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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1945)
Thursday, Aupriist 80, 1945 THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON Toda We Pay Tribute to Hti-tii,. St . . i j x ii ZJ ft U 'IT t AM Dale Lawrence Hargett, 20, who is serving in the mer chant marines. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Har gett of'ifcNte- 1, La Grande. Dale attended Central grade school. ISiiKel' junior high, La Grande j1. school, Univer sity of Oregon and Eastern Oregon college. He entered the service on July 22, and has. been mostly in-the Pacific area. OUR MEN "AND WOMEN IN SERVICE Page Five Rex W. Wall, MM2 e, has received his discharge from the' U. S. naval hospital at Be Ihesda, Md. He entered the ser vice April 4, 1942 at Portland, and has participated in naval operations in the Gilberts, raid ing operations against Truk, Sai pan, Tinian, Pplau, Yap, Ponapc, Woleai and Hollandia. He also participated in the carrier task strikes which hit Japanese ships in Kaien harbor, New Ireland, and took part in the shore bom bardment of Satawan island. DKS. IMGGS & lilGGS ; cm it qpeacto rs Palmer Graduates X-Ray eurocalometer Ser. 2019 1st Si... Both Phones 651 Bakoi', Ore. , Sgt. Lymond D. Bluhm has received his discharge from the army at the Fort Lewis sepa ration center. He has taken part in the Papuan, New Guinea and southern Philippines battles, and has received the American de fense service medal, the Asiatic Pacific service medal, good con duct medal, bronze star, and the Philippine liberation medal with one bronze service star. Leslie Frederick Smith, S 1c, has received his discharge from the naval hospital at Great Lukes, 111. He entered the ser vice January 31, 1044 in Portland. L. D. (Mickey) McCoy has informed Mrs. McCoy and other relatives here that ho is re ceiving his discharge from the scabees. It is anticipated that he will be home soon after three years in the service, 30 months I of which he spent, overseas. We Will :rT DELIVER te ll 'Over Town on Vl .T- - SATURDAY ,7 the day before the double holiday! WE WILL ALSO DELIVER AIL OVER TOWN ON TUESDAY The Day Pollowing the Double Holiday w 13 SL'S I, irfj . 1812 Cedar St. Phone 759 Sgt. Oscar H. Draper has received his discharge from the Fort Lewis separation center. He entered the service Aug. 6. 1942 at Portland, and spent 17 months overseas. He participated in the air offensive over Europe, nqrthern France, central Europe, Normandy, Rhineland and the Ardennes, and wears the ribbons of the European-African-Middlc Eastern service medal and the good conduct medal. T 5 Charles J. Lloyd, 2009 Adams avenue, has rorfWoti his discharge from the army sep aration center at Fort Lewis, Wash. First Lt. Robert H. Hogansen son of Mrs. Edna Condil, 1309 O avenue, La Grande, Oregon, has been assigned to Spokane air technical service command for duty, it was announced by Brig. Gen. R. V. Ignico; commanding general. Spokane air technical service command is the largest installa tion of its. kind in the Pacific northwest, and a part of the vast ATSC network which is respon sible for the design, engineering, manufacture, supply and main tenance of all AAF planes and equipment throughout the world. Kenneth M. Youmans La Grande has been advanced to the rating of gunner's mate third class at an advanced base con struction depot, Pearl Harbor, the navy department has announced. This advancement has come to Youmans in recognition of out standing faithfulness and skill in the performance of duty, and th? completion of the course of study proscribed for this new rating. He is the son of Kenneth M. You mans, who resides at 503 M ave nue, La Grande:' George W. Decker has been promoted from corporal to staff sergeant. He is with the 188th field artillery battalion medical detachment that has been stationed near Frankfurt on the main. Mrs. Decker, the former Ann Strange, recently received the official government notice re questing that no more letters be Lsant to -the former -address which indicates that the battalion, over seas 22 months, is enroute home or has been alerted for return to the states. Bobby Clark, motor machinists mate third class, left last night for Bremerton to report for reassignment, follow ing his 30-day leave spent in La Grande with his wife and with his Darents, Mr. and Mrs. James Cl,ark. Before his leave, Clark I was on active sea duty. O Your GI Rights Problems of Men In Service By DOUGLAS LARSEN WASHINGTON (NEA) Here are some questions from former federal employes in the service and veterans who are interetsed in getting on the U. S. payroll: Q. As a veteran, what rights do I have for reinstatement in the government if my former Job has been reallocated, or reclassi fied while I was in the service? A. If your former position