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Em, i .)M. ill map T ' - ''I 1 I MMt --" ' . mm,mmu.,urrrmm , --.',' ' ' v ' 4 s .ir 'ri ' i4 i -A "r" - I Mr. X'' TRUMAN TO DEDICATE TVA'f NEW KENTUCKY DAM 2,000.000-acre feel of flood siorage, cutting crests of Mississippi Hugo new $110,000,000 TV A dam, above, at Gilbertsville on the river floods from Cairo southward. The lake creates a channel Tennessee rivor near Paducah, Ky., serving for navigation, flood 184 miles long. Three generator units totaling 96,000 kilowatts are control and power production, will be dedicated by President Tru- operating. Two more totaling 64.000 kilowatts are under construc tion in ceremonios Oct. 10. The dam is capable of impounding lion. T'Sgt. Olon 'Bur!' Herrmann, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. 1. Her mann, 1411 S street, urrivcd here Thursdny lo visit I'.is pin :;nl un'j his wife tint! child after hnvinK spent the last nine innnths in a Japanese prisoner of war camp or enrounte home from the far east. Serijeant Herrmann was taken prisoner Dec. 21 when the H-2!) in which lie flew was shot down about 40 miles from Muk den, M.'inchuiiu. He was liber ated hy the Nubians. Alter 10 days here he will t;o to a hospital at Spokane for treatment for beri beri. Si'iwant Herrmann holds a group citation. He was on his 12th mission when he was shot down. He had been in tbu army since October, 11142. His wile is the former Mary Iiailey. T5 LeRoy Ting of La Cirande, formerly stationed at an infantry replacement training center, has Seen separ ated from llii. army at the Camp Wolters, Tex. Loo O. Fostor, fiifinalman, third class, Enterprise, is serving (in USS Sherburne at tack transpoit,' which landed troops in Tokyo Day for till? oc cupation of Japan. The Sherburne arrived Sept. 2, and started unloading troops and their equipment by boat. She later moored off the dock in Yokohama. William H. Lovan. messman second class, U. S. mer chant marines is spending a five day leave in l.a (liande with hh parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oren I.ov mi, and with friends and other relatives. Afier reiuriiini; lo C'al iloinia on Oct. !l, he will ship out. Conshie Wins Medal Of Honor for Valor WASHINGTON, Oct. B (UP) A conscientious objector has won the congressional modal of honor. Tho man is Pfc. Des mond T. Doss, Lynchburg, Vn. He won tho medal for outstand ing bravery es a mombor of tho modical corps on Okinawa, the war department announcod lo day. mm FOR SWIMMING Hollywood's Republic Studios itarld A del Mara, above, thowl whtft tan attractive swim suit cn bo when ils desiqn is based upon tho diunar principle, and bright ened wilh u low mi i pel ol color. iirM hi A J VM i i :.,r., ,!,viw-(f!.'!.,.-vjrvs-rY'rvr- "y?7i'r(W.r?rT.Ta"'"l HIHOHITO TOUHS THE RUINS Evidence that Japan's Emperor Hirohito kept himself fully informod about the stato of his coun try during the war, is the picturo above. It shows the emperor inspecting devastated areas of Tokyo's Fukukawa Ward after an American B-29 raid. The picturo was made by a Jap photographer during the war and obtained recently from a Jap source. 'Practically Yours" Packed Willi Laughs 'Practically Yours" showing today and Tuesday at the Liberty theater is practically perfect for three reasons! It has Claudelte Colbert and Kred MaeMurray as its eo-stais, its a Milchel Leis'en production and the picture's screenplay is by Norman Krasna. Comedy keynotes the produc tion and its list of featured play ers reads like filmdoni's funny man roster for it includes Uobe'l Hcnchlcy, Oil Lamb, Cecil Kella- way and Makhail Hasnmny. Each is a specialist .vhoii it conies to tickling the audience's funny bone and all combine to lend Kred and Claudelte able support in every scene. In this reviewer's opinion, "Practically Yours" may emerge as the season's comedy sensation. New Parly Condemns New Japan Cabinet TOKYO, Oct. II (UP) Pre mier - designate Haron Kiljuro Shidehara completed his cabinet ol liberals tonight and it will he sworn in by Emperor Hirohito tomorrow. Ilaidly had the names of the new ministers been announced, however, than the organizing commitl.'c of the Japanese so cialist party condemned Ibeill as "incapable of s o 1 v i n g urgent problems." "The Japanese people b a