complete to gardens and landscaping. All work will be done by union labor at union scale. The realty board hopes that 10 or 15 more real estate dealers will sponsor similiar projects in the area, Kinne said. Realtors believe- that construction in groups of 10 or more houses will save betfn 10 and U'percent of the total cost. A recent U. S. em ployment service survey indicat ed a nPPd for nearly 650 homes in the Eugene-Springfield area. 0 Weather tfctta for 24 hours to 7 a. m.: TtmpvratuiW: Maxanam .11: Mav.iflom 0 . AS Precipitation ,'Tweej q ForecastOPftrJly cloudy tonight and Thursday slightly cooler. Will Sign Surrender Terms Aug.3l Army Reduces Number to Be Sent to East WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UP) The army is scaling down the number of troops to be sent to the Pacific by 60 to 75 percent. Best estimates are, that not more than one-fourth to one-third of the 16 divisions originally des tined for Pacific service will be sent. Meanwhile, the army will put into effect a policy of redeploy ing only young men with low point scores. It is up to General MacArthur to make the final de cision. His requirements, it was pointed out, will depend in part. on conditions he encounters in side Japan. European veterans of the 86th and 95th divisions have been ob jecting to Japanese occupation duty. The White House has re ferred their complaints to the war department. These divisions, already assem bled for transportation to the Pa cific, have been screened to re move all men with 75 or more points, the war department said. In addition, all men over 37 have been removed. The army also plans to apply this formula to the two to four other divisions now expected to be sent to the Pacific. It may lower the age limit even further. The same plan is being applied to air forces and service units. Meanwhile, Pacific command ers were not looking toefavor ably on the screening process. They, contend removal of high point men lowers the efficiency of their outfits. Divisions previously earmark ed for the Pacific: 37th, eighth, 104th, fourth, 78th, fifth, second, 44th, 13th armored, 2th, 45th, 13th airborne, 30th, and 10th mountain. ABOLISH MORE MIGHT FRANKFURT, Aug. 22 (UP) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower put some finishing touches on Ger many's military might yesterday when he ordered abolition of eight German production organizations. Sparks From Smithy Cause False Alarm Under the cspreading garage roof the modern smith stood, while smoke and sparks from the forge alarmed passers-by alarmed them to such an ex tent that they called the fire department. With sirens wailing, firemen raced to 2103 Cedar street, where Clyde L. Sullivan was calmly going about his black smithing. Then, with sirens si lent, firemen went back to the station. One Way SEATTLE, Aug. 22 (UP) Earl Victor Hartley, 47, who confessed to decapitating his 53-year-old wife in a pasture with a head hunters knife Aug 12, lived with the victim in a 200-foot chicken coup although Mrs. Hartley ws worth mo; than $10,iHKi, author ities laid today. Weird apee cf the Hartley's knnu l.frt mtAAn1 with "fc.nlra, binges,' during wh;ch ItaevjT- Jfwnewiwo tpaves con said o-Md; ana T fot.gU' with 'vn(l llviutandt of yicces of (5nivyJ an' sometimes pittil,i)jabt in tfee-jteav aiout, $ Fires Halt Logging in 2 States PORTLAND, Aug. 22 (UP) Bad fire weather closed down logging operations in western Oregon and Washington today as the northwest faced a new out break of forest fires. A thousand soldiers and several hundred loggers rushed now de fense lines at the west and south of the revived Wilson river fire on the Tillamook burn. Low hu midity and high temperatures brought two major outbreaks. Low Moisture Washington fire fighters hoped to keep smaller fires under con trol, although air moisture drop ped to 9 percent yesterday, Other fires were out of control in northern Idaho. The 175,000-adre Tillamook blaze threatened three Oregon coast towns and destroyed several million feet of logs. Nels S. Rogers, Oregon state forester, said weather conditions are the worst on record. Most dangerous blaze was along the Nehalem and Miami rivers. There It was threading its way to sea, imperilling the towns of Nehalem, Wheeler and Mohler, with other smaller com munities. Residents of Nehalem and oth er nearby , coastal towns used electricity to light their streets and homes Tuesday as clouds of black smoke hid the sun. A raging forest fire in the Ka niksu forest of northern Idaho was also sweeping more than than 7500 acres and was reported still out of control today. Ap proximately 1,000 men were bat tling to hold back the flames