THE STORY OF THE ATOM
"No. 13: First Test of an Atomic Bomb
Society Briefs
sJL GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Phone 600
News and
' Engagements
X Social
Friday, September 21, 1945
Trophies Presented to ,
Country Club Winners
Ti.nr.hinc were Dresented to the
winners of the season's events at
the Wednesday luncheon of the
women of La Grande Country
;' club. Awards were made to Mad
eline Spaeth, club champion, to
Mis. George Decker, runner-up
and winner of the spring handi
cap tournament, to Mrs. Anne
Pierce, winner of the nine-hole
trophy, and to Mrs. Marvin Blake
: for scoring a hole-in-one.
In Wednesday's activities Mrs.
LaVaughn Robertson
Weds Joe Browning
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Walso'n an
nounce the- marriage of their
daughter, LaVaughn Robertson
to 'Joe H. Browning, MoMM 1c,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Cox of Ba
ker. The 'ceremony took place
Sept. 13, in the Baker Baptist
parsonage. ,
Both are graduates of the La
Grande school, and he is station
ed at Bremorlon. Mrs. Watson is
employed here by the telephone
company, and after his release
they plan to make their home
in Baker.
; Eagles Auxiliary
Initiates Three
'td 'nroe new members, Mrs. Al
Tfcrt Smith,' Mrs. Helen Lorenz
and-Mrs. Of villa Berglund, were
: initiated into the Eagles auxiliary
... at the regular meeting last eve-
ning in the' lodge hall.
A card party was planned for
Tuesday with Mrs. Lloyd Car
penter, Mrs. Lela Frazer, Mrs.
; Mattie Smith, Mrs. Ernest Case,
Mrs. Ida Knighthart and Mrs.
Clarence Wilhelm in charge.
Plans were also made for a
i bazaar Dec. 15, in Teels1 paint
: -. store. Refreshments were served
by the committee.
j Age of Man Against
Letting Couple
't Adopt Foundling
! SEATTLE, Sept. 21 (UP) Fred
. Kuhn's age of 55 years appeared
'oday to be a possible bar to the
V lormal adoption of a two-week-,
old foundling left in the wood-
, box of the Kuhn home Wednes
day night after his 30-year-old
i wife of nine months appealed
! publicly for a child.
Superior Judge John A. Frater
said informally social and adop-
tion agencies "generally feel a
I man as old as Mr. Kuhn old
enough to,;be a grandfather is
too elderly, to adopt a child."
.:, He said it might be doubtful
' a man of that age could provide
sufficient security and pointed
:s out Kuhn wil Ibe 70 when the
4. child is 15. The Kuhns neverthe
; less were determined to keep the
child, temporarily named Anne
Lorraine, and said they would
press for legal adoption.
Oregon Hatchery
' Output Set High
PORTLAND, Sept. 21 (UP)
reeon's AuL'ust hatrhprv nrn-
rduction totaling 320,000 chicks
t'as the second highest rprnrrlpH
WE
I fOl
for the month, the Portland of
fice of the,bureau of agricultural
economics reported today.
The top August record was
made in 1943 when 393,000 chicks
were hatched. The 1945 mark,
260,000 above the 1944 record, in
dicates a trend toward increased
production of broilers and fry
ers, according to the report.
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DJIr XI
Activities
... Weddings
Events
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Fred Spaeth was winner In the
best nine tournament, and Mrs.
Doyle Zimmerman won at cards.
It was announced that there will
be a ladder challenge tournament.
The committee for construction
of the barbecue pit was announc
ed and includes Mrs. Lesley Kin-zel,-chairman,
Mrs. Charles Bing
ner, Mrs. Elizabeth Donnally,
Mrs. Chase Bohnenkamp and Mrs.
Doyle Zimmerman.
Social Calendar
FRIDAY
Sept. 21. I. O. O. F. lodge No.
10, I. O. O. F. temple.
6 p. m. Cub Scouts of pack 114
supper at First Presbyterian
church.
7:30 p. m. Twelve Aces club
will meet with Mrs. J. B. Turner,
2116 First street.
8 p. m. Eastern Star social club,
Masonic parlors.
MONDAY
7:30 p. m. Historical society,
Sacajawea hotel. Mrs. Dee Davis
in charge of the pioneer story.
THURSDAY
2 p. m. VFW auxiliary sewing
group will meet with Mrs. A. P.
Nelson, 508 N avenue. Sewing for
bazaar.