v e been surprised at the emergency of stopgap government under Haron Shidehara at a time when the entire nation was looking foiward to a popular cabinet cap able of carrying out reforms wi'b s:eed," the committee said. Prince Says Emperor To At lack Planned TOKYO. Oct X il'PiP..; ! Narnluko lligasbi Kum said today ; r.mperor tiirolnto kn.'w in ail t vance of Hie Japanese plan lo al , tack Pearl Harbor, hut had "un I derstood" a formal declaration of war would be transmuted to the United States before the raid be gan. lligasbi Kuui. retiring premier and cousin of Hirohito. revealed the emperor did not sien the o,,. peiial rescript foriiialiini! the declaration of war until 1 1 IUI a. m. Dec. II, IH-ll Tokyo turn eight hours allei the first bombs fell on Pearl Harbor. "Although Ins majesty had heard fiom lb,, meil ..hi..r ..r staff of the general outline of the operations, he bad not been in formed Of tile det.llU .,f II, ..ir ..v. J ecition," Hig.islu Kum said. About nine - tenths of the world's population live north of the equator. Oregon l.nw Demands I'. 1.. iinrl 1'. I. Auto Insurant'! Insure Now Blor nt Go Up! IIOIUt K J. NM SON Ttl, 351 W TO.' K Ave La Grand. Oro. O Your GI Rights Problems of Men In Service By DOUGLOS LARSEN WASHINGTON, (NEA) Here are some general cjuestions from Gl's and their relatives: (). My son will be out of the army soon. Before he was draft ed, he worked at a small machine shop which closed a couple of months ago when their war con tracts were cut. It is expected to stay closed for at least three or four months. My son will have to apply for his old job within DO days, they li II me. Hut suppose the shop doesn't open for longer than that? Will he have a right lo his old job back? A. Your son should apply for his old job as soon as he is out of the army if he wants it, re gardless of whether the shop is operating. In that way there will be no question about his reem ployment rights if the question should arise. Q. Can aviation cadets keep llieir national service life insur ance alter they gel out? A. Yes. Q. I have been stationed in a slate dilferem from my own state while I have been in service. My wife has lived with me. Now the ouestion has come up as lo whether she has lost residence in the lormer town as a result of having been with me. The ques tion has come up with regard to taxes 1 know I haven't lost resi dence, but what about her? A. That question will have to be decided by the court which ultimately will be given juris diction of this particular case. It is not tally covered by law. Q. My wife writes the house in winch wo used to live has been sold and the new owner is asking her lo leave. Can they do this'.' A. The dependents of a soldier may not be evicted from their dwelling if he lonlal is $80 or less per month, except upon or der of the court. Ship Loads Wheat To Take to China PORTLAND. Oct. H (UP) -The Liberty ship Robert Lansum is loading wheat here lod.iv f, China, the first such caigo to be loaded on the Pacific coast since the beginning of the war. It is piesumed the cargo will be car ried to Shanghai. i MESSENGERS WANTED ltoys or (ihls Over Ifi. Most Have llii-ycie. Apply at Western Union Telegraph Co. Turbines Called Hazard to Fish In Oregon Rivers ROSEBURG, Oct. 8 (UP) -State fish commission officials loday termed power plant tur bines of Oregon dams a fish haz ard. Touring the Willamette valley and Oregon coast salmon hat cheries, the commission discover ed young salmon released in Ore gon streams perish unless taken to points below power plant tur bines and other fish hazards. Members of the commission were informed by Walter Carter, foreman of the McKenzie liver hatchery above Eugene, he litis proof young fish cannot safely pass through turbines. Earl Hill, a member of tho com mission, said he is convinced the reason for the decline in the num ber of eggs taken annually from salmon returning from the ocean was, that the ocean-bound Chi nook had not been able to sur vive the perils of power and irri gation dams and pollution. Volcanic Activity Thought Likely in Crater Lake Park CRATER LAKE, Oct. 7 (UP) Strange gas or smoke clouds hov eling over the calm blue waters of Crater lake recently had park officials wondering today. This has biought forth the question of