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B' SEpCE j William A. Long. 22, of La Grande has advanced to electrician's mate, first class. USN, aboard the USS Taylor in the Pacific. While aboard th- Taylor, Long has seen action in the battles for the Solomons, New Georgia, Gilberts, Marshalls, Hoi landia and Philippine islands. Irvin Henry Cornelison, 18, of La Grande has advanced to seaman, first class, USNR. His father, 1. H. Cornelison, lives in La Grande. Two sisters, Mrs. Glenn Eiehner and Miss Jean Cornelison, live in Pendleton. Cornelison was assigned to this vessel in June, 1944, and also has seen duty in the Aleutians and the Hawaiian islands. Leon G. Salisbury has received his discharge from the army, after almost five years in the service, 40 months of which he spent overseas. He was in the New Guinea and Papuan campaigns and wears the ribbons of the American defense sorvice medal, good conduct medal, and Asiatic-Pacific service medal. Donovan V. Slubblofiold, Elgin, has received his discharge from the army at the Fort Lewis separation center. He entered the service Sept. lfi, 11)40, and has spent 30 months overseas. He has been in the New Guinea, Pap uan, and southern Philippines campaigns, and has been award ed the American defense servic3 medal, the Asiatic-Pacific med al, good conduct modal, and the Philippine liberation medul with one bronze star. Bill Garrison and Dean Roundy will leave tomorrow for Portland where they will take their navy examinuitons. Lt. (j. g.) Rollin Hoasslor, USN, arrived V-J day to spend his leave at the home of his mother, I Mrs. Mary Heassler, Melville apartments. Lieutenant Heassler I has been in the service 12 years, and has been in every theater of war. He returned to the stales the first part of this month after 42 months in the south Pacific. He will report to San Diego for reassignment at the termination of his leave. Gordon Goerinon, AMM 2c, left Sunday after a five-day visit with his sister, Mrs. Estelle Gar rison, 1002 N avenue. He entered the service in August, 1042, and has spent 20 months overseas. Sgt. Lymond D. Blurm, Box 15. La Grande, received discharge today from the army separation center ai rori Lewis, Wash. Darrell B. Cline, Union, has received his discharge from the army, it was announced today. Lt. (i. g.) Wayno Williamson arrived Saturday from Florida to spend a short leave with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Wil liamson, 1012 Oak street. Lieu tenant Williamson has been on destroyer escort duly in the At lantic. He enteivd Ihe service October, I04.'l, and has made sev eral trips overseas, lie was grad uated from La Grande high school in 10H0, after which he attended Eastern Oregon college of edu cation for two years, and Univer sity of Oregon for two years, ob taining his degree in 101.1. II plans In lie in I .a Grande until Saturday. Cpl. Robert E. Lockwood. l()2'ij Greenwood street, rcreivr:l his discharge today from the iirmy separation center Lewis, Wash. Fort Super for I Claims Longest Flight GUAM, Auk. 22 (UP) Th Sup'.'i t'ort "C i 1 y of Miiywnixr IflfhiV -l:iim...l llw M.,irlir i. ...... i est !non-sti) airplane flight a 4,f(il)-mile round trip from Guam to Hokkaido only 125 miles short of the airline (listanei from Seattle to Tokyo. The Superfnii made the round trip in '22 hours, 5H minutes lor an awrae ol more than 2?M miles an hour. From the "Kill (ill AND I I .Mlil.I"' Wrestling .Mcanics Grauackt mm mm i A ' i t . ' .1 :f ' XL . f ' . ?. I si Y 1 ; -Jr K t , i ' '? ' BBBSWBWwnw a. v .... ; . -w- ii.... ':.rt,....,,.:-.1't.31Wkw.-rf-"' J POSTWAR MAN OF THE HOUR The nalion's eyes are on John W. Snydor, direclor of Ihe office of war mobilization and recon version, piciured abovo at his desk in ihe While House. The or derly reconversion of U. S. industry to civilian production is his big headache. Today We Pay Tribute to I'vl. Jack C. McCorniick. 