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Newspaper Page Textit Northeastern Oregon Edition Five Sections Forty Pages i ' . ESTABLISHED 1896 : LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 1, 1945 FIFTEEN CENTS" lt!3!l!mlll!!!'!rilli!!!!;n"t!!l!tl!lli:!ll!!ll!l!l ' 3 'V UV ' m County Tops' Nation in Editorial Northeastern Oregon Today we present with pride the annual northeastern Oregon edition of the La Grande Evening Observer. Our pride is not so much in the edition itself as it is in the people, organizations and institutions, and the natural resources it exemplifies and represents. In these, our pride is in the vista of future progress and development of which their present state gives promise. ' Northeastern Oregon, we believe, is a typical section of America and a cross-section of Americans. It is more fortunate than some sections in that its greatest gains are before it. Throughout this edition you will find evidence that this section of the great northwest is surging forward and that post-war here means opportunity to attack-the problems attendant on development. Here is tremendous opportunity for agricultural ex pansion in all its phases from growing grains to inten sive farming stock raising and fruit ranching. Our lumber industry expands continually and in its re search is promise of new and greater products to serve the nation in its post-war construction. Our railroad industry, a giant which discharged its war obligations efficiently, is capable of serving the needs of the area fully and of delivering its product throughout the nation. Its myriad of business, small and large, already is seizing such opportunity as is available to build, rebuild, modernize and expand and this process will enlarge as conditions permit. Our educational institutions also have already indi cated increasing growth and will in time enter fully the task of providing education facilities for a large area. A natural playground and recreation center, it will more and more serve as a vacation spot for large numbers of people through all of its seasons. Our pride is justified. Wehope that this edition will enable others to obtain even a small view of the tremendous picture so evident to us. . Republicans Ask Elliott Pay Tax On Unpaid Loan WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UP) Republican members of the house ways and means committee de manded today that Elliott Roose velt and his former wife, Mrs. Ruth G. Roosevelt, be compelled to pay a tax on the unpaid por tion of his much-publicized $200, 000 loan. The unpaid portion was $196,000 The man who made the loan. President John A. Harlford of the Great Atlanlic & Pacific Tea company received only $4,000 in settlement and was allowed to deduct the $100,000 as a "bad debt" in his 1042 income tax re turn. The republicans quoted Hart ford as saying he made the loan to Elliott only because "his father (the late president) practically asked me to." They said Hart ford did not press for a larger settlement because he did not want "to cmbarass'' the presi dent. "Clearly, as the case now rests, the federal treasury stands to lose the tax on $106,000," the re publicans said, "That must not be permitted. If Hartford is en titled to a deduction of $196,000 on his gross income, positive steps should be taken to collect the tax on $196,000 from Elliott and his former wife." Large Group at Tigers' Den for Opening Night A large group of high school students, members of the Tigers Den, attended the opening of the youth center Saturday evening, when a dance was given with Glen Houlc's orchestra providing I he music. Mrs. L. Courtney and Mrs. Jen Bennett supervised the event and ran the fountain. Dates and hours when the den will be open have been set as follows: 4 to 6 and 7 to 9:45 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 4 to 6 and 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, and 1:30 In 5:30 and 7 to II p.m. Saturday. On any Friday evening when there is a home game at th high school, the den will open only if there is no high school dance. This is the second year for the youth center, opened last fall for the high school students to pro vide a site for omiioued whole some amusement f'tr Um tooup. Money for the pro;ct W4J rauen) by popular jiubscripUt.i