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Weather Data for 24 hours to 7 a.m. Temperature: Maximum 85 Minimum 43 Forecast: Scattered clouds cast portion tonight and Thursday. Slightly cooler east of Cascades. A Free Press the Torch of World Peace ESTABLISHED 1896 LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1945 FIVE CENTS i -sr r Jack Peare Looks Back on 55 Years of Watchmaking Here The distinction of having been in the same business in La Grande longer than any other one person in the city goes to Jack H. Peare, jeweler, well known in the state and national political circles, who has operated his store here for 55 years. Peare, a watchmaker practical ly all his life, 'started "fooling i ft JACK PEARE as the Irish ath lete of 50 or 60 years ago. SV .i ' "teM J 4 La Grande Veterans Hurrying Home from Far Battle Fronts ' La Grande .veterans. and-veterans fiom the rest of northeastern Oregon are hurrying home. Naturally not so last as they would probably like to get home nor so fast as their friends and relatives should like, but they are getting home. Volume of records of dis chaiges from veterans, which are filed at the county recorder's of fice, has been swelled the last few weeks. Within the last few Jap Sugar Hoard May End Ration Months Earlier WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UP) Civilians may be able to throw their rations books away some time next spring. This prospect was held out to day by Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson as he dis closed discovery of 1.600,000 tons of Japanese-stored sugar in Java ports. American share of tiiis unex pected stockpile is likely to be at least 700,000 tons about 10 pounds a person if evenly divid ed. Anderson said it is enough to make possible the end of sugar rationing months earlier than ex pected. Officials originally feared sugar rationing would be necessary through 1046. With the sudden discovery of the large stocks ill Java, and the prospect of even more in other Pacific areas, An derson indicated sugar coupons may be up when the Cuban sugar crop is harvested next spring. Rationing of fats and oils, meats is expected to end by Jan. Shoes are expected to become ra tion free wilhin weeks. Bakers, candy makers and other industrial users probably will have their sugar quotas liberal ized almost immediately. Anderson also revealed the Dutch found 35,000 tons of natur al rubber in Java ports. Rotary Club Will Entertain Wives La Grande Rotary club will en tertain the Rotary Anns (wives) at a special dinner and program at the Stein cafe banquet room at 7 p.m. today. The program is in charge of '.he attendance and fellowship committee with Fred J. Patton as chairman. Lucas Sterne, Harry A. Zurbrick and Claude Berry on the committee. Vocal selections by Larry Bru nette, and string ensemble cham Ivr music under the direction of O. P. Wergel are scheduled. Lt, Rodney' Berg, recently returned to his former position as La Grande high school band director will be t,. speaker. JACK; PEARE as he Is today. around" with watches when a small lad, and was taught in his' father's shop in Carick-on-Suir in Ireland where his father, uncle and two brothers were watch makers. He was born in County Tip perary, Cariek-on-Cuir, Nov. 13, I860. He attended Erasmus Smith college and made records in ath letics which he continued the ma jor part of his life. H e served five years as an apprentice watch maker and two years as an "im prover," which he stated is like a post-graduate course. Early Portland After his marriage Nov. 1!), 188!), to Catherine Hally, born and reared in the same community, he came to America, arriving in Portland in April, 18110, when there was little or nothing of the town beyond Third and Fourth streets with very few residences See JACK PEARE . . . Page 5 clays 14 discharges have been . re corded here by C. L. Graham, county clerk. Soldiers and sailors whose dis charges have been filed recently are: S Sgt. Alfred Patzer, La Grande, has received his dis charge from the Fort Lewis sep aration center. He entered the service Feb. 10, 1040 at Van couver Barracks, and served 40 months overseas. He has been awarded the good conduct medal, Asiatic-Pacific service medal, and the American defense service medal. T Sgt. Hobart V. Keeney, La Grande, has received his dis charge from the aimy separation center at Fort Lewis after five years in the service, 27 months of vvnich he spent overseas. He par ticipated in the Tunisian, Alger ian, French Morocco, Sicily, Naples - Foggia and Rome - Arno campaigns, and has been awarded the European - African - middle eastern service medal and the good conduct medal. Frank Woodrow Wilson, MMlc, received his discharge Sept. 22 from the U. S. naval re ceiving station, Seattle. He en tered the service Sept. 17, 1042 in Portland. Dale Haddon Spurgeon has received his discharge from the U. S. personnel separation center, Boston, Mass. He entered the service Dec. 13, 1838 at Seattle, and has served aboard the USS Holland, USS Saury, USS Salmon, USS Tambor, and the USS Sawry. Pfc. Joe E. Manfield, Union, received his discharge Sept. 23 from the Fort Lewis separation center. He entered the service April 11, 1944 at Fort Lewis, and has been awarded the good conduct medal. Pfc. Forrest Lee Dyal jr.. La Grande, has received his dis charge from the marine base naval supply depot at Spokan3. He enlisted Jan. 15, 1943 at Port land, and was wounded in aclier Feb. 21. 