volcanic activity returning to the lake after an absence of 5,000 years. First to observe the cloud was Miss Linda Newhall, fire lookout. She reported seeing a dust-colored fog or smoke cloud forming on or rising from the waters of the lake Sept. 15. A few days later, Dale Vincent, photographer and writer, reported sighting the second. It, too. oc curred on a clear, cloudless day. Park Hanger Kenneth A. Hul beit Sept. :)0 observed the cloud from a lookout point on the west side of the lake. The cloud was about not) to 400 feet wide and extended upward 400 or 500 feet. He observed it from all lookout points along the rim, seeing it finally drift away. Japanese Navy Buildings Thought To Contain Loot TOKYO, Oct. 8 (UP) Armed iuirds of tho first cavalry divi sion tonight surrounded the Jap anese navy ministry after United States officials said -evidence had been discovered leading to the In lief hoards of loot from Japan's lost empire might be stored in of ficial government buildings. Tecs-; announcement said mere ly U. S. officials had le;u tied "precious m e t a 1 ,' presumably stolen in Japan's years of military conquest, was in the navy minis try building. It was reliably reported more troops may be placed shoitlv at othor Japanese buildings to guard similar hoards. While tho amount of treasure involved was not immediately disclosed, it was assumed Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur's command had discovered evidence of the storage- places in records of Jap anese financial institutions oi.iev od seized more than a week ago. GETS DECORATION TAI.LAHASKK. Flu., Oct. 8 il'Pl Col. L. 13. Hickam el Portland, commanding officer of the Dal- Matty army air field, was today notified by the French government he will be presented the Croix de Guerio with palm. Hines Shoots 275 To Win Tacoma Open Tourney TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 8 (UP) W i t h th Tacoma open golf championship and $2,000 in war bonds stuffed securely in his pocket, bushy browed Jimmy Hines today wrapped his clubs and headed the parade of top professional talent to Seattle for another $10,000 match. Winning his first major tourna ment since he took the New York metrolopilan open in 1930, the Chicago pro posted a 72-hole score of 275, one stroke under runner up Harold (Jug) McSpad en of Sanford, Me. McSpaden climbed into the number two spot with a C5-five stroke under the regulation figure. McSpaden collected five birdies for 33-32 to win $1,333 in bonds. Playing in the same threesome, McSpaden and Hines came down the home stretch neck and neck. T h e winner's chances clouded over on the last hole when he drove to a stymie behind a clump of trees. With a blind approach to the green, Hines niblicked over the tree tops within eight feet of the pin. Lanky Ed Furgol of Detroit, who parred the course for 270, teed off in fourth spot and climb ed up a notch to take the $1,00(1 prize. The ex-public links play er turned in the story book stroke of the day when he shot the only hole-in-one of the tournament on the 105-yard par three eight hole. The ace came al a time when the Detroiter was four over. Bracketed at 281, six strokes above the leader, were Ben Ho gan, H c r s h e y. Pa., and Sam Snead, Hot Springs, Va. Snead, who paired 35, came within a sneeze of tying Hamilton when ho balanced a 14-foot putl on the lip of the 18th cup. Hogan bogied four but birdied five. Art Doering, jr., Denver and Chicago's Ky Laffoon shared the 281 spot with Snead and Hogan. Doering registered 30-31 (17 and Laffoon holed out on the llitli with a pair of 37s for 74. Sgt. Jim Ferrier, San Francisco, winner of seven Australian tillei in the 1S30K, carded a par Id for 2H2. Snowed under a 72-hole score of 2H3 was the remaining big four teamster, Byron Nelson, Toledo, Ohio. Tricky Greens kept Lord Byron to an indifferent 71, only a pair of strokes above his best score of the tourney. Rainiers hold One Game Edge in Cup Series With Seals SEATTLE, Oct. 8 (UP) Seat tle Rainiers today held a one game edge over San Francisco in the Pacific coast league gov ernor's cup playoffs after defeat ing the Seals 7 to 5 in the final northern game last night. Both teams leave for San Fran cisco tonight for the rest of the playoffs which resume Wednes day. The Seals opened