La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 23, 1945, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPage Two Today We Pay Tribute to Lawrence Edward Mark ham, S 2c 26, son of Mrs. Charles Smith, 1410 Fourth street. Before entering the navy June 29, he was a cook and baker at the Nook cafe in La Grande, and is now a cook at Farragut, Ida. H i s wife, the former Virignia Hutchison, and three children live at 1411 T avenue. He at tended Irrigon and 1m Grande grade schools, and La Grande high school. AE BM 8c Slewari Wyldo arrived Saturday to Bpcnd his pre-ombnrkation leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wyldo, 402 Main street. He has boon in the service three years. He attended La Grande high school, Eastern Oregon college of education, and the University of Oregon. He will report at Oak land at the termination of his loave. Lt. Col. R. L. Smith, formor assistant manager of La Grande brunch of the U. S, Na tional bank of Portland, Ore., has been awarded the bronze star medul for "exceptionally meri torious achievement" in prison er of war activities, it was an nounced in Manila. The citation stated Colonel. Smith "displayed Initiative, or ganizational ability and leader ship of a high order in organiz ing and operating the USAFFE prisoner of war information bu reau." The citation added he "coordinated with tact and effec tiveness the bureau's activities In relation with the Australia pris oner of war and Internee bureau for the detention of United States prisoners of war at a time when American facilities were not available" Ho now is director of the pris oner of war division, office of Chief Provost Marshal, GHQ, AFPAC. He holds four cam paign slurs and hus been over seas 41 months. Colonel Smith was an enlisted man In World War I and was commissioned in the 186th infan try, Oregon national guard, in 1934. He was called to active duty in September 1040. His wife, Mrs. Mnrjnric J. Smith, lives at Steilncoom, Wash., and his mother, Mrs. Kathryn Smith, lives at The Dalles. Marine Warrant Officor Jack N. Jenkins, of DOS North avenue, La Grande, has returned to the marine air depot at Miramar for leave and reassignment after duty in Ha waii. Through his hands passed the multiple problems of hand ling personnel anil general squadron supply for land and carrier-based fighters, dive bomb ers and transports. In addition there was the sol-vicing of squad rons temporarily in Hawaii for training. Service Men Urged To He Democrats PORTLAND, Aug. 23 (UP) Retuining service men and worn en are bring urectl to enlist in tho ranks of the young demo cralic clubs of America to aid in continuance in office of a strong democratic liberal uitmmistratiim, Sid Williams of Warm Springs. Ga., ilirctur of organization of the group, declared today. Williams, here to confer with Oregon officials of t h c young Democrat.'!, said the organization was urging young vrterans to take an active interest in polit icul affairs and to seek public office. Utah is called a desert statu but four times since the earth's creation it has been an inland sea. DBS. H1GGS & HIGGS CHIROPRACTORS Palmar Graduate A-Hiif - H turodUemoicit lei, 3011 tai 61. B.th Phono 111 SuJnir, Orti, puiMErf Electric Range, Washing Machine Back In Market Restrictions on Deliveries Will Be Lifted Soon WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UP) Housewives were assured to day "fair" supplies of washing machines and electric ranges will be on the markat by year's end and the milkman soon can re sume daily deliveries. The office of defense transpor tation announced the restrictions on retail delivery service will end Nov. 1. WPB sized up production of various items as follows: ELECTRIC RANGES: Will be In retail Btores in fair supply by December. By Jan. 1 the pre-war rate of production may be reach ed or surpassed. WASHING MACHINES: Should bo on the market in some quantity by January. E ECTRIC FANS: Should be on sale bv December. FILM: By the end of