1945. He served aboard the USS Saratoga when it part: cipated in the following actions: four attacks on Buka and Bonis airdromes, noithern Solomons: two attacks on Simpson harbor, Rabaul, New Britain; three at tacks on Nauru islands; task for ce operations during- occupation of the Gilbert islands; task force operations during the occupation of the Marshall islands; attack on Utirik and Rongclap, Engebi. Ujac, Eniwetok, Parry, Sabanp, Sourabaya, and Tokio (Feb. 1 1 1045); and task force operation during the occupation of Iwo Vo'- Sec 'MEN IN SERVICE Page 8 Chicago Cubs Tap Hal, 9-0 By LEO H. PETERSON DETROIT, Oct. 3 (UP) The Chicago Cubs, treating Hal New houser, the major leagues lead ing pitcher this year like a cous in, batted the Detroit Tigers all over Briggs stadium today to win the first game of the 1945 world series 9 to 0 behind the six-hit pitching Fordham Hank Borowy. The Cubs got to Newhouser for four runs in the first inning, knocked him out in the third when they scored three more times and added two more runs for wood measure off one of the three other hurlers called on by Manager Steve O'Neill. Those four in the first would have been enough for Fordham Hank, who used to make licking the Tigers a routine matter. In trouble in almost every in ning because of his wildness and six scattered hits, Borowy bore down when Detrot had men on the bases and that extra pres sure pulled him out of several tight spots. It was cold, the kind of weath er Borowy likes to pitch in, and it didn't take him long to prove it to the crowd of 54,027 fans. After the first man, Stan Hack, grounded out. Don John son singled and the parade was on. Johnson stole second, held there while Peanuts Lowrey flied out and then went to third as Phil Cavarretta, Cubs cap tain, beat out an infield hit. Newhouser then came down wth a low fast one which cat cher Paul Richards )9t get away from him for a passed ball and Johnson scored as Cav arretta went to second. That was the third ball to Andy Pat ko and Newhouser intentionally gave him a fourth one to pitch to Bill Nicholson, who hit one , that went 370 feet from the plate and was good for three bases, to score- Cavareita and Pafko. Mickey Livingston followed that blow with a single, big Bill scoring the fourth run of the inn ing. The Tigers acted as if they vere going to cut into that mar gin in their half of the frame, for the first two men up, Skeetei Webb and Eddie Mayo, singled, but Doc Kramer hit into a double. Then, after Hank Greenberg and Cu'llenbine walked to fill the bases, Borowy bore down and pot York to foul to Cavarretta. The Cubs fiWshed New houser In the third, Johnson started it with a double, was sacrificed to third, and scored on Cavarretta's sharp single to center. Phil scored when Andy Pafko doubled. Nicholson went out, but Livingston singled Pafko home, O'Neill called on Al Benton to replace New houser. Jim T o b 1 n, who followed Benton, gave up the other runs in the seventh. With two out, Cavarretta hit a home run, and Pafko singled. He stole second and went to third on a passed ball, from where he scored on Nicholson's single. O'Neill announced Virgil (Fire) Trucks, who recently was dis charged from the service and has pitched only one game this sea son, will start tomorrow for the Tigers. Manager Charley Grimm or the Cubs nominated Ha n k Wyse, 22-game winner. THE BOX SCORE Chicago (N) A.B R. H. O. A. E. Hack, 3b 5 0 1 3 0 0 Johnson, 2b 5 2 2 3 4 0 Lowrey, If 4 0 0 1 0 0 cavarretta, lb 4 3 3 7 1 0 Pafko, cf 4 3 3 4 1 0 Nicholson, rf .. 4 1 2 0 0 0 Livingston, c .. 4 0 2 5 0 0 Hughes, ss 3 0 0 3 3 0 Borowy, p 3 0 0 1 1 0 Totals 36 9 13 27 10 0 (Note Johnson scored on passed ball in first.) Detroit (A) AB R. H. O. A. E. Webb, ss 4 0 1 12 0 Mayo, 2b 4 0 2 4 1 0 Cramer, cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 Greenberg, If .. 2 0 1 0 0 0 Cullenbine, rf.. 3 0 0 0 0 0 York, lb 3 0 1 8 0 0 Outlaw, 3b 4 0 114 0 Richards, c 2 0 0 7 2 0 Newhouser, p .. 1 0 0 0 1 0 Benton, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 a Eaton 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tobin, p 1 0 0 0 1 0 Mueller, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 b Hosteller .... 