the scoring in the first inning when, Del Young tripled off the fence and scored on an infield out. Chuck Aleno, Rainier third baseman, tied the score in the next frame on a homer over left field wall. The Seals again went ahead in the fourth when Ray Parry scor ed on Roy Nicely 's double. In the second half of inning, the Rain iers drove across three runs when Aleno doubled w i t h the bases loaded. Southpaw Elmer Orella, replacing Bob Barthelson on the mound for the Seals walked the next three men in order, forcing another run. Bill Matheson sing led to drive the final tallies Doolittle Favors Large Air Power HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 8 (UP) Air power should occupy a prime position in a modern, mobile na tional defense system for the Untied States, Lt. Gen. James 11. Doolittle said today. "We want peace, but the only way we can be sure of a lasting peace is to be strong enough to impose our will upon any nation that doesn't w a n t peace," the famed Tokyo raider said. Many rich women of early Rome had mirrors of solid sil ver. HI M u . -mm wr m m nooGKWttOGii; man 'ZUJaxn TODAY and Tl'KSDAY VAjML - Jl mtmcM MM ' m .r Also IIONAIO 1)1 1 n umN iiiieJ I AI B NKWti Ul GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ' I'hone 00 . .. Complete Local Keports Monday, October 8, 1945 Passeau to Keen Cubs M. CHICAGO. Oct. 8 (UP) Man- ager Charley Grimm put the world series championship hopes cf the Chicago Cubs on the aging right arm of Claude Passeau to day. This was the game the Cubs needed to stay in the running, for the Detroit Tigers lead them, three games to two, and a victory for the American league champ ions this afternoon will bring the richest world series in history to a close. Manager Steve O'Neill of the Tigers nominated Virgil (Fire) Trucks for his pitching chores. The Cub's chief went through his staff pretty well yesterday when he used five hurlers, in Sportsmen's Club To Meet Tuesday Members of the Sportsmen's club will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the city hall to discuss fish ing season resolutions for the coming yc-ar, President Ernie Walden announced today. The resolutions to be discussed and adopted will be forwarded to the game and fish commission for its meeting Jan. HI, when it will fix the seasons and set up other rules and regulations to govern the sport next year. USC, Gaels in Best Spots for West Coasters SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 (UP) Everything looked rosy today for the two elubs generally con ceded to be the gridiron power houses of the west coast. University of Southern Califor nia, king-pin in tho Pacific Coast confeience, and St. Mary's college Gaels, tops among the independ ents, had successfully passed their first three hurdles. The Gaels and the Trojans meet in Los Angeles, Nov. 3. No Test What had been billid as a 'severe test" for Coach Jimmy Phelan's St. Mary's club yester day in reality turned into a rout as Hoi man Wcdomcyor ltd the Gaels to a :S!)-0 victory over Uni versity of Nevada. The all-American-slacked Fleet City Bluejackets ran to a 88-11 victory at Camp Shoemaker over Camp Beale Bears. Saturday, Ihe USC stayed on its victory path by trouncing St. M'aiy's pro-flight (minus its pro fessionals) by a 28-14 count. California Bears at the same time showed a complete reversal of previous impressions and thumped University of Washing ton 27-14. The Washington State Huskies stayed deadlocked at the top of the Pacific Coast confer ence wilh USC by trouncing Ore gon state, 33-1). Oregon Wins University of Oiegon, with spe.'iister Jake Lccht in the line up, ran away from hapless Idaho, .!3-7. FVifcno State contimld win ning, with a 111-0 win over Ariz ona State of Flagstaff: California Ramblers dumped Salims Junior college, 32-0. In the Rocky mountain area, Colorado blasted out an 18-13 vic tory over Utah: Ft. Warren slam med Colorado A. & M. 80-7; and Colorado college heat Herrington field, 43-6. Granada TONITK and Tl'KSDAY MiRY 1NIERSII si SPORTS Page 6 Try To in Series cluding Fordham Hank Borowy, whose Jinx over the Tigers fin ally was broken. Until then he had beaten Detroit 12 times once as a Cub and 11 as a Yankee while losing to the Bengals only three times. But he couldn't get by the bats of