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Three Years Job Of Sabotage Hit Japanese Plant By FREDERICK C. OTHM.AN WASHINGTON, Oct. 0 (UP) What I have today is a head cold and a story about American pris oners in Japan such as nobody ever heard before. I think you're going to be as happy to read it as I am proud to write it. . Cold and story both came from SSt. Anthony Calducini of Phil adelphia, who spent three and a half years as a sluve laborer haw, haw for he Japanese in Manchuria. Tony was my scat mate on the G lobster, Tony told how he und a couple of hundred other Amer icans spent three and a half years in a Manchurian machine shop, which they managed to turn into a nightmare. Good Care Let's let Tony tell the story: "It was about the bigges.' ma chine shop I ever saw with the equipment in factories covering acres," he said. "All of us were expert machinists, we'd told the Japs, and they had to take pret ty good care of us. "The first thing they said for us to do was build a reinforced concrete foundation for a giant planing machine. We figured we'd better give it a really fine foundation. Reinforced "We pouied in the cement and reinforced it with typewriters, cuspidors, coat racks, filing cab inets (with the papers still in 'cm), wheelbarrows .electric light fixtures, a couple of wash basins, n motorcycle, some now electric nio'ois, clocks, ISO shovels, and pioliably some other stuff I over looked. Every night we'd smooth the concrele d o w n; next morning wed start a new layer, reinh.ro. ing it as we went with everything loose. "The Japs appreciated it, and while they seal ,'h( d our quarlers for the missing stuff they never blamed us. So came Ihe ticklish job of mounting the machine. Still Working "It was a who.,irr anil we had to move it by winches and over head derricks. Very carefully. "Somehow ve managed to drop It. Clumsy, I guess. We told the Japs we sure were sorry, but 11c- j cidents would happen. We prom ised 'em we'd place the machine a little crooked to make up for the way it was knocked out of line. "For three and a half years Lhof j Japs worked on that ma chine w i t h levels, trying to straighten it out. A Pleasure "Then? were hundreds of other machine tools in operation. The Japs didn't seem to know much about 'em and we did our best to help 'em out. I mean when a ma chine would get noisy we'd shut her down, take out a piece, show the Japs how crooked or ben'i it was and throw it away. Then we'd replace it with a piece out if another machine. ' "So the war ended and the Jap interpreter called us together. He said, 'Gentleman, I want to com pliment you on the finest job of sabotage in the his'.ory of war.' We told him it was a pleasure." Pfc. Alvin Campbell (lets Bronze Star For Achievement , Pfc. Alvin Campbell has been awarded the Bronze S'ar medal, it was learned today in a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lu lher Campbell of route 2. La Grande. Campbell, witli the 4Hrd infan try division received the Hron.e Star for heroic achievement in connection with military opera lions against the enemy a' l.uon, Philippine islands, May I!) of this year. The letter, from Maj. Gen. Leonard F. Wing, U. S. army, said, "Now that the pe;u'e is in sight, and all our prayers an swered I want you to know that 1 deem it an honor to have serv ed in the same command with your son, who typifies the finest in 'he Aineriean army a brave and gallant sok'ier." Campl .'ll has lived all his 25 years here, with the exception of the time he has recently been with (he aimed Inters. He ,-ntr-d tin- amiy in September. 1!H. and went vn seas in March. 11145. His wire. .loan, two sons, ami a baby il a 11 g li 1 e r live in l..i Grande. The dauejilei h, Iki-h'I yet seen. I! -29 Crashes Off Coast on Wan Home SACKAMI'NTO. del. (i tlT Mather firV nllieiais I1nl.1v ir pulled loss nt a It - .i !l .nin.'.ti (mil the l':e 1 1 if to l..e field lib veteian aiiineli setieduled foi chai ge or rrassig.vne nl, De'alls f tin1 .