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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.
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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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all in beating Thornton Lee.
The Browns and Red Sox dlv.
vided. St. Louis took the open,
er, 2 to 1, with Lou Finney scor
ing both runs as Nelson Potter
gained his 11th win. Rain halted- -the
second game at five innings,
Mike Schemer's ' triple, his
fourth straight hit and his sixth'
in a row in two games, gave the
Giants a 4 to 3 victory over the
Cubs in the ninth inning at New
York. Claude Passeau was the
loser.
Dodgers Lose:
The Cards moved to within five
and a half games of the' Cubs with .
an 8 to 4 victory at Boston. Char-Cv
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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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