c Photo Credit Lines Most of the photographs in this edition of the La Grande Evening Observer were taken by its photographers. All aerial photographs were taken by this newspaper's staff with the co operation of Eastern Oregon Airways. Exceptions are as follows: All photographs of Red Cross activ ities were taken by the Photo Album of La Grande. Picture showing activity at Eastern Or egon Experiment station at Union was taken by its staff. Picture showing farming scene in the advertisement of Chan dler Tractor company was taken by Union Pacific photogra phers. Picture showing farming scene, combining operation, in first section was taken by Cat erpillar Tractor company pho tographers. Picture of cattle scene in advertisement of Northwest Hereford Breeders association was taken by Union Pacific photographers. Four New Units In 4-H Program Organized Here Four new Union county 4-H chibs have been formed within the last week, it was announced today. Three of the clubs were organ ized at P t r r y Mrs. Mary B. Kail, leader, and one at Five Points by Miss Doris McWhorter, Union county home demonstra tion agent. Perry clubs and members are: Cooking 1 Martha Kleng, pres ident; Phyllis Fowler, Carolyn Walker, Aldene Brewer, Gcorgie Brewer, and Lois Yarington. Handicraft Ronald Carson, president; Nicholas Kleng, Billy Carson, Peter Fowler, Buddy Yarington, Angel Kleng. and Jack Greenough. Health club Billy Carson, Ron ald Carson, Nicholas Kleng, Mar tha Kleng, Angel Kleng, Phyllis Fowler, Peter Fowler, Lois Yar ington, George Yarington, Aldin Brewer, Gcorgie Grewer, Caro line Walker, Charles Walker, and Jack Greenough. Five Points health club. Mrs. Steit, leader Verna Ann Marlin, Krth Marlin. William B. Glafke, Marian K. Glafke. Marjorie E Gray, Cohan W. Bostwick, Mf thi Strut. Btlly Henry, Gry Henry Bubwm, Roberta Bay, iwd William Qlafke. IndiiduJ Five Point member are: WJluon Glafke handf-raft. One of High Counties in High State When the Union county vic tory loan campaign starts in a few weeks, Union county will be again upholding a reputation it has built up and retained throughout all the loan drives of the war. Union county has consistently gone over its quota in every campaign: in fact, it has been one of the highest counties in the state, and the state, in turn has been one of the highest Ln the nation. Which leaves the county one of the top in the entire nation. In series E bonds in the seventh war loan union sold 112 percent of its quota. In combined sales to individuals, the county was set at 128.2 percent of quota. Per capital sales were also large $53.01. Corporation sales amount ed to 301.3 percent of capital, $506,154. Same Chairman When the drive starts Oct. 29 to last through November, it will be the eighth time W. C. Perkins has been chairman. In previous campaigns he has had, from time to time, August Stange as co chairman, and in the fifth, A. K. Parker and Judge R. J. Green. Mrs. Fred Kiddle as woman's chairman was succeeded by Mrs. Mabel Morton. Chairman of Union county war finance subcommittees under the county committee are; Payroll savings, John Cava naugh; La Grande women's special list committee, Mrs. A. C. Fresinger: retailers commit tee, Lynne Bohnenkamp; farm sales. R. W. Schaad; speakers, Harry Zurbrick. Henry L. Heis, Colon Eberhard, R. E. Dixon: publicly, Mrs, Treve Lumsden: schools at war committee, Fred Paiton: railroads, Stanley Mills: fraternal, W. E. Wilkins: city-county subdivisions partic ipation, Ed Ford; bonds other than E, Treve Lumsden; spe cial and corporations, Raymond Gray; issuing agents. A. K, Par ker; theaters. J. Donald Mey ers; radio, Gordon Capps; granges, Clarence Carter; Elgin. Jack Fitzgerald. Union. G. I. Hsbs: Coce, James Mills: North Powder, Chris E. Johnson, jr.: Imblcr, Alex McKenzie; Sum merville, James Woodoll; Pump kin, Jim McKinnis; Aliccl, Mrs. Ray Fuller; Pondosa, Lloyd W. Davis; Iowa district, Dale Stand ley; Starkey, Mrs. Chris Mit chell; organized labor, Carl Herrmann; F r u i i d a 1 e, Zach Chandler: Ladd canyon, Frank Jasper; Cove road, Virgil Mor ris; Island City, Don Schroder, Totals By Years Union county war bond pur chases since 1941 have amount ed to $9,454,081, according to fig ures issued by the Oregon war finance committee. Totals year by year exclusive of