-rash were l.u'k ing. Meaner lepmts said the Su -pel fnrti vs., el ashed about M'O miles utf the California ,M.e I The plane was l.el..-v.-.l caniiu; approximately 20 military pel sonnel. Today We Pay Tribute to Fred 0. Conned, coxswain, who served in the south Paci fic more than two years. He entered the service Aug. IS, 1912. Conned, the grandson of Mrs. Kda DeFries, attended 1 4i Grande schools before en listing. . . . Mnnnina. 2ft im s , liv,,nue, brother of M Btjntl(. u Sherwood, P. O Box 12:14, Idaho Falls, Ida., is in Ihe first group of high-point mer scheduled to leave Iwo Jima for II, e United States and discharge Sergeant Mannim; has bejn a Pli phone switchboard operatoi with the .WMIi air service runup since July 7 when the outfit en tered lb? central Pacific as a component of the Iwo-based sev ( nth fighter command. A radio repairman in civilian life, Manning volunteered fur tin army in August, 11140. He spent 3(1 months in the Aleutian islands, wining a battle star for the rug ged Altiitinn campaign. T Sgt. Thomas H. Struck East Adams avenue, wi ' Honor ably discharged at Tinker field, Okia., after (i.'t months with the army air forces. Sergeant Slruek's lour of duty included 2(i months in England with the eighth air force. He was an airplane mechanic and aircraft electrician. Before 10 porting tn Portland he was sta tioned at Ihe Oklahoma City air technical service command, model maintenance and supply depot of the AAF. "Prior to his service with the army air forces, Sergeant Struck was a carpenter and painter in La Grande. Sgt. Ivan Daughorty this morning wired his mother, Mrs. Eva Pearl Daughorty of La Grande, that he is in Fort Lewis and will receive his honorable discharge Monday. He is expect r d to arrive here Tuesday eve ning. Daugheity has been ser ving in Hawaii. T 5 William R. Johnston, 2202 First street, and T 4 Lynn H. Mnyfiold. Box 2li2, Union, have recently been honorably discharged from tile army at Fort Lewis separa tion renter. Given discharges from the navy at Biemerton sep aration renter are: Franklin Henry Brothers, boatswains mate, 1 1 1)2 G av 'line. La Grande; Lloyd David MeCliuie, coxswain. Eb:in, and .lav Clyde lloekelt. pharma cists mate .first class, Entorpl iso. Johr Dooley, recently diseharg.'d from the army, is visiting a' the home of his hinihei and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. It K. Donley, 2'l0(i north Knurl h stieet. First Lt. Margaret Cnvtmaucrh, army nurse, arrived here Thurs day evening to spend three months leave at tile linnie nf her parents. Mr. and Mis. John Vav anaugh. I.icut.'iiant Cavanaiigh has 1 refill l.v rrturnrd from Kng I a 11 d whrtr shr was sl.riimeil with a ho.spital unit for 22 iiiont lis. CENTENARIAN DIES SAl.I'M. (Vt (i (t'l'i -- M'-s Susan (iiaham died in a Salrm l-ospital yesterday, II days after -he had rrlrhialrd hel Hllst biithday A native of New Phila delphia, o, Mrs. Graham had In d in Sal 111 the last 44 years WW MESSENGERS WANTED liiivs or (iii ls Over Hi. Must Have lliryrle. Apply at Western Union Telegraph Co. Union Club Women Have First of Fall Meetings UNION, Oct. 6 (Special) Un ion Woman's club held its first meeting of the season at the Woman's club building Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Frank Hall in stalled the newly elected officers: Mrs. Clyde Bloom, president; Mrs. Lee Chenault, first vice president; Mrs. O. A. Fortune, second vice president; Mrs. Rob ert Wells, corresponding secre tary; Mrs. George South, director. The secretary-elect and treasure elect were not able to be present, so will be installed later. Miss Mac Shanks, chairman of the women's division of the war bond drive, presented Mrs. J. R. Jones a $25 bond for being the woman selling the largest num ber of series E bonds in the re cent drive. She also presented the Woman's club with a $25 bond as the club which as an or ganization sold the greatest num ber of bonds. These awards had been offered at the beginning of the drive by Irvin Hess, chair man for Union and Miss