22, son of P. II. Met in in ick, 1 70S Porliand sliecl. lie all ended Aclu'inian Kiade sclimil. .n Grande hitrli schoal and Ten ncst'c Poly leclinic s c h o 1. Cooksv ilk', 'IVmi. lie vntercd Ihe service I'Y'b. 2.'l, lOl.i at Spokane, and is now with the 170th combat engineers in I ho Philippines. Ilei oi e enlei -injf ( li v service' he wal ked uillt a, hij;huav conslnu'liiin oiill'il. IlotilH Will Kl'('P 15,000 In Peace SKATTLE, AuK. 22 (UP) Hiiihitrrs of tin- Superfortresses, Boeing Aircnifl company, today announced it will keep a peace time staff in Seattle of lf,0H), nearly Hip e times the number t h c company employed m'""( I Hie war. The ItiKinn announci nienl ty the chairman of the hoard of di rectors, ('. ii. Mutvedl. indicated ahiuil ID.lHllI workers can expect to he hod off Ihe company pay toll within the next two months. Oldest liiisiness School is Sold SALKM, Aue, 1!2 (UP) -Sale of Ihe capital business college. Ivlirvi'd lo tir 111- oldrst business school on tlr Pacific coast, was announred today by Mrs. Itoli i it llulrlu'ou. Koi m st W. Ilioakcy, 1'oi t n p li's. Wash., supei mtendent of schools for the last II years, is the new sail I IU Sepl. 1. The c ftom tin own-.' will Mrs ii k e llutchcon posSLSsion I I r K i was purehased twiitT In W. I. iti'd the school years. Amoni ii the sehool IS Slaley. who lor mm . th ;i 1 1 fill those who at! ml. foniier pii'snit i:t Hi rlii-it Hoover. - - ')nMs llJtVl' d"mt'sticaled Horace J. Nelson l.ll'K - 1'IKK - A I 'TO Quality Insurance Service Tol. 3S1-W 703 K Ave. La Grando. Ore. Tonifltt and Thursday CBS Radio Thriller 1 f XKIUDt . KII0 nl.ncj(B . c,s0ll MIHIrs . USUI HtllKIKS . Sc..,. n,, t) Chjilti 0 Nmi fitlntt I, H-i'act MicOmM 0(ilMfl mm Km AU V.MOl'NT NKWS ' t 'j ' tltliCtlttl I Rescue Teams in Manchuria Save 1,700 Prisoners CHUNGKING, Aug. 22 (UP) American parachute teams re ported the liberation of 1,700 or more allied var prisoners and ci vilian internees from Japanese camps in China and Manchuria today. From Mukden came word an American bomber had taken off from the Manchurian city yes terday for Sian, approximately 100 miles to the north, to bring out the most famous prisoner Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wain- wright, hero of Butaan and Cor regidor. A C:47 transport plane landed in Chungking today with a res cue team of 22 Americans and Koreans aboard which landed at Keijo in Korea on Aug. 18. How ever, they were forced by the Japanese to leave the next day without being permitted to see any allied prisoners. The Mukden team said Russian forces took over the Mukden camp on their arrival there, dis armed the Japanese guard and placed Maj. Gen. G. M .Parker, an American officer, in charge. (The officer presumably was Maj. Gen. George M. Parker, jr., of Portland, Ore., who served un der Wainwrighl in the Philip pine?.) Superb Heroism of , ap-A mer icons Told SKATTLE, Aug. 22 (UP) The "super heroism" of Japanose Anierican soldiers of the 422nd battalion in France and Italy was describid today by one of their commanders, Capt. i nomas e.. Crowlry, of Madison, Wis. "They thought they were fight ing for the principles of equality and justice at home as well as ahtoad," he said. "They certain ly w re not lighting to perpet uate race prejudice." Crowley and scvcnil Nisei members of iiis company will ap pear before various civic organ izations todav. "They formed the fin. si combat unit in the army," he said, "I hope the American people will keep faith Willi them." KATIE JOHNNY... ft 1 FHANCIE... i DOROTHY MWS. PEGGr ANN GARNER Portland Lead in Pennant Race Cut To Only Vz Games LosstoAngeh Cuts Margin Over Seattle Rainier 8 By United Press Portland's lead in the Pacific coast league was reduced to a 3 '.4 -game margin last night as the seventh place Los Angeles Angels defeated the Beavers, S to 4. In other games San Francisco swamped Sacramento 14 to 4, San Diego walloped Hollywood 7 to 2, and Seattle edged Oak land 10 to 8. The Portland-Los Angeles tilt saw Wandell Mosser, prized Bea ver moundsman, clouted Dizzy for 10 hits, including two doubles. The San Francisco Seals had a downhill ride all the way, reg istering heavily in the fourth in ning with five runs and in the fifth with four tallies. The hap less Solons garnered two apiece in the sixth and eighth. Seattle slugged out 10 runs, Only to have the tenacious Acorns amass eight markers in the last two innings. , Carl Dumlcr chalked up his 18th victory of the season in turning back the Hollywood Stars. San Diego started in a hurry, scoring three times in the first frame. The Stars never threatened the Padre lead. 