Mrs. Ray Baum
Has 'Red Letter
Day' Birthday
UNION, Sept. 12 (Special)
Tuesday was a "red letter" day
in the life of Mrs. Ray Baum, one
of Union's popular citizens. First,
it was her birthday, for which
her children, Mrs. Lowell Hut
chinson, Mrs. Reynold Baxter,
Chet and Frank Baum planned
a surprise party. Second, her
son Cpl. Richard Baum, who has
been at Rheim, France arrived
unexpectedly. Then later came
the 56 guests making up the sur
prise group.
There were many gifts from
relatives and friends. There was
a birthday cake, served with ice
cream and other dainties and
games were played.
WAC Back
Mrs. Edward Griggs arrived in
Union Tuesday evening from
Camp Beal, Calif., where she re
ceived her discharge from the
WACs. Mr. and Mrs. Griggs are
at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Rex Griggs, arranging
for their permanent home in Un
ion. Mrs. Ora Cline, Mrs. Wilmarth
Ward, Mrs. Bculah DeGraw and
Mrs. Leo Anderson, executive of
ficers of the relief society of the
L.D.S. church and Mrs. Irvir.
Westenskow, Mrs. William Bax
ter, Mrs. L. Lamb and Mrs. W.
K. Lindsay, class leaders will at
tend the all day conference of
stake officers that is to be held
at the tabernacle in La Grande
Friday, Two members of the gen
eral board in Salt Lake City will
be present to give instructions in
the work for the coming year.
Little Wayne Orton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alva Orton, returned
Saturday from a La Grande hos
pital, where he had been under
medical care for several days. He
is reported improving satisfac
torily. Mr. and Mrs. Giles Van Hou
sen left Union for San Diego
Monday evening in response to a
telegram anouncing the serious
illness of their son, Robert, who
is in service there.
KIDNEYS
MUST REMOVE
EXCESS ACIDS
Help 15 Miles of Kidney Tube
Flush Out PoUonous Wute
If yoo hivtan excess of acid In ronrblood,
your 16 mile of kidner tubes mar be over
worked. Thesetlnyfllten and tubes are work
ing day and night to help Nature rid your
ayttem of excess acids and poisonous waste.
When disordcrof kidney function permit
poisonous matter to remain in your blood. It
maycausenaeginebaekache.rheumaticpains,
lev pains, Ions of pep and energy, setting up
Bights, swelling, pufnness under the eyes,
headaches and dlnlness. Frequent or scanty
Passages with smarting and burning some
times shows there Is omc:v'- wrong with
your kidneys or bladder.
Kidneys may need help the same as bow
els, so ask your druggist for Pnan's Pills, a
stimulant diuretic, used successfully by mil
lions for over 40 years. Lioan's give happy
relief and will help the 16 miles of kidner
tubes Hush out PbUmoua waste from your
blood, (jet Doan's Pills.
Mrs. Reed Blacker, president of
the countv council Parent Teach
er association, and Mrs. H. A.
Becker, state high scnool service
chairman, returned last night
from Portland where they at
tended a board of managers
meeting. They made the trip by
plane.
V
Mrs. Robert W. Howard, Mon-
tesano, Wash., was in town yes
terday on her way to Utah to
visit her husband, who was form
erly manager of the La Grande
Fruit company.
Soc Mrs. Ernest Kohler has re
turned from Portland where she
visited her daughter and grand
son, Emogene and Kenneth Hunt
ington.
Took Part in
Most Events, Also
Won Blue Ribbon
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Weatherspoon.
Beef showmanship Ronald
Puckett, Philip Street.
Sheep showmanship Kieth
Hallmark, Jimmie Rundall, Gas-
sett, Vann, Reva MeClure.
Demonstrations first, Gas-
sett and Hefty, preparing a dairy
calf for show; second, Vann and
French, fitting a hog for show;
third, Clifford Towle and Kieth
Holman, testing milk for butter
content.
Total points in livestock clubs
are as follows:
Doyle Brown, 325; Reva Mc
Clure, 205; Wayne Berry, 235;
James D a g g o r t, 235; Ronald
Puckett, 310; Roderick French,
310; Kieth Hallmark, 280; Clif
ford Towle, 190; Jiickie Lane,
310; Phyllis DeLong, 370; Alice
Robinson, 280; Johnnie Vann,
265; Arlis Zollman, 340; Dale De
Long, 340; Harold Baron, 280;
Billy Daggort, 295; Gilbert Dam
on, 26.5; Jay Hagey, 265; Rosella
Price, 265; Erman Bates, 310; G.