Big Hank Greenberg and Rudy York in yesterday's tilt and fin ally was knocked out in the sixth inning when the Tigers scored four runs to break a 1-1 tie and give Hal Newhouser, the Tigers' pitching ace, all the margin he needed, the final score was 8 to 4 but every Cubs run was tainted for only average fielding back of Hal's hurling would have le warded him with a shutout. Chandler May be On Way Out as Commissioner CHICAGO, Oct. 8 (UP) Major league baseball owners today re portedly were preparing to "buy off" Sen. A. B. (Happy) Chand ler's seven-year contract as base ball commissioner to pave the way for selection of a new com missioner. Reports were rife at world se ries headquarters concerning the owners alleged dissatisfaction with the manner in which Chan dler has handled his commission er duties. ' One major league club owner told the United Press "there has been informal discussion on the matter, but nothing definite has been arranged.' President Sam Breadon of the St. Louis Cardinals said that "I have heard the report, but I know nothing about it. If it is true, I will know about it by tomorrow." The club owners, who named Chandler to succeed the late Ken esaw M. Landis only last April at a meeting in Cleveland, sup posedly were attempting to ne gotiate with Chandler in an ef fort to, settlor the contract which calls for a $50,000 annual salary and gives Chandler powers prac tically equal to those enjoyed by Landis during his 23-year reign as the game's first commissioner. According lo one baseball offi cial, several cluu owners are pro voked by: (1) Chandler's handling of world series business, and (2) the fact he has overstepped his jurisdiction as commissioner and "meddled in strictly intra-league affairs." AP PETITION REFUSED WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (UP) Supreme court today refused to reconsider its decision of June 18 holding membership by-laws of the Associated Press in violation of the federal anti-trust laws. Good beer There is something about the clean taste and refreshing quality of OLYMPIA that satisfies and refreshes. "It's the that makes OLYMPIA IYMHA. Army, Navy High In Football Al ter Weekend Wins NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (UP) -Army and navy ride high in the football firmament today but be fore their meeting for "the na tional championship" both must reckon with an old rival given little notice in the pre-season ratings Notre Dame. By plastering Georgia Tech 40 to 7, Hugh Devore's . surprising Irish joined the select company of national leaders that also in cludes Southern California in the west, Ohio State and Minnesota, in the midwest and Alabama the deep south. Navy humbled Duke 21 to 0, Army buried Wake Forest, 54 to 0. Michigan showed-class in de feating northwestern, 20 to 7, and may make an exciting gate of it against the Cadets, , In the east, Columbia has come up with its best team in many seasons and the Lions romped over Syracuse, 32 to Q, Yale bow ed to improving Holy Cross, 21 to 0. LaFayette tied Princeton, 7 to 7. In the south, Alabama rosp with a 20 to 7 triumph over Louisiana State. Mississippi State beat Auburn, 20 to 0, and Geor gia just got by Miami, four touch downs to three. After battering down Iowa 42 lo 0, Ohio State meets Wisconsin in the Big Ten and Indiana is matched with Nebraska and Michigan Stale with Pittsburgh. Last Saturday Purdue trimmed Wisconsin, 13 to 7. Indiana de feated Illinois, 6 to 0, Michigan State beat Kentucky, 7 to 0, and Minnesota snowed under Neb raska, 01 to 0. Frank Demaree Wins Salmon Derby v'j WALDPORT, Oct. 8 (UP) This '? city went back to normal today ' after being the scene of a week end salmon derby. First and largest fish caught was by Frank Demaree of the Portland Beavers baseball team. The salmon weighed eight pounds and nine ounces. Gov. and Mrs. Earl Snel) par- i tieipated, along with other stato ; and civic dignitaries. , Governor Snell made a plea at ; a banquet Saturday night for the . nation to eliminate any mistrust and get on with the reconversion ' program. Attention Sportsmen! Sportsmen !o Meet to Discuss- Fishing; Itocoinmendiilion KesoluUon.H. At City Hall Tues. 8.00 p. in. La Grande Sportsmen Club Water'9 DEER so good BREWING COMPANY WASHINGTON. U.S.A. ' Obi as ' T- ii