'Tree Grows' Has Effects On Many Screen Careers No picture in recent years has had such a phenomenal effect on so phenomenal a number of careers as has "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," the 20th Century-Fox fiimization of Betty Smith's sen sational best-seller which opens today at the Libery theater. Elia Kazan, the brilliant young Broadway stage director, resisted all Hollywood offers until 20th Century-Fox sought him to di rect the film version of the heart warming Betty Smith novel. Now his future is in Hollywood, rather than in New York. Dorothy McGuire has a chance to prove in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" that she has other possibilities. The role of her husband, "John ny Nolan," has brought James Dunn back" from the outskirts of fame to the center of the Holly wood spotlight. Joan Blondcll embarks upon her first "character" portrayal: the role of colorful "Aunt Sissy." As "McShane," the handsome new policeman on the bloc k ! Lloyd Nolan, late of villain roles, wins the girl for the first time in his cinematic career. Sale of Used Autos, Trucks Set Aug. 28 At Tacoma Depot A spot sale of used automotive! vehicles and parts will be held, at the Mt. Rainier ordnance de pot, Tacoma, Wash., at 9:30 a. m. Aug. 28. About 75 motor vehi cles, conventional military types, will be offered for sale. These will include various body types such as dump, cargo, pick-up, flat bed, weapon carriers', and trailers and motor cycles. On Aug. 20 and 30 a large stock of used parts will be offered, among which will be wood truck bodies witli racks, motor assem blies, standard makes, dual drive differential aAemblicsj axle as semblies, crank shafts standard makes, blocks. Today Thru Saturday '" H AUNT SISSY... NEELEY... McSHANE... JAMES DUNN - JOAN BLONDELL .TED DONALDSON LLOYD NOLAN LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER " Phone 600 Complete Local Reports Wednesday, August 22, 1945 TODAV By JACK CUDDY United Press Correspondent HEIDELBERG, Aug. 22 (UP) The five touring ' sports writers from the United States stepped out of Adolf Hitler's huge, gray, armor plated Mercedes-Benz con vertible sedan beneath the plum trees at the edge of a soccer field and met with a series of hand shakes from Peter Christiansen, Heidelberg . university's fencing master since 1931. The soccer field is adjacent to the red-crossed roof of the surg ical hospital, of the university where Christiansen has been sta tioned. Now Danish Christiansen, a 49-ycar-o 1 d grayish-brown haired man with a crew haircut, wore a short lea ther battle jacket and a long plus- fours. He is powerful and agile and looked like the perfect pic ture of the traditional Prussian officer although he claimed he was raised in North Schleswig- Holstcin, which is now Danish. Despite the surprising visit of the United States writers in Hit ler's automobile, Christansen ap peared to be elated' although somewhat on the defensive. The reporters wanted to know the effect of the German defeat on fencing at Heidelberg. Christiansen puffed his chest and smiled before replying through an interpreter. Many Duels "If the university athletic di rectors had been permitted to pursue a normal course, which Hitler refused to permit, there would have been a great develop ment in fencing," he said. "Hit ler abolished dueling at Heidel berg in 1933 on the grounds he didn't want the Germans to shed precious blood. However, many duels were fought secretly since then, especially during Hitler's early regime." ' Christiansen said before Hit ler the Heidelberg men had sev eral fraternities which were dif ferent from America's Greek let ter fraternites because most of them depended upon the ability of the initiate to stand up without flinching in a duel of sabers. A man could not gain admis sion to a fraternity unless he passed three tost duels in which he usually obtained valuable scarred cheeks and sometimes lost the portion of an ear, Christian sen said. LOG HUSTLERS BUSY SALEM, Aug. 22 (UP) Log rustlers have highjacked $30,000 worth of logs from the Willam ette river in the last six months, sawmill and logging operators here charged today. StlftUT SHOPPER. fVpn'-CoJa Company, tyong Island Cfy, AT. '. franchlsed Bottler: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Pendleton PORTS Page 6 Baseball Standings By United Press COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Portland 88 58 .611 Seattle 84 59 .587 Sacramento 77 68 .531 San Francisco 74 71 .510 Oakland 70 76 .479 San Diego 68 79 .463 Los Angeles 68 83 .428 Hollywood 57 88 .393 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 66 48 .579 Washington 65 49 .570 Chicago 59 55 .518 St. Louis 58 54 .518 Cleveland .'58 55 .513 New York 56 54 .509 Boston 54 62 .466 Philadelphia 36 75 .324 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 74 40 .649 St. Louis 70 47 .598 Brooklyn 63 52 .548 New York 64 54 .542 Pittsburgh 62 58 .517 Boston 54 66 .450 Cincinnati 45 69 .395 