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Data for 24 hours to 7 a. m.
Temperature:
Maximum 91
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Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight
and. Thursday with scattered
thunderstorms over and east of
Cascades.
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ESTABLISHED 1896
LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY KVENINti. AUGUST 29, 1045
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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