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S 1c IRM) Leslie F. Smith, jr.. 1106 H avenue, Has returned home after receiving his medical disehaige from the navy July 25 at Great Lakes, 111. He has been in the service 18 months. S 2e Floyd W Daniels, jr.. arrived Wednesday to spend his leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Daniels, Fruitdale. Prior to enlisting in the service in June, he attended La Grande high school. Young Daniels has just completed his boot training, and will report to San Diego for reassignment at the termination of his leave. AS Treve Lumsden, jr. is spending his leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Lums den, 801 O avenue, prior to leav ing for Tulanc school of medi cine, New Orleans. He entered the service in August, 1943, and had his pre-medics training at Willamottc university, Salem, finishing in June. Since that time he has been serving in the naval hospital in Bremerton, Wash Pvt. Laura G. Dunn, WAC, is a member of the peninsular base section baseball team, now in the Mediterranean theater of operations at Caserta, Italy. The peninsular base section recently played the postal command for WAC championship of northern Italy. Postal command WACs defeated the peninsula base soe tion 14-6. O Your GI Rights Problems of Men In Service By DOUGLAS LARSEN WASHINGTON (NBA) Here are some questions from veterans and relatives of GIs on the sol diers and sailors civil relief act: Q My husband will be out of the army in a few days. When the collector of local taxes heard this, he called me up and said we .......1.1 t....... In ...... nM wuu.u iiu.i- ... v-j " "'' I on a farm we own of town or he would sell it im mediately. Can he do this? How much lime does my husband get to earn money to pay up those taxes? A The collector of your taxing district could not sell the prop erty for such delinquent taxes while your husband was in the service, and cannot for six months after his discharge, unless he se cured permission from the court. The court has wide discretion in this matter. Q My husband was involved In a law suit over an automobile accident just before he joined the navy. He will be out soon and I am wondering how long he will have before his case is taken up? A The law authorized a court to postpone proceedings for the period of military service and for three months thereafter. Q What does the law say about cars which were bought 'by a veteran before he went into the service and his inability to keep up payments? A In eases of automobiles the court may postpone repossessions for the duration of military serv ice, plus three months, or the court may permit repossession on the repayment by the seller of monies paid on account of the purchase price. (J My husband is with the occupation troops in Germany and probably won't get out of Hi" army feu- a year or moiv. In the meantime I've been having trou ble with a neighbor regarding a boundary dispute on some prop erty we have. I think the pro ceedings so far have been unfair but I can't afford a special at torney. What should I do? A Contact the local liar asso ciation. You will get help there. Nary Sees Answer To Atomic llombs WASHINGTON. Aug. 21 (l.'l'l The navy thinks it may haw found the answer to the atomic bomb a radar eunli nlled gull capable ol hi ingine. down any hostile plain within au.iHKi feel ol a batleslnp. So confident are navy officials of the gun's i-ftu-.tcy Srcntaiv James V. Koticstal has Ink! tui'in bers of congress he hopes it will protect tin fk'ct from any pos sibility of atomic bomb attacks should America ever again In come embroiled in war. On the other hand, still more potent kinds of atom bombs are expect .'d to be developed. No one knows yet just what would hap pen if one should be set off m the water even 1(1 miles floin a ship. Tests mav lie made to find out. Dixie Walker Shooting For RBI Title in National League Race Foilay's Sport Parasle Bv JACK CUDDY HKIDELBKRG, Germany, Aug. 24 (UP) Standing beside the rampart of the Hcidclbcrgcr Schlnss, one of the must pictur esque castles in Germany, we met through a special appoint ment there G. I. baseball players formerly on the major leagues. They were StaTf Sgt. Ewell (Blackie) Blackwell of the Cin cinnati Reds, a pitcher; I'fe. Whitey Moore, another Cincinnati pitcher, and Pfc. Don Kolloway. second baseman of the