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i Weather p Data for 24 hours to 7 a. m. Temperature: Maximum 91 Fr Minimum 44 Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and. Thursday with scattered thunderstorms over and east of Cascades. 4 firfain Not "Red" Says Swope; See Pearson's Column Uio d rKoiVowo Coioriei ESTABLISHED 1896 LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY KVENINti. AUGUST 29, 1045 FIVE CENTS piri Ha sirooir po'y m Goering, Among 24 to Go on Trial In September . WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UP) Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess and Joachim Von Ribbentrop to day headed the list of 24 German war criminals who will be tried by an allied military tribunal. The list was made public in the capitals of the United States, Great Britain, soviet Russia and France. The list was drawn up by a committee of the chief prosecu tors. The United States is repre sented on this committee by su preme court justice Robert H, Jackson. . Trials will begin in Nurenberg next month. Franz Von Papen, whose his tory of intrigue dates back to World War I in the United States, is on the list. H j a 1 m a r Schacht, who was prominent in international finan cial and economic arrangements, is included. : a Walter Funk, the last president of the Reichsbank and Nazi Ger man minister of economics, was also on the list. Others named as major war criminals are: Gen. Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; Gen. Alfred Jodl; Robert Ley, chief of the German work ers front; Alfred Rosenberg, min ister of education; Wilhelm Frick, "protector" of Bohemia and Mor avia; Gustav Krupp Von Bohlen Und Halbach, former munitions king. Baldur Von Schirach, Gaule iter and reichstalthalter in Vi ena; Arthur Seyss-Inquart, reich minister of (he Netherlands; Fritz Sauckel, commandant gen eral for labor allocation; Albert Speer, reichminister for arma ments and war production; Mar tin Bormann, chief of staff of the chancellery of the Nazi party; Hanz Fritzsche, ministerial direc tor, a close associate of Josef Goebbels, propagandist, who com mitted suicide. Elgin VFW Post To Get Charter At Next Meeting Charter will be presented and officers installed Sept. 20 at the first meeting of Elgin's new Vet erans of Foreign Wars post, it was announced today. Officers, who will be installed by District Commander J. Hart well York, of Baker, are as fol lows: James Hallgarth, command er; Donovan V. Stubblefield, vet eran of World War II, senior vice commander; Clarence F. Taylor, World War II, junior vice-commander; Carl E. Tracy, quarter master; Clinton S. Clark, World War II, chaplain; William K. Johnson, trustee, three-year term; Warren K. Follet, World War II, trustee, two-year term; Frank To brocke, trustee, one-year term; William K. Johnson, adjutant. Earl Culver, representative ot departmental headquarters, Port land, will present the charter Fri day night to the new Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Wallowa. A delegation from La Grande is expected to attend the meeting, which will be open. Judge Selected By 4-H Club for Fair Heloise Lee Stewart, 703 O av enue, has been selected by Jane Knapp. Baker county home dem onstration agent, to judge the 4-H county fair to lit- held Sept. 2 and 3 in Baker. Mrs. Stewart, a home economics graduate from Oregon State col ) (oj;e, wittreturntno fall to woi on he Master's degree, and will also be a graduate advisor at Ww. halL O airoe S,V liitmimmtrmmmmm irifimm:t:tSi anil rt UJfc.B. BLUEJACKET LANDING DETAIL FOR TOKYO linos up aboard Iowa-class bamesmp ott Japan in preparation1' for naval occupa tion of Tokyo bay. Admiral Halsey's mighty U.. S. Third fleet lies in waters of Japan homeland, including battleships Missouri, aboard which the historic surrender ceremonies will take place. U. S. navy radiophoto direct to San Francisco from Third fleet. ! 8 S First of Troops Go Ashore in MANILA. Aus:. 