Shanks. Mrs. Merton Davis gave an impressive service in honor of charter members, pioneer mem bers and the deceased presidents. Mrs. Mabel Gale was the only charter member present Thurs day and she holds the record of a continuous membership over a period of 45 years. Mrs. Bloom announced the fifth district meeting which is to be held in Baker Oct. 10. Guests present were Mrs. George, Mrs. Norman Haskell and Mrs. J. E. Woodell. New members were Mrs. Norman Has kell, Mrs. Guy Goble. Following the meeting refreshments were served from a beautifully ap pointed table, Mrs. George South and Mrs. Clyde Bloom poured. The usual informal social hour followed and there is every rea son to look forward to a most interesting club year. Thursday evening was the first meeting of the season for the members of Lucky Thirteen club. They met at the home of Mrs. George Ferguson after a six o'clock dinner at Shanks. First order of business was the elec tion of officers, results were as follows: Elizabeth Phillips, presi dent: Elizabeth Vogel, vice presi dent; Clara Ferguson, secretary treasurer. Mrs. H. G. Avery was welcomed as a new member. An evening of contract was greatly enjoyed by those present. Mrs. Ralph Taylor was high and Eliza beth Phillips was low when the score closed. Judge Kenneth McCormack and sister, Mrs. W, H. Router, Mrs. Reese McAllister, Mrs. John Synborst witli many others from La Grande and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Woodlee of Summerville at tended the funeral of Mrs. Ra chel Bidwcll, which was held from the Methodist church in Union Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Emerson Haggcrty, who has spent the summer on her High Valley ranch, returned to Portland, Thursday morning, she was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. O Haggcrty, who will visit in Portland for a short time. Gordon Barnard connected with the state land department at Salem, visited for a short time with friends in Union Thursday. Mr. Barnard is enroute to Ontar io on official business. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vogel will accompany their two daughters to Portland Monday, where the daughters, Iris and Jean, will en ter their livestock in the Inter national Pacific Livestock Expo sition, which opens in Portland Oct 10. The Vogel sisters will ex hibit three steers, two heifers and one shorthorn. Both have made splendid records in their 4-H club work and aiv quite enthusiastic over this year's exhibit. Durnthy Gndsey, also a 4-H club member will be one of the Vogel party. WARRANT HONORED SALEM. Oct. (i (UP) Gov. Karl Snrll today honored a war rant from California asking the return of Clyde E. Tillolson who is wanted in Los Angeles on a charge of non-support. Tillolson is being held in Portland. Less than one in every 2.000. 000 end eggs survives to become a n producing adult, but one fe male may lay 0,000,0(10 eggs. INSURANCE FIHF. - I. IKK A I 'TO Horace J. Nelson Your Iniunnce Man Tl. 5S1-W 703 K Awr. La Grand, Ore. t Hut j DIZZY TROUT: Holds Cubs io one run. Many Inducements For tegular Army The U. S. army offers many in ducements to eligible men who desire to enlist in the regular army now. Among the many benefits given to the enlistees are those under the "G. I. Bill of Hrights." The bill offers financial uid by guaranteeing loans for farms, business enterprises; hospital Lcnefits and educational benefits. Educational aid for veterans is provided by the veterans admin istration provided the men were honorably discharged, was not over 25 at the lime of entry into Ihe service, 01 is able to demon strate that his education or train ing was interrupted by service, dr sires a refresher or ir training couse; if he served 00 days or more or was released from ser vice because of an actual seivice incurred injury or disability. Many Boys, Girls Learned to Swim The water safety department of the Union county chapter of the American Red Cross had a Very successful year. A cam paign for teaching high school boys and