drives have been as follows: 1941 $143,848; 1942. $714,268; 1943, $1,114,254; 1944, $423,698; 1945 (Aug. 31) $39,038. Drive totals: First, $112,882; second, $592,266; third, $!)93,7H'I; fourth, $1,141,800; fifth, $1,059, 700; sixth, $1,241,000; seventh, $1,526,495. Bulletin HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 1 (UP) The Crosby research founda tion claimed today to have a defense against the atomic bomb. FSA Tries Farm Security administration committeemen from seven est ern counties are meetinf todsy and tomorrow at the Sacaja,ea for a two-day conference to seek ways and means of helping re turning farm veterans and war workers i m-establish them wlvs on farms and disruss rc convonitin problem of family type and small farmers, announc ed Nei L. Williams dhrtru'i SU pervijiir, The Wft Covet let represented w.ll (Hi c'ttrae, $luiim!) iMvTtyWi, Umali- Eccles Tells LDS "Church Must Take Care of Its Own" Stewart B. Eccles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints church welfare committee from Salt Lake City, speaking before the 600 or more members at the Union Stake quarterly con ference held in La Grande yes terday, stressed the necessity of providing for the needy in the church. He encouraged all to follow the advise and council received from church leaders, in taking care of those who are or may be in need, that the members of the church should not accept support from the county, state or nation, but rather that the bishop store house should be arranged and stocked to provide all who arc in need. Bishop Warns Bishop Joseph L. Wirthlin, sec ond counselor in t h e presiding bishopric, warned the people' to adhere to the teachings of the church in all things. Robert Ord of Baker, recently returned from Europe where he served in the army related some of his experiences and told of the comfort the teachings of t h e church had been to him. Young people spoke on their many op portunities and the guidance and teachings which came to them through the church. Music was under direction of Norman Fcik and David Eardly of the stake music committee. 4-H Clubbers to Show Stock at International Eighteen head of cattle, 22 head of hogs, and seven head of sheep wil be shipped Oct. 8 to the Pa cific International Livestock Ex position in Portland, it was an nounced today. Owners of the slock, all 4-H club members, will leave Oct. 9, and the show will be Oct. 10, II. and 12 in the Portland stock yards. The cattle, 16 of wtiich are Here fords, showed an average gain of 2.1 pounds a day for the last 45 days, and the hogs show ed an average gain of 1.5 pounds for the same period. Biggest weight gain for cattle was re corded for cattle owned by Don ald Hefty of Cove, and Iris Vo gel of Union. Four-H club members to show stock at the exposition are: Beef Wayne Berry, Ehrman Bates, La Grande; Iris Vogel, Jean Vogel, Clayton Glen, Union; Dick Conklin, Ronald Pucketl. Clifford Towle, Barrie Gassett, Donald Hefty, Cove; and Wes Conrad, Imbler. Hogs Barrie Gassett, Roderick Flench, Johnnie Vann, and Don ald Hefty, all of Cove. Sheep Keith Hallmark, Jimmy Rundell, and Johnnie Vann, Cove. C. C. Conrad and II. G. Gas sett will accompany the members to oversee the stock . Methodist Pastorate Changes Announced PORTLAND, Oct. 1 (UP) Transfer of the Rev. Laurance A. Burdette from Mount Tabor Methodist church, Portland, to the First Methodist church of The Dalles and appointment of the Rev. Thomas Klink to Mount Ta bor pastorale was announced to day by northwest denomination leaders. to Help la, Union, Wallowa, Baker and Malheur. Meting today will renter on how bst to start qualified vete rans on the road to farm owner ship through the 40-year farm ownership loans and locale family-type farms that can be pur chaed at a reasonable price, ex plained Williams. Qualified Oie fnn veterans are now having grvat difficulty in finding suit able farrn,s priced in terms of paHiinff riSf'aril'V. P Use of FSA's program to help Bond Morning music was furnished by the combined young peoples courses of the stake. In the after noon service the music was fur nished by the stake choir. Two hundred and fifty young persons enjoyed a banquet which had been prepared for them by the stake Anionic priesthood committees and the stake primary board. Youths between the ages of 12 and 17 years attended the dinner. In addition these officers made up several hundred lunch boxes for adults. 