be fore they could reach the Canad ian boundary. New Fire A new fire broke out in southern Washington county near the Yamhill line up Chehalem moun tain, and is reported to have- spread from 500 to 700 acres south of Hillsboro. Another new fire had burned over 1,500 acres in the Murphy creek area of Josephine county. A Polk county fire west of Dal las in the Black Rock country has broken through lines on the western side nea r an isolated portion of the Siuslaw national forest. Chinese Say Japs Attempt to Save Many Heavy Goods CHUNGKING, Aug. 22 (UP) Chinese underground sources to day reported feverish Japanese efforts to improve the situation inside Japan before the allied landings. The Japanese were reported buying as much heavy arma ment as possible. The Tokyo government was said to be disbanding the largest possible number of regular troops and reservists, to let the allies find only a small army. All the metals, which up to now were concentrated around Japanese arsenals, have been widely distributed among private homes. Heavy industries were re ported being shifted rapidly to lighter work, and shore fortifi cations have been rapidly dismantled. to Get last Word' hurt each other, but never too bad," came to light when sher iff's deputies searched the coop, crammed with goods police be lieved stolen. The front auction was parti tioned off into living quarters, whre Hartley kept his collection of awords, kni and fun pick ed up tti; souvenir while in th CoBinty Speaker Indicts Flabby, Fearful, Misguided, Useless American Foreign Policy Since Close of World War One Mere membership in a world organization will not keep the peace for America, Robert NichJ o Is o n, professor of history at Bucknell university junior colt lege, Wilkes Barre, Pa, tolq teachers at Eastern Oregon colt lege of education Tuesday. As a matter of fact, he said, unless Americans of the gen eration which will come into power about 1960 or '65 are taught properly, there will be a tendency to slip back into the old methods of isolation ism and treaties, all of which have failed and will fail. Nicholson described as flabby and fearful of facing facts the American official and public at 1 ! y-JH- X ...... ... vii ETWX II , - Jr-" ;. f 'is ,k "' I W TAKE OCCUPATION ORDERS TO HIROHITO Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby, chief of intelli gence on Gen. MacArthur's staff, receives crede ntials from members of the 16-man Japanese sur render arrangements delegation at headquarters in Manila. Lt, Gen. Torashiro Kawabe, (second from right) is vice chief of imperial staff, leader of the Jap delegation. Granger Sees Boom PORTLAND, Aug. 22 (UP) Oregon's agricultural in dustry will boom in the post war era if problems of freight rates and labor costs can bo properly handled. While making that sobering prediction today, Morton Tomp kins of Dayton, slate grange mas ter, stated Oregon has a bright future agriculturally, but he caustically added "we are going to have to start thinking in terms of world market and when we do that, we must keep in mind freight rates and labor costs will be generally against us." Absorb 15,000 He said he is anxious to sec whether Oregon's processed fruits and vegetables will be able to stay on the eastern markets. "If we continue with our pres ent distribution of fruits and vegetables, we'll go away ahead of where we were before the war," Tompkins said. At the same time, director Er vin L. Peterson of the state de partment of agriculture said he believed with qualifications the agriculture industry can absorb approximately 15,000 workers returning service men and dis charged workers. live chickens had the run of the place. There were no plumbing facilities, he said.- Arrested, Hartley,, with appar ent macabre fucetiousncus, said the beheading "was the first time I hud ever been able to cut Ida off in the middle of a sentence.' a jailer said. Prior to the slay ing, officii! taid, Hartley and wife with vcr ll.flil between them made the rounds of 0"ip borhqod, taverns, drinking heav ily.) 0 c titude toward foreign affairs during the '20s and '30s. Amer isn failure to help the league of nations led to French treaty pol icy, which in turn led to Ger many's forming its own organ ization, the axis, and ringing France on three sides with hos tile powers, Italy, Spain and Ger many. Wouldn't Use Power Americans refused not only to join the league but also to use its balance of power. Our poli cies in disarmament, he said, were unrealistic and actually gave the Japanese equality with us and the British. They were based on the idea Japan would work with the rest of the world Peterson chimed in with