Weatherspoon, 280; Dickie Conk
lin, 235; William Weatherspoon,
280; Philip Street, 325; Jimmie
Randell, 295; Barrie Gassett, 250;
Donald Hefty, 250; Norman
Wells, 280.
Co-Ordinator of
Nursing Appointed
Appointment of Alpha John
son as coordinator of nursing ed
ucation for this year at Eastern
Oregon college was announced
today by Dr. Roben J. Maaske,
president.
i-MisS Johnson received the R.
N. from the University of Mich
igan hospital school of nursing,
the B. A. degree at the Univer
sity of Michigan, her master de
gree pending the completion of
the thesis at Teachers college,
Columbia university, and has
done advanced study at the grad
uate school of the University of
Michigan and at Wayne univer
sity at Detroit.
She has been director of the
school of nursing at Sacred Heart
hospital in Eugene and previously
instructor of refresher courses at
University of Oregon medical
school, department of nursing ed
ucation; director of the school of
nursing, Wyoming county com
munity hospital, Warsaw, N. Y.;
director of the school of nursing,
Ohio State university hospital;
and educational director, Yonk
ers General hospital, Yonkers,
N. Y.
Hospital NoUt
Grande Ronde Hospital
Admitted: Sylvia Dora Wilson,
La Grande. Mrs. Florence Roh-
erts, John Day, surgery; John Lee
Stevens, L,a Grande, Jesse A.
Main, transient, William Fukui.
Seattle, medical.
Dismissed: L&rry Follett, La
Grande.
St. Joseph'! Hospital
Admitted: Mrs. William Dob
bins, Union, medical; Joanne
Brines, Wallowa, surgery; Mrs.
C. C. Burns, La Grande, labor
atory. Dismissed: Leo Stewart, Pen
dleton; Mrs. Kenneth Grant,
Luther Feik, Mrs. Gerald Pierson,
Mrs. Floyd Mann, Mrs. A. R.
Luster and daughter, La Grande.
TED ROY
Teacher of Voice
ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF
VOCAL STUDIOS
IN LA GRANDE
Former Staff Tenor of the National Broadcasting Company
WINNER IN THE FIRST ATWATEK KENT
NATIONAL RADIO AUDITIONS Q
For Appointment and Information, Call 860J
(1) A few nearby newspapers carried
the story of the strange flash of light in
New Mexico; no radio station carried it,
so the thing must have been Just some
body's imagination after alK Then on
August 6, the whole secret was let out
when President Truman released re
port of the atomic bombing of Hiro
shima, This was the first practical test
ever made of the enormous power
stored in the atom.
Union Teachers
To Be Guests at
Annual Reception
UNION, Sept. 21 (Special)'
At the Woman's club building,
Tuesday evening, September 25,
members of the Young Adult Fel
lowship group will give their annual-reception
to teachers of the
Union schools. A potltick sup
per at 7:30 will be followed by
the reception and a musical pro
gram. On the recption committee are
lUVo Nnllo Morrison. Mrs. L. Z.
Terrall, Mrs. Melton Davis and
Mrs. Olga Smith; decorations
mnmlii. Mrs Carl Posev. Mrs-
Guy Goble and Mrs. Don West;
hostess committee Mrs. Mnnem
Taylor, Mis. Francis Sloat, Mrs.
Art Galle and Mrs. Wayne Fer
guson; program committee, mis.
Tex Knight and Mrs. riarian nan.
Social club of OES held its reg
ular monthly meeting at the
home of Mrs. J. R. Jones. Re
freshments were served by Mrs.
Jones, assisted by Mrs. Art Galle
and Mrs. Kenneth Taylor, Guests
for the evening were Miss Geor
gia Wright and Mrs. Carrol V.
Geran of New York. Next meet
ing of the club will be at the
home of Mrs. George Ferguson.
Mrs. Mary Chandler of Elgin
visited with her sister Mrs. Mar
garet Martin Tuesday afternoon.
She was accompanied by Mrs.
Sadie Wyatt and Gene Hug.
Mrs. Charles Earl, daughter
Barbara, Miss Ryan and Mrs.
Elizabeth Vogel went to Port
land. Saturday. Mrs. Earl and
Miss Ryan make their home in
Portland, so they remained there,
but Mrs. Vogel returned to Un
ion Sunday evening. Mrs. Vern
on Allen, also one of the party,
visited her daughter, Mrs. Paul
Janz during her short stay in
Portland and returned with Mrs.