1 0 0 0 0 0 c Borom 1 0 0 0 0 0 d McHale 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 0 27 11 0 a Batted for Benton in 4th. b Batted for Richards in 0th. c Batted for Mueller in :tth. d Batted for Webb in 9th. City, ForR ! ... i 5iv- . - .a EMPIRE AIRLINES fleet of Boeing 10 passenger twin motored Danes which are being used tin present airline service. In one rf 24 Housing Units to Completion of 24 units of Ln . Grande housing project will be seen soon. This information was received in telegrams to a spe cial committee of the chamber of commerce and to Dr. Ruben J, Maaske, president of Eastern Or egon college. A wire received by the cham ber of commerce committee frum Senator Guy Cordon stated, "Glad to advise national housing agen7 cy has approved completion of 24 units of La Grande housing project." James Maxwell, national hous ing agency in Portland, today tel graphed Dr. Maaske as follows: "Twenty-four units housing proj ect reactivated today,, letter fol lows." He also received confir mation from Senator Cordon by telegram, advising that the com pletion will be definite. --V- Definite regulations for the op eration and management are nut Gen. Yamashita To Be Tried for High War Crimes TOKYO, Oct. 3 (UP) Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita vv il 1 be tried by an American military commission in Manila for the rape of that capital and other "brutal atrocities and high crimes against the people of 1he United State and its allies," it was an nounced today. Yamashita, former commander in the Philippines, probably will be arraigned Oct. 8. He was lodg ed in Bilibid prison in Manila. Lt. Gen. Wilhelm D. Styer, commanding the allied forces in the west Pacific, acting on tne orders of Gen. Douglas MacAr thur, has appointed a five-man commission. Styer was directed to "proceed immediately" with the trial of Yamashita, the "but cher of Malaya," and conqueror of Singapore. The charge stated that Yama shita "while commander of arm ed forces of Japan at war with the" United States of America and its allies, unlawfully disregard ed and failed to discharge his duty as commander to control the operations of the members of his command." $4,000 of $1200 Quota Collected About $4,000 .of the $12,200 quota for the La Grande victory chest campaign has thus far been received, according to reports reaching Raymond Gray, chaii man here. This is gratifying. Gray re marked today, but is nut enough larger than the contributions fur the same length of time in the last campaign to take care of the increase. "This year we are contributing to the Do-Nut hut, which was nut included in the drive last year and will receive nothing from the fund until alter the first of the year," he said. This will be the only campaign of the sort in the city and there will be no house-to-house can vass. Booths have been set up at both banks here to receive enn tributons. RED CROSS MEETING No representatives from La Grande will attend the meeting in Portland Oct. 2, 3, and 4 of service chairmen and directon fiom Red Cross chapters in northwest, Mis. T. U Lum-'leu, courtly chaiimati. announced tu day. " Chamber Help Asked! reposed Airline S yet known, but after completion, the project is to be turned over to the college for management. First priority will go to veterans with families, who attend the col lege, though some may be rent ed to single veterans. If all the City's Charter "In Conflict" With State Law, Constitution Proposal to rewrite La Grande's charter, instead of making amend ments, wus advanced last night by Herman Kehrli, director of the bureau of municipal research of the University of Oregon. Kehrli met last night with mem bers of the charter revision com mittee, formed to suggest needed changes In the charter, which has been unchanged since 1022. The charter, adopted in 1914, is fairly up-to-date, compared with charters of other cities, but there is a decided conflict, Kehrli said, between the char ter and the slate law and con stitution. La Grande's city char ter, adopted before the budget or 6 percent tax limitation bill wont into effect, has been su perseded by state law on al most every page. Kehrli suggested the revamp ing of the charier after consider- RFC to Stimulate Municipal Building g Q $ f Under New Plan for Airports, Sewers WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UP) Municipal construction projects bridges, sewers, airports, etc. will be stimulated under a new loan program announced by the Reconstruction Finance corpora tion. The agency will make loans immediately to authorized public agencies and will consider finan cing up to 100 per cent of the cost of a project. HFC will co operate with banks and oilier private lenders. Eligibles Aligible borrowers may include cities, towns, villages, counties, stales, school or park district!', public boards and commissions