the year supply should approximate de mand. , DRY CELL BATERIES: In the next few months supply should equal demand. REFRIGERATORS: May now be produced at unlimited rate but WPB retains controls on dis tribution. DENTAL BURRS: Enough will be available by the end of the year to meet neeas oi uiviuau dentists. . Navy Men From 5 States Arrive at Farragut Shortly FARRAGUT. Ida., Aug. 23 (UP) Navy men from five northwest states who are eligible lor uis churgc under the navy's point system will begin arriving at the Farragut naval center within the next 10 days. Orders have been sent to 45 re ceiving stations, recruiting sta tions and training centers throughout the nation ordering them to send to Farragut avail able men with 41 or more points who live In the 13th naval dis trict. Available men are those under the jurisdiction of these activities as transients, returning from re habilitation leave and others re porting from overseas duty. The call was Issued for men whose homes are In Washington, Ore gon, Montuna, Idaho and Wyom ing. 'The Grows' is Varm Picture of Lovable Family With the showing yesterday of Betty Smith's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" on the screen of tho Liberty theater, a great and new kind of motion picture was born. As those who have read the richly touching book will know, tlie film tells the story of the Nolans of Brooklyn, of their laughter and tours, and of their struggle for oxistence and expres sion. It is the story of a child who grow up . . of a man who never did . . and of a woman who wished she hndn't. Tho story of the Nolans, whose feet walked a city's pavement, but whose eyes were on the stars, is packed plum- pudding-rich with tho everyday living, hopes and fears, sorrows und triumphs of every average family from Brooklyn to San Francisco. Hculthy dogs don't always have cold noses. DEES MAKE BETTER HONEY THAN ANYBODY tnninitiiii huh t,o cwril "Honey? . . .We make nothing else but!" say the becs. "Coffee? . . . that's the only product we re Interested in!" say Hills Hros. Such undivided at tention to buying, blending, rousting, and packing Amrrica'i favorite hr vfn.gr- is thr imson iirople say hn of Hills Bros. Cottce "Now that's what I call good coffee I" Nine broc THE U.S.S.R.- CERMARY- POLAND (exterminated) W CHINA- 1 JAPAN- YUGOSLAVIA hvffl BRITISH EMPIRE-I"' f ITALY r;-.j't UNITED STATES -h tsfjJ r- J FRANCE POLAND (military) AUSTRIA ROMANIA- OREECE- HUNCARY- "8LAVES"- HOLLAND j FINLAND -BELGIUM- CZECHOSLOVAKIA-! CT 1 rzj " I PHILIPPINES j ijt (tojSSSSSSSSSSl TOTAL- 55,743,166 HUMANITY PAYS TERRIBLE TOLL FOR WORLD WAR II Tho tabulation above gives the ter rible price that the war cost the peoples of the world in lives lost and wrecked. The figures in clude military and civilian losses. They are taken from the most conservative, but incomplete estimates from official statistics, and show that over 50.000,000 people are dead; wounded and missing. In addition, there are 12,000,000 prisoners of war and, as war ends, to this figure can be added over 4,000,000 more Japan's armed forces. Snell Confers With Army, Engineers SALEM, Aug. 23 (UP) Gov. Earl Snell conferred with army engineers for two hours yester day They discussed Pacific north west post war projects including matters involving navigation, reclamation, power and flood con 'JAme, (vod time : . .". we chased rJR ' and flf tf) swatted E corrrr. ic.-r iri v LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. GRANDE, OREGON" H .000,000 f4r I 900,oooA a V " ff . - I ". 1 700,000 -Uv " " - , y'- TAX m. an trol. Present were Col. Ralph A. Tudor, district army engineer; Muj. Alvin Louis, O. L. Hoffman and W. M. McGibbon, representa tives of the civil works projects of the army engineers in Oregon, H. H. Baldock, state highway en gineer and Charles Stricklin, rec lamation commissioner. But Today INSECT SPRAY 'em DEAD! T if One whiff knocks flies stiff I Flies should die. They carry deadly disease germs. Rid your home of flies, ants, moths and mosquitoes. Merely spray B if in the air to keep them away. Get Bif at your store today. INSECT SPRAY A Wico Product 1M . ,..diiku)K21 000,000l -I "V 3.OO0.000J ' ' 'A v V 112,700,000 fli'l A n I'll . m INSECT BODYGUARD The caterpillar of I h c nzure butterfly carries a bodyguard. Ants ride on its back for the honey it exudes and, in return, protect the worm from parasites. DRUG-VITAMIN-COSMETIC-HOUSEHOLD 1 , . 