Vogel Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Terrall en
tertained with a birthday dinner
Tuesday evening for their friend,
Mrs. Edith Phy. Other guests
were Mrs. Elizabeth Vogel, Mrs.
Olga Smith and her son, Delevan
Smith, who is here from San
Jose.
Mrs. Rachel Bidwell, who has
been staying at the home of Mrs.
Alpha Danforth since her return
from the hospital, is sufficiently
improved to return to her own
home in Union.
Miss Adelia Stonedahl of Boise,
Ida., arrived in Union Saturday
for two weeks visit at the home
of her father, A. M. Stonedahl.
PRAISES INDIANS
SALEM, Sept. 21 (UP) Gov.
Earl Snell, calling attention to
the observation of American In
riian day tomorrow, today praised
the accomplishments of the red
men, particularly their loyal ser
vice in war.
There is a greater demand for
pennies, nickels and dimes in Un
united States now than at any
time since 1929.
(2) The atomic bomb had been placed
on top of a 100-foot steel tower in a
desert area near the Almagorodo Army
Air base, 120 miles southeast of Al
buquerque, New Mexico. Scientists, en
gineers, servicemen and other workers
had brought equipment to the tower in
the dead of night, about four nights
previous,
(3) Wires were strung to control
points located 10,000 to 17,000 yards
from the tower. It was after midnight
ROBERT P. PATTERSON!
President's choice for secretary
of war.
Christian Education
Board Meets, Names
Officers for Year
Meeting to organize for the
year, the board of Christian ed
ucation of First Presbyterian last
night elected officers and select
ed committees.
Officers are: Pat Ferdinandsen,
chairman; Lucas Sterne, vice
chairman; Mrs. G. L. Gregory,
secretary.
Committees are: .
Finance Katherine Moran, A.
B. Olson, John Bennett and Ma
rian Hunker.
Sunday school officers and
teachers: Mrs. Robert Williamson,
John Miller and Mrs. M. Gower.
Westminster fellowship: Helen
Schaper, Verna Vickers, Logan
White and Mrs. Clarence Burns.
' Special nays: Effie Snider, Mrs.
Turner Oliver, Pat Ferdinandsen,
Dr. Henry Ehlers, Mrs. Gregory,
Margaret Anson,. Mrs. Lowell
Williamson.
Camp and conference: Doris
McWhorter, Douglas Talney, Ver
non L. Hoyt and Mrs. Chase
Bohnenkamp.
College: Lucas Sterne, Lyle
Johnson, Mrs. Colon Eberhart and
Lucille Thompson.
Reports were also given on the
needs of the young people's
group, the Sunday school and the
Boy Scout, Cub Scout and Girl
Scout troops. ,
FAVOR STRIKE ;
EUGENE, Sept. 21 (UP) CIO
lumber workers in the McKeny.ie,
Marcola, Eugene and Springfield
areas have voted six to one in
favor of a strike to back up un
ion demands for a general wage
boost of 25 cents an hour, Union
officials announced today. Ballots
were counted Tuesday.
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July 16, and on hand were scientists
and army men who had participated in
the project Dr. J. Robert Oppen
heimer, in charge of the test; Ma, Gen,
Leslie R. Groves, director of the project;
Dr. Vannevar Bush, head of the Office
of Reserach and Development, and
others. . ,
4 The setting was suited to the
drama. The sky was overcast. There ;
was occasional linhtnine. thunder, and
MacArthur Says Japan Never Again to
Be World Power; in Complete Collapse
By HUGH BAILLIE
(World Copywrighl, 1945
By United Press)
TOKYO,. Sept. 21 (UP) Japan
will never again become a world
power, Gen. Douglas MacArthur
said today.
"Japan industrially, commerci
ally, militarily and every other
way is in a stale of complete col
lupse, MncArthur declared. "Her
food supplies are scarce and she
faces conditions in this emergen
cy that may well become catas
trophic. Her punishment for her
sins, which is just beginning, will
be long and bitter."
The supreme commander told
me war criminal trials will com
mence shortly. Japan's army will
be absolutely abolished by Oct.
15. The remnants of Japan's navy
are doomed to destruction except
"minor specimens which may be
retainable for scientific or mu
seum purposes."