Chicago White Sox. Wins 11 Games Blackwell is the most discussed ,,,, : ,,, f, ,,. Ih,.,,l,.,- The players and writers stood on the ancient castle wall over looking the beautiful city, un scathed by the war, lying on both sides of the Neckar river valley in the Odenwald mountains. It was the strangest sight imag inable, discussing baseball at the huge old castle which was start ed in 13H8 and has practically crumbled from age. Blackwell, 21, weighs l'.IO and stands six-feet-five. A right hander, he has not been beaten in the 11 games he pitched in Eu Soldier Not in Love With Wife Who Ran Away With Italian SEATTLE, Aug. 24 (UP) Pfe. William Burns arrived home from the war yisterday and de cided he is no lunger in love with his wife who ran away with an escaped Italian war prisoner while he was fighting in the Phil ippines. Happily le-uniled w i I h his children, Burns dielared be ban "a lot of problems." Burns said he visited his young wife in the Snohomish county jail in Everett. Wash., but not until after he had seen the chil dren. "Alter I saw the kids, my mo lale went up lllll pei cent," he said. Dese llrookhn Iloids Talk Plain Knylish "Hiiioklyiu'Si'" wns li ;i n n v finin u.sr in liir fthni.itlmn of "A Tive Crows m Brooklyn" whirh is showing it! the l.ihrrty thratrr toihiy .iiui Satunl.iy, with Doro thy Mctiinu', .J. noes Dunn, ,Jo;i!i Uloniirll. I.loyil Nl;m. IVuy Ann Cliinirr unit Ti d !n;ililson head ing the list ot tlio imposing cast. Thru, too, the nn'itt appeal of til.- story lies in the fact that it iniiiht have taken place a lino.-1 an where, in any 11 m ileii city. What happens to the chaiactcrs is in the realm ot umvei.-al t- periencc. I h.tl .s what inaki llicin so real. CHIANG SIGNS CHARTER UU'NIIKINV.. Auk. M yVV V ieneniisMmo (.'luaiit; Kai-.-) :ck s;i:neii the Tinted Nations' char ter today and stamped tin docu ment wit h the l 'hineM- national seal. The eei,nu!iy was wit nessed !y lot't-iKn and Chinese news coi Te-pondcntN. DANCE! Saturday, Any. 2 North Powder (lym Hesl Konr in EASI'KUN OltKGON Tickels Couplo $'..00. Inc. Tax Spectators 20c Inc. Tax Mi'tjnt.Vs t;iiue l'.:inil Dancing 9 to 1 UP Staff Correspondent rope, including a no-hitter against the 7lh division of the third army two weeks ago at Nuren berg. All Stars Blackwell is now with the 17th division of the third army al though he landed in France with the seventh army. Stationed in Augsburg, he is pitching for the third army all-stars. He allowed three hits Tuesday at Mannheim when he defeated the seventh army all-stars. He added that he got more ex perience pitching against good chilis in the army than he would have if the Reds had farmed him out to the minors. "All-star play in the European theater is equal to the class of the war-time major leagues," he said. "I am a mess sergeant, but when I finally gel home I have a wife who will cook me plenty of roast beef." Cochrane to Meet Graziano Tonight NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (UP) Freddie Cochrane, who hasn't laid his welterweight title on the lire since he doffed his navy uni form six months ago, meets brawling Rocky Graziano in a 10-round non-title bout tonight. The betting ran around two to one that Graziano, the tough East Sider, would duplicate his knockout of the champ sailed six weeks ago in the Madison Square Garden ring. But Coch rane, after spending the interven ing weeks in furious training alorg the New Jersey by-paths, is confident he has regained pre war form. HO To Take Part in Portland Tourney PORTLAND, Aug. 21 (UP) With $2.1101) in war bond prizes luring them, 111) Pacific northwest professional and amateur golf ers will go into action here today in the annual northwest pro- amateur tournament at Riverside golf and country club. Oregon. Washington. Idaho and British Columbia will be repre sented by club professionals and amateur partners. The appear ance of two eastern pros now in the army at Fort Lewis Pvt. Bob Hamilton, 11144 national PGA champion, and Sgt. Jim Manilla from Chicago, will add ail inlci Mational touch. CHAPMAN MANAGER PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 24 (UP) Pitchei Ben Chapman of the Phillies, who came from the 11 klyn Dodgers after the liMS si ..