Philadelphia 35 81 .301 Six Day Bike Races Will Resume Soon NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (UP) Six day bike races will be re sumed as soon as tires are avail able, promoter Harry Mendel said today as he disclosed he is making tentative plans to start operating next spring. "Montreal, Milwaukee, Chi cago and Cleveland are ready, willing and able to go right now," Mendel reported, "and if Mad ison Square Garden hasn't dates available I could stage the races in an armory in New York." "I could lay my hands on at least 30 riders right now, and there'll be more available." He named several, including the Peden brothers of Victoria, B. C, "Torchy" and Doug. State Will Have 2 New Buildings SALEM, Aug. 22 (UP) Plans for two new state buildings will be completed within three months, Roy Mills, state board of control secretary, said today. Included in the building pro gram are a state office structure and a medical treatment center at the Oregon state hospital. Cost of the buildings will be $2, 000,000. Plans for other build ings will be prepared later. DRS. BIGGS & BIGGS CHIROPRACTORS Palmer Graduates X-Ray - Neurocalometer Ser. 2019 1st St. . Both Phones 651 Baker, Ore. IVewsom Fails Trying To Beat Tigers Twice By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (UP) The long strong arm of Bobo Newsom, motivated by memories of a happier year when he was pitching for instead of against the Detroit Tigers, turned out to be a little too old and a little too tired. He had the heart and head yes terday in his personal experiment of pitching a double header for the Athletics at Detroit and, with a little more speed and stamina, might have fared better. Split Pair As it was the A's got a split and it wasn't until the ninth inn ing of the second game that the Tigers even were in front of New som. In the opener, which Phila delphia won, 7 to 6, in 11 innings, Newsom gave way to jittery Joe Berry in the seventh when he had a 6 to 3 lead. The Tigers worked uphill and finally tied the score at 6-all in the ninth on Rudy Yolk's 12th homer. The A's clinched it in the 11th on Irv ing Hall's single and Ed Smith's double. Bobo pitched in the second game until the ninth when, in a downpour of rain, he yielded two singles and a double to give the Tigers a 6-all tie with no cuts. Berry came in again and York singled to score Roger Cramer with the winning run. Senators Gain Newsom, one of the mainstays of the Tiger staff when it last won an American league pennant in 1940, would have liked nothing better than lo have beaten them twice. Had he accomplished it, the Tigers would have dropped into a tie with the Senators in first place.- For the double head er he gave up 23 hits, nine in the first and 14 in the second, but compensated by striking out 13. Washington's hustling Senators, getting some heavy sticking as a change of pace from their bril liant pitching, beat the Indians at Cleveland, 11 to 8. That left them only a game behind Detroit. Ruffing Wins Charley (Red) Ruffing got his first shutout and fourth victory since returning from the army as the Yankees won two at Chi cago, 3 to 0 and 6 to 2. Ruffing pitched hitless ball for five inn ings and yielded only five hits in TEACTTOE THEES , lrw Itation Free You no longer need a ration certificate to purchase them. Ask us about your tractor tire problems. 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M ij uott.i wwii Ilia uhi 6U1UU. Pittsburgh mauled the Dodgers ' again, 12 to 1, after an 11 to l triumph on Monday.- A seven-run first inning rally gave Ken Cables all the lead he needed. ; PhiladelDhia extended its Inns. est winning streak of the season, oeaiing tincinnan, o lo a, for its fifth straight win. Talbert, Cooke Win Matches SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 22 (UP) Bounding Billy Talbert, the Wilmington, Del., tennis styl ist who is unbeaten for this sea son, became the standout today n win the annual Southampton invitational meet after his first round triumph, 6-L. 6-1, over. Brendin Macken of Toronto. The only other seeded player to compete yest-arday was El wood Cooke of Los Angeles who conquered the Spanish star, I. Martin Montiz, Barcelona, 6-1, 0-1. FORM CUP SQUAD NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (UP) A 10-man 1945 junior Davis cup squad, headed by national junior champion Herbert Flam, Beverly Hills, Calif., was announced to day by the United States Lawn Tennis association. 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