girls to swim was con ducted at Cove swimming pool last October. Thirty certificates for swimming, junior lifesiiving and senior lifesaving worri awarded. The chapter sent Keith Hawn and Harvey Carter to the aquatr school at Benbow Lakes near T.i coma, for a ten day course, A swimming course for all boys and girls was conducted in Aug ust at Pine Cone. Two bundled registered for the course and about 75 were awarded certifi cates. This was under the direc tion of Mrs. Anita Jasper. Senior lifesaving awards lor the year were made to Lerna II a 1 I m a r k, Paul Gorham, Marcella Neiger, and Rhoda Lloyd of Cove; and to Keith Hawn, Nancy Combs, Charlotte Spiker, Robert Madsen, Mollis Richardson, Jack Camp, Willard Carey, and Don Smith of La Grande. A club of senior lifesavers is shortly to be organized. Junk Tires Sold in Portland as Becaps PORTLAND. Oct. 6 (UPl spot check has revealed many "junk" tires are being sold to Portland dealers as reeaoord i.r repaired tires, OPA enforcement attorney Sjni btorn said today. Stein said the "junk" 'ires have been traced to southern Calitor nia sources. Notches made bv California inspectors on the tires indicated many of them had been condemned previously, S t e r n said. ru.vrrs Stock rm n tunc HOG W0RMER POULTRY TONICS EMCKSON and LOTTOS 1S25 Jcllnt Phone 79J ' Grimm Borrows Card Strategy To Beat Tigers By WALTER BYERS CHICAGO, Oct. 6 (UP) Man ager Charlev Grimm mapped the strategy of the Chicago Cubs in the quiet of the locker room. If the Cubs win the 1945 world series, and they're off to a run ning start, let full credit be given to rubbery-faced Dutchman Grimm, an easy-going guy who always fights to win. The Grimm touch has showed itself a million different ways in the world series to date. But the most important is a brand new Cub strategy borrow ed unaltered from the St. Louis Cardinals "Run 'em to death on the baselines." Before every game, Grimm has told his'players to "try for every extra base you can get. Run 'em hard." It was a new battle cry for the supposedly slow-footed Cubs, but it has paid off by unnerving the Tigers. Three times during the series the Cubs have stretched singles into doubles and each time the Tiger defense has be come unnerved and let in runs. Grimm admits he got the idea from the flying Redbirds, who lan circles around his Cubs dur ing the hot National league race but didn't have a champion's pit ching strength. For 10 minutes before yester day's game, Grimm talked to Claude Passeau in the corner of tile room. He went over the Tiger batters with the veteran righthander, letting . weaknesses and strengths. "Throw your curve low and inside to.Grecnberg . . . York can't hit a high inside fast one," :ind so it went, according to Pas- feau. So the lean-jawed Missis sippi farmer went out and bles sed with thread-needle control hurled a one-hit masterpiece. North Powder Beats Cove Six Man Team By Score of 80-(i NORTH POWDER, Oct. li (Spe cial) North Powder high school used Cove high school six man football'loam for a running trad: here yesterday and scored LI touchdowns, for a win of 80 to fl. Every player scored at least one touchdown for the victors. Leading scorer was Capt. Bob Tally, end, who caught three passes behind the goalline and made three conversions. Wilson, left half, scored three touch downs. The Powder lads con nected with 20 of 35 passes at tempted. Five first downs were chalked up to only four for Cove. Cove's touchdown came in the third quai tor, when G o r h a m drove over after a march down the field. It was Cove's first game of the season and Powder's second. Fruitdale Youth Enlists in Army David McLain, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. McLain of Fruitdale, has enlisted in the regular army and last night left for Portland to take his physical examination, Maj. A. B. Cieo, re cruiter announced today. Major Creo staled that anyone wishing to enlist in the army may tele phone the recruiting station in Pendleton at 152, or write to the office, room 