-on began, has been relumed as managei (or P.I46, General Manager Herb Pennock said lo- ,11 ST AUim Kl) ... A NEW SHIPMENT ()K An to Accessories (J. K. For Lights Sealed licams Appleloii Spotlights ISumper .lacks Seal ( overs l lour .Mats I i.i Tails (Exhaust rXIcnlions) Ray"s $iicH Service Your Independent Noiirhhot hood Shell Dealer 2h and Adams . By AL VERMEER NEW YORK (NEA) You've got to say this for Dixie Walker he knows when he's licked. The big Brooklyn outfielder, darling of Flatbush, was squat ting on a trunk in the Dodger clubhouse when we inquired if he still hoped to retain his bat ting championship of the Nation al league. Dixie shook his head. "That," he replied, "is something I stop ped thinking about 'way back in June. It was apparent to me then that I couldn't make it. And now, with Tommy Holmes, Phil Cavarretta and Goody Rosen banging away in the .360's, it is more obvious than ever." Walker is hitting around .310, not bad when you consider he was down to .280 on July 4. He blames his difficulties to a slow start and blames the slow start on his failure to report to train ing camp on the very first day. Financial differences kept him away. Having belted .357 to win the crown last season, Dixie in sisted on a handsome hoist in pay and claimed he would remain in Birmingham, Ala., and paint his house until Branch Rickey met the figure. Branch let him paint. Finally they had a meeting. Rickey, peering over his spec tacles, remarked that no ball player in the world was worth more than $11,000 per season. "How about Babe Ruth?" asked Dixie. "Wasn't he worth more than that? How about Geh rig and Greenberg and Hubbell? How about them, Mr. Rickey?" The mahatma of Flatbush scowled and scraped his throat. Finally they reached a comprom ise figure of something close to $20,000. Though out of the race for the National league hitting title, Dix ie hopes to grab the major" league runs-batted-in crown. At pres ent he is jousting for the lead with Lou Olmo, his Brooklyn teammate. Walker figures the runs-batted-in title should carry as much prestige as the hitting championship, for, as he puts it, what good arc those hits if you don't drive runs across the plate?" He is rooting for Rosen, also a Dodger outfielder, to outblast Holmes and Cavarretta for the hitting title. That, at least, would keep it in the family. Babe Will Meet Dorothy Germain In Semi-Finals By WALTER BYERS CHICAGO, Aug. 24 (UP) Mrs. Babe Didkrikson Zaharias of Los Angeles risks the last great rec ord of her athletic career today when she meets defending cham pion Dorothy Germain of Phila delphia in a semi-finals match of the women's western amateur golf tournament. The indomitable Babe has not been beaten during eight years of tournament match play Now 31 years old and playing the worst golf of her career, the Texas-born star with the flare for competition fears this may be the end of a brilliant winning streak. "My luck is awfully thin, bolh against Dot and on this Knoll wood club course," she said. Twice Miss Germain, who at 21 years is the most promising golf er to come along in a decade, has tried to mar Babe's glittering golf lecord. And twice the Babe has whipped her, each lime in the fi nals. Now they meet for the third lime, the fading queen of Ameri can golf and the eager aspirant to the throne, 10 years her junior. Their 18-hole match is the big show, a sort of "preliminary championship," while Louise Suggs of Atlanta, Ga., tourna ment medalist, meets Phyllis Otto of Atlantic, la., 1H44 runner up, in the other semi-final match. The two winners play 36 holes toinorrowr for the title. 300 lied Hospital At Seattle Awarded WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UP) The veterans administration announced today President Tru man has approved construction of a HDD-bed general medical and surgical hospital at Seattle on a 44Kj-acre Beacon hill site given by the city. Another 250-bed g n vral medicai and surgical hos pital is set at Fresno, Calif. LUBRICATION CAll WASHING GREASING GOODYEAR TIKES iiml TUBES Phono lili IW LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 i Complete Local Reports Friday, August 24, 1945 PADDLING PEACH Anita Lhoesi, youngest titleholder in national AAU senior women's championships in Los Angeles' Olympic pool, suns herself pre paratory to 300-meler medley and 100-yard freestyle, back stroke and breasisiroke races. Only 14, Anita is ono of the more spectacular younger west ern swimmers. Bob Feller Has Pitch To Go With Speed, Curves By MAHIAN GLICK CLEVELAND, Aug. 24 (UP) Bullet Bob Feller, who not only had the best pre-war fast ball but the best curve in the business, returned to pitching duties with the Cleveland Indians today, hop ing he would be able to use a trick or two he learned in the navy. Going against the league lead ing Detroit Tigers in his re-entry into the big leagues, Feller in sists he will "pitch smarter ball" than he did before lcavin the team. 