3,000 Spectators Attend Air Show At Local Port Between 2,500 and 3,000 per sons witnessed the air circus sponsored yesterday afternoon by Eastern Oregon Airways in ob servance of their first anniver sary in business. Thirty-one outside planes, in addition to the dozen from the local field, participated in the event, with Pendleton, Walla Walla, Milton, Ontario, John Day and Boise represented. Cash piizes were offered by Merlin Johnson and Keith Province, owners of the flying school. Acrobatics Highlights of the show in cluded a spot landing contest In which Don Piper of Milton won first in his Fail-child PT-19, Miles Silver of Union second in an In terstate and Viola (Cooky) Lyons of John Day, third in a Taylor craft. Another feature of the aftor- l noon was a demonstration by Rex Covey in a Bcechcraft two-engine craft of a single engine take off. The third demonstration of skillful maneuvering and acro batic flying was executed by Glen Messer of Birmingham, Ala. now hero with an aerial photo giaphy group. He soloed at 15 years of age and has 13,000 hours to his credit, as well as fighting with the English - American air corps in the first world war. Taking the breath of the spec tators was a 16'j turn spin, made by Cookie Lyons. She took her ship to 5,000 feet for a 1 W) turn spin, held it for an addition six and one-half turns, finishing with a spot landing. She took her training at the local flying schorl, soloed Dec. 3, 1944, received her private licence April 4 of this year, and has now accumulated enough flying time for a commer cial license. Others participating in the event were: James Lyons, John Day, flying a Taylorciaft; Orville Pellett, La Grande, Interstate; Dick Fuller, La Grande, Interstate; Mike Houser, Klamath Falls, Cub J-4; Forrest Harrah, Pendleton, Cub J-5; Harry DeVore, Milton, In terstate; H. H. Hart, Pondleton, Taylorciaft; Mason Folsom, La Grande, Interstate; Don Horn, Cub J-4; Robert Renfrew, Walla Walla, in a Curtis Robin; Ray Mullen, in an Interstate; and W. M. Peare, La Grande, Cub J-3. Weather Data for 24 hours to 7 a. m. Temperature: Maximum 80 Minimum 38 Forecast: Clear tonight and Tuesday. L i,'t t I e temperature change. Veterans family-type and smaller farms convert rapidly to a peace - time basis Will be the prinripal con sideration Tuesday. Efficient farm operation on the basis of suffi cient livestock and machinery, small watei facilities, needed im provements, and farm and home plans to fit ivst war adjustments will be discussed. ' 0 County FSA committeemec at tending today's meeting lie: Ralph Leonfllg and John Chri tensen, leaker coumy. M ' BxftO Griggs, Lee Childers, Paul Sales Repeal of 3 Percent Tax Asked WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UP) The administration asked con gress today to repeal the 3 per cent normal tax on individual in comes and thus remove an esti mated 10,000,000 persons from the federal tax rolls. It called for repeal of the 05 percent wartime excess profits tax on business, effective ijcxt Jan, 1, and asked congress to fix a definite date when wartime ex cise taxes would revert to 1042 levels. The first glimpse of the admin istration's postwar transition tax program, which would, cut the government's income $4,000,000, 000 a year, was givon in John W. Snyder's quarterly report to con gress. It was made public while Secretary of Treasury Fred M. Vinson was closeted with the tax writing house and mean commit tee, presumably outlining the same recommendations. The committee hopes to have congress complete action on the emergency tax relief by Nov. 1 so the lower rates on both indi viduals and business can go into effect Jan. 1. Broader revisions of the federal tax structure are expected to follow. Snyder noted ln his report in creased taxes had been adopted as an emergency measure to si phon off some of the inflation ary spending power of both bus iness and individuals during the war. "Correspondingly," he saLd, "reduction of taxes during the immediate transition period can be n potent influence against de flation." Newspaper Week Being Observed In United States President Truman, in proclaim ing natioruil newspaper