La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 23, 1945, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextLA UKAMJK EVENING OlfciEUVEK TJl run I 11U1IC QUV , f News and Activities . Engagements . . . Weddings Social Events Thursday, August 23, 19-15 Page 3 Society Briefs Sewing Club Will Complete Articles For Eagles Bazaar Eagles Auxiliary Sewing club members will prepare fancy work for a bazaar to be held next De cember. The club met, with 15 members present, yesterday after noon at the Eagles hall and the fancy work was given to each member to complete. Refreshments were served at the close of; -the afternoon by Mrs. Frank - Andersqn, Mrs. James Proffitt and Mrs. Albert Hutchinson Rebekah Lodge Has Business Meeting Rebekah lodge mot last night at the I. O. O. F. hall for its reg ular business meeting under the direction of Mrs. S. A. Robertson. Miss Clai-a Winburn, the Haines noble grand, was guest for the evening. The fall county convention will be held at Summervillo Sept 25, it was announced, and there will be a social evening next Wednes-. day evening for the Rebekahs. Social Calendar FRIDAY Nnon, 600 club with Mrs. Ray mond Swan, 1503 Monroe, pot luck luncheon. 7:30 p. m., Westway club of the WBA. will have a pot'-ick sup per at the Neighhoihood club rooms. TUESDAY Baptist women will provide food for the Do-Nut hut. 4 Load of Russian Furs at Portland PORTLAND, Aug. 23 (UP) First cargo to be unloaded in this port from the soviet union since the Japanese surrender was un loaded today from the Russian ship Manich. A small but expensive part of the cargo was ermine and blue fox furs. The furs were in two small cas-?s and four bales and consisted of 4,480 ermine skins and 475 blue fox. Bales of goat hair made up the remainder of the 18-ton cargo. Fur shipments from Siberia have arrived in Portland at in frequent intervals and sent im mediately by rail to New York. None were under lend-lease. Way Cleared For Unlimited Output Of Consumers Goods WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UP) The home front picture as it looks today: Consumer goods V.'PB lifts 210 wartime production controls, clearing way for unlimited out - put of radios, refrigerators, trucks, 'stoves and washing machines. Tires Rationing ended on tires for farm and industrial use. Automobiles Manufacturers will get go-ahead for unlimited production: Shoes -WPB lifts limitation on leather. Gasoline OPA to cut prices ef fective Sept. 1 in 17 eastern states and District of Columbia. Travel Restrictions on rip I travel and airlines priorities con tinue in effort. Cutbacks Continue heavily. ' Cotton Goods Military out barks free 5)0,000,000 yards for civilian use. Draft Armed forces to induct 63,000 men in 18-20 ye.n- category during September. Navy Sviil--m-bcr ciuota cut from 22,000 to 13, 000. Charge Accounts Government may make some modification ! soon in regulations governing in stallment buying and charge ac counts. Man Burned Fatally In Tacoma Hotel TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 23 (UP) One man burned to death and two others were Injured in a spectacular two-alarm fire that gutted the top floor of the 65 room Standard hotel in down town Tacoma last night. Tho dead man, described as an elderly crippled tenant, couldn't be identified until the hotel regis ter is checked, Fire Chief C. J. Eisenbacher said. He added a wall of flame apparently trapped the man in his room when he stopped to pull on his shoes be fore fleeing. Fireman Jack Harkins and H. S. Coffey, a tenant, were cut by broken window glass PRISONERS PICK BEANS SALEM, Aug. 23 (UP) Farm labor officials here report 574 prisoners of war will assist in harvesting Marion county's snap bean crop. Arrangements have bc-en made with army officials at Camp Adair to use the men, it was explained. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keith and daughter, Barbara, are visiting Mrs. Keith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Williams, 1002 Eleventh street. Keith is superintendent of the entire western area lend lease, and Mrs. Keith is the for mer Doris Williams. She was graduated from La Grande high school and Eastern Oregon col lege of education, where she was prominent in dramatics. She was a student in oratory under Mrs. Fred Hackman, and studied voice under Mrs. Hoskins of Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mills left Monday to take their son, Lt. James Mills, to Camp Ord, Calif., where he is to report for reassign ment. Lieutenant Mills was ac companied by his wife and son, Ricky. Mrs. Dudley Willard and daugh ter, Eleanor, of Seattle, are guests this week at the home of Mis. Leo F Miller, 1203 Oak street. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Ogsbury of Spokane arrived yesterday for a visit with their iephew, Ernest Birgland, accompanied by Mr. Ogsbury 's mother, Mrs. Mabel Ogsbury, of Lewiston, Ida. . Evelyn Binning left yesterday for a visit to Portland, accom panied by Vivian Mann, and relatives. Miss Jennie Ricks returned Friday from a month's visit with her aunt, Mrs. A. L. Wohlschlegel of Idaho Falls, Ida. . . Pollyannn club will meet at 2 p. m. Friday at Riverside park Hostesses will be Mrs. Clarence Mickel and Mrs. Charles Hoak. Miss Marie Ledbetter left yes terday to visit her sister at Haines. She plans to return this week-end. Horace J. Nelson LIFE - FIRE - AUTO Quality Insurance Service Tel. 351-W 703 K Ave. La Grande, Ore. Mr. I. C. Bowser Honored at Tea At Pendleton Five members of the Presbyter ian church women's group hore went to Pendleton yesterday to be guests at a tea given at th? home of Mrs. Donald Wair on Slate Hospital drive in honor of Mrs. I. C. Bowser, who will leave Aug. 31 for Portland to make her home. , or""-1" -jrrQi'l'",t, of tHe F ''- em Oregon., presbyterial, Mrs. towst a former resworn oi La Grande. Attending the tea from here were Mrs. Lynn Bohnenkamp, Mrs. Ed Jasper, Mrs. H. H. Cleav er, Mrs. Mae Moran and Mrs. S. B. Morgan. Mrs. Bohnenkamp, Mrs. Cleaver and Mrs. Morgan assisted with the. serving. The tea was given in the summer house of the Wair residence, and a crystal service and lace cloth adorned. the table. Baptist Missionary Society Meets to Hear Solo, Reports Missionary society of the Bap tist church met Wednesday after noon in the church parlors with Mrs. James ;i. McPher-son and Miss Myrtle Whilmer as hostes ses. Mrs. Jack Jordahl presided in the absence of Mrs. Cain, the president. Mrs. V. D. Bramer con ducted the devotions. Mrs. Ronald Boatman gave vo cal solo "T his Is My Father's World." There were reports on the Baptist summer camp at Anthony lnko. Mrs. James Byrnes of Um atilla, who is visiting her daugh ter hole, was a guest of the meeting. Son Identifies Injured Father PORTLAND, Aug. 23 (UP) When Jack Schmidt, a motor cycle deliverymnn, cut In fiont of a car on a Portland bridge Wednesday, he was hit by the auto and tossed into the air, suf fering rathor serious injuries. Before Schmidt was taken to r, hospital, police tried to ascertain his identity, but were un,able to because of shock. A driver on the bridgo, stop pad by the confusion, finally identified the bleeding cyclist. "Sure I know him," exclaimed the witness. "He's my father." Young Carl Schmidt ' just hap pened" to be driving along at the time of his father's accident. Hospital Notes St. Joseph'! hospital: Admitted Darrel Braun, La Grande, medical; Francine Eng land, Carl Cook, La Grande, laboratory work. Dismissed Mrs. Fred Shinn, Joseph; Louise Schrman, Her man Wood, Mary Peck, Mrs. Clar ence Singley and son, Mrs. Rene Daignault and son, La Grande. WACS IN SKIRTS 1 MANILA, Aug. 23 (UP) Fasri-" ion note: WACS here discarded their slacks and began wearing skirts today for the first time since they left Australia more than a year ago. . VALUABLE BIRDS .5. King Edward III, of England, made the killing of a falcon a'' crime punishable, by death. The birds were valued for iheir us in the sport of hawking, bringing down birds on the wing. Eastern : Oregon presbyterial executive committee will meet at the Presbyterian church here ut 9:30 a. m. Wednesday. There will be a tea in the afternoon for Mrs. I. C. Bowser, former president of the presbyterial. Local mission ary members will be hostesses at the tea. , A stony object found in the stomach of a deer by J. E. Fis cher, Land O Lakes, Wis., was sawed in two and its core was a 22 rifle bullet. Schilling '""Vanilla adds delicate tempting flavor to your desserts OIL IS NON-RATIONED! HAVE US INSTALL A Williaa's OH-0-Matic DILIBIUD3IEIR r NO DUST! NO ASHES! NO WORK! OPERATES COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC Over one-quarter million, homes use this oil burner. It is economical and guar anteed. Choice of high or low pressure types. Have' one installed ! Coal is scarce : ... oil is plentiful ! 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