'And I've got some surprises in store," he said. "I've been working hard at Great Lakes na val station the past few months and I feel I'm in major league condition." Feller is convinced his fast ball is as fast as it ever was and in addition he has a "dispy-do" change of pace pitch. The new pitch is a slow ball. a lazy drifter that is expected to make his fast one all the harder to hit. WTiat worries Feller is the fact he hasn't pitched under lights since going into the service. Russell Upsets Gardner Mulloy SOUTH HAMPTON, N Y Aug. 24 (UP) Alejo Russell, a smash ing Argentine who upset Sidney Wood and Gardner Mulloy in his latest matches, meets Lt. Hal Sur face today in a semi-final match in the 55th Meadow club invitat tional tennis tournament. Russell defeated Mulloy in a quarter-final match yesterday, 9-7, 6-1. The Argentines top spin volleys and hard service wore down Mulloy, whose game is rusty after two years of sea duty. Surface advanced by eliminat ing Andres Hammerslcy, Chilean star, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Top-seeded Bill Talbcrt of Wil mington, Del., and Frank Shields of New York will meet in the other semi-final match. Saturday afternoon. Granada MONOGRAM PICTURES pretffnrs Second Hit of Mirth and Mystery SPORTS Page 6 Bob Joyce Will Be Honored By Fans, Manager Beavers Win Pair To Gain Half Game on Rainiers By JACK DAILEY Bob Joyce will have his night Friday night in San Francisco. The Pacific coast baseball league's No. 1 pitcher with a record of 27 victories and eight defeats will be feted and showered with gifts from the management and pub lic alike. After which he will take to the mound and oppose the Sacramento Solons in quest of his 28th triumph. Joyce's opponent on the hill for the Sacs will be Joe Wood, jr., son of the famous Smoky Joe. In Thursday night's games, the Portland Beavers picked up a half game over second-place Se attle with a double victory over Los Angeles by scores of 5-2 and 11-7. Scoreless The Suds scored four runs in the seventh inning to defeat Oak land 4-2, after Hitch Chetkovich had held them scoreless for six innings. San Francisco combined a triple and a single to hand Sac ramento a 1-0 defeat in the 10th frame. Hollywood defeated San Diego, 5-4 in the last inning. A single by Butch Moran with two outiin the ninth frame scored two runs for the Stars, with Val lie Eaves, Padre ace, on the hill, Ken Richardson walked and Man ager Buck Fausett doubled. Eaves retired the next two men, but Moran came through with the payoff blow. Emil Mailho's triple followed by Neill Sheridan's single brought the Seals their victory. ! Hal Turpir registered his 14th pitching vii -.ory at the expense of the Oaks. Four hits, including a double by Catcher Hal Sueme, clinched the game for the Rai niers, Les Scarsella hit a home run for Oakland in the second. All-California Semi-Finals In Tennis Tourney EASTHA MPTON, N. Y Aug. 24 (UP) Top-seeded Mrs Sarah Palfrey Cooke meets Mrs. Pa tricia Todd and Dorothy May Bundy plays Dorothy Head in all- California semi-final matches to day in the Maidstone club's wo men's invitational tennis tourna ment. Mrs. Cooke, whose home is in Los Angeles, advanced yesterday by Glinting Mrs. Marjorie Van Ryn of Los Angeles, 6-1, 6-2, while Mrs. Todd of Lafayette eliminated Gertrude Moran of Los Angeles, 6-2, 6-1. In the lower bracket, Miss Bun dy deCeated Bi(i ivua Krase of San Francisco, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, to win the right to play Miss Head of Alameda, who lopped Mrs. Helen Rhibany of New York, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Mrs. Cookt and Miss Bundy were the top doubles team to ad vance into semi-finals play, ad vancing past Betty Rosenquesl of South Orange, N. J., and Mis. Eleanor Cushingham of Holly wood, Calif., 6-2, 6-1. Miss Head and Barbara Scofield defeated Mrs. Heraldo Weiss of Buenos Aires and Mrs Van Ryn, 4-6. 