29 (UP) Gen. Doiifdas MacArthur ar rived in Okinawa as the zero hour annroached for mass al lied air and sea landings in the greater Tokyo area. First sea-borne troops went ashore on three fortified islands guarding Yokosuka naval base in Tokyo bay at 2:15 p.m. today. At 6 p.m. today, MacArthur landed with thousands of air borne infantrymen at Atsugi air field, 20 miles south of Tokyo, and 10,000 marines and blue jackets swarmed ashore from ships at Yokosuka. Preparing In preparation for the post- surrender invasion, the greatest air and sea fleets ever gathered in the Pacific were making last minute preparations at bases 1,000 miles apart. MacArthur and his headquar ters staff flew from Manila to Okinawa and watched the van guard of the air-borne troops who will accompany his climb into their transports on Oki nawa's airstrips. Nearly 1,000 miles to the northeast, Nimitz MacArthur's partner in the conquest of Japan landed on the green waters of Tokyo bayy off Yokosuka in a giant Coronado seaplane escorted by fighters. The white-haired commander of the Pacific fleet immediately boarded the battleship South Dakota, which will serve as his llagship. He will represent President Truman and the United States at Japan's formal sur render aboard the battleship Mis souri next Sunday. MacArthur will sign the document as the supreme allied commander. Will be There Admiral William F. (Bull) Hal scy brought the 53,000-ton Mis souri, his flagship, into Tokyo Baptist Missionary Will Speak Here Rev. G. C. Dryden, Baptist home missionary in Idaho, will speak of his work at the mid week meeting ot First Haftift church at 8 p.m. Thursday. Hev. Mr. DryAen s 'J" siontner vaca tion. (Sirs. (Hr.M-r.Ois a foinv-r rcs!d).nt of CovQ Q O Hess, Head Japan bay with scores of other war ships, transports and hospital ships today in preparation. MacArthur left Manila after inviting Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, his successor on Bataan and Corregidor in the dark days of 1942, to be his guest at the surrender ceremony. Wain wright accepted. Members of Wainwright's staff and Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival, the British commander who surren dered Singapore, also will attend. Sgt. "Bud" Herrmann Alive in Manchurian Prison Camp SSgt. O. L. "Bud" Herrmann is a prisoner of the Japanese or has been, at a camp at Hoten, Man churia, according to official gov ernment information sent his wife here last night. Sergeant Herrmann had been missing since Dec. 21, 1944 when the B-29 he was in was shot down over Mukden during a bombing raid on an oil dump. Sergeant Herrmann was a waist gunner on the plane and had been based in India. He took. part in the earlier B-29 raids on the Japanese. After his family had been no tified he was missing in action Wainwright Gets Belated Medals CHUNGKING, Aug. 2!) (UP) Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright today belatedly received decora tions he won in the campaigns of Bataan and Corregidor and prepared to fly to Tokyo to wit ness the unconditional surren der of Japan. Wcdemeyer presented the dis tinguished service cross to Wain wright, Maj. Gen. G. F. Mooro, and Brig. Gen. Albert M. Joner, Quincy, Mass. CUT WTSM8T BATES &ALEM, Aug. 29 (UP) In ll rest rates on loaria of $2,500 or more frum Irreducible school funds will) be lowered from five to four pc-r cent :fti,I' Sept. 1. S4a)e land board clcrrk LeWls D. Griffith said today. q 4 si a do TT-. Trial Tollgate Group First to Get To Army Plane Four residents of Tollgate vicinity told today how they hail been the first to reach the scenb of the crash of an army bomber which took 15 lives Saturday night when it fell in a barely accessible spot near Tollgate. ;. ' The plane, a B-24, was found two miles and a half from Spout springs, between Balloon tree ant! Alpine lake, northeast of: -.the Weston-Elgin highway. . 1 .11 Used P-38s ; - !-; Mr. and Mrs. L.V. Barnes :and their son, Robert and Bob O'Neil were the first to reach the scene of the crash, arriving there at 4:15 p.m. Monday. Several P-38s had been circling the vicinity of Tollgate; trying to attract the attention of residents. j The Barnes family and' O'Neil left their car and in a largo open glade found the plane. A Piper cub from the army air base, at Walla Walla had flown low and the occupants pointed out the direction they were to take. .' A note dropped in a nearby tree, retrieved by Robert Barney directed them to call the Walla1 Walla base as soon as the plane was found. Smashed Tree They could see thd plane was smashed and all the 15 occupants were dead. The bodies were not mangled. The lodgepole pine and tama rack trees in the path of the plane had been sheered off for a distance of 100 feet. Some of them were a foot thick. The bodies have been recover ed by ground search parties and brought to the field here, of ficers said. ' The plane, enroute from