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Pnts! t. .si 3 wtmuT) ftmrff &jmm S Fifth of Japan's 200 Cities Nearly Wiped Out by War SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23 (UP) One-fifth of Japan's more than 200 cities were "almost completely wiped out" in allied air raids with a death loll of 260,000, radio Tokyo said today. "Nearly 10,000,000 people one sixth of the population of the Japanese homeland were kill ed, wounded or rendered home less," an official Domei news agency dispatch said. Japanese air defense general headquarters for the first tirhc disclosed total laid casualty fig ures 24 hours after announce ments 480,000 persons were kill ed, wounded or left homeless by two American atomic bombs. . As recorded by United Press, Tokyo gave the following cumu lative totals: Killed 260,000, of whom 90, 0Q0 died from effects of the atom ic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Aug. 6 and 9. Wounded 412,000, including 180,000 atomic victims. Homeless 9,200,000. Nearly 2,210,000 houses "de molished or burnt down" and 90,000 partly damaged. "These figures were still in complete," Domei said, "and arc likely to mount higher upon in vestigation." "O u t of 206 cities of Japan proper 44 have been almost com pletely wiped out, while 37 others including Tokyo lost 30 percent of their built up area. Men, Women! Old at 40,50,60! WantPep? Want to Feel Years Younger? Ho you Wamc oitinusiwl. worn-out feeling on njwT Tiioiixumirt ttmaitd at, what a llttlo pt'intl'ilt iil with (hires has rtono, C'nntnlns tonio many need at 40, 60, flfi, r iKKly oM noloty budtuso low lu iron: n1o At all drug stores everywhere m La Grande, at Pay lew Drug Co. Adv. Appointments Fill Three Health Posts PORTLAND, Aug. 23 (UP) The state health board announc ed today assignments in two mv. health posts have been made and a vacancy for the last 18 months filled. Dr. Raymond Jacobson w a s appointed oral health consultant, Mrs. Ora Necly, licensing advis or, and R. E. Click, restaurant sanitarian, Dr. Jacobson, now in Michigan, will report for woik Sept. 1, oc cupying Ihe vacancy left In Jan uary, 1944 when Dr. Flozd De camp resigned. The licensing advisory post will make possible added syste matic supervision of the program for inspecting and licensing ma ternity homes and hospitals, day nurseries and homes for the aged Click will be responsible for maintaining uniform inspection standards ol restaurants. ilii Finn- Ripe Fruit For Canning! Arriving This Weekend. Grocery Delivery Service liiugsley's Grocery "A Friendly Store" 1704 ' Thursday, August 23, 1915 Few Women Left On Portland Payrhlls PORTLAND, Aug. 23 (UP) Comparatively few ..women re main on payrolls in shipyards in the Portland-Vancouver aiea, it was disclosed today. Women headed the;!ists when employers discharged ' thousands of workers after cancelation of war contracts. . . At the Gundcrson brothers yards in Portland all the women wore discharged last "weekend. The cutback there affojted 200. Before the Japanese surrender, more than 15,000 women wcre omployed by the area's three Kaiser yards, including office forces. Shipyard spokesmen said the women accepted their termi nations in good grace. ,,. But, meanwhile, United States employment off i c i a 1 s reported daily crowds at the office indi cated women in large : numbers are sill seeking new jobs. Shop here for the finest kinc's! We carry a large variety of fine fruits and vegetables in season. Prices are moderate. FRIiSH MKATS Bakery Goods ICE CREAM ALL STAPLE FOODS Adams o . o