and other public groups. ' Projects that may be financed include: 1. Construction or improve ment municipal water supply and distribution systems, sani tary sewer disposal plants, muni cipal airports, bridges, tunnels, highways, municipal hospitals public buildings, school and col Break in Oil Strike Although Some Unions Refuse Formula By Unitod Press Break in the oil strike appear ed near today, but walkout of longshoremen in New York har bor swelled the number of work ers idle. A high official of the congress of industrial organizations said the executive board of the oil workers union (CIO) has decided to accept the formula. But 20,000 workers in the gulf coast area notified President O. A Knight of the Oil Workers Internation al (CIO) they would accept no compromise. President Joseph A. Beirne of the National Federation of Tele phone Workers (Ind.) warned "it may be difficult to avert a full time str ike' 'of thoiisnnds of tele phone operators throughout the countiy. General MoMirs notified United Auto Workers it would not ac of these Bert Zimmerly took a the valley today. be Finished units are not needed by this fac. tion, they will he rented to others in the community who are In need of housing facilities until such a time as the houses will be needed for veterans. With t h e termination of the ing il carefully. Since city activity w'i 1 1 no doubt bo accelerated after the war, he said, conflicts should be eliminated now by framing a charter In which the basic set-up is unchanged from the legal standpoint. . . . Several Oregon ! cities have undertaken charier - rewriting, he said, although they were mainly smaller cities. Actual work en the revision is scheduled to start immediate ly, il was announced, and cit izens will probably vote on it next spring, at the primary election. Members of the committee, ap pointed Sept. 5 by the city com mission are: J. H. Peare, A. K. Parker, M. J. Goss, Roben Maaske, R. L. Gray, W. C. Perkins, R. J. Green, Foster Sims, George Tiss, and Walter Parker. lege buildings, dormitories, pub lic stadiums and docks and har bor facilities. 2. Modernization municipal street car and bus transportation systems, gas and electric systems, Repayablo In most cases, RFC said, loans vill be of the type repayable out of the project's earnings, such as bridge, lolls and water service charges. This type loan is us ually made through the purchase of municipal revenue bonds or bonds payable from general taxes or from special receipts like gaso line taxes. RFC said under its plan of dis bursing loan funds from lime to time, a city can save interest charges. Instead of purchasing a city's entire bond issue at onre. RFC will contract to purchase bonds over a period of months or years, pel haps throughout the period of a project. The city would thereby pay interest rates only on the portion of the loan outstanding. Appears Possible cept the union's demand for a 30 percent wage increase. Early solution of difficulties causing a walkout of bus drivers on the Portland-Salt Lake City and the Portland-Spokane runs was predicted by R. J. Walsh, president of Over land G r e y hound. Closing of ClO-opcrated lum ber mills in the western AFL strike spread to Oregon today, when AFL pickets began patrol ling the plant of the Springfield Plywood Co., at Springfield. SUCCEEDS McUTT WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UP) Pn-sident Truman today named Watson B. Miller if Maryland lo be federal security administrator, succeeding Pan) V. McNutt. now the high commissioner to the Philippines. ' "ty group of local men In a trip over Here Soon war, the housing project was not deemed essential and was sched uled to be demolished. Raymond Gray, president of the chamber said: "We are very pleased we have been able to obtain these units which will be of material assis tance in making it possible for veterans to uttend Eastern Ore gon college. While the units them selves will be available only to veterans, they will aid in reliev ing the congested housing situa tion. "All of our representatives in congress, Senators Wayne Morse and Guy Cordon and Represent ative Lowell Stockman assisted in obtaining this approval and we want to express our apprecia tion to them for their active in terest. "Dr. -Muasko, president of the college, presented his case to the housing authorities, making it possible to obtain the units." Truman Favors Completion of River Project WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UP) President Truman today recom mended to congress speedy ap proval of an agreement between this country and Canada for the development of the long-discuss ed St. Lawrence river waterway and power project. The president pointed out thut Canada, expecting this country to join in completing the St. Law rence project, already has built more than half of its share. "We, however, still have our major contribution to make," the president said. Truman recommended previous plans to turn over the power fa cilities of the project to New York state be followed uftcr con struction by the federul govern ment. Truman pointed out when the United States-Canadian agree ment of March 19, 1041, for the development of the Great Lukes- St. I !!'