week, which begins today, paid one of his highest compliments when he said the newspapers of America had shown the way to freedom and justice and will be leaders in the post war area for a just and lasting peace. He reviewed the objective and complete coverage of Ihe war by the American press and empha sized the need for this kind of coverage to be extended to all countries for better understand ing. He also pointed out how news men risked their lives and how 32 lost their lives in covering tl war. Several of the UniUcd Pi ess men who covered the war for the La Grande Evening Observer were among this 32: Harry Crockett, Carl Thus gaard, Frank Prist, Ray Clapper, Fred Faust, Ernie Pyle, Robert Post, Jack Prankish, United Press; Eugene Petrov, Webb Mil ler, United Press; Ralph Barnes, Frank J. Cuhel, Joseph Morton, Tom Treunor, Fred Painton. Stan ley Gunn, John J. Andrew, Unit ed Press; Harry L. Percy, Unit ed Press; Brydon Tavcs, United Press; Bedo Irvin, William dick ering, Byron Darnton, John Cash man, John B. Terry, Harold Ku lick. Jack Singer, Melville Ja coby, Ashel Bush, Ben Robert son, Lueien A. Labaudt, and Da vid Lardner. Still listed as miss ing arc O. Witt Hancock, William T. Shenel, John J. Andrews, Unit ed Press, a n d Robert Bellaire, United Press. to Farms son, Union county; Henry Oil, Mrs. Alice Kirk, Guy Rockwell, Umatilla; Carroll Barker and Lloyd Lear, Gilliam county. FSA representatives present Alvin Hoburt, state RR director, Viola B. Shaffer, slate IIM spe cialist, G. C. Hendry, production and loan supervisor, Harold J. fincgan, farm ownership special ist, all of Portland, Bruce Stove art and Kew Williams, The Dal li, Eugene Denfley, Hosel Hunt er, Fred Bubb, Irene Makinson, i,On',ario, and Amy S. Larkin, Pen dleton. U Union Out for Raise In Rates for Drivers! La Grande lias no bus service in or out today. ' Service was suspended on Overland-Greyhound bus lines at 12:01 a.m. today when drivers went on strike in protest" against wage cuts from war time to eace time basis. '. '.':'' Representatives of the Amalagamated Association of Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America, AFL, (Local 1055) said their drivers would not accept the proposed reudctions. Instead, they asked pay rates be r tained until a new contract can be nogtiated. nt The company contended higher wages were paid on a WLB order because of extra time required to make runs during Officers Say yNo Progress' In Death Case After talking to dozens of per sons who were known to have boon in the neighborhod of Fox hill Friday night when Mis. Frank Lovely, 2B, of East Rus sell street, was fatally wounded, stuto police and the sheriff's of fice said today they had "abso lutely nothing" to report in the way of progress on the case. Sgt, Lewis Johnson of the state police said he is still checking with parties who had been re ported in the vicinity and who came forward with statements they were in the vicinity. So fur, none of them have been helpful. Funeral services for Mrs. Love ly will be h e I d at Snodgrass funeral home at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in the Odd Fellow's cemetery. Mrs. Lovely, her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Evans and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Denton had made cump on Fox hill road on Mt. Emily Friday evening, as was their annual custom upon the opening of the deer season. They were preparing to go to bed when a car approached. A shot came from the car and the bullet struck Mrs. Lovely In the abdomen. Evans ran toward the car shouting but the occupants backed around and returned in Ihe direction from which they came. Emergency operation at Grande Ronde hospital failed to save Mrs. Lovely. Petitions Asking Soil District in County Approved Petitions for formation, of a soil conservation district in the Hot Lake, L a d tl Canyon, and Union district have been approv ed by the slate board of soil con servation, it was announced to day. petitions were circulated result of a meeting July mors and soil conserva- lists in Hot Lake. Date and election has not it was announced. W. Schaad, Union ultural agent, has recommended it bo scheduled for sometime in the last two weeks of October. Also undecided is the place, although Hot Lake has been suggested. The purpose