has been re-evaluated to a higher level without substantial change in duties and responsibilities, you are entitled to all benefits of the reallocation. If the position has .been reallocated to a lower grade without substantial change in du ties and responsibilities, you have a mandatory right of restoration to that position. However, if there exists a position which you are qualified to fill, of like sen iority, status and pay to that of the position which you held a', the time you entered the service, you should be assigned to that job. Q. Are members of reservp corps units entitled to preference for jobs in the federal govern ment? A. Yes, upon furnishing proof that they have performed active duty for other than training pur poses and have been honorably separated from such service. Q. Who has the authority to decide whether 1 a mfit physical ly to return to my former gov ernment job? A. This r e s p o n sibility rests with the appointing officer. Den ial of reinstatement in a job for a physical disability must be on the grounds that the disability makes performance of duty im possible, or reduces job efficiency to a level below what is norm ally acceptable. Q. Does the son of a man kill ed in action gel veteran's prefer- City News In Brief : SYSTEM TESTED City fire men today testoel the alarm sys tem. , ' GRASS FIRE Grass fire at Fir street and T avenue called out city firemen at 7 a.m. today. There was no damage. MANAGER'S REPORT City manager's report for week end ing Aug. 25: General receipts, $41,421.53; general disbursements $393.87; cash on hand, $49,128.98; water receipts, $211.30; water disbursements, $287.17; cash on hand, $9,532.28. SENIOR HIKE Senior hike to Eugle Cap, Matterhorn, and Sac ajawea was held last week at the close of the Boy Scout camp at Wallowa. ence for government jobs? A. No. Preference may be granted only to veterans, their widows and wives. Home Economics Exhibits Planned For County Fair Home economics exhibits for the county-wide 4-H club fair are to be at the fairgrounds at 8 o'clock the morning of the Sept. 19, it was announced today. If contestants are unable to bring exhibits in personally, they should be brought to the office of the Union county home dem onstration agent. Tentative amounts tor prem ium money have been set at $1.50 for blue ribbon winners, $1 for red ribbon winners, and $.50 for white ribbon winners. County grand champions for each division in home economics will receive either additional pre mium money or its equivalent. Three top winners"'in the prin cipal contests will be eligible to compete in the annual state ex hibit of 4-H club home economic projects, which will be held Oct. 1 in Salem. When Rationing Ends IMS. .. ssmS,m We hope gasoline, tires, Pull mans soon become available and you can travel, to your sports play ground. Then we can promise you the famous Bergmann Outdoor Shoe made for comfort and long, economical wear. will pay to watt and got the famous Ber&HaHHSktto, Gkc&oot, SHOES 'Rainbow Island' Saga of Sarongs, Songs, Comedy The tropical magic of the South Sea islands brought to the screen of the Liberty theater, starting today in Paramount's "Rainbow Island," technicolor extravaganza starring Eddie Bracken, Dorothy Lamour and Gil Lamb. Into this paradise, Bracken, Lamb and handsome Barry Sulli van arrive in precarious circum stances. Formerly isolated on a barren isle, the trio escaped In a Jap plane after the yellow men had landed to take them prison ers. The natives of Rainbow is land, therefore, believe the Amer icans to be enemy marauders. A head-chopping ceremony is order ed by Ann Revere, as Queen Oka lana, but Bracken's resemblance to the idol god, Momo, saves the day. Thereafter, the natives feast and wine the supposedly. heaven7 sent visitors. However, Lamour, an American girl who's been mc rooned with' her father on Rain? bow island since childhood, seeks passage back to civilization with the sailous. The resultant, prt ceedings provide no end of merriment. URGE SAFE DRIVING . i SALEM, Aug. 30 (UP) Sect retary of State Robert S. Farrellj jr., State Police Chief Charles P, Pray and Highway Engineer R; H. Baldock today joined in urgji ing motorists to drive safely durj ing the Labor day holiday period Taylorcraft ' AIRPLANES Available soon. Place tout order now. . - Eastern Oregon Airways Phone SR13 . From where I sit ... 1 Joe Marsh Lawn Mowers Prewar Versus Postwar Will Curry Isn't falling for those pictures of a postwar life of ease. He was sweating over his lawn mower the other day, when somebody shows him pic tures of n mower that runs un der Its own power. "Shucks," says Will, "I like a lawn mower that gives you sonio backtulk and exercise. It gets the old blood circulating and works up a wonderful thirst. 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