6-3, 6-4; Mrs. Todd and Miss Krase beat Mrs. Rhibany and Betty Stokum of New York, 6-3, fi-1: and Miss Moran and Mrs. Jane Gallagher ousted Ruth Hulbert and Lillian Loapus, 6-3, 7-5. TONKJHT and SATURDAY 1 9 Senators Use Yanks As Boost Into First By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (UP) Those senors from the junior cir cuit, Washington's battin' Latins, came to Manhattan today with well laid plans to use the Yankees as a stepping stone to first place. Getting into the lead would be a new experience for the Sena tors, who have been all the way from second to seventh place and back again in the current pen nant quest. They have missed out on eighth, but that is where they finished last season. As they squared otf for the fi nal stage of the race in which they have the advantage of play- Baseball Standings COAST LEAGUE W. L Pet Portland Dl 56 .619 Seattle 86 59 .593 Sacramento 78 69 .531 San Francisco 75 72 .510 Oakland 70 78 .473 San Diego' 68 81 .456 Los Angeles 67 86 .438 Hollywood 59 .88 .401 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 68 48 .586 Washington 67 49 .578 Chicago 60i 55 .522 St. Louis 59 55 .518 New York 56 55 .505 Cleveland Boston Philadelphia . 58 57 .504 55 63 .466 ... 36 77 .319 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 74 40 .649 St. Louis 70 47 .598 Brooklyn 64 52 .552 New York 64 55 .538 Pittsburgh 63 58 .521 Boston 54 66 .450 Cincinnati .- 45 70 .391 Philadelphia 35 81 .302 Byron Nelson, In Old Role of 'Man To Beat' in Meet KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 23 (UP) Byron Nelson is back in his old role today he was the man to beat in the $10,000 Knox ville open. Nelson carded a five under par 67 yesterday to take a one stroke leader after completion of first round medal play over Ben Ho gan of Hershey, Pa., amateur Fred Haas, jr., of New Orleans and Tony Pcnna of Dayton, O. Hogan, recently released from the army, dogged Nelson's tracks all the way around, shooting 34s on both the front and back nines. Haas, winner of the Memphis open last weekend, required only 25 putts for the 18 holes. Hogan, Penna and Haas had the advantage of playing their rounds in dry weather. Shortly after they finished a cloudburst drenched the course and 29 play ers were unable to finish. They were scheduled to complete their first rounds today and go into their second rounds Horace J. Nelson LIFE - FIRE - AUTO Quality Insurance Service Tel. 351-W 703 K Ave. La Grande, Ore. TODAY and SATURDAY Have you tried the finest beer ever produced by Roesch Brewery? Ask for ELK HORN BEER THE BEKR ing a long stretch of games ot , home, the Nats even were ready with a secret weapon. Manager Ossie Bluege announced from the ."senate gallery" at Yankee sta. dium that Gilberto Torres, the cy. clonic Cuban who has been a whirlwind at shortstop all sea son, is going to take over as a re lief pitcher. j Bluege tabbed him'.'as a "fine competitive player" aHd a logical bet for the late season pennant drive. That, he said, gave the pitching staff a big boost just be fore a long string of double head- Vla bjuie me itruiii o picviuus lop .l relief artist Alex Carrasquel has "j Deen Dousieu 10 u aiuruiig rote Carrasquel, winner of his last five starts, is a stoical Venezuelan Indian but has his own conclu sions about his pitching ability. 25 Wins? i '.'They start Alex all the time, Alex wins for them? 25 games maybe," he said. ',;. The Senators lost ground on their off-day, dropping a full game behind the leading Tigers who used a squeeze play to beat the Athletics at Detroit, 4 to 3, for the sixth win in eight games in the long series. i Rookie Ralph Branca of the. Dodgers settled an old .score with the Giants at New York, holding them to four hits in a 4 to 1 vic tory. Pittsburgh handed Cincinnati its sixth straight defeat, 6 to 2, behind the steady pitching of Walter (Boom-Boom) Beck. Bill -Salkeld got a three run homer. There were no other games in either league. Decorate With SUPER MURALTONE One Coat Wall Finish and MURALITE HOT WATER KALSOMDJE Bath products are easy to ap ply; economical to use! Ask us about them for home deco rating. Teel's Paint Store 1308 Adams To-Morrow! Boys' Sturdy School S acks 2.15 Sturdy cottons, fully sanforiz ed. A tough, well tailored slack for school wear. Sizes 6 to 16 years. Shop Early! if OF GOOD PaSTE O 1 "O
