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LA GRANDE, OREGON WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1945
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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,
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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.:
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
Douglas MacArthur by Jo a
Fisher, Porlktad metor ear deal
er, is ekahed ay Ore tupfome al
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