.'. renee basin is approved by congress, the two countries will be able to harness one of the greatest natural resources. He explained the project would result in "opening the Great Lakes to ocean navigation and cre ating 2,200,000 horsepower of hy draulic capacity to be divided be tween the people of the United States and Canada. Truman Asks Hoard To Control Atom WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UP) President Truman reeommendid lo congress today tin1 formation ol a commission to control the de velopment of atomic energy. He recommended that the com mission be given control of all land and mineral'deposits owned by the United States which con tain sources of atomic energy anil all plants connected with it. Sixth Child Born To Lindberghs NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (UP) New York Daily News said to day Mrs. Charles A. Linilberg, wife of the flier, gave birth to u daughter, in Doctors hospital yesterday. Hospital authorities said they are "unable to make any an nourjement." The child would be the sixth born to the Lindberghs and the third daughter. Their first child, Charles A. Utidhci gli. was kidnapped fetid slnili ill 1932. ervice Will Consider Resolution to CAB Session Bert Zimmerly of Lewiston, Ida., head of Empire Airlines, has asked the city commission and the chamber of commerce here for help in getting his line cer tified for passenger, mail and ex press service here. Zimmerly met last night with ' the members of the chamber .' airport committee and with the " city commission to set forth . his plans of operations, ' ' The civil aeronautics commis sion will meet at Washington Oct, 22 for the final hearing on his application. He has asked that thu two groups with whom he and his assistants met here will adopt resolutions asking that the fuvoruble report of the CAB ex aminer for his plans be approv ed. City commission meens to night and the chamber tomor row noon. In Five States There is, however, one excep-. tion. Zimmerly requested p e r-: mission to fly into Seattle from Ellensburg, Wash., but the ex aminer has recommended Wenat chee for his terminal. Empire's proposed operation would lie Spokane, Colfax. Wash,, Pullman, Moscow, Lew iston, Walla Walla, Pasco, Yak-' i m a, Pendleton, La Grande, Baker, Weiser, Payette, Ontario, Caldwell, Nampa, Boise, Good ing, Twin Falls, Pocatello, Mis soula. Mont., Coeur D'Alene and Kellog in four slates into an air service which would eventually also take in Winne mucca and Reno, Nev. Earlier this week Zimmerly and h i s staff visited cities in Washington and went today to Baker and Ontario. He hopes to set up schedules to be followed as a result of this flight and each is closely logged. Now Operating Zimmerly is now operating in- tra-state in Idaho. Three 10-pns-sengei twin motored Boeing planes are in service now on his lines and he hopes to add 14 more passenger planes as soon as possible after his application is approved. This morning a group of La Grande officials and other cit izens were taken on a short air trip over the valley by Zim merly in a Boeiiig. They are Ed Ford, city manager, Raymond Gray, president of the cham ber of commerce, Dr. C. L. Gil sirup of the chamber of airport committee. Fred Lanier, Frank Schiro, Vernon Hoyt, William Pierson, William Peare, Mer lin Johnson and Koilh Province. Zimmerly explained his opera tions here would increase busi ness for the already established air facilities here, by supplying additional passengers for charter trips to Portland. With Zimmer ly on his trip here, were Mrs. Tish Erb, public rela tions director, Gwin Hicks, Cliff Mullikan anil Franklin Carr. Corporal Can tr el I Will Return Soon Cpl. William J. Cnntrell, son of Martha Cuntiell of Portland, has arrived home for a 30-day fur lough alter serving in England and Germany, and is at the home of Iris grandmother, Mrs. Richard Weeks, sr. Corporal Cuiitrell graduated from La Grande high school and Eastern Oregon college. He taught two years in Baker county and one year in Umatilla county before enteiing the service three years ago. Baby Returned to Juvenile Court SEATTLE, Oct. 3 (UP) Po licewoman Hehm Elliott said to day the seven-month-old boy left on the doorstep of SK 3c and rMrs. C. J. Sweasy residence had been tvurned over to the juve nile court. Officials staled all efforts to lo cate the father of the child had failed. A n A$ $)(b t$ baby indicated the irOtBO" was not .- . IS1 iving. L ."'