360, post office build ing, Pendleton, and he will come here to write out the enlistment. ENDS TONIGHT m m . u zv w m v furlough of fun Navy Wolf geli bagged a nose dive into the ' It'l a furlough of fun when a high flying y Navy Wolf geli bogged by Cupid and takes 9 CUODETTE COLBERT FRED MuMURRAY iiiTMtn 1 1 rtnrii MITCHELL LEISEN 1 Gil Lamb Cecil Kellawjy Robert Benctilev lane Fra;ee Buttid 1, Hiicmu insm Plus Added Attractions NCWS Marin" Return ntW'' Non-Slop Flight LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone 600 Complete Local Reports Saturday, October 6, 1945 Medford Stampedes Eugene Eleven, 52-7 By JULES MAITLAND United Press Writer Medford Black Tornadoes made a definite bid for their second straight Oregon football champ ionship Friday night by ripping through a hapless Eugene eleve;i 52 to 7. With no apparent respect what soever for Eugene's previous un beaten, untied and unscored-cn record in previous clashes with University high and Sptingfield, the Medford juggernaut rolled over the Axemen. Grove Wins State champions last year and apparently well on the trophy trail again, this year, Medford had already crushed Albany and Murshficld with 08-0 and 40-0 wins respectively. Cottage Grove made her de but in the Tri-County league by drubbing Junction City 84 to 6 after the Junction City lads had defeated such opponents as Myrtle Point, Reifclsport and Marshfield. In other featured up - state games, Hi'.lsboro and McMinn vilh won their third straight IToday's Sport Parade By OSCAR FRALEY CHICAGO, Oct. fi (UP) Big P.ill Nicholson, the bust of the 11115 sason, has his old batting eye back today and it's some thing which will bothei those Dc lioit Tiger pitchers. The broad - shouldered Mary land farmer who patrols right field for the Chicago Cubs is the hottest thing at the home plate in the cunent world series. He is sweet William to the Bruins at the moment with a fat five inns - batted - in for the three panics which have gone into the hooks. That makes him top man when the big blue chips are on the line. Because Hammerin' Hank Grcenb:.'rg. siege gun of the trail ing Tigers is two runs back in second place with three tallies lushed across the plate. So you can see that William Beck of Ihe Cbestertown, Md., Nicholsons isn't doing a bad job for a fellow who they hinted might be washed up just a few weeks ago. That was when he was finishing a routine year in which he had failed signally for a guv who had stood at the top two years. Bill cleaned up in 1843 and 11144. In both seasons he led tho National league in homers, with a respective 29 and 33, and also packed the circuit in the all-important and game-winning mat ter of runs-jatted-in with 128 and 122. And that's one of the reasons they called him Mr. Swish. It was a title w ell earned. You have to watch big Bill menace the pit cher with his oversized war club, threatening at any moment to i "GOD IS MY CO-PILOT SUNDAY MONDAY and TUESDAY when a high flying by Cupid and takes sea of matrimony. PRODUCTION 1 rv,n.,l.l'.. r..-. ",111m I line Ponald Duck's New Troubles to Wake Island Other Events Japan to U. S. SPORTS Page S victories. McMinnville humbled Forest Grove 34 to 6 and Hills boro Whitewashed Tigard, 28-0. Beaverton halted Newberg, 32 to 0. Title Hopes Rorcburg raised its state title hopes by trouncing University high of Eugene 51 to 0 and Hood River kept a clean slate by drub bing Prineville 42 to 12. Con tinuing the No-Name league con tests, Salem squeaked by Al bany 14 to 7. In Portland, the Grant Gener als rode over Roosevelt Kough rideis 7 to 0, Commerce defeated Lincoln 13 to 7, Washington whipped Franklin 26 to 13 and Jefferson and Benson went to a scoreless tie. Other scores: Baker 6, Mac-Hi G. Columbia Prep 33, St. Helens 0. Hill Military 19, Parkrose 0. Corvallis 20, Sptingfield 7. Hillsboro 28, Tigard 0. Salem 14, Albany 7. Wootlburn 7, Molalla 0. Chemawa 31, Dallas 0. Burns 13, Madras 7. The Dalles 14, Bend 7. Grants Pass 20, Coos Bay 0. United Press Staff Correspondent