All Japanese munitions and all
munitions plants which survived
the war will be destroyed, Mac-
Union Resident
Dies in La Grande
UNION, Sept. 21 (Special)
Charley Daugherty passed away
at a La Grande hospital early
Wednesday morning. Daugherty,
employe of S. E. Miller, and had
been stationed at the Catherine
creek meadows camp,' when he
was taken seriously ill Sunday,
he was alone there, but Tuesday
felt able to ride a horse to the
Catherine creek camp, where he
met Miller, Who brought him to
the Miller home in Union:
He grew steadily worse, so they
removed him to a La Grande hos
pital Saturday. Funeral arrange
ments await locution of relatives,
while he has been a faithful em
ploye of the Miller family for at
least six years, they have no def-
I inite knowledge of his family.
Hollywood's first movie was
made in 1909. It was "The Sul
tan's Power."
First Baptist
Church
Sixth and Spring
R. E. Stanley Hunt, I'astoV
Invites You to Hear
Rev. J. R. Haslam
Evangelistic
Crusader
BEGINNING SUNDAY
September TArA
On These and Other
Vital Subjocts
"The Pleasure of Heaven"
"Christ Appears Today"
"America Bls God"
"The Boys Are Coming Home"
"The Preciousnoss of Jesus"
"You Tell on Yourself"
"Reason Why I Believe the
Bible"
"Ministering in a Suffering
World"
Sunday 1 1 :00 a.m.
"SAVING THE LOST
AND DYING"
Bioudcant on KLBM
7:30 p.m. "Have a Heart"
Week-Night Services
7:15 (Except Sunday)
lev ffi Ji
Arthur said. Japan will be kept
on an austerity basis regarding
sports, entertainment,, and lux
uries. ,
The Japanese are not being
treated brutally but the surren
der terms, no matter how harsh,
are being rigidly enforced, Mac
Arthur emphasized. Furthermore,
be said, Japan can expect no re
lief, no food, clothing, or supplies
from the allied powers this win
ter. MacArthur pointed out com
plete execution of the terms im
posed by the allies is expected to
lake many years.
Reiterating that he has no pd
litical aspiration, MacArthur said
that he started as a soldier and
intends to finish as one.
"I'm on my last public assign
ment, which when concluded will
mark the definite end of my
service," ho said.
Battleship Oregon
Will Retire at Guam
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (UP)
Battleship Oregon, heroine of
three major wars, has been hon
orably discharged from the naval
service and will be consigned to
inconscicuous retirement at
Guam, navy secretary James V.
Forrestal disclosed (oday.
In a letter to Sen. Guy Gor
don of Oregon, who with Rep.
Homer Angell has been asking
for the return of the famous bat
tlewagon to her permanent anch
orage in Portland, the navy sec
retary said the war had taken its
toll of the gallant warship, "wear
ing it out where it could no long
er be even an impressive relic."
The navy secretary said ex
pense of duplicating all of the
upper works which were remov
ed would be extremely large.
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rainfall. The unsettled weather had de
layed the experiment to 5:30 a.m. As
the appointed hour approached, the
radio loudspeakers started broadcast
ing the time signals, "minus 15 minutes, .
minus 10 minutes, minus . . . ." came
the loudspeaker's voice, The robot
mechanism to set off the bomb was
turned on. The whole experiment was
out of human power to stop.
Tomorrow? A TerWrlj hfo.ii For
Of ficers Named
By Union High
School Classes
UNION, Sept. 21 (Special)
Union high school is now fairly
well settled for the year of 1945
40. William Durrant arrived from
American Falls, Utah, Wednes
day to take over his position as
coach and teacher. He is a grad
uate of Utah State University,
where he made letters in football,
basketball, track, and Tennis. In
1942-43, he had the state cham
pionship basketball team,
Class meetings were held Tues
day, and officers were elected
for the year. Freshman class
Wayland Wells,; president; R o y
Rinehart, vice president; Don
narac Smith, secretary; James
Evans, treasurer. Sophomore
class Richard Westenskow, pres
ident; Alvin Roberts, vice pres
ident; Arlene Daggett, secretary;
Dorothy Hayward, treasurer; Mrs.
Mardell Allen, advisor. Junior
class Mary Ellen Fortune, pres
ident; Joan Galle, vice president;
Ben Dodds, secretary; Margarete
Mills, treasurer. Senior class .
Donna Van Housen, president;
Noil Monaghan, vice president;
Edsel Wulf, secretary; Ruth
Lange, treasurer.
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