Tomp kins in praise of Oregon's ad vances in the processed fruit and vegetable field. Both men agreed the variety of crops obtainable in Oregon make it a naturul for a greatly expanded frozen-foods industry. Tompkins said the entire in dustry is keeping an eye on the Beef Points Will Be Reduced Soon WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UP) The home front picture today: Meat Red point values of beef to be substantially reduced Sept. 3; some ration-free meats in 30 days or so, but ham and pork to continue on ration list. Automobiles Price ceilings for new cars near 1042 levels to be announced shortly. Nylon All restrictions off ny lon production; order preventing use of nylon in stockings to be revoked shortly. Rayon Controls removed, and shorts still scarce. Air Officers Willi 36-70 Points Out SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22 (UP) The fourth air force to day revealed it has received or ders from Washington to dis charge officers with points rang ing from 36 to 70. The new dis charge system presumably ap plies to army air force officers throughout the United States, fourth air force officers said. BULLETIN 8ED. Aug. 22 (UP) Mrs, Mulda Andrus, Madras, has eaan notified by the war de partment her son, Sgt, Jacob Detiuiier. Doolillle flier, is tat and is In allied military control sphere in China. ff Tfa which was proved false. We were afraid, he asserted, when Japan Invaded Manchu ria in 1931, we should lose trade if we protested) this gave Hitler and Mussolini the cue to do as they did, knowing they could actually get away with murder; and while the demo cratic powers might scream and yell, actually they would do nothing. Helped Hitler America contributed to the rape of Spain by refusing to sell munitions to belligerents Fran co could get all the help he need ed from Italy and Germany, said Nicholson. America contributed to the for Farms frozen foods field, believing it may prove a rich asset. He warned many persons in terested in buying farms should not do so without first making investigation. He pointed out modern farming is u highly skill ed and specialized business. Peterson said the trend is to ward small, "family type" farms. Half Lend-Lease Obligations May lie Canceled Out WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UP) All authoritative evidence in dicated today the United States may cancel more than half the obligations incurred by allied na tions under lend-lease. That is supported by state ments of the late President Roosevelt and President Truman in their quarterly reports to con gress, and by statements of sen ate and house foreign relations commilt'es. Home Ec Judging Contest Planned 4-H Girls in Cooking, Canning, Sewing County wide home economics judging contest for all girls en rolled in 4-H club work is sched uled for 10 a. m. Sept. 20, the second day of the 4-H club fair, it was announced today. Request for a county home cc-f-nomies judging contest came from 4-H club girls and their leaders who hud attended the state 4-H summer school at Cor vallis. During the two-week school they had a stale contest, and the girls felt thev needed additional instruction in judging. Ail projects now being carried in Union county, such as canning, cooking, sewinfr.' nutrition, table selling, "our home," and child rape of Ethiopia by failing to impose oil sanctions against It aly, in still another way en couraging Hitler to do his worst. Americans were deceived by thinking the Germany of Pots dam and the junkers was the Germany of Bach, Goethe, Bee thoven and Schiller, Nicholson declared, Americans felt they had been deceived when they went out to make the "world safe for democracy." A c t u a 11 y, the heads of stats knew if Ger many won in 1917, American safety in the Atlantic would be threatened, according to Nicholson. Rotary Hears Discussion of Post War Era Moral, legal, financial and in dustrial problems facing this na tion and its people were discuss ed today in panel forum during the regular weekly meeting of the La Grande Rotary club. Introduced by H. E. Dixon, program chairman, the panel opened with Circuit Court Judge R, J. Green, who limited his points of view to the problems of Inflation and, from a jurist's conception, the problems of the divorce courts. H. A. Zurbrick, banking mem ber, discussed the problems of finance and inflation and de clared thai much work and ef fort Jies before the people of this nation, but said that with Intelligence, we will be able to solve our economic, political and social difficulties. Rev. Logan Pruitt of the Moth odist church believes the horror of war lies in its wastefulness of See ROTARIANS , . . Page 5 Brownell Attacks Reconversion of Party In Power WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UP) Home front political wars start ed today when the republican party charged the administration with "fumbling" reconversion and predicted republican control of congress in the 194B elections Herbert Brownejl jif., chafr mun of the republican nationul committee, returned from a cross country tour with the assertion the country Is tired of the "in' competency, waste and careless' ncss" of the democrat party. Brownell's tour was devoted chiefly to the 11 western states where he conferred with more than 10,000 leaders. . Republicans in congress, and some democrats as well, have been clamoring for a "sensible and effective reconversion pro gram." Brownell charged in the state of Washington the democrat administration is discriminating against returning veterans who had been active in rcpublcan poll ties. care will be judged. Awards, as yet undetermined, will be given. Demonstration teams will have an opportunity of being judged, with the contest started at 1 p. m. Si pt. 20. Awards will be given to the county winners of canning, cooking, "ou.- home," child care, and sewing. County style review Is sched uled for 3 p. m. with all girls en rolled in sewing 2, 3, 4, and 5, eligible for competition. Pins will be awarded to the winners in each division, it was announced, and those eligible fiN? state com petition will be selected from the county championship winners. Rates in La Grande Reduced Preview of the Union county tax picture for 1945-46 reveals the fact the taxes and rates are about the same as usual except for a period of a couple of years ago when many unpaid back tax es came in and cut the current levies. 1 Taxes levied for all purposes in the county for the fiscal year are $564,675.03, figures furnished by Lee Reynolds, county asses sor, show; lust year the total was $506,444.70, -, . Lower Now La Grande taxes are down this year than last year, $89,540.60 compared to $102,260 last year. These figures include county, city and school taxes. Figures for other towns in the ' county: 1945-46 1944-45 Union $7,378 $7,689 Elgin 4,352 4,109 North Powder 1,715 2,092 Cove 929 924 Imblcr 328 297 Island City 522 437 Summerville ,.. 199 . 200 General county fund taxes this year are slightly lower than last year, $108,411 compared to $113, 027; road fund taxes for 1945-46 are up slightly, $17,452 compar ed to $17,375. The market road fund is larger, $43,293 to $27,349. The total rate is only slightly larger, 12.1 for the current year to 11.4 last year. Rale Lower ' Total rate in the city of La Grande this year is 53 mills, com pared to the total rate here last year of 60.9 Others are Union, 52.9 and 58.6; Elgin, 35.2 and 56.8; North Powder, 34,7 and 33.9; .. Cove,- 84.9 and 35.5; Imbler, 33.9 and 29.6; Island City, 30.8 and 26.9; Summerville, 32.6 and 31.1. In school district taxes, Elgin fell off In the rate from 31.1 last, year to 7.9 this year, which was due to the consolidation of 10 districts with the Elgin district. Total taxable valuation fell off from $17,875,663 to $17,845,546 this year. There was not much change in the values of tillable acres but the number decreased slightly from 169,671 to 169,117. Farming implements, timber lands, city improvements and lots and merchandise and stocks in trade remained about the sume. Pay Nov. 15 Value of cattle in the county fell off to $682,905 from $761,075, although the numbers increased from 23,249 to 24,491. This re flected the decrease in the num ber of older animals and increase in the number of younger ani mals. Taxes are due Nov. 15, but the books are not yet ready for col lection of taxes, Reynolds said. The records will be turned over to the sheriff's office for collec tion of the taxes in October or early November, after which county officers will be ready lo receive payments, Salary Rule Lif ted To Permit Increase WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UP) The bureau of internal revenue today modified its salary stabil ization rules to permit limited in creases in salaries, bonuses, com missions, fees, incentive pay and other types of compensation. The modification, in accord ance with a presidential order issued last Saturday, applies to ail salaries in excess of $5,000 and to salaries below that fig ure paid to executives, adminis trators and professional workers who are not members of labor unions. Portlander Wants Emperor's White Horse For Tour PORTLAND, Aug. 22 (UP) Emperor Hirohilo's white horse may lour America for charity if a plan cabled today to Gen. 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