belt the ball light back down the toss.er's throat, to appreciate it. And those Detroit builds know it now albiet with little appre ciation. U-CIans Plaster Stagg's Tigers With 5-0 Score LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 (UP! University of California at Los Angeles second and third siring players amassed the staggering total of 601 yards last night as they trampled Coach Amos Alon zo Stagg's feeble College of Paci fie Tigers into a 50-0 defeat be fore 15,000 shivering fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Coach Bert La Biucherie sent one first stringer Quarterback Ernie Case into the game against the hapless COP team. Stagg's supposedly dangerous passing attack proved no more potent than his completely bot-tlrd-up running assault, and aside from the first auaiter when Paci fic moved to the UCLA six-yard line on a fumble recovery, Paci fic never threatened. Only Bill Mahlstead's great kicking and some untimely fum bling by UCLA backs kept the score from mounting still further. Plants develop faster when they aren't feeling well, accord- j ing to experiments by experts. I GRANADA Sunday Monday and Tuesday sfie carries a 1 compact instead hi .,' wears site instead of' fig eaves instead of appesf RUT SHE GETS HBy 1 w& 1 jusrmsAMEf & COLUMBIA ni i:iKtJevj . WILLIAM WRIGHT-ROBERT WILLIAMS -RAY WALKER I'lns Second Feature Hit Shocking as it Game Lead Over San Francisco SEATTLE, Oct. 6 (UP) Seattle hr.lH a one-eame lead todnv in the Governor's cup finals of the Pacific Coast league, defeating San Francisco 3-2 last night in , the opening game of the play, off. The Rainiers took the lead in Ihe eighth inning when big Ted N o r b e r t, Rainier , dutfielder, caught one of Fly Ebrman's pit.' dies and slammed it over the left field wall, two feet inside ? the foul line. n The Seals scored their two runs (f in the second and third, Willy ', ' Enos was safe at first on an er-W ror and came home pn Malone'ilf Saders double. In the thiid, Enos ' singled home Nearl Sheridan, who had doubled. T.'.e Rainiers tied the score with two runs in the seventh inning to drive Frank Seward fiom the mound. Three succes sive double plays had kept the Rainiers from the plate in the i lourth, fifth and sixth innings, i Carl Fischer gave up only four "j hits in seven innings and Keith I l azier, who finished for Seattle ' was ciedited with the win. ' ' . Line score: f; 'Frisco 011 000 000 2 5 0 Seattle 000 000 21x 3 12 1 i Seward, Ehrman (7 and Ogro- .', dowski; Fischer and -Finley. T Three Darkhorses Lead Tacoma Open I TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 6 (UP) Thiee midwestern dark horses i, trotted at the head of the Tacoma open golf tournament with 137s " as the star studded field, trim- 5 med to 45, went into the sonv- finals today. ; Ed Furgol, former D.lroil pi.b lic links ace, hung up a one over par 71 yesterday but clung to top . spot by virtue of his first day 60. J Jimmy Mines, Chicago, never 'm below sixth spot in the current PGA lour, shot the day's low score of 67. Sharing the limelight was Pvt. Bob Hamilton, F.vans ville, Ind., professional stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., w ho check ed in at G8. Sifted down to a streamlined 45 fter two rounds on the tricky ;: Fircrest course, the field today ; includes the 45 low, scorers and lies and brought back 11 ama- .! tcurs and 34 pros. j Harold (Jug) McSpaden, who j entered the semi-finals in second J place with 138, muffed a chance Q to take undisputed lead by six shooting the par four 18 yester day. Byron Nelson, Toledo,' O., split ,1 third place "with Jim Ferrier at tl 139. Nelson toured the course in f 69. Ferrier, former Australian fa champion from San Francisco, stroked 72. Nelson dropped be- i hind when he took seven on the r par five 10. - Regular Eagles fiance Tonight, 9 n.m, Eagles Hall' For Members and Their Friends "3 vi Starring ANN MILLER is sensational! 7 Jf?vJ VM ' THOMAS Mmr tnwiiD 'MITCHELL" ANDERSON'RYAN 55 4 4 CMlwry-f Pktwra 0