Sioux Falls, S. D., to this base, carried 11 officers and men fiom the Sioux Falls airfield and four from Walla Walla. Kin Told After identification, next-of-kin were notified. The dead, from the Walla Wal la base, were listed as: Capt. Edwin F. Zdunceyk, pilot, son of Mrs. Anastasia K. Zdunc- See TOLLGATE . . . Page 5 it was some time before any fur ther word of him came. This time, a friend in another plane in the squadron wrote that all the men in the plane shot down had been seen to bail out and float toward the ground. There has been,' since then, nothing to indicate he was still alive until yesterday. They will soon be notified as to when he will be sent home. Sergeant Herr mann has been in the army three years, and overseas since April of 1944. Born in Missouri, he came here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Herrmann, 10 years ago. He married Mary Bailey of La Grande and they have a daugh ter, Carol Elaine, whom he has never seen. He attended La Grande high school and was ac tive in dramatics and worked for several years in a filling station before joining the army air corps. New Students Will Meet at Central Harvey Carter, principal, an nounced today all eighth grade students who have not a'iendcd school in La Grande before are asked to meet at central school at I p. m. Friday, The students will be made fa miliar with the classes they rt' expected to take and with the routine of La Grande schools. The V,UnBJ i . i .1 uiiutju vi ume ana Dinonceu, Mars ha Lists JACK FITZGERALD: War chest chairman urges county to go over the top this year as al ways. cj $ $ War Fund Leaders Will Meet Here To Plan Drive Union county war chest com mittee will meet at ,thc Sacaja wea hotel Wednesday, Sept. 5, Jack W. Fitzgerald, Elgin, county chairman, announced today. It includes such agencies as the Boy Scouts, Salvation army and the Do-Nut hut. Other members of the county organization arc Homer Leffel, La Grande, vice chairman; T. B. Lumsden, La Grande, secretary treasurer; Colon Eberharcl, mem ber of the state board; Irwin Hess, Union; Raymond Gray, La Grande; Ralph Comstock, Cove; and Bruce Morehead. The county's share of the state quota is $12,575 this year com pared with $11,605 last year. This with the budgets of the Salvation army, Boy Scouts and Do-Nut hut, will bring the amount to be raised in the county to about $20, 000 compared with $17,820 last year. Iril S. McShcrry, state ex ecutive director will meet with the board. "Although the war is over, the reasons for the uses of this money will increase," Fitzgerald said. Snead Again Leads In Golf Tourney OAKMONT, Pa., Aug. 29 (UP) Sammy Snead, golfing hotshot from While Sulphur Springs, Va., moved ahead of the field again today in the $10,000 war bond tournament at Oakmont country club and put himself in position to capture the first prize of $2, 500. Snead, playing a conservative game, required 75 strokes, three i uci fui , in me inn u iuuiiu wi the 72-holc tourney, but he was two strokes better than Byron Nelson, who shot a 77. Snead and Nelson were all even with par 144s at the end of the 3IJ holes yesterday. Harold (Jug) McSpaden and Gene Sarazen are virtually out of the running. McSpaden shot a 77 this morning to make his 54-hole total 232, while Saraze n register ed a 78 to make his total score 230. Reporters 'Kept From Full Story' SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29 (UP) American reporters in China have been prevented from getting the "full story" of what has been happening in China during the past two weeks either by "design, stupidity, or the dic tates of high policy," CHS cor respondent Don Pryor reported in a broadcast from Chungkim; today. Pryor asserted American cor respondents have been "flatly refused permission to cover strictly military activity of U. S. forces not on the- basis of mili tary security, but for no explana tion at all." Board Also Raps Hull, Short, Kimmel for Naval Disaster By JOSEPH L. MYLER i WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UP) j President Truman today made public army and navy reports on the Pearl Harbor disaster con : (aining serious charges against (!en. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, and Adm. Harold R. Stark, who was chief of naval operations when the Japanese struck. Both Truman and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, however, strongly denounced the criticism of Marshall. There was no official dii- All Graduates Of College Last Year Placed in Schools Eastern Oregon college, place ment service has now placed all graduating itcachers of last year according to Lyle H. Johnson, di rector. Beginning teachers this fall will receive higher salaries than before paid for the last num ber of years, averaging $210 per month for the school year. Grad uates will teach as indicated be low: Carol George of Portland, Port land Kenton school; Kay Buck of La Grande, La Grande; Jeana .Nice of 1,b Grande, La . Grande; Marilyn Patton of Elgin, Salem; Helen. Tippin of La Grande, Mil waukee; Lois Davidson of La Grande, Stanfield; Namomi De trick of La Grande, La Grande; Kenneth Eshelman of La Grande, Hurley, Idaho; Patty Jean Leon ard of La Grande, Haines; Emily Otis of Adrian, Milton; Marion Snider of La Grande, Pendleton; Dorothy Wallis of Vale, Helix; Nina Wells of Payllup, Stanfield; Guy Yarnell of La Grande, Board man; Betty Knight of Cove, Mil ton; Shirley Coleman of Pendle ton, Adams; Dorothy Janney of John Day, Helix; Evelyn Scott of La Grande, Irrigan. Rules Set Up For Special Stock Contest for Cove Rules for a special contest for the Cove livestock clubs to be held at the county-wide 4-H club fair Sept. 19 and 20, were estab lished last night at a meeting of the 4-H livestock committee in the county agent's office. The winner will receive a reg istered Duroc gilt, it was an nounced, and must carry the gilt In livestock work for another year. He must present one off spring to the winner of next year's contest, with each winner following this pattern through the ensuing years. Members present at the meet ing were: Vernon Dc Long, chair man, Clayton Fox, Ehrman Bates, Anita Hother, head of the garden clubs, H. A. Gassett, and R. W. Schaad, county agent, Rotary Picnic Annual potluck picnic for Ro larians and their families will be held at 0:30 p. m. today at River side park, with the organization furnishing coffee, cream, sugar, sweet corn, and watermelon. Miss Dorothy Kirby, recently returned from Haiti, will talk on her exper iences while teaching there. W. C. Perkins is chairman of the com mittee in charge of the picnic. G. W. Bailey Dies Word has been received here of the death of G. W. Bailey of Hermiston, father of W. G. Bail ey of La Grande. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. in the Christian church in Hermiston, and the body will be brought here for burial. More definite arrange ments will be announced later. MAN FINED William P. Rollins, La Grande, was fined $55 in Justice court last night, after pleading guilty to a charge of assault und bat tery. () agreement, however, with sharp criticism of Stark and of Maj. Gen. Walter - C. Short, lhen commander of the army's Hawaiian department, and Rear Adm. Hutband E. Kimmel, commander oi naval forces at Pearl Harbor, No courts martial were recom mended. Secretary of Navy James For restal ruled, however, neither Stark nor Kimmel ever again should "hold any position in the U. S. navy which requires exer cise of superior Judgment." Both Stark and Kimmel are on the retired list, although Stark until recently served as com mander of U. S. naval forces in Europe. Secretary Stimson repeated an earlier finding Short had made errors of judgment, Short also has gone into retirement. Not Advised The army board stiongly cri ticized Marshall on four counts for alleged failure to keep Short "fully advised." Stimson declared this criticism is not justified. "It is not the function of the chief of staff," he said, "speci fically to direct and personally supervise the execution in detail of the duties of the various sec tions of the general staff. "His paramount duty is to ad vise the president and the secre tary of war, and to make plans for and supervise the organiza tion, equipment, and training of a great army for global war." President Truman sided strong ly with Stimson. Full Confidence "Indeed, I have the fullest con fidence in the skill, energy and etficiency of nil our war leaders, both army und navy," he said. The army board also criticized Cordell Hull, who was secretary of state when the Japanese got in their sneak blow. The army report laid Hull might have conducted the negotiations in a different manner in order to prolong thorn until the army and navy were better prepared. In reply to that, Stimson, him self a former secretary of state, stated: "Not only do I stiongly dis agree with what amounts at best only to a conjecture, but I feel the board's comment in this re spect was uncalled for and not within the scope of their proper inquiry." Endorsed by King Naval authorities found Stark and Kimmel did not do the neces sary things to prevent just such n defeat us occurred. Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King. commander-in-chief of the U. S. fleet who replaced Stark as chief of naval operations immediately after Pearl Harbor, said in un endorsement to the navy board's report: "The derelictions on the part See BOARD . , . Puge 5 Edward Brigham to Give Recital Here Edward Brigham, basso - pro fundo, dramatic reader, and pian ist will present song and dramatic recital at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow at the Eastern Oregon college of education. Among songs Brigham will present is "God of the Stars," written and composed by him self. His readings will include the soliloquy from act 1, scene 2, Macbeth; "All the World's n Stage" from "As You Like It," and "Ring Out Wild Bells," by Tennyson. The recital, open to the pub lic, is free of churge. Social Security Office to Close The social security office here, beginning with next SaturSay, will not be open Saturdays here after, in accordance with an or der from the regional" office ut San Francisco. This itxi'.es the office conform to the rules ad opted by other federal offices since the war has been over. Sfeair Navy Will Reduce to 500,000 TOKYO BAY, August 29 (UP) Fleet Adm. CheHter W. Nimitz said today demob ilization of the navy will take place as rapidly as possible, and steps already are taken to return navy men to the United States as fast as ships are available. In a press conference Nimitz said the navy's "shooting figure" is a 500,000-man peacetime fleet. Asked how seriously the allied sea blockade affected Japan, Nimitz suid: "It brought about their sur render I don't know how much more than thutl" Nimitz said it is now impos sible to tell how the invention of the atomic bomb will affect future navies but he said it is certain such bombs will have a hard time reaching submarines. He added when the full story of ttie submarine's participation in the war is told it will be realized how much victory depended on it, - "One thing should Impress every thinking person," Nimitz suid. "Here's an . island empire -with its army intact, with a large airforce but with practically no navy. It was brought to surren der before any assaults had taken place. "It was that seanower that made it possible to use the atomic bomb, by seizing bases from Which planes could carry it over Japan." Salvation Army Will Buy Camp At Payette Lake . Capt. Ed Scrlven of the Salva tion Army has returned to La Grando after conducting a camp ror young people at Payette lake. Among the approximately 100 young people who attended were eight from La Grande, John Finley, Lauru Mae Finley, Mickey Taylor, Ardel Taylor, Addie May Smith, Rob Myer, Russ Myer and hvelyn Schiedlor. Idaho Falls, Nnmpa, Boise, Caldwell, Baker and La Grande were represented at the week session. Boating, crafts and div ersified sports were conducted for the amusement of those at tending. The site was rented for camp this summer, but Captain Scriven announced the Salvation Army is purchasing the property at the lake and building will be started this fall so next year a separate camp may be conducted for under-privileged children. The camp will be for use of the La Grande district as well as others, and help of the community will be sought for the project. Captain Scriven has spent sev eral years in special work with young people. Japs Beat Yanks to " Try to Get 'Tips' SHANGHAI, Aug. 29 (UP) Liberated U. S. army and navy airmen said today Japanese beat American prisoners mercilessly at the infamous "bridge house" In ternment camp in attempts to ob tain military information. Pilot Lt. Harold O. Eifler, Chi cago, and navigator Lt. William R. Martin, jr., Colorado Springs, shot down during a Liberator bombing raid on Shanghai targets, were among the prisoners mis treated. Japanese kicked, slapped and beat them and demanded to know when the invasion of Japan was scheduled. With "them Was Sgt. Clyde ScUlts, Mount Pleasant, Mich. Five Wival fliers fared even worse. They were kicked and whipped1 by their guards, and now, many days later, are still unable to eat well because of thoir condition. ml Kv- V