of forming a soil conservation district in this area is to aid drainage and general land reclamation, including weed control. Members of the original com mittee, which has been working on the project for more than two years, arc: Gilbert Courtright, J. C. Beddingfield, Charles Grandy, T. W. Bates, all of route 2, La Grande, and Royal Allen, Cove. 20 Cub Leaders Meet With Speedy Twenty club leaders and dis trict Boy Scout officials of Pen dleton, Baker and La Grande met with Gerald A. Speedy, nationid cubbing leader, yesterday after noon in the Presbyterian. This was the last of a series of meetings conducted by Speedy throughout the Blue Mountain council. The original foundation of the cubbing program was the theme of Speedy's speech. He discussed how boys' gangs gradually be came cub packs, with officers and officials, and spoke on the func tioning, of the pack committee, and duties of the various officials, including cub masters. o Chief executive McDcriWtt of Walla Wallu Raided over the meeting. " ycVi countyVagrii the 35-mile-on hour speed limit. This payment expires with lifting of speed restriction. : The drivers were paid 4:V cents a mile before the war aft'fl i 5.5 cents under the WLB order. Present demands would ra5e mileage rates to 6.5 cents. ' Called Off .Service called off by the strike Includes four schedules betwo&h Salt Lake City and Pocatcllo, Ida., two between Pocatello and , Ashton, Ida., one between Poca' tello and St. Anthony, Ida., six between Pocatello and Idaho Falls, Ida., four between Poca tello and Burlcy, Ida., and eight local Idaho schedules betweeh Boise, Nampa and Caldwell, lij addition service between Port; land, Pendleton, Spokane and surrounding vicinities was stop ped. The company announced provi sion will be made for passengers caught enroute during the strike to cqntinue their journeys. ; 1 It has been' estimated about 1,000 travelers leave and entnr Portland on the struck schedule's': OIL STRIKE STILL REMAINS UNSETTLED By United Press ' Company and union represent: atlves failed again today to settle the oil strike hampering the na lion's reconversion program aa labor troubles kept more than ' 400,000 American workers Idle. At Washington, a management representative said the oil wage conference appeared headed for a breakdown unless the govern-, mcnt comes up with an accept able compromise. UNION LEADER SEES "SABOTAGE" PORTLAND, Oct. 1 (UP) A legal battle between AFL and CIO lumber workers took shape loday in the strike of 60,000 men in the Pacific -northwest as a su perior court judge In Washington granted an injunction restrain ing the AFL from picketing plants in Grays Harbor county where CIO members ale em ployed. , AFL picket lies aronund H) CIO lumber operations in tne county were withdrawn after the injuncton was issued. J Kenneth Major, president of AFL local 3009, Sawmill and Timber Workers, on whom the injunction was served, said coun ter action would be taken. Fitzgerald Replies . Karley Larson, head of the ClfJ Woodworkers, said the presei -AFL strike is the result of "do liberate efforts by the lumbet operators to destroy the union in this industry." .,. "The operators are utilizing the just demands of AFL workers to close clown the industry, freeze out small competitors, discredit our state and federal govern ments, raise a hue and cry against the entire labor move- ' mcnt and force lumber prices Up next spring," Larson said. :, J. B. Fitzgerald, secretary-manager of the Lumbermen's Indus trial Relations Committee, Inc.', said Larson is confusing the is sue. He said the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers' union de manded negotiations on a five state basis for the first time. This did not give employers time enough to organize, he added. Kngineers Study Plans for Dams PORTLAND, Oct. 1 (UP) l Members of the army engineer consulting board on construction ol dams in the Portland district were in Eugene today to study plans for the Meridian dam at the middle fork of the Willamette river. ,.. Th-3 hoard will make a slmilnV (rip Wednesday to Umatilla on the Columbia river at the McNarjf dam site. Preliminary plans are diwn for the projects and after the projects doubtfulopoints will be ironed out, enabling